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7estlier J llaxlmam tempera txra Thursday CO degrees, minl . sniua 9 degrees, .21 laches rain, river -1 ft t lzc . llostly clendy west, partly .... eloedy east, with eceaslenal showers Friday and Satur day. Slightly cooler east por tion Friday. - . . i - Silicons 'UtD CD0LB PCUNDDO "V - ' k lt you turn to a copy of our state constitution you will find in Sec. 31, Art. I the following: "White foreigners who are or may hereafter become residents of this-state -shall nJoy the same rights in respect to the possession, enjoyment, "and descent of prop erty as native-born citizens. And the legislative assembly shall have power to restrain and regulate the , immigration to this state of per sons not qualified .to become citi zens of the United States." If you read "the last sentence again you will see that it packs a -power pertinent to the present still subdued controversy over the re admission of Japanese nationals to Oregon. Under it the legislature could pass an act setting up bars . against return of Jap nationals 1 who have been relocated. - 4 Presumably after the war . the -privileges of Jap nationals domi ciled in this country would be cov ered by whatever treaty is entered Into with Japan, which would be , the supreme law of the land. Un til then a state law would probably hold. I do not quote this section in order to suggest restrictive leg 1 Islatipn, am opposed to it in fact, but simply to inform . the . people about this provision of the state x constitution. " 5 3 This section is included in the Bill of Rights" though it runs counter to modern conceptions of civil rights. Its restrictive words white- ., ' (Continued on Editorial page) FDRP romises Choose Destiny WASHI NGTON, Oct. 12 -(A) President Roosevelt said tonight that when the allies complete mil itary operations in Italy the Ital lans "will be free to work out their own destiny, under a gov ernment of their own choosing." In aradio address prepared for broadcast from, the White House, Mr. Roosevelt said the American army entered Italy "not as con querors, but as liberators. Their objective is military; not political.? ; The. president's;- address was di rected to the meeting of the Italian-American labor council In New York in acceptance of the coun cil's four freedoms award granted to the chief executive. ." "Of course the people of Italy have suffered terribly and it will not be humanly possible to take . wholly adequate measures to re - lieve all suffering until Germany has been finally and decisively de feated," Mr. Roosevelt said. "But the United Nations are determin ed that every possible measure be taken to aid the Italian people di rectly and to give them an oppor tunity, to help themselves." Jap-Chinese Battle Rages CHUNGKING, O c t. 12. - (JP) BriiJc fighting is continuing along the Hunan-Kwangsi railway front 25 miles north of Kweilin,' vital defense center of Kwangsi pro vince, where reinforced Japanese troops are hammering against Chi nese positions, the Chinese high command announced today. , The Japanese attack a were pressed against defense points about 12 miles west of the Japanese-held town of Hingan. This bat tle is considered by observers as one of considerable importance. If the enemy succeeds in penetrating Chinese lines, he would be in a po sition to make, a frontal attack on - Kweilin itself or bypass the city -on the west - - , Lone Yank Airman Bags Four German Fighters - LONDON, Oct 12 -(ff)- Four Juftwaffe fighter planes went down over Hanover, Germany, to day before the flaming guns of Lt Charles - E. Yeager, Hamlin, WVa, who a few days ago went to General Eisenhower personally asking permission to return - to combat : Veterans' Rights The Oreroa Statesman, start ing' Sunday, October 8, will augment its wide coverage of war and veterans' news with a dally editorial page chapter on the rights and benefits of mus tered -out , service men under federal legislation. ,. . The first will till The things to da after discharge;" the second will be on "Master ing eat pay," etc. The series, taken from offi cial information, will be of ma jar interest to service men, their relatives and their friends. Siarthij Sunday in . . ?""" f f "The World at Your Dear Each Morning' Italy Right to imnTY-rouHTH yeah 1000 PlaneIund Island of TXT TTM. In ear Fniii Jan Report Not Yet Confirmed By Nay Chiefs US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl Harbor; pet 12.