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Th OnZGOn GTATECMAIL Ccka. Oregon. Saturday Morning, liar 27. 18U
Lumber Strike
On Increase
Despite Order
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insist the union accept the respon
sibility for a strike in an essential
Industry on the eve,, of invasion."
Both CIO and .AFL leaders
have described the walkouts as
wildcat.'' sarin the mem left
' their Jobs despite anion pleas.
A i C I O' spokesman reported
seme 100 legging ' workers )
walked out at Molalla and Tula
nook. Ore, today.
Nearly all log hauling opera
tions in Linn county halted to
day, and two plywood mills , at
'Albany and Lebanon closed. An
estimated 1200 AFL workers
-walked out. ": ',-
Log hauling epe rations la Linn
eoBnty, Ore, were crippled to
day, as walkoata of 400 AFL
workers forced seven firms to
suspend. Only one large com
pany and two small ones con
tinned. All hauling to Albany
wms stopped. -
Snow Peak Logging company
and Roaring River Logging com
pany suspended hauling logs -today
because timber fallen, buck
ets and other woodworkers failed
to appear for work.
The Willamette Valley Lumber
company sawmill at Dallas shut
down- today as several hundred
AFL Workers walked out
Lumber mills at Albany.
Sweet Home and Lebanon were
still j operating with , logs on
hand. Officials of Oregon Fly
Wood company. Sweet Hohe,
and Westers Door Plywood
company, Albany, said they
would hare to close In few
days ) when their log supplies
- axe .used.
Plywood mills of the Cascade
Plywood company, at Lebanon
and the Albany Plylock corpora
tion remained closed . today after
their 800 employes voted at a mass
meeting last night to continue the
walkout Frank Willis, business
manager of the Albany Plywood
Workers' union local (AFL), said
the meeting was not sanctioned by
the union.
i Six lumber mills in the Eu
gene area closed today as 500 men
left their jobs.
i Harvey Nelson, president of the
-Columbia river district council
of the International Woodworkers
of America, CIO, reported that
500 loggers have left operations
around Molalla and 500 . at Tilla-
mook. Also reported closing were
logging camps near Sweet Home,
Lebanon. Vernonia, Lyons, Mill
City, Taft and Sfletz.
! TOLTOO, Ore May 26-(A)-A
j walkout of AFL Sawmill Workers
here today left" many Lincoln
county coastal communities with
out electric power. Restaurants,
dairies and other establishments
faced food' losses and Toledo
feared its water system, would go
; dry because of lack of . power to
operate the pumps.
The C D.. Johnson
; company's power plant
Lumber
was left
i without fuel when the men failed
to report for work at the com-
pany s null.. The plant uses waste
from the planer mill.
CCC Barracks
Go on Sale
PORTLAND, May 26-ff)-Bar
racks and CCC camps no longer
needed by ' the war department
were offered for sale preferably
to a government agency by the
army engineers today. ; . ; v
The engineers said the buildings
. would be sold to the highest bid
der v if ' no offers were received
, from state or local government
groups who could ; convert the
buildings to some public use. -
" The - barracks are located at
Gold ' Beach, Bandon, Waldport,
Newport; Miles Woods, Manzani
ta, and Longview, Wash.; the CCC
camps at Florence, Coos, Stan
' field. Baker, Heppner, and Squaw
Creek on the Columbia river.
Bids for a CCC camp at Reeds
i port will be opened hero Wednes-
day - by ' the engineers. ' Possible
aalo of two residences and tracts
near the Salem airport is also un
der consideration, the engineers
said. : ' " - ' i . '
Young Grangers
Feature Posters ;
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UNION HILL The Union Hill
juvenile grange meeting last week
festured wild life posters. ;
Division I Age 5. to 9 years,
first Idon Jaquet; second, Fran
ces .Fox; third, Mertie Mae Han
sen. .
