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1 ' - it . ,.. Weather i -Fair today and Thursday, fog and dritilei oa the .coast; llttla change In tem perature and humidity! moderate west and north west wind. Max. temp. Wed-' nesday 80, tola, 63. South west wind. - A Growing Newspaper . Tlio Oregon Statesman fa .. steadily growing new paper. Its readers know the reasons: It's reliable, coin " plete lively and always In teres ting. -r . UW VJrV! PfiUNOOO 1651 1IEIETIETH YEAR Salem. Oregon. Wodncsaay Morning, August 21, 1940 Fries- Zcu Newsstand 5c No. 125 eainm oil J oe 3s "'T " j ' nnnnnnrN4BBBnnnnnss - en s as . aTS sns m Tvv o;. w - - f Second No-No Barely Missed By Geor geseii Salem Champs Continue in Race; Bonneville . Foe on Thursday - Grif f inV Perfect Game Is Highlight; Fast Games on Tonight GAMES TOXIGHT & : OO Corral Us ts. Julia Lee Wright. 9:00 Portland Firemen vs. Medford. I- Scores: Last Night Oregon City 9, BfcMlnnville 8. Pendleton 2, Kennedys O. . Square Deal 8, Woodburn 1. Bonneville 7, Eugene O. ' t- By RON GEMMELL Pitching perfection was last night attained in one of the four contests that concluded first round firing in the seventh an nual state Softball tournament now In progress on Sweetland field, and just one more out sepa rated yet another moundsman from the night's second no-no achievement. J - Pendleton's Harvey Griffin faced but three batters an Inning as he pitched the high country team to a 2 to 0 win over Salem's Kennedy- Kids :thus leaving the Square Dealers,' who ,had little trouble dropping Woodburn j-by, an 8 to 1 count, thsvcapital city's (Turn to page 2, col. 1) En One Pawl Hanser's Column Swimming Is a habit, which comes naturally to fish, frogs and some fowl. Most dogs and horses. some cows and r most of the less "NSr apes also swim, whether not, on contact I l with water. Men t also swim. f On the whole, ' fish are better men, though we jh we a f el- r 1 Gil-1 who! k Ant L once knew low named 1 1 s lingsby claimed he out distanced a sal- pnl h. Hiawr, jt." mon over a -mile course, includ ing three fish ladders and a wat er hazard. We had no reason to disbelieve h)s statement at. the time. Blen most learn to swim, which Is where fish have the upper fin. This Is a handicap which some men are able to overcome. It Is often said fof such persons that H swims like' av fish." It is sometimes said of some men that, He drinks like a fish, bat there is no apparent parallel here. Although it had been recorded In the works of Grimplus, the Roman Ichthyoulogisit, that oc casionally a carping carp has been heard to remark tn slur ring tones of another fish that "He swims like . a man, bo fish has ever been heard to ; say of another that He drinks like a man. Men, on the whole, drink much asler than fish, which is where men have It on the fish. Considering the problem from all angles, including the obtuse, however. It must be recorded that fish, on the whole or In filets, have much easier time lntheir relations with water than men. In the first place (and as far as this discussion Is concerned there are not subsequent places) fish are never confronted with the- problem, of getting in the water. Men, on the other hand, must face this problem ! every time they face a body of water with the v intention of total or partial immersion. One and one-half per cent of the : total body of human swim mers will ' when . confronted with body of water Jump (or: fall) in. The other 98 per cent do nothing, of tho kind. Stubborn souls, s they die tj Inches. They (the -SS per cent) ; twiddle a tentative toe in the water for several minutes before deciding It's worth, while wetting an ankle. The progression Is gradual from there on. ' 1 It Is therefore proved that 8 W per cent of the swimmers would never get la the water r If they had no toes. Fish are not faced with this. This Is the reason (and this, ryott will be surprised to learn. Is the con clusion of .; this roonogrcph) that fisb have mft !. Down Woodburn Emlrr Mere Comes the Bridal Party After Interruption by Air Raid I ' ' - s. '1, Ma tTfi I V) An air raid siren interrupted their wedding ceremony at All Saints church, Eastbourne, England, so Eric William Essex aad Bliss Doris - Bailey, accompanied by the bridal party, headed for this air raid shelter. Time passed, so did the bombers. Out came the bridal party to return to the church for the final "I do." AP Telemat. Transport Course Brings Accusation Some Stubborn Man Opens Way to War Peril, Is Charge in Senate WASHINGTON, Aug. td.