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Nazis Shift
In Leningrad
s-'Defehses
Frontal Assault Seen Too
Costly; Counter-Attacks
In Center Hurt Hitler
By The Associated Press
J Several soviet field fortifications blocking the German
'" advance on Leningrad were reported Thursday to have been
destroyed by : intensive Stuka raids but there were other
indications that the city's situation had improved, '
German military reports told of dive bombing attacks
which silenced a number of soviet anti-aircraft and artillery
positions about Leningrad cleared away field fortifications
and caused extensive damage at the city's water works.
- The Germans receded measurably, however, from their
earlier claims that the city was imminently doomed and
suggested that they might not. try to storm it after all but
probably would attempt to reduce it slowly by. gunfire,
bombs and starvation.
' It was acknowledged in Berlin that the Russians were
' still -"shooting from all barrels," and that such hard-won
t positions as the nazis had been
able to occupy were- sown with
the waiting death I hidden in
thousands of Russian land mines.
In one instance, at the town
of Schluesselburf, 21 miles to
the east, the Germans said that
evacuated Russian homes, pub
lic buildings and even the very
1 hospital beds had been Ingeni
ously mined.
It was admitted by German in
formants, in effect, -that any
frontal, assault upon Leningrad
would), under, present circum
stances at least, bring for the in
vaders a casualty roll so ghastly
that Hitler's high command was
not willing to contemplate it - ,
. -. There were some : indications
that this bettering of -the north
western. Soviet position had been
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State Blocks
f Range Lands
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Board Takes Steps to
4 Increase Revenue by
, Leasing Sections
The state land board made the
first major step of its new pro
. gram to increase revenues from
its range lands by blocking off
57,000 acres into 16 units for leas
lng in southeastern Oregon.
ine blocks, ranging m size
, from three to 26 sections, are in
each instance available to more
' than one potential lessee.
- The board, decided to set a
minimum lease charre of three
cents per acre for the first fire
years of the ten-year contracts
it expects to enter into. After
the end of the first five years,
negotiations will be entered in
i to with the lessees for a read
justment of the rate for the re
mainder of the contract term.
The blocked lands lie in dist
rlct No. 4, southern Malheur coun-
: ty. Other blocking, all in charge
- of Marvin Klemme, is yet to be
worked out in Baker, northern
MalheiuvHarney and Crook coun
"'ties. . '
v The. board also leased In place
. .approximately '60,000. acres of
: other lands to users as a whole
: at ZVi cents an aero until blocks
can be worked out.- ' -
Requested by the Farmers Un
Ion cooperative ;for a ; $25 a year
; lease on two acres of land on Seal
Island in the lower. Columbia
river for a fish receiving station
; and bunk .- house, the board
i directed its secretary to advertise
. for bids on the desired acreage.
Heavy Rain
Soaks Salem
, Drenching rain, beginning short
ly after 1 a.m. Wednesday morn'
: lng, pelting down steadily until
5:45 a.m then showering inter
mittently throughout the morning,
brought Salem's total rainfall for
the month to 1.65 inches.
For the day the amount mea
sured at the airport , weather bu
reau was .34 inches.
On the Air
For Defense -
, F. Ross r Coleman, . civil de
fense chairman ' for the St.
Paul area," is scheduled to be
speaker on the Marlon County
Civil Defense council's program
at 9:15 o'clock tonight oyer
KSLSL Coleman is to tell of ci
vil defense activities in his
Push
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Storm Slows
Plane Hunt
Olympic Peninsula Is
Searched Following
Cascades Flights
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. lHJPh
The search for at missing army
bomber wtih six men aboard
swung to the Olympic, peninula
Wednesday afternoon as-a rain
storm shut off the iaeliali bunt
over the Cascades. luL McChord
field officers expressed we' belief
Wednesday that: toe plane would
be found in the latter area.
Col. William H. Crom, Mc
Chord fild commander, said the
hunt would be centered Thurs
day in- the region of a Cascade
mountain ridge between the
Chinook and Snoqualmie cross
state highway passes.
