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firi'rrfSftrfo. ."j ftK .fS! T SSciV. .'Xry t;lffi;tlL VI i ' -r.v P"'"1,- leather : Big little Gty Interesting Is the story of civic , and industrial enter ; prise sbon ' by . one of tbo Willamette valley's biggest little cities. Read about It in The Sunday Statesman. ees To Burma Road HcULUr Qosure. Cliina Would Still Permit Food Shipment; New French Regime Installed Scotland, South England Hard Hit as Bombers Continue to Raid TOKYO, July 13.-tSaturday)-Great Britain has acceded to Ja pan's demand to prohibit the ship ment of war materials to China over the Burma road and a com promise oa the Burma issue which has caused tension between the . British, and Japanese is expected soon, it was 'reported early today in reliable circles. These" sources said the British, however, had declined to prohibit the shipment of all "food mater laia" nwr th route. Japan had. demanded that the road be closed' Among the war materials it was said would be barred from the road under the reported agree ment were munitions and gaso line. i The compromise on the trouble some question is expected to be reached "without further difficul ties," It was said. The reported agreement came after a two-hour conference yes terday between the British am bassador. Sir Robert Leslie Craig ie, and Foreign Minister Hachiro Arita. (By The Associated Press) Germany's air might assailed Great Britain from Scotland to the southeast coast almost without pause Friday and last , night and Germany's military leaders claimed huge successes in the nasi U-boat campaign to starve the British into submission. Although 11 nazi bombers were reported brought down by Brit ain's defense, the swastika-marked raiders carried on their " attacks. One of the most savage cost at least 10 lives in Scotland. Only Adolf Hitler and his close associates are said to know when the full German war machine will be unleashed, against the British, but Hitler's submarine command ers are losing no time in doing their utmost to halt the flow of food and war materials to the British Isles. The German high command naid that since tbe war with Brit ain began last September 3, nazi naval and aerial arms have sunk 4,329,213 tons of "enemy merch ant shipping space or shipping space usable to the enemy. Britain Hits Back at Enemy Airdromes British bombers hammered back at the Germans. in raids which - cost three warplanes but loosed bombs and machine gun bullets on a concentration of bar ges in German - held Boulogne, France, on enemy airdromes in Holland and on other objectives in Germany. In newly-totalitarian France, the last president of the third French republic, Albert Lebrun, and . the old ministers handed their resignations to Premier Mar shal Henri Philippe Petaln, new chief of state. They were replaced by a new cabinet which with the aged marshal, wjll rule France.' tThe marshal's first appoint ment was that of Pierre Laval as vice president. Laval, a former premier, long has advocated closer ties with Germany and Italy. Petain named General Maxime Weygand, . generalissimo of the . allied armies before France ca pitulated, as' minister of defense, and Adrien Marquet, ' as minister of the interior, a' post he held la the ; last ; cabinet of republican France. These three Laval, Gen eral Weygand and Marquet were said to be the key men of the new regime with, Petaln. -The -marshal-chief of state, 8 4 years old, officially designated L$val, 57 years old, as his event ual successor, r Mass Removal of 1 Children Delayed The British decided last night to postpone scheduled removal of thousands of their children to the dominions and the 4Jlted States, because, the ministry of informa tion announced, not enough war ships were available . to convoy the refugee ships,. Fighting between British and Italian troops in Africa continued. British soldier -besieged by the Italians at iloyale, on the 'Kenya rthqpian - frontier, repaired their .their "damages'" and held off the enemy. Other Britons, besieging Italian troops in the forU of Ca puxzo and Maddelana oa the . Eiyptlan-Lifoyan 1 frontier, cut a pipe line supplying the fort with . water. - r ; t - Indications of trouble : for the .Italians in Ethiopia were seen in L tne, British: recognition of Halle Selassie i once again as emperor of 'the land wrested from him 6y the iUliani In 1935-3. Ethiopian natives -already are. reported in arms agalnat their Italian con 'quertfPS.' . . ' A calm declaration that. Turkey is in no danger . was made to the Turkish' national assembly by Premier Keflnd : Saydam at Ankara.'