Wile You Sleep
Th Statesman gathers the
world's ; news 'while yon
sleep, has lt on your door
step when yon wake up in
the- morning. It's lateiiresa
tun scores many "beats."
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JtUNETZETH TEAR " " - "V' , ' , , OUMPBO I&5I - : , y - . ., . , ; ; Rij ;
'.. ; ' " ": "-1 V-;,.' ' . ::'i: . ;- .Salem. Ortgon. Friday Monlng. rbcnarr II. IS1I : : '4- ' ' ' ' '
i Split Of First I ayor Starts 'Barre?o7in? llJ Rill lo - T I ,. - J" !. k : '
Happy BirthdayXV rDi.n-ict Given , n va -" yu,, nrjapq
1 State of Oregon Is 82 Years Old Today I . 1 ' i VrOUD S O '
ve Reannortinnmont - 'V -v-:. , " . . . ! - - . L Y
K Committee; Decides : :; : s A
posal J
fit- I I v, ,
i Is 82 Years C
NNELL SANDERS
If you were to ask the first person you should chance
to meet upon the street today what day it is, if he were
a grade school boy, a love smitten swain or a .lien
pecked, hustsand, he would answer: Hearts and
flowers St Valentine s day.'
cut itiie were a stamp collector, or just the ordi-
. . nary r3food Oregon citizen, his prompt reply
would ; be, February 14, Oregon s natal
day as a state in these United States.
Eighty two years ago today, Feb
ruary 14, 1859, Oregon ceased
:to be a territory and became
ihe 33rd state in the union
In her 82 years of
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Col. 5)
Salem Airport HQ
All0te(l Flllllisl Bauser
' Column
Roosevelt Approves Sum
- of $472,110 for New
Construction Here
A surprise to most Salem of
ficials. President Roosevelt ap
proved Thursday a works prog
ress administration allotment of
9472,110 for construction and
development of the Salem mu
nicipal airport. ' Hope and ex
pectancy was expressed here
that Mork would begin before
March 1.
Since no application for the
project was on file in Washington,
DC, an application was signed im
mediately upon receipt of. word of-
the approval from Rep. James W.
ilott by Mayor W. W. Chad wick
and City Recorder Hannah Mar-
fin. The signatures were author
ised at a special meeting of the
City council THtdy night.
City Must Purchase, "r ' .
70 Acres for Expansion ;
Under the plan the city of Sa
lem would be obligated only to
the extent of purchasing about 70
acres for expansion of the airport,
expected to cost approximately
City Engineer Harold Daris
said:
"Salem Is going to hare an air
port. That's a cinch."
He added that the city Inciner
ator, which stands where the ad
ditional area would be acquired,
would have to be razed by the
time the airport is completed, but
not necessarily before.
' Previously, development of
the airport had received an al
location of 9140,000 by the civil
aeronautic authority. How-
ever. Karl Drew, assistant WPA
administrator for Oregon, ad
vanced the WPA plan to the
council Tuesday! night, saying
mat Washington 1 authorities
would decide which administra
tion would handle the nroJect.
He explained there was no clash
between the CAA and the WPA.
wane me wrA allocation ap
proved varied by 178,686 from
the $550,796 shown in itemized
accounts presented by Drew, G. R.
Bcatwright, district director, divi-
elon of operations of the WPA,
said the necessary, funds would
doubtless be forthcoming, because
the project is part of the emer
gency, defense program. :
Boat wright and.; Mayor Chad-
- wick i received letters Thursday
irom b. ,w. Sewell.- slate office
engineer for the; WPA. stating:
This project Is or first pri
ority and takes precedence over
any other project In your dis
trict, therefore, yon are request
ed to expedite the submittal of
the necessary plana ,
An Associated Press disnateh
quoted Rep. Mott as also announc
ing alocatlons for; airport develop
Eugene, -1334,666; and
Astoria, $365,878. The dftoatch
said the projects were eligible for
construction at the discretion of
the state administrator.
Here It Is; St.
we haven't even
checklnr the
Christmas cardsL"
yet to see who to '
next?
Valentine's and
got . through
w
we ;
lready)
had to f'
ir tools!
hymingl
an d-
mark off
year's ; list.
As usual
got around
as mey were? v" - y
locking the door's
of the Valentine!
store frhvme it N
comes it already)
and : we had
get out ou
and the rhyming
dictionary
build our own. Paul H. Hsassr, Jr.
