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;,.;::Six"-Son-l78 Pages ' ': - ' "":tv v ivS? f 1 ' Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning. March 30. 1941 -: ; : ; : "i f .Price 5c v?. Vs " .. Paul Mauser Column . We'were rummaging around in i our desk the , other day and we body caij prove . - I. isn't the 90year f I ,s diary of old Sam X. Statesman,! f ' j ; 5 thet ghost -of ; all', former editors t that haunts : the i ,3 newsroom audi .runs off with'p our 'chair, our? . . y.-r.r.- m. - our , pen-f ourj WeL paste, our pen cils and o -temper. and start! an- f , otiously awaiting an offer from the Reader's Digest March 28t851 Went to press today and made Gutenberg look illy. Subscriptions coming in fast Took iii two pecks of apples, two skunk pelts, and five pinches f gold dust Bang! Bang! Bang! Just shot three Indians. Darn fools were trying to put the bite on my dust . March 28, 1859 Darn re- .; publicans are mining the coun- ' - . try.. ' i" !.-;. ' , farch 28,11860 Darn demo- era ts are rnlning the country. March 28, 1861 Darn fool Pony Express riders say it looks like war; Don't they know this is a civilized world and it can't hap- pen Jjere? Horsewhipped three times today. Somebody said A'Gid dap" and I galloped clear to Eola. March 28, 1871 Got up at 6 and wrote editorials until 8. Sold sir ads and "collected two bwshels cf potatoes for a year ; subscrip tion. Set up patent medicine ads (Turn to Page ; 2, Col. 7) - ij.- : : Valley Project Will Continue The Willamette valley project will got on, despite reports con struction of several of its dams may1 bd! sidetracked in favor of national: defense enterprises, R. H. Kipp, executive secretary of the Willamelte Basin commission, de clared hlere Saturday. . The Fjern Ridge dam, which will impound! 95,000 acre feet of water on the Long Tom river in lane county, will ! be completed within 60 to SO! days and the first irriga tion prdject eventually to serve 25,000 acres of land, may be start ed -yet this year, Kipp said. Twenty per cent completed now, the Cettage Grove reser voir Isi expected to be finished before ilhe end of 1941. The wa ter will be backed tip fby a 95- fooi earth fill a. As to the' other ! five project dams, Kipp said they might be de layed but added that funds from the seren billion dollar lend-lease bill might be made available for vaUey work. J The next -unit of the project scheduled for attention, the big Dorena : reservoir, six miles east of Cottage Grove, for which funds have been allocated but hot yet released, will probably be started before 1942,: Kipp predicted. A substantial portion of the $4,257, 060 required for this unit must be spent on relocating the Southern Pacific railway tracks and the highway. 1 r , .. Kipp saMl construction of the North' Santiam river dam neax - Detroit highest of the sevens would doubtless be delayed at least i a year. . depending whether or not the present con gress passes the 1941 aethorixa- Hon bilL " The 4 commission t secretary u preparing to leave, for Washington, ! DC thls month to testify at hear ings before the bouse flood con trol committee, beginning April 25 and to attend the US-Flood Con . . i m i 4;n mtiir0 en'Mav 1. vroi jeuei.ww" - - -(For detailed valley project- story and pictures. e xki tion.) ' - Marjorie Waters Wins Oratorical . Waters W on first in lumtum'i 'oratory at Col lege of the Pacific college invita tional forensic tournament Satur day at Stockton, Calif, Dr Her bert E. Rahe, Willamette univer sity coach, wired The Statesman. ' Empgene Kusseu reacnea vno semifinals of the same contest ; , JJoth jstudents are irom oaxem. id i I I . ii n ii r n f iv nv 7i h ii rr n, Tnvn r iv rv n n Trmi r tvn rvu i iv i . ; r; m . i r r mtq i ttii rr US Plabes Guard On Italo Ships Five Vessel$ at Newark Said Sabotaged PORTLAND. March ! 29.