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77 Jap M f 1 Dimczzt Fri. eunset 9:05 Sat sunrise 5:19 (Weather on Page 6) f ; ! V. 'UtD 055Ud Downed PCUNDDD Plane i IT SEEMS TO ME that the de cision of the supreme court hand ed down on flag' day, holding that the requirement of the flag sa lute by all school children was un constitutional, was good common sense. In the days when the church tried to' run things it never suc ceeded In making people pious by compulsion. Neither will we suc ceed in forcing people to be pa triotic. The flag of our country is beautiful symbol, which we love and revere.- If jthere are some AtvKalle smnn t tic whnc mri tfll outlook is so twisted that they in terpret the flag salute as a form of worship, then the cure isn't: to 1 throw them in jail or expel their Children from school, but to ex pose them tothe processes of en lightenment in hopes that : they will ultimately be , cured of their quirks. As a matter of fact the flag sa lute and pledge of allegiance are tion. We fought and won most of our . wars without either. They came in during the last world war; and are a bit of symbolism that is meaningful and impressive, I like (he salute much better with out any gesture, merely standing at attention. A resolution of con gress last December .. did away with the extended hand salute to much like the "Heil Hitler" gesture, or the j clenched fist of communism. -1 ,. One of the dangers of nation alism is that it becomes all-absorbingtotalitarian, if you please. As Harold Laski writes in his -" Foundation of Sovereignty", The state is an absorptive animal; and there - are few more amazing tracts of history than that which records its triumph over the chal lenge of competing groups . .. . The area of its enterprise has con sistently grown until today there is no field of human activity over Which, in some degree, its pervad ing influence may not be detec ted." y - r -- ;; - : v 1 In .time of war this concentra tion of energy : and resources is j ustif ied, because the very exist ence of the nation is at stake. The nation has the right to requisition men and materials to preserve it self from its enemies. But in time of peace the yoke of the state . (Continued on Editorial page) ' Beaumont Commander r Warns City BEAUMONT, Tex., June 17-() The commander of state troops enforcing martial law in this city f 100,000 warned shipyard work- mr-m ThnrcWatf frt irm fro i n ffvun an action that would revive tension fir the race situation which Wed nesday took two lives and in jured scores. - f - Col. Sidney C Mason, who ad dressed the workers at the re Quest of shipyard officials, said military men, were maintaining order.- . ' r v Ship? ard . officials who de- ' elined to be quoted by name said seme workers were ' over heard discussing the possibility ef taking 301 ; men reportedly held for military court inquiry away from authorities. C , The 15 hours of sporadic riot Jng was precipitated by a young white woman's story that a negro had raped herV City Attorney Al bert Tatum said the validity of her account was being checked and that a physician's examina tion had opened the story to ques tion. During the' violence, a number f negro homes were destroyed and many businesses were I di1 rupted. - :V .,- .""'-. .' City officials said a check was being made on the possibility that "fifth column activities" 7 may have Inspired the rioting.. A military court of inquiry, which cohven ted Thursday to in vestigate negroes and whites sus pected of participating in the vio lence, was closed to the public. Has Alert . SAN FRANCISCO, June 17 -(JP) Yellow and blue preliminary alerts were ordered in the San Francisco bay area Thursday night, and the all clear was given t 11:23 p. m. (Pacific war time), when "a target" was identified a friendly. ;; No blackout was ordered. Sacramento also reported, a ra dio silence. " It .was the 27th -alert of the war in San Francisco. The last previous one was March 16. Russia Denies Peace Talks JLONDON, Friday, June 18 Bussia today formally denied a report published in the pronazi Stockholm newspaper Allehanda that German and Russian repre sentatives had met in the Swedish capital to discuss possible peace. The report earlier was refuted ty Mrs. Alexandra Kollontay, so ::t