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The OUTGO!! STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. FrldaY Mcming. Decemljer .22, 1S44
British Batter
Remnants of 3
, . . - - -
Jap Divisions
' CALCTiTTA,iOec 21--I?em-Bants
'of three Japanese divisions
J fell back down the - Myitkyina
Mandalay railway in Burma to
day, offering only slight opposi-
tion to pursuing British troops
who occupied ' the rail , town of
Wuntho, 13S miles north of Man-
dalay. f f. -v
kc. The Japanese apparently were
dnaking' a full withdrawal into
southern Burma, it was stated in
field dispatches received here at
I headquarters of the allied land
. forces of southeast Asia.
To the east near J the China
Burma border the 30th Chinese
' division ih an encircling move
ment captured ,., three villages
about SO miles north of Namh
kan, where-the Japanese are ex
pected to make their last stand
.In defense of the old Burma road.
It was announced. j
The Japanese defended the
three-village area furiously for
,,rnore than a week, and an Amer
ican observer 'highly praised the
Chinese for- their victory. It was
estimated that 200 Japanese were
killed. I
'Blue,' Yellow?
Discharges Hit
:C SEATTLE, Dec. 21. -(-Service
.'men's "blue'' and "yellow' ' -dis-f
charges were condemned today by
the Washington state Veterans of
Foreign wars..
v, John L. Slavenburg, state serv
;lce officer, said thousands of
'service men are now receiving
;blue" discharges from the army
"or J'yellow'4 ones from the navy
for minor infractions of military
: regulations I or because they are
unfitted for military service. ,
V - "These men are finding it diffi-
cult to obtain employment when
'forced to display a discharge
which fails to indicate honorable
service," he said.
Chinese Told
Raids Coming
i CHUNGKING, Dec. 21-fllVThe
" Chungking radio broadcast insis
tent appeals to Chinese civilians
today to evacuate Japanese-held
I cities along the China-cost and
1 elsewhere in advance of Impend
ing major blows by the American
ir force. ' -J', v- :t ' "
Maj. Gen Robert -B. HcClure,
XJ. S. chief ,of staff m the China
; theatre, accompanied the., appeal
V with an announcement that Amer-:
' lean plane would bomb every
Japanese-held supply port of the
-China mainland with "the maxl
Vsnum tonnage of bombs and the
'.greatest number of planes which
l.can be obtained.' - - ;
Thrones View ;
YalezBody
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec.
. f WtfVHundreds of friends and
admirers today thronged a mor-
tuary for a ."; final gjimpse of the
' once-fiery tupe . Valez, Mexican
(actress whoj last week took her
wn life for unrequited love.
V-' Garbed in white robe, the for
vmer star wore golden slippers and
V diamond 1 bracelet with gold
T.links, the" lone selection from her
vast array of costly jewelry. Her
.'head rested on a pillowot white
gardenias and a gold crucifix en
' twined In her fingers.
Thumbnail
of War! .
(By the AsVoeUtad Press)
: Western Europe The . un
checked German offensive rolls
' ahead 32 miles through Belgium
and slashes a vital allied high
way 18 miles south of the fort
ress of Liege. T5
Russia Berlin says 100,000
'Russian. troops hack out new
gains in an .effort to take the
-besieged capital from the rear.
. Italy Two crack Canadian
. regiments , . throw back 13 .fierce
German counterattacks in nine
hours against their Naviglio ca
nal . bridgehead. : " ; ;V7
. Pacific Remnants of shatter
ed Japanese units blasted from
the . Yamashita line on Leyte
are lutilely. attempting to flee
the Ormoc corridor. , : : ;
. Banna Three Japanese divi
.sions retreat down the Myitky-ina-Mandalay
railway, - offering
slight opposition - to . pursuing
British troops, who occupied
Wuntho, . 135 miles north of
Mandalay. . ,
D-Day Prayer
Of Roosevelt j
HisJPresent
, WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.-jT))-A
scroll of President Roosevelt's -D-
day prayers for victory over the
"unholy forces of our enemy" was
his Christmas gift, tod ay to White
House employes.
More than 300 executive office
employes, guards and servants
were given their presents early so
President and Mrs. Roos e velt
might enjoy their, own yuletide
quietly with their only daughter
and a few grandchildren. None of
the four uniformed sons will be at
the presidential fireside. -
v As workmen beean rmttintf in
place the wreaths, mistletoe and
poinsettias, for the holiday dec
orations, the president and first
lady received' first more than 250
members of the office staff.
