The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 13, 1943, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextInformer Gels Cut in US Fraud Case PITTSBURGH, August 12 JP) A $130,000 settlement went today to Harry L. Marcus, 36-yeaibld attorney, for digging up an old civil war "informer's suit" law and prosecuting a group of electrical contractors who had pleaded no ' defense to charges of "bid rig ging" on jobs in which federal funds were involved. i The - government also received $130,000 under the agreement ap proved by the US district court today. The defendants were the Pittsburgh Electrical Contractors association and 41 individual con tractors and firms. -'; i T -' ' . The ancient law provides that informers can sue for twice the : amount Involved In a proved fraudulent" contract I involving , federal funds and receive one . half of the award. It was testl ; fled at the contractors' trial that their association's secretary av i erased the bids, added a per- rentage for profit and over i head and then assigned the "low bid" to a firm, with all others ; bidding higher. . , i. Originally - Marcus, represented by Charles J. Margiotti, former at- torney general of Pennsylvania, asked for $1,500,000 but the sum i was cut to $315,000 by a jury at ,the 61-day trial, longest on re cord here. -'. : j i Testimony ! covered losses Mar cus charged occurred by pre-arranged bids ion school, municipal construction and other WPA pro jects. -;. ::v ' i Marcus said after the settlement that the two years court - fight had about used up the award. The case was once thrown out of court by the circuit courts of appeals and later sustained by the su preme court..' Oregon Farm Income Due y For Record CORVAT.T.TS, August 12 iJPy- Farm income in Oregon was on the way Thursday to breaking the all time high of approximately $220,000,000 in 1942. The department of agriculture and the Oregon agricultural ex tension service, reported the 1942 cash farm (income was almost double the 1935-39 average. For the first four; months of. 1943, the iptal was almost one-fifth greater than for the same period in 1942. The general farm price level at mid-July, 1943, was 194 per cent of - the 1933-39 average, 38? per cent higher than a year ago but three points below mid-May, 1943 the extension, service said. ! 1 Oregon farm costs were higher ( than a year ago with wages ; averaging 47 per cent more and costs for feed and hay higher than the national average. ' Agriculture still was the state's major basic source of income with lumbering second. US Chamber Head Predicts Advances In Post-War Life - LONDON, August Eric Johnston, president of the US chamber of commerce, who ar rived in Britain Thursday, pre dicted that the United . States would embark on a period of widespread economic development after, the war under a system of free enterprise Technological advances, devel opment of synthetics, the demand for goods in a war ravaged world and the technical skill of Ameri can labor will combine to produce post war prosperity, he told a press conference. ........ -.,'r:. -, I--"!., .The Japs' Jnhe Dutch East Indies and nearby; islands have a new enemy in their gnnsixhts Popeye. the Sailor. He is a big twin-engined American Mitchell bomber used by Netherlands fliers based in "Australia, with the brightly painted Popeye Just alongside the bombardier's position. This particular plane has already been on many dangerous missions, bombing Japanese installations at Amboina, Kupang'and other points. The Dutch squadron is composed of fliers Who escaped from the Indies and a number of men trained at the hug Eoyal Netherlands flying school at Jackson, Miss. Its bombing missions usually entail long flights ever shark-infested waters and ' deep jungles. Incidentally, the English pronunciation b used when, discussing Popeye; no attempt at translation .Is made.; Filipino Seamen 4 - i - - ' ,c , " FDR Promises Filipinos Full Freedom When Japs Licked By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON, August 12 -Jf) President Roosevelt Thursday night promised the Filipino people full independence from the United States "the moment the power of our 1 Japanese enemies is des troyed" and said that such free dom would come quickly. In a recorder radio address broadcast to the Philippines on the occasion of . the? 45th anniversary of American occupation of the is lands, the president said flatly: "I give the Filipino 'people my word - that the republic of the Philippines will be established the moment the power of our Japanese enemies is destroyed. The congress of the United States has acted to set up the independence of the Philippines. The time will come