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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1941)
. Jl 4 1 t. V" i ; t i " l: PAGS TWO Navy Refutes Nazi Claim - ' . FR Expected to Make , Radio Reply ; Nippon Hedges on Aid Pact (Continued from Page 1) et to Leningrad in fog-shrouded fighting. A German war correspondent : reported that German units had penetrated "a soft spot" in the Leningrad defenses,'- but did not specify its location. He cited many obstacles created by the Russians, highways pitted with traps and , mine fields and fortresses. German dispatches, however, ' said a long-range bimkird -- ment of InnsTa4 continued, , with electrie power plants and a . monitions factory effectively hit. Strait- lnftwaffe anlts also were declared to have scattered strong troop eoBcentraUons ' In the "area." ;;"r: '-:iy The soviet information bureau Issued a communique as the Ger man-Russian r struggle entered Its 12th week today statins that "During Sept 6 our troops fought the enemy along the entire front' "Thousands of German sold iers, hundreds of tanks, armored cars and lorries, scores . of artu lery minethrowers and machine gun batteries have been annihi lated by the accurate fire of our guns," the communique said, and specified that at least 15,000 of the invaders had been killed by " soviet artillery fire Thursday. ""The soviet air force was said to be backing ground troops with massed blows upon German pan ser troops, Infantry and artillery. British naval forces in the Med ' lterranean struck anew in an ef fort to halt reinforcement of axis armies in North Africa. The British admiralty an nounced In London that the 11.-398-ton Italian liner Esperia had been torpedoed and sank on a sooth-bound voyage near Trip oli, Libya, as one of "an excep tionally strongly escorted con voy." She was described a? of a troop-ship type. Only Friday the admiralty a.1 ' nounced the torpedoing and "al most certain sinking of a, liner ' tentatively identified as the 23,-635-ton Duilio:' J " Britain admitted, however, the loss of her 30th submarine in the war, the P-33., Unlisted in navy manuals, it apparently was of a new type. Germany took firing squad ac tion in retaliation for attacks upon her occupying forces in France. "" ; Three French hostages, report ed to have been selected1 from " among communists at the JDrancy concentration - camp i near .. Paris, were lined up and shot in repris al for a shooting in which a Ger man sergeant was slightly wound ed last week. Young People Take Awards (Continued from Page 1) homemaking. In livestock she has carried swine projects.' She has led 101 percent clubs In cooking' and clothing and this year won grand championship In the' Northwest Yeast com pany's bread 'baking contest In addition to blue ribbons in king and camp' cookery, room Improvement ribbons for her special bread exhibit can ning, clothing and homemaking; her swine entries took a firs and a second, and she partid- ; pa ted In the style revue - and homemaking judging contest Miss Burkhart, 17, also has had eight years of club work and has lead clothing and sheep clubs. She, too, carried away a number of ribbons ; in home economics. took swine prizes, participated in the style revue and was among winning sheep exhibitors. :..?, Young Marsh, - IS, has h a d five years of club work, has won : high awards with his Hereford cattle, Cotswold sheep, Hamp- shire hogs and In the crops pro ject Ho has been active In lo cal leader association activities m his 'county and is ineral chairman of the Model 411 clubs fat his county. The 4H club unc tion netted htm II2L4J. .Penham, 17, has completed sev en years of 411 club work, having carried projects in vegetable -gar dening, poultry, beef cattle and hogs. He was local leader of a livestock club In his community