The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 23, 1943, Page 1, Image 1

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Albany Jury.' Reads
In Folkes Trial :
No Leniency Recommended; Death in
Gas Chamber Mandatory; Negro
- Calm as Kesult Ilelivered
ALBANY, Ore., April 22-(P-Robert E. Lee Folkes, 20,
emotionless Negro dining car cook, was ordered to die by a cir
cuit court jury Thursday for the grisly lower 13 knife slaying of
Martha Virginia James, . I
The jury of eight women and four men ended the trial at
3:13 p.m., reaching a verdict, of guilty of first degree murder,
without
recommending leniency.
That automatically calls for death
in Oregon's lethal gas chamber at
Salem. They deliberated 17 hours
and 23 minutes. -
; Mrs. James, comely young wife
cf Ensign Richard F. James, was
slain as she resisted a man who
climbed into her berth on a lim
ited train as it roared through
.the "Willamette valley before dawn
iast January 23.
! Circuit Judge L. G. Lewelling
set 1:30 p. m. next Monday : as
the time for passing sentence. De
fense Counsel Leroy Lomax of
Portland said he would seek a
new trial and failing that would
, appeal to the state supreme court.
' The negro, wiinoux emouon
the triaL sat motionless
and .seemingly' uninterested as a
bailiff read the verdict. :
Ensign Richard F. James,; who
attended all sessions of the trial
inr the oDenine ADril 7. drew
two deep breaths as the "verdict
was read but otherwise seemed
unaffected. -
The most affected person in the
filled courtroom seemingly was
Leroy Lomax, Folkes' . attorney,
who made an impassioned, some
times tearful statement to the
court after asking for a pollj of
"Yen and me both have bad
1 mere responsibility placed on us
" than the state of Oregon," be
said te Judre L. G. Lewelliag,
,"m U defend man's life aad
y to impose the extreme pen-'-alty."
Lomax waived time for passing
sentence. Judge Lewelling asked if
Tuesday, April . 27, would be sat
isfactory, and when Lomax
agreed, the judge called him to
chambers for a conference.
Two incidents shewed the
tenseness that gripped fflclals
and spectator before and fan-
mediately after the verdict was .
read. As Folkes was brencbt
into the courtroom to hear the
Jury's decision, a negro friend.'
William rellard, tried U shako
Ma hand. A state policeman -leaned
between - them. . Thero
was no distarbaaee.
"When Folkes was being led
from the courtroom after the ver
dict. State Policeman Curtis
Chambers took Folkes by the arm.
The negro, with a show of anger,
shook him loose.. Chambers leap-,
ed upon him, and another police
pian grabbed the prisoner's arm.
j As ho- rose from his chair for
the, march back to his cell, Folkes
yawned.
When ho reached his cell, ho
said to his Jailer: 1
They found me gnilty ail
rbjht, and IV take H like a aaaa."
" Judge Lewelling, after confer
ring,, with Lomax, set the ate
for sentencing Monday, April 28,
at 1:30 p. m.
I Lomax said he would move at
that time for an arrest of judg
ment. If that is denied, ho said,
he would seek a new trial before
Judge Lewelling. Failing in that,
he said he would file notice of ap
peal to the state supreme court, .
W. G. Brinson, Norfolk, Va,
fael company executive, Mrs.
James' father, was not In the
court room, lie left a note to
- the press describing the slay-
in a "the most brutal : and
heinons ever committed in the
nation, and I trust the execa-
Hon date of this assassin will
not long be delayed.4.
Lomax, was near tears during
a statement to the court on waiv
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Ultimatum
Given CIO
WASHINGTON, April 22-JF)
The war labor board served an
ultimatum Thursday night on dis
trict 50 of the United Mine Work
ers, declaring that unless its strike
at the Celanese corporation' plant
in Newark is called off at once,
the board will lay the case before
President Roosevelt, In most cases
a preliminary to intervention by
the armed services..
' The board telegraphed John L.
