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GitV Plans .Welcomed bought Air Mail Cachet
At Inauguration Oi
First UAL Service
Bright Skies Promised for Events
Starting at 10 AM Friday When Air
Firm Officials Arrive at Salem Field
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With the promise of sunny skies for inauguration of
United Air Lines passenger, express and airmail service
Friday, Salem civic leaders today are combining their ef
forts to make the capital city's welcome impressive and
zestful.
The 7 o'clock banquet at the Marion hotel Friday night
is open to all interested men and women, members of the
committee declared, although to-date tickets have been of
fered principally through men's service clubs.
Reservations may be made at the hotel, workers said,
urging that as many as possible make plans today to attend,
although tickets will probably still be available Friday.
Officials of the air lines and
Portland business and industrial
leaders are to be present for the
event, arranged as a climax to
the day's activities.
Gov. Charles A. Sprague and
Mayor W. W. Chadwick are to
welcome guests at the dinner.
Brazier Small, prominent mem
ber of the American Legion
committee which sponsored the
city's purchase of the airport 12
years ago, to to be master of
ceremonies.
Public events cf the inaugural
day festivities commerce with the
arrival of United Air Lines of
ficials by plane at 10 a. m. The
Mainliner which brings them in is
to carry civic leaders on courtesy
flights over the city.
At noon a sleeper plane from
Portland, carrying Portland city
and chamber olommgrce offi
cials, representatives ot the CAA,
army engineers, WPA and other
governmental agencies is sched
uled to arrive.
Gov. Sprague, who planned to
be in Portland on Thursday, was
to be Invited to remain over to
return to Salem on that flight, it
was indicated Wednesday.
A brief program of welcoming-
speeches and responses and
music by the Salem high school
band to planned to follow.
Actnal inauguration of air serv
ice to slated for 1:05 with ar
rival of a plane from the north
bringing air express "firsts,"
novel shipments to persons and.
firms of the mid-valley region
from Vancouver, Seattle and
Portland.
That the inaugural ceremonies
may include a christening of one
of the Mainliners as "City of Sa
lem" is a possibility, UAL repre
sentatives said Wednesday.
Weather permitting, a flight of
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House Passes
Strikes Curb
Uncertain Fate Seen
In Senate of Strong
Anti-Labor Measure
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2-(JP)-The
house Wednesday passed the
stringent Smith bill to check
strikes in the defense industries,
expressing by a 252 to 136 vote
its accumulated impatience at the
pleas of administration leaders
long series of such walkouts.
In doing so, It over-rode the
far less rigid legislation and
adopted measnre-which was
repeatedly denounced in debate
as "anti-labor" and a threat to
the gains which labor had made
through the enactment of the
new deal.
As sent to the senate, where an
uncertain fate awaits it, the legis
lation would:
Forbid strikes unless they are
approved by a majority of the
workers by secret ballot.
. Require a 60-day cooling-off
period between the time a strike
is ordered and the time it be
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More Than 12,000 May
Be, Carried as Salem
Air Service Starts
Civil Defense
Chairmen to
Hold Parley
By Friday, the day of the in
auguration of ailmail service in
Salem, between 12,000 and 13,000
letters and covers will have been
received at the local postoffice
awaiting the first flight cachet,
Arthur O. Willoughby, San Fran
cisco, assistant superintendent, di-n
vision oi airmau service, ut post-
office, estimated Wednesday after
noon.
At the time of his forecast,
letters were pouring in at the
Salem office at the rate of 100
an hour. Further evidence of
the ever-growing enthusiasm
was the flood of inquiries and
phone ' calls that reached the
desk of Postmaster H. R. Crawford.
"What we want to sell to the
Pictured above is Arthur O.
WUloughby, assistant superin
tendent, division of air mail
service, US postoffice, who ar
rived here from San Francisco
Wednesday with the special
cachet to be stamped on all first
flight letters mailed at Salem.
Letters were arriving at the Sa
lem postoffice at the rate of 100
an hour Wednesday to await the
stamp of the cachet, pictured
here, which marks the inaugura
tion of airmail service here.
Reported
Flood Danger Is
Passed; River
Up 13.5 Feet
Wind and rain are passed
for the time being in the mid
Willamette valley, the weath
er bureau declared Wednes
day night as reports of dam
age wrought by a capricious
storm continued to pour in.
At Salem, where the Wil
lamette river had risen late
Wednesday 13.5 feet in 24
hours, no danger of flood was
foreseen, although waters were
reported above flood stage at
Harrisburg. Late Wednesday the
river started to fall in its upper
reaches, the Associated Press was
informed.
Western Oregon received the
brunt of the storm, rains in the
eastern part of the state having
been light and scattered, although
most of the mountain areas were
expected to have snow by this
morning.
