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D Thur. e::: : 19 " - i . t 4 (Weather' ca fase 5) lit I j ! i n xnrTY TmsD teas 12 PAGES Salem. Ciecn. Thursdjry Herring, I Icry 27. 1C13 V ; i LP; I J " !! v ( ' v ! IT SEEMS TO ME that while We are talking about post-war in ternationalism .the best .place to "begin would be- with our closest neUhbor. Canada. While the do minion is a proud and important eomDonent of the British Com monwealth of Nations, this war is welding more closely the al ready close economic ties binding it to its neighbor to the south Will that economic - unification lead to a closer integration? Or can economic unification be effected without changes' in political struc ture, merely by formal i treaties between the two as independent sovereigns?- - U,--::- ,... ..,".) : i Note that I do not use the term "annexation That word, has been ; taboo ever , since Champ . Clark, once speaker of the house oi rep : ; resentalives, proposed it and set .! the dominion and the British Em pire on edge. Nor do I suggest ap- 'plication of CoL Robert; McCor- ; mick's recent brainstorm, that : BritisK dominions : send in : their application cards to become mem- , bers of the USA. That was merely sample of Col. McCormick's at tempt at irony. i Since the first world war US money has been pouring Into Can ada for investment, just as pre T viously there was a, distinct ml- - (ration from this country Jnto the . great' agricultural regions : of-Al-berta and Saskatchewan. Most of "our newsprint comes from Cana . da, made by mills largely owned ; by citizens of the US A Our auUy ; mobile companies ; erected" fac : tories across the river 1 from ; (Continued on Editorial page) -; Pacific Coast Army Command Shakeup Seen SAN FRANCISCO, May 26 (g-The Call-Bulletin Wednes day quoted Rep. Richard J. ' "Welch (R-Calif.) as saying that- shakeup was under way In ' the Pacific coast' army hlrh command because of difference ; . between Lt. Gen. John I De Witt and certain war depart f xnent heads ever the question of ' treatment of Japanese In this -. area. " - . The paper said , thati according - to Welch's .Information,; Gen'De-J '-"Witt will be removed as tomman SEATTLE, May ZM-Six American-Japanese army pri vates were In Seattle -last week on furlough 4he first Japanese here since the war department overruled LC Gen. John L. De Witt's recent ban on American Japanese soldiers spending -their . 1 nrlonf hs in areas In the West ern defense command, the Post InteUigeneer said tonight; der of the Fourth army and West ? ern defense command and will be : given a job in or near Washington where he will have his high rank for less than a . year before his statutory retirement date. Welch, the paper continued, said he understood DeWitt would be succeeded in the west coast com " mand here by Lt. Gen. Delos Em- mens, now commanding general , of the Hawaiian defense command. In Wsshlnrton, the war de ; portnknt'Said lt had no eom tnent on the report. . Welch's information was that ; General Emmons would be .suc- ceeded by Maj; Gen. Robert C. i Richardson, recently commanding , an army corps; -and formerly sta ; (Turn to Page 2 Story C) , 8-Cent Rail Wage Boost Approved W A S H INGTON, May 26 -W) I An eight-cents-an-hour : increase ' in wages for the more than .1,000,000 "non-operating" railroad employes, which would add about . $204,000,000 to annual ; payrolls, " was recommended to ; President - Roosevelt Wednesday by an emer gency board of the national rail- ; way labor panel. - The board also recommended . that the increase be retroaetive ! - tot February L Back pay of - S5,009,000, computed r . from that date to July 1, when the; . payroll changes would probably be completed, would be granted v la war bonds to prevent "strons- ' Iy inflationary" influences. -The recommendationV to be- come effective within 30 days un- less vetoed, r modified by Stabi lization Director James F. Byrnes, I represented a partial compliance with requests by the 15 non-ope- rating unions which had sought a : 0 cents an hour raise and the v union shop. -' . , OPA Plan Endorsed v WAS II INGTON, May 25 -T The ' committee of - newspaper Croups endorsed Wednesday a plan of the office of price admin- iitration to provide the public in ' s.botit S00 cities with monthly lists cf official grocery prices and ra- tln poir.tr, bri.