1
Wednesday; August
ill Locals li
W. h. (Bill Carver, who has been
j In 111 health for several months,
j was admitted to the veterans' hos-
pttal In Portland Wednesday for
;,: clinical weaimeni ana ODservauon,
:-- It Is expected he will be In the hos-
pltal at least a few weeks.
) Spec. Sults-pl. dresses cl.-pr. 60o.
i Cash-carry. Woods Clean. 970 Union
J 203
O. D. McLane, sawyer at the
Mitchell mill above Idanha, is In
the hospital here. He was taken 111
suddenly Monday. McLane received
a fracture of the neck last fall and
has felt the effects at various times
but had been in good health during
the last few months.
Starting removal sale, Ray L. Far
mer Hdw. Co. Court & Coml. 309
William H. Wright, former min
ister of music of the First Presby
terian church of Salem, will be tenor
soloist at the regular mid-week ser
vice of the Presbyterian church
Thursday evening, at 7:30. Wright,
who is now director of music at
Temple Baptist church In Los An
geles, Is spending a few days of his
vacation in 6alem. This will be the
only appearance of Prof. Wright
during his visit in Salem. Rev. Os
car W. Payne will continue his pre
sentation of "The Harmony of the
Gospels," which has been proving
an interesting study.
Lutz, Florist, P 9593, 1278 N. Ub.
Excavation work for the new par
ochial school, to be constructed In
connection with Sacred Heart acad
emy and the St. Joseph's Catholic
church parish, was started Wed
nesday morning. The first unit of
a building to cost approximately
$30,000 when finally completed Is
located on the Winter street sec
tion of the lot just back of the
St. Joseph's parish hall and to the
rear of the academy. The unit un
der construction Is to cost $15,000
and the entrance will be on Winter
street.
Wanted : Former employes to reg
ister for tomato and prune work.
Starr Fruit Products Co. 200
Maccabees, No. 84D, will meet In
the Fraternal temple Thursday night
at 8 o'clock. Commander John Rich
es presiding. "Fraternal Day" at the
Oregon State Fair will be discussed
and a program has been arranged by
. Thomas Rogers, chairman. All visit
ing and active Maccabees are In
vited to attend.
Calcimine 5c lb. Ray L. Farmer
Hdw. Co. removal sale. Court-Corn 'I
209
Workmen are engaged Jn re
coating a portion of the surface of
the postofflce roof today. No par
ticular defects have appeared in the
roof and the work being done today
Is In connection with the govern
ment's program of making Inspec
tions and repairs at periodic Inter
vals. While the men on the Job
were heating the tar for applica
tion the flames spread to the vat
and burned fiercely for several min
utes before it could be extinguish
ed. The Meadows now open evenings.
Special prices on fountain Hems.
The best chocolate soda in town. 203
Clayton Foreman, president of the
City Bowling league, has called a
meeting of the organization for 8
o clock tonight at the Perfection
alleys. Plans for the season's ac
tivities will be discussed. '
Anti-third term democrats of
Marlon county will hold a second
meeting at the Marlon hotel at
Townsend
Clubs
Townsend club No. 16 meets
Thursday at 8 p. m. at the home of
F. N Berry, 714 south 19th street,
piano accordlan music by Prof.
James Chambers of Corvallis.
Townsend club No, 4, will meet
at Highland school tonight at 7:30
in a regular meeting.
Club members and friends are
urged to attend a meeting of Town
send club No. 15 to be held Thurs
day evening, August 22, at 8 o'clock,
at the home of J. J. Kleeman, Hol
lywood drive. Special news flashes
from Washington. D. C, will be read.
RADIO
Day by Day
(Time ! Pacific Standard)
New York. Aur. Jl W Friday nUht
wlU be an excltlnt one for Son J a Heinle,
tctress, who must register with Uncle 6am
as an alien. She has taken out her tint
citizenship papers, but Is subject to the
alien registration law. She will speak
briefly. Miss H Tile's socialite husband,
Can Topplm, will attend.
Meredith Wlllson's Tuesday night Musi
cal Review, booked orlilnally as t sum
mer filler for Fibber McOee and Molly,
has been extended an additional four
weeks until October 1 to alve P. and
M. more vacation. The allow Is on WEAF
NBC at 6:30.
