Wednesday; August 13, 1941
The Capital Journal,' Salem, Oregon
Three
Salem Man
Held After
Albany Fight
John McCIeary, former resident
of the Dever community but now of
Salem, is in the Linn county Jail In
default of $1000 bond awaiting a
preliminary hearing on a charge of
assault with intent to kill, the out
growth of an encounter between
McCIeary and Zach Linville, Dev
er, on Second street in front of the
Sears store and Beam Insurance
agency.
McCIeary was arraigned In Justice
court Tuesday but through his at
torney demanded a preliminary
hearing, which is scheduled for to
day. Linville, who swore out the war
rant for McCleary's arrest, alleged
he was severely cut about the face
and arms.
McCIeary denied using a knife,
In Justice court, but maintained
that he had struck Linville with his
fist only and that the wounds
were caused by a ring.
Passersby separated the two bat
tlers and McCIeary left the scene
and proceeded to his home In Salem,
where he was arrested.
According to statements of Lin
, vllle to District Attorney Harold
Welnrlck, the altercation arose as
the aftermath of a property trade
whereby Linville had exchanged an
eastern Oregon farm for McCleary's
Dever property.
The disagreement arose, Linville
said, over disposition of AAA soil
conservation benefit payments,
which Linville claimed went with
the property but which McCIeary
claimed rightfully should have been
paid to mm.
Sayings Plan
o Offered by
Water Bureau
Approval of a proposed savings
r"stem was given unanimously last
night by employes of the City of
Salem water department, who met
at the water offices. The plan was
outlined by Van Wieder, chairman
of the water commission. The move
ment results from the national ad
.ministration's announcement of
credit tightening policy and curbing
of small loan activities. Included In
the plan Is a proposed creation of
an. old-age retirement fund.
, Wieder explained that private in
dustry pays a tax of from 2 to 4
per cent for employe benefits under
r atate and federal laws, a plan not
available to state, county and muni
' clpal employes. Also, he explained,
employes contribute to the old-age
and unemployment insurance funds.
He said the commission had not
taken earlier action because It had
been expected that the 1941 leglsla
. ture would make similar benefits
available to public employes.
Mr. Wieder said details had not
been worked out, but that in some
way the commission proposed to
match dollars with the employes. It
was suggested that the savings be
managed by a non-profit corpora
tion comprised of employes, that the
money be invested in government
defense bonds, and that the savings
be made available to beneficiaries
at . retirement, the amount to be
the total saved from salaries plus
that added by the commission and
the Interest accumulation.
In event of illness or emergency
before retirement age, Wieder said,
short-time loans might be made
from the fund to the members at
less than commercial Interest rates.
Following the explanation the em
ployes met by- themselves and re
ported their approval to Carl K.
Ouenther, manager of the depart
ment, who In turn reported to the
commission. Guenther said he be
lieved the water department was the
first public enterprise to make an
offer of this kind.
The 21 employes selected L. A.
Hanllton, Hausmer Slefarth and
Clark Will to work with Guenther
and the commission In preparing a
, detailed plan.
750,000 Indian Troops
Simla, India, Aug. 13 OJ.R) Gen.
Sir Archibald Wavell, commander
in chief of British forces In India,
said in a radio broadcast today that
nearly 750,000 Indians were under
arms and that recruits were rushing
to join the colors.
find Beauty on Broadway A motion picture of rare beauty, des
pite the cynicism of its protagonists, Columbia's "Angels Over
Broadway," stars Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., at the Hollywood theatre,
starts tomorrow through Saturday. As a Broadway "grifter." he
is shown above with lovely Rita Hayworth, who is featured as
a cafe entertainer. Thomas Mitchell and John Qualen and others
in the cast. With "Angels Over Broadway" is "The Great Train
. Robbery," starring Bob Steele and Claire Caileton.
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Slaughter Is Out for The Season Enos Slaughter, hard hitting St. Louis Cardinal outfielder, out for
the season with a broken left clavicle, Is being well cared for in a St. Louis hospital by two nurses,
Miss Mary Lee Brehm (left) and Miss Dorothy Mae Repp. Slaughter was injured in action Asso
ciated Press Photo.
