w id rn nr ;n (Story in Columns 7-8) !luh ( J 7 . n .- , n n n hp- 5n -x . -. - i t l mm ' m . ' -----...- . I I I I 1 k ; ' r-: i TO tZDDGSl I 1 jX I I J . - r --,..j'' ! . Why did the small boy shout "Ring," grandpa, ring," that July day in Philadelphia 169 years ago? and , why did i his grandpa : ring the bell to peal out a message to the people of Philadelphia? . It was because on that day the continental congress had adopted a declaration of independence for the 13 colonies, freeing them, as much as a mere document could, from the rule of the mother coun try. Great Britain. So the bell was rung, as its later inscription tells, to proclaim, liberty through out the land anl to the inhabitants thereof." ' I ' ' But the Declaration of Indepen dence whose signing we celebrate today was more than a mere an nouncement of severance of ties with Great Britain and institu tion .of a, new'' government It contained a revolutionary set of political principles. That is what really gives the Declaration im mortality. What are some of these principles, which as we know have become our political precepts? all men are created equal. ". ..... they are endowed by their Creator with certain in alienable rights; that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of M. . . . !' governments derive their, just powers from the con- sent of the governed, ' . . . whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government, organizing its powers in such form as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happi ness." 1 ? In this document Thomas Jef ferson put in crystal-clear Eng lish (Continued on editorial page) Allies Help Yanks Observe July Fourth By th Associated Press U. S. service men and women in the European theater will cele- brate their first Fourth of July todav since victory over Germany, aided bv the hospitality and horn- aire of their allies. I All army personnel at United Kinsdom bases were granted a daylong holiday, but the U. navy said so far as it. was con cerned "there is no holiday." Brit ish recreation centers were turned oyer to Americans for baseball and other games, and dances, shows, ahd other entertainment in the ! . . evening. j Military and naval servicemen Were invited to dances and parties arranged by different units and Rled Cross clubs jThe independence day celebra - tijon in Soviet Russia began last njght with a concert of American rdusic by the Moscow- state phil harmonic orchestra in Chaikovsky ball 'The American embassy's and : military missions celebration start ed early today with embassy clerks and enlisted1 men taking a boat ride in the Volga canal. A dance was scheduled at 'the embassy at J:30 p. m., with Russian, Ameri- can British and other United Na tions guests attending. The Pratrue radio scheduled a presentation of the life of Abra ham Lincoln in honor of inde pendence day. Polk" County Marine Killed on Okinawa INDEPENDENCE, July 3. Earl H. Wells, US marine corps, was killed in action June 18 on Okinawa. His wife and three dauehters live here and hii fa ther, M. L. Wells is at Monmouth. His mother, Mrs. Martha Wells, Is in Roseburg. His brother, Marcus Wells, rilled In thel Pacific war th theater, June 22, 1944. His daughters are Dianna May, 3; Shirley Jean, 2, nd Earlien Sharon, 8 months. Oregon's E Bonds Short 8 Millions PORTLAND, July 3.HyP)-Ore- ton's $55,000,000 E bond goal must be reached by Saturday,-which leaves more than eight million dol- lars in E bonds still to be pur- chased, j Sales to date are 048,781,217. Overall sales have climbed to $161,706,507, far past the $110,- 000,000 quota. Weather San TrancUco Salem Eiurene Portland 71 83 SS 44 43 SO 4S 0 0 0 e o .82 .77 73 Seattle WUIametU river .( ft. eu. McNary field, Salem): Scattered unemplojTnent Insurance as pro cioud this morning, clearing before posed by President Truman for , maximum of so degrees expected, NINETY-FIFTH TEAR 10 PAGES 1st Auto I' r Off Line At Rouge De Luxe 2-Door Sedan Signalizes New Production DETROIT, July 3.