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Wavy. Looted For japan's Fleet lira Wrong EioirectDciini By J. W. Davis WASHINGTON, Jan. 4-(P)-The Pearl Harbor committee heard today that the navy did scout for Japanese attackers on the day they came but in the wrong direction. It also received a claim that a naval officer predicted the lurprise blow in detail months before it fell. A long-secret report from the 1941 secretary of the navy, Off blMJJUB The Missouri-flatn&s of Presi dent Truman's speaking voice on ThuVsday night wis matched by the .flatness of concert in his ad dres to the people. It reads no betler th.in it sounded. It is a repetition of previous iippeals ini behidf of his legislative program, witf no reenforcement of argu ment. There is much of plea and littlfe of Drod in the (address; but its jjdrabr.ess offersTUtle promise thajj either will be heeded. The forfrier will not rouse the people and the latter will not stir the congress. To advance his legisla tive program the president would ha vie been better advised to rely on Mose-in pressures, than to at tempt to exhort the people by a firtfide chat. "he fundamental trouble is that thef president has no comprehen sive legislative program of value at the present time. He has pick ed f up some of the proposals of thet lite new dealers whose brains are! always fertile with ideas for making the country over. The onllr original proposal Truman has advanced is his plan for a faci-finding committee in indus trial disputes. At best this is a very light raft to cling to in the roaring current of dispute which now rages across industrial areas cf the nation. . The New York Times last Sun day made this advance comment on I the president's speech: ?It is true that congress has so far failed to enact some major legislative proposals which the president has put forward. But the real . question . is . whether or not these proposals are wise and well considered. And the truth is that the economic proposals of the president that are now in dis pute seem unwise and bear the earmarks of mere improvisations." The major items in the presi dent's" lift of thinsjs-for-iongress-to-do (Continued on editorial page) Coca Cola Co. Plans $250,000 Bottling Plant Purchase of block 14, Yew Park 5 annex, between 12th and 13th and Cross and Wilbur street as site .for eventual construction of a S25O,0O bottling plant was an nounced Friday by W. A. Bing ham, Portland, vice president and general manager of the Coca Cola Bottling company of Oregon. Current building restrictions and shortage of materials have held up preparation of definite building plans, Bingham said. The property was purchased from Gilbert R. Benjamin at a price approximating $15,000, re venue stamps on the deed indi cate. Buildings on the property are now occupied by the United Sign "company. The Salem plant of the bottling company, managed by Glenn L. . Meisner, now in the old Gideon Stolz plant at 430 S. Summer st. is limiting its output to about 50 per cent of normal operations. . Bingham held out hope here Friday that he might" have more definite announcement as to buil ding plans following a meeting in San Francisco next week. Animal Crackers By WARREN GOODRfCH "Thotc tushs bother him but actually he's the only one around here who could fill an order for black piano heyir .4 .-eo 5timlrt-tl '45 Frank Knox, to President Roose' velt supplied the first information the senate - house investigating committee has had that there was air reconnaissance the morning the Japanese struck, Dec. 7, 1941 This same report showed that warships surviving the raid pur sued the retiring Japanese task force in the same wrong diree tion: Southward instead of north ward. Knox said without detail that naval forces in Hawaii had reason to expect an attack from that quarter. j The claim of having predicted the surprise attack was made by Capt. E. M. Zacharias. It reached the committee in the form of a memorandum from Zacharias to Admiral Milo F. Draemel on March 17, 1942. Zacharias said he made his forecast in the preceding summer to Curtis P. Munson, whom he described as "believed to be presidential agent" with creden tials from Admiral Harold R. Stark, then chief of naval oper ations. . Stark told the committee .today he couldn't remember Munson, or his mission. Jobless Pay Office to Visit: Valley Gties Because of the rapid rise in the claims load in recent weeks, es tablishment of yiree itinerant ser vice points has been