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. f ' ' ' Wt M 1 "' u ""T" ' I l-i i fin - -i Hi 9 mm . . Mil POUNDBD 1651 I f ' '3 . 1 . - Flames tear at the docks and installations at the Oreson Shipyards that swept the yard yesterday. Fire appears to have made ter- - mi nation rather than reconversion the fate of Oregon Shipbuilding -corporation's plant in the St. John to be expected that the company's outfitting docks and appurtenant shops will be reconstructed. On - the contrary the great fire there yesterday will doubtless serve to I hasten the end of all work there, - Whether there will ensue any re conversion to other, work than . shipbuilding is a question which may go unanswered for a time. At least thia is true that Oregon Ship, as the yards were called famil iarly. Is virtually through. i The loss is the greatest in Ore I gon's history, according to early estimate, aside from great, forest fires which have ravaged the state. ; That estimate is based on the a v mount of the investment in f adl- t ities and in ships destroyed by the i fire. Of course it is not so great in terms of Immediate value for ; th emergency which brought Qr t egoT EhipimtP beihg has passed. A war-baby,. it. was already be- coming a war orphan. But what a glorious record was . made at Oregon Ship, one which will be remembered with pride by Portland, by Oregon and by the whole nation and recalled with bitterness by the nazis and the r Japs. Mussolini, you remember, ' said it couldn't be done when told f the amazing record being , (Continued on editorial page) Hutton, Grant Part Company LOS ANGELES, Aug.' 30 AJPi Shp and Cary Grant Just didnt i like the same people, Barbara , Hutton testified today as she won4 j her third divorce. "When I had a dinner party he refused to come down to dinner because he was too bored," she told superior court "I would have to make some excuse, which was very embarrassing." She said the . actor's conduct made her very nervous and that she had been . forced to seek treatment from a physician. 4 Attorneys for Miss Hutton and Grant said both had waived all ; property claims. Grant, one of the . wealthier movie stars, did not ap ; pear in court. , 4 i tEDS ADD CAPTIVES ; LONDON, Aug. SO The ; Soviet high command - said to - night that an additional 29,000 ' Japanese officers and men and : two generals have surrendered to I Russian forces, running the total Soviet bag to date to 571,000 Jap- anese officers and men and 111 generals. - Animal CraclWrs By "WARREN GOODRICH " do believe if going to be V r curly f nwir- tSdoSMSinig Largest IFeirtlainid! PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 30.-(P)-A $3,000,000 fire, the largest in Portland's history, which swept the outfitting dock at Henry J. Kaiser's Oregon shipbuilding yard today is believed to have virtually ended work at the war - Only three Vessels remain on lor launching Sept. 8 while the POWsTellof Nip Torture, Lack of Food TOKYO BAY, Friday, Aug. 31-(A-Hunger, humiliation and "bes tial beatings" was the story of 1494 Allied prisoners of war, including the famed marine ace MaJ. Greg ory (Pappy) Boyington, safe a board mercy ship s today after be in rescued from Japanese prison camps. - ' first contingent of liberated prisoners included crewmen of the late Capt Colin Kelly's Flying Fortress who told how Kelly met his death early in the war. v r It is estimated there are 36,000 prisoners, including 8000 Amer icans, at camps scattered through out Japan. Boyington declared he was beat en with a baseball bat, among other forms of mistreatment. Oth ers declared "bestial beatings were common." All told of hunger, privation, humiliation and various forms of brutality. Food and other supplies were being dropped from American Su perforts to the thousands still con fined. Case Upholds Vet Seniority NEW YORK, Aug. 3(KW"A World War II veteran is entitled to the job he held before enter ing service, Federal Judge Mat thew A. Abruzzo ruled today, even though bis rehiring may necessitate dismissal of a worker whose seniority is greater. "Any day there was work, the veteran was entitled to prefer ence" Abruzzo said in directing that Barhama Fishgold, 28, a wel der, be rehired by Sullivan Dry Dock company of Brooklyn. Fishgold was rehired by the company after his discharge, but was "let-out," the company said, when work was slack. A non veteran with higher seniority was retained. - ',, Declaring the only issue was the selective service act, Abruzzo said, "I find that allowing a non veteran to