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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1940)
rf To a Native Son The Oregoi Statesman. Hill salute Salem's ' distin guished son. Senator Charles L. McXary, In pic ture and story in its Toes day Issue. Don't miss this paper. ,.!. Teallier Cloudy,' drizzle on coast? i fair, even temperature and humidity today and ' Mon ' day; moderate . west aad northwest, wind. Max. temp. Saturday. . 84, mln. . 62. i Northwest wind. I PSUNDSO 1551 NINETIETH YEAR Sedan, Or?oxu Sunday Morning, August 25, 1913 Fric 3c: Nawsstands 5c No. 123" Nazis- IBoibmlb ILomckMm 9 4 ' 1t - ' - --.! -v 2rC if h Mary M rriv&s; No tifice0pn rnrvallic Wine . ivra. w as a aatj it uxo in Sof tbaU Meet Dealers Lose 6-1, Held fo Two Blows; One Is ; Homer by Scales : Shaw Tops in Windup; Two-City Monopoly ' on Title Ended Often a bridesmaid but never a bride, so someone has sometime said about somebody, and the say ing Is somewhat applicable to Sa lem's Square Deal softball team. For the Dealers, last night ap pearing as a finalist In the state softball tournament for the third successive year, caught the loser's bouquet, tossed by the champion ship Corrallis laundrymen. Corrallis won, 6 to 1, behind the two-hit twirling of grinning Specs Shaw, to thus become the first team other than Salem or Port land, to walk off with the title in the seven years of state tourna ment history. George Scales registered the only two blows off Shaw, one of which was a first frame homer to give the Dealers their sole tally. (Turn to page 7, col, 3) , I! HP HauserM Column We are no t"one tJ stand In the way of progress. We want to be fair about It and we figure prog- ress nas just as i much right tof get on as e' have. On the oth- f ; er hand, we don't like to htT progress stand lnr our way. I We like to seel " new buildings go I' 'TrJ i up; in xact, we re J , spent many; a happy h o nr watching new buildings go up. I V We hare no thin against progress, Hsass. Jr. but when the builders pf a new building make us walk Out In the street progress Is getting in onr way. . . To a person of our ' peripatetic nature this Is a serious thing. There are now three places on or usual strolling streets where the necessities of construction make us walk off the sidewalk, round a couple of corners and hack on the sidewalk again. Except for the extra steps In volved these are not all bad. The walk -which the builders of the new branch of the branch bank of "the US bank have built is done' tastefully. In the modem manner and needs only a few trailing fry vines to make It a cloistered way. But we aren't concerned with beauty when there's footwork In volved. Mr. Quilp, our research expert and chief logarithm roller, has estimated that we walk an ex tra 4,517 steps dally because of these detours in the name 'of progress. Furthermore, unless we hare our eyes wide open we never know whether we're in the street or In the gutter. We don't know what the solu tion to the problem is, but it looks like we'll hare to come to an un derstanding with progress and one of os will hare to walk on the other side of the street. People are already beginning to wonder about Thanksgiving. The governor's office has had a num ber of inquiries and inquirers are Informed that the governor, as usual, will not proclaim Thanks giving until after the president' annual proclamation. : This wasn't sufficient for one lady inquirer.' When she was told the state of affairs she came close to sobe and said. "What's a poor jrfrl who wants to be married on Thanksgiving eve going to do when she can't" find out when Thanksgiving is? r . t . .. ' t. - I' - ' (; t Trivial Information Doug Po llvka, news editor of The States man for a short time this year, is now a lieutenant In the marines, a news dispatch says. Ha , never looked ' like a leatherneck ' here. Th mndel Af tna Centennial stage is being kepi at the city li brary in order that future genera tions can know what a Centennial stare looks like. . . . They're say- in r that If wa Xight iixe wo French, did wa can lick the dicta tors boots. Mr. ; Wlllkle and. air. McXary need worry no longer. Butch the mayor of State street. Is wearing State Title Ml Paul Vf, button GOP V 'ice-P 'residential Nomiee - , r Tf-i- is at nome -" Senator Charles L. McXary is snapped at his Fircone home in a pose suggestive of the well-earned rest he is hoping to get between now and Tuesday, when he faces a busy day of notification and accept ance in Salem, incident to bis nomination as the republican candi date fo rice-president. Statesman staff photo. 