announced by the Salem office of the state unemployment com pens a tion commission. In addition, a full time claims office has been re-established at Dallas to serve the Polk county area. Beginning during the '' coming week, the following itinerant schedule will be maintained: Tuesday Mill City fire hall. Wednesday Woodburn city hall. Thursday Silverton K.P. hall. These offices will be open from 9:30 aon. to 3:30 p.m. ' The claims load in the Salem office Increased, to over 1600 for each Of the last two weeks of 1945, land promises to go still higher; in the early months of 1946, because of the new benefit year and seasonal unemployment. During the past year the un emjHoyment commission paid out $104,101 in Marion and Polk coljntujs. Of this, $31,821 went out in December. Last month's pay ments were more than for the entire year during either 1943 or 1944. n 1942 benefits amounted to $92,1983 and in 1940 they were $260,4 19. Flier's Body Found in Tree SEATTLE, Jan. 4 --Suspended from a parachute caught in a tree, the body of a sailor missing with three others since a plane crasnea in tne wilderness near. Cougar, in the Mount St Helens area November 29, was found by searchers today. ' The discarded parachute of an other of the men was found two days ago. A sole survivor, Lt. Warren H, Lawson, made his way to civiliza tion. The plane became lost in a storm on its way from Portland to Red1 Bluff, Calif. 4 j Senator Taft Terms Truman's Legislative Plan 'Communistic9 Br Douglas B. Cornell WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (JPy Senator Taft (R, Ohio) termed some of President Truman' legis lative program "communist" and "left wing" tonight, and said "con gress ought to get credit for a lit tle delay." That was part of his answer to the president's bid last night for more action and less tlk in con gress on measures Mr. Truman recommended. Taft, chairman of th senate re publican "steering" committee, made his remarks in a speech pre pered for broadcast ov r the NBC from Cincinnati. "To summarize," he; said, "the Truman program has' been de layed because it is superficial and ill considered, because it is a CIO PAC program and not a demo cratic program, because it adopts a philosophy with which the peo ple do not agree." The president and Taft appar ently had struck in advance some of the sparks thatwould fly in this year's congressional election campaigns. The senator's address NINETY-FIFTH YEAR My, But It's Good to Be Home A f.; I ?'7' TACOMA, Wash Jan. 4 Opt Charles W. King, special service fft- eer of 315th service group, hags wife Lola on Taeotna dock aa the first man off troopship AlderamiA from China last nlcht. Both from Portland J Ore King spent over The Statesman.) ! UNRRA Asks Morgan to Resign Due to Anti-Jewish Statement WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 - (A resignation of British Lt. Gen. operations in! Germany, for publicly expressing belief that a "worldwide Jewish conspiratorial movement" is behind the exo dus of European Jews into the American occupation zone, j In Hoechst, Germany, Morgan denied that he had resigned, and added that "I! see no reason why I should," but he would not con firm or deny that he had received a cabled request to get out. Officials here said they were mistaken last j night in reporting that he had voluntarily quit The formal; announcement of the ouster movement,; Issued here, said it grew from Morgan's news conference in Frankfurt Wednes day, at which it said "Issues out side the scope of UNRRA" had been raised. It added that the re lief agency ! disassociated itself completely from ijthe views ex pressed then, j I Washington ioffUials of UNRRA said the decision to ask Morgan to step out was made in London by another British lieutenant general. Sir Humfrey Galeij director of the European regional office. Gale will pick the newjGerman opera tions head. j Weather Min. 44 44 44 44 48 Rain 1.1 ' .67 US 1 62 A3 Salem Eugene Portland Seattle San Francisco Willamette river It 2 ft. FORECAST (from U S. weather bu reau, McNary field, i Salem): Rain to day. Rain showers during night and Sunday. Little change In temperature. Maximum temperature 52 degrees. was released here by the repub lican national committee. The president had appealed to the people to spur congress on strike control and other legisla tion, He contended congress had fallen down on the Job of passing laws to handle domestic prob lems that threaten economic dis aster, j ' j; . ; ' . Not