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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1941)
Voto Todayl This - b ' special election day In -Salem. Polls In seven wards are open from f a. m. to g p. m. Issues: Sewage disposal plant and extension of terms of apoplntlve city officers. i1- Weather Fair today sad Wednes day with rislnf temperature. Max. temp. Monday, 17,' Hhu S8. Sooth wind. Clear. Hirer Lf foot. POUNDED irciCTY -FEIST YEAB Salem, Oregon. Tuesday Morning, May 20 Prlct) 3cj Newsstands 5c No. 43 :. A ' yP mm. '5 " . 7 . ' ' ; pouNbcD 1651 : ' ; Act . O n hlT . 77 :. , 9 77: xl f Tt Tt ' Jli 1 nan, ga- rork two ;s. Mechanized Forces Camp Overnight iri j State Fair Buildings Army Units Enroute South to Maneuvers Leave ai Dawn; Other Groups Follow Daily ; Salem today experiences something of the feeling of Euro pean cities as heavy khaki-covered lorries, lighter trucks' and low-slung "jeeps" lumber through her streets carrying more than 4000 of Uncle Sam's army officers and men from their last night's encampment at the state fairgrounds south toward Rqseburg, where they are to spend tonight. 1 ! . First and largest section of the army on the march to spend the night here, the sub-column that bivouacked on the outskirts' of Salem Monday, was to start moving its 600 vehicles at 4:30 a. m. today en route to Hunter-Liggett reservation at Jolan, Calif. Moving in six serials, as it tra veled Monday from Fort Lewis, Wash., to Salem, It will occupy most of the morning hours in leaving the capital city. 4 Scarcely will it have moved out before another party arrives to make arranrements for the 2150 officers and men who are slated to spend tonight at the fairrrounds. By Friday more than 3400 ve hicles carrying approximately 22, 000 men win be traveling ' over two routes between Fort Lewis and Jolan. On th.i"aay,' tooVUie first of 27 troop trains, carrying more than 15,000 unmechanized soldiers " will begin . leaving the Washington post Similar Columns Will Follow Each Day To Friday Sub-columns similar to tonight's encampments will occupy the grounds each night through Fri day, all part of the first great troop movement that the Pacific northwest has seen. By the end of May more than 35,000 soldiers will have been moved by highway and rail from Fort Lewis to Jolan, there to en gage in war games through the month of June with the seventh division of the eighth army corps. The movement itself is no small feat, comparable to moving resi dents of a city larger than Salem from Berlin to Salonika in Greece. Commander of the sub-column of the motorized portion of the third division of the XX army corps (in other words the 4000 uniformed men who spent last nirnt st the fairgrounds) Is Colonel Harrison McAIpine, who described the first 'day's move ment as hiffhly successful. k Thirty : percent of the 4000 are selectees; 70 percent are enlisted for a three-year period. " Their trek win be completed May 25; returning they will travel through central Oregon while men going south by - that route will return north through Salem. National guardsmen from Salem are among the troops traveling south through central Oregon. Covering 74 miles of highway the six serials, or traveling units, spaced to cause the least possible traffic confusion, began arriving at the fairgrounds at noon and continued to come in until after ' 5 o'clock, every arrival being with in 20 minutes of time estimated. (Turn to Page 3. Col. 4) Salem Y Gleemen Schedule Second Annual Concert I The Salem Y Gleemen are appearing in Leslie auditorium tonight at 8:15 in their second annual concert. The chorus, one of the youngest musical organizations in the city, boasts some of the finest men's voices in the Willamette valley, - . j i Edouard Hurlimann, Oregon's outstanding director - conductor -Violinist, is directing the Gleemen this year. According to those who heard the singing group at the inter-American concert during national music week, the p regress made since organizing has been remarkable. The Y Gleemen were organized last year for the purpose of bringing together men singers of the community, to produce worth while music. They gained experience last summer during Salem's blrth day celebration when appearing as the Centennial singers, they sang at the pageant and on sev eral occasions during the week. This winter the T Gleemen have snog at meeiinrs of patriotic City Votes on Sewage Today Otizens to Decide on $200,000 Bond Issue, Office -Term Change Salem voters jgCyti.tho. noVfU ' uajT"ir"decide whether th ritv'V" ihould.bond itself for $200,000 If lor its share of constructing a sew ago disposal platband needed in tercepting sewers. ! They will also vote in the spe cial city election on whether the Polling Places i v (See Map on Fare 5) , Ward 1, Fairish junior hl(h school. - Ward 2, courthouse. Ward 3. city halL Ward 4. Salem Youth Center In Prinrle Creek park. , . Ward 5, Highland school. Ward 6, Englewood school. I Ward 7, Leslie Junior high school i Polls open from S a. m. to S P. m. .