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; , I? rzn in; J ULz: . ( rn KaodliSuinisisCues Lr-vi MM A 1 JT J' I f 1 - . , k we V 1 0331008 I .i t I proposition from United Air Lines offering .to lease ground at the airport and construct thereon it S 75,000 ticket-office , and waiting room. Opposition has developed on the ground, that the city should own the structure- and collect rentals therefore from the users of the facility. From what study I have given the matter I incline to the view that it's a better deal for the city to rent, the land and let the UAL erect the building, re quiring, however, that the lessee construct the ramp it requests m front of said building.. ; "An i airport is. not a source of profit to the city. It is essentially a public facility, provided to en able commercial operators to serve . the community. It might be argued that Commercial lines should be required to build their own air ports ' as railroads do terminals. The answer is short: if we did that it would be a long, long time be fore any commercial line would serve us. The city does well to provide the field; there is littl apparent advantage to the city to make additional investment. i To date the city has made two bond issues for its airport, $50,000 in 1028 and $75,000 in 1941. With the first sum the land was bought and runways deemed adequate at the time laid Out and a hangar built., ! . -H, : i From the second bond issue ad ditional land was purchased. Prac- ;tically all of the recent work was 'done by the government through i the civil ' aeronautics board. The army engineers constructed build ings and barracks for army use as an air base. There is left in the money from ' the last bond issue Just a little over $50,000. This Is not enough to build a general ad- ; ministration' building and provide other improvements such as ; lengthening of runways, or land : acquisition, which may be needed. Under the offer of the UAL. the city woullgtt one and on-half i cents ' pfcrvsqiiart foot per year rmtM m tu nVi- an acre ana a nau of ground, or $853.40, beside the present landing fee of - $45 . per month per schedule trip. The lease would run for 20 years and at the end of that time the building would become city property. In the interval the city could take over the building at equity. . United Airlines offers to permit 1 The city .(council has before It a ? other users of the field to make use V (Continued on editorial Pge)V 'Shooting Star9 lost Fast cis Sound : NEW YORK. Aug. l.-tfVTra veling nearly as fast as sound, a Jet-prepelLed F-0 "shooting star" roared In from Dayton, Ohio, and hissed to a stop at La Guardia field today after covering the 555 miles in one hour and two min- utes. ' The trim gray L supers tream - lined craft, described by the army as the world's fastest, touched the runway an hour and 34H min r utes after leaving Wright field. Dayton. The pilot, CoL William H. Council, said the extra 32 I minutes were taken; up by land Intf reparations. ' V nisnlayed publicly for the first tim to mark the army air' for ces 38th anniversary, the Jet - propelled fighter flew most of the way at 20,000 feet because, of ad : verse weather. Its top speed has . 'been' announced as more than 530 miles an hour and its ceiling M at least 45,000 feet ; BKOWNEXX ARRIVES TODAY ? PORTLAND, ' Aug. s l.-WHR-publican National Committeeman Herbert Brownell, Jr, wiU arrive here at 1 p. m. tomorrow for talks with Oregon party officials. Anim-I Crcchers vvirDPM nnODRICH v mi - - . ... I Chinfe Sua Syndl Speed Aim By "lit has a tick in hit tart NINETY-nFTH YEAR 10 PAGES Potsdam eetiiig Big 3 Report On Conference Due on Friday By Daniel De Luce . . POTSDAM, Tuhrsday, Aug. 2- (ffy-Amid ceremonious farewells the big three conference ended at 12:30 a. m. today (2:30 PWT) and a terse official statement said that the waiting world would receive a full report of the historic deliber-. ationa in a Joint communique to be issued Friday. The final session, held in a lux urious chamber of Cecilienhof, former residence of ex-Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Ger many, lasted two hours and was marked by an "atmosphere of great cordiality," an eyewitness said later. - Fifteen persons were seated at a round table and a total of 40 were in the conference room for the after-dinner meeting at which the phrasing of the final commu nique was agreed upon, the ob server said. , '.''