Division II 10 - to -' 18 years,
' first. Jeanne Darby; second, Lu
cille Jaquet; third. Merlin Darby.
Local OPA Warns of
Strawberry Ceiling
Preparing . for the Imminent
strawberry season, local war price
and rationing boards of this dis
trict have been' notified that' any
charges for strawberries over, the
pries l:vc!j f:t by OPA will be
dr.lIy fci violation' of rcgula
tics and subject to penalties.
r': ll cc;I!r. price for a stand
'ar4 12-c-.--i box is" 23 cent3;,for
a 12-L cr-4.? delivered the re
;' ; j :;y : na more- than
; ; ;; ' ? h:l;culer may pay no
r.-.j. "'U cr '$U3. f.o.b.;
wil'i a f:-:; "... '..t tllcwance 'y? to, 5
c r r cr-'.J ia Ealea 'area.
Where They Are What They Are Doing
LT. REX W. HARDY
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LT. WILLIAM G. ROBISON
Graduates of advanced p Ho t train
ing class 44-E, at Douglas Army
Airfield, ArlaV Kex W. Hardy
and WilllAm G. Robison of Sa
lem ea Taesday received their
wmgs and commissions as sec
ond lieutenants In the, army air
forces and today are preparing
for new assignments.
Lt Hardy, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. G. Hardy of Salem,
arrived hero Friday on brief
leave and whea he departs will
go to Randolph field. Tex for
a special two-months training
course to prepare hla as an in
structor. Both officers are graduates of
Salem high school and Lt Har
dy was attending. Willamette
university at the time he was
called into the air forces. Lt
Koblson was employed by Nea
Ion Sheet Metal and Roofing at
the time he entered military
service. -
Fred Inkster
ElectedrGty
League Head
PORTLAND, Ore., May 26 W)
The League of Oregon Cities
elected Fred C. Inkister, Oswego,
president today and urged a state
act to authorize anrointment of
cjty and
county planning com
missions.
The proposed act also would
create metropolitan or. regional
commissions to zone fringes of
cities. .
Other resolutions adopted at the
league's final session urged:
Cooperation by the cities with
the Oregon State college school
of engineering in obtaining sur
veys on which designs for sewage
disposal plants may be based.
Establishment by the state of
an adequate retirement system for
the governmental and educational
agencies of the state and for 'the
local units.
The federal government to give
preference to the state and local
governments in disposing of prop
erty acquired for war purposes.
The federal government to es
tablish a national planning agency
to coordinate plans of the federal
government with those ' of state
and local governments.
Inkster is president of the Os
wego city council. " Mayor Orval
Eaton of Astoria was elected first
vice-president; Mayor George , P.
Stadelman, The Dalles, second
Vice-president; J. W. McArthur,
superintendent of the Eugene wa
ter board, treasurer; Mayor C A.
Meeker, of : Medf ord, Mayor Earl
Riley of Portland, Mayor: Orvsl
wood of Coquille and Mayor!.
M. Doughten of Salem, directors:
Herman KehrlL Portland, secre -
ry- ' W-.V'.
Hardy Calls
An - athlete - remembered ; by
many sports, fans of Salem came
home Friday to tell-his-friends
and his fathers that fivine was
a sport to make all others look
Flying
Sport
tame and that the sheer Joy of regularly on Wednesday nights injing on this at his news confer
aviation experience had . been I the I0OF. haU in Woodburn. lence, said he wondered what
worth any hardships of army life.
IA. Rex W. Hardyt away from
2aiem we past 13 months, who
cua nis earuer -eying" on basket-
oau zioor and , xndiron. , talked
Friday noon simply and . without
preparation to the Salem Board
of Realtors; of which his father,
w. G. Hardy, is a member.
