No Tires
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14
(-OPA Saturday told US
motorists retreads and re
cap were "oof this month -and
"doubtful" next month.
Oregon drew a 1223 new
tire quota, trucks tilt.
NINETY-FIRST YEAR
Huge New
Graci
Power Plan Incl
Detroit 'High D
US Advisory Board
Asks Complete survey m yv uayi
. n w - m-m m mwrt
May Be Built Kcgaruless ot War
By RALPH
The Detroit "high dam"
to generate 90,000 kilowatts
on the North Santiam river
new projects included in a
departmental Bonneville Advisory board, it was du-i
1 w ' T .11 1 ? V
Closed Saturday Dy raui j. naver, uonneviiie aomra
istrator. Inclusion of the Detroit project in the 5,000,000
kilowatt program recalls the inspection trip to the site
made several months ago by Sen. Charles L. McNary of
Oregon which brought the first intimation that this site
was under consideration.
Significantly, the Detroit project
is the only one of the Willamette
Valley project units included in
the power plan. The valley proj
ect, primarily designed for flood
control and irrigation, is general
ly conceded' to have been stymied
by the nation's entry into war,
except for -completion of the Cot
tage Grove dam now under con
struction and finishing touches on
the Fern Ridge dam which was
virtually completed last fall.
But if the Detroit project is
approved as a power project its
construction may proceed re
gardless of the war. .The re
port says It could be built in
from two to two and one-quarter
years.
An item of additional local in
terest is the prospect that if this
dam is built, it will be necessary
to relocate the unimproved
stretch of the North Santiam
highway and if it is relocated,
construction in line with modern
highway standards is indicated.
This stretch has been left largely
unimproved because of the un
certainty of the dam and reser
voir project.
Members of the Bonneville
advisory board in addition to
Eaver are Roger McWhorter of
the federal power commission.
Ernest Wiecking of the depart
ment of agriculture, Col Rich
ard Park of the army engin
eers and Joel D. Wolfsohn of
the interior department.
The board by formal resolution
requested, "the appropriate agen
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County Goes
Over in Red
Cross Drive
Marion county's contribution, to
Red Cross war relief is $5404.07
"over the top" of the quota set for
It, Floyd E. Miller, chairman of
Marion chapter's special fund
committee, declared Saturday
night.
- A total contribution of $22,
464.07 has been tallied for Mar
ion county chapter, American
Red Cross. In the nationwide
campaign for war relief funds,
Miller said, while $17400 was
the sum asked. Of this fund,
Salem contributed 116,604.53;
rural Marlon county contributed
the remaining $5799.54.
Outstanding among Oregon
counties was the contribution of
Marion, according to Miller, and
among the larger gifts within the
county was that of the Silver Falls
Lumber company of Silverton,
whose $500 donation brought Sil
verton's part in the fund to
$1028.76.
, Mt Angel community made the
second largest contribution out'
side Salem with $583.55; Wood
burn, third with contribution
of $491.18; Mill City, fourth with
$432.64. ::::.T:,P:
To Our Boys
The Statesman is i being
sent to teen in the Serv
ice all over the world. ;
Keep up your Service
man's spirit
Send him
The STATESMAN
590
Per
Mo.
Only
NortW
Okehs Projk
C. - tRRTIS
power project, esti
and to cost $28,636?
east of Salem, is anion
plan endorsed by the inU
Battle Fought
At Shipyards
Welder Pickets Take
Beatings From 1000
Enraged Workmen
TACOMA, Wash., Feb.
More than 1000 shipyard workers
charged a 400-man welder picket
line Saturday at the Seattle-Ta-coma
Shipbuilding corporation
plant in a fierce inter-union battle
that raged for an hour down a
mile and a half of factors-walled
ngnt-oi-way. " .
The outnumbered Independ
ent welders were put to flight
with fists,! clubs, wrenches, pipe
sections and shipyard tin-helmets.
Heads were bashed, noses
broken, eyes blackened and at
least four welders were taken
to hospitals.
