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MUST SIJUCFED
WASHINGTON, June 15 UP)
Prlco Administrator Prentiss M.
Brown told food Industry rep
resentatives toduy that tho of
fice of price odmlnliitrutlon'i
(OPA) new program of food
prlco control "must work" If
the tuition la to avoid a major
defeat on tho homo front.
"This defcul," ho old, "will
make difficult tho winning of
the warl It will muke impos
dole the winning of the pcaco,
for It will Ivavo our economy
mattered and helpless."
- In a statement prepared for
a conference of . wholesale and
retail food nicrchauta, Brown
culled the prlco of fooda the
basic element In the budget of
Qicry family and added thnl
nlcaa food prlcea aro effective
ly stabilized, "then the stabiliza
tion program as a whole must
Collapse."
! Describing the general maxi
mum price regulation as a
Vlundmurk in our fight to con
trol Inflation," Brown declared:
"Hud It not been Issued, tho
cost of living would have risen,
pot tho 10 per cent It haa In
creased since Muy, 1042, but
10 times 10 per cent. For In tho
spring of 1042, tho pressures
"upon the economy had grown
to dimensions wo hod never be
fore known, and wo were con
fronted, not with tho threat, but
with the ccrtuinty of gulloping
inflution unless prompt and vig
orous action wcro taken. In the
general maximum price regula
tion, wo took prompt and vig
orous action and stopped the
Pjvccp toward uncontrolled in
iation." Brown said fuilure to stabll
Ize the cost of living wsi due to
four reasona:
1. The tax and savings pro
gram failed to syphon off a uf
ltclent proportion of excess pur
chasing power.
2. Because of lack of Juris'
diction, tho war labor board
was unable to stublllza wages
betoro October 2, 1042.
3. Because of Inadequate
powers to control farm prices,
costs to food processors con
tlnucd to increase, forcing up
ward adjustment In their prices
4. Bccauso of Inadoquata use
of subsidies whlrh might have
been employed to meet the pres
sure of rising coats, It was lm
A'isslble to avoid upward ad
fustment of retail prices and
the cost of living.
bpTuicno
j'- BEJUAKEVIEW
LAKEV1EW, June (Special)
f Captain Jack, the million dol
lar rooster Is expected In Lake
View in a few days to spur war
bond sales. The rooster is being
brought to Lake county by the
flotary club, and will be used In
Jvar bond rallies. "Captain Jack'
lias brought almost a million dol
lars in war bonds In the state in
(lis various travels. Bidding Is
."ne In war bonds and tho bird
V.-nifilns with the organization
Sponsoring him until called to
Some other town. When he hos
made the rounds of the state
"Captain Jack" will wind up at
Portland for a big bond buying
f vent. While here ho will be on
llsplny In Fctsch's storo window.
Injured, Bur Alive
Bomber Crew Escapes
t. COLUMBIA, S. C. .June 15 (IP)
Flight Officer Paul N. Sucnccr.
21, Salem, Ore., and the other
six crewman of an army me
dium bomber escaped yesterday
as their plane landed wheels up
(n a small field near here and
burst Into flames.
r-All tho crewmen wcro Injured
Q't all were expected to recover.
Vpcncer suffered lacerations and
abrasions of the head and body.
l ine piano was on a training
flight from the air base here, the
public relations office said.
' It wos noted on recently cap
tured specimens of Mcsser
schmitU that no provision was
made for jettisoning fuel In case
pf emergency, although no skill
or material was spared to pro
vide other safety devices.
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Several Ihouaand men and
York Shipbuilding corporation
ahutdown. The company said
Bomb Sinks Diver. But He
Bobs Up to Tell Storv
PORTLAND, June 15 VP)
Japanese bombs sunk Joseph D.
Campbell, but he bobbed up
here this weekend to tell the
story.
A chief boatswain's mate and
master diver in the navy, Camp
bell was repairing a vessel In the
Solomons last year when Japan
ese planes como over.