The thrill ef; flying low, the
friendly, relationship between men
training and flying together,- the
beauties of the Willamette valley
and his : hope to return here to
join - bis , father , in the . business
were discussed . briefly ; by the
young lieutenant, who last Tues
day, receivedMiis wings Sand his
commission at Douglas Army Air
field,. Arizona., .v; v.- .-it
LECE2TY Lt F. F. Matthew-
son, US naval air corps, is spend
ing a SO-day leave with his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Matthew-
son. Lt. Matthewson has been in
the navy nine years and is now
just back from England.
ANNAPOLIS. Md Mav t WOT
pMf Art Jnhn n wrrtan
erintendent of the United States rially requested wage to
naval f academy, today listed six w? knocked out. when
midshipmen from Oregon as mem- commltteo started work on
km k -tw . kik tii w.iuic owvek wra ioe unaernana-
graduated on June 7. The entire
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class numbers 915. . ,
Oregphians to be commissioned:
James Allen Strand, V Corvallis;
Merrill; Edwin Wagner, Hillsboro;
John Gordon Hammer, 1958 NW
Irving ! street Portland; Floyd
Kenneth Llssy, 10120 SE Knight
street Portland; Robert Clarence
Thomsen, 1525 North Kilpatrick
street, Portland; Wayne Stuart
NeUon, 260 West LefeUe street
Salem.; f.
WITH THE 12TH AAF Wfl
liam R. Frazier, son of P. L. Fra
lier, 745 North Capitol street Sa
lem, Ore, has been promoted to
master sergeant it was anonunced
recently .; at 4 headquarters of ' the
12th air force A-36 Invader fighter-bomber
group with which he Is
serving as squadron inspector.
' Sgt Frazier's unit attached to
one of the desert air force, fought
through the Egyptian-Libyan, Tu
nisian and Sicilian -campaigns and
Is now In the Italian campaign,
its fourth major effort The outfit
has more than 18 months overseas
duty to Its credit
Sgt Frazier's wife, Mrs. Esther
Frazier, lives in Oakland, Calit
UNIONYALE Sgt Roy John
son has notified his family that
he has arrived safely infEngland.
GRAND ISLAND Russell Sar
gent US navy, has been home on
leave from Farragut and visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Sargent He accompanied his fa
ther on a fishing trip to East lake.
HOPEWELL CpL William
Charles Loop, Camp Crowder, Mo.
spent a-recent furlough with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Rob
erts. His brother. Bud Roberts,
US navy, master mechanic, spent
a two-day leave hero while CpL
Roberts was home.
Set Raymond Gillespie of Fort
Dix, NJ is home on furlough and
with Mrs. Gillespie is here visiting
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jack
son Gillespie. ,
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Don ; Fleming, member of the
Seabees, is at home on' leave with
Mrs. Fleming and their three chil-
dren at their home on route three,
Salem,' after 17 months in the
Aleutians. Weather in the north
ern islands Is not unpleasant
throughout most of the year, ac
cording to Fleming, who tells also
of meeting a neighbor in a service
theatre there. Walking in to see a
movie, he found himself beside
ARM 3c Alan Cannon, son ; of
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cannon, 248
South Cottage street, who had liv
ed near him in Salem. Young
Cannon,1 Fleming has told the
youth's i parents, : has grown and
gained weight during his navy
service, is one of 'three members
of a scouting squadron which
makes regular air trips in the
northern sea area.
Youth Draws
3-Year Term
McMINNVTLLE, May 16-Ufi
Carol Loren Cram, 18-year-old
driver of a car in which Allen J.
Henderson, 18, and his 13-year-
old sister, Wanelda, were killed,
was sentenced today J to three
years imprisonment on a charge
of involuntary manslaughter.
