'LftD ODDOB
The five-to-four decision of the
? Supreme court upholding! as con
1 stitutional Minnesota's tax on air
i planet has raised a dither among
; airplane companies. Under the
1 Minnesota law tax authorities lev
ied an ad valorem tax on all the
airplanes, owned by Northwest
Airlines, and not merely those
t domiciled in the state on the tax
' ' date. " , ' - ;
: Justice Frankfurter, who wrote
the opinion of the court, could not
; find that the statute infringed the
; constitutional rights of the de
xendant company, but he gave
. broad hints that it was a proper
-: subject for congressional study
; and action. As he said, "We are at
: a stage in development of air com
. merce roughly comparable to that
of steamship navigation ; in 1824
. . Any authorization i of local
burdens on our national air com
- merce will lead to their multipli
cation In this country."
If every state' through which an
airline company operates levies a
. t tax on all the planes the company
owns the burden would be pro-
hibitive. If the tax is levied only
i in the state of the company's cor
- porate home it would probably
accrue to those states like Dela
ware and New Jersey which are
comfortable havens for corpora
: tions. : Clearly the subject is one
I for prompt attention. Pending in
I congress but pigeon-holed in the
rules committee is the Lea bill
which directs the CAA to consult
with state authorities with a view
to working out a plan which will
aVert multiple taxation. The de
cision in the Minnesota case ought
to .blast the blockade and let the
bill get out on "the floor for a
' vote. ; , . .
There is prompt need for feder
i al action from another angle. In
!i Colorado for example. the public
i utilities commission has proposed
I a set of regulations covering op-
ii eration of airplanes which ..con
: i , sists of 43 typewritten, single
; spaced matter. It purports to reg
ulate in minute detail the opera-
y tion' of interstate and intrastate
air carriers. For instance all pi
lots afe required to carry a flash
light; passenger cabins and pilot
- cockpits have to have ash con
- tainers. (Continued on Editorial
page). f ,
1000 Navy Men
Rescued 7hen :
Vessel Sinks
: SAN FRANCISCO, May 3 1.-JP)
'-More than 1000 navy men were
rescued from a stricken transport
and surrounding waters today aft
er the SS Henry Bergh crashed
aground in rain and heavy fog on
the Farallon islands 30 miles west
of the Golden Gate.
The 12th naval district said
there were no reports of casualties.
The vessel, a 10,500-ton Liberty
ship under private charter as -a
. service transport, tonight was un
derstood to be breaking up. It was
inbound from the Pacific war the
atres, and struck the islands just
before dawn. ".
, Hundreds of men took to the
water in life jackets and on rafts;
T ethers made the rocky shores of
the small islands visible from the
Golden Gate bridge on a clear
day. Most of those in life jackets
were picked up within an hour.
Destroyers and patrol boats tinder
the western sea frontier were busy
picking up rafts all day.
By late afternoon, moat of the
, "more than 1000" aboard were at
the navy's receiving station on
Treasure Island in San Francisco
- Distress signals from the Bergh
were first heard at 5 a. m and
shore-based craft were dispatched
to the scene Immediately. The
, skipper and a skeleton crew re
mained aboard the ship.
Survivors said the abandon-
ship order was obeyed in orderly
fashion. . - "
' ,The Henry Bergh was built in
.1942 at a Henry J. Kaiser yara in
Richmond. Calif- and was owned
' by - the war shipping administr
-, tion. . . ....
Plane
MayContmue
;." WASHINGTON, May 31 -P)
i The war production board an
. nounced tonight that an agreement
has been reached to continue pro
duction of aircraft parts at the
Long Island City, NY, plant of
Brewster Aeronautical Corpora
tion, provided the parts can be
used by other companies making
. Corsair fighting planes.
Earlier the navy had announced
Tlans to take over the company's
Johnsville, Pa., properties and.!
.. give jobs, to about 2500-o.Iw'the
Brewster employes there.
; The decision regarding thelxwig
. Island City plant was announced
by Charles E. Wilson, WPB e
crutlve vice chairman. An expert
; will leave Washington at once,
! "Wilson said, to .determinewhether
, ' e Brewster parts can be used by
, t: a Goodyear company and
C'-:-.ce-Vought, the two other pro-
I actory
-;rs cf the navy fighter,
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NCIETY-FOUHTH TEAR
CIO Mill
Return
y -"-. - -y ; - v. . - :'.
