Tke OREGttN STATESMAN SleV September 26, 1959
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French Aces
Defeat Nazis
Ground Forces Drive Into
Haardt Mountains as
Airmen Engage
(Continued front pas 1 )
"test of the front aprons Into ac
tion. . f .
Advices from the front aaid
shells screamed across the Rhine
at the Siegfried fortification all
the way from Karlsruhe south to
the Swiss frontier;
Mala Siegfried Line
Now Being Reached
It was the first time the south
ern flank, where the Maginot and
Siegfried lines are separated only
by the Rhine, has been active since
tome French artillery operations
the first two days of the war. j
The French drive Into the
. Haardt mountains was reaching
out toward the Siegfried line It
self, military dispatches indicated.
The Haardt range, a continua
tion of the Vosges mountains,
covers a j 20-mile sector between
the German town of Pirmasens
and the French town of Wissem
" bourg. .'" !- i . -
The quick French blows, mili
tary observers said, were designed
to keep the Germans so occupied
they would be unable to launch
the general offensive which the
"'Trench have expected for several
days. k. a j!
Weak Spot in ;
Line Assaulted
Observers said the French ap
parently believed they had found
a weak spot in the nasi lines,
where the Germans trusted to the
difficulty of the terrain to pro
tect the Siegfried line.
This mountainous area, heavily
-wooded and cut by small streams.
Is the only sector of the northern
flank east of the German key city
of Saarbruecken which the Ger
mans failed to test in their scout
ing and raiding operations last
- week. ' .
The French were apparently
waging an artilleryman's war on
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shown in earnest conversation. The caption, as passed by the Ber
lin censors, said lie was outside a hotel at Bucharest.
the theory that their heavy caliber
shells would be the most effective
means of making contact with the
main Siegfried forts and softening
the reinforced walls.
Tommies More Up
Beside French Army
Now that French guns were re
ported lmplaced on German soil
all the way along the northern
flank from the Moselle river val
ley on the Luxembourg frontier
to the center of the front at Lau
terbourg, the French high com
mand apparently had given orders
for a methodical shelling of the
Siegfried line from one end to the
other.
British troops were reported
continuing to move up toward the
front. It was announced authori
tatively there were almost six
times as many British divisions
ready for service in 1939 as there
were at the start of the World war
a quarter of a century ago.
The British reported 32 divi
sions were ready, some of which
already had started taking their
places in the front line as con
trasted to the six divisions of "old
contemptibles" in 1914.
The ! name "old contemptibles"
was adopted by the British from a
description of them by the then
Kaiser: Wilhelm.
Another Theatre
for Salem
(Continued from page 1)
The theatre will seat 700 per
sons and the design is to be
streamlined" with arrangements
for installing the most modern
equipment, the proprietors added.
The remodeling will involve new
construction of the building except
for the outside walls. RCA Photo
phone projection and sound equip
ment will be Installed.
Present occupants of the prop
erty are the F. E. Shafer leather
goods store and the Mathis paint.
wallpaper and roofing store. Mr,
Shafer announced that he would
move his business to the former
Buster Brown location, 125 North
Commercial street. Vera D. Mathis
was not ready to announce his new
location out expected to do so
soon.
Selection of Salem as a location
for a new theatre was made after
the proprietors had investigated
possibilities In cities throughout
western - Oregon, and after Mr.
Randall had toured the entire
northwest, they declared Monday
afternoon. They concluded that
Salem offered the most attractive
opportunity and were enthusiastic
about the city's future.
Aberdeen's Bear
Menace no More
ABERDEEN, Sept. 2-(P)-MBremea,H
Aberdeen's wild big
black bear, today was shot to
; death while ; strolling through
Samuel Bea park, four blocks
from the downtown district.
The bear first appeared Fri
day night and walked along
sidewalks la the Broadway hill
residential district.
The bear was named "Brem
en" ! because It was big It
weighed 250 j pounds and was
elusive.
Troy Will Face
Same UO Backs
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EUGENE, Ore., Sept. 15-JPy-Coaca
i Tex Oliver said today he
probably would start at least two
University of Oregon backfleld
men who played in last year's
Oregon-USC game when the Web
foots! play Troy at Los Angeles
Saturday. They are Emmons,
fullback, and Donovan, quarter.
