PAGE TWO City Prepares UAL Welcome Bright Skies Seen For Inauguration Of Air Service (Continued from page 1) 15 army pursuit ship from the Portland airbase is scheduled as one of the afternoon's attractions Although most of the Portland- cased planes are being sent on maneuvers, one flight is to be held in this area for this event, air lines officials have been,, in formed, it was said. A luncheon at which UAL Is to be host for visiting digni taries and a groap of Salem persons is to follow departure of the first passenger plane at 1:2 pju. The sleeper plane is to be parked on the taxi apron west of the hangar for inspection by air port visitors during the afternoon, while courtesy flights in the Main liner continue. Sometime during the late aft ernoon an airplane from Port land is to bring to tho capital city the man who has been de clared new president of the Port land chamber of commerce, fol lowing that organization's Friday balloting. He is to be a guest at the banquet here. Arrangements to care for traf fic at the airport Include plans to keep ears out of the mad, Tom Armstrong, chairman of the council's airport commit tee, and Harold Davis, city engineer, said Wednesday. Fresh gravel has been pressed into the driveway leading Into the airport from Turner road and the drive has been extend ed around north and east sides of the hangar to the temporary administration building. City police are to handle traffic and parking. United Airlines maps which ap peared in Salem on Wednesday Include Salem on the UAL route and give the capital city time table listing. In San Francisco where the recently-doubled Salem schedule was announced Wednesday, air lines officials said that schedules to Eugene and Bellingham are to be announced shortly. The airmail flight, which also will carry passengers and express, will leave San Francisco at 2:03 a.m, reaching Salem at 6:11 a.m. Returning planes will leave Salem at 10:35 p.m., arriving In San Francisco at 2:36 a.m. The second schedule, carrying only passengers and express, will leave San Francisco at 1:30 p.m, arriving at Salem at 5:20 p.m! The return flight will leave the Oregon capital at 1:20 p.m. First Flight Letters Mount (Continued from page 1) eomini of the first train to Salem and we do not want people to be disappointed by not getting in their letters." Many persons are under the impression that only special overs and envelopes can be used. Crawford pointed out. "On the contrary, any letter marked first flight' and with the proper Postage is acceptable.- These should be given to a postal em ploye and not dropped in the mailbox." Another misunderstanding, ac cording to Wllloughby, Is that all envelopes must be addressed to someone beside the sender. In stead collectors who want first flight covers may mark them with their own address. Rural Woman Injured Mrs. Frank Haskins, route 3, oaiem, aged 64, suffered a hip -ure in a rail at her home, Wednesday night Deaconess host pital authorities reported she was resting comfortably early Thurs day morning and that her con dition was satisfactory. New Low Pri 20c 22c Matinee Nlghta Plus Tax Patronize Salem's Only Home-Owned, First-Ron Theatre Continuous front 1 r. H thtfndorlnci at pk of heroic - - lz.1 Hit Feature - The Season's Gayest Comedy "Hoes Over Her Shoulder T7112i Lynn Eirl and John Sutton - . ' & mm ? ; i t' ' Managing Editors Tell Views on War and Free Press at Club Meet 1 "The handwriting on the wall spells war and it is impossi ble to avoid it, Donald J. Sterling, managing editor of the Port land Journal, declared Wednesday when he addressed the Sa lem Rotary club as one of the features of its Newspaper Day pro- Action Timed On Jap Reply Nippon Expected to v Stop, Look, Listen As Blow Hits Axis (Continued from page 1) fight "aggression." In fact Tur key is the first nation not ac tually engaged in fighting which has been accorded the benefits of the fund, except Latin Ame rican powers. The president's move, fraught with incalculable consequence for the future of the war in the Medi terranean and