Weather, . 'i 's rraactseo , Eaten : Salem PwtUU . - 4 trc H ,1 47 trace M 44 .11 .S-'. i o trae Statu Wliiamtuc rlrtr t ft. f to. r FORECAST: (tnm V. S. weather ka. , fau, MrNary field, Salem) Clear to partly rloady mttM warmer temvera tmr today. Miftow tomprator ear-' 7J degree. . , j. v. . t : . NINETY-FIFTH YEAR 10 PAGES Salem Oregon, Saturday Morning. May 19,' 1945 Price 5a No. 48 The Coos Bay Times has ad vanced the suggestion that the state use its credit and borrow money in order to expedite com pletion of the highway reconstruc tion 1 which is needed,! mentioning narticularlv the Columbia river highway, the Pacific highway and the jOregon coast highway. The merit of these projects has long been recognized and j funds have been - allocated to them in sub stantial amounts for the postwar program. Even so it! will take a long time and the Times and the Portland Oregonian point out, to complete the work. , There are some sound arguments in favor of issuing bonds to speed , up the work.- Interest rates are now very low: the 'cost of the money to the state wimld run be tween one and two percent for a bond with maturity of 10 to 15 years. ' The economic' gains from modernized highways! would more :thaii offset the interest charge. : To return to financing road building by borrowing money, however. ' would reverse a policy now of many, years j standing It is true that after the first world war; road bonds were issued up to a peak of over $38,000,000 in 1923 to Bet the state out tof the mud, The, paying process has been long and 'sometimes painful until now . the road debt outstanding amounts , to only about $3,000,000. Pay merits continue on" a diminish- (Continued on Editorial page) . - - i 1 . Truman Offers French Part i ation Iri WASHINGTON, May 18 (ff) . President Truman, ' reaffirming America's historic friendship with France, today expressed a desire to meet General Charles De Gaulle and offered'the French a portion of the American occupa tion zone in Germany. , N In a formal statement issued after he conferred oil a number of problems of "primary interest between the two countries with Georges Bidault, French foreign minister, the chief executive also U Welcomed a n y assistance France "and our other allies' might bring against the Japanese that could be synchronized with operations already planned or un-1 2. Asserted the United States government and its people will continue to take all possible steps to ("facilitate the recovery of France and of her people." 3i Declared France had emerged with renewed strength from the " European war and had 'demon strated her determination and ability, to resume her "rightful and eminent" place among the na tions which will share the major responsibility for maintaining Eu ropean and world peace. j , -4-.-:- - Canada Plans Pacific Force EDMONTON,' Altaj May 1-JP) -Canada will send about 30,000 soldiers, a naval force of 13,500 and an unspecified number of air force personnel into the war against Japan, Prinze Minister MacKenzie King announced to night. '. . ! '!. ' -V - Apparently in reply to opposi tion criticism of his announced policy that only volunteers would be sent to the Pacific; and asser tions that Canada was not making an all-out effort against Japan, the prime minister disclosed Ca nadian plans in a special state ment . j - " - ' 4tThe broad Hnei Of Canadian participation in the Japanese war were settled at the Quebec eon- ferenc in September. 1944." he said. . v. j- 7th Bond Sales Go To 20 Million Mark PORTLAND. May ;18-(PSev- enth War Loan bond sales topped the 120.000.000 marks today, aim ed at a $110,000,000 goal. Sale of , bonds totals 112,500,000 of a $55,000,000 quota, i Occup Political Mochaim Selection of New Postmaster Local democratic i circles are springing to life with reports oJ an Impending vacancy la the Sa- . lem postmastership, now held by Henry R. Crawford.! Mr. .Craw ford accepted reappointment to a third term reluctantly som two years ago and is said to j have asked for retirement i The depart ment requested him to stay until he reached the age of 70, which comes in August Meantime, the political machinery has started to roll in connection with the ap pointment of a successor. ' Previously after several -trials the department gave up the at tempt to find a successor at once qualified and acceptable to the local dem o c r a t i c organization. Nominations come under civil ser- . vice,; but political influence is still potent in determining the final choice. One man, who had been tpproved by. civil service, was op RedsWill NotBudge OnPbland Stalin Tells Wliy 16 Pole Leaders Were Arrested LONDON, Saturday, May 19.