quickly when that goes into full effect " A" ?V;; Ten will soon be redeemed from the Japanese yoke and you will be assisted in the fall repair of the : ravages caused by the war." f f ' . ' The executives remarks were interpreted in Philippine circles here as countering Japanese Pre mier Tojo's reported pledge to the Japaneseseized islands that they will be made an independent na tion by the end of this year. Joaquin M. Elizalde, Philippine resident commissioner in Washing ton, 'gave this meaning to the ad dress. He also said it meant that the islands would not have to wait until July 4, 1946 for full freedom, as provided by the Tydings-Mc-Duf fie independence act, -but that political I independence would be "automatic when the Japs are driven out" Popeye. Goes to War Fight to Win - ! :- This would require a mandatory legislation by the American con gress, but Elizalde saw no diffi culty there. Present law provides for full freedom after a : transi tion period to prepare the island economically to become a republic Elizalde said Tojo's . indepen- dence promise was being followed up by a commission in the Phil' ippines working on a new, consti tution for the islands, but that it was "hard to tell" whether the Filipinos of this commission were cooperating , voluntarily , with the Japanese or at the point of guns. -Obviously," he said, "the president's message to the Phil-, ipplne people is to counteract Japanese proaganda." I - The president told the islands that Japan already is tasting de feat in the southwest Pacific and added: ' - . - - "But that is only the beginning." He said the "great day of your lib eration will come, as surely as there is a God in heaven." - He praised the Filipinos for their bravery at Bataan : and ! Corregi dor and said that by resisting the Japanese Invaders they gave final proof that "here was a nation fit to be respected as the equal to any on earth, not in size of wealth, but in the stout heart and national dig nity which are the true measures of a people." - .A." That is why, he added, the Unit ed States "in practice regards your lawful government as having the same status as the governments of other independent nations. That is why I have looked upon Presi dent Quezon and Vice President Osmena, not only as old; friends, but also as trusted collaborators V.- aj&: WW-fc if. Tlx OrJXSON STATESMAN. Salem. Promised Independence I ... . - . , -.J . ' " - - l . x . ; x ' '' 1 1 ' ' ' A- - " ' T ." r':.-.:'.,::f.'.:.!A'..-V. 1 ' . ' FILIPINO LIGHTING I SPIRIT, immortalized aa Eataan, now sails tho seven seas. These photos, re leased by the U. S. Navy, show the Eicers and men f a Philippine merchant ship which, sine Pearl Harbor, has carried war materials for the United Nations through H9,tM 'miles of sab-infested waters fat the Atlantic and Pacific.-Above, the flag ef the Philippine Commonwealth flies beside the Stars and Stripes; symbolizing the cooperation between the twe nations and the fighting spirit ef the Filipino people, 20,099 of whom f ought and fell en Bataan and ether Philippine battlefields.: In the best United Nations tradition, Filipino officers and men share their Australian mascot (upper left) with a U, S. Navy gun erew, i who sail with the ship. Filipino gunners take their torn (lower left) during the weary 24-hour vigils when Axis submarines are on the prowl for the ship and its precious war cargo. Although only three ships remain ef the Philippine .merchant fleet, motto of the 44 officers and men ef this one is SEE YOU IN MANILA. in our united task of destroying our common enemies in the east as well as in the west." Pointing out that the Philip pine government Is a signatory to the united nations declara tion with 31 other nations, that it is represented on the Pacific war council and in the united nations' food conference, the 'president then said: i 'And, of course, the Philippine government will have its rightful place tin ; the ' conferences which will follow the defeat of Japan." Milk Prices Under Fire In 3 Cities By the Associated Press . Office of price, administration (OPA) milk' prices .were under fire in three Oregon cities ! Thurs day night . j- . At Klamath ' Falls, dairymen threatened to dispose of their herds and go out of business un less OPA increased the price ceil ing on butterfaf from 85 cents to $1.00 ,a pound. Large, producers said they were operating at a loss! Seven ty-three cows w e r e sold from Klamath . herds last week; dairymen said. J , Bend's , milk situation still was the center! of a controversy among city and-OPA officials and dairy men. .