Full Story of
Pearl Harbor
Known to Dewey
Cracking of Code En
abled Roosevelt to Learn
Jap' Plans in Advance
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 21 IIP)
Gov. Thomas E. 3 Dewey today
declined to make public a let
ter from General Marshall
which reputedly admitted Pres
ident Roosevelt knew the Jap
anese were going to attack 15
hours before Pearl Harbor.
"Since I received the letter in
confidence, I refer you to Gen
eral Marshall for the text of it,"
the 1944 republican presidential
candidate said.
Kept a Secret
Questioned by reporters con
cerning a story in the current
issue of "Life" magazine which
also said Dewey declined to use
his information in the cam
paign, the governor declined to
answer most questions.
"I would rather not comment
at this time," he explained.
However, close friends of
Dewey said he- felt last year
that he would rather be defeat
ed for president than endanger
the war effort. ,
Asked "In the event you are
requested to testify before a
congressional committee, would
you do so?" the governor said:
Article in Life
"Certainly, I would testify if
I had any information the com
mittee wanted, although I have
no information not available di
rectly from government sources
to any congressional commit
tee." '
The "Life" article, written by
John Chamberlain, one of its
editors, said "Dewey . . . was
in position to charge that the
president had 'betrayed' the in
terests of the U. S. in failing
either to forestall or mitigate
an attack for which we were,
on the certification of General
Marshall (U. S. army chief of
staff), not yet ready."
"The political impact of such
a charge, if supported by the
evidence of code - cracking,
would have been terrific, and
might well have landed Dewey
in the White House."
Chamberlain said Dewey
learned long oeiore tne iwi
election that America had
cracked the Japanese "ultra"
code "some time prior to Pearl
Harbor and that Roosevelt and
his advisers knew what the Jap
anese were going to do well in
advance of the overt rupture of
relations."
(Concluded on Page 8, Column S)
tDodge Plant
Closed by Strike
Detroit, Sept. 21 (U.R) A
strike of 800 CIO automobile
workers closed Chrysler corpor
ation's Dodge truck plant today
in a new dispute on Detroit's
troubled labor front.
Company officials said the
strike developed over tempor
ary layoff 2,200 employes re
sulting from lack of truck parts
from strike-bound supplying
firms.
The company told the 2,000
workers yesterday that they
would not need to report today.
Another 800 who were advised
to report refused to cross picket
lines this morning, the company
said, closing the plant and halt
ing all production.
Union leaders Immediately
sought conferences with the
strikers to establish reasons for
the action. The new disturb
ance broke out as a management-labor
rift developed in the
Kelsey-Hayes Wheel company
strike which has forced the
Ford Motor company to halt
new-car production.
The Kelsey-Hayes strike en
tered its 30th day with 4.500
CIO automobile workers idle
,1 - en nnn J tn
lay off in 11 Ford plants.
Shortage of Gas
Reality in Detroit
Detroit, Sept. 21 OP) A strike
caused gasoline shortage threat
ened today to give Detroit a
worse immediate problem than
its idleness of more than 80,000
men in the automobile manu
facturing industry.
Available gasoline supplies
for the city of 1.600.000 were
described as sufficient to last
only until Monday. Supplies
vere halted by the walkout of
refinery employes and other
CIO oil workers Forty percent
of the city's 3400 filling stations
were "sold out."
The Weather
(Released by the United States
Weather Bureau)
Forecast for Salem and vicin
ity: Occasional showers tonight
with minimum temperature
about 46. Considerable clearing
Saturday with continued cool
daytime temperatures and fair
ly strong winds. Max. yesterday,
67. Min. today. 47. Mean tem
perature yesterday. 59. which
was 1 below normal. Total 24
hour precipitation to 11:30 a m.
today. .29. Total precipitation
for the month. 2.30. which is
1.35 Inches above normal. Wil
lamette river height, -3.8 ft.
apital
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Journal
57th Year, No. 225 J5SSTlZjSr& Salem, Oregon, Friday, September 21, 1956
Price Five Cents
Round World
Weekly Flights
Begin Sept. 28
Washington, Sept. 21 UP)
iJP) Regular 'round- the- world
air service, dream of American
flying men since the Wright
Brothers first got off the ground
at Kitty-Hawk, begins Septem
ber 28 from Washington Nation
al airport.
Six and one-quarter days (151
hours) will be required for the
23,147-mile flight, scheduled as
"The Globester." Planes will
leave Washington each Friday.
