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this order Ernest Bevln, Hugh
DnHnn nnrt Hprhert Morrison.
T All three served in the coali
tion cabinet of Churchill, Bevin
s labor minister, Dalton as
president of the board of trade
and Morrison as home secretary.
; "This is the first time in the
history of this country that lifbor
Das ever naa a cicancui majur
Itv." he commented.
! The 1935 general election
last until that held July 5, whose
Jesuits were counted today
fcave labor 154 seats to 387 for
ine conservatives, in me moa
popular vote the labontes re
ceived 8,325,000 to the conserve
tivps' 10.496.000.
t Only formalities remained be
fore Attlee, 62, eight years
Churchill s junior, would be
Summoned by King George VI
to form the government. The
hew 640-man parliament will
Convene August 8.
i Vote Figuru
I Latest popular vote figures
ave: labor, 11,567,996- conser
vative, 8,656,966; liberal, 2,060,-
807.
I Rranrlan RrnrVnn Mxl-hnireH
Jharp-tongued first lord of the
admiralty ana contiaame oi
Prime Minister Churchill, who
served as minister of informa
tion in the wartime coalition
government, was defeated by
Lt. Gen. Sir Frank Mason Mac-
Farland by a vote of 16,530 to
J0.093.
j Two other casualties were the
prime minister's son, Maj. Ran
dolph Churchill, and Minister of
works uuncan banays, cnurcn-
ill's son-in-law.
I Other Dfati
! The defeated also Included:
Minister of War Sir James
Drigg, Minister of Education
Richard K. Law, L. S. Amery,
secretary ot state for
India,
teslie-Hore-Belisha, independent, I
minister of national insurance.
Geoffrey Lloyd, minister of in
formation. Sir William Beveridge, liberal
author of the social security
plan which bears his name, was
defeated for re-election to the
house of commons.
The seat once occupied by
American-oorn u&ay as lor, con
iervative. was captured bv a la.
bor party candidate. Lady Astor
oia not run lor election.
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fell us we'd better turn in, for
morning will come soon enougo.
It does. The steward shades
lis awake at what seems an un-
joaiy nour but it can't be
proved by the clock on the loung
ing room wall, which runs on
Greenwich time, which is added
fo or subtracted from according
to the position of the ship.
I Anyway, it is light, and under
Vs is a wide and boundless plain
of fog on which the morning sun
light falls and seems to sparkle,
as on snow. There are hills and
valleys and canyons in this car
pet of cloud, and it looks for all
the world like a frozen Arctic
landscape.
The galley staff feeds us cof
fee and sandwiches, and as we
consume them the nose of the
Ship tilts forward, the full-speed
war of the engines throttles
down, our ears begin to pop and
suddenly we break out of the
ceiling of fog and there below
us is a rock-bound bay, with
islands in the distance and a few
Straggling houses on its barren
iore.
t It is Botwood, Newfoundland,
and we skim in and land as gent
ly as a gull.
;
r&OTWOOD Isn't anvthlnff to
write a book about, but it has
ua poinis .
? A bus meets us at the pieVr
and we clamber onto it and ride
up the hill and are discharged
at a barracks that contains wash
ing facilities and shower baths
if you want one. From there we
go to a dining room where we
are served ham and eggs, toast,
fried potatoes and coffee and
REAL BUTTER. (We are also
served marmalade, and these'
homing Britishers all top off
their meal with it.)
From there we go to a club
room maintained by British Air
ways, and get the intriguing
riews that we'll wait for at
least five hours while the weath
er to the east makes up its mind
what it wants to do. At the
rrtoment, it's spitting rain and
lanlro aa if if yninht nnlJ. 4- J-
ABOR PART!
LANDSLIDES
BRITISH VOTE
...,.,,,., Menus tu UU
V almost anything.
-uu soon learn in air travel
that the weather is boss.
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i' Classified Ads Bring Results
: All Beauticians
I are requested
I TO ATTEND
I a meeting to b held
s Hastings Ileauty
Salon
Friday, Jul- 27
G:00 p, m.
Tht Stats Prasldant of th
I Baauflclmti Anff-f
i has an Important Mtisag
for You,
Thursday, July 26, 1945
8-Hour Low For
Working Women
OLYMPIA, July 26 (P) An
order rcvokimc all relaxations
or exemptions to the eight-hour
law for working women pre
viously issued by the depart
ment of labor and industries was
issued today by Director Earl N
Anderson.