-(ff-A gray two-door sedan, with chromium- plat5tTSumpers, grille and trim ming, rolled off the assembly line i of the Ford Motor company's Rouge plant today to signalize the return of the automobile industry to partial peacetime production It was the first civilian passen ger car produced by the industry since February 1942, For the Ford company it was the first of 519,910 vehicles the war production board has authorized for 1945. The first car was driven off the line by Henry Ford II. Following it in various stages of completion. were . approximately a score of other cars. With the exception of a single five-passenger coupe, all were powered with V-8 engines, turning up 100 horsepower. All were of the Ford super deluxe line. To be put into production about October 1 are the Ford company's new Mercury models. They will be followed later by the Lincoln continental and. custom-bum moa els. 'Unless our quota is increased," said Ford, "employment will be cut 50,000 to 60,000 Nfrom the cur- rent total of 112,000 Looking to the future, young Ford said the company's $150,000, 000 post war expansion program provides for the construction of four new assembly plants. Two ol them will be at Atlanta. Ga., and St Louis, Mo. The other! probably I ! 11 Vt nn th act and west coasts. will be on the east and west coasts, but the locations were no dis closed. Argentinians Threaten U. Newswriters I ! BUENOS AIRES, July 2-(JPy-A telephone message for Arnaldo Cortesi, correspondent for the New York Times, warning him to cease writing "tendentious news" about Argentina was received today at the Associated Press office, which adjoins COrtesi's office in the building of the newspaper La Na cion. II The caller identified himself as a , spoxesman lor "captain Moret- ti of the Argentine war ministry, Gapt. Marcio Jorge Moretti of the war ministry had denied re sponsibility for similar warnings which both Cortesi and Joseph Newman.! correspondent for the New York Herald-Tribune, had previously reported receiving. i Newman took refuge in the United States embassy yesterday. Governors Approve. Security; Unemployment MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich, I July 3-JF)-The 37th conference of state governors will be assed to- I morrow to approve a resolution I endorsing the united nations world .ecuritr charter as drafted and asking "prompt" approval by the United States senate. ,rhe resolution, approved unani- mously late today in committee de- I clares the charter "lays a firm foundation upon which future pro- gress of world organization for lasting peace can be made.1 The resolutions committee action highlighted another day of speech- making by state chief executives in which major problems confront- Iing the states and nation in the change-over from war to peace re ceived' exclusive attention. Gov. J. Howard McGrath of Rhode Island tonight urged that me . reconversion penoa oe maae j Salem OrecpnJ Wednesday Morning.' July -4, 194S i Salem. OrecpnJ Women in 'Shorts5 Ignore Chiefs Order to Go Home DECATUR, HW July 3-ipy-Po- lice Chief H. J. i Schepper, who decreed that women can not wear "abbreviated shorts' in streets or taverns, reported tonight:; "I got .two calls from ministers who congratulated me but the women are certainly mad." Few women actually go home when ordered and some; younger women "tell off his officers, he admitted. " t . "There are going to be arrests f this keeps up," the chief warn ed. "I issued this order and I mean! to make it stick." Labor Boos and Heckles Prime Minister's Talk By W. W. Hercher LONDON, July 3.-(;p-Prime Minister Churchill, booed and heckled at one of the stormiest political meetings, in British his tory, tonight carried his fight for conservative party, victory be fore a crowd estimated at 25,000 persons in the labor party strong hold of northeast London. Greeted by organized - sections of hecklers chanting "We want labor," Churchill told the big open air rally in Walthamslow stadium that "Winners cheer and the beat en boo," " h" 'r r ' Almost constant heckling, and responsive cheering by the prime minister's supporters, forced him at times to wait several minutes before continuing his speech. Swapping verbal punches with partisan opponents, the ; 70-year pld prime minister- endured half an hour of booing as .he made his last major - speech of the hard fought campaign ' alongside con servative candidates seeking the 27 parliament seats in the dis trict. ,j - s. . !