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PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem Oreejoa. Tuesday Morning, June I. 1S43 V- -Coal, Miners Kenew Strike x.B "(Continued from- Page 1)' E . Recollect any strike by govem tnent employes against the gov eminent " .'L . . '- " " ,1 ; ? John IV Lewis., UMW presl--dent, conferred into ; the night, with eperatowVrepresentatrres, 'l bat as the henrs,' 'ticked away -toward the snldnfeht deadline S no progress was apparent. Then the conferees reeeased until to- morrow, aad ' a , UMW spokes- man announced that. the union would have no statement tje r night v, v -'-V; ' f What the government would do 3ti case of a nation-wide work atoppage was not made known. i i The United Mine Workers, it was learned, had not budged from "their demand for an increase of t$2 a day to settle the . portal to ' ' . 9 - . J . I 'V In -Pennsylvania meanwhile the i Buckeye Coal company reported ?" that 900 miners failed ' to report 'Tor aay ana nignt -stuns at its ' 'Nemacoliri mine, and an official of -i district five of the United Mine ' Workers said every mine in his district would close down at mid " night unless some word was re . ieeived from the- UMWs . interna - ' vunai, ooani. iviuic uibji ow uieu rt walked out of southeastern Ken i& tucky mines earlier; in-the day. CHICAGO, June 1-(Tuesday) (flVA strike of Hlinois' 25,000 UnitedMine Workers was predict ed for teday "by spokesmen for both labor and mine owners. A spokesman, for state UMW A headquarters in "Springfield who declined use of his name, said, "No contact; no work, and Fred S. Wilkey, secretary . of the Illinois Coal Operators association said, "It looks very much as if mines in Illinois will be idle." BELLAIRE, Jane liP) Tom Starks, field representative for district 8, United Mine work ers, said Monday night- that most eastern Ohio miners expect to stay away -from their jobs today unless a new wage contract is signed or the truce is extended. CHARLESTON. W. Va, Jane 1 (T u e s d a y)-(P)-West Virginia's 130,000 coal miners, affiliated with the United ""Mine Workers, halted work today aa the mountain state's 600 mines went idle pending word from UMW chieftain John L. Lew Is or the announcement of a new contract. WILKES-BARRE. Pa, Jane 1 (P "No contract, no work" signs were posted throughout the Penn aylvania hard coal field Monday night and union officials express ed the opinion that most of the 80,000-odd anthracite miners would stay home today. John B. Gallaher, auditor for the United Mine. Workers, declar- .ed that no official word had been received on what course the men should follow, except that all nee essary maintenance men were in structed to remain on the job. HARLAN, Ky., May SI ( All soft coal mines in northeastern Kentucky were forced to shut down Monday night when 12,000 miners of the Big Sandy area fail ed to report at the pits for : the night shift PITTSBURGH. May Pennsylvame's soft- coal miners began quietly checking in their tools Monday night as orders were flashed shortly - before midnight from district .headquarters of the United Mine Workers that "there will be no work tomorrow William Hargest, s ee r e t a ir y treasurer of the union's district 5 (Pittsburgh) said telegraphic in structions had been received from Washington that the contract ne gotiations with the- operators had been recessed until ' 10:30 a. m, , "That means no work; because we cannot trespass on the com pany's properties without a ' con tract, said the veteran union leader. BIRMINGHAM. Ala, May 21 -)-Approximately 4,T00 Ala bama mine workers are expected to remain idle Tuesday, John J. Hanratty, international represent ative of the, United Mine Workers of America declared here Monday night. . .:. i "We are not telling the men -what to do Hanratty declared, "but there " is hardly any proba bility of them working without a contract, and since the contracts expire at midnight, I expect most of the mines in the state will not be in operation tomorrow." Davies Safe In Fairbanks FAIRBANKS, Alaska, May 31 SCDeyMWoseph E. Davies . arrived here Monday from Mos cow, where he delivered a secret message to Soviet Premier Joseph; . Stalin from President Roosevelt. Although the Fairbanks dis patch did not say, if was pre sumed Da ries arrived in Alaska by pun Hm BMd ! travel .. which he used an his Journey t i I'oscow via, the mid.Se easV V Japs Lose Face, Pants and Lives to Carlson's Raiders SAN DIEGO, CaliL,-(Vrhe Japanese lost face, lives and, on one occasion, their pants in .encounters with the Carlson- Roosevelt marine raiders in Pacific