-ir.irs July 1. tf--Protect It and Keep It 4 ? CoL Gordon 1L McCoy (center), post commander at Camp Adair, presents orderly. with the colors dar ter post headquarters dedication ceremonies Tuesday at Adair. Seated at left of microphone Is Geo. T-r'-rfr -rriraii'itim ii-ffltriirlftti 1 from right. (Statesman photo) idwest M Lewis Orders UMW Policy Group 4 1 o Convene t WASHINGTON, Bfay tt-VP) John L. Lewis of the United I Mine Workers , has summoned : the union's policy committee to ' meet hero Saturday, a step in ; dicating the UMW expects an early agreement in the soft coal ware dispute. I The operators and the miners returned to the bargaining table today in line with . a war labor board directive to work out a set tlement of the miners demand for pay on a portal-to-portal basis which would cover their under ground travel as well as actual productive time. I Lewis and the -UMW district presidents met briefly with the Appalachian operators, north and south. The operators caucased for an hour, apparently trying to work out their own problems of strategy and representation on a negotiat ing subcommitttee.v f rj, i Lewis maintained silence on tho WLB order; consistent with bis position of refusing to ree- ogniso the board's jurisdiction.' ( The truce under -which the in dustry has been operating expires next Monday. Informed UMW sources said that if an agreement Is not reached the truce undoubt edly will be extended as long: as bargaining continues., i ? , " i -r V Union leaders who cannot bo . quoted by nam said they were confident that an agreement on . pertal-to-portal " pay, plus ' the Increased vacation money and ; occupational charge allowances - ordered by the war labor board, would exceed $1 a day. - 7 ... ' Gets Committee Post ! WASHINGTON, 'May. 2tHJP) Rep. Ellsworth (R-Ore) disclosed Tuesday he had been appointed to the house committee on mines and mining." No Delilah - - She Gives . , Hair to Army In days of yore, Delilah clip- ped Samson's locks but today i It's turn about, with the army - taking Mrs. Clarence L. Fowler , for a- trimming. Her long, fine blond hair Is Ideal for use In i army ; optical, instruments, , as two widely separated ordnance officers agreed when they wrote thanking her for her contribu tion.;;: - : ;; J. - The tresses are more than 29 Inches long, have never been bleached or even felt mechan ical curler. . Tn ready any time, J&s. Fowler reported. "Just let tho army call on me frr more." Saturday ! iy Flood Is Ylplent Fights Flares Along Soviet Front LONDON, Thursday, May 27.- CffSixty seven German planes were destroyed in huge air bat tles northeast of Novorossisk, and an attack by 1600 enemy troops was shattered northwest , of the city Wednesday in a violent erup tion' of fighting In the Caucasus, Moscow reported early: today. : ' Both German and Russia? re ports told of renewed flghtmg in the Kuban bridgehead still -held by tho oasis, and a spe cial Moscow broadcast said the C7 German planes were shot' down In air combats out of aer ial fleets . attempting massed (Turn to Paee 2 Story G) South Pacific Japs Bombed ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRALIA, .Thursday, May 27-(ff)-Two thousand pound bombs were dropped on - Madang, ; New Guinea, Wednesday' by raiding Liberators, the high command an nounced ; today, -. :. f : y : r : " i ' Madang, 250 miles northwest of the allied-held port Moresby, is an enemy feeder base for menaced positions at Salamaua to its south east, ; -!;; ; r-S-A y---- - - t , v . Simultaneously, our long range fighters strafed enemy position,' the noon communique said. , Twelve miles ; below Salamaua, where Japanese and allied troops face each other, attack planes also bombed and strafed the enemy.) . Stormy weather for- the second straight daj . greatly curtailed aerial activity. ; V -Garden Several consecutive days of ideal 'gardening and crop-growing weather having . eliminated the last excuse for-: tardinesav Salem Men's Garden club members in charge of the Victory garden con test which the club is sponsoring jointly with The Oregon States man determined Wednesday that the contest entry list must dose within, the next few, days; speci fically next Monday, the last day of May.- ii;,--' ; To facilitate . the enrollment -of any Victory gardeners who wish to "get: in under the; wire, the enrollment blank appears today on this page. All that Is-necessary to enter the contest and become eligible for one' of , the 16 prizes whose total value exceeds $2S0, is to clip out the enrollment ap plication, 11 it out and mail or Flying'' . 