Circuit Judge Arlie G. Walker,
setting what may be a precedent!
for accident cases in Oregon, ad
mitted as evidence specimens of
cram's blood taken by state po
lice while he was still .uncon
scious following the accident
Cram's attorney contended that
the-specimens, examined by the
state criminolorv laboratory for
alcohol t content. - fnrrw! fh f
1 f mdant to tsf Matmt nimeaif
I The attnrnev aaM h wraiM an.
peal to the state supreme court
Woodburn Cannery
Affiliation,, AFL
TmnUvmm rr - hjt.k - -
J cannery at Woodburn have made
DDucation to the American Fed.
i eratlon of I jhor for a charter n4
I are holding oreanization meetincs
I Charles ; Smith, AFL organizer,
1 said here Friday. The Woodburn
I workers will ask for barrainine
rights shortly. Smith said. .". ;
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Sponsored by Carital
County Budget
Under Ceding,
Gets Approval
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The budget committee trimmed
off a total of $28,160 from the
budget estimates submitted by the I
various . departments, . but these
Jvl . a mm - I
wiu . oe aomewnai ousel ny ine
increase m wages, au ox
...... .
' '? Peengo increase
would bo considered.
Following is the complete , list
of decreases made by the com
umwk vvwuy noil) vw, nwuv
clerk. $645; district attorney, $180;
VVUUft UCPU UUCUI, f4VAO.
fi9; herd tospector, $951.05; county
i" f"0 justice covin,
J2"; Jefferson justice court, $25;
,v, uu
eco.rde' 48; cho1 wperinten-
dent $324; sheriff, legal depart
ment, $970; sheriff, tax depart
ment, $2B3i; county surveyor, $60; y
public welfare commission. 914.-1 1
625; market
$4000.
road maintenance,
Additional revenues totaling
$26,000 made an additional
crease in the budget These
eluded $1000 from O At C grant
lands; $20,000 . from the sale
county properties received under
rg
and $5000 in revenue from the
market road fund.
In addition to ; the appropria
tions made Thursday, afternoon,
the committee made - the follow
ing allocations tor departmental
operation: office ox county re
corder, $1197; registration and
elections, $10,000; office of county
school superintendent $10,381:
4H club agent $2500; office of
county sheriff, legal department
$14,350; office of county sheriff,
tax department $15,727; office of
county surveyor, $2619; office of
county treasurer, $4403; miscel
laneous, $55,832; aid to dependent
children, blind assistance, general
assistance,' old age assistance,
$214,014; indigent soldier relief,
$1000; care of poor, miscellaneous,
$2680; care of poor, poor farm,
none; market road improvements,
$37,500; market road maintenance,
$124,000; general road fund, roads
and highway fund, $100,000; coun
tyroads, bridges, and ferries, en
gineer's office, $5120; county
roads, bridges and ferries, $50,000;
road construction and mainten
ance, $50,000; roads and highway
fund, sinkina Ibnd. 150.000: roads
and hiehwar fund. S158.07S: new
courthouse. $75,000.
Actual budget figures are not
yet available because of the ad-1
justments which wUI have 4o MtervieevPistoI, nsin ,;was XL VT 3M7 TT
made on the five ner cent wa linked fromWWJcuffs to theR0.1?? tomorrow will look
made on the five ner cent wage
increase and the six per cent in-
crease granted some of the de-1
I partments. The final figure will
probably be approximately $500
under the constitutional i; limita
tion, according to County Clerk
Henry Mattson.
Senate Group
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The subcommittee, which
split two to one on Its findings.
said the attorney general "was
misadvised" whea "he ruled
that the president was empow
ered under the war labor dhw
pates act to seise the plant
The committee majority. Chair
man McCarran (rf-Nev) and Sen-
aRevercomb i (R-WV); ? said
Biddle was "in error when he
stated that the president is in pos-
session.of an 'aggregate of pow-
wutvu "wt .iw
constitution and from various sta-
tutes enacted by congress' which
would empower him to take pos
session of the Chicago faculties of
Montgomery Ward & Co.