Columbia Is killing "We, the People," at
B next Tuesday to carry Senator Mc
Nary'a speech acceptlm the republican
vice-presidential nomination. WEAF-NBC
will carry It also.
Listening tonight (Wednesday!: Eur
ope WEAF-NBC, 3:1S. 3:45; CBS 4:59.
6:30; WJZ-NBC 8; MBS 6. 8:15; army
maneuvers; MBS, 7:15, interviews.
Comlnr Thursday: WF.AF-KBC. 9:50
a m.. Gen. Stephen Fuqua describes end
of war maneuvers (also WJZ-NBC.t CBS.
1:30 p.m. national douolea tennis, fourth
round, Ted Huiini.
21, 1940
7:30 o'clock this evening to per
fect a democratic Willkle-McNary
club. AH Interested democrats are
Invited to attend.
Rummage Frl., Sat., 455 Court. 202
Corsages, Eola Acres. Ph. 5730. 199
Ralph M. Cake, republican na
tional committeeman for the state
of Oregon, has been secured as the
principal speaker during the week
ly luncheon of the Snlem Lions
club Thursday noon at the Marion
hotel. He will speak concerning
the "Highlights of the National Re
publican Convention."
Wanted: Women to register for
tomato and prune work. Starr Fruit
Produce Co. 201
FHA loans 90 25 years 4H in
terest. Hawkins cfe Roberts, Inc. 199
A tar pot fire at the post office
called the fire department this
morning. No damage was done.
There is no higher ranking com
mercial school in Oregon than the
Capital Business College tf Salem.
Call and Investigate. 203
Buy your next TIRES or BAT
TERY from McCune & Lovell. Cen
ter at Church St., and receive a
FREE ticket to Ore. State Fair. 199
James Davenport Hannaman,
828 South 12th, drove his automo
bile into collision with the railing
of ths Prlngle creek bridge In the
900 block on Mission street when he
looked back to see if he was fol
lowed by an officer. This he admit
ted when he was approached by
the officer after the crash. He
had overtaken the officer's car,
driving very rapidly, the officer re
ported. The officer was In the act
of turning in the street to follow,
and as he did so he saw the tail
light of Hannaman's car "loop
the loop" to quote his report. Han
naman said the car skidded when
It hit gravel.
The Meadows now open evenings.
Special prices on fountain items.
The best chocolate soda In town. 203
Wanted: Used Western Saddle.
State price and condition. Box 234
Capital Journal. 203
The city of Salem suggested to
day that the state pay $125,000 to
ward the cost of the city's proposed
$400,000 sewage treatment plant, but
the state board of control said It
would negotiate the matter with the
council. The proposal will appear
on the city's November ballot. The
state would pay Its share of the
cost because the city would treat
sewage from several state Institu
tions. For watch and clock repairing
H. T. Love, 141 S. Liberty. 199
The state board of control today
unanimously approved the contract
for printing the Oregon State col
lege Barometer by the Corvallis Gazette-Times.
The printing of the
year book during the 1940-41 sea
son will be financed by students,
but the actual payment will come
through the secretary of state's of
fice. The state board of higher ed
ucation will supervise the work.
The Meadows now open evenings.
Special prices on fountain items,
The best chocolate soda in town. 203
Chrysler Funeral
Held in New York
New York, Aug. 31 (U.R) Funeral
services for Walter P. Chrysler, 65-year-old
automobile manufacturer,
were held today at St. Bartholo
mew's church following a family
prayer service at the Great Neck,
Long Island, estate where he died
Sunday night of cerebral hemorr
hage. The Informal service, attended by
members of the family and house
hold, was conducted by Dr. M. C.
McKechnie, rector of All Saints
church, Great Neck, N. Y. The
church service was conducted by
Rev, Dr. Frederic Underwood, as
sistant minister of St. Bartholo
mew's. Honorary pallbearers included
Jules S. Bache, banker; Walter O.
Brlggs, Fred J. Fisher and Lawrence
P. Fisher, automobile body manu
facturers; Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., of
General Motors company; Juan T.
Trippe, head of the Pan American
Airways, and Ernest T, Weir, steel
company executive.
Interment was at Sleepy Hollow
cemetery, Tarrytown, N. Y.
4 Film Luminaries
Cleared by Dies
San Francisco, Aug. 31 (JPj Three
notable film actors and a scenario
writer have been cleared by the Dies
committee of accusations that they
were communist sympathizers.
