Friday, March 21, 1941
The Capital Journal, Salem; Oregon
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St. Lawrence
Project Pad
Sent Congress
Washington, March 21 (P Presi
dent Roosevelt sent to congress to
day the text of an agreement by
which the United States and Can
ada propose to develop the St, Law
rence waterway power project, esti
mated eventually to cost more than
(500,000,000.
Deep sea navigation between
the Great Lakes and the Atlantic
and provision for 2,200,000 new
hydroelectric horsepower for the
two countries are contemplated.
The agreement, closely resembling
a treaty which the United States
senate failed to ratify by the neces
sary two-thirds vote in 1034, is sub
ject to approval of congress and the
Canadian parliament. Only a ma
jority vote would be required this
time in the American congress.
Mr. Roosevelt transmitted the
agreement with a brief accompany
ing message "for the information of
the congress" and said he would
"request Introduction, In due course,
of legislation designed to make this
agreement effective."
The president explained that the
agreement provides "for the con
struction of dams and power works
In the International Rapids section
of the St. Lawrence river, and pro
viding for completion of the essen
tial links in the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence deep waterway when the
governments of the United States
and Canada agree that circumstan
ces require it.
A state department summary of
the agreement said that a preceding
exchange of notes between the two
governments showed the project was
"regarded as directly associated with
both the power supply and ship
building phases of our national de
fense program, Including the plan
for defense of the western hemis
phere and the determination -to
supply all possible aid to Great Bri
tain, the members of the British
commonwealth, and their allies."
The Immediate project contem
plated is in the International Rap
ids section of the 8t. Lawrence
river. The cost of this is estimated
at i266,170,O0O.
Red Cross Re-Elects
List of Officers
Red Cross officials who have han
dled the work of the local chapter
so successfully during the past sea
son will again be at the helm for
another year's work, the entire co
terie of officers being unanimously
re-elected at the annual meeting and
dinner at the Marlon hotel last eve
ning. Officers named are Judge
George Rossman, chairman; W. M.
Hamilton, vice-president; Mrs. Ron
ald Jones, Brooks, secretary, and
Linn O. Smith, treasurer.
Included among those introduc
ed at the meeting last evening were
members of the Red Cross motor
corps of Portland, officials and del
egates from other county chapters;
Irl McSherry, chairman of the Mar
lon county disaster preparedness
committee, and John Patterson.
Red Cross official from Lane county
Featured speaker of the evening
was George Wistlng, assistant gen
eral manager of the Northwest El
ectric company of Portland, and
chairman of the community chest
drive In that city last year.
Allen philosophy and foreign
ideals may be driven from the coun
try and the world be led back to
sanity if we in this country pre
serve our faith in democratic prin
ciples, volunteer our services and
feel a Bense of responsibility for
those less fortunate, Wisting said.
In the spirit of the people of Am
erica lies its strength, the speaker
told his audience.
Endeavorers to
Hold Social Party
Members of the high school Christ
ian Endeavor society of the First
Presbyterian church will hold a
party in the social room of the
church this evening, beginning at
7 o'clock. A special Invitation has
been extended to any high school
young people who are Interested In
either the party or In going to
Mehama with the group Saturday.
Maxlne Wagner, general chairman
for the social committee, has ap
pointed the following assistants;
Roy Burns, Edna Fisher and Milton
McClain, games; Lucille Reed, Laura
Jean Bates and Barbara Ann Rlc
ketts, decoration; Lois Barrick, and
Jean Driggs, refreshments; Duane
Silverthorne, Bill Burns and Billy
Fattorn, clean up.
A nominating committee will be
appointed during the evening by
Laura Jean Bates, president, and
election of officers for the new
church year will be held Sunday,
April .
Lebanon Boxers
Awarded Letters
Lebanon Twenty-one members
of the 1941 Lebanon high boxing
team, whose season ended this week,
were awarded letters. Records show
the local scrappers with 41 wins, 28
losses and three draws in 70 bouts
against Salem, Sweet Home and
Corvallls.
Lettermen are as follows:
Dwayne Gcssler, Donald Cox. Dale
Plagman, Charles Ensley, George
Dewey, Bob Smith, Dalton Johnson.
Pete Smyth, Leonard Roe, Walt
Postal, Lloyd Koepke, Jack Lemons.
Gerald Warnke, Dick Brown War
ren Bamts, George McDonald
Charles Long, Lawrence Wise, Dor
Penfold, Earl Plagman and Fred
Baca.
German Armored Cars In African Desert German armored cars move along a desert road in Africa.
German sources describe these as the first of the German cars sent to the North African desert, where
clashes have been reported between Nazi and British mechanized detachments. Associated Press
Photo.
