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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (March 21, 1941)
THE BEND BULLETIN THE WRATH KR Iiirrt-iiNliig riiiiilliieti went por tion toilUlll, Mill! light ralitH Hal unlay; wrlly i-lomly east portion: hllghtly wanner Interior IoiiIkIH, TEMPERATURE Maximum yesterday, lit degree. Minimum last night, fi degrees. Vdl.UMM XI.VI1. 'Mil-: I'.KNI) I'.UU.KTIN, iJKNI). OKF.GON, FRIDAY, MAHCII 21, 1041 NO. 00 . at Athe Washington. I. C, Mmvh 21 At an executive session n sub committee on military apprnpiia Ileum IwkI n couple of Bonneville employes on the willies Hliintl and ' iIi'vi'IoimhI gome Information, li was tcstlllcd IhiH Administrator Itiivrr signed ii cnnlriu-t for power with Hip Reynolds Metal company for I'asraile lH-ka, Ore., hut lor nn uncxplalni-d inun wrote a letter lii Reynolds stating he could gel Ihr powrr wherever In- wished In locate ami not Jut at Itonm villi'. II iiiiiH'ani thai Reynolds , was ready to Willi- at Cascade ' I,ock, where he would receive I switchboard rati. A No It llixai llial I hi' Oregon tux commission I" . alli'K'd to haw said thi lowest ' taxes would be at Cascade l-ix-ks, the second at I'ortland and Ihr highest nt l.oiigvlcw, Wash. Secretary of the Interior Ickes xupxed Reynolds ui going lo Cascade bxlii and won) that tht plant was headed for I.oiigvlcw warn news 10 nun. inr wnnesses staled llial n substation al l.ong view to reduce tin- vjo.ono-add kllowutls on I ho through line would com approximately SI..V. (). It would require 3KI day to aioM'nihli-1 hp muti'i lal. I Reynold says hi wishes lo mail producing pig aluminum June 1.1). II a sub station U not built, then lines would have to hr run lo lingvlcw also at an approximate cost of $1.M0.(I, and with national de fense ordpra there might be dllll cully In obtaining tin- matPiiala. Mi'mhcra of the sulicommlttec wondered whrthiT thp govern men! would pay for a substation or transmission lines to I-onuvicw tn favor a contractor for power when then? la a network of trans i mission lines In thp northwest :1 with Innumerable altps. There was I no question of the Reynolds com i, tuny going to Longvlcw, If It do , nirpa, but there wan question :J whether .the. guvcinnicol ahould uspenn so mucn rnow-y io arraii niodatc cuatomer. No on could object If the Reynolds company furnished III own aubatallon or Transmission lino. Thp maltpr l hoc of atlmlnlHtration rntlrplv. al (Continued on Page 3. Column 61 MANY SIGN UP FOR a CAA AIR TRAINING More Blanks Kiiestcd by Telegraph Redmond, Maivh 21 Applies lions for enrollment In thp civilian pilot training course which will get under way next week at Red mond and Bend are being slttned niilclly, reports L. K. (inrrlaon, chamber of commerce secretary, w ho has I he blanks for Kinlmond. The supply of blanks sent by CA A authorities Is Ix-Iiir- rapidly ex hausted and more have boon re quested by teli-Kiaph. Medical examinations were Riven for the Hedmond class last wi-ck ny ur. v-nanes vxaue m Kosehurg, and aiv being given In llend this week by Pr. K. W. Hem Ingway. An Inspection of ground school equiimenl was made hen- Thurs day afternoon by a repn-sentallvc of the CAA office. 23 Army Trucks Pass Through Bend Today Twenty-three vehicle of the Third Quartermaster battalion of the U. S. army were convoyed through llend at noon tixlay hy state Milice, The column left Kort Lewis, Wush., yesterday, and will arrive tomorrow at their destina tion In California. Police sirens cleared the way for the trucks tixlay, an the bat tlton aped through the city at about .10 miles an hour. I-nst night the men stopped at Hear Springs, and tonight they are scheduled to ho down at Klamath Kails. Pilots Get Licenses From CAA Inspector Waller Peterson of Laplne, Phil Illlchcook of Sisters, and Krneiit Hanger and Tom Stevenson of llend received their 2-S pilot's rat ing yesterday al the llend airport from a CAA lns)eclor. The 2-S rating Is for heavier planes, such lis the three-place cruiser now owned by the llend Klylng club. Ray Glaasow of Prlneville was olso given the 2-S rnllnn. Pele l-'lsk of Prlneville, nnd Fred Frcdcrlckson of lupine took a written examination for private pilot 8 licenses. Longer Tourist Stops Emphasized at Class The Siri.lKKI.IKNI wlili-li InuiiHlK left III tliTirmi last year Is "merely a drop ill the bucki-l" compared W illi Hie iiinnunl h'iil by vl'.Hnis lo ('iil)loniia. J.'m:i.ikh),iiiii, lii-u Tiliis, iu.hUi.ihi diii'i'tur of tin Hiaie's lravi-1 Inlormalion di-pari menl. reminili-d Ik-nil's touilst hoHt class lit last nielli's mi-i-tiui; In the hl;h school. 