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That is high-sounding title, which is backed up WiUsff a ten-point " declaration oij rights which was framed at the. White House conference on rural edu cation a year ago. .The i charter asserts: - "Every ursi chtyi as the right:' I . ' 1. To - a satisfactory, modern elementary education. j t 2. To a satisfactory, mbdrn secondary education. 3. To an educational program that bridges the gap ; between home and school, and between the school and adult life. i t 4. To health services, ; educa tional and vocational guidance, li brary facilities and, where needed, school lunches and pupil trans portation facilities at public ex- . pense. . 1 ,v' 5. To tfeachers supervisors and administrators ; who know rural ' life and who- are educated vto deal effectively with the prob lems peculiar to rural schools.,'' 8. To educational service and guidance during the entire year - and full-time attendance in i school that, is open for not less than ' , ' (Continued on editorial page) Shell Workers Approve Strike MARTINEZ, Calif. Oct, j- An estimated 93 per cent of the 1750 employes in three Shell Oil company' plants in this area today authorized the CIO oil workers union to call a strike if the com pany tails to grant demanded pay increases, a union spokesman announced tonight , s, The action-was similar to that which closed down the Union Oil company's refinery at nearby Oleaum and Wilmington, Los An gtles, Where 2400 are out. TO DECIDE ON MEDALS i WASHINGTON, Oct 3 -P) President Truman today announ - ced -the. appointment of Gen. "Wil liam Knudsen and Stephen T. Early as members of a board to pass on civilian candidates for the medal or merit. j Anlmcl Gctltcci . tit -..WARREN GOODRICH " ", Vct gleui trcvcl restrictions tLzv eased-vpd rnarbm tv 'cn fjo gc this vinter?. OFO MEQS UUJ CHO wh attmpUd. UTetiira Wirt the StadHi Oil &mpny' plant Xutenuitlon&l Oil Workeri viloa Attempted U i shut down" Chicsfo'i iradlDsroiO)uii? Oon Bans :11pEie FaoDs ' ' ' Einl(r!l:DSao4e PORTLAND, Ori Oct. S. Pacific Trailways official said early restoration of bus service after failure ot'Jk conciliation meeting on the wage dispute which has halted service in four sUtes. 2 At Boise, Idaho, Lester Boltz, a drivers union chairman, Silvertoh Boyj Killed in Coal Mine Cbllaos JL , SILVERTON, Oct. 3.-(Specil)- Vernon . TeglahoV 18, was killed late this afternoon when walls of the, old coal mine on the old nv ery place in the Waldoj Hills 'dis trict six Allies south of i Silverton, collapsed.. , . . , i The; youth was. the son off Se ward Tegland of Silvrton.i He was trapped 150 feet dojwn inr the shaft at 2 p. m., together with?ay uitch who was later released. Claude Geer went to the aid i of the trapped men and was, himself caught but soon released Teglahd's body was removed at'430. -4 1 '! Gitch was uninjured except; for bruises and continued to assist with the rescue. Geer was injured and taken to the hospitaj where he was still a patient tonight The old mine was reoDened .two months ago by J. B. Mino of Portland, owner and operator. Frank Hobson, mining engineer, has been in charge of excavation at the mine. . ' r-The accident happened while the crew, was working in ; soapslone formation, Hobson said. They had been afraid of a cave-in and were hurrying to forestall it, if, possible the engineer said. ' J f Other workers about the mine at the time of the accident were Joe Wiessenfels and C. E. Co. By China Figlit CHUNGKING, Oct 4-fVP)- American troops were reported isolated in -two hotels near 3 the west gate of Kunming today while sporadic fighting continued I be tween government troops rand forces loyal to ousted Iov. Lung Yun of Yunan. , Three Americans were wounded earlier. The American troops were; be ing supplied by liaison plane from pKunming airport on the other, side of town. Yanks Trapped Globester Nedrina 'Frisco Aliead of Scheduled Time IS :J ' By Paul BlUler ' 1 J HICKAM FIELD, Hawaii, ?Oct 3 The Globester winged Its way across the wide Pacific today With excellent indications it would beat the announced time ol 151 hours of the army transport com mand's first world girdling flight i Hawaii gave a typical welcome when the big plane-arrived fat Hickam field at 9 am. Honolulu time (2:30 pm. eastern standard time) after a fast flight from: tiny Kwajalein Island. - .-. 1 - Pilot First Lt. Joe PetOcaEOvkh, 10, of Cleveland, O, gunned the Globester over the 2448 miles from Kwajalein In 11 hours and 53 min utes. ! ,':'K-i'i f'-ii'..