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Eight The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Wednesday, August 13, 1941 Cafeteria for Leslie High Authorized The Salem school board last night authorized the establishment of a cnfetria to be operated during the i;iproachlng term at Leslie Junior high school. The necessary equip ment Is to be purchased. Heretofore a lunch room has been operated by the home economics de partment. It Is expected surplus commodity foods will be utilized In the feeding of children who are un able to finance the purchase of lunchse. WPA and NYA workrs will assist In the program. Confirming reports published yes terday, the directors filled all vacant teaching positions during their ses sion last night. Recommendations of Superintendent Bennett were fol lowed In hiring Loren Mort as gen eral science - and physical education instructor at Leslie. He taught upon a substitute basis last year. Mrs. Florence Emerson, English, at Par rlsh; Arlie L. Hatfield, general sci ence and Instrumental music, Par rlsh; Donald J. Dawson, industrial arts, Parrlsh; Frank M. Beer, bi ology, senior high; Edmund Atter bury, sixth grade, Highland; Mary n. Davis, first grade, McKlnley; Irene DeVries, fourth grade at Mc Klnley and Mrs. Ruth M. Rodgcrs, English and social science, Parrlsh. Children who will become six years of age by November 15, will be permitted to enter the first grade when school opens September, in accordance with a policy adopted some years ago. Parents so desir ing may have children becoming elx years of age between November 6 1 id March 1, take maturity tests. 231 lor Oregon In Next Call Quotas of selective service trainees to be Inducted Into the army Sep tember 10-11 and 23-30 total 4695 for the ninth corps area, It was an nounced today at the headquarters of Major General Ernest D. Peek, commanding general of the corps area, at the Presidio of San Fran cisco, Calif. California will furnish 3178 of these, Washington 625, Oregon 231, Idaho 217, Montana 220, Utah 172 and Nevada 62. Southern Califor nia will send 1589 selectees to the reception center at Port MacArthur, San Pedro, Calif.; Northern Califor nia 1589 to that at the Presidio of Monterey, Calif.; those from Wash ington, Oregon, Montana and 50 from Idaho will be sent to Fort I.wls, Wash.; and those from Utah, Nevada and the remaining 158 from Idaho will go to Fort Douglas, Utah. The latest call brings the total number of men called from the ninth corps area to 66,018 of which dtate quota n have been as follows: California 46,146; Washington 7307; Oregon 3031, Montana 3302, Idaho 2847, Utah 2516, Nevada 838, (Wyo ming, prior to Its transfer to the seventh corps area, 31), Penny Carnival For Skating Club Members of the Salem Skating club, meeting at the homo of Na dine Lewis, secretary, last night, discussed plans for the annual pen ny carnival to be held in Septem ber. Tills carnival will open the club's fall skating program. A new membership committee, consisting of Harold Dourts, Warren Butler and Norma Hcinlein, was appointed by President William Swigert. Rinksters and their friends will motor to the Lakepark rink near CorvalHs next Tuesday night, leaving from the Chamber or Com merce at 7:30. Those without trans portation are asked to dial 8179. In attendance at last night's meet ing and welner roast were Loyal Sheridan, Julia Pease, Beverley Armstrong, Pauline Craven. Nadine Lewis, Patricia Fltzpatrlck, Sally Douris, Marianne Zwleker, Charles Esplin, Harold Douris, Warren But nr, Kenneth Marston and William Swlgart. ft Russian Guerrlla Detachment These men, Russian sources say, are "a group of guerrllas of N dis trict." Man at right is identified as their commander. This picture was radiod to New York from Moscow. Associated Press Photo. West Menaced by Petain 's Nazi Support By DeWllt MacKenle (Capital Journal War Analyst) French Chief of State Petain hasn't yet disclosed to an anxious world whether his government's collaboration with Hitler contemplates military support, but it is quite clear that his move Is wholly inimical to al- lied Interests and constitutes a po tential, if not actual, menace to the western hemisphere. Certainly the possibility of mili tary cooperation is indicated in the fact that the Vichy government has pledged Itself to a new order which is being established by force. The point of immediate concern to the allies and the Americas is whether Vichy intends to give the nazls access to strategic bases such as Dakar and the French posses sions of north Africa, thereby strengthening the German hand In the crucial battles or the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. Tiie allied cause may hinge upon County Employes Pay Reclassified A reclassification of salaries for employes at the Marlon county wel fare commission's office has been made which was effective July t, according to Information furnished members of the commission. The salary list includes 24 employes, some of them on a supplemental classi fication sheet indicating they were not reclassified. Reclassification of salaries wasjf arence Q the new order, ac- thls Issue of colonial bases. Brazil Nearest Approach The more remote threat to the western hemisphere is recognized in the report