work in this case is a violation (of the selective service act)." Ask 4'Stars Go ToWainwright OIL CITY, Pa-, Aug. 30 -(ff) Promotion of Lt Gen. ; wain- wright, recently liberated from a Japanese prison camp, to the rank of full general was asked today in a telegram sent to Gen. George C Marshall army chief of staff, by Pennsylvania Congressman L. H. Gavin. Gavin requested Marshall to recommend the promotion to Pres ident Truman and asked that it be made in time for Wainwright to participate in the formal Japa nese surrender aboard the battle ship Missouri. - Weather Max. 72 ' .81 Mln. 65 44 43 48 Bain San iTandsco Eugene . , , Salem ,, , . , Portland .., JM jOO M 79 73 Seattle Wnamtt rivr -3.S ft- FORECAST (from U. S. weather bi reau. McNarr field, Salem): Partly cloudy wiUi temperature about 79 de in Portland In the $3,000,000 fire FSire Don KlDstoiry built yard. the ways the last scheduled seven ships at the dock where fire broke out have been trans ferred to other Kaiser repair yards for completion. Yard officials told workers re porting for night shifts tonight to take off work until after Labor day. All day workers who did not join fire crews at the shipyard were sent home with the same instructions. f. Launching of the remaining vic tory ships the Billings, Boise and Brain ard will halt construction at the yard where 455 vessels have been built under maritime commission contract. There were about 15,000. workers listed on the payroll this week, company spokes men said. Loss to the yard facilities was estimated at approximately $3,000,- 000" with two negro workers listed missing, one believed to have drowned after Jumping from a burning ship into the river. $125,000 Sale Of Downtown Property Noted Announced yesterday was. one of the largest deals in downtown Salem real estate for many years in the purchase by State Finance company of the Hotel Salem prop erty at the corner of Ferry and South High streets from John Hughes, Mrs. Wm. A. Carter and A. N. Bush. The transaction was handled by Grabenhorst Bros., realtors, and the consideration is reported at $125,000. The Pioneer trust company represented, Mr. Bush. , The property consists of Lots 3 and 4 in Block 20, Salem, with frontage of 165 ft on Ferry St. and 149 ft on High st opposite the Elsinore theatre. The ground floor is occupied by 15 business concerns and the office and lobby of the Hotel Salem. The second floor is given over to hotel rooms which number 60. The hotel has been operated under lease by A. N.Bayley. The building is a brick struc ture, erected in 1924. The property has been in the hands of the Hughes family for many years. The State Finance co. has made the purchase as an investment, stated Ernest A. Miller, president The- plans are to overhaul the building and to locate the finance company offices on High st The remaining portions of the building Including the hotel will be leased. Fanatics Threatened to Shoot Peace Envoys, Reporter Says By Russell Brines (Russell Brines, Associated Press correspondent has returned to Tokyo. He left Japan in March, 1941, was captured by the Jap anese in Manila in January, 1942, and interned a year before his re patriation.) y' TOKYO,- Aug. SO HT)- Some fanatical elements in Japan were so determined to continue the war that they publicly threatened to shoot down the surrender envoys sent to General MacArthur's head quarters in Manila recently. The concensus of many well In formed J apanese jvith whom I talked today on my first visit to Tokyo in more than four years was that Hirohito broke a long militaristic grip on his throne to sue for peace. : T The emperor won "a courageous gamble," these Japanese added. They had no reason, to propagan dize me. It was evident they were speaking sincerely. , After the emperor made bis sur NINETY-FIFTH YEAR 18 aaasSfsa - MBraBBM .kw. asBSBBaassssssj bbssibssobsb oiiiiiisiiBj SBsssnBBissaa. .s. " .saav assissMBBBsBsj pBk aaM saSM H ull Savs Message No Threat Truman Blames ; American Public For Pearl Harbor WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 The v Pearl Harbor ' controversy boiled up at top government lev els tonight amid two develop ments: 1. Publication of a letter by Cordell Hull flatly denying his pre-war counter-proposals to Ja pan constituted "in any sense an ultimatum." - 2. President Truman's news conference assertion that the American public was as much to blame for the Japanese surprise attack as any individual. This statement riled some legislators while some others took the presi dent's