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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1941)
Moosevei ft an First! Weather , . Scattered showers Udar deereasinr Satnrday. Some what hlfber temperatvre Saturday. Max temp. Than. (3, min. 52. Soath wind. Rain, 44 Inch. Blrer, ' -IS feet, Clendy. . 1 '" From the kIchIbx f the Ckmum-RossUtt pact and the English "declaration of war la 193$ to the present. The Statesman hat consist ently led in brincinf major wartime news to its readers,' as it does arain this mora ine. " , . POUNDQET: 1651 inriETY-rmsT yeab Sedan, Oregon. Fridcry Morning, September 12. 1941 Pries 2cs Ntws&totnda 5c No. ia TTb 1 garia Accused By Reds'; Claim Offensive ..... Set by Germans Land and Sea ' By The Associated Press The Russians, claiming to have thrown the Germans back 12 more miles along the central front in a counter-of-. Tensive that also had spread well; to the north along 400 miles of fighting line, 'gave every Indication Thursday night that the already, enor mous eastern war theatre .would soon spread over Bulgaria as well. '.'.Moscow formally accused Bul garia, a. fellow Slavic country which long has been a sort of camping ground for nazi troops, of permitting Hitler to use her seaports .and airdromes for at tacks on the Soviet union and her ' soil as a "place d'armes" for Ger man and allied assaults on Odessa, the Crimea and the Caucasus, and said that . Bulgaria herself was also preparing to attack the Soviet union.' .. Speaking of the Bulgarians as "disloyal and treacherous, in tones that almost certainly were the prelude to the explosion of red bombs on Bulgarian ports and bases, the soviet government 'specifically charged among other 'things that: ' -' 1. German and Italian divi ' sions in increasing lf&mbers were massing on Bulgarian ter ritory in preparation for land ing, operations on the Crimea. 1. The German an force was . concentrating j I n Bulgarian bases already imder ' the eem 1 mand of German officers. ' . S. German and Italian war- ships and submarines and Ger man and Italian naval troops were v being marshalled in the ' Bulgarian Black sea ports of Varna and Bnrgas and the Bnl (Tura to Page 2, CoL 1) Board Boosts Salem's Milk Price 1 Cent - PORTLAND, Sept. lMflVMilk will cost Salem consumers one cent a quart more after Sept. 16, the state milk control board ruled -Thursday. Butterfat was increas ed to 67 cents a pound. The board increased four per cent milk, formerly t e e n t s wholesale and 11 cents retail, to 10 and 12 cents, and five per cent, milk, formerly 10 and 12 cents, to 11 and 13. Prices for pints and half pints of milk and all cream rates were increased accordingly. The only exception granted was in the case of half-pints of milk sold to school cafeterias, which can purchase them for a minimum of two and one-half cents each compared with the regular mini mum of three cents. Surprise that the milk board had hot increased the retail Salem .milk price to 13 cents a quart for the 4 per cent product was ex pressed Thursday night by A. C Spranger, president of the producer-distributors' organization. ' "Most of us wanted a 13-cent ' retail price," Spranger said. The distributors' ... spokesman ' also questioned the report that the "former wholesale price was nine cents, and indicated a two-Cent1 ' differential between wholesale and rtaQ prices had been expectd. The old wholesale price, he declared, was eight cents. Indication that the board might be asked for an additional price increase was also given by Fred (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Nazi Coast Bombed , BERLIN, Friday, Sept. Yl-Wt" British royal air force planes at tacked the northern , German coastal region with' explosive and - Incendiary bombs Thursday nizbt authorized Germans , an nounced today, Iindy Raps Warmongers DES MOINES, la- sept. n-V7 i-"The : British, the Jewish - and the Roosevelt administration' were charged Thursday night by (paries A Lindbergh as "the three most important groups whirh have been pressing this country toward war." Bill sun Active ' J ( ' : t " 1 " r MADISON L. JONES W. TAYLOR RIGDON Anniversary Is Observed Two Former Legislators, ast 59 Years Ago V Fifty-ninth anniversary of fheir entry into the house of represent atives of the Oregon state legisla ture was observed Thursday by W. T. Rigdon and Madison L. Jones. 8Z-year-oid Salem resi dents. Both men are graduates of Willamette university, longtime Marion county residents and nonogenerians who remain physically and mentally alert. September 11, 1882, they were sworn into their legislative posi tions. . Rigdon went into office as a young school teacher; Jones has spent much of his life farming. As a member of the state fair board from 1915 to 1921, Jones developed an interest in the an nual state fair which he has not lost with the passing years. The past year, he has spent much of his time with a daugh ter, Mrs. John Withyeombe in Arlington, bat last week he made the trip from eastern Ore gon by himself and had spent a large portion of the day at the fair before either of his sons, Senator Ronald Jones and Ellis n. Jones of Salem, had discov ered that he was here. Jones earned gratitude of Mar ion county agricultural interests while a member of the legisla ture by securing enactment of a drainage