. f: t They're Your s e Weather v . 's. - The community served by . Tht Oregon Statesman . la :f YOUR community this pa a Vtr TOUR paper. . Look to -: it for new that Is accurate, interesting and on time. , k - 1 t Mostly fair with rising ; temperature today and Frt i day. Max. temp. Wednesday ! il, Min. 4S. Northwest wind, j River .7 loot. Rate .12 tech. I Cloudy. .; . POUNDDD 1651 irciETY-FEST YEAB Salem. Oregon. Thundery Morning. May. 15. 1941 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c aoiri-.to yoted by Senate I Veto Possibility ! Seen ph Plan to ! : Help Agriculture . WASHINGTON, May 14-(- By a top-heavy 75 to 2 vote. the senate Wednesday approved a' measure intended to put mil lions of dollars into the pockets of farmers through government loans pegging the price of cotton, wheat, corn, and possibly tobacco. The , legislation, "ordering . gov- . eminent loans at -85 per cent of parity prices, now goes. to Presi dent Roosevelt and some congres- " stonal - leaders speculated on a possible veto. 1 - Suggestions that the price-boost ing loans might increase costs for consumers drew a chorus of re buffs from democrats and repub licans alike' in senate ' debate of less .than an hour. ', - -The legislation also covered to bacco and rice but Senator Bank' SAN FRANCISCO, May; 14 " ()- Veto by President Roose ' velt of the 85 per cent parity wheat loan bill passed by eon- cress Wednesday was demanded by coast bakers. - William ML Foley, secretary of. the Califor nia bakers institute, said he had wired the president that legisla r tion would raise the price of wheat, flour, bread and Other ' wheat products. head (D-Ala), floor manager, said only corn, wheat and cotton actu ally were involved because tobacco and rice growers "are now above parity prices." A parity price, Bankhead ex plained, was one that would rive a farmer the same relative pur- : chasing ; power he had in the pre-war (1909-13) period. , Bankhead said that the proposed new loans would be 13.49 cents a pound on cotton, 69.87 cents pound on corn and 96.22 cents a bushel on wheat. This was con siderably above past loans, Bank head continued, but market prices of these crops had been climbing recently. ;' Senator Hatch (D-NM) first raised the question of increased costs to consumers and called at tention to report from i some economists that higher loans might cause increases of 10 to 20 per cent In some foods. Those statements are not (Turn to Page .2, Col. 6) ; Credit Group Votes Payment Plan Switch TACOMA; May . 1-(JP)-A. new way to health, happiness and con tentment was visualized here Wednesday by credit officials at tending the annual convention of the Northwest Credit association through skillful handling of family finances by paying more down and paying off sooner. Attended hy 509 representatives of the Pacific northwest's larger retail stores, the convention was adjourned Wednesday with pas sage of a resolution calling upon "all members to reverse the ten dency of long terms and small down payments to a policy of shorter terms and larger down payments.' Seattle was selected as the 1942 convention city and Wells J. ntrntley, Seattle, was named pres ident to succeed Herbert J. Ben son of Tacoma. Lena Blum and James, Clark of Salem were elect ed directors. Bear Injures Woman1 CRATER LAKE, May 14.-(r- Bears have opened their season on humans here, with Mrs. Hugh Schultz, 19, suffering an injured leg from a bruin's swat National park officials are warning visit ors against feeding the bears. Textbook Ballot title for the referendum measure attacking the 1941 legis lature's law extending use of free textbooks to private and parochial schools was appealed to the su preme court here Wednesday by Rep. Allan G. Carson of Salem and Sen. Rex Ellis, Umatilla coun ty, authors of the bilL : Ellis and Carson charge that the entire ballot title is mislead ing and deceptive and Intimates that the textbooks are to be given to the school districts in stead of being loaned to the pu pils. Use of the name "Association Against Public Taxes for Private Schools," appearing on the ref erendum petitions above the bal Hoiv New Tvve-We ; 7' f.t ' r Srvxt Station I 1 Signal (japly .. ' a .. - I S3"l dp1ays Flashing Ped 2:;: U--..L z..j.; Signal Continue to I U display EDGEWATE.R r - ? a Signal continues to display Flashing Red tr Signal remame XLDGEWATER gnal changes I 9 r. I 1 t . I t :.! : I FIGURE 3. ' ff I V- " These state hishway department drawinrs show how