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; Salem. Oregon Wednesday Morning, October : 1S41
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Watch Rise
U5Qooa
&;$3Q00QP.
B-mooa00
$10,000
Oiest Workers
Start Drive
Total of $17,759.69
Reported in Pledges
After First Day
-v. Encouraged to put the "Joe
Louis punch" into their efforts, to
the end that the campaign might
be closed by the "sixth round,"
workers in the Salem Community
Chest solicitation brought in sub
scriptions and pledges in their first
half day's activity sufficient to I
bring the fund total up to $17,-1
759.69 at the time of the first cam
paign luncheon.
: This total included the $11,800
.obtained by; the pre-campaign
. committee, individual items of
which were distributed among the
nine divisions according to the
, classification of the giver. Ed Bis-
sell, chairman of the mercantile
division which reported $4354.75,
largest amount for the first day,
'credited the pre-campaign group
headed by Carl Hogg with obtain'
Ing the greater part of that sum
Other division reports included:
Automotive and transporta
. tion, A. C. Haag, chairman,
$2157.55.
General ; gifts, T. A. Wind!
shar, $3826.50.
Government and education,
' George Alexander, S258L54.
. Industrial,' Robert Shins,
.$2409J0. .
Professional, Gene Vanden-
eynde, $2070.
Women's division, Dorothea
Steustoff, $310.75.
There was only a partial report
ox los irom ine contractors ana
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Winnie Beats
Adolf in Poll
As r Greatest"
PRINCETON, NJ, Sept. 3M
. -Princeton university freshmen,
which have strung along with
Adolf Hitler during two years
" of nasi military . successes, un
derwent a change of heart
I Tuesday. The class of 1945
. voted Britain's Prime Minister
Winston Churchill the world's
. greatest living person," unseat
ing the German chancellor In
their annual poll.
Duke Canters
Over Ranch
PEKISKO, Alta., Sept. 3HCP)
-Mounted on a big hunter thor
oughbred horse selected by mem
bers of an adjoining ranch, the
Duke of Windsor went for a can
ter over, the rolling rangelaad of
his 4,000-acre EP ranch, near here
Tuesday, , beginning the active
part of his holiday after a 24-hour
rest
Returning late for supper, the
duke and duchess dined on west
ern Canada game birds, which
were presented to the royal cou
rle bv Max McGraw of Elgin, 111.,
on their way to Alberta. The birds
were shot near Stoughton, Easfc.
Plant to Get Power
; PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 33.H!P)
-The Bonneville administration
nd the 'Defense Plant Corpora
tion will sign a contract for de
livery of power to the proposed
ir,n r.nn.cco-round aluminum
riant -In Oregon as soon as the
plant site is ejected. , ,
jUS Retail
Sales -Hit
'New Hieh
Nation's Stores gjf
Swnmnp.fl to RV'c?o
r
Tax Deadline
Cff")-Tuesday was like the Jay
before Christmas in the nation's
retail stores. Apparently, mil
lions of people rushed to buy
I goods before sweeping new tax
es took effect at midnight.
At that hour all of the excise
taxes contained in the recently
enacted revenue bill became ef
fective, except for the increased
tax on night clubs. Just so no
body would leave a party when
it was warming up, the treasury
postponed the time for putting
this levy into effect until 10
(Of course the new income
taxes won't have to be paid until
next March 15.)
The big rush Tuesday was on
liquor, furs, jewelry, toilet prep-
For safety deposit boxes and
liquor, kitchen ranges and fur
coats, money rolled across Salem
business counters in unusual
volume Tuesday as citizens
sought to beat today's deadline
on imposition of the new taxes
to finance the nation's mounting
national defense budget.
Most oticeable to the casual
observer was a late Tuesday
rush of business at the state
liquor store. At times last min
ute customers stood in three
lines extending out to the side
walk awaiting tiheir turns to
make purchases.
arations and automobile tiresand
tubes,. On furs,,Jewelry and toi
let preparations, the new tax 10
per cent of retail price must be
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Berlin Admits
lVAPlltl AUG
JtJ J-IO
Of Hostages
By The Associated Press
Fifty-eight more Czech hostages
fell under the volleys of German
execution squads Tuesday to
bring the total to at least 88 dead
revolutionaries within thr.ee days,
Berlin announced early today.
Those who died on the third an'
niversary of the Munich agree
ment whereby Britain and France
sacrificed Czecho-Slovakia in the
hope of appeasing Adolf Hitler
were listed in Berlin as a profes
sor, retired army leaders, Jews,
communists." and "men of no
political importance."