Work Resumes
When Many AFL
Men Come Back
PORTLAND, Ore, May 31 (ff)
CIO workers in Marshfield and
Eugene, Ore., mills today end
ed their walkout in what may
be the start of a swing to par
allel the general northwest AFL
back to work in the lumber in
dustry, i
Three hundred voted to re
turn to work in Marshfield, and
others - in four Eugene mills re
turned to work. -:
Prodnctiom resumed today in
many northwest mills, inciud-;
, ing three In Portland, when AFL
men answered the call of their
district council to., get produc
tion of war-vital lumber rolling
again.
AFL officials predicted all .of
their 26,000 idle workers would
be back at work tomorrow, but
Harvey Nelson, president of the
CIO Columbia river district coun
cil embracing 15,000 workers, said
he saw no immediate general CIO
return to work. - "
In Portland plants, of the
Western Cooperage Co., the B.
F. Johnson Lumber Co. and the
Jones Lumber Co. operated. to
day, and the Klnsey Lumber
Co. and the Portland Lumber
Co.j mills were to, resume oper
ation tomorrow. The Pope and
Talbot mill at St. Helens, Ore.,
resumed operation at 1 p. m. -Other
AFL plants were resum
ing operations throughout the
Willamette river valley, the low
er Columbia river district, the Pu:
get Sound areas, and at Spokane
and other Washington lumber dis
tricts. .-; ;
f President Roosevelt, appealed
to Monday frf Una Columbia
river " district council, today
wired Nelson that he had sub
mitted the message to the WLB
"with the; request they give
most careful consideration to
the views expressed by you.!
- The council had asked the pres
ident to have the WLB reopen the
wage cases,! or suggested employ
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Halsey Tells
Jap Losses
AUCKLAND, NZ, May 3MA5)
Admiral William F. Halsey, jr.
told a press conference today that
the Japanese in the south Pacific
had lost 150,000 men, 4800 planes
and. "so many ships I -cannot
count, them."
In the whole south Pacific, in
eluding Bougainville, he said, the
Japanese now have only about
13,000 men with no more ' than
2000 of them effectives.
"We can i say" of the Pacific gen
eraUy that if the Jap's back is
not broken, his spine is severely
bent,1 the admiral asserted.
Halsey said that 19 months ago
he himself had "only a shoestring,
but now this has grown to a large-
sized boot-
He recalled that after the battle
of the Solomons; November -13,
1942, he had available just . one
damaged carrier, one . damaged
battleship, one cruiser and a very
few destroyers, but declared "the
Jap was given such a drubbing
he didn't come back."
"The Jap is really a small man
and can be easily dislodged with
our big boot," he said. "
Workers
4 Powers Believed Already
On Main Pointsf Posttvar Organization
; By JOHN M. HJGHTOWH
WASHINGTON, May, 31 -(P-The
fouri leading Allied powers
are belived by-informed officials
here tonight to see eye to eye
already on many points of post
war world organization- includ
ing particularly the assurance of
an adequate voice to small nations.
This is a major factor behind
the apparent feeling of confidence
in high quarters that, the forth
coming Washington conversations
tfmong the United States, Britian,
Russia .and China can make pro
gress toward an effect world or
ganization to secure peace.
TThe big fonr meeting probably
will be held hi the late, summer
or fall. Such differing views as
do come up may be focused lnl-"
tlally on the Question of bow to
draw upon and apply the force
ef the United States, China, Ros
sis and Britain and of other
participating nations for . sup- '
pressing fatore threats te world
order.- , ' J
The British in the' past have
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ft i v .
Gestapo, Starts
New Terror
Wave u est
LONDCAy 31.-(IVThe
German i' -S?.. pressed a fero
cious . e of terror in
Franc p&id and Belgium to
day. rC.ass shootings and ar
rests v . e patriots of whom Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower has called
to assist .his coming liberation ar
mies. : i
This ruthless blood-letting, re
ported by the French press service
in London, offered new evidence
of possible jitters w 1 1 h 1 n the
armed fortress of Europe and con
trasted sharply with the calm con
fidence: evidenced in this inva
sion base. The British press gave
prominent headlines to the WPB
report that the United States was
producing a plane every five
minutes a and to Navy Secretary
Forres tal's announcement that
there now were enough landing
craft to carry the entire invasion
army oyer the waters to Hitler's
Europe. ' Both articles were sig
nificantly noted by the public.
