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. IT SEEMS TO ME that there
'was reason lor variations in ap
plause which punctuated the ad--dress
of Prime Minister Churchill
before congress. .
" Did you notice that applause
was loudest and longest when he
pronounced doom on Japan and
pledged British aid to accomplish
it? Partly it was due to general
sen timent which is more bitter
gainst Japan than our other axis
"enemies. After all the Japs ti
tacked us, gave us an initial whip
ping that hurt our pride. And the
Japs have been savage and ruth
less enemies, killing our gallant
Airmen, torpedoing the mercy ship
of Australia without warning. So
we do hate the Japs and applaud
s when Churchill declares there can
be no peace unUl their cities lie
-gnashes.
- But I believe there is another
reason for heavier applause to the
thrusts at Japan. The America
f inters, who still populate con
gress, have been using the Japan-
' ' ee menace as means of dividing
war effort and of attacking the
t Administration charged with re
' sponsibility , f or determining war
- strategy. ; N : ; ;
- t Japan offers an escape from
" 1 4Vwmt nrnvn ineotitude. their con-
mivin with the nazi ami, fascist
rmuoL their -opposition to lend
, . leaser their near-defeat of extern
skier of the national guard mobil
ization. Exposed as false prophets
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Much Maligned
Taxing Relief
Seen at Last
By RALPH C. CURTIS
. Realization of the ' tax relief
. provided for property owners
by the 1943 legislature, which
. drew some unearned brickbats
for its failure to afford relief
this year to' income taxpayers,
is Just around the corner. ;Y'
Schoolthrughout the state are
closing and attention turns to the
-vnattor tt hnriVet-makin for the
next school year, most budget
BoeeUnes beina scheduled " within
the- next month, r Taxpayers at
tending: these- meetings will dis-
cover merely as a matter , of in
formation, for it effects no change
in 4hedistrict'a budgeting proced
ure that their special district tax
levies are to be substantially re
duced no matter what the pro
posed outlay for the coming year,
' except in the unlikely event that
costs have doubled. If costs re
fcMkfc the same the special district
tax- will, in' many eases,- be cut in
: half."- . .-.
' ' Curiously,- in all that was said
in the legislative halls and com
mittees rooms anent the $5,000,000
. provided for school districts out
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Meeting Here
Shown Valley
Fossil Parts
Fossilized bones and teeth of, a
prehistoric mammoth, unearthed
on the Otto G. Lair farm in Evens
valley, were displayed at . the Sa
lem Geological J society meeting
Thursday night at which Dr. John
C. Merriam, noted geologist and
paleontologist, was the ;- featured
speaker.
The fossils were not newly dis
covered 4 but had just- been called
to the society's attention by.: Mr.
Lais, arfonrier owner "of the prop-
. erty, who discovered, them while
digging a well having failed to i ex
port the' find. . ; pV;t;
, Present efforts of Dr. Merriam,
president emeritus of the Univer-
. aity of California and of the Car
negie Institution, : are ; aimed at
creation of an organization to be
know nas "John Day Associates'
to carry on research in eastern
Oregon's outstanding fossil beds,
he declared.
1 Tying in scientific research with
current world conditions. Dr. Mer
riam said the problem of the Pa
cifif, for example, would be solv
ed only by men who "see the pic
ture whole," Including the physi
cal geography -. and racial history
ef the region.
AFL Is Denied
Record Subpoena
' PORTLAND, May 20.-iP-Trial
Examiner Robert N. Denham of
the NLRB Thursday refused an
AFI., request for ja subpoena to
force the labor board to produce
records , and '.' correspondence as
evidence in the hearing of unfair
labor charges against, three Kai
eer shipyards hereabouts.
In announcing refusal, Denham
tdvised Charles Janigian, AFL
lawyer, that he might take the
jnatter direct to the labor board.
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All Planes
Fl a k Scares Away;
German KeprnsdJls:
Nazis Put Antiaircralt Flatcars on
3Io8 1 MunitionVTrains as Engine
Losses in Reich Become Acute
LONDON, May 20-(P)-On the heelr of the US flying Fort
ress raids on submarine and shipbuilding yards at Kiel and Flens-
burgj the Royal Air Forceeesajr night carried the allied air
offensive to Berlin for the 'fourth attack on the Reich capital in
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Jap Admiral
Said Killed
During Action
NEW YORK, May. 21-P-The
Tokyo radio, announced today that
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, commander-in-chief
of the . combined
Japanese- fleet, who was -reported
to have boasted he would dictate
peace terms in the White House,
had been killed in action in April.