warfare. The methods and accomplishments of the raiders were re Timbenvolf Division to Test Soldiers ' CAMP ADAIR, Ore., May Jl Strenuous qualification tests, suc cessful completion of which will entitle soldiers to become "Wolf Scouts." will be held by the -Tim- berwolf . - Division ' Starting , next week, ! it was announced here to day. r:r :'...; -v .Gaining of the coveted designa tion will be the highest honor which can be bestowed in the di vision for physical fitness and mental alertness, it is stated. Men will be selected after three full days and nights of gruelling tests. The selection committee includes both officers and enlisted men. The project was launched by the Timberwolf Division be cause, a study of experiences of American troops so far in this war has clear ly shown the vitaf need of supe rior scouts. Men so qualified will be of great value in combat situa tions, it is pointed out. - Men will be judged on six points, which include excellence of physical .condition, knowledge of small arms, of compass and field glass, map reading, use of aerial photos, ability to swim with full field equipment, 'and use of field expedients such as .first aid equipment Testing of the men under each point will be under actual field conditions. During the three days and nights the men will demon-' strate physical endurance, hike a "compass" course, swim streams and completely demonstrate - su perior ability in all of the lines in cluded. Memorial Day Draws Crowd A (Continued from Page 1) A lisher, told an audience which all but filled the armory's seating space for the formal Memorial day exercises. The obligation of that inheri tance, sometimes ignored, just now is almost universally recog nized, the speaker added; but Its recognition must, endure beyond the victory at arms, future obli gations . include the preservation of internal unity against .the threat of class warfare, and con cern for external security expres sed not only in the maintenance of military strength but in will ingness to participate in world affairs. Just as Americans now recog nize that no form of government is self-perpetuating but endures only through constant effort, they must, recognize that no mere for mula world government or lea gue--will' solve world ' problems; that these too must be solved by working at them persistently. Glen Adams of the Federated Patriotic - Societies was- general chairman of the exercises and Col. t Carle Abrams served as master of ceremonies. Apprecia tion 'of Salem's patriotic expres-' sion of courtesies shown the arm ed - forces was expressed by Lt. CoLlJohn W.: Bonner, judge ad vocate of a Camp Adair division and attorney-general of Montana, now on leave for military service. " The exercises included the reading of General Logan's orders by Mrs.-Faye Wright, a reading "The Changed Cross" by Mrs. Ad-; die Curtis, invocation by Rev. George H. Swift, numbers by a military band with vocal solos by CpL'Mackey Swan, and a closing patriotic number, a vocal solo by Jeraldine des Georges with Jean Clement and Peggy Myers as flag bearers. " ? Gov. Earl SnelL State Treasurer Leslie M. Scott and District At torney Miller Hayden who was chief of staff for the day's ob servance, had places on the plat form- and were introduced. Nazis Gaim Gain on Reds G (Continued from Page 1) O corded by 4he ' Soviet Monitor said the Gersnans had last 2,- 69 planes on the whale front between May 2 and May 29, and the LenlnnUI aettoa thns braoght the total to at least 2,- 199 far May..V.'i'yi';, v:i:;---' The Russian midnight commun ique, .recorded by the Soviet Monitor; said red army . troops "routed about two companies of enemy infantry" on the western front and smashed gun emplace ments, but did not indicate if this action occurred in the Velizh area. It told also of a scouting; thrust oi the' Western front, dispersal of a concentration of German' infan try south of Balakleya on the Do nets front, and repulse of a -German attack : west of Rostov-on- the-Don. - " : Z;.