A force of 24 city policemen was
unable to cope with the mob. They
stood by watching the battle,
which raged uncontrolled in the
pre-dawn darkness of the early
morning shift at the big plant,
where thousands are employed on
millions of dollars' worth of war
contracts.
The pickets were massed at the
shipyard gates at the change of
shifts. Workers coming off ' shift
joined with the new shift, went
into the shipyards and behind the
fences laid their plans.
Then, with a mighty roar, and
with clubs and tools drawn like
sabers, they charged out of the
gates and down on the pickets
with shouts of "Don't be a
white Jap" and "Work for
Uncle Sam."
Pickets were beaten, knocked to
the ground, kicked in the head.
The mainbody of -welders with
drew down the streets, the ship
yard workers hot on their heels.
Several groups were cut off, and
in some instances lone pickets
were surrounded by a group of
workers and pummelled around
the circle, f
Four or five automobile loads
of pickets,; trying to escape, were
captured and forced to drive to
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Fag j Dealers
To Get Back,
Tax, Ruling
The state tax commission has
authority to refund to dealers
cigarette taxes in amounts paid
in excess of sums they collected
from consumers and also to return
the $1 license fees they were re
quired to pay during the 28 days
In which, the commission sought
to enforce the tax act, Attorney
General L H. Van Winkle ruled
today. ; ' I -' .
The opinion did not rule di
"reetly en the question of wheth
" er or not the commission was
bound to refund all taxes paid
under the act, which now faces
a referendum vote. The attor
ney general did state in his rul
ing, however, that the cigarette
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Malta Bags Axis Ships
VALETTA, Malta, Feb. 14
Three axis planes 'were shot down
Saturday by anti-aircraft fire and
another was severely, damaged,'
it was announced officially. Two
of the victims were bombers.
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ships trying to evacuate civilians from Singapore ci
British artillery blasted, across the northeast strait (
Candidates in
City Lineup
A. O. Davison to Seek
' Recorder Job; O'Hara
To Sejek Mayor Post
Another candidate for a major
city of Salem office at the May
election was added Saturday night
with the announcement of A. O.
Davison, alderman, from the
fourth ward, that he would file
for the city recordership.
Possibility that a second can
didate would appear soon for
the position of mayor was seen
in reports that Alderman David
O'Hara, veteran from the fifth
ward, would seek that post. He
admits he is definitely interest
ed In the of nee; likelihood that
he may declare his candidacy
would be heightened by a deci
sion now being considered, by
Mayor W. W. Chad wick to run
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Three Naval
Planes Down
In Mountains
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Feb. 14-JP)
The navy sent giant patrol bomb
ers cruising over the rugged,
snowclad Laguna mountains area
Saturday in a widespread search
for three missing navy fighting
planes. ,
Officers at the naval air sta
tion reported no trace of the
single-seaters had been found
since they apparently were forced
down Friday on a routine flight
from Tucson, Ariz.
Another plane of the flight was
slightly damaged in making a
forced landing on a country road
near Ramona Friday. The pilot
was not injured.
Civilian ground parties, includ
ing volunteer ski patrols, Joined
the navy's search through the
wild mountain country.
lan
Salem might well be called the
church center of the state this
week ; as " outstanding religious
leaders from many sections of the
nation and laymen and ministers
from all parts of Oregon gather
here for the National Christian
Mission, which opens, today. -;
Through daily seminars, mass
meetings, public lnneheons and
dinners the mission ' theme,
Christ Is the Answer," wfll be
stressed In 'order, to emphasise
the need for renewed church
activity during these critical
times.
Christ
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Call
Names to Be
Previous Groups?
In Mid-March; Ruling
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 -
ters said Saturday night that
buujei-i iu can 10 military uuiy
1 i A. A ..11 A. ;ilA J- X
this weekend and Monday,
Reversing a previous announce
ment, officials said it had been
decided that the new names
should be listed on draft rolls
behind those of men previously
enrolled.
