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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1941)
emim Celebration, is, Tmdg. (br fa Events to r Pictures Weathdr: , Two syndicated new pie ' tare - services' and a staff f- photographer serve States- man readers. For first news c ;h word and picture, read The Statesman. i Fair .today; and Friday,' , little., change In .tempera ! tore. . Max. temp. Wednes day II. Min.,47. Southwest .wind. River -2J feet. Clear. ' POUNDS 17 1651 UBIETY-FIRST JTEAB Salem, . Oregon, Tkuraday Morning. September '23, 1M1 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 158 nnual Fall r i; i ! l. I- I s; ! - - V- i ! ElHployeS C Pay Hike City Committee I er ' ' . ! Appro vesRaise- I : i Of 10 Per Cent A 1ft per cent raise in all city salaries for the first six months' of 1942 was approved by mem bers of the Salem budget com mittee in .their final session Wednesday night. . JOeclaring that the raise was the largest they could propose and keep the city's expenditures for the coming year within the limits set by law, members of the committee mamtaine'd that failure to provide some increase would have been a definite cut in salaries and that the percent age added could not be considered to have met increased living ex penses. Salem's proposed city budget came out of the three-hour session not only with readjusted salaries, which in many cases fell short of those recommended, but minus approximately $37,000 in appro priations it had carried when the meeting .opened. j . Largest tingle slice came oat of the fire-tax fund, with ent ; tine off of $7000 tagged for pnr--; chase of a fire alarm system I T and of $9000 which -had been set aside to bay a new" pamper. - Sinw e?timated tax levy for the fire fund was placed at only $6, 691.13 in the budget as originally drawn, more than half the sav ings " effected' will I remain in the fund as a balance for the ensuing period unless some of the fire de partment salaries included in an other portion of the, 69-page doc ument . are transferred into the fund's estimate. Should that "be ' done, the cuts mighY be reflected in a lowered general tax. : : Not without argument were - the salary schedules drawn and the provision for the fire alarm system deleted from the budget, which is to be rechecked and : pwNribly farther eat at the Oc .; tober . meeting of the council :. before presentation at the public hearing November 2. . A scale of salaries taking indi ; : vidual needs and quality of Work , into consideration had been drawn by the salary; sub-committee preceding the general budget group's session. Without hearing, the sub-committee's recommendations were . (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) . Texas Emerges From Storm; Loss Heavy HOUSTON, Sept. 24-P)-Refu-gees by the thousands returned tonight to the gull coast nomes ' they fled to escape ' a tropical storm which caused millions of ' dollars - - damage to crops . and property. - - - . . The heaviest blew in years ' peak winds of 100 milesan hour . were recorded as It lashed In- I land spent Its- violence xs it- moved northeastward before eering west Into Texas again near Sulphur Springs. . Damage : to the Texas rice crop alone - was -estimated at $500,000 by Homer L. Brink ley, manager of the American t&lee Growers Cooperative as sociation " r In addition: the storm buffeted - bayshore homes; smashed boats to ' (Turn to Page 2, Col. 9 . British Tars To See Game STACO MA, -Sept. 24.-(H Twenty-five sailors: from the British battleship- Warspite, now undergoing. repairs at Bremerton ' navy yard, will get their firsf look -v? at an American ! football : game Friday night when Gonzaga uni vefsity tangles with Pacific Luth . ; eran;- -iV::"'-'-': , Several ol the tars, all of whom will be guests here, are members of the Warspite's soccer team, re- puted to be one of the best in the royal navy- ON THE AIR . v. . FOR DEFENSE . . . 