all the reaction was as cri tical as Taft'si A number of dem ocratic lawmakers voiced approv al of what he had said. A repub lican senator.j Young, North Da kota, said the chief executive was justified in criticizing congress. The presidential speech j also produced a forecast from Senator Ellender (D, la) that strike-control legislation would get early at tention, and a suggestion f from Senator Johnson (D, Colo) that Mr. Truman do more about strikes himself. j Taft said the measure Mr, Tru man proposed, which, would halt strikes while fact-finding boards look into labor disputes, was has tily drawn and contained no prin ciples of any kind. : ! i Max ; iit iSl . 2 . .i 51 i 10 PAGES ) i J - J kj , , , i S ! a year in China. (AP Wlrephoto to - UNRRA asked today for the Sir Frederick Morgan, its chief jf Criticized British Lt Gen. Sir Frederick Morgan, UNRRA operations chief In Germany! who is un der fire for his slatemeata re garding an alleged; Jewish pUui for mass evacuation of Europe. State Land Board Bond Profit High j State land board bonds, aggre gating $3,829,100, recently were sold on bids with a profit to the state of $11940.40,1 Lewis Grif fith, land board secretary, an nounced here Friday. The issues involved mostly war bonds pur chased by the land board during the past 3l2 years. : The profit from the sale iof these bonds will go into the state irreducible school fund. The sale was approved by the state bond commission. Man, Pretty A 30-year-old ex-convict out of Texas state prison and his pretty little 23-year-old wife are in the Marion county jail today, while police hold some $3000 worth of watches, jewelry, furs and household equipment they charge the man stole from Salem residences. Another $1500 worth of goods, taken in the same burg laries has been sold, officers be lieve. Aulton Eugene Blanken.shjp, who is said to have admitted burglaries here and a record as a holdup man in Texas, was bound over to the grand jury in Salem Justice court Friday after noon approximately 12 hours af ter four city police officers had raided his apartment at 770 S. Commercial st. and taken him and Mrs. Blankenship into custody Blankenship is charged with V1 POUNDDD 1651 Salem, Oregon. Saturday CIO Plaii Walkout On Jan. 16 Br th Associated Press Another union threatened yes terday to join the planned meat packing strike, a move that might completely tie up the Industry and add 133,000 workers to the approximately 1,500,000 who may be idle soon in proposed work stoppages. Also announced was a call for a railroad strike which a national mediation board spokesman said only. White House intervention might avert. - The St. Louis-San Francisco railroad (Frisco) said switchmen, brakemen and conductors had called a strike for 6 p.m. (CST) Sunday. A railroad spokesman said the strike would involve 7000 employes in nine midwestern states. Strategy Planned In Washington, CIO President Philip Murray and other CIO leaders held a strategy conference on threatened walkouts involving 700,000 steel workers and an esti mated 200,000 electrical workers Murray, who also Is president of the United Steelworkers union which has voted a walkout for January 14, said in a statement he saw "no substantial change" in the strike situation, and declared "the corporations involved are still . refusing to engage in genu ine collective bargaining." Strike Proposed The new meat industry strike threat came from international of ficers of an AFL meat cutters un ion, who said they would recom mend that their 135,000 members Join with 200,000 CIO workers in a general strike in the meat pack ing industry unless a substantial wage increase Is offered before January 11. The CIO United Packinghouse Workers union has called a strike in 147 plants across the nation for January 18 to enforce demands for 25 cents an hour wage boosts RoacTRepcjirs Languish as Graders Dwn With Marion county roads In poor condition due to freezes and flooding, the county court reports that a new crisis is developing with four out of nine power grad ers used on the roads out for repairs. Shop crews are repairing the machines as quickly as possible, County Judge Grant E. Murphy said Friday. The judge also re ported that Bridge Foreman Ted Kuenzi had located new highlme poles for the Wheatland ferry, but it would be several weeks before the ferry is back in ope ration. County Commissioner Roy Rice reported that a bridge on road 402 northwest of St. Paul is out, but the road