- "The first element of our pol icy," Churchill told Ids stormy audience, "is to beat Japan. The next thing is-to bring our army home and then we have to build up the homes and houses shat tered by enemy bombardment;" Churchill promised full em ployment for the next two or three years as Britain starts produce long-ieeded goods. I to 2 Women lAcciise Of Aiding Italian Prisoners Escape Seattle, July 3.-P)-Leland V. Boardman, special agent in charge of the federal bureau of investi gation office here said tonight two Seattle women had been arrested at Ontario, Ore., and would be returned for prosecution under the new law providing penalties for the aid of escaped prisoners of war. ' j- S Lenora May Hodgson, 28 and Fae Lois Burns, 20, were aecused of turning over food, blankets and about. $1,000 to three Italians who escaped from an Italian service unit here. j-. n : I Grants Urged a permanent part of the social security structured He suggested it as an amend ment to the Wagner-Murray-Ding II bill in congress which provides for a federalized insurance plan. He said It was needed; I "First, because the United States, (the wealthiest nation to the world, can Ill-afford to furnish less security than nations much poorer than we: : "Second, with state socialism emergent as a competitive to our system of individual initiative and free enterprise, we must provide our people with equal security. . . "Third, unless we can provide social : and economic security In this, the wealthiest of nations, our failure I will likely prevent econ omie recovery of a devastated world- ' - h .. - - - ' , Earlier Gov. Edward Martin of Pennsylvania asserted returning veterans want opportunity for Jobs and not "coddlins." Wednesday Morning.' July - Cities urn July 4th Fireblitz by 500 Bombers Knocks Out War Plants By Lelf Erkkson ' ! GUAM, Wednesday, July 4.-P) -Five hundred superfortresses sthick Himeji on Honshu and thjree cities on Shikoku, starting "general conflagrations' in a highly successful Fourth of July incendiary strike this morning, tne 21st bomber command an nounced. - ombing through broken clouds, per cent of the plane com- ders reporting to Gen. Curtis Lemay by radio after their b runs described resulting es as reaching "general conflag ration proportions' in all four cities: Tokushima, Takamatsuand Kbchi, on Shikoku island, and Himeji across the inland sea. (Tokyo radio meanwhile ack iwledged that American aerial blows at the Japanese homeland ud until May 31 had killed, in ured or rendered homeless a to tal of 4,800,000 persons in five of fife empire's largest cities - - To 4a, Osaka, Yokohama, Nagoya rjd. Kobe.) . ., i . tChe mission brought to 2,400 the total number of sorties flown bjf planes of f the 21st bomber command against Japan in nine days. ' Siiperfortf BUts 28 Twenty-six Japanese industrial cities now have been fire-blitzed bj the superf orts, which have mide 37 incendiary missions from the Marianas. n their unique campaign to wfpe out the enemy's war Indus' tries. Ma. Gen. Curtis . Le may's bombers are, using newly developed American incendiary ssiles. They are seeking out frantically dispersed war plants in cities which Americans never heard of before the B-29s started blasting the Nipponese homeland. ' fThe Kurashiki aircraft plant, converted from a spinning mill, at Takamatsu appeared to be the most important military target in thjs morning s objectives. Mlny Industries Hit Kochi's industries include pa per and textile mills, a plywood plnt, metal Working plant and cement and chemical works. CTokushima, largest city on Shi kdku, formerly manufactured high quality silk crepe, but its tektile mills have been converted to! war industry, trlimeji is a major railroad ter mlnal and military training cen tej. Himeji'sf industrial plants produce explosives, electric light bulbs and matches. . Suicide Plane and Bpmb Brought to U. S. Bv Battered Ship i . SAN FRANCISCO. July SWtfV Wtdle the battered Liberty ship Joiah Snelling rode anchor clear of -bustling bay shipping, a volun teer crew of Seabees today re mdved from her hold a Japanese suicide plane and its un exploded 509-pound bomb which struck her atausonawa. ? The navy said the ship's off! eets were unaware they carried a lite 'Kamikail bomb until San Francisco damage inspecting offi cers started clearing - away the plane wreckage and discovered thi fins of the explosive