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J. . - .- - U .1 VThile You Sleep . : The Statesman rather tbe world's - wi .while. - you ' sleep, has ; It o your door , step when jpa wake up In ' . the morning. It's late press j time scores many "beats. -if-- f: A ! -Weather Occasional' rain today and Wednesday, Slax. t aa p. Monday 63, mln.' 42.;South wlndi Rain .22 inch, j River .8 foot. Cloudy. I ' , - AV POUNDQD 1651 imirnETH tear Salem. Orecon. Tuesday Morning. February 11. 1941 Pries So Newsianda 5c No, 1274 .BthlI. itiCF i -. . 1i) (S'TTTiTll Tff - v y viv.yj 1 ' j j Move i ! .Be MM : : i .. , . - f 1 Ml VAT , i" ir " Orego Berry n urowers Tell Outlet Need "Farmer" Jones Reveals I Stand at Hearing on : Alcohol Control Opponents Assert Wine Made Here Inferior to California Oregon berry growers need a wine outlet for their prod ucts and Oregon drinkers need for their own welfare fcrbe discouraged from imbibing fortified wines, proponents of the wine bill introduced by IL R. "Farmer" Jones (R- ' Marion) declared Monday night at a bearing before the house of representatives committee on al coholic control. Opponent of the Jones bill as serted that Oregon wine la Infer ior to the California product and therefore not able to compete on a reasonable economic basis, and that the proposal constitutes leg islation that is discriminatory against not only California winer ies but also Oregon labor em ployed in bottling. Chairman Harry D. Bolvin (D Klamath) said after the hearing that his committee probably would pass npon all legislation before it at a meeting on Wednesday. Bill Would Legalize Sales of "Natural" Wine The Jones bill would legalise sale of "natural" wines over the bar in beer taverns, lunch stands and restaurants, restrict sale of fortified wines to - package and state liquor store and to holders f state Liquor permits, and re- .uire wines to be bottled at their sourrew Tbe provision to eartalf sale, of fortified wines approved by Rev. Robert A. Hutchinson, pastor , -of the . First Congreea- ; Usual church, Halem. " The ys toc quoted Circuit Judge I. H. McMahaa of Marlon county as declaring that a large propor tion of the cases of youths com mitting crime against persons aad property arc attributed to their drinking or fortified wlste. Berry growers' views were out lined by Frank Hrubetz, president Of the Salem Berry Grogers as (Turn to page 3, col. 6) Padre of Roses Taken by Death World Famous Hybridizer Started His Work in Mission at Brooks SAN JOSE. Calif., Feb. lO.-fp) -The padre of the roses died Sat urday without fulfilling hia dream of producing a rose tree with edi ble fruit. Outside his rose garden, where be was one of the world's greatest hybridizer of roses, the 79-year-old - padre was the Rev. George M. A. Schoener. He died in Santa Clara .university Infirmary of ch route heart trouble. . The padre's hybridisation . work with rosea, which attract ed attention throa ghoul the world aa early an 1915, began at the ladla w mission at Brooks, Ore. , The padre's masterpiece In eluded one rose that waa almost black and another of bluish color. At the time of his death he was trying to produce a truly black rose and one of pure blue, both fabulous dreams of rose lovers. Ills garden of 5000 rose bushes (Turn to page 3, col. 8) Senate Forestry Committee To Sponsor Compromise Bill The forestry committee of the Oregon senate Mondsy night agreed to sponsor a compromise bill embracing two administration measures to enable tbe state to buy timber from private owners and to provide for a sustained yield forestry program. The new bill, drafted by Guy Cordon. Roseburg attorney, at the request of several county courts, would provide that timber lan da could be acquired by pur chase only with the consent of county courts of the counties in which' the lands are located. . Under the sustained yield pro gram, the state board ef forestry and the timber operators would make agreements under which the operators would cut on state lands.. For permission to operate on these lands, the operators would adopt a sustained yield policy on their own lands. Ve caat continue tbe pla- ' lees way of cutting la races ef our growing capacity. This program la essential to the wel fare of the state. David Ke cles, budget director and execw ' tive secretary to Got. Charles A. Bpragne, said. The state already has