The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, May 27, 1941, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPAG2 TWO , Tha OSEGON STATESMAN Salem, Oroon. TaMday Morning. May Z7. 1311 Dignitaries Attend Dedication DiTeratFirst Congregational Church; Dr. Giersbach Speaks Activities in connection With formal dedication of the new First Congregational church building terminated in a civic din ner in the church dining room Monday night attended by 258 persons including many civic leaders, at which Dr. W. C. Giexs- Marion County Judge Dies i Long Illness Proves Fatal to Hewlett; Funeral Wednesday (Continued from 'Page 1) Hewlett, Jr., and a granddaughter, Catherine Irene Siegmund. licensed as an architect in Ore gon after he and Mrs. Hewlett had come; to Salem in 1913, he built and sold houses, handled farms and engaged in a general con tracting business as well as in farming. Nut growing and dairy ing particularly interested him here. : " From 1935 to 1938 inclusive he served as a county commissioner, and in 1940 by a majority of more than 5000 votes was elected coun ty judge, upon which office , he entered January 7, this year, '; Interests as a builder were reflected la bis services to the county: He served on the new courthouse committee, Is large , ly credited with securing for the county the new shops on the Sllverton road. Welfare of old people was a favored cause with Hewlett as commissioner and later as judge, and welfare activies of the coun ty interested him both in office and 'out , Masonic lodge. No. 50, Spanish American War Veterans, Red Hill grange and Salem First Christian church claimed his active mem bership The Rev. Guy L. Drill of the First Christian church is to offi ciate t Wednesday afternoon's services at the Rigdon chapel, and uniformed veteran of the Spanish-American war is to play taps at City View cemetery graveside services. FDR Approves Parity Bill (Continued from Page 1) , i ' ' - i indtcated, probably would be the practice under the new program. The effect is to establish these as minimum prices, since a farm er can place his produce in stor age under a government loan made at this rate rather than sell it at a lower figure. " President Roosevelt coupled witn his signature to the bill a Stipulation that the federal miK- sidies must not be so large as to give farmers. a remuneration greater than parity. I am approving this Joint resolution on the distinct under standing that parity payments will be limited to the amount necessary to bring the basic commodities to parity but not beyond parity,- the president declared. . Western Food Specials for Jcday & Wed. 1 COUPON FOR 1 EGGS I Grade "A" I I I I Large ; it Dozen l:...fcJtJl ; With Coutnn I Void After May 28 j ii Castle Brand Q Montana Hard- I elU wheat, 49 lbs. V ' COUPON FOR PEAIIUT BUTTER i j 2 loT 290 1 I With Coupon Void After May 28 I FLOUR ETTCltEN QUEEN .:,:1.39 RED WHITE and 43 lbs.; 21 iJ-S FREE DELIVERY on Onfers, of 50c or Over Fed Ihrlzci ; 137 s. Com'. Phone 7311 rare - m..sj.a T : i iwui, i cam cut ox rscuic univer sity, was tne principal speaker. ine church is one of the four things that do not fail," Dr. Gi ersbach declared the others be ing time, love and God. Signifi cantly, though church buildings are being blasted into ruins in Europe, worship is carried on, un der ground if necessary as in the days of the Catacombs. Like the other speakers, the university Dresident Draised th new church building's beauty of design and craftsmanship. . Earl jSnen, secretary of state, was toastmaster. at the dinner. Speakers bringing- civic rreet inss Included Governor Charles A. Spraiue, Senator Douglas McKay representing the city government. Justice Geerf kossman, SUte Treasurer Les Ue M. Scott, Rev. Guy L. Drill representing the ministerial as sociation, Don IL Upjohn representing- the press and Irl 8. MeSherry representing the Federation of PatrloUe orders. A number of these speakers paid honor to Rev. Robert A. Hutchinson, pastor, aa a church builder and as a civic worker. Ray Yocom. resDondin on h. half of the church, also voiced ap preciation of the pastor's services and mentioned Ellsworth Rick- etts, chairman of the board of trustees, and Architect Trt w Eley, as outstanding contributors to the building program. . Mrs. D. J. Fry. sr. who was a mmiw of the committee in charge of Duuoing the old church recently vacaiea, received special mention. Maurice Brennen. Portland ganist, played the new church or gan prior to the dinner. The Pa cific university auartet an era! numbers as part of the dinner program. mi cnurcn aunitnrinm filled to capacity for the dedica tory program on Sundav t w-mm. Dr. DoUfflaa Hnrtnn nf Mo... V t. ueuverea ine sermon. AVIS. Salem Troops Due by Train (Continued from Page 1) animals over thet most difficult terrain. Dust-covered roads in the area crawled with all types of tracks, from the new midget "Mlts baggies" to fire-ton ser vice vehicles. Throughout the northern half of the 134.000-acre reservation, tent cities are springing op among 1 live oak trees and mesqnlte. More than 2000 non-motorized troops of the 3rd division, IX corps, ar rived on five