side. The chief executive said he had no objection to a court martial but does not intend to order one. He added that he doubted he had the authority to order trial. In spection of army and navy regu lations, however, disclosed he does have-such authority.' In his letter Hull said his coun ter-proposals handed the Japa nese Nov. 26 offered the Japanese "substantially the economic and other advantages they sought in Asia provided they would give up their aggressive policies.", He called the proposals a: plan of "a broad but simple iettlemerrH covering uie enure racuic area, . and said they "did not constitute in any sense an ultimatum." Japs Report . High Casualties ATSUGI, Japan, Aug. -U?t- A Japanese newspaperman said today that from 300,000 to 500,000 persons were killed or injured by the great Superfor fire raids on Tokyo, once the world's third greatest city. At the same time, Nicholai P, Agueev, Russian trade represen tative who has been in Tokyo two years, said it had been esti mated officially that nearly 1, 000,000 homes and buildings had been razed, leaving only 380,000 still standing. The Dome! agency correspon dent declared that Tokyo was In the throes of inflation, and black market prices had soared to tre mendous heights. Food is scarce and so is liquor. Hucklf try Patch to Be Open to Pickers The Monument Peak huckleber ry patch will be opened to the public Sunday and Monday, the forest service said Thursday. Vis itors In the area must obtain per mits from the guard station lo cated between Gates and the peak. The crop is especially good this year, according to the report render broadcast on Aug. 15, pub lic uproar died quicker than had been expected by the Japanese witn wnom I talked. The people were shocked by the sudden change from eight years of consistent propaganda emphasiz ing that the people would die fighting rather than capitulate. At the outset, fanatical elements kept the country in a turmoil. It can be revealed now that kamikaze units'flooded Tokyo with pamphlets urging continued fight ing and publicly threatened to shoot down the emissaries to Ma nila. ' . '- , , r The emissaries slipped from To kyo by falsifying an. advance) an nouncement of their departure from the field and returned by publicly proclaiming an inaccur ate schedule. - - This was done with the full support of General Mac A.-, in, who was ' fully apprised of the facts. ' PAGES Scdomv Periscope, Mind Reader Added to New Parliament LONDON, Aug. 30-(ff)-Brit-ain's new house of commons to replace the historic chamber destroyed by German bombs will have a unique air condi tioning system by which a con trol engineer will watch the members through a periscope and regulate the temperature to keep them comfortable, it was announced today. The architect, Adrian Gilbert Scott, did not elaborate on the necessity for installing a peri scope, nor did he specify how the engineer would be able to tell when the members needed cooling or warming, as the case might be. Red Points Cut, Oleo, Butter, Meat, Cheese WASHINGTON, Aug. 80 -MV The government today not only cut down the number of red points needed for meat cheese, . butter and margarine but also abandon ed its set-aside order on pork loins and shoulders. Lard remains the only -pork products still subject to set-aside orders. Virtually all meats, all cheeses, creamery butter and margarine will require fewer points. Canned milk4 no longer will require any, gutter; at 12 points, down 4, will cost the fewest since May, 1944, and only half as many as a few months ago. ' Margarine drops from 14 points to 12. Steaks and roasts will cost 1 to 3 points less a pound; hamburger, 2 points less; lamb and veal, 1 to 3 points less; pork steaks, chops and roasts, 1 to 2 points less; ba con, for those who can find it ' points less; spareribs, 3 points less. Nearly aU meats with a cur rent 3-point value will be reduced 1 point First Airplane Theft Reported TROUTDALE, Ore- Aug. 30- (JPy-The "air age" caught up with Oregon police tonight when West ern. Skyways service reported theft of an airplane at the Port' land-Troutdale airport here. Police said they believed the theft was the first stolen airplane on record in the state -and that peace-time development of avia tion will probably bring many more. The plane was one of 15 Piper Cub trainer types parked at the port Manager Jack Prudem said the plane had enough gas to fly about 200 miles. Return of CBI - CHUNGKING, Aug. 30 -CP-American troops may be out of China by next spring if sufficient shipping is available, Lt Gen. Al bert C Wedemeyer said today as UJS. minesweepers sped the Job of clearing mines from the Yangtze and Whangpoo rivers and the area around the great port . of Shanghai The American commander in China also declared his headquar ters was making efforts to move Chinese troops by air into key Chinese cities to speed the occu pation. ". - y.