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I am a private am a private owner- I ship man, but I can see where the Big Inch and Little Inch pipe line, may best, be continued un der - government operation ; for canaL : ; : u - . Here la nnnthr onmmnn erroi We are all agreed in theory that these war Dlants should be con- tinued in oDeration at ranaritv 1a provide neoDle with poods and labor with employment The so- cial planners paint a vivid pic-' ture of this vast shiny new war industrr turnlns out -all anrta nf wdaets for mass consumDtion. i That 1 net tVi. 'Tti! plants "were built fbf war produc 'tiort, ; WKy ihouldwfgo on inanu facturing TNT when we run out tif enemies to bomb and . shell? wno , Deueves we . can consume 100,000 planes a year, right off. in peace? Who of you would want a Gen. Sherman tank if the gov ernment would give . you one? Most of these are specialty plants and tools. We cant convert sword. Into J (Continued on Editorial Page) n Pisa, Florence rive ROME, July 20 -(JP) American troops battered their . way across the Aran river vallv nn a SS-mll 1 front between Pisa and Florence today os German forces, bewil- l dered by the sudden break-1 ! through, retreated across the Ar- no into the mountain defenses of their Gothic line. Lt Gea Mark W. Clark's dough-1 boys held complete control of hill , masse, overlooking the Arao from the couth, and American artiUery raked the entire valley in search ; of nazi rearguard unit, protecting 1 ii mi ! Allies ihreate In Italy D i. the withdrawal of the main bodyBcr, is with the US navy in the Of enemy forces to the north of the stream. German resistance was confined almost - entirely to . those small groups armed with automatic wea - iuwii aimilar tnrttr - in thnc which delaved th. entrv riark'a (room into Rome an entire- da, On. American eolumn waa firmlv established on the south bank of the Arno at Pontedera, 12 miles Inland from Pisa. - - An allied spokesman said Ger- man prisoner, declared they had been "bewildered completely by been "bewildered completely by the sudden break - through and said numerous isolated units had! been wiped out - i Victor Herbert Heirs File Royalty Suits NEW YORK, July 20-iTVHeirs Cf. ?m?!!f'ict?''r!)ertnd of his lyricist collaborator Glen wacixmousa waj iuea laree auiU in" the US district court to recover royalties ttm rtcotil companies on songs written by the two men. - S LrrEaARY GUTDEPOST t DVOB. lurtu wm nuu au ui- teresting new feature in The delejptes. : Oregon Statesman these days.. It -rfce platform pledged continua is the Xiterary Guidepost," ap- tion a n d improvement of the pearir regularly on the editor- democratic adminisiration'. do- iil ps-e. The "Guideposr t e Ai oc:atedi'res5' Joiia teiDy,i t : 3 t"zxt$ r.c. jier cnucisia tor .... mi riff rulie. ' - 18 PAGES Moosevelll: Aecepte: BM Wallace, -w ' v- ill -Llbse ' Lontest For Vice-President - CHICAGO STADIUM. July coast naval base, President Roosevelt accepted a fourth term nomination tonisht and told a wartime democratic natiorfai , , i i i . . . - . J convention and America to take a look at the record and then determine whether :"to entrust a worldwide job uio in xprin4 and -tnln.taa." His familiar voice came where delegates, embroiled in tonlof his running mate, had Harry F"Byrd of . Virginia chafed up 89. One went to Mr.O- - , , G Roosevelf. estranged, r one - time poutid uy, w a. riey of New York. Complete : victory within the . ly, the president raid.' Then, in - , , j - . what appeared to , be an assur ance tnat he would not seek a fifth term but would "retire to Hlnu New Hand. in any event, new nanas wm have full opportunity to realize - the ideal, which we seek wpparenuy epuommng nis own P" pianorm ior tne Daiue to keep Gov. Thornas E. lewey tr wn.uw wmw House, , Mr, Roosevelt ouUined a e-pomi woria wiae joo lor v- - - First, to .wirfthe? war to win it -fast; to win" it overpowerlngly. national organizations, and to ar range to use the armed forces of the sovereign nations of the world to. another war impossible within .the foreseeable future. Veterans Included f "Third, to build an economy for one returning veteran, ana lor all "Americanswhich will pro vide employment and decent stan dards of living." The speaker's stand was signifi cantly vacant '" as the president spoke,, yet every eye in the sta dium seemed focused on the mU crophones which stood here. High above them ; hung a battery of loudspeakers from which the pre sident's "voice came : " "'' V- Even standing 'room was at (Continued on page 18) Louis-Widner Tifia in 1 o of- - 111 UlClSl Louis. Widner, 19 US merchant marine, was killed in the explosion at the Port of Chicago naval base