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You wouldn't think that-H. L. Braden," community chest mana ger, slight man that he is, ever played football; but he did. He was an end on the Painesville, Ohio, football team back around the turn of the century; The full back on that team was Jim Lin coln, a big six-foot-two chap. Now he is James F. Lincoln, president of the Lincoln Welding company of Cleveland, a rare combination of inventive genius and dynamic executive. 'Lincoln's - name' is .known wherever electric welding is used, and right now he is en gaged in a one-man fight against government control of business. But do not get the idea that he is a hard-shelled, greedy industrial ist. On the other hand he is an in telligent, generous manufacturer who has the idea of sharing with consumers and with employes as , well as with stockholders the re wards of .able, management I What Lincoln . has done in his own line Is positively . startling. Ten years ago the 200-amp welder he built.required.110 .man-hours 'for production; now it is turned out in 19. Time required for mak ing a welding electrode was 72 hours, ten years ago; now it is a few minutes over two man hours. (Continued on Editorial page) Solons Favor Peace Agency Sans Red Tape WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-- senators Ball (R-Minn) and Bur ton (R-Ohio) endorsed today the idea of permitting an internation al peace organization to use United States armed forces to quell aggression without awaiting specific congressional sanction in each case. ' Ball told the senate that debate would slow congressional action so much that a declaration of war or a resolution authorizing use of our forces could not be approved in less than a month. Without naming them. Ball as serted that there were three Sen a tors "who could and would stop it for at least a week, and we all know it. - -s "While congress debated , and "other nations waited for us to act, the aperessors . would move, their conquests -wcVuJdbe made ari(L the 1 council and we would then face metask-of ousting the conqueror instead of stopping his aggres sion." Burton contended that as long as the peace organization provides only for automatic enforcement of surrender or peace treaty terms, "It adds nothing to the danger of our position" and improves team work in keeping the peace." Finnish Peace Terms Severe LONDON, Sept. 19-()-Luck-Jess Finland has agreed to i pay the Soviet union a heavy price 4n rich strategic territories j and cash reparations "for losing its gamble in 'fighting on the side of naii Germany, it was .disclosed tonight. . - "; '. -.': . -i :x Acting Prime " Minister Ernst von Born, broadcasting to the Finnish people terms of the' ar mistice signed with Great. Britain and Russia, called this "one of the hardest days In our history" andquestioned whether the;, na tion could survive. ( The 23-clause .armistice, terms of t which stiffened as the Finns stalled for months in getting, out of. the war, cost the Finns $300, 000,000 (American) indemnity to be paid within six years. Indian Troops in Burma Regain Jap Contact 1 SOUTHEAST ASIA COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, Kandy, Cey lon, Sept.. lS-iT-Troops of the fifth Indian division, after cross ing the Manipur river, have re gained contact with the Japanese in the Chin hills sector of Burma and are driving along the last 20 miles to the enemy base at Tid- dim, headquarters announced to day. Maximum Blood Gift Made Here Tuesday ; ' - ; ' " One hundred sixty pints of blood, uie maximum wmcn can be handled in any one day by the mobile unit operated by Multno mah county chapter of the Red Cross, left Salem on Tuesday af temoon to be rushed to the processing- center where it will.pfb vide" plastni -for battlef roht trans fusions. v - - Roman Police Querv Trial to Resume Today ' ROME. Sept. l-AVThe trial of former Police Chief Pietro Ca ruso, which was disrupted just at it was about to start yesterday by the lynching of the principal state witness, will continue tomorrow in an improvised courtroom near the Regina Coeli prison. : ; NINETY-FOURTH YEAB Portland Cheers Dewey Indispensability' Rapped; Wreck :, Fails to Perturb By Wendell Webb Managing Editor The' Statesman -PORTLAND," Ore., Sept: 19 Gov.. Thomas E. Dewey, greeted by the "most thunderous ovation of his campaign, issued m direct challenge tonight to the "indis pensable, man" argument which he said was being waged