' Besides a handshake and oral
greeting, each received a 21 by
14 inch scroll, engraved in black,
gold, red and blue letters that be
gan "D-day prayer by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt from the
White House, June 6, 1944," and
ended "Christmas, 1944- - - from
FDR." .
Anna Trover,
Salem Artist, x
Dies at Home
Anna Louise Trover, welfl
known artist and photographer.
died at her home, 122 North Com
mercial, late Thursday night She
had been ill for .over a year, j
Mrs. Trover was born in Peru.
1114 Jan. 28, 1862, and came to Sa
lem to live with her brother, the
late Thomas Jefferson Cronise, in
1890 and bought the old Catterlin
photograph studio -.which stood at
the corner of State and High
streets.
She was married to H. D. Tro
ver on Dec. 20, 1893, and they
later added the, Cherrington stu
dio; at Chemeketa and Commer
cial ! streets. to their interests.
Since . then they have conducted
their business in various locations
in Salem, for the past 20 years at
their home address. with. Mrs.
Trover doing china painting and
oil ; water colors also. - Last year
they i observed their eolden wed
ding t anniversary with a large
celebration. - '."",
Survivors include the widower.
and several nieces and nephews,
including Harry Cronise of Salem.
Ralph Cronise of Albany and Mrs.
ixnuse Benjamin of Tillamook, f ,
'Funeral announcements will be
bade later from the W. TV Rigdon
company, m j
Nazi Saboteurs Dress
In Uniforms of Allies
PARIS, DecJ 21 -(&)- French
military authorities issued a warn
ing today to the population against
German firth columnists, and sab
oteurs dressed in allied uniforms
and carrying allied identity cards.
; The warning, said infiltrations
' of such nazis already had occur
red along the Luxembourg front
aod declared, "the French public
Is placed on guard against them."
, Too Late to Classify ;
AP Asks Suit
Be Dismissed
' WASHINGTON, ! Dec. 2l-(Jpy-Outright
dismissal of the govern
ment's anti-trust suit against, the
Associated Press was ' asked by
the news cooperative today on the
ground the case was based "on a
theory not. yet embraced In our
law." . . V..
The dismissal request was made
in a memorandum filed with the
supreme court, which has the
case under consideration. ;
In asking dismissal of the suit,
the AP contended that "the egali
tarian (equal sharing) philosophy
espoused by the government has
time and again been rejected by
this 'court." '."-t.i
WTD.t Pr. white skates size or 1
phons 7Q7. .
dDbitnary I
Anna LouU Trover, aged S3, at th
residence, 123 N. Commercial. Decern
tr;r 31. Survived by husband. H. D.
Trover of Salem, and. several nieces
nd nephews. Funeral announcements
later by the W. T. Rigdoa company. ,
Court Dismisses ; s 1
Howell's Complaint .'
PORTLAND, Dec. 21-Judge
Franklin C Howell's complaint
declaring the nomination and el
ection of James R. Bain as circuit
judge null and void was dismissed
in circuit court here today. - .'.
District Attorney Bain, who de
feated Howell for the coat in th
November election, was legally
for the. six-year term starting Jan.
z, decided Judge Charles' H.
combs, Lakeview. .
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Herman E. Lafky
To Practice Law -
time in Bend
Herman E. Lafky, Salem attor
ney, will take over the private law
practice of City Attorney Ross
Farhham of Bend, during a'two-
months absence of the latter, and
will operate the Bend office in
conjunction with his Salem prac-
uce, xaijcy saia mursaay.
In connection with a report from
Bend that he planned to make his
residence therev Lafky said "fu-1
ture plans with respect to. that of
fice have not yet ; been deter-
mlnedVHe will visit Bend each
Friday and Saturday.
A, brother, Ray Lafky, attorney
with the state industrial accident
commission, plans to resume pri
vate practice with Herman E. Laf
ky, the latter said. ; '
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' You know; the old trick of turn
ing, the watch ahead so that you
will always be on time, or nearly
so? I'm going to have to do some
thing of the sort with the Decem
ber calendar! Uh huh, it is being
done.- ".-''"'r'?' '--
Take the MaxVAlfo'rds, for in
stance. They had their first Christ
mas a week or so ago. One of the
nice things about such an observ
ance, according to Capt. Alford, is
that mistakes can always be recti
fied December- 25. He was going
to give Mrs. tAlford half the trac
tor, but seems she already owned
a larger percentage than that . . .
so . . . well, we can think of other
fine gifts to make a garden grow.
