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Th OETGON STATESMAN, Sclerau Oraejoa, Saturday Marclnejr August II, 1843 FAG2 TESTS British Bombs Hit in Berlin Romania Still ' Realives . Crown Council - Hold : J Secret Gathering ' - (Continued from Pag 1.) lar and against everybody In gen eral." - - - f ' They added that Germany and Italy took Moscow at it word when, the Russians said their aspiration had been satisfied with. the acquisition of Bessarabia from Romania, part of the for . mer esarlst regime, and northern BucoTlna tn addition. Raasia'a Army and Navy la Maneuvers The latest dismemberment rraement by which Rumania and Hunxary will exchange popula tion followed Sorlet Russian notes to Rumania accusing her troops of violsting the new east r frontier and threatening '"jraTe consequences" if these rio- lations eontmuea. Meanwhile. Russia's red armjr and naTy began secret maneuyers, the ' fleet engaging in "mock" battle in an undisclosed area and the army maneuvering in "the western special military district." which was taken to mean oppo site Rumania. Greece, wary of Italian inten tions in neighboring Albania, called up nearly all of her re-, serve officers last nibt. Authori tative quarters said Greece would closely follow today's session of the Albanian parliament for some sign of Italy's intention toward her after a week, of a bitter anti Greek press campaign. More than 500 German plane meanwhile hammered from noon to long after nightfall at Lon don's defenses, dropping bombs on the eapiUl's outskirts and sending Its millions into shelters during four general alarms. Raider Thwarted la Three Attacks The fourth alarm came after dark, British fighter planes hav ing successfully fended oil the in vaders In the three previous at tacks. The British claimed they shot down C2 nasi planes and lost 19. The German high command said SO British planes were de stroyed to their 21. Searchlights swept across the London skies and anti-aircraft guns ringing the Capital set up a terrific din. as dive-bombers roar ed overhead. Earlier nail planes had pound ed British Industrial centers In the northwest, the southeast and south Wales, giving Manchester, great textile city, Its worst hammering- of the war. Civilian casualties were not entirely disclosed bu the toll steadily mounted as homes were smashed, ports, factories and air dromes raided. Nut Growers Ask WASHINGTON. Aw (t(JP Th wage-hour administration to day scheduled a public hearing for September 1 on the request of nut growers for a season ex emption from the maximum hours provision of the wage-hour law.' The hearing was requested by the National Percan Growers ex change, Albany, Ga.; the Jorth Pacifle Nut Growers cooperative, Dundee, Ore.; and the Maeon Fruit and Storage company, Ma con, Ga. An exemption w o a I d permit employes of the growers engaged In handling, packing, shelling and processing to work 12 hours a day or 10 hours a week for 14 weeks without being given over time pay. Fiesta Torchlight Parade Big Event (Continued from Pag 1.) The parade, lasting about three quarters of an hour, waa broad east by Tommy Hoxie of Salem over a public address system. Shell fireworks In the Hopbowl, dancing and carnival entertain ment followed the parade. The final night of the fiesta will start Saturday night with a variety ahow at 1. P.m. The Mardl Gras midnight show will start at 11:20. Call Board e GRAND '. Today Henry Fonda. Jackie Cooper In Tb Return t Frank James,! In techni color. Special return n gagement "Jesse James" with Tyrone Power at 2 : 20 and 7:20 p.m. ! " - STATE Today "Dead End Kids on Dress Parade." Lynn Bart; Joan DaTis in "Free, tll..4. mm A 1 e Saturday Midnight show ; Wallace Beery. Leo ; Carlllo In "20 Mule Team.", ! HOLLYWOOD Todar Russell - Harden, Jean Parker In "Knights of . the Range." Jackie Cooper, Betty Field In rseventeen." e ; ELSLXORK ' ' Today Jon Hall, Victor McLaglen and Frances : : Farmer In "South of Pago