-M terms ot apointive city officers should be extended from one to two years. .1 i Under existing law the city council appoints at the beginning of eaclf year a city attorney, en (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Driver -Cuts 9? All Lights !" - - . ' h Joe Krebs. 1080 Cascade drive, didn't exactly go through s red light at 4:14 a. m. Sunday morning, bat he did a good Job of cutting the red. green and yellow lights off at the base. Krebs car bounced from a fire hydrant against , the lamp . standard supporting traffic lights at the northeast corner . of Commerelal and State streets, shearing It off clean two feet from the pavement, ; Police charged Krebs with having no driver's license. and clvle organisations. Miss Alice Crary Brown has accom panied the. chorus since Its or ganisation. .., V. ' While the Gleemen are : spon sored by the Salem YMCA, they are self-supporting. . Singing with the group are from 35 to 40 professional and non-pnofessional singers, drawn from all professions and classes of this and the surrounding ter ritory. ; . Hurlimann has arranged a program of some variety for to night, several of the numbers be ing unusual for a men's chorus. "'Miss Mary Elizabeth Kells, well known to Salem, will be the guest foloist i ; I - &o, : . As First Units of Third Divisi6nBivouac at Salem i 4 r" War NoWs Briefs j NEW YORK, May 20-(Tues-day)HP)-The German radio In s broadcast heard today by CBS said French chaser planes shot down their first British bomber "over Syria Monday. . tONDON, Tuesday, May 29-(P)-Germaa planes bombed southwestern and eastern sec tions of England Monday night, causing some daniage to civilian property but m largo seolc raid developed..' j BEKXTX. May ko-(Tuesday)-()-Keports that! Atlanta peni tentiary inmates' had doubled their production of defense Items today caused the Voellsch er Beobachter to headline a bit ter editorial 'Roosevelt mobil izes eeuricts against Hitler murderers and thieves arm In arm with USA presldenL" Girl Editor On NY Radio Dorothy Hobson,' young editor of the Valsetx Star who has made herself famous through the news paper which she edits, .will ap pear on Wo The People" tonight at 8 o'clock over station KOIN. Dorothy left by plane from Port land Monday for Hollywood, from where .the broadcast originates. She Is being accompanied by her mother. t 4 , t. "v.. S-o 1. t r l: r: j r 1; Dewey Slated For Address . At GOP Club The Marlon i county chapter of the Oregon Republican clubs is sued an invitation Monday night to ihe general: public to attend a forum luncheon' at the - Marion hotel Saturday' noon to hear party leaders discuss their program for the next year. f Principal speaker, if he can be here that day, will be Thomas E. Dewey, New York's fiery district attorney and candidate last sun mer f or the republican nomina tion for president. :f -J:i Ralph H. Cake, republican na tional committeeman for Oregon, recently returned from a con ference with national party lead ers in the east. Is expected to lead the forum discussion, according to Frederick S.'Lamport, president ot the local club. Reservations, for the; luncheon may be made by,telephoninf 5022. " '; . . ' ."j'r.--.'i' - f. Salem, 7omari. Elected PORTLAND, May l?.