-' X' All : these were small-scale ac tions, and there were no impor tant changes anywhere, said ; the lated by their leader, Lt col Evans T. Carlton, Plymouth, Conn, on his return from the south Pacific for a-rest before re turning to active duty. - ' . The raiders under Colonel Carl son and his executive officer, Li. Col. James Roosevelt, eldest son of the president, destroyed a Japan ese seaplane, base on Ma kin island and killed most of the defenders in their initial raid, and later bat tied the- enemy' behind Nip lines on Guadalcanal. ; "Outfox the Jap by doing the seemingly impossible,M, is Colonel Carlson's prescription of the strat egy for victory. The officer opined that doing the daring and unexpected might keynote the next allied offensive in the Pacific f Enlarging on these tare tics: "If a mountain ridge is consid ered inaccessible, climb it and surprise the enemy. If a frontal attack is the expected thing, en velop the opponent by outflanking him or moving around him. ' Chi nese guerrillas have won many battles in this way. The hazards sometimes are great, but the prof its are tremendous.' L Carlson said the average Jap anese soldier was bewildered when surprised. - V ' "He is tenacious and tough, but he relies on higher officers to di rect his action and he lacks in itiative. - V American marines, sailors and soldiers are' superiors fighters, Carlson said, because they have been taught to think for themselv es ana are seii-reuant ana more resourceful than the enemy. : The merit of initiative and re sourcefulness and that of unex pected attack was demonstrated by the raiders back of Japanese lines on Guadalcanal last November and December. 'My men stayed in the brush. separated from our base, for more than a month," said Carlson. "Dur ing that time we surprised the en emy 30 times and killed 488 Japs while losing only 16 men." It was during patrol action while the raiders were looking for a new Japanese unit of 1,500 men that the Nips were, as Carlson ex plained, "caught with their pants down," and lost their trousers. their .face and in most instances their lives. One of the raider patrols led by Ma. Dick Washburn, Hartford, Conn, found two companies of Japanese swimming in the' Meta pona river. His patrol killed many of them before they were able to get ashore and start shooting. Reflecting on the weeks in the Guadalcanal Brush, 1 the colonel saidr ,. j - '- i ' : - "The spirit of the men was won derful. I think it can best be typ ified by a Chicago boy named Sty versant Van Buren. He was shot in the abdomen during our last battle on top of Mt Austin. We carried him down in a stretcher, and he was grinning and kidding all the way. "When he got on the operating table at the base he asked the doctor if he could talk, and was told it would be better if he did not. " I just want to say, that Tm proud of my wound and proud of my outfit,' he said. "Gosh, but we killed a lot of Japs back there.' ' "Van Buren died on the operat ing table, but his spirit will not be forgotten by our men." ' ' Byrnes Tells Of US Record Arms Delivery SPARTANBURG, SC, May 31. -(py-la a speech bristling with the hard figures of overwhelming armament production, James F. Byrnes declared Monday that "Many attacks on many fronts lie ahead" and "We are just entering the critical period of the war." The director of war mobiliza tion, making his first address since President Roosevelt named him chief of America's home front pledged himself to . do all possible "To bring about the same coordination of efforts" in civil ian government "That exists on the military fronts." Government officials, i- he said, must work as a team even as the armed forces do. f His address to a home town au dience was packed. "With bad news for the man Mr. Churchill calls 'Corporal Hitler " and "For the Japanese too." WLB Okehs Wage Boost WASHINGTON, May 3I.--The national war labor board ap proved Monday a 12H cents an hour increase f or ' 12,000 non messenger employes of the Postal Telegraph company; J Increasing the average pay ; to C1W cents an hour, v the adjust ment was made to correct "sub standard of Irving," the board Ends II KTonixht Open.t P. al. 'r' r X I . AtboU Gloria Jean, 1 ' f o) : g -' : '.' "Who Done Comes Up If - - Love1 News 300 Bombers Raid in South C (Continued from Page 1) G many fires were reported." The Calre war bolletin said "Black smoke was observed ris lnsr from oil Urea and balldinga were . left bnrnins . thronthoat the target area" in the Liber ator attack on Fogftia airport. It said that "Namerous aircraft In the dispersal areas were de stroyed, ineladlns; some six-en-rined craft." ' In Naples harbor the Fortresses sank , a - 320-foot merchant vessel and set a 150-foot tanker afire. The city's roundhouse and loco motive'' repair shop were hit and two oil storage tanks exploded. ' At suburban Pompigliano they dumped explosives on an assem bly plant, machine shops and hangars of an airplane factory. Over Capodichino airdrome -they were attacked by upward of 60 enemy fighters, mostly German, but their bombing runs were not broken: and they shot down 10 of their attackers. Eight fires were left blazing in the field area. Aerial