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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 13, 1941)
Extra! ... , An "extra with a regular edition deadline of . Z p.' m. Bums' vp The Statesman's, service In bringing the latest news and pictures to the Sa lem area through the leased V wire faculties of the AT and special news sources. - IiT.TTY.FEST xTAB o- t' IMeW GIO . , ,r Strike IS Called off Seriate Approves FR Taking Oyer Defense Plants "-.- . - j. , . By The Auoclated Press - Acceding to a request of the defense mediation board, the CIO. steel workers , organizing committee Thursday called off a strike set for midnight in two plants of the airplane propeller division of Curtiss Wright com pany, near Pittsburgh. As this newest threat to Ameri can warplane' production was re moved. . the senate acted to strengthen the government's hand in dealing with strikes in defense Industries. - . It approved, 67 to 7, a measure authorizing President Roosevelt to take over defense plants In cases where production is threatened and management, or labor, has failed to make use of mediation agencies. - .;." Coupled with this legislation, '.which' now goes to the house, was an expression of condem- nation of strikes or lockouts in i' TolTing rejection of. the decl- slons of- mediators. Also includ ed wsi a reaffirmation j e the principle' of collective bargain ,,.tar. ?.yi.i;;-;V S . 'U Meanwhile, there was a new ef fort to settle the dispute that has crippled production in the big shipyards of the San Francisco bay "area. The executive council Of the 'International Association of Machinists, sitting at Washing ton, wired the strikers a request to call off the walkout, saying its action was in deference to a di rect request by President -Roose velt - - , But at the same time, the coun cil, in a letter to the president which notified him of the wire - (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) Banks Given Parole for 4 August 1 The state parole board Thurs day granted - a parole; effective August 1, to Al N. Banks, ex Sal em Teamsters union head, who was sentenced to a 12 year term in the state penitentiary for the - part he played in burning the West Salem Box company's plant in November, 1937. Banks' parole . was recommended by Ralph E. Moody, who assisted In his. prosecution, Circuit : Judge Artie G. Walker, who -presided at the trial, and other officials. At the. time of Rosser's trial Banks turned state's evidence. The fire resulted in a loss ex ceeding , $100,000. Banks has served approximately three years of his term. fa ae Ens ca Paul llauser't Column Mr. McGoober Writes: Dear Paul: - : Yesterday I went to investigate the report the navy needs more manpower. But it's no go. ' 'On your way, Fiddlefoot," says the r boatswain's mate recruiter. 'We want boys with brains." The only M'Goober that ever got in the navy is my brother Dan, who's been all over the world but lives In Eola, He joined up a flat-chested kid and come out so big and tough you couldnt boiled him in .babbit. i. He ' was over from Eola the - other day "to see a dentist about a potential cavity. - - , t I hear It costs $18,00t to : educate a dentist," he remarks to this oral engineer; "It's prae- (Turn to Page 3, Col. 4) Our Senators T1 S7S "TT) o . Uridtait; Jim Leaves Pen ISansOlteh Still at large late last night after being searched for by pen-- Itentlary guards and state police since about 11 aan. Thursday was Scott Jim," It year old In dian, who escaped from a' gun gang at the penitentiary annex shortly after It aan. Jim was missed from a gang of : convicts clearing I brush at the south, end of the annex grounds and search started Im mediately In the vicinity of County Plans More Than $200,000 Will Be Spent in -Beautifi cation More than $200,000 worth of road construction or beautiCca tion projects will be started on their i way in Marlon county be tween now and next fall if tenia tive state highway department schedules are carried out First" project, and smallest, due for attention after the Woodburn- Rock creek section. . $22,700 SUT: facing and oilin ioba on which bide were called for the highway commission's Thursday - Friday meeting this week, is beautifica- tion of thee roadside south of Sa lem on the Pacific highway, prin cipally at-the South 12th street junction. Its cost is estimated at $8500. The project is scheduled for bids early next fall. Tentatively due for bid-tak ing next fall Is grading and pav ing of a mile of the Pacific highway south of Salem, from niihec to Miller creek, estimated as $7t,t0t. . Extension of the Salem-Silver- ton road surfacing' and widening improvement is also listed on the highway department's tentative fall bid program.' Two miles of surfacing costing $43,000 is con templated. First piece of national defense highway work likely to bo under taken in Marion county is recon struction and widening of the