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Road! Weather The .Statesman, first with the news of Germany's in vading Yugoslavia, as your own Salem morning paper . has been with a majority of the - "beats" . from and in cluding , the outbreak - of World war IL . Increasing cloudiness with rains today and Wednesday; little chance la temperature. Max. temp. Mas day f3. Ma, 45. Seathwest wind. Blrer J toot: Earn .1 inch. NINETY-FIRST YEAR Salem. Oregon. Tuesday Morning, April 8. 1941 Pries 3ci Newsstands 5c 10 0)M ' "j ' - i i i '"' " POUNDDD 1651" T 1 City Council Votes Funds to Straighten South River Road Wifl Add $4000 of Fire Fund to Group's $2000 to Condemn Needed Property j With four .dissenting votes the Salem city council voted .Mon day night to go along with the Kings Valley-Independence-Salem Highway association in improvement of the entrance of the South river road into Salem. I The council voted to. initiate condemnation proceedings against 12 parcels of property needed in changing the entrance cf the road from Miller street to Owens street, doing away with a right angle turn. It voted to borrow $4000 from the fire tax fund and put it in a special south river road improve ment fund along with $2000, pre sented by certified check, con tributed by the Kings Valley-In-dependence-Salem Highway as sociation. The vote overruled objections of Councilmen O'Hara and Perrine that such transfer might be illegal. City Attorney Lawrence N. Brown, In answer to 4 question by O'Hara, Morningside Lane, a street barely a block long, is coins to lose Its flowery monicker for the more prosaie cognomen Al len's Court. The name chance was recom mended to the city council Monday night by the planning and zoning commission to which the matter was reffered after the post office department objected that its clerks eon fused the street with the Morn ingside district south of Salem. said that the city charter provides that fire tax funds cannot be spent for other purposes, but that they might possibly be borrowed." "It's poor policy," Brown said, "but I think from a prac tical standpoint we can do it." Voting- "No" on the fund transfer were Aldermen O'Hara Perrine, Goodman and Lobdell. A report from the special fi nance .committee recommended that the project be placed before the voters as a bond issue, but (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7) Four New Air Units Formed ' WASHINGTON, April Creation of four new air corps combat units specifically designed to defend vital United States coastal cities in event of air at tacks was disclosed Monday , by the war department. First word of the development came in terse orders assigning four brigadier generals to com mand the new units strategical ly located groups of swift In terceptor planes whose primary mission, would be to find and shoot down enemy bombers be fore they could reach their tar gets. TwO of the new units are -to be established on the Atlantic sea board, one at Mitchel Field la New York, and the other at Tam pa, Fla., and two on the Pacific coast with headquarters at Riv erside, Cal., and Fort George Wright, Wash. Salem Pupils Get 4 Days Salem pupils will have four whole days to hunt Easter ergs or ro vacationing this week end. The coining of Easter will be heralded by dismissal of classes in the public schools Thursday afternoon. School bells will call the va cationers back to their books Tuesday morning, .April 15. Late Sports BALTIMORE, April 7-VAn-ton ChristoforidisJ the NBA's light-heavyweight ' champion, spotted Italo Colonello of Italy 15 pounds Monday night and chopped down his heavier opponent in the fifth round of their ten-round fight at the Coliseum. Christofori dis weighed 176; Colonello 191. J: ' ATLANTA, April 7 JP) -Matched against substitute op position - when Patsy 1 : Perroni signed Monday for military serv ice, Lee Savold of Des Moines, la, stopped Mike Alfano, New York, tonight in the second heat of a 10-round fight Savold Weighed 194H; Alfino 189H. Police Report On Riot Filed - ! Cafe Proprietor Says Beer not Served to Basketball Players Without hearing it read the Salem council "received and placed on file" Monday night the report it requested from Chief of Police Frank A. Minto three weeks ago on - the disturbance about the Quelle restaurant iwhich followed the state basketball tournament. i An Astoria victory celebration, beer, and slightly decadent fish all played a part in the outbreak that resulted in a request for police escort in taking the Astoria team to its hotel from the res taurant, the report indicated. The report, placing no direct blame for the affair, said, that the crowd about the restaurant was made up largely of .Astoria and North Bend students It "pointed out that the manage ment! of the restaurant was re quired to lock its doors, letting patrons in and out in small groups, so heavy was the Crowd and that Astoria rooters at tempted, against orders j from Coach Wally Palmberg, to get into ;the banquet room where the Astoria team was celebrat ing its victory. No confirmation could be found, the report