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H Thursday, August 21, 1941
53rd Year, No. 199
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Germans Near
Leningrad, City
In Dread Danger
Reds Call for Ail-Out
''Defense by Citizens;
Russians Not Alarmed
(By the Associated Press)
Combined German and Rus
sian claims late today listed a
staggering total of 7,000,000
men killed, wounded or cap
tured in the two-months-old
. conflict on the eastern front,
while afield, nazi troops driv
ing from the south were re
ported within 13 miles of Len
ingrad, the old czarist capital.
The Russians declared offi
cially that German losses ap
proximated 2,000,000 killed
and wounded; the Germans said 5,-
000,000 red army troops had been
killed, wounded or captured.
In Dread Danger
A Soviet spokesman said more
than half of the German losses were
slain.
The Russians acknowledged that
Leningrad was in "dread danger"
under a three-headed onslaught by
nazi and allied Finnish forces.
A Swedish broadcast quoting the
Berlin correspondent of a Stock
holm newspaper said the nazts were
advancing via Gatschina, about 22
miles south of Leningrad.
Adolf Hitler's high command re-
port a tnat uerman columns naa
Psmashed three main bulwarks of
Leningrad's outer defense system.
No Alarm in Russia
Despite severe reverses at both
ends of the 1,500-mile battlefront
from Karelia to the Black sea, Sov
ietlet official Spokesman S. S. Lo
zovsky declared in Moscow:
"There Is no alarm or pessimism
in our ranks. Even Hitler and his ad
visers understand that the war in
the east- has only begun."
Lozovsky conceded that the Ger
mans had won considerable suc
cess, but, he said, on th basis of
Russia's vastness only a compara
tively small area has been taken and
that has been left "without pro
visions, containing only wrecked cit
ies, ruined factories . . . guerrilla
warfare and local hatred. . . ."
Total red army losses of 5,000,000
. (Concluded on pane 7, column 8)
Slash Made in
"Auto Output
Washington, Aug. 21 W) The of
fice of production management an
nounced today that passenger car
production will be curtailed 26 '4
per cent during August, September
and October.
The curtailment will be progress
ively greater In subsequent months,
officials said, with the expectancy
of a 50 per cent curtailment for the
model year ending July 31, 1942.
The production quotas were form-
' ulated by the OPM and the office
of price administration and civilian
supply.
A substantial Increase must be
made in motor truck production,
officials said, in order to meet vital
transportation and military needs.
During August, September, Octo
ber and November. 817,000 passen
ger cars will be made, compared
with 1,113,000 during the same
months of 1940 and 1,560.000 during
U the four months ended July 31, 1941,
The larger companies General
Motors, Chrysler and Ford will
make a reduction of 27.6 per cent
while the other companies, stude,
baker, Hudson, Nash. Packard.
Willys-Overland and Crosley will
cut 20.2 per cent.
Sons of Legion
To Offer Program
The civil defense program
over radio station KSLM to
night at 9:15 will be put on
by the Sons of the American
Legion. The speaker will be
William Blevlns of Capital
Post No. 9. Musical numbers
will be Joe Hassenstab, direc
tor of the Junior Legion band,
Daryl Woodward and Norman
Potter. These will Include
two saxophone trios. "Hall
Columbia" and "The Star
Spangled Banner." Bobby
Hagedorn. soloist of the Junior
band, will sing "God Bless
America" and Jerry Hassen
stab will play "America the
Beautiful" as a sousaphone
solo.
President Tells
Congress About
Epochal Meeting
Opposition to Principles
Adopted Compromise
With Naziism, He Warns
Washington, Aug. 21 (fP)
President Roosevelt, report
ing to congress on his epochal
meeting at sea with Prime
Minister Churchill, said to
day the declaration of princi
ples agreed upon there were
so clear cut that they would
be difficult to oppose "with
out automatically admitting a
willingness to accept compro
mise" with naziism.
