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PAGE TWO Reds Declare Nazis Slowed J Germans Reported Now Only 75 Miles From Moscow , -- (Continued from Page 1) 1 had beaten past the aid battle fields of Borodino, where the first1 Napoleon won his lait treat battle before Moscow In 1812. to the town of Mozhaisk, only 60 miles short of Moscow, bat had subseuuently been thrown back la wild fighting ' that still was Inconclusive some where between the two points. This, in all likelihood, present ed a ten-mile gain claimed dur ,Jng the day by the Russians In counter-attacks on the Vyazma front j The German claim to have put Moscow's most advanced defenses under Immediate peril of cannon fire was accompanied by an ac knowledgment that this red belt lay a considerable distance from the center of the city. Official es timates were that it probably was about 50 miles. , Aside from this Berlin dwelt largely in generalities Tuesday claiming that the German sweep was irresistible and that red sol diers now knocked out of action aem-esrated 6.000.000. of whom more than half were prisoners. This extraordinary t estimate of Russian captives was bigger by more than half a million than the grand total of all prisoners taken by. Germany in four years of the World war. , About Vyazma, the nazis as serted, the Russian armies now were annihilated; about Bryansk It was declared that the surviv ' tng soviet forces were being de stroyed and that, red prisoners taken hi the two sectors already exceeded 500,00. ' - German accounts conceded that Russian reserves still were pour ing into the line all along the front, but described these fresh troops as desperation units formed by work battalions, labor union detachments, ill-trained garrison soldiers, and the survivors of broken tank: and infantry divi sions. This matter of reserves was tak ing on an importance increasingly recognized. Lozovsky, the soviet spokesman, insisted In the course of a general summary that the numerical superiority long held by the Germans now was diminishing, adding: "Fresh millions have risen to the defense of Moscow. Wo know the Germans can never capture It!" His appraisal of the situation was the most optimistic to come from a responsible Russian source in many days. Still, the possibility of disaster on the existing . fronts was plainly recognized in the fact that thousands of Russian civilians were reported set to digging tren ches and tank traps for a prospec tive new defense line somewhere upon the Moscow approaches. The Russian armies were de clared to have taken an oath "to die here bat not let the enemy reach to Moscow." ' Among the most significant of Russian claims were that trans port was still functioning satis factorily and that the Russian air force was contending on about equal terms with the Germans for mastery of the skies. - Thomas Again Flays Policy - PORTLAND, Oct. 14-P)-The federal administration is maneu vering the United States toward totalitarianism, Norman Thomas, four-time socialist party candidate for president, said Tuesday night He told a radio audience that the country's social and economic standards would decline unless ' the interventionists are repudiated at the polls. ; Thomas predicted, however, that a - non-intervention party" would not arise. - "If Roosevelt hasn't succeeded in getting us in war by 1944, he . probably won't succeed, and non intervention is not an issue on which to base a party's life," he said. Priority System Flayed at Meet PORTLAND, Ore, Oct 14-Pj-' The government's priority sys tem in : strategic materials must be r .vised. Col. Willard Cheval ler, publisher of Business Week, said here ; Tuesday. Speaking at a Portland Adver tising Federation meeting. Che valier asserted, - "priorities have been issued with such abandon the system has about washed it self out ''Excessive ' use by governmen tal agencies, sucn as me army and navy, also by private con cerns holding ' defense- contracts, hair been harmful," -ho added. "V,; lie concluded that the system wSl have to.be supplemented by rislJ allocation of critical mater- i&Lf, in non-defense as well as In dii'ense industries, if national tc- , sources are to .be conserved. : Noted Publisher Dies L TTLE. Oct 14-aVTbomas IT. JDsxr-sey, 84, pioneer Seattle r ".ivrrper publisher and member t the t:r .i;t2e appointed oy 1 '-ycr rctut Koran to maintain ?r rher the fire of 1883, died ;,-;-y after a long illness. Lansing Oil Plant, Lumber Yard Burns g. .". . .v. . ;. . X. V A fire exploded more than (MM gallons of oQ and naptha at the Lyons Oil company plant fat Lansing, Mien, causing damage estimated at between $50,600 and $66,000. The burning fad ignited the yards of a nearby lumber company, two hoars after the blaze started Russian Aid i . - Critics Hit Commons Talk Halted By Churchill; Enemy Assistance, Reason (Continued from Page . 