Saturday, February 21, 1942
The Capital Journal Salem; Oregon
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i Locals i
Enlisting In the navy reserve in
Portland yesterday were Norman V,
Baker, Salem; Ross M, Eagy, Al
bany and Charles S. Bennett, Cor
vallls. Vernon H. Jalmson, Salem,
enlisted in the construction regi
ment of the navy,
Savings insured to 5000.00 are
earning 314 at Salem Federal, 130
South Liberty.
The federal employment service
will remain open all day Monday,
W. H. BallUe, manager, announced
yesterday. The action was request
ed by Donald M. Nelson, chief of
the war production board, in line
with services of Importance to na
tional industrial and war efforts
. to disregard the holiday.
Lutz, Florist. P. 9592. 1278 N. Lib.
Fifty men who have had military
training responded to a call from
the civilian defense council and met
it American Legion hail last night
and offered themselves as drillmas
ters for civilian defense units. The
50 were divided into four squads
under the leadership of L. C. Aus
tin, Phil RIngle, Lloyd 0. Demarest
and John Tessele. The leaders will
be under the tutelage of Captain
Stanley Jorgensen, an army advisor.
The ' corps of 50 men will be in
creased. Turkey dinner at the Kingwood
Legion hall, Parkway Drive, 12 to 2
p.m. Sun. Adults 50c,children 35c, 45
Royal Neighbors of America will
meet at the Fraternal temple Mon
day evening, February 23, at 8
" o'clock. . State Supervisor May Lo
- gan and District Deputy Maud Da
vis will be, present at this meeting.
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Window shades delivered day you
order, Reinholdt & 'Lewis. P. 8991.
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Sixteen firemen from the Salem
fire department met at the North
Salem station last night to assist
in the training course for civilian
defense workers. The next meet
ing will be Monday night at the
East Salem station.
An unoccupied house owned by A.
M. Hansen was destroyed by fire
early today at 1745 South Liberty.
The fire had gained such headway
before discovered that firemen were
unable to save the building. It was
a 1-story house.
90 FHA and other loans. Rich L.
Relmann, 167 S. High. Ph. 9203. 45'
Building permits: E. J. Donnell,
to alter garage at 873 South 12th,
$100. Price Shoe store, to alter two
story building at 135 North Liberty,
45, Walter W. Mears, to repair a
one-stpry dwelling at 1235 North
18th, $40.. Ralph Heln, to alter and
repair a 1 -story dwelling and ga
Q age"at' i020 North i 19th, $800. Ben
Relmann, - to build ,a one-story
dwelling and garage at 2495 Myrtle,
$2,000, Chester Pickens,1 to repair
the roof of a. two-story dwelling at
2205 Center, $70. R. E. Jackson," to
, reroof a two-story dwelling at 520
North 18th, $85.
Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting
Monday, 8 p.m. All comrades wel
come. C. A. Robertson, com'der. 46
A new suit of clothes that had
not yet been worn, valued at $40,
and $20 in money from a billfold
were stolen Thursday night from
Joe Brown while he slept in his
apartment at 1290 Oak. The theft
was reported to the police.
rt; Oregon Mutual Fire of McMInn
ville has saved its policy holders
more than $8,000,000. Ask us about
rates on your next policy. Scellars
& Foley, agents. 143 S. Liberty. 45
Fifteen gallons of gasoline were
stolen Thursday night from the au
tomobile owned by Otto Johnson,
125 East Lincoln, says a report to
the police.
Avis' Tavern, formerly the Hump
ty Dumpty, now serving sandwiches
and chile. Open 9 a.ni. to 1 am. 45
When Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Schwasbbauer awoke Friday morn
ing they discovered that someone
had broken one of their windows by
throwing a ,45-ealibre automatic
pistol cartridge through the pane
County Engineer Hubbs yesterday
afternoon inspected the three roads
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Townsend
Clubs
Monmouth The local Townsend
club listened to an address by Char
les W. Wetterman, national repre
sentative of the Townsend organiza
tion Tuesday evening. In addition
there were songs, readings and mu
sical numbers. Refreshments and
a social period followed the ad
journed meeting.
