Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 22, 1945)
&&.SPr WNETV-nrTH YEAR 12 PAGES '! i f Soiem;Ortaon.WdneidaTMornInaXuaul2X1945 i -. ;Prir. - wi27 . - l- - V Russia announces a new five year plan to repair its war dam age and carry its economic de velopment beyond its pre-war con tution. ine soviet union laces a tremendous task in restoring its cities and industries and trail-. portation systems in the areas oc cupied by the German armies. What the. Russians themselves did not destroy or remove in their retreat, the Germans did during their occupation and ' retreat. In tbis task 01 rebuilding Kussia ex pects help from German .labor .and financial assistance .from the United States. . While the initial emphasis will be on heavy industry power plants, railroads, etc.i one would expect expansion of lighter indus tries which supply consumer goods. For all the much-advertised five-year plans of the period after the bolshevik revolution, Russia remained a country poor in the necessities and conveniences of liv ing. The excuse was given that it was necessary to build heavy in- . d us try. like steel mills, first How ever, that hardly seems an ade quate explanation. Never Were food ' and utensils and tools in really abundant supply. When Russian troops entered other countries; they were amazed at the supplies "of goods in the stores. " In Poland in late 1939 ' and Poland was never a rich coun trythe Russian soldiers ransack- . ed the stores, j stripping them of all consumer goods as locusts strip a tree of leaves. Now in occupied countries Russian troops are. "lib ; erating" all kinds of private civil ian. ' j- ! - , :i; .-. (Continued, on editorial page) Quisling D enies Being Asked to Betray;:Pprvay OSLO, Norway, Aug. 21.-P)- Vidkun Quisling, stuttering and nervous, whispered a hoarse "no today to a question from Presid ! ing Judge Erik Solem whether ! German Admiral Erich Raeder ! has asked him to "betray your I country." At first the pale defendant, on trial, for his life on charges of treason, muttered "I cannot . re member. h . The judge reprimanded him sharply, then demanded: "Answer yes or no." Quisling finally drag ged out his negative reply, but he never again regained the com posure he had exhibited earlier in the day. Both the judge and Prosecutor ' Annaeus Schjoedt flayed him mercilessly about his alleged re lations with German officials be fore the Invasion of Norway. Wreck Injures 25 Soldiers KINGMAN, Aril., Aug. Zl.-ijf) From 25 to 30 soldiers were re ported injured today in a wreck on the Santa Fe railway involving two troop trains near Francoru'a, Ariz. : ' i - Air Waves Reopened To Radio Amateurs WASHINGTON, Aug. Jl-CflV The federal communications com mission today authorized amateur radio operators to resume broad casting on the 112 to 115.5 mega cycles band until Nov. 15. The amateurs, were barred from the air In 1942 as a war measure. Animal Crccltcrs By WARREN GOODRICH uHe claims h got it with hii hart holds actually the poor thinz had jt t tuck in a $almon csnT rrv . fr. m m m n n : i n n n 'Cftutisfts ''Rescue; " is .. - . CpL- Jacob Deshazer, one of the eif at DlitUe fliers captured la 194Z. wht la the u f Mrs. IL M. Andrns, formerly f Mad ras and new of 1063 Oak si. Sa lens Mrs. Andms amid Tuesday tucht she had n infrmatioa as t whether the corporal was a mong the foar airmen rescued by parachutists at Telpln. The corporal's father died some time ago. ' State Building Plans Ready Within90Days - i - Plans and specifications for new state buildings, of which the ag ffresate cost will be $4,400,000. will be completed within the next 90 days, .Roy Mills, secretary -of the state board of control, said Tuesday. Funds for the buildings were appropriated by the legisla ture. r Included are the new $1,500,000 state office structure, and the new medical treatment center at the Oregon state hospital is expected to cast nearly 500,000. Plans for other buildings, from the $5,000,000 approved by the voters at June's special election, will be prepared later. An ad ditional $4,000,000 will be expend ed by the state board of higher education. " Hirohito Horse Sought for Show Throughout U. S. PORTLAND, ORE, Aug. 21-Cff) A Portland business .man today nested 13.000 toward bringing Em peror Hirohito's white horse to America for public displays, rro- ceeds will go to orphans of serv icemen. Joe Fisher, automotive dealer, cabled the offer to Gen. Douglas MacArthur. "Please consider this wire as bona fide offer . . -,M the message began. 4th Air Force Cuts Staff of Officers SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20.