.- ' '. Our"; Senators Uzl, 5-4 , ! - - -- ' - !'i - - - . -- v - . ,-' - .. i . - . ; - i ; . .-i-: . . . . . - ... .-1 ' .;rt". V-X i i --.r - r--- ,.o - - ,- . ' . -- - - .. ,. . . . . :. . . . ' - . ' ! - ' ' Drager Called As Witness in DisputyV Case Somepne Got Money and It Wasn't He, Avers Former Treasurer " " i Testimony Ended, Jurors May Be Given Case by Monday Afternoon Trial of V. Y. Rlchardso n, charged with larceny of 123,520 in county funds while acting as deputy county treasurer, will probably reach the Jury next Mon day afternoon. . , This was Indicated yesterday as Defense Attorney Edwin Keech rested jhis case shortly after 11 a.m. and Circuit Judge L. H. Mc Mahan; ordered proceedings re cessed until 9 a.m. Monday. At that time summation argu ments will be given by Keech and by Special Prosecutor Francis E. Marsh, to be followed by instruc tions to the jury. The case is ex pected to reach the panel of eight women and four men shortly after the noon recess. Yesterday's court session, brief because of the efforts of both sides to limit testimony to essen tial matters, was highlighted by an appearance of David G. Dra ger, former county treasurer and Richardson's chief during 23 years in the office. Drager, himself jointly indicted with Richardson, was found guil ty of the same charge after- an ex tensive; trial last February. "Never! Got" Money Says Ex-Treasurer . His testimony yesterday re ferred to the identity of the per son receiving -the J23.J20 found lacking m the county? bank ac count by state auditors who checked the treasurer's records in 1938. . He "never got" the money, Dra ger replied to a direct question put by Prosecutor Marsh, and an- sweredj "Somebody got it"When Marsh asked whether Richardson received the money, lack of which caused the shortage. "You think that York (Rich ardson) took the money, don't you?" Marsh questioned. (Tjurufto Page 3, Col. 1) LaFollette Asks For no Nomination i Sweetland Receives Letter Releasing Oregon Delegation CHICAGO, July 12 -() -US Senator Robert M. , LaFollette (Wis.-prog.) asked the Oregon delegation to the democratic na tional. I convention today .not to submit) his name for any nomina tion atj the convention. Monro Sweetland, Portland, an alternate delegate from Ore gon, said LaFollette- had made his request in a letter. LaFollette was ' the write-in choice of Ore gon! TDters for the democratic nomination' for - the vice -presi dency-fcv;-;r:;;s: -S---- - "Presumably this, releases -the delegation of its obligation to Senator LaFollette, Sweetland said. He added that some mem bers Of . the i delegation favored Supreme Court Justice ' William i u. uougias ror tne ' Tice presi dencyj f'-LVi'T-v..V-'- s ' Sweetland explained that La Follette had written him because he M lexecutire secretary of the Oregon iCpanmonwealth federa tion! aj group of farmers, laborers and I left-wing ldemocrata who backed LaFollette In Oregon's May. l! primary election. - ! Sweetland said LaFollette's let ter read la part: "Although I appreciate the vote of confidence which 'members of the democratic party In Oregon gave me in their recent J referendum, I do not wish to hajre - my name presented to th' democratic national conTen tion i for nomination to ; any na tional j off ise. If J-yon will convey my wish in this matter to the Oregon delegation, I shall appre ciate It." - Geetemiial ' Independent Salem citizens are generally interested in advertis- Wg the city's Centennial celebra tion! by Jdonnlng pioneer, or at least brightly-colored clothes, but they! don't like to be pushed into 1 That is probably a fair deduc tion 1 from answers obtained ; by Statesman staff members yester day Iri an informal poll of opinion regarding the proclamation which Mayor w. W. Chadwlck issued Wednesday; night -setting dates on. which men and women are asked to put on Centennial cos tames. " ' i Blx persons