law for Oregon and help ing to organize a drainage district for Lake Labish. Rigdon is author of a published book of verse and a history of Oregon. . . Salem Firms Help Idaho PAYETTE, Idaho, Sept -4JP) -Representatives of two Salem, Ore., canneries were purchasing prunes in Payette and Boise val leys Thursday, lifting a threat of a glutted market .and . removing the need for purchases by the surplus marketing administration. Harold A. Brock : of Portland, Ore., SMA purchasing agent, said era $22.50 per ton for No. ls and were signing tip crops expected to total 3000 tons. In addition a lo cal cannery will process about 500 tons. On the Air For Defense L. F. LeGarte, chairman of the Salem city defense commit- ; . tee, Is to be guest speaker on . the Marion . County : Civil De- " fense council's program at 0:15 tonight ever KSLM. speak ing on "Defending Sale m Through C1t3 Defense , Prepa- . ration.'' .-'".: - .... . r Axis Set Oh Afrif Ok . C3 rranceit'c 'ojn 7 rt Join Ger m rrogram By the Associated Preas France, Germany and Spain have worked , out elaborate joint plans to defend West Af rica, according to information reaching the Associated Press in New York late Thursday. Belief that the United States and Great Britain some day will try . to seize bases in the strate gic French, Spanish and Portu guese possessions across the south Atlantic has . brought the three powers into virtual alliance, it is stated. Three-way staff talks started months ago are said to have reached such a point that perman ent joint staff has been set up at Melilla, Spanish Morocco. Steadily, German-producer arms are flowing down to Casablanca in French Morocco, Villa Cisneros By The Associated Press Indications the Japanese gov ernment was moving to place its militarists under control, and thus to remove one of the strongest obstacles to a possible reconciliation with the United States, stood at the forefront of Thursday's diplomatic de velopments. This was suggested by the establishment in - Tokyo of a new national defense headquar ters under direct command of Emperor Ilirohito and actively headed by General Ototo Yam- . adehn, a conservative of ffcer, which will control aU the land . and air force of Japan proper, Korea, Formosa and Sakhalin. It thus appeared that the emper or was sharply reducing the power of the military faction and particularly its power to dominate imperial policy. in Spain's Rio de Oro and Dakar, vital port in French Senegal. Ships slipping out of French Mediterranean ports to send across the ,. Mediterranean to (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) United Ready For Air Stop At City Port PORTLAND, Sept 11 United Airlines announced that it would begin air transport service to Salem and Eugene as soon as Paul Morris, regional engineer of the CAA, gave the word. The civil areonaatics board at Washington authorized the line to make the two Willamette valley cities intermediate points on its Seattle-San Diego route bat rejected an application to include Klamath Falls. UAL's district traffic manager. W. R. Thigpen, said Morris must approve the Salem and Eugene fields for heavy transport opera tions. The line already has ap plied for leases on passenger and hangar facilities at the two air ports and Thigpen said it prob ably would have to construct some facilities itself. - v " At Seattle Morris said United could use the Salem and Eugene airports for heavy transport per a tions whenever it was ready to apply . for a permit providing building facilities were adequate, He said,; however, that he tin derstood the runway. at the-Eu gene airport would not be ready for about a month. - Mayor W. W. Chadwick has been advised by UAL ' officials (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Film Probers j H fl I It HT1 S h flW WASHINGTON, Sept ll-ft- Senators Investigating charges of war propaganda in the film indus try refused Thursday to interrupt testimony and see the pictures In question. ' - - ; Senator; McFarland - (D-Ariz) saying i the s interstate commerce sub-committee was "wasting a lot of time," urged a showing of the films because "the beit. evidence is the pictures themselves." r . . "Let's see the pictures and dis continue the bunk," added Wen dell Wfflkie, the industry's coun Diefen Bomber Pilot i i Lt Edward Valors (above), 28, of Chicago, was chief pilot of the army bomber which disappeared In the Paget sound area. This photo was taken last spring when he was an amateur wres tler. Search for Bomber Fails Army Planes Narrow Hunt to Mountains Northeast of Tacoma TACOMA, Wash., Sept ll-id5)- Swift pursuit ships and heaw twin-motored aircraft narrowed their intensive search for a miss ing B-18 bomber and its six-man crew to the rugged Cascade moun tains northeast of Tacoma Thurs day but succeeded only in dis proving a logger's report of sights ing a wrecked. pjane in the area. Late Thursday, McChord field officials admitted ; they were no nearer a solution f 1 the bomber's fate than they had ' been nearly - three days ago when the big ship mysteriously disappeared while making a routine night training flight from McChord field. Col. William H. Crom, McChord field commander, expressed con fidence, however, that it prob ably had descended in the Enum claw area, 30 miles from Tacoma. It was to Greenwater, 18 miles