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. - vj f !! . 1 J" . . . ..... OTP SffiEOOS mm S10lji -1 - -1 ; 1 -It A person remarked the other day how swiftly, the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt: had drop ped out of the news. The name 'which so Ions had dominated the American, even the world scene, appears seldom in : print, a scant quarter-year since his death. The pace of events is swift, to be sure, and whole books of history were written in that period from April 13th to June 26th when the San Francisco cKarter was; signed. ' But may it not also be " true that the country finds a change in the principal of the political drama a bit refreshing? Truman seems to move sure-footedly, a fact which surprises the people He has yet made no blunder which has brought heaps of crit icism en his head. Hence there is no great yearning -for the days when his predecessor reigned in the land. This significant fact was evident w hen over the month-end occur red a ! five-place change in the cabinet, something which has hot happened except following the election of a new president for so long that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. Bob Hannegan succeeds Frank Walker as postmaster general Miss Per kins, in a new "private" hat, gives way to Lewis Schwellenbach as secretary of labor. Clinton Ander son takes over as secretary of ag r he u 1 1 u r e, succeeding : Claude Wickard. Tom Clark replaces Francis ,Biddle as .attorney gen eral. And Jimmy JJyrnes is an nounced as ' ' " (Continued on Editorial Page) T JLegiont I. N. Bacon as Its Commander I. N. Bacon was elected com mander of Capital post No. 9, succeeding Commander B. E. (Kelly) Owens, at a meeting of Legionnaires Monday: night Other officers elected, include: Walter; Kirk, first vice command er; Rex KimmelL second vice commander; Art Johnson, adju tant; J. A. Lewis, finance off! cer; Irl McSherry,. historian; C. V, Richardson, , chaplain; BET Poor man, quartermaster; Claude Mar tin, sergeant at arms. Members elected to ! standing committees included: Carl Gab rielson, building; Paul Gemmell, I. H. Sion and George Gabriel, to one, two and three years respec tively on cemetery committee; Stan Krueger, Fred Paulus, Paul Gemmell, John Olson and Jack Edwards, executive committee. Although the national depart ment convention is still a ques tion mark which ODT has not attempted to answer, j the post elected a slate of eight delegates. The vote on the delegates will be tabulated today. Final reports for the Fourth of July celebration caused officials to make the prediction that 10,000 persons would participate in the festivities which include I a free barbecue at, Marion park.. Those attending will be expected to take a picnic lunch. ? ' it was also announced that war bond sale would be held at the wrestling match tonight. The parade committee reported that details have been worked out for the parade on July; 4 at 10 ajtn. Next meeting of the post will be .held Monday, Aug. J. . 104th General Due to Arrive In N. Y. Today names NEW YORK, July 2H5P) Three . 4ca$ports carrying' more than 7,000 United States troops, includ ing MaJ. Gen. Terry Allen, com manding general of the 104th (Timberwolf ) division, are ex pected to arrive here tomorrow.' Allen will arrive aboard the Monterey, aboard which are 6,493 r troops, among mem me uui in fantry regiment NEW YORK, July 2.-fls)Five troon carriers today disembarked more than 2,000 soldiers and Wacs, including 890 wounded aboard two army mercy ships. Advance Units Of Americans Now in Berlin PARIS, July 2. -VPh Advance units of American occupation forces have entered Berlin to se up communications facilities and arrange billeting for the veterans of world war ; II scheduled to march Into the German capital tomorrow, it was disclosed tonight. A mobile transmitter rill handle the file of some 200 ailed corres pondents who are due to enter the city with main I American, British, : Canadian and French forces tomorrow and Wednesday. NINETY-FIFTH YEAR Attitude Pledged '.!"-: t--.-:r -Oil...: Grew Says Na tion Not Playing In Soviet Hands - : - r i - , WASHINGTON, i July 2.