which has been rated as "very : successful.' ' C Member of . th e. 4H livestock judging team which placed first at the state fair this year, he also topped classes here in vegetable gardening, poultry and hogs, winning in addition severs wards . In beef classes. At- the club livestock auction be sold animals bringing him S3 8 1.72. IHsm Nichols, Junior fat Sxlexn high school, : plans ; to attend Oregon State college, majoring fat home, economics. Secretarial or journalistic work beckon to ZZls Baxkhart, senior at ., Al bany hgh school where she en- , ys working la the sehl Prist shop, Eoih boys' Han to take aniinar husbandry at Ore gon StitS collere. THIanock county's dairy pro duction demonstration team and t- Eeatoa county home demon ttration team, winning first" places Some Fun-t-Children's Day at Fair .J V- It wasChudren's day the fair fy i -r ' . viX v bM. ins themselves. Top picture Buddie Barton, g, left, and Eddie west, 4,rld. the pontes (tostead .ing-them. m iiors were aoinai. ocitw umr er Dale. 5. in ttie rear seat, with brother Raymond, 5, wait expectantly for the miniature train to start. Wfflkie Asks Use of Force On Sea Lanes (Continued from Page 1) will receive the result they are entitled to. . 'There are certain things a na tion cannot yield without losing strength, and certain . things a people cannot yield without los ing soul. I hope America will lose neither her strength nor her soul." Addressing himself to the exiled king and the people of Yugoslav via as "a nation that did not lose its soul," Willkie paid tribute to their moral courage in meeting the nazi challenge. - ' Speaking from London, King Peter said: "At tins moment all our efforts must be' directed to one aim; to deliver our country as soon as possible, with the as sistance of our mighty - allies and the great American democracy. Gervais Native Dies in Salem J ' MT. ANGEL- Ralph Varnes, 55, formerly of Gervais, " died Friday at a Salem hospital.-'. He was bora at Gervais February 21, 1886, the son of John and1' The resa Varnes. - He is , survived by his widow, Majella Varnes, Ger vais; baby son, Frederic; inother, Theresa Varnes, Gervaisf promer, Simon Varnes,1 Gervais; and sis ter, Mrs. Mary Schwab, St;lHel ens.;- -'."i -"" -'""-'t-v-'-V-''- Recitation of the rosary to be held Sunday and Monday nights at 8 o'clock at the chapel of the Unger mortuary ML Angel. Fun eral services - are to be ' held Tuesday, September - 0, - at ' 10 ajn. from the Catholic church, at Gervais. - ; '.: ,' : -. . Hoover ; Schedules . Talk 'l NEW YORK,. Sepf B.-(5VFor mer : President ' Herbert Hoover will' discuss the international sit uation Tuesday, .Sept 15, In CBS broadcast from Chicago from 6:15 to 6:45 p. m. (PST). Kansas Streams Flood TOPEKA, KaiL, Sept. S-fP)-Fed by heavy late summer rains Kansas streams were on another rampage today, flooding: farm fields and cities and causing high property damage. . " i- - : In their divisions, are to repre sent Oregon at the National Dairy show in Memphis, Term, Ortober 12. , - - . ' Portland's grand champion team will represent Oregon at the Pa cific International Livestock show in competition for' the Plummer trophy in homemaking. j-i "I r Saturday and here are a few e viwji w JoAllee CoUeen Brown a, ana per Coast Blonde Wins Annual Beauty Prize (Continued from Page 1) week-long test of 42 beauties for talent, personality, and ap pearance. The judges awarded , the run- nerup position to Miss Western Pennsylvania, Rosella M a r i e Hannon, 18 of Pittsburgh, and aena Downing; potholder, Carrol tnarat who declared that it was in third place to Miss Washington, I sletto. Modena Downing rhr. ennitaM. nA ,. , DC, Jean Fiedlis Cavanaugh, 18. In fourth place was Miss West- Chester, Lillian Hdene OTJonnell, ston, Evelyn May Bauer, Roberta Multnomah equalizaUon board, of 18, of Yonkers, NY, .and fifth Reid; cushion, Evelyn May Bau- which Circuit Judge George Taz place was awarded to the other er, Carroll Johnston, Roberta well Is chairman, said finalist, Miss North Carolina, Joey Reid: needle books. Evelvn Mav Tmnnn Mnut i jit-. Augusia -axvon, . 