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NINETIETH YEAB
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning." February 23." 1941
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:Two Salem Meii
Win Firsts at
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Linfield
', Wea McWain Is Victor
Fourth Time; Pastor
Also Takes Prize
Willamette university speak
ers proved . themselves still
fiery in the 11th annual Pi
. Kappa Delta intercoleglate for
ensic tournament at Linfield
college the past three days, top
ping their performances with
first in men's after-dinner
" speaking Jby Westly McWain
and first in senior men's oratory
-t by James Wilson.
College of Pacific, from Stock-
- ton, Calif., won the sweepstakes
- for the second consecutive year
for permanent possession. Lin-
r. field college was second in gen-
- ral standing.
Thirty colleges competed. Will-
lam Biddick, student body presi
dent, and Margaret Stimman, both
of College of Pacific, were named
outstanding individual partici-
- pants.
McWain, a sophomore from
Salem, woo his fonrth consecu
tive first In the arter-cinner
field, starting at this tourney In
1940.
Wilson,, a sophomore and pas
tor at Pratum, represented Wil
lamette in the recent .state peace
oratory contest, placing fourth.
Other Willamette students who
placed high, as announced by Dr.
Herbert E. Rahe, forensics coach,
included Emogene Rujsell, Salem
freshman, in the finals of the
senior women's extempore speak
ing. Wade Bettis of Gresham was
in the junior men's finals of that
field.
. William Thomas of West Sa-
. 1cm,. student body president, was
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WES McWAIN
third in senior men's extempore.
Biddick from Stockton was first,
and Tom Mink of Pacific univer
sity, winner of senior men's im
promptu, 1 was second. Joe Van
Winkle of Hubbard and Zerat
Brown " of Salem reached the
semifinals. , t
Jan Johnson. Canby fresh- 1
siu, was fourth In the Jamlor '
women's raiory. Ralph May of ;
Denver and Ball Simons of
rortuad reached uo semifl- ,
Bais of Impromptu. Don Bar-1
ton of Salem was rnnnemp In ;
after dinner speaklnr.
Five of the six Salem debate
teams were in the finals. Their
personnel was Harold Adams of
Silverton and Wade Bettis, Don
Burton and Zeral Brown, John
Ilobson of Salem and Hall Simons,
Emogene Russell and Mrjorie
Waters of Salem, Dorothy Moore
of Portland and Barbara Comp
ton of Salem.
Judge Given
Salem jCase :
Chief Justice Kelly of the state
supreme court Saturday . assigned
Circuit Judge Earl Latourette of
Oregon City to try the case of Hor
nor against Salem bakery
company in Marion, county. The
auit Involves recovery, of money
for services. ' t
Circuit Judge Carl Hendricks of
Foesil was assigned to Deschutes
n4 Crook counties to dispose of
come criminal , cases and . other
matters. ; - i
. Hendricks is substituting for
Judge Ralph Hamilton of ; Bend
who , recently was appointed cir
cuit Judre' but' is now serving as
legal adviser to Gov. Charles A.
Sprague.' . "' :
Postmaster Job9 Open - s
WASHINGTON, Feb.: 22.-:
,Tho civil service commission an-.
Bounced Saturday - it would" "re
ceive applications until the - clos?
of business March 7 for the post
masterships at-Mohler . and Ten
mile, Ori. t V; a :
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HENRY A. WALLACE
Wallace Tells
US Position
Says Democracy Price
Is to Be Willing ;
to, Sacrifice ivf 4
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MOINES,. Iowa, Feb. 22
(AP) Vice President Henry
A. Wallace said Saturday that:
"The price of democracy and
; peace on this hemisphere is
based on our being more willing
than the nazis to sacrifice our
. goods, our time, apd, if need be,
f our lives." ,
j He made this assertion in an
J address prepared for the national
J farm institute, and, it was under
. stood, read and approved by Pres
ident Rosevelt. It was his first ad
dress $ince he assumed the vice
presidency. "Oar only hope for peace Is to
prevent England from betas de
stroyed by the nazis, he de
clared. "Let those who fear the
, consequence of war keep that
In mind.- fc.