troop trains this morning. The 3rd's divisional artillerv. headed by Brigadier General Hor ace Fuller, pulled in during mid morning after a seven-day motor ized march from Fort Lewis. Wash.. Despite the heavy equip ment ana tne iact It was towing big field suns, the artillerv in on schedule wtihout having had a single serious accident during the 1100-mile movement. It was followed into camp by the 41st division's 66th field ar tillery brigade, composed of Seat tle's 146th, northern Idaho's 148th and Oregon's 218th. The 41st's second motorized unit, made up of more than 4000 men and over (500 trucks, was the largest to make the trip south. Arriving In camp Monday af ternoon was MaJ. Gen. Charles . F. Thompson, commander of the , 3rd division. Checking bivouac Points en route by ear, General Thompson said he found the motorized movement functioning smoothly and "with surprising success." "Particularly noteworthy," he s id, "was the public's reaction to tfcs troops. Everywhere we found tha public extending itself to co operate with the army, going out of its way to show the soldiers a good time In their overnight blv ouav points." j Vast German Spy System In US Told (Continued from Page 1) man business house in Amer ica that has not on Its staff at least one gestapo agent" 2. Reports from other Ger-; ' mans, the consulates, seamen and many others find their way into a master card file in Ham burg which serves as a . "con stant barometer" of sentiment in the .United States. Ameri can citizens are listed as friends, enemies or are placed In an "in dependent class." S. Germany's primary "at tack" against the United States is not against the nation itself , but through cultivation of South American relations, as a meth of of gaining a foothold there ahead of the United States. 4. Hundreds of persons have been sent to the United States by the German gestapo in the guise of political refugees and as Quota - immigrants. " " Midnigh US Boils at Nazi Warning Hull Sees Admiral's Threat as Plan to Lull Defense Effort -.-.it .. . " (Continued From Page 1) acid replies from two men high in the i administration: Presidential Secretary Ste phen Early asserted that he had "an Idea Berlin la trying to do anything it can. to becloud the president's speech." Secretary Hull said the Raeder pronouncement appeared to 4be some sort of a threat to induce this country, and nrobablr other American nations,' to refrain from real efforts at self defense until Hitler gets control of the high seas off the world and of the other four continents. He added it was a favorite' nazi method, Neither by threats or per suasion to induce European coun tries to refrain from real efforts at self! defense until Hitler was ready to seize them. It seems to be, Hull asserted, an Integral part of the Hitler program of world conquest by force. It was Earlr who disclosed that the president had decided to re write completely the fireside chat Early did not specifically identify the changes. Whether recent events had cry talked any decisions ; for changes In American foreign policy could not be determined. But from many sources have come demands that the presi dent take a stronger , stand en the problem of getting all-out material aid to embattled Eng land, :j It was Questionable whether he was prepared in Tuesday nitrht'a address to lay openly before the world any specific program for expanding American assistance to Britain; But the strong terms which Hull used in his reply to Raeder made it appear that this country was prepared to defy all threats from ermany. Both Hull and Early usually mirror with - curacy; the views of the president nunsea. Never before, so far as Early could; recall, had the chief ex ecutive, devoted so much time to the preparation of an address. Collaborating with him were two men adept at fashioning phrases Playwright Robert T. Sherwood and Judge Samuel I. Rosenman of the New York state supreme eoort. Their presence heretofore when Roosevelt was drafting speeches has augured a pronouncement of first-rank importance. Early gave definite nrnnro la ment of speculation on the mag nitude: of the SDeech. Two wuV. ago, before Roosevelt cancelled an aaaress because of poor health, his press secretary had adviwwt reporters not to attach special im portance to it. But to a question Monday whether he cared to issue a simuar warning, Early, replied: "Up to yesterday (Sunday) I would have repeated the warn ing, today (Monday) I can tell you the president will be en gaged through the day, Into the night i and m e s t of tomorrow (Tuesday) In revising his speech In the light , of rapidly changing conditions abroad. "Don't ask me te go into de tails because I cant. YooH get them when you get the speech." He turned aside as a detail i request for comment n Admiral Raeder's assertion that convoys would? mean shooting. The ad miral made tils declaration Sun uay "i an interview with a re porter for a Japanese news aeenev in Berlin. I Secretary Hull would not com ment on the possible significance or mat circumstance. Some in formed persons suggested, how ever, that the German naval mm mander had directed his words at Japan as well as the United States with a view to bringing pressure on the Jananese to ful fill commitments under the axis pact. Sf.i . -: - ;. ;-- These sources noticed that Kaeder had called the activities f American patrol vessels "ag. gresslve," pointing out : that Japan was obligated te go to war; in the event either Italy or Germany was attacked by a nation not previously at war wun.tnem. There was some coniectura whether Germany was deslmu nt bringing Japanese warships into action; to offset any additional naval aid the United States might extend to Britain. If Raeder's words were aimed Dartiallv at Japan, observers remarked, then Hull's strong response also could be .taken as defiance of the Japanese. .TOKYO. -May 27.