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Tho OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oreejon, Scrturdcry Morning August 11. 1945
Army
Cliinese
Puts Wucliow
Under Siege
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, . CHUNGKING. Aug.- IO-(-Re--
surgent Chinese armies laid - siege
to the great Jraland river port of
Tsangwu (Wuchow and tent three
column marching on the former
, U. S. airbaae- at Liogling, the Chi
nese high command announced to
night "i j-
. , Chinese forces reached Tsangwu
and put it under siege after strik
ing along the; river in Kwangsi
province, a communique declared.
Northward, j strong Chinese
"forces hitting up - the Hunan
Kwangsi railroad -and across
country from the west knifed into
the outskirts or Chuanhsien, rail
road citv 68 i miles northeast of
Kweilin, and bitter fighting raged
there, the high command said.
Chuanhsien ! is 33 -miles south
west of tingling, once- a Flying
Tieer airbasej and now menaced
br two other Chinese thrusts. One
of these has arrived to near Tun-
gan, 24 miles: northwest of Ling'
. ling. . : 1 ,
Still a third Chinese column,
pushing east jfrom Kweihn, cap
tured Kwanyang, 48 miles from
: Kweilin, last Monday, and. pur-
sued the enemy toward Taohsien,
43 miles south of tingling, the
communique declared.
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' Glass Cats and
Dog Bite Make
Aitlmen Work
M "Summer ailments' provided
three clients ior the cityHfirst aid
crew Friday. I
Jerry Nairjjis, 1785 S. Capitol
St., got glass cuts -on the bottom
of his left foot when he stepped
on a milk bottle broken a moment
before beside Leslie pool.
Peter Meyer, 2161 N. Front st
received a cut in the artery of bis
left wrist as he cleaned up some
broken glass at his home.
j Oma Weaver, 491 N. 20th st,
was bitten in the palm of her left
hand as she i separated her dog
from a neighbor's in a dogfight
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -(V G.
I. athletes keep up with the times,
A softball team from MacDill
army air field, Tampa, has enter
ed a district tournament here un
dec the title "Atomic Bombers."
Too Late to CIaifr
PEACHES: Extra fancy Golden Halt
eanninf peaches now ready. 11 mi,
north on Wallace Road. So. Wheatland
Xerry. C. M. LaToUett.
ATTENTION HOT PICKERS
Hop picking- wlU atart at Wtl-Hart
hop ranch Friday. August 17. Call
WU-Hart Hop j Ranch, Flton 12081
Ward Ltindy, Supt.
4 to 8 lb. red cockerels tt.a.- Phone
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Dr. E. O. Lawrence (left), Nobel prise winner for atomic research, la entertained at dinner by Japa
nese scientists visiting the United : States in 1940, in which was described as a futile attempt to
learn vital secrets of developments from the cyclotron at the University of California. Others; left
to right, are Edwin McMillan. Lawrenee's eariy aide; Dr. Yaaakl. Dr. Aebersotp (with chopsticks).
Dr. S. N. Van Voorhls, Dr. Iimort, ; Dr 4 David Sloan. Man with back to camera was not identified.
Photo by Dr. Donald Ceoksey of Dri Lawrenee's staff. AP Wlrephoto.)
Seed Buying j
Program Set
By AAA Unit
CORVALLIS -(Special) -Detailed
price schedules for the 1945
cover crop seed purchase program
have been announced by William
J. Enschede of Hillsboro, acting
chairman of the AAA committee.
The schedule covers various
grades of four varieties of seed
to be purchased from growers or
dealers.
Purchases this year will be
be made on essentially the same
plan as in 1944, except that no
seed will be bought on the basis
of private tests. Producers may
sell on either official purity and
germination tests, or on offici'd
purity test alone. On seed sold
on purity test alone, payment will
be at 80 per cent of the full rate
pending outcome of official ger
mination tests.
Seed will be purchased from
dealers who offer it in carload lots,
60,000 pounds or more, of one va
riety and of uniform quality.
Blending of ineligible seed in a
carload will not be permitted, En
schede said.
Prices and specifications are as
follows:
Hairy vetch, $12 a hundred for
seed with 93 per cent purity and
90 per cent germination; discount
of 16 cents per hundredweight for
each- per cent below 90 for ger
- mination, and 9 cents for each per
cent below 95 for purity. Mini-
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mum requirements are 70 per cent
for both purity and germination,
98 per cent total winter legumes.
Certified Willamette vetch,' $6
hundred for seed with 90 per
cent germination, 98 per cent pur
ity; discount 9 cents a hundred for
each per cent below 90 lor j germi
nation, 2V cents for each per cent
below 98 for purity. Minimum re
quirements are 70 per cent for
both purity and; germination, 98
perh cent total winter legumes.
There is no discount for hairy or
woolly pod vetch in Willamette.
Crimson clover, $11.50 per
hundred for seed with 85 per cent
germination, 98 per cent purity;
discount of 16 cents for each per
cent below 85 for germination.
Minimum requirements are 65
per cent germination, 96 per cent
Purity. ' : . If , ; .
