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Air Bases Abroad
Held Not Property
Of United States
, Washington, March 5 IP At
torney General Francis Blddle re
vealed today that the United
States has "almost no" legal
rights to postwar commercial use
of air bases it has built on foreign
soil.
In a report to congress on post
war international air transport
policy, Biddle took note of recent
suggestions that the United States
"assert sovereignty" over the air
facilities developed at the cost of
millions of American dollars.
"Examination of the agree
ments governing construction of
the wartime bases reveals that the
United States has almost no post
war contractual rights with re
spect to these bases, he said.
No Difficulty Seen
Blddle said, however, that this
was of "little moment" because
the right to use those bases
"should be obtainable without dif
ficulty" if the United States ac-
tively promotes the development
of a sound international air net
work. He proposed an international
agreement opening these bases to
all commercial air lines after the
war.
Here are the principal points in
. Biddle's ltfopage report:
1. The United States should en
courage intensive development of
its aviation industry because of its
"crucial importance in a. military
emergency."
2. However, this country should
be aware that efforts to dominate
international air transport will
provoke "international antagon
ism." America should seek to car
ry a volume of foreign air com
merce commensurate with its im
portance as a market. All surveys
so far indicate this will be 70 to 80
per cent of the total.
3. American air carriers should
not become entangled in the Euro
pean cartel system of air line op
eration. Private Operation Favored
4. Private operation of air lines
is best, but "unforseen circum
stances" may lead to government
ownership.
5. There should not be a single
monopoly airline for foreign op
erations, but domestic airlines
should enter the international
fields only through subsidiaries.
The report, prepared under pro
visions of the war mobilization
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An ancient Filipino leans through shattered gate of Manila's legislative building to remove shoes from bodj
t dead Jap soldier tor bis own use. Scattered legal records cover the bodies of other Japs m the shell-tor
debris of the once famous building.
Powder River Unit, Trained
At Camp White, Is in Italy
With the Fifth Army, Italy
Cpl. Kenneth E. Hunt, lineman,
Bend, Ore., is fighting in Italy's
Apennines before the Po valley
with the 362nd infantry regiment,
which broke through the Gothic
line in one of its highest and best
defended sectors. The 362nd is
and reconversion ac(, asked ex
panded authority for the civil
aeronautics board to regulate in
ternational carriers. ,
The section proposing maxi
mum attainable freedom of the
air contained recommendations
similar to those of the American
delegation to the Chicago civil
aviation conference.
The report also proposed that
the type of international civil avia
tion organization agreed on at
Chicago be established by treaty.
part of the 91st "Powder River"
division with the Fifth army. .
His regiment broke across the
Sieve river in the strongly defend
ed line and attained the top of
Mount Calvi, 2225-foot-high moun
tain in which the Germans had
emplaced artillery in tunnels run
ning 50 feet underground in rock.
At the entrance of one of these
there had been seven enemy guns
emplaced. The outfit captured 400
Germans and killed an wounded
many others within 11 days dur
ing this part of the drive.
The regiment advanced on the
direct Florence-Bologna route,
Highway 65, through bleak moun
tains whose peaks often were hid
den in rain clouds and fought in
rain, mud and icy winds.
The 362nd's third platoon, fight
ing alone and out of communica
tion with division and regiment,
was one of the Fifth army units
that took Futa pass, a feat that
won the battalion a division clta-tion.
The regiment was activated at
Camp White, Oregon, August 15,
1942 with a cadre from the 1st
Cavalry division. The men trained
Intensively lor a month at their
first overseas station, Oran, A1-.
geria, and joined the Fifth army
in Italy with other regiments of
the 91st during last June.
The 632nd first went into action
near Casaelia July 12 and effect
Ively spearheaded Fifth army's
raDid advance to the Arno river.
Colonel John W. Cotton of Mar
tha's Vineyard, Massachusetts,
commands the regiment. A vet
eran of 31 years' service, he won
the distinguished service cross,
the silver star and the purple
heart with clusters during the
first world war.
Photography is an art that re
quires long study, experiment and
experience lor real success.
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About one out of every five in
dividual taxpayers In the Oregon
district must file a declaration of
estimated tax for 1945 not later
than March 15. This is in addition
to the filing of an income tax re
turn for 1944, according to J. W.
Maloney, collector of Internal
revenue.
Declarations are required In
general , from business and pro
fessional people, landlords, in
vestors and others who expect to
get more than $100 of income this
year from sources outside of
wages from which tax is with
held, and who expect that their
total income from all sources will
be $500 or more. . .
A declaration must also be filed
by a wage earner who expects
to earn this year more than $5,000
plus $500 for every exemption ex
cept his own. For example, a
wage earner supporting two de
pendents must file if he expects
to earn more than $6,000. How
ever, if a person expects more
than $100 of income outside of
wages from which tax is with
held, his total income being $500
or more, he must file a declara
tion regardless of the size of his
wages.
Reasons Explained
Under these provisions, the ma
jority of wage earners are ex
cused from filing declarations, for
the reason that their taxes are
kept substantially paid up by the
tax which is withheld from their
wages every payday.
