PAGE TWO
Th OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Saturday Morning, March 15, 1941
Salem Seeks
Third Title
Viks Meet Astoria for
State Hoop .Grown
Tonight at 8
(Continued From Page 1)
Coons, Don Bower and Salstrom,
was a bulwark of strength off
both backboards the places Sa
lem had to be strong to beat back
the challenge of the ball-hawking
, Pelicans.
The Salem kids drove, for O
, first time in the tournament, and
f had they been hitting anywhere
near their usual percentage
would most certainly have post
f ed a much larger margin of vic
tory. They had a meagre .191
"batting average" from the floor,
caging bat six field goals oat
of 31 attempts in the first half,
and missing eight of nine free
- throws. For the game, they
bagged bnt 13 field flips in 67
shots and lifted in only 11 of
22 free throws.
Coons, Bower and Simmons all
; fouled out of the game for Sa
lem Coons with but five minutes
of the second half played and Sim
mons and Bower late in the final
period while Klamath Falls lost
" Bob Erlandson and Jim Bocchi.
? Erlandson went out in the first
minute of the second half and
Bocchi was whistled to the side
lines midway of the final heat.
Salstrom Rons Total
For Tournament to 42
Salstrom's 17 points ran his
tournament total to 42, bettered
only by Crowell of North Bend
and OToole of Columbia Preps.
Dutch Simmons, Salstrom's run
ning mate, tanked nine counters
' despite a decidedly off night for
-that speed demon.
Smart-playing Marion Reginato
was the Pelicans' major scoring
threat He bucketed five field
goals and four free throws for a
total of 14 points, in addition to
playing the outstanding floor
game for the district three cham
pions who now meet Oregon City
at 7:30 tonight for third place in
the tournament.
While Astoria led Oregon
City's Pioneers all the way, the
evidently tired Fishermen were
pressed hard by Harold Dimick's
fish ting outfit. Pat Knoop, on
two free throws and a field goal
that were interspersed by
Holmes' basket, almost enabled
the Pioneers to overtake the
fishermen in the dying moments
of the unexpectedly heated
clash.
' Center " Elman Peterson and
steady Roy Seeborg, contributing
" 25 of the 36 points between them,
were the siege .guns that kept the
.JFishrmen out in front. The
- Fishermen, for the third straight
ball game, stalled through the final
minute and a half, although Ore
gon City twice broke it up and had
opportunity to knot the score.
Holmes missed a cripple poke and
Knoop a free throw in the final
few seconds.
(See sports section for other
games.)
Salem (37)
Salstrom, f
Simmons ...
Irish, c
Coons, g
Bower, g ...
Cutler
Pearmine
S Ft Ft Tp
18 6 5 17
.14
.11
.. 6
.13
.. 3
4
0
0
3
0
0
0
1
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
Ling, g ... i
ioiais 67 13 11 37
Klamath Falls (26)
erlandson, f 7 l
Reginato, f u 5
Moses, c 3 1
Love, g 10 1
Bocchi, g ;. 14 1
Swanson, f 9 0
Patterson, f 1 0
loiais , 55 9 8 26
Personal fouls: Salstrom, Sim
mons 4, Irish 2, Coons 4, Bower
4, Erlandson 4, Moses 2, Love 2,
Bocchi 4, Patterson, Swanson 2,
Reginato, Ling 2, Cutler 2.
Free throws missed: Simmons
5. Irish 4, Bower 3, Salstrom, Er
landson,' Swanson 2, Reginato 3.
Love 4, tBocchi 2.
Shooting percentages: Salem
.194. Klamath Falls .162.
r Officiate: Coleman and King.
Astoria (36)
Wirkkunen, f
Parker, f
Peterson, c
Seeborg, g ..
Lovvold, g
Mlttet, g ...
Paldanius, g . .
..Love,, g
Totals
Oregon City (33)
Gettei, t
Mills, f .
