The OILEGOII CTATECMAII, Cclani, Oregon. Sunday MorrJns. August 22, 1S13
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Fault in Fire
netoseiHere
idelv
'A (fcontlnud rrom Page'l) A
d eTwrileri .which : found j, no less
Cian" 24 things wrong- with : Sa
lem' fire, defenses, of which six
- had to do with water supply and
hiiye since been largely corrected,
ax the underwriters acknowledged
in supplemental report in 1841.
The 18 other, items ha to :.-Jio
with the fire department: somepf
these involved equipment ; and
have in some instances .been cor
rected, in others the . correction
awaits fthe end of the duration
.as for example the recommen
ded automatic fire alarm system.
Other recommendations had to do
with fire hazards and construction
standards; the 1841 report men
tioned that these faults' have not
been corrected.
'. , Some Increases in number of
; s firemen , were advised; the 1941
supplement acknowledged an In-!
crease but added that a change in
'working hours had largely nulli
fied the benefit.
More to the point, the 1937 re
'port declared the department had
too drill equipment;' as for holding
- ''drills it had -mis to say:
"Monthly drills for ' each shift
at headquarters when weather is
favorable consist of a short run
'around the block and a combined
drill for engine, hose -wagon and
aerial ladder truck in carrying a
2 -inch line over the aerial to a
: high' balcony and operating the
'engine at a hydrant Ground ex
tension ladders are sometimes
1 used.
!i "No regular drills are held at
. -the other stations; engines are
operated from hydrant or at draft
''occasionally. They are not tested
frfr capacity by department mem
bers. . " . The 1941 supplement mentioned
no reform in this matter.
One other observation in the
1937 report deserves mention:
"Fire methods are primitive. . . .
v The department is unacquainted
' with the modern practices of ven
tilation." "
J i The report was received here
early in 1938. Near the close of
- that year the city council passed
; , a resolution calling upon Chief
ft Hutton to comply r with repeated
recommendations of the board of
fire underwriters. The resolution
mentioned that "for a long term
of years" reports from the under
writers "have criticized the meth
ods, training, and morale" of the
fire department, and instructed
Chief Hutton "to closely follow
the last recommendations of the
fire underwriters,-particularly as
to practice, training, cafe of equip
ment, supervision- and the ren
dering of full and regular re
ports." '
Noted
Layton Trial
Will Resume
r On Monday
DALLAS, - August 21 (Sne-
cial) The defense in the case of
Richard Harry- Layton, charged
with first degree murder in con
nection with the drowning of Ruth
Hfldebrand, 17, of Dallas, in the
Willamette river near Buena Vis
ta on the night of June 7. will re-
. Rime presentation of testimony
when circuit court reconvenes
Monday at 8:30 a. m
. ' The state rested its case Friday
and introduction of defense testi
mony was begun. No estimate of
the time required for conclusion
or tne defense case was available
... today but it was believed the trial
t would continue for most of the
' coming week.
Saturday's Statesman - quoted
- testimony of Layton indicating
-third degree" methods on the
, ; part of state police. This has been
denied in outer testimony. Lartnn
, testified that the state police had
" described to him procedures in ex
r ecution, the stripping of a man to
'. his underwear. and droooin
L pellet in water. However, he did
not testify, as the SUtesman re
ported, that he had been stripped
; and a pill dropped In a glass of
water in front of "
Chinese Envoy
To Join Talks
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- : cupation was delayed "for secQr
. Ity reasons. .. . . pending the un-
loading of (allied) transportar
Stephen Early, the president's
. secretary, also indicated that Mr.
, Roosevelt and the prime minister
: had been aware of the Kiska de
velopment for some time.
i The troops were transported by
ships heavily, protected by Amer-
lean and Canadian naval units.
-; The bombs of allied airmen and
! the guns of allied warships joined
. to clear their path. Since this huge
. amphibious I force had to ' spend
; v neither bullet nor soldier in com
bat on . Kiska, ' there was much
. discussion here as to what it
might do next j
. ; Friends Entertain -
Seiitor.IcNary I f
Salem friends of Senator Charles
L. McNary entertained ; the well
known Oregon senator and for
mer republican candidate for the
vice presidency at a dinner party
Saturday-evening la the Marine
room of the Marion hotel.
Avenging
Almost twice the shtt ef its predecessor, sunk by the Japs off Guadalcanal last September, the new
25,001 -ton aircraft earner wasp
poration, Quiney. Mass. It was ' sponsored by Miss Julia Walsh, sister of US Senator David I Walsh,
chairman of the senate naval affairs committee. Jimmy and Bobby Burlingame el East Alton. HL.
young sons of Seaman 1e Arehle
launching ef the giant flat-ton.