He had just left the water and
was starting to take off his
diving helmet, he said, when a
bomb struck 20 yards away. It
blew him off the ship's deck and
like a lead weight ho dropped 06
feet beforo he could Increase air
You can speed
his visit home
by giving up your
summer train trips
High point in many a service man's life in
his short leave or furlough after months of
strenuous training. This ia often his last
chance to visit home before going overacas
a last chance to ace his parents, wife or
sweetheart.
Furlough days are far too precious to be
spent waiting for train accommodations.
Yet nowadays our trains are so crowded that
even service men on furlough sometimes
have to "wait their turn".
Will you help make more room on our trains
for service men and other essential war trav
elers this summer? Pleaae cancel reserva
tions promptly if your plans change re
lease this apace for use by other travelers.
Don'f Mite the train at all unlets you really
have tot
At more and more mtn are drawn into the armed
forces, furlough travel and troop movements require
a constantly increasing share of all Southern Pacifio
equipment. '-
For example, moro than half of all sleeping cars in
the country and about one-third of all day coaches
are now given over to organized troop movements.
And furlough travel on regular passenger trains ia our
largest singlo type of travel.
Thousands of business men and technical experts
engaged in war production must make emergency
train trips. These men arc certainly essential trav
elers, just liko our passengers in uniform. And many
other pcoplo havo to travel for important reasons.
Because of death or illness in the family ... to accept '
employment in another eity ... to visit husbands or
sons at an Army Camp or at a Naval Training Station,
, If this were on ordinary summer we would be
doing our best to encourage vacation travel. After all,
wo make our living carrying pcoplo where they want
to go. But this summer is different ... '
Movements of troops and war supplies are especially
licuvy over S. P. lines because we serve more military
Shipyard Workers Protest Against
v v w - Wl am? ar tv A I
-r- ii yjr vnata a
woman demonstrated outside the
yards In what union officials said waa a protest ol a
the ahuidown waa due to a ahortaga of critical materials.
pressure In the suit to stop the
plunge.
"I got a squeeze. That hap
pens when the water pressure is
greater tlinn the air pressure in
side the diving suit. My stom
ach was slammed up right into
my chest, and my head was
rammed right up against the top
of my helmet. 1 could hear the
bombs exploding in the water.
They sounded like paper bags
popping," ho said.
"I was pulled back up onto the
ship, but I didn't gel decompres
sion on the way up, so then I got
Shutdown
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Camden, N. J., gates of
the bends," he added.
Campbell visited his family
here while on liberty from a
navy hospital, where he is being
treated for Injuries.
SAFEGUARD VALUABLES
ORANGEBURG, S. C, (IP)
Two smartly-dressed young
women came out of a theater
just as a heavy shower was strik
ing its stride.
They stopped and each girl
removed her shoes and carefully
tucked them under her arm.
Then they fared forth In the
rain barefoot.
Japan Is a nation that's going
to find put .that the world's a
stage upon which you have no
show unless you play fair.
tha New
one-day
and naval establishments than any other railroad.
Concentration of war production plants in the West
has vastly increased our freight load.
We are short of locomotives and other equipment, and
no more passenger cars or diners can be purchased for
the duration. With over 12,000 S. P. railroaders now
in the armed forces we badly need more manpower.
But despite all these difficulties plus the heaviest
traffic load in all our history tee are pushing th
', war trains through.
This summer we are asking the public to forgo all
train trips of a merely social, sight-seeing or pleas
ure nature. This summer unless your train trip is
essential you can do your country a real service
by staying close to home. '
The friendly Southern Pacific
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Buy War Bonds now to help pay
for vacations after Victory .
SALINAS, Calif., June 15 OP)
Engine trouble caused the crash
of an army bomber in northern
California near Dunsmuir early
Thursday, the army air corps
said today in listing the six men
who died. Four bailed out
safely.
The names of those killed
were announced as follows:
Lieut. Ernest A. Clark of Oak
land, Cal.; Flight Officer George
Churchill, Jr., Leakcsville, Miss.;
Staff Sgt. William W. Powell,
Jr., Houston, Tex.; Sgt. Willet
F. Draker, Fort Wayne, Ind.;
Sgt. Alonzia E. Johnston, Jr.,
Canton, O., and Sgt. John F.