'Hu- toui lM in come can t'e Ini-reaM-fl, Tllus con-li-iiili'd. by luiihi r lnrn-.ii.lin: Intel ckl of vli.llors In Ori-on, slate will) uiiMii puHKi d m-lili- al Iraclliins. In hnlMci'inK Ills stalemi-iil that InuriHlH are nol slaylnif 111 Orciion Plymouth Target For Nazi Planes Entire Rows of Homes Wrecked Plymouth. Kii;land. Marsh 21 II"1 i lundreds of people, many of them wearlnu blood stained ban daL'es and Willi torn cloinini:, wan- deri-d over slreels littered with broken liiU-ks. mortar, wood and Klaxs sii-klliu sbeller tixlay alli-l Ioiik, savai-e (,1-iman air raid on I hit historic rliy. They larrli-il their entire re maining iMixsexxlons and hotiM hold gixxls wiih them, p.isunt; scores of rexf uc sipiads who were still dlit,'lnif In wreckiiKe lor bixlles or for buried survivors. Kntlrp rows of homes lay In ruins. It was estimated that about 10,- OS) incendiary bombs were dropped. Explosive bombsi 19,10 traveled an average of 890 dropx-d. at times, at the rate of 12 miles over the stale highways, a minute. Many llivs were started (be Sx-akl-r reported. The average but they wen- put under control stay of out of state visitors was within a lew hours due to aid ol 8 li days, and the visitors sppnt civilians and thp heroic work of '$71.71 per person per day. "Tour thp flrp spotting and lire fighting; services. Name Tarllcs I'sed ' The Cermans had used the same; tactics as In previous attacks dur , Ing thn last lew days on their spring hlfcnsiyc ahnwi.at P"" inrougn wnu-n now ine supplies on whli-h llrltaln depends for life. Parachute flares. incpndlary1 bombs, then explosive bomb, then a long ruin of tmrmdlary and ex-, plosive bombs mixed hail crashed on the city for hours. Kescue parties went Into action at once and remained on the Job during the entire raid. They wen- working still tixlay us the home-1 less wandered iilxuit the littered streets, carrying their possessions' in t'ust covered suit cases or j grimy sheets. Many of them did 1 not know whether members of I their own families were dead or alive. 1 The death toll Increased steadily as rescue squads dug out more bodies. Retail Distributors' Institute Announced The 5th annual confen-ncc of the Oivgon Helall Distributors- In stitute w ill lie held on the Univer sity of Oivgon campus this com ing month, ox-nlng on the even-1 Ing of April lb and lasting tlti-miith nil tinv on Aiiril 17 John W,.i,, n...,,i n-nivsenlatlve on the Institute, announced tixlay. Top ics to lx discussed will Include national defense und retailing, re tail collections, unemployment eoms-nsatlon nnd other matters. "Why Consumers Like or Dislike Stoivs" will be one of the topics. 'Ihe annual banquet of the dis tributors' institute will be held on the evening of April Hi. Wetle hotx-s that llend will send a n-presentallvc delegation lo the Kugene Institute. Engineers on Spot as Coulee Is Built Early Washington, March 21 Uli-The Interior department said today that construction of Crand Coulee dam two years ahead of schedule "has put the engineers on a spot," and they are "racing against lime" to complete relocation of railroads and highways before the area Is Inundated. The lake which will be Im pounded by the dam Is expected to reach almost full flood stage In May or June. Approximately ISO miles of stale highways nnd sec ondary roads, and 2!) miles of the Great Northern railroad are Ix-lng relocated. Commissioner John C. Page of the bureau of nclamntlon said "the race to complete the con struction ahead of high water promises to he a close one, hut barring unusual contingencies, the work should lie finished on time." RAID MISSKS KOVAI.TY London, March 21 illi King George and Queen Elizabeth left Plymouth a few hours before the German raid started nt dusk yes terday, It was disclosed today. ix loin: ns Hu-y should, Tllus pre M-iilril some iintUiii.il park slop over data. 