elsewhere, came at a time when the United States was awaiting a reply from Japan to an American statement of policy regarding we iar east ana to a pointed query from Mr. Roosevelt as to what Tokyo means by con centrating troops in French Indo china. mi a - ine inning was regarded as highly significant here in that there is more than a suspicion in well-informed quarters that Ja pan ;plots her course with one eye on Hitler's fortunes. Inasmuch as Hitler has already suffered a re sounding reverse before Rostov. one gateway to the Caucasus, the erection of a barrier at another gateway was believed calculated to make Japan stop, look and lis ten. However, officials here were not banking on the move having that effect. Secretary of State Hull, at a press conference, held out no hope that the Japanese reply to the United States state ment of policy would be favor able. Instead, he called attention tn the wide gulf between .Tflnan0 and American viewpoints. If the lease-lend assistant tn Turkey actually converts that country into a barrier to ny's aspirations, it will be a stun ning defeat for nazl diplomacy. oum rranz von Papen, who was ejected from Washington the World war because he was suspected of plotting against Am erican neutrality, has been labor ing with all the devices at his disposal to swing the Ankara gov ernment over to the axis side. .yr& ,ew ' "orfe Rtf&a delivered at Istanbul, Turkey, the first shipment of Russian oil sent to that country since the Rosso-German war began. This oil was delivered under naval convoy, and the Russians were said to have promised much more. Whether concerted nr nr th. Russian and American moves were regarded as parallel steps to keep Turkey, Britain's non-belligerent ally, on "the right side of the fence." County Funds Balances up An increase of annroximativ $28,000 in the, trust funds held by the county -treasury for other taxing units of the county brought the total of fund balances to $453,- oj.oo Wednesday, or approxi mately $8,000 above those of No vember 5, S. J. Butler, county treasurer, reported. The general fund was boosted during November from 1160 sr a to $171,758.61- n v - Vi uiurv than $4000 was noted in the bal ance of the old aee nension fi,n of $100 in general road fund, of uuu in uie market road main tenance fund, of $700 in the treas urer's trust fund and of $2000 in omer trust funds. The special tax warrant onntmi account jumped from $1544.24 to ii,uu.8, the county school fund irom $75,916.94 to $80,741.77. Others remained essentially un changed during the month. 1 1 tilWTTOflT) I bfrl Today-Friday Saturday Plus Defense Tax OBS OF FUN! Gorgooo 6dt m4 M8G4mo! -. Wfia W. Ugaa . SLirbf tt , And Second Feature ; Also News, - Cartoon - and Serial, "SKY RAIDERS" r ?' K 1 Tli gram. Gov. Charles A. Snraeue introduced the sneakers. Representing the Oregonian was KODert Notson. its manaeme edi tor and a graduate of Willamette university, who pointed out that in the old days sources of lnfor mation were available only to the wealthy but newsgatherins agencies of today bring informa tion to everyone, limited only by tne readers own ability to com prehend. "No people ever remained free without a free press, which is the cornerstone of our demo cratic Institutions. It Is the re sponsibility of the reader as well as the writer to see that this privilege Is not taken away," Notson consluded. C t-i . . ... opeaKing, as ne termed it, as "an observer of much and an authority on nothing, Sterling xorecast that there would be no let up in defense preparations be- iore 1343. ihe administration has not courted war but it does not pro pose to be bullied." Besides the war abroad, the United States faces a war at home in which the unemployment which follows the shut down of non-defense nrodnr tion and the plight of small busi nesses must be met, he pointed out. Tune and politics will de termine legislation and the aH. ministration is trying to curb strikes without hitting unionism, overling ODserved. Scott Flays Bean, Aide On Power Ormond R. Bean, state utilities