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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1945)
flH S911JJQS TO flQGOB i - .. ' , . . , '.; . . . ..' . Home from the wars, Richard -I Neuberger who j attained the rank Of captain , while handling . 'puouc relations ior xne army m - building the Alcan highway and .later was attached to the Amer-j ..Jean delegation at San Francisco; j Is picking up his. writing : trade, 'which in. fact he never wholly abandoned. . He has . a series of articles boosting electrification I all the western railroads. i r The Bonneville administration, . concerned about a market for power . as - the - aluminum plants ..taper off their demand, has made studies which its engineers be- - -'lieve detnomitrate that . electrical power would in the long-run ope ration, be practical. - . j:- Experience in the west, how .ever.- has not borne out .the . claims of sponsors of electruica tioru The Milwaukee road, a dec iade or ; two .. after building its ' Puget Sound extension, electrified its mountain divisions, over the Montana-Idaho mountains end the ? Cascades in Washington. This, was nailed as a great achievement., The .freedom from smoke and cinders ; made travel on ' the road very pleasant.. There seemed to be less - Jerking in the application of pow- er. The fact that power generated on the downgrade could be pour i ed back into the power lines was f a factor making Jthe operation t economical. Other western roads, however, . never, followed suit, except that ' some years ago the Great North- era electrified its division (Con - tinued on editorial page). . , . , i ii 3 Cremated Iii Truck Wreck laic NearUniond a -4 1- house of congress, as a specially invited and honored guest. - A 'visit to the White House where President Truman, in a ceremony of which the general had no warning, placed around his neck the ribbon of the con gressional medal of. honor,! re served for the truly great among Womah Injured In Gar Accident McMINNVJLLE, Ore, Sept 10, WPJ-Three persons were burned to death early tonight when. a large truck plunged off the Daytori-Sa-lem highway! south of Unionvale and burst into flames, trapping the victims in the crushed cab. . The dead are Mrs. Jake Sieford, of peas MrM.'npyille, Eldon Kllng- er of Lafayette, and William Mon-I America's heroes. y roe wuungs, 17, LAiayette.. 'State patrolman G. H. Hoxie re ported there were no witnesses and the truck had been burning several minutes before two men from -another truck reached the scene and pulled William Monroe Willing, the driver from the burn ing wreckage. Flames prevented them reaching the woman and the younger boy, Willings appeared to be living when pulled from behind, the wheel but was dead a few minutes later, Hoxie reported. . . The. patrolman, said the truck cab was torn open by an auto wrecker after flames were : ex tinguished and' the badly4 burned bodies removed. Investigation revealed the truck left the highway while traveling south toward Salem" with a full load of prunes, apparently - en route to a Salem cannery. The , truck careened about 100 feet from the Wghway and struck a tree. : ........ - - ' - ' ,v ' . I ' - - I - i ! f . : ! . ..- .- - . . . . ,-' : f . - -i r t - . . r I KuirrY-nrra txab 10IFAGI3 I I Jl I Salem,' Oregon, Tuesday Mornlncj, September 11 1345 t - Pric 5o No. 144 IV- : m FetedHero J;S- t- . WASHINGTON, Sept. 10T)-The nation's capital heaped conqueror's honors today on a gaunt, i gray i general who lost a battle. . A. . , - : I - '-I -1 - '--!' I U ( " ' The tribute which included the nation's highest for valor- was paid Jonathan M. Wainwright for the brilliant defense of doomed Corregidor fortress in Manila' bay. 'It was that gallant stand which held back the enemy while the nation got its hands up to fight' again after the knock down of Pearl Harbor. ! Arriving by air from the Pa cific where his Sacrifice left him a Japanese prisoner for more than three years, General Wainwright whirled through a breathless schedule that included: - : " A tender; welcome for the wife he had not seen in four years. A triumphal parade to the Cap itol I to the tumultous cheers of half a million. An appearance before each WASHINGTON. Sept. U.