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Japs Execute
US Airmen
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i ceived by this government until
March 12.
" The ' Japanese accusation . was
that the fliers had bombed non
'"military targets and shot civilians,
'.and they told the Swiss minister
In Tokyo that these acts were
. admitted.
They declined, however, to say
which men had been executed or
what disposition had been made
of their bodies. Thus, the Amer
ican government was left with
no details and not knowing which
of the following eight men, miss
ing after the Tokyo raid and pre
sumed prisoners, were the vic
tims of this Japanese, terrorism:
First Lieutenants William
Glover Farrow of Washington,
Robert I Bite of Earth, Texas;
--.Robert J. Meder of Lakewood,
i-1 Ohio; Chase J. . Nielsoa of Hy
rum, Utah, and Dean E. Hall
'" i mark of Dallas; Second-Llenten-1
' ant George Barr of Madison,
Wis.; Sergeant Harold A. Spats
.of Lebe, Kas.; CpL Jacob D.
' Deshaxer of Madras, Ore.
: The state department's reply,
, given the Swiss to convey to Tok-
yo, recalled the obligations. Japan
has assumed regarding treatment
ot military prisoners: The promise
that the . protecting power '(the
Swiss) must, be given three weeks
notice before a prisoner is tried,
that a, representative of the pro
tecting power must be allowed to
be present all the other pro
visions of conventions concerning
treatment o prisoners.-'
"The Japanese government has
. not complied . with ' any," it ob-
served. ,
As for the accusation against
the prisoners, the state depart
ment said , the American forces
had instructions to . attack only
military objectives and it is known
they did not deviate from these
orders. "
, "The government of the United
States brands as false the charge
that American aviators intention
ally have attacked non-combatants
anywhere," it said, adding:
There are. nnmeroas known
. instances In which Japanese of
'.: f icial agencies have employed
,; brutal and bestial methods in
extorting allered confessions
from persons In their pewer. It
is customary for those agencies
. to use statement obtained un
der torture, or alleged state- 1
anents, in proceedings- against
the victims. '
"If the admissions alleged by
the Japanese government to have
been mada by the American avia
tors were in fact made, they could
. Jonly have been " extorted "faf J
cations." .. - sv;"'; '
. After calling, oil Tokyo to abide
by its agreements the communi
' cation closed with its. promise of
punishment which left no doubt
f this country expects, soon or late,
-w be able ;to mete it out
s "As military operations now in
progress draw to their inexorable
- and inevitable conclusion, it said,
the American government will
visit upon the officers of the Jap
anese government responsible for
such uncivilized and inhumane
sets the punishment they deserve.
School Board
MuUs Women
Enlistments
4 ' ' 1
A resolution asking that wom
en teachers be accorded the same
treatment which has been given
men enlisting in the nation's arm
ed services goes to Salem school
f board meeting next Tuesday night
following its adoption this week
.by the Salem Teachers' association
f .-in annual meeting.'
J " Difficulties in securing teachers
-.to work on a substitute basis has
.-caused directors to express the
'.doubt of offering leaves of absence
to enlisting women teachers. At
theirrlast meeting, they asked that
an investigation be conducted to
determine what other school sys
tems are doing and what law may
.apply to the situation.
... .Teachers of the city elected Mn.
jFlorence Kron, Parrish, president
ot weir association to succeed
Mrs. Margaret GreweU. Mr.
Dwight Lear of Garfield was elect
- ed vice , president: Mn. Uarlnri
Whitely, McKinley, secretary, and
nt- oigan. Kicnmond, treasurer.
(Pbitaary
Mrs; Orijia Bhoten!i at a local
.hospitaLApriP21, it 4the age of
91. Widow of the late John; JL
: Rhoten. Survived' by daughters,!
.Airs, jsme Barber of Salem and
Mrs. Louella Hann of Marion, la.:
son,. J. Earl Rhoten of Aurora;
Oregon; grand cnildren: Mrs.
