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day with decrea&lB huaid
tty; occasional fog oa coast
Max. temp. Taetiday 72.
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Statesman, a paper yoa can
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news of . the day, complete,
oa time. Interestingly dis
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50 'Over-Agev
Ships in Deal
fitli England
Naval, Air Centers Are
Granted From Guiana
to Newfoundland
Objectors Deny Validity
of Legal Okeh; Navy
to Rush Transfer
By RICHARD L. TURNER
WASHINGTON, Sept. S-iTo
an aceompanyliig chonia of con
gressional approTal and protest.
President Roosevelt disclosed to
day that he was turning OTer 50
"over-age" American . destroyers
to Great Britain to bulwark that
beleaguered country against the
onslaught of naii Germany.
The United States la to receive,
in turn, the right to construct a
string of outlying naval .and air
bases extending from New found
land to South America. Their chief
value, the president declared,
would be in keeping an overseas
enemy away from America's front
door. : ' " : ' -'
Britain Pledges
to Save Fleet
The state department announced
It had received a 1 s,o a British
pledge that in no event would the
British fleet be sunk or surrend
ered to Germany. . If driven out
of European waters, it was said,
the English ships of war would
be tent abroad for the . "defense
f other-parts of themplre?-.
. The " whole transaction, which"
Attorney " General i Jackson ruled
did not require congressional ac
tion, was described by President
Roosevelt, In a brief message noti
fying congress of what' was being
done, as fan epochal and far
reaching act of preparation for
continental defense ln-;the face of
grave danger." r '.v;,.: v. ;
This is the most improtant ac
tion In the reinforcement of our
national defense that has been ta
ken since the Louisiana pur
chase." Mr. Roosevelt added,
The congressional bloc which
lias supported the president's pol
icy of helping England went on
record swifty and enthusiastically
as approving the exchange.
"Art of Wm, Some
Congressmen Contend
But with the group that has
urged strict aloofness from the
European conflict, it was a differ
ent matter. Its members denoun
ced the transaction as an "act of
war' which, some said, would
Justify Adolf Hitler in declaring
War on the United States.
Members of this group con tend
(Turn to page 2, col, 1)
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"-Paul Hauser'a
Column
It was Institutions day; at the
fair yesterday and the day hadn't
gone far before a very Insistent
Individual ap-
nal w ap-r-at
thet
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peared
KOAC
booth.
"Who .owns
the. radio around
here?" he said.
'I want to play
my 7 harmonica
and sing a couple
f songs.".
The radio at
tendants politely
Informed him
that they weren't
on the air : and
i a. t t h m v
raal H- BiaMT. pr.
couldn't let him sing even if they
were. Whereupon the ' individual
insisted that he should he allowed
" to sing a couple of ditties. ;
Finally be .went .away,: bat :
said he'd be back. : . -
"Say, . that fellow., seems , a
little off,. doesn't lie? one of,
the' radio men said to "Hip" '
Hewett, : fairground police
chief."- '
"Well, he ought to. be,?,.
Hewett responded." "He's from
the feeble minded home." :
" ' 4 n .'"--.: '
Only five more days, and our
town can quit having a perpetual
flag day. - '
A '-"' ' -
President Roosevelt tnided our
60 over-age .destroyers. lor naval
bases in Canada and the Bahamas.
We hope he didn't throw in , a
couple of wins for ,the Canadian
Vancouver Capilanos agslnst our
Senators. , Just right n-w wed
rather have a couple of wins than
Singapore Base.y
ave Eccles, boss of the Ore
gon stat-i pinchpenny division,
swears it's libel, but Cecil Ed
wards says (he also alleges)
that Eccles has been yammer
ing at all the other state de
partments to get their bats
in pronto and hasn't yet cot his
. budget la
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Trades De& iyers for Bases
Sites of Naval, Air Stations in
US-British Swap Located on Map
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Anchor symbols on above may show location of the sites where the
United States has gained right to establish naval and air bases on
' British territory (dark areas), stretching from Newfoundland tn
the north .Atlantic to British Golan tn South America, in exchange
for SO over-age US destroyers, according to aa announcement made
.j by President Roosevelt. 1
Bonneville's
In Acquiring Utilities
Bill to Assist Public Agencies In System - Wide
Deals Drafted, Says Raver; Big Swiss,
Virginia Aluminum Firms Dickering
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept.
give the Bonneville power administration authority to join
with public agencies in a system-wide acquisition of private
utilities has been drafted, Administrator Paul J. Raver said
today.