A Typhoon Of Thrills ... of Lamour love ... in the teakwood for- .
est of Burma, Dorothy Lamour. Robert Preston and Preston Fos
ter in "Moon Over Burma" playing today through Saturday at the
State theatre. Companion hit with "Moon Over Burma" Is "Danc
ing on a Dime" with Robert Paige, Virginia Dale and William
Prawley.
Grand Coulee Dam
To Work Tomorrow
Grand Coulee. Wash., March 21 UP) Grand Coulee dam
seven years a'building and the biggest thing ever made by
man will go to work tomorrow. In simple ceremonies,
switches will be tnrown between l
and 1:30 p. m to start the water
wheels of two 10,000 kilowatt tur
bines to churning the energy of
falling water into the first elec
tric power from this unbelievably
big project.
And as the first Grand Coulee
electricity energizes the 236 mile
transmission line to Bonneville,
there will come Into being one of
the largest Integrated power sys
tems In the west.
From Bonneville project, on the
lower Columbia river, this Grand
Coulee energy (a reduced load of
150,000 volts) will be switched over
the 40 mile line to the federal pow
er administration's substation in
Vancouver, Wash.
There it will become part of the
stream of power for the plants of
the Aluminum Company of Ameri
ca, nearby; the Pacific Carbide and
Alloys Co., at Portland, and homes,
farms and other Industries served
by Bonneville In western Washing
ton and Oregon.
Each step will be broadcast over
a national radio network.
The two generators which start
work tomorrow In the "west" pow
erhouse at the dam would be deem
ed large almost anywhere else.
Each is 13 feet high, 16 feet in di
ameter and each weighs 88 tons.
But they, and a third of the
same size to be installed, are mere
pulling Infants alongside the 18
108,000 kilowatt machines to be in
stalled. These turbines, the world's
largest waterwheel generators, each
will produce 30 per cent more power
than Is produced by any other wa
terwheel generator in existence. Or
put it this way:
Combined output of the first
three to be ready for work some
time this summer would light New
York City and Chicago combined,
with 6,500,000 lamps of 60 watts ca
pacity.
After the "big 'uns" go to work,
me two used in tomorrows cere
monies will go back to the more
prosaic duties for which they were
designed lighting the power house
ad dam, working the dam ma
chinery.
Preparedness Portrayed
Hopewell Preparedness pictures
In charge of Stanley Sargeant, were
shown at the Hopewell Commiuv
lty club March meeting Thursday
evening. Refreshments were served.
S. P. Seeking
Shop Mechanics
As a result of heavy traffic vol
ume brought about by defense pro
jects and general business improve
ment. Southern Pacific has raised
the age limit by ten years on ap
plicants for jobs as qualified me
chanics, and will Immediately aug
ment its shop forces through the
Pacific lines territory.
According to an announcement
made today by George McCormick,
general superintendent of motive
power for the railroad, the age limit
for such employment is now ex
tended to cover applicants up to
age 65. Previously the age limit was
set at 45.
Men to be hired, McCormick said,
must be qualified mechanics In any
of the following classifications:
machinists, boiler makers, black
smiths, sheet metal workers, pipe
fitters, electricians and car me
chanics.
Although the employment pro
gram will be general in all of the
railroad's Pacific lines shops, It will
be heaviest at principal shops lo
cated at Sacramento, Rosevllle,
Oakland, San Francisco, Bakers
field and Los Angeles, California;
Eugene and Brooklyn, Oregon;
Sparks, Nevada; Ogden, Utah; Tuc
son, Arizona; and El Paso, Texas,
it was stated.
Maison Ordered
To Fort Benninq
Camp Murray, March 21 (JP)
Special orders issued recently by
Major General George A. White,
commanding general of the 41st di
vision, Include the names of four
officers to attend the staff officers'
course at Fort Bennlng, Georgia.
They are Lieut. Col. Harold G.
Maison of Salem: Major Kent L.
Moody of Oregon City; Capt. James
G. Helmer of Poplar, Mont.; and
Capt. Raymond M. Davis of Green
River, Wyoming.
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Freshman Glee
Saturday Eve
Even If one had not become
acquainted with the fact otherwise,
the fact that the annual Freshman
Glee, Willamette university tradi
tional event, was In the offing could
be recognized by the appearance of
the campus. "Graves" labeled "sen
iors," walks bearing statements as
to what the various classes might
expect as a result of their competi
tion, all indicate that the song and
marching contest is scheduled for
Saturday night at the gymnasium.
With restrictions having been
placed upon the hours the various
classes may engage in practice for
the momentous event, thereby elim
inating the 2 a. m. show-up for
students, nevertheless most adults
would not relish a five o'clock morn
ig appointment of any sort. The
gymnasium which is being decorated !
with a teal blue and white color I
scheme has been used almost ex
clusively for rehearsals by the fourj
classes since the final game of the
state basketball tournament.
