Thursday; August 21, 1941
Tlie CaDifel Journnl. Sa?em" OreaofT
Seven
Locals
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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."
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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
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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.'