protrud ing from the timber cargo. Fifteen Seabees under Chie Warrant Officer P. XL. Henley, of Muskogee, Okla. carefully sawed out the bomb and hoisted it from the hold with the aid of a bomb disposal crew. I - ; Europe Needs Soap , To Combat Disease, i Says Head IWASHTNGTON, July S - (ft - Rationing of soap to provide Eur ope with a supply sufficient "to combat filth and epidemic dis ease" was proposed tonight by Herbert H. Lehman, director gen er&l of UNRRA. J On 4, 194S Body of Goebbels Identified; Film To Be Shown Nazis 1 . .. - ' . .' - . By the Associated Press tThe Moscow radio. said today fha the body of Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbles, former Nan propa ganda minister, has been "un mistakably identified." ' The! body was carried May 1 -from an air raid shelter under the reichschancellery in Berlin . by Nazi SS troopers, who at- -tempted to burn it Moscow said soviet photogra phers had taken pictures of the body to be included in a . docu mentary film to be shown, the German people. , ' Aussies Win 7-Mile Strip MANILA, Wednesday, j July 4- (JPy-A. field dispatch today dis closed that Aussie invaders of Balikpapan, bomb-wrecked oil cen ter on east Borneo, have; a beach head seven miles long 'and two miles deep and the captured Sep- inggan airfield already is in opera tion. The Aussies, by securing the last ridge facing the town; virtually have secured its central refineries' arid docks, long since (rendered unserviceable by bombing and shelling. ; I Sepinggan airfield was captured at nightfall Monday, putting the allied air force within' fighter plane range of Java, heart of the MDutch East Indies, for the first time in more than three years. A second enemy airfield is at Manggar, only six miles ahead of the driving Australians. ! No Draft for Striking Tire Plant Workers AKRON, Ohio, July S-itV&ov- ernment seizure of strike -para' lyzed Goodyear Tire Sc Rubber company plants .moved a step nearer today as the national war labor board handed the 18-day- old stoppage by 16,700 workers to economic stabilizer William H. Davis. Sharing the spotlight With the WLB's action, which came just a day after that agency had erased defiant Goodyear workers' rights to vacations and shift differen tials, were: 1. Notification of the WLB by 16,500 Firestone Tire Sc Rubber company employes, on strike since Sunday, that they "would not re turn to work under present condi tions, thus defying a iback-to- wbrk-order. 2. An almost "open rebellion' by Summit county draft boards against recent instructions to draft men involved in the Goodyear strike, t 3. Announcement by four Akron banks that rubber; workers. unpaid I since the strikes began, cashed ' war b o n d s yesterday $43,000 i In excess of the normal "turn-in" rate. 4. Disclosure by Goodyear its plants had lost 272,000 tires, and Firestone announced it was losing 14.400 tires and 13,500 tubes daily. Speaker of 'HonseJ Goyernor for Day Eugene Marsh, speaker of the house of representatives," as acting governor In the absence from the state of Gov. Earl Snell and Senate President Howard Bel ton, presided at meetings of the state board of control, the state land board and state printing board here Tuesday. Snell is at the Makinac Island, Mich annual governor's confer ence, : ; Belton, who has been in the executive office during SnelTs absence, was in the state of Wash ington on Tuesday. So, Marsh, McMinnville attorney, was gov ernor for the : day. Under the present law, Marsh is the last state official In line of succession in the absence, disability, death or res ignation of the governor. ' On Balikpapan ":No. 85 Capital First Troops; in Find Girls Clean Up Berlin Debris By Daniel De Lace BERLIN, July 3-(flVAmerican occupation troops rolled into Ber lin today, speeding through the beaten capital's mammoth! wreck age to the accompaniment of scat tered waves and tears from bread lines and work-chains of women and girls. American, veterans of World war two returned the crisp sa utes of Red army women traffic pobce. Tears of joy came from some Berliners, but others were silent and sullen. Vanguards -of a vast 4000-ve- hicle convoy reached suburban Zehlendorf this afternoon after eaving Halle at 4 a.m., crossing the Elbe river and driving through Russian