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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1944)
I - PAGE TWO Tfco CpTG C!I CTATZ:: !AW, Ccdera, Qreejonj 7ednesday Morri c?!ss!r 13. IS 11 Gov. Detcey Jubilant Over GOP iArnddidemM VALENTINE, Nebr Sept. 12.-(flP-Gov. Thomas E. Dewey today hailed what he called the "greatest republican landslide" in Maine's history as auguring the election of a GOP congression al and national ticket this November. ; , Greeted here on' his . transcontinental campaign - tour by a colorful outpouring-of Sioux Indians, cowboys and ordinary cit izens, the republican presidential nominee was obviously elated at i the election of a republican state ticket in Maine by a majority, as he figured It, of 70 Vi per. cent 8 bow Confidence - The people in Maine,' he told - a news conference at the nearby ranch of former Nebraska Gov. : Sam R. McKelvie, "have demon strated a rising confidence in the leadership of the republican par ty which I have found evidenced - every place as I came across the -United States. ' r v " "It's beoominf clearer that the people have decided not only la ' their state but also in their na tional government as evidenced by congressional figures, that the : peace 'nd . prosperity of the United States and the world will be better served by the 'election of a new and competent adminis tration" .. '. i GOP Congress They have demonstrated also, he went on, "that they propose . , to elect a republican congress to work with the new administra tion." ' -. "That,'' he said, Srill bring a new arid refreshing harmony be tween the executive and legisla tive branches of the government .-which has been so long needed and which will be so essential to the problems we- will face next January.' Dewey, arriving here from Des Moines en route to Sheridan, . Wyo., Billings, Mont , and the Pacific coast, smiled broadly ' at the red-shirted, mounted cowboys and Indians, " dressed in full- re galia, who were awaiting him at the little Valentine station. John L. Lewis Criticizes FDR In UMW Talk . CINCINNATI Sept. 12-W) : J ohn J Lewis'" criticized the Roosevelt administration today, in his opening speech to the United jj!M i n e - workers . convention, ap j . pealed to members indirectly to y' turn the1 president out of office, v but gave no inkling whether he V. would ask' them for an outright endorsement of Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, the GOP presidential can i didate."? .- - ;- :.:;, . In fine .oratorical fettle, the ?, graying president of t the miners dsclared "the president) had ?frib- p Iicry. kicked every coal miner in r'.the face" and said if Mr.,Roose s.Vyelt is reelected ,?youH get some ; more , of it next April" when wage negotiations are reopened. Lewis hammered on the theme the miners asked no special privi lege but only, equality of treat -: ment. - . -': -' "And yet," he said, "there are some who hold that the miner is a : hewer of wood and a drawer of water and is not entitled to1 equal ity of treatment. I delight," he thundered, "in nothing more than to hurl that smug concept back . into the faces of those who hold it, . whether it be a coal operator, a ; politician, a Russian pantsmaker, or the president of the United States." s f - ? The ."Russian pantsmaker" ref erence was his identification of feidney Hluman, president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers ; and chairman of the CIO politi cal action committee. He did not ,. mention the names of Roosevelt, . Itulman, and Ray Edmundson. leader of the self-rule movement In the UMW, but singled out these three for his most vigorous criti - cism. '".-.:--"" ; Surrey Protested EUGENE, Ore, Sept 12-(JPr-An appeal from the chamber of com merce to the national housing au thority for a housing survey here drew protests from realtors and business men today. Firemen Get Quiet Day Firemen had a quiet day Tues day, answering only one call. grass fire at the corner of Cottage and Trade streets, at 2:30 pjn. No damage was reported. Tea Graves -Sch::l c! Dcncizj Center Liberty and Ferry St, Salem... After weeks vacation, win reopen for falf and winter classes, starting - - Friday, Sept 15Sh , ' As 4 yrs. up. ChOdrea and I dulta. Teaching Ttpb dot. I Buck Wing, .Soft Shoe." geceo- trie. Military Tap. Tumbling,' l Acrobatics, gtc. Teaciiinf In our' Modern Ball- room