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l.Iichigan State 13 .-Marquolto 7 .... . . . .. , . . . - . r Notre Dama20 Georgia Tech 0 ; " . -. f . .- - Santa Clara 13 : California 0 , 3 . Sections ; 20 Pages NLNLTY-FEST YEAB Fordham 27 - N. . Carolind - 14 Army 27 : Virginia MIL 20 Pemisylvqniq 28 Yalo 13 . ; , -'... . j i Dartmouth' 18 Colgate 6 Vashingtoa 23 7SC . 13 Navy 141 Lafayette 2 Michigan 0 Pitt 0 Oregon 20 USC G Syracuse 6 ' Holy Crocs 0 Columbia 21 Princeton 0 : Duho 50 Maryland 0 OSC 10 Stanford 0 : If .AW PCUNDDD 16131 Texaa Ji&M 49 IJYU 7 Minnesota 34 Illinois 6 Cornell 7 Harvard 0 TCU 20 !lnidna14 V - Weather Partly cloudy today and Monday w 1 1 k scattered sLowera. BIax.v tempera tor Saturday CI, 111b. 19. South, west .wind. Rainfall. J9 Inch. BJrer mijs. Cloudy. . 1- Crt - - TWf Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morning, October 12, 1341 Price Set Xlewutands 5c No. 171 TT1TO f , it n i. i- O - o Ho ' . Beavers Sinaas tail ford's TB FoivlO-0 Win Orangemen First to Stop " Coast Rose Bowl Champs ; In Great, Rainy, Fracas ' " By RON GEMMELL BUtennaa Sperta Editor BELL FIELD. Corvallig. OcCll (Special) The tee-liee was given the "T" here this soaking wet Satnr. day afternoon by a steady, yardage-gnawing band of Oregon State Beavers. i: 4T," for Stanford, spelled touchdowns in 12 con secutive games prior to this including a 1940 sweep of 10 opponents, not forgetting the Nebraskans in the Rose Bowl -but Saturday it spelled only trouble" and 'too'? much Oregon State college football machine. 1 Oregon State not only toppled the "T,'' something no other club has been'able to do' since Gark Shaugh nesey initiated its wizardry a year ago, but it stopped it cold.: - - The score, 10 to 0, was unques tionably ; the most welcome . foot ball count ever spotted." on , the Bell field scoreboard, for not only , does It give the Bevos and Coach Lon Stiner the prestige of becom ing the first bunch of . gridiron guys to gimmick T-f ormation foot ball of Stanford, but it also sent the Corvallis collegians soaring to the top of the Pacific Coast con ference along with Stanford. Each now has two wins and ooe loss In conference play. j : An elcht-yard field goal by Sophomore Warren Sinus, re serve quarterback, with the game less than eight minutes Jong, and Bob Dethman's third smarter touchdown which Stan ford reluctantly yielded after fcmbling the ball to the Bevos . en 'their T own 13-yard line, wrecked the T.W , Not that the '-"T," with that great little engineer, punter, passer and ball-carrier, Frankie Albert, in the driver's seat, didn't function. It was dangerous right down to ' - (Continued on Page 6, Col. 7) Tobruk Battle Starts " ' ROME, Oct ll--The erup - lion of fierce fighting at Tobruk In North Africa with axis forces on he offensive' in "continuing . end enlarging" assaults against violently counter-attacking Brit ish defenders was reported Sat vrday night. by the Italians. Smaller Firms To Get Work Sprague Reports Plans To Spread Contracts - To Blany Sections Definite hope now exists that defense contracts will be spread out , to benefit communities lo cated away . from the Pacific coasts ' principal industrial', cen ters, Gov. Charles A. Sprague re ported Saturday on his return from San Francisco. He presided over the far western Interstate defense conference in the bay city on Thursday and Friday. - s. They are definitely planning now to use more of the regular faculties rather than concentra ting la the present centers of defense activity." the governor said. Army officials announced ' at the San Francisco conference that receiving of bids on defense or ders was to be localized, rather than concentrated in Washington, DC, and a few other government centers. As a result it is intended that contracts shall be made more easily available to smaller firms that otherwise would suffer in their regular course of business from imposition of defense priori' ties. . . ' Moscow Area Battle Front L. ) JL I MILES PSKOU. S. S. R.V J jPZJ MOSCOW ' 0- 'ORE yUlSV : KHARKOV- ' v fa ite Iahv In ttfefofe r.ermin tii T?ncian f nrM are clashing west f Moscow. Arrows Indicate course of main Ger K27 thrusts. There were reports la London that the Germans were .triA.l3g toward lirnev, wes i Moscow, ana u uocuiuiriacu