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MANILA, Saturday. Dee. l-W-Th
military conimissien trying
Lt ; Gen. Toinoyuki Yatnashita on
war crime charge today rejects
ed "not fuUty" motion which
defense counsel asked on conclud
ing it case- The trial has been
in progress smce October "IS.
Yatnashita yesterday testified in
a 45 minute futtural speech be
neither ordered nor condoned Jap
anese atrocities in the Philippines
and asserted he would, punish the
' perpetrators now if he had. the
power. ,
Today a - written statement Jty
Yamashtta, giving his views on, a
commander's responsibility, was
entered in the record.
Yamashita contended that if the
order of a -commanding , officer
made it possible for a subordinate
toi permit lor condone atrocities
then the commanding officer
should receive criminal punish
ment But he argued that if a com
manding; "officer ttook all means
possible against atrocities, and a
subordinate'; condonedthem at a
time and place not. known to the
corrunanding'officer, then the com
mandmf officer should not be held
-accou atable.i
. '. -fit I could have foreseen these
things," the grim conqueror of
Singapore muttered, . "I would
have concentrated all my efforts
to prevent them"
Dramatically he concluded with
a solemn'oath: '
,"1 will swear to heaven and
earth to the truth of these points.
Lindy9 Nearly
SlwtDowhin
Nip Air Battle
NORTH HOLLYWOOD. Calif.,
Nov. S UPh- Charles A. Lind
bergh, who was stationed on Biak.
as a technician, narrowly escaped
being'shot down When he accom
. pamea a ngmer mission over
Truk, Capt. Jloberfc Delia ven, 23,
disclosed today;
DeHaven said Lindbergh-was
with three fliers of Hhe 475th
fighter group when:
"They encountered Zeros and
"' Lindbergh's j guns jammed. Col
onel (Charles A.) MacDjonald shot
down , a Nip1 that waa drawing a
bead on, Lindbergh's tail.; It was
after this that - Gen. George C.
Kenney, Far Eastern air forces
commander, f prdered that Lind
bergh not be permitted to fly
combat miaaions." .
DeHaven described the incident
as occurring; a few days after a
- flight over (Halmahera, "during
.which Lindbergh shot down a
Nip." He identified Colonel Mac-
- Donald as commanding officer of
. the 475th. ; !
extinguish chimney fire
Police were, called to 15th and
Chemekeia streets- to put out a
chimney ' lire - last evening. No
damage resulted.
City Engineer Claims Salem's
Drainage System Inadequate,
Although-Salem may never again see flood days when steam
boats, chug, up to the court house steps and water' stands four feet
deep above ,the handrail on the South Church street bridge never
theless th city a present, two million dollar sewer and drainage
system ia far from adequate.
So stated Harold Davis, city en
gineer; at the Salem Board of
Realtor's business luncheon Friday
noon, in outlining SalemU drain
age problem. . I
Grewtag Tao Fast -
Declaring that his job carried
mor than Its share of. headache
Davis pointed out that : from the
laying for the first sewer line on
Ferry street in 1887 hla . office's
chief task has been to anticipate
floods before they .happened.' But
'to date,: he said, , Salem's rapid
growth has far outstripped the in
stallation of adequate drainage fa-
.. cilities. ; l-" - . : .. I
"Th normal top capacity of
North Mill creek is only liOO sec
ond feet of water," Davis told the
board. "And yet a flood capacity
of 8000 second feet has been timed
t the annex, resulting in over
flows and floods. The Shelton
ditch project in southeast Salem,
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Too Late to Classify
WELL PERSON Who picked up purse
In Golden Pheasant Friday evening
please mail to the one whose -address
is on article inside. Contents .valuable
to owner. Reward., .
VJT.W. Victory Club
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'Old-Hag Dancing
TOIIZGIIT
Ceroer 114
Chareh Streets
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Elliott's Dog Locez Head for
Fight Whh RoosevdfiFcdd
ALBANY, N. Y, Nov. SO-(V-
Th late President Sooaevelt's b
loved Scottle, FaU, although
Whipped la a tangla with Eliott
Roosevelfs BuU Maatiff, Blase.
till is top dog at the family's Hyde
Park estate. r
Uttla Tala's opponent, the US-
pound Blaze, who broke into, the
news last January when Ida high
priority for tranacontineotal travel
"bumped off thr .aataka .man
from -an-army transport Ttane, waa
killed by vatorinarian.
