-TV- iTir fining 7ealLcr , ' . Utilmim temperatere Wednesday CI degrees, min imum 49 degrees, 44 rain river -3 ft I in. Tartly cloudy east portion . and cloudy west portioa Thursday and Friday; c easlonal light showers north and west portions Thursday. hit: i 1 NINETY-FOURTH YEAR 12 PAGES Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, October 5, 1944 Price 5a 17a. 170 On Tuesday I spent some lime .attending the tax clinic which F. "II. Young of the Oregon Business and Tax Research : organization had arranged in Portland. In at- : v. ' ii 1 1 a an . -t . ' : . :-..(. , : -r --- --- - . - -- '. - . -- -. .: : n m - i . tendance were many people from Pi v-y all parts of the state. In addition tax authorities from other states attended and assisted in the pro gram. Z While the, sponsor group repre sents the business element of the state, and takes a business point 'of view in considering problems of taxation, Mr. Young arranged that items of present Importance ; could be discussed from opposing "points of view.' Thus the propon ents of the little Townsend plan were given an opportunity, which they did not embrace, to present their side of the pending initiated constitutionaLjimendment for -old age pensions. On - the school amendment ' speakers -for and -against were. heard. likewise the McKenna sales tax bill was sup ported by Senator McKenna and ' R. T. Moore of Bandon, member -of the legislature, and opposed by Kelly Loe of the state federation of . labor and Morton Tompkins "of the grange.. w Besides these arguments on con . troversial measures there were ad . dresses on special topics. Floyd K. JBowers of Salem talked on control .of local budgets. Tax - Commis sioner Earl Day presented the case , for added federal contributions to .local units of government because I of extensive and growing federal ownership of public lands. Visit- Ing tax experts reported on ex- perience of- other states on spe- cific tax 'matters. ; 'a?'.:; Right now, perhaps, the public is not" in much of a mood to talk about .taxes. True, they are get- ting - socked with "taxes right (Continued on Editorial page) Petrillo to lift Recording Ban . WASHINGTON, Oct 4-0T)-Af- ter .two years of trying, the gov ernment decided today that it can- not make the American Federation of Musicians stag In hannony-witn .-vi-r--Uia -rLii the recording companiesi, so Prcsi oenx Hooseveu asxea tne union, on a personal basis, to follow Wash-1 lnxton's baton. In . telegram to James Caesa, Petrillo, the union s president, Mr. Roosevelt said it would be "your country's gain" if the union would comply with a war labor board or der and drop Its , ban oh making recordings. The WU3 order was issued, last June 15, and the union "has ignored it' V" . ... . , In New York, PetriUoV office announced the federation leader had telegraphed the president that he had called a meeting of the un ion's International executive board to be held in Chicago Oct "at which time your request will be given careful consideration.", ; A spokesman said Petrillo would have no further comment prior to the board meeting. , ; ? Petrillo told a senate committee in January, 1943, that if the presi dent asked that the ban be lifted the request would be granted.' School Heads To Meet Here , Wartime practices in Oregon . schools and anticipated changes to meet postwar conditions will be - evaluated at the annual confer- nc nf Orppim school adminlitra tors opening October 9 in Salem Hi S-ichooi d Junior high school principals, city and county school superintendents are expected to attend tne comer- ence, held under joint auspices of administrators' associations and the state department of education, ' Dr. J. Paul ' Leonard,, Stanford university, will be tne outstand - tog speaker, - Rex Putnam, state superintendent of public instruc- . tion, said Wednesday, the broadcast stated. 'i V. S. Diplomats to Prepare ForReturiiof Foreign Trade WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-W Preparing the- ground for quick resumption of American trade with liberated countries, the state - and commerce departments have Instructed diplomatf to gather economic information for business and government use. v ; A Joint gnnounccmcnt ',lcnlj3it ' said -American diplomatic and consular representatives -.in ;i all areas freed from the axis have received "detailed and . specific" instructions on reports they are to rrcpare as speedily as possible.