Jay Graybeal,' who was on the
sick list when USC walloped Ore
gon last year, at left half, and
Back Berry, newcomer, right half,
will complete the backfleld.
Rose Gty Trio Wins
CHICAGO, Sept. z5-(ff)-The
Women's auxiliary of the Amer
ican Legion announced tonight at
a glee club from Toledo, O., won
first place among choruses in the
national women's music contest.
Toledo was also first in trios. Sec
ond place was won by Rose City
aula No. 15 of Portland, Oregon,
represented by Belma Meredith,
Lucile Freeman, and Fay Homan.
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of the American Baptist Womans
Mission society la visiting Mrs.
Brill Halbert,
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Arrest May Test
Car Law Validity
Arrest of L. M. Alsman, used
cax proprietor on a charge of
"offerine for sale on Snndv
appeared yesterday to be the first
step in a test of the constitution
ality of a city ordinance prohibit
ing Sunday sales of automobiles
Alsman entered a plea of not
guilty In municipal court yester
day and it was Indicated he would
attack constitutionality of the
ordinance should the city make
an issue of it.
Alsman's arrest by Officer Ho
bart Kiggins was the first nnder
the ordinance, in effect about four
months. The arrest was made at
Alsman's used car lot At 08
North High street.
Question as to the constitu
tionality of the ordinance was
raised when it was enacted by the
council. "
Klamath, Astoria,
Crashes Kill two
KLAMATH FALLS. Sent. 2S.-
(P)-A car struck a power pole
and overturned into a ditch on
the Klamath Falls-Merrill hieh
way yesterday, killing Virgil
O'Rlley, 25. and Iniurine two
others, Coroner George Adler re
ported.
ASTORIA, Sept. 25.-)-Theo-dore
Lahtl. 65. was instantly
killed today when struck by an
automobile on the coast highway
at Young's Bay.
District Attorney r.irntt r
Green prepared an involuntary
mansiaugnter complaint against
waiter ti. BurruBS of Seaside
driver of the car.
Sheriff Paul Kearney said Lahtl
was struct from behind.
THE DALLES, Sept. z5.-p-Cllfford
Nash. 21. HnnT River, la
dead today and three companions.
including two girls, are nursing In
juries as a result of a traffic accl-
aent en route to the wucn rnnn.
ty fair at Tygh valley yesterday,
ineir car went over a 500-foot em
bankmenL
The girls, Isabel Garner, IT
ana Kooerta tsaiiey, zo, were crlt
icaiiy injured.
October 30 Set
For Drager Trial
Tentative trial dates for County
Treasurer D. G. Drager and W.
Richardson- his former denntr.
charges of larceny of public mon
ev.' were announced vesterdar hi
Francis E. Marsh, assistant attor
ney general -in charge of the prose
cution. .
Marsh said Drager's trial was
slated for October SO.'Geor
Rhoten. una af th (rpflturdf'a
torneys, said, however, that Cus
ter E. Ross, with whom he is as
sociated in the case, would be un
able to accent that data became of
another trial already set for that
ume at Albany.
November 13 was fixed b Marsh
as time for retrial of Richardson,
wno was tried first early in July.
i ne jury railed to agree on a ver
diet.
The two men face a Joint indict
ment wnicn alleges existence of I
S23.000 shortage, in the treasnr
era omce as or last October 31
America Adds Strength
Of 14 Planes in East
MANILA, Sept. 2 5.-)-Ameri-ca's
armed forces In the far east
were Increased today by' 14 big
nary patrol bombers, which com
pleted the first mass flight ever
attempted between Hawaii and
the Philippines. The planes left
Pearl harbor Tuesday and fol
lowe dthe 5,58-mile route flows
br Pan American Airways, via the
island stepping stones of Midway,
Wake and Guam.
Tuna Running Heavily
! NEWPORT, Ore., Sept. 25.-A)
-Tuna fishermen operating out of
this port said: tonight large schools
of albacorg were running about 35
miles dne west of Yaqnlaa head.
One boat, the WolYerine, took 22
000 pounds of fish in-two days
and Nick Ulvang of the Hoover
landed 2C.O0O pounds which he
said he took In tour days.
Legion Policy
OnWar Talked
US Conventioneers Cheer
Speakers Appeals for
Neutrality, Blight
CHICAGO, Sept 25-(-The
policy makers of the American
Legion today turned to the task
of outlining their current views
on neutrality one of the most
momentous issues in the history
of the organization.