The administrator told interviewers he had recommend
Sen. King Losing
In Uteh Election
SALT LAKE CITY, Sept.
-Two hundred forty, one districts,
complete, including 20 from Salt
Lake City,! gave Rep. Abe Mur
doek 10.17 votes against 410
for United' States Senator 1 King
In their democratio primary con
test for the seat Senator King has
held for four consecutive terma.
There are 18 districts In the
state.
' RENO," Nev.. Sept. 'l-fff-XarlT
unofficial returns In the Nevada
primary election tonight showed
Samuel Piatt. Reno attorney,
holding the lead for republican
nomination to the United States
senate, the only statewide contest
of the election. '
, Partial returns from 100 pre
cincts out of 2C4 gave'Platt 14,
Harry Atkinson, 2114, Clarence
iiih. ISO. and Clyde Souter, 751.
tii winnlne- candidate will op
pose democratic Senator Key Pitt
man, chairman of the foreign re
lations committee, In the general
election. '
Japan Demands Army Entry.
To Leading Indd-thinaFort
SHANGHAI, Sept. 4--Ad-miral
Thomas C. Hart, command
er of the ! United! States Asiatic
fleet,5 arrived ' here unexpectedly
today, amid reports of Imminent
fast-breaking depelopmente In
the Far Eastern situation.
. Attention . of , foreign military
observers was concentrated on
French Indo-Chlna,i where cen
sorship obscured the , situation
following ; ! reports the
army had! demanded Immediate
submission , to ? demands for the
rixat to - move . Japanese troops
through : the polony and to .use
the port f Haiphong as a mili
tary base 1 In -the war , against
China.- f ,
(By The Associated Press)
HONGKONG, Sept. MV-A
reported virtual ulUmatuni from
Jaoan to the governor of Zndo
CmS heightened tonight tho pos
sibility that rich, torrid posses
sion of defeated Trance woulS
Aid As
8 (AP) -A bill which would
ed such legislation ' to the de
partment of Interior, believing
it was essential it public agencies
were to get Into business "on a
sound basig" with a minimum of
cost. The bill has not been pre
sented to congress, he said.
Such a plan would guarantee
"a fair deal" to all concerned
and solve the problem of ssver
ance damages which usually re
sult when systems are broken ap.
Raver asserted. He emphasised
that such legislation would ap
ply only in district where the
voters had established : public
bodies for the purpose of going
into the power business. :
Raver added that "local alum
innra company of Switzerland"
was "definitely 'Interested" la a
Portland area, location, for utili
sation of Bonneville power and
that the Reynolds Metal com
pany of Richmond, Va., "has ask
ed us to find a 100-acre site"
in the Portland area.
Representatives si the- Swiss
company "s are ' expected in ; the
United States early this ' month;
he ' said.' . "
. The Swiss company plant prob
ably would be larger than , the
Aluminum Corporation of Amer
ica's reduction . plant at Van-
eouver. Wash because' it would
make aluminum from ''scratch,"
the administrator explained. ,
Its poorly . armed forces ' do not
resist.
Neutral Informants from Ha
noi, Indo-China capital, said the
Japanese ' Insisted ' on immediate
use of " Haiphong, main port on
the gulf of, Tonkin, as a military
base and the right; as well, to
more Japanese troops : over : the
French-owned Yunnan railroad to
the Chinese border." 1 C "
1 China's foreign minister, Wang
Chung, Hoi,- already has declare
ed that Chinese forces will In
vade indo-cruna u me Japanese
send troops there. - ' .