10, 01 Lnarioive. Call for New . .V . Harvest Help '(Continued from Page 1) nJ PnUie fkldS , ,jnory w o r i n, employment xiyiana, xvirs. ueorge eerry, Mrs. service official, said 10,000 pick- Phillip Pietroke; asters, Mrs. Mat ers would be needed in Independ- tie Stout, Mrs. Dell Westenhouse; ence hopyards next week. - ' rinnia, Mrs. Elmer Taylor, first "Well be' okeh for Sunday," he sffnd; marigolds, Mrs. Or said, "because of the -efforts of P Downing. Mrs. Carl Reid; the clubs and Unions. But many bllck yed Susan, Mrs. Dell West of these worker can stay only j" Mr?-,Alex Bodeker; mix one day ' ' bouquet, Mrs. Patton, Mrs. Pie- Todav w. h.i i ull fr.m ke Mr8' Bodeker"' fem Mrs. iJ2LJ?!.ZS2?ls Orville Downing, Mrs. Wilson "T J.X'.rV: rL- ed neat; Salem and West Stay- ton. -The next two or three days wfll tell the story of the prune croo. The situation Is acute with picking time short. , . - The bean crop should be bar- vested by tte first of the week, The yield . has been more' man normal vrmtrAr. .r t ing serious loss. -Hons havo not been areaUv 9V navo an Mn (Rtu hart as yet becaas the - crop. will not mature for another tea days. Conditions will - Improve If the skies remain clear. If rata comes, growers face the danger of mildew." SPIRIT LAKE, Ia HffV This thief is a real artist - - Don Buchan,was preparing DarDecue cunner ior a convention and put a three-gallon pot of cof- fee on an oil stove. . ' : He walked to his car for more suppues ana wuen ne reiurnea both tha pot and stove were gone, a plan to turn out "assembly line Ipswich, SD. His brother, Ser Not one of the 230 .persons clothes." " ' . geant Harrison, expects to start waiting for the dinner saw .the Authorities hastily droDned th MondiT and join the family I Cblef make off with them. Tha CriGOI? CTATESMAIL Zdxsu Prizes Listed For Festival . Many Enter Harvest Fair Held at Lyons Last Week : . LYONS The annual : Harvest festival sponsored by the Santiam Valley grange was held at the grange hall Saturday. Albert Gul ian, Uoyd Sletto and Mrs. Ed Taylor were the committee In charge. The following prises were awarded, in order of placing: Vegetable booth, Marion coun ty, linn county; oats, Lloyd Slet to; parsnips, Lloyd Sletto; pears, Ed Taylor, Chet Kubin, Lloyd Sletto; date prunes, Chet Kubin; lemon cucumbers, Luther Stout dates, Luther Stout; peaches, Lu ther Stout; hubbar d squash, George Clipf ell, George Berry; pumpkin, Lloyd Sletto, Cecil Tea- garden, Ed Taylor; zucchini squash, George Berry, Chet Ku- .?-W - Din; corn, ueorge uerry, Amos Hiatt; lemon tree, Mrs. Amos Hi att; Hungarian prunes, Ed Taylor; potatoes, Cecil Teagarden, Wilson Stevens, Lloyd Sletto, Ed Taylor, Apples, Ed Taylor; quinces, Ce cil Teagarden; damson plum, Ed Taylor; cucumbers, Lloyd Sletto, Luther Stout; strawberries, Lloyd Sletto; carrots, Lloyd Sletto; beets, Lloyd Sletto; beans, Lloyd Sletto, Luther Stout; filberts, Paul Kirsch, Chet Kubin; Italian, prunes Chet .Kubin, Lloyd Slet to; butter, Cecil Teagarden; indi vidual booth. Jack Cornforth. Dresser scarf, Mrs. Uoyd Slet to, Mrs. G. Paul Johnston, Mrs. Mabel Patron;, pillow sham (75 years old) Mrs. Mabel Patton; cu shions, Mrs., Mabel Patton, first and second, Mrs. G. Paul John ston; crocheted baby dress, Mrs. Mabel Patton; silk quilt, Mrs. Keith . Phillips; applique quilt, Mrs. Floyd Monroe; pieced quilt, Mrs. Jack Cornforth; sheet and pillow case set, Mrs. Earl Allen, Mrs. Alex Bodeker; sheet and pillow case set with print, Mrs. M. X. Phillips; pillow