Gladys.-Boyce, Royal Barber;
George A. Rhoten, and Lucille
Lewis, all of Salem; Frances Sny
der and Marion Stafford of . Port-'
.land, Oregon;- Florence Rhoten,
Sylvia Spiyey, and Violet Rho
ten of San Jose, Calif.; Deals
.Robbins of Marion, : Oregon,
.Wayne Barber of Halsey, Oregon;
JEIma Costa of Niland, Calif.; Wil
Jma Moore of Natchez, Miss, Har
old Rhoten of San Francisco,
Calif, Lola DeSelle of Santa
Clara, Calif, Velma ! Zelmer . of
J3uriin3me,' CaliL, Zeda R. Lisle
cf Topaz, Utah, Rex R. Rhoten of
Fairbanks, Alaska, and Lt J. Ray
TThoJen of- Galveston, Tex. Also
ly twenty-eight great grandchil
dren Funeral announcements lat-
?er Ey 'Cloush-Tiafrick company. :,
Eyewitness
Tokyo Bombing Told
: A NORTH AFRICAN AIR
publication the first eyewitness
any participating airmen, three
Wednesday night that after the
Mrs. Rliotcn
Dies Here,
Result of Fall
Mrs.! John H. Rhoten, 91, resi
dent of the Salem area since; the
turn of , the century, died Wed
nesday night at a Salem' hospital
as the result of a fall April 8 at
the home of daughter- Mrs.
Effie Barber, 1310 Marion street.
With her husband, who died 19
years ago, she came to the Wil
lamette valley from Iowa. Ejr a
number of , years Mr. ' Rhoten
farmed near here. -
Mrs.: Rhoten had - fallen two
years ago, breaking a hip, an in
jury from which she had recover
ed, amazing members of her large
family; here; and her friends by
learning to walk again at her ad
vanced age, but she never rallied
from the second fall. Prior to the
first injury she was a regular at
tendant at First Christian church.
In addition to Mrs. Barber, with
whom she had made her home,
she was the mother of the late E.
A. Rhoten, long editor of the Pa
cifie Homestead, and prominent
dairyman of Salem, of Earl Rho
ten, - Aurora, and Mrs. Louella
Hann, f Marion, la. She was the
grandmother of .George A. Rhoten,
Mrs. Gladys Boyce, Royal Barber
and Mrs. Marvin Lewis of this city,
and is survived also by other
grandchildren and a number of
great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements have not
yet been made. -
Firm Selects
Salem Men
For Posts
Two Salem young men have
been selected as - agents for the
local territory of the Richfield Oil
corporation, it was announced
Wednesday night. They are How
ard J. Grimm, who has been as
sociated with Ladd & Bush-Salem
branch of the United States Na
tional ; bank and its predecessor.
Ladd & Bush bank, for 23 years
and - his brotherin-law, - Glen EL
Wilts ey, who has been "with the
local Richfield '' agency , for five
years as driver and salesman., !
Mrs'. E. M. Hammond, who has
held the Richfield agency for the.
last five years, is relinquishing
her, responsibilities with the com
pany because of ill health.
Wiltsey .and Grimm said they
would take over the agency, lo
cated at Portland road and Lana
avenue, on May 1. All kinds of
petroleum products are handled by
this agencyC
Oregon Industry
Payroll Doubles,
Commission Says
Oregon's industrial payroll for
the first three months of 1943 ag
gregated $119,131,209 or nearly
double the 1942 first quarter pay
roll of $65,323,531, the state in
dustrial accident commission an
nounced here Wednesday.
The; Multnomah county indus
of 1943 was $84,727,178 as against
of 1943 'was $84,727,18 as against
$34,508,759 in the corresponding
period of 1942, and $14,963,805 in
1940. J
Prior to the war the Multnomah
county payroll was less than a
third of the total for the state.
It f is now i three-fourths. The
state's payroll in March was $43,
509,059, a new high record and
approximately $3,000,000 more
than during the preceding month.