Holmes, c
Leatherberry, g
Jordan, g'
Knoop, f j
Lavier, g
Bevens, c
Totals A
Personal fouls: G
S Fg Ft Tp
.11
... 1
-.14
,.12
7
.. 0
3
1
3 1 7
0 0 0
4 3 14
5 I 11
2 15
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
15 0 36
1 5fl
0 0 0
3 I 7
0 0 0
0 3 3
1 2 4
3 2 8
0 0 0
10 13 33
3, Mills
.10
. 5
.11
.6
dan 3, Leatherberry 3, Wirkkun
en 3, Parker 4, Peterson 4, See-
. ...
uurg, umma , ; ijove.
Free throws missed: Wirkkun
en 2, Peterson 2, Seeborg 2. Lov
vold 2, Love, Gettei 5, Knoop,
Holmes 2, Bevens, Jordan.
" - Shooting i percentages: Oreson
City .192, Astoria .328.
' Officials: King and Yerkovich.
Astoria Leases Half
Of Port to US Navy
' ASTORIA, March 1 14-iflYThe
Port, of Astoria announced Friday
that it had leased the eastern half
cf pier No. 1 to the US navy.
. The lease, which will return
32500 monthly to the port, pres
sumably is for one of two section
al bases to be established In Ore
gon, the port commission 5aiL -, ' '
Semi-Finalists Announced
InHigli School Forensics
Semi-finalists among nearly 150 students who participated
during Friday's contests in the seventh annual WU high school
speech tournament, directed by Dr.! Herbert E. Rahe, were an
nounced Friday night after completion of opening rounds. Rep
resentatives of 13 out of 22 schools
entered survived the first day's
competition.
Two speakers from Salem and
speakers from Medford, Hillsboro;
Grant of Portland, Corvallis, Bea
vertn and Banks entered the ex
tempore semi-finals. Four repre
sentatives of Oregon City high.
two from Sheridan, two from" Dal
las and two from Gresham will
vie for a chance to enter the finals
in serious interpretation.
Albany, Beaverton, Salem, Cor
vallis, Gresham, Sheridan and two
from Dallas will participate in
humorous interpretation while two
from Albany and Dallas and single
entries from Oregon city, Salem,
Beaverton, Marshfield and West
Linn will be entered in the oratory
semi-finals.
Today's program begins at 8
a.m., with round four of debate,
followed at 9:20 by announcement
of debate semifinalists.
The semifinal and final sched
ule follows:
9:30, semifinals in serious and
humorous interpretation; 10:45,
semifinals in oratory and extem
pore speaking; 1 pjn., semifinals
in debate; 2:10, finals in interpre
tation (Collins hall) and oratory
and extempore (Waller hall); 4,
finals in debate.
Schools taking part are Albany,
Banks, Beaverton, Corvallis, Dal
las, Grant of Portland, Grants
Pass, Gresham, Hillsboro, Inde
pendence, Lebanon, Marshfield,
Medford, Milwaukie, Oregon City,
Parkrose, Salem, Sheridan, West
Linn, Roseburg, Molalla and Can
by. County Tax
Pay Jumps
(Continued from page 1)
hundreds of payments by mail
which are not yet opened and for
which receipts have not yet been
made out. Two weeks will prob
ably pass, Brabec said, before
mailed payments can be fully
dealt with.
Brabec called attention of tax
payers to the fact that the three
per cent discount allowed on full
payment of the year's levy during
the first quarter will not be
granted after .his office closes to
day, and that interest of two
thirds of one per cent will be
charged on first-quarter taxes de
linquent after today.
Payments postmarked up to
midnight tonight will qualify as
made during the first quarter,
however, he indicated.
In One Ear . .
-Paul H outer Column
(Continued from page 1)
eye, a table knife and a baked
apple.
" 'But, no,' exclaims the big
boat and codfish tycoon. 'I want
! a raw apple, a raw Oregon apple
like I've always heard about.'
"Well, this waitress doll, being
smart for a waitress, catches on
right away. She disappears to
ward the kitchen and reappears
with a paring knife on a plate
alongside of which is a yellowish,
scrobitulated object nothing less
than the size of Ids two fists.
"The tycoon says, 'Now!' and
smacks his lips and dry-washes
his hands and turns to. He cuts
into the Oregon fruit, trims off
the peel and bites into quite a
chunk.
