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53rd Year, No. 69 ESS?."? S5S! 3S. Two Sections-18 pages Salem, Oregon
rriday, March 21, 1941
Price Three Cents
On mini and Ntwa
Btandi Ftw Oenu
Cabinet Revolt Halts Yygo Pact with Axis
II R IRkM .1 II J y
$4 Billion More
o To Place Army
On Conflict Basis
House Committee Asks
Funds for Plant for a 4
Million Man Army-
Washington, March 21 (P)
The house gave overwhelm
ing annrnval tndnv to a $4.-
073,810,074 appropriation for
the army and navy alter re
fusing to prohibit use of any
of it for convoying materials
to any foreign country.
Washington, March 21 (IP)
An additional outlay of $4,
073,810,074 for the army and
I navy, including funds for new
plant capacity sufficient to
supply a 4,000,000-man army
"on a combat status" was rec
ommended to the house today
by its appropriations com
mittee. About half of the huge sum
would be a direct cash appro
priation with the balance in
contract authorizations for which
congress would have to provide the
funds later, possibly this year.
The committee explained that
roughly half of the army's $3,778,
303,254 share was earmarked for
new projects. The balance origin
ally had been Included In the war
department's budget estimates for
the fiscal year starting July 1 and
were transferred to this bill to ex
pedite the program.
Pilot Training
. Mai. Gen. C. H. Brett, chief of
) the air corps, disclosed to the com
mittee that the army Is planning a
tremendous expansion of Its pilot
training program. He said the pres
ent plan to turn out 12,000 pilots a
year, Inaugurated last October, Is to
be stepped up to 30,000 pilots an
nually. (
Opening debate on the measure,
Rep. Woodrum (D.-Va.) told the
house that exclusive of the $7,000,
000,000 to finance the British aid
program, the pending bill brought to
$25,182,674,015 the total of appro.
prlations, contract authorizations
and budget estimates for both the
army and navy for the current and
next fiscal years.
The bill contained an amendment
by Rep. Scrugham (D.-Nev.) to pro.
hlbit expenditure of any of the funds
for Argentine canned beef or any
other food product produced outside
the United States, unless it cannot
be obtained here.
k A similar prohibition has been
carried In the regular naval appro.
priatlon bills for several years. The
administration sought to eliminate
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Identify Nazi
Atlantic Raiders
London. March 21 W The Brit
ish Press association said today
that tne German warships which
Prime Minister Churchill said
Tuesday had "crossed to the Amer
ican side of the Atlantic" were the
battleships Scharnhorst and Gnel
senau.
The pi ess association did not give
tne source or Its Information.
Churchill told the Pilgrims.
British-American society, that not
only German "battle cruisers" but
.also nazl U-boats had crossed the
1 Atlantic and already had sunk un-
convoyed British ships as far west
as the 42d meridian, which runs
1,500 miles east of New York.
He did not specify the size of
the nazi raiding force, but the term
he used for the surface raiders In
dicated that they were of the size
of the Scharnhorst and the Onelse
nau, sister ships of 26,000 tons each
Compensation Bill
Signed by Sprague
Governor Charles A. Sprague slim
ed 21 bills Into law today, including
measures to place allocation ol gas
oline tax revenues to counties on a
basis of actual residence of car own
ers rather than their post office ad
dresses. Other measures signed are to
jnerge tne state board of vocational
'education and the state board of ed
ucation and to cut in half Industrial
. accident contributions of employers
whose employes have drawn benefits
less than SO per cent of all previous
contributions.
President Inspects Navy's Big
inspected navy's big air station
Charles P. Mason, commander (center), and Rear Admiral Mcln
tlre (right). In the background are training planes and hangars.
Associated Press Photo.
Call Off Strike
At Wright Field
Dayton, O., March 21 (IP) In the avowed interests of
national defense, an AFL leader today terminated a 17-day
strike that had paralyzed work on an essential $5,900,000 ex
pansion program at Wright field, the army air corps' huge
testing laboratory. "John Breidenbach, president of the Day-
$7 Billion Bill
Wins Approval
Washington, March 21 &) A
senate appropriations subcommittee
approved without change today the
administration's $7,000,000,000 aid-to-Brltain
bill.
