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Th OEEGON STATESMAN. Sedan, Oregon. Saturday Morning, IToYember 6. ISI3
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. are paid by the ton or on some
bther piecework basis rather than
ty the hour. The board said the
'condition it set forth on this
point is to assure conformity with
- the wage scale it proposed for
hourly workers in its decision on
the Illinois contract last week.
The anthracite section' of the
. " v agreement was approved without
qualification. It provides for in
creases totalling 70 cents a day
above the old contract, besides
tools, equipment and increased
vacation payments estimated to
"be worth 20 or 25 cents a day.
' chairman William H. Davis
said in an accompanying state-
... ' ment: ' -
,'vfThe contract signed by Secre
tary I ekes and the president of
- the United Mine Workers pays
the day rate mine workers $1.50
'for an extra full -hour of work
each day. This is what they would
; c get - under the present contract.
When corrected for tonnage work
ers it will be within the limits
j.:of the national wage stabilization
policy because the increased daily
AT 'earnings will then all be in pay-
, jnents for increased production of
:: : ; coaL . . - -
, "Four stoppages of work have
' occurred in this basic industry
-since he president of the United
v Mine Workers announced to. the
- coantry that he was 'going to ob
; ' tain, for no more work, a $2 a day
' wage increase, no more, no less.
, regardless of the wage stabiliza
tloo policies of this board.
Under the contract with the
'government the extra pay is for
-exira worx paia xor ai me oia
: irate for overtime pay required by
'jthe fair labor standards act"
! In dissenting, Morse said "It
1 J is contrary to sound pa bile poll-
ey for the' wax labor board te
approve this agreement which
.' 5 was negotiated smder the daresa
jef a strike."
" "The nation," he added, , "should
-have exercised its sovereign pow
ers to meet the challenge raised
by the economic action of the
United Mine Workers of America,
."Tather than capitulate to that
-challenge by of feting them a con
tract which appears to have been
dictated at the point of the strike
:.:v,v weapon."-' '
-i: The resolution adopted by the
board provided that the memo
: randum of agreement reached by
s -Ickes and the United Mine Work
Lers president "is hereby approved,
' , 'subject to clarification and re
.. "submission as to (a) the provi
sions for payment of tonnage or
f "piece workers and (b) the appli
cation of the provisions as to the
K pushing of cars in places where
" It is impracticable to deliver the
j.'cars the the working place other
v;than y rushing."
: ; The second point requiring
, clarification is not expected to
j cause serious difficulty. If Lewis
acquiesces in the modifications of
" the agreement covering tonnage
-workers it probably will end the
rtge controversy which has kept
' . the labor front in turmoil . since
"last March. I
' ; The resolution also provided
- ii that the president be notified I of
ithe board's approvaL
- ) The note originally had been
Scheduled tor 11 a. m. (EWT) but
- iVame nearly 12 hours later.
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Urge Locating
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Sen- Charles I McNary was
' advised by wire of the group's ac
turn, the . telegram . pointing out
, !' that in seeking to have the pilot
plant erected in Oregon, he would
ii not be embarrassed by lnter-com-
- munity bickering.
f Gov- Earl Snell was advised
. ";t Friday In a telegram from Can
, gressman Homer Angell that the
' congressional committee on facili
" U ties had approved expenditures of
.$250,000 for land and $4,088,000
' for plant and equipment in con-i-
nection with the alumina-from-
i . 'day pilot plant. The approval was
j. "contingent upon recommenda-
tlon of area production urgencies
t committee and war manpower
. - committee relative to labor."
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f French Radio Expects
: Invasion Any Moment
LONDON, Jev. 5-(P)-The
sere hour for the Invasion of
? France might strike at any me
- ; , sneat, Jean Faqals. Farts radio
, military commentator, said te
.' ' sdght a broadcast recorded by
' the Associated . Fress. adding
;. that the newspaper. Farts-Soir,
! had pabUshed a late balletln
that large-scale ship movements
J had beea observed off the oUt
" em coast f England.
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US Air j Corps
Blast German
Rail Yards
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disclosed that Marauder, Mitchell,
and Typhoon bombers were over
northern France in force in day
light yesterday. I k -
From the day's operations, 10
American heavy bombers, two
medium, and five fighters were
reported missing.
Muenster, capital of Westphalia
in northwestern i Germany, is an
important railway center dose to
the strategic Dortmund-Ems ca
nal. It lies approximately 60 miles
northeast of Duesseldorf, plaster
ed Wednesday night by the RAF.