. "His face is all set for ecsta
sy, but the look that comes out
n his pan is more extinguished
than ecstatic. He makes a face
like he's trying to eat a green
persimmon when he has
mumps, and then he makes
language that even three wait
ers and a porter couldn't cen
sor quick enough.
"For, although it was an apple
it wasn't a Delicious or One of
the Hood River specials. Right
there in Portland, in the .heart
of the home of the apple and
land of the prune, the best they
could do for him was resurrect
from a dark bin one of those sour
and pulpy apples they use only
for pies . and such.
"And my sister-in-law says
that when they embark on the
southern bound train, the ty
coon's subject had changed
from fruit to scenery.
.
Which Is something for the
Portland chamber of commerce to
think about. Maybe, if they knew
his name, the Medford chamber
of commerce could do something
for the gentleman. '
Then there is the other sub
ject of editors. There is the edi
tor of Mademoiselle, a mag for
young ladies, for instance. The
editor of Mme. invited her. read
ers to gar west and take a squint
at ML Hood and Timberline
lodge, a place in the west near
Seattle, she said. The Portland
chamber of commerce was on its
toes this time and protested, but
the editor; of Mme. was on hers
too and shot right back:
"We deserve your ; Jeers but
- not your scorn. If we were any
hand at moving mountains we
would have m o v e d Mount
; Hood to the corner of 57 th
street and Fifth avenue where
: we could have son use of it."
Cleared
ay
For Sine Die
yCC Report Due This
Horn; Higher Weekly
Iiiiimum Advised
(Continued from page 1)
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nouse to repass tne lour unem
ployment compensation pills "as
amended," he said following Frf
day night's meeting.
Chairman Ronald . Jones of
LEGISLATIVE CALENDAR
3rd Readlnci Todav
Hdise: HB 193, 275, 48, 415, 552, 541.
Z; i HJK It, IS, 16; SB 134, 199, ZT3,
ZM, 3 J I, 344, 383, 387, 4VI, 443, 444;
SJMI7. S; SIR IS. j
Agriculture marketing fpremotioa
iu:TH,te-poana log truest
ftehate: SB 293; special order, 14 34
i.mj HB 318, sales tax; HB S57, 429, 147;
114, 35, 414, 263; HJR 12. I
i 1
the senate industries committee
willi take similar action ih the up
per house.
Both President Dean Walker
and Speaker Robert SJ Farrell,
Jr. agreed late Friday that the
legislature would adjourn to
night. A new sine die adjourn
ment resolution, for 11:30
o'clock tonight, was introduced
in the senate Friday. A house
resolution for adjournment last
Tueslay is also in senate com
mittee and may be the- one, hi
aniended form, that jwill set
th closing, clock-s tapping
hour.
Saurday calendars are liizht in
both houses. Aside from unem
ployment compensation jmeasures,
the; highlight in the senjate is the
reading of Rep. Lonergjan's sales
taxi bill, HB 318, on final passage,
scheduled for 10:30 a. in. There
are! nine bills and one Resolution
on the senate calendar,! but oth
ers! are expected to be reported
out by committees for last-minute
attention. 1
The house has 18 bills and
six! other measures on its calen
dar. APITAL, Olympia, March 15-
(Siturday)-P)-The state legisla
ture completed action oh all bills
at 1 12:15 a.m. today and recessed
until 10 a.m. when it! will go
through adjournment formalities.
Navy Summons
Salem Officer
jVerdi Sederstrom, scin of Mr.
arid Mrs. O. F. Sederstrom, 845 D
street, Salem, Oregon, has been
cabled into the active Service of
thj XIS navy. He will reboft Wed
nesday to the Naval Finance and
S4pply school, Navy Yrd, Phil
adelphia, Penn., for a fie months
cokirse of instruction. j
Sederstrom received I his com
mission as ensign in the Supply
ccfrps of US naval reserVe last fall.
He has been employed in the
investment department of the
Equitable Savings and Loan asso
ciation, .Portland.
jSederstrom graduated from the
University of Oregon last June,
Wjhile taking undergraduate work,
he majored in business adminis
tration and took a minor in eco
ndmics. 1
i 3
Sjalem Boys IVjake
(Jrade in Cadet
Examinations
j !