The bill, already passed by the
house, is expected to receive prompt
approval from the full senate ap
propriations committee. It will be
taken up in the senate Monday,
and some leaders forecast passage
without major change by Monday
night.
William C. Knudsen assured sen
ators today that the full amount of
the $7,000,000,000 British-aid fund
would be committed during the fis
cal year starting July 1.
After testifying for more than an
hour at a closed session of the
senate appropriations committee
the director general of defense pro
duction said his testimony dealt
largely with matters previously
presented at a similar house hear
ing. "We may not be able to spend
the entire $7,000,000,00 in the year
but we will make commitments for
it," Knudsen told reporters wait
ing outside the committee room.
"We already have our plans for
expansion wen under way," he add
ed. Senator Byrnes (D SC) said the
subcommittee defeated on a voice
vote a proposal by Senator Nye (FI
ND) to cut the appropriation in two
Nye later voted for the full amount
along' with all members of the subcommittee.
Harvill Strike Ties Up
6 Big Plane Plants
Lps Angeles, March 21 (IP) Executives of six large
plants producing airplanes for the United States and British
governments reported today the strike at Harvill Die Casting
corp. tnrcatens a coastwlde shut -
down of aviation factories unless
ended quickly.
The statements from Northrup.
North American, Douglas, Vultee.
Lockheed and Boeing were Issued
as the office of production manage
ment In Washington sped Tommy
Burns here to negotiate. Burns Is
due today.
The struck factory has been sup
plying 30.000 parts daily. It was
closed one week ago by the walk-out
of 350 of Its 42a employes. The work
ers demanded that their minimum
pay be Increased from 50 cents an
hour to 75 cents.
President L. T. Cohu of Northrup
Aircraft, Inc., said In a statement
which was echoed by other plane
makers:
"Our assembly lines Thursday re
quired 1800 parts for the Boeing Fly
ing Fortress Cowling and 8500 parts
for the British Vengeance bomber.
Air Station President Roosevelt
at Jacksonville, Fla., with Captain
ton Central Labor union (AFL) in
formed Col..: Lester Miller field
commandant, that 400 men who
left their Jobs March 4 would re
turn to work Saturday alongside
five CIO electricians employed by
the Penner Construction Co.
Colonel Miller described settle
ment of the dispute "as a fine
American act where any thought
of personal and factional differ
ences has been set aside for the
good of the entire nation."
Breidenbach called the strike
after the war department ordered
the CIO men back to work follow
ing a previous AFL walkout late in
January. The first strike ended
after two days when the work of
the CIO men was suspended tem
porarily.
The expansion program, involv
ing a wind tunnel for testing new
plane models, a torque stand, ad'
ministration building addition, and
radio and dynamometer laborator
ies, was described by the war de
partment as essential in making
Wright Field "one of the most im
portant military aircraft centers
in the U. S."
Breldenbach's strike settlement
action followed reports that the
war department would take over
the construction work with federal
civil service laborers.
Declare Thyssen
In South America
Berlin, March 21 Wl German
authorities declared today that Fritz
Thyssen, German industrial mag
nate, Is neither in Germany nor
France but Is in South America.
They emphatically dented a Vichy
report that he had seen confined
in a German concentration camp.
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We did not have those parts and
the machines went down the lines
without them.
"This cannot keep up. ... I think
we shall have to start lay-offs this
week . ,
"The strike at th Harvill plant,
the west coast aviation industry's
most acute bottleneck, was shrewd
ly delivered to do the greatest possi
ble damage to the aircraft Industry
of this region."
H. L. Harvill, president of the
struck company, said he wonld be
glad to give Burns every cooperation
in negotiations. In ordering Burns
here, Labor Conciliator Sidney Hill
man called this "the' country's No.
1 strike."
Burns Is a vice president of the
United Rubber Workers (CIO), He
has been on the Hillman'a siaff for
about three months as a special la
bor consultant.
Luftwaffe
Rains Bombs
Upon Plymouth
Attack Follows Visit of
King and Queen Many
Buildings Wrecked
Plymouth, England, March
21 (IP) Attacking only a few
hours after King George VI
and Queen Elizabeth had vis
ited the city, the Luftwaffe
rained high explosive and fire
bombs on Plymouth during
the night.