The' BBC In broadcasts heard
In New York by NBC and CBS
reported the 58 new executions
ahead of Berlin's announce
ment. It has done that on three
occasions now, and the BBC to
taled the Czech dead at 95 to
Berlin's 88, ;
Germany said the hostages paid
with their lives because of at'
tempts to overthrow the German'
erected protectorate of Bohemia-
Moravia.
Jan Masaryk, son of Thomas
Masaryk, founder of Czecho-Slo
vakia, in a CBS broadcast to the
United States Tuesday night from
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Willamette's President Makes
"The pathway to the offices of 1
administration are always open
to you," in order that democracy
will have a chance to work. Dr.
Carl S. Knopf, president of Will
amette university, told - students
in his first public appearance in
Salem Tuesday, Students, faculty
and trustees filled the chapel in
Waller hall, oldest standing build
ing on the campus, for the first
words from Dr. Knopf, whom
they greeted with a standing ova
tion. , ia reminding that he was a
freshman, too, the' new presi-'
dent declared talking about
problems to persons who can'
do something about them is de-,
mocracy in action, while criti-'
cl&m voiced to other persons Is
gossip. "We don't want regi-.
. mentation
That Independent schools have
a peculiar opportunity to "be hu
man" and to work out the truths
of religion and democracy was
stressed by Dr. Knopf, "Chapel
is not an assembly but a church,1
said the former .University of
Southern . California lirector of
religious education, who opened
and closed his talk with prayer.
- Dr. Knopf declared religion has
found fbe tru'Jbs and values ct
They Started
,L-v-i
More than 150 Community Chest
ganization's annual solicitation
tifiatmY. MmmemimmmmmiumMammmmammmmmmmm3i lu-J,..WMi A mtuttitnmm M- ma M,St tf. af .'.jp r iibmi iiiit ffi'
the campaign tabulation blackboards, are Senator Douglas McKay,
ernor Charles A. Sprague, "kickoff speaker; Irl S. McSherry. chairman of the present campaign, and
Mayor W. W. Chadwicku Statesman Photo.
County Tax
Values Set
Assessment Roll Based
On $35,682,810; Gain
Revealed Over 1940
Marion county's next tax levy
will be charged on a roll valued
at $35,682,810, County Assessor R.
"Tad" Shelton announced Tues
day. The 1941 assessment roll as
adjusted by the state board of
equalization shows aiwincrease of
$590,040 over that of a year ago,
and does not include assessment of
utilities by the stated tax commis
sion. " '...'
Real property is placed at a
$31,988,060 valuation as com
pared with $31,550,990 last year,
while personal property valua
tion has risen to $3,694,750 from
$3,541,780.
A deduction of $220,290 was
made from the total roll because
of veidows' and veterans' exemp
tions, Shelton's report reveals. Off
the tax rolls because they are un
der reforestation are. 37,121.49
acres, of land. - " r
Acreage assessed totals 514,
589; while most valuable farm
stock were cattle, totaling 13,
700, valued per head at $26.99.
Horses and mules assessed num
bered 2,492, with a unit value
of $37.74; sheep and goats, 22,
072 at $2.98 each; swine, 4006
at $6.96; poultry, 48,150 at 34
vaults themselves were other
wise safe.
Alf O. Nelson, Silverton justice
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New Welfare
Chief Takes
Over Monday
Miss Marion Bowen, newly-appointed
Marion county relief ad
ministrator, is to take over her
new duties here October v 6, Mrs.
LaMoine R. Clark, chairman of
the county public welfare board
said Tuesday night
Until arrival in Salem of Miss
Bowen, who comes from a simi
lar position in Clatsop county, no
action is to be taken by the board
in selection of additional case
workers needed in the welfare
setup, Mrs. Clark said.
Mrs. Dorothy Ldnfoot, regular
staff member here, is serving as
acting administrator until Oc
tober 6.