cases, Mrs. Lloyd Sletto, Mrs. Orville Down lug, Mrs. Lloyd Sletto; luncheon sets, Mrs. Q. Paul Johnston; hot noiaera, mn. uoon i-oyner. Crocheted centerpiece, Mrs. Jennie Bohannon; crocheted ta-1 blecloth, Mrs. M. K Phillips, Mrs. j Bohannon; wau motto, Mrs. Poy- ner; -embroidered luncheon set, I dots, maoei ranon, jars. M- nps; crocneiea aomes, airs. Patton, first and second, Mrs. G. wa. ni! . s m Paul Johnston; tatted doilies, Mrs. .f'"f" rr 'JZTZT .1 -, i rojrner, lt. iaiwu- ing, Mrs. Mabel Patton. Angel cakes, Mrs. Orville Down ing, Betty Bassett, Mrs. Olan Spi va; layer cakes, Mrs. Lloyd Slet to, Mrs. Pete Owens; cookies, Mrs. Pete Owens, Mrs. Mabel Patton, Carrol Sletto; rolls, Mrs. Pete Ow ens, Mrs. Lloyd Sletto; biscuits, Mary Owens, Mrs. Mabel Patton. 4H club division Dresses, Jua nita Downing, Carrol Sletto, Charmayne Westenhouse; house coat,: Hallie Stevens; play suit, Charmayne Westenhouse, Juanita Downing; apron, Carrol Sletto, man's tax worries. - Modena Downing; lunch set, Car- The commission's ruling, j sc roll Johnston. Ewlvn iLfav Ttsnar rnrHinef in TVia A I Roberta Reid: towels. Carrol Slot - to- Charmayne Westenhouse. Mrw Imayne Westenhouse r natch. Hal - Stevens: samnles. Carol John- Bauer, Carrol Johnston, Roberta Keia; Discuits, mine Stevens, Mo dena Downing, Juanita Downing; canned fruit berries, Mod an a Downing, Lois Stevens; prunes, Virginia McRay, Modena Down ing; plums, Lois Stevens, Hallie Stevens; apricots, Dorothy Bas sett, Lois Stevens, Modena Down ing; pears, Evelyn Clipf ell, Vir HcRa Prc Bassett; plan Moaena Aiowmng; posters,! Antuta Forrest. Hallie Stovn P1 to?:. j roiwera-iranuas, Mrs. D a v e Stevens; lily, Mrs. Roy Philippl. in club livestock-Showman- .nin urn aruBundl rrivn n,,Mi.-rMM..-.-i cveT ,r'JXZ: calves, Bill Richardson, Char mayne Westenhouse, JaV Rich- ardson, Donald Cutsforth; senior calves. Jav 1Uohaninn tm t?iv ardson, Donald Cornforth; Junior Tru r3onald :()rnforth,iBffl chardson. Junior Owens; senior rlingV Bfll Richardson, Char- mayne Westenhouse Janft oer; producing cows, Buddy Cornforth, Junior Owens, DonaM j tr . M ' - ' wLSlsita i Sheep showmanship, Juanita technical quaimcauona. ;t Downing, Duane Downing, Mode- Another large group of selectees na Downing; fat lamb, Du an 11 exPected to arrive t the. post Downing, Modena Downing, Jua the near future. This quota nita Downing; ewe lamb, Lee Ax- contemplated to bring '.4h cam Ins. Hallie Stevens: Rett n...4. mands on the post up to original I bummer lamb. Modena JVwmin i j - : - J slightly because of discharges due a : ; PARlS-ff)-Tlusv hard-hit but! to expiratkm of enlistments, med- J persistent fashion capital has put up grimly with less food and drink -1 and ersatx apparel such aa numm J made from old Panama hats, but l tne nowis were loud and long over I matter. 4 Oregon; Sunday Morning Csptersber 7. 1 H f. SEN. IJEW WALLACE Wallace Flips . j - ; . J. i ' Hat in Ring ' Will Seek Democratic Nomination in Race or Governorship; .... i . .. i - ; (Continued from Page 1) ments In the repnbllcaa side of fho 1942 gubernatorial picture last week. Secretary of State Earl SnelL now considered as virtually certain to oppose Gov. Charles A. Spragne for! the nomination, does not expect to make his premised ,?f an an nouncement "for , some time yet," he said 8atnrday. Prominent republicans in east- era Oregon have written urging SneU to run Instead for congress from their district, the second. It i known, but he Is inclined ra- ther to try for the governorship. J j . : : ! . I Multnomah county's tax mud-1 J Lj,. brought on bv vear. of use 7 w I f to variable ratio system of assessment and by the state tax 1 commission's recent order i de-1 claring a uniform ratio to bf re-1 quired by law, comes Into: the poUtical picture through the-hue cry that has been raised I among the county's coliticlans. I apparently In an effort to gain attention that mikht nrove favor- Um tn their mumImii """i lo araw parry or uimi, uuwcto, iuvi una jcun fused by two simple facts L While the present tax com- . mission L has two repabUcaa members to one democrat, It Is the democrat, veteran Charles H7 Galloway, who has taken a leading rolo In promalgatiag and defending the recent order. 