rcyurt -; i3 iieriia loai mey oaa utca Jtuia, chum vuw uytwu. In Limelight Ducks Tip f : lMnneT.v44 LON STINER They'll be talking about the Ore gon State Beavers ... stopping Stanford's T formations for a long time to come and when they do It will be Lon Stiner (above), coach of the Orange men wno will be remembered as the "one who did It." Lon's in the limelight. US 'Navy- Nabs Nazis' Radio Blocks Attempt to Put Station on Greenland For Weather Reports WASHINGTON, -, Oct. ll-(P) -Blocking of a bold nazi at tempt to establish a radio sta tion on American-protected Greenland for dispatch of wea ther and other Information of military importance was re ported Saturday by the navy. A "German-sponsored expe dition" of about 20 persons and a small Norwegian steamer were seized by a United States naval vessel, and at the same time radio equipment and other sup plies ashore were "disposed of,' the navy announced. . - An agent of the German gestapo and. "two Other Norwegians" were ashore to operate the radio, said brief statement , The ship the first seized by the United States since the war started, aside from German, Ital ian and other vessels requisitioned in United States ports was re ported en route now to this coun try for further examination, along with the captured expedition members... (Turn to Page 2, Cot 1) Bomber Crash Fatal to 4; Injures 16 SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Oct II -KPJ-A four-motored, B-17 army bomber crashed into a building and caught fire at huge Duncan field Saturday,, killing two men and injuring 18 others. The plane, unable to get into the air in a takeoff attempt, skit tered 1500 feet along a runway before plowing into a corner of the field's transportation building. The collapsing roof crashed into a room which 25 officers had left 12 minutes before alter a con ference. t -' - i The plane burned three hours. - The dead: First Lieut Maurice A. Morgan, pilot First Lieut Robert Reichstadt, co-pilot . ' - i The Injured included 1? army men aboard the craft en - route to Its Albuquerque base on a navi gation training flight and . four civilian employes at Duncan field, one of the army's biggest repair depots.' The. civilians suffered burns .while . fighting the ; fire which followed the crash. " One passenger had not been ac counted for hours after the acci Retired General Dies WASHINGTON, Oct ll.-VFh IJaJ.-Gen. Charles G. Treat re tired veteran of the Eoanish American and World wars, died Saturday at the ago of 81. ISC First Since '15 ! , ... " Curtis Mecham Stars in Great , Win, 20 to 6 By ROBERT MYERS LOS ANGELES, Oct. 11- (AP) -Oregon university's greatest football eleven in many years w re c k e d the comeback dreams of the Tro jans oi .southern uuifornia Saturday and scored the first triumph over the Cardinal and Gold since that dim, dis tant year of 1915. Led by the six-foot south paw kicking and passing sen sation Curtis Mecham, the Ore gons registered a 20-6 victory over: a Trojan machine which showed surprising spirit in bound ing back from a 33-0 whipping administered - by Ohio State a week ago. , Halfback Mecham fired three touchdown strikes to his team mates, one in the second period, the other two. in a hectic third, and kept the ever-trying Trojans in hot water all afternoon with a brilliant display of; power . and control punting. H"-- ' Southern California's star. Quarterback Bobby Robertson, kept bis mates la the same and ahead in the statistic de-partment--and threw , a pass thai went for Troy's lone touch-. down. It was spectacular 7t yard play, with Eight End Bob Jones on the receiving end and sprinting- the last 55 yards of the! distance for the touchdown. ' After a dull first quarter, Ore gon twice stopped Trojan goal thrusts and took : charge of the offense. It took the Webfoots.10 plays to go 41 yards but they did it Bill Regner, right end, re ceived a bullet pass from Jdecnam, good, for eight yards, for the score. Soon after, Tex Oliver's green- pantied giants .went 41 . yards again, only they did it in three plays. Newquist made one with a (Continued on Page 6, CoL 3) Salem Dog Wins Prize PORTLAND, Ore., Oct 1 !