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Salenv Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 21, 1949
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Hal
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"Paul flauserM Column
Ever since Zetta Schlador, the
Sllverton modiste and " bowler,
was elected mayor otMarion
county's a e cond
city - on a plat
form of dolling
nn tha SllTrtnn
gendarmerie we
. have .had an - In
terest in the 811
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" We heard not
long ago that the
Silverton c o p
peri had their
new u n I f orras raul H. tatutry Jr.
and; then that Mayor Zetta. her
goal "accomplished was going to
' leave "off mayorlng for lesa stren
uous activities. So we decided we
had 'better see the Silverton po
llce'force while its' uniforms were
mi I TT - ttd mr a n rf tri K'raia ttv t tn at
ap v i a w muu vuv ar nKo uuiwuo
tUK ahiny. - - r :
- Yesterday we set out In search
of the Silrerton police force. This
is the first ' time we have ' ever
looked for a police force, the sit
uation usually being, Jnst the op
posite.: .' - . - - ' i
Seventeen miles flew by and
there. we were going up McClalae
street, looking to right and left
for, a uniform.- Not a policeman
was in Rls-ht. W oheved the traf
fic laws anyway and came to a
full stop at Center street before
turning, rolling over the bridge
and onto the main drag . called
Water. There were, a lot of people
fitting around and rtvrrtirg
around, but none of them were
policemen. ,
i Well, we thought, there must
be a baseball game and all the
cops are down at McGInnis field
dodging pop bottles. So we went
down to McGinnis field and found
au. was qiuei, uut i wnue we
weren't looking something had
popped up hard by. It was the new
Silverton high school.
The high school was locked up,
but one of the janitors, Mr. Xier
mo. let ns in and took us around
and we found out that the Silrer
ton high school is the only one
we know of around these parts to
hare two auditoriums, a big one
and a little one. The big one dou
bles in brass as gymnasium and
auditorium.
Mr. Lermo showed us every
thing, even the girls' dressing
room and we didn't find any po
licemen. '
I We rolled back1, water" street
-and stopped to use up a bit of Sil
irerton'a two hour parking limit.
We stopped at the fanciest place
on the street and had a coke in a
beer glass, which la the antithe
sis of the Salem restaurant which
serves beer "In "coke glassesi
Dodged a couple of cars and
crossed over to the corner which
the Ames hardware company has
been holding down for some years
now. Walked in and found you
could buy most anything you
wanted from Mr. Ames, but didn't
want to buy anything, so walked
out again. There weren't any po
licemen there, either.
We went up to the city hall and
found IJ1 Maden, The States
man's correspondent and posy ex
pert, running the library . on the
second floor. We asked her about
the policemen and she said they
were modest, so modest they
wouldn't pose for pictures in their
new uniforms.
4 From there we toured around
the alleys and aide streets and
saw lots of flowers, but no police
men. So we thought they might
be hldiny out in the park, but the
park seemed pretty desolate land
not quite ready for the summer
picnic business.
We went back down town past
jwhere Mayor Zetta Schlador;; is
closing out her women's, wear
shop. Things looked pretty busy,
so we didn't think It wise to both
er her by asking her where her
cops were. After all a mayor
can't keep tab on every vanishing
policeman.
We musel a while and thought
I shouting "Help,. Police:' but
thought better of it and went
lionie. thinking that that's the
;way with policemen, when you
.want one one's never around.
Shorthand Title
Is Won by Salem
COR VAL.LIS. April 20. P-
.Franklin high school of Portland
took four first places In the 18th
annual state typing contest at
JOregon State college today.
j Salem high won the state
shorthand championship for the
second consecutive year. ; Tigard
won first ta the radio shorthand
contest and was runner-up in
championship typing. -'. . -
The third place team ' trophy
'went to the girls' polytechnic
team of Portland. Salem's win-
Florence Nelson, state Individual
champion, ! Adella Frey, Ruth
Cherry and Mary Virginia Hat
field. Tigard waa second and Al
bany third- , i
1 Other results: Individual short
hand: Won by Florence Nelson,
"Salem; Jean Wahlgren, McMinn
vl tie, second; Doris Engstrom,
Tigard, third. ; ;
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Census Accepts
i RIehren's Claim "
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X1I8 ige is x-s-o
f CHICAGO, Apfll lO-D-Sayed
llehren told a census, taker that
ne was xzs years oia.
i r.porsra W. Schreech. director
'of the census lu this ana, re
ported , that. Mehren presented
i books and documents as evidence
of his long life span and ttat tne
astonished enumerator Inscribed
128 on the official form.