Lewis, UMW president, and Ed
ward Heckelbeck, district 50 re
gional director, rejecting flatly the
Jatter's proposal to meet with
company representatives on griev
r mces r submit them to arbitra-
Stays
X
? FRED S. FINSLEY
Parole Board
Lauds Decision
Director Withdraws His
May 1 Ileaignatioii,
Told Thursday
Fred S. Finsley, state parole di
rector, has changed hit. mind
about - ri'slgnirfg' May 1 to re-enter
law practice and will contin
ue in his present position, the
state board of parole and proba
tion disclosed in a surprise an
nouncement Thursday afternoon.
The board earlier this month
had announced that Finsley had
resigned and that his successor
would 'be Joseph R. Silver, one
of the director's field representa
tives, Finsley has served as parole
director since the present parole
board was created four years
ago. : '
Chairman Roy S. "Spec" Keene
declared it is with satisfaction
that the. board makes , this-announcement,"
adding: -
"Mr. Finsley ha had. charge of
thio work since its Inception, and
his decision to abandon his plans
to. return to 'the practice of law
at Fossil and remain as director
assures a continuation of the pro
gram that has been so well car
ried forward to date.",'. ". ,,.
JLegiomiaire
Wanis; of '
Allied Losses
WASHINGTON, April 22-fl)
Warnings that heavy fighting still
lies ahead in Tunisia and that vic
tory's cost in lives will be high
came Thursday from Undersecre
tary of War Robert Patterson and
Roane Waring, commander vof the
American Legion.
"Casualties are certain to be
heavy," Patterson told a press con
ference. Waring, just returned from a
tour i of the African battlefront,
said the American forces have suf
fered "terrific casualties many
more than have been announced.
Relating in an address to
Legionnaires and others that he
had seen endless rpws of fresh
crosses in Africa, Waring said:
There will be many thousands
more of such crosses before the
flags of freedom wave in triumph
over Tunis and Bizerte.
Trades Union
Protests Freeze
PORTLAND, April 22-ifP)-AFL
Pacific Coast Metal Trades dele
gates Thursday resolved "vigor
ous disapproval of the present la
bor freezing policy of the war
manpower commission as being
repugnant to the Ideals of Ameri
canism." ; '
' The resolution said war produc
tion ' would be curtailed because
the WMC "introduces involuntary
servitude and freezes free labor
against 'its will to jobs in private
industry, whereas industry is per
mitted to amass profits while its
workers must accept sub-standard
wages."
6 Avenge--USMers,
BJlittle
General "Who Headed
; Tokyo Raid Wants ,
Another Chance
" By KIRKE L SIMPSON .
z- WASHINGTON, April 22-W)
The "murder in cold blood" of
American army fliers captured
by the Japanese after last year's
raid on Japan has ' added ex
plosive to the fire of controversy
over Pacific strategy, army ob
servers believe, , '-
They foresee, not only a rising
tide of public anger against an
enemy capable of .- committing
such acts, but sharpened demands
for expedited offensive action
against the Japanese.;: -. . .i .
"We will drop each bomb In
memory of our murdered com
rades," grimly declared Maj. Gen.
James H. Doolittle when informed
in North Africa Thursday, that the
Japanese have executed, some of
the men lost -in the raid he led
on Tokyo a year ago.
' - "Our bombs will not be miss
ing their mark," Doolittle ad
ded. It was' plain that Doo
little, now in command of the
allied strategic bombing force
in North Africa, and all the men
wo accompanied him on the
daring raid, are far from being
intimidated by the Japanese
atrocity. They all want to be in
on the next Tokyo attack.
Said Capt. . Howard A. Sessler
of Arlington, Mass., a member of
Doolittle's force:
"The day will come when these
atrocities will be avenged. I hope
I am among the avengers."
His reaction was typical. '
Obviously an attempt to intimi
date the United States air force,
the Japanese reference to a "one
way ticket to hell" .implied a
threat, to execute every airman
captured. - .
The broadcast, recorded by the
federal communications . com-
mission, followed a Dome! news,
agency broadcast beamed at the.
United. States two days ago
announcing execation of some
of Doolittle's companions and
saying "this same " policy will
continue to be enforced In the
fntore."
A statement from the war de
partment in Washington said that
a further raid on Tokyo was a
"decided possibility."
