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T& bEECON STATESMAN, Salenu Oroejon, Friday Mornincj. April 18. 1341
Greek Retreat
Buckles line
Violent Battle Rages
on flight Wing; Nazi
Losses Enormous
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north an army that lasted 11
days against the mechanised
might of the axis.
Australian troops holding part
of the Mount Olympus sector were
particularly heavily engaged, Ath
ens reports said.
Tank for tank, we are better
than the Germans," the officer
" of a well-known British mech-
anized regiment said in com
menting on the savage fighting.
"Not one of oar tanks has
been pat oat of action by guni
fire. Oar shells go through the
. nasi tanks like cheese.
"Nnmerieally they hare the
p p c r hand, advancing in
swarms with motorcycle Infan
try in support."
Regardless of heavy losses the
Germans kept up a relentless
surge of attacking : thousands, it
was said.
The Yugoslav surrender would
release tens of thousands more
German troops for the Greek
front, Berlin reports indicated.
This development put the Greek
and British forces to the south in
even greater peril since tens of
thousands of nazi troops in Yugo
, slavia now will be released to aid
those soldiers who already have
smashed their way 90 miles in
side Greece.
"The capitulation becomes ef
fective at noon. April 18." the
official announcement said.
The whereabouts of Premier
Dusan Simovic and his ministers
who chose to fight Germany de
spite axis offers of territorial
gains for Yugoslav cooperation
was not known, but there have
been reports that the premier fled
to Russia, Turkey or Greece.
The British and Greeks faced
a great acknowledged crisis
Thursday night in the Balkan
war.
Hard beset on their right and
left they breasted at the center
the full shock of an even more
furious German offensive which j
Greek spokesmen .said plainly
would be "decisive."
This central nasi drive, the
third and r rem test of those In
motion along- a front nuuiar
clear across the Grecian penin
sula, had got down to the re
- glon of Kalabaka, an Important
railhead 9 miles within Greece
whose capture weald lay pen
the plains of Thessaly and men
ace the whole allied right based
near Mount Olympus, f
The Greek position appeared
grave not only in the homeland,
but in Albania as well. There, the
Italians claimed to have ousted
the Greeks from the whole of
that fascist colony and to be fight
ing them at undisclosed points on
Greek soil.
Informed persons in Cairo,
which is middle eastern head
quarters, represented as believing
that the whole of the Greek ar
mies of Albania might have to
be withdrawn and that such a
maneuver might have certain un
stated "repercussions" for the
British expeditionary force in
Greece.
Supplementing the fascist ac
tion in that theatre, German
troops themselves reached the Al
banian frontier and it appeared
that a trap was drawing shut.
An observer arriving in Athens
from the Albanian front reported
that early fighting about Servia
had cost the nazis "two divisions
of casualties in two days." and
Said - thf ttrmnn r.rv m n '
- - -. vvkuimiiu WW m9 ,
"throwing men away by the thou-
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uw aineu weii, me cniei
threat appeared to lie in a strong
German thrust at Moetsovo pass
which, if breached, would permit
a descent on the allied western
anchor at Ioannina.
On every front the Germans
were using squadrons of dive
bombers to blast the way for
tanks and infantry a technique
similar to artillery barrage.
J Reports of axis successes in the
field in the Balkans were matched
in Rome and Berlin by an appar
ent growing belligerence.
- The Italian wireless. resrxnd-
ing to President Roosevelt's re
cent statement that the law re-
-quiros protection of American
arups - operating outside of de
clared combat zones, said this
seemed to be a "challenger" to
the axis powers and added:
"... If the consequence is
war, Mr. Koosevelt can have It
The winning cards are all oars."
To Open. New Area
RJJJUMViLLE, Ore, April 17.-(ff)-A
new county road along the
west and south shores of the 'Si
lets 'river will open several hun
dred acres of farm lands and
hunting-fishing grounds. Part of
the road, which ultimately will
link with the coast highway, al
ready is finished.
