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FORECAST: (by IT. S. weather bu
reau. Mr Nary field. Salem) Partly
cloudy today with cooler temperature.
Maximum of 83 degree expected.
s
fy&2yf.S)fcZZl
. RounShg out three-quarters of.
a century ot ' existence, r Pacific
lodge no. 5tf, A. F. Sc A. will
hold its diamond anniversary to
morrow night with public exer
cises at the Salem high school.
The no. 5fr means that it was the
50th lodge of the Masonic order
to be founded in this state. Older
by some 18 years is Salem no. 4.
Records of Pacific lodge are
meagre for the early days, but
grand lodge records show that
Free! on J. Bibcock, B. F. Brown
and J. A. Waymeir attended grand
lodge meeting in Astoria in June
1870 and. asked fori and were
granted a charter for a second Ma
sonic lodge in Salem. Babcock
was a Vermonter who had been a
captain of j cavalry in the civil
war. He was an active Mason in
his home state and continued his
lodge interest after he came to Or
egon in 1869. A daughter, Miss
Grace Babcock. resides here at
749 N. Commercial st.. -
The history of Masonry in Ore
gon goes back to the roots of the
pioneer settlement of the state.
" At a called meeting of Masons in
Oregon City on Feb. 21, 1844J, a
petition was drafted addressed to
the Grand Lodge of Missouri, the
nearest jurisdictionj requesting a
charter. Joel Palmer, then one of
the messengers for the Hudson
Bay company travelling between
the northwest and St. Louis, later
Indian agent for the government,
took the petition to St Joseph,
Mo, where the grand lodge was
meeting, and on October 16 a char
ter for a lodge at Oregon City was
granted. There was delay in send
ing the charter until some mem
ber of the order could be located
who was coming to Oregon. In
late December, 1847, Pierre B.
Cornwall, a Mason, was found to
be bound for Oregon. When his
party got to Fort Hall, Idaho,
Cornwall was attracted to Cali
fornia by news of the gold
, (Continued on editorial page)
.
CallOllS HI
Postmastership
Applications to take the civil
service examination for the Salem
postmastership will be received up
to July 10, it was announced in
Washington on Wednesday.
: The position, which will be held
under temporary appointment by
Albert C. Gragg after the retire
ment of Henry R. Crawford on
July I, currently has a salary
scale of $4920 ($4200 base, $300
temporary increase, and $420 con
stituting 10 per cent granted for
overtime).
Prospective applicants so
far
ne.
Include Gragg and Kenneth Bayne,
democratic county chairman.
The announcement that appli
cations now! were open said the
civil service commission "is not
interested in the political, relig
ious, or fraternal affiliations of
any applicant": .and that "appli
cants will not be required to as
semble in an examination room
for written tests, but will be rat
ed on their education, business or
professional experience, general
. qualifications, and suitability,
Applicants, who may be men or
women, must be UI. citizens, in
good physical condition, and have
resided in this postoffice area at
J least one year.
' ' Crawford has been postmaster
for 10 years.
Goenng Helped Lay Uut
Bliclienwald, Yank Says
B ELTON, Tex. June 2d.-JPjr
Lt Gen. Walton H. Walker, com
mander of the 20th corps which
Order for Gity
spearheaded Gen. George Patton's HAVANA, Cuba, June 20.-i)-drive
across Germany, told a press Ernest Hemingway, the . author,
conference here today his corps was Injured slightly today when
-had found evidence that Hermann his automobile skidded and crash
Rnerfatf had heloed lay out Buch- ed into a tree on the Mantilla
OTiwald crison camp.
City, County Representatives TFiH Present
Problems to New State Tax Study iCommission
Representatives o O r e g 0 n
counties and the League of Ore
gon Cities will be invited to ap
pear before the new tax study
commission at Its next meeting to
present tax problems of titles and
counties, the commission! announ
ced at tHe close of its organiza
tion meeting here Wednesday.
Later, men who are said to have
lft Oregon because of alleged op
pressive taxes will be invited be
for the commission. . ' -. :t T
Carl W. Chambers, Pendleton,
is chairman, while Senate Presi
dent Howard Belton, Canby, was
elected vice chairman. Charles V.
Galloway, Salem, state tax com
missioner, with Harvey N.. Black
or Portland and Speaker of the
House Eugene Marsh, McMian
vlUe, were named to a committee
NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
Freedom
Given To
3 Poles
Heaviest Penalty
Set at 10 Years;
One Trial Left
LONDON, Thursday, June 21.
