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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 21, 1941)
i Journal Kelly Tells the complete story ol the national defense program as It affects and applies to Oregon In his daily edi torial page column In the Capital Journal, each a complete story by an Oregonlan for Oregonlans. Weather Pair tonight and Tuesday, consld- erable cloudiness or fog near coast; ' day temperatures continuing above normal: moderate northwest wind. Sunday max. 75, min. 40. Rain 0. River -.3 ft. Northwest wind, clear. Kir A Yonr Kin Stored m second class 30 Id I SUI, IO. VJ matter at 8alem, Oregon R Monday, April 21, 1941 Salem, Oregon D: TLi On Trains and Newa 'o wcina stands piv fnt- All Retire lew ThircS Line J. nes on irc -ttr ti. 11b 1 11 o Gas Station Delay Asked By Objectors Council Urged to Defer f Permit Pending Study Of Zone Change By Harry Crain With City Engineer Davis prepared to make his report on the sufficiency of objec tions of property owners in the vicinity of Capitol and D Pontoi' otvopfa n flip nrnnnnpH construction of a service sta tion on the corner, the city council is to be asked tonight to adopt a resolution instruct ing the engineer to withhold issuance of permits for other than residential structures on property adjoining the proposed expanded grounds for the state capitol group. Would Allow Study The resolution will call for with holding permits until such time as the council has had ample oppor tunity to consider contemplated amendments to the zoning ordinance to set up a restricted building zone around the enlarged capitol grounds, In conformity with the expressed desire of the legislature to protect the state grounds rrom commercial encroachments. It Is planned to Incorporate these amendments along with others sought by the zoning commission into a single ordinance for the de ll liberate consideration of tne coun- oil. -. -- ': - " " City, Attorney Lawrence Brown agreed this morning that the coun cil has .the right to adopt such a resolution of Instructions to the city engineer because, while the en gineer Is required by ordinance to grant local option permits in class II residential zones where the pro tests amount to less than 51 per cent of the affected owners of ad jacent property, he is not required to grant the permit within any spe cified time. Petitioners State Case Meanwhile petitioners for the ser vice station permit, Breyman Boise and A. C. Eoff, are continuing their campaign to Induce owners of ad joining property not to file protests and indirectly urging the owners of all property adjacent to the capitol grounds to resist creation of a zone unreasonably restricting the use of their property. In a circular type- A wlffen Idftor flririroMPH ta these (Concluded on pare 11, column 8) itish Press Pessimistic London, April 21 (P) The Brit ish press more and more openly discussed the possibility of defeat in Greece as reliable observers to day gloomily studied the campaign there and the Intensification of the German diplomatic campaign. Britain's action In sending troops to Iraq was taken as a visible in dlcation of the official belief that the battle Is nearing the Suez and the oil fields of the middle east. The press, almost in one voice, warned against letting the British force in the middle east be des troyed. Hitler's "real aim," It was said, was to use his armies and diplo macy, In lieu of a fleet, to win not ) merely the battle in the Balkans, but to trap the British Mediterran ean fleet and middle eastern army Thus he would weaken the de fense of Britain and knife her Em pire lifeline. Observers viewed the unfriendly tone of the Spanish press and re. ports of prolonged cabinet meetings In Spain as a result of axis pres, sure. They said a German march to Gibraltar would not help Hitler much In his present campaign In the eastern Mediterranean, but It might give him new ports In Spain and Africa to fight the battle of the Atlantic. IEU Asks for Pay JumD and Vacation Toledo. Ore., April 21 (IP) The Industrial Employes' union asked a 7'i-cent-an-hour wage Increase plus a week's vacation with pay for . lumber workers of western Oregon J yesterday. Finding of a fir Industry report made for the federal government by Dr. Dexter Keezer, Portland, prompted the demand, delegates to a district convention said. Council To Act in First Aid Car Case A resolution to be introduced at the city council meeting tonight, 11 adopted, will appoint the Salem civil service committee as a special com mittee to conduct an examination to fill the vacancy in the first aid car personnel caused by the leave of absence given Captain C. M. Charl ton. Also the resolution will provide that the examination be Independ ent of the civil service and thrown open to all citizens of Salem wno have voters' qualifications. Another provision of the resolu tion, which attempts to solve the first aid car difficulty, Is that the car continue for the present to be operated under the direction of the chief of the fire department and the fire department committee of the city council, which means that its operation will remain as a fire department function. The resolution will be Introduced by Alderman