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NEJETHTH YEAH Solera. Oregon. Tuesday Morning. February 4, 1941 Price 3a Newsstands 5c No, -S3 i "mo Tl Tl Dei0 1 74. n i Reported TFT' v ; I i : ! Tl : i I - I,' - More E atwta Italian's Grip Slips in Libya As RAF Raids British Sweep Eritrea f Strongholds, Push on Into Other Areas Weather Slows Bombings , in England; Nazi Air Bases Pounded Under the steady,;, hammer : ing of British forces, Italy's grip on its new African em ; pire continued to slip last " night, while her axis partner, : Germany, sought . by diplo matic pressure to fasten' its 4 hand on all of France, unoc " cupied as well as occcupied. British airmen, pacing the . advance Into Libya, were report ed to hare bombed heavily . Cas ' tel Benito and Zanznr, south and " -west, respectively, of Tripoli, in ' the westermost thrust of the British campaign to date. Castet Bonito, -where seven Italian planes were said to have : been destroyed on an airfield, is 15 miles sooth of Tripoli. Zanxar, ; where an airdrome also was .at tacked is a railroad and motor - highway center on the coast west of Tripoli. r These i raids left little doubt that the British intend to try to wrest all of Libya from the Ital ians. ! ' The British also announced ef . ficially the capture of Barentu, : Italian .stronghold in Eritrea, on ' Sunday a few hours after the fall r .(Turn to page.2, col'3 ! : teie Bfl Paul tlauser' Column If the nature study class will pot on its glasses and pick Up Its notebooks we will today make one of our loof?-"- infrequent Jaunts? -into the homes' of our feathered friends, i i Well, here we" e,- are. Quick trip wasn't it. kid dies - n e r b w i are in the homes! tf vnn Ucrmin V will get off of that egg we will precede to lax- Onr first sub Jeet (may we have the slide please, operator) Is of the arctic tern. The aretic tern is, in a sense, a strictly stay-at-home bird. He stays at home part of the time in his northern home around the north pole and stays at home part of the time In his southern or country home around the south pole. The rest of the " time, which is no mean , matter for ; Calculation, he spends in transit, ' "What 11,000 mileii between poIesT is the stock answer of 'arctic terns when questioned on this commuting. , We have never had even a nod ding acquaintance with an arctic tern, which j undoubtedly quali fies us to speak i with authority on their lives and times and other habits. We thought we saw one once, -but found out quickly and to our sorrow that it wasjust a Unlike the common or domes tic duck the tern lays IU eggs on Ice or snow. They have no objection to cold storage eggs. If yon don't believe . this, : ask AUdubon or John Kieran or some body that knows like your school librarian.'.- . This, kiddies. t the English starling. It is difficult to tell from the picture whether this Is male or female 1 starling. Don't let It worry yon. It never worries the starling and he (or she) doesn't know half the time either. The starling, as other ornithol ogists than ourself have discov ered. Is a sex switcher. He starts oat heating , his chest and being the dominant male and she ends up laying an egg.. So do we. , c -'.;---;-- ; , - ,;--f- Dr. X. D. TrtUti insista at -hi s nkaly lMklng rtlnknr la taa narth aad af Happaar Taara- -day aoa la Mat way a at af M fhM an tka fag bask, aiak t&f this s tklag af taaaty. . -Padltoa Zt Orcraiaa.. ; , Pot o' gold In the fog bank maybe? my r-- :-H ; - MARITIME NOTE. The Wheatland ferry put into port raked and; scarred after , a week's cruise. The commander an nounced "the craft victorious la a prolonged engagement with enemy shore batteries that turned out to be Chinese Kew Year's in a hop ranch. I- Nips Court Appol Recorde. Herman Lanke, Secretary 'of State Deputy to Qualify Today Succeeding Albert J. Egan, Deceased; Appointment Unanimous Herman Lanke, 34, secretary of the Marion county re publican central committee and at present ah auditor in the office of the secretary of state, was appointed Monday by the Marion .county court to succeed Albert J. Egan, county recorder who died last Saturday, morning in Portland.! The appointment was announced following an afternoon meeting or the court ana was re ported to have been unanimous. Lanke indicated last night that he would qualify for the office this morning by taking oath and filing the required bond. He made no statement as to possible mem bers of his official staff. A deputy in the secretary of state's department since. 