After a careful study of testi
mony. Representative Martin Dies
said today that there was no evi
dence to indicate that the actors,
James Cagney, Frederic March and
Humphrey Bogart, or the writer,
Phil Dunne, had ever been connect
ed with communist activities,
P.M. for Marehfield
Washington, Aug. 31 W Presi
dent Roosevelt has sent to the sen
ate the nomination of William P.
McKenna for postmaster at Marsh
field, Ore.
People of New Zealand have
loaned the government $8,000,000
free of Interest for tiie duration ol
the war.
Robinson Held
For Manslaughter
.(Continued
Finally they left the trailer
house, still arguing violently, and
what followed was observed by sev
eral witnesses. Mrs. Phyllis Rams
den and Mrs, Maude Beck man, who
live near the trailer house, told of
ficers that when the two men left
Lhe trailer, Williams was seen ap
parently searching Robinson's pock
ets, accusing him of stealing a
watch. Then they started scuffling
and Williams is said to have struck
Robinson over the head with
12-gauge shotgun and attempted
to choke him. Robinson s pummel
ed appearance indicated that he
had been attacked. He Is held In
the county Jail.
Williams, witnesses said, returned
to the trailer and Robinson got into
his car and started to drive towards
the highway when Williams again
came out and Jumped onto the run
ning board of the car. Robinson
for a moment lost control of the car
and drove It Into collision with
pergola of the Robert Ramsden
home, knocking It over.
The story, as told to the 'police.
Indicates that Robinson then turn
ed the car towards Williams and
ran over him, and drove over him
after he had fallen. Then, the of
ficers were told, he reversed the
car and backed It over Williams'
body. Robinson then drove away
and was later arrested at Rickreall.
Mrs. Ramsden and Mrs. Beckman
telephoned the sheriff's office. De
puty L. L. Plttenger hastened to
the scene after calling the first aid
American League
Chicago 000 000 0000 S 1
Philadelphia ...200 010 OOx 3 5 0
Rigney and Tresh; Beckman and
F. Hayes.
National League
Boston 010 100 0002 8 1
Pittsburgh ....001 100 Olx 3 10 0
Sullivan and Masl; Heintzelman
and Davis.
Irish Mail Boat
Bombed by Nazis
Dublin, Aug. 21 (U.R) German
bombing planes, overshooting the
west coast of Wales, carried the
war into St. George's channel of
the Irish sea, by bombing the Irish
mail boat St Patrick off the coast
of County Wexrord, Eire, for the
second time in four days.
The boat, carrying passengers be
tween Fishguard, Wales, and Ross-
lare, Eire, avoided the shower of
bombs by zlg-zagglng and drove off
the three attacking planes with its
two defense guns. The attack oc
curred yesterday. The three Ger
man planes were believed to be those
which machine-gunned the 400-ton
steamer Rose Marie off the south
coast of Eire yesterday, wounding
one member of the crew.
Court News
Circuit Court
Transcript hu been filed from Sa
lem Justice court In the caso of Grler
Brothers Co. vs. Loren W. Hall.
Divorce decrees have been granted
In the case of Ernest vs. Alma M.
Armstrong and EUnora vs. Merle F,
Mattbes, name of EUnora McCrone
Deing restored, to plaintiff in the lat
ter decree. In the case of Bessie E
vs. Andrew Bracken defendant has
been adjudged guUtv of contemDt and
given until August 25 in which to
purge nimseir by payment of S13.33.
Motion has been overruled and de
fendant given to August 30 to answer
in tne case or Bessie I. watkina vs,
Wilfred P. Watkina.
Order In the case of state ex rel
Lorena Savage vs. Delbert Savage va
cates a previous order of August 8
and rinds the defendant guilty
contempt for non-payment of support
money provided for In a decree grant
ed February 16, 1937. Time Is given to
December fl In which defendant may
purge nimseir or tne contempt ay pay
ment of sso.
Probate Court
Mlna Cooper In her annual report
as guardian for Joan E. and Bruce
cooper snows receipts ana aisDurse
menu of 9150.
ADnralsal of S15.446.61 In cash and
deposits has been made on the estate
of Wllhelmina Zorn by A. A. Uivln.
Elmer Johnson and Reber G. Allen.