These princinles, the Dresi
dent added in a brief special mes
sage, also would be hard to oppose
without admitting a willingness to
"agree to a world peace which would
give to naziism domination over
large numbers of conquered na
tions." "Inevitably," Mr. Roosevelt assert
ed, "such a peace would be a gift
to naziism to take breath armed
breath for a second war to expand
the control over Europe and Asia to
the American hemisphere Itself."
Mr. Roosevelt said It was perhaps
unnecessary to "call attention once
more to the utter lack of validity
of the spoken or written word of the
nazi government."
He added that it was also un
necessary to point out that the dec
laration included "tne world need
for freedom of religion and freedom
of Information." 1 4
Clear Gains Made
He said:
"No society of the world organiz
ed under the announced principles
could survive without these freedoms
which are a part of the whole free
dom for which we strive."
The president reported the mili
tary and naval conversations at the
north Atlantic conference "made
clear gains" in furthering the ef
fectiveness of lend-lease aid to
countries east and west.
He and the prime minister. Mr.
Roosevelt added, are arranging for
conferences with Russia to assist It
'in its defense against the attack
made by the principal aggressor of
the modern world Germany."
The declaration of principles, the
president continued, presented a
goal "worthwhile for our type of
civilization to seek."
Written with pencil and scratch
pad In the president's study last
night, the message contained a copy
of the official statement released
by the White House last Thursday
covering the eight general aims
agreed upon by the prime minister
and Mr. Roosevelt.
In fact, this copy, furnished to
congress In the nature of a new re
port, constituted most of today's
message. Only six new paragraphs
were Included.
Since the Joint declaration, con
gressional critics of the adminls.
tration's foreign policy have charg
ed that the president and Churchill
reached an offensive and defensive
alliance, basing their case in part
on the fact that the declaration gave
as a prelude to the desired peace
destruction of "the nazi tyranny."
Mr. Roosevelt Ignored this In his
(Concluded on page 8, column R)
School Book Case
Argued Before Court
Testimony was taken today on mandamus proceedings
instituted by Floyd D. Moore against Earl Snell as secretary
of state in an attempt to require Snell to place on the ballot
a referendum directed against the
bill of the last legislature
tending free textbooks to parochial
and private schools. Judge McMahan
before whom the record was made
up said the matter would be taken
under advisement.
Witnesses Included Mrs. Ruth
Tooze of Salem a petition circula
tor and Floyd D. Moore, plain
tiff In the case and execuUve sec
reary of the association which handl
ed and had curculated the refer
endum petitions under controversy.
Much of the testimony of Moore
was as to the time the petitions
were certified and verified In re
lation to the time when the state
supreme court handed down a de
cision holding that the original
ballot title on the referendum was
insufficient.
Contention of State Senator Rex
Ellis and Representative Allan G.
Carson, who filed a petition In In
tervention in the case, and who
sponsored the original bill In
legislature, was to the effect that a
RAF Strikes
Hard at Nazi
War Bases
London, Aug. 21 (U.R Big forma
tions of British bombers smashed at
north France and struck toward The
Netherlands and northwestern Ger
many today, and an authoritative
source reported that Britain now
had more planes over German cities
at night than the Germans ever
had over England "in the darkest
days of last winter."
Replying to a question whether
the present British air offensive was
living up to the promises of several
weeks ago that British attacks would
be heavier than anything the Ger
mans ever produced over Britain,
the informant said:
"There will be far more in the
future."
He declined to estimate the num
ber of planes involved in the night
operations.
Reds Say Nazis
Lost 2 Million
Moscow, Aug. 21 (JP) Germany
has lost nearly two million dead
and wounded in two months of
war with Russia, S. A. Lozovsky,
Soviet vice-commissar for foreign
affairs, said today.
He conceded that the Germans
had won considerable successes, but
he declared '"there is no alarm or
pesslmisim within our ranks."
Compared with European nations.
the foreign vice -commissar acknow
ledged, the German-occupied areas
or Russia are large.
But compared with Russia s vast
ness, he declared, only a small area
has been taken and erne "without
provisions, containing only wrecked
cities, ruined factories . . . guerilla
warefare and local hatred . . ."