A report of a Care being sight
ed in the Mt. st. Helens area.
about 100 miles to the south, sent
four Cowlitz county sheriffs of
ficers into the wild and rugged re
gion Wednesday night, but they
returned later to express the be
lief that their informants had be
come confused by stars or a fall
ing meteorite.
Colonel Crom expressed opti
mism over the chances of finding
the ship Thursday if clear wea
iner k "s uie searching pilots a
break.
Colonel Crom said the big ship
might have made a "belly land
tag" In wooded or mountain
country with the landing ' gear
up. The men aboard, led by
Second Lieut.. Edward H. Va
lors, 28, of Chicago, the pilot.
might be unable to seek help
Decause or injuries.
The Olympic peninsula search
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about 50 miles to a point west of
McChord field across Puget sound,
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Blast Rocks
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Doivntovh NY
NEW YORK, Sept 10-Ex-
plosion of a giant steam main
rippea up paving or an entire
wom .vut.i3uaT ui&uw oxi v on
air and caused injuries to sev-
eral persons from falling dirt and
debris.
The Bellevue hospital disaster !
unit led several ambulances , to i
the scene, in ' the heart of the '
Greenwich Village, section . of
downtown Manhattan.
Details of
i ALBANY, Sept 10 -(Special)-Definite
facts about the. proposed
Polk-Benton county, army can
tonment were revealed here to
day by Capt. T. E, Dittebrandt,
constructing : quartermaster in
charge of planning, at the Albany
college campus engineering head
quarters. " -
Capt Dittebrandt's sUtement
followed ' announcement . from
Washington, DC, Tuesday of
the award of an engineering
and :. architectural contract for
the cantonment covering , work .
on which John i Ctanningham
and Associates and Lawrence
nd Allyn, Portland firms, have
Wliere Allies Beatihe Germans to It
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MILES
This Is a general view (above) of
at Barentsburc on the Norwegian
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nadian, British and Norwegian troops were disclosed to have made
a spectacular raid on Spitsbergen to seize the valuable coal mines
to prevent Germany from getting them. London disclosed the troops
had occupied the Norwegian archipelago of Spitsbergen after a dash
from Great Britain (arrow) aboard a warship-escorted troopsmp.
Occupation was accomplished without opposition. German, allied
and occupied territory Is indicated
Wheeler May
Get Use of
Auditorium
PORTLAND, Sept 10-P)-Sen-
xx v nn,i a;-a
use of the Civic auditorium Tues-
day UflM fcy city council, still
may get to use it for an America
First committee speech.
Mayor Earl Riley said Wednes
day the refusal Tuesday night,
like the request, was all a mis
take.. ' ' ; . 1
Dellmore Lessard, chairman of
the Oregon " division, America
I First committee, made the request
at a council budget meeting, dur-
I x. ;
jno; normal action. The mayor sug
I gested that Lessard file a formal
petition in the usual manner and
said the councii would then -con'
siderit : -
: The date of Wheeler's speech
here has not been disclosed.
Polk-Benton Cantonment Are
been " engaged during the past .
"two months.' .. - '
According to Capt Dittebrandt,
the following may be said at this
time concerning the cantonment:
A bundle of plans showing de
tails of the about 1 1 S 00 buildings
which will be constructed, -if. and
when make up. a package weigh
ing 130 pounds. A complete city
is planned,- with stores, theatres,
hospitals, ; shops, service (stations,
living quarters, bakeries a water
plant, and sewage disposal plant
The camp will occupy a strip
of land about 10 miles long be
ginning about two miles south
f Monmouth and extending to
coal mines hi the soviet concession
archipelace of Spitsbergen. Ca
by cross-hatched area.
Budapest Cut
From Berlin
By Phone
BERLIN, Sept. ll-(Thun-day)-(P)-Budapest,
capital; of
Hungary, was cut off by tele
phone from Berlin early . today.
