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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1941)
1 5 - i ... ti- - - .-; - They're Yours: : - Tha community served by Tbe - Oregon , Statesman ' Is your co mm malty, this paper your newspaper. Look to. it for your new It's accu rate, Interesting, on time. . ! i-7e&2ier 4-: Clewdy wtth rata today d Thursday. .Mar, teaan. Tweeday. S3, Jain. ST. Bala 2 lath. River ' 1.S - feet. Southwest wind. Cloudy vita inmnrni yeah Salvia. Oregon, JVodnotday Morning. January. 15. 1941 ! Pries) 3a Ilowtstanrfa Se i Ko. SSI v w m v m m m m i l a i - mm . v i r v m -n mm m -m. m 1 ' ' - i i ' igger A nd Apportionment Bills Due Highway Group in ' Both Houses to Be Sponsors Neuberger to File Measure Revising Representation By PAUL H. . HAUSER, Jr. i i The controversial truck bill to Increase length limits of trucks on Oregon highways from 50 to - 60 feet and the weight limits from' 54,000 to 68,000 pounds will be Introduced today by the nigh way committees of both houses at the request of the state highway commission. The bill was- endorsed by Governor Charles A. Sprague. .; Another bill of major signifi cance and sure to be bitterly con tested, to appear today will be a legislative reapportionment measure' which Representative Richard L. Neuberger (D-Mult-nomah) will introduce. Its prin cipal effect will be to increase Multnomah county's house dele gation from 13 to 19 and the county's senate membership from six to nine. : The reapportionment would be accomplished, Neuberger said, "by consolidating districts now over-represented, mostly in east ern Oregon." He pointed out that while Multnomah county has one legislator for each 22,000 per sons, some districts in other sec tions of the state have a legis lator for each 5000 persons. Neuberger said a provision of the state constitution that pop ulation should determine the dis tribution of legislators has been violated" with respect to Mult-' lomah county "for nearly a" gen eration." (Turn to Page3, Col. 7) Paul U outer t tCoIumirl The house of representatives is described in all the latest tech nical literature as a large body of An nil ,lil.. . K" ' Sy large body of air of a varied tem perature. From all we a va otrn - Koon able to find in Our researches in the Congression al Record and several bound copies of the Lit erary Digest (Lord rest its boners) the house of repre- Faul B. Htaier. r. sentatives should be billowed out t all times by a comfortable quantity of hot air. This is the theory. The practice is different. Of a' the airts the wind can blaw we dairly dislike the gale that weeps across the house. During the 1939 session (com monly referred to as the extended or marathon session) of the leg islature the capitol was new and so were the windows. It was as difficult to get one open in the house as it is supposedly difficult to open a Pullman window. Fur thermore, there were no axes han dy. This iyear they're showing off and opening all the windows. The house has a doorkeeper, " bat no ' window keeper . We strongly recommend one. We can't understand how a door keeper with a family crest won Id permit ns to take on an ordinary run-of-the-mill com mon cold. . We don't know what to do with a common cold. Not that we've never had one, understand? We ve -had so many common colds that the Kleenex company counts as among its assets. We devour everything we see about the common cold. Just the other (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) W lull f 'I Nuisance Charged Following Raid on'Webfodtf Club Here ' Ray Samuel Maynard, proprie tor ot the "Webfoot Club" In the basement of the Oregon building, bis wife, Dorothy Evelyn, and two of bis co-workers, William B. Bar ber and Harding C. Chinni, stood - charged with maintaining a com mon nuisance here yesterday fol lowing a raid on their establish ment early Tuesday morning by operatives ot tbe state liquor con trol commission. , i Arraigned before Justice of the Peace Joseph B. Felton yesterday - afternoon, Maynard took 24 hours - to: enter his plea, and was or : dered released from custody on payment jof 12 50 'ball. Tbe others charged had not ap peared before the court by late yesterday. ; All were free on ISO ball each, assessed against them at the time of the raid, i The matter was complicated by ' tbe ' seizure by officers of three large cartons allegedly containing liquor which were found an the slab's premises. - - Truck Liriiit in Jobs Changed For These T P tf O f . 