.::- , This done. Prime Minister Att- lee. proposed a vote of thanks to Generalissimo Stalin for the fine accomodations and to the foreign secretaries for their .J very fine work. '.. '. . Stalin paid tribute to the British and American delegations, and especially to the foreign secre taries, and in the course of his remarks gave generous mention to President Truman Attlee, British Foreign Secretory, Ernest Bevin, former Prime Jfflu&Xhurchill and former Forelgn-Secretary An thony Eden by name. -' Truman also uttered high praises for the heads of the foreign offices of the three powers who daily had prepared the questions to be given consideration- by the big three." Santiam Bean Festival Will Open the 7th STAYTON, Aug. 1 The fourth war time santiam Sean festival will open here Tuesday, August 7 and dose with an . open air dance on the city tennis courts Saturday night. . . - - The streamlined war time fes tival will be confined to night pro grams with the' exception of the pet parade and field events which are scheduled for Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock, f ; Open air dances will be held on the city tennis courts Wednes day and Saturday nights with music by Wolfers Harmony Knights of Salem. In case of rain the dance will be held at the Foresters lodge , halL Brownings Amusement company has a con cession for the five days of the festival and will have matinee performance on Saturday. CAP Airstrip Planned Ways and means to secure an airstrip for civil air patrol mem bers and other civilian fliers were discussed at a meeting of the CAP held Tuesday night at the borne of James E. Cannon, commanding officer of the Salem unit M At End Ppsthumous Awards Given for 3 Salem Men Killed in Action Three bronze stars for Salem men who gave' their lives in the armed services are to be in the hands of their next of kin today. The presentations were arran ged by Capt. T. R. Westfall, pub lie relations officer at Camp Adair. - , v: The high awards were in honor of the following: First LL Arthur L. Levin, kflled in Germany last fall, for heroic achievement with the 104th divi sion last October 30 when he ran from bis position to wave, a Red Cross helmet in the face of ad vancing American tanks, who were pouring out. shells on a group of men the tank corps had mistaken for the enemy, and thus halted the fire. His widow, Mrs. Barbara T. Levin of 794 N. Sum mer st, received the star Wed nesday. Staff. Sgt Norman C. Fuller, Salem, Where King and President President Harr Truman will ranch'' with King George cruiser Kenown at Plymouth, England.- ' i : r iungijeorge PLYMOUTH, England, Aug. 1 (A3)- President Truman and King George VI will meet tomorrow at this ocean gateway to exchange greetings ! symbolic of the com radeship welded on battlefields by their fighting men. . I - . The president plans to; fly to Plymouth tomorrow from Pots dam. The king entrains from Lon don tonight. 'I . I Tor Britain, tomorrow's meet ing of the king and president will be far from the welcome she had hoped to extend to the American chief executive. Elaborate court unctions will be eliminated due to demands of the Pacific war calling Truman home in a hurry. Instead! of the traditional rich rites at 1 Buckingham palace, the plans call only for Truman to lunch with the king aboard the famed battle cruiser Renown, with his : majesty - later being piped aboard "the U. S. cruiser Agusta to inspect: a guard of honor. T j . . . 1 ! ; . ! Seattle Hojds Pain Wanted For Robbery i; i .. . .!..( . William! Henry Jenkins and his blonde wife, Ardith, who! answer to the description of a pair wanted here to face year-old charges of robbery, are held in Seattle, police notified Sheriff Denver Young on Wednesday. ; A warrant Is out for Jenkins, two-time loser from the Oregon state penitentiary, and for Jane Doe, ' blonde, believed to be the persons who on or about August 14 last year went home with Frank SwarU, hopyard employe In the SL Paula district, attempted to force him to get money-from his house and when he refused took him to Portland where he was kept overnight, relieved of a watch and the money on his person and finally left gagged and bound In his own car, " f ; Young went to SL Paul on Wed nesday night to talk to Swarti He has asked that extradition pro; ceedings