Demands from Australia for
substantial reinforcement of Gen
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US Indians
May Benefit
Through War
The ill wind of war may. blow
the American ; Indian - into his
proper ' niche- in society, believes
Miss- Bertha M. Eekert, secretary
for Indian work, on the staff of
the national board of the YWCA,
who arrived hero Friday night for
one of her regular visits to Chema-
' Young "Indian men are volun
teering for; the armed services of
this nation in larger proportion
than are those or other races,' she
proudly declares, while a new mi
gration of historic proportions is
underway . as the Indian . moves
from . his nomadic life into ' the
cities, from livestock, mining and
agriculture into industry.
Skill ' of Indian - girls, who are
receiving welding training at their
schools, is considerable, declares
Miss . Eckert. Many are leaving
housework for industry, while
other brackets of service have
their share of the bronze-skinned
maidens.
OP A Assures
Fowl Sayings
WASHINGTON, April 22 Hf)
The OPA promised "substantial
savings" to the general public on
chickens and other poultry on the
basis of new price schedules put
into effect Thursday. ,
Spokesman for the agency said
that, although v some of the new
prices were higher and i others
lower than . recent ceilings, "on
the average the public can expect
substantial savings in comparison
with actual prices paid recently,
since many of the prices were il
legal." .
Centennial Plans' " -Trail
Celebration
BAKER, April 22-GT)-The old
Oregon Trail centennial celebra
tion to be held here July 3-5 will
recreate western life of 100 years
ago, complete with ox teams and
stage coaches. - -
Unhappy
if
It was "Here's at yon, Adolf," as the Marion county court invested $100,000 ! of the - funds in their
: keeping in Uncle Sam's war bonds on Dictator H ltlers birthday this week. '. Receiving the , county
' check, from. County Judge Grant Murphy Is Jess J. Gard, county Victory committee chairman,
while Commissioner Jim Smith (gray suit), G. A. "Gene" Vandeneynde, member of the county war
savings staff, (background, right), and : Commissioner Ralph Glrod (right) look on approvingly.
Girod, the court's expert on road-making, is leaving Salem today to go into active service with the
navy's Seabees construction battalion. I , - ,
$684,000 More Needed
For County Bond Goal
First National, Wards,
Water Board, Swell
Local Purchases
Citizens of Marion county are
"digging down" in earnest buying
war bonds to avenge Jap atrocities
and help Uncle Sam also . defeat
the Hitlerian end bf tho ; Aiis,
Victory Committee Chairman Jess
J. Gard declared Thursday night
as he announced the county was
within $684,000 of its $2,500,000
goal for subscriptions outside of
banks.
The non-bank purchases reach
ed the $1,818,000 mark Thursday,
while bank ' purchases soared to
$4,498,960 with the announcement
that the First National bank of
Portland had bought $1,848,960 in
the government's per cent war-
WASHINGTON, April lt-JP)
Stirred by the Japanese execu
tions of captured' American air
men, many cities and states
Thursday overshot their quotas
I n t h e $13,0O0,OO,OOO second
war loan campaigns or upped
their goals:
Secretary Morgenthau an
nounced that as of Tuesday 1
night a total of $11422,000,000
bad beea-fubscribed, . -
Wttb, more than $2,000,000,000
to come from banks at the end
of this- month, tad drive Is; as-.'
urod "of exceeding lis" goal.
time certificates of Indebtedness
throw gIMts Salem, Woodburn and
Stayton branches. The Coolldge &
McQaine bankv Silver ton, was not
included in Thursday's report. It
did, however, Include '. subscrip
tions of $100,000 by the Gervais
State bank and $50,000 by the
St. Paul bank. Purchase of per
cent bonds ' will be announced
next week when bank .subscrip
tions : are .-pen." v ? , ?
Salem water commission also
joined the bond buying parade
Thursday with Chairman Chand
ler P. Brown reporting purchase
of $80,000 worth of war, securi
ties - from water department - in
vestment funds.
Another $40,000 was added to
the county's quota during the day
in the form of an allotment to
Marion . county by . Montgomery
Ward and company, according to
W, F. Kellogg, manager of the
Salem store.