-()-Premier Marshal Stalin de clared today the Polish question could be solved by agreement be tween the allies only "if in" re construction of the Polish provis ional government the latter is rec ognized as the basic core of the future Polish government of na tional unity." His statement, broadcast by the Moscow radio, said that the reor ganization "must be in accord with the Crimea decisions," be cause no deviations from these decisions can be permitted. Stalin laid down two additional conditions under which allied un ity over Poland could be achieved. They were: Must Be Friendly "If as a result of the reconstruc tion a government is created in Poland which, will pursue a policy of friendship with the Soviet un ion and not a policy : of 'cordon sanitaire against the Soviet union. "If the question of reconstruc tion of the Polish government is resolved together with the Poles, who at present have ties with the Polish people, and not without them." : Stalin's statement came in reply to a letter from Ralph Parker, Moscow correspondent of the Lon don Times, asking for a statement from the head Of the Soviet gov ernment on the arrest of 1? lead ers in the Polish exile government Poles Not Invited Stalin said it was untrue that the Poles were invited for negotia tions with Soviet authorities be cause "Soviet authorities do not and will noV conduct negotiations with those, who break the law dealing with the- protection of the Red army rear.' Stalin declared the arrest of 18 Polish leaders "with the well- known diver sionist general Okulic ski at their head" -had not con nection with the question of the reconstruction of the Polish pro visional government - Fritz Kiilin to Be Sent Back To Homeland WASHINGTON, May lS.-(JT)- An order deporting Fritz Kuhn, former German-American bund leader, back to now-conquered Germany was announced today by the justice department For the 49-year-old Kuhn the order opened no prospect for re newing his activities. He has been under detention in this country as a "trouble maker" and officials said that on his arrival in Ger many he will be dealt with as the U.S. army sees fit The ouster was ordered by the board of immigration appeals who classified him as an undesirable alien. It was the result of a ser ies of legal proceedings involving his conviction in 1939 of larceny of bund funds and a denaturaliza tion action taken by the govern ment In 1942. Sen. Morse, Host, Blisses Oregon Salmon Dinner WASHINGTON, May 18.-i)-Around 130 senators and news papermen dined today on Oregon salmon, but one of the hosts miss ed his lunch entirely. Senator Morse (R-Ore), who is sued the invitation for himself and Senator Cordon (R-Ore); couldn't get through with a conference in time to participated : posed by the county organization, so he was not appointed. : Names already mentioned In connection with the vacancy are Albert Gregg, with the. Valley Packing Co, and Don T. McBain, personnel manager for 1 the- state unemployment commission. , Paul Lynch, deputy internal revenue collector, who was Interested In the position at one time, said yes terday he would probably, not be a candidate. Under established procedure, candidates apply to civil service. Their qualifications are carefully checked by civil service. and list of. eligibles made. The president then makes his appointment after hearing from the local party or ganization. John Marshall is state committeeman and Kenneth Bayne county; - chairman, while Lew Wallace ; as state chairman presumably would have a lot to say en the final choice. War Criminal - - - - - i " i ff i iXv.X-X-.vXi'- Wilhelm Keitel Wahelm Keitel Added to War Criminal lists LONDON, May 18-()-Czecho-slovakia has added Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the Ger man high command, to its list of more than 500 war criminals, a source close to the Czech govern ment said today. Others' on the list, the. inform ant said,; included Walther Funk, nazi minister; of economics; SS Gen. Kurt (Deluege, ; hangman Reinhard Heydrich's successor as "protector" of Bohemia; Ka'1 Hermann; Frank, who held! the same position in Moravia, and Prof. Albert Speer, nazi minister of production j J - A Czech commission will leave for Germany shortly to help col lect evidence j for trials, but j will return in time for the conference of 16 nations! represented on the war crimes commission here on May. 