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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1940)
lit Game Near. - Salem's two major foot .ball teams, Salens high aad Willamette, play their first games - September 27 aad. 8. Keep posted on "their prospects, read - the States niaa sports pas' Weather " Fair today a ad Senda? bat wtth occasional cWmmIW sew ta east portJest today. Max. teaap. Friday 70, ma. 42. River - ft. horth wid. lv CSUND3D 1651 inrnrnzni year Colam, Ortxjon, Saturday I-Iornlng, September 21, 1943 Prlcsj 3a Nawiitanffs 5c 17a. XI2 o - o H 7i q;r ii Trn mi Ports bets ' ' ' . '-5:; ' " - . l : - . t ; ..... ' . ' " :: V Of Weak Relatives Are. Ready to Pay $100,000, Say Nurse Attacked; Retains Man's Hat Which Is One Meager Clue Child's Safety Assured in Note ; Police Stay out for Present HILLSBOROUGH, CiHU Sept SO JP) Ths Count sad Conn teas If are ds Tristan, whose three-year-old hoy was kidnaped near their home here today hy dark, hook-nosed man, are willing to pay a requested $100,000 ransom, It was disclosed tonight. "We are ready to meet all de mands of the man," said a state ment by Louis S. Catea, wealthy Industrialist and ateptather of the countess.' V, V-."';,.A; Cates asked law enforcement officers and all others to with draw from the nclnlty of the house "to sire the person hold ing tbfl boy every opportunity to communicate with ' ns. ' '' The Tlctim of the abduction. Mare de Tristan, Jr., "was snatch ed from his nurse, middle- aged Mary Foley, with whom he was walking in the fashionable resi dential quarter, .The .- ransom note, left with the nurse, J was signed "Unconventional Eccen tric." "- ) v v 7X-1 Authorities, In first reporting the kidnaping. iai3. tifOjnea.were tnrolTed - one who snatched the child, and "a- second who drove the kidnap car. Later, they said It was uncertain there was a second man. Hat, Ransom Note Principal Clnes The kidnaper struck the nurse to the ground, grabbed the baby and ran. In his flight he lost his hat, which, with the 00-word ransom note and a meagre de scription of the kidnap ear, was the only clue at hand. ' The distracted parents were near collapse as FBI men took charge , of the first big kidnap ease In the nation In many months Law : enforcement authorities later said that at the family's request : they .were withdrawing from the case temporarily to per mit contact with the kidnaper. Newspaper reporters also with drew from the De Tristan estate to the Hillsborough police station. The note was specific tn direct ing the manner in w h 1 e h the 1 100.0 00 was to be paid. The par ents were to "secure money leis-J rely, at your convenience,- me Instructions said. "Avoid atten tion you have ample time." Equally specific were Instruc tions for contacting the kidnap er by means of an advertisement In the automobile section of the classified pages of a San Francisco paper. '- "Should, as a result of inter ference, our position become un tenable," the ransom note warned, -it will be difficult to control this matter ; . . we hate absolutely no desire to make your loss irrepar able." Good Treatment . of Child Promised On the other hand, the instruc tions said, '?you are dealing with Intelligent and enlightened peo ple and you needn't fear en un justifiable act , on our part. Oa the contrary, our little captive (guest, rather)- will be most charmingly treated. ...Tour child's supervision has been ; care fully selected In advance." ; Th eountess, the former Jane Chrlstenson, is a daughter of Mrs. Louis 8. Cates, wife of the presi dent of Fhelps-Dodge corporation, a big copper company. The count Is a son of Count Louis dt Tristan f France. Cates and Mrs. Cates were at (Tarn to page T, eoL 1) ( River Survey Is Agreed by States PORTLAND, Ore.; Sept. t0-m -The Oregon sanitary authority anuouncsd today that Oregon and Washington bodies had tentative ly agreed os a Joint, survey ox Columbia river pollution, f - ": The board also voted today to direct Lebanon. - Ore., to ? elimi nate .pollution in the South San- tlam river and Marks slough. Several other cities and Indus tries throughout the Tualatin . and Pudding river watersheds were warned to cease polluting the streams. ; The next session of the state legislature win he asked for ap propriations to provide sewage treatment works at Salem, Pen dleton and Woodburn state la