Kennedy, Peru, Ind.
Dies Sub-Committee
Assures Barring of
Japs on West Coast
LOS ANGELES, June 14 UP)
The Dies sub-committee, whose
chairman, Rep. John M. Costel
la, (D-Callf.) has given assurance
that Japanese will be barred
from the Pacific coast for the
duration, will reconvene its hear
ing here tomorrow for further
testimony concerning ' operation
of relocation centers.
Costello, in San Diego yester
day with other committee mem
bers for conferences with cham
ber of commerce officials, de
clared that testimony already
given in the hearing here is the
basis for his statement that Jap
anese will not be permitted to
return to this coast during the
war.
G. I. SUNTAN
FORT BLISS, Tex., (P) It's
an army order, not a vacation.
Men of the first cavalry di
vision must take sun baths
daily' starting with 10-minute
exposures.
It's to toughen the skin, they
explained.
Murder Complaint
Issued In Killing
Of Army Man, Wife
FALLON, Ncv., June 15 P)
Sheriff R. J. Vannoy said today
a murder complaint has been
issued by Churchill county au
thorities, charging Floyd L. Mc
Kinney, former Luning, Nev
water wagon driver, with the
killing of Lieut, and Mrs. Ralph
E. Fisher, former residents of
Rochester, N. Y.
The bodies of Lieut, and Mrs.
Fisher were found in the desert
27 miles east of here last week.
Fisher's skull had been crushed
and his wife's skull showed evi
dence of a bullet wound, Van
noy said. They had left Gowen
field, Boise, Idaho, where Lieut.
Fisher was stationed, on April
22 en route to March field, Cali
fornia. Vannoy said McKinney's con
nection with the killings has
been "definitely established"
through signature of car registra
tion papers filed in Reno when
the Fisher car was sold there
May 1.
The sheriff said a grand
larceny complaint had been is
sued earlier charging McKinney
with the theft of the Fisher car.
Kansas Banker
100 Years Old
MANKATO, Kas., June 15
(IP) J. P. Fair, president of the
M a n k a t o bank, a man who
writes his chattel mortgages in
longhand, is 100 years old to
day. Still active in his bank, he is
past department commander of
the Kansas GAR. Civic, frater
nal and patriotic organizations
are celebrating the birthday.
LARGEST BEARS
The Kodiak bear, first found
on Kodiak Island, Alaska, is the
largest of all known bears.
Many specimens have been found
to exceed a weight of 1200
pounds.
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C U P Lady Duran, wife of the
Governor of Victoria, admires a
Napoleon Bonaparte cap and
saucer donated for a Red Cross
beneet sale held at Sidney,
New South Wales.
Turkey-Syria
Border Shut
ANKARA, Turkey, June 15
(JP) Allied authorities will close
the Syrian border with Turkey
at 6 o'clock tonight, semi-official
sources said today. Turkish
authorities profess not to know
why the border is being closed
or how long it will remain shut.
Syria is under control of the
Fighting French.
The United Nations food con
ference reminds us of what
we've all been having at home
in order to make ration stamps
work out.
IP.
Protect abused skin and
CHAFE
eoothe with Mexaana, for
merly Mexican Heat Pow
der. Alao reliftva hurnin
ANNOYS of beat-rash irritated skin.
Japs Drop Bombs
On Guadalcanal
WASHINGTON. June IS m '
Japanese bombers dropped "a
small number of bombs" on
Guadalcanal Sunday night, tha
navy reported today, but caused
no losses to material or person
nel. . .
Guadalcanal had last been re
ported attacked on the night of
May 23. The navy gave no in-
.viiiwuuii uii Miv lucauon ox ma
action In which the reconnais
sance bomber waa damaged.
An Ohio woman has had tha
same umbrella for 30 years.
Isn't about time she returned it?
Paul O. Landry
this question!
"Will bankruptcy b aa
"easy out" for me. if I
have an accident and can't
prove my financial i
sponslblHiy?"
For Information on any
Insurance problem, consult
THl LANDRY CO.,
419 Main St. Phone S612
The Courthouse Is Now
One Block Down the
Street From Our Office.
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