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rACZTWO 111 CCECOH SXATEMAIl . Sotea.. OncsB V7daMdor Mccciag. Octabw It IMS t Truman Sees Draft Needed r f (Story also on page 1) WASHINGTON, Oct 1 -K)- latent strength of our; un trained citizenry i no- langerj suf flclent protection. President "Tru man declared today in hla speech to congress. Never again can we count oirthe luxury of time with which to arm ourselves "In any - future war -the heart of the United States would be the enemy's first target. Oar-geological security is now gonef one with the advent of the robot bomb, the rocket, aircraft carriers -and modern airborne armies.' Aggressor nations understand only one thing, he said and that la military power. Universal' serv Ice, plus continued scientific re search, will keep the U.S. power at a potential peak, he said, Net Indtfeted . The president' said the trainees wouldn't -be in the array or the navyL they- wouldn't be -inducted. They would be civilians for their year ;oi -service m wmcn tne stress wouldn't be only on drilling but would be nlaeed on the finer ma To Aid Security il chenics of warfare and perhaps even munitions making. In time of an emergency or war, it would take an act of congress to induct them into the regular armed forces, Si Al.. mm is now Tne custom Hardships Seen Mf. Truman acknowledged that the building of a citizens army would entail some hardship to the people. But the primary consider ation, he declared, is -the -security of the nation. Tax Payments Arrive Early One week after Marion county's tax! statements had gone into the mail, the tax. department of the sheriffs office was flooded yes terday with payments. Between 1000 and 1500 a day are coming In love the counter and through the mail, although the due! date is November Jf Harold Domogalla, cnei tax deputy, said Tuesday, Domogalla said his office could process approximately 800 pay ments a day so mail receipts would be late.. Usually, he said, payments start to come in considerable num ber the first of November. More than 33,800 tax statements : were mailed out October lis i . t- - ';i M KIT - OPENS 8:45 r M. - NOW PLAYING! ACTION COHITI Tex Diller "Flaning Bellsis Dot OTrWn CHAPTEK WO. "Black iiiroW ttjl s - The. S At IMrt I Outlaw I Band! -. ' s ! i . A-...-. (-- '' L. PHONE S467 CONT. DAILY FROM V PJM. TTfini J SHOWING FOR THE FIRST AlUW TIME AT REGULAR PRICES! Awufim picbra ss tniCme, vTiciralliiii its memorj will THE SONG OF BERMDETTE V, ;20 rL ci: 1-3:45-6:35-9:25 PJL HasI Latest Fox Newal German BERLIN. Oct. XSv Jermaai dkpUeeJ tatlea fat Berlin as they prepare General Motors Conduct Strike ' By the Associated Proas , ; The first big test of whether automobile- industry strikers are willing to strike for a SO per cent wage rate increase will be made by ballot today at 97 General Mo tors corporation plants. : Under supervision of the na tional labor relations board, act ing, under the Smith-Connally war labor disputes statute, a poll will be taken among' more than 300,000 G-M employes across the nation. I A similar vote will be -taken tomorrow among Chrysler cor poration workers, and on .Now 7 among Ford Motor company em ploye as part of th CIO United Automobile Workers camp aign for peacetime wages comparable to those paid In the war emerg ency. Other important developments in the labor field included: 1. A strike threat or a nation wide -strike of AFL milk delivery men was described by the AFL Teamsters' president as a possi ble result of failure to rehire 35, 000 drivers returning from ser vice. 2, The number of, persons on strike or out of work because of labor disputes totaled 225,000, - OPENS :45 P. M.'- NOW PLAYING! GINNY SIMS SHOCKING CO-FEATURE! so mae so tnim bmer! Ml' l , - WSTHt U OJITEST J, I OSATE3T iV"'- i.i atesieau ... ' IN "Playnales" r BWMK I 1 I 'Refugees TZait 5i if A v. persona, carrying their f ew belenaingx, wait la line at the Anhalter t leave the Germaa capital. (AT Workers to Billot Today 11 slightly less than oh Monday. On th eve of the General Mo tor strike voting, Walter P. Reu ther, union vice president, said mere would be no strike until every effort ad Jeen made to settle the : wage dispute across the conference table. j Reuther declared the union did not want a wag increase if it meant cars, would cost more. He has maintained the 1 company could boost wages ; and still in crease its profits, a view General Motors described aj an "Alice in Wonderland" theory. ! j (jhina Colleee President Here V. P. Md, acting president of Yenching university near Peiping, China, was a visitor in Salem Tuesday, the guest of Dr. Frank Brown. Mr. Met came j ou from interior China last spring, flying over the "hump. He has "spent the; past six months visiting vari ous cities in the United Sta tea representing his country and the university, which is one of the largest in China. !;; A rebirth of