Then looking toward . a time
"when nazism is defeated,"' Wal
lace said that the United . States
has "the resources, the inventive
genius and the heart to do "the
job . of peace" in gaining' higher
living standards for common men
the world over.
-We shall look forward to the
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Labor Complaint Filed..
PORTLAND, Feb. 22H3-A
complaint was filed in federal
court here Saturday by the wige
hour division of the labor depart
ment, accusing the Corvallis Lum
ber company of failure to pay
minimum wage and overtime.
The charge was the first filed in
Oregon for contested action under
the federal wage-hour act.
Royal Family Weeps
' The National Broadcasting
company picked up a Berths ra
dio announcement that Former
King Alfonso of Spain Is dead In
Rome. The AP is checking the
report with Its Rome bureau. :
ROME, Feb. 23( Sunday )
( API Extreme -, unction . was
administered late Saturday
nipht to Alfonso XIII. former
king of Spain, as his condition
grew Worse ;, -,. .
K : rerson close to Alfonso's
suite said death "may be
question of minutes- it may be
a question of hours. ' ' 7.
Alfonso sat in a chair in his
hotel room, awaiting the crisis.
He was too weak to be moved to
his. bed." r '.' ...-I." V :, :
; At the ex-king's own . re
quest, the Spanish jesuit priest,
Ulpiano Lopez, was summoned
to administer the last rites of
Jie.church. -. ' .' I
Seeing the "member t of . his
family weeping about him, Al
fonso remarked: ;
.-Am I to bad?, .Then call th
Liea ?fs of Radical
Group Jailed to
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Prevent
German Staff Officers at Sofia .
Hotel Hooted; Sabotage Feared;
Nazi Signs on Highways
MOSCOW, Feb. 2S-(Sunday)-.T-A terse statement by Tass,
official soviet Russian news agency, today disclaimed any active
assistance by the USSU in arrant inr the recent BaI-arian-Turk.lsh
non-af tression accord.
LONDON, Feb. 22-P)-A 38,000 square mile area of the n
, tral Mediterranean Italy's "mare nostrum" was declared "dan
rerous to nhlppinr" by the British admiralty Saturday.
By The Associated Press
German staff officers arrived in Sofia, Bulgaria, Saturday
almost simultaneously with the arrest of 50 Bulgarian radical
agrarian party leaders capable of leading a popular revolt against
the expected German occupation of King Boris little realm.
While Bulgarian communists sent out appeals for passive re
sistance to any German invasion, students angrily shouted against
'Germain occupation of Bulgaria" outside the. Sofia hotel where
the German officers established residence.
Strategic Bulgarian highways leading from the Rumanian
border where German troops are encamped bore newly erected
Lend Measure
Gets Pounding
McCairori of Nevada
Predicts War in
Sixty Days
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22
(AP) Three opponents ham
mered at the administration's
British aid bill in the senate
Saturday, and one of them,
Senator McCarran (D-Nev),
predicted it would put the United
ter its enactment. ; ; -v
Senator TaXt (R-Ohio) said that
the bill would put "the issue of
war ' beiore tne country witmn six
months, and Senator Capper (R
Kan) asserted that it would give
the president complete war mak
ing powers. "
While the' senate worked
through an extraordinary Satur
day afternoon sessiov in order to
hasten action on theVbill, admin
istration supporters discussed
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Funeral Set
For Mason
E. F. Wieder Will Be
' Buried at Albany
Willi Lodge Rites)
Funeral services for Edwin
Lincoln Wieder, Salem business
man who died at his home Friday
after several weeks of Illness, will
be at 2 p. m. today in the Clough
Barrick chapeL Rev. P. W. Erik
sen will officiate, and Salem lodge
No. 4, AF & AM, will be in charge
of ritualistic services. Burial will
be in the Masonic cemetery at Al
bany. Pallbearers will be F. W. Dur
bin, L. W. Gilbertson, Milo Ras
mussen, Joe Adolph, Judge Percy
R. Kelly and Roscoe Shelton.
Survivors are a daughter, Mrs.
Sanford Adler of Baker; a son,
David Van Sellar Wieder of Sa
lem, and a brother, Charles Wie-
der of Albany.