The Trench underground re
ported the "complete ravaging" of
the Dordogne department when
the nazis surrounded the town of
Riberac and "piled into trucks 100
Frenchmen from: whom nothing
more has been heard."
"All inhabitants found on the
road leading to Riberac were shot
on the spot," the report said, "and
the Germans set fire to a forest
where many people were gather
ing wood. They burned alive."
The same day, the account con
tinued,-26 hostages were shot at
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Nips Push Into
Outer, Defense
Of Changsha
CHUNGKING, May 31 (JFy-
The evacuation- of children and
the -aged from Changsha was or
dered by officials of that Hunan
province capital 'as two Japan
ese strongs- -were - driven " Into- the
city's outer defenses 40 miles to
the north, Chinese dispatches said
tonight. ,-'
One force : which landed on the
southeastern shores of Lake Tung
ting and crossed the strategic Milo
river is engaged in severt fight
ing with the Chinese near Hoch
latang, the high command . com
munique said.
Invaders pushing along the
trackless stretch ; of the Canton
Hankow railway yesterday reached
the north bank of the Milo key
to the capital's secondary defen
ses and were poised to cross in
a strike south at Changsha, which
three times : before has been the
goal of Japanese offensives.
An increasing number of 'troops
from the crack Kwantung army of
Manchuria- have j been drawn to
the south and some already are in
the thick of. fighting, not only in
Hunan but in Honan and Hupeh
to the north.
' P. H.t Chang, counsellor of the
executive yuan, told a press con-.
ferencejtse situation was "indeed
grave.""- r -4
- He said Japanese offensives in
Honan and Hunan "and probably
soon elsewhere' ; were calculated
to split China east and west, nt
cure the trunk railway to Canton,
occupy or destroy newly-built air
bases and : forestall - any future
American incursion along the south
nut :....!: .....
, His statement that China could
hold her own provided she could
control the air was regarded as
an urgent plea to jthe United States
to strengthen Major Gen.' Claire
L. Chennault's air force.
The ; fall, of Kungan in western
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in Agreement
Indicated a greater willingness to :
delegate iinal authority to an In
ternational agency than the United
States government has shown any
intention of doing. The American
plan for an international agency
provides consulate formula un
der which the final decision on the
use of any country's forces would
be up to that country's own gov
ernment 1 1 ' . -,
This plan, eovering five main
points, will be submitted to big
four representatives In Its sim
plest and most concise form as a '
draft of an organisation capable
of growing with experience and
. meeting any International crises
- so Ions " as the great nations
backing it stick together.
These nations, however, need
the full, cooperation of small
countries, in . the opinion of Sec
retary Hull and .President Roose
velt; and, they believe this view
Is generally , acceptable to the
great powers. !
. President Roosevelt says .the
American program stlU is sub
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, June I. 1944
Allies Slowed Near Rome.
Arrows indleate allied drives along
Rome, reporting only unspecified
ward Sera, and were reported to
Victory Vo lun tee rs
Get Royal
By ISABEL CHILDS
, "Tomorrow you will be making history, history that school
boys will.be reading 50 years from now,' Supt. Frank B. Bennett
of Salem public schools was addressing Salem's Victory Volun
teers, a battalion of mid-Willamette valley youths who only this
week are ceasing their studies to don navy blue. ,
' A third of the group were sworn into the navy last night in the
Willamette university gymnasium,
where some ' of them i had once
planned to play basketball during
the school year ' 1944-45. Others
of the organization were else
where receiving high school di
plomas. All of the 80 in the com
pany are members of this spring's
high school graduating! class, and
although they are known as the
Salem Victory Volunteers', they
actually tome .from as far away
aSTMcMirfltivilleA "
Bennett, who delivered the
principal address of j the city's
farewell party for the enlisted
group, declared he spoke as the
father ef a son In the service
and remembering the time when
he had been called upon to
make a decision similar to that
made by the new navy members.
No longer boys but Vfull grown
men, he said tne group naa De-
come in one short week, empha
sized that he spoke to them not
as kids but as men," urged each
of them to "keep that dream
alive" although 'the dream may
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Cuba to Vote
For President
. HAVANA, May Sl-T)- Presi
dent Fulgencio Batista urged the
Cuban people today to vote calm
ly in - the national ' election to
morrow, which will : decide his
successor. Police armv and naw
were under orders to be
ready for any emergency.
