Draft Of New Japanese Constitution
Strips Emperor Of Military Command
But Allows Japan To Retain Throne
TOKYO. Feb. 1 (Pi The eov-
eminent has drafted tentatively
new constitution stripping the
emperor of his military command
but specifying that Japan shall
. retain the throne, the newspaper
Mainichi said today. .
Chief Cabinet Secretary Wa.
taru Narahashi denied, however,
that the constitutional revision
published by Mainichi was the
one which the government was
considering. Mainichi's report
might have been compiled from
reference material, he told
Kyodo news agency, but "it is
entirely separate from the one
being decided by the cabinet
now."
Omitted In the text quoted by
Mainichi was the clause "the
emDcror Is sacred and invi
olable." There was little other
change, however, in the first four
articles dealing with the throne.
The newspaper noted these
other changes in tne proposed
draft: .
Legally Equal
The Japanese people were de
clared legally equal, and feudal
ists rights of the few were
eliminated.
Freedom of religion was pro
vided, and special rights given
to Shinto shrines were aoonsnea.
Rights and obligations of the
people were recognized and the
right and duty of every person
to woric was estaoiisnea.
Election of the house of repre
sentatives by secret ballot was
specified.
Ministers were made respon
sible to the diet instead of to the
emperor,.and the diet was given
the right to change the constitu
tion. A deliberative body was "es
tablished within the diet to con
sider urgent imperial ordinances
while the diet is not in session.
The reported draft makes no
reference to armed forces, and
deletes present authorization of
the emperor's command over the
army and navy, and his right to
declare martial law.
Remains Sovereign
The emperor remains sov
ereign, although without his mil
itary command and with no men
tion .of his legendary divinity,
Mainichi said.
Kyodo news agency comment
ed that the government "was dis
regarding the trend of public
opinion" in its revisions. Quot
ing State Minister Joji Matsu
moto as seeing no need for
sharply altering imperial rule,
Kyodo predicted "strong opposi
tion from civilian quarters. All
political groups except the pro
gressive party, it added, hold
that sovereignty rests with the
people.
Russia meanwhile nominated
two jurists to represent her on
the international tribunal which
soon will try Japan's highest
ranking war-crimes suspects.
Named were Maj. Gen. of
Justice I., M. Zaryanov, of the
military collegium, supreme
court; and Minister S. A. Golun
sky, director of Judicial sciences.
Japanese General
Sentenced To Hang
MANILA, Feb. 1 (IP) Jap
anese Lt. Gen. Hikotaro Tajima
was sentenced by a U. S. mili
tary court commission today to
hang and 13 other Nipponese of
ficers drew lesser sentences for
the execution of three U. S. navy
fliers in November, 1944, on Ba
tan island off northern Luzon.
The American fliers, - whose
names were withheld, were, bay
onetted and beheaded. . . . -
APPOINTED ,
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (IP)
Appointment of John Provinse,
formerly of Red Lodge, Mont.,
as assistant commissioner of In
dian affairs, was announced to
day by Secretary of Interior
Ickes.
Fire Damages
Sequin Club
GRANTS PASS, Feb. 1 (IP)
Fire of unknown origin badly
damaged the $30,000 Sequin
club early this morning, and had
started eating into the Hotel Del
Rogue rooms above when the
city fire department brought the
blaze under control wixmn i
short time after it was discov
ered.
The fire started shortly after
the club closed early this morn
ins. It be can in the small lobby,
spreading into the cloak room
and gutting both the lobby and
the cloak room. Burning through
the ceiling of the lobby, the fire
burned into the club proper and
destroyed some of the ceiling
there.
Most of the damage within the
club proper was caused by smoke
and water, while an estimated
estimate of the damage to the
club and to the hotel had not
been made this morning.
The Sequin club was opened
just before New Years by Rex
Godding, owner of the Hotel Del
Rogue in which it is located, and
was probably the most modern
night ciuo in soumern uregon.
