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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 17, 1941)
Vockdaily : ; IIo axe wives tarn to The Statesman women's pace every weekday for recipe and homekeeplng hints by - Maxine Buren, aa well as social news. . Weather ', Fair today and Thursday with little change in iem- : perature. Max. temp. Toes. 72, ndn. SO. Northwest wind. River 2.1 feet. Cloudy. FCUNDE3CV iCl , khicty-fisst yeah Salem. Oregon Wednesday , Morning. September 17 I$4l Met 3o Newsstands So No. 143 Senate Expected To Pass IHTiiffA Today; House OkJ ' Millions of Citizens to J Impact of New Levies; Large Additional Clerk Force Seen WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 - yr) - The house approved a $3,553,400,000 compromise version of the new, record-breaking 1 defense tax bin Tuesday and sent it tothesenate where final passage Wednesday appeared certain. , By approving without a roll-call Ivote the recommenda tions of a joint senate-house conference committee which worked out an agreement on changes made by the senate, the house members avoided going on record regarding the senate's to $1,500 for married persons and persons. - The reductions will require 4,930,000 additional persona to file income tax returns but only about . 2,275,000 will be taxable. They' will contribute about $47, 000,000, the . treasury estimated, but the lowering of the exemp .tions will boost the bills of pres ent taxpayers by about , $256, 000,000.; . 8 harp criticism of this and . other senate chances developed In the house but no effort was . made to block final approval of the bill. ; When members protested the lowered exemptions, Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of the ways and means committee said that while he did not like to say "I told you so," he had warned the house that when it refused to re quire all married persons to file Joint income tax returns, approxi mately $330,000,000 was lost thereby and would have to be made Aip from other sources. That's exactly what happen ed," pat In Rep. Knutson, (R Mlnn). ' ' During discussion of the new returns which would be filed as a result of ' the lowered' exemp tions, : Doughton disclosed that (Turn to Page 2, Cot 7) TrafficToll 1, In Five Days Totals Five Traffic total of fatalities in the Salem area within five days mounted to five Tuesday night when Roy Lee Pratt, 43, Hubbard, died at a Salem hospital. Internal Injuries and brain concussion sustained when he crashed his liht pickup into the rear ef a lumber track which was slewing to a hilt on the Dallas highway -six miles west ef Salem had sent Pratt to the hospital Monday night - The truck was driven by Don ald Benjamin Hill of Taft, who told investigating officers he had been having trouble with ' his lights and was drawing to the edge of the road to try to better manipulate them before traveling on. - Still unidentified save as that ef a man known as "Tex" who had worked leeently at the Cooper bopyard, . the body of a , middle-axed transient lay in a Salem mortuary Tuesday night, fourth victim of highway acci dents In the week's calendar. Pratt Is survived by bis widow, Edith Louise Pratt of Hubbard; daughters, Mrs. John Mitch of Portland and Connie Pratt of Hubbard;" sons, Hurley, X Leroy, Carl and Keith Pratt, all of Hub bard, and one sister, Connie M. Bogle of Woodward, Okla. Funer al services 'are to be held at 1:30 Thursday from the Rigdon chapel Russo Bulg ar Tension High ISTANBUL, Turkey, Sept 18-(JP)-Russian sources Tuesday de clined comment on predictions of an imminent soviet declaration of war against Bulgaria, but .said that all - women and children jpf the families of soviet staff mem bers at Sofia had left Bulgaria. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Sept lt-P)-The Bulgarian government Tues day rejected Russian accusations that Bulgaria was offering Increas ing military cooperation to Ger many and thus endangering rela tions with Moscow. .;-: The Bulgarian note denied that Bulgaria had acted in any way contrary to Russian-Bulgarian friendship i On the Air For Defense In keeping with Constitution Day, an address by Raymond ritealrn, originally given in In dependence Halt Philadelphia, v,i;i te a feature ef the civil defense program to be broad cast ever KSL&I tonight at 9:15 Tqy MiV from $800 to $750 for single M-Day Parade Units Ready County Gvil Defense Chiefs Work out Plan For Massed Turnout Number of units participating in the