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n p I t Dl::icztt - V Sun. ;:nric3 6:23 (Weather on Tajs 5) ; . r '-- -v' v f f PCUND3D IC31 : .O v - . -A lew weeks: ago I described Salem's waterfront in-this column. Today ! want to add a footnote. The tip I of what : we know as iHlnto's Island comes nearly to a point opposite the end of Court , street. In-pioneer days the steam - boat landing was upstream at the food of Trade street and one can see from present condition of the "slough"; no river steamer of the sizs of the old "City of Salem" could ever successfully dock and then draw away from a wharf at the old location. So I went to the county --surveyor's office to take a look at the oldest meander lines f the river alongside Salem.' i -v I found that Gordon Tower, who is employed in the count enain ' eer's office had sketched - the channels' of the river and the -slough on section maps for the a - sessors ; office, as shown by an aerial map done in 1936, and then . had sketched in the meander , lines as established by government sur veyors in November, 1851. The , maps showed very dearly, the al iteration of river and slough, and . particularly the accretion to Min ?to's island. ' ' - 'y .-- In 1851 the tip of the island was : about 1 00 feet upstream from the . outlet of Pringle' creek (South Mill creek). The Willamette river headed in along an east-west-line to the east bank where the "wharf" is marked at the foot of Trade street. About a block downstream was the ferry landing which presumably is-the origin of "Ferry street" which still ends there. The : -Dr. Willson house, by the way, is located ' on ; this .old survey at a point about 600 feet southeast of the wharf. - By accretion Minto's island has ; marched downstream about 1400 ft. It has also widened as the old slough narrowed and ay the riv er was pushed westward. In some places the accretion on the west side of the island, amounts to about 350 ft How much of this accre tion is land of any value I do not know, The law is that title to such accretion rests with the upland owner. Title to the downriver por tion was settled by a decision of the state supreme court. The earliest survey, which' is still used as the basis for property lines, used "balm of Gilead trees for markers along the river bank and the island. r T . Whenever there is a flood we hear 'of the loss of valuable farm lands along the river; and the pre- sumption" is that . the soil washes away and out to the ocean. Much of it does. Other portions are de posited in quieter sections of the stream, building up shoals or is lands or bars, or covering over Cowed land with a film of rich alluvium. la the space of 92 years the river here at Salem has made definite changes, but made them so gradually that only the old timers who watch the river from year to year realize the change. Part of the changes are due to dredging by the government; but mostly the changes are made by the water itself. . A century is only a split sec ond of time in comparison with the period elapsed since the Willam - ette river was formed; but in that term, as the maps, show, marked changes- have occurred in the sec tion of the river south of the in tercounty bridge. Ex-Head of Italian Blilitia Arrested ;. LONDON,-Aug. 27 -() -The Rome radio reported today that Pietro Brandimarte, former, chief of the Italian, militia and" leader of the fascist storm troops in Tur in, had been . arrested in Venti miglia. The broadcast was record ed by the Associated Press. .- 28 Charter Form Salem ..With 23 charter.. members," Sa lem's newest service club for women, Soroptimist International, officially came into being Friday night at a banquet which brought together 84 members of the or ganization in Oregon and friends. How-'the club was founded, un der the semi-sponsorship of Ro tary, in 1821 in Oakland, CaliL, and has grown and extended over . the world to form a basis for in ternational friendship was told by Anna j E. Sprott of Vancouver, Wash., past president of the Am erican Federation of Soroptimist clubs. ; ' ,. tVr k , That friendship, she declared, has expressed itself in innumera ble ways as dubs on, this con tinent 'have provided aid to eth ers of the United Nations and have, iri turn, learned from clubs In stricken European communi ties and bombed. British cities what morale in time of war may mean. . - ! : Dorothy McCullough Lee, long an active member of the Oregon state legislature and this week named commissioner'- N)f ' public utilities "in Portland, a charter member of the Soroptimist club of hers home vcity, presided" at the lanquet, held in the Mirror room cf the Marion hotel. ; Rev. George H. Swift pronounc ed the Invocation, Mayor I. M. . .... " f ' - J&A s " ' - - - - . . ' f - Vital Nazi Objective Reds Threaten . Road From Kiev. Tp Bryansk , . i By JUDSON O'QUINN LONDON, Saturday, August 28-(i?3)-Russian armies, already storming j:- through two great holes in thkGerman lines arid steadily hammering at a third, opened ; a1 fourth battle' center yesterday by breaking through south of Bryansk and overrunning Sevsk and 20 other localities, Mos cow announced today. p " v - i The ; new staggering blow 75 miles south of Bryansk carried the driving Russians within 20 miles of the railway, line linking -embattled Bryansk with ; Kiev, key to the whole Russian defenses along the Dnieper river. T Sevsk fell to. two Russian col umns ". pounding in on the Ger man . stronghold from; the north and south, said the, Russian com munique as broadcast from Mos cow, and recorded by the Soviet monitor,, ii .-M-i. " v -.V-nYcH A powerful artillery and aeri al bombardment finally cracked the German defenses and ' big Red army tanks led the crash-: threorh tnte the town. More . than 5460 Germans were killed ; (Turn to Page, 2Story .F) , Quirchill Due In Washington ' QUEBEC, Aug. 27-iT)-The an nouncement today that Prime Minister Churchill will go - to Washington next week resulted in speculation tonight that he will confer again with President Roo sevelt on political questions in volving ': the v administrations ' of governments in liberatedT'coun-tries:vS:.i.n-:f-f - One i of " the agreements .;" an nounced at the conferences, which ended Tuesday was that this ques tion would be taken up with rep resentatives of governments of conquered countries. The suggestion also has been made that the prime minister and President Roosevelt would confer soon with a representative of the Soviet Russian government en the war and post-war problems. ' . ' The'prime minister, 'Mrs. Chur chill and!. their daughter.- Mary have: been fishing new - Quebec since .Wednesday, but, will, re turn in 1 time for . his radio' broadcast Tuesday at 1 pin Eastern war time. The speech also- will be broadcast to the United States. Members Soroptimists Dough ton and Secretary of State Robert S. Farrell, jr expressed greetings from city and state and an assurance that such an organ ization' could be of service. Re sponding for the Portland club was Julia Metzger. ; Officers' of the new club were installed by Zella M. Sandvall, Alice Dowell Jones, Bessie K. Leh man, Mildred R. Marshall and Ber tha P. Singer.; The charter was presented i by z Marilyn Merrick Lewis, northwestern regional di rector of the American federation, Corydon Blodgett sang "Water Boyy," a Got Plenty of NothhV ;f and "Road to Mandalay. Mrs. Joan KorUeborn sang "Let All My Life Be MusicTand -My Heart is a Si lent Violln. Both were accompa nied by Alice Crary Brown. - Honored guests, including rep resentatives of .the various clubs and Flora Kemp, who assisted with installations and brought greetings from clubs of the federation; Carl Hogg, ? ; president of, the Salem chamber of commerce; Floyd Mil ler, president of the Salem Lions, Mrs. Winifred Herrick, president of Zonta, and Carolyn Wilson, rep resenling the Business and Profes sional Women's club, were intro duced by Mrs. Winifred Petty john. ":; v.v-"x,.":i- Dr. Gussie A. NUes introduced ; (Turn to Page 2 Story A) Railway 10-PAGE3 :v Victory Gardens Score Real Victory; First Winners A nnounced The size ef these cabbages may be judged,' it is hoped, by comparing with the width ef the path and the size of the post in the back gronnd. They're colossal. Flctored is a small section of the garden of Mrs. Gladys Gibbons, second-prize winner In Section 1. class 1 (small gardens) In the Victory garden contest sponsored jointly by The-Statesman' and the Salem Men's Garden club. . "Victory" in the phrase "Victory garden" was no idle word in SalemThe great majority of Victory gardeners won out over, a late spring and weeds and pests, and over food scarcities and high prices as welL TheVictory: gardens have been a notable contribution to the food supply. . . ; First winriers in the Victory garden contest sponsored by The Statesman and the Salem Men's arden "dub are announced here with. There were many fine gar dens entered , and -scores ; were close; many who didn't win prizes had praisworthy gardens. The pri zes will be awarded early in Sep tember, the exact date to be an nounced soon.: ;; ?