The effect of the order, An
derson said, would be to elim
inate overtime work by women
In any mechanical or mercan
tile establishment, laundry, hotel
or restaurant durum any day,
QUIT U DIE
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against the Japanese was still a
major topic of discussion.
(In London, it was disclosed
that Adm. Lord Louis Mount
batten, supreme commander of
the Southeast Asia command,
had participated in the Potsdam
conferences.
(The London Daily Express
took the announcement to be the
'lirst official indication that
Premier Stalin has discussed
the conduct of Far Eastern af
fairs with Churchill and Tru
man." The Daily Express add
ed that Alountbatten, now in
London, had rushed to Potsdam
on "urgent instructions.
(The Daily Mail declared
Mountbatten's presence in Pots
dam could "only be regarded as
having the greatest sienificance."
(It was recalled that Mount-
batten recently flew from his
India-Burma headquarters to the
rmiiDpines to confer with Gen.
Douelas MacArthur.)
At dinner last nisht the presi
dent entertained Jefferson Caf
fery, U. S. ambassador to
France: Hohert Mnrnhv nnlifi.
cal adviser to Gen. E'enhower,
and Gen. Brehon S. Somervell,'
commander of the
u. . army
service forces.
Group To View
Columbia Basin Area
PORTLAND. Ore.. Julv 26
W) The house rivers and har
bors subcommittee will be able
to judge postwar appropriations
better after they are acquainted
with postwar plans for the Port
land and Columbia river area.
Rep. Homer D.- Angell (R-Ore.)
sam nere.
A committee member, Angell
Is here laying the groundwork
ior me groups visit Saturday.
The eight-man subcommittee will
leave Sunday for an air view
of the Columbia and Snake river
to Lewiston, . then over Grand
Coulee to Tacoma. Tacoma and
Seattle will be toured by car.
Omit Services The First
Presbyterian church will omit
its young people's activities and
evening church service Sunday
in the interest of a program to
be held at the USO, honoring
the U. S. Army Chaplains'
corps. All members are urged
to attend the program to be
held at the USO at 5:45 Sunday
evening.
The body of , Edith Cavell,
World War I nurse is interred in
Norwich cathedral, England.
JAPS TO
ADMISSION
LOGE : $1.10
GENERAL ,74
Federal Tax Included
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B-28S LOOSE
FI BOMBS
ON II
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ed 39 more Nlpponeso planes
destroyed or damaged.
In announcing this toll Ad
miral Nimiti made no mention
of another naval bombardment
due south of Tokyo on the ap
proaches to Tokyo bay. Jap
anese reported the attack yes
terday. Carrier sweeps were aug
mented by land-based craft
reaching from southern Kyushu
island to Tokyo bay. Among
them were 100 B-29's which
swept through intense antiair
craft fire to wreck new damage
on three oil refineries near the
enemy capital. One Superfort
was shot down. Tokyo reported
two B-29 mine-laying expedi
tions in Nippon waters today.
New Invasion
A new island invasion which
would carry allied forces half
way from Rangoon to Singa
pore was reported in an un
confirmed Tokyo broadcast. A
reconnaissance force of 500
amphibious troops was said to
have landed yesterday on Puket
island, 625 miles north of the
Singapore naval base on the
west coast of the Malay penin
sula, under cover of a bombard
ment by two cruisers. Tokyo
said they were driven off.
In the see-saw China battles,
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's
forces recaptured Namyung, 155
miles northeast of Canton. It
is a former base for the U. S.
14th air force and a shipping
point for the recaptured wol
fram mining area. Chungking
dispatches said China could
now resume movement of wol
fram to U, S. steel mills.
Police Captain
Held Responsible
For Auto Mishap
PORTLAND. July 26 OP A
police captain was accused to
day of failure to observe a stop
sign, prompting an accident in I
which two cars and a truck !
were involved and three women
injured.
The police automobile acci
dent investigating committee
held Capt. H. A. Circle respon
sible for the mishap. Acting Po
lice Chief L. V. Jenkins said a
warrant would be served on the
policeman.
Circle's police car collided
with an auto driven by Mary C.
Anderson, McMinnville, then
crashed into a truck.
Duplication Of
Services Topic
Meeting with county court
Wednesday'afternoon were rep
resentatives of the Salvation
Army, the Red Cross, the wel
fare office, the juvenile office,
the USO Traveler's aid and the
chief of police to discuss the
matter of overlapping and dup
lication of services in this field.