Not having been as foresighted
as the Alfords, I shall now pro
ceed to convert my family to com
munism so 'they will be willing
to celebrate Russian Little Christ
mas in January. '
'Dream House' Prize
To Be Awarded Today s
- At a 4 pjri Victory center pro
gram loday . the winner of . the
$4000 Victory "dream house"
offered as a prize in the recently
concluded successful Sixth War
Loan 'campaign In Marion county
will be selected. The winner need
not be present at the - program,
but must report' within . seven
days. U ' ; I ' ;.'-,' f.
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National War Labor Board,
Washington, D. C
December 18, 1944
" Your telegram of December j 14, demanding that Wards comply with war la
bor board's order covering Wards "four . Detroit stores was obviously intended to :
give to the public the false impression that, wages are the major' issue. . .
: The board knows very well that Wards has offered .to adopt the minimum
wage rates, recommended by the board. The board knows very t well that Wards
policy is to pay wages as high or higher than those paid by other employers in.the
community for similaremployment. The board did not base its wage recommen
dations upon the survey of competitive rates made by the Bureau of Labor Statis
tics. Mr. Davis, chairman of the war labor board, deliberately-attempted in his
December 16 press release to mislead the public into believing otherwise. Wards
'only objection to any of the board's wage recommendations has been in those in
stances where the board has arbitrarily demanded that Wards 'substantially in
crease its rates above those of its competitors in the highly competitive retail fieljj.
The board knows very well that the real issue arises from its attempt to im
' pose upon Wards a closed shop in .the form of maintenance of, membership, toge
ther with the check-off of union dues from wages. Wards has refused to agree to
k any form of closed shop, or compulsoiy union, membership,' because the closeJ'
shop violates the American principles of liberty and freedom. The board is well
informed as to Wards position. ! j ; '
v ' Mr. Davis is quoted in the press as threatening the cancellation of Wards pri
orities.. The denial of scarce materials to Warcls, and the seizure of its business if
Wards does not comply with the board's demands. These are the tactics by which,
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me Doara nas coercea innumerable employers mio granting speciajf privileges jo la
bor unions. ' 'l-i 1 '
The board knows very weir that its orders cannot be legally (enforced by such
punishments. Congress, which is the sole law-making 'authority ' under our con
stitution, omitted from the war labor disputes act all provisions which would have
given board orders the force of law. Congress included in the original draft of the
law a section which would have made board orders enforceable iij the courts. Con
gress later 'removed this provision; upon the written request of j Mr. Davis, who
asked that board orders be left as fmefe declarations" which no one could be com
pelled to accept.-Mr. Davis express reason for his request was that the board would
then not be "subject to court review of its decisions."
:The board knows very well that its orders are consequently, unenforceable.
The court of appeals of the District of Columbia has held, at the request of the at
torney general, acting as counsel for tb.6 board, that orders of the war labor board ,
are merely "advice" which no one has any legal duty to obey. The court held that
anyone who refuses to comply with orders of the war labor board' is not defying a
command of the government, and that, since the orders are merely advisory, no
government official has the right to impose punishments on those who do not .
comply. The supreme court has; refused to alter this decision.
The board knows very well, "since its, orders are legally unenforceable, and
v since congress has not authorized any punishment for those who reject the advice of '
the board, that the reprisals with which it threatens Wards are necessarily illegal.
The Presidenrpf the United States knew this when he recentlyj; explained to Nr.
Petrillo of the American Federation of Muscians why that union could not be com
pelled to obey aboard order. :l - - -
Wards has violated no law, norj denied to any union a privilege to which it is
legally entitled. Wards' has many j times informed that board that its closed shop
demands would require Wards to violate the national labor relations act. Wards
cannot in good citizenship accept the boar ds advice, and give to the union1 special
privileges which Wards believes to be not only unfair and uneconomic, but illegal.
The time has come for the board to v cease its threats of reprisal upon those -who
reject its advice. The board's policy oi granting special privileges to unions
has led to a breakdown of collective bargaining and has encouraged strikes in
: time of war. The board's disregard of the facts and its pretense of an authority
which it does not possess have destroyed the confidence of labor; industry and the I
public. The usefulness of the wart labor board in the settleinent pf wartime labor
; disputes has been destroyed." ' " ' r , - !' . " "
The best interest of the employes and employers and the welfare of the Am
erican people, demand that congress face the realities of the country's need. The
great problem of wages and the closed shop in time of war should be governed ly
law and must be solved by congress ' 'I
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. r Tf the board desires a further j hearing, Wards, as always, will be happy to
attend. ' - . : 7; - " , 'i T, . '- y - ' ' -
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