be started. ., i i f Dallas Gels 20 Houses PORTLAND, Aug. l-(ff)-Twen- ty, priorities for private construe tion of dwellings have been allo cated for Dallas, George' W, Cop len, national housing agency rep resentative, announced today. Ten are to be rental units and the others may be sold. V t killed , in paction with the Third infantry division last August 15, whose, citation did not detail the nature of his work but lauded his meritorious service. His ' parents are Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Ful ler of 3601 Center st, to whom the presentation was made Tues day. Capt. Mason W. Harris, who was killed in Europe early this year, for ineritorious service with the 101st "airborne division in the bitter fight around Bastogne, Bel eium. last December, when the captain, as ! an operations ; (S-2) officer, braved -h e a v y I fire to maintain contact with all corny panies and battalions in advanced positions. His widow, Mrs Rosemarie Harris, formerly of 1545 N. 16th st, who has moved to - Portland, will receive the Truman Slated award today. ' i Oreqon. Thursday Morning, August 2. 1945 VI today Colorado SenatonDemands Army Discharge 5 Million; Relief Promised Railraods WASHINGTON; Aug. I. -UPh Senator Johnson , (D-Colo) demanded today the; army discharge 5,000,000 men, shortly after the government promised additional army aid to ease the fail- road's manpower situation. Asserting in a senate speech .000.000 men never can be used against Japan, Johnson said Forest Grove ervoiil Safe ii From Flames PORTLAND, Aug. lHJPf Weary I crews fighting a ' major outbreak of the great Tillamook country blaze reported today that the Forest Grove water supply was safe - - -for the! time being.' They! checked the advance -ot flames i that threatened the city-fend of 194S cannot be more-than water reservoir and wooden pipes. leading: to it from the mountains. Buta growing east wind and con tinued : lowering humidity made new outbreaks there and on other sectors a probability ' Meanwhile, n e a r 1 y 10QO re placement troops were sent to the front to relieve men who have been on the front fori two or three weeks, t These include 400 soldiers moved from the now quiet Polk county fire southeast of here. The fire was burning fiercely through 'the Jordan! river coun try in a new outbreak. During last night crews were forced to flee, abandoning tools and equip ment Ii -- i I. S. Air Force -II ! Pictured ds f Mighty Giant9 GUAM, Aug. lHJPVSpeaking at the celebration of the 38th anni versary of the U. i S. ' army fir forces, Lt Gen. Barney M. Giles graphically showed the growth of the "mighty giant" Today, said the j deputy com mander of the army's strategic air forces In - the Pacific,, a mere 23 Superf orts can carry ; as many bombs all -the way; to Japan as the ' entire ' air force dropped in 1917 and 1918, of the first world waf.'fr - -r i '.. r: ' In a j half dozen missions over Japan, - he added, , the Marianas based' B-29s fly ass many combat hours as the army air force flew from the beginning to the end o: that war. .. :. ; : Bogartfs Wife Adult, She Says LOS 'i ANGELES, Aug. lHJPh Twenty-year-old actress Lauren Bacall says she grew up the day she married Humphrey Bogart She 'petitioned superior court today to annul a Salary savings plan set up for her last year. She contends that, under California law, when a girl over 18 and under 21 marries she legally becomes an adult ,':; .. ;; , She asked for a; refund of a 10 per cent reduction held out of her salary for savings, and "for dissolution of a trust, taking an other .10 per cent established in the name of her mother, , Mrs. Natalie ; BacaQ. -, , L ' VATICAN EXPECTS PEACE VATICAN CITY,! Aug.. 1 -J? A Vatican source said today that despite I Japan's rejection of the Potsdam ultimatum: the Vatican expects ii "Japan soon wUl realize the futility of continuing resist ance and surrender to the allies." 1 1 ' " " Will Lunch aboard the famed British battle that an army of 7,000,000 or the war department s "lack of cooperation" in returning surplus troops to civilian life is "blind, stupid and criminaL" The promise of further army aid to railroads, taxed with the job of redeploying troops from the Atlantic to the Pacific, came from war mobilization director John W. Snyder. He said the war depart ment will furlough 4000 men tem porarily to take ' railroad jobs. Early discharge of more than 3000 men with railroad and shop ex perience was forecast by the army yesterday. "The maximum number of men that we can transport, supply and use, on the Japanese front by the 3j000,000 men," Johnson said. .Ihaa why in the name of com mon' sense must we maintain an anny of 8,000,000 men? I am told that the army has approximately the same strength today which it had when Germany surrendered. 