4 Receding Meeting Explosive Plant Hit By Waters f By tho AstocUted Pren Surrinr waters closed a big explosives plant : yesterday . (Wednesday) but ' elsewhere along " the midwestern -, flood front tension ; eased as rivers : dropped at many points. c The overflow from the Missis sipi, rising more than a foot in two hours, swept past sandbag barri cades and gushed into the Atlas Powder company's buildings at Wolk Lake, 111. Production was halted. ' : While crests slipped downstream and the remaining seawalls stood up to the test of tremendous pres sure, federal officials and repre sentatives of six states met in St. Louis to consider plans for get ting inundated agricultural land back in the f ood-f or-victory pro gram. . During - May muddy - waters have submerged 2,926,000 acres of. Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma Kansas and Indiana. : routed 169,09t . persons and : caused 21 deaths in the worst (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Angell Urges Relief Program - WASHINGTON, May 28 Representative ; Angell (R-OreX introduced Wednesday a resolu tion (HR244) urging that H the United States adopt -a relief pro gram for "residents t of conutries invaded by tho axis. . .-. " . The resolution suggested 'that the project l be t put into effect through cooperation of the- gov ernments of Great Britain, Swed en,' Switzerland and other coun- - Contest Will ''Close on May 31 bring it either to the YMCA or Y, at most of the seed stores and to The - Statesman office. Addi- departments, and .at - The States tional. blanks are available at 'the man office. , ' CntOLLliq.T APPUCATIOII ' Victory Garden Program and Contest . Please enroll my ' name 'as a participant' In the Calem -Victory Garden and Home Food Supply .Program. I under stand that this enrollment makes my garden eligible for prize awards' offered in the Victory Garden contest sponsored by ' the Salem Men's Garden club and The Oregon Statesman. . Approximate area' of my plot is My garden Is located at My address t. ClneL Print or type name here.. (DejHrlt year rj-HcUn feUck at "i i V A Ketorn . ' Officials Confident Rich 7ili Return: " ;To Jobs Today .1 ' : WASHINGTON. May IHO Tho War Labor Board Wednes day cijhf certified the Akroa rubber strike to P r c a Id cn(. Roosevelt for such . action "a you deem appropriate, ' - WASHINGTON,; M a y 26-(P) President Roo s evelt declared Wednesday night the govern menV will Vtake the" necessary steps'' unless the Akron rubber strike is ended by noon Thurs day. - Declaring the strike, which has kept 51,000 workers idle in Akron's major rubber plants, was inexcusable, M- Roosevelt said it was "shocking to the nation to discover that any group within our citizenry would impede, for a ARSON, O, May 2-(,-Re-1 sponding to President Boose-; velt's demand that 51,500 dle rubber workers "return to work at once," officials of CIO United Rubber Workers union locals ordered an end to the five-day 'war production stoppaae Wed nesday night and expressed con fidence their members would comply Thursday morning. : Earlier, unionists at the Gen- -eral Tire and' Rubber company, one.cf four .major Akron con-" ' cerns' involved In the tieup, re sumed production on the li p. : n shift, ' a ' fow minutes before the president's order was made public, - , - : Meeting la Joint session, the : executive boards of the union locals at the Goodyear Tiro and Rubber ' company, t he - B. F. Goodrich company, and the Firestone Tire and Rubber com pany, adopted a resolution wr ing the unionists "to return to work at once-" : " single moment, the production of the materials of war' needed for our war effort. In a telegram to leaders of the unions involved, the president said: (Turn to Page 2 Story B): Washington Firms Contest Cannery Wage 1 SEATTLE, May 2&-iPy-The Washington state council of can nery unions announced Wednes day, through Secretary Oscar Wil liams, that it was preparing to protest - the regional war labor board's decision on wage increases for canneries and other food pro cessing plants in the Puget Sound, Vancouver and Portland areas. Tho council, an AFL affiliate, I did not- mention , the scales for eastern Washing ton plants, f which were also announced by the labor board May 2 L . -; The regional board granted 10 cent hourly pay increases, making this scale for the western Wash ington and Portland areas: Men, 8014 cents; women . 66 ; piece workers 71; at the time regional chairman George Bernard: Noble said national war labor board ap proval was assured. ..square feet StateiniAS T.':ce cr ir'CA.) TTn n " . - A illillllMlIL0 J: Japs Dig In For Finish Fight ATTUI rii, yyx j rHotn- " cooper r. f " ?ay ' JllBSON I. ' fl V-N jAlChichosoi Harbor . - ' t ' I - Nicholas f . --n..