The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, August 14, 1942, Page 2, Image 2

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5ti CZTGOri GTATXZMAIL .Calaxa, Orogasu fxWay Morning August 14. 1941
Bombers Hit
3C
raisers
Germans Claim US
Garrrer Wasp Sunk
In Mediterranean
1 (Continued From Page 1)
pedoes ia this eonvoy battle,
claimed la 'a special hlrh cam
?" Bud CHNmnalqa ; that their
jr. planet had fired the US aircraft
carrier Wasp with six direct
t bomb hlU, and that the Wasp
2 was "trying 1 make Malta."
i Since the Wasp once before de-
l livered planes in Malta, the Ger
r,- mans may merely be fishing for
information as to her present gen
'. eral location.
" The Germans also said they had
sunk nine freighters out of 46
ships in the convoy and had crip
V pled a British carrier, three cruis
v . ers and six merchantmen. The
: convoy, they said, had split up,
most pf it retreating westward
with some units still heading for
i Malta. .-'
Italy claimed her own light nav
al and air forces and submarines
had sunk 2 cruisers, one destroy
er and 6 merchantmen, and cred
ited German undersea and air un
its with sinking; the Eagle and
four merchantmen. The fascist
command also said a battleship,
two aircraft carriers and numer
ous steamers were hit, and claimed
that Italian fighters downed 32
allied planes, compared to Italian
losses of 12 aircraft.
The British admiralty said the
axis announcements were inac
curate and that no one should
believe them. There was no US
comment on the Wasp report.
Even more elaborate axis claims
were made during the June con
voy b'attles; they proved grossly
exaggerated, although the allies
had considerable loss. i
One victim of the present bat
tle was a French airliner which
reached Algiers from Marseille
with one passenger dead and sev
en wounded. The plane blundered
into an air fight over the convoy
in mid-sea, and was attacked by
four fighters of unstated nation
ality. French authorities charged that
l British fighter plane strafed the
regular Marseille - Algiers Air
France seaplane today in the vic
inity of the convoy battle, seriously
wounding seven other persons
Five of the wounded were in grave
condition. All were hit in the ab
domen. F. Hartmann
Drops Dead
In Stay ton
. STAYTON. A u g . 13 Funeral
services for Ferdinand Hartmarm,
who dropped dead Thursday
morning while washing his hands
at his Sublimity home, have been
set for 8 o'clock Monday morning
at St. Boniace Catholic church.
Father Jos. Scherbring will of
ficiate. Mr. Hartmann was born on De
cember 12, 1867, in Wasconia,
Minn. He was married to Frances
Lies on April 10, 1894, in St.
Kilian, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Hart
mann and their family moved
from Minnesota to Sublimity in
1927 and have farmed on the home
place within the Sublimity city
limits continuously since. Before
ill health several years ago limit
ed his activities, Mr. Hartmann
took an active part in St. Boni
face church, especially the choir.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Frances Hartmann; three sons,
Ferdinand, jr., Alfred and Ray
mond, and one daughter, Mrs.
Loretta Bradley, all of whom live
on sections of the home place.
Concluding services will be in
the Sublimity Catholic cemetery.
Tax Declared
Boeing Knell
(Continued From PageTl)
taxes would eat up 88.75 per cent
of all its profits.
This means, he declared, that
the company could not continue
to operate, adding:
"it is curious that I should be
here to plead, for the life of this
. company t a time .when, in Seat
tle, the company and its employ
es are being given the army-navy
production efficiency award.
Bowman said low pre-war
earnings would have been higher
and thus afforded a larger basic
exemption from excess profits
taxation except for the fact that !
the flying fortress "was so highly
regarded by the air corps that we
were not permitted to sell it
.. broad." - ' ";: ' 1 .. .
J. Cheever Cowdin of New
. York City, representing the Na
tional 'Association of Manufactur
ers, proposed ' a financing . pro
gram which the name said, would
produce $35,200,000,000 total fed-
eral revenues in 1943. - Coupled
with' this was a suggested $2,000,
000,000 reduction in non-war
spending. .
As the keystone of this pro
gram, the NAM proposed an 8 per
cent general sales tax, to become
effective next January 1, which it
estimated would raise $4,800,000,
000 yearly The' Associated Stale
Chambers of Commerce, repre
sented by Arnold A. Baar of Chi
cago, also endorsed a sales tax.
Four Die in Crash
SHREVEPORT; Lsu Aug. 13(A
A Barksdale field plane crashed
and burned near the Shreveport
city limits Thursday, killing two
officers and two enlisted men.
