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The OEBGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning. March 13, 1941 PAGE TWO Men More Dominant Than Ever Li fcermany, Asserts Noted European Correspondent Relates Inability to Get Train Berth for Wife "as Men Must Get Rest;" Bowl of Pea Soup Costs 40 Cents 1. . ; i . T I By LOUIS P. LOCHNER ! Noted War Correspondent , BERLIN, March 12-(P)-It's a man's world more than ever in Germany now. This was made plain on our return to Germany from a four week vacation in the Swiss alps. - German sleepers now are reservea "During these war ; times men traveling through the night must arrive at their destination fully rested," was the explanation of i fered us. j We produced two paid sleeper tickets. j "Sorry," said the agent, "but you bought tickets on February 7. New regulations have superse ded them." So we took a tedious day train leaving Basel at 5:50 a. m. and arriving in Berlin at 10 p. m. Asks "How's Food" On the train, we noticed the look of surprise on fellow passen- gers when tney saw our huuicu faces. Other travelers were for the most part pale and it seemed to us that they, as belligerents, were far more nervous than the neutral Swiss. One stock question asked by virtually everybody who learned we came from Switzerland was: "How's the food ever there?" One who asked this question immediately added: "I really need not ask, for I see how well and healthy you look." We reentered Germany on one of those monthly one-dish . Sun days when . all Germany eats only a one-course (dinner and turns the money thus saved over to the reich's winter relief fund. Forty Cent Pea Soup We had one palatable course of thick pea soup with about 2 ounces of beef in it. Some travel ers, especially soldiers, asked for a second helping. They were told they could have only, one dish for the fixed price of one mark j (about 40 cents); if they wished: another they must pay for it. : Many did. We couldn't help but notice that ! military uniforms dominated the! scene at every station through Which we passed, and in the ! coaches of our abnormally long i train. Not that Switzerland had made us forget uniforms. On the contrary, In the winter re sort hiffh above the Rhone val- t. ley where we hoped to forget about the war, Swiss soldiers doggedly were training on skis so heavy we often wondered how they could skim over the surface of snow three feet deep. But in "Switzerland the train- : i v. 4t , : i i. as in Germany the spirit of the spring offensive forecast by Adolf Hitler was in the air. Harrying Soldiers Furloughed men appeared to be hastening back to their regi ments. Long freight trains carried every conceivable kind of equip ment. One of the most interesting sights along the route was a big flotilla of barrage balloons, like those Britain uses, -hovering over one huge industrial plant. In train compartments, the conversation was restrained for everywhere signs warned: "Be careful when talking the en emy Is listening." Yet, in our compartment, where there usually were one or two German officers, nobody took of fense at our speaking English or reading American magazines. Hiiig-4-yiiie lays! IT STARTS TODAY! - - ' ' AWIL 1 1 v 1 o o 1 1 . -v- yy VA v iff pv V-rla :I3d7 'Sum ior men. Leaders Plan Quick Action Congress Will Speed Action of Defense Tools Funds (Continued from page 1) $629,000,000 for vessels, ships, boats and other water craft. $362,000,000 for tanks, ar mored cars, automobiles and trucks. $752,000,000 for buying or building or acquiring factories and equipment for producing war supplies. $260,000,000 for miscellane ous military equipment and supplies. $200,000,000 for testing, re pairing, reconditioning or out fitting defense articles owned by the countries to be assisted. $40,000,000 for necessary services and expenses involved f in carrying out the program. $10,000,000 for administra tive expenses. In addition Smith asked that! the president be given authority! to transfer amounts between thef various categories, provided 'that! LONDON, March 1Z-(JP)-Prime Minister Churchill, voic ing the "deep and respectful appreciation" of Britain, told the United States Wednesday the British aid bill constituted a "new Magna Carta ... a monu ment of generous and far-seeing statesmanship." The house of commons was Churchill's sounding board and repeated bursts of cheering in terrupted his statement. "The most powerful democ racy has, in effect," the prime minister said, "declared in sol emn statute that they will de- Hi--. vote their overwhelming indus trial and financial strength to ensuring the defeat of naxflsm in order that nations, great and small, may live in security,' tol- j erance ana rreeaom. "By so doing the government I and the people of the United j States have, In fact, written a! new Magna Carta which not j only has regard to the rights and j laws upon which a healthy and! advancing civilization