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: Statesman Leads All the sports newt, when It's fresh,' Is carried In your morning: Oregon Statesman. No other paper read In Sa lem gives yon as timely news as yoaH find In these pages. .. TTcatlier i ... - Mostly fair today and Fri day; Utile change In temp eratare. 11st. temp. Wed nesday. U. lUn. iff. North wind. River a foot. Clear and cold. NINETIETH YEAH Snlom, Orecjon. Thursdays Morning February 29. 1941 Price) So Newssianda So No. SZ1 Tin Disclaim With: IHItelw W W . . M ) u . ii h si , .him VsV Vs NX . ssr ssr wim.wtB.m.JM w w m w wwwmwmw w m m , - V n Friends hip 7 - j-.. iAid 'Bill Three Southern Senators Back ActtoLimit One Hopes Action Will not Lead to War but Is Ready for It WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (AP) Three southern senator backed the lease-lend bill .Wednesday, ani one of them, Bailey (D-NC)j asserted that the utmost helo should be given to England! even if the ulti mate result is war. z't am hoping ;this . intervention may not mean var," he told a suddenly hushed 'and solemn sen ate. "But if it does, 1 am ready for it." i 'Great Britain is standing vir tually alone against a combination of forces whose j one purpose is "World revolutions he said. And If Britain falls, he added, America, fa lone republic I in a totalitarian world," will be in peril. I The day was devoted to speech es favorable to the bill. Senators Hill (D-Alabama) and. Conrially (D-Texas) urged its passage, the latter calling on America to face its 'foreign problems as "a united people." ! Late in the afternoon, the sen ate ran out of speakers who wero prepared to go ahead with their addresses and Senator Barkley of Kentucky, majority leaderpreposed that the senate proceed to action on amend ments offered by the foreign re lations committee. Opponents of the bill objected that there had not been sufficient time for con sideration, and the senate then recessed until Thursday. On behalf of the administration leadership, Senator Byrnes CD South Carolina) had proposed a substitute for one of" the commit tee admendments which he con tended clarified the language without changing the intent. The point at issue was whether the original committee amend- (Turn to Page 7, Col. 6) V Fields Quips Tax Suit LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19.-y-Flavoring his testimony with wisecracks and gags, Film Come dian W. C. Fields Wednesday amused courtroom spectators When he asked Uncle Sam for a $20,000, refund on the $84,000 in come tax' he paid in 1937. j The roly-poly funnyman said he fiad to have two secretaries, one of them just for night duty to take down dictation, : in case he hap pened to wake up with a bright Idea for gag. He thought her sal ary should be included in deduct ible items in his i tax report. There was- an item of $2,000 be said should be allowed for advertising and publicity. Fields quipped: That's business if I don't get iny nose , in a magazine once in a while, people will forget me." Oregon Fisli Commission Would Compromise Fight j The Oregon fish commission took side against the sportsmen's coast stream or "steelhead" bill at a hearing before the house legislative committee on fisheries Wednesday night but sug gested that, given "necessary authority, the game and fish com missions could devise regulations satisfactory to both vocational and vocational fishermen. The commission is disposed to take the attitude that the steelhead Is primarily a game fish and shad and salmon pri marily food fish," Merle R. Xhessman, Astoria member, re ported to the committee, He read a statement from the mmmission oroDosing that the two bodies set up to oversee fish ing be authorized to conduct hear ings on each coast stream's prob lems , and then establish regula tions as to gear and deadlines lor each. ' Take of Commercial Fishermen 'Shows Only Slight Decline ,1 The take of commercial fisher men has declined but slightly $n .the last decade over the first dec ade of this century, M. T. Hoy, master fish warden, testified." The 1900-09 catch was 5,730,000 pounds, that of! 1930-39 5,340,000 . -sounds, he said. i The sportsmen's bill, SB 53, Vould deprive commercial opera t- Hit; Etoiiie Governor Welcorhdieri J U y (7 U V-' si I -i - n-i i i - i i dim . ii i Delegates to. the Indian youth conference being held at Chemawa this week receive the official wel come of the state of Oregon from Governor Charles A. Sprague, above, as they pause In a sight-seeing tour of the eapltoL From left to right, they are Wlllena Horn. Josephine St. Pierre, Iva MeAdams, ' Kathleen Kalama, Richard Peters, Zane Jackson, Robert Henderson, Charles Lawrence, Felix Perry, Governor Sprague, William Telleull, Lorraine Fry, Mary FarwelL Margaret Kitson, Betty Boyd and the two boys standing behind, also left to right, are Richard McCoy and Louie LaMere. Bigger Trucks Measure Dies Senate Kills Bill by Margin of 2 to 1 ; Debate Is Heated By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. Disposing of the