commissioner, and T. O. RussaII his chief engineer, should realize tney are working for the state and not for the Portland Electric company, State Treasurer L.esue M. Scott commented dur ing a meeting of the state hnar-A oi control here Wednesday. w statement was made without-elaboration, but he In formed newspaper men later that it referred to a recent re Port prepared by Bean and RusseU in which they recom mended that the board of con trol enter into a five-year con tract with the company for Power service for state build ings and Institutions located In the Salem district. lirrn xney said the contract right," Scott declared. w know it is all wrong." Three Named In Race for CC Leader (Continued from page 1) election is scheduled for Decem ber 15. Other nominees are: Vice-president Rav A Yvrvni H. L. Stiff and Merrill D. Ohling Secretary Fred C. Klaus, E. V. Vernon and Lester F. Barr. Treasurer Guv N. wiMmir W. "Joe'r" Land nnH n nvJ i " Bissell. Directors Social Ilda E. Binsenheimer. rr rt. E. Morris and Earle M. Daue legislative department, George a! Rhoten, Edwin Schreder ,and Chandler P. Brown; civic depart ment, Frank B. Bennett, William A. McAfee and Josenh w p.. dall; agriculture department, Rob- " 1 eaer, i ranis Doerfler and Floyd M. White: industrial partment, Lowell Kern, Lee U. eriy ana Keith Brown. Road Board Cuts Meet Because of the difficult i k ining priorities for essential ma terials tne December meeting of T, . nignway commission will be restricted to one day, De cember 18, R. h. Baldock, state highway engineer, 'announced Wednesday. It originally was intended to conduct a two-day meeting. Baldock said the contract let terings have been limited to a few state projects for which essential defense materials are not required. All federal aid jobs have been de ferred. The priority situation, as It in volves highway construction ma terials, will be discussed at a meeting of the executive commit tee of state highway officials at j Always t Smash Hits f Last Times Today "BILLY THE KID i . OUTLAWED, with Bob Steele"' : PLUS- "BEFORE I HANG", with Boris" Karloff ' ioc - Mat - Plus Tax, 15c Ere. - OREGON STATESMAN. Salam, House Passes Strikes Curb Uncertain Fate Seen In Senate of Strong Anti-Labor Measure (Continued from page 1) comes effective, with the de fense mediation board seek ing settlement during the in terim. Forbid strike violence, boy cotts, and sympathy and juris dictional strikes. Require that wherever the closed shop or the open shop is in force in a defense plant, it shall continue for the dura tion of the national emergency. Require unions to register with the government. Deny the benefits of the na tional labor relations act, the social security law and unem ployment compensation to work ers or unions violating the new act Rep. Smith (D-Va) presented the bill as a substitute for a less stringent measure approved by the aciministration leadership and introduced by Rep. Ramspeck (D Ga) a bill confined largely to the cooling-off period, with provisions for compulsory arbitration. A long day of debate cen tered upon the question which of the two measures should be accepted. In the end, although the Smith bill received votes from virtually all sections of the country, a coalition of re publicans and southern demo crats was largely credited with forcing its approval. When the voting stage was reached, the house by a teller vote approved the Smith substitute 182 to im. Late, by a roll call vote, it reaffirmed its action, 229 to 158. RamsDeck thpn mnv Se legislation be returned to the bor committee with instruc tions to substitute his own bill. Speaker Rayburn ruled the mo- uon out of order, however, and the vote on final ed. It found 129 rfpmivrato io WIU 40 republicans supporting the meas ure. Those opposing it were 108 democrats, 24 republicans, the three progressives and the Ameri can laborite Rep. Marc-Antonio of New York. Through its dpfi . uu fjj. ue- fense contracts, the Smifh would; apply to plants producing any article for the use of the armearrorces or which the presi dent might consider no.e0.. defense. It applies to plants pro ducing under contract with the government and plants producing under sub-contracts Tt u i so to establishments such as coal mines which supply any material for defense plants. SAN FRAWPTCcn t-. xjkc. o-(n Condemnation nt tvA e.