A domestic broadcast record
ed by the federal commanica
tlons commissien said that Ya
mamoto had met death aboard
a - warplane "while directing
general strategy ee the front
line,' bet gave ne details.
- Yamamoto was -Japan's fore
most advocate, of combined sea
and air. power and war known as
one of the most able naval strate
gists in the empire. ; . -;
As spokesman far the Tekysr
naval , command he torpedoed
the Loadost naval conference ef
. 1934, smishtar the whole stree
tere ef naval limitations and
ending the building trace that
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Lotka Convicted
In 2nd Degree
MEDFORD, Ore, May 20.-JP)-A
verdict of second degree mur
der, which under Oregon law car
ries a mandatory sentence of life
imprisonment, was returned
Thursday night by a circuit, court
jury; in the trial of Sgt Berna rd
J. Lotka, 23, ; Cleveland,' O, ac
cused of smothering his 1 0-weeks-old
son m an auto court cabin
here; April L - "7 "
The state, charging Lotka - with
first degree murder; "had " asked
the death penalty. v
British Complete
A ' BRITISH BASE ON THE
INDO-BURMA FRONTIER, May
18.-(Delayed)-WP)-A super - raid
by British and provincial troops
that 1 for three months, swept
through Burma on a 300-mile
f r o n i wrecking railroads and
bridges and generally 4 harassing
Japanese occupation forces, drew
near its close today as the weary
raiders, many of them disease
ridden, struggled out of the jun
gle. ; ' .
v (The end of the raiding eper-
atlon was adiouneed officially
In a special communique issued
early this (FrI) morninr In New:
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Mosijuitoes attacked . targets In
Berlin; but gave ne details. Thurs
t day night me air fninistry iiewi
service reported that, seven trains
l railways- between Challons-
Sur-Marne end Nancy, Prance,
were shot up by a single Mosquito
during RAF sorties over occupied
territory last night ;
S costly have beea the RAF
attacks ea hard-pressed . axis
ralbreads that the enemy has
LONDON, Friday, May Jl-tff)
RAF fighters carried eat tntrad
er patrols J ever France last
night. It was disclosed today,
thus continuing British ; offen
sive operations ever the conti
nent through the ninth succes
sive night.
pet flak cars behind the engines
. en most monitions trains.
All'-the Mosquito planes re
turned, and later, during daylight,
a big formation of allied aircraft
thundered t over the ; channel td
ward'northerri France.They-?ere
toa high - to determine r whether
they were fighters or bombers. ":
Meaatime, German planes, in
another-" feeble attempt - hy the
enemy ' to strike back at Eng
land, Beared a seath coast town,
bat they were greeted by a
fierce anti-aircraft barrare and
they searrled off before they
ceald drop any bombs.
In night sorties along the coast
of Europe from The Netherlands
to southern France, Whirlwind
bombers of the RAF attacked ene
my air bases at Poix, Amiens
Glisy; and Crecy En Penthieu.
They-also made raids en rail tar--4
gets at Gamaches end u. -
A concentration of barges in
the Ghent region became the vic
tims of strafing by Mosquitoes
which also shot up a factory at
Tangerbrugge. A violent explo
sion on five barges in ' the Lys
river was touched off by. Beau
fighters which also attacked three
trains near Poisy, Sen and Bon
niere. . : Pt"1"
An alert was sounded ist Lon
don : Thursday nlrht for the
fifth- consecutive night bat the
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USO Contest
Attracts Six
Six men In the armed services
already have entered the contest
for soldier-entertainers which will
be a feature of the initial Victory
Center program of the season Sat
urday night, members of the jun
ior chamber of commerce announ
ced after completing the painting
job at the Center on Thursday
night . :i . :-M "L.":
In addition to this contest, r a
number of entertainment attrac
tions have been lined up, it was
announced. Five WAVE recruits
who are leaving May 27 for train
ing will be introduced. '
'Any soldiers wishing to enter
the contest who have not yet done
so are advised to get in touch with
the committee in charge by in
quiring of any. member- of the
junior chamber.
, ("An operation which lasted for
more, than three months has now
been completed by a force com
prising British," Burman, Gurkha
arid Indian troops," the commun
ique said. This force has cam
paigned In the heart of central
Burma since the middle of Febru
ary, i in enemy-controlled terri
tory east of. the Chindwin and Ir
waddy rivers.")
For three months this fight- .
Ing force ef 'English, Burmese,
Indians and Wangle , tribesmen
marched and' counter-marched
: through the jungle, bobbing up
' everywhere 'from ' Uandalay '
northward te Myitkylaa te pea.