Operators declared the morn
ing newspapers In the Hungar
ian capital, continually manned,
"Won't answer" and It was also
claimed that the American le
gation did not -answer calls.: '
German authorized sources
said they knew of no startling
political developments in Hun
gary. - .
The Associated Press bureau
in Bern, Switzerland,' also was
unable to contact; correspond
ents In Budapest - and repre
sentatives of the Havaa News
agency, and of .the New York
Times - had : their "connections
severed - while dictating stories
relating, to Regent Admiral
Nicholas Horthy, of . Hungary.
about 1M miles south of Wells
on the West Side Pacific high
way. Boundaries still art inde
finite but .the area will include
" about 40,000 acres of land, un-
der present estimates.
Not more" than - 25 per cent of
the area will consist of good land.
Care will be used in selection and
as much valuable land, cemeter
ies and such places as possible
will be eliminated. Much of the
land - considered is of little use
except for military purposes.
; An! attracting structure is plan
ned to houi? the camp's i. ater
pumping machinery, filter; and
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Bus Franchise
iii Air
: Would-Be Operator
Rejects Outlined
I Plan of Council
Salem's city bus franchise is-
ue, an open question before the I
municipal council and the gen
eral public for several weeks,
laced a new barrier to rapid set
tlement Wednesday night, mem
bers ot the council's utilities com
mission said.
Declaring he has "no alterna
tive but to reject it in Its present
form,? Ralph Raven, would-be
operator of a fleet of new buses
in the capital city, has .written
Frank Marshall, the committee's
chairman, his criticisms of the
ordinance presented at last week's
council session. An earlier ordi
nance; presented" by Raven's at
torney, was refused by the coun-
As;prPOsedV this ordinance
lies the hands of the operator
to such all extent that it takes
iaway alt necessary flexibility
and makes it impossible to ope
rate a profitable transportation
'system In your city, Raven's
letter maintains.
I Most objectionable points
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US Engineers
Survey North
Santiam Site
DETROIT, Oren Sept il0-(ff)-
Ten army engineers . worked in
this area Wednesday, making sur
veys for the proposed North San
tiam dam, part ot the Willamette
valley project.
Congress last month " enacted
a flood control authorisation bOI
in which $11,000,000 was pro
Tided for the Willamette valley
project. ' President Roosevelt
made plain when the bill reached
him that only ' these projects
important to national defense
-would be undertaken. No
funds have yet been appropri
ated to cover the authorisation.
Wednesday's appearance , oi
army engineers at the Detroit
dam site may bear out the predic
tion of Sen. Charles L. McNary
expressed here in mid-summer
that! this unit of the valley prcj
ect was likely to be started to
bolster the' coast's electric power
supply. . .. " ' .
Envoy Faces Ouster
BUENOS AIRES, Sept 1O-0F)-
Expulsion of German Ambassa
dor Edmund Von Thermann was
recommended Wednesday by Ar
gentina's congressional "Dies
committee", on the1 grounds that
he had "overstepped his func
tions ' and abysed his diplomatic
privileges." ..t- - "
storage tanks near the Willamette
river about two miles above Al
bany..' : . " :' ; ' ' . .
, The camp bakeries will have
a capacity of 45,000 loaves of
bread. If gas is used for the .
ovens, a six inch pipe line wCl
have to be laid from Newberg.
A lour inch line now serves
the valley.
:. Abe-' 'SO barracks buildings,
each'" i( (9 or more men,
are h .dm the plana. Mod
ern lighting and heating wCl be
.'provided.'' -"vf- rf ? ; 'f " :7
Concrete - foundations will be
laid for -all buildings. Buildings
mem
Order Axis; SMip
Bight
Defense Units
Move to Speed
War Contracts
' Navy Work to Spread;
Priorities Board Set .
for Planning Survey
WASHINGTON, DC, Sept. 10
-VP)-Acting Secretary of the
Navy -James Forrestal Wednes
day issued orders designed to
further spread noval defense
contracts just as widely as pos
sible, limited only by the para
mount 'consideration of expedit
ing national defense and by
existing laws.