He related that he bad lost his
birth certificate la Alexandria,
Ey2t. about UUL tears ago.
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Pick Liberals,
Advice of FDR
I To Democrats
Avoid Sticky . Fly Paper
- in November, Warns
' Young Bourbons T
Name, p
Mentions no
5 no Third Term Hir
in Georgia Talk'
; By DOUGLAS B. COB- y
WARM. SPRINGS, G? i
P)-Pre8ident - Roose& &
again tonight that his . ,ty
choose a "liberal pair of w idi-
dates" and at the same time wad
ed into the republican opposition
for "seeking to frighten the coun
try by declaring the present ad
ministration : "is deliberately try
ing to put this nation into war."
It was an out-and-out political
talk that Mr. Roosevelt made by
radio to a. series of couutry-wide
dinners- of . Young Democrats'
clubs. And while it carried an ob
vious bid for r continuance "of the
new deal, it offered no tangible
clue to the outstanding political
question of the day: Will the pres
ident seek a third term?
Asserting that America faces
this year much the same kind of
campaign as it did In 1932 and
153 6, the chief executive added:
"It seems to te very obvious
that if the democratic party is to
defeat the republican party next
November we must nominate a
liberal pair of candidates, running
on. a liberal and forward-looking
platform."
Yiits Isolationism
of one Candidate
Not once did Mr. Roosevelt men
tion names. He came closest to
it, when he said:
"I am not speaking tonight of
world affairs. Your government
is keeping a cool head and a
steady hand.
Wo are keeping oat of the
wars that are going on in Europe
and in Asia, but I do not subscribe
to the preachment of a republican
aspirant for the presidency who
tells you. In effect, that the Unit
ed States and the people of : the
United States should do nothing
to try to bring about a better or
der, a more secure order, of world
peace when -the time comes.'', - v
Of the campaign itself, the pres
ident said he was sorry, speaking
as an American, that a campaign
which should be pitched oir "a
level of Intelligent argument,"
had "fallen into such low estate
as early as this." - .
Voters Are Tired of .
Alarmists, Belief -
And, speaking as a partisan,
Hr. Roosevelt voiced confidence
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Marjorie Boon Is
State Head of CE
Salem People Participate
in Program; Services
Scheduled Today
DALLAS, April 20 Members
of the Christian Endeavor society,
in ; the Oregon state convention
being held here, elected Satur
day morning as president for the
coming year Marjorie Boon of
Portland, and as vice-president,
Kenneth Stuart of Tillamook.
Sunday morning the delegates,
numbering over 1000, will attend
church services. In the afternoon
Albert Arends of Spokane, region
al ; vice-president of the interna
tional society, will Install the new
officers. Arlene Johansen will lead
in ; a worship service and an ad
dress will be given by Dr. Clar
ence Klrcher, - pastor of ' West
minster Presbyterian chircb. In
Sacramento, Calif. '
A communion service will be
held at :30 p. m., with Dr, W.
h. ; Van Nuys, former field secre
tary of the Presbyterian board of
Christian education, followed by
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Human Skin Case Is Closed
Not-True Bill Returned
; Sajem'a "human akin" case
died. quiet death yesterday
when the Marion county grand
Jury exonerated Orln McDowell,
ir.i and William Parker of a
charge of unlawful use of the
remains of a deceased person.
The Jury. In Its first report
after several weeks of intermit
tent, meetings, returned three
other not true bills and five true
bills, two of which were secret.
. In finding Parker and Mc
Dowell Innocent of any criminal
act, the grand Jury placed an
effective quietus on a bizarre
story which came to llht early
last month when authorities at
Napa, Calif., identified the con
tents of a package sent to a tan
nery there as human skin.
Keturn addresa on the pareel
waa that of a Salem tanning
concern, and I authorities here
were asked to l investigate the
soarce : of the contents of ' the
package. ; - ' r i', , -'f ; ,.