-(i?5)-American planes, 1000 of them, attacked Formosa, just north of the Philippines, concen trating on the island's three most important towns, the Tokyo radio announced today. The report was not confirmed by the navy here. This would be the greatest1 air armada ever sent against the Jap anese In a single operation in the Pacific. t China Units Used - ." "It appears that some units of China-based American air force also participated In this raid," the Japanese radio reported. ; Takao, Tainan and Taichuy the three most important towns 'on Formosa, took- the. brunt of " the American attack, the .Tokyo broadcast, recorded by the feder al commission, said. Towns on Railroad The three towns are on the rail way which runs the length of the island. Tainan and Takao are also ports on the southwestern shore. ; An imperial communique re ported "enemy aircraft" launched the attack at 7 a. m. today (Tokyo time) "in strength" and that the air "battle was continuing", eight hours later. The Japanese claimed 100 Yankee planes had been downed and that the "enemy con tinued to carry out his persistent attack with a total of 1,000 planes. U. S. Bombers In Sixth Raid ALLHO HEADQUARTERS; New Guinea, Friday, Oct 1 v Facilities supplying Japan's war machine : with . gasoline and oil were wrecked Tuesday at Balik- papan by 133 tons of bombs drop ped by fighter-escorted Liberal ors, and from 36 to 48 enemy planes were shot down trying to break up the heaviest blow of the war at the vital Borneo base. A cracking plant rendered 'to tally, perhaps permanently, inope rable ad a paraffin refinery heav ily damaged. Today's communi que, announcing the raid, : said heavy explosions and fires sent up smoke for 20,000 feet ' Storage tanks were set ablaze. Photographs conclusively verified the destruction. , ! .Nazi Targets Take Pounding LONDON, Oct iZHJfyA fleet of 750 American heavy bombers, part of a force of nearly 5000 al lied planes attacking widely scat tered axis targets, rained explos ives on an aircraft plant and mo tor transport factory at Bremen today as hundreds of British and US dive-bombers' heaped fresh de struction on burning Aachen. The 630 Mustangs and Light nings escorting the. Flying Fort resses and Liberators bagged 18 nazi fighters in the Bremen-Hanover area, but none of the enemy fighters molested the big bombers, three of which failed to return. Six fighters are missing, a com munique said. HitBalikpapan PGE Asks Vote on Granting Salem Electric Franchise Requesting that the question of whether or not the City of Salem shall, grant the franchise sought by Salem Electric be submitted to the voters and offering to ahare with the cooperative the costs of a special election, Portland Gen eral Electric company Thursday directed a letter, to members of the Salem municipal council and its public utilities committee. Until such a vote has been tak en, PGE will continue to operate under the ."valid franchise from the City of Salem under which it has in good faith invested hun dreds of thousands of dollars. This it declares in t h letter signed by President James H. Pol hemus in the name of the com pany. Cost of such an election is estimated at $1000.' The letter, dated October 12, comes in answer to a report from the council's public utilities com mittee on September ' 18 recom mending "that both fee Salem Electric Cooperative association and the Portland General ' Elec It PAGES .7 V S r osa v : omiies Carrier-Based Yankee Planes Strike -Luzon US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl' Harbor, Oct 12-(V-A large force of carrier based planes struck Luzon,' the main1 island in the Philippines, Tuesday afternoon, blasting air-bases- and military installations, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an nounced tonight in a communique. " The admiral maintained silence concerning Japanese reports of a powerful! air smash at Formosa. i It was the third fleet action an nounced in three days - the oth er two were attacks on Marcus and the RyukyuS Sunday and Mon day respectively --- indicating the wide scope of American warships in the Pacific. , : r It was the fifth ' such carrier plane strike at Luzon. Two of these smashed the Manila area. ' Tonight's communique also announced- American 81st infantry troops had landed on the 12th is land in the Palaus to come under American domination since Sept 15. The soldiers went ashore Wed nesday on Arimaskuku, four miles northwest of . Peleliu, and found it unoccupied. 