Club No. 3 will have as Its guest
speaker Monday evening, Charles
W. Wetterman, national representa
tive for Oregon. This club meets at
the Leslie Methodist church on S.
Commercial street at 8 o'clock. Spe
cial music will be furnished, accord
ing to Eugene Prescott, chairman
of the program committee,
No. 3 will have Mrs. Waldo Zeller
a guest speaker during their meet'
Oti
g at the Court Street Christian
shurch Tuesday night at o'clock.
Ruthyn Thomas, violinist, will play
while refreshments will be served.
In the LaBranch addition at the
four corners east of Salem which
property owners petitioned be tak
en over as county roads, He stated
while there is some gravel on some
of the roads considerable work will
have to be done to bring the roads
up to specifications before they will
be considered by the court. Court
members had looked over the same
roads earlier. .
Log hauling permit has been
granted by the county court to Vilas
Hastings.
The committee recently appoint
ed to take local charge of the cam
paign to raise funds for the Louise
home for delinquent girls in Port
land, will meet Monday noon to ar
range its program. The committee
consists of Dr. Gussie A. Niles, Mrs.
Charles A. Sprague, Guy N. Hlckok,
W. E. Hanson, E. E. Thomas and
Dr. Vernon A. Douglas.
2 orch. seats, Seattle symphony
Feb. 24, Portland. $1.25 each. P. 3071.
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Walter D. Kallenbach, Ph. D. and
Til. D., will speak at the Chamber
of Commerce luncheon Monday
noon on "Today's Challenge." Dr.
Kallenbach is blind, having been
accidentally shot when he was a
young men. He has been featured
in Ripley's "Believe It or Not" and
"Who's Who in America." It is
said that he has addressed more
people in the United States in the
last two years than any other man
with the exception of President
Roosevelt and Wendell Willkle.
The Merrltt Davis school of com
merce, 420 State stree, is announced
as a new member. in the weekly bul
letln of the Chamber of t Commerce.
Hie membership was obtained by
F. A. Doerf ler. .
Among the temporary promotions
of 74 second lieutenants In the U.
S. marine corps announced today
three residents of the valley have
been advanced to first lieutenants.
These are Marion E. Carl, Hubbard;
Kenneth H. Black, Independence,
and Luther R. Selbert, McMlnn-
ville,
The South Santiam highway was
reopened to traffic last night, the
state highway department an
nounced today. Slides that caused
the road's closure on December 20
will necessitate one-way traffic at
several points until crews can com
plete the task of clearing the right
of way.
In the half day the office was
opened today 140 dog licenses were
issued over. the counter at the coun
ty clerk's office with only four days
left in active working days before
the penalty of $1 a license goes on.
With Monday a legal holiday and
the office closed that day the time
is shortened for applicants to get
under the wire before March 1. Up
to how only 1536 licenses have been
Issued as compared with a total of
over 5600 for last year, so over 600
or more licenses '& day'will be re
quired ,to hit anywhere near even.
Of the total so far Issued' 1279 are
for country do;s and 257 for Salem
city dogs. ' '
A standard first aid class, spon
sored by the Red Cross, will start
Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock in
the armory. This Is a mixed class
and Is open to the public. Anyone
interested is urged to attend since it
will be some time before another
"open" class is organized.
Governor Charles A. Sprague to
day proclaimed the week, February
23-2B, as Victory Garden week in
Oregon.
Mrs. David Wright, who heads
the Marlon county committee for
Inventory of women's skills, reports
that many of the small communi
ties have completed their registra
tion and that the women assisting
with the drive have met with favor
able response from all women. Re
gistration of working women has
been considerably slower than that
of housewives, due to the fact that
they must be contacted after work
ing hours. The first district to com
plete the registration of their wom
en was Arbor Grove near Aurora,
which turned In its completed
cards shortly after noon Monday,
the opening day of the registration
Mahoney Supports
Senator McNary
Portland, Feb. 21 (U.R The Jour
nal's Washington bureau said to
day that Democratic Leader Willis
Mahoney of Oregon has announced
he will support Republican Senator
Charles L. McNary for ' e-electlon.