1 Bryan U. Conley, y Marion ' County Civil Defense council's coordinator, Is to be inter- viewed on the council's KSLM I broadcast at 9:15 tonight by Cicn Wade. Firsts Plu 'Jfof Army Bomber Crash onMt. Constance 7 r Kb Cd... Til T i 4 i&&7ik V. , ft:A-Z 1-, 11 f - VVA-i. ces with advisers to what FLASH! Here is the first, and according to aU- information-available late Wednesday night, the only clear and printable photograph of the McChord field .army bomber located , by searching planes Monday on the high - slopes of ML Constance, Olympic peninsula, Washington. The bomber had been missing since Sept. 9. This remarkable air picture was obtained only after a hazardous flight down- between pillar-like rock peaks. It Is understood that other . photographs were obscured by fog. - Note the fragments of the Sprague Will Fly to Parley State GOP QoIm to Hear Molt; County Sends Delegation - PORTLAND, Sept. 24-(P-Gov. and Mrs. Sprague will fly to Rose burg for the state republican clubs' convention after she has smashed a magnum of champaigne on the nose of the Star of Oregon at 3:30 pan., Saturday. - Mrs. Sprague was selected some time ago to christen the ship, which will slide down the ways here in a nation-wide launching of Liberty ships Sat urday. Gov. Sprague told I Ernest Jach- etta, . republican , club president, that he would reach Roseburg by 7:45 p.m. Jachetta ssid Wednes day that Rep. Jamea W Mott (R-Ore.) "would attend the con vention at Roseburg Sept 26-27. President Frederick S. Lamport, Salem, will head the 11 delegates who will represent the Marion county Republican club at the state convention at Roseburg Fri day and Saturday Other delegates are Dr. P. O. Riley, Ernest A. Miller; Mrs. R. L. Wright, David Eodes, Doug las McKay, Chris I. Kowlts, Mrs. Hal D. Patton, Bin. George JL K. ; Moorhead, John - Steel hammer and Joseph B. Felton. Ford to Make Medium: And Heayy US Tanks DETROIT, Sept 24-VP-Vol-ume' production of medium and heavyweight army, tanks is planned by the Ford Motor com pany. . ' V::J.Z2 ? - .A , This, became , known definitely Wednesday as officials of the com pany admitted that - negotiations with the war department and the office of production management had been under way for several weeks. .." ' Salem Merchant Sf U Crowds swarm on Salem streets annually for Fall Opening, and surprises and entertainment promised, by merchants -tonight portend to keep that record in tact Windows in the downtown district will be unveiled at 7:30 o'clock;',-.- .. . . -; v" ' A profusion of gay fall col- era will ' dominate in window ' decorations, and - an advance ', "sneak' preview conducted by members of the Retail Mer--chants bureau and tlie Ad "club points to an array of decorative and lighting effects ' surpassing past Fall Opening efforts. ' 7 ? AxM .i .. i -A'i to permit the arming of V .-ft 1 O.WiViri- was seeking to decide in Se.r V?-' 'Vof&V tr - tZr 'H Soldier Rescue Party At Bomber' Remains of Bodies and Plane Will Be Brought Down Late Today; Camp Established in Rugged Mountains QUILCENE, Wash., Sept 24.-(i'r-After-a grueling 10-hour climb . Wednesday, an army rescue party reported by radio that it had reached the spot where a crest of Mount Constance with WU Classes Begin Today As 700 Set Registration Wednesday, was only 22 behind the count on the same day in 1940 at "Willamette university, according to. Registrar Walter Erickson. The .total is ap proximately 700 students.-Classes begin this morning. Upper classes were 19 behind . those of' last , year, at ' the close of the-first day's signing; for a:i total of about 500. Registration of freshmen was down from ; 211 to 207. Not all of the 221 freshmen who enrolled Monday have as yet fixed their ached- - r Freshmen enjoyed Wednesday night a "mixer party at the Sa lem YMCA, a departure from pro grams of former years, when sep arate parties for. boys and girls were arranged. . " -. . ; ' . . The annual YM-YW formal re ception in Uhe gymnasium' is scheduled for 8 o'clock tonight ui general charge of Glennerva Harnsberger, Independence jun ior. "': - -v-.v-:ri-vr ;. Young Willkie in Navy NEW , YORK,-: Sept;: 2i.-VPh Rulip H. Willkie, son of Wendell Ii Willkie, wflTTbe sworn' in as an ' apprentice seaman in the naval reserve Monday aboard the USS Wheeling. ' Music is -to augment - the varied sounds,' as five groups parade and ride through the streets. The mu nicipal band directed by -H. N. Stoudemeyer,: Salem . high t school band directed by: Vernon Wiscar son and Hassenstab' Junior band directed by Joe Hassenstab will play during the celebration. The cowboy band from the Priseilla Meislnger studio and ; a group in charge of Wes Me Waln are to play from roving trucks. Schedules have been ar ranged to prevent confusion. -A football filled with "passes' to Friday night's Willamette uni Aft, V V . , . Roosevelt mdicated at J ... 