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Here Is the royal family "of Spain
ported dying at Rome and from a
afz hflrca are shewa abOTC :
Revolt
signs printed in German. Author
ized British sources predicted a
southward march of these troops
within two days. Nazi pontoon
bridges now span the Danube
river frontier at many points.
As additional anti-aircraft guns
were mounted on buildings in
Sofia, some Britons made haste to
leave the country, but the British
legation staff still remained.
Communist Leaders Ask
"No Force In Resistance
Within . Bulgaria, communist
leaders were exhorting their fol
lowers: "Resist the invaders . . .
but not by force.
There were suggestions that
widespread sabotage might be at
tempted by peasant followers of
the soviet union, which has been
the traditVnnl frinrt rf ihm TliitU
In Vichy; Informed sources'
said France haa notified Japan
that she cannot accept a pro
posal that approximately one
third of the French In do-China
provinces of Laos and Cam bod a
be ceded to Thailand, and ex
pressed belief the government
would- reject the proposed ces
sion even to the point of per
mittinr a resumption of hostili
ties. The armistice between Thai
land and French Indo-China
expires February 25. Peace ne
gotiations at Tokyo have been
stalled for several days.
Domei, the Japanese news agen
cy, said Indo-China's "supreme
council of war" had discussed
whether to align the colony with
the "Anglo-American powers." -British
Report Fresh
Success in Africa
In the East African campaign
the British reported - fresh . suc
cesses: The capture of the town
of Jumbo, ."a , position of consid
erable importance in the coastal
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Auxiliary Navy Ship
Launched at Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22-)-The
first of four naval auxiliary
craft being built here at a cost of
about $500,000 each was launched
in the Willamette river Saturday.
The craft was Christened Catal
pa by Mrs. E. B. Col ton, wife of
Commander Col ton, superinten
dent of machinery at the Puget
sound navy yard, Bremerton,
Wash.
as Alfonso
who have abandoned hope for former
Berlin source, already dead. .Queen
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Where Germans Crossed Into Bulgaria
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This "snot picture shows naxl enaineers movinr barres alonr the Danube river" where the stream flows
between the boundaries of Rumania and Bulgaria, preparatory to pushing thousands of soldiers into the
latter country. British sources indicate the troops that have crossed the river will continue to march
south toward Greece and the Mediterranean.
Time to 6 Rail Sleeves '
Arrives for
Big Issues Unturned
House Judiciary's Report on Jobless'
Compensation Due; Concessions to
Labor, 'Employer Expected
By STEPHEN C-MERGLER . " " .
-ThejE! Pay days ended, Oregon's legislators will have to roll
urr their sleeves Monda-f and tmt
of the lawr4aking zaachineif .'
goal of a session shorter than 1939's record breaker.-. . ; '
. The wheels are still, heavily loaded, as the presence ofMhese
issues, major and minor, yet to be run through the mill, attest:
Nazis Hit US
Sofia Envoy
Minister Struck by
Bottle in Cafe
Controversy
SOFIA, Bolt-aria, Feb. 22-iJP)
-(Sunday)-United States Min
ister Georre ft Earle's arm was
Injured - today when' he - was'
struck by a wine bottle said to.
have been thrown by a Ger
man in civilian ejothes at a res
aorant near the American lega
tion. . -.
The Incident:1' occurred 'after,
the orchestra Played .Tipper-'
ary" at Earle's request. .
An unidentified German com
plained to the Btanaier while
numerous other sweats,- also
said to have been Germans,
hissed. ! '
Angry words -Verej said "te
have been exchanged between
Earle and the German and then
missives becan to fly. The man
described as a German In ci
vilian clothes , reportedly:
.cracked a botUe across Earle's
arm. -"""
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Receives Final Ritks
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King Alfonso (Insert) who Is re
victoria (tlgat) with irve or ner
ttOjimWMyMWwmM . l
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Solons;
all hhnds lo the rxmderou wheel
they" -are 'to attain the1r"leadeMTfS3EX'. jomMonday.
I. unemployment compensa-
tlon.
2. industrial accident insur
ance. 3. Forestry legislation.
4. Principal appropriations,
including . pensions and public
assistance.
5. Game, wine, school tax
equalization, reapportionment,
etc.
Number one on this list is the
issue that - may determine the
length of the session.