Final account of Mary Joe Birth
on the estate of Josle Stalker shows
receipts of S1467.05, disbursements of
S92B.I3 and balance or sssn.sz in casn
as well as (3760 In real and 93044 In
personal property.
Lucre ti a Drsger as administratrix
of the estate of David O. Drager has
been authorised to sell oersonal nroD-
erty of the estate to meet- costs of
administration. Claims ana cnarges.
Police Court
li. R. King, route 3, Is booked for
having no drivers license. He was
Involved In a collision at Commercial
and Trade.
Clarence L. Rowland, route
charged with falling to observe I
sign.
4, is
stop
Georse J. Herschbach. 120 Abrams
Is booked for violation of the basic
speed rule.
Marriage Licenses
Albert t. Belt. 31. baker, and Mil
dred M. Claybrook, 20, candy factory
worser, Dotn ouo Marion, oaiem.
Wayne B. Llveeay, 26, lumber yard,
woodmirn, and veona Trouat, is.
home, Hubbard.
James Kelson, 21, farmer, Hood
River, and Anna Johnson, 22, house
keeper, Troutdale.
Palmer W. Bue, legal, engineer.
1227 court, and wuietta 8 need, legal
domestic, 835 Academy, both Salem.
Late Sports
The Capital
from page, l)
car. Williams was taken by the
first aid car to a hospital, where
he died at 3:55 o'clock. The offi
cers found a hat near the Wil
liams trailer which was identified
as Robinson's by Initials, and his
car license was checked at the state
department. He was shortly after
wards arrested at Rickreall by State
Police Officer C. E. Emahlser.
Another witness questioned was
G. R. Mudd, who Is said to have
been with Williams during the day
and the preceding night and to
have been present during the dis
pute. Officers said Robinson claim-
ell Williams shot at him twice as
he was driving away, and that the
shots broke the windshield and two
windows of his car. but there was no
evidence of shots being fired.
When officers asked Robinson If
he had Intentionally backed his
car over Williams he is said to
have replied, "I hope I backed over
him." Wounds on Robinson's head
were treated by a doctor before he
was questioned at the courthouse
by the district attorney and the
police.
Williams' trailer is located on a
10-acre prune tract that he owned.
He quit the battery business In
Salem In 1936 after having follow
ed it here for 15 years. He is sur
vived by a son, Joseph, Jr., who Is
in the navy, and by a brother,
William, of Wenatchee. Palmer
Williams, route 3, Is a cousin.
Pepper Hanged in
Effigy by Women
Washington, Aug. 21 U.R
qn conscription progressed in the senate chamber today
more than 100 women, representing the Congress of Ameri
can Mothers, Hanged an erngy oi-
Sen. Claude Pepper (D-Fla.) on the
capitol lawn in protest to conscrip
tion and what they called "other
un-American activities."
Spokesmen for the delegation
said they represented 10,000 mem
bers throughout the nation. Dele-
f rom Indiana, Minnesota,
Michigan, Illinois, California, Penn
sylvania and Ohio engaged in the
demonstration, which was inter
rupted by capitol police.
The delegation, which assembled
across the street from the capitol,
produced a dummy with a long
rope attached. They dragged It to
a maple tree and swung It over a
lower branch.
The dummy, clad In overalls, bore
a placard across the front marked:
"Claude 'Benedict Arnold' Pep
per." Soon after the dummy was plac
ed on the limb, a capitol policeman
arrived, produced a knife, and had
a delegate Mrs. W. H. Flrlie of
Pittsburgh, Pa. cut it down.
The women, mostly beyond middle-age,
heckled a man who said:
"This surely Is an un-American
demonstration.''
The man, who did not Identify
himself, walked hastily away when
delegates gathered about him and
shouted:
"Are you an American? Who are
you? Go awayl"
After the dummy was cut down
the delegation marched around the
capitol. Leaders dragged the dum
my In front of them. Various wo
men strode out of the line to stop
the dummy. Hundreds of tourists
watched.
The marchers sang "We'll hang
Claude Pepper to a sour apple tree."
Bomb Explodes
In Capital Mail
Washington, Aug. 31 (A3) A bomb,
described by police as small and
poorly constructed, exploded today
in a U street branch post office, In
juring two postal employes.
The bomb, in a mail bag being un
loaded from a truck to a platform,
was in a package addressed to a wo
man whose name authorities with
held. Those injured were Harry B.
