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nrxn o)i JliJ IA n nn UVUU . (Story in Column 5) Weather DTD QOQS 1! I y ! " Rockets spanning the Atlantic carrying mail and passengers. Access to heights where the pull of earth's gravity is neutralized. Concentration of sun's rays to generate electricity, burn forests, turn lakes and oceans to steam. Such was the lurid picture of the future as dreamed by German scientists dreams they were In process of trying to perfect when the end of the war came. An offi cer of the U. S. army ordnance Intelligence section told the story to news men as .he had gotten it from German scientists. Then he said he was holding back part of the story. The imaginings of Jules Verne, Buck Rogers and Rube Goldberg appear to have become the work ing drawings of the German men of science. In evil hands they be come a threat; in honest hands they become promise for human ity. , Timely, indeed, is the framing of a charter in which nations "agree to avoid aggression them selves and to suppress it if it does break out If they will only use the machinery now being set up, then gradually the spirit of beuig erence may be leached out of the human heart We cannot of course initially beat our swords into curling irons. With such potent forces loose in the world we have to , (Continued on editorial page) Chinese Gain Near Old U.S. Airfield Bases CHUNGKING,; June 29 (JPh- Chinese troops fighting into wrecked and burning Liuchow, eaptured the main airfield of the abandoned US air base in the southern suburbs and the city's south rail station, the Chinese high command announced today. ; Heavy fighting continued in the western and northwestern sub urbs of the strategic junction city, its center destroyed by week-long files, the Chinese said. Other Chinese forces more than 100 miles to the northeast, closed within 10 miles of Kweilin (pop. 800,000), where another UJ5 14th air force base was abandoned last November, a Chinese army spokesman , said. A Chinese arc being pushed down from the north and northwest - now runs within 10 to 18 miles of Kweilin, he declared. The Chinese apparently had re won control of virtually all the Kweichow-Kwangsi railroad, the first rail route to be regained by the Chinese since their long war started July 7, 1937. Oregon Shows Trend Toward Larger Farms At least 3 per cent more farms, an and even greater percentage gain in the number of acres under agricultural development, will be shown for Oregon when the 1945 - farm - census is complete, John Kallak, are supervisor for the cen sus, said Friday. The trend appeared to be to ward larger farms, Kallak said. The census now has been com pleted, but all reports have not yet been compiled. Marion county was the last to be finished. , The Klamath Falls census office will be closed by July 1 and those at Eugene, Portland and Burns by July 15. Kallak's headquarters in Salem has not yet scheduled its dosing. Wool Released for Gvilian Clothes WASHINGTON, June Increased quotas for the manufac ture of a number of woolen gar ments, especially children's, were announced by the war production board today. At the same time the agency added men's - overcoats and top coots -and more sizes of legging sets for children to the list of essential civilian garments for which manufacturers are given priorities to obtain woolen fabric. War Communism Saved Allies And Russia9 Declares G. B. Shaw LONDON, June 30--George Bernard Shaw, the white-bearded playwright whose wit belies his age, said today that PrinYe Min lsterXhurchill was talking "arrant nonsense" about communism and declared that "practical British communism saved us in the war in the west" r ;.c: Never at a loss for words, the 87-year-old writer and critic voiced this view in a letter endors ing R. P. Dutt, vice-chairman of the communist party, for parlia ment in the Sparkbrook 'district, Birmingham. .i ' "You call yourself a communist," wrote the author of "Everybody's Political What's What." NINETY-FIFTH YEAH Glider Cescaaes Mo aoDimeaCraslhi Salemite Helps Used Furlough to In Bringing Out Win Bride; 30 Days WACand Airmen More for Honeymoon. HOLLAND I A, New Guinea, June 28-(Delayed)-P)-A ground skimming transport plane jerked a glider aloft today from "Hidden Valley" in the mountainous wilds of New. Guinea and brought out a pretty WAC corporal and two army airmen, isolated there since a plane crash last May 13. In one of the most daring rescue attempts ever undertaken in the southwest Pacific, these were brought out: Hazel-eyed WAC Cpl. Margaret Hastings, of Oswego, N. Y.; Lt. John B. McCollom, of Trenton, Mo., who calmly assumed charge after the plane of sightseers crash ed and burned on a mountain slope, killing 20 other occupants; Sgt. Kenneth Decker, of Kelso, Wash., who, although