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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1945)
OiairadlDDu&s to n mm r 'One type of problem which comes up from time to time and ' proves vexing to the city council ' is that of street vacation. Many times there are dead-ends of streets which are not used as thoroughfares, and owners of ad jacent property petition for vaca' tion so the extra ground may be .added to their holdings. Some times controversies arise over such vacations, as was true with "' regard to a vacation of a stub street off Front street a few - months ago. Sometimes the vote is divided as was true of a recent vacation of a portion of Bellevue street. " Every case is an individual case to be studied by itself, and every precaution should be taken to protect the ' public interest now and in the future. But . it ought to be possible to adopt some .' standard practice on the matter of compensation to the city where streets are vacated. The theory has been, to be sure, that the street was created originally by taking ground from the adjacent property, and so it should revert . if vacated. Whatever legalistic' or historical ground there may be for such practice the fact is that so many changes of ownership usu- , ally have intervened that the present property-owner has no . honest claim to any part of the street. What he bought was lot, and he paid nothing for -any reversionary claim to a portion of aj street He ought, therefore, to . compensate : the . city - for such ground as he adds to his . own possessions. ; The city of Portland has been bothered with the same problem. Its council has worked out a plan to solve it and adopted an ordi nance putting (Continued on editorial page) Soviets Move m .'.'..'..JlTVT . lowaramoDon In Kurile Chain LONDON, Aug. 28-P- Rus si an occupation forces, moving to ward Japan proper, seized three more islands of the Kurile chain today in a 375-mile overwater leap and completed the occupation of Sakhalin island, Moscow an nounced. Total Russian occupation of Sakhalin Island by Gen. Maxim Purkaev's second far eastern army brought soviet forces within 26 miles north of the Japanese home island of Hokkaido. Amphibious forces at the same time took over Shimushiru, TJrup pu, and Etorofu islands in the southern Kuriles. The occupation of Etororfu island placed these soviet troops 75 miles northeast of Hokkaido. - . Russia's far eastern armies. Moscow said, yesterday added an other 36,000 Japanese officers and : tnen to their growing bag of pris oners which now totals more than 474,000. ' Butter Due for Cut to 12 Points WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 "-(f)-, There will be a little more but ter available next month and it ' will take fewer red points to get "it., , OPA officials said today butter would be reduced from 16 to 12 points a pound Sept 2. And, ef fective Sept 1, the agriculture de partment ended an order, under .- which , creameries had been ' re quired to set aside butter for gov eminent war uses.' .v Anlmcl Crccltcrs . h WARREN GOODRICH "I'm not sfucfc i4 Vm just sick end tired of everybody ttcppiiZ on it r A . 4'$ CMco9miSrJtel ftf NINETY-FIFTH YEAR Damages Millions Wanes in Ferocity ! By WILLIAM C. BARNARD ! ; I HOUSTON, Tex., Aug. 28.-W-Aii enormous , task: of Relief and rehabilitation occupied a 300 mile stretch of the central Texas coast tonight as one of the most destructive hurricanes in gulf coast history blew itself out in east Texas. Early estimates of terrific damage, transmitted by patched communications facilities, placed crop and property damage in Japs Prepare Allied POWs ! 1 For Trio Home OKINAWA, Wednesday, Aug. 29VP) The Japanese are ready ing 6125 Allied military prisoners of war and 04 civilian internees at two camps within a 10 mile radius of Atsugi airfield for evacuation by American planes tomorrow. This was disclosed today by Cjl. Delbert Ward, San Antonio, Tex., fifth AAF engineer who was in the first American plane to land on Atsugi airdrome yes terday. Ward told newsmen he had questioned Nipponese medical of ficers regarding the prisoners and was told that no American aid was needed. - WITH U.S. FLEET UNITS IN TOKYO BAY, Aug. 28-(-A Swiss representative of the Inter national Red Cross told Rear Adm. Oscar C. Badger today' that of 34,000 American prisoners held in Japan 5000 of them might be considered in a sick condition. Canning Sugar Issue Renewed PORTLAND, Aug. 28-)-Al lotments of 10 pounds of canning sugar per person and a maximum of 80 pounds a family were being issued again today in this OPA