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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 23, 1941)
P AGS TWO lb OZSGOTI STATESMAN. Salem, i Oregon. Tuesday Masking. September 23, 1941 Bulgars Shoot, Intern Solons Parliament Members Eliminated as Martial Law- Is Declared (Continued from Page 1) members of the Illegal communist nd agrarian parties who intro duced .a resolution against adher ence to the axis in parliament last March. '' j - i H - The martial law' decrees were understood to have cleared the way for speedy disposition of the cases of SS Bulgarians he'd since August on charges of conspiring garian and German armies during the Yugoslav, war. ANKARA, Turkey, Sept t.-(P)-Sofla was under a partial curfew Monday nlcnt durinr a state of emerrency, and infor mation direct from the Bulgar ian capital said Germany was Increasing her troop concentra tions prior te a Black sea thrust against Russia. , Varna and Burgas, Bulgarian ports, were blacked out complete ly. Newspapers played down the state of emergency, this responsi ble source in Sofia said. But he told of military trials, and expect ed a full curfew shortly in the capital. ! ; Meanwhile the Bulgarian press and German - controlled newspapers in other parts of the Balkans were said to have be gun a press campaign against the activities of George H. Earle, US minister to Bulgaria. Earle was accused of meddling in Bulgaria's foreign relations with Germany, and the Sofia in formant said this campaign began after Earle talked recently with Bulgaria editors to clarify what appealed! to a 8eneral misun derstanding about America in Bulgaria. WU Professor Asserts Reds To Fight on The Russians will keep on fighting even if they lose Lenin' grad, possibly even if the Ger mans take Moscow, is the opinion of Prof J R. I. Lovell of Willam ette university, expressed in the course of an analysis of war trends presented in an address at the Salem chamber of commerce luncheon on Monday. In time Ger many can defeat Russia but such a victory may not be of much help to Hitler in defeating the British Empire backed by United States aidhe added. ' Germany held the Ukraine throughout the latter part of World War I but had to keep a million men there te police it and did not receive adequate return in supplies, the speaker pointed out. The war may end in 1942 with a victory for democracy if Ger man reaction to disappointments Is despraif; if the reaction is des peration due to fear of the peoples now being mistreated, the war may dra2 on for four or five years, Prof. Lovell asserted. Recent nazi advances eastward enhance the importance of Ameri can aid, he pointed out Asfor the adequacy of that aid, he de clared the figure 1850 war planes built In August, is significant since it shows the goal of 50,000 planes a year set by the president months ago. already about half attained. He drew a fairly cheer ful picture of the transport situa tion. Though all the "experts' were misled as t the possibility of war between Germany and Russia, one man did foresee and predict accurately even as te time, the break between Hitler and Stalin. That man was the late Ralph Barnes, Willamette graduate and war correspondent,' Prof. ' Lovell recalled, adding mention of the praise other" war correspondents have accorded the Salem man who was killed in an airplane ac cident in Yugoslavia some months ago. ' Rites Held for Lebanon Man . Final rites were held Sunday for William Larkin Chastain who died at his home in Lebanon early Friday. Interment was in the i Providence . cemetery. - ; He was born in Lane county 47 years ago and has lived in Linn county practically all of his life except for time, in the army. , : He is .survived by. bis . wife, Alma Mae- McBurney Chastain, -whom he married Jn Vancouver, Wash, in 1919, and by five chil dren: -- Lynn, . Robert' Chester, uanita and Joan. One sister lives In ; Independence, " Mrs. ' Mabel Powell a brother, OrvilIe Chas tain, In Salem; another brother, Leslie, in Dallas, and ' a third brother, ' Oliver, in .' Foster, OreJ He was a member of the Gk Urch of , Christ, the Crowfoot. . grange and the American Legion. - To Vote on Strike -.;. SAN DIEGO, Calit, Sept. 22 '. VP) - AFL machinists " reported .Monday night that a conference with MaJ. R. IL Fleet, president of the Consolidated Aircraft cor poration, had failed to effect set tlement of a wage dispute with the firm, and a strike vote weald be taken Monday night and Tuesday. Service Men Where They Are Who! They're Pointy Sgt George D. Carter, on duty with the army air