rr.lni-icr to Sweden. Guadalcanal Attack Turned Back With ' Heavy Loss to Foe AN ADVANCED SOUTH PA CIFIC BASE, June 17-W-A force of , about 129 Japanese bombers and fighter planes at tempted to attack Guadalcanal Wednesday aftern o o n ; but American fighters shot down 177 of the raiders in a major air vic tory, I ' Only six American lighter were lost. The. pilot of one was saved. , ; ... ' Damage to Guadalcanal was minor. The headquarter? spokes man said he assumed the J apan ese bombing succeeded in scoring hits on: only, two vessels, one a liberty-type cargo carrier and the other a smaller ship. The car go, vessel was beached for sal vage. Nine men were killed on the smaller ship. (This was the first report ef the objective of the big enemy air ' formation. Dispatches from Washington said the navy bul letin did not give the objective but that it was assumed the ob jective was of utmost import ance, perhaps a convoy, perhaps a thrust at Guadalcanal to ' thwart to American drive; northward.) The loss was the greatest in flicted on the Japanese in any single battle with enemy land based aircraft s in - the Solomons group, said ' a spokesman -L at this airforce headquarters. : , . A navy bulletin today announc ing this 13 to 1 ratio contained no indication- as to the Japanese objective in risking '" so large a force -of-; bombers and fighters in the southeastern Solomons, where they have been consistently and badly defeated in the air. In authoritative quarters here, however, it was assumed that the objective must have been -one of utmost importance to the enemy and bearing directly on future de velopments of the war.' One suggestion was the Japa nese might have been trying to reach "an American convoy In the area. Another was that they may have Intended to cripple , the base on Guadalcanal, in the assumption that it was destined to play an Important role in the ; next, big American thrust north ward ( rf---;-5 ;v v-Tbe - s engagement "f tcwkf place Wednesday. The enemy ; planes shot down consisted ot 3Z pom ers and 45 Zero- fighters: The total strength of the enemy force was not reported but was considered to be somewhat greater than the number of aircraft they lost. - The raiding force was-the larg- (Turn to page 2 Story A) McNary Says Forest Fund RiseOkehed A telegram received by State Forester Nelson S. Rogers from Senator Charles I McNary Thursday carries word that the senate and house conferees have agreed to senate amendmnets rais ing the appropriation for emer gency forest protection from $2, 500,000 to $6,300,000. It is expect ed that the conference report will be accepted.1 This will provide about the same amount of money as in the 1942 season and will en able Oregon . and other forest states to do a good job in fighting fires, according to the state forest office. ; This money is available for for est protection on state and private lands. :' v. 40,000 Japs Die in China fRice' Battle CHUNGKING, Friday, June 18 (iT)-Approximately 40,000 Japan ese were killed or wounded in the 40-day battle for the upper Yang tze river, a Chinese army spokes man said today. .-Y "Less than two-fifths of the entire Japanese force thrown in to the : battle managed to escape from the Chinese trap," he de clared. v The Japanese,- striking below the Yangtze river at points be tween their big bases at Ichang and Yochow, for a time had seriously- threatened China's vital "Rice Bowl," but the t Chinese have virtually' recovered the en tire area in a strong counteroffen sive supported by American and Chinese airmen. . News Publishers ; Conclave Slated EUGENE, June 17.-;F)--Yar-time newspaper problems will be tackled : Friday by the Oregon Newspaper Publishers a a s o c i a tion's 56th annual convention, David Smith, secretary of Pa cific northwest circulation mana gers; Frank Jenkins, publisher of the Klamath Falls Herald, and Flcyd Sparks, San Francisco, are scheduled speakers. . This O j - STATt' gS rW SPAIN mm iissom v.v.-..-.