-CP) The Fourth air force disclosed to day it has received orders to begin discharge of officers wiin poinis ranrintf from 36 to 70 for those I having no critical skills. Enlisted personnel still must have bo points for discharge. 1HITMAV NAMES AIDE WASHINGTON, Aug. . President Truman reacnea mio tti ormv and nicked 33-yearold CoL Frank McCarthy of Richmond, tto in tn fill one of three va cant posts--as assistant-secretary of state in charge of acmunisxrauon. : . 1;.. - i T -: ( ' l . ! , i V V'-j n n i nun mm uiis in R)ariBig att jPeipiiiig Gehi Wainwri izht Release Delayed In Mukden Area r- I f (: f?i! CHUNGKING, I Aug. 21. -UPy- Four ainjnejn who bombed Tokyo in the historic raid led by Lt. Gen. James Hi DooUttle in April 1942. have been rescued by a daring American Iteam which dropped from thej skies on Japanese-occupied Peiping, it was announced to day, i s -, r . : i . m Ab newsl of their rescue ; was radioed tj Chungking, it appeared that amtal here of Lt Gen. Jona than M. j Wainwright was being delated fcyj Japanese in the Muk den area who were possibly fear ful of doing anything that might get them into difficulties with the Russians.! Names Withheld A parachute team sent by the office of strategic services liber- i . iL . . . aieu uie four iuers, wno naa Been charged Lby the i Japanese with murder, fheir names were with held pending notification of their next of i4. .' : -t : The message said the fliers how were in the Grand Hotel De Peik- ing, ana were receiving ine oesi care possible. One is. in such, ser ious condition from beri beri, an oriental disease causing swelling, paralysis and general dropsy, mat he will be vnable to travel by air. It was possible the four Were the sole pitvivors' of eight Tokyo raiders - whose capture was i dis closed by jthe war department more than a year after the raid. Death Penalty Given . I i President! Roosevelt announced that on March 12, 1943, the UiS. governmenti had learned ' through neutral Mirces that the death penalty had been pronounced I on the captured airmen after their trial and j severe punishment. The sentence wis commuted for some and carried out for others, i the president! said. 4 The eight men captured were Lt George Barr, Madison, Yfts.; Lt Williams Clover Farrow, Wash ington, Ei. C.; Lt Robert L. Kite, Earth, Tex. Lt Robert J. Meder, Lakewood, p.; Lt. Chase J. Neil son, Hyrjurn, Utah; Lt tteanf E. Hallmarki Dallas, Tex.; CpL Jacob B. Deshazer, Madras, Ore., nd Sgt. Harold A. Spatz, Lebo, Kans, One manl Cpl. Leland D. Faktor of Plymouth, Iowa, was killed in the crash landings in China and off the Chinese coast Drop In" an Mukden Another Rescue team, similai; to the one wljiich found the Toiyo airmen, dropped into I Mukden where Wahiwright was held pris oner, on Aug. 18. The Russians announced Rapture of Mukden yes terday. . - a : Headquarters of Lt Gen. Albert C. Wedejner id 317i civiHan internees jwiere located in Peiping, and that all were comfortably Quartered f I I A message from Lt Gen. Takah- ashl, chief of staff of the Japanese garrison pf I north China, said jthe team which landed at Peiping vas being riven! 'courteous protection' and had bee11 P" UP at the best hotel in lh ty Coast ruard Begins Peace Time Cutback WASHINGTON, Aug. ! llHPh The coast guard announced today it has begun a discharge program which Is expected to return ; tne a peacetime basis within service toi ten months,: reducing officers and enlisted 172,384 personnel from the present 14 34.900. The program is based on jthe navy's point systeto. FAMOUS ORGAN DAMAG SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 21--Vry-Thc j world-famous organ fin the Latter pay Saints (Mormon) tabernacle jwas slightly damaged during the two spectacular storms which lashed this city Sunday, church Officials revealed today. Water, mud and plaster fell into some of p pipes. j i STANDARD TIME RETURNS DETROIT, Aug. 21-(-TAn amendmehtj returning Detroit to Eastern Standard' Time at' mid night. Sept! Sarwas" adopted" to night by the; city council Autoists j warm ! - - i . : ! Resorts i -t ; . Full Hotels, Flat Tires' Mark End Of Cas Rationing j- i By The j Associated Press Driving everything from I well- preserved Jaloppies to gleaming limousines, j motorists swarmed through the mountain and lake regions of western America today for vacations long denied 1 them by war. i j j ' From resort areas and traffic control authorities came uniform reports: Heavy traffic, weUVfilled lodges and i hotels,' accommoda tions booked well in advance, lots of flat tires. 