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Newspaper Page TextTfcs OIXGOIt ETATECIIAIT, Cclsa, Oregon, Sunday Mcmlsg, October 13. 1813 F.1G2 X:iTJ Communist Issue Still not Qosed IWA Group After General Session Asks Lewis ' to Aid in Purge ABERDEEN'. Wash., Oct. 1 1- (JpyA. rump con ven tion, called to night after adjournment of the to, raulttrous ' six-day International Woodworkera of America (CIO) session, voted to petition John I. Lewis, president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, or ln terrention In the union's affairs. i! The rump convention wai called by the Columbia . river . district council, and its leaders contended )t represented 73 per cent of the union's.! 'dues-plying - member ship." Al Hartung, the district's president, presided. ' : The session attracted more than 100 of the IWA convention -delegates 1 who voted' almost - solidly throughout the six-day assembly :n opposition to what they called communist "interference" in the union, but were voted down by an average of '10 votes on vital testa. Officers Acccused The general convention had been adjourned by O. M. Orton, in tenatlonal vice-president. amid confusion and cries of "dictator ship." Orton had warned 'ad journment would be ordered at 5 p.m., with remaining issues to be submitted to the executive council. The petition asking Lewi and the CIO to "take what action deemed' necessary to correct this internal strife within the organ isation as caused by International officers." It specifically named Harold J. Prltchett. the union's Canadian president who was ab sent from the convention because he could not sain entry into the United States, Secretary-treasurer Bertil J. McCarty and Orton. It charged Prltchett. Orton and McCarty with creating- and encour aging factionalism by attempting to "purge" groups which opposed the promotion of communistic theories. A third charge accused the international officers of using the "Timber Worker." official IWA publication, for "purposes destructive to the organization." Slaying Admitted; Girl Held, Recent Chemawa Student LA GRANDE, Ore., Oct. II.- (JPy State Police Sergeant George Glenn said today that Ercil H. Clark, 10. Sandy. Utah, had ad mitted slaying Willis B. Fergu- ioo, 19, of Sandr, and hiding fill body Clark, who was arrested here last night, said the slaying oc curred about two weeks ago and the body was hidden between Cooperstown and West Jordan, Utah, the officer continued. Held with Clark was his 17-year-old cousin, Annie La Vatta, part Indian, who had been visit ing at the home of Clark's par ents. Annie La Vatta. 17, was denied admission to Chemawa Indian school here because the Institu tion's quota of students was full, Supt, Paul T. Jackson said Satur day. She attended Chemawa last year. The girl, part Indian, and Er cil H. Clark. 20, her cousin, ap plied to Jackson early this week for her readmisslon, he said. School records list her home ad dress as Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho. dd It I oq ...in the New t BROWNSVILLE, Tex.,"Oct. II. CP Cuatoms officers know most f the answers, but not quite all. Eren they were amazed when they " caught a . man . swimming . the Rio Grande, pushing a wash tub in front of him. , .". The tub carried four parrots. ANSOX, Ttxl Oct. 12-(a-Mrs. T. H. Gleason went to the pasture with a lasso to bring; xa ber cow. Seeing a bis; hawk swoop low over a nearby chick eat ran. sbe threw the rope and nuuned the bird aroasd the foot. The hawk measured four feet two inches from wins; tip tb wins' tip. ATLANTA, Tex Oct. H.-(JPf-Panl 'Allen, Atlanta newspaper man,' and his. family were at , the outskirts of town on their way to Dallas when, the city fire alarm sounded. j, 4 There's probably a news story for you,' remarked the wife, but Allen ' drove on. - - At . Mount Pleasant, they learned it was their own home that had burned. CHUNGKING. China, Oct. 11.-(V-I the remote mountains of western. Ssechwan province there Is or was a town also named Chungking, like tUs Chinese capital. .. i ;:.'