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Enemy Center
CHUNGKING, July ; i
Striking the key nerve center of
Japanese resistance -in central
China, American, flier -virtually
destroyed three enemy headquar
southeast of Chungkiag, - a US
14th air force communique said
today. -
The concentrated . blow against
Japanese staff headquarters yes
terday wrecked more than 13
buildings, and scattered thousands
of Japanese troops, the bulletin
declared.
Seventy - five miles south of
Changsha, astride Japan's vital
transcontinental corridor from
Korea to Hong King, P-51 Mus
tang fighters pummeled bridges
and Japanese shlppingin the
Hengyang area.
All the US planes returned safe
ly to base, the communique said.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai
Shek's soldiers meanwhile scored
new gains 400 miles southeast of
Chungking, breaking through the
north gate into the encircled Japanese-held
town of Liucheng, 11
miles north northwest of captured
Liuchow, a Chinese communique
said. , i
Radio Man Tells
Of Bad Liaii to
Elliott Roosevelt
NEWARK, NJ, July MA-Max-Well
N. Bilofcky of Loch Arbour,
NJ, said today that in 1941 he
settled a 450.000 loan to Elliott
Roosevelt for $20,800.
viivim;i mAiKr nuu
trical apparatus manufacturer,
aid the loan to the late president's
sun was "pure and simple busi
nesg" and that he had not claim
ed the $29,200 loss in his income
tax return. :
Bilofsky, president of the Indus
trial Electronics corporation of
Newark, said because of the loan
he hoped to get business from the
Texas stations and to promote his
relationships in the radio field.
Session Laws Price j
Charge for the 1945 session laws
will be S3 a volume, as against
$2.75 for those' of the 1943 legis
lature, the state printing board
decided here Tuesday.
J The session laws went to press
in June. 'Free copies will be prof
vided for members of the legis
lature and specified state offi
cials, i
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First ntwi pictures of Jap's
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raids on U. S. naryl Sea the
Nips shot down In flames!
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ST. PAUL. Julr 3-Thousands
have thronged to this littl agricultural community during the last
three days for performances of the 10th annual St Paul rodeo
whose entry "'-list includes, the West's best cowboy performers. .
Bull riding- sensation of the show was one-nanaea jvuicn uwau,
of Fresno, Calif, who formerly
was' with the Gene Autry show.
Among the other top cowhands j
from the west who arc .competing
for the $7500 in prize money and
a $500 war 'bond are Tommy
Gooding, Wilder, Idaho; Dick
Herren, Fresno, Calif.; Chuck
Sheppard, Phoenix, Ariz.; Burel
Mulkey, Bakersfield, Calif.; Amjre
Gamblin, Wilson, Okla.; D wight
Maddox, Weiser, Idaho; Ivan Ap
plegate, HepDner; Pete Wheel
house, Vancouver Wash.; Dave
Campbell, Las Vegas, Nev.; Pud
Adair, Wickenburg, Ariz.; Tom
Bride, Fossil; Emmett Lynch,
Walla Walla, Wash.; Jim Snively,
Pawhuskie, Okla.; Pat Parker,
Pawhuskie; Everett Vessar, Sac
tramento, Calif., ajid Jim Finch,
Sherwood. . 'I ;
L Five-year-old Bobby Webb of
ission Bottom claimed his share
of attention by winning two pony
races, J over his close competitor,
Arlene Kuehne, Carlton,
s Wednesday's show calls for
scores of thrills and excitement
during the entire day. A wild
west parade through St. Paul's
streets at 10 a.m. will open the
program, in which hundreds of
western Oregon equestrians and
their mounts will appear. The
Oregon Mounted posse, Salem,
and the Yamhill county sheriffs
posse of McMinnville will per
form during the 2 p.m. show on
Wednesday.
A patriotic touch to the rodeo
is added by the fact that a num
ber of servicemen are on the en
try list. Pvt. Bill Haynes and Pvt.
Perman Halter have claimed
awards on the Brahma bull rid
ing, and Lt. Bob .Henry of the
merchant marine , competed in
saddle bronc riding.
Final awards and announce
ment of the winner of the $500
war bond for the best all around
cowboy will be made following
the final show.
Dances are being held nightly in
the open pavilion. President Ray
Manegre of the rodeo association
declares that a record attendance
has been at all shows of this year's
rodeo. .