To Reign Over Flaxaria
Elected Thursday
nlxht at Ht Ansel
. to role over the 1942
Flax festival, war
hit thong it be, are
... Adeleno Bee hilcr
(left) of Mi. Angel,
the queen, and Carol
Mae Martin (rthl)
. of fit. Paul, crown
princess. The oeea
. and her.eourt of four
other prince n wUl
be honored t a
' queen's ball aixt
week. .
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Victory Days'
Program On
War Bond and Stamp
Object of Home
Talent Programs
(Continued From Page 1)
buy $5 worth of war stamps for
each trip. The afternoon programs
will run until 5 p. m.
The night programs, at Victory
Center on the courthouse grounds,
will be similar in nature , to the
afternoon series, each starting
with concerts by army 'musical
organizations.
The children's events will con
sist of a mutt show and Centen
nial costume competition at 4:30
p. m. today on Liberty street and
of sports contests and a dictator
caricature prize judging at the
same hour on Saturday.
A. 100-pound "victory cake1
contributed by a local baker will
be cut at 4:30 p. m. Saturday by
Mrs. Charles A. Sprague and the
pieces "sold" to purchasers of
war stamps.
Theft in Jail
From Soldier
Is Charged
Robert A. Parker, Texan, was
charged in Silverton justice court
Thursday with theft of $61 from
Pvt. Warren H. Swiegert, Camp
Adair soldier, while the two were
confined to the Salem city jail
on August 2. He waived hearing,
was bound over to the grand jury
and lodged in the county jail in
lieu of posting $1000 bail.
Swiegert, who was locked in
the jail here August 1 at the re
quest of military, police, com
plained on being released to Adair
officials, that his, money, which
he had taken into the cell with
him, had been stolen. Authorities
said Thursday numbers of the cur
rency he carried were Identified
from Cahip'Adair piayinaster rec
ords. -
District Attorney Miller B.
Hayden said he issued the com
plaint against Parker at the re
quest of Lt, B. C. Wright, Camp
Adair provost marshal.
Lumber Supply
Said Critical
WASHINGTON, Aug.
The war production board de
scribed shortages of lumber sup
plies as -."critical" Thursday, dis
closing that .the total military and
essential civilian lumber require
ments this , year would run some
6,000,000,000 board feet beyond
anticipated production. ;
To head up government efforts
to handle the situation, WPB ap
pointed Ben Alexander of Lake
Forest, 111., president of the Ma
sonite corporation of Chicago, to
work closely with all WPB agen
cies handling lumber supply mat
ters. Alexander also was order
ed to cooperate with the armed
services, the maritime, commission,
the war manpower commission,
the office of price administration
and other government agencies to
insure that . essential lumber re
quirements are filled.
Soldier Acquitted
SOMEWHERE IN BRITAIN,
Aug. 1Z-(JP)-A United States army
court martial agreed Thursday
with PvU Travis Hammond
that thf -.pretty 18-year-old Eng
lish girl 'Who "accused him of rape
had in fact consented to his ad
vances, and it acquitted the Texas
soldier.
18c
Plus Tax
TODAY and SATURDAY
"tw Timely Features
aaaiJk-iuxaiiii tl.i mm ti 1 1
Plus 2nd Feature
Also Color Cartoon. News and
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FO-w. i aoam
Chapter 2 "JUNGLE GIRL1
T" "' ' -
Patriots Get
Nazi Warning
Bombing of Lowlands,
f Annihilation of
Slavs Promised r
(Continued From Page . 1)
ments here however were trying
through broadcasts to hold in
check their underground allies
until a fitting moment t pre--r
sumablyfthe second front 4- ar-
nves. v r ft-
Several hundred Serb boys have
been sent to concentration camps
or deported to prevent them from
joining guerilla bands, the Yugo
slavs said.
' Early in Aarust, the exile
government added, German
General Turned, military com
mander of occapled Serbia, told
several hundred civic represen
tatives in Belgrade that "if the
German military command is
compelled to use one more sol
dier than the present occupying
foree for the suppression of dis
orders this will mean the annl
'hilatton of Serbia."
Indicative of the fighting in
Yugoslavia, the Berlin' radio
broadcast a report that the Yugo
slavians, lost 3000 dead and 9700
taken prisoner between July 23
and August 8.
The second front idea - is ever
present; the nazi press and radio
and movies are constantly telling
the Germans of preparations made
to resist it; France is jittery over
its possibilities; the Italians have
been assured by Premier MussO'
lini there would be no second
front in Italy or elsewhere.
