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' .- .f. Order Now! Flice your order new for "extra copies of the big 96th anniversary edition of The Statesman, off the press March 39. It will tell the story -of progress in the Weather Fair today and. Wednes day with local light frosts . and freezing temperatures at night -Max. temp. IIon-v day, 7; Mill. J2. North, triad, . Hirer -J foot. Clear. ' Willamette valley. NINETIETH YEAH Salem, Oregon. Tuesday Morning, March 25. 1941 Price 3c? Newsstands 5c1 No. 310 ;Oabie 1 on FOMitieF HJx VCJL L J-L il vU, 1L Jl IC Q Red Curls Scare Stick-Tliiei? Willamette Students Pay Glee Debts Aid-Jund 4 V NVVV I vl Sri I V- V- . - : ' -. 3 .: .1 POUN DDD 1 651 ' . Greek in VJLCV KilJJLll JULIO iLlUL C7 :i ' ' "' '- ' '' -' 7W 1 ' 111 , --I ; ' . ' ! f s i t j . i - v, i - ' - . ' ' i s v . i : . - . 1 -I- Dolores Picha, 5, demonstrates, more j or less, how she routed tjhe "stick bnrtiar" Sunday niflit at the; E. J. Church residence, 7S5 ! North 16th street, where she and her parents were meats. Dolores' timely appearance averted thefts of Iter mother's and other mesls' J parses. AstuaUy she didn't, as it appears here, take the "stick" away from the burglar; he hastily dropped it and fled. Dolores curls ae red.- Statesman; photo. ; Stealing; Mama's Purse Dolores Picha, Enroute lo Bed, During 1 Party Grabs Stick Dropped by Sneak i Thief; Wasn't Scared, She Said I . By RALPH C. CURTIS If there are three or more automobiles parked in front Salm residence in the early hours of night; it's almost rinPh Hat tWe's a nartv eoinff chances are .almost as good that The Statesman Tells History Of Sports War news, no matter how important, w 111 share honors with baseball In the May 2 edi tion of The Statesman. The most conservative of newspa per readers would consider that a safe bet. But 'twas not always thus. rj, 'f 1 1 :.."(. ';;:r- Sports-writinr, an outstand ing feature of the. American newspaper scene, ha rrown up with The Statesman. When this paper was - founded, 90 years ago this - week, there was no professional baseball e a s o n such as will open here May t. When was the first baseball team ers-anlaed In Salem? Who pitched the first curve ball? i What about early football, prise flthts, trackr Many a aports fan will find the history of sports -4n Salem published in The Statesman's 90th anniver sary edition Sunday, March 3fl, as fascinatinj as the daily sports pafci Orders for extra copies of the special edition are pouriac Into The Statesman's circulation de partment, where would-be pur chasers are 1 advised that only by making j reservations early can they.be assured of getting the anniversary edition. Two Planes 3Iissing i' TUCUMCARI, NM, March 24- (py-Two airplanes , being ferried to Los Angeles were , reported missing Monday night in the re gion of Anton Chico, 70 miles west of here. ! Pilot Don Bertram, Hanford, Calif., flying a third of the planes, landed hereabout 2 pjn. ; QASTT" afters turning back wherfthe ships encountered a heavy cloud. - Bombers Land Safe . . SALT LAKE CITY," March 24--Three Boeing four-motored f long-range bombers, flown here last -week from McChord field en route to Canada for the British, were still here Monday becaus f , adverse weather. - bf a on. And if there's a party, the in a bedroom somewhere in that house there is a bed upon which have been placed the coats, wraps and purses of the womeii euests These simple facts are known ftp the "stick burglar." They make his business easy and profitable.! More often than not; even if the house has two stories, the benj- room where wraps and pursesf-j- are placed is on the first floor, jit is a simple matter to cut a tiiy hole in a window screen and unf latch it, open the window anjdj, with a lone stick, "fish" for purses. Often they contain valuables thht are well worth the stick burglaf s time and effort. Chattering Guests Leave Way Open for Sneak Thief The danger of apprehension is not great. Usually th guests ape chatting volubly enough to cover! ud any accidental noise the burg lar makes, or concentrating n their bidding so they won't no tice it. The stick burglar watchjes until all are settled, then goes to work. He seldom is disturbed, j On Sunday , night howevear five-year-old Dolores Pichj routed the stick burglar when he visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Church, 755 North 16th streetDolores parents, Mr. and Sirs. Burt Picha, were amor thp guests and Dolores was curled up on the davenport. But almost on the stroke of a0 p. m, Dolores arose ana .wausea back through the dining room n her way to the kitchen for a driik of water. -Glancing into the bejl room, she saw a long, narrow pdle extending from the bed to the win dow. One end had been thn st beneath the strap of the purke belonging to Dolores' mother, Aid was slowly dragging it across the bed.; And the other end well,'U Dolores could see was a hand ahd a shirt-sleeve, and they werei't visible for long. That end of the stick dropped to the floor as the hand