authority to acquire burned-over and cut trjr isnda from counties, bat the To Tell Senate , Tale of Britain X . i ; WENDELL L. WILLKIE Senate Group Awaits WilUde GOP Chief Will Tell o Trip; Parley Set With Roosevelt (By the Associated Press) President Roosevelt will con fer with Wendell L. Willkie to day shortly after the 1&40 re publican presidential nominee testifies before the senate for eign relations committee oa the leaae-lend bill. WASHINGTON, Feb. lO-(P)- Preparing to conclude Us hear ings on the leaae-lend bill with the testimony of Wendell L. Will kie. the senate foreign relations committee' Monday; heard Joseph Curran. president of the national maritime union (CIO), denounce the bill as a "war measure" and as "downright fascist." After hearing Willkie Tueeday, the committee will begin consid ering amendments and, by the end of the week, is expected to send the measure to the senate for debate. Cwrran, a leading CIO offi cial, was one of a series of wit nesses who said the bill waa likely to lead to war or dicta torship or worse. He spoke at a seasloaj which found few com mittee members present and virtually none of these diNposed to ask questions. Outside tne committee room. however. Senator Clark (D-Mo.) insisted that there was another unseen witness Winston Chur chill. The British leader's speech of Sunday saying that England did not want American manpow er amounted to "testimony before this committee," Clark said. Senator Wheeler (D-Mont.), leading opponent of the bill, said Churchill's speech "fits in with the lobbying of Lord Halifax," tbe new British ambassador. The (Turn to page 3, col. 8) Earthquake Felt At Grants Pass GRANTS PAH8, Feb. 10-P-Itajrae River valley residents re ported Monday a light earth hock waa felt a bo at 1:45 a- nt, Saaday. , (ranta Pass residents said the 'aolne of rattling windows, pictures and plates awakened them. Miss Jessie C. Mastla, rirrait court reported, said she felt the quake la Medford. new bill, would give the state authority to acqutre such lands from private owners. Seventy five per cent of the revenue from the laads would go to the coun ties, and the balance to the state. W. 0. Tllson, forest engineer for the West Coast Lumbermen's association, also endorsed the bill. Gay Boyingtoa, Clatsop cosib- ty Jadge, arged approval of a ' bill by Sea. P. M. Fraacisco vich (R-Astoria) to repeal the 1929 reforestation . 1 w. He charged reforestation baa failed becaase it la beyond the abili ty f private owners to refor est these lands. He also charged that the admlaistra tion of the law has been 'bad. Several other county judges, however, said that if the land were properly classified, the re-i fortatatlon law .would be successful:- ."".:-. .'. - ' -; ' .T "" George C Gerllnger, Portland, wh represents the West .Coast Lumbermen's association oa the state board of forestry, said that the 1S2I reforestation law, with the compromise forestry bill, would "put Oregon 20 years ahead of any other state In the matter or reforestation and perpetuating its lumber industry. Sportsir Sflm Pish ttle" -!By Bij Margin Lew Wallace Heads Fight for "Conservation? Bill in Senate Measure Sent to House - Shortens Season for Commercial Men By PAUL W. HARVEY, jr. Sportsmen and commercial fishermen resumed their bien nial legislative battle Monday, the sportsmen winning; an overwhelming- victory when the senate passed 20 to 8 and sent to the house a bill to bar set nets from coastal rivers, shorten the commercial season and close several streams to gill netters. Before packed galleries. Sen. F. M. Franciscovlch (R-Clatsop) charged that the bill would ruin the commercial fishing industry. The sportsmen, headed by Sen. Lew Wallace (D-Multnomab), chairman of the senate game com mittee, contended the bill was necessary as a conservation meas ure. Wallace Introduced it at the request of the Oregon Wildlife Federation. LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR 3rd Headings Today House: HB 103, 110, 154, 175, 20C, 212. 225, 236, 239. 263 279. 283. 292. 310, 319. 3C9, 415 HJR 3. S; SJR 1; SJM 1. Senate: HB 53. 