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PAGS TWELVE- Collegians May Harvest Apples In Washington - PULLMAN, Oct 4 -)- Ten Washington Colleges and universi- r ties have been asked by the state - extension service to dismiss classes . during the apple harvest should a serious labor shortage! arise when the time comes to take the state's 23,000,000 boxes of apples from -the trees.. . - ; '' . Arthur F. Kulin, farm labor su- pervlsor- for the service, said to ; day some 50,000 men, wome, boys I and girls would be needed to har- vest the 1943 crop and that ev- : eryone who can possibly spare a . few days or afew weeks" should : join the harvest crows. Assistant Supervisor 'Walter Zuger said' schools expected to dismiss students for apple picking were the colleges of education at ' Bellingham, Cheney and Ellens burg University of Washing, Wash ington State college," Whitworth, Gonzaga. Whitman. College of Puget Sound and Seattle college. - They have agreed to release students from ; six -to nine days of actual picking and at designat - ed times when they are needed most," Zuger said, adding 4some schools planned to close complete ly and others to release volunteer ; workers. He estimated 1500 pickers, most - of them college women, could thus be made available for the harvest in the Yakima and Wenatchee- Okanogan areas. Scout Roundup Held in Dallas DALLAS First of five Cas cade Area Council Boy Scout dis trict rounduos was held in the Scout building here Friday night Troops of Falls City, Buell and troops 24 and 29 of Dallas were than at the beginning of Septem represented. J ; . ; , v ber, so that in practically every An investiture ceremony was other classification, except the conducted for a new candidate in troop 24 by Don Lundberg, scout- master. Otto Adolf, district chair- man, took charge of the district ceremony" following the Invest!-j lure. '. - - Perfect attendance bin were presented by Clyde Gibb to Al- vin Adolf and Don Dunn from troop 24 for their records of theji ' O. J past 18 months. Camporee awards fjraUl OtUClClltS ,lo me i our uauas paixois uu troop award for one of $he' best three troops at last spring's1 cam poree in Salem were presented by Scout Executive Lyle Leigh ton to leaders Of troop 24. Senior patrol j - Lm - a- t-: t, badges Of office went to Jim Bow man and Don Dunn. Following the court of honor and investiture, the parents and scouts participated in an hour of fun and entertainment under the direction of Leirfiton. Polk district plans early organ-1 Ization of troops in Monmouth, In-: dependence, Perrydale and the re- organization of troop 40 at Val-1 setz. Scout Troop Starts Anew Boy Scout troop No. 6 of St. Joseph's Catholic church, inactive since last May, is commencing the J fall season with a complete new troop committee and a new scout master, according to announce ment from Boy Scout offices Mon day. ..... Gabe Marsk is chairman of the troop committee, Del Weger is to serve as scoutmaster. First meet ing of the troop, former members and new recruits, has been called for October 6 in the church's troop headquarters. P. Killian has been named new scoutmaster of Catholic troop No. 16. Killian and Weger are meet ing with Rev. L. Rodakowski, Cas- care Area Council Scout chaplain, and L. Amort, commissioner for scouting in the Catholic church, to outline plans for an aggres sive program for the two school units, it was said Monday. A cub pack in either or both St Joseph's or St Vincent De Paul school is under consideration. Glowing Glass i -w-i ww , i t Or r lit 11 rC llOllieS I NEW YORK, Oct 4-UPV-Glass stoves in homes lighted by glow- I ing walls are possibilites in the I homes of the future, in the opinion of scientists who are certain the I postwar house will contain more I light and more glass whatever else I ia may have. Through the development of f "phosphors" materials which Clow -i in lighting equipment it! is now feasible to have-a whole ter 10 years as Hood River post wall, or a corner,' or a spot in the I master, and was succeeded by Air ceiling, light -up from within the walls. 7CTU Urges Draft Of Liquor Employes PORTLAND, Oct 4 The Oregon Women's Christian Tern- J perance? Union stood on record today as condemning conscription I of women for industry until ev-1 ery employe has been taken from! 270th Liberty , r. -.? v-;;.