I Monday night, according to infor mation received by his mothei'. Mri. J. W.. Weekly, 5 Abrams I avenue. Widner attended school in Sa- I lem and enlisted two years ago. J Another older brother. Ran. Wid south Pacific. Edward Powers KceM I . . , ,- 1 LiODlab ItCCOrd Intact Edward Powers, 82, Salem who has net missed a democratic na tional convention either as a del gte or visitor since he attained majority, is now at Chicago attending the current democratic roundup. I fx 5 y1 - I ; Yhl 1 J UPTnnCTtlt FLfltTOrm VlP.flflP sift i nil n CHICAGO, July 20 - (JPi - The democratic convention tonight I shouted ratification of a 1944 plat- fnrwi nlawfertnt tKa tvssi-4v if V I l,"- rimwil.a into " association of sovereign natjem to mainUin peace-by the use arms, if necessary. ,v. 'r'T 'A apparenuy reuecung uie soumern -revolt' on, the race issue, came an attempt to get a roll call-on the Dlatf orm. but the motion failed tn eet the neoessarv one- 1 f jfjjj : tUDDOrt . lOf SUCh DOll Of mestic program, and was loud in veJt. It promised the "earliest ...... m m at i posscie release oi wartime eco- I nomlc controls. - Saknu' Oregon, Friday Morning, fair 21 1344 JL ?.,x i o-v IIJI f lIJi 20 (AP) From a Pacify by radio into a vast stadium a stirring scrap over select given him 1086 out of 117o Morse Speaks At Employer 1 uet Urging: them to prepare today for a postwar world In which la bor relations may be carried on effectively ' unhampered by un necessary government interfer- eoce," Wayne Morse, former mem ber of the national war labor board, addressed Associated Em ployers of Oregon at their annual banquet i Thursday night - at the Marion ' hotel. i Morse,; skipping polities " for the evening although he is republi can 'candidate fpr the US senate, listed a simple set of suggestions which he declared both employ ers and " labor should follow in settlement of labor disputes. Employers, the speaker declar ed, have been inclined to under rate the strength of labor and the (Continued on page 16) ! SpragueTalksj On War Plants TACOMA, July 20-OP)- Gov ernment; operatsd war plants should not be used "as a bright new toy by social planners'' in the post war era to introduce "social ism . by -the' back' door,". Charles A." S prague, 'former governor of Oregon, declared in the affirma tive of .. a debate, "Should War Plants Be Sold to Private Indus try" in i a radio broadcast of George V. Denny, jr.'. America's Town Meeting here this evening.' ' Sprague said only a compara tively small portion of the present financed or. government financed and loperated war plants were convertable to peace time use and that government operation of this portion in peace times would sub ject them to "political manipula tion." ' ; ; . Oregon. Demos Vote t, ; To Support Wallace CHICAGO, iJuly 20-P-Ore- gon's delegates to the democratic national convention voted today to give unanimous support to Hen ry A, Wallace as vice presidential nominee. The Oregon group desig nated William O. Douglas, US su preme court justice, a. second choice and Sen. Harry S. Truman as third: choice in case Wallace steps out of the race. I mk-- " sPsSfirs f-aornrvfi; , Ignored were southern pleas for a states rights declaration, al though the - document made no specific mention of a permanent fair ! employment practice, com' mission, or anti-poll tax and anti lynching laws, as did the repub lican platform adopted here : in June. ' s. - f. . - ". J On the race question, the party declared: ft ' . ' , i - "We believe that racial and re ligious minorities - have the right to live, develop and vote equally with: all citizens and share the rights that are guaranteed by our constitution. Congress should ex ert its full constitutional power: to protect those rights." j ,-'-' - Td augment International asso ciations for world peace, the plat form put the party on record for a "world free press," to facilitate free and untramrneled Inter change of news among nations.' Group Band X . Ne w Leaders ! ! . 1 " : r 1 Genl Kunlakl Koiso (apper), rov- ; ernor general of, Korea, and Adm. Mlteumasa Tonal (lower),' premier In 1940, have been or- dered 4 by Emferor : Hirohlto to form a of w Japanese jcablnet to replace thai of Premier Gen. Bdeki TjoJo, the Tekyo radle announced. (AP WirephoU.) V - p:.