-WV- The state department emphatically set forth today a policy of impart ial friendliness toward both Brit ain and Russia. In a communication to an in formal committee of congressmen it also restated the department's dedication to the principles of the Atlantic charter and a determina tion to pursue an active course in international affairs, aimed at achievement of this country's own aims. "" j " " ::i No Tacit Understanding Acting "Secretary -Joseph G. Grew wrote the outline to ' Rep. Coffee (D-Wash) leader of a group of four, house members who called at the state department May 31 and asked five specific questions about this country's foreign policy. "It can be stated unequivocally that the United States government has not tacit understanding or day-to-day working; arrangement through which it has become 'de facto or otherwise a part of an Anglo-American or any otner iront against s the Soviet union," Grew wrote. - - ,..J . i ' ' - "Conversely there! is no truth in the assertions made by some that we are playing into the hands of the Soviet union to the detri ment of the British empire or any other nation j The leading role we have taken in the creation of the world se curity organization in San Fran cisco is conclusive proof of our friendly attitude ta all freedom loving nations. i "It-is regrettable that when dif ferences arise, one group of opin ion1 or another often endeavors to build these differences into funda mental issues which are difficult to solve even in an atmosphere of patience and mutual understand in." L- . ' - - Dr. Smith Gels Added Degree From DePauw President G. Herbert Smith of Willamette university last week added a doctor of laws degree to decrees he holds from DePauw university, it was disclosed Mon day when copies of the com mencement program arrived here from Greencastle, Ind. Dr. Smith received his bachelor's degree from DePauw in 1920, his mas ter's degree in 1924.:- The honorary degree awarded him Sunday, June 24, was one of two given to graduates of the university, the other going to David LilierithaL chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority The Willamette president, who of ficiated at commencement exer cises here June 23, was unable to attend the DePauw ceremonies. He was dean of the college before coming to Willamette in 1942. Silverton Girl, By Accidental SILVERTON, July 2-(SpecJal)-Marlene Thomas, 8, died today as the result of an accidental gun shot wound late Sunday night at her parents' home, 60S Lincoln street Her. brother, David, 12, is a patient , in Silverton hospital with a severe cut in his left fore arm suffered when he jumped through, the window to seek help. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Thomas and the older daughters, Evelyn, Elaine and Georgia, were not at home when the accident happened. : i .;; Marlene and David were at home with two m older children, Harold, 14, ! and Rosemary, 10. Playing about the- room they knocked a gun from a nail, and in subsequent handling the gun Unbiased 10 PAGES Confirmed 1 h James F. Byrnes Senate t Byrnes to Stettinius Post WASHINGTON, July 2 -(P) The senate today paid James F. Byrnes the tribute of confirma tion as secretary of state Without hearings, without debate and without dissent) i The nomination arrived; from the White House at 12 noon and in less than a half hour approval was granted. This was the .way the senate- republicans- along with ' demo crats chose to illustrate their, confidence in the South Carolinian who served ' in the house, in the senate, as associate justice of the supreme court and as war ! mobi- lization director. The unanimous confirmation made Byrnes next in line of suc cession for the presidency if Mr. Truman should not complete his term. v; Byrnes will take the oath of office tomorrow at 11 a.m. in President Truman's office. :t Byrnes succeeds Edward R. Stettinius, formef U. S. Steel exe cutive, who is to serve as U. S delegate on the ; postwar security macninery. Suspects Sought In 1500 Holdup Of Roberi Qark 1 1 ' ' Police Monday nlcht were still seeking suspects in the attempted nomup bunaay morning : ox oo ert A. Clark, Salem taxicab pay master, who was beaten over the head with a gun; by. an unidenti fied gunman. Clark's money bag, which the gunman secured, con tained personal belongings of Clark but the $1500 j payroll, which was in Clark's pocket, was overlooked. J f I Two Portland men were picked up by police as suspects but Clark was unable to say positive ly whether either answered the description of his assailant Clark was attacked as ihe left his home at 2040 Madison street with the company, payroll '-.."! 