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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. -
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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)
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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. ,
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Requests
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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'
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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
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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, : !
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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,- ' . -;