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Weather ' Cloudy with L'ttt showers ' on r coast today spreading: Into west portion by Satur- day nlrht and Sunday; cool er Sunday. Max. temp. FrI ) day, 73. Mln. 17. Northwest wind. Elver 1.2 feet Partly cloudy. " M Ttioy'ro Yours The community served by 'xne' Oregon' statesman your community, this paper your newspaper. Look to It 'for news that la accurate, Interesting and on time. POUNDDD 1651 innm-rmsT yeah Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning. May 10. 1941 li Prlco Zet Nowsaiandn 5c No. 13 ; " US Vessels infiil. Bases on .er Will Sail - 111 II a -A ' ! S I III I m. . - sur mm v a t a t 111 1 1 f 1 I I I I .1-.. ? : , m :y , I, "-I- V -t " - "'! 1 v m mhb -mm Coast .-. ' ' - ! ..- " " : r Red Sea Germany Protests Seized Ships Use in Formal Note J.ttfvt r A IT The direct, or almost direct, de- 1 livery of American ' supplies to British forces in the middle east i 1: l 1 . 4 wn vi run v 1 v innu'iii Hii r iiii v i by a 'maritime commission an- nouncement that American, ships would soon be sailing into the Red . sea. ! r ; At the same time, the commis s sion said that sailings to China would 1. be increased in the near t future,- Which some interpreted as meaning that American help to that country in its war with Japan v would be correspondingly stepped up. '- i-i.'; Details of . the sailings and of the cargoes to be carried to China, and to the Red sea, were carefully kept - secret - Meanwhile, it was reliably re ported that the German govern ment had challenged the aid-to-Britain pro tram for the first time, In a note which argued that the requisitioning of Ger man ships for use In that pre- mm tvnnld vln1a.t lntrnatlnna alLtw. . !.T The Red sea constitutes the east ern approach to the Suez canal, a vital point in the British system of empire transportation. While ma Jor fighting continued between British and Italian forces in Ethi opia and elsewhere in eastern Af rica, the Red sea was defined as a "combat zone" and American ves sels were forbidden to enter, it Several weeks, ago, however, President Roosevelt removed it from that classification; and said that American vessels could go all the way into the Suez ! canal, it self. Taken in conjunction with recent events, the maritime com mission's announcement was of prime importance " I . The German complaint was em bodied in a note delivered at the state department Thursday night dealing with pending legislation to authorize the use of axis ships re cently taken into protective cus tody. From reliable sources, It was learned that the note made two points: .. That the legislation would per mit the confiscation of private property owned by foreigners. That President Roosevelt could not properly claim the ex istence of a natural shipping emergency since the shortage of ships was the consequence of re The second point was said to be ine iirst lormai uerman reference to this country's policy of assist- ance to England. Germany was said also to have protested that the requisitioning of two German would violate international law and the 1923 German-American commercial treaty. Other defense developments of the day Included: k President Roosevelt asked con gress for $81,447,750 for the con ' struction of 149 new airports and the enlargement of 20 others, for the use of the army and civil avia tion. I Acting Chairman Reynolds (D- NC) of the senate military com mittee introduced, , at the request of the war department a bill to prevent the exportation1 of nation al defense materials from the Phil ippine islands. j Dean Walker Is Governor For One Day Dean Walker, Polk county. president of the state senate, served aa chief executive of the state Friday while Governor Charles A. Sprague waa at Fort Lewis, Wash, attending the troop review. Walker held a number of eon ferenees throughout the day hut signed no official papers. Gov t ernor Sprague was expected to ' return here early Saturday, but leaves late In the afternoon for Eugene. . . j ' Church Leader Dies BRYN MAWR, Pa, May 8-(P-,The Rev. Philip F, Payne, 48, secretary of the board of national missions of the Presbyterian church in the USA for 15 years, died tonight. - t Our Senators" Lc:t 3-2 .a. m. iiiimii' ! 