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i j i mJ& . . ! ' - vi X ' V X Order Nowl Place your order now for extra copies of the big- 99th anniversary edition of The Statesman, '.off , the press March SO. it wiU tea the . story r of progress In the Willamette valley. Weather Increasing cloudiness wUh local 'showers -today., and Saturday. Max. temp. Thurs day, 59, Alln. 39. Southwest wind. River -1 foot. Partly cloudy. : V W Ws vv " ' - i POU NDDD - 1651 NINETIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, . Friday Morning. March 21, 1941 Price 3c; Newsstands ' Se Uo. 207 Hi f I rr r ... . - -. : Ron Rambles Rampantly Sans Java Money Through Spring Opening Crowds ' -r '- By RON CJEMMELL - Sprang out into Spring Opening; couldn't find an o; ing, sprang back into a huddle lor a check of signals, sprang again. - . - ". ; ' - ll - Came schnozzle-to-glass with a biddy's chapeau shoppe,; . which gave generous evidence milady is to te a bit pancaked -upstairs this spring. ! Dipped a shoulder and sidled up to a "glass-in parking j lot for bodies, human variety, there learning folks will sit on chairs and sleep in beds this spring. , Pivoted out of the way of a gang of giggling gals, sprint ed between the orange and the green (not a cop in sight) and ended up amid a covey of classy chassis which were go-k- ing no place fast. They looked restful but expensive. j r Poked a paw in a pocket in search of a nickel, thinking -' of one cup ( of coffee,1 at the same time sighting no less than - three signs advertising "personal loans." JJo coffee.; i .. , 11 He5rda'babe in blue say she reckoned peach is to be - the predominant color for her sex this spring. She was talk ing about clothes. Ricocheted off a couple hundred other sightseers to land . up alongside Salem's newest varieties garage, where could bej seen more bunnies than ever came out of Easter eggs oi, for that matter; that story you've all heard. j Gandered at gents' furnishings (exterior), to be apprised that, as usual, us guys will wear blue, brown, greea or gratf again this spring. Sprang homeward. Made it, through a tiny opening in Spring Opening. Worst Rain Follows US Noted War Analyst Sees Raids as Effort of Nazis to Bolster German Morale Against Adverse News ; l; By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Noted War Analysist for Associated Press - t . endured this year synchronized with house passage in Washing ton of the seven-billion-dollar bill to finance all-out American aid for Britain. That might be coincidence but more likely it was not It looked like a Berlin move to brace Ger man morale against the news from Washington.' or against recent British bombing raids on Berlin and 6ther German cities. The j;ermans hint- that the raids 9 jtahiiare 'designed to -Mften- ej telUsh s fr some I sort 'of , deceive military kmw.! These hinis are In the same category -as rumors in Berlin and 1 Rome ' that the first ship load of United States armaments to start for tnrland since pass afe 'of the British aid bill has been sunk. The persons , circulating these rumors undoubtedly hope that, whether or not they prove to have any foundation, they will serve the immediate purpose of bucking the Germans up. Whatever, the reason for the in tensive nazi bombardment of London, it was out of line with the air strategy the nazis nave pursued recently in the battle of the Atlantic. They had been con centrating their attacks on Liver pool, Glasgow, Hull and other port cities which are more vital to the British. ! - Berlin claimed docks were the principal targets in the most re cent London- attack, and that great damage was inflicted. Even so, blasting port of London docks, already battered hundreds of times, could not add greatly to the prime British problem of keeping trans-oceanic shipping moving to and from England. - , Herr Hitler ; has pledged that American aid will not reach the British in time. The evidence of British bombs falling increasingly about their ears must tend to con vince many Germans that aid from somewhere is already getting to England inquantity. - -' . i i ; j ; j ' ' 1 - 'TU Spring Lib tieveais KEW YORK, March Tis 1 spriasT But the United ' here. It was 12:21 son. Friday at . Greenwich Observatory, ' Eng land, when sprins was clocked la. . ; . . The difference in time, made it '731 Thursday nifht in New York a fact which the Ameri can museum of natural history thought sinifteant enouch; to Issue a special bulletin herald ing ."a five hour Jump in the season of twittering birds, blooming flowers, and the turn inr of younr men's fancy." . , Late Spoit 2 PORTLAND, Ore, March 20-(ff-Windy Beal's goal in the last ininute " of an overtime . period gave I a Seattle semi-pro hockey team? a l-to-0 victory over - a Portland c 1 u b ' here Thursday right. -.