1) son at an for an early debate at the present time on the situation In the east. "I think it might be detrimental I am sure it would likely do more harm than good." Ho apparently referred to the possible danger of giving useful Information to the Germans. Shinwell's fellow labor! te Aneu rin Bevan entered the lists with an accusation that Lord Halifax, British ambassador to Washing ton, had made Irresponsible state ments In the United States which were tantamount to "gratuitous assurances to the enemy that they will not be attacked anywhere." TOKYO, Wednesday, Oct 15-(AV-The privy council was called " into session at the Imperial pal ace today. The newspaper Asa hi said it was to discuss "an Im portant matter concerning edu cation." The council, however, also has power to pass on internal que tions and on treaties. Its session followed night meet ings of several Japanese leaders with Premier Prince Fumimaro Konoye on undisclosed subjects. The press continued its discus sion of delicate Japan ese-Amer lean relations. Turk-Guarding Dog Captures Two Prowlers VANCOUVER. Wash, Oct 14 -(flVTwo prowlers were held motionless for half an hoar Monday night by the watchdog guarding Elmer Classen's 1001 turkey. Deputy Sheriff W. M. Yates said he found the two soea ly ing on the ground with the dog circling- them. - The animal watched warily as long as they were still, bat sprang at them at any movement . Yates arrested Fred Lyon and Jfohn 8elvey, Vancouver, en charges of attempted larceny. Gmrch Adds School Room Addition of a room to Livings ton school, sponsored by . the Seventh Day Adventist church. was announced Tuesday by Elder N. C. Erntson, who said work has already begun. The improvement, which was necessitated by in crease in enrollment to about 70 pupils, will make the building suf ficient for three teachers. It is to cost about $1000. J. W. Goebel was issued a build- ing permit Tuesday lor a one- mm a - story dwelling and garage at 1355 D street to cost $4300. Other permits were Issued to Mrs. Jessie Ruch, repair roof of woodshed at 2236 North Church street $35: D. B. Kleihege to re pair roofs of dwellings at 894 and 882 Highland avenue, $35, and 872 Highland avenue, $30; E. Carlson to repair roof of dwelling; at 1475 North Fourth street $30; J. N. Olmstead to erect private garage at 1843 North Commercial street $w; J. H. McMillian to alter gar age at 802 Pino street $30. e Names Salem t:man PORTLAND, Oct li-tfVRose Haskell, Baker, was elected grand duel ot the Oregon Pythian Sis ters Tuesday, cutet aaurpay, saiem, was named sitting past grand chief Queen Wood, Independence, grand senior; Edna Hardsty, Seaside, grand manager Lodg and employes estimated that L500,t00 feet of lumber were destroyed. firemen apparently had checked its Salem School Board Considers Problems of Teaching Staff Board action on a number of by directors of the Salem school attention directed toward the Employment of Jennie Reinhart, graduate of Oregon State Gity to Fete Air Officers Dinner Arranged for Flyers in Effort to Prove Base Interest (Continued from Pago 1) officers' group will be called upon, t was said Tuesday. Meanwhile, plans for entertain ing the 150 enlisted, men during the first few days of their stay here before maneuvers call them to full-time duty were being han dled by the United, Hospitality as sociation. ' "' In Salem Tuesday arranging for utility services at the air port and fairgrounds, where 170 officers and men are to bo biv ouacked Monday, UL, George -White, disbursing officer who heads the advance guard, said he planned to return Tharsday la charge of the Portland base's headquarters" unit to set Bp s field kitchen, lighting and nec essary service units. A number of army trucks will bo used to transport camp equip ment to the capital city, ho said. White is to remain in charge hero until Monday when Lt Thomas W. Jackson, who was hero with him Tuesday, arrives to take over for the maneuvers. Work ..'of Installing special radio communications has been underway at the fairgrounds since Saturday, when six army; men started work there. The sextet housed temporarily at the armory, Is setting up a radio communication center at the fire hall on the fairgrounds. :- Through Chandler Brown, city water commissioner i and defense council member, ' arrangements were made Tuesday for Bosler Electric to run necessary power lines to the airport without charge, according to Tom Armstrong, air A SHEW. (DAM with fir ' lw .