The anticipated effect is to de
fer the prospect of an early sum
mons for currently unregistered
men age 20 to 44, inclusive, who
are required to register by Mon
day night.
Earlier, it was said officially
that names of the newly en
rolled men would be "Integrat
ed" with those of more than
17,600,000 previously listed, so
that all would possess an equal
chance for a call to arms.
The integration process was
followed when 752,527 new 21-year-olds
registered last summer.
Their names were dovetailed in
lists of men enrolled in 1940.
Some 95 per cent of existing
registrants already have been
classified, and thus those placed
in 1-A class are immediately
available to meet the army's ex
panding demand for manpower,
whereas many weeks will be re
quired to assign numbers to the
newest registrants and to classify
them according to availability for
service.
In advance of Monday's mass
registration, men were permit
ted to enroll over the weekend
in many localities, to avoid dis- 4
ruptlng industrial or ether pro
duction for the war? effort
All the approximately 6500 lo
cal draft boards are to be in full
operation Monday irom 7 a. ttu
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Mission Opens Sessions
- The : misunderstanding that the
conclave Is to be primarily con
cerned with' foreign missions was
repudiated by .Dr. J. Edgar Purdy,
Salem publicity chairman, for, the
session, when he stated: "It is a
nation-wide effort to bring the
mission of the church closer home
to the people of America. v; 1
"I Salem, the mala idea will
be to consider the questions of
the hour and the only off eringsT
taken will be for operating costs
and traveling expenses of
speakers, none of whom are paid
for their services. - - L 1
13"!
- Selective
men - already registered
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Deiore me ,uuu,uuu regisienrw
Salem Board
Handles 635
Men in Call
Veterans of World War I regis
tered beside their sons Saturday
as bothjwere affected for the first
time, in World War II, by select
ive service legislation. The Salem
board signed a total of 635 poten
tial selectees in the first of three
days.
The "first to fight" marines
were also the first to register,
as L. I. Pittenger, deputy sher
iff of Marion county and com
mandant of the Salem Marine
Corps league, enrolled. Others
who led the lines were Howard
Maple, 38, basketball coach at
Willamette university, in the
older group, and Jack H anna
man, Just a few months past 20,
.who said he'd prefer the air
corps if called.
Registration for all men 20-21
and 36-44 years of age will con
tinue at the Salem armory today
from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and Mon
day from 7 a. m. to 9 p. m., ac
cording to Ray J. Stumbo, chair
man of the local draft board.
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Friday Weather
Weather forecasts withheld
and temperature data delayed
by army request. River, Satnr- -day,
f feet.: Max. temp. Fri-.
day, 49, mhu 2S.
"Three or four hundred minis
ters, of practically every denomi
nation In Oregon and hundreds of
laymen from the Willamette val
ley will attend the parley . Salem
citizens are-invited and urged to
share' in it tf -v:- :sW:
- This afternoon at 5 o'clock over
KSLM Rev. Guy L. Drill, Salem,
will preside at a radio broadcast
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in wmcn me mgniigms , . vue
mission will be outlined- by Rev.
S. Raynor Smith; Salem, and Dr.
Carl Sumner Knopf,' president of
Willamette university.
With Ralph C. Walker, Port
servifct
triT'wV
"by the di
assumed that
unfavorable," despite the fact
that the Japanese, apparently with
the city of Palembang as their
objective, had landed in three
areas around that important oil
refining center.
There was further encourage
ment for the allied cause in the
news that Australian and British
imperial troops already are mass
ing on Java to aid in the defense
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Refrigerators
Are Trozen9
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-JP)
The war production board Satur
day froze manufacturers' stocks
of mechanical refrigerators as a
preliminary to some form of ra
tioning and announced that all
refrigerator production would be
halted after April 30. '
The board announced that re
tailers each would be allowed to
sell 100 mere new refrigerators,
or a number equal to H of their
total 1941 sales whichever fig"
ure is largerbefore the freeze
order is automatically applied
to retail stocks.