I Candidates for apppmtment as
flying cadets, who were examined
by flight surgeons of the Northern
Traveling Flying Cadet examining
board Friday, and qualifying are:
Harold D. Abbott, 89$ Chemek-
a, Salem. j
Marvin L. Amundson, route 5,
Salem. 1
Robert R. Cooke, jr., Estacada.
James M. Smith, Marshfield.
Rex P. Putnam, 270 North 21st,
Salem.;
Robert G. McGee, 920 Oak, Sa
lem.. :
Board is meeting tomorrow from
8;30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at; the Salem
chamber of commerce.
Lato Sports
j SEATTLE, March 4-(P)-A
stnooth, machine - like five - goal
defensive in the second period
carried the Spokane Bombers to
s) 7 to 3 victory over (Seattle In
tjieir Pacific Coast hockey league
game here Friday night
Js ALT LAKE CITY, March 14-(?P-Arlington,
Calif., and the
Manavu quintet from Provo, Utah,
ray night became the finalists
the Latter-Day Saints all
church basketball tournament.
I The two play Saturday for the
championship of a league spread
cross eight western states and
involving an estimated : 10,000
players. Its 16 strongest teams
were matched In the tourney here.
VICTORIA, BC, March I4-(CP)
f-Ted Colgate,' Victoria's . ranking
amateur, won the chamber of com
inerce trophy for the second con
secutive year Friday, its the 13th
impress golf tournament ; closed.
Colgate rfpfptvt TJaTnh Psrlror nf
-Portland, -5. s
Enemies Hurl
Counterblows
British and German
Air Forces Step up
Bombing of Gties
(Continued from page 1)
now that US aid is assured fell
harshly on Hamburg, Bremen and
Emden, northwestern Germany's
three great maritime and Industri
al centers.
Southeastern Europe's diplo
matic tussle between Germany
and Britain continued, with Yu
goslavia the pawn, reported to be
showing a stiffening attitude to
ward German demands to sign up
with the axis.
Premier Dragisa Cvetkovic and
Foreign Minister Alksander Cin
car-Markovic were scheduled to
leave Belgrade today (Saturday)
for Germany and the final cere
mony of Yugoslavia's joining Slo
vakia, Hungary, Rumania and
Bulgaria as appendages to the
Berlin-Rome-Tokyo alliance.
Instead, the Yugoslav states
men's departure was postponed,
at first probably until Mon
day, then until Wednesday and
finally indefinitely.
A report that Berlin had re
fused to discuss a Yugoslav
proposal for a bilateral friend
ship pact as a preliminary to
later axis alliance seemed to
have changed the situation.
This method of backing into
the axis is said to be an effort
of Cvetkovic and Cincar-Markov-ic
to appease strong pro-British
sentiment in their nation.
The German-controlled press in
the axis perimeter of countries
around Yugoslavia took up a
threatening tone toward Bel
grade, but predicted she ultimate
ly would sign, open her historic
triangular furrow" to German
troops and thus force Greece to
make peace with Italy.
British Start Training
Own Invasion Forces
With their claims of wide
spread damage to shipping and
shipbuilding yards in Hamburg,
most bombed of German cities:
to the naval yard at Emden and
the shipbuilding facilities at
Bremen, the British also disclosed
that they were preparing invasion
troops of their own for continent
al struggle with the nazis.
The hardiest and ablest sol
diers of the empire are being es
pecially assembled and drilled for
service in armored barges, fitted
to carry 50 fully equipped men
each behind steel plating slit with
gun apertures.
This amphibian force, the Brit
ish permitted to be published, is
capable of extraordinary fire
power and is trained to long
marches, sleepless days and
sparse rations.
German attacks on Glasgow,
Liverpool and Hull plainly in
dicated that not only were the
mechanical sources of Britain's
war the targets, but vital food
storages as well.
"The food industry business
in Liverpool, hull distribution
centers of all sorts and raw
material warehouses" were at
tacked, the high command said.
