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i v ' c. MY t -nn; UVUa irS nn rv r i 1 it t Pearl Harbor All four members ( the congressional Pearl Harbor Inquiry committee counsel, who asked to with draw from the protracted probe, Uatea to disenssion daring a session. Left to right: Jute Hannaf ord, .Joan K. Maatea, Gerhard Gesoll and William D. Mitchell, chief counsel. (AP Wirephoto ih i 1 0QQODQ3 'uajCDiE , The Christian churches of .America hive set about .accumu lating funds which, will aggregate well: over $100,000,000 to.be used principally In restoring the Christian church in lands where the tides of . warfare surged. For Europe the money will go to aid sister churches whose buildings were destroyed and whose church organization injured. This will be a gesture of fraternal support, in the -effort to sustain the Christian cause for the rebuilding of Europe's civilization. Immediate needs are to assist the clergy in resuming their pas torsi duties. Many have been found destitute of clothing, stripped of their libraries, per haps even without Bibles. First aid in the way of provision for the physical needs of ministers and priests and of supplies 'for their clerical service will be furn ished, with some temporary as sistance for housing their congre gations. It will cost a b&lion and a half dollars to .rebuild and refurnish the churches of Europe but' this. task -wflb'rornain largely the burden of the people them elves. Protestant churches will have their contributions admin istered through the World Coun cil of Churches with headquarters at Geneva. The Catholic church hopes to assemble $10,000,000 worth of food and clothing for distribution to its fellow churches In Europe. On the other side of the world the condition of Christian mis- Ions is likewise deplorable. There mission stations, hospitals. schools have been destroyed or stripped of valuable equipment. although the destruction Is by (Continued on Editorial Page) Body Located In Willamette i The body of Laura Mika, Cor vauis, drowned when - she was hurled from a car In a Benton county accident December 3, was taken from the Willamette river banks one snile north of the In dependence ferry on Saturday morning by Marlon county aher iffs deputies, i Discovered by T. C HOI of In . dependence as he hunted ducks. the fully-clad and well-preserved body or the young woman was suspended above the river In the branches of a tree which had been under water during the recent flood period there. It was identi fied at the Clough-Barrick mor tuary late Saturday afternoon by her father and brother. FARRELL URGES ACTION ' Secretary- of State Robert S FarrtlL Jr, Saturday urged Ore gon automobile owners to apply for their 1946 licenses immediate ly. Farrell said the 1 1th hour con gestion was increasing. Animal Crackers By WARDEN GOODRICH 'Well, it was your idea to hcvt a big family F Probe Counsel United States oted To House LONDON, Dec. 15.P)-Th as the permanent home of the United Nations, organization after a long, hard fought battle, and the preparatory cornmission decided to meet Monday to continue discussions as- to the specific city In which the world peace agency will be located, f The selection becomes final with the stamp of approval the gen-f eral assembly, and Belgian and French delegates, who with Bri ish delegates led the "fight for a European site, said the choice would not be challenged again. The United States won out on a roll call vote of 30 to 14 with six nations. Including the United States, abstaining, a two-thirds majority was needed. Previously the delegates voted , down a mo tion favoring a European site by a tally of 25 to 23. Taxi Kills Man On Downtown Salem Clorner " . i .- Victor F. Lynch, 47, route 4, Salem, was struck and instantly killed Saturday night by a taxicab at the intersection of Court and Front streets. He had; been" in Salem; to do the family Christmas hopping and was believed to have been going to his parked car, preparing to return home, Lynch made his ; home with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lynch, ulahe. Lynch had been a resident of Polk county all his life. He is survived by two daughters, Fran ces Lynch, San Francisco, and Elaine, married and living in Vancouver, Wash.; two sisters, Anna Tanr, Cottage, Grove, and Mae Hoskins, Eugene; two broth ers, CoL Harold Lynch, Camp Adair, and Dr. John L. Lynch, Salem. . Police said Gordon L. Clark was the driver of the cab. Clark was charged with failure to give right of way to a pedestrian and released on $500 baiL Mac Abolishes State Shintoism TOKYO, Dec. 15-(ff)-Oeneral MacArthur today ordered - state shintoism abolished in 'Jah to destroy the compulsory religious' Ideology which' his staff asserted led the nation Into warand de feat With the expressed aim of free ing people. from "direct or indi rect compulsion" to believe in "manufactured' religion, the Al lied directive laid down a program of broad revision, calling for: . 