-: Peckarovich could have se the ship down an hour and a i half earlier,,- but Hickam - wasn't, ready for it and the C-54 had to stay upstairs un!3 the scheduled ar rival time. - - i - y - - - KO - Overtand Greyhound and tonight there was lib prospect of warned today a proposed emerg ency commuter service between Caldwell, Nampa and Boise by the Boise-Winnemucca stages would be considered . an attempt at strike breaking. The Idaho public utilities com mission had approved an emerg ency certificate allowing the firm to operate local schedules into Boise. ' . The union and management of the two lines failed to reach any settlement today. . ! SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 3.-Ay The Pacific Greyhound lines to night asked its 2700 bus drivers and station employes to, withdraw their Thursday midnight strike ul timatum and submit , their wage dispute to the war labor board. But the union representing the workers ini seven western and southwest states flatty declined; Added Legion Post in Salem ; To Be Talked . ... . w, A meeting of World War II vet erans has been called for 8 p. m. Monday at the American Legion hall to determine whether a sec ond legion post should be organ ized in Salem, it was announced Wednesday by Bud Noffsinger, member of Capitol post number 9. ! Noffsinger said the meeting was to be "purely organizational," and that it was possible a temporary chairman and secretary would be chosen. , . i There has been;1 considerable discussion-, regarding the possi bility of a second legion post. Proponents have contended the rapid growth Of Capitol post number 9 -has made a second unit mandatory, both to assure contin uance of a cohesive organization and to provide younger veterans with a specific organisation if they so desire one. , Monday's meeting Is open to members and non-members of the legion. - ' EXPLOSIONS KILL FISH ASTORIA, Cot" 3-0P)-Detona-tion of 18 coastal defense mines off the Oregon coast destroyed thousands of small fish, naval of ficers said today. . Music, girls arid ieis greeted the passengers when they - hurried down the plane's steps for a two-; hour layover. , s Service crews Immediately be gan putting the Globester in shape for its 2399-mile hop to San Fran cisco, where it was scheduled to arrive at 2:30 a jn. Pacific stand ard time Thursday (5:30 tun. eas tern standard time). f There will be a three-hour stop at San Francisco and then Into the air again at 529 am. Pacific standard time, or 8:30 am. east ern standard time. , 1 1 The tentative schedule called for the flight to end at Washing ton, D. C, at 9 pm or in 148 hours instead of the originally planned 151. v 1 Total distance Gown -by the Globester since it left Washington at 5 p xx last Friday will be 23,147 miles. ."'".-. NipsSeek: hi-: 1 :- : "t -! " 1 Jap - Communists 1 Tell of Prosrani r j To Oust Mikado '1 1 f- TOKYO. Thursday. Oct! 4 -(PI Japan planned today to ask world wide aid through the barter sys tem to dispel the black threat of winter hunger In the war-wreck ed nation, and Japanese commun ists said their party; wants to "rid the country of mucadoism." i ! Nipponese newsmen, taking; full advantage of General MacArth- Ur's . order - freeing press, turned light the Japanese on conditions in the country s prisons) where leaders of communist and liberal political thought were tortured, j The Domei news agency report ed Japan would soon ask the allies for permission to trade silk and rayon, for the foodstuffs of other nations. j I The Japanese already have ask ed, allied occupation headquarters for permission to receive salt and rice from Korea inj exchange for about 75,000 tons of coal to be de livered monthly from Kyushu island mines in south Japan, j I Domei Reporter Tay Tateishi told of visiting the Fuchu prison 13 miles west of Tokyo and inter viewing Kyusbi Tokuda, Shiro Matamura and Yoshio Shiga, Jap anese communists, jwho taid they Were eager for the alliest f order their release. Pan-American I . " " IS1 ' ' conclave at mo Falls Through ! WASHINGTON, Oct 3-tfP)rThe United States led the western hem isphere today in delivering a new- diplomatic slap at the military clique which is governing Argen tina. . . j ' The U.. S. recommended: I I. That the inter-American con ference scheduled to open Octob er 20 at Rio De Janeiro-with Ar gentina participating be post poned. (A dispatch from Brazil tonight said the conference had been postponed), i 2. That the other American re publics proceed without Argentina to draft a hemisphere defense