-! -I E) Lm CS L, lif in P? jrV rrr LI U 1 1 o 1 rv r?7 uuvi -" r v - i i i i i i t .... -v f , . ixv - Smii,r U L-J VA , li . . ;(S ninrQ ottq d5i5q e . i WASHINGTON, Sept. lHr-A-congressional committee of 10, which will be headed by senate majority leader Barkley of Kentucky, was named today to , investigate the Pearl Harbor distaster. ; The other members: From the senateGeorge of Georgia and Lucas of Illinois, democrats, and Ferguson of Michi Barkley gan and Brewster ox Main, republicans. From the house Cooper of Ten nessee, Clark; of North Carolina and Murphy of Pennsylvania, democrats, and Keefe of Wisconsin and Gearhart of California, republicans.' The group will meet Tuesday to organize. Barkleys election as chairman then is a foregone con clusion. ' - - It was he who introduced the resolution for an inquiry into all circumstances of the Japanese at tack ' which knocked out eight American battleships and plunged this country into war. The big immediate question for the committee will be the selection of a general counsel. The-counsel for any congressional investigatory committee plays a big hand in the direction the inquiry takes. Alben W. Barkley. senate majority 4 leader, will head the committee . of 10 congressional delegates . , which will investigate the Pearl Harbor distaster. - 8C8iBJD tut) qm Complica j ttuuvuu now. mai ine war Is over, the midwest is engrossed in . two races. One is between frost and corn. A very wet spring de layed planting until quite late; The corn which .should be about ripe now still needs two or three weeks for full maturity of all fields. Ears are commencing to turn yellow and hang down, but they are not ready for frosts. Rains struck the cornbelt last Sunday, . followed Monday by cold winds which did more than chill the flesh for those anxious about the corn crop. Pre diction is for warmer - weather which should end the present threat. ; v; i V "- The other race fis for the national league pennant between Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals. The midwest divides its loyalties chief ly on geographic lines in this con test! However, a banker here told me the Cubs were all washed out and (would wind up at the bottom of the list. I Typical home town pessimism and griping, I guess. Ydu can sense the change to peace in s travel : conditions . now. The proportion of men and women in uniform is much less. And there are far fewer war wives and chil - drenj on the move than a year and two j years ago.' The leave-takings at stations are much less affecting thari they were when women-folk bade their young men goodbye. Parting now is again "sweet sor " row without foreboding. . More men in civics wearing (Continued on editorial page) ' " i ' : - . . TO SAIL TO PmUPMNES PORTLAND, Sept. 14 Expanding ; trade . between the ' northwest and the Philippines, . with four sailings a month ex pected shortly, was predicted to-' - day hy W 1 Williams, Ameri L can,Mail line district manager; AnsnicI Crcchcrs By WARREN GOODRICH. " tions Postpone Meat Point Decision WASHINGTON, Sept. 14-(flp)- ComRlications some with an in ternational twist appeared today to have put off until next week a decision on" when rationing will end. . , Government food 'officials,' de-. scribing the decision as "a tough one," said the situation is snarled by: ! 4 " 1. ! LackoL complete Informa tion on foreign requirements. ' . 2. "Difficulty of removing meat from, the red point program, without-wrecking the rationing, of fats and oils. The latter foods require red points, too. - ri 3. j Apprehension that unre stricted meat buying might result In poor distribution and new black markets. ,;V; . .The agriculture, department re ported today that cold storage stocks of meat on Sept. 1 were far above normal, totalling 629,817,' "Acme Exterminatmi Com- p cny?. Wfn bothered vAth people in litis how." 000 pounds. Deadline Asked For Nylon Sale WASHINGTON, Sept. 14-P)- A number of manufacturers and retailers have asked WPB to set a uniform date for the start of sales of nylon hosiery, say Decern ber : if-: The idea is to prevent a wild scramble to get to the consumer first. The industry wants to have 3.000.000 dozen pairs on retail ers' shelves before sales begin. The proposal is getting a cool reception here. WPB officials say their aim is to get rid of govern ment controls as soon as