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"XT, - - , "t Spcri la Einj 6port-ca'a!t3 Calera lias a full schedule on iU hudi hi week, with the BMtot playing t bMM iid Ue tte Softball tourney la progress, rcliow the games in The Statesman. - T) YS ' rip. today wid liosji : tentperatwe above normal wttb low iiumJCity tm intr lor; moderate west to nortl rind off -the coast. Max.' temp, Saturday' 103, i mia 4. Xorthwest wind. ; 1 1 itoietietii yeah Cckia, Oryon. Sunday Mcmlng, August 118S, ISO Pile 3a Hwsstand 19 17a. 123 Detroit Blaze A Maldng Nation Strong listed As Main Issue " GOP Nominee Accepts as Over 150,000 took on and Others Listen - . Selective Service Given Support; Efforts of ; New Deal Flayed By WILLIAM B. ARDERT ELWOOD. Ind.. JLng. 17-(fl- " Formally accepting the republican presidential nomlnattoa before a wildly cheering crowd in a circus day aetting, Wendell L. Willkie proposed in "dead earnest" today that president Rooserelt meet him : in a series of public debates on major campaign issues. . A sweltering crowd, estimated by Police Chief Mike Morriasey of Indianapolis at 160.000 and by Homer Capehart, general chair man, at 250,000, packed Callaway park' once' a cow pasture In which Willkie played as a boy for the ceremonies and inter rupted the perspiring nominee re peatedly with shoots, whistles and hand-clappirg. Willkie said he favored Rome form of seltctiTe military service as "the only democratic way in - which to secure the trained and competent manpower we need for national defense." . He criticized the adminlstra' tion's foreign policy and asserted that the president "has courted a war for which the country la hope lessly nn prepared and which It emphatically doea not want." . His listeners, many of whom had slept in Callaway park over night in order to obtain choice seats, were scattered through clumps of trees. But the burning- Indiana sun brought perspiration to. every "brow.-"-' '''t' r- Deplores Scoldta TJ'T of Foreign Powers Willkie made It plain he be lieves that the United States la "not Isolated from those suffer ing people of Europe." "No man can guarantee peace,' he continued. "Peace Is not some thing that a nation can achieve by itself. It also depends upon what some other country does." Although saying that "the pres ident's attacks on foreign powers have been useless and dangerous. Willkie added that "I trust I have made it plain that in the defense ef our American liberties, I should not hesitate to stand for war. "Bat, like a great many other Americans, I saw war at first band In 1917. I know what war can do to demoralise civil liberties at home. And I believe it to be the first duty of a president t6 try. to maintain peace." Willkie came to Callaway park after a hot trip from Rushville, Ind., the home town of Mrs. 'Will kie. il He was greeted by cheering throngs as he drove through the streets of Elwood. A crowd shouted with glee as he stood on the steps of his old high school under an Inscription reading; "The hope of our country" and said, "There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight." Formal Notificatlom Delivered by Martin - Willkie received, formal notifi cation of hls nomination from Rep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massachusetts, - chairman of the republican national - committee. Martin said the Indlanan's nomi nation had been dictated by the people, not by a clique of poli ticians. "-1 ' - In hia dehate challenge to the president. Willkie proposed "that - during the next two and a half ' months, the president and -1 ap- pear together on public platforms in various parts of the country, ' to debate the fundamental issues s)f this campaign. - ? ' " - - "These are the problems of oar great-, domestic economy-as well as of our national defense: The ' problems of agriculture, of labor, -f Industry, of finance, of s the government's relationship to the people and of our preparations -to guard against assault." L "I make this (debate) proposal respectfully to a man upon whose shoulders rest the cares of the state," Willkie continued. ."Bat Z make it In dead earnest." - Willkie