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Ho7l njWwr..-.'-IW-i,-' . Vcathcr . . Partly cloudy today anfl - ' f Thursday. Max. temperature - - .' Tuesday 57, Mia. 49. Eainfajl, - .?. V ' .02 In. River ft South east wind. Clondy. Ee laiest report! of event rf!i jU ff : your home community,' j I ; 1 - V i i i 1 1 : I ; V x . your state, the nation and ' i -:VilVy Vy : the world at large U the . rr;t. goal. f -TOUR -Oregon ;t.goal. itesman. pounddb i&m iniiZTY-mST YEAH Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, October 29. 1341 Price) So Newsstands 5c No. 183 i EinB all Promised ; Intent to Repeal ; Ban on Gambling Dens Disclaimed - By STEPHEN. C MERGLER f Salem officials whose names appear on the pinball! licensing ordinance ; nowV be fore , the e i t y council dis- claimed: intent Tuesday ' to ntilize this bin to liberalize the city's anti-gambling or dinance. Mayor W. W. Chadwick and Aldermen L. F. LeGarie end Tom Armstrong, whose names the pinball ordinance bears, all declared that they did not know, until they read of it in Tuesday's Statesman, that this bill would ' repeal a 17-year-old ordinance section prohibiting op eration of gambling houses, The same . repeal clause also would wipe pet a six-year-old section of the same general gam- 'bling ordinance that outlawed dart games. 1 There was nothing put Into the pinball bill that was Intend ed to repeal any gambling ordi nances whatever," Mayor Chad wick asserted. .."The city attor ney wrote the ordinance at the request of Alderman LeGarie. We told him (the city attorney) - to put every safeguard possible In that bffl." The city attorney, Lawrence N. Brown, said he was willing to as sume responsibility for the quel- Uoned repeal clause. - I "And I concede that the clause as It pertains to the section re garding rambling; houses is not vital to the pinball - ordinance and could be eliminated," Brown added. 'Mayor Chadwick said the clause affecting,, the gambling house or dinance - would definitely - be amended out of the pinball bill. Backers of the bill also will-pro- pose ' two : amendments aimed at meeting, in part, the criticism lev (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) UAL Seeking Final OkeH On Airport Inspection to determine the civil aeonautics authority's final re quirements for the. Salem airport before it may be used by United - Air Lines jw&s made Tuesday by . E. 8. Maroney, the air line's Port land operations manager, and two CAA officials. Mayor W, W, Chadwick reported. The trio Indicated, the mayor tald. that Installation of lights marking the sides of the main runway and several red warn ln lights on obstructions such as the floodlighting poles at Waters ball park would be the principal ' requirements. Con duits for the runway lights are already In place. The city will erect a temporary airport administration building as soon as oficials of U n i t e d Air Lines sign a contract for their use of the field, the mayor reported. The contract, paying the city ap proximately S180 a month, is now at, the San Francisco offices of the company. ' Hooe that air service will be started here by UAL by Decem ber 1 is still held. Alderman Tom Armstrong, chairman of -the city council airport committee, said Tuesday night Proof Salem t L Those youths were officers last . in t-I;,. fwrVin fclrh schools j -- - . m ... ..... ri it.tij-; Vernon Johnson, president and Here's President Reporting: "Shooting Has Started?' Surrounded by his aides and secret broadcast to the nation from the Navy league dinner In a Washing ton, DC, hotel. Standing beneath the flag and naval decorations he said that the "shooting has started." On the stage with him were Mrs. Roosevelt (left) and Associate Justice Hugo Black (right). Say More Pursuit "Dl - TTii JL IclilCS XiCrC Five Ships From East Land Weather Halts Start of Air "Games" Heavy weather resulted In post ponement for 24haurs Offwar- time" maneuvers scheduled to commence over the Pacific north west Tuesday, but the day saw increased activity at the Salem airport where five additional pur suit planes were stationed last night Capt William Stratton, com mander of Headquarters squad ron of the 55th pursuit group at the Portland airbCse, with Lts. Ernest Keating, Kenneth Potter and Butler, flying four new planes from New York to Port land, turned back si Oregon City because of poor weather and left the planes at the Salem airport, proceeding by automo (Turn to Page 2, Cot 5) Mercy Asked For Slayer In Petitions A telegram , from , Ralph Carr, governor of Colorado, saying thai petitions had been filed with him asking clemency for James Har vey Thomas, 19, who is condemned to die in Oregon's lethal gas cham ber here Thursday morning, was received at Gov. Charles A. Sprague's office Tuesday. The petitions were circulated In Thomas former home community, Holyoke, Colo. . Gov. Sprague gave no indica tion of whether or not he would take any action in Thomas' ease. The youth shot and killed Doug las Smith, salesman, while the latter was en route from Idaho to his home at Aberdeen, Wash where his mother lives.. : FFA Club Rated High in VS : year of a chapter which was Judged the past week one of the best Future th eotmtrr. another are here admiring the gold plaque which proves the At the extreme right Is fletinan Grimmer, eae of two Oreroa winners of - - t - w . mmA-m- At -. . .