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'UtD fTDDGB ; One of the Washington column lsU, Thomas L. Stokes, in a post election ' column, warned 3 tb while the election wu over the people still had the duty to stand guard lest their will as expressed in the poll be disregarded. It is test of democracy, he wrote, "to keep continually alert to sea that the mandates of the election, the things about , which the people spoke so plainly, are carried into execution." He says there is tendency in Washington, with so many people handling the ball for the ball to get lost; hence, "it Is essential for the people to in form themselves and to see that the election does not get lost there. ; A 1 a c k a d a y, how different Is .what comes out the little end of the political horn from what went in at the big end. The vanity of political promises " has - become "byword. 'The backfire of "he kept us out of war" still 'hangs over from the 1916 campaign, followed so soon afterwards as it was by our involvement in the first world .war. And one has only to reread the democratic platform of 1932 and the speeches of Mr. Roosevelt In that campaign to see how'little of that mandate (for economy,, for reduction of .bureaus) survived in the ensuing years, j v : ; But this is not a nevf complaint under democratic, government Those who know their Dickens' novels may recall the scene which young Nicholas Nickelby chanced to witness in the offices of , (Continued on editorial page) J Have Cut China rhroush Middle . CHUNGKING, Nov. 20 -(jP) Chinese troops are fighting inside Bhamo, strongest remaining Japa nese base in North Burma, and have recaptured the Burma road town of Mangshih, 62 miles Inside China from the Burma border, the Chinese high command announced today.; Against these allied victories, the high command 'acknowledged indirectly that two great Japanese forces aggregating probably 250, 000 troop who were Invading Kwangsi province from the ' east and north had completed a Junc tion west of Liuchow, severing China and completing an unbrok en link all the way from Manchur ia to Hongkong. (The Tokyo radio in a broadcast recorded by the FCC declared that the US air force in China had destroyed and abandoned its air field at Hanning ' (Yungning), about 100 miles south-ibuthwest of the point where the Japanese Junction appeared to have been effected. The unconfirmed Japa- , nese report said the Nanning field was "the sole enemy air base In South China.") ' Eolkes Appeal In 'Lower 13' Death Denied The last hope for life, bar one, rwas gone today for Robert E. Lee Folkes, railroad cook convicted of the "lower 12" knife killing of Mrs. Martha Virginia James, 21, of Nor folkVa, n Linn county Jan. 23, 1943. - . , The US supreme court yesterday declined to: review the case and Folkes' resentencing at Albany has but to await official copies of that decision. , He was convicted of first degree murder and the de cision was upheld 5 to 2 in the state supreme court - ' The split vote in the state's high court was due to appeal attorneys' contention that a new trial was warranted because a stenograph' , er s memoranda tr the negro youth s confession was represented to the jury as a signed admission of guilt. The unsuccessful appeal to the US high court was based on the same claim. , Folkes ' sole remaining hope would lie with Gov. Earl SneU in regard to clemency. Nazis Lose Another General in Action V . - ' - . . .. a , SIXTH ARMY GROUP IN FRANCE, Nov. 20 -P)- The Ger mans have lost another general, llaior General osctunann, com mander of the 338th Infantry di vision, who was killed by artil lery fire Nov: 14 at the start of the French offensive in the Bel- fort sector, it was learned today German People Urged To Stall Off Defeat LONDON, Nov.; 20 -WV The German people were told tonight by their chief commentators that they must strive:-with aU their taight to prevent an allied victory on the western front by Christ ' roas, and new "fight to the death" oath was prescribed for aU May . Oman soldiers. . .; . innmr-Foir ym 12 paces 118Japali Destroyed Carrier Planes Make 4lh: Strike At Manila ;Area v By Charles IL McMortry i i US PACIFIC FLEET HEAD QUARTERS, Pearl - Harbor, Nov. 2HtfVIn their fourth strike in forcethis month at the Manila area, US carrier planes Saturday destroyed a total of 118 Japanese planes and set fire to two large cargo ships and one large oil tank er, Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an nounced today. 