358, 394. Special Orders Senate: SB 177. majority and minority reports at 2:30 p. m SB 113. majority and minority reports at 2:35 p. m. Hearings Senate: Airtesstaent und ' taxa tion, afternoon. adjournment rooms 501-2; Judiciary, 7:30 p m, room 300; Education, 7:30 p. m., room 309. House: Commerce and nevtga tion, 7:30 P m., room 321; Edu cation, 7:30 p. m.. room 420. Wallace, asserting he repi sents 81,765 sports fishermen. said that probably less than 200 fishermen would lose their jobs. "California and Washington closed their coast streams to net fishing years ago, and (Turn to Page 3, Col. 4) Special Council Meeting Called Upon petition of ten aldermen. Mayor W. W. Chadwick Monday afternoon issued a proclamation for a special meeting of tbe city council tonight at 7:30 o'clock ia the council chambers, to con sider development of the Salem municipal airport. The council recently pledged Itself to take the steps required by the civil aeronautics board for development of the field, and the airport committee baa been ne gotiating for purchase of addition ai land. Members are Bert Ford. Lloyd Rlgdon and Tom Arm strong. Montana House Favor Thirty-Day Divorces HELENA,- Mont.. Feb. 10-UPk- .nciing as a committee or tbe whole, the house of representa tives Monday recommended that . i ... . the Montana legislature reduce the residential requirement neces sary for the procurement of a di vorce from one yea rto 30 days. uiscussion of the "free and easy divorce" bill was almost without debate, in comparison 1th a full day of heated contro versy in the last legislative ses sion, when the bill was defeated. Paul 11 outer s Column One of bur scouts who knows a dressmaker, relates an Incident in which his seamstress friend recently put her self in an em barrassing situa tion. The dressmak-t er. so our friend I says, had an ap-f ' polatment at her! apartment to fit woman for ai somewhat Inti I mate garment ;f ond . annnlmtmen t short space lat-j ar wlth-armtfer fe woman at rthe 1 XBases customer's home. The first woman.' as women sometimes are, .was late. The dressmaker fidgeted around among her - pins and needles as time wore on and finally la fraa- (Turn to Page I. CoU I) m Mue Baa.. Curtain Rising on New Theatre Of War With Bulgaria on Spot jj j jj , jj 'iQ j p Latest developments in the European war centered on Bulgaria last night and early this morning when Russia bluntly refused to play the role of traditional "Llg brother," opening the way for Hitler's hordes to drive south. Great to Rumania and Turkey stands flict should the Xasds drive toward the Dardanelles. Gen. Krivitsky Found Dead in Former Soviet Ogpu Official Is Found Shot in Head; Testified in Dies Probe; Suicide Is Verdict WASHINGTON. Feb. 10 Walter K. Krivitsky, 41, who gressional investigators as a soviet secret police, was found in his hand and a note at his side that said: "I want to live Very badly but it is impossible. Court Refuses Ford "Review" Company to Comply With Ruling and Reinstate Workers With Pay XEW YORK, Feb. XO.-iJPf-A spokesman for the Ford Mo tor Co. said late Monday night the company would comply with a federal court decree di recting it to reinstate 23 em ployes with back pay bat re Iterated the company's conten tion that it had not violated the law. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-IJP)- The supreme court refused to take hand Monday in controversy between the Ford Motor company and the labor board, with the re sult that the company apparently must reinstate 23 employes al legedly discharged for union ac tivity. The court, in two decisions. also clarified the legality of anti picketing Injunctions. It held that picketing activities may be en joined if attended by violence, but that they may not be enjoined merely because the pickets were not employed at the place they were picketing. Although the court, as usual in such matters, gave no reason for its refosal to review the Ford case, it has said fa several decisions that the courts may not substitute their judgment for that of administrative agen cies and that labor orders must be upheld so long as they are based on substantial evidence.. (Turn to page 3, col. 3) Electric Rail Service Continuation Assured PORTLAND. Feb. lO.