-P)- Twelve coast guardsmen were ordered to guard th4 Italian motorship Leme here Saturday night in compliance with an or der from Washington, pC. The Leme, a 500-foot vessel built at Trieste in 1925. was in port here when Italy entered ained we war ana nas rem since. WASHINGTON, Maifch 29-CP) -The coast guard placed armed guards aboard 27 Italian ships in United States ports including Portland, Ore., 'Saturday night to prevent crews from! destroy- the machinery, Coast i guard official . empha liad not sized that the vessels been seized but said merely would prevent the guards sabotage. The action was taken imder a 1917 espionage act following" word simultaneously from and Wilmington, NC, Baltimore that Italian break- crews in those ports were. ing up ' the machinery in then- vessels and that similar action was contemplated in otjher ports. Five of the ships were docked at New York, four at Philadel two each phia, three at Norfolk, at New Orleans, Baltimore, , New port News, Va., and Jacksonville, Fla., and one each at Boston, Wilmington, NC, Houston, Tex Mobile, Ala., Savannahj Ga, San Ore. Juan, PR, and Portland, An additional Italian; ship was reported in the Panahia Canal guard zone. It was outside ciiast jurisdiction but it was assumed station a that the army : would guard over it. The names of the vessels were not avai' immediately. ' able here Coast guard officials said that (Turn to Page 2, Cbi . 1) None Injurjed In Gar Crash - No one, was injured, but con siderable damage was done to two automobiles in a three-car collision at Capitol arid Center streets Saturday night - : Police said the accident oc- curred when a car driven by William K. Lcmen, Hubbard, at anqther car, tempting to pass struck a car driven in site direction by Robert jthe oppo- H. Smith, following route six, and, a - car driven by Jesse D. Union street. Tiylor, 840 Front ! ends of the Smith and Lemen cars were badly damaged. Read Deal With West Salem Gets Dam Power n.ri nnwpr coursed substation into the transmission Harry a. Read ana leasea Dy Start of service to some members indicated two things: 1. The negotiations! between the Portland Genera Electric company and Bead, manager of the eooperaUve, for j purchase . of the transmission eanipment built for use of the eooperaUve have fallen through. . g. The eooperatiTo will go ahead , witn- plans te ptrlng Its wires . across . the llllamette river and deliver power to its Salem members. Bead, f owner - of radio " station KSLM and long interested In electric utilities, Saturday direct ed workmen in ? raakinjg installa tions to I West Salem members of the cooperative. . Sead Tells Reporter Te Draw Own Conclusion t Read had nothing t to! say about status of the deal which the Port land General" Electrics company Japan Jnvoy's This IIN RadlophotO from Berlin shows Japanese Foreign Minister Yosuke Matsuoka (left) as Adolf Hit ler (center) presents him to a hure crowd gathered outside the rekh chancellory Thursday. Matsu oka, after a hurried second conference with Von Ribbentrop, nasi foreign minister Saturday, Is sched uled to leave for ;Rome this (Sunday) afternoon. His plans may be changed should rumors of another coup d'etat in Italy prove true. The: Yugoslavia uprising spoiled Y soke's German visit. Biggest Edition In History Of Statesman Issued Today! Rain or $hine Cherriam to Be on Job 1 . Rain or snine, Salem's Cher rians will be on the Job today to show off to befst advantage the spring, floral attractions fruit trees In blooih of Marion and Polk countyi King Bing Frank Doerfler ao flounced Sat urday night as hQ got out his raincoat. . j From early morning until late afternoon Cherrians will be stationed at key points on the Blossom day tour routes, at the chamber of comnierce and at the capitol to direct visitors to the orchards and jto the other attractions f the day, the capi tol, the state forestry adminis tration building, tBe state bos-. pital grounds ani the Salem Hunters and Anglers club trout holding pond at ifurner. Boy Scouts will assist in handling traffie on! the blossom routes and the S4lem unit of the Women's Ambulance Serv ice corps win act fas guides at the capitol. 