4 4 V 'A C M. Rymlerson, top, Portland, who was elected Tuesday as chairman of the state industrial accident commission succeeding Jj. O. Areas, below. The latter succeeded T. Morris Dunne as the commission's representa tive on the ' state bond com mission.'' ; - - - xj'- .-. Kellogg Bandit Foiled at Bank Two Husky Idaho Miners Battle With Robber; New Yorkers Kill KELLOGG, Idaho, Jan. 14.- -A couple of husky miners, who wouldn't be "scared" by a would be bandit's pistol broke up a day light robbery attempt at the Web er bank of Wardner, the oldest bank in the Coeur d'Alenes min ing district, this afternoon. Archie McPhail, serving his first day as sheriff of Shoshone county, said the bank had stayed open late to cash- pay checks. The man, whom the sheriff said - gave the name of George Kelly, 25, of New York City, forced Charlotte Matson, teller, and Mrs. Audrey Jenkins, assist ant cashier, to line up against the wall and scooped np about 11200 in the cage. As he turned to flee, the sher iff said, ,Mrs. Jenkins husband. Harry and William Furze, both Bunker Hill employes, entered the bank lobby and disregarding orders to line up, dived at the robber. . The pistol jammed after one wild shot and the robber was overpowered, but not until Fure had been cut on the head by the clubbed weapon, the sheriff added. NEW YORK, Jan. H.JP) Two young payroll bandits bro thers coldly shot to death a pro testing victim today in an eleva tor of a mldtown building, then raced onto crowded Fifth avenue, terrorized throngs of noon - day shoppers, killed a patrolman and sent a bullet into the throat of a taxi driver. a motion filed yesterday afternoon by Maynard's attorney asking that the- beverages held as evi dence be removed from the Juris diction of the court. In an accompanying affidavit, Maynard stated that the liquor confiscated , came from compart ments designated by the names of private owners, and that these names also apeared on the bot tles themselves. "I. as the owner ot the Webfoot club, the affidavit continued, swear that such alcoholic bever ages, each as designated by indi vidual names, are owned by such individuals and are not my prop erty, never hare been my proper ty, and that certain of such own ers have mad a demand on me tor the return ot such beverages. Names ot the alleged owners were not given in the affidavit. District Attorney Miller B. Har den, attorney for the prosecution In the absence in Bend of Robert O. Boyd. Portland, counsel for the 1 . ; (Turn to Page 2, CoL T.) Today Marion County Still Has Dog Control Board ; Attorney , Gives $ jiion. Court ; Erred 6" in Recent Ruling 1 Judge Hewlett Declares Money Wasted; Wants Legislative Action ; The Marlon county dog control! board, ordered abolished by the! Marion county court at Its first meeting last week, rose as : up from the dead yesterday with the; filing of an official, opinion on its status by District Attorney Miller; B. Hayden. i j The board, on which the eOun-j ty spends $150 annually in per! diem fees, is a creation of the leg-j Islature, the district attorriey wrote In response to an inquiry; by the court, and, in the absence Of specific authority; cannot; be abolished by action of the county! court. - f ! "The act would have to be amended giving the court specif ie authority to abolish said dis4 trict," ' Hayden wrote In response to an Inquiry by the court. The opinion cited the enabling act of the legislature, in which the last statute' was enacted in 1939; which requires the county court of any county to declare a dog control district in the full county! on petition of not less than 50 sheep or goat owners, or any oth- er livestock or poultry owners in the county. Such a petition was filed in Marion county on October 1251 1935, it states, and on the follow ing November 1 the dog- control district of Marion county was de- clared by the county court. 