-';-'-?ryy---;-.. Results are announced first . la section lr class 1; the smaller gar densTin that portion i of the city north of " Center street and west of Summer.' They are: : " First Mrs. Jean Chamber- laus, 715 North CommerciaL . Second Mrs. Gladys Gib- . bona, 1129 Broadway. V' 1 Mrs. Chamberlain was the. sole laborer in her prize-winning gar den and concerning it one of the Judges remarks: "A fine gar den, well planned and well kept; all space in use, expertly arrang ed." ; 7;u:y'-T ;;P uv-;-; - Mrs. . Chamberlain began plant ing . in March and ' had harvested much of her backyard produce before thet Fourth of ; July. In cluded in her 180 square foot plot were: Early white potatoes, Kentucky Wonder beans, a rare variety of Geneva beans, Bur bank potatoes, scarlet radishes, white radishes, leaf lettuce, "teacup size" onions, tomatoes, parsnips, carrots, beets, peas, cucumbers, and others. From the ' cucumbers she canned over . 60 tfharta. - Mrs. Chamberlain's garden was. scpred 100 points, excellent hi every jde partment" -. .-V' Twenty - six varieties of vegeri tables and -fruits, both late and I early X harvests, featured, second place 'Gladys Gibbons' 1800 square foot garden plot. From her gar den Mrs! Gibbons has plenty of potatoes " for the full year,1 has canned a great number of the produce,' and shared with neigh bors and apartment residents her eye-catching : yet profitable gar den.' ;; : ' . ? t- ' - r ' Mrs. Gibbons and her husband began planting February ' 8 - and have had new potatoes' since May 28. Over 63 hills of potatoes were in evidence, - while a ; method of planting corn atop and beside potatoes was utilized by Mr. and Mrs. Gibbons. . Among vegetables and fruits werei Peas,- early cabbage, rel ishes,"" radishes, ; onions, carrots, beets beans, turnips, potatoes, to matoes, corn, peppers, rhubarb, raspberries, parsleyr cucumbers, crab apples, ycngberries, par snips. Judge Wilbur's written te marks said: "Good garden, very well planned; -small early 'vege tables between later large plant ings; ne weedt no bugs.f-r:'t. From Mrs. Gibbons' garden, in addition to . gifts to- friends and regular ' table consumption, she has canned 52 quarts of beans, nine of carrots, 18 of peas 'and 82 ot beets. Berlin Reports r: i Nazi General Killed 0 NEW .YORK, Aug. 27-iJPfrhe Berlin radio said tonight that Lt Gen.: Herman Kress had tmet a hero's death in the fighting in the east." ; . :;; ; . : - The broadcast, recorded by US government monitors, identified Gen. Kress as commander of an Alpine division. Calem, Oregon Satarday Moimtbatten's Be Stilwell i . By WILLIAM FRYE WASHINGTON, Abgust 27 -P) Lord Louis Mountbatten complet ed his whirlwind round of confer ences with top American naval and military officials today and word was circulated in informed quar ters that Lt. Gen, Joseph W. Stil well is slated to be his deputy com mander in chief in thenew south east Asia command, v ' "".vj.--' -A.y.gij: Official confirmation was lack ing, and is not expected until after Mountbatten " has conferred in Chungking with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. It is known however, that the deputy command will go to an American. Mountbatten in Stilwell would gain as his second in command a man whose devoted troops call him "Vinegar Joe," the aggressive, blunt-spoken .veteran of the bit ter fighting in Burma and China, fully acquainted with the complex problems of that theater, whose .experience as a ground forces com mander would supplement Mount batten's : success as. a .naval and combined operations chief. It Cbecame known also that Mountbatten will have a . British chief of staff and - an ' American deputy, chief of staff. For the lat ter, pest, speculation has mentioned Lt Gen. Mark W, Clark, now com manding the US 5th army in north Africa. Clark's achievements as diplomat-soldier would seem to make him a logical choice, but his present command and rank are such that deputy chief of staff to Mountbatten would hardly be re garded as a promotion. , Mountbatten left Washington to night, probably to return to Lon don: before proceeding to Chung king - to discuss with- Chiang the relationship between the propected campaigns in Burma and the war in China. GBS Has Ideas About India, but ; -Wouldn't Meddle LONDON, Aug. 27(flJ)-George Bernard Shaw said today that In dia likely would become a "fed erated commonwealth Ilk e the United States,, the