1. ; Withdrawal of all govern ment control and support of state shinto "the way of the gods.? 2. . Purging of militaristic and ultra-nationalistic Ideology from doctrine of the cult which preaches ancestor worship and defies the emperor. 3. Removal of shinto teachings from schools. Weather B ureau Predicts Rain as Mercury on Rise Rain today will mark the end of the "cold spelT which has held the . mid-Willamette valley in its frosty grip for a week, the weatherman predicted . while hopeful boys and 'girls cleaned sled runners.- r ' Temperatures generally in Orer eon were somewhat higher ' to day, although they were below freezing except on the coast " Salem's 22 was the highest min imum here in three days. Port land's 29 the highest minimum there in four days. North Bend moved up -to 35; other, lows in eluded Medford 23, Roseburg 29, Eugene 23, . Klamath Falls 18, Meacham 12, Lakeview 11, Bend and Baker 8, Burns 4. -. Asks Release New UNO United Slates was chosen today Mother Sobs. Denys Beating Baby to Death CHELSEA, Mass, Dec. 15.-6PV- Mrs. Rose Carlan, 23-year-old mo ther of 'lddnapped,, Ronald Car lan, whose body was found yester day beneath a china closet in his parent's home, was held tonight on a charge of assaulting and beat ing to death her six months old baby. . Chelsea district court was pack ed with spectators today as assis tant, clerk Stepnen White read the charts that Mrs. Carlan "did as sault and beat one Ronald Carlan with, intent to murder him, and by such assault and beating did mur der the said Ronald Carlan. The baby's mother replied to the charge immediately in a strong voice: .'. t': .f "That Is not true, what you just said.- , . T. -.- : Then, she dropped Into a chair, sobbing. : No formal plea was entered and Judge John W. McLeod ordered her held without ban for hearing December 24 and committed her to the psychopathic hospital for observation. I Mpldtov Meets Will! Ministers MOSCOW, Dec. 15.-VForeign Commissar Vyacheslav M. Molo tov met individually today with United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes and with British Foreign Minister Ernest . Bevin, and indications tonight were that the three foreign ministers would hold the first ' formal sessions of their momentous conference ' on Monday, i : Moscow! newspapers , gave the conference an auspicious send-off. The . arrival of the ministers' was prominently displayed in Izvestia, Pravda - and Red Star, indicating the .importance .the Russians at tach 'to the forthcoming talks. But the press still refrained from edi torial comment on the meeting or its prospects. - State Tax Men Avait Verdict ; - . r, - i . si . ...... -.- - '. .-r Should the state supreme court bring in a decision favorable to the short income tax form in the suit ( brought recently attacking the -1945 law which provides for it, the ' state tax commission wEtl lose -i no time in getting these forms into; the man. Earl Fisher, state tax commissioner, said Sat urday. . f -' -r .. The suiti filed, by F. H. Young, Oregon Business St Tax Research, Portland, charges that the bill signed by Gov. Earl Snell was not identical with that approved by the legislature. Marion County Circuit Judge George ' Duncan held the law valid, whereupon Young appealed to the state su preme court, which heard argu ments Thursday afternoon and indicated that an early , decision would be forthcoming. 1 Jefferson Man Killed ' In 'Albany Accident ; ALBANY, Ore, Dec. Walter .. Iarrington about 63, rtv 1, Jefferson, was killed tonight when he stepped suddenly in front of a car in: down-town Albany. . . Deputy Coroner John Summers and State Police Sergeant Earl B. Houston reported the ; car was driven by Donald E. Engel, Albany. - .V . MSZZTf-TSTIJt YEAH 22 Spaulding 10 Vie Iri si M. ..... . - i Given Unofficial! DeinoBles8ingin GmgresslW J ,. By , WendeU Webb (Manactng Editor. Th Statesman) The best-laid clans - of the democrat party were awry today; but at least it had a potential candidate i for congress at the January 11 election. He if Bruce Spaulding,. able . ' A A young aaiem anorney wno won a majority , of the 109 votes cast! at -what had been advertised as a representative assembly (needing I at least 250 . persons, to make it 1 igal), at the armory Saturday afternoon. Two Nominated About I all the positive action which could be credited to the session . was the elimination of Manley J. Wilson and Jack Bain as prospective opponents or Spaulding . at the January 11 special election when he and r"l " i acy( wcv u iuuu as congress- man from the first congressional district : ... .;-:-' - .