-flVTwelve of the 16 Polish un
derground leaders accused of
subversive activities behind red
army lines in Poland were found
guilty in Moscow early today and
sentenced to prison terms ranging
from ten years to four months,
the Moscow radio said.
Three were acquitted and the
trial of another, Anton Paidak,
was postponed because he was ill.
The heaviest sentence - - ten
years - - was given to Ma j. Gen.
L. Bronislaw Okulicki, Polish
home army commander and prin
cipal defendant. -
Jan Jankowski, deputy prime
minister of the Polish exile gov
ernment in London and leader of
the Polish underground move
ment, was sentenced to eight
years. .
Two other leaders of the Po-
1 i s h underground government,
Adam N. Bien and Stanislaw Jas
iukowicz, each received five year
terms.
ine otner sentences pronounced
by -Col. Gen. VassUy V. Dlrich,
MM . Il - i . ; 9
presiding omcer ' ot tne military
collegium conducting , ; the triaL
were:
K. V. Puzhak, 18 months.
Kazimir S. Baginski, one year.
Alexander Zweicziwersky, eight
months. -
Eugene Czarnowski, six months.
Stanislaw Merzuva, Z. Stupulo-
wski, JT. A. Khratsinski and F. A.
Urbanski, each four months.
Three defendants were acquit
ted, the broadcast said. They were
S. E. MikhailowskL K. S. Koby-
lyanski and J. H. Stember-Dom-
browski. ,
An earlier Moscow broadcast
had said guilty verdicts would
not be asked for these three be
cause of insufficient evidence.
3 Solons Map
X
New Industrial
Peace Chart
..WASHINGTON, June 20.-P-Legislation
revamping the govern
ment's labor relations machinery
and described by its authors as
an "industrial peace" chart was
launched today in the senate.
Its intial reception by represen
tatives of organized labor indicat
ed that its course through congress
might be far from peaceable.
The measure, offered by three
senators who took a leading part
in advocating permanent world
peace machinery, Is patterned in
large part after th,e railway labor
act. It would overhaul the govern-
ment's conciliation and mediation
agencies and rewrite major pro-
I lations act.
HEMINGWAY INJURED
'road near here.
to recommend an executive sec
retary. Salary of the secretary
was not fixed but $5000 a year
was mentioned as a tentative sal
ary. The commission agreed that ev
ery angle of the state's tax study
should be subjected to a clinical
analysis, but most members of
the commission spoke in favor of
employing an Oregon agency
when Gov. Earl Snell's recom
mendation that a firm of "nationally-recognized
tax experts' be
employed to conduct the investi
gation. ..." ' - , --.
State Tax Commissioner Earl
Day took issue,' predicting that
the people would give more at
tention to .the commission's work
if the job was handled by an out
side agency. Rep. Giles French,
12 PAGES
Battery Firm
yes Valley j
ForSPlant Site
i The construction and opera
tion of a manufacturing Unit of
the National Battery company
appeared st distinct! possibility
for the Salem area today, f
A representative of the com
pany, ; largest producer of re
placement automobile batteries
in the nation, was known to be
here scanning the sector If final
plans are consumated, construc
tion would start immediately.
War Droduction board aoorov-
al of the projected .factory al-
has been Received, f The plant
would employ between 100 and
125 persons, both men and
women, j - .
J Thei Natjonal Battery com
pany, fwith j headquajrters at St
PauL Minn., operates 14 fac
tories, including subsidiaries." Its
nearest manufacturing i unit is
in Los Angeles, It has branch
hi Portland S I i
Triiman-Soiislit
WASHINGTON, June 20.-(P)-
Smashing down a series of re
strictive amendments, the senate
today passed and lent to j the i
White House legislation; extend
ing the reciprocal trade agree
ments law, three more years with
added power for the president to
cut tariff rates."
:;ine VOte On imal passage iwas
54 to 21. I s
Aireaay auuorizea unaer, xne
old law to cut import duties in
half, the president will be em
powered under- the nevy legisla
tion to reduce them . another 50
per cent below the rates prevail
ing on Jan. 1, 1945.
Where the full power is Used,
duties thus could be trimmed to
orie-fourth of the Smoqt-Hawley
schedules of 1930. .
"President 1 Truman called ; the
broadened authority "of' the first
order of importance for the sue-
cess of my i administration." The
late President Roosevelt likewise
warn alheartv hacker !-fifi the trade
i" W
program fathered by. CordeUHull
in 1934.