-fF)-The Oregon "Business and Professional Women's clubs reelected Miss Evangeline Philbin,'' Portland, president, at!. their convention here. Other officers included Hil da Swenson. Salem, first , vice- president ' ji -Z"- ; : J . ft? , v. Vtr .Ay if I- ; Traffic was a problem Monday' afternoon at the state fairgrounds where (upper left) members f the IX army corps directed the sta ttonlnr of 600 ollve-drab vehicles that ranced from eommandins; of ficers cars to heavy trucks. Colonel Harrison McAIpine is comman der of the first sub-column that stopped in Salem last night, largest unit of the greatest military migration In the far west's history. Row n row they lined up for the niht. In- the renter picture the "Jeeps" or "blitz-buggies,' light, fast cars designed to travel over open conn try with or without surveyed roads; and the heavy tracks carrying personnel and fUrhtlna equipment. No longer punishment, kitchen police duty (left, below) is s regular army duty; In every company someone has to peel the potatoes Statesman staff photos. . Treasury Urges Sblons To Stiffen Implied Approval of Roosevelt Given Plan to Soften Proposefl Levies :on.': Commodities ; LaGuardia Named V ' WASHINGTON, May 19. - (5 President Roosevelt, the treasury fen the excess profits tax to help finance the defense program. John L. Sullivan, assistant house ways and means committee that by means of such a levy and 6 per cent corporation surtax pre viously proposed, $1,098,000,000 of a new $3,500,000,000 tax program could be raised from the earnings of corporations. ; ! i lie said that if the new depart-, kental recommendations were adopted congress might be able to readjust excise taxes, in such a way as to soften proposed levies; on a o m o commodities which do not compete with de fense. At the same time, , the official department spokesmen concurred in reccanmendations by .other ad ministration officials ten days ago that heavier levies might be ap plied to such consumer durable goods as automobiles and mechan ical refrigerators. . . ; ; Both a stiffer excess profits tax and levies higher than the treas ury originally had suggested on consumer durable goods were pro posed to the committee week be fore last by Leon Henderson, fed eral price control administrator, and Marriner S. Eccles, chairman of the federal reserve board. On the basis of the differences between the first treasury plan and the Henderson Eccles pro posals, republican committee members tried to draw from Sullivan a statement that rift existed In the sdmlnistration over taxes. '- The assistant secretary replied by saying that he thought the rec- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) r ootids " ?l . i JL-ltaTO'-Hjy Cl"' ki7. VFIcl1 -5i4 ,. -,".x a t- A ' f .A ' - Jt"- 4t . w t 4 and ladle out the fresh milkw- y US xes - With Ihe implied approval of urged congress Monday to stif secretary, estimated before the -t-Pmil Hatuer'g Column If you are one of those people who go around saying "Can't be done" every time you think about the ;, whale swallowing Jonah Just take the word of Dr. Eugene Max imilian Karl Ceiling that it can be done. ' i ' Dr. Eugene M. K. Ceiling knows thai it can be done. He did it. No. he didn't swallow a Jonah or a whale, either, but he climbed through a whale's gullet ; Dr. Gelling, who Is a professor of pharmacology at the University- of ' Chieago when bo lsnt going around crawling -through whale's gullets, admits that the whale was dead. ; " - - Maybe thai makes .a difference. We t don't ' know- We never got close to a live whale and wt wish we'd never gone hear, the only dead on we over saw. - - ; ,(Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) : ' Cattle Show; Delayed ' Because south-bound army units are using the fairgrounds for nightly - bivouacs this week, the Marion County Jersey . Cattle club announced Monday that the show originally slated today has been postponed until Hay 24. Saturday, Ta M. l War aSilnlhTfilK Promised Bvmcms. Empire, Is Rome Reveals in Ethiopia; Surrender by Aostri Speeds Offensive , --.; . JBy The Associated: Press ' Two actions of the French government an undeclared shoot ing war against the British over Syria and a stated threat to re capture the great colonial areas which have gone over to the Tree French" forces- suggested late (Monday) night that Vichy's new ''collaboration" with Germany would be close to an all-the-way. agreement. . Y The challenge in, effect made-and'it was issued officially through the French information of f icewas that offensive action would be taken soon to regain old French territory, such as vast French equatorial Africa, which has broken with Vichy and is 138 Lost cans Oil Ship . on Ill-Fa ted Zamzam in Soutli .Atlantic NEW YORK, May 20.