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i t - 7ere You There? '. Seven' hundred boys and girl have enjoyed outlitgs at Camp Silver Creek, na- tlonal , park err ice reensa f tlonal development, this season. See story nd pic tures la the Sunday Statee maa. ' i f "VTeatBcr : f i 'I Tuit Saturday aad San 1 day; frmperature above and rhuaalOlty below normal; i fresh northerly wind off the coast. Max. temp. Friday, I 8 aula. 43. North wind. -. t .';.; . S i ... i i ' - I PdUNono NINETIETH YEAR Salasu Oregon, Sturay Morning; August 17 1340 Price So Mwataad 5c II- No, 122 lite -L ' t . li; Day - 1 ! .Mr- n Air 11 ; O : Sev.emi 'OT1 OvTr UM 1 vitUb-!-: t7iUliielBe NotifiedToday Of Nomination Radio Program Including Acceptance Speech to- " Start at 1 o'Clock - ...-: -. Trains and Caravans to Bring Crowds ; Elwood Agog Over Big Show NEW YORK. Aug. ls-GPY-Full broadcast Is planned by the net works tomorrow of the notlflca. tlon (ceremonies and acceptance speech of Wendell L. Wlllkle, re publican presidential nominee, at Elwood, Ind. The program, to ran for an hour beginning at 1 p. m. (PST) on the combined NBC, CBS and MBS chains, will be preceded at 12:15 by the broadcast of an In formal reception to Wlllkle, over NBC, CBS and MBS. v By WILLIAM B. ARDERY RUSHVILLE, Ind Aug. 1-(JP) -Wendell L. Willkie Inspected his five Indiana farms today and then, put the final touches on the speech in which he will aecept the republican presidential nomi nation tomorrow in his home town of Elwood. The nominee made an early morning drive to his farms which total 1400 acres with. MIbs Mary Sleeth, who manages them for him. He talked with farm hands and looked over his crops, then returned to Rushvllle and stopped at the hotel where his staff is housed, then went baek to the home of his mother-in-law. Mrs. Cora Wilk. " ; Keeping his day clear for ap pointments, Willkie got some rest In the afternoon and prepared to get a full night's sleep before leaving about noon tomorrow for Elwood, fifty miles northwest. He Is expected to speak for a half hour shortly af tl - p- uH Pa cific Standard Time) and to out line broadly his views on, all ma jor Issues.i.,.i. .f; , ,': ".: .His views on conscription have not yet been disclosed, but some of his remarks have Indicated that he -favors the draft principle If necessary to national defense. , As to foreign policy, the nomi nee has said he favored giving to Great Britain such aid as will not Impair American defenses. He Is expected to call, too, for a powerful national defense to be built by coordination of man power with the .nation's indus trial machinery. Used to Herd Cows at Scene of Event Ths administration farm pro gram, Willkie has said, should be retained until something bet ter is found. Willkie will makeis accept ance speech in El wood's Callaway park, whleh was a cow -pasture when he was a boy. Near the speaking stand runs Duck ereek, where he used to swim.. As a boy he drove cows through the pasture for 75 cents a week. 1 The, committee in charge of the notification ceremonies a modern adaptation of a custom which originated in the.' days when men rode long distances on horseback to bear first tidings of a political party's choice for the nation's highest office announc ed there would be 70-odd bands and numerous parades by var ious state delegations to add to the gayety In Elwood. ! Special trains, automobile car avans and planes will carry re publican groups there from many parts of the country. "Elwood Is ready for any sized crowd," said Homer Capehart, In charge of arrangements.' Rep. Joseph W. Martin,! jr.,"of Massachusetts, republican national-chairman, will notify Wlllkle formally of tils nomination. Preceding the usual ceremon- .. i lee, WlUSie wxu speaa ; uneiij in Elwood a school from which he was thrice dismissed. Transport Sails From North Port HELSINKI, Finland, Aug. II (5VTho United States army trans port American Legion, with' l7 passengers, including Crown Prin cess Martha of N o r w a y and stranded Amoriean citlsena and diplomatle officials, sailed late tonight from the far .northern port of Petsamo. i The ship went slowly through the mine fields with many of the paseengers sleeping in salons. , Mrs. Florence Jaff