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I i PAGE TWO FDR,meeler ges Senator Claims President Denuding Airforce; . ' Roosevelt Angry r (Continued From' Page 1) cider statesman and one to whom the entire house always listens at tentively. The lease-lend bill or a measure rerr- much like It would contri bute, he said, to tbe safety and se curity of this nation and wouia have "an Immediate, dynamic ci ted'', upon the morale of the na tions which are fighting orr tne dictators. But he called for two modifications, one to limit the amount of money to be spent and the other to restrict the amount of future commitments tbat mlgnt be undertaken. These, he Said, would "allay tbe apprehension of dictatorship." "If we can do two or three things to this bill," Wadsworth said of his amendments, "It might bring about some greater degree of unity on the part of congress and tbe people of the United State. How much stronger oar action will be if the whole world would know that's the way America feels. I don't belleTe a bill of this sort spells the end of liberty In America. Bat, he continued, "to allay apprehension and make it plain 'that congress is retaining its power and ultimate control of the program, there should be a limit placed on the amount of money." Before tbe senate committee. General Wood, chairman of the America First committee, said tlie bill was "not a defense measure or a lease-lend bill'' but "really a war bill, transferring the war , making powers of congress to the president.' lie added: .Doubts American Public Wants Blank Check Sans Limit "This bill turns orer to the president tbe blood and resources of our nation and gives him pow er to use them whenever in the world he 'deems there Is a country vital to the defense of the United States. "The bill gives the president a blank check on the American tax payers' money for the defense of the British with no safeguards or checks. I presume the majority of the American people would ap prove a pretty big check; but I doubt whether they would like it unlimited." Concerning Britain's ability to pay for war purchases in the United States, he said "It looks as though our British friends are holding out on us.' The BrltLh treasury, he said, had failed to Include in its American assets certain fire and casualty insurance company shares with a "knockdown sale value of some S4O0.00O.0OO. He could see the urgency of England's position, wanted her "to hold out." favored "all possi ble aid short of war" but could not "subscribe to the opinion that even If she Is defeated this country Is in Immediate danger of invasion." "The military strength of Ger many Is great In the continent of Europe," he said. "Translated 3000 miles away It becomes very weak. What we need is not faith In England, fear of Hitler, but faith in ourselves. In effect, you are called upon to write into law the admission that tbe United States cannot defend Its own in tegrity by Itself. In these new phrases we abandon our inde pendence as a nation. "A vast minority if not an ac tual majority of the people will believe we have been tricked into vrar by the passage of this bill, will believe that their leaders in congress have betrayed them." Wheeler Cites Figures On Number of Aircraft The Roosevelt-Wheeler feud j was reopened early in the day when Wheeler cited statistics shout planes. -.. "How can the people of the 'United States act Intelligently t with reference to our defenses wbea they are - not given a breakdown of our plane bold ;ings and do not know the real facts T the senator asked. L "For. the .past eight years, the president-has had a subservient congress, he continued. "He has talked . belligerently and yet this country at present hasn't a sin gle plane , suitable for carrying out his belligerent attitude." ' Ha said he had "absolutely re liable Information" that the army has not a single plane suitable for - modern combat. ' As of January 1, he asserted, the army bad 435 planes 91 heavy bombers, 3 1 medium bomb ers, six light bombers, one pur- Suit, fighter, 212 pursuit inter ceptors, 231 observation, 14 re connaissance and 44 transport hut all of them were Inadequate for modern fighting because all lacked either self-sealing gaso line tanks, sufficient firepower or'sufflclent armor plate. Alaskans Request FDR . 