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Congress Month's bess ion ; As 'Lame Ducks' . By G. Milton Kelly -" WASHINGTON, Sept. 24-KP)-Congress faces a whirlwind one month "lame duck" session which may add billions to the nation's tax bill and pin two more stars on the American flag. Returning Nov. 27, the dying 81st congress is confronted by a man-sized list of issues statehood bills for Alaska and Hawaii, con sideration of a huge war profits levy, a possible demand for rewriting 11 communist control legislation, and Ambush Bullets Kill Brother Of Gangster : HEREIN, 111., Sept. 24-P)-Roy Armes, 32, brother of a slain mem ber of the notorious Shelton gang, was shot to death from ambush today. ' Bulets from a high powered ri fle and - buckshot from a shotgun hit Armes after he and a compan ion left a tavern and climbed into their automobile. The slaying was similar to the shootings of the Shelton v brothers Carl, Bernie and Roy in the last three years. Roy Armes was a brother of Monroe (Blackie) Armes, killed in 1944 by bullets in a tavern duel south off Herrin. Blackie was a Shelton gangster. His slayer, Thomas Castle, owner of the tav ern, also was killed. Escaped in 1944 By coincidence, the same man, James Scott, 37, was with each of the Armes brothers when - they died. Scott escaped the bullets in 1944 as he did today. Roy's shooting took place out side the Green Lantern tavern, just north of Herrin, in William son county in southern Illinois. ' A floodlight from the tavern silhoutted the Armes car and made Roy an easy target. Two assailants were in on to day's ambush, a coroner's jury in dicated. Twe Weapons Used Coroner Sam Simmons said both a rifle and a shotgun -were used from 45 feet away. Armes was bit in .the face, neck and chest by both bullets and buck shot. The killers had crouched behind a picket fence. Armes' death was due to gun shot wounds "at the hands of par ties unknown," the jury verdict said. - . Other authorities said they had few clues to the motive or to the Identity of the slayers. Sheriff Lawrence Cannon of i Williamson county said Scott told ! him that he and Armes had just gotten into the automobile when there was a series of rapid shots. The windshield of the car was shattered, but Scott was unhiL II Rifle Shells Found At the - shooting scene, Sheriff Cannon said he found 10 rifle ' shells behind a picket fence. The victim had in one of his pockets a receipt for a $500 fine levied last month in Benton for molesting two women in a West Frankfort theater. Roy Armes had been seized by ; authorities several times .for in vestigation, but had no convic tions on his record until the Ben ton trial. , Two other Armes brothers are living. One, Ray (Lefty) Armes, of Herrin, was acquitted last year In Missouri on a charge of assault Ing Mayor C. B. Hardin of Cam denton, Mo, with intent to kill him. The other brother, Floyd, lives In Phoenix, Ariz. Scott told Sher iff Cannon that he had just re " turned to Herrin after a visit in " Phoenix. '. a number or lesser proDiems Jen over from the session which re ressed yesterday. The date of resumption is after the congressional elections, but the casualties suffered in the vot ing will not leave office until the 82and congress takes over early in January. Thus some of those writing laws in December will be so-called "lame ducks. Taxes will be the big headache a proposed multi-bilion dollar boost in the wartime excess prof its of business and industry likely reaching back over port or all of the war period. The lawmakers already have or dered a massive $5,000,000 in crease mainly in the income taxes of 50,000,000 citizens as well as corporations. It was in answer to President Truman's request for a "first installation' payment on the cost of defense preparedness. He has urged it be put on a pay-as-we-go basis. Wage and salary earners will feel the withholding tax effects of that boost starting October 1. The raise for them is 20 per cent. Backers of a bil to ban inter state shipment of slot machines, execept to states which pass a law to admit them, said they Will call it up again in. November in the face of another threatened filibuster by Senator Malone (R- Nev). There was some talk, too, that foes of statehood for Alaska and Hawaii might filibuster to beat those measures in the senate. Both have passed the house. Senator O'Mahoney (D-Wyo), leading the statehood backers, plans an al-out drive to get the bills passed before the tax mea sure reaches the senate. The lat ter originates in the house. Efforts were promised to re peal or rewrite the new anti-communist law enacted Saturday over the veto of President Tru man who called it dangerous to American liberties and a help to communists. But talk of moves to change it arose outside congress. The lawmakers gave it over whelming approval. Pilot Dragged from Burning Plane naiiux ii i t r V 4 i V-k- . V... ' ., V vTNA V , 4 -, - arm CHEST DRIVE UNDER WAY