Gelsenkirchen, besides being an
important . industrial city, is on
the important - Dortmund-Hamm
railway. It lies 20 miles west of
Dortmund in Westphalia and 20
miles northeast of Duesseldorf.
It is the site of the greatest syn
thetic oil works in Europe.
The medium : bomber sweeps
over northern France, the com
munique said, were' covered by
"many squadrons of fighters"
which also made diversionary
sweeps.
Mustangs on offensive patrols
during the day attacked locomo
tives and other targets in north
ern France and Belgium.
Berlin radio, : meanwhile, fol
lowed other stations in northwest
ern Europe last night in suddenly
going off the air, apparently indi
cating allied bombers were deep
over enemy territory.
Families of 91st
Need Homes;
Canvass Set
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slon move to Medford and vicini
ty, but housing . there also is a
problem, and it is known that
some of the families plan to re
main here.
The 91st, known as the "Wild
West division In World war I,
when it achieved glory In the St
MihieL M e u s e - Argonne and
Ypres-Lye offensives and was cit
ed for the heroism of its enlisted
men and officers, was re-activated
for the present war August 15,
1942, at Camp White, where it re
mained for basic and advanced
training. Maj. Gen. Charles H.
Gerhardt was -its commander un
til July 8, 1943. when he received
orders to report for an overseas
assignment, and Maj. Gen. Wil
liam C. Livesay was given " com
mand of the division, r ' '
Brig. Gen. William Crist Is
assistant division commander, and
Brig. Gen. Ralph Hospital is In
command of division artillery.
The division Is at Camp Adair to
receive advanced training as a
follow-up of the maneuvers In
the Bend area. The original cadre
for the 70th division, now at Ad
air, came from the 91st and there
were many reunions between sol
diers when the "Fir Tree" and
Trailblazer" divisions were Quar
tered in the same camp.
The 91st division was keDt alive
between 1919 and 1942 by the 91st
Division association, organized in
t ranee, which had active chap
ters in Portland. Seattle. Tacoma.
Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Double Strike
Of AFL Looms
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In Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. Nov.
A double strike threat loomed
over the Pacific northwest inda-r
but workers of the two AFL
unions who voted to strike after
their wage demands were refused
remained on the Job.
Balloting, first to be conducted
in this area under the Smith-Con-
nally labor disputes act did not
set any date for the strikes,.
Officials of the Moldera and
Foundry Workers union, which
operates in 77 plants in 16 Wash
ington and ! Oregon , cities, said
they would attempt to reach a
settlement without forcing a work
stoppage. ,
An ! overwhelming share of
members 2912 to 484 had voted
"yes", i the question: "Do you
wish to permit an interruption of
war production in wartime as a
result of this, dispute??
The union's demands, rejected
by both regional and national War
Labor boards, are for an hourly
wage boost from $100 to 11.23
for Journeymen, and from 83 to
95 cents for helpers. '
i Portland truck mechanic. ,
mending a ! wage increase from
si.za to si.35 hourly, delayed ac
tion on a strike which would dis
rupt long-distance hayiing opera
tions of 13 companies. The union,
which voted the strike yesterdar.
win meet with t truck operators
Monday. : 1 : v' -
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Sponsored by Capital rest
Fifth Army
Pierces Nazi
Defenses
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off and blasted the nazis from
their entrenchments.
British and Canadian mountain
fighters who stormed into the in
land communication center of
Isernia in darkness yesterday
morning pushed on north toward
a main lateral highway extend
ing from the Apennines to Vasto
on the Adriatic. It passes only
eight miles from Isernia.
This road had been the avenue
of supply for German forces op
posing the Eighth army along the
Trigno river. With Its loss the
enemy quickly will find Its pres
ent positions untenable on this
"back-door" route to Rome.
(The German hifh command
broadcast from Berlin that an
allied force had attempted te
make a landing from the sea In
the Pescara area, 40 miles p
the Adriatic coast from the.
Eighth army's present position
and well north of Rome. There
was no allied confirmation of
such a leapfrog tactic)
Advancing steadily in the cen
ter, American units crossed the
upper Volturno In front of Vena
fro and captured all high ground
dominating the upper valley.
In its advance to the Gangliano
river through Catland flooded by
the retreating Germans, Gen.