ray Harriman, minister to Norway, a n d. Mrs. Frederick A. Sterling, wife of the American minister to Sweden, and her three chUdren were, among the passengers. : . Our ' , Senators Hen, 7-5 Deal for Navc ty'aseb H " - :Ji o joeing iMegoiiu Brita in, FDR Declares Conversations Also Under jWay ith Canada Over Hemisphere Defense;! Trading Destroyers for Sites Is Not ftfentionipd WASHINGTON, Ad. 16 (AP)'Pladno; his empha sis heavily upon the "defense of the American hemisphere" and especially the Panama canal- President Roosevelt an nounced today he was negotiating, with Great Britain, for the acquisition of naval and air base sites, presumably in the southern Caribbean. ... -t .. . , , .And, although he simultaneously cautioned newspaper correspondents against coupling the deal with proposals to a ine liar . . -Paul Hauser's Column More things keep worrying us. For one thing, we read the other day where the average con gressman has more suits in his wardrobe than a leading man In the movies. A survey conducted by a New York clothing store showed the av erage congress m a n had 1 suits while the Hollywood stars managed to struggle along with only 12. And all our p.ai h bm it lives we've been hearing about these congressmen being Just folks and wearing no man's col lar. But then we suppose continual fence sitting is terribly hard on a pair of trousers. Then there's the statement made recently by Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of the mint. She said, "There's an unprecedented demand for metal money. We'd never realised It if she -hadn't told ns. . . . Bat what's really got us wor ried is what Dr. William Mc Kay, state health commission er of Utah said the other day. He was talking about people who have been bitten by snakes and he said, "Give them plen ty of water and keep them quiet, ' hot under no circum stances give them whiskey." You Just can't believe in any thing anymore. M. PETERSEN ON FRIENDSHIP a old generation coning to Hf in new gtnarati on. Too Pioneer otrit la oar 8hrUm Is vuxtly au la c traagors v come. Tsy a trngtr and awt Mb wltk a good morning or afternoon or vonlag. I oay tao volo of Sheridan are like arotttn and alator - w a 1 a shoal d b In ail arroaadlag aaaUota Doa't forget M. Fotor Mill i Votary PvoUe. M. Petersen la S-orldaa Baa, Two Massachusetts archeolo- gists, back from digging in Cen tral America, report they found some razor blades some Mayan Indian thought he disposed of for good IS 00 years ago. The city hall roof is getting a coat of brilliant orange paint. The fear has been expressed that now that the city has it paid for it is trying to paint it up and sell it. Deathless Day Record Of Portland I Broken PORTLAND. Aug. fatality forced Portland to start anew today In its efforts to cre ate a long run of deathless traffic ay. .. . John Welter, 1. tne vicum oi hit-run-drlver, died last night. ending a 4 3 -day record. His was the 38 th automobile fatality here this year. Republicans Here Sponsor Luncheon on 'McNary Day9 By STEPHEN C. MERGLER Marlon county republican lead ers obtained a part la the Me- Nary notification day program here' Aurutt 17 when they ac cepted an Invitation from Ralph H. Cake, republican national com mitteeman, yesierasy lO yvw . in.vMM t nAfin that day for A AUvw w - local and visiting precinct com mitteemen' ana wdmbihmwbbhu. Senator Charles L. McNary, Na tional Chairman Joseph Martin and Governor Harold Stassen, who will make the notification address for the party, will speak briefly at ' the luncheon, which will be held at the Marlon hotel. Dr. B. T.l Pound, Marlon county republican f t central committee chairman, If sported. . Governor Sprague. Committeeman Cake and state republican leaders also will attend. -m -:--' ' ' . - Invitations will be sent soon to all county chairmen to tbe state to bo relsyed on to their precinct 1 committee members, with the request that they report back by August Xfi on prospective attendance at the luncheon. Both banquet rooms t the Marion'have .been reserved , . eawun aeuver 'American . over-age . de- stroyers to England, he said that a quid pro quo - was under discus sion. . . .At the same time, Mr. Roose velt told newsmen that the gov ernment was discussing, separate