Kansas Wheat Crop
Cut Millions by
Late June Rains
TOPEKA, Kans., July 3.-(
Heavy unseasonable raifts and
cool weather have combined to
delay! the winter wheat harvest
and have reduced the state's esti
mated yield by millions of bushels.
As late as May 1 government
experts estimated a yield of 239,
000,000 bushels, the second largest
crop in the state's history. "Most
forecasts now are that there will
be about 192,000,000 bushels of
wheat, about the same as last year.
The most recent official fore
cast, that of June 1, anticipated
a yield of 212,480,000, but grain
men agree this now is far too
high.;
The rainy season this year ex
tended right up until the last day
of June.
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School Funds
Lover; Pupils
In 18,375 Gain
Oregon's annual apportionment
of common school funds ! for the
fiscal j year ended June 30, 1945,
released here Tuesday, ; aggrega
ted $268,664.40, j a reduction of
$25,483.65 when ' compared with
the previous apportionment. - The
distribution was announced by
Lewis; Griffith, secretary of the
state land board. The 1945 ap
portionment was! based on 90
cents per capita as against $1.05
in 1944. J-- H :
The 'reduction in the latest ap
portionment was due to improved
agricu
suited
tural conditions which re
in the retirement of $247,
in mortgages and $96,750.-
796.82
80 in
con tracts. The annual ap-
porti6nment of School .funds Is
based on interest. These mortga
ges carried 5 and 6 per cent in
terest:; while war bond' invest
ments of $850,000 ' by the land
board carry only 2 and ; 2V4 per
cent interest. I fi
The' current apportionment was
based Ion 298,516 children of
school age as aaginst 280,141 last
year, f f - - fit
The apportionment by counties:
Baker $3191.40, Benton $4739.
40, Clackamas $16,740.90, Clat
sop $5199.30, Columbia $5381.10,
Coos j $6693.30, Crook $1417.50,
Curry $806.40, Deschutes $3986
10, Douglas $6638.40, Gilliam
$502.20, Grant $1305, Harney $1,-
054.80, Hood River $1755.29,
Jackson $9117.90; Jefferson $396,
Josephine $3991.50, Klamath $10,-
051.20, Lake $1475.10, Lane $18,
245.70 Lincoln $3217.50, Linn $9,
505 80, Malheur $5400,1 Marion
$18,639. I :! ;
Morrow $1031.40, Multnomah
$86,370.60, Polk $5326.20, Sher
man $339.30, Tillamook $2,799.90,
Umatilla $6813.90, Union $4158,
Wallowa $1449.90, Wasco $2447
10, Washington $10,987.20, Whee
ler $585 and Yamhill $6937.20.
Lamb Quotas
Qregon
PORTLAND, July 3-MVOPA
today gave un-federal inspected
slaughterers permission to set
their own quotas to handle Ore
gon soft-lamb in an order aimed
at getting lamb off the range into
butchers' counters. .' !
District OPA Director McDan
nell Brown said all class-two
slaughterers can request OPA ap
proval of killing schedules as soon
as lambs begin moving into live
stock markets here.
The decision was made at
meeting of Stockyard, slaughter
ing and ranchers' organization of
ficials and was confirmed by reg
ional OPA Executive Guy Kinsley,
San Francisco.
There was no statement on re
quests that a 60-day point free
holiday be declared on j lamb in
the west coast region, but retail
butchers' spokesmen last week de
clared consumers had surplus
points because of shortages of all
kinds of meat. The bulk of civil
ian supplies here are slaughtered
by class-two firms. - j I
Corvallis Hospital !
Exempt From Taxes
Reversing a previous s opinion.
Attorney General George Neuner
held Tuesday that Corvallis Gen
eral hospital should be exempt
from payment of property taxes.
This is the only hospital in the
state paying such taxes.!
The first opinion, released May
21. held that the legislature's
amendment was hot clear and that
it did not actually exempt the
hospital, which the state j supreme
court had ruled a few years ago
must pay taxes because it was
organized for profit
Tuesday's ' opinion was based
upon the intent of the legislature.
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Busliiield
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Favor Charter
Because of Son
WASHINGTON, July 1-V-
Senator Bushfield (B SD) told the
senate , today the United Nations
charter contains a half-dozen "glar
ing faults" but that he will sup-
pqn 11 nevermeiess. r
f"I shall support it," he said,
because I dare not face my sol
dier son if I fail to do what I
cajn to stop , the senseless, rnanicaJ.
slaughter and planned murder of
my fellow men." .