irst piece of major legislation to come be fore either house, the Oregon Senate Wednesday defeated 18 to 9 a bUl to permitl bigger trucks to' 'Operate xrt flSe" state highways. : While sponsors contended the measure would decrease freight rates and would make Oregon truck limits conform with those of Washington and Cali fornia, opponents charged it would permit a few large truck operat ors to obtain a monopoly of the transportation business. The bill, endorsed by Governor Charles A. Sprague and drafted by the state highway commission, would have increased the weight limit from 54,000 to 68,000 pounds, and raise the length limits from 50 to 60 feet. The vote was on the 6 to 1 re port by the senate roads and highways committee recommend ing passage of the bill. The sen ate voted 18 to 9 to substitute the minority report of Sen. C. H. Zurcher (R-Wallowa) for the ma jority report, and three minutes later, voted by the same margin to postpone the bill indefinitely. Senator Zurcher led the battle against the bill. Sen. Douglas Mc Kay (R-Marion), chairman of the roads and highways committee, (Turn to page 2, Col. 6) Nuns Leader Dies MILWAUKEE, , Teb. 19 - W - Mother Mary Medulpha" Ebner, 72, US commissary general of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and spiritual leader of the : order's 5200 nuns in this country, died Wednesday at the Notre Dame convent. ors and fish consumers of approx imately 50 per cent of the present coast hatch, Hoy declared. The streams and the fish be long- to all the -people of the ' state, countered : William J. Smith. Portland, president of the Oregon Wildlife federation. This bill would remove from See to 550 set nets from coast streams and the escapement of salmon and steelhead would , add to the runs of the future.1 The sports fishermen want their bill passed or rejected as It stands, not amended, Smith said. Earl Hill, former Lane county representative, proposed that In lieu of enacting the senate bilL the legislature ' close- the upper reaches of all coast - streams to angling during the steelhead spawning season and apply zon ing and netting regulations indi vidually to each stream. i Scant committee attention was given a bill to' reopen the Rogue river to commercial fishing. A.. i Knudson-'All Is Well9 Murray-f 14,000 to Quit Production Chief Says Labor Disturbances not Serious WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (AP) Statements by William S. Knudsen Wednesdayj that la bor disturbances . are not seri ously interfering with the de fense program brought a pre diction from Rep. Walteij (D-Pa.) that congress' might not' enact remedial legislation. Knudsen, director of the office of production management, told the house judiciary committee re peatedly .that the program is pro ceeding "fairly well" and, that oc casional labor stoppages would (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) People are always forgetting where they are. For some people it doesn't make an v clirfrnp. , because it isn't important where they are. For people like us it doesnt mane any umer-j ence, because we don't care where we are. We don't knowj- in what category I ttepresent-l ative Jim' Rod-1 man falls, but he forgot where he Pl H. Br. Jr. was. Mr. Rodman, who . Is fro m Lane county and all the kinds of a republican there are, used to be Speaker of the Nebraska house of representatives. He doesn't like' the New Deal and he doesn't like to have the Feds sticking a finger in the state's pie. j This subject always warms him up. . , j It warmed him up yesterday. He got so warmed up in a speech in the Oregon house of representatives yesterday that he wound up an oration with the cry, 'And this is a thing that won't be tolerated in the great! state of Nebraska." ! It appears that the long trucks couldn't be passed, neither the highways nor in the; senate. i ' The most noteworthy embezzler who has come to our attention in recent weeks is Louis A. Kronen berg of Chicago who stole $26,000 from his employers over 20 years ago and saved every penny of it. He returned it to the ompany and they needed rL. So they drop ped charges and they're going to hire him aain.- In ' fact! they're considering making him treasurer. RHYME rot A LEGISLATORS WHO SAID HI DIDN'T SAT IT waa wr ywt cay were aever yer Cu hack at ym tn , Ur tkat .Ucbc mum , Aainst mistakes Botes. ' -nut 11 ya mmst .peak tm ta sms, Wy Uea. xt fiia4. mry,Y ; Aad cveryUm-y start t : . A Oictapfc yea'U carry. : . ' Moral: Words are like the wind and it's hard to prove after you've oiown wnicn way you mew. lm tee lb.. i 'Paul Hauser' Column keh Iglaimdl: Forts CIO Leader Threatens Walkout of Workers at Steel Plant By The Associated Press A threat of a strike in defense plant employing 14,000 men was voiced Wednesday by Phil ip Murray, uiu president, a short time after William S Knudsen ' had told 15 a " house committee that labor difficulties had not seriously hampered the defense program. Murray, who is also chairman of the steel workers organizing committee, notified