DNB, official German news
agency, in a broadcast dispatch
said a plot to blow up the Ger
man-controlled Netherlands radio
station (presumably at Hilver
sum) had been frustrated by a
new series of arrests. '?
The nazis already have set to
morrow midnight as the deadline
for surrender of saboteurs who-last
Friday night "attacked a troop train
near j f Rot Jgrjiam. They have
xnreaienea 10 exetuie wme : oi
1500 prominent hostages unless
the men are captured.
The Germans ordered all
Dutch women between 18 and
40 years of age to register for
a nasi women's labor battalion,
marking- the first attempt ' to
draft women for labor in Hol
land. The British radio reported Nor
wegian patriots had wrecked the
powerful turbine installations ia
the Stavanger district and set fire
to two workshops in the aluminum
works there. ,
The arrest of SO hostages in the
Belgian' province of Hainhault aft
er destruction of dynamos and
other electrical installations in
several factories was reported by
the Free Belgian news agency.
A neutral press report from
Prague said two men were execut
ed August 7 for high, treason
against the Reich.
Labor Merger
Meeting Set
CHICAGO, Aug. 17 -Pres
ident William Green of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor said
late Thursday that Harry C. Bates
of AFL's bricklayers union and
President Philip Murray of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza
tions would meet in - Washington
next week ' to fix the- iame and
place for opening formal nego
tiations looking to an -AFIaCIO
merger. inb$Ine- national labor
5
movement.'
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Continuous From 1 P. M.
Today and Saturday
CCU:ii-STU TKXILLSl
lis
cotwMiiA noutf
WtK BfJRS BKRCA BARSfMU AlfJCS SCTH
, Chapter 7 ;
Tcxus Htjers
NEWS and COMEDY
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$10,000 Fire
Hits Building
Flax Process Plant ,
Destroyed; Oilier
Structures Saved
(Continued From Page I)
cause was not immediately aacer
tained.
The fire was still burning inside
the building at 11 p. m- but was
under control. '
Silverton officials estimated re
placement cost of the : two-story
bnck building, approximately 50
by 100 feet in dimensions, at $10,
000, fully covered by insurance.
Unable immediately to estimate
hia. loss, FJvstrom said he was
partly insured. V -
The city's low may also have
included a $1009 waterworks
well pomp, stored ia the rained.
baUdingv .
The Elvstrom plant, in opera
tion lor four months, had no con
nection with the recently-incor
porated Silverton flax plant ;
Hundreds of spectators' from
many miles around Silverton were
attracted by. the .flames.
House Passes
Benefits Bill
Plan Makes Possible
Payments Now to
Dependents
(Continued From Page 1)
datory, for the departments
send out checks immediately.
to
None of the less than 30 house
members present objected to the
bill, but Representative Eberhart
er (D-Pa), who had .blocked its
consideration last week, served
nouce mat unless checks were
distributed at least three or four
weeks before the November elec
tions, he would press for another
amendment to require them to
be withheld until November 4,
the day after election..
Eberharter previously had com
mented that delivery-of the checks
on November 1 might lay congress
open to the charge of "playing
politics" by having dependents
receive their money two days be
fore the congressional elections.
Immediate senate action on the
bill was blocked by a threat of
opponents to force a quorum call,
when there obviously was no
quorum present At the sugges
tion of Majority Leader Barkley
(D-Ky) the senate deferred fur
ther consideration until Monday
after first approving the measure
Dy a 7 to 9 vote.
tost Bomber
Located in
Ochoco Area
SPOKANE,' Aug. 13-vP-Four
bodies were recovered Thursday
at the scene of an army airplane
crash on Wolf mountain, deep in
the Ochoco national forest of, cen
tral Oregon, the second air force
reported Thursday night.
The plane, a two-motored bomb
er, disappeared while en route to
Spokane from Sacramento, Calif.,
last February. Tho identity of the
crew was not yet known here.
'The report credited R. A. Hum
phries, a sheepherder, with mak
ing the -discovery while search
ing for sheep on the 8400-foot high
peak.
Big trees, some three feet in
diameter, were sheared off and
knocked over by the plane and
wreckage was scattered over a
radius of 150 yards. The bomber's
log showed the last entry;' was
made Feb. 3.
Three bodies were found in the
wreckage, whichwas reported to
have burned after the crash,-and
the fourth was under a tree some
distance away. ,
Forest service officials said the
area was blanketed with six feet
of snow at the time of the crash.
A party sent out from the Pen
dleton air base used packhorses
for the last stages of its trip into
.the . rugged region. The- bodies
were to be taken to Pendleton.