It was double that for March,
1942. S : ' ;; ' ....
Multnomah county's March in
dustrial payroll was $32,481,340,
compared with $12,466,762 in
March, ; 1942, and. $4,819,974 in
March, 1940. ,
ital Nurse
Is Patient
Mrs. Albert; Lidke, first floor
head ' nurse at- Salem Deaconess
hospiUL is a patient at the insti
tution where she is
Extent of injaries-suffered when
she fell down a stairway of a
downtown .store Wednesday af
ternoon striking her head on the
concrete floor was still undeter
mined at an early hour today.
City first id men were called
and took her to the hospital.
Ends
1 ij M A .YliTj Tonight:
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'And: Dennis Morgan in
Rirers End
" -News Cartoon " :
Account Of
BASE, . April 21-(flJGiving for
account of the Tokyo raid by
army air force officers disclosed
attack the US bombers flew 50
miles out to sea to I make t the
Japanese think they were going
back the way they had come -and
thereby to hide their China des
tination. "
; After that feint,.' the plan
turned ' south and . then ; finally
westward to ; the Yellow, . sea,
plunging on in the darkness , to
China and then inland until they
believed ' they . were - out ot t the
reach of the. Japanese.
t The three who told their story
for the first time were Major
Charles R. Greening, Tacoma,
Wash, , CapL ." Henry VA ;PotW,
Pierre, SD, and Cap t. James M.
Parker of Livingston, Tex.
K Between bursts of laughter from
the other two. Greening: told how
he ordered his men ; to bail ' out
over China, : carrying his rations
and a map, and told this classic
on himself.
"We stuffed these things int
the other's pockets, but as I was
the last man out I took mine in
my arms. I left the plane with
two armfuls of groceries, a gun,
searchlight, and other things. It
wasn't until I was 500 feet down
that I i realized the problem of
pulling the ripcord with my arms
full. It was the choice of one or
the other, so X let everything go
except the flashlight and gun.
flashed the light going down and
I could see the others flashing
back at me.'
Maj. Gen James H. Doolittle
hinwif, informed that the ban of
secrecy had been lifted, said sim
ply that "as far as I am con
cerned the Tokyo raid is ancient
history. We are engaged here in
making history,
Fifteen of the men who made
the raid are here with him, and
these three told their story in an
operation hut. It was a relief for
them at last to be able to talk
freely, alter keeping their pledge
for a year not to divulge any par
ticulars of the raid.
You see," said Potter, "when
we met up in China, each had a
story of a horrible ordeal ' and
wanted to tell it. But none of us
wanted to listen because we all
had one of pur own."
Darkness and bad weather came
over the Yellow sea and the
planes flew ahead by dead reck
oning until they believed they had
reached a point far enough inland
to be out of reach of the Japa
nese. But they could see nothing
beloW. ' :W'.". :'!-'.'v , . !
"I asked my crew whether they
wanted us to try to land or bail
out Greening sa1d.,They said
they'd like to land in a rice paddy,
we came down and , turned on
landing lights to test the thick
ness of the fog when we saw tree
tops just below us. It was a nar
row escade and made them all
want to bail out. We went up to
10,000 feet, opened the door, gave
each man rations and a map and
we went out in reverse order of
rank. ' . - '- :-
Greening's parachute caught on
tree and he hung 1 there until
the next morning. When he got
down and started to walk he
found ' his injured co-pilot - for
whom he made a bamboo crutch.
They reached the village of Chu
chow Lishui where for the; next
weeks most of the others came in
by ones and twos.
MEDFORD, Ott, April 21.-VPy-Th
wife of 1st Lt. Robert
G. Emmens, one sf the Tokyo
bombers Interne din Russia,
said Wednesday that the flier
has written her several times. .
He said all of the interned, air
men were well - treated, adding
that they chop wood for exercise
and have the use of the only piano
in town, which has been placed in
their quarters, Mrs. Emmens said.