photographs showed many grounded planes, were damaged at Capodichino, bat no fhrares were given. I eoald see at least 2 p 1 a n e s en the groand and I dont see how any . of them coold have escaped be ing hit," said First Lieut Rob ert L. Kawles of Los Angeles, Fortress. pilot, ." -v: Largo formations of, bomb-carrying- lightning- fighters raged ? ever Sardinia, hitting railway yards and stations, dock Installation and a transformer station at Chilirania and ahoot ing up a railway station, three trains, a water tower and a fae. tory at Abrbere. Six ships were damaged at Ar- anci in northeast Sardinia and hits were seen on the mole, shore buildings and the railroad yard. Several waves of American medi um bombers and fighters ravaged military targets on Pantelleria after British Wellingtons had bombed the island the previous night ! French Fleet Volunteers D (Continued from Page 1) D was accepted by both De Gaulle and Giraud. . . The ! meeting began aa . a rm. ferenee among a grouD of French men; it ended as the first assem bly ol France's new governing or ganism. - . . . Some French political obser vers remarked that the new ex ecntlve committee appear to have !a single defeet-the lack ' of provision for its fall. These persons expected, however, that some ! means . would be found so that the body eoald have those crises which have always been characteristic of French eabin ets.. j This view was neither humor ous nor cynical: the "crisis" ha long been the safety valve of French politics, for a cabinet shuffle has of ten confined disrup tions to the cabinet itself while the rest of the government and country carried on as usual. , French officials expected to be eliminated under the new reeime include Governor General Marcel Peyrouton of Algeria; Resident General Auguste Nogues of Mor occo; Governor Pierre Boisson of Dakar; General Rene Prioux, chief of staff; General Jean Men drigali chief of air force; Admiral Ernest Michelier, commander of French naval forces in Morocco, and General Jean Bergeret, av iation commander in west Africa. The committee's first meeting' was held in a former girl's school of bright stucco set among palm trees and bright flowers. The place bad been kept secret and scarcely anyone was in sight as the members ar rived. It was learned that as Giraud offered his hand to De Gaulle when the latter descended .from his plane . Sunday his . greeting was ."Bon jour, Do Gaulle." ,De Gaulle replied "Bon jour, mon general, thus recognizing by the use of ;the word taon. Girauds superior military rank. The rigid censorship of the lo cal press has not yet been lifted. Box Vr- VXl Opens U C4 Ti 1 P. M. 1 H i LAST BIG DAY rain mwmm UAQOLD P0AQY arts . OAtWItft .-.ft" JZV' Story Tells Carrier Saga F- (Continued from Page 1) F and planes at Wake island De cember 3,1941. . 2. Pursuing ' a Japanes carrier force December 7, 1941'. 3. Patrolling the approaches to Oahu through. December and Jan uary. . . 4. Attempting to relieve the garrison at Wake island. 5. The Marshall island raid. 6. The Wake island raid. 7. The Marcus island raid. 8. Covering troop landings throughout unarmed South Paci fic islands,' and nailing down the supply route to Australia, 9. Landing marine , pilots at Efatt (in the New Hebrides), then the farthest - base in the South Pacific ' 10. The Midway battle June 4-6, during -which "Big E sank two enemy carriers and helped sink a third. 11. Covering marine landings at Guadalcanal August 7-9. 12. The first Solomons holding battle August 24. IS. The battle of Santa Cruz islands October 28, in which 84 planes attacked the Enterprise. - The Enterprise's story essen tially a resume of the war In the Pacific in the last year, is one of aviators' fearlessly risking their Uves to press i home attack; of gunnery crews shooting straight despite enemy strafing; of : engi neers keeping steamup; of dam age repair crews controlling fires. An all of this despite fearful odds.'":' Sham Battle Proves Worth Of US Troops SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH WESTERN ENGLAND, Tuesday, June l-(iP)-The speed, precision and aggressive punch of Ameri can soldiers slated to form a part of the allies' invasion spearhead has won the praise both of their own and British officers in man euvers against the same British armor which will bulwark them when they hit the continent. Delighted by the first battle practise against the British in England, Brlg.