Department . v I WaltA Teat Trot. Tano. i Bhomba. JittcrDuc in six asy lessons. Why not learn to dance f smartly, and 'ret mors pleasure out of dandnjf Our mc'.lo: If yon can wc!i v.. Nippon Troop Driven From ; Ridge Position SOOTHE A ST. AST A COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, : Kandv, Cey lon, Sept. 12-(7-Japanese troops have been driven from strategic ridge positions in the Myu range southwest of Buthedaung in low er Burma after four days of hard fighting by a Gurkha regiment, headquarters announced today. Counterattacks by the Japanese were beaten off by the Gurkhas who were aided by fighters and fighter bombers recently moved into the Arakan area. As the ground war was stepped up in lower Burma, headquarters announced that rocket-firing RAF Beaufighters after a 23-hour bat tle, had scattered a 15-ship Japa nese convoy which was crossing the Andaman sea south of Ran goon apparently Burma-bound. The Beaufighters made 21 sepa rate attacks on the convoy, which waa first sighted September 9, the announcement said, and achieved "the greatest single air and sea victory in this theatre." None of the RAF planes was lost Highway Body At Burns on Road Junket BURNS, Ore., Sept 12-(P)-State highway commissioners. here , on an inspection tour, said today they have instructed the state highway engineer to deter mine the cost of straightening the southern section of the Coast highway to accommodate 60-foot trucks. The commission said the action was taken at the request of granges in that section, whose members use the road to ship sheep to California markets. A decision to buy 80 acres of land to add to the Silver Creek state park in Marion county also was announced. The cost will be $5000. 'i Options will be taken on prop erty adjacent to the highway in DeLake, Ocean Lake, Nelscott and Taf t with a view to widening the right of. way through those com munities. ' ' The Warm Springs cutoff high way was inspected. War to Peace Plan Proposed WASHINGTON, Sept 12.-(ff)-The National Planning association suggested today e-"war to peace" plan whereby a corporation might defer payment of taxes,-upon the cessation of hostilities' in either hemisphere, so that it might use its ready cash to speed reconver sion to a peacetime basis. " The plan would permit a, cor poration to postpone for a' year payment of income and excess profits taxes on the current year's earnings,' along with the unpaid portions of similar taxes on' prof its of the preceding year. This deferment would be made pending determination whether the corporation is entitled to a refund on its previous tax pay ments. If it Is not entitled to a refund, taxes on the two years would be subject to a six per cent annual interest penalty and be payable along with the current tax liability In the third year. Sen. Moore Denounces Inland Olds' Record WASHINGTON, Sept 12 -)-The record of Leland Olds as chairman of the federal power commission, was denounced in the senate today by Senator Moore (R-Okla) who served notice he would demand a record vote on the question of confirming Olds' nomination to a second five-year term on the utility-regulating agency. , e. V 7 J rrs can. iaach yon to dance. Conference -4 1' I Leaders of the quebee conference Koosereu-unnrcnui taiu are taking plaee. They are, left to risht Mrs. Churchill, the Earl ef Athlone, President Roosevelt. Prlneese Alice. Mine Minister Churchill, Mrs. Roosevelt and MacKensie King, Canadian prime minister. (ATI Wirephote) i iGpnpJT? Geimwrito'Real Business9 of Quebec Meeting QUEBEC, Sept. 12.-(flVPresident Roosevelt and Prime Min ister Chtircbill,! in conference with the highest military experts of ihetf nationslgbt dowri tod4yjto the "real business" of the Que bec war councit-plotting the utter destruction of Japan's dwin dling power. , ; jlj : ;.!.;v J j' ; '. iv. :urM-- -. j!C For the second successive day all possible official stress was laid on the idea that the delibera-r tions here .are predominantly mili tary and directed chiefly at crush ing Japan.! : . Mi v, r '. I 'f But Mr. Roosevelt's map room in the j governor-general's resi dence mirrored the march of al-. lied armies everywhere and was not confined to the Pacific theatre. The president and prime minis ter talked ! privately during the morning. They posed for pictures and Churchill watched Mrs. Roosevelt put Fala, the White House scottie, through some typi cal dog tricks. Then they called in weir; army, nsvy and air com manders for an afternoon session with maps and papers behind the thick, stone walls bf Quebec's old citadel. Afterward the chiefs Of staff returned to their Chateau Frontenac headquarters . to pre pare specific recommendations for action, J . , fa, : , , ,, The strategy of the central Pa cific apparently-. was perfected long ago. Evidence that it is in operation may be seen in the in creased j t e mpo of softening-up aerial assaults on the Philippines. 