--'kF - CuHt to Senrs tz"zr, . . kst Lender. . . Cost less f o Rca Twenty-five years a;o, a great new car was created- a : car unmatched fat performs nee, endurance and economy 'the original Hudson- Scrper-Six! Now, alter a quarter century of engineering development, another new Hudson is getting a warm welcome from buyers who asalr seek a : car they can depend on threcgh thick and thin the new 1142- Iludson Super-ix on display here today And the - ' low prices i this and oCher IS 12 Iiudsons will surprise yon. Alt an DUpU-gXeie Hudson Cowmodovo Six and EgU; and New Uudton Six (priced among J3ST love ft) mm - f u m m . m a m, -mi, s-j Li ii iJ i i 340 N. Ili-h Street The CGZGOH STATESMAN. Ccdem. spread. . -!' Items was given Tuesday night district, with! the bulk of the teaching staff. college, as girls' physical educa Hon Instructor at Parrish Junior high was approved. The position. formerly held by Etta White, has been taken so far this year by a substitute. Miss White is teach ing social science in place of Ear) Stewart, on leave of absence. Money for registration of some staff members in the TMCA Institute of family rela tions was granted. A policy of cooperation with the govern ment was followed la 'approv ing payroll allotment plan for staff members, at whoso option tt Is to bo effective. Let ters ; of appreciation were re ceived from teachers' groups, concerning the bonus granted at the last board meeting-. The board adopted a policy of requiring bonds of companies authorized to do business in Ore gon from private schools to whom funds: are given for free text books. Recommendation was made to increase rent of the old high school auditorium to the Civic Players, including provision that the district, would Install a stage curtain and the Players would place stage settings to be left in place. - Cast Tries out For Elks' Show Cast for the annual Elks' char ity show will bo selected follow ing the second night of try outs tonight at the Elks' temple, sched uled to begin at 7:30 o'clock. Any one Interested is invited to try out Those attending will bo admit ted at tho Cottage street entrance to the temple. An unusually largo number of aspirants reported to Miss Beulah Graham, director, at initial tryouts Tuesday night. port chairman for the city council. At tho same time Portland General Electric agreed to Install . gratis necessary lines at the fairgrounds, Armstrong; said. long cs Wednesday Morning, October IS. 1341 FDR Tells Aid Facts to Press. President Declares . He Has no Doubt of -Program's Success ; (Continued from Page 1) , ; given Edward R. Stettinius, lend- ease administrator, blanket authority to handle the- entire si cca tion himself without referring mdividual transactions to the president for approval. - The administration will '. bo ready, the chief executive said, to take on the new $5,985,000,000 ap propriation, which now Is pend ing in the senate, as soon as it-is enacted. . ;:; v:;. Mr. Roosevelt volunteered this lend-lease informatioa at. tho start of tho press conference but his comment on the military situation was made in reply to a question, i Asked whether Russia would require lend-lease help, the presi dent said he had no idea pending the report of W. Averell Harri man, head of the United States delegation to the tri-partite con ference in Moscow, who is now in London en route home. The White House had issued a formal statement Monday saying that the president announced '"that within the past few days large amounts of supplies -have been sent to Russia and that "all of the munitions, including tanks, airplanes and trucks, promised at tho Moscow conference for de livery in October will bo sent to Russia before the end of the month." As for shipments to Britain, Mr. Eoosevelt said Tuesday that total exports there since tho start of the war amounted to about $5,000,000,000, all paid for in cash, and that much of the current exports to Britain rep resent orders placed prior to the lend-lease program. WASHINGTON, Oct 1M?V The house foreign affairs commit tee concluded hearings late Tues day on legislation to permit the arming of merchant ships after opponents