treaty-tthe object of the Rio con ferenceand to sign it at the Brazilian capital "at the earliest possible moment." , j 3. That the other American re publics carry on consultations in respect to the Argentine situation." Tension Eases' In Argentina j BUENOS AIRE, Oct. 3-CP)- Police began withdrawing tonight from positions around Buenos Aires universities, where hun dreds of. students and professors had barricaded themselves in a protest against reimposition of a national state of 'selge by Argen tina's military regime. ! Unofficial sources r said . the Withdrawal order,! allowing the students and professors to leave the buildings without Incident, was issued to avoid' possible out breaks of violence during the night . 06 Billion Tax Cut Discussed ' . . v .. r - V1"- "'p WASHINGTON, ' Oct J-(ff- Frospecta developed that congress may provide 1948 tax cuts r -lor individuals and I business tD- nroaching 18,000,000.000 almost a billion more than the admlnis; tration recommended. , . , The, house ways and means committee, after voting individu als relief of $2,500,000,000, against a treasury request of $2,085,000,- .000, tackled the slicing of cor poration burdens. . Today's session broke up with out a vote on a motion by Rep Robertson (D-Va) to' repeal the per cent wartime excess ' prof tax which . would ' "ease the burden -on corporations by $2,- To Barter For Food 555,CCa,CC3. ; .. : ', . . , . TP WASHINGTON. Oct r 8-(AV President Tnunanf tedayfaed ww weria . to toiuw r ine ateinle benb, aad vrged ' een grepsjte create -jk cemmisslon with vnprecedented power i t promote ' the use if atomic pow er ; tar the welfare ef humanity; . At the same time, he empha sised that he Intended te keep the bemb secret while disctni lng with ether pewers agree ments te Kse the "revolaUon aryj" new knowledge for ."peace ful and hamanltarian ends." In a meauae to cencTess, he' said that unless arrangements can be made far International cell be ration, , the world may witness a "desperate armament R u s s i a A)s Council to I Byrnes Given Red Demands - s ?r WASHINGTON, Oct. 3. -iP)4-Actifng Secretary of State Deah Acheson, said today the United States .was moving' to regularize , i' y - a ; .ujiituiuiuuns wiui wie major aiues on the governing of Japan. j : Abbeson was asked at his news conference whether a statement by 'Secretary of State Byrnes on Japa nese1 policy -revised the original directive sent to General Douglas MacArthur. j Barnes had said in London that the United States would agree to establishment of a far eastern com mission to formulate allied Japa nese policy. - " - i General Pattoii Defends Action Iii Bavaria i BAD TOElX Germany, Oct -P)-Cen. jGeorge S. Pattbn, Jr a fighting man relegated to a desk; job with a "paper armyw afte charged that he was slow about de nazifying Bavaria, said today he still believed he had carried out his chiefs orders with "vigor and loyalty. ' . Relieved by Geh. Eisenhower of command of his beloved, famed Third army which he led tojvicf tories from France to Czechoslov akia, Patton was, pleasant and smil ing, as he met correspondents toj day, accepting the change with soldierly discipline. - , ; He said, he "welcomed" com? mand of the 15th army to which Eisenhower transferred him - though the J5th is a military skef ton, a headquarters staff and a few special troops. - , . 'v-i. i AidPr For yets' Taxes ' ' - ' 1 WASHINGTON, Oct Z-iJPjrTwD plans to help servicemen and vet erans with their income taxes were suggested today. . v Sen. Johnson (D-SC) introduc ed a bill to forgive or refund all Income taxes for servicemen from Dec 7, i4i, until the war is of ficially ended. . . ;. j The ! American Legion urged congress to pass- legislation which would cancel all delinquent income taxes owed, by members of thje armed service. The Legion pro posal would affect ' enlisted men and junior commissioned officers (below the rank of major). Grand Jury Kef uses To Indict Pullman ... Robert Theodore Pullman will face bo charge because of his young wife's death from shotgun- wounos. A Marion-county grand jury had today refused to indict Pullman on a charge of assault while armed, with a dangerous weapon.