-JP)- The senate heard an accusation to day that a single "stubborn" man, "either President Roosevelt or someone in the state department," had refused to change the course of the refugee ship American Le gion and thereby had risked a provocative Incident that might have "precipitated this country Into war in a week." : The accuser. Senator Bone (D WaEh), spoke while the army transport bearing 897 passengers headed for New York, apparently safely beyond the waters off Scot land which Germany had warned were mine-infested and highly dangerous. "Someone Is risking the lives of 900 human beings aboard that vessel," Bone told the senate, "lf (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) I . Refugee Steamer; Is Reported Sunk DUBLIN, ' Aug. .O-iSVThe torpedo sinking of a SOO-ton Brit ish steamer bound to the Ameri cas with British - war refugees, some ' of them en route to the United States, was disclosed to day. Seven persons were killed, sur vivors said, when two torpedoes struck their ship when It was two days out from a British port. The survivors 1 were landed Sunday night Tat a port of northwestern Ireland by a Yugoslav steamer. The name of the British ship was not disclosed. Her destination had been Jamaica. Salem's Part in McNaryDay Event to be Outlined Today By STEPHEN C. MERGLER ' Salem's part In providing a fit ting welcome tor and tribute to United States Senator Charles L. McNary next Tuesday in connec tion with the formal notification of his notninaUon for tice-presi-dent will be worked out at a meet ing here today, Ernest A. Miller, president : of the Marion County Wlllkie-McNary club, ' disclosed yesterday. Exact time and place of -the meeting had not been fixed last night. - ' -Ti : v Representatives - of the Balem Merchants association, interested war veterans organlxatlons, the Balem chamber' of commerce and the Marian county republican cenr tral committee, headed by Dr. B. F. Pound, will attend. Merchants will be asked to close their stores at 8 o'clock the af ternoon of the notification: cere monies, which will begin at the state fairgrounds at 4:80, Miller said, f The state board of control la expected to consider at a meet ing today a suggestion that state offices be closed at the same hour to enable state employes to at tend, .".'t.. . - ' . . Putslda scammnitles jrJU fee ist. . , I :ns:An.i at IMG! ' JUS. , - Q'Mahoney Holds Big Lead in Vote Simpson Tops GOP List; Bourbons May Again Lead, Total Count CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 10. (ff) Wyoming's senior senator, J. C. O'Mahoney, piled up a 8000 vote lead late tonight in the demo cratic primary election for re nomination over his opponent, Cecil W. Clark, Newcastle attor ney. In returns from 178 precincts out of the state's 898, O'Mahoney received 8804 votes to 401 for Clark. In the republican primary. Con gressman Frank O. Horton was leading his opponent, B. Frank Bratcher, Sheridan attorney, 4181 votes to 755. A close contest was Indicated in the four-man democratic con gressional race as returns from 171 precincts showed that Dr. J. C. McHenry of Gillette, Townsend old age pension group-approved candidate, and John Mclntyre, Douglas attorney, were running within 100 votes cf each other. McHenry had polled 1468 votes to Mclntyre's 1871. Milward Simpson, Cody attor ney and University of Wyoming trustee, was leading the repub lican's five-man race for the nom ination for US senator with 2201 votes from 158 precincts. State Senator Harry B. Henderson, jr., of Cheyenne, was running second with 1611 votes: Former Con gressman C. E. Winter of Casper, third, with 702. .A prediction that the demo cratic vote total would exceed the republican was made by R. II. Rose' of Casper, state democratic chairman. Two years ago demo crats polled more primary elec tion votes than republicans for the first time in Wyoming's his tory. vlted to send their bands and oth er show organizations to Salem for the day, to add color for the benefit of the crowds expected to come In large numbers from all Oregon and in smaller numbers from many other parts of the United States. ! Arrangements to have the streets properly decorated with flags and banners are certain to be' effected. Miller said. In addi tion the Wlllkie-McNary club hopes to obtain several thousand pictures, stickers and banners bearing pictures of the two repub lican national candidates for