tltutlons, the board added. . Ky Family Willing to Pay $100fi00 Ransom f oi Return oi This Child : r. . "" '' V " IjS&li 4f i " ... -v ' 1. - ... . " : ' . -a ' '4 i v::t:FfX;.'';::r'fi;i: . MARC DE Campaign Issues Neto Deal And 3rd Term Says JVillkie By WILLIAM B. ARjHCRT r ABOARD WILLKIE I4 TRAIN ENRODTE TO SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. iO.riaWendell-L. Willkie appealed to , democrats today to vote for him. because, he said, the present campaign is "not a fight between democrats and republi cans." but a "conflict between those who believe In the ne. deal philosophy and those who do not." Speaking at F r e s n o, Calif.. Willkie was cheered ; by many when be asked whether any dem ocrat would vote against him "b t am adrocatinz that no man should oeeupy the office of president lor tnree wr- A few shouts of "no were in- TmwkA ' with scattered boos and cries of "we want Roosevelt." The latter came mostly irom ,nrfrn NMlnr that. Willkie said, I may say In response to these occasional inierrupuoH. . . . they are the only kind of ar gumenta I ! have heard in opposi tion no until now.? There was applause as Willkie conUnued: j "To people in the valley have a- tradition of voting the democratic; ticket,; andl re spect that.' i - - But I would Uke for you not in the spirit of ballyhoo, not in the heat and bitterness of the po litical campaign to think pray erf ally and thoughtfully about electing a man to a third term when every leader who has ever lived la tho history of the repub lic (for whom the people nave rev erence) fcaa said It Is a dangerous tbir." T. iUkle was showered with con fetti and paper aireaxners be iforniia -.- ,--,. . . ? ' - " L i ; . l i ..' , . v ' J .-i . - AP Telemat TRISTAN drove through Fresno streets to the courthouse park. "It makes no difference whe ther yon vote for me or vote for the candidate who la running for president on the other ticket." he said. "Anybody, can look at a crowd like this and tell that de mocracy in America still fune- tiona. . . . I appeal to-yo not upon any narrow basis of parti sanship. This la not a fight be tween democrats and republicans. This is a conflict between those who believe in the philosophy of the new deal and a third term and those who do not." Willkie was Introduced by RanreaentalTre . Charles . Hall ark (R-Ind) during a stop at Sacra mento. ' Willkie, declaring that "appar ently we- have developed a new technique In American polities." added that "the technique is trav eling about at public expense and thea saying you are not engaged ln politics. "The American people may. be in fever of such a technique, but if they are they hav4 abandoned all the traditions of the demo cratic process." , The republican nominee added an expression of his belief in the democratic processes and conun ued: '1 would say the new deal is conducting this campaign, along the Uns of that great statesman, Ed Fly ii n of the Bronx." Flynn is chairman of the democratic na tional committee. - Declaring that he had ; been riven "a lot of free advice," the (Turn to pare 7, eoL ) Family Elmer 7ooton. May Be Named To Head Draft State Setup Is Planned; Major Pound Expected ; to Be Assistant Marriage not Definitely Bar to Service, New Ruling by Army ' Expectation was veiled In Portland yesterday that Colonel Elmer V. Wooton of Salem would be named executive officer In charge of conscription for Oregon.- Colonel Wooton, head of the national guard state staff, con ducted a selective service school at the armory here in August. Major Benjamin F. Found of Salem, Major George X. Sandy and Captain William H. Adams are expected to be designated to assist Colonel Wooton. - The task of serving as liaison officer between the war depart ment and Oregon officials admin istering the draft law has been assigned to Sol Rlehanbach, Port land real estate man and reserve major. It was announced there yesterday. WASHINGTON, ' Sept. lO-MEV Army officials made it plain to day that married men ' will not be exempted from the draft aim- ply a a d automatically because . - U UiUllUiltl .cue, M.t point is to , be decided hy the 1 local draft board on Its own mer its, and. If necessary, after an inquiry as to whether the wife or other dependent -Is actually de pendent upon the draftee's earn ings for a livelihood." ., " ,V : Officials of the selective serv ice system