Questioned said they Wwre ifn favor of the proclama tion, five expressed decided op position and fiye gave yes, but" replies. . , I While the ' mayor decreed the EleP Bishop Methodists BRUCE R. BAXTER Charter Revision Group Will Meet Will Decide Wednesday on Which of Two PUns to Offer Public Salem's charter revision com mittee, which has been function lng so quietly that most citizens have forgotten it : ever existed, will meet next Wednesday night to. decide which of two plans of city, government It has been stu dying it will present-to the voters on the November ballot. Chairman O. K. DeWitt announced yester day. ; DeWitt has sent out cards to the ,14 members of the , commit tee and its three technical advis ors calling them to the first gen era! , meeting the committee has had 'since February-6. I -" Three aub-committees, studying tk commission manager and council manager forms of muni cipal government and charter re vision as a whole,' have been meet ing regularly, DeWitt said. Complete reports Will be sub mitted by all committees at Wed nesday's meeting, and m vote tak en on the type of system the com mittee will work on to submit to the voters. The sub-committee studying the present charter with a view to de termining what portions of It may be used in combination ; with a model city charter has been held up somewhat, DeWitt said, byi.de lay in obtaining a new model charter, which was expected! 60 days ago from the J .National Mu nicipal association. - "We hope to submit something that will disturb the present setup as little as possible," he said. Business men in Bend, Astoria and LaGrande, all of which hare city managers, are I unanimously in favor of the system, DeWitt said. He said he has conferred with city managers of the three towns and with the city manager of Oregon City. ' rt Due Soon On Marion PUD -i . ::!; i:; ... ' Report on the feasibility of the proposed Marlon county people's otility district wiHf be iatuedj by the3 state hydroelectric commis sion here next . week, Charles j E. Stricklin, secretary, announced yesterday. " " " ji '.1 The district would include ? ap proximately 755 square miles with a population of 73,000 und i as sessed valuation of $39,190.41. In case the report Is favorable the proposal probably will be re ferred -to the voters xf i Marion county at the general election in November.' ;.. JtZ -..'. !.. Publisher Turf mail Dies BINGHAMTON,", NY, Jaly ill- ()-WUUs :. Sharpa : KUmer, 31; publisher of the. Bingham ton" Ban and 'owner jof three .of the great est horses on the American Exterminator,. Sun Briar and Sun Bean died tonight. &lkiMWmi wearing of Centennial .garb un conditionally and Centennial head quarters . announced - plans for a kangaroo e o n r ti stockade "and horse trough for non-conformists, their attitude of firmness was in dicated ' yesterday to be largely for sho-w; purposes 1 ,4 ' .U.V-:g.,r;--j'i' Only members of the Whlsker ihos, -who had to alga j pledges when they Joined, jWiU be: subject ed - to "dunking"! i in the horse trough, Walter Ac Chambers, pub licity chairman, announced yes terday. And at Centennial head quarters It w a a admitted with some reticence - that there - would be no wholesale victimising of the public at the kangaroo court. , However- the "enforcement" of the mayor's proclamation may be undertaken, here is what 'It rep resentative JtUens think 'of it: Repo Bruce Baxter Is to Become Consecration . Service Is Planned; Elected on Thirteenth Ballot . ' r ! 1 - - ... --'! .... t Colitinue - Service as WU President Till Successor Chosen SAN FRANCISCO, July lt-JP) -On the- 13th ballot. President Bruce Baxter of Willamette nni versity,- Salem, Ore., today was elected bishop of the ' Portland area! by the western Jurisdictional conference ot the Methodist church. - - - He will be consecrated at a special service Sunday at S p. m. In the City temple, and the con ference closes the following day. Balloting for the 18000 a year post j began yesterday, and when the conference adjourned for the night, 11 ballots had been taken. On the 10th, Dr. Baxter had 55 of the 70 votes required for elec tion.! Dr. Baxter became president of Willamette In 1934, going to Oregon from Los Angeles, where he had been dean of