Brief Interrogations by Sgt
Farley Mopan of the state police
disclosed that the skin had ap
parently been obtained from the
waste' can in the anatomy labora
tory of a Portland dental coHege
where Parker is a students Ac
cording to later reports, tho skla
had, Leea est Jfcj JUa jQ Mc
mm
FamUitMee
Before Ohio's
"ising 'Waters
lootl Stage Is Reached
at Pittsburgh but no
: . Damage Forecast
Nearly Third of State's
Rural Area Is Under
- Water ; Record Set
PITTSBURGH, April 21.-CSun-
day)T,)-Mnddy flood waters
spilled - from . Pittsburgh's' " three
rivers early today as they rose
to 28.3 feet at the "golden trl
angle.."; but forecasters expected
a quick drop with little damage.
Fed by prolonged rains the
Allegheny and Monongahela,
which meet here to form the
Ohio, surged up rapidlv Tester-
day. But the rate of rise slack
ened as the 25-foot flood stage
was passed and Weather Observer
W. S. Brotzman predicted the
crest had been reached. It would
take a "lot more rain" to "cause
serious damage here,"' he said.
MARIETTA, O.; April 20.-flV
riooas gripped the unio valley
from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati to
night and turned southern Ohio
into a maze of lakes, isolating
entire towns. Thousands were
homeless. .
Water rose menacingly around
Pittsburgh's "golden triangle,"
downtown business area, poured
past merchants doors in Mari
etta, pioneer Ohio river city of
15,000, and climbed three-tenths
of a foot an hour toward a tenta
tive crest of 5 8. or 69 feet at
Cincinnati.
Cincinnati's flood stage Is 62
feet and the anticipated crest
would be tar below the record
of 79.89-foot stage established
In . the disastrous 1937 Inunda
tion, t ' Severe damage: la not
eatsed unless the crests" exceed
flood ullage by 10 srH feet. --
Thousands of residents In Ohio
river valley lowlands fled their
homes or moved to second floors.
A Marietta merchant moved out
stock. At Pomeroy, O., a general
exodus began in expectation of
fire feet of water in the main
street by morning, ;
Marietta Mayor Earl D. Schob
proclaimed a "state of emergen
cy" as water reached 39.9 feet,
nearly four Jeet above flood stage,
and continued to rise three-tenths
on a foot an hour. Highway de
partment workers assisted in
evacuation of 95 families in the
city's flooded area.
Nearly a third of rural Ohio
was Inundated. The Hocking val
ley experienced its worst flood
since 1913. Among the towns com
pletely Isolated were Athens and
Logan. Roads were closed at S3
places.
The- Baltimore and Ohio rail
road experienced track washouts
In Ohio and West Virginia.
. Gov. John W. Bricker mobilized
state agencies to aid flood suffer
ers. The Red Cross began setting
up food kitchens. :
Carter Continues
To Elude Search
Fred J. Carter, 34-year-old
trusty who escaped from guards
quarters at the state penitentiary
Friday night, la still at large and
no trace has been found of him
him since he left Dewey Hamm,
Salem man he forced to drive him
to Portland, it was reported last
night. .
Carter commandeered Hamm's
car and forced the Salem man to
act as his chauffeur by threaten
ing -him with a knife.
Dowell in Salem, who was to
have it tanned locally. Disclosure
of the transaction occurred when
the local tanner sent the epider
mis to California In preference
to handling it himself. - . U
Charges brought against Mc
Dowell and Parker under a law
passed in 1878 "for the promo
tion of medical science' were re
viewed in a preliminary hearing
before Justice of the Peace Miller
B. Hayden, and the two youths
bound over to the grand Jury.
Witnesses before ' that body, ac
cording to ' yesterday's v report,
were Elmer Grlepentrog, proprie
tor of the local tannery to which
fee skins were first taken, and
Sgt. Mogan of the state police.
Other true bills returned by
the grand jury 4 charge Jerry
Wills and Roy White, both of
Silverton, ; with " statutory of
fenses, and John Howe with pos
session of copper bonds allegedly
stolen from Oregon Electric rail
way tracks.'''";' - i
Not true bills exonerating te
persons named were also re
turned , with . respect to Ralph
Shepherd, possession' of stolen
property; , Henry J. 'Thompson,
non-support; and Vernon Lynch,
doing an act manifestly tending
to cause a minor to become de-
TWENTY FIVE DIE INMRECKI
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Debaters Trip
Fund Is Short
Salem High Squad Has 3
Days to naiseZOOi
Donations Sought
Too plucky to admit defeat bat
becoming Increasingly anxious as
the deadline approaches, four Sa
lem high school dbeaters yester
day made plans for the three final
days of their campaign to raise
enotrgh funds to epresent Oregon
at the national debate tournament
in Decatur, I1L
Thursday is the day set for the
speakers to entrain for Illinois
if nearly $300 can be raised Mon
day, Tuesday and Wednesday.