Common ryegrass, $7.30 per
hundred for seed with 90 ptr cent
germination and 98 per cent pur
ity; discount of 10 cents for each
per cent below either of. these
basic requirements. Minimum re
quirements are 75 per cent for
germination, 95 per cent for puri
ty, and not over 2 per cent weed
seeds. ' .
County AAA , committees can
provide further; Information on
th; program.- i f I s
Gas Refinery Ready
To Convert in 12 Hours
NEW YORK, Aug.' 10 So-
cony-Vacuum OH Company, Inc.,
said today It would be able to con
vert its. 10' major refineries
throughout the country to civilian
gasoline production within 12
hours after V-J day.
xne refineries, the company
said, now manufacture 50,000 bar
rels of the country's aviation gaso
line daily, accounting for 10 per
cent of the country's production.
Far East Air
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Sink 90 Ships
MANILA. Saturday. Aue. ll-Bi
J apan'a dwindling air power suf
fered new heavy -damage Thurs
day when' Far East air forces
bombers and fighters from Oki
nawa smashed at some of the
principal fields on the main home
islands or Honshu, Shikoku and
Kyushu. - . . 1 t .
Announcing th strikes by near
- every tvue of aircraft imrfof
his command. General MacArthur
also said that 90 additional enemy
vessels; were sunk or damaged
Wednesday and Thursday in the
tight air blockade extending from
japan flown the Asiatic mainland
coast to the East Indies.
These ships included a small
aircraft carrier Ithat had been
grounded previously, a destroyer
and five freighters in Japanese
waters; The greatest numerical
toll was in 52 small landing craft
Which Were found northfvniru! nff
southern Indo-China. They were
laaen with 600 to TOO troops. At
least 100 of them were killed,
neaaquarters said.
Argentinian Here on
Highway Project Visit
Oreste Moretto, on leave from
the public roads administration
of Argentina while he' completes
his work toward a PhJ). at Uni
versity of Illinois, with - Senora
Moretto arrived in Salem on Fri
day to confer with state highway
department officials and to view
some of Oregon's highways and
highway construction projects.
Lumber Workers May
Get Paid for Holiday ;
.
PORTLAND. Aug. 10-f)-The
national war labor board advised
the West Coast Lumber commis
sion tonight that workers in log
gmg operations and mills excused
from work on V-J day may be
paid straight time for" hours off.
The; order applies to all work
era on shifts in ; the 24-hour pe
riod of official V-J day, John D.
Galey . explained. , - s :
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Jthe Remaining Nights and
sunaay Matinee off
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Matinee at 230, Evening at t
8IATS ON SATJE AT TrtUmS
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J. K. GUI Co, 8W ftk at Stark,
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Good Seats Available at Arena
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By thm Associated Press
Washington Japanese sur
render offer in Allied diplomat
ic conferences. ; M J . ;
Guam Superfortress opera
tions against Japan are halted
without explanation.! j
' Moscow Red army continues
drive through Manchuria. j
China Japanese withdraw
crack: troops as Chinese offen
sive continues: , ...
Slate Police Find
Sedan, Apprehend 3
State, police recovered the 1942
Dodge sedan, stolen irom A., J.
Baker . of West. Salem here on
Thursday night, in Arlington late
Friday, and apprehended its three
passengers. In the car were Archie
Edward Cousins, jr., and Richard
Louis Thompson, both of Camp
Adair, and Irene Alice Burchfield,
19, 318 Center st, Silverton, who
were lodged in the Arlington jail
pending further investigation.
Frogs do not drink -water by
mouth' they absorb it through
their skins, 1 .
MacArthur Air
Blows Continue
manttjL Saturday. Aug. 11-
(jpy- General MacArthur's head
quarters announced today tnat ue
war still is oh for the forces un
der his command and that his Far
ing out their scheduled missions
against' Japan.
The announcement ' followed
shortly after General MacArthur
himself, in response . to a cheering
crowd of soldiers and WACs had
stepped ourontb the balcony of
his office and declared: ; t ,
"I hooe from the bottom of my
heart that this is the end of the
-"ir it is.". he continueeL"it is
due largely to your own splendid
efforts.' ' ; . ; - ;'"-'
" Very shortly I hope we will all
be going home.. ; ' " ,
Chinese Call Meeting' '
CHUNGKING; Aug. 11
The Chinese ministry of Informa
tion announced a Joint meeting: of
the supreme national, defense
council and -the executive com
mittee of th Juomintang was
called today to consider the Ja
panese surrender proposaL
Jap Opposition Noted
t rjwnoN'- Au. 11 -Wl- The
SwiM i radio said today that Tokyo
broadcasts heard in China said "a
party has appeared to oppose Ja
pan's capitulation." The Swiss
broadcast, recorded by, the Asso
ciated Press, said the opposition
was headed by the Japanese war
minister, i -
Drafting to Continue
; PORTLAND, Aug. lH)-Ore-gon
selective service headquarters
will "just keep plugging away"
until word to halt induction Is re
ceived from Washington, State Di
rector Col. ElmerVV. Wooton said
today. More than 155,000 Ore
gonians have been drafted, he said.
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