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G apital m Journal
?doEn Salem, Oregon 3 Q I H . Tuesday, January 21, 1941 F
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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
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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.
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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.
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took his third term oath of office from Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes (left) at the Capitol in
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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.
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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."