Pago." plus Le Traey and Linda Hayes In vjiuuon- aires In Prison." " : CAPITOL Today J Boh Burns, Una Merkel In "Comln 'Round the Mountain.". George O'Brien, Virginia Vale la "Pralri Law." - - ' LIBERTY Today Roy Rogers la "Saga of Death Valley." Kent Taylor In "Sued for Libel Chap. 14. "Dick . Tracy's O-Men." e Con scraptiop - ' " ( HO Carrying; placards and with one of their nsunber attired a a skeleton, thee womm who eeJd tliey hailed from Cincinnati demonstrated Friday against the compulsory military training bill la Wash-i-toa, DC They are shown la front of the supreme court bnlldlng. AP Telemat. i "-nil 111 1 mil 1 in nil 1111 1 1 urn 11 11 111 1111 11 m martin 11 1 111 "' 1 r t i n " i m i i tuT T n 1 1" ' Russian source said the plctvre lecturer, before a Biap bolds.tli Defense Industry Indictments Filed GE Involved With Krupp, Jlonopoly on Carbide and Tools, Claim NET YORK, Aug. IQ.-UP)-A special federal grand Jury inves tigating alleged anti-trust law vio lations in war industries today in dicted the General Electric com pany and the Krupp company of Essen, Germany, of conspiracy to fix prices and control supply of hard metals and tools vital to the nation's defense program. The Indictment, described by federal investigators as the most important defense-monopoly bill yet returned, was the second nam ing General Electric company, and the fourth war industry indict ment by the grand jury in as many days.. The first eharged four firms with price-fixing in the airplane fabric industry, the second ac cused four companies of monopo listic practices in the glass bulb field, and the third accused five corporations of conspiring to con trol production and sale of ben tonit a moulding clay. Individ ual officers were also named In each case: General Electric was cited In the second. Named In today's bill beside the General Electric and Krupp companies, were: Walter U. Stearna of Schenec tady. NT, manager of trade rela tions and special contracts . for General Electric;. Carbaloy com pany of Detroit, a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric, and W. O. Bobbins of Detroit, presi dent, and Zay Jeffries, of Cleve land, chairman of the board In Cleveland, Jeffries declared operations of his company "have been carried out in guidance by competent counsel" and that the firm "has not knowingly violated any statute of the United States. The Krupp firm, through power to-veto patent licenses to Ameri can firm for manufacture of tungsten carbide used ta chine cutting tools holds the power to exert control over . this country's, defense program, the government charged. The Indictment alleged Krupp agreed not to export tungsten ear- bide, tools, and dies to the United States: and that General Electric and Carbaloy, In return, agreed not to export, thus setting up In ternational control of the catting elements.' . ,J! - 'I ...... . - kt n HoppicKers p ivlAi; 15 01 JBHT Jinnio Uhcixicre's Orcisslra L 'Si r - " Lelah 16 Vocalist ( 2 Miles North of Independence) . -'-j; Adm.: Ladies 25c TO Tc3 TW CTTa f? Men 40c, Indud. Tax . t r f t c r T . J i. mr i 0 ' i V '6 showed "Red am y men at a lectur potater m KmmaBU, Ballum storm I!;-- ' t -m K) v Budgets of Some State Departments ! Still Unfiled; Frills Are Eliminated Despite repeated demands by the state budget director that state departments and institutions file their budgets of proposed expenditures for the 1941-42 biennium by August Perkins Ouster Is Demanded by VFW (Continued from Pag 1.) purge Its shores of aliens hostile to the American principles of free government in order to safeguard the national security. It demanded Bridges deporta tion, along with that of Morris Report, whom it described as northwest district leader of the communist party and "an alien who was ordered deported to Rus sia several years ago for advocat ing the overthrow of our govern ment by force and violence." Deportation of "all other aliens whose continued residence here