Retiring October 10 after four
years In office, Batista emphasized
his neutrality in the contest tot
the presidency between Dr. Carlos
Saladrigas, " hi close i friend and
former prime minister,7 and For
mer President Ramon Grau San
Martin, veteran opposition leader.
- For the first time -In Cuba's
history, voting Is to be compul
sory. Out of a population of less
than 5,000,000, it is expected al
most 2,000,000 ballots will be cast
ject te change, and capable ef
vast Improvement Hall has told
r reporters he weald weleomo all
- new ideas that people may send
him . In 4 preparation far the
forthcoming meeting. '
: Nonetheless, 1t can be reported
that the five main propositions of
the American draft are:
- 1.. United Nations council to be
created with membership of Rus
sia, Britain, China and the United
States and three or four small na
tions to be elected by the assem
bly for fixed terms on sort of
rotation basis.
2. United Nations assembly te
be composed of all 35 United
Nations : and eventually to In
clnde all ether countries also.
In the assembly small nations
weald ' hare equal., voice and
sovereignty with the large
3. Police power .consisting pri
marily of the military forces of
the four big nations which would
retain their separate identities but
would be used only in accordance
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the Italian front (black line).
"satisfactory gains,": bat en the
have reached Ceeeane west ef Casalne. (AP Wirepheto) ..j i
Send-Off
100 Shipyard
Helpers Fraud
Government
BOSTON, May 31 More
than 100f shipyard workers at the
Bethleher-H in gharn, plant, where
vessels tare being consfrucfed for
the navy, were arrested today on
charges of conspiring to defraud
the government
Federal bureau of investiga
tion men : termed it "the most
extensive war fraud racket of its
type uncovered by the FBI."
The arrested men it. included
counters and welders. Boston FBI
Chief E. A. Souoy said the former
agreed with piece work welders
to record false credit while the
latter , kicked back a share of the
wages received for work not done.
In some cases, Soucy added, in
dividuals' received as high as $75
a week extra and government of
ficials believed ' - overpayments
would total more than $500,000.
Some of the workers were tak
en into custody by ! FBI agents
and deputy US marshals as they
left the plant this morning. Others-were
arrested as they report
ed for the next shift" And still
others were taken at their homes.
All day, in small groups, the
109 men arrested so far were tak
en lor arraignment before us
Commissioner William C. Rogers
and were released in bail ranging
from $500 , to $1000 for hearing
later. ...
An extensive . investigation of
several months preceded the ar
rests, which were conducted with
the cooperation of yard officials.
New Deadline
Set for Trial :
WASHINGTON, May 31
A new deadline; of December 7,
1944 three years after the Jap
anese; attack on Pearl - Harbor-
was voted by a senate judiciary
subcommittee today for court mar
tial proceedings against men re
sponsible for the defense of . the
Hawaiian islands.
i Chairman Hatch (D-NM) said
the only names mentioned in the
closed session were those of Rear
Admiral Husband K- KImmel and
Ma. Gen. Kalter C. Short Sen
ator Ferguson (R-Mich.), author
of the resolution, made it clear,
however, that he favors prosecu
tion of everyone, military or ci
vilian, involved In any dereliction
of duty in connection with . the
catastrophe.
Over Ferguson's objection; the
subcommittee struck out ' a sec
tion of the resolution which would
have "directed that proceedings
start as soon as possible
DeValera Retains Seat
In Irish Parliament
f, DUBLIN, May 31 -JFy- Prime
Minister Eamon De Valera and at
least six of. his cabinet members
retained' their seats, in the dial
(parliament) . in Tuesday's gener
al election and .early returns to
night indicated he was well on
the way to his goal of a dial ma
jority for his fianna tail party.
Gain East
Allies met stiff opposition south of
east they drove; throagh Arce te-
etions
Main Activity
On Biak Island
ADVANCE ALLIED HEAD
QUARTERS, New Guinea, Thurs
day, June l.-Wfy-The titte fight
ing on Biak island has subsided to
patrol action and artillery exchan
ges with the Yanks still blocked
from the airdrome after battles in
which 879 Japanese were slain,
headquarters reported today. ! i
Headquarters: made its first i re
port ' on enemy losses since 1 the
Americans i went ashore Saturday
on that main island in the Schou
tens off the north Dutch New Gui
nea coast i The total covered i ac
tion up to Tuesday. j s
Although still held two miles
away from Mpkmer airfield i by
enemy positions on ridges domm
ating a coastal road approacn,!the
invaders added to the Japanese
losses by cleaning out small par
ties north of captured Bosnek vil
lage, c . - .
