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, i - I . ...-id 1 .. .?,- - - . - " . .' !"'T"""""""J""",,""""""' i ij MWMMMnia.MU 1 1- L4 ' TUI 11 .'- y 1 1 1 - "ft 11 1 lrl w ' 1 t I III II 1 I I 1 I " I I 1 1 1 1 I ! I I 1 I t I Itl I fl 1X1 IV! 4-&iN 111, f II II IIUIVA I VI I . 'i n '--. rra tTlIODDl The. latest appeal of Secretary of War . Patterson for enactment of the bill lor universal military training seems exceedingly weak He expressed the fear that in event of another war the United States might be the first target and a quarter of a million people might be kill in a single day In - their own homes by use of atomic bombs. He- pleads that trained citizen - soldiers would be needed to alleviate the effects of the initial attack, wherever it might be felt men to organize disaster services, restore . public utilities and lines-of comnuinica tion and if necessary to repel" air borne attacks. He remarked also that without ' a trained force through the country to handle the disaster of a lightning attack the nation might be swept by defeatism. . It seems to me there are far better reasons than these for uni versal. military training and even stronger arguments against It As far as the need for disaster services is concerned we still have the "trained civilians who were organized! for i such emergency during the last war. There also will be the national guard units and posts of veterans organiza tions, "who even' without prelimi nary planning could promptly be recruited for duty. With the in stinctive capacity of Americans to meet emergencies the situation would - get immediate . attention. The youth who had had their year of military training would be citizens- until they were . in ducted through the ponderous ma chinery of selective service, so their only, value in this instance would lie in their experience in military discipline. ' . As far as a wave of defeatism is concerned Secretary Patterson surely has more confidence in the American; people than that. Pearl Harbor: provoked nonsuch feeling. Ins teal Uroused the nation and unified Jt. Another Pearl Harbor on a greater scale as contemplate ed in Patterson's testimony would not make Americans cringe - in pitiful .surrender. It would inspire their fighting qualities for a fin ish fight : ' f Reports indicate that the con gress will not pass the universal training bill only the striking of noon ending the session of the: house military affairs committee prevented a vote' being taken ' on a bill to' postpone its considera tion. Congress does have the duty of "providing for the common de fense" and a first line of defense is adoption j of: foreign polocies making for world peace, though without neglect of our military establishment ) Truman Signs' Tax Slash Bill . WASHINGTON, I Nov. 0 Federal tax cuts for everybody in 1948 are now an assured fact v t The White House announced to-a day that President Truman , has i signed the bill. lopping an esti : mated -$5,2O,000,OOO off the total of toxea that will be paid .by in- dividuals and corporations next yearo - ' -1 - ,' r '' It will be the first general tax reduction -since 1W9 when Presl- dent Hoover signed a ."Christmas Dresent? - slash. Congressional . sponsors of the cuts argued that they would stimulate business to such an extent that the treasury . actually may sot suffer a loss In revenue. The total cut Is nearly $1,000,000,000 larger than . that recommended by the government ' I NAZIS TO BANG TODAY TRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. twVTlve Germans will be Jianced at 1 pjn. tomorrow (7 ajn. Eastern Standard Time) for murdering six XJS. fliers who bailed out of a disabled plane Aug. 38 , i Animsl Cracliers , By WARREN GOODRICH ?H J 1 I t hef ntant ri?ht off , i r - tit no joAtnj mc&Urr " KlNETY-nTTH YEAB ! I 12 PAGES i ' " StdanL OfatuL-ada Monlno.- NoVmU ml l lis f - ' im " V J, , "St . 