told his audience that the president had encouraged . European powers to , hope for more American help than " this country could give. But. the nomi nee added, an honest appraisal of our relationship with Great Brit lain would . bring an admission "that the loss of the British fleet would greatly weaken our de fense," and would be "a calamity for us." . "." "The promises of the present administration.", Willkie asserted, (Turn td page 2, coL 1) " Our T7c3, 14 Led. 5-0 mm Villkie, Accepting Nomination I Challenges Roosevelt to Debate ''"V i w WENDELL' COTadiah Prehiier: And FDR Confer . Mutual Defense Assured; President Silent on . Willkie Challenge j . : By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL . OaDE'NSBURG, NT, Aug. 17.- (JP-The president of the United States snd the prime minister of Canada, Isolated behind the drawn blinds of a private railway ear. talked over tonight a spe cific course of Canadian-American action for defense of the western hemisphere. It .was a conference which President Roosevelt had admitted in advance might result in strong er ties with the dominion than ever before. It coincided, furthermore, with clear-cut Indication from the chief executive of continued American adherence to a policy of coming, to the aid of the do minion against any attack from overseas - W. L. MacKenxle King, the prime minister, motored down from., Ottawa with Jay Pierrepont Moffatt, - American - minister to Canada, and began his parley with Mr. Roosevelt within a stone's throw of the unfortified border.. They dined alone, and then the president's train was moved from Ogdensburg to the nearby, quiet village of Neuvelton. " . At a press conference preced ing the conference with MacKen xle King, Mr. Roosevelt was asked whether the prospects of stronger ties with Canada meant that "we'll defend Canada." He re ferred to a statement made two years - ago to the ' day; that the United ' States would not stand Idly ty It the dominion were threatened ; and said his words still were good today. The conference tonight was pitched on an Informal plane. In contrast with customary diplo- CTurn to Page t, Col.-T) Accidental Shot Fatal BURNS. Aug. 17-UFV-A gun ac cidentally discharged In a swaying truck killed Sterling E. Bent. 42, of Portland near the Culver Mar shall ranch Friday. Baxter to Be HonoredWheh iMetk ElBhop Bruce R. Baiter will be especially honored, nt the nrsi Methodist lay leaders .meeting of th Portland area to be held Wed nesday at the Ealem First Metho dist church. Lay leaders from 6 churches of the area will attend the all-dsy meting as representa tires of their church. - ' " A fellowship dinner at f p.m. will, honor Bishop and Mrs Bax ter and the bishop's mother. Dean U. Q. Dubach. will serve as toast master and responses will be made by Governor Charlea A. Sprague, Rexi Putnam,, superintendent of schools. Dr. J. C Harrison, ja. a. Nott, D. H. Shuitse,' Judge V.'P, Hoses and i Bishop Baxter. The dinner is open to anyone making rcserTation with Px- Jtr Loek- it-Mg L. WILLKIE il Paul : Hauers Column It's been a hi week, both at home and what's left of abroad. The Germans began an approxi mation of total fY'VT' war on England. 1 1 '"1 The English! fourht back. Thai battles , were w ag e d in two places. On the scene and In the papers where each side claim ed It had shot down hundreds of planes while one of its own e r a f t suffered only minor, in-In Juries when a pi- Psoi a flutn it lot hit a cow coming In for a landing after a successful raid. Much the same sort . of thing I-was going on up around Yelm. wash., where - the fourth army umpires were having a heck ef a time figuring out who was dead and who wasn't. There was the case of a commander who marched 200 troops across a bridge that wasn't there and cap tured a town. Only they made him give the town back when they checked up and found he'd miraculously got his troops across the river sans pontoons. It all reminds ms of those days when we played soldier with sticks for guns and a sauce pan for a helmet. The real battles always came when one of our opponents disputed our assertion that he was dead. That was when we threw away our guns and saucepans and really got down to business. Well, Mr. Willkie learned yes terday that he's been nominated by the republicans for a presi dent What's' more, he accepted, which must have ' been a great surprise to all concerned. 