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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.
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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
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.