100 Per Cent Gain In northwest Montana's! Gla cier national: park traffic was 100 per cent over August a year ago. Travel through Yellowstone na tional park in Montana and Wy oming soared 50 per cent above pre-surrender volume. On Rocky ! mountain highways, out-of-state license plates : indi cated that perspiring residents of eastern and midwestern. cities hadn't waited long after the Japs capitulated to gather, .up j their families and head west j Oregon Coast Busy : Cessation of gasoline rationing also sent Pacific northwest lake traffic booming. Puget Sound lakes in Washington were alive with all types of craft The Utah Automobile associa tion said travel inquiries zoomed "about 600 per cent" since ra tioning stopped. Resorts in the coastal and mountain regions of Oregon were hard put to find beds for all weekending tourists. Dede Ranches Full ' Many would-be vacationers who had sold their cars during the war were kept at home be cause of continuing ODT travel restrictions. - An average of 200 cars arriv ing daily in the Grand canyon area of Arizona brought that scenic sector its heaviest business in many years. Dude ranches around Reno, Nev., were booked full until No vember. The three leading hotels in Reno were turning away about 450 persons a day. Boeing Triples Peacetime Job SEATTLE, Aug. 21-tf-The Boeing Aircraft company, which hit a peacetime peak of 5821, em ployes at the end of 1939, plans to maintain a force nearly three times as large in the postwar period, C L. Egtvedt said tonight j The report by Egtvedt, caixman, indicated a cut of about 19,000 in employment at Boeing. The pres ent total Is 3449. EV3dre Wartime Lids Coming CDffi Nylons by Thanksgiving; By Sterling F. Green WASHINGTON, Aug. llHJty The government unwrapped a big bundle of news for American homes and business today, r L Your rent ceilings - if you live in certain places - - may come off : very soon. They'll go where wartime swollen populations dwindle. Not elsewhere for months. " ' : 'j ' 2. OPA Indicated meat points would be reduced, beginning next month. Agriculture Secretary An derson already had said meat ra- ftioning would end soon, r , : ?. X. Nylon stockings will be back by Thanksgiving, or at the latest by Christmas. So says WPB. lt revoked the order controlling pro duction of nylon and rayon; ; 4. Three and a half million ra dios by Christmas - - maybe. WPB says the only limiting fac tor in making radios from now on will be the supply of parts. 5. The government iar consider- fPeace and W''--WWi?& Tr " "" 1 mil1 ii i r.iqunjiaiiuiii.nimiiiLi ij nnwui One of the crewmen of the Jap plane which brought emissaries to Ie Shlma enrovte to Manila (left) stands beside the planj with s bouquet of flowers which he brought from Japan as a token of "peace and friendship." Two of the emissaries (right) hold their samatul swords. American MPs from navy via Guam radio) Log Rustlers In Salem Area Get Loot of $30,000 Now it s log rustlers, sawmill operators informed police Tues- day. !' . These highjackers, operating in gangs, were reported to have stolen more than $30,000 worth of logs front the Willamette river in the Salem vicinity during the past six months. Both state and city police are investigating. H. C. Lamb,- Salem represen tative of Stebco, Inc., sawmill operators, laid an attempt was bing made to "break up these gangs." J LendiLease Contracts Are it I Now at End WASHINGTON Aug. 27 - (ff) Lend-lease jwas declared at an end by the White House today, just a week! after achievement of its purpose-j-the downfall of the last axis aggressor. Established by congress March 11, . 1941, lend-lease has poured out more than $40,000,000,000 in armaments and civilian goods . to Britain, Russia, China, France and other United nations. Cancellation of all outstanding lend-lease contracts was called for by th4 president "except where allied governments are willing to agree to take them over or where it is in the interest of the United States to complete them." 3,500,000 Radios by -T- ing modifying credit controls, but not wiping Ithem out C Businessmen (not retail stores), were; told to build all the new factories, plants and addi tions they could. The government killed controls of the act of build ing but kept controls on some ma terials, like lumber. 7. In Detroit 80,000 CIO auto workers were demanding a 30 per cent increase, without waiting for industry to get fully converted to peacetime. S. Secretary of State Byrnes threw his weight behind the full employment! bCL, which Presi dent Truman wants passed. ' 8. Lend-lese, the 40 billion dol lar transfusion of supplies to our allies,! was officially declared dead. This Shoved foreign trade closer to a peacetime basis. 