-(- A pah of cocker spaniels owned by Frank C. Belt Salem; was se lected as the best brace of dogs in the show at the Livestock In ternational Saturday. Ch. Varsity Flashing Colors, a wire fox ter rier, owned by James B. Harri son, Portland, was named . the best dog of the show. Other results Included: Best sporting dog cocker span iel, Windridge Stormy Squire, Frank C Bell, Salem. ;; Geraldine Meek of MolaRa, Ore won a Hampshire ewe for being high in sheep contests. Detliman Dives Over Center for Touchdown .in i mm I' I H f I - ; '- v . ..... ' On top of this pueup on Stanford's goal line Is veteran Bob Dethman, Oregon State halfback, scoring the only touchdown of Saturday's rain-soaked battle. With the ball on Stanford's one foot line Dethman dived over center and was thrust back, but not before the score was made.. The third-quarter score clinched the game for the Beavers. Warren Slmas, who booted a field goal In the first quarter, con verted. At the extreme left No. 13, Is Alberts, Stanford's great star. International Illustrated News, Special Service to The Statesman. A irport City Group Tells Plans Plans Revemled Decision' on US Airbase Slay Depend on How Contingent .Treated The welcome Salem residents extend to army officers and men who commence arriving in the capital city late this week for Pa cific northwest air . maneuvers may be the key to securing an army air base and consequently more rapid completion of airport facilities here. This was the declaration Satur day of Mayor W. W. Chadwick, Aldermen Tom Armstrong and Lloyd Rigdon, . chairman and member of the council's . airport committee, following their return from a conference with Cot J. L. Stromme, commander of the Co lumbia air base, Portland. - Although the 151 enlisted men and 20 officers, who with 20 pursuit planes are scheduled to operate from the Salem field during the October 20-Novem-ber f maneuvers, may have lit- tie to say In actual decision as to location -of, two new bases ' reportedly s 1 a t e d f or Oregon, (Turn to Page 2, CoL 2) Bulg ars Set To Mobilize NEW J3TORK, Oct ll-(ffy-The British radio announced receipt of reports Saturday night from An kara., that - general mobilization had been ordered in Bulgaria. ; This broadcast heard by NBC, followed an earlier1 BBC report attributed to Ankara sources that new unrest had' broken out in Bulgaria. ... ., 3 Duchess of Windsor Happy To Be at Maryland Home j TIMONIUM, Md, Oct ll-ff-The Duchess of Windsor, once a Baltimore debutante, declared Saturday night that she was "tremendously thrilled" to return home after an eight-year ab sence, "You can well ' Imagine how happy I am to be returning again to my home town,- the former Bessie Wallis Warfield said. "It was a perfectly wonderful greet ing that we received at the sta tion and the duke and X are look ing forward more than X can say to our stay here." .The duke, appearing young and fit said they had a pleasant jour ney from Ids Canadian ranch, adding: 'V - ;V- i am very glad of Cie op- " port unity ; of coming to Mary-" land to spend a few quiet days With the duchess family' VV, 1 Nearly' 1000 Marylanders, most ly young women, thronged this little Hag-stop station 12 miles north of Baltimore to welcome the royal pair. Another 1000, police estimated. lined the road la parked cars for a mile and a half to the entrance of Salona Farms, home of General and Mrs. Warfield, the uncle and aunt of: the duchess, where the Windsors will stay until next Fri day. . -Philip "Wagner, Baltimore Eve ning Sun editor w h o traveled from Chicago with the Windsors, said in a story copyrighted by the Baltimore Sim that the duke was "greatly ?r Impressed by the large number of young Americans" en rolled hi the empire aviation training program. ff 5? YankWould Join fi i. VANCOUYEE, Oct ll-P)-Keyal Canadian air force of ficers are wondering Just what to do about an application for enlistment they j have received from a young American ta Alas ka who hasnt any doubts about his aceeptlbillty. ; Tm a young, reckless crazy feef said the writer, whose name was not disclosed. Tarn a fiend for action.' I don't care a fig for any kind of hardships or death. , "I will volunteer for any thing . , . I am no dumbell and I have a eeoL level head. I wQI fly circles around any Ger man ace. -: "My God, yon need men like Statesman Ad Chief 'Named ONPA Leader PORTLAND, Oct ;J1 -)-Rob- ert Sprague, Oregon Statesman, Salem, advertising