Sports:
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"and sharp -ts the crack of
bat to "a ball with "home "ij
run", efficiency will keep do-- ' Z
lags C the Salem Senator ;
on loeU doorsteps before six .
each am. throafh The
Statesman sports pates. '
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AsFurther Protection
eif3a Flayed by Axis
BERLIN, April ll-( Friday )-JP)-Tht German news aceney DNB
dispatch from Copenhagen today quoted the Danish foreign
office as saylnf that "nothing Is known" of the reported American
acreement with the Danish minister In Washington relating to es
tablishment of US air bases in Greenland.
. i - ROME April 11-(Friday )-P)-Th official IUHan news agency
in a Washington dispatch commenting on the United States' inten
tlon to establish air bases in Greenland said today that "by the' same
reasoning Japan should acquire Hawaii to protect Asia land Europe,
' and Alaska to protect the eastern hemisphere."
The case "confirms that. President Roosevelt considered him-:
self a kind of 'emperor of the world', and as such recognizes or
withholds recognition from governments and monarchs even If as
in the case of Denmark. Kins; Christian was king Hhen Roose-
Telt was in short pants."
WASHINGTON, April 10-W-The United States pushed its
line of air and naval defenses to the middle of the North Atlantic
and the very limits of the German sea blockade zone Thursday
by acquiring rights for bases and
Greenland.
' " Under an agreement signed
Washington, Henrik de Kaufl
mann, the United States assumed
responsibility for "assisting" the
panish colony in "the maintenance
of its present status", as a part of
the defense of the western hemis
phere. The minister acted r'on behalf
of the king of Denmark .and with
the ..apprpvaj of..4he Jocal gov
ernors of Greenland but it was in
dicated' that the government in
German-occupied Denmark itself
had T no advance knowledge of
the agreement.
. President Roosevelt, in an
nouncing the inclusion of
Greenland "in our system of
cooperative hemispheric de
fense," said that the govern
. stent In Denmark under pres
ent circumstances "cannot, of
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Paul RauserB Column
One of our scouts who makes
bis way among the Fifth street
tribes relays us a tale concerning
a meeting be
tween George
W. Bent, known
more simply and
ana
a sit
widely
"Chief" Bent,
the retired disci-
plinarian of the I
Che in a wu In
dian school, and
a peddler of
scriptural pam-r
, .phleti.
The chief, so
O u f scou veus pjBi b. tfaiiMt. h
,vur, was mowing : ;
the lawn at. hi home when the
peddler appeared, clutching a
brief case in one hand and a book
let In the other.
Mister," inquired the ped
dler, "do you know Jehovah?"
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 5)
Rocky Road
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Pictured above Is one of the connecting links of t..e mainline of the
' stive of the mountainous terrain
" to the west and south toward Athena. It is in territory
paring-to repel Hitler's horde.
other military fortifications in
with the Danish) minister in
Negro Is Held
InGty Jail
After Escaped
. Burglary Suspect Is
Caught Second Time
ion Railway Tracks
Roy Goodhall, 27-year-old
negro transient, was locked up
tight in the city jail Thursday
after keepmg police cars
Duzzing irom 3 a.i m. to 10 a.
m., being caught; and hand
cuffed once, escaping from an un
jaenuiiea civilian py liasmng a
broken target gun and finally
being recaptured south of Salem.
Goodhall was first arrested and
handcuffed at 5:44 ia. m. by Pa
trolman Ercel W. Mundinger after
Goodhall and a white companion
rah when Mundinger! ordered them
to halt as they were walking south
on the Southern Pacific railroad
tracks. j
Mundinger, believing the men
two who had attempted about 4:30
ajn. to break into jthe home of
Walter W. Smith, 148 South 18th
street, fired two shots at the pair.
Leave Handcuffed Man :
And Chases Other Suspect '
Goodhall stopped; but the white
man continued running. Mundin
ger slapped handcuffs on Good-
, (Turn to Page , CoL. 1) .