said, that Coach Palm berg had suffered injuries from kicks j he later charged he re ceived, j The report also quoted Frank Chattas, proprietor of the res taurant, who denied that beer was served to any of the Astoria players. Rotten "fish were hurled into Salem rooting sections by Astoria rooters during the final game and later an Astoria rooter threw rot ten fish into passing cars while driving around in his automobile. (See text of report on page 3.) You! never can tell what a woman is going to do, but you can always tell pretty well 'what a woman wno is a .....,, good housekeep-i er is going to; do- in times of stress, i 1 Take so. r s. George ' Cons tan tine, 6 s neat a at housekeeper who i ever scrubbed a floor in Iron! n River,! Michigan,? ' for instance. Mrs.f Constantine was! scrubbing thel lioor one aay ana , u . J J I at the same tune frying herself up a mess! of eggs for lunch. All of a suqaen sne hoard a smitterina and a stuttering' and she looked up to see ; that the grease had caught fire ana mat her kitchen was on fire. She crabbed a nail of water and started to douse the flames, when she realized that the wter was that nice cocoa color scrubwater gets. She pulled a balk, carefully emptied the dirty water, rinsed out the pail and doused the fire with clean water. Then there was the woman who was in an accident The car had turned over and Dinned her under neath. It was a heavyj car and (Turn to Page 2, l:1 ' G. A. Rogers, 1344 Coiirt street, reported to police Monday night that a golf bag and ten clubs were stolen! from his car while parked in front of his home. Theft of ten foot nf three-inch concer) nine was reported by D; E. Cooper & Son, 540 Hood street. He sue las.. -Paul Hauser Column a. v $4re Gentian Armies Are Aimintr Drives -I; . i YUGOSLAVIA 111!! oooofc:::::;::::::::::::::::::::i:::::::::::::::::: ' SROFUt J'iS. Five German columns are attacking Yugoslavia and Greece In a battle plan designed to spilt the Yugo slav army and to drive a wedge through Greece. From 12 to 15 German divisions (1) were striking at Zagred from the Hungarian border. Two mo torts ed divisions and one infantry division (Z) were driv ing toward Belgrade from Szeged while three German divisions (3) were reported driving at Belgrade from the Rumanian frontier, 59 miles away. The Main German thrust (4) was directed at Nls, from Bulgaria, German troops also from Bulgaria were attacking allied forces In the Sturma river valley (5) In Greece j In a drive on Salonika.1 (Keep this Associated Press map for future reference.) Sprague Names Circuit Judge E. M. 'Max' Page Gets New Marion County Judicial Post E. M. "Max" Page, member of the Salem law firm founded by the late Federal Judge John H. McNary and US Senator Cha. .es L. McNary, Willi be appointed to E. M. PAGE i i the new Marion county circuit judgeship created by the 1941 legislature Gov. Charles A. Sprague anounced Monday after noon. The governor said he was an nouncing bis decision well In advance of June 14. when the law removing Lin county from the third Judicial district be comes effective, to allay specu lation and to rive the appointee time to wind up his private of fice affairs. The appointment may not be made until after the summer court recess. The legislature voted to make Marion county a judicial district by itself and to form a new ju dicial unit out of Linn, formerly in the local district, and Benton counties. Judge Lw G. Lewelling, of Al bany, whose time Marion and Linn counties have shared, will become the senior judge of the new joint district, and a second exclusive judgeship will be pro vided for Marion county. The two local circuit judges, L. H. Mc Mahan and Page, will have con (Turo to Page 2, CoL 6) Music in Sky; Iturbi Plays NEW YORK, April l.-JP)-Jose Iturbi, whose plane virtu-; oslty has been j demonstrated in the country's largest concert halls, is entertaining at a mu slcale Tuesday -In the sky, A. licensed pilot. Iturbi has chartered a 334passenger, four motored stratollner and Invited 25 guests. Including BXayor F. H. LaGuardla, I for a- muslcale as the huge plane cruises ever New York between 3 and S p. m, A sil plane' will be " aboard. ' I; " . : ' ' if - f N ' wmamim, . I 1 - - '. CIO Recalls US Steel Work Stoppage Order Progress Reported in Detroit Toward Settlement of Ford Strike; Allis Plant to Resume After Concord ;..." By The Associated Press '..s'.i'-"'' The CIO recalled Monday its order for a work stoppage at midnight Tuesday in the great plants of the United States Steel corp.,; engaged currently on millions of dollars worth of defense production. The action followed an announcement from the White House that Philip Murry, head of the CIO, was expected to confer with President Roosevelt Tuesday on the general labor situation. There was no elaboration, but it was presumed discussions would cover; the CIO's negotiations with US Steel and strikes by its unions in various industrial plants. From Detroit, meantime, there were reports of progress toward settlement of the Ford Motor company strike, and In Milwau kee the CIO United