Though Cupid rarely caters
To Oregon's legislators '
He toild hardly1 be demurring
(House and.-, senate-r'Jointlv
eoncurriBg' "
a v uuui luem, ill a- v iiejiune
Without regard-to partt -line, s
And if the world is full of ills
And Cupid'a dart can hit no Jills
The senate will fix It with some
.'bills
And spread love throughout the
hills.
.. . '
But straight and honest men they
are
And Cupid, you can't buy 'em
Ton can't ask love to go so far
On just three backs per diem. '
, CCPID'S BILL
1. "Roses are red. violets
' bine,
. Sugar Is sweet and so
" yon. 1
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are
on Proposal-
Move Anticipates Fourth
Congressman; Other
Districts Same .
? By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
The house reapportionment
committee decided Thursday
afternoon to split the first
(Western Oregon) congres
sional disrict into two tarts.
anticipating that Oregon will
obtain a fourth congressman.
ine committee, holdino- it
urBi meeting, aiso agreed to leave
tne second (Eastern Oregon) and
intra (Multnomah county) dis
tricts as they now are.
Tne action anDarentlv limited
the committee to consideration of
two proposals.
One, by southern Oreaon dele
gations, would create a fourth dis
trict comprising Jackson. Jose
phine, Coos, Curry, Douglas, and
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Grapplers Fail
In River Deaths I
111. M m. sTe V Tl la
Aiicmpi io nun juodies
of Case Brothers
Prove Futile
Attempts were unsuccessful
Thursday to recover from the Wil
lamette river the bodies of Ken
neth and Robert Case, brothers
who were drowned Wednesday af
ternoon. -ThajgrappUng was? done
by Marlon eeynty j sherif f'. men
and private individuals. Recovery
eiiorts are not expected to be con
tinned today.
Tne youths left the home of
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Irving
uase, on route , Wednesday
morning with their! lunches, say
ing tney expected to go to Cor
vallis on their bicycles to enlist,
Kenneth in the army and Robert
in the navy.
However, they went to the Sa
lem boathouse and rented a canoe.
They went up the river to the
Spaulding Logging! company
dump. They were following a log
raft down the river. Another boat
man saw their overturned canoe
and their heads but was unable to
aid. Another boat which went out
found no trace of the youths. --
The youths were Identified
through checking their bicycle li
censes at the city police station.
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Expected
Quick Passa
as Survey Shows Only
25 Adverse Votes
Committee Asserts Act
Will Keep US From
Entering War
WASHINGTON. Fh ia
(AP) The senate foreign
relations committee approved
the lease lend bill, 15 to 8,
Thursday and urged its pas
sage with an assertion that it
"is not a war measure, but a
practical safeguard aimed at
keeping out of war."
Making a formal report to the
senate, tne committee majority
said the welfsre of the nation can
best be served by a foreign policy
based upon the two fundamental
principles that:
"The. United States must strive
In all ways reasonably possible to
tay at peace with all the world;
and the United States must, in Its
own Interests, supply effective
material aid to those countries
woose aerense Is vital to our defense."
nese
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ReMiibns.
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ear CrucirfSiage
Australia Roused!
Toward South; Seas; Singapore1
iiayal Base iseen in Dani
Moves .
US
IOTAr
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Warns Citizens ta Leave Orient
, viuno, iiiucr jama
i
Mayor W. W. Chad wick (left), as he dropped first pair of shoes in
Salem Boy Scout "Shoes for Britain harrel. .hti u a .
las Carter of troop 11, sponsored by the Englewood Parent-Teacher
rrr iooea on. xne city's-troops will conduct a concerted
VlZ? ,ow,wn corners Saturday for tboes to be sent to needy
British citizens. v - .
Two
Cap
ture
pouts
- WASHINGTOX, Feb. 13-Ar-Kep.
Aniren (R-Ore) saya that
he voted against the lend-lease
bill because the administration
and majority membership re
fused to permit certain amend
ments. - They included. he said,
amendments which would pre
serve "the constitutional powers
of roBKrraa over the pane aal
war.tr. protect national defenae
and keep America ent of the
r-uropeaa war as a belligerent,
s Toward Dardanelles
. - If ;
By FRED VANDERSCHJnPT ' !
Associated Pfress Cable Staff j .
