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PAGE TWO US Navy Nabs Nazis Radio Blocks Attempt to Put Station on Greenland For Weather Reports (Continued from Page 1) the incident , represented the first successful direct action by the navy against nasi activities in the North Atlantic, alt touch the destroyer Greer and a Ger nn submarine eBgaced In a shooting incident early hi Sep tember. The tnbmarine fired torpedoes wide of the destroy er which. In torn, dropped depth bombs. Berlin reports said the submarine was not damaged. The Norwegian nationality of the seized craft appeared likely to figure importantly in any in ternational repercussions from the newest incident The united states Goes not recognize the current nazi-domi nated regime in Norway and hence would not entertain any protest it might make through a third party. There was Immediate of ficial explanation of the speci fic authority under which tho nary acted in seizing the Nor wegian Teasel and bringing it and the crew Into an American port. In some government quarters It was said unofficially, however, that the agreement between the unucu ouiica siiu bus minister covered the situation, The OSEGOIl STATESMAN. Balom. Oregon. Sunday Morning. October 12. 161 Girl Pilot, Passenger , Crash, Escape Hurts SEATTLE, Oct 11 -V A JS- y ear-old girl pilot and her femi nine passenger escaped without injury Saturday afternoon from I small ' airplane which crashed on a take-off in a pasture north of Kent Florence Steele of Seattle,-the pilot said the motor went dead as the plane left the field. The nose of tho ship scooted across fence and the landing sear was aemousnea. iter passenger was Laverae Sinclair, 22, of Des Moines. LONDON, Oct. 11 -W)- The United States navy's seizure of German radio station in Green land probably saved the lives of hundreds of Britons by depriving the nazis of a vital source of weather information to their air raiders, the British said Saturday niilht Informed quarters pointed oat one of the greatest technical difficulties of the German air force in its air offensive against England and In the battle of the Atlantic has been the lack of adequate long-range weather forecasting. The Germans used to send a weather Plane daily on recon- Fraternal Order Does Bit for Defense Gty Group Tells Plans :.' Decision on US Airbase May Depend on How Contingent Treated (Continued from Page 1) they will be heard and their Impressions may carry consid erable weight Armstrong de clared. : That one of the results expected of the maneuvers is a greater practical knowledge of weather and geographical conditions af fecting flying at numerous places throughout the state' was readily admitted by army officials with whom the Salem men talked. Using the 4H club dormitory, the first aid cottage and stock men's headquarters at the state fairgrounds as temporary living quarters, the airmen here during the exercises plan to travel be tween' the grounds and the air port by the penitentiary-four cor ners road to eliminate heavy traf fic through the city. Facilities for serving one meal a day will be set tip at the airport the Salem men were told. An advance contingent Is due to arrive here this Saturday to make living Quarters and field ready, Armstrong said. - Bringing their own teletype and radio equipment and facilities for lighting the field, they will pre pare for any emergency for which maneuver orders may call, Arm strong said. However, army of ficials expressed the belief that there would be none, oi little, night flying. Probably 20 planes, pursuit and bomber variety, in Additional Sports Dartmouth Downs Texas AgS Bop Colgate, iw . Violets, 49-7 - . i . x. 4.w thb Rama iu in n tJti i avwum li aiiiuibu w all I their conclave Dusiness, " r Vnti "TIL. , TTi.TZ7.. i. .how of cower toppled Colgate irora uw rau& i w-i - -- - , . toe undefeated Saturday. IS to 6. that amazed even the In the first clash between the backers of Longhorn Kose eowi teams in 23 years. AFL Parley At Halfway SEATTLE; Oct ll.