-n. .... me ouum Dm zurix.es in defense in dustnes. nnH ,nrn,.i n - ui resi dent Roosevelt's foreign policy '"" "ere weanesday at the convontinn U -.-r . -7- , t,. lu mterna- national Fishermen and Allied divers oi America. xZL Paed ..iicsudy oy me house of reo - wm Msuvca. inn tt cnniniwi- . , , ' - "icu s un ion delegates Hwio j , . -si . , n wouia iau to brins oK, ii . , , . Muor peace and labor unity but would result ",1, T. aissension which might interfere with the defense . iU1 nu-iaoor aenti , . . "-"v"n uiu-siris:e leg- laUon William Green, president of the American Federation of La- W.fid Wednwdar he "would leave the coimtn k- t . . vcxuie i WOUla JZ"" such ..vS me Amrrlr.. Green arlrirccAri a fiUated United Automobile Work IZ at Union's fir8t national tion from "ac vumuii x mm iro iuuii- Referring to Lewis' stand in the captive mines dispute, Green said J- "c cuaj wuce, congress Snowed tin Htnuu. i to enact the score or more anti-labor bills He denounced bitterly all forms -uu-auiAs legisiauon. m. uuxa enougn. tJt outed one Pmt, "to meet Bethel Qub Plans Play BETHEL, Dec S Bethel TW CaS Club i .nM,.. A.1 act comedy, Three Little Maids!" which will be presented by a cast from the ffnluVit :-i . -"' ucuiutuu cnurcn at the srhrvV!Vii,io j . . . . smau cnarge and -wiuucuis wiu oe served. Chicago early next week. Henry F. Cabell, chairman of the Oregon nignway commission, will attend. fPL.US DkFENSgTAV. L 1W TODAY - - Nancy Kelly : - V A Very Young Lady" Time: 2:05-4:55-7:40-10:30 HUUh MAKY BETH HUGHES "Cowboy and the Blonde. Time: l.-Q0-3:45-65-Q POTATO Oregon. Thursday Morning, Dwcwnbw 4, 1941 Oregon Truck Operators to Ask Law Restraining Utilities Chief Reports here Wednesday indicated that a group of Oregon truck operators may go before the special legislative session, if law making it incumbent upon suspend couuiiuii ti i ici iaic re duction tariffs pending an inves tigation. The proposed action was said to be based on a decision of the state supreme court here Tues day in which It was held that the utilities commissioner has no authority to suspend reduced tariffs pending a study. The decision was handed down in the case of the Union Pacific and other rail carriers attacking an order of the utilities commis sioner which suspended a reduced tariff on intrastate petroleum shipments east of Portland. Truck operators were reported to consider the supreme court de cision important for the reason that a carrier, either rail, truck or boat, might reduce its rates to such an extent tnat competing transportation lines would be un able to operate at a profit and would have to retire from bus iness. The supreme court did not pass on the question as to whether the utilities commissioner has author ity to fix minimum rates. Civil Defense Chairmen to Hold Parley (Continued from page 1) could be discussed among the leaders. Called for tonight's session are E. C. Charlton, who heads the police reserve setup; Harold Da vis, air raid wardens; Dr. Vernon Douglas, sanitation; Harry Hut ton, fire fighting and prevention; C. E. Gunther, protection of wa ter supply and communications, and W. M. Hamilton, protection of power and lights. A school of instruction and round-table discussion of opera tion of the civilian defense pro gram in Oregon are planned for civilian defense coordinators of Oregon's 36 counties when they meet in Salem on Tuesday, De cember 15, in session called by Gov. Charles A. Sprague, -state director of civilian defense. Although coordinators have been requested to attend, the meetings will be open to chair men of county defense councils and committee members, Jer rold Owen, state coordinator, said Wednesday. Bryan H. Conley, Marion coun ty coordinator, Frank Hull of Medford and Harry Pinniger of Roseburg