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9! IKloinniesicEs Balby Boy IFoaomidl m IDoviniftoivini SaBeKm Steirs ' A chubby baby boy, hundredi of milei from home and sobbing for "mama," was in the hands of . county Juvenile! officers today. - The sturdy, 14-month-old tot apple-cheeked, blue-eyed and blond was discovered late Tues day afternoon on the stairway leading to the Reynolds clinic at 218 N. Liberty. His helDless cries . attracted Bernice Struckmeier, clinic nurse, who took him into the office, where two patients, while trying to amuse him, found this hand-written note on an en velope in his pocket: "Please return Chuck to 3217 w. juaurosse, apoaane, wasn io Mrs. Mise, phone Broadway 3476. Turn this over to police.' Chilled through, coughing be ; According to pretty well au- ! thenticated v reports our " array overseas is not making as good a showing in the peace, as it' did in the fighting. Creeping into news papers and news magazines are stories of serious misconduct on the part of both enlisted men and officers. Word-of-mouth stories of what is going on in countries which our armies occupy. Already the French people are said to be pretty much disgusted with Amer icans, complaining their conduct is more offensive than that of the German soldiers. Complaints relate to looting and i to sex offenses for the most part. This is not original with the Amer ican army; but perhaps our repu tation was better so the habitants of other countries are shocked at learning our men are not plaster saints. But it does seem that our army discipline has been poor. General Eisenhower himself re cently gave orders to improve de portment of men, including spruc ing up in dress and appearance. The GIs are not to be criticised so badly for breaking discipline when -they see what the officers do. Many of the officers have been A " i earn cm 4sitrtA mrvina Th have seized the better living quar ters, surrounded themselves with local luxuries of liquors and food and women,! and even hired GIs to loot chests of silver for them from private dwellings. Soldiers Who have had to serve as orderlies for dissolute officers have been thoroughly disgusted with the way they have carried on. In Japan three marine officers are reported to have made secret marriages with Japanese girls of good family. The marriages were made with , (Continued on editorial page) Negotiations on Bakery Strike. Near Finish Negotiations for the settlement of the Smith Bakery walkout were near completion, after Er nest Smith, owner of the firm, re ported that the misunderstanding was being cleared up and that the bakery would be open today . Union officials said that five bakers, three truck drivers and two wrappers, members of local IfiH - Ralrprr inH Pnnfari Innar Workers, had not gone back to work, however, and would re main idle until the matter was completely settled. . The walkout was called Tuesday after the union alleged that a ' baker at the Smith plant refused to loin the union and that Smith had refused to pay certain of the help overtime. . 27 Decrees at Airport . The mercury dropped to 27 de- MN. 1 . - 1 . sicn iiicmsT. Ljrinu in v in nn . the coldest weather since last winter, the weather bureau at day. I Rising temperatures today Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRICH, "Hft awfully touchy this . tun vi jruf Off SQQHfi mm P0 Cho gun gyndicu : M-U tween bis sobs, the homesick youngster was taken to police headquarters and placed in the custody of Nona White, juvenile officer, who took him to friends in the country to spend the night The ' mystery . was cleared . somewhat late in the evening when The Statesman, in a tele phonic conversation with Mrs. - Mise in Spokane, was informed that the baby was Charles Baker, ' her grandson and the son of Mrs. Jane Baker who Mrs. Mise said lived in Seattle. i Mrs. Mise, anxious over the child's condition and eager to see him, said the boy had been With -her . until two weeks ago when, she said, her daughter came to Spokane and said "she couldn't Handed A dm. Chester W. Nlmitz, (left) i ii iiiiii ii ii i iij ii i hi i in npi i ii i i i(i i i ii iii W WW.