1928, Lanke has served in the. election and in the motor vehicle divisions of that office. At present he is an auditor in the gasoline tax re fund department. He has been a resident of Sa lem for many years, and Is a graduate of Salem high school. He also attended the college of liberal arts of Willamette uni versity, and was enrolled for . " two terms In the . Willamette . law school. He Is married and is the father of two children. Active in county republican work, Lanke has served on a number of party committees and Is at ; present a precinct commit teeman in addition to being sec retary of the county central com mittee. His appointment was rec ommended Monday to the county court, by Dr. B, F. found, county chairman. , Lanke's w a s one of several names submitted to the .-county court for its approval. He was de scribed ; by Xloxmly; Judge Hewlett Monday as a jroung man who is well trained and well qualified to discharge the office of -county recorder." He will serve out the term of Albert Egan, which ex pires in January, 194$. Bill Asks Tax on Electrical Users An electric consumers tax in lieu of the current property tax on electric utilities, both private and public, is provided in a bill now being drafted by Sen. Ronald Jones (It-Marion) and other up per house members. The tax would be based on the amount of electricity used and the revenue would go Into the county school fund. The bill would eliminate the property tax now imposed on these utilities. Sen. Jones said his bill would raise more funds than the ' current property tax ' and would be more equitable to all concerned. Investigation by Sen. Jones in dicated, he said, that more than 13 per cent of electric utility re ceipts now go for property taxes. Realtors of Salem Eat Oregon's Products. Champion products of Oregon were eaten or applauded, which ever was suitable, in such impres sive numbers and variety as to make of the Salem Realty board's annual banquet Monday night at the Marlon hotel one of the out standing Oregon appreeia tton events in a decade. Oregon's future was extolled in terms equaling those earlier be stowed upon the various cham pions, in the two closing addresses by Chester A. Moores of Portland and Hep. James A. Rodman of Eu gene who in addition to being a legislator, is president of the Ore gon Association of Real Estate Boards. U V; ' Salem's future particularly was painted in bright colors by Miv Mooree, who steady increase Since 1033 Jta ; home - iconstruetkm here, ; the present shortage of h s e though, 253 were built in 1940 for an all-time record, and the i further growth which he said was assured by the state's grow ing prosperity, the defense pro gram la which the Salem Tkln. it will share because of Its ag riculteraT products and the ex pansion which will foOew. the war hen the orient will await rebuilding and become this na tion's best customer. - . Now is the time to build, Mr. Moores emphasized, because while building costs have risen slightly almost entirely in the em f' labor they are still below 1920 levels and they will never be low er than they are now Home own ership, he a d d e d . i : the best "hedge against Inflation. Attractions Described - Rep. Rodman described the at- 1 -' l , ; : - T 6 - 1 I 'JSeiv far County r HERMAN LANKE Hermiston Gets Munition Seven ; and Half r Million Project .to Employ Over 1500 Men HERMISTON, Ore., Feb. 3-(JP) -A $7,547,61 contract for con struction of an army, ammunition dump four miles west of here has been awarded to J. A. Ter teling & Son of Boise, Idaho, sub ject to approval in Washington, DC. Capt. R. C. Williams said today. Williams, construction quarter master, said the contract, which was by negotiation, provided for the company to start work imme diately. Terteling said work would start in a week or 10 days, with between 1500 and 2000 to be employed. About 12 months will be required to complete the proj ect, he added. i The contract calls for (50 con crete igloos which will have; a capacity of S00 carloads of pow der, 100 miles of paved roads and 35 miles of railroad on the 1C, 500 acre site, almost all of which : is owned by the Northern Pacific railroad and the county and fed eral governments. mm' : t i r " '' " ' 1 : L i . ' ' f t v , i. i -J, s- "tmwm , J - ' J ' 4 "i- --- v--wwP' . r : -i : - f ' s. X' Dump Hear Future Extolled s . I ' i n V CHESTER A. MOORES (Tells Future of State) ! tractions of Oregon as viewed by a comparative newcomer." , : : ;L . The parade of - Oregon cham pion products was beaded by three