50,000
Idle Because ;
OfSquabbles
By the Associate Press
Nearly 50,000 persons, principal
ly, in war industries, were j idle
yesterday because of strikes; and!
labor squabbles. J I I
Hopes of prompt settlement of
the largest I strike, that of more
than' 16,000. CIO united rubber
workers at the Goodvear Tire &
Rubber comnanv. Akroni 0 wan-
defy wart labor board back-to-
work order. L , f
- - The f Akron strike started Sun
day over four major, issues re
maining of some 30 submitted for
negotiations.! These were a union
demand for, participation in' set
ting wage rates, a - general wage
Increase for some employes, re
vision of the engineering depart
ment merit i system and elimina
tion of "quick shifts" to fill spe -
dal orders.;
urging that Oregon lanS be S ei
ployed, declared alsd4ht the re-
port should be fUed not later than
July I, 1946, so it could be ldis-
.ru tx.' t.j u-
tueu uj ure viuuut yiui vj uic
1947 legislature. i ) '
Funds tot replace income tax
and liquor profits, which he pre-
dicted. would diminish j material -
ly after thjwar, must be provid-
ed from some source, Sen. Earli
T. NewbryJ Ashland said, f
There is la eeneral feeling that
Oregon industry has been retard -
ea- Dy tnei uregontax system,
. . . I A ' . .
Biacx saio, iurging mat tne metn -
od of ! levying personal taxes be
amended. Declaring that 'Ore-
gon's tax structure is not perfect
u alio way maintained, : neverthe-
less, that it compares favorably
with those of Washington'- and
Cuiionua. , r '
Senate
Passes
Tariff
Powers
Nearly
Salem. Oregon.
i :
New Men!
Civilian Aid Be-
ing Asked; New j
Deputy Named
Initial contingents of the post
complement were getting settled
!at Camp Adair today in prepara
tion for the thousands of army
'ground force troops which will be
redeployed there for the Pacific
war.
First announcements indicated
between. 15,000 and 20,000 men
would be sent to Adair, but it has
been stressed unofficially that no
definite number had been set, and
that the total might exceed those
figures.
Call Sent Oat for Aid
In the meantime, a hurry call
for civilian assistance has been
sounded from the huge encamp
ment, which has become the site
of ai naval hospital and quarters
for a comparatively small number
of German prisoners of war since
it was deactivated a year ago.
Several hundred employes are
heeded.
Camp officials said "temporary
civil service appointments provid
ing substantial incomes are await
ing those who apply" for positions.
Recreation and -restaurant facili
ties are to be provided, and 1 a
dormitory will be available - for
women who lire too far away
nrrirnut arh dav. EvM-vrwi
Qualified is beinff asked to renort
mo im nearest y. o. xnptoymen i
service.
CoL Norman In Command
Already in command of Adair
is CoL Lewis S. Norman, native
Tennesseean who formerly com-;
manded the 7th infantry division i
and more recently was at Phoenix,
Arizv in charge of army supply
in that area for the ninth service
command. Mrs. Norman, now at
Missoula, Mont, is to arrive at
Adair soon. ;
levVceVnS
C L Cr,. T
SIT iT f ru,T:
E.1 11 9fl
Arriving
lit Adair
ivn,wnoserveamtne37tniieiaimT i . rr
brigade m World w I !Vait1iri0 Ot TflY
and who has just completed a 28-
months tour of duty as command-
ing officer of Camp Irwin on the
edge of Death Valley, Calif. 5
The former post commander, Lt
CoL E. L Foster, who succeeded
Col. Samuel D. I Hays last Novem
ber, is to be post executive officer
at Camp Cooke, Calif. The colonel,
his wife, and their daughter,
Jeanne, will drive south shortly,
Two Sons In Service
The new post commander, Col-1
( onel Norman, has two sons in the
service Lt Lewis S. Norman, Jr,
I West Point graduate now at Max-
we11 field, Ala,! and William Clin
wn Norman, who olready . has
served in the army and will enter
I West Point on July 2.
The civil service jobs which
jnchid , d"10?!. administrative,
technical and skilled and unskilled
labor.
Dr. W.J. Stone
In New Post
PORTLAND,! June 20.-P)-Ap-
( pointment of Dr. Willard J. SoneJ
Marion county j health officer, as
director of Oregon's maternal and
child v health program was an
nounced today by Dr. Harold M. i
Erickson, state1 health officer.
