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The nearly unanimous feeling
among soldiers at the time of
their discharge is that they are
through, fed up with the army.
They're homesick, tired of army
living, eager to return to civilian
life. But the army is rebidding
for their services on such an at
tractive basis that some 600,000
men have volunteered since re
cruitment was started some
months ago. Though many of
these have been the youngsters
just coming up for induction,
many also are those who served
as soldiers during the war.
The other evening J heard the
army's "proposition" and it is one
which frankly ought to appeal to
a great many young Americans,
particularly to veterans. Fjnan
cialJy the opportunities are pretty
good, and certainly there is "se
curity."
To begin with the new army is
designed primarily as an army of
specialists, of men with know
ledge and skills in mechanics and
specific occupations. This means
the common soldier should be a
man of some intelligence and edu
cation high school graduation
preferred. On enlistment, men are
assigned to outfits where they
will be instructed in a trade or
ether class of duty. In six months
the private is promoted to pfc
and receives later promotions in
rade and advance in pay as his
service lengthens and his abilities
Increase.
The veteran of thepresent war
is given special considera-
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FDR Rejected
Plan for Sneak
Attack on Japs
WASHINGTON. March 21 -UP)
President Roosevelt's war cabi
xst-t, convinced that war was near,
considered but rejected the idea
of beating Japan to the punch
n 141.
Henry L. Stimson, former sec
retary of war, today disclosed the
decision "-made only a few days
before the Japanese struck at
Pearl Harbor. He presented the
senate-house Pearl Harbor com
mittee excerpts from his diary
relating that Japanese troop
movements toward Thailand led
him to propose to Mr. Roosevelt
an immediate attack. A message
as sent to Emperor Hirohito in
stead.
The diary said that the prest
dent and his so-called "war cabi
net' agreed on Nov. 28, 1941, that
the United States would have to
fight if Japan attacked the. Brit
kh or Dutch In the south Pacific,
They discussed whether the
United States should attack Ja
pan without further word. This
was rfjected and it was decided
Instead that a warning message
should be sent' to Emperor Hiro
hito and the situation put before
congress.
Mountain Snow
Dots Highways
The state highway commission
issued the following road report
today:
Government Camp Clear, 28
degrees, total snow 108 inches,
toad bare.
Santiam Junction Broken ov
ercast, 40 degrees, road normal.
Total snow at summit 153 inches,
it junction 81 inches.
Odell Lake Clear, 25 degrees,
156 inches of snow at summit,
fcpots of packed snow between
triilepotts 61 and 64 are being
tended, rest of road normal.
Astoria Lower Columbia high
way still closed by slide at east
ity limits of Astoria.
Animal Crackers
By WARREN GOODRICH
"That's a darn poor substi
fufe for mud and sticks."
DAM w 1TL
NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
16
Do
f Changes
Needed'
-lzvestia
By Eddy Clbnore
MOSCOW, March 21.-vVF)-The
official government newspaper lz
vestia declared today the time was
ripe for changes in the internal
and foreign policies of Iran.
The newspaper accused "Iran
ian government circles" and "rul
ing classes" of aiding and defend
ing nazi underground activities in
Iran during the war and con
cluded: "It is perfectly obvious that
continuance of the policy of reac
tionary circles in Iran may lead
Iran Tonus Surrounded
BAGHDAD, Iraq, March XL
(-Kordish tribesmen were re
ported tonight to have sur
rounded the three Iranian towns
f Sardasht, Baneh and Saqqlx.
Persons returning from the Iraq
frontier In the vicinity of Sar
dasht told of bearing- the sound
of rnnfire.
"The Knrdlsh tribesmen are
sitting around In the bills wait
ing for a chance to strike," said
a reliable British soarce who
has Just returned from the Klr
kok district of eastern Iraq.
to a further sharpening of the sit
uation in the country.
"Among Iranian political lead
ers there are not a few persons
who acknowledge the necessity
for changes in the foreign and in
ternal policy of Iran. These chan
ges have really ripened and are
directed by the interests of the
Iranian people."
The newspaper said there was a
lack of cultural and social re
forms, and declared Iran had fail
ed to settle the questions of na
tional minorities, agrarian reform
and new labor laws.
Truman Raps
Navy's Stand
WASHINGTON, March 2I.-(JP)
-President Truman stepped into
a navy-budget bureau feud over
funds today with a declaration
that a navy statement was not in
line with facts.