"We know the enemy strength and
potentialities. There is no alarm
or pessimism in our ranks. On the
contrary, the latest German suc
cesses south and north compel us
to close ranks still tighter.'
Lozovsky declared Germany would
be beaten "no matter" how many
months or years we have to fight"
and added that "it couldn't occur
even to a crazy Hitlerite that the
German army is capable of smash
ing the U.S.S.R., Great Britain and
then the United States."
He denied German claims to the
seizure of eight Soviet warships.
He quoted Chinese sources them
selves as denying that China would
participate in the forthcoming war
supply conference among Russia,
Britain and the United States,
Nearly half of all German cas
ualties, he said, were killed, add
ing:
"Mankind has not known such
losses in such a short time."
Germans to Start
Winter Relief Fund
Berlin, Aug. 31 IIP) Germany's
winter relief campaign will open
September 1. one month earlier
than usual, DNB reported today. The
news agency said that In addition
to street collections "voluntary
contributions from salaries, wages,
etc., will be retained" for direct
payment to the fund.
Princess 11 Years Old
London, Aug. 21 U.R Princess
Margaret celebrated her 11th birth
day at a simple teatime party in
the country today.
large number of the petitions were
circulated, checked and verified prior
to the time the supreme court held
the ballot title Invalid and that
these petitions were Included in the
referendum filing and as such were
not proper filings, and that without
them there was an Insufficient num
ber of names U warrant the secre
tary of state to accept the filing
of the referendum petitions which he
refused to do.
An array of counsel were present
at the hearing today including
George W. Neuner for the attorney
general: Randall Kester and Robert
L. Maguire for the Intervtnors,
and Robert G Smith, Elton Wat
kins, C. C. Schnieder and Floyd
D. Moore for the plaintiff.
A considerable time was used in
amending the pleadings to conform
to provisions in an amended com
plaint, Judge McMahan allowing all
of the amendments and asking that
the attorneys prepare their record so
the.lt could be submitted to him for
perusal at leisure.
Cry Raised for
Land Attack
Against Hitler
Beaverbrook's Newspap
er Joins in Clamor for
Move in Enemy Countries
London, Aug. 21 (Un
official English, Polish and
Norwegian strategists raised
anew today their cries for a
British invasion of the conti
nent as the only way to defeat
Germany.
British military leaders
were called upon for all-out
war against the nazis. Current
RAF bombings of Germany
and occupied territories were
deemed insufficient by these
sources.
Frank Owen, editor of Min
ister of Supply. Lord Beaverbrook's
Evening Standard, demanded "a
second front and not only in the
air" In a slimed editorial. Owen sug
gested a British offensive against
Italy, long favored by some military
sources as the spot where the Axis
could be hit hardest.
Many Polish and Norwegian mil
itary men have urged the British to
attempt landings at a number of
points along the European coast
line in an effort to find the weak
est point In German defenses.
One Spot Needed
Once a weak spot were found.
these imsH believe, enough British
and Allied forces could be landed
to overcome local resistance to dig
in and open a new front. Most of
these men believe RAF bombings
have smashed German communica
tions and therefore the Germans
would find it difficult to concen
trate enough troops to counter a
British invasion at any one point.
Favored particularly by Poles and
Norwegians is a landing in Norway
north of Narvik. They offer three
reasons for such a landing:
1. Norwegian troops in England
are said to be better equipped to
fight In that territory and they
could be helped by Scots and Poles
trained in mountain fighting.
2. Once a landing had been made,
a corridor would be opened through
Finland to Murmansk, Soviet Rus-
rla, cutting off the Finnish port of
Petsamo. Over this corridor troops
and supplies could be moved to
bolster the Red armies in the
north, it was said.
Rebellion Ripe
3. Norwegians at home have been
reported ready to rebel against the
Germans at the first sign of out
side help. The Germans would be
unable to concentrate a large force
against the Invaders in the north,
it was asserted, because it has been
reported garrisons have to be main'
tained now In every Norwegian
hamlet and town.
