The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, November 05, 1940, Page 10, Image 10

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lid in Airport
Program
No Obligation Incurred
in First Resolution,
CAA Man Explains
"(Continued from pace 1)
000 and that much of it is yet
unpaid for.
' O'Hara moved that the resolu
tion be referred to a committee
for study,"but subsequently with
drew it after J. H. Keeffe, rep
resentative of the CAA, assured
him that the resolution did not
obligate the city.
O'Hara's opposition . resulted in
a heated discussion between
O'Hara and Alderman Lloyd Rig
don, chairman of the airport com
mittee, during - which Rlgdon
asked, "Do you realise this Is a
part of a national defense pro
gram?". The incinerator question' also
caused Alderman C. F. French to
pull out a sheaf of statistics on
costs of .garbage collection in
western cities,' which he waded
through until Mayor . Chad wick
pointed out that the statistics
had little bearing on the airport
resolution. - '
f Keeffe told the. council that
Salem's ; airport was one of 3
fields in the northwest named by
the army for jposslble Improve
ment ,;nnder a $40,000,000 de
fense appropriation. He said that
about $200,000 will be spent
here If the project goes through.
Prompt action is necessary, he
said, .because the money avail
able must be spent or obligated
before July 1.
Improvements contemplated
here would include changing of
runways to accommodate larger
and heavier planes and to make
the "glide angle" into the field
lower " to meet army regulations.
Runways would be paved with
heavy concrete to stand the land
. ing force of heavy army bombers.
CAA Would Maintain
Lights and Beams
Additional field lights would be
installed and the CAA would
lease and maintain light and ra
dio beam approaches.
Power and telephone lines ad
joining would be rerouted , or
placed underground. Cooperation
of the telephone and power com
panies in this is already assured.
The city would not have to
acquire more than 30 acres of
new land., Keeffe said, and that
and removal of the incinerator
would be its major expenses in
the program.
Keeffe will Immediately begin
preparing estimates for submis
sion to the army. Contracts for
the work, which Keefe said will
be completed regardless whether
"Hitler decides to quit fighting."
will be let directly from the
estimate.
Vote Zone Change
On ValMMnndl
The council approved an ordin
ance hill changing property ad
joining the present Dairy Cooper
ative association building on
Fairgrounds road from a resi
dential to a business sone la or
der to permit the cooperative to
erect a new milk pasteurization
and distribution plant.
Fred Claus, local manager for
the association said the coopera
tive planned a building which
will be the most modern milk
plant on the coast.
A request irom ue saiem-in-dependence-Klngs
Valley highway
association that the city trade
city g owned property for right of
way for improvement of portions
of. the - highway Inside the city
limits was referred to the real
property and street committees.
A report recommending that
an alley from 14th street to East
avenue in Centennial addition be
named Morningslde Lane was
approved. ' . -
Woman Acquitted,
Brutality Charge
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 4-
Alded at. the last moment by vol
unteer counsel, Mrs. Eloise Davis,
24, was acquitted today of a
charge of unjustifiably punishing
her son, Richard,' 4, by burning
his hands with matches.
She was accused of burning him
for taking food from the- family
ice box, but she contended in justice-court
that playmates applied
the matches. .
Telephone Gain Less
NEW- YORK, Not. 4-iT-The
American Telephone St Telegraph
Co. reported today its principal
subsidiaries had a gain of about
100,900 telephones In service during-October
compared with gains
of lot, 200 in the previous month
and $6,900 in October, 183.
(Pub &&&ca$uny
Let as show you that dull upholatery
and diay rugs ctn look fresh again.
Ucpfitef at thejttore or telephone.
We will send a special operator to -
Col&r-clean on large rug end orui
fwece ef upholstered furniture.
Te offer tLIs eervke without charge
to acquaint you with Hoover Clean
ing Ensembles and the exclusive
Hoover Color-Cleaning method that
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Greek Freighter
At Dutch Harbor
KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Nov. 4-()-U3
coast guard headquarters
here reported today the Greek
freighter Georgios Potomanlas
had taken refuge at Dutch Har
bor, in the Aleutians, because of
fears for its safety since Greece's
involvement in war.
The ship was reported to have
entered the neutral port Friday,
en route from Wilmington, Dela.,
to Japan on orders from the Greek
government. The nature f the
ship's cargo was not disclosed.