- ver waww (right) named by President Truman yesterday to beceme chiefs of staff of the navy and the army. I Truman Names Nimitz to Chief By WILLIAM WASHINGTON, Nov. 204-6TVPresiient Truman designated new commanders for the army and navy today to lead the transi tion to peace Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. i Eisenhower succeeds General chief of staff immediately. His nomination was sent to the senate Sackett Adds Suit Against j State Reo. Hill L M Sheldon F. Sackett Coos Bay newspaper publisher, piled suit in the Marion county circuit court Tuesday attacking the right of State Representative Earl Hill, Cushman, Lane county, to serve both as a member of the legisla ture and the state fish commis sion. ! t I A week ago a similar suit was! i i filed against Merle Chessman, As toria newspaperman, who is now serving as , state senator from: Clatsop ccunty and a member of the state highway commission.' Both suits were based on a con stitutional provision that no per son shall hold positions in any two branches of the state govern ment at the same time. f A third suit, attacking the au thority of W. H. Strayer, Baker, to serve as state senator from Baker county and a member of the state board of geology and minerals industries will be filed here next w week, W. L. Jossliii, attorney for Sackett, said. I , Attorney General George Neu- ner Tuesday filed a motion in the circuit court -asking that cer tain alleged extemporaneous mat ters be stricken from the com! plaint in the Chessman case. Neu- nec said he particularly objected to an editorial published in the Coos Bay Times which was jst tached to the complaint - BECK TIRED OF STRIKE SEATTLE, Nov. 20 -JP)- "The lumber strike has gone on long enough and the negotiators should go back into conference." This was the statement tonight of Dave Beck, teamsters' union leader. He refused to add to this statement OSC Purchases Output of f By L&Iie Madsen ' Farm Editor, The Statesman . A supply of ammonium sul phate for Oregon farmers avail able immediately has een as sured through arrangements for manufacturing at least 2500 tons of this material, and possibly 5000 tons, at the new aluminum plant at Salem. Final arrangements (for this supply were made during a visit in Washington of Arthur S. King, extension specialist in soils, who enlisted the aid of Senator Guy Cordon and the , reconstruction finance corporation. The Colum bia Metals corporation, acting as agents for the RFC, is operating the Salem plant and will do the manufacturing. :t Z . Aluminum J " i1 stand it without Chuckle any longer.1 The grandmother said the boy's father and toother were divorced, and that f the . former was in the merchant marine. Little Charles appeared-bap-pier after receiving Jkind atten tion last night. When found he was 4 dressed warnily in the snowsuit, corduroy fpants, knit shirt and mittens, but it was evi dent he was developing a bad cold. No spare clothing or food was found with hint Mrl. White told This Statesman it appeared that as son as feasi ble the child probably would be turned over to the grandmother, who was understood! to be en- route Jhere today. x the Reins f- Z4, (- 4 and Gen. Dwfeht D. Elsenhower, Eisenhower, of Staff Roles R. SPEAR I I George C. Marshall (as army where confirmation appeared cer- tain all; congressmen who com mented praised his appointment. Meanwhile he will serve; as acting chief of staff. Nimitzl will replace Acjmiral Er nest J. King as chief; of naval operations after Christmas. Mean while Nimitz will return to his Pacific fleet command. . General Joseph T. McNaraey, who commanded U. S. (forces in the Mediterranean theater, suc ceeds Eisenhower as commander. of U. S.i forces in the European theater, commander-in-chjef of the U. S. ocdiDation forces in German v and U. S. representative on the allied control council for Germany, The formerlyxseparate European and Mediterranean theaters will be combined next month! Admiral Raymond IE. $pruance, commander of the fifth fleet, will step up to Nimitz place fas naval commander-in-chief in the Pacific, King had the title of fcomman- der-in-chlef of the U. S fleet as well as chief of naval operations but the former title was abolished about two months : ago In a de partmental reorganization; Bond Chieftains UrgeJParchasf of Premiere Tickets E-bond ; purchasers wishing to get ticket! for the next bnd pre- mi ere, Euffy's Tavern, Jshowing December" 5 at the Elsiifiore, are being urged to get them this week. They are given out on the basis of "first come, first serves, bond headquarters , reports. This premiere is one of the ef forts of the theatres to promote ale of E bonds. QUINTUPLETS BORN MEDELXJN, Colombia, INov. 20 (Jf) Quintuplets were