by ad herents to President Roosevelt. A jam-packed auditorium of more than 7000 persons trekked to. the Portland Ice arena for an outstanding talk which the re publican presidential ' candidate delivered with hardly a reference, and with . no show of emotion whatever, regarding his two nar row escapes from death or serious injury is a hectic train trip to Portland from Seattle. I (See additional story on - this Page). Glad to Be Here His only 'comment regarding the exciting instances came at the start of his talk when he said fer vently "We're very glad to be ship tn he ilipre tnnitfht." N The republicai1 nominee,! who arrived hereon schedule for his talk afterbeing shaken up in a wreck 63 iniles to the north, re ceived atwo-minute demonstra-HorPof-heers, whistles and foot stomping as he appeared on the platform. ; ' - -' S Scores 'df Oregon'-! epublfcans had waited throughout the day at the Multnomah hotel for Dewey to arrive, but of necessity their meeting with him was delayed un (Continued on Page 2) Ma rines Hold Eastern Coast On Peleliu US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor, Sept 19 - UP) - Conquest by American marines of most of the eastern coastal - area of Peleliu . was an nounced today by Adm. Chester W.'Nimitz' headquarters, Japanese forces on Angaur; the smaller. Palau island fo the south of Peleliu, continue to occupy only two isolated pockets in the face of advancing 81st army division troops. Americans now hold approxi mately the southern half of Pele liu, where the Palau islands inva sion was launched last Thursday (US time), and the northern three-fourths of Angaur.; The communique announced the occupation of the town of Ngardo- lolok in the northeast part of Pe leliu. J apanese were reported resist ing stubbornly j on Peleliu, from pillboxes and trenches and with mortar, and: artillery support The 117 badly damaged Japan ese planes' found on the Peleliu airstrip included 77 single engine fighters, 2$ medium bombers, eight light bombers and four transports. A navy ; spokesman said these planes were in addition to those previously announced as destroyed, and they have not been included in any other compilation. if Little Townsend Amendment To Appear on November Ballot ' The so-called little Townsend plan? constitutional amendment bill will be on the November gen eral -election botr.s--V"' ' In so decreeing, the state, su preme court -i had ; today ; unani mously upheld a previous decision by Marion county's Circuit Judges E. M. Page and George R. Duncan dismissing a suit brought by T. Liester Johnson, Sherman county district attorney. 'Johnson 1 in the suit sought to enjoin the secretary of state from certifying the pro posed amendment to the county clerks for a place on the ballot - The opinion was written by Jus tice Hall Lusk, who ruled that the court was without Jurisdiction in the case and that Johnson had no right to come in Marlon county to launch the suit' r . Attorneys for Johnson charged 12 PAGES Candidate and Wife Unscathed t Gev. and Mrs. Thomas E. Dewey ' Gov. Deivpy Escapes In jury As 50 Hurt in TrainWreck ABOARD SPECIAL. DEWEY TRAIN EN ROUTE TO PORT- iLAND, Sept j IMHThe special train carrying! Gov, fir Zj ! train carrying Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and his party Jcrashed Into a halted passenger train at mile north of Castle Rock, Wash., today, slightly injuring approximately 50 persons and sending i half-dozen to hospitals. ' l ! ' ; ;. The crash occurred; at the same site where two freight trains col lided last night . The pewey, train, which ha4 left Seattle for : Port land four hours late, ploughed into a Great Northern passenger train stopped at the scene of the freight wreck. f .- The impact threw passengers to the floor, ; against falling luggage and broken glass. A car of sol diers, riding in the passenger train, was given first aid ' treatment Among the persons taken to hos pitals from the passeitfer train was Mrs. F. J. Coba, Corvllis Ore. Mrs. Dewey was trjeated at the scene of the wreck or a bruise on the head. . j Governor Dewey, who was seat ed with Mrs. Dewey m his private compartment in the! last car of the train at the time ?of the crash, was jolted but unruffled, he cir- Chinese Brive Japanese Back CHUNGKING, Sept. 19 -(;P)-The Chinese said tonfght they had driven the Japanese back 40 miles and recaptured the j Hunan pro vince town of Taohsen, 90 miles east of Kweilin, but pther Japan ese columns