1 i Since no provision of law spot cifically authorizes the county court to abolish such a dog con trol district and its board of su pervisors, the general rule of law is that no municipal body such as the county can abolish an office created by the legislature. The opinion was filed in the district attorney's name' and with h 1 i written approval by Talbot Ben nett, deputy district attorney; In view of the district attor ney's opinion. County Judge 1 Le4 roy Hewlett indicated, the matter of the board's abolition will pro babl ibe brought to tin ' attention of the legislature at its present session. He i characterized the money spent on the control board itself, as distincs from the district con trol officer, as largely wasted from the point of view of the county's welfare as a whole, and expressed the desire to see the ex penditure eliminated as soon as possible. Abolition of the dog control board ; was a part of the Judge's original program on taking office last week, and was acted upon with the first business handled by the reconstituted court. Oregonians Get Congress Plums McNary Leads With Many Committee Jobs and as Minority Chief WASHINGTON, Jan. 14.-f uregon congressmen, wno have drawn ehoice committee assign ments are hoping this week to see new members placed on important duties. Senator McNary (R of Ore);, besides being minority senate leader, is the ranking republican on, the commerce committee! and library committee, second republi can on agriculture and forestry, and holds places on Indian affairs, irrigation and reclamation, select committee on government organ ization and special committees on conservation of wildlife, .to study executive agencies, to study small business and the silver committee. Senator Holm an (R of Ore) on the powerful senate appropria tions committee. District of Co lumbia committee, military af fairs and public lands. Representative Mott (R of Ore) is now second ranking republican on, the house naval affairs com mittee, public lands committee and is ' second republican ea the roads group. Representative Pierce (D of Ore) Is on the house agriculture committee and I Rep. Angell iR of Ore) U on the rivers and harbors committee and the se lect commute on wildlife. Silverton Man Get ' . Suspended Sentence l - ; ! J. C, McClaln, Silverton,! i iouno guilty ot being drunk In a puduc puce and was sentenced to serve 30 days in the county jail in a iriaj yesterday before Justice of the Peace Alt O. Nelson, i His sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation on ; pay ment ox coats by order of ! the court. IMeClaia 1 on parole from tne circuit court, after . pleading; guilty to a charge of threatening me commission oi a ieiony. g Aged Pastor Dies PORTLAND, Jan. 14-aVA former; Methodist minister at Can- by, Canyoavllle, Junction City and Portland, Rev. Thomas . Henry Downs. 71. died at his home last aighu 1 lie retired la 1151. .RdDoeve British Given fcHopeWitli RAF Successes Shipping Losses Smallest in Weeks; Italo Editor Claims Sea Victory glish Motorboat Crew Captures Duce General Hiding Near Sea (By The Associated Press) A British air ministry state ment that RAF night fighters are beginning to show results against nocturnal raiders and the admiralty's announcement of one of the smallest week's shipping losses of the war bolstered hopes of Britons tonight of overcom ing eventually the two chief men aces of their embattled Island. Tuesday night's massive fire bomb raid on the southwest port of Plymouth, the target of 10,000 incendiaries and "many tons" of high explosives, showed, however, that Britain has far to go in cop ing with the night raiders and the air ministry admitted as much. Numbers of Squadrons Steadily Increasing The number of night fighter squadrons "is steadily increasing. it said, but added that progress necessarily was slow because the pilots have to be taught an en tirely new technique. A double line of British con voys loaded with troops and sup plies to replace losses in north Africa and Greece has been bat tered by a five-day axis sea and air offensive in the Mediterran ean, Fascist Editor Vlrginlo Gay- da reported Tuesday. All told, official and unofficial Italian sources say that 15 "en emy" vessels have been . sunk or damaged. The fascist high command it self has placed the score" at . 