- - Q 1 2 3 r J:: US forces (arrows) have driven tho Japanese Into pockets (large v diagonally shaded areas near Chlchagof harbor where they were reported to have dug In t or a finish f ight, on Attn Island in . the Aleutians. One enemy unit (small shade t ares) was described as already taken as ' mopping as. operations continued. Associated Map. - " . - . As One Group Taken i ' WASHINGTON, May 26-P-Japanese resistance on Attu island appeared Wednesday to be crumbling fast with one of the enemy's last three main positions in American hands and a sec ond under violent assault. Army air striking power in the western Aleutian islands was supporting the assault by ground forces.' A navy communique Martin Sees Early Passage Of Compromise WASHINGTON; May 26 -VPh Republican leader Joseph W, Mar tin, jr.. of Massachusetts, Wednes day threw, his . party's house strength behind the compromise; 75-to-100 percent abatement, pa-as-you-go. bilL and' predicted Its passage by congress. v His prediction was echoed by Sen. George (D-Ga.), chairman of the senate finance commit tee and author of the compro , mise. - who told newspapermen . the legislation would pass "with no difficulty at alL" George ad ded that he could "see no good reason why the president would not sign It ;-tS';h: ' However, there were some signs of opposition in tho house by dem ocrats and republicans who have battled against any tax abatement in fartime. - The house will veto on the compromise Tuesday, and the senate probably will dispose of It finally on Wednesday. ? Designed to put 44,000,000 In come tax payers on a pay-as-you- go basis, the compromise bill can cels ; a whole year's tax bill for persons owing $50 tax' or less on either 1842 . or 1943 income, and abates 75 per cent of the 1942 or 1943 liability, whichever Is smal ler, for all others. Half of the re maining 25 per cent will be paid in 1944 and half in 1945. The measure Imposes, effec tive July 1. a 29 per cent with holding levy against wages and salaries, after family status ex emptions." Boat Bill Signed WASHINGTON, -M a y 26 - JP) President Roosevelt signed - Wed nesday legislation authorizing the navy to acquire or construct 1, 000,000 tons of landing craft; a , Closing the contest lists Is nec essary at this time in order that Judges, may make the rounds for the first time and judge the early crops. " ' ' ' . - : ' As has been explained hereto fore, for Judging purposes the gardens are. segregated, Into two classes, those over.;2500 square feet In. area,, and. those ot lesser area. Thus it is "important that the approximate area be specified on the enrollment application. , The city and its environs have been divided into , four sections. Section 1 is that territory lying northwest of Center and Summer streets; section 2 Is all area north east of those streets; section 3 the southeast quarter of the city, and section 4 the southwest quarter. There will be two prizes in each section for each of the two classes. - 'FT T1 " 0 O T sera jfiL j''-"? . -' - .. - said that Liberator heavy bombers. Mitchell medium bombers , and Lightning fighters all joined the attacks on Monday. ,-. i , Such heavy Use of planes was the maneuver which authorities k hereTiad been 'hoping for. ' It' . undoubtedly resulted from a f break In tho weather. Tacticians ' had predicted that when planes 'could be brought Into play In ; ' such force, the enemy would be . done for In a hurry. Chlchagof ; valley was the i first of the enemy positions to fall since, the Japanese forces were plit last week into three groups. It was cleared of the enemy last Monday. Immediately,', combined units ; of the original American north 1 ern and southern landing groups turned to an attack -along the ' ridge north of the ' valley- and -. this, tho navy communique said, was reported as contlnulne." ' ' - , The ridge stands as a bulwark between Chlchagof valley and Chichagof harbor, one of the two remaining main emeny positions on the northeastern tip of the is land where all Japanese troops have been pocketed. The other Japanese position is the area im mediately north of lake Nicholas, which is between ! two and three "miles southeast of the Chichagof vicinity. .' ; ' , l'r " ; There was no mention of usoi of naval guns to blast, the Jap-; aneso position. : Wednesday's communique also reported continued American aer- (Turn to Page 2 Story C) ; . Navy Planes Smash Axis Submarine WASHINGTON; May 26 -VPr- Two navy patrol planes sank an enemy submarine