-(JP) -General Wainwright joined In a hearty laagh drawn by his account ef hew he learned of the Japanese surrender. The commander ef the Jap anese prison' camp whfere he was held, the general related, called all' the prisoners togeth er the. next morning, and told them through aa Interpreter: "By the rderef the, emperor f Japan the war has been brovght to an' amicable conclusion." : v ; ' ' ' K ; " 1 f '' i i ? - t , if if ) Quisling Sentenced ToieatH Schmeling Doubt Benefit HAMBURG, Sept 10.-(ff)-Max Schmeling, onetime world's heavy weight boxing champion and nazi paratrooper, was acquitted today of making improper statements to allied - military authorities about his plans for publishing books to reeducate German youth, . " ' The 40-year old Schmeling, ar rested last week, listened' Soberly . as Lt CoL Donald Kaberry, presi- ' dent of the court; told him: ' "Having regarded all the evl-. - dence, there is such a measure of doubt that you should have the benefit of iLM German civilians .in the court room applauded.! Mrs. Mae Stark, 359 N. Liberty st, struck by a car at a down town Intersection in Salem dur ing the noon hour Monday, was reported resting well last night at Salem General hospital,' where ah early, diagnosis indicated head and shoulder injuries. Eva P. Nimnicht, route 1, Sil verton, who police said was driv er of tne car and whom they charged with failure to give right of way to a pedestrian, pled inno cent in municipal court and is scheduled to appear for a hearing at 3 pjfc. Friday. The accident occurred at Court and liberty streets as Mrs. Stark crossed Court street in the west pedestrian lane, witnesses said. She was thrown 21 feet by the impact of the car, the investigat ing officer declared. Crack-Down Planned On Pinballs, Boards Any pinbaH machine In Marion county found operating for. other than pure amusement and all punchboards are subject to con fiscation and they, .will ; be confiscated, Sheriff Denver Young declared Monday. -"f' " '. . -.jWi'W The fact that some cities have licensed punchboards does not make them legal in Oregon, he added.-' .'.'.."'. vT- A regular rash of both devices has broken out in the county and unless remedied at . once will mean a series of court cases, Young said. -; An!n:d Crcchci? , By WAKEN GOODRICH jr. MpQsM it if -L y! J m A - -r, .... " M ml Jt I ft w CMrn9ia4trt ' t;ha is this Freak Sinatra ... Is cfT.,- ; Genera Jonathan ; Wainwright, here ef Correrklor, salvtea as he - steps frem a trmnspert plane at . Hamilton tleldV Calif return ing to thei United States after almost four years a prisoner ;ief the Japs. Behind him is Brig. Gen. I C Beebe, a staff officer. NayFlansJtd Adapt A-Bomb KA !r1 ' ' : I ' I . PORTSMOUTH, Va Sept. 10 (")- Artemus 14 Gates, undersec retary of the: navy, disclosed, to day that the navy plans to adapt the atomic bomb to use by carrier based planes ,S: ' ; - "Effective ' as the atomic bomb Is, it is stilijalbomb, andvmust be carried to the target," he said in a speech delivered during cere monies commissioning the 45,000 ton carrier Midway, the ; largest, fastest, toughest flat top ' in ; the worlds 4 if I ': : t '- The undersecretary said Jthe Midway, first of three super-car riers, is "evidence of our will to maintain peace, j - I i' i ' ' Hess Noniinated to j ; District Attorney Post WASH INGTON, Sept 10-( Henry L. Hess, La Grande, .Ore. was nominated by President Har ry S. Truman today to be United States district attorney for Ore gon, succeeds Carl C Donaugh, whose term expired. f j The La Grande attorney was supported by National Democrat ic Committeeman Lew Wallace. to Shoot Traitor; Asks Gemency OSIX3, "Norway, Sept 10.-ff-MaJ. Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Quisling was convicted today of betraying his country to the Ger mans and was: sentenced , to die before a ; firing squad. The 59-year-old former puppet ruler stood impassive in the court room as presiding Judge Erik Sol em read the verdict, which was broadcast, to the people of Nor way.; .': f - ' . Quisling's jaw muscles tight ened and his pallid face reddened. He. did not speak Until the judge iniotmed turn that while the trea son conviction could not be ap pealed, he could ask the supreme court to reduce the sentence. "Is it ; your intention to do this?" the judge asked. . 'i "Yes," replied Quisling. v Sol em - - a member of the su preme .court . which would hear Quisling's mercy plea, - - read in measured, deliberate tones "the defendant is sentenced to death for his crimes against military and civilian laws and crimes against the provisional laws. ; Unless delayed by a clemency move, the sentence probably will be carried out in three weeks. Korea Protests Retaining Jap Government SEOUL, Korea, Sept 10.