SILVERTON The pre-cam-paign of the Silverton Community chest drive is now in progress, reports John Schwabe, general 'campaign chairman. Soucitation of business firms and farms is be ing made preceding the general campaign that begins October 2: NEW YORK CITY, Sept 4 Rescuers pull William L. Ritter, Jr, 21, of Brooklyn from wrecked, burning plane (right) after it crashed on Yonkers, N. Y- street. Pilot of the rented plane. Dr. Melvin R. Daniels, 33, Yonkers, was kiUed in the crash. Ritter died later at a hospital. (AP Wirephoto to The Statesman). Rds' Formosa Invasion Fleet Said Gathering TAIPEI. Formosa. Sept. 24-OPV- Press reports today said Chinese communists were assembling troops in the mainland near Amoy for an invasion of Formosa, but these generally were discredited. Amoy is an island city off the Chinese coast 150 miles due west of Formosa. ; Such reports crop up with al most periodic regularity, but all quarters here are convinced the Reds will not attempt an invasion of this island fortress this year. The communists, they say, have missed their chance for an assault because of the monsoon a steady wind that blows from the north east . to the southwest began September 22 and will last until February or early March. An invasion with craft mostly junks now in possession of the Reds would be hazardous. . If the Russians should supply modern ships, the possibilities of an invasion 'would be consider ably greater. ! In any case, Taipei considers the problem more political than mil' itary. i The UJ5. Seventh fleet is com mitted to protect Formosa from a communist assault. If one oc curred America would, in effect, be fighting with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek as an ally. Chiang has about 1,000,000 troops on the island, who from aU accounts, would give their money's worth if the Reds were, to try an invasion. i East Germany Given Status of Red Satellite By Richard Kasischke BERLIN," Sept 24-5VRussian- occupied East Germany was wel comed into the family of Soviet satellite states today. Simultan eously, the East German republic embarked on a big new purge campaign against "saboteurs and western agents." The official Soviet newspaper, Taegliche Rundschau, said the East German state had joined "the mighty peace front headed by the Soviet Union," This indicated East Germany had reached full-fledged satellite status. There have been recent hints that Russia may soon grant a separate peace to East Germany. East Germany definitely had be come a part of the Soviet orbit through a series of "friendship" and economic treaties with Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and Ro mania and is now negotiating a similar agreement with communist-ruled Bulgaria. Runschau asserted the new purge must be intensified to "root out these (western) gangsters these enemies of our democratic republic." Trials and new arrests were re ported from widely-scattered points in the Russian zone. Rund schau said the chief aim of the gangsters" is to wreck the econ omy of the East German republic and sabotage the October 15 elec tions. The provisional government of East Germany will make itself permanent through the elections, in which the communists have as sured themselves of victory by controlling 70 per cent of the places on the "no contest" ballot. Western observers interpreted the charges of sabotage as a com munist scheme to steam up an apathetic electorate and as an excuse for the extensive purges in industry, agriculture and political life. f Inchon Harbor Signal Light Plea for Food SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24-(P) -Pacific fleet headquarters in a release from Korea today cleared up the mystery of a signal light flashing from a small island in Inchon harbor when j the allied amphibious fleet arrived Septem ber 15. ! Four days later a quartermaster on a navy ship passing through the harbor spotted the interna tional distress flag flying from the top of the island. j Rear Admiral Austin K. Doyle, in command of the fleet at In chon, dispatched the little mine sweeper Kite to investigate. Battling heavy seas and tricky currents the Kite put over a small boat which landed on a nar- ro wbeach at the foot of the is land's sheer cliff. There the boat crew found a friendly reception group of loyal Korean civilians and their chil dren. They were keepers of the lighthouse, and had gone without food and water since the Inchon assault by navy and marines. The Kite took care of the group's needs from its own ship stores. 