1 -:-r . NOTED ISLANDER DffiS ; . HONOLULU. July 2 -MP)- Dr J., Christopher OfDay, 78, widely known physician j and autnor ana former cureeon to Queen Liliuo- kalani, died today. He had prac ticed in Oregon and Pennsylvania before coming to the islands. 8, Fatally Hurt Gun Discharge was discharged, Sheriff Denver Young found In Us investigation Monday. Miller j3. Hayden, dis trict attorney, accompanied the sheriff here. . .' : . : William Nimnlcht a neighbor, heard David's cries and went to his aid, as. did also Vera Young, another neighbor. They - started for the hospital with the boy who finally made -them understand Marlene was still' in the room and in need of attention, -K i ; r Marlene was shot in the abdo men and her condition was cri tical from the first ; The father was employed by the SUver Falls Logging company An older son, Francis, is a seaman 2c in the US. navy, now u we Fbilippines. tj . Ms ; ' 1 ' 1 "a I : S( r:'-;" J II- : s A.- li-A . : p-nA( T-' ! ... l : rl : -it I k j-:A Affirms Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Amssies Ori ve Japs By; Spencer Davis -MANILA, Tuesday, July 3.-() Australian invasion troops push ed within 1,500 yards of the fire swept heart of Balikpapan on southeast Borneo today as their commander, Lt Gen. Sir Leslie Morshead, announced thit the campaign already was "strategic ally won." !,;.- -M- .. 1 1: tThe Melbourne radio said both the Sepinggang and Manggar air fields had been captured by the Australians. xThis was not . coni- rirmed here, but Kusseu Brines, Associated Press correspondent on the scene, reported at 6:30 a. n. that the Capture of Sepinggang was imminent It is three miles from Balikpapan. ! i Japanese! resistance increased measurably as the Australians drove forward. ; The Australians had taken more than! three miles of beach and had driven better than 2,500 yards inland, Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur reported early today, j Thick black smoke from the burning oil storage tanks settled County Way Oyer Top in Total Bonds July 4 Deadline for Drive NATIVES REALLY WORK ... ; ' AFTER CORPOHAL SfTTS T j FALSE TEETH AT THEM WASHINGTON, Julyj 2H& An exasperated corporal! in New Guinea really put teeth into his dealings with the natives. The natives refused to take se riously their work for the Quar termaster corps, until in a burst of fwords his false teeth! popped oui '! I " . ' j - i - "The Incident" the army grave ly I reported, "caused great con cern. iTom : then on, tne corporal was looked upon with respect and awe, and his orders were obeyed with alacrity. Subs Add 10 i Ships Biff Score s WASHINGTON, July t-iJPy-United Stajtes submarines have 'sunk 10 more Japanese vessels, bringing their total bag to 1163,' the navy disclosed today. j The ten were a converted gun boat a patrol escort vessel, four medium merchant vessels, a large tanker, two! small merchant ves sels and a small tanker. Total sinkings by US. subma rines include 140 combatant and 102j3 non-combatant ships. Census Shows Fewer Farms in Polk and Yamhill , Decreases j in the ' number of acres under cultivation and in the size of farms were shown in the 1945 census for Polk and Yamhill counties. Yamhill has a few more farms, Polk j a few less. The figures for 1945, 1940 and 1935 respectively: j, i Polk - number of farms 1728, 1743, 1968; acres '208,918, 222,622, 241,421; acres per farm 121, 128, 123 1 Yamhill -i number of farms 2836. 2817, 2937; acres 276,196, 290,974, 2f08; ; acres per farm 97. 103.0, 9j8J. i ; . ,f Registration Ends for Summer 'Session A t 1: Approximately 50 civilians and 129 navy V-12 men will comprise Willamette university's summer student body, Registrar Walter Erickson said at close of registra tion Monday. A few .late regis trants are expected for the term which ends October 23. . PEfcU LEADER DECS LIMA, July 2HP)-Oscar Rai mondo Benavides, 69, twice presi dent of Peru, died -in a hospital here today after suffering a heart attack. I Morning July 3 1945 over; the entire battle operation. j American heavy, medium and fighterbombers continued to give dose support to the ground for ces, while US carrier based navy fighters hit enemy road transport tation inland. ; j j j MacArthur went ! ashore four hours after the first wave hit the beaches east of the city, and pored unperturbed over an operations map while a sniper took eight shots at him and his staff. . . j The capture of Balikpapan's air fields in the