-. MAftftAKlbt ' .r. J MOROCCO I VICHY I GIBRALTAR : MOROCCO 7.. "71 y-TCASABtANCA tsrii- , f Probable scene of the next surging conflict in the allied pro . gram to bring the axis to its knees will be somewhere in the area shown above. Air miles are shown by arrows and figures. Rome 'is already- shaking in its "boot at allied successes in Pantelleria and Lampedusa and fears a pos Treasury Tax Aim Lowered By $4 Billion WASHINGTON, June 17 The treasury has abandoned hopes of getting $16,000,000,000 in addi tional taxes during the next fiscal year and is aiming at a goal of 112,000,000,000. , . ' . Secretary Morgenthan ac knowledged Thursday there la no chance ef congress enacting a tax bUl that would yield the higher : stun- within the fiscal year- limits. .;,.-v-i-:S--.ri The -secretary said, he agreed with congressional sentiment that no new taxes should be levied on 1943 incomes and -concurred -with statements . that any levies vwhich jjTaexsme effective' 1 on rjanuiry 1, 1944, could, hardly yield $16,000,- 000,000 by. the, end of the fiscal year following June 30. ?. : , 4 Morgenthaa said the treas-: nry, la Its war financing activi ties, weald ceneentrate a eampaica t siphon off lat war bonds ZS per cent of the people's total earning daring . the last half of this year. ' ' He explained that this does not mean that everyone will be ex pected to put 25 per cent of his income into war bonds. "We are going to aim to get one quarter of what. the people earn in total," he said. This means that some war worker, who may be "getting $100 a week and has several members of his fam ily working, . that family can in vest I a quarter of their earnings as. a family. , j , In the case of a . white collar worker who hasn't enjoyed an in creased wartime income, he said, "we can't expect it." -; . , 1 Rock Greek : r Man Is Shot By Burglar PORTLAND, Ore, June 18 State Police Sgt. O. O. Nicholls reported early today ; that J Frank Donnelly, Rock Creek area far mer, had been shot but not ser iously wounded by one of two young men who burglarized his home. - - Details of the shooting were meager, Nicholls said, because squads of state policemen are still in the woods searching for the two men. " - ' ' ' Donnelly who lives In Clack amas county ' between Sunny- side and Damascus, was shot late Thursday ofternoon " after returning home with a neighbor' to fuMi the two young ran in the yard, Nicholls said. The pair was questioned by Donnelly. The young men jumped in an automobile and drove away but ran into a ditch, Nicholls said. Donnelly, meanwhile, ran into the house, noted it had been burglar ized and emerged with a shotgun. One of the young men shot at Donnelly, causing a flesh wound in the neck, the officer said. Some Killed - By Nazi Raid , LONDON, Friday, June 1S() Casualties were suffered early : today when a building was hit. during a brief German air at tack on London's metropolitan area. - x One explosion was heard a short time after the alert sound ed, and the all-clear came soon afterwards. - 14 PAGES Area Is European War Front 'Hot Box9 i J vicmy r , RUMANIA 7rT ft FRANCE i ccoJ : ' MU y SJ S? tf -JiA fWK f T7 X r t!ack Seo X-r'-X I cu5iCAr V.V. SARDINIA GRAM 1 . 1 . I hrvigHTr 1 '.yicii. j S -1 Rome Radio Hints Invasion From Two Divergent Points LONDON, Friday, June 18-(P)-The Rome radio broadcast a report early today that "large British forces., are concentrating along the southern frontier of Turkey, after previously telling its listeners of "many landing craft concentrating from Africa coasts toward Pantelleriau" J The broadcast, recorded by Reuters, apparently was Italy's in terpretation of the closing of the Syrian-Turkish border. There was no confirmation from allied quarters, and none of course was expected even If the report were true. , . Attack on Russ Stalled . " " A f orein; sourcer: here akeady had,- reported-that- ront-iline supply shortages born of allied air attrition had forced the Ger mans to call off a scheduled Russian offensive. On this same cheerless day for the axis, new-difficulties were reported in Rumania, and a Turkish ' diplomatic source in Bern, Switzerland, said the Turkish ambassador had been recalled to Ankara from nazi-cohtrolled ' Vichy n protest against Gestapo restrictions upon the embassy. - In anti-axis Iraq, Premier-Gen. Nuri Pasha Es Said wag re ported in a Berlin broadcast to have issued van order of the day to his troops, calling attention to an approaching "hour of de cision and active service. The Berlin broadcast, recorded by the Associated Press,' quoted an Ankara dispatch