Talk Held On
Spud Acreage
MERRILL, Feb'. 1 A round
table discussion on the 1946 an
ticipated potato acreage and a
report of the activities of the
grange agriculture committee
on 'The Goal For Postwar
Farm Commodities," by J. Ice
land Pope, chairman of that
committee highlighted the Jan
uary 28 meeting of the Merrill
grange in the Odd Fellows hall.
Percy and Marjorie Bush
were initiated and Mrs. Bessie
Aubrey was appointed chair
man of the committee to re
member those who are ill.
"Resolutions for the good of
the grange" were presented by
E. E. Kilpatrick in the absence
of Mrs. Kilpatrick, lecturer,
who was ill.
Members voted to be hosts at
a get-together and social eve
ning, Monday, February 11,
when all farmers and their fam.
ilies in the Merrill community
are cordially invited to be pres
ent. The party, to be held in the
Odd Fellows hall, is not limited
to grange members. There will
be no business session. Enter
tainment under the direction of
Mrs. Mary Pope is planned and
refreshments will be served.
Woman Ordered To
Remain At Home
MILWAUKIE. Feb. 1 (IP) A
woman shipyard worker was
freed of a 60-day jail sentence
today provided she quits her job
and takes care of her daughters.
Mrs. Edith Buchholtz was sen
tenced to 60 days and fined $20
for allowing her 12-year-old
daughter to stay out of school to
care for a little sister: The wo
man's husband testified the fam
ily had sufficient means without
her working.
Justice of the Peace G. W.
Thiessen said he would not im
pose either the sentence or fine
if the woman remained at home.
' An1l Snppljr
LEE and DISNEY
HATS
YarioBs Color Alt Sisei
SUGARMAN'S
Cth and Main
Iplllli
By JOAN O'NEILL
The Pelican basketball squad
left this afternoon for Ashland
where they will play a game
both i riday and baturday night,
The Pels had
several games
with Ashland
earlier in the
season here.
Scholarships
Offered
To Seniors
Seven
s c h o larships
nave d e e n
senior class Joan O'Neill
members. Mills college, Pomona
college, the Purdue university
school of. pharmacy have .of
fered scholarships to the sen
iors. Harvard, and the Univer
sity of Chicago are both offer
ing a chance to qualifying stu
dents. There are two other scholar
ships which are from outside
interests. One of them is for
any Oregon school and the. oth
er is given by the Pepsi-Cola
(company. This one is a four
year scholarship. Each of the
scholarships carries its own
special qualifications. Exact in
formation may be obtained
from the office.
Faculty Attends Banquet
At the Klamath Teachers' as
sociation banquet which was
held last night, several of the
KUHS teachers rendered their
bit to the program in the form
of a male quartet. Paul Deller,
Fred Goodwin, John Best and
Wendell Smith sang several
songs that were in a light-hearted
vein. Charles Woodhouse
helped with his piano accom
paniment. The banquet was
given for all city teachers.
Houston Robinson, KUHS fac
ulty member, is president of
the group.
And Incidentally
Next Tuesday the Klamath
Basin league is putting on a
DasKetDau game in Pelican
court for the March of Dimes
benefit. Student tickets are 30
cents and adult tickets are 60
cents. This is not a school af
fair and season or student
body tickets will not admit
patrons.
Stanley Woodruff, principal,
signed a check the other day
that went to the government
for taxes. The check was for
taxes on the basketball tickets
and so forth. It was written for
the amount of $8051.
Several more members of
this year's senior class are leav
ing. Don Gourley, Dick Foust,
Jack Fossum and Ivan Thomp
son have contacted Stanley
Woodruff and told him of their
intention to join the navy.
The polishing agent in many
toothpastes is dibasic calcium
phosphate.
3 Birds Reported 1
Killed Illegally
Three birds, all types protect
ed by stuto law, were seen Wed
nesday strung up on a fence on
the Rocky Point road.
The birds, one bald eagle and
two hawks, a rod-tall and an
American rough-log, had evident
ly been shot, Mrs. F. O. Small
who saw the birds, said.
Whoever killed the birds must
not have known that there is a
state law against molesting them,
Mrs. Small said. These birds are
beneficial to farmers as they feed
on field mice, grasshoppers and
locusts in the summer time, she
said.