1," ; ' Only light Japanese fighter, op position was met as the carrier planes raked shipping and airfield targets. Ten planes were shot down in the air, eight others de stroyed by fighters near the Amer ican carriers and about 100 de stroyed on the ground. ' . , Total New 731, This increased to 731 the total enemy- warplanes destroyed by navy forces in the air or aground in the Philippines this month. - (The month's unofficial grand total for the Philippines now is 921 Japanese planes destroyed, includ ing those smashed by army and naval fliers under command of Gen. Douglas McArthur). ; McCain Commands ! ' Nimitz disclosed thatVice Adm J. S. McCain, formerly air com mander in the South Pacific and recently naval air chief In Wash inston. commanded : the carrier task force which hit Saturday. Despite the heavy toll exacted on enemy shipping rin. -repeated strfltesr' brk the Manila ? bay - area, the apparent absence ,. of vessels there Saturday is surprising, be cause of Japan's great need to keep Luzon reinforced and well-supplied against an invasion threat. Murray Call For Revision Of Little Steel CHICAGO, Nov. 20 - Iff) - CIO President Philip Murray brought delegates to the seventh convert? Lion to their feet cheering today when he extended : a real olive branch to employers, and called for revision of the little steel for mula limiting wages. ! "We haV no desire to quarrel with business, Je told the 600 representatives of constlt uent members of the , congress, "we don't want to indulge in constant fights with business or industry. "It Is our desire to get along with business, to get along with in dustry, to work with them in the manner indicated by Bishop Shiel this morning. We believe In labor' management cooperation. We do not subscribe to the foolhardy, an tiquated notions of strike and strife." All Farm Machinery Free From Rationing - WASHINGTON, NOV. 20 -iJP) Termination of rationing and dis tribution control over corn pick ers, the last item remaining on the farm machinery ration list, was announced today by the war food administration. AU other items were removed from the ration list on Sept. 28T Airpla Master Plan for Regulating World Air Transport Ready By James J. Streblg - Atooeiated Preia Aviation Editor CHICAGO, Nov, 2of A master plan for regulating world air trans port, with a few major items put aside for further negotiation, was placed tonight before 54 delega tions to the international civil av iation conference for study and consideration. ::':: :' j .; . ' " The plan was developed duiftng nine days of intensive consultation and drafting during which the or iginal proposals : of the United States, - Canada and the United Kingdom were merged. - Still In dispute are the question of whe ther airline carrying capacity should be fixed and the broad Is sue of freedom of the air. In this latter respect, the United States receded somewhat from its first position by recognizing the right of each nation to say what routes commercial air lines should . lol low in passing through its air Gauleiter Addresses Recrdts pf ". rr;rrT'T . m in .j ,n;.'!, i J i n,,,m Against a! packgronnd of bombed U;' i ' - terDaener addresses voussinrm, or people s army, recruits in nan aver. Germany, aecordmsr to the caption aceomDanrtna' this German photo service by the Swedish- wirepbvto via radio from Stockholm) ; . Borid Biiyers to jFlock to Booths Today for Real. 6th Loan Sendoff ij . . . With aj jreserved seat to a big movie premiere as certain and with an opportunity to win a post were expected to flock to the issuing booths Tuesday to give the Sixth Wif Loan campaign a real - The reserved tickets for the first Salem showing of "The Very Thought Jqf You" in the evening of November 29 will be available at all issuing agencies' at once, ac-e cording tcj Chairman Douglas Y ea ter. With j&ennis Morgan, Beanor Parker anl Dane Clark as stars, Manager teo Henderson of the Grand Theater expects a sell out well befoj-i next week's showing. 