71 challenge the war department to establish now I the maximum number of men It can use by January 1, 1947. The maximum number is of course determined by the adequacy of our supply lines, which in turn are determin ed by our bottoms (ships). Sup ply lines 7,000 miles in length wUl require a, tremendous shipping ca pacity and the war department can ascertain precisely what it is. "I demand that it cut the jacket to fit the cloth. Johnson, who is chairman of the subcommittee on veterans affairs. declared , that when there is shortage ot workers that is the time to return every possible uni formed man or woman to civilian status. . " Police Aid in Burse Chase Less than an hour after the i whom Salem police listed simply as a hopyard employe attempted in vain to board the Camp Adair bus in which she had left her purse containing $90, the purse and the $90 were back in her hands last night y The girl, a passenger on the Adair stage, left her purse in seat when she got off . at West Salem and realized the fact too late to go back after it Frantical ly, she called the Salem police radio operator who at 10:11 P m. radioed West Salem police, who In turn gave chase. The West Sa lem officer who caught up with the bus said the purse lay, ap parently untouched, on the seat where its owner recalled having left it He delivered lt to the girl at 11 p. m. 100 Americans Left In European Hospitals LONDON, Thursday, Aug. 2.-'Wr-The army newspaper Stars and Stripes said today in a Paris dispatch that only 100 American wounded soldiers std are' in Eu ropean " hospitals. The chief sur geon's office, the dispatch said, considers the men too seriously wounded to be moved. All-other wounded have been returned to duty or evacuated to hospitals.ln the United States, SOLDIESS TniLONb STREETS . Approximately 4000 ; soldiers from Camp Adair thronged Sa lem streets and restaurants Wed nesday. There were few overnight passes. '-.. . :;.:.- .-;, . No. 110 SaUm Juniors Lose - Having let to the Commlags Meyers of Albany by a 12 to 1 scare In their opening ' game last night, Salem's Capital t American . Lesion jonlors will take eat the defending state ehampien Lind and Pemerey FlorisU at the Vaogbst street park this afternoon at 2:39 in their second contest in the state junior Legioa tounament Bed Province will pitch for Salem, who ased three pitchers, Jee Carroll, Gary Keppmger . and Bod Craig in a vain effort 4e stop the Albaay sloggers in the epener. Thursday's winner re mains ia the tournament bat the. loser . will be. eliminated from the meet (Additional de tails en Sports page). .. Tokyo Claims Yank Warships Hit '(V Island SAN FRANCISCX), Aug. IHPh AHied warships shelled mO Island" off the southern coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu today and three submarines shelled the western side of "the cape of Erimo on southern Hokkaido Tokyo radio said in an unconfirmed broadcast O island is the northernmost o: the Izu group. It is in the Sagami sea about 70 miles south of Tokyo, t Tokyo said three destroyers- and a number of cruisers were in the bombarding group. If confirmed, this would mean Admiral Halsey'i fleet, which shelled Japanese cities seven v. times in July, has swung its guns back against the enemy home bases. j - i The enemy broadcast, heard in the United States by- the -FCC, said carrier based planes bit island at the same time.: Admiral Ntautz regular fleet communique . today reported that carrier planes and ' a battleship bombed and shelled Installations on little Wake island yesterday." WPB Metals Head Delays Final Decioh PORTLAND, Aug. - -i-Nigel Bell, director of the WPB . alumi num division, has promised . not to recommend withdrawal of sup port from the Salem alumnia plant until after, further j conversations with Senator Cordon, the Oregon ian said today. , ..i k . The : ' senator , telephoned . the newspaper he had urged that' no action be taken until congress re