1 Both the Marion knd the Polk county blossom routes will be plainly marked by signs to agu ment the directions from the scouts. j . Blossom week wjll close next Saturday night with a public Cherrian dance at the Salem armory to music I played by Paul Siebert's orchestra, a pop ular organization oh the Oregon State college campus. Air Bases Inspected MARSHFIELD, March 29JPy Possible bases for kmall pursuit craft were inspected here by Commander D. R. lee and Lieut. R. M. Harris of the 13th naval district headquarter. PGE Is off: Saturdar from Bonneville's Eola lines to West Saleba owned by me aiera juiecxnc cpopcraiivc. of the cooperative's West Salem reported it was negotiating with him ten days ago, but Invited a reporter to draw his own conclu sions.' ''!:' : - ' -r :': - f Sydney L. Stevens, president of the cooperative, said that the co- rmaratltra 4a lA.clnit tTtaml'm nnsr lines for $50 a month under a 20- year agreement. Monthly pay ments can be amdied toward the nurchase mice, he said, whenever the 'cooperative is ready- to buy Head's properties. Read will re ceive no salary - as manager pi the cooDerative for Jat least three months, Stevens said, when the directors will decide what salary the cooperative can-pay, j ? First connection ;$ith ' the Bon neville electricity, 4ia the coop erative, was made in the home of Max Gehlhar, former state di (Turn to Page Col. 4) i Berlin Trip Marred by Coup The Oregon Statesman as the west's second oldest living newspaper celebrates its 90th anniversary today by publishing the largest edition in its history, 78 pages in six sections'devotfTfirst, to today's news, but also -to the agricultural, indusrial)ndTiYife outlook pf the. mid-Willamette ralley 'h J , . 2 :r The pages of this-editi6nre designed to show the possibilities for progress as well as the forward strides that have already been taken toward the development of the valley as A substantial, enterprising community. Realizing that Salem is the thriving city that it is because of its -civic and economic relationships with the many communities surrounding it, The Statesman de votes many of its special pages today to reporting those communities' rise to their present position, and to their futures. - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Continued on Page 2. Four Oregonians Make 90th Anniversary Honor Roll What relationship does ,the season of one's birth bear to the length of one's life? Is it pure coincidence that the four individuals listed on The Statesman's "honor roll" (99 years' residence in Ore gon) today were all, like The Statesman.- born during the first Tuesday Night Is "Deadline99 On Income Tax ' Midnight, Tuesday, is the deadline for Oregonians to file their state income returns, the state tax commission warned Saturday. Both the Salem and the Portland offices of the com mission will remain open until the closing hour to receive re turns. They will also be open during the noon hour Monday. : The commission e s 1 1 m a ted that 1941 income tax receipts would exceed S7.s00.000. or SI, 200,000 In excess of early esti mates. Receipts for 1940 aggregated S6.021.000. Forest Society Meets for First Time in Salem . j ' . The Columbia ' section of' the Society of " American Foresters held a meeting In Salem Satur day, the first time in its history. - New forestry legislation ! was reviewed by Nels - Rogers, state forester, and was the subject of very general approval by the members.1 ' ' ' ,f: The afternoon session was held at the state forestry building. The meeting concluded with a ban quet last night at the. Marion. F, PVKeen, of Portland, presided. May. Name School Head . Th state board of control mav announce this week the selection of a successor to Sam JLaughlin as superintetndent ox tne state irain inff school for boys, a member said Saturday. More than 20 men have applied for. the- position, 'from which Lauehlin has resigned as of April . . . . Quarter of 1 the year? Perhaps the reason for their longevity may be found in an other Quality they share with one another and the morning newspaper that today cele brates its 90th anniversary vivid interest la the world around them. Oldest of the four m actual years and in period of resi dence in Oregon Is Mrs. Sarah Hunsaker Tompkins,, born - at Molalla, January 25, 1847. Al though 94 yean of age, Mrs. Tompkins, who has always made her home in Oregon, is still able to travel and to enjoy -her relatives and . neighbors. ' She spent the past winter at Grand Island- with her-' son, J. H. Tompkins, aad m family' and has now returned to her home at Cutler City. Marion Taylor of Macleay, well-known throughout Mar ion county, makes bis home at Lyons. Porn March 4, U4S, he was honored by family and neighbors on the occasion of his 93d birthday this year. . Probably most widely-known ef the quartet because of his years of business m Salem and his reputation a poet mbA au thor is W. T sMgdon, who ob served his t2d . birthday Feb ruary 18. of this year. Born In Poweshiek e o n n t y, - Iowa, he camo west at the age of one year. , A ...