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No on ' Is deceived by the
proposition to five a limited
franchise to the Salem Electric
which -will be voted on at the
-election June 22. Its approval
opens the gate to duplication of
electric service .facilities right in
the district where it Is most prof
itable because demand is concen
trated, and presumably would be
' tv a a viuva w.--"
wherever it proved profitable to
the promoters. This would oper
ate without regulation either as to
rates or service. ' i
After the proposition for a
general franchise was defeated in
February the manager of Salem
Electric sought a franchise to
operate in the section bis cooper
ative now serves under a council
permit. This ordinance was batted
around in council committees.
"When it finally emerged the area
was extended to 30 blocks with
out definition as to where those
' blocks would be located. This
represents a very considerable
extension from its. present area.
If Salem Electric is to be per
mitted to operate over 30 blocks
I see no valid reason why it
should not be permitted to oper
ate over the entire city, which
simply means duplication of plant
on an uneconomic basis.
If the community wants to dis
pense wun uc services vx. rviv
land General Electric co. as sup
plier of electric energy, it should
) go at the matter directly, by au
thorizing municipal , ownership
or establishment of a PUD. Why
monkey with a sidedoor cooper
ative when the
(Continued on Editorial Page)
New Higl
Will Be Free
Of Advertising
Voluntary waiver of all right of
access to the new. stretch of the
Pacific highway between Salem
and Albany has been granted by
every owner of property along the
10-mile ' route, highway j commis
sion offices revealed Thursday. ,
The action, believed unprece
dented in the history of this coun
try, will prohibit erection of bM
i boards, dance halls, hot dog stands
and other commercial develop
ments, J. IF. Devers, the com
mission's attorney, said. Property
owners along the route have re-
. fused to accept any money for the
" limited-access feature, Devers de
clared, i
Tor years," Devers said, "road
side organizations have been try
ing to accomplish legislation which
would make possible the regula
tion or prohibition of the use of
properties along highways for ad
vertising purposes, but thus far,
adequate legislation has not been
made available.
The property owners along the
new highway have done voluntar
ily what legislation has failed to
accomplish. When the subject was
discussed with the property own
ers with the idea of compensating
in 'money for the privilege re
quested, the property owners said
they were not asking compensation.-
because they also were in
terested in maintaining the scen
ic value of the highway,"
.The total acreage acquired for
this stretch of the highway is
850.5 acres.
Salary Boosts
Are Favored
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Agreeing that salaries of con
gressmen "should be raised," di
rectors of the Associated Employ
- ers of Oregon, in annual meeting
here Thursday declared J they
thought some other wage raises
should be permitted that small
rate. hoteL store and laundry
owners should be allowed In some
instances to pay their employes
tip to 63 cents an hour without a
rdown from the war labor
board. '
So they wrote their congress
men suggesting an amendment to
n stabilization laws of
1842 f now before congress for ex
tension). No increase in the gen-
Aral BS-cent national sub-standard
wage was asked, but an amend
ment which would absolve from
penalties employers who have in
creased wages up to 65 s cents
upon proper showing of local la
bor conditions In cemmunmes aa
jacent to war industries" was sug
gested. ' .. - -
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Two Valley Veterans
Killed in War Action
pre Raymond M. Scheller,
TJSMCR, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Scheller of Canby, and Pvt. Har
old E. Howard, son of Mrs. Anna
E. Howard," box 164, WiUamina,
have been killed In action, the oil
flee of war information announce
A thi momlnav Howard was
killed in the European theatre.
liway
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GUAM, Friday, June 15 (AP) Bombs at a rate of
2,000,000 tons a year will bespit rairdns; down on Japan July
1 in a program aimed at "complete and utter destruction" of
the enemy, Gen. H. H. Arnold, commander of the army air
force, announced today. -. j i
The five-star general dramatically disclosed that while
he was making the announcement 3000 tons of bombs were
falling on Osaka, the leading industrial city of the orient,
from 520 Superfortresses. I jj f ;
"We are going to more than double the tonnage we are
going to drop on Japan, starting
July 1," Arnold added at a press
conference. ' -1
."Starting July 1, We are going
to drop 1,700,000 tons and forces
of Gen. George C. Kenney (com
mander of the far eastern air
forces) .300,000 tons.
"If that is what Japan wants,
by God that is what she is going
to get."
"You know what will be left
of the area from Tokyo to Naga
saka, which is all of Japan that
counts industrially.
He disclosed that the May bomb
tonnage on Japan was 24,000 and
dwelt on the reason for the "com
plete and utter destruction pro
gram. Many Small Targets
'Japan has a - thousand small
targets in backyard workshops and
homes," he explained.