the school of religion at the University of Southern California. During the World war, he was a member of the i war work council at the TMCA. He was ordained In 1918. The Jurisdictional territory of the new bishop is expected to be Oregon, Washington, Montana and Idaho, though this will not be 1 finally decided until re-aa-signxhent of the California and Denver, Colo., bishops. Willamette university trustees will probably convene in a special meeting after formal notification of resignation of Dr. Baxter to consider selection of a successor, PauliB. Wallace, president of the board, said yesterday. ; -.e. A temporary successor will nro - Bishop Sunday bably be appointed and a eomrnlJ,ier was sympathetic .toward the tee of board members dIateaTCernairtrC, "" "t - f to - consider ; a new president for tne university. - " It was pointed out however by Rev. J. Edgar Purdy, Salem dis trict superintendent of the Meth odisti church, that. there, would be no official barrier to Dr.. Baxter's continuing to serve as president Turn to Page 3, Col. 6) Fircone Selected JFor Notification Arrangements to Handle Crowd There Will Be Made, Announced The ceremonial notification of Senator Charles L. McNary of his nomination for vice-president of the United States, will take place at Fircone, r the ' McNary" country home five miles north of Salem, as previously requested by the senator, Governor Charles ' A. Sprague said yesterday. -' - - The governor and Ralph Cake, republican - ttAiioaal comnilttee man j jf rom. Oregon, ; spent - part of the 4ay at "Fircone looking over the grounds tcj determine wheth er space was available tor-, tne ceremonies aid? the crowds : they will attract. !-s; - V-. "We ." found-- the space at the ranch adequate-provided few youne nut trees , re removed. Governor Sprague aid?.The"'goy- ernor added that parking facul ties also could be provided under direction of the state police and other law ' enforcement agencies. It recently was suggested that the ceremonies ' be ' held at the state fairgrounds or on the north aide II of the . new state eapitol building. r '' L-'-,f. : : Goyernor Sprague said the ceremonies probably would net be held until the middle of August although recent reports indicated that Senator McNary might "be able to retBrn-:tSOrfdn in ad vance of xhat time. .'V'-it-.?. Jffrar .MlcNarr " told Goyernor turft-4Sprague that . she had not been advised definitely when the sena tor would return here. .V '.. ' Grant, writer "I think there are a lot of .people In Salem who II will cooperate, : but' if yo. start dunking some people .lnwa er troughs ; they're going to be awfully. damn mad.' '4 '' Captain Ben Faugh, fireman I think the proclamation's fine. People have got the wrpng frame of mind. The mayor doesn't mean by ilaw we've got to do it. He means Its time for us all to fall in linie with the spirit pf the thing. Chrla 4 Schneider, attorney' "I think if the people take it as a good gesture it will be all right. Otherwise it will tails ' Frank O. sfyers, reslaurant pro pric oc ' Th a proclamation Is too drastic. The Idea, is all right for those! who wish to" deck them- selves out In that garb, but they'd ( do it; anyway without any procla 3 : Kthaa PETS WIN PRIZES AT SALEM En One Paul Hauser' Column One of our scouts assigned to keeping an eye on the postoffice reports that . one of the rural-mall carriers recently r-rw ...v.-. ; tionwith a farmer o n his route which left f the farmer with a misconception. The discus; sion was over in ternational a f- fairs, or the war as we call fa and a o m eh o.jf the farmer got. this JTasl H. hssmt. ir. 1 erroneous idea that" the mail car- The RFD man couldn't 0 -rerce the farmer from the idea aad they parted somewhat huffily, the farmer being the huffiest. The farmer kept mulling . it over and over in his. mind until finally he could stand it no long er. He caned up the postoffice. Say,.he said, "that gay who brings my mail is for the Germans and as long as he's working for you yon don't need to leave any of your old mail at my house. :' Dr. Bruce Baxter having been elected a bishop with somewhat more ballottlng than the repub licans found necessary to nomi nate a presidential candidate, cer tain of nls local admirers who have been given to calling him "Doc" are wondering whether it will be proper now to call him "Bish." From the number of bal lots it took to .elect him it ap pears that some ardent Willam ette supporters. - who wished to keep him. .where he has. been do ing the most 'good, "must have been stuffing the ballot box. .