parade feature of Thursday night's practice civil defense mo bilization in Salem had risen by Tuesday night to approximately 35. Belief that their call .would re sult in bringing together a large percentage of the city's population was expressed by Marion county Civil Defense council workers as they went over arrangements to determine timing for the massing of Salem residents, the march to Sweetland field and the brief pa triotic and educational program planned there. Out-of-town units coming to the capital city to take1 part in the mobilization are to gather on Union east of Commercial street : ' . f , ' ; At the sounding , of sirens at 7:30, Salem folk are scheduled to set-out for Marion square, throw ing into performance immediately emergency traffic control systems. Directed by Burroughs and Ray Moore Good Housekeeping sound truck street, broadcasts, they are to be segregated into service units on and around Marion square. Thence, with the general public, the various civil defense units and organizations already prepared to take some part in defending the area should emergency arrive are to march to Sweetland field on (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Cairo Bombed By Germans; Rome Awaits CAIRO, Sept 18-(P)-Axis war- planes (in defiance of a British threat of retaliation against Rome) bombed Cairo for the first time Tuesday in an attack which killed 39 persons and wounded 93 (Britain,- in a warning direct from the prime minister's resi dence in London, had on April 18 informed the axis that if either Athens or Cairo were bombed, reprisals would be carried out against Rome. (Further, it was stated that once the bombing of the Italian capital started it would "continue as con venient to the end ol the war." (The axis never did bomb Atb ens proper in the course; of the at tack on Greece, and until Tuesday had respected the Egyptian capi tal, a city holy to the Moslem world much as Rome is to Catho lics.) - . ; . The raiding planes dropped both high explosive and Incendiary bombs on Cairo. Despite the num ber of casualties, property dam age was described by the Egypt ian ministry ol tne - Interior as slight r'H--:- t Anti-aircraft guns blazed at the attackers, and raid alarms were sounded in several provinces. Salem Area Milk Producers Seek New Price Hearing Disappointed that, the .recent decision of the milk control, board raised butterfat prices only to 67 cents instead of 80 cents, inde pendent producers and members of the Dairy Cooperative associa tion are circulating a statement asking that the board grant an other hearing. The petition, being signed by Folk and Marlon county produ cers serving the Salem market, asks a chance to present facts showing that the present price Is not adequate considering the increased labor and feed costs and the strictness ef the Salem mCk ordinance. When Reds Sank Nazi Transport in Baltic 0 v. Above Radio- Sonndphoto from Moscow and New York gives a graphic picture ef the destruction by Rus sian naval units of a German supply transport in Baltic seas. This series of photos,' taken, by News ef the Day Newsreel, requires almost no explanatory caption because It tells Its own story from the firing ef the torpedo to the sinking of the ship. FDR Evades Convoy Sea 'Lane WASHINGTON, Sept 1MP) -Possibility that a corridor of steel ships, planes and navy guns has been laid out in the north Atlantic to protect lend- lease deliveries to Great Brit ain was considered in the cap ital Tuesday night The speculation was raised by President Roosevelt's warn ing, at his press conference, that amateur strategists should not think that naval convoys were the only means of guaranteeing deliveries of cargoes to friendly powers. - Under Secretary Knox's declar ation Monday that beginning to day, naval vessels would give every protection within . their power and would "capture or de stroy" raiders encountered be tween North America and Ice land, the view had been accepted widely here that the navy had undertaken actual convoy duty. While the president did not make specific denial of such a long-expected development U was considered possible that his deprecatory comment might mean, instead, the establishment ef a "safety lane" to Iceland. The royal navy, fat such s case, could take ever guardianship of the cargoes from Iceland on te the British Isles. Under such an arrangement, cruisers, destroyers, submarine (Turn to Page 2, Cot 2) : Farm Camp Set For New Site WEST STAYTON