human "exhibits"; Geraldlne Be Lancey of Corvallis who j won the Moses trophy, highest leadership award In the national 4H club eompeitlon ; ; Mary . Filllnger of Clatsop county, western sectional winner in the 4H record; contest; and Robert Ziellnski of Salem, western sectional winner! In meat animal production They; were in troduced by William Teutsch of the Oregon State college extension servlee. -: ... ' - l - J J. A. Haaaou' of Corvallis, 5? Chief Assumes FiiU Military Power in Isle Other Late War Reports Indicate Nazis Irked on Donovan Visit Two American Attaches in Legation at Oslo Held by Germans HAVANA, Feb. S-UrVPrei-dent Fnlgencio Batista an nounced late Monday night that he had taken personal com mand of the army, navy and national police forces, shortly after army guards threw np sandbags at strategic points in side the presidential palace and moan ted machine guns at the entrances. Batista -made the announce ment at 11:10 p.m. that he bad accepted the resignations of Col. Jose K. Pedraza, chief of the army, Lieut. Col. Angel A. Gonzales, navy commander-in-chief, and Col. Barnardo Gar cia, former national police chief. Colonel Pedraza had only been appointed head of the na tional police force two days ago in succession to Colonel Garcia. Well informed circles said Batista's government was fac ing a political storm. ANKARA, Turkey, Feb. 4-(Tuesday)-;P)-Col. William J. Donovan left Ankara late Monday night for Palestine, af ter conferring with. Foreign Minister Hukru Haracoglu, Pre mier Kef Ik Saydam and Turk- 4h -military- leaKrra.AIthoUi;II official comment was made on the talks, foreign observers expressed belief that Donovan brought from President Roose velt encouragement for Turkey to stand fast against axis threats to the Balkan nations and asnrances that the United States is determined not to see Great Britain lose the war. LONDON, Feb. 4-(Tuesday) -iJPy-A Reuters, British news (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Final Rites Held For Albert Egan Final rites for Albert J. Egan, Marion county recorder, weTe held Monday morning at 10 o'clock from St. Joseph's Cath olic church. Egan, elected to the recordership in the November balloting, died Saturday morning In a Portland hospital. Rev. T. J. Bernards. officiated and interment was in St. Barbara cemetery, CIough-Barrlck com pany in charge. Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Joseph Rothchild of Portland and a brother. Homer W. Egan of Brooks. holder of many world poultry titles, was introduced and hie achievements were described by Prof. H. K. Cosby of the state college. Ij. A. Hulbart og Inde pendence listed the Jersey breeding honors won by Oregon including 11 out of 18 world records, held principally In Polk ' county including seven achieved by the Hnriburt herds. William McGHchrist, jr., toastznaater at the banquet outlined the achievements of Henry Domes, largest, producer of turkeys in the world. The banquet menu badjncluded some of their prooV : wetaV : " ' -.-. .- Of the other Oregon items on the menu. T. W. Zimmerman told of the new Coos bay oyster Indus try; Rep. Earl Newbry, the Rogue river pear production; Rep. Rld dell Lage, the Hood River apples; Rep. Henry Eemon, the Klamath potatoes; Sen. Ronald Jones, the Oregon celery. Ownerships Kneonraged J. R. Height, president of I the Portland Realty board, character ized . at 'JnitlMi vain," - ttl provision for encouraging land ownership through long-term loans at low interest. ' Governor Charles - A. Sprague complimented the real -estate brokers npon their voltmtary pro gram to elevate their standards and Claude H. Murphy, real estate commissioner.- predicted great ac tivity ahead in the real estate field. W. G. Krueger, president of the Salem Real Estate board, pre sided. Leo N. Childs and Mrs. Winnie 'Pettyjohn beaded two of the principal banquet committees. William McGilchrlet, sr., led group singing. " luiion Irreconciliable Clash Merit on Rating Voiced Labor, Employer Speakers Disagree on Effects, "Jalue at Hearing Benefits Sole Purpose of Act Labor; Stabilizing Payrolls Employer Labor and employers locked horns at a four-hour house judiciary committee hearing Monday night on a labor sponsored bill to repeal the unemployment compensation law's experience rating sec tion, by which employers who stabilize employment would have their payroll taxes re duced beginning next July 1. Representatives of labor con tended the section would reduce employment because employers would hesitate to hire new