In Salem, the basement of the
new First Congregational
church was flooded Tuesday
night when a storm sewer be
came clogged. Clearing the sew
er and installation of a pump
served to remove the water and
the room was sufficiently dry
to serve as quarters for a ba
zaar and for a congregational
dinner Wednesday night.
The ,,. South Santiam highway,
1- wbiclC has bgea. closed -io main
tenance operations, was opened
briefly Tuesday and re-closed be-
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Caucasus Route
Blocked: Nazi
s
Diplomats Fail
ActionDraws Ankara Into
Anti-Axis Fold; Rout in
Rostov Sector Spreads
By The Associated Press
The British-Russian southern flank protecting the Cau
casus and the middle east was immensely strengthened
Wednesday night by political action in Washington that ap
parently drew Turkey all the way into the anti-axis front
at the hour of Germany's spreading military defeat along
the Azov seashores.
President Roosevelt announced that Turkey, a non-bellig
erent British ally that stands as the bridgehead to two conti
nents, had been brought under the US lend-lease act and that
her defense needs, would thus be "filled as fast as possible."
This meant that the nazis had lost in their long effort
to draw Turkey away from Britain and apparently that
the greatest strategic area in
the eastern world now was fully
on the side of Britain and Russia.
For Turkey, if she wishes,
can let British warships through
from the Mediterranean to the
Black sea. Turkey, if she wishes,
can stand as a powerful ob
stacle to any effort by Hitler to
go into the Caucasus and Mid
dle East by the backdoor.
It appeared to mean, too and
this perhaps was most important
of all that Turkey had come to
the conclusion that Hitler was go-
ins to lose the war. X.
-The Germans were fyVg,
lelrbtn
Elks Reveal
Plans to Aid
Valley Needy
Complete plans of the Salem
Elks lodge for the needy at Christ
mas time were announced Wed
nesday by Joe Krauger, chair
man. Giving of toys and candy to
needy children will be at the
temple December 24. Clothing
for adults and children is to be
distributed from December 19
until Christmas eve, excepting
Sunday. Annual charity show,
"Meet the Witt", is to be given
in the Elks auditorium Decem
ber 9. 10 and lL
Christmas cheer committee
chairman named by Krauger are
D. P. McCarthy, Independence;
A. J. Cleveland, Dallas; W. D.
Groslin, RickrealL C. W. Cuts-
forth, Gervais: Howard W. Ramp,
Brooks, Rodney Alden, Woodburn,
Dr. A. F. E. Schierbaum, Mtf An
sel: Leo Hasklna. Silvertoh; Grant
Murphy. Stayton; Adolph Heater,
Sublimity?" B. N. , Speer, Aums
vOle; E. E. Ball, Turner; Richard
Saucier, Mill -City? W. L Jones,
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Chairmen of the six fully-or
ganized divisions of the Salem
Civilian Defense j council have
been called by Council, Chairman people how is the souvenir value
L. F. LeGarie to meet at 8 o'clock of this first flight mail to future
tonight in the council chambers generations," Willoughby said.
oi tne city nail. "This event is on a part with the
Tnorougn metnods oi training
and organization" employed by
the six appointees were praised
Wednesday night by LeGarie as
he discussed the purpose of to
night's meeting.
"With these groups as basic
units, we propose to develop
more correlation i between the
various services," he declared,
pointing out that farther or
ganisation either within the
branches of the service now ac
tive or outside their scope was
not contemplated until extent
of work planned for each group
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ThreeNamed
In Race for
CC Leader
Late Sports
JACKSONVILLE, FUu, Dec.3
-AVThe Chicago Cubs traded
Outfielder Hank Leiber to the
New York Giants for Pitcher
Bob Bowman and n unan
nounced sum of cash Wednesday
night in the first important deal
of the wmter baseball meeting.
Officials ot the two clubs met
in a hotel room and dickered
for hours before finally closing
the deaL M rr
Lleber, avho formerly played
with the Giants, is on of the
leading sluggers of the National
league, while Bowman a right
hander, is a promising pitcher
whom the Giants obtained about
a year ago front the St. Louis
Cdlnals.
Carl Hogg, A. A. Gueffroy and
Ben J. Ramseyer are the nomi
nating committee's candidates for
the presidency of the . Salem
chamber of commerce in 1942,
Chairman O. D. "Frosty" Olson
notified Manager Fred D. Thiel-
sen Wednesday.
Hogg is manager of Hogg Bros.
household' appliance firm, Guef
froy proprietor of the Commercial
book, store and Ramseyer a part'
ner in operation of the Ramseyer
Bros, garage.
The committee's list of nomi'
nees will appear in this week
end's chamber bulletin. The
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Boom Man Is
Pulled From
Cold River
Bill Tuor, 25, boom man whose
residence is at Willamette, tried
to catch his escaped and elusive
rowboat early Wednesday night
then had to be rescued himself
from the Willamette river.