reversed a previous opinion to set this forth todsy. Meanwhile, .preparing to provide ahelter for conscripts, the senate passed an Appropriation of 1338,- 123,1 SS for building barracks and other facilities!. Previously ap proved by the house, the measnre now goes to the president. Also connected with the finan cial : aspects of the draft, some tl,C0,000 a month, officials es timated, will be distributed among the local draft boards for clerical (Turn to page 7, eoL ) Bouquets Planned For Willlaes Here Charlotte MeNary to Have Hole; Train to Arrive at 4t55 on Sunday . It's not os the announced pro- tram bat Salem's - reception , to Presidential Nominee Wendell Willkie at the Southern Pacific station here Sunday - afternoon may include the presentation' of two bouquets to the prospective first lady of the nation. ' " Five-year-old Charlotte Mtxary, daughter of wnikle'a , running mate, is expected to present Mrs. Willkie with a bouquet of roses. Mrs. McNary, who will board the WUlkle special train, at Klamath Falls tonight. wUl leare the tram upon its arrival in Salem. ' - ' The other bouquet, of dahlias nicked from the coast garden ef Joseph Craren. Dallas banker, will be given Mrs. WUlkle by Mrs. M E. Barrlgar. of Neotsu, NorthLln eoln beach town, with whom Mr. WUlkle boarded when he taught school at Coff eyvllle, Kan. ,Tht WUlkle train will arrive at the station here at :BS pn. Sun day and pause long enough for the candidate to deliver a ten-minute address. The station grounds (Turn to page 7. toL 1) - . Oregon Gty Man in Crash An Oregon City man was in a local hospital last night and an other in Jail after their car plunged through a bridge rail on the road to German's hopyard near Clear Lake and dropped ten feet to the ground. The driver, Leo SmiCh of route, one,' Oregon City, waa taken to a hospital suffering from severed tendons on the right hand and possible rib fractures Sergeant Farley . Mogan of the state police took Smith's passen ger, who was also slightly Injured, from the first aid car and piacea him under arrest. Others treated by the Salem first aid car craw yesterday includ ed F. F. Snyder, route three, who cut off a thumb while using a pow er saw at 1H Fairmount. - Injured Japan Demand On Indochina Held Modified Break Believed Averted Though Nippon Ships Reported Moving China May Tate Hand In . Defense; "Territorial Right not Involved HOXGKOXO, Sept. 91fP) Tbe Brttlsh-owaed newspaper China Mall reported today that "slaee yesterday xaoratng" Jap jus warship have snoved la to Tesaktas; bay as a persmaatvo restore" to bade P Japaaeeo aeffotlatiotas for military rights ia French Iado-Chiaa, By C. TATES McDANIEL HANOI, French Indo-Chlna, Sept. Il-(Saturday)-aj-The gov ernment of this French colony an nounced late tonight that japan had modified her demands for -limited" military facilities la Indo-Chlna and conversations were being resumed with aa agreement expected. ' ! - During the dsy, the negotiations had broken down and the head of the Japanese military mission hsd said plainly that the world now could look for a "crisis." . The new communique said: "The Japanese military author ities having modified the range of their demands, negotiations be tween the Japanese and the Indo Chlna government have been re sumed In a more favorable atmos phere. ? ' "It Is believed these conversa tions will' terminate in aa agree ment taking account of the inter ests of both sides. It is empha sised that during . these negotia tions Indo-Chlna's territorial In tegrity and French sovereignty over the country were never open to question." ... .. TfcusJov the eeeonr time aiaee SepUrl. aa open split was-averted at the last minute. Major General Issakn Nlshlha- ra, head of the Japaneso mission, who had announced he was leav ing for. home, remained la Hanoi with some of his staff. It was sot announced whether others .who already had gone as far as Haiphong . would return here. HONGKONO. Sept. Il.