Blast's -head wae. -eant to the
stat health department for tests
for rabies, which was found not
present, the department said to
day. -
'Cellist Thrills Audience With
Feeling, Color in Local Concert
.'j y By Maxin Barefli
Ask any one of an auditoiriuni full.' of people who attended
the concert Friday night and he would eclare j the violoncello
to be ihis favorit instrument abd GregorPiattgorsky his choice
of musicians. 1 ' ":!hj;: ' ..1"
Probably no concert has sothrilled jthe audience here a the
one which the great 'cellist gave, and those Who know little of
Civil Service
Men Discuss
Examinations
Discussing plans for examina
tion of applicants for full-time di
rector of the state civil service
commission, created by the 1945
legislature, and transaction of rou
tine business, featured Friday's
meeting of the commission here.
. The examinations will be held
in several sections of the United
States early in December. A num
ber of applicants will receive their
tests in Salem and Portland. Other
examinations w i 11 be held in
Washington. D. C, and in other
eastern cities, A total of 22 appli
cants will i write in the original
examinations which will be fol
lowed by oral tests.
1 The office will carry a salary of
between $4500and $5000 a year.
J. N.- Chambers. Salem, is chair
man 'of the commission.
Former Salem
Resident Dies
v News of the death of Mrs. H. L
Standley former Salem resident
who-tii'ed Thursday at her home,
461 West D st., in Colton, Calif,
has been received by the Stand
leys' former neighbor, Mrs. W. L.
Close, 1745 State st
Mrs. Standley, the wife of a
widely sknown Salem insurance
man, died unexpectedly. Before
their removal to Colton last year,
they had .resided; in Salem 25,
years and (were active members
of the Methodist church..'
A sister, Mrs. John D. Foley,
survives. Funeral services" will be
held in Colton at 2 p.ra. Tuesday.
although under much controversy
at the time, takes care of a lot . of
this loose water.''
The recently built-up east Salem
area and underpass section north J
Of the city show signs of wanting
to be included into Jhe city proper.
Davis noted. But added that sewer
and drainage facilities in those
area's are practically nil and will
be for some time.
N Desire
"Though residents of' the south
Salem area around . Hoyt street
have had a first class city sewer
system awaiting them for ten years
they apparently have expressed no
desire to take advantage of it via
annexation," the engineer stated.
The board voted Winnie Petty
john, , Fred Rawlins and Leon C.
Cooney to represent the board at
large on th nominating committee
to name 'the executive board for
the coming year
DEMONSTRATION TO END
CHICAGO, Nov. 30 yP) A
week-long demonstration walkout
against Montgomery Ward and
Company units in ' 26 cities .will
end fas scheduled" tomorrow
night,! the Union' Involved in the
walkout said tonighC , - f,V,
SMELT RUN REPORTED
ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 0 -P)
Fishermen today reported run
of silver, smelt, rare In Ihls area,
near CTatskaiuV. J" ":
; S&L Dec. 1
SilVerloit K. ! Hall
Sponsored by Lions Club
1 I - MUSIC BY -Wayne
8trachan's Orchestra .
Phono iZTtl SOrertoa
Tfce
i. lira- tleanor Roosevelt, widow
of -taw lat president, bad no com
aaent oh av report 4hat ah ordered
Bias destroyad after th dog fight
Saturday. While visiting the Roose
velt estate, Fala encountered Bias
on a lawn. They fought Elaxe was
uninjured, Fala was -sent to a dog
hospiUL ." tri .' I . , ' i t
! Last Jjuary-rUiott, than an
army air forvas oieiv sent the
Mastiff from oversees to his wife.
Actress! Faye Xmerson, who was
In California.
When askd by th Herald Tri
bun in New York City about th
fight, Mrs. FJeanor Roosevelt Mid,
"I don't see that! this is anyone's
business except th family's.'