The ship's radio was sealed under
neutrality regulations, but the
freighter is free to leave or remain
indefinitely.
Dutch Harbor is the site of one
of the new United States naval
bases In Alaska.
Valley View Club
Has PTA Meeting
VALLEY VIEW A good sized
crowd attended the parent-teachers
meeting Friday night. At the
program hour the group enjoyed
films of the progress of the gaso
line industry, western rodeos, and
a technicolor travel picture of the
far outposts of Standard Oil
company employes. The pictures
were presented by Mr. and Mrs.
Preston, Standard Oil company
representatives.
; Other numbers were a piano
soloLloyd Mnlkey; music by Mr.
and Mrs. James . Mulkey and
Jeanne Marie. After the program
H. K. Funrue auctioned pies
brought by the ladies. Proceeds
netted around $8 which will be
used for school purposes.
Skim Milk to Be
Taken for Relief
I WASHINGTON, Nov. 4-PVrThe
surplus marketing administration
announced today it would receive
2,3(0,000 pounds of dry skim
milk from the " Dairy Products
Marketing Association, Inc., for
relief distribution.
The association will give-the
SMA title to the milk at the point
of purchase and the SMA will do
nate it, with containers, to state
welfare agencies.
Lost Night oh Mt. Hood,
Found Monday Unharmed
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PORTLAND, Nov. 4 vp) A
highway crew today found Mettso
Do I, 22, Japanese, unharmed af
ter a night oa Mount ' Hoed near
Government Camp. - .
He became separated from a
mushroom-picking', party Sunday
afternoon."
Naples Bombed, Rome Is
Under 241 our Air Alarm
- NEW YORK, Nov. 4-p)-The
British radio reported tonight in
La broadcast heard ly NBC that
British bombers - had attacked . a
railway and oil tanks at Naples
and , that Rome was - under air
alarm for two hours. ;1
Angott and Latka Draw
SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 4-OP)
-Sammy An go It, of Louisville,
Ky.,- National Boxing Association
lightweight champion, and George
Latka of San Jose, Calif., fought
a ' f act 1 0"-rous t draw liere ,to
night.; -- - ' - -
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LARGt riQURf- OXrNTY PRtCIMCT
Shall rmi - City Wtkd
No.l Trainee to
s t
hi
Robert Bell and Virginia C&rter
Robert Bell, 21-year-cld Washington youth whose number, 158, was
called first in the national draft And who has been called the "No. 1
draftee' because bis mother was In the audience at the time, plane
to get married, Nor. 8, in spite of the fact he is eligible for a year's
military training. Bell, ahown with his fiancee, Virginia Cartsr, were
buying furniture for their home-to-be when informed hie number,
had been caned. Ben Is a former St. John's university football player
Keeps on Talking
Until Polls Open
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Nov. 4-MP1
Edward Devlin passed the tlth
hour of a projected - hour
speech for President Roosevelt
at 7:1 p.m. today, confident he
can talk until o'clock tomorrow
morning.
The 10-year-old University of
Albama student admitted he was
near collapse last night until ha
at In a chair a few hours still
talking. .
Devlin plans to talk until the
polls 'open In Atlantic City, NJ,
his home.
Hull too Busy to Vote at
Home: Sends it by Mail
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WASHINGTON, , Nov.
Secretary Hull will ' remain in
Washington . working on foreign
affairs tomorrow while the rest
of the nation votes.
The secretary, a ' resident of
Tennessee,, voted by mall on Sat
urday, Ma ballot' solng to Car
thage, Tenn. . .
Sift,, as as ! aeosajOTvae)s)sjejtBsa y -v " . ' Q - 4 r ' 'I " ..
Standard Gissllse is a kit with
thousan.ii ci cactorlita! A bit for
getaway mHea- sxjd anti-knock
power. Yea rt Ilstm Cert-ice with
Cicndzrd Czechs Unsurjssadl "
mrAMnjueo on. cowpamt or caufosnu
OIZGOII STATHn.LIIl, Cdkzs.
PRECINCTS"
SALEM . OREGON
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Wed Anyway
Votes Two Hours
After Operation
FAIRMONT. Minn., Nov. 4-(P)-Claude
Snock of Monterey, 21,
isn't going to let an operation
keep him from his first chance to
vote In a presidential election.1
His appendix was removed un
der local anaesthesia at K p.m.
today and two hours later Smock
was marking an absentee voters'
ballot under supervision ef Dep
uty Auditor Big Strom.
