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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1939)
Friday; July 21, 1939 Twelve lite Capital Journal, Salem; Oregon Situation in Foreign Cities Worries FDR Hyde Park, N. Y, July 31 m President Roosevelt In discussing neutrality legislation today that from every capital In Europe without exception there waa evi dence of preparations for an even tuality that waa believed to be fairly close. At the same time, Mr. Roosevelt said It should be emphasised that there were no allegations of prob abilities of trouble abroad, only as a statement of possibilities. -He contended at a press confer ence that a decision to defer ac tion on neutrality legislation until the next session of congress would hurt business. A prominent businessman, Mr. Roosevelt said, told him recently that failure of congress to act on neutrality was killing; the nicest little business boom you ever saw. Businessmen, the president assert ed, do not want to make commit ments because they do not know what form neutrality legislation may take when congress convenes next year. They do not want to place or ders or take them, he said. For instance, he said, a newspaper owner, not knowing how a war might affect his business, would hesitate to place an order for a new press. At the same time, the president said, It would take more than a mere crttls to Impel him to call congress Into a special session to come to grips with the neutrality problem. For several years, he added, there have been recurring threats which did not eventuate In war abroad, and there might be another which might not lead to actual conflict. But the United States Is not In a position to help In a situation of that kind, he said, under the pres ent neutrality law with Its arms embargo provision. Members of the senate who conferred with him and Secretary Hull Tuesday night were fully appraised of that fact, he said. It was at that conference that a decision was reached to abandon efforts to obtain immediate pass age of a neutrality bill without an arms embargo section. Members of the senate who want ed to postpone action, Mr. Room volt declared, have been gambling with the possibility that war will not eventuate. The chief executive Indicated that the neutrality controversy was closed until congress reassembles next January, so far as he was concerned. Then he went on to discuss it at length with newsmen clustered around his desk In the study of his home here. He was told that senate Isola tionists were predicting he would carry the neutrality Issue to the country on a prospective trip to the west coast. Mr. Roosevelt wanted to know what neutrality Issue existed. A reporter remarked the arms em bargo was the Issue and the presi dent then asked whether It was not closed until next January by ac tion of the senate. There Is and can be no Immedi ate Issue before the country, he am plified, because certain groups In the senate preclude any action un til January. Lyons Miss JoAnne Crabtree went to McMlnnvllle Thursday where she will spend a week at the home of her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Crabtree. Union Contract Ends Harlan's Strife Representatives of Harlan county, Ky., coal mine operators and the United Mine Workers of America are shown as they signed an agreement at Harlan for the ending of the bitter labor dispute that had been punctuated with shootings. Left to right (seated) George Ward, secretary of operators; R. E. Lawson, operators' vice president; Earl Houck, union at torney; o. E. Oassoway, of union; 0. 1. Dawson, operators' attorney, and William Turnblazer, union district president. Standing: O. Tltler, union district secretary; E. C, Townsend, union counsel, and W. H. Slenknecht, mine operator. Associated Press Photo, Command Post Exercise Set For August 5 Officers of thirteen major units of the United States Fourth Army, ex tending from the Mississippi River to the Golden Gate, will take part In the Command Post Exercise which begins at the Presidio of San Francisco on August B, The middle west, eastern outpost of the "Army of the West," will be represented by selected officers of two outstanding National Guard Divisions, and of three Divisions of Organised Reserves. They are the 34th, from Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota; the 35th, from Missouri, Arkansas, Nebraska and Kansas; the 98th, Organised Reserves from North Dakota, Min nesota and Iowa; the 69th from South Dakota, Nebraska and Kan sas, and the 103nd, from Missouri and Arkansas. Far western units represented by officers will be the 3rd Division, a Regular Army unit with headquar ters at Fort Lewis, Washington; the 40th Division of California, Neva da and Utah National Guards; 41st Division, Washington, Oregon, Mon tana, Idaho and Wyoming National Guards; gist Division, Organized Reserves from California; 86th Di vision, reserves from Washington and Oregon; and the 104th Division from Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, and Nevada. Officers representing the 1st Wing of the GHQ Air Force stationed at March Field, California, and the mechanized 7th Cavalry Brigade also will take part A Command Post Exercise, known as a "CPX," provides efficient train' lng of commanders and staff offi cers without the use of actual troops 11 Major General Percy P. Blabop ft! W A I! V Vi !IL. i.. i.i aH Masai j a, WhHaeyi la Swap Adrlenne Allen (upper left), British actress, whose former husband, Raymond Massey (upper right), U. 8. stee and screen star, recently married Mrs. Dorothy Whit ney (lower left), was married tn London to William Dwlght Whit ney (lower right), thus completing the exchange of mates. Mas sey and his new wife) were reported at an Idaho