1 I .1 i T . T . T w' w i - .. . . NW WW . . IlUk . A Otf ueinnipeiKs oil Doolittle Resents Navy's Remarks, Navy Protests Doolittle's Stand WASHINGTON, Nov. SMP)-The posals to merge the armed forces of the navy protested directly fc given oy li uen. james ti. ooouttter I t Doolittle had told the senate B-29 boys are resting uneasily in manders' fcUums about the part their forces played In the Pacific victory.,-" " : , ! ; I ,. j ' - J - , Quickly, Secretary of the Navy Forrestal dispitched a letter to Secretary of War Patterson urging that an lonest difference of prin ciple" not be allowed to "degenerate into an exchange5 of personalities." He said he questioned whether "death in any particular line of duty and the resultant grief at home should be appealed to in order to advance any individual point of view j " ' During the senate committee hearing this morning on the merger plans, . Senator Hill (D-Ala.) asked !i Doolittle if he would comment about two recent statements Hill attributed to ton rankin navv ad mirals: one by Admiral Chester W. forcing me Japanese to surrender; the other by Admiral Marc Mitscher saying navy carrier-based craft won the air war wittf Japan. - "Admiral Nimitz and Admiral Mitscher I are great commanders." said the general who led the first war was won on teamwork. Each No single agency alone was responsible. I do feel very strongly it was not seapower that compelled Japan not earner strength that won the "Our B-2 boys are resting uneasily in their graves as a result of these- two comments. ' -- ? , GOP Senator Accuses White House Advisors of Trying to BlocklProbe WASHINGTON, Nov. HrVA republican senator accused' White House advisors today of using f eiiort to restrict information reaching Pearl Harbor investigators from army and navy files. ij h i Senator Brewster (R-Me.) threw ate argument as the Pearl Harbor of the capitoL ' S The senate dispute arose over a today by President Truman, requesting government department heads to authorize their employes to volunteer information to any members of the senate-house-committee investigating; the December 7. 1941.1 disaster.'- v U The memorandum concluded not include any files or: written materials." I l t The democratic contention is its counsel, should have access to the fOes. The republican argument is that individual members should be permitted to see the records, and that the Truman directive today would prevent government offi cials from even discussing information-: in the files With individual committee members. S 'i i . ..- Era's Note to i Adolf Bared GARMISCH PARTENKJRCHEN Germany, Nov. 8(P)-Eva Braun wrote a farewell letter from Ber lin last 'April 13, saying she and Adolf Hitler had abandoned hope and -had decided that neither of them would be captured alive, her -sister; Mrs.- Margaret. Gretl Fege- hen, disclosed today. - The 'letter was. ferreted out by the counter-intelligence corps af ter an attempt at concealment by the pretty, 30-year-old Gretl, who insiststlt wis-"looted by American soldiers,' thus spoiling her plan to sell it arid' others for publica tion. - ' " ' r .. sawdust Bxrrrvt low . - PORTLAND Ore, Nor; Strikes and a halt in some logging operations have- cut sawdust sup plies to the point where 9000 Portlanders will have to convert to coal Immediately. . -; SocwloghtWoiild Bah Kiddies Hearing of Stork, Santa Glaus BALTIMORE, Nov. S-Poor Santa Claus got the old jieave ho today along with the stork from Sociology Prof essor Van E. McDougle of Groucher college, who declared that "parents should substitute democratic philosophy'"'.- : ...r . The Santa. Claus myth ; has lived too long in terms of child psychology," Professor McDougle said In n" interview with "the Baltimore . News-Post , "Parents should substitute democratic phi losophy.: Children have to learn to get along." And when It comes to living too long, "so has the stork myth," McDougle added. - It wasn't that Professor Mc Dougle forgot how close it's get ting to Christmas, but just a question " of facing facts with facts. . ' ' " ' ' " "We are a superscieotific peo- ' - i . - II . S , peDlgeir- Keport i 1) IHlalrfooDi army-navy quarrel over pro grew bo hot today tthat the secretary the secretary of war over testimony! military affairs committee that "our! their graves" because of naval com- Nimiti crediting sea power with bombing raid on Japan.i "But this of the three agencies did its best to sue for peace.; And that it was air; war. i " ? .-. ji -- . -r I: ....k devilish ingenuity"! in an: asserted the. accusation in a shouted sen row boiled over again on both sides - . .1 ;: . - i - . .. supplemental memorandum issued -1 i! .