Three Willamette u.aiv slty freshnen examine the boclier and bronze
riata on Uls caches is front ef the gymnasiast marking the site
where the ertsi&al Oregon Institute stood. Dr. Carl S. Knopf (left),
'' ''freshman" rres' Is at of the university, points to the date 1S41 on
' the marker while i'arian Francis, Olympia, Wash and JlirLam Fer
ris Cottaze Grove, lack cau
Ball A-Rollin'
workers turned out for the "kickoff
campaign Tuesday morning;. At the
County Budget Under Knife
Committee Starts Operations
Ploughing through 10 pages of
the 70-page volume of estimates
which comprise the county budget,
Marion county's budget committee
Monday denied increases in ex
penditures totaling $1100, approv
ed others amounting to $636.50
and tabled all decisions as to
salary boosts for last minute ac
tion. Scheduled for 3 o'clock this
afternoon Is the hearing which
is expected to bring the largest
delegation of petitioners Into
the county seat for the budget
session. Women from granges
women's clubs and private
homes will be among those ask
ing that a new $780 Item for a
home demonstration agent's of
fice be allowed, leaders of the
movement, declare.
A Silverton hills . delegation
headed by Joe Bonner was as
sured. Monday that a place had
been found in the 1942 six-months'
oudget to include the szoo re
quest for predatory animal con
trol, funds to match federal money
paid to a trapper.
Mrs. R. E. Bondurant of the
Louise home, Portland institution
for girls, basing her request upon
statistics as to the number of
Marion county girls and babies
cared for, appeared to ask aid,
mentioning the sum of $1000. Pre
viously a written request for $500
had been received by the court.
Ten years ago, she said, the coun
ty had contributed $1000 when
assistance in a building program
was particularly needed; since
that time, she declared, all aid
from Marion has been through
private donation.
George Zerr, Portland safe
and lock expert who for many
years had handled lock installa
tions and repairs at the court
house, told the committee that
vault doors in several of the
offices could not be considered
fire-resistant, although the
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Germans Bomb England
LONDON- (Wednesday) -Oct 1
-flV-Strong formations of Ger
man planes heavily assaulted
northeast coastal areas for hours
during the night and rescue par.
ties this morning were bringing
the dead and injured from the
debris of wrecked buildings.
statesman rhete.
at Kickoff
breakfast which opened that or
speakers table, left in front of
chairman of past campaigns:. Gov
Survey Shows
Salem Water
Charges High
That Salem's water charges
amount to $1.30 per user monthly
for 3000 gallons, . while an aver
age of $1.06 is charged for sim
ilar service by 286 American
cities, is disclosed in a survey of
water charges made public by
Barcus, Kindred & Co., special
ists in municipal finance. -
The survey computes charges
on a monthly basis , and trans
lates cubic feet into gallons to
make comparisons simple. .
Salem's charge for 5000 gallons
is $1.80 monthly, compared with
an - average of $1.54 for all cities
studied and of $1.42 for those in
Salem's population group.
Water charges are cheaper in
larger municipalities, with aver
age charge for 5000 gallons in
cities over 100,000 population
$1.38.
C. E. Guenther, manager of
Salem's municipal water system,
could not be reached Tuesday
night for comment on the com
pany's report of its survey.
Month Winds
Up Damply;
River Low
After several days of the kind
of weather usually thought of as
typically autumn, September
turned on the sprinkler Tuesday
to wind itself up damply. Mois
ture for the day was .03 inch,
bringing the total of the month to
2.31 inches,, according . to weather
bureau measurements. Normal
average rainfall for September is
1.73 inches.
Precipitation for the ' month
was approximately the same as
September 1940, which was 2.25 .
inches. Becord for the month
' of September, the records avail
able Indicate, is the 4M Inches
In 1911. Other heavy years were
First Talk
life, anal that the world has gone
to pieces where values have been
disregarded. :
Just a change of environment
won't solve problems, he said,
"beeausewe are dealing with
persons. Tou come to Will-
amette for a personal adjust
ment, and If you dont get that,
yon Just sharpen your claw to
scratch harder than .the ether
.fellow.1 To the students, Knopf
declared,- "Yon .are the only
.Willamette - some people wOl
ever , know dont give a
Impression.
-, Following the talk, reaction' oi
students was generally, favorable.
Many said they appreciated his
address and were eager to know,
Jaim more personally.
Hotel VZcrliers Strike
PITTSBURGH, Sept, SO-itf)-Promptly
at midnight .Tuesday
night more, than, 2CC0 bellboys,
cooks, waiters, elevator operators
and other service workers In
Pittsburgh's eight . largest hotels
went on strike' demanding 15 to 20
per, cent increase in wages. .