deeply scar red, managed a brave smile as he stepped out at Hollandia today. Route Is Treacherous Going in and coming back, the glider had to be towed at 10,000 feet through jagged mountain canyons, over treacnerous peans, through or around puffy clouds which might conceal death-dealing mountain tops. V. The actual rescue from a glider strip built in the fantastic valley of inter-warring tribesmen by par achuted Filipinos was a thing of split - second timing. The glider, with the trio and two of the Filipino paratroopers aboard, was snatched aloft at 9:47 a.m. by a C-47 flying within 20 feet of the valley floor, trailing a grab line. "The greatest thrill," said Miss Hastings, "was when that tow cable held and our glider swoop ed off the valley floor. I prayed the cable wouldn't break. When we started off into the air safely. I figured someone else could do the praying." No Need of Ambulances Crowds at Hollandia cheered as the frail, motorless plane "Fan! ess Faggot, hovered over the field, then came slowly to a stop. "Send the ambulances away; we don't need them," said bewhisker ed McCollom. Decker, cleanly shaven, had deep scars from his head injuries. Smiling, he paid tribute to Lieu tenant McCollom who took charge of the group until Capt. Cecil Wal ters, veteran paratrooper, arrived to begin the rescue preparations. . The rescue party included Capt G. Reynolds Allen, Salem, who helped pilot the glider. Crew chief was PFC. E. F. Sims, of Waco, Tex. , : Maj. W. S. Samuels, of Oakland, Calif., piloted the khaki-colored C-47 which made the perfect pick' up. His co-pilot was Capt Wil liam McKenzie, of La Crosse, Wis. Venus de Milo Back To Replace 'Ersatz' PARIS, June 29-UrVThe Venus de Milo. boxed In a cellar during six years of war, returned to the Louvre today. All through her absence a plas - ter reproduction stood on her base. Many pictures were sent home by American soldiers who thought they had seen and photographed the "McCoy." "And so do I. he added. "So would ail the others if they un- J A 4V.4 .... C44lr-V. communism has saved us in the war In the west, Just as Russian communism, which , the Russians learned from England, has saved us in the east" "I hope there will be enough good sense in the Sparkbrook dis trict people to see that what you ; have to say about it (communism) is plain common sense and that what Mr. Churchill is saying about it is arrant nonsense, like his pious protest ; against Molence after spending 12,000,000 pounds ($48, 000,000) a day for five years in the most frightful form of violence in the history of mankind.' " 10 PAGES as Off BUSHNELL GENERAL HOS PITAL, Utah, June 29 HJPh A wounded soldier, PFC. Thomas R. Woodsworth of Vancouver, Wash., telegraphed from Hartsville, S.C, to Bushnell's commanding officer. "Taken all my furlough to con vince her. Had to come way down : here to marry her. Please con sider 30-day extension to be with her." The C. O. telegraphed: "Extension granted." Japs Warn of U.S. Attack on Isles North SAN FRANCISCO, June 29-jP) -Radio Tokyo warned the Japa nese homefront today that the United States was .. massing ground and naval forces in the Aleutians for an attack from the north, and disclosed that speedy transfer of Nipponese "war indus tries to Manchuria was underway to escape further destruction from the air. Tokyo said American moun tain-trained fighters and para troops were gathering in. the Aleutians and the VJS. Ninth fleet was on the prowl, awaiting a chance to strike the mainland of Japan. Removal of war industries to the Asiatic continent to escape great American aerial blows was admittedly "more fundamental' than "the large scale dispersion of munitions industries in Japan. And while the invasion-anxious cabinet of Premier Suzuki held a seven-hour session to discuss "the situation when the homeland may be converted into a battlefield," Tokyo added that American air attacks had interfered with com munications with Manchuria, fur ther complicating the situation. Tokyo said the US Aleutian force was being stationed on Agattu island. Picturing mount ing American air power based on Okinawa as a' "curtain raiser to the decisive battle of the Japa nese mainland," Tokyo said: "An air raid alert may be sounded 50 times a day." Reiterated was the belief that Kyushu was an "impregnable fortress." Marion 4-H Youth Win State Honors More than 1100 4-H clubbers .left for their homes . throughout Ore gon today at the conclusion of the Oregon 4-H club 30th annual sum mer session. Among those placing in the judging contests were: I Home economics Barbara 1 Benton, Lane county, second. I Poultry Tommie Fisher and IMaurie Hammer, Marion, third. Forestry identification tied I for second, Marvin Black and Ken- neth Austin, Marion. Crops Harold Watts, Marion, third. Ed