-fSatur- diy)-C5)-ChInese press reports- unconfirmed elsewhere declared today that sn understanding had been reached for Chinese-French military collaboration tn the event Japan lnvadee French Indo-Chlna. These reports said the French would allow Chinese troops to en ter Indo-Chlna to oppose any Jap aneso Invaders. - It was said the understanding waa reached la a hurriedly sum moned - Chinese French confer ence at Kunming-, capital of the Chinese border province of Tan- HONGKONO, Sept. ILWSat- arday )-) -Highly connected Japanese quarters here said to day Japaa was prepared to take action aiming at the seizure of all French. Indo-Chlna if France de clined, to permit the passage of an unrestricted number of Japan ese troops through the French colony.. . i. These sources said the Vichy government allowed the entry ef Japanese troops without- restric tion as to number, but that Rear Admiral ' Jean Deeoux gorernor general of the colony, was Insist ing on a limited number. - Japanese residents of Indo-Chl na xre given Instructions to com plete their evacuation, according to the reports here. Martin Declares He's for Willkie PORTLAND. Ore.: Sent tH-ZS -Former . Governor Charles H. Martin formally announced tdar his support of Wendell Willkie and Charles McNary, republican presidential and rice presidential nominees. - Describing himself aa a life- long democrat, the retired army major general said that "Like Mr. Willkie. I too feel that my party haa . left . me I have not left the party. .- . A third - term for - any presl dent Is hostile to the fundamen tals of our American system and especially, the democratic I arty I know.T he concluded. Silverton ;Eleven Ties Coast Teim TILLAMOOK, Sept. 10-(Spe-clal)-811verton an d Tillamook high school football teams bat tled to a 7-7 tie in their season opening game here tonight. : " Tillamook' scored in the first quarter.: Smith, fullback, hitting the line for the touchdown. In the second period Silverton punt ed into coffin corner, .blocked the second down punt and recovered. and on the next play Harry Hage dorn went' around; end "for 'the tally. . As HeavyLosses Occur Earlier Reports of Many Explained; Barges Sent out for Test Landings Riddled hy British By JOHN A. MOROSO, 3rd NEW YORK, Sept. 20. (AP) A former Dutch artil lery captain told today of rebellion among nazi troops train ins: for the invasion of England, and described columns of mutineers being; marched back to labor camps with their hands trussed behind their backs. The story was told by Capt. Carl Ter Weele. 37, who ar rived on the American export liner Exeter from Lisbon. ' Other passenger said the morale of the Germany army had suffered such a severe blow through heavy loss es of life daring practice maneu ver that Invasion of Britain now ls unlikely. They reported also that occu pied-' Franc and Holland were teeming with civilian Informants who told the British when Ger man ships and self-propelled bar ges put into the channel for "ex ercise maneuvera." As a result British submarines and planes were waiting, and blasted the troop carriers out of the water, bringing death to thou sands, they said. A high-placed government offi cial of a conquered nation who asked that his Identity be with held said German officers told him an attempt to invade England by suicidal, that practice maneuvers had cost the Germans 10,000 men. Robert Sol berg. it. vice-presi dent of Armeo International cor poration, makers ef sheet steel and airplane parte la France, said that when he went to a French channel port to try to reopen a company factory he aaw hodlee of German soldiers being washed ashore every day. . "The Germans made no attempt to actually Invade England." he ssserted "They msde practice at tempts which were repulsed with heavy losses. ' The news of these exercises slipped through to Eng land and British submarines sank the steel barges." -- Solberg said the long ,ranre guns being used to shell Dover were captured French guns ' of SI0 and .310 caliber. He aald they were based near Calais on railroad cars and the British had bombed the area severely. . John J. Mangan. Paris corres pondent of Time magaslne. like wise reported heavy loss of life among German troops engaged in practice maneuvers. A US government official, who asked' that his nam not be used, said "England will win this war if she can keep the morale of the people up and the BAF In the air." "These sir. attacks only make the people mad and they flxht back twice aa hard." . The Exeter brought in XtO pas sengers. 17 Americans, the rest mainly refugees. - Enrollment Well Above,'39 Figure Enrollment . la Salenr nubile schools at the end ef the first week yesterday i reached a total ofsne. 