-- ' of Bombs Aid Bill Inn ins 'ISsni Paul Ilau$erM, Column ' Dr. F. D. Voight, that nobbiest nobbiest who coulj fettle al'the defense production, . .problems "if he. jfcaa, jenougnp bottle caps andi . box .tops,' :invit-r " , a hobby show at, ea us to anena t the First MJS. church Thurs4 day night. So we went to 4Via Vi-VvVw chnur ' enough, but Paul H. Batuer, Jr. most ! of the rest j of the collectors hadn't collected yet- The first thing we ran into was a rolling-pin. It was made from myrtlewood, of all woods, I by L. D. Waterman; Now a man must be happily married, have a swell insurance policy or be a bachelor to go: around making rolling pins, even j if they are made out of myrtlewood. We don't know what Mr. Waterman is, but the pin was (Turn to Page 2, Col. ; 5) Blossom Day Plans Laid i . Planning for the Salem Cher rians 1941 - Blossom day was started at a meeting of the boost er organization Thursday night. If warm weather prevails, the event will take place within the next two weeks. King Bing Frank Doerfler as signed to Donald Deckebach and Orval Lama the task of selecting and? rmarking the" Blossom day tour routes and to Carl Gabriel son the making of arrangements for open house at the state capi- toL I - The Cherrians will stage a benefit dance the Saturday night after Blossom day to raise funds for a float to be entered lin the Portland Rose festival. Arrange ments are in charge of Deryl My-J era, i William B e 1 L Claybourne Dyer and Rex Kimmell. The ticket committee, consists of Har ry Weinstein, S. W." Starr, Carl Collins, W. J. "Pat" Farrell and William McCleary. j Hattie McDaniel To Many Again HOLLYWOOD. March 20-P- Hattie . McDaniel, negro character actress, and J. Lloyd Crawford, negro real estate man, will fly to Tucson, Ariz Friday to be mar ried,! the: Warner studio " said Thursday. j ; ;:-;- 1 .:; It will be Miss McDanleys third marriajre. Crawford S 5 Iirsx. one won an academy award last year for he r performance in "Oone With the Wind." - We got there a-" little early. Dr.j Voight . was! there s u r Yuugo K 1-nkiL iiiav J v . . Quotas Wheat, Corn Surplus Causes Need of New Market Controls i WASHINGTON, March 20-(-Chjairman Sinith (D-SC) of xne ; senate agrifuiiure; commit tee i n t r o duped legislation Thursday which would give corn and whet farmers the choice of a tw-year marketing quota, a single year quota, or no quota in voting oh marketing con trol proposals. The legislations; was worked out by agriculture department offi cials. They informed congress that large stocks of both corn and wheat in this country, much of it under government loan, will re quire a referendum among corn and wheat growers this year for the first time, f In these referpnda, two-thirds of the farmers fating must ap prove of the mfrketlnr restric tions or they cahnot be applied. If the marketing restrictions are rejected, then tovernment loans, which have supported market prices, are automatically halted. The new bill jjwas intended to meet criticisms of Senators Lucas (D-I1L) and Gillette (D-Ia.) of the original departmental propos als for revising! present law on corn and whea marketing re strictions. They fcaid they feared an attempt to. impose a two-year quota system on a single vote might defeat thJ entire adminis tration farm program for corn and wheat. Department officials said they planned a referendum on market ing quotas among wheat growers late in May. I WASHINGTON, March 20-UP) The surplus marketing adminis tration, an agriculture depart ment agency, ha adopted a poli cy of withholding information on daily purchases f of butter, lard, eggs, evaporated Jmilk, cheese and other so-called surplus food prod ucts. I Officials said he disclosure of such information might have an unwarranted" effect on the mar kets. All Reelected By Red Cross i Marion Cotint y Officers J Serve Again; Named at Annual Dinner Meet I Judge George Rossman was re flected chairmafc of the Marion County chapterj American Bed Cross, at the annual dinner meet ;ng of the organization Wednes day night at Mafion hotel. Others unanimously chosen to continue their offices for another jrear were W. A Hamilton, vice chairman; Mrsf Ronald Jones, :3rooks, secretary, and Linn C. iJmith, treasurer! The strength f America lies in he spirit of its people, George Wisting, assistant general man iger of Northwst Electric com pany and last yfcar's chairman of :he Portland fommunity chest :ampaign, told f his audience in the featured speech of the eve iiing. By feelingf responsibility for Less fortunate people, volunteer ing our services! and having faith in democracy we may drive out 1 1 i e n philosophy and ' foreign ideals and helpi lead the world sack to sanity, JWisting said. Members of toe Red Cross mo or corps from! Portland, dele gates and officials from other county chapters John Patterson, ane county Red Cross official, and Irl McSherry, chairman of the Marion county disaster prepared ness committee,! were among the bther persons Introduced by Judge Rossman. Wheeler Calls for ! Grusade Against War WASIflNGTt March 20-0?)