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LONDON, Friday, May 21-P)-The Rossians today announced an
attempt by the Germans te move troops by water In the vicinity of
the Kerch strait between the Caucasus and the Crimea, without Indi
cating' Immediately whether the nasis were attempting te reinforce
their narrow Caucasus bridgehead about Novorossisk er evacuate
forces from It. t, . 'r';;v;
. ' Reporting an action uosaal In , the ' long f ishtlng at this key
point, the j soviet midnight commaniqna as recorded by the soviet
monitor said that ships of the red .fled aad planes sank six self
proponed bar res 'carry ins enemy troops.
The action eecerred let the Black sea fas the area ef Kerch at the
tip of the Kerch peninsula of the Crimea, and ef Anapa, en the Cau
casus coast 45 miles southeast of Kerch aad 25" miles northwest of
Novorossisk. (See map above.),-; '--
At the same time the Russians reported what may-have boon
yet another attempt of the besieged Germans te break eet of their
Novorossisk trap by land. - - 'r ' -
"Fighters ef one unit moi the enemy with s pewerfaf barrage
Are and then launched a counterattack, the late bulletin added. The
enemy suffered heavy losses and waa thrown back, The soviet units
captured war material and took prisoners."
Thousands
In Midwest Floods
f1 By The Associated Press
An exodus from a stretch of territory along the menacing
Mississippi was under way last (Thursday) night as fresh troops
were rushed into the battle to hold levees against the pressure
of rising rivers. -
Illinois, southern Indiana and
Oklahoma 'were the chief danger
areas in the six-state mid western
flood 'map while seething streams
approached or exceeded record
levels; ' . '
Red Cross estimates indicated
that more than. 90,000 person had
been driven from their ! homes.
Crop land property damage was
calculated at more than $30,000,
000. Field work in many farm re
gions :of great Importance to the
Food-f or-Victory campaign w a s
at a standstill. The death list stood
at 10. Almost 5,000 soldiers and
sailors and .uncounted civilians
were enlisted in the. fight against
swirling waters. , 1: : p -,
The Missouri river broke from
its channel In St. Charles coun
ty, Missouri, and poured ever
land te meet the overflew ef
the Mississippi near : West - Al
- ton, SMo. y-, V i
X- The midwestern area office of
the Red Cross in SL Louis said
latest information was that flood
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al Burma Raicl
ter she Japanese, while net a
' word ef their exploits waa al
lowed to reach the world.
. Now when most of them have
completed the hazardous, heart
breaking climb back oyer a half
dozen mountain ranges to re-enter
India, the story of their ex
ploits' has been 'revealed. '
' The raid was an epic struggle
against the jungle, with death,
valor, despair and victory march-
ing along with Britain's fighting
men i as they flung : their weight
against the Japanese. o :
' Fighting side by side with their
heat -tempered, ' brown skinned
eqsnrades, a regiment of Eng
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Air Bases
' ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
AUSTRALIA, 5 Friday, May 21.-r-The
Japanese air force kept
up its offensive against New Gui
nea Wednesday night and Thurs
day' by sending 21 planes against
four Rallied ; bases, .bringing to
nearly 250 the number of planes
used in raids within a week's period..--.
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. While the enemy was distrib
uting his attention among Port
Moresby, Milne bay, Dobodura
(near Buna) and Cape Ward
Hunt, the allies concentrated their
air efforts against an airdrome at
RabauL New . Britain, where 18
tons of bombs were dropped. -
land's city-bred tinkers, tilers and
bookkeepers matched their wits
against the Japanese and the jun
gle and! won not decisively,' but
won., 'w-.'-vy -r
. Several colamns traveled near
ly 1,689 mQes sad endured the
. bitterest hardships. - -
The raid began Feb. IS when a
force of whom a third were Eng
lish crossed the Chindwin river on
the Burma side of the frontier. It
was 'at a somewhat critical hour,
as in North Burma on the Sal
ween front - the, ; Japanese were
pressing hard against the Chinese.
A" band of approximately 5.C00
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Cannery
Wages
Okelbedl:
Pay Hiked Ten Cento ;
V Local Firms Approve !