Three churches, a motion
picture house, commercial
buildings and many private
homes were damaged by the
raiders.
A number of children were killed
when a bomb hit a hospital and
two children were born during the
attack. One of them was delivered
by doctors working In a bomb
crater where the mother had been
thrown.
A hundred planes flying In waves
of six were said to have been over
the city, and daylight disclosed
great holes torn in many streets.
Hail of Bombs
Fire fighters labored in a hail of
bombs, some of them of the frag
mentation type.
Loads of incendiary bombs were
dropped and even as fire watchers
jumped to the task of extinguish
ing them fresh showers of fire burst
over the city.
Officials said that although there
was much' fire damage, casualties
were not expecte'd to be heavy,'
The king and queen In the tour
of Plymouth yesterday spent then
time visiting shipyards and went
aboard a former United States des-
troyer. The warship was one of
the 50 over-age vessels gained by
the royal navy in the exchange In
which the United States acquired
sites for bases under leases.
Heaviest Yet Made
Later the attack was off iclallj
described as one of the heaviest
yet made on the city. Bombs rav.
aged a number of streets which had
escaped damage In previous at
tacks. Two surface shelters sus
tained direct hits.
A movie theatre was set afire
while the show was going on, and
the crowd filed out into flame-lit
street amid the thunder of bombs.
The theatre burned to the ground.
The thousands of incendiaries
dropped at the start of the raid
were followed almost at once by
showers of high explosives.
Nazis Replace
Dutch Courts
Amsterdam, The Netherlands,
(Via Berlin), March 21 yp) A de
cree today gave German High Com
missioner Arthur Seysz-Inquart au
thority to set up machinery to exe
cute summary justice shooting for
serious offenses and to set aside
Dutch officials any time it is neces
sary for "public security.
The emergency administration
may be applied to all Holland or
to limited districts.
The announcement said that no
special events at this time prompted
the extension of the commissioner's
powers, but that the measure was
being prepared in event of repetition
of riots, strikes and conspiracies
against German authority.
Under the uecree, Dutch mayors,
judges and other officials would be
relieved of their authority and the
SS (blackshirted elite guard) would
assume police functions.
A German high court, members
of which would be appointed by the
commissioner, would be the supreme
Judicial authority at any time Seysz
Inquart decides public security de
mands such steps.
Battle Still Rages
About Tepeleni
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, March 21
(P) Accounts reaching the Yugo
slav frontier today said a fierce
battle still was raging in and about
Tepeleni, central Albanian town
reported entered by the Greeks yes
terday. Italian machine-gun and light
artillery units were said to be cling
ing to positions in some sections of
the town.
After two months of pounding the
defending Italian Uth army, the
Oreeka were said gradually to have
closed In, forcing the fascists to re
tire westward.
At The Methodist Centennial Banquet Members of the' Methodist church since 1891 occupied this
table at the opening celebration of the. centennial a nhlversary. Inserts Right, J, D. McOully, age 85
and a member of the Salem First Methodist church since April 1870, was considered- oldest per
son, present in respect to affiliation. Left, Professor J. T. Matthews', member since 1883, was seated at
the head of the table reserved for 50-year members. .
Church Observes
Its Centennial
"Faith of Our Fathers," the 'hymn which introduced the
program celebrating 100 years of the First Methodist church
in Salem last night when several hundred persons gathered
in the main auditorium to hear former pastors tell of their
experiences, was characterized by W. C. Hawley as the "hope
of the state and nation." Mr.
Martin Quits
GOP Monday
. Indianapolis, March 21 VP) Rep.
Joseph W. Martin, Jr., (R., Mass.),
said today on his arrival for a two
day republican leaders' conference
he would resign at GOP national
chairman Monday and "then - It
will be up to the committee to
act."
Rep. Martin, accompanied by
Franklyn Waltman, publicity direc
tor for the national committee,
came by train from Washington for
the parley which is expected to
bring together state chairmen and
other, leaders from 39 states, most
ly mid western.