Is an encouragement to aabotage and treason" likewise was de manded. For ' suppression of subversive elements, the resolution demand ed disbandment of "all secret or ganisations which advocate or use force and violence to advance their purpose;" legislation mak ing advocacy of forcible overthrow of the United States government a crime, and requirement for registration of a 1 1 - communist nasi, fascist and other groups which limit their membership to foreign nationalities or accept support from a foreign ; country or are controlled by a foreign country. Tretheway, Canby, Reported Missing City police last night reported John Leror "Skip", Tretheway, , Canby route two, missing from his home since yesterday after noon before S o'clock, when a note was found saying he was leaving and that It would be use less to search for him. . He was seen In Salem about . 4 o'clock by a - friend, who,- how ever, was unable to talk with him. Tretheway. I. feet 11 Inches in height and weighing. 17t pounds, waa said by hi son to have been despondent lately, over 111 health and to have threatened suicide. Police listed en the blotter Lloyd McCab of Amarllla. Texas, charged, with drunkenness, . . . , ,. . ,- . - ., ., j . ... ; ..; rrj a rra .:: iiiV tUd &J ia iLV Opposed i 1 tiV'' ' 1 "2 1 on taternatlonal affair.' The center. Al xelemau it, mere are a nomoer or mem yet to be received, David Eccles, in charge of the budget office, an nounced yesterday. In a few cases, Eccles said, de partment heads had received ex tensions of time. One of theee de partments Is the state board of higher education. This division has one of the largest and most com plicated budgets presented to the legislature. Eccles said the relief budget had arrived at his office but would not be released until it was studied by the governor. "In most cases the budgets are In line with those of two years ago and virtually all frills have been eliminated," Eccles declared. Eccles said it was his hope to ke p the budgets for the next two years within the actual appropri ations for the current biennium. D. Walker Claims Enough Votes for Senate President . Senator Dean Walker, here from Polk eounty yesterday. In formed friends that he had re ceived the promise of a sufficient number of votes to assure his election as president of the sen ate at th 1941 legislative session. The. name of Senator Douglas McKay, Marlon county, also has been mentioned prominently In connection with the senate presi dency. - Senator Walker served , as ehalrman of the senate ways and means committee at several pre vious legislative sessions. He also was a member of other Import ant senate committees. : Killed by Falling Wall ' LA GRANDE. Ore.; Aug. S0-4P) -William A. Hudson, 44. of Olympla-. Waah.. was killed . to day In the collapse of a four story brick walh He was . super vising; a crew employed ' to dis mantle ' a building. - - ; - SaXEX'S mSWEBT yBXATXB Last Time Today George O'Brien ta "SAGA OF. DEATH X , VALLEY? . : ji- pins "StTED FOR UBEL" and .Chap. 14 "Dick' Tracy's ' O-Men' aaaM STARTS StTJfDAY May West - W. C Fields -My Llitla CUckod)T : and "Mldaite Limited". Germans Irate OVeir Bombings British Attack on Berlin Residential r Sections ; . ' Held Deliberate v ' BERLIN, Aug. SO.-(Friday)-(-Berliner, though warned, by the, press and 'authorities to pre pare . . themselves ; for ,. repeated British air attack on. residential sections, slept undisturbed. . The morning, press was filled with bitter comment on the bomb ing of a workers', quarter early Thursday which killed ten civil ians. Adoolf. Hitler's . Voelkischer Beobachter declared th bombing deliberate.' - Yesterday the nasi air force beat heavily at England's coast In angry retaliation for a three-hoar raid on. Berlin by British bombers, the most, punishing ever made on this capital. While men still searched gin gerly , about Berlin's streets for Bjitlah time bombs, the German command loosed upon th British