1 Declared i Of Stated w Commission Officer -Explains Measure to County Assessors f Equality in property1 assess ments rather than penalizing of property owners will be produced by compliance with Oregon's pres ent tax laws relating to assess "Funny," said Dean Walker,' president of the state senate, here Friday concerning talk of a special legislative session In con nection with Multnomah coun ty's complaints over orders it received from the state tax com mission to comply with the law in its assessment methods. He declined to make other com ment .. .' ments, Charles V. Galloway, state tax commission chairman, told county assessors assembled here Friday. The tax commission recently held that Multnomah county meth oas ox levying property assess ig property assess- comply with Oregon 1 ments do not , The assessors did not voice any opposition to the law and said they had been working toward strict compliance with it for a number of years. Galloway pointed out that laws similar to Oregon's are in operation In most states. M "The state tax commission has been working toward equality In property appraisals for the past 10 or 12 years," Galloway laid. "Only last year we ordered an increase In the assessments involving- residence property in several Oregon cities. "There was no serious complaint for the reason that the Increase produced equality among: the tax payers rather than a continuance of special privileges." He denied. t2frt the law rives business property an advantage over residence property. Galloway argued that some in equalities in property assessments were due to incompetent field ap praisers. He said this was not al together the fault of the county assessors for the reason that in some counties the salaries for these men were low and they were not framed. Galloway said at the conclusion (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) 1 rfltte IJlirCclll I TV o tit C TVf otorc M " tllllCO lTJLtlCXO riV 1 ML 101)6 jlOliP Members of the Salem Retail Trade bureau had little to say in favor of parking meters at 1 meeting Friday noon, but named a committee to investigate the question before the group takes stand on the parking meter pro posal now pending action by the city council. J. N. Chambers, Brown Sisson and Harry Levy were named on the committee, which was in structed to study the effect of parking meters on retail trade in Eugene, Portland and Astoria. Opponents of the nickel-an hour system argued that the me ters would drive business to out? lying districts, thus tending to de centralize the city, and be a hard ship on farmers. The meters, is was said, would not Increase parking space. Among suggestions made was one that a poll should be made of all people trading in Salem to determine public sentiment on the question. i New Alien Raid Made NEW YORK, May 9--Fash ionable hotels, clubs and restau rants . were invaded Friday by immigration Inspectors and city detectives staging a second round up of the week against foreigners suspected of being In this country Illegally. Sprague FORT LEWIS, May MV-After standing four hours at attention while 43,000 troops of his northern army marched by in review this afternoon, Lieut Gen.' John L. De Witt said be believed the 41st di vision was "the equal of any na tional guard outfit in the country.'' Marching in "battalions' massed" formation, the men and equipment of the army corps furnished 15,000 spectators with the grandest mili tary show ever seen on the Pacific coast, bar none, according to army men. . - - - ' , Types of US 1 When 45,000 men of the 41st division Oregon and Washington Friday, some 15,000 thrilled spectators (see story at bottom of page) showed great interest In the motorized jr ' 111 1 Ulieral AtPeiidleton Four Supreme Court Members to Attend Funeral Services -Four members of the state su preme court, including Chief Jus tice Percy Kelly, and Justices Hall E. Lusk, J. O. Bailey and John I Rand, will attend the funeral serv ices for Justice Henry J. Bean, to be held in Pendleton Saturday afternoon. They will be accom panied by Arthur S. Benson, clerk of the court. . ' VT Justice Bean, veteran member of the supreme court, died In a Sa lem hospital late Thursday after an illness of more than a year. He was o7 years of age and became a member of the court in 1911. Fu neral services will be under the direction of the Masonic lodge of which he was a member for many years. I Hawley J. Bean, son of Justice Bean, left for Pendleton with the body Friday afternoon. Two members of the court will be unable to attend the funeral. Justice George Rossman is now in the east while Justice Harry Belt Wednesday underwent an opera tion in a Salem hospital. Justice Bean had lived in Pen dleton for many years prior to be coming a member of the supreme court. London Tells .Shipping Loss LONDON, May lO-(Saturday)- British, allied and neutral