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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
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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)
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(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
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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
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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.
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the Reins
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and Gen. Dwfeht D. Elsenhower,
Eisenhower,
of Staff Roles
R. SPEAR
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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
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UVUb
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'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.
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Salem,
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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.
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Papers 'Imported' for
Seattle Distribution
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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
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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
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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. ;
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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
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