- Although Renter (British) dis
patches i from Saigon, - French
Indo-Chlnar said " ' the ' Japanese
army ultimatum had been ' re
jected, Hanoi, Informants assert
ed the petara-appoiniea ; govern
or-generel, Vice 'Admiral Jean
Decouxi had decided to try to
delay a decision and seek furth
er Instructions; from vicay.
The Japanese presumably
(Tarn to Page S, CoU 1
British Fliers
Try
Li Berlin Raid
Nazis Strike at Midlands
Industrial Area; 13
Cities See Enemy
London Happy at US Aid
Agreement; 'too Late
Is German View
LONDON, Sept. -(-German
bombers caused a number
of fatalities during the night aa
they detoured London to at
tack a northwest coast town in
waves, dropping hundreds of In
cendiary bombs and many high
explosive missiles.
(By The Associated Press)
BERLIN. Sept. 4-(Wednesday)
The British, trying to mislead
the night-long attacks of the Ger
man air force, set great fires in
open places, authorized German
spokesmen charged today in der
scribing the unremitting aerial as
saults on England which ushered
In the second ear of war.
Implying that the ruse failed,
the Germans said the fires start
ed by Tuesday's titanic bombard
ments led the overnight raiders to
their objectives without the aid -of
maps.
Bombs of the heaviest . caliber
were dropped on southern Eng
land through the night, . the
sources usciareoA,
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, Sept. 4-(Wednesday)
-German raiding planes In great
wares beat in rain yesterday at a
curtain of defense fire thrown up
about London and were driven off
a third time late last night after
a 14-minute engagement at the
city's outskirts.
Other night bombers, however,
attacked the industrial midlands;
northwest, northeast, southeast
and southwest England and areas
in Wales and Scotland. Bombs
fell in at least one southeast town.
At least 12 cities reported raiders
overhead.
The RAF continued at night its
raids on the French eoast. Ob
servers in England saw anti-aircraft
shells and bombs bursting in
the Calais region.
The naxis' daylight attacks on
southeast England had brought
one of the war's biggest air bat
(Tnrn to page 2, coL f )
Printer Injured
Critically, Train
In a critical condition at the
Deaconess hospital last night was
Raymond L. Ready, f 12 Seventh
avenue,' Seattle, who - suffered
brain - concussion' and possible
skuU fracture mnd deep hip lacer
ations while attempting to board
a moving train near the Southern
Pacific depot about 8:10 p.m.
Ready, la part Indian. He is 4
printer and formerly worked In
Salem.' ,. - " - - v t . r.
Others treated yesterday by the
Salem first aid crew, included Wil
bur Earl. Wlllmschen 1510 Mill
street, who was struck by a hit
run driver . while riding . his bi
cycle near the .girls industrial
school. He suffered severe hand
and leg lacerations. . . .
R. D. Wilson of Turner was
treated at. the Marlon creamery
for back Injuries sustained while
lifting.; He was taken to the Sa
lem .General, hospital. ' - . -.
Mrs.' Ida Steele, 2310 West. Nob
Hill street, suffered first degree
burns on her face, caused by hot
grease,' at the fairgrounds. 1
Nine of Aaiisas
Fugitives Caught
, LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Sept 2
(F-Capture of. two , ' escaped
Cummins 'prison farm,, inmates,
one of them IS -miles .east of
Texarkana and another? near Lin
wood, was " reported tonight: by
state police headquarters.
COLUMBIA, La Sept. l-tfV
Officers threw a cordon around a
25-mile square swamp area north
east of : here' . tonight "-certain
they were near capture of five
escaped " Arkansas convicts hold
ing three high school students as
r Bute Police Superintendent
Steve Alford said he believed the
desperadoes would make a break
for freedom during the night or
Just before daybreak. . .
