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Salem. Oregon Friday; Morning. October 10 1S41
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. scribed each day since the
campaign started last week.
Final Chest
Report Today
. Drive for Coal Will,
Continue; Campaign
Ahead of Last Year
Final general report meeting of
the Salem Community Chest
drive is slated today, with the
total of $41,710.20 reported Thurs
day 1 already ahead of the same j
day in 1940 by nearly $400.
Small repprts Thursday were
followed by , remarks indicating
. greater results to be disclosed to
day. :
. The drive will go on, however,
and every effort is promised to
put the Chest overthe quota of
$50,000.
Increase of 18 per cent over
last year was reported for the
Portland General Electric com
pany. The Sulphite Workers'
union contributed $12.50; a par
tial report showed. The union
committee members are Lawr
ence Leasure, L. A. McFarlane
and Lawrence Jeskerson.
The automotive division has
only $194 to ; go to reach Its
Quota, Chairman A. C. Haag
said Thursday In making a re
turn of $96.
. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2)
Farm Leaders
Ask Guarantee
WASHINGTON, Oct 9-ff)-A
conference of farm leaders from
37 st a t e s drafted resolutions
Thursday nifiht calling upon con
gress to guarantee farmers high
er prices than now prevail for
many of their products.
Congressional proposals to
freeze agricultural prices at pres
wit levels or to authorize a ceil
lng on such prices encountered
sharp opposition from the 60-odd
ffovernors. state agricultural com
missioners, officials of national
farm organizations, and congress
members attending the , confer
- ence.
Ore Ships
This Is part of the large fleet of Great Lakes ore freighters, that have piled up sear Sault Ste. Marie,
llhtL, unable to pass thrcurh St Mary's Falls canal, only deep-draft waterway, blocked by the col
lapse of a huge railway lift bridge which plunged a locomotive and tender Into the canal Divers
and salvage workers 'arc endeavoring to open the blockade which has halted a great part of ship
ments of defense vital Iron ore. ...... v, ... .. -,
ming orUgnips
Calls Germans "Madmen," "Modern
Pirates"; Requests
consider nepeaiing nestrictions
WASHINGTON, Oct.
i men" and "modern pirates," President Roosevelt Thursday asked
congress to wipe out "crippling
neutrality act. .
First of all, he asked repeal
merchant ships, "as a matter of immediate necessity and ex
treme urgency." L
To this, he added a request
and early attention" to a second
visions which forbid American
and specif ied combat areas. ."
"It is time," the president
Court Accepts
Tax Petition
High Bench to Decide
Property Levy Plan
In Multnomah County
The state tax commission's dis
pute with Multnomah county tax
officials over assessment methods
lay before the supreme court late
Thursday with the acceptance by
the high bench of jurisdiction over
a petition for a writ of mandamus
presented by the commission. :
The court decided to accept
the action without benefit of
lower court preliminaries after
arguments for and against such
action had been presented by
the attorney general's staff and
Portland attorneys, respectively.
No date was set for a hearing
on the merits of the writ itself.
The tax commission is asking
ue court to sustain its recent or
der for assessment of Multnomah
county property on a uniform basis
rather than on the variable ritio
scheme of past years. '
In Thursday's informal argu
ments, John F. Logan, Portland
attorney, maintained the writ
should "be entertained only in a
Multnomah county circuit court
He predicted that "if this (the
supreme) court assumes jurisdic
tion . . . there will be no end of
trouble."
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Japan Papers
See End of
US Talks
TOKYO, (Friday), Oct 10-P)
-The Japan Times and Advertis
er, controlled by the Japanese
foreign office, declared today:
"The whole situation in the
Pacific shows the United States
and Britain are building a great
and menacing machine for em
ployment against Japan.
"The protective steps already
taken or contemplated by Japan
are seen as justified by the ag
gressive nature of these demon
strations." .
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Brings China Report
HONGKONG, Oct. lO-(Fnday)
(F) Henry F. Grady, economics
investigator for President Roose
velt in the Far East left by clip
per plane for the United States
today to report to the president
Tied up By Wrecked Bridge
Congress to
MT-DenQuncing the nazis as "mad-
provisions" of the United States
' l - . .
of that statute's ban on armed
that congress give its "earnest
amendment, rescinding the pro
vessels to enter belligerent ports
said, "for this country to stop
playing into Hitler's hands and
to unshackle our own."
Mr. Roosevelt's recommenda
tions went to the capital in a
directly and forcefully worded
special message, which as a liter
ary product alone, some were
saying, would rank with the best
of his state papers.