music except that they either do
or do not like it seemed to have
felt most deeply his art. Many had
not expected to be so moved by a
cellisU I
Lost for Words 1 '
This f-evjew must necessarily be
short, not because the concert is
deserving off only :-a. brief rnen-
lion, but because a mere layman's
words are inadequate. I cannot
describe an artist's colors, nor the
'cellists tones, r i " i
Piatigorsky's selection of music
was almost entirely of melodious
compositions,' deep and passionate
in feeling. The Sibelius "Malin
conia," Saint-Saens' "Allegro Ap
passionato," a Chopin nocturne in
C sharp minor, ; and the encores
Debussy's "Romance," and t'The
Swan" by Saint-Saens. There were
the livelier minuets by Schubert,
Divertimento' by Mozart, a Valse
and march from Prokofief fs
"Piecesjfor Children" and MHora
Staccato" by Dinicu-Heifetz also
aft encore. j . ',
Piatigorsky's own variations on
a theme of Paganini showed the
capabilities, of the 'cello as did the
Dancei of Terror" bv deFalla,
tSrieg SonaU ' I " ' I '
Of special merit was the beau
fill Grieg sonata in A minor writ
ten fori: piano and 'cello, and the
pianist Ralph Berkowitz shared
honors (with tiatigorsky in a very
beautiful presentation.
Senators Scared ;
Predictions of
AlohiiciWarfare i
WASHINGTON, Np. 30 MJPf
A Nobel prize winner rounded out
a liberal ration of goose-bumps
for the atomic energy committee
today by" predicting that Amer
icans jnight be reduced to fight
ing atomic bombs with pitchforks
if an aggressor nation gets the
Jump On us (again. f
In four days of continuous bear
ings the 11 senators have been ab
sorbing lavish descriptions of the
hell-from-the-skies that scientists
say the United States may expect
if the atomiq bomb isn't outlawed.
Dr. Albert Einstein will be in
vited to testify before the commit
tee soon, Chairman McHahom (D
Conn) said today. f .
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Welfare Group
Okiehs Budget
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 30 -VP)
For a third time the state public
weuare commission today- ap
proved a monthly expenditure of
more than $1,000,000. 1 i
, The December budget will In
elude a general assistance expen
diture jof $233,417. -
The commission adopted a plan
of the Oregon State Medical sot
ciety calling for allowances for
the. chronically ill to be included
in the monthly old age assistance
grants; Maximum allowance- for
cases of chronic disease not re
quiring hospitalization will be $10
for the first!; month and $5 for
each subsequent' month, plus $2
for prescribed drugs, unless spe
cial medication j is necessary.
JUDGE FEE'S WIDOW DIES
PENDLETONJ Nov. 30 UPV
Mrs. . Rose Mary Fee, 83, widow of
the late Judge J.ames Albert Fee,
Portland, died here last night
For "Pels
Mattresses
Puppies !
Dog Food
Blankets
Small Deposit Will
ninglond's
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OZTGOri STATCMAIL Coleta.
Cordon Avers
Thinking at US
Capital Muddy
PORTLAND' Nov. HV-Th
"muddy thinkers" of Washington
currently are setting th pace at
th nation's capital. Senator Cor
don (R, Ore.) declared here today.
He for an interior department
hearing in Eugene, . h told f re
porters that 'the rapid ending of
the war seemingly caught all the
administrative . departments off
baa. As a result, fhere is no in
tegration of our domestic and for
eign policies.''
But Cordon struck a jcheerfu
not when asked about th state's
industrial future.
"National industries have been
compelled to revalue their trade
territory," he said. That Is be
ing done calculating coldly on a
dollar and cents basis. In many
Instances those studies have an
swered the question in the affir
mative. It augurs most happily far
Oregon."
While in the stat the senator
plans to look into th. progress of
Salem's alumina-from-clay plant
and Springfield's alcohol-from-wood
project.
Army Drops
Point Scores
For Doctors
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -P)
The war department announced
today modification of the dis
charge requirements for doctors
and dentists which it said would
release an additional 15,000 phy
sicians and 5000 dentists.
The critical score for doctors
and 'dentists was reduced from 80
to 10, effective immediately. The
70 score for doctors is three points
below the new score for officers
in other branches of "the army
which becomes effective tomor
row, i -
The .army also amended the
time (factor for computing eligi
bility. Instead of service prior to
Pearl j Harbor, medical personnel
will now be eligible for release
after! 42 months of honorable ser
vice. Any doctor or dentist who is
48 years of age is eligible for
release. !
The new standards apply to all
medical corps officers except cer-
tainsgparce categories.
Metzger Takes
Alumina Post
A J W. (Arch) Metzger leaves
his position as assistant manager
of the Salem office of the U. S.J
employment service today to be
come public relations, labor re
lations and personnel manager for
Chemical Construction corpora
tion at th Salem alumina plant
Metzger, who has been with the
employment service since May,
1944,1 when he joined the Salem
staff j to work especially with the
food processing, plants, was prior
to that chief of the division of
foods and dairies with the' state
department of agriculture. At the
alumina plant he succeeds Sam
Harvey; who has ' been recalled
to New York by the corporation.