Regional X71B Move
SEATTLE, May 20-W-A re
gional war labor board decision
for a" 10-cent hourly , pay ln
crease for 40,000 cannery work
ers Oregon ,nd Washington
was announced , here today by
Dr. George Bernard Noble, chair
maru . - .. -. -
- The'decision is subject to review
by" the national war labor board,
but, Dr. -Noble, said be was - in
formed - by top .officials of the
board that fthis important, ease
has the green light signal" be
cause of .the urgency of assuring
a record' pack of , fruits and veg
etables this year. He said the re
gional, board was in' communica
tion by. telephone with, the nation
al WL3B, " before . the decision was
announced . , . rr;""'
. Dr. Noble said the case weald :
not have te go before the office
of price administration and' the -director
of economic stabiliza
. tion, James F. Byrnes, If can
' ners da not Insist on price . In
creases. , He - said - canners bad
' ioined with CIO and AFL an
ions In asking for the wage in
creases. The board chairman said the
hourly wage scale for western
Washington and the Portland area
under the decision would be: Men
80 cents; women 66; piece
workers- 7li4. ;V : ', -V'
, For plants in the Walla Walla,
Yakima, -Wenatchee and - Willam
ette Valley areas, the scale would
be: Men cents; women. 83;
piece, workers 68 . '."Jt& t ,
The decision coveres 4S.00S
workers ia Washington and
nearly 20.900 in Oregon. J'-J-ip
Dr. Noble said the decision was
expected to bring relief to Ore
gon 'canners who reported immi
nent prospects of crops rotting in
the ' fields because of the lack of
workers to pack and can them. -.
. . The regional- war- labor ,
board's decision was hailed by
persons ; active In the Marion
county program to solve the
farm aad food-processing- labor
problem, as - the removal of a
serious barrier- to their pre-
The increase is in harmony with
a decision- reached previously by
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Coal Miner
WaUcouts
Spreading
WASHINGTON, May 20
Strikes began to spread again in
the coal mines Thursday, even as
the war labor board aimed for a
clean-up decision which may give
an indication Tuesday whether
peace or turmoil shall follow in
the mine, wage controversy.
' The miners' chances of get-:
ting WLB approval of their de
mands for a flat $2 a day In
crease are net generally regard
ed as bright, bat a majority of
the WLB's fact-finding; panel Is
reported te favor their call for
extra pay to cover all the time
they spend ' underground. '
Even the United Mine Workers
leadership concedes that nothing
is due under the little steel for
mula, as it now stands. The min
ers want to discard the .formula
but even under existing stabiliza
tion rules they are not necessarily
precluded - from . obtaining . some
concessions other than a straight
wage boost . v . 1
Whether such concessions are
made and, . If made," whether "
they will satisfy UMW rresl
. dent John L. Lewis and his
followers remains te be seen. ,
' Altogether, 11 of the government-operated
pits in Pennsylvan
ia and one each in Ohio and
Kentucky were closed by miners
expressing dissatisfaction over de
lay in their contract negotiations.
, A problem unrelated to the con
tract dispute a sudden shortage
of railroad,, cars had a .more
severe effect in West Virginia, the
nation's leading coal-producing
state. Twenty six mines closed
and coal output, in ' the state's
northern section was curtailed be
cause no cars were available in
which to load coaL
Fri. sunset 8:43
Sat. sunrise 5:31
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- Navy: Departmenf Reveals
Casualties Ixw in Joint
vAir Land, Sea Action
J -Vi . ; , By GAYLX TALBOT '
t- .. , ' Associated Prose War Kdnor
. . The last Japanese resistance; on Attu island In the Aleutians
was flickering out slowly but surely as. hard fighting. American
troops backed the remnant of the enemy garrison into, the north
eastern extremity of the island utnd under ; pointblank fire oi
American naval guns. - .. t ?
, rAf ter capturing the enemy airfield on Attu United States
forces completed their encirclement of Japanese survivors of the
nine-day battle,' the navy announced. . The trap snapped shut with
the capture of Sarana pass, leading to the Chieagof. harbor area.
Only isolated-enemy sniper activity was reported from other parts
of the island. . .-; -.
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Completion of Field Seen -
' .Completion of the -airfield .which the" Japanese were building
on Attu will probably be one pf the first American projects in
development of- the island. It would give our forces an air base
about 2,200 statute miles from Tokyo.
"T The field would be usefuT in helping to cut off the enemy's
main' Aleutians base onKiska from reinforcements and supplies j
and in softening up Kiska defenses for the eventual drive to an-i
nihilate the enemy garrison on that island also. " J'
- Latest reports of the ten-day old battle came from the navy
department and Secretary of War.Stirnson. ,
These disclosed that the American forces, under Major Gen
eral Eugene Landrum, a veteran of Aleutians operations, have
executed successive pincer maneuvers to drive the Japanese into
their last stand position at Chicagof harbor at the island's north
easterti extremity.
The last move was accomplished Wednesday when our troops
captured Sarana pass opening in the foes' southeastern flank.