-fPV-Ser- vlce to the Willamette valley will continue, even if the United Rail way and Oregon Electric com panies abandon tracks la south Portland, officials said Monday. Tbe general manager of : both companies, M. C La Bertew gave assurance of service at a JoinL Interstate commerce commission and state public utility commis sion bearing. , He explained that the tracks of other railroads could be used, to serve Portland customers and to connect with Willamette valley routes. Lobby Hobnobber :rd2esp, The beauty contest among leg islators' grandchildren has not been decided on a qualitative baa- Is bat Reps. II. R. Jones of Marion county and Stanhope S. Pier of Multnomah gave up Monday and presented Rep. R. C. Friable of Baker with a potted geranium. Rep. Frisble won on a quantative basis. , His second grandchild, a girl, was born In Seattle February to his son and danghter-ln-law. Mr. and Mrs. Duane Frisble. . Joseph A. Smith, railroad union committee executive of Two Harbors, Minn., waa n vis itor at the senate and house sessions Monday afternoon. lie la on n combination vacation d business trip - attending sessions of the legislatures of Britain has issued aa ultimatum firm and ready to enter the, con Capital Hotel (AP) The body of General had identified himself to con one-time high official of the m a hotel room Monday, a gun The contents of that note, writ ten Jn Russian to his wife and son together with two others In English and German were made public by police after they A art fosued certificate of suicide. But, after hearing Louis Waldman, attorney for Krivit sky, insist- tbe Russian bad liv ed in deadly . fear ot Russia's Ogpu agents, police announced that the case wonld.be held open and they would run down all leads. Coroner A. Magruder MacDon ald read tbe three notes, all of them on stationery beaded with the printed words "Charlottes ville, Va." One was In English, addressed to Waldman, asking him to take care of his wife and son. Another, In Russian, address ed to his wife and son "Dear Tonia and Alek" said -it is very difficult and I want to live very badly, but It is impossible.' The third letter, written In German, was addressed to "Dear Suzanne." Waldman Identified the ad dressee as a friend. Krivitsky asked her to help in caring for his family. Maid Discovers Body In Bed Partially Dressed Detective Sergeant Dewey Guest, who is Investigating the (Turn to Page 3, Col. ) 'V GEN- WALTER G. KRIVITSKY Oregon, California, Utah and Nebraska. While In Salem he la visiting; his sister, Mrs. Emma P. Rentschler, 248 D street, whom he had not seen for 29 years. Prof. George Bernard Noble of the Reed college political science department will be the Lincoln day1 speaker at .the " Joint cere monies in the '- house " chamber Wednesday at t p. m. Members of both houses will attend and former members will be accom modated . on the ; floor. Other speakers will he "Rep. Lyle Thom as .of Polk county . and Sen. Thomas R. Ma honey of Multnomah.- The Portland symphony or chestra will play- and Mrs. Brace (Turn to page 3. col. 2) - J British Stage Daylight Raid Over Germany RAF Follows With Big Attack on French Invasion Ports Heavy- Artillery Activity Reported in Albania ; London Is Quiet (By The Associated Press) LONDON, Feb. 11 (Tues day) Taking advantage of the clearest, ealmest day of the year, British bombers Monday raided northwest Germany in broad daylight, then returned for three suc cessive raids on Boulogne, Dunkirk and Calais. The air ministry. In a commu nique Issued early today, said the raids on the three French ports "were not on a large scale, but War News Briefs LISBON, Portugal, Feb. 11. (Tuesday) (JP) The Yankee clipper, carrying Harry L. Hop kins and 12 other passengers left at 1 a. m. today for Bolama, Portuguese West Africa, the first stop of the transAtlantic Hight back to the United States. Hopkins, returning from a special mission to England as a representative of President Roosevelt, arrived here Mon day night by plane from Eng land. VICHY, France, Feb. 10. JP) Admiral Jean Darlan official ly became snccessor-designate to Chief of State Philippe Pe tain Monday night with powers equal to those exercised by his predecessor, the pro-nazi Pierre LavaL Pierre Flandin resigned Saturday. BERLIN. Feb. 10.-P)-3er-man warplanes on the prowl tover the Atlantic, hundreds of miles - from their bases, were reported by the high command Monday to have attacked Brlt-inh-ocrupied Iceland and dived with machine guns blazing on the British-held airdrome at Reykjavik, Iceland's capital. ROME, Feb. 10.