- Senator Wheel (D-Mont) Thurs- jday night. callec upon those who ppposed passageof the British aid bill to give "continued support in crusade against war. "Continue Thef fight, not against the bill now alaw but against war and against every step which gives dictatorial powers to the president, he urged in an address prepared, lor an!; NBC broadcast. "All-eut for f England, Greece and China means all-in war for the United States.?, Legislators tho stood With Join in Church Celebration Three former pastors of the First Methodist church (above) joined with Dr. J. C. Harrison, present pastor, Thursday night in opening celebration of the church's 18.0th anniversary. Left to right are Dr. Fred C. Taylor of Vancouver, Wash., here from 1925 to 1930; Dr. Earl B. Farker of Eugene, pastor from 1930 to 1934, and Dr. J. E. Milligan of Bellinfham, Wash., who held the local pastorate from 1934 to 1939. Statesman photo. First Methodist Churck Launches Anniversary More Than 350 Persons at Banquet Opening Four-Day Fete Celebrating 100 Years of Service to Salem With more than 350 persons attending a no-host banquet, the Salem First Methodist church Thursday night launched a four-day celebration of its 100th nate Sunday night with presentation of the sacred cantata, ''Oli Tale of Style nges Told Anniversary Edition Will Review YeaWv of Developments Spring fashions, 1941, are es sentially the same in Salem as in New York City. Save for an earlier season on the west coast and the differences brought about by practical requirements the models shown by Salem merchants at their opening Thursday night are the same featured by shops on the At lantic seaboard. When The Oregon Statesman was born 90 years ago it car ried advertising for hardware, general merchandise and dry goods in a few narrow columns down the center of inside pages. Milady searched longingly for mention of styles shown in eastern centers several months earlier. Changes in transportation, in advertising and in merchandis ing have been great. The story of these developments, as in teresting as a novel, is told in The Statesman's ninetieth anni versary edition, to be published Sunday, March 30. Available at popular prices, extra copies of the edition mar be ordered before publication at the circulation desk in the pa per's business office. Air Expansion Doubles Deaths WASHINGTON, March 20-(P) The .war department" said. Thurs day that the army air corps rapid expansion already had more than doubled the number of fliers kill ed and officials predicted that fa tal accidents would increase still further. j : . Acknowledging a "definite up turn" in the rate as well as num ber of accidents, the war depart ment: advised that fatalities may mount to 200 for the current fis cal year, closing July 1. If VV! Wheeler in the unsuccessful fight against the British aid measure said his speech was a reply to President Roosevelt's address last Saturday in' which the chief ex ecutive called for "total effort' to assure "total defeat" of the axis. He referred directly; to the president's' address several times, and at one point said that; "to many of us, the president's recent speech carried dark foreboding for the' future of the republic". "During the 181ft presidential campaign." he said. "It was all aid short of war now It is , all-oat effort and the opiate Q anniversary which will culmi vet to Calvary." Dr. J. C. Harri son, present pastor, presided. Also present were three former pastors, Dr. Fred C. Taylor, now of Vancouver,1 Wash.; Dr. Earl B, Parker, Eugene, and Dr. J E. Milligan, Bellingham, Wash. 'In troduced were more than 30 per sons, all members of the1 church for at least 50 years. ' Included in the guest list was Mrs. Mary Littler, 102 years old. Ex-Congressman W. C. Haw ley, member of the church since 1882, presided at the meeting in the church auditorium fol lowing the dinner. Speakers were two of the former pastors. Dr. Taylor and Dr. Milligan; Dr. J. D. McCormick, last dean of Kimball School of Theology, now pastor at Newberg, and Dr. J. M. Canse, former president of Kimball School, now retired. Dr. Parker, third of the former pastors present, was unable to remain for the program. Wedding gowns worn in the church during the past 65 years (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7) Oregon Girl Disappears At Capital WASHINGTON, March 20-(JP) -Disappearance of a pretty 22-year-old war department clerk, who cam here from Oregon last Saturday, left Washington police and army intelligence officers without a clue Tuesday night. The young woman, Miss Ruth Egoscue, of Forest Grove, Ore, left her rooming house for work Wednesday morning but her. su periors at the air corps section said she did not arrive at the of fice and failed to report Thursday. Miss Egoscue's roommate, Miss Doris Nolan, referred questioners to army intelligence officers who said, in turn, that the case had been turned over , to capital, au thorities .as "purely a police mat ter." Their investigation, they added, had developed no Informa tion as to Miss Egoscue's where" bOUtS. .. -J .