new type traffic signals beinr installed at two ' West Salem Intersections with Edcewater street (Salem-Dallas hlfhway) will function. In Fir. 1, westbound automobile is approaching detector in pavement against a flashing red (stop before entering) signal, at Wallace road junction. Fig. 2 shows car passing over detector which starts controller mechan ism so that flashing red displayed by signal No. 1 will change to flashing yellow. In Fig.. 3, the auto. having approached the Intersection at a reasonable speed, reaches changes to flashing yellow, meaning "proceed with caution." Had would have arrived at the intersection before the flashing red light No. 3, facing eastbound traffic, lace road, will always show red. . 1 j.t m . . . . Latest High Are Controlled by Motorists Senate Group Votes OPM Full Sway oh Priorities : Knudsen Denies Resignation Reports; Fight on Convoy Issue Postponed; Yote Reversed onWaliiation i WASHINGTON, May lMVUrged to speedy action by de fense officials, the senate military committee voted unanimously Wednesday to give the office of production management undis puted authority to channel the flow of supplies into defense in -Paul llauser Column We were never much of a gum chewer, but have a fine set of other" habits. We chew gum maybe once every two months, so the latest pronouncement by Dr. Ales Hrdlicka of the Smithsonian In stitute doesn't worry tis very much. But how about you? , Do you chew your gum with ' a lateral or a transverse mo- -tion and do yon use the chop pers on the right side or the left side of your yap. It makes a difference, so says Dr. Hrdlicka. If you've got lumps on your aw that didn't come from a left jab, measles or bees that's the difference. "Constant exercise of the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) Ballot Title Attacked lot title, also was attacked in the ! appeal. Appellants alleged that ! there is no such organization and that inclusion of the name in the petition was for the purpose of deceiving and prejudicing the vot ers.; "- . I : : i The association was named as sponsor of the referendum meas ure in the preliminary petition filed with the secretary of state. C. A. Rice signed as president of the association and Floyd Moore as secretary. Both are residents cf Portland. t The supreme court is asked to prepare a substitute ballot title eliminating the objections set out in the appeaL , Sponsors of the appeal said they would request the supreme ' &.dem Sitrnals Will Work 07 t. f Stop Lm Flathrig Yellow- 3Jh- - o 1 KLCT - .,":"..V-1. FIGURE 1. . flashing Viillow- 34i. FIGURE 2 Stop Line Flashing Ysllow. to Flashing Yellow. STREET Car arrives at Signal remains FTathmg Red" - M m . ... . V. will always flash yellow, while signal No. 2, facing traffic from Wal meaning "stop before entering. A .... , , 1 . rt j ttM-. way dustry and to dictate which pro- ducts are to be manufactured first - ' . . ,,The committee struck out of a house-approved bill a provision to establish a priorities division in dependent of the defense agency and operating under the muni tions control board, i I There had been - reports that William S. Knudsen, OPM direc tor, would resign if this provision were not eliminated but Knudsen smilingly denied this. ' j : WASHINGTON, May 14-(ff-A senate fight on the convoy issue was postponed Wednesday. A group of senators favoring a ban on US naval escorts for war sup plies decided against trying to tack such a prohibition on the pending ship seizure bilL j i "This involves no element of 1 retreat at all, Senator Tobey I (R-NY) told reporters after a j meeting at which the decision was reached. "This issue is still very much alive and will' be (Turn to Pago 2, CoL 8) court to dispose of the ballot title controversy prior to the court's vacation late in June or early in July. Reports continued here Wed nesday that a court action may be filed attacking the constitu tionality of the 1941 law creat ing a hospital fund to pay hos pitalization costs of indigent per sons injured in automobile accl dents. v::. The law provides that the cost cf motor vehicle drivers licenses shall be increased from il to $1.50 and that 50 cents of each fee shall go into the hospital fund. The fund would be adminis tered by the state industrial acci dent commission. . - lrajjic OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT , TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION ' -Vehicle Detector I ti -J- JL . .'it ;. Car Aooroachm Defco .. i