-the liquor business. . I In .McMinnville, the Farmers In a week-end meeting, substi J ruted for the annual fall conven-1 tion, VrCTU board members also j urfsd immediate prohibmon ana j nnai unpavea gaps in the Idaho reelectcd all state officers and de- j Oregon-Nevada highway was sche parment directors. . Drinks are These negroes were among the many that assembled at .Atlanta, Ga4 to salvage seme ef the 2Z8 gallons f moonshine liqaor poured Into the gutter after It had been seised in a raid on a home. As the II- nor flowed away, bystanders County Fund Balance Up County fund balances showed an increase of $15,595.34 for the month of September in the month ly; report issued Monday by Coun ty Treasurer S.' J. Butler. Reaching a total of $877,862.07, the funds include that dedicated to r county, schools, in which there was a recorded increase of 1 ap proximately $8000, trust funds due cities, - schools etc., which t had risen more than $17,500 during the month, and other trust funds which held nearly $3000.- more market . road maintenance fund. there had been a decrease. .Mar ket ; road; maintenance monies moved from $74,8 17.74 to $76,' 734.18 during the month I - ! Cc-l. QnK Art la OdlCIII OtllLPtPld Public school enrollment in Sa lem made a gain of 293 during the first week of the fall term. - i vesica. X Of the total increase, 155 was in the senior high school, where registration was , 1549 Monday compared with 1394 a week earl- Ier I Grades had an enrollment of compared witn zi37 the first nay of school; Leslie junior high school moved up to 473 from 459; arrisn to 8Z7 from 889.. mure scnooi registrauon yes terday was 5198, compared with 4905 for Monday, September 27, Heaviest enrollment in the grades is among the first year pupiis wiin 4uo in uie primer classification; 331 in second grade; 365; third; 394, fourth; 359, fifth, and 395, sixth. ZLrfMITirl OrArYAn "wu"u WftyOH By the Associated Prew Hop growers were warned by the district office of price admin istration not to form new .organi zations to obtain higher Drices The University of Oregon has i converted f eieht fraternity houses into women's .'dormitor ies . A' potato dehydration plant ca p&ble of processing 60 tons every 24 hours, will go into operation in Klamath Falls next month... The Southern Oregon Pioneer so ciety wiU meet Thursday at the old courthouse in Jacksonville for its annual reunion ... Mrs. Gol aa xMicxeii, noseourg, received a service award as the first Oregon volunteer to complete 2500 hours of work in the aircraft warning service Hotel Seaside, sold to a Port land night club operator, Barney Morris, for $50,000, will .be con verted into an all-year resort . . Sorority h "rushing" : at Oregon oww cimege, nunperea oy over- crowded conditions, will be de C4.. I. tl t a s layed - about , three weeks after sdiool opening The Murphy Ditch association dam : across the Applegate , river. begun Sept 6, will be completed this week . ... In Portland, the OPA; listened to 1 charge of price violations ' on ammunition, - and Iwarned that individuals as well retailers must keep below price ceilings . . J Dayton McLucas retired af- lan Hart t . 1 . , The Keep Oregon Green association acclaimed a rec ord of few forest fires for the fourth consecutive year . .., : Foruand grocers stared at emp ty butter, shelves; depleted by a i buying run to beat the new hike in Uon points .... The liamt of William L. Sublette, believed the first pioneer to bring a wagon over the Rockies, was sdven to Oregon Shipbuildinf corporation's Cooperative Creamery paid the last installment on -a $107,000 moitageg . ; I . Completion of the aaica ror July 31, 1844 .... Tha On 'the Law9 lapped It oat of the gutter. Annual Clients , Await Tickets : . NEW YORK, Oct -JP)- The line was forming - tonight to buy tickets at Yankee stadium for the world series opener tomorrow. ; Heading the lineup was Gordon Roberts,' 36-year-old X Baltimore grocer, who expects to see the Yankees defeat the Stf Louis Card inals and is sorry only that "Joe DiMaggio isn't playing." - Behind him was George KopiL 40, a Clairton, Pa, steel work er who- announced calmly that There is no question that St Lou is will repeat" t . Barney Evans, 50, of Hamilton, unt., describing nimseif as a re tired "inspector of materials, said he favored the Yanks but that he would be satisfied as long as it was a good game, f Fourth, and the first woman in line, was Mrs. Peter. Borota, of Steelton, Pa., Yankee rooter who hoped to buy jiree tickets so her husband and son could attend the game, also. Columbus Nips Syracuse Nine SYRACUSE, NY, Oct. 4-P)- Columbus ( AA) won its second straight little world series game from Syracuse (EL) tonight, 5-2, before 5396 fans, exploding for 11 hits -off 'three hurlers, as southpaw Elwin "Preacher" Roe doled six blows to the