With presidential sanction, the
budget bureau trimmed $2,100,
000,000 from the $6,325,000,000
the navy wants for the year start
ing July 1.
Nimitz testified to the house na
val committee Tuesday that the
cut would reduce the number of
fighting ships in the fleet by 114
and the fleet's manpower by' 63,
000. Today when questioned about
the navy's having asked for $2,-
000,000,000 more than he recom
mended, Truman replied: "There
has been a misunderstanding. The
statement by the navy was not in
line with the facts."
LADY ASTOR'S NOT AFRAID
COLUMBIA, S. C, March 21
UP)- Lady Nancy Astor told the
South Carolina legislature today
that she was "not a bit afraid of
the Russians, if we call their
bluff," and asserted it was "ab
solutely necessary" that Britain
and the United States work to
gether in peace.
Prisoners Called to Hoe Hops;
Farm Labor Declared Needed
The Farmers' Labor council has
been forced to call on 50 prisoners
of war from Camp Adair to hoe
hop yards, as an emergency meas
ure to relieve the pressing season
al labor shortage, it was disclosed
Thursday.
"We could place 50 families in
hop-yard cabins with fuel, lights
and water furnished, to finish the
hoeing," the council explained,
"but so far we have had no tak
ers." Seven men to prune in local
peach and apple orchards also are
urgently needed, as this Job takes
priority over all other spring farm
work, it was declared. Applicants
may apply at the Farm Labor of
fice at 361 Chemeketa st. One of
the jobs, pruning walnuts and
prunes, provides housing.
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WASHINGTON, March 21 Soviet Ambassador Andrei A. Gromyko
(right) talks with Secretary of State James F. Byrnes as ha leaves
Byrnes office after a 20-mlnvto conference today, (AP YVlrephoto
to TTve Oreson SUUmsub)
Breathe Through the Mouth,
And Give Your Nose a Rest9
By Arthur Edton
WASHINGTON,' March 21-(yT)
A barber who says his mind is
the equal of Pasteur's got into
an argument with thepostoffice
department today over how to
cure hay fever. i U
Frank X Cormier, Fascoag,
R. I., barber, figure skater, vio
linist, memory expert and for
mer short; order cook, says he
had hay fever for ten years.
Then bingo! he had a whop
per of a sneeze one day and
was on the road ; to complete
recovery. ! :
Cormier; has set! his theories
down in a pamphlet entitled:
"This is the" story of how I
cured my hay fever." It retails
for $1.
The postoffice people think
this may be using the mails to '
defraud, so they called a hear
ing today to peer into the ques
tion. The I verdict I won't be
known fori several; weeks.
Sniff Cold Air
Cormier,; who says he can
memorize such things as the
constitution merely by reading
them over, urges hiy fever suf
Officer, GI to
Get Same Garb
WASHINGTON, March 21 -UP)
The army today ordered distinc
tions in uniform between officers
and enlisted men wiped out after
mid-1948, except for. insignia.
Both will wear battle Jackets
and I trousers of the same olive
drab shade now used in enlisted
men's clothing.
New regulations contemplate
also :the adoption of a blue uni
form for dress occasions.
Although Tain has postponed
spring hop-work two weeks, a
heavy demand for workers is ex
pected shortly. Women have not
yet peen requested, but when
stringing and training of hops
starts, there will be numerous jobs
for them.
Prevailing j wage rate for all
types of current seasonal work,
hoeing hop i yards, j strawberry
transplanting, pruning, is 75 cents
per hour. Farmers provide trans
portation from the Farm Labor
office between 7:13 and 7 .-30 a. m.
every week day. ! i-
Applications are being taken for
all types of farm employment, and
In mpst cases, experience isn't nec
essary. "There is a job for every
one who comes into the office," a
council representative concluded.
POUNDID 1651
Oregon, Friday Morning, March
ferers to sneeze with your mouth
open, sniff cold air as it floats
off chopped ice. Wash your ace
and hands in cold water. Use
your mouth for breathing, "glv
lag the nose a rest."
Cormier said he was peeved
at the way the medical pro
fession has spurned him. But he
added that it was because it
would lose "millions of "dollars
every year" if his treatment be
came popular.
"I'm just a mouse," he mused,
"trying to stampede a herd of
elephants."