Vehicte Detector A- Car passing ever Detector Vehicle Detector ; -4-: ' ; : . ! Intersection. the stop line at the time the signal the car been traveling too fast,, It changed to flashing yellow. Signal similar set of signals at the King t . MMMMtA ji.4t.. Installation Will Be Made By Wednesday Installation of an "operate it yourself! type of traffic signal for motorists will be completed arid ready for operation in West Salem next week, probably by Wednesday, the maintenance di vision of the state highway depart ment announced Wednesday. The signals will be set up at the . intersections ; of ; Kingwood drive and Wallace ' road with Edgewater street . I i v - New to ' Oregon highways, these signals are; Intended to slew down traffic at danger points by requiring speeding motorists to come to a full stop but permit those j traveling . at moderate rate to proceed at that pace, according to John Beakey, (Turn to Pago 2, CoL 4) 3rd Division Wins Praise FORT LEWIS, May 14--The crack Third division won high praise Wednesday in a critique from Major General Kenyon A. Joyce for the manner in which its 12,000 men carried .'out the fi nal field maneuver of their train ing program before leaving for California. . . i - General Joyce, commander of the Ninth army corps, said the two-day and night field exercise, which came to a close Tuesday, and included an attack and shut tle movement with numerous gas attacks, was carried out "in ex cellent shape. s ! ? Fly Serum to Brazil WASHINGTON, May 14--A 22-ton army bomber Thursday will fly $5000 worth of serum: to Brazil where the 'rising Guaiba river is reported to have made 0,000 persons homeless at Porto Alegre, the Red Cross announced Wednesday. ' ; Our Senators Ot tta 5-1 m - - Lights US. Board Works on Deadline' Seeks to Avert - Strike at GMC r j v Set for Today j WASHINGTON, - May 15-j (Thursday )-5VThe defense mediation board . worked; into the early hours today, to settle a threatened strike of 160,000 CIO workers at some 60 General Motors corporation plants before the union's 7 a. m. deadline. - j William S. Knudsen, director of the office of production manage ment, conferred at midnight with William H. Davis,' chairman of the mediation panel and when' asked for his view of the situation, said shortly: ; - "Damn serious.' CHICAGO, May 14-VP)-Sidnty Hillman, associate, director of the office of production management arrived Wednesday : for a: three day series of conferences in con nection with government efforts to train an increased labor supply. . Hillman flew here immediate ly after conferring with Presi dent Roosevelt in Washington on the west coast labor situation and expressed hope of a settle ment soon of a strike affecting $509,000,000 of ship construction at San Francisco. - - PORTLAND,; Ore, May 14-6PH Hope of formulating a contract ac ceptable to both- factions in the CIO Columbia River District Council-Columbia Basin Loggers' association negotiations has been abandoned, an employers' spokes man said Wednesday night ? 1 subcommittee on wage dif ferentials will meet again Friday and report its. findings to two main committees next Monday.: Negotiations apparently had reached the final stage earlier In the day, following- the lead of sawmill operators and workers, who agreed Tuesday night on a 7!4-cent an hour wage increase to a minimum of 75 cents, a closed shop, union hiring and a week's paid vacation. MANVILLE, NJ, May 14-- Fliteen hundred Federal labor union (AFL) members at the Johns-Manville corporation plant voted to strike Monday morning at 7 o'clock . to enforce demands for a" 15-cent-an-hour wage in crease. The plant employs 3500 work ers. John E. Begert, plant man ager, said half of present orders totaling $25,000,000 are for na tional defense supplies. - SAN FRANCISCO, May 14-tf5) -A representative of the office of production management rw h o in both strikers and employers have asked to settle the walkout, Wed nesday stepped into the strike situation that has closed 11 San Francisco bay shipyards employ ing 15,000 men. v : h m : Immediately after his ' arrival. Eli Oliver, special assistant to Sid ney Hillman, ' conferred with spokesmen for both sides. From a two-hour talk with E. F, Dillon and Harry Hook,'; business agents , of the striking AFL International Association of Machinists, Oliver went into conference with ' Frank Fox, chairman of the bay area ship building negotiating committee. While Oliver was seeking a ba sis for ending the walkout the