. Y It was heard of here for the first . time today, ; when Japanese naval . bombers - reduced it to 'ruins. . y , ' 4, 513.00 '-'Automobile Public UobSlry. cmd Property, lfemc? '. ' - m -Y v , Insurance) - y : .- Covers any make car anyone drlvias with yonr permission, mr while driving otben can loaaed fom. . V ' this low mt yow lenwet afford to drivo a ear wttfaosit liability tnswraace. .r For immediate tarice. phone 4W3, r call t CHUCK. . V. : Behind theGuns With Italian Troops in Africa t Using both native and colonial troops, Italy con tisues her campaign in Egypt . Utilizing field artil lery with deadly effect, the Italians pound British Defense Program Permanent, View PORTLAND, Oct. It (JP) Willis Mahoney, Oregon demo cratic party leader, said in an Interview here today that con gress will spend 136,000.000,000 on national defense plants and production in the next six years "regardless of outcome of the European war." He declared that eastern Indus trial capacity had "about been reached," leaving the west coast in line for large expenditures. Ma honey returned from Wash ington to stump the state for the Roosevelt-Wallace ticket. St. Ann's Altar Has First Party MT. ANGEL The first fall card party sponsored by the St. Ann's Altar society was held In St. Mary's auditorium Wednesday night with 18 tables of S00 In Play. Elisabeth Unger receded tho high score prize for the ladles and J. Pohlschneider for the men. Mrs. J. Pohlschneider was award ed the draw prize. Luncheon In the school dining hall followed. The committee in charge in cluded Mrs. William Kloft. chair man; Mrs. J. Lacher, Mrs. Emma Lusts. Mrs. N. M. Lnby, Mrs. Joe Lebold, Mrs. L. A. LaDoux, Mrs. Phil Lutz, Mrs. Joe Lux, Mn. Philip Mar, Mn. George May and Mrs. Anton Kraemer. Alaska Highway Approval Looms SEATTLE, Oct ll-i-Rep. Warren G. Magnuion returned from the national capital today with a prediction the proposed Alaika international highway through Canada would soon win approval as a national defense measure. He said it would be a major Item on an expanded defense pro gram which would bring addi tional - expenditures of S 100, 000, 000 In the Pacific northwest. British Pleased At FDR Address NEW YORK, Octl 13. -(Sunday) (iP) President Roosevelt's Columbus day speech outlining western hemisphere defe'nse and declaring that aid to democracies opposing aggression ' will , be con tinued was praised today in a British ' Broadcasting corporation broadcast heard by CBS. : .."Nothing more heartening has been . heard from a foreign coun try In many ' a day," the ' British broadcast said. Marth field Girl Killed In Motorcycle Accident EUGENE, Oct. lX.-ifPy-A 1S y ear-old Marsafield girl, - Laurel Toung, was Instantly killed to day in a .motorcycle 'accident on the Sluslaw highway west of here near Cheshire. Che was riding on the csfcle with Thole Sanford. also of Marshfleld, when a sudden stop to. avoid collision with - a car threw her to the road. ; Renton Heads Group SPOKANE, Oct. -J. Lewis Renton. ot . Portland was elected - president of the North west Federation of Mlneraloglcal Societies' at the annual convention today and hi home city was chos en for the1941 meeting, tenta tively for the Saturday and Sun day preceding Labor day. I Ex-Co ngresmjtii Dies .NEW TORK, Oct. lX-iff-WIl- ll&m W. Cohen, , 18, democratic representative in congress from 1SZ7 to . 1S9.- died today. A stockbroker for SB year, be told hi seat in It 21 on the New. York Stock Exchange for. $91,000. I vfl -CHHT -positions In Egypt. ' Here the camera takes you : tx&lnd an Italian field artillery unit during a clash : with defending' troops. : ; y ;. . , I Hi r. Paul ' Ilauser's . Column (Continued from page 1) girl who bai th voice with a amil can snarl at us, providing sbe baa 'paid in advance, tnclnd ins; connection caarge, : and tike theatre box office belles" can ae tnally frown at na when we for get to include the tax. We're going to expand from there. The heavier work, like let ting' football players; prize fight ers and axe " murderers take ad vantage 'of our service, will nat urally be handled by one ef our numerous assistants. This will bt lesa painful for as than tailing him straight from the shoulder that mounting coats make It nec essary for us to reduce the staff. The pinnacle of our service will hi reached whin wa extend Into the greatest field ef all, that offered by the gasoline station business. We expect to make onr first million when we crack down the smiles ef the service station attendants and give them their first chance to growl en company time since Spencer Tracy and Clark Gable brought In their first gusher. We'll have a fleet of care de voted entirely to the service sta tion business. Whenever a rag pumper gets tired of whistling "Smiles' to keep bla courage ap til be will 1uit to do Is cmll that baatdy telephone umber ud om of our limousines will roll p and onr cUmoGd-itcdded operate will demand. fHVtg- his cigar nogtuitlj, "Om gaUosi of gmm ad check tbe tires, sosmyT Years of pent up emotion will be released when the attendant says what he's wanted to say a thousand times and snarls, "Aw, pump 'em up yourself, you big bag ' wind." n i m i fi: "- -, ft "" - - . 2 f s . Miesaseis'i-nrrjiJ Bnmmmmmmi--&&zt : - It's a SIZE so ruction... this mss- sJvb nw Chevrolet for '41 . with longer, larger, wider Fisher Beefy with "3-coup!e rooml- neiIn cn f 3t!cn pdilseeetho . imoothtst ride." And ChcTroItrs longest, larcost, most luxurious : 93-h.p. Talre-ln-head 'Victory'' en ear the leader has eVer built I fe!Tese modern mimmn to r ; -t -OTcr-all performance with over-all Here's the bi&est car erer built by economy! v v tbie leader .' . . the binest size-ful,' It pays to pick the leader ... Chev the bluest eyeful, end .the bluest , rote.'. . . Better EYE IT, TRY IT, inoney'i worth , i . la fact, the BUYITtodayl i " TKk&UNS Niw tiSNtXS at eft sV sli'jn.'ri li NSW lONSES WKIUlAU tNessviAkssxwisnrmtnMDm Hatch Act Breach Charged, Seattle SEATTLE, Oct. 1 2 - VP) - The Times said in its Bandar edition that "charges of wholesale rela tions of the Hatch act. which forbids political activity on the part of federal employes, were forwarded yesterday to Senator Styles Bridges on behalf of em ployes of the department of agri culture in Washington.'? It said the complaint was "for consideration by the senate com mittee on campaign expendi tures." ' -. - "The agency for collecting cam paign funds from the employee of the department of agriculture In this state Is the national com mittee for agriculture', with head quarters in Chicago." the news paper said. "The scheme Is said to be a part ot a general plan to assess goiernmental employes In the Interests of the democratic administration. "The quota which Washington must contribute from all sources la plaeed at SS0,000.M Antitoxin Rushed Botulism Patient BEND, Ore., Oct. lt.-P-Bot-ullsm antitoxin, rushed sere In six hours from San Francisco, may have saved the life of Mrs. R. W. Hoteaklss ef Sisters. After the supply ot tbe new an titoxin waa located by a coastwlde telegram search, It was tent to Portland by commercial plane and relayed here by automobile. Levants Are Parents NEW YORK, Oct. 1S-UP-A six pound, 14 -ounce daughter was born today to Mrs. Oscar B. Le vant, wife of the musically gifted radio and screen star. n m am (mj ul ? UJJ UL gest package of value, any way you care to look ft tit! You can easily carry sis passengers In all Chevrolet aedans for 41 and you carry them 'firat class, too. For owners say that Chevrolet's de luxe Knee-Action gires "the world's W eo-iLr. VAtva-M-HtAit "vtcioar SMsa ouemai. VAcuuss-rowgLSKtrr e a SAfa-T-SS'SaAl HnaAUUC MAK1 Hwi 41st Auto Show Y-l ; Is All-American No. Foreign Btalces i ' Lower ' and Tfider Cara Seek Y ; More 'Eye Appeal' i r' s ' - - "r ': . - -t ' 3 NEW YORK. Oct. lt-p-A Quarter of a million dollars worth of 1941, model automobiles, com mercial Tehicles, accessories and gadgets were placed on display by the . Automobile - Manufacturer' association today in a setting de Signed to emphasize hemispheric unity Y and the productive : re sources "of American industry. It was the 41st annual nation al - automobile show an a "ail American presentation'! for . the first time in many years because of the absence ot any foreign ex hibitor and participation by Hen ry Ford for the first time in more than three decades. j ' Four' floors of Grand Central Palace were devoted to the show ing. There were 13 makes of pas senger ears and eight of commer cial Tehicles.