2. Tax commission members are appointed by the state board of control, rather than by any ono state official. ...' .. That combination of facts makes it difficult to blame either party I or any individual for Multno- 1 was attacked in Mi,itrmm, ,r tv in an annual uv.. 1 dentin! nronertv tM n9t4.n. Tn Tir,hoMi tate thai If the assessment prae tices In Multnomah county and many other counties of Oregon. are In error, their solntloa should be through leglslatlvo aellberailon and not through' administrative flat" K The Multnomah board's decision apparently leaves the next move which isigenerally understood to be empowered by law to make i4i,nau iM w. i, an equalizaUon board fails to com- ply with any order, Service Men! Where They An . j Whal Thoy'ra Doing f .: By DAN SELLARD 1 FORT STEVENS, Sept Fif ty members of the 249th coast artfflery j left Friday night and saturdayt morning for Salem and Many of I M-vj. w oi ne men leav- at . Friday were among thoe who Tt ? 5 S durin S8 1boy hoUdF--when 30 per cent of the command Of Sri 011100 M Irwin wpn edrTa?re!l ;" T ! SS&' SSSHt ?LZ L returned to the xort with a group I JfX fj!1! " JS4,!1 Uh land manr wfll be nlaeed In kev I strength, which has dropped I icl cases, ana dependency, b t ' I HAYISVIL I.E Corp. Bob I Hartzel left Wednesday to spend I his ruriougn wiia ,ms parenxs m eroun. - ell Stake Prizes' Rivalry Keen Governor: S Gnartt Has I Applause Many Good Equlnes Are Shown (Continued from Page 1) . Fletcher, took second, while Ne Tonche, s Portland Riding scad-. emy entry ridden by Helen Ba con and Hebe, owned and rid- . dea by Mrs. Barry Kerron were . ' jodged third In the class. Betty Easson rode , Keno, the Walter Hflbrunet gelding to vic tory in the ladies' jumpers event with Jklary Drinker on Governor coming second and Katherine Duniway on Rey (Vencendor third. Jim Hall on White Lady again won the first prize money in the musical chairs, and H. E. Hess, jr., on Highball, took second. Wonder Man llrom the J T. Brown stables,- when ridden by Joe Bob Price, took first in the $250 stake for the best five-gaited horse in the show. . Joann Jensen's Hazelene's Dream was judged sec ond in the class even after losing a shoe during the: competition. Sil ver Tip, owned by Ray C. Smith and ridden by Raymond Harrison, took third. j , the group of horses ran nmg ia the roadsters to bike vent, la competition for . the S20O nue, maurn urivirf owned Wheeler Warren .and driven by James M. Oke, took first. Second went to Miss Dean owned by the L. R. Banks sta bles, driven by Joe Bob Price and third to 1 La Harvester, owned by Dr. James L. Bradley and driven 1 by I Tom Metcalf. Eddie Brewer was also winner of the Dean Harvester perpet nal trophy, givea by Dr. Brad ley. : : . . ! .r; - Mrs. F. B. Bunn's palomino po- mes took first prize money in the $500 ininlature six-horse teams event, Edwin Tannen of Salem took second, with! his black team and third with the team driven by Mrs. Tanner. aa m m 1 -m m neavy aran ciass, n. n. I Martin's blAck Percherons ma Lf in .L w a I TOOK rize money and the D. F. BurK perpetual trophy. F. E. Bently drove the team. L. S. Shat- back drove his English Shires to second place and he T. M. Rolf team took third. Mrs. Burge of Albany presented the trophy to uie driver of the wnnini team. Tl 1t"L a s Confer (Continued from Page 1) CoL Andrew B. 1 Iumashev, and two aviation technicians. A They arrived j before break ; fast and we went to work Im mediately," said General Brooks. "They wouldn't atop to eat so I finally had some food sent ip and got tt Into them nn easy. There's nothing mysterious about the way dd vertisihgr works.. 