Other heavy aerial war was re
ported from the Rome end of the
axis. Italian war dispatches said
waves of Italian planes had bat
tered Greeks on a 5600 - foot
mountain trench in Albania for
six days.
Italian land forces also "slaugh
tered" Greeks in great numbers,
Italian dispatches from the front
said.
The British reported 14 Italian
airplanes were downed on the
Albanian front in the Tepeleni
sector Thursday, and Greek re
ports apparently confirmed a
fierce battle.
The Greeks said they had cut
up five top notch divisions of
fascists which had been ordered
into a furious offensive by Pre
mier Benito Mussolini during his
personal stay at the front
Mussolini, the Greeks boasted,
must go back to Rome "covered
with shame."
Deadline Today
For Taxpayers
WASHINGTON, March U-JP)
Midnight Saturday is the zero hour
for the nation's income taxpayers.
When the clock strikes then, the
bureau of internal revenue expects
or at least hopes that all re
turns will be in its offices or In
the mail.
Four Russian Ships
To Dock at Portland
PORTLAND, March 14-P)
-Four Russian ships, more than
have ever been here at one time
before, will dock at Portland next
week.
One, the Sergei Kirov, already
is here, in drydock for repairs to
taling $50,000 and including a new
propellor, bow plates and engine
room work.
Two others, to arrive Saturday
and Monday, probably will go Into
drydock also, waterfront officials
said. They are the Orochem and
the Bol&hov Tschantar, both direct
from Vladivostok.
The fourth Is the Vatslav Vorov
skii, now in drydock at Seattle,
scheduled to arrive here Tuesday.
Widows' Club to Meet
SILVERTON, March 14-WV-
Mrs. ' George Cusiter, president,
announced today that the Silver
ton Widow's dub, which i holds
only one meeting a year, would
convene in June.- The club is open
only to widows but there are no
other membership requirements.
Statewide Slash
Will Affect 400
Statewide slashing of WPA rolls will cost nearly 400 Mar
ion county relief workers their jobs this morning, representa
tives of the local Works Progress Administration told the Marion
county court Friday. ,
. Reason for the cut in relief rolls
was not specifically' stated by the
local authorities, who indicated
only that the WPA is operating
under a deficiency apropriation to
June 30, and the appropriation
for the next fiscal year, starting
July 1 has yet to be passed by
congress. The laying off is also a
seasonal matter to some extent,
they indicated.
On March 6 901 men were em
ployed on county-sponsored pro
jects, chiefly road work, with 39
more requested. The cut today
will reduce road crews by 44 per
cent
Members of the county court in
dicated Friday that county road
crews, which have been 16 In
number, will probably be cut to
nine as a consequence of the lay
ing off of relief help.
Reports of a further retirement
of 10 per cent of the WPA em
ployes working each month until
the beginning of the next fiscal
year in July could not be verified
by WPA authorities.
Burke's Wine
Bill Favored
h
Committee H.xpectea
to Report out Measure
Sometime 1 Oaay
, , .
(Continued from page 1)
H. R. "Farmers" Jones of Marion
county, whose bill legalizing " the
sale of natural wines by the drink
was
passed with unexpectedly
slight opposition on Friday by the
senate. Passage of the Burke bill
would complete two-thirds of the
program which Jones proposed
earlier in the session.
The senate approved the
Jones bill 23 to 4 after the sen
ate alcoholic traffic committee
had reported it out without
recommendation. Sen. P. , J.
Stadelman, committee chair
man, said he was not satisfied
with its provisions bnt offered
no serious objection. Sen Ron
ald Jones supported It as a
measure which would help the
fruit and berry growers.
The house bill allocating 8 per
cent of highway funds to cities
came out of the senate roads and
highway committee with a "do
not pass" recommendation but it
was reversed by a vote of 15 to
14 and the bill will be upon third
reading today. Sens. Dorothy Lee
and L. W. Wipperman did not con
cur in the committee report.
McKay Claims Diversion
Would Embarrass Program
Sen. Douglas McKay, committee
chairman, contended that the di
version of highway funds to cities
would embarrass the highway con
struction program and reduce the
amount available for matching
federal funds. He said it would
be particularly unwise to divert
these funds in the face of the de
fense program. He estimated
$600,000 a year would go to the
cities. The measure restricts
Portland to $200,000.