1 to Let I ekes Resign . JUNEAU. Alaska. Feb. l.-UPf-AUiki't territorial legislators passed - memorials , to President Roosevelt Tuesday, asking hlntrto accept the resignation of Secre tary of the later! or Ickes. The house, under suspension of Its rules, asked the president to replace the interior chief with one "who will not develop a dictator complex. Legal JNotice " . I CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bios will be received by the Board of Education of School District No. 14. Marion County, Oregon, up to 5:00 o'clock p. m. cju Tmesday, February 11,1141, for tarnishing 975 cords of four foot, second-growth fir wood at the Tarlons schools of the district. 'Specification blanks- and bid forms' may be obtained from and bids shall be filed with the district clerk at 434 North High street, Sa lem, Oregon. 1 C. C. WARD, District Clerk. ' J. 22-2,,F. S Hurl Lhar Draft Didn't i ii r'f VPs t -. . .. . . ?,Ma-4,l,1ll -- - - Even the draft couldn't separate the Ashurst twins of Ea.tonton.Ga. When Torrls drew a low number and was called, Morris, who had a high number, volunteered. They are shown being "identified" by a puzzled companion at Fort McPherson, Atlanta, where they wers Inducted Into the army. Parley Favors ' River Bridge (Continued From Page 1) mission at a meeting In Portland on February 27. Officers are Gray, president; Lee Kyerly, vice president; John Roberts, secretaary-treas nrer; Leroy E. Grote, assistant secretary; directors: C. I Bush of Kings Valley, P. M. Ritner of Pedee, R. O. Dodson of El kins, w. F. Carbel of Indepen dence, Douglas McKay of Sa lem, John J. Roberts of Roberts, E. L. Gray of Roberts,' E. A. Miller of Salem, Lete Eyerlj- of Salem, K. A. Rhotenl of Roberta, Dean Walker of Independence, D. P. McCarthy of I east of In dependence, A. C. Haag of Sa lem, William Walton of Salem. Preceding the association -meea- ing- the Independence chamber of commerce had a dinner with 65 present, Including several Salem visitors. They voted to Join the later meeting as a whole. A nomi nating committee, ta report next meeting, was appointed by Presi dent George C. Herley, Including Glenn Smith, chairman, Dr. George C. Knott, TJ C. Hoover, William Carbel and M. M. Nelson. Holman Advises Academy Opening Sen. Rufus C. Holnlan on Tues day advised Rex Patnam, state superintendent of public instruc tion, that he will have a vacancy to fill at the Annapolis nava) academy. A competitive examination will be held through the United States civil service commission facilities on Friday, February 121. Putnam declared chat any boy Interested should wtite or tele graph Sen. Holman. Candidates must if9 bona fide residents of Oregon and not less than 16 nor more than 21 years of age on April 1 of this year. The successful candidate will enter the naval academy In June W. Salem tojBuy City Pouce Car Call for bids for i city owned police car will soon be made by R. E. Pattison, West Salem city recorder, as authorised Monday night at' a meeting; jot the city council. Council members also voted the purchase of 100 water meters, before the Expiration of a present contract, jat a saving of $ 1.2 S per meter1, as recom mended by L. Lt. Sloper, chairman of the water board, j Mayor Guy Newgent appointed Elmer Cook, city attorney, and Councllmen Kuhn, Coffrler and Stevens to meet as committee with officials of the PEP com pany, to compromise technicali ties, existing between the com pany's franchise and certain city ordinances. Young Republicans Hear Portland Man John Scof leld of Portland, mem ber of the state- organising com mittee, was principal speaker at the meeetlng last night of the Marlon County Young Republican Club.-" i " : j : President Martin Larrowe - an nounced t ha t . new Membership cards have been secured and a membership, drive will begin soon. The next meeting will be March 4 at the chamber of commerce. Nazi Bombers Ilit Ship tix.tiLti.ri. t en. t.