'I he averai'e slay ol visitors al Yellowslone Is i-ii'ht days, al Y'lsetnlle llnee days, al Kainler two days and lit Ci.iU-i lake nallonul park only Iwo hours. Tllus declared thai mern Im is of the local tourist host schixil, first of Its kind ever held In Ori-iion, cun play an lmxirt.int part In lentflhetiliiK the tourists' slay. The local school is Man held under auspices of the slate lioard of vix-iiHonal edtication, In eoox-r-aiion w-iih the lkud cliumlx-r of commerce. A total of 117 tourist contracts were enrolled. (Gilbert Moly, chairman of the ch.'initx-r's lotiiKI and publicity committee presided last nli.'hl. Next ( laxs Monday Moty announeed that the next session of the school will Is1 on Monday. A "double feature" has been billed for the Monday night meeting. "Ancient Volcano of the I i-m hutex" w ill he the topic of I'hll V. Itrogan, and "Where to Co and What to Si-e" will bp that of I on II. I'eopli s, chamber si-c-n-tury. Colored pictures .will be usi-d to Illustrate the talks'. Asxlsti-d b Italph t;iflord. pho togniher for the state highway deiartmenl's travel inlormalion division, Titus last night showed the sound picture, "The New Ore gon Trail," used at the San Fran cisco fair for two years. This picture holds a numlx r of views of the llend country, including the picturesque Minor Mind. A new colored film will sixin be ready for showing, Titus reported. J.IHHI.UOO Sep I Mill "The New Oregon Trail," Titus said, has been show n to more than ZODO.fKK) people In many parts of the Cnlti-d Stales. Tourists who visited Oregon In ixts are Sx-ndlng lota ol money In the state und this Is good money cash." Titus declared. lie fore showing the picture, Titus discussed the state's tourist advertising program. Ills closing jtdiimnlunn wa that fieoplc should thoroughly familiarise themselves with their state, to be of service to the visitors who bring new wealth Into Oregon each year, 239 SMALL BOATS ORDERED BY NAVY ; AstOfia and North Bend (et Building Jobs Washington. March 21 dli Sec tvtary of the Navy Knink Knox has announo-d award of contracts for 23!) small auxiliaries and pa trol craft at a cost of $100,313,682. The contracts were: Kilty wooden mine sweepers. $li.-l.'l8.000; 50 wooden submarine chasers, $3,885,428: 150 wooden mine swis-M-rs (pivsumably of a different tvpe, hut details not given!, $rV.Htt.21-l; 10 steel fleet tugs., $13.5112.372: 19 steel mine swi-epers $33,521,668. The contracts were awarded from funds made available In the 1 fourth supplementalappropiintion act, und were approved by the of fice of production management. The awards included: On-gon -1 wooden minesweep ers) Astoria Marine Construction Co., Astoria, four, $1,328,000; Kruse and Hanks Shipbuilding Co., North Bend, four. $1,328,000. Week's Vacation for Schools Starts Today Spring vacation for 2,331 Bend elementary nnd high school stu dents and their teachers began, tins afternoon, (.lasses will be re sumed Monday, March 31, nnd there will he no Easter holiday, according lo Howard W, George, city school superintendent. Teachers also threw down their hooks today, and many left for points In Oivgon, California, and Washington. Throughout the county the vacation period will vary considerably, with some one room schools taking none, nnd others having a full week. Land Use Planning Group Meets Today Grazing problems of Central Oregon were discussed this after noon hy the sub-committee on gra.lng of the state land use plan ning hoard, nt Hint Butte Inn. Among those attending the ses sion were Verne Llvesay, of Port land, state director of the farm security administration; K. G. Johnson, professor of range man- neement from Oreeon Statp eol ! !: Marvin Klemme, of the state land board: u. c Parsell, of Prine- vllle, district grazier; L. II. Doug las, assistant regional forester In charge of grazing for the forest service, from Portland; and J. C. Moore, of Corvallis, economics representative from the bureau of nnilcullure. FOUR BILLION DEFENSE BILL PASSESHOUSE Senate Will Consider War-Aid Fund tC COST SETS RECORD ArniK Expenses Reach 23 Million Dollars in Two Years Washington. March 21 '111 The 1 house today passed and sent to Ihn ...n.ln n C.l fl71 U1 0 (VIA Blinnlp. mental defense hill carrying funds to buy 3.600 new bombers und, eventually, equipment for an army of 4,000,000 men. The bill was the newest of a series that has brought the cost of national defense for V.HI and 194J the fiscal years since the Euro pean war created an emergency here- to a grand total of $25,182.