A committee on foreign' rela
tions was assigned to work of
drafting a report on the subject
amid predictions that the nation
in general and congress ln par
ticular would be influenced by
the pronouncement.
While the committeemen re
tired from the hurly burly of the
eglon s 21st national convention.
a battery of orators representing
the federal . government, states
and cities counselled Americans
to:
Stay out of Europe's conflict.
Build an invulnerable army and
navy.
Array the countries in the west
ern hemisphere in a united peace
front. "
Turn a deaf ear to propaganda.
11,000 Cheer Words
An audience of 11,000 mem
bers of the Legion and its auxil
iaries, gathered in the flag-fes
tooned coliseum for the first gen
eral session of the annual meet
ing, applauded the appeals for a
neutrality backed by a formidable
defense force.
Seated on the rostrum were
Henry Ford, Detroit motor mag'
nate and avowed foe of lifting
the munitions embargo; Paul V.
McNutt, head of the security ad
ministration; J. Monroe Johnson,
assistant secretary of commerce;
Frank T. Hines, chief of the vet
erans' administration; and other
leaders in civil and military life,
Stephen F. Chadwick, national
commander of the American Le
gion, admonished the members to
use "solemn, deliberate" Judg
ment in recommending the course
to be followed by the US but
pointed out that the actual Jteps
the nation must take to avoid
the path to war must be deter
mined by congress.
Carson Admonishes
Joseph K. Carson, Portland
mayor, urged the ex-service men
to "strive relentlessly to keep our
country out of the present con
fllct," while advocating a nation
al defense "that will brook no
challenge from any greedy world
power."
He evoked an outburst of
cheering and clapping when he de
clared subversive aliens in the
United States should be informed
that "there is a big war going
on across the water and from all
accounts it is not a private fight,1
and continued:
"If they don't like the way we
do things, let them go over there
where they can translate their
violent Ideas into violent action."
Passenger Lists
No Longer Filled
WASHINGTON. Sent. 25-UPk-
lne maritime commission report
ed today a sudden decline in tha
clamor of Americans tor passage
nome irom Europe.
The Paris office of the TJnftM
States Lines advised the commis
sion that, although the SS Shaw
nee delayed its sailing from a
jrrencn port ror two days, it car
riedly "considerably less" than
the 500 passengers it can accom
modate.
The commission said threa nth
er vessels chartered to nrortda
passage for American refugees
were en route to Europe but ad
vices Indicated they. too. mar ha
forced to return with accommo
dations only partly used.
Portland Mayor
Advises Postcard
Of LA's River
PORTLAND, Sept. 2&-(A?)-Mayor
Joseph K. Carson's fend
with. California publicists flared
again when the mayor received
postcard from a weU-meaniag
friend in California. i
The mayor charged in a letter
rto a Los Angeles novelty shop
'that the mountains and rivers
pictured as California scenic
wonders belonged to Oregon.
"What 1 suggest yon do Is go
down and take a picture of the
Los Angeles river and let the
people see that,1 the mayor
wrote. "Of coarse, there isn't
any water In it but that should
n't make any difference to yo
people as yon probably imagine
there Is . .
Argentine Pact Near
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S-(a)-A
state department official said
lonignt an American delegation
WOUld gO to Buenos Alrea tnr
the negotiation of a trade agree
ment witn Argentina. The delega
tion Will leave after th mnrlnalnn
of the public hearings which be
gin nere uctooer 16.
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20,000 Fall in China
. In Drive on Changsha
- SHANGHAI, Sept 26. (Tuesday) ( AP) A total of
20,000 soldiers 10,000 for each side were said by Japan
ese and Chinese reports today to have been killed in Japan's
present drive on the south central city of Changsha.
The drive started shortly after Tokyo and Moscow
reached a truce on Sept. 15 in the dispute over the outer
Mongolia - Manchoukuo frontier.
Japanese military authorities said
it had reached a point 25 mUes
from the city. Chinese officers ear-
ier said the Invaders were re
pulsed 60 miles away.
Capture of the city, however.
would not give Japan the prize It
once would have. Chinese, expect
ing a drive to be opened on Chang
sha last October, burned much of
it to the ground at that time.