- The main points the government ' , wants to know are: : , : 1. Irr-nediate supply require- r- :r.t3 end estimates of economic c niitions ia liberated "areas. Belgrade tiire ; Due Soor Tito, Red Forces Only 9 Miles Capital City , LONDON, Thursday, Oct 5-( The fast-striding red army now is approaching 'the rail junction city of Pancevo, less than- nine miles northeast of Belgrade, and fall of I the Yugoslav capital appears only a matter of hours, a Moscow dis patch said today. C , " r The Russians,' driving in from j the northeast and east, ; already had joined with Marshal Tito's I partisans in a campaign to Wrest all of Yugoslavia from the Ger- mans. Beds Move Swiftly Knifing" overland so swiftly as to suggest the nazis were able to put up but little fight after long harrassing by the partisans, the Russians captured the railway towns of Banatska and Kraljevi- cevo, is miles nortneaat oi Bel grade, Crepaja, .16 miles north of the capital, DebOyacha, ; 18 miles I north, and Banaska Novo Selo, 18 miles northeast, Moscow announc ed in its midnight communique. The plunge to DebOyacha rep- resented a gata of 27 miles east- iwaru irvm uuiuu caDiure ox woica was announced 24 hours eailier, ana - overran me rau srauons oi Alibunar j and Vladimorovae route, Junction Outflanked One hundred miles southeast of Belgrade, other, red , army forces racing to smash the rail' network r ich f ttej.Germani must P -Balkans out- I i J At f ' . - A - I naiutea me, inree-way , rau junc- tion of Zajecar, capturing f the town " of Vratarnica nine miles to the south, and penetrated to with- j5- ?JKJS!S Ln" tion of Nis astride the main rail way from Bulgaria and Greece. Credit Group Sets Meeting Salem will be host Saturday to one of. the largest groups oi cre dit grantors and credit bureau ex ecutives ever to assemble In the Pacific northwest capital city credit association , officers said Wednesday night, Coming here to work out ways and means of setting up practical plans for control of credit in the immediate postwar period, men and women who comprise the Ore gon Columbia Basin group will be in constant conference from 10 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. Saturday. Following the banquet at the Marion hotel, a floor show win be directed by Bill Talbot which, in turn will.be followed by dancing until midnight Every credit gran tor in Salem has been urged by the Salem association to attend. bribed by the promise that "there will be no long speeches. Rioting Breaks Out Vienna, Auatria NEW YORK, Oct 4 Rioting has broken out in Vienna and oth- w parts of Austria In resnonse to General Eisenhower's call to the Austrian to : disassociate them- selves from the Germans, BBC broadcast recorded by NBC said 1 tonight I "There have been casualties in ! j Vienna and arrests are reported,' 2. General summary of social and economic conditions needed as an essential guide to Ameri can foreign policy." 3. Analyses of specific economic conditions as t guide to rcsump- l tion of 'commercial trade and in vestment, v ; ---j ' ' The bureau of foreign and do mestic commerce and the state! department will make information available to business as quickly as possible, the statement said. If special inquiries are address ed to the bureau, it went on, the government will . seek answers from its representatives through out the wod. - - Cap Saturday v. t ay 4 r&PPy .Wwrior' Dies Alfred JL Smith, four times governor of New York and democratic presidential nominee la 1928. died ia New York City Wednesday alter a tons uiness. : Berlin, Ore. Will BeCOme DistOlllO fo HoilOr Greeks NEW YORK, Oct 4 On Oct 28, Berlin, Linn, county. Ore, will change its name to Distoma The town has approved a plan to adopt the name of. the Greek villa err wfcirh 'j-Was raxM v" fin nazis tctaUatibn for ' guerriHa ImctlvltiAhmif 110a intnlW T - t- - - " v , j M and children were iilled- In announcing the action, Max well Anderson, playwright and rebirth of Distomo, which spon- sored the change in name, said that dedication ceremonies on the 28th - would coincide f with the fourth anniversary of the Italian invasion of Greece. . liberal Bonin Islands XIS PACiriC FLEET HEAD- QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor; Oct 4 7ff)-Striking within, 815 miles of Tokyo, American .Li berators bombed and hit a Japanese cargo ship at Chichi Jlma in the Bonin islans while two enemy planes watched but declined to give bat tle, the navy announced tonight! The big bombers attacked ship ping in Chichi Jlma harbor Mon day. Navy Venturas hit Paramu- shiro in the Kuriles. Other air raids were reported against Mar cus Island, Pagan in the northern Marianas and Jaluit and Maloelap in the MarshaHs. r '.