possible, not establish new ones. Newsprint Increase Due From Canada Ottawa. Sept lMflfV-An in crease of 10,000 tons monthly for the Quarter beginning Oct 1 has been: made in the allocation of Canadian newsprint to United States publishers. Prices Board Secretary. A. F. W. Plumptre said today, , , - . i " There will be a proportionate increase in the allotment to Can adian publishers, he said. , ewe I . A-5'" s r ; it POUNDDD 165! ... ! r : i NINETY-FIFTH YEAR 12 PAGES Salem Orecon. Saturdcrr Morning. September 15, 1945 Price 5c No. K si- - 3 i ; . . nn mm 1 P -UOilDSl smm Requests 17 Navy Billion Cut ! WASHINGTON, Sept 14-P)- President! Truman recommended today that congress take $16,824,- 553,927 out of the navy's pocket- book..'' f !: ..- ' i'L i He- was reported at the same time to have told congressional and departmental officials in a White House meeting that the serv ice will have to take its chances with other agencies in the postwar budget. I i ; t - . ; He was also said to have urged Chairman Walsh (D-Mass) of the senate naval affairs committee to go ahead with; hearings on a bill to govern the postwar size of the fleet, introduced by Walsh ' and Chairman Carl, Vinson (D-Ga) Of the house naval committee. ;, : . Walsh and Vinson proposed that most of the wartime navy be kept afloat with a total of 1079 fighting ships one third active, one third partially"' manned' in reserve and the rest laid up, . I - - . . C" ' 150jMae Wind Knoingtoward Florida Coast MIAMI, Fla., Sept 14 -(A3)- A massive tropical: - hurricane that reportedly created colossal" hav oc in Turks island with ISO-mile winds swirled Jtowards the Flor ida Keys tonight giving some in dication that it was curving north ward closer to Miami. ' Thousands of persons in expos ed areas began to trek to safety under coast guard. Red Cross and, weather bureau urgings and disas ter committees reported to sta tions as the hurricane equalling the - disastrous - one of 1928 ap proached. . - ! i ' Schools, police stations and oth er pubUo buildings were thrown open to refugees throughout south Florida. The federal storm warn ing service estimated that, the first squalls would be felt In this area tomorrow. WPB Authorizes State Buildings . Authorization - for priorities for the state to construct a $300,000 building at Oregon state hospital farm and a $93,000 patients' cot tage at Fairview home, " was an nounced Friday! by the war pro duction board. Roy Mills, secre tary, off the state board of con trol, said plan should be .ready for bid call in about 30 days. . Two physician's cottages, which the state Will build by day labor I at a cost of $7000 each, were also i approved by the WEB. Strike Halts Production in All Ford Company Factories iForgive -arid IF.birelS; y rges. JJap PremniSer . - By Rosself Brines ; TOKYO,' Sept r 14 Pre mier Prince Higashi-Kuni, mem ber of Japan's royal family, to day asked America to "forget Pearl Harbor"; while Nippon limps ''step by step into the circle of democratic nations. The prince, in an exclusive statement to J the Associated Press, declared his belief "that the new -Japan which will e merge will be shorn ot militar ism and will be as peace-loving as the United States." , r J The prince, cousin to Emperor Hirohito and the first member of the imperial household ever to hold the premiership, recently solicited letters: of criticism and suggestion from the people. It was an' unprecedented : request The Associated' Press sent him nine .questions, and in 24 hours received a nine-page reply. - "People of America, won't you forget Pearl Harbor?" he asked. ; "We Japanese people will forget the picture 'of devastation wrought by the atomic bomb. and will start entirely anew as a peape-lovfag nation. "America has won and Japan has lost The war is ended. Let us now bury ; hate. This has been my policy since organiza tion of the present cabinet" " The premier listed these major problems needing immediate so lution: . 