If the British have contemplated
an invasion of the French coast.
unofficial observers agree there
have been no signs of it in London.
Ask Women to
Cut Skirt Lengths
New York, Aug. 21 (JP) A clarion
call to American women to "cut
skirt lengths several inches' was
issued today by the national worn
en's undergarment manufacturers'
association.
The members of the association
indicated they would cooperate by
shortening up on their own speci
alties, just how, they didn't say.
Delegates to a meeting of the or
ganization said their suggestion
should result in a saving of at least
10 per cent in women's dress and
underwear fabrics. They said such
a saving would total millions of yards
of cloth.
Italian Troops
Occupying Croatia
Stockholm, Aug. 21 (U.fil The
newspaper Aftonbladet reported
from Berlin today that, according
to private sources, Italian troops
were attempting to occupy Croatia
and were meeting Croat resistance.
(Croatia, formerly part of Jugo
slavia, was reorganized as an inde
pendent state by Germany and Italy
during the breakup of Jugo-Slavia).
Reds Bomb Berlin
Moscow, Aug. 21 (IP) The Soviet
air force again dropped high explo
sive and incendiary bombs on mili
tary objectives In the Berlin area
last night, snrtlng fires and ex
plosions, it was announced late to-
day. No Soviet aircraft was lost, It
J was stated.
Drillers Work On Shasta Dam Jackhammer men are drilling
dynamite holes to blast out rock high up on the wall of the Sac
ramento river canyon for the west abutment of Shasta dam. They
are operating drills powered by compressed ajr which is conveyed
to all parts of the construction area by steel pipe and rubber hose
from a central compressor plant, Associated Press Photo.
Nazi Troops on
Turkish Frontier
Ankara, Turkey; Aug. 20 (Delayed) (P) Foreign diplo
matic sources reported today that advance units of two Ger
man army divisions had arrived in Bulgaria and that Italian
patrols have been scouting the Greek-Turkish border. At the
same time fresh groups of German aviators were reported to
have arrived In the Bulgarian cap-
ital of Sofia during the past few
days. The portent of these reported ;
developments opposite the Turkish
front'er was uncertain, but one com
petent source said they could have
only two purposes.
1. To take over from the Bulgar
ians certain policing duties in oc
cupied areas in southeastern Eu
rope. 2. To undertake aggressive action
against Turkey with the object of
opening the Dardanelles to permit
German ships to enter the Black
sea with supplies for Nazi troops
now fighting In the Ukraine.
The same sources said Italian
garrisons on Greek islands adjacent
to the Dardanelles had been in
creased. The foreign diplomatic sources
also said they had been receiving
reports for several weeks of exten
sive preparation of airports in Bul
garia, even though German troops
there during the Greek campaign
were removed northward before the
war with Russia began June 22.
The German troops now reported
arriving in Bulgaria were described
as fresh and well-equipped and ob
viously from reserve area rather
than from the Russian front. In -
ciuaea among tne advance units
were said to
be a number of elite,
S.S. troops.
Pounds of Pennies
Pay for Glasses
Words and music of the song
"Pennies from Heaven" must have
been visualized by Dr. Will J.
Thompson, optometrist in the Ore
gon building, when he received pay
ment from a patient who had ob
tained a pair of eyeglasses.
The patient, a postal employe,
presented Dr. Thompson with 1800
of the copper coins. He was consid
erate enough to have these wrapped
in 50-cent rolls but it was a task
for the doctor to take them to the
bank.
Out of curiosity Dr. Thompson
placed the payment on the scales
and found that they weighed 127
pounds.
Tough Joe Mandick
Bad Man to Death
New York, Aug. 21 (U.R) Tough
Joe Mandick lived up to his sobri
quet to the end. A detective bent
over Tough Joe as he lay dying of
a bullet wound in Gouveneur hospl
tal today and asked if there was"
anything he wanted to say. Tough
Joe spat In his face and died'.
Say Reds Lost
5 Million Men
Berlin, Aug. 21 (yp Total Russian
lasses estimated scmt-officially at
5,000,000 men topped Germany's box
score tonight as the Russian war
rounded out its second full month.