At dusk bloodhounds led posse
men to a stream where footprints
of a man and woman,' believed to '
be one of the escaped convicts
jTura to page 2 coL Jx
$15,000 Slash
In Gty's Tax
Levy Proposed
OUara Advocates Saving;
. Ford Suggests Jsame. . y s
Sum as in 1940
Budget Subcommittees to
Stuiy Figures. Before
Issues Settled
Separate consideration of Items
on the proposed 1941 Salem city
budget by committees to be ap
polnte4 hy Mayor W. W. Chad
wick was decided upon last night
by the citizens' budget commit
tee at Its first meeting following
the regular council' session at the
city hall.
The individual , Investigating
committees will be formed from
the regular personnel of the main
budget committee, and will be re
quired to report to the commit
tee of the whole on September IS,
It was agreed.
Organization of -the citizens
committee, and brief comments
on general phases of budgetary
policy for ,1941' eccoupled most
of the brief meeting last night.
Mayor Chad wick was elected
chairman, and T. C. Peerenboom.
secretary
SSO.OOO Cut Urged
to Effect Tax Savins;
Discussion of the budget In
broad outline was opened by Al
derman David O'Hara, who sug
gested that the budget as present
ed be pared by $30,000 as a
means of providing an approxi
mate reduction In city tax levy
of $11,000 for the next year.
. Councilman Bert T. Ford offer
ed a counter-proposal that the
budget be balanced : at the same
amount as last year, but that de
partmental reductions be made to
provide a sinking fund for emer
gency expenditures such as neces
sary work en the Shelton ditch
or other larre-scsJe investments
.f required' or the. city. .T X
Other members of the commit
(Turn to page x, column 1)
Charter Revision
Reaches Council
Bill for Ballot Measure Is
Referred to Committee;
No Action, Power .
. Readiffg of the report of Mayor
W. W. Chadwlck's special chart
er revision committee and Intro
duction of a measure designed to
alter the present city charter In
acocrdance with its proposals
highlighted the regular meeting
of the Salem city council at the
city hall last night.
The bill will place the matter
of charter revision providing for
a council-manager form! of mu
nicipal government In the place
of the present mayor-alderman
form on the ballot at the Novem
ber election, provided it is passed
by the council before the deadline
for registering such Initiative
measures Is passed.
. As presented to the council,
the measure provides for amend
ment of the present charter rather
than substitution of an entirely
new document, and in it are enu
merated specific changes in the
old charter as well as general
statements of the duties of dif- j
f erent city officials under the pro-1
posed council-manager , type of
administration.
The revised charter would. In
brief, call for a seven man coun
cil and ,a mayor, the latter
stripped of all executive functions.
In his place as actual head ef
city government would be placed
m, , city manager, with power to
name all city employes excepting
those employed by the water com
mission and those whose positions
are under civil service. 1
The new city government, if
approved at the election tn Novem
ber, would be Instituted at the first
of. next year, but would not he
finally complete in the form In
dicated for it in the revised chart
er until January. -1 9 4 3. . In this
way present members of the coun
cil and those to be elected tn No
vember would be allowed to serve
out their terms, as would the city
recorder and city, treasurer. ?
' , The charter amendment meas
ure, together with a copy of the
formal report of the special com
mittee of which O. K. DeWitt was
chairman, was turned over to the
ordinance committee. ' ? , " "
, Other, business of the council
In what proved to be a relatively
routine session included the recep
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"Interest in Duke" Is -i
: Not Part of Ship Deal
ABOARD ROOSmnEL
TRAIN KN ROUTE TO WASH
INGTON, Sept. SSVPresi-
1 dent. Roosevelt 'merely' smiled
today when av reporter ' asked
whether we acquire any inter
est tn the Duke of Windsor,
by lease or otherwise,' in ob
taining from Britain a site
tar a naval or air base in the
n&hami. The duke Is gover
nor of the Islands. .