He succeeds : Dr. John Francis
Beli, resigned, j
The health board accepted the
resignation r of ! ut. Frederick D. 1
Strickler fromj the advisory post
head held since5 he resigned as
director last winter. Dr. Robin E.
t w liT
i wwa, , Mmuvxuc, iv, . was y
broved as industrial hygiene chem-
1 1st
1 n4t?el Cim.J. HI
UnUsh oqa&da Blowing
aiejElfned Line Apart
.
! EIGHTH CORPS HEADQUAR-
ITERS, Ploen, Germany, June 20.
i t ti ixr v. . .
i vrr-onusn uemouuon squaas sltb
1 mowing up ine aieguiea unci
The job of i removing concrete
pillboxes and dragons teeth will J bar from future membership In
require several years, officials previa new world organization govern-
t oicteo. j - , .
. The squads were blowing up
concrete blockhouses and air raid
isneiters in Kiel and Hamburg.:
Thursday Morning, June 21. 1945
i
an
W
Gen. Claudius Easier
General Easley
Dies in Action
On Oldnawa
WASHINGTON, June 20.-P)-Death
has Overtaken two more
high-ranking American officers in
the Pacific -j 7 Brig. Gen. Claud
ius M. Easley and Rear Adm. For
rest B. RoyaL '.
General Easley, 53 -year-old as-
sistant commander of the 96th in- I
fantry division, twas killed in ac- I
tion on .Okinawa Tuesday, the
war departments notified iu wife
ine navy announcea mat aq- i
mnmmmtuM an
xupuioiuus 4ra: uiai spwraeaa-
Brunei bay, Borneo, died Monday
of natural causes. No further in
formation was given.
General Easley, who -joined the
96th division as ; it commenced
training at Camp Adair in 1942,
was a native of Texas, a graduate
of Texas A&M college, and had
served in the army since 1917,
three years of peacetime at Ma
nila. With the 96th he fought on
Leyte and was wounded once be
fore going to Okinawa with the
10th army. 1
TO "
j --JjL Z A
1 tOmllllSSlOIier
1 ' U U
KdIi mral l a n
I -"vlll sM. A lVClX
1 "Selection of a tax commissioner
to succeed Ear Day, resigned, may
be announced today. The three
appointing officials, Gov. Earl
SnelL Secretary' of State Farrell
and Treasurer Scott, are expected
to confer on the matter during the
day. Governer SneU will be back
in his office after being away
most of the week.
.The. .launching .of the interim
tax study commission yesterday
served to thrown the pending ap -
concernea oecause tne appointee
vvwiuv. a wauwr wi uis ooay,
and some indivKluals are said to
be interested in the appointment
for themselves, f One of them is
xvep. iues Jtrencn 01 Aioro, wno
has served on taxation committees
xur Kvenu ! legisiauve sessions.
Sen. Coe McKenna, ' whose reso
lution started the ball rolling for
the creation of the commission, is
said to aspire to toe commissioner-
snip. - ;
Judge Day's resignation is effec
tive July 1. He expects to resume
residence in Medford.
V
Export Trade Slumps
wacttttwviyw t:
Rvalue M U. S. export trade
in the first quarter of this year
was announced !ftoday as $A804,-
nnnnnn tk;. . a,
i ww-,vw. ... .ucucw w.
18 per cent as compared with the
erst quartet ol last
exports were valued at $3,420,-
000,000.
V I
Franco Defends Spain
MADRID, June 20.-(ffV-General
I T xl .
i aut-u, epvajuujg xess man
; noun airer a unirea fiauona con -
f erence commission took action to
I ments set up witn axis ceip, saia
tonight Spain Is not the nation
I which "defamatory campaigns de-
f ipict ner asj oeing."
.. 1' '
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t, , ,f - i
I- A r i
r
Si
Last Jlaps
On Isle
Die Fast
Nips Compressed
Into Three Tight
Little Pofckets
i By Lief Erickson
GUAM, Thursday June 21.-OP)-
American 10th army troops, elimi
nating fanatically fighting Japa
nese at the rate of 2590 a day,
compressed the few thousand sur
vivors into three tight little pock
ets on Okinawa yesterday.
Fleet Adm. Chester W. Nimitz
announced today that 6884 Japa
nese troops were killed and 885
captured on Sunday, Monday and
Tuesday a total of 7769 in only
three days fighting;
This I was probably the highest
rate of Japanese slaughter for any
similar; period in the central -or
far western Pacific j campaigns. It
increased Japanese ! casualties for
80 days of Okinawa fighting to
87,343 I killed and 2565 prisoners.