AFL Bay Cities Metal Trades council asked the Bethlehem Steel company, whose plant is the larg est among those struck, to open negotiations for a contract White House Pickets Guarded by Police , WASHINGTON, May 14-(P)- American peace mobilization pic kets paraded before the White House Wednesday night guarded by uniformed policemen, plain- clothesmen and White! House guards. r ' - ' - - I A soldier was arrested Monday and a marine was taken to -the White House guard-room Wednes day after clashes with the pickets, and the siege-like - atmosphere Wednesday night drew crowds of curious spectators, but no more belligerents. - Get Mechanical Cramp WASHINGTON, MayM-tfVA puzzling ailment tentatively de scribed as "mechanical writer's cramp," has stricken ISO girl op eratives in the census bureau. Named to Supreme Court Bench Judge James T. Brand, Marshfleld. the Oregon supreme court by Governor Charles A. Sprague early Wednesday. As the above photo was being taken m the Marlon ho tel lobby Wednesday night Judge to make his home in Salem where as school closes. Statesman photo. Brand Selected for Vacant Jurist Post Marshfield Judge to Replace Late Henry J. Bean on Supreme Court Bench, Governor Says J ames T. Brands Marshfjki succeed th4 late Henry J, Beai;i a justice Of the Cregon supreme court by Gov. Charles A. Sprague Wednesday. -t The appointment will run until tne next general Judge Brand arrived n. Salem late in the afternoon to accept the appointment He said he would confer : today with the chief jus tice, Percy R. Kelly, to ascertain when he would take the oath as a member of the high bench. The new justice has served as one of three judges sitting in the six-county second judicial dist rict consisting of Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane and Lincoln counties, since 1927. His associates in that district are Judges Carl E. Wimberly, Roseburg, and G. F. Skipworth, Eugene. Members of - the supreme court receive $7500 a year, $1500 more than do the judges of the second Judicial district.' . Gov. Sprague said he based his, decision on "a careful study of all factors involved. . ' ; Appointment of a successor to (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Radio Leader Hits at FDR ST. LOUIS, May 14 -P)-Mark Ethridge, Louisville - radio and newspaper executive, said Wed nesday i he believed President Roosevelt was deceived and al most betrayed regarding troubles in the radio-industry. ' v ' He referred to the recent anti monopoly report of the federal communications commission ord ering broad revisions in the in ternal structure of the broadcast ing business. 1 Simultaneously Ethridge, gene ral manager of radio station WHAS, Iuisvaie, and a former president of the National Asso ciation of Broadcasters, announc ed his resignation of a commis sion by President Roosevelt to make a survey of the radio industry. Sewage Bond Vote Set Tuesday Should Salem voters decide at the special election set for next Tuesday to Issue $200,000 in bonds for a sewage disposal plant the is sue would become the eighth type of general obligation bonds on which the city is paying, i Outstanding general obliga X tion bonds those payable from tax revenues now total $373, 009. Addition of another $209, 009 would not seriously affect the city finances and in the words of st least one bond ex pert would be "a drop In the .bucket" - - ' The sewage disposal bonds, as described in the council resolu tion putting the question of their issuance on the ballot, would be additionally secured by a service ' (above) was named a justice of Brand remarked that he intends his family will Join him as soon xircuitJudset 'was named to election. War News Briefs LONDON, May 15 -(Thursday) -Wf- The ministries of sir . and home security issued the following communique today: .There is nothing to report" I LONDON, Thursday. May 15 -(JFy- Mrs. Myrtle Farquharson. chief of the Farquharson clan and a close friend of the king and queen,' 14 believed to have been killed during a recent London air raid, the Dally Tele graph reported today. VALLETTA. Malta, May 14- (JPy- A small number of Ger man bombers attacked this Brit ish Island base In the Mediter ranean Wednesday nlrht caus ing slight property damage and no casualties. . LONDON, Thursday, May 15 UP) German planes were re ported in the vicinity of . two towns on the east coast of Scot land early today the only luftwaffe activity ever Britain reported thus - far since night HAMBURG, Germany, " May 