em ployes during peak periods only to have to dismiss them after wards; would encourage employ ers to pay excessive overtime to present employes; and would pen alize the basic lumber and con struction industries, which would have to pay higher payroll taxes. Spokesman for employers, as serting the last three legislatures promised them the experience rating, said It would stabilize em ployment, because it would en courage them to retain employes during slack periods, rather than dismiss them. Public Discussion Set For Thursday Night The other IS bills to amend the unemployment compensation act will be opened to public dis cussion at a hearing which Rep. Frank Lonergan, judiciary com mittee chairman, has tentatively scheduled for Thursday night. Paul Gnrske, president of the state federation of labor, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Council Reserves Parking "Rights" Goes on Record Special Legislators9 Space not for Always Oregon legislators may have a parking reserve in front of the state capitol during the present session but not "for all years to come," the city council ruled last night. That phrase was stricken out of a resolution adopted to con firm a motion approved at the last meeting. The council decided it had no control over the Kalem Jen ior band, although a motion of Alderman David O'Hara was adopted that the parka and bands committee work out a program with the band organ ization in order that the group might properly represent Sa lem. Dr. Armin E. Berger, newly electedalderman from ward sev en, attended the first meeting of his term. Aldermen Ross Good-; man and Frank Marshall were absent. ' A letter from Miss Elizabeth Lord of the city park board brought forth the. motion by Al der m on Gertrude Lobdell that the juniper tree at -the northeast (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) US Senate Okehs Shipbuilding Bill WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-(JP-The senate voted today for a $350,000,000 emergency s h 1 p -building program. Passed without a record vote, the measure carried $312,500,000 in new appropriations to be used with $36,600,000 available from other sources in building 200 steel cargo vessels as well as new shipbuilding facilities. US Liner Manhattan i Floated From Sand WEST PALM BEACH, Fla4 Feb. 4-(Tuesday)-('-Tho Unit ed States liner- Manhattan was floated shortly before t p. m. (PST) from a sandbar on which It went aground January 1. ' Three . seagoing tugs pulled mightily on the 24,000-ton vessel daring the Incoming tide while two other tugs steamed back and forth, on the shore side to churn up sand. Br their efforts the ship wae dragged a final 7 S feet into deep water, : Dies' I Actions Attacked ' SPOKANE, Wash.. Feb. -JP) In a letter made public here Monday night. Rep. Knute Hill (D-Wash.l charged that Rep. Dies (D-Texas) was interested "wot In the protection ef the country ' but . the publicity and money he would be able to get out of" the activities ' resulting from the committee's work." Consolidation of Five State Boards Pri In Leg islative Measure Bill Seeks Single Commission of Three Members to Administer Labor. Industries, Others The five state boards, commissions and bureaus now ad ministering laws dealing with problems of labor, and in dustry would be consolidated under , a single commission Un der provisions of a bill introduced in the legislature Monday aiternoon vy nep. j. v. -Terry, tu-tjoiumpiaj ueer isiana merchant and farmer. The new agency, designated as the department of labor and industries, would take over the present and future duties of the unemployment compensation, industrial accident ahd state welfare commissions, the labor commissioner, and the state noara or conciliation. The Perry bill sets up the new commission of labor and industries as a policy-making and appeal body and places the administration of four newly created divisions industrial relations, unemploy ment compensation, safety and in dustrial insurance In the hands of directors to be appointed by the commission at salaries not exceed ing $1500 per year. Commission of Three With Staggered Terms The commission would be com posed of three members to be appointed by the governor for two, three and four year terms for the first appointees and thereafter four years for all three. Its members would receive $4800 per year and be forbidden from receiving compensation for activities outside their depart ment, public or private. They would also be barred from hold ing office in a political