- " " . . - f ; - In addition . there . were 40 old time ' cars, veterans of some fa mous speed contest or endurance tour, : to dramatise the progress made In four decades. ?Y . . - The new models were all lon ger, lower and wider, with more emphasis than ever on ""eye ap peal," - ;YY - ''-.I' Tot -the Industry the show mark the formal inauguration of the 1941 model ear a . year which, , the car makers - generally believe will see the production of approximately 4,600,000 Tehicles with a wholesale Yalue in excess ot $s,ooo,eoo,ooo. Grand Coulee Job J Beating Schedule GRAND COULEE. Wash., Oct. 1S.-0FV-Ninety eight per cent of the concrete which will make Grand Coulee dam the biggest man-made thing on earth is in place 10,(00,000 cuble yards of It the Consolidated Builders, Inc., disclosed today. The eon tractors have until March, It 42, to finish their work. Employes are wagering the Job will be done six months ahead of schedule. Already much of the equipment sprawling on both sides ef the Columbia river is being dis mantled. Most of the gigantic cranes that walked upward as the dam gained In height are gone, some ef them to ether projects. Legislative Pay Measure Backed PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. lt-VP)-Iormation of a non-partisan com mittee to - promote passage of a constitutional amendment in creasing pay ot Oregon legisla tors from 1 3 to 8 a day waa an nounced today. Dr. William O. XTerson, presi dent of Linfleld eollege, McMlnn Tills, is chairman. ikmdkr mm J eys it! . SASRSN9 HZw -ASmonTtT' BZSCM - sin SJ dfcM fir, imtry Jinn lit Stowaway .Faces -y r Fetleral Charges ; PORTLAND, Ore,, Oct. James Wilson, IS, Albany, NY. mechanic, waa arrested by fed eral bureau of inTestlgatlon offi cers ' hero v today under tho new law making It a federal offense to stow away on a vessel. . Y Wilson' - was ; , taken ; from ' the Matsoa freighter Makikl. He fai'd he boarded the ship, at San Fran cisco in the hope of reaching her ultimate destination,' Honolulu, hut wis discovered the first day out, : '. .' .. . ;' - DisdoSureHdd' Not "Forgivahle ; OTTAWA, . OntY Oct. lt-iJPy- Prime Minister W, L. MacKentie Ring declared tonight that con servative party leader R. B. Han son's disclosure of " British air training plana' in Canada was , un forgivable. Air Minister C. O. Power ear lier had charged that Hanson, in statements he made in a, speech last night at Charlottetown, PEL had betrayed a secret ot Britain. The people of Canada and "the hard pressed people of Britain" wUl find Hanson's disclosure "dif ficult to understand and impos sible to forgiTe," the prime min ister declared. The conserTatire leader' own words, he aaid, "make .dear that, he himself be lieved he was betraying- a military secret- and this at - a time when secrecy concerning the-movement ot men and supplies is vital." Commenting - that "I may be interned for stating It, but I know It Is true-," Hanson said 100 young British airmen were being trained at Kingston. Ont., and. that Can ada waa planning to train 10.000 British fliers "over and above the empire air training scheme." Molalla Project - Almost Assured MOLALLA At a recent meet ing- of the Molalla city council. It was announced that the 15. 