Mark W. Clark's Fifth army swept
up the villages of Fieno, Tranzi,
Cellole, Falco, OUcella, Tuoro, San
Marco, Bonis!, Padreeterno, Ron
golisi and Femntanaradina.
Clark's troops now are battle
toughened soldiers who have
proved themselves capable of
smashing through the stiff est for
tifications the enemy can devise.
Russo-Czech
Agreement
Is Revealed
WASHINGTON, Nov. 5-()-Er-ection
of a new barrier to future
German aggression was revealed
today with the disclosure that
Russia and Czechoslovakia have
agreed on a 20-year military al
liance. Czech President Edward Benes
soon will make a long-postponed
trip to Moscow to sign the treaty.
it was said by the responsible di
plomatic sources who told of the
agreement.
Negotiations on the pact have
been completed, it was said, in
terms almost Identical with the
British-Russian., alliance signed in
.May, 1942. - !
The accord Is open to adher
ence by nations bordering on Cze
choslovakia and Russia. These in
clude Poland, which has had no
diplomatic relations with the So
viet Union since early this year.
A Polish embassy spokesman
expressed his government's desire
to resume normal relations with
Russia,- however, and said that
Secretary of State Hull and Brit
ish Foreign Minister Anthony Ed
en carried such a message to
Moscow.
The Poles suggested, the spokes
man said, that an eastern Euro
pean commission, similar to the al
lied council on Italy, be created
to deal with questions that will
arie as the red army surges
westward. f
They also asked:
1. That a few American and
British officers be attached to So
viet forces chasing the Germans
into Poland, as a token of Joint
United Nations action.
2. Release of Polish nationals
held in Russia and their evacua
tion as soon as possible. -
Night Without Rain
Presages River Drop,
A rainless afternoon Friday and
a chill night foretold a drop In
the Willamette river which, over
flood stage at Jefferson had loos
ened log jams, sunk the tugboat
Eola, caused Wheatland ferry to
cease operations and incidentally
put out of commission the second
inter-county ferry, at Buena Vis-
la.- Breaking of a timber which
held the, cable was blamed for
the shutdown of the Buena Vista
transportation.
Loosened logs tore Wheatland
ferry from its moorings, but it was
back in captivity Friday -tdght
without damage.
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Ithaa 790 Japanese planes have
i been' destroyed er damaged.
i These heavy blows have kept
Rabaul ' largely . neutralized . and
unable to effectively cope with
the invasion of Bougainville ' 260
miles to the southwest at Empress
Augusta bay. , . -
! At least one of the many con
voys sighted already has been
bombed, with hits on two cargo
vessels.
f : The biggest 19-shlp groap
I was sighted In the early morn
j lng Thursday northwest of Mas
i sav Island which is above the
northwestern tip of New Ire
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! On Friday morning nine shins
including destroyers and possibly
cruisers were spotted on a south
easterly course at a point about
60 miles from Kavieng.
That same morning a Liberator
bombed a destroyer in a convoy
north of Mussau. This convoy was
proceeding In two sections. There
were three destroyers and three
cargo ships In one section, a heavy
cruiser, two destroyers and a
tanker in the other.
Two hundred miles northeast of
Mussau. two heavy cruisers, four
light cruisers and three destroyers
were sighted.
In daylight Wednesday, a
strong formation of Liberators
from the South Pacific com
mand of Adm. William F. Hal
sey attacked a six-ship forma
tion 1S5 miles northeast of Ka
vieng. One cargo ship was left
listing and another set afire.
Four of the twenty escortina
fighters were shot down for cer
tain and three others probably
were downed against the loss of
one Liberator In the attack.
Three destroyers raised intense
anti-aircraft fire.
Although there was no doubt
the Japanese, making the most of
their interior seaborne lines of
communication,' were busily rein
forcing RabauL the possibility was
considered that some of the re
ports of the patrolling planes
were duplications.
A spokesman for General Mac-
Arthur emphasized there still was
no indication so far that the main
Japanese battle fleet is moving
Into position for combat. There
have been no sightings at any
point of enemy capital ships or
aircraft carriers.
The most reasonable explana
tion is the Japs either are sending
out a number of small "task forc
es" or are intending to assemble
a major tack force at some such
marshalling point as RabauL
On Bousainvile. United States
marines which landed Monday
are continuing to consolidate po
sitions which have bypassed a
strong enemy garrison on that Is-
land's south coast.