-;P)-Britih warships which slipped through a dawn haze Sunday to bom bard Italy's chief port of Genoa, on the northwest coast, were reported by the fascist high command Monday to have caused ''enormous damage to dwellings, killed 72 persons and wounding 224T. Military objectives In the ancient city, which was de stroyed by the Carthaginians in 209 BC, were said to have es caped harm. full reports show the bombing of docks and shipping was most ef fective." The daylight raid on Germany aad German-occupied territory was the first the ministry had re- norted and. combined with tbe thrice repeated attacks on the French ports, suggested that springtime initiative in war would notfee left eclusively to the ais. All British aircraft returned safely from the "successful daylight raid, the communique, said. Three fighters were miss ing after the flight over Bou logne. Dunkerque and Calais. Berlin sources, said the. British lost seven planes during the-at-'-(Turn to Page 3, Col. 6) Son Steiwer Will Join Army Outfit ' WASHINGTON, Feb. A son of Oregon's late Senator Steiwer expects.to Join the chemi cal warfare branch of the army as a' second lieutenant in a week or ten days. Frederick Herbert Steiwer, 1Z, has been in the officers' reserve corps for about six months. He attended Georgetown university before coming to Washington. Iluge Boulder Crushes . Truck, Kill Driver MYRTLE POINT, Feb. 10-P- A huge boulder dropped rrom a ISO-foot cliff on a road 42 miles north of here Sunday, killing Ross John ShuIL 35, logging camp donkey operator, who was driving a light truck. - . : Force of the 3000-pound rock. which Investigators said .was loosened by rain; crushed the truek.. : , Lato Sports PITTSBURGH, v Feb. 1Q.-VPH Steve Belidise, New. York's leading middleweight, ? soundly defeated Ossle ; (Bulldog) Harris, slugging Pittsburgh, negro. In 10." rounds, abbing his opponent dizzy and in the sixth flooring him so hard the bell saved hint from a knockout. Belloise weighed 112 tt, Harris, MX. . Soviet A rnw W on t m arch S ho uldNfozis Invade, Says Envoy Traditional Role Refuted When Aid Is Requested; British Expected to Bomb Actual Penetration Rumania Denied at Sofia; Kail Service Ordered Curtailed SOFIA, Bulgaria, Feb. 10 dAP) With German troops poised on her northern frontier, little Bulgaria jhas beeji in formed by soviet Russia not to expect the red army to march if Germany should swing into tpis country, reliable diplo matic quarters reported Monday Aight. I 1 i Arkady A. Soboleff, a specipl Russian jenv!oy to Sofia, was understood to have told Foreign Minister jvan Pppoff and Premier Bogdan Philoff thai Russia was not prepared to give aid to Bulgaria if the naki army stj-uck across; Bul garia's intervening 300 miles to gelt at Greece or Turkey.! British Break With Rumania US Will Handle Affairs Following Ultimatum; May Declare War BUCHAREST, Rumania, Feb. 10 (P)-Great Britain broke off re lations Monday with Rumania, which has become a base for the German air force and hundreds of thousands of nazi troops moving steadily into southeastern Europe. Sir Reginald Hoare. Britalns . aged,-invalid minister, went, to the office of Premier General Ion A n ton esc u at noon, in formed him that the parting of the , ways bad come and - pre pared to sail " from Constanta with his diplomatic mission for Istanbul. United States minister Franklin Mott Gunther arranged to take over Britain's remaining interests in this country. Sir Reginald's meeting with An tonescu was described by inmates as "exceedingly painful." A walking stick in his hand and a flower in nis Duttonnoie. me British minister stepped from his automobile in front of the pre mier's office. He had to walk around a long line of parked gray (Turn to page 3, col. 1) Speakers Favor New Guard Plan Senate Military Group Holds Nigbt -Hearing on House Bill Creation of a state guard . to substitute for the national guard during, its absence In federal ser vice, was favored by most speak ers at a - hearing Monday nigbt before the .senate military affairs committee on the bill previously approved by the lower house of tbe Oregon legislature. Commander Alfred P. Kelley of the . Oregon department, American Legion; Carl Moser, department adjutant of the Le gion, and . John H. Sebum, rep resenting ,-the Veterans of For eign Wars, all spoke ia support of tbe bin, though Schum said he would "not object to certain amendments . and . added that bis organization had no desire to become involved in labor disputes. ' After Ralph. W Peoples, state secretary of the CIO, had urged amendments limiting