14 -JPy- The propaganda bureau r (Turn to Page 2, cot ) Mexico Gets Copies Of Lindbergh Talks :V MEXICO CITY, May 14-(ff)-An informed source reported Wednesday that 200,000 copies of Charles A. Lindbergh's recent at tacks on United States aid to Britain and his prediction Britain would lose the European war had been printed In Spanish and dis tributed throughout Mexico. The pamphlets were circulated free of charge, . this source said, by pro-nazi elements. j charge to be imposed on water users, who are also sewer users. No one has yet stated definitely what this charge would be, but it is expected not to exceed $3 per year on each water service.' i Besides the. general obligation bonds now on schedule the city has outstanding $2,173,000 in water bonds, payable from wa ter department revenues, and $334,10749 In Bancroft improve ment bonds, payable from street assessments. ; General obligation b on els on which the city is now paying in clude: . ' ; "V -'i ' 1934 refunding bonds Original issue $C3,PC0; outstanding $12,000. Airports-Original Issue $50,000; outstanding $47,000; callable this i - - -; : ' J r ' ' War End . . - , . .... , f. ,., ,. ;., eeii as otive British, Nazis j Agree Purpose to Seek Peace : ! By The Associated Press A solution to the mystery 1 Rudolf Hess flight to Scotland that his purpose was to meet the Duke of Hamilton and try to: set off a .sort of one-man peace offensive appeared to have been reached-Wednesday night. '!'. Both Britain and Germany agreed that Hess who had stood as No. 3 man in the nazl party before his 'extraordinary departure from the i homeland had set out to talk to the young nobleman about ending the war; - The Germans called him a de luded and self-apopinted messiah who apparently had thought that ; the duke an RAF squadron lead-er- was an influential pacifist who might be somehow enlisted to try to help end the war; i The British went no farther immediately than to say that the fugitive nazi was trying "to bring about some peace negotiations." f Prime Minister Churchill will make a statement to the house of commons today ' (Thursday) and informed ' sources said he would indicate the degree of importance the government at tached to what Hess has said. . "-' The British Press necrvlatlrvn reported that Hess hot only had parachuted down, to within a few miles of the duke's Scottish seat of Dungavel but that his urge for a I talk had been one ' of lon; standini. ' -T.' ' : ' . iiw u e r m a n living man Which gutded Wnr 1nTt-"Messer-schmitt fighting plane from Augsburg, Germany, had ' Dun gayel ringed in blue pencil. The and his first inquiry upon land- a&ia naa iut uic w SAJ U1C VdlSUC l-iVlsTiriaT AfOfanAA U the duke was hot nubliKhed in England for some hours. He once was described by English news papers as a member of the Anglo German association. That organi zation's stated purpose was to foster-British-German friendship, .1 (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) -. JO j Sprague Sets Radio Speech On Defense ' .The state of- Oregon's .de fenses will be outlined to his constituents in a three-station radio broadcast Friday night by Gov. Charles A. Sprague, the executive . announced Wednes day. .1 - . The governor's address, "Ore gon and the National Defense," Will be carried by stations' KGW and KOIN, Portland, and KSLM, Salem, from t to 9:15 P. m. v - .I.-..;" - por. Sprague said his address, based on his recent tours of Oregon's defense areas, would review Oregon's participation tap to this time in the defense effort and outline state plans for the future." , r -I Air Spotters Planned WASHINGTON,. May 14-(ff)-Networks of civilian aircraft spot ters will be organized by June It cn the Atlantic and Pacific' coasts to participate in air raid warn ing operations with, the general Headquarters air force, it was an- counced Wednesday. year, $2000. . j r Incinerator Original Issue $40, 000; outstanding $29,000; callable thisf year, $3000. . , ; j " Sewers Original Issue, ; $500, 000! outstanding, $204,000; call able this year, $27,000 ..V Bridges Original issue, - $350, 000: outstanding. $150,000: callable this; year, $18,000. : t 1935 refunding Original. Is, sue, $135,000; outstanding $80, 000. . " i - D street -'drainage Original Issue $22,000; outstanding, 914, 000; callable this year $2339. -Court street sewer Original Is sue $50,000: outstanding, $43,000; callable this year S23C0. ,.j Tnfjrct nn all ppnrral oLl! ra tions for 1941 amounts to $23,502. M