from Newberg to St. Paul is again open. Water is still over the road south of the Lakebrook ranch in the Clear Lake section, he said. The Spong's Landing road and the Buena Vis ta roads are both passable. A county road crew would be gin repairs on road 936 south of Jefferson about Monday, he said, and added that the Wheatland ferry road is now open. i Wife Held for City Thefts larceny in a dwelling. His bail has been set at $5000. His wife, Marvel, who maintains her ignor ance and innocence in a series of crimes, is charged l with receiv ing and possession of stolen prop erty. Bail for her has been set at $1000. Their six months old daughter, Candice Jeanne, is in custody of the juvenile court. The couple told arresting po lice that Blankenship had told his wife thel jewels (including a dia mond set platinum ring taken from the William Bishop home on South High street) had been sent to him by his first wife. The current Mrs. Blankenship alleg edly disiosed of . a number of articles tu Salem and Portland. The man is said to have ad mitted butKlaries at the George Skaggs residence, 420 E. Bush st.; the John Harbison home, 955 S. Morning January 5 1948 Flying Tiger's Mascot v ;:.;.'-;. "' ..,! . - f ' ' " 1 K-cr ' f : l - s - T A -'" -. , - v- 't , "rs . f'ift, - - v j t -r - ' & ' i - a, a I v r ". .w ....'.''e''J k'n v- ,. . . . -v. ' 1 v J . . I - - , . , , I ' ' ' . . i u" LmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmKmmmumm ' TACOMA Waalw Jan. 4 Eight - of the famed Flying Tigers, proudly displays ribbons and wings with CpL Louie Jtw of Pale Alto, Calif- who b seeking to adopt the boy. Chin's entire family was killed by Japanese bombs. (AP VYirepboto to The Statesman.) Tornadoes in Texas Leave 9 Dead, 108 Hurt By the Associated Press Texas tornadoes that struck in north and east Texas yesterday afternoon and last night killed nine persons and Injured at least 108 others. Seven persons were fatally hurt and 31 injured as a twister struck several points in a 10-mile radius of Palestine in east Texas. Near Lufkin, also in east Texas, a tornado took two more lives and injured 20 persons. Just north of Lufkin, a tornado injured more than 00 persons, George W. Hawkes, newspaper man, estimated. A score of business and resi dential buildings were destroyed at Peniel near Greenville, north west of Palestine and Nacog doches. The one hospital ,at Nacogdoch es was full of injured and the city hall was used as an emerg ency first aid station. The tor nado there flattened out a num ber of homes in a negro settle ment, west of the city. Committees Chosen for Salem March of Dimes, Jan. 14 to 31 Many names appear on the list of committee chairmen who will function during the short period of the March of Dimes set for January 14 to 31. The meeting was called by G. W. Lancster, county chairman of the March of Dimes. High' st., and the Werner Brown residence, 475 Leslie st. He de nies having participated in any burglary at the S. G. Stevens house, where similar operations had been reported. Police said Blankenship read ily told them how he operated: He entered a house with an ordi nary skeleton key, early in the evening, usually around 7 o'clock, he is quoted as having said, turn ed on the lights and worked rap idly for. 10-15 minutes, often car rying out the loot in a pillowslip, which he would leave in bushes near High street on Mission street. Later he would take the "gifts from wife No. 1" home to wife No. 2. One burglary Blan kenship is said to; have admitted occurred in July. The rest were during the months of November and December. Price 5a 1 year - old Steve Chin, official mascot Accident Victim Nearly Charged for Car Damage ! DETROIT. Jan. 4 Ph--The Detroit common eounctl decided today to cancel a bill for fit. 14 against Ray Wheeler. ; lie was btUed by the police department after he was struck by a police ear last April t. The police report said "the Impact of the body damaged the car." McKenzie Pass Stays Closed The McKenzie pass was the only major highway- in Oregon that remained closed, the state highway department said Friday night, fkue Willamette highway was open to one-way traffic and four inches of new snow was -re ported at the summit. Five Inches of new snow had fallen at Santiam junction, but road conditions there were nor mal except for some slush. Snow was packed on the road at the summit and chains were advised. Temperatures remained about the same over the state, with rain in the valleys