Pudding river bridge north of Aurora. The job will cost $90,000, the highway department esti mates. More Persons May Vote on SchoolBoard Approximately 40 more people. without changing their residence, are entitled to vote In the Salem school election next Monday than were In 1940, District Clerk Con nell C. Ward said Thursday. Their homes are In a northeast part of the district which was transferred in January from the Hayesville district , ' Parts of three subdivisions. Grandhaven, Fairhaven ..and Scott's Acres, were involved in the change, which allowed three children to attend Salem schools. Four Salem men are candidates for the position on the school board, Percy A. Cupper, incum bent, Ralph H. Campbell, Herman E. Lafky and Francis E. Manley. Nazis Count Crete : Losses v i ' v ;''v"' - BERLUf, jr,une.,12-(a3)-The nazi high command, disclosing that Crete was assaulted and taken on the personal orders of Adolf- Hit ler, declared Thursday that Ger man losses in . that extraordinary invasion were 5,893 men' dead, wounded and missing as against allied losses nearly four times greater. ' Specifically, it was stated, Brit ish and Greek officers and men killed aggregated about 5,000 British officers and men taken prisoner 10,700; Greek officers and men taken prisoner 5,000 this aside from the allied losses at sea. . Road Building B Action Gherriahs Lead Rose Fete" Trek ; Salem to Invade Portland With I . , v V .. iv.. . Marching Units Led by the Salem Cherrians, their drill team, the Salem high school band and the Oregon sheriffs mounted posse, Sa- em residents by the hundreds will go to Portland by train and by automobile this morning to see the Rose Festival parade. The Cherrians anticipate no dif ficulty in fulfilling their guaran tee of 150 passengers for the spe cial Southern Pacific, train, which is to leave the railroad station at am. Reduced roundtrip fares for grownups and children, good for the return journey on- any regular train up to midnight Sun day, have been on sale at the station as well as at the Cherrian booth downtown. Cherrians drivinr to Port land were Instructed Thursday to assemble at the Union sta tion at 1:45 to meet the spe cial train and march to Mult nomah stadium, from which the parade will start at 10. O. D. "Frosty' Olson and a crjw cf Cherrians went to Port ld early Thursdfy to start bo retJcing the , Salem : Coat, theme ior wni&i is "The voice of Salem Gardens. Willamette university's 1941 May queen, Barbara Young, and her two attendants. Hazl Bunnell and Dorothy Baldwin, will ride on the float in the pa rade. State and other pubUe offices are not closing for the day. bnt many of their staff members (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Council Mulls Sewage Plans Of Engineers The city council's sewerage and drainage committee met Thursday to consider proposals of five en gineering firms for the post of consultant on design and con struction of the sewage treatment plant for which a $200,000 bond issue was voted at an election May 20. Alderman. Glenn Gregg, chair man, said that the committee would have a decision by Monday and will make a recommendation to the council meeting that night ' The' council may also have an ordinance authorizing sale of the sewage plant bonds if approval of Portland bond experts on legality of the election procedure is given in time. Engineering firms seeking the lob include L. R. Stockman, John Cunningham and associates, Stev ens & Koon, Jenks tt Corey and D. Arthur Lowe & Son and asso ciates. As British i i Gen. Henri Dents News snotllrht on the European day with the US state department mulling what to do about the sinking of the Kobtn Moor by a German submarine ar i the reported pressure on Russia by massed nasi divisions In Poland and Eu : mania. The ErULh ar:J the Free French forces revolt sirnal success in their march Into Syria, bat Vichy, hearing from Gen. Henri Dents, (above, left) commander of the defense ferees, claims the ad Tanco has been stemmed The map- shows air distances from Syria, important bases and the arrows indicate the ErUi&h laTl&ion points. FCUNC3l? 1631 .Sedan. Oregon, Friday Morning. June 13. 1941 on Appointed lit ROBERT JACKSON -iff J President Roosevelt Thursday appointed his sixth and seventh nominees lor the supreme court bench, we greatest manner py any president since George -Washington. Attorney General Robert Jackson and (right) Sen. James T. Byrnes, will take the tolaees of the new chief justice, (eenter) Harlan F. stone wiu replace cmer justice Motorized US; Troops Tops High Rank. Officers r Qaim Equipment ; . Finest in World . :V- .