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Thursday; August 21, 1941 Tlie CaDifel Journnl. Sa?em" OreaofT Seven Locals 1 Oregon State college pictures will be shown tonight at 8 o'clock at the Chamber of Commerce. The movies wll be shown by Dave Baum, general chairman of all Oregon State booster clubs, who is touring the state consulting with prospect lve students. The show Is free and open to the public, especially pros pective OSC students. Neuman's Fainting & Papering. Phone S654. 202 Marriage licenses have been Issued at Vancouver, Wash., to Wayne Handley, 465 Center street and Mary L. Dulaney, 570 South Winter street, both of Salem; Joel A. Fain and Madeleine Hooper, both of Silver ton; Estle E. Buchanan, Bums and Dorothy M. Plagmann, Lebanon route 3 and to Walter Cody, Dallas route 1 and Carly Klemme, Mon mouth. Hop pickers wanted. Williams & Thacker. Paying $2 per hundred. 4 ml. W. of Salem. Ph. 2-1331 or 2-1204 201 Governor Charles A. Sprague went to Astoria today to address the state Elks convention. He then will drive down the coast to Marshfield, returning to his office here next Monday. Savings Insured to $5000.00 are earning Vh at Salem Federal, 130 6outh Liberty, Mrs. Robert Doan of the Monson addition In Silverton was brought to the Deaconess hospital, Wednes day, for treatment for a badly frac tured hip sustained in a fall near the family home. Problems relating to the admin istration of state gasoline taxes were discussed at a two-day con ference opening here this afternoon of gasoline tax officials and oil company officers of seven western states. Lutz. Florist. P 9502, 1276 N Lib Calling attention to President Roosevelt's request for American citizens to enlist in a campaign to prevent traffic accidents, Secretary of State Earl Snell Wednesday urg ed Oregon residents to make every effort to preserve the state's traf fic record gained in the early part of this year. "During the first six months of this year the nation's death toll soared upward 17 per cent, but during this same period, Oregon's death toll dropped four per cent,' Snell said. Lots. Neefg subdivision. Ph 5850 Registration or licensing of nat uropaths on a reciprocity basis Is beyond the power of the natur opathic board of examiners, At torney General I. H. Van Winkle Wednesday advised Dr. J. L. Bounds, Portland, president of the board. Bounds requested an opin ion whether the board might li cense applicants from other states on a reciprocity basis where the ed ucational requirements of such oth er states equals that of Oregon. Paint, wallpaper sale, 184 S ComV The Salem chapter of the Oregon Association of the Deaf held an election August 10. Mrs. Clara Lau by was elected president, Mrs. Ches ter LaFafe, vice-president; Herman Brekke, secretary; Maurice Werner, treasurer and Miss Virginia Winn, chairman of entertainment. Mr, and Mrs. T. A. Llndstrom will entertain members of the chapter at their home in September. Weather strip that door or window now. Reinholdt & Lewis. Ph. 8991 109' Dr. Henry Marcotte, former ad in termlt pastor of the First Presby terian church, will be guest speaker at that church Sunday morning and night. His morning's subject will be "Three Abiding Things." At the eve ning service he will speak on "De- spis' ig Our Birthright." The soloist at the morning service will be Miss Florence Maxfleld and in the eve ning Miss Violet Carter. 90 FHA and Other loans. Rich L, Reimann, 167 S. High. Ph. 9203. 199 Lois Maxfleld, Turner route 1, but working at 1142 Hall street, spent the night in the hospital suffering from a slight concussion as a result of the collision of automobiles driv en by Everett Wlllson Macomber, 427 East 2nd street, Albany, and William John Peterson, 875 Breys avenue, at Center and Liberty streets at 1 o'clock this morning. Mrs. Macomber, who had facial cuts, refused first aid. Macomber was ar- rested for failure to stop after caus ing an accident and his machine was held for ball. Both cars had to be towed from the scene of ficcident. Manning Nelson of Chicago has arrived to spend his vacation at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore G. Nelson on East D street. He Is a voice student with Cameron Marshall, former dean of music at Willamette, who Is now with the Central VMCA College of Music in Chicago. Harold Nelson, Townsend Clubs Silverton The Silverton Town- tend club will meet Friday evening at the W.O.W. hall (or regular busi ness after which a short program will be given. Melons will be served lor refreshments. Central