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4 Capital Journal, Salem, Capital Journal SALEM, OREGON ESTABLISHED 1888 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Afternoon Except Sunday ot 444 cnemeiceta si. rnonea tiusiness twice ami; News Hoom 3572; Society Editor 3573 GEORGE PUTNAM, FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively all news dispatcne creaitia to it or and also local news published herein. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: BY CARRIER: Weekly, .18; Monthly, S.7S; One Year, 9.00. BY MAIL IN OREGON: Monthly. $.60: 6 Months. $3.00: One Year. $6.00, United State Outside Oregon: Monthly, $.60; 6 months, $3.60; Year, $7.20 Pattern for Japan Cashing in on the experience gained in the invasion of Italy and France, the United States and her British, Aus tralian, Dutch, Chinese and other allies have mapped a very definite pattern of warfare for the annihilation of Japan, one in which airpower is to play a major role. And they are making no secret of their general plan. It is already well under way. The key to the whole strategy is the destruction of Japa nese capacity to produce and transport munitions and sup plies, a job delegated to the air forces and the navy once the necessary bases have been won and established. That ex plains the emphasis placed on the conquest and occupation of such strategic islands as Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the cost of occupying which has to many laymen seemed all out of proportion to their apparent importance. But viewed in the light of the master plan that is grad ually unfolding they become all-important. Along with the Philippines and such points as are later acquired along the China coast, they will become the operating bases for such fleets of heavy and medium bombers as have never before been placed in the air untold thousands of B-29s, Liberators and B-17s supported by additional thousands of twin-engine light bombers augmented by land and carrier based fighters in numbers sufficient to blacken the skies over all Japan. The concentration of airpower in the western Pacific will surpass anything loosed against Germany, it is promised. Already the blasting is under way. It will mount in ferocity as air units in Europe are redeployed to the new battle area and that ferocity will be intensified by the smaller target area to be covered and by the added fact that no part of the Japanese home islands lies beyond the prac tical operating range of carrier planes. If the Japs do not wilt and surrender under such a sus tained bombardment, they will but little resistance to invasion for the mopping up operation. strategy is costly, but cheap in That is where your bond dollars them count. The Powder Keg Splutters The Balkans are living up to their reputation as the "Pow der Keg of Europe." Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia, whose forces were armed, equipped and fed by the Allies, who forced the liberation of his country, has occupied Trieste and other Italian as well as Austrian territories with large garrisons and refused to accede peace settlements. Tito's refusal to co-operate with the Allies brought forth the charge from Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, Allied commander-in-chief of the Mediterranean area, that the Yugoslav leader acted with the "apparent intention of estab lishing claims on northeast Italy and southern Austria by lorce of arms, which was all solini and Japan," as all efforts ment had tailed. Tito replied in a Belgrade of our army and the honor of ence of the Yugoslav army in Austria, Trieste and the Slovene coast line and the presence of our troops in these areas does not prejudice the decisions of the peace conference as to whom these territories belong. I declare that Yugo slavia is ready to co-operate and come to an agreement on a basis which will not be insulting or humiliating to Yugo slavia as an ally. All of which means that Tito will co-operate if he gets what he wants in the line of wont play ball with his benefactors all of which shows again how power goes to a man's head, for Tito had agreed only last February that for military purposes, allied forces should occupy Venezia and (jiulia regions, which include Trieste while the Yugoslavs should occupy the Fiume area. British and New Zealand forces remain in Trieste but are outnumbered by Tito's forces. Other Yugoslav forces are withdrawing from Austrian Carinlhia for the time being. It is strange that the polyglot Balkan nations do not unite in a federation similar to that of Switzerland and co-operate with eacn otner lor mutual development instead of eternally bickering and fighting. Only by following the Swiss pattern can abiding peace come to the Balkans. Balancing the Budget Faced with the problem of lopping some $80,000 off from preliminary city budget estimates to bring them within the six percent increase limitation, some members of the council are reported to be considering the possibility of eliminating the $22,000 earmarked as the city's initial contribution to the firemen's pension fund, approved by voters last year. In