from Enumclaw, that motorized equipment and planes were dis patched after a logger claimed sighting aircraft wreckage near by. After tough going through the heavily-forested country, they re ported by two-way radio that the report was groundless. Shortly before noon 'seven swift fighters, P-36's of the 55th pursuit squadron, Portland, flew to McChord field and Joined immediatedly in reconnaissance of the mountainous, rain-swept area. Planes from the 54th squadron based at Everett also were called out to swell aerial search ranks. Since the break in the weather at dawn, two training planes and (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Reds Request Speed WASHINGTON, Sept ll-(rV Constanttne Oumansky, the Rur sian ambassador, was understood to have urged the quick ship ment of available war supplies to the soviet union Thursday in a conference with President Roo sevelt and Secretary HulL - Landing Party at Spitzbergen Island ft tt t j r 1" f Canadian soldiers, units of an expeditionary force of British, Canadians and Norwegians who occupied coal-rich Spitzbergen Island.- left their, unidentified troop ship ia boats to make an unresisted landing. London sources revealed later that royal engineers crippled facilities In coal porta to prevent the fuel from falling Into German hands. Kesidejatliells Worl .Nyy Ordered' First n All Axis Subs, Ships and Planes Capital Reacts on ar Comment Heard From 'War Declaration to Approval of Stand WASHINGTON, Sept 11 -)-Capital reaction to President Roosevelt's address ! Thurs day night ranged from the assertion of Senator McCarran (D-Nev) that It was "nothing short of an unauthorized declaration of war" to the statement of Senator Thorn as (D-Utah) that "driving pirates off or out of the seas is not war." Here are some of the comments Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 re publican presidential nominee The president spoke as he should have spoken. We could not yield on such a fundamen tal right This is the time for aU Americans to rally te his sup port Nj man can say whether tiiis will involve the United States in war but every thought ful persons knows that if the president were less firm dis astrous war 'would be inevit able." ' ; Senator Nye (R-ND) "Clear ly, we are going to have convoys irrespective of law and irrespec tive of President-Roosevelt's own promises and assurances. This means definitely that we are near' er to a shooting war by presiden- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Fort Lewis to Lose 515 Men This Month FORT LEWIS, Sept ll-(P)-Ap- proximately 515 men will be struck from the third infantry di vision's active duty rolls this month in accordance with an act of congress permitting release of selectees with serious dependen cies, soldiers who have completed three-year enlistments in the reg ular army, and men who were 23 years of age or more prior to July I, and their induction. A fourth army order Thurs day authorised division officials to release S17 men daring the remaining months of the year, bat not more than 515 during any one of them. Authorities said they expected September releases probably would reach the full quota be cause "many discharges have been held in abeyance pending receipt of these. instructions. s They added 65 discharges for disability and other "automatic causes" will be authorized this week, and would take precedence over all others. Soldiers doe for discharges (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) i ' i V 1 if 1; i' Differently Oil TT7T anootiiiffW s . - iff I I f m m I At Ml 7 i i ,,J ' ..;... ; . f ' Recounts Attacks OnMank In Radio Declares Naval Forces Will Protect all Ships Sailing in Our Defensive Waters WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 (AP) President Roosevelt announced Thursday night that he had or dered the navy to shoot first when axis submarines, sur face raiders or aircraft are encounterd in areas which this country consider vital to its defense. The president also said the navy Would protect not only American ships but "ships of all flags'' from at tack when sailing "in our defensive waters." This promptly aroused speculation whether a convoy system for those areas was in the making. "We have not sought a shooting war with Hitler the president said in a world-wide address. "But neith er do we want peace so much- '" . ' 1 ; '' ' : that we are willing to pay; for it by permitting him to attack our naval and merchant ships while ; And so, he asserted: t , "Let this warning be clear. From now : on, If German or . Italian Vessels of war enter the' waters, the ' protection of which is necessary for American de- fense, they do so at their own peril. The orders which I have given as commander-in-chief to the United States army and navy are to carry oat that pol icy at once." Before making this historic an nouncement, the chief executive recounted, one after another, at tacks upon American ships which led to his statement of policy the US Greer, the Robin Moor, the Steel Seafarer, the Sessa. And to these he added an incident at sea which had not hitherto been known to the public. "In July, 1941," he said, "an American battleship in North American waters was followed by a submarine which for a long time sought to maneuver Itself Into a position of attack. "The periscope