1 m . . - "First: How to carry out faithfully the provisions of the Potsdam' declaration' in. an or derly and systematic fashion while maintaining general order and not throwing the country ; into confusion, j -,.. "Second? Food clothing and . shelter for the people. ; "Third: Unemployment which will total an estimated 15,000,- 000 persons." WASHINGTON, Sept 14-P "Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson said today the sugges tion of the Japanese Premier ' Higshi-Kuni to Americans "to forget Pearl Harbor" and fbury hate" shows failure of the Jap anese to understand either themselves or Americans. The premier made his com ment in replying to questions submitted to him by the Asso ciated Press. Members of congress did not echo the premier's plea. "Nothing could show more clearly than this statement the failure of the! Japanese to un derstand the nature of their own ; conduct or the mind of the A merican people,'. Acheson said. "Pearl Harbor is not a symbol of hate for Japan, but a symbol Bea o of Japanese perfady," he added. "We are determined there shall be no opportunity for such perfidy again; ' ) , "As Sectary Byrnes has "said of :- the 'Japanese ' government, . We shall fudge that government by its deeds, not by its words." Senator' Cordon (R-Ore) said he did not believe this country would forget Pearl Harbor "and I certainly hope Japan remem bers the atomic bomb." ! From-Senator Ferguson (R Mlch), Just appointed to the committee, to investigate Pearl Harbor, came the jesting com ment that Higashi-Kuni "could not have picked ; a worse day" for his plea.! I "We all hope Japan will be peace-loving but! she will have to prove it," he added. 13000 Doctors to 1 DETROIT, Sept. 14-()-Fifty thousand Ford Motor company employes were , thrown - out of work tonight as production halted in all Ford plants in the nation. The Ford workers, 40,000 of them in the Detroit area alone, were sent home by the company, stopping the output of automo biles, trucks, " tractors and engines. Only .maintenance workers, those employed on " reconversion and office; workers remained on the job. . i - '' ' ; The Ford layoffs, boosting, to nearly 83,000 the number of aute workers idled by-strike and re sulting layoffs,, came in' the midst of seething issues in me taotor car ' capital's turbulent jxsstwar reconversion , picture. V i; Henry Ford II, executive vice president of the firm, blamed the layoffs on . "irresponsible labor groups." He stated they were im peding reconversion's progress. I At the same time, the power ful United Automobile Workers (CIO) tossed at the automobile industry a blunt threat of strike. The union leaders threatened to use the strike weapon to enforce their dtmand.for an industry wide wage increase of 30 per cent - The union's international exec utive board meeting at Flint to night placed an administrator ,ia charge of Detroit west side local 174, whose 4,500 members Walked out at :the Kelsey-Hay J wheel company - three . weeks ago." .Hie Ford company" held : this f strike responsible for . Its earlier : layoff. V Commenting on - Ford's state ment h UAW-CIO spekesman said the union board was taking steps -to -"wip-.. out" wildcat strikes when it refused to author ize the Kelsey-Hayes walkout and placed the local's leaders "on trial," I -,v. ,- . ., A Saga of Living Death It is i tb wonder that men still live! And the amazement increases with each chapter of r- nxiw-K-Mi the stark, vl 'vid portrayal t of "A Saga of t It. t i rt Death, start X ing tomorrow, iThe Oregon I Statesman , , Written by lone of Mar ion : county's own native sons, Sgt Jar cob Desha zer, and his two .compan ion survivors of -the" startl ing Doolittle is raid - on To kyo three years ago, the story is the first uncensored, grip ping record of what happened while the men were among the living dead in the hands .of the 'Japanese until 23 days ago. !;'.. v You'll not want to miss a single issue of YOUR HOME NEWSPAPER. I The "Saga of Living Death" ? starting tomor row in J Set Deihaserl a' (The Vcrld ct Your Doer Esch JJornins'? Rain jbo trac IX RECAST (frora U. S. weather bu reau, McNary field. Slen): Cloudy wiua ' clear aftfnoon temperatures, miiximma aeas . , . . Kurene . Salem Portland - 7 S9 IfiB. 47 S4 1 Review 'Given Kaiser9 s Car VANCOUVER, IWaah, Sept 14 (fl3)- A few persons today glimps ed Henry J, Kaiser's new auto mobile, and i reported it definite ly out of the ordinary. - The car was' driven, without fanfare, to a downtown weighing station, then returned to -its building site in the Kaiser yard here "which; still is completing ships." r j , J , Persons who 'A saw the model said It appeared ' to have a box- type ' aluminum frame, H front wheel drive and; a four cylinder French type . motor