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BEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1945.
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HULUTAO AFFAIR
VTERMED 'MISTAKF,
BRINGS AP0L0GY
Surprise Attack of Commun
ist Troops Due To Ignor
ance Situation Mixed
Aboard Adm. Barbey's Flag
ship Off Hulutao, Manchuria,
Sunday, Oct. 28 U.R) Lt. Gen.
Lau Shok Hai, commander of the
Chinese Communist Fourth
Route army garrison at Hulutao,
personally apologized to Vice
! Adm. Daniel E. Barbey today tor
Saturday's shooting incident in
- which Communist troops opened
fire on the admiral s barge flying
the United States flag.
Gen. Lau, accompanied by
Col. Jang Jang, went aboard the
flagship USS Catoctin several
hours after the barge was driven
away from the barricaded Hulu
tao pier by a fusillade of rifle
bullets fro m grey-uniformed
Communist troops.
Gen. Lau termed the firint; a
"big mistake," but at the same
time qualified the apology by
saying the Communists should
have been notified of the Amer
icans intention to visit Hulutao.
Adm. Barbey replied with a
stern answer. He said the U. S.
forces had formally arranged to
notify Soviet authorities, who ac
cording to our understanding
had been designated to occupy
Manchuria. He added that it
had come as a complete surprise
to find Hulutao under control of
elements of the new Fourth
lioute army, whose central com
mand was more than a thousand
miles away in an area west of
Shanghai.
' Gen. Lau insisted that the 'vol
ley resulted from the inability
of "poor, common soldiers" to
identify either of our two ships
or the barge, despite the fact
that all prominently displayed
the Stars arid Stripes.
The troops opened fire from
the shore when the barge reach
ed a point about 60 yards from
the pier. There were no casual
lies, although one shot pierced
the hull. Others splashed in the
water about the boat.
Lau said he had been ordered
to open fire on anyone attempt
ing to land at Hulutao without
Communist permission. He said
-he feared invasion by puppet
i trooDS. whom he said had made
a previous, unsuccessful foray on
llulutan.
The apology eased somewhat
the tense situation wnicn per
sisted for some time as a result
of the inability of Lau's garri
son to read international sU'i.ils
and otherwise make contact with
us.
This problem finally was
solved when a Communist sol
dier, picked up at a point of land
near our ship, conducted the
bnrge to shore for a parley. The
parley led to Gen. Lau's visit
and subsequent apology aboard
the flagship.
The surprise attack on the
barge was hardly more astound
ing than discovery that elements
of the Fourth Route army was
stationed in this area, and ap
parently in considerable force.
According to disclosures at the
time of the original Japanese
surrender the signing of the
.Moscow-Chungking pact, Na
tionalist troops were destined
eventually to take over Man
churia with withdrawal of S j.'iet
forces.
There appeared to be an ex
plosive impasse developing be
cause Communists have indicat
ed they will not permit unop
posed central government land
ings at the port cities of Chcfoo
and Wei Hai Wei unless specifi
cally ordered by Communist
headquarters. And there was
little reason to believe Chinese
Communists in Manchuria would
be more hospitably inclined
The fact L'. S. forces did !iot
return the fire and permitted
Gen. Lau to board our ship to
f rofer an apology seems to have
convinced the Hulutao forces
that we do not hostile inten
j tions. As far as United States
is concerned, Adm. Barbey ap
peared to have extrimated our
forces from a difficult situation
bore, as he did at Chefno. Tin
C S. has gained, rather than lost
face, here.
Treasure Hunting in Jap Mint Nice Work
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(.Icma 7 clcptiatoi
Not piece of eiRht but silver coins, 152 tons of it, must be shoveled Into bags by Japanese laborers, who wuik
here under watchful eye of Lt. Joseph E. Bcrgin, Strudford, Conn. The treasure, part ol the S-o0,000,0jC found
by U. S. forces, was uncovered when flooded vaults ot the Imperial mint were pumped dry. Photo by Tom I
Shaler, Acme photographer.
DIRECTORS MEET
HEARS BENGSTON i
' O. H. Ben?tson. state rerc-
sentative. told members of the! don Sunday newspapers today
Oregon Junior Chamber of ; welcomed President Truman's
Commerce board of directors i Navy Day foreign policy state
convention "to become more , mcnt as a pledge that the United
nublic conscious, to develop bet- States will fulfill its obligations
tcr r: en through action for pub
lic office ai.d to accept leader
ship in youth development pro
grams" whrn he addressed the
state, convention binquet at the
KP hall last night.