1 "- It's like the salesmen who go from house to house looking ior customers, t - : r ; . v Advertising does the same. Job .scale; , . " at It's quicker - er cost per call. In other words, it's a lithe saver, it's 'df money saver-as .well. while w worked. These men .definitely are sot joy tiding." At brief press conference Fedetov and General Brooks told reporters the group would Inspect the air force headquarters at Fort George Wright, the army's Geiger ji.u J 1fi VoMu Where several air force units are f? n additional information would be given out concerning the . visit Press rep resentatives were not permitted to accompany ' the party on tour and photographers were banned, even at the conference, r Fair Has New Crowd Record Large ' Attendance on : Saturday Sets Mark ; Funzappopin Held . - - - . , (Continued from Page1 1) talned at luncheon la the 411 dormitory. Presiding f f 1 e r for : the . occasion was Palmer Hoy t, Oregonlaav - publisher, while Loa Ashe ef Foniapop pln" served as master of cere monies for a program of enter tainment provided by members of the show's eas0r " Children 14 years of age and under, guests of th state for the day, thronged th grounds, in' specting exhibits and joining the large number of adults in making j Saturday : a pay-dirt" - day for I concessionnaires. I v 1 Cleanliness of " midway games and attractions were praised Sat urday by fair officials and police. who found petty difficulties their chief troubles during the week, they said. A few counterfeit coins made their appearance? no com mercial gambling games were un covered. First beer found on the j grounds was confiscated by police Saturday night after a group of stockmen had carried their cus- tomary post-fair refreshments out of its usual privacy Into an aisle I of the livestock barns. Lata lUtlngs of prise winners la fair events announced by FFA Judges placed James Ba ker, Salem; Bill Helnrich, Hllls boro; WHmer Lyon, Janction City; David FendalL Newberg; Harold McHugh, Albany, and Harold Primus, Independence, at the top of their various dairy showmanship classes. Still to be announced are win ners In the seven-day egg-laying contest sponsored by the same or ganization and winners of numer ous last day events among 4H club members. COLUMBUS, 0-vP)-Unsched-uled comedy touches were added tozJOhld state fair's historical f j pageant. George Washington's Horse ran away with him so the actor had to select a tamer one. Then a prairie schooner, which is sup posed to go up in flames during an Indian raid, failed to burn. DoDToell style reaches more people at a low- ouseto Okeh Income Change Amendment Lowering Personal Exemptions fexpected to Pass (Continued from Page ?1) maa' Truman (D-Mo) on his 14,00e-m&e Inspection flight to the Pacific coast and Alaska. Brewster said that a maximum of - authority and j decentralized control should be given ' military officials in Alaska In view of the extent of the territory , and the very long time Involved In com munications with the : depart ments." i ' Tn general,'' the senator wrote Truman, "there . were evidences of sympathetic cooperation , bo- tween the various branches of the service but friction Is almost cer tain to "be Inevitable without uni fied command In remote areas. In Defense of Glassroom Eyes :. , Protect their eyes against strain by. wearing the prop er glasses back to school. Have their eyes : examined and corrective glasses pre scribed by our registered optometrists. Convenient Credit Opiicd'Co, Salem - Silverton Eugene . oh a larger "i which means , - .. . J 1