-:f " AP to Release Names Of West Coast Arrivals SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30-VP) The Associated Press began dis tributing today to member news papers the. names of servicemen arriving at west coast ports from the Pacific theatre. The names were made available by the army, but ' the ships on which they arrive are not ldenti fied, the army explaining it could not permit such identification un til the Pacific was declared a non combat zone. froops Planned Oregon. Friday Morning,' August War Debt ay Be Cancelled WASHINGTON, Aug. ZO.-m- President Truman told congress in effect today that lend-lease al ready has been repaid in victory and hinted strongly that most of the gigantic American outlay should be written off. He reported United States ex penditures in the mutual aid pro gram as $42,020,779,000 through last July 1, plus $788,603,000 in goods asigned to commanding gen erals in the field, for a total of approximately . $43,000,000,000. A partial offset, appears in reverse aid-lease amounting to $3,500,- 000,000 through last March. Mr. Truman set up the frame work of a case for writing off most of the dollar balances with these statements: 1. "Each of our principal fight ing partners has contributed to the pool of armed might in accord ance with its full abilities and capacities." 2. "It would have a disastrous effect upon our trade with the United Nations and hence upon production - and employment at home if such a huge debt were added to already-burdene- na tions. British Task Force Steams iitoHongKong SYDNEY, Australia, Aug. 30.- (P)-A strong British naval task force, led by the new 35,000-ton battleship Anson, entered Hong Kong harbor today for the reoc- cu pa tion of that crown colony on China's southern coast A communique from British Pa cific fleet headquarters here said the forces were under the com mand of Rear Ada. C H. J. Har- court who entered aboard the light cruiser Swiftsure. The ships carry special medical supplies for prisoners of war and internee, civilians and additional naval personnel to take over the port and restore it to full working order," the communique added. BREEDERS GROUP ELECTS ALBANY. Aug. 30.-WVH. E. Owens, Lebanon, is president of the newly-organized Linn-Benton Guernsey breeders association. Other officers are Gustov Selan der, CorvaUis, vice president; Ern est CersovskL Harrisburg, and Sam Kruger,, Albany, directors. Next meeting will be at Corval- lis Sept 25. m Holder of Highest Honor Waits End of War to Ask Discharge CAMP ADAIR -Special)- One of the nation's top heroes, who "did not feel entitled to step down while we were still at war," has disclosed his application for an honorable discharge. He is Lt Ernest H. Dervishian, holder of the congressional medal of honor as the one-man army who wiped out three machinegun nests and captured 39 enemy soldiers near Cisterna, Italy, May 23, 1944. His decoration has entitled him to request discharge long ago, had he so desired. ; , - ; Lt CoL Emily C Davis, WAC staff . director lor army ground forces,, recently spent two days at Camp Adair, visiting and in specting . the WAC detachment She expressed considerable satis faction at the appearance and op eration of the messhalls. - The AGF News commented this week that "lovely girls from Sa lem served as dancing partners" 31, 1945 dtq Japanese Discipline Good Occupation Continues; i Mac Arthur Set in Yokohama By VERN HAUGLAND TOKYO, An. 31 ( AP) American troops spread quickly and smoothly through today, the second day of full New plane loads of troops by the hundreds. The Japanese maintained every control to the Americans. In Yokohama, they even prepared, a telephone directory in English longhand, and, stenciled the list of more than 1000 numbers for general headquarters of the allied powers, the occupying army, the supreme Allied commander, Gen-1 eral MacArthur, and other instalv lations.