- 674.015 In cash, contract authoriza tions, and presidential requests for funds still pending but not acted on. Tills total excludes the $7,000.. 000,000 cost of British aid. Record Set Passage of the latest supple mental defense bill, fifth for 1941. cn-ated a new ix-acetime record for appropriations, since earlier this week the house approved the British-aid fund. Only once be fore In V. S. history during the World war has one week seen ap proval of a bigger total of appro priations. Next week the senate is expect ed to approve the British-aid meas ure and, in addition, the 1942 naval appropriation, amounting to $3, 415,521.750, w ill be completed and sent lo Pn-slik-nt Koosevelt. mak ing a total of about $15,000,000,000 In the congressional mill for two weeks. In reporting the bill, the com millee released secret testimony of (ien. George C. Marshall, army chief of staff, in which he dis cussed the United States' plans for new armed divisions. I'lan Armored Division Marshall said the army plans to build Its armored forces up to eight divisions, similar to the Ger man panzer divisions, it and when the sle of the army reaches ,800, 000. The armv now has two such divisions, will make two more with funds In the pending hill, and then have reserve enough to con vert one or more of the present triungulur infantry divisions if necessary. The $l.000.rxx).ooo appropriation bill provides funds for 4.750 more army planes, mostly bombers and including 3,600 to be assembled In four big midwestern plants from parts manufactured by the auto mobile Industry. It also will fi nance procurement of critical equipment for an army of 2.800,- 000 men. Other major Items In the bill were construction of new arms plants, purchase of 79.000 motor vehicles, 12 fleet auxiliaries and a great store of naval guns and ammunition. Marshall told the committee the materials provided In the army appropriation were for the use of American armed forces and not for Great Britain. Vote on Beef Ban Is Wrong, Says Barkley Washington. March 21 uv Sen ale Democratic Leader Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky announced today that he would ask that the Senate Journal be corrected to show that an amendment lifting restrictions on naval purchase of Argentine beef actually had been adopted. Instead of defeated on a tie vole which Vice President Hen ry A. Wallace missed. iiarkley said that he and several other senators hud heard Sen. Richard B. Russell, D.. Ga., vote for the amendment, although his vote was not recorded hy the clerk. He said the matter 'involv ed the question of highest priv ilege of a senator," insuring a permanently correct-Journal. Barkley said that when the jour nal of yesterday's senate session is read to the senate Monday, Rus sell will object because his name Is not Included in the roll call. Change in Listing of Autos Gets Signature Salem, March 21 HP Gov. Char les A. Sprague today signed a bill providing that automobiles be list ed by counties instead of by post office addresses, so that the re turn of state highway funds to counties he more accurate. The governor has signed, vetoed or filed without signature all but 118 of the 511 bills passed by the legislature. He has 20 days after tne legislature adjourned to dis pose of bills. More Power to Grand Coulee Dam starts hydroelectric production March 22, from the west power plant, shown at riitht of dam. Two lOXMO-klkmatt -rneraurs will transmit power to Bonneville for relay to national defense projects and to a community co-optratlre on the nearby Colvtll India n reservation. Ultimately this powerhouse will contain nine gigantic generators, each producing 108.000 kilowatts. Jugoslavia May Later, Believes War Expert By 4. W. T. Mason battle for the Balkans moves, tlftU4 PrM War Kxlwrtl Today's cabinet crisis In Bel grade over the reported decision ! , .i. . ..l.niiilt.i-v mn uiith nrrr.nv show. prions nnlltieal K" ...