education is due in' China, said Dr. Mei when in terviewed. "China has great need of trained technicians and teach ers; to meet the problems it now faces." . . f i : ' i Dr. Mei expects .; to return to Chna about the first of the year, He reported that the buildings of ms insututton. were not badly damaged during the Japanese oc cupation but the interior was, and mqch of the equipment was , car ried off. y- Big Navy Skips 1 Dock at Tacoma TACOMA, Oct SWThe bat- uesnip Maryland docked at, the port of Tacoma piers at 5 p. m. today, and thirty minutes later the big-S aircraft. carrier Tlconderoga tied up at the same piers after lying in the harbor overnight and today. j. s The ships with -the destroyer Norman Scott are present toj par ticipate in Tacoma's celebration of navy : week. The cruiser Atlanta anq : suDmannes Jsntemedorf and Stickleback are scheduled to arrive tomorrow to complete the quota of naval craft designated for this port General Named To State Position WASHINGTON, Oct. 23-V-Brig. Gen. Kenneth Clair borne RoyaU, 550-pound, 8-f oot-5 1 tor met North Carolina lawyer and state senator, was nominated, to day for undersecretary ! of ' war, President Truman . . chose j him for the number) two spot in the department made vacant by pro motion j of Robert V, Patterson to secretary. ; ; .;j ) lioyau nas been a special as sistant to Patterson since April. ITS ESSE" Oct. I 375 Center mM Turn Wlrepbete) Indian Baby AUaits Verdict to PORTLAND, Oct 23.-P)-Pi- cho,l six-month-old . Indian baby, was Under care of a nursery today awaiting a. court decision on whether he would go to his mo ther; who abandoned him for three weeks, or to a foster mother who cared for him. j Mrs. Cozella Ford, 26, told au thorities today she and her hus band hoped to adopt the brown- eyed papoose whom she . had so carefully tended. She said she helped deliver the infant in a rooming house when medical aid could not be found and kept him when ! the mother known only , as "Sylvia,"- left to seek work. , The mother, who identified, her self ajs Sylvia Queahpama, reap peared today and said she wanted Pancho back. She'd intended to return - for him "when she got around to it," she told officers. The babe was placed in custody of the juvenile court pending a decision on the case. Woodburn Woman Dies in Salem -1. WOODBURN Mrs. Frances Herroina Bear died at a Salem hospital Monday, October 22. She was; born in Long Prairie, Minn:, June i27, 1899. Coming to Oregon rrom Minnesota seven years ago she has made her homeji - miles west of Woodburn. Survivors are: husband, Frank Bear of Wood- bum J sons, Arnold, Stephen, Leon- J Jl J .1 .urn .at ir ara ana rmin, an oi wooaDurn: daughters, Mrs.- Frances Vandehey of woodburn, Anita of "Portland, Rosalia , of Woodburn, Laurine of Portland, Clara of Woodburn and Patricia of Woodburn: mother. Mrs;v Bertha Haffer of Minn brother, Erhart J. Haffer of M Angel, and three brothers and sis ters of Minn. Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at o'clock at St. Lukes church with interment in St Luke's cemetery ,H Recitation of the rosary will be Wednesday at 8 pjn in Ringo chapel. j Pleads Guilty 1 Tol Stabbing Wife SEATTLE, Oct 23-CP)-Charies R. Rosa of KnoxvilJe, Tenn. ac cused of stabbing his. 'bride "to death July 5, pleaded guilty to day; to a charge of second degree murder. He had entered a plea of innocence previously and clumged it today in superior court. , Ross and his bride, Wilma, 19, came here from Knoxville In 7une and were employed at the Puget Sound navy yard in near by Bremerton.' Wilma was found dead on k railroad siding in Seat tle And Ross confessed he stabbed her in a fit of Jealously. - YUGOSLAVS MOBILIZE BUDAPEST, Oct 23-(P)-The newspaper Hungarian Nation, quoting' the Belgrade radio, said tonight, that all Yugoslav 'officers and soldiers on. leave, had -been recalled to duty without explan ation.'!;! : 26! Salem, Oregon Custody m British Labor Parly Plans to LONDON, Oct 23-P)-Britaln's new -labor government today rec ommenced freeing 2,000,000 low- income earners from wartime tax ation and reducing the excess profit tax. on business by 40 per cent in; twin moves -to speed up the country's economic reconver sion, f: These measures were part of a broad fax revisionprogram laid before Commons by chancellor of the exchequer Hugh Dalton. He also served notice that the gov ernment would maintain a belt tightening program of continued savings: and price controls coupled - -where necessary with subsid ies to peg Inflation. But the program ' called upon big-money earners to pay an ad ditional $28,000,000 through higher surtaxes to offset some of the oth- ervfecudtIons. - : Dalton took one hour! and 34 minutes to outline the budget rec ommendations which provide for a, loan of 2,300,000,000 ($39,200, 000,000) the largest supplemen tary budget request in British his tory, t ; f ' ' When he