31. . . ' . . : , In the!. British zone of occupa tion, complete sets of Gestapo files have been found which can be presented as evidence against the nazis, who now are being suc cessfully rounded up, a stafToffi- cer of the British military govern ment at ; Luneburg reported. ;i Oversubscribe 7th War Loan, Urges Saleiii's Atlm. Gatch "We either completely win this war or we lose, Rear Admiral Thomas L, Giatcrv advocate ' gen eral of the navy who boyhood f in Sa lem and w a s graduated from Willamette uni versity, declared in a Seventh War Loan statement ,i carried on the front pages of GATCH newspapers over the nation today. "The enemy is hanging on the rops: we must not pull our punch es now.? saidr Gatch. "For our children's sate the Seventh War Loan must be over-subscribed. Former Salem Doctor Dies ST. HELENS, Ore., May lMP) Funeral services for Dr. Ernest C. Dalton, 73, retired physician who died at home Wednesday aft er a long illness, will be held here tomorrow. : ' : ' ':; A member of the state capitol reconstruction commission in 1935, Dr. Dalton -was a World War I veteran and a member of the Wil lamette valley projects commis sion. He: received Jus MD degree from Willamette university med ical school in 1905 and took post graduate" work in New York, Chi cago, Vienna, London and Berlin. Before moving here in 1922 he practiced in Salem, Alaska, Eu rope, and Portland. His widow and two sisters sur vive. I: ! . K :;tp" Juomintang OKs Politics 'CHUNGKING, Saturday, May 1MP)-Cninas government party approved today a resolution of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek calling for legalization ; of ;r other political: groups. 1 i K The sixth national Juomintang (party) ;! congress - also adopted Chiang-feponsored - resolutions 1 to abolish all party headquarters in the Chinese armies within three months and ban party branches in the schools, i it The ' generalissimo said these and other approved measures would help lay the foundation for constitutional " government by: a national assembly summoned : to meet Nov. 12. Rain i: C BothGood . . - - ji Labisli Growers Moan; Moisture Saves Flax Crop By Marguerite Gleeson Valley Newa Editor Rain which brought joy to the dairy farmers and has saved the flax crop, for ; the' .- second time since 1926 today was threatening the Lake Labish onion crop ; and was making the hop growers un happy. No positive encouragementjl was given by the weatherman whdj pre dicted warmer weather this'jpeek- end. ?. i i - ... II' -: How . much damage will have been done to the onion, carrot peas and sweet corn on Lake La bish depends upon how long the water remains upon the land,: and weather conditions as it recedes. Growers were agreed upon 1 this as they held themselves in readi ness to replant the crops as ilsoon as possible, if necessary. ! ? Onions Larger ' While water . has covered! I the Labish onion lands as deep as it is now twice since 1926 the-tuauji-dated onions have never been as large as they are now. This,! too, is agreed upon by growers:; and workers long conversant with the ditsrict - i! " The amount of the" damage to the crop, provided it is not neces sary to replant, is a point of dis agreement and the labor problem seems to be a great factor. Grow ers who have felt the pinch of labor shortages are concerned about the weed problem which will face them, if the water re cedes with replanting unnecessary. Other, large growers, who have kept a large crew on their pajrroll, consider it will only be a cafe of taking out more weeds at I one time, rather than a few at 4w6 dif ferent' tones.'1 ' - ..'- I " ; i Hop growers have been ihard hit by the nine-day rain for it has kept the workers out of the yards when the vines needed train ing. The rain did not affect the cane fruits but was hard on goose berries which were affected by a worm, but "berries in general were unaffected since jthey. have not reached the blooming stage. May Hart Cherries jj M Cherries on lower ground have not "set well" but about those on higher ground, those who know state it is too soon to be sure about the "set" i j Growers from both Polk j! and Marion counties camplain a little about the aphis on the vetch and at least one grower from the; val ley claimed to have observed brown rot on the cherries. Others, perhaps more scientific and! less pessimistic made ligh( of the claim saying they did pot believe ft One man in touch with all parti of the valley gaveJt as his opinion that the rain "had been a bit ex cessive" for the needs