1 stWAgV- press conference Tuesday 7 . wurra W : Jl i .1 4 tl would ask that the act be r "Wll fvMA -merchant vessels. He said that metal. fuselage, (left), and tail, assembly (right), the final resting place of .the .plane after smashing into solid rock' 200 feet above. Latest news reports from forest rangers: via short wave radio indicate all the crew of six met instant death in the resultant explosion. Soldiers sent into the area with a pack train are expected to bring the bodies and parts of the plane out late Thursday. This picture was obtained by the International- Illustrated Statesman. Crash Site bomber crashed against-the rocky six men aboard. " " The wreckage was discovered from' the air Monday, two weeks after the twin -motored ship's mysterious disappearance.' Three forest rangers reached the scene Tuesday to' report positively that all the men were' killed' instantly by an explosion. , A-camp .was established Wed nesday near the. top- of the 7, 700-foot Olympics range peak, about three miles . from where the bomber crashed In an area of rocky ledges, sheer cliffs and barren, ravines. Major H. O. Pennington, of the M e C h r d field air. base, Js directing the rescue operations en the moun tain. . . , ,. . . . Capt Boyd. Homewood, Mc Chord press relations officer, pre dicted, that the .horse, and . mule pack party would be back to this base by Thursday -with ' the re- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) Late Sports ; BAXTER : STADrUM, Stock ton, Calif, Sept. Z4-ff-A fast, hard-hitting University of Ha waii football team defeated the College of the Pacific 14 to t Wednesday before ; 15,000 fans. .The Hawaii Rainbows scored their, first touchdown six min utes . after the game opened, drtvlpr 79 yards. They marched 78 yards for. their second score In the la period. " It was the Second victory for the team from Honolulu on Its current mainland Invasion, 'the University of Portland being its I first victim. versity-College 1 Idaho football game, to be- dropped from atop the First National bank, building, is one of many surprises. . . A dance starting at 9 p. m. at Crystal Gardens Is the final event of the Fall Opening 4 celebration.. ---.v - - More than : 70 local . merchants will participate according to Co Chairman Edward Bissell, of the Salem Retail Trade bureau. These include: ' Morris ' Optical Co4 ' The : Blue Bird restaurant; Reed's rnillinery; Carlson's cafe; Bruno studio; . Sears-Roebuck St I Co.; S. it N. Oothiers; George C a j . News Special: Service' To' The FDR Cancels Lunch Illness of Family Said , Reason ; .Windsors Will Visit With President -WASHINGTON, Sept.. ZA-iPf- Onlyy twelve- hours 1 bef we. -the Duke and Duchess of Windsor were due m Washington on a fly ing visit,- the state ; department suddenly announced Wednesday night that a White. House lunch eon planned for' them . Thursday had' been postponed. . .. ' Bat a few' hoars after, giving ont this - Information, the de partment . issued a second ai noonceraent. saying that Presi dent ' Roosevelt would receive the lamona eonple at noon. The department spokesman was un able to say whether Mrs. Eoose- velt also would be en hand to greet them. After the White House luncheon was cancelled, the British em bassy gave out word that the Duke and Duchess .would have their luncheon there. The announcement that the White House luncheon was off ex- (Turn to Page 2. CoL S) N . ; Yugo Cabinet JuGanadav MONTREAL, . S e p t . 24-)- Four cabinet members of the Yu goslav, government of Gen. Dusan Simovich. . arrived in - Mcfatreal Wednesday - night to establish a headquarters here for' the 'dura tion of the war. 'A fifth member is expected Thursday. j - They represent Croat, Serb and Premier Simovich will remain In f Britain with ten other members of his cabmet. " 1 ! M5 The Yugoslavs have no Official Italian military barracks at Trip status in Canada, but hope to I oli and the harbor at Bengasi in constitute themselves as "part of the ; Yugoslav government-an-ex- ue on Canadian sou. alter! visit- ing Canadian officials in Ottawa. Will; The Man's Shop; The Spa restaurant;. , Cliff -.Parker; The Meadows; Perry Drug store; Ben son's bakery; Pomeroy and Keene Jewelry; Bartman Bros, jewelry; Arbuckle. At King Co.; Howard Corset shop ;.H.