-Ia.. mwmm picture i (left 0 I Davll Lii iytr, A? CV : ' ' ' ' . ' ,. J" . ;. - " '' T :? . . ' ' ' ' -i. ' - : - laiiiiiMmMm ''mil ' j service men, President Roosevelt State Education Board Restores UO Courses Six Science Divisions Given Okeh Over Chancellor Hunter's Head; State College Has no Requests V , ASHLAND, Oct. 28-fl3-Thei state board of higherduca- tion Tuesday approved restoration of courses offering graduate and under-graduate degrees in six science divisions at the Uni versity of Oregon. The action was the latest smoldering since 1932, when Ore-A gon and Oregon State college course duplications were ruled out It followed unanimous rejection of recommendations by Chancel lor Frederick M. Hunter and is in line with recommendations made by President Donald M. Erb of the university. The recommendation for res toration of the science courses was made m a report of the cur ricula committee composed of C. A. Brand, JL C Groesbeck and Robert W. Ruhl. The de grees will be offered, beginning with the academic year of 1942-43, In mathematics, chem istry, physics, geology, botany and soology. Degrees fat these subjects were . offered . by the uniYersity before the reorgan ization of 1932. The committee explained that it. acted on a request from the University of Oregon for authority to offer undergraduate and gradu ate work in pure science. The State College, the committee ex plained, had no requests before the Cbmmittee "at this time. The committee" said: ; lt believes that . the request of the university Is reasonable and that Its granting will strengthen the Oregon state sys tem of higher education. It knows of no 'sound reason for denying the request" There has been no thought of taking any - : (Turn to Page 2, Cot 2) A 1 IflvieM Yams C r4 4 4A iuat) D""e f eltn, treasurer; Loyle se-prtaUht, (itatvaan ihoio.) ing the nation stood ready to face its newest and greatest challenge, the president declared: "We Americans have cleared our decks and taken our battle stations." This picture wired to Chkaro and airmailed to The Statesman. development in a controversy OPM Demands Strike End SEATTLE, Oct.28-P)-The of fice of production management de manded Tuesday. night an end to the strike of welders which has slowed down shipyard and other vital national defense production in the Seattle-Tacoma area. The 1700 welders, demonstrat ing against the American Federa tion of Labor's refusal to grant them a separate, international un ion, continued their walkout Tues day, but AFL leaders formed a flying wedge to break the welders picket line and reopen the Lake Washington shipyards at Hough ton. . The Seattle Metal Trades Council (AFL) -estimated more than half the 4000 "sympathy strikers" who. observed welders' picket lines yesterday returned to work Tuesday. Lease-Lend Bill Signed WASHINGTON, Oct 28-P)- President Roosevelt signed a new lend-lease, fund of" $5,985,000,000 Tuesday and let it be known he considered it evidence of Ameri- own lar&e datructionof Hit lerism," as he said in a Navy day address. ' The bill provided $176,000,000 additional for other defense ac tivities, t It brought the total of lend-lease' apropriations to $12,- 985,000,000. : , - - - : . Mr. Roosevelt , also signed . an executive Order centralizing, lend- lease activities' under Edward R. Stettinius, jr., who was re-desig nated lend-lease administrator in the office of emergency manage - ment -'iv-. Gn. Wldle ta Resume PORTLAND, Oct 23-(ffhMaJ Gen. George A. White, command ing officer of the 41st division, was expected to return to his post at Fort Lewis in a few days, Mrs. White said Tuesday. - ' V - . . mm . . ...... vuenerai vvniie-nas Deen ,n t hi. ,nm Mr or. gon City from dysentery contract- ed in the California war games last summer, but has been away from X Oil AjCWIS law UlllT m lc w uturs. Teacher Pay Raises Told '"4 . Many Marion Districts Voto Increases, County Superintendent Tells Two hundred eight six of Mar-' iorvtouht; eountjOMachOol teacbjfi affected by 'salnWeasea jm v , are voted by directors in their various districts at the time- oz or : since the beginning of the new school year, county superintendent Ag nes C. Booth announced Tuesday. Additions In the monthly, pay envelope vary from f 2 to $21 a month, with an average of ap proximately $7 JO, a survey conducted by Mrs. Booth's of fice reveals. Answers to a query from the nmtv cniTMHnton1ont u In action county superintendent as to action by school boards in meeting re quests for pay Increases brought a flood of postcards to her office, with more than 50 per cent of the districts reporting announcing some salary rise, she said. ' Praising