-' - Police said the' clerk -was de scribed as "very pretty," ". about five feet six inches tall, weighing about 113 pounds. Detectives said a search of her room showed her belongings 'apparently Intact.' - phrase short of war is conspic uously lacking." Wheeler said congress could, if it would, still refuse to appropri ate funds for Great Britain "with out first obtaining Mr. Church ill's 'war aims without knowing if the objectives are the extermi nation of Hitler or the annihila tion of 80,000,000 German people. He added that "Americans should . still insist that congress carefully scrutinize all appropri ations to the end that no tax dol lars are squandered.' V After asserting that most or all proponents of the British aid bill eem im Crown Given Passive US Officials Oppose Aid Fund Change Stimson, Knox Assert Big Fund Measure in Right Form WASHINGTON, March 20-(ff-Ready for rapid action on the $7,000,000,000 appropriation for financing lease-lend help to England, a senate appropria tions subcommittee Thursday heard a series of ranking ad ministration officials oppose any change in the measure as passed by the house. Secretaries Stimson and Knox, and General George C. Marshall, the army chief of staff, all testi fied against proposed .changes Which would split the big sum involved into cash appropriations and authorizations for the presi dent to enter into contracts for manufacturing war supplies and turning them over to the British. Such a breakdown, they were reported to have said, would "complicate the bookkeeping" and delay the program. Chairman Glass (D-Va.) of the appropriations committee left the hearing- expressing the "hope that we may get this bill through as promptly' as possible. -Members of the committee said they bad heard of no plan , tor American t naval vessels to con vot war-careo shins to England. The committee plannecT to hear the: testimony of William S. Khudsen of the office of produc tion management Friday and that of Harold D. Smith, the director of the budget. WASHINGTON, March 2M.&) -A $3,446,990,644 naval appropri- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) Colonel Bates Back at Post 249th Coast Artillery Continues Maneuvers Under Sunny Sky FORT STEVENS, March 20 The sun shone brightly on this post Thursday, and the 249th CA carried on with its mock warfare period planned as a nine-day ma- neuvre. - Commanders of units were en thusiastic, as the rains which have fallen since the start of the war period Monday have greatly bin dered training. Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Bates, of Salem, who was reverted to an inactive status last fall be cause of an operation, has been re ordered to active duty with the 249th. Colonel Bates arrived at the post Wednesday and took over his original duties as commander of the second battalion. Steeves Named Head of Elks Dr. Laban A, Steeves was elect ed exalted ruler of the'Salem Elks lodge Thursday night. Other new officers will be James A. Byers, leading knight; Clinton- Standish, - loyal knight; Vernon Perry, lecturer; Lyman McDonald and Dr. Ai E. Berger, trustees; Harry Wiedmer, ' secre tary; E. G. Burrell, tyler; T. E. Aufrance, treasurer. . V";, agreed that the president was not authorized to use convoys and could not send armed forces into combat areas,: Wheeler cited a statement by the president . that "dollars alone: will not win this war. , .... ' "Does this mean,", he . asked, "that if supplies are hot enough, troops will be dispatched? : What is meant by the president's "bridge of ships' . across the ocean? Does this ! mean - convoys?-- Convoys manned by American sailors who will shoot at and be shot by Ger man sea raiders?" v -(See Lindbergh Story on Page 7) Council Cabinet Resign in Prince I Of reeks Renort Cantiire of Dnp Relative; Italian Troops Flee as Army Breaks up By the Associated Press Violent internal reactions were predicted early Friday to the Jugoslav crown council's approval of a plan said to be passive but effective alliance with the Berlin-Rome-Tokyo axis. The council approved late Thursday night an alliance which, it was said, would assure such semi-military assistance to Ger many that the way would be cleared for her long-expected lunge at Greece. ' : , Cabinet men and military chiefs were asked to initial the agreement without discussion but three cabinet members vigor ously objected and warned of serious internal disorders in pre dominantly pro-British Yugoslavia. : . ,' Nazis, Italos Rap America Germans Say US Aid Ship Sunk; Posters , in Rome Revile ' BERLIN, March 20-(P)-A big newspaper banner-line told Ger mans Thursday .of ah axis report that the first shipload of United States armaments to start , for England T since passage of the British aid bill had. been1 stink. ' , The 'newspaper Nacht Ausgabe crediting - the" report to Rome, commented: fThat which