-Gen. Leonard T. Gerow of the US army, a spec tator, declared that "I believe they are as well .prepared for battle as any "troops we have ever sent into action. A heavy British force played the part of an invading allied army, striving to trap and wipe out a. fleeing "German" army in occupied Europe. ) ' ' The American unit, 'about one third ! the size of ' its opponents, was cast in the role of a "Ger man rearguard ordered to hold up the advance as long as pos sible in a two-day battle so that the theoretical main body of re treating troops could escape. With a little bunch of rangers Jabbtnr Uke a needle and thetr artillery and , infantry hitting hard, the Americans did their job so well that the main body of British forces which was sap posed to cross A key water bar rier at dawn of the second day actually could not cross antil about seven hoars later and never did 'catch up with Its 'schedule. . ' -" Rail Damage Is Sabotage FORT WILLIAM, Ont, May 31. -(py-Inspector W 1 1 1 i a m G. In gram of the Ontario provincial police , said Monday that the re moval of spikes from tracks of the -Canadian Pacific railway line west of here Sunday was the work of a saboteur, but he chal lenged the story of a 55-year-old section man who said he was shot from ambush after discovering the damage. MOUSC THAT MTTS BUN.T .UkUdsJirVn mot 1 Now Showing reto i v mT-sstm 1 'After Ml Trucker's Magazine Still Fighting for Extension of Law on 0 verloads During War " - . By, RALPH C CURTIS Legislative lobbies are hard losers. Though the issue-involved, is decidedly stale-ret this mo ment approximately 14 weeks stale each member of. the 1943 Oregon legislature owes it to-himself to hunt up a copy of the May Issue of "Motor transporta- tion, commercial' truckers trade magazine for the Pacific . coast, and peruse an article' headed "Oregon Legislators Insult Armed Forces. ; :': iir-. -:'-.:r-'-' Yes, they owe -it to themselves particularly si nee the "long truck" issue most; assuredly wfll bob up again some day, and when it does some of them may still be in the legislature. Reference in the heading is to the ' special hearing arranged by Speaker William M. McAllister and - the 5-to-4 majority of the house highways and highway rev enue committee arranged at a moment when it was recognized that drastic action was necessary if the "long truck" bill was to be saved. Intent of the measure was to make permanent the war-emergency tolerance, under special permit, of truck-trailer units longer and heavier than are auth orized by Oregon law. The hear ing was . held before a "closed session of both legislative houses the public except the press be ing b a r r e.d on the supposition some military secrets might be disclosed. . -v . ' "'.. For the purpose of gauging the "hard loser" quality of lobbyists. be it remembered that by a ma jority of three votes, the lower house postponed action on the bill in order to hear the federal spokesmen; then after hearing them, defeated it 45 to 13 Now for the truckers' belated version of the story, its a u t h o r identified only as "Motor Trans portation Staff Correspondent.' There is a boxed synopsis headed "It Happened in Salem" with the further explanation 1 that "This Salem is the capital of the state of Oregon not the Salem famed for the practice and punishment of witchcraft" It lists the "play ers" as representatives of the army, navy, air force, petroleum administration for war, office of defense transportation, interstate commerce commission; a n d as "supernumeraries" the members of the legislature. Under "effects it lists sound, masks, prompters and clackers contributed by Asso ciation of Oregon Railroads. After insisting that the speak ers attended the hearing at the behest of high officials in the war. navy and other departments and "confined their, remarks , tor the need for improved transportation facilities as the war proceeds, the article closes with these para graphs as to the treatment they received "These representatives of the federal agencies were cross ques tioned and heckled by the law makers. They were asked what truck companies they worked for; what truck associations they rep resented; why they were present; what difference action on the bill would mean to them; - what had been their previous business con nections. They were the objects of insinuation and innuendo, ridicule and aspersion, "Tipped off in advance that they might be subjected to rough treatment, the representatives of military and civilian agencies took the abuse as it came for as long as they could. When it be came evident that their tunics could not suppress their emotions much longer, the chairman ter minated the meeting. Both com ml 1 1 e e chairmen subsequently Coatlnooas Every Day : j - Last Times Today J Tyrone Maureen POWER -0'IIARA 4 ftofaef SobohVWV TUB -Thai Other W Starts Wednesday Loud laughs . ' . . long ' cheers! A soldier and -his girl flying to each . other's arms while their fathers fly at each oth er's throats! - In J CZ3CZZlfZZ2C . K' .