The Japanese military said 60
Chinese divisions consisting of
some 300,000 men were out
flanked by three Japanese col
umns driving southward from
Tungting lake.
Chinese Mnddled
The retreating Chinese, they
said, ran into their own advanc
ing reinforcements, creating an
excellent target for Japanese
bombs and aerial machine-gun
ning.
Japan s westward attack toward
Changsha, from Nanchang, in Kl
angsi province, was said to have
brought steady fighting to fronts
extending 200 miles east and west
and 100 miles north and south.
A new outbreak of aerial activ
ity .was reported from Foochow,
where it was estimated that at
least 1,000 Chinese were killed or
wounded by Japanese bombing in
northern Fuklen province during
the last week.
Convicts Trapped
With 4 Hostages
MENOMINEE, Mich., Sept. 5-
(IVFour convicts who fled from
the northern Michigan prison at
Marquette late today were cap
tured without a shot Jonight, and-
the officials they carried with
them on their flight rescued, af
ter their automobile overturned
on jl sharp curve five miles north
of Menominee.
The capture climaxed a wild 90
mile-an-hour chase after the con
victs had met a police barricade at
the north edge of Menominee and
had sped away under a f usilade of
shots.
The quartet kidnaped the war
den and three other otficials from
a parole board meeting late today
and, using them as shields from
the gunfire of guards, escaped
from the prison.
Gibbons9 Funeral
Slated Wednesday
STROUDSBURG, Pa., Sept. 25-
(tVFloyd Gibbons, 62, famous
war correspondent who died of
heart disease at his farm near
here last night, will- be buried in
Washington Wednesday.
Services will be conducted at
Dahlgren temple, Georgetown unl
verslty, at 10 a.m. Burial will be
in Mount Olivet cemetery.
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New World Lands
Offered US Aid
Neutrality Conferees Hear
Welles Advocate Stand
Against Aggressors
PANAMA, Panama, Sept. 25-
(flVTbe United States, through
Undersecretary of State Sumner
Welles, today urged the republics
of the new world to resist all ag
gression direct or indirect
and offered economic help to soft
en the European war's effects on
the American continents.
Representatives of the other
American republics heard Welles
declare at the first plenary ses
sion of their neutrality confer
ence that the time had come for
all 21 republics in the new world
to come out clearly against any
belligerent activities "in close
proximity to the shores of the
new world."
Immediately after Welles spoke,
the conference heard proposal
from Peru and Cuba for protec
tion of American seas from ac
tivities of the belligerents.
Foreign Minister Enrique Govt
sold, of Peru, called for creation
of a neutral maritime zone sur
rounding the American continentl
"of sufficient extension that in
side it we can continue the ha
bitual and necessary liberty of our
commercial traffic"
The Cuban secretary of state.
Miguel Angel Campa, proposed
that the republics "reprove" all
actions by the belligerents which
would tend to carry their hostili
ties to American waters.
PUD CouncU Here
Drafts Petitions
Preliminary petitions in con
nection with the movement to es
tablish a public utility district en
compassing a large part of Marion
county are now being prepared.
Chairman J. O. Farr of the Mar
ion county public utility district
council, said following a meeting
of his group last night.
Statements concerning Bonne
Tillet power, which the district
would utilize, were presented to
the council by Frank F. Fitts,pe
cial representative of the Bonne
ville authority. He said the auth
ority was ready to assist the
council in its movement "as far as
the law allows," which, he said,
meant that it could supply legal
advice, some engineering and ac
counting service and information
al aid in the form of literature,
charts and motion pictures.
The council's petitions will re
quest the state hydroelectric com
mission to call a hearing to deter
mine whether or not it should
I make a study of the feasibility of
the proposed district
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Census Choice But Ask
More Consideration ,
Although no official protest of
the appointment of Byron O. Car
ney, Commonwealth Federation
vice-president, as director of the
eenans for Oregon, was voted at
the meeting of democratic leaders
last weekend at the home, of How
ard F. Latourette, national com
mitteeman, a resolution was adop
ted asking that government offi
cials hereafter consult the - state
organization before making ap
pointments, it was reported by D.
J. Richards and E. Q. Neal who
represented Marlon county at the
meeting.
Another resolution addressed to
officials in the commerce depart
ment asked that Carney's power
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