district Acting OPA Director Frederic F, Janney asked housewives not . to telephone their ration boards, or call in person, stating boards will act on applications on file The allotment had been halted Aug. 13 in sixteen western states to permit inventory. Clifford L. Fhiitt Missing' in Action WASHINGTON, Aug. 28-(Spe-cial)-Lt (jg) Clifford LaVerne Fluitt, USNR, son of Albert Otto Fluitt, sr- of 710 S. 11th st, Cor- vallis, was listed as missing today by the navy department Goverameinit CuilbacCi ara Cannoned Goods. Averages SO Per Cemift Latest figures from the govern ment to the Northwest Canners association indicate that cutbacks in canned goods will amount to an average drop of around 50 per cent for each commodity, Dr. Eg bert S. . Oliver, labor coordinator for the Salem canners association, said Tuesday. I ? Only one item ;. requires the same set-aside percentage, aspar agus. Biggest drop was noticed in the government's requirement for carrots and blackberries. ! Although some of the products are not canned in the immediate Salem area, and others in limited quantities the military cutbacks for the canners in the northwest will naturally mean more canned goods on the grocers' shelves, For Instance For instance, one Salem packer in 1944 furnished the government with' f 307,128 cases v of canned goods. .In 1943, he will furnish approximately 180,000 cases. An other, Salem canner. In 1944 set aside 162,677 cases and in 1945, dropped to 69,700. . This ratio of 10 PAGES Mount To as: Storm j the millions of dollars and: from some of the hardest hit-sections, still isolated from the outside world, jthere had been no word. Front battered sea-level commun ities down the fertile, well-populated coast came fragmentary re ports that drew : a bleak picture of wrecked towns, hundreds home less, crops destroyed. Three per sons were dead and at least 12 injured- i s Damage to the western end of the Texas rice crop was estimated in the! millions of" dollars, i f Throughout the stricken region the Red Cross worked, feeding and caring for thousands of per sons. In Bay City alone, inland town of 6000 about 60 miles South west of Houston, 1500 citizens looked to the humanitarian or ganization for aid. -i J I Col. Roy W. Osborn, command ing officer of Foster field,! flew over the coastal area during the height of the storm and comment ed that "it was unbelievable I "The entire coastline appeared under water. Everywhere, you could See was water, except ah ocpasional high spot where hun dreds of cattle were trying to crowd. Port Lavaca was simply buildings rising out of the bay.f Sgt. Saunders Dies of Injuries In Italy Theatre Tgt Reginald E. Sauhders, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Saun ders, jtl'5 E st, died, in Italy, August 13 from a fractured skull received in an accident, it was disclosed Tuesday, j j Sergeant Saunders was Screw chief with the 94th air service. A graduate of Salem high school in 1931, he was employed at Bos- ler's Electric when he enlisted in December 1841. t I ' Besides the parents, survivors are two brothers, Samuel Saun ders, water tender Jc, navy, and Ed Saunders, at home; and two sisters Mrs. Jane ' Rogers, San Francisco and Mrs. Barbara Goy ette of Salem, whose husband, Lt Paul Goyette, was killed inj Ger many Dec. 1, 1944. " f (Picture on servicemen's page;) 4. STAMP TO HONOR ARMY WASHINGTON, Aug. 28HPr Postmaster General Hanhegan announced today that the three cent postage stamp honoring the United; States army in World War II will be placed on first-day sale here Sept 28, . , ;.:..:- T decrease is approximately the same for all canners In Oregon and Washington. 1 v - Oliver stated that it was un likely that the government would change these set-aside figures, due to the fact that the list was made sometime after the end of the war with Japan. The general proced ure of i the government since the start of the war has been to or der a percentage of the pack of certain- commodities with no defi nite shipment date. Later the can ner would be ssked to ship to a specified point either all or part of the order. 1 From Ne. 18 te Vt I " i Most canners put up these prod ucts in number 10 cans; and the cutbacks from earlier 1945 figures will mean a loss in time ; and money; to packs already on hand, he said. The popular size for the average consumer Is the numbet 2 can and an effort will prob ably be made to dispose of the large Cans to restaurants and in stitutions. The only trouble with this suggestion,. Oliver, added j . I i . v.'.i- ; ; :-, ! - I - i . v.--':-:!- ,.: . 