8tage Show Dae ' ( :; In addition to the movie pre miere, the brand will offer a sur prise stag entertainment that is expected to be of great interest to local j theater goers. Certain sections a the premiere will be set aside for $25 bond buyers, $50, $100, $500 and $1000 purchasers, according o Manager Henderson, but all tit cet holders will be as sured of a seat. j: Interestj n the grand prize of a postwar house was mounting as supply dealers, realtors, lumber men and equipment houses were Joining in jtjhe pledges for .sufficient bonds witn which to build a com plete home after hostilities: have ceased. The goal of $4000 matur ity value dij the bond prize was ex pected to ibe passed soon. . Tickets Available Tickets for the grand drawing as well . at the movie premiere are being! issued at all agencies, whichnorJ include the pew toff ice, banks, bond headquarters, Pen ney's, Sers Roebuck, Montgom ery Wa( and , the state . oficcs. Bond headquarters on Norui Lib erty strei in particular Is ex pected to! Write up many - bonds for Marion county purchasers, who were out early In their efforts to surpass thf $5,000,000 quota and again shok the way -to the state in X bond purchases. space. This! implies at least nou f ication cm- the intention to Cy across, a provision wmcn cud not appear in the American proposal. It seemed obvious tnai an siaes had made 1 Concessions. For one thing, the; pnited States came to Chicago intending only -to begin the foundation for a world agency. while the- British and Canadian wanted to 'establish one. The docu ment putlUhed tonight, while It does not commit the three propos ers to its terms, would establish on international air administra tion, with ah assembly and a board of directors. - : There ejso the Canadian, view, which got: wide support from I tin America, that certain seats should be' assigned to leading av iation countries, rather designating such countries arbitrarily, pre vailed. The plan will be considered formally at a full session of the conference! tentatively scheduled for Wednesday ncrciEg. Salem. Orecon. Tuesday bnUdings, tianleiier Hartmann Lan- picture agency Pressens Bild. (AF Expected - war dream house, bond buyers- sendoff in Marion county. 2000 Yankee Planes Blast am LONDON, Nov. 20 -(ffV- About 2000 American planes: raided Ger many again today, bombing two synthetic oil .. plants, wrecking i strategic railway yard and straf ing retreatinc nazi troops with cannon' fire, v; RAF heavy Lancasters followed the US blows with an afternoon strike into the industrial Ruhr, at tacking unannounced objectives under an umbrella of Spitfires and Mustangs, it More . than 600 Liberators and Flying Tortrtsst - from the Ital ian - based US 15th airforce push ed out, into upper Silesia and left smoke ) and flames- pouring from the Blechhammer oil works. Another 180 American heavies slipped out from eighth airforce bases in England and pinpointed their bomb loads in a tight con centration on the Schelven-Buer synthetic oil plant, at Gelaenkir chen. 1 - Walkout Ends At Shipyard PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. VHJPf- A walkout of shipyard workers converting baby flattops ended today :! when Commercial Iron Works agreed to suspend a super intendent and two assistants., :' The company and AFL union officials, who had - appealed - to members to remain on the job, said ; thev three men would t be Withdrawn from their jobs tem porarQy pending an Investigation by a labor-management commit- t. i .' " S-.-V--'"--'' The unauthorized walkout be gan Saturday ;; night when 500 swing-shifters on" the conversion dock protested the resignation of two superintendents and the ap pointment 'of the new men. : The walkout did not affect other parts of the yard., Solons Urged to Pass Up'V-EDay'Uuirabi WASHINGTON, Nov. ZO-W-Congress will be asked to go on record against any celebration of "victory' when "Germany surren Rep. Brehm (R-Ohlo) said to day he will introduce a resolution calling on the country to- 'remem ber that V-E day wP -r rr--- the end cf war." C7 Morning, Norember 21. 1344 Special Erection ,. - i -. . . . ' . - - ....'