-G5V uemonsttations broke out today in this Korean capital in protest to U. S. army orders leaving tempor arily in office Japanese overlords who have ruled the little empire for 35 years. General MacArthur in Tokyo told the Koreans in a proclamation that their! rights would be pro tected and that American troops were in southern KoVea only "to enforce the instrument of surren der." f - Lt Gen. John R. Hodge, com mander of the 24th army corps assigned to Korea, made it clear through his chief of staff that the Japanese would be allowed to act only on his orders and were denied any independence of action. MacArthur warned that any act to disturb j Korea's peace, or any hostilities against . the occupation forces would bring ' down stern penalties, including the death sen tence. . . Nation's Educators to Convene in Portland PORTLAND, Sept llHflVEdu- cators from throughout the nation will meet here Sept 21 In a con f erence group called the national commission for the defense of de mocracy 'through : education. : ( Among those attending will be Dr. Henry Gunn, superintendent of Eugene 'public schools; Frank Bennett Salem - school superin tendent and Governor Earl SnelL who will address a luncheon meet ing.,.-;. 1' ' - . f: -A: PesHiazGi? ft IBecoinnie Sssiioiniairy; odd Japaim ' Starved and mistreated for more than three years by the Japanese, Sgt Jacob D. De shazer wants t to go back to Japan as a missionary. .. This news was contained in a letter received, today by his mother, , Mrs. H. - M. 'Andrus, from Miss Adeline Gray, a nurse1 who visited ia a Washington, D.C hospital. t. 4 ; s Deshazer was one of the three -Doolittle Tokyo 'fliers .who was released from a Japanese prison camp three weeks, ago. He has been in the Washington hospital several days, and is expected to arrive in Salem soon. : ; Miss Gray warned Mrs. An drus to prevent people from asking about bis experiences, as Deshazer wants to forget them. Mrs. Andrus said she would follow-, the advice. ; , Miss Gray I said- Deshazer wants to attend a religious col- - lege for the next four years, and then go to Japan as a mission ary. . , y- She added, however, Deshazer must have a complete rest for several months. ; ; ' 1 . Miss Gray also wrote: ' "Don't ask him any questions. Don't let anyone ask him ques tions. He doesn't .want to be asked questions or to be both-' red telling about his experi ences. He wants to forget it all. He doesn't want to hear about jit any more. . j -His" appetite won't be normal ;for some time. i . X - . :.J j Miss Gray ' said Deshazer . "really is like a person who jhasnt had food or sleep for four days. He is that weary, and will !be "weary for months. s ( She said he "has been very; !busy in Washington and hasn't ; had a moment ' Of rest ' .: Oifficials Report Rationing surpi . .,: -M. t i Of Meat May End on Oct 1; us iteportea m vi. I. WASHINGTON, Sept. HO.-CPV-Some officials reported today that an end of meat rationing is "possible" by Oct. I, but OPA and the agriculture department said no definite date could be predicted. . :" .. j , . In New York E. F. Guckjenberger, secretary of the New York retail food merchants association! said many retailers in that - - .i i . '' ! . . . area were sencung meai eacs xo the wholesalers 'because consum ers, lacked, en ou gh red ration points to buy it" ' . ?-Vy - The - two- government agencies issued a Joint Statement denying p tithejr described - as Rumors" of disagreement between them on the lifting of ration controls. ' PORTLAND, S e pt . Eeperts that meat rationing will end Oct 1 are mnsabctaatiated, the OPA ef flee here said today. . A check with the regional feed rationing efOee fat San Pranelsee shewed "ae basls far sveh aa assumption, officials said. .-.:. . ;'v: : :j ' Earlier in the day a rationing official hadsttted 'that meat might Be knocked from the ration list "If supplies look good by the end of the month," but said that a final decision remained to ' be made by the two agencies. ' 4 The Washington Star said "an intensive drive to bring about an immediate end of all meat ration ing" had been started by the Na tional Association of Retail Gro cers. 'U.'y ' f :y.