4- s Capture M ortant Fort Of; Weiichow T CHUNGKING; Sept 2HJP) The Japanese in their offensive defensive drive to guard the Chi na coast against; expected Ameri can landings, have captured the important Cheklang provincial seaport of Wenchow and now hold about: two-thirds of the pro vince, the Chinese acknowledged tonignt i0; .:l-;;,;ct,- Wenchow, 225 miles south of Shanghai, fell to the enemy on Sept i 7, a Chinese communique said, adding that fighting still is in progress in the suburbs. 1 in the interior of China the Japanese continued to press southwestwara towards the de fensive center of K well In in" Kwangsi province and westward towards; Paoching in Hunan pro vince. Gandhi Al Jinnah - BOMBAY, Sept W.-iffV-Moi handaa K. Gandhi and Mahomed All Jinnah, leader of India's Mos lems, concluded their conversa tions today with! announcement that they would discuss again to morrow a formula for dividing incua so that Moslems and! Hin dus could .unite! in a demand for self-government, : ' Bargab IlhHi: - - t, s i -t ' Tonight & Tuts., rh Vtanm trot. Uortow mw Lt" JACK CARSON EUGENE FALLETTt l ' risi . -j ' l Charles Urrett " . TThe FUhUirg Backaroe Jap day Everyone - -... ... ...... d : . Leaders and Their ifVives f and their wires have their pUtures Adm. Trexel To Head Navy PubKc Works ; SEATTLE, Sept, 12P)-TTie transfer of Rear Adm. C A. Trex el from the office of the chief 'of naval operations to Seattle take charge of all naval public works in Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska was announced tonight by the 13th naval district ' Before assuming his present as signment Admiral Trexel was in the logistics plans division of the office of the chief of naval opera tions and in that capacity attend ed the Cairo and the first Quebec conference'" i j r . .' if In his present capacity, the ad miral will have two titles, direc tor of the Alaska division of the bureau of yards and docks, and supervising engineer of area 8, comprising Washington, Oregon and Idaho.' . ; .l " ' ;',As I see it," he explained in a newspaper interview, !My Job is to put some of the plans on which we have been working for months into practical application.' 4 Logistics, he explained, have played a far greater part in the present' war than in any otiier. (1 "In an all out war like this,"; he said,' "There never can be enough of anything so it is up to the log isucs branch to allocate what is available to the places where It will do the most good." r There is little he can say of his actual plans, Admiral Trexel ex plained, since "if additional fa cilities are needed they are con tingent on future fleet operations ---and these, of course, are re stricted." r""tMC HOUSt THAT HITS jurT"" OPENS f :45 P. SL- THRILLS! ROMANCE! Glorious Technicolor! CO-IHT! r ZANE Wr&nA ""gut "0$ ; ! of f x I WESTERN L . . J STARS ! KfisELL IIAYDEN ;TJAT MAN,-. NO. i I. f- -V.;- -J ' -.: r it I i i i i taken atop the ciUdel where the Celebes Get ; 202-Ton Ixiad Of Explosives GENERAL HEADQUARTERS, Southwest Pacific, Wednesday, Sept 13-(ff)-A record 202 -ton load-of explosives was rained down on Dutch Celebes airdromes Sunday, in the continuing wide spread neutralization raids, Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquar ters announced today. j . J Navy Catalina planes sank one ship and beached another enemy freighter in attacks off Celebes, which lies west of New Guinea and south of Mindanao, southern Philippines. ; ; ; The heavy Celebes air raid brought to 580 tons of bombs the weight dropped on this strategic island: in the last four straight days. I fJ, i, : '. Three ships were sunk or dam aged off Ceram in the Dutch East Indies. MacArtnurs communique re vealed that an additional 504 Jap anese troops were killed, 118 cap tured!, and 25 friendly nationals