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Eight The Capita! Journal, Salem, Oregon Decree Holding Curfew Legal Expected Today Seattle, July 20 VP) Federal Judge Lloyd Black was expect ed today to rule soon that cur few and evacuation orders affect- ing Japanese and Japanese-Am ericans were constitutional, Judge Black said Saturday he would so rule, unless convinced to the contrary, In the case of Gordon Kyoshi Hirabayashi, 24, Japanese-American University of Washington student who con tested the orders. Referring to an argument by Frank L, Waters, attorney for Hirabayashi, that evacuation of persons of Japanese ancestry from critical military areas can be accomplished legally only by amending the constitution, Judge Black obesrved- "I do not consider that our constitution make this nation helpless to cope with total con flict. "I recognize that it has been frequently declared by repre sentatives of Japan, Germany and Italy that a constitutional democracy, such as the United States, is completely outmoded by reason of scientific advance ment that has so speeded mod ern war. "Such representatives have shouted to the world that the constitution of the United States is so restrictive, cumbersome and unyielding as to absolutely bind and imprison the United States, so that this country, self imprisoned by its own constitu tion, will be an immobilized victim while the speedy attacks of dictator countries, unre. strained by parliament or con stitution, destroy it. "But I concede to counsel that I don't believe the con stitution of the United States is so unsuited for survival in these days of lightning war that if we need to protect critical military areas we can only do so by the slow process of con stitutional amendment." T7 MOSCOW y t 1 t i V kursk) 2S21!H BElGOROtoJOJ". pOVORINO j y t L BOGUCHAR At , KHARKOV - J V R. MILlEROVo 1 y. ? STALINGRADC IISICHANSK s, TiM J f POKROVSK j QO' T TAGANROGju Reds Break Nazi Lines German invasion formations (broken line), west of Voronezh were reported broken at two points by red army thrusts (arrow). Southeast of Millerovo (A), the Soviets waged strcnglh-sapping rear guard actions against the Hitler spearhead aimed at vital Stalingrad. Associated Press Photo. v w "j 1 ' " n sry- jr",'., t Ship Japs Blasted at Dutch Harbor Plates buckled and smoke pouring from her entire length, the station ship S. S. Northwestern, Is already being Inspected after the Jap bomb ing of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Fire swept the ship after the bomb hit. U. S. Navy Photo. UP SAILS I At Ihe signal young skippers "up sails" as they prepare for a regatta at Alantltos Bay, Long Beach, Calif. Salty skip pers, younr and old, from all parts of Southern California, took their small sailing craft to Alamitos Bay for a series of races. Two Fishermen Drown in Lake Madras, July 20 (IP) George Mcacham, chief of the Warm Springs Indian tribe, and Don ald Sanders, IS, Portland, drowned in Trout lake Saturday in a fishing accident. Meacham, standing a rowboat, lost his balance and overturned the craft. The pair disappeared before other fishermen could reach the scene. RUSSIA STATUTE MlUt To Caucasus And Oil Fields 1 ) It Eleven Lives Lost in Pennsylvania Floods Ridgway, Pa July 20 (IP) Violent flash floods rolling through north central Pennsylvania and New York today took at least 11 lives and damaged or destroyed hundreds of homes, business estab lishments and industrial plants. Railroad roadways and high way bridges were washed out. Traffic was paralyzed. Power and telephone service was dis rupted. There were fires, land slides and disease threats. The flood waters swirled from the upper tributaries of the Susquehanna, Clarion and Alle gheny rivers in Pennsylvania. The Allegheny winds northward through southern New York be fore turning southwest to its WillkieSays Color Not Test of Race Los Angeles, July 20 (IP) Americans are learning, says Wendell Willkie, that the test of a people is their aim, not their color. He told the closing session of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peo ple yesterday that the attitude of white American citizens toward the Negro has "some of the un lovely tragic characteristics of alien imperialism." "You have been sore tried with many of the practices of our democracy," the 1940 re publican presidential candidate said, "and it is right and just that you should be alert to ev ery opportunity to remove the discriminations that exist against your people." Ho charged white Americans with a "smug sense of racial superiority and a willingness to exploit an unprotected people," but said that under the pressure of war, long-standing barriers and prejudices were breaking down. junction with the Ohio at Pitts burgh. Hardest hit were Port Alle gany, Austin, Wharton, Ridg way, Emporium and