-.j rv - .... , Hf. Tn '.i.,.ni.i whieh mv cause the nation to swing away from the axis at a later time If the Dykstra to Quit As Head of Draft Labor Board Job Will K V Tnlr Full Time Tl rn . . W ashington. March 21 'lii The White House announced today that Dr. Clarence A. Dykstra would resign as national director of (elective service to devote his full time to his new duties as man 1111111 ui ine national ui n ir - mediation board. While House officials said that President Roosevelt probably will name Dykstra's successor to the selective service post soon. Brig. Gen. Louis B. Hersney, who was largely responsible for , developing the present selective system, is acting director. There was some speculation in.-ir .t soon- 9Miia.i imnortant advantage has been ' me vessels wnicn will De trans that Hei-shey- might be appointed j"'"1 ferred will be "most suitable" for to Dykstra's job. although the ad ministration is said to believe that the director should be a civilian. Students Strike When Board Fires Principal a ik.Hti vi.i. oi ,i rwi the Brownsville hleh school stu-1 dents Zt E S S?ultz br?.id CStJffS?SS KhVZ'rE'M 1 46 at a special meeting held last! night ! The students struck Wednesday . when thev learned that the school board had offered new contracts to oil inahr. Km Cti.ii Th board called last night's meeting presents serious obstacalcs. i to test community reaction, nn-1 These highways are easily pro-! nouncing it would abide by the re- tected. They do not allow fight suit although the vote has no legal tng on a wide front and are sub-; standing. I Jected to flank and frontal fire Revolt Against Italy C J I C J opreads in oomaiuand London. March 21 tin Natives in northern Italian Somaliland are In revolt against the Italians, already hemmed in by advancing British empire forces, military in formants said today. The revolt broke out In the sul tanate of Mijjartem In the area adjoining British Somaliland, it was said, and disorder was Increas ing. "There Is little to revolt against," a spokesman added. Most of the Italians in the region were believed to have fled. In northern Somaliland empire patrols are extending action east of the Kafan river, an Informant snlrt In southern Ethlonla. it was added, empire forces are gradually closing In on a considerable force of Italians In the Neghelli area. BRITISH RETAKE POST Nairobi, Kenya, March 21 dli British troops have retaken Har geisa, main point between Bcr bera, British Somaliland and Ethiopia, a South African head quarters communique said today. Hargelsa was a main headquar ters for the British Somaliland camel corps before It was taken by Italians Inst August. Northwest! Here's Leave Axis I against the Germans. . " resiened in nave resign in Since three members of the cab- protest and ii iiuuimb r.r..mM .r.r.- i vc- abstained trom voting, that means only 10 ministers of a total ; of 18 favor the German agree ment. , ! In a national Issue as Important I cial said today that approximately as the present crisis, which affects ( 50 merchant ships will be trans the future of Jugoslovia's national 1 forced to Great Britain under the life, an absolute cabinet majority war-aid act "within a few days." of only two votes shows how pre-! This was the number asked by carious the decision may become. (the British as their initial need. There can be no question but that j About 75 per cent of the vessels Jugoslavia has failed to unite over . which will be turned over to them aid to the axis. 1 will be reconditioned over-age Attitude Not DeHnlte Military as well as civilian pro-', tests against the action of the gov- i eminent " tnrm repnrttelinn yi- any agreement that may Designed; 1 with the axis. Since that is the ac - ; fuar sjtuatjor, neither Germany . nor Ita,y