- , r Planned i , Three Questions WiU Be Voted oh lbruary 91945 To consider purchase of the wes terly 43 acres of Bush's pasture, whether to grant or notto grant a franchise to Salem Electric co operative and the "proposed ex tension of the city's boundaries. a special election, has been called! for the city of Salem for Feb. t, 1945. . -v-: u- r.M " The "standing -Toom only. sign was out Monday night before the city council had dispensed with preliminaries and moved on to the four crucial ordinances. ' - Speak for Park After 14 persons representing chamber of commerce and junior chamber, school board, Willamette university, Business and Profes sion Woman's club, individual and cultural interests had spoken, in behalf of the purchase of the $175,000 pasture for park and play ground purposes and two had ex pressed opposition, five city coun cil members opened up on the measure and voiced their, objec tions more vehemently : than they had ever before expressed them from the floor. Only three voted against submission. (See page 2). The fireworks, though of short er duration, were brighter when the question of the cooperative's franchise was sparked. Six coun cil members voted against submit ting it to a vote, but with the vote of Acting Mayor Kenneth Perry there were eight "ayes'V ; Aiopted Rapidly 3 l he so-c&Ued pole' 'ordinance, wrncn requires utilities to hold franchises' and which will in ef fect prohibit Salem Electric from further expansion until ' a fran chise Is granted was adopted with out discussion. :-.-'; 1- ' Fourth of the quartet of related ordinances, that, calling for a spe cial election, passed with two dis senting ; votes and no discussion. YesrlCsBeen: A Might CoTd Salem experienced'' below freez ing temperatures every day dur ing the past seven days and this week has started out to be no ex ception to the record. Climax of the past week was reached Sun day when a minimum tempera ture of 23 degrees was registered, with Monday's minimum at 28 de grees. ....-,. 1 ,.:',; ' -j 'Average minimum temperature for the same period ha November for the past .10 years is 38 de grees, reports . the ' local weather bureau. Maximum temperature for the week was.55 degrees. No rain fall was reported. Poles Puslifed From Fortino ROME, Nov. 20 - m - A' fierce German counterattack has knock ed Polish troops of the Eighth army from Monte Fortino, a small peak overlooking two secondary roads to Faenza about five miles to the northwest, allied headquarters said today. - The- Poles repulsed two nazi charges before being forced - to withdraw, r Monte Fortino,', although - less than 1000 feet high,' commands a wide stretch of flat ground lead Ing to Faenza, a junction point on the lateral Bologna-Rimini high way. . J. Patrols reported the Germans have dug in and set up crude forti fications in this ; area, which ap parently is the pivotal point - for both the enemy line swuigii northeastward to the Adriatic and the thinly 'defended line Homing into the Apennines. . Belgium Recalcitrants . Will Surrender Arms BRUSSELS, Nov. 20 -W- The chiefs of Belgium's various r sistance organizations agreed to day to deliver all the arms of the resistance - forces to . the allied armies by Saturday and concurred in the procedure by which the weapons will be surrendered. Meeting with Maj. Gen. W, E. J, Erskine and other officials of the supreme allied headquarters mis sion j to Belgium, the resistance leaders-' agreed their organizations would deliver the arms at a des ignated depot. ' . ' rn Superforts Blast j Island of Kyushu .' In Jap Homeland I WASH IN Q TO N,' Nov. SI -(Tnesday) -(Jpl- -A large task tone ef s B-tt U Saperfortress bembers hit the Island of Kr shn m Japan's homelaad today. Flying r fram China, the big planes dropped their expletive ; against , Industrial :' tarceta, said an annooneement by Gen. H. H. Arnold.'' ' :f '"" . ':;: Kynsha b the seatbernxoott ef the Japanese home Islands. On It is Omnra, a big aircraft center. Omnra was amonr the spots bit Nev. 11 when the Superfortresses completed their 'seventh snkslen Im XI days. -- - Soviets Launch Drive Reports Berlin ' LONDON, Tuesday, Nov. 21-;P) -Russian troops yesterday fought their way into the outskirts, of Miskolc, Hungary's ! fifth " largest j city, as Berlin announced that the Red army had opened its grand winter offensive in the frozen north with attacks on 300,000 Ger mans pocketed In western Latvia. Moscow, telling of a six-column Russian drive through - Hungary's mountains to : within 20 miles of the old Chechoslovakian frontier, did not confirm the German an nouncement of a Latvian offen sive; , ' . ;S But Berlin said the Russians- estimated to have a reservoir of 500,000 to 1,000,000 troops in Lat via,; had: hurled huge infantry. tank, plane and artillery forces against the Germans on a. 30-mile front near LJepaja, one of the two Baltic