Steinhouser, Lane, received a gold pin from K. W. Ingwalson. national 4-H club field agent, for 10 years 4-H club work. Hull Signs Peace I O I Uiarter IOr U3. WASHINGTON, June 29-P)- Ailing Cord ell Hull left his hos pital room today to affix his sig nature to the United Nations char ter, of which he has often been called the father. The 73-year-old former secre tary of state returned to sit down in his former conference seat and sign with a firm hand. The document had been flown here from San Francisco' to re ceive his signature as member of the American delegation at the I conference POUNDDD 1651 Salem. Orecjon, Nation's E-Bond Sales Nearly a Billion Short WASHINGTON, June 29-flr Bond sales to individuals in the Seventh War Loan drive went over the 7-billion dollar quota to day, leaving the E-bond quota the only one not yet reached. Secretary of the Treasury Mor genthau announced individual sales as $7,06Q,000,000, with E bond sales, included in the indi vidual total, $3,126,000,000, or 78 per cent of the E-bond goal of $4,000,000,00p. Flames Damage KSLM Plant, PGE Oil Switch Fire which destroyed the roof and much of the wiring for lights at the Front street transmitter and studio of KSLM, and water which dampened radio equipment there put the Salem'station off the air Friday night and will probably keep it out of service until some- tune this afternoon. Extent of the damages could not be estimated last night, while fire men continued their watch on the frame building, where flames were first reported at 9:50 o'clock. Nor was axact cause of the fire known, although "overheating" was gen erally blamed. The: KSLM blaze was the second major fire Friday in the Salem area,- where. a power break of several minutes followed the ex plosion of an oil switch at the transformer near the Blue Lake cannery in West Salem. Port land General Electric Division Supt. David Wright placed the loss at $6000 to $10,000. The explo sion occurred at 5:54 p. m.. and some other equipment was de stroyed along with the switch. Fort Meade Complement at Camp Adair CAMP ADAIR, June 29 .-(Spec ial) An advance contingent of more than 200 men, constituting part of the army ground force complement for replacement de- P4 nunber (official designation for Adair), has arrived under the command of Col. Kevin O'Shea. The remaining men of the regi ment which will serve as the army ground forces cadre here will ar rive within two weeks. The cadre will be in -charge of Mai. Gen. F. B. Mallon. General Mallon formerly com manded the army ground forces replacement depot number 1 at Fort George S. Meade, Md., the first of such depots, which served the European theatre. The entire cadre at Adair will be drawn from Camp Meade. final processing and training for replacements destined for the Pa cific. Crawford Leaves After 11 Big Years as Salem's Receipts of the Salem postal flee have doubled, the staff has been increased by, a third, and a $265,000 marble structure has re placed a 35-year-old building since Henry R. Crawford took of- in wuiy, iJ. He retires today after 11 yean as Salem postmaster, to be re placed by Albert C Gragg, who has a temporary appointment. Postal i receipts, in 1934 were $247,597.33, and for the year end ing December 3L 1944, postal re rpint were 1487.824.07. V Since postal receipts have i Increased eacn monw m me wuu iw the 12 months ending June 30, 1945, will easily make the final year's total twice that of Craw ford's first .. . 0 ' With 20 staff members on mili tary leave and their places taken by temporary appointees, the clerical staff now numbers 34 and the carriers 45, with a few tem porary relief workers. , During his service as Salem 1 postmaster. Crawford has seen great increase in use of air mail, Saturday Morning, June 30. 1945 WW . Vacation Plans Hit By Order Troop Needs Up; Soldiers to Aid Rail Maintenance WASHINGTON, June 29.-(ff- Faced with a tremendous rail transport job as the nation's arm ed might swings toward Japan, the government today. 1. Decreed that reservations on passenger trains may be obtained no more than five days in ad vance, instead of the present 30- day limit 2. Ordered 4,000 soldiers fur lough ed for 30 days' work on the railroads to avert a breakdown and keep troops and supplies roll ing to the Pacific. The five-day limit, effective at midnight tonight, may play hob with many a vacation plan. Un able to buy Pullman reservations or reserved seats in chair cars more than five days in advance. departing vacationers will not be sure that they can return on tune by rail. The step was part of a drive to discourage trips considered un essential. Director J. Monroe John son of the office of defense trans portation, which issued the order, said it was taken to "assume the maximum utilization of the limit ed amount