Sees Road Completion
PORTLAND, April 1(H)-The
Forest Grove - Vernonla Junction
section of the Wolf Creek high
way, Portland's short-cut to the
sea,' will be completed by August;'
E. A. Collier, state highway en
gineer, has predicted, j
Faded hy Nazi Invaders
the Invading German troops must
like this that
' A if,
Fishermen can't start fishing for
son and no limit on whales and
hell land one if he can find It
photographer he "really was only
Statesman sports editor, tells the
another column.
Coast Streams
Best for Fish
Game Chief Says
Trout in West as
- Season Opens . ,
'Go west? is' the advice of
Frank B.' Wire, state game super
visor, to fishermen aiming; to try
their luck on the .opening .day of
tne trout season, Saturday.
Addressing the-Salem lions
club Thursday, ;Wire said fishing
should be excellent, on all o the
coast streams "unless we have a
torrential -nour between now
and Saturday. i ""3
The Des, is rivr. Wire'sZa-
vorite stream," is milky and not
likely to produce good results- for
(Turn to Page 3, CoL J) j
Belgrade W Salonika railway, tndle-
traverse should their drive continue
the Greeks and British are pre-
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k, " ''1,
trout 'until one hour before the sun
by the heft of the line nine-year-old
in the murky deeps of Mill creek."
practicin' and please dent tell
grownup piscatorial addicts all
. . i
Facts for Oregon Anglers
; . Legal starting time 4M a. as, Saturday.
alas; limits 15 pounds and one fish iut not to exceed 15 fish in
any one day or St pounds and one fish but not to exceed St fish in
.any one week. -:j
Regulations changes Use of live minnows for bait prohibited
In all waters except those known to contain spinyrayed fish. Steel
head classified as trout m Rogue and tributaries.' , '
. License . fees . Regular, . 15;
non-residents, It days effective
persona 65 or over woo nave resided In Oregon it yeark I -
: Closed season In higher altitudes of Union, Baker, Umatilla,
Grant, Malheur; Wallowa, Harney, Lake, GUIam anet Morrow
counties unW May 3. V . '- .V-:1'; :. : i -
Combination of
RoundupT
A St. Paul resident' alertness
of chance that led a hitchhiker to "thumb? a ride with a deputy
sheriff who was! looking for hixn, combined Thursday to round
up two men and a woman alleged to- have participated in the
Salem Heights
Board Names
SALEM HEIGHTS; April 10
The: Salem Heights school board
voted at a special session Thurs
day night to offer H.J. Lacwell,
principal of ..the f Estacada'jgrade
school, . a one-year contract , to
serve in the samel capacity.
Laswell has indicated he would
accept the offer las approved by
the board, - Chairman .George
Averett said. Hial salary willj be
$135 per month, ! the same rate
paid Ira M Dueltgenv whom the
directors decided; recently not to
retain. . ' I! . ' ,
The principal-elect, has had. 12
years experience as principal and
upper grade teacher. He Is la his
30s. .. :-;-.;yJr":-5.-r-'.-'
1 emJjlOr lilts aoutil
New Principal
RIVERSIDE;" Calif- April 10-fat
() A brief earthquake rattled 1
windows here at 523 pjn. (PST) J
No damage was reported. -; '
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rises Saturday; but there's no Sea
Paul Parkinson of Salem Is twins;
Paul admitted to The Statesman's
the game warden." Ron Gemmell
about the official season opening In
spedat vacation for residents and.
after July 1, 53; special llecjues for:
(cuifances
arid ready shotgun, and a whim
burglary of "Bob's Place," con
fectionery : - owned by Robert
Blanchett at St PauL..
: The trio will "be arraigneol bx
justice court today on charges of
burglary. , , s
Dan wmiant Butlezv S and
Celen Maeder. both of Fort
' land, were - taken into custody
by Ben- Goeldl, the St. raul
cUlsenv and R. D. Smith; the
: town marshaIL when Eutler
, emerged J frosa the eonfectlon-
ery. Butler stopped when the
men fired at him, and jthe wom
. an was found, apparently walt
1 Ins for him, tn an automobile
.nearby," ' ": f .' "." . '
f A second man Goeldl said he
had seen enter- the confectionery
through a "jimmied" window fled,
unhitl; He was picked up on the
Pacific highway near Barlow a few'
hours Jater by Deputy Sheriff L.