Nearly 150 delegates from 10
chapters throughout the state
were represented. It was an
nounced by Lee Stidd. Jr., state
president that Oregon had won
'.he extension award from na
tional iiea-; uarters for organiz
ing n-w clubs in 1A44. Warren
WhitK'k expansion chairman
in 1944. was oresented the
award and n turn presented it
to J l.n Sandmire president of
the Klamath Falls club. Whit-
Inrk was a membe' ot tne Mam
.ith chapter when he won the i
awa.d
Executive committee of tne
board of directors discussed problem'-
and programs for JayCce
vork in the state at the Satur
day riorning meeting at the
armory Radio talks were made
by stnte officers during the
afternoon.
Ses-'ons Ai'.l begin at 10 a.m.
today in the Hotel Holland.
BAY AREA STRIKE
VIOLENCE LOOMS
(By United Press)
A major shutdown of Son i
Francisco bay area shipyards
affecting some 75.000 workers ;
was threatened tonight as ArU
and CIO machinists laid plans
for a Monday walkout and
picketing.
Approximately 5.000 machinist-;
of the Oakland. Cal.. CIO
local 1304 Saturday heard un -on,
officials order picketing and j
threaten that the strike would
be "no pink tea." 1
Another 10.000 machinist.' of
lodge 68, AFL, San Franci x'O,
will meet Sunday in Civic Audi
torium to map strategy for
picketing the San Francisco side
of the bay.
But five maritime unions o:id
the International Longshore
men's and Warehousemen's
union jointly agreed to brek
picket lines where necessary to
maintain movement of sor ice
men and hospital ships. J
LCNT WAIT NEAR END !
Sarr-.ncnt.,. Oct 27 (UP) ;
Gov. E. Warren today announc- j
rd he. will not stay the execution i
en Nm". 2 of vViUiam Leva!
:iou;h Loi.g BfMCh shipyard
wekl'-r unoei r-'cam s- Mivnte "
more than Iflice JvarJ,
HELD PLEDGE TO
UNITED NATIONS
London. Oct. 27 (U.R) L'on-
as a member of the United Na
tions. The Sunday Dispatch said
statesmen will find "much that
is hopeful" in the president's dec
laration and that it was assur
ance that the United States will
fulfill its United Nations organ
ization duties to support a last
ing peace by force if necessary.
"On the question of the atom
bomb. President Truman pledges
the altruism of the United States
in noble phrases." The Dispatch
said. "But it will inevitably be
noted in this country and else
where that the president's words
make it clear that even Britain
and Canada arc regarded as min
or participants in the creation of
this new force of illimitable po-
tential
Both the Sunday Times and
Sunday Dispatch emphasized the
president's statement that the
secrets of the atomic bomb would
not be shared by the United
States.
Political sources here felt that
the president's expressed deter
mination to recognize democratic
regimes in former enemy states. !
and to work for the freedom of
navigable waterways, reaffirmed
the stand taken by the -United
States and Britain at the foreign ;
ministers' council in London.
These quarters were somewhat '
disappointed at failure to men-
tion whether the Big Three had
been able to arrive at some con-1
elusions which would get the I
foreign ministers' council back
on its feet. ;
LAST BOND DRIVE
APPEAL SOUNDED
i Washington, Oct. 27 (U.R)
Secretary of Treasury Fred M.
Vinson asked the American peo
1 pie tonight to buy $11,000,000.
I 000 in bonds during the victory
loan drive opening Monday to
keep the lid on inflation and
meet the huge costs of war s aft
ermath. 'The victory loan drive is the
last organized bond selling ef
fort now planned by the govern
ment. Individuals will be asked
. to subscribe at least $4,000,000.
j 000, including half that amount
! in series E securities, and corpor
ations and other non-banking
j groups will be asked to buy the
: other $7,000,000,000.
! Vinson will open the drive
with a five-network broadcast at
7:55 p. m. F.ST tomorrow. The
j drive closes Dec. 8.
ONE DEPARTMENT
' Iloiio'ulu, T. H . Oct. 27 (U.R)
Fleet Admiral Chester W.
Nimitz, commander of the vic
torious U. S. Pacmc fleet, said
today in a navy day address
that he was ipposeo to establish
ment of a single department of
natijnal defense.