Sen. Lee denied that transfer
of funds to cities would be a
"diversion" and said she would
oppose their use for any purpose
other than construction and
maintenance of highways or
streets. Sen. Wipperman said
the present system of alloca
tion discriminates against the
cties.
Sen. C. H. Zurcher opposed the
measure, saying the funds should
be used on rural highways, and
Sen. W. E. Burke said the farmers
were against it.
Senators who opposed the com
mittee report and voted to put
the bill on the calendar were;
Belton, Booth, Childs, Dickson,
Fisher, Franciscovich, J. N. Jones,
Kauffman, Ken in, Lee, Mahoney,
McKenna, Stadelman, Wallace and
Wipperman.
The allocation to cities will not
become effective until 1942.
The senate rejected the veto
t Gov. Charles A. Sprague and
passed a bill by the minify com
mittee giving the state and mu
nicipalities authority to pay a
differential of five per cent
when purchasing certain Indus
trial materials mined and pro
duced In Oregon The rate was
21 to 7.
Sen. Wipperman said the legis
lation was In the interest of the
mining industry.
Gov. Sprague vetoed the meas
ure on the ground that it might
result in retaliation against Ore
gon by other states.
Hop Market Reported
yuiet at Portland
PORTLAND, March 14-UPV-
MM - . . .... I
me agricultural mar 10 tin .
jice said today that Oregon's hop
marxei was quiet In the week
ending March 12, with most ac
tivity confined to late deliveries
on contracts. ::Vw
iw aeuvenes ioiiowed an
nouncement of growers allot
ments. Some contracting for 1941
hops was reported at 18 cents
per pound, net to growers.
Navr Salvages Plane
NORTH BEND, March 14-P)-
An army salvage crew arrived
here Thursday for the plane which
crashed into Coos bay Sunday,
killing Major Roy P. MacDonald.
Part of one wing and the tail as
sembly were ; washed away by
high tides.
in WPA Rolls
in Marion
Court Ponders
Surveyor Jobs
Deputy Resignations
Leaves Chief Minus
Two Assistants
Speculations on the immediate
future of work brought to the
county surveyor's office occupied
the attention of the Marion coun
ty court at its meeting Friday
morning following the announce
ment of the resignations Thurs
day of A. D. Graham and David
F. Bates, deputies of County Sur
veyor Hugh Fisher.
County Judge Leroy Hewlett
nointed out to the court that
statute requires the county sur
veyor to perform any surveying
task submitted to him by public
or private agencies within 10
days after receipt of the applica
tion.
The judge pointed out that the
raelfmafiAn f ifa a inn rlamttlaa
I 1 T T V WMW WW W
left the surveyor without assist-
ants,,a w"St ?use
I complications should the volume
of incomplete work become large.
I Talbot Bennett, deputy district
attorney consulted by the court,
indicated, however, "It's up to the
surveyor. If he can do the work
alone it is all right. If the work
isn't done, that's another matter."
Only mandamus action could
force the surveyor to appoint new
deputies, he indicated.
In response to further ques
tioning, the deputy district attor
ney indicated that the court could
require statements and accounts
of fees collected by the surveyor
for two or three years back, de
pending on the exact statement
of the statute of limitations ap
plicable to the case.
Members of the court expressed
no interest in the surveyor's rec
ords prior to January 6, 1941,
when the present court took of
fice, however. It was further In
dicated that Surveyor Fisher
would be required by the court
to submit an account of fees re
ceived since that time from pri
vate work, and that his deputies
would be paid by the county at
the rate of $6 per diem for work
done prior to their resignations.
You'll
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jDR Promises
Nations Aid
Press Told Act Allows
Help to All Opposing
Axis as US Defense
1 (Continued from page 1 '
was .greatest in Spain ; at this
time.
The American Redj Cross has
sent one food ship to Spain and
unoccupied- France, and a second
one is due to - leave soon for
France. . ....