If the house judiciary; commit
tee reports out early this week on
jobless ' insurance problems, to
which 20 separate house bills are
devoted,, and carried out its plan
to condense its ideas into two or
three bills, the way will be cleared
for quick action in the house.
.Substitute Bills Would
Grant .Labor's Request
These two or three substitute
bills, if they come forth, probably
will grant labor's request , for a
shorter waiting time, a cut from
three to two or even one .week:
but they will not, it appears,- ac
cede to labors demand that sea
sonality be eliminated and loggers
brought under the benefits act.
Employers " may anticipate that
the committee will yield to their
as equally urgent demands .that
experience rating be retained; but
no concession is likely on the re
quest that for the present the ex-
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While the padre prepared for
the rites, each royal relative in
the chamber approached the
former ' sovereign, and X kissed
him: tenderly. x iP::iy: J
The . descendant of f, bourbon
monarchs received the king and
queen of. Italy, Vittorio Eman-
iiele and Elena,-with a lucid
mind and .then saw the crown
prince of Italy, Umberto.'::; .
. The" crown prince lingered at
the hotel for a time, waiting' for
news, but departed shortly ' be
fore rnidnightT - - ; sy
Ts fWe came because we heard
you . are better," Queen Elena
greeted Alfonso, addressing hint
in. French. ' '
-I only- find it -.dififcult to
breathe,", he responded. .
Spanish Nobleman -' -Succiunbs
at Lisbori .rti
Jose .Telles Da Gama, marquis of
Niza'and count of Vidigueira," 4;
a direct descendant of the Portal
guese explorer, Vasco Da G&ma
died Saturday. - . . , .
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Notsori Given
New Position
Willamette Trustee
Managing Editor
of Oregonian
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22.-
MP)
-Palmer , Hoyt, publisher of
the
Oregonian, Portland daily news
paper, announced Saturday that
Arden X. Pangborn, managing ed
itor, woujd, become managing di-
rectpr of radio staupns KGW and
Pangborn " succeeds W. K. Jen
nings." Kobert C. Notson, city ed
itor, will become managing , edit
or, and Malcolm Bauer wiill be
city editor.
. Robert C. Notson graduated
from Willamette university! in
1924 and later attended the Pulit
zer school of journalism, Colujn-
oia university, tie was a states
mani reporter in his coHegijiti
days. Joining the Oregonian staff
shortly after completing his edu
cation, he became night city edit
or in 1934 and city editor in 19&6
He is a trustee of Willamette uni
versity. A sister, Mrs. Vernpn
bacarett, lives in Salem. His lath
er, Samuel E. Notson, . was dis
trict attorney of Morrow county
for 20 years.
Idaho Names
New Cpacli
Pocatello Veteran
to Be Athletic
Director !
- BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 22.-(-
uuy mess or rocatello, Veteran
. - 4 - Mm m Mm - - i
ib loano auueuc coaching cir
cles,. Saturday nisht was named
director of athletics and physi
cal education at the University
of Idaho. ; j
He succeeds Ted Bank, who,
resigned several weeks aro as
athletio director and head foot
ball coach." , '- f
President narrison C. Dale
of - the university, who an-
. nounced Wicks' ' appointmenl,
said a head football coach
would be named at a later date
"but In time for spring pracf
Uce.w yt-x- y
7 President Dale said there raj'
no. discussion of . the sraduate
manairenhip-post new held by
Gale Mix and added that as far
as he knew no chanre Is conj-
tenapU ted in . that office. J ; -,
BigAir Figlit
Not: Decisive:
LONDON Feb2 Big . squad
rons " of German and - Britkh
planes rode the air. over the . Dov
er strait hour upon, hour, Saturday
in a. display of great strength, but
air sources here, insisted later:t,hat
no, really, decisive . contact - was
made. "'i' :tYk:M '-;--"
Eritish; bombers swept , over, the
channel to attack.' the nazf inva
sion positions, on. the French and
tielgian. coasts, . Dut.. there was no
official word as to the results.