Townsend club, No. 6. will meet at the courthouse Friday at 8 o'clock. another son, Is also home alter six weeks In the reserve officers' train ing corps, engineering division, at Fort Lewis. He hopes to return to Oregon State college in September. For the better roof contact Wil lamette Valley Roof Co. 199 Cootie club dance Fri. nite. VFW hall. 199 Edward Roy Cornlg, who was bound over to the grand Jury yes terday on a charge of Indecent ex posure and whose ball was fixed at $250, raised cash ball In that amount today and was released under the bond. The advanced 4-H club which met at the home of Silas Torvend near Silverton last evening with 35 mem bers present enjoyed games and re freshments and at their business meeting named the following com mittees to assist in handling 4-H fair arrangements for August 29: Hogs, Junior Miller and Coralee Nichols; dairy, Alice Roberts and Carroll Linn; sheep, Henry Pfennig and Myron Harper; poultry, Jack St. John and Hazel Iungen; rose and flower exhibit. Laurel Krenz. Rummage sale, WCTTJ, Fri., Sat. 199 The advancd 4-H fair and can ning exhibit which will be staged tomorrow at the courthouse in the county superintendent's office was bringing in a considerable number of exhibits today and Indications were there would be some especially high quality showings. Judges for this fair will be Mrs. Frances White head of Turner and Mrs. Lucile Kennedy of Hayesvllle. A special feature will be the style revue at 2 o'clock after which selections will be made for Marlon county entrants for the state fair style revue. Bus Boy wanted at the Spa. 200 Formal order extending the boun daries of the Stayton Justice of the peace and constable district to In clude the confines of the Mehama district on and after January 3, 1943, was signed by the county court today. The new district will include the following precincts when the order goes Into effect: Breltenbush, Horeb, Mehama, Mill City, Stayton, East Stayton, West Stayton, Sub' Umity and Union Hill. The order recites that the reason for the change is the very small amount of business done by the Mehama jus tlce court and that virtually all the business originating in the Mehama district now is transacted In the Stayton Justice court. Cracked eggs for sale. Marlon Creamery. 200' The district boundary board to day granted the petition of Henry Hansen removing 190 acres of land from the Silver Falls school district and placing It In the Union Hill dis trict. No protest was heard from either district and letters were re ceived from clerks of both districts. The reason for the change is that the Hansen home Is nine miles from the Silver Falls school and only four miles from the Union Hill school. They have a child expecting to enter school this year and It was considered unjust to make the child travel such a distance when the other school was more readily available. Children taking part In the High land school playground program will engage In a treasure hunt Friday afternoon beginning at 2 o'clock. The hunt will be In charge of Mrs. Hanson and Mrs. McQinnln, play ground instructor. Attendance at Highland has been very satisfactory, Harold Hauk, director of recreation, stated today. Miss Lois Maxfleld, ie. of 1142 Hall street, was taken to Salem Gen eral hospital early this morning aft er an automobile accident at Liberty and Center streets. She suffered shock and bruises. Herbert Van Meter, Chinese mis sionary, will speak at First Presby terian church Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. Anyone Interested Is invited to attend. There will be an Important meet ing of the Marlon-Polk county hu mane society Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Chamber of Com merce. Four youths, wearing only their pajamas, were reported to the police today as having escaped from the state training school at Woodburn, The boys were listed as Raymond S. Bllume, It, Salem; Victor Hanna, 16, Portland; Harry Fuller (Indian), 16, Slletz, and Walter B. Mollett, 15, Klamath Falls. British Man o' War In U.S. Shipyard New York, Aug. 21 m The Brit ish press service announces that the famous battle-scarred aircraft car ried Illustrous, is in an American shipyard undergoing repairs and that Capt. Lord Louis Mountbatten, cousin of King George VI, who ar rived by Clipper Tuesday, would command the ship and supervise repairs. The announcement, authorized by the British ministry of Information in London, did not disclose th exact whereabouts of the 23,000-ton vessel. Brlrtish admiralty reports pub lished June 18 said the mighty ves sel, a year old and with a speed of more than 30 knots, was almost de stroyed In axis plane attacks Janu ary 10 near Sicily and again at Mal ta, where she took refuge. 