10 British wsjrships bit. Of: which a submarine and a cruiser were re ported sunk. Tuesday's war bulle tin said the "enemy" submarine was sent to the bottom January by Italian planes and motor torpedo boats. The crew of a British motor- boat, directed by patroling air craft, has snatched the Italian blackshlrt General Francesco Ar gentlno from a hiding place ' by 'the water's edge" in North Af rica near Tobruk Libya, British middle eastern headquarters an nounced today. The number of Italian generals declared to have been seized in the fighting in Egypt and the British counter-offensive in Libya thus was increased to eleven. Argentino was identified by the British as commander of Ital ian forces at Sidl Barranl, Egypt. the' first major fascist base to fall in the desert campaign. He com manded a blackshlrt (political militia) division, having gone into that service from the regular army. Search for a large party of Italian generals and senior of fleers, which already lias proved successful, still is being carried out by Hurricane aircraft ot the RAF," It was announced. ITALO BOOTY CAPTURED, ..V- " m- British traam mm basv coUectisz: ia the wake of their advance mtim m Aarplin notion " Mdbonar. Above Pictured are - ln iMhixi ! nedu If Haas. ara all that renuuns af aa awtpost after Its recaptare la which Australian forrea nlared each sea. land and air resulted ta ANOTHER Three members of one famfJy, mother, daughter and araadaMXher, a direct hit oa this borne la Baaei, neutral SwiUeriaad. While the blame. It Is believed the attack reealted through u error. Langlie Is Certified Washington Governor Republican Executive Will Be Inaugurated and Deliver Maiden Address at Joint Session; Huge Ball Planned at Armory OLYMPIA, Jan. 14. (AP) Arthur B. Langlie, whose election was certified by the state legislature late today, will be inaugurated at 11 a. m., Wednesday, and shortly thereaft er will deliver his maiden address to a joint session of the senate and house of representatives. - I.. .- The certification of Langlie means the state of Washing. ton's highest office will be held by republican, while all other ma jor state office holders are demo crats. After be is sworn in by the new chief justice, John S. Robinson of Seattle, the new governor and Mrs. Langlie will receive senators, representatives, state officials and others in the elaborately fur nished reception room of the state capitol building. Tomorrow evening, in Olympla's new armory, will be held tbe inau gural ball. The capital city's new mayor, Truman Trulllnger. and Mrs. Trulllnger. will head the re ception line and introduce guests to the new chief executive and Mrs. Langlie. This event takes place at 9 p. m., and daaclng starts at 10 o'clock. The senate and house go Into Joint session in the boas cham ber at 10:40 a. m., with elective officials in the front seats. When the legislators are ready to receive Langlie, ha win be no tified, by a Joint committee and escorted to - the rostrum. The elective officials will be sworn In after the new governor takes the oath of office. At last reports. It will be avail able tomorrow or Thursday. - ? . 1 - abaad in the African western desert, ac- accompany in photos clippcrea Hens dampa ot arsw and a manual tfam Below, ahattered walls and rabble a vigorous wart. Bombardment y almost total destractioa ef the city. - -" wSa .i -TTT:"J BBiaej Anger OF THOSE "FATAL Nippon Men In Trouble, Two Places VANCOUVER. BC. Jan. 14. (CP)-Tsutae Sato, Japan-born principal of the largest of Van couver's six Japanese schools, tonight denied charges made before the Vancouver city coun cil by Alderman Halford Wil son that the schools are 'subsi dised by the Japanese govern ment. Sato, principal of the Alex ander street school which has 900 Japanese children, said the purpose of the schools Is to bridge the gap between the old er Japanese most of whom scarcely - speak English and their - children. Ha said the schools are maintained by a fee charged each pupil. FRESNO. CaUf.. Jan. 14. (Jp)The presses will not roll next; Thursday in the Japanese Weekly Times building In Fres no. 8. Nagaoka, publisher ot the paper, figures it will take him and hla Japanese' typesetter and a pressman at least a week to pick. up. and . segregate eight cases of pled Japanese Ideo graphs "and characters. There are - thousands of them. It all happened when Negao ka last night fired Pressman Tatsumi Watanabe. 