had denounced lt as "pussyfooting" into the war. Chairman Bloom (D-NY) told newsmen he honed the coramitteo would act on thef measure tomorrow so tt could bo brouaht up for house consid eration the following day. Re publican members conceded tho committee would undoubtedly approve It. - At the opening of tho session, republicans and democrats en gaged in a heated altercation over what tho printed record of the prccecdings should contain. The democratic majority finally forced a brief secret session to continue the discussions, despito protests of Rep. Vorys (R-Ohio) against "star chamber proceedings. Furious gavel pounding by Chairman Bloom (D-NY) finally silenced Vorys but not before the latter had accused tho chairman of making "a stump speech. The Ohioan had sought to place in the record a letter ho and three other republican members wrote to Bloom protesting limiting the hearings to two days; Members said later no decision on the disputed point was reached. Second Liberty Ship Launching Set Sunday PORTLAND, Oct 14-iflVThe Oregon Shipbuilding corporation's second liberty fleet ship, tho Meri wether Lewis, will be launched at S pan, Sunday, with Mrs. Karl Riley, wife of Portlands mayor, christening tho vesseL a pedigree your, arm! ' Cost mmi Try tb Nna 1 V HUDSON DZIKVE-31ASTEIV . EdtUa o AH Wfft $9 Drivtl ,' . No GrSiiftmg ... - No ClMtcb-riubing! - Salem, Oregon Successor Nominated To Nan Iloneyman, - PORTLAND, Oct lHaVAp- pointment of DrQ. Bernard No ble, Reed college political science head, as state senator to succeed Nan Wood Honeyman, was rec ommended Tuesday by tho Mult nomah county democratic ' execu tive committee.; ? The position, made vacant by Mrs. Honeyman's resignation will involve no duties unless a special session f is " caUedV However. Dr. Noble said he would be a candi date at the next election. State Forest Gontrbl Urged Oregon Forester Tells Policy Wickard Asks Conserration Plan - (Continued from Page 1) it for defense needs, would ' bo almost 50 per cent greater than timber growth. "Defense," he said, "has only intensified a condition that has long existed. "We can fake some lessons from- Germany in this matter, f economic preparedness, field Marshall Peering who had charge of Germany's prepara tions in building up supplies, re cently wasauoted as stating that the forests of Germany form that country's second most vital resource. Germany has been building up her'Torests for more' than a century, long before the nazis came to power.- Wlckard said an adequate na tional forestry program would re quire a 100 per cent increase in the present rate of timber growth, and much better protection of that growth from dissipation by fire, insects, disease and destructive cutting. former Officer Pleads Guilty To Slaying PENDLETON, Oct 14-(ff)-A plea of guilty to a charge of sec- ond degree murder in connection with the death of his ex-wife was entered in circuit court Tuesday by James Carson, former Free- water marshal. Sheriff Bob Goad said tho plea. made before Circuit Judge C. L. Sweek, came as a surprise to of fleers. Carson had admitted bury ing the body of his former wife beneath the floor of a garage a Freewater, . but had insisted her death on July 18 was accidental. He had pleaded Innocent to first degree murder charge. Judge Sweek said he would pronounce sen ten co-Thursday morning. A life imprisonment sentence Is mandatory. Airs. Ringling Dies BARABOO, Wis, Oct lHfl")- Mrs. Albert Charles Ringling, 89, widow of one of the six; brothers who founded the Ringling Broth ers circus in 1888, died here Tues day. S I ' -1 in I Mi-ii1nn - - i " 3 . I W m S,-cr : - ' C3raUl rtntOUUU SAUio I - V v 1 V --, raoGaAMi ova couukbu Nrrwoax - I w I Give iroirn.GAK a r-nnou smn? US, Argentine in Trade Pact Agreement Seen as JNew ldWrk With 4 South Americans (Continued from Page 1) ; facilitate condaslon- of - similar trade pacts with Chile and Uru raav. .President Roosevelt and Secre tary of State Hull expressed pro found satisfaction. The president said i that in years to come We shall look back upon, the trade agreement signed today as a mon ument to ; the ; ways "of peace, standing;, in sharp and proud re lief upon a desolate plain of war and destruction -; Hull saw it as significant evi dence of collaboration at a time when "the very existence of the nations of this hemisphere may depend upon presenting a united front, to the forces of aggression. Argentina's ambassador to the United States Dr. Felipe A. Es pit described