He warned the nation to stop,
look a d listen "before making
any changes which may pos
sibly weaken any one branch of
our armed forces '
Nimitz acknowledged that he
had crang"d his mind about
the proposed merger of the war
and navy departments within
the las'. 12 months.
"About a year ago, a special
committee, appointed by the
joint cliief of slafi to study our
post-war organization for nation
al dolcnse, visiter; Hawaii and
discussed with me various as
pects of the- present war and
navy departments' organization
as compared with a single de
pa rtme.'.t.
"At that time the advantages
claimed appeared to bo attain
able, and. without opportunity
for adequate stud.t. 1 expressed
to the committee mv approval of
a singl; department.
"To-lay I am opposed to a
ingle department of national
defensv. W ith tht passage of
time and the experience gained
in the last year f the war, I ;
have changed my opinion.
TOP nazTnabbed
ES OFF!
! members of the 15 executive
i councils composing the North
Nuernberg. Oct. 27 flj R) A wt.stcrn Council of Lumber and
24-hour guard has been placed i sawmill Workers, AFL, will
over top nazi war criminals in
the Nuernberg jail to prevent
further suicides, it was disclosed
today as reports from Heidelberg
announced the capture of SS Lt.
Gen. Count Georg Heniung Von
Bassewitz Bchr. trouble-shooter.
for Hcinrich Himmlcr. late ges-
tapo chief. 1
Bassewitz-Behr was captured i
at Bremen, where he was attend
ing a celebration of his 25th wed
ding anniversary at his daugh
ter's home.
The general was surprised in
an easy chair, without his shoes.
A' poison vial was in his pockets.
GERALD SMITH BOOED
Oakland, Oct. 27 'U.R ' CIO
union members and Jewish and
Negro delegations turned out 5,
000 strong tonight in a raucous
cat-calling picketing of the Oak
land Technical high school where
Gerald L. K. Smith spoke fav
orn'K' cf a "ha-.t r : eggs" pen
sion amendment to California
'law.
RELIEF CD! PLAN
VOTE THIS WEEK
House and Senate Agree To Congress Gets Reminder
Give Business. Individuals ; Reclamation, National
1946 Aid I
Washington. Oct 27 (U.R)
House and senate conferees com
promised a dispute over corpor
ate tax reliff todav and agreed
on legislation to give S5.i)20
000. 000 in individual and busi
ness tax ruU next year.
Both houses, arc- expected to
approve the confvience recom
mendations early next week,
although w bill proposed tax
rcdi ctions nearly $1 000 000,
000 above the limit suggested
by the administration.
The conferees agreed on a
bill wh'ch wutild out individual
income taxc:. by S2 644.000,000
in 1940 an;! corporate tax lia
bilities by S'l. 130 000.000. House
conferees acceded to senate de
mand that the corporation ex
cess profits lay be repealed Jan.
1. The $5 automobile use tax
also would be rcpi-aled at a cast
of $140,000,000 to the treasury,
but txjise tax rates would re
main at present levels.
For individuals the conferees
adopted this plan, which had
been a iproved by the senate:
1. Twelve mlil.c-ri taxpayers
would be relieved by all liabil
ity through applying the surtax
exemptions of 5500 for the tax
payer and each dependent to the
three per cent normal tax Un
der the present law. normal tax
payers word allowed an ex-.-niption
of only S-OO with no
exemptions for dependents.
2. Surtax rates would be re
duced three percentage points
with a new graduated scale
ranging from 17 to 88 per cent
replacing tre present scale of
20 to 91.
3. After tne tax was niput
ed by that formula, the sum
would be cut by five per cent to
determine the amount due
STRIKE
Portland, Ore., Oct. 27 (U.R)
Northwest CIO negotiations with
fir operators and federal concilia
tors marked time today awaiting
President Truman's announce-'
ment of his wage-price formula
to be aired Tuesday night.
The 11-day parley will bo re
sumed Thursday with George
Brewer, federal labor commis
sioner. Although agreeing that the
president s answer to widespread
labor unrest throughout the
United States may help '.he
northwest lumber picture, lead
ers of the striking AFL lumncr
workers have called a special
session here Monday.
John Christenson, AFL strike
leader, announced more than 250
meet with the avowed intention
of "enlarging the strike pro-
gram.
i Peace talks in the Grays Har
; bor area were reported taking
! shape today as Willis Hazer,
nK.mb(.r f ((; AFL strike policy
c(jrnmi,toc, revealed his union
was r,.aciy to meet with operaVrs
0f eight ttrike bound mills there.