defense au thonties in Washington that un less they were "prepared to see that the Bethlehem Steel com pany "discontinues its unlawful and discriminatory" practices the company's Lackawanna, NY, plant would be closed Murray protested to Sidney Hill man. associate director of the office of production man agement, that the company had "locked out 300 employes. Conferences at the Allis-Chal mers plant in Milwaukee brought no signs of an agreement Com pany officials and representatives of the ClO-United Auto Workers continued discussions which have been going on almost continuous ly since the strike began. These other labor disputes were reported in other cities yesterday Chicago CIO union members (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Court Names State Chief JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb 19-jiPl)-The state supreme court recognized Forrest C. DonnelL a republican, as governor of Mis souri Wednesday in a decision which left democratic leaders di vided over their efforts to seat Lawrence McDaniel. The court upheld Donnell's claim to the office by virtue of his 38 13-vote plurality in last No vember's election and directed the democrat-controlled legishv ture to seat him immediately. There was no ruling on a sec ond suit by Donnell asking for a writ of prohibition to stop a leg islative committee from beginning an actual recount of votes before ting him.1- - ' Lobby Hobnobber Tti r The perennial bUl "for the lief of Bertha Bcrgerson did not appear in Just that form at this session. Instead, a ways and means committee combined all the per sonal claims against the state into one bill and it was passed by the house Wednesday. The modest re muneration for Lute Savage, pris on guard injured , in the famous prison break of the middle '20s, is provided for in this bilL " : James Patton, national president of the Farmers Union, received the courtesy of the senate on Wednesday.. He .was a guest of Sen. Ronald E. Jones (R-Marion. i -O National Defense, bow many crimes are committed in thy name." Sen. Zurcher didn't phrase it Just that way. In Plan to Build Guam,S amoa Defense Voted Naval Base Program Appropriation Gets Full Approval ; WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 (AP) A plan to develop naval outposts at . Guam and Samoa won speedy and unanimous house approval Wednesday af ter the navy's high command recommended strongly jthat any protest by Japan against the Guam project be "totally disre garded." In sharp contrast to the furore created at two past sessions when the house rejected requests for harbor developments funds for Guam, there was not a word of protest when the Item went through today in a bill to author ize a $242,000,000 naval base de velopment program. The measure now goes to the senate. Unusual criticism of the Japan ese as individuals developed on the house floor during the rela tively brief debate. While Rep, raaois iu-a) was urging a strong United States policy toward Japan, Rep. Gore (D-Tenn) arose and interrupted: "I am glad the gentleman Is paying his respects to these scrubby, contemptible, squint eyed sons of the rising sun." In approving the legislation, the house gave its first formal sane tion to the acquisition of the At Ian tic base sites from Britain in (the now historic exchange. of 50 uuu;ui, Alio uiu lnciuaea aua (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Bomber Burns At El Paso Plane Enroute for British Delivery Crashes, 2 Die EL PASO, Texas, Feb. 19-jP)-A Hudson bombing plane, en route for delivery to the British air force, snagged a steel radio tower, crashed and ; burned Wednesday, killing both its pilots. The crash occurred in clear weather, as a stiff wind was blowing. The plane had circled for a landing when its wing tip caught the tower. The bodies of the pilots were thrown clear. Dead were Pilot Marino Gug lielmetti, 42, of North Hollywood, Calif., and Co-Pilot Robert Mc Kee, 30 of Burbank, Calif, form erly of Spokane. Both were em ployes of the Lockheed Aircraft corporation.. j The craft was one of eight which flew here Wednesday east ward for delivery to the British. The impact tore off the wing tip and bent the radio mast In a loop, with its top touching the ground. Hospital Manager Asks Indigent Aid PORTLAND, Fen. 19-P-Wil-liam Gahlsdorf, Salem General hospital business manager, told the Oregon Association of Hos pitals Wednesday that its units should be reimbursed for caring for penniless victims of automo bile accidents. The association, holding Its sixth annual meeting here, was told that a bill to pay hospitals had been passed by the Oregon house of representatives and now awaits senate action. fating the national defense' ar rumen ts of the track bin's pro ponents, hut he got the Idea It - didnt take a particularly keen-eyed reporter to " pick out LqwcU Stockman, member of the liquor, commission, as he mean dered through the capitoL They call him "Tiny" because he isn't. ' 4 j ; '..'