. RHINELANDER, Wis.-()-Hereafter
Chester Hatleback and
.Everett Maney, state highway de
partment employes, " are going to
pay heed to the signs they erect
Although they put up a 'series
of Warnings detouring motorists
a r o un d a stretch of impassable
Wghway, they decided to take a
thance- anyway "and : use the Toad
on" their; return trip here. h
The warnincs' wcr smintA
their truck; bogged '; down in a
mudhole, and they were stuck all
Bight
US Sky Troops Drop "Behind
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Troops of the 601st Parachute Battalion drop into fighting position?
army transport planes during maneuvers at Forf
Mt. Angel Is
Group Host
MT. ANGEL A meeting of
30 Marion county teachers of the
rational system met at St Mary's
school here Tuesday night
Mrs. Bernice Skeen, principal
of Bush elementary school and
member of the state curriculum
committee was speaker. Her sub
ject .was the state curriculum co
operative study program.
Mrs. Agnes Booth, county school
superintendent, spoke briefly.
Jack Kennedy, rural school su
pervisor was present
The teachers will meet again in
Salem next month.
MT. ANGEL The Catholic
Daughters held reception cere
monies for 10 new members at
St j i Mary's clubroom Monday.
About 80 members were present,
including representatives from Sa
lem and Wood burn.
After the reception there was a
banquet in the school dining hall
atjWhich Mrs. Joseph Lebold, Mt.
Angel, was toastmistress. Speak
ers 'included Mrs. Dave Dubois,
Woodburn; Mrs. William Fessler,
Mt. . Angel, grand regent; Mrs.
Clare Brebec, of Salem, state re
gent; Mrs. Maude Rocque, grand
regent. Salem; Mrs. Henry Zoll
ner, I Mt. Angel, district deputy;
and Rev. : John Cummisky.
New members received are
Mrs j Arnold Zollner, Mrs. Al Saal
feld,; Mrsi Sylvester Schmitt, Mrs.
Bill Prosser, Mrs. Dave Traviss,
Mrs. Carl; Sprauer, jr., Mrs. James
Meek, Mrs. Joe Bickler and Mrs.
Alfred Schiedler. Mrs. Fred J.
Schwab was reinstated.
MT. ANGEL Six seniors of
Mt. Angel normal school have ob
tainefTeaching positions for 1941
42. Mary Linehan, Portland, has
been engaged to teach in the Con
cord school. Cecelia Hammelman,
Woodburn, will teach at Jordan.
Maxine Berning, Mt. Angel, will
occupy a post in the Broadacres,
and Mary Alfred, Silverton, will
hold a siniilar position at the Mc
Loughlin school. The West Salem
school district has engaged Fran
ces Schmidt Silverton," and Irene
Darrington, Anaconda, Mont., has
been hired at Sublimity.
MT. ANGEL Joseph Fa ulna -ber,
local American Legion com
mander, left by train Wednesday
on a business trip to Iowa and
Minnesota. The length of his stay
is indefinite. He will be accom
panied as far as Kansas by his
mother -!i n - 1 a w. Mrs. Joseph
Hortsch, j Woodburn.
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Tornado Hits
MidWest Towns
FILLMORE, Mo., April 17(yf)
A tornado hit this northwest Mis
souri town of 450 population late
Thursday, injured at least one
person, ; demolished 12 homes, a
church, j a hotel, a lumber yard
Some Stone
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If ; you! : can take your eyes off
Kay Herman for a moment, note
the : diamond she- is holding.' Tfs '
tho wof-Ws largest uncut gem, the
Vargas diamond, and It's valued
at f $2,000,000. Tho stone will be
cut ' into 23 . smaller ones which -wUl
range in aim from fivo to 60
carataJ Mias Herman wears a
piece of tho famous Jonkera dia
mond, estimated at $1,000,000,
around, her neck. The picture was
. i taken in New York.
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and damaged 25 to 30 other resi
dences.
Bert demons, SO, a blacksmith
was bruised when his house wag!