-(ff)rAt the halfway mark in their national convention. American Federation of Labor - delegates . will have ahead of them Saturday virtually most of which is not expected to arouse extensive controversy. Behind them lay the bulk of the oratory by invited speakers; be fore them lay .debate and action For three bruising periods, on such proposals as a$T to Rus-1 Dartmouth couldn't shake off a sla, condemnation of racketeering dogged toigave warn uu - within the labor -movement, and jump as a result of some fierce j caustic criticism of Thurman. Ar-1 tackling. nold, chief of the department of convention was In recess Satur-1 rPi 1 I I Ipp-i cf OTIS Dcatli Takes I Salem Woman , w Aa i i did It again xoaay. ins puugy Inn inrm. 2(1-14 tie cowboy broke Oklahoma ... ....... r ..... . . . . '- - - 1 after a Droloneed Alness follow- Chemeaeta Lodge No. 1, IOOF. does its Mt for defense by baying a 55009 defense savings bond through m onerationT Ladd and Bosh branch. United States National bank. Here I G. Smith (right), assistant vice-presi- " - . , dent of toe bank, hands toe bond te E.I C BashneU, chairman board of trustees of toe . ledge. Walter 8. Lamkln (left), trustee, and W. H. Gardner, secretary beard of trustees, look on. BLOOMING TON, Ind- Oct 11 -(ffHTighting back desperately in the shadows of their own goal Maxine Irene Harmon, 25, of ? i JSS? 4 j.-j fZZL A Frogs of Texas Christian univer sity beat off two last-quarter In- Forty nve tnousano spellbound as toe orange ware engolfed a flghung uiuww team ia ihe mos erush" Ing defeats In the long History f this Texas f air gridiron- ea tare. I J ' Jack Crain always reaches tne heights against Oklahoma, and he did it again today. Tne puagy m- uuiua m season when he was the difference for Texas ! between victory and de featbut Cram didn't hog the show. ' 1463. Fir street, died October 10 1 "Darn Fool Stunt9 Says 'Chutist naissance across Britain wnen night bombings were In full force addition to the 2o stationed here, but the RAF always lay in wait use fjg daylight hours. far that particular piane ana, Because activities planned in air ministry authorities said, tney a area are to simulate condi- Reds Retreat Nearer Moscow Fall Back From New Valley Road She was born here November 29. 1915. and attended Salem schools. She was married to Clyde " X. Harmon In. 193S and lived most of her life In Salem. Mrs. Harmon is survived by her widower; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Welch; her sister, June Welch. sity beat off two last-quarter in-1 w-, . T . diana attacks and emerged with Ifl . OrCuUtlll JBeStS NC by 27-14 a 20 to 14 decision over a scrappy Hoosier team Saturday. The unbeaten Frogs lived p te their repuUtlon for aerial power, bat toe fighting Indiana eleven, making, a strong bid for its first triumph of the season, handed toe visitors some of their own medicine. The Hoo slers scored both their touch downs en passes and their aerial game was a , constant threat. usually got it i tvrpt.TW Oct. 12-fSundav-tfl -The Berlin press made no men tion today of toe United States navy's announcement of seizure of a nazi radio station on the tions of actual warfare, Salem residents may be disappointed in their inability to see much of what goesl on overhead, officers from Portland, who were in Sa lem on Saturday makings arrange ments for the fortnight's encamp-r ment, said. All airplanes to be George Hopkins, the 30-year-old Texan daredevil who parachuted to the top of lofty Devil's tower near Sondanee, Wye, and eouldnt get down. Is pictured being Questioned by rangers after he was rescued Nazi Onslaughts as Women Leave Gty (Continued from Page 1) The Russians said the Germans also were smashing closer to the capital from the Orel sector, 220 miles to the southwest.. The soviet Sunday communique said "in the Vyazma region the enemy succeeded in pressing! back our troops" despite stub born resistance. The Russians said a single battlefield was lit- j tered with 9000 German dead and wounded in fighting Saturday. Although tens of thousands of red army reserves were hurled Into toe fight, toe Russians de clared the enmshlng nads still outnumbered toe defense forces barring toe way to toe capital. The Russians disclosed that there had been some removal of women and children from Mos cow since toe start of bombings there, but said In view of the new threat all who were not needed Mishaps Told Heavy traffic over valley high ways following Saturday's foot ball game In CorvalUs was mark ed by a number of accidents, none of which was apparently serious, state police reported Saturday night Rains have been heavy enough to wash off road surfaces suffi ciently to leave comparatively non-slippery surfaces, they said. Treasury Bond Issue Is Oversubscribed WASHINGTON, Oct. ll-P)-The treasury said Saturday night that offers to buy the new $1,200, 000,000 bond issue exceeded the total available by more than $800,000,000. The issue of 1967-72 bonds was put on and the subscription books closed that night Irish Blast Georgia Tech ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. U-iFfr Notre Dame s well-oiled harves