corps at Elmen dorf field, Alaska, has recently been rerated air mechanic first class, it was learned here Mon day. Sgt Carter, brother of Reed Carter of Salem, attended schools here, was active in sports and was a member of the 20-30 club. Assignment to the field artil lery replacement, training 4 center at Camp Roberts, Calif, has been given Henry O. Kins of Salem upon his arrival at the reception center at Fort Lewis, The States man was advised Monday. Oregon's national guardsmen are in fine condition and gave a excellent account of themselves In last Saturday's review. Gov. Charles A. Spa-ague declared here Monday upon his return from Fort Lewis. The governor added that the men were receiving the best of food and their quarters, are com fortable. Mother Slayer Escapes Jail; Still Missing GOLD END ALE, Wash., Sept 21-JP)-A widespread search for Eric Miller, escaped Klickitat county matricide, failed Monday night. Sheriff C. R. House said to night no trace had been found of the! 22-year-old farm youth who once confessed the murder of his mother and later pleaded innocent by reason of temporary insanity. Miller escaped sometime last night from the 53-year-old jail here. Sheriff House said he be lieved the youth wasstill wear ing two leg braeeletson one leg although he had apparently used- bolt clippers to cut the chain connecting the bracelets, to a wall of his cell. The sheriff expressed his be lief that Miller had made rood his escape from the county and added that no road blockades or similar measures had been taken to apprehend him. Miller's escape was not discov ered until 10 a. m. today when a jailer took his breakfast to the cell. Three prisoners lodged down stairs in the same jail told offi cers they had not noticed Miller leaving. . Lann Jussila, Miller's aunt who testified against him dur ing his murder trial last week, was terrified tonight and de clared she 'feared Miller would attempt to kill her in revenge. Although officers said they be lieved the door to Miller's cell had been opened from the outside, no fingerprints were found on it Solon to Ask Congress for War Action WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -()-Rep. Fish (R-NY) said Monday night he would propose to con gress next week a resolution call ing for an Immediate declaration of war against Germany and predicted the house would de feat it "more than 2 to 1." "But I think it's time for the congress to act and there can be no unity in this country until such a vote is taken," he declared. "The American people are op posed to an undeclared war. Con gress has the responsibility and the issue should be settled. The house will vote down the reso lution by more than 2 to 1." Three Hunters Among Deaths PORTLAND, Sept 22 .-(P)-Oregon counted three dead and three wounded from weekend deer hunting, one of the deaths being attributed io a heart attack. Clarence E. Talbot, Shevlin, was killed by a stray bullet Sunday. T. Bv GosneL 69, Ashland, died a few minutes1 after shooting a deer. Harry Lawrence, Cove, was the first victim, being killed by an accidental ; shot Saturday. Gerald Lee Gabriel, 16, was wounded in the eye near Albany and William ASDaws, army ser geant stationed at Medford, lost his thumb from an accidental shot Harold Ager, -Portland grade school principal, was shot through the tip of the nose while hunting in the Bums country. : Sprague , Favors Using Baker Natatorium as. Armory; for State A proposal Tor the state to take over ' the public natatorium in Baker for use as a state- armory was approved by Gov. Charles A. Sprague here Monday, following conference with James Donald, vice-president of the Baker cham ber of commerce, and other Ba ker officials. Other members of the state board. of control. Including State Treasurer Leslie M.r Scott and Secretary of State Earl Snell, also must consider the proposal ; be fore definite action is taken. Donald said the natatorium was constructed &t a cost of nearly (200.000. Lost McChord Plane Found Ship Hits Constance Peak; Crew, Believed Dead in Explosion (Continued from Page 1) mule pack unit It went up the Olympic loop highway along Hood canal Monday night la trucks. The other group is afoot The two-seat trainer that crashed Monday afternoon in the search for the missing bomber met disaster far to the south, on Huckleberry mountain near Mor ton, officers said. Huckleberry mountain is the same peak on which a bomber, j sister ship to the one involved in the current tragedy, crashed with the loss of seven lives last January. In the small plane were Second Lieut