mer chant shipping losses in April were 100 ships totaling 488,124 tons, the ministry of shipping announced early today. This was the highest monthly total announced, since the start of the war. The previous high was slightly more than '463,000 tons in June, 1940, a month which indud ed , the Dunkerque withdrawal losses. US Permits Vichy Grain WASmNGTON, May 8-tfV-The United' States government while sharply watching new moves to ward French-German "collabora tion," extended conditional offer Friday to allow shipment of two cargoes of American w h e a monthly to unoccupied France. The proposal was given to the French ambassador, Gaston Hen- ry-Haye. by Sumner Welles, un dersecretary of state, but the con ditions attached were not dis closed. . lt was a grand show," said General DeWttt, 12 army corps commander, "and ' the perfect coordination shown was a fine piece of staff work. The men did some excellent ; marching . and driving, especially when yon consider some , of them have been in ' uniform only a few months.1 . . "Of cOurse we are far from be ing fully. equipped, but -under peace time planning, we would have taken 18 months to get where and LanojUe I Watch 141st Division Review I- "! . " ' 'rr- M I ; M: ;', j'"" "' T ' .. . .i : 1 IM.' Ml!' M .i - ' M- ' :- :: -1 . : - J Motorized Force paraded before the governors of Special Ca Zoning Group pitol Committee Proposes Class Two Zone as Substitute; for Entirely New Ruling 5 Would Allow Certain Building Types The council's special zoning committee, meeting Friday night with the planning and zoning commission and Dan J. Fry, rep resentative of the state board of control, decided to submit a aeW proposal for protection of a zone around the capitol group from commercial encroachment. . . . Paul IIau$er ' Column The 20-30 club, an organization of young1 men With an idea Or two to put over, have as one of their programs the reduction of Juvenile crime. :' They figure that most kids get started on a life of crime, not by , stealing marbles,' bat by stealing cars. So they; Campaign to get people to keep the keys to t A their ears in and! thus re- move temptation from the sight of the young, i - So they go around the' streets, the 20-30 lads do, and whenever they spot a car along the curb with the key In the ignition they stick a little red tag under the windshield swipe. The tag asks the delinquent driver, careless With keys, If he will I cooperate, it then lectures him a little, saying "53 per cent of Juvenile crime is the theft of cars or carried out with the aid of a stolen car ... all of which were taken 'while the key was in the lock. ' ' The . poUee think this Is a mighty fine, campaign and en ' courage the'. 20-38- chappies m their crusade. Which is where the : payoff comes In this chapter. Friday a 20-30 chap walked. down Commer cial street and saw a car parked ( (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) French Leader Jailed VICHY, France, May 9-iP-Gn the eve of the first anniversary cf the blitz campaign which col lapsed his country in six weeks, Lieut Pierre Mendes-France, for mer undersecretary of state, was sentenced to six years in prison Friday for attempting to move the French government to north Africa last June. we are today," added the general. ' The show started with a roaring demonstration of skilled flying by planes of the 91st and 116th ob servation squadrons. . One squad ron flew so low during the first few ! minutes ofv the review,;two horses in General Kenyan A. Joyce's party, leading the troops bucked off their riders and flew In terror from the field. ' - The spectators took special In terest in the well-trained 115th cavalry regiment, and the 93th mountain pack howitzer battal Sematjt. Lewis Review eoulnment of the orranizatlon. While these pictures were not taken during the review they reveal similar lng handled by soldiers from Salem Offer Plan Instead of creating an entirely new aono for the area, limiting the types of buildings which could be erected and permitting no. lo cal option, the committee decided on a special capital zone Identical to the present class two zone, but making further restrictions on buildings permitted under local option than In the regular class two type. j: Residences, apartment houses and hotels are permitted; In the class two tone. The amendment to the sonlag ordinance which City Attorney Lawrence N. Brown, will 'draw up and sub mit to the board of control next week will permit under local option only charitable homes, churches, convents, hospitals, public office