Johnson burg in Pennsylvania and Olean, Portville and Salamanaca in New York. At Port Allegany, where six persons were reported drowned, the Allegheny smashed into the Free Methodist church while 150 persons were attending a conference. They clung to trees, roof tops and floating wreckage until rescued, Fire broke out later and destroyed the church and a nearby parish hall, a ga rage and an old silk mill. L. N. Lukehart of Alexandria, Va., general field representative of the Red Cross, took charge of relief operations there. He re ported the flood was so swift "huge chunks of streets" were torn out. An earthen dam broke at Aus tin, sweeping away several homes and knocking others from their foundations. Water mains, electric and tel ephone lines were destroyed. A flood there in 1911 took more than 80 lives. No loss of life had been reported today. Victory Rally Hears from FDR Chicago, July 20 (IP) Presi dent Roosevelt, in a message to thousands of Chicago Slavs at a victory rally in Soldier Field yesterday, urged them "to keep their courage high and their faith firm until we crush the tyrant and bring freedom and peace to all men." The president told the esti mated 50,000 at the lake front stadium that the rally was "a stirring symbol of the unity of a mighty nation; a nation com posed of many people from many distant lands, marching forward as one man in the name of freedom. You whose father's soil has been overrun need not be reminded of the nature of the enemy nor of his black pur pose." Postmaster General Frank C. Walker, who read the message, declared that a victory for the United Nations meant "the ut most effort and superb team work. Army Man Returns For Short Visit Sidney-Talbot Arthur Todd, who is in the U.S. army station ed near Yakima, Wash., visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Todd last week. G. W. Potts, Sr., has return ed from a business trip to Marshficld and other points along Coos Bay. Mrs. Ernest Freeman and son and Mrs. D. E. Bllnston visited relatives and friends in Corval lis. Mr. and Mrs. Al Gurgurich visited relatives In Hermiston recently. Mrs. Anna Todd of Live Oak, Calif., visited recently with her cousin, Mrs. Ernest Treeman and family. Held on Charge Of Injuring Tires Just because farmers are eli gible to rubber denied the aver age citizen is no sign that they can treat the commodity with disregard, Alf O. Nelson, justice of the peace of the Silverton dis trict, believes. Herman Kuenzi and Walter Harri, the latter a resident of the Dutch Flats section adjacent to Silverton, became playful Sunday night and staged a tug-of-war between a dual-tired farm tractor and a farm truck. Burned tire marks occurred in various parts of the city before they were arrested by city po lice. In court Judge Nelson held them under a section of the code pertaining to "an indecent or immoral act not otherwise made punishable" a n,d specifically with "injuring tires and destroy ing rubber." In court this morn ing bail was first fixed at $1,000 but later, both well known farmers, were released on their own recognizance and given 24 hours in which to consult an at torney and enter a plea. Albanian Guerrillas Damage Oil Fields London, July 20 U.R) Alban ian guerrillas have engaged Ital ian occupation forces in fierce fights at at least three towns and caused considerable damage in the oil fields, where they started disastrous fires, radio Moscow said today, Moscow, credited its informa tion to a dispatch datelined from Geneva, Switzerland. The Geneva information said Italian troops were engaged at Valona, Corizza and Argirocas tro, and that such heavy losses were inflicted that 'the soldiers called on Italian oil field work ers to help them. Several oil plants were dam aged and several big oil tanks were set afire. Danes Love Blasts Of British Bombers Portland, JiTly 20 W Explo sions blast Danish shipyards to rubble, and the Danes love It. They love it, Dr. Henrik de Kauffman, Danish minister to the United States, explained Saturday, because the explosives are dropped by RAF planes on ships of the hated Germans. He told an Interviewer that Denmark is faring better than most of occupied Europe. Live stock and poultry thrive there and the Danes get some of their own produce, he said. Federal Attorneys Will Meet in S.F. Washington, July 20 (U.R) Attorney-General Francis Biddlc announced today that United States attorneys from 11 west ern and Pacific coast states will meet in San Francisco July 23 for a three-day conference on war-time policies and problems. Among the topics listed for discussion are the alien enemy control program, espionage, se dition, and the foreign agents re gistration act, Wage Increase Order Has Wide Effect Eugene, Ore., July 20 UR Wage increases and wage differ entials awarded by Dean P. Howard as arbitrator for 25 