'In opposing , delegation of con
gress power to declare war. he
may seek . reservations when the
trpaty comes i before the senate
for ratification, possibly late this
month. :
benator MawRes (hhj) an
nounced he will vote to ratify the
Hatter and expressed hope the
ratification vote would be unani
mous, its approval by the neces
sary two-thirds majority la as-
sured. j
5 - 1,
fHawkes said nobody claims the
:harter is perfect, but he called
it "a fine start on the road Jo
world peace." "
Hearings on the document begin
next Monday ; before the foreign
relations committee. Present plans
call for winding them up in two
wjeeks, with the aim of voting on
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proposal by mid-August.
Rankin Opposes
Jackson to Head
Witch Hunters'
WASHINGTON, July 3.-JP)-
Sputhern democrats were reported
lining up today to block the selec-
as - -b . a: TT v m-
sn (D-Wash) as chairman of the
house committee on un-American
activities.
Jackson himself would not com
ment when asked whether the
chairmanship ; had been offered
him but from other sources it was
learned that the democratic lead
ership is exerting pressure on him
want Rep. John Gibson, Geor-
a democrat, and close associate
of ' acting chairman Rankin (D-
Miss).
I Rankin said Jackson was not
acceptable.
"No member should be selected
for this post who opposed the
ation of this committee or who
opposed to its purposes," Ran-
n said.
Colleagues said Jackson was "re
luctant" to take the chairmanship
and would do so only upon as
surance, that he be given a free
hand in selection of committee in
vestigators.
CIO and AFL Agree
To End Squabbles
Over Reconversion
WASHINGTON, July 3 - (P) -A
CIO-AFL agreement to compose
certain jurisdictional squabbles in
Detroit's teeming war plants was
hailed today by Assistant Labor
Secretary Daniel . W. Tracy as
pattern for nationwide labor peace.
(The Detroit agreement brought
art end to a strike involving 40,000
AFL' buildiiuz and construction
tade workers and CIO mainten
ance men 01 ine umtea auio
workers.
The two groups were locked in
bjtter dispute over whose mem
bers should be employed in main
Unance and machine installation
work iruthe plants as they convert
tp civilian production of auto
mobiles.
regon Wheat Crop
May Fall Short of
te Bumper Yields-
PORTLAND, Ore, July 3.-(;P-
regon croo ' experts today ore
dieted a normal yield for 'the
state's wheat crop, with two offi
cials in the eastern Oregon' grain-
it forecasting a "good but not
ectacular" crop, j
E. R. Jackman, of the Oregon
itate extension offices in Corval-
said a normal croo would
sfeem low after Oregon's bumper
yops of the last four years.
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urogozu Yveanesacry morning,
Bnes Takes
Oathy Pleads
Tolerance
By Howard Flieger
WASHINGTON, July j 3-(ff)-
Squinting into the sunshine on a
White -j House terrace, - James F.
Byrnes took, the; oath as secretary
of state- today and then made a
plea for worldwide tolerance.
"Today there can be ho doubt
that the peoples; of this war-rav
aged earth ' want to live in a
peaceful world.7 he said. "But
the supreme task of statesmanship
the world orerj is to help them
understand that they can have
peace and freedom only if they
tolerate and respect the! rights of
others j to ' opinions, feelings and
ways of life which they do not
and cannot share." i
Byrnes said he has been as
sured jof the "wise counsel' of
former; Secretary, of State Cordell
Hull and of the. advice of Stetti
nius, A short time before the oath
was administered the White House
announced that i Stettinius will
have offices in the executive man
sion to carry on his duties as chief
American delegate to the United
Nationals organization, j.
Byrnes asked state department
employes to "remain I, at their
posts land carry on as usual'
while he is out of the country
with President Truman attending
the forthcoming! big three confer
ence. f
Out of PubUc
Life to Rest
WASHINGTON, July. 3 - Jf) -
Harry L. Hopkins, confidential
white house adviser and wartime
emissary for 1 two presidents.
stepped out of j public life today
because "I must take a rest"
In frail health for several years,
Hopkins turned! in his resignation
as special assistant to President
Truman, The latter accepted it in
a letter expressing regret and
praise; "for all your great and pa
triotic service to our country."
Hopkins was Ito have attended
the big three conference in the
same advisory capacity: in which
he accompanied , the late President
Roosevelt to previous meetings.
