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Try Claimed
By Matsuoka
TOKYO. Wednesdav. Nov., JI
MP)-Yosuke Matsuoka; former
foreign minister, was quoted in an
Interview with the newspaper
Am hi today as sarins; h had tn-
tended to attempt to conclude a
neutrality pact with the United
biatee before the war, but -the
project failed with downfall of
Premier Fumlnmaro Konoye's ca
binet in October, 1941. !
"War with the United States
was utterly unthinkable, but it
was fate," Asahl quoted , Ma tauo-'
u in i bedside interview at his
Alzome village home In Nagano
prefecture, !.. :
"I understand I am wanted at
Sugamo prison, but I can hardly
walk one block due to hardening
of my entire body. I am 65 and
consider,, that I already am
doomed. .
Matsuoka's eldest ton said ves
terday he was going to see his
father to notify him of General
. MacArtkur' arrest order and to
, determine -If he was-able to-face
, arrest The son said Matsuoka was
suffering from tuberculosis.
(Japan-Geraany-Itaiy) treaty
wun me idea it would lead Ja
pan to peace," the former minis
ter said. "Accordingly, after eon
elusion ef the soviet-Japanese
neutrality pact I intended to go
to the United .States and conclude
peace pact with that country
and talked about it with Konoye.
But I lost the chance to do so
when the '. Konoye cabinet col
lapsed."
(Friends told the Associated
Press that Matsuoka recently re-
a. a mi . . -
peeiea mi puoiic statement, made
early in 1941, that "war between
the United States nd Japan
would mean the end of mankind."
As an example, he prophesied the
current disaster. That presumably
Is what he intended in his "war
Uu utterly unthinkable" i state-
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De Gaulle sees
End of Crisis
PARIS, Nov. 20 -fffV President
De Gaulle, ater day-long politi
cal consultations, expressed confi
dence tonijfht that he would form
a new cabinet and that it would
be' announced soon. . -.)
One government official f said
De Gaulle and representatives .of
France's three major political
parties communist, socialist and
popular republican (MRP) had
agreed today on the division of
the cabinet posts. The sole task
remaining the official declared,
was the selection and acceptance
of the individuals De Gaulle de
sired from esch party.
Earlier, Felix Gouin, president
of the constituent assembly, had
predicted the formation of a cab
Inet by tomorrow since "an ac
cord In principle seems to have
- been realized'' during the day.
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State to Take Over
tjolk Fire Patrol
The state forestry board an
nounces- Tuesday that on Decem
ber 1 Whey would take over the
assets of the Polk County Fire
Patrol association, including re
sponsibility for- fire protection of
the area.
Thfe action was taken after the
Fire (Petrol association reported
that because of the heavy ex
pense involved in fighting the
Black Rock blazes last summer it
la no longer financially able to
continue.
The area under the association
will become a state fire. protec
tion district. . Other districts tak
en over by the forestry board are
the northwest Oregon, southwest
Oregon and the central Oregon
districts.
4-H Leaders Get
Expense Money
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 20
The 'state's two outstanding 4-H
club leaders were named tonight
at the rinth annual banquet spon
sored by the city's advisory coun
cil. The all-state honors were
awarded to Miss Theresa Dehler,
principal of the Mt Angel grade
achool, credited with 21 years
4-H club work'during which she
organized 80 clubs and enrolled
1160 members, and to S. T. Rose,
rural school teacher at Cottage
Grove, with 17 years dub work.
Both will receive $500 toward
expenses attending the, . national
4-H 'conference in Chicago in De
cember. y "'.'..!"'."
FIREMEN CALLED TO BLAZE
Firemen were called to-the 900
block en S. Commercial ' st. to
- put out a car fire. Little damage
; was reported from the blaze.
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WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Adm. J. C. Richardaen (right), once Pal
eifie fleet commander, is greeted by Sen. Alben W.,Barkly (D-Kr)i
imri xurwr uiTcaiisxins committee cnairman, as toe navy man
arrived at hearinc teday te eoatinoe his testimony eoncerninf clrl
enmstaaees ef Jap attack Dee,
Diary Tells of
Amorous Adolf
FRANKFURT,,. Germany, Nov,
20.-,)-Eva Braun wrote ! in her
diary that she was "mistress of
Germany's and the world's great
est man," and threatened to kill
herself when Hitler found a "fat
legged" substitute for her.
She confided to the diary that
Hitler was rather crude in love-
making, never kept his promises,
and sometimes gave her an enve
lope with money without saying a
word.