49. who re turned; t hla former place of employment, ' upbraided Pub lisher Nagaoka for firing him, and . tipped over the type. . - TstsnmL. the printer, today was la the county Jail, await lng trial on charges at assault and battery, disturbing; , the peace' and malicious mischief. Soviet Ship Arrive ! With Women Scilon - PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 14-((P-With women sailors aboard., the ice-battered Soviet freighter An gara to ry arrived here today. . , The ship a bow . plates showed evidence of plowing through lee floes and the propeller was bent. Skipper G. Bondarenka would not say how many women sailors were aboard. ls, - - . Tbe Angarstory will load 11- rill lag equipment and loot toas of rags. Forestry Blan Dies' PORTLAND, Ore-. Jan. 1-3V Albert G. Aug ell, 13, US forestry service Inspector, was found dead of a heart attack: la hia automo bile tonight. Deputy Coroner Earl Shea reported. - " . - lie died a route from his of fice ta hla home, the deputy cor oner said. 'AngeU came here five years ago from Bead, Ore. The widow, Ruth, and a sob, V.'Hilam, survive. v , : -; ERRORS" dled'.wbea aa aerial boatb cored caption did not attempt to Hx Crossings Made Flag Stations School Board Designates Stops on Bus Routes; Student to Signal Two railway crossings oa Salem school bus routes will be desig nated as flag stations, at the re quest of the state utilities depart ment, the school board decided last night. At each a student will bo sent ahead of the bus to signal tbe ""SfHVfer on it no train is In sight. The board provided that the flagman bebot below Juor bfgh school age. Superintendent Prank B. Ben nett said be did not know the ex act locations ot the two crossings. One is in the Mission Bottom dis trict, tbe other south of Salem. Stop signs where drivers on the senior high school grounds enter 14th and D streets will be re- quested in a letter to the city . council, authorised last night. Painting ot a "slow" sign on the road is also sought. Examiaatioa TraaacHpts Are Unnecessary Here No objections were .voiced to a recommendation by Superin tendent Frank B. Bennett that the district inform applicants for teaching positions that it would welcome transcripts of the. results of national teachers examina tions. The examinations, prepared by a national committee, will be given la March In Portland. Med ford aad Pendleton. Though they ara required for new teachers In some large cities, including Port land, they will not be made com pulsory here. Acquisition of 13 trees to go Into the parking on 19th street, adjoining Englewood school, was approved. To relieve a condition which - Bennett remarked Is be coming a hazard In the neighbor hoods, new fencing for the swim ming pools at Leslie and Ollnger was ordered. Care ot shrubbery on school grounds was delegated to district employes. Tbe board voted to request the building and grounds committee to give attention to the ten-year city planning program in relation (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) State Income and Excise Taxt Collections Shoiv Huge Gain Net allocated Income and ex cise taxes collected la 1940, after refands. aggregated 11,021. 32C.CC. a gain of 31 per cent over collections In 1929 and 10 per cent over 1931. the state .tax commission reported to the state legislature here Tuesday. - Total net collections In 1940 from Individuals tor. ail tax years, representing two-thirds ot the 1940 collections. Increased 2S.T per cent over 1939.' Net in comes reported by individuals on returns filed in 1940 oa 1939 Incomes Increased 2 2.i per cent over the total reported oa re turns filed tm 1939 oa 193S In- The 1940 aet collections from corpora Uone for all tax-years In creased .40.S per cent over 1939 while net Incomes . reported .by corporations on returns filed la 1940 on 1939 Incomes . Increased ST.n per eenL- over retaraa filed on 193S incomes. Of the set allocated collections of $1,021,321.11 there has been receipted to the general fund SS.eoe.eee. leaving aa. accumula