The ailing white house confidant
returned to Washington recently
from a special mission to Moscow,
undertaken at the request of Presi
dent Truman. 1
In his letter of resignation, Hop
kins wrote: ( i
"The time has come when I must
take a, rest. i I have j therefore
reached the decision that I should
now retire from government ser
vice."!
Ill Teachdrs
Retire on Pay
OLYMPIA. July S--Retire-
ments were granted to 111 mem
bers of the Washington state
teachers system last night.
This was the heaviest number qf
retirements since the system be
gan in 1938. 1
The retiring teachers included
19 men and 92 women, the ma
jority of whom were 65 years of
age or older and 17, of whom were
over 70 years.!
, Their allowances ranged from a
low of $12.35 per month to a high
of $56.58, averaging about $40.
Allowances totaling $151,053 for
1,228 retired teachers were paid
in the past quarter.
Teen-Ager8 Run
Black Market in
Gasoline, Coupons
PORTLAND, July 3 Two
16-year-old boys and Sam Citono
vitch, 18, all Oregon City, were
charged today with illegally pos
sessing gasoline rationing coupons.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Frank
Myer said the trio admitted having
had 100 coupons, each good for
five gallons of gas. He said they
told him they had sold all but 28
of the coupons.! r
The younger; 'boys are in the
county jail as juvenile delinquents
under federal court order, while
Cltonovitch Is held on $1,000 baiL
Meat Cutters Get
Raise of 2c Hour
After Two Yearsi
PORTLAND, July HPh An in,
crease of two cents an hour for
173 workers at the Portland Swift
and Company plant was announc
ed today by the AFL meat cut
ters and butcher workmen union
after two years' negotiation.
4: Workers also .will be paid , for
time to change clothes and 50
cents weekly for work clothing.
the union said. - -T
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of War!
By tb Associated Press
Japan j Our Superfortress
fleets totalling 500 planes shower
four Japanese cities with 3000
tons of fire bombs. Targets To
kushima, Takamatsu, and Kochi,
all on Shikoky island were bit
Sor' the first time. Fourth was
Himeji on Honshu island,
'Borneo Australians capture
Sepinggang airfield, puts heart of
East Indies under fighter plane
scope. j '
' Philip pines American Infan
try continued mopup campaigns
on Mindanao and Luzon islands.
China U. - S. 14th air force
knocks out three Japanese head
quarters 385 miles southeast of
Chungking. -
44-Hour Work
Week Ordered
For Federals
WASHINGTON, July 3 - )
President Truman today ; ordered
most government agencies to cut
their work week to 44 hours, ef
fective immediately.
His memorandum, excluded the
war and navy departments, me
treasury, the veterans administra
tion, the Tennessee valley author
ity and the Panama canal;
All other government agencies
were ordered to cut four hours
from the 48-hour six-day week
they have maintained through the
war. Even in the case of the six
departments excluded - the presi
dent said they should examine
their operations and go on a 44
hour week wherever possible.
In a memorandum to the heads
of the executive departments and
agencies, Mr. Truman said:
"It should be clearly understood
that reduction in hours of work
are not to constitute a basis for
request for additional funds for
personnel."
Paralyzed Widow
Uses Knife to Kill
Man at Rest Home
TACOMA, July 3. -Ofi- Mrs
Blanche Patton, 60, a small, frai
ana semi-paraiyzea widow, was
arraigned this afternoon for the
fatal stabbing of Fred Stone, 66,
in a Tacoma rest home last night
Mrs. Patton was a resident of
the home and Stone was a former
employe, i . . -
The little woman, only five feet
two inches tall and wearing braces
on her legs, paralyzed since she
was a girl, was quoted as saying
she stabbed Stone with a butcher
knife while he slept in her apart
ment. I
He owed me money" she de
clared.
Mrs. Patton said she loaned
Stone "about $55" as payment on
a car. She said she invited him
to visit her late yesterday after
noon and they drank beer and ate
sandwiches together before he
went to sleep..
You Don't Have to
Tell Us, Mr. Tressler
PORTLAND, July 3 -P)- Dr.
Donald K. Tressler, director of
food research for General Electric
company, declared today the "best
berries in all the world" are grown
in Oregon.
' He urged peach and berry grow
ers to expand the industry to meet
postwar demand.
Half- a dozen more freezing
plants are needed in the Willam
ette valley, Tressler said, to han
die vegetables as well as fruits.