bra pre maturely .today to Carmen VaJ lesta de Castro and they died shortly afterwards. Entire Plant to Although it was necessary for the OSC extension service Jto pur-: chase the:: entire quantity from the Columbia Metals corporation, the material will be disljributed through local dealers wh$ agree to handle it on a limited jnargin, King explains. These maximum margins ate $2 per ton for sales made directly off a car of truck, and $4 per ton for material that passes through the dealer! ware house. The entire cost jto the growers Will be approximately the same is the regular price for ammonium sulphate in past years. , Government aid in making this emergency;: supply available in Oregon was obtained on the basis that, without this unusual ar rangement, growers would, be left Ml- f 1 : .IP ' Ammonium Sulpliate UVUb pany 'Stalls' Qn IParleys 1 Unanimous Vote t Decides Union I To Abandon Jobs j DETROIT, Nov. 20.-(ff-Au-thoritative sources, close to high ranking officers of the United Auto Workers (CIO), said to hight that a general strike of 825,000 General Motors corpora tion employes is to begin at 11 km. (EST) Wednesday. 3 DETROIT, Nov. 20.-Cfly-The United Auto Workers (CIO) to night called a general strike of the 325,000 employes of General Motors corporation but did not announce the day and hour set for the walkout. The action, announced 6y R. J. Thomas, international UAW presi dent, affects General Motors plants in 20 states but Thomas Would not say whether all would be involved simultaneously. - 3 "We have set the strike date but do not want to announce it as yet," Thomas asserted. Thomas' announcement climaxed a succession of rapidly moving events which began earlier today when General Motors said it would reply on or before Friday to a union demand that wage issues be submitted to arbitration. The UAW had set 4 p xn. (EST) today as a de'aline for company reply to the proposal. The 200 delegates to the GM council of the UAW termed, the company reply "a stall pure and Simple," and spent little time in voting unanimously in favor of a strike. j . Accident Toll t 5, ed Combat Bosses in AAF , OKLAHOMA CITY, Nov. 20-(Pj-Flying accidents cost more than 28,000 lives In the army air forces during the war and de stroyed 22,000 airplanes more than were destroyed by the Ger mans and Japs combined. CoL George C Price, chief of the office of flying safety of the AAF, disclosed that today In an address to the third national avi ation clinic, a conference of all elements in aeronautics. He used the story of the air force accident record a record which showed that the accident rate . was lower throughout the war than it everj had been in peacetime to plead for concert ed faction by the aviation indus try to retard and j reduce n already- alanaing rise in civilian flying crash statistics. , i Salem Police jOff icer Suffers Broken Back i R. R. (Buck) Main, widely known ci$y police officer, is in a faii condition at the Salem Gen eral hospital after a fall from the roof of his home Tuesday, result ed In a fractured back First aid men who were called to the scene said ithat May was attempting to clean! the gutters of his I home when the ladder slip ped. with practically' no ammonium sulphate available for such vital crops as grass seedj pastures and early vegetables. On this basis theiRFC agreed to subsidize the operation to a certain extent and have raw materials shipped to the Salem plant for manufactur ing.! No other supply was avail able1 nor in sight this season in this ; region, says King. Actual distribution of the am monium sulphate wul be handled by the Woodburn Feed and Sup ply company. Orders can be sent to hem t. direct by dealers or through King's office. All county agents have been notified of the arrangement and can advise growers or local dealers on fur ther? details. I I NuiETY-nrTn YEAH 12 PAGES Com Topp a i rt Assure upplv - - . ! i. i U;-LwLILrNA Salem, OffD NOV. 20. With varied expressions Hearing menu against them are read at opening of their trials In Nnernberr, Germany. Twenty went en trial today. Left to right (front) are Reichsmarssal Herman Geerinr, Rndolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Field Marshal Wilhelm KeiteL Left te rUht (rear) are Grand Adm. Karl Doenits, Grand Adm. Erich Raeder, Baldnr von Schlrach and SS and 8A Gen. Frits SanckeL (AP Wlrephoto via radio today from Naernberg) Nazis Listen to Indictments On First! Day Rudolf