Hubert Croteaux and a pri vate first class named Jones, who was along as an observer. Colonel Crom said it was a miracle that the two men es caped from the trainer. He said preliminary reports Indicated the light ship struck the tree tops while heading upward, and It skidded along them before crashing te the ground In a clear spot The bomber, which was last reported at 4:59 a. m. September 9, crashed -into a barefaced section of mountain top, Colonel Crom said reports indicated. There was no sign of life. The men aboard the bomber were: Second Lieut. Edward T. Val orz, 28, Chicago; bridegroom of a few weeks. Second Lieut John W. Winship, 25, Riverside, Calif., married only a week. Staff Sgt Robert D. Dexter, 23, Victorville, Calif. Sgt James W. Page, 20, Sea- coville, Texas. Priv. Jack J. Hupert, 22, Mil waukee, Wis. Priv. Mildord Knight, St Louis. Colonel Crom said the first of the searchers would attempt to start up the side of Mount Con stance Monday night State Streams Receive Heavy Trout Planting WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 (JP) The . interior department reported Monday that 83,630 rainbow trout finger lings were released in Dolph creek, Eagle creek and Clackamas river, Oregon, in August Other planting totals in the Oregon-Washington report includ W: 112,500 brook trout finger lings in Northwestern lake, 81,000 rainbow trout fingerlings in Little White Salmon river, 483,900 chi nook salmon fingerlings in Entiat river, 60,000 eastern brook trout in Lake George in 'Mount Rainier national park and 24,000 each in Lake Louise and Reflection lake. Deliveries to state game de partments included 30,000 brook trout 12,000 rainbow trout 35, 000 chinook and 75,000 silver salmon fingerlings, and the for est service received 62,000 rain bow trout fingerlings. Columbia national forest wat ers received 234,950 brook and 232,500 rainbow trout fingerlings. Japan Rushes More Troops To North SHANGHAI, Tuesday, Sept 23 -(iT-Japan 1 is rushing masses of additional troops to Manchukuo as a result of mounting confidence in Tokyo" over German victories against the red army, foreign mil' itary observers reported today. The Japanese troop movements started the past week just as Ger many was making considerable headway, leading some quarters to believe the time may be ripen ing for a Japanese thrust against Siberia. WaZmary By Th Associated Press Another US-owned ship, the Pink Star, is sunk off Iceland; first to go down since President Roosevelt's shoot-first warning to axis.' . .--,-. ,y - Germans claim Russian' Baltic and Black sea fleets are seriously reduced by heavy bombing and shore gun attacks, - declare Rus sia's European ports are substan tially sealed " against urgently needed supplies from Britain and US; London informants say thai soviet Industrial losses may soon reduce the red armies to "irri tant'' warfare; Russian counter- offensive continues at center. Ny e Accuses Willkie NEW YORK, Sept 22-on-Sen- ator Gerald Pi Nye (R-ND) Mon day night accused Wendell L. Willkie and interventionists of "dragging into this war contro versy . that cheap, wholly un American Issue called anti-sem-itism." - . . : - . Governor's Son Joins NEW YORK,. Sept 2 Peter G. Lehman, 24, pilot-son of Gov. Herbert H. Lehman, has volunteered and been ;"; accepted for. service In the Royal Canadian air force. Shoots Self k m Wit Using a revolver which she kept as protection andnst the nmuihls return of kidnapers to her pala tial nome, Mrs. Anna Lou Boett cher. 37-vear-old Denver social itsL shot and killed herself, according to police. Mrs. Boettcher'a hus band, Charles Boettcher XL scion of one of Colorado's wealthiest famillea, was abducted in 1933 ana neia zor S60.000 ransom in one of the nation's sensational cases. He was later released on payment of the ransom. East Oregon Artist Gets Approbation Twelve paintings hung In the men's lobby of the Salem YMCA late last-week attracted much in terest Monday, according to Y of ficials. I The artist is Percy L. Manser of Hood River, professional painter. The scenes are all of the eastern Oregon country, except for two of the Oregon coast Four won blue ribbons at the Oregon state fair. Both connoisseurs and casual viewers said the exhibit was "splendid" stressing that the subjects were scenes they had all seen and were well done. The paintings are Headlands and Oregon Coast, the marine views, Requiem, Bedding the Steers, Highballin', The Old Red Barn, The Trout Stream, Octo ber, Autumn, Autumnal Bounty and the Upper Pasture. In the Army.. .In the Navy... In tht