'Suicide planes are cheap and
can be made in a back yard. That
is why we went into the destruc
tion program to defeat Japan. It
NEW YORK, Jane 14 The
British radio, quoting an Aus
tralian reporter, said tonight
that Hour Kong had been blast
ed by allied, heavy bombers in
a great fire .raid- tonlghC - u
The broadcast, monitored by
NBC, said 2500 gallons ef Jel
lied gasoline were dropped on
port installations and ware
houses. Saigon also was hit by allied
planes daring the night, the re
port said.
is necessary to destroy five key
cities (Tokyo, Nagoya, Yokohama,
Kobe and Osaka). It is going to
be a terrible place to live in."
Today's incendiary raid, mark
Ing the first anniversary of B-29
operations agafnst Japan proper,
struck Osaka south of Osaka castle
and the neighboring city of Ama-
gasaki.
Target areas of the big load of
fire bombs were in eastern Osaka
south of Osaka- castle and in the
extreme northern sector of the
city between the Yodo and Kan
zaki rivers.
Hit War Industries
Many war industries are con
centrated in southeastern Osaka,
including the Kwoyo precision
works company.
The area attacked In northern
Osaka Includes many machine tool
and bearing works, chemical
plants, and electrical and textile
factories. Large plants .there are
the Amatsujl steel ball manufac
turing company, the Osaka Waka
yama iron works and the Strong
engineering works.
The raid was the fourth Incen
diary attack on Osaka itself, but
was the first on Amagasaki, indus
trial city northwest, of Osaka.
Amagasaki has a population of
about 200,000.
17 DIE TN PLANE CRASH
VICKSBTJRG, Miss, June 14.-
(AVFifteen navy men and two
WAVES were killed today when
a . transport plane exploded and
crashed at Oakrldge, 16 miles
northeast of here.
General Eisenliope Receives
Official Welcome of Paris I
PARIS, June 14 -JP)- General 'i
Eisenhower received thf official
welcome of Paris today land .told
those who had had taste for ven
geance that "Berlin is- destroy
ed." - :
More than 1,000,000 cheering
Parisians Jammed the streets
through which Eisenhower rode in
triumph two days after becom
ing a freeman of the city of Lon
don. He spoke in English with
middle western accent as broad aa
his smile In Hotel de Ville, the
Paris city hall where he rode from
the Arc de Triomphe. Along the
route cheering men, women and
children hailed 'him as their lib
erator. 1 - - -
! Only a few of those who pack
ed into the lavishly decorated Ho
tel de Ville could understand his
fii
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1 WASHINGTON, June 14-P)-
Soon after the world organization
charter; is signed in San Fran
cisco, President Truman will fly
it to Washington in the hope the
senate iwill ratify it before he
meets text month with Marshal
Stalin and Prime Minister Church
ill. II . v
The. White House made this dis
closure! today along with, plans to
expand? the president s ambitious
flight schedule to include home
comings ! celebrations late this
month In his home state of Mis
BOurL It : - r .. . ? -
The Truman welcoming rallies
will be; held In his home town of
Independence June 27 and in Kan
sas Cityf the next day. It will be
the first visit home of the chief
executive ince he succeeded to
the presidency April 12; Whether
this trip will be dovetailed! with
the San Francisco journey or made
separately after his return from
California depends on when the
world organization ; conference
closest ! I -: 4
Latest word here is that the con
ference ! expects to .wind up by
June 231. :" ' i
Charter
Back
Churchill Reports Relations j
With Russia
Attlee to Big 3 Conference
By ALEX
LONDON, June .14.-;P)-Prime Minister Churchill, hailing
a "marked improvement" in relations with Russia and continued
"complete accord" with the United States, took steps today
to place Britain's foreign policy Ion a solid non-partisan basis
for the big three meeting expected in July. i
f In ;perhaps his valedictory
Train Crash
Injures 43
In Portland
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PORTLAND, Ore, June 14.-(ff)
An outbound interurban electric
car and; an Inbound freight train
collided head-on here late today,
sending; 43 passengers to the hos
pital 10 or 12 with serious in
juries.!; - -r -r .