1 - : Trivia Information The Pioneer Service company, agen cy which retails delinquent accounts, has one of Its hand bills out again. High among the accounts listed for, sale la one of .Warren E, Bmrtgea. No mentioned on the handbill Is (Turn to Page 2 CoL. 4 ) IasMeet enour before I p.m. Tuesday. : A; mass meeting "and bishop's reception' will follow'- the dinner. Bishop Baxter will give the main address. ' ;-, -'-?- r .'- The day's activities ; will start with a morning session ' at 10 o'clock with Glenn Olds as lead er. Frank Bennett, Salem school superintendent, Clyde Williamson. C. F. French and Lloyd Gilson, lay leaders, will also speak. . - During the afternoon session, starting at I J 30, speakers . will be Dr. Sidney W. HalL Cascade dis trlctsupertntendent; J. T Edgar Purdy, Salem dhjtrict superinten dent;. B." T. Kunller,J Brownsville leader; and C. A. Rice, Portland leader, r:,:- - - Fought; Homes Burn, Portland West Hills Region Blaze Costly; Mercury Here 102, Year Record One Sunstroke Case Is Reported ; Sawmill ' Barns, Santiam DETROIT, Ore Aug.., IT k fire which broke oat at. 11 o'clock this - morning completely burned the Sightslnger lumber mill seven miles - above - Detroit. The fire Jumped the river and over 100 men are . fighting to control It over an area of SO acres. - Fifty NTA workers from Cor vallis are now Included among the fire fighters. Roy Elliot, as sistant supervisor of the Willam ette . national forest, who is In charge of operations, says there are- hopes that the fire may be nnder control by tomorrow. Old Sol boosted Salem's tern perature to 102 degrees yester day, four degrees higher than the ' previous summer record of 98 on June 11. dinger pool registered 123 S persons driven to the water by the. high temperature and Leslie listed CIS. Record attendances for both pools are more than double these figures, giving evidence that most of Salem's "water wins; riders" were probably home in the family tub. sipping Iced drinks in their respective base ments, or at the coast. One Tictim of the heat was re ported In the Salem vicinity, Carl L. Donavan, 26, of route two, Sa lem, who was taken to the Salem General hospital for sun stroke treatment. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17HT) -Capt P. V. Rexford of the she riff's office said tonight 11 homes were destroyed by the wind-whipped brush fire that swept over tne citys west mus. ' He added, however, that the Bonny Slope schoolhouse and store, previously reported burned, escaped the flames, which re portedly covered a mile In an hour. : Residents of nearly 10 homes fled s the fire threatened to en velope them.' t . Several hundred city and coun ty firemen, aided by volunteers and 40 CCC workers from Camp Reeher, were fighting- the blase which was reported controlled earlier In the day. The Laid law and McDonald roads, chief arteries of the sky line area, were reported blocked by fire and smoke. Both highways were thronged with fleeing refu gees, their cars piled high with personal belongings. Many per sons were leading livestock. Fifteen volunteer fighters were trapped for a time by rapidly ad vancing flames. A fire in the hills a few miles south of the skyline conflagration spread over 100 acres, destroyed three farm buildings and some Uvestock before being 'checked. Fire fighters sweltered under a biasing sun that sent the ther mometer to 29 degrees at 4 pja., a new record for the year. Three Lads Saved By Park Rangers Taken off Perilous Perch Above Crater Rim Road; Ward to Meet Storey MEDFORD, Aur- 17-ff)-The thrilling rescue by Crater Lake national park rangers of three southern California youths from perilous ledges on Garfield peak an all Friday night and Saturday effort, was completed late Satur day, Park Superintendent E. P. Leavitt reported. The rescued boys, each 17 years old, were: Norman C