26 Officials of America to Sail Tokyo, Aug. 21 (U.R) The Japanese Nyk steamship line was understood today to have accepted bookings for 26 American officials on the S. 8. Tatuta Maru, sailing from Kobe for Shanghai on August 28. The book ings were believed to have been; taken under foreign office pressure. Confer fo End Kearny Strike (By the Associated Preis) A second conference with Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock company officials was scheduled by President Roosevelt for 4 p.m. (EST) today In an effort to end the two-weeks old strike at the company's Kearny, N. J., plant. The chief executive conferred this morning with L. H. Korndorff, pres ident of the company, and Myron C. Taylor, former board chairman of the U. S. Steel Corporation, parent firm, and these two later went to the navy department to meet Navy Secretary Knox, Sidney Hillman, OPM associate director, and William H. Davis, chairman of the defense mediation board. Knox, Hillman and Davis were to go to the White House with Korn dorff and Taylor for the 4 pjn. con ference. There were indications, mean while, that a development might be expected soon In the city-wide trans portation strike tie-up in Detroit. Shortly before resumption of con ferences aimed at settlement of the union Jurisdictional dispute there, Thomas J. Donahue, Michigan labor mediator board chairman, declared: "There are signs of a break." Psychology Study Urged An approach can be made toward the better understanding of human nature through study of psychology, Dr. Hugh Bell of Chlco State col lege, stated today during an address before the Salem Lions club. He asserted that considerable progress had been made in the program of working out different methods by which man can be better fitted for life, although serious study of the subject Is comparatively recent. "While man has been studying as trology, the oldest science In the world, for many centuries, he has been giving consideration to his own makeup for about a quarter of a century." Dr. Bell, who is a graduate of Willamette university, spoke of some of the "fake" methods of determin ing the line of business human be ings should lead. Included in this category was palmistry and phren ology. The speaker told of the progress being made In the standardization 01 intelligence tests and asserted that "stability" as well as "ability" was essential in personality. Virgil T. Golden, president of the Salem Lions club, spoke briefly of his experiences while attending the 1941 sessions of the Lions International convention at New Orleans. Court News Circuit Court Application for a place on the trial docket hM been filed In the com of Grace Shattuc vs. Warner Bros, thea ter. Notice of appeal has been filed by Luella M. Charlton; claimant against the estate of Hal D. Patton from an appeal awarding her 1 1173. 48 less 901.14 ana interest. An order In the case of Charles G. Dawes and Edith Dawes Prime vs. W. H. Henderson and others authorizes the sheriff to make a deed of con veyance of certain property to Avert! e. ana uorotny m. Keaney. Findings In the case of Oscar and Hanna Carlson vs. Guy H. Bmlth and Enrl Holllday find plaintiffs owners or certain property In fee simple and grant woo in damages for withhold ing of the realty. Complaint for divorce by Otto T. vs. Phyllis Paulson alleges cruel and in human treatment. They were married June 37, 1941. Default decree of divorce In the case of Ruth M. vs. W. P. Rosner grant custody of a minor child, to the plaintiff. Complaint by Virginia Hyett for a divorce from Robert M. Hyett alleges cruel and inhuman treatment. They were married in ciara county, wasn, September 13, 1938. Complaint to collect money alleg edly due on a note and for foreclosure of a mortsaRe has been filed by Haw kins sc Roberts, Inc., vs. Nora Wlck ert as administratrix of the estate of Amy C. Adams and others. Probate Court Georae Potts has been named guar dian of the estate of Mary J. Nye on petition of Sana Reeves. Final account on the estate of Anna Hobson shows receipts of 1100 and disbursements of Mfl7. Final hearing Is set for September 30. Justice Court Herman Schoen. selling bread nrit marked with net weight. Plead guilty and fined 125 and coat, fine sus pended, costs paid and placed on pro bation for six months. Emma Mae Johnson, on Jury trial for drunken driving. Police Court A. C. Aabell, West Stayton, no drivers license, unu so. Everett W. Macomber, Albany, Fail ure to stop. Car held for ball. Marriage Licenses Albany Bernle Clyde Gay, 20. of Brownsville, and violet opal jarstaa, 15, Shedd. Parents consented. Robert Warren, 20, service worker air conditioning. YMCA, and Jose phine Elizabeth Schnlder. 