dis tribution by merchants to the psb lic . ; ; "The town will be dressed to fit the occasion down to the minutest details," Miller declared fr-- Alteratlon : plans for the Cen tennial' stage at the fairgrounds have been changed to bring the notification speakers platform within the view of a larger num ber of people. At least 25,000 peo ple will be able both to see and to hear the speakers, according to Ralph H. Cake, republican na tional committeeman 'for Oregon. ITjjra to past 1 coL JJfc, - Italian Force Massing Upon Greek Border British - American Union Is Possible, Claimed " in Parliament Talk Foes Exchange Air Blows as Air Base Deal Is Deemed Imminent (By The Associated Press) The possibility of eventual un ion of the United States and the British empire was visioned by a former war cabinet officer In the British commons Tuesday night after Britain's war government disclosed an agreement in prin ciple" to lease naval and air bases on British possessions In tbe west ern hemisphere to the United States. Prime Minister Churchill end ed his eighth war statement to the house of commons by pictur ing the mutual interests of Bri tain and the United States as a flood which, like the Mississippi river, "Just keeps rolling along inexorably. Then Leslie Hore-Belisha, for mer British war secretary, told the commons: "If that trend should lead to the same kind of consummation as we hoped for In the case of France, namely an eventual com mon citizenship all the evils of this war will hare been worth while." Just before France collapsed, Britain offered as a last desperate measure to bring the French and British empires still closer to gether by making all Britons and Frenchmen citizens in a common. united realm. In Hyde Park. NY. President RooBevelt ald that conversations with Britain on the acquistion of naval and air bases by the United States were progressing satisfac torily. Bad feeling between Greece and Italy Increased. Usually well Informed circles in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, said Italy is massing troops in Albania on the Greek border. Several thousand men of new Greek mili tary classes were called to the colors. It was the third time Greece has strengthened her army in the last week; In Rome, the official Italian news agency, Stefanl, charged that Greek terrorists had gone into the Clamurla district of Greece with the evident purpose of killing Al banians and burning their pro perty." It was the alleged murder of an (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Coordination of Utilities Urged PORTLAND. Aug. tQ.-JP-Co- ordlnation of the northwest's transportation, o m m nnieation and power generating facilities as a national defense measure was proposed today by O. R. Bean, Oregon utilities commissioner. He Invited! Bonneville Adminis trator Paul J. Raver and Wash ington Public Service Director Don G. Abel to a conference. "All power production units, transmission lines, distribution centers and Interconnection of power sources (In Oregon and Washington) should be coordina ted into a system for general use In case of necessity, Bean said. "The same should be worked out for bus. truck, rail, water and air transportation, and for telephone, telegraph and air communications so that the proper defense or emergency authorities can hare at hand all available informa tion. Socialized Banks Fear Expressed SEATTLE, Aug. 20-iSVC. B. Stephenson, vice president of the First National bank of Portland, commented here today that "It is hard to tell where bankers will be 10 years from now. . , "With encroachment of gov ernment, - signs , point to some form of socialised . banking,, he said in an interview while here to address the Pacific Northwest Banking school. I don't say it will happen, but it could. These trends should be arrested, if yoa believe In private enterprise. Senators Lc:i, 1-0 . .. " . . i LeonTrptsky Gravely Hurt Russian Exile Attacked by Supposed, Friend; ' Assailant Held ;. Two Chatting AlonV Just Before Assault, Say x. f Mexican Police " ". r - . MEXICO CITY. Aug. 20.