Pupils of the Stayton grade
school, ' Who have - raised nearly
$3000 for war stamps and bonds,
including $250 on HiUers birth
day, learned Thursday just what
they had bought for the war ef
fort three jeeps. Two of toe lit
tle army multi-purpose combat
vehicles : were taken to " Stayton
Thursday- and " the children given
rides by the army non-commis-(Turn
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Salem Soldier : ;
ICilled in Action
lira. Alma'M. Damn of 14SS
Center street received word
Monday that her son. Pvt. rich-,
ard P. Damra, was killed la ac
tion on February S, 1313, la tie
north Atlantic area. Pvt. Damra.
esicreJ tie army 1-iist Ai-ksU-
Birthday, Schichlegruber
Okay Officer,
He Lammed!
RICHMOND, Va-P)-Orlent-:
al intelligence note: : ; - ' i
f The Virginia state police bul
letin board ; carried a ; lookout
notice for a Chinese who es
: eaped. It said, from bnmiaration
authorities at Jacksonville, Fla.
- His name a Tea Lam.
Reds Repulse
Desperate
Nazi Thrusts
" By the Associated Press
LONDON, Friday, A p r i 1 23
Soviet, troops mowed down hun
dreds of. Germans still attacking
their , Kuban river valley ; lines
above the enemy bridgehead at
Novorossisk in the Caucasus, and
the red air force made mass raids
on-nazi military formations and
other targets, Moscow announced
early today. ' " I ':
Three hundred Germans were
killed in attempting to take one
hilltop and hundreds also fell in
another sector, said the midnight
communique recorded by the sov
iet Monitor. iT-
The soviet Baltic fleet's air force
attacking enemy ports in that area
was said ' to" have caused serious
damage to installations, shot down
13 plane 'and destroyed a patrol
ahip ' " and three troops " landing
craft ; :
v This presumably referred to the
attack on Kotka on the Finnish
coast midway between Leningrad
and Helsinki. A Finnish communi
que had reported earlier that a
soviet assault on that port was re
pelled by Finnish anti-aircraft ar
tillery. India Law
Held Invalid
NEW YORK, April 22-)-The
defense of India rule No. 26 un
der which . more than 8000 all
India congress leaders, including
Mohandas K. Gandhi and Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru, were impris
oned without trial and have been
held since September 8, was de
clared invalid Thursday in a judg
ment read in New Delhi federal
court.
The court held that the rule
"went beyond the powers which
the legislature thought fit to con
fer on the central government. ,
: It caused considerable flurry
and ; embarrassment among gov
ernment circles but while Gandhi
and his colleagues now? stand il
legally arrested' they are still in
jail 'and there Is no evidence that
they are going to be released or
tried.
Storm Flags IJp
SEATTLE, April 22-)-The
US weather bureau reports small
craft warnings hoisted at 3 pjn.
Thursday along the full length of
the Washington tr.d Orc;;ca ccssts.
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WLB Accepts
Coal Dispute ,
Hear Called Saturday
At 10 a.m.; Lewis
' Asked to Attend
WASHINGTON, April 22-JP)
The war labor board accepted
jurisdiction o v e r the" soft .coal
wage dispute i Thursday, :-and
promptly called a hearing on it for
10 ajn. Saturday.'
Asked to attend were Charles
O'Neill an d Edward R. Burke,
chairman of the northern and
southern - Appalachian operators
committees,, and John L. Lewis,
president of the United Mine
Workers. '
The initial hearing, the board
explained, will be for the purpose
of receiving from . the parties i a
summary statement of the issues
in dispute and of discussing "the
procedure and timing to be fol
lowed in the presentation of the
dispute to the board.' - t
- Secretary of Labor Perkins cer
tified the case to the WLB earlier
in the day after nearly a month
and a half of negotiations in New
York failed to produce new agree
ments' between the UMW and the
operators. '
Unless - the board can reach a
quick agreement, , it is expected
to request a , further- temporary
extension of existing agreements
to assure uninterrupted operation
of the mines. The current one
month extension' expiree April 30.