National committee members
meet Monday In Washington, and
Informed Indiana sources said they
probably would turn down Rep.
Martin's resignation.
Asked whether a salaried assist
ant to the chairman would be se
lected next week. Rep. Martin ex
pressed Delief "nothing will be done
on that for at least some time."
Italian Somaliland
i .
Natives in Revolt
London, March 21 ((J. R) Natives
In northern Italian Somaliland are
in revolt against the Italians, al
ready hemmed In by advancing
British empire forces, military in
formants said today.
Th? revolt broke out in the Sulta
nate of MlJJartem In the area ad
Joining British Somaliland, it was
said, and disorder was increasing.
"There is little to revolt against,"
a spokesman added. Moat of the
Italians In the region were believed
to have fled. '
In northern Somaliland empire
patrols are extending action east of
the Pafan river, an Informant said
In southern Ethiopia, It was add
ed, empire forces are gradually clos
ing In on a considerable force of
Italians in the Neghelll area.
Diamonds Found
In Refrigerator
Portland. March 31 OPi A wo
man reported to police yesterday
the mysterious theft of her two
diamond rings. Detectives quickly
cleared up the mystery. One of
them linked Into the refrigerator
There, Inside an otherwise empty
mm Jar, were the rings. '
Hawley, who became associated
with the church In 1882 and who
was congressman from Oregon for
26 years, presided during the pro
gram which was simple and expres
sive of the history , of Methodism
since the time Jason Lee came here
as a missionary.
"The hope of the world Is still
prevalent in Christianity," Mr.
Hawley 'declared, adding that all
peoples "need the plain gospel of
Jesus . Christ." In reviewing, his
experiences as a member . of -the
church Mr. Hawley declared It was
those who upheld the tenets of
Christianity who made the most
impression upon him..
Dr. Fred C. Taylor of Vancouver,
Wash., and Dr. James E. Mllllgan
of Belllngham, Wash., were the
only 'former ministers of First
church who were able to take part
In the speaking program. Dr. B,
Earl Parker of Eugene attended
the dinner but was called away
early. ,
Dr. John McCormack and Dr. J.
H. Canse. former dean and. presi
dent of Kimball College of Theol
ogy, respectively, were on the ros
trum. Forty-two ministers have
served the church during the 100
years of Its existence.
The church dining room was
crowded to capacity for the dinner
which preceded the services In the
auditorium. A feature of the din
ner was the bringing together at I
single table of many persons who
had been connected with the con
gregatlon for a half century or
more. The table service Included
many rarepleces of silver, china
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50 Merchant Ships
To Be Lent Britain
Washington, March 21 (U.R) A high maritime commis
sion official said today that approximately 50 merchant ships
will be transferred to Great Britain under the war-aid act
"within a few days." This waa the
number asked by the British as their
Initial need. About 79 per cent of
the vessels which will be turned over
to them will be reconditioned over
age ships which saw service in the
last war.
It was understood that the trans
fers will be arranged so that there
will be a minimum of disruption In
American flag overseas trade.
Intercoastal and coastal ships may
be shifted to trans-ocean routes now
being served by ships which will be
turned over to the British. A large
part of the traffic normally band-
Noel Coward
New York, March 21 (IP) Play:
wrlght-actor Noel Coward now an
unofficial ambassador of goodwill
for the .British ministry of infor
mationsaid today "it would be
very unwise for Japan to take Issue
with the United States fleet in the
Pacific ocean." .
Completing a mission which took
him to Australia, New Zealand and
the Far .East, Coward arrived In
New York for a brief visit before
reporting to Australian Minister
Richard Casey In Washington on
Sunday, .
Coward was reluctant to detail
-his. observations In the Far East, but
said In an interview i.iat,..ls con
clusion as to the Japanese was baa
ed on his personal observation of
the United States fleet at Honolulu
and of the military effort of Aus
tralia.
For the first time, Coward dis
closed that his mission in Australia
was that of an unofficial ambassa
dorat the request of the Austral-
Ian government "to bring Great
Britain's war effort and what has
transpired, a little closer to the
Australian people."
He said he had made many ob
servations which he could report
directly to Casey before he would
feel free to make them public.