of' the farmer. ! i l Music, DoniiU Greet Pacific? War Veterans PORTLAND, May 18-(iW4Jive music and doughnuts greeted! Pa cific war veterans docked at the Portland port of embarkation : to day en route home on furloughs. Several hundred soldiers, many of them back in "the states' after three years abroad, yelled. Where are we!" "Portland Or egon, they were told by a Red Cross girL ' ' - - Jl-r One jBrooklynite was told; the Dodgers won 11 straight games. -The hell they did!" he shouted. The men will be processed at Vancouver barracks before leav ing for home.'' i May Hitler Made Last Desperate Big Effort toSplit Allies By A. L Goldberg r ? SOUTHERN GERMANY, iilay 18 -(FO -Adolf Hitter's principal secretary said today the fallen fuehrer made one last desperate effort to Plit the allies by order ing Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels to plant a story that the Russians were arming 200,000 Germans to fight England. 1 But when the plot fizzled, jthea front communications were brok en, Hitler decided on the after noon of April 22 that all was Jost and declared he knew he Would die in Berlin, said the secretary, Gerhardt Herrgesell, who believes the fuehrer lies dead somewhere in the capital. ; " . L ? The secretary said he left Ber 300 B-29 Eit: Emmamaimi; '?K' J Progress On Okinawa Slow Japanese By Lelf Erickson . i . . - GUAM, Saturday, May )9-P) American troops penetrated sec tors f the fiercely - contested southern Okinawa front,- Fleet A dm. Chester W. Nimitz report ed today, but- failed to make ap preciable progress - toward 'either Naha or Shuri,! their prime ob jectives. .. - i : -j -L.-"; . Nimitz's communique surpris ingly . reported on- ground .action only through Thursday. Normally, his reports are only several (hours behind the fighting. , Illustrating intensity of battling .which; won small local gains, ! he ; cited these instances: V j j 1 . - A regiment ojt the ;77th infan try division captured one hill po sition three times but was driven off each time, 'finally yielding to strong Japanese artillery and mor tar fire. j J ' Elements- of the Sixth marine division assaulted Sugar Loaf hill nine times in one Week before securing it The last three assaults carried them to the crest but they were forced , to yield the crest twice under fanatical counterat tacks. . . j . There . is evidence j that some Japanese commanders realize their eventual defeat is certain and that they : characteristically are nrenarin for a ceremonious dtiih. ' - I i' j ' - Maj. Gen: Pedrtf A.lDel falle't First division marines found Japa nese, officers ; dressed in ceremo nial ; white in d command post they captured; Presumably, the white uniforms were formal mourning dress, worn under Japa nese military custom, - Del Valle's leathernecks over ran the command post broke up the ceremony ahd meted out the death the white uniformed Japa nese officers were; expecting. George! King TdHeatlM In This Area! George King, chief clerk of the Salem war price and rationing board since last October, will sue ceed Paul Hale as OPA area su pervisor for Salem, Stay ton. In dependence, Lebanon and Albany, it was announced Friday. Hale previously annotmped his resignation, effective May S1, to establish a business service! year, after being with I the OPA for nearly two and i half years.; On successor toiKing as; chief clerk has been selected, f Hale, in making i known King's appointment highly ri commended his "very satisfactory Work" jjkt the OPA office, as did! Herman ? Joch imsen, Salem board chairman. King, a native of Iowa, came to Salem with his parents shortly af ter serving in World War j I, in which he was a lieutenant and has lived in this area at timet for the last 25 years. He resided In Se attle for a time, was a sergeant in World War n, and came to Salem again last October from Portland, where he was with the bureau of internal revenue; He is a graduate of the University of Oregon jand a well-known fullback' of its jteams of 1920-21-22v . j The King family resides at 290 W. Lefelle. i i ,. r i lin that same April 22 for Berch tesgaden with thousands of pages of notes on the inside story of Germany at war in the last two years. With a ttaff of eight, he now is In a southern German city transcribing his; shorthand., . :i After, his arrival; Herrgesell claimed that an attempt was! made to burn his recc(rdsj--by whpmvW did ' not say but j a tremendous amount was recovered to provide the world with an intimate pic ture of Hitler, his staff, their most secret deliberations and pictures of hangers-on and Women friends. . 