-. By JACK BEARDWOOD (Special to The Statesman) CAMP HUNTER LIGGETT, Calif., June 12-Soldiers, from gen erals to buck privates ' agreed Thursday that the 'United-States army has nothing to fear regard ing its motorized equipment ' Army trucks are taking ter rific beating on rough roads and over rugged terrain on Hunter Liggett reservation but there has n't been a serious breakdown among more than 4,000 vehicles driven here 1,500 miles from Fort Lewis, Wash. - As more than 2,000 ninth corps officers continued a "paper war" over a vast area stretching from Saunas to San Luis Obispo, Lieu tenant General John DeWitt had an opportunity to see the vehicles operating under virtual war con ditions. "Our motorized equipment Is holding up splendidly," he said. That Is partly duo to the ve hicles being comparatively new, (Turn to Page 2, Cot 7) Rites Set for v Lute Savage Last services for Lute Savage, retired Oregon state penitentiary guard who died Wednesday at the age of 77" years, are set for 1:30 this afternoon at the W. T. Rig don chapel. Rev. Robert A. Hutchinson will officiate, and Salem Elks lodge will conduct ritualistic services. Burial will be in Lee Mission cem etery. : -. Push Invasion J, U R K E. n rv t - Syria on war now shifted to the middle east 1 r 7"-;i J , i w a q f i V i v , . - . , , (EMU to High Judicial Places . - . - vx - ... ... v.vv.'-r -.fcv 'V . - I I ; ' HARLAN F. STONE Stone and Associate Justice McReynolds who retired last February. coanea swaaa Ucnes who retires FDR Names Chief Justice A nd Two JSf eiv Associates . - ' , . v. , . i '- Harlan Stone Takes Hughes9 Place as Head of US Supreme Court; Jackson and Byrnes Fill Vacant . WASHINGTON" J van l2 - ( supreme court; vacancies. with new dealers Thursday and sim ultaneously elevated Associate Justice Harlan F. Stone, who shares his theory of constitutional interpretation, to the high post of chief justice of - the- United States. ..V.-, - ' r " As associate justices, Mr. Roose velt appointed Attorney General Robert H. Jackson of New York and Senator James F.' Byrnes of South Carolina. They were his six and seventh nomination to the nation's highest tribunal. As a matter of customary courtesy, the senate confirmed, the Byrnes ap pointment by acclamation eleven minutes after it was received. There was . much conjecture Immediately as to who would get Jackson's cabinet post The most frequently . mentioned waa Solicitor General Francis M. Bid die. There have been several past vacancies In the attorney generalship and the president has usually filled it by stepping up the solicitor general, second la command in the department Stone's promotion 'was obvious ly and widely popular. Some scattered objections to the Jack son, nomination were expected from those who bitterly .criticized his advisory opinion of last fall on the legality of transferring American destroyers and mosquito boats to Great Britain. But the confirmation of the two, after an interim of formalities, was taken for granted and confidently pre dicted on all sides. Thus, when the court meets in October for Its W41-42 term, sev en of its nine members will be Roosevelt appointees. The two : (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) ' in Syria r.o? -1 - the map was somewhat overshadowed Thurs Prlc 3cj Soyie 8 unk JAMES BYRNES Two of the three men named, (left) July 1. Places - President Roosevelt filled two SuirivorsTeU Dramatic Tale Torpedoed US Vessel Crew Left to Fate in Open lifeboats WASHINGTON, June A dramatic account of how a Ger man submarine gave the 46 pas sengers and crew of the American merchant ship Robin Moor 30 nun utes to abandon the vessel before it was torpedoed and then left them to their fate in open life boats was Issued by the state de partment tonight . The department released with out comment a second and more comprehensive report from Wat ter J. Linthicum, American consul at-Pernambuco, Brazil, on the basis of his Interview with thefll survivors landed there. ' (Turn to Page 2, CoL S) " '. Auto Makers Told to Drop Price Raises WASHINGTON. June 12-P-Five automobile manufacturers who recently raised prices $10 to $53 on various models were asked Thursday by Leon Henderson, price administrator, to withdraw the increases immediately to aid in resisting Inflation. Henderson announced also that his office would watch used car prices closely next season when the "pressure comes from the cur tailment of new models." Manu facturers have agreed to cut pro duction of next season's models by 20 per cent . , "Recent, price advances are In consistent with favorable earnings positions of the industry as whole during recent periods," Hen derson said in a telegram , to the manufacturers. - , r" The request was sent to the Ford Motor company, the Chrysler cor. poration, the Nash-Kelvinator (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) , Governor Will Ride In Rose Fete Parade Governor. Charles A. Sprague will occupy an automobile in the Portland Rose Festival parade Friday. Most state offices here will operate with skeleton crews and a large number of state officials and employes will attend the festival, - .., ' , Newtxiands 5c ' ' .LPispateli Malted W Mem TTT. rariieys Fpk:io:'-StM:Edct8 Of W-Bdcii; Charges; Germans Hedging President Withdraws Request To Suspend Judgment; Says "No Longer Any Reason" BULLETIN . - HELSINKI, Finland, Friday, Jun 13 (AP)--It. is understood in well informed quarters here that Ger- . many has enlarged certain far-reaching; demands on Russia. ;: v yt'i ; t"- - , (The, telephone connection through 1 Gennaiiy rto Bern, Switzerland, was cut as this dispatch was being relayed from Finland, and the remainder yijiotj . - receiTed. -. .