Declarations also are required
from farmers who expect to have
$500 or more this year, but farm
ers meaning persons who get
more than two-thirds of their la
come from farming may post
pone tneir 1945 declarations until
Jan. 15, 1946.
A March 15th declaration
should be accompanied by a pay
ment of at least one-fourth of the
tax estimated to be due over and
above any tax being' withheld
from the taxpayer's wages. The
remainder is due In equal install
ments on June 15 and Sept. 15,
1945. and Jan. 15. 1946.
Special forms and instructions
for the making of declarations
have been mailed to all persons
wno tiled declarations last year.
Additional copies are available
from the office of the collector
at the United States Custom
House.
Redmond Church
Fire Is Checked ,
Redmond, March 5 (Special)
Fire originating from a flue In
the basement of the Church of
Christ at near 9:30 Sunday morn
ing was quickly controlled upon
the arrival of the Redmond fire
company. Damage resulting from
water and smoke can bo repaired.
The amount of the loss was not
stated.
Morning services were held at
the Community Presbyterian
church. Sunday school classes
were also held there, as was the
evening service. It is expected the
church will be In readiness for
regular services by next Sunday.
A part of the fire company had
been called to the Talley ranch,
just west of town, at about 9 a. m.
Sunday morning, where a brooder
house was afire.
(By United PrM).
Western Fron t A m e r I c a n
troops storm into outskirts of Co
logne. -;
Eastern Front Red army
drives within artillery range of
Stettin, largest German port on
Baltic; capture Stargard, 20 miles
southeast.
Pacific Ten B-29's bomb Tokyo
and marines complete capture of
fourth-fifths of Iwo islands; Amer
ican troops and Filipino guerillas
clamp pincers on Japanese in
North Luzon.
Air War American Flying For
tresses launch new raids on relch:
German planes attack England for
second straight night.
Italy Fifth army captures
Monte Delia Groce; Eighth army
clears coastal woods in Adriatic
sector.
Hood River Post
May Face Action
Hood River, Ore., March 5 Uli
The Hood River post of the Amer
lean legion, which has defied a re
quest of the national commander
of the legion that It restore names
of Japanese-American servicemen
expunged from its war honor roll,
today laced possibility of investl'
gation dv tne state legion.
Such an Investigation would be
requested by the national com
mander, Edward N. Schelberling.
O. E. Palmeteer of Salem, Ore.,
national legion committeeman
said that he expected Scheiberling
to ask the state executive commit
tee to make the Investigation.
Purpose Explained
"Such an investigation," he said,
"would be for the purpose of as
certaining whether the Hood Riv
er post's action was in violation
of the legion s constitution."
Warren's P. Forman of Port
land, commander of the legion's
district 9 and a member of the
state legion executive committee,
said the committee is awaiting
word from Schelberling.
"It is likely that an investiga
tion will be requested but as yet
it can not be told what will be the
findings," he said. "Information
thus far received does not show
that the Hood River post has done
anything that would cause it to
lose its charter."
Names Removed
' Nationwide publicity resulted
from the post's action this winter
in removing the names of 16 Japanese-Americans
from its honor
roll on the ground that the service
men were of dual allegiance.
Schelberling reouested t h a
gome of the names be restored.
and the post tabled the request
with the statement that it did not
consider such action "advisable at
this time." '
Foresters Revise
Work Schedules
Rangers and staff members of
the Deschutes national forest to
day conferred In the forest head
quarters in the Postoffice building
to map work plans for the next
three years. According to Super
visor Ralph W. Crawford, such a
meeting Is held every three years
to revise the work schedule.
Rangers Henry Tonseth of the
Cabin lake ranger station; Harold
Gustafson, Sisters; Marshall Stcn
erson of Crescent and Eugene Wil
moth of the Bend ranger district,
and Hans Millus, timber sales
manager of Sisters, attended the
meeting.
DRUNK CHARGE FACED
Martin Mallory, 45, a sheep
herder, today was held in the city
jail on a drunk charge, as a result
of his arrest early yesterday
morning on Bond street. Officers
said that Mallory put up a stiff
battle resisting arrest, and they
also accused him of disorderly
conduct. He Is scheduled to appear
in municipal court this evening.
Corporal Pickens r
Is in Photo Unit ;
An Eighth Air Force Recon
naissance Station, England, March
5 Corporai'.GIlbert L. Pickens,
31, Bend, Ore., is a photo labora
tory technician for a reconnais
sance squadron at this photo re
connaissance station commanded
by Lt. Col. George W. Humbrocht
of St. Louis,. Mo.
It is his duty to help process
and print the valuable aerial pic
tures daring photo pilots take of
German troop and supply move
ments, communications, airfields,
and defense and industrial instal
lations. These photographs provide al
lied high command with much of
the information necessary for its
devastating aerial and ground as
saults against the enemy.
Corporal Pickens Is a son of
Mrs. Lula Pickens, Route 1, Box
436 Bend, Ore. Prior to entering
the army March 11, 1942, he was a
farmer.
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