4H Fair Winners Here Announced Will Participate in State Fair Competition; Four Divisions Judged Prize winners in the advanced 4 H club fair held Friday at the state fairgrounds were announced yesterday.by County Club Agent Wayne D Harding for canning, room improvement, homemaking and canning specials classes. Winners ' will participate In state fair 4H competition. By classes, they are as follows: Canning I: Verna . Froehllch and Coralee Nichols: canning II, ; (Turn to Page t. Col. 7) 1500 Pairs Storm Marriage Bureaus NEW YORK, Aug. 14.-flV Extra police were called In to keep order today as more than 1500 altar-bound young couples atormed the five marriage license bureaus of New York City. The torrent rnsn to marry nas kept, pace with congressional ac Hnn An thn selective service bill. but prospective bridegrooms ques tioned today denied tney were burrrlnr Into' wedlock to escape the draft. Biggest rush was at the Brook lyn bureau where approximately 1200 couples tried to get licenses, some showing up at 1:20 a. m. A sergeant and two. patrolmen were on duty, but by t o'clock the situation was out of hand, and the sergeant called for help. Another sergeant and 18 pa trolmen arrived. After a half hour i struggle with the crowd they turned 1 00 , couples away, tellinr them to come back an other day.' Ulrich Democratic Chairman; Committeeman Row Is Aired By STEPHEN C. MERGLER A dispute over the Mill City precinct committeeman's post em broiled members of the Marlon county democratic central com mittee at its meeting at the court house here yesterday afternoon, but leaders managed to push the session through to tho principal business on the table, election of a new chairman, secretary and treasurer. '. The nsw officers are: -I J. F. ! TJlriuh, chairman, suc ceeding George W. Averett, re signed.' H; v 'J--'' - U Kenneth Bayne, secretary, fill ing the vacancy left-by the resig nation of Mlzpah Palmerton. who had to quit t!ie position to com ply with the Hatch act. ; Theda Wells, treasurer. Harsh argomenta broke - out when .- credentials committee, which soma committeeman claimed lacked authority to act. brought .La a report recommend ing the seating of Ed Groblebe as Mill City member despite the fact the county clerk ..had certified Henrr B. Carter as entitled to. Saa. -8 n t- urezzmg oome ixesr .'V j AMenRetryls To Start Tuesday Room 218 in Postofficc Is Designated Place for Those LiTtng Here Alien registration, which will get under way all over the nation Tuesday, will be taken care of In Salem In room 21 1 of the post office. Arrangements for the work have been completed . by Post master H. R. Crawford, who Will be assisted In registration by Paul Miller, assistant postmaster. No great rush of registration is anticipated since aliens have until December 26 to appear. The postmaster suggests, however, that aliens come In to get blanks soon and take them home to study the questions before com pleting registration. Sample forms received at the postof f ice show 15 questions, to be answered, some with as many as five parts. In addition to ques tions concerning name, address, birthplace, occupation and ' de scription, aliens will be asked to furnish information concerning entry into the United States, resi dence here, activities, military service, citizenship, arrest record (Turn to Page X, Col. I) Jantzen to Spin Flax, Announced PORTLAND. Aug. 24i)-The Jantzen Knitting Mills. Portland, today announced entrance into flax spinning. . Production Manager Paul de Boning said the company already was producing 400 pounds of tow thread daily, all of which the American Flax Corporation -of Midland Park, NJ, has contracted to buy. -He Indicated the produc tion might be increased soon. position by virtue of a write-in election at the May primaries. - Groblebe, championed by Per ry Baker of Turner and Dr. Paul Fehlen of Stay ton, - was, so the central committee was told, first certified .by the county clerk. Backers of Carter contended the clerk had discovered this waa an error and had subsequently cer tified Carter instead. - . Tho central committee voted down the credential group's re port but left the question of who should represent Mill City up In the air by taking action to seat Carter. .