Govern ment officials here said Tuesday that the migratory workers camp stationed in this area for the bean harvest will be moved to Klamath Falls for the potato har vest ' -; : : '...j - Dismantling work, begun Mon day, is expected to take ten days. . "No action is being taken by our group at the present in re gard to another hearing," A C Spranger, president of the pro ducers -distributors organization. declared Tuesday night However, at the time the board's decision was announced, spranger ex pressed his surprise that the milk prices had been raised only one cent " Effective. Tuesday, the board increased four per cent milk, formerly 9 cents wholesale and 11 cents retail, to 10 and 12 cents, and five per cent milk formerly 10 and 12 cents, to 11 and 13 cents. ' r J J ill of Steele a. Solon Cracks Public Won't Need Razors WASHINGTON, Sept 16-(ff) -As the house considered the tax bill Tuesday, Rep. Duncan (D-Mo.) inquired whether the ten per cent retail sales tax on Jewelry would apply te safety razors which hare "two cents worth of gold plating on them to keep them from rusting." . "As a result ef this and pre vious tax bills," said Chairman Doughton (D-NC) of the ways and means committee, "the tax payers will be shaved so clean ly, they wont need safety ra sors." Miners Balk On Return to Jobs Request By The Associated Press The CIO United Mine Workers union Tuesday turned down a re quest of the defense mediation board that workers in more than 30 closed captive mines return to their jobs immediately, the union sayjng Instead that it would de fer consideration of - the request until Wednesday. i John I Lewis, UMW president delivered the union's answer In person to Wiliam H. Davis, chair man of the board, at the latter! office in Washington. . ' The mines, owned by. some of the large steel companies; are located In Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky. The miners Lewis told report ers 43,001 were Involved ere demanding a union shop. The board asked Tuesday that the mines be re-opened at once and called officials ef the steel com panies and the union to a hear ing to be held in Washington today, t-: '.i ,"With respect to your request that the mines be reopened," the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Mott Says US ; In War Unwise j i HIIXSBORO, Ore, Sept 16 (AImmediate entry of the Unit ed States into the war would be unwise, because It would reduce the . volume of military supplies sent to Britain and Russia, Con gressman James W, Mott of Ore gon said Tuesday night f The representative ; told the HiHsboro chamber of commerce , that the present policy of aid to anti-axis powers does not damage US defense, -. t i 4 Questions Is Hinted U WASHINGTON. Sept 1C-UP) -President Roosevelt gave Ed ward R. Stettinius, jr, power to approve applications for lend- lease held from Great Britain and China Tuesday as one method Of speeding final action on them. Making this announcement at a press conference, the chief executive also was plied with questions as to whether the navy's protection to merchant ships be tween the United States and Ice land included convoying, but he declined to make a direct answer. In that connection, however, he said that amateur strategists should bear In mind that there is more than one way of protecting ships against submarines and sur face raiders. He described the Stettinius ap pointment as a minor matter, yet one that was typical1 of things that had been done to cut red tape and ' expedite assistance to Great Britain and China. At one time, he said. It took 25 to 20 days for lease-lend ap plications te pass through all the governmental channels re quired by the law. .This period, he added, had been cut te If days. The chief executive went on to say that a 24r-hour delay had been discovered in the White House tself. Late each day, he added, a sheaf of such applications reach es his desk, requiring 50 or more signatures. These he said, did not reach officials responsible for the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) Hoover Tells Views on US - - . i ... . War Actions CHICAGO. Sept 18-WVHer- bert. Hoover asserted Tuesday night that the i United States should build an impregnable de fense, give material aid to demo cracies,' bulwark freedom at home and reserve its strength to help in reconstruction and stabilising peace "when Hitler collapses of his own overreaching." : He mentioned these points in outlining a "constructive policy for America