ter mowed down a game but out played and outpassed Georgia Tech squad Saturday, 20-0, before 31,000 sunbaked fans. Tech's broken-field marvels Johnny Bosch and Lil Davey El- dredge were sewed up effective ly by Notre Dame's fast-charging line and except for a brief flur ry in the second period it was an Irish wake for the Engineers. CHAFJOi Hll.li, nij, w. UPV-Fordham came back from be hind with a vicious last half of " fensive to defeat North Carolina 27-14 in a thrill-packed interseo tional game before 25,000 people Saturday. ' ,fl The Tar Heels' pointmg for their first victory ever the New Yorkers in four starts, took ever the lead in toe first quar ter and were In front, 7-t, at thebaic. The closeness of toe game was indicated in the statistics. Each team made a net of 126 yards by rushing, and Fordhan had nine first downs to eight for North Carolina. Cornell Edges ue of 1967-72 bonds was IT J T A sale Thursday morning HarVarCl. t"U fhorities were silent on the noun cement. an-1 Greenland coast It appeared to be waiting for used nave been painted, ih irab some oniciai maicauon on ww tftn tn aaeist. ,lth amn,,ta9 the news snouia do ireawra. au declared. However, civilian will be given an opportunity te view at least one plane close at hand on toe "field day," date te be set by army officers in confer ence with city officials. That the first three or four days the airmen are bivouaced here will be he only time they can plan to be free for any sort of enter- outside their quarters TZZ PmtX"crinrr:7 nhL whlte"ov I vital industries had been Fifty Nimrods Rescued told the rangers that toe lump was a "dam fool stunt" to gain pub- ordered to leave. LEWISTON, Idaho, Oct 1H) llcity f or an airshow. . Kansas City Tornado Destruction . ordered to leave. In a special war bulletin the Germans declared that in the -The way was cleared Saturday CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Oct 11- (ff?-What appeared to be the makings of another great Cornell football team continued in the fast-fading ranks of the undef eat- Northwestern Winner, 41-14 1 . s EVANSTON, HL, Oct ll-(ff- Thee Northwestern powerhouse rolled to a resounding 41 to 14 triumph over Wisconsin Saturday, taking advantage of all the breaks in their Western conference de but before 40,000 .spectators. After a wild first period which ended in a 14-14 tie, the Wildcats outclassed the Badgers, pushing across one touchdown in the sec ond period and three more In the third before turning the game over to thenthird stringers. for half J I ft. s..: .ie m thern Ukraine, too, toey had m gelway district "JS" ? Ialn Vemail ITOUIiaS Solons See . Jap Trouble WASHINGTON. Oct ll.-FV- Thk oninion that a nasi victory winment over Russia might lead to a seri- ana me airpon was empnasizea i mi clash of Japanese and Ameri- Saturday night by Armstrong. can interests in the Pacific was Elks club and YMCA are makingi nnrssed S a t u r d a y by-, three 1 their clubhouse facilities avail- members of the senate foreign re- aoie w oa service group, ine lations committee. United HospitaUty association is In seDarate interviews. Chair-1 undertaxing an amusement and man connauy lu-rexj, oenaior uiuwuuuoi yivawu w uui George (D-Ga), the rankling men, while a committee of busl- mmw nH Senator GiUete fD- nessmen is planning enienain- lowV agreed that new aggression ment of officers bv Janan . miffht foUow if the Needed for quarters at the fair- ovieti were unable to . maintain grounds are two ping pong tables laree-scale-resistance to the Ger- ana two radios on a wan basts. i accoramg 10 Armsirong. Another senator. Adams. (D- vam;, woo is mn urcuu. lite; 9 dt 1 TT 1 1 the committee, . expressed a aim- Jllen 8 L.1UD XlOltlS liar view in direct language. .!- - -mm- They (the Japanese) might rirSt Iieei t)I try to get rough with us" was the The tornado which ripped through the eastern edges of Kansas City, Me, leaving three persons dead and 135 Injured, wreaked haveewith buildings ever two stories high, toclading this feed mill along toe Blue river which saffered damages amounting to S50,MQ. won new . victories , which paved the way, for seizure of toe-Industrially important 'Donets basin and for an assault on the' great Caucasian oil fields. . 