were reported only 40 miles northeast I of the big Kwangsi province ciy where the 14th, jUS air force recently blew up and abandoned rnbst of its ex tensive installations, j ; ; i North of Kweilinjthe Chinese appeared to be resisting strongly. The Japanese, particularly in areas south of Wweilm, were mak ing what seemed to e diversion ary moves apparently intended to weaken" the Chinese even more by splitting their forces. ,r ; The - Japanese continued; slowly but steadily, to shorten the gap in the line they are seeking to es tablish from Manchuria to ' the China sea' and thereby cut China in half. - '-8 that , the mmendmeni was illegal because it ''embraced! more than - f : ' 4 ' -4 ; - . - one subject : in violation . of the stateO'constitution. The court ruled that this .constitutional provision applies only to legislative bills and not to initiatives. fh supreme court opinion was handed down only three days before the dead line to certify the official ballot to the county clerks. " ' The amendment directs a gross income tax of from 3; to 5 percent to pay a minimum annuity of S80 a month to all qualified citizens of Oregon who have reached the age of 60 years. Persona bver 18 years old who are permanently disabled or blind also art benefactors un4 der the amendment Other decisions Taesdayon page 3. Scdem, Oregon, Wdnesdcrr Morning; September 20. 9 A , I .1 i culated through the cars, asking fellow - passengers whether they were all right. 'A big j piece of baggage fell down on my head," Dewey said, "but: as far as I know I am not hurt" He added, after inspecting the cars, I "This is the luckiest trainload of people in the world.' Railroad officials attributed the crash to block signals not oper ating on a left hand track, so that the Dewey Special was net warn ed that the passenger 'train: had halted.'-"1" ' ". King Besieged As Riots Cease In Denmark STOCKHOLM, Sept lHiflP) Aging King Christian X of Den mark and his family were re ported besieged insthe Amalien borg palace by German marines tonight but there were indications that the nationwide rioting result ing from nazf' seizure of govern ment buildings and police stations "had ceased. . . ! . " " ,: ' : '" a The Free Danish: Press service said an, appeal had been made by the' Free Danish council asking all Danes to stop fighting but.. to continue a ' general strike until Thursday in protest against Ger man dissolution of the Danish poi lice force of -12,000 i'menV-. ' , Asa result S ighting' was- pre sumed to have stopped "and word from Copenhagen said the capital was calm tonight. The Free Danes, said the strike would ; be . complete except for continued functioning of gas, wa fer and electric '. facilities and added that all trains in Sjaelland stopped running at 6 p.m. In addition to seizing ! govern ment buildings, the hazis decreed new death penalties as part of their effort to crush erowinz Danish resistance. Alaskan Army Transport Plane Said Overdue . ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Sept 19. V? me army transport com mand announced today one of its planes with 16 passengers and three crewmen aboard, was over due on a flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks. The plane's last radio report said it' was at 9,000 feet flying by instrument through tur bulent air and icing conditions. No other detailswere given. '. - '- ' ' - - , ' - In KglislLAuto Plants I ljQ N "ft O Ny Sept 19.HP)-Ap projdmately 15,000 workers at the Austin' Motor company at .Long bride. -Birmineham. t o d a y en tered their second day of a "sit down" strike. - ' " ' The Austin -workers a re chal lenging the contention, that the cars they are turning out are wiar work. ., - Crass Fire Beacon in Southern Salem Skies A grass fire which spread across 1 V. acres land on the Drager place west of Illahee at approxi mately 9 . o'clock Tuesday : night sent up a' red glow .visible for a number of miles. ' Russians M .Vv',:';';-':f. .... ... ; 1 " h J Huge Red Drive V Aims1 to Destroy .Nazis " in" Baltics LONDON, Wednesday Sept 20. WtThe red army drove within six miles of the. Latvian capital of Riga yesterday ih the -fourth 'day of a "new all-out f of f ensi ve that has captured nearly 3.000 towns and aims at total destruction of the Germans in the Baltic states A single one of the three red army-groups participating has smashed through the deep net work of nazi defenses south and southeast of Riga on a 75-mile front 25 miles