-' '' . - - Talk ot going to court to force Groblebe's . being accepted by the committee was heard in the hall ways as the meeting progressed - ' A second disagreement arose when nominations : were opened for tho chairmanship. After j Ul rica was nominated, Baker t at tempted ' t ; nominate ' Kenneth Bayne bat was told by Mrs. F. A. English," who presided as acting chairman, . that he had mads enough speeches." He stamped ITarg i paso tM &U 11 jLets Spotlight Goto WillMe, He Emph asizes Acceptance , Speech: Will Cover Farm, Forest, Power Problems Nominee to Remain Here Till After Labor Day : Is Present Plan Not with fanfare or pageantry, but In a green sedan escorted by a single motorcycle policeman and followed by a coupe containing members of his family. Senator Charles I McNary returned yes terday morning to his well-loved ancentral farm-home at Fircone, three miles north of Salem, after 11 arduous months In the na tion's capital. The senator, who is also the re publican party's sice-presidential nominee, and who returned to Oregon for the sole purpose of making his speech of acceptance of that nomination, drove the 50 miles from Portland with Mrs. McNary, their five-year-old daugb ter, Charlotte, and other members of his Immediate family. Visibly tired after what ap peared to -be a none too restful airplane trip, but buoyant and af fable as ever, the senator held an informal "press conference" for local newspapermen r on the spa clous sun-lit lawn of 'Fircone shortly after his arrival. Only One Address In Wesemv4esiiV;. .. jHIs : campaigning for the vice- presidency and for the republican ticket will be confined to four or five prepared speeches, none of them, after his acceptance speech, delivered in the Pacific coast states,, he remarked In answer to leading questions about his cam paign plans. "I don't plan any house-to- house campaign," he said. "Mr. Winkle's running for the presi dency hell have to carry the ball and set the pace. "His record isn't as well known as mine, My speeches will cover farm problems, power problems and forest problems, as well as reciprocal trade agreements, rec lamation, public power as well as such things as the national debt and wasteful administration'," he said. Of his acceptance speech next Tuesday, the senator said that the draft was complete, and thst it would contain extensive reference to the pioneer background ot the western country. 80-Minute Speech Planned Tuesday Farm, forestry and power prob lems will be dealt with specifical ly. It will be SO minutes long be cause, the senator - remarked, Va professor ot mine at Stanford once said he was a pretty dull fellow who couldn't tell all he knew In halt an hour." Future campaign speeches will be made In eastern and middle western cities. Senator McNary in dicated, with perhaps one excep tion. ''You can't talk about recla mation In Pittsburgh." he re marked, and said he would prob ably talk on that subject in the west, perhaps in Utah. He will not speak again in the Pacific eoast states after Tuesday, however. This point Is clear. l hope I can stsy in Oregon until after Labor Day weekend," the senator volunteered. "I think I deserve It. It has been a year less two weeks since I've been home, and I'm the only senator who hasn't missed a day's work in! that time.". - . . Most of the time will be spent in I Salem and Portland, he indi cated, with a brief trip to Seaside or Gearhart if it can be worked inj Following his departure, ha does not expect to return to Sa lem again before tho November election. - Senator McNary emphasized that ho Is accepting no invitations to make public appearances during his - week's stay. "If yon accept one. you have to accept them all, and it simply can't be done.". Sport BAN DIEGO. Calif, Aug. W -Although San Diego got 12 hits to their six. San Francisco's Seals scored a to X Coast league base ball victory that evened up the local series tonight. San Francisco 4 f 1 San Diego ;, ' - 12 J Epperly and . Botelho; Hebert and Salkeld. : . ., Los Angeles , - ' 8 . 