escape' ports left, to. the enemy. . ' " x'f"f '", In the violent fighting which Berlin said was now entering fits third day, the Russians were ad mitted to have ripped holes in the axis lines, but the Germans claim ed these werf sealed off in counter-attacks. -Ml- - --jT-.i if , ' ' rtSj;;-; LossoTen ! Small Vessels WASHINGTON, Nov. "20 HJf) Loss of one destroyer, two de stroyer escorts and seven less craft in the Pacific was announced by the" navy tonight.: Of the total of 10 vessels, the communique said seven were lost through enemy action or the perils of the sea in the Philippines area. But it was specified that they were not casualties of the big battles of October 24-25. The others went down in the New Guinea area.- Losses in Philippine t waters were the- destroyer : Abner Read, the destroyer escort Eversole, the mine sweeper YMS 70, PTs 320 and 321, the fleet tug Sonoma, and the landing craft (infantry) IOCS. The other vessels wer the de stroyer escort Shelton and the PTs 388 and 371. Retail Drag Stores Increase Basiness ! WASHINGTON; Nov. 20 - UP) r Retail drug stores, less hampered by wartime merchandise shortages than many other retailers, will sell 2.8 billion dollars worth of goods this year, the commerce depart ment estimated today. Latvian Navy Kepo Decision Nullifies State Community Property Law The United Stales supreme, court Monday invalidated the Ok- lahoma community property law. That- acuon, ; Attorney General George Neuner and other ; state officials declared, virtually nulli fies the Oregon law , under which a man and wife may split their total income 50-50 for federal in come tax purposes. . Neuner; said Oregon's law was copied almost word for word from the Oklahoma enactment and both were optional. : v:;-tj i ''Ji,v. "It Is my opinion,' Neuner saio "that under -the decision of the United States supreme . court the federal Internal revenue division will not recognize the Oregon law and it is possible that taxpayers who have filed under the act will be required to make amended fed eral income tax returns. In this event these ; taxpayers probably would be compelled to pay addi tional tax that would have been asked by the government had net Prtea 5c ; Drive : iiitb Both Shineland, 3 French Forces Pout Through Belfort Gap, Plunge to Rhino; Battle for Motz Nearly Ended : By Austin SUPREME HEADQUARTERS 'CALtlED r EXPEDL nONARY FORCE, Paris, tfor. 20-(AP)-Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's allied armies poshed into boih the Rhineland and the Saar basin today in sweeping1 advances which turned the German southern flank and cracked th enemy line from Luxembourg to Switzerland. . j .'v' :' tV! f V Virtually ail organized, resistance in the once-powerful citadel of Bletz came to a halt. j---jjC:(..-;- fh -.:V; ' y Armored' units of the First French army continued to pour through. Belfort Gap, striking! into the city of Belfort itself and driving deeper into the e- flatlands along , the river .Rhine, where they had reached the Ger man border last night at the end of a two-day. 30-mile thrust near the Swiss frontier. : v. v; " 1 Lt Gen. George S. Patton's US Third army, ; which . already was stabbing into - Germany at several points, sent a new armored column smashing across ' the border east of Thionville, and at last reports it was two miles inside Germany and the same distance from the Saar river at Merzig. Third Surges Ahead The Third 'army surged ahead three to six miles '. at numerous places along its whole front, which now Is seven miles i beyond Metz as a result of the link-up of the two forces that swung around the cty from either side. . ,'K ; The only resistance left inside Metz: and that was . spotty was in the extreme porthern and southern tips of the city. Patton's doughboys were wiping out the last defenders in both sections. . With their southern, ilank un hinged from the .Swiss : frontier, and . their Vosges mountain line threatened from the rear, the Ger mans ; were falling back every where before the, French - First arfhy and; the American. Seventh and Third armies. Fight Desperately To the north the enemy : was fighting desperately to hold the Roer river line ahead' of the al lies' Aachen wedge. , ! The closely coordinated drive of the American First and Ninth armies and the . British Second continued with all three hammer' ing : their . way