-(Tuesday 1- -(flV-Koh Ishli, Japanese infor mation bureau spokesman, de clared today that should the United States begin convoying ships:' she would "create a dan gerous and serious situation which may result in destruction of modern civilization.. 54,The clearing house for transmission. of Information to Germany about the United States, has been transferred front New, York to San Fran cisco. , ' -" . - ' 6; Germany has believed that if the United States, which it regards as a hostile nation, en ters a war. It will be with Japan. 7. The gestapo seeks to make every. German business house in America "a potential fort ress. . in case of sudden em- - ergencies-"' - One Killed, Five Hurt In Autos : (Continued from Page 1) LaYerne Kelly of Portland, who received severe leg bruises and scratches. Mrs. Hayden was taken to the Salem eneral hospital. Milford Litwiller, route one, re ceived cuts on the right ear, temple and eyebrow, and his com panion, Edna Mae Poulin, 16, of 1290 North 16th street, received leg cuts, a bruised mouth- and scratches when Litwiller's car hit a power pole at 14th and D streets. " Litwiller was charged by city police with having no driver's license. James Lynn Bennett, S26 Union street, drove his Salem Taxi com pany cab into a cluster light standard in the 800 block on State street early Monday morning, taking out the standard and con tinuing on to hit a tree. Bennett told police he must have fallen asleep. - He received nose and lip cuts. Bread Strike (Continued from Page 1) workers, also calls for a union shop and a week's vacation with pay. The district s CIO loggers will present their dispute to the zed' oral mediation board in Washing' ton, DC, Wednesday, negotiations over a closed shop issue having failed. . . j Cuts Supply if "'! f " 5 tot 'tkat X - mm British Navy Traps Warship Nazis Admit Bismarck Fighting Great Odds .' in Iceland Battle (Continued from Page 1) hit on one German warship Mon day, but the victim was not more specifivHy identified. - - - In the battle for the Island ef Crete,' the British acknowledged , their positions had been broken near Canea in the western part of the fslaadVjsnd the German high command called the island struggle "a successful battle." ' Gone, Berlin asserted, was sub stantially the whole of .the cruiser section of the royal navy's Medi terranean fleet Eleven of the 12 -The British reported a torpedo By Associated Press The Bismarck, launched in February, 1939, and completed this year, mounts eight 15-inch guns and has additional bat teries of twelve 5J-lnch and sixteen 4.1-inch armament Her normal complement is about 1401 officers and men, She has a speed ef about 21 knots. British cruisers known to have been based earlier in the eastern Mediterranean had been sunk, it was claimed, by German and Ital ian aerial action supported by the Italian navy. ' This, the Germans declared in their version of the test of the warship against the aerial bomb er, was aside from these addition al successes; eight British destroy era, a submarine and five torpedo boats sunk; , a battleship, several cruisers and destroyers damaged. The British faced with an other serious challenge in the t - MoW . To) fi) Z : ' , fi t i Two scientific factors advance the Road Per- f onnance Rating of the new Shell Gasoline to an all-time bight I 1 1 e It la refined with rho Solutizor Procoss ! (orlgtnofod by Shell's rasaarch loborato-i rias, Patent No. 2,149,379). This steps up parformanca by rmovlng tha "pro-knock i morcaptons" which hava always bean a; drag on partbrmatKa. I 2e Thermol conversion mokes It extra rich In iso-compounds similar to Iso-ocfana first producad comma rdally by Shall sdantbts to sa Amarlco 100-octana ervi crrion gasoBno . fuel so powartul and affldant that It lad to on Incraosa fat tha SERVICE TIP FOCI CALIFORNIA i MOTORISTS Ftm Sprint chtch- . . . "Tkoro-fast ' servkt a cranicast full ef Summer - GoUnr Shell Motor Oil-aniyour car's "Sprint Feetinf. North Atlantis af tssxested If the fact that the X5,09-ton Ger man battleship Blsmark appar ently remained vncavght after sinking I the 42 J03-ton, British battle cruiser Hood off Green land summoned the last ounce of their over-matched Mediter ranean i air power te save Crete if possible. British bombers joined by fight ers In an improvised offensive air arm were said by the RAF to have smashed at least 24 German planes on the island in heavy raids of Sunday