Ross Goodman, chairman of the fire de partment committee. The resolution authorizes the civil service commission to make what ever rules and regulations It con siders desirable in holding the ex amination. Indications today were that the council will make another effort to night to pass the milk regulation amendatory bill that has been pend' ing before the council for several weeks and which has been the sub ject of several public hearings. King and FDR Agree on Plans Hyde Park, N.Y., April 21 m- Speedy 'mobilization of North Am erica's resources, calling for the in terchange of defense articles by the United States and Canada, has been agreed upon by President Roosevelt and Canadian Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King., Designed for the dual purpose o: hastening aid to Great Britain and other democracies and for defense of this hemisphere, the agreement was announced In a joint statement last night after a seven-hour con ference between Mr. -Roosevelt and the Canadian leader at the presi dent's Hudson river home. Both then left for their respective posts in . Washington and Ottawa. The president arrived In Washington this mornntg. "It was agreed upon as a general principle," the statement said, "that in mobilizing the resources of this continent each country should pro vide the other with the defense ar ticle which It Is best able to pro duce and, above all, produce quick ly, and that production programs should be coordinated to this end. During the next year, the state ment added, it was hoped Canada could supply the United States with $200,000,000 to $300,000,000 worth of defense articles "urgently required by the United States." "Certain kinds of munitions, stra tegic materials, aluminum and ships" were mentioned in this re spect. In that period, the statement raid, Canadian purchases would be even greater than In the past. Both Legs Broken In Riding Accident Hayesvllle, Ore., April 21 Colleen Cross, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Olin Cross, Saturday morning suf fered the fracture of both legs when she was thrown from a horse. She is a sixth grade student In the local school and very popular In all school activities. Northern Pacific Releases Grant Lands Washington, April 21 (U.R) Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes closed one phase of the "Westward Ho!" develop ment of the United States today when he approved a formal release submitted by the Northern Pacific Railroad company of all claims under Its land grants made in 1884 and 1870. This completed restoration of more than 8,000,000 acres in 11 western states to fed eral ownership in the last six months. Under the Northern Pacific re leaselast and largest of the his toric railroad land grants closed out under provisions of the 1940 transportation act approximately 4,500,000 acres In Washington, Mon tana, Idaho, Oregon, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Wyom ing, will revert to federal owner ship. The value of the land restored to the public domain was not ap praised. The Northern Pacific alio assign Hillman Says Fewer Strikes In the Future OPM Boss Opposes Cool- ing-off Period for De fense Strikes Washington, April 21 (U.P.) Sidney Hillman, co-director of the office of production management, told a senate committee today that within six weeks or six months a "no strike-no lockout" agreement would be in effect in the en tire American shipbuilding industry. Hillman, testifying before the senate committee investi gating national defense, cited a "stabilization" agreement be tween labor and management In the Pacific coast shipbuilding In dustry as an "accomplishment worthy of special consideration." The agreement covers basic hours and wages and assures adjustments of disputes without work stoppages, "Before six weeks are over or at least before six months are over-s. the shipbuilding agreement will cover the whole country," Hillman said. "We are trying to work It out In shipbuilding before talking about it In other industries." Hillman told the committee that labor is coming to an "increasing realization" of Its stake in the de fense program and the need for cooperation. Opposes Cooling Off "Labor has so much at stake-in the defense program, that it will suf fer more If anything goes wrong, if that is possible, than anybody else in the country," Hillman declared. He opposed proposed legislation for compulsory "cooling-off" perl- lods before strikes may be insti tuted in defense Industries, What we are suffering from in the labor movement as well as throughout the country is that most people do not appreciate the urgency of the situation," Hillman said. Admits Danger Hillman was drawn Into a dis cussion of strikes by Sen. Carl A. Hatch, (D., N. M.), who asked him whether labor was not undermin ing its own cause by unwise ac tion. "If within 24 hours something unfortunate should happen In this country all the gains of labor would be gone," Hillman agreed. Hillman reiterated his oft-taken stand that Jurisdictional strikes are not justified. He also contended that the public gets an exaggerated picture of labor difficulties, which he said Involved less than one per cent of defense production. "I'm