and contended that neither isolation nor Intervention was .wise : or possible, tre- Hoover stated also that Presi dent Roosevelt was right in pro testing against the firing, on US warships and the sinking of mer chant ships. - 5 - "But the president's policy o. edging our war ships into danger zones, , of sending American mer chant : ships-; with" contraband, raises the most critical of all questions, he added in a prepar ed address over the CBS network. City Park, No Water In Strike Kansas Gty Hit By "Blackout" Without Warning KANSAS CITY, Sept 17 (Wednesday)-(VKansaj City was without lights and power and virtually i without water early today as employes of the Kansas City Power Light Co. struck suddenly at midnight Only one small water pump ing station was , operating at 12:30 ajn. with its own supply of power and station employes said it could not remain in action long. The walkout followed a ruling by the national defense mediation board in Washington Tuesday night that a dispute between two rival unions came within- the ju risdiction of the national abor re lations board and the .United States courts of appeals. The entire city was in darkness, street cars stalled on the tracks. The blackout prevented two planes . landing at Municipal airport but sources there said they probably would make use of Fairfax field, a military port, across the Missouri river In Kansas City, Kan.' Kansas City, Kan., is supplied by a - municipally-owned system and was not affected. Suburban communities in John son county, Kan., however, re ceive their current from, the Kan sas City Power and Light com pany and were blacked out along with Kansas City, Mo. The strike came virtually with out warning as the master switches controlling light and power were pulled at midnight Telephone service was not affect ed. - St Luke's hospital, one of the city's largest was entirely with out lights. Other hospitals- re ported they had emergency sys tems for operating rooms only. The controversy grew out of jurisdictional dispute in which the International Brother hood of Electrical Workers, an AFL af filiate, sought the right to bar gain for employes who were members of the Independent Un ion of Utility Employes. The company recently appealed from a regional labor board de cision saying the Independent un ion was company dominated. That appeal will be heard October II in the US circuit court of ap peals. ' The mediation board. In wir ing Its ruling from Washington, (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) IiP Flower leading in May oi Race NEW YORK,! Sept 17-(Wednes- day)-(-Mayor F. H. LaGuardia appeared certain of republican nomination early today in his quest for a third term as returns from 3400 of the city's 4050 elec tion districts gave him a total of 51,129 votes to 36,419 for his opponent John R. Davies. On the basis of the nearlycom- pleted returns, it appeared the mayor had won sizable pluralities in the boroughs of Manhattan, Richmond and Brooklyn, while Davies seemed certain ox ma jorities in the boroughs of Queens and the Bronx; Black Sea hut r; & di & ?rTJ? iiisia GREEC i-DARDANLtEl TURKEY Ankara. Turkey, sources reported that the Black sea seems to have been chosen as the setting for a-decisive battle between the axis and allies for control of th Ukraine. Arrows show how axis naval units, -operating from Clack sea bases In Rumania and Bulgaria, could hit at Russian land forces behind tit . v i - v. n.iiM 4i. attwlr flia CrlmM nA ctriSco al Raatum. western term " inns ef the oU line from the . . ncer axis coimaaagn. ? ;v - y.; What Power -: ' . . ... - - " Strike Does' To Big City KANSAS CTTx (Wednesday) -Sept 17HT)-Tbe strike at the Kansas City Power and light company, affects these - public services and electrically-Powered devleesr . Water supply believed avail able until noon today. Street cars and trolley Cusses: Operations discontinued for dur ation of strike. Gasoline busses operating. Telephone system: Not af fected.1 Radio receivers and broad casting stations: Silent fire alarm: Not affected. PoUce radio communication: Not affected. Elevators, ! refrigerators and storage plants and all electrically-powered hospital and home devices unusable during strike. Electrically-operated filling station pumps. . AlKes Occupy - . a. ar . Iran Capital Axis-Favoring Shah Abdicates for Son When Stalling Fails LONDON, f Sept lO-VR Shah Pahlavl abdicated the throne of Iran Tuesday w h 1 1 e British and Russian armies