Hess, 58, and Hyman Rltzenberg, 33,
both of whom suffered shoulder and
leg lacerations.
"I had my hand on the string of
this sack when I heard a report,"
Rltzenberg said. "It sounded like
two giant firecrackers going off at
the same time."
"I looked down at my leg and it
was bleeding and then I looked at
my shoulder and there was blood on
it.'
Allotment Will
Aid Navigation
Seattle, Aug. 31 (P A $151,600
allotment for aids to navigation on
the Columbia and Snake rivers, in
cluding a 30-foot channel between
Vancouver, Wash., and The Dal
les, Ore., in connection with river
navigation to Lewiston, Ida., was
announced today by Capt. W. H.
Munter, -coast guard district com
mander. He said engineering officers of
the coast guards left Vancouver yes
terday aboard the cutter Rhododen
dron to Inspect the river to The
Dallas. He said $64,000 had been al
lotted for this project, plus $25,
000 for a maintenance base at Van
couver Barracks.
A $39,000 allotment will be used
to Install aids between Celllo Falls
and the mouth of the Snake river.
Exchange Seat $35,000
New York, Aug. 31 &) A mem
bership In the New York Stock Ex
change sold today for $35,000, low
est since 1914. and $00 less than
the previous sale.
Journal, Salens Oregon
FDR Ignores
Debate Offer
Hyde Park. N. Y., Aug. 31 OF)
Ignoring Wendell L. Willkle s second
challenge to President Roosevelt to
debate political Issues, the White
House stood pat today on Mr. Roose
velt's assertion that conditions this
year obviously made It Impossible
for him to campaign. '
Thus, with one candidate avow
edly bent on keeping out of the
political arena and the other in
stumping the country, one of the od
dest campaigns in the history of
American politics was taking shape
Willkie first challenged Mr. Roose
velt to meet him in debate in hits
speech in accepting the republican
presidential nomination. The chief
executive rejected the proposal at
a press conference yesterday.
Things are in such shape this year,
the president said, that It Is ob
vious he cannot do any political
campaigning. He referred to world
conditions and American armament
efforts.
The president has indicated that
national defense problems would be
his primary concern. They figured
prominently In his press conference
and, apparently, in a, luncneon ap
pointment yesterday with William
C. Bullitt, United States ambas
sador to France, and Bernard Bar
uch, chairman of the war industries
board during the World war.
While a stormy argument
Klamath Fires
Under Control
Klamath Falls, Aug. 31 (ffV-Four
large, forest fires on the Klamath
Indian reservation were again
brought under control this morning
after yesterdays high wind sent
them surging over fire lines, leap
ing almost a mile In some cases.
The Swan lake fire swooped over
600 new acres late Tuesday and re
inforcements were called from Cra
ter lake national park and the Ya
kima reservation. The fire has
blackened 8600 acres since it started
last week.
The WOO-acre Wilson Point fire
broke out on the north end yes
terday and set fire to a peat marsh
At about the same time the Black
Hills blaze was blown over fire
trails and Increased to 500 acres in
area. Another fire near Kirk cov
ered 300 acres.
Continuation of
Road Widening
from page 1
der the formation of an association
looking to an eventual Improved
highway from Salem through King's
Valley and after a number of meet
ings and discussions with the vari
ous other interests Involved the
highway commission consented to
make the survey and provide the
estimates.
Both the city council and county
court did not care to commit them
selves as to the road until the prob
able expense Involved was avail
able and this could not be secured
without the survey.
The basis of the whole propo
sition is a possible WPA project and
such a project requires that the
sponsors put up a certain percentage
of the funds. In this case the spon
sor would be the city inside the
city limits and the county outside
from the city limits to wherever
it Is decided to take the road on
its first lap.
The road in question carries i
very heavy traffic and Is especi
ally narrow in places constituting
a bottle neck which ut considered
ideal as a WPA project and would
furnish employment to a large num
ber of men.
Celebration for
M'Nary Planned
(Continued
asked to close at 3 o'clock on McNary
day In order to give everyone an op
portunity to attend the notification
ceremonies, which start at 4:30 pm.
at the state fairgrounds.
State employes will also be given
an opportunity to Join in the event,
the state board of control adopting
a motion this morning to close all
offices at 3 o'clock.
"I don't often recommend that
state offices be closed," said Gover
nor Spraguc during the discussion,
"but this national event la of such
significance that I feel we should
let state employes off so they can
attend.