of space now available to civilians as a result of the great ly increased demand for military transportation." Refineries Hit By 50 B-29s; Ships Damaged GUAM, Saturday, June SO-)- American Superforts pounded the big Kudumatsu oil refining plant near Tokuyama on tne Japanese home island of Honshu last night in the fourth air attack on Nippon within a week. Nearly 50 B-29s struck the re- finery of the Nippon oil company with" high explosive bombs just before midnight. The plant is on the southwestern Honshu coast, where other refineries were ser iously damaged in first raids on Japan's oil Industry May 10. Search Liberators of fleet air wing 18, based on Okinawa, struck the coast of Honshu, damaging shipping, warehouses and railroads of Tokyo Friday, A small Japanese cargo ship was sunk south of Honshu. A fishing vessel was sunk by search planes of fleet air wing 1 mtth rt CMVrVii (Via cam riav and marine and army aircraft from oje Shc. Yugoslav ambassador Okinawa struck shipping and the United States, of his home shore installations at Amami and land H declared the Slavs must th Rakishimfls. Seventh armv air with the United States. force and fourth marine air wing You have everything arid we planes struck Marcus island, Yap need everything," he said, "every ani th Paiatu ' thing from needles to locomo- The" Kudumatsu refinery raid was the second night demolition attack within a week on Nippon's oil refining plants. Postmaster w - Y Henry B. Crawford and the. last 34 yean has brought the heavy burden , of war time mail. vcvc Peace Shoots Through Salem U , y f , ' 4 ., -"" r - - x - ' ..j , ' '1 t ' ' i mi Peace played coy in Salem Friday! Not only did it fail to stop bat it all bat hid behind a pole when a camera caught its rear end flying through town at 12:37)4 p. m. Some cars of the San Francisco peace delegates' special, train appeared virtually empty, but from some windows peered comely wives or secretaries, and the diner was fall of business suits. Another special train Is doe at about the same time today. (McEwen photo) Delegates in Portland on Home Journey PORTLAND, June 29-P)-For- eign delegates home-bound from the United Nations conference stopped here today for a brief sight-seeing trip to Portland's famed rose gardens overlooking bustling shipyards and a ride up the Columbia valley to Bonneville hydro-electric dam,- Most of the 600 international I conferees were too busy scanning tha view of snow-camd Mi Hood looming east of the city to the San Francisco meet- Sir Rama Swam! . Mudaliar, head of the Indian delegation, said he was. amazed by, the "big ness of America. "You have such big ideas, he exclaimed. "Everything is planned on such a big scale." The train carrying the delegates yous mountains early today and rolled - north in the Willamette valley through some of the north west's most fertile farmlands. The mountains reminded Stan- I tives.1 I Joseph Paul-Boncour, former j Frencn premier and congress man Sol Bloom of New York commented on the conference. I do not claim that this pact is perfect, but it provides the foundation for universal peace and security," Bloom said. FDR Quote Will Appear on 8th War Loan Bond WASHINGTON, June 29-P) Printed on the face of a special $200 war bond in the Eighth War Loan drive will be the following quotation from Franklin D. Roo sevelt: - - "Every single man, woman and child Is a partner In the most tremendous undertaking of our American history H I Treasury Secretary Morgenthau announced tonight this quotation won' first place and $100 bond in a contest among Washington newsmen for words from the for mer president to appear on a bond. It was submitted by Daniel M Kidney, correspondent for Scripps-Howard newspapers. The sentence was uttered by President Roosevelt In a radio talk to the nation on December 9. 1941, two days after Pearl Harbor. San Salem Price Sc. ArnivFood Needs Must Be Planned, Says Committee WASHINGTON, June 29.-P)- The house food committee called for all-out crop production tonight and recommended that govern ment agendes .be required to take .... . - - . uie rood that farmers produce at their request. - In effect the committee urged the army, for example, not to request a certain amount of vege tables, then cancel the request af ter the crop is in, thus leaving farmers with a price-breaking sur plus. The recommendation was coup led with a request that the govern ment announce its food goals and prices far enough in advance so that producers will not go into production with uncertainty over the amount of money their crop will bring- Coos Bay; Pilot Rescued at Sea NORTH BEND, Ore, June 2&- (iP-Ensign J. K. Freeman, pilot stationed at the North Bend naval air station, was back at his base today, apparently none the worse after being rescued from the