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I G apital m Journal ?doEn Salem, Oregon 3 Q I H . Tuesday, January 21, 1941 F Weather Rain tonight and showers Wednes day, strong southeast winds. Monday max. Si, mln. 33. Rain 0. River 10.8 ft. N.W. wind, cloudy. Legislative News To know what It going on In the legislator V Jay M happens, you must read tipapltal Journal. 53rd YmjV No. 18 Entered M tecond oliu matter at Salem, Oregon Price Three Cents SLEEEcS? British Launch Major Attae;p Tobryk Sprague Forest Conservation 'Bills Offered 17 Measures in Program To Acquire Areas for Re seeding; Pension Probe Governor Charles Sprague's program for forest ry conservation was submit ted to the legislature today in 17 bills, including a measure to enable the state to obtain title to forest lands from any owner so that the state may develop these lands itself. Other measures would give the state forester more pow ers in control of fire suppres sion and prevention, force log- j. glng operators to use precautionary measures, change the Incendiarism penalty from two to live years, and change the closed season from April 1 to December 31, Instead of from May 15 to December 31, One of Six Bills The program is one of the six points of Governor Sprague's mes sage to the legislature, and the bills, placed on legislators' desks today, will be Introduced late today or to morrow. The 1939 legislature gave the state authority to acquire forest lands from the counties, but this power would be extended to permit acqul sltlon of private lands. The state thus would acquire Vast areas ior re-seeaing. Other bills would Impose severe restrictions on logging and mill op- erators to prevent them from using equipment likely to cause fires. The operators would be required to equip their crews for fire-fighting. Objectives Sought The Oregon economic council, which drafted the legislation, said the program has these three objec tives: The preservation of the for est resource against the time of har- vest, the orderly harvest, and con stant renewal of the resource, The legislature, which during the first nine days of Its session has been occupied almost exclusively with the Introduction of bills, will beginlate this week or early next week to pass measures, Speaker itoDerc o. Farrell, Jr said. Old age pension legislation came to the front today with a resolution by Rep. Vernon D. Bull (D.-Unlon) demanding an Investigation of the administration of the pension law. otner bills would increase maxl mum pensions from (30 to $40 t month, and provide that at least two of the seven members of each county public welfare commission shall be on relief rolls. Anti-Gambling Bills Sen. Thomas R. Mahoney (D. Multnomah) Introduced two bills which he said would "break up a gambling ring which has been go ing pretty strong in Portland for the last 20 years." One of them would make It a fel ony Instead of a misdemeanor to operate a gambling establishment and would remove guilt from the player. The supreme court recently held that the' player shares guilt equally with the operator. The second measure, similar to a bill which passed the senate last session but died In the house, would make the landlord of a gambling es tablishment a defendant In any suit ro recover gamming losses. Sen. Lew Wallace (D.-Multno mah) Introduced a bill which would give to each old age pension appli cant the maximum pension less any monthly Income the applicant has from other sources. Wallace said - many needy persons were beinj de nied pensions because they had I monthly Income of a few dollars. British Women Smother Fire Bombs London, Jan. 31 W) Housewives were reported to have dropped their mtcnen work in a town on the out skirts of London today to smother fire bombs unloaded by a German raider. Two alarms sounded In the capital after a raid-free night throughout the British Isles. British accounts said the nazi incendiaries were ex tinguished as quickly as they fell. A single German plane was said to have made four machine-gun attacks on an East England town, Athen dumped high explosives. Ac counts of these attacks said only one person was Injured and only light damage done. London's first alarm came late In the morning and the second In the early afternoon. I Kennedy Says British Divided On U. S. Entrance Retiring Envoy Says Brit ain in Crisis Since June; Nazis Don't Rule Air Washington, Jan. 21 (F) Joseph P. Kennedy, the retir ing ambassador to London, said flatly today that he was "against" the lend-lease bill for aid to Britain "in its pres ent form. After more than three hours testimony before the house foreign affairs commit tee, Kennedy was told by Rep. Chipperfield (R.-Ill.) that Chipperfield had been unable to determine the ambassador's atti tude toward the legislation. 