can alone! be erected but also proclaims,; by precept and example, the du ty of free men and free nations, wherever they may be, to share the responsibility and burden of enforcing them." no one of them shall be increased by more than 30 per cent and none decreased by more than 2j per cent. Also included was 4 proposal that up to $1,300,000,00( could be used to reimburse th army and navy for equipment al ready on hand or previously apf propriated for which is transfer! red to other nations, j "This nation has felt that it wa imperative to the security of Am erica," Mr. Roosevelt said in hifc - " . if. V V--" v J m KING- I lo Pnnol4 MEM They Hold Key ' j ' f :: s j . i I , , -, , s V - y y Upon whether or not these two prominent legislator, aad their con ference committee colleagues, can agree today on a compromise un employment compensation program will depend the outcome of amendatory legislation on the Jobless' insurance law at this ses sion. Rep. Frank J. Lonergan (R-Mnlt.) (at left) guided the house Judiciary committee In formulating Its program toward a compro mise between labor and employer demands, while Sen. Konaid E. Jones (R -Marion) (at right) presided over the senate Industries committee when the Lonergan bills were drastically revised in the upper house. Servtng with them are Kep. Orval N. Thompson (D Lbu) and Sen. W. H. Stelwer R -Wheeler) with Sen. William E. Walsh (K-Coos) as a senate alternate. Salem Girls Named Managers For Willamette Class Play Patricia Niemeyer and Loren Hicks, both of Salem, were announced Wednesday as manager 'and publicity manager for the junior class play for Willamette university May weekend, May 2 and 3. The appointments were made by Oscar Swenson letter, "that we encourage the de mocracies' heroic resistance to ag gressions, by not only maintain ing but also increasing' the flow of material assistance from this country. Therefore, the congress has enacted and I have signed HR 1776. (The lease-lend bill). "Through this legislation, our country has determined to do Its full part in creating an ade quate arsenal of democracy. This great arsenal will be here in this country. It will be a bul wark of pur own defense. It will be the source of the tools of defense for all democracies who are fighting to preserve them selves against aggression. "While the defense equipment procured under HR 1776 remains under the control of the United States until it is ready for dispo sition, it is the fixed policy of this government to make for democ racies every gun, plane and mu nition of war that we possibly can. "To accomplish these object ives, I am transmitting an esti mate in the amount of $7,000, 000,000, the details of which are set forth in the accompanying let ter from the director of the bu reau of the budget. I strongly urge the immediate enactment of this appropriation." McNary Answers Camps Question WASHINGTON, March 12-(JP-Senator McNary (R-Ore) inform ed William M. Tugman editor of the Eugene Register-Guard, in a telegram Tuesday he had con ferred with army officials about expansion of the war department cantonments and advised the Ore gon communities put their claims before the corps area commander at San Francisco. The senator said the corps area commanders had been instructed to make a survey of various sites in Oregon suitable for canton ments in anticipation of any ex pansion in the army. He said the officials pointed out there could be no expansion until authorized by congress and funds provided. He said army officials believed it advisable for interested communi ties to communicate with the corps area commander at San Francisco to get their proposals before him Author Austin Dies LONDON, March 12-JF)-F. Britten Austin, 55, a u t h o r and playwright, much of whose work was published in the Saturday Evening Post in the United States, died Wednesday. In One Ear . . Paul Hatuer't Column (Continued from page 1) ished shaving back there in Au gust. Now he doesn't know whether to thaw out or start a skating rink. . Gene Tnnney thinks the na t lo n's preparedness program will produce the man who can lick Joe Louis. After that hit ler oof to be easy. . . The legislature has been here so long that even some of the southern Oregon members are beginning to r get acclimated - to the Willamette valley. One caught himself saying the other day that It was a swell day. "For the val ley," he quickly qualified. . 