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miSTITORTOM. July 3 -1 W) "
The senate banking committee late
today approved 14 to 4 legislation
enabling United States participa
tion in the Bretton wooos mone
tary P1"-- : " ' J,Tr-
Democratic L-eaaer raraej vw
said the legislation, aucuu,
adopted by the house, win De ia
en up by the senate July 16, a
week before debate opens on the
United States charter. r j -
The mnnetarr plan, drawn up Dy
44 nations at Bretton Woods, N.
almost a year ago, has oeen de
scribed by the treasury as an
implement to keep the peace.
' It nrovides an 8.800,uuu,uuu iunu
for international currency stabiliz
ation and f $9,100,000,000 world
bank for reconstruction and de
velopment.
Y9 Summer Fun
Program Opens
The YMCA summer fun pro
gram will go into xuu i swing
Thursday afternoon with a bicycle
hike starting at one o'clock from
the building. All members who
desire to take the "hike" should
come to the "V with their bi
cycles and a box lunch.
The swimming program is being
resumed this week after lapse
of two weeks caused by the re
decorating of the pool. The walls
and ceilings: have been painted
and the pool cleaned.
Highlights! pf the fun program
for the rest of the summer will
be educational trips every Monday
at 1:30 p. m. to places of interest
in and around Salem, the craft
instruction every Tuesday and
Friday from 2:30 to 4 o'clock,
movies the same day between 1:30
and 2:30 and campfires every Tues
day and Friday evening with group
singing and stunts. Softball and
tennis are available as well as a
full schedule of swimming instruc
tion. ..:
The program Is -open to mem
bers and occasional guests. Any
one- interested ' in further details
or schedules may call the YMCA.
Bill jtlauldin'ft 45 th
Veterans Headed Home
PARISPJuly 3-(P)-The veteran
45th (Thuhderbird) infantry divis
ion is heading homeward. It is
scheduled to reach an assembly
area Thursday.
The division participated In the
Invasion landings in Sicily, Saler
no, Anzio'and southern France nd
members were used by cartoonist
Bill Mauldin for his "mud, mules
arid mountains' division1 sketches.
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Group
Continuous Shew Today From 1:00 PJtf.
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I Ch tu,m. r.iCT .to: riv
PFC Warren Affleck
Gel j Three Wounds
In Okinawa Fighting
Mrs. Warren Affleck -has. re.
ceived word that ner nusoana
PFC Warren H. Affleck, was
wounded April 8 on Okinawa un
der his left eye, in bis right shoul
der and in the right hip. He is
with headquarters company of the
96th division.. .
Affleck was also among the
first men who invaded Leyte is
land In the Philippines in Octo
ber. 1944. He entered the service
in fcecember, 1841, received his
basic training at Fort McClellan,
Ala, and was later stationed at
Fort Lewis, at Camp Adair and at
Camp White. He was also sta
tioned in California -before going,
overseas In July, 1944.
His wife and six-months old
daughter, whom he has never
seen, reside in Salem. His parents
make their home In Winchester,
Virginia. -
Japan s Food
Reserves Gut
By Bombers
WASHINGTON, July 3 - W -B-29
raids on Japan, aimed at
industrial targets, are paying off
extra dividends by destroying
Japanese food reserves, army men
said today.
Incendiary bombs which .have
wrecked whole metropolitan areas
have razed warehouses and many
small food stores. Authorities clte
the Japanese announcement that
rations are being cut another 10
per cent in the home islands.
"Certainly they are starting to
feel a pinch in food." a high offi
cer said. "In using boiled leaves
for starches, they give a sign that
the rice reserves have been hit.
With industrial targets well
plastered, the big bombers will
turn! next to the Japanese porta
and rail communications.
Stock Margins to
Be Raised to Cut
Down Speculation
WASHINGTON, July 3 - (JP) -The
federal reserve board took
steps today to reduce loans in the
stock market and thereby cut down
on speculation. It raised the mar
gin requirements from 50 to 75
per cent, the highest . ever.r.
If a person holds several securi
ties in a single account,-and sells
some of them, he must use the
proceeds to bring, the margin . on
the remaining , securities up to 75
per cent .j , ...... . .
The last change in margin re
quirements was in February when
they were raised from 40 .to 50. per
cent Prior to, tat, they were. at
40 per cent for more than seven
years. ! .'V: ...... ..."
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