convenes in October. j -I "I am convinced that ' at least the lower1 levels of WPB will not precipitate or interfere 1st any way with the execution of the contract affecting 1 the Salem - plant until congress has determined what to do about It" Cordon said. . . " I He said he wanted the plant to go ahead with, experimental. work, but added he might not quarrel with a recommendation' that WPB withdraw its sponsorship because further sources for aluminum for the war effort may not be needed. Weather Max. ICin. Rain San rrmnciaco Eugn , , i SateH Portland -, , X . joo -SS 41 SS . Seattle Willamette river -3.T fv i FORXCAST (from U. 8. weather be reau, McNary field. Salem): Clear to day. Warmest temperatures this after noon about SS degrees. --.' Price 5c Salem Takes Stock of Water System Bought 10 Years Ago Salem took stock Wednesday of the water system it acquired 10 years ago. The anniversary of the munidpaHy-owned utility pur chased for! $1,100,000 from the OregcWashington Water Service Co, offered an excuse for com parisons. ' - - "'T:'-,'-'"T' The system had 7050 active serv ices Aug. 1, 1935; yesterday the figures had mounted to 8515, In dicative of the growth of the city as well as the utility, Manager C. E. Guenther pointed out . - Two million two hundred thou sand ' dollars worth of municipal bonds were issued to pay the pur chase price and to finance im provements,! of which ' $277,000 worth have1 been retired and on ; j - ;By BIURLIN GUAf, Thursday, Aug. 2 82Q B-29s scored "gjood to excellent results today iii bomb- in; four forewarned Japanese cities and an oil center in Tokyo bay with 6632 tons and started general conflagrations, Genera Spaatz headquarters reported after the raiders re turned to their Marianas bases. It was probably the heaviest air raid .fabtoi7''': : Spaatz' Second communiqne of the day and the second of - his new command--said . 778 of the ' B-29s bombed the five target areas while the other 42 mined the Shlmonoseki straits and waters off the cities of Selshin and RashhT on northern most Korea. One B-29 was lost '. Enemy fighter opposition ranged from "none to slight" and anti aircraft fire was "none to moder ate, over the four cities. Over the Kawasaki petroleum targets, a few miles from Tokyo, fighter opposition was "none to moderate' and anti-aircraft fire was moderate. ;. -X Planes of Gen. George C Ken- ney's far east air zorce snocaea out two more of Japan's harbor hiding naval remnants.' ' ri Beeords Smashed . i Both the numbers of the B-29s and the extent of their bomb loads in today's . assault ; were records. This immense '. tonnage was equivalent to loads carried by up wards of 2000 flying fortresses or liberators the heaviest American bombers used against Germany. The four cities were all on the B-29 "surrender or die" warning list. ' : r- . They were among 12 industrial and transportation hubs notified only. 24 hours earlier 'that they were on the B-29 schedule. ' 1 Fighters Hit Plants P-31 Mustangs from Iwo Jiraa, augmented by P-47 Thunderbolts, bit the Nagoya and Kobe area on Honshu yesterday the U. S. army strategic air force ;announced to day.:-:. C N ! ; A total of 37 army fighters, fly ing through rain and heavy cloud cover, carried but low level straf ing and rocket attacks on -enemy airfields,, transportation facilities and factories, K ' Y Four raiders were lost, presum ably to anti-aircraft fire as enemy fighters refused, to challenge The raiders destroyed' la? locomotive, damaged two others and strafed 50 railroad cars at the Fukida yards, - shot up hangars, , repair shops, ; barracks and administra tion buildings at Itami and Na-goya-east airfields' and hit adjac ent, factories." ,r . , . . Pierre Laval Safe Inside Palis Prison PARIS, Aug.' l.Hff)-Pierre La val, the ; tired,-- paunchy former chief of the Vichy government was brought backj to Paris today to sxana mat zor couaDoraung with the Germans in 1940 when Hitler's Juggernaut overran France. -: ' ' ' - The plane - bearing Laval and his wife here from Innsbruck ar rived at the Le Bourget airfield at 50 p. m." (12:50 p. eel, eastern war time)," the prefecture of po lice said. .- r-j As soon -as Laval stepped from the French- air force'- plane hf was arrested by the commissi onef of national police in the presence of Pierre Beteille, an examining magistrate attached to , the high court of justice. 