of the subma rine was clearly seen. No Brit ish or American submarines were within hundreds of miles of this spot at the time, so the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) j Finn Army Advances HELSINKI, Friday, Sept 12-(jFJ-Finnish i troops fighting through rain and swampy lands have pushed to within 40 miles of - Petrozavodsk on Lake Onega an army dispatch said arly to day. .; '. TTPi f : iL Vessels Address Highlights, hi Talk by WASHINGTON, Sept U-OP)- Here are some of the salient sen tences from President Roose velt's address Thursday night: In spite of what Hitler's pro paganda bureau has Invented and. in spite of what any Ame rican obstructionist organixa-. tion may prefer to believe, I wUl tell you the blunt fact that the German submarine fired first upon this American de stroy ec. (the Greer) without warning, and with deliberate Intent .to sink her.. This Was piracy legally and morally; It was not the first nOr the last act of piracy which the nazl' government has committed against ' the American flag in this war.. Attack has followed at tack. It is the nazi design to abol ish the freedom of the seas. . . . for, with control of the seas in their own hands the way can become clear for their next step domination of the United States and the western hemi sphere by force. It must be explained again and again to people who like to think of the United States navy as in vincible that this can be true only if the British navy survives. That is simple arithmetic. It Is time for all Americana of all the Americas to stop be ing deluded by the romantic notion that the Americas can go on living happily and peace (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) Airs Request For US Data NEW YORK, Sept lI-4VAbout the time of the fall of France when there was talk of a threat ened invasion, of Britain, the Ger man government sent urgent mes sages to its spies in America ask ing information on the production and export of American planes, according to evidence presented in Brooklyn federal court Thursdayi One message, dated May' 31, mo, ana received by a German spy radio station on Long Island (operated by, counter-spying FBI agents), was read into evidence and saidr - - , - "Need urgently from all friends monthly production air plane factories, exports to all countries, especially to England and France; number, type, date t delivery by steamer or air; ' armature or armament; payment cash and carry or credit Rose has $209 for you not for Stein Greetings." til Mioieriicaia: British Hail US Naval Aid In Ocean War Churchill Expected to Make Response; to Hear Rebroadcasts BERLIN, Friday, Sept Official silence today met Presi dent Roosevelt's broadcast warn ing that axis naval units and air craft entering areas deemed vi tal to American security would risk destruction. The speech lay on official Ger man desks hours before the broadcast . but no spokesman would comment on It before or after its delivery. German commentators In an ticipation of the speech earlier had denounced the president and Adolf Hitler's newspaper carried a . red underscored headline! "Warmonger Roosevelt needs provocation corpses." LONDON, Friday, Sept. 12 (AP) The official British response to President Roose velt's declaration for shoot ing axis craft on sight j hi American defense waters was expected by authoritativ sources today to come from Prime Minister Churchill. These sources declined comment on the president's speech, saying it was of such, import that the reaction must be left to a "person of equal standing" Churchill so far atf the British are concerned. The statement that' US warships would shoot to pro- ect merchant ships of any flag in a .large part of the Atlantic was ' believed to be just what the Brit ish were hoping the president would announce. The prime minister was in bed when the president started speak ing 4t 3 a.m., British standard (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Realtor Hit By Auto Said Resting Well Sidney B. Elliott manager of .the bond department- of Hawkins & Roberts, realtors. struck by a car as he crossed State near High street early Thursday night was reported resting easily at the Deaconess hospital at midnight Only a par tial diagnosis had been made, at tendants said, of the head and shoulder Injuries sustained. : Exonerated by ' police was George Edwin Miller. S51 South 19th street driver of the ear which struck Elliott at' 7 :3 pjn. The pedestrian, wearing a dark overcoat and carrying a black umbrella, was outside the pedestrian lane, they said. Margaret Buckholz, Ellensburg, Wash.: driver of a car which al legedly' struck Ira V. Bundle at Liberty and State streets earlier in the afternoon, was fined $25 in municipal court on charges of failure to give right of way , to a (Turn to'Page 2, CoL 3) Wheeler Group Hits Portland Schools , - PORTLAND,. Ore, Sept ll-(P) -The America First committee ac cused the Portland school board ot "un-Americanism" .Thursday for refusing use of school build ings for speech. ;t The committee had asked that Senator Burton K. Wheeler be permitted1 to speak in 'a Portland high'schooL ' t ; US Gets Leme PORTLAND, Ore, Sept 11-0T) -Transfer " of the ' Italian motor ship Leme to the . US maritime commission was ordered Thurs day by Federal Judge James, XL Fee. .. -- - '