I Witnesses said the Interurban
car, with a capacity of 56, was
full and some were standing. The
crash, pecuring on a curve where
brush obstructed visibility, threw
all the passengers to the front end
of the car. f
I Officers of Portland Electric
Power company, operator of both
trains, said an Investigation would
be made. Seven ambulances raced
to the scene. ',
words exactly but they made but
enoughi to burst Into applause
when he declared grimly:? p
I "Earis has suffered. ;We under
stand that I have something to
ten you if you, like Americans.
have Sj touch of vengeance in your
hearts! J Berlin Is destroyed." j
f There was even louder applause
later When he had finished and
his brief speech was repeated in
French. i;-
The general told the crowd of
America's historic bonds with the
French and said "today you have
sbown, how, completely that af
fection is mutual." $: ': I .. -: ' '-.':' t
I "One of Hitler's miscalculations
which led to the destruction of
Germany he told the French,
"was that he did not defeat France
when he thought that he had."
Solem. Oregon, Frldoy Morning; June IS, 1945
Trial Due
For Pole
Leaders
Announcement
Comes on Eve
Of Conference'
By James P. King .1
LONDON, June 14-()-Russia
announced tonight that 16 Polish
leaders would be tried within the
next few days for "terroristic
acts of diversion." behind red army
lines.
The announcement came on the
eye or a conference scheduled to
open in the Russian capital: to
morrow among representatives of
the big three and various Polish
factions for the purpose of organ
izing a broader-based Polish pro
visional government i '
I At least one of the Poles! in
vited to the meeting, former Pre
mier Stanislaw Mikolajczyk, a
leader of the peasant party, had
been reported by the British press
to be prepared to demand the
release of the 16 accused Poles
as a condition to participating in
the parley. f
; Russia announced on May 6 that
she had arrested the Polish lead
ers, creating a storm' in interna
tional relations and leading to a
breakdown in big three negotia
tons on broadening the Polish
government. Earlier this week the
Paris radio reported that Harry
Hopkins, President Truman's spe
dial emissary to Moscow, had ef
fected the release of the group.
i Moscow for the first time iden
tified four 'of the arrested group
in tonight's broadcast announce
ment; vj. .'fi
1 They were Jan JankowskJ,!vic
premier of the London Polish goy
emment-in-exile; Gen. Bronislaw
Okulicki, former Polish under'
ground army leader; Stanislaw
Jasiukowicz, former' parliament
national party representative, and
Adam Bien, peasant party mem
ber and former Warsaw judge.
Improve, Asks?
SINGLETON ' j
address on the eve of dissolution
Of the longest-lived parliament in
300 years, he informed commons
he had invited labor party leader
Clement -R. Attlee to accompany
him to the conference, which he
said would be held "before the
results of the impending election
- - - are announced." The date for
the announcement has been set
for July 26. I
Churchill also offered hope for
break in the British-French
stalemate on . the Levant crisis,
telling a cheering commons: "I am
glad to hear the former Premier
Edouard Herriot Is said to be com
ing over here on behalf of Gen
eral De Gaulle." ; 1
1 However, Jin Paris Gen.! De
Gaulle's headquarters, said no
emissary would go to London "at
mis time," and said nothing; was
known of a mission by Herriot.
1 In plain words the prime; min
ister explained his reason for the
Attlee invitation "in case any
one says 'are you committting
yourself to something for ' which
you have no authority or In case
(that) in the ballot box there lies
something which strips you of
your authority."'
t This would appear to place the
date for the big three meeting
sometime between July 5, when
Britain will hold its first general
election in 10 years, and the July
26th announcement of the result,
when the service ballot will have
been counted. . I
Casualty Totals
Increase Slowly ; ?
! WASHINGTON, June 14 -VP)
The end of the war in Europe was
Reflected today in army and;navy
Casualty reports showing .an in
crease of only 5048 in the! past
week. ,, ;. ; r
The rise, one of the smallest
for any week in months, boosted
total losses to 1,107,037, including
232,138 killed, 1 618,013 wounded,
53,446.missing and 115,500 prison
ers. The prisoner total is actually
much smaller than this figure be
cause of liberation of American
Soldiers in German hands. r i
Port Cityjj;
Occupied
With Ease
MANILA, Friday, June 15.-(ff)
-Brunei, important little river
port and capital of the north Bor
neo sultanate of Brunei, fell by
default to Australian Ninth divi
sion infantrymen who walked un
opposed into the bomb-flattened
town Wednesday, it was disclosed
today. I .
The town, 16 miles from the
nearest landing points when -the
invasion of British Borneo began
last Sunday, was occupied after a.
hot march through the lush jun
gle against scanty Japanese op
position. A communique from Gen.
Douglas MacArthur's headquar
ters announced also that other
Australian units of Labuan is
land, in the mouth of Brunei bay,
had moved within a half mile of
the Timbalai airstrip along the
Hamilton road and found hot
more than 500 Japanese opposing
them. ' .-
The defense was stiffening,
however, with mortar fire and
snipers on the increase, both in the
Timbalai ; area and in stubborn
pockets north and west of Labuan
airstrip, .which : already is being
used to some extent by the al
lies.' J - . lr::-
Timbalai is the last Japanese-
held airfield of three in the Inva
sion area.