-if:S':S::- ii'V : y -1 . - Spviets "If :: J :: :i. - Bid S ' i: --1 - ummer LONDON, Ffiday, July 21-(Py-The red army, announced' last night the ppentng of its eighth massive drive into the heart of" 500.000 trdons into action, alone Berlin skid Russian itroops had reached Augustow -a two-hour march froki German East Prussia in the northern sector. Mos cow was silent f about the thrustO toward -Eastu Prussia, where the Soviet radio said "uprisings and a serious , panic? had : developed. Officially . Moscow . announced these mUitary development.: r - "A new crossing into Latvia southeast of. Ostrovr the cutting of the naz westward escape rail route from .Daugavpils; tne resett ing1 of the central Bug river in the new? drivewhich ; penetrated 32 miles into German lines on a 94 mie front; '-the capture of another large sector of p German-occupied Poland wet of Sokal; ahd a spec tacular break-through I into the Polish plains northwest of Lwow at point only 200 miles from German SQesiai . ? (Continued on Page 2) Reward Posted Fjor Vahdah One hundred dollars reward ha. been ported by the Salem Re tail Trade bureau for information leading to She arrest and convic tion Y of the person or persons scratching nd marring downtown Salem showv windows, f . . ; Announcing the bureau', dec! sioa to offer the reward, Presi deiit Ed Schreder said;, Thursday that almost i every r. morning the pasi: two Weekii new ' evidence of Ime vandalism has been dia covfered. Among the j windows marred are those of some of the city', department ami women, weir stores arid one bank.: Re ports should be made to police or to I merchants, Schreder said. j,; . . j ; . Rites Set for One Ot Stale'a Firet Born .- PORTLAND,'! July 2HP-Fun- err servicte. forgone of Oregon's earliest born white residents. Ma rylAnn Parr Rauch, will be held here Saturday.! A pioneer minis ter, Rev. E. Ai Smith;; will offi ciate. She -was born near Ort-on West CoasU HiroliitoNaihes By th Associated Praaa Emperor Hirohito in an unprec edented maneuver apparently de signed to strengthen Japan's mili tary rule yesterday named a gen eral and an admiral" jointly to form a new government in suc cession to? that of the ' fallen Hidekl Tojo. . - " ) The two! chosen' as - "co-prem- fers," - GenJ Kuniaki ' Koiso, governor-general of Korea, and Adm. Mitsumasa lYonaL who was nrem- ler In 194oi both have been cori- sidered outstanding proponent, of Japanese expansion, and the. off i-; cial Japanese new. agency Dome! said , toeir i task would : be to strengthen the' war 'effort of the Japanese people, apparently weak ened by the series of recent de feats at the hands of the United SUtes. .-A-' -v:; -uy Vj In broadcasts - from .Tokyo . re corded, by the ' Associated -Press and the federal communications commission Domel said the new regime, wfeuld have a three-point program -V-.. yfp - 1. To separate the military com mand f com administration of the state- : - yf-y ' i 2. Td enlist the wotk "of cap able pe-sons selected from among the wljesf possible - fields in the countrit with particular emphasis lfldpn lisUngte services of joung stetesmen of biglMber arj strbng.chaTacter: ::' 3. To "work out administrative problem, whereby the entire na tion will be given full opportun ity to give Vent to their irresist ible enthusiasm to contribute : to the nation", all-out war efforts." i HNewMove Launch 8th Drive major summer, offensive with a Poland, bringing: a total of 1,- a 700 mile crumbling front. World Money Fund Receives - -- 'I m -:.: -..-it'...? . , J-r FuUa Approval BRETTON WOODS, NH, July 20 -(P)- A final document for an international, monetary fund de signed to promote -world ' trade was approved by the United Na tions monetary conference today at a plenary, session marked ; by an atmosphere described by a con ference ' spokesman - as ' wonder fuV i I Final : approval of the fund, left as the only remaining business aa agreement on - the Initial cap ital of the world bank for re construction and development, which has been" held up by the soviet union's demand for a lower quota than the $U 00,00 0,0 00 originally given, her. The spokesman said he was hopeful : a decision on subscrip tion quotas would be reached by tomorrow, - paving the way for final conference adjournment Sat urday night, V Germans Renew; Robot Bomb Attacks on Isle .''f 'Min"-.-v ,:v.,----.i.-,r; LONDpN. July 20-(fff-The Ger mans ' sent their .. robot bombs crashing into the London area and southern England in a renewed attack which began after nightfall last night, causing damage and casualties, it was announced early today. Earlier it was disclosed in commons that 170,000 women and children had left - London since July 2 to escape the robot menace. 7eather - - 'I ; Iaximom temperature Thurs day S3 degrees; minimum S2; en rain; river -1ft 5 la. Fair Friday and Eater day, with f:i ca eczst; tvarcer Trl-ay frcr C'Praf "s ti cesits.1 rxcre. Na ICS Dies Thursday J -La . DR.: WILLIS BENT MORSE Dr;W.B. Morse Dies .Thui-sday T In Hospital Dr. William' B. Morse,; 78, for more than 50 years a practicing surgeon in - Salem,; died - at 4 J0 Thursday afternoon. He had been active in .bis profession until 10 week, ago when he was hospital- ized with an arthritic condition of the back. " r4 : - ' Last Sunday, after several weeks at home again, he suffered a stroke of paralysis and was taken to Sa lem General hospital, where he Dr.'