It ; as "a great step In the task of Inter-Amer-leaa eomuiunlon of tnterests." Senator Hugh Butter of Nebras ka criticized the agreement as "one more, evidence that this ad ministration Is not Interested In the welfare of the American farm er." Producers, of beef cattle, dairy products, wool and flaxseed, he said, are once again to be "sacrificed under the time-worn excuse of a national emergency.' Senator CMahoney . (D-Wyo) said: ' . . v "The reduction of tariff duty on agricultural, products which would compete with our own western agricultural products , are really much smaller than many of us fat the west had feared might be made. ' Domestic wool trade, 0Ma honey said, "should not be ser iously affected,' particularly since tho OPM, the war depart ment and the navy department are giving preferential - treat meat to domestic wool fat then purchases.' It is the 12 th trade agreement to be concluded with American republics and will go into effect provisionally November 15, en tering into full force 30 days af ter exchange of ratifications. Subject to certain special pro visions, it will remain In force for three years and may - con tinue in force indefinitely there after. Under it Argentina (rants con cessions to the United States on 127 products which In 1940 ac counted for about SO per cent of the total United States exports to Aregntina about $32,000,000 Out Of S106.000.000. .These concessions take the form of reductions In tariffs or agreements not to raise tariffs. Included-are fresh apples, pears, gTapes, raisins, ' prunes. tobacco, motor vehicles and parts, automatic refrigerators, certain items of electrical ma chinery and. apparatus,' agricul tural and industrial, machinery, office appliances fand forest products. : Argentina. In return, seta re ductions In duties or assurance of the continuance of existing tar- iffs on 84 products which m 1938 s CENE&A& rniOUUri tinn raocaAMs ova couukbu Nrrwoax ,tTiwtMor.,aouHTAiHtuai and 1939 accounted for gome tS per cent of her total exports to the United SUtes. . Amnntf other thines. the tariff Is reduced on flax seed, canned corned beef, coarse wools, que bracho extract - casein, tallow, oleo oil Jmd olea ' stearin, cattle hides, . and Italian type cheeses. The. United SUtes agreed to keep i numerous products on the free list Including furs and skin and "various ; animal byproducts. Because of abnormal conditions ' growing l out of the ; war, the agreement embodies certain spe cial provisions not previously in cluded Jn trade; agreements ne gotiated ' under the authoitgr oi the trade agreements act ; - ii i 111111 . ' :?;f Defense Staff I Parley Slated Share in Maneuvers, Blackouts, Finances Set for Discussion (Continued from Page 1) the capital city; late this month, they; declared. ,r After that warning, flashed from Portland,' a race against time will bo run to get observ ers at their posts and to havol word flashed back to every sec tion of the county by the time tho "raiders- are overhead. Whether any community m Marion county conducts a black out will depend upon the decision reached at the staff meeting. Con ley declared, but pointed out that In addition to the disadvantages publicized by objectors through out the state there should be cer tain benefits accruing to commu nities participating' in this manner. "I think; Sen. Ronald Jones has something when he suggests the possibility of a five-minute vol untary blackout to test our sys tem of notifying householders and to determine what problems we might have to face in a lights-out situation that we do not know exist" Conley said. County ", defense council of fices assigned 70 more appli cants for civil reserve member ship to the Salem fire depart ment for training and emergea cy service, bringing the total thus assigned te 129. Fifty completed appointments for police .reserves, with neces sary documents to deputize the individuals concerned under tho sheriffs authority by mere sig nature In time of emergency, were filed Tuesday night by Silvefton defense workers, while Woodburn provided a list of 40 men to be so appointed following recommenda tion and investigation , .... Ex-Wrestler Facing Trial on Stabbing OREGON , CITY, Oct 14-ff), The trial of George "Duke" Him ler, 29, on a charge of fatally stabbing j Charles t Straight 69, Clackamas Heights, on Sept 19, opened in circuit court here Tues day. -, Attorneys- for the ex-seaman and one-time carnival wrestler in dicated self-defense would be claimed. n n b on v