naval, base of Portsmouth Its most feared air weapon solid squad rons of Stuka dive bombers. - Returning pilots declared a sur prise attack was hammered home spectacularly In the fac of heavy anti-aircraft fire. , When they left, they said, Ports mouth harbor was "a sea of flames:? a nearby airdrome was "a desert full of craters.". Both Incendiary and demolition bombs were dropped In the morn ing darkness on Liverpool har bor; on Chatham, the ..military and naval center SO miles south east of London; on Thameshaven. lying on the north shore of the Thames estuary; on the ports of Mlddlesborough, Cardiff and Bris tol; on the airports of Eastchureh and Southend, In southeast Eng land; on munitions, armament and airplane plants at Sheffield. Norwich and Coventry. One Important British attack on a military objective the vital synthetic gasoline producing plant at Leuna, near Lelpslg was ac knowledged, but Germans assert ed only "slight" damage was wrought. As the bombing of Berlin, dur ing which the British raiders dropped explosives within two miles of Adolf Hitler's ornate headquarters In Wilhelmstrasse, the nasi high command declared coldly ' that residential sections were "Intentionally attacked." At least 10 persons were killed and SO Injured, most of them a working class section. A series of tires was set off and bomb cra ters were left In various parts of th city. One of the attacking planes was shot down. Coiuity 4H Entry Lists Determined ProFur Exhibit Is Held With Winners- Slated r. -for Major Show ; (Continued From Page S) elasses, as well as to Elmer Jor genson, who won the hog show manship competition for club members of not over two years' experience, and Ha May Creech, showmanship for member of long er standing. In the poultry exhibit, winners in the heavy chicken class show ing a cockerel and two pullets were first, Jerry Lynds, and sec ond, Don Jones; pen of heavy pul lets, first, Jerry Lynds. Jack St. Johns won first for his pen of three light pullets, and Howard Saucy and Billy Chase were first and second respectively In the turkey exhibit. Jack St. Johns also won the dosen eggs di vision, and a half-scholarship for the most outstanding poultry ex hibit in the show. In the sheep classes, Henry Pfennig was first and Richard Kreni, second, in the purebred class of yearling ewes. Purebred ewe lambs, first Floyd Fox, Jr., second, Henry Pfennig, third. Floyd Fox, Jr.; purebred fat lambs, first, John Brown; grade yearling ewes and grade ewe lambs, fust, Herbert Booth, sec ond. Junler Miller, and grade tat lamb, firsp, Herbert Booth, sec ond, J unit r Miller, third, John Brown. Laurel Krens was awarded a half-scholarship to the summer school as prls for best shp showmanship. Winners in the younger group in dairy showmanship were first. Dorothey Froehllch, second, Nor man Ross, tlilrd, James Header son; for oldei members, first, Car ol King, second, Alice Roberts, and third, Delbert King. - Cattle awards were as follows Jersey calves, first, Alice Roberts, second Emma Pfennig, third. De lores, Girod; Jersey yearlings, first,' Norman Ross, second. Fred Klein, third, Henry Pfennig; pro ducing cow, first, A1& Roberts, second, Fred Pfennig, third, Em ma rcenmg. - Guernsey calve, first: Ned Jen- sen; .Verna Froehllch, third, Guy IB iicswtmrnaj -ZcnGrcs wltH ,.-"-V-:--:' ' Rawea Hayden Jean Parker Also News,' Mickey Moose --" Cartoom and Chapter T of - Tbe Green Hornet On Our Stage at V'M P. U; ' The HoUywyi Buckaroo ' Broadcast . ' V1 11 . y BfBJ7EE3 r i Marion, Linn P3lk Are Many in Fxin: livestock show; Chemawa Indian School Taking Part i Salem, Marion county, linn and PoDc county livestock breeders will be well represented in the various shows in the cattle, draft horse, swine and sheep divisions next week at the stat fair, a survey of the entries disclose. - Livestock - from a - dis tance is moving into the big barns and Monday: morning will see the space "loaded to the gills." as one