Champions Showing at State Fair; y . : :
1; Weaving Exhibit Draws Attention
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Champion quality horseflesh, as seen
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photo. Is exhibited by saiera owner ana oangnux, xvoy x. duuv
' and Mary' Jane S immon Lord Highland Sapreme, their blue rib-
"-boa-i yearling stallkm. left, asd Lady Mary Vagabond, grand eham
pkm all-America saddle horse mare. O. P. Bishop, pioneer maker of
fine woolens, stops to inspect weaving of linen, middle photo, be
ing demonstrated by Mrs. Otto K. Panlns la textiles department,
. while Agaes P- Tschopp, state WPA weaving project superinten
dent, looks osu Linn county's first contribution of champions is this
trio from Albany, left to right, Lorea Fiaher, Stewart and Stanley
Gourley, who worn state honors in 4H livestock Judging. Bta tea-
photo. ,
Side Saddle Event Attracts
Faicy of Horse Show Crowd
By VI AXING BUREN ,.
rmt nirht'i norae show a uro
gram at the state fairgrounds
stadium Included several new
events with the ladies' side saddle
class of special interest. The Jun
ior Jumpers ana tne musical
chairs 'were other classes, " popu
lar with the audience. .
Ttarhara Rnssell ' cantered first
nil - BArond nlaces in the '. chil
dren's Jumpers, riding Inky and
Kitty Biggins, both owned by the
Nlcol Riding academy. Nijo. own
ed by Shirley Brittan, placed third
la the same event. - -
Tw nf t v. Brown's horses. Sun
rise Serenade and Royal Hawai
ian placed in the combination
vM iIifm raited, ibova . in
trotting gait with a vehicle and
then Judged as a saaaie nome.
Sunrise Serenade, with the. owner
n tnnv first. Joann Jensen took
second ribbon with her Bourbon's
Surprise, and. Royal Hawaiian,
shown' by Joe Bob Price, took
third ribbon.
Joann Jensen took lirst riDoon
In the flvs-gaited mares erent
with her chestnut mare. Haxel-sne's-
Dresm. J. F. Brown. Jr
riding Golden Thought took sec
ond place and Mrs. Norman ;de
Lalttre on her black mare. Bour
bon's Gaiety, was Judged third.
: The slds saddle erent was won
by Helen Bacon on the Portland
Riding academy's Nifty Miss.
Flora Jane Kcrro on Hebe, also a
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Mlll T, mi y , iffitillii n Tilt l Tiiir -
at the state fair horse show; top
... V a a. . WW Iff SJ I a- naia
Portland Riding academy . horse,
took second and Pat Edwards on
Inky.-owned by the Nicol Riding
academy, took third. ; ,
- T h e roadsters to . bike event
place went to, Harvester Dean,
driven1 by L. K. Banks and owned
by the L. R.-Banks stables. Sec
ond ribbon went to Miss Dean,
another Banks horse,, driven by
Tom" Metcalf. Hollywood Cherry,
owned by the Paul Washkes and
driven by her owner, waa Judged
third, i ,:V--r.:-' t-i.'-.J
. The Norval Martin farm team
took first, Tom Fraser second and
the Rolfe Stock farm third in the
heavy draft team competition, last
event In the show. . -
Salem's Produce ,
At Fair Is Tops
Many Salem Tlcinity exhibitors
were among winners in land prod
ucts Judging at the state fair yes
terday. Results included:
Apples: Best box -First on Red
Delicious and Winesap, Roy E.
Smith, Salem. First on Spitzen
berg, Cecil Boyd, Salem.
' Pears: Best box Otis Wilson,
Saiera, first on D'Anjou and Nel
lie. Waldo Gilbert, Salem, first on
(Torn to page 2, coL C)
V: -1 '
Tuesday Gate
Exceeds Last
r Year's Total
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Stock Judging Progresi
Rapid; Breeders to
; . Meet Tonight
Governor 's Handicap to
. Be Run m Lone Oak ;
Redheads to Vie
SALEM DAY PROGRAM
ai v in siai t Ala
S:00 ajn. Exhibits open. ,
0:00 -m- J adding continneei
Holsteins in dairy cattle shews.
9:0O a.m. 4H sheen ahow
manship contest.