in the south At lantic several weeks ago, the' na vy reported , today, and as the craft finally disappeared beneath the surface with its guns firing lt left 30 or 40 survivors afloat ; To date, no report has been re ceived here of the landing of any of tho survivors, the navy said, although life rafts were dropped to them by the planes. The initial assault on the sur faced enemy warship was jnade by a PST - bomber - piloted by ; Enshrn Thurmond Edrar. He- -bertsoB of Spartan burr. SC. He , lved his heavy plane en the submarine and , crippled It so badly . that a second plan j pi loted by Lt. Gerard Bradford. Jr of Mobile, Ala, was aile te finish the -Job. ; , : , r "Dive bombing a FBY is some thing the designer never thought about," ; the navy said in its ac count of the engagement, "but the pilot did. Rumbling -out of tv clouds like a landslide at an ar.Ie of C3 degrees and an unprescribed $peed cf 215 miles an hour, Ro bertson held his plummeting plane on the sub in rpite cf con tinuing gun fire until he was close enouch to release ' his berets. i Infill Italians Also GeE US-Led Armada Gives Duce 'Gct-Out-Of- The-War' DomLin ioNpON, May 28P-Th RAF. bashed the German arms center of Duesseldorf with near ly "2,000 tons if explosives Tues day night while an American led armada gave another "get-out-of-the-war' warning to Italy In paralyzing attacks eli citing' cries, of pain and anger from, the weaker axis partner. A .Jotat ot nearly 900 j?lanes based in Britain and Africa struck the axis in a violent general aerial offensive which authoritative sources said was just a foretaste of greater blows aimed at tearing out by the roots the enemy's war making capacities. . Perhaps 509 British bombers, most of them four-enrined gi ants packing two-ton blockbust ers, left a carpet of flames to eat throurh entered Duessel dorf in a saturation raid almost equalling Sunday night's rec ord of destruction heaped on Dortmund, 89 miles away. , The attack continued Wednes day afternoon, with the RAF re newing its blows upon transport and defensive works along tho French coast. The operations, however, were not on - a largi scale, authoritative sources said. ,i The rolling sky ' barrage con tinued Wednesday-as a strong force of allied planes sped aero: s the English -channel toward the ' invasion coast . " In the Blediterranean nearly ' 409 allied aircraft, spearheaded byUS Flylnr Fortresses and s Liberators, rocked Italy's inva sion outposts of Sicily, Sardinia and Pan telle ria in what was of ficially described as "a terrifie hammering. Messina, Sicilian ' ferry terminus only a few miles from the Italian mainland, was ' a particular target. - . " -- This onslaught on the softer un derside ,' of ' Europe extended as t&t eastward as the Aegean sea between.' Greece and Turkey as t h e newly - conquered African shores " allowed allied airmen to stretch their wings across the en tire Mediterranean. ' Twenty three axis planes were shot down over Sicily Tuesday out of a total bag of 26 enemy air craft This sent the allied African command's record spiralling to 35S planes destroyed in a week at a cost of 33 planes better than a 10-to-l score. (Turn to Pago 2 Story F) am Set Saturday ' The Salem Victory center- pro gram, postponed . last Saturday night because of threatening wea ther, has been scheduled for this Saturday, May 23, Don Black, junior chamber of commerce chairman of Victory center activ ities, announced Wednesday. Soldier and home talent, musi cal . and otherwise entertainins features . have been planned for the . platform on the courthouse lawn, which now commences to do double duty. As a bond sales cen ter, Jt was originally constructed, and, now, beneath its new coats of red, white and blue paint ap- plied by junior chamber of com merce members, it becomes a place for outdoor entertainment cf the city's soldier guests on summer Saturday nights. OS Will Award Honorary Degrees CORVALLIS, May 2S(,V)-Tcxit honorary decrees will be awardo by Oregon State collets at com mencement Saturday. . Dr. W. J. Kerr, former chancel lor cf the state ryrtm cf hi-he? education, will receive en hono rary doctorate of law. . Edwin T. Reed, eUitor cf .tht system of higher education pulli-, cations, will receive a doet 1 1 literature. Honorary engineering c necs will go to William II. Calvari, Portland, retired civil cr-kucr who was fnstrurr.ent.-l in trirtr.: forei-n students io CZO, c. ! t Zed AUee, head cf the xzC'.o t-' j division of . the General I;: r : Zl'tzj Corpcration. 1 Poinrsdiinig s V Jr rour