not for keeping news away from the people, but I'm for keep ing it in proper proportion," he said, Yugoslav King Reaches Jerusalem Vichy, Prance, April 21 (IP) Dis patches reaching Vichy today from Beirut, Lebanon, said that a plane carrying 17-ycar-old King Peter II of Yugoslavia had reached Jeru salem in a flight over the Mediter ranean during which an uniden tified member of the Yugoslav cabi net was killed. ed to the federal government its rights to timber cutting contracts on 3600 acres in Washington, and telephone, pipe line, right of way and other permits on 1200 acres In Minnesota, Montana, Washing ton and Wyoming. Approval of the release, interior department of ficials said, also makes possible the termination of a 10-year law suit between the government and the company based on the terms of the original grant under which the company received 43.159,000 acres more than 75 years ago. At the same time, the company, under the release, can take advan tage of transportation act provis. Ions and discontinue low preferen. tlal rates for some forms of govern ment passenger and freight bust ness. "r-i-- - i ,..w 1 rm '"-n n , In', MmV T'1;,K.tIfti1yi,i.iilil I Receives Final Grooming for Army Debut First product of the Chrysler tank arsenal In Detroit, this 28-ton pilot model of the M-3 medium tank is receiving its final grooming before formal presentation to the army. Mass production will start this summ er. The gun at the left Is a 75-mm cannon and above the center is a 37-mm cannon. Machine guns fire from the topmost turret, Associated Press Photo. NewPremierCalls For Finish Fight Athens, April 21 (U.R) Manuel Tsouderos took the oath as premier of Greece today and, in speech delivered between air raids, called upon the nation to "fight to victory." "We do not want to become slaves vicarious end," ..Tsouderos, farmer, governor of the .Bank of Greece, sam. xou may db sure inai, our struggle for great Greece will end with glory." Tsouderos said that "the low souls of the enemy have no place in Greece." You fight so that your brothers and sisters will not come under the heel of bestial force," he said. "We are passing through a black mid night but dawn Is not far away." Tsouderos expressed gratitude for British aid and said: "We know that behind Britain is the United States, whose great ideals will be nourish ed In the new world. With such partners, righteousness must win and our victory will help create a moral force that will govern all countries tomorrow." Hitler's Praises Sung by Nazis Berlin, April 21 (U.R) Nazi news papers published columns of dis patches today describing Adolf Hit ler's 52nd birthday yesterday and speeches made Incident to it, In cluding that in which Field Mar shal Hermann Goerlng said: "We know we are blessed by the Almighty, who gave us this leader." Rudolph Hess, Hitler's deputy as leader of the nazi party, said in his speech: "All our wishes for you (Hitler) are united In the prayer: 'Lord, God, preserve our fuehrer.' " The main headline today of the Voelkischer Beobachter, the official newspaper of the nazi party, was: "The nation greets the fuehrer: 'We beat the enemy wherever we meet him.' " Diplomats, among them Leland B. Harris, charge d'affaires of the United States embassy, honored Hitler here by signing the guest book at his chancellery. Hitler spent the day somewhere In the Balkans In his special military train. Germany Puts Pressure on Spain London, April 21 (U.R) Germany was reported today to be bringing new pressure upon Spain to join the axis military alliance, possibly preliminary to an attack by nazi troops upon Gibraltar. It was believed here that develop' ments may come soon. According to Information reach' ing London, Spain's foreign minis, ter, Ramon Serrano Suner, Is urg Ing immediate compliance with I nazi demand that Spain sign with the trl-partlte alliance. However, there was no specific information here as to whether the new German demands include request for permission for nazi troops to cross Spain for the long contemplated action against Olbral tar or whether Spain has been asked to Join In this attack. and we intend to fight to a Treasury Offers Tax Program Washington, April 21 UP) The treasury submitted a detailed pro. gram to the house ways and means committee today for raising $3,500, 00. ,000 in new taxes, but Chairman Doughton (D., N.C.) declined to di vulge the plan. He said he did not wish to "alarm the people over something that might not happen." The committee, he added, would approve only as much of the pro gram "as we think is wise." The meeting was behind closed doors. Doughton said that treasury of ficials and the staff of the joint committee on internal revenue taxa tion, an instrument of congress, dif fered on "some points" as to how the tremendous sum should be rais ed. The committee, he asserted, would allow the two staffs a few days to "get together" on methods. The treasury's proposal was pre sented by John L, Sullivan, assist ant secretary. Doughton said that Colin Stam, chief of staff of '.he joint committee, and his aides would make suggestions at another closed committee meeting tomorrow. The chairman told reporters that no vote was taken on whether