carried in front of the front ; wheels. The fact that much aluminum was in evidence in frame and body rais ed . hopes that ' manufacturing would be done in this aluminum producing area. , 5 Get Out WASHINGTON, Sept 14-(fl3)- The army today made it easier for medical officers, and nurses to get, out of service and estimated that 13,000 doctors, 25,000 nurses and 3500 dentists will be back in civilian life by January 1. The system will be liberalized still further within a few months so that by next July 1, when the army strength drops to 2,500,000, at least 30,000 doctors, 10,000 den tists and more than 40,000 nurses will be out of uniform. , I; : Announcement of the ! nlan. for speedier releases came in the wake' of demands from capital hill for the discharge of more physicians to meet shortages in many com munitie8. !' Under the new system, doctors and dentists with the exception of about 200 specialists -will be re leased if: 1 They have 80 discharge points, based on credit for service, combat' and 'parenthood or,. ' . J Are 48 years of age or old er or 3 Entered service prior to De icember 7, 1941. , . ..: Guy Croddy of Salem. Frfced; On Way Home PFC Guy W. Croddy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy R. Croddy of 2209 N. Front st, who was cap tured by .the Japanese on Cor- regidor in 1942, was j liberated from a Japanese prison camp in Tokyo on September 8, his par ents .have been informed. ' A telegram from the war de partment said he would be in the United States in the near fu ture. I:-.-!;' J"-' - ' Mr. and Mrs. Croddy received two cards and a letter from their son in all the three and a half years, and not having heard at all since last January they just about had given up hopes of his rescue.:,, .:.x.-,,-'i v:;.;- There has been no direct word from Croddy himself, but the war department said he would com municate with his parents as soon as he arrived in the United States. Marines, Slate Point Change WASHINGTON, ; Sept The ' Marines announced today that no officer or enlisted man with 40 or sure dlidirje; poini wSI be sent overseas. , The previous overseas point Emit for marines. was 79. , The marines had no immediate figure on how many "men were affected ' by - the hew order on overseas service. . The "marines recently cut the discharge point score from 83 to 70 1 and said any corps member over 35 years 'old could obtain a discharge . on '-request,' regardless of points." ' - ' (SQllflpSlliDini. CyuSjs HJS voir M Yeao Lincoln Wagoner . Released on $1500 Bail DALLAS, Sept 14 -(JP)- Lin coln T. Wagoner, 37, Salem, ac cused of driving a car which fatally injured a sailor last Sun day, was released " on " $1500 bail after preliminary . hearing . here today. . , Wagoner was bound over to the Polk ' county grand Jury. The sailor. Robert Louis Sharp, 20, Charleston, W. Va died after be ing struck on the Salem - Dallas highway' near Eola. MacArthur Denies Soft Policy-in Dealing With mps- wul Oet lougli Later TOKYO, Saturday, Sept. 15 (AP) The arrogant Japanese general whose men . perpetrated the horrifying "death march on Bataan" appeared in Japanese police' cus tody today and said he was ready, to surrender to General MacArthur. . " ' r- ' - "I am ready totake responsibility, for any act of my, subordinates,' Lt. Gen. Masahara Homma, the mart who dic tated General Jonathan Wainwright's 1942 surrender of the Philippines, i told Al Dopking, Associated Press correspond dent, at a railroad station. 1 MacArthur, who -assured the American people in a statement, that when his army ' is adequately deployed and me Japanese;. for ces'? sufficiently 1 demobilized, v h will' crack down on the surren dered nation, announced the suf nmnirai of., Domei news aaencr. . Whue the hunt proceeuea xpi suspected war criminals, three more high militarists died by their own hand. J Wasned Cf la Tear j X Lt Gen. Robert L. nchelber ger, whose VS. eighth army led the occupation forces into Japan, declared "if the -Japs continue acting as they are now withh a year this thing should be washed up." i -; ' , !, "When an insular - country loses its land, sea and air power and is without raw. materials and has big countries sitting on its flanks it can't be much of a threat" he told a press confer- ence. fy-k .