words of Mac Arthur - - "will enable our air craft of all categories to disrupt jand smash enemy communica tions on land and sea from Timor ito eastern Sumatra." All of Java, another island rich in oil, will be within easy range. - J j : More and more troops and sup-, plies ' were , pouring ashore from the invasion fleet of more than 300 ships. : ; . j MacArthur estimated that the Balikpapan fields produced 15, 000,000 barrels of petroleum an nually. " But E' Lags; I Outstanding Program rescheduled WednesIay To Qose Campaign Corporation and Individual sales J of large denomination bonds al ready have put Marion county : nearly a million dollars past its , Seventh War Loan quota of $4,320,000, but E bond sales con tinued to lag nearly .half a million ! dollars behind as workers gather ed forces for one last .effort this week., -.- ' .-; j Sales of E bonds will be counted toward the campaign until the ehdj of the week, Chairman Doug las jYeater said, but only those purchased by Wednelday will have tickets for the award of 100 prizes worth $4600 . at .Marion, square. A booth will remain open at the square all day July 4, how ever, and purchases these will be entitled to tickets. ; Larre Crowd 'Expected: I With planes, a blimp and the big. infantry show as attractions for the American Legion patriotic celebration on the Fourth, one of the largest crowds ever assembled in Salem is expected. Prizes will be awarded at 11 a.m., 3 pjn. and 71 pjn., while the other attrac tions will be strung along from the parade and blimp show about 1Q ami to the final carnival show about !' midnight. Twenty B-24 planes from ; the Walla Walla air base are scheduled to appear about 2, while the infantry show win be at 4 pjn. at Sweetland field.. ; , ; v: : f Preceding the July Fourth events .will be the wrestling match at the' armory tonight and the regular . carnival attraction at Marion square this afternoon and evening. Purchase of an E bond will entitle the buyer to a ticket to the wrestling match battle." J Mill City Triples Quota i Bond sales totalling $102,017 at Mill; City featured the last ref ports for June. The amount was nearly J three times the $35,000 quota assigned - Chairman D. B, HIH,! Treasurer Lawrence Fisher pointed out. E bond sales alone were $35,869. Other outside re ports included $14,019 from Sil verton, $4844 from Woodburn and $2831 from ML AngeL 1 An allocation of $75,000 from Shell Oil company 'was announc ed, bringing the corporation total to nearly two million dollars. In dividuals have purchased more than $1,630,000 in large sized binds, t The Willamette Produc tion Credit association also allo cated i $8000 to . Marion county. (Additional story page 4.J , Weather Sam. Trancisco - i a sunn Portland Seattle Willamette river -J.S fL IORECAST (from U. S. wetther bn reau. McNarr field. Salem): Clear to day except or acattered low clouds this mom m. Slight r cooler temper' turct with a manmiim Dear sa de grees. MajfJOn. Sain 71 84 . JM a tiA , , ,t M JO . 81 S4 M VCVTS Prlc. 5a FiroGmi ISprrieb Beaclhi; RIVER OF BURNING OIL MAKES NO-MAN'S LAND . -1. By . James Hatcbeson ... WITH AUSTRALIAN TROOPS ATf BAUKPAPAN, July 2.-0P)-A river of burning oil;- - a hell ish inferno of flame and smoke - mae a no-man's-land between Australian and Japanese lines to day. - ' o I . As Australians and a lew Am ericans' watched from j a white sand ridge 'which theyfhad seized, a big storage tank thousand yards away erupted like a vio lent volcano. A waU of flame 100 feet across leaped spectacularly hundreds of feet Skyward.' Thei wild column' of roaring flame seemed to lean forward, as though it were going ; to topple onto us across the valley. , Scores of men stood up from iheir guns, watching in wonderment and shielding their " faces Ifrom the heat. ':. : j Troops a mile away! on the beach said they could feel the Santiam Span Steel J Freed; Sweet Home I Sewer Is Approved WASHINGTON, Julf 2.-GP)-for construction of the Santiam bridge, a unit of the ( recently authorized $1,300,000 road build ing project in the upper Willam ette valley, has been ) released by the war production board, Senator Guy Cordon said today. WASHINGTON, July IHJPr The federal works agency has approved a grant of $67,000 to construct a sewer at Sweet Home, Ore., Senator Guy Cor don announced today. Portland Fire Hits 2 Plants; Loss $75,000 PORTLAND, OreJ July2-(ff)-Huge columns of black smoke poured across north Portland to night when a $75,000 fire destroy ed a roofing company warehouse and damaged a steel fabricating plant which furnishes parts to shipyards here.