- In the invaded .Palaus, where marines and soldiers are mopping up on Peleliu and Angaur, the to tal enemy dead through Tuesday was given as 10,8878878 on Pe leliu, 1109 on Anguar. Sportspian's This was tie sceae la C;ortrsaa's ef the cpenlr wcr!J scries game as Kay Ean'rrs, Carilral 12.1 basenaa, tUzz e-t 111 L-t tJ ctt tls i zl?:. Ezzzjl r --r:-, ..- -; - :-r Alfred E. Smith Long Sickness NEW YORK, Oct 4-(P)-Alfr ed E. Smith, the happy warrior" of American politics, died today llf Dr. Raymond P. Sullivan attrib-' uted Smith's death to lung con gestion and heart's disease. He had been in ill health since the 'death of his wife, Catherine, last May 4. The prominent Catholic layman knew he was dying "and was praying all the tune," : said the Rev. John Healy. of St Vincent Ferrer's church who was present when Smith died at CO a, m. (EWT) in Rockefeller institute. Body to Lie In State H'V As plans went forward to have the bodr He In state in St Pat ricias cathedral beginning 2 p.m. (EWT) Friday and for a high requiem mass at 11 a. m. Satur day, tribute to the man known for his brown derby; cigar and Jovial smile came from the nation's lead ers in all walks of life.- . President ' Roosevelt said in Washington: The country loses a true patriot" Hoover Pays Tribote ; , Former President Herbert Hoo ver, who as republican presiden tial nominee in 1828 gave Smith his . second and last political de feat 9aUzlZ-,i i ,; r-"'. Sor. Alfred Smith contributed a real part in building America. He "was valiant In political cam paigns, but he was so Intrepid in his honesty of mind, in his fair ness and his sportsmanship that be won the esteem and personal friendship oi every opponent' (Lift sketch on pago 2.) Park Packed park, t Lcrls, la the tot izzL'ZX Dies Followin Japanese PiishNear Fdochow Invasion Forces Only SiiMUes From China Port CHUNGKING, Oct 4-(Wap anese invasion forces are less than six miles from Foochow, last large east China coast port held, by the Chinrs, the high command an nounced . tonight acknowledging lor the first time that the enemy had made a successful landing in Fukien province. v The 'new Japanese offensive in Fukien and the strong 'enemy drive In Kwangsl province toward Kweilin indicated here a Japa nese plan to seize American air bases to deny any American force heading, for the China coast the protection of land - based aerial support, as well ; as, a general strengthening of. Japanese - de fenses against any American move from the Pacific Hlngaa Captured " The high command said the in vaders had captured Hingan, en the Hunan-Kwangsl railroad, , SI miles northeast of Kweilin, in a threat to outflank the former US air base on the west as well as on the east Fighting was report ed 12 miles west of Hingan, . At the same time the communi que said the enemy had broken into C""gg. 27 miles south of Hengyang and which for many weeks had kept the left flank of the Japanese drive on Kweilin ex- posed. The high command said street fighting still was in prog- fress in -the city. . - YtehUng Xages. 1 On the right, flank of the ene my's Kweilin offensive, fierce fichtine was rasing inside Pao- ching, west of Hengyang. 'Face Isn't All Jap Lost to Woodburn . Man on Tinian Isle WOODBURN, Oct 4 -(Special)- Robert Gannon, a navy machinist's mate whe has been herding a bulldozer around Tinian for the seabees, has a Wrtot watch which his parent, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gannon mt Woodbom, believe some Jap anese would give a pretty pen ny: to' ret back. -Vi-: , :,: Gannon wrote that he had found a watch with a case made from three German coins "or medals, which apparently had been wen by a Japanese swim mer m the Olympic games at Berlin in 193. ' A checkup at the Woodburn library showed that three med als were awarded Japanese swimmers that year one to Maaanera Team for the lit me ter free style, another to Delsoo Hanrare for the 199 - meter breast stroke, and third U Tvsa, Sngsira, - Tagnchl and Aral for the S89 meter relay. . . The Gannons said Rebert had received a number ef hfcratlve off ers for the watch bet that he fancied It tee much as a aeu venlr to let it go.. ; For Opening Series Game TT C alelitsrss b kr: a crow J of mora ZZ.CZi. (A? McQuinn's Homer Gives Browns 2-1 7in O ver Cards , ; . SPORTSMAN'S PARK, St Lou. ii Oct 4 -ifiy- George McQuinn's fourth Inning home run with Gene Moore ia base cave the rowns a 2 to 1 victory over the Cardinals in the opening game