S Pockets Left
Although still withholding any
announcement that bloody Oki-
nawa has been secured, Nimitz
said remnants of the enemy were
broken into three5 pockets, the
largest; of which was about 1200
yards in diameter.
.,,:i i iNnv,;n ...
Ut iucji close quarters' that an
vw artillArv r91 bn rdAr
to cease fire because of the dan
ger to American troops. But there
still was much stubborn small
arms and machine 'gun battling.
The largest remaining pocket of
enemy: resistance surrounds hill
81 north of Makabe.
Tank Forces Join
The Seventh, infantry division's
184th regiment,' driving 1600 yards
westward from the southeast coast
joined elements' of the first marine
division north of Komesu to close
off "his central pocket from an
other small pocket -in the south
east coastal sector around hill 82.
The third Japanese pocket, an
area about -1,000 yarns square,
was in the Mabuni-Mura j hills
north of Cape Ara which is the
southernmost point of Okinawa.
j . ... .
Hoover Makes
Meat Proposal
1 j
WASHINGTON, June 20.-(P)-
Herbert Hoover 'declared today
that meat controls have broken
down land proposed a sweeping
12-point program to remedy short-
j ages in animal products.
I in brief, the Droeram includes
1 an Administrative revolution" in
murh authority .under the secre-
1 tary of agriculture; a system of
i ceiling and floor prices tn meats,
Loultrr . fr. and dairr nroducti
I desimed to increase croduction
without subsidy payments, and
splf.nnKHnir f rmresentativM of
livestock growers, packers, com-
mission men and retailers.
i
Special Stunts
In E Borid Sales
i
An outdoor vaudeville perform
ance by entertainers from the Cor
vallis xiaval hospital which drew
upwards of 2000 persons to the
Vktorv Center last night and a
r dublesmen nent
wnr mshinff rsines netted
"wl7sl00 000 in E bonds.
approxunaxeiy iuu,uuu in t oonas.
urjth 800 000 worth. of E bonds
. tos ;d to ton its ouota bv
the end of this month, Marion
county's war finance committee
commenced figuring in the marg
ins Wednesday night
Savings accounts in the county
are growing; bankers reports chow.
while the mighty Seventh War
ran'M intArenavinff nierchan-
lags. ' . ; i
I m
1 Bidding at Wednesday niffht'a
J open air auction was lethargic al-
J though bracing breezes "provided
an air-cooled setting. Sid Stevens,
! retail ! chairman-auctioneer, sold
$500 worth of bonds for the priv-
liege of giving away a pair of pre-
I war silk hosiery.
Price 5c
Truman Will
Prolong Visit
To Northwest .
OLYMPIA, Wash., June 20-JP)
President Truman decided to
night to remain over in the Pa
cific northwest until Monday af
ter receiving word the San Fran
cisco security conference cannot
be concluded until next week.
White House Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross made the! an
nouncement upon the president's
return from a 90-mile, two and a
half hour automobile drive in the
Puget Sound area. : .
The president, he said, inform
ed that the delegates to the (Unit
ed Nations conference, will be
ready to sign the' projected char
ter Monday, will fly into! San
Francisco that afternoon to! wit
ness the signing and to meet the
delegates. - He will address the
closing session of the conference
at 4 p.m. (Pacific war time) Tues
day. !
Ross said the president had tel
egraphed Gov. Thomas E. Dewey
of New York, the republican pres
idential nominee last year! ex
pressing his regret that the delay
in the adjournment of the! con
ference would make it necessary
to postpone their scheduled meet
ing at the White House next Mon
day. ! ! ;
Under the change in arrange
ments, the president will leave
San Francisco early Wednesday,
flying to Kansas City, Mo and
thence driving to Independence,
his home town, for a homecoming
celebration.
Petition Fails;
...... , . j .
Registrar B01
Now Effective
Lacking 217 signatures of the
14,442 required to obtain a ; place
on the general election ballot, pe
titions for the referendum of the
1945 legislature's act creating the
office of registrar of elections in
Multnomah county had been dis
credited today in the office of the
secretary of state. -: j
The law is now operative,: elec
tion bureau officials, who with
the state auditing deparhnent
three times counted the signatures,
declared. !