-KA'V-uerman v v - m bombers f hit a 10,000-ton , mer chant vessel off the English coast Tuesday and left her afire and listing heavily In a continuation of the heightened war on British shipping. the official German new agency DNB a$nounced. Tha Separate 'Em - r ' 3 i Willkie Visits King, DeValera (Continued From Page 1) under a delusion. I think I know how to test people." Before he flew to Ireland for a surprise audience with Eamon de Valera, Willkie said he would ask him about the controversial sub ject of British use of Irish ports and bases, which Do Valera has flatly refused. When he flew back to London Willkie said: "I got the information I wanted." Then, emerging from an audi ence with the king and Queen, he commented: "Britain is almost miraculously fortunate In her leadership." In the hour and a half he talked with De Valera, nothing was said, Willkie declared, that modified In any way his original opinions about American aid to Britain. Gains Reported By Dairy Co-ops Salem members attending the annual meeting of the Dairy Co operative association Tuesday In Portland heard reports revealing that the organisation handled a total of 93,000,000 pounds of milk In 1940. a gain of IB per cent over 1939, and that an 8 per cent Increase In butter manu facture brought the total up to 2.962,000 pounds. Treasurer A. C. Seldl asserted that the coopera tive furnished 78 per cent of the milk for the Portland fresh milk market. David Saucy, Salem director, was one of those presenting re ports at the meeting attended by over 1000 members. Will W. Henry, manager, reviewed the successful campaign to prevent repeal of milk control In the No vember election. Others who reported Included President Louis Minoggle. Man ager Ed Wlps of the feed depart ment who stated Increased ton nage had made possible a saving in handling cost; N. A. Peters, superintendent of the dairy pro ducts manufacturing plant; G. C. Poe, field department manager; G. A Brown, manager of Inter state Associated Creameries, and the six directors. Another speak er was Marshall nana of the Ore gon Journal. Penner Leaves $100,000 LOS ANGELES. Feb. 4 JPV- Joe Penner, radio, stage and screen comedian, who died unex pectedly in Philadelphia January 10, left an estate rained at more than $100,000. his will, filed Tuesday for probate, shows. d d 1 1 1 o o in the News RIVERTON. Wto.-JP-A wounded coyote, pivoted in Its tracks and Indirectly caused the death of Sam Chopping. 38, in an airplane crash near here. I Chopping- and his brother. Mntt. were hunting; coyotes by plane. Sam wounded one. Mutt flew, low er for another shot. Tha animal wheeled. Mutt banked the craft ana nit the only tree within a mile. - Sam, a farmer, died in a hos pital several hours lster. Mutt was severely injured. The cItII aeronautics board will Investigate before an Inquest Is called. . CHETON. Til. OK-lnSn -WmVb literally dnr in ISflft in tiav tnr a new basement for his home, j While doing the - excavating work, he uncovered a- Jar con taininr 150ft in hnim WmVb he believed his late father-in-law ouried the money after a - bank had closed in' 1132. j - :. LOWELL, Mas-4F)-Spport "of say two landladies was the offering of a selective service) registrant who nonght defer ment. , ,; ' . ,. , v He was placed la classifica tion l-A. OBEGON STATESMAN, Satan, Democrats Ask Pensioners Aid Levy oh all Utilities Sought to. Build Old . -.-1' Age Fund -; - ( Continued From Page 1 ) - Thiel, Thompson and Wilson, i Some, of the democrats said they hare not given up in their attempt to pass a S per cent tax on dividends of national corpora- LEGISLATIVE CALEKDAR ' Srd Readings Today .. , House: HB 6, 11, 15, 35, 73, 75, 99. 108,, 111, 134, 135, 151, 152, 173, 237, 255; SB 2, 23, 30, 38, 72, 97, 130. - Senate: SB 14. 21. 22. 89. 90. 128, 129, 131; HB 4, 109. 128; SJM 1. Cltt i SeaaU: Hedieia. pharmacy aad dea- tiatrT. fi a m. VnrMtw anil fnrMft nn. darts, S a.au; Military affair, 1 p.m.; Anaasinaa. anar. aitaraooa adjourn ment today, Thoradajr, Friday. joaramant; Taxatiaa and raTenea, after aooa adjonraaaeat. Hoaaa ; jndiciary will eoadnct keariag a aaamplormaat eoaipaaaatioa other thaa ezperienea rating at 7:30 f.m. Taaradar. tlons operating In Oregon. It would raise $1,000,000 a year. I The average oldage pension in Oregon now la $23 a month, ': and the sponsors of the utility tax bill said this level would be increased substantially. Designed to rsise $4,000,000 a year, of which 80 per cent would go