With nearly, every source except
private donations exhausted, the
"if" is becoming increasingly ser
ious. "But we'll surely find, a way to
raise the rest," Emogene Russell,
members of the squad, told a
Statesman reporter yesterday.
Emogene has special interest in
the trip since she will not only en
ter the debate contest but will
also enter the extemporaneous
contest. She won the right to en
ter this contest by taking first
place in extemporaneous speaking
at the statewide tournament held
at Willamette university March 8
and 9. :
The three boys on the squad,'
Jack Hayes, Zeral Brown and Don
Burton, are equally . ."convinced
that their goal is obtainable.
Because they realize many per
sons would like to see Salem, and
Oregon, represented in the na
tionals tournament, - members . of
the squad hare made arrange
ments with The Oregon Statesman
that any contributions may be
turned In at The Statesman office
for the squad. This wi'Ji enable
many persons to cooperate with
the campaign that might . other
wise not know where to nend con
tributions. ,
Latest contributions to be re
ceived are 5. from Douglas Mc
Kay and $5 from Hawkins & Rob
erts, Inc.
Canadian Seamen
Call off Strike
TORONTO. April J 0-(The
Canadian seamen's union called
off its strike lata today and agreed
to submit Its Quarrel with Great
Lakes ship operators to concilia
tion. Labor Minister Norman A.
McLarty announced.
McLarty said a mediation board
consisting of an impartial chair
man and one representative each
of the union and the companies
would be " established at Ottawa
Immediately.::
Meanwhile, the seamen agreed
to return to work at ones and the
companies said they would pay
$7.50 monthly wage Increases,
whicb they previously had rf
fered. , - ' '
Neither side Is pledged, how
ever,' to acecpt the mediators
findings. , $ :
Widotv of Judge Sibley
. . Dies in Portland, 67
i PORTLAND, April 20-(.T-Har-riet
Bronson Sibley, 7, widow of
Polk County Judge Joseph E. Sib
ley, died hero today. Mrs. Sibley
was a lifelong resident of Polk
county,
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The known death, toll remained at
era pried through) this mass of broken, twisted wreckage, result of
the derailment of the New York Central Shore Limited train which
went into a ditch near little Falls, NY. One hundred passengers
were Injured AP Telemat.
Wreck's Toll Still 25
.RQtMf$J$e f creased
Three Believed Missing, . Some of Injured Near
Death; Disaster Cause not Established
Though Speed Was Above Rating
LITTLE v FALLS, N. Y;, April 20. (AP) Rescue
workers pried tonight into tons of twisted sleet-covered steel.
once the New York Central's
ing; possible additions to a known wreck death toll of 25 per
sons. . ';!'' !
Traveling 59 miles an hour, the New York-Chicasro pas-
Soap and Tobacco
High 85 Years Ago
General Store , Records In
; Murphy Building Show
T Eggs at 20 Cents 1
' Eggs were 20 cents a dosen,
butter 36 cents a pound and spec
tacles 75 cents In Salem in 18S5,
old accounts found in razing the
old Murphy block at Commercial
and Streets show. j
tNo Indication as to the name
of the general store for which
thevaccounts were kept are given
on the tattered, but still clearly
legible records. The accounts were
found by Ralph L. Harlan,' con
tractor who is wrecking the build
ing. ..r . . ': ;.r ., '
The price paid for a bushel of
wheat, the accounts show, waa
approximately the same as paid
today, 75 cents. - j -
Sugar came high' at 20 cents
a pound and tea was a luxury at
1 a pound. A plug of tobacco
cost 20 cents and soap was 26
cents a "liar.
Among customers of the store
in 1856 Ihe heaviest purchasers
were the q.nartermaster .depart
ment, Oregon Territory, and the
Washington : Territory, which
made one purchase of 3864.21.
The Marion IJouse, famous hostel
ry of the time, was also a good
customer. .- i-.- . ..
The accounts Include names of
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Alfred Whiteside
Injured; Doesn't
Remember Cause
Alfred Whiteside, Turner, was
treated last night by . the Salem
Hrst aid crew for head lacera
tions. It ws reported that White
side, his head bloody, walked into
a downtown service stauon aooui
3:80 o'clock. . He remembered
only that he was -walking on
Front street and was struca .on
the"head..--- -.-...?.'. i
The crew "was ftlno ; called to
treat Ceorre Cook, age 6, of 425
Locust street, for bruises and
abrasions suffered when he stuck
his right t foot . Into the front
wheel of a bicycle through, the
wheel forl s. V ?