- City an . OPA . chiefs met Wednesday night but could not agree orv a proposed tax subsidy pxan wmcn would aid nroducers. OPA Price Officer Blair Stewart said-: conferences with producers may lead to increased, payments, possibly on the same basis as at The Dalles where, butterfat was raised to 90 cents a pound with out increasing the consumer cost But at The Dalles, grocers ex pressed dissatisfaction with the plan in vogue there. They planned a mass meeting to protest the OPA order. Some threatened to discon tinue the sale of inflk unless the ceiling price for retailers is made higher. - - . -f Around Oregon - Bt the Associated Pre - Cavalry units of ; the , Oregon state - guard will begin summer maneuvers Sunday in the Metolius section of central Oregon . . '. Industrial uses for wheat and waste lumber will be considered Friday at a meeting of , the state committee of the national farm chemurgic council at Portland ? Claude ,L Sersanous, O t e g p n salvage committee chairman, said the second scrap metal 'drive, al ready started In the east and mid west probably will be scheduled for. the Pacifie northwest also . v . AFL .warehousemen's union offi cials at Portland said , some 500 employes of Montgomery Ward & Company there had been granted pay increases by the regional war labor board ..." v- Portland school" authorities said children working in food proces sing industries and for. the forest service w ould be permitted to register late this year . . u Ore gon housewives turned in-only 52 per. cent of the state's waste fats quota during June 10 1 ,589 pound. Mrs. Ethel Leek," state salvage committee -women's activities chairman, said at Portland . . . k Umatilla - county's war -'bo n d campaign -to -buy a Flying; For tress bomber to be named Spirit of Umatilla" went" over the top with a total -of $350,000 .' . . . Oregon, Friday Morning. August Cook Commander OniCaribbean JACKSONVILLE,-FlaM August VZ-iJPjrTht promotion of Rear Ad miral A. B. Cook, chief of naval and operational training for the last 15 months, to the rank of vice admiral and his transfer to San Juan, Puerto Rico, as commandant of the tenth naval district and commander of the Caribbean sea frontier, was announced today by the navy department . i " f . '';-; j r.. i-'-r,,1; f . .. "'!) 1 - "." I, - ; .' . : I ; M -"..,:""'-... "j : ; .1 . , )' , ' . ' - . - - . ' - ' fS jmr every 13. 1243 Tortilla Factory Wanted ' PORTLAND, Ore., August 12(P) Food preferences of Mexican and Jamaican farm 1 workers in the northwest are somewhat of a pro blem, R. T. Magleby,1 director of the new regional labor office of the' war food administration said today. ':;.; ' l: F';.v .-t:ii":V i! -1 "Li "The Mexicans ' are splendid workers, he said, f but they don't care a hang for vitamins and bal anced diets. tTKeyl want tortillas. Our Burlington, Wash, labor camp figured out it would take 20 men working .all day at a 50-foot stove to produce enough of the flat cakes to supply them with their favorite food for 24 hours, f. , "The;; Jamaicans s are ; interested in no ether food but fried potato sandwiches. They , turn 'up their noses at food which' would- make tha'aver age 'American's "mou th wa ter? - 't; Uil l"s y - -4: '' , i ;-";.. Tax(ritrof 1 ! 1 i. t ! WASHINGTON. August 12-OP1 Arpoy and .navy, authorities" are taking part in 'current tax studies and , are counselling against any increse so steep as to destroy. the incentive for, fullest possible war production, Secretary of the Trea sury Morgenthau disclosed today. , Backed, by the war "department board, the armed services want to make sure that existing in centive systems under -which workers are swelling their incomes by putting, forth" greater efforts are not nullified by taxation. Thus a new factor entered, the drafting of a program' intended to raise an - additional 12,000,000,000 during the year beginning January 1. The treasury already has in dicated it is studying means to prevent inequitable tax burdens on persons whose incomes have not conformed ' to the '.upward trend. , : --. Linfield Given Infirmary Fiind - McMlNNVTLLE, Ore, August 12-P)-President Harry L. Billin of Linfield college Thursday an nounced receipt of a gift of $5000 toward construction of a new. in firmary on the campus. He said the donor, a New York woman, wished her identity withheld. - Ariny WFVE SOLVED TWO unusual coffee problemscaused - by the government's severe restrictions on the use of glass for coffee packaging, and the lifting of coffee rationing. 