10. The salary stabilization unit - which controlled "white collar w o r k e t s I pay - faceafearly death. - Friendship?' in background. (AP Wlrephoto Use of P.O.W. Consideredm Bean Harvest Appeals" to help save the bean harvest are not being heeded suf- ficiently, growers said Tuesday, and in their anxiety to save crops they are considering the use of prisoners of war. . The canners transportation com mittee met -Tuesday afternoon at the chamber of commerce to dis cuss advisability of such a step: In a telegram to Rep. James W. Mott, Brig. Gen. Miles PJeber of the army service command said the headquarters of the Nihth ser vice command was in contact with the Oregon state extension service to ascertain how many prisoners were needed. I , ' At least 1000 additional bean pickers are sought, and hodsewives and unemployed defense .workers are being urged to go into the fields to help avoid a 40 per cent loss. Transportation will be provided from the Farm Labor office at 381 Chemeketa street Daily Earnings are averaging from $7.50 to $10. German Catholics Ask Church, School Aid ...... - i . i FULDA, Germany, Augt 21-P) German Roman Catholic I bishops at the opening of their first con ference since 1943 today put for- war a proposal asking fort a voice in the teaching of German chil dren through state-subsidized schools patterned after those in existence before the Nazi regime. Christmas; Credit it Eased r gelt anoth- The fall shopper may get anoth er break - - a partial return to the easy-payment plan of b re-war merchandising. - j Charge accounts now must be paid up by the tenth pf the sec ond month, following purchase. The charge account provision will be modified substantially it was learned. " The new government policy on wages says in creases can be granted if they don't mean an In crease in prices. . j . And there was this news: Clothing - - Men's apparel will be in "extremely short supply for tome time," says the National as sociation of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers. j -"" DDT - - The cost of the Remark able new Insecticide will be with in reach of every householder from $L75 to-13.50 a yearto-pro tect the average house against flies, mosquitoes and other pests for a year. m f ; 1 -: Danger Increases - - v - " Jn Woods I Tillamook Blaze j Spreads; Humid I ity at New Low I Logging operations in the horthwest were - virtually at a standstill today after a brisk wind and . extremely low humidity spurred forests fires in many parts of the tinder-dry sector, and the big Tillamook blaze raced within a few miles of the coast, j Spot fires were, burning in pastures of the Tillamook dairy farmlands in the coastal moun tain range valleys while flames sweep along the ridges above them. , I The Oregon communities of Nehalem, Wheeler and Mahler were threatened. State Forester Nels Rodgers reported. New nUkbor Fire f Fires in the Warm Springs In dian reservation area south of the Mt'Hood forest were under ron trol despite stiff winds, the Asso ciated... Press said. A hew fire seven miles south Of Hillsboro in Parr canyon was reported and dense smoke clouds prevented foresters making early estimates of acreage. Green tim ber and some farmlands were burned as flames- swept up the canyon toward . the Yamhill county . line,". ; Polk Fire Troublesome . I The Polk cotintv fire was caus ing considerable trouble on the west side on Boulder creek. Humidity Monday at' some points reached a new low of nine points and was only around 14 points most of the day Tuesday, f The Keep Oregon Green asso ciation was warning travelers and loggers of the danger of . starting additional fires. I Considerable smoke was notice able in Salem late Tuesday but most of it apparently' was com ing from grass fires in the imme diate area. ' Rebuilding of Plant Awaits Clearing Work I . . 1 j Rebuilding of fire - destroyed portions of the Oregon Pulp- & Paper plant will begin as soon as debris can be cleared, and plans should be ready later tbis week. Superintendent Douglas Arm strong said Tuesday.. Re-opening will . depend on availability of pulp. f The fuel bins and wood room, as well as part of the digester plant, were burned Sunday. Loss was unofficially estimated at $250,000. City firemen spent 16 hours beating down the blaze, and mill workers were pouring on water even after that 1 The fire also proved costly to E. L.' Smith, a member of the $alem fire department who lost a valued watch charm, made in 1856 from a S20 gold piece, while helping battle the blaze. Lyons Worker Hurt At Lumber Mill , ! George ClipfeU, 53, of Lyons, Ore, was brought: to the Salem Deaconess hospital at 11 p. m. Tuesday, suffering from badly torn ligaments in his kneecap, due to a three thousand pound lumber "table" falling on him as he at temped to move it at the Marthe Lumber company mill In Lyons, at 8 p. m. ' SUBS RESCUE 227 GUAM, Wednesday, Aug. 22- (aU-S. submarines rescued 227 fliers off Japan's shores between May 23 and Aug. IS, fleet head quarters announced today. Weather San Trancisco Eugene Mw. Mia. K!a SS . KV: - JDO .91 47 JDO .93- - 4 J00 S3 S jM PoitUutd Sett tie Willllluti. 