Goeckel and Bill Weldeman, Los "Angeles, and George F. Gubser, Glendale, Calif. , Guests at the lodge watched the rescue all dsy Ions from the rim of Crater Lake. The boys were on the ledge for 20 hours without food or water.' i Rangers In saving the lads risked their own lives.. - The trio camped at Crater Lake Friday afternoon, walked the trail to the top of Garfield.' and then made the dangerous, forbidden trip to the bottom of the nearly sheer cliff. They were unable to reach the rim trail, and then de cided to retrace their climb. One third of the way up, Wlede znan and Goeckel were trapped oa a ledge, Gubser was half way up where he was marooned. -: i In the , fast falling; darkness, guests at the lodge heard their cries for help, and the rescue par ty was formed. It was so dark and dangerous, the work, was delayed until dawn.' , . .. ; . '-'--:'- ' . ' i Early Saturday. moraine Goeck el and Weldeman were brought to safety by.Ranger Otto Foils.' :- 1 Gubser, In a more perilous posi tion, late Saturday afternoon was reached "by, Ranger El win' Mann, with - food and water, . and. later was lowered to the bottom. ; . ! Parents of the youths "were ad vised tonight of the rescue. r: RAIDER SHOOTS DOWN BARRAGE BALLOON A German warplane la shown shooting down n British barrage balloon cnsor-apprevea caption for uu German bombers drove against Hitler Has German Warbirds Return to Attack Previous Lull Capitalized by British With Raids Upon French. Coast LONDON. Aug. 18-(Sunday )- CWGerman warbirds, as if roused from their roost by Brit ish attacks on France, bombarded southwest England early, today and roared over the midlands fol lowing a mysterious all-day "holi day" Saturday. The royal air force, capitalising on this interim,-visited the Ger man positions on the French coast line late last night and staged a brilliant fireworks show of their own.. Rumbling explosions reverber ated across the channel, and xratchers on England's bomb pocked shore saw. the sheet-lightning of bomb bursts on the con tinent, along -with the flare- of nasi "flaming, oniony anti-aircraft projectiles and the rapier thrusts of searchlights. i - - The Germans, who- had laid off Britain from dawn past dark Bat (Turn to page S, col t) - One Known Dead, Hot osion WINDSOR. OnL. Aug. 18-lSun day)HP) At least one person was killed and about Z0-otners were injured in an explosion In ' the basement, of the 10-story Norton Palmer hotel here at 12:10 am. today.) - . . Ken. Strum.' 24. cashier of a basement grill, was dead. ' " - Firemen searched through base ment debris for more victims while police sought the cause. They Investigated a report that a spark ! from' electrical machinery near the beverage room was re sponsible. - t- - - - Smoke' drove guests of the ho tel into the streets,- and - soldiers were summoned to control crowds attracted by the blast, i - ' All Windsor ambulances war summoned to carry the injured to hospitals. - Police said the number of injured might exceed. 20 i. Fire Chief Keeps .K r on r ire SPRINGFIELD, v Oe.. Aug. 1T-(ff-Flre Chief Hugh JollfX e kept a date with a fire today. : ; Fred Tryon; was en route to town with a ton of baled hay when a motorist Informed him the hay was on fire. j. - - "But keep. right 'on, the mo torist said, "IH phone"- the ' fire -department to meet you. - , r- The; .department met him at Sixth and - Main streets. . "v . . 1 -.The hay was ignited by a spark from .the exhaust; pipey ' l. TV- - 1 5IJ&XD1 .... a ; iDeiECvecL nun picenre, caoiea Xront liondon to new York as wave after wave c English defenses and London's suburbs were bombarded. AP TeJemai New Surprise Ready: Der Tag" Won't Depend of Lochner hut Little Hint of Attack's Nafure Slips Through Censorship r I By LOUIS P. With the German Army (AP) What I saw in three days with German troops on this coastline opposite England indicates Adolf Hitler has another surprise ready. On the surface there is gest the imminence of an attempt to invade England. But what I saw was more than enongh to convince me that Hitler. If and when der tag" comes, will once again surprise the world. And it is all