'First: what to use for a package! This is answered by the glassine-lined bag. Second: how to insure freshness and flavor! Speedy delivery to your grocer, in small quanuties, j v is now a part, of put L serviceVfor ' our ' roasting plarit' is located' in this area.' J - - , 1 ' Here's how you can help - patriotically -,Let every other pound you : buy," be " the wartime jpackage. ,The price will be slightly lower than the glass jar. Drip or Rmrjular Grind, of course! im the vnsrl-it's Russians Jubilantly Look I Arid' Work Toward Victory By WILLIAM McGAFFIN CAIRO, Aug. 12 -F)- When I left Russia a few days ago the air was electric with the feeling of victory. - --";" : Never , have the Russians been so buoyed up and so sure of themselves. Some even predicted quite seriously: It will be all over in two months." ." You hear no such rash prophet cies among red army men nor among ' more sober-minded civil ians. The soldiers are elated over reversing ' the tren4 of the prev ious two summers when the Ger mans always advanced and the Russians ' always retreated, but they know how tough the Ger mans can be on the defensive. : . Most Russians believe it will take another year ; to defeat the invaders. Some . of . the factors involved are unpredictable. ; ' , 1 am convinced! "the' Russian people never dreamed their army and air , force would , be o strong after .two years "of exhausting Struggle.' I ! got' the impression when, I 'arrived, In Moscow that the people last May expected the army would hold the German of fensive successfully - but few sus pected that it would be . capable oSf making a devastating counter offensive immediately. - ! j That Was something which hap pened only in winter. ' .The Rus sian army,! gathered, wasn't built for swift maneuvering on dry summer plains- but it marvel ously gave the :lie to, that im pression. ' ' ' ' . " -:;-?" ' j The", red air . force provided a similar surprise. Moscow was preT pared -to - withstand severe raids. A heavy' concentration of guns was brought into the city and an elaborate air raid prevention sys tem was developed. - . j .Women' are ' vsed . extensive ly in the. ARP army. .Dassllng circus performers, I for example, . spend the first part of the even ing balancing .hefty males en their heads (when the girls got - equality here they get It with vengeance). Then they go home and spend the rest ef the night en fire-watching daty. " f In May, I ! and ; many others thought Moscow would be under going cruel, raids . by now. This was Goering's last chance. It was logical he would throw everything possible at the capital. But in fact no bombs have fallen! on Moscow since April, 1942, although it was only about A 150 miles - from the front at the j nearest point easy bombing range. That is, it would be easy. if it-weren't for the, red; air force, which, actually is strong er after two years of war. The luftwaffe at the same time '-r " .cbior:i vest ccm was growing weaker, partly froni the allied bombing . of airplane factories, partly from the neces sity of spreading out before the many gates of occupied Europe and partly from severe bombings by the Russians. For the first time since the start of the war the Russians therefore at least air parity with the Germans along the 1500 mile front With the aid ef a great number ef planes the red air force forged an impenetra ble wall about Moscow. L Soviet-madel fighter planes such as the Yakland "Meg" appar ently are the equals of the best British and American planes. The Stormovik fighter-bomber i is an other excellent plane which the Germans" call "black death." " American Airacobra fighters and UA-20 attack bombers were used extensively, 'with good results. Russian heavy .bombers are effec Uve on night raids. r RCAF Boat Lost Off BC Coast : VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 12-iP)' A royal Canadian air force supply' boat carrying 15 persons and ply- ' ing in British Columbia ' coastal waters has been missing for sev eral days and kiespite widespread search no trace of the. vessel has yet been found, an official RCAF announcement 'said tonight. ! ' ' The statement said the , search . will be continued until the boat is found or it is positively known she foundered. I - The vessel was the former fish-. boat BC , Star. Unofficial reports said the 87-foot boat is missing' in Hecate, strait. . ' . , ' Next-of-kin of the 13 crewmen and passengers have been notified. Eight, of the missing men were from "British Columbia and the other seven j from other parts of Canada. H- ; ',, ': Prune Men to Protest Price at McMinnville-l; I PORTLAND, Aug. 12-F) Prune growers of Yamhill and adjoining counties will meet in the McMinnville courthouse Sat urday night to protest the OPA's price of ! $40 per ton on green prunes, Peter Zimmerman 1 j of Yamhill said Friday. t'i ; Zimmerman said the price must be increased substantially if grow ers are to harvest the crop un der existing high farm labor costs.