4v- A I FORECAST from VS. weather bur eau. McNary nM. Salem): Low clouds this morning clearing before noon. Highest temperature IS degree. ... Huge Display of jMililary Poweij Ready for Nips By RUSSELL BRINES MANILA, Wednesday, Aug. 2 ( AP) Allied ir borne troops win start the occupation of Japan Sunday, the Nipponese government V announced yesterday, and American sources said jthe Japanese would see the great est display of military power ever assembled off a foreign -country. j The Japanese imperial head quarters and imperial government in a joint communique said 'the LONDON, Wednesday, Aug. 22-iAVA. Dome! wireless dis patch recorded by BBC quoted the Tokyo newspaper Omtaf Hechl today as saying Gen. MaeArtbor weald arrive la Ja pan by plane en August 28, and that the formal signing of a "truce -agreement' was sched uled for August SI aboard! a United. States warship in Tokyo bay. ' ! ' airborne troops would land at At sugi airfield 20 miles southwest of Ttkyo, with further landings ' Tuesday, from warships fnd. transports in the Yokosuka area at the mouth of Tokyo bay. , Domei,'; the Japanese agency, broadcast the communique within 24 curs after Emperor Hirohito s surrender envoys returned to Io kyo from their conference at General MacArthur's headquar ters at Manila. MacArthur re mained silent on occupation plans. Tw Allied Planes- j The communique said that lair operations would be started oyer Japan Saturday, with the airborne landings' Sunday and - the entry early Monday of "two allied fleets" oil Sagami - bay, outside Tokyo bay, with one unit enter ing: Tokyo bay if conditions iar favorable." f: j ' Under the time differential be tween Japan and" the United States, airborne landings on Nip pon undertaken during daylight hours up to noon Sunday, Tokyo time, weuld be within the hours preceding 8 pjn. Saturday, U-5. Pacific war time. . j MacArthur has announced that the formal signing of surrender terms will take place in the Tokyo area by Aug. 30. -1 The Japanese communique said that "In order to avoid any strife arising, from this landing Nip ponese armed troops would he withdrawn "as promptly as possi ble" from the landing area to the south of Tokyo, fighting Near End . Meanwhile, fighting in Man churia has virtually ended, with Russian forces in possession of . nearly all cities and strategic points. But the Nipponese con tinued sporadic operations along the! 300-mile southeastern Burma. front. - j Authoritative sources here said every available ship would I be used for the landing expedition on 'Japan - - the first time the full combat force t. the war-enlarged American navy would j be together for a single operation. The armada will be Increased by numerous supply craft ' Every branch of America's armed might will be represented. f Washington said Fleet Admiral .Nimitz was expected to be on hand in Japan to be among the signers of the formal surrender. ; XeUeawr'.8cgeted : 1 The Japanese government Is- rued a non-fraternization, order. It said: "In regard to the supplying of living quarters and food to the Allied-landing forces, the army and government will assume full responsibility. There will be no contact between the general pub lic: and the landing forces. jWt emphasize this point" j Radio Tokyo had nothing fur ther to say about possible occu pation opposition from Japanese army "hot-heads.. In broadcasts yesterday Tokyo emphasized fears that some army officers, opposed to .surrender, would resist occu pation. ; . . j The Domei agency, analyzing the Potsdam declaration -under" which Japan decided to surrender, guessed that Allied terms would be somewhat lenient when com pared with those imposed on Ger many. i ' j Newspaper Riant . S But the Tokyo newspaper Main-. Ichi was blunt It. tpM the peo ple to facejpokr-facts Japan has befta- completely defeated !the f empire, has to accept the conquer or's terms. A'ainichI continued: "Since our endeavors to build a' Japan based on sheer might met with complete failure - we must hence forth tread the path of peaceful nation." , ....