-; ' 1 ..." L. W. Wells, owner of the Clow Roofing company, said loss to his plant was $35,000 and Ben Ko back, owner of Victory Steel Fa bricating co, estimated f loss of plant equipment and material at $40,000. j ; j - He reported about $5000 worth of steel units for', maritime ship work were destroyed. ; K 4 City Gets Budget But Salary Boosts Leave By Isabel Chflds : City Editor, The Statesman The 3ity of Salem has a 1945 4R budiret. Rut no on Who-was m the council chambers: when it was adopted Monday night could tell you its size. " ' ;.;;. -. r '-;. I For the council went on a salary-raising spree upped! the an nual . pay of the city , treasurer (forgotten in the first upsurge of idepartment-head s a 1 a ries two weeks ago) to $3300, gave the engineer a new boost to $3600, and went "down , the line - to in crease pay for the engineer's stenogr a p h e r , the . treasurer's clerk, the stenographer in the po lice department, first aid men and first aid captains, health; depart ment, park superintendent and laborers. y-jl r. : :. The public library was left oui of the new increases,' : and some student -of municipal affairs may within a few hours find a dozen more forgotten men. Some in creases were merely "to equal the salary of 1 so the city recorder has a full day's work ahead of him.- - , ; '-. t . : Intent of the council was to use some $20,000 surplus fundi which weren't mentioned when the bud get committee was at work. : Not all the - budget ; changes were increases: the safety levy, at No. ii earth vibrate from the first blast and could feel the heat Flaming oil. poured down ra vines on both sides of our ridge, running faster than a man could have ' fled. Several j Australians said they saw a Japanese, trap ped in a tree by the onrushing fire, slip a rope over, a limb and hang himself before i the flames reached him.' j j Evidently an enemy shell blast ed the tank open after black smoke had been pouring from it since late yesterday, i "The gigantic core of flame sub sided after, a few minutes, while the river of fire slowed into a quarter-mile diameter circle around the row of tanks. Then the blazing oil flowed slowly a half-mile farther along : a stream of water. . Finally it burned itself out a short distance from the sea. A mile of the beach, . which yesterday was clean white sand, now looks like a garage floor upon which an automobile crank case has been drained. Another Two Square Miles Left in Ruins ( " TWENTY FIKST BOMBER COMMAND HEADQUARTERS, Guam, Jaly l-(P) Reeonals sance photographs disclosed te-. day that nearly, twe square miles of industrial areas were ; burned - eat In ' the j firebomb strikes of Superfortresses aralnst Moji, Sasebo, Shlmono sekl and Nobeoka. The flgares bring to 117 square miles the total urban' industrial areas of Japan laid waste byj the Marianas-based Superfortresses. : GUAM, Tuesday, July' S-iflV About ' 50 American j Superfor tresses blasted the Maruzen 'oll refinery . near Shimotsu on Japan's mainland before dawn to day, less than 24 hours after nearly 600 of the B-29s struck four Nippon cities in the greatest incendiary air raid of Wstory. f The, 20th air force, - announcing from Washington that two of the B-29s failed to . return, said 20 crew members , were rescued. I In the . mission Monday, . the bombers from Marianas bases at Guam, Tinian and Saipan poured 4000 tons of incendiaries on Kure, Shimohoseki, Ube and Kumamoto all vital centers of about 200,000 population or more each. ; Total in Doubt 15 per cent for a number of years, was cut to 10 per cent a saving of $24,100 to taxpayers. Ways and Means Chairman David OUara said. For the f past two years, taxes have been paid up so well that a surplus. has. accumu lated from this marginal levy, which was originally planned to cushion the treasury against de linquent taxes. : ....'v. i - It was to "reduce the budget" by trimming the safety; levy that O'Hara moved the council go Into a committee of .the whole. When the committee of the whole rose to report an : hour and 10 minutes later, it had approved salary raises for some 15 city employes and had heard a plea from the park board for money for j improve ment of Bufh's pasture. Indden- uusy, me -committee j cut one raise voted two weeks ago. . -The increases in the city atior ney'r office amounted to, more than 10 per-ent of the 'item as approved by the budget commit tee, and . without denoting just wnere the cut should come a de crease was decreed in that item. - The council postponed action on one requested tone change and handled a full evening's business in addition to adoption of the bud get ordinance. -(Story siso- cn paj3 2.):' ' 'Let's Not Hesitate'-; Trui President Tells Senate There Is " No Other Choice : .