'Are you for or against this bill In Its present form?" he asked. Against the Bill "I'm against this bill In Its pres ent form," Kennedy replied. He add ed that he had no specific propos als for- amendment. Previously he had agreed with various suggestions for amendments put forward by members of the com mittee, including those which would limit the president's powers under tne legislation. On the other hand, Kennedy had expressed approval several times for all aid to Britain short of war and which would not Inevitably lead to war, but he also had stressed his belief that re-armament was Amer ica's main problem and that aid to Britain should be considered solely in terms of "what's Best for us.!' Kennedy reported some high Brit ish officials believed the United States should go to war against Germany but that others disagreed Testifying before the house for eign affairs committee, Kennedy said, In response to questions, that some members of the British gov ernment felt that if the United States entered the war It would find a way to carry it through. Others, he said, believed that United States' entrance into the war would be a great detriment to Brit ain's war effort because it would slow down the flow of material aid from America, "There was no unanimity on the question," he said. The carefully dressed diplomat. who reported he went through more (Concluded on page 13, column 7) Communist Paper Raided London, Jan. 21 UP) Scotland Yard detectives today raided the offices of the Daily Worker, organ of the communist party In Great Britain, and stopped publication Just as the paper was going to press. The raid came shortly after the government had Issued an order banning further publication and delivery of the Dally Worker and also of The Week, a weekly news letter of leftist tendencies. The order was issued by the home lecretary, who, it said, was satisfied that in each paper there had been systematic publication of matter calculated to foment opposition to the successful prosecution of the war. It directed that the presses and other apparatus of the two naoers should not be used until permis sion of a high court Is obtained. The Week Is published bv Claud Cockburn, a leftist Journalist. I Counties to Cost of Gates Bridge The county courts of Linn and Marion county discussed here today phases of work on the new Gates bridge not cov ered by the agreement with Contractor Johnson of Newberg. nBiccmciib was reacnea tnat me- counties will bear the cost of the bridge and approaches as well as of tearing down the old bridge on a 50-50 basis. Marlon countv will have charge of the work including that of tearing down the old bridge and of the approaches on each side, but the engineers will agree among themselves with consent of the courts as to who will handle the work on each end, especially the matter of blasting on the Linn county side which It was stated should be done before work on the bridge starts so as not to take a chance on damaging the structure, ( (ifrn Missing Girl Carol Falk, 15, daughter of a prominent Boise, Idaho, physician, is being sought by city and state officers at Ta coma, Wash., where she had been attending exclusive Annie Wright academy until her dis appearance. Associated Press Photo. Advertise for Missing Girl Tacoma, Wash.. Jan. 21 UPi Fif teen-year-old Carol Falk. who van ished from an exclusive seminary here Saturday, was urged through a newspaper advertisement today to communicate with her father, Dr. Kaiph Palk. Dr. Palk, prominent Boise. Idaho. physician who flew here to lead the search for his daughter, adver tised In a Seattle paper: "Carol, phone or telegraph your father collect, Wlnthrop hotel, Ta coma. He understands situation . . . and he will make any arrangements satisfactory to you." For awhile last night the state patrol thought they had found Car ol, a student at Annie Wright sem inary. They reported a girl who ap peared to fit the description had been found at Cle Hum, In central Washington. Dr. Falk, after checking, however. said the girl was not his daughter. The state patrol and other auth orities resumed the search after Dr. Falk said he had also asked Oregon and California authorities to watch for his daughter. British Ship Losses For Week Decline London, Jan. 21 (m Britain lost nine merchant ships totalling 30,226 tons in tne week ending January 12, the admiralty reported today. Authoritative circles said the to tal was still "well below" the high averages which marked the inten sification of the submarine cam paign in July. There were no losses of allied or neutral merchant shipping during tne week, the announcement said. The admiralty said that during the period covered by the announce ment "the Germans claimed to have sunk a total of 42,700 tons of ship ping." Share it being likely that this will be done under the direction of the Linn county engineer. Engineer Larson for Linn county stated that the problems on each end of the bridge are not far apart as to expense. On the Linn county side a cut is to be made through some rock for the approach to the bridge while on the Marlon county side a fill will be required. On the Marlon county side are two bents, on the Linn county side but one, he said, and on the south end there Is an approach of about 300 feet. (Concluded on page 13, column 6) Germans Victims In Widespread Rumanian