Tuor's boat slipped off his
boom a short distance above the
Marion-Polk County bridge, Find
ing he could not reach it, he
started to swim after it. old
water and swift current proved
too much, and Tuor was pulled
from the river by Richard Olson,
tugrhan, after being in the water
about five minutes.
Tuor was taken to the Salem
boathouse, where treatment was
given by the city first aid 'crew.
He was taken to Salem General
hospital for the night
Smith Jr. Under Fire
Oregon Seen
Facing Huge
Work Crisis
PORTLAND, Dec. 3.-)-Ore
gon faces an economic crisis
threatening wholesale unemploy
ment unless concerted action is
taken, L. C. Stoll, state employ
ment service director, said Wed
nesday.
At least 35,000 men working in
lumber, heavy industries and the
sheet metal and building trades
soon may find themselves jobless
because of nationally-applied non
defense building restrictions and
the scarcity of defense contracts.
he said.
In addition, 20,900 men now
are available and seeking ship
yard and allied work. An addi
tional 5000 men are enrolled hi
defense industry schools In
Oregon and soon will )oin the
job-seeking throng, augmented
by other workers migrating here
from areas.
Shutdowns already are begin
ning in the lumber industry and
are expected to spread from the
coast to the Columbia basin and
finally to the Willamette valley.
The remedy may be found in
pooling efforts of affected indus
trial and labor groups, chambers
of commerce and the Oregon ec
onomic council, the latter to serve
as quarterback to direct attempts
to gain bigger defense contracts,
Governor Sprague suggested.
Nippon Vague
On US Query
Oblique Comments,
Evasion to Public
Made by Newspapers
TOKYO, Dec. 3.-JP-Japanese
newspapers vaguely informed the
public Wednesday that -President
Roosevelt had asked certain ques
tions about "'Japan's intentions headquarters of the exiled Serb
quickly. A communique
FDR's Act
Timed On
Jap Reply
Nippon Expected
To "Go Slow" as
Blow Hits Axis
WASHINGTON, Dec 3
( AP) President Roosevelt
announced Wednesday that
lease-lend coffers had been
opened to Turkey, a far
reaching diplomatic coup de
signed to bar Hitler from a
highroad to Suez, Iran, Iraq
and the oil-rich Russian Cau
casus. Taking the capital and the world
completely by surprise, the White
House issued a one-sentence state
ment saying:
"The president announced that
he had found the defense of
Turkey vital to the defense of the
United States and had directed
Lend -Lease Administrator E. R.
Stettinius, jr., to see that the de
fense needs of the government of
Turkey were filled as fast as possible."
Authoritative quarters disclosed
that the flow of supplies to Turkey
started some time ago, through
Britain. Howitzers and trucks
comprise most of the shipments
thus far, but is expected that fu
ture shipments will include every
thing from tanks and planes to
uniforms and shoes.
The United States makes its
lend-lease program, for whkh
SUs5,00t,0M .already has
been appropriated, available
Ty to nation detftxi -zr
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forces those loyal to old Yugo
slavia a nnounced that axis
troops had loosed a "general of
fensive" against organized gueril
la iorces ngnung in tnat con
quered country.
By every Indication the Ger
mans near Rostov were losing
vital supplies in enormous quan
titles, and Berlin itself did little
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regarding current problems," and
displayed reports that Australia
was offering the United States
bases for the alleged ABCD en
circlement of this nation.
United States asks explana
tion of the recent situation,"
one headline writer said over a
dispatch which did not disclose
the exact nature or tenor of
questions put by the president
to the Japanese envoys in
Washington.
(The president asked for an ex
planation of Japan's movement of
large new armed forces into Indochina.)
The Japan Times and Adver
tiser, controlled by the foreign of- WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-OSV
fice, republished an article from Government officials admitted
"AuhaT nres ab; Wedn
Japan offers itself to United snipments to Russia, arranged for
States for strategic bases." under the 80,000 - tons - a - month
The Miyako charged Australia program fixed in October, had so
with an "increasingly aggressive" far been disappointing.
Aid to Reds
Disappoints
NEW YORK, Dec. 3-)-A spe
cial grand jury today handed up
a presentment to Justices of the
appellate division of the state su
preme court calling : for the dis
barment of Alfred E. Smith, jr.,
son of the former governor of
New York, on 11 specific charges
of malpractice.
Women Crowd Armory for
Cooking School Opening
i More than 650 women aUended the opening session of the
three-day Oregon Statesman cooking school at the Salem armory
Wednesday afternoon to hear Nancy Baker, practical home ec
onomist, tell how to make holiday season kitchens sources of
family happiness.