buildings, libraries, monasteries, postof flees, and undertaking parlors. Eliminated from types permit ted In regular class two zone are public, garages, billboards, sign boards and the words "and simi lar uses," which the committee held was too broad. The committee adopted a rug gestion of the board of control that the 'restricted zone should not extend east of the west line of 12th street On all other sides of the state's capitol group property the zone will extend 150 feet. K The proposed' amendment will probably be submitted ! to :the council along with several other corrective v amendments to the zoning code. ' Rome Reveals Casualties ROME, May -P)-An. official tabulation Friday night of 88,823 killed, wounded and missing in April brought to 212,841 the loss es listed by. Italy's armed forces since this country went to. war Juno 10, 1940. Tho cumulative to tals were 20,231 ' killed, 80,412 wounded and 141,877 mtftfar. The April list, including t he Balkan and African campaigns and an unspecified number o; losses not previously reported, showed 5384 killed; 17,988 wound ed; and 79,058 missing, most of the missing behig In the east and north African lighting. ion with its mule trains Dosens on dosens of armored cars, light tanks, little "Jeeps" recemtais sauce ears, and the powerful 20 foot guns of tho 144th field ar; tUlery, capable of shooting,,: 17 miles, attracted the crowds. The command was "eyes left" today instead of the usual "eyes right" Troops were marched in the opposite than usual direction aa a 'favor to news photographers. This Is the first time, according to army authorities, the march was types of army equipment now be- and other raeine states pomta. 10,000 out on Lumber Strike Expected 12,000 More to Stop Work Should Negotiations Fail TACOMA, May 8-P)-An esti mated 10,000 men were out on strike . from northwest lumber camps and plywood mills Friday night as another day of confer ences -between a federal concilia tor, employers and representatives of. the International Woodworkers of America (CIO) failed to medi ate differences. ; Meanwhile : Dinar Kolvunea, chairman of tho IWA negotiation committee, said plans were un der way to have 22,000 men on strike by Monday if the confer ences, which will continue Sat urday, fail to brinf- about a set tlement of the disputed points. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) War News Briefs LIVERPOOL England, May 10 - (Saturday) - () - German planes, which have centered at tacks for oyer a week on this area, northeast England and tho wMianJ. raided those setters again Friday night and early today but early reports indi cated tho attacks were far less In Intensity. LONDON, May 11 - (Satur-day)-UP)-Aa authoritative source said today that British bombers made a "successful at tack" on Mannheim, Germany, last nifht. SOMEWHERE IN THE MnV DLE-EAST, May IMSatur. day)-CP-Tne YuoHrv r eminent is sending a delegation of Croats, Serbs and Slovenes to the United States for discus sions with tho United States government. It was reported here today... i".',; - I :-- - : ISTANBUL, Turkey. May 10 (Saturdsy)-A3)-Greek sources here said today that Generalis simo Alexander, Fapagoa a other former Greek government officials, Including Undersecre tary of Foreign Affairs Mav reudhv had been placed wider arrest In Athens. The former government officials, these sources said, will be tried mm eharres of prosecuting war to tho detriment of the state. . BEKLXX. May lo-(Satmrday) -JPHQermam drra bombers tank' a British submarine and severely . dauaared a destroyer Friday in attacking strestiy protected convoy south of Mal ta. DNB, official German news agency, resorted today. . accomplished by combat teams in- - . stead of regiments. A c o m t a team Includes a regiment of inxan - try, battalion of artillery, medical collecting , company, platoon of engineers and a detachment of signal corps. Both Governor Arthur B. LangUe of Washington and Gov ernor Charles A, Sprague of Oregon sat fat special bozos while Rear Admiral. Charles 8. freeman, stood with army offi cers la the reviewing stand, (dflJSS AerialOJfeusive British Follow Up Raids 111 Sea Raider Is Sunk iet Withdraws Diplomatic Recognition to Yugoslavia, Belgium, Nonvay, Report BERLIN, Slay lt-(Satarday)-)-BerlL and a large city la southern Germany apparently Soyal air force last night in bombing forays against the reich, authorised Germans said today. - , j " By The Associated Press Great Britain's offensive air arm tmnrhfri with mlMiv. force early Saturday at French up to the greatest