that the levy is mandatory as long as t he pension amend ment stands the proposal does not seem practicable, although repeal of the amendment might be accomplished by refer ence to the voters at the June 22 election. The budget, how ever, must be completed before that time. There is another good reason, however, why the fire men's pension plan should be resubmitted if the city proposes to come under the statewide retirement and pension system for all employes set up by the 1045 legislature to avoid dis crimination, as well as to avoid duplication of administrative functions. As a matter of fairness, all city employes should be entitled to the same benefits. But as' the two systems are set up, the firemen would get a decidedly better deal than members of the police force and other departments. To apply the uniform state system to all would also be less costly to the city. An advisory expression of public opinion as to whether the city is to come under the state act would also be advisable at the June 22 balloting, as' the city must elect to go in or stay out before next May. Funeral Today for Truman Butler Portland, Ore, May 21 (UR Services will be held Monday in Portland for Truman Butler, 73, who died Thursday at Nclscott. Mr. Butler, who had engaged In real estate and insurance en terprises the last few years, had been a resident of Hood River and The Dalles since 1882. Born in Ottawa, Kans., he at tended Lane university. He was a steamboat purser from 1B90 to 1897. Surviving is a daugh ter in San Francisco, and sis ters in Muskegon, Mich., and a ion In service. Oregon, Monday, May 21, 1945 Editor and Publisher entitled to the use for publication of otnerwise creaitea in this paper, be so softened as to offer by ground forces mobilized In dollars and cents such its cost of American lives. come in buy now and make to joint occupation pending too reminiscent of Hitler. Mus "to come to a friendly agree broadcast that "the honor our country demands the pres territory' sought, otherwise he Driver of Auto May Face Charges Oregon City, Ore, May 21 (U.fi) Clackamas county officials said Saturday Ernest Handy of Woodburn, Ore., would be charged in justice court at Can by with negligent homicide In the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton L. Powers. The Powers were occupants of a car driven by Handy which sideswiped an oil truck Thurs day. Witnesses said the Handy car was traveling at high speed. A muskrat can travel 50 yards under water without com ing up for air. ips for By Don Ialo Smith, well known auto mobile license expert in Bob Farrell's department at the statehouse, went one better than the guy who loses his shirt when he was around town after having lost his pants. He drop ped into the office of our fa forite paper and it seems it was there he lost said pants. Anyway he came back and found them there after having made a hurried search in other places. O yes, the pants were an extra pair he had wrapped up in a bundle and inadver tently he'd laid 'em down and gone away and left 'em. In justice to Ialo we should say when he was hunting around Novelties In the News (Br the Associated Fresa) Cooperation Denver A corporal wearing overseas campaign ribbons with stars asked the housing desk of the servicemen's center for a house for himself, his wife and their three-year-old son a near Impossibility in Denver. An excited attendant who had just finished talking on the phone, told the corporal a land lord had offered a desirable vacancy, but that a family with two children was wanted. "Tell him we'll take it," said the corporal. "If he insists on two children, we'll have an other one." Love Seattle Seaman Rudolf Sen gcbosh, Newark, N. J on leave here, and his fiancee from Ne wark, Mary Alexander, discus sed their marriage plans as they blissfully taxied away from the railroad station. Some time later Miss Alex ander discovered she had left her purse containing $500 In cash and $15,000 in Jewels in the cab. The cab company was noti fied and they began question ing their drivers. The 52nd one queried found the purse and valuables on his back seat, ignored by several other fares. WW' f Choose from a large fM ' rIM election at STEVENS Ev sm I rim I m for ,llat double ring I 1 8 ( m ceremony. 14K gold, f t vUvtll I en8ravcd or Plain. A (' - i -: t U 'gOCMA CONHECTiO"! New Japanese Admiral sails out to his Supper Upjohn town for his lost pants he had his other pair on. We didn't learn whether Ialo has a suit with two pairs of pants or whether he owns two suits. Nailing Down the Vote (Art Perry In Medford Mail Tribune) The Governor of Oregon has had the house he was occupying in Salem, sold from under him, and is unable to find another one. The chief executive re ports, "it looks as though we may have to sleep in the street." This assures him of the sleep-in-the-street vote In the next election. The Snells might do a bit of light housekeeping for a while in one of the legislative cham bers not now In use until they can locate a place wherewith to lay their heads. Anyway they're not troubled with horses like the Wayne Morris's when they invaded