- Famed for her qnfit is Mrs. Celia Jane Harris Walling, who Uvea at Lincoln hi Polk coun ty. She was born in Chariton county, Missouri, January 18, ,1858, she was brought to Ore gon the following summer. WcatKer Mostly cloudy with rain, snow In mountains today and Monday; cooler. Fresh to strong southerly wind off- coast. Max temp. Saturday 89, Min. 48, Southwest wind, pain .08 Inch. Elver -L7 feet. Cloudy with light rainfall. Severe ILPey m . l m m sn m w Defense Board Settles First Strike Case Allis-Qialmers Plant Slowed by Refusal of CIO Leaders By The Associated Press The defense mediation board succeeded Saturday night in settling the" first strike on which it acted, a 20-day AFL walkout at the Cornell Dubi lier corporation. South Plain field, N. J, but CIO unionists voted to continue "their work stoppage -at the Allis-Chalmers plant near Milwaukee. 'After negotiations in New Jer sey Friday night 'and in Wash ington Saturday night,' the . board announced an agreement by which the Cornell Dubilier strikers- would return to- work Tuesday and ne gotiations would be resumed on the wage demands of the electrical workers union. Green Urges Union To Avoid Defense Strikes President William Green asked American Federation of Labor un ions Sunday to do everything in their power to avoid strikes in na tional defense industries. "While we must insist upon fun damental principles, he said in a message in the American Federa ti orris t, AFL magazine, "when col lective bargaining breaks down we .should submit issues to mediation and arbitration. "The gravest " dangers which menace defense production, he declared,, "are these: Tolerance, of -commnnist party members in positions of influence and min ority strikes as a method for (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Hip Broken In Traffic Frank Lennon, 74, 703 North High street, received a broken hip and possible internal, injuries Saturday night about 8 o'clock when he was struck while cross ing Union street at Liberty by a car driven by Glen J. Fix, 892 North Winter street. , j Fix was charged by city police with failure to give right of way to" a pedestrian. ; The driver picked Lennon up, police said, and took him to his home two blocks away, where Lennon found he was unable to get out of the car. First aid men and a doctor were called. Fort Stevens Boys Welcome Salem Recreation Gifts -. Fort Stevens national , guardsmen's thank you notes are beginning to come. through as.' a. result of the efforts of -Salem citizens aided by 'the junior chamber, of - commerce to supply the city's soldiers with recreation room equipment. -Here is one. In part, from a letter written by Major Robert Lee Wood, medi cal detachment, 249th coast artil lery, a Salem unit, to Rev. Robert Hutchinson: . i "May I express te yen and through you aay thanks to the generous people who made it possible for .the . men, ef the medical : detachment : to enjoy the beautiful, radio and phono graph yen sent ..-- ; The machine has hardly had . an Idle, moment since it arrived; ', in fact, I heard It play ing at reveille this morning, , and I know of nothing ' that would give the men more pleasure. " . Two trucks that were to have come to Salem. Saturday' to haul other' gifts to the guardsmen were delayed and now are not expect ed for two or three days, Fresi- eat o Greeks, RAF Help In Greatest Sea Conflict of British Claim Clash Disaster; Macek Keeps Yugos in Turmoil; Nazis Fail to Beat of f Raids The Associated, Press late Saturday night reported rumors heard in London to had occurred in Italy. The Rome bureau of the press association advised "All is quiet in-Rome," but early Sunday morning dis patches, detailing, the severe defeat of the Italian navy in the Mediterranean and new reverses