SNOW CLOSES ALL
CRATER LK. ROADS
It was snowing hard at Crater
Lake Saturday night and Bar
riers were being erected at the
west and south entrances, E. P.
Leavitt, park superintendent, re
ported.
All staff members are being
moved out to the Medlord office,
Leavitt added.
SECY. 1GKES SAYS
PROJECTS READY,
F
S
Parks Work Listed
Washington, Oct. 27 (U.R)
Secretary of Interior Harold L.
Ickes gently reminded congress
tonight that his department is
ready to go ahead with millions
of dollars worth of "long-delayed
and war-stopped" conserva
tion programs as soon as it gets
the necessary money.
Ickes said in a statement that
plans for hundreds of peacetime
projects have been completed
during the past two years by
the various bureaus and agencies
of the interior department.
Some of the projects will re
quire up to 10 years to complete,
lekcs said. He said the program
would provide the equivalent of
"one year's work for at least
1,500.000 veterans."
Ickes said new undertakings
and work expansion up for con
sideration or already started in
clude the huge Columbia basin
irrigation project in Washington
state, where 1,000,000 acres will
be irrigated and 15,000 home
steads provided.
Construction already has been
resumed on $:i(JH,000,000 Central
Valley project in California.
The program includes:
Bureau of reclamation nearly
250 projects to expand agricul
tural and industrial activities in
Oregon and 1(1 other states. Ickes
did not announce the individual
projects.
Geological survey A three
year program to provide "a com
plete survey of our national as
sets." Bureau of mines A 10-ycar
survey of "every existing reserve
of oil, coal, minerals and metals."
Bonneville Power Administra
tionA $184,000,000 project to
bring low-cost power to farms,
homes and industries throughout
the northwest.
National park service Addi
tional roads and housing for the
1G8 national park areas.
Fish and wildlife service A
$115,000,000 program of con
struction work on wildlife refuge
areas and fish hatcheries.
STATE TO ELECT
BOND SALE QUEEN
Portland, Ore., Oct. 27 (U.R)
Oregon will elect a victory bond
queen as part of the campaign
to reach its $6U,500,000 quota in
the coming bond drive, it was
announced today.
City winners, based on votes
from bond purchasers, will com
pete in county semi-finals and
state finals to be held in Port
land. Oregon's victory bond queen
will receive a free trip to Holly
wood, a screen test with the
chance of receiving a one year
film contract and a crack at the
title of western bond queen.
E RATIONI
END DEEP SECRET
Washington, Oct. 27 (U.R)
Reliable sources said tonight that
the exact date for the end of the
shoe rationing will be determin
ed early next week by officials
of the office of price administra
tion and the war production
board.
Both agenices have Insisted
that the date will be announced
suddenly at the end of a business
day so that rationing will be en
forced right up to the end.
ROBS EXPRESS CAR
Winchester, Va., Oct. 27 U.R)
J A passenger robbed the express
car of a Washington and Old Do
minion railway train tonight, and
Winchester police said he escap
ed In the night with nine brief
cases containing $350,
BULLETIN
Eaigon, Indo China, Oct, 27
(U.R) Britiih Indian and
French troopt striking to clear
revolting Annamese f o r c a
from the approachei of Saigon
have captured a strategic xivrr
town to the south and prob
ably exploded an Annamese
ammunition dump to the
north, ii was announced today.
Batavia. Oct. 27 (U.R)
British roinforcements arrived
in Jara today as unrest was
reported increasing at Ban
doeng and Soerabaja, strong
holds of Indonesian National
ists fighting against the return
of Dutch rule.
T
WITH M WEEK
Auto Union Asked To Urge
Wage-Hour Act Change
By Congress
Detroit, Oct. 27 (UP) Gen
eral Motors tonight for the first
time asked 'ho CIO united auto
workers to accept a 45-hour
work week during the reconver
sion period. The company of
fered an inducement of a six
per cent wajc raise for straight
time work.
GM President C. E. Wilson
asked the union to join in pe
titioning congress for a change
in the wage hour ret. .
K He nud made the uronosui
earlier to a press conference,
but this ws the first time he
had asked thu union directly to
nccept u longer work week at
higl.ei pay in lieu of thu 30 per
cent wage boost asked by the
union tor a -10-houi week.
It was expected that the UAW
would reject the offer f lutly,
: nice it has stated its vigorous
opposition to any upward modi
ticuuou of the 40 licur week for
which labor fought so long.