liberated on British New Guinea in the week ending Sept 11.' h Founder of Sweet ; f Cherry i Industry Dies) LA GRANDE, Ore, Sept 11-4JP) -Karl J. Stackland, founder of .the Grande Ronde valley's sweet cher ry industry, died here last night after being struck by an automo bile at Hot Lake. : I ' An Industry worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to the county this year was started by Stackland in 1892 when he set out the first commercial cherry orchard. j Continuous from 1 P. M. How Sbowing! -I y fr a v l 1' Thrill Co-Feature! V P. T lira,., I" l 1 "I t:: i Jus i.t u.j ' Late News! And Crif for Invcicn r-7 By ths Assoctated Western Europe ' - American 1st army drives 6 miles into Ger many from Eupen, Belgium, j in second penetration ' of reich, j CS miles north "of first made yes terday at Trier; - other Yank forces mass in v Luxembourg; hammer ;out new bridgeheads across Moselle; British and Ca nadians capture Le Havre; Brlt- ish 2nd army pushesf ahead in Holland? lCS ' rtore-.. German "planes" destroyed: 7 In ' Xerce , air battles. -v r; "-; Eastern 'top:'EiiJlaiJ close "m ear Warsaw; "other red . troops aided by -Romanians, ad- vance to within' 33 miles of Hun garian border. -" ' . racifle US batleshlps blast rPalau, Japanese base 600 miles east 1 of PhUlppines; i planes amashOelebes airdromes. : ROAD TO BE2LXN w L KeasIaa Frent: 212 : (from outside Pulutsk). miles 2. Western front: 319 miles (from east of Eupen). . . X. Eastern France: 442 miles (from between Besancon and :Belfort).- l- jt; 4. Italiaa frent: 883 miles (from below Rimini). . j EUROPEAN WAR FLASHBACK Sept. 13, 1918 Supported by ' the ' French, the American army wiped out .the St Mihiel salient, gaining all ot their; objectives ahead- of schedule and leaving the enemy with their backs to the Wotan-Hindenburg line. ! , Sept 13, 1940 Several bombs dropped on . Buckingham palace In London, but the- king and queen. In the ' north wing, es caped Injury. t. Official Asks Nip Tolerancej SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 12-(jp) -Robert B. Cozzens, assistant di rector i of the war relocation au thority, says "we should not sub mit to the unAmerican philosophy that all persons of Japanese an cestry are guilty until proved in nocent" . - j ' I .... .... . i ,. He told a businessmen's group last night that the West ! coast's evacuated -Japanese -'Americans will be returning to their homes some day, and many persons "talk glibly of mass deportation when the war is over." , j "So far as I am concerned," jie declared, "any person of any jgfe tionality who has been disloyal to his otninby by wordj or deed should be stricken from" our lists of Americans; but an should have the due process of law provided them. ' , : -Wv. ; - ' : i "The Japanese will have a right to return to their homes and their property under constitutional guarantees." -I ; Too Late to Qasfiify ZNAMXL - wood ranee: also wood tctre. beater; so lb. lee box flO; 100 lb. ice box six. auee. wasung ioou n. TnTTfTTVf HCXK- t WITH TmI t OPENS tiiS P. IIou Playing! iTS TtlAT TC? THRILLr co-nrri fM... E..XTE!! : .t V J l.v.w.U r ff i' . t f f'- f " ff'?" T- fl" " rS- ,ewj w f f& - sy,'v'1 1. i- i 4& M W i Jay cc83 Hear Bolie Trotter? r - Coach Duke Trotter of the Wil lamette .Navycats helped to' get Junior Chamber of Commerce members In the. mood - for., the homecoming; football game with Whitman here Saturday when he 5 . - . PAtAMOUTT presattfs HQ i - 'tltXitl . j r rM:uniiAY.sTA!ii'iY(iit EDUARO G. nODIIlSOIl COMPANION FEATURE 1 Vw A1 w -a- - Today wssmm Tk NmwIm OvtCMII ,-JEAN SULLIVAN : XJUOLE WATSON. dwwuouiwaum r V " ' CO-FEATURE ' " ' I I iii I I I I I md ill spoke at the luncheon meeting of the organization Tuesday noon: at the Golden Pheasant auv, niuuucw ivstu uectarex that the Navycats have the mak ings of a good, ball club but need the support and encouragement of Salem; fans to make, their ( best showing. -;,f. :'v-t--. : ' - ralaise means "cliff to French,' STADTS TODAY From the moment ' ; they met ... . . ,' . j. ...it was - MURDER! They were poison-to each other and they tried to set away w ith MURDER I J merry imytHvy tttet rocks yoe . witlb lovshferf I . X winm Ml fim wiaaiaf Ik i Amt4 kt Wdk Oa IM SWaal Continuous f Daily f rom 1 P. 1L I ' W. f t ..'. mJ V mil" 1 a""- ft M xsassSSMssSMSSfcaMa MBBtMlsMSjHBBpls--- t -i A i e