'One of: the boys out at 2605 State street wants to keep the record straight. A Seattle draft board received -this- letter from himi ' ! t ! '"This Is to notify you of a change of address.' My farmer ' address was the county JaQ. Sa lem, Ore.: present address the '.state penitentiary. Salens, Ore. -I will get In touch with yon : when I get out If yon are still r there.' . - ! . " f. ' to UCC Program i - RONALD E. JONES of Spokane, weekend publicity manager. v Oher committee assignments, made by David Reinhard of Port land, weekend manager, included Barbara Hollingworth Of Port land, Maypole dance; Frances Pickard and Margaret Wright cj Portland, dance directors; Helen Dean of Hillsboro, Laura Lee Tate of Stayton, Jessie May Ruhn dorf and Frances Pickard of Port land, selection Of Maypole dan cers; June Woldt of Portland, Es ther Mae Devore, Margaret Sieg mund, Renee Caplan and Lewis Judson, all of Salem, Arnold Hardman of Olympia and Ed Cone of Cottage Grove, flower committee. Swenson also appointed on a play reading committee Nadine Orcutt, Corydon Blodgett and Mary Barker of Salem and Cliff Stewart of Great Falls, Mont. Thrills Near Upset Marh Hoop Start (Continued From Page 1) the .front court, to the hearty disapproval of fans. The Axemen Went into an early lead that reached 10-5 propor tions by the end of the first quart er and 16-10 at halftime. Corvallis kept within from four to six points of them up to the third quarter, which ended 18-14, and almost caught them, at 20-18, midway of the final period. Only 20 shots were taken at the baskets in the whole final half, 1 1 by Corvallis and nine by Eu gene, as the Axemen refused to attempt to score against the Spar tan zone. Wally Mold, Eugene center, topped the scoring with 10 points. Baker Shows Well Coached Form Jlnt.ltows Finally ; Baker, displaying well-coached form as usual, led The Dalles until midway of the third quarter, and held a momentary lead midway of the final period before bowing tp the Columbia river Indians, the Bulldogs had twice beaten during the year. With Baker leading 27 25 and but four minutes left, Eddie Dick caged a free throw, Harold Thorn e another and then a fast-break cripple, Cramer barged in off the stall The Dalles strung up to hoist in another two-pointer, and Thome caged a free toss to put the game safely away. ; Al Cramer The Dalles forward, led the way with 11, points, fol lowed by Baker's Tommy Holman with seven. Final first-round game saw SUverton spurt out to a 13-4 ; first-quarter lead, paced by little Bob Morgan's phenemal firing --"from the court's corners, and barge on to a 23-15 halftime ad vantage despite loss of Center , Day, bat with both Anderson ! aad Burr eat of the lineup, and with Oregon City's Gettel find i ing the range to hoist In a total of IS points, the Surer Foxes ; fell oft the second half pace. ; Championship flight favorites for today, strictly in the opinion of your correspondent,-are Salem, Klamath Falls, Astoria and The Dalles, Best longshots include tNorth Bend and Eugene, but it would seem that Klamath Falls has too much height for the North Bend boys and that Astoria has too much speed for the Axemen. (See sports section for other games, box scores of all tourna ment games.) - Composer Dies NEW YORK, March l2HVlsi dore Lucks tone, g0t pianisV sing ing teacher and composerr died Wednesday. As an accompanist he appeared with ; Enrico i Caruso, Fritz Kreisler, Lillian Nordica, Nellie Melba and others,- Misses First Day v .: SANDY, March.KHtfVW. E. Randolph, vice-president of Sandy high school, was back Wednesday after, being absent for the first time in 1 years h"- of ill ness. . 'M i i;-H' b''S :;-vt! Jobless Pay BillsStyimed Conference Body Gels Job of Ironing out i Many Amendments (Continued From Page 1) i ' . ' ' v to purchasers and is designed to correct abuses. The senate has vet to consider Rep. H4 R. "Farmer Jones on-premises consumption natural wine bill. The sales tax bill, up for house disposition, was' re-referred to committee for reinstatement of the clause referring it to a vote of the people. It will be out on the house floor again today. Jones Steers UCC Bills With Little Opposition Sen. Jones, chairman of the in dustries committee, steered the un employment compensation . bills through the senate with a mini mum of opposition despite that lobbies were thronged with in terested parties and pressure against some of the senate amend ments must have been heavy. The only serious objection voiced on the floor came from Sen. W. E! Burke in connection with the sea sonality changes which he feared would penalize fruit canners. , This was denied by Sen. Jones who defended the seasonality formula as harmonious with the Intent -at the law. The principal senate amendment would deny recognition of an industry as seasonal unless it reduces its payroll 40 per cent for 12 con secutive weeks each year for a period of several years. The committee chairman said this wonld rale eat industries which shut down for economic, rather than actually seasonal, ' condi tions. Sen. Jones explained that the benefit schedule approved by his committee was devised to spread benefits over a longer period of unemployment, and it was for this reason that the minimum weekly benefit was lowered from the house bill's $10 to the $7 provid ed in the present law. while the total benefits in proportion to earnings were increased. Analysis of Comparative