Japan in Calm
Before Storm
Tokyo, Aug. 13 (U.R Japan is in "the calm before a
storm" and hostile nations that under-estimate Japanese
strength are "inviting unfortunate results," a naval spokes
man warned today as restrictions on exports from Indo-China
tightened the diplomatic crisis in the Pacific. Japanese news
papers warned Thailand not to ac-
cept Anglo-American guarantees on
the grounds that nations which had
done so "now are dead." They said
Japan would not tolerate any Thai
land submission to Britain. The
newspaper Nlchi Nichi said it was
for that reason Thailand had de
clared her neutrality.
"Now is not the time to fuss over I
whether Japan should enter the;
war," the spokesman, Hideo Hir-i
aide, told the Japanese press. "The
present is merely the calm before:
the storm and the people must be
prepared."
Hiralde said that the Japanese
were peace-loving but that there
was a limit to their patience and
that after that limit was reached
there would be an explosion.
The Japanese people, he' said,
would not be discouraged by press
ure. (Previously, the United States
and Britain were understood to have
expressed grave concern in regard
to a possible Japanese move against
Thailand, due to the concentration
of Japanese troops occupying Indo
China on the Thai frontier).
Ml. Rainier Receives
Ashes of Climber
Seattle, Aug. 13 The family
of Leon Brigham, Jr., arranged to
day to have his ashes scattered over
Mt. Rainier where the University
of Washington football player lost
his life in a climbing accident Sun
day. Funeral services for young
Brigham will be held tomorrow af
ternoon. "Junie once said that if anything
happened to him he would like his
ashes to be placed on the mountain.
That's what he wanted and that's
what we will do," his father, Leon
Brigham, Sr., football coach at Se
attle's Garfield high school, said.
He also disclosed young Brigham
twice sought to climb Mt. Rainier
and planned another attempt next
week. Last Sunday, however, he fell
through a snow bridge over a trea
cherous crevase and was buried be
neath the snow 85 feet down the
chasm.
Evans ton, 111., Aug. 13 UJ& The
Women's Christian Temperance Un
ion said VTuesday that the nation
"was slightly more sober". In the year
ended last July 1 than in the pre
ceding year.
It reported national consumption
of legally-sold liquor at 1,834,392,741
gallons for the 1941 fiscal year com
pared with 1,849,970,467 in 1940, a
decline of 15,577,726 gallons. Per ca
pita consumption dropped from 14.
077 gallons to 13.96.
Landing Gears
Prove Defective
Spokane, Aug. 13 (JP) Failure of
retractable landing gears on North
American B-25 medium bombers
to function properly may force can
celation of plans to use the ships
In maneuvers in Louisiana and Miss
issippi next month, air force officers
at Pelts field said yesterday.
Mechanical changes on the land
ing gear of the 75 planes now in
service will have to be made be
fore normal flight operations can
be continued, Major J. J. O'Hara,
executive officer of the 17th bom
bardment squadron, disclosed while
discussing the landing of two of
the ships on their bellies within
a 48-hour period last week.
Meanwhile, the ships will be flown
with the tricycle gear down, a
practice which decreases speed, in
creases gasoline consumption and
reduces maneuverability of the ships.
If necessary changes can be effected
in time the ships will be used in
the maneuvers, Maj, O'Hara said,
although it is not known how long
It will take to make the repairs.
The faulty piece is being re-de
signed at the factory so all future
planes delivered to the army will
have improved models.
Continuation of
Two More Bridges
from page 1
The Hobson bridge was condemn
ed some time ago and on one end
there is one support said to be prac
tically gone. However, a few people
are reported to still use the bridge
in face of the danger. Court mem
bers figure it would cost about
$5000 to replace the structure and
that the service given isn't worth
more than a small piece of such
money.