disappeared. Dolores Didn't Scream . . She Just Grabbed Stick Dolores didn't scream. She seized the "stick" which latjer proved to be ten feet lonif, afad ouicklv carried it to her jrothr, exclaiming that "this fell in the bedroom. There was a rapid ap praisal of the situation and almdst simultaneously a telephone call for the police and a search I me vj- rinitv. But the suck Duarguir naa made his getaway, empty-handed. Outside was a short ladder, usea (Ttwn t Page 2, Col. oslavians 'Nazis Show Awareness, Changed Russ View by Rushing Rumanian Troops to Red's Border; Greeks Victorious BtLURADE, ! Marci 25-(Tuesday) --Unconfirmed reports reachinr here from Bulgaria today said Greek and German sentries already had engtged la j several clashes on the Bulgarian-Greek frontier. . Other reports reaching here today said Russian war .materials began moving across the Caucasus frontier Into Turkey few hours after announcement of the Russo By The Associated Press Uneasy soviet Russia took the world by giving Turkey a neutrality in case the Turks are Diplomatic quarters in Ankara, Turkey's capital, said an nouncement of tiis Russo-Turk declaration of friendliness was deliberately timed to coincide with the departure of Yugoslav War News Briefs VIENNA, March 2 5-(Tuesday ).P) Premier Dragisa Cvet kovie and Foreign Minister Alksander Cincair-Markovie of Yugoslavia arrived in Vienna by special . train thiaj morning and were welcomed by German For eign Miinster Joachim Von Rib bentrop. j The Japanese embassador to Berlin, Lieut ben. Hiroshi Oshlma, arrived in Vienna at the same time. j Von Ribbentropy who escorted the Yugoslavs to their hotel, had come to Vienna only a matter of minutes before.! U to this time, there had been !-; formal- eonflrnkatiecn f BeIT grade dispatches that the Yugo slav premier andf foreign min ister were making the trip to add their nation) to - the axis line-up. (Turn to PageilO, Col. 2) Germanjr Reveals Battleships Operating Against Convoys BERLIN, Match 24-W-The Monday the destruction of at least 30,000 additional tons of Brit ish shipping, and assued an avowed eye-witness account of how a long earlier "cai and mouse" drama had: ended in the sinking oi izb,uuu tons oyi u-ooats sup- ported by battleships a new raiding technique. The nazi story of the war at sea thus was in two sections. The first, dealing with current actions and issued! by the high command itself, declared that U boats operating in jthe north At lantic had just knocked out 27,500 tons. It was the sefcond account, however, which toid the longer and more spectacular story a story in elaboratioh of previous and less detailed announcements. This engagement, which the Germans termed historic in that 1 Nazi Raiders i r tan. ... ' 3t Above are pictured the two German Ing en British shipping and. avowedly awaiting American supply ships of the Atlantic seaboard. CTop) Is the German batUeshlp' Gneisenau, one of Hitler's most powerful dreadnaughts. (Below) is j the katUethip Scharnhorst. - 1 Bitter j - Turk friendship agreement. a hand Tuesday in the course of pledge of benevolent and helpful attacked by Germany. government leaders for Vienna t6 sign up as a junior partner in the axis. Under its terms, the Russians ap parently are ready to; send ma terial aid to Turkey if the, Turks have to fight to defend the Dar danelles, i i Germany Rushes Troops To Rumanian-Ross Border That Germany was acutely aware of a changing Russian at titude to nazi expansion was evi dent in reports that ; Rumanian troops were being mobilized again and sent to take up position along the Prut river facing the soviet. Quickly, the soviet countered this by increasing her land and sea forces which tand opposite Ger many's southeastern Europe con centrations. ; i.:!!..:-..!-' . Russia considered her vital Interests ; at stake with Ger many's armies lees than 109 miles from the Dardanelles, with the nazis in control of the en- (Turnito Page 2, Col. 2) Germans! officially reported it was "probably the first suc cess by cooperation of battleships and U-boats in ocean warfare," was said to have begun about at mid-Atlantic. The eye-witness narrative; as it was officially described, said that upon : the approach to the British convoy "we sighted ene my fighting craft including a bat tleship of the, Malaya class," and that many times that great vessel aimed her guns, but kept them silent, showing 'no inclination to fight." (Pictured below are two of Germany's battleships believed involved In the above story.) off US Coast - A t f 71 I i battleships reliably reported prey- -'SZ' 'n lyl I 'rni W" .... h . y i ( i - . . - i : ; i , 1 zS X V 1 U aNv m2xV u 7' Bets were novel as always at classes after losing In the 33rd annual Freshman Glee. All warers were paid to higher classmen be cause Judges placed the seniors first, Juniors second, sophomores third and "poor, poor '44" last. In the picture a few of the freshmen boys are sloshing through the campus mill stream. A larger number went in than have for some years, for this is the