-" The scheduled time for the as4 sembiy (12:30 pjn.) was delayed two hours Saturday while .at- temnts were made- via sound! truck to rustle up the necessary attendance of 250, but by 2:30 pjn. hardly half that number had appeared and E. W. Kirkpatrick of Clackamas county, who was chosen . chairman, ; t told visitors they had choice of ( I home, or (2) "testing the senti-. menj" df the group by nominaUj mg and 5 voting. 68 for Spaulding i Tne , latter alternative was SSSw Jf -SS? 'if?. 8SSfS: J2 ""T?, rlr . vfV ZSSSS Lr'LLTr frJX Tv ATy C V mah-Oackamas county, 18. Two vwves were Dianav i 1 And there the matter rested, with the exception of a two-min- ute meeting of democratic con4 gressional " committeemen who cast 14 -of the district's 20 votes for Spaulding but insisted the ac ton was only "informal" - and didn't constitute the kind of a committee session which Secret tary of State Robert S. Farrell, jr, once saia wouia . assure , a date's name on the ballot. Petitlen Probable , weiiner ma it assure a name on the ballot at all,- leaving to Spaulding the problem of wheth er to attempt another assembly or try to obtain 3600 signatures on petitions to make certain the democrats had a legal candidate by the filing deadline of Decem ber 31. It was Indicated the peti tion- method would be used. Sn&nlrflntf hn v. with th nthr nrrmin. in J ising to support whichever of the three receiv) a mninHt-r tn ti, was-to-have-been represenUtive assembly nrefaeed the dav sions with an attack on "repub lican bosses', for "attempting to violate . I . state statutes" by get ting the party designation on the ballot after their candidate's name. f r Four Are Named Re also attacked four "bosses from outside the district who at tempted to, and to a certain ex tent did,, control and direct the deliberations' of last week's re publican congressional commit teemen. - " Named were Niel Allen of Grants Pass, chairman of . the state republican central' commit tee; Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, jr."; Assistant Secretary of State Harry Schenk, and E. Pal- mer Hoyt, publisher of the Ore- rmian - (It was these four men whom some political writers had charged with trying to further the candidacy of Speaker of the House Eugene Marsh of McMInn- ville, who lost to Norblad on the first ballot in open vote at the GX)P. district session a w e e k i (Additional details on page 4) PATTON 'EXCELLENT FANKFURT, Germany, Dec. 15. (4P)-Gen. George S. Patton, jr improved steadily today and "his general condition is: excellent, army bulletins- announced - Cain PAGES ' t Salem,' 1(0)1 Geh. Marshall m i , , 10 Attempt tO laFiffht - WASmxaTON, Dee. i l$r(ff)--, j-rresiaen lruman disclosed today that Gen. George C. Marshall's first objective in China will be an end to hostilities between the na tionalists and rnmmmiittt Beyond that the president called for-a conference of . all-Chinese facions to wo out a permanent; political - settlement for unifica tion of the country in a broad ened national government ' V At the same time, in a major policy ; statement on ' China, Mr. Truman linked American eco nomic aid with his peace and unity program. He said; this country would be prepared to grant cred its and loans as I China moves along the lines described. affairs of China on the assertion that peace and unity in that nation are essential to peace in the Pacific ; j : f " . . -A I 11 a 1 OUCH JLfeiaVS . A gkfiv4' A-s4 Dnnn' Ulltlll Oil MJSLGl "ta " " - 1 ' I fPlinitntinl f'vH"11111" It probably will be several days bef6re Governor Earl Snell takes any action on the petition of 12S Portland attorneys seeking a par-4 don for, Walter E. Baer, Portland civil engineer, who liow faces deportation to Germany for of - fenses of 25 yars for which he served time in the Oregon and Idaho penitentiaries. The petitions were received at tbe executive: department Friday, Baer has a wife and two children; living in Portland. Baers deportaJ 1 rnm.tl. - vi action of the late Senator Charles; L. McNary at the f request of large f number i of ministers and Others. Baer is now employed as assistant engineer in the construe- tion and repair of naval vessels. Governor Snell was advised that Baer's deportation would result iri I breaking up his home and would be a grave violation of the prin I apies or democracy. Suicide Attempt Ends in Hospital Victor P. Starr, about 327 ploye of. a local warehouse, was still unconscious early this morn ing at Salem Deaconess hospital, where he was taken by city first aid men after! he had apparently taken poison. Mrs. Rose TL Voris, 2545 Laurel ave. In wfaoMhonie Starr had rented a room tiie past wwh, aia me sawnea first-aid men and police Cer the f0 touse WPt-; ing that he had taken ayaenic He was unconscious when first 'aid men arrived. His wife resides in Yakima, Wash. . j yAJodCi)i!Gini Discontinuance of 1 whippings at the Woodburn training school for boys,"and a state board of con trol announcement an Intermed iate institution