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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 7, 1941)
PAG2 K23, aroeiniiini J" Tbm OZLCOn STATESMAN Eciem. Oregon.' Cuzxday llomiag. fptesbcr 7. 1841 sttatesffliJiaEii FictaFes . 'f - . " r - ; ' - . , '-avV- ' : - . g t -. " ' 1 " - y 'i ' " . : . fe., ,-- 1 - , : V , ; , I . f ? ' ' I yfKtf ; Agyr,- -,c - . . ' ' . -v- yry:4.: '-:x:v,:-"f. a. OA. An unsuccessful attempt by- a submarine to torpedo the USS destroyer Greer (above), enroute U lee land, wu reported by the navy department. The department laid the destroyer counter-attacked with depth bombs. A 4 A n General Mikhail Gromov Whilo official Washington re mained silent on the mission of ml Russians who arriTed in two flying boats at Nome, Alaska, en routs to the capital from Moscow, some quarters expressed the be lief the Russians, headed by Gen eral Mikhail Gromov, may have come to the U. S. to chart a ferry route for American-made bomb ing planes from California to Rus sia over the "top of the world." General Gromov was one of the Soviet flyers who flew non-stop from Moscow to San Jacinto, Cat, m 1937. AH the Russians were pilots, mechanics or radio opera i tors. Wreckaxe Smashed and boned wreckage of fast, new twin-motored army bomber Is seen lying In Los Angeles Municipal airport, where It crashed August 29, killing one flier and injuring twe others. At right, ambulance crew is preparing te remove body of James Knight en stretcher. Sabotage was hinted. Witnesses told Investiga tors that "something dropped off the plane Just before It crashed. Others said the B-25 medium bomber burst tnte flames before It kit the ground. 'rst meeting of the Supply Priorities and Allocation Board named by President Roosevelt to direct all defense activities is pictured In Washington. Standing, left to right, are James FOrrestal, under secretary of the navy, representing Secretary of the Kavy Frank Knox; Robert Patterson, undersecre . tary of war, representing Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; Leon Henderson, administrator of the Office of Production Management; and Sidney Hillman, associate general director of the OPM. Seat ed, left to right, are Harry Hopkins,' lend-lease administrator; William Knudsen, director general of the OPM: Henry A. Wallace, chairman of the new board; Donald Nelson, executive director of the board. r rr- ' TTT: T7-""rfq : -"-"'-" ' t It''' - ' ' - ' . , . - - ' v T7TI ! . a: ' " :; : - -: -?a" -f Vir: ""- wA. t , ... - . : , , . , - X' . , ii . -,- ' - '!,.-.. ' J .. . ,. ; , A -t ; ,- ""; ' y A 13 H ton tank came splashing onto Lake Pontehartrain, La, beach after leaving a new surf landing A " boat in right baekgreuad. Another boat is at rear left The new naval combat motor boats were devel ' ' A ' Pcd from craft bailt to take Louisiana oil well drillers and fur trappers through shallow bayous and . A ' ; f ever sand ban. j. . ; . 'A "Xi- c - --I.-1 -.- . : . -1 j t ... ? - " X ' " : '..:. 1 - ' , v ' ' . " ' i' -i ' ? -? -.-i i ' 1 . Oobina Wright, it. -j .1 vi-f ' . ' A ; . - A f. J l. ... r ; ! . - . .-. The federal bnreaa of investiga tion arrested Karl Herman Schoetter (above), captain of a Miami, Fla, fishing beat, In Mi ami. A complaint alleging a conspiracy to use the mails for espionage activities was filed against the Swiss-born natural ized US citizen by United States Attorney Mathias Correa. Schoetter denied the charge at arraignment and was placed un der $25,009 bond. According to Palmer 1. Beau dette, a f54-a-month corporal) la the U. S. army, be win marry Co bina Wright, Jr., 19, eastern so cialite and movie: actress. In New York, Nov. 17. Beaudette made the. announcement after he re turned to Seattle, . Wash, in a chartered plane after visiting Miss Wright at Reno, Nev. The flight cost $1,300. Both Miss Wright and her mother have denied the : engagement. . Three assembly lines In Chrysler corporation's tank arsenal at Detroit, Mich, are rolling out M-3 medium tanks for the United States army. In the foreground are piles of tank tracks awaiting Installation ea -units stiU coming dowa the lines. i "1 1 ,jL 3-. HJ .; p ii . k Edward Cearbj and letter Edward Bear by, above, went to a Chicago beach with his girt friend, Betty Smith, 13. Betty teased him by hiding his robe, throwing sand on him and pulling his hair. When they returned hams, Edward sent Betty the above note, lnf arming her he would not be seeing her any more. Sometime after Betty had read the note, a shot was heard ta Betty's home. Betty had k!ed herself with her uncle's riZm. i ' " ' ' "' ' I . ::. ':. ::: y I ::::.:.. v..- lilliSA j .-f A -C t I " " " 5 I " x ' A A'- I '. . . - .sBMfcMssaJB(tff ' v""'7" ,-l-fliv-,.'.af'.,, iF..". .flwjaswaw,"ssswcwsw 1 rSwal: . -a. . - " :,i':i:i:::riV.::; . - ; I I ... "; ... - ' 14 f rf A- ' U (Ut i This picture shews German cavalrymen entering a burning Russian town, according ta Berlin The photo was sent from Berlin to New York via radio, wjred ta Chicago and airmailed ta The) . . statesman. ' j j " 1 ' ' ' ' ' " J:- 1 1 . Lieutenant Commander Laurence Hugh Frost, (above), $9-year- - old Washington, DC, resident. Is - tiie commander of the US de stroyer Greer which the navy ese glimpse behind the scenes In the Boeing aircraft plant ta Seal department reported was ub- tie reveal a portion of the 123,000.631 worth of tl-motored planes jected te aa unsuccessful torpe- under construction for the Royal Air Force. . Note (affper ghote) ie attack byTkbmarlae while apleted bodies af the bombers la forefround and planei to morr II-u L r advanced sUxe of construction at rear. (Lower photo) Soeataleaw , their nest and take U the air are these Cedglin planes. Wlags hav tfve of FayettevUle. Ark, be- feea attached and engines whose roar will be heard ever besabu came commanding officer of the, fcjectives in Europe are being built from plans and designs of C Greer one month age. : 'Douglas Aircraft company. They wll hare twe 1589 h.p. engines. . 1 fi gikjft:4iivwvIiAvii' is is a general view af the tuslness seclion r Uescew. German bombers. In a tlnwd attack, raided the soviet capital for the first time la the war- The MoseowerBmeiit W tia t j though Hres were started as 1 civilians killed, the attack should be considered a failure, fer ae su. tary abjectlves were Lit asi 11 at tie tZi railing .glaaea were abot down.