30, elevator operator, lets b. commercial, eaiem. Typos Debate Union Control Of Organization Vancouver, B.C., Aug. 20 (CP) The question of whether union or ganization shall be undertaken by officials of the International Typo graphical union, or left to local un ions was heatedly debated at ses sions of the I.T.U.'s annual conven tion here today. The Issue arose after Jack Gill, referred to the fact that unioniza tion of newspapers in New Orleans had been taken out of the hands of the local union and taken over by the executive council. I think It is dangerous and dis astrous for an executive council to take over the affairs of a local union unless that union makes a specific request,' Mr. Gill said, "I am concerned with the everlasting, increasing powers of the executive." George L. Rodemann and Louis Roschuni, New Orleans delegates, declared the campaign had already made considerable progress in New Orleans and they asked for a vote of confidence In I.T.U. Representa tive John J. Conley, now delegated to New Orleans. Nicholas Di Pietro, Tarrytown-Os- sining, La., declared the I.T.U. through its appointed representative in New Orleans, was carrying on a light against "some of the most un scrupulous working conditions on the American continent." "We are at war with unfair em ployers," he declared "and we in tend to stay at war with them." Affiliation of the Mailers' District Trade Union of North America with the I.T.U. will probably come be fore the convention later in the week, following filing of a resolu tion of Mailers unions from Chi cago, Des Moines, Evansville, At lanta, Tacoma, Seattle, Indianap olis and Cincinnati, urging they be accorded "the democratic privilege of voting as to whether they desire to remain affiliated with the I. T.U." Refusal of the I.T.U. to re-affiliate with the American Federa tion of Labor is given as one of the main disputes between the two or ganizations. Four Indians Hurt Train-Aufo Crash Four young Indians were taken to Salem General hospital last night with injuries after their automobile had been struck by a switching Sou thern Pacific freight train on the grade crossing on Penitentiary road between the state prison and state police headquarters. The Injuries proved not serious and the patients were all discharged after wounds had been dressed. Those injured were Don Billings, 17, route 2, Salem, cuts and bruises; Prank Norwest, 20, Chemawa, frac tured clavicle, cuts and bruises; Her man Hudson, 16, Chemawa, shoulder Injury, cuts and bruises; and Gene Hudson, 20, route 2, Salem, small cuts and bruises. The accident happened about 11:15 p.m. Two Killed in Auto Accidents Portland, Aug. 21 ) Two per sons died and two were hurt, one possibly fatally, in automobile acci dents in this region early today. Garth Arthur Carr, 21, was sleep ing with his head outside a coupe window. He was almost beheaded as the car crashed Into a traffic sign after the driver, Frederick H. Erdman, lost control of It. Shirley Spencer was killed out right when the automobile in which she was riding with Sgt. Loren Dale Collins, 29th army engineers, Port land, crashed Into trees. Collins' skull was fractured and he was not expected to live. Miss Margaret Com, 22, riding with Miss Shirley and Collins, was suffering from lacerations, head in juries and shock. Action in Persia Approved by FDR London, Aug. 21 (U.R) President Roosevelt has approved whatever action Great Britain and Russia deem necessary to purge Iran (Per sia) of Nazi Influences, an author itative source said today. The Iranian question, now ap proaching a climax, was said to have been dealt with thoroughly at Prime Minister Winston Churchill's conference with Mr. Roosevelt. An Informant said Mr, Roosevelt showed the fullest understanding of the British view that Iran must be purged of German "tourists" and safeguarded ns a supply route to Russia and a source of oil for British middle eastern fore". 