104 above the figure of SOS t at the same time In 191S. Superintendent Frank B. Bennett said last night. . The . senior high school had the 'largest gain since Tuesday, when the last previous check of the entire system was made, go ing from 1151 to 1710. If now has 101 more students than at a. similar time last year. Parrlsh Junior high school raised , only two from 904. and Lea lie Increased nine from 444 to 4S3. - The elementary schools as a whole went up from 30 IS Tues day to 3131 yesterday, 49 over the figure in 1939. Ivory Toiver No Protection ' Says FDR at College Fete PHILADELPHIA, Sept. SO-IA") In the hall where the democra tic party gave him his second nomination' tn. 1931, President Roosevelt declared today this ls no time for any man "to with draw Into some Ivory tower" and hold himself aloof from the "problems and agonies of ' his society." . J ' Merely by averting his eyes, the president said la an address to. students and alumni of the University of' Pennsylvania, no man can sever the bonds which unite' him to his society.' He spoke at Convention hall where, three months ago, the re publican party nominated Wen dell Willkie to oppose him in the November election.' His address, coming after an Inspection of key Philadelphia units In the nation's 316,000,000,000 ' .defense pro gram, climaxed the University of penmrlvania'a 200th anniversary celebration. Before the speech, the presi dent " spent nearly " two - morning hours inspecting the Philadelphia Troops Revolt s Bodies in Channel now- France Tightens Belt Drastically Meat Limited to Equal of One Good Steak Weekly; Sugar, Soap Scanty By JOHN LLOTD VICHY, Franee. Sept. 30-aV The French public, face to face with "the consequences of war and defeat in all their tragic reality." heard the dolefal news today that it must tighten its belt drastically beginning next Monday. Severe rationing for both oc cupied and unoccupied France was announced by the govern ment, which gave as its reason the destruction and deterioration of harvests and Uvestock In the war sone. poor grain crops, and "enormoua" drop in milk produc tion, and the British blockade. The measures, admittedly the strongest possible la keeping with the public's health, provided pen alties uP to one year In prison and (000-franc fines for frauds and for destruction or misuse Here's how the diet of thejkck French peole ls arrected; " No one will be allowed to eat more than 13.C ounce of meat a week less than the else of one good American steak. This Includes beef, pork, sausages and any other kind of. meat, canned or fresh, and means there will be only -about two normal meat dishes every seven days. (Turn to page 7, col. 3) Most Guardsmen r Will Pass Exams Only Nine in Company B May Be Discharged, Prediction Blade . Nine men out of the 103 la Company B, Salem's l(2nd In fantry national guard unit, prob ably will be discharged because of physical defects. Lieutenant Dow IL. LovelL' company com mander, announced last night af ter army medical examiner had completed their checkup of his outfit. All five of the company's commissioned officers passed the rigid examination being given all guardsmen before they lea re Monday for a year's' army train ing. - -r' Results of medical examinations among the 34tth coast artillery regiment men stationed here had not been summarized last night. Colonel Cliftoa M. Irwin, regi mental commander, said an in complete summary . showed . he had lost 49 of the" 90 men he had above his peacetime quota of 174 men and S3 officers at the start of the week. . The 349th commander yester day sent IS Salem grfardsmea tn command of Lieutenant Michael J. Melchior, regimental supply of ficer, to Camp Clatsop to set ap tents and ' otherwise prepare for the arrlral of the main body of (Tarn to page 7, eoL 3) aavy yard, the skyscraper naval hospital here, and tho army .quar termaster depot. . He told newsmen his navy yard visit convinced him that . the United States has learned the art of speed in an emergency. Warship 'and airplane construc tion at the yard, he said, was going ahead at a . much faster tempo than a year ago. . The-president drove tlv miles from the navy yard to the auditor ium through the heart of the na tion's third largest city cheering crowds estimated at 100,000 by W. A. Landroigt, chief of the se cret service's Philadelphia, force. greeted him along the way. . Not a seat was empty in the