ly, with' Canada, questions of hemisphere defense. Some thought this might have to do with bases in Nova 8cotla or at a point between Seattle and Alaska. A few hours after he spoke. General George C. Marshall, army chief of sUKf, endorsed the idea of acquiring bases and, in addi tion, told reporters that the United States faeed a "critical" situation as a result of developments In the European war. At a press conference, the gen oral explained that he referred to ''the possibilities of the next month in the western hemi sphere." In discussing the pending bill for conscription, he said: "No one can say wth certainty, the way things are going abroad, that we won't need the additional man power without delay." "Time." he declared, "Is the dominant factor, and time Is fleet ing." More Defense Funds Voted, Subcommittee ; Late in the day a senate appro priations subcommittee gave- its approval . to a supplemental de- Iae furd oi, more than -Jt5,00a ooo.ooo including casn ana con tract authorisations. Chairman Adams (D-Colo) of the subcommittee said the figures were not yet complete, but that the group had boosted the house total of $4,963,151,957 by about $60,000,000 because of supple (Turn to Page , CoL 7) Recall" Branded Bid for Publicity TaUors of Titlow Street Mentioned; Real Aim Club Bill, Stated Threat of Common Sense, Inc., to start a recall against Gover nor Charles A. Sprague was branded by the executive yester day as "just an effort to get some cheap publicity." The threat was made after the governor supported Joseph J. Hague, state liquor administrator, for his stand against Common Sense's initiative to permit pri vate sale of liquor. Declaring the Common Sense bill "is only a smoke screen, be cause what Common Sense really wants Is to defeat the club blU in November," the- governor add ed, jokingly: "I'm not very much worried, because this reminds me of the three tailors of Titlow street who sent a petition to the king and started it off with the words, 'We, the people of England ..." The club bUl, regulating sale of liquor and mixing of drinks In night clubs, was passed by the 1939 legislature, but Common Sense forced a referendum on the measure, thus placing It on the 'November ballot. Dr. Pound designated Mrs. R. L. Wright, Marlon county repub lican vice-chairman, to take charge of the luncheon arrange ments. She will be assisted by State Senators, 'Douglas MeKay and Ronald Jones. Mrs. McKay and Mrs.' Jones, who . will also be honor guests, and a commit tee consisting of Herman Laake, Del K. Neiderhlser, Wayne Dough ton and Mrs. Haxel Miller, all of Salem, Fannie McCall of Chemawa and Doris Wood burn of Salem Heights. . t - : .:' Because of the large, attend ance anticipated, only precinct committee members and; county chairmen will be admitted. ; ; The Marlon county committee yesterday, announce! It had as sumed another responsibility on behalf f the state organisation in the overseeing: of a ,repuDU can booth at the state fair next month. Provided 1 ty the state committer to -promote" the Inter ests of rational, state and local republican candidates,' the booth will be In sharge of Mrs. Wright, as ehalrxaan, Mrs, Bertha Ray. and Mrs. i Frsnk MoganJ It .wHI x be located ' on the second ' floor of the agrlcsitural pavilion. Disposal Plant Cost Estimate Here$384JL0Q State and City to Share or . r in Prpgrain; Includes -Sewer' Extensions Plans Provide for More Thar,Present Volume, Anticipate Growth The-City of Salem can erect a sewage disposal plant with neces sary intercepting sewer and im provements to existing sewer unes at a cost of $184,100, John W. Cunningham,, engineer employed by the city council to survey the proposed project, estimated in .a report made yesterday. v Estimating $400,000 as the nec essary bond issue, the report states that $360,00? of the cost would be distributed between the city and state, with the city con tributing the plant site it already owns. The state board of control will meet with the sewerage commit tee of the city council. City En glneer J. H. Davis, Cunningham and Carl Green, state sanitary en gineer, next Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock to consider the angles of state and city coopera tion