for pensions and 40 per cent for property tax relief, a bill in troduced Tuesday by Rep. Frank J. Lonergan (R-Portland) would levy a 2 per cent retail sales tax that would exempt foodstuffs. Speaker Robert S. Farrell, Jr., Introduced a bill, his first of the session, to reduce the gasoline tax from 5 to 4 cents a gallon, to save $1,180,000 a year. Would Not Reduce Money Available, Aeserts Speaker He said lt would not reduce the amount available for high way construction, since the high way commission will have $2,400, 000 In reduced payments for debt retirement. The house passed 53 to 4 and sent to the senate a bill to per mit Got. Charles A. Spragoe to create a state guard, while the senate passed 25 to 3 and aent to the house a bill to bar from the ballot persons who advocate overthrow of the government by force. The house deadline for in troduction of bills by individual members arrived at S p. m. Tuesday, bnt more than 30 bills filed with tbe legislation and rales committee before the time limit will be introduced today. Rep. Leo Smith (D-Hultnomah) announced Tuesday afternoon that he was filing a bill to divide Multnomah county Into 13 legls iative district for the elect of state representatives. ! "There has been some com plaint about the kind of legislat ors Multnomah county sends to Salem, said Smith. "I believe the district plan would bring out bet ter men." Multnomah's 13 legislators, at present are all elected at large. Logging operations and pro cessing of timber Into lumber and lumber products would not be deemed seasonal employments un der the Oregon unemployment compensation law provided a bill to be introduced by Rep. Lyle Thomas of Polk county Is ap proved by the legislature. The bill was sponsored by the Industrial Employes' union with headquarters In Portland. H. E. Veness brought the bill to Salem. Coach Releases Speech Schedule Dr. Herbert E. Rahe, forenslcs coach at Willamette university, released Tuesday the schedule for students engaged In speech activities. First will be preliminary trials Monday to determine the repre sentative In the state old-line ora torical contest at Llnfleld college in March. The contest is spon sored by the Intercollegiate For ensic tournament at Llnfleld Feb ruary. 20. XI and 22. Willamette will enter in the fields of debate, oratory, extemporeaneous, im promptu and after dinner speak ing. James Wilson, sophomore from Pratum, will represent the school In the stato peace oratorical con test to bo held on the local campus February IS. The annual Oregon state high school speech tournament will be at Willamette March 14 and 15, supervised by Dr. Rahe Portland Given Power Rehearing WASHINGTON, Feb. 4-MF"V- The federal power commission announced Tuesday that , a re hearing had been shifted from Washington to Portland. Ore- o a plan or the Northwestern Elec tric company for disposition of a S3, 500,000 common stock write- up. . i ' The commission previously had directed a specific accounting. The rehearing date also was post poned from Feb. 10 to March 3. WanU Sntevpost Banned ONTARIO, Canada. Feb. 4 - (Canadian Press) Windsor city eduncil : passed a resolution Tues day night asking the federal gov ernment to ban from Canada the Saturday Evening Post, a United States magailne described in the resolution as containing a ; vast amount of anti-British material." Former Conncilmnn Dies NKWB7ERG. Ore- Feb. A-UPi- Wtlllam J. - Knowles. 4 1, former nl ember of the Newberg city coun cil, died todsy at the wheel of his automobile. - Death was attributed to a heart attack. : Orron, Vmdnndar Morning. Lobby Hobriobber , Not enough people in western Oregon know that the central Oregon highway Is now improved all the way to Nyssa and is the fastest route from valley points to the sugar beet belt and south ern : Idaho, remarked M y r 1 P. Hoover, bos line operator of Bend and Portland, who was In Salem Tuesday checking up on legisla tion-dealing with busses, ine cen tral Oregon . highway Is a few miles longer from Portland to Nyssa but shorter from valley points, and has been In good con dition this winter when snow in fie on the Old Oregon Trail route. Hoover said. , - Sen. Harry Kenln (R-Mnlt ) returned on Tuesday from Washington, DC, where he