'Herrgesell said he wanted to be helpful in translating the notes for their historical value.' I saw some of . the notes, charred about the edges. r-t Resisting -. 'y, l: I? Fiercely ! i YariltHim6r in Pacific l;'A J 1 The prevailing humor . of American fighting men throughout the world Is evident-in the name ef this Seventh fighter command Mustang .which make the "Sunday excursion" to Toky and ether Jap mainland ettiea from Iwo Jlma. Aaailiary wing tanks are being Unloaded and fitted by greond crews, (International) . I Cuban Accuses j Of Wanting to Establis1i A 'Collective Dictatorship9 ' By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL j SAN FRANCISCO, May 18.-(A-Delegates reported tonight that a fiery Cuban,1 speaking in a United -Nations conference enmrnittee, had accused big nations of wanting to ;set up a "col lective wemaamppivtr tnr world-f"-' :j . 1 In theost violent dispute yet witnessed by the conference, delegates said Senator Vandenberg (R-Mich) called for other nations to entrust the great pow ers with "the same confidence and faith" in peace that they have in war. . It was another flare-up of con troversies that have been sputter ing between big and small nations at this conference called to build an organization to insure peace. Delegates said Francisco Agu- irre of Cuba touched off the fire-; works in a committee considering powers of a proposed all-nation general assembly. How Scrap Started This is how the scrap developed, as. reported by delegates who at tended the closed door meeting: Aguirre asserted that the big four countries sponsoring the con ferenceChina, Britain, the Unit ed States and Russia want "col lective dictatorship, that the same totalitarian doctrine most of the world has been fighting seems to be the inspiration behind a new world league." Then he added: "They want to put free coun tries under a new system of tutel age." We have won the war and should build the peace along the same ideals," delegates quoted Aguirre as saying, j -Senator Steps la j, Then, according to other dele gates present Vandenberg stepped in. The Michigan senator said he agreed entirely with my able friend that we have won the war and that means the ' United Na tion." i ; : But, Vanjdenburg continued, "the contribution byj big powers , was more thanf Just; words. It was sub stantial and cannot be' forgotten." . He remarked that the large na tions had the faith and confidence of the rest; of the world when they. were winning battles. "Why is it now that wt are try ing to wm the peace - that they don't have the same confidence and faith?," Vanderberg asked. Seneca Fouls Friday PORTLAND, May 18-(tf)-Sen-eca FoutvE68, former state legis lator active in Oregon road im provement for many years, died today In the veterans' hospital. . Fouts was ' graduated from the University; of Oregon law school In 1905 and first practiced at Hood Riifet, moving later to Portland. He toured Oregon with other state legislators, mapping the state's highway system in 1911. He also was a Spanish-American war vet' eran. j !'- s:;"'v-; -X -- A' park commemorating' his work was accepted by the state highway commission last year. It will be: known as : the Seneca Fouts memorial park. A Colum bia valley; view tract of 160 acres, it is near -Hitchell Poitt. - y . -.: '; ;::Ji; ;:o;:: Big Nations Salem to Have FuU New Fleet Of City Buses A complete new fleet of city buses for Salem by early autumn was a probability today. R. W. Lemen, president of Oregon Mo tor Stages, operators of' the. capi tal city's bus system, announced Friday that General Motors had given his company assurance that a series of orders for $160,000 worth .of vehicles dating back to last September would be filled shortly. ' ! Six of the new Yellow Coach models, carrying capacity 36 pas sengers, diesel-propelled, will be delivered as ; soon as possible," Lemen has been notified. Anoth er six- are promised in October but may be, here before that time, he said. The .buses, costing ! ap proximately5' $11,000 apiece, Will be painted in the company's col ors, blue and white, before they are put into operation here, j In October also, eight gasoline- propelled coaches, .costing about $10,000 each, are promised, while another eight diesel coaches have been ordered but may not arrive before 1946. i-.' -':t . The company's Salem fleet Is now comprised by 14 coaches.! All of the new vehicles will be put on Salem streets at the same time if their