superintendent' put It. - i. - Exhibitors from this area In th cattl shows will Include L. A. Hurlburt- of Independence. - Rex Ross of Mt Angel, Lyle A. Know- er, D. C. Brock and Claire John son of Salem, Robert M. IUff of Independence 'and A. G. Wolfe r and Anna E. Vermllyea of Amity, all Jersey breeders., ' Chemawa Indian , school . will show fire Holstelns, . and In this breed competing also from this area will , b Mr. and. Mrs. John E. Lindow, Independence, a n d Sam Iungen, Jefferson. Loyle and Leo Batter, Salem, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred R, Schroeder, Dallas, and Donald Bellamy, Aurora, will hare Guernseys. . - - Local Entries in Two Local entries are promised for only two of the five beef cattle shows; Herbert Kniess, Silverton, Mary G. . Keen Jfc Sons, Gervais, C. E. Lewis, Aumsville, C. B Grand A Sons, Monmouth, and Fred deVries A Sons. Salem route six, all Red Polled. Robert March. Jr., Albany, Is a Hereford exhibit or. . '. In the sheep shows, this area will be represented by Gath Bros.. Turner; A. I. Eoff. Salem: Robert Marsh, Jr., Albany; William Rid- deU and Sons, Monmouth; H. D. Harms and Sons, Canby; Jimmie Rlddell, Monmouth; Ahrens Bros., Turner; G. W. Carroll, RlekreaU; Eldon Rlddell. Independence: Mc- C a 1 e b Bros.. Monmouth; J. J. Thompson, r o u t five. Salem: Floyd T. Fox. Silverton; Claude Steusloff, Salem; and C. K. Peder sen; Floyd M. Edwards, route three, Albany; William Rlddell and Sons, Monmouth; and R. C. Burknart, Lebanon. William F. Lee has the onlv entries from this area In the goat division. Local exhibitors in swine shows include P. L. Zielinski, Salem; A. jr. uearosiey, Albany; E. C. Mc Clain and Sons, Lebanon; Orvllle cune. Independence: Arthur Franke 4b Sons, Salem; J. M. Nich ols A Son, Salem: Emli Scherma- cher. Turner; Vollstedt and Son, Albany; Francis and Delmer Lu- lay, scio; Luella Nichols, Salem; A. N. Doerfler, Silverton; Rose Franke, Salem route two; Robert Zielinski, route four, Salem; War ren Gray, Turner; C. A. Warner, Salem; Junior Miller. Gervaia: T. A. Dltmars. Gervais: Carl Fitta. route one. Brooks; Woodbine Farm, route six, Salem; Theodore R. Riches, Silverton; Hugh Church., route five, Brooks. in the draft horse show. In which competition this year stays entirely in Oregon, the owners showing from this area will be John Stastny, Turner; George H. aaariait, jenerson; Carl W. Nan- tie. Salem: N. C. White. Earl Mil ler and Earl L. Woods, Jefferson; Stephen Hemshorn, Mt. Anrel: Hayes Lablsh Farms, Brooks; E. S. Kennell. Albanv: Velma sli Kennell, Albany; Werner R. Hem- snorn. route two. wood hum nrr Florence E. Koehn, route five. Salem. Ciiy Ousts Pigeons Pigeons which for years have roosted in the tower of the city hall- will have to find another home. Screens are being placed In the circular orifices at the ton of the tower. Scott; Guernsey yearlings, first. uargarec emitn, second, Verna Froehllch; Guernsey producer, first, John Kaufman. Dual purpose calves, first. Una Lewis, second. Clarence Clark, third, Joe Lewis; yearlings, first, Verna Lewis, second. Una Lewis: champion animal of the dairy show. Norman Ross, for a Jersey yearling. The show will end todav with Judging of team competition among teams entered from clubs In every part of the county. to InT lien,. ar . mm w. .tnltl Ofc ' - il.rs av r jaift. . - j.. cel I ,V. 1 ,tfyrtmxwii :S2s flp flllp Sip) Sf' r - - 3':; . . mmmmm rmwii I i mmmmmmmmmmmmtmmmmM . . . j. . j . , . ... . ? 