1 :- This was the third new landing in the southern Palaus in . four days. " : 1 ; i Allies Reach German Inner Defense, 7fee5 SUPREME ' . HEADQUARTERS ALLIED EXPEDITION ARX FORCE, France, Oct 12-(ffHJen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said today that allied armies-now had struck powerful German inner defenses, but he is resolved to wage war un abated through the winter and be yond if it takes that long to crush the enemy. V " The supreme commander made it clear at a press conference that although he regards a sudden Ger man collapse as a possibility, he sees no reason to rely on it, since the weapon of fear which the Hit ler regime uses to whip the home front into line now is stronger than ever. -: '. ' " : The threat of the red army in the east and the allied army on German soil in the west can have no effect on a leader who faces the losses of everything once he 'ad mits defeat . v The general reaffirmed hia con fidence in complete allied victory although it was pointed out there may be pauses in the allied ad vance because of the strength of German resistance, the advantage of prepared defenses and the al lied supply problems. Overseas Mail Deadline Extended Until Monday WASHINGTON, Oct 12 The post office , department an nounced Thursday it had extended by one day the deadline for mail ing of Christmas parcels to mili tary personnel overseas. , The action was taken "as a pub lic convenience" since the pre viously announced deadline, Oc tober 15, falls on Sunday. Under the new order the deadline will be Monday, October 16. - tric company make application to the common council for a fran chise to operate in. the City of Sa lem, and that they .make their ap plications within 33 v days -from date hereof. -"rr The real question before the council is "whether or not the City of Salem shall have duplicating light and power systems for the service of its people, whether its streets and alleys shall be unnec essarily obstructed with a dupli cating light and power system, and whether the people of. Salem shall be utimatey. taxed in rates for' the unnecessary -construction. maintenance and operation of such a duplicating system," the letter maintains, adding that there is a question also of penalttkj any as sociation to operate a light and power system here "when its own er claims that It is not rafcject to regulation by the public utilities commissioner of Orejon. (More about light p;7.cr letter, ii Dunkirk City r - - Kesldenta ef the French ehaaael town mi Dunkirk, histerie scene ef the great British continental defeat and excursion, new hasten eat . ef the port by grace ef the allies wbe have the city under siege, with a German force hopelessly trapped. The eld people are pie tared fleeing across a small canal after British "avengers' granted s CO-hovr trace before reducing the town. All civilians were noti fied to quit the battle area. (International Sevndphoto) .. Colonel Has Tough Time Getting His Shorts Laundered r WITH AN AMERICAN ' INFAN TRY DIVISION IN GERMANY, Oct 6 -( Delay ed)-(JP)-What with hogs and German artillery fire, Lt CoL Raymond E. Bell of Corn-waU-on-Hudson, NY, and 211 N. H St., Pensacola, Fla had a tough time today with his underwear The ' colonel' washed "out his shorts and gave them to Pf cflii- chaetallahan of St Maryrof-the- Woods, Ind, to hang up to dryTA"t,?ffiuani they- prepared for short time later Callahan was seen washing them all over again in a helmet "Unfortunately I hung them where the darned hawgs get into 'em, said Callahan. ..; t - Tonight when Callahan went to get the shorts, hanging on a hedge he found they had been hit by German shrapnell "Good thing I wasn't in them," chuckled BelL Pole Premier In Moscow For Meeting MOSCqW, Oct 12-ff)-Premier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, who Dew here today from London with oth er leaders of the Polish govern ment - in - exile, conferred with British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden ' late today in the initial phase of : negotiations for unity between the London and Moscow sponsored Polish groups. . - t V; As Mikolajczyk and Eden con ferred, there was general belief that the. differences! between! the Soviet - sponsored Polish commit tee of National Liberation and the London government; in - exile would be settled some way before Prune Minister Winston Church ill and Premier. ? Marshal Joseph Stalin close their, conferences. It was understood that the Pol ish premier would see the. highest Anglo - Soviet leaders before he again met the chief members of the Lublin committee j with whom ha failed to agree-here two months o. s . ..." . Solons Studying Qvil r ; Serried End Meetings 1 The 1943 iOMkf Interim committee to conduct a 'study of civil service, applicable ' to state f employes,'--; will , hold; its nal meeting in Portland next Mon day, ft was announced here Thursday. Rep. Leo Smith," Mult nomah county, Is' chairman of the committee.