re cently was called on official business. Colleagues said he was in line for an important federal position. Ben Dorrls, often described as a "kingmaker" in state and na tional American Legion circles, a filbert grower by occupation and Interested in politics outside as well as Inside the legion, was seen around the lobby on Tues day. Lewis Jndson, Salem dalry- who advocates drastic amendment of the milk control law, if not repeal at this time, went to school here with Rep. Alex Rennie in 1885, at the old South Salem school, on the block bounded by Myers, Lef felle, Saginaw and Fir streets. Other clansmates were Chief of Police Frank A. Blinto, House Doorkeeper Frank Tichenor and his brother, Capt. Tichenor of the Portland police depart ment. Jndson and Minto shared one of the old two-seater school benches. Since the voters turned down milk control repeal last Novem ber, Jndson now would like at least to see the pooling provision of the lsw removed, leaving only State Budget Work Reported Amounts Passed on Items Exceeds Approved Sum of Appropriations (Continued From Page 1) liquor profits were exhausted. Deputy State Treasurer Fred Paulus requested that these funds be released. New $ 1,000,000 Building Appropriation Approved Another bill, authorising the state board of control to borrow 31,900,000 of irreducible school funds tor construction of a new state office building In Salem, also received the approval of the com mittee. This money would be re paid ous of rentals. The new structure, If erected, would house the state utilities de partment and the state unemploy ment commission. Approval also was given a bill increasing the appropriation of tbe state police department by 925,000. This money would come from the state motor transportation fund and would permit the employment of four additional officers. These new officers would be used for traf fic law enforcement. ' Under another bill reported out favorably 12,500 would be de ducted from the appropriation for the state military department and be expended for construction of four hangars at the new Port land airport. The hangar would be used by the Oregon air squad ron. Officials reported that the federal government was spending in excess of 3300,000 in develop ing this airfield. Need Basis Age Assistance Amendment Recommended A proposed amendment to the old age assistance law eliminating the $30 per month restriction and fixing tha maximum pension on the basis of need was recommend ed by the committee. State engineer 1 100,5 IS. Di rect appropriation. Department of geology and mining Industries 3107,255. Requested appropriation $114, 33S. Oregon Historical society, $14,000 Children's Farm Home, Ben ton county, $4000. School district No. SO. Mult nomah county, $4500. For deaf students, $500. For blind students, $000. County agricultural fairs S89.C7S. No direct appropria- ' tion. Forest fire patrol fund $$12,220. No direct appropria tion. State fire marshal $33,707. No direct appropriation. State insurance department $103,178. No direct appropria tion. State land board $71,4 $4. Reduced from $81,444. No di rect appropriation. State printing department $54 5.J 17.71. No direct appro priation. Veterans burial plot $1000. A report recommending an ap propriation of $7t,91f.S2 for the state department of education was laid on the table temporarily at the request of Representative George Huggisn. He said lt might be necessary to increase this ap propriation In order to employ an additional supervisor in the education department offices. An emergency appropriation of $20,000 for a sewage system at the Eastern Oregon state hospital at Pendleton received approval of the committee. The federal gov ernment will bear part of tha cost of this Improvement. t Boxing Blanager Dieg NEW I YORK, Fsb. t--Lou Brlx, fight manager, died today at St. Francis hospital. He was 49. Brlx was in boxing as a man ager for 30 years. At one time ha was connected with Billy Gibson in .handling Gene - Tunney and Benny Leonard. He also managed Paulino Uxcundun. February 5. 