Jackie Cooper
Boaita Granville
II
Synccpaiicn
AND
Gene Aotry
-CALL OP
THE CANYON"
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Tax
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II Caaymi; 140,
II J:45. M. t:tS
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TODAY j
Errol Flynn f
Olivia deHavilland I
"Santa Fe Trair f
AND i
James Stewart f
Rosalind Kassell
"No Time
for Comedy
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Tax II ; vpen-
Anytime
6:43
f TODAY
Civilian Mohair Use
To Be Unrestricted
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13
The war production board Thurs
day authorized unrestricted civil
ian us of mohair.
Mohair, the hair of the Angora
goat, has been under substantially
the same restrictions applicable to
new wool. .
Enemy Rushing
New Forces
Marines Steadily Push
Attack FartKer ..
In Solomons
(Continued From Page 1) i
Observers here , surmised that
allied warships' were bringing up
fresh reinforcements and landing
them under cover of heavy bar
rages. Other reports indicated. that the
Japanese were seeking to rush
reinforcements to the scene. ,
(In - London, the Netherlands
government - in - exile announced
that a Dutch royairtiavy subma
rine operating . with ' the: eastern
front attacked a Japanese onvoy
and scored hits on two ships. r
("When last seen, the ships
were, fully ablaze and must be
considered total losses, a corn-
muniaue said.
(Military experts said it could
be assumed that the Dutch sub
marine as well as other allied
underseas craft were operating
fat the sooth seas battle xone,
placed there to cripple enemy
reinforcement attempts before
Vice Adm. Robert L. Ghormley
opened the American offensive
last Friday.
While only meagre details fil
tered back from the fighting zone,
reports indicated that the Ameri
can "devil dgs" were-slowly clos
ing in on the key Tulagi harbor,
one of the finest naval base sites
in the southwest Pacific, and re
lentlessly pushing the enemy back
from other hard-won beach heads.
It was believed here that the
marines were attacking the enemy
on Florida, Guadalcanal and Baita
islands in the southwest" Solomons
exploiting what were officially
described as "new twists in the
business of killing Japs."
Hayden Leonard, a correspon
dent of the Australian broadcast
ing commission, said the Ameri
can counter-invaders were be
lieved to have broken the Japan
ese hold on Tulagi harbor.
"The Japanese have been driv
en from many of their defensive
positions after fierce1 hand-to-
hand fighting," Leonard said.
(Dispatches to the Yorkshire,
England, Post declared that the
Japanese fleet, mercilessly ham
mered by allied naval guns and
planes', had "lost control of Tu
lagi Mm7U4.V'ij Vvl '.! -i
("The Japanese fleet has not
got back there after the naval ac
tion and apparently is being kept
clear of the islands on which the
landings were made," the Post's
dispatch said.
("The allies have air superior
ity and are .using it at sea as well
as on land. )
Willkie Shocked
At Voter Apathy
NEW YORK, Aug. 13-(iP)-De-
claring tiat in tiie primary vic
tories of "isolationist" congress
men "the personal macnines. oi ,
the . candidates have spoken,"
Wendell L. -Willkie asserted, on
Thursday "that "the people- will !
speak in the fall."
"I do hope that by fall the
almost shocking apathy of the
voters will, be dissipated," Will-
kie.; said irt an interview. "We
are- righting for democracy and
we .must give a better demon
stration of its functions than is
shown in the primary results, or !
we may turn out in the end to.
have been fighting in vain.
BUT WAR STAMPS BONDS
Today and Saturday - 2 Hits!
turn
D0UCUS.
I "PADPIC RENDEZVOUS"
Plus Pietares "Scrap Drive"
Last Tiaaea Today '
John Steinbeck's .
drapes f( Wrath
PLUS .-
v "Arizona Terrors :
Dob (Red) Barry
Starts? Saturday
Two Giant Featnres
"TcriiUa'nat"
.with
Spencer Tracy .,
John Garfield - .
Iiedy Lamarr '
PLUS
91
TEs FIcsi's h
with
Dorothy Lamour
. William noiden
Eddie Bracken
Jimmy Dorse y and Band
Plna Tax
Continuous
xLtaZ till 5 pjn.
Every Day
IIo Fire
The recent
' onUre atoek
the- odor of
DASED
,
NOTE New fall stocks Just received not included In this sale.
These sale prices are far below my ceiling prices which are $5 to $10 lower than regular re
tail prices. It's a bargain opportunity, of a lifetime right now when 100 wool clothing, is
scarce as hen's teeth and prices are sky high.