L Pittenger, who was en route to
Portland to enlist aid of officers
there 1 in hunting : him down. - He
gave the name of Eddie . Smith,
whom: Pittenger identified as a
former inmate ' of the state peni
tentiary nere, ; . ::"'-:"'v;.
iwhenhe was awakened by a noise
433 aJB. and, looking: out of
his window, saw two .men break-
ing into the confectionary, located
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Eattle SfeU iini i
!Veii7
MefemeSectdr:
mdminidnTroo
GernmriM.
Mass Meeting
...... 1 D
ADDroves Plan
In Ford Peace
eLzr i . tr Cii:"
utcr, xwyvvir juiacib
; Tell Union Leaders
to Work out Deal
DETROIT. April lO-tfVA
mass meeting of United Auto
mobile Workerir (CIO), acting
on proposals for settlement of
the strike at the Ford Motor
company, Tnursaay nignt ap
proved Gov. Murray D. Van wag
oner's plan and authorized union
negotiators to act on modifications
sought by the company.
Union negotiators, instead, were
empowered by tie rank and file
to continue conferences and even
tual settlement of the strike, now
in its ninth day, remained uncer
tain as to time, i
-An estimated 16,000 unionists,
crowding the state fair grounds
coliseum, . approvjed - by . acclama
tion "m ' motion put to .them .by
Michael F.' Wldmin, Jr., chairman
of the UAW-CIO! Ford organizing
drive, In these wprds: .
- We accept the proposal or
your governor, then refer to the
matter the Ford! Motor compa
ny raised Thursday night just
a bugaboo to your negotiating
: committee.' j -
. Governor Murray D. Van Wag
oner had set forth a three-point
proposal for 1 ending" the H strike,
and the' company asked for cer
tain modifications. - '
Widman told the mass meeting
that he and fellow union negotia
tors had ' accepted Governor Van
Wagoner's .proposal "subject to
yourratificatIon.j
Mnti k.i J i;tti a
syo ra o on oMuta;
it," Widman said; Tm not wor
ried about the strijhg. I think, well
find the knife to cut it pretty
soon.' I
He then addedS
"Ton boysr gei back on the
picket lues. The strike but
. ever-yetV! "
R. J. Thomas, president of the
(Turn to Pagv 2, Cd t) '
PORTLAND, April l(HiP)-Ore-1
gon realtors were advised Thurs
day that seven of their number
had been selected to represent
their cities and the state in a na
tional study of : means for real
estate tax readjustment..
Philip W KnUkern, . Philadel
phia, . president of the- National
Association of Real Estate boards,
reported that Oregon's members
included E. A. Miller, Salem; F.
Carter, Portland J. S. Davis,
Bend; M.?Wilhlm, Eugene; TL C
Dale, Klamath Falls and, Carl Y.,
TengwaldV MedfoikL.a member of
the: state real estate commission.
Salem Notes
GpodFrJday -.
. - - .. . , .
Today's religious significance
will be observed; in Salem with
special services so arranged as
to flt into the schedule of al-
, most any persoij Tegardless'ef
his or her activities: : - .
. At the First Baptist , church,
North Liberty at Marion streets,
rites are" scheduled from" noon
until. S, pv nt. The hours have
been . divided liU 25-mlnute
periods with pastors from Sa
lem churches, taking part.'
- During; the same time St.
: Paul's" Episcopal church, St. Jo
seph's Catholia church and the
American Lutheran church will
note Good Friday with appro
priate ceremonies -
Study
rniyPushe& to
Nazis Mop up at Salonika and
Thrace; Croats Form State; j
Slavs Fight oh Bitterly
BERN April 'll - (Friday) -
been ordered bv Repent Admiral
li . . .. ...
j siav lerriiory separaiea irom Hungary in ivio, me oiiicxai itun-
ganan news agency reporxea eariy toaay. ; . j
Admiral Horthy in an address to the Hungarian nation said
the action was taken to protect former. Hungarian territory
against anarchy and was not directed against the Serb nation
jwhich, he said. Hungary wants to live in peace in the future.!