MARENGO, la., April 17-()
Travelers from Victor, a smalf
town of 794 population 12 mile
west of here, reported Thursday
night that high winds had torn,
up" four blocks in the residential
section of Victor and injured a
least three persons.
All telephone communications
bat ween Marengo and Victo
were down. )
Drive Starts
By Aspirants f
At University f
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the office of yell leader. Barbara
Pitts of Canby and Billie Jean Gil
lilan of Portland will vie for song
leader. I
Candidates for editorship off
5
we toiiegiaa weekly are Haioj
Tabor of Glenrock, Wyo andf
Joe Van Winkle of HnbbardJ
Art Wilson of Portland la upf
for Wailulah annual editor.
Mary Jo Geiser of Salem and
Don Sculati of Seattle are running
ti;--i!
w puoiicauons manager, a new
office. These three publications
candidates were nominated by a
board set up under an amendment
approved early this month. 3
The election is set for Wednes
day. Two candidates for each of
fice in which none receives a majr
jority will run again Friday. f
d d 1 1 1 o o
..In the Ntna
WOODRUFF, SC-VA hen i$
ine yarn or Mrs. Martha Pearson
adopted a litter of four kittenjj.
She clucks to them as soon a
they are moved from under hey
wings and is not satisfied until
she again has them under he.V
The kittens apparently are just
as happy as their foster mother!
BAMBERG, SC-P)-The Frenci
spitz of J. C. Moye is persistenjf.
When Moye heard the dot
barking outside his window early
the other night he investigate
but could find nothing. The nejjjt
morning the dog was still excited.
! In the daylight Moye saw thigt
his dog had treed a 'possum anjd
had held an all-night vigil at ufe
base of the tree. $
GREENVILLE, 8C-JPy-A wttl
ness la federal court was beta
cross-examined.
"Have you been arrested foj
anytaingr asked tho Uwycr.
"Yes, sir." was the reply.
WM caught once for beln
drunk."
: MWben was ihrnlV '
"Last niahi."
NEW YORK-)-Carl Blom,
49, who once told the court lie
would rather spend the rest of Is
life in jail than live with a nag
ging wife, was sentenced to sere
20 years to j life in Sing Si$g
prison.
:Blom recently pleaded guilty
strangling to death his wife, Ninja,
37, saying that her constant han
ging for his lack ot earning powfr
and her failure to have "pretiy
clothes like other women hav
drove nun to the act.
PORTLAND-()-E. G. Runnels
of Portland believes the owl that
has been visiting his house laia
pretty slick chimney artist.
- Runnels, awakened by the creph
of glass, found a tumbler shattered
on the kitchen floor and a small
owl perched on the edge of t$e
sink. Runnels captured it in fa
carton and placed the improvised
cage on the back porch. ;
In the morning, he got the cage
to show the; bird to his children,
but the owl was: gone. : It was
subsequently ; found, back on the
sink, although the house had be&n
tightly closed. Runnels re-cagfed
the bird but admitted j he didnt
expect the cage to hold. ; :
( WILLOWBROOK, f CaUxL-iMf
Herbert Hayes dropped In at tht
sheriffs office to report that he
had captured and tied up a gat
found roaming about his premises.
Several hours later he dasbed'in
again and announced:: "If s four
goats now.. She had triplets."
Goats triplets are comparatively
imbii i a ueyuua aua.
fanemy Lines?'
"behind enemy Hoes" from three
Benning, Ga.
Raid Warning
System Set
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this city Thursday night at 8
o'clock caused thousands to rush
out of their homes to watch great
searchlights picking out a high
flying airplane.
" The simulated air attack was
conducted by a piano of the
116th observation squadron at
Fort Lewis, and aircraft defense
by the 205th coast artillery reg
iment. After spending all day "pro
tecting" the local shipyards with
a dozen three-inch anti-aircraft
guns, and many 50 and 30 cali
bre machine guns, the regiment
planted its huge 8,000,000 candle
power searchlights on several
high points of the city this eve
ning and spotted the plan as it
flew across the sky.