occupied Germany west of the capital. A red-skinned hero of the U.S. army was the first American sol dier to enter the Russian-held center of Berlin as a veteran of the Second armored . division, which will take up positions in the A-merlcan- occupation zone! in the southwestern- part of the capital. , Ute Indlaxi Leads He was PFCJ Harvey Natchees of the Ute Indian reservation in Northwestern' Utah, a 25-year-old veteran due to return home on points after a few more days. He drove this correspondent to Adolf Hitler's reichschancellery. Girls in freshly-ironed frocks worked in lines along tne route, removing the debris from great piles of ruined buildings. In an eight-mile drive through the cen ter of Berlin, not a single block was seen intact. . Hundreds of women, children and old men queued up in front of bread stores. ' ' " Twice we crossed a canal that was an open sewer which could be smelled 600 yards away. On the Kaiserallee a red flag flew over the Stars and Stripes on a pole outside the headquarters of the German communist party, i USSR Tells of Unity The east-west axis In the blast ed Tiergarten VtUl was decorated with colossal pro traits of Roose voit, Churchill and Stalin from a previous Red army celebration. The city was scattered with Rus sian posters telling the Germans of the unity of the 'United Na tions. . . ' r- V. ! Most Berliners claim they have been waiting since March for the U5. army "to save us from the Russians," but their ideas seemed to reek of the Anti-bolshvik be liefs inculcated in them by Nazi Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels. ! I ; ' . Pric5c Yanks In Ruined When! Where! How! I The Glorious - ; . . i - 9:3a to ll:e a. m. Blimp from Tillamook naval station flies over Salem and Marion square, j j ; 19:09 a. m. Grand military and civic parade, Including childrens' - section. Starts on State street at Cottage and winds up at Marion square. I Reviewing stand on the courthouse lawn. Paraders meet at 920. See line of march, page 2. All kinds of pets "including; horses,' ponies, etc, may parade with children. ' , - . - j - ll.-ft aw m. te 2 p. a-tbibition of latest Infantry weapons at , Marion square. . . i . 1149 a. m. Patriotic exercises at Marion square, Dean U. G. Du- bach speaker of the day. . . ' i ... 11:45 a. nw Firrt selection of prize winners in the war bond con- ' test'!. j .' : i ; i. i -, -- 12:99 m. Free barbecue served by the American Legion. Squadron of 24 B-24 bombers from Walla Walla flies over Salem and maneuvers for 30 minutes.- - i 1:39 p. m. Children's races and stunts In Marion square. 2:99 p. pu Musical program on the Legion rostrum in Marion square. ; . -. 5 ; - ' j , ;.-; IM p. m. Second selection of prize winners In -war bond contest 449 p. 'saw- Concert by 28th Infantry band on Sweetland field, . 'Willamette campus. ' -.vr -y f '449 p. m. The great show-"Here Your Irifantry" Sweetland field. -.- r- V- -.r-. 749 p. m- Show at Marlon square. Tort Lewis professional troupe and local talent. tJtt p. m. Final selection of prize winners ending Seventh War Loan drive. . ' 1 ; - . . , 949 to 1249 mldnlxht Shows and concessions.-' . I . ; Everything except concessions free to the public with the com pliments of the Americ&n Legion and the Marion county war fi nance committee. : ' j ' ( f'' r : x toy. . . mt 1 nun n 1 11 m'ij .ii ion Winds Up Seventh War Loan With Day-Long Patriotic Program Here Dawn of the Glorious' Fourth finds the end of the Mighty Seventh War Loan campaign in Marion county a matter of con jecture. But Salem and the sour-rounding country-side will celebrate. And while 'they celebrate, j residents of -the area will buy bonds in a last-minute attempt j to go over ! the top of the county $2,270,000 E bond quota before the sun has set on Independence Infantry Here For Realistic Show of Arms The 39 combat veterans slated to perform at 4 pjn. today at Sweetland Field came all the way from Fort Bennlng, Ga, to dem onstrate infantry jungle fighting to the people of Oregon.