- r .. l . i "with the notation that "This does' that only the committee as such, or omid nows WALLA: WALLA, Nov. 9-(JPh Rain and sleet Over the .Blue mountains caused the plane 'car rying Gen. Jonathan M. vWain wright to; WaHa j alla to be grounded at La Grande, Ore. this afternoon but the hero of Corregidor j was exected to com plete, the trip by j train and car in .time to be present for a'twd day civic celebration here Satur day and Sunday, i t " , In spite of jbad weather throughout the day, the plane fai which Wain wright land his party were traveling .kept to schedule until it . reached .eastern Oregon in late afternoon. It was snowing heavily at La Grande when the plane landed. There was no indi cation when the flight could be resumed. ple,i he continued. We can solve material problems, but if we try to solve social problems they say we are setting up a! 'brain trust They laugh; at it We don't face facta! with immaterial problems.! : McDougle, didnt find complete agreement, however, from one psychiatrist' Dr. George Preston, Maryland commissioner, of mental hygiene, I"- ! f - " Dr, Preston defended j Santa warmly as a means of teaching children kindness, generosity and honesty. "It is a valuable myth," he said, "and stories and myths" are useful and harmless but the truth' is: essentlaL f .,v z "We don't; tell children' that lit tle Red: Riding Hood is a factual person, or that Jack and the beanstalk is true. Weill, why, then, tell them - that Santa Claus is real'j :'! - h.-Hvw. -I believe in telling the truth." Wainvright uarra English! Claim Communications Not Working Well BATAVIA, Saturday, Nov. 10- (JP)-A. spokesman for the unrec ognized Indonesian republic re ported that British forces started shelling Soerabaja, Java naval base,; at 6 ajn. today. The bom bardment was said to be increas ing in intensity at 8 ajn. The Indonesian report was not confirmed at noon by the head quarters of Lt Gen. Sir Philip Christison, allied commander in the .Dutch East Indies. . Chris ti son's headquarters' issued a state ment that it had "nothing to re port" and that "communications were not working welL" The: Indonesian spokesman said that many Indonesians, were kill ed or wounded by the shelling. He added that the British proba bly employed both: artillery and warships.;. - - The report of. the shelling came after the Indonesians had been given an ultimatum to surrender their arms by 8 ajn. today. Bar ier, British reinforcements were reported . to have assumed new positions in Soerabaja, where an explosive tension reighed.'ife-t on Way In Washington I LONDON,. Nov. t -(fl3)- Prime Minister Attlee flew toniht to ward Washington for atomic en ergy talks which he hoped would help achieve world "safe for the common man" and banish fear bf the atomic bomb. ) Speaking at a lord mayor's luncheon, Attlee said he would discuss world affairs with Presi dent Truman and Canadian Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King "in the light the terrible light of fJie discovery of atomic energy." "I go to the consideration of these high matters, not downcast or depressed," he said, "but in a spirit of high endeavor to try to serve my fellow men." I London newspapers' speculated that Premier Stalin .might join Truman, and Attlee for big three conferences in Washington, but a spokesman at No. 10 Downing Street said "as far as we know hire, there is nothing in that re-? prt'at SalL" Moscow dispatches showed that .Russia was keenly interested in the British-American -Canadian atomic energy talks.--'! 1- - 'Attlee left an airport near Lon don at 8:30 pjn, (10:30 ajn. PST) in; a Skymaster plane, followed by another plane carrying Sir John Anderson, chairman tf the Brit ish atomic energy committee. His flight was expected. to take 19V4 hours. i . (...' y'' Jn Washington, congressional leaders arranged for1 Attlee to address a joint session of the house and senate at' 9:30 PST, Tuesday. r't Lack prNew8print Reported Serious Washington, - Nov.- 9 Some -. newspaper .. publishers, as well as government- officials, are increasingly apprehensive over . a diminishing supply ' of already scarce newsprint. Col. J. Hale Strinman ! said today. '' i. The chief of the dvflian pro duction administration's printing and publishing division, himself publisher Of Lancaster, Pa, news papers, declined to say whether this might lead to extension , of newsprint consumption controls. Weather San! rrandseo Euirtn ., ., . ... Max. i - 60 " -1 M - lfln. 4 St . 