deeper into the reieh, but against the toughest of the enemy's favorite defenses highly mobile troops backed - by strong fixed positions. . Chiang Shakes His Cabinet es j CHUNGKING, Nov. 20-P)-Witxi China's military position becom ing increasingly , more' critical, Generalissimo Chiang, Kai-Shek reshuffled eight cabinet posts to day, - naming able Gen. Chem Cheng minister of war succeeding Gen. Ho Ying-Cbin. i Fopuiar clamor baa - urged a shakeup of the central government for some time in the face of con tinuing Japanese military gains in southeastern China.; ' ! t the community property law been enacted. Only 203 Oregon : couples had filed federal returns under the law. I The state tax commission which has recognited the Oregon com munity, property law also was ex pected to follow any procedure adopted "by . the federal internal revenue i department under - the United States supreme court de cision. r Neuner, at the request of Gov. Earl SnelL Intervened in the Ok lahoma case in the United States supreme court, but made no per sonal appearance. Neuner's brief. arguing for validity of the Okla homa law,, was filed in the high court. ! The Oregon law jwaa" not un der direct attack. The state department here re ported that 1251 filings have been made under the Oregon commun ity property law, WitU Uians Maxim m temperature "Sunday 39 degrees, minimum 23 degree, no rain; river -3' , feet. Maximum temperature Monday ; 47 degrees mini l mom 25, bo rain,, river -I ft. Iltaij:'UV-. n? Ctondf with' vaBei fegS; Taesday and Wednesday. t Ceattaaed coel. . f No. 210 4M rxn BBS! i '! Bealmear G E N E R A L Mac ARTHUR'S HEAD QUARTERS, Philippines, Tuesday, Nov. 21-(P)-Lashed by the third; typhoon of the Leyte Is land I campaign, ' mud - begrimed American infantrymen fought. off a new Japanese counter-attack and continuous armor-led pressure to close their grip around trapped enemy remnants in northern Or moc corridor, 'headquarters' report ed today, ' " ; 4 .-;;; Fierce winds and walls of raits ' hammered the: fighting fronts, dis rupted communications and chal- lenged Leyte-based American air men who, nevertheless, took to the air for offensive and defensive ac- ' won.,; . ; ::!);. .:::.f.:,y -! - Grim American infantrymen of the 32nd division are making "steady ji. proiress' In reducing ; strongly fortified . Japanese : posi tions near Limon, at the northern ' end of Leyte Island's Ormoc cor ridor, headquarters reported. . I The American road diock across Ormoc highway south of Limon. still holds, despite heavy Japanese ; attack. The Imperial First divU j sion, aided by artillery and armor, is attempting to break through the trap enfolding them around Limon Phone Strike I ' Gains Support . v. r. s- 'Ml 11 I t; . ; COLUMBUS, 6 Nov. 20 -ff Passive support of the expanding company workers was pledged to-' night by .Cleveland employes of the American'; Telephone & Tele-', graph company who voted not to, go? through picket lines of the op' erators union! :-.:.?'"'; !; This development followed ac tion of , the national war labor board in ordering immediate ter-, mination of the strike, which has crippled communication in 28 Ohio cities. The WLB said the 1 dispute, was "a threat to the effective pro secution of the war", i A. spokesman of the AT & T employes said, 218 of 330 workers voted to observe the picket lines. GreenlUrges , : Higher Wages j. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 20 -()' William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, sounded a keynote of higher wage scales In opening the annual con vention of the AFL here today In Municipal auditorium. " . 1 He declared higher wages were Justified for labor to maintain prosperity In; the postwar world : because of technological develop ments which enable the individual worker to produce more goodsl ( ..The workers of America must , produce the j Income to pay the public debt and. obligations of the war. Green said, "and they cannot do it if they do not have the wages." mm 2 VaUcy Soldiers ICiUcd JnAcUon 1 :.: 1 Names of Pfc. Glenn Ainsworth, brother of Mrs. Roy If. Kauffman, ; Hubbard, and of Tech. 4 Vyrle C Owens,' son cf Mr. and Mrs.' Wil- Ham A, Ou t ns, route l. box' 184; .' Dayton, are On today's war de partment listtof ! men killed In : action in the European theatre. 4 ; (More on pae 12.) Leyte Yankees i Beaftejap 1 Counterattack