-(X)-A supposed friend drove a pick-ax lnta the skull of Leon Trotsky as the5 two chatted in the home of the exiled Russian revolutionist at nearby Coyoacan late today. Gen. Jose Manuel, chief of the federal district police, told re porters surgeons had operated on Trotsky and "there are hopes of saving; his life." Poliee tonight said the assail ant gave his name as Jacques Mortan, 86, a Belgian. They said that besides the attack weapon he also carried a revolver. . Hospital attaches said it ap peared Trotsky had a fracture at the base of the skull, a hole in the skull where the plck-ax entered. one wound on the right. shoulder, and another on the right hip. Trotsky only recently escaped unharmed in a machine gun at tack on his house in which about 20 persons have been arrested. He blamed the attack on the OGPU, the Russian secret police, because of Trotsky's attacks on Josef Stalin; the Russian dictator. As pieced together from unof ficial versions, the story of the attack follows: Trotsky and the acquaintance regarded as a friend w ere chatting in Trotsky's office alone when auddenly there was a cry for help from Trotsky. One v of Trotsky's bodyguards dashed in and found the visitor raining blows on the Russian's head with the small pick, about 12- inches from . tip to Up. The bodyguard disarmed the assailant Trotsky and the 'assailant-, were taken to the police hospital where patrolmen, armed with tear-gas rifles, stood before a heavy iron gate to keep the crowd away. Po lice officials said they could not discuss the case Immediately. Roosevelt Turns Down Debate Bid And Tells of Progress on Defense Bases; Willkie Renews Challenge By DOUGLAS B. CORNELL HYDE PARK. NY. Aug. 20-JP President Roosevelt answered no today to Wendell L. Wlllkie's challenge to debate campaign is sues f and reported that con versations with Britain on US acquisition of naval and air bases on English possessions in tnis hemisphere were progressing sat isfactorily. Both subjects were discussed at his regular press conference at the summer white house, with the chief executive- Indicating that It was defense problems like the naval-air base situstlon which would keep him from campaign ing for a third term. Things are In such shape this year, he said, that he can do no political campaigning, Including debating with Willkie. as the re publican presidential candidate suggested in , his acceptance speech at Elwood, Ind., Saturday. While Mr. Roosevelt coma not be persuaded to say when deci sions In the British-American conversations might be reached. British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax told the house of lords in London that "agreement in principle" had been "arrived at for the leasing to the United States for 99 years of British sites in the Atlantic, various West Indian points and Newfoundland; And while British Prime Min ister Churchill, speaking In the house of commons, appealed to this country for "timely rein forcement" of the British navy, Mr. Roosevelt told reporters they should not speculate on proposals that the United, States sell, to England destroyers built in World war days. He did not deny, how ever, that such sales were under consideration. - ' President Roosevelt's no to the Willkie challenge came when, a reporter asked this question: "Mr. President, when are you going to start the debates with Wendell Willkiet" j Smiling and flicking the ashes from a cigaret, Mr. Roosevelt told the reported, they, knew as well (Turn to Page 2, CoL I.J s Stamp Plan I Extended ' to 23 . Oregon Counties - WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.-AV The surplus farm commodities food stamp plan will be extended to 13 Oregon counties -Malheur, Harney, Lake, Deschutes, Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Hood River, Jef ferson, Morrow, Sherman, Wasco and Wheeler the agriculture' de partment, said 'today,, -.- : ; With Pick Ax Battered Gunsmith Of Using Auto, VTT Tm. r. Robfheoa. bis head bandased istered bv Joseph Williams of man following his arrest on a charge, not yet filed formally, that he injured Williams fatally by driving an automobile over him. TtnMnann Is m. lUckreaU arunsmlth and run dealer. Statesman staff photo. House Draft Bill Is More Drastic Committee Rejects Senate Plan; Would Register Men Aged 21-15 WASHINGTON, Aug. 10-av A broad conscription bill making men 21 to 45 years old, inclusive, liable for immediate military training was tentatively approved by the house military committee today, while the senate debated a less sweeping measure. The house bill calls for regis tration of men from 18 through 84. Those selected immediately for a year's compulsory service would come from the 21-45 classifications, however. Chairman May (D-Ky) said that the committee, by an almost unanimous vote, turned down proposals that provisions of the senate bill, calling only for reg istration and training of men 21 to 80, Inclusive, be Inserted In the house measure. "It's the opinion of the com mittee that these are the proper ages and we're going to -put the bill out this way," said May. Clergymen, divinity students and conscientious objectors would be exentpt, and the training of college students In their senior year would be deferred. An exemption for students studying for the ministry in theo logical and divinity schools was (Turn to page 2. col. 2) Valley Project's Inspection Looms . PORTLAND, Aug. 20.