tive unreceipted balance ef f 2S 542.41 exclusive ef s o s p e n s e items. . , There .were 109.S21 returns filed la 2940 of which 105.497 were taxable. Returns filed tn- crtased 13 per cent over 1139 1 . ! I dn 770 Flays . Critics ; Of Aia'Bfflas iriouc Outburst Seen as Direct Reply- to Wbetler's jSpech'on Sun (lay Senator I Admits ; Charging IJS Foreign 1 Policy Lei din s to War WASHINGTON. Jan. Displaying; more 'anger! than thaa be has shown in many a day, PresW unpa i i that! critics ot his ald-to-Britain plan! were' guilty of the "rotten eefj and J "most dastardly" un- -truths whea they charged that the plan! would result in ''plowing an- ' der j every fourth American child.- ; -; j . ? Te president named jno names at a; pres conference, but it was immediately recalled that: Sena tor Wheeler (D-Mont), embattled opponent of the Roosevelt plan, badi said7, In a speech Sunday night that "the lend.lease-gtva program Is the new deal's triple A foreign", policy plow under ev ery ifourtb American boy.. As sooja aa be heard of the president's remarks todsy. Wheel- . er shot pack with a statement 7 thatj "apparently the j president losti bis temper. He I expressed the hope -that his "plow under statement' would prove to be un true; but added that every speech of the president leads the country a stp "closer to war." j FIasaeap-Reealta From' Broad Powers Dtecassiosi Tbe president's remarks grew out jof a discussion of the recently introduced bill girls g him broad powers to supply war -'materiala. andi otherwise assist countries battling the axis powers. - At reporter noted! that tbe bill bad; beea' called a blank7 check. and; asked for -the president's comment on that. ' 1 Mr. RooeereJt said he supposed thejbest way to put ft was to sug gest that someone writis him aa- other bilL that could not be so la belled and that would Accomplish the Tsame-objectives. ; "tTbst Is not sn answer." ho as serted, "to those, at all; who talk about plowing under every fourth ' American child, which 1 regard aa i the jmostr untruthful, as the most HirHivl m.n.irintii. ihi tut , vMi.w 0lIo0. mm that "That : really Is the! rettenest thing that has been' said In pub lie life Id my generation. Readily accepting tbe respon sibility for making; the charge, j(Tura to page 9. cL 1) J . i j r FihatRites set! For Lars Bladine i i :!- McMINNVTLLE. Jaaj 14.-, Funeral services tor Lars E. Bhv dlad. C. publisher ot the MeMlna vilie Telephone Register, will be held 'herd Wednesdsy at X p. ia. Thai body-will be sent to Iowa for bartaL s. . i - i t 1 Governor Charlea Ai Sprague expressed- sincere regret Tuesday when be waa told of the suddea death ot Lars E. Bladln. publish er qf the; McMlnnviBo-Telephone Register. .He was f 4 years old. Governor Sprague referred to Bladine aa one of the most out standing .newspaper ; publishers la Oregon, tie previously served as president' of the Oregon Newspa per Publisher's association. r 1 i f andj 21 Pr cent over 1932. Tax able) retains filed 'increased 20 per j cent Over 1939 aad 21 per cent over .1931. I t- ! - The following summary shows thejsourtea ot 194-e collectloast Current taxes collected In 1940, 1 5.2 9 S.St CO 4; additional and de-llnoj-sentj: $f 7S.S07JS2; t penalties and: interest, $43,494.03; distraint warrant eoUections, . 1 40.45 2.10. Refunds and "sot I sufficient funps -checks - cut 1 31.343.1 from the total, making the final sum '34.121, 324.444. f 1 . i - The report showed! that the average effective tax rate on In dlrlduals for 1939 over 1139 In creased froni,l.?0i per cent to , 1.71 pet cent and-' for corpora tioos frem 4-t pef cent to S.g per can & j t .: ;Princisal factors In creating col lectons was . lmjrovement la economic conditions, taxation ct federal lenrployea and,, adminla-trative-erfJeieaey, ?the; tax cxx misalon aaid. j . Dariit tie period 1331 to IS II a tjotal cf $41,474,310.14 of in eeme lax revenues; were applied to reduce state property tax lev. lea.; This includes estimated col lects of $5,7?S.ttUS iarl2l 1341. t .; . : i : - The percentage of cost el col lection la 1940 waa 2.0 i per ceat, as omrsred wit "2.5 5 per etsfc Is 1139 tad 1.37 Lj 11SS. --I - I ; ' ' . i I i - ! j ! The seizure was referred to in 1 U - , - 11