win be sought and that plans are "practically com plete' for a Segregation cottage, comprised principal ' develop ments today in the wake of the controversial "stappings, of two Portland boys on November 30, M. D. WooUey, school superin- ent, said whippings had been I resumed some -time ago, '"due to I" 01 BennoD egresaiion sriWC " uua waiuuiw ciplinary . problems, but that "due to statements of refusal by ether agencies and parents of boys who have been so punished to coope rate in the parole program nec essary, for rehabilitation y n I have decided to discontinue fur ther use of the strap.' -- ' His statement said, however, that claims ! of. brutality "have been disproved by several thor ough investigations,' and added that it was "regrettable that the J public has In the past placed so I niuch. emphasis on detention and lso little on trailling.- - x ' bindLhiri Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 16, 1945 Bead Prince Pmnlmare Konoye, m ber of the reyal Nipponese household, who committed sui cide today rather than face al lied accusers. (International Sound Photo) Suicide on Eve TOKYO, Sunday, Dec lt-VPh irrmce -Tumimaro Konoye, thrice premier in the decade .of Japan's belligerency : leading P to the Pearl Harbor attack, took his life with poison early today at his lavish home, rather than surren der today as a suspected war crim inal, i K - ' " l Princess Konoye went Into the i ?! - I Prince's i bedroom at 8 a. m. and found .him lying in - a Japanese- style bed on the floor, iwith! vial pf i poison at his side. She reported, he left no notes. The man who was premier the last time just before Hideki Tojo replaced: him, and began the war, killed himself when he had only a few hours of freedom left before his scheduled surrender. i Last night he entertained close friends and relatives at his mod ern residence. He gave no indica tion he had any plan other than to give himself up .before mid night. ; r: t. .-V - After; discovery of the body, an American doctor was rushed out by counter intelligence officers to investigate. j- Konoye's act, marking him as among the highest-ranking Japa nese officials to commit suicide since Nippon's surrender, was distinct- surprise; - He belonged i to a family ranked next to the im perial household. ! Weatner Max. - M SS ? Min. 21 'IS 'i . sa 24 Ratn Sale Eurene Portland . ijSS m .00 Seattle San Francisca 48 42 Willamette river 1 feet. FORECAST (from U.S. weather bu - reau. McNary Add. Salem) : Cloudy todav with occasional light rain. Slight- lr wanner temperature. Maximum 40 ! degrees. ,. - - - : ! ' 1 v . x 7 ,- ''. K Prince Konoy e; OfS urrender EDiscomfumues v .1 j He declared that . "the; func tions, of the, institution are dual," and - disclosed ''that "a ' revised training j program has , been . In operation for more ' than a ' year, which X believe will be a partial answer to our : Increased popula tion despite lack of proper fa- cOities." 1 The board of control's state ment, issued simultaneously, sup ported Woolley as "a man train ed In sociology, and . psychology and with a background in train ing and experience in boys work and child guidance,' and referred indirectly to the recent whip 'pings of two Portland boys by saying that: "It is to be remem bered, also, that thess" boys In question Iran; away from the In stitution land stole several auto mobrles.N'r ; j -' - It added that WooUey's task was "difficult,' since boys ' are committed to .the school "gener ally only after they are virtually cut or nana in tne jocai com munities.! ; r';-"v Regarding the proposed inter mediate ; i institutions, the . state- in Group May Ask Dewev Source Of Code Secret WASHINGTON; Dec.' Pearl Harbor Investigators re ceived a navy report today that the TJ.S. cruiser Boise was never closer than 1400 miles to the 'Japa nese task force which struck Ha waii Dec' 7 1941,, and thus Could not have , seen Its approach. 1 This reply to a question raised early. In the" hearings whether the Boise " sighted the Japanese force but did tot report i( because of orders Jor radio sUence--came during a session marked. by con tinued bickering among republi cans and democrats. ( . . At its close, Senator Lucas (D- ULj told reporters the txirnmittee should find out how and where Gov. Thomas E. Dewey learned this country had "broken" Japan's codes, -v ' i Lucas had Irawn from Ltl Gen. Leonard T. rjerow, the dayS wit ness, an. expression of opinion earlier that any military officer who deliberately disclosed the s cret in wartime would deserve the death penalty. ? -. i From Gen.- George C. Marshall, the 'Committee had heard last week. . that he learned during the 1944 presidential, campaign that Dewey apparently bad learned of the - eodecrpcklng." Marshall gave tne etommiuee'copiesof letters In which lie appealed to the republi can ' nominee 'not to disclose the secret. .