Wil lamette Valley lumber mills were intended to apply to all operations in the Willamette area, in the opinion of George Metzger, secretary-manager of the Willamette Valley Operators Association. Metzger based his opinion on the text of the award, which gave mill employes 80 cents per hour in class A and B mills for common labor, 75 cents in class C and 72 V4 cents in class D mills. "All the way through the find ings Dean Howard refers to the Willamette Valley as a unit and makes no effort to set out the 25 mills from the balance of the 458 mills in the region," said Metzger. To narrow the award to only the 25 mills which voluntarily submitted to the arbitration "is neither economically sound nor conducive to the complete utili zation of the valley industry in the prosecution of the war,' Metzger declared. He pointed out that the na tional war labor board media tion panel recommended ap. pointment of an arbitrator to de termine whether differentials within the Willamette Valley re gion and between the Willamette Valley and the remainder of the Douglas fir area should be con tinued. Metzger said there has been some effort by labor groups not parties to the arbitration to establish an 82 cent minimum for their Willamette Valley members. Steve Anderson GOP Secretary The best contribution that the democratic and republican par ties can make to the war effort is honest political effort, Al Sul monetti, president of the Mult nomah county young republi cans, said yesterday at a meet ing of 40 delegates to the execu tive committee meeting of the Young Republican Federation of Oregon. He said it is essential that the two-party system be maintained Steve Anderson, Salem, was elected to the newly created post of executive secretary. Dor othy Cornelius, Salem, and Wal ter Norblad, Astoria, were elect ed to the executive board, and Ed Nye, Portland, was -named publicity chairman. The delegates adopted a reso lution endorsing the proposed constitutional amendment to in crease legislators' pay from $3 a day for 40 days to $8 a day for 50 days. Small Contracts for Northwest Signed Washington, July 20 (IP) Three Pacific northwest con struction contracts under $50, 000 awarded by army engineers were announced Saturday by the war department under a new policy of making public all eon tracts here rather than in the field. Names and addresses of con tractors, types of work, loca tions of projects and the district engineer offices supervising con struction were: Vernon Hershberger, Pocatel- lo, construction of barbed wire fence, Bannock county, Ida. Portland, E. O. Russell Olson, Medford, con struction of roads, bridges and drainage ditch, Jackson county, Ore., Portland, E. O. Hazen and Clark, Spokane, construction of motor repair shop, Spokane county, Seattle, E. O. 231 Decorated for Heroism in War Washington, July 20 (IP) The navy said Saturday that a re capitulation showed 231 officers and men, including three from Oregon, have been decorated for heroism In the war. , Awards, previously announc ed, to Oregonians were: Navy cross to Elwyn L. Christmas, Lt. (JG) USN re serve, Mt. Angel. Navy cross to Jesse D. Jewell, Commander, USN, wounded Portland. Navy cross to Eugene B. Mc- Kinney, Lt. commander, USN, Eugene. Germany is experimenting in the use of plastics for aircraft, Journal Want Ads Pay Russian Resistance Drains Nazi Strength By DeWitt Mackenzie (Wide World War Anilnt) ... ,. . , . The Hitlerites have continued their slow but Inevitable ad vance on the southern Russian front during the week-end, and their occupation of the hotly-contested railway Junction of Voro shilovgrad has greatly increased the threat to Rostov, western gatepost of the Caucasus, some hundred miles to the south. The saving grace from the al lied standpoint rests In the fact that the red withdrawal is ord erly and their fierce resistance is draining the life-blood of the enemy. The gods of war still gamble the Soviet's vast spaces Japs Stand by Midway Lies (Br the United Press) A Japanese navy spokesman in an answer to the United Stat es navy communique on the Midway island battle repeated today the previous enemy alle gations that two United States aircraft carriers' of the 19,900 ton Enterprise and Hornet type, a heavy criuser and a submarine were sunk in the action. The spokesman, Capt. Hideo Hiraide, in a Tokyo radio broad cast on the occasion of the ob servance of Japan's navy day said that on June 5 Japanese scout planes gave the "much awaited news" that a United States fleet was cruising north ward from Midway. Actually at that time what was left of the Japanese fleet of 80 ships was in full flight toward Tokyo after having suffered the greatest dis aster in Japanese naval history. He said that the Enterprise type carrier was first attacked and that "it was not long before the ship went to