Washington. Heard some complaint from the younger generation over the week end that while mother and father have been taken care of no provision has been made for a Daughter's day and a Son's day. These are projects that should be commercialized by all means and when they're well under way there'll still be the uncles and aunts. Come to think of. it the card racks around town look almost bare without any Uncle cards or Aunty cards therein. Young Walt Cline has knock ed out another city golf cham plonship and that chap seems to be virtually unbeatable on the home front. He's sorta the Joe Louis of the local golf course, as It were.x Incidentally maybe we were a wee bit early the other eve ning in our eulogy on the Port land Beavers as being a top ball club and not just lucky. A lot of glum looking guys came back from Portland Sunday evening. They'd started out earlier in the day all hepped up over the shellacking the Beavers were going to hand out to the visitors. It seems the shellack ran out. So far we've seen no letter from a service man over in Eu rope who ' plans to buy some little business in Germany and settle down. ' t N j ,, :v.--:r;. ::rf:-:.-if:'l command TheWar Today By DeVVitt Mackenzie An Interpretative analysis of war developments by a fam ous Associated Press war cor respondent. The unity of the Big Three is likely to get a sharp and re vealing test in the explosive sit uation created by Yugoslavia's territorial claims against Italy and Austria and the Anglo American order to their diplo matic representatives and na tionals in Yugoslavia to pre pare for possible evacuation in dicates that a showdown is near. This crisis revolves about dy namic Marshal Tito, Yugoslav ia's red politico-military chief, and the position in nutshell is this: Tito is claiming Italian ter ritory around Trieste and Go rizla, and east of the Isonzo, river. He also claims Austrian territory in the Aillach-Klag-enfurt one. His troops occu pied these areas. British Field Marsh Alexan der, as supreme allied com mander in the Mediterranean theater, asked Tito to withdraw his soldiers from the disputed territory and let his claims be settled at the peace conference. Tito, while expressing willing ness to have his claims thus ad judicated, replied that his mili tary occupation wouldn't "prej udice the decision of the peace conference." Recollection Unpleasant This brought a pungent mes sage at the week-end from Al exander to the allied troops in ljis command. He declared that it is "Marshal Tito's apparent intention to establish his claims Dining Dancing Floor Shows FREE! NBC HOLLYWOOD CBS presents IN PERSON Radio's Outstanding Comedy Stars 3 RADIO ROGUES Mimics of Screen and Radio Personalities PLUS RUSTY COLMAN Comedy Singing and Dancing M.C. Most Versatile Entertainer in the West ARCHALEE Lady of the Dance Delineator of Modern Terpsichore THE BAND BOYS 5 Merry Music Masters 3 FLOOR SHOWS 8-10-12 Open Week Days 5 P.M. Sat. and Sun. 2 P.M. Full Course Dinners Served from 6 P.M. SMART NEW DIFFERENT Leonard's Supper Club SAT. EMS ONLY THEATRE RESTAURANT One Block North ot I ndrrpass on Road to Portland by force of arms and military ' occupation. Action of this kind would be too reminiscent of Hit ler, Mussolini and Japan. It is to prevent such actions that we have been fighting this war." He said the American and Brit ish governments had taken the matter up direct with Tito and that Moscow has been kept ful ly informed. Alexander's statement was is sued Saturday and yesterday the United States and Britain ordered their diplomatic corps and citizens in Yugoslavia to be prepared for evacuation. Meanwhile Tito's commanders moved their main headquarters out of Trieste (though there was no relaxation of Yugoslav mili tary control to be seen in the city) and it was reported with out confirmation that Tito had agreed to withdraw from Aus trian territory. Well, that's the way things stand at this writing a tense and dangerous situation. Small wonder that the British press is urging an early meeting of Pres ident Truman, Marshal Stalin and Prime Minister Churchill to iron out this and other pressing imbroglios. Marshal Tito long has stood high with Moscow. Indeed, his leadership in Yugoslavia has been so efficient and strong that Britain and America also have given him moral and material support in this fight against the axis forces. There, never has been any question but that , he was orienting his program with his eyes on Russia. Moscow Watched The big question now, of course, is what attitude Moscow will take toward's Tito's stand regarding the Italian and Aus trian territory. Logic frequent ly doesn't work in situations like this where passions run high, but the logical outcome would be for Tito to withdraw his troops, since this wouldn't prejudice his claims at the peace table. Therefore one would ex pect the soviet government to agree with its Anglo-American allies. In considering the implica tions of this dispute, it's im portant to note that Yugoslavia falls within Russia's new sphere of influence in the Balkan pen insula. 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