on the project. Treatment Plant Is Target Item The treatment plant, which would be erected on property the city now owns on the Willamette river near the Marion county poor farm, would be the largest ex pense Item. Its construction, Cun ningham estimates, would cost $207,400. Other costs would be an intercepting sewer from the existing sewer at Church and Un ion streets to the plant site. $141- 500, and Improvements to present sewers, $35,200. The treatment plant, designed for nearly 50 per cent excess over normal flow, would give what is known as primary treatment the report states, hut wnfcl-b adanb able for more complete treatment later. The process Is sedimenta tion and chlorlnatlon with sep arate digestion and drying of sludge. The report states' thst sewsge now empties Into the Willamette river through four city and two state sewers. Under the plan exist ing sewers on Bellevue, Commer cial and Marlon streets are to be diverted into the intercepting sew er by reversal and pumping. Both the fairgrounds sewer and the state sewer on Center street would deliver into the Interceptor. Allowance for Future Growth Is Advised A check made this summer showed that city sewers on Un ion, Hickory and other streets carry about 5,750,000 gallons per day and state sewers on Center and Fairgrounds about 1,125.000 gallons dally. No winter check Is available, the report states. That sewage flow will doubtless Increase as Salem continues to (Turn to Page S, Col. I) Mock War Forces Get all Mixed up Bridge Blasting, Doffing of Denims Call ' for Some Untangling SOMEWHERE IN SOUTH WEST WASHINGTON, Aug. lt- (PV-War maneuvers of the 4th United States army were called off temporarily in one important sector today when opposing ar mies became so entangled that the fighting had to be stopped by the war's umpires. The confusion began -when a bridge across the Nlsqually- river was not blown up by the retreat ing northern "red" army, accord ing to plan. - " Much to the surprise of the at tacking 115th cavalry, composed of national guardsmen from Wy (Turn to Page t, CoL 1) Water District at Heights Approved Proposal to form' a water dis trict in the Salem Heights vicinity received a favorable vote at a special district election yesterday. The vote wau 71 tor organising the district and 27 against. Th voters elected as water commissioners Jess C Campbell, X. A. Carleton and Walter .Bow man. - - .. - : The district - b$lns approxi mately at tfco southern -boundary of the Vista Heights water dis trict and extends - to- Browning avenue, takia g in p roper ty west of liberty road to the hilltops and east and southeast to the Pacific highway and its junction, with the 12 th street cutoff. , Proponents of ths district eon template obtaining . water direct from the) Salem city system witn a connection at the new Canda- laris' Heights reservoir. Construc tion of pipelines would-be? fi nanced by a bond issue subject to TOter approval. WAR REACHES ..Li-" A' - 4- 'i . Refugee Measure Neutrality Act Change to Permit Ships to Bring Children Favored WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 Unanimous approval by the sen ate foreign relations committee cleared the wsy for final action on an amendment to the neu trality set which would permit American ships to bring child refugees from European war aone. The committee acted after making minor changes in legisla tion already approved by the house. As reported to the senate, the measure would permit American ships to enter combat sones and bring out children under 16 years of sge provided they had spon sors In this country who would guarantee that they would not become public charges. The. house had Imposed a re quirement that the sponsor, be liable for support of a refugee child on the same basis as his own children. Chairman Pittman (D-Nev) of the committee said he would ask unanimous consent to bring the bill before, the senate -Monday, temporarily displacing the compulsory military training' bill. In order to speed up final action. "In view of the tact that there is no opposition to the legisla tion." his announcement said, "unanimous consent will probably be granted." I Youths Released After Inquiry on Pendleton Blaze PENDLETON. Ore., Aug. 16-(y-Three youths were released tonight after being questioned most ' ot the day in - connection with the Ore which destroyed this city's famed roundup grandstand last night. Sergeant Walter Foster ot the state police said he still believed the fire was set. - - Nine persons were injured, soma of thorn: by. stampeding horses. In the $15,000 blase. Clar ence Ogren. 