deep, Moscow an nounced. ' fLast Man" Stand " The Germans had orders "not to retreat a single step and to hold their positions fo the last man," a soviet communique said this morning, but the soviet first Bal tic front army broke through the deep defensive zone, crossed the Lielupe and Niemenek ; rivers south of Riga, and drove ahead to the Daugava through the bitterly resisting enemy. Eddy Gilmore, Associated Press correspondent in Moscow, said in j a dispatch early today that "the red army's breakthrough towards Riga was so massive that advance motorized units and leading tank forces actually are probing the city's outer defenses," and added: Drive Is First Step ?The Baltic drive, however, is jjpj5s&e. ntiimtftpjtt the Russians' auiuron uu.tmay,, wiutn is ex pected to be bigger than anything yet; developments may be expect ed from the Gulf of Finland to Yugoslavia." The offensive, concerning which the German radio has been issu ing alarmed bulletins since last Friday, was officially disclosed in ait order of the day from Premier Stalin announcing soviet capture today of Valga, Estonian-Latvian border city, cutting the last, rail connection between the enemy forces in' the north and south. erties Bill WASHINGTON, Sept 19- WithSenator . Wherry (R-Neb.) protesting against elimination '. of a provision directing that all re-r "ceipts be -applied against the na tional debt the senate passed to night and sent to the White House bill' "setting up a three-member board to dispose of more " than $100,000,000,000 of surplus war properties. Wherry asserted that the pro vision was written into both sen ate and house bills and deleted by a ioint conference committee in violation of the senate rules, "Debt hangs over the head of everv citizen in this country," he declared. Earlier the senate passed and sent to the house a compromise bill setting up an office of war demobilization. I but - stripped of house - opposed provisions guar anteeing post-war unemployment compensation for 3,100,000 fedar- al workers and back home travel pay up to $200 for displaced war workers. ; .. - . Leaders served notice, however, that the government employe compensation issue would be re vived after the November election. The senate's actions today large ly: cleared the decks for a recess beginning late this week and last ing until the election. .. . ' England Enjoys. Another Day :FrM: of; Robots; ; LONDON, Sept laMPhSouth- ern England and the London area enjoyed another bomb-free day light 'period today . after flying bombs apparently launched from German planes over the 'North sea caused at least 13 deaths during the: early morning.' Some of. the victims were children recently turned from evacuation areas. "VZ- Nazis Turn Hying I ; Bombs on Americans r SUPREME HEAD QUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Sept: 19-UP)-The Ger mans in desperation have turned flying bombs onto American troops in the Meuse valley, headquarters I disclosed tonight t War Prop 1944 ; 2000 Allied Planes Blast , Western German 'Roily or ds " - " LONDON, Sept 19-iTVAlmost 2000 allied planes, Including 700 Flying Fortresses, blasted seven of Gejinany's western irbnt railyards today in some of the heaviest daylight raids'of the war, and left the targets, through which the na?is must f unpel troops and materials, battered masses -The fortresses .attacked Hamra, Soest Coblenz and Dillenberg,. all in Western' Germany east of' the Rhine river,-arid" other unidentified-rail targets in the same area. Industrial ; targets at' Wiesbaden also were hit , At the .same, time medium . bombers smashed; at 'rail yards -. at ; Duren," Eshweiler and Merzenich. ; " . - ' ir "1 ' Ten" heavy bombers and nine al lied fighters are missing, appar ently victims of the intense flak, since no enemy fighters had chal lenged them.' Incomplete, reports showed that 26 - German r planes were downed during the day's complete operations which includ ed widespread strafing in Holland and Germany. ' Marshalling yards at Hamm and Soest, two key junctions,-were at tacked by 700 'flying fortresses with equal fighter escort, and" a large force of medium bombers struck heavily at the rail yards of Eschweiler; Duren and Merzenich on the Cologne-Aachen railway." All the yards were jammed with freight cars. . Large fires, some of which shot flames hundreds of feet high,' were Reported by the crew men, who carried out the mission in good weather. They, said the yards were ; reduced