Marine Corps . . In the Coast Guird ACTUAL SALES RECORDS IN POST EXCHANGES, SALES COMMISSARIES, SHIP'S SERVICE STORES, SHIP'S STORES, AND CANTEENS SHOW... THE SMOKE than the average of the 4 other largest-selling: cigarettes tested . less than any of them . . according to independent scientific tests of the smoke itself I The smoke's the thing! OAMlt t ( t it US-Owned Ship Sunk by Axis Germans Report Reds Lose Baltic Ports; ; US Aid Is Blocked . (Continued "tram. Page 1 cow city council took action., that might indicate preparations for withstanding an eventual siege: The city council forbade persons who had evacuated the capital to return,- and ordered that those in sisting upon returning should be denied food cards. As to the situation afield, the Germans said little beyond Im plying that the drive, from fal len Kiev eastward toward Khar kov In the Donets river basin was still rolllnr wider escort of heavy bombing attacks on so viet railways and ether com munications and announcing that SI Russian divisions per haps aggregating as many- as 450,000 men had been annihi lated in the encircled area in that theatre. In the Atlantic, which in Ger man accounts was an integrated part of the same struggle, the sinking of IS British ships of a total tonnage of &?500 was claim ed. All this, along with the pro gressive loss of Russian war in dustry areas, was trumpeted by Berlin as making 'certain that British-American aid could not now arrive in time or In ade quate amounts. At about the same time that the Germans were making .these sweeping claims, the arrival in Russia of the British and United States missions was announced. They will provide the best possi ble mechanism for hurrying sup plies to the eastern front Britain herself answered Ger man successes at sea by an nouncing that British subma rines and bombers had sunk two big Italian troopships ef around 25,000 tons each in the central Mediterranean on the axis supply rente to Italian Libya, had destroyed a smaller ship and damaged or sunk three others. The most spectacular foray of all was reported by the Italians, who declared that a force of their small assault boats of a secret type apparently little more than man-carrying torpedoes had penetrated to the innermost part of Gibraltar harbor Satur day night, sinking three British supply ships aggregating 16,600 tons and damaging a fourth. The day brought still more Camels are the W'llflt ? .. n- First on Land and Sea! OF SLOWER-BURNING ess i j; i signs that Bulgaria, an axis satel lite, might be preparing to go to war against Russia and more news of trouble -' in ' occupied France. - -. The government-controlled Turkish radio broadcast a state ment by an influential Turkish paper that, no fleet ; would pass through the Dardanelles under any pretext thus apparently refusing in advance any request that nominally neutral Bulgaria might make to transfer nominally Bulgarian warships through the straits in behalf of the axis. Wheeler Hits War Mongers At Portland (Continued from Page 1) can't be serviced," Wheeler said. "If we go Into this war we will have a debt not of 60 billion or 70 billion dollars but one of 200 or 300 billion. It's going' to come out of the little man. When you pay your taxes next March, make up your mind whether you want to give away the money to China and Russia, and England and South America." Tm pro-English," he assert ed., "I hope the English win," but, he continued, "I wouldn't ' trust Hitler or Stalin er Musso lini or Churchill." ' The audience on a s h o w of hands Indicated itself sympathetic to the America First committee, but an announcement of a radio address by Charles A. Lindbergh was nearly drowned out by boos. Salem Basks With Coming Of Autumn PORTLAND, Sept 22-flP)-Pre-verse Oregon prepared Monday to greet autumn with ' summer-like weather. (Salem had its place in the sun Monday, bidding farewell to sum mer with a recorded temperature maximum of 75 degrees.) The fall season officially smarted at 2:33 a. m., Tuesday, and throughout the state, drenched in rains the last three weeks of sum mer, the skies turned clear. Medford residents shed coats in an 84-degree reading. Portland re corded a maximum of 75, Eugene and Roseburg 74, North Bend 71, Burns 70, Pendleton and Newport 68, Lakeview 66, Baker 64 and Bend 63. CAMELS CONTAINS nicotine Storm Tension Eases on Gulf Hundred Seek Refuge Awaiting Passing of V Southwest Hurricane . 