The Journal said Mahoney's
statement set forth "compelling
reasons" for his decls'on in the ex
isting national crlsi in McNary's
record of "worthy leadership."
Mahoney was the democratic
nominee for the s( nate, against Mc
Nary In 1936 and against Holman
In 1938.
Killed by Fall
Portland, Ore, Feb. 21 UP) A 95
foot fall from a boatswain's chair
to the floor of a dry spillway at
Bonevllle dam killed L. M. Ockert,
about 50, of Carson, Wash., yester.
day.
Sllverton Miss Hazel Svarvarl, a
niece of Ed Svarvarl of the Silver-
ton community, was brought home
Tuesday following a severe illness
at a Portland hospital.
Transfer Workers ,
To Essential Agencies
Washington, Feb. 31 (ff) Presi
dent Roosevelt, by executive order,
called today for transfer of compe.
tent federal employes from agen-
cies less essential in the war effort
to agencies where their work will
count for more.
The order established a priority
classification of federal departments
and egenctes with respect to their
importance to the war program.
The budget bureau will determine
the priority ratings and the civil
service commission will make the
transfers of workers.
An official statement said con
sent of employes would be required
before transfer.
Pocket Ships
Go lo Trondheim
London, Feb. 21 (U.R) Newspaper
dispatches reported from Stockholm
today that the new 35,000-ton Ger
man battleship Tirpitz, one of the
most powerful in the world, and two
10,000-ton cruisers were on their
way to the new German naval base
at Trondheim on the Norwegian
coast.
It was believed, the dispatches
said, the battleships Scharnhorst
and Gneizenau and the 10,000-ton
cruiser Prlnz Eugen .which in es
caping from Brest, steamed past
the British coast, would Join them
at Trondheim as soon as damage
suffered in British plane and war
ship attacks had been repaired.
Stockholm quoted German sources
that the Germans had built gigantic
steel shelters' at Trondheim to pro
tect all classes of 'shlps.1frombat7
tleships to submarines. .; ,
The dispatches said the German
ships would be based at Trondheim
both to keep a part of the British
fleet busy on the watch and to raid
convoys taking supplies to Mur
mansk, Russia's Arctic port.
Naval circles here admitted there
had always been a possibility that
German ships such as those re
ported might be sent to Trondheim,
but said they believed today's re
port to be untrue and that it was
probably put out by the German
consulate at Stockholm. '
Court News
Circuit Court
Judgment for (300.27 and Interest
has been filed In the case of Rex O.
Alsman and Harry Bramel vs. Paul
Woodrofle, doing business under the
firm name of Saving Center and Har
old Kllewer. Application for a place
on the motion docket has been filed
in the same case.
Default order has been granted In
the cast, of A. J, flint vs. Lee. Stan-
difer and Lemuel Richardson,
Order staying sale of real property
has been granted In the case of Union
Central Life Insurance company vs.
Walter W. and Lottie Rutherford.
Probate Court
Second semi-annual account of T.
G. Delano as executor of the estate of
Belle Cornforth shows receipts of
543.3U and disoursements bj.bb.bi.
Report on sale of Dronertv of the
Angella Holmstrom estate by Clara
A. Heltzel, executrix, shows sale to
Madeline Cook r' for 91800.- ;.-v
Final account has been filed . by
Palmer Williams as administrator of
the estate of Joe Williams and final
hearing Is set for March, 28.
Addle A. Sutton has been named ex
ecutrix of the estate of Lottie Vic
toria Minaker and P. E. Oraber, A. D.
Sutton and Bessie M. Elofson ap
praisers. The estate Is valued at $1900
in real property and bioq in personal
property. A will leaves 9300 to a niece,
Allle Esther Howard, and the rest to
a nephew, Kenneth Victor McKonzie.
George Wachtman had filed peti
tion for a guardian for Hcttle Wacht
man whose estate consists of a U2
interest as heir to her mother, Mary
Erp. Hearing is set for March 0.
Anton Hans Hansen has been named
administrator of the B00 real prop
erty estate of Marie Leplk.