Too Smart for Lawyers
Cormier, who represented
himself "because no lawyer is
smart enough to understand
me." was cheerful after three
hours of arguing with the gov
ernment's array of legal talent.
"My mind is equal to Pas
tuer's," he told reporters, "and
I'm hot licked. At the proper
time I will explain what causes
heart trouble and tuberculosis."
Then he added as an after
thought:
"I also know how to stop an
airplane In mid-air."
Tickled' Pigs Fed
Mellowed Wheat
CHILDRESS, Tex., March 21
&)- City Veterinarian Dr. Ray
mond iHander was called to
Childress county farm to Inves
tigate the condition of some pigs
which were staggering around,
apparently intoxicated.
Hander determined that the
farmer fed his pigs wheat, soak
ed in .water. His diagnosis: The
wheat had soaked too long and
got mellow and so did the pigs
Weyerhaeuner to Cut
Clackamas Timber
OREGON CITY. Ore., March
21-(i?VPlans of the Weyerhaeu
ser Timber company to begin
major timber operations In Clack
amas county, with an initial in
vestment of about $1,000,000,
were disclosed tonight by J
Philip Weyerhaeuser, Tacoma,
vice president
He said the sustained yield op
erations to start soon, would pro
vide an annual payroll of nearly
$500,000.
JAPANESE RECONVERSION
YOKOHAMA, March 21 -UP)-
Sheet aluminum and steel origin'
ally destined for Japanese war
planes - will be made into 50,000
footlockers for U. S. Eighth army
troops A
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Red Plea
For Time
NEW YORK, March 21.HP)-
Iran tolay asked the United Na
tions organization to reject Rus
sia's request that the security
council meeting be postponed
from next Monday until April 10
because "further delays would in
evitably result in increased harm
to the interests of Iran."
Text! of the letter asking that
the council meef as scheduled was
made public by the UNO here to
night :
Russia had asked the delay on
the ground that it needed more
time to prepare its case on Iran
-case; which centers on the fail
ure of Russia to remove its troops
Within the agreed time.
The letter was addressed to
TrygvejLie, secretary general of
UNO. ;
Earlier tonight Benjamin Co
hen, assistant secretary general of
UNO, had announced that Iran
had filed a reply to Russia's re
quest for delay in council meet
ings.
President Truman made plain
that the meeting, which cannot be
delayed without a unanimous vote
of the 11 council members, would
be held Monday as scheduled. The
United States stuck to its deci
sion, although Soviet Ambassa
dor Andrei Gromyko declared
that any "hasty action" would
only complicate the situation.
Gromyko made plain that Rus
sia would fight the next round
when the security council meets.
UGivilian Bomb
Control Sought
WASHINGTON, March 21 -UP)
An organized drive began on
Capitol Hill today to restrict mill
tary control of atomic energy de
velopmeht.
Several congressmen and rep
resentatives of about 25 national
organizations teamed up in the
effort. Sponsors of the conference
in the house caucus room said
that unless their goal Is achieved
atomic research will make little
headway in the United States.
A-Testers Plan
Television Use
WASHINGTON, March 21-0")
It is now possible to take an
aerial sight seeing tour without
leaving ithe ground and many
experts will observe the atom
bomb demonstration in the Pact
fic just that way.
This procedure, using air
borne television stations, was
demonstrated today by the navy
department and the Radio Cor
poration of America, which
worked together through the war
in developing equipment to re
produce instantaneously scenes as
much as 200 miles distant.
Navy officials said that many
television stations, both air-borne
and surface types, will be used to
record "operation crossroads" in
the Bikini islands.
Father of Two Confesses Brutal
Hammer-G$ifle Assault on Child
JOLIET, 111., March 21-()-James
F. Lincoln, jr., 30, father of
two children, was named today in
a warrant charging assault with
intent to kill in the hammer-rifle
assault on a nine year old girl
which his wealthy industrialist
father blamed on an old brain in
jury. The elder Lincoln, a Cleveland
manufacturer, arrived in Joliet
with Lloyd Heth, a Chicago law
yer, asserting he was ready to
fight the charge "all the way."
The attack victim, Carol Wil
liams, who resides on a farm four
miles east of here, was in a Joliet
hospital in critical condition.
Preliminary examination by her
physician indicated she had been
shot six limes. Five bullets passed
through her hips and shoulders
and one remained In her abdo
men. Her skull was fractured by
hammer blows, the physician said
x-ray examination today disclosed.