was expected by all J clear-minded men has al ready happened. Herewith the American people' finally under stand the real meaning of the lease-lend law." T ' ROME, March 20-(P)-The anti-American campaign in Italy reached the poster stage Thurs day with the. appearance of broadsides on the walls of Rome which coupled tne umtea siaies and Britain in a "great conflict" with Italy, Germany and Japan. Virginio Gay da, who fre quently gets his editorial slants directly from Premier Musso lini, wrote in H Giornale . S Italia thai measures taken in e United States against fascists, nails and communists -in public and private Jobs were signs that President Roosevelt's "War march is advancing . day by day with quickened step to ward involving the people and fortune of the United States (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Italians Claim Aviatrix Alive 5 ROME, March 20 (JP)-The news paper n Pocolo advanced the the ory Thursday that the famed avi atrix Amy Johnson was an unwill ing British secret agent who fled toj the United States and that her reported death in a plane: crash January 5 was merely a ruse to cefver up her. escape. ; : . . . f : The article, , recalling that the woman's body , never ; was found after her plane was seen to plunge into the Thames, estuary, said she hid worked for British intelli gence for several years and want ed to quit but was afraid she would be shot if she tried to re- jPart of the information was at tributed to an American aviator. dentified only as "Murphy , who was quoted as saying he had met Amy in Detroit after she sup posedly was dead. econd Douglas Fir 'arley Set Wednesday PORTLAND, March 20-?Vrhe second Douglas fir Industry sur vey conference -between opera tors -and. unionists will be held next Wednesday or Thursday; , at lympia. Dr. Dexter M. Keezer cunced Sbmsdaj-i : Keezer originally indicated that meeting would be held Tues- iy, but later learned the date ould conflict with the annual eeting at Eugene Tuesday of the Willamette Valley and Coos. Bay -umber- Operators associations. Okeh h Alliance .May j!.Pirtes!; ; Paul Act As a result, their resignations were expected, thui giving Regent Prince Paul a free hand to select a pro-axis cabinet sure to approve the alliance. .; - Decision Follows Day - - ' Of Sensational Reports The Yugoslav council's decision followed a day of sensational Bal kan news including a report by the Greeks that they had cap- tured.a cousin of Premier Musso lini and repulsed two strong tanks supported attacks by the Italians in Albania.:' '. s-v The captive 'identified by - the Greek '; spokesman as 1 H - Duce's cousin was Lieut-CoL TUveri Cig Uo, commander of the 53rd battal ion of the, 26th legion of Black- shirts, i .. i " "f- , . . In England, .u southwest coast al town (perhaps Bristol or Ply mouth) was reported smothered with explosive and - incendiary bombs from relays of Nazi war- planes. . U ' . , v I . There were reports of the arrival of. British troops in Sal onika; there were stories that Italian resistance In Albania was falling apart and that the ' Germans were ready to strike at Greece at any hour with a quarter-million men. Italian and Albanian soldiers fleeing into Yugoslavia for intern ment told of a "rapid disintegra tion" f the Italian army, and they - thus . appeared , to support widely circulated reports that Te (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) War.JJews Briefs LONDON, March 21 - (Fri day) - (P) - H e a v y casualties Mere feared early today In 'a southwest coast ' town where nasi bombers loosed showers of explosive and incendiary bombs at two-minute Intervals In a savage1 attack that began last night. It was believed to be the, city's severest raid of the war and followed the pre vious night's heavy assault on London. ' j PLYMOUTH, Eng March I King George was piped aboard a former American d stroyer manned entirely by Ca nadlan officers and sailors dur ; lag a .visit Thursday to ths ' Devonport dockyard. BERLIN, March 2 1-( Friday) VP-lnfonned Germans said today that, In addition to mak ing a destructive assault on London during the night, strong units of the Luftwaffe "suc cessfully attacked" the south western city ef Plymouth with bombs of the i heaviest caliber. Several British airports also were aald to have been bombed and fires set In the heavy bight raid en the British capital Wednesday night were said t be running still. ' SHANGHAI, March ri-Fri-day)-HForeign military ob servers said today that Japan's next move would be the estal- lishment in northern Thai! a r 1 of air bases from which to tb I Chinese supply trucks eft t: . Burma road. The Japanese wti 3 pictured as anxious to paralyse China's southwestern UStlln before United States all t China under the lcnd-I;as Izr? increases, ' WASHINGTON, March 23-(iP)-Germany Is making a sur vey of Its consular stairs ta c" termine how many perse -3 (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Group