British com monwealth and the USSR," but he declined an invitation' to join the council for the International recognition of Indian - independ ence. . . . ' In -a letter made public by the council, Shaw said he would have to refuse because, while ' In sym pathy with the idea that India should be self-governning, "who can imagine what' independence, called in America isolation, is pos sible between powers?" - --" " "Ohthe contrary, the" letter continued,1 , twhat needs . rubbing in is their dependence on' one an other for the peace, friendly, co operation and political integra tions without which they will de stroy each other." ' Aide May Morning, August 23, IS 3 n mm mi Bairoko Garrison Deserted : ; .. " - r - - 4 Yanks Complete Central' Solomon Isle Conquest By C. YATES McDANTEL - ALLIED " HEADQUARTERS IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIF IC, August 28 Saturday- () Japanese , resistance on New Seorgia, where 4he enemy . had been clinging to a foothold at Bairoko harbor, has ceased,' Gen eral MacArthur's "headquarters said today. " - ' The Japanese garrison at Bai roko, 12 miles north of the cap tured Munda airfield, apparently was evacuated across the Kula gulf to the enemy base of Vila on Ko-' lombangara. . :- 1 ' .- The Americans thus eomplet- ' ed conquest ef the central Solo- ' mens island which they Invaded ' early In Jaly shortlj after they ' 1 had opened the current Fadfie offensive by seizing nearby Rea dova. ' - : The Americans - seized large stores left behind by the ' fleeing enemy. In the northern Solomons, above ! Bougainville, - an enemy destroyer was successfully bombed from the air, today's communique reported. This action occurred near Buka. r On the western arm of the of- fensive, jsllied jungle troops are miutrating irom tne west ox saia maua, New Guinea, headquarters said. At some points, the allies have reached the edge of the long sought Salamaua airdrome. , : In air . fighting over the - Solo mons, American Corsairs shot down four Zeros, in the vicinity of Japan's big air base of Kahili on South Bougainville.' . ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN T H E SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Aug. 1 27-)-The battle for the vital Salamaua air base on the northeastern coast of New Guinea (Turn to Page 2 Story C) ; Eleanor Tours in : New Zealand WELLINGTON, NZ, Saturday, August 28-'(4")-Mrs.v Franklin. D. Roosevelt, on a tour of United States, army -camps and Red Cross centers, arrived here today from Auckland.; ;:;;?v?, i".,fi'; ' She was met at the railway- sta tion by Prime Minister Peter Fra-i ser, cabinet ministers, members of United States armed forces, and civic dignitaries., - - . y ; 4 Her arrival, and the drive through the streets to government house where" she will be -a guest of f Governor General Sir Cyril Newall was watched s by . enthus iastic crowds. ' AUCKLAND, NZ, August 27(P) Clad in the uniform of the Amer ican Red Cross, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived here today -on a tour of American troop hospi tals and Red Cross centers and immediately broadcast an appre ciation to the people of New Zea land for their hospitality to Amer ican 'soldiers stationed here. ; Later in a press conference she said "L have seen as many of our troops as I could and visited nu merous hospitals'' en route. . Sweden to Protest Sinkings by Nazis ' I 6tokholC-faVc;27. Sweden's foreign office said to day a. protest to Germany was be ing' prepared, following the sinkr ing of two Swedish fishing boats by . two. nazi, minesweeperspthe latest in a series of incidents be tween the two countries. A com munique said , the two fishing boats were sunk without warning In international - waters." Twelve men aboard ,the two vessels were presumed Itwt.""5'.-VZ-v';' ; ; Formal protest was made Aug ust. 13' against the firing upon a Swedish naval torpedo boat and air force plane by nazi gunners on a Norwegian freighter off the Swedish coast August C. Hospitals 1 i --Y.- 1 r Axis Steel ; Production Cut a Fourth ; .By HUDSON PXIIULEFS NEW YORK, Aag. 27 V-' ..The torrential down poor , ef United Nations bombs has cat axis steel-making production aboat 25 per cent in little more than a year, industry sources disclosed today., American who gathered eld . steel . and . Iron In last year's . newspaper - sponsored . national scrap campaign te keep mill fnrnaces operating at full blast. : will get plenty of aid and com fort .from . these two i Industry ',. figures: X. j ' I Present axis oatpnt of ap- Z proximately: 52.000.SOO tons a . year , doesn't - even half match 133,600,000 reckoned as the ag gregate yearly rate for the al lied powers, and compares with ' enemy annual production of about 68,000,006 slightly more than 12 months ago. Army Bombers Sink 10 Subs NEW YORK, Aug. 27-4P)-US army bombers searching the At lantic ocean as far as 1000 miles from their home bases recently sank or damaged . 