second largest class in the university's history. Tbey replace this year's winners, who "ducked" the three previous years. At the lower left, Robinson Spen cer, school librarian, to whom the Glee was dedicated, proves himself a "crooner" as he pays his bet to a senior girl. At the upper right, Dolly Cullens, freshman, is the "bird In gilded cage." She was not the only student who wore headdress to compete with designers' craziest Statesman photos. Strike Peace Board Meets New Mediation Body Will Act on Four Major Tieups (See strike story P. 2 Mediation board picture on editorial page.) By The Associated Press The new federal mediation board appointed by President Roosevelt i to deal with strikes in defense in dustries will hold its organization meeting in Washington today (Tuesday) confronted by four ma jor developments: 1. A CIO strike called late Mon day at the Bethlehem Steel com pany,, Bethlehem, Pa., which has more' than $1,000,000,000 of de fense contracts, in a dispute over an unaffiliated union. 2. The International Harvester plant at Chicago, which had been closed since Feb. 28 by a CIO strike, " reopened Monday ' under police guard but a CIO leader called for a "mass mobilization" Monday and that "no one" would enter. The company makes parts for defense contractors. The union seeks recognition, abolition of piece work and other demands. 3. The two-week old CIO strike at the Midland Steel Products (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Airport Bids Open Today Bids for private contracting work, on Salem municipal airport improvements under the $160,000 civil aeronautics, authority, proj ect will be opened today at CAA northwest headquarters in Seat tie, while preliminary work- to the airport expansion ' program here is apparently moving swift ly. City Engineer J. H. Davis re ported , Monday that no difficul ty is being found in getting per mission to cut down trees con sidered obstructions on lands ad joining the airport. . W Viewers of the 61 acres of ad ditional land the city must ac quire for the project have com pleted their appraisals of the land involved and it is believed the city may be able to acquire it within a few weeks. . The - WPA, which will do a large share of .work not handled under CAA . specifications, is ready to begin work on receiving a certificate of necessity to avia tion from the CAA. The WPA will pave two runways and the CAA one. . J , Flier's Condition Fair Willis Berkey, pilot of the plane in wmcn uanieid voget met death near -Woodburn1 several nrtil3n at the Salem : General ... . tBy, -nrv'. hospital Monday night Berkeys I was amputated for the third time Saturday. - ' Willamette university Monday as students paid up to members of other Court Demands Issues Before Pinbdll Trial Lewelliug Sets Deadline in Dissolving Injunction Obtained Against Police and Gty Attorney by Barber The case of Beryl Burch vs. Salem Chief of Police Frank Minto and City Attorney Lawrence Brown will be tried as early Circuit Judra J. G. Lewellin? said Mondav when he dissolved C of C Burns Mortgage $5032 Debt Payment on Remodeling Celebrated; Bishop Speaks The Salem chamber of com merce "burned tne mortgage Monday night. That was the way Sen. Doug las McKay, ex-president in charge of the ceremony, described it and that's what it amounted to. To a chorus of applause from the large audience of members and guests attending the banquet in honor of the occasion, McKay touched a match to a piece of pa per representing the $5032 debt in curred in 1938 for the remodeling and redecoration of . the chamber quarters, and"E. H. Bingenheimer, another ex-president, held it in a tray until only ashes remained. : Realisation that a group of citizens could meet for such a "glad . occasion should . bring realization that there are things "tight with the world," as well (Turn to Page 10, Column 1) - Cafes to Hike Meal Prices Food costs in Salem have mounted 18 per cent during the past 60 days, members of the Sa lem Restaurant association, meet ing j in called session Monday night, agreed. That , the rise , in cost of commodities will, be re flected shortly in boosted prices for the consumer .was generally accepted although no definite scale nor time for the increase w as adopted. Committees ap pointed to make a closer study or. the problem were asked to report with recommendations to the membership within the next week. Thirty of the 42 . member restaurants were represented at Oil Tanker Afire NEW YORK, March 25-(Tiiesaay)-(i4PV-The coast guard reported today that the Cities service oil tanker Denver had caught fire south of Cape Dat uras and that IS or It crew members : were missing after the! i vessel . was abandoned. About five teamen were saved, the! coast, guard added. ;: s ? mi ! 4 ! ! ! ). 