PORTLAND, Ore-, Dec S-iff)
Portland football fans cheered
Oregon State's Rose Bowl foot,
ball team at a banquet here
Wednesday night attended by
Gov. Charles A. Sprague and a
score of lesser 'dignitaries. .
Assistant Coaches Jim Dixon
and Hal Moe presented the
players, Coach Lon Stiner - be-
put silenced by an attack of
laryngitis. . . , - r -
Miss Baker, new to eookmr
-school audiences in Salem, of- 1
fered . helpful hints on home .
making in general as well as,
Specifically, on the: task of pre
siding over the kitchen range.
Today many more new recipes
will be outlined at the "happy kit
chen" school, many of them pre
pared from the stage in full view
of the audience and the finished
product exhibited. ,
' ' The school "class" will run from
2 to 4 p. m. today and again on
Friday afternoon; the closing day.
No admission is charged. -Wednesday's
audience '..e 1-
! denced appreciation of Miss Ba-
k e .1 res hVpresentation , of
home problems, her wealth of
.new Ideas and her pleasing per
sonality. - '
(Additional cooking school notes,
with recipes, on pages 7, 8 and 9.)
Labor "Goon"
To Go Free
Cecil D. Moore, among the few
persons now in the state peniten
tiary for labor "goon" activities
during the Gov. Charles H. Martin
administration, will be released,
probably later this week, the
state parole board .announced here
Wednesday. V . -
' Moore, along with Earnest Car
son and John Newland, set fire
to- the West. Salem - box- factory
four. years, ago, Others, convicted
in connection with the fire were
Al N. Banks, business agent for
the Salem 1 teamsters union, and
Albert Earl Rosser, head of the
Oregon teamsters. Carson, New
land and Banks were paroled from
prison last . August, while Rosser
still is serving a 12-year sentence.
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House Group
Okehs Power
Program Fund
WASHINGTON, Dec 3-(A-
Two important developments rel
ative to the Pacific northwest pub
lic Dower proeram came from
Capitol Hill Wednesday.
They were: (1) a recommend
ation by the house appropria
tions committee for $3t,00S,0
to construct, operate and main
tain Bonneville power lines; ar.d
(2) a recommendation to the
house banking committee by
Federal Loan Admlnlstrat
Jesse Jones that an SsO.fOf.,0')
RFC loan be authorized for pur
chase of the Paget Sound row
er and light company proper
ties by Seattle and Washington
state pnblie ntmty districts.
Dr. Raver submitted a letter
from. OPM Director William
Knudsen endorsing the appropria
tion for the Bonneville lines.
' He said substations or additions
were planned at Covington, Norm
Vancouver,-' Longrie.w,-Norm
Bonneville, Chehalis, Trafton,
Pasco, St John,.Bellinghanv.Eu
gene, Salem, Tacoma and Walla
Walla.,
Official quarters which conced
ed that cargoes of raw materials
and war equipment had not been
assembled and cleared from Bos
ton for Russian delivery on sched
ule in October and November, as
serted, however, that the flow of
goods to Archangel would im
prove noticeably this month and
be approximately abreast of
schedule by January.
Brown Heads
Salem China
Relief Unit
Preliminary organization for a
citywide drive for the United
China relief was started Wednes
day in Salem with appointment
of Chandler Brown as head of the
Salem committee. Announcement
of Brown's selection was made
by Jess Card, Salem, vice presi
dent of the United States Nation
al Bank of Portland and state
chairman of the China Relief
committee.
Organization for the drive Is
to be completed within the next
two weeks astd tho preMntmary
gift campaign win ho climaxed
with Salem China Relief week.
January 12-17. Card said.
Salem's drive is to be part of a
nationwide campaign to raise
$5,000,006 and represents the
seven agencies that hitherto have
been conducting separate appeals.
Card said.
The national campaign is head
ed by James G. Blaine, president
of the Marine Midland Trust
Company of New York, chairman
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Thailand Mobilizes
: BANG KOK, Dec aH&V-Two
million volunteers already . have
registered for . national ' service,
the Bangkok- newspaper Srikrung
said Wednesday, citing reports, to
the ministry of the interior from
50 provinces of Thailand. '
Staff Chief Full General
Ul Lumber lvxecuUve
DETROIT, .Dec. J JHtfr-A ter
rific explosion, apparently ; caused
by a black powder bomb, late
Wednesday night' damaged - the
home of P. J Currier, presiden'
of ' the vCIO-organlzed . Currier
Lumber company, . who recently
was refused a government con
tract to build defense homes in
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General George C IfsrshaH. chief ot staff of the US amy. b pictured :
v u this new photo at his desk In the war department. Note the four
- stars ea bis shoulder straps. They mark him as a fall genersL tie -only
one en the acttye list in the US army. ' - - .-