It piled argument upon argu
ment in an apparent endeavor to
anticipate all the objections that
will be voiced by the opponents
of his foreign policy and reached
one of its several climaxes in a
statement that:
"Hitler has offered a chal-
' lenge which we as Americans
can not and will not tolerate.
"We will not let Hitler pre
scribe the waters of the world
on which our ships may travel.
The American flar is not g oinr
to be driven from the seas eith
er by his submarines, his air
planes or his threats.
"We can not 'permit the affir
mative defense of our rights to
be annulled and diluted by sec
tions of the neutrality act which
have no realism in the light of
unscrupulous ambition of mad'
men.
"We Americans have determin
ed our course.-. -
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Golf Slayings
Suspects Held
FORT WORTH, Tex Oct
-Detective Captain A. E. Dowell
said Thursday night that two
suspects in the slaying of Marion
Miley, prominent golf star, and
the fatal wounding of her moth
er, Mrs. Fred Miley, at Lexing
ton, Ky., were under arrest here
and would be returned lmmed
iately to Kentucky. .,
Dowell said he described the
men to Sheriff Ernest Thompson
of Lexington in a telephone con
versation and that Thompson re
plied: "They're the men we're
looking for." -
Late Sports
NEW YORK, Oct
Jockey Alfred Robertson, the
veteran tittle Scotch riding
star, wrote a new record Into
the turf books Thursday by
booting home six winners on
the seven-race card at Jamaica.
Available records show sev
eral other Jockeys have ridden
as many, as half a doses win
ners In one day's riding, bat the
30-year-old Scot by his per
formance Thursday, became the
first rider to turn the trick
twice In his -career. He did It
first back In February, 1928,
at Havanna, during ' his first
year in the saddle.
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Here Finnish, soldiers are attacking
with upraised hands. Is Identified
from Berlin to New York, wired
Camp Problem
Unit Formed
4-County Cantonment
Council Organized With
Corvallis Mayor Chief
INDEPENDENCE, Oct. 9.
Mayors and judges of the seven
towns and four counties adjoin
ing thei proposed army canton
ment south of Monmouth Thurs
day night organized- the Four
County Cantonment council and
elected Mayor H. W. Hand of
Corvallis as chairman.
Mayor Leif Finseth of Dallas
Is vice-chairman, and Mayor
Maurice J. Butler of Indepen
dence Is secretary - treasurer.
The three comprise the execu
tive committee.
I Present at- the session were
Mayors Hand, Finseth, Butler,
F, R. Bowersox of Monmouth;
L. F. LeGarie, representing Mayor
W. W. Chadwick of Salem; Judge
Herman Van Well of Polk coun
ty:. Sheriff W ,M, Harper, repre-
sentinf Judge H. &' Herronif
Benton county; William H. Craw
ford, representing Judge Grant
Murphy of Marion county; Judge
J, J. Barrett of Linn county; Dr,
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SPAB Fre&es
Construction
For Defense
WASHINGTON, Oct 8
Invoking unparalleled veto pow
er over the $11,000,000,000 con
struction industry, the supply
priorities and allocation board
prohibited . Thursday the. start of
any non-essential public or pri
vate construction which would
divert vital materials from, the
defense effort
i SPAB issued a policy ruling
that projects which it deemed un
necessary to "direct national de
fense," public , health or safety
would be barred for the duration
of the emergency ; from "priori
ties" on such vital metals as
steel, copper, bronze, aluminum
and brass.
"(Priorities" is a system under
Which materials are rationed out
first; to defense industry and then,
If the supply is not exhausted, to
civilian uses.)
Senator Weds
Young Heiress
WASHINGTON, Oct
Robert Rice Reynolds, 57-year-old
North Carolina senator, Thursday
married 19-year-old Evalyn
Washington McLean, his fifth
wife. . - -
J. The ceremony was private, per
formed by a municipal court judge
at ."Friendship," i h e " fabulous
home of the blond heiress to the
Walsh-McLean fortune. - The only
relative present was Mrs.' Evalyn
Walsh McLean,, mother : of the
bride.
f The couple left Immediately by
motor for a honeymoon at Miami,
Fla and Havana, Cuba. ;
The new Mrs. Reynolds -Is
daughter of the late Edward Beale
M c L e a n, Washington publisher,
This was Ber first marriage. Mrs.
McLean, owner of the "Hope dia
mond," is the daughter of the
late Tom Walsh, late Colorado
mining millionaire.
Reynolds Is chairman cf the
senate military committee.