Emmens, - who was graduated
from high school here and attend
ed the University of Oregon, has
an 11 -month -old son he has nev-
House to Probe
Absenteeism
WASHINGTON, April i ai-Cff)
The house labor committee ap
proved Wednesday a bill directing
the secretary of labor to. make an
investigation of absenteeism
among war workers and report to
congress within 90 days. t
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torn wnere
6y Joe
Grandma Hoskins knows a lot
about history but when we
asked her where the first brew
ery was jbuilt in America, she
wouldn't take sides.
. Ton see," says Graadata,
"wherever the eoloaists settled,
one of the first things they
thought aboat was food and beer
. . In fact, ens reason why the
Pilgrims landed at Plymoath
Reck was because the Mayflow
er was raaain short of beer. "
WeU, that trees a new one on
its, but Grandma showed it to us
No. 53 of a Series
Induction of
Fathers Seen
F (Continued from Page 1) F
used advisedly. Registrants can
not qualify for this classifica
tion merely because their induc
tion would Inconvenience their
dependents or even make's rad
leal redaction in their incomcEx
perience would Indicate that not
more than half a dozen regis-
trants fa a thousand could qual
ify for class m-D." r
: Men ; necessary and irreplace
able in essential war activities win
continue to be considered 'for de
ferment in class. II-A and ' class
II-B, Wooton continued, unless
they can qualify for class HI-A or
class m-D. Wooton said this does
not apply to men necessary : on
farms since special classifications
have been provided for farmers.
Registrants who are necessary on
farms will be classified . In. class
ni-C if they have bona fide de
pendents and otherwise will be
classified in class II-C
"It appears advisable to point
out," Wooton said, "that dassifi
cation in class II-A or class II-B
is temporary and that no defer-
- f - ment in these classes may be for
more than six months. Renewals
are possible but employers must
make a reasonable showing that
every effort has been made to re
place registrants deferred in class
II-A and class II-B.
To those registrants In class III-
A because of dependent children,
Col. Wooton advised that they en
ter an essential activity if not so
employed or face induction next
faU or winter. , Before being re
classified to class I1A, registrants
in class III-A win be. given con
sideration for occupational defer
ment and win be classified - in
class TJ-A or class II-B if found to
be-the key men in essential activ
ities.
Wooton offered similar advice to
registrants in the 38 to 45 year age
group since registrants In , that
group may be made available for
induction if they refuse to enter
an essential activity within a rea
sonable time.
"So far as men registered with
selective service are concerned,
Wooton concluded, "that means
that they must be employed In an
activity essential to the war ef
fort or necessary to war produc
tion or they must enter the armed
forces.
Freeze Order
TT..
es rut
Local Office
"We don't know where we
stand," Ethan Grant, assistant
manager of the US employment
office, has been assuring hun
dreds of workers and employers
who have swamped the office
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
trying to find out how to avoid the
freeze order on essential job.
Grant was handling calls person
ally until Wednesday, when two
assistants pitched in to try to take
care of the crowd of inquirers.
He has been informed that full
particulars of the administration
of the law will be sent to him
soon from Portland, he said Wed
nesday. Until then, he advises
workers and. employers alike to.
it tight, just wait and see what
happens. . . .
10 Jap Bases
AreBombeld
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, Thursday, April 22
OPj-Ten Japanese bases were at
tacked in light raids by allied
bombers and fighters Wednesday,
the high command announced to
day, i
Tor the second straight day, a
single Japanese - raider attacked
Morobe to the southeast of Sala
maua but damage -was negligible,
me noon communique said.
11th Tanker Launched
PORTLAND, April 21 -4JPi-
Henry J. Kaiser's Swan Island
shipyard launched its 11th tank
er Wednesday. It was christened
the S. S. Fallen Timbers, after
an Indian battleground in north
western Ohio which was covered
with wind-felled trees. r
here I sit . . .