delivery dates permit, Lemon indicated. . Expanded operations o f ; t h e company here may precede or ac company the arrival of the new fleet ' ' ' . State Employes Purchase 46 Of SeventJiWdti Loan Goal : State employes provided Impe tus for the fifth day, of the Seventh War Loan campaign by announc ing sales of $183,450 or 48 per cent of the $430,000 - quota." Reports from 51 of the 34 state depart ments have been made, according to Chairman Roy Mills. V j ' In addition to the five depart ments already "over the top," sev en others have joined the charmed circle. ' They are public utilities commission, state engineer's office, school for the deaf, school for the blind, governor's office,-penitentiary and state printer's office. Totals for Marion county crept slowly upward Friday but ; still were considerably short of the first week's goal. Only $563,000 In pur chases had been reported ; last night, Chairman Douglas Yeater said, but weekend subscriptions were expected to double tha figure. Fighters Escort: Big Forts GUAM,' Saturday, May 10-P)- . More than 300 Superfortresses, es-" corted by an unidentified number of fighters, plastered Hamamatsu, -important Japanese industrial city on Honshu, the main Island, with' . high explosive bombs at midday . today (8 pjn, Friday, Pacific War Time)' rJ :, :. ; : 1 Hamamatsu is about 60 miles southeast of Nagoya, which hs , been hit heavily by 500-plane Superfort sleets in v the past week. Bombs today were ; dropped through a heavy overcast by pre cision instruments. Results . were not observed. The raid was car ried out at mediuroaltitude. Produces War Goods Hamamatsu, in peacetime tn important textile manufacturing point, has been turning out many diversified war products including , faircraft propellers.,:) The urban industrial center was the chief target ' The city hrs been subjected to small previous raids, the hist one April 30, but . this was the first B-28 attack in force. .; :. ,' v-,-1'.e.;- : The raid gave new evidence of stepped-up activities by the hug Marianas-based Superforts. On Monday and Thursday great fleets of 500 and more. Superfortresses rained 3,500 tons of incendiary bombs in raids on Nagoya, which has been nearly .one-fourth de stroyed by air attack. 5.1 Miles. Baraed , I New area burned out or dam aged in two SOO-Superfortress fir fbomb raids Monday and Thursday j total 9.9 'square inHes-complete photo reconnaissance study dis closed. ". '" "i In this week's raids by mora than 1000 B-29s dropping 2,000; 000 six-pound incendiaries, threo important Nagoya plants were vir tually destroyed.'., 5 4. , j These were Mizuho branch of Aichi Aircraft Works, Osaka Ma chinery Works and Nagoya No. 3 . plant of Tckai Electrode Co. Chinese Again In Foochow CHUNGKING, May 18-W)-Un-official sources reported today that Chinese troops had complete ly . reoccupied the coastal city of Foochow, just across the strait from the northern tip of Formosa, ' There were persistent report here last night that the Japanese. are preparing to evacuate several pockets along the China coast be tween Hangchow bay and Hong kong, all of which might become death traps if any sizeable Ameri can forces landed nearby. i The points reported affected In cluded Swatow, Amoy, Foochow and possibly Wenchow. Suit Filed Against Salem Rent Control V f Attacking the constitutionality " of Salem's rent control ordinance, suit was filed in the circuit court hero Friday , by R. F. PolanskJ. The suit followed' a complaint or Robert H. Hamilton and TwUla L Hamilton that rentals charged by Polanski were in violation of tha pwlinance." .',-" ':' ' 4 Polanski contends that he fixed! his rentals on a 10 per cent gross income over the cost of , erecting; the building In which the Hamil ton live. J Purchases of E bonds also were climbfng but little, only $350,000 having been reported before bond headquarters at 477 Court st clos ed last night . - l- 1 Five more prizes to be awarded at the grand wind-up July Fourth were added to the list, bringing the number up to 80.' New firms joining the campaign contributions were: Heider's Radio and Electric company, R.C.A. Victor radio $100; Vince Electric, $69,75 vacuum cleaner; ' Moore's Bicycle shop, boy's bicycle; and Morrow Co., . Motorola radio, r , , .1 I New stunts were being planned by several of the special commit tees for announcement early next . week. Unless Marion county peo ple swing quickly Into the spirit of the campaign, this section will fall down on the $420,000 quota Chairman Yeater warns. -