-L. Stiff Furniture store; Miller 4 Mercantile store; Bishop's; JTrosty: Alson,. Adams, florist; Roen Typewriter shop; Jayson's - Men's 4 Wear; 3 F r e d Meyer . Drug store; Fred Meyer Food, store; C Penney Co.; F. W. Woolworth St Co.; Price's; Western " Auto " Co.; : Moderne; Marilyn. Shoe store; Golden Pheasant restaurant; - Leon's; Repeal Of fvi 1 1. . XN eUiraillV Act Seen XtTT Y . . I t UK iXpeCted tO ' A ' 1 - - ASK LiianSteS tO Iree US Shipg r WASHINGTON, Se p L 24.- (VThere, were strong indications-Wednesday that President Roosevelt would request virtual repeal of the neutrality act next week, and Senator Con nally (D-Tex) said he believed American ships should be able to sail the high seas to any port in the world." a he changed American he cohferen- extent the. law might be overhauled. It was reported on Capitol Hill that administration officials were Urging the president to recom mend also the elimination of the provisions preventing American ships . from entering belligerent ports or ""combat areas' defined in presidential proclamations. . Connally, . chairman of the sen ate foreign relations committee, predicted that "the neutrality act will be amended in important re spects," and. added in. a statement that it might" be completely re pealed except: that it carries some desirable provisions, such as that providing for government control over munitions exports. ' The prohibition against American ships going into com bat sones was predicted on the theory that if they remained out of the combat tones the nasi submarines ' would not , attack; them or sink them, Connally declared. JThat .belief has, ; proven BlusoiT..V:Jr ;' :; ""' : They (the, Germans) attacked and sunk the Robin Moor, flying the American, flag, and a submar- ine attacked the Destroyer Greer. Neither .Vessel was in a combat zone. If the riazis in -their-ruth-lessness are . to attack our ships wherever they may ' be found there ia no reason why we chould continue to observe combat area& The -restrictions which we un- posed . on American shipping ' in combat zqnes are in derogation of our rights under, international law. Our slups, under, the law of na tions, have . the ' right to go any where on the high seas." . , Meantime Admiral Harold E. Stark, chief of naval opera- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) Hitler Wants Bulgars for Work, Report AKKARAi Turkey, Sept 24.- Enough evidence is accumu lating of a serious labor shortage m Germany to indicate that her pressure on Bulgaria may be di rected less at getting that nation into' the war against Russia than I at winning help in the war against lagging axis production. .'. Official and unofficial reports trickling oaf of occupied Europe'. Indicate . that Adolf Hitler Is grabbing at all men within reach, to. pat them into the Ger- ' -man factories or to push them up to the Russian front so as to lessen the need, of sending more ' German monitions workers to the army. . - Germany's -; own reserve - man- (Turn to Page 2 CbL 2) . I British Raid Tripoli 1 ; CAIRO, JSept 24.-(ff)-British 'bombers scored direct bits on I heavy, raids Monday ' night along Ithe north Africancoast, the near i I middle : east : . Headquarters an- nounced. Wednesday night. Bloch's . Golden . Rule store; The Fashionette; Margaret's B a b y shop; Schoen's bakery; Breithaupt florist; Good Housekeeping; Sulli van's draperies; ii The s Xashion lounge, Wiles. Drug. Store; "Acklin Bootery;- The Jewel Box;- Karl's Shoe store; .McKendry and Bell; Gevurti Furniture store; Hanni ger's Dress shop; W Hogg Bros. Metropolitan 7store; Fields dress shop; Kay's Dress shop; Mode-O-Day; Tallman Piano store; little Frencht shopL Sally'sr Milgrim's; Morisson's . Dress .shop; and the Style Arch Shoe store.