10 German U boats . and forced three others to stay submerged so they could not attack nearby allied shipping, the army air force's anti-submarine command announced today. ,C The 13 submarines were , in volved In as many, separate lea air battles, said the command, and none of the . battles was previous ly reported.'. B-24 bombers spe cially equipped for anti-submarine .warfare were used, and all returned safely. Five Were sub jected to severe anti-aircraft fire from the U-boats. - No dates or locations were dis closed. A . . , Five of the submarines were listed as believed definitely sunk, and five as damaged if not sunk. . The anti-submarine command said a bomber piloted by First Lt Walter S. McDonnell of' Duluth, Minn, dived through a hail of shellfire that ripped through all sections of the plane and serious-; ly injured hall the crew, but that: "The wounded bombardier dropped his depth charges in a perfect ; straddle - of U-B. - which was seen by the waist gunners to break in two in the middle near the-conning tower. The rear sec tion of the boat rose 10 to 12 feet out of the water, turned over and then settled with no forward mo tion." - -. - . ; , The crew of a plane piloted by James. K. Darden of. Guymon, Oklav I sprayed one -; submarine with machine, gun bullets, strad dled it . with depth " charges and caused the U-boat to explode in ternally, the command reported. Second Lt. Thomas K. Gerhart of Mansfield, Ohio, a bombardier, noticed a submarine coming , up to the surface, and First Lt. Tho mas E. Muenning of New Breme, Ohio, piloted their plane toward it for another "MO." ' " Denver Young Named New Chief Deputy " Denver Young, in charge 'of criminal investigations in the of fice of Sheriff A. C Burk, will be come chief deputy September 1, the sheriff announced Friday, He will succeed in that position Ken neth Randall, who has resigned. Under a reorganization pro gram just worked out, Chief De puty Young will continue to han dle criminal matters. Miss v Alma Johnson,', employed "for several years in the' office of the Salera Justice of the peace, will Join the sheriff's office staff to handle many of the; duties Tpef formed heretofore by Chief Deputy Randall.- --. " . V - - Omng!dn2 Expects tlountb&tten Sqdri :' NUT7 YORK, Aug. 27-(T-n-e Chunking-radio quoted a Cbine-a military spokesman as saying to day that Vice Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, new supreme allied commander for " southeast Asia, probably would arrive in Chung king soon. n JJULLU BFMslalBoiMlbsFG In Great Force Oveir : Giant Planes Greatt Air Armada of War Thundering Toward Europ e r LONDON, August 28 Saturday---P-Bratish bombers, were over Germany again last night, it was announced officially today, but their targets were not immediately disclosed. . LONDON, Saturday, August 28-(P)-Hundreds of giant bomb ers that sounded like the greatest air armada of the war thund ered out from British bases toward axis-occupied Europe late last night In a swift RAF sequel to yesterday's daylight-to-dusk raids by US Flying Fortresses and medium allied bombers on nazi air dromes in France. 4 ;;; "' ' . . The heavy British bombers- streaked across the starlit straits in gigantic formations for two hours, possibly; headed for Berlin. . v London newspapers said they never had received reports of air Jones Pledges More Adequate Farm Prices WASHINGTON. August 27 -UP War,' Food Administrator Marvin Jones, pledged the administration tonight to support farm prices at a level high enough to cover the added risks and hazards that go with increased production.' .' . "In my judgment, he declared. "the best way to get production is to have a definite support price that will last throughout the sea son.' - ' Jones also said the government would "stand ready to buy any surplus of . a commodity" that might not move on the market at the support price, adding that "in some- cases it might be necessary for the government to absorb a loss.