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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1941)
Hair Raiser! Weather ' See picture below of navy parachutist rescued In mid-, air at San Diego Thursday in ne of aviation's most phenomenal f eats. Then read the story, on pare 10. - Z'- Partly cloudy-today and , v Saturday, with showers j little ehange tm temp. Max. temp.. Thnri" Cfc'jnku 49 Southwest wind, .02 fat. pre "el. River. ft. Cloudy - - . ' - FOUNDED lal ,m , : . r ' " - ; s'0 th mi , : , - . j - Ac9c,uru:. Wy.43 JFireedbi . Mp in U PorU UimitovGtoM GM Gives 111. to CIO Wages Acceptance Made After Midnight; Strike Averted ; WASHINGTON, May.' 16- (Friday)-;p-The General Mot ors corporation accepted ', early today the recommendations of the defense mediation board for settlement of a dispute between the corporation and the United Automobile Workers (CIO). ' The company announced its ac- ceptance several hours before the '4:10 a. m. deadline imposed by the board. The union had agreed to defer a strike in 60 plants of the corporation unUl that hour. - The - corporation officials said that the" agreement provided for the 10 cents an hour increase asked by the union. ; . The management agreed to the terms immediately. Union officials, however explained that the "pro posal must be given the member ship for ratification. They planned to leave immediately for Detroit to arrange that procedure. ; Company spokesmen said that the present wages average slight ly more than $1 an hour. Union spokesmen made no estimate of the average. - The company estimated that the increase would cost it $50, 000,000 annually. Officials said that the Increase would be given to all hourly wage employes of , the corporation regardless of whether they were employed in plants for which the UAW-CIO Is "the collective bargaining agency. Union spokesmen aid . that the increase would amount to $27,000 000 annually for their members. SEATTLE, May 15-(P)-The Post-Intelligencer said Thursday night a strike vote had been taken by members of the Motor Coach Drivers union employed by the Washington motor coach system. The paper said a strike had been, approved by a vote of 97 to 18 and would affect 150 drivers oper ating virtually all of the busses between . eastern and western Washington. SAN RAN CIS CO. May ISWjF) -A conference of union leaders in. Sacramento Friday, called by Governor Culbert I Olson and approved by a federal govern ment representative, gave tan gible evidence Thursday night f mounting pressure exerted to1 end the APT. and CIO machin ists strike at 11 bay area shlp (Turn to. Paje 2, CoL 6) 1111 VUMtS LlZllim, Paul Hauser'i Column ' The city ' couldn't ' make any money that way; Municipal Judge, Hannah Mar tin had a case in her court yes terday involving a dog. the dog's owner and the man the dog bit. ' The man the dog bit signed the complaint charging the dog's own er with permitting a dog to run at large. ; So the dog Owner came to court and pleaded guilty. Judge Martin fined him $5. He paid it and left The man who was bitten stood around for a few minutes.. Then he said: fWhen shall I come back?" Judge Martin informed him that he needn't appear again, that the case was closed. . , -Yeah." he said, "but when do I get my five dollars." Judge Martin explained to him that what the city gets it keeps. . . . - v..:'--- TRAFFIC DEPT. A recent issue of the Eugene Register-Guard carried an article which an editor's note said was the first of a series of articles on traffic safety prepared by Dr; W. S. Hulin, a University of Oregon extension lecturer. In another col umn' of the same issue under , the - heading "Traffic . Fines" appeared the notice: "Driving through stop sign, $2 fine; Wilbur S. Hulin. V And in Buffalo, NY, Parke Wright paid a SI fine for ever- parking. . - ODE TO J. PLUYIUS Your weather does the ball fans flout .. . And irks them with each game rained out; , The strawberries h a v e had enough So don't give us more of that old wet stuff. On ai Your Defenses? Lislcn Tonight To Governor Oregonians will turn to their radios at S o'clock tonight to hear, about their state defenses and plans made for the state's part in national defense. 'r! . Gov. Charles A. Sprague, the speaker, will deliver his 'ad dress on defense at 9 p. m. over three stations,. KSLM of Salem, KOLN and KGXV of Portland. Contrary to : earlier announce ments, he will speak for one half hour, or from 9 to 90, rather than from 9 to 9:15. I Justice Brand Set f orDuties WiH Return to Salem Within Ten Days to Take Oath of Office ' Circuit Judge-James T. BrandJ Marshf ield, who Wednesday ' was appointed justice of the state su preme court to succeed the late Henry J Bean,- will be ready to assume his hew duties within the next week or . 