National Unity Is
Special Film Plea
HOLLYWOOD. Not. 4.-AV
More than 18,000 motion ilcture
theatres throughout the United
States will exhibit a short film
immediately, after., tomorrow's
election. . urging the nation to
unite behind the presidential can
didate who la elected.
- A 'committee of the film Indus
try prepared the short.- titled "A
Plea for National .Unity.'? ... . . .
Onqva. .Tuesday Kcrclag. ITorenber 5, ISO
Blitzkrieg Has
itsl)rawbaclcs
Machine Ineffective on
Bind, Mountains, Sand .
or Sea, Discovery
By KIRKE L. 8IMPSON
(By The Associated Press) v
: Italy Is learning to her cost In
Greece, as ; Russia discovered In
Finland and Germany found out
at the English channel, that mech
anised warfare has definite lim
itations. -,.--'.:.--'
; "BliUkrieg" methods and battle
equipment demand a favorable
terrain" to- achieve their devasta
ting end. Against wide waters,
tortuous " mountain - barriers or
shifting desert sands, rumbling
tank legions loos much of their
menace. War reverts to the age
old business of man-to-man fight
ing. Greek valor has held Italy's
mechanised power at bay for eight
days In the rugged mountains of
the Greek-Albanian frontier.
Fascist failure to achieve In that
time a 'lightning rhythm'.' of at
tack Is ascribed by Italian com
mentators to bad weather, lack of
roads and Greek resistance.
Roads Are Primitive
Lack of roads in the Eplrus sec
tor probably is the major military
factor In holding up the Italian
push. Mule trails are the normal
means of communication on that
front and Ioannina (Janina), the
first Italian major objective ' la
Eplrus, Is surrounded by. a ter
rain so wild and rugged that the
Greek poet. Homer, depicted the
region as not only the "bad lands'
of Greece, but as the probable site
of Hades. In the 2,000 yeara since
Homer's time neither highways
nor railroads have substantially
improved the terrain for blitx
krieg military use.
The grim fight being made by
the Greek mountain troops where
they are familiar with every Inch
of the ground, however, haa much
to do with Italian ill success. It
does not seem possible that the
Greeks can, even with British air
force help, definitely halt the Ital
ian drive in view of the numeri
cal and. equipment odds against.
Tet they have already balked the
fascist thrust long enough for the
British to establish themselves
firmly on the Island of Crete.
Aid Will Be Rapid
It took Russia from November
20. 12. to March 12. 1240, to
break Finnish resistance on the
Karelian isthmus. If the Greeks
can hold fer only a fraction of
that time, it will afford Britain
opportunity to set up naval air
bases in southern Greece, thus
extending British control of the
Eastern Mediterranean and mak
ing the atatua of the Italian army
in Egypt doubtful.
Successful Greek resistance
may explain the reported trip by
Mussolini's No. 1 aide, Italian
Foreign Minister Clano. to Ber
lin. -There is at least a possibility
that he la seeking nasi aid, mili
tary or diplomatic, to crack down
not only in Greece, nut also on
other Balkan states as yet unln
Tolved. Berlin spokesmen very prompt
ly dismissed as "made in Eng
land" . widespread reports that
Hitler waa preparing another
"peace offensive." It seems prob
able, however, that some Hitler
gesture was discussed in his re
cent conference with Mussolini In
Florence and that the circum
stances of the slowed-down If not
bogged-down Italian attack In
Greece have necessitated a change
of plan.
Bugles WiU CaU .
Citizens to Polls
EA8T ORANGE. NJ. Nov.
-With the opening of the polling
places at 7 a.m. tomorrow boy
buglers will go about the city
blowing reveille reminding all to
Tote for Wendell L. Wlllkle pre
ferably. The Wlllkie-for-Presldent club
organised 12 youngsters to appear
in different sections of this city
and the Associated Wlllkle clubs
ef New Jersey passed the sugges
tion down the line to its 281 mem
ber clubs,-several ef whom have
organised bugle corps to get out
the vote.
Uncovers Deeds ! :
Signed in ' 1031
. PORTLAND, Nov. 4--AtUe
trunks-yielded three aged -land
grants, dating from -1221 -which
C. L. Parcher displayed - here to
day.