- ' . j ' Pullman told investigating po lice that the gun was fired acci dentally as he attempted to take It away frcm Lira. Pullman. oposed ltioi;. , raeewhielt' smiaht well end , la disaster.;. ' The message dealt primarily ; with, the rece in mends tton , that . cengress authorise a VJS. atomic , emergency, commission U eon- trot domestic eareesi and the development' ef atamic energy' . fer lndnstrtal ases. This eem- mission weald have vast pew ers te bay, er4ake by eendem- . nation all minerals and lands which can supply atomic energy. .1 - The war department and eon- tress moved swiftly te act en the president's recommeadaUons for the commission. Chairman ' May( (D-Ky) ef the beuse mili tary committee and - Senator Johnson (D-C0I0), acting chair man of the senate military com mittee, introduced legislation te 5 k s 4- Power Control Replace MacAxthur Cubs Cop Series Opener; Trucks Vs Wyse Today Henry (Hank) Wyse, a 12 game winner durixir the . sen for the Chleaae Cabs, and Virgil (Fire) Tracks, fastball- lpg righthander recently dis charged from the armed - for ces and prewar member ef tbe Detroit Tigers, will : p p e s e each other on, the moond today In the second rame of the world series at Detroit. 'The game starts at 1:19 p. m. (EST). ; Cbicaa-o won yesterday's oneninr rame ef the elandc b-r submerging the American ltA gum champions t-0. Hank Bor owy was the winnlna pitcher, Ilal Ne who nser the "loser. (Complete details ; ea today's sport page.) ! Chinese Proud OfPenUsedto Sign Surrender SAt FRANCISCO, Oct 3r-UPi There l is a Chinese here who is 4 mighty proud of his fountain pen! Y. jC Woo, resident -executive director of the Bank of Canton, presented Admiral Nimitz -with a fountain pen as a parting gift just before the admiral returned to sea .shortly after Pearl Harbor. ' Laughingly he said, ."when you have defeated Japan,' you can sign the peace treaty with it.. . t ' 'Last Tuesday, Nimitz returned to San Francisco for the first time since the victory over Japan. .-Woo visited . him in . his hotel suites J -: vvf.. " Vv :. : ;j; . . The! admiral reached into his pocket "Here is a souvenir X brought back to you from Tokyo bay," he said. "I did what you asked me to and signed ' the peace treaty ; be tween the United States and Ja pan. ; . . ... With that he handed back the fountain pen Woo had given him some four years ago.'' . - Nazis Planned Slow Death t By Poison f of Allied Troops LONDON. Oct S. -rV?r-death by poisoning' for the Invad ing allies and suicide tablet! for themselves if all else failed were planned" by the nazis, the united nations war crimes, commission said tonight7 . . .. A secret nazl paper made public by the , commission revealed the details of a poison campaign which washalted by the speed of .the allied advance and the abrupt end ef the war.. The first item disclosed was the method of introducing- a poison into alchoKc beverages.' Invading troops, scientists theorized, would accept poisoned drinks at the in vitation of friendly folk and seme time later, would die after they had .left the house to which- they tad been- invited. - Another item was tie r-Trly ef M ODD G5) r v emnyj eat t Mr.'i.Tnunaa's re-" aest. ; The bill was .sent te them by, Secretary ef War Patterson w)th 'a plea for. 'Immediate action,? Patterson , said the misuse ; ef I 'atomic energy ,"by design er, throurh' Ignorance, may. lnfnct' InealcBlable disaster vpon the nation, destroy the general wel-'. fare, Imperil the national safety and endanger world peace." I ' The, president said he pro posed te Initiate discissions with -Great Britain and Can ada looking to International acreesaenta eaUawbig the use ef , atomic bombs. - Other nations, presumably. Including Soviet Eaasla, will be brought - Into the discussions ; Uter. ! . U.S.t6GnsiiIt Aliedi Nations LONDON, Oct 3-F-A. Russian demand that Gen. MacArthur's rule in "Japan be replaced by a four-power.', , control , government was presented to the United States during the last hours Of the con ference ef foreign ministers, the Moscow radio declared today. The demand, it said, was made in a letter .handed to U. S. Secre tary of State James F. Byrnes yes terday as the foreign ministers of the ; five leading Allied powers, deadlocked over procedure, ended unsuccessfully their first attempt to write: a European peace. ; J : The Big 3 foreign ministers sep arately expressed confidence that ultimate agreement would be reached on peace treaties for Eu rope. . L ', Byrnes and Molotov brought In to the open a disagreement oyer whether the Big Three had agreed at Potsdam that all five principal powers could participate in discus sions of foreign peace treaties. That was the- issue which dead locked the conference. Blaze Sweeps Benton County Timber Tracts PHILOMATH, Ore., Oct .3.