1. : i: Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, August 29. 1945 Jap Destroy erN ears WhirdFleet I The Japanese destroyer Hatsuzakora lays to; In Sarami bay as Nip ponese emissaries go ever the side Into motor launch (right) for transfer to the American destroyer Nicholas which In torn took them to conferences on, the battleship Missouri. This picture was transmitted by navy radiophoto direct from the Third fleet in Sarami bay to San Francisco. (AF WIrephoto) Governor Snell Issues Call for . Aid in Harvest Governor Earl Snell issued this message to residents of this area Tuesday, urging all to help? save the harvest this season: "As governor of Oregon I cannot urge too-strongly that in the forthcoming weekend holidays through Labor day those who are freed from their tasks in offices, stores, ware houses and factories, join in this essential task of harvest ing our crops; and to call upon those who have so diligently worked in the fields and or chards to continue their praise worthy efforts to prevent the waste of much needed food. Call your local farm labor of fice and volunteer your serv ices." British POWs Swim to Fleet LONDON, Aug. 28 Two British servicemen who swam out into Tokyo bay to meet the Amer ican fleet were the first two AL lied prisoners to gain freedom af ter the fleet entered the bay, i Reuters correspondent aboard the British battleship Duke of York reported today, i j Correspondent Astley Hawkins said the two prisoners were fished out of the bay by picket boat from an American cruiser. They had escaped from a prison camp near Yokohama ( by slipping through a typhoon fence, 'and had walked 30 miles to the bay shore. that the service forces ordered the fancy pack which - many; of the institutions and eating establish ments do not generally buy. Figures Show Drop '! Below are shown figures indi cating the drop In government re quirement, The first column Is the amount the canners were re auired to set aside in 1944, the second column shows the; original quota for 1945, and the third col umn is the latest figure issued since the end of hostilities. (As terisks indicate the crops that will J particularly atfect the canners in the Salem area) lit 1945 fa IMS H 45 62 SS Cemmedtty 1S44 .s . 23 .100 . 75 J0O - 75 ' 74 - 78 - 7 52 54 J50 18'. 40 . - 47 - ( to . 48 -61 Apples .. , ... .-. Applecause Apricot i ," Berries 100 Cherrie 25 62 SO 80 65 50 44 55 42 38 S3 IS Fruit CockUU . Peaches , Pears , Asparaxus Snap Beans BeeU Carrots . Corn , ' ..... Pea . Tomaloea Tomato Juice yoF e 4 . P0W CroD Aid To 1076 Men nXisurance that 1078 prisoners of war- would be j available to par tially meet the demands of hard pressed bean growers of the cen tral Willamette Valley was given to Rep. James W. Mott by the army service command yesterday afternooni ; - i ; . Congressman Mott: Interced for! the growers following a meet ing at the Marion Hotel at which Governor Earl Snell, Manager Clay Cochran Of the Salem Chamber of Commerce, County Agent W. G. Nibler, Chairman Floyd Bates and other members of the special trans portation I committee ; of the Can ners association attended. Camp Adair post officials told the congressman that the contract for 578 prisoners of war which expires Wednesday night would be renewed, and that 500 additional POWs would be available to the growers on their arrival at the stockade. j j ..' , A crucial situation Was expected to arise Sunday and ! Monday un less bean pickers stayed on the Job both; days and hundreds of others spent the double holiday in the bean yards. Individuals and family groups are needed , daily, and persons who are willing to spend one or more : days in the fields were urged by Farm Agent Nibler to! get in touch with the farm labor office, 381 Chemeketa, telephone 2-1683. , jli . Building Plans PORTLAND, Aug.) 28-itfVThe war production board, gave the green light today for prompt construction of $1,480,000 of farm residences and business additions in Oregon and ' southern Wash ington. -, :. ; .I':-;-. Approved projects, each valued under $100,000,' include: - Salem j a r e a Clarence K. Schrock, garage, $35,000; Arnold B. Pederson, hatchery addition, $8000; Frank Setniker, farm resi dence, $6000; Tinkham Gilbert and Robert L. FJfstrom, store and garage, $29,000; J. M. Six, farm residence,! $5000; Timber Service company, ! Sweet Home, office building, $12,450; school building addition, Dallas, $13,000. NEWSMEN FILL OKINAWA OKINAWA, Aug. aA-W-Near-ly 200 correspondents alighted to day at Okinawa airfields, haying travelled from Manila in the great est mass air movement of news men in the Pacific theatre. 