15. was ths only one held at ths hospital for continued treatment. ' - -.. . Approximately lift horses were released . from .stalls . near the burning grandstand. -Ths frenzied animals dashed through ths crowds ot humans who had been watching a. sottball game. Claimed Goods Are Tipped off Barge PORT1JLNT)! Ore . Aug. 1 1iflP) -A heavily . laden barge listed sharply - today, damping aearly half of Its 115-ton cargo ot canned goods into the Willamette river. Harbormaster Karl Prehn report ed,: : . - Preha said the barge was being pushed near ' terminal 4 . at - ths time. Besides "ths canned goods, a "Jitney" cargo transfer ma chine also was lost. The. barge was beached before sinking. : LONDON; GIRLS l civMeXv::-ei3rjr i j ri 1. T aV v w . .. . av n L'jw nMe7t:vrT.x hen," c?Tl tx rTTi Above,, three girls injured wb struck by bomb splinters when Ger nuut bombers attacked Croydon airport in the outskirts Of Londosi on Thursday. This picture was transmitted by cable wll nart raider-again bomb rded London suburbs. Below, map aowln g bow. German planes estimated to number" up 'to ' tSOO roared cross the length and breadth of England and into Scotland Friday in fanwiso waves. Cities about which the main attacks centered are undertlned- AP Telemats. Crisis Must Come in Week i Or Less; World Fate Hangs , By KIRKE I SIMPSON . . r I'. Gexuiy8 all-oat sir drive to smash Britain to frer knees has reached a pace foreshadowinjr a terrible weekend for England. . - - " i By unofficial estimate, nazi planes in swarms five-fold as numerous as" the first . waves, 600 strong" which roomed across the channel were loosing' an inferno of death and de struction, .with no assurance that even that IS 00 plane peak may aot' be -passed tomorrow or next day. The very rury- of the German stroke, however, means that it can aot . be long sustained, nor. long endured. This crisis must come within days, even hours. 'Weeks ago Prime Minister Churchill told the "fighter pilots' of Britain's royal air force that they would "have the glory ot saving' our 'Island homo from the most deadly ot all attacks. Their hour ' has . come.' and- the world waits with bated breath to learn whether the same dogged British grit that saved a third et a mil lion French and British troops, trapped at Dunkerque. can save England now in the darkest mo ment ot her history. - - - - ; 'Tse miracle 'of Dunkerque wrote -a glorious psge into Bri tish history that not: even- ulti mate British defeat could dim. It was aa upsurge ot British cour age that knew "no distinction, of rank, ago or even experience. It created and manned over night ARE WOUNDED 4 , - ! T - s . ens . rt 4:cVsaouao 4aLSCH a mighty volunteer 'armada of English small craft ot every sort to brave- the croaalag and- lift those allied soldiers at Dunkerque from: death or imprisonment;- .. , ' Against nasi : air , blasting a! England oa a seal never dreamed of a dosen -years ago. a new "and more glorious chapter' of British victory against all odds Is being written or England Is go 1 a g down to defeat.' Hours, another week at ths most, should tell the tale.' ' C For It cannot be doubted that If Hitler's air -legions fail him now ' and England survives,- his dream of swift mastery ' of all Europe v begin to fade.- It is based on nasi sir power; as Brit sin's ultimate hope is based on sea power. . w. .The final test of air power against sea power Is at hand for England. The destiny of the world hinges os Its. outcome. 'Failure ot this mighty. German effort to (Turn to Page 1, CoL 4 i Indon Prbner - j . Yet Unscathed BritisHReDort Warplane Score -Ij 71-18 ;! or -6515 . Pepexidirig i tU T1 1 m To ' - I t V w - v. a,j ... -l , ti? : v.r . xuuan vrcc. triiis xa If Gettinff hot Allhonrli - ' ; f A lApologr Is . 