The orders issued specifically
aim for a greater degree of
subcontracting; a greater sub
dividing of original purchases,
and the assisting in the conver
sion of industrial . plants engaged
in producing normal civilian use
products to render them capable
of turning out articles needed
vitally in national defense.
The order directs the formation
of the naval contracts distribution i
division is directed to formulate
policies and procedure subject to
the approval of the under secre
tary of the- navy and to take all
other necessary steps essential to
carry out the navy's part in at
taining the objectives of the pres
ident's executive order of Sep
tember . 4 designed to help com
munities and employees whose
industries are threatened by shut
down or dislocation by withdrawal
of raw products needed for manu
facturing in defense fields.
The supply priorities and al
locations board instructed its
executive director, - Donald M.
Nelson, Wednesday 'night to
work out a complete schedule
of the nation's military and ci
vilian requirements in an ef
fort to solve the problems of
shortages of materials and of
expansion of production facil-,
itles.
The board announced the ac
tion, which it termed a detailed
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Police Seek
Gunman From
Oregon City
City and state police in the
Salem area joined in, a search for
a man who allegedly shot and
seriously wounded John J. Mc
Pierman in Oregon City about 11
pjn. Wednesday night. 5
McPierman .was reported in
serious condition , in the - Oregon
City hospital. , - - '
7 Described as about JI. years
of age. five feet seven inches in
height, smooth-shaven, wearing
glasses and well-armed, the ob
ject of the search was supposed
to have left on an SP freight
train for Salem.
Search of the( train here re
vealed two men who said a man
answering the description, of the
gunman had stepped on them as
he i hurriedly left the train - at
Woodburn. State police continued
the search in that vicinity. -
Revealed
will be of five; to 20 year con
struction. " , h . ' '
Construction of the. camp, when
authorized,- will take" about four
months and give employment to
about 000 - workmen. The work
men will be housed in trailers,
tents or what other means they
may find. ; 5 -
The camp headquarters build
ings will be erected at Wells, 5H
miles in an airline from Albany
and nine miles north of Corvallis.
Relocation, of both the West
Side Pacific highway and the
west side line . of the Southern
Pacific railway! are possibilities.
in Atlantic
AllNetworks
To Broadcast '
FDR's Speech
" NEW -YORK, Sept. 10-fl-.
The full complement f network
stations, together with all avail
able short wave units, will make
President '. Roosevelt's broad
cast ; from the White House
Thursday night another world
wide transmission. He is sched
uled to speak at I o'clock PST
via NBC, CBS and MBS. In
addition to' direcf short wave
transmission y mere . wui . dc
.translations' in various lan
guages. .
At 8:05 NBC-blue wiU broadcast-reaction
and comment, in
cluding pickups from London
and Buenos Aires,1 with a sim
ilar program listed for CBS at
7:30. ' '.
Down on Oslo
Norwegian Capital
Is Under State of
Siege, Is Report
OSLO, German-occupied Nor
way, Sept lO-iflVSteel-helmeted
police patrolled the streets of Oslo
Wednesdav nicht- no n ctat nf I
civil c! drlv in.nh Tr-
for Norway, was Imposed on this
occupied capital and its environs,
v " Sweeping regulations which
.went into effect at 5 aa.. ap
plied to Oslo and the Aker po
lice district, including the local-'
ities of Aker and Berun.
A - stringent curfew barred
Norwegians from, the streets
between 8 pjn. and 5 ant, for
bade the sale of alcohol, banned
dancing, shut down movies and
theaters.
The decree compelled Norwe-
gians in Oslo, Aker and Berun to
surrender their radio sets imme
diately, ordered all communica
tions suspended nightly at 7:30
and restaurants closed at ? o'clock,
ana restaurants closed at 7 o clock,
and prohibited gatherings Jn pub-
lie places or the streets. ' ;
Authorities' said no disorders
were reported and that all was
quiet in the city. Terboven's de
cree warned : that any resistance
would be crushed with weapons
and that violators would face
military trial.