being done so me thodically and with such precision that he can set the sero hour as he chooses. Irrespective of wind and weather and season. English fliers do what they can by night to disturb the prepara tions but by day the English chan nel once one of. the most crowd ed sea-lanes In the world seems a picture of desolation. In three days I motored up and down the . coast between - Ostend and Boulogne. Although I stood on high promontories command ing superb views of the' channel. Including, the chalk cliffs of Do ver, I saw. not one British convoy, nor any good-sized ship. Two ; German r mine-sweepers and a fishing smack, were all I could discern : moving over the desolate' waterway. - The air above the channel, how ever, was full of activity; in fact, planes were . roaring over, our heads- nearly all , the time. . Speedy Messerschmltt pursuit planes ' rocketed - to giddy heights se . as V . urn ia pago 9 cou . " . Battle of Moving Is Wetbri By PAUL It HAUSER, JR. The battle of Summer street raged i during the .early morning hours of yesterday around a ram bling parsonage, a couple of wal nut trees ' and the only, redwood tree that's a city park all by It self, v . ., ;;,v; . I " "-' , " It was 4 a. m. and dawn was breaking when, the embattled res idents of Summer street got word. Cashed from house to house by swift, couriers,, that things were moving. - The things were the former parsonage of the First Congrega tional church, on ; Its f way to a new home at 240 Gaines street, and the Lebeck A Sou truck which was pulling it.. Also moving, the wrathy residents claimed, were several walnut trees and a lot of branches of the big sequoia which squats right in the center of Sum mer street's northbound lane. ; When police, called by Charles McCleUand. who lives at Summer and Union street, arrived at 4:42; a- ci. the residents of . the area. rtlcularly those with .trees in tlie way of the Juggernaut or par sonage.- -were -lining -the streets and shaking fists at the movers, marching, by night.. , '., l. ; Chief or prime mover, was Cecil 'Bart, Portland, foreman ' for the, rami 1 E3 over Dover, according to British on Weather Is Report LOCHNER on the French Coast, Augr. 17; little that meets the eye to sug Somaliland Won, Is Italy's Oaim But British Version Much Different; Warning to Greece Is Issued J ROUE, Aug. 17-(ff)-The battle for British Somaliland has " been won, the Italian high command claimed tonight, as fascist spokes men, warned pro-BrltUh Greece that she must now recognise Ital ian demands ''or suffer the' con sequences." ' . ; ." "i ; ' i The fighting In Somaliland a British protectorate along the gulf of Aden which adjoins the fascist east 1 African . empire Was, de clared substantially over. A mil itary communique announced that the defenders bad been encircled. both' its wines driven In. and had abandoned to a lost battlefield ' (Turn to Page 2. CoL 2) Bii mmer Street contractors. Burt, hailed to the police, station. was after 'some mulling ' of . ordinances . charged with mutilating . and injuring' trStML v . V-W'"'"""' , .Walter' Wlnslow owner of the house, had permission of the city council to move it. but the mov ers apparently, had no required permission, from .the park: board to disturb trees in the. parking. . The ' battle developed 1 Friday when the house reached Union and Summer streets and it was discovered clearance between the redwood tree and the opposite curb - was : not sufficient : unless trees In-the McClelland parking were removed, Movers started to dig up the trees, but were stopped by McClelland.-- -; ' : - During' the. sight t h e house movers sallied forth and moved past the McClelland trees. 'push ing one partly over and damaging both. Other trees were also dam aged. " r -Burt .was released on 159 hail, the house was moting north again: on' Summer street : and all- ap peared quiet In , the sector until Monday, morning' when Burt will appear In municipal court. : 1 Parsonage Wlnslow has filed a $1000 bona 1 nam engineer engaged to risK-e a to cover damage to streets and survey of reqiilrertvents for tr.