the committee would approve the treas ury's plan for financing govern ment expenditures during the fiscal year 1942 on a basis of two-thirds taxes and one-third borrowing. Aosla Rejects Surrender Offer Rome, April 21 (U.R) The Duke of Aosta, viceroy of Ethiopia, has re jected categorically British propos als that Italians surrender through out Ethiopia, a communique said today. The communique said that the British proposal was for the purpose of protecting the lives of Italian civilians in Ethiopia. In reply to a proposal made by the British at Dlredawa, the duke was quoted as saying: "I refuse to consider your propos als to surrender. Responsibility for treatment of the white population In British-occupied territory Is up to the British, whether the British oc cupy the territory with white or na tive troops. Meanwhile, we continue fighting to the last man." Two Earth Shocks Felt in Unalaska Unalaska, Alaska, April 21 UP) This area felt two earth shocks during the night, neither severe enough to cause any damage. Dish es were rattled and buildings rock ed slightly by the first shake felt at 8:55 p. m, (PST). The shake tremor, at 12:05 a. m., was weaker Both were of short duration. Italians Regain Ionian Coast Rome, April 21 (flVThe Italian high command reported today Ital ian forces had reoccupied the en tire Ionian coast of Albania as far as the Greek frontier. In the Mediterranean, the war bulletin said Italian planes tor pedoed and sank a 15,000-ton oil tanker and an 8,000-ton auxiliary cruiser out of an allied convoy. The newspaper II Popolo Dl Roma said "a big battle to wipe out the Greek army" was in progress at Perati bridge, which spans the Viosa river at the Greek-Albanian fron tier. Earlier reports said fascist dive-bombers had blasted the bridge, trapping the Greeks on the Alban ian side. Our troops yesterday forced Greek troops, who were offering tena cious resistance in fortified positions at the Albanian borders, to beat retreat," the high command said. The Italy-reoccupled coastal area was the part of southern Albania taken by the Greeks last November after turning back the Italian in vasion. Fascist airmen were declared to have blasted Greek troop concen trations and mechanized vehicles In successive waves, destroying and damaging considerable Greek equip ment. Nazi Supporter In Paris Missing Vichy, France, April 21 (U.R) Re ports circulated today that Jean Fontcnoy, director of publicity of the nazi-approved popular assembly party in Paris, had been missing for eight days and was believed to have been assassinated. The popular assembly party was formed In Parish by French leaders calling for closer collaboration be tween the Vichy government and Germany and return of Pierre La val, deposed vtce-premler, to the cabinet. Fontenoy, together with Marcel Dcat, Paris newspaper editor and close friend of Laval, and others formed the party. Germans and Italians At Tobruk Quarrel By J. II. Yindrich (Copyright 1941 by United Press) With the British Empire Garrison besieged at Tobruk, April 18 (U.R) Via Cairo and London: Delayed) Evidence is accumulating that differences are growing between the German and Italian lorccs ocsicgmg Tobruk. Two days ago German tanks fired on about 1,000 Italian infan trymen, who, after forming for an attack on the barbed wire entangle ments of the outer defenses, re treated before a blast of British artillery fire. A patrol of 20 Australian Infantry men, accompanied by three Bren gun carriers, then went out on what they called an encircling movement. They brought back 846 Italians, In cluding a colonel, 28 other Italian officers and one German officer. Italians among the prisoners said that In one attack they were to have received German tank support, but the tanks failed to appear. An Italian officer said the Ger mans kept the Italians In ignorance, Germans Push Beyond Larissa In Greek Drive Berlin Claims Victory Near and Conference For Division of Spoils Berlin, April 21 (P) Five full British transports total ing 23,000 tons, sailing to the Isle of Crete, were sunk today by the German air force, au thorized nazi sources declar ed tonight. Berlin, April 21 (P) Ger man mechanized forces have pushed southward "far- be yond "Larissa" in pursuit of Greek and British troops re treating on the Greek plain of Thessaly, the German high command said today. Other nazi forces operating to the west seized a mile-high mountain pass near Metsovon, 40 miles northwest of captur ed Trikkala, alter crossing the Pindus mountains, the dally war bulletin said. The communique emphasized air assaults against British troop trans ports along the Greek east coast. A 7000-ton merchantman was said to have been destroyed in the port of Volos and two transports were reported "heavily hit" at Khalkls, Another transport was sunk from convoy In the Mediterranean, the high command said. New Threat Looms Authorized sources previously had said that the nazi mechanized units were rolling steadily southward af ter the retreating Greeks and Brit ish across the whole 80-mile width of the plain of Thessaly In central Greece. The German seizure of Metsovon Pass offered a new threat to the Greeks retreating into northwestern Greece