4 i ? " I ' . ; (Continued from Page 1) j bondings, rather than In their : hemes. - Business i establishments were battened down and electric street light service cut off for fear of danger from falling wires. Two policemen were assigned to each block in the business district to prevent looting. Port . Arthur's home defense units guarded highways which were closed and levees and ship yards which were threatened by 5.5 foot tides ' ; Although Port Arthur is pro tected by a ten-foot levee, many downtown stores t were boarded up. ' Rain and increasing wind was reported in Freeport, which was four-fifths evacuated. . ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Sept 22. (P) Pecos river cities stood tense watch Monday night against the menace of rising flood waters in the wake of two days of cloud bursts over eastern New Mexico. Shortly after dusk, waters of the Hondo river, down which a 40-foot rise flowed from storm swept mountain headwaters, be gan inundating flats west of Ros well near the junction of the Pe cos and the Hondo. Eighty miles downriver, the city ef Carlsbad mobilized sev- eral hundred "air raid war dens," organized for last week's mock blackout Tonight how ever, they were called te flood duty for a true emergency. They were charged with watch ing the Pecos through the night against rises from the swollen Hondo, and to sound a house-to-house alarm in the event of dan ger. Aa the flood crest moved to ward Roswell down the Hondo, now at its highest stage on rec ord, state guardsmen cleared all Rosswell streets of traffic and moved some families out of low land districts. French Fear Nazi Revenge (Continued from Page 1) taken a licking "which has ex ceeded the due punishments for our errors. Through Fernand de'Brinea, favorite I Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard w.yes,ifs Camels with the men in the service. And with the millions ef others who stand behind them, loo. For Camel is America's favorite. Join up with that ever-growing army of Camel fans now. jEnjoy tha cool, flavorful teste of Camel's cost lier tobaccos. Enjoy smoking plea sore at its best extra mildness with less nicotine in the smoke less than enj of the 4 other large t-selHnJ brands tested (m Ufi). czziD a CArrron of cakels today. For that chap fa , O. D. or blue who's waiting to hear from you, why not send him carton or two of Camels today? Hell appreciate the gift from you . hell appreciate your picking the brand that the men in the service) prefer... Camels. Remember send him a carton of Camels today. BY BURNING 25 SLOWER than the average of the 4 other largest-selling brands tested slower than any of them Camels also give yon a smoking fMeQial, on the average, to ' : . w i ' ' ' ' . . ' - " " r ' - - ! 5 EXTRA SMOKES PER PACK! French envoy la Paris, VU Ylehy government was repre sented at the funeral ef the latest German victim ef the Paris shootings. - His deafS was fallowed last Saturday by the firing-squad ex ecution of 12 French hostages, the largest number yet shot down In the German reprisals and execu tions which have taken 35 lives. . It was learned here Monday night that Jean Cathelas, former French deputy and! member of the communist party central com mittee, was; one of four commu nists sentenced to capital punish ment last Saturday after trials aimed at smashing communist ac tivities. Trucks, Bus Set For Defense An inventory of all trucks and busses in Oregon, in connection with the national defense pro gram, will be launched Thursdav. Secretary of State Earl Snell an nounced here Monday. The inventory will be conduct ed by the use of Questionnaires to be sent to the owners of 65,000 trucks and busses in Oregon. "With mere than four and a half million trucks in this coun try compared with abort one half million daring the first World war, the federal govern ment feels there shoald be transportation paralysis such aa occurred in 1917," 8nell de clared, r Snell urged that the question naires be filled out and returned to his office promptly; He is Ore gon chairman for the highway traffic advisory committee of the war department Specific information will be asked regarding the season of the year the owner most urgently needs his vehicle,' whether he would be willing to lease it to the government, and its size and ca pacity. Similar surveys will be con ducted in all other states. Moscow Lifts Ban on lights During Night MOSCOW, Sept. 22.-W-Black- out restrictions for Moscow were relaxed, effective Monday night, to. permit the capital's squares and principal thoroughfares to be lighted except during air-raids. There was no explanation of the new order. Heretofore the city has been without lights nightly. Survey f : -I -