manager, was elected president of the advertis ing managers', section of the Ore gon Newspaper; Publishers asso ciation Saturday. Cr ; ? " Marvin Camholz, Vernonla Eagle publisher,' was named treas urer. Harry Schenk was continu ed as secretary. , .:iA-1: , Clarence K. Streit told the pub lishers at a luncheon meeting of proposals for political union be tween the United States and Great Britain.. - - ' ---U. ' A nanel discussion on adver tising was led by Herb GGreyt advertising manager of the Med f ord Mail-Tribune and, president of the ONPA, Robert Sprague and Robert HoUiday. head of a San Francisco advertising company. Offices Close Columhus Day , City, county and state offices in Salem, with the exception el law enforcement departments, wiH he closed Monday ia eb- .lervane of fhm Columbus day bcJay, as wi3 else banks and ';. aUorneys offices, -.s 7 i - FostsfHce service win eontLi uo normally, ILC Crawford, postmaster, said last night - -, ' : Althougb la most states of Che union, many of the Latin American republics and large part of the West Indies the an niversary of the- discovery of . the American continent is a le gal holiday, it has never been recognized - nationally in the United SUtes. r - - United May Start Soon' . v .... . .- . ivsn Temporary Building for ' Administrative Purposes Discussed by Official Declaring his company's inter est in establishment of service to and from Salem at the earliest possible time, O. C. Richerson, assistant vice president of United Airlines, said Saturday he plan ned to confer with CAA officials sometime within .the next two weeks to ; secure final approval of plans he discussed here Sat urday, with civic leaders. Within 99 days from the date the commencement of service 'was given the official CAA nod, the lines must bring ia their -first plane, he said, " or they mast obtain an extension, a task which might involve fur ther delays. ' 'C' Service here cannot be unbrok en so long as only one runway is in condition for use, because weather "may not always permit landings or taking off from that angle, Richerson said, but service under favorable conditions can be started as soon as temporary s (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) - Eed Ar Backs To New Line Take Positions Nearer Moscow; Families Leave By The Ajw.icia ted Press officially. Sunday morning that - the Red army guarding Moscow hard-hit and out numbered was "retreating to new positions" closer to the imperiled capital which women and children were or dered to leave at once. The most important threat apparently, was from the west . where weight . of numbers and strength of relentless attack was carrying the Germans ahead through the Vyazma region 125 miles from Moscow. : (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Train, Auto. Crash Kills Titrn nt Vnlft VALX6re Oct ll)-An east-bound Union Pacific freight 1 train collided with a truck near here Saturday, killing two per sons and injuring four others, two seriously . ; Halley A. Black, 54, Vale I' rancher,, and his father-in-law, William IL Kelley, 75, were fa tally injured. Two of Black's children, Viola Margaret 7, and Stella Lucille, were hospital bed, and two others, Helen, 14, and Arthur, S, suffered minor hurts.' : " Black, the driver, was killed outright when the train plowed into the cab of the truck. Kelley died later at an Ontario hospital. ' Hospital attendants said Viola and Stella .suffered skull frac tures, and that Viola also had in ternal injuries. ' Engineer W. K Klinkingbeard said be blew the train's whistle when he saw the truck driving jpnto a crossing six miles west of here on the Burns spur of the Union1 Pacific line. Black gave no indication that lie deara ui wanuajj, iuiukug beard said. The truck was tossed 150 feet into a ditch, and the oc cupants thrown free. London Cites German Goal Mitts I ysck f""---: V-yr c-r'&jA t y 9 fif CIRCLE ;XA2AN i. iii!!;i!5fyH:(n---vfrs 2 ) MS$la;!t 5J-. IIIlIlHIlK M- -. :. MM (?t Checked area on this map represents the approximate .area occupied by German armies in Cassia. Dotted portion indicates: the area : wtkh London sources; said was the German goal: . To es'aMi. Va , lino from Archangel to Astrakhan, thus placing the most productive . regions of the L'SSS in caxl hands. .. , ...