-flV A crown-fire swepjt through tim ber holdings df-the Rex Clemens company in Hayden creek sector T3iAM .....4. M ters called all men in the vicinity I onto fu-e lines.; " Reports indicated . the blaze started in slashings, quickly jump ed to the tree tops and was spread ing rapidly, sea tierinayfspot fires ahead of its path. Fire trails already cut in the region failed to stop flames in the area where there was heavy stand- Ing timber ahd many: cut logs waiting removal to mills. MEXICO KATIFTJES CHASTER MEXICO CITY; Oct S--Mex ico ratified the 'United Nations charter today. . poison ; disguised as - medicine "for bandits ' that may come to ' the streifkorps (first aid station) for medical treatment Pills, capsules are to be prepared." The paper, Which reported the proceedings of a conference of of ficial chemical experts at the Ber lin iecret police Institute, also ad vocated accumulation of drugs which "could be injected into food substances by means ef hypoderm ic syringes, for example, the injection- of doryl into-a sausage. The nazl designated to lead the poison .experts was. Identified tn the -paper as reldwebel Lehnert It was he, thf reports "indicated, who put forward the requirement that the poison should work slowly not taking full effect until hours or even days after its introdarilon into the body.. . , - A WW Pea'ce! ;,-; . Meetings: GoIIapses! Schwellenbacli .: Averg Companieo ueiused uiler IJy the 'Associated Press J . , -The White House annomto ced it would seize strike s bound oil refineries today fol lowing collapse of industry i-v labor - government eonf eren ees over a union demand fo . 30 per cent! wage rate in crease.-'- -i H ! r- : i Secretary of , Labor Schwellen bach - recommended . the' step last . f night when he; emerged from the - final session of the conferences to report that conditions placed by ' the majority; of companies on an alternative proposal had b e e n tantamount to rejection. The CIO ' oil workers junionj announced its 1 acceptance; ' I j ,' SU The White House announcement made shortly afterward,! by Pressf Secretary Charles G. Ross, said! the- "necessary orders" for seizure ' of oil refineries ini 15 states were r ii t . .-. J i'ilA.t' 1 ! nqi oeuig , arawn, ; aiuiougn mm ' exact hour of takeover was net specified,' He said ; President Tru- man would Have a statement 04 the subject today. , : 1 1 CIO to Discuss Lumber Strike PORTLXNDj Ore., Oct 3j-W)-e- The still operating half of th northwests strike-ridden . lumbt industry will i convene i here tee morrow to decide whether a come plete lumber shutdown can 14 averted.- "':. Ill U'H--' t: ''M Officials of the CIO; Interns tional Woodworkers of Americdk whose 40,000 members have ape proved a strike if necessary -l obtain a general ,5-cent hourly increase, wiU meet with opera tors and the U. S. conciliatio- service herej i h'.-:-i- ",hi . A CIO strikd. added to the five state AFL? shutdown nowln its ninth: day; would com bx e t e 1 y , black out northwest logging. camps and sawmilla. , " J 1 Attempts of the 61.000 Btriking, workers to extend the shutdown were floundering on legal reef Longview and Everett Wash.' ' CIO sawmills 1 employing 1 o v e f 5000 men reopened today, after; AFL pickets were removed lt ClO-objtalncd injunctions. razil Dictator To St4p Down RIO DE JAEIRO, Oct HV President Getulion Vargas appear ed before a throng of some 40,000 ' supporters tonight and reaffirmed ' bis refusal to be a candidate to succeed himself, ''ji:- . I-- Ij-'-JJ-C ) Addressing a torchlight parade before Palacio Guanabara, Var gas' declaredly : :-!Ar':: 'if "! T f'1- $ I .Before God, the supreme Judge , of my conscience, and before the. Brazilian people I reaffirm that I will not be a candidate at the elections. I will preside at the elec tions and will: leave the govern ment to. whoever is elected." ' 1 - 1 u 1 Bdilding to Be ilesumel On Huge Soviet Palace MOSCOW, Oct 3.-W-Work' will soon Jbe resumed on the rec ord breaking 165-foot high pair ace of the soviet, the world's lar gest building 1 which was under construction when war broke out in 1941. ' . j,i if j j P It will contain 6,000 rooms to house 40,000 government offices. There, will also btj an amphithe- ' atre for the ruprenie soviet seat-, ing 11,000 and a smaller hall seating d.OOO.; - '.-j I . Topping the structure -will be '"' statue of Lenuv - 7eather Ban Trandsco Salem uffeno Pot 'aivl . ICuir-.Ar waiter tn-, KcNary lekl. Saltm): tloucy wU hisbest tenpetature 44 icgrcca.' Fmnl AJII 1 ' . B 1; ' ' Max... Mbir JtalM'.- 1 ca ti '! ,i l ' ' ; . S3 J- .. 1 43 traee ' 63 4S 1 -1 it 1 it -I , -i