Gall H. Patheal has been named ex
ecutrix of the $3300 real property and
seoo personal property estate 01 ttoo
bert S. Kutch.
Pinal decree has been eranted Wal
ter R. Klcinsmlth as administrator
of the estate of Christine Kleinsmlth.
Bettyrae Vtenderoth has filed her
final account as administratrix of the
estate of Henry J. Wcnderoth show
ing disbursements of $422.75 and 4577.
25 in cash on hand. An appraisal by
Evelyn Q. Haugen, P. S. Lamport and
Lyle J. Page values the estate at
$1000 in cash.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren B. Allen
executors of the estate of James P.
Duncan have been granted an order
to distribute $2765.43 among the
heirs and also to divide the securities
held bv the estate and are to
given final discharge on making such
distribution.
Justice Court
Plea of not guilty entered by Mar
ion Donaldson to a charge of carry
ing a concealed weapon. Trial set for
February 27 at 2 o'clock. On another
charge of attempted larceny Donald
son elected to take a preliminary
hearing which will be on the same
date. He made nail.
Plea of guilty entered by Bert Ray
Welbel to a charge of having no motor
vehicle operator's license; lined $1
and costs of $4.50.
Police Court
Making an Illegal turn: Delbert A,
Bcchtel, 18X5 North Fifth.
Driving an automobile while tinder
the Influence of Intoxicating liquor:
Francis R. Beem. fined $10 and given
3U a ays in jail.
Violation of the bnMc spend rule
David P. Furlough, 2090 B. church.
Marriage Licenses
Bert Merl Nesbltt, 31, mill worker,
Albany, and Mildred Forgey, 25,
housekeeper, 850 Broadway, Salem.
18 Jap Ships
Sunk in Great
Sea-Air Baffle
(Continued from page 1)
Allied planes also hit a transport
and damaged a 5,000-ton merchant
ship in a raid on Japanese sea
forces in the Banka straits, oil Su
matra. The battle began Thursday morn
ing with Japanese invasion of the
island of Ball, only a mile east of
Java, but It spread throughout yes
terday and today to Japanese-held
Sumatra on the west Hank of this
island.
The enemy offensive was still
hammering heavily against the out
er defenses of Java and the big
Soerabaja naval base, with Japan
ese bombers striking at both ends
of Java island in an attempt to
knock out allied aerial defenses.
All Around Bali
Ball was submerged by a Japan
ese attack from all sides, Including
the main airport on the south coast,
despite lurious .counterblows by
American flying fortresses and dive
bombers, Dutch cruisers and United
States and Dutch destroyers which
inflicted heavy losses on the enemy,
set one cruiser aflame and blew up
another in a huge explosion.
The allies losses included a des
troyer sunk by a torpedo and an-
other ship damaged with the loss
of 10 lives.
More than 18 Japanese vessels
were bombed In the allied attacks
on Thurseday and Friday, according
to today's communiques, but it was
pointed out that there may have
been some duplications.
fission Ends
6 Day Program
Concluding six days of religious
efforts, the final session of the Na
tional Christian Mission was held
at the senior high school auditor
ium last night with Dr. Ralph
Walker of Portland preaching a ser
mon on "The Secret of a Consist
ent Life."
The Mission, only one to be con
ducted in Oregon this year, brought
to Salem several nationally promi
nent leaders in religious and Bible
work from a number of denomina
tions. The annual State Pastors'
conference which conducted meet
ings Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday attracted a sizeable group
of Oregon ministers.
The six-day program was under
the Joint auspices of the Federal
Council of Churches of Christ in
America; the Oregon Council of
Churches and the Salem Minister
ial association. All of the speakers
donated their cervices and were
given nothing more than their ex
penses.-'--
Local leaders of the movement
expressed themselves well satisfied
with the results.
Ewing Convicted
Of Raping Girl
Washington, .Feb. 21 (JP) A led-
eral court jury today convicted Or-
man W. Ewing, former Utah demo
cratic national committeeman, of
raping a 20-year-old government
stenographer last October 28.
The jury of 11 men and one
woman deliberated less than two
hours. " . .