.Morse leftiufnear relatives. Mrs, P, CVi Pattenwn, fUSCourt street, is a first cousin and there are other" cousins in California and Wisronsin. In 1899 he married Ethel Cusick, who died in 1906. His mother, , with whom he then made hi. home, died more than 20 year. ago. (More about the life of Dr. Morse on page 2). ' Land Ordered QosedDueto Fire Hazards Two proclamations were filed in the state- i department here Thursday closing to entry, except by permit, lands in ! a number . of northwest Oregon counties out side of the national forests. ' Lands involved in the procla mations include Clatsop, Wash ington, Columbia, Tillamook and part j of Yamhill counties The proclamations become effective July 24." ; ;j . V;-;- State Forester Nela Roger, said it was necessary to issue the proc lamation because of hazardous fire conditional First Saipan Wounded Reach California Port SAN DIEGO. Califs July 20-UP) The first large group of Saipan wounded " has "returned' to the mainland for hospitalization. Score, of wounded marines, blue- Jacket, and coast guard personnel who' helped conquer Japan's "in vulnerable" . capital ; of the Marl anas, forgot their painful wound, as they laughed and shouted their joy at being home i Prie Se WAVE Recruiting Contest Is Opened by Navy iii Salem An. intensive WAVE recruiting contest in the Salem navy recruit ing area, offering three optional prizes to the. entrant who is credit ed . with responsibility-' for the greatest number of new WAVE en listee, between now and Septem ber 30, was opened here today. " The contest- Was announced by the Salem WAVES; office.'. The contest is open to any bona fide resident of the Salem recruit ing area who has a husband, son, or other close relative (daughter included), in anyof the nation's military service branches. ' ' Sponsored by Sidney L. Stevens and Son, Salem jewelry firm,; in co-operation with, the Office, of Naval - Officer j Procurement, - the WAVE enlistment' contest offers the following optional prizes to winners: (1) A trip via -first "class rail accomodations to any point within ) i LONDON, Friday, July 21-(AP)-Adolf Hit ler, burned and bruised by a bomb explosion, told the world today that a group of German army offi cers attempted to assassinate him Thursday to pre pare for surrender "as in 1918," but asserted the conspiracy, bad been nipped by speedy, ruthless action. : -l i ;: ' Shortly afterward it that (the ringleaders either have been shot or coin- mitted suicide.9' Among was the man accused 1 by bomb-Col. Count Von Stauffenjierg. O British Smash Intb Troarn, Nazi Fortress SUPREME ; HEADQUAR' ALLIED EXPEDITIONAR FORCE; FridayrJ uly 2 1 British; tanks and Infantry smashed into ; the enemy strong hold of troarn and threatened to cut it off from the south last night at-; the height of vicious, fluid fighting that has badlyN mauled five of IS German divisions blockf ing the road to Paris. ' ' ' In the northernmost ' of ' three drives aimed . at the' heart of France, the British first seized the railway ' station of Troarn,' eight miles east of Caen,' and : an in fan try column struck out for St Pair and high ground less than a mile south ; of Troarn. 'j ; . '' The British beat off a counter attack and relentlessly pressed the Germans back against the tid al marshes . of the Dives river, which the enemy has flooded to block the coastal route to the great, port of Le Havre. 1 ' A second column' pounded straight down .the road .to.. Paris anj. nauied "a,3u5t snort oi vt- mont, eigLt- raiiles , southeast of the ' Orne "river., break-through which punctuated the opening of the British ' offensive three days ago. '!. : - Here., on its .left, tank, and In fantry knocked the enemy out of Frenouville -' and were Assaulting the stoutest German' position in the entire area," an ; anrj-tank screen six and a half mile, south east of Caen, on a two and oner- half mile front ' ' . - - ' . -4 The third column, spearheaded by Canadians, drove due south of Caen and captured the railway town of . Bourgeubus, . five miles south of Caen, after bitter street fighting, the midnight supreme headquarters - communique said. The village of Soldiers were over run en route. ,'-,'' - "J, Farley DoesrCt Change Mind CHICAGO STADIUM, Jalyi 21 'JF)' James A. Farley, for-f mer demeeratle national chalr-j amaa, ' who apposed . Fresklemt Koosevelt's bid for a third term; and Is here fighting even" hard-! er against a f earth, stood alone, la s corridor off the convention floor daring the first part of a 37minat Keosevelt desseststra Uoa today then returned to aa aisle seat with his New Tark delerattosk -. ; j A demonstrster went p to blm sad tried to sheve si Koosevelt - banner la his hand' smybsg: tts-V.'