-JP-The rivers and harbors board of the army engineers will visit Oregon projects next week and attend public hearings at Port Orford and Toledo. Brigadier General Thomas M. Robins will accompany the .board which will Inspect the Willamette valley - flood - control work near Eugene August 28. Democracy to 1 Of Petain; Friendly to US By JOHN LLOYD VICHY, France, . Aug. 2 0-6ffV The new France views with sym pathy the - American trend ; to ward armed preparedness chief of state Marshal Philippe Petain said today, and "will remain firmly attached to the ideals she professes in common with the great American democracies. . The marshal disclosed to for eign correspondents that he had received a message from uenerai John J. Pershing expressing the wish that Pershing could be at the aide of his old French com- rade-at-anns during these criti cal days; and added: -m r was deeply movea ana pro foundly grateful for his wish to help in ' saving France and the youth of -France.,- - Petain eonuaenuy - preacitea his defeated eountry would re cover from its present trials. The will to recover exists, he said, and added grimly: "If in any sense it does- not, i wui create it." ... - -v.-r .: The Franee of tomorrow," he asserted. ' "will be . at . onee rery new and very ancient. - "She will become again, what Faces Charge l . as Lethal Weapon J i following a blow allegedly admin Salem, is shown with a state police ' Woman Is Killed In Auto Smashup Recent Spokane Resident Victim; Three Girls : Suffer Injuries ; , M : SILVERTON. Aug." t-rridi. C. Sibley, about 10. recently- of Spokane, was killed and her two daughters and another young woman were injured when tbe automobile driven by Mrs: Sibley crashed into a power pole on the Mt. Angel road about 10 a clock tonight. Ellen and Eileen Sibley suf fered fractures and June Cook of Spokane suffered a broken thigh. They were brought to the Silver-J ton1 hospital where it was indi cated tneir injuries were serious d put not critical. The automobile appeared to go out of control after passing an other car at the first turn on the south side of. the Abiqua bridge. The car was badly smashed The Sibleys had been visiting for several weeks at the Dawes home on South Water street. Miss Cook had arrived recently to visit the Sibleys. Argentina Crisis Iniiriinent, Hinted BUENOS AIRES, Aug.? 21. ( Wednesday) -(iTT-Presldent Ro berto M. Ortiz, who had turned his duties over to an acting presi dent because of illness, was re ported suddenly to . have re assumed leadership of his cabinet early this morning nl an attempt to check a growing crisis threat ening his regime. The crisis centers around - an army ' land purchase in which It is alleged too much money was paid. . - Ortiz was reported to : have called the cabinet into session at his home at 1:30 a. m., and as the group met It was said the resignations of some or . perhaps all the members was imminent. Survive, View she never should have ceased to be an essentially agricultural nation. Like the giant la. the fable; she will regain all her strength through i renewed ' con tact with the earth. : j r "She will restore those old tra ditions of craftsmanship which tn the past made her fortune and glory. It goes without saying that she will remain a land of arts, of which culture, of disinterested re seareh.. ' , ' " 'Petain "declared' America, was doing wen to prepare herself against any possible invasion." It is not only the right of American nations to prepare themselves ma terially and morally, he said,, but their duty. - , ; - . Petain observed that there has been some criticism of France for not fighting on from her colonies after defeat on the continent. "But what would you have had us do?" he asked. "Our army In Africa was rery weak. Wf had nothing but the debris of an army left on the continent. What could we dot.. . ; : . V " . He described" France in her (Turn to Page tA. 1 Struck by Car After Quarrel Witnesses RicJcreall Man Hit Over Head With Shotgun, - Story of Affray. '; .i Charges - Await' Outcome. '? of Autopsy; Both Men ''i Drinking, Claimed Joseph Williams. S 2, pioneer Salem battery man,'vi dead last night, and L. D. Robinson, SO, of RIckrealL was held, in the county Jail on an open charge involving homicide as the result of an al tercation over sale of a shotgun which occurred early yesterday afternoon at Williams! , trailer house home a half-mile south of Liberty. 