1 2 4 1 Sacramento - Thomas and Holm; Judd, and Grcav -; ... American Association A Louisville 8, Kansas CItr 5. IQtAe? ganies postponed)., . JL Vote on Draft Bill Forecast For This Week r ' ' Day and Night Sessions Until It's Decided Is Byrd Demand . Amendment Debate Limit to Expedite "Windup ; Speed Emphasized WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 4-V Protestlng that delay in defense preparations was menacing na tional ! security. Senator Byrd (D-Va) demanded tonight that the senate "stay In session day and night until a vote is ob tained" on the Burke-Wads worth compulsory military training bill. In a statement, the Virginian also called on defense chleftans for an explanation ot why "the placing of orders for delivery of mechanized military equipment Is lagging." "If red tape Is to blame," he said, "the country should know it. If the blame is due to inefficient bureaucratic administration. It should be known. If it Is due to the refusal of business enter prises to accept contracts from the government, we should know it." Prospects for a final vote next week on the Burke-Wadsworth bill brightened when the aenate agreed to restrict debate on pending amendment. Senator Barkley of Kentucky, the democratic leader, obtained unanimous agreement that no senator should speak more than IS minutes on a proposal by Senator Lodge (Rofass) to limit to 800,000 the number of eon- scripts who might be placed an der training at any one time. But Barkley told the senate that he had been unable. In pri- vate. conversations, to get all senators to agree to curtail their speeches on the bill Itself and for that reason would not seek to set an nour jorme imax vote, nt predicted' to "reporters, however, that the bill would pass by a comfortable margin by next Thursday at the latest. Barkley proposed his agree ment after four republican sena tors Gibson of Vermont, Austin of Vermont, Lodge of Massachu setts and Gurney of South Dakota had urged speedy enactment of draft leclslation. The Burke Wads worth bill would require the registration of (Turn to page z, column bj Base at Bermuda Available to US HAMILTON. Bermuda, Aug. 24 ftPV-The great sound ot Bermuda will be made available to the United States for an air base and nossibly for a naval base, on a 8-year lease. Major General Den is Bernard, governor of Bermuda, Informed a special session -of this British colony s assembly- today. The legislature first had re ceived assurances that the un precedented step would have no effect on Bermuda's status in-the British empire. (This was the first specific In dication of where United States bases on British territory. In the western hemisphere might be es tablished. (British Prime Minister Ch arch ill told the house of commons last Tuesday that Britain was discuss ing . such bases with the United States and Foreign Minister Lord Halifax told the house of lords that agreement already had been reached "in principle" with Wash ington. Child Aged 10 Is Hit by Car; Dies MONMOUTH, Aug. 24. Char- rel Aashelm, 10, of Pedes was killed this afternoon when she was hit by a ear driven by Joseph Dodge of Dallas. The ; accident, on the Dallaa-Pedee road, oc cured when the 'child was cross- ng the street in front of her father's confectionary. . Dodge estimated . his . speed at between' 85 and 40 miles per hour. The " ear - dragged the child over 100 . feet before ' stopping. state police said. Charrel was the sister of June Aashelm of Salem. . Holman to Attend , PORTLAND, Aug. 14-ffV-OrW gon's junior senator. But us A. Holman, arrived here today for next Tuesday's ceremonies at Sa lem notifying hie senate compa triot, Charles McNary, of his nom ination tor the vice-presidency by the republican party, o -. Qur;; :.. ;. Senators Uca, 7-5- Wen. 5-0 '. Kpiperoiis Fires A MoMple . leceiidiary ; M issiles' are: Mel'eaedl' Is Nominee for Commerce Post V5 JESSE H. JONES Jesse Jones Gets Bid, Cabinet Role Acceptance Likely Though No Word Given; Harry Hopkins Resigns WASHINGTON, lug. li-WV Presidents Roosevelt asked Jesse H. Jones, 4-year-old.Texan and federal loan administrator,' today to take over the post of secretary of commerce, succeeding Harry L. Hopkins in the cabinet. Announcement of the offer was made by the White House in mak ing nubile a letter of resignation from Hopkins who said that be cause of his health he felt he should not continue in office. Associates of Jones presumed he would accept, but there was jio direct word from him. He was out of the city -and was said to have the offer under advisement. Hopkins was understood to have no plans for the immediate future except to rest. There were reports, however, that he might take the position ot librarian at the Hyde Park, NY, library built to house the president's official papers and expected to be opened next summer. The 6 0-year-old former relief administrator who stepped Into the cabinet shoes' of Daniel