- Kin an address prepared for ra dio broadcast (NBC), Jones made no reference to organized labor's demands for price rollbacks to the msumer, - but promised "con trolled distribution" of farm crops. He hinted this might go beyond present rationing controls, saying "in the case of some commodities it might be necessary to license processors and handlers. I think it is very desirable that existing pro cessor; and wholesale r and -retail, facilities be utilized.-: v i. . - . . The mechanics of the 1944 food program,; he said, .would be an nounced "step-by-step-and. spe cific . support prices disclosed far enough, in "advance to allow-farmers to plan accordingly . - (Under the system of support (Turn to Page .2 Story E) By RALPH C. CURTIS In a fast-moving world, sixteen months is a long time . but no longer than an ambitious legisla tor's foresight. ".; i-T'.v That much time remains before the 1945 legislature will meet Rut even before the 1943 session ad journed, there was jockeying for position - in both houses, .looking toward selection of the respective gaveL-wielders. - y v1" . . Inevitably,-' recalling, the two day deadlock last'. January, over selection of the senate president, a contest from whichshe retired so gracefully as to appear the win ner rather, than . the . loser, Sen. DorotHy McCullough Lee's resig nation from the senate this week to become, not one of , Portland's fclty fathers' but 'Its first "city mother,! revives speculation ever that important post, "whose duties and responsibilities . include ihose ef Keutenart-covernor. " .' . It Isn't that Dorothy would for certain' - have; socsht . that; office s.-.:n; Lut tliere were "tl.rouihout those two days and for , some months previous fourteen senators pledged to her support. Their ob ligation in this connection rnlht be viewed as carrying over to the 1845 session, much as' new dealers Dorothy's 1 Presidency iro. 1C2 nn r a Sound Lilie activity so broad in scope and from such widespread, areas. The reports came from points separat ed by scores ot miles- along the English coast. '- - It was an early start for the . RAF. In the past this ef ten has Indicated i the bombers ' were aiming fa? points deep in th continent possibly ' Berlin or .ether big German war produc tion centers. . - r ': ( )' . The British planes Jumped off soon after (the Flying Fortresses returned late yesterday. The Fortresses had teamed up with P-47 Thunderbolts and RAF and allied Spitfires to strike new blows at axis targets in France which were identified in a Cana dian communique as German air dromes. ".; ' . Swarms of the RAF night raid ers were heard coming back early today, and Britons, who usually take calmly . the roar . of their planes going, out toward the con tinent dropped their quiet de meanor to j exult. ." Hundreds of persons in southeast coast towns tumbled out of bed and rushel outdoors to try to catch a glimpse of the returning warplanes. : Crowds - along the sea fronts sent up mighty cheers as the hi-h Hying planes roared back to their bases. ' ;; -j ; - Reuters reported from Zurich that air' raid warnings had been sounded in, western Switzerland during, the night, indicating that RAF raiders might have gone over; southwestern Germany; r northern Italy,, . w. If Berlin! was under attack, as was suggested la the sllencSrj . ef the main Berlin area rod la, Deatschlandsender, It w n 1 d have been! the fourth night at tack en . the German - capital (Turn to Page 2 Story D) . Germsiimj Out, te TalkHeard feel obligated not to oppose "the chief so Jlong as he remains In the running. Now the flash-boards are out of the dam and it's a wide-open field for the legislature's highest office. The 15-15 lineup in that 1943 contest in which Sen. W. II. Steiwer was the choice, was based ' despite dark Insinuations en nothing except personal loyalties buttressedj more securely as t). deadlock extended, by the stub bornness Inevitable among men in the "limelight.' With both centrtl personalities eliminated, the line up is erased. - - ' It's an axiom which often isn't true, thatlevery senator is a can didate for governor. To the sen ate presidency, any hc'Jover rr elected senator may s-pire but 1 1 practice, the race usually has U 1 limited to; republican members rf several sessions' experience v possess, relatively spec"' , youthful vigor and who hav I held the office previously, the-- 1 k this 'last'. requirement. ecit.lI:.. ? has been overlooked. Applying these several yard sticks, there eren't r .-.:y eY.'M. ; not more! than seven. A:'i r z more, sufHckr.t t r in i ? (Turn to r-2 21 1 : ry I )