..." "Still hope so," said Chairman Frank J. Lonergan Wednesday night when asked if his house Ju diciary committee would 7 report out this week on' unemployment compensation., Committee mem bers believe the report, represent ing ah attempt to strike a com promise between the demands of the labor and employer sides of (Turn to Page 7. CoL 4) Hitch-Hiking Repeal May Return Son OLYMPIA, Feb. 19-V-The house of representatives Wednes day voted to repeal the state's anti-hitch hiking law. If the measure gets through the senate maybe Rep. Tom O'Gorman's son can come back to the state of Washington. . Q'Gorman (D-King), who intro duced the repeal bill, said his son missed a bus at Wena tehee one night and started hitch hiking the seven miles to his home. "He was picked up by the state patrol and kept in jail all night for being a hitch hiker," O'Gorman said. "Soon after that he left the state -and said he'd never come back." Farmer Union Holds BaiKiuet i Leader Tells Needs of Agriculturists; Governor Speaks Farmers' needs, epitomized by James J. Patton, national Farm ers Union president of Denver, before delegates and members at the Oregon annual state banquet last night in the First Methodist church, include voluntary organ ization by farmers as an offset to regimentation, less bureaucra cy in agricultural functionings and increased "hard hitting vocal farm organization" of delegates upon returning to respective lo cals as a protective device to in sure democracy in the future of agriculture. Governor Charles A. Sprague in extending greetings of the state to th delratp stated that th larm, industry, was faemguncer tain times and that it was', the to bridge troublesome days ahead. He spoke briefly upon taxation and legislation as it affected the farmer. State, County Officials. Legislators Abo Speak .. Other speakers were Ernest Werner, Marion county president. who was president in 1932 when Salem was last host to the State convention. Werner reminded his listeners that in 1932 Marion county possessed five Farmers Union locals and that it now has 18. Luverne Fetz, president of the Washington-Idaho union, brought greetings from those states. California was represented by N. M. Parsons; Mrs. Jessie Will iams of Red Hills local and state Junior leader, took a bow as did State President Harley Libby; J. D. Mickle, state director of agri (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) War News Briefs LONDON, Feb. 2-(Thmrs-day)-iA-German raiders, at tacking - singly tn the, face of heavy anti-aircraft fire and ' rough, snowy weather, dropped scores of incendiary bombs ea one London district Wednesday night aad scattered high ex-' plosives on another. Shops houses were da snared persons were Injured, but the fires were extinguished quickly. WASHINGTON. Feb. -Use of helium to fill barrage balloons for guarding American cities from sir attack, may be one of the reasons behind Ident Roosevelt's surprise euest Wednesday to for expanded production of the non-lwflsmmaMe lifting gas. WASHINGTON, Feb. lMff) -Stressing that Japan waa seek ing "ecsie-le expansion by .peaceful mesne but infusing to rule out a resort to force. Ad miral Kiehkvabure N Japanese Wednesday there would American-Japanese war the United States took the "ini tiative." LONDON, Feb. U-vP)-A great German undersea offen sive this spring with SO 9 sub marines let loose against Brit ish shipping was predicted to-. day by a neutral naval SPOKANE, Waab, Fen. IV-vP)-An Alaska woman geld miner, Mrs. Edna Fix, whet puts' her faith tn the rMukluk" tele graph of the Arctle etklmo, said here today the United States had better ret busy with Its defense for northern Alaska or she "shouldn't be surprised at all to awaken seme morning and see the Russian Cag float- . Lag ever. N Victory for Desired; Clai: Move ; Halted by Pact Japanese Excitement Rrins Higli With -rusting oi iiussie iroops; Assert ; British Action "BeUigerent" ! ," ,. j i i " ! By The Associated Press ISTANBUL, Turkey, Feb. 19 The Turkish ress Insisted Wednesday night that the Turkish-Bulgarian non-aggression agreement in no way affected Turkey's relations with Greece and Britain and that Bulgaria would .attempt to prevent any German march towards Greece. The official Turkish radio said! that the axis, in reporting 'the pact, "has taken advantage of it for its own purposes." Turkey's British ally, on the contrary, "has not taken this attitude, but has said that she was fully informed of the negotiations and in full agreement with them," the radio com mentator added. . . j ! The newspaper Ikadam sad thai as a matter of fact Turkey now was in a better position to aid Greece and that if war de veloped in the Balkans it would be solely on Germany's respon sibility. , i . "There are rumors in Greece which make her doubt her best friends, commented the paper Yenisabah. j "We are Greece's best friend. We repeat, we believe in her and we know victory will be hers. Avakit said that under the terms of the declaration.' Bul garia "could not attack Greece or kllow Germany to do so through Bulgarian territory. t