4S as 85 JUln JOI .79 : ja At Portland 47 4S Seattl Willamette rtver SJ ft - VORECAST (tram U.Si wthT bo raq, HcNur field. Salem : frequent stMrers and cloudy. Max. Si. Mtlee Conference y i ff? . - X 'A f While Rebert S. Farrell, Jr, secretary of state, right holds the box t numbers, Panl Harvey, Associated Press representative, draws the number two ticket which gave, the No. 2 automobile license plates for 1948 to U L. Meadows roate 1. Medford. The anneal drawing was held Friday at the Plate No. 1 to Adorn Auto i - . In Portland Automobile license No. 1 for 1948 will go to Mr. and Mrs. Her man H. Reese, 7819 SE 13th ave., Portland, J who won the coveted plates in the annual drawing for low- numbers here Friday. The drawing took place in offices of ilhe state motor vehicle division. License! No. I went to M, L. Meadows, route lj Medford; No. S to Nick Rickert, Tigard; No; 4 to Amle O. Young, 3536 NE 27th ave, Portland; No. 5 to Albert Wanner, Pratum; No. .8 to'Harbld Peterson, Oswego; No. 7 to William F. Salz wedel, 7406rSE 89th ave, Port land; No. 8 to Paul R. Finnel, Ash land; No. 9 to Howard N. Shafer, Bells ton, and No. 10 to Joseph Parsons, Fprest Grove. The much sought license No. 23 was won by Dean H. Hayes, 7838 SE 27 th ave., Portland. License number 25 :went to H. H. Harpster, Lebanon, No. 50 to E. M. Bailey, Blachy, arid No. 100 to Eleanor Elizabeth Zimmerly, Cottage Grove. Man It HereAfierl7 Years Evasion After 17 years of life as a fu gitive, Earl E. Deas, alias Ernest H. Deas, 950 D st( was arrested I nere rxiaay mgn v a xy pouce e clare. : -'f "; "A 23-year-old youth when he escaped from military prison at Ft Missoula, Monti the 40-year-old man taken into custody in a downtown Salem tavern, readily admitted he was the man sought by , TBI, military intelligence and local peace" officers, across the nation,Katy .PoUce Detective Er sel Mundinger, who made the ar rest, said. j Deas IS said to have told Mun dinger he had been married, had become the jjfather of three chil dren and had been divorced since March 6, 1928, when he escaped from Ft Missoula, where he was held as a general prisoner. Mili tary intelligence and the federal bureau of investigation provided much of the information which brought about the arrest of Deas, Mundinger laid. The man came here from Florida, where he had been trailed, the f officer ex plained. .; , :- Administrators to Plan : State School Bnilding -v -.'-'I . j-.-v .i : Oregon school district adminis trators" probably will be notified rext week of the date for a meet ing to consider postwar school building. State education depart ment officials ' said -here Friday following a conference that most districts want to get their post war building ; programs, started as soon as possible, because of po tential increased enrollment with in the next few years. '. - ,r i .... DALLAS STORES TO CLOSE -' DALLAS, Nov. 9-KflP) Stores here will close Armistice day. " r Caiied state capttoL. Labor-Industry Meet i . On Bargaining W.A5HINGTON, Nov. 9-tf)-The 1 4 b o r-management confer ence' was said today to , have cleared the collective bargaining shoals on which the postwar par ley of 1919 foundered. j Dr. George W. Taylor, confer' ence secretary, gave this word to reporters as employer nd work er delegates, behind closed com mittee j doors, sought agreement on basic labor relations issues.- . f : Twenty six years ago the con ference that followed World War I broke up in angry disagreement because, it could not adopt a reso lution stating that workers are entitled; to be represented by un ions or persons of their own choosing. j A committee on existing col lective agreements studying wild cat and "quickie strikes, Taylor said, appeared to be in agree ment that if there is to be a no strike, no-lockout clause in con tracts, there must be some quick terminal point in grievance pro cedure. A provision for deciding grievances based on contract in terpretations is needed, Taylor said. $35,000 Garage Permit Issued Clarence A. Shrock. was issued a -nuuding .permit - at - tne