party. The bill makes no provision for division of district represen tation on the commission for labor, industry and the public. as does the present law relating to the accident commission, whose members ahto constitute the unemployment commission. The three members could be discharged by the governor after a hearing as now provided as to the accident commission. The division directors woujd be responsible to the commission for the administration of all present and future laws relating to industrial relations, would ap point and fix the pay of employes and prescribe administrative re gulations and issue orders subject to the commissioners' approval. Segregation of Duties Outlined in Measure Segregation of duties under the four divisions and special provi sions relating to them under the Perry bill would be as follows: Director of industrial rela tions Appoint woman assistant to administer all laws relating to women and children in in dustry; administer all laws formerly in charge of board of conciliation; and welfare com mission, the latter an existing agency aside from the public welfare commission; administer all laws affecting relationship of employers and employes not assigned to other divisions. Director of unemployment (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) Judicial Split Bill in Hopper The Marion county delegation Introduced in the house Monday its measures for creation of sep arate judicial districts for Linn and Marlon counties by separat ing the present third district. The measure provides specific ally that Judge L. G. Lewelllng, now one of the two third district judges, would be the judge of the new 21st judicial district (Linn county) and that Judge L. H. McMahan would be one of the two judges of the third judicial dis trict (Marlon county). Lobby Hobnobber ..rsX"- Some members of the bouse just can't resist generating emer gency clause wisecracks. Rep. Hosch. for instance, speaking on the ' bill to tighten the law to purify the lobby: "As long as there Is a lawyer in this body, X think there is an emergency." But be voted against the bill. ; And thest there was Rep. John Steelhaauner, who rose to hia six feet-plua to inquire If them wan amy: eaaergeney. aa to a bOl: bearing Bep. Boivin'a nnmc aad relating to wayward girls. He was advised the bill carried no emergency clause. - West Salem's Rep. Lyle Thom as bad . the courtesy of the boose extended 'Monday to his brother. Bill, who is president ot the Wil lamette university student, body. ' - M.- Petersen; In person, the Sheridan Sua columnist' who entertaina his readers with comments en affairs little and big; domestic and Internation al, 'was' shown about the Capi tol Monday. Hie writings fre quently have been picked P and rerun in six-point by Sa lens newspaper columnists, fol Bomber Pilot - -x : - . r n 71i v a LT. ROBERT M. KRDMME$ i Probably dead . with his crew j ef five and a fellow o nicer passen ger, Lieut. Krummes was the chief pilot of the McChord field bomber which disappeared Jan. . lfl and which was reportedly found Monday only SO 1 from Its starting point. Court Upholds Wage-Hour Law Sweeping Decision Makes Child Labor Act Under Congress WASHINGTON. Feb. 3.-UP)- A sweeping decision of the su preme court upheld the constitu tionality of the wage-hour 1 in all its phases and went on few to ch overrule a IS 18 decision wh had denied congress the right to outlaw child: labor. The action raised speculation as to whether a controversial con stitutional amendment, submitted in 1924 but ratified so far jby only 28 of the required 36 states, would become a dead Issue. This amendment would empower con gress to "limit, j regulate and pro hibit the labor i of persons under 18 years of age." Officials at the children's 1u reaa said they would continue to press for ratification of the amendment since three-fourths! of all child labor is employed j in intrastate industry, but the court's (Turn to Page Z, Col. f) lowing his discovery by The : Statesmaa's Hansen With Pe ' tersen was Rev. G. Bcheffold, i pastor of fit. Michael's Catholic ! church, who la in charge ef the Grande Rondo agencv I- ! a lam. mission. : Those two lovable little chil dren, early-beaded, who sat with their auburn-haired mother j in the house Monday afternoon were Kathryn. , and Billy H., j 7, daughter and son of 'Rep., and Mrs. Wililiam McAllister. They're visiting their i parents for ; the week. i ; : ' Daddy McAllister was called! on Monday afternoon to do .a trick aa relief speaker of the housej