auditorium as the president In a black academle robe, moved onto the stage with Mrs. Roosevelt. He began his speech after receiving an honorary degree of doctor of laws. - . Declaring that the present per iod was one of relspae in world civilisation, and that the complete (Turn to page 7, coL 1) PiiiiitiveRM On Berlin Due! Says Churchill 'Weather Halting German Onslaught on London; Some Borahs Fall Africa Monroe Doctrine Discussed in Rome; y Spain Is Wooed . (By The Associated Press) Flames caused by exploding British bombs swept for. mile along the French coast betweea Calais and 'Boulogne early today, as the royal air force again pomad ed Germany's "invasion" concen trations there despite fierce re sistance. The biasing flight was plainly visible from the British shore. Nasi . defenders sent streams of shrapnel and rocketa aloft. Meanwhile, nasi raiders kept up an intermittent attack on Lost- -doa and the Industrial midlands. They withdrew briefly from Lxm- doa and then resumed the on slaught. British censorship did not per mit disclosure of exact raid per iods, nor immediate estimates of the damage. But the raiders Dew orer London for hours, dropping flares in central areas before re leasing their cargoes of bombs. Subway platform far below the city's streets again were choked with civilians but they were heart ened by official assurances . that RAF counter-bombings were roU--lng up heavy damage in Germany and German-held territory. Retaliatlee Balds Comlas; Sy CMef "Don't worry they'll get It Prime Minister Winston Churchill retorted . when -crowds standing on the wreckage of their bombed London homes demanded reprisals sgalnst Berlin. Thus far British raiders hare confined their main attacks to continental nasi concentrations and supply arteries In Germany feeding those bases. The object is to destroy the threat of nasi inTa tion. reduce danger from the air to a minimum, and aUow British factories to speed up production for the day when the British can contemplate a large-scale counter offensive. Right now the British word ls -hold firm." The British already have noted a slackening of nasi air' attacks. because of bad flying Weather. Despite thst weather, t British bomber rained explosives early yesterday on the aeaedaeta amp- porting the Dortmund-Ems, canal over the river Ems near Manster. attacked other transportation ta cliiUe la westera Germaay, aad dived oa miles of nasi base oa tho channel coast. British fighter plaae la yester day! most spectacular battle broke ap a formation of 309 nasi planes falling upon them from cloud-lairs, authoritative sources said. . : Berlin set Germany's air raid casualties at 3000 dead .and wounded, to Britain's 10,000. lioaroe Doetriate for Africa Talked While the German press cried for a "mercHeas" accounting with Britain because of raids oa Ger many, authoritative source ta Berlin said the converaaUons of Foreign Minister Joachim voa Ribbeatrop with Premier Muss-.' Hal ia Rome were aimed at de signing: a new "Monroe doctrine for Africa in other words "Afri ca for the Europeans." meaning the axis powers and their friend. Expulsion ef Britain from Afri ca and it rale by the axis power would place the latter close to the Unitfd States newly steeulred Car ibbean bases, -the Hamabrger Fremdenblatt pointed out. . The -Rome conversations were held while Italy was occupied la i aa of f eaalve against. Xr$ t aimed at reaching the Eaes canal. Brlt aia'a vital nearreastern artery. , May Offer Spain Part ef Morocco "Indications Spain would be of fered part of French Morocco and possibly British Gibraltar in ex change for her aid oa the axis aide were noted by some observ ers. These indications appeared la the Italian press which Largely covered the Rlbbentrop-Mussollni . talks with stories from their cor respondents la Berlin. - Some writers also Indicated the axis fully Intends to supplant British aad French Influence ia the nestr-atera countries of Syria. Palestine, lrae and Trans- . Jordan. The Italian 'high command ac knowledged that British bombers still were harrying fascist troops along the Egyptian-Llbraa coast, ' Striving especially to smash Ital ian concentrations already wedged 10 miles -within Egypt, British head nuartera t Cairo said RAF bombers' possded Ital ian positions at Eiil Earranl. Egypt, and Begnast, Libya, tor hoars Thursday t!stt. '