9 an injunction obtained several weeks ago when the case was filed. The injunction prevented seizure and "destruction by city authorities of certain devices . alleged by the plaintiff to be games of skill lo cated in his barber shop in Salem. Judge Lewelling ordered dis solution of the injunction on the ground that the complaint showed that no devices of the type speci fied were on the plaintiffs prem ises at the time of filing of the suit, and stated, "the court cannot pro tect a prospective business from irreparable damage." " City Attorney Brown, : arguing before the court, maintained that no adjudication had been made as to the legality of the city's ordin ances against operation of pinball devices, and stated that the order ly "method of procedure in the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Late Sports SAN FRANCISCO, March 24 WP)-Ray Lunny, lightweight who has never lost professional box ing bout, kept his record clean Monday night by punching out "a clear-cut decision over Georgie Hansford, of Los Angeles, in ten rounds. " ' . VANCOUVER, BC, March 24 (CP); Vancouver - Lions' took a one-game lead in the best-of-five final series, for the Pacific! Coast hockey league title by defeating Spokane Bombers 2-1 in fast, action-packed game here Monday night First Methodist Church Ends Centennial Celebration Roles taken by the church in the eWorld were described and commended by Bishop Bruce R. Baxter' and : Gov. Charles ,, A. Sprague as ' Salem's First Meth odist church concluded Its cen tennial, celebration with worship services . Sunday morning. The church lives because it has served, said Bishop Baxter, who quoted, , from a second century letter, "These Christians hold the world together. To do this, he reminded, -v principles must .find expression in conduct He advised Christians -to "take a long look ahead . f a deep look within." Gov. Sprague spoke of the close relation-First church has had dur ing its century, in relation to the state of Oregon 'He mentioned the, significance of the crossing roved By Senate Final Vote on Appropriation Is 67 to 9 WASHINGTON, March 24-WpV -The senate jpassed the $7,000, 000,000 lease-lend appropriation bill Monday by a national-unity vote of 67 to 9 and plans were laid to fly it Tuesday to Presi dent Roosevelt, vacationing in the Caribbean. J The action came after- less than ' two hours discussions and the op-, position did not so much as offer an amendment. - The debate, in fact, consisted largely of state ments of position from ' sonie of the many senators who had voted against the original lease-lend au thorization bill, but voted for the appropriation. - - Among these " were ' Senators Adams (D-Colo), Vandehberg (R- Mich), Brooks (-111), Willis (R Ind) and Taft (R-Ohio). For the most part : they said that since helping England and other nations resisting the axis powers had been approved by congress, it was the duty of the national legislature lo provide funds for giving that pol icy eirecj. 1 , The 7.000,000,000 fund, the nation's largest peacetime appro priation, would provide, among other things: , $2,054,000,000 for aircraft and accessories. 2 $1443,000,000 for ordnance and ordnance supplies. ( $1450,000,000 for the purchase of miscellaneous agricultural alid ladnstrUI articles. Lesser sums were included for tanks, for repairing and outfitting peiiigerent vessels in American rwrts, for building or otherwise -cquiring factories or factory sites for the manufacture of war supplies, and 'for the expenses of (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Siiiii&eEoE - Paui TJ outer's Column The boys and girls up at Wil lamette U who keep singing they love to sit and dream down by the old mill . stream did not sit and dream down by the old mill stream yester day. At least not while . we were watching them. : They had their little doings up there -on , To Baxter Road" Saturday n i g h t and the freshmen lost When it was all' over the raid H. Bauer. Ir. freshmen were told by their vic torious seniors that "confidential ly, you sink" so the freshmen obligingly went out Monday and sunk. . j.v ' ':'V-''-' It was the wettest aftermath of Freshman Glee we have ever attended. Usually there is enough water In the mill stream to douse tbe male members of the freshman class thoroughly and efficiently, but some seemed to think - otherwise this year. They called on the city water supply to help out '' The staid old buildings of Wil-. lamette looked like a hotel hold ing a visiting high school football team. There were watr-laden pa per bags coming out of the win dows like bombs on Rotterdam (Turn to Page 10, Column 2), of Church and State streets, with State street having on one side two great Methodist institutions and on the other the home of county, federal and state govern ment "We hope they may stay in wholesome neighborly associa tion." V V " District Superintendents J. Ed gar Purdy and Sydney W. Hall and Dr. J. C. Harrison, pastor, participated fa. the service. The'; cathedral choirsang Gounod's anthem, "Sanctuswith Director Melvin H. Geist as icnor soloist Sunday night, the choir Maunder's .cantata, 'Olivet t Calvary," to close the four-dsy observance. A dinner ' and pro gram Thursday and the two Sun day sessions were ell gttcnS'i by capacity audiences