Riots Street Fighting and Bombings in Bucharest And Other Cities Sofia, Bulgaria, Jan. 21 OF) Widespread disorders in Rumania, with street fight ing and bombings injuring ci vilians, German soldiers and communists in the streets of Bucharest and other cities were reported in diplomatic dispatches today to Sofia, Bel grade and Budapest. Some sources in the other Balkan capitals attributed the Rumanian outbreaks to bitter rivalry between extremist and more conservative elements in Rumania's Iron guard. Resent Nazis Others suggested that Increasing resentment In many quarters over German military concentrations In Rumania and against the regime of Premier Ion Antonescu might have flared Into a free-for-all with nasi troops trying to restore order. There were reports, too, the dis orders might be part of an intended coup by leftists, followers of former King Carol, or others trying to wrest power from the German army ana tne pro-German iron guard. Laid to Reds London, Jan. 21 (U.R) Turkey's Ankara radio alleged today that re ports had reached Sofia ,of an at tempt by "Rumanian communists' to overthrow the Bucharest govern ment. According to the completely un confirmed Ankara radio broadcast, the Sofia reports were that com munlsts attempted yesterday to overthrow the Rumanian govern ment. "Many Germans were killed." it added. "Serious clashes are occur ring and the rebellion is continu ing." According to the Ankara radio "communists battled Iron guards and German occupation troops.1 German Slain It said that since yesterday com munications between Bucharest and the outer world had been Inter rupted, but that nevertheless news of the uprising had reached Sofia, The Berlin radio, in a broadcast picked up here early this afternoon, said: 'It is established that the mur derer of a German officer in Buch arest was a Greek who went to Ru mania with a Turkish passport. As a result of the murder Gen. Anton escu (the Rumanian premier) or dered the arrest of 10 members of the Greek colony." According to the Berlin radio, the motive of the murderer showed a "certain trend." It said the populace of Bucharest blamed the British se cret service. Mattson Suspect Held at Windsor Windsor, Ont., Jan. 21 (CP) Windsor police said today they are holding a man for investigation by officers of the federal bureau of In vestigation In Detroit In connection with the unsolved kidnaping and muraer of cnanes Mattson In Ta coma, Wash., December, 1936. Detective James R. Wilkinson, superintendent of the Windsor po lice identification bureau, said the description of the Mattson kidnap er and the man held here had "striking similarities" and FBI of ficers would come here to Investi gate. The man was arrested on a dis orderly conduct charge and was remanded by Magistrate D. M. Brodie Mondax after Police Ser geant Bert Herod told the court he might be wanted in the United States. Strike Deadline Tonight at Ryan's San Diego, Calif., Jan. 21 (Pi- Postponement of a strike deadline from 7 a. m. PST) until 7 p. m. tonight, was announced early to day by Harry C. Malcom, federal conciliator In wage negotiations be tween the Ryan Aeronautical com pany and CIO United Automobile Workers. Ls VfV ' T w, n erri , .., .'' : f , - ik, - tVc ' """" " " fZ Thlrd e ath ol Offlce-Before a crowd of 75,000 persons. President Roosevelt took his third term oath of office from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (left) at the Capitol in a lng the Bible is Elmore Cropley, Legislative Group Realignment Seen By Harry Crain Legislative organization iiuuoe, are in me process 01 readjustment these days as the lines of real division along which the law-making battle is to be fought out shape themselves to replace the arbitrary di vision along which the contest for the sneakershin WAR rlppirl- cu. iiiere js a new process OI group ing in progress, centering about Is sues that develop as definite pro posals materialize. Gradually the "leftists" are con firming their Identity by the nature of their bills and driving the more conservative elements Into a de fensive bloc that draws no geo grapnical or party lines. Evidence of this regrouping Is expressed in individual reactions to bills that have to do with reappor tionment, liberalization of the old age pension -and other social curlty laws, proposals for new taxes and other measures embracing the Ideology of the new deal. Inspired by radical proposals along these lines, the opposition Is identifying and fortifying Itself with counter and less drastic schemes. In the matter of legislative re apportionment there has been an odvious negative reaction among both upstate members and Port land conservatives to Rep. Neuberg er's plan to redistrlct the state to (Concluded on pnee 13, column S) To Draft Britons For War Work London, Jan. 21 (IP) Labor Minis ter Ernest Bevin informed the house of commons today that the govern ment has decided to register Brit ain's working men and women for drafting Into war factories, Bevin reported steadily Increasing production, despite air raids, but added that the