"This action has no political sig
nificance. It Is merely a personal
tribute to Senator McNary. who has
been so active in state affairs."
The first scheduled event in con
nection with the notification pro
gram will take place Sunday, the
day of the senator's arrival home
from Washington, when a fleet of
75 airplanes from all parts of the
northwest that are slated to engage
In a lining meet at Albany that day,
Laymen Discuss
Methodist Problems
Problems of the denomination and suggestions whereby
the laymen of the organization may extend its influence were
under discussion during the lay leaders' retreat of the Salem
district of the Methodist church
this forenoon. The retreat, being
held In the educational department
of the Plrst Methodist church, will
close tonight with a fellowship din
ner honoring Bishop and Mrs. Bruce
R. Baxter and the bishop's mother,
resident of Hollywood who Is
spending the summer In Salem.
Laymen of the church have grown
soft, Frank R. Bennett, superin
tendent of the Salem schools.
Germans Claim
Weather Halts
Mass Air Raids
(Continued from Page One?
casualties were not learned.
Several planes took part In the
raid.
Italian Communique
Rome. Aug. 21 (U.PJ Italy admit
ted an intensification of British air
raids on Italian positions through
out Ethiopia today.
War communique No. 74, Issued
from general headquarters, said
that the British had raided Mega,
Qelib and Dire Dawa in Ethiopia.
Neutral shipping had been warn
ed that vessels approaching with
in 30 miles of the coast of the Me
diterranean, Red sea, Gulf of Aden,
Egypt and British African colonies
henceforth were "in danger of des
truction by mines or other means of
war."
The communique said that Ital
ian bombing formations had "at
tacked successfully and hit air bases
Malta." It claimed that all
Italian planes returned safely "des
pite violent enemy reaction."
Rome, Aug. 31 P War flared
to new Intensity In the Mediterran
ean today as Italy launched a "to
tal blockade" of British territories
In that region and Stefan I, the It
alian news agency, reported a furi
ous air-sea battle In which It said
seven British planes were shot down.
Time and place of the battle
were not disclosed, but steran.'s
correspondent said an Italian air
squadron had attacked large British
warships protected by lighter vessels
and a squadron of Gloater-aiadla-
tor planes, with "considerable ef
fect. In addition to the seven
British planes shot down, he said,
two others were possibly destroyed,
New Members on
GOP Committee
Announcement has been made
that B. F. Pound, county chairman
of the republican county central
committee, has named additional
members to the finance com'
mlttee of the organization ft
follows: Ed B. Gam-lel, chairman,
Grant Day. A. A. Lee, D. B. Hill,
George Manolls, B. E. (Kelly) Owen,
Ed Kennedy, Carle Abrams and Wil
liam Rush. Other members already
on the committee are Ernest Miller,
Lewis Judson. William McGilchrist,
Jr., Milton Meyers, Wayne Dough
ton, Rex W. Ross, Katherlne Gou-
let, W. W. Ohadwick, Frank Derby
T. M. Hicks, Laurence Rich, U. G.
Bower, Anna Pierce, Mrs. Floyd
White, Mrs. Rex Sanford and Fred
Lamport.
A meeting of the committee has
been called for 8 o'clock Monday
night at headquarters at the Marlon
hotel when T. H. Ban field, chair
man of the finance committee for
the state central committee, will be
present. It Is stated at headquarters
here that the state and county com
mittees are the only authorized bo
dies for the raising of party cam
paign funds.
Washington, Aug. 21 WV-In 40-
below temperature, the staff of the
United States Antarctic service cele
brated today the approaching end
of the four-month-long winter
night.
Dr. Paul A. Siple, west base lead
er, radioed that the sun was ex
pected to show Itself fllttlngly at
noon today. However, for several
weeks, the sun will be visible only
for a short time dally.
from page 1)
will fly en masse over Fircone the
McNary farm home and dip In sa
lute to the vice presidential nomi
nee. The planes are scheduled to be
over Fircone at 3:30 in the after
noon.
So far no events are slated for
Monday, which Senator McNary Is
expected to spend in seclusion at
home and in conferences with party
leaders. Informal events will fill the
hours of Tuesday, however, and
plans are under way to keep seven
or eight bands and drum corps play
ing on downtown streets throughout
the morning and early afternoon
hours for the entertainment of
crowds expected from all parts of
the state.