US Mission in China
I CHUNGKING, China, (Fri
day), Oct 10-(5VThe - United
States military mission headed by
Erig:-Gen, John Magruder 1 ar
rived here today by plane from
Hongkong.
a Russian fortification, according
as a surrendering red army soldier. This picture was sent by radio
to Chicago and airmailed to The
Bold Bovine
Belted By
Buckshot
Because she persisted fat
breaking out of the pasture of
his farm en route three, Salem,
A. Russell Smith shot his cow
with a shotgun, he told Judge
Joseph Felton in a Salem Justice '
court hearing Thursday. The
cow did not die, but did carry
shot and wounds for some time,
according to Information filed
with the, Marion-Polk County
Humane society which pre
ferred the charges.
Felton sentenced Smith to 30
days In the county Jail and to
pay a $50 fine on or before No
vember 1, with the. Jail sen
tence ' suspended - and Smith
placed on probation for? a year.
Marion Pupils
TeameiMeet
Twelve thousand Marion county
boys and girls : are free today to
participate in any of the myriad
youthful activities, that beckon on
a rainy holiday from classes. '
" For today the teachers of
Marion county's public schools
attend fall institute classes at
Salem high school building and
conduct their business meeting.
The business session scheduled
for the last hour of the morning
overshadows the rest of the day's
program as an interest-arousing
event representative teachers de
clared Thursday.
A movement for increased
teacher salaries, bubbling under
the surface for several months
and openly expressed Monday in
a letter from trustees of the Ore
gon State Teachers' association,
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Crash Kills
Canby Doctor
PORTLAND,: Oct 9-m-T3t. C.
H. Barr, Canby, Ore., and Leland
Swigeri, 16, Portland, were fatal
ly injured Thursday In separate
traffic accidents. ;
Dr. Barr died at an Oregon City
hospital .Thursday, night shortly
after having been injured in
head-on crash- south of Canby,
Mrs. Barr suffered possible skull
fracture. Rex W. Ross, Mount
Angel, driver of the other car,
suffered minor hurts.
Panama President Exiled;
New Regime to
PANAMA, Panama, Oct 9-(fl-Arnulfo
Arias, nazi-minded presi
dent for a year of this vitally
placed republic on the bridge of the
Americas, was disclosed Thursday
to have fled to a Cuban exile a
few hours after his cabinet had
banned the arming of U. S. ships
under P a n a m a registry, ; and
Thursday night the country had its
second new president In the pass
age of three hours. . - , s ; -
; The Jails closed on several
of Arias supporters, tncludmg
his so-called strong man, the
Panama City mayor. , In the ,t
ifaee of stringent precautionary
measures the country seemed
orderly, r
It was indicated the new regime
would cooperate more fully with
the United States than did Arias.
. There was no official indication
as to the. future international or
inter-American policies of Pana
ma but a cabinet meeting was ex
pected tomorrow to develop some
slant on the shipaxming order of
the Arias regime. . . " ,
to German sources. Man at left
Statesman.
Salem Ready
For Blaekout
- f ;
Decision on Plan for
, Night of October 31
Up to County' Council
While civilian defense workers
continued to plan for a blackout in
Salem sometime the night of Oc
tober 31, definite decision "to
light or not to light" for 10 or
15 minutes while army planes may
be overhead remains with "the
county civilian defense council,
Bryan H. Conley, the council's co
ordinator, declared Thursday
night
"Our first information, and
probably the first received by
the state civilian defense office
seemed to indicate that a black
out would be expected ; of the
larger cities In the western half
of Oregon," he said, "but recent
developments indicate that this
b not the ease."
jj That Salem is sufficiently pre
pared to handle a snort "Blackout
of the voluntary variety is Con-
ley's belief, he maintained. If such
a blackout is approved by the
council, requests would r be for
darkening briefly of neon signs,
street-lights and use of as little
lighting as possible inside bufld-
m8s.
County defense offices Thurs-
day assigned 50 volunteer: defense
reserves to public utilities of Sa
lem, this group to the Salem
Water commission. Previously 51
had been" assigned to the Portland
General Electric company for
training to serve in case of emerg
ency.
Windsors in US Again
NORTH PORTAL, Sask.. Oct 9
-jjfK- The Duke and Duchess of
Windsor completed their vacation
in Canada Thursday and; crossed
into the United States en route by j
train to Minneapolis and New
York.
Germans Shell Dover
DOVER, England, Oct -(P)-German
long range guns shelled
the Dover area after dusk Thurs
day night First six shells were
fired over, then two move salvoes.
Finnish Capital Raided
HELSINKI, Oct 9. -J?f- This
Finnish capital had a 20-minute
air raid Thursday night; marked
by heavy anti-aircraft fire at low
angles. :-
Back US
'Arias slipped out of the coun
try beforedawn Tuesday, but the
news was let put only Thursday.