Senator MeFaiiand (D-Aris),
the dissenting member, said the
subcommittee had r "denied the
Interested parties an opportun
ity to bo heard" and had baaed
Its report on documentary evi
dence and on the "hearsay" eon-
elusions of tarostigators. ;Wt
im majority ; report' recom-
linended that "m tto fut
I executive I cder - issued rby thelment exercises. Rev. W. W. Hess
1 president I of . tha United . SUtes
(should contain crHf ritatinna (nrl
! numhw of all fHnm r ty
I ctitutlon anl thm virln., Mm
congress upon which the presi
dent is relying for statutory and
constitutional authority to issue the
eecutive orders." ' :
It also recommended that sen -
ate committee hearings be held to
Idotermln e whether legislation
I should enacted providing for
judicial review- of war labor
1 board orders.
I PresUeut . Roosevelt, comment-
I wcu be come of workers knock-
ed out of. their jobs while cbn-
tress and the courts were studv
I ing their case.
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Swancutt Ruled
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Lt Beaufort G. Swancutt under guard of Lt Dale Frasler. tofWs
h.i. mtn th Minrt Mam at Cams Ansa. Calif- awaiting I
resumption of Ms court martial
A blanket eovers Swancutt's shackled hands, tie was
found guilty. (AF Wirephoto)
Army Court
Reco
Hill
CAMP "ANZA, Calif, May 26-
(if)-Standing erect and seemingly
emotionless, 2nd Lt Beaufort G.
Swancutt today heard a court-1
martial's recommendation that he
be hanged- for the gunfire murder
of his girl friend and 'three other
persons last March 5. ,
The 12-officer board deliberat
ed an hour and a quarter before
its president Lt Col. Duncan P.
FrisselL emerged from an ante
room, ordered the La Crosse, Wis.,
officer to I stand and announced
the decision.
Handcuffs were clapped fmme-
I diately upon Swancutt and he was
ted to a wheelchair to return to
the camp hospital where he is re-
I covering- irom police Duiiets tnat
ended nis murderous zoray witn
chair
"Oh. helL" Swancutt said as he
was wheeled out of the room, I
forgot my cap" ;; ; -
Somebody returned to the coun-;
sel table for the overseas cap and
placed It on his head. " '
Later the officer, who had tes
tified his mind blacked out before
the shootings, told a reporter:
"I told the truth. That's all I
could do. I am not afraid to die."
Outside, he met his gray-haired,
widowed mother. Mrs. Caroline
Swancutt of Detroit who appear
ed., near collapse. Standing - with
his arm about her waist was an
other son, CpL Wellington Swan
cutt" of the Santa Ana army air
base. Also present for the brief
reunion were the accused's sister,
Mrs. Beatrice Wright of Detroit
and his wife, Gertrude.
The 'court's recommendation
win be reviewed by CoL J. X.
Herbert commanding officer 7of
the Los Angeles port of embarka-
tion, and the army's judge advo-
cate. general nx wasningwn, who
are empowered to reduce the pen-
alty. The president will fix the
time and place of execution.
Scott Addresses
Hillcrest Girls
junoness ana neipnuness are
qualities of womanliness, which
outshine many other virtues. State
Treasurer Leslie Scott told girls
of Hill crest school Friday after-
commence-
delivered the Invocation. The
school Chorus and ; three Soloists
aan and everv member ' of the
I class of seven sdrls completing the
- i eighth grade participated mama
W m xne program.
- Diplomas were presented by
I Miss Elda RusselL former super-
1 Intendent of the school, and cor-
sages were distributed to the girls
r and to their mothers before the
school and friends attending scat-
terea w vnai ciassroums. r wa
was servea on xne lennw court.
VJ.W. Victory Oab
W1W
. Old Time Dancs
Horner Hood and Church
Streets .