VEEN D EAGER RESIGNS
PORTLAND, Nov. lOKVrRes
ignation of Vera L. Drager as liq
uor control commission supervisor
of enforcement of licenses, was
announced today. His duties will
be assumed by R..D. Davis, also
supervisor of the hard liquor en-j
forcement division.? .. r '. - .
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lance
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Ihe Orcgonians
Every Saturday Night
i ! New Labor Temple
! 447 Center St. ' 8
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Salem Labor Tempt Assat,
Ine Jer..Disabled.iAnierleaa
... ,; .V Veterans .. - '
Sako" Loolr!
Kittens
Catnip -Wicker
Baskets
Cat Food '
IleU Gift Till Christaaa
Pel Shop
Phoae SS5S
CrecoW Saturday ilara!ag. tWmhw 1, ISIS !
Bomber Whipi
Around Won
WASHINGTON, Nov. JO-H-Ia
twin-engined A-3f attack bomber
has completed a 14,&59-nul Sight
around th world in -&d hours and
50 minutes flying time. ! j ' j
$ The war department announced
today that th plane piloted y
Col. Joseph R. Holzapple- of Pe
oria, IIL, landed yesterday at Na-
in. a statement that th flight in
dicated squadrons . of new light
bombers could be dispatched
Quickly from th'United States jto
any point in the world. J
I Th A-29 flew westward by
way of Hawaii, the Marianas, Ok
inawa, the Philippines, ! Indja,
North Africa,
Bermuda. 1
the Azores ahd
Lake Yields
Hood, Papers
To Bus Divers
1 CHELAN, Wash.. Nov. 30-OTr-
A navy diver brought ' up f rpm
Lake Chelan's deeply slanting
depths today the battered mo
hood of the school i bus wh
plunged from a lakeside, road lata
the, water Monday, carrying he
driver and '15 children to their
deaths. ' ;
s' Another of the four navy divers
who slipped deep into the clar
lake today came up with I sotne
sodden grade school, examinatl
papers. Barely discernible was the
name of Louie Asklund, 1 1 one
of the missing children. He was a
fifth grader.
f The bus itself, however, re
mained somewhere in the depths
Even the use of a giant magnet
brought in by the forest service
and a dive to 248 feet by Walter
McCrayKieepest descent to date
failed to locate the submerged
Vehicle. I .!
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PACKERS APPROVE STRIKE
CHICAGO. Nov. Z0iMClO
United Packinghouse' workers In
and near Chicago voted: over
whelmingly today In favor o ! a
strike. ! : . j-
Every Saturday
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Growers
Qkeh Plan of
Reorganization
Hop frowesa of -the - mid-valley
area, meeting at Salem Caamber
of; Commerce-rooms FrMayi ap
proved' a plan of re-organizatiun
and an expansion program; for
their district in the US Hop Grow
ers' association.
Currently, "organized from the
top down," the growers' associa
tion wilt become- a federation of
smaller closely knit organisations
if the plan adopted here is ap
proved:; elsewhere over the hop
producing areas of the United
States. The expansion program,
financed with an assessment of
20 cents a bale, instead of 10 cents
now charged, will probably in
clude research Into new uses of
hops, production, picking and
processing methods, etc, it was
said. '
Growers agreed that a surplus
is; imminent and that there is a
need for 'better marketing facili
ties or controlled production, or
both. , ; '
Ray Glatt, Woodburn, district
president, was' chairman of the
meeting, which was addressed by
Edward MarkelL, San Francisco,
association ' secretary, and Paul
RoweU, : association secretary in
charge of the Salem office.
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YMCA Gub Meet
Approximately 60 people- were
lit attendance at the supervisor's
dub banquet Triday night at the
YMCA and heard Dean u. 5. Du
Bach meak on world conrfitiona.
DuBach is dean of men at Oregon
State college. '. l
Ronald Craven led the group
singing, followed' by M. , Teech'
violin solo, accompanied by Mrs.
Craven. . I -
Carl Melander, northwest area
secretary, of the- YMCA from
Seattle, spoke briefly. 1
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LEBANON. Nov.t W-flV-The
esUte of Samuel M. Garland, for
mer state senator, today waa ap
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