1 Formal charges will probably be placed against: Robinson to day. ; District Attorney Lyle J. Page indicated last night, follow ing further investigation of tbe matter by local authorities and the filing, of an autopsy report by Dr. Joseph Beeman. Portland - medical criminologist. The dispute, in sthe course of which Robinson allegedly drove a car over Williams injuring . him, ratany, arose over details of a gun-swapping deal, investlgatinf authorities reported. Robinson, a gunsmith and bow. maker, called on Williams shortly after noon to Interest him. in a bargain Involving i shotguns ' be longing to both parties, and tbe dispute originated : when the two men were unable to agree on final terms of their bargain. Theft of Watch I f Charged, Related Witnesses, including Mrs. Phyl lis Ramsden and Mrs. Maude Beckman, both of whom lire next door to Williams' trailer-house, reported that the two men were arguing when they emerged from Williams' house and Robinson started to get into his car. Both 1 men had been drinking. . i Williams was reported "to hare Mviwufciuft iv aiixu, aim ac cording; to one witness was seen to search Robinson's clothes Id a a effort to find it. i The two fell to scuffling, in the course of which Williams struck Robinson over i the head with a 12-gauge shotgun, and- then sought to choke the older man. Williams then returned to. bis house, leaving Robinson, bnt when the. latter climbed Into his car, a 1930 Ford coupe, and be gan to drive slowly down a 100 foot driveway toward the road, Williams jumped t on the run- nlngboard of the machine. Witnesses reported that Rob inson, evidently confused, steer ed into a pergola tof the Robert Ramsden house adjoining the driveway and knocked it (down. Drove over Williams Twice, Is Story ' He then turned his car toward Williams, who had moved to the center of the driveway, struck . him down and' drove over him. Witnesses said that Robinson then 'reversed his machine and backed over the prone body of Williams. He then drove away. and. was later reported to haTe returned to Rlckreall, where he was arrested by state poli&e. i Mrs. Ramsden and Mrs. Beck- man, who saw. the altercation. telephoned the Marion county sheriffs Office, and Deputy Sher iff L. L. PIttinger, who respond ed, summoned the city first ail car. The latter i took Williams to a local hospital where he died at 3:65 P. m. s t . ; -. A hat found in tbe yard near Williams house disclosed Robin son's identity to the authorities. Williams had been living on 10-acre ; prune tract belonging to him after. having been in the. battery and automobile electric business in Salem -for 15 year prior to 1938. He Is survived by a son. Joseph Williams, Jr., nw serving, in the! navy, and - by brother, -William, living, in W. natchee. Funeral f arrangements are in charge of a nsin. Palmer Williams, of route, three. . " Mndd Is Present . During AltereafJoa .. Police authorities also , Ques tioned G. R. Mudd in reference f to the case. Mudd was present' during the dispute between Rob inson and Williams, having spent the day and preceding-night with Williams. He was a witness of their dispute. 4 -- i He was held briefly as - a ma terial witness and. released late last night. 4 ; - - V- ;-! Authorities said Robinson made the statement that Wnilama shot at him twice as he was leaving In his ear, 1 and that the ) Shots -shattered the windshield and both t side windows of. his car. Other witnesses reported hear ing no shots, however, vand ln ye8tigatingofficers were unable to - find empty. . cartridge cases about ' the scene of -the alterea--" tlon. District Attorney Page said - yesterday that Robinson,-asked if he deliberately backed his car over Williams, replied,- "I hope I backed over him. - . Robinson himself was suffering from head Injuries when brought to the courthouse, and was treat- : ed by Dr. C. Hayes" before belng questioned by the f district ' atlor- ney and police authorities. .