3lade ' ; I i " ' " " j (By The A asocial! Press) ! Germany's -smashing aerial oa- siaugat against tae eitaael or Britain, topped oft to' date by Friday's tltaaie blow tat the en-. Tiros s of London, went into Us seventh . consecutive - dsy today wtflle the big" British Dominion of I Canada discussed. American hemisphere defense j with the United states. - f 'The British acknowledged that London's southwestern suburbs and: the docks along the Thames rtvef were bombed, btt said that the main section of London was aot rtouched. They coupled their admission with aa official charge that the nasi fliers deliberately attacked the residential .town of Eastbourne, on the Esglish chan nel, i , - k : - The Germans eostesded that huge areas ot the London" neigh borhood along both sides of the Thames were wrecked or set aflrt. - I . German fliers cams hack this morning to Britain's southwest and t southeast coast. apparently tor a renewal of their attacks. Relaxing rigorous censorship whleh forbade any mention of the London air flghtlag- tor near ly five hours, the British permit ted The Associated Press office in London to send a report oa the fighting at 4:l'p. m. (East ern daylight time), f ,; -This dispatch was t followed promptly by an air ministry com munique announcing that large rcsa-eteaayvborabers flew twice "over the Thames end bomb ed and damaged property on both sides 'Of the river. Raid's Cas-alties I f save aq ri iiuasvcij t i ; Tlid air nizilstry admitted aa naaSBSARaaai u su je ti e anr a as sa a ' ease as ta i a v n t-es m a ties ! resulted from the raids. The German report ot the raid; as carried by DNB. official German news agency; said nail bombs rained oa east, j west and nAtfa nAtlAH as T am A WW -a-r s aa vwuvun vs. sjvuuvu, : Bodies were being i removed from ths debris soon after the Germans left. - The BriUsh declared Tl Ger man planes were shot down dar ing the day's fighting.! Eighteen British fighters were lost. ; DNB's running account of the battle gave no totals but said plane after plane crashed aad the final count "must be enormous.'- Later DNB said C 5 British planes were, shot down and II German 'machines were; missis g. The German wireless In an ad ditional report said 49 British aad IS German planes were shot down during fights over the county ot Kent ' and the Portsmouth naval base alone. It said a British de stroyer was sunk-at ' Portsmouth and 'heavy damage was Inflicted en Kent airdromes aud coastal barrage balloons. . I ' ?' i S3O0 Planes Figure S i in Attack, Estimate 1 1 i It was estimated that IS00 Ger man, planes attacked ' London. ! ' A German broadcast heard ia ' New York by NBC sail England was using "her entire ; air force of $000 planes to stave oft Ger man bombers and fighters.' j DNB said nasi dive bombers at-; tacked the Industrial east end ef London and left that beehive ot docks, wsrehouses, factories snd arsenals under a pall et smoke, i Later German accounts told ef. "great destruction - in J Losaos a harbor sons, damage to all air ports around the crty. and bomb, attacks on armament and pow der plants north ot London. - i .. British accounts told ot dam age to residential property, and' bombing of docks st Tilbury oa' the Thames. II miles east of Lon don. Both banks ot the river were kit-M- - i t t Greece and Italy, meanwhile, appeared on the threshhold ef war, declared or undeclared. - j ,.; Greece ordered partial mobili sation et her reserves for next: Tuesday. First to" be called up were anti-aircraft gunners and ob servers.' : u ' This action followed a Greek, report ot an unsuccessful attack; by. Italian planes on two Greek; destroyer A' high Greek author-' fey declared ths commanding er asers absolutely Identified as Ital ian the . planes which . attacked ; their ships, the Vaailevs Georgios' I and ths Vsa-lssa Olga. as they Were sailing to the island of Tiaoa ; in the-Aegean sea.' where en Thursdsy the. Greek cruiser Halle j was mysteriously torpedoed. - -Apology by Nsval : . Attache Reported t ' : " It was reliably reported la Ath-I ens that the Italian tarsi attache f apologised to Premier John Me-; taxas , ef-Greece for the air at-; tacks, sayinr the destroyers were mistaken for British slips, i i Whether such an pcetT would task any difference in the strain ed relations." of the two nations ; (Turn to Page S, CtL I)