sea late last night by a fishing boat The tiny boat, manned by Skip per Albert J. Augsberger, with only his wife and son for a crew, headed full speed for the "spot when they saw the pilot's plane crash three miles out at sea. Freeman had bailed out and was floating in his life jacket when rescued. Blimp to Circle Bond Campaign - A blimp ' from the Tillamook base will lend its massive pres ence to the colorful Fourth of July parade planned by the Am erican Legion, Lt CoL George E. Sandy of state selective service offices Friday notified War Fi nance Chairman Douglas Yea ter. The blimp, to be overhead from 9:30 to 11 ajiL, is another big at traction for the Independence Day celebration w 1 n d 1 n g up the Mighty Seventh War Loan cam paign in Marlon county, " i s; . With the "Here's Your Infan try show already, promised for the afternoon and other, attrac tions throughout the day, Marion county citizens are promised one of the most . eventful days in years. Army weapons used in tak ing Jap pillboxes will be on exhi bition - at Marion square, - where the 10$ E bond prizes worth $4 600 will be'distributed. An upsurge of buying, earlier in the week brought the county's E bond total to $1,874,573, but the Max. Ida. Kiln Francisco 74 St - '0 Eugene 73 SO ' trace Portland u9 " s '- , as - 60 trace Seattle Willamette river x.4 ft . ; f . FORECAST (from U. S. weather bu reau. MrNary field. Salem). Cloudy this forenom, clearnine to only ccat . tered clouds by early afternoon, allfhtiy warmer temperatures with a maximum at 75 degree is expected, No. 82 JuLIUv c i New Isle Air Strip and Port Added to American Bases , -, . GUAM, Saturday, June 20-JP) -American patrols have occupied an of little Kume island without resistance, A dm. Chester W. Ni mitz announced today extending the American invasion spring- board another 50 miles westward and adding possible airstrip sites and small-craft port facilities. Tokyo Radio, in reporting the landings last Tuesday, asserted "heavy fighting" was in progress, but today's fleet communique said, "No enemy troops were en countered." There bad been no confirmation of the American landings until today. ' Kume, within 300 roOes Of For mosa and 370 from Kyushu,' is about seven miles lopg and three miles wide at its broadest point. Saddle-ehaped, the ceriter is flat, with a 1070-foot peak in the north . and a 961-foot height in the south. About three-fourths of the area is forested, f Deep channels, pierca the protective coral reef at sev eral points and small finger piers ' and wharves can accommodate small ships. . i Peacetime pursuits of thf 13, 44 civilian inhabitants .included Occupied Easily raising sugar - time sweet pota toes, rice end other crops," weav ing pongee and mats and operating-sugar mills. ' " : Kume is only 32 miles west of the Kerama islands, the first of the Okinawa group invaded hyf the Americans. f ; James Calton Dies in Action On Okinawa Lt. James Allen Calton, former ly of Salem and son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Calton, who now reside in Los Angeles, was killed in action on Okinawa June 3, bis parents have been' informed. The Caltons have been visiting friends in Salem. Lieutenant Calton, who wat with the 10th army, attended Sa lem high and was working in the shipyards at Portland when he was inducted. His wife, the former Margaret Anna Reed of Portland, and two children, Richard and Danny, reside in Berkeley, Calif. Lieutenant Calton had never seen his youngest son, Denny, age six months. - Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Calton will visit their daughter-in-law in Berkeley. French Seize 6841 Illegal Fortunes PARIS, June 29-(P-The French government has seized 6,841 per sonal fortunes in a campaign against wealth made illegally dur ing the war and more than $280, 000,000 will be confiscated by the end of 1945, Foreign Minister Rent Plevin told a cabinet meeting to day. 1 During July 4th Celebration amount still was $595,000 short of the goal that must be recorded next week. "People don't seem to realize that $1000 invested in bonds will be worth $1333 in 10 years, as against only $1084.50 if left in the banks," pointed out Mrs. J. T. Brand," women's chairman, who reported that street and store sales were picking up but still far short of what should be re corded for this prosperous seo tion. .; Word that Marion county had failed to . improve its sixth place standing in the 10-county contest for the ship launching honor was received by Chairman Yeater, but he expressed hope that a last minute ; spurt might , pass up Washington, Clackamas, Multno mah, Klamath and Umatilla, just ahead. First county passing the E bond quota win win the race, and Washington ' has reported 843 per cent sales. ' : ' -(See also stories on page 2 and 41