Hess, Alleged Amnesia Victim, Joachim Von Ribbentrop Stricken, j Revived During Course of Session ( By NOLAND NUERNBERG, Germany, nazis, once masters of Europe, sat meekly in a small oak-paneled courtroom today: and listened to a five-hour recital of war crimes for Which- they may answer with their lives. The fallen leaders, stripped their gaudy military trappings, them even j appearing bored as i the 24,000-word indictment was read at the opening session of the international war crimes tribunal.. But two of them fell ill during NUERNBERG. Nov. Attorneys for 19 of the 20 nasi leaders facing the international war crimes tribunal challenged the legality of the trial today en the grounds that: It constituted retroactive law. f the long day. Rudolf Hess, former No. 2 nazi, suffered an attack of abdominal 'Cramps! during a court recess, and later Joachim von Rib bentrop, former foreign minister, collapsed and received sedatives. Hess was able W remain in the courtroom and doctors said von Ribbentrop would! be ready for tomorrow's session when the de fendants will enter; pleas of Inno cence or guilt to charges that they waged aggressive warfare, violat ed the rules of war, and partici pated in the slaying of millions. ! K Papers 'Imported' for Seattle Distribution i s KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Not. , tO-(AVTh Ketchikan Chron icle Issued a "Sunset Air Ex press" edition this afternoon for newspaperless Seattle, where the three dailies are tied np by a Typographical union strike. This, said the Chronicle, was Its first, foreign edition," published for "readers In sa Durban Seattle. The issue; was sent south by plane and was te arrive in Seattle late tonfeht. County Grand Jury Passes Out Indictments - Eighteen indictments, several of them secret, were reported out by the Marion eounty( grand Jury Tuesday. Defendants Included: Giles C RaymerJ false swear In sr: Walter Rhoades. larceny by bailee; Pat Lacey, Jorgery; C H. Dunn, obtaining money by false pretenses; R. L. Moore, forgery. Oregon. Wednesday Morning. November 21. 1345 CD A Recital of Their these eight nasis charged with of Nuernberg Trials NORGAARD Nov. 20.-,)-Twenty top-flight of both their arrogance and were outwardly calm some of Group Delays Fire Chief Exam I , ! Promotional examinations for fire chief will not be given with in the next 60 days, City Record er Al Mundt said Tuesday follow ing a meeting of the city civil service commission. 1 Examinations for positions in the police department: which in clude radioman, sergeants, police patron, juvenile officer, stenogf rapher and bicycle clerk, will be held sometime within that period, Mundt added. ' Members of the commission are Arthur Moore, chairman; and Lyle Page and A. A. Gueffroy, members. Mundt is chief exam iner. - J Marion County Salem, Lags in Victory Bonds With but 18 days left before of ficial closing of the Victory Loan, Marion county, as of this morn ing, has subscribed but 41-per cent of its total quota and only about 25 per cent of its E bond quota. ; "The time has come to face the facts and to act Marion county is lagging, woefully, said Doug las R. Yeater, county war finance chairman, in analyzing the stand-; ings. ' The county passed the million dollar mark Tuesday. Figures at the close of bond headquarters last evening listed $1,095,961 as the grand total in all issues to date, E bonds amounting to $401, 359. - Salem as against the rest of the county combined is away behind, Yeater said. Of its E-bond quota of $915,000, the city to date has purchased but $280,101.50; while the county figures, ! taking In everything , outside of Salem, amount to $121,257.50 out of a quota of $235,000. Turner and ML AngeL both over the top In total figures, are setting the pace in Marion county, with Woodbrn 1 I nrn j n DBDD lo3ll(glSKa. 1 t Sordid Story war crimes listen today as indict Beth Greenlee I Moves to 3rd In Queen Contest i Standings in queen contest as of Tuesday: Beth Greenlee, candidate from statehouse, moved into third place, Faye Larkins, Salem Lions club candidate, still way in front for lead with Jean Wolcott, the Miller store candidate, holding firmly to second place. Standings are as follows: Faye Larkins, Salem i Lions club, $32,900 of E bonds. Jean Wolcott, Miller store, $23, 127.5Q of E bonds. Beth Greenlee, s t a t e house, $17,775 of E bonds. Betty Lou Kayser, Salem Ki wanis club, $15,475. 