-I.. i,-y ' . , By Franeisf J. Kelly WASHINGTON JuIt 8.-JPU Harry S. Trumaa came back to the senate today ' to hand bis old ! associates the United Nations char- . ter and ask them to ratify it promptly. ,;r ! The president spoke with the simple, easy air of a man who felt pretty sure of getting just tt what he asked for. ; '? --- ,..' The choice before the senat is now clear, he said, spacing bis words carefully. i ! The choice is not between this charter and something else. It is between this charter and no char ter at alL" v V' .; i Then, just before ending hia seven-minute speech, he re-em phasized that conclusion to ;th : men who have the, final say-so on ratification. , . " . , ' , j I "This charter points down tha only road to enduring peace,", be . said. :. : ? :: y - :V-:.: -V ' "There is no other. . '; Let , us . not hesitate to join hands with the peace-loving peo ples of the earth and start down that road with God's help and with firm resolve, that we can and will reach our goal. ' j "I urge ratification.' I "I urge prompt ratification.. - There appeared no a doubt his request would be granted sine an Associated Press poll showed more than two thirds of the sen ate membership already on record for the world organization, j The relatively small senate chamber was jammed with not ables and their friends, including some members of the cabinet. But Jjhere were no microphones, no I nonninir flash hulha. nnn rt iha fanfare usual at a president's ap pearance. Mr." Truman v himself thought the occasion called for simplicity, ". ' The objectives of ' the charter are clear,1' the president declared, . mt seeks V)' prevent future wars. " It is- the product of many hands ; and- many . influences. It 'comes -from the reality of experience ir a world where one generation has , failed tvice to keep the peace. The lessons of that experlenca , have been written into this docu ment" The last obstacle in the path of the proposed $250,000 plant of the) National Battery company ins West Salem has been overcome, it was announced Monday night in the West Salem city council. , City Recorder Robert E. Patti son - told the council that he and City : Attorney - Elmer Cook had secured a quit claim deed from Chester G. Murphy, Portland, oa the 35-acre industrial tract which the city acquired - through a tax sale. The signature on the deed cost the city $5000.1 Included in the tract is the 4.03 acres on which the battery com pany has an option and on which it proposes - to bund the plant. Also included in the tract Is 4.03 acres sale of which was approved by the council to the Blue Lake Producers Cooperative. The re maining 2T acres, now are avail able for other industries. The council voted to take act ive membership in the Salem Chamber of Commerce and to pay a $150 assessment. Mayor Guy Newgent, speaking on the propos al, told members that it was the good offices . of . Manager Clay Cochran which cinched the bat tery plant for West Salem and said he believed membership in the Salem organization a good In vestment. v " V The city 1 received a proposal from George Rhoten that the city sell him a lot fronting 200 feet oa Wallace road and extending back 300 feet He told the council that he proposed to put in a large tur key hatchery The proposal was turned over to a committee for investigation. - tL V. Collins of the Pacific Tel ephone & Telegraph company asked . the ; council to reconsider enforcement of an ordinance which requires all ; utilities using overhead wires to post a $23,000 indemnity policy 'With the city, Collins said he believed the or dinance worked an unusual hard ship on his company since it was designed to cover accidents in volving high voltage, whereas tel ephone wires, he, said, carry only a few volts and then only when a subscriber is being contacted. A committee was Instructed to in vert sate. -l Title Assures West Salem of Rattfirv Plant it U 1