A headquarters spokesman
here, commenting on the light
casualties on both sides, said
"many thousands" of Japanese
were scattered throughout West
Borneo, although the slight reac
tion in the Brunei bay area Indi
cated that no sizable forces of the
enemy remained there.
359 New Laics
Are Effective
Oil Saturday
Three hundred fifty-nine new
laws will be effective in Oregon
on Saturday morning (12:01 am.
to be exact), but for the first
time In many years the published
session laws will not be In print
when the new statutes become en
forceable, f
The court attack on the local
budget law has delayed publics
tion. f . -
Major new laws permit counties
to adopt the manager form of
government, increase unemploy
ment - benefits from $15 for 16
weeks ; of any one year to $18 for
20 weeks, provide civil service for
state employes, setup a retirement
system for employes of the state
and political subdivisions and re
move the $40 monthly old age
pension celling. l:
, Veterans legislation becoming
effective creates the office of vet
erans affairs, gives veterans pre
ference in public employment, and
provides loans up to $3000 so vet
erans may buy farms and homes.
New Amendment :
Affects 724 Qaims
h . v.
Seven hundred twenty-four
claims; in the ILS. employment of
fice area are - affected by the
amendment going into effect Sat
urday I which increases unemploy
ment ! benefits, it was revealed
here Thursday. l!
The; number of weeks a' claim
ant must wait before starting; to
draw benefits has been reduced
from two to one. Weekly allow
ances are Increased up to 20 'per
cent while maximum yearly bene
fits may go up from 30 to 50 per
cent, Arthur T, Nye, unemploy
ment 'deputy in th employment
office, said. . "
SENATE GROUP OK'S HERZOG
WASHINGTON, June
The nomination of Paul M Her
zog of New York to the national
labor relations board was approv
ed unanimously today by the sen
ate committee on education and
labor.'- ' - - -
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Snapped aboard the flagship of
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D. 8. O, m he conferred with Kear Adm. Koyal on the invasion
assault of Brunei bay, Borneo. Admiral Royal Is in command ef
amphibious operations while General Wooten commands the Ninth
cuvnuon ex the First Australian
Britain Offers
In Government
LONDON, June 15 -UP)- The
British government today offered
India a revamped executive coun
cil with only two posts held by
Britons "a move which a British
white paper called a "genuine step
forward . . . towards Indian self
government' and renewed its
1942 proposal for postwar dimin-
ion status for the oriental key
stone of the empire.
Management of foreign affairs.
nowj controlled by Viceroy Lord
WavelL would pass Into Indian
bands as well as the finance and
home departments, ; now held by
Britons. Indians already outnum
ber Britons on the council by 10
to four.
The viceroy Is bound by the
council's advice in most matters,
but may overrule its recommenda
tions If they collide with his own
views on what is essential for the
safety or tranquility of the coun
try, i ! :-V t "
Wavell in a New Delhi broad
cast ; told Indians that eight mem
bers: of the congress party's work
ing committee had been released
from Jail and said he intended to
Invite Indian leaders to confer
with him on formation of new
executive council "more repre
sentative of - organized political
opinion.
Fireworks' Sale
Again Prohibited
Distribution, sale or use of fire
works, pyrotechnics, firecrackers,
cap ; pistols, or other forms of
noise- making devices anywhere
within the state of Oregon is stfll
illegal, except controlled fireworks
displays approved in writing by
the state defense coundL
Gen. William E. f Shedd. com
mander of the Ninth service com
mand, has notified Gov. Earl Snell
that necessity still exists for con
tinuing the ban on fireworks, state
defense council offices announced
Thursday.
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8TAT ON JOB SATS KSUQ.
. WASHINGTON, June 14.-VT-War
Production Chairman J. A.