The shudder of Bower nniif ie i.ni .W L . '
world Thursday nirht and PHrUI- """ia " "e
situation in the southern MflTtUcIiff
BHiiX i Ieded e "of the tst gravity;-Untish-Jananese
relafiAna ik. r-.-r:: . .
nMcn ud J.pan's mililmry pressure on Sinn,
in ShT"h. i?"1' f0rtreSS- r!UbIe ld toT
. ""--nun unaouDieaiy caused the eXtnardinarw
VSSSvSL1v ""V Prim, nSnir7.
t-adden that "the war has moved into a new stare invnlvino-
the utmost gravity.- these KAUrrK .s.Tl TT art .
orieJu' renewed advice to American 4o leave the'
nJUJnT?? 'llV "H1 German raiders are being sup
toAlS&Slffi irom JPes Tecially Koti and
Brit?ii te1iHa,ldL thc, and expressed belief the
British may be forced to take "extrenfcly important aetioa"
"set thr endangered shiping. 7 U i j
T irr"e conin?"1 w lacking in Tokyo on the
I Australian rtrnnmtn.AmAn K a t . J
i - -- we Japanese iar-eastern ex-
iX o" faper arucie recommended destruction of Brit-
S
t
v-k - m . , -s. - - I - nr . f g v7 as in
ct Besin "Good Deed"U:S:fJ,."ifi".'
. u.wv mil
isn oingapore as the rruirk4t mtrr ijr.-.if."
e?mJ","." the Japanese war, since he contended it would cut th m 'efcn-
frigon Timber frntPr
"Goes Over Hill;"
Free Half Hour
two unarmed WPA workers
captured a -state prison convict
Thursday a few hours after he
escaped from a gang of prisoners
who were cutting trees in a heav
ily wooded area. Prison Warden
George Alexander stated.
He said the convict. John Wood.
30. who. entered prison three
months sgo from Eugene to serve
two years for receiving stolen
property, was returned to the oris
on ny tne workers. Wood offered
no resistance, and was retaken
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PRACTICE IN PEACE LATEST METHODS OF WAR
Lobby
The vested a cappella choir of
Willamette university serenaded
legislators and state employer at
ociocg Thursday afternoon in
the rotunda of the capltol.with
cverai numbers, directed by Dean
jaeivm u. ueist. : i
Seven past presidents of the sen
ate were guests of President Dean
Walker at ' a "reunion" - dinner
Thursday night at the Marion hotel-
Earlier In the day they at- i
tended the sessions and most of
them were extended courtesies in
ootn branches of the, legislature.
Only Robert M. Duncan of Bums.
president two years ago, was un
able to attend. He is now serving
s circuit juage. . :
Of the seven who attended, two
became governors of 5 Oregon v by I
virtue or their legislative offices:
jay liowerman- of v Portland In
HIO and A. W. Norblad of As
toria In 1929. Others present were
w. t Yinton of McMinnville, Roy
W. Ritner 6f Pendleton, Henry I.
Corhetr of -Portland, W 1 1 1 a r d
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s
a? 1 - am'.
saiem iatizens Askrd in
Give Serviceable Shoe
to Needy English
. Salem Boy Scouts will share
their dally "good turn" with Sa
lem citizens Saturday In a cltywlde
drive for "shoes for Britain," they
announced Thursday.
Old shoes, new shoes, any shoes
that- can be worn and are still
serviceable will be welcomed bv
the scouts, who will take stations
at "shoes for Britain" barrels on
downtown corners. The footwear
thus collected will be sorted, crat
ed and forwarded to a British re-
Ilel organization.
The drive will be conducted
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Its di
rection Is In charge of Scoutmas
ters Roy.Ellert of troop 11 and
Rex Wirt of troop 4. assisted bv
Scout Eddie Jackmsn.
Troops hare been assigned cor
ners as follows: Troop 19, north
. . 1 waacte I j j .
" Millions Feel Tension All OvV. -tWM 4 T
foreign policy of the Unitad Rt.t.. las JaDanese Mot nn inrr r i i !