to wreckage after tons of bombs were cascaded on warehouses, cars, roundhouses and, repair sheds. Hamm and Soest have been struck before, but this was i the first . daylight, assault against the other, three junctions. First-Bond Sold for SalemBabe First "baby bond" issued under the auspices of the Marion coun ty war finance committee in the children's week campaign is -the E" series document purchased Tuesday by Mrs. L. M. Ramage for Michael Maynard Edlund, one month, four days old, her grand son and first child of Mr. and Mrs. Maynard, H. Edlund, 1100 Leslie treet':;. The bond was sold by Mrs. Ab- ner K. Kline, named chairman of the children's week drive here a few '; minutes after her appoint ment was announced by Mrs. Win nie Pettyjohn, head of the wo men's division of the war finance committee; - Second of the bonds, which are accompanied by colorful Walt Dis ney r certificates, has been taken by Mrs. Pettyjohn for her young est granddaughter, Kathleen Fo ley,) daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Foley, San Mateo, Calif. who! will be one-year-old October 28. Jack Stephens Said Missing Pyt Jack Stephens, whose wife resides here with her parents, Dr. ana : airs, itoy s. JScoiield, . is re ported missing jh action over Burma. t ; Stephens, who left his whole sale meat establishment to enter the army 14 months ago, had been overseas six months .with the army quartermaster corps. He was -a member of a flyipg crew that dropped supplies on the al lied forces. Mrs. Stephens' and her mother have gone to Marshfield to be with ; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Stevens. ; ' ' ' Ex-Convict Char gedjin Holdup; druggist shot Monday afternoon in anattempted holdupjat jus'Nor Commercial f street ;store,' rallied following removal of a bullet from bis groin,f Aloysius K Iolmer was formally charged Tuesday with as sault with Intent to robV , ? Under police guard at a Salem hospital, Kilmerwas also appar ently gaining strength after sur gery to remove bullets from scalp and neck,; where, he was shot by Officer R. R. (Buck) Main as he Ced from the scene of a struggle with Neimeyer. - - . . A. Volchok, proprietor of a sec ondhand store, charged with viola tion, ol a state statute forbidding, Price 5c. of wreckage. U.S.FifthArmy ROME, . Sept 19.HiiP)-Amerlcan Fifth army " troops" I brought ; the fighting point to within 27 miles of Bologna today after capturing three strategic Gothic line peaks in savage mountain fighting. ' ' t Bologna j Is an important com munications and industrial "center in the central section of the. Po valley. - "j ' " f H' "r The capture yesterday of 3,300- foot Monte Pratone," Monte Altuz- za and Monte Celli against the nazi's best efforts to defend them was officially described as a great success. f The action was described as one of the fiercest engagements of the Italian carbpaign. British and In dian troops under Lt Gen. Mark Clark's command contributed ma terially 'to the success by flank ing and pinching off some enemy emplacements. ; ' -Some 25 miles of mountainous terrain faqesthe advancing Fifth 1 t N l. M t4 the Po valley in this central sec tor. - .:, 1 . , .: U; S. jResiimes Air Attacks On mes A LL IBD HEADQUARTERS, New Guinea, Wednesday; Sept 20 (JP)- Mitchell medium bombers started many fires in a raid on Japanese positions on Mindanao, in the southern Philippines, head quarters announced today. General I MacArthur's . air arm resumed its attacks against : the Philippines with blows at Buayan airdrome 1 Sunday. The ' airdrome is on Saragani bay, near the sou thern extremity of Mindanao. The Langoan airdrome in Dutch Celebes ; vfs battered with .145 tons of bombs. ' Three grounded planes were destroyed. A third) Japanese attempt to raid newly" - invaded Morotai is land in th Moluccas was repelled. One Japanese plane was downed. The first two raids were descrioea as feeble Hand ineffective. 'The' six h day of i the 'invasion of MoroU i island, northeast of the Japanese stronghold of Hal mah'era, still produced ho .report of any developing ground resist ance. Patrols have been seeking Japanese tvho fled into the hills.- Two lJ. S.