, Entries in the book, found in
Eva's treasure chest, covered the
four-month period from February
to May 1935, and were translated
by U. S. intelligence officers. They
gave the first Intimate details of
Hitler, the lover.
Mrs. Power
Awaits Tyrone
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 20-(Pi
Pert, blonde Annabella said to
night she would be "sticking wiz
pins and needles and walking on
air" tomorrow when Marine Lt
Tyrone Power arrives here aboard
the USS Marvin Mclntyre from
Japan. -
Here to surprise her screen-
stage star husband, the Paris-
born star chattered vivaciously.
"I know' I feel nervous, but Ty
rone hell be wild." she said.
He thinks I'll be waiting for him
in San Francisco." ' . -
The Powers expect to be in
Hollywood in time for "Thanks
giving turkey, Annabella said.
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Giamber of Commerce
At Silverton Elects
SILVERTON R. A. Fish was
elected president of the Silverton
chamber of commerce at their
annual election meeting Tuesday
night .
C. B. ' Anderson was elected
treasurer. Directors named were
Clint Weiby, Christian Peterson
and Clifford Almquist. ErrolRoss
is th outgoing prseident.
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Dutch Troops
To Withdraw
BATAVIA, Java, Nov. 21.-(fff
On instructions from the allied
command, all Dutch and Dutcll-
aative troops-are being withdraw
from Batavia, it was announced
today. f
All communique said "in con
nection with the. serious outbreaks
of disorder in Batavia on Nov. 8
and Nov. 20. and on instructions
of the allied command, all Dutch
and; native troops are being with
drawn from Batavta.
British Thunderbolts blasted In
donesian positions at Semaraig
in central Java with 500pourd
bombs today, and renewed fightilg
in Batavia killed or wounded 0
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U.S. Producing
More A-Bombi
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -?)-
President Truman disclosed to
day that America'a great atonpc
factories are still producing his
tory's most destructive bombs, but
he herd out to the world the pos
sibility that later these bo
might be scrapped and their
plosives devoted . to . peaceti
uses. if
The time when this can be d
me presiaent ? made clear a
news conference, will depend ion
reaching a state of international
security which he expressed con
fidence will be reached some time
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Portland to Revive
'Fairly-Tale' Parade
PORTLAND. Nov. 20 -(IF- For
uie ursx lime since 1941. Port
land's retail trade bureau will
sponsor a mile-long "fairy lale
parade" Friday,, with Santa C&us
Deaming irom; a 40-foot sleigh!
cmidren will flock to see Ithe
1 bands. 12 floats and Droceslion
f story book characters. f
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B-29 Smashes Non-Ston Flurht
Travelling
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O.-0VThe United States amy air
forces took a seven -war old tmrA fmm Rrifafn fJi .
B-29 landed here after an 8198
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instrument, flew the long haul
It passed through Seven Storm
wu uikcuuuiuLuy sioppea to con
serve fuel on the run across the
United States.
The British record of 7.158
miles had 'remained intact since
two English planes flew from
Egypt ! to Australia non-stop in
1938. : ..!.;
The flight ending today, third
non-stop trip by . superfortresses
from far pacific areas, had two
purposes, said the AAF:. To dem
onstrate the range and capabili
ties of American military air
craft; to Ishow the vulnerabili
ties of our- country to enemy at
tack from vast distance."
A short'! time before sighting
Cape Flattery. northwest of Se
attle, the flight engineers recom
mended that the port outbome
engine be? stopped. CoL Clarence
Irvine, on of the two pilots, said
the idea was this:
"The four engines had been
running at 30 per cent power out
put to economize on gasoline but
as higher altitudes were reached
the cold affected operation of the
engines and they developed vi
brationt. The fourth engine
therefore was stopped and the
power on the other three increas
ed to warm them. The result was
to keep the plane flying with the
aame fuel economy but without
the dangerous vibration from cold
engines. 4 '
Reds in Capital
Of Manchuria
CHUNGKING, Nov. 20-vP)-Chinese
communists and nation
alist forces raced today for stra
tegic positions within Manchuria,
said press reports which indicat
ed the reds were in the lead of
the contest with entry into Chang
chun, capital of the huge terri
tory. I
Unofficial reports said Gener
alissimo 'Chiang Kai-Shek's gov
ernment and soviet officials would
soon open a new conference in
MoscowJ or Chungking on the
critical situation in Manchuria.
Santiam Highways
ed for Traffic
i Both the North and South San
tiam highways, closed Sunday be
cause ofa 500-foot snow slide two
miles elst of their junction near
the summit,! were reopened for
traffic Tuesday, R. H. Baldock,
state highway engineer, announc
ed here. Tuesday.