at the inviUUon of Speaker Bob Farrell. with whom he wagei a vigorous contest for the' job be fore the session opened. Farrell Intends to pass the honor around frequently during the remainder ot the session. ! Presiding over a legislative body Is a gruelling Job. The navy was represented In th senate- Monday but doubts leas it had no connection with the scheduling.. for , Thursday (Turn to Fags 3. CoL 4)1 lidcatedv 2 Woodsmen Wild Hills J. AH Crew Believed Dead in Rugged ! at Morton i ; .1? . Terrain WasK. f Bombing Xarried Secret; igHt; Al Civilians Barred From Area NORTON, 5Vash., Feb. 3 (AP) Two lumberjacks carie out of the fdrests of thi southwestern Washington re gioh Monday with word that thejr had discovered the wreckage of ja tin-moto.red arrfty bomber smashed and scattered against a rugged and almost inaccessible hill side, j 1 ! f ' TJie report promptly launched coordinated planning of the army command froni ' McChord field with state and bounty authorities on an expedition to the scene. . 'Seven men mere I aboard the bomber on Itsj ill-fated takeoff January 1 from McChord field for the Muroc lake bombing range in California. The inen who re ported discovery of khe wreckage said there was no sign off life. Ma. C. B. j Overackerj com mander of the ?3rd bombardment squadron, to which the. plane and crew belonged, said the men were Harry Studhalter" and Tomr Harp er, previous reports h a dl listed Studhalter's brother; Bill, fas his companion. Thee major said the men; told him thiey spotted the wreckage f r o m . 4 distance ot aboift 200 yards through glasses; apparently from a "vantage point. They told him there was bo sign of show nor fire) in the forest. The major, who took command ot rescue operations! after-ibis ar- 4vaj heresaid onettthetad'nien lefttlaje Mondv witb a state pa trolman for the scene, where they would stand galard juntil a main contingent went into the densely forested region! In tiie morning. Officers and .Men Ready f for long Trek to Site Two officers and 122 men with stretcher equipment arrived from Forti Lewis Monday evening; ready for the difficult trudge of about eight miles to the scene tomorrow. MAJor Oversackerjsaid the men apparently were killed Instantly, fromf the description; of the crash scene. He would Hot comment on whether the plane carried one of the army's secret bombing nights, but said the wreckage probably would be dynamited latter all pos sible'was salvaged. 1 (Col. Walter Peck, chief op erating officer at McChord field, disclosed daring this search for the bomber that ft was equipped witli a bomb sight land was en route to the M nrpc range to use it. field of fleers previously had said! the wreckage probably woud be dynamited as matter of policy.) j : j Major Oversacker, who came from McChord field? immediately after Sthe report was received, said the description placed the wreck scenef about 3 HI miles by airline from i this ' little i lumbering; com muniiy in eastern Iewis county, about- 30 miles southwest of tow ering?Mount Rainierj Major Oversacker) did not ex plain ? why the men did not go all the wjay to the wreckage scene. Discoverers Assert One I Body Seen in Wreckage f Kim pie said the men told him they definitely s,w jat least one body.! j j Major Oversale ker would : not discldse the exac.t location of the reported wreckage, ind army of ficers; kept the discoverers- away from Interrogators. The state pa- trot reported it understood It was south, of Morton. 1- r Ani official group representing the army, sUte and Wunty agen cies fathered here Mondays night in mountaineers' a;n d lumber jacks' clothing, ready for the trek into :tks tangled forest reglom (Turn to page V col. 7) j Late Sports! PfllLADEIfHXAj FebJ S -tVP)4B e n n y Leonard and LetT Tendler, whose! battles for tln lightweight chantpionship made ring history 20 years ago met Monday -Bl-g hit for the third tlm. . - . - jeonard, the fornter cham ptota, and bis foremost challen ger of the early' 1920 clowned ; through a three-round ' exhltl tlou whDe a crowd; of 14,800, , Including Hearyweigfit Cham pion Joe. Louis,' roared. - - VANCOUVER,; BC. !Feb. i ( CP ) -Yaheouver Lions defeated' teat tie Olympics 4- jh er e Monday nIgh.t.to step IntorsoJe possession, of second plac:4 In the PacJf'.s Coast Hockey league " staadlajt and! cut Spokane i Bombers laed down to five points. . s LA GRANDE, Ore.J Feb. HD-t Eastern Oregon College of Vaca tion: defeated Albany colltcs ct Portland, SI to ;47. In a tuket ball igame Monday night, i By In i