the law's (Turn to Page 3. Col. 8) Woo ton Offers Convicted Drat" Evaders" Selective service law violators who repent may be paroled from prison to serve their 12 months of military training,. Col, Elmer V. Wooton, state selective service director,, declared Mondsy. ' Wooton said an executive or? der recently signed by President Roosevelt provides - that the at torney general of the . United States, on recommendation of the selective service director, may pa role men between the ages of 21 and 36 years who have been con victed of -violating the act. " They must agree to serve 12 months of training and If they. , fail to fulfill that . obligation tueir. paroles will be automati cally revoked. Similarly persons convicted . of aiding or abetting . violators of the selective eerv ice law may he paroled , under terms and conditions specified by the attorney general. Col. Wooton said the initiative tor paroles must be a request of i"Big Brother Is tof Troops From r-jime Minister wjnston cmiren--ill ;of Britain (yesterday recalled Brftish efforts in the World war to -persuade Bulgaria not tp Join "the losing side," Md addd, "I trut Bulgaria i is (not going to majie the sami mistake again." , This warning jto Bulgaria wks obvious since British bd.iubers are based in Greece toj the Houth, and the press and radio of j pro-British jTur My have repeatedly Warned Bulgaria to stand jfirm against My German demands. j f'rlme Minister Churchill also suggested in his broadcast speech that German troops might) have penetrated Bulgaria already but iae government! denied this. joLussian acquiescence in anv German troop rjiovement through DU(Raii was reponea tentgnt soqianf t,er Great . Bxttatn severed diplomatic " reflations wlthj Ru mahia in an obvious move to cope wlljih the threatened spread of war toward Greece j Turkey and the Dardanelles. 1 j rom reliable diplomatic sources in Sofia, capital of Bul garia, came tbe report that Rus sia I Would relinquish her tradi tional role of 'protector of the "little slav brothers" and Would not! Interfere if Germany demand ed .transit for troons across! RuU Russia was j not j prepared to cohie to Bulgaria's aid, special soviet envoy Arkady A. Koboleff was OBderwtood to .have old Bulgaria's Premier Bogaa Phi loff and Foreign Minister Ivan Popoff. ,1 IHoboleff was saJd to have transmitted t h I a j informal ion after the Bulgarian! government had formally asked; Moscow! for a itatemenit of;its attitude. 1 This stand was a reversal of the attitude of j Russia lastj fall, wbn soviet pressure; was reported in Bulgaria tot have staved off German efforts to add that nation to jiungary and Rumania J the Balkan axis blojc. ! Since then, ' repeated diplo matic pressure has heightened the warf of nerves, and cmly last Jweek Philoff told his cabinet he could not? say what lay ahead. Mean while there nasi been a steadv re duction in Bulgarian rail service for HvlUans. i f . I Prime Minister Winston Chujrchlll asserted 'Sunday I that Germany perhaps- already had penetrated from Rumania into Bulgaria. j This was officially denied! last nlgrk in Sofia, where the British break with Rumania was viewed as 4 device to ilear tbe wa for bombing of Rumanian oil (sells now? under German! control and supplying tbe axis with fuel for its assaults on the British empire. S!ore Robbed of $1000 FfoRTLiANiX. iFebl . 16-lipV-A I lotto robbery : was' reported to police here Saturday night by Robert Forced Safeway store! em ploye, j. lie ealdj the holdup j man kepi hand in his pocket as iuuiu ae uiu a, sun) wen. I : Amnesty" to from the convicted person direct ed to the department of justice at Washington. I ." I , ,:L . Pgrole Tecommend'atione by the director of selective service,' un der Ithv order, may jconcern ionly those men comlSg within th sgt limits specified n the law Which are 21 to 30. years. I: t '.),". " The" order also specifies 'that , the j director 5 must j specify J. the status in which the parolee Is to he placed as follows: : - ' Induction ' Into the ' armed torktm. . . 5 J. ; , .lndortion into the military forces but onlyjfor jnoncomTjAt Sni service. jiy... ;-, ; V- v , Assignment 4a work of Wa- " tional . Importarice under civil lane direction, f j j . Assignment to some special service of those special cases which do - not come under any of ibe first three recommends tioits. . -"i; ii .. - I