Ialo Smith was glren first ttld
for a " cut on the nose and a
shoulder Injury suffered when
hit t Commercial and Chemek
eta streets by. an automobile
drivn by Irene lien of Dayton,
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OFFAST NEW YORK TRAIN
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S3 Saturday night a rescue work -
proud Lake Shore limited, seek
?senger train last night Jumped
the track at a 6 -degree curve, the
most abrupt on the . system, and
crashed with terrific and death
dealing force into a massive stone
embankment. i
I Three hundred passengers,
most of whom were asleep , in
Pullmans" on the l$-car train,
were hurled from their beds into
an Inferno ' of shrieks, hissing
steam and the groans of the dy
ing. ;-v it- -
: The bodies of 23 victims, most
of them badly mangled, had been
Identified by midnight. . The iden
tity of two others was unknown.
Railway employes continued to
search the twisted isteel cars by
the flickering light of torches for
others. st . j ,',-,-rj
' Approximately 100 others went
to hospitals with broke bones,
eats and bruises, and physicians
feared ! some of - them ' may - be
added to the 'death roll of one
of the nation's worst railway dis
asters. Examination! -of wreckage!
still is incomplete, ! and Coroner j
Fred C' Sab in said: he expected
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Statesman Cooking School's
Theme Is "Song in Kitchen
; a gong In the Kitchen'' will
be the theme of the cooking school
which The Oregon Statesman will
conduct for the housewives of Sa
lem and vicinity cn May 1, 2
and 3. . -,.',1 '
j Miss Barbara Miller, home econ
omist who wiU conduct the cook
ing school, says, "This Isn't going
to be just 'another cooking school.'
no Indeed! There will, of
course, be many new and nnnsual
ideas for planning menus, enter
taining and home I management,
but primarily we want to find the
way to put song and laughter in
the kitchen.. With the help or sa
lem housewives, we will hunt out
and drive away all the old drudg
ery, and ' bugaboos that have
haunted the kitchen for years.
U What if you do have to cook
three' meals a day for 365 days
a yearT If you have to do it, let's
get together and plan ways to
make it a gay and happy Job.
; "And the whole secret," contin
ues Miss Miller, "is to put a song
inth kitchen," r , , v
(! Mlns MUler is a trreat believer
in what she calls "kitchen psy
chology.' ; - . ; ;:!
: '.'How,' she asks, "can yon pos
sibly expect light dumplings when
yon make them with a heart as
heavy as lead?. Beat a song Into
your dumplings they'll probably
pop right out of the pan In sur
prise! . .'!' -
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Italy Revives
Claim on Sea
Possible French Entente
linked up f Rumania7
Gets Concession -;
ROME. April 2 -(Author
itative fascist spokesmen renewed
tonight their insistence upon free
dom from British and French con
trol of the Mediterranean as a
necessary condition of lasting
peace. .
These expressions coincided
with word from Paris that Pre
mier Reynaud had announced that
France was seeking a "Mediter
ranean, entente" with Italy and
Spain. -
Although, apparently not direct
ly evoked by Reynaud's statement,
the fascist expressions indicated
their attitude toward an under
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Cdudy President,
Social Workers
PORTLAND. A p r j 1 2 O.-OPy-The
Oregon conference of social
workers renamed State Relief Ad
ministrator Elmer i Goudy as
president yesterday. j
.Others reelected were Robert
Lang, vice-president, and Grace
Brubaker, secretary-treasurer.
New directors Include Mrs.
Mary - Merrlek, ' Mrs. Hlllmann
Luddemann, Mrs. Marguerite
Thomason, Mrs. Esther Rodlnsky,
Clare Johnson and Major H. A. R.
Carleton. all of Portland; Mrs.
T. W. Edmunds Newberg; Carl
Sandos, The Dalles; Mrs. May
belle Romtg, Baker, and Mrs.
Irene Lundell. Pendleton.
"Laugh when the cake falls and
cover it up with a grand caramel
sauce and give it a French name.
- "When, hubby brings his -old
college pal home on wash day,
without a minute's notice, tuck a
piece of parsley on the hash, pow
der your nose and laugh it off!"