the Salem school board and superintendent for "jumping the gun and providing a general pay increase before a request had enA B Xji 4 t nsf the example of Salem had been : appreciated by teachers through out the county. Leaving out Salem and Sll verton, Marion county's two first-class school districts, teachers In elementary schools had averaged $75 a month be fore the Increases when their salaries were figured n s 12-t months' basis, she said, pouting out that this average Included principals . and administrators' pay. Some salaries, she said, av eraged as lew as' 160.50. Among the answers to ber query came some responses declaring specific districts unable to offer any increases this year but prom ising definite consideration in drawing next year's budget while (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) . - 1 TlndsOrS ' See FDR, Nearly IVIiss Train WASHINGTON, Oct' 28 - (ff) The Duke' and Duchess of Wind sor lingered so long at luncheon with President Roosevelt at the White House Tuesday that . they caught their New York bound train with only four . minutes to 1 spare after a dash through heavy traffic.'.,,:.-j '. ; -j Safely aboard ' the " train ' the duchess showed the duke a pic ture of herself taken ; with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at the first lady's ofice at the civilian defense headquarters. The; duchess had paid a visit there while the duke went to call on Harllee Branch, chairman of the civil aeronautics board, to urge increased transpor- tation to the Bahamas where he Is governor. - :s. ' , t:;-';f ' l pi t f." i loiipie Oet Ldcecse Kermit R. Elsey, 22, and Beukh L. Pattern, 22, both of Salem were listed' among Seattle marriage li- f ...v. Law Net . h e en AS Gamblers Groupi Indicted For Taking Bets On Horses, Grid Seven persons arrested Tuesday ty state . police in a city-wide raid on concerns aL leiredlv mnnected with onera T1!S2SZ o . i iuv uiuvw at vsf tuviuuui tut mer City Pobce Judge A. Warren Jones, were free un- der bond or bail .Tuesday night. I - . That the local ring dispensed football pool and handled horse race bets as part of a more than coastwide setup was indicated by several weeks of 'investigation prior to indictments brought Tuesday by a M a r i o n county grand jury, officers declared. Jones and Frank Rogers, reput edly an operator of a Seattle club and allegedly one of the heads of a local circle catering to gam bling interests, were arrested with Mrs. Rogers at a leased residence behind the barns of the Salem Horse & Mule association, 40 Portland road, where adding ma chines, telephones and -other equipment were in evidence, offi cers said. - One state police officer was stationed at the master phone for for more than an hour listening to placing of bets on horse races from ever the city, it was de clared. Meanwhile, police walked into the Depot hotel at 12th and Mill street end arrested "Big Bertha" Russell, innkeeper, and Leon C "Shorty" Webb, janitor and some time bartender there. At the Cozy confectionery, 1272 State, Charles L. McLin, proprie tor, was arrested. ;-. Materials I allegedly taken from all three places were turned in to ftettpolice headu8rs; be inventoried - - rl " ; -. - - At MilwWukie noli n rM t.n At Milwaukie police picked up I John wrath, Ened approximately a Tear ago. foUowing a Salem in- vesugauoa oi sjamoung acnvmes. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 6) AFL j Accepted By Workers I Af- llurAif riTl 1 K-'A-k V VXJJLX SILVERTONr Oct 2S-(A)-By a vote of 327 to 95, production em- ployes of the Silver Falls Tim ber company Tuesday selected the AFL Lumber & Sawmill Workers' union as their bargaining agency over the CIO's union. Three hundred forty persons had been certified as eligible to vote: 329 ! ballots were cast of I 7 Z, 1 wo. hlanV Mill Tail AimrMuH TX was blank; and four expressed op position to either union as bar gaining agent A. C Roll and L. S. Penfield, National Labor Relations board examiners! were here to oversee the election which .lasted from 2 to 7 p. m. Salem Air Raid Warning Signal System - l j i 3o Salem Wy' be warned ef approaching bombers In time te black: out Friday night complete air raid precaution signal system has been installed at police headquarters. Clive Scott (left) police radio operator In charge ef the equipment demonstrates Its use, after installation, to Homer Smith, jr air j raid precaution supervisor. Four separate telephone lines frc-i ttatio?ts at varying distances from Sa I lem are correlated wUh colored lijhts (upper circle) la tvi A?P station. When th first yellow, Is V flashed, meaning the planes are tti miles or S3 r-'---4 f9r Lie eity, ail police ears wilt be justified . . fey police rad!o am statioa K&LSI by telepbc l. .LI I w. 1 ti broadcast te the general public See--. .end Vsht to flash is blue, meaning the bon :s sis t ) r ri ct 13 nunutes away, and is l siraal for S complete backort telephone (lower circle) Is f..i?4 v S faur colored buttons eorti -oning to, the l.'jhti, to not.fy aad the fire station" At t stl"".. t slraal all avaible irf-s 'Ues - wi be blown. Itt red L-ht followbi f- Vq v -ilji ;ss cr five m!