The contest which annually at
tracts thousands of persons who
seek to gain possession of the tickets
is a program of original songs and
music set to Intricate marching for
mations. Several factors enter into
the determining of the winner, in
cluding music, adaptability, words,
marching and the like.
Tickets for the Glee have long
since been disposed of and thousands
will have to visualize the program
by means of the radio Broadcast
will be from 8 to 10 o'clock over
stations KALE and KSLM.
Saturday! Last Big Day
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Mallory May
Replace Stringer
Ontario, Calif., March 21 VP)
Manager Arnold Statz sent Los An
geles through a strenuous workout
today during the temporary lapse
in exhibition ball games and ex
pressed satisfaction with the con
ditioning of the club, particularly
the rookie division.
Mel Mallory, former college play
er from Oregon, apparently has
been chosen to fill the second base
position left vacant by the gradua
tion of Lou Stringer to the Chicago
Cubs.
County Signs WPA
Road Application
County Judge Hewlett and County Clerk Boyer today
signed the application for the latest $1,070,517 blanket WPA
road project to be sent to Washington for approval, these
being the omcers required by the
government to sign such county ap
plications.
Fred C. Bates, WPA superinten
dent here, was In the courtroom to
day when the project application
was signed and in response to ques
tions from court members said that
the county can choose Its own
roads under the proposed blanket
project and designate the manner
of their Improvement. Under such a
project it is not necessary lor a
road Improvement application to go
to Washington each time one Is
filed but approval is had out of
Portland. The original blanket pro
ject, however, must go to Washing
ton for approval and it Is expected
it will take from six weeks to two
months to secure this.
Under terms of the application
the federal government pays 75 per
cent of the cost and the sponsor
must guarantee 25 per cent and
this project Bates said was written
on this basis. Judge Hewlett had
asked If there wasn't some way the
county's share of material and rock
costs could be cut, but Bates said
25 per cent is the share allowed the
sponsor and it can be cut no 1ot."t.
He stated that contributions of rock
and materials are credited against
the 25 per cent and the present
status shows about 27 per cent. He
said on roads where the contribu
tions of rock and gravel do not take
up the 25 per cent when WPA work
is completed that such roads are
held open until the graveling does
cover the 25 per cent. Bates said the
county records on WPA work ere
now more complete than at any time
and the contribution allowance is
being figured more nearly up to
date. -
Bates further said that while the
proposed blanket project Is written
to cover 10 months it will probably
be sufficient to handle the situation
for two years.
He stated also that a crew will
be replaced on the Liberty road
where the work was shut down with
the recent cutoff in WPA employes
and he also said that market road
No. 90 from Liberty to Orabenhorst's
corners will be put on as a project
and it would probably take about a
month to get the money for that
project but It would be secured and
the work would go ahead as soon as
possible. Judge Hewlett said this
was important as the road is on the
oiling program.
Latest report filed with the coun
ty court by the superintendent
showing the status after the big
cutdown in number of WPA men
employed on county work shows on
March 17 468 men employed as
compared with over 900 as of the re
port previous to that. Today, he
said, the number working was cut
down to 385. The IS crews have been
reduced to eight with the following
foremen still employed: Magee.
Budlong, Parsons, Richards, Hkfi
ker, Needham, Justls.
King and Queen
Escape Raid
London, March 21 (U.R) Kins
George and Queen Elizabeth left
Plymouth a few hours before the
German raid started at dusk yester
day, It was disclosed today.
Accompanied by the queen, the
king had gone to Plymouth yester
day to Inspect warships, and had
been welcomed by viscountess As.
tor,' the lady mayoress, who is
American-born and a member of
the house of commons.
While the king inspected the ships
the queen toured areas which had
been bombed earlier in the week.
For the first time, the king
boarded one of the over-age Ameri
can destroyers now in British ser
vice. The crew, all Canadian, lined
up for Inspection as a boatswain
piped the king aboard. The king
talked to officers and men and
showed a keen interest In the entire
vessel, especially In luj armament
and equipment. ' The king was a
naval officer in the last war and
fought in the battle of Jut and.
Divorce Is Asked
Albany Mrs. Jacquelyne Hawk
ins has filed suit in circuit court
here asking a divorce from William
Hawkins, whom she charges with
cruelty. They were married at Ab
erdeen, Wash., January 7, 1939. The
plaintiff asks for restoration of her
maiden name, Jacquelyne Brask.
Mexico has started a campaign
against ochocercosls, a dread eye
disease that often causes blindness.
Sunday Night
Lecture
8 p.m.
JOHNSON MEMORIAL
CHURCH
N. Summer and Hood Sts.
SUBJECT:
"United States in
Prophecy"
Does the Bible predict a
change In government? You
will always remember this
lecture,
Don't Miss Hearing It
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