Chiefs. CeU :.t2$ 001 011-5 11 0 Syra ...000 200 000-2 1 Roe and Heath; Delacruz, Konstanty (2), Bartelson (0) and West Amedy LaChapelle Dies at Woodburn WOODBURN, Oct 4-Amedy LaChapelle died at his home on Sunday "nt the age of 84. He was born at St Louis, Ore, in May, 1859, and lived there all his life. He is survived by his wife, Lena; four sons: Louis, Jerome and Ir win of Gervais and Ernest of Sa lem; daughters: Amy Schulz of Portland,' Sadie Noyes and Elsie Wendt of ChehaUs, Hazel "Mills of Salem, Alice " Climer of Mapton, Wash.; sisters, Clementine Van Dale and Lena Jensen of Port land; 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. . ' The funeral will be held at 9:30 Wednesday at the St Louis Ca tholic church. ; The recitation of the rosary will be Tuesday even ing at 8:30 at the Ringo chapel in Woodburn. Interment will be at Belcrest Memorial park in Sa lem. 115,000 Liquor Permits Validated PORTLAND, i Oct 4-(P)-; Ap proximately ; 115,000 Oregonians have validated liquor permits and been issued new ones for the October-December period, the state liquor; control commission an nounced today. ; ", v Officials estimated that 30,000 cases of whiskey will be sold each month. Liquor supplies will be am ple to fill the demand, they said. About 40 per cent of licensees are utilizing the new system which permits them to buy all the monthly ration at once, i. -i , New Flying Fort In Production j : ; SEATTLE, - Oct J 4 ' -iff)- . The eighth model of the famous Fly ing Fortress, the B-17-G, with in creased fire power - because ot a new chin turret beneath the bombardier's compartment in he nose, has been in production sev eral months, the Boeing Airplane corporation said tonight . - Besides the power operated chin turret, which will give the Forts increased protection against head-on attacks, the newt model has "several other new features, the announcement said. CrjIGCri STATECMA1X. Cclaa. Italian Fleet Status Again In Question LONDON, Tuesday, Oct 5.-() -Prime Minister Churchill said today that the Italian fleet -had surrendered at Malta, r a is i n g anew the question of the status of that fleet The statement was made in a letter to Admiral Sir: Dudley Pound, who resigned today as first British sea lord and chief of the naval staff. . . - j ; The prime ' minister expressed regret at Sir -Dudley's resignation, attributed-to illness, at a time "when control' of the Mediterran ean is virtually within our grasp, when .the Italian fleet has made its surrender in . the Malta har bor," . - - Viscount Cran borne told the house of lords flatly Sept 24 that the Italian fleet did not surren der, but merely had moved to designated points under the terms of the Italian armistice, and that the.; fleet's future was being dis cussed. ""''tT' ' King. Vittorio Emanuele said in a broadcast Sunday that the fleet still was flying its own colors and was sailing in the Mediterranean in the fight against the Germans. Young Republicans To Elect on Monday : Marion county . Young Republi can i - auD i elections, onginauy scheduled for October 4, will be conducted Monday night, ; Octo ber i 11, at Salem chamber ; of commerce a rooms, : officers an nounced yesterday. Conflicting en gagements made the first-selected date 1 impracticable they said. - IT I j ixracroiqfjl oEfS jwucODl Oregon, Tuesdar Homing. Octsier 5. 1CJ3 Jap Diary Relates Beheading Ot Captured American Flier ' By C. YATES McDANIEL f ; ....... ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN THE S6UTHWEST PACIFIC, Tuesday Oct. 5-P-The Japanese execution by beheading of a captured American airmen was disclosed in all its tark details today when General MacArthur' headquarters rnade public a diary captured from a Japanese soldier at Salamaua, New Guinea. ,The execution, carried out according to the "Samurai- code of the Japanese, occurred last fclarch. ; Verbatim translations of extracts of, the diary dated March 29 Said: -We aU assembled af headquarters where one of the crew of a Douglas shot down by anti aircraft March 18 was brought under cuard. i "Tai . Commander (sub - lieu tenant first class) Komai told us it had been decided to execute him and he was to be accorded a Sam urai's death." We asembled to witness the execution. The prisoner was given a drink of water outside the guard house. Chief Surgeon Lieutenant Komai i and Platoon Commander bearing a sword came from the of ficers' mess. The time has come. The pris oner of war -totters forward with his arms tied.. His hair is cut close. I feel he suspects What is afoot, but he is more composed than I thought