are expected to direct a forum on organization prob lems. Edward L. Boatwright, Multnomah county coordinator, is to discuss air raid precautions, blackouts and incendiary bomb protection. Blind School Students to Present Play The school for blind students has rescheduled "Dulcy," a threo act comedy, Saturday night in the school auditorium. The Kaufman and Connelly classic which was postponed last week is the school's first three act play since the production of -Bunty Pulls the Strings" last spring. Rosemary Hinkle has the title role of the wife who tries unsuc cessfully to manage her hus band's business affairs. Eugene Greenfield appears as Gordon Smith, Dulcy s distracted hus band. Others in the cast are Allen Perdue, Charles Johnson, Victor Alby, Jerry Leedy, Genevieve Crowley, Dorothy Thompson, Ce cil Martin, Bob Todd and Leon Duff. Miss Ethel Nestell Former is play director, and Miss Ailene Varbel is stage manager. Cards of admission to the per formance of Dulcy may be had free of charge on application to the school. Call Board mnraRit Lydon. June Preiswr In "Henry Aldrich for Presidents ' Friday Bing Crosby, Mary UarUa in -Birth of the Bluea." JacwTcooiJr hGEAND " Toaay wuuam Holden. Claire Tt- iPJ, Glenn Ford In "Texaa." Lynn - taw awui ouinn 211 MOOS Over STATK . Todayj-Jano Withers. Nancy Kelly Sahxrday . midnight Claudetta OA. iert.. Henry Fonda In "Drums Alonf "tha Mohawk. . rfAprror.- - . TodWjmii Carney to "Tha wKoarinc; Twennes.-' CharUo Chaplin. Mario Dressier m "TUlio's Punctured Saturday Edward O. Boblnson. d- ward Arnold in "Unholy Partnors." j suiucj . oununX m irra n - aril vnriuin ' T2d 3t"WiUlfm oSn. Shlrlay w hiot vn ijeara. jonnny f. Mack. Brown,, ruzzy JCnlsht In "Lmm Today Bob Steel to ."BIHt 1hm ua wia wee." Boris Karloff la fTlday Rango .Bustera hi -rutftW vauey.- Haipn Bellamy tn "tilery the state utilities commissioner to Nippon Vague On US Query Oblique Comments, Evasion to Public Made by Newspapers (Continued from page 1) attitude which it was 'amid the United States instigated. Workmen wielding aledge hammers continued to knock off ornamental fixtures from the city's light posts, removed traf fic lane buttons and tore down Iron fenee railings la the cam paign to gather scrap metal for Japanese war Industries. Besides the oblique comments on the president's personal inter vention in the Japanese negotia tions, the press criticized French Indo-Chinese officials for pre venting native annamites from contacting "the incoming touch of Japanese science, fine arts and thought" BrownHeads Salem China Relief Unit (Continued from page 1) of the new United China Relief organization. Directors include Pearl 8. Buck, former Ambassador WO liam C. Bullitt, Paul G. Hoff man, Thomas W. Lamont, Hen ry R. Luce, John D. Rockefel ler, 3d, CoL Theodore Roose velt, David O. Selznlck, Presi dent Robert G. Sproul of the University of California and Wendell L. Willkle. Eugene E. Barnett, general sec retary of the National Council of the YMCA, serves as vice chair man, with Artemus L. Gates, president of the New York Trust company, as treasurer. Storm Damage Is Reported (Continued from page 1) cause ot more slides, R. H. Bal dock, state highway engineer, said Wednesday. He said alidea be removed as rapidly as possible so traiiic can be resumed. Wheatland ferry was inoper ative Wednesday because of high water in the Willamette. Winds, warm rain and swoll en streams and disrupted elec tric service featured Scio's wea ther. Fallen and buckers In logging camps suspended work, and loading and hauling are to be in abeyance until danger of falling limbs is past. It was saldt Logging under supervision of the Hammond and wniamtt. Valley Lumber companies in the Cascades southeast of Sela nrf. markets at Scio, Albany, Lebanon, oaiem ana downriver points. Pudding river near Silverton was running over the highway by Wednesday morning; although Silver creek had risen three feet, it was declared at a standstill Wednesday and was not out of its banks. The Willamette at Salem stood at 14J feet at 11:19 Wed nesday night, and predictions wero that Ms fall would be commencing this morning. Rainfall in Salem for the 24 hours ending at midnight totaled .48 inch, while heavier precipita tion In the upper valley was .held responsible for the river's rise. I VI Gold Decorated Is I f W Elates, 6 Uread & Butter PUte- . iZT I Sa tter. ISeronrO A VAX .w : m m w -m. " Brvaasii m ar str -' '"V ...i ' ;" ; '. .,--' .' . '."