'The Russians, In their San day morning communique, de clared toe Bryansk and Vyazma sectors of toe central front were ' the scenes of toe fiercest fight ing along toe whole continent spanning battle line. Even in her blackest hour of the i 112-day-old struggle, Russia j defied the might of German arms. , "The people ef toe soviet un ion will not lay down toetr arms until every nasi soldier on er soil to annihilated," said S. A. Lose vsky, official Russian spokesman. ; : ' ' Lozovsky denied emphatically that toe USSR was considering an armistice or that toe soviet government had left. Moscow or contemplated doing so. southeast of here to return home and at the same time reports came in that between 100 and 200 others in the same general area would have to await assistance before clearing the snow region. RAF Bombs Germany LONDON, (Sunday), Oct 12-(A-British air raiders bombed targets in northwes Germany Saturday night , in toe second as sault on the reich in as many nights, authoritative sources an nounced today. a 7-0 victory betore a skimpy crowd Of 20,000 Saturday. , ' The cuiTent Ithacans, com parative youngsters to the Crimson's hard-bitten veterans of two previous campaigns. struck early for their tench down, made by Lorn Bnf alino. their outstanding backfield per former, after snagging a f ear- yard pass from left-handed Ken Stofer, Thereupon Charlie Sweeney, the kicking specialist, converted the .extra point Rilea Held Thursday For Lebanon Woman LEBANON Final services were held Thursday for Mrs. Ma- hala Anne Fields at the, Low Win for Columbia PRINCETON,' NJ,; bct? li-py- Every time you looked up at toe Palmer stadium gridiron , to see what was going jon : Saturday, pounding Paul Governali was tearing off chunks of yardage. Which, briefly, is exactly how smart, typically-Lou UtUe- coached Columbia eleven wallop ed Princeton's willing but inept football Tigers 21 to 0 before a crowd estimated at 23,000. Drama Group Workers Flee Flames FALL RIVER, Mass.-(Sunday) -Oct 12-W-Fire propelled by re- Treated xn1rutinnB naoA mi l Begins h Pifv lft .WMA. 1 ly. i i , 1 !H 1.- Ii..-,. ..... . . . fled toe flames. 1 way he put it US Mission In Baghdad MOSCOW, Oct 12-(Simday)- TVia 'TTnHl filatM nnhlu announced today it had received I "" . T T Season Tuesday . Presbyterian - men's club will convene for its first meeting of the season at the church social hall Tuesday, October 14. The members will sit down to steak dinner at 6:30 o'clock and reservations, so far have ex- ceeded previous ' opening meet- word, that four , members of the American delegation to toe re- cent three-power , war supply conference in Moscow had arriv ed safely in Baghdad aboard a riant American-made plane. . The group, enroute to Wash ington, included Allen Hardwell and Dr. George Strode ot the Red Cross, Edward Page of the state department , and Earl Petty, oil expert , Lato. Sports f : BELX2NGHAM. Oct ll-ifr- Westera Washington e e 1 1 e g e, playing Its third game la-eight day, held the University ef Portland, te a C- tie Saturday night sion will be Dr. O. R. Chambers, PhD, head of the psychology de partment ' of Oregon State col lege, who . is well known up and down toe coast for 'his interest and inspiring talks. Officers of the club this year are R. T. Patton, president; Carl F. Smith, vice president; Albert Arpke, secretary, .and Sam Har bison, treasurer. ; ; . t Arias Sails For Panama ; PANAMA, Panama, Oct ll-(ff) -Dr. Arnulfo Arias, ousted as president of Panama In a blood less coup Tuesday while he was in Cuba, sailed toward home Sat urday night facing possible ar rest or--exile under one of his own laws. . , Most informed sources predict ed his arrest and some said he could be sent forever from toe country under the law he had sponsored permitting exile of Panamanians.' Bidding Dull At Wool Sale : i - PORTLAND, Ore, Oct 11-(3V Bidding was dull again Saturday at the close of the annual Pacific northwest wool auction, Prices were above the market levels, but buyers took only 280, 000 of an off ered 4,000,00 pounds. ui - z,ooq,doo pounds placed on sale 1 during the two days, only 585,000 were, sold. ; The highest bid was 44 cents; a pound on Oregon valley med ium! wool. Range wool sold from 29 to 36 cents and lamb wool from 37 to 40 cents. Umted May Start Soon Temporary Building for v I aTM . . ! if .... AolraUTe Purpose. wor s State Board Announces New Exams Mrs. Fields, who was born In i Missouri In 1859. crossed the plains in wagon trains twice. She was married. In 1879 to John Fields, who died 43 years ago. will be the feature event of the Elks annual Chrisboaas ; benefit show, to be presented, December , 10 and.lL. I . Anyone Interested In dramatics She is survived by one daughter , Pnapte in toe Mra. EuVchoen T LoTaS STlSS if 5? Tues ele and four ms, H. Eof & u Tf?. 0c" Lebanon, W. F. of MarshCeld. ffS M ni 15,. inthe Elks' audi- B. of J oplin, Mo, and