--"-''s4 -; GI Slaiii by Nip Mine inlVlanila " MANILA, .Tuesday, Sept ' II Six months after Manila was conquered, land mines stul are ex ploding in the city wreckage, n One . American soldier was killed and two were wounded last night when a truck and trailer, backing, off of heavily traveled Dewey blvd, struck an anti-tank mine within IP feet of the edge of the pavement 7 ;r - I" Sappers have, been busy in the wrecked metropolis since its cap ture but trying to clear all mines from many acres of wrecked buildings is like .hunting needles in a haystack, J - r mg 'Victory Mayjndnglii CapiwlJDome WASHINGTON, Sept lO-flPrr The American flag . which sew over the , conquered capitals - of Rome, Berlin and Tokyo may soon hang in the capitol dome." Senator Brewster (R-Me) intro duced today a resolution to this effect , He called for a great vic tory day celebration. He suggested that the president : be invited to carry the flag to the capitol. " The flag was on the staff atop the dome at the time of the declar ation of war against Japan. It was subsequently raised in Rome. apore Nip SINGAPORE, Sept 10-(ff)-A spokesman for the southeast Asia command said tonight "nothing really is cured by the surrender of Japanese forces in this area, because Japan's southern armies consider themselves still -unde feated. He said Japanese soldiers here had not had news from home, ex cept through Japanese propagand ists, and added: '. fThe consequence Is that the Japs in this area; are still con vinced they are a master race that had a stroke of bad luck and that they'll do better next time.1 DUNBAR FUNERAL SET . ASTORIA, Sept 10-ff)-runeral services will be neld tomorrow for Frank Irvine Dunbar, former Oregon secretary , of state. . He died Saturday, age 84 years. He was president of the Astoria Ab stract' company from 1929 to year 'ago, when he retired. ' Driver Held In Accident Case; Sailor Killed Lincoln. Thomas Wagoner, 37, 150 - JUnseh- ave who j notified state" police Monday that he drove thejear.. which, struck and fatally injured Robert Louis Sharp, 20 year-old sailor, on the Salem-Dal"- las ; highway Sunday; 14 in the Polk, county jail charged- with negligent homicide. Bail ha been set at $5000. J With two soldiers and a girl, 'Sharp -was walking along - the highway near Eola at 9 pirn. Sun day when he was struck by a car which did not , stop: H& skull fractured, chest' crushed jand his back lacerated and bleeding pro fusely, he was brought t a Sa lem hospital where he died early Monday.; . j . Wagoner, former inmate of the state penitentiary here, has re cently maintained a cleanj record, state police said. Sharpj whose home was in Charleston, 1W. Va was stationed at the Corvallis naval hospital. IF- v TOKYO, Sept. 11 (AP) Genera llecArUar 'today directed that Hidekl To jo, former Japanese premier who cr dered the attack on Pearl Harbor, be taken into' American military custody fatj once.", .' -'" V: . v ; f -: " . - A two-line announcement" from rtneral headquarteM did not report why the once militant war leaders' arrest wasj ordered. However, To jo nnoff iclall ; is listed' as the tep ranking Japanese war criminal. '- . ;..-', . . . The orders went to both American and Japanese forte. Tojo lives on the outskirts of Tokjo. i ' Earner in the day MacArthur dealfJapanese militarism its death blow with an order sum marily abolishing imperial gener al headquarters, which! hatched the infamous strike at Pearl Har bor. " ' j .. .; His order, for the joint army navy clique to dissolve hy Thurs day (Wednesday, U. S. time) went out simultaneously with a cen sorship : decree - that waved t the threat of suspension over any Japanese newspaper or radio sta tion caught stirring up unrest or publishing ; false reports The Japanese announced that one-fourth of their 2,744,000-man home army had been demobilized in the. so-far peaceful occupation of the home islands. ' . The Nip air chief, Geh. Shozo Kawabe, organizer of the kami kaze corps of suicide pilots, claim ed today that Jap air strength had been saved up! for defense of the homeland and for that reason American carrier planes; super- forts and other warplanes were allowed ; , to roam at will over Japan. ) " . T Husband Faces Assault Count: 1 Wif e CriticaT Safety Urgcjd For Jumpers W A SHI NGTON, Sept 10-m Rep. Weichel . (R-Ohio) jtharged in the house today that American paratroopers are being killed as "circus performers puttjng on demonstrations for European dig nitaries. -.! ' " r ; He demanded that such stratlons cease." . - Now. the- war is over, he told the house, " the airborne f troops who fought through the European campaigns deserve rest and safety lemon- and should not be called upon to put on "shows' of para troop landings for the entertainment of dignitaries. j ,' . Many paratroopers have been killed in I accidents- during such demonstrations, ne said. 