-.? I "Come alang, Jim. yea be long oat hero' toe," - ' ' j' Shaktog his head. Farley re plied: I "Tea ge ahead." contents! United States . whereat a close relative in one of. the ser vice branches may be stationed. In addition to transportation, the win ner, if this- prize also will be al lowed $7 , per day travel and in cidental expenses, for a' period pf 14 days.'i - , '-- - .Or (2 If the contest winner does not choose to make the trip, the service man or woman relative of the winner may be furnished transportation, home provided he or she is able to obtain a leave or furlough. (Under contest regula tions it must be understood that on attempt by any source will be made, to obtain a leave for any service man or woman if the con test winner selects this optional prize.) ; In addition to first class transportation the service man or wemaa wCl receive $7 per day In- continued on page 2) . j was announced of ficially those executed, it said, Hitler of planting ' the Hitler called it the work nf smal clique of stupid officers," but implied strongly that it was actually a wide-open split in the German army and he outlined,, broad ' and ruthless program to put down the incipient revolt Ulmmler Called On l He appointed Heinrich Himmle'r, " chief of the dreaded Gestapo, to be. commanAer-in-chief of the home front to exterminate all op position "ruthlessly," and declared: i I order that no military au- tborityj'ho leader of any unit, no soldier in the field, Is to obey any order' emanating from these . Usurpers. ; " . Vr, -,':;,.: a Jo, oroer mat n is every one . duty to arrest or. if they resist,1 to kill on sight anyone ' issuing or handing on such or- Speaks C Minutes : . " ' Speaking for six ."minutes ia - coldly furious tones, - Hitler said ' he was -"unharmed and -'wen, even though a bomb "had explod ed within six. feet of him and had injured 13. members of his per sonal military staff one fatally. . j Hitler went on the air ostensibly to reassure the German people of his health after it was officially announced 1 Thursday night at 6:28 p.m. (12:28 pm., Eastern War Time) that an attempt had been made to assassinate him with explosives .. ...-. , Eeassores People r Jle reasmred them of his per- . sonal safety but hi. words held little, comfort to a people fed of late on a bitter diet of defeats on three fronts. - . - -.- - j Instead,, he declared -a deadly iratkidal war on his internal me-" ' mie. and disclosed the greatest in-" ternal weakness In his-embattled regime since he assumed power in 1A33. ..- .: - i Hitler,s revelation -apparently was pointedly . directed at the group of Junker, army officers With whom, he has long clashed. (Continued on page; '16) Nearly 40,000 Service Votes . . - ,-....... ... ..1 ...... J Are Expected Between 35,000 and 40,000 ab- - sentee service men's votes will bo cast at the November election in Oregon,, state election' bureau of fials estimate. The estimate is based on the number of applications for bal lots thus far. received. ' More than 9000 application have been received at the state department for distribution among the county clerks. ; : Sending out the state absentee $oldier ballots will start In most bounties on the 44th day preced ing the election. . . The federal government has In dicated 35 days is sufficient to deliver and return them. , There are approximately 115,- 000 Oregon .men and women in the armed forces.- ' r Thumbnail Of I7ar! By the Associated Press ' Germany , Hitler . told th world a group of German army officers attempted his assassin ation and announced the ring leaders either "had been ' shot or committed suicide." -Kassian Frat Russian, ap- ; proach the soil of Germany pro per and battle in suburb of Lwow. . Invasioa Front British tanks and infantry smashed into ene- my strongholds of Troarn and badly" mauled five of 13 German divisions blocking the road to , Pari. - '!':'- 1 Faclfie Three strong Jap anese frontal assaults have been ' repulsed on the Driniumor river front in British New Guinea and 1 the attackers were trying ; out flanking and probing' drives. ? ; Italy American troops bat tered across the Arno river val ley on a 25-mile front betweea - pisa and Florence as - German tmntw retreated across the Arn behind their Gothic line. . t City in 1S31 and died Tuefdby, , tf-c--;- -v . .- - - , is - . J; - f -. - .1,