The $280,000,000 refrigerator In
dustry is to be converted to full
war production, officials said. War
contracts already held, plus those
expected, would tie up 70 per cent
of the industry's jplants 'and man
power. land, pastor of the White Temple
Baptist church, as featured'
speaker, the first of the mass
meetings at the Salem high
school will open tonight at t
pv m. Gov. Chav A. Sprague,
Mayor W. Chadwick, Rev.
Smith. Rev. Weaver. Hess and
Prof. W, B. ITallman Will also
I take part'
I :WL- ?
The mission, sponsored by the
Federal' Council -of. Churches of
Christ to - America,? the - Oregon
Council of Churches and the Sa
lem Ministerial - association, - will
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Today
Women Skill
Survey Here
Oil Monday
While men of the state partici
pate in compulsory registration,
women of Oregon are to be asked
this week to register volutarily
in the statewide survey' of skills
with the understanding that by
complete cooperation they may
halt any move toward required
registration of members of their
sex. -y , '
All women IS years of age or
over; have been requested to
answer the questions pat to
them by the several thousand
feminine canvassers who Mon
day start their census. Inter
views as to their vocational ex
perience, skills and potential
abilities are to be conducted In
their homes, the statistics to be
used in Job placement work.
Purpose of the survey, explains
Mrs. David Wright, Marion coun
ty chairman, Is to create a supply
of substitute labor for use when
large numbers of men are drawn
into military service and into
heavy defense industries. Ap
proximately 1000 Marion . county
women are to conduct the sur
vey; they have received 32,000
sets of questionnaires to be used
in the task. .
Brothers Hurt
In Car Mishap
SILVERTON, Feb. 14 Clarence
and Frank Joerg, brothers, are in
the Silverton hospital as the re
sult of an auto accident -which
occurred In Gervais at : .7 p. m.
Saturday. -x;i
' The boys" stated they were
parked in ; ; service station in
Gervais when another car backed
into theirs. They were taken im
mediately to the hospitaL The
boys live in Kinzua but formerly
lived in Silverton. ; . , :.
! Hospital attendants late Satur
day night. said they were badly
cut and bruised but apparently
had no broken bones. - 1
Ttl -Uf. n ig-
f operations. , . -
What immediate disnosition ot00
forces might be taken to meet
altered Atlantic situation was
uiaiicr ui tiujcviurc, uui uie Utii
MnM.fM ' I. -A 11 J
brought fresh evidence that the
power of the American fleet was
growing fast
! A 60A0-ton cruiser, the Jn
neau. was commissioned at the
Brooklyn navy yard and the
navy made plans to follow that '
up with the launching of a de
stroyer Sunday. On Monday, the
schedule calls for the 35,000-ton
battleship Alabama to take the
water at the Norfolk, Va, navy
yard. M
The keel for that huge fighter
was laid only two weeks more
than a year ago. Meanwhile, work
is being rushed on the hulls of
many other warships already in
the water and needing guns, ma
chinery and fittings before they
are commissioned for the war In
two hemispheres. ,
British Raid
Axis Bases
CAIRO, Egypt, Feb. 14 -Wt
Far-ranging British columns hurl- ' .
ed by axis forces west of Ain el
Gazala . Saturday, while RAF
bombers - pressed home severe
bombing attacks on key . German
and Italian invasion bases scat-
tered through the eastern Medi-
terranean. ; ?
Bombs thundered down on Sa
lami, Crete, Sicily and TrvpolL
Dockyards at the Greek port
Kef Salamls were" damaged and . '
at Candla on the Island ot Crete
ecene of a bitter British de
feat last spring the airdrome
was peppered with bomb hits.
In Sicily, Catania where a
nest of . German and - Italian
planes was based for reinforc
ing Field Marshal Erwin Rom
mel's North Africa, Korps like-;
wise was raided. . ( .
Tripoli, major axis base in Lib
ya; Premier Mussolini's last AM
can ; possession, . felt the sting of
British explosives again. Special
attention was paid to the 'Spanish
port and other harbor areas. Large -fires
were started. , '