Marsh
-Just It was written In the
Mayflower's log. . .
And it seems that all through
our early American history beer
sort of tempered the hardships
and helped to make us: a toler
ant, moderate people " : r '
- Prom where I sit, beer Is ithe
Americaa drink of moderation
and f riendliness-klad of a sym
bol of oar personal liberty.- ' '
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Wuiri
ON the H0I.IE FR01IT
. By ISABEL CHUJDS
. Dehydration of foods is effecting
not only " the men on the battle
fronts but the pets at home . . .
nor do we mean that the dogs
are getting food needed for their
faraway owners. ;
The English people who during
the first ; weeks . of heavy nazi
bombings felt it necessary to de
stroy their dogs and cats, fearing
that great suffering would come
to the animals through bombings,
are said, to , be regretting that
action. " - . - -; -
In London alone, cage facilities
have been established for pets in
180 rest centers to which people
who have been bombed out - of
their homes are taken until they
can be relocated.
r Not t only Js dehydrated food
provided so that the dogs need
not take part of the ration set
aside for human beings, but very
satisfactory food, - containing ' by
products of fresh : meat, cereals,
edible ; bone, seasoning and fish
ofl of high vitamin content
The pets are retained to help
their masters and mistresses keep
up morale . . to keep up the
dog's morale you feed him cer
tain dosages of sodium bromide.
TwoThir ds
K (Continued from Page 1) K
care of the rest of the state's
$100,000,000 Quota for ApriL
He said' purchases so far in
clude many large j subscriptions
and that an enormous number of
small sales will be required to
complete the pubUcs quota.
WASHINGTON, April tl-(
The treasury hopes to add 3.
40009 new names to the list
of Uncle Sam's war bond bor
ers before the second war loan
campaign ends next week.
This was disclosed Wednesday
night as officials reported favor
able ' indications that bond sales
to individuals are picking up in
the 113,000,000,000 drive.
The goal of 3,400,000 new bond
buyers is ten times the number
of subscribers obtained in the last
big fund drive the victory loan
campaign in 'December and is
exclusive of the 26,000,000 per
sons now buying bonds on the
payroll deduction plan. r
More than $10,000,000,000 in
subscriptions already is in, of
ficials said.
Navy Reveals
New Casualties
WASHINGTON, April 21 -Up)
The. navy announced Wednesday
22 casualties in navy forces, in
cluding 5 dead, 1 wounded and 18
missing. i
This brings to 24,881 the total
of. navy, marine corps' and coast
guard casualties reported to next
of kin since December 7, 1941.
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a first degree verdict, whether
leniency is directed or not, while
only 10 ' or more votes are re
quired for conviction . of second
degree, murder:
The jury immediately resumed
deliberations., .. ;
-' Judge' Lewelling turned the
case over to the jury at 10:15
a. mv with instructions to bring
back one of these verdicts: guil
ty in the first degree as charged;
guilty in the first degree with rec
ommendation of 1 i f e imprison
ment, guilty in the second degree,
or acquittal. .;
Under Oregon law a first degree
murder conviction without recom
mendation ' f o r . leniency ' makes
mandatory, death in the gas cham
ber of the state penitentiary at
Salem. A second degree convic
tion automatically carries life, im
prisonment. '' - -r :
The jury took the case over the
exception of Defense Attorney Le
roy Lomax who protested that the
court erred in . not including in
structions for ' a possible man
slaughter verdict. -
State and defense counsel com
pleted final arguments Tuesday
in the trial of the 20-year-old ne
gro. He is accused of slashing the
young woman's throat when she
resisted hint upon his entrance to
her berth, lower 13, on a Southern
Pacific limited train near here last
January 2';"iv.-.f';
Asserted confessions to Los An
geles police, admitted ' Into evi
dence, and intoxication received
much of the judge's attention dur
ing; the' 43-minute Instruction to
the- jury. .