can have any teciing ot permanent security regarding JUKOSiavia s future attitude. lh matt(,r now to s,an4 ,ne most that tne canine, majority felt able to grant Ger- many is far less than Hitler coastal ana coastal vessels snui sought. Unofficial reports from!ed will probably be handled by Belgrade state that Germany will ' railroads, the official said, not be allowed to send troops! Details of the transfer are corn through Jugoslavia but only sup-; pleted. the official said, but com ply trains and ambulance cars. j mission officials are awaiting the If It is true that German fight-! arrival of Sir Arthur Salter, Brit ing divisions will be unable to ten shipping man. before consum make use of Jugoslav highways, ; mating the arrangements. w hich might conceivably allow them to hold back any German at - tack on eastern Greece. This is the major issue at stake in Bel - erade. nvershadowine the limited Genranyns "p01"'""' made to. Two Routes to Greece ' If Hitler decides that it is nec- essary to attack eastern Greece o try to help Mussolini out of his ihUimeSbnne Is alo'nglhe vallfyTf the Vardar river in Jugos avia which forms a comparatively level apparoch to the plains north of Salonika. The other is over the , Bulgarian mountains, especially alone tne s-iruma river, wnicn ; irom a aeienaing iqrce. ii ine ; I British and Greeks decide to make : j their first stand in these positions, I it would seem that a German of-1 tensive would encounter heavy ; casualties and even might fail to ' establish firm footholds along the nt ! narrow Greek frontier. Italian Offensive in Albania Wanes Again Athens, Greece, March 21 HPi The Italian offensive In Albania has waned again, reports from the front indicated today. A Greek war communique re ported only "limited patrol and ar tillery action." A Greek spokes man said reports that Greek troops had occupied Tepellnl could ""-" k- that "no operation of any lm- t Portance" had been reported in that sector yesterday. The public security ministry said enemy planes had bombed rural districts of Crete but that there had been no victims and no important damage. PLAN BOND SALE Washington, March 21 HPi-i Treasury officials today designed a vast advertising campaign to tell "every man, woman and child In America" about its new scries of 10 cents to $1,000 defense fi nancing stamps and bonds. Where It Starts Britain Will Get cn i c Vpwk V UJ I CDoCIO f r . r J i ransier io ie maae In Few Days Washington, March 21 HP A hieh maritime, commission offi- I ships which saw service In the last war. It waa understood that the nfJrj-f wjnrrfujLy(d-sa,lha there will be a minimum ol dut- ! ruption In American flag over- 1 seas trade. intercoastal and coastal ships may be shifted to trans-ocean routes now being served by ships which will be turned over to the British. A large part of the traffic normally handled by the inter- : operating In convoys, the officials : s3'' 1 iKllrc flfrirc in Ra Installed on April 1 The 1941-42 officers of the local B- F. O. fc lodge w ill be installed : April 1. it was announced today by officials oheBta TheywiU ; eted exalted ruler by the lodge' h week H lham Stollm is ; the retiring ruler, and will preside 1 at he last initiation during his , term next ruesday. when Howard Kopp . and Mmin Greer win be .t. Other new officers are Virgil Lomax, leading knight; Louis Hillis. royal night: Bert Zufelt, lecturing knight; Welch Evans, five-year trustee; Paul Sevy, sec retary; August Kemmling, treas urer; Clyde Johnson, alternate delegate to the grand lodge; Charles Brown, tylcr. ! . . I ;nn riuk n Hold ' -w- i Party at Suttle Lake j Lions of Bend, their wives and . guests are to hold their annual party at the Suttle lake lodge on Saturday night, It was announced today by the general committee in charge, headed by Walter G. Peak. A buffet dinner will be followed by a dance. According to plans, the enter tainment program will get under way at about 7 o'clock, with din ner at 8 p. m. Dancing will occupy the final part of the evening. Kor the past several years, the clubmen have annually Joined In a dinner and party at the lodge. A number of