marched on his capital to enforce their demands for expulsion or delivery to the allies of axis na tionals in' that strategically-located kingdom of the middle east The 83-year-old shah was succeeded by his 21-year-old son. the Shahpur (Crown Prince) Mohammed Reza Pah lavl, but an authoritative source here stated that the allied forces nevertheless planned immedl- , ate occupation of Teheran. Hea ters, British news agency, said these forces were only a few miles from Teheran Tuesday night - ,; . They are expected te enter the capital Wednesday. Orders f 0 r t h e- occupation, which - the British and Russians (Turn Pg : J. Cot IX Web of Nazi Spies Told Trial Reveals Germany's , Interests in US Plane Production, Convoys NEW YORK, Sept. lOHThe web of German military intelli gence, spun in New York, extend ed from Alaska and Iceland to Brazil, China and Africa, and covered cities and whistle stops in the United States, according to evidence presented Tuesday at the trial of 18 men charged with espionage conspiracy. US Attorney Harold M..Ken nedy read into the trial record a series of messages - received at a secret "spy radio station on Long Island built and operated by American counter - espionage agents which indicated Ger many's insatiable thirst for mili- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) Finns to Fight on NEW YORK, Sept 16--The Finnish radio in a broad east, heard Tuesday night by NBC said a lasting peace with Russia could be obtained only by the complete defeat or change of the present Russian govern ment "therefore Finland wtU continue to fight on Germany's side until such a victory Is ours." Seen Key in Ukraine Battle a ANKARA Eaku eiUlelds Dotted area representa territory occupied by axis force - ; :.v:i:ur -K't pv?; Russ Sea CbhtroMs Asserted Baltic, Arctic v Fleets Victors; Nazis Push East By The Associated Press The German southern armlet claimed late Tuesday night to be sweeping eastward from the Lower Dnieper river over broad. and hard-won bridgeheads to ward the Nogaisk steppe and by these accounts it appeared that a grand offensive to isolate the Crimean peninsula from the Russian mainland was well , under way. Of that southern theater Rus sian military informants saia utue Tuesday. They reported, how ever, a strongly successful con tinued defense of Leningrad In the northwest and pictured the Red baltic and arctic fleets as in almost undisputed control of the northern waters. This morning's communique of the Soviet command announced that a second nazi attempt to land on the Soviet island base of Oesel near the mouth of the Gulf of Finland had been smashed with most of the invading troops an- nihilated and ; the remainder driven into the sea. Specifically claimed by Mos cow were: A punishing defeat of German mechanised columns before Leningrad In' a battle that cost the naxls 48 heavy tanks and armored cars and 27 field guns; a spectacular charge by Red troops and civilian vol unteers some of them girls which threw the . Germans out of a series of fortress Islands In a river that presumably was the Neva; the defeat of a German tank division further ; to the ' north, apparently somewhere on the Murmansk front sad thel substantial destruction of a nasi : Infantry regiment In that fame SMft 1 . . . . ' - -. f , " - t - . . f -?--. .- - i " The running actions of northern Soviet naval and aerial forces were declared to have smashed a total .of 30 German vessels, eight of them 'laden troop transports. and it was said, too, that the big guns of the Kronstadt naval base near Leningrad were in action against the Germans. Heavy autumn rains were gen eral over the Leningrad front and official Soviet spokesmen wel comed the approach of winter with declarations that it would bring disaster to Hitler's millions. Berlin laid claim to general successes .all the way from Leningradwhere It was said that Soviet bunkers and block houses were being slowly and bloodily reduced clear down te the Black sea, -The offensive in the Lower (Turn to Page X, CoL 7) Mrs. Sprague Ship Sponsor " PORTLAND, Sept 1M)-The Star of Oregon, first ship to slide: down the ways of the Oregon Shipbuilding corporation - plant here on September 27, will be sponsored by Mrs. Charles A, ' Sprague. , ' ' Governor Sprague will be one of the speakers at the afternoon ceremonies; in which- the Port land-built emergency-type freight er will enter the water at the same time as 12 others throughout the United States. x . i- y