- r Number 13 h Unlucky To Cyclist Thirteen proved truly nnlacky Wednesday night for 13-year-, old Koy Scofleld, who was rid ing his bicycle when struck at 1L Mr m Mm a AAU ana una sweei oy a irneK drlTen by Otis Earl Br a n e lu 13W Hiaes street. Tbo-boy ,wa- taken to Salem Deaconess bos- fiMM it j ..u: lira aiu cr, bui- ferinr from a serious head 1a eeration, se vere braises and .probable internal injuries.. . , : Toonff Scofield's residence Is at 1319 South 13th street ; .The police officer called, who:; .dted Branch to appear before: ief of Police Frank A. Minto this morning, . said neither ve hicle ; had lights. The bicycle was badly damaged. The acci dent occurred at 7:10 p. m. Argentine Air o Dispute1 Grows Over Responsibility in : Foiled Uprising : BUENOS AIRES, Sept 24. (JPyJThe head of the Argentine air' force was reported relieved of his command Wednesday night in the midst of a growing dispute, between . Acting Pres ident Ramon Castillo . and the phamber of. deputies, over re sppnsibilrty-'for a foiled .uprisr ing among army aviation offi cers. ' ' - - Unconfirmed reports said Gen eral Angel M. Zuloaga, the : air force commander, had been con fined to his home, but the news agency Audi, in reporting his dis missal, said he had asked for it himself. t 7 " t . Zuloaga was -quoted as saying he felt he could no longer: count on the .support of army officials, f -Anrfi'a Informant-aid the ffen- J had not admitted complicity m . any , plot but had 1 considered (Turn. to. Page 2. CoL 7) Nazi Stand OniSinkinjgs ffNa Change BERLIN, Sept. 24 - (P) - Pro speetive armmg- of United States merchant- ships provided the com ment from an authorized German spokesman Wednesday that Ger many sees no need to change her ; principles of sea warfare. - While the - German conviction i that the American neutrality law soon would be altered in import ant Tespects commanded exten sive notice in Berlin, there was not the slightest sign that . the Reich would deviate in any way from its policy of striving to "sink anything bringing aid to Eng land." Chief Confined Reds Claim Couriter-Attiacks A prmozAvoosa: J MOSCOW Y y y chlwwjvjC -. t. " C5. - V .t sports "Indicated Soviet counter-attacks In all three major sectors of the eastern front. Besieged Leningrad and Odessa were pictured ': by Moscow as repulsing nazi thrusts. Russians claimed the Germans were thrown back on Staraya Russia, Russian counter-attacks m the directions of Smolensk and Gulksov were Indicated and Germans mentioned Soviet counter-attacks In the Acuity of Poltava. Berlla said all Soviet counter-offensives had besn broken. Reds Halt Drive In : Arctic IMurmansk - Held; ' Nazis Claim to Be in Leningrad . By The Associated Presa - The Russians 1 said Thurs day morning: they , had de feated a second nazi attempt to take the ice-free port of Murmansk and fought back against the invaders on the whole' front, but German re-: ports told of .fierce new pres sure on Leningrad. Murmansk was said to be firmly in soviet control, with the Russians maintaining that vital breach in the blockade by Which Hitler is trying to shut European Russia's gates to British-American aid shipments. ;The Germans reported their troops- fighting- in the streets of Leningrad suburbs while level flight and dive-bombers struck at the defenders in " one' of - the big air assaults of "the war. Germans were said to have fought their way to within binocular sight of Leningrad docks. ; A dispatch from Berlin indi cated-new . trouble . in, nazi-eon- (Turn to Page 2, CoL 1) French Seek Na: o izi . Will Ask Relaxation of ; ; Reprisals ; ferieh Will ' . Tike all Responsibility . " VICH Yr Unoccupied -France," Sept. 24r--Pierre Pueheu, min ister of the interior, left for Paris Wednesday - seeking a relaxation of the German hostage-reprisal system under which dozens, of Frenchmen have , been executed because of - terroristic attacks on German soldiers. - . Informed sources said Pueheu would seek German consent to a substitute plan, whereby, French , authorities would as sume responsibility for com batting "terrorism, sabotage and communism" In both sones. . At least 35 Frenchmen have been executed in the" occupied area either as hostages or on espionage, sabotage and com- munism charges. More than 34, 000 persons have been arrested in both tones, for opposition to Mar- shal Petain's German collabora tion regime. A military court at -Periguex: in j southwestern France Tuesday sentenced 23 persons described as j communists to prison terms I (Turn to Pago , CoL 2)