1941 Quips, Angles' , and Personalities at- the Capitol the authority for board to fix prices. the control Birthday ... Tuesday was Rep. Carl Engdahl's 58th. ...... Chief Tommy Thompson of the Columbia River Indians, who urg ed the senate fishing industries committee Tuesday hot to change the present commercial fishing aeasona applying to that stream. Is 7$ years ld an old man, he told the senators through his Interpreter, , PhilMp Olney. - Thomas Tallup, another; braid ed spokesman from the Red men from Celilo. apologized to th committee for Inadvertently open ing his j-emsrks by addressing the group as "Members of the com mittee 6n Indian, affairs." He ex plained that he was more . accus tomed7 to appearing before the US senate committee of that des ignation. Yallup said he was fear ful of appearing before the Ore gon committee, "because you are picked from the cream of the state," but again not afraid, "be cause you are Intelligent. ' Andrew Barnhart, chairman of the Celilo men's fish committee, vigorously denounced the lower river fishermen's bill to permit the fish commission to fix mid' season closing dates,' advance the early spring season and also vary the fall season. Bonnevino dam has long been held to constitute a yard stick for power rates; at the fish hearing, James A. Cellars, Columbia River Packers, spokes man, termed the dam "the only yardstick we have on the riv er" by which to determine the size of the salmon runs. That red carnation on the lapel of L. R. M. Pierce, aide to At torney General I.' H. Van Winkle, Monday was in honor of his birth day, presented by office co-work ers. He didn't say now old ne was.' Catholics Name Charities Board New Program Set up for Community With Three Issues Outlined At" a meeting called by Arch bishop Edward I. Howard, D.D. at the rectory of St. Joseph's church, Salem, last Sunday, a new program for Catholic Charities was officially set up. The board of directors of the Salem Catholic Charities will con sist of the archbishop as honorary chairman, Thomas J. Windishar, chairman; Rev. Jerome M. Schmlts, executive secretary; Rev. Theo J. Bernards, Charles E. Roy- er. Rev. Robert Neugebauer, Dan McClellan. Henrr Kronn. August K. HncriUli traaiflrar. - ia-l This board will direct the pro gram In this community as a branch of the archdlocesan organ 1 cation. Supervision will be sup plied from , the central office in Portland. The program of services to be offered will concern: (a) Emergency relief through St. Vincent's de Paul conferences. (b) Professional social welfare services to Catholie families In Salem. (e) Character building, through supervised CYO program. The entire program was ordered by the board to be in operation by March 1. To cover operating ex penses assistance will be given by the Salem Community Chest, ac cording to a pre-arranged sched ule and through supplemental as sistance from the parishes. Conferences of the society of St. Vincent de Paul were estab lished during the past week in St. Joseph and St. Vincent da Paul parishes. Harry Kropp is presi dent of the St. Joseph's confer ence and Dan McClellan, presi dent of St. Vincent de Paul con ference. Bennett to Act As Parley Chief Frank Bennett, superintendent of Salem schools, will act as chairman for the 1941 district convention of Kiwanls Interna tional, to be held here next sum mer, Varney Kuhn, president of tha local club, stated at the reg ular luncheon meeting Tuesday. Bennett, club program chair man - last year, belonged to the Albany KJwanla club before mov ing here more than a year ago. Kuhn also announced an inter club meeting February 12 at the Hoodoo lodge akl bowL in which Kiwanls from Bend, Albany and Salem have been asked to par ticipate. Program at the Tuesdsy meet ing wss motion . pictures of the construction and later collapse of the Tacoma narrows bridge. Salem Men's Garden Club Formed at YMCA The Salem T Men's Garden elub was organised ; last night with 42 members. Officers will be- elected at the : next meeting. February II. , ; A delegation from the - Port land If en's Garden dub was- at tha meeting. They included Joe Johnson,, president Dean Colling, Oregon Journal ; columnist; - Carl Starker, flower arrangement ax pert, and Merton Parker, mem ber of tha national board of the Federation of Men's Garden clubs, with which the local group plans to affiliate. . No TTar, Says Japan NEW TORS. Fab. S-TA-A Domel (Japanese news