Other claimed items included 14,-
000 tanks, 14,000 cannon and 11,000
planes captured or destroyed.
The 5,000,000 manpower lass was
figured by DNB, which noted mili
tary claims of 1,200,000 Russians
captured and the repeated high
command statements that the Sov
iets "bloody losses" amounted to
several times the number of cap
tives.
The official news agency report
ed in vivid terms that "thousands
of Russian dead" littered the battle
field at Gomel and that the Russian
flight from Odessa was "more hor
rible than Dunkirk."
"I flew over Odessa at a low
level," one German pilot was quot
ed. "I saw Dunkirk and Calais but
1 what happened at Odessa was much
more horrible and terrible. I saw
Soviet soldiers frightened by prev
ious German dive bombers stand as
if paralyzed.
"One warehouse crashed under
bomb hits and covered hundreds of
exhausted Soviet soldiers under Its
ruins. Dead and wounded lay In
tne streets."
Airport Bonds Win
By Large Majority
Only about 16 per cent
qualified to vote turned out
airport bonds, but the 2611
aDout nine to one in lavor oi tne'
bonds. The totals were 2350 for and
261 against.
By wards tho vote was:
Ward 1, yes 382, no 27; Ward 2,
yes 283, no 33; Ward 3, yes 200, no
17; Ward 4, yes 263, no 34; Ward 6,
yes 431, no 61; Ward 6, yes 439, no
56: Ward 7, yes 352, no 33.
The vote authorizes the city to
issue $75,000 In bonds. The money
Is to be used to purchase some land
in addition to the present airport
area so the runways may be extend
ed and an administration building
erected for commercial and federal
offices. It Is proposed to buy about
M7 acres at the southeast end of the
field so the new first class runway.
6000 Paris Jews
Arrested for
Opposing Nazis
More Round-Ups Under
way; 2 Executed for
Activity Favoring Enemy
Vichy, Unoccupied France,
Aug. 21 (P) French and Ger
man police arrested 6,000
Jews in Paris yesterday in a
round-up of persons suspected
of opposing German troops, it
was disclosed today.
The arrests were made in a
single aggrandizement of Par
is, but the movement started
to spread to other sections of
the city. Even in unoccupied
France police were stopping
travelers on roads and exnmining
their papers but there were no ar
rests.
The a nests yesterday were made
In the 11th arrondlsement. Arrests
were being made in the 20th arron
dlsement today, reports from Paris
said, but there were no details on
the number of persons rounded up,
Two Executions!
The new operations were the first
mass arrests since May 15, when 5,
000 Jews were rounded up and sent
to labor camps.
Jan Barthelot, secretary for com
munications, tonight warned against
sabotage of German freight trains
in the occupied zone and told rail
way workers: "I resolve, whatever
it costs me, to strike at certain ones
among you."
He pointed out that under the
armistice terms the right of way
in the occupied zone is granted to
German trains.
At the same time It was learned
that two men had been executed
by a firing squad for alleged parti
cipation in a Communist manifesta
tion against German occupation au
thorities. They were condemned,
presumably by a German court
martial, for "activity in favor of
the enemy," it was said.
House to House Hunt
Both German and French police
were reported to have taken part
in the arrests.
All approaches to each of the
four quarters comprising the work
ing class eleventh arrondlsement
were blocked off and subway sta
tions closed to prevent any escape
during the five-hour clean-up.
French and German police then
swept through the district, stopping
all on the streets, conducting house
to house searches and going through
identity papers.
Those arrested included every
body who could not show he was an
Aryan, Those arersted were from
about 17 to SO years of age
Reply from Iran
Held Unsatisfactory
London, Aug. 21 UP) An authori
tative source said today an oral
reply made by Iran officials to a
recent Joint British-Russian com
plaint about the number of Ger
man technicians In that country
had not been received favorably
here.
The Iran government's written re
ply to a British note delivered Inst
Saturday outlining a plan to replace
Germans employed in key comma
n teat Ions industries is expected
shortly, it was said.