and Saturday night Too, it. was added, "many" . German craft were damaged or set aflame. Among those put down as cer tainly destroyed were ' two Jun kers transport' planes; at least three others were among those listed as ' severely damaged and perhaps destroyed. This action was centered on Malemi airdrome near Canea, the Cretan . capital and the bloodiest battleground of yesterday's land engagements. It was in that area that the Germans pierced the al lied positions at great cost,' the British command reported, and were met by the shock of a counter-attack by New Zealanders. The: Germans thus claimed to hold the entire western tip of Crete. .The British challenged this, declaring that It was not an allied line as such that had been breached, but only a aeries of fluid allied positions. In the other two major fighting areas 4 about the towns of Can dle and Retimo the allied forces were declared in London to be holding ; their own. Bolt Hits Transformer PORTLAND, May 26.-(AV Lightning struck a power trans former t in north Portland late Monday:; afternoon, causing tem porary suspension of service in that district Showers "during the day brought .06 of an inch of pre cipitation. rap speod and flying range off America's pianos vpto30l These two factors save on the costliest driving . you do Stop-and-Go. And improved road performance means a new thrill in motoring! Your Shell dealer has new Solutized Shell (at regular price) and Shell Premium try a tankful today! tAf?r.T7' I i it 1 Mil i ' New Draft Set On July First Men Reaching 21 by That Date Must Be Registered i (Continued from Page 1). ing. A provision of the draft law allows voluntary service by men 18 to 21. f The July 1 date was chosen. It was understood, In order that men registering then would have time to find out before fall whether or not they might expect to be called f or duty. This would permit them to plan ahead for their fall and winter work or educational sched ules. ;V '; ' . $ ,.' ' - The manner Of integrating these new men with the first group of draftees in each local area his been under consideration here for sev eral months. Two principal meth ods were studied. One called for sandwiching them among the orig inal registrants by lottery; the oth er, for adding them to the end of the lists. Officials said Monday that the latter method, probably would be used. It would work this way: Each - man will get a registration num ber when ho signs up. Each of the M0t areas thus will have m No. 1 No. 2, etc: One set ef corresponding umbers then wQI be drawn in the national lottery. If was the first number draws, that would bo "order No. 1 and men holding the number St would be the first ef the new registrants called to serve if there was no reason to defer their training. The expectation Is that thou sands of the men registered July 1 will be called for service with in a few months even though they are put at the end of their Out of Petroleum -CHICKENS Vitamin B is being added to commercial poultry feeds to make hens lay better, and increase the "hatchability" of eggs. Scientists at the "University of Petro-1 leum," Shell's $7300,000 research labo ratories, observed some peculiar crystals in a new product they had made from petroleum . . '; ' These laboratory curiosities were val uable in the artificial creation of Vitamin U essential to animal fertility. Here, from an oil well, was one of the myste rious forces contributing to the product Hon of life itself! Shell scientists have also found in petroleum a key to synthetic rubber . glycerine fertilizers plastics and scores of needed things. These are by products of their main assignment: finer Shell Gasoline. Cimt t wimm local draft lists. Officials aaU that local boards wCl be lav cUnod "to go quickly through their elder registrants in order to reach men who hare neither de pendents nor essential employ ment and are at aa age which the army ; wants. Grange Votes 99 to 18 on eNo Convoys" "No" vote was cast by 89 per sons and "yes by 18 on the ques tion "Should the United Statef convoy' aid to Great Britain and her allies?" in a public town-hall meeting Monday night at the Swe gle school, arranged by the Salem grange. - :Ji - Principal speakers at the meet- s ing, attended by about 150 peo ple, were Hoy R. Hewitt, Salem attorney, on the affirmative, and Peter Zimmerman, Yamhill, state -senator, on the negative side. For mer State Sen. Dellmore Lessard of Portland, state chairman of the America First committee, and Mrs. Lessard were also present Theodore G. Nelson, chairman of the grange executive commit- j tee, presided. Little was said on the affirm ative side by members of the au dience who took the floor lnfor- ' mally. t? John Martin and Elmer John son, Liberty, approached the sub ject with favor. Negative speakers were Mrs. i Zimmerman, Frank Judd of Liberty, John Whi taker and I F. LeGario of Salem, Mary Murray of Silverton, Mr. G 1111s and Mr. Compton. Mrs. C A. Downs of Salem read a letter from Senator Charles L. McNary, which stated, "I shall oppose the use of American eon- voys and assure you I am Intent on keeping America out of this war FamKrr Smrftf Dbe