-.. . - Reports here indicate that some members of the committee favor a continuance of any definite ac tion for two years due to the fact that many' public employes are now in the armed ' forces The committee was directed toffie a report with the 1345 legislature. Surzr iPrcduclicn Up' : WASHINGTON, Oct 12-3V Sugar will be more plentiful In a few weeks as a result cf increas ing production by rJSr beet mills in the west and midwest, the war foci air.Ir.istrat:ca szll tD- Sclera, Oregon, Friday Morning. October 13. of Avengement Reds Prehiire ing LONDON, Friday, Oct 13 -ff) Russian troops battled' their way to Within nine miles of the big German rail center of Tilsit yes terday, burling; the -enemy, back across the East Prussian frontier orra 1 lO-mHe front In ' western their first crossinx. in atreneth into pre war Germany. ! ' A . Moscow communique an nounced that, other Soviet ,forces had . driven to within five i miles of Riga, Latvian' capital, and to within 15 miles of the west Lat vian r port of Liepaja, steadily hacking up. the estimated 150,000 axis troops cut off by the red ar my's salient which three days ago reached the1 Baltic coast north of imperilled MemeL Although the Algiers radjo re ported that Russian troops had broken into Memel's streets; and Berlin' said that a. furious tank battle was underway Just a few miles from the East Prussian port, the Moscow bulletin did not an nounce any further gains in the immediate Memel area. , yr r , In the south other Soviet forces captured the western? Romanian ran hub of Oradea, main escape route for nazi troops retreating in Transylvania and drove another spearhead to within 60 miles of imperilled Budapest as they wid ened their hold along the east bank of the Tisza river, last big water barrier before the Hungarian cap ital, rt-v .v v Vtf gar Leave Greece : LONDON, Friday, Oct "'IS j-(JPh The Moscow radio carried a Bul garian' announcement early; today that Bulgaria's troops and . admin istrative officials have now' been withdrawn from Greek territory in compliance with allied demands established as a preliminary to ar mistice negotiations , jr-.vi "v. While there , was no - specific mention 'of evacuation of Yugoslav territpryanother; allied . stipula tion the broadcast said Premier Simon- Georgiev of Bulgaria' had agreed: to all the .conditions set forth by the allies. , , i - Georgiev,: in i. note to the Rus sian .tnmmander in .Sona,' llzri shal Feodor " L: Tolbukhin,- said, The ' evacuation of i Bulgarian troop from Greek territory was undertaken Oct 10 by decision of the council of ministers and the evacuation of the officials and transfer f administrative power to the local population was bejun much earlier. It has already been completed.,, ' ' Bens Gc 30:!rPfcs; revr U. S. Ace of Aces . ALLIED IIEADQUATiTEnS, ?,Tew Guinea, Friday, Oct 13 '-(a3) I,Iaj. Richard Bong's 2Cth vend 23ta enemy planes shot down, making him Axnexic&'s ace cf aces, were bajed ia Tuesday's tig raid en Japan's a refinery base of EallAp-pan, Borneo, head quarters dlsclcid today. - ! Into Germany lroop 1S41 aiaikes Ma for Fiinal. Gov. Bricker Rslz That Government Go Back to People ....... ' l''-Vy . - 2000 Hoar Talk By Republican Nominoo Hero By S. Boyd Bllton ' The government of the -United States - must be returned to the people a' housecleaning held - m Washington and Gov. Tom Dewey is the man to handle both Jobs, Gov. John" W. Bricker told 2000 Oregonians who . assembled before the Capitol-Thursday after noon to hear the republican candi date' for vice presIdeht'V;.