The source said he had no know
ledge of reports that Germany had
assured Iran of support In the event
the British and Russians attempted
an invasion.
of the people of.Salem who are
yesterday to cast ballots on the
who voted gave a majority of
now practically complete, can be
lengthened from 4040 feet to 6000
feet, and to buy as needed about 44
acres at the opposite end of the
field.
The bonds to be issued will bear
Interest at not over 4'i per cent and
principal and Interest will be paid
by levy of a special tax.
A false alarm was spread about
the city early in the week to the
effect that the election would not
be legal unless tho number of people
voting on the bonds was at least 25
per cent of the number who voted
In the city at the Inst general elec
tion. This was found to be er
roneoua.
Stores and Banks
Close Monday
To Aid Farmers
Employes to Don Overalls
And Flock Into Fields;
Gram Asks Action
With Salem merchants and
bankers going to the rescue
of the farmers, stores and
banks will be closed all day
Monday so their employes,
men and women, may don
overalls, slacks or old house
dresses and go out to save
the bean crop. They will
give two days for it Sun
day, when the business places
would be closed anyway, and
Monday.
This was voted at a meeting called
hastily at the Chamber of Com
merce tills morning because of the
emergency situation In the bean
fields where the crop is a bumper
one, ripe for the harvest with the
laborers few.
The meeting was called by Dr.
Henry Morris, president of the Sa
lem Retail Trade bureau, at the re
quest of Charles H. Gram, state la
bor commissioner, and the bankers
readily consented to sit with the
merchants.
800 Go Out
Commissioner Gram was out of
bed at 3 o'clock this morning work
ing, almost at his wits' end, to five
relief to the farmers. And althoh
about 800 workers were sent out' ab
an early hour, many of them carried
by 22 free buses which were furnish
ed, hundreds more were needed.
Among those going out today and
also yesterday were a large part
of the Capital Journal's newsboys
and members of numerous families
who arc not on relief lists and who
are otherwise regularly employed.
The first 800 were sent out at 6:28
o'clock this morning. Yesterday a
large contingent sent out under pol
ice escort for traffic protection, was
an hour ahead of time In reaching
the fields.
Journal Carriers
Twenty-six Capital Journal news
paper carrier boys who got up early
and did a day's work before report
ing on time to make their afternoon
deliveries not only did a good turn
for the owners of bean acreages who
are in dire need of help in harvest
ing their crop, but they did right
well financially for themselves. With
several of the boys receiving bean
picker checks for as high as $2.50,
the entire crew averaged a little
under $2 for the day. Some picked
only for a few hours and all were
returned to the Capital Journal of
fice by 2:30 o'clock. Forty-eight
carrier boys left by truck this morn
ing.
State employes, going out after
hours, arc among those working In
the beans.
The merchants want their custom
ers in town and country to know of
the arrangement so they may make
other plans for the shopping ordin
arily done on Monday.
Rush Fortifications
In Dakar Area
Vichy, Unoccupied France, Aug. 21
M Reports in German-occupied
France todny said improvements
were being rushed on coastal bat
teries and air fields at Dakar, the
French colony on the most westerly
point of Africa nearest America.
This information, purporting to
come via Tangier, said the work
was being hastened while French
Generals Maxime Wcygand and Au
guste Nog ues were inspecting shore
defenses farther north in Morocco.
Meanwhile, Governor Pierre Bois
son, defender of Dakar against the
British and Free French thrust of
last September, has Just returned
there after an inspection of de
fenses through out French Equator
ial Africa.
Army Morale Hurt
By Controversy
Denver, Aug. 21 (U.R) Gen. George
C. Marshall, U, S, army chief of
staff, says the army's morale was
"splendid" until it became a sub
ject of national debate.
"Naturally It has been affected
by the public discussion of the
length of service," he said last night
in an interview. He would not say
whether moralo now Is improving.
He and Secretary of War Henry
L. Stlmson planned a motor trip
through the mountains before con
tinuing their flight tomorrow to
the Pacific northwest to observe
army maneuvers.