- Parch er found the deeds in-his
home. - They were In parchment
paper and were signed by Presi
dent Andrew Jackson. Included
was land on. which the city of
Springfield. 111., now stands.
Frost Damages Crop
SPOKANE.- Nov. eWAV-Tho In
land empire's first killing froet of
the season brought Spokane -a
doten hours of sub-freezing tem
perature last night and -this morn
ing and ruined . a crop of volun
teer 'pears for ' farmers of - the
Garfield - district,- -
CjSc!!no-Untiirpaf sJ
Lato Sports
VANCOUVER. EC. Not. ..4-
(CP) The Portland Baekaroot
took a 2-1 overtime game from
the Vancouver TJont here tonight
in the season's first Pacific Coast
Ico Hockey leagne game in Van
eouver.
The Buckaroos saw an Inexper
ienced Vancouver club tie up the
game - at one-all with but 1C
seconds -of the game remaining.
but came hack in the overtime
to bang In two goals.
County Ballot
Record likely
Half BUmonlin Oregon
May Votei 2 Special
Contests on Here .
(Continued from page 1) V-
are will bo voted npon In a large
part of Polk county.-"'
Local option, 'to forbid aalo of
liquor, will be a county-wide Issue
in Polk county but in Marion
county an issue only In tho town
of Turner..' -
- Salem eitliens will elect a city
recorder, choosing between A.
Warren. Jones, incumbent, and
Hannah Martin, and on ballot
measures to set up a city manager
system to levy a special one
eighth mill tax for publicity pur
poses and support of the munici
pal band, and to repeal the $50.
000 bond iaaae voted in 1932 for
erection of a municipal stadium.
Transportation for
Voters Is Offered
County democratic and repub
lican headquarters both last night
announced that transportation
would bo provided for Salem
voters, regardless of political af
filiation, who can not otherwise
get to the polls their part in a
concerted drive to make today's
vote as complete as possible. The
republican beadquartera t e 1 a
phone number la 79S9, the demo
cratic 21412. .
Twenty young women "enlisted
by the Salem junior chamber of
commerce "covered the town"
yesterday morning by telephone.
urging each telephone company
subscriber who could be reached
to go to tho polls today.
The polls will open at 8 a. m.
and close at 2 p. m. Where double
election boards have been sta
tioned, counting of ballots will
be started at 9 a. m. and continue
until tho Lai lr ing task has been
finished.
All federal, state, county and
city offices will be closed for the
day.
Senator Charles L. McNary,
whose name appears on the na
tion's ballots as republican nomi
nee for vice-president, will cast
his Tote this morning at the MWA
hall, Chemawa precinct, near his
home.
Stolen Seaplane
Traced to Oregon
SEATTLE. Nov. 4 .-TV-Theft
of a seaplane was charged In jus
tice court here today as a search
turned south Into Oregon and to
ward California.
Deputy - Prosecutor John C
Merkel filed a grand larceny :
charge against Warren Devlne,
30, of Seattle. Merkel said Devlne
was seen to fly off In the plane,
with a companion, this morning.
The piano belongs to a flying club
of which Devlne formerly was a
member.
Merkel said the plane had been
reported refueled at Astoria, Ore.,
shortly before noon. It was not
equipped for night flying.
Social Worker Dies
NEW YORK, Not. 4-()-Mra.
John M. Glenn, 11, active In so
cial work for more tbaa four
decades, died today after a long
Illness.
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:,Z ioy. Nelson v
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roops
Capturel2C0
Drive Into Albania Goes
on' Extent of Aid by
. Britain not Told""
r (Continued from page 1)
passed Germany in aircraft, ships
"TbfGeTmaa air.furce resumed
Its attacks on tho United . King
dom last night after Sirtr the
British one of their quietest 24
hour since the all-out air war
fare began September 7.
In eea warfare, the British ad
miralty acknowledged the loss of
two big" armed merchant cruisers
the 12,724-ton Laurentio and
the 11.314-ton Patroclus but
offset these losses somewhat with
the annoaaeement that two more
Italian submarines had been sent
to the bottom. . .