10 days, he advised uuef Justice Kelly here Thurs day. - -; - Brand arrived In Salem late Wednesday and spent most of Thursday conferring with su preme court members and Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague. Mrs. Brand and son will Salem shortly after the Marshfield schools close early in June, -" Brand has been assigned to the offices occupied by his predeces sor for many years. He will take the oath of office upon his return to Salem. Chief Justice Kelly will administer the .oath. ' 1 is otrq,nge, None Hurt in This Accident Mr. and Mrs. Bertil T. Renhard. 480 South 17th street, got a ride you couldn't buy In an amusement park Thursday night when their car, driven by Mrs. Renhard, col lided with a coupe driven by Thomas C. Fisher, route one, at 14tn and Mill streets. . The Renhard car hit the front end of the Fisher car, whirled in a half circle until the rear fender caught on the rear bumper of Fisher's car and turned over to land with its rear neatly balanced on the turtleback of the coupe. The coupe kept going, dragging the Renhard car with it, until it wound up against a fire hydrant. An infant was in the car with the Senhards, but no one was hurt cither car.. Police arrested Renhard for per mitting his wife to drive his auto mobile without having a driver's license. - :; Ex-Portland Mayor 111 WKTLAND, ore., May George I ' Baker, 72, mayor of Portland 'from 1917 to 1933, was reported seriously ill today at his home at Seaside. He has suffered from a heart ailment for several years. , Army to Use Aerial Cops" In Troop Movement South FORT LEWIS, May 15-P)-Aerial pilots flying low over motorized columns to prevent highway congestion and . keep vehicles evenly spaced will aid more than 3400 army truck drivers as the 3rd and 41st divisions and the IX army corps moves south for California war games next week. Fort Lewis officials announced late Thursday the novel way in which they will keep the trucks moving freely over' highways 97 and 89. " Attached to motoriied units of the 41st division will be the reg ular army's 91st observation squadron. Through two-way ra dio communication with column commanders, its pllota will scur ry upland down the highway over the troops, radioing advice on traffic conditions ahead, ap proaching danger points and let ting commanders know if any of their trucks are lagging or have had to drop out for repairs. The 116th observation squadron, former national guard group from Spokane, will perform the same service for the 3rd division and the IX corps which will be traveling down highway 99. . Officers said they believed the aerial traffic cop plan was being used in a military way for the SIM Grab approval Seriate Votes to 1 Power President ; to Use Vessels WASHINGTON, May liP) By a big vote of nearly three to one, the senate Thursday ap proved the administration - ship seizure- bill, r empowering, the president to request alien ves sels now idle in American harb ors and use them in the national defense or British-aid programs. ! The measure had already" been passed by the house, but bfore going on to" the' White House for Mr., Roosevelt's signature, it first must go back, to that body for rou tine action on minor senate amend-t ments. . . . : i . , ! The final vote found 59 sena4 tors supporting the bill and 20 op4 posing it, 15 of them, republicans. Ten republicans, including the minority floor leader,. Senator Mc j (Turn. to Page 7, Col..l) - i mv eekilip: Citizens for- Air Warnings I FORT GEORGE WRIGHT, Washr t May : 15-P)-The army's second air force is looking for $0,000 sharp-eyed, keen-eared ci vilian observers to watch for the planes of any, nation which might attempt an aerial blitzkreig of the northwest, :- Ma j . Gen. John F. Curry announced Thursday. : The observers task he termed "one of the most vital in the na tional oexense program.''. : ' m General Curry, second air force commander, said the 80,000 ail volunteers living in western Ore gon ana Washington would be the pioneers " in the northwest's Aircraft Warning Service, which eventually would be extended eastward through4 the II states of the command. "Uur first task is to organize the territory along the coast." said General Curry. "When this is dope we shall devote our atten tion to inland areas. We plan to establish an observation post for every 40 square miles of territory along the coast of Washington and Oregon and for 150 miles inland." i r ncli Hold Famed Savant NEW YORK, May 15-CPV-Dr. Alexis CarreJ, 67, Rockefeller In stitute scientist,' is being detained in. occupied France "so that coun try can have the advantage of his knowledge in matters of child nutrition," James Wood Johnson said Thursday night. Johnson, organizer of the Am' erican . Volunteers' . Ambulance