FDR S C t
For! Arms
OnShipsi
Will not Request
-Full Repeal of ;
Neutrality Act
Washington; s e py 30.-
WP) - President Roosevelt was
reported reliably Tuesday to be
considering I a request to con'
gress ' for modification of , the
neutrality act to permit "the
arming of American merchant
ships and their use in carrying
war supplies to Canadian ports
fom which' they now are bar
red.
Although' the president told
his .press, conference that nominal
decision had been reached, in
formed sources said it was not
likely that any attempt would be
made at this time to , repeal the
act's provisions prohibiting United
States vessels' from entering ports
in -European: combat 2ones.f
The neutrality act now 'special
ly prohibits American ships from
carrying goods to belligerents in
an area bounded on the south by
latitude 35 north and on the west
by longitude 66 west
, Legislative strategists, were
reported to have informed the
president he could obtain auth
ority to arm merchant vessels
with relatively little controver
sy, if they were to be operated
only In. "defense waters.
On the other hand, leaders have
conceded that outright repeal of
the neutrality act or a move to
send ships into "combat areas,"
would provoke a prolonged battle
in congress.!
. At his press conference Tues
day the president enumerated the
cargo of a ship recently torpe-
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Southwestern
Cities Hurt
By Floods
ALBUQUERQUE, NM, Sept. 30-
MFVRa in-gorged rivers of south
em New Mexico inundated wide
ly separated towns and cities Tues
day night, doing incalculable dam'
see to croDS and highways, and
brought the swift menace of flood
waters into neighboring Arizona
and Texas, i
For the second time in a week,
the flood-damaged Pecos valley
city of Roswell was under water
from the Hondo, down which tor
rents raced from cloudburst
swollen headwaters in the' mount
ains.
Crests from last week's floods
moved down the lower Pecos over
the Texas line, surging through
the town of Pecos, Thousands of
acres of rich cottonland were dam'
aged and families were forced to
flee from the lowlands.
Across New Mexico, flood
waters of the Gila smashed into
southeastern Arizona, leaving in
their wake vast areas of destroyed
farm lands, damaged bridges and
highways, and many homeless.
Welders Renew
Strike Threat
SEATTLE, Sept SO.Hf-Once
more denied their demands 4 for
autonomy, welders and burners
late Tuesday renewed their threat
to halt work here and at Tacoma
Monday and picket the American
Federation of Labors opening
session. The strike would affect
about 1500 ! men, many of whom
are employed on national de
fense projects. "
" The welders' demands, were re
jected by the AFL metal trades
department convention Tuesday.
Martin Sees
GOP I Congress
BOISE, jdaho, Sept SHff9-A
prediction of republican . success
in 1942's congressional , elections,
a victory furthered by the active
participation of Wendell L; Will
kie, was made Tuesday by Repre
sentative Joseph W. Martin, re
publican national chairman.
Martin, here to confer with Ida
ho party leaders on organization
for the west election drive, visited
nice. western. states and said he
found "great enthusiasm and con
fidence that well elect a republic
an congress in 1842. ; -
Steel Expansion Okeli .
WASHINGTON, Sept. 30-H5-The
supply priorities and alloca
tions board, today approved a $1,
2S0.CCO.CCO expansion cf the steel
industry designed to Increase ca
pacity by 10,CC0,CG3 . tons annu
ally. ' - I
Worl4 Series
Starte Today
World series action, world
series drama and world series
spectacle all three will be re
ported accurately and colorful
ly for Statesman readers by the
staff of Associated Press base
ball writers and photographers
When the battle for the game's
highest ' prize opens today at
16:30 aon, PST, at Yankee sta
dium. New York City.
Watch for the "game in brief
daily on the. Statesman front
page and for complete, details,
and pictures, on the sports page.
All.intl rilPPrPfl
UJJIUU AjllCCl CU
By Churchill
Reveals Optimism in
. Shipping Loss Cut
And New Strength
LONDON, Sept30-Mh-Winstonlthe nazis back from Lenin-
Churchill described Britain's home
pvsiuuct xuesaay as enormously i
mTWATTAl 4-1 I .... I
wui ncr snipping losses
SKSaS
.rm Ki ;,;rj:A,
.u ,T
the initiative and Could strike sim-
ultaneously and with great power
in three fresh theatres if he chose,
In a war review before parlia
ment through which ran at once
a restrained ezultance at the
course of the battle of the At
lantic and a clear feeling of con
cern at the situation in Rus
sia, the Prime minister said
plainly that only the greatest of
sacrifices by the British people
and a tremendous upsurge of
production in the United States
could keep the red armies in
definitely in the field.