-Operated Coal Alines Struck 1 WASHINGTON, "Sept . dm Officials ojf the solid fuels admin istration said tonight two government-seized bituminous coal mines have beetk , shut down by . new strikes. They pointed out that the Smith-Corinally act forbids any one to promote a strike against the government i - J The officials said that members of the United Mine Workers miners rather 1 than supervisory employes walked out at a mine of the Raleigh-Wyoming Coal company hear Beckley, W.Va and a mine of the Ford Motor company near Stone, Ky. sale and delivery of a' revolver in one 24-hour period, postedi$io6 bail and declared he .w'as"not fa miliar with the 'law involved. A revolver. 'fojuTneari the i spot where Kilmer was J cornered and arrested had been purchased there, officers said. . ." . -M - V -' Kilmer,; who was released from the state penitentiary . her . Mon day morning a few . hours before the attempted holdup, is 25 years old. Be. was first sentenced to prison in ' 1836 for burglary in Klamath Falls, but ! was granted probation. I Five of his six senten ces have ben for burglary, one for manslaughter. Seizes Peaks NearBologna Pliilipp No, 157 Allies Sef T6 Flaiik Armored -Units v Race 37 Miles ' Across Holland . SUPREME .HEAD QUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE,. Wednesday. Sept SO.ff) -The British Second army racing -to flank the northern nd of the Siegfried ,line,' has completed , new. junction with allied airborrm troops in Holland and, nowla , fighting on the southern banks of the , Waal Rhine, " field dispatches said early today. ' ' , Reports received from the front by Reuters said TLt. Gen. Sir Miles C, Dempsey's forces had reached the last large pocket of. the. air borne army on the edje of Niime een, forging a solid link with Lt Gen.' Lewis rf. Brereton's ; sky . troops with whom a union was made firt in the vicinity of Eind hoven Monday. y i Demuwy's swift armored units advanced more than 37 miles dur ing the day to cap a 50-mile drive in the last 48 hours. Four Miles From Germany, , E5r.dhr.ven, seventh eiiy of The Netherlands, was cantured by the joint actfon of this British Second army and ,the airborne troops,! who had doggedly held open a gateway between Niimegen and Arnhem to aid the main thrust to ward Germany's industrial Ruhr valley. ; , ,' . ; By completing the new Junction. Dempse-f'sv army now-was tcwr miles from Qermairf on themiuljj- em banks bfe Waal Rhine. . After dashine through country v largely cleared of the enemy by American, British. Polish and Dutch sky trooos, the British were within three mlies of Nijmegen, ,; field dispatch said. . , Stiff Counterattacks . . On a ' dozen ' different battle grounds the Germans were held at bay while the allies' power blow on the northern flank took shape ramdly. Attention centered on Nijmegen and Arnhem, officially identified as the j targets of Sun day's landings by j the air troops. A front line dispatch said the nazis gradually were recovering from the shock of landings by Lt Gen. Lewis H. Brereton's sk y trains and were stiffening their re sistance. Heavily; reinforced Ger mans, facing entrapment in west ern Holland between the advanc ing British Second army and the air troops, opened counterattacks Tuesday, the dispatch said. Activity Stepped Vp " All along the northern end of the front activity was stepped tip as throughout the day more allied troops dropped from the air in what wer desribed officially as strong for -es. Headquarters did not' disclose whether these were new units or reinforcements. At the same time the American First army, after, making still an- j other crossing into Germany be- ban shelling Duren, 20 miles south west of Cologne,; and Prum, eight miles inside Germany and 45 miles west of Coblenz. ; : U.S. Subs Make Bissest v WASHINGTON, Sept 19 - W) -The biggest haul to date by Amer ican submarines r was ' announced today by the navy which said 29 more Japanese vessels including three " warships-f-have b been destroyed.- -: Z . ' t ' t , . .. '' At the same" time. It jvas dis closed that three American ships a nbmaxine, mine sweeper and sumabily in the Pacific. Apparently there was no loss of life i aboard the submarine, the 1,525-ton .Flier. Casualties were described as "very small' on the minesweeper Perry lost off Palais while no one was Injured or killed when the. transport Noa sank aftee a collision. 'fiV !-V'J !S' Wording of. the" navy's brief communique announcing loss ef the Flier indicated strongly that the submarine was part of a naval force attacking the Japanese, pos sibly in the western Pacific Mari anas, that she was damaged se verely, end that her crew of ap proximately 65 officers and men may have been picked up by othet American craft ' ' ' i Westwall