corps, who accompanied Carrel to Europe Feb. 1 said the scientist apparently knew he might not be given a pass to leave the country when he entered it April 7 to see his sick wife in Brittany. traffic cops observation first time and that k had never been employed before on such a tremendous scale. The. motor movement will take six days. The observation squadrons wQl base nightly at airports near the points where motorized troops bivouac If the emergency arises, the planes will be available for "mercy" flights. It will give training to both the ground and air forces,' corps' headquarters announced. "En route down they will be engag ing in war games. As they ap proach each major town the planes wCl s e o e t ahead as though they were , goinr Into hostile territory. They wtU then radio back information to the advancing columns." The motorized movement,' in volving over 22000 men, will start at dawn Monday. The first oi 27 troop , trains ' will take approxi mately 13,000 men to King City, Calif. . Proposed Site its. This aerial photo and accompanying superimposed map show location of proposed Salem seware disposal plant, ea which the city will vete next Tuesday, and, route of the 11,000-foot interceptor sewer re quired to connect li with the city'i leverage lystem. Arrow No. 1 ' points to black, weeded area, the 16-aere disposal plant site en North river road which the city' boncbt more than tea yean age. The plant will lie at least 25 feet back from the road, the city engineer says. Arrow No. 2 points to Marion county poor farm as landmark show ing location of the plant site. No. 3, to intersection of Colombia street and north river road and No. 4 to Highland school. Black line on the map traces course or the Interceptor sewer from Its beginning at Union and Church streets to the disposal plant, t - Engi Proposed Seivage Plan Cost to Average Householder Will Be , About 25 Cents per Month ; WPA Work and State Funds Bring Costs Down ; r The questions of what Salem citizens will get for their money arid what they will have to pay if they go to the special election polls next Tuesday and write "yes" before the ballot measure au thorizing construction of a sewage disposal plant were put up to Marines Rout Isle "Strike" , HONOLULU, May i5-aJ)-Con-struction workers laid down their tools for a few moments at var ious defense projects on this ram' part of the Pacific Thursday and some of the more vociferous among them were ejected from the ' Pearl Harbor naval reserva tion by US marines. ' The demonstration was short lived for all but about 230 plumb ers. . The work stoppage a union of ficial said 'it was "definitely not a strike" began as i a more or less concerted effort to gain uni form wage and hour scales for all crafts. But when the time arrived for the men to quit work, only small percentage did so. . , The plumbers laid; down their tools; en masse, however. Marines promptly escorted' them off the reservation and took; away their passes. : -.--;: Steamboat Chief Dies PORTLAND, Ore., May Lawrence H. Holman, 58, presi dent of the America Transporta tion company which, until recently operated the river boat America between - Portland and Astoria, -died here Thursday. ;- . Draftee Is Suicide r- MONTEREY, Calif., May -Private Robert J. Maas, army electee from Medford, Ore. was found hanging in a barracks at Ford Ord Thursday. Officers pro nounced his death a suicidle. ; of Seivage Plant ineer Reveals City Engineer J . H. Davis Thurs- day and these were his answers: 1. As set up in the city's WPA application, the project will cost the city less than $200,900, the amount of the bond issue pro posed to be authorised. 2. The plant in operation wfll cost, the average householder not to exceed $3 a year, or.M cents a month, including pay ments on bonds and eosja ' of running the disposal unit The state, for the benefit off (Turn to page 2, CoL 2) Dane Consuls Get Ousters . LONDON,, May 15.-()-Dis-; missal of the Danish consuls- general .at New York, Chicago and San Francisco was disclosed Thursday, night Jin a' Danish broadcast quoted by the- British Broadcasting corporation. The Danish broadcast said the three consuls-general ' were dis missed because they refused in structions to sever relationships with Hendrix de Kauffman, Dan ish minister to Washington. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13.