Ewing stood silent and with no
show of emotion as the foreman
announced the verdict: ...
"We find the defendant guilty as
charged."
The government announced at
the start of the trial that it would
ask the death penalty if Ewing were
convicted. Ewing declared he was
innocent.
Five members of Ewing's family,
including three daughters, were on
a bench near the front of the court
room. East Salem Home '
Opened to Guests
East Salem Mrs, June Marshall
and daughters, Dcbbia Jo and Imo
gene Woodward entertained a group
of friends at their Willow Olen
home on route 6. A four o'clock
dinner was served and tho evening
was spent In the recreation hall
dancing. Guests were Sergeant Lee
Bynum, P. P. C. Bill Jackson, Cor.
poral Dan Rape, Corporal Rcnord
F. Haywood, P. P. C. Dewey K. Lew-
Is, Miss Beverly Barnlck and Miss
Lyn Woodward,
Mrs. Cornelia Olson, mother of
John Olson of Monroe avenue, left
this past week for her home in
Charter Oak, la.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Stories have
moved into the home recently va
cated by tho J. M. Slleghter's fam
ily on route 6.
Honor Pennant
To Portland Firm
Portland, Feb. 21 (JP) Willamette
Iron 6c Steel Corporation will be
come on Monday the third Port
land Shipbuilding plant to be
awarded tho navy's pennant for ex
cellence. Governor Sprague will
speak at the ceremonies.
Woman Fatally Hurt
Klamath Falls, Feb. 31 (if) An
automobile skidded off a highway
near Modoo point yesterday, killing
a woman Identified as Clare Eliza
beth Leonard, about 45. of San
Francisco, lone occupant.
Powell Clayton
Back in Marines
Portland, Feb. 21 (P Powell E.
Clayton, Oswego, state police ser
geant from 1931 to 1935 at Salem
and Oregon City, was back in the
marine corps today, 20 years to the
day after his first enlistment,
Clayton, who was with tha state
traffio division when Smedley D.
Butler, retired major general of the
marines, set up Oregon's state po
lice, enlisted in the limited marine
reserve for naval base guard duty.
Baby Crop
Largest in
Two Decades
Washington, Feb. 21 CP) The
census bureau today acclaimed the
1041 crop of American babies as the
largest in two decades.
The births numbered about 2,
500,000 and were second only to the
2,600,000 record set in 1921.
One reason for last year's big
crop was the fact, the bureau said,
that a large number of the record
1921 babies themselves were mar
ried and producing children last
year.
The draft, which helped boost
marriages to a record of 1,565,000,
also may have had something to do
with It. Marriages have been so
unusually numerous the last cou
ple of years, in fact, that the
bureau predicted another big .crop
of babies this year, "even if large
numbers of-married men are In
ducted into the armed forces."
In 1921 there were many babies
because the AEF had Just come
home from France and was busy
re-establishing family life.
The baby crop was so big last
year that it exceeded deaths by
1,090,000, thus increasing the na
tion's population by an amount ap
proximately equal to the population
of the state of Oregon.
The bureau added that experts
could not agree on whether the
recent increase in the American
death rate now 18.8 per 1000 pop
ulationwas temporary or repre
sented a long time trend. The
American birth rate fell almost
steadily for two. centuries up to
1933 and has increased gradually
since then. The low point In 1933
was 16.6 per 1000 population.
In Germany, the bureau added,
the birth rate has been dropping
since the war and was last re
ported .t 20 per 1000 population in
1940.
Germans Claim 17
More Ships Sunk
Berlin (From German Broad
casts), Feb. 21 () German sub
marines have sunk 17 additional
ships totaling 102.000 tons to boost
the list off the American coast to
ships registering 532,900 tons,
the high command declared today.
"In continuation of these opera
tions In the Caribbean sea," a spe
cial communique asserted, "one of
our submarines forced its way into
Paria gulf west of Trinidad and
sank two ships, one of which was
a tanker, in the roadstead of the
British harbor of Port-of-Spain."