Effects of Program Shown An analysis of the comparative effects of the house and senate programs was released Wednes day by the unemployment com pensation commission's, statistical department It indicates that jn a year, based upon 1940 experi ence, the senate seasonality form ula would cost $300,000 more, and its benefit duration schedule $427, 000 more. On the other hand the house weekly benefit schedule would cost $57,000 more than the present law, and its , minimum weekly benefit increase would cost $14,000 more. 4, Under either plan Car experi ence rating, based upon 1939 ex perience, the fund would receive $88,000 less. Reducing the wait ing period would cost $250,000. Thus the entire house program would cost the fund $409,000 and the senate program would cost $1,065,000. Senate seasonality amendments would make non-seasonal 83 ner cent of the logging and lumber JUT - "M"MMMV , mmm r n on - I jmmmmmJ mmmtmmmmmmmm mei'iii iui - m i L. i mi .ii. mi "nii"ri u r "i j ' "" "' " ' "" ' ' i "n 1 -- m i. , . TOU DONT NEED s to tell von what a a. whale of a car (he Poociac Torpodo" , is.Tb new Pontiac speaks for itself and k tells you ciearlr that a smarter, roomier, sweeter-acting car will be hard to and. The oolr tune this Pontiac needs our help is when somebodr says, "It's too high-priced for me. That's when w go to work, and here's what we tell thene With ail of its size, its beaurr, its "expen- -sire" look, Pootiacs prices are so doss to ; the loweM-priced three that the di&r- ' cno is oolr a few dollars per month. , . . ir7 COMFORT. Yon wih neer guess from a ' ride in a Psorisc that it's a low-priced car. Pontiac's perfected ripte-Ouhiooed ' Ride is conceded to be without equal in any car at any price. Yon can go on and on in a Pontiac . . and step out relaxed and - rested at the end of the trip. operations, 30 per cent of the can ning industry and 43 per cent of brick and tile., manufacture. It would seriously affect warehous ing, summer resorts, miningcloth ing manufacture and miscellane ous manufacture, and make all cheese manufacture non-seasonal, but the number of establishments affected is smalL Altogether, the number of seasonal firms would be reduced from 794 to 282.- Under the house benefit; schedule a- claimant nay draw total benefits of one-sixth of wages earned in bis base year 16 times the weekly amount. The senate schedule changes the,' one-sixth to one-fifth. In either case the maximum benefit during any years is $240, but the senate bill makes it pos sible for a man earning $1200 in his base year to collect $240; un der the present law, or under the house bill, the maximum cannot be collected unless the ' claimant earned $1440 : This issue affects thousands of claimants, whereas the issue of the weekly minimum affects only about 1200. Hitler Brags Of Conquest Arrives Unexpectedly in Austria for Fete ; Tells World Plans . (Continued from page 1) the war) we will work harder and more and more to give the greater reich the character of a nation of endeavor, the character of a strong social community life. . . . We are not obligated to any class or to any t group; we bow to no human being, before us is the recognition of the German people . . . before us is the great er Germany. "A little over a year ago Chur chill was not quite clear about the firmness of the people of my home (Austria). I' assured him then that I hoped the time soon would come when he . could in form himself better. This time arrived. "England got the. lesson, and I do not have the impression that the firmness of the British bri gades was greater than that of the Ostmark (former Austria) battalions in Norway and France." Hood and Clatsop Forests Flare PORTLAND, Ore., March 12-(fl-Two forest fires in Oregon spread Wednesday, one of them endangering six homes before be ing " brought under control. . - ; v A crew of CCC boys saved the homes, which were near Cherry ville on the Mount Hood loop highway. The blaze swept over 40 acres before the arrival of the troopers. A fern fire near Saddle moun tain state park in Clatsop county spread from 300 to more than 800 acres. One hundred and forty men were fighting the blaze. Streamliner . v A . A Pontiac tells you all about except isxitm i ) f - nMnuMnMMWMMr ..:.