Fbu?CCGBo Killed
ST.tLOUIS, Feb. i22-i-Fout
Missouri CCC youths were killed
and two others injured in an automobile-train
collision near here
aW fcOJ . . ; m, ...-.j-y-
Germans Claim
iiaffon
Canada Sliip
.. Washington, London
. Sileiit on Alleged
Emblem Misusp ;
Both Washington and London
.were' silent on the G'ermaa
eharre of deceit on the hlrh seas
Y
. which renews series tf accusatc
tlons back andforth $lnce! the
nlsht of Britairi's entry Into the',
war, Sept. 3, 1839. . '- v
. ; Canadian naval headquarters
at Ottawa disclaimed- any
knowledge of any Canadian 6r
UsUted SUtes ship halrir been
sunk in the Indian; ocean, i ; . I
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By Th Associated Fress !
BERXIN. Feb. 224-fAPl4-
The German high command) said
Saturday an armed British tner-
chant ship out of Canada, with,
her bellikerent identity hidden
unaert unitea states colors, riaa
been surc by nazi naval forces
in the Indian ocean. ' I
Authorized sbokesmen
stressed ibe implication of what
they called "misuse pf he Amer
ican nag ana said it should be of
gravest concern to Washington.
Called "Flag Swindling'
By German Spokesmen
"iae question arises. ; one
authorized source said, "whether -the
British are inspiring such flag
swindling: in the hope .there Will
be an opportunity for develop
ments between Germany and some
neutral country. j; j . - 1
The German communique made
only the bare statement; , I "
"In the - Indian! ocean, naval
forces sunk an armed British
merchantman, the i 'Canadian
: Cruiser H -of . 717S tqnn. The
steamer,: to conceal Its national
ity showed a United State
flag and had Americfa,.coJars
paJnteouian ' its hnSL ; ' i j . "
Since fhe war began, jail United
States ships on the high' seas have
displayed; large flags! painted on
their side. ' j
' "If the jexample'.of th Canadian
Cruiser can be taken as Ian indica- '
tion of the general trend, at Ger
man spokesman said, "it behooves
Americano see to it tljat British
armed merchant ships', throuch "
misuse the (American) flag, do
not endanger American" freedom
of -the sps. . ; I ' , ! .,,
Suspicion Voiced Brtti't '
Hopes for Compllcatioiis
Authorized sources !-piced sus- 1
picion tjiat 'an unfortunate mis-f.
take wai , exactly what . Britain
hoped fr" in the allegfed camou
flage ofjjthe Canadian Cruiser,
which sailed out of Halifax and
is registered in Lloyd's j as owned
by the Canadian Trarap Shipping
company,; Ltd. : '. . 4 -:
If every ship with an: American
flag must be suspected by nazi sea
raiders as being British, "a most
unfortunate incident might occur,"
it was. said. -. - r . T , " '
The German press also played
up the reported sinking as a dang
er signal for America j and as a
sign of British weakness.";, ,
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Column X
We sie by the papers that the
governor t says this Is Cleanup
week and Save Our Scenery week.
.We
.iiven't-ii.
cenery tof
any scenery
save around ourff '
desk except a If'
fine lithograph I
of Seattle's main "
drag on an in-1 -surancej!
compa-f s
ny calendar, butf (
we never saw;
the -V day when .,
our desk couldn't I
stand a cleanup
week. . ,
VTaWind mit
off. the;jtop of T1 J,r
the pile and blowing, the dust off
the newspapers telling about the
capture j of .Manila, ' we 'find a
clipping t about . how , the tailors
have : planned to dress the male
element? in brown in 1 9 4 1. . It be
gins to appear to us that it, will
be; in -most- part 'that " peculiar
Shade of brown known in some
circles' SSkhakL' '". '
. Prying, up what looks like a;
tombstone ' but turns out to be'
the - City " of Salem - audit - for. -
1331," we fmd.-'an Item frrn
"i Heppner which : saj's, "South'
. American, v C,u b a n, Jlexican,"
: Philippine and Hawaiian' musle' -
was discussed. by the Music club'; .
.; Tuescayi nur.t at the home ex.
; Xeva yeKa.; To our' prejadlcedj
ears It sounds ';'tlke Vsl . strictly
; CMI f rogranu r .T ' 'r -;" , -:?
ThJa jtrinss to.lisht rthe' 1SC1
edition of The Old Farmer's AU
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