- ' ','"" - ' "' l , : - i .... .-,-. .- - . ! ....... ,... . ..; i , .- - : ... Lease-Lend Aid Goes to Turks Way to Caucasus Shut To Nazis In Strategy Move by Roosevelt (Continued from page 1) to conceal the extent of the dis aster. The Eusalans reported that the snaia nasi bodies were con tinuing a disorderly retreat to ward MartupoL lit miles to tha west of reeaptarod lector, whUo the rear guard was fight tag a desperate delaying action In the suburbs of Taganrog. Field Martha! Ewald Voa Deist was declared already to hav fled to MarlupoL Two Italian divisions thrown into the line in an effort to check the Russians were declared by Moscow to have begun surrender ing almost as soon as they Joined battle The German high command in its daily communique made no mention of the southern theatre. A German mflitarr tnekMmin sought only to give the impres sion that the German defense was hardening a circumstance made possible by withdrawal to pod tions described as better suited for a stand. The German radio in a broad cast for foreign ears declared that Kostov, wrested from the nazis at the beginning of Timoahenko's great push, now had been utter ly smashed by German bombs and artillery fire as an "unsvnWhl and logical reprisal for the fiend- or armea Kussian civilians in the battle behind the German lines." Another and somewhat over shadowed Russian front sprahg back Into the forefront with the official claim by the Finns that Red troops and seamen were evacuating and destroying the Hango peninsula naval base, which they had won by lease after the war with Finland In 1939-49. This would represent a R1 Ira of considerable but not tremend ous consequence Hango being important to tne defense of Lenin grad, but on the other hand haw. ing been substantially isolated for some ome. As to the Moscow theatre, the Germans claimed continued nmc. ress, although acknowledging strong Red resistance. In Libya, action had somewhat slackened while both sides re formed. The immediate situation seemed somewhat to fa vor tne axis, since two German divisions reunited after breaking the British Tobruk-Rrrh ridor had reestablished communi- cauons from the imnortant rv-- of Bengasi east clear tn th ian frontier zone. Grumbling at the failure of the British offensive to achieve a conclusive success tlrus far was heard In parliament and there was particular complaint about early optimistic British TONTTE FRL BIG HITS JAMES CAGNEY PRISCILLA LANE HUMPHREY BOG ART FRANK McHUGH in -Koaring Twenties" COMPANION FEATUM twenties: s-t:4e mm ! (TUlIe: 99 Good Beat. IMZ 3fe J 3 U u. mnomb u 1 1 H mw ikk In i -unnoiy Fartners" & I I i. Cups, J Saucers, 6 DiMer x-v lf - i Answertmx for tb rr. ramont, the ministry of tnf or Batten acknowledged thai axis oppoalUasi was hoary but re marked that British air nroer . lortty mgws wtH far the fa-tore.- The American - Japanese crisis feQ Wednesday night into one of its recurring periods .of uneasy and relative quiet The world watched to see what effect the great developments in southern Russia and the middle oast would have upon Tokyo the continued German defeat back from Rostov and President Roosevelt's exten sion of lease-lend aid to Turkey Tokyo's reply to the latest Am erican move President Roose velt's question as to what Jaoan meant to do with her greatly in creased military forces in French Indo - China had not been re ceived. Manila reported that Jaoaneoo land, sea and air forces were con centrating in southern Indo-China in treat number mmt imIru out that these could be used against the Dutch East Indies as well as against Thailand. 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