"letter to my son" before he died
in American history. Pietared Is
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in Rome after the August 12 raid. : -- '
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Wasp." (International Senndphete)
Denmark" Asks
Citizens to
Halt
By JOHN COLB
STOCKHOLM, August 21
The Danish government signifi
cantly asked Danes Saturday to
halt a wave of. sabotage against
the German overlords, warning
that its continuation would have
'a devastating result on Danish
life with the nazis cutting off
food and coal supplies.' "
"The government will do every
thing to create more stable con
ditions in Denmark, declared a
proclamation signed by Premier
Erik de Scavemius with the ap-
proxal of King Christian X. It
marked a modest diplomatic vic
tory for the Danes.
Thus the government, apparent
ly successfully resisting German
demands that prosecution of sabo
teurs be given over to the nazis,
sought to stem the tide of open in
sistence to save Denmark from
severe reprisals.
"Lately there have, occurred
events of a very, menacing char
acter," the appeal said. "There
have been increased sabotage and
demonstrations. Attempts have
been made to cripple railways and
factories' with . Germans and
Danes killed. It added: ' -
"If the people are going to con
tinuo these tactics, they will have
a devastating effect on Danish
life. The import of food and fuel
will be stopped, upsetting all pro
duction in Denmark.
"If the government shall suc
ceed in saving Denmark from war,
it is necessary for the people to
work for the same purpose.
Tn this critical situation for
the Danish government, we are
asking the Danish people to keep
from being led into unlawful ac
tions. Everyone has to be loyal to
his own country.'
The proclamation acknowledged
that during the German occupa
tion, now in its fourth year, "it
has been inevitable- mat certain
friction has arisen. Any occupa
tion produces greater susceptibili
ty to supposed offenses and caus
es increased irritation among the
people.
(A general strike of transport
workers in Copenhagen was re
ported by the Swiss .radio, which
said reprisals were threatened un
less the men returned to work.)
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tighter about vital Kharkov and
hammered at stubborn German
forces near Bryansk and Spas
Demensk. Tbm midnight communiauo rao-
plement, recorded by the Soviet
montior from a- Moscow broad
cast, said that 1000 Germans were
soiled as a Hussion column fight
ing northwest of the city ocerran
several more villages.
The embattled Germans threw
fresh reserves Into the hotife n
ing west of Kharkov, and the Mos
cow ; Bulletin said that Russian
forces cut down 1200 of them as
they counterattacked stronriv.
Forty nasi tanks were knocked
out In this action, the Russians
Nazi forces counterattacked near
Bryansk In the central sector of
the active front, the midnight com
munique said, but were repulsed
with losses. An enemy 'strong-
point was captured in that sector
by Russian cavalrymen, the Rus
siana said. -' : . . . , - r. ...
The Germans also sought to stem
Russian fdtces driving westward
in the Spas-Demensk area, but
lost 2000 men. as they launched, a
cud u ucrcv shucks, tne com
munique stated.
In announcing the heavy Ger
man summer casualties,' the Rus
sians saidx that the nazis, whose
offensive in the Kursk area ne-
tered out July 12 when the Sov
iet army struck back, lost more
than 300,000 officers and
killed up to last Friday. Figuring
the wounded at the normal ratio
of two and one-half times more
than the dead, the communique
estimated - the Germans had suf
fered the million-man loss.
Sabotag
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Destroyed
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A loading plant was set on fire.
Warehouses' and mills were dam
aged." ' . ., ; - '
A freighter in , the harbor was
bombed. Small, surface vessels
were strafed- and destroyed. '
An enemy air transport was
shot down. -
. On the way back, the bomb-
ers were set upon by 12 ; Jap
anese flatters, bagging two for
certain and probably - getting :
three ethers without loss. ,
The safe return of all the Lib
erators was all the more remark
able because they had to fly each
way over enemy Island bases.
The. determination of the Jap
anese to reenforce their- Wewak
area airdromes, despite the disas
ters suffered there last Tuesday
and Wednesday, was dearly indi
cated by the raids Friday and Sat
urday. For in the first two raids,
all but' 10" enemy planes 'were de
stroyed out of a fleet of 225.. -
Yet Friday's raiders found more
planes - moved in, ' and Saturday's
still more. Yin-
"This effort to restore bis air
strength in New Guinea is being
nullified by our continuous as
sault of his bases and the Wewak
area again has become the scene
of fierce combat," the commun
ique said. - ; -
, The - communique , made . no
ref ereneo to any change in the
altuaUon at Salamana, where
the. Japanese, have fallen back
upon their Inner defenses of that
air base, after being routed
from ridge positions below- it.