and snow In the mountains. Present were Mrs. Harris Lietz, county chairman of the woman's division; Dorothy Cornelius, Sa lem chairman of the woman's di vision; Frank Bennett, in charge of solicitation in schools; Albert Gragg, representing the postal service; Lawrence Fisher, treas urer of the Marion county chap ter for infantile paralysis and Dr. W. J. Stone, its chairman. Judge Grant Murphy, a member of the committee and Mrs. Ruby Bergs- vik, secretary to the committee. Discussion covered many phas es of the campaign fori funds. Announcement was made that the Willamette unuiversity student body will handle the table of dimes on the streets and Glenn McCormick of KSLM is in charge of radio publicity. George Alex ander was named chairman in charge of solicitation from gov ernment employes, Al Lightner is in charge of sports events. Com mittees from civic clubs will take care of commercial and industrial contributions. Milk bottles, furn ished by the Dairy Co-op, will be handled by the junior chamber of commerce. Boy Scouts will dis tribute displays and posters. The headquarters for the March of Dimes is 209 Masonic tempi telephone 6953, the com mittae announced. No. 144 Note May By Robert G. Wilson PARIS, Jan. 4 -.?- France haa asked the United States, Britain and Russia in a diplomatic not announced today to give the smaller nations of the world a bigger voice in the 21-nation Eu ropean peace conference to be held in Paris before May 1. In the note, handed to U. S. Ambassador Jefferson Caffrey for relay to Moscow, London i and Washington, France asked assur ance of the big three, whose for eign ministers -projected the con ference, that the representatives of the 11 countries would have "proper pow ers" to do more than express wishes on peace trest les with Finland and the Balkan states. Asks Question The note asked, in effect: Will the conference be able te make recommendations to be written into the treaties -or will it bo mefely called to ratify decisions? Some diplomatic observers said they believed the proposed con ference, scheduled to start on or before May 1, would be delayed by the "embarrassing Question' raised toy the French. Reminds Powers The note bluntly reminded the big; three that France was "in terested in all important ques tions concerning Europe, or any region whatever of Europe." W expressed the wish that countrios such; as Finland, Italy, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria be per. mitied voice In the treaties thef will hsvo to sign. 6 Hurt in 3-Car Wreck North Of Underpass A three-cat accident on tro Portland rd. Just north of the un derpays sent six persons to Salem General hospital late Friday night. David Cunningham, 20,- Silver ton, driver of one of the cars, st ternpted to pass , a car going north and sideswiped a car traveling south driven by M. D. Dickinson, 33, 310 N. 17th st, Salem. The impact of the crash three the. Dickinson "car into the path of a third car traveling south driven by Irvin Cutsforth, 20, Gervais, U. S. army. Two occupants of the Cunningham car were thrown clear by the first crash and were uninjured. Mrs. Dickinson only occupant of her husband V ar re ceived cuts and bruises and ws taken to Salem General hospital with her husband who received serious cuts on his head and knee. La Vern Eggers, 20, Brooks, a sail or snd Bill Bowley, 41, Gervsis, received cuts and bruises and were taken to Salem General hospital. Cutsforth and Eggers were re leased later to Camp Adair hos pital authorities. No charges had been filed st a late hour Friday night, the Marion-county sheriff said. V-Loan Tdps National Goal WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 -F The Victory loan brought $21, 144,000,000 into the treasury's tills, Secretary Vinson announced tonight In announcing the final fig ures for the eighth and last war loan, Vinson disclosed that every state made its E bond quota and that the national sales, in all categories, were far above quotas. Vinson announced these final figures: Total sales: $21,144,000,000 er 192 per cent of the $11,000,000 000 goaL Sales to individuals: $5,776,000, 000 or 169 per cent of the $4,000, 000,000 quota. Sales of E bonds: $2,204,000. 000 or 110 per cent of the $2,000. 000,000 quota. FORESTERS FELL. OWL. QUINCY, Mass.. Jan. 4-A)-An owl fell out of bed today. Forest ry department workers reported that when they cut down a tall tree s grey horned owl fell with lt and was stunned by the burr.p. Postpone Meeting