Before the bridge crew moves to
replace the bridge on the Mt. Angel
Gervais road, a portion of the crew
will be put to work at erecting (
small 23-foot bridge on the Marion-
Jefferson road at Jefferson. This
work will probably be done next
week and the wooden timbers will
be treated before being used for
construction. The court secured fi
gures on the cost of a metal cul
vert instead of the bridge and then
decided to erect the bridge of wood
because of the materially lower
cost.
Los Angeles Leads
In July Building
San Francisco, Aug. 13 (U.R Los
Angeles maintained Its lead over 98
Pacific coast cities in building per
mits Issued during July, a month In
which the total value of permits de
clined slightly from the June level,
the western monthly building sur
vey reported.
Building permits Issued during
July in the 88 cities totaled $38.
957,747, a gain of 14.2 percent over
the $34,083,847 reported In July,
1940, but down 1.85 percent from the
$39,894,001 reported In June, 1941,
the survey, prepared by H. R. Baker
and company, said.
Reports of Seattle and Honolulu
reflected Intense defense activity,
the survey indicated. Seattle advanc
ed to third place with permits of
$2,417,885 as against $1,220,950 for
the same month In the preceding
year and $1,872,600 for the preceding
period, showing $1,705,878 for July.
1941, against $981,491 for July, 1940.
and $909,774 for June, 1941.
The value of scrap materials now
being used In American Industrial
production Is estimated In excess
of .a billion dollars.
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Captain A. A. Nichoson
Lions Will Hear
Captain Nichoson
Captain A. A. Nichoson, person
nel director of the Texas company,
will be the principal speaker for
tr-i Salem Lions club luncheon at
the MaiHon hotel Thursday noon.
Captain Nichoson will speak on the
subject, "America Must Remain
America."
Captain Nichoson was educated
at the Columbia University school
of Journalism, but later entered up
on an industrial career. He has been
connected with industry for the
past 27 years, most of the time with
the Texas company. He served in
the World war, enlisting as a pri
vate ami emerging with the rank of
major. He saw service in practic
ally every sector of the western
front and was awarded the crolx de
guerre by the French government
and two citations by the United
States.
In his present position, Captain
Nichoson has contacted virtually
every important industrial plant in
the United States. He is a staunch
devotee of the principles and ob
jective of American business and
industry.
Food Reserves
Needed by Nation
Washington, Aug. 13. (Presi
dent Roosevelt declared in a let
ter made public Tuesday by Secre
tary Wickard that the country
needed food reserves "to meet
emergencies which can as yet be
only dimly foreseen.
Addressed to the secretary. It was
In acknowledgement of a report on
the agriculture department's pro
gram to encourage production of
pork, dairy products, poultry pro
ducts, and other foods. It was dated
July 25.
Mr. Roosevelt said that In this
time of crisis, "food Is a weapon
against Hltlerism just as much as
munitions and food will continue
to be a weapon in all efforts to
ward Insuring a more orderly, pros
perous and peaceful world".
He recalled that In the first
World war, it became necessary to
establish a food administration, but
added that In this war he saw no
reason to believe such an agency
would be needed.
He said agriculture was meeting
the situation much more satisfac
torily by Increasing production in
an orderly way "so that our own
needs and the needs of our friends
can be met without causing scar
city or unduly high prices".
Civilian Defense
Sign-Up Continued
Woodburn Winton J. Hunt,
chairman of registration for civil
ian defense, has announced that
another registration will be held In
the council rooms at the city hall
Monday, August 18. The same
group of women who served on the
registration board August 4 have
been requested to serve again. All
those who did not register in the
first registration should register at
this time.
Suver Miss Helen DeArmond,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. De
Armond, who has spent the past six
weeks attending summer school at
Berkeley, Calif., has returned home.
Miss DeArmond teaches In the
Portland schools
Elsinore Shows
Splendid Film,
Stirring Drama
To her "Mrs. Chips" of "Good
bye, Mr. Chips" and Elizabeth Ben
nett of ' Pride and Prejudice," ureer
Garson has added another brilliant
and heart-warming performance as
a woman who falls in love with 2000
babies in Metro-Gold wyn -Mayer's
"Blossoms In the Dust," now showing I
at the Elsinore theatre. !