The Oslo newspaper Aften
osten said ! the state of siege
was imposed - because of 'ir
responsible elements working
among the people. -
The newspaper Frlttfolk said
"friends of England" had
brought the order down on all
classes and : the Morgenbladet
said the edict would stop "sub-
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Pre-Campaign
Chest Group
Gets 1600
Pledges obtained by the Salem
Community Chest pre-campaign
committee in its . second day of
canvassing Wednesday amounted
to' $1600, the committee announc-
ea iius orougnt me total up to
$4800. - r. , . .
I -The larre givers are re -
sponaing very wcu so ine com-
mittee's plea , to increase their
. pledges so that the $50,000 goal
may be reached,' reported
Chairman Carl Do gg of the
.pre-campaign committee.: The
response encourages v solicitors
U believe that the goal will be
attained. - .....
Pledges ot $100 or over re
ported on- Wednesday included: '
$200 Salem Laundry compa
ny. .. -
$160 H. L. Stiff Furniture
company,
$150 Sta teimm Publishing
company, - - -
l ; $125 R. L. ELfstrom company.
t $120 Capital Journal.
; $110 Keith Brown Building
Supply, Eolf Electric company.
$100 Allen's Hardware . com-
pany, Clough-Barrick company,
Hamilton Furniture company,
Unruh-Knapp Printing company.
The general campaign commit
Germans Crack
tee will meet Friday night at 730
o'clock at 'the YMCA building..
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Increases
Speech on
Capital Return
Nation, World Looks
for Strong Statement
Over Recent Sinkings
WASHINGTON, Sep t.
flO (AP)
Word that
the SS Sesse was torpedoed -And
shelled without warn
ing at night and sank in two
minutes was issued Wednes
day by the state department
while President Roosevelt
nearly doubled the length
of the important address
he has scheduled for Thurs
day night.
Washington, the country
and the - capitals of the
world looked forward ex
pectantly and impatiently
to the address as an expres-
and! policy at; a grim moment.
wfli;relaOons: between the Unit
ed . States and the axis nations
strained as they seldom have been
before.
The address will follow closely
upon the sinking of the Sessa, 300
miles this side of Iceland, the
bombing and 'sinking of the SS
Steel Seafarer in the Red sea
and last week's attack upon the
dyer Grr' nfar Iceland'
a German submarine.
Most observers looked
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City Lake
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept 10-(
-A light cabin monoplane,
equipped with pontoons, settled
down to . a perfect landing on
downtown Lake Merrit Wednes
day, while spectators rubbed their
eyes In astonishment.
It was the first time in many '
years an airplane had landed on
the lake, which is used chiefly for
pleasure boating.
The flyers were H. C Gam
meU, 32, of Olympia, Wash, and
William R. Patten. 28, of Salem,
Ore, both radio technicians for
the state highway departments
in their respective states.
After nonchalantly making their
plane fast to a lamp post, they
sauntered to a nearby hotel to at
tend the annual convention of the
I Association of Police Communka-
tions officers, ,
; Gammell explained the lake was
the only . available landing place
for a small seaplane, since high
waves and wind made mooring
difficult at the San Francisco coast
1 guard airport or the Oakland air-
port channel.'
US Estimates
?tWar" Losses
WASHINGTON, Sept ltHJPr
The ; war. ; department estimated
Wednesday night that 'there
would be 1 238 deaths and .70,000
other casualties among approxi
mately -752,000 troops iwho will
take: part in the record peace
time field; maneuvers in Septenv
ber and November. ;
.The .department said, however,
that the accident and death rates
would be. jconsiderably lower than
for eoiresponding number of ci-
vilian - persons during the same
period of time. " :
.The estimates were crenared
I by the surgeon general of the ar-
Time
- 1 my and include the antidcated
j casualties for both the ground and
lair forces. .
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