ary building: inspector's office Friday to build a one-story garage at 310 North Church street at-an esti mated cost of $33,000. The new structure: will be built by C A Lantz.? . '' Other - building permits issued Friday included a permit. to My ron Cooley to' alter a dwelling at 1453 North 16th street at an esti mated cost of S1000. v William S. Walton, 1028 North Summer street, and H. A. Smart, 2475 Cherry street, were Issued building permits to erect' one story garages on their, premises. Agreed Attempts to Sited Light on OP A Violations End in Overcharge When is a price violation not a price violation? ' A. E. Beckett, 1157 S. 13th st. Salem, and a Statesman reporter agreed Friday that . the , answer may be: When it occurs so far away that the' price control board hates to ask oneof its volunteer workers to hike out and check up. on it. ; '. t ' On or about October 30, Beck ett reported (on a lengthy form) that he had purchased a 60-watt light bulb (ceiling 11 cents since almost the : beginning of price control) from a store at the edge of the city for 15. cents. Under postmark of November 7, he received (on a half sheet of paper) this' small' note from which names have been deleted: '."Dear. Sir: .V" , I wrote Mr. - who twos th i . l.i about the light bulb you purchased. He 1 First break In the strike thai has held AFL mills and amps Idle in Oregon for eight weeks, had started in '.the ranks of the Salem union today and threatened to split the Willamette District Council bit Lumber and Sawmill Work--ers. ', ' : (: - . ' . I i ; : 'A ."" - Demanding: that the council move to settle the strike by accepting a compromise increase t)f 12 yr cents an hour, Salem local No. 3050 Friday ent a telegram to the council office in Eugene. Similar meWages went to other unions of the organization, asking; jthat they act independently should , state or valley councils fail to reach terms with employers. Unanimous Vote The messages were sent follow ing what was described as "; unanimous vote by the rank and fue" . of the union at a special meeting Thursday night. State union leaders, invited to the Thursday night session, didn't af rive. But' the telegrams made, it pretty clear that attendance of at least one field man is demanded at another special meeting called for Tuesday night - - wnen ciu unions settled lor a 12 -cent increase recently, they were assured of a o-cent increase in May and another 5 -cent rise in J oly, '.members of the Salem AFL union declare. They believe similar offer has been made to their own leaders, but . maintain - that . the leaders won't appear at a meeting to be questioned. Using CIO Lumber -Meantime, the Salem Lumber and SaVmill ' Workers declare, there is evidence that CIO lumber is feeding one of the capital city's largest industrial plants, that AFL carpenters are working it up, glad to-have jobs and not anxious to question the source , of the ma teriaL Dallas local 2714 may act Mon day night tq oppose the demands or the Salem union, a represen tative of that organization declar ed last night. nsor Limited for Queen Entries In order to simplify the routine for both candidates and their sup porting groups, the committee in charge of the queen contest for the Victory loan in Marion county ruled Friday that each candidate be sponsored officially by one group only. , The committee also urged that all candidates be qualified for the contest hy next Thursday, Novem ber 15, the request being made so that-all candidates in the contest may be Introduced that night at the Victory loan premiere to be staged at the Grand theatre. The six candidates in the race to date, with the sponsoring group for each, are as follows: Beulah Lott, candidate of the Junior chamber of commerce; Bet ty Lou Kayser, Salem . IQwanis dub candidate; . Beth Greenlee, sponsored by the statehouse; Jean Wolcott, candidate from " Miller's store; Faye Larkins, Oregon Pulp and ' Paper company, candidate: Leona Tingelstad, sponsored by the Hollywood Lions club'. . . , j Any organization or firm inter ested In sponsoring a queen is in vited to do so. -Other groups may support a candidate, but each girl is to have but one official spon soring group. . -' . FLAGSTAD TO MOVE OSLO, Norway, Nov. lHUP)-The house In Oslo belonging to Henry Johansen, husband of opera singer Kirsten Flagstad, has been requi sitioned and the couple win have to find a new residence. The house win be taken over by the Belgian legation." . -; . called me by telephone and in formed me that his 60 watt light bulbs had always- been priced at 11 cents, so he thought there must have been a mistake somewhere. The price panel found no viola tion and want to thank you how ever for your interest in -this price control program. If we can be of further service to you we shall be glad to serve you. "-r-. 