And even then, he declared.
while reporting that British and
American representatives now in
Moscow were prepared to give
Stalin the most specific commit
ments'as to What supplies he could
expect, "it may be that trans
portation rather than willingness
or ability to give will prove in the
end the limiting factor.
He took notice of the agitation
in - some quarters that Britain
should invade the continent to
take some i of the pressure
me off
fc.
no in-
Russf-j. . . HL
. -I sbould be guilty ef
discretion, he said, "if I ad
mitted that these questions have
several time, occurred to those
responsible for the conduct of
the war.
But, he went on, grand strategy
was now lost in the darkness of
Hitler's long silence as to his in-
tentions. i
We dont know," said the
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Phoenix Paper
Issues Blank
Front Page
PHOENIX, Arhu, Sept. Sv-yf)
-Page one of - Wednesday's
Arizona Republic, usually ' de
voted only to events of prime
Importance, carries no news.
The page is blank except for
column rules and a brief box:
"On this page appears all of
the news ef the world you could
read this morning If It wi
not for the dally newspaper.
"This is all the news you
would be able to .read if the
daily newspaper were not mn
censored, I unfettered, tn free
America.',
Hurricane Kills 125
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Sept. SO
-(jpMore than 125 persons were
believed ' killed in a hurricane at
Cabo Graciasdios Tuesday night
and several small boats , were re
ported sunk in the area. :
Target of British Bombers
) TURIN
2 (? ) 6NO
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Royal a'rforce bombers railed northern I'.al.":. tll'?, irzzzir.'zx i
Tcrli, Ccr.cs, frctia and Eavona llarisa (1). C. Ics Li C:"y 2"
aad H.3 I . land city of Rhodes (3) also were t-rr:ls (f ths L rllL-i
- la re&llaUan for an Italian attack on ErU: "i var:- in te I.Ii ILtcr
ranLm (shaded area) between ic2y tl . ; ' :
Keds Tell
U. in n
In South
; Counter-Attacks
Push Back Nazis
Near Leningrad
t -
By The Associated Press -
The Russians formally ac-
towfci earlv Wednesday
the fall of Poltava, which lies
80 miles southwest of the
major Donets basin city of
Pharkov in the Ukraine and
had been claimed on Septem
ber 19 by the Germans, but
reported successful red
counter-attacks which threw
grad and breached their lines
in 1 the far south.
' ' u.1
PnltavaV KTWnntt n A
mmined
ta last posmons were given
Tuesday bad long been
a vTk- ,-
nazi spearhead for days had
clearly seemed to be standing be
yond that point a drive which
currently is apparently confined
principally to aerial bombing and
reconnaissance. Soviet informa
tion that the evacuation had been
completed so recently suggested,
assuming its correctness, a rea
son for the slow progress of the
nazi offensive. '
All the available information
Indicated, in sum, that the Rus
sians still - held the Initiative
generally Tuesday night.
The Germans, not claiming
s&e victory of consequence,
wen
e catching their breath
all
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Employers Hit
Ceiling; Save
Rate Penaltv
L'f ... ; ; ... J .
lyEmployermtribtltions to the
t a t e unemployment compensa
tion fund had reached the "ceil
ing" of $14,373,511.80 late Tues
day, afternoon, commission em
ployes declared.
This means there will be no
penalties during the last quarter
of the year and the rate will be
frozen at 2.7 per cent. Prior to
reachine the "ceiline" some con-
fcributors to the fund were com-
pelled to pay as high as 4 per cent,
due to their unfavorable exper
ience rating.
Members of the unemployment
compensation commission refused
to comment Tuesday, other than
announcing that Gov. Charles A.
Sprague would have a statement
i to release early Wednesday after
noon. This statement will follow
a .conference between members of
the commission and the governor.
The "ceiling on unemployment
compensation funds was fixed by
i the 1911 legislature after many
committee meetings and pro
longed debate In both the sen
ate and the house of representa-
' ; , a
Late Sports
JERSEY CITY, Sept. S-P-Former
Middleweight Champion
Ken Overlin of Washington
pounded eut a rough 10-round
victory Tuesday night ever
Wild BUI McDowell fat the fea
ture bout at Grotto auditorium,
r Overlin, weighing 163 for a
five-pound advantage ever the
Patterson battler, had little dif
ficulty In' racking up sufficient
points to gain Referee Paul
CavaUeere's decision. -
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