in Albania, plus the sudden placing of guards by the US on all Italo ships in American ports would indicate possible serious repercussions among the ? Italian people JSimilardis- patches by the AP preceded Hitler's entry into Bulgaria1 and the Yugoslavia coup. By The Associated Press . . The British announced startling sea and air successes against the axis Saturday night while a serious internal obstacle placed : in jeopardy the new Yugoslav government which London hailed as a firm friend. ' , The Mediterranean fleet of the royal navy was said to have engaged Premier Mussolini's navy in what the first information FDR Galls for United Stand PORT EVERGLADES, Fla., March 29.-(fl5V-President Roosevelt- summoned Americans nl ev ery political creed Saturday night to stand united in a determina tion that "with all our resources and all our power, we shall help those who block the dictators in their, march toward domination of the wprld." . "Arising from an ."alliance of dictator nations," the president warned, Is a threat to America, its union, ' its democracy, - and Its cardinal principles of free- -dom a, threat which "draws more tightly around us day by day." ' , . : - V But,- speaking Jto fellow-Democrats attending .party rallies throughout the country, Mr. Roosevelt .declared that to meet the threat nearly 1 all Americans had risen above considerations of party politics and had remained devoted to country and democra tic ideals. Speaks By Radio From L Wardroom of Potomac ,- The chief executive spoke by (Turn to Page 2, CoL I) " dent Don flack of" the junior chamber reported. He urged that citizens able to do so contribute more reading lamps, snaaed or shadeless, old leather davenports and chairs and magazines' having permanent reading value. . Black also requested that no more 'donations of women's tnagaaines.be made. One of the most important pie ces pf recreational . equipment, yet given for' the guardsmen's benefit, a " reconditioned pool-, table, from the ' Salon Odd Fellows lodge, is expected to be sent to the fort with the first truck.; " . Latest donors of money to the junior chamber Fort Stevens fund are: Roman Heine," $5; Degree of Honor, $2, and HayesviUe Worn en's club, $5. fNavy War the effect that a coup d'etat suggested probably was .the big gest sea battle of the war. The British admiralty indicated the clash likely would be as dis astrous to Italian sea power as tho defeats suffered on land by the fascists in Libya, East Africa and Albania. The early British reports were that one Italian battleship of the 35,000-ton Littorio class, ; a : de stroyer and from two to four cruisers had been damaged and that at least one of these had gone to the bottom. Germans Fail to Fight Off Attack of RAF Planes Atop this news came an air min istry report in London that speedy little RAF fighters skimmed 29 feet over rooftops in German -oc cupied France and Belgium ' in (Turn to Page 2. CoL 5) War News Briefs . BERLIN, March 39s-JP)-( Sunday) -Bristol was the tar get of German combat squad rons during the night, informed sources asserted today. They said fliers observed several fires in industrial facilities near the southwest English coast city. ; . - LONDON. March 30.-(Smv day) (JP) German raiders started "a number" of fires at places in the Bristol channel area Saturday night and caused a "small" number of casualties Including some persons killed, the British announced today. NEW YORK; March 29.-.T-The Athens radio In a broad east heard by CBS said Satur day, .night Greek planes, artil lery and trench mortars causes! "serious damage and consider able casualties te Italian posi tions but that no Italians ap peared before the Greek lines. The radio also said repeated Italian attacks Friday nirU were repulsed. - R03XE, March 2S.-0T-Tirr. obstacle-hnrdllng craft so. f"l they can lay explosives along side a victim and escape in a burst' of speed were descriUJ in the press Saturday as Italy's new weapon against EritLIi shipping. . - . . BERLIN, March Z7-(C& man " pilots reported SzItitZ:j night they had atiatled a TV.:. Ish sea force consLl.'r.j c? " ' streyers and larger ' ' i' r the Greek island '! C; . Three bombs hit ens i::;3 -: shin, ther saJJ- I i