from Albania along an ever narrowing path. Italian forces which are pushing the Greeks across the border say the retiring forces have only one main road left open, that which runs southward from Ioannina. Metsovon Pass is 25 miles east of Ioannina, which In turn Is about the same distance from the Alban ian border. Hitler on Job Somewhere behind his advancing troops, Adolf Hitler observed his 52nd birthday yesterday In a flower decorated rallwny dining car in the presence of military leaders while Informed circles In Berlin turned their thoughts toward the political reorganization of the Balkans. Official and authorized quarters remnlncd silent, but reports persist ed that there would be a "conference of victors" almost Immediately to map the broad outlines of the axis' new order In the southeast. Reports from Vienna said King Boris III of Bulgaria had arrived there and Italian leaders were said to be en route. (Informed circles In Budapest said last night that the axis powers were laying plans for a Vienna con ference to decide upon the disposi tion of disrupted territories in the southeast and to promulgate "new order" In the Balkans.) not only of plans for operations, but of objectives. A German prisoner said axis troops were told to storm Tobruk In a great attRck several days ago but received no specific directions and as the result, they started the attack but got lost. The abortive Italian Infantry at tack which previously drew the fire of German tanks, was the first phase of the seventh big attack on Tozruk. The attack resulted in the dc struction of one German tank and the capture of three German tanks and seven Italian guns. To date the total of German and Italian prisoners is about 1,500. (Concluded on uase 3, column 1) Nazi Columns Thrust South Across Thessaly Allied Withdrawal Com pleted Without Loss Germans Lose Heavily (By the Associated Press) Fiery rearguard actions by Australian and New Zealand troops slowed the German blitzkrieg sweep through the lowlands of Thessaly today, while the British-Greek allies fell back and prepared for a last ditch stand in the Oth- rys mountain range. Capture of Karditsa, 14 miles south of Trikkala in cen tral Greece, put Hitler's pan zer columns less than 135 miles from Athens. The Italian radio reported also it was "believed" that German troops had reached the Aegean sea port of Volos, 30 miles south of fallen Larissa. Greeks Held Trapped Fascist press dispatches late to day asserted that 14 Greek divi sions roughly about 150,000 men were caught In an Italian trap and further menaced by German forces at their back. A new German threat to Brit ish power In the Mediterranean arose in a report at Vichy, France, that the Germans had demanded free passage through unoccupied France for troops en route .to Spain.' ' " ". ! " Diplomatic circles in Vichy said It was taken for granted that a nazi move into Spain for operations against Britain's rock citadel of Gibraltar was imminent a few weeks at most and possibly only a few days. "The enemy la advancing very cautiously," it was announced. partly due to bad roads but large ly because of the rough handling he has received whenever in con tact with our men. Our casualties are light. Apparently the next major stand by the British and Greeks was to bo made in the southern mountain barriers guarding the approach to Athens between the Gulf of Cor inth and the Aegean port of Lamia, British middle east headquarters said the British withdrawal was "in (Concluded on page 10, column 8) Massacre Nazis In Boat Drive Athens, Greece, April 21 (U.R) German troops have been massacred in their first attempt In this war to invade a British position by boat, a New Zealand officer reported today on his return, slightly wounded, from the battle of Mount Olympus. In a manner symbolical of what they might have planned for the English channel, the Germans clam bered aboard rubber boats eight men to a boat and, supported by a withering barrage from their ar mored cars lining the bank, and by parachutists descending on the Bri tish side, tiled to fight across a stream skirting a road in one of the Mount Olympus passes. "We sank one boat after another," the New Zenlander said. "After two hours the river was teeming with half-sunken boats drifting down stream and with splashing, drown ing men. Some of the boats were Ut tered with dead and wounded men." The officer, a former dairy farmer from Auckland, said he was amazed at "the absolute disregard of the Germans for their own losses." "We got sick of killing them," he said. "It was mass slaughter." The parachutists, he said, wore gray shorts and heavy gray Jacket and carried sub-machine guns that had terrific firing power. Vichy Sees Drive Against Gibraltar Vichy, France, April 21 (IP) It was reported tonight in Vichy that Oer man terms brought to Paris by Otto Abetz, Oerman ambassador at Paris, Included a demand for free passage of Oerman troops enroute to Spain. It is accepted almost universally In Vichy governmental and diplo matic circles that a movement Into Spain by Germany for operations against Gibraltar to close the west ern end of the Mediterranean Is a matter of a few weeks at most and possibly only dava.