000 project for construction of a 10-inch water main from the city reservoir to the distributive mains has been rirtually approved by WPA authorities in Washington, DC. Only obtaining of a parcel of property through which the main must run remains for an okeh on an allotment ef funds tor labor. The council plant to meet with the owners in the near future. .To provide additional funds for the city's share in the work the council passed the first, reading of an ordinance authorising is suance of 14700 in bonds, origin ally sanctioned by the Toters in 1121 as part ef a 114,700 water bond issue. ..: . , z : i) yj u uu rnr n cur. m rs SaWy SlsBsel eest. . ' - - ' ; - . ' : , SiiashsaisfrssnilsnaHiinKri UniW'nrfrir'ffrr t inr Trt TnnlVir'Vr-iirftTiirfrfr ' iT'fr" "fr -i if tf"'- TTiir'Tin-T iffr ifrias Music Has More Parrish Students ." ., - ... i ' . . -, . Miss Simma Teaches Some 'Only Two , or Three Days per Week ; ; Miss ' Margaret . Elmmt' music classes at Parrish Junior hlgn school, this year are much larger than last year because of the op portunity for - more children' to elect this subject. . . -. ' Serenth. and eighth graders de siring to take directed stadj and music, or art and mnslc.' may do so by taklnr music three days a week and art or, study .hall two days s week, or vice versa. This alternating of classes allows more students to elect music than here tofore, but it cuts down on the time in class. ? . v v t;.-, r.t ;- Two classes meet every da? In the week, however. They are the ninth, grade chorus . and - the. ad vanced - eighth - grade. The latter group includes those who; had music la the seventh grade. The ninth grade : class this year , is much larger than it has been be fore and practically tills the music- room. ' . ; ' The total enrollment for the eighth grade music classes la more than, one third the total enroll ment of the school. -r Bombed Freighter Limps Into Cadiz CADIZ, Spain, Oct, 1S.PV Tfce 1,520-ton BritUh freighter Starling, four of whose crew mem bers were killed - and seven wounded by two bombs dropped from a plane, arrived here today in badly, damaged condition. The crew of the Spanish fish ing boat Joven Junito, who aaw the attack, said the plane dived from the clouds at the Starling and fled before the crew could man the anti-aircraft gun. 0 uGOd uOGDd TT ? mm fmw t mmm . : mmim : ' . " " ' Y 'Y are ssicedM lew as I- fAQ7S Gnrjcnous : TRADE-IN ( hncs&oivnncn ; A f ... Our liberal offer oa your old " ... ''J beater will make ic YZRY EASY Cl V for yoo to hare four fayoriie ' j; : . J ; Montsg at eoce. SEE .DS tot ' complete detail t " " Abundant dean, erooomlcsl winter cemlort can be yours . the eoetin yew deckle so enjoy fat Let es p a beaatiful Idontag Qrcolssoc Heater fete your home todayl We he : bodels I ot trer?. rtquiiea:cct .V. priced re neet every , family boigti ill tKem 1 CwN your fsTortte KOv! Eight Are Bitten By Dog, Portinntl PORTLAND, Oct. 12-LJp-Eiht or more persons were bitten t r an apparently rabid dog In down town Portland teday. : . Policemen and private citiatcs finally cornered tho dos, a jour.sr female springer spaniel, near tLe union depot where patrolmen John BoscoTioh shot U ; ' The one-dog reign of terror started at Southwest First arte to and Madison street, more this a. mile from the depot. Is Bcst St. Bernard , - PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 12-(V Another . - Pacific ." International Livestock exposition became his tory tonight as be ribboned grand champions, .named earlier in the week, filed '.through the arena in stately parade.: t M Three pnrebred animals wfre presented to a trio of 4H club win. ners Robert Kink. M or o, Ore. Richard Averlll. Corvallls, Ore., and Delmar White, Plains aty, Utah. -.- Klelg Light O'Aragon, entered by the Aragon kennels. Franklin, 111 was crowned best dog In tte Oregon Dog Fanciers' association show. . Best ef tree J winners Included: St. Bernards Mrs. A. F e 1 s e m . Hayes, Brooks. Ore. Stimton Company Grants Pay Boost; Strike Ended I FOREST GROVTC. Ore . Oct. 11 4P-The Stimson Lumber com pany aald today It had granted wage increase asked by the API; union local and would resume cutting early aext week. It's mill has been closed br a strike tinee September 14. r- i Entry r J mm iiiM ill roiif r JO! i 1X3 Q tl RAM C G AG CMCY - cuccssons-cur.GiLin)! ets. ags;cy Phcns 31E3 m 11 liberty