-, Salem is the final stop on their cross-country tour which- began last May to boost the Seventh War Loan drive. Nearly the entire troupe are Oregonians. and they have a. col lection of battel experience 1 that ranges from the foxholes of Attu or Anzio to the jungles of Burma and New Guinea. Many are from Oregon's own 41st Division and Merrill's Marauders. The men in this afternoon's performance of "Here's Your Infantry" have a to tal of 95 man years in combat Accompanying the team Is the 83rd army ground force band, di rected by Warrant Officer j Chan Hall, which has been together for over five years. Each man in the band wears a battle star. 1 Following appearance of the band at 4 pjh, the second phase of the show Includes the introduc tion of "the various infantry squads which assemble on the field in rapid formation and fire tne weap on on command. In the j third phase four Jap jungle fortifica tions are systematically reduced when all of the squads fire the deadly weapons carried by an in fantry team.) The one Salem area man in the unit, SSgt Don McAllister, will warm up the place with the flame thrower he used for 33 months in the Pacific. He is the brother of John E. McAllister, 1589 Elm st, West Salem, i j BANKS IN BILLION CLASS PORTLAND, July 3-(PfrBank deposits here surged past the bil lion dollar mark today for the first time in history. i ' - ' The figure reached $1,005,968, 349 for deposits outside the ; Bank of California, which had a' $202,' 450,812 total for the three Pacific coast states. " i' Fourth in Salem ; 1 : . i lAftir' JWf:M- II - I day.' Of that quota, 11.850.00a worth had been bought last night. The county quota of $4,320,000 for all bonds was topped by about a million and a quarter, announc ed Chairman Douglas Yeater, who still hoped that the E bond allot ment would be met before the end of the week. From the moment of the arrival of a great silver blimp from the naval station at Tillamook at 9:30 o'clock this morning to the final selection of prize-winners and tha closing of concessions at midnight. there will be "something doing in Salem every moment today. ' BLr Stow la Air The blimp, hovering ' over tha parade this morning, it the first of a great aircraft show Salem -residents 1 andVlsftont tffll 'see to day. For 24 B-24 bombers from Walla Walla are due here at noon, although previously booked for mid-afternoon appearance. New highlight hi today's pro gram will be the appearance of the Fort Lewis -entertainment troupe of professional entertain ers, famous for entertainment over the northwest. Principally, their shows have been put on for sol diers, but tonight at 7 o'clock they will perform at Marion square, . Rex Kimmeu, American Legion entertainment chairman, announc ed Tuesday. Kimmell said he ha4 been working for a month to get 1 the group to appear here. Elsewhere on this page appeana the hour-by-hour program for to day's celebration, while the pa rade's line of march is outlined on page 5. Dean U. G. Dubach of Oregon' State college is speaker of the day, appearing on the 11 a. m. patriotic program at Marion square. , . I Barbecue For All - Major attractions also include the free barbecue to be served at noon at the square by the Ameri can Legion, the "Here's Your In- 1 fantry'' show at Sweetland field, . Willamette campus, 4:30 p. m. and : three periods during which win- ners of $4600 worth of prizes are ) ' selected from among the county's ' thousands of E bond purchasers. At 11:45 a. nv; at 3:30 p. m. and again at 8:30 p. m. at Marion square winners will be chosen. Although persons who . win the prizes need not be present they must claim their prizes j within seven days. Loyal Warner, Salem Chamber of Commerce president; Robert FJfstrom, Rotary president; Fred , Klaus, . Kiwanis president; Ronald E. Jones, Lions president; E. Burr Miller, president of the Retail Trade bureau, and Sidney McNeil, King Bing of the Cher- rianav will b judges in selection . of prize : winners under general direction ;of Sid. Stevens, retail chairman;; ' ' " - - - 1 ' V Vets9 Housing Program Asked Of Congress f WASHINGTON, July ! S j JfV President Truman today posed a $100,000,000 housing program for servicemenv and veterans. V ; ! ; He sent to the senate a budget request for $25,000,000 direct ap , propria tion and $75,000,000 con tract authorization for the nation al housing agency. : . . The need, he said, it to provide homes for distressed families f servicemen and for veterans and their families who are affected by eviction or other unusual hard ships. . - ly.,.., ,,