agency) radio broadcast from .Tokyo Tues- oay quoiea . . foreign ' Minister Yosuke Matsuoka as - saying .he wanted to convince ' tha United States that tha Japaness nation does not want to risk war tor tha sake of Its aspirants in the Far East. ' British Enter Gt ne Little Italo Resistance Greets Empire Legions on Other Fronts . (Continued Front Pago 1) Italian vehicles were said to have been blown to bits. Further to the west, beyond Bengasi. British airmen made six bombing and machine gun at tacks. ! ,.' On other African fronts, the Britlah were said to be ,meet , tog little Italian resistance. They were reported driving on from captured Agordat toward Cherea, 40 miles northeast of Asmara, capital of Italian - The fall of that town and sub sequent collapse of Masaaua, the only! usable port In Eritrea, with in a week was predicted by Lon don military sources. British Forces Assist Troops of Halle Selassie The British also were driving southeastward Iron Barentu, Eritrea, taking a number of Ital- Ian prisoners and eastward from Gallabat, Ethiopia, where they Aerial war oyer England was stepped up when German bomb- 1 I.... MMwi1a .fa. V a1 era . ut tai( across the southeast ! coast and unloaded fire bombs on London. audUads, East Angiia, south- west England and Wales also eported raids In what appeared to be a resumption of wide- scale attacks which have been hampered by bad weather. The British, during the day, dealt punishing blows at tha nasi sea base of Brest, In occupied Franee, and reported shooting down five German planes over Britain and the channel. It brought to SO tha number of German bombers shot down against, one British plana lost In defense of the isles, the authori tative press association said.. On tha naxl-domlnated conti nent, tha future of unoccupied France hung In balance as Ad miral Jean Darlan, French naval ba?kTorp."w Chief olsutl Other developments in the in- ternaUonal picture Included: Tho Italian high command claimed seven torpedo hits were scored on a strongly escorted British conror In tha Had aea. Bad weather limited operations in Albania, tha Greeks and Ital- lana ranAi-tad. hnf- dianatrhAa from Yugoslavia aaid thero were fierce bayonet duels despite the cold and anow. Huge Locomotive Blast Hurts 25 (Continued From Page 1) gins. Two men in the switch en gine suffered shock. Steam and flame shooting from tbe exploding locomotive injured nearby motorists, broke windows in factory i! buildings and injured workmen on a flat car. The train, consisting of the senger locomotive, swlteh engine, iwo express cars ana inree pas- senger cars carrying crew mem bers, was moving slowly from the Denver Union station to the Den ver Rio Grande Western rail road yards when the blast occur red. No passengers were aboard. George F. Dodge, an executive of tha railway, said that "It seems at this time that low water in the locomotive boiler was the cause of the explosion." Qeorge J. Khalt. 40, hostler helper oa too "pick-ap" train, waa tho only person on the 883,000-pound passenger .toco motive when it exploded. Wit nesses said they saw Ehalt thrown clear as tho boiler and . cab somersaulted backward high in tho air, bnt Ehalt told newspaper men he believed he remained in the cab until it landed. "The whole engine seemed to vot Lire coma apart," Ehalt said. Tha D" hoth houses without a dis next thing I knew I wag crawling on ting rota, jj out the left door." !J-i r Ehalt suffered fractured ribs. cuts and bruises. Others were in-1 tSmJTSLS I!' heing ;".7: . S a aiicraraw of the Burn side briars treatment for shock. Boy Scouts Camp "Booklets Issued Gardner Knapp. chairman of the camping and activities com mittee of the Cascade area Boy Scouts, announced Tuesdsy the Issue of tha new and improved camp stamp book. These stamp books will enable scouts to buy their week or. more in Camp Pio neer with Zftc camp stamps, pur chased at any time and In any amount. If tilled before June 14 these stamp books will Include 0c . credit at the camp trading post for each week the scout Is In' camp.' - -. Knapp announced that a acout ar - would . be appointed head . of the stamp sales In each district. At tha time of writing two agents for stamps hare been announced. These are: Blaln Clothing com pany In Albany and E. E. Hamil ton In ' Lebanon. Others will be announced as 'soon as; they have been selected. Tha books 'will be good for either of the two-week, camp per iods at Camp Pioneer located near Big Meadows. If the scout is un able to . .attend camp - after his book is filled the cash price will be refunded; on or after August 1SV- .