(U, S. army headquarters at Port-
of-Spain announced Thursday that
two ships at anchorage in the Gulf
of Paria had been damaged Wed
nesday by explosions apparently
caused by U-boat torpedoes, "but
both remained afloat and there
were no casualties.")
American Ship
Attacked Off Chili
Santiago, Chile, Feb. 21 (IP) Offi
cials of the ministry of defense
said today that the Chilean naval
radio had picked up an SOS pur
portedly coming from a United
States ship, "the Admiral Coles,"
reporting that the crew was taking
to Its llicboals.
They said the ship's position was
not given. They added that the
navy had heard requests for aid
from four other ships attacked by
submarines,
A 3,285-ton vessel, the Admiral
Cole, owned by the Admiral Orien
tal line with San Francisco as her
home port, carries a normal crew of
31. She was built in 1020 at Newark,
N.J., and formerly was named Sur
ailco. Earl Nixon Invited
To Higher Office
Washington, Feb. 21 (IP) The
war production board is seeking
Earl Nixon, Oregon state geologist,
as a member of its mineral pro
ductlon board, Representative Mott
(R-Orc) said yesterday.
He said Nixon, who would ex
pedite production, has asked Gover
nor Sprague for permission to serve
part time.
Nixon already has conferred with
WPB officials on Oregon chro-
mite.
Mrs. Boyd Honored
Lincoln A group of old friends
and neighbors surprised Mrs.
George Boyd Thursday afternoon
and showered her with gifts. Mrs,
Boyd is confined to her home by
Illness. Those visiting her were
Mrs. Jesse Walling, Mrs. C. F. Mer
rick, Mrs. Ivan Merrick, Mrs. W. R.
Edwards, Mrs. Lola Crawford, Mrs,
J. Nelgcr, Mrs. Lois Burch, Mrs.
Harry Walling and Janice Mer
rick.
Problem of ,:v
Jap Aliens
Agitates Coast
(Br th. Associated Press)
The problem of Japanese aliens
and their activities in the northwest
continued to agitate officials and
private citizens last night.
In Tacoma, six Japanese were ar
rested in the waterfront area, an
FBI announcement said, but five
were released. Special agent Howard
Fletcher said one man was kept In
custody because of Ills connections
with Japanese organizations. He de
clined to give names of any of those
arrested.
At Wenatchee, L. O. Melton,
spokesman for' certain employes of
the Great Northern railway termin
al, said 85 workers at a mass meet
ing had demanded immediate re
moval of Japanese workmen now in
railroad employe. Melton said 10
Japanese in this area had been laid
off by the Great Northern December
8 but later had been re-hired.
The Klickitat county civilian de
fense council at Goldendale passed
a resolution urging removal of all
enemy aliens from the state. Copies
of the resolution were sent to Gov.
Arthur B. Langlie and members of
the congressional delegation.
Aroused by reports that Japanese
from British Columbia coastal areas
were arriving at Kamloops in the
interior and attempting to buy land
there, the council of the Kamloops
board of trade wired Prime Minister
Mackenzie King expressing opposi
tion to "infiltration of any person
of Japanese origin or enemy alien
except under strict government su
pervision." Earlier, the Kamloops
branch of the Canadian Legion had
passed a resolution calling for In
ternment of all male Japanese of
military age.
Soldier Boys
Will be Hosts
Reversing the order of the dances
that have been given here for the
soldiers stationed in this area, the
army boys are to be "hosts" to the
women of the various hostess groups
of Salem in the dancing pavilion
at the state fair grounds next Tues
day evening.
Women and girls over 18 years
who wish to attend are invited to
assemble at the armory at 8 o'clock,
from where they will be transported
to the fair grounds and returned to
thB armory in army conveyances.
Music will be furnished by the
115th Cavalry orchestra, which
played last night for 250 soldiers
and their hostesses at the armory,
and hlll-bllly music, tumbling and
acrobatic stunts such as were staged
at last night's dance by the boys
will again be an intermission fea
ture. The dances are all sponsored by
the United Hospitality association.