Askam emphasized that turkey's foreign policy was based on the British alliance and declared that developments in no way affect Turkey's relations with Either Britain or GreecT War Roundup At a Glance (By the Associated Press) Turkey denies restriction of action as result , of pact with , Bulgaria; r express .friendship for Greece. - 4 , , 1 . . Japanese Intensely -excited over. British reinforcement of Singapore; army spokesman in Shanghai charges Britain with "belligerent action." Britain coldly receives Jap anese offer to mediate war with Germany. - Offer accompanied by accusation that Britain .and United States are making "war like preparations' in the Pa cific. United States house adopts legislation to improve naval de fenses at Guam and Samoa and develop bases gained from Brit ain. British-trained Ethiopians take Njabara, 140 miles within Ethiopia. Rome says German dive bombers effectively raided British tanks apparently set for move on Italian Tripolitania. Greeks capture two. fortified villages,' 300 prisoners, claim It alians fire on own troops. Germans drop incendiary and high explosive bombs in brief night attack on London. . English-Composer Dies BRIGHTON, England, Feb. 19. -0?"-Sir Hamilton Harty, 60, com poser and conductor who made several tours of the United States as guest composer of orchestras, died at his home here Wednesday night . ;' Woman Sues Gentian Cbnsiil On Hitler Good (Zwce Trip SAN FRANCISCO. Feb; 19 (AP) Captain Fritz Wiede mann. German consul general here, was sued; Wednesday by a woman who claimed be owed her money for a trin she made tn Germany at his request to see of Adolph Hitler. ' The complaint was filed in su perior court by counsel for Mrs. Alice Crockett,' a divorcee who asked 1S0C0 of Wiedemann to cover expenses and a $500 a month salary for the, alleged six months trip. --' 'f - . . Mrs. .Crockett. who;id she formerly was a movie actress, told Interviewers she met the naxi of ficial at his San Francisco office In April, 1939, when she attempt ed to Inquire about two aunts in Germany. She said she was a na tive of Switzerland. The complaint said the follow ing events took place: r Wiedemann made a verbal arTeement with Mrs. Crocket far her to go to Germany and find out from Hitler and other nasi officials whether they were satisfied with the manner In ' which he was falTTTTIng bis dalles. There bad been n misunder Greeks 4 m Axis i (By Associated Press) Japanese excitement ever the posOng of heavy British Imperial forces at Malayan battle rtitlons ranthirh early Thursday amid of ficial Japanese army charges thai the British had committed a bel Urerent ' action." Simultaneously Britain turned a courteously cold mhoalder to a Japanese offerlto mediate the war with Germany Japan's axis part nl . i ; it. Sailors of Japanese warships at Saigon, French Indo-Chioa, re mained close to their anchorage instead of 'wandering throughout that port as usuaL Japanese offi cials at Saigon dashed about for hous yesterday from their hotels to he Japanese -occupied Saigon airport, to the Japanese consulate, and; to the 5,170 - ton Japanese ntiui uc &u mat a Japinese military official In Sai gon I would say was that we are not Informed that the Australians have arrived at Singapore.? Japanese Spokesman Asserts British In "Belligerent Action" It! was different in SKangHa where Major Kunio Akiyama, of ficial spokesman for the Japanese expeditionary forces In China, de livered the "belligerent action" charge and said the British de signed it to bring pressure on Thailand, . i The British sent with their sold iers enough planes to give them apparently the balance of air pow er hi southeastern Asia. 1 1 The United. States gave fur ther evidence, of standing her ground In the: Pacific in unoffi cial but 'neTerthelesa effective collaboration with the British. The US house passed and sent to the senate lert&UUem calling for development of naval . bases at Guam, 'Samoa -and the new Atlantic outposts received from Britain, ? :S Oii other fronts, the British re ported gains , by. British-trained tribesmen in Ethiopia; the Italians said ; German dive-bombers bad raided British tanks and arrnored I. Turn to Page 1, CoL 4) if he still was in the good graces standing between Wiedemann and Hitler and the; others concerning Wiedemann's ability -to "property fulfill his duties as consul general of the government of Germany and to properly fulfill his duties aa head- of the propaganda divi sion." of the German govern lira. Crockett rpent 1500O d her own funds to get to Germany, where she arrived in July, and had talks with Hitler, Jose;H Goebbela, nazi propaganda chit.; Field . Marshal Herman Goerfc and others, all of whom assurt i her that Wiedemann ""was prope j ly carrying out his duties as ccr sul general in San Francisco, ar, i as chief of the espionage terri'i of the government of Genaaxy X the United States." : Captain Wiedemann said be hi 3 no statement to m&le ecnccrr: the suit, and referred all cscstJerJ to his lawyer. Otto A. HoecVcr.