of the world series before 33,242 fans today. - Denny Galehouse, , a veteran curve ball artist who did not join the Browns on- a full time basis until July 20 blanked '.the Red Birds for eight frames but lost his shutout in the ninth when Martin Marion doubled, moved to third on an infield out and scored on Pinch Batter Ken CDea's long fly to center. Billy Southworth's ace, i Mort Cooper, allowed only two hits, the Brownies grand total for tne. af ternoon. In the seven, innings he worked before he was lifted for a pinch batter, but the blows' were the two that did the trick. (See full details on sports page) Detroit Strike Effects 50,000; s 9 Plants DETROIT, Oct 4 -)- Main tenance workers whose strike made an estimated 50,000 Detroit area war plant employes idle to day adjourned a stormy - mass meeting tonight without taking any action to end the stoppage. A plane bearing six represents fives of the union who appeared before the national war labor board In Washington was; ground ed in Pittsburgh and i another Plane bringing three Jiigh officials of the- United Automubile Work ers (CIO) from Atlantic City with back-to-work pleas also encoun tered delay. ' " " ' , s When It became apparent that neither plane would arrive before midnight the maintenance work ers, voted to adjourn the 'meet ing, at which both parties were to have appeared, until tomorrow morning. - " v The strike directly Involved, ap proximately 6000 maintenance men. ' - -' The strike,' begun despite pleas of International United Automo bile Workers (CIO) officers that it be deferred pending a scheduled hearing with the , WLB, ; closed nine factories and slowed down production in 15 others." -' . " First Move Underway ; To Prosecute Petain LONDON, Oct 4-W-The first official move to prosecute Mar shal Henri Philippe Petain ; for high treason has been taken, the Paris radio announced in a broad cast recorded by the Associated Press. ' " . ; Omitting Petaln's tiUe, the an nouncement said the Paris police were ordered by a Judicial com mission to investigate the activi ties "of a man named Philippe Petain. accused: bf treason' end communication with the enemy.1 Stop for the Crowns. Tie Erawrs wen. t ta 1, ttfare wire;icto.) (Zf tici-re en ?s 2) Yank Arm IMoFe Tiian. Inside Nazi Patton's Veto Fight to Giptnre Vital Fort Driant SUPREME t HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, Oct 4-(P-Smadrons of hard - hitting American? tanks which had been held back for two days while doughboys hacked a yawtting hole in the Siegfried line north of Aachen were sent charg ing through the breach today to blast German secondary defenses and help clear the path of Lt Gen. Courtney H. Hodges First army to the Rhine." "". t- K - - Pouring into a gap two and a half miles wide in the vaunted west wall the Tanks tonight were fighting through minefields, tank traps and hastily-built ' rifle pits more than two miles inside the border of Germany, after having thrown , back three week enemy counterattacks in the early morn ing hours.' Nasi Troops Peer Front dispatches said the nazi commanders, for all their desper ate need to halt the burgeoning al lied drive at the heart of the in dustrial Rhineland, did not have enough first class troops to throw against Bodges' crack infantry di visions and tremendous reserves of armor. More than 100 miles to the south in France Lt Gen. George S. Pat ton's. Third army veterans fought bitter' hand-to-hand duels inside Fort Driant a great rabbit warren of(ttefenses guarding the vital city of Met? from the west bank of the Moselle nver. su, Germans Rally ' - A After .Yank troops stormed into the gun-studded fortress and be gan driving the nazis out of under ground tunnels with blazing oil, the enemy rallied, from, hidden machinegun : and. . rocket nests within the mile-and-a-half-long Lmaze and a deadly close-quarter battle raged into the night . While- headquarters -announced officially that the fort one of sev eral similar strongholds protecting Metz had been captured, a field dispatch from Edward Ball of the Associated Press said that the nazi garrison, composed of former stu dents of the German officers school at Metz, still was putting up "fierce eslstance.', 11,000 Lives Lost In Army Air Force Accidents at Home WASHINGTON, V Oct 4 -UP) - Eleven thousand lives have been lost in 5600 fatal army air force accidents in the United States since Pearl Harbor. The war department made pub lic these figures today in a state ment supplementing its earlier an nouncement that 17,500 planes