'Japanese Village' ; KTo Be Built at Adair CAMP ADAIR, Aug. l--A "Japanese villager to train serf icemen being redeployed to the Pacific has been constructed here. CoL Ralph A. Tudor, district eng) neer, said today, f - About 300 by 100 feet the vil lage contains houses, a shrine, temple and all the? structures of a Japanese community. ' which 5 424,000 has been paid hi interest' 4 - - in round figures the revenue has been $2,420,000 during the de cade; operating; expenses have totaled $960,000 and $U83,000 hasj been invested la tmprovements. The $475,000 on hand for post war Improvements wUl not be ex pended until the long-range plan ning commission . of : the city a chamber of 3Cunerce-sponsored organization, has presented Its recommendations, water' commis sioners have Indicated. But it will be applied toward new- high and iowl level reservoirs and new large arterial mains to serve sacht in dustrial areas as 'that growing up north of Salem n the Fairgrounds road area. ' "","" . - SPENCER , ! ' ! (AP) A record force el 'z-: -;T.-..--'t .; Senate ourns WASHINGTON, ' Aug. l.- The senate,'- in continuous aessloii since January j 3, adjourned at 9.-09 p. m. (Eastern War time) to night for vacation until Octo ber 8. . . u--'. - ! In those seven months the sen ate acted on some of the most im portant legislation in history, in cluding the United Nations char ter and the Bretton Woods world banking plan. The house started Its summer recess July 21, able to quit ear lier because it did not -have i to deal with the charter. t A dozen pressing issues await solution when congress returns from Its recess Senate Majority Leader i Barkley told his col leagues today.' ' Fall Agenda Lkted . Barkley. unfolded this agenda based on unfulfilled, request! from the White House as the sen ate was getting ready to join the house in ' the longest legislative ull since the war began: t ' Authorization for the president to reorganize the executive de partments., 4 1 Widened unemployment ; com pensation, t : ; ; : I; ; ' .L : - Emergency housing - legtslatiott fpr- . veterans and a -eomp'reheh- sive, general housing zneasure,: ; Replacement of the surplus waf property board by a single admin istrator.,; - .. :;r r, ; Legislation designed to assure necessary post-war jobs at ade quate wages and under fair work ing conditions. , ;.'" Lower Taxes Eyed ' Reduction ot taxes .as soon a possible, based' on a . probable post-war budget of $20,000,000, 000 to $224)00.000.000 i Kir. (Current collections rim about $43,ooo,ooo,ooo. : ; . J , Broadening of the social secur ity law with provision for. medi cal care. ' . l;.V .1 , Removal of" monopolies and cartels, i;.- ' . r - j. , Financial aid by the govern ment for new small businessee and for general business exten sion. -i , !. " j ' Further development of the na tion's water power resources.' - Additional highway ' construc tion and Improvements - 1 Consideration of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "economic bin ot rights.?. !'. r ! . Barkley paid tribute to de parting lawmakers for having ac- complished great legislative ad vances' toward international coop eration., ;i ViT )-'''. S Two Children In Accidents 1 Two four-year-old Salem bora are to Salem Deaconess hospital. where they were taken by first aid car Wednesday afternoon, Both lads were reported seriously injured In accidents at the city's two downtowxr parks. - 1 : Ronald Bender, 325 ' Union st. has a fractured ! skull, scalo wounds ' and possible internal id Juries. He ran from Marion square between, parked cars into the side of a car driven by Charles , W, Hoover, 290 Visfi ave Hoover and other witnesses told police. Wayne Knott, 760 N. High st, fell across the iron pickets of the fence surrounding the Waite Me morial ' fountain in WiOson park. The deep, long gash to his right arm is very close to the, artery. first aid men said. V Washington Delegation " Asketl to Support Ffant ' SEATTLE Aug. 1 .' The Washington congressional delega tion today "was asked by the Seat tle chamber of commerce for aid in continuing production plans of the Salem, Ore, alusmna plant The Salem plant was scheduled to begin operations today but the war production board has rec ommended cancellation " of Ita plans. It was built by He govern ment ; to obtain alumina from northwest clay deposits. Aj Rest :- 5v ill-