. - l - - .-r-uaauvm K I Mini t I
these 7iXei5 by From Sydney to Washington to Southampton, thi mil-
To the end thst we may hare IlonA who Jye at war or near, it felt the tension- It engulfed
peace the bill authorizes aid to southern Europe, troubled soUong by fear.iAgain it touched
aiVIIlTC- if. I '
TlleU LO I aM nf M. I n I nV U'PrO TV WrWw-f A tfwv J.AH.. t : B
' 1 " " f vw,aw uakcu a-an vii iiiiiriss. f I
"To the end that we may haveLf. -TnTn.?nmirfd,ln the course through the scn-
biu easts
freedom, the
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600 High School
Juniors to Meet
Citizenship Institute I
Scheduled Tuesday
at Willamette
tare . : j Vf t T - VAv , ' tuux mrougn sen-
the 5!e.of aJd-for-BnUin bill, heard expressions of concern in
unuc curr uors lesx japan, the eastern partner of the
Rome-Berlin-Toky o axis, is ready at long list: to make a
lightning thrust at Sinsrartore. or TTnnr.ir9
hot, Dutch JCast Indies. whiW.iriiv; . "IL V"
Australian continent L 7 T
Axia Ready With Heavier Strokes 1
to Break Back of British Empire j j j
n.1116 fJa dJV with strokes its plan for conquest
in the south of Europe, the whole length of the jMediterran
f?nl ,c.nqTie?it.y whi.ch u intends to attempt to snap the
back of the British empire. Lending speed waa the knowledge
that Irs IV a nwn amniro tn A r;. l , . .
chosen on a basis of scholastic Vnd .FJ .ther shore the are .still advancing fn
extra-currlcuUr achievement, win fascist Albania. ; f .j
attend an ''Inatitnt r With mtUMi !: f . ' .
east corner, state and Commercial .hip" on the WllUmette university beckon thl ni,?? .- W ?"ma' HiUer
streets; 4. southeast corner. Court campus next Tuead.v . Ji- I. P?ckne the Premier and foreign minister 'of Yuiroslavia tn
and Commercial: 1. southwest I tlvlties here will .ZZl I "J iiercntesgaden retreat and. bv rtLan Ith. v,,,-
" w w f ar- vwh a.an a . m w a- n. v - tiu a a sarrsa a a a
corner, court and Liberty; 9.
northwest corner. State and Lib
erty; 11, southwest corner. Court
and High; 8, northwest -corner.
State and High. Other troops will
also paitlclpafe In the drive.
BritisirPlanes
Seen at McChord
with various brancbea f I Germany.
tol ""t " th l'iiture. , Those grey-clad thousand in Ruman!. M v '
'S&3 "Mp "way to GreecTTthei SSSZ-
Granu Pass. Wallowa. Heppner" f116"1! Pur through Bulgaria to the Dardanelles, Turkey.
JGrABd'- 7 Tt la spon- the Mediterraenon, even all the way across the land bridro
sored by the university which will to the Levant and the Sup InrW If i.TlS tC?5f?
om aost at luncheon aad dlnmar 1 1 . , " -u.cvi ucrmsa
- w ""a O'naer. I t renins r!iniil nnnn in -n-M : -t. J v - -. . . .
' torenoon program will In-I I iv:ajjcaujr uavc iiuiiiraieu tjai-
i uy uie uiousaaas. ;
d aresses by Mayor W. W.
Chad wick; Rex Putnam, state su
perintendent Of BUbllft ftraiA..
David W. Ecclea, executive seerel
tary to tne governor: " Elmer R.
Re porta Rampant Germany Wants
to Send Troops Thronzh Ynroslavia
Diplomats in Behrrade. Yrjmilav
. Mcchord field, Feb. is-) if ""utrator of the stats that Germany wants to send troops through both Yuiroslavia
preme court; aad Secretary cf I ""uica. . - ? , j
state Earl SneiL There also win I ' Other reports in Belgradelacking, confi
upi
Mo-
bombers, already marked with the
oruiss- insignia. wera Ilnad
Thursday on the apron of
Chord field.
Arffly - air corps officials said
tuey naa no information regard
ing the ships. In spite of their
irnL
L JtL,.:C -7? . n(1 ned' (above) practicing the latest method
" . a iuT iubicsv in uraucrn warxaref.sx tlk9 grti
and navy fliers are given Identical (raising
great XaTal Air statJoiVLateiiurst, X J US army
secretary f state's office.
I. H. Van Winkle, attorney gen-
ral will .--.w- a . .
British m.rvi... iv v- :. n at me uncn-
------- in. fiiaaca proo-ieon. , ...
ably 'have not been -turned overt The afternoon nrntnm wilt
to Britain or released by the army, elude visits to the pent tentlarr I V-vv ttrwrre,
some officers at the field nri- Falrview Homa - at. " -Cir IMOWS CIICIS
dieted nnoffldally. I school for the blind and school
tor tne. near.
ation igald
Yugoslavs see the fuehrer, and dkrtatrr.. fv cn-; i
that Bulgaria is attempting to -persuade Turkey not tfiffht
If German troops itart at the Dardanelles through Bui Aria.