-.i:s ri; .3. ;Ust of tie L;LU b white er "all clear ttm, aal 1-ii ef Cat w xUw it turned on as&in, , , . j PHR Reveah Direction Ot Torpedo WASHINGTON, zi: During s discussion pede i attack on the stroyer Kearny, a reporter asked President Roosevelt Tuesday: "From what direction did the torpedo come? The president sat. back, thought a while, and said he be lieved he could safely reveal that.! ; -.v.-; Then, as ail the reporters leaned forward ready to take notes,' he. said K came outside the ship. senator bees T TO AT -1 TTT US 1 11 clVHl W flY Answers Taf t Attack On Plan to Revise j Neutrality Act WASHINGTON, Oct 28-6PV- Senator Pepper (D-Fla), strongly urging revision of the neutrality law, told the senate Tuesday that if the present "desperate effort to save America's peace" should fail, he knew of "nothing else to which we can resort, other than a naval war." He spoke after Senator Taft (R Ohio), had c ha r g e d President Roosevelt with tricking the Ameri can people and with already hav ing done what he could to "plunge this nation into a shooting war.' This, he said, was implicit in Mr. Roosevelt's speech of Tuesday night It was the senate's second day of debate upon administration proposals for revision of the neu tralitjr law. The pending legis lation would repeal sections of that act which prohibit arming American merchant ships, and forbid them to enter combat sones or belligerent ports. Pepper, long one of the senate's more ardent supporters of vigor- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Herr Goebbels -w W --,- T p qfifv. ffnrn Ul llUlU I XVT I " m. " W eeiS tO tiOme BERLIN, Oct. 28-i-Propa- ganda Minister Paul Joseph Goeb bels in a published appeal today to Berlin residents pointed to "the coming of certainly ,. not easy weeks" and asked them to "keep your heads high and never give fax"- j-.---, "I . know you have it har4 to day," he wrote. "You must all I work as never before. "Your wives sometimes stand for hours before stores in order to buy some vegetables. - Your children frequently are sent into the country and separated from you for 'months. "Sometimes you have to go without a glass of beer, sometimes without cigarettes. "Then "because necessary hands are not available, you have to shovel coal; then at nights go into air raid protection cellars and after, .two hours' sleep back -to hard work. . "That is the way it is in many cities of the reich and in some even worse." Reds Hurl NewForce At "Nazis Siberia Troops, Russ. Artillery Pound Germans . By The Associated Press The Russians reported eruption of fighting in a new sector before Moscow Wed nesday morning: and London accounts said red army counter-attacks had beaten the Germans, back as mnch as ten miles on the central front; but soviet forces, in the far south appeared to be facing catastrophe. . Moscow's early morning com munique said a giant struggle had developed in the Volokolamsk area, some 55 miles northwest of the city and about mid-way be- tween Kalinin farther to the., northwest and, Mozhaisk on the ' west ' - ,v . " . Repeated German thrusts have been repulsed, it added, in the -previously established fighting zones around Moazhaisk, which .t - - KUIBYSHEV, Russia, Oct 28 (DeUyed)-A')rIispatches from Moscow declared Tuesday Ger- . man forces hammering at the aproaches to the soviet capital had lost SO per cent of their fighting strength in the past few days and that it had become ap parent that they would be un able to take the city. is 57 miles from the soviet capi tal, and at Maloyaroslavets, 65 miles to the southwest In the past two days the com-. munique said 26 German planes were downed near Moscow. The southern German forces,. of. Marshal Gerth yen Rund- stedt already Immense and still' being strengthened,, were' un-' derstood earlier, to have stood : wltEur 19 to 15 taOes Of Rostov on the 'river Den and clearly, were still advancing. If only slowly. - Informed allied, opinion reluct antly conceded that Marshall Semeon Timoshenko, recently sent to the south to try to break by . far the most dangerous of all Hit ler's current thrusts, was not like ly to be able to hold Rostov, whose fall would lay open the lower valley of . the Don and would , by allied accounts Just about . finish , the tributary basin of the Donets as a Russian indus trial reservoir. S As to the Moscow theatre, how- , ever, information of Tuesday strongly suggested that the Rus sians held the Initiative generally, and there were three interesting related reports from neutral quar ters in London: ' That red reserves from Siberia had gone into the line, giving the weary Germans a very hard time of it; that Russian artillery (of which the Germans have spoken at times slightingly as against the vastly superior mobility of dive bombers) apeared to have an ef (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) , I it