As the U.S. army air trans
port command made this an
nouncement today it was learn
ed: Service Restricted
1. Service will be restricted
normally to military personnel,
cargo and mail. However, a
civilian certified as traveling in
the national interest can make
the complete flight for $2,431
plus 15 percent transportation
tax.
2. Later, when the army can
get out of vthe business and
planes are more available,' U.S.
commercial airlines will carry
any civilian who wants to go;
any civilian, that is, who (a)
has the price, and (b) is willing
to undergo innoculations for
everything from smallpox to
cholera.
Hughes Holds Record
Howard Hughes, movie pro
ducer and plane builder, holds
the record for globe-girdling by
air. He flew 14,824 miles from
New York to Paris, Moscow,
Fairbanks, Alaska: Minneapolis
and back to New York in three
days, 19 hours, eight minutes
and 10 seconds. However that
was 8,323 miles short of "The
Globester" run,
The inaugural flight may
have been arranged with one
eye on publicity and one on an
anniversary.
Newsmen Aboard
Three reporters will be
aboard the first "Globester."
The departure date is the 21st
anniversary of the U.S. army
air corps' first 'round-the-world
flight of 1924 a junket that
required 175 days to cover 28,
345 miles and which was com
pleted by two of four planes.
With perhaps 20 passengers
and crew of six, "The Globster"
will leave Washington at 5 p.m.
(EWT) Friday, September 28.
It will pick up 10 passengers at
New York City's LaGuardia air
port at 6:30 and depart at 7:30
p.m., covering 23,147 miles by
way of the Azores, North Africa,
Egypt, India, China, the Philip
pines, Hawaii and back to Wash
ington at midnight, Thursday,
October 4.
No Revision of
Draft Laws
Washington, Sept. 21 UP) A
senate proposal to revise the
draft law was killed off today
by the senate military commit
tee. The committee acted in ap
proving legislation, already
passed by 'the house, to encour
age voluntary enlistments in the
armed forces through various
inducements.
Chairman Thomas (D. Utah)
prior to the session had plan
ned to ask that the present se
lective service be limited to men
21 to 26 years.
"I gave up because I do not
want to be in a position of de
laying the army and navy plan
to obtain men by enlistment,"
the chairman said.
Thomas explained that the re
cruitment measure before the
committee did not raise the
draft revision issue. He said
that if this now was attacked by
the senate, dispute, debate and
delay would result. He said he
would delay any attempt to re
vise existing draft laws.
10 Point Code
Issue to Jap
Press and Radio
Tokyo, Sept. 21 UP) General
MacArthur today ordered the
"immediate arrest" of Lt. Gen.
Kenji Doihara whose recent
appointment to command Jap
an's first general army was given
allied acceptance and Issued a
10-point code to guide opera
tions of the ctnsored Japanese
press and radio.
Japan's cabinet met mean
while for three hours to discuss
problems which well-informed
sources said included mounting
food shortages and repatriation
of Japanese civilians from Man
churia and Korea.
Another Thriller
The newspaper Asahl today
added another dime-novel thrill
er to the tales of Japanese surrender-crisis
intrigue, reporting
that former Premier Kantaro
Suzuki barely escaped with his
life from a band of armed Jap
soldiers August 15. The band,
evidently angered by surrender
plans, machine-gunned in quick
succession two houses from
which Suzuki had just departed.
Doihara, once called Japan's
"Lawrence of Manchuria," was
his country's advance agent in
its Asiatic conquest. His appoint
ment of the first general army,
succeeding Field Marshal Gen
Sugiyama who committed sui
cide, was a surprise to many
Japanese, who said his past rec
ord was not one that would in
spire American confidence.
Pledged Cooperation
American army officers, nev
ertheless, said after the confer
ence that Doihara had pledged
full cooperation and was "cour
teous and cooperative."
Gen. MacArthur's code for the
Jap press specified that news
"must adhere strictly to the
truth" and said that "nothing
may be printed which might di
rectly or indirectly disturb pub
lic tranquility."
Rather than restrict the press,
which already is American-censored,
the code emphasized truth
in news and the elimination of
propaganda.
Lumber Strike
Grows Nearer
(By the Associated Press)
Strike rumblings in the great
northwest lumber industry grew
louder today.