Miss Miller will cook dosens of
dishes for use In "every - day"
menus,- as well as propound some
interesting ideas for entertaining
and "company"-, meals. She has
many-helpful abort cuts to tell to
housewives, to hedp speed up the
time when the kitchen will be a
place of song and thinks" will move
along easily .and happily.
. The school will be conducted
from 2 to 4 o'clock each afternoon
at the Capitol theatre.
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-BARBARA MILLER
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Norway
British Attack
DaneAirdromc
azis
Taunt Germany in Claim
" Army fs Transported
With no Life Loss -
Norwesians Sav Combine
i.y now Fighting; Some
; I Gains Reported
By DREW MIDDLETOX
' LONDON, April 21-(Sundayl-(JP)
British wafplanes "surc-s-fully
raided Aalborg ' alrdrotte
in. northern Denmark lat nlht,
the air 'ministry announced, In ab
effort to cut off German rein
forcements by air to Norway.
?. ,The raid, first reported attack
on Danish soil since the German
occupation April 9, came as Brit
ain and Franfce continued to land
troops, along the Norse , coast to
help stem the nazl Invasion.
Great Britain reported succtos
ful operations on land andj'-a
and In the air as she taunted ! r
many with the declaration , that
an ainea iignung rorce naa i-m
transported across 400 miles of
North sea and landed on the un
familiar Norwegian coast without
the loss of a single life.
The vanguard of the allied ex
pedition, consisting of two lirlt
ish divisions and one French, iA
reported pushing southward
through the snowclad mountain
terrain, toward the German out
posts, while the main allied body
continues to assemble unham
pered atbases along the coast.
Transport Sinking '
Story Is Told f '
The admiralty and war .office.
In a joint communique, j branded
as "quite untrue" a German claim
that a transport had been sunk.
(The Germans claimed to have
sunk one transport after having
scored direct hits w 1 1 h h-vy
bombs on three transports and
allied cruiser.) ' . i ' 1
The army 'gave the royal nary
full credit for the success of the
transport operation. Warship
guns kept covered landings while
royal air force planes overhead
scanned sky and pea for nail
bombers or warships.
The allied force wss believed
to be at least partly inechnlzf-d
and equipped with 1 heavy artill
ery. To reach what Is reported
as a rapidly-forming German line
running east from the seaport
of Trondheim, this force must
penetrate a craggy and difficult
terrain.
The French troops which have
landed In Norway and are taking
part In the operations, according
to" a c o m m u ni q u e from the
Vronrh tifirl! rnmmtnd. nrobablv
I n r l n H ' nm of France's rrackJ.
- T-
mountain llgnters. i,
STOCKHOLM, April 21.-tfRun-day)-(5)-Britlsh,
troops hTe
penetrated to eastern Norway and
are participating with the Nor
wegians in flUhtlng the German,
invaders, the Norwegian army re
ported"early today in a communi
que from "somewhere in Norway"
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Japanese Jo Buy
Oil From Mexico
MEXICO CITY, April lO-iA)-It
was learned authorlUtivoly to
day that the Laguna Petroleum
company, a . Japanese firm, has
signed a S 3, 00M 00 contract to
purchase Mexican oil, gasoline
and kerosene an action which
the , ' Mexican government w a a
awaiting before replying to a
United States suggestion to arbi- 1
trate the petroleum controversy.
It is understood' the government
would consider Its economic peti
tion greatly strengthened by a
contract with the Japanese and
would make much of this point
In replying to the suggestion of
Secretary of State Cordell Hull
for aettlement of Mexico's seisure
of the vast foreign-owned oil industry.'-
,
An official source said the re
ply likely would be a firm rejec
tion Of the arbitration proposal.
Gemmell Will Go
On Senators9
First Road Jaunt
Salem's In tho baseball swln,
with its entry this week In the
Western International league, and
The Oregon Statesman as usual
Is abreast of the news the new
Salem Senators team will provide
for local sports fane. A
Ron Gemmell, Statesman sports
editor, will be there when the
Senators open the league seanoa
against the Spokane, .Wash., In
diana at Spokane Tuesday til;!; t.
Don't mhis bis firnt-band stori. a
of the Senators' flret frames I
The Statesman Wed new! ay, Thurs
day and Friday mornSnss.
Mr. Gemmell will return to r
l.m Friday to rr : for tl 3
Senators first lion ratnc, at
George E. Waters rsuk f e n '
of April 30, sgahut Va;,: .
rirpins.
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