resort. Asso ciated Frees not,. or the undertaking of field maneu vers. Situations, simulating war op erations, are outlined to each unit commander, and the commanders and their staffs must work out solu Hons to those situations. More than one hundred and sixty officer-um pires will check every decision, plan, and order of the commanding officers. Under the present Army peace time training plan, In operation since 1032, each of the nation's four Armies holds a "CPX or field maneuver every two years. The Fourth Army held a "CPX" at Fort Lewis In 1039; and maneuver at Fort Lewis, San Louis Obispo, California, and Camp Ripley, Minnesota, In 1037. For the "CPX," Major General Percy P. Bishop, Commanding Gen- neral of the Seventh Corps Area, with headquarters at Omaha, will command the Fourth Army, Major General Albert J. Bowley, normally the Fourth Army Com mander, will direct the entire ex ercise from a neutral position. Like General Bowley, General Bi shop Is an artilleryman He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant In 1808, immediately upon his gra duatlon from the University of Tennessee. Entering the World war as a Ma jor of Coast Artillery, General Bi shop rose to the temporary rank of Brigadier General. He has seen service In the Philip pines and Hawaii, and on the War Department General Staff. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal for especially meritorious and consplclous service on the War De partment General Staff. Prom February, 1024, to June, 1025, Oeneral Bishop was Com mander of Harbor Defenses at Fort Scott, San Francisco. Local Youths Win Promotions at CMTC The following promotions for CMTC trainees from Salem and nearby communities were announc ed Wednesday, July 10, by Colonel Carle Abrama of Balem, command' lng officer of the 382nd Infantry, now engaged in training CMTC, To be cadet sergeant, John F. Short of Oervals; to be cadet cor porals. Charles J. Zerzan, William B. Crary. James 8. Gemmell and Latimer R. Chambers of Salem. Site of the CMTC activities was moved to the rifle range at Camp Bonneville on July 30 for firing. Roosevelt Declines Bid to Vancouver Vancouver, July 21 MV-President Roosevelt has been obliged to refuse Mayor Telford's Invitation to visit Vancouver, the mayor's office was Informed Thursday by Paul R. Joe- selyn, consul general for the United States here. Mr. Josaelyn received a letter from the White House expressing the re grets of both the president and Mrs. Roosevelt and extending thanks to the mayor and Mrs. Telford tor their Invitation to the president to In clude Vancouver In the Itinerary of his projected visit to the northwest. It was explained the president finds It Impossible to make any further engagements on his tour. Highway Case To Engineers The county court has received telegram from Senator Charles L. McNary In answer to the court's let ter relative to rebuilding the North Santiam highway between Niagara and Detroit in which he says that Immediately on receipt of the court's letter he submitted the matter to the board of army engineers and will give It early attention. He says re cently the situation has been broached to the army engineers by the secretary of agriculture. "I find myself much In accord with your views," the senator tele graphed. The court recently wrote Senator McNary advising of a report that had reached the ears of court mem bers to the effect that under the existing law It was considered ne cessary to reconstruct the new highway caused by the proposed dam, on the same lines as the old highway. Unions Advised On Picket Bill Portland, Ore, July 21 (IIP) AFL unions throughout the state were urged Thursday to continue "ordinary and reasonable activities" In their dealings with employers and not to'become discouraged over the recent decision holding the state antl-plcketing bill valid. Dell E. Nickerson. executive sec retary of the State Federation of Labor, wrote various locals: "Perhaps the feature of the opin ion that Is most vital and alarming Is that Its sweeping drastic effect would fall upon Craft unions. "Should the decision of the lower court be sustained by the higher courts, unions would be rendered Impotent to defend the Inherent rights of their members." He said the federation Is prepar ing an appeal. Guests Shepard Home Zena Mr. and Mrs. Leland Bas sett. Resale and Maurice of Brownsville. Mrs. Robert Kh-norri of Chltlma, Alaska, Veneta Dehne, Vivian Llvlce, Ruth Shepard, Bud Boise, and Leland Roth, all of Cor valhs. were recent lUMti at ih home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Shep ard. i Horsemen to Share $4235 In Show Events Oregon horsemen will share In 14,335 In stakes and prizes at the Oregon state fair horse show which opens Labor day, according to the classification and prize list. The sum Is almost two tunes as great as two years ago, and Indicates the mounting enthusiasm horsemen and the public alike have evidenced since the horse show was revived a few years ago, declares A. W. Metx ger, manager. Several new classes have been added this year. Including a breed ing class for American saddle horses. This class, prize money for which totals 8360, will be judged for conformation during the day, with winners to be paraded at the horse show, which Is a nightly event the first six nights of the fair. Other new classes Include Junior fine harness, ladies' hunters, park hacks, novice flve-galted saddle horses and ladles' flve-galted sad dle horses. Heaviest stake of the show will be the $600 for the roadsters to bike class, with 1100 to be divided tach night to the winners. Second high stake Is the 8500 for the exhibition six horse teams. The powerful six horse teams may also compete for the D. F. Burge perpetual trophy, given