While a conciliation commit
tee tackled the strike authorized
by the AFL Lumber and Saw
mill Workers, the CIO Inter
national Woodworkers of Amer
ica announced "overwhelming
approval of a strike by their
union.
The CIO said an unofficial
tabulation of 30,000 ballots cast
by Oregon, Washington, and
California showed a heavy ma
jority favored giving the union
power to call a strike.
President Claude Ballard said
the union negotiating commit
tee would meet in Portland
Wednesday, with authority to
issue a strike call if it decides
demands for a $1.15 hourly
minimum can not be obtained
through negotiation.
Meanwhile E. P. Marsh,
chairman of the commission
working on the AFL demand for
a $1.10 hourly minimum, re
ported "some progress, but no
startling developments" during
meetings with labor and man
agement. The 60,000 AFL work
ers have already voted appro
val of a legal Smith-Connally
strike.
War Time Ends September 30
Washington, Sept. 21 Con-
j gross has voted to end war time
at z a.m., oepiemDer ju. ine
senate passed a house-approved
bill yesterday and sent it to
President Truman for his ex
pected signature.
Oil Industry Strikes Closing
Gigantic Gary Steel Plant
IB? the United Pressr
Dwindling oil supplies from the strike-hit Calumet river basin
refinery center in northwestern Indiana forced the gigantic Carnegie-Illinois
steel plant in Gary, Ind., to curtail production today.
More than 20.000 refinery and
pipeline workers had left their
jobs in six states to enforce the
Oil Workers International un
ion (CIO) demand for a 30 per
cent hourly pay increase. The
OWIU served notice it was rea
dy to fight to the finish to ob
tain the same pay for working
a peacetime 40-hour week that
the workers had received in
working a wartime 48 hours
with time and one-half for the
extra eight hours.
More than 200.000 workers
were idled by strikes through
out the nation.
In Detroit, more trouble
flared when 800 CIO automo
bile workers closed Chrysler
corporation's Dodge truck plant
in a new dispute. Company of
ficials said the strike had de
veloped from the temporary lay
off of 2200 employes as result
of lack of truck parts from
strike-bound plants.
Some 85,000 men were idled
by labor disputes in Detroit,
where a corps of seven labor
department conciliators were at
work in an effort to iron out
the troble. Hearings were or
dered immediately in the strike
of 4500 Kelsey-Hayes Wheel
company workers that had
forced the layoff of 50.000 Ford
Motor company employes.
5 I
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Japan in Complete Collapse
Never Again to be World Power
Declares General MacArthur
Commander Discusses Situation Plans to
Aspirations and on Last Public Assignment
Asperations and on Last Public Assignment
West Salem's Old Fender and Body Revetment, an effective if unsightly protection against river
erosion, is now being covered with gravel spread by the U. S. engineer's dredge, Monticello.
Monticello About to
Finish Covering Job
The government dredge Monticello probably will finish this
week the project of covering a large part of the wrecked auto
mobile bodies that line the west bank of the Willamette river in
West Salem, that for several years have given the river bank a
very unsightly appearance as viewed from the east side. A
tstretch of 300 or 400 feet is be-
T J1 ing covered. The upper part of
iyu
ings Defies
CIO Threats
Washington, Sept. 21 UP)
Senator Tydings (D., Md.) walk
ed out of a Maryland congres
sional delegation's conference
with a CIO group today, angrily
declaring that he refused to be
threatened.
Boos and hisses came from the
group of approximately 300
Maryland CIO members who
came to Washington to urge en
actment of President Truman's
legislative program.
Tydings, who was acting as
conference chairman, - stalked
from the room . after Robert
Lamb, CIO national legislative-
representative, said that "any
members of congress who don't
get on the bandwagon and vote
for a 65-cent minimum wage
are going to be sorry in 1946."
Tydings broke in to say that
he would not stay in the room
"unless your implied threats are
discarded."
"I will be glad to listen to
arguments in favor of the leg
islation you want," he said,
"but I don't intend to sit here
and be threatened by any damn
person."
Lamb .protested that he had
not threatened anyone. Tyd
ings, however, asked Senator
Radcliffe (D., Mr.) to assume
chairmanship of the meeting
and started out.
"Your boos don't worry me a
bit," he remarked to a CIO
group as he neared the door.
Showers Slow
California Fires
San Francisco, Sept. 21 IIP)
A forecast of showers, coastal
fogs and high humidity today
brought hope of relief to thous
ands of weary soldiers and civi
lians battling forest fires in
Mendocino. Humboldt, Napa,
Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado
and Nevada counties.