Hackett Joins
Faculty Staff
TULELAKE, Feb. 1 Donald
Hackett, recently discharged as
a lieutenant from the navy, has
been added to the faculty of the
Tulelake high school, it was an
nounced this week by Eugeno
Kile, high school principal. A
graduate of the university of
Illinois he played for four years
as a drum major in the univer
sity band. Ho was discharged at
Alameda, January 11. Before en
tering the navy he taught indus
trial arts at St. Louis, Mo.
He will reorganize and teach
the Honker band and tentative
Clans include evening classes for
and students twice a week. He
will Instruct also in photography,
electric-radio, mechanical draw
ing, and shop. With Mrs. Hack
ett he has moved Into one of the
newly completed teachers' apart
ments. Kile" announced also dates for
the end of the school year, with
baccalaureate services scheduled
for June 2, commencement June
S, and the official, end of the
year on June 7.
Monday marked the end of the
first semester and students re
ceived cards Thursday.
Classified Ads Bring Results.
Columbia
Highway
Reopened
kmucnu rco. i vi j xne jo
lumbta River highway, which
hub oeen cioseo lor several weeks
at the east city limits of Astoria,
was reopened today to normal
traffic, the state highway com
mission announced.
Traffic has been detourlng
nrmm.1 II, n .,l...Arl
through the Tongue Point naval
uitau.
Other road conditions were
changed only slightly, with more
snow falling on the mountain
passes.
The dally road report:
Slltltinm .Timi'tinn .'10 ilnmwm
snowing lightly. Packed snow on
iuiu. fum uiuiies new snow,
total at summit 116 Inches, at
juiiL-uun ou lucnes, Chains ad
vised.
Odcll T.nltn ni-i.not H r1.v
CrOOS. tnhll unmi, nt mn'mil 1-iO
inches. Packed snow cast of
nmeposi 47.
Siskiyou Summit Packed
snow.
Klamath Falls 16 degrees and
ciouay iu oun mountain pass,
103 Inches total snow, road
cnilHnH Tttmnni-alni'ni in nn
Greensprings and 12 on Quartz
luuuiiuiui, ciouuy at oom places
and roads sanded.
Grants Pass Foggy.
I in if aim rrmiET I
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The Stetson grew with
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Astoria One-wny traffic on
Coast highway at Munzonitn,
Pendleton Pavement wet.
Mcachitm Overcast, 31 de
grees, five Inches now snow, to
tal 45 inches, Packed snow on
road.
Ln Gnmcle Snowing lightly,
5 to 6 inches new snowi packed
snow on road.
Bukcr Half inch now snow,
pavement slick.
Burns Overcast, total snow S
inches.
John Day One Inch new
snow.
Austin 11 inches now snow,
total 64 inches, snowing hard.
Red Colonel
Assassinated
LONDON, Feb. 1 (IPs The
Bucharest radio said today that
Lt. Col. Peter Nekruslevltsh,
Russian member of the allied
control commission In Romania,
had been tissiisslnuted,
. The radio suld that at funer
al services, held Wednesday,
the Russian ambassador to Ro
mania declared that Nokrint.
lovltsh was killed by "fascist
remnants still a c 1 1 v o in Ho
mania" who were "resorting to
terrorist acts."
Tho radio report gave scant
news about the colonel's death,
but said only that ho "has fal
len victim to a bitso attempt on
his llfo on his return from a
mission to Pitestu."
Friday. Feb. 1, 1948
HERALD AND NEWS TEN
Police Chock Man
Before Sentence
PORTLAND. Fob. 1 (IP) Pre
senUmeu Investigation of Virgil
Cramer Lewis, 23, cliargud with
stealing blank money orders
from tho Wuuuu, Ore, post office
and cashing some here, was
underway ftiday.
Despite his plea of Innocent
on grounds of insanity, ho was
found guilty on each of five
counts. Two others who plead
ed guilty to n similar charge
Uoruthy Limine Wright, ID,
Hrokon How, Okla., and Freder
ick L,eroy Moliityro, zu, Los An-
r lilies ufso will bo sontoncod.
iilor.
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