Activity, reported in, the Sol
omons sector also was limited to
the air. American fighter planes
attacked the enemy air base in the
Shortland islands below Bougain
ville, shooting down a float plane
and setting fire on shore. -" - -
Yanks, Aussies
Shell Japs
At Salamana
By VERN HAUGLAND
SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUIN
EA, Aug. 11 -(Delayed)HPh-Americans
' and Australians who
drove the Japanese from jungle
ridges near the Salamaua air
drome nave pulled guns into pos
ition and , now are firing directly
upon ' the northeastern coastal
town.
' Within the past 70 hours, the
Japanese . have withdrawn two to
four, miles, giving up Roosevelt
ridge near . Tambu bay, on- the
coast , south of Salamaua,- and
Goodview. Junction . near -Mount
Tambu. But the enemy is holding
strongly, on a ridge overlooking
Dot inlet north of Tambu bay. and
on a shortened but strengthened
line protecting Salamaua. .
(The Aug. 22 . . communique
from headquarters of Gen. Doug
las MacArthur made no refer
ence to the situation at Salamaua,
but the-communique of Aug. 21
told of seizure of a strong line of
ridge positions and said the Jap
anese were in full retreat toward
the inner defenses of the isthmus
town itself. " '
. In the Wewak area, 350 miles
above Salamaua, Mitchell bomb
ers and P-38s shot down at least
33 enemy planes and destroyed a
number an the ground. -
(The Aug.. 22 communique said
34 were set afire on the ground
in addition to 33 shot down, mak
ing a total of more than 300 en
emy; planes destroyed at Wewak
since Tuesday.) - ''''
At Wewak, a Japanese barge,
power launch and a number- of
gun positions were destroyed.
At the airdrome of But, ' 27
miles northwest of Wewak, frag
mentation bombs burst among 22
bombers on the - field. Six fires
were started on one side of the
strip and 12 to 15 planes were left
burning. . -
US Bombs
Save Burma
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 -(ff)-r
The crippling effect of bombing
attacks by the 10th United SUtes
airforce has prevented Japanese
exploitation of Burma or its list
as an invasion base against India,
Capt. Clark E. Johnston reported
Saturday. vtC: -;.-' :iriJ-r
M Just back after 14 months with
the 10th air force in India, John
ston said that North American
B25 Mitchell bombers are used to
attack trains, warehouses and oth
er Japanese military, targets 'from
altitudes as low as five feet,; , .
Fire Destroy
Blacksmith Shop;
MT. ANGEL, Aug. 2 !.-( Spe
cial) The ' blacksmith : shop and
machine shed belonging to George
Gielemeyer, one-half mile south
west of Mt, Angel, were destroyed
by fire which broke out. from un
determined cause, about 7 p. m.
Saturday. The Mt Angel fire de
partment prevented spread of the
flames to other buildings on Giel
emeyer's property. t
COLUMBUS, O.HJ-RaV Skin
ner was cited by police today for
driving a city trolley bus 54 miles
an hour, i."
War price and ration board No:
10 immediately Suspended Skin
pers personal "A" and "B
oline ration books for five days.
'Bo, I7e StUI
HMDatizig?
Germans Ask
By FRANK OURIEN "
ISTANBUL, Aug, 15 (Delayed)
(ff)- "Do we still hold Danzig?"
was reported to have become the
sarcastic siege slogan of Germans
under the hail of allied high, ex
plosive j and 'phosphorous incen
diary bombs.
A German who recently arrived
here told a friend ; that Germans
who meet among the ruins of
their homes and factories now
greet one another with that ques
tion of ; whether Germany still
holds, her, original war objective,
the once free port of the Baltic
The catch phrase reputedly de
veloped after an aged professor
in Hamburg, when dug out. of his
smashed home,' asked, Do we still
hold Hamburg?" .vh'vN''"-5-:
The traveler told his friend that
most Germans now are convinced
that the war is lost but are de
termined to fight on to the end
because "we would rather die
than surrender and work in - the
Russian mines. "
Salem Man
Dietrich's
-in-Law-
' LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21.-
Marie, Elizabeth Sieber, daughter
of Film Actress Marlene Dietrich,
and Dean Goodman, drama: stu
dent land receiving, clerk In a Los
Angeles men's furnishing store,
were married late today by Dr.