NEW
heard her
of Greecf
! The
War News Briefs
LONDON, April ll-(Priday)
-iJFyTh ' ministry of Informa
tion announced today that Brit
ish bombers' had attacked In
dustrial targets lit the? Ruhr,
and the German naval base at
Brest' during the night, c
- BERLIN, ; April Yll (Friday)
rh-German - bonjibers ' raiding
"-the 'Greek, harbor of "Salamis
near. Athens wset- fir - to j oil
oiores, German news- dispatches
received here today said.
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Name Board
Advisory Committee
Reelected in Moat
Districts, Report
Present members of the grow-
advisory committee were re
elected in most cases as hop
I growers of the
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14 uregon, nop
i A
mtrol districts voted in meet-
gs Thursday night.
Only in Silverton district 9-
as the result, of the election in
doubt as the" credentials commit
tee contested election of Herman
Kuenzi on the basis of questioned
legality of proxy votes. Alternate
Is John Steelhammer, Sr.
1 . Salem's district C reelected
Romeo Gouley 'while district- 4,
Independence again chose D. P.
McCarthy.: and district 7 renamed
D. P. Hughes, Dallas. Louis
Schuwabauer was reelected in
district 9, Aurora, and Robert
Pederson chosen for district 8,
Mt.. Angel, -..."
J The Associated ; Press reported
Alex Seavey elected in the 12th
district, Portland, and Fred Hart
wick, Banks, chosen for 'the dis
trict 11 board member.-.
Earl J. Smith, St . PauL dis
trict 10, was also elected to serve
on the growers' allocation board.
Hop
Blitz V fit the JBaUtans
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YUGOSLAVIA
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ALBANIA 1 C 'V I f
AVALONA J - - XY' Q
. ' -SALONIKA
Black arrows from Bulgaria-indicate
and Greece -thrusts which brought the capture of Salonika sari t -der
of Greek troops in the east, and carried Germans to.w'.I.!a &
few miles cf union with Italians
mans drove west, then down Vardar river valley (1), to taks r :.!3
nika, This cut off Greeks m the east (2), and they surrenf erei, Ccr-
I s. mans controlled diagonally-shaded
Manned -by
(P) - The Hungarian army has
Nichnlan Hnrthv in on tor Vnun.
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Alliens
April 10-W-The British radio in a broadcast
i tonight said Fort Rupel, in the Struma valley
s holding out against the Germans. ; !
clared the Germans left many dead in front
I of the fort after violent attacks.!
. By The Associated . Press 1 .
: The German drive "into Greece
was reported concentrating early
today (Friday) on cleanup opera
tions in western -Thrace and the
Salonika region,- while Greek and
British soldiers threw up a line of
Steel and men . across the north
eastern sector for the second phase
of the battle for Greece.. . i j '.
The Greeks themselves" acknowl
edged the conflict' had entered this
stage, after bitter fighting in which
unfavorable geography, and the
weight of, numbers and machines
proved too great for Hellenes who
resisted to the last bullet i
The next- ' phase, which the
Greeks expected to be a titanic
struggle for the peninsula they
have defended against all invad
ers over. 100 years, will be fought
along a' solid mountain barrier,
bristling with British guns, mech
anized, units and airplanes. J
Fighting Continues on
Bulgar-Greeian Frontier
Some fighting in Greece still
appeared to be going on at the
Bulgar - Grecian- frontier, Where
reports indicated the Greeks were
holding out against the nazis in
what Athens radio broadcast
termed a unique example
heroism and abnegation."
(Turn to Page 2, CoL 6)
Of
Greet Church
-.
Leader Dies i
NEW ' "YORK, . April loW.Tr-
Methodios Kourkoulis, .78, ' Greek
patriot and' leader of the Greek
orthodox church : who was grand
archimandrite of the Ecumenical
throne in . Istanbul, -died Wed
nesday. '. r ... t
He came to the Tnited States
in ' 1904 to, become, dean of the
Greek Cathedral ef Holy Triniry
in New York.
He was decorated twice by the
Greek government for his service!
in the Balkan wars of 1912-1S, , i,
A son, Procopis Kourkoulis, fj
with the armed forces in Greece,
German thrusts isto Yu i '. i.
In Albania (black arrows). Ct
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