The Germans, emphasiilng
their 'sea activity, declared three
British ships totaling 35.414 tons
had been sunk by a single U-boat
and that five other British ships,
including a destroyer, had been
badly damaged. In addition to the
LaurenUc and Patroclus. tho Ger
mans listed the' 37S-ton armed
cruiser Casanare as sunk.
- In the far east, indications mul
tiplied that the Japanese army
was- drastically shortening Its
lines In China .by withdrawing
from several occupied sones,
especially - In south and central
China,
, . Tne. abandonment of Its sone
of occupation In KwangsL south
China,' neared completion with
Chinese troops hard on the heels
of the retreating forces. The Chi
nese reported - similar withdraw
als were in preparation ' by tho
Japanese In the Chungshan dis
trict, across the Pearl river estu
ary from Hongkong; from the
port of Swatow, .northeast ox
Hongkong; and from Yochow,
river port' In north Hunan prov
ince, southwest of Hankow. .
Blindness to War
Implications Hit
CAMBRIDGE. Mass Nor. 4-
(-Norman -Thomas, socialist
party candidate for president, said ;
tonight that . perhaps the most '
seriout thing of all today "is the
general refusal of American eol-
lege men . . . "to recognize that J
we are dealing with a world In
reTolutlon.
"The failure to recognise this
fundamental fact," he aaid in hli
closing campaign speech before
the Harvard socialist forum, "viti
ates much of our thinking about
the war. Even more does it viti
ate our thinking about democracy
in this country, and the road to
fasciam.
Asserting that lt la the young
who matter moat In the tasks that
He ahead, Thomas said "there la
only one choice that we can make;
it la the choice between the co
operative commonwealth and the
totalitarian state . . . we are not
Gods In wisdom or power to save
tho world by tho devil's meant of
war .
Our basle social task should
be to put machinery to work tor
the conquest of poverty.
Italy Submarine
Loss Big, Claim
NEW YORK. Nov. 4.-4PV-Italv
has lost . 2 9 submarines, or one
quarter of her total underwater
strength, since she entered the
war,- the British Broadcasting
corporation- aaid ' tonight in a
broadcast- heard by NBC. - This
figure included two submarines
which the British reported today
they had sunk.
Jane's Fighting Shipa. author
itative naval guide, gave Italy 164
submarines as of September,
1232. The Itallana entered tho
war In Jane and no authoritative
flgmre on her submarine strength.
since men nas oeen given.)
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-VICE-PRESIDENTS
W. Eyre . - W. S. Walton
"ASST. VICE-PRESIDENTS .
George H. -Riches
ASST. MANAGERS
Tlnkham Gilbert--" " Leo Q. Page
nusn-sAiLnnai
.of the
Roosevelt Fails v
V To Mention Foo
HYDE PARK, NT, Nov.
-The 1I4S campaign ended to
night without s single mention by
President Roosevelt of the name
of his republicXS. opponent, Wen
dell Lb Wlllkle at least In pub
lic address. -
The chief executive made six
major speeches specifically term
ed political by the White House,
and many Informal talks, aai
never did he bring WUlkie'a name
Into one of them.
WillMe Wins out
In First Precinct
(Continued from psge 1)
since the town has neither "a pe
lleeman nor a constable. '
la .orderly fashion tho 1 2 vow
en and I S men soma in tktli
"Sunday best, others wearing ap
rone and overalls formed two
lines. Charle N. Wilson, tho
town's eldest resident, stood at tho
head of one line. To get there he
had walked ' two . and one-hall
miles, after hurrying with chorea
on his farm. '
- As Tovs Moderator George O.
Keeler raised an arm. the voi)
hurried , Into the seven poljlnS
booths six more than usuaL Just
eleven mlnates later, Keeler an
nounced the vote.
TOPCFTHEIUST
COCKTAIL LOCKS!
Stan mil bout: A meteoric
shower y lights crotewng ( I
SanFrmnaseo ttwentfseven.
Kills below! In nil the world,
no ether such view as seen
lAroagH ine aistks windows
in the iJfjr. Nowhere gTr
Dining, dancing, living ...
no human habitation looks f
on such m pleasure exposure t
i the Mark with its thy to-, f
cotton, ms air-minded mod- 1
erns egret. Four .minutes
from the city's center.
states iron 25 per Day
Carage hi BHdIsg
Ctcacx D. SicTH,Cen, Manager
counsel o fiu
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E. FT. Thompson.
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