the clubmen will leave tor the Metollus country early Saturday afternoon, and will be Joined by others after stores close here Saturday evening. DRAFT CHANGE FAVORED Washington, March 21 U" Brig. Gen. Louis B. Hershey, as sistant director of selective serv ice, said today he would favor changing the draft age limits from 21-35 to 18-23 after ample reserves have been acquired under the present system. JUGOSLAVIA TO SIGN AXIS PACT WITH GERMANS Three Serbian Cabinet Members Quit SUNDAY DATE SET Troops to Be Excluded in Balkan Nation's Terms Belgrade, March 21 "H Jugo slavia has informed Germany that she Is prepared to sign a "com promis" adherence to the trip-partite pact, it was learned tonight, and expects to affix her signature at Vienna ceremony Sunday de spite protests of Serb nationalists. i Some information reaching the United Press indicated that Jugo slavia's adherence to the "com promise" settlement might be the signal launching Germany's at tack upon Greece.) All plans were compieie lor Premier Dragisha Cvetkovltch and Foreign Minister Alexander Cincar-Markovitch to leave here tomorrow night for Vienna. It was exoected that Adolf Mil ler would attend the ceremony in the former Austrian capital wnere Jugoslavia's signature will be af fixed to an agreement allowing German war materials, hospital supplies and wounded soldiers but not troops io pass unuus" Jugoslav territory. Switch In nans rossime It was possible but hardly probable that Serb protests over the abandonment of Jugoslavia's traditional policy of aloofness to Germany might cause a last min ute switch in plans. The government, led by Cincar Markovitch and Cvetkovitch. was making every effort to adhere to the schedule which presumably has been agreed upon with Ger many. Cvetkovitch called the eight members of the Jugoslav cabinet who voted against the agreement or abstained from voting for a (coBfrancaot5:30 p. m, today. Three votes were cast against tne agreement, five abstained and a majority of 10 voted for the agree ment. ' The three Serbs who voted against agreement with Germany resigned today but their resigna- tions have not been accepted. Two more cabinet ministers were be lieved ready to join them. ' Action Causes Sensation The impending action caused a sensation throughout the country although newspapers printed no details of the government's deci sion. The cabinet ministers who re signed the resignations have not yet been accepted by Prince Re gent Paul were Banko Curbrolo vic, agriculture; Srdjan Budisav lovic, social welfare; and Migajlo Konstantinovlc, Juste. The ministers who may loin them In resignation are Musa Pro- tic, minister of food, a scrn, ana Jafer Kulenovic, minister of for ests, a Moslem. The three Serbian cabinet mem bers have insisted thai their resig nations stand although they have not yet been accepted by Prince Regent Paul. Photographs Taken of Snowy Three Sisters Pictures of Central Oregon scen ery, especially the snow-mantled Three Sisters, were being taken today by Ralph Gifford, state highway department photograph er. This morning, uiuoro, using a ear provided by the W. B. An derson Motor Co., drove westward toward Sisters, to secure some nictures of the midstate Cascades. To provide "local color" for the Diet u res. Miss titzaoetn weaver and Miss Carolyn Boylan accom panied the group. The pictures will be used for state publicity purposes. Gifford also planned to drive Into the Smith Rock country to day, to obtain some pictures of that scenic locality. People in the News (Br United Fwl A group including Bishop Hen ry W. llobson of the Episcopal church In southern Ohio, Mm. Hermit Roosevelt and Dr. I- M. Blrkhead, national director of the Friends of Democracy, has sent a letter to Secretary of State C'ordell Hull opposing tho sending of food to unoccupied France. . . Mikhail Nicholas Gorin, former manager of the soviet tourist bu reau in Los Angeles, convicted of espionage two years ago, has of fered to return to Russia If he is granted probation. He surrender ed to federal authorities at Los Angeles, ending a long fight to evade serving a six-year prison term for espionage.