-trees,-'" .' " Itioabf a geward dls;o:il il&zu - t t ' : ' i. '0)UWL ii "P O (EFl isregarq 1 n TTV liiay if Nazis' 7arniiig s Of Erlined Area Germany hashes Hahdi of Rcsponsihility . Is Berlin Statement 1 I Shortage of Supplies II j 4 OnerReason, Inability ) to Change Course 1 .- , m - r -.- : t i i i . j . BERUN. AugClT-fr-The Gi i man government washed Its han4t of responsibility tonight for the ' safety of the US ship, American i Legion. carrying Americans home from Petsame, Finland. 'V. 1 ! It said the United States gov T ernment had . declined to heed a German warning to keep the Am- ; ! erican Legion out of British wa ters mined today under a new, for- . mally proclaimed total blockade ' of the sea around Britain. ; ' i Conceivably, under " the Ger mans', own announced terms .for i the blockade, ; the American Le gion might be subject to a bomb- ! lng - attack as soon as she sp- -: peered in British waters. The blockade communique said f specifically that "airplanes will attack every ship" and that "ev ery ship which sails in this ares in the future exposes itself to the danger of destruction.? s t Before the blockade was pro-. lalmed, however, the government . t had said that as an army ship; tor a neutral, the American Legien . would , not be molested by Ger- many. --' . ; ; Intended to Pass ! 'y W - : "i Cloae to Scotland 1 :! '': , .ill the ship, with nearly OA ; American refugees front Europe Aboard,: pursues i its outline! 1 t Course between the British Is-" t land of Rona and Cape Wrath -it will do so at its Own risk. Ger many advised ! the United States orally through the US embassy i here. , a .- r- j : ; -r The American Legion sailed fro Petsamo! Friday night. i, 1 The announced course of the American Legion, a US army . transport on the special refugee repatriation mission, will take it close off the northwest coast of Scotland. ; i- . ; The course from Petsamo. on ; Finland's Arctic shore, to Cape Wrath is about 1700 miles, more than two days' steaming time, i This, it was pointed out. leaves time for the Uilted States to re- . Instruct the master and advise the I various governments of a nre- f posed new course. 4 -ji The American embassy here de clined any comment as to what might oe done. : , . s It the American Lesion con tin- - ues the originally indicated course, f she probably will-move into dan gerous : waters by late Sunday nlgnt or early Mohdav. 1 Germans to Make j Blockade Effective f Dienit Aus Deutschlanrf. an iUtlye commentary, meanwhile, declared it was clear that "Ger many not only is determined but also; Is In a position- to make- this "T oiocsaae enecuve. i It is especiallv nolntf mi thata the entire sea area. irniut England Is-mined." Iti recalled repeated mention in recent high command eommuni ques of .widespread; mining; activ ity. Sespeclally by air. and ui.i mines were being strewn thickly Hif uw onma west "coast, especially fit. j George channel, the north channel and the Irieh sea. J -T-- j , x . - , . : Exchanges of oral tioni between ; the German and American :, governments . bsr&s August t when the United States savisea Germany that the ship, especially marked and ilium In- ated by day and by night, would follow: a. pre-arranged course. The American government ex pressed hope that, the transport would not be molested and a&ked promise of safe conduct, ao (Turn to page! 2, Col. I) ? ! s -" i I . ; -J;i ).' '--t.-iSi' r i :! . i" Biidgeteers Uill itleet oh Monday First consideration of the 1941 city f Salem budget will be made Monday night when, members ef the council and tlelr appointees on the cltlien'a budget committed meet following tha rerular coun cil stssion to null estiaates su"b- mitted by the city recorder. . i r The Joint eiOzeas' -and -council body must approve the suggested budget before it roes to the eoun- fil fer final reriaioa and approval. The council will xecx Ire frori " the Special power committee ar pointed: by the i mayor lis reecm- . mendatlon that no steps t takea toward putting a msaieir 1 rower mearxre on the ballot un'ii srter investigation hy a conpt l: it giner.; . Also before the councn bi the jeport of John W. Cunclnr-