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. . ;.
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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
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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)
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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.
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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 ;
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:?;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.
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