At noon Tuesday the Marion coun-
ty republican central committee
will entertain precinct committee
men and women from all parts of
the state at luncheon at the Marlon
hotel, while Senator and Mrs. Mc
Nary will be host and hostess to
members of the notification com
mlttee and press correspondents at
Fircone,
charged during a discussion of "The
Layman Looks at His Church." "It
is not for easy tasks we should ask,"
the speaker continued as he point
ed out a program where the church
should operate as an Institution
which can lift up a vision outside
the borders of the state and the
nation." "The layman looking at
his church should look at It as an
institution where man becomes re
generated for new purposes," Su
perintendent Bennett declared.
The speaker then went on to con
trast the two philosophies which
were prominent In the world today
each one bitterly opposed to the
other. In this connection he de
clared the christian must not be
overpowered with the sense of de
featism. One philosophy, he said,
builds Itself on vengeance which
leads to war. "In contrast there
is the philosophy of equality, shot
through with love." He deplored
the curtailment In giving on the
part of the church membership to
world services, in stating that the
denomination had work to do out
side the borders of the nation."
Other speakers on this forenoon's
program were Clyde Williamson. C.
F. French and Lloyd Ollson, au of
the Salem district.
Following a luncheon at noon, Dr.
Sidney W. Hall, superintendent of
Cascade district, spoke on "The
Church Cares for Its Veterans," Ad
ditional speakers were J. Edgar Pur-
B. T. Kumler and G. A. Rice.
Visits to Willamette university, the
state capitol and the state prison
were scheduled for late afternoon.
Dean U. G. Dubach of Oregon
State college will preside as toast
master for tonight's dinner, with re
sponses programmed from Govern
or O. A. Sprague, Rex Putnam, su
perintendent of schools; Dr. J. O.
Harrison, E. A. Nott. Prof. D. H.
Schulze, Judge V. P. Moses and
Bishop Baxter.
At 8 o'clock a mass meeting and
bishop's reception will be held with
Bishop Baxter addressing the as
semblage. Mrs. A. Oehler
Dies at Home
Mrs. Helen Oehler died early this
morning at the family residence,
1640 South High street, at the age of
09 years. She had been a resident
of Salem alnce November, 1818, and
had a wide circle of friends. She
was a member of Christ Lutheran
cnurch.
Helen Spltzbart 9s married to
Albert Oehler In xawkeye, Iowa, 49
years ago last January 7. They
lived In Minnesota and Iowa before
coming to Oregon. Nine children
were born to the couple, all of
whom survive.
Survivors Include the husband,
Albert Oehler of Salem; three ions,
Erwln A. of Chicago, Arnold J. of
Saddle River, N. J., and Lester O.
Oehler of Corvallis; six daughters,
Mrs. Gertrude Bergman of Baker,
Miss Selma Oehler, Mrs, Clara Lee,
Mrs. Frelda N. Smith, Mrs. Vera
I. Banick and Miss Irma Oehler,
all of Salem; brothers, Louis Spltz
bart of Nevada and Herman and
Charles SplUbart, both of Salem;
sisters, Mrs. Anna Belschner of
Hawkeye. Iowa, and Mrs. Emma
Krueger of Salem, Ten grandchil
dren also survive.
Services will be held Friday aft
ernoon at 3 o'clock from the Clough
Barrlck chapel with Rev. Fred
Theuer officiating. Interment will
be at Belcreat Memorial park. .
Jehovah's Witness
Held for Murder
Portland, Me., Aug. 31 VP) A
crowd of several hundred milled
around the county building today
as Arthur F. Cox, 49. of Philadel
phia, a member of the Jehovah's
Witnesses, was arraigned on a charge
of murder and was granted a con
tinuance until Friday.
Municipal Court Judge Robert de
Wolfe, with the consent of County
Attorney Albert Knudsen, granted
the continuance at the request Qf
Cox, who, through his attorney, said
he had not had time to prepare his
case.
Cox is accused of the fatal shoot
ing yesterday at nearby North
Windham of Deputy Sheriff E. Dean
Pray, 40, who ordered Cox and
Kenneth Carr, 33, of Cape Eliza
beth, from his garage when the two
men allegedly attempted to play
phonographs expounding their sect's
beliefs.