finished, former prime minister Winston Churchill oppo sition leader, declared that the gov ernment's fiscal plans had done nothing "so far as medium and higher tax) rates are concerned.' He cautioned labor legislators against; being drawn "into exag gerated hopes that you are on the first frontiers of a large and fer tile territory" of tax relief. High School Tedcher Turns In Resignation ! , i (Story also on page 1) The resignation of Frances Man- tag, who for some time has been conducting classes in distributive education at the high school, was accepted and will' be J effective when the school board can replace her, members of the board voted Tuesday night. " . I Superintendent Frank a. Ben nett told members that he had received a letter from Mildred Christenson, now on military leave stating: that she had jbeen dis charged from the - service and would like to resume her position as -language teacher at the high school November 1. . ' The board reaffirmed its policy of absorbing all teachers who are on military leave, into the school system on their return. Bennett also . told board - mem bers that arrangements should be made to transport students to the YMCAf f or midmorning and mid- afternoon classes in swimming. Members agreed and authorized the superintendent to secure bus facilities and if practical, make arrangements for girls' swimming classes.", . . Sidhey-Talbot Club Opens Year TALBOT The first meeting of the Sidney - Talbot extension club Was held at Mrs. Ethel Blinstdn's home last week. Elea nor Trindle, .assistant county nome demonstration agent gave a demonstration of sugar-saving desserts, assisted by Mrs. Ernest Freeman and Mrs. Gilbert Belk nap. : ' f i x A short business meeting fol lowed the demonstration. Mrs. J, H. Turnidee. chairman. ' was in charge, The new year books were presented. Courthouse Building Fund Totals $71,000 Marion county's one-year-old courthouse construction fund which"; today totals approximate ly $71,000, includes S68.000 now drawing interest in government bonds.! County Treasurer S. J. Butler said Tuesday.' The i special tax levyr supposed to raise a maximum of $75,000 this year, will continue for 10 years. siuaai uu-iiuuu birls y j . LONDON, Oct. ?3-(-A Jo-mile-an-hour gale roaring in front the channel swept at least six German mines onto the beaches of southern England today, and one exDloded asainst a seawall and neverelr damaeed 'shops and homes at Highcliffe-on-Sea. i -- ." ", ' Mcleplione 110 6282 . i Quick, Courteous ' 1 ' Inexpensive Fares' start st 30cy 30c per mOe SALEUTMI f ssnviCEy Cut Tax Load Marion Polh County Courts Agree to Share Bridge Costs i Marion and Polk county courts got together Tuesday in Sa lem cjn the Independence bridge project, agreeing to share alike the counties' portion, of the costs. (Set story on-page 1). Because Marion county has 000,000 to Polk county's $11,000,000, Marion should pay a larger sharef of the cost than Polk, Mike Walker, who owns property in bom counties, maintained. But Marion County Judge Grant Mur phy pointed out) that Marion is bordered by three to four times as much riverfront as Polk, Com missioner Roy Rice added that Marion has nine inter-county bridges and dares .not set up a precedent of putting up more than the payments undertaken by other participating counties. Verbal Agreement The state highway commission has verbally agreed to provide 50 per cent of : the cost of construc tion of a bridge, it is believed will cost approximately $300,000. The counties' share of the costs under the proposed program would be taken! out of . their gas tax pay ments; from - the: state. -Marion county last year got $144,000 and Polk $37,000 of the state money. Details of the amortization pro gram, how much if any the federal, government may- contribute and more accurate details as to cost must be known before courts of either county will' sign a contract much as the bridge is wanted and needed members indicated Tuesday. Ferry Cost Else 1 Ferry costs, constantly rising. amounted to approximately $6000 last year and demands are already heavy that the service be in creased, commissioners of the two counties agreed.! Attending the meeting in addition to the two courts were Mike5 and Dean Walk er, Lee U. Eyerly, E. A. Miller and E. L. Gray, property holders in the affected areas and day Cochran, Salem Chamber of Com merce manager, who agreed to at tend or send representatives to the Monday meeting; of the highway commission. . j j Equality for IndiansjUrged j' BROWNING, Mont., Oct 23.-;p) The national congress of American Indians was told today that its prime objective Should be "stead fast opposition to any discrimina tion against Indians socially and economically. ! District Judge N. B. Johnson of Claremore, Oklaj president of the organization,' urged repeal of the Indian liquor law, which outlaws sale of liquor to Indians, ''because it smacks of discrimination. "Educational opportunities for ndians should be on the basis of i democracy arjd allow Indians full right to enter any and all pub lic schools," Johnson said. Unions Request Halt in Tearing Down Housing " i, - PORTLAND. Ore, Oct. M.