The story was inspired by the life
of Mrs. Edna Gladney of Fort
Worth, superintendent of the Texas
Children's Home and Aid Society,
who has devoted 30 years to find
ing happy homes for babies. Both
Miss Garson's portrayal of Mrs,
Gladney and the film's powerful
and fascinating theme can only be
compared with Spencer Tracy's in
terpretation of Father Edward J.
Flanagan in "Men of Boys Town."
Walter Pldgeon has been ideally
cast opposite Miss Garson as Sam
Gladney in depicting the colorful
lives of a man and woman who,
having lost their own child, fill the
void in their hearts with thousands
of babies.
Supporting performances are uni
formly good. Marsha Hunt is out
standing in a brief but unforgettable
role as Miss Garson's girlhood friend
who Is a tragic suicide when she
learns that she was an illegitimate
child. Also excellent are Felix Bres-
sart, playing a gruff but kindly
country doctor, and Fay Holden of
Hardy Family fame, and Samuel S.
Hinds, as Miss Garson's parents. The
babies and children do their share
of scene stealing, partlcuarly Pat
Barker and Richard Nichols.
The companion film, "Three Sons
O' Guns" with Wayne Morris, Tom
Brown anc" Marjorie Rambeau is a
highly humorous sketch of three
mother-pampered boys and their
screwy antics in an effort to avoid
the army draft.
For archery enthusiasts, "Hunt
ing the Hrrd Way," the short sub
ject on the program, is packed with
thrills and information.
Convict Slays
Prison Guard
McAlester, Okla., Aug. 13 (IP) The
body of w. R. Bennlngfleld was
found today in a weed-filled ditch,
hammered to death by a convict
the 60-year-old state employe was
taking to a physician.
The death brought to six the
number this week in which McAl
ester prison convicts figured. Ward
en Fred Hunt, aroused by the latest
killing, ordered immediate closing
of the state's two prison camps at
Atoka and Red Oak,
James David Parrlsh, 37, serving
a Brief sentence for grand larceny,
was quoted after his capture last
night at Shawnee as admitting he
killed Bennlngfleld Monday and
dumped his body from a car 14
miles north of Durant. Parrlsh, i
trusty, had been at the Atoka pris
on camp.
Four convicts died as a result of
bloody attempt last Sunday to
break out of the penitentiary. Be
fore they died, they killed Hunt's
predecessor, Warden Jess Dunn,
who had been seized as a hostage.
Second Lend-Lease
Bill for $5 Billions
Washington, Aug. 13 (U.R) The
administration's second lend-lease
program, calling for appropriation
of approximately $6,000,000,000, will
be submitted to congress shortly
after President Roosevelt returns to
the capital, informed sources said
today.
The new funds will be sought
even though less than $6,000,000,000
of the original $7,000,000,000 lend
lease appropriation has been allo
cated to federal agencies which
contract for war-aid supplies.
Grange Plans Social
Macleay The regular Grange
social night will be held at the
Grange hall Saturday night. This
social night will be the annual
overall and print dress night.
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and now an army selectee at Fort Ord, Calif., was washing dishes
wrien he came back to his army post six hours late after his surprise
marriage to Flower Parry, 19-year-old Hollywood night club flow
er girl. Coogan was assigned to kitchen police duty for unauthor
ized extension of his brief honeymoon. Associated Press Photo.
My thical Fleet
Invades Washington
Fort Lewis, Wash., Aug. 13 (P) A huge mythical en
emy fleet theoretically invaded the coast of Washington at
dawn today, officially starting the biggest war maneuvers
in west coast history. First enemy
troops theoretically landed by para
chute from transport planes at
Aberdeen and Raymond, Wash., in
the Grays Harbor area. Transports
pulled into the harbor and prepared
to unload under cover of the guns
of mythical warships standing off
shore.
Parachute troops also landed at
North Head and Gamp Clatsop.
, Fort Worden, one of the main
Puget Sound defense outposts, was
destroyed after only 16 minutes of
battle with the make-believe enemy
fleet.