country had "now reached a stage when it will be nec essary to take Industrial registration by age groups.1 He said the registration was to make a list of those who should be called upon to serve the state in the national industry, The government risked a political storm from the left wing by Its de cislon to draft labor, but observers predicted there would be little for mal opposition Bevln's announcement launched full-dress debate on manpower. Conservative Earl Wlnterton Im mediately applauded the decision. Laborite Emanuel Shlnwell com plained that drafting of labor should not be ordered until the govern ment had drafted "wealth, property ana iana in tne national effort, Malta Again Raided By Nazi Bombers Berlin, Jan. 21 UP) Scattered German combat planes were re ported today by the German high command to have attacked airports on the Mediterranean Island of Malta yesterday for the second suc cessive day. The high command's communique said three planes failed to return from operations Sunday night. Arm ed reconnaissance flights over Bri tain as far north as the Orkney Is lands wore recorded yesterday "de spite most unfavorable weather." Some objectives were said to have been bombed. Informed sources said German planes had bombed three British merchant ships totaling 17,500 tons in me put M hours. amiiuo m. yi esiu cm, oraest son, dames, in a marine uniform. Hold- clerk of the supreme court. Associated Press Photo. alignments, particularly in the Winant Choice For St. James Washington, Jan 21 (U.R) John Gilbert Winant, liberal republican ana iormcr governor of New Hamp shire, will be President Roosevelt's choice as ambassador to Great Britain, an excellent authority dls closed today. The White House would not con firm this report. Winant, here for the inaugura tion, said early today he had seen stories referring to him as the next likely ambassador to Britain "but I don't want to make any state ment on them." Mr. Roosevelt has announced plans to send the senate soon his nom ination of a successor for Joseph P. Kennedy, retiring ambassador, who presented his resignation immedi ately after Mr. Roosevelt's elec tion to a third term. The president told a press conference about a week ago that he had picked Ken nedy's successor. Winant, governor of New Hamp shire in 1925 and 1926 and from 1931 to 1934, long has had an In terest in labor problems and social legislation. He was first chairman of the social security board, head ed the textile labor board of 1834, and since 1939 has been director of the International labor office. which serves the United states and member nations of the League of Nations, Robert Paulus Heads National Canners Chicago, Jan. 21 (U.R) Robert C. Paulus, Salem, Ore., yesterday was elected president of the Notional Canners' association at the ooen- ing session of the organization's 34th annual convention, In which all speakers stressed the Industry's part In the defense program. Italians Admit Fall Of Kassala Rome, Jan. 21 (U.R) A high command communique ad mitted today that considerations of a strategical character naa compelled Italian forces to oan ironticr, as newspapers hinted at Joint Italian-German action to crush Britain in the near east, Italian detachments, supported by Chaser airplanes, clashed with Brit ish mechanized forces on the Sudan frontier and Inflicted heavy losses, the communique asserted. It was admitted that British planes had raided Catania, Sicily, (German dive bomber base) during the night, causing "some" damage; that British and Greek planes had raided Valona, Important Italian supply port on the Albanian coast, and that British planes had raided Tobruk, besieged Italian base In Lib ya, causing some material damage. There were no casualties at Catania and Tobruk, the communique said, and the raid on Valona caused no damage. Greeks Repulse Counter Attacks Athens, Jan. 21 UP) The Greeks reported today their forces had re pulsed what they described as the largest and most carefully planned Italian counter-attack yet attempt ed In the Tepeleni sector of the Al- Danian front, As a result of this desperate at tempt to halt the Greek advance, the Italians were declared to have lost their original positions along with great numbers of their attack ing force. On the front north of Kltsura the Greeks reported they . also scored important gains in attacks launched in Diinding snowstorms. "Our troops advanced their lines to positions from where It will be easier to reach their objectives." said one dispatch. This report said the Greeks seized a height from the fascists, captured more than 100 Italian prisoners, in cluding three officers, three mount ed guns, four machine-guns, mor tars and several cases of cart ridges. The British RAF. suonortlnot the Greek land forces, reported that Valona, a port vital for tho supplv of Italian forces In southern Al bania, was subjected Sunday night and Monday "to the heaviest bomb ing attack so far carried out In that region." A severe night raid was followed by further raids in daylight Monday, tne communique said, and "large explosions occurred in the target area and a number of fires were caused. High explosive bombs fell buildings south of the Jetty and on the foreshore, causing considerable aamage." Two Italian bombers which at tacked Piraeus, the port of Athens, were reported officially to have been shot down by British fighter planes In dogfights watched by cheering crowds In tho capital's streets, five miles away. Others in two bomber formations were said to have been driven away, but not until some bombs were drop ped on the port In the mid-day raid yesterday. Post Has Rehearsal Ashland, Jan. 21 (IP) The first dress rehearsal for the Ashland Am erican Legion post's disaster relief organization was staged last night as Alfred P. Kellcy, Oregon Legion commander, visited the city. in Sudan evacuate Kassa a. on the Su- Italian planes bombed and ma chine gunned the air field at Crete, the communique said, and inten sively bombed Greek naval bases, hitting port works and anchored steamships. The communique reported nor mal activity of patrols and artillery on the Albanian front and Increased artillery activity at Tobruk. A meeting of the national direc torate of the fascist party was sum moned for 0 p. m. (10 a. m. EST) and German and Italian economic experts held the first of a scries of trade conferences as tho high com mand admitted the loss of Kassala. Tho newspapers hailed the Mus- sollnl-Hltler conference as having been held "under the sign of vic tory." I 30,000 Italians In Besieged Libyan Base "Operations Proceeding Satisfactorily;" British Advance in Kassala Area Cairo, Egypt, Jan. 21 (P) British forces surrounding be leaguered Tobruk launched a major assault on the 30,000 Italian defenders of the Lib yan stronghold today after the RAF had prepared the way with a series of night raids. "Early this morning an. at tack was launched on Tobruk and the operations are pro ceeding satisfactorily," the British middle east command an nounced. Tobruk, 80 miles Inside Libya, has been under siege by land, sea and air since the British captured Bar dla, 10 miles from the Egyptian frontier, on January 8. Air Raids Precede The land assault was preceded by widespread air raids, In which the RAF announced Tobruk was attack ed heavily, seven planes were des troyed in an attack on Catania. Sici lian base of axis fliers raiding Brit ish Mediterranean shipping, and Va lona was made the target of tho heaviest assault yet loosed on that major Italian port of entry lnt southern Albania. In the attack on Tobruk, carried out the night of January 19-20, ths ' KA1-- sulci direct hits were register ed on the marine repair shops and military barracks, one artillery bat tery of four guns was silenced, the communique said, and "many bombs" fell on a camp of about 200 tents. Anti-aircraft fire was Intense, but our aircraft pressed home the at tack," the RAF communique said. War in Eritrea Elsewhere In the battle of Afrl ca, the middle east command re ported British troops were "vigor ously pushing" into Eritrea the It alian forces which withdrew Sunday from the Kassala area, in the Anglo Egyptian Sudan. In the attack Monday night on Catania, the British reported that two of the seven axis planes des troyed on the ground were large twin-engine bombers which burst In to flames. Still other raids were reported on Assab, in Italian east Africa, where several hits were reported on a sup ply depot. Neghelll, In Ethiopia, was said to have been bombed bj the South African air force. There, the RAF reported, buildings sur rounding a motor transport park were burned to the ground and sev eral vehicles destroyed. From all these operations, the British said every one of their planes returned safely, Sprague Takes Issue With Raver Governor Charles A. Sprague said today he has advised Dr. Paul J, Raver, Bonneville administrator, that he would not approve Dr. Rav er's recommendation that peoples utility districts be exempted from taxation. The governor, writing to Dr. Rav er December 19, added that he would not approve his suggestion that the entire PUD law be rewrit ten. Tiie governor, however, did ap prove several of Dr. Raver's sugges tions. These would make It easier for districts to consolidate or annex more territory, give districts more powers In condemning properties they wish to acquire, and permit districts to pledge revenues for pay ment of general obligation bonds. The 1939 legislature passed an amendment that districts shall ba taxed the same as private utilities. Dr. Raver objected to this, asking that districts merely be permitted to make "payments In lieu of tax es." Dr. Raver, also said the machin ery for creating districts Is too complicated, but Governor Sprague disagreed. Answering Dr. Raver's recom mendation that the entire law be rewritten to clarify it, tho governor wrote: "Remembering tho difficulty In working out this legislation two years ago, I am loatho to approve of that recommendation. I do not bcllevo tho legislature has any stomach to go through another pro longed battle over utility district legislation."