-tnonsatataaaai Co-Featured SONO-Fittto rptiusr 0j yz J I Pins oman II apologized privately -but not publicly for the discourtesy ac corded men of the US army, men of the US Navy and men of the US Federal government's civilian agencies by the Oregon legisla ture in 1943. ; "EPILOGUE The curtain falls on the drama of the closed ses sion. ' The characters .have dis persed whence they came. It is our -hope that' the men" of the armed forces who fought and did not run away do live to fight an other; day-fight,. for: the million and more good people of the State of Oregon. As to the.: railroad mountebanks in their legislature. we hope all have passes - on the railroad to oblivion and use them soon."- . ' ' Attu Victory Is Heralded B " (Continued from Page 1 ) B , south in the; Pacific upon an as sumption that the x starving out technique would -followed, thus releasing American naval and air units for other action. , . Meantime, on Attu itself, the navy reported only that army forces are continuing the mopping up of remaining Japanese pockets of resistance. The term "pocket" could be applied to anything from a single sniper in a strong posi tion to a group of as many as 40 or 50 Japanese engaging in Guerilla warfare now that their main forces have been eliminated and defeat acknowledged by Japanese imperial headquarters. Some observers said that as many as 5a such pockets may be ' scattered about Attn in rocky crevices, some above the c loads on the island's barren hills. Possibilities, exist , that several days may be required for their complete elimination. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -(-Competition for rental vacancies in war crowded Jacksonville is keen. . :,. . . ' ' .; Area" rent director Ray Chap man .said .one man, had secured a house by putting up '$100 for the funeral expenses of the late ten ant. I , STARTS TODAY i !:.J .W ,:.'s f iT d i I fc. r4 i " ' . PLUS COMPANION FEATURE imm's in vom cr.ihs fsrtscs & 1 Plus - : ..-. From the Radio Show "Soldiers With Winn" f7 ON theHOlIE FRONT By CAE J. CIHLD3- The tall, bronzed man gave us his bit of news, then asked to use the telephone.- Conscious of how often I overhear conversations to which X ' do not wish to listen. I tried to dose my ears, but his voice boomed out, V -": "Is this John W. Bonner?" ho asked. "This is . . . " and I thought he used a nickname; then apparently in response to a ques tion from the other end, he added his complete labeL j "Well, John, I've Just com to Salem. I'm living in Portland now. X get a job and lose it, get a job and lose it, get another and lose that you know John. But now I'm joining the teamster's union, John. And when I get well started, I thought I'd like to truck stuff to the camp." There-were other features of the end of the conversation with the colonel which I heard, but that was the gist of it When ho had hung ' up, the stranger in civilian garb came back to my desk and declared a 11441a nMnidw Th.. . r L r , . au m vur civil tana attorney . generaL" "Yes, Z know," I , responded. "Did you come up to hear him speak at the Memorial day exercises?'! "No," said my , new acquain tance. T Just got in. Here, lU show you who I am," and ho tossed his opened billfold out in zront or me. on the card which licensed him to ride a bicycle was the name Godfrey I don't recall the initial Sprague. . "Sprague? Related to our boss?" . V That I wouldn't rightly know," answered the Montanan, who probably didn't recognize the fact that I was speaking of the man who recently returned to our ed itorial sanctum from the gover nor's chair. "But this oner thing about our family I will tell you: We speak our minds and then we lose our jobs!" New Tax Bill draal stAVf-raaa - WASHINGTON, May SI -KiT-Both democratic and republican leaders prredicted Monday that congress will . put on President Roosevelfs desk ! before the week ends the compromise pay-as-you-go tax measure. Administration spokesmen were understood to have been assured that Mr. Roosevelt will let the legislation become law. It abates 75 to 100 per cent of one year's income taxes and imposes a 20 per cent withholding levy begin ning July 1, against taxable por tions of wages and salaries. SALEM'S. LEADING THEATRE - 2 TOP HITS! fl flel 4 ,..,2 k , . . n . . i ; J ? I Latest , U I iOim - W! "' midnight communique.'. ' ' v .M, . j t