as saying that this development made it possible that the Anglo-Saxons , in the near future will launch military action from the Levant." Netzi Command Quarrels The Germans, after a quarrel of high commanders, decided not to risk another all-out drive against the Russians this summer, buL were unable even to carry out a limited offensive in the Orel sector scheduled for June 16 because of shortages, said a foreign source with reliable contacts inside the Reich. s German troops already were moving into positions when the offensive was postponed, this source said, the first time that Ger man plans have been delayed because of any shortages. The in formant gave this account: . ' . Field Marshal Gen. Fedor.Von Bock, nazi commander-in-chief in Russia, argued down the proposal of Hitler and Lieut.-Gen. Eberhard Warlimondt, his principal strategist,: for an all-out offensive, even resigning in order to win his point. Warlimondt resigned when Von Bock's program was accepted and the field marshal resumed his command. But Von Bock had to halt the June 16 plans when he found forward supply depots with insuf ficient food, fuel, and munitions, h; : .. . Von Bock Against Move -: t - ' -.Von Bock was pictured as feeling it would be madness to make a big gamble in Russia while invasion of Europe was threatened. - Indicative of Italian invasion nervousness, a Rome broadcast told of, an axis aerial attack continuing "unrelentingly against . - (Turn to page 2-Story II) . --' Ickes Proposes 5 -Year Food Production Plan WASHINGTON, June 17 -P) A five-year plan for increasing food, production "by an " amount sufficient to feed 10,000,000 per sons for one year is proposed, by Secretary of the Interior ? Ickes. The senate appropriations com mittee Thursday released a letter from Ickes" to Secretary of Agri culture Wickard, suggesting - the progressive expansion r of food production "as a maximum con tribution to the world food -pool, for meeting the most pressing de ficiencies, help feed civilian popu lations and the United Nations armed forces at home and abroad in the years 1943 to 1947. Ickes said he had asked sub-, divisions ef his department for reports on what tltj cotU con Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning. TALYf1 inn '"'n7' T i n i i i in MALI A 1215 ?MCtecroneon I I I II l 1 1 i iVw'' Ibtfjya .'ALEXANDRIA I LIDYA . sible invasion attempt across Sicily. Meanwhile the war of nerves continues unabated the obvious design being to keep the .axis guessing as to where the attack will ac tually strike. Moet likely it will come from, many; places at once- Associated Press War Map. : :-.. .-- . :. tribute to the war food pro- The fish and wildlife, service suggested Increasing the yield of commercial fisheries, develop ment , of farm ..fish ponds, en couragement of the raising of domestic rabbits and greater con sumption Of wild game meat. " " The bureaa'ef reclaatioa told W - plans to- provide -water for' millions of ' acres of viand Jm western states; t h e -ufTice , of Indian affairs proposed bring lnz Idle Indian land into culti vation and lncreasiiig live-stock ; production; the grazint service and the general land cfTice dwelt" on ; better manasement of grazing, and the geological survey eoaeerned itself with the surply of mineral fertilizer and irrigation water. Jun 12, 1C I3 T. xn g " rdui tudizey i LCVAI4T STATES Sea: EGYPT Reds Rejpiilse German Thrust North of Orel LONDON, Friday, June 18.- Hie red army was reported offic ially early today to have smashed repeated German efforts to regain lost positions north of Orel for the fourth straight day yesterday, but the'; enemy was throwing fresh troops into action on this sector where It has been expected the Germans would launch a summer offensive.' ; In contrast to German high . command reports of only local activity" In Russia, the mid night Moscow bulletin said the - Germans 1 had suffered "heavy loose is nhttwir j4 maie northwest of ' Mltsenskv' wLich is 4 tniie above Orel,, la "unceasing attempts' ' to re gala : several villares recently overrun by the red army. ' - The Germans are "bringing fresh troops into action," said the bulletin, recorded by " the soviet monitor. ; -f: ' ,. A foreign source in London who has reliable contact - inside Ger many . said . the Germans had planned a powerful : offensive in the Orel sector, to begin two days ago, but said it was postponed at the last moment when Field Mar shal Gen. Fedor Von Bock dis covered inadequate - supplies at forward bases. . ;s r . ' . . . . : :- Berlin on the other hand pre dicted that the Russians them selves were planning to launch a major campaign in the same sec tor. German broadcasts .recorded by the Associated Press suggested the red army would strike within three weeks. No matter what the German intentions are, the red air force kept up its poundings of '' ' (Turn to page 2 Story C " Latest Flood Ranks With 5 Known Worst GORVALLIS. June 17 -UPV- Army engineers rank last win ters Willamette river flood as one of the five worst floods in the river's history. ;" .V; v-r , They made the report at a joint meeting of the western snow con ference and the American Geo physical Union's hydrology sec tion Wednesday, ; :'J Plans ;were announced for ex pansion of the annual snow sur vey. R. H. Wahle of the Bonne v i 1 1 e administration ;, explained how accurate flood forecasts are made by " fingerprinting" peak Columbia river flows. J. C. Stev ens, Portland, chairman of the AGU, and R. A. Work, Medford, snow survey chairman, were re tained for the duration. 3 Salem Boysjft Win Election CORVALLIS, June 17.P) Harry Nordwick, Medford, was inaugurated governor of the Bea ver Hoys State Thursday night with ; Robert S. Farell, jr, Ore gon's secretary of state, adminis tering the oath. Kordwick defeated Bruce Bar ker, Oceanlake, by one vote, 72 to 71, for the top-ranking office in the 'state elections.; bl ether results included: Bob Neuman, Albany, state . senator; Frank , McGee. and Tad Ehinkle, both Sah?m, state representatives; Arthur Enselbart, Salem, eu prene court jj4Jca , I CYPSUS i ..'......'....'...-.....' w a . WW! t " 7 Times E 1 O TTn eriiiimMaGiio London, Has Brief Alert; ; v Some Casualties Reported; ; Axis Convoy Is Elcusted LONDON, Friday, June lMVRAF bombers ranged over Eu rope Thursday. night for the seventh successive "night and tha Rome radio reported that Berlin itself free from attack since) &tay 21 had been one of the targets. v London, meanwhile, was the object of a brief attack during which "oil drum", bombs fell in one metropolitan area, hitting a postoffice and causing some casualties. A British south coast town also was'reporte'd bombed. t: i 1- ;v 1. '-! :. . ' " Observers on the British south coast said an apparently largo force of RAF heavy bombers was out during the night' Earliev fast British planesthad struck out ! for. the French coast, returning a short "ttme ' later V J- f:j ;" ' The Berne radio, la a Broad cast recorded L by 'Keuters. moot ed official advices from Ger many as saying that air raiders . had caused' an alert ' la Berlin during- the night but that there were : bo casualties or damage in the city. - ' The; Berlin radio went off the air for a time, interrupting its overseas transmission for "tech nical reasons" ' the customary German explanation when inter ruptions are caused by air raids. Last night's raid on Cologne was : again aimed at the heavy concentration of nazi war . indus try along the Rhine river, already heavily . hammered. Other pre-invasion air fleets shot up all three ships of a chan nel convoy and rail transport on the : continent in early morniiut hours, and allied planes kept sweeping over ' during" the day to continue the punishing: blows; on the axis.-- - , Coffttf-shat tered CologueT' tar get of the first l,C&9-bomber raid on Mar tO, 1942, was last struck la a heavy night assault ea Feburary 2S, when acres of the dtr were reported de vasted. It was raided lightly agaia April 9, then given a re splto unUl last aight. (Turn to page 2 Story B) State Okehs . , i .... ,.... Purcliasiiiff t er Home Purchase of the former Estelle Thayei home on North Capitol street to augment the present state capitol area at a price of 120,000 was authorized by the state board of - control Thursday, An official of. the Pioneer Trust company which holds the property under a trust said the transaction had not been completed but that no ob stacle to its consummation could be foreseen. ' The 1943 legislature appropri ated $100,000 for the purchase of properties