2 Communists Found Guilty. To Quit Party CUMBERLAND, Md., Sept 24-(iP)-Two communists found guilty of violating Cumberland's communist-registration ordinance said today they were resgining from the party. The two; Arthur M. Schuster man and William B. Coleman, both of Cumberland, made public carbon copies of a letter they said was being send to Philip Frank feld, chairman of the communist party of Maryland and the District of-Columbia. The text of the letter read: "We, as of this date, resign as members of vthe communist party of Maryland and the U. S. A. It is our decision to cease all politi cal activities of any kind. We have every confidence that the working men and women of our great country will solve the problems that beset them." TVt mniM r q tt oA f Vt sterna. tures of Schusterman and Cole man. .. Frankfeld was unavailable for comment in Baltimore. Schusterman and Coleman were found guilty last Monday in po lice court violating a new ordi nance that requires communists to register. They were fined $100 each, but were continued in $200 bail each after their immediate appeal to circuit court was granted. The case was scheduled before all three judges of Maryland's fourth judicial circuit on Oct 7. iress . - . . . . Agency Struck In New York NEW YORK, Sept 24-P)-The Railway, Express Agency, struck here and in Jersey City, N. put an embargo today on au shipments of less than a carload lot in. out of, or through New York City. The national railway mediation board in Washington -immediately scheduled meetings here tomor row between union and manage-' ment officials and asked the strik ers to return to their Jobs. A union spokesman said the union would join in the mediation sessions but that picketing would continue. The strike started last night when 2,300 .union truck drivers and helpers walked off their jobs. The drivers are members of the AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters. Picketing, which started last night continued today at a num ber of company depots. Albert M. Hartung, vice presi dent of the company in charge of personnel, said the work stop page has idled 6,000 other em ployes here, and would make lay offs necessary at many other company shipping points. The drivers struck after con tract negotiations, going on since July 11, broke down. The union has demanded a 20 cents - an - hour wage increase, longer vacations, an extra paid holiday, and an annual guaran tee of jobs for 3,500 teamsters. Present wages for a 40-hour week are $67 for drivers and $59 for helpers, the union said. A union spokesman said the company had made no offer to the union on any of its demands. , Hartung made no comment on this statement CHILD IN HOSPITAL IDANHA Lana Lee Storey; 3-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Buck Storey was taken Sat urday to Doernbecher hospital in Portland for nhsorvatism lew an Illness which has specialists puz Watermelons are grown com mercially for the most part in 22 states. - 8 "years of careful cultivation, without which the beauty of this orchid would still be unknown. Likewise, many years of re ; search and professional skill form the ; nkground of this institution ; Clough-Barrick Co. FUNERAL SERVICE Established 1878 Church at Frry Sts. PhoiM 3-9139 -1T Store Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs., Sat., 10 A. M. to 6 P. M. The Statesman, Salem, Ore. Monday, September 25, 1950 3 311 Stand of the labor set-back at the gen eral elections last February. PEDESTRIAN KILLED . PORTLAND, Sept 24 -UPh Pe- riestrian V. A. Bovin. registered ffeere for two nights at a hotel, was killed today on the Burnside bridge. He was struck by a car. No charge was filed against the Port land driver. It was the 33rd traf fic death in the city this year. Laborite Attacks Britii On Schuman Plan as 'Isolation' ' By Harold K. Milks : - ' LONDON, Sept. 24-CTVA Labor member of Darliament accused the leaders of his own party today of trying to scuttle the Schuman plan because they want Britain to "remain in glorious isolation and independence. .. - R. W. G. MacKay, a member of the British delegation to the re cent Council of Europe meeting at Strasbourg, made the attack in sizzung pouucai pamuniei canea "Heads. in the Sand." MacKay's attack may have wide repercussions. It may be the fore- runer oi a bitter intra -party strug gle tor power which is expected to erupt into the open at the La bor party's annual congress open ing at Margate on October 3. The usually well-informed Bri tish press association said Mac Kay's criticism was so vigorous that he was likely to be called be fore a meeting of the national executive committee on Wednes day to explain. Loss of MacKay s vote would further weaken the Labor govern ment which won a test of confi dence last week on the question of carrying out the nationalization of steel by a ; margin of only six votes. f Political observers already were predicting a struggle, between par ty moderates and a left-wing clique at Margate despite Prime Minister Attlee s efforts to keep the lid on. : Health Minister AneurirTBevan, boss of the ultra-Socialist wing of the party, is clashing with Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison. Bevan favors calling another gen eral election almost at once in the hope of improving labor's nomi nal seven-vote margin in Commons. 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