the bottom, en veloped in flames." Then, he said, the other car rier was attacked by torpedo planes 2M hours later and hit three times. Two days later, he said, the ship was sighted, "at tempting to flee to Hawaii," and a submarine sank it. A Japanese headquarters com munique said that up to July 10 the Japanese navy had sunk 59 allied submarines and damaged 38. Last of Liberty Ships Launched Vancouver, Wash., July 20 U.R) The second and last Liberty ship to be built at the Vancou ver shipyards of the Kaiser Co. was launched Sunday. It .was christened the Elias Howe Lj Mrs. Henry Kaiser, wife of the head of the company. Hereafter, vessels launched at the yard will be of a different type, with four sliding down the ways each week when the peak construction Is reached. The speed of production at the yard was warmly praised by Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery, vice chairman of the U. S. Mari time Commission, who told the assembled workers: "Your part of the job is com ing along faster than any other in the country." No More Shipyards Needed Says Vickery Portland, Ore., July 20 (U.R) The way present shipyards have slashed production estimates has eliminated need for more yards, and turned attention to supply ing materials, Rear Admiral Howard L. Vickery said here Sunday. "The American Shipbuilding program is keeping ahead of the sinking of American ships," the maritime commission vice chair man said, "but in total sinkings we are not keeping up." He mentioned the losses of British, Dutch, Norwegian and Panaman ian ships, Canada, the United States and Great Britain have the job of replacing all those losses, and it is getting difficult to deliver materials to the shipyards as fast as the workers can con struct ships, Admiral Vickery said. allllllllllllHilihtthiHihlllllIHhlltlnIIIIIHIIIIH "GIVE ME GENERAL!" i Unsurpassed Protection AO on fire GENERAL INSURANCE 4ft. ft iax riiS5 u ' ui 11 11 uui"" II OREGON'S LARGEST UPSTATE AGENCY SALEM AND MARSHFICLD 129 N. Cummrrrlal St. Salem Dial 44N v.. - against Herr Hitler's short and fleeting time. Can Reds Hold Out . Can the bolshevists hold the German invasion until the win ter, or some fortuitous military development, makes it too lata for the nazls to break into the Caucasus this year? The red position is exceedingly grave, but the allies have a right to hope that Hitler can be held. The Russian rear-guard is put ting up a heroic fight in order to give the main body of troops a chance to pull back without disorder and make a stand in the best positions. The rear-guard is dying grandly, but it also la exacting a terrible toll from -the Germans. Voronezh Battle While the spectacular nazi ad vance is being made chiefly in the great eastward bend of the Don river, I call your attention to the position at the city of. Voronezh, a strategical railway junction on the Don river to the north of the main advance. There has been protracted and fierce fighting there, and the reason is this: It is apparent that Hitler's strategy for his great drive against the Caucasus provided that he hold his line against the Russians on the north while he I I L 1 1 .A,.IU... " aiiiaaticu ab bile suumeiii ex tremity with his great army of a million fresh and newly equip ped troops. Now Voronezh if the anchor to which Nazi Gen eral Von Bock badly wants to attack his left wing, because there is danger that the Russians may launch a counter-offensive from ths point, thereby endan gering Von Bock's left flank and consequently his entire battle line. Indeed, the nazis them selves report heavy red concen trations near Voronezh, indica ting the possibilities of such an offensive. Conflict to Continue Because of this situation we may expect the bloody conflict to continue for possession of Voronezh and if the reds are able to maintain their position we may see a soviet counter blow launched through there in due course. The time for such an attack would not seem to be ripe yet. That will come, If at all, when the Germans have penetrated deeper, thereby in creasing their heavy losses in men and materiel and length ening their lines of communi cation. Dr. Don C. Sowers Dies Suddenly Boulder, Colo., July 20 (IP) Dr. Don C. Sowers, director ol the University of Colorado bu reau of business and government research since 1922 and secretary-treasurer of the Colorado municipal league, died suddenly of a heart attack yesterday. He was 59. Dr. Sowers wa president of the American Municipal Asso ciation in 1929. Born in Spring Hill, Kas., he was formerly on the faculty at the University of Oregon and from 1927 to 1932 directed mu nicipal research in Akron, Ohio. He is survived by his widow, two sons in military service, Don Jr., and Robert, and a daughter, Helen, a university student. SAVING Insurance. COMPANY OF AMERICA - CHIT i INSURANCE , 0