Schiedler Suffer
Leg Fracture, Cuts
In Auto Collision
Charles Schiedler, 19, of Scotts
Mills, suffered a leg fracture and
other Injuries Including a cut ov
er the right eye when his auto
mobile and 'one driven by Glenn
Haigat of ML Angel collided
head-on three miles, east of ML
Angel on the Scotts Mills road
Friday night about 7:43 o'clock. .
Though both cars were virtual
ly demolished, Haigafs injuries
apparently were minor. State po
lice who investigated the accident
took him home. Schiedler was
taken to the Silver-ton hospital. ,
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Allied Meet
Maps Strategy,
FDR Reveals
By WILLIAM T. PEACOCK
. WASHINGTON, tNov. S -P)-In
a momentous conference at Shung
king, American, British and Chin
ese military men have reached
complete agreement on the con
duct and supply of continental
operations against the Japanese.
President Roosevelt announced to
day.
Mr. Roosevelt told his . press
radio conference that the confer
ence was extremely successful but
he could not go into details.
He did say that among those
attending was Admiral Lord Louis
Mountbatten, the allied supreme
commander in southeast . Asia.
This suggested : that the confer'
ence was primarily concerned
with coordination of all forces for
the reconquest of Burma which.
it has been made clear, is the pri
mary task assigned to Mountbat
ten who has established headquar
ters in India. There was nothing
to Indicate, however, whether a
move against Burma Is now im
minent. In other discussions of the war,
the president:
1. Indicated that the island-
hopping stage of American oper
ations in the southeast Pacific is
In its last phases. He said that in
attacking Bougainville island the
American forces are getting set
to knock out RabauL the key Ja
panese base in that whole area.
Rabaul is on New Britain . island
to the northwest of Bougainville.
Once it is liquidated, he Intimat
ed, more massive blows will fol
low, but meantime the men under
General Douglas MacArthur and
Admiral. William Halsey are suc
cessfully pursuing the strategy of
whittling down the Japanese sea
and air forces.
2. Said that the Moscow confer
ence's decisions made no change
in the status of General George
C. Marshall, the army chief of
staff. (There have been reports
that Marshall has been selected to
direct an invasion of Europe by
American and British troops bas
ed in the British isles.) '
Morgan Speaks
At CE Meeting
Much of the grief in the world
Is caused by regret and regrets
may be avoided by action today,
Rev. Newell - Morgan of Wood
burn told Marion county Chris
tian Endeavorers at the operiing
of their weekend convention Fri
day night in Salem.
What "might have been" is ac
tually possible today in young
lives, he declared, using as an 11
lustration the racer who ran
with all his might, but lost the
race and then regretted that he
had not practiced.
Greater regrets are those which
have to do with the winning of
the longer and harder race of life
and with aiding others to find
eternal . life- through Christian
faith, the speaker said.
Todays convention program
starts at 2:15 pjn. The banquet is
at : 6:30 tonight and the night
program commences - at 7:43
o'clock. The convention, all ses
sions of which art being held at
the First Evangelical church,
concludes with a 2:30 pan. meet
ing Sunday. . . . . :
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Last Day Today
FEATURE.
Oil the H01IE FRONT
" By ISAESLCHILD3
When Dick took home his first
report card, his dad's face beamed.
Those ol us who work with. Pick's
father know that must have been
so. " First, , Dick more than likely
never got a poor report card, and,
second, anything good his. boy
does is still reflected in the face
of Chester C ."Baker, veteran
Statesman compositor. , '
But the glow that lighted Chefs
countenance Friday night when
word came in .that the squadron
commanded by his son. Maj. Rich
ard M. Baker, was the first , to
land on Munda airfield was - not
entirely a matter of pride.
No one could doubt that he was
more than gratified over his lad's
accomplishments in his first aerial
battle ... two Jap Zeros for him
self, at least nine for his squad
ron and not a man or a plane
lost . ... . who could ask for more!
But, we recalled that the letter
the young major wrote to his
parents on his 31st birthday had
simply stated that "we moved on
to a new base today, one that had
been held by the Japs." -t
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Perhaps part of the happy glow
on the face of any father, when
the report card or the war news
comes in, often Incorrectly attrib
uted to pride, Is really . relief:
Now he knows where his son is.
Nazis Claim
Vatican City
Is Attacked
LONDON, Saturday, Nov.
The German Transocean News
agency was recorded by Reuters
In a broadcast early today as say
ing that "allied aircraft attacked
Vatican City at 9 pjn. last night
causing considerable damage.