The new $12,000,000 McChord
Field air base, near Tacoma, was
bombed, half its planes destroyed
before they could get Into the air
and its runways blasted to bits,
Four hours after the attack, the
cities of Port Townsend, Port An
geles, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Ray
mond, Seaside, Ore., Canby, Ore.
Warrington, Ore., and the mouth of
the Columbia river had been theo
retically captured by the enemy.
Two squadrons of planes from Fort
Lewis took off to scout the enemy
to determine which of the thrusts
was the main attack so the 0th
army corps could act In a specific
area instead of spreading its forces.
All this was part of the paper
maneuvers of the war games which
will involve about 100,000 troops.
The 50,000 men and officers of the
fort' were expected to go Into ac
tion any moment to repel the myth
ical attack.
The actual theoretical attack fol
lowed two days . of a "war of
nerves," which kept officers on the
alert day and night awaiting devel
opments as army umpires made
them up.
Even the highest army officers
did not know when the mythical
enemy would strike; only the um
pires held the secrets. All this was
planned in order to hold the war
games under close to actual war
conditions.
Tor the past two days, there had
been reports from up and down the
west coast of mythical feints by the
make-believe attacker. This kept
officers in a state of harassment
and uncertainty.
Only yesterday the enemy fleet
was reported to have bombed points
in the Los Angeles area and re
tired into a dense fog off the coast.
Officers said this feint was made by
only a few ships of the mythical
fleet in order to throw the concen-
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tratlon of soldiers at Fort Lewis
off guard.
Two Ex-Aldermen
Go to Penitentiary
Detroit, Aug. 13 (U.R The former
Detroit coimcilmen today were sen.
tenced to 3 to 10 year terms in the
southern Michigan penitentiary for
accepting bribes from two Chicago
firms in connection with an $8,000,
000 housing project.
Judge Christopher E. Stein, with
tears in his eyes, told John F. Ham
ilton and Harry I. Dlngemnn "the
shame of this has punished you far
beyond my power to punish you."
Hamilton and Dlngemnn were old
friends of Stein.
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Only Eight
Smokes Left
In Famous Valley
Juneau, Alaska, Aug. 13 (IP) The
valley of ten thousand smokes, relic
of America's most fearsome natural
phenomena, is losing its punch.
In fact, there are only eight smok
es left.
This startling Information was re
layed here today by J. C. Roehm, a
mining engineer, after a trip across
the Aleutian peninsula. Roehm, of
fering no explanation for disappear
ance of thousands of steam Jeta
which made the valley like some
thing out of a Dante-created infer
no, radioed that the remaining Jets
are small, mild and apparently grow
ing smaller. Lush Alaskan vegetation
Is creeping over once-molten sands,
and Roehm predicted the smokea
would soon stop entirely, allowing
the valley to return to Its peaceful
character of before 1912.
Before 1912, the little valley was
merely a backdrop for lofty Mt.
Katmal, a quiescent volcano. Sev
enteen miles by four, the valley, like
the surrounding peninsula, was un
inhabited, but ancient Indian trails
showed It had been a favorite hunt
ing ground.
Suddenly, one section upended and
a new volcano, since named Nova
Rupta, spewed Incandescent sand
which consumed every bush and
tree. Snowdrifts remained intact
under a sand cover. Vents tiny
cracks and holes 150 fett wlde
spouted steam.
Then, in an awesome climax, Mt.
Katmal exploded. Its snowy crown
vanished, leaving a crater three
miles wide and at least 3700 feet
deep. Ashes covered Kodiak island,
150 miles away. Cordova, 360 miles
east, had acid rain. Fumes tarnished
brass in Victoria, B. C, 1500 miles
south, and haze was visible in Wash
ington, D. C. Scientists calculated
that dust in the air robbed the north
temperate zone of 10 per cent of the
sun's heat.
When it was over, only a lake in
the crater and the valley of ten
thousand smokes remained. Discov
ered three years later, they were in
corpora ted in a national monument.
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