100 Fire Chiefs Respond to Alarm Hull, Mass., Aug. 21 (U.R) Fire which broke out at Pemberton Tnn here last night didn't have a chance. Only one alarm was sounded, but 500 fire chiefs responded. The International Association of Fire Chiefs was holding Its annual banquet at the Inn. Unidentified Body Discovered by Guide Orants Pass, Aug. 21 (!P) Fred Paquetfe, Grants Pass river guide, discovered the body of a red-haired young man, clad only in swimming trunks, floating Wednesday after noon In Rogue river near Foots creek. The body was fastened to the bank and state police at Med ford were notified, he said. WPA Pulled Off Roads for Harvesting WPA officials informed members of the county court today that a shutdown on the south river road project as far as that organization is concerned has been ordered until an indefinite date in the future, probably until after the harvest season, anyway. This is the last of the county road WPA projects which has been operating In the county and how extensively this sort of work will be resumed in the late fall when har vest and seasonal work is over is a matter of conjecture. About 30 men will be laid off In the crew. In the meantime the county will go ahead and do some work on the road which Is Its share of the Job, including bringing to grade and rocking a new piece of the road this side of Roberts station. Moscow Meet For September Washington, Aug. 21 (U.R) The Moscow conference of American, British and Russian experts to make long-range plans for "a com plete victory" over Nazi Germany, will be held early In September, diplomatic sources said today. The conference was proposed by President Roosevelt and Prime Mnv ister Churchill. These sources Indicated the date of the conference has been set but is being kept a secret, as are the travel plans of the American and British representatives. Secretary of State Cordell Hull has declined to discuss details of the meeting, referring all questions to the White House. Some sources said Harry Hopkins, lend-lease ordinator, Is formulating the details of American participation in the conference. Mr. Roosevelt and the prime min ister decided to propose the con ference after hearing the report of Hopkins on his visit to Moscow where he made a hasty survey of Russian reeds. The government pushed Its pro gram of giving immediate aid to the Red army. Federal Loan Administrator Jesse Jones indicated that the United States would be willing to lend mon ey to Russia through the export Import bank and revealed that he planend to confer soon with Soviet Ambassador Constantlne A. Ouman sky. Russia has been paying cash for all her purchases. Soldier-Actors in Mimic Warfare With Second Army in Arkansas, Aug. 31 (Pi Soldiers turned actors today in the second army's mimic warfare, pretending by the dozens to be wounded, to give the medical troops practice in handling casualties of warfare. Only the occasional crack of a .30 calibre blank offered a semblance to actual firing as men feigned be ing hit by the simulated shooting. Each medical unit was ordered to go through a session of handling casualties during the second prob lem of the war games, which found the 78,000 men of the seventh army corps setting up a defensive posi tion along a 15-mile front. An ene my, represented by the 107th (Ohio) cavalry, advanced in attack. Stretcher bearers scoured the "bat tlefield" for the "wounded," plac ing them on stretchers and carry ing them to first aid stations. Coast Shortage of Gasoline Relieved Portland, Ore., Aug. 21 fTt Ap proaching fall weather will help re lieve any shortage of gasoline sup plies in the Pacific northwest, H. D. Collier, San Francisco, president of Standard Oil Company of Califor nia, said yesterday. Commenting on Interior Secretary Ickes' statement at Spokane yester day that the northwest, like the east, faced an oil shortage because tank ers were being diverted, Collier said : "Now, naturally, we haven't the number of ships to move oil and gasoline up to Oregon and Wash ington to carry on the volume of business necessary to supply all de mands. "But we are In hopes that by the utilization of barges, the railroads, and transportation trucks we can relieve the shortage in tankers to a degree that will supply the trade in the area without rationing." Florence, Alabama, Has Dog Plague Florence, Aala., Aug. 21 WV-Dog owners of Lauderdale county work ed today to save approximately 1, 300 of their pets all violently 111. Dr. G. D. Ingram, county rabies inspector, said the dogs were strick en after Injections of what he des cribed as contaminated rabies vac cine. About 100 dogs already have died, he said. All were inoculated between Aug. 11 and Aug. 15 under a state law for controlling rabies. Dr. R. S. Sugg, state veterinar ian, came here