Automobile Workers local ratified an agree ment ending the prolonged 'strike at the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing company, holder of $45,000,000 In defense con tracts, mainly for naval machin ery. The labor relations board in jected a new factor into the Ford situation by ordering elections (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Navy Bomber Down at Sea NORFOLK, Va., April l-i&h A giant navy patrol bomber was hours overdue Monday night on a transfer flight from the operat ing base here to Quonsett Point, R. I. and grave concern was felt for the 10 men abroad. The only report received after the plane reported her position within 10 minutes of the take off was a fragmentary message, badly garbled in transmission, that came on the wave length of the bomber. " i, . . Down at sea," a radio man here at the base made out of the welter of noises. Rear Admiral E. J. King, com mander of the Atlantic fleet, directed the search. A ; number of planes, coastal patrol surface craft were ordered out and a blimp from Lakehurst, N. J., put to sea Monday night. Four-other lighter than air craft will, join the blimp Tuesday. : - The naval air station in an at tempt .. to communicate , by . radio with the plane, picked up an un identified message ; "about a plane being down at sea and put ting a- lifeboat over." . : ? . . ,: The department said the missing patrol plane was equipped i with rubber boats and flares and car ried a radio transmitter and re ceiver. Italo Consulate Closed NEWARK, NJ, April 7HVIn line . with a , . request : from he United States government the Italian vice consulate here was closed Monday. O Hospital Head Resigns Post Dr. W. D. McNary to Leave Pendleton When Board Desires Dr. W. D. McNary, superin tendent of the Eastern Oregon state hospital at Pendleton, sub mitted his resignation to the state DR. W. D. McNARY board of control Monday to take effect "at the pleasure of the board." He had recently issued a statement to the press signify ing' his intention of relinquish ing the Pendleton . position, which he has held since the in stitution there was opened in 1913. because of 111 health. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Earthquake Recorded CHICAGO, , April . 7.-(-Loy-ola university's seismograph be gan, recordsng a "fairly strong" earthquake at 3:34 p. m. (PST) Monday, and . placed its probable location either in the arctic circle or near : Jamaica. The vibrations continued for approximately an hour.-;" ' : - - - -.-. Train Wreck Kills 2 1 ANDREWS, NC, April 7.-Fh A southern railway passenger train crashed down a 60-foot em bankment into Valley river seven miles east of here Monday, kill ing Engineer "Fred Bourne, 45, and Fireman J. O. Zimmerman, 45, both of Ashevffle, . . v-x-. : :-:-:-: r.-. : . : :: :-: V. : ; : :-::: ;. . x i- British Pour Into L Stemmin USNotd : New Policy Of Soviet Sees Signs of Russia and French entiment Shifting From Nazis WASHINGTON, April 7-VP)- The United States took approv ing notice Monday of what were called encouraging and import ant "straws in the wind" from soviet Russia and France. In comment on two develop ments which may have a vital bearing on the future jcourso of the war, Secretary of State Hull said: . 1. That the recent friendship and non-agression pact between Tugoslavia and soviet Russia was encouraging as a sign that more and more nations (ob viously Including Russia) were becoming acutely aware of the world-wide nature of the move ment of conquest now In prog ress. z. That he considered very Important an assertion by Mar shall Henri Petaln, French chief of state, that France's honor forbade her to take any action against her former allies. Hull was more cauiious in com menting on the apparent change in Russian policy than jwas Sumner Welles, undersecretary of state, in expressing satisfaction over a Russian-Turkish declaration of "comprehensive neutrality" two weeks ago. It was the first time, however, that any high official publicity has expressed the widely-held belief that Russia has become fearful of her own safety. On developments ii the Balkan theatre of war, the state depart ment was still without news from its envoys because ofj the disrup tion of communications. Meanwhile, the government ap parently was moving With all pos sible speed to carry qut Secretary Hull's promise of military and other supplies to Yugoslavia. The specific measures J taken or planned, .however, were shielded by official secrecy which nefv ap plies to all lease-lend aid Or the nations fighting the axis. i War News Briefs LONDON, April S-(Tuesday) -JP) Reports from Ankara said today that the Gertnans have occupied western Thrace to the sea but that Greek frontier posts in that area still were holding out behind German lines. LONDON, April gi-(Tuesday) (JP)-German bombers struck daring the . night ait England, Scotland, and northern Ireland in sweeping attacks; which the government acknowledged .to have '.been scale,;"- "on a eoasldi lerable BERLIN. April ft-(Tuesday -(P-The royal air force enter ed the northern German