Light showers and a south
wind last night slowed the prog
ress of flames in some areas.
Twenty-five major fires con
tinued to burn. Some were un
checked although hundreds of
negro paratroopers of the 555th
parachute infantry battalion
were thrown into the battle.
Danger of their spread forced
the complete shutdown in north
ern California of all logging op
erations. Yank Presented With
Togo's War Ribbons
Tokyo. Sept. 21 UP) The envy
of the rabid souvenior hunters
in the American occupation
army is Pfc. Donald Kincaid of
Dayton, Ohio, whose prize is
General Hideki Tojo's complete
set of campaign ribbons given
to Kincaid by the general him
self. Kincaid, a military police
man, was one of several assign
ed to stand guard at the bed
side of the war-making premier
after his suicide attempt.
When the general's dress uni
form was brought to him one
day, Tojo removed his set of 24
ribbons and personally handed
them to Kincaid.
the improvised revetment will
not be covered at this time. The
wreckage, though unsightly, has
served a valuable purpose in
slowing down erosion of the riv
er bank, which was becoming
serious. Earl C. Burk, owner
of the property bordered by the
river at that place, permitted
the depositing of the auto
wrecks. He advised with the
state highway department and
was informed that the wreckage
makes an excellent background
for revetment construction, and
there is a possibility that later
a masonry revetment similar to
that at Eola will be built.
The Monticello, which for
several months has been scoop
ing sand and gravel from the
river bottom, by-way of chan
nel Improvement, is attracting
much interest as its big shovel
buries the wreckage under a
wall of sand and gravel.
The property bordering the
river is part of that tentatively
proposed as a public park site
for West Salem, for which it is
believed federal aid will be
given.
Jobless Bills
Face Defeat
Washington, Sept, 21 IIP)
Given the severest senate re
buff since he took office, Presi
dent Truman may be in for even
rougher treatment in the house
on the issue of aid to the job
less. Mr. Truman's proposal for
broad expansion of unemploy
ment compensation was tossed
over to the house after the sen
ate turned thumbs down on a
large part of the administration
program. The chamber did,
however, agree to extend unem
ployment benefits to a maxi
mum of 26 weeks at .federal ex
pense and to pay travel ex
penses for displaced war work
ers. Senator Wagner (D N Y.)
said Ipe bill, passed by voice
vote in the senate yesterday, is
greatly "watered down" from
urgent presidential recommen
dations. Administration troubles were
multiplied in the house, as lead
ing members of the ways and
means committee declared the
legislation, as proposed by the
president, would "promote idle
ness." The senate rejected Mr. Tru
man's proposal that congress
provide benefits up to S25 a
week by supplementing jobless
programs administered by the
states. This action left pay
ments at the various state rates,
which range from $15 to $28.
U. S. S. Massachusetts
Now at Bremerton
Bremerton, Sept. 21 UP) The
U.S.S. Massachusetts, first of
America's fast new battleships
to return to the States from the
Pacific since V-J day, was wel
comed at Puget Sound navy
yard yesterday.
Affectionately known as "Big
Mamie" to her crew, she has a
record of three downed enemy
warships, two damaged and 16
Japanese planes shot down. Un
scathed in battle in either the
Pacific or during previous serv
ice in the Atlantic, the battle
ship went intQ drydock for
routine repairs and overhaul.
Say Acheson
Cracked at Mac
Washington, Sept. 21 WV--The
senate entered a three-day
cooling off period today in the
matter of whether Dean Ache
son did or didn't take a verbal
crack at General MacArthur.
Senators Wherry (R., Neb.)
and Chandler (D., Ky.) say he
did.
They made such an Issue of
it that Majority Leader Bark
ley (Ky.) recessed the chamber
from Thursday to Monday with
out acting on a long list of ap
pointments. Among them was Acheson's
promotion to under secretary of
state. Barkley told reporters
he thinks there'll be a peaceful.
confirmatoin Monday.
Others held up included the
nominations of:
Frank McCarthy of Virginia
as assistant secretary of state,
Maxwell M. Hamilton of Iowa
as minister to Finland, four Dis
trict of Columbia judges and a
scattering of U.S. attorneys and
Marshals.
Some question remained in
the minds of most senators as to
whether Acheson was aiming at
MacArthur when he said at a
recent news conference that the
U.S. government, not any officer
of the army or navy, would fix
occupation policies for Japan.