--.i . ' ..." ft.. -General. MacArthur in another statement agreed with "the "vie ot Japan's thoroughly beaten po sition, but said nothing about such an early termination of the occupation far earlier than most previous reports had calculated. Suicides Continae ;';;- ' "-j Lt j Gen. Oultahito Koizximi, the former surgeon general of the Japanese army committed hari kirl Thursday night . Another on MacArthur's list, Kunihiko -Bashida, who was JTo jo's education minister, commit ted suioide by taking poison when Japanese police called at his home yesterday to take him in custody, I, ' Gen. .Teiichl Yoshimoto.-home army commander, not on Mac Arthur's list also committed hara kiri. V - ; :J , Tojo, who botched his ; own attempt at suicide with a bul let that missed his heart,, con tinued to show Improvement in an army hospital. , ij Half of County iSlu)ols"Settd' Start Sept. 17 - - - - . i More then half of the school of Marion county will 'start Mon day, September 17. This was in- dicated by. a check Friday at the office - of : Mrs. Agnes , Booth, county school superintendent Another larger group will open the following Monday, Septenl ber 24 and one; Gates, will not open 'until October 1. . All of the schools of the county have teachers except Silver Falls' and - Valley View, Mrs. Booth ' said. The directors of these dis tricts are not certain yet whether the pupils will be transported or whether they will operate thti own school. f j Many schools which scheduled earlier opening dates have since changed : because ot the harvest in ; which so many young boys . and girls are helping. ; School clerks of the count-f were notified Friday the district books have been audited and art now . in the superintendent's of fice. Because of lack of room it W desired that the books be called; for promptly, Mrs. Booth said. Teachers supplies . are also1 available now and may be ob- tained when certificates are rrg- Istered if they have not-aires j been registered. . (See story page 3). , . : Salem Senior HigH School -Prepares to Open Doors Soon By Carol Cepeland .:r Staff Writer, The Statesman ' f . About 1000 students have called at the senior high; school office the past two weeks filling out their ; enrollment program and getting ready for the opening of school Monday, II B. ; Johnson, principal said Friday . - f The Ux . school operates on a six-period day plus a home room period for registration and guidance- purposes."" Periods;, are , 63 minutes in ' "length, . .the - morning session extending from 1:49 aJn. to 12:C3 pan., and the afternoon Session is from 12:49 pjn. to 3:49 pjjj, ' '.: - : . V '"f ' V Students ere permitted to en roll In five classes, .including physical i education. If one t or more of the classes is of the ac tivity type, such as music, typ ing, shop, art, etc. six classes are permitted. Physical, education is required each year unless Jthe student is exempted by medical excuse or by reason of other un avoidable circumstances. i - English is required each year the student is in school and gra duation from Salem, high school is not possible unless passing" mirks have been attained In tenth and 11th grade English, The schedule of. each sophomore must include biology, all juniors-must be-en rolled in United States history and- all; seniors ; in American Problems. . - - - ' . ; ' Part tine students must file a statement ot necessity signed by the parent and if he is employed. a letter from his employer, must accompany his registration See ; curriculum story on ps3. 8. GI Xmas Mail Period Opens " The overseas Christmas package . mailing period opens today and will' continue until October 18. Al Graf?. Salem postmaster, an nounced Friday night-,, -' i Packages are limited to five pounds in weight and an 'overall length and girth of not more than 36 inches. The extreme j length may not be more than IS inchkJ, under postoffice regulations, ' One package may" be mailed each week without a request J was the rule last year. Postmas ter Gragg urges that those plan-" ning to send packages send them as early as possible, : ! "n . i , , I r Adair Review Today . CAIIP ADAIR, Sept.l4-(Spei dal)-rians were all set today fo the: colorful "military review of more, than 5009 troops here today at 109 a. m. (instead of the pre- viously-scheduled time of ID), The public has been invited. The troops will be Inspected by Uaj. Gen. F. B. Mallon, commanding general of replacement ' depct number 4,- ' . -;