Tuesday they had completed clearing a pass .between Massacre
and Holtz bays to join American forces advancing from the south
with those driving from the north
southwest. . '
US Planes Control the Air
To1 the north the enemy is fighting with. his back to the sea
from 'Which naval guns pour shells into his defenses. Overhead;
when! weather permits, army bombers from Amchitka islands,
233 nautical miles to the southwest, control the air and complete
the entrapment.
The death or surrender of the remaining Japanese was ex
pected to come shortly. Crowded into the Chicagof area and bat
tered, from the sea and air as well as land, the enemy faced cer
tain "annihilation, However long he managed to. stave it off.
- Secretary of War Stimson told a press conference the Amer
ican; f oce, trained especially for the Attu job, approached the
island under a dense fog last 'week to surprise the Japanese com
pletely The troops had little' difficulty in ; establishing, strong
beachheads and holding them against Japanese counterattacks,'
he related, though the same fog
pered subsequent aeriaL operations, ' :u
Stimson corroborated Secretary Frank Knox's statement that
American losses had been relatively light in knocking the Japa
nese loose from the strategic island and winning the airfield.
Axia Airmen Beaten 18'to-l
'For the first time since, the
in force to try to defend Italy against the allies' bombing assault,
and took a fearful beating. During heavy, raids on Sicily and Sar
dinia allied airmen destroyed 73 enemy planes while themselves
losing only four aircraft an unprecedented 18-to-l ratio of victories.--
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Constant air and land action
of the Russian front, with the fiercest fighting around Novoros
sisk in the Caucasus and near Izyum, on the-Donets river 70 miles
southeast of Kharkav. The Russians said German counterattacks
in the Caucasus, backed by fresh reserves of men and tanks, had
been smashed by Soviet artillery and planes
Russian Troops Moved
German military circles reported that the Russians were
making big troop movements in the Taman peninsula of the Cau
casus, above Kersk and south of Leningrad.
' Early today Moscow announced that six barges "carrying
enemy troops" were sunk, by the
and Anapa which are above Novorossisk. The communique did
not indicate whether the Germans were trying to reinforce their
troops in the Caucasus or were evacuating them. t
Secret Letter9 Delivered ,
Meanwhile Joseph . Da vies
secret letter to Premier-Marshal Stalin in Moscow. There still
was no hint as to its contents. Its transmission to the Russian
leader followed British Prime Minister Churchill's speech Wed
nesday in Washington in which Churchill expressed hope that he
and the president might confer with Stalin soon. , - ,
'"Allied heavy 'bombers let yesterday pass without a major raid
over; Germany, but the RAP'S
their third attack on Berlin within a week on Wednesday night.
All the bombers returned. .
Das Schwarze Korps, organ
Germany would never be brought to her knees by aerial attack.
The allies must tear the European land from "us piece by piece."
it said. . ' V. " - l'
The war in Asia saw American heavy and medium bombcts
drop a record weight of more
nese installations in Burma destroying workshops and starting
many huge fires, including one in the Paduakkan oilfields 25
miles southeast of Magwe. r
But the British in an official communique reported that a
large raiding force, which had been operating within Burma for
three months had been withdrawn inside the Indian frontier, and
the Japanese appeared at last to be in complete control of Burma.
Neiv Post War
(Zrcmciry Plmi
HOT SPRINGS, Va, May 21-(JSy-A
British declaration of sup
port for 1 an international policy
of price stability raised talk at the
United Nations food conference
Thursday of . a post-war, world
wide "ever-normal granary" sys
tem. ; v - ; ;
Kichard K. Law, chairman ef
the CriU&h delegaUen, told a
news conference that his coun
try bellved International action
should be taken to eliminate
wide fluctuations La prices of .
basle agricultural and non-agricultural
products. . Such flne-
tuatiens, he said, are in r time
and flank the Japanese on the
that assisted their landings ham-'
fall of Tunisia, axis fliers rose
was reported along the length
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Red fleet and planes off Kerch
delivered President Roosevelt's
speedy mosquito bombers made
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of the nazi elite guard, declared
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than 125 tons of bombs on 'Japa-
'Ever Normal9
Considered
equallr ruinous te producers
aad consumers. .
The ever-normal granary idea,
calling for storing surplus crops,
is aimed at assuring ample food
supplies In years of short harvests
as .well as preventing price de
pression when crop surpluses ex
ist. -: . - -V
Belief that the world faces a
post-war period of short food sup
plies was expressed by Paul II.
Appleby, undersecretary of agri
culture an an American delegate,,
who told a press conference he
thought, the United States should
prepare to continue food rationing
for several years after the war.