-; .' . . .... . - ! . Servicemen Pack Stations LOS ANGELES, Deci 15.-(flV Re turning servicemen were pack ed like sardines at both the harbor and union -ration today as rail roads tackled their busiest 10 days", to get the. boys home by Christmas. ' . " ; With 19 ships landing 13,000 more servicemen, the problem was "like trying, to run a six-inch stream through a one-inch pipe," one railroad official said. ; . WASHINGTON, Dec. 1$H- The war department laid tonight troops arriving at three west coast ports face delays averaging . 48 hours to six days because of traf fic pileups. Men will.be housed on ship.,.- " - I 1 Felton Named Campaign Manager for Norblad H Joseph B. Felton, Justice of the peace for the Salem district and president of the Oregon Republi can ' club, was Saturday named Marion county manager of Wal ter- Norblad's campaign for con gressman.'- .-..' - I Felton is active In vsterane organizations and , In YoOiig Re publican club work as well as the state club. ment said such a plant had been recommended by Richard A. Mc- oe, superintendent ot correc tional institutions of California who made a survey In this state, and that : "the governor Intends making such a recommendation to the next legislature." . . j ; "In - the meantime,' hot -ever, and upon recommendation of Super! n t e n d e n t Woolley, the board decided to construct i seg regation cottage at the ! boys school. . . ;. Also Included In the building program is a new school building and recreational building. Construction of -these facilities will undoubtedly alleviate many of the problems and difficulties now encountered as far as dis ciplinary measures are concern ed. - -.i.'v , i"The board of control is -insisting that the state must make every possible contribution " to ward the rehabilitation of tv- boys to the end that they may be readjusted : as useful citizens in the various communities. The as sistance and. cooperation of the public generally is very much ap preciated - and solicited.? 4:. Whip No. 227 CIO Sends Mequ est To Attlee EngHshHoId Block I of Stocki In corporation . ' By the AatocUted Press . r The CIO United Auto' Workers" said- yesterday the union "had asked ' the British labor - govern- ment to intercede as a General Motors corporation stockholder in the union's dispute withr GM. ; Prcsident RJ J. Thoaais- of the f UAW-CIO said the wak had written Prime Minister -Clement Attlee asking that the British la bor government "make known to General Motors that nrofits "are Indeed the concern of the workers and the owners of any company." ' . : , ; Thomas stated he was "reliably Informed'! the British government as of October, ! 1943, owned 434,- 000 shares of ! common stock in General Motors. The union leader said- GM had refused to discuss profits in bar gaining with the union, and add ed the union ! hoped mat as a stockholder the British , govern- . ment "will be able to make known to the management .'. . your be lief that profits are indeed the concern of the workers and the owners of any; company. i In Washington, Charles Camp bell, chief of the British informa tion service, said the British gov ernment owns: a. block, of Gen eral - Motors Stock end-" controls its- voting: rights. -He said : the stock was part of Americas aJ etsheld by . British subjects which. , the British' . government hadl taken over, during the war and- had paid lor .in sterling. ' Negotiations between manage ment in the automobile industry and - the , UAW-CIO will resume tomorrow after a weekend lull. Vets to Unite on Plans Veterans who' can build or equip any portion of a house and others who would like to share housing so built on a cooperative basis have been called, to a, meeting Wednesday at 8 p. m.at 345 N. Commercial st. - j Vance -MacDowelL recently dis charged from the army, now with the Farmers' Union, and . Vince Genua, former army . air- forces man now with Blake Moffitt St Towne, said they believed they could find sufficient talent and knew they could find enough need to develop a cooperative housing project. Hubert '. Saatteld, Marion county veterans' officer, and Don Gbode of the state veterans' af fairs office, have been invited to assist with the meeting. Oregon's Traffic ' Fatalities Soar ' i - - - Traffic fatalities continued to go skyward during November, 41 persons .being killed on Oregon streets, an increase of 88 per cent over November, W44, Secre tary of State Robert S. Farrell, jr. reported Saturday. . j The November toll brought the death list for the first 11 months of 1945 to 299, an increase of 33 per cent over the toll for tbe cor responding period a year ago. The 11 months toll this year exceeds the fatalities for the entire year 1944 by 21 per cent. 3 HEyIgET MP OUTOFTWrSl WILL YOU? tV ONLV 60T SHOPPING DAYS LEFT UNTIL Building l M mm rt iru m hector y..