In New-York, Burke said Sat
urday's bearing was "a sensible
and proper procedure.''- ;
'.Lewis, who has denounced the
board -' on numerous occasions,
would not say immediately wheth
er he planned to attend. F
PITTSBURGH, April ; 22-4P)
More than . 2,000 coal diggers in
steel company-owned - "captive
soft , coal - mines were on . strike
tonight as union leaders and oper
ators alike reported growing un
rest among workers over the dead
locked wage negotiations between
operators and the United Mine
workers, , , " , . -; !
A walkout ' yesterday of a few
hundred employes of the Repub
lic Steel corporation at nearby
Charlerio, was joined " today by
workers in three other pita of the
company. - Several hundred others
also quit work tonight in a mine
at Isabella operated by the Weir
ton coal company, a subsidiary
of the National Steel corporation.
if Officials of the : Weirton . com
pany said they were given no rea
son for the work stoppage
Salem Firm
Gets Contract
WASHINGTON, April 22.-(ff)
-The war department announced
Thursday these contract awards
with names of contractors, type
and location of work and super
vising engineers: t
Between $100,000 and $489,-
Ha lver son Construction Con
and E. B. Halverson, Salem, Ore
constructing buildings and ap
purtenances in E en ton Co., Ore
C.n, Portland engineers " . ,
From Helglhtte :
Bayonets, Grenades Used
By Attacking Tommies
As Allies Sweep On
LONDON, April 23 (AP). The Algiers radio re
ported today that the British Eighth army had occu-'
pled the fortified village of Takrouna, five miles north- "
west of Enfidaville, R after bitter fighting. 1
. "I 'i .By WILLIAM B. KING ' "
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, April 2l
(flBritish" Eighth. army infantry, using bayonets and grenadeay
smashed into axis mountain nests south of Tunis Thursday in
an unhalted advance after the first army crushed a diversionary
blow west of the capital by destroying 27 tanks and capturing 500
elite Germarf troops. ; ".rwrio.y.;;'; v-;'- - ;: )'
The" Eighth, army was reported to have gained three mile
nsvrrra anrl cayaa t Vni4aiTi11aa' ainAan . ka k4 fimeivrA Kaaovi' iw 4VTa fc
lVi M4 UVS WW -Wfe? W VS. SI HMIMB V Ut.
sector Monday night,', and ; a
much of it hand-to-hand, raged
Flying Fort
Repulses Japs
- Enemy Base Heavily
, Bombed and Strafed ;
2 NipPlanes Down
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, . Friday, April 23
(P)-A Flying Fortress over Kav
ieng, New Ireland, fought off four
Japanese fighters Thursday in a
battle which5 extended over : 150
miles, the h I g h command ' an
nounced today. r- - . ' . '
Japanese positions at . Nassau
bay, New Salamaua, New. Guinea,
WASHINGTON, April 22-JP)
Japan's Naaru' base in the Gil-
bert islands, a stntcrie Mtpost
issrdiaf the- soothern ap
proaches to ' the treat Trak
bastion in the nth Pacific, was
heavily . eaaaaed - Wednesday
by army bombers .in a loni -,
ranfe daylifht attack. ; '
were heavily bombed and strafed
in another aerial action. . . - .
" The Kavieng incident Was tthe
second in as many days to indi
cate increased Japanese opposi
tion in the air in the sector north
east of Australia. Thursday's com
munique told of a single Fortress
battle with Zeros near RabauL
New; Britain, in which the allied
plane shot down two of the inter
ceptors. '"-y :"'Vr--r' " I
Today's - noon - communique said
succinctly of the Kavieng action: :
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Tax Battle
Pos
a
To May 3
WASHINGTON, April 22 -(ff)
A finish battle on pay-as-you-go
taxation, including . the modified
Ruml plan to skip an income tax
year, was set Thursday for .Mon
day, May 5, and the house de
cided to take an Easter recess
until the climactic daU afford
ing: time for taxed tempera to cooL
t Members bcf an leaving Wash
infton in larre Bombers, 'and
, many, no doubt, will find among
their home people the answer to
the question of how they should
east their votes. . :':
' Another battle along party lines
appeared inevitable with the lead
ers on each side lined up in this
manner: .V'
Democrats Behind a propos
al to apply the much softer 1941
rates and exemptions to 1942 per
sonal income.- This would erase
the last year's tax liabilities com
pletely for about 7,000,000 per
sona and give others substantial
reductions. The overall tax-abatement
would amount , to approxi
mately 80 per cent of the . total
1942 personal income tax bill-
in dollars $5,000,000,000.