Music by -
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Clb llecibers Otly
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on charges o!smwerlngfomri
Truman Raps
To His Face
WASHINGTON, May 26-(-A
flushing, suspended naval com
mander, "who ' had acknowledged
sending a "restricted" document
to his private corporation with a
request that It be burned after!
use, heard Senator Truman j CD-
Ma) recommend ithat he be f im
mediately court martialed." L
The commander, John D. Cor-
rigan, has. testified, before Tru
man's war investigating commit
tee that half a dozen firms he in
spected as a production "trouble
shooter'" for the navy's ordinance
bureau have engaged the private
engmeerinc and management
consultation firmv Corrigan, SO-,
burne and Wells, in which he still
retains a half Interest i
The navy suspended the oficer
yesterday, and it was announced
federal grand jury convening
into his case.
Still wearing his naval uniform.
he was questioned for an hour
and a half today hy the Truman
committee. As he rose and stood
beside his chair, Truman shook a
finger at him and declared sol
emnly: . . ". - j
think that Commander Corri
gan should be immediately court
martialed by the United States
navy. I think it Is the most fla
grant violation of the rules and
regulations of the navy since this
committee has been at work.":
Senator Ferguson (R-Mich.) ex
pressed agreement with the state
ment - I
Corrigan reddened and walki
ed
away. ' . .- -j -
Berger Lauds
Blood Plasma
'If you could just see the effect
of blood plasma on one wounded
man you would remember it all
the rest of your life," MaJ. Armin
Berger told members of the Salem
credit association at the Friday
luncheon meeting; The statement
was made in answer to a question
from a member. ! t
Many people ask reiurnlng ser
vice men if they are .afraid when
going into combat but whatever
the answer , might be "there Is
nothing left for mo to be afraid
after facing a whole room
1 tAH J TtA,
full
former
salem dentist now a line officer
with the 41st division iri the
South - Pacific said.
Maj. and Mrs. Berger were
guests at the luncheon Friday noon
in the offices of j the Credit jasso
dation. The -officer, .home on an
extended leave, was introduced
by Ralph Glover. !
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Una Intersects the new German
defense line at Valmontone.
Already the; war waa within
sight c-f Rome; The German ra
dio reported that the flash of
heavy guns could be seen at night
from the housetops of the eternal
(A Swiss telegraph agency dis
patch said the sound of cannon
could be heard "clearly in Rome
and added that "Romans are quite
conscious that ; the battle is ap
proaching. Eome.") . " -
Swarms of allied fighter-bomb
ers continued their merciless at
tacks on German road and rail
transport in the battle zone, de
railing several; trains, ; destroying
more than 400 vehicles and dam
aging 300 others today; This
i brought the total of enemy ve
hicles destroyed or damaged by
air attack in the past three days
to 2500. As a result of these blows
tiie nazis were being forced to
abandon much equipment
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conference, and he has. called
monetary conference for July.
in other words, he remarKea,
we are. making far greater prog
ress in this war than we did in
the last ; j- : '- Vy:;,
A reporter put la that Secre
tary of State Hull had said this
country was I further advanced
than others on study of postwar
overall security, and asked If Mr.
Roosevelt agreed. -
The. president said he thought
that was probably true.
. The subject had been discussed.
he said, at the Teheran and Cairo
conferences his meetings with
I Prime
Minister : Churchill and
J Premier Staling and with Church-
m and Generalissimo Chiang Kal
Sbek respectively,
While Ideas have been put into
a rough draft : the president said,
he would no more think of giv
ing out a rough draft of that sort
than he would a rough draft
one of his speeches. ;:
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She .wore: white gloves and, as I
now recall, a trim little black and
white hat ; with j her : gray . spring
suit this supreme court justice's
wife. And when: she stopped! the
school teacher and' me (as the
lights changed) in mid-traffic of,
High near Court street we thought
surely it was to invite us to a tea
or to share with us some impor
tant bit of social news.
We're publishing: this little story
so that the motorists who whizzed
by on either side of us, the pedes
trians on the sidewalks and the
help in the nearby stores will un
derstand why we broke and ran
away from Mrs. Brand one sunny
afternoon this week.-
What she said in beautifully-
modulated low voice was:
"There's Kleenex 'at '-Fred Mey-
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