had been lost- in the United States during the same period. Of this total, the: department said, only 11.000 were cracked up in wrecks while 3000 were worn out in flight training and 2500 were worn to the extent that they became fit only for ground training, j The total of "lost" planes was slightly more than half the overall losses of 42000 AAF aircraft in all operations at home and abroad. ; Goebbels Announces Plans For Nazi Guerrilla Warfare LONDON, Oct 4 HFh A nazi blueprint for highly organized and fanatical guerilla warfare to nul lify an allied victory nd tie civile administration of concurred German territory almost impossi ble was outlined today by nazi officialdom. " t: - - . Propaganda Minister Paul Jo- seph Goebbels, in a speech to Ger- isan workers ca the western frcl quoted on the Berlin - radio by DNB, said the allies had launched ta gll-out cilznzve to win the war before winter, but that con ditions now favor the German ar tsy, and hf any event the nazis were prepared to wage guerilla warfare to tie death. t The plan got an even more thor ough airing la Ilclarich Jlhzzrlefs publication "Das Schwarze Kors, which t"..:.ciei a scheme designed to r.ke tila wsr virtually without 1 ca tr.it to coerce every Crmm or Drives 12 ' WMeh 9 ! Roosevelt Sets Radio Speech a . WASHINGTON, v: Oct 4 Hff- President Roosevelt wfB go on the air tomorrow night 'for his second campaign speech, directed to dem ocratic party workers throughout the nation. - . Mr. Roosevelt formally opened his fourth term drive Septt 23 in an address attacking republicans for spreading "falsehoods" and declaring they should not be per nutted to "botch" the peace again at he said they did after the-last war. C. X:: : --; " 'r There has been no indication of the theme of the address to morrow night a 20-minute talk scheduled for 10 p. m. (eastern war time) over CBS and Mutual. A party worker in each of the 123,000 voting districts has been requested to invite 10 persons to his home to hear the address. At its conclusion, the guests will be given list of voters and asked to help get them to the polls. - R. Yards, Brenner Pass Pounded LONDON, Oct Hft-V 'to 750 Filing Fortresses : and Llberatore of the US 15th air force hammered Munich railroad yards ,, and - the Brenner V Pass area today while RAF heavy bombers dumped thou- ' sands of tons of explosives on Ger man U-boat pens at Bergen, Nor-, way. : .-.v. ' - The air ministry' revealed that RAF; Lancaster " which used a. Russian airdrome as an intermedi ate base 'recently scored a direct ' hit withr a 12,000 pound bomb on the German battleship Tirpitz an chored near Altenfjord,. Norway, ' , The attack, made wimout loss; . involved . a roundtrip - flight vt mote than 5000 miles - between bases in England and the airdrome 4 in Russia near Archangel. ; . i ' While allied heavy bombere were busyf Ninth air force medi ums destroyed 10 enemy , gun po sitions mat had been holding up the US First army drive into the Siegfried line near Aachen. Other warplanes, supporting the, US 1 Third j army ; near Luneville, knocked out one gun position, 35 locomotives and a viaduct Two Generals Get Order of Suvorov r 1 - : . ' LONDON, Oct 4-ff)-The Mos cow radio announced tonight that the Soviet government had award ed the Order of - Suvorov, first class, ' ; to Lieut Gen. Mark W. Clark, commander of the US Fifth army in Italy, and to Field Mar shal Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of the - British , 21st army group on the western front The order, bestowed by the pre sidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, is the highest army dec oration given to any person out side the Soviet union.' General Dwight 1 D. Eisenhower also holds it Into fighting the occupying pow ers on every inch of German soiL to murder as traitors any Germans who deal with, the allies, to make a hell ef returning refugees and Gcstbels asserted Tour enemies have unleashed an all-out offen sive on our frontiers of gigantic impact in order to win a speedy, and above IL not too costly a vic tory." but added that if the allies succeeded in advancing tempor- grilyw it would to only over Ma rampart of bodies, young and old.. The article in Das Schwarze Eorps said guerilla fighting plans, to meet conditions already becom ing evident around Aachen, were far advanced, and based on every thing tie Germans had learned in Russia, theJJa!kans, France and Belgium where they, as the oc cupying forces, were harassed fcy i:ur;i;ats tciiad their Lses. Border Tohim Munich R -TV 1