Arias, 40-year-old physician
- who received his medical edo
cation in the United States and
once practiced in Boston, flew
first to Barranqnula, Colombia,
and thence to Cienfaegos, Cuba.
He ordered that no news of his
departure be published and he did
not designate a successor, i ' '
After Arias was out of the coun
try, the supreme court was un
able at first to find any of the
three vice presidents, and pre
pared to swear in Ricardo Adolf ol
do La Guardia, who was Ariar
minister of Justice.
At the , last minute, however,
Jaen Guardia arrived from Mexi
co, where he had been serving as
the Panamanian ambassador. He
took the oath at 12:40 pan. Thurs
day. i-.'":?:ii;vv:
After Jaen Guardia had resign
ed and de La Guardia had taken
over, the government issued a
manifesto calling on everyone to
be calm . .'
1Bb..-,:-H"a-zi Drive
Sliowii By ;Reds
Soviet Admits Hour of Peril
Has Struck; Civilians Fight
With Defenders of Moscow
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. By The Associated Press
-The German, offensives drove on unhalted toward Mos
cow late Thursday night, in
of the capita and somewhat more than 200 miles from it
on the south,' and Berlin exultantly claimed that it was
substantially all pp with the soviet armies of European
Russia. , , ...... ' ...
- The Russians, admitting that the hour of supreme
peril had struck and that neither of the nazi thrusts on
the vital central front had been wholly halted, nevertheless'
were offering an epie resistance that was costing the Ger
mans thousands of casualties.
The invaders were smashing with thus far irresistible
Army Planning
Work Spread
Western Defense Meet
Hears Plans of Slate
Councils; Owen Talks
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 9.-fPh
I Regardless of red tape, the army
is going to spread defense work
contracts among the smaller in
dustrialists, the far western in
terstate defense conference was
told Thursday by Lt-CoL R. M.
Hare. -
"The army can do that," the
officer said. "The army has the
power to do anything but sell
me. Washington monument"
Colonel Hare declared that rou
tine acceptance of bids merely be
cause they are the lowest sub
mitted, is , no .longer being prac
ticed. . . V - v V y.
The opening of the two-day.
meeting was attended by repre
sentatives from aQ the western
states, with Gov. Charles A.
Sprague of Oregon presiding.
The conference unanimously
approved a resolution asking the
Lnffice of civilian defense, headed
I by Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia of
New York, to state clearly how
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Death Takes
Press: Scribe
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct
Paul S. (Pete) Haupert, 48, for
mer White House reporter for the
Associated Press, died here Thurs
oy w
Haupert a World war veteran
and native of . New Philadelphia,
O- covered Al Smith's presiden
tial campaign in 1928.
Nazi Thrusts
SlllgoENINGRAD I
aj? i MSpi- WJjwJc''W . -
Moscow and Berlin reported heavy clashes In the direction of Vyax
ma and Bryansk In nasi thrusts apparently aimed as Moscow. Ber
lin stressed a drive la the south, claiming a Germnn flanking move
menj had captured Marispcl and Ossipenko. Moscow claimed great
est success In the defense of Leningrad and Odessa. London radio
reported destruction of a German division, trying to smash Into the
Crimean peninsula via Ferekop. ' " . , ' " .
areas only 100-odd miles west
power from
a point somewhere
near Vyazma on the west and
north of Orel below Moscow and
it appeared that both of these
columns were gathering ever
more strength. (See map bottom
of page one.)
Moreover, the Russian armies
of the far south were fighting an
almost equally critical action to
hold a German and allied offen
sive moving eastward along the
northern shores of the sea of Azov
toward Rostov on the Don river
and the Caucasus beyond.
Russian accounts pat this
struggle In the vicinity of Meli
topol; the Germans, on the con
trary, claimed to have beaten
forward at least 100 miles be-
yond and to the east of that
point and to be standing within -less
than 199 miles of Rostov
- itself. Menaced were the great
est two surviving red Industrial ;
areas the valleys of the Do
nets and the Don.
But all d a n g e r was subordi
nated to -the supreme-danger- at
the center. There, Russian civil
ians were fighting alongside the
outnumbered red armies. .
In spite of It all Moscow, said
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Travel Tax
In Effect
WASHINGTON, Oct 9.-JP)-A
new federal tax increased the cost
of travel by 5 per cent, effective
at midnight Thursday.
The tax applies to the total
fare paid on any railroad, airline,
bus line or ship line in the United
States.
Taxicabs and other forms of
transportation which do not use
scheduled routes are exempt Or
dinarily, all local street cars and
buses will be exempt since the
tax does not apply unless the
ticket costs more than 85 cents
one way. ;
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