- - - - - , . 4 Trivial Iaforaatkm? The -. city library v which lost its 'eorv ; nerstone. plaque; - last fallow . e'en, la getting a-W- plaque- . today j .UH .he Hallowe'en proof; : they hope , . , They y , ' the bar exam which 125 wouldk, i be counsellors . straggled J tliroogh thi;-wek,- .w a as . tough , as they come . . . Earl d Bushnell estimates . that every time he climbs the , city .haU , steps to the "building depart ment he uses op 8000 foot pounds of work, enough' to lift 1000 pounds three feet , . . The ratzkrieg at the city hall will start ; next week, but . nobody ' seems to know how- . . George Averett Is carrying a razor with ' which he vows to beard , any Whiskerlno who attempt to make him a Whlskerino. ... ' '- .The .new .phonograph, .which play with a mirror and photo electric cell arrangement is said to" give not only near perfect re production but' also 1000 - plays per. record instead. ot the former (Turn to Page 3, Col. , 2) . .'. ' . mation. Tm ' for the Centennial 100 percent, but I am not going to. ask my girls la here to wear so-called Centennial costumes nor am I going to wear any of It. This is not only'my opinion but, I be lieve, the opinion of most of my customers -with - whom, I n a Ir e alkd.1 y '...v ' ''. ' . A Salem stirse, who asked that her" name be withheld "I thlnTt it's asinine -one ' of i the "silliest Bill! est things I ever heard, of. If they think they can' force me to wear one of those crazy dresses. Just let -then try!"' Hugh Morrow,' city librarian I think- that anything the mayor or people can do to help put th Cen tennial over Is all right. (The : proclamatloQ la the least the may- or could do; I don't, however, fa vor forcing the issue. I thick peo- r t i . - - v , ; , . if - A - r I-4;::,'i U - i nrr 1 1 in i Yn- km ati -m A t in i fttitxmnmmrtrmm m wi w umiwi iwi ii weamf--" ' nmm 3 Homespun menageries Invaded Olinger and Islie city playgrounds yes terday ' tor the annual Pet day wise are here pictured Top, Jean Lambert, center, and her oog, Max, and Nancy Dal ton, right, Jump, adjudged smallest pets at Leslie; below, Mike McManus, whose pet chicken, Whitey, essayed a swan dive into Olinger. pool, and, right; Dean Kuhn and his sister, Maxine, with their 'best- dressed", prize winning cat, mistress and cat alike garbed in Cen tenuis! costumes. Statesman staff photos --'.. : . . AnmMPet DayEvent i Success .Playgrounds 1 -rf Total :o85';Entries; Juo'ged at, Two Fields -With " ;lMany Prizes Awarded ; Dogs Predominte ; ; -: Chicken Joins Swimming School - , With the exception of little makinsr an unslated attempt camnaim via ajflyinar flutter day's annual Pei parade at Olinger and Leslie playgrounds, viewed by an all-iime record throng of 1350," went off on schedule, j i . Doss, often' termed man's bestO- friend, evidently also are cniia ren'a favorite ipeta, for they pre dominated In both parades. Cats, kittens, frogs,' pollywogs ants, turtles,' bantams i guinea - pigs. fleas, moths, rabbits and mosqui toes had their day too, and a cou ple of ponies were in the lines of march to. uphold the. valor of the larger animal kingdom. V ' 3 Leslie registered 37 entrants and 00 spectators, while Olinger ' (Turn to Page 3, Cot. , pie should cooperate in. the idea as much as they are financially able. - ,;f j.; r Bruce TlIliaBaa, -sports. writer Tm opposed 1 to .that; proclama tion. , v j ? ; . kIs. i4;,3 J Marjorfe-Watei aalee girl; "It ls the orily way to bring about the right Spirit; but .these Centen nial dresses-- are uncomfortable.'