10:00 a.m W a n dtrlni
theatre opens for dayi
10:SO a.m. .Start Imfa-lno in
sheep. ' T 1
11:00 arm .finer! ! frwi
batie featares on sToaadn.
l:SO nan. Parimn tnel
l:SO aaiu OrsM -KVmtiAal
of Mnskv dobs concert. gT '
talent, art building.
l:SO p.m. FFA awine abw-
manship coateet.
2:00 pan. Redheaded eoatMt.
ponltry parilion. ' i '
8:uO n.m. Mairal MMireraa.
art building.
o:0O "p.m. Musical roncerta. V
art bafldiitg.
T:0O n-m. Special free acre-
mm icwun on grrmntK.
- 8:00 p-m. Horse show, sta
dium. 8:00 p.m. All - Ameriras re
roe, grandstand.
8:00 p.m. Annual banqurt f
Breeders association.
orchestra, dance pavilloiC 1
i By PAUL H. HA USER. Jr.x.
gon state fair today and the town
will shut up shop and hie to the
falnrrounda tor ft nn trim.
ai event.
With (toTM taalns- m.t 1 aVImV
and most state, county and city
offices locked, for the afternoon,
fair officials are expecting a rec
ord crowd to swarm the grouacsi
and swell the fair's attendance
records, already ahead , of last
year.
Tuesday, usual low attendance)
day of the fair, 2272 people)
passed through the gates, an in
crease of 270 over the 1929 count
of 7901. Monday's record openlnc
day crowd of 32,673 was so bi
that the official count was net
completed until Tuesday noon. .
Governor's Handicap
Slated for Lone Oak
Governor Charles A. Sprsgue.
both as governor and as a citiscai
of Salem, will lead Salem peopto
in attending the fair today.. Go?
ernor Sprague will be present; at "
the races this afternoon to pre
sent the awards In the governor's
handicap, which will be the fifth,
race on today's program at Lone?
Oak track.
Betting at yesterday's race
showed a large Increase over the
parimutuel handle for the same
day a year ago with 111,142
shoved through the wickets aa
compared with $8012 'on Tues
day of the 1939 fair,
' More than 200 members of Ore
gon Townsend clubs attended the
grounds from downtown Salem in
a procession headed by the Salesa
municipal band, v
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iuo luwuitBtt memoers pie
nicked on the grounds at noon
and later heard an address by
Darral 1 W. Milton. Portland. A
special entertainment program
was also given at the Townsend
open air meeting. . .
Sherlfrs Posse j
to Perform Tonight ;
" The nignt horse show, whieB.
viewers say is excellent this year, '
was well attended last night con
sidering . the . relatively small v
crowd on the grounds. : Salem's "
own -Marion county sheriffs
posse will - be' a feature , horse .
show attraction at tonight's per-
fnmflnM .. . .
t The All-Amerlcan Revue, pop
ular night show featuring Helens
Hughes youthful dancers and big
time vaudeville acts, drew a boat
2090 to the grandstand. A spe
cial section was reserved for Jun
ior chamber, of commerce- mem
bers, about 50 of ... w horn ' arriv
ed during the afternoon. .,
Judging continued la the agri-
cultural and livestock exhibit
with a number of championships
awarded. .Judging of Jerseys.1,
largest class In the cattle show,
was - not . completed by Tuesday
night, hot Judge HarTy M. King
of the. University of British Co-
Iumbia. Vancouver, named the
following 'champions:
Hnrlburt , Cows -j . ; . ;: r .,, 7 ;:
Among Champions ;
: Junior; champion bull, A. E. .
DumvilL . ; Sardis. ' BC: Teserrs
champion bull, A. E. Dumvlll; -senior,
and grand champion bull, .
Estelle r Fenne, Portland; senior
and grand ' champion cow, L. A.
Hurlburt, Independence; - Junior,
and reserve champion, Mr, and .
Mrs. T.J. Law, Troutdale.
Ai"' E. Dumvlll, British Colum
bia exhibitor - whose bulls won
Jersey championships,' addressed
members of the - Oregon Jersey
Cattle club at their annual ban-?
(Turn to page 2, coL 5)