A belated report told of the, re
pulsing of two more enemy coun
terattacks Monday in the Mok
mer vicinity. That was the same
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Jap Rail Linej ;
To N. Burma !
Under Attack!
SOUTHEAST; ASIA HEAD
QUARTERS, Kandy, Ceylon, May
31 -(Ph The railway feeding; Ja
pan's beleaguered North. Burma
bases is under j intense aerial at
tack which; may have blocked the
flow of supplies over that vital
route," it was announced authori
tatively, today. . i L
As the Japanese yielded slowly
under heavy allied pressure on
by-passed Kamaing, on Mogaung
to the southeast,! and on Myitkyina,
spokesman said it 'was ; incon
ceivable- that .the. enemy could
bring anything up the railroad
from Mandalay for these three
strongholds. L
While!' there; are roads and
trails the Japanese use, the loss
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n -1 a
rafxol-A
Bricker Calls
For
By the Associated Press ; : .
Governor John W. Bricker of
Ohio, saying he was making an
"affirmative , campaign f or i the
republican presidential nomina
tion, yesterday ; again - called on
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New
York and others for open discus
sion of current! Issues. '
In an interview, . Bricker also
announced , plans - for a speech
making campaign which Willi run
until the republican national con
vention. -4 -! 1 l '
Dewey has said he agrees with
Bricker that the issues should be
discussed but that he is not a can
didate for the nomination. ! ;
, Indiana,' last of the mid-west
states i to name its republican! na
tional convention delegates, ;will
begin choosing 29 delegates? ! to
night with: Gov. Thomas' E. Dewey
given a chance ; to pick up addi
tional farm belt support ! .
With Indiana's selections, the
candidate roster for the national
convention Willi be complete; ex
cept for six to be chosen by j Ne
vada on June 10 and . two each
to be named, for Puerto Rico land
the Philippines. , ''
Eleven district caucuses, "pick
Open
Pries) 5e
Allies Drive Into
Ootei0 -Defeinses
With More Fmj:
; Yanlcs, British Reach Point
West of Velletri; Germans
Fight Bitterly on Last Line
J By NOLAND NORGAARD , .',
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS, Naples, lUy 31(AP)
American and British troops drove into Rome's outer dev
f enscs with increased fury, today and smashed through to a
point west of Yelletri, a key fortress in the nazis powerful :
new mountain line before the eternal city.
r - The German radio said "dramatic street fighting" was
raging in Yelletri itself as nazi shock troops fought Ameri
can doughboys for possession of the stronghold,' loss of
which would seriously disrupt the enemy's plans to make
a lengthy stand in the Alban hills.
j Allied troops who advanced O , " 1 i 'n T 1,
through deadly fire and repulsed!
savage counter-attacks west of
Yelletri. were reported to have
reached a point within six miles
Of : the pope's summer home at
Castel Gandolfo and within ap
proximately 18 miles of Rome.
I British forces driving up from
the south, on the coastal flank
of the 25-mlIe batUe line before
the Italian capital, were edging
forward throagh thick mine
I fields south of Pesearella Nneva,
which is 14 miles due south ef
j the edge of Rome.
! Nazi forces entrusted with the
immediate Job of stemming the
fifth army's assault until the bulk
of Field Marshal Albert Kessel
ring'S(10th army could be with
drawn from the broken Hitler
line continued to offer desperate
resistance all the way from Val
montone to the sea. ,
I ' An Allied communique said "it
is now clear the enemy intends
! to hold this Une at all costs. ,
i Edward Kennedy of the Associ
ated Press wrote from the fighting
front at 6:30 tonight thai the Ger
mans were: "delaying the Allies
as long as possible and making
them pay dearly for every inch
gained in Italy." He' said it was
a hard slugging match, with Allied
troops pushing ahead but having
no easy time o fit.
In today's fighting, Kennedy
said, American troops broke Into
Nasi positions between Velletri
and Valmontone and occupied
points threatening Yelletri.
i All available German troops
have been thrown into the line,
and it has become plain, a bead
quarters spokesman a c k n o w
ledged that only a very powerful
drive will split it open. -All four
key strongpoints have been under
fierce assault for several days and
fast are being turned into smoking
ruins by massed artillery.