! . Marie Barumgartner, - reception 1st "If everyone will . cooperate, H wiU be tnn::.y -t Ralph KobJgren,, musicIasMres taurant manaser '"I'm - going to put mine on Monday. I think It's the thing to do." ' : -""Y' -: ; Audrey Fehler, student "I'm against the proclamation and the wearing of Centennial clothes. Clifford Hald, barber "Gee M don't know what I'm going to do. I taTen t got anything like that to PLAYGROUNDS F 4 - l- ? .t .a V judging.. Prize winners and other and her three fleas,-Hop, Skip and Mike McManus pet chicken to join the .Learn to Swim kick into Olincrer jfool; yester Multnomah Coroner Diet From Heart Attack, 46 PORTLAND, 5uly lz--Mult-noraah County Coroner R. MEr wln, '4C, succumbed to a heart at tack today. Dr.' Erwln, ' coroner since 18 SS t formerly 'practiced medicine at Hillsboro and in east ern Oregon. ' '. ' . ' -'; nsensus wear; and rwhat coujd. I do with It after the Centennial Is over?'' ' ; CaroyI Dasbney, city- record er's - seary "I'm - thinklag of defying the mayor. ; v1 ; r - Sam 'Harbison,: -law student service station . operator jGueas I'll have, to do something about It, But,' say,-1 prouder, about that pro clamation stuff, t 'by; the power vested in: me- as mayor, I'd. like to" 'try contesting that," w. ' t ?Iurray " WaXe, sketch y artist going lo do: as I pleaseiiliJo gang of plug-uglies is going to tell me what to do." , - " Inabelie Creech, stenographer-. "I think It is foolish to make wearing of ' Centennial clothes compulsory.- It is a fine thing! to suggest for .those that want' to dress us Voluntarily, but trying to ; force people to do- it-will jat make .hard feelings." Go Ore gon Troops its gress Okeh Listed Aiva Year . of : Intensive Drill Proposed;, Roosevelt '' m : amltimsonfAct ;: r First Group Would Help Merely Tentative ySi". -WASHINGTON, July 12-- decision to call about So.OOo na tional guardsmen to camps as soon o yuoeiuiw lor pernaps a year s -intensive training was reached to day by President Roosevelt , and his, new secretary of war, Ilnry L. Stimson.. : . f 7 - The decision' is contingent unon approval by congress which would ' ' h a v e to authorize the i unprec edented peacetime step. The auth-' ' 1 ority will be asked when congress reconvenes after the democratic national convention. Stephen Early, presidential sec-. retary, announced the. decision J and said that four divisions, seven ' anti-aircraft regiments, and an undetermined number of harbor defense regiments would be call ed. . ' ' i - One division, he said, will nm from New York and New Jerse a second from Tennessee and the Carolinas, a third from New Mexl- cuj unaaoma, Arizona ana Colo rado and the fourth from Ore gon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. Once their training is comDlet- ed, he said, consideration v'will be given the question of extending the training to other guard units. Modern Weapons i - i Ise to Be Taught Sn- ' The training win be desiened to familiarize the guardsmen with modern weapons and military practices and is expected also to fit them for training the thou sands of, conscripts who, will, be called to service if congress en-1 acts a compulsory military train ing law. -,--. s-v; : ... Both the army and navy high commands have endorsed con scription. Testifying befpre the senate military ' committee. Gen. George C: Marshall, army chief of staff, said today, that it was essential to the national defense. , .The divisions mentioned by Early are the 44th, 30th, 45th, , and 41st. (A w a r department spokesman ! said, however, that their selection- for training was entirelytentatlve. , . Early'could not say how long a training period would be pro vided, but it was learned that the war department's recommenda tions called for a year. ; Would Recruit up to Peace Strength. , , Each of j the national: guard di visions has a strength of 608 of-' fleers,' nine warrant officers, and j 9400. men. . - . i . ' This is about 2000 men and 78 officers under! authorized- peace : strength and officials anticipated I that the divisions' summoned to active duty would be augmented. 1 Guard officers understood the . procedure would be first to re-vV emit the . divisions to peace strength, retain them t their - home stations for about 10 days . and then move -the various UBits to nearby posts' for training un der canvas, . ' . Guard Training X ' Held Necessary j - 1 I .' w i Mobilisation' of t!.e nationvl r -rdl "immediately" for trs'... : v advocated by (;.nii.l . " C. Marshall, army t L!:f ct t shown testifj it.: I !- cr tl.? at iuilitu; y ,.u It ...WahhiRSlca. He t '. ujI.. corn r i -"ry i;1 illiry trtti: AI Xfcl'i-.at. f i V