by Mrs. Burge to the state fair horse show following the death of Mr. Burge, a veteran exhibitor, last fall. D. F. Burge won the trophy, originally given by Zell Bros, jewelers of Portland, three years In a row, this giving him permanent ownership In 1038. Copies of the horse show classifi cation and prize list may be obtain ed by writing the state fair, Salem. icer Makes Easy Arrest While Sergeant Farley Mogan of the state police was driving on North River road near St. Paul yesterday he was thumbed for a ride by a hitch-hiker. Mogan stopped and the hiker's face dropped when he saw the police uniform. "Well, you got me, didn't you?" he said. Mogan said he bad, while he won dered what It was all about. Conversation with the man and later with the police at Newberg re vealed that the hiker, Paul Cum- mines, had escaped from a hospital at Newberg where he was confined In a strait jacket. Cummlngs had previously been held at the state hospital in Salem as an alcoholic, but had been re leased. He had lost his driver's li cense to the state. He was taken in to custody at Newberg, officers said, when he drove a car recklessly and ran Into another car. He had violently resisted the New berg officers, but gave Mogan no trouble. Mogan took him to Wood- burn where he was held and later he was returned to the state hos pltaL Manager Election Unlikely Tonight The city water commission, at Its regular meeting tonight, probably will take no action towards the elec tion of a manager to succeed the late Cuyler Van Patten, although one sealed letter addressed to the commission and In the hands of Chairman L M. Dough ton may be opened. It Is believed to contain an application to be added to the 13 already on file. E. B. Gabriel, one of the members of the commission, is out of the city and the election of a manager probably will not come up until all members are present. 'Ma ittW t ,,jr...,..,a--i,jr-l n xii ( iimm Hospital In Par Appendix Ont Patty Berg, nation's No. 1 wom an golfer, tried to smile and say "I feel pretty good," after under : going an emergency operation In Minneapolis for appendicitis. Patty's physician said she was doing "as well as can be expected." Patty's parents, however, said she would soon be back In golf competition. Associated Press Photo. Stamp Issue Expected to JS Rule to Follow Age fa a "SMawirief stick" of qeallly that's why florae's tflUtlmr la pre- Misaws Hi 90 proof. I i Washington, July 21 (U.B The postoffice department figured Thursday it would net several mil' lions of dollars from the Issuance of its proposed series of stamps honoring 35 famous Americans. But It appeared that It also-would net several million headaches. Not all of America agrees with the government's selection of the 35 inventors, authors, educators, poets, artists, composers and scientists whose likenesses appear on the new stamps. Less than 24 hours after the de partment announced its plans for the series, complaints began ar riving. Lots of people wanted to know why Thomas A. Edison wasn't In the department's list of inventors. which Included Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel F. B. Morse, Cyrus H. McCormlck, Eli Whitney, and Ellas Howe. The department ex plained that a stamp already had been issued honoring Edison for his Invention of the electric light But the department dldnt ex plain why it omitted Edgar Allen Poe from its authors Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, Washington Irving, Louisa May Alcott and James Fenlmore Cooper. Others said what about Nathaniel . Hawthorne and Horatio Alger? Music lovers were stirred over the omission of George Gershwin from the composers Stephen Foster, Vic tor Herbert, Edward MacDowell, Ethelbert Nevln and John Philip sousa. Kurt Hetzel, conductor of the Washington civic symphony, said Gershwin "doubtless will go down In history as one of our lead ing composers." - Among the painters and sculptors. some complained that Mary Cas sett deserved a place along with the five selected J. A. McNeill Whist ler, Gilbert Stuart, Frederick Rem ington, Augustus St. Oaudens and Daniel Chester French. Woman Defies Enemiesof CalltAr niuiriA I UlllVl isiiiiiv Newport, R. I., July 21 (U.B Tar-and-feather threat failed today to halt Mrs. Angela O. Kaufman' preparations for the barbecue and fish fry with which she will welcome Father Divine and 2,000 dusky an gels to their Newport heaven about August 1. She said police had been asked to Investigate an anonymous letter threatening her with violence, but that she was going ahead with her plan to give her home In the heart of this swank society summer col only to the negro cult leader. The 43-year-old former wife of turn la,- Injanh Kaufman, "safety razor Diaoe sing, oiierea ner noma to Father Divine after ner million aire neighbors, seeking to preserve their privacy, prevented her obtain ing a liquor license to operate the mansion as a hotel. "There are more than 1,000 of us," the anonymous letter said. "We stand ready to march on your horn and you and apply the tar bucket and feathers If you continue to of fer Father Divine your home." It was mailed hen and was signed "from one who means business." V s A P C E A C T I I A O L N VAN DUYN CHOCOLATES 28 assorted $1.00 We Invite you to visit our can dy department. We have large display of ensemble packs 450 to' $2.25. Golden Pheasant H N. Liberty Bishop's Great Florsheim Shoe Sale ( . . Now in Full Swing I ... J -VT? ivjtteSft' FLORSHEIM SHOES anion. MB It Unt often w reduce the price en Floraheim Shoe... and when we do It's not for !ongl...Better come in today while stocks are unbroken and get one or two pairs... They may never be so lowagainl Values to 11.50 $85 iomi imii Q85 Several More Styles at 6.85 KMD IS9Q