: The registrar of elections bill
was one of the most controversial
issues of the 1945 legislature. It
provides that this official, to be
appointed ly Multnomah county
commissioners, shall take over all
election activities in Multnomah
county now handled by the sher
iff, clerk and other officials;
Democrats in both houses main
tained that the bill was purely po
litical and a direct alap at Demo
crat County Clerk Al Brownj Ref
erendum petitions were circulated
under direction of Lew Wallace,
state senator and democratic na
tional committeeman from I Ore
gon. Persons who brought the
petitions to Salem last Friday told
state department officials that they
contained approximately 15,000
I signatures of qualified voters.
Bring $100,000
on Wednesday
War finance committee "brass
hats," Glenn McCormlck, Ed Bor
ing, Dent Reed, Doug Yeater, Loy
al Warner and Stevens bargained
to cook, serve and wash dishes for
dinner for the . purchaser of
$10,000 worth of bonds, grinned
broadly because " their services
brought such a price and then dis
covered that they had made their
deal with the St Paul Rodeo asso
ciation. They are i preparing to
serve ,100 to . 150 .-person
and are congratulating themselves
on their foresight in not offering
to provide ration points for ' the
meaL .... : . ."' .
- The rodeo association, which ap
peared in western garb as escort
to -the rodeo queen and her court
came prepared to bid on a 50-
pound ham,' but that fine piece of
meat went to a patriotic woman,
whose representative was author
ized to purchase $7000 worth o
bonds but was not told he! could
announce her name.
No. 74
toy
Powers
i -
Settled r
j ... . '
I - - .'
. Charter Signing
Probably Will Be
Finished Monday
By Douglas B. Cornell
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20.-
0P)-R u s s i a n acceptance of an
Australian compromise on what
50-nation general assembly can
talk about enabled the United Na
tions conference tonight finally
and formally to set next Tuesday
for completion of a world char
ter to maintain peace.
Secretary of State Stettinius
announced after a steering com
mittee meeting that , a speech by
President Truman late Tuesday
afternoon will end this historic
gathering, two months and a day
after it began its deliberations.
The charter of a new world or
ganization dedicated to peace pro
bably wiU be signed by all the
delegates of 50 United Nations
Monday afternoon and night It
Will bring Into being, when,
enough governments ratify it an.
international league empowered
to settle disputes peacefully or to
use armed might-to prevent ws
or aggression.
Includes World Court
It will set up a new interna
tional court i of . Justice, and a
council for cooperation In remov
ing social and economic stresses
which have fomented war in the
past ' y
To a compact security council
of. 11 members - - all the five
big .world powers and six other '
- will be entrusted the primary
responsibility for maintaining
peace. A conference commission
considering the council's structure
and duties completed its task to
day. - ' i
All that remained was to put
into chatter language sections
dealing with a general assembly
to serve as the "town meeting of
the world.", ; Russia cleared the
way for that and a successful con
clusion of the conference by ac
cepting an Australian suggestion
that the assembly be allowed to '
debate anything within the sphere
of the world charter.
Reach Agreement
Russia's action was announced
by Secretary of State Stettinius at
the end of a big five meeting.
Stettinius said that big powers
and Australia "have reached full
and satisfactory agreement" on
the question iofL how, broad a de
bating field should be permitted
a world assembly in which every
United Nations ' would have A
voice. He 1 said the agreement
would go before a conference
committee for disposition today.
Arab resentment over French
policies In Syria flared momen
tarily today, but France was voted
immediate, permanent member
ship on the? peace-enforcing' se
curity council of a new world
league. -.t- - .
100 Methodist
Pastors Here
For Meeting
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More than 100 ministers of the
Methodist church are in Salem
for the annual church conference s
which opens today. The first con- 1
f erence session will be held at 4
o'clock at the First Methodist
church with Bishop Bruce Baxter
presiding. J :
The evening session wQl be pro
ceeded by an organ recital by
Prof. T. S. Roberts at 7:30. Bishop
Paul B. Kern of Tennessee will
speak on "An Ancient Word for
a New Generation." Dean Melvin
Geist of Willamette school , o
'music will sing.; -:v';; " h
The Rev. Edward Terry, of Al
bany Is conference 'secretary and
has his headquarters at the Ma-,
rion hoteL . where Bishop Baxter
and Bishop Kern are also regis
tered. All the main sessions will,
be held at jthe First Methodist
church.'
I
Assembly
George Trent Killed
The name of PFC George Trent, i
son-of Mrs. Leota Trent Star
route, Newberg, Is on today' ;
OWI list of i army dead in the
Pacific war theatre, :
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