Acheson's comment came
after the state department, the
White House and the war de
partment were caught flat foot
ed by the general's announce
ment that he probably could
keep the Japanese in hand with
200,000 American troops six
months hence.
By Hugh Baillie
(World Copyright 1945 by Vmtri Prfss)
Tokyo, Sept. 21 U.R) Japan will never a era in become a world
power. Gen. Douglas MacArthur said today in an interview with
the United Press.
"Japan industrially, commercially, militarily and every other
way is in a state of complete collapse," MacArthur declared. "Her
food supplies are scarce and she faces conditions in this emergency
that may well beoome catastrophic. Her punishment for her sins,
which is just beginning, will be long and bitter."
The supreme commander told me that war criminal trials will
commence very shortly, Japan's army will be absolutely abol
ished by Oct. 15. The remnants of Japan's navy are doomed to
destruction except "minor specimens which may be retainable for
scientific or museum purposes."
All Japanese munitions and all munitions plants which survived
the war will be destroyed, MacArthur said. Japan will be kept
on an austerity basis regarding
sports, entertainment, and lux
uries. The Japanese are not being
treated brutally but the sur
render terms, no matter how
harsh, are being rigidly en
forced, MacArthur emphasized.
Furthermore, he said. Japan can
expect no relief, no food, cloth
ing, or supplied from the allied
powers this winter.
To Remain on Scene
MacArthur pointed out com
plete execution of the terms im
posed by the allies is expected
to take many years.
The man who pursued the
Japanese from Australia to To
kyo, plans to remain personally
on the scene enforcing, directing,
and administering allied rule
over the Japanese.
Reiterating that he has no po
litical aspiration, MacArthur
said that he started as a soldier
and intends to finish as one.
"I'm on my last public as
signment, which when conclud
ed will mark the definite end
of my service," he said.
My own observations are cer
tainly in accord with his esti
mate of Japan's condition as far
as visible evidences are con
cerned. Jap Cities Pulverized
The nation's cities and indus
tries are pulverized and . par
alyzed. Lacking outside assist
ance, recovery will be extreme
ly difficult. Vast areas, many
square miles of which were once
teeming business districts and
extensive residence areas, are
now hideous ruins and seem
ingly endless jungles of weeds
and rubble.
The masses of people appear
stupified by this devastation and
defeat which has been visited
upon them, although some lead
ers obviously are attempting
the first step toward reconstruc
tion and rehabilitation. But
anything they do seems almost
futile in face of the massive job
confronting them.
The dominant feeling among
the masses appears to be re
lief that the war has ended be
fore all were killed, but death
will stalk the land this winter
for lack of food and shelter.
Hirohito May
Yet Abdicate
Tokyo, Sept. 21 (U.R) Indica
tions that Emperor Hirohito is
considering abdicating in favor
of his 11 -year-old son increased
today despite a denial from the
royal household. Two factors in
particular bolstered the belief
that Hirohito is pondering abdi
cation: 1. Crown Prince Akihito was
ordered two days before Japan's
capitulation to prepare himself
for "togu" the science of rul
ership and Dr. Shigeto Hozu
mi, retired professor of Juris
prudence at Tokyo Imperial uni
versity, was named official ad
viser and instructor to him.
2. Prince Chichibu, tubercular
brother of Hirohito and prob
able regent in the event of his
abdication, is making one of his
rare trips to Tokyo In response
to a summons from the emperor.
Asked point-blank whether
Hirohito was considering abdi
cating, however, imperial house
hold minister Shotaro Ishiwata,
one of the mikado's closest ad
visors, told the United Press:
"Such a thing as abdication of
Emperor Hirohito absolutely
could not be."
Ishiwata's statement might be
technically correct at the mo
ment, but still was subject to
complete reversal. "Koshltu
Tempan" could be revised at
proved at a family conference
of royal princes and by the privy
council. The latter body of 15 is
appointed by the emperor.
Homma Ordered
Death March
Another Boost in
Price of Silver
Washington, Sept. 21 (U.R
The United States was on a sin
gle price standard today for
both domestic and foreign sil
ver. The office of price adminis
tration boosted the price of for
eign silver 25 cents to the same
level paid by the U.S. treasury
for domestic-mined metal. The
action will encourage export of
silver ot this country by pro
ducing countries.
The ceiling price for foreign
silver was established in Au
gust, 1942, at 45 cents per ounce.