Major Radio Address
Set In Talk to Nation
The president deckled Friday to
make a major radio address Sat
urday night in an apparent move
to cement public support for the
$7,000,000,000 lease-lend program
and to help steel the British and
other foes of the axis against any
thing Hitler may launch in the
t
ay of -a spring blitzkrieg.
He made the surprise an
nouncement that the 39-minute
address, dealing with defense
and aid to nations battling ag
gressors, would be given at the
annal dinner , tendered him by
the White House correspondents
association. For 20-yeara,
speeches have been taboo at
these dinners, bnt -Mr. Roose
velt asked newsmen's permis
sion to make one on this occa
sion, and it was readily granted,
j The speech, to begin at 6:30
njm Pacific standard time, will
go out over the major broadcast
ing companies, and will be trans
mitted abroad in at least six
languages.
I Seated around the diner tables
With Mr. Roosevelt will be a lame
number of notables. . including
WendeU L. Willkie, Lord Halifax,
the British ambassador; Secretary
of State Hull, other cabinet mem
bers, members of congress and
prominent newspapermen.
Committee Presses Ahead
On $7,000,000,000 Hearings
While the president was an
nouncing his speaking plans at a
press conference, a house- appro
priations sub-committee pressed
ahead with hearings on the $7,
000,000,000 fund he has asked to
implement the lease-lend law.
Harold D. Smith, budget director,
and William S. Knudsen, director
of the office of production man
agement, went before the commit
tee in executive session. '
Rep. Woodrum (D-Va), chair
man of the sub-committee, was
Seeking to wind up the hearings
swiftly, with a view to obtaining
house action on the big fund by
the middle of next week.
J A disclosure that some material
had already been started on its
way abroad under the lease-lend
act came from Secretary of War
Stimson, Presumably this was ma
terial transferred from existing
TLhe scoop of
Uirill to this exciting new
feature! . . . to the exploits of
this gallant man of mystery . .
to the i daring adventures of
America's own Robin Hood.
suplies of the United States' army
or navy. The bill permits the
president to transfer up -to $Ly
300,000,000 of such material.
Stimson, however, declined to
go into any details at this time.
The information ; will come
out In due time," he said. "As
. w mm V vm AAHMMail ma
tails will be disclosed prema
turely. I don't think it would be
lair te ureas jsruain."
Mr. Roosevelt also refrained
from giving any details as to sup
plies that have been or may be
sent to the British. There has been
no decision, he said, on transfer
ring additional naval craft and as
for cargo vessels, this country has
none available for transfer.
There have been -indications
that struggling China, as well as
Britain and Greece, -would share
benefits of the lease-lend bill. !
Lauchlin Currie. administrative
assistant to the president, who has
just returned from a mission to
China, sat in at the press confer
ence. Mr. Roosevelt said Currie is
now engaged in presenting a re
port, to him..'
War News Brief;
TOKYO, March lS-(Satur-day)j'P
Momentous , political
and governmental changes for
Japan are expected April 3, the
newspaper Asahl reported ' to
day, with Premier Prince Fn
mimaro Konoye heading a
. "greater east Asia league" in
a program described ;as ; dis
tinctively Japanese t "hough
based on models 'originated by
Germany and Italy. "
It was said reliably that a
single political party was like
ly, stemming from the imperial .
rule assistance association,
which Konoye heads and which
Is currently undergoing a dras
tic reorganization.
It was considered probable
that all basic Industries would
be placed solely under the con-'
trol ef the throne. '
CnUNKKING, March l-P)
Six Japanese airplanes were
shot down by the Chinese air
force Friday for the' best day's
record since last summer, 1 tt
was officially announced Fri
day nighti
BERLIN, March 15-(Satur-day)-P)-Small
units of the
RAF attacked various points in
western Germany Friday night,
dropping explosives and incen
diaries, DNB, official German
news agency, reported today.
The agency claimed the dam
age was Insignificant and that
a series mt fires was extin
guished quickly and one Brit'
ish plane downed.
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LONDON, March 15-(Satttr- ;
day) -(P)-British bombers
made a "heavy attack" en In-,
dustrial targets In western Ger
many during the night, an of
ficial announcement said today.
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