No. 308
Draft Law
Extension
Drive On
WASHINGTON, March 21. -(A)
-Top men of the army, navy and
state department pleaded with
congress today to extend the draft
law and based their petition on
this nation'i re.ponsibitties in
troubled international affairs.
The main burden was carried
by Secretary of State Byrnes, who
discussed the draft for nearly two
hours in a closed door session of
the senate military committee.
Senators represented him as be
lieving this country would face a
critical situation if the selective
service act were allowed to ex
pire. Byrnes appeared jointly with
Secretary of War Patterson and
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal.
On the house side the case was
presented to the military commit
tee by Patterson and General
Dwight D. Kisenhowcr, who prom
ised to release all fathers in the
armed services if the draft act is
extended indefinitely, or at least
for a year. The senate committee
made public a summary of testi
mony before that group by Pat
terson, Eisenhower, and General
Clark Spaatz, chief of the army
air forces, all of whom stressed
the worldwide magnitude of the
tasks laid out for an army which
is to be cut down to 1,070,000 of
ficers and men by July, 1947.
Adm. Vickery
Dies, Victim of
Heart Attack
PALM SPRINGS, Calif., March
21.-0P)-Viee Adm. Harold L. Vick
ery, World War II vice chairman
of the U. S. maritime commission,
died tonight only a few hours after
coming to this winter resort in an
effort to recoup his health.
Details of his death, which oc
curred about 7 p. m. (PST) were
not immediately determined, but
it was presumed due to a heart
attack. Mrs. Vickery was with
him when he died. They lived in
Washington, D. C.
Last December the While House
announced acceptance of Admiral
Vickery's resignation from the
maritime commission because of
ill health.
Admiral Vickery was assigned
by the navy to the maritime com
mission In 1937 and from then on
during the defense preparation
and war years had charge of shjp
design and construction for the
merchant marine.
Bridges Awaits
Break in Dispute
SAN FRANCISCO, March 21
(JP)- Harry Bridges' longshore ne
gotiating committee agreed to
night to wait until tomorrow be
fore returning to their respective
districts to prepare for a strike
of Pacific coast dock workers.
The longshoremen and employ
ers were in session all day and
were to continue their talks to
night. The workers are asking
$1.50 per hour. Employers have
offered $1.38.
Carol Williams
Lincoln said his son's skull was
fractured to the base of the brain
in an automobile accident 10
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Local PtrolbDems
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if UAW
CIO Unions Asked to Hasten Return
Lest Strike Continue Indefinitely
DETROIT, March 21.-P)-General Motors corporation today
told the CIO United Auto Workers that GM was "much concerned
that settlement. of the strike in our plants may now be delayed
for an indefinite period of time by the actions of certain of your
local unions."
The company called on the international UAW officers to
expedite a return or an i73,ouu
striking GM workers to plants
from which they walked out Nov.
21.
GM charged that In seven of its
plants, union leaders have "re
fused to permit maintenance and
construction workers into the
plants for the purpose of making
ready for the eventual resump
tion of production."
The corporation repeated its re
fusal to accept a UAW declaration
that, while tne notional provisions
of the strike settlement had been
accepted, certain local uniois
would remain on strike pending
settlement of their local griev
ances. Shrinks into Inlf niflcaiwe
, "Neither General Motors nor the
international union hould avoid
or sidestej) their responsibilities
by permitting the present situa
tion to continue and allowing the
settlement of the national strike
to rest solely upon a local issue
which might very well be regard
ed by those personally as import
ant but which shrinks Into in
significance when viewed as a
national problem," GM declared.
Locals Not Included
The company statement, out
lined in a letter tent by GM Vice
President Harry W. Anderson to
UAW Vice President Walter P.
Reuther, declared "there was no
understanding on the part of GM
and no provision in the strike
settlement that local unions could
accept the strike settlement agree
ment and also vote to remain on
strike because local issues had not
been settled."
You Name It
She Cleans It
It looked like one-woman
cleanup campaign In the county
clerk's office Thursday, when
Mrs. Dale Stanley, 1663 Yew st.,
filed nine business names for her
various household cleaning ser
vices. The assorted names under
which the woman proposes to do
business, all located at the Yew
street address, were listed offici
ally as follows:
Professional Window and Wall
Cleaning, Professional Window
Cleaning, Professional Wall
Cleaning, Profei sional Floor
Cleaning, Professional Floor
Waxing, Professional House
Cleaning, Professional Janitor
Service, Professional Home
Cleaning and Professional Build
ing Maintenance companies.
f Axis Sally' in
Resigned Mood
BERLIN, March 21.-()-A 37-year-old
American-born woman,
under arrest as "axis Sally," ex
pressed Indifference today when
department of Justice representa
tives informed her that she was
to be taken to the United States
and charged with treason.