Chemeketa Unit
DeMolay Elects
New Councilor
Zeral Brown, freshman at Wil
lamette university, was elected
master councilor Thursday night
at a special meeting of Chemeketa
chapter. Order of DeMolay. He
succeeds Mark Hatfield, a fellow
classman. I
The new officers will be install
ed at a public ceremony in the
Masonic temple next Thursday at
8 pjn. A dance will follow the in
stallation, preceded by a recep
"on -I? $
Other newly elected oificera are
Leonard Stein bock, senior coun
cilor; Robert Lemon, junior coun
cilor; William Habernicht, senior
deacon; Val Sloper, junior deacon;
Jerry Wuliams, senior steward ;
Dick Castille, junior steward;
Jack Gibson, chaplain; Warren
Doolittle, marshal; Robert Brown,
standard bearer; Melvin Johnson,
sentinel; Don Page, Stan Prather,
Jay Johnson, Bob Phillips, Bob
McLaughlin, Bob Johnson and
Jim Hatfield, preceptors.
ATLANTA (A Georgia's su
preme court has declined to re
strain Atlanta filling stations from
tossing in dishes, pots and pans
as premiums with gasoline sales.
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J FIANK McCORMlCX Cll'
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Albion Fears
InvasionTry
Bombings Continue as
London Attempts to
. Clear Bomb Debris
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said this was Just the sort of
punch to be expected as the
opening stroke of an Invasion.
'But most . persons ! felt ; and
hoped that the raid was only
What the German hlgn command
called It: -Reprisal- for tho
lashing- Britain gave Berlin Ap
ril t. ..v.J.-..,,..
i The Evening Standard, publish
ed by Aircraft: Production Minis
ter Lord Beaverbrook, : declared,
"The new' assault may be a pre
lude to attempted invasion, and
urged the nation to turn out "tanks
to meet their tanks; guns to pierce
their armor.
Accurate tallies of the dead,
wounded and the, gigantic prop
erty damage were impossible. The
air and home security ministries
anounced tersely that casualties
were "heavy" and damage "con
siderable."
Behind that announcement lay
this picture:
A pall of smoke still hung over
all London. Hoselines ; twined
through miles of wrecked and
charred buildings.
Over many of them flapped de
fiantly the flags of the British
union. Throughout the; city there
was a rush on stores as owners of
wrecked homes bought flags to
hang from gaping windows.
Morgues were filled with the
dead, and hospitals with the In
jured. At least etrht hospitals
were smashed by direct kits of
the nasi "super bombs.
There were streets and lanes
blanketed from end to end with
broken bricks, shattered gi.
and the splintered bits of build
lugs.
Before a theatre an old char
woman, sucking on a cigaret.
scrubbed the sidewalk: on hands
and knees. The back of the the
atre had been bombed away,
Stenographers and clerks lined
up outside offices where they had
worked but yesterday. Today the
places were wrecked. One em
ployer borrowed a desk and set
up his office on the sidewalk.
Thousands of persons gathered
to watch firemen still working
on blazes in the shells of what
had been stores, churches and
apartments.
One gatherings' curiosity turned
to horror as a six-story wall sud
denly toppled. The spectators fled,
but when the dust settled the fire
men were still at work.
Endless tales were told of the
horror. I
Of tho numerous churches de
stroyed, one dated from the 14th
century.
A girl in whose arms a 3-year-
old child died at the height of
the raid went homo to sleep-
after finishing her regular eight
hours of work at her office.
An old woman with a bandage
on her head sat sadly on the steps
of what had been her home,, while
around the corner two small boys
swung cricket bats.
A vicar in his shirtsleeves and
fellow-clergyman, incongruous
in Cassack and steel helmet
braved fire and falling debris to
salvage pictures and books from
their church.
At another church a number of
men and women took shelter. A 1
bomb killed two and "In J ured
many. . Five fire watchers were
killed at yet another! church.
At another spot, two men : were
dug unhurt from the wreckage of i
a shelter, where they -had been
buried for 12 hours.
When told what time It was, he
remarked that the pubs were
closed.