'Ttvas A.Big Show In tlie Town of Tokyo, When the Yanlui'Game Marching In r 1 , -t s yi :tt: 'r 1: Led by BlaJ. Gen. Wilam C. Chase, eommattglag general, and his first cavalry division tank destroyers ramble along street bt Tokyo, stair, troops -or me iixst eavairy cinsion pxraae taw Tozyo as - occupation ef the Jap capital begins. Fhota by Frank IHan. Assoc i ated Press photorrspher with the war picture pooL (AP TTlrephcte 'TU slul cdits radla, from ILizHU ! .. ... , ............ ' i daring the parade ef Americans Into the conquered Jap capiiiL Photo by Frank FOan. Associated Press photographer. (AP. YTIre- Iht to via slrral ccrrs rails, frem Hit".) First U. 6. coast gcariaacn la T;iya I.xk ever dzcura fa dowstawa . Tskye, Left ts rt:Ll: Earvey L. Tvmzxn. tt irctrasla; lUrmoa Leegheref Eerkeley, Calif., and JoLn 17. Fapsun, ct Enrmlarhaza, - . tUca. Thep preceded the nt'a eecr;jlnr forces, dearlsx tie way : While 19-year-old Dorothy Pull, man: hovers between life and death, at Salem. Deaconess hospi tal, a Shotgun wound in her right temple, her, 21 -year-old husband is in the Marion county jail charged with assault while armed with a dangerous weapon. He ie . scheduled to appear in Marlon county justice court today. , Recently discharged , from 11 the -army after eight months service, and a weather-stripper by trade, Robert Theodore Pullman told state police who arrested him at his wife's bedside early Sunday morning that his 40-gauge shotgun was accidentally discharged in a scuffle over. its possession. . Called to the Pullman's resi dence, 2470 South Commercial st, early,' Sunday, by a report from the ' physicians'., exchange that fa ... doctor had been called to care f cr a gua' wound, " city police; sum moned state officers when they " found the address was outside the Salem .limits. But they went into the house end found Mrs. Pullman lying 'unconscious in . a pool et blood. . City first aiders' took her to Salem Genaral hospital, where she hp been partially' consdoue since, but is declared by i.physi- dan. td be in critical condition. Most Cf the shotfrom'the gun a cuicharger skirted, the surface cl :. the skull but - some penetrated and are lodged against the brain.' Mrs. Pullman's- parents arrived Monday from San Francisco. ' i : i Test Oil WeU ; Nov Mile Deep CLATSKANHS, Sept. lOHJf , Drilling of the . Texas company's test oil well five miles, southeast ' of here, passed the one mile mariV last night, a company official said today." .- . ; . - - r Depth of the well may pass the state record, set at 6939 feet by a shaft in the Coos Bay area. How ever, experts pointed out that. many producing wells are much , deeper, and the company's equip ment here can go to 10,000 feet. The usual "blackout on wildest operations is being kept by com pany workers here, with no state ' ment on the promise of the field released to date. - t i . Carrier Brings Veterans Home PEARL HARBOR, Sept lO-fV The VS. Saratoga, "Grand old lady of Che carrier fleet," is home ward bound across the Pacific te- . day, carrying 3800 navy men home from war. - ' 1 The Saratoga Is trying to breaks -the' old Lexington's 80-hour ree , ord for the voyage, from Honolulu to the Golden Gate, San Francisco. ''Sarah" sailed Sunday at 6 pm. In sharp contrast to war days, the kendoff was festive. There was hula troupe on the docks, and bands and lejar - 1 All the passengers aboard now are eligible for discharge. , SALEM BOY WINS BOND ' I TORTLANA Sept lO-iffhWin ner of a S2S war bond In a model airplane contest sponsored y ester dayby the Portland Gashoppera club was Walt Davey, Salem. ' 1 4H SHOW FATS 124T.7t ; 7 ALBANY, Sept . 10 -(ff)- tlJna and Benton county 4H club mem bers divided - $12,887.70 following the -tMrd .annual livestock : auc tion club officials said today Wcalhcr Max -Mtn.; , ' ' 4S :' A 1 a xt ; Vr i!mmtt rtwer ft. TQjxr CAST From DJ5. wtir n. reau, cMary field, Sakrm): falf W fay iiiui majdmuni -texnperatuve aer? O degra. Pun rrandaco S&iifM Portland