-::" : n. . SIZE AND LUXURY. Nor will yon get any impression of low cose from the roomiaesi and luxury yon and inside its handsomabody by Fisher. Pontile is tailored aad acted to compare favorably with the nnest cars on the road. ECONOMY,! Vhen however, yon realize with m mf ' tr-Mible-free uth- Greeks Smash Duce Drive Sixllitaiian Attacks Ordered by Benito Suffer Big Loss r . i. . .' (Continued from page 1) ciple" to sign on the axis line, but she was understood to have pro posed to Germany: 1. Ilrst a declaration of friendship, then a transition per-, led to try to modify pro-British sentiment In Yugoslavia and avoid Internal trouble.".' ': '7 " rv 2V More conferences on Ger man demands for demobilization of Yugoslavia's army, which the Yugoslav high command strong ly opposes,' and more considera tion of German demands for the right to tend troops through southeastern Yugoslavia from Bulgaria into Greece. .. Spain made haste to follow her reported refusal to allow German planes passage over Spain to Africa with an expression of un shakeable". friendship with Ger many, delivered by Foreign Min ister Ramon Serrano Suner at the opening of a German press ex position in Madrid. Serrano Suner said the two countries were work ing toward the common goat of a "more just Europe." The British said a column 'in vading eastern Ehtiopia after the conquest of Italian Somaliland had rushed 120 miles in the last two days and last, night was 90 miles south of Jjjiga. with no real Italian troops between it and Ji- British Announce Bombing Of Nasi Naval Bases In London, the' British air min istry reported another "successful" bombing of shipyards and- docks at the German naval base at Kiel and nearby Bremerhaven. Last night, London again was raided, and an anti-aircraft bar rage which sounded like heavy artillery made it . apparent that kind of new defensive tactic was being tried.' Turkey's investigation of the suitcase bomb assassination . at tempt on George W. Rendel, Brit ish minister to Bulgaria, contin ued, with announcement that British legation employes saw the bomb but thought it a "radio bat tery." With a Japanese-sponsored peace treaty safely signed by Thailand and French Indo-China, Japan's Foreign Minister- Yosuke Matsuoka, left last night for Ber lin and Rome to "tighten axis co operation and explain the real significance of Japan's foreign pol icy." LONDON, March .13 - (Thuta-day)P)-N ine f German . bombers were of f iciallyf r e p o r t ed shot down Wednesday night . as the Luftwaffe battered the Liverpool area in an assault which the gov ernment described today as "the first large, scale raid" on England "in some months. y ? London, and towns in the mid lands, east Anglia and southwest and southeast England also were attacked as the Germans took ad TifeJo 'Six Sedan Ctupa $923 yon, own a Pontiac. that it's a fJght-asted rt and rmrlcM r 3 ) U vantage of clear weather, and a full moon. - . -While comparing the Liverpool raid with the .heavy assaults di rected against England last fall, . . & a , . vne government saiu uaxuagc was nowhere comparable. . - LONDON, Mrch 13-Thursday) (-German ; bombers, flying so high they, could scarcely behearL subjected Liverpool to its longest raid of the year overnight and struck simultaneously at London, the - midlands," . East Anglia and southwest and southeast England. . London had three alarms, greet ing the first with a thundering ar tillery barrage different from any thing previously heard and indi cating., some new development in anti-aircraft defense. The second alarm I after midnight, passed without the sounds of battle, but was quickly followed by. a third alert. ' -;Vr' -'- ' ... Firm to Move ' Take New Quarters n'Pioneer Trust f jNextyVIbnth " " The Salem Abstract company, oldest firm of its type In Salem, will make its -first change, of lo cation since 11912 early next month! when it moves into quar- J..M ti..v. !.u. a m zi tcisi imjwj utfuig joikcreu , lur n on the ground "floor of the Pioneer Trust building, northwest corner of State and Commercial streets, T. M. Hicks president, announced Wednesday, j , 1 . 1The Pioneer . Trust building is Kai n i 1 f nnl 4m iMAitiylA a C street entrance for vthe abstract firm and two units of floor space, one 26 by 52 and the other 30 by 30 feet. In size.. This will repre sent ... a 50 . per, cent increase In space over " the company's pres ent quarters on the second floor of the Guardian building. ;-. The Salem Abstract company was organized in 1880 at a Che meketa and Commercial street location." It recently extended its service to cover Polk county lands, one reason for the move and acquisition of more working space.-Walter B. Minier is vice president and Frank Lynch sec- Spain Asserts (Continued from page I) "justly proud" of the triumphs of national socialism .and the arms of the third reldh, He added that the -Spanish'. and" German press work '.in the : common spirit of "military and revolutionary com araderie. : The ' German " ambassador, Bar on Eberhard von Stohrer, ad dressed the gathering, declaring that the totalitarian countries had taken their press out of "irres ponsible hands and placed if at the service of the nation. "' uhitt tUtwall tires extra) itself Salem Abstract Love oiNazis PERFORMANCE. If von nl.n tnL.. , : car soon, try this new Pontiac now. YouU team that way why Pontiac owners are w moss entnusiascic cheer leaders. And rMBmber tt.T afford amy new car fi ton oni a met PintUd DUwtrtd at PmUc, Wchizam. State tax, tptitmal taxipmnt and aenmrief ' extra. 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