"Blimey, it's too Ute for al
drink," he complained.
Several firemen died when a
hnmh hit tho font of the hi?h lad
der on which they Were fighting j
flames.'; .
A "number of ambulance driv
ers were killed when their first-
aid depot was hit "
The fashionable west end was
bomb-blasted and burned exten-
sivelv. Mansions and rirt insrt.
ment houses and stores were shat-
tered. - . I
Huge Nev Tax
Program Set
All Present Levies
to Be Raised Under
New US Setiip
(Continued From! Page I)
thau explained the general Idea
to newspaper correspondents,!
without going into details as to
particular taxes.
With the last contemplated ex
penditures for defense and as-
sistance to EnelandJ It was ex -
pected that the government would
spend $19,000,000,000 in the fis -
cal year that begins on July 1.
It was thought best that at
least two thirds of this amount
be raised by taxes, in other
words, that the levies should be
revised upward to yield 312.667. -
000,000 instead of the present 39,-
223,000,000. To cover the $833,-
000,000 remainder.
the govern-
roent would resort to borrowing.
Services Held
For Pioneer
Scio Resident
SCIO Graveside rites for Wil
liam Henry Young, 75, who died
Saturday, were held at Franklin
Butte cemetery near Scio, Tues
day. Interment was in the' family
plot.
Scio Odd Fellows attended In a
body and participated in brief
ritualistic service. Survivors in
elude the widow, a brother In
Portland, Melvin Young, and a
brother and a sister in Scio.
Charles N. Young and Mrs. Jennie
Johnson. In addition to these.
other out-of-town relatives at
tending the rites included. John
Clark, Hoquiam, Wash., a son of
Mrs. Young, Mrs. JJ S. Bean, a
Mr. Young, familiarly known In
- I
th Coio, k n l
as "Bill," was born
at Onoka,
Minn., Dec. 25, 1865.
H pmm.
panied the large familr to the i
Pacific coast in 187i. locating at I
iitayton m that year!. The head """""w taoie. ii xnai ; iauea,
of the family erected the first either could invoke the serv
flouring mill there, later moving lces ot " labor department con
to the Scio area and Repeating his ciliati service and if a settle
record here. ment were not . reached within
"Bill had made his home in days, either party could call
the Scio community since 1881 011 tne national defense media-
with the exception of 11 years at'tion hoard for assistance,
camas, Wash, where he was em-
ployed in a paper mill. He and
Minnie Alexander were married
at Scio in 1887 and after her
death his marriage to Anna Mun-
sell took place September 16, 1935.
NewValkout
Is Planned
CIO Files Notice of
Strike Move Against
General Motors
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The aeronutical mechanics un
ion (AFL) has an agreement with
the Boeing company covering its
more than 8000 employes.
AFL union group clashed
osucauy several days ago with a
Toup distributing CIO literature
' plant gates.
L Ai 1101011 iJoein Pl"
jnas oeen torn xor months by dis
sension over charges of com-
munistic activity within its ranks.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17-fjfpi
-The San Francisco ALF"machin-
Ists union, local 88, Thursday re-
jected the proposed coastwide no
strike, no-lockout defense ship-
building agreement. 'Business
Agent Z. F. Dillon said the vote
was 827 Jo 67 against the pact
'- PORTLAND, Ore, April IT.
(? Meuabershlp acceptance of
a recently proposed master eon
tract for Pacific coast shipboild
mg was announced here Thurs
day by Local No. 83 of the AFL
International Association of
Machinists. W".
The union Is the second iariw
1 In Portland to be covered' bv th
agreement. 12ie AFL boilermak -
1 ers' union, the largest group, ap -
I proved tne plan last Week, making
I Portland labor's approval virtu
I ally 100 per cent, officials said.
SAN FRANCISCO. Anril 17 -
1 Wr-The . government . found on
of its own witnesses "hostile" and
reluctant to answer questions at
the Harry Bridges deportation
hearing Thursday.
i- Seattle
Morris Cannalonga,
ship electrician, who said he
joined the communist nartr un-
der an assumed name, was on the
stand.