- -..;.'. u - (By The Associated Press) A preliminary consular report given out' Thursday by the state department declared flatly that a German submarine sank the US merchant ship Robin Moor in full knowledge that the vessel was American. This was the version of Walter J. Linthicum, the American concul in Recife (Pernambuco), Brazil, after interviewing the survivors as summarized in Washington by Acting Secretary of State Sumner Wells. The Robin Moor was undoubtedly sunk by a German sub marine at 6 o'clock Greenwich time on the morning of May 21 at Latitude 6:10 north and longitude 25:40 west The command er of the submarine was fully aware that the vessel was Ameri can. All survivors in good health. Depositions of survivors have" been taken and comprehensive summary will be sent soon as coded" : . " ' ' ; " Allies Pledge Nazis' Doom War Aims Declared by Churchill at Parley of 15 Nations , LONDON, June ltD-Wln-ston ChurchlU. Joined by the representatives of 15 allied governments In a vow to fight on against the axis to death or victory. Thursday solemnly pledged that for Hitler there will be ne peace, no rest no halting place, nor parley. They met these agents of gov ernments of the British empire and of other governments exiled by the march of German troops across Europe benina ine scarred and gloomy browns tone walls of St James palace and promised to stand together in the war ahead and to work together (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Vctr'Nows Briefs BERLIN, Friday. June ll-) -British bombers flew into wes tern and northwestern Germany Thursday night, dropping ex plosive and Incendiary bombs In residential sections at various points,. DNB, official German new agency, said today. A num ber of civilians were killed and Injured, the agency said. . TOKYO, Friday, June 12-(flP) -Senklchl Toshizawa, . Japan's unsuccessful trade emissary to the Netherlands East Indies, will bo recalled soon, Koh Ishil, cabinet Information bureau spokesman, Indicated today. An official announcement on the Dutch-Japanese Impasse Is pected next week. , ex- LA LXXEA, Spain, Friday, Juno 13-VA -, squadron of warplanes of undetermined na tionality dropped ' five bombs on the fortress of Gibraltar ear ly today .before anti-aircraft JTurn to Page 3, Col. 3) Weather - Fair today and Saturday with showers aver noun , tains today. Utile change ,in humidity, Max. temp. Thursday St, nun. CI. Elver . -.9 ft. West wind. Partly cloudy..- .' . ' XT0.C7 Stephen Early. While uoasc secretary, who earlier had said President Kooscveli asked that Judgment be smspended nntll . the sarvl vers stories were learned, said today the Teqnest was withdrawn. There bo longer seems to be any reason to reserve Judg ment" Early said. , , At the White House,' It was stated that this full report was expected on Monday, or possibly later, and that It must be studied before any American . course of action was determined upon. The way had been prepared, however, for diplomatic action or some thing stronger. - A German spokesman .. said Thursday night that Germany still had no proof that a German submarine " sank the vessel. HO added the incident was being In vestigated. 1 . ' "In a general way," an an thoriaed German, spokesman had remarked earlier, "we can only say that the commanders of German naval vessels. In cluding submarines, have or ders to conduct themselves la most strict accord with the pre cepts of International law." This grave development it was repeated attacks on American shipping which helped decide) congress and the president to en gage Imperial Germany tn 1917 cast into relative obscurity tha day's action on the far-spread war fronts. ' - ' , " '--, The guns still broke ' the age- bid silences of the Bible lands of Syria and Lebanon, 'where the British and their freo French al lies went on with their campaign to wrest those mandated areas from Vichy. :, 'v. Just how matters stood was ob scured by conflicting claims. The British said they had advanced along the Lebanese coast to the port of Sidon, which Is Just 23 miles south of the capital of Beirut - and that other columns were at the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus. ' British communiques lz !lel that the Vichy French cwere offering In some sectors a somewhat stlf f er re&iasce than formerly, attributing 'this to a misguided notion as to the (Turn to Page 2. Cct 2) " am ' i. - ... WireCuite Seereit