- "From Melbourne to Tokyo was long road, MacArthur told cheering parachute troopers short ly after his . silvery transport plane' landed at 2 pjn. yesterday (1 ajn. eastern war time) at At- sugi air base, 18 miles from the imperial palace In the heart of the bomb-ruined capital. The supreme commander de clared: "Surrender plans are going splendidly. In all outlying thea tres' fighting has' practically ceas ed and every area Is preparing to capitulate. Kv , without deigning to see Japa nese liaison' officers from the im perial general - staff, MacArthur drove by automobile the 13 miles from Atsugi to his headquarters in the . undamaged New Grand hotel in Yokohama. There, as the first alien boss of Japan since It became a mod ern nation, the supreme com mander will confront his old ene mies of the imperial staff and give them orders which hence forth will supercede those of Em peror Hirohito. Then Sunday will come the su preme moment for the fighting general who vowed to finish the war in Tokyo and made good his vow. He will board the battleship Missouri in Tokyo bay and as su preme commander for all the al lies, sign the surrender articles sealing for Japan the loss of a war and an empire built by blood shed and terror. Klamath.to Be Release Point V KLAMATH FALLS, Ore, Aug. 30. (P) The marine barracks here will serve as a separation center of the marine corps for marines from northwest states and north ern California, Cot Charles Brooks said today. The commanding officer said the center here will be one of five in the United States. A second west coast marine corps center wDl be at Camp. Pendleton near San Diego, Calif. at the resumption of dancing at the 3rd regiment's renovated fun- spot Refinishing of the floors and the addition of curtains have added greatly to the appearance of the 2nd regiment's D- dayroom. ' Several cadremen from the 1st regiment, as well as some from other groups, spent their two day holiday last week picking beans and hops. . The rationing of dgarets and smoking tobacco was continuing at Camp Adair this week MaJ Clair Tibbits, post exchange of ficer, said that "the proximity of the naval hospital (where ration ing no longer is effective, under general naval orders) to the Camp Adair cantonment presents a pecu liar problem, but there is nothing we can do about it at the present time." . . No. 135 the Tokyo-Yokohama area scale occupation of Japan. ' and supplies were arriving -.' good order in transferring Commission to Finish Salem . Highway Plans The state highway commissicft Thursday - consented to complete its planning of arterial highway serving Salem and West Salem so that the Salem planning com mission will know what the Jtate plans ire In Its own work t planning improvement of local streets to meet future traffic needs. This assent was given af ter the. request of a delegation ct Salem citizens who appeared be fore the commission in Portland. It was understood that the work extended only to the coordination of effort in planning and carried no engagement as . to when any work would be done. The Salem delegation made no recommendation as to changes in highway location but expressed' the desire to know if changes were in contemplation so its own plan highway department engineers will make extensive studies in tLe area before recommending a plan to the commission. The commission authorized pur- chase of 80 acres at the entrance of Silver Creek state park for $3000 to enhance its appearanc and prevent encroachment of bus iness. It also authorized purchase of right of way and wayside strips along the Pacific highway, at Stage Road pass in Douglas county and wayside strips along the ocean on the Oregon Coast higway be tween - waldport and Tfachats in Lincoln county. . Aid Urged for Disabled Vets WASHINGTON, Aug. SO-H-t Labor Secretary Lewis B. Schwel lenbach tonight urged a greatly expanded federal service for the nation's two minion physically handicapped veterans and civil ians. There is no doubt that the re habilitation of war disabled win give impetus to a more intensive program for all the disabled,' the secretary said in a talk prepared for delivery at a meeting of the American Society for the Physi cally Handicapped. - "We must be sure that the add ed funds and the additional effort are used most effectIvely., . 30-UomTreeky Same Dnn Ctnlll liv T TniAn SEATTLE, Aug. 3H-Local 104 of the Boilermakers union (AFL) win demand a 30-hour work week at the same weekly pay received for the 48-hour wartime week, 104 reported, the union's official publication, dis closed today. A resolution approv ed by the membership said the union wOl insist on a 30-hour week "before agreeing to the layoff of a single worker." The local voted recently to rescind its wartime no-strike pledge. - . Prict 5o an