He told the jurors tiiat intoxi
cation does not make a confession
inadmissible in evidence ; - unless
the-person making the confession
had lost possession of his facul
ties. Los Angeles officers admit
ted giving drinks to Folkes the
night he assertedly confessed the
slaying,
Lewelling also told the jury to
weigh carefully the evidence per
taining, to Folkes' intoxication at
the time Mrs. James was killed,
but, he said, intoxication does not
excuse a crime. Witnesses testi
fied Folkes had been drinking
heavily the day and night before
the slaying.
Hi-Y Presidents
Are Elected
Bob Skopil and Bill Reinhart
were Wednesday night elected to
serve as next year's presidents
of Abel Gregg and Harrison El
liot clubs of Hl-Y, respectively.
The Abel Gregg organization
named as vice president for next
school year Jim Phillips; secre
tary, Don Smith; treasurer, Jim
Monaco, and sergeant at arms.
Bob Payne.
Bob Zeller was elected vice
president of Harrison Elliott
club; Bruce Hamilton, secretary:
Joe Healy, treasurer; Eugene j
Lowe- sergeant at arms; and
Richard Taw, chaplain.
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Canteen Problem
j W. HamUton, Charles II.
Huggins and Milton Meyers were
ivednesday named ' by 'Marion
ounty chapter Red Cross direct
ors as a special committee to. in
vestigate feasibility of securing
mobile canteen equipment advis
ed by : the ; National Red Cross.
The national organization has ask
ed the county "chapter to make
ready and : keep f prepared for
jamergency , use speqified . equip
haent to be utilized in supplying
food in case of an emergency,
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15 Raids
Hit Kiska
B (Continued from Page 1)- B
The island has been raided 103
times this month. .. .
j In the South Pacific, the com
munique said,- army, navy and
jmarine corps planes blasted a va
riety of enemy bases Monday and
Tuesday, Solomons time, includ
ing the big base at Kieta, oh Bou
gainville island in the southwest
ern Solomons. ' ; ' ;
j Meanwhile, Avenger bombers
raided thu Japanese field at Kabfli
in the Shorland island area of the
northwestern Solomons and also
attacked Jap shipping at nearby
Tonolei harbor, scoring a ' direct
hit on one freighter and several
near hits on another.
OWI Qiief
jDenies Delay
WASHINGTON. Anril 21 -TOT
Briskly answering barrage of
questions. OWI Director KImor
Davis told a press conference and
members, of the imuu ;;ar
committee Wednesday that the of-
uce oi war lniormauon has one
chief objective--wto set out as
much news as we can as soon as
we can." : ;-
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British Blast
Nazi Bases v '
D . (Continued from Page 1) D
bombing from the east was ' re
sumed April 10. , ...
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bombers left widespread destruc
tion in three essential points along
the German supply line to the
Russian front, both Rostock and
Stettin . being ' important links in
that chain. In Rostock, the Brit
ish also blasted factories produc
ing Heinkel bombers. "
Enemy bombers struck back at
Britain Wednesday night, ,loosinn
high explosive and incendiar) '
bombs on. a northeast Scptland
town. One bomb hit a tenant
building and caused a number of
deaths. A heavy barrage met the
raiders. (,
Tlie air ministry announced that
railway yards at Abbeville wert
bombed in one of the day sweeps
that also hit objectives In other
sections of France, Holland, Bel-
aO Pickets
Ordered Out
! WASHINGTON. April 21-(i
The war labor board .Wednesday
night called upon John L. Lewis ,
and officers of district 50 of the
United Mine Workers to remove,
"at once" a picket line at the
Celanese corporation's plastics di
vision in Newark, NJ, and im
plied strongly that if it is not done
armed protection, would be given
those desiring, to work.
The CIO textile workers union
claims bargaining rights at the
plant and WLB gave it a mainten
ance of membership order March
19. The board sent a telegraphed
appeal to Lewis personally last
week tA halt th itnnmM whfrh
grew out of union rivalry.
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