Albany-Eugene
Game to be Replayed
Albany, Aug, 31 (U.R) President
Oeorge Wilhelm of the Oregon
State Baseball league today allow
ed Eugene's protest of Umpire Bus
Nonkin's ninth Inning decision by
which Albany defeated Eugene, 4-3,
Saturday night In a playoff for the
state league title. The game will
be replayed here Saturday night or
Sunday. A win by Eugene would
necessitate another game, aa Al
bany defeated Eugene 10-3 Sunday
at Eugene.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our friends for
their many kindnesses and beautiful
floral offerings during the Illness
and death of our mother. Mrs. Ange
llne Dltmar. Percy Ditmar, Mrs.
Nora Serous. Mr. and Mrs. J. J
Green and Ed Dltmar. 199
Seven
iCIaim British
Firms Sell Oil
To Japanese
Houston, Aug. 31 Wi The Chron
icle today said "the Houston oil ln-
dustry buzzed with reports that two
British-controlled companies were
selling to Japan petroleum products
recently embargoed by the United
States."
Tho Chronicle said one executive
asserted "when the United States
stopped American oil companiea
from shipping aviation gasoline and
other products to Japan, these two
international oil companies, one
controlled directly by the British
government, stepped In and began
supplying the Japanese market.
Apparently," the Chronicle quot-
ed him anonymously, "this Is part
of England's appeasement policy to
ward Japan."
The Chronicle said "he termed tha
situation 'a screwy one," with tha
two Brttlsh-conrtolled companies
supplying Japan, axis partner of
Germany, with oil."
London, Aug. 11 Pi Sale of Brit
ish oil to Japan and the closing of
the Burma road over which war sup
plies were sent to the central Chin
ese government at Chungking were
assailed In commons today by Geof
frey Mander, liberal member of par
liament, aa "grossly unfair."
R, A. Butler, under-iecretary of
state for foreign affairs, replied that
It was not the government's policy
to "Interfere" with the commercial
activities of the Anglo-Iranian OU
company, which sold a million bar
rels of oil to Japan in April with
government approval.
Joint Use of
Bases in Effect
London, Aug. 31 W British for
eign office sources cited the British-American
agreement of 1938 for
Joint control of Canton and En
derbury Islands In the Pacific to
day as an illustration of Prima
Minister Churchill's statement yes
terday that the "association of In
terest for common purposes" be
tween the two countries had de
veloped before the war.
The officials offered the state
ment as a result of reported Jap
anese concern over rumors that
Britain la offering to lease defense
bases In the Pacific.
It waa said authoritatively that
the reports may have arisen from
misunderstanding of a portion of
Churchill's speech yesterday.
The Islands were placed under
Joint control for use of British
and American civil aviation com
panies August 11, 1938, and on Ap
ril 18 last year, Great Britain and
the United States agreed to ex
tend the arrangement for 50 years,
with the possibility of continuing
It indefinitely.
No new lease for defense pur
poses Is Involved, these sources said.
These sources said there waa "no
question of price or conslderatlona"
in the arrangement. Britain and
the United States had decided on
Joint control before the war, fol
lowing a dispute over ownership
in 1938.
Morse to Mail
Order by Saturday
San Francisco, Aug. 31 (U.R) Dea
Wayne L. Morse returned to Port
land today after completing a
hearing in connection with contract
negotiations between the Waterfront
Employers' association and the In
ternational Longshoremen'i and
Warehousemen's union.
Morse, Pacific 'coast longshore ar
bitrator, said he would have his
decision In the mails by Saturday
night.
The two day hearing covered
charges of union representatives
that employers were guilty of "fla
grantly bad faith" In falling to en
ter into contract negotiations.
Employers countered they were
willing to negotiate at any time, but
refused to bond themselves by any
concessions prior to opening of ne
gotiations. The groups have Been operating
since last Sept. 30 under an Inde
finite extension of the 1939 con
tract. Shake-up Near in
British Cabinet
London, Aug. 31 (Pi Well-in
formed political quarters predicted
today there would be a British cab
inet change shortly after the fort
night's adjournment of parliament
starting tomorrow.
Retirement of Neville Chamber
lain, lord president of council, and
replacement of Foreign Secretary
Lord Halifax are mentioned.
Herbert Morrison, minister of sup
ply, and Alfred Duff-Cooper, min
ister of Information, also were dis
cussed aa likely to leave the government.