During a month's tour of Aus.
Iralla, he said, he made numerous
broadcasts, telling of his experiences
In France during the early part of
the war and of the more recent de
velopments, and added he had been
"simply thrilled" by the response of
the Australian people and by the
"military might which they showed
me.
King's Dot Bites Count
Seville, Spain, March 21 (ZD-
Count Mafra of Portugal who came
here to settle the thousand dollar
hotel bill and to get four dogs left
by former King Carol of Rumania
was bitten by one of them. Carol
fled recently to Portugal.
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led by the Intercoastal and coastal
vessels shifted will probably
handled by railroads, the official
said.
Details of the transfer aro com
pleted. the official said, but com
mission officials are awaiting the
arrival of Sir Arthur Salter, British
shipping man, before consummating
the arrangements.
The vessels which will be trans
ferred will be "most suitable" for
operating In convoys, the official
said.
3 Serb Leaders
lout Orders of
Regent Prince
Bitter Resentment in
Country Over Alignment
With Ancient Enemies
Kelirrade. Yugoslavia,
Mnrrh 21 g After first re
jecting the resignations of
three sub-ministers wno re
fused to approve alignment of
Yugoslavia with the axis.
Chief Regent Prince Paul ac
cepted them tonight and in
structed Premier D r a g I s a
Gvetkovic and Vice-Premier
Vladimir Macek to fill the
posts as quickly as possible...
Belgrade. Yugoslavia,
March 21 (IP) A swelling tide
of internal discontent, led by
three anti - German cabinet
ministers and other high offi
cials, forced tonight probable
postponement of the Yugo
slav government's plans to
align itself with the axis Sun
day at Vienna.
The three ministers Serb
leaders in this nation of mixed
peoples who resigned in pro
test against a crown council decision
to yield to Germany, refused to re
main In the cabinet even though
Chief Regent Prince Paul ordered
them to do so.
The dissenters flatly declared they
would have nothing more to do with
the government,
Their stand, which, the country
learned via the grapevine method,
added to the growing crisis over the
government's acceptance of the
relch's demands that Yugoslavia
align herself with Slovakia, Hun
gary. Rumania and Bulgaria, Junior
members of the anti-British accord.
Fourth to Resign
A fourth cabinet member who
voted against acquiescence to Ger
many was said to be planning to
resign, and the minister to Russia,
Gaverllovic, was said to have sent
his resignation to Prince Paul.
One of the dissenters, Dr. Bran-
ko Cubrllovlc, minister of agricul
ture and leader of the Serb peasant
party, called a meeting of his party
chiefs to discuss the crisis.
Prince Paul summoned Premier
Draglsa Cvetkovic and Foreign
Minister Alksander Cincar-Marko-
vie to the white palace for a con
ference at which he Is reported tt
have told them their projected
trip to Vienna starting tomorrow
would have to be postponed whlll
he attempted to reorganize thl
quarreling government.
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RAF Raids Nazi
Base at Lorient
London, March 21 (U.R) Large
fires and many explosions were
caused by Royal Air Force planes in
a raid during the night on the Ger
man submarine base at Lorient, on
the Invasion coast, the air ministry
said today.
It was the second straight night
raid on the big U-boat base and the
48th of the war
Bombing was centered on the dock
area.
The ministry disclosed that coast
al command planes yesterday bomb
ed and machine gunned a number
of German motor torpedo boats and
a German patrol vessel off the Fri
sian islands in the North sea. The
crew of the patiol vessel took to life
boats, the ministry said. Two Ger
man planes which attempted to in
terfere were driven oif.
A German supply ship was bomb
ed and machine gunned oif tne
south coast of Norway yesterday, the
ministry said.
It was understood that bad weath
er prevented Royal Air Force often
slve operations against Germany
during the night.
Dykstra Resigns
As Draft Director
Washington, March 21 (D Clar
ence A. Dykstra has resigned as di
rector of the selective service ad
ministration to devote hia entire
time to his duties as chairman of
the newly appointed national de
fense mediation board.
The White House made this brief
announcement today. There was no
Indication Immediately who would
take over DvkUra's draft duties ,