Krug tonight asked that workers
In industries having rush pro
duction schedules stay on the job
Jul Fourth and postpone vacations
unta alter Labor cay, 1 '
India New Deal
Prlc 8c
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in Invasion
Rear Adm. Forrest K Royal, tJSN
corps. (International sonndphoto)
3 U.S. Armies
Will Be Kept
In Germany j
SUPREME HEADQUARTERS,
Allied Expeditionary Forces,! June
14.-(fl3)-Three American armies-
one more than originally planned
will be kept in Germany at least
until December, it was learned
authoritatively today. -
These armies are the Third,
Seventh and 15th. The Ninth army
will be returned to the United
States in July, or shortly there
after. -
A highly-placed source said that
If the situation changed by the
end of 1945 to a point where it
was not necessary to keep ; three
armies In the occupied zone, the
15th army would be sent back to
the United States for possible
transfer to the Pacific
The Third and Seventh armies,
which are to stay as long as the
American zone of Germany is oc
cupied, will include the 400,000
men originally selected for; occu
pation duties. ; f
QUOTO TWO-THIRDS SOLD
PORTLAND, June 14.-fl?-The
state's seventh ! war loan quota
was two-thirds sold tonight with
sales at $72,210,646, or 65.6 per
cent of the goal. E bands repre
sent $33,895,064. '
Circus AxWilll
Free BojM6wTJmlNoon
The circus day parade-r-or out
standing features of it comes to
Salem today as headliner acts by
stars of Russell Bros, circus are
offered free of charge for a full
hour this, noon at the Victory
Center."- 4 ;;;' j; w;: j
Expected to draw one of the
biggest crowds any noon attrac
tion has broughfevto the courthouse
lawn, the noon performance is to
be run to the rhythm of the tra
ditional circus calliope.
" Si Otis and his trick mule, Ab
ncr, already known to Salem dr
cus and bond show fans; Senor
Morales and performing dogs; Hex
Rossi, billed as Hollywood's forth
coming western screen star In trick
and fancy roping; Australian whip
crackers, whose act features the
after-drcas western show will, an
perform.
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GUAM, Friday, June lS.-TP)-
Maj. Gen. lames L, Bradley's 86th
infantry division cracked the cen
ter of the previously outflanked"
Japanese defense line on south
ern Okinawa Thursday by cap
turing 5004 foot-high Yaeju hill
and pushing on south.
The summit of southern Okin-
awa s i highest peak was gained
early yesterday after a brisk fight
while other divisions cut in be
hind both lends of the rugged es
carpment line where an estima
ted 10,000 Nipponese are making
last stand in an area of less
than 13 square miles,
Adm. Chester W. Nimitz an
nounced in today's communique
the fall of Yaeju hill to the 381st
regime. Other 96th division ele
ments assaulted a second high
point to the west
On eithef end of the escarpment
line, the First marine, and Sev
enth infantry divisions pushed in-.
ward in a maneuver similar to the
pincers envelopment of S h u r 1
fortress. v l-'-; fV. .. ? l,.
On southwestern Okinawa's Or
okii peninsiaa, the Sixth rnSrini
division' mopped up- remnants of
a pocketed Japanese naval land
ing force rhlch had been used as
regular troops. It was one of the
biggest single day's bag of - the
war. Others were driven into the
mudflats pf the Kokuba estuary
where they committed hari kart
after dashing about wildly and
screaming; -
Elements of the Third marine
amphibious eorpi meantime,
made unopposed landings on Sen
ega island, off the southwest coast
of Oroku j peninsula. They cap
tured five Japanese naval guns.
Under heavy mortar, artillery
and machinegun fire, MaJ. Gen.
James I Bradley's 96th Infantry
division, in the center of the Yae
ju line, captured Yaeju-Dake hilL
600 yards sotfthwest of Tomui
town, and moved up to the south
east of Ozato town..
NLB Short of
Funds, Curtails
Its Operations
WASHINGTON, June 14.-
The national labor relations
board, its funds - depleted by an
unforeseen Increase in the num
ber of strike votes, drastically
curtailed its regional operations
and looked to congress today fot.
help. " ( i .
The new i allotment of funds
now before the senate appropria
tions committee will not be avail
able before the start of a new fis
cal year, July 1, and the board
is broke, a spokesman said In an
Interviews , '
The agency does have about
$80,000 left over in its printing
and binding fund, but under the
law this cant be Used for any
thing else, so legislation is need
ed to free It for general expenses.
clown prize fight between Brown
ie Dudath and Dick Lewis, assisted
by a comical contingent of clowns,
is expected to provide lots of fun.
Person fwho have already seen
the circus will find today's bond
show new, though they may rec
ognize participants, for the bag of
tricks will be opened for the oc
casion,' the big show's manage
ment declared Thursday. -
Sid Stevens, retail chairman for
the Seventh War Loan, win be
master ot ceremonies for the Vic
tory show, a portion of which will
be broadcast at -12(43 pan. over
KSLM. Sale of E bonds has not
yet reached 83 per cent of the
county's J270,CC3 Quota, while
total sales have barely topped the
2 million ' mark. against an al
lotment of $1320,000, members of
Yankees
the . war finance committee point
out, J
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