Republicans Backing first of
all' the modified Ruml plan, as
drawn in a bill by Rep. ' Carlson
(R-Kas), but if the skip-a-year
proposition fails, ready with an
alternate proposal to abate 75 per
cent of last year's taxes for most
taxpayers.
Whatever bill is adopted, if any,
it probably win include a 20 per
cent withholding levy, effective
July 1, against the taxable por
tions of wages and salaries, .
topned
orn
M1V VlViMI V VVOU . Ug. tlMl f
spokesman said violent fighting.
all day.
A delayed - dispatch from No- -land
; Norgaard, an : Associated
Press correspondent at . the front;
said the British Wednesday seizedU
Takrouna, three miles northwest
of Enfidaville, except for mopping,
up Operations, and were pushing
into the salt marsh area of Seb
kra Sidi Krai if a north of Enf !
daville. ' , . ,
Farther inland in the Djcbel
Gargi area the British, however
faced a formidable task of clean
ing out enemy gun posts on the
sheer sides of those hills, and In
fantrymen and mules were car
rying supplies into country too
difficult for motorized transport
In the north Lieut. - Gen.
K, A. N. Anderson's First array,
including parachute troops,
withstood a powerful v German
eeontersttack aimed at easlmf
the pressure alarshal Kara- -
". mmmm op - ov mm m - at wst f ou mm
flieted 'considerable easaalties'
on the enemy southeast of Med
. Jes-El-Bab.
Five battalions of crack Ger
man troops,, including three from
the Hermann Goering Jaeger reg
iment and one from the Goering
Grenadiers were thrown against
the First army . lines T u e s d a y
night on an eight-mile front be .
tween Med jez-El-Bab and Gou
bellat. . I . ) .
At least 70 German tanks also
Were put. into ' the struggle later,
but the-British destroyed a third
of . them, including' two 60-tosy
Mark ,:VI ' Tigers.". Y.f 'i.U :;' -
The Germans attacked by
moonlight, apparently trying r ai
capture the hills in a "V formed ?
by the 'roads leading from MedU ;
Jez-12-Bab to - Goubellat ' and 13
Aroussa; 1 ' - - -..-".
Bat they met sack strong op
position aad saffered sack hea
vy tsassa that- there was oaly
sinor mfiltratioa of the Brit
ish lines. By dawa the axis de
cided to give ap. a bad Job aad
-. withdrawn v b r. :'"
. It was at thia point that the)
Germana . oalM up their- hugd
tank forces in oj effort to- covev '
their-, retiring troops) and loot 2T
ed-fl---:..:.-.'-.':'i.r-f-' , J
.;- The British. Eighth" army's adV
vance in the south was. slow and
painful.. Fighting on a ten-milg
front r u n n i n g "from the coast
north to Znfidaville inland
through Takrouna to the- Djebel
Garci sector, the- men. are con
fronted With axis strongholds'
carved into hillsides and well
camouflaged. - . " J P; r
An allied communique said
massed artillery had broken two
major enemy counterattacks Wed
nesday "with heavy loss to the
enemy, and that "our positions
were generally improved and all
gains firmly held.1 '.:
Bat nearly every fold of earth
.hides aa axis mortar or field
gran, aad Geaeral Mentgem
ery's desert troops : now most
' rash these positions with bay
onets or creep p to blast them
wiia grenaoes. -i
United States and French troops
ive and penetrating patrols on
sectors of the front assigned ta
them. . ----- ,
. Unfavorablo weather again
i; :tj .in.j .i ..it.j .1 j
iuiuku aaijcu mu tuviij' over uiv
axis-held Tunisian corner, but
fighters and bombers kept up a
day-long pounding of roads and
airfields. . ;- ;
The communique reported thf
destruction of 14 more axis plane
during Wednesday, night and
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