1 1 Comity Exhibits House; Speeds Up Draft Bill Umit to 'Two pays': Hit .; by Republicans but : Protest Futile v 7 (Continued from Pag 1.) - manded. instead, that at least It hours of general debate be per mitted, u j Definite Time tor J Debate Demanded J - . Asserting there were many precedents requiring a specific de termination of debate time rather than by legislative days, Dttter said: " - ' " "I want to maintain the -dignity of the house in keeping with the position of th senate which held full and free discussion on the subject." " The legislation, closely resem bling the bill approved by the senate except for age - brackets, would require the registration of men from 11 to 44 inclusive, and would make them liable tor a year's military training at a mini mum salary of $30 a month. The senate chose age limits of 11 to SO, inclusive. . DUrlng the day, a committee was appointed to compromise dif ferences between senate and house versions of the $5,000,000, 000 defense bill . which carries funds for-a, start on construction of a two-ocean navy and for pup chase of mora than 14,000 new airplanes. The principal difference is the senate's Insistence on $100, 000,000 for defense housing con struction. Industry Seizure Answer Demanded (Continued from Page 1.) republican party Is the party of appeasement." "The reverse Is . completely true," he said,' adding that he hoped Mr. Roosevelt would read his acceptance speech and the re publican platform. Informed by reporters that President Carter Davidsen, of Knox college had invited Mr. Roo sevelt and Willkie to debate from the steps of "Old Main," scene of a Lincoln-Douglas debate, Willkie said he would be delighted, to go to Galesburg, HL, for such a meet ing. Willkie Issued -a statement ex pressing "great gratification" that Senator. Shlpstead; Minnesota far-mer-raborlte seeking renomlna tlon on the republican ticket, bad declared for him for president.' "Every day there are new In dependent and democratic sup porters," the statement added. Hearings on Tax Bill Are Planned (Continued from Pag 1.) " the 500,000 corporations In this country. A provision allowing every corporation $5000 profit before the levy is applied is expected to exempt more than 400,000 cor porations. In an effort to encourage pri vate Industry to expand plants and factories for defense con tracts, the bill would allow de duction of these - approved costs over a five-year period before a corporation figured Its excess profits or regular Income taxes. II .J U V mm m mtmj 0 Aillij LlLiilULaJ wp w't 'ess safes' characters wmm FONDA GENE TIERNEY JACIUE GOOPEil nENRV HULL J0I1 U CAHRADINE J. EDWARD CnO"2nG DONALD n EE U EDDIE COLLI N G GEOHGE BAHblEH : :Nwl ThrUUnal i " ' - - ' - " : ' " i: L - Tns)f D7renff Date of Guard Call Indicated j Sept. 15 Probable, Army Indicates;1. Locations Industry Talked (Continued from Page 1.) eligible for. benefits after leaving it - : . t . camp. John Stump of president of th Interstat Con ference of Employment Directors said the proposition would be put tola national meeting of employ ment officers In Washington Oc tober 1-4.11 - K '..-.':"tt : WASHINGTON, f Aug.' I HVr. Enlarging; upon a Statement made by President Roosevelt, army of-' flclais disclosed1 to day: defense' ' plans for development of five In terior strategic areas to be mad at least partially self-eufflcient In . arms production, j . ; i ! - " - The president Isaid at Hyde Park that action had been takeni to! locate vital defense establish ments In : the .interior, r . ;-t- Already, th army has received $244,000,000 fromjeongress to ex pand armaments j facilities, . and contracts have been; signed f for four government-owned, I privately-operated plants. Negotiations are under , way for some (0 mors. Officials , said that wherever plants were built pj the govern ment and. Insofar as possible, wherever ' private j industry used government funds, t h i policy would be to place the; plants In an 1 area whose borders were at least 200 to 250 miles from any International boundary ' or coast. A map of th United States ha been' drawn, with the interior area demarcated, and the whole region haa been divided Into fir cross-country strips. In each of those strips, it is intended even-: tually to place a group of Indus-' tries such as a small arms plant, an ammunition loading plant and perhaps an aircraft factory. ' IMliOFni As Crowds Say Igi Great! fl eaacte4 ky la i i f Spy 1 ' a