1 1 Weather Max. Kla. Baa San rrancisco Eugene - ..... Salem .. ,, j Portland : 71 47 00 83 83 ." 00 -82 i "!.. 84 S9U 5 FM Seattle ..80 82 00 Willamette river -3.8 ft. rORECAST (from U.S. weather bu reau. McNary fieM. Salem): Low clouds In moraine. Clear after 10 a. m. amt wanner wiu& hiCiiest 84, degrees. Army Boosts Approval No. 133 v g Point Svste: 5,500,000 Men To Be Released By Next July 1 WA51UNUXUW, Aug. 23 -WV- The army reported today it was revising 11s poini system vj speea up discharges and would reduce lis sirengtn irom b.wju.uuu to z,- 500,000 men by next July 1. War denartment officials, testl- tying before the house military committee, nevertheless supported President Truman's proposal to keep on drafting men for military service. During their appearance before the committee they outlined plans for: 1. Establishing a point system for releasing officers the present one covers only enlisted men. 2. Reducing from 85 to 80 the number of points required for dis- ehim of enlisted Dersonnel. . I . . . Barring from overseas duty all men with 60 points a cut from 75 I ' ' - 4 Reeomnutinff all noints. now based on calculations made May 1Z, as soon as General MCArtnur tells us he does not need any more combat men." I .... ...... Prlc So Armwe New MaJ. Gen. Stephen G. UeAiXIss .ccMonf .t n iriA the committee toee)mpuUtion would riv men moi tjoint so would give men more points so that those - overseas) "who now have approximately ?2 points will be eligible for immediate dis charge. Nips So appy To Find anks So Agreeable SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28 -yp)-TJJS. navy pilots who landed at Tokyo's Atsugi airport were described today as I "very light-! hearted and agreeable" by a cor respondent for Japan's Dome! agency. The pilots "did not show any attitude, whether in speech or manner, of boasting jof their vie- i tory, said the dispatch, beamed to greater east Asia and record ed by the federal communications commission. "In fact, they displayed beam ing smiles and even ihyly tried to hide their pistols. I which were hanging by their sides. The agreeable attitude shown by these pilots is iomething of which every Japanese " must be ever mindful when i coming into contact with the United States occupational forces.'1 Mexican Said Drowned Near Independence Two hours search by . Sheriff Denver Young and deputies fail ed io produce the body of EmiOo DeLaFuente Guardado, Mexican national of camp 325, Indepen dence, after the man pad been re- nnrtiyf mieeln In h TPill.miitU rar. w'JTv? ,;,m was last seen swimming in the river about 4:45 pjn. ' The search will bei resumed to- day, Deputy Sheriff James Gar vin said. The man was employed at the D. P. McCarthy and Son hop ranch. $20,000 Blaze Razes Albany Lumber Mill ALBANY, Aug. 2$-VOpera- tors B. L. Keler and IMaxon Will. fame mHdm fit 9n fnn day, after a blaze consumed the Albany Lumber Company mill. - A' spark from the ; stack proba bly caused the fire, 'reported act ing fire chief Cecil Burkhart The mill employed 16mcn. No plans have been made for rebuilding, tKte owners said, add- mil, wuu, Ing "We're determined to stay In the wiin business somehow. deadly uW: WITH ADMIRAL HALSEY; OFF YOKOHAMA, Wed nesday,,Aug. 29 (AP) Bijf headed by Halsey's flagship, the Missouri, anchored today; oti Yokohama bomb-chattered port of Tokyo. ; ; la the distance appeared presumably were those of Tokyo itself, approximately 29 miles front the anchorages by powerful (lasses, however, it buildings of Tokyos skyline. The mighty Missouri on which Sunday, entered the bay at 7 .1)3 a. war time.) -- IThe 45,000 ton battleship Missouri was the first of the capital ships in Halsey's huge armada Miura peninsula and through Uraga The fleet had been anchored of Tokyo, two days. Closely following the Missouri the Nicholas, CBannon and Taylor, all of which hold presidential unit citations for heroic action since the early days of the war. ' I The battleship Iowa and South Dakota followed. The South Dakota is to serve as Admiral Nimitz flagship while he is here to sign at the formal ceremony i The WarshiDS flew huze battla flau and the crew wr In battle dress at action stations. j ) She entered waters which only by 110 major caliber coastal guns. f That artillery, under the terms ized. I SAN FRANCISCO. Au. 28. - I casting company correspondent, said in asbroadcast from Tokyo bay 1 the! powerful marine-blue jacket landings will start at 10 a. m. I Thursday, Tokyo tune (9 p. m. xokosuka. WaoiroirDgM to DD I !NEW YfYRTC. Anir Oonra1 TVmerlac MafAi-tiiii hat . : - . - j m "veu on ine isinna oi uiunawa, I in a broadcast tonight from the I -I General MacArthur watched the loading of his troops and their equipment on the Okinawa I r A TLTTT A m 1 A . I ' juiaiaija, xnursaay. Aug. .