Wilson took note of this view
by SHying, Your first impres
sion of this proposal probably
will be that it is a reactionary
idea, irid not in the interest of
labut."
However, he adued, "it is not
reaetioiary any more than
working longer hours in the
war emergency was."
SPEEDY SCRAMBLE
TO DEMOBILIZE
RKS FORRESTAL
New York. Oct. 27 (U.R)
Secretary of Navy James V
Forreslal, warning against a re
notition of the "disarmament
follies" of 1D22, pleaded tonight
that the United States retain suf
ficient military might to prevent
another "formidable combination
of lawless nations" from launch
ing a third World war.
Revealing that demobilization
already has reduced American
fighting strength to a fraction of
what it was two months ago.
Forrestal called for realization
that moral principles must be
backed by force and said that a
hasty scramble to rid ourse'ves
of all memories of war would be
an invitation to new aggression.
In a speech climaxing observ
ance of Navy day, Forrestal also:
1. Endorsed President Tru
man's plan for universal mili
tary training.
2. Opposed a merger of the
Army and Navy departments and
called instead for a national se
curity council welding together
all agencies of defense.
3. Announced that 1.100,000
navy personnel will have been
released by Christmas.
4. Asserted that World war
II could have been avoided by
swift, concrete action against the
first aggressive acts of Japan.
Italy and Germany.
5. Disclosed that Japan had
planned and set the date for its
entry into World war II a month
before Pearl Harbor,
FOREIGN POLICY;
PEACE SOLE AIM
Millions Cheer President's
Speech Twelve Funda
mental Points Told
New York, Oct. 27 OI.R)
President Truman today outlined
an American foreign policy of
righteousness and justice and
said this nation would use its
military might the biggest navy
in the world and powerful land
and air forces to help all the
United Nations attain a lasting
world peace.
The president, heading the na
tion's observanco of Navy Day,
spoke to an estimated 1,000,000
persons in Central Park. Mil
lions more cheered him as he
was driven through the streets
on his way to review the fleet
anchored in the Hudson river.
Ho told the world in his most
Important speech as president
that the United States Intends to
keep its navy at great strength,
but America's military might
will be used solely for the pre
servation of peace.
In plain language, Mr. Truman
restated the fundamentals of
American foreign policy. They
were:
"1. We seek no territorial ex
pansion or selfish advantage . . .
2. We believe in the eventual
return of sovereign rights and
self government to all peoples
who have been deprived of them .
by force.
"3. We shall approve no terri
torial changes in any friendly
part of the world unless they
accord with the freely expressed
wishes of the people concerned.
"4. We believe that all peoples
who are prepared for self-government
should be permitted to
choose their own form of govern
ment by their own freely ex
pressed choice, without interfer
ence from any foreign source . . .
"5. By the combined and co
operative action of our war al
lies, we shall help the defeated
enemy states establish peaceful
democratic governments of their
own free choice. We shall try to
attain a world In which nazism,
fascism and military aggression
cannot exist.
"6. We shall refuse to recog
nize any government imposed
upon any nation by the force of
any foreign power. In some cases
It may be impossible to prevent
forceful Imposition of such a gov
ernment. But the United States
will not recognize any such gov
ernment. "7. We believe that all nations
should have the freedom of the
seas and equal rights to the navi
gation of boundary rivers and
waterways and of rivers and wa
terways which pass through
more than one country.
"8. We believe that all states
which arc accepted in the society
of nations should have access on
equal terms to the trade and the
raw materials of the world.
"9. We believe that the sov
ereign states of the western
hemisphere, without interference
from outside the western hemi
sphere, must work together as
good neighbors in the solution
of their common problems.
"10. We believe that full eco
nomic collaboration between all
nations ... is essential to the
improvement of living conditions
all over the world . . .
"11. We shall continue to
strive to promote freedoms of ex
pression and freedom of religion
thruughout the peace-loving
areas of the world.
"12. We arc convinced that the)
preservation of peace between
nations requires a United Na
tions organization composed of
all the peace-loving nations ot
the world who are willing joint
ly to use force if necessary to
insure peace."
California Deaths
On Highway Soar
Sacramento, Oct. 27 (U.R)
Automobile accident deaths in
California already have increas
ed almost 30 per cent in the first
nine months of this year over the
same period in 1944 and even
higher fatality records are ex
pected in the coming three
month, the state motor vehicle
department reported today.