-(Tues- day) (A British Broadcasting company : announcement that it was learned with regret of the loss of the i Egyptian steamer Zamzam . in the South Atlantic early today roinimized previous radio reports from London indi cating the liner, carrying many Americans, might be safe. The National Broadcasting company, Columbia Broadcasting system and Mutual networks car ried the statement by the official British announcer shortly after midnight. r ' The report v added that "60 American citiiens and 23 Ca nadians werevon board, as well ' as the British-American ambu lance unit, which was being carried to the free French forces in the middle east." This Unit included 20 vehicles (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Ex-Service Men Exempt WASHINGTON, May lt-OP)-Cengresa sent to . the White House Monday a bill exempting from the draft men who have served three year enlistments In the navy, marine corps or the coastguard. J .'---J.- It provides 1 for discharges from the army for former navy, marine or coast guard enlisted men who already have been In ducted under the selective ser- vlce law,j ! j ' "1 , : .- ; Parking Meters Resolution Tabled, for Sew Parking meters made no trouble for the Salem city coun cil Monday night as a. resolution authorizing calling of bids for the controversial machines was tabled for the second time. :; Election of Dr. Harold M. Olinger to the Salem water com mission to- succeed EL B. Gabriel, whose resignation .was accepted, and authorization of a five year contract with th Salem Sanitary Service company fot garbage dis posal, was the chief business ' the council accomplished n'Va short 33 minute session. -m 4:s ' - s Dr. Olinger, a former council member, was elected without con test. His election was recommend ed by the water commission. The eentraci with the Salem SaniUry Service company pro vides that within a month of ex ecution of the contract by the mayor and city recorder the firm shall purchase a garbage disposal site to be used Instead of present dumping grounds around the city Incinerator. . It Is set out in the contract that the firm'g rate! for garbage col lection are to remain the same as Aid to Reported Fall of Fort following General C h a r 1 e s Do Restore Gaullej-thej French officer whose n li forces' are fighting on at Britain's. Side." ! ;.!: '. H "One of the objects of Eng- V liah politics," it was stat fd. "Is r to separate Syria from metro- . poliUn France." a d- it " was ' , added: "France cannot permit - : "rhe hour without -doubt ' has " 7" now come for her (France) to ! i retake especially Into Franco ' r j all her empire." . . J : The i Paris i Press, under nazi I control, denounced United States diplomacy as "flour blackmaiL" " j All this appeared against a background of recurring specula tion that the nazis had promised , , i Vichy tlielp in the restoration of ' colonial France. ; France has two island posses- , ; sionS in the ; western hemisphere which; are geographically close to American interests Martinique and Guadaloupe but these have remained loyal to Vichy. (See map page 2) . t , What is to happen in another possession, Dakar in West Africa, 1 has caused great concern in the United States! That colony is in easy reaching distance of South America, and any German mili tary activity there would be full of grave potentialities. i Vichy's already opened action against France's old British al lies was In the skies ver Syria. British pilots attacking Cer- . man-occupied Syrian airdromes which are being used by the , nasis r t aid Ira. . against the -; British have been flred upon .; by French anti-aircraft guns. This' was disclosed yesterday (Monday) although it - was said ' that no British plane had as yet , been ; hitabout . the same time that the royal all force was answering the growing hostility of ' the Vichy government's attitude with hew raids upon German air craft based in Sryia at .Palmyra, Damascus and Rayak. ;V -- Thej situation . already - had (Turn to Page 2, COL 9) at present, but may be increased with the council's sanction. The right of citizens to use the garbage disposal firm's dump without charge is jeserved. . - The company pays the city $1000 a year for the exclusive right to collect ; and dispose of garbage In Salem;: "i . : :,Ux:: "I An ordinance to . reestablish the planning and seeing com- mission, which fazr i tlit It ti ' been accidentally legislated: out of existence In 1S23, and to Ttr vise the city sonlag code was In . trodaeed. tnclnied ta the ordl- .' nance Is provkion for a special . restricted zoae limiting eommer? clal development around the state eapiUI group., ' " The council received bids on a proposed bridge over Kill crcci (Turn to Pago 2. CoL 6)