-v7-vxeneraa aaacAirnur loaay I invited Lt.. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, the American officer ih I prisoned by Japan after he surrendered Corregidor, to attend the 1 wureu ma acceptance oi we oner. L "JF" P1 of Wamwright aboard the battleship Missouri Tokyo bay for the ceremony should offer a dramatic contrast to bis grim experience in being forced to forces in the Philippines early in i,The invitation also was extended to Walnwright's chief of staff. Brig. Gen. Lewis C. Beebe, aides, Thomas Dooley, and orderly and were captured with the general at MacArthur said he also hoped the; surrender at Singapore could E The supreme commander of wright present, if possible, for the Yamashita, in the Philippines. The surrender of Yamashita, the gen eral who accepted the British capitulation at Singapore, is in the process of being arranged. Wainwright plans to leave Chungking by air tomorrow morning for Manila, where he is expected he Would bring Beebe, Pugh, Dooley and Carroll with him. Marine Filoi Said To Be Alive in ToCiyo 'ABOARD USS ANCON, TOKYO BAY, Wednesday, Aug. Word was just flashed aboard this Boyington, marine flying hero of Tokyo." First word was transmitted to the third fleet by the cruiser San Juan. There were no details. t . - Although the source was not stated, it was possible the Informa tion came from a Japanese pilot who was guiding the ship into Tokyo bay; or from advance American units outside Tokyo. - J Boyington, now 32, of Okanogan, Wash was credited with down ing a total of 26 Japanese planes as he defiantly rode the Solomons skies at the head of his Black Sheep squadron in 1943 and 1944. He was awarded the congressional medal of honor and the navy cross and was the United States' ace of aces when he disappeared ' i SEATTLE, Aug. 2S-(P)-LItUe Gloria Borington, B, wasnt s bit surprised tonight when her excited wncle, A. G. Wickstrem, sheuted to her that her daddy, America's marine flying here, was was alive In Tokyo. ' i I know lt,M she said. - I- i "I Just saidmy prayers for him.1 over Rabaul Jan. 1, 1944. He disappeared in a cloud as be chased Japanese fighter and was not seen I ! "iuuy vrauwu It U1irairfi j!I.11 h. JU. J iBoylngton was tackled by 12 Force Radio Unit Raises First U. S. Flag Over Japan ! OKINAWA, Wednesday. Aug. was raised over conquered Japan Monday, eastern war time) by a Fifth air force radio unit. , The unit, known as the "Flying Circus,- was sent along with the first airborne contingent to set up a radio tower forf contact with the: mass1 of troops arriving tomorrow. t ' ; - Landing at 8:47 a. m., the 1 later hoisted old elorv to the ton I 1 Top-raniang American air men eon; of turtle soup and assorted sandwiches at Japanese utau quarters at the edge of Atsugi air field yesterday. , 1 ... i Tt was damned good soup too," exclaimed CoL John H. Lackey, Jrl veteran pilot of Norfolk, Va., who landed the first plane on th The! luncheon was served in a spoUess frame lxuldmg. Flower vArxnxmA thm fsMn Fov) wai served to more than a score of American I " . officers by Japanese waiters. Japanese u. . I room, warships of the Third fleet the shapes of buildings which ' the large ships. Even through was difficult to Identify the j surrender terms will be signed - m. (6. "08 p. m. Tuesday, eastern. V to pass from Sagami bav around strait Into Tokyo bay. in Sasami bar. onl-r SO miles snulh were three escorting destroyers. Sunday for the United States. a few weeks ago were protected of surrender, had been neutrat MV - Norman Paiire. American broad. Wednesday eastern war time) at tst i-i-ar -i m nas faeum jviueuer reportea American-held island base. : airfield," Mueller stated. a.r r. t . mm A . 1 . . . . , . sign the capitulation of American 1942. Lt. CoL John Pugh and Maj. chauffeur, Sgt John CarroU. All Corregidor. the British commander who signed be present. the allied powers will have Wain surrender of -Lt Gen. Tomoyukl to land in the afternoon. He said, communications ship that Maj. Greg 1 the Solomons campaign, "is alive in " 1 r again. wiut w pifnes, ui OiHU, oncep maiea .1. mm a.. t. m v.u . 1 -. Japanese on the mission from which 29.-VThe first American flag at 12:10 p. m. Tuesday (11:10 p. m. -Flying Circus' less than lour nours of the radio antenna. wia oi eauim u ci..uuur- tr. m- Blt.tn i . . - v . ' --.' - aoirroiradloir t i