coastal region Monday nitht. Fires started , in an v unnamed large city were extinguished, and no military damage was done. '" BELFAST, Northern Ireland, April S-(Tuesday)4vT)-North-ern Ireland underwent Its first sustained attack from the Ger man air force erly today. Raiders smashed at ja town for more than an hour, starting at midnight. LONDON, April gt-(Tuesday) (A3) Reuters. British news agency, reported today an u eonflrmed Athens dispatch' to an independent French agency which, said Yugoslav troops have penetrated Bulgarian ter ritory, 4 capturing several tanks and taking prisoners; . ATHENS, April gf (Tuesday) -Ry-An explosion em a muni tions ship in Piraeus ' harbor caused considerable! damage' Monday,' the Greek j home se curity, ministry announced ' to day. : '.Vf'; v-" '-r"' NEW YORK. , AprQ 7-ff-. The German radio jsaid Man day might that Sarajevo, where the tion of Austrian Archduke Frans Ferdinand touched off the world war In 1914, was mostly In j ruins as a result ef - German air attacks. ' The broadcast was heard hare krKS& Germa Yugo Planes Raid M any Hitler Bases; Take Albania Gity Belgrade Attacked for Fiftli Time; Sofia Tastes Bombing; English Break With Hungary j By The Associated Press BERN, Switzerland, April 8-(Tuesday) -German armored divisions and parachutists dropped behind Greek lines were re ported; today to have broken through ' to 'the Aegean sea in western Thrace to split Greece from her potential ally Turkey. . With this southern anchor, nazi troops were strung out in a long irregular line extending some 750 miles northward to Yugo slavia's border with Hungary and old Austria and the vast bloody battlefront threatened to engulf every Balkan nation. Siam Axis Plan Causes Tension Matsuoka Expected to Radio Speech Home; Near East Worried BATAVIA, Netherlands East In dies, April 8-(Tuesday )-P)-Jap anese j Foreign Minister . Yosuke Matsuoka's "sudden" departure homeward from the European axis capitals was cooplecf today with reports that Thailand may join the axis and sharpen the 'crisis in the Pacific, centering on Singapore. ; (Matsuoka was In Moscow to day, backtracking the route -he traveled to visit Hitler and Mus solini at the time of Italy's Ion ian sea disaster In an engage ment with the British and Ger many's plunge at Yugoslavia and Greece). (NBC heard the German radio announce that the Japanese pre mier would address ' his nation over the radio Tuesday night, discussing J a p a n ese-German and : Japanese-American rela tions). -Observers here declared Matsu oka's I departure for home was (Turn to Page 2. Col. 4) Wheeler Decries War DETROIT, April l.-iJPy-Sena-tor Burton K. Wheeler (D-Mont) asserted Monday night that Mevery4hing has been and is be ing done by this administration to create an incident to excite the American people to war. To Eliminate i - -y y - -i. f. Here ; are two ef the hazards that South River road improvement pro-" ponenta hope to see eliminated: Top, delivery truck parked by ne ' ' eesslty, on the narrow road at the Schindler dairy, which lies wi'.Mt the city limits; below, sharp, blind curve where road enters lllll. f "' street, with steep driveway entering from apartments on the knell L above. It is proposed to extend the road northward to ester i t Owens street la a bread, clear-vision curve, and to widen the res.! way to the south, which baa a right ef way caly 27 feet la wllih, " Fart ef the original rSght f way vaa gsll t tie Oregon EIf:'.. !j ' fsSway years aga. - Counter-attacking Greek units were said to have captured many parachutists. (In Athens the Greeks officially declared German forces were decimated in the, Rhodope mount ain fighting, that nazi tanks were destroyed in .attacks on several Greek forts, and that most of the outnumbered Greek units were holding firm, r (But it was acknowledged that Greek troops in two forts in the Struma river pass at Istinbey and Kelkaya had been annihilated). Greek reports said western . Thrace was being evacuated that only delaying- battles had been intended there to protect a solidifying north-south ' - front along- the struma river valley lt miles to the west. . Thousands of British imperial troops,' the cream of the army that blasted the Italians recently " in North Africa, were said to be pouring into strong entrenchments in .the Struma valley..- A British broadcast was heard, however, to the effect Australian and other empire shock troops al ready had collided with the Ger mans in the Struma sector where the Greeks said the nazi machine had stalled after making some progress down the valley from Bulgaria. Nearly all reports of the fight ing in Yugoslavia were German, but indirect radio reports filter ing into Bern said the Yugoslav air force was systematically raid ing German bases in Hungary, Rumania and Austria. The German official news, agency DXB claimed every Im portant ' airport in Tugoslavia - had been bombed and that dur ing the first 31 hours of war SS Yugoslav planes had been shot (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) These Hazards - -... V l ' ; t- " : m- Vi;;;- t 1