James Hamilton Lash, pastor of
the Hollywood Congregational
church. . i,,-r , . ; ;
They obtained a license this
morning. She gave her age 18.
Goodman, native of Salem, Ore.,
said he was'23. :.:r
I wish them every happiness,
said Miss Dietrich.
The couple met two months ago
when he appeared in a play in
Hollywood.. Last ' January Miss
Sieber announced her engagement
to Richard Haydn, British actor,
but she said at the license bureau:
"Wei broke that some time ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean T. Good
man! sr, : 1520 State 'street, re
ceived a telegram Saturday after
noon from their son," advising
them of his marriage. v
A graduate of Salem high school
in 1937, young Goodman was act
ive In dramatic and radio work
at the University of Washington.
After. leaving the university he
spent a year in Hollywood, later
returning to Seattle. In . 1942 he
went to Los Angeles and .while
there was inducted into the army.
In July of this year while serving
at Camp Roberts he received a
medical discharge and took up
residence, in Hollywood where he
is employed in a men's furnish
ings store out has continued his
dramatic work. '
Allies Talie
Kislza, Find
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ings with direct hits and set off
many fires at Gertrude Cove and
North Head in the main . camp
and north of Reynard" Point.
Sometime shortly thereafter the
Japanese escaped, for- two days
later when American and Can
adian troops made their landings
no enemy : forces were found on
Kiska. Fogs presumably aided the
Japanese in evacuating the. rem
nants of their garrison, once esti
mated at 10,00 men. But the navy,
in offering that supposition, was
careful to qualify, saying:
fit Is not known, bow the Jap
anese got away,, but It la, pos
slble that enemy surface "ships
. were able to reach Kiska under
cover of the heavy fogs that
have been prevalent; , .
w Capture of Kiska elimination
of the Japanese in the Aleutians
j opens the way. now for renewed
I assaults on Paramushiro, princi
pal-Japanese inaval base at the
northern end of the Kurile island
chain of which Japan; itself is a
part, as well as other bases.
New Plane
Sets Record
NEW YORK, August 21 -()-The
Curtiss Wright corporation
said Saturday that the longest non
stop flight of a single-engine mil
itary aircraft in history 1300
miles, from Midway island to Hon
olulu ' was completed recently
without incident , f 'r'
. The ; company, which 'stated its
announcement was made with war
department - approval, said 22
fighter pilots under command Lt
CoL Aaron Tyler, took part in the
flight, and that the planes used
were Curtiss (P-40) fighter planes
equipped with auxiliary fuel tanks.
It took six and one-half hours
to cover the 1300 miles. . -
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ARMY - NAVY - MARINE - AND.
AIR CORPS
Official insignia stamped in gold on 50
match books. Colorful, red, white and
blue; P.' O. approved, foil-lined, ready-to-mail
carton. Not' accepted for mailing out-
& aide Continental U. S. Just
send to a man in the ervice;s
COOnFS'S'i'AfllOIjiSnY CO.
: 370 State Between the Ranks Salem
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Yank Airman
Without Legs
Will Fly Again
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN
NORTH AFRICA, ' August 21-T-Plucky
Lieut,-Col. Graham . West,
American Spitfire group comman
der who had both lees blown off
in an airfield accident two months
ago in Tunisia, is going to fly
again. ; -
Thanks to Lieut-Gen. Carl A.
Spaatz, commander of the North-
west African Airforce, who sent
him to England where a famous
surgeon fitted him with artificial
limbs, the 31-year-old Portland,
Orev officer will be able to take
over the controls once more.
CoL West one of the best known
American fliers in the Mediterran- -ean
theater, was helping to stamp
out a grass fire when a booby
trapped enemy plane parked on
the field exploded.
When he regained consciousness
in a hospital and found that both
his legs were gone, he said:
I don't want to go home, I will
fly again. That's all I want to do."
Pioneer -Trail -Meeting
Ends
PORTLAND, Aug. 21.-aj-The
American Pioneer Trails associ
ation convention ended Saturday
with delegates visiting Champoeg
and Oregon City, sites of the first
provisional, government: in ; the
Oregon Territory. .
-Delegates also planned to visit
tomorrow the PuyaTJup, Wash,
.home of , Pioneer Ezra Meeker,
who started the movement to
mark memdrlallyj the historic Old
.Oregon TraiL The trail's centen
nial Is being celebrated this year.
BALTIMORE Add signs
of the times: j
Fifty men and j women bid vig
orously at a downtown auction for
a bicycle-built-for-two.
It went to an elderly gentleman
who nodded when the auctioneer
asked: "Do I hear $52?
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