' it Britain's dlplomarr th. ;
Friction Refuted
ueaa of Women OHva ir ru,i
ot WUlamette will be hostess at a
women's tea at I n.m. and tk im
Un Yillliie-Khox ti-Z.Wi?:
Will Ha innsla V-a twA txrtit
w wittiiu x i.J.in an a w rm n nan 1 1 sa -asaaafas' at Faisr m .
Leavlas unanswered the quesUon ?:3. aadesa, by-Governor
whether Britain may; get more Char'ee A. "Sprsgue.-'That Toung
""" ucsiroyers, ui White I wRomsM t ay ue setter Citizens
House. Insisted Thursday night I ot Bl Commonwealth'
that there was no contra I 1 1
" NEW YORK,lFev
The British radio reported.
Tbnrsday night In a broadcast
beard by XUC that an nndla
eloaed nnnaher of British war
hips have met in mid-Atlantic
to take part ta activities Oarlag
which - tbey would cover asorn
than lOOO muilea. The aqnad
resi was said to include' one of
the largest units of the British
fleet, ' " v
Secretarv Kbot ant
rvenaeu l. willkle.
Stephen Early.' presidential see.
reiary,. tola reporters:
"There Is no con tro vers v
iu uifl presiaent ana the sec
retary el the navy or Mr, WI11-
aie-" ur. , "...
-Ulrgw Roosevelt Joins "r
Vew Tork. Feb. lSWjIv-Orvilla
S. werheraon. organiser and, di
rector of. United Ameiicansnewly
formed . organization supporting
President's foreign poller and de
fense program, said that Mrs. E1-!
eanor Roosevelt had Joined the
group national committee. 1
Shut Dotcn ct Dallas
DALLAS. Feb. 1 J--Two oc.
siug operations were shut down
Thursdsy by- CIO pickets. One 1
near Molalla and one several j
miles west of here. . " -
The Pope Talbot Lumber com
pany near, here announced - pie-
aeis - posted in a Jurisdictional j
strike between CIO onion officials
ana logging sub-con tractors forced
closure of the "plant. .
In. the Molalla area "woods op-
craiions 01 tne ustrander Logging
company were - halted by pickets
oemanaing a hlxher wage scale
for 160 mtn en strike. -
MADRID. - Spain, Feb, 14-CFrlday)-l-G
e n e r a llaslnso
Francisco France And his for
etgn minister, Itamon Serrano
Snner, had at "cordial converse.
lion - at - luncheon . Thnrsday
Chief " of State Marsha retain
, ef Franco and his vice-pre-nlcr
Admiral Darlan, it was official
ly announced this nsornlng. -
: BrrOLJ, Tarotlavla, Feb. 14
(Friday )Pf-G reek troope
were reported Friday snomlng
; to ' have reached " strategic
belhta' north of and beyond
TepeUni, Albania, after heavy:
t'-Ut'.ng and threatened to cot
; (Tarn to Far,e t, Cel. i) ,
i . . . .
. -tr rruie test? Malateaance
Of Turkey as an ally who will
stand staunch aad; fight, If it
comea to that, .
I At the other end of the sea that
has become so hostile for lUly,
little Francisco Franco of Spain,
hcting somewhat like a messenger'
of state, talked with Marshal re
tain, the chief of state ot France'
and no doubt, relayed te him the -things
which Mussolini told aim
are expected, ot Fraaee and Spain
la the making of the -new world
frder. He saw Mussolini en the
.Ullan. Riviera Wednesday. .
It xaay be thst Spain; and"
Fraaee the one war-weary jtd
hungry; the other conquered aad :
getting hungry may be expect 4
to form a Latin bloc to boliter
the c axis offensive Is the Ueitr.
vanean with enevo!rct neutrality "
fn both southwest Europe? and."
north Africa.. It may be seme
British fear to that they are ex- .
pected to-provide a: roadway, for
a German, land attack cn Gitrsi--1
tar and even supply African, bates
for axis pisses and ships., -, f
Iinportaat to Axis t" : i .' - -
la French Army StarI '. i '
G alore immediately iiHipertael to
Hitler and 'Mussolini, i ,
that the unbeaten I rtucli r. 4
In Africa asd ryrii. ca tc a
of the Sues cac&l. et3ai Ir:-
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