that the United States is negotiating for an air base In Brazil to offset any nazi move against Dakar. Brazil provides the nearest land approach to Dakar, which Is 1,620 miles across the nar row part of the south Atlantic. The allies still have hope that General Weygand, commander in chief of the French colonial forces, may refuse to surrender bases to the Germans even If he is ordered to do so by Vichy. It long has been widely believed that he represented his frame of mind. However, that's another of those doubtful situations which time alone will clarify, There remains one aspect of this Vichy move which has been little noted but which to my mind will become of increasing importance. That is the attitude of the French people toward this subscription to totalitarian Hitlerlsm, which many of them take to mean complete sub servience to Germany. French Don't Like It I spent some years In France, and find It difficult to believe that Frenchmen will submit to this. Pe tain himself, In his announcement made as follows. Administrator $200 to $225 a month; supervisor of so cial work, $150 to $160; case worker, $150 to $160; senior workers, $115 to $120; junior workers reclassified to senltr workers, $100 to $110; book keeper, $105 to $110; bookkeeper clerk, $110 to $115; stenographer, $115 to $125; junior stenographers, $70 to $75; senior clerk, $100 to $110; Junior clerk, $90 to $05; receptionist, $95 to 105. On a supplemental sheet the following salaries are shown : JunLr workrs, $85 and $100; case worker, $125; senior worker, $100 and junior clerks, $70. Highway Contracts Let Tomorrow The state highway commission will meet in Portland Thursday and Fri day, opening bids tomorrow on $500, 000 worth of road construction. Other business to be considered; Widening of Oth street (The Dalles-California highway) in Kla math Foils, condemnation of right-of-way to Tongue Point naval base, permitting use of state land near Pendleton airport for recreational purposes, revision of Old Oregon Trail through Ladd canyon, and a petition by Pendleton residents pro testing widening of Wst Court street in Pendleton, knowledged strong opposition. As I have reported to your pre viously, there already is a wide spread spirit of revolt against nazi dom manifesting Itself among the French people. It will be passing strange if the Vichy government isn't riding for trouble. When Hitler was cementing his latest diplomatic triumph and there have been many since the war started his forces in the Ukraine, said to total at least a million men, were slashing their way into the heart of tills rich territory. Berlin claims that the important naval base of Odessa on the Black sea is threatened and that Marshal Bud yenny's red forces in the sack form ed by the Bug and Dniester rivers north of Odes have been surround ed and are threatened with annihilation. Q 'ft - ,,, ,--. if Blind Man's Murder Trial Slarlii Trial of Capl. John M. Holmes. 36, blind ex-flier with the army air corps reserve, on a charge of murder, got under WBy at Redwood City, Calif. Holmes Is accused of slaying Wilson D, McNary, 26. of Pendleton, Ore., May S, Holmes was blinded, Sheriff J. J. McOralh said, when he shot himself in the head after McNary's deatht. At left la Holmes' attorney, F. E. Hoffman, Associated Press Photo. Drive to Round Up Old Silk Stockings Coordinating with the nation wide drive to round up torn, dis carded silk stockings for re-use in the making of powder bags for the army and navy. Miller's store is asking the cooperation of every wo man who has such stockings avail able to bring them to the store where they will be packed and sent to headquarters immediately. Pow der bags are made of silk because silk ia the only material which burns up completely with the ex plosion of the powder charge, leav ing no dangerous ash in the gun. It Is pointed out that very few silk stockings wear out; they usually are discarded bccan.se runs or snags make them un wearable from an ap pearance point of view. The amount of yard potentially obtainable from discarded silk stockings is extreme ly large and would augment the amount of silk stocks the govern ment now controls. Portland Health Officers Resigns Portland, Aug. 13 (mDr, Adolph Welnzlrl, Portland health officer since 1937, announced today he would resign September 1 to become director of hygiene and public health department of the Univer sity of Oregon medical school. The department was oi-panlwd recently under terms of an endow ment created by the later Dr. E. C. Brown. Dr. Brown directed the en dowment to be used to promote so cial hygiene education in Oregon. Dr. Wein?.irl has specialized In pre vention of epidemic and contagious diseases. Not since he entered his present office has Portland had a serious outbreak of disease. Guests at Fowler Home Grand Island Mr. and Mrs. Floyd E. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter Hohenleltrer of Porllrr.d were' Rundny dinner guests of the Dale' Fowlcri i f .' f i Arrested Carl Julius Schmidt, 63, (above) deported to Ger many in 1922 after serving a prison term for his part in a World war dynamiting plot, was in custody again in Detroit where he was arrested by feder al officers. Still an alien, his deportation is sought now be cause of a 23-year-old theft charge. Associated Press Photo. Carpenters Enjoy Sports at Picnic Carpenters local 1065 had an all day picnic Sunday at the Stayton city park. Races and contests were a mayor diversion. The following persons won prizes: Running race for ages 2 to 6, won by Jerrilyn Barnes; for ages 6 to 10, won by Carlyne Sehman. Sack race for girls, won by Betty Sellard; clothes pin race, won by Freda Barnes. Shoe race for men, won by Arthur Tucker; nail hammering for wom en, won by Mrs. Claude Sellard. Watermelon contest for men, won by Claude Sellard; soda water con test, won by Arthur Tucker. Malcomb Pays Fine Sllverton Elmer Melton Mal comb paid a fine of $5 and costs in Judge Alf. O. Nelson's Justice court when he pled "guilty" to a charge of having no operator's li cense for his motor vehicle. I 7 Missing W 1 n g Commander Douglas R, Bader (above), leg less Canadian ace of the RAF, was reported missing In dis patches from London. Bader, credited with downing 1ft Ger man rlancs. lost both legs In a flying accident with the RAF lu 1031. Associated Press Photo, Partisanship May Be Shelved At Convention Chicago, Aug. 13 (Partisan politics, a regular enlivening fea ture of previous Young Democrats' conventions, will be frowned upon at the national meeting next week, Homer Mat Adams, national presi dent, announced today. Instead, Adams said in a state ment from national headquarters here, the convention will be dedi cated to a study of vital problems of national defense, the reasons for President Roosevelt's declaration of a total emergency and youth's role In national unitv. "Since the overwhelming major ity of our membership Is subject to the selective service act, and thou sands of our members have been called to the colors,'' Adams said, "the question of extending the se lective service act will receive care ful scrutiny and full expression of those in attendance." Delegates from 48 states and the territories will meet in Louisville, Ky., from Thursday through Sat urday, August 21-23. "Although we are a political or ganization, the official youth or ganization of the democratic party," Adams said, "in view of the grave conditions of the hour, this conven tion will be devoted to national de fense and a rededication of the pat riotic policy of the organization. As such we expect the convention to be devoid of partisan politics." The keynote address will be de livered Thursday night by 32-year-old Rep. Lyndon Johnson of Tex as, who recently was defeated for U. S. senator by Governor Lee O Daniel. Adam said Vice President Wal lace, Price Administrator Leon Hen derson and Adolph Berle, state de partment foreign relations expert, had been Invited to speak and that their acceptance hinged on the pressure of business In Washington. Jury Chosen for McNary Slayer Redwood City, Calif., Aug. 13 (U.B The selection of a Jury to try Capt. John M. Holmes, socially prominent army reserve flier, on a charge of murdering Wilson D. Mc Nary, Jr., 26, is expected to be com pleted today. McNary, of Portland, Ore., was a cousin of Senate Minority Leader Charles L. McNary of Oregon. Holmes Is accused of killing Mc Nary and then trying to kill himself last May In a San Mateo, Calif., hotel. The prosecution charges that Jealousy was the motive; that Hol mes said McNary "stole my girl." The girl was Identified as Mrs. Gwendolyn Johnson, widow of a su gar millionaire. Holmes shot himself In the head, severing his optic nerve and perm anently blinding himself. His blind ness was a major obstacle In em paneling a Jury. Many prospective ' Jurors were sympathetic with him! because of his affliction and were I excused. Eleven Jurors seven men and four women were tentatively select ed yesterday. District Attorney Gilbert Perrell said he would not seek the death penalty. Labor Party for LaGuardia Again New York, Aug. 13 m Unquali fied support of the strong American labor party Is assured Mayor P. H. LaGuardia In his campaign for a third term In New York's hichest office, but he faces a contest In I the republican primary. John R. Davles, former president of the National Republican club, filed with the board of elections as a candidate for mayor before the filing period expired last night. Brooklyn District Attorney William O'Dwyer filed as the democratic candidate. Louis J. Leftkowltz and A. David Benjamin, chairmen of the repub lican law committees of New York and Kings counties declared that many of the 13,206 signatures on Davles' petition will be challenged and Benjamin asserted the mayor will not have republican opposition. The full support of the ALP. which gave LaGuardia 800,000 votes and virtually handed him the elec tion In 1937, was signified by the failure of the party's left wing to designate any candidate of its own. Previously,, the ALP right wing had pledged party support to the mayor. West Salem Church Building Parsonage West Salem, Aug. 13 Construction of a parsonage was started Monday by the congregation of the Mennonite Breth ren church. The house will be built on the property adjacent to tne cnurcn on tne cast, specmca tions a"e for a two-story, frame structure of an attractive design. It will be a modern eight room house, with an approximate floor space of 27 by 30 feet. Building will be directed by Pete Harms with the donated labor of members of the congregation. Com mittees working with the contractor are Harold Dlerkson, Clarence Loewen and Harry Beier, purchasing committee; and Pete Harms, Pete Loewen and Mrs. Abe Loewen, plan ning committee. Completion of the new pastoral home Is expected by early winter. The building permit issued to the church Tuesday, by P. E. Neely, city engineer, called for an estimated construction cost of 1500. Motorists Are Fined Fines assessed in Justice court were A. M. Harrington, Salem, no operator's license, $4.85; Frankle Samuel Cluck, using a void foreign license, $6.35 and R. W. Dodds, Yam hill, defective muffler on a truck, $6.35. Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Vosburgh of Vallejo, Calif., Mrs, Eugene Krebs and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Vosburgh visited coast points Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Thomas and children of Eugene visited over the weekend with relatives and friends in the city. Guests over the weekend at the home of Mrs. Lura Tandy were Ralph Tandy and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Tandy and sons of Nye, Mont. Ralph Tandy is ar brother-in-law of Mrs. L- .a Tandy. Lawerence Kessel left Saturday for Ft. Lewis, Wash., where he is stationed with the 10th engineers. Kessel is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kessel and has spent the past month with them while on fur lough. . and Mrs. Pete Harms are va cationing in North Dakota and Min nesota. Plans include a trip- into Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson of Yakima spent Saturday and Sun day at the Robert Rlewald home. Mrs. Johnson Is a sister of Rlewald. Mr. end Mrs. David Williams have returned from a vacation spent in California. Eight More Men Called to Boeing Eight more men who received training at the Salem high school defense classes left Salem today and were to report by noon for employ ment at the Boeing Aircraft com pany In Seattle. Prank G. Ferris, defense training officer, said an order for 20 more men has been received from the Boeing company, to report Friday, and that the order probably will be filled. Por this group 90 hours, or three weeks of training, are re quired. Mr. Ferris said Indian trainees from Chemawa will be in cluded in the group for the first time. Those reporting today were Rob ert Shattuc, Emil Jahn, Dale Har den, -Jerry stone, Harold Comstock, Allen Bartlett, John Craig and Rob ert Selberg, all of Salem. Vets Select Delegates to National Meet Salem will be well represented at the Veterans of Foreign Wars na tional encampment at Philadelphia August 24 to 29 inclusive. Official delegates from the Salem post are Charles A. Robertson, post com mander; Herman Lafky, department of Oregon senior vice commander; Joe Stlrniman, past post command er; W. W Edwards and W. J, Wick-ert.- Alternates selected are Leslie Wadsworth, post senior vice com mander; Russell Mudd, past post commander; Dave Holtzman, trus tee, and Ward W. Wolfe, marine chairman o! the local post. Senior Vice Commander Leslie Wadsworth welcomed to post mem bership Ethan C. Grant and Stanley V. Prestel. Prestel Is a former mem ber of Post No. 2961 of Centralla, Wash. John E. Brown of Cutler City, Calif., was a guest at last night's meeting. The post trophy committee re port that one cabinet in the men's lounge has been reserved for troph ies representative of campaigns other than the World war. The Spanish War Veterans of the post are of the opinion that they will locate a representative collection of weapons used by their adversaries shortly available to more than use the space allotted, however, compe tition is developing rapidly and a block of Yangtze, Nicaraguan and New China medal post members as sert that the "Spanish Shooters will have to hurry or they will find the available space taken up with their trophies. "Spanish Shooters" Frank Mlllett and Lester Davis ac cepted the challenge of the younger veterans and the contest waxei hot and heavy. Toy Demurs to Suit by Woman San Francisco, Aug. 13 (U.fil Har vey M. Toy, San Francisco hotel owner, contended today In a demur rer that the $164,200 damage suit filed against him by Mrs. Edna Heaps of Seattle was based on an oral companionship agreement wnicn was void. Toy's demurrer said the compan lonshlp agreement was no basis for damages because it was "violative of the marriage relations between the defendant and his wife and con trary to public policy." Mrs. Heaps' damage suit acucses Toy of termin ating their alleged relationship 16 years after he had agreed to support ner and her daughter for life. Grand Island Curtis Douglas Is recovering from lnfluenia which confined him to bed lor a week. Look ahead! (kl America's Ion Mbage Tire -Now! LONGEST MILEAGE KNOWN QUICKEST STOPS YOU'VE EVER HAD GREATEST BLOWOUT PROTECTION SMOOTHEST RIDE OF ANY TIRE QUIETEST RUNNING TREAD SMARTEST STYLING Uncertain days ahead! Equip your ear now with General the Top-Quality tire that will see you through, no matter what happens. Help conserve America's vital rubber supply get the tire that gives more miles per pound of rubber. Save money be prepared buy Quality General. Drive in. 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