Today's action by OPA brought
the price of all silver foreign
and domestic to 71.111 cents
per fine ounce.
Patterson Approved
By Senate Group
Washington, Sept. 2 (U.R) The
senate military affairs commit
tee today unanimously approved
the nomination of Robert P.
Patterson to be secretary of
war.
The committee also approved
appointment of W. Stuart Sy
mington of St. Louis to be fed
eral surplus property adminis
trator. Symington has been
serving as chairman of the
three-man surplus property
board.
The Patterson nomination re
portedly was approved with lit
tle discussion in the committee's
executive session.' Patterson,
who has been serving as under
secretary of war will succeed
78-year-old Henry L. Stimson.
Halscy at Pearl Harbor
Pearl Harbor, Sept. 21 (U.R)
Adm. William F. Halscy today
was back from Tokyo, where
the war ended, to Pearl Har
bor, where it started.
Russia Names War Trial Judge
As French Seize Von Neurath
Nuernberg, Germany, Sept. 21 MP The Russians named their
judge and prosecutor today for the German war crimes trial
this winter and the French announced the capture of Baron
Konstantin von Neurath in Ba- ; r 77. 7.
Hnn RaHnn nnp nf thp 94 iitrf . ana would De laenniiea later.
for arraignment before the in
ternational tribunal.
Sir David Maxwell Frye,
British prosecutor, said the
question of the sanity of Rudolf
Hess had been thoroughly ex
plored and that the one time
third ranking nazi was suitable
for trial. Hess parachuted onto
a Scottish moor, June 22, 1942,
and has since been a prisoner
of the British.
The Russians appointed R.
Rudenko prosecutor and I. T
Jackson said indictments for
the first 24 accused nazis were
ready and could be filed when
ever the court convened. He
declared the German gestapo
and SS (elite guard) would be
tried as organizations simul
taneously with such nazis as
Hermann Goering, Hess, Joa
chim von Ribbentrop, Field
Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and von
Neurath. A conviction of the
organization would mean that
all its members would be guilty
Ninkitchenko judge for the j to the extent of their participa
four-man international court.
Their American counterparts
are Justice Robert H. Jackson,
U. S. prosecutor, and former
Attorney General Francis Bid
die. Sir David said the Brit
ish judge would be named soon.
The French delegation said
their judge had been appointed
tion, Jackson said.
"The trials cannot possibly
begin before Nov. 1, but they
definitely will be held this win
ter." Jackson said.
He added that the 24 listed
as war criminals did not con
stitute a "closed list." Others
likely will be added.
Tokyo, Sept. 21 Wi A
berated American prisoner
war said today he was convin
ced that Lt. Gen. Masaharu
Homma ordered the death
march on Bataan In payment for
Japanese killed in their Invasion
of the Philippines.
Homma recently surrendered
to American authorities for
questioning as a war criminal
suspect and was placed in Jail
along with other former leaders
of the Japanese military ma
chine. He said when he sur
rendered that he had not or
dered the agonizing march of
American prisoners hut added
that he would accept responsi
bility for the actions of the of
ficers under his command.
Capt. Lossiter Mason of Jack
sonville, Fla., recently freed
from a camp near Osaka, said
he heard a high Japanese off!
cor declare: "Because lots of
Japanese have been killed by
the Americans in the Philip
pines, the Americans must suf
fer."
Mason said he was convinced
that "this was high command
policy, and Homma was respon
sible."
The Floridnn said also that
he knew that two American
majors were beheaded on Cebu
in the Philippines after CebU
City was burned in a Japanese
landing.
Mason, one of the death
marchers from Marivoles to San
Fernando, said a Japanese shot
an American major in the chest
during the march and left him
for dead. When a second col
umn of marchers came along
Mason said, the Japanese tn
command found the major alive
and forced him to march 60
kilometers, then shot him
through the head.
Over Billion Taxable
Property in Oregon
Of the $1,084,558,171.87
worth of taxable property in
Oregon. $400,883,643.46 worth
is in Multnomah county, the
state tax commission's summary
released today reveals. Lane
county's valuation is placed at
$53.512. 41)5 52. while Umatilla
is third with $50,311,087.48, and
Marion is fourth with $44,607,-
27B 02 on tax rolls.
Property assessed and equal-
ibed by the state tax commis
sion (public service companies
operating in more than one
countv) is valued at $194,288,-100.87.