-CffJ-Axet a J. Sporon-nedler. Danish consul general here, said he expected to, receive notice of his dismissal by the Danish gov ernment, but did not intend to recognize it. . - - . Aged Man Is Missing Calvin Seratt, 70, was reported to police Thursday as missing from his home at 267 South Church street since May 4 by Mrs. U. J. Lehman, a neighbor at 260 South Church street i JjjJjJ) Wot WM mm m w . Blow to. :::.. ... . Britisll Accuse For a Allowing Syria as s Seized By US Coast Guarfin IIY ;l NEW . YORK, ' May Ileadlng the list of five French ships boarded here hy the eeast guard Thursday night was the $60,000,000 liner Normandie, which has been at her Hudson river pier since the last week of August, 1939. J The other vessels boarded Were the 34S5-ton Fort Royal; 5120-toif Mont Event, 5703-ton He de ' Nolnnoutier, and the 0180-ton He de Ouessant, . all freighters. t The He de Ouessant returned Thursday from a . voyage to Martinique. J . Carrying nearly $30,V0,000 In gold and 1200 passengers on her maiden voyage in 1935, the : Normandie averaged 29.41 knots i front Southampton to Ambrose flight and made: the crossing in fdor daystl hours and 42 min utes, a new Atlantic record. Demands 35,000 Men June 30 NEW YORK, May 15-WVIn the most sweeping demand for men in the navy's history, even exceeding the drives of World War days, the naval recruiting service Thurs. day issued a nation-wide call for 35,000 additional enlistments bv June 30. ' - . Orders were dispatched bv Commander F, K. O'Brien, officer in charge of the recruiting service! to . 319 stations throughout the country asking for an immediate campaign to meet the urgent needs of i the expanding United States fleet. The commander also announced that the enlistment ages for naval reserves, witbr or without previous naval service, had been extended from the 17 to 36-year limit to 17-50. - ?New units of the 2 -ocean navy j (TunTto Page 3, CoL 1) Ship Navy By jflereV Navy Man Rescued by r?1 lLflJ?! r v T T " "Jtu vvuuu imi ysruy vpenca paracnute aoove nun. i&tt story : . ..' ow.to HitleB6 Base in Iraq Fiffliting Middle-Ecist Believed Brewing; Hes Plait detect to Be ". ' t . By The Associated Press t . T US coast guardsmen quietly boarded the Jiner Normandie ancL five or more French vessels in American waters Thursday night; as President Roosevelt appealed to France nbt to deliver herWup to a Germany bent on "the utter : destruction . of ; This was' the swift Washington reaction ta repoW indicating France was aout to toss in her lot with Germany against Britain) The French ships taken into protective custody-had been excepted afewweeks ago when German, Italian and Danish ships were seized."" r 1 - !;. . , The presidents surprise statement came after Britain offi Petain Tells Pact Reasons -. Frcnfli Believed to Be Stalling Time on Gentian Demands VICHY, France, May 15-(P)- Chief of State Petain told French men tonight that, if successful in current negotiations with Ger many, Trance will be able to rise above her defeat and maintain her world rank as a European and co lonial power.; Petain's unexpected two-minute radio address, calling on the public to withhold judgment and main tain mental discipline, came as a growing impression, was gained from informed French circles that the current negotiations are gain ing time for France. These circles Insist that no definite agreement has been (Turn to Page 2. CoL 7) Jim Misses Axis Bombs CAIRO, Egypt, May lfMrV Missing by minutes two nazi dive- bombing attacks upon Crete, Ma rine Capt. James Roosevelt re turned to Cairo Thursday night with a declaration that the British and Greek defenders of that Medi terranean island seem determined to hold it against axis attacks. r nspoH plane for SO minutes i"ie neaa urn mio men sup YicKwMote Seen mer Ally of ihbers to Use Battle Isi Revealed Soon cially accused Vichy of acting as a passive nazi ally by facilitating ; the passage; of German planes across Syria in the middle-east to Iraq where the British already are fighting to put down a coup d'etat ! government which they termed ' German-inr pired. T . Large-scale Wrial fighting ap- . pearsd Imminent .i nheriniadleV " east, i -, ' ! -. President Roosevelt said In part: T "The people of he United State, can hardir believe that the ; present V government of France could be bought to Jcnd Itself to plea of voluntary I- (Turn to Page J, Col. 4) V War News, Briefs LONDON trrlday) May 10-OPr-Two German planes ' were reported shot down by British night fighter early today in a dogfight five miles high over the southeast coast area. LMd.n today had Ite - first air raid alarm since early Monday but It was of short duration : and neither bombs nor gunfire was heard. . '- London, May le-(Friday)- -British planes dropped a few bombs on Berlin Thursday nisht an informed source asserted to day, but Hannover was the main target for the AFs nocturnal assault. ; . ' : ' '"'I I ' DOVER. EngUnd-(Friday)-May loWAVThe rumble of ex ploding bombs and gunfire oo (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) "Hell-Diver? T -f f when Us parachute foulcrlnr at San DIero, Calif. Arrow t (cists en page 19.) 1 . i