"Did you tell me you were'
willing to testify?" asked Albert
Del Gnereie, chief of govern
ment consul. -
"Against the party. Canna
longa replied.
"How about BrMgesr
"I don't know what- there is
to testify," shrugged Canna
longa.
"This hostile witness has
taken me by surprise." ex
claimed Del Guereio, turning to
Trial: Examiner Charles B.
Sears. Then he resumed bis ex
amination.
WASHINGTON Anrii 17
A bill to curb defense strikes by
requiring a 25-day cooling offpe-
j . ' T t - l
unanimously xnursoay by
me nouse naval committee and
sent to the house floor.
wj. , . I
ii wouia require aeiense con-
factors and their employes to I
ttIe differences around the
Ex-Senator Succumb
PORTLAND, April 17.-(P)l-Fu-neral
services will be held here
Friday for William David Ben-
Look around you at ths ball parkI..
you'll see the dean whitie
esttoirsieSd
iiyery smoker who enjoys a Cooler
smoke that's definitely Milder and
Better-Tasting is a Chesterfield fan.
The. can't-bezcopied blend of
the world's best cigarette
tobaccos makes Chester
field the league leader in
every cigarette quality that
people want and like.
r , Enjoy the game with Chesterfield
i nett, 61, Portland attorney and
former state senator- who died
early Thursday. A member of the
state senate In 1838 and for many
years executive secretary of the
democratic state central commit
I tee, Bennett served as state dl
! rector of the census In 1940. Sur
viving are his widow and two
children. "
Mother's Boys
Home to Close
. Board of Directors
Decides Burden too
Great to Continue
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debt we couldn't hope to straight
en things out In less than a period
of several months," the board
chairman explained. "The prop-
erty will revert back to the credl-
- 1 tors," who may take "some loss.
Well try to help them liquidate
! to the best advantage.
"With the beginning we had
with Malrooney, Mother's Boys
home was almost certainly
doomed to failure, we were told
by welfare officials. Tho thing
was on an unsubstantial foun
dation when Mr. Malrooney left.
We didn't think it morally right
to go oa without hope of suc
cess. , ' - ..
The home a seven-room house j
at 1533 South Liberty street which
Muirooney undertook to buy on
1 t"utraci irom a aiem savings and
1 loan association was opened in
m nrst two boys
taken In were located by Mulroo-
ney through an advertisement run
in a Portland newspaper.
subsequently such furnishings
I M as heaung units, a
kitchen
rmne water heater and electric
, merawr were bought on the
mstaUment plan From " tmaiU
laum, at rummage collecting in
portlnd a few months earlier.
I Mu,rooney also managed to obUln
lour which had not been
y paid for lat !st
Rev. Billings said a 16-acre
tract of land donated by Ed A.
Jory en condition it eventually
bo utilised as a permanent site
for the home probably would
revert to the donor. Jory also
was reported to. have provided
a team of horses. v .
Mulrooney early in his o Dera
tions in Salem was questioned by
other welfare organization leaders
as to his aims and ability to con
duct a home for boys on a sound
basis. ' -1-
Complaints made by four men
he had retained to collect rum
mage reached the Portland Better
Business bureau, the state labor
commissioner and finally tho state
pubUc wel,ar commission.. They
m!ntained, hid not bcfn
nmiMil y -.i w. . k
":TT . ?Z "TV"
cnuam. 10 'ceraiy ine noma and
j v ura nui utrj general lO pro
. - l
ceea u iorce iu closure. arly
this month FJmer "ft. r.nml mtim
.7,7 . Jt
" T V: .. W1UJ
the board of directors to discuss
the institution's future, with Mul
rooney out of the picture.
This week's action by the board
was the result
Liquor Board Delays
PORTLAND, April 17-P)-The,
state liquor control commission
met In routine session Thursday
without acting on a successor to
the late administrator, Joseph J.
Hague. Commissioners Indicated
that Hague's successor would be
selected next month. i
It