C. Y ZZ? "om o'clock. of Wkhita. Kans. I "wo enaing snouia use the ""s entrance to cne Try vm f ChtaM raaitSlM. AmulBf SUCCESS far eo years In CHINA. N ttT w1U what aUment yaa art AJTUCT ED disorder, ttaasiUt, heart, luBf, Hver, kMaey. itMHtk,- kett. lever, ikla, feoula eom- jese Herb. Co. ) Sermon Series Announced By Pastor '. Home from a general board meeting of toe Evangelical church in Cleveland, Ohio, Revt Paul P. Petticord of the First church here will .report on - the conferences today, and at ' toe night service begin a series of sermons on ?What We Believe and Why , He will preach on the theme Ts the Christian Church Adequate for This Present Day Crises?" ; During the Sunday night ser vice Rev. Petticord .will also an swer these cluestions: "Did Judas Forty Years of Editing Enough; Never Wants to See Paper Again CANYON CITY, Oct. ll-flPVOne of Oregon's most widely- known country editors, Clint Height, retired Saturday, ending 40 years of newspaper work. .! - , v. " He sold his interest in the Blue Mountain Eagle to his part ner, F. r. Chandler, and made this editorial comment: "Forty years hunting news for a country weekly, 49 years opening big ' armful ef ex changes every evening, 41 years trying- to make ends ueet edi torially, b half "a lifetime and more, and I am worn out sat iated and have euit and ult for good. I don't want ever to see newspaper asals. ! Haight, i whose pithy editorial bits carried as "Cockeyed World," and r later, as "Clint's Chatter," brought him fame far beyond the Discussed by Official . , (Continued from Page 1) administration quarters have been made available. '. Y. O. Wandermayer, con struction supervisor for western operations, with Rkhersoa Sat urday inspected a pre-fsbrieat- ed bending said to be avail able to the city for reasonable rent or purchase and approved it as a temporary headquarters structure. Tom Armstrong, city council airport chairman, said he would discuss, toe matter with his com mittee members and if they ap proved would ask toe council's permission to secure tog,. with toe- hope that the air lines could be operating here be fore December L Elks' temple. the state unemployment compen-1 Visit on Island . Sf n ' 4 . M M I a , . I . m mm. ' " . - , - ; " wxUUx..xuu were an- UKAHJJ ISLAND Mrs. rrll ' rnts SSn?? hr Louise Johnson of Appleton, Wis VUegC Uassca Drop rr.u7 wpcrvisor w accompanied by Harry McCul- -EUGENE, Oct ll--Fall term me Doard of exammers. - - Ilouirh uxf Mn. Thmtw iru I enmiimt .(. irS that ibecause of stein and son Floyd, aU of Port- of the state system of higher edu tiJSZ gaest5 W lst week cation declined t pji from ."I ot their Mrs. last year, Oumcell M. HuS menu xrom tne new lists will fol low closely upon' completion of the examinations, it was expected. Application blanks! are avail able at the state employment service or at the-board of ex aminers offices In Portland. The applications must be i filed by November in. -s 4 er said Saturday. ; rS! VaUoy Events October IS Orcron Tax aiuf wtnkl Braeders school. Cnamber oc Conv mm rooma. saiem. r"ft IT o Tin Oaly a4 " Sat,- i . i s! Ved., f tJ U;- PJa-L 1:2 N. Ccrl Salem, Or. have to betray Christ? "Is there I borders of Grant county, also was any difference between the Holy I the delight of Oregonlans who Spirit and the Holy Ghost? - I remembered his term in the state For the Sunday service toe' min-j legislature.- c ister of music, Ernest Frlesen, will I His most famous utterance present the choir,' a brass quar-1 there : was a homesick speech ftet end a vocal solo. "I want to go home to eastern Oregon and hear the coyotes howl" "in an attempt to get a! filibustering legislature to ad journ. ; -. .v ' Halght, tall and raw-boned,, eame to toe John Day valley ; In toe rough early days, lie was born at Davis, Calif, but sever has! disclosed toe year. He lived In Portland when, toe ctty had a population ef JtMOO, and was: graduated from Willamette uni versity In 1897 and toe. Univer sity of Oreroa law school la ISO 9, bat never practiced, :- " He published several eastern Oregon weeklies before acquiring the j Grant County r News, later consolidated with the Eagle. The News once was edited by Joaquin Miller, famed poet of the Sierras. I I" CHUCT 'Give Mo Genorair VT a m . vnsurpassea froieciioa 20 Saving Oo Fira Insurance ! General Insurance , Company of America mnnnrnirrnjiJJiV li u r - s cHrrn v. 1 IMSUnAKCE visjviii uuit;j vptuie yaeMTy i,:- ffcdea --end ' I-SarslSeld jtpi 123 IL Ccntrdd . -Cdsa . Did iiZV ft Lowest Prices Ever! 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