to assist in saving the ill dogs. Help Harvest Beans ' Un low vale Two Salem high school buses loaded with bean pickers for this and surrounding districts in this area arrived Wednesday morn ing to assist In the bean picking. Warn Against Diversion of Gasoline Tax Gasoline tax officials representing the Pacific coast group of the North American Gasoline Tax con ference were warned today against any diversion or reduction of the motor vehicle fuels tax. The warning was contained In a paper prepared by National Presi dent A. B. Tucker of Montgomery, Ala., and read before a conference here of officials representing Ore gon, Washington, Utah, California, Idaho, Nevada and the province of British Columbia. "Any breakdown in the present gasoline tax structure will prevent states from carrrylng out their part of the national defense program," Tucker said. "The gasoline tax has relieved mo torists of many costly burdens, such as construction and maitnenance of highways vital to national defense." State Insurance Commissioner Seth Thompson welcomed the dele gates on behalf of Governor Charles A. Sprague. Charles V. Galloway, chairman of the Oregon tax commission, re viewed Oregon's position of a pio neer in the gasoline tax field in 1917. The state constitution was liberal ized in that year, and tyo years later the gasoline tax became law. Thomas Cole, surveyor of taxes, department of finance, British Co lumbia, was scheduled to speak on "Motor Vehicle Fuel Taxation in Canada today under wartime condi tions, compared to previous condi tions," during the two-day sessions. False Figures On British Oil Washington, Aug. 21 CP Ralph K. Davies, acting petroleum coordl natory. declared today that "wholly and completely false" figures Intend ed to show that Britain has an am ple oil tanker fleet were being cir culated in this country, apparently in a deliberate effort to confuse the public. His statement was Issued, Davies said, In reply to unofficial reports that It was unnecessary to transfer American tankers to Brit ain. "The inadequacy of British and allied control tankers to fulfill their war need was well established as was the necessity of American tankers to aid in the transportation of oil. "No one should be deluded about this fact. Every step that has been taken has been essential in our Judgment to the Job of getting oil to the fighting fronts and to protect our own national security. Reports that the British have am ple tankers and that it is unneces sary to transfer American tankers to aid the British, Davies declared, "do not square with detailed figures submitted by the British." The acting coordinator told the public "to use caution in accepting figures circulated with a definite purpose by uninformed and unoffi cial sources," adding that "there are strong indications that mislead ing figures are being deliberately circulated to coniuse the puouc. Rosser Called fo Testify in Seattle Seattle, Aug. 31 (U.R) Federal JudBe Lloyd L. Black Wednesday signed an order directing the war den of the Oregon state penitentiary to turn Albert E. Rosser, former teamster union leader, over to a U. 8. marshal so Rosser can be brought here September 8 to testify before a federal tax appeals board. The government sought Rosser's testimony regarding transfer of his real and personal property to Geo rge r. Vanderveer, Seattle attorney who helped defend Rosser when he was tried for arson in 1038. The government Reeks a Hen on the pro perty for $9000 income tax Rosser is alleged to have failed to pay. Vanderveer said the property was given him In lieu of attorney's fees. Negro Convict Stabbed fo Death Folsom Prison, Calif., Aug. 31 (U.R) Prank Clark, 35, negro convict, was stabbed to death last night while returning to his cell after dinner. Prison authorities Bald Earl Oli ver, 31-year-old negro, had admitted stabbing Clark with an improvised seven inch knife. Clark was slashed In the abdomen and died two hours later in the prison hospital. Clark was serving 25 years from San Joaquin county for robbery and assault with intent to commit mur der. Oliver was serving a life sen tence for kidnaping, robbery and assault In Los Angeles. The two men were said to have been ene mies In prison. French Actress Would Be Citizen Hollywood. Aug. 31 (U.R) Slim blue-eyed Mlchele Morgan, French actress who left Brittany after the Germans moved In, today sought American citizenship. She applied for her first papers in federal court, saying she was born In Neuilly, France, In 1920. She has starred in 12 French