There was no confirmation from
allied or any other sources of this
supposed attack.
The Nazi propaganda agency
added: "Four large bombs fell
within approximately 100 yards
of St. Peter's cathedraL"
In. leaflets dropped over Rome
during an allied daylight raid on
rail targets last July 19, the Ital
ians were told:
"It is possible' that in order .to
lend plausibility to their lying
statements, the Fascist govern
ment or their German associates
will themselves arrange for bombs
to be dropped in the center of
Rome and even' on. Vatican City.
"We leave it to your intelligence
to decide whether it is likely that
we should waste our efforts on
targets whose destruction is use
less for our purpose.
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Truman Crqiip
Asks Holdings
In Payment
WASHI NGTON, Nov 5 -P)
The Truman ' Investigating com
mittee, saying lend-lease ' "was
never intended as a device, to shift
Britain's costs here," suggested to
day , the British might l give us
some of . their' foreign " holdings
of oil and metals as partial pay
ment.' - T :;-".K ' ; :
In " a comprehensive report jon
postwar problems, the senate com
mittee also criticized reports it
attributed to "army, officials' that
the war department will keep sol
diers in uniform working on
war contracts in a sort of postwar
WPA until private Industry can
assure them of Job .. .
fSuch suggestions are beyond
the authority o fthe war denart-
ment,' the report declared.:
This country's vast and costly
lend-lease . program, the Truman
investigators said, was originally
set up "solely because the English
and others whom we - desired - to
assist did not have sufficient
American exchange to purchase
materials needed by them.
' "Lend-lease was never Intended
as a device to shift a portion Of
their war cost to us." -
Senate Passes
Postwar Plan
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behalf of the government of the
United 8tates rith any ether
nation er any as elation of na
tions, shall be made only b y and
with the, advice and consent ef
the senate ef the United States,
provided two-thirds ef the sen
ators present eoncmr.
The last paragraph was put in
by the foreign relations com
mittee to meet the expressed
fears of some senators that the
resolution could be taken by the
president as "blank check" , ap
proval for any foreign alliance he
may make, f
"This resolution has in it the
teeth of bayonets if necessary to
preserve peace and prevent war,"
shouted Connelly as the senate
prepared to -vote on the long-argued
document.
"It has the teeth - of airplanes
which bite with machine guns and
bombs the teeth of a great navy,
the teeth of j artillery, If need .be.
"But these are extreme measur
es to be employed only If nego
tiation fafuc? :
Eisenhoiver '
Forsees Utter
Nazi Defeat
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS,
Algiers, Nov. 5P)-Gen. Dwight
D. Eienhower assured j American
military ' and civil j forces in this
theatre today that Cferman's j "ut
ter def eat-even if not yet defi
nitely In sight Is certain. j '.
, In a message marking! the "innl
versary of the north African land-.
Ings on November 8, 1942, the al
lied commander in chief in the
north Africa theatre .added jcpn-
fidentiy::;.iS:l::Iff'' i V:"
Victory will likewjie be j ours
in the far-off Pacific where allied
force tre already! ori the off en
sive...".'! ; . i 11
Asserting .that Sve fare on the
mainland of Europe, parrying jthe
battle daily closer to the vitals
of the enemy, Gen. Eisenhower
said: v.-''i;r .i .:-:-.--1 i!;;- ---
"More Americans and more of
our allies will continue: to follow
steadily into the fighi.fi AH f j us
will work together as tone. With
the gallant' and powerful Russian
army pounding the European, ene
my on the east, and with growing
forces seeking out arid) penetrat
ing the weak spots of his id;
lenses from ' all other i directions,
his utter defeat even If not jyet
definitely n sight Is certain
In his riiessage-a similar tone
was sent tol British Mediterranean
forces tiie general j emphasized
that "the' heart of Anierica sup
ports our every endeavor, paying
that "reports of sporadic troubles
on the home front are .occasioned
by the ill-considered tactions: of
relatively few individuals.'" j
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largequantities of ans and ma
terial captured In this drive, Mos
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On the north central front! an
other 1000 Germans I -t- making a
total at 5200 for the! day were
wiped out in the Nevet area where
the Russians were less than 5.
miles from the Latvian and old
Polish' borders. Several populated
places were taken and. one German
strong point was captured after its
garrison was routed,; leaving
hind its guns, amniunitlonn
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