Baldock said packed snow re
mained on the highways. High
ways slated to remain closed dur
ing the' winter include the Mc
Kenzie pass. Mt. Hood loop, east
and west Diamond lake. Crater
iaKe and Oregon caves route.
Chains were advised ' t all
mountain passes.
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Neuner probes
State Election
Legislation
Attorney General George Neu
ner Tuesday was continuing his
investigation of the Oregon elec
tion laws to determine definitely,
among other things,! whether the
major political parties have au
thority to nominate candidates to
succeed Representative James W.
Mott, 1st Oregon district, who
died recently. 1
, The attorney general indicated
that it would be several days be
fore he reaches a definite deci
sion. Under a previous I opinion
of Attorney General I. H. Van
Winkle, handed down ; several
yean ago, it appeared a though
only two methods were open for
the nomination of randidates for
the congressional job. One was
by assembly of 250 Voters and the
other by petition.
There were reports here Tues
day, eminating from Portland,
that a mandamus proceeding may
be filed against Secretary of State
Robert S. Farrell,
jjr., to compel
him to accept nominations of can-
didates by politica
parties.
In event Neuner
litical parties mar
holds that po-
nominate the
chairmen of the republican and
democratic state central com
mittees would call, the chairmen
of the county central committees
into conference and select nomi
nees. There are 10 (counties in the
first congressionalj district.
Reports were current Tuesday
that Lyman Ross, Washington
county democrat, will be a can
didate to succeed, Mott.
Ross served in the state house
of representatives
the state senate from 1939 to 1941.
He was a candidate for congress
at the primary election in 1942
but was defeated
Reflection on Noble
Apple-Selling Trade
... FORT LEWIS, Wash. A
WAC interviewer at the Fort
Lewis separation center was
trying- to convince a: GL about
to be dlscharfed, of the valee
of Investing hj Victory bonds.
"Too don't jwant te end up
selling apples,' de yon?" she
warned. I
"You bet I do," the soldier
replied with sudden interest.
I own an apple orchard in
Wena tehee." i
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Elliott Named
To Power Post.
Appointment of Robert B. El
liott as chief of the Bonneville
power administration's utilization
section was announced today by
Administrator Paul J. Raver.
Before Joining the Bonneville
staff Elliott served with the war
production board as head of the
office ef civilian requirements for
Oregon and southern Washington.
He was also in charge of the gov
ernment division, WPB; chairman
of the community facilities com
mittee and member of the area
production urgency committee.
Price Boost for
Dinners Denied
Ti Holiday dinner prices will be
down to the 1942-43 level in Sa
lem this year. Salem Restaurant
association officers made the an
nouncement Tuesday following
receipt of notification from the
national restaurant operator's or
ganization to the effect that the
OPA had cancelled the permis
sion to charge 13 per cent more
for such meals which was granted
last year.
Dinners for Thanksgivtmr.
Christmas and New Year's must
be priced according to 1942
menus 11 these are available, or
must be based on 1943 nrices. in
most cases the same as the 1942.
These are on file with the OPA
as freeze prices of April, 1943,
Salem restaurant men said.
Extras may be offered for ser
vice with the dinner and may
be priced seoaratelv but cannot
be included in a "dinner for which
a flat charge i listed higher than
mat made for a similar dinner
two years ago.
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OKLAHOMA CITY. Nov. 20-(iF)-Aligning
himself with other
military leaders, Vice Adm. Marc
A. Mitscher, deputy chief of naval
operations, today gave his general
approval to some form ot univer
sal military training.
MAt j present I believe 111 give
it general 'approval. I don't think
military training' will hurt any
young man," the admiral said at a
press " conference. He announced
he would appear before a congres
sional committee shortly to give
his views. -
Mitscher said that based on his
own experience in the navy in re
cent years, youths 20 years old
are at the best age to start their
training as naval aviators.
"Our studies show," he explain
ed, "that 18 is a bit too young and
that 24 is too old."
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Move Blocked by Senate
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -(V
The senate today blocked a new
administration attempt to delay
return of the United States- em
ployment service to the states.
The action came during final
passage of a measure cutting back
government spending, this fiscal
year by $51,244, 680, 213 in view
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Shut Up-Doctor's Order
NEW YORK, Nov. zo--rranic
Sinatra lost his voice today and
was ordered by his doctor to close
his mouth for 24 hours to avoid
serious damage to his much swoon-
ed-at vocal chords.
Dri Irving Goldman, Sinatra's
throat specialist, said the singer's
voice was completely worn out
and ordered him to not even speak.
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