Identified by American military
government officials as Mildred
Gillars, a native of Portland, Me ,
she told newsmen she assumed a
treason conviction would mean
death or life Imprisonment and
then added:
"But it doesn't matter. I have
lost everything anyhow."
years ago and "there js not the
slightest doubt that . this event is
directly traceable to that injury."
In a signed confession. Burke
said, Lincoln related this story:
He picked up Carol and two
other children on Tuesday and
gave them a ride. The next day
he offered Carol a ride, but In
stead of taking her home from
school, turned his car onto a dirt
road and made advances to her.
When she began to cry, he hit
her on the head with a hammer,
breaking the handle. The girl
screamed, jumped rrom nis car
and ran toward the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Williams. Lincoln fired at her
with a .22 caliber rifle.
Burke said Lincoln's car had
become stuck in the mud and that
Lincoln followed the girl to her
home where he told her parents
what had happened and asked
them to call the sheriff. Mrs.
Williams rushed Carol to a hospital.
Hair Emidl
walfcomrit
La Guardia
Wins UNRRA
Nomination
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. March
21 -(A)- Fioiello La Guardia, for
mer imayor New York City, today
wn nominated to be director
general of the United Nations re
lief and rehabilitation adminis
tration to iead the United Nations
diiv for food for its members.
TFije nomination came from the
central committee, which directs
UNRRA policy, and wa placed
before the full council meeting
by lNRRA'a retiring director,
Herbert H. Lehman.
No vote will be taken on La
Guandia's name until the end cf
the UNRRA meeting, now sched
uled j for late next week, but
nomination by the central com
mittee is considered tantamount
to election.
French delegates, meanwhile,
declined to comment on a war
shipping administration report
that American ships ?nt to
Odessa to pick up Rutaian wheat
for France were turned back
empty. WSA in Washington said
their representatives were told no
wheat was available tx loading.
Tests fpr Police
Positions Set
For April 17
Civil service examination i for
policeman applicants have been fit
for Wednesday, April 17, at a.m.
in city hall by the city civil serv
ice commission. It will be the flrt
such examination since before the
war.
Men between ages 21 and 35
may apply and, if they pass the
written examination, wii! be given
physical examinations before be
ing placed on the eligibility list
The written test will cover such
qualifications as keenness of ob
servation, reading comprehension,
ability to follow directions and
general aptitude for police work.
Application blanks, obtainable
from the city recorder's office in
city hall, must be completed and
filed in that office before 5 pm.
April 10, according to Recorder
Al Mundt, secretary of the com
mission. Among the many expected to
apply are those policemen appoint
ed during the war and not under
civil ervice. They must qualify
on the eligibility list to retain their
jobs, Mundt said. Becau; of the
wartime turnover and suspension
of civil service requirement, there
is now no list of eligibles. The new
eligilility lift will hold for to
years, during which vacancies will
be filled only from the list.
It is expected that a similar call
for firemen applicants will be is
sued soon by the civil service com
missoin. Spring Softball
Dents Foreheads
" As if to emphasize the arrival
of spring, snndlot Softball Thurs
day led to head Injuries for tvt
Salem youngsters who were h.t
with ball butt.
Four-year-old Ronene Myer,
2385 Broadway st., was hit on the
forehead near her home, and Die
Garden. 10, of 1392 Matket st ,
was hit while playing ball in a
school -yard. The first a:i crew,
called on both cases, reported
neither a serious injury.
'BEl'LAir DROPS DEAD
HOLLYWOOD, March 21
Marlin Hurt, 40, who played the
character Beulah on the radio,
dropped dead at his home this
afternoon.
THE RIGHT ANSWER 1
There is still available, at
THE OREGON STATESMAN
office copies cf the ' Veter
ans' Guide," published and
distribuled free by YOUR
HOME NEWSPAPER iz show
which cf the myriad of vet
erans' agencies should be
contacted for the many spe
cific problems faced by re
turning servicemen and their
dependents.