required to, round out the proposed state capitol area. The Thayer property will provide, according to plans outlined sev eral years ago, a portion of the site for another building similar in'-' design' to ' the state library legislation authorizing' such con struction was - enacted s by the 1941 legislature. The project may be an item in a state program of post-war public works. - T "' i - ThejThayer home is now occu pied by Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, jr and his family. The? residence, - bunt approxi mately 15 years prior to Mrs. Thayer's death," which ' occurred (Turn to page 2 Story J) Milk Price V Cut Barred ByWFAUuie WASHINGTON, June 17 -JF)-The waxfood, administration Thursday ordered written Into federal - milk marketing contracts a. provision which prohibits a de crease in the prices paid to. pro ducers for . fluid milk ) as a 'result of the price roll-back and stabil ization program. - . A ; ' : The New York district was not Included Jn the order because pro ducers in that area have not com pleted a vote on whether to low er the prices they receive for milk. The order was issued, it was ex plained, because the price of but ter is reflected in the price of pro ducer milk, and under the 5 cents a pound roll-back on butter there would be a decrease in fluid milk prices, on July I unless rpecific action wes tcken to prevent it Thav --:! Ho. 71 iii Rows 71 0 Off Turks Recall Break Hinted BERN, Switzerland, June 17-i?) Turkey has recalled Behic Er kin, its ambassador to France, in pro test against strong German re strictions on his embassy in Vichy, a Turkish diplomatic source said Thursday -; , s" ;'. '. - '. Erkia's recall to Ankara was not yet considered a rupture la relations : between Turkey and '. German - occupied Vichy, this -source said, but It could be a: step la that directs a. A Turkish embassy couuseUor; M. Sovdat,. tlso was told , to return home. The move occurred oa the.eva of the anniversary of. the signing of a German-Turklnsh friendship treaty June J8, 1841, and as Ger man propagandists were" declaro ing that Germany was "fully sat Isfied" with-Turkey's political pof sition ' despite . , "Anglo-American intimations increasing in num ber of late that Turkey already had made its choice in favor' ol the allies." The ; whole affair served '. to focus still more attention on the military and political situation in southeastern Europe and the mid dle east, coming as it did at a time when allied leaders had seal ed the Syrian-Turkish border to "protect troop movements' in al lied Syria, and when persistent reports said that Germany's Bal kan sattelites were seeking a means of escaping the axis camp (The Germaa Traasoeeaa ag ency reported la aa Ankara dis patch that Premier Gen. . Nurt Push Es Said of Ira4 had Is sued aa order of the day to his troops saying "the hour of de cision and active . service' was approaching. Iraq Joined the war: against the axis last January - Rains Said, Good for 4 Cherry Crop Recent rains' effect upon berry and cherry crops in the Willam ette valley will be generally fa vorable, it was indicated Thurs day from various authoritative sources. Should there be furthef precipitation, continuing into the next week, the results might be less favorable, it was agreed. . ; "Beneficiar was the verdict el Robert H. Shinn, manager of the Willamette Valley Cherry Grow ers, as to the effect upon the cher ry crop. Ripening of the cherries has not progressed to the point at which any consequential dam age from cracking is possible; ni the contrary they are at a stag of development in which cool weather -and moisture contribute to growth. ' . j ' Some cherries for brining will start coming into the canneries from valley orchards early next week , but the harvest will not be in full swing until about mid- week, Shinn predicted, Cherries for canning, from nearby or (Turri to, page 2 Story I) WLB Ad j ourng San3 Decision WASHINGTON, Juno n.-Xy The, war labor board adjourned Llate Thursday: without reaching a decision on the underground tra vel j?ay issue of the soft coal wage dispute! : The four public members of the board planned to confer further Thursday nijht on the case and the board will resume its deliber ctlcns at 13 a. m. Friday. . Pricu Sc. Vichy Envoy f