1 Beulah Lott, Junior Chamber fof Commerce, $9250 of E bonds. Leon a Tingelstad, Hollywood Lions club, .'-$4250 of E bonds. ; 1 i ..--". - 1 HERE COME THE NYLONS 1 WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -JPp Congress heard today that around 24,000,000 pairs at nylon hose will be ready for American women for the Christmas trade. Particularly and Silverton not far behind Turner is over its E bond quota. too, and Mt. Angel is practically over the goal. In statistics compiled for the record! Tuesday, Silverton had 50 per cent of its E bond quota filled and 78 per cent of its total; Stay- ton had 42 per cent of its E bonds in but jonly 24 per cent of its total quota;! Woodburn listed 73 per cent of its E bonds sold and 80 per cept of its total. K Turner loomed past its goal last week but did not file officially with the bond headquarters un til Tuesday, showing $10,358 In as against a quota of $10,000. Mrs. H. M. Weishaar Is chairman for the Turner area with Mrs. Louis Hennies as co-chairman. For the grand total, all issues, the county areas have subscribed $257,893.75 of a quota of $470,000;. while the Salem area has brought in but $838,067.25 of a quota of $220.000. - "It would be a much happier Thanksgiving for all of us if we could make even the 50 per cent mark in E bonds by the holiday ," Yeater said. (Story in C q I u m n 4) No, 205 Admiral Reveals Strategy By J. W. Davis WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. HAP) Admiral J. O. Rich ardson testified today h heard with amazement in 1940 that. President Roose velt was considering shutting off all Japanese trade with the Americans if Japan moved against the British. i "I was amazed and I stated that the fleet was not prepared to put the proposal into -effect or for the war that would result,' the former commander in chitf of the fleet told the Joint senate fa euse committee investigating Pearl Harbor. ' Richardson said the Roosevelt plan, as described to him by the late Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, called for the establish ment of patrol lines in the Pacific to bar Japanese ships from the Americas. As the admiral was testifying, a new fight over the investigation exploded on the senate floor. r There, Senator Tun n ell (D Del) asserted that republicans on the inquiry committee were "apologists for Japan. He de scribed them as "kimono boys' and contended they were trying "to smirch the memory of Mr. Roosevelt Senator Saltonstall (R-Mass) and Minority Leader White of Maine," jumped quickly to their colleagues' defense. Sals ton stall expressed c o n f i- dence in the Integrity of commit tee members and said he waa sure none was "trying to bring to anything of slanderous nature for his own aggrandizement" (Additional details on Page ' Lack of Death Warrant Saved Andrew Dennis The state -supreme court; hold ing that no death warrant was is sued in the case of Andrew Den nis, accused of slaying his mother-in-law, Anna Belle McNallen, in a Portland apartment house last year, remanded Dennis to the sheriff of Multnomah county for resentencing. Dennis was scheduled for exe cution last Friday but the execu- tion was delayed by the supreme court when Edwin D. Hicks, at torney for Dennis, filed a habeas corpus proceeding. The court held that Dennis was legally committed to the custody of the Multnomah county sheriff and delivered to the penitentiary. Both Hicks and Assistant attorney General Fred Miller agreed that . there was no death warrant but . Miller contended that Dennis le gally was In custody of the peni tentiary warden. - Dennis sat unmoved in, the su preme court chamber during the arguments of attorneys. Deputy, Sheriffs Ben Bailey and Howard' Kelly left for Portland late Tues day afternoon with 'the prisoner. When? Judge Hawkins win resen tence Dennis was not Indicated here. ' The law provides that at least 30 days shall, elapse between the passing of a death sentence and the execution which means that friends of Dennis will have am ple time to seek a commutation of the death sentence to life im orisonment from Governor Earl Sneil who Is now enroute to Sa lem from Wyoming. j Wcatk er Mm San francisco 44 .00 St J0O n . st JW S3 M Sileak (Portland Seattle msyttiMlA.A II 4t- ; Prlc Se . v Max. t 1 M , ; s - 41 .. SS FORECAST (from JS. weather tro roau. McNary field, Salem) I Part)r . f cloudy, early mominc foga. Clearing before Boon. Maxiaottia S4 and I. O. Noland, forgery. t - - t - . ! ?