A new setup has been planned
by the group to adequately take
care of anyone needing aid and
was approved by the represen
tatives. Until now there have been
many duplications of effort and
the meeting was called to clear
up these difficulties and problems.
FERGUSON BROS. AGENCY, INC. Present!
Jl . .'. J TO H fidk WW- P v.' ,:tjr- Vfc
Time For Pleading
Taken By Houston
Georgo W, Houston, Elks club
secretary, who was charged with
possession ot a gambling device,
look time to plead In Justice court
this morning through his at
torney, J. C. O'Neill.
Bail was set at $100 by Justice
J. A. Mahoney which was paid.
No time has been set as yet for
preliminary horn-inn. Houston
was named In a complaint Issued
in connection with confiscation
of slot machines at the fraternal
club.
Japs Announce
Puket Landing
(.f) An unconfirmed Japanese
broadcast reported today an
American reconnaissance force
landed on Puket Island, off the
west coast of the Malay penin
sula yesterday but was driven
"back to tho sea" by the Japa
nese garrison.
Pucket is in the Bay of Bengal
62b miles north of Singapore.
This is in the British area of
operatic;-; but tho Japanese Do
mei news agency dispatch said
the landing force was "Identi
fied as American."
The broadcast, intercepted by
the federal communications com
mission, said two cruisers began
shelling the island about 8 a. m.
Wednesday. Behind this bom
bardment six transports dis
gorged 500 troops. I
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THURSDAY - FRIDAY
July 24-27-
EX-SENATE MEIER
TESTIFIES AT TBI
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room, tho 89-year-old marshal,
who had been maintaining an
aloof ttir, made tliu extraordi
nary gesture of bowing to tlio
witness. Jeuunoney bowed in
return.
Louis Marin, former minister
of state, then testified.
Tho first three days of tho
trial of tho BO-yenr-old former
chief of tlio Vichy French stale,
who Is charged with intelligence
Willi the enemy unci of plotting
against tho security uf Kronen,
progressed so slowly that on
several occasions members of the
special 24-mnn Jury exclaimed
"Let's get on with It."
Theffs Attempted
Along Keno Road
Two break-ins occurred last
night on the Keno road at the
Woyorhaeuscr Junction, accord
ing to a report from tho sheriff's
office.
Tho Junction Service station
owned by J. A. Viekers was m
tored by breaking a window and
some cigarettes and pennies
were taken.
Leah's drive-In on the Keno
road was entered in the same
OVK
thrilled
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A trturMfor-
btfl tribute to
Hi daring and
valor of Mio InvtW-
v, bio army of fho
Philippine! An wn
.)( forgettable oxporl-
nco in inspiring
oxdtomont I
Evening Shows Only
BOX OFFICE OPENS 6:30
TWO SHOWS 7:15 - 9:20
Com Early .
latent
BEAUTY
PERSONALITY
LULU HOBERT3
Saxophonist
manual', but lt was not known
If anything was missing. Tho
drlve-ln Is owned, ind operated
by Leah Kurd.
A. C. Fnrnsworth, owner of a
ranch near Round lake, report
ed to the sheriff's office that
somo bridles and harness were
stolen thero last night and that
an attompt was made to steal
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Opsns tiii Wtek Days
TODAY
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KING OF THE COWBOYS SMARTEST HORSE IN THE MOVIES
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JANET MARTIN ROBERT MITCHELL BOTCHOIR and BOB NOLAN and THE SONS OF THE
PIONEERS mi REPUBLIC GUEST STARS-WILD BILL ELLIOTT, ALLAN LANE, DONALD BARRY,
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Ills tructor. Tho tractor was re
covered, Members of thu sheriff's offico
and statu police iti'u Invustlgnl
InK the cases,
Dance Thuro will ho u diinca
sponsored by the Women of Ilia
Moono on baliii'diiy night at U
o'clock In the Moose hull. Mem
bers iiro Invited tu coma and
bring u guest, Admission will
ho ono dollar per couple
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Work Underway
At Bratton's
Construction was slnrtsd
Thursday morning at llio Ilruttou
packing pliint on tlio Kuno hluli.
,,, I,, fiinliit'M hiillillnuit fli
sli'oyctd III ii flro thci'u limt month.
Now ciii liiK and holding cool,
em uro being built and llriitlort
1'IU'Klilg iiiiiriniK enuiniiia nmi
lliu wink Nhould ho coinpleted
In Dl) days.
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