pictures, some of them with Charles Boyer and Jean Oabln. Describing Nam occupation of Brittany, she com mented: "There Is no disorder. It was all very sad and depressing. It seemed like the dawn of a new life when I reached America." Late Sports American League Washington ...000 020 211 6 18 1 Detroit 021 000 0003 6 1 Leonard and Early; Newsom, Tho mas (6) and Sullivan. National League Cincinnati ... .204 101 000 8 11 1 Boston 000 041 0005 10 2 Walters and Lombard!; Posedel, Hutchings (2), Javery (3), Salvo (7), and Berres, Montgomery (4). Seek End of Detroit Strike Detroit, Aug. 21 OJ.R) Federal and state mediators, after conferring with Mayor Edward Jeffries and De troit street railway commission of ficials, said today they had drafted a "peace formula" for settlement of Detroit's day-old transportation strike. Chairman Thomas Donahue and Federal Mediator John Q. Jennings said they were taking the formula to AFL and union leaders who called the strike paralyzing the city's bus and trolley service. "We hope for a brighter afternoon now," they announced cheerfully. However, Samuel T. Gilbert, chair man of the DSB commission. Insist ed no proposed agreement had been drafted and expressed belief the! rival AFL and CIO unions still were : deadlocked. Announcement of the so-called "peace formula" came after the mayor had gone before the common council and declared that the city may be forced to take "other action" to end the transportation tie-up. "Detroit can't get along without a transportation system," said Jeff ries before he went to a downtown hotel to resume settlement confer ences. The peace proposal was carried to leaders of the striking AFL Am algamated Association of street, el ectric railway and motor coach em ployes who called the strike yester day, demanding exclusive bargain ing rights. Russians Raid Rumanian Oil Istanbul, Turkey, Aug. 21 (U.R) Russian air raids on Rumanian oil fields and pipe lines have caused tremendous damage and loss of pe troleum products, arrivals here to day from the much-bombed Ruman- aln oil port of Constanta reported. Travelers said that during a re cent Russian bombardment of the Cernavoda bridge, about halfway between Constanta and Bucharest, important pipe lines were hit in two places, causing ijrea which blazed for hours. Bursting bombs twisted steel rails into scrap iron, the arrivals said. The bombardment of the Cerna voda bridge, the only railroad bridge over the Danube below Belgrade, and of the pipe line which crossed it, was reported to have cut off a huge supply of aviation gasoline needed by Germany for the cam paign against Russia. Great damage was said to have been done to oil supplies In Con stanta Itself. When the Russo-Ger-man war broke out, travelers said every oil reservlor in Constanta was filled to overflowing with petroleum products for export to Russia and Turkey. Getting out of Constanta what, oil was not destroyed in bombard ment of the port was said to have been made impossible by the cutting of the Cernavoda bridge. Travelers said that the great Ru manian Ploestl oil fields north of Bucharest, which also have been bombed, have been drained of their gasoline reserves. Menzies Urged fo Go fo London Canberra, Australia, Aug. 21 (Pi- Prime Minister Robert O. Menzies was urged today to go to London despite labor party opposition by the naval minister, W. M. Hughes, who declared In a spirited parlla mentary debate: "The only one who can induce the United States to throw in her lot with us and send ships to the Pacific is Britain. We must have her help." Hughes, speaking arter a labor party caucus had adopted a resolu tion of opposition to the prime min ister's proposed London trip, added: "We cannot defend ourselves alone. In my opinion the prime min ister should go to the seat of em pire, charged with the great duty of expressing the views of Aus tralia." Cooler Weather Prevails in Oregon Portland. Aug. 31 (IP) Cooler weather, replacing a one-day heat wave, returned to most sections of Oregon yesterday, leaving Pendle ton, with 94 degrees, and Mediord, with 91, the only hot spots. Northwestern Oregon was decid edly cool, with scattering showers falling at Portland today. The federal weather bureau pre dieted partly cloudy conditions would continue tonight and Fri' day, with little change in tempera' ture. Maximum readings yesterday in cluded Baker 83 degrees. Bend 84. Brookings 68, Burns 82. Eugene 73, Lakevlew 86, Newport 72. North Bend 70, Portland 75 and Roseburg 77. Germans Near Leningrad, Cily ; In