C. Roper in January, 1S39, haa suf fered from a stomach ailment for two years. He and Mr. Roosevelt have been close friends for many years, and, in accepting the resignation, the president told him, "You may re sign the office only the office and nothing else.' Our friendship will and must go on as always." In ' making public the eorre- (Turn to page 2, col. 4) 1 Transport Legion Nearing America NEW YORK, Aug 14-CffV- Army officials said tonight the US . transport American - Legion, carrying 897 American refugees from Petsamo, Finland, was "off the cosat of Newfoundland" and would dock here Wednesday af ternoon on schedule. . - Col. F. L. Whitley, executive of ficer of the New York port of em barkation, said the vessel, safely past mined areaa ot the north At lantic, had steamed through heavy fog for the last 48 hours. , Manager Plan Unlikely, November Ballot It Mayor W. W. Chadwlck's charter revision committee, which haa recommended for a city man ager form of government for Sa lem, expects to get such a meas ure on the November ballot ' It's going to have to take a stitch in time. In fact, It's going to have' to tie time Into love knots and cro chet the edges, '. - " ' ' ' - v So far the : committee, which will meet Thursday- to - try- and whip its revised - charter into shape, haa shown little aptitude for such fancy work. The committee has two regu lar meetings' ot the council left at which it may submit its pro posed city manager measure be fore it bumps into the 8 0 day period preceding elections before which such measures must be filed. ;. .--- ir- With only a bare start on the work of charter - revision it's hardly probable that tho commit tee can have its recommendation Buildings Enveloped Witliin Minutes; Three Raids in Midnight First Damage not Estimated Though Slilitaryj 4 Loss Denied; Portsmouth, Dover I j Attacked; British Hit Back; t LONDON, Aug; 25 (SnVday ) ( AP) Geman air warriors, in their first direct assault against the heavily-; protected city of London last night and early today, dropped! great clusters of incendiary, bombs which lit up this heart W of the British empire with the orange glow of flame. ' : f The furious and prolonged bombing scattered fires that enveloped whole buildings within a few minutes. I, Even after the raiders' had gone and most of the fires : l had been subdued, a dense pall of smoke hung in the morn- ; ing sky. . i i The nazi bombers kept up their work in sporadic "at- tacks on into the dawn but ; Will Link Coulee, Bonneville Setup Raver to Administer Both With Defense Industryi ; ' Service Prospect I - WASHINGTON. Aug. H-S-The administration moved today to combine a potential 2,400,000 kilowatts- of . government hydro electric power from tha Colombia liver to meet prospective national defense requirements In the Pa cific northwest. A White Louse statement dis closed that President Roosevelt and Secretary Ickes were pre paring an executive order com bining the marketing of electric energy produced at the Bonneville and Grand Coulee dams on ' the river in Washington and Oregon. Interior department officials said - the combined power, could be used by national defense in dustries to manufacture aircraft. ordnance, munitions and ships from western raw materials. The White House - statement said the Bonneville administra tion, with headquarters . at Port land, Ore., under command of Paul J. Raver, would become the marketing agency for both power projects. Raver. 48, a native of Logans- port, Ind., and former chairman of the Illinois commerce eommls- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8 ) ; Guard Call in 3 i , Weeks Forecast PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 84-GP) Major-General George A. White, commander, said tonight mobilis ation of the 41st division, nation al guard, would be ordered "with in three weeks." -? The troops, now en route home from war games in .Washington. will be returned to Fort .Lewis about mid-September, he said. I have not. had direct orders," he said, "but 1 am basing this an nouncement on my knowledge ot plans as well as on congressional action of Friday giving the presi dent authority to mobilize the na tional guard The division contains 10.000 men from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, - Montana and California, and 8000 more will be enlisted immediately, another 7000 with in a year, the commander said. ' Measure'Is and revision ready for the coun cil's September 