1 price clerk. '" '. j Friday, November 3, Beckett bought another 60-watt bulb from the same store,- paying again 13 cents.' This time he has kept the carton In . which it came, marked "15" in red crayon, and the cash register slip. A simi lar . set of . souvenirs is in the hands- of a Statesman reporter, who, too, was interested "in this price, control program," but who hesitates to publish her name lest the ORA clamp down on hex as a black market habitue. , .. . . ... - PRO snip einraairDdls Eisenhower to Fly to U.S. to unony - - By Wes GaUagher ' FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov. O-ijPJ-UJS. headquarters announc ed today Gen. Eisenhower would eave "within a few hours" to testify before congressional com mittees in Washington, and au thoritative sdurces predicted his trip was a prelude to an assign ment to succeed Gen. 'George C. AXarshaU as army chief of staff. perhaps late in December. The official announcement said Eisenhower would return to Eu rope Nov. 23 after testifying in the, capital and appearing in Bos ton and Chicago.- - , But rumors have long been cur rent that Eisenhower f would be come chief of, staff, and they have bjeen given credence by the slow ejtodus of officers of his command into . war department positions fhere' they could carry out his policies. It was said unofficially that Eisenhower would stay in Europe only a short time after Nor. 23 to .wind up his command Germany and Austria.. It was learned that Eisenhow ers trip home had been requested by the ar. -department. The fa nious American mmnunder I py- pcteii to advocate to congress the consolidation of armed forces into a national department of defense. Hji was one of the original and most -outspoken advocates of uni fication of the armed services into one . striking force as the chief lesson of this war. Eord Workers to Strike pETROIT, Nov. -an- More than 90 per cent of the Ford Mo tor Co. employes voting in a na tional labor relations board elec tion favored striking to support their 30 per cent wage increase demands, the NLRB announced tonight The vote was 42,235 for a trike and 3951 against, with i 372; ballots voided. "The strike vote, the third con ducted by the NLRB among ICO United Auto Workers members in plants of the automobile Indus-, try's "big three," was taken over three-day period. Civilian Aircraft i - - - Tor Be;Licen8ed of . civilian - aircraft Will; be resumed January 1, 1946, Secretary of State Robert S. Far- reuy jr., announced, here Friday. Civilian planes have not been li censed in Oregon mince 1941. ', The. state law- applies to all aircraft not -licensed by federal authority. The planes, would -be licensed -by the state for a fe of $10 annually while the pilots would be licensed by the state aeronautics board. I The highest number of civilian planet, 40, was lincensed in 1939. r Representative Mott Resting Comfortably WASHINGTON, Nov. MflVNo complications followed an opera tion performed yesterday on Rep resen tative Mott (R-Ore), the congressman's secretary told a re porter today. L . , "He s resting comfortably,' the secretary said. , f The operation, lor removal of en intestinal -obstruction, was per- , formed yesterday at the Bethesda, Md, f naval hospital, where Mott had been under treatment about three! weeks. - - . . " . .-'i j'.. : : L- ' : Amy Engineere to Open Offices Here United States Army Engineers . announced Friday that they would open pinces nere novemoer 19. ; The - engineers were said to. be concerned largely with flood con ditions in the Willamette valley. Under the engineers program, they would report flood danger to the Red Cross. Rivet surveys and dredging also will, be includad la their schedule. , , :... it m bive lest