This Exceptionally
High Class Stock
of Men's and
Young Men's
EVERY GARMENT PLAINLY PRICE-TICKETED SO YOU CAN SERVE
YOURSELF. NO C.O.D, NO CHARGES ALL SALES FINAL. ALTERATIONS
AT COST. SUBSTANTIAL DEPOSIT WILL HOLD ANY GARMENT 30 DAYS.
Groups 1 to 5 comprise men's and young men's suits in 100 wool fabrics. Smart
styles, single and double-breasted models, hard-finished worsteds, twists, cheviots,
tweeds, gabardines, coverts, and Shetland s. These are made of mostly costly goods,
tailored by highest paid union workmen. Materials 'that will give years of hard wear,
hold a press, and hold their shape. All sizes, 34 to 46; stouts, slims, shorts, and reg
ular sizes; many with 2 pairs of pants.
Gronp IIo. 1
SUITS for men and young
men. Sizes 34 to 37. Regu
larly priced at S18 to $25.
YOUR CHOICE
95
Group No. 4 $
SUITS for men and
-y-un g. men. . All
j T" 1 ' 3
YOUR CHOICE . . .
EIITIDE STOCK OF IIEII'S and
DIVIDED INTO 3 GROUPS FOR QUICK DISPOSAL, j EVERY GAR
MENT PLAINLY PRICE-TICKETED SO THAT YOU MAY SERVE
YOURSELF.
100 wool fabrics, newest weaves, most wanted colors, newest designs. Expertly tai
lored by highest paid union workmen. In light, medium, and dark shades; solid col
ors, stripes, checks, and
Group No. 1 .
YOUNG' MEN'S .' SPORT
COATS. Sizes 74 to 48. Reg
ularly 'priced at $11.95.
YOUR CHOICE
35 io 40
Only a few left. Regularly priced at $20 to $25. If yon
are going to be needing a new topcoat this winter,
here is your golden oportnnity. Yon can't miss . on
these amazing values. YOUR CHOICE
g WASH -
SPECIAL LOT all-wool
pants and slacks. White all-
wool stripes and checks with
cuffed bottoms, zippers and
pleats. Sizes 29 to $3. Reg
ularly priced at $6.95.
YOUR CHOICE :c
5.95
ML UASTI PAIITS, vslses la $3.S5
DONTT WAITl 'Come in today, or as soon as possible and share in this ooce-in-o-lifetime bar
gain opportunity. Open evenings until 9:00 o'clock during this sale. Store hours, 9 .-00 a. m. to
9:00 p. m. Look for the victory shaped Zeon sign over me
Joe's Upstairs Clothes Shop." y , 'tl
'Entrance .
Next Door to
Quelle Cafe
JUL
Bimirrie! Ilo.Wakr
Tire at Ebr Btadlo, z sum sc. .canaen nay ,
f Men's fine dotbtnc U b allxhUy tainted by
smoke. Otherwise, the stock is mtdamaged!
Of Mens & Young Men's
Superfine Quality
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Oil IlEGTJLAn DETAIL
mm
Group No. 2
SUITS for men and young
men. All sizes. Regularly
priced at -27.50 to $32.50.
YOUR CHOICE
S1 (55.95
eliiCS)
Group No.
SUITS for men
v o u n e men.
$42.50.
sizes. Regularly
CHOICE ...
plaids.
Group No. 2
FOR MEN AND YOUNG
MEN. All sizes. Regularly
priced at, $12 J5. YOUR
CHOICE
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Dedncfions
asatl 1TJKES
at $40 to
AT GREAT SACRIFICE
100 WOOL SLACKS.
Gabardine, bedford cords,
coverts, and flannels in sol
id colors and stripes. The
.very newest and smartest
shades. All sizes, Reg. $8.95
W $10.50. YOUR CHOICE
S(g.95
Dansje! m
X For:,.)
Quick
Disposal
FDICES !
Divided Into 5
Groups for Easy
Selection and
Quick Disposal
Group No. 3
SUITS for men and young
men. All sizes. Regularly
priced at $35 to $37.50.'
YOUR CHOICE r
5
and 1
All
priced at $45 to $60. YOUR
YOOIIG IIEII'S
Group No. 3
FOR MEN AND YOUNG
MEN. All sizes. Super-quality
Nabrics. Reg. priced at
$15. YOUR CHOICE
3? ADITS
POKES!
DRESS-SUIT PANTS, 100
wool, finest materials, high
est quality workmanship,
latest designs, colors, and
the choicest of fabrics. Reg
ularly priced from $8.95 to
$10.50. YOUR CHOICE
How $1.00
doorwajr that reads "Save $10--
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Walk Up
One Short
Flight
23"95
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