-. .',-,; Babcock Successor Named . PENDLETON Feb. 4.WAV-The Umatilla county, court appointed Alfred' F. Cunha to succeed the lata O L. Babcock as state repre sentative Tuesday. Cunha served as Umatilla representative in thai Paid IJauser's Column " Continued From Page y j laurant :salJds is a national I nomenen that has not, we i be lieve, been noted previously. The salad as built today has Salvitor Dall and hash beaten six ayg from Sunday. You can-find any thing In lt that can ordinarily be digested f Ur a healthy human (and occasionally the salad build- J ers go farther and experiment a ml I I i i I The practice at Ieas affords some variety. You nexier know what yoaregoing to gt. You're better' man than ve are j if after, you get it - yoju know . what you've got." i j i "I aSvia avarr rlrl ta Hnl.! eoUaca," SCtes - Maea - arehad, - aar yafcraira. "yaa caa't svaa ssll glevaa i at Mscy's dtpartS - aiant stsrs an Haw York anlaas rm aara aj B.A." ' - i Orrtim Dally Eaarald. You've arched a browfuL girlie, t ! i ) r ' I :i . j LEGISLATIVE NOTE .1 There was ji rumor abound 'this halls of rovernment iratrrta that a bull threw a legislator, but ik turned out! otherwlse.1 . j , i , j f j , i n ! fa . ' s ! .a i Following Storm 1 . I 1 I I Cuban President Alio W8 Purged ) if icers lo y i Y . ' " r fav fOUntry - 1 ' (Continued From Psjge 1) national police; with hi military M9t Capt. Owen Parr, and with GarcU', ; brother-ln-laii. Major Jnan Serra 0g the polici. Batista, so) fa r as f appeared here emergedlfrom it nl$ stronger than .ever. . i . JL . He worked nrgeutly all dur ing the; day- despite the fact j that Senora iBatistn was in; a hospital: awaiting the birth of a child and ousted several com missioned officers of relatively minor rank ;from the army,; navy and national police. . This morning the president, an- 2"' iorees me aeposai or tneir erst- now ,v J . .v I v L ! n f e m republic, he "eJe tees for te safety of,f r5 ' Gonsales, but; he that jhad he hlmselfi been ;ar. rested he would have been assas- J DT ordr of tDe captors, SP 5 Minutes to Armed Forces?of Country lJ L To soldiers! Sailors and poilce f ?orc gatherea at Camp Colula- bla Batista sp&ke for 4 minutes. ! explaining his! actions and Intro ducing the new army chief. Col, Manuel iiopexf MIgoya. as a man Pedraaa, donaales and Col. 'Bernardo Garcia, who 9waa:reJ moved last week as Rational police chief, had been c4jacerned with - personal interests, the president asserted, a d not those or the state. f ! Batista went on' to declare that he was the "voice of tha people.' The president was applauded during his speech at Camp Colum-f bla and Sin Havana the cabinet council voted to congratuute him pas-(upon the firmness of his attitude land to offer !hlm complete sup4 port. No! disorders anywhere la the country had been reportedj - r- Governor Signs sure i - ! Gov. Charles A. Storarue Tuesi day signed senate fill No. 4. by Senator Douglas McKay. Marlon county, repealing thd non-resident; motor vehicle registration lawj This law has been in operation In. Oregon for many years. i Repeal of the law was reanest-i ed by Secretary of State Earl Snell and; a Urge number of mo tor vehicle associations. Similar laws previously were Repealed by the states of Washington' and Cal lfornla. I The bill repealing t i a law! I J.J ... . . Drawbridge Fails Again PORTLAND, Feb. 4.-tf)-Tbe failed for that second time within 1 a week Tuesdsy night, but tha ap-i preaching steamer Coast March-; ant. sister shls of the coast Miller which eraahad the soan Friday.! Avoided a collision by, dropping; anchor. 1 Tuesday eorunry xi, rv ci. i Senior High Auditorium ' Sponsored by JrCh. oi Cont. - Reserrei Seals $0 General Admission 1.00 TICKETS ON 8AIB SlairCzFcerllcsIc - '!" oQstPAJnr ll, ISO S. Highest. Ph. aiei tun Orders Filled Promptly ; - l 2. . : r n at Repe i t 1 1 1 " ivsav 1131-40 term.