RAF raid of Watchers in England heard violent explosions in the neigh borhood of Calais, across the channel, and saw 'stabbing search light beams along the French coast. London sources estimated China Demands -US Mediator i ! Tells Japanese Peace Must Be Negotiated TOKYO, JMay lO-(Saturday) -UVTMe newspaper Nlehl Nlchi today quoted tho Japa nese ambassador to Nanking as saying ; Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek waa determined that Japan must negotiate any pos sible peace move with his gov ernment through the United States. The paper In a Shanghai dis patch said Japanese Ambassa dor Hums tore Honda declared (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) Soviet Pact "Dead Letter" WASHINGTON, May a-iPJ-The European war . and the American national defense program have made virtually a "dead letter" of the United States-Russian trade pact, informed sources said Friday, and formal commercial relations between the two countries may be allowed to lapse entirely this sum mer. Ml-"." The United States is finding it I increasingly difficult to obtain supplies it wants from Russia, es pedally manganese, since Balkan war moves halted shipments via the Black sea route, it was ex plained. J Because Russia has encountered difficulties in obtained export li censes for American materials now declared to be needed here for na tional defense, she has almost completely suspended purchases m mis country anoV her buying agents are returning home. Water Board Siriks Funds The Salem Water Commission voted Friday night to put its mon ey into a tank. The money, $37,000, is part of the commission's sinking fund, and wul go for the purchase of United States defense bonds, series F. which will be worth 130.000 at maturity in 12 years. : When the bonds mature the $50, 000, along with other funds the JrT LT T 'wm r . I toward paying , off . the commis- 1 1 -it. ,1 tnrfMHTM m 1 $2,000,000. Snaili Shifts Cabinet I MADRID, May fHJf-A. num ber of officials high in the Spanish government were swept out Fri day night and the administration installed a new slate under Colonel Valentin Galarza Morante, secretary-general of the Falange and chief of the Falangist militia, who became minister of the interior. PJl(DLMSS Germany; were the principal targets of the1 coast invasion ports in a follow- the war. Friday that between 300 and 400 bombers sallied out - Thursday night m a campaign against the nazi submarine might at its source. ine planes roared over Hamburg and Bremen, German shipbuilding centers, for two hours Fr id a v cities were left in flames. . J im uerman lurrwarre was back over England Friday, night and early today, but preliminary reports indicated the attacks were not aa !( the preceding night. The British also reported tha 10,000-ton cruiser Cornwall had sunk a German sea raider, be lieved to be the 21,131-ton for mer trans-Atlantic liner Hansa, with a probable loss of 247 nazi sailors in the Indian ocean. Fifty three German survivors were tak en prisoners and 27 British sailors were rescued from their captivity aboard the raider. M The greatest RAF blow of tho war was regarded as evidence of Britain's growing aerial punch how that the American-made planes are arriving on the island. Some of the American craft par ticipated in sideshow raids on German continental bases. Berlin also was a minor target. Germany acknowledged consld- eraoie aeatns resulted from the Strong RAF blow and said that some British planes bad penetra- I (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Canine Races .1 s. : oanneu ai State Fair "There will be no dog races : at the Oregon state fair for the rear 1141" J. D. Mfckla. atato director of agriculture declared Friday in reply to reports thai dog races were being considered as an added fair attraction. ' . ; Mkkle recalled that the dog race proposal had been present ed to the state board of agticnl sure hero last December and ad Vised against. M.."-''M v Recent press statements sug gesting dog races at the fan "do hot represent the thought of tho state board, the director or tho fair management. Mlckle said. Don't Be Disappointed X The Oregon Statesman annual Baby edition, aV ways sells out ' - You'll want to see this" year's- edition, off fho press Sunday, more inter ? esting than ever. It will present photos by Ken nell-EUis studio of mort than 500 children from Sa lem and vicinity. .- . ' Order extra copies Ich day. ;, -,; : -.' This edition wul be wrapped, addressed and mailed by The Statesman to any point hi. the . United States for ten cents.