-(P)- Railroad Brotherhood, CIO and AFL leaders today asked congress to stop tearing down war housing units here and open them to the public, especially to returned vet erans. j The resolution was drawn up at a special ufa labor advisory board meeting to consider the housing shortage and rent over charges. A board committee was authorized to appeal to Mayor Earl Riley, the city council, and. housing officials.; because- of "an alarming situation. OPA ' officials reported they havent enough manpower to cope with all the overcharges reported- perhaps 19,000 cases. Twenty suits seeking triple damages for rent violations are now before courts. ACCIDENTS PREDICTED 1 . i j ' PORTLAND. Oct 23P)-The Oregon Safety commission today predicted 19 persons would die in accidents this week Oregon safety week. f Too Late to Classify laneous furniture. 4990 Warner street. Garand Salnrday. Oct 27 Dcmdncj Every Saturdar 9 to 12 Adnddoa 75 c plu pcisExnNa n nuance ? GLEIin 1UC0DI1Y- AND HIS ORCHESTRA IS Eatertalnen U 5VeEscl vi-i reaiared Yacaliat an assessed valuation of $43,- 1300 Teachers Use. Wartime Certificates More than 1300 of the 8000 teachers in the Oregon public schools' : now operate under emergency certificates. Rex Put nam, state superintendent of pub lic instruction said Tuesday. The certificates are Issued under legis lative authority. Putnam added that this num ber does not . include the large number of emergency certificates issued in the Portland school dis trict Putnam- said there also are a large number of retired teachers In the Schools who are desirous of being relieved of their- duties as soon as possible. Most of the teachers operating under the emergency certificates are from middle-western and eastern states. Despite the many emergency cer tificates issued by the state edu cational, department several schools are operating short-hand ed and in some cases it has been necessary to consolidate- classes in the grades, Putnam said. Most difficulty in obtaining teachers involves positions in the remote school districts and spe cialized jobs in the high schools of the larger cities and towns. Overland Bus . Strike Talks Due PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 23-(P)-Prospects for settlement of the Overland Greyhound bus strike, now in its fourtn week, brightened today with announcement that negotiations soon would be re sumed. Meanwhile, Portland's bus de pot was jammed with its oldtime crowds -today as Pacific Grey hound stages resumed operations after a 19-day strike. All seats on, the , first California-bound bus were filled.. miii-ku Ends Today. Door Open 6:15: Feature 6:30 and 9:38 HONtMmMmiMnNMimm w im wavwstAtTa a & " ar r "v ffluutcilMai-amHMIMtwfll Vs STARTS THURSDAY -4 TWO HITS V ITS THt HILARIOUS HOWL-HIT QftftROADWAY and RADIO RUNNINOi RIOT ON THE SCREEN I A'- .i. h V, AllYN JOStYM filCHAUMKlU U KA I (V- I tmk mini -jJ f " JOHN AUXAXSEI co-featuE i j 1 Cent CUCKXIST . ; - I Starring j Boivles Asks Retention of Price WASHINGTON, Oct 2J.-(av Price Administrator Chester Bowles told" congressv today that Libia countryi is headed for a foun dation-shaking "boom and bust" unless it keeps price controls for. many months. ! i Right now, inflationary, pres sures are stronger than they have been at any Tome in the last four years, he said. ' i ' ' Bowles, testifying before the sen ate banking committee, made no forecast as to when price controls might in his opinion, be safely dropped, x - ' I ...- But he declared "it Is absolutely essential' that they j be extended beyond next June 30, the present expiration date. ' : .. .! No specific price control ; legis lation is now before the commit tee but Chairman Wagner (D-NY) told reporters only ( yesterday that he may sponsor a bill to put con trols on prices of new houses. 1 Bowles has advocated such, con trols. In his report he noted that while prices of building materials are controlled there is no control on the price of the - completed home., , , - -i : . He termed this an "inflationary loophole" which diverted buildinx materials into hands of speculative builders. Wainvr right, 'Pappy' Boy ington to be Feted PORTLAND, Ore,1 Oct Gen. Jonathan Wainwright will be feted here Nov. 10 when he ar rives in behalf of the Victory Loan drive, the Oregon war finance committee said today. Lt CoL Gregory j "Pappy" Boy ington, marine fighter ace, will make a Victory Loan appearance here Nov. 3, the .committee report ed. .It-. !! STARTS TODAY a (rVal4a is, ffii 'f ,V,' 3? M rO-HTT IOANITS TOPS AS A COP . . . LAYING DOWN THE LAW AND PICKING UP THE PIECES! 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