-":;','. Introduced by ! Oregon's Gov. Earl SneUV the Ohloan, here for a brief stop of SO minutes en route to Eugene, lost no time in getting mto hia stride,-lashing the new deal and declaring as a climax that "19 years is too long for any man to occupy the important of fice of president; it gives too much power; and, worse still, too much desire for power; too much money to spend; all of which creates a bureaucracy and ends up in autoc racy." Oregon "Republican" "Everywhere we hear Oregon will go republican " this year," Governor Bricker said. - - . ; ; , The candidate described the two great political parties "symbols of what we have accomplished to give this nation its high standing in International affairs. However, the jdeals which these two parties have built up through the years Is endangered. ' w- f As long as the several states maintain government by the po ple the values will hold, but once lost the freedom of which we are so proud is also lost , '. Candidates "Praised ' , ,-' "In the endeavor to put the gov ernment back into the hands of the people, the election of . your candidates for the United States senate Is an important matter, When! Governor Dewey becomes president he will need (Wayne) Morse and (Guy) . Cordon.' Th e same thing goes for your congress men. They will be needed to sup port the administration -of the new president? 5 Bricker also paid, high tribute to Governor Snell, who Introduced the Ohioan as . "the next vice president of the United States" a comment which ? drew a long ovation.-., -(Additional details of Salem and Eugene appearances on pages" 13 and 18.) I Heltz'el, First Ration t Board Head, Resigns 'f Johnr A. HeltzeL i first and to date only ' chairman of Salem's World War II war price and ra tioning board, Thursday an nounced his resignation as chair man and member of the board. : HeltzeL appointed by - Gov. Charles A. Sprague nearly three years ago, declared In his letter to the board that "this is necessary to prevent further neglect of my professional duties." ,. " ' Adding Machine Error Sends War Cliest Campaign Tumbling An adding machine error sent official figures in the Salem Unit ed War Chest campaign tumbling Thursday but failed to lower hopes of more than 500 solicitors who expect td Ti3 thir 434v0-caparity chest to 'overflowing hy. Monday noon's linal.repQTt. luncheon.' : V J , OfficiaDyV Thursday noon, the chest total, was $T2i7, but tythls morning, partially, checked report had placed the unofficial Cure about $73,C00. ; : In an effort to get statistics ac curately aligned, war chest , cam paigners have been asked to meet this noon at the Marion for a luncheon session devoted entirely to the drive. . " . Each ether report luncheon, Lowell ?. Kern, - chest president, pointed out Thursday, has carried news cf the drive's projress to a ; service club. Today's, he de clared, "should tell chest workers where we stand and should, send us out with the ammunition to complete the campaign. ? Every worker who can be la the down t"7.n area at ths noon hour is It's a Good Tiling He Didn't Take on ArLive Elephant TACOMA, Oct 12 -UPf Kicked by a rabbit, Fred Hansen, 71, of route 2, tonight is. recovering in a Tacoma hospitaL r ' ' With an open clasp knife in his pocket Hansen this afternoon was preparing to kill and dress a rab bit for dinner when the : animal gave several hard kicks which plunged the knife Into Hansen's abdomen. He was taken to the surgery immediately upon arrival at the hospital where it was found the knife did not penetrate any vi tal spots. . i ,. Bombers Deal 'Cassino Blow' azis ROME. Oct 12-(ff)-American planes in their greatest blow yet in the Italian campaign delivered a "Cassino-type" assault on Ger man bivouacs and stores in the Bologna area today, attempting to blast a pathway into the Po valley for the. US fifth army which has been halted by a nazi death stand in the Appennine mountains Just south of Bologna. -;- V, :', ' The force of US Flying Fortres ses and Liberators was the largest 15th air force armada ever sent over a " single target area even greater than the one which left Cassino in ruins last spring and was integrated closely with pow erful attacks by tactical medium and fighter-bombers.' ''.'" The heavy bombers cast a tre mendous load of fragmentation and demolition bombs on German barracks, bivouacs, stores and dumps in a rough circle around Bologna. The Liberators hit four stores and depots, two barracks, group of workshops, an ammu nition dump and an ammunition factory, early reports disclosed. Seven separate waves of B-25 Mitchells also swooped through morning clouds on a similar mis sion, but concentrated mostly on enemy positions just a few miles north of where , the US ground troops were locked in fierce battle with the nazi. Bars lifted