Sea Smooth, Cool
Breeze in Strait
" LONDON, May SI -JPh The
sea Was smooth ' under a cool
northeast breeze in Dover strait
tonight : and visibility: was fairly
good- - - -
The barometer dropped slightly
following - an afternoon ' thunder
shower. . ' : ,
! High tides are due at Calais at
9:43 p.m. Thursday and 10:18 a.m.
Friday (3:43 p.m.- and 4:18 ajn.
eastem war time).
on
Ing two delegates each, will name
22 of Indiana's delegation tonight.
Seven delegates-atlarge arc to be
chosen by ' the state , convention
Friday.
Indications are that one or two
district caucuses may declare for
Dewey but the state convention
is not expected to instruct for any
presidential candidate.
: Developments t on' the political
front 'yesterday . Included a de
mand by Sen. Butler (R-Neb) for
a senate investigation of the CIO
political action committee.
: Butler tojd the senate the com
mittee's ; activities constitute t
"flagrant case" of violation of the
federal corrupt practices act' and
the Hatch clean politics law, but
that Attorney General Biddle has
failed to prosecute - its officers.
Biddle recently said there was no
evidence of law breaking.
. Virtually complete returns from
two Alabama run-off democratic
primaries showed Rep. John New
some, opposed by the CIO, was
defeated by former Rep. . Luther
Patrick. Rep. Carter Manasco, also
reportedly opposed , by. the CIO,
had a slim margin . over J. H.
Deason.
Dewey
Discussions
Veather
' Maximum tempers tare 8
degrees, minimum S3; pre
cipitation ,33 of In.; river -1
tt Shewen Thursday, clear
ing Thursday night.. Fair
Friday and warmer except
.along coast. , '-
No. 62
RAF Hits I
Coastline
British Smash
Follows 3500
Plane Day Raid i
LONDON, Thursday, June 1
Following up a tremendous
daylight aerial assault on Hit
ler's Europe from the west and 1
south v by possibly 3500 allied
planes, RAF night raiders
smashed at the French . coast
from Calais to Cape Gris Nez
early, today witBvVitif heaviest
bombing of.-the war. ; , ,
The mightiest . blows tyet s true kt ,
aether; nazi', vaunted west wall
reverberated like an earthquake
echoing through the night with
great, repeated blasts.
The targets appeared to be
tne (iennan iong-ranse guns
which often have shelled the -Dover
district.
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WLB Denies
Restaurants , '!
Pay Increases
The regional war ..labor board
has 'denied the application of res -T ',
Muituife vihub aim cuiii'cv
for . an s increase in t the wage
brackets in. the culinary industry ,
here, Dan Hay of Associated Em
ployers, who represented restaur- , -
antmen in the applicatldR, was i
advised Tuesday. ;
Because the record shows there
may have been . a violation of
wage stabilization regulations, th
entire application has been refer
red to the regional attorney's of
fice for a report on any mitigat
ing circumstances Involved, the
board advised Hay.
Restaurant operators will meet
In special session, probably some-
time today to consider what ac
tion may be taken, Hay said, i
Jtates' approved by the wage
stabliziation division of the 12th
regional war labor board for Sa
lem restaurants are:, chef, $200 a
month (48 hours a week) ; head r
cook, 97 cents an hour; second
cook, 85 cents; fry cook, It cents;
pantryman or woman, dishwash- i
er, or waitress in a restaurant, i '
52 cents; waitresses in hotels, 50
cents; bus boy, 80 cents; . foun-'
tain dispenser and steam table,
54 Mt cents; waitress- beginner, 59
cents; hostess, 87 cents; head
waitress, 84.8 cents; cashier, 54ft'
cents. . i
Iceland in Favor 1
Of Being Republic
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, May 31
(flV-The " people of Iceland, one
of - the ' world's oldest democra
cies, voted 70,538 to 365 to sever
their 700-year-old ties with Den
mark and form an : independent
republic, final, figures on last
week's plebiscite . released tonight
showed. - ,.
About 63 per cent of the eligi
ble voters on the island participated.'-,
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The young republic probably
will be proclaimed June 17, an
Iceland national holiday. " ?
The Althing, Iceland's legisla
tive ' body," prepared, to convene
June 10 to name the island's first
president, who .will serve for. on
year. Thereafter, a president will
be elected by the people for ft
four-year term.
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