8 meeting, five days after the committee gets to gether next Thursday. : So far the only work done to ward refraining the charter." no mean task,-has been preparation ot an outline by Chris Kowitx. former city attorney and one of the committee's three voluntary technical advisors, r ' L ? ' - Some of 'the committee mem bers have, of -course., formulated ideas on what 'should go Into the revised charter, but the whole eommlttee has done little but ac cept the report of a sub-committee that Salem, should have a city manager, who would appoint all office-holders except three water commissioners. A council of seven members would legislate for the city and appoint the manager.' There's a big Job In working over the city charter to include these features and to. cut out aU (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Foil gilt 24 Hours, One at in City Center the big raid of the night was! -upon the city itself. " ' That : huge onslaught was the: third time in 24 hours that Lon doners had scurried for air raid! Shelters by alarms In the metro politan area. In all, the greatrL London, section -has, been raided: six times since August 15. -i j There was no estimate of ualties or damsge, but first re ports said nothing of serious dam- -age to military objectives. . Tho Intense attack; upon Lon-! don followed mass . assaults against the Portsmouth naval bate and southeast England in which the air ministry news service es timated the Germans used 8j bombers and fighter jlaaes.: I 5 One' screaming attack byu dlTa bomber: who dropped a big incen-, diary bomb In the face of the full power of the city's defenses touchy ed off the biggest blaze of tfce night marked by several tiro throughout the city. As the din ot battle sounded! overhead, fire blazed fiercely. Tb flames got such a hold that with in a half-hour ; they Illuminated the sky OTer a large part of the. London area. The blaze finally was controlled. ; . After the all clear signal wss' given sometime after midnight. -what was believed to be enemy planes were heard over London, i Later,, searchlights resumed their swing across the skies la search of enemy planes, and dis tant explosions were heard. 1 ' In one section of the Londoa area, a screaming btmb ,vi dropped. If started another fired which brought fire pumps ruth-f ing to the scene. -Walls Topple but i Only One Casualty s Four bombs were dropped isi another section, shattering wis dows, hurling down walls and' flinging bomb splinters throurt the streets. The only serious casualty there was an air raid warden struck by splinters. . .. t- - Firemen were kept busy pick ing up and disposing of. inen-v diary bomb bits, 'i-. The i bo mbi and fragments , burned with extraordinary intens ity. .Within a few seconds ot ex- ploding, they set whole bundlagat Y aflame.: . So numerous were the fires that' it was believed the Germans mty have- used large containers off small bombs anch as the Russians' first employed la the Finnish war.? Within 30 minutes of the M -that anti-aircraft gunfire startled; homeward-bound theatre crowd, most of the London area was lit by flames. j ' ; -, : . . So far' as ould be learned.' there were no fatalities, ' as th, ; Incendiary bombs were small. j Several housetops were set:: afire, hut householders formed bucket brigades that extinguishe-1 them. if.. Antl-Atrcraft Fire ' - Is Long Continued ?; I Long after the sirens signalled, "raiders past,' ! the , hum of , alr- plane motors could be heard, and: on Into the dawn there was the occasional crack of anti-aircraft guns ahd the thud of explosions. I !: fn simultaneous raids on tb northeast and the midlands areas.v , the alarms were the longest f th war.- In one northeast town.: 15 bombs fell at intervals of a lew yards, setting a gas mais afire. No casualties were reported -but there were some cases of Shock, j . ' i - :". ' -vf;, :)- London's third air raid alarm was sounded af 11: 35 p. m. (2:3 S p. mi. PST last night. The battle of the : skies continued on part midnight before the all clear sig nal was given.. , v-.;-;; ,'; . - It. followed closely on mass at f tacks on the great, naval base at; ' Portsmouth and the bombardment of Dover by long range guns, " - From the roof of the Associated . Press building, s t a t f member could hear explosions and see- a fire. Occasionally they could aisa see Cashes like star shells. . ; The Germans spread out as far r (Turn to page 2, coL 1) J. i - .! t T-r-