on Dog Tags, Auto Plates WASHINGTON, Oct 12 - (fl3) -Automobile license plates," dog tags and other metal licenses were re Stored to a prewar production basis by the war production board today through revocation of three orders restricting their manufac ture. 7th War Loan Set DALLAS, Oct 12-(JP)-Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau said here tonight there would be sev enth war loan drive, adding that the demands for .money; would continue until after victory is won. ' In dramatic and moving fashion, Dr. J. C - Harrison, pastor of Sa lem's First Methodist church and member .of the chest directorate. discussed the' dependency of the America of ' tomorrow upon the interest civilians take today in the youth at home and in tmiform, as ha- spoke before Lions- club mem bers and. war chest workers at Thursday's report luncheon. The- America which offered boy from the lower east side of New York a chance to become four times governor of ; his state and his party's candidate for presi dent; the eon of humble German Immigrants the opportunity to be ccane a business leader, candidate for the presidency and the prac tical visionary of "One World- the "siaple red-headed girl frcsa a Canadian" farm the leadership of thousands and a temple pulpit - this America will cot exist for men now. ChtiE overseas nor for their children" unless such 8 enciesiS the Y1ICA, YV7CA and ether youth triih cr-rtiorj ccr.'J IlirrLcn declared. Un Italy i Price 5c No, 177 85ofGtyIs Ruined; Nazis Risk Planes v By Heward Cowan - LONDON, Oct IS-vW-The Ger man high command hurled ISO fighter planes into the defense of flaming Aachen last night as American . infantry -. wrested ' a northeastern factory suburb from the stand-and-diei garrison and massed for the final assault on this ancient Invasion gateway to the reich, - - ; Eighty-five percent of Aachen- subjected to a greater ordeal by fire than any part of the reich had undergone before lay in smoking nuns, pilots reported i after 500 tons of bombs were rained during the day, on this historic city of . German kings.: v .J Nasi Planes Appear The swarm of Messerschmitts " and Focke-Wulfes droned over,' apparently bent on attacking the siege lines, just as the last Amer ican bombs were crashing down, and some US fighterbombers turn ed to attack with a ton of bombs still lashed to their wings. - In the aerial -melee, 12 German planes were shot down, six more "' damaged and two other probable kills were registered, while four American fighters were shot' from the sky. ... Sesae Surrender - Out of the smoking, rain drenched ruin that , was Aachen straggled a few soldiers and civil lans, unwilling to stand longer with the 1500 of the garrison who since lpjn. yesterday have been plastered with hundreds of tons of shells and bombs from artillery massed near , the outskirts and cloud-of warplanee roaring' over in endless precession. . p - - t ' 5 .Fighting methodically from fac tory to factory, the doughboys i were routing the Germans in the outskirts with rifle and grenade, and a field dispatch, said that among buildings cleared were two war plants, one making halftracks and the other artillery wagons. - All day long a crack German di- -. vision with 20 to 25 tanks " beat' without success against American ' lines north of Aachen, trying to -relieve the , doomed " garrison through a mile-wide corridor be-, tween the siege positions. ,1 . The assault waves broke In a', terrible barrage from American: v artillery, including 1 230-MM and ' eight-inch guns, which girdle the -corridor. : ,.; - Ex-Argentina President Dies i BUENOS AIRES, Oct 12-UP)- I Dr.! Ramon S. Castillo, former ' president of Argentina, died to- ' night , j. . '- Castillo, 72 years old, was oust- ' ed from the presidency by the mil- ' itary coup of June 5, 1943. ' I ' He underwent two operations a ' little over a year ago and after a I long period of convalescence in a hospital returned to his Buenos Aires home where he had been -living quietly. -! C ; i I"'? . Castillo, who championed neu- trality for Argentina in the present ; world war, was elevated to the " presidency June 27, 1942, when ' the senate accepted the resignation ' of the near blind Roberto M. Or tiz as chief executive but actually ' he had ruled the country, as vice president,"since July S, 1940, when Ortiz took a leave of absence in a vain effort to recover his health. .'. 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