Dread Danger (Continued from page 1) men in the 61-day-old struggle were claimed by the Germans, including 1,200,000 prisoners. DNB, the offi cial German news agency, said con quered Soviet territory exceeded 335,000 square miles an area grat er than the entire German reich and its newly-Incorporated territories east and west. DNB also distributed a statement re-emphasizing that the war with Russia was being waged "to gain preconditions for the final struggle with Great Britain" and insisting that aerial blows against the Brit ish Isles had not been weakened. Neutral observers interpreted the statement two ways: First, an at tempt to bolster German morale, now suffering devastating punishment from the RAF; second, to quash vague rumors of a British -German peace movement. Germans Catching It In London, a high British author ity said RAF raids in the last eight weeks had placed far more bombers over Germany in a single night than the Germans sent over Britain in the most violent assaults last au tumn and winter. The German people are catching it now," he said. Challenging an official Russian order for a fight to defend Lenin grad to the death, the Berlin radio declared that if the city were de fended it would suffer the fate of Warsaw, which was largely de stroyed by nazi Stukas and siege- guns when the Poles refused to sur render. The red army northwest com mand admitted that Leningrad was under "direct threat of attack," but the Russians expressed confidence that the city's defenses with - an estimated garrison of 1,000,000 men would hold. 1 Odessa Aflame On the southern front, Russia! great Black sea port of Odessa was . reported aflame, blasted by Gerrdan . artillery and Stuka dive-bombers, The German high command ra- ported that nazi troops swarming toward Leningrad from the 'south v city of Novgorod, 100 miles below Leningrad, in bitter fighting against .. the red army defenders.1 - . Only last night, Soviet dispatches declared that a showdown battle for Leningrad was raging about Novgorod and that the town,..aur- it rounded by swamps and myJd ; lakes, was admirably situated to stonewall defense. ;o ' The Berlin radio, reporting ih swift fall of Novgorod, also claiad the capture of Narva, 81 miles south west of Leningrad, and Kinglsepp, the rail gate to Leningrad, 25 miles farther east. This would place the Germans In that sector within-- 68 miles of Leningrad. In the critical battle of th Ukraine, the Germans reported units of the waffen S.S. (elite guard) had seized the strategic town of Kher son, on the west bank of the lower Dnieper river, thereby virtually sealing red army troops in the Odes sa sector. - DNB, the official German news agency, said nazi siege guns and Stuka dive-bombers were raining havoc on Odessa, inflicting tremen dous losses on Soviet troops await ing embarkation on Jammed quays. Great fires were reported raging in many parts of the city. Bureau Makes Known Hop Expectations ... Washington, Aug. 21 (Jp) The ag riculture department expects the three Pacific coast states this year to produce one per cent less hop than in 1040 but 21 per cent more than the average for 1930-39. Basing its forecast on August' 15 crop conditions, the department re ported through Its agricultural mar keting service that the outlook in Washington was for a yield of 13, 703.000 pounds, in Oregon for 17, 850,000 pounds and in Callfornia'for 10.640,000. Growing conditions are particu larly favorable in Washington and In the Sacramento valley or Cali fornia, the service said, while in Oregon early clusters have been se verely damaged by mildew and some yards abandoned. Miss Oregon Gets Hollywood Job Portland. Aug. 21 W) Beverly Grass. "Miss Oregon" to magazine and newspaper renders, was en route to Hollywood today, carrying with her a contract as an actress. Miss Gross explained that Pro ducer Howard Hughes expected her to receive a year of dramatic train ing before appearing on the screen. Meantime the title of "Miss Ore gon" was vacated and Chairman C. T. Haas of the selecting committee said a new state queen would be selected at once. Flier Killed at Connecticut Base Windsor Locks, Conn., Am. 21 P Second Lieut. EiiBcno M. Brad Icy, 24, of Antlers. Okla., was killed today in the first airplane crash at the new nrmy nlr base here. Military officials said he failed to come out of a routine dive. ' Bradley was a member of the 64th flyinu squadron of the 57th pursuit Kroup which arrived here Monday from Mltchel field. He received nil wings at Kelley field last May 29.'