he would be. Without more ado he is put on a truck and taken to the place of execution. " "The f prisoner sits beside the chief surgeon and about ten guards a company him. The noise of the engine echoes along the road in the hush of twilight The sun has set and columns of clouds rise be fore us. "l glance at the prisoner and he seems prepared. He gazes at the grass, now: at the' mountains and sea. - ---'i''-?:-" "At the execution ground lieu-. u tenant Komai faces the - prisoner-and said: You are to die, I am going to kill you with this Japan ese sword according to the Sam urai code." v ' "The commander's face is stern. Now the time has come. The pris oner is made to sit on the edge .of a water-filled bomb crater. The precaution is taken to surround him with' guards.'?::; V.:-,--;; ? When I put myself in his place the hate engendered by this daily bombing yields to ordinary human feelings." . ' The diary .continued: . The Tal commander draws his favorite sword, -the famous osa mune. The sight of the glittering blade sends cold shivers down spine. .First he touches prisoner's neck lightly with sword. - Then he raises Jt overhead. His arm muscles bulge. Prisoner clos es his eyes for a second and at once the sword sweeps down. f ; "Swish it ' sounds at first like noise of cutting but is actually made by blood spurting from ar teries. The body falls forward. Everybody steps forward as head rolls on the ground. - ; - - The dark blood gushed - from trunk. .All is over,: There lies Jhe head tike a white dolL .' . - ri "realize that the emotions 1 Wm4 c -j n uuu felt just now was not personal pity but manifestation of mag nanimity that becomes a chival rous Samurai. -: t - -.- V ' - "A- superior seaman from the medical unit received the sword th i.rf(nn.. lie rolls - the 1 JLl ' fcM. t body on . back. : - , - 'Here's Something for the oth- r dav take that he, says and with one sweep lays open the ab domen. ' - These thick-headed, white bastards are -thick bellied too,' he remarks. There's not drop- blood left In man's body. The seaman gives him kick then buries it - .The ' wind blowa mournfully and the scene prints itself on my mind. Darkness descends. - i ."In front of headquarters we got, off trvckV If ever I get back alive this will make good story to telL That's why I write it down. , The prisoner killed , today was airforce tai (captain or, flight lieutenant) for Moresby, v He young man aged 23,. an instructor in army, transport command at Moresby ... ' :'. ;''- That ended the entry in the di ary. But at the end of the press release, a ppearing as though headquarters wanted , to remem ber for future reference, was the footnote that said the officer who committed the atrocity was sublieutenant-First Class Komai and the next senior officer responsi ble was Lieut Commander Tsu kioka. Latin-American Schools Would Be Named for FR PANAMA CITY, Oct 4 -&)- The Inter " American Education conference adopted today a recom mendation that one school in each Latin-American country be named after ; President : Roosevel f The conference .includes ministers and directors of education of 21 "Amer- Ifcan republics. ; v , . - -;.-. ' tyU.U'CHBkkilhrta Cbapia - o J ' n 4 v v PI (Continued frcm Tae 8) ; while St Louis has shown its tit Just about as strong. Even with a wave f minor ailments ia t last week the Cardinals were slli to conclude the season with a six game winning streak. Over the season the Cardin als have trPd the Yankees every department of play ex cept borne rsat and stolen bas es. They lead In total tames won, la tailing percentaje, la 1 runs scored, , runs batted 'la, triples, doubles, ete and have shown themselves vastly super ior defensively. As a result the series shapes up as -Yankee pitching and powder against the Cardinals' speed and all-around skill. It was the same situation last year and this writer, for one, still picks the Car? dinals to repeat New Soft Drink Enjoined From Using ... 'Coke' or 4Koke' SEATTLE, Oct Use of the words "coke" or "koke" as ap plied to a soft drink, belongs ex clusively to the Coca-Cola compa ny, US Judge Lloyd C. Black ruled today in enjoining A. H. Ruther ford from making or distributing a soft drink under 'those names. His consent decree corresponds to decrees issued in US district courts In Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Michigan and California, all giving expression to a ruling made through Jthe later Justice Oliver Wendel Holmes of the supreme court of the United States, in 1920. representatives of ' the Coca-Cola company said. ' " . . . . v 'l. Ill' 11 7 r