Funeral Arranged
For Loyd Pierce
La Grande, Ore., Feb. 21 (U.R) Fu
neral services were being arranged
today for Lloyd Pierce, 46, son of
Congressman Walter M. Pierce (D.,
Ore.), who died unexpectedly of per
itonitis here Thursday night.
Pierce was a prominent Union
county wheat grower and a director
of the Pendlelton Production Credit
association. He was graduated from
Oregon State college and was a
veteran of the World war,
Surviving him,' besides his fath
er, are his widow, iwho is a sister-in-law'
of Supreme ' Court Justice
William O. Douglas, and two sons,
Robert and Walter; four sisters,
Mrs. Lucille Hall, Portland, Mrs. P.
J. Stadclman, The Dalles, Mrs. Ed
ith Whlttcn, New York and Mrs.
Helen Wilson, Salem.
Spokane Minister
Called to Lebanon
Lebanon Rev, Harvey John
Schmidt of Spokane has been called
to the pastorate of the Lebanon
Presbyterian church, It was an
nounced following the church meet
lng Sunday. Rev. Schmidt spent
several days here the fore part of
the month.
He Is a graduate of Wooster col
lege, Iowa, and of the McCormlck
School of Theology at Chicago. He
conducted services In Montana be
fore coming to Spokane five years
ago. He Is married and has two
children.
Rev. Schmidt will fill the pulpit
left vacant by the death of Rev.
John S. Burns in November,
Oregon Dispute
To Labor Board
Washington, Feb. 2i (U.R) Secre
tary of Labor Frances Perkins to
day certified to the war labor board
a dispute between tho Booth-Kelly
Lumber company, Springfield, Ore.,
and tho International Woodwork
ers (CIO) Involving 200 workers and
ulon demands for wage increases, a
union ship and paid vacations.
Killed In Bomb Shelter
San Francisco, Feb. 21 (IP) Fifty
to eighty persons were killed today
by a direct hit on ft bomb shelter
during a Japanese raid on Banju-
wangl, easternmost town on the Is
land of Java, said a Netherlands
East Indies communique picked up
here by CBS, Trie communique was
broadcast by the Batavla radio.
22 Entrants in
Forensic Finals
McMinvllle, Feb. 21. (IP) Speech
contestants from 22 western col
leges entered the finals of the 12th
annual Intercollegiate forenslo tour
nament today at Llnfield college.
Among the finalists are:
Senior men oratory Eugene
White and Carl Kllnkenburg, Ore
gon State.
Senior women oratory Vivian
Crist, Oregon state. Impromptu
Ralph May, Willamette.
Labor Hearing
Creates Plane
Bottleneck
Washington, Feb. 21 (U.R) - Some
United States planes were reported
today to be grounded in the far
cast, the middle east and In this
country for lack of parts whose pro
duction may be further curtailed by
a national labor relations board In
vestigation of a dispute in two Cur-tiss-Wrlght
planla.
War and navy representatives were
said to have objected to the proposed
NLRB hearing on grounds it would
hamper production by disrupting the
plants. But the investigation now is
scheduled to proceed under author
ity of the NLRB.
One responsible official estimated
the number of grounded planes in
the hundreds and said half of them
were in combat areas. Checking
other sources, however, the United
Press was informed the number of
grounded planes -was comparatively
small and that 'the parts situation
which had been acute-had shown
recent and basically satisfactory Im
provement, Information was con
flicting whether the planes had been
shipped to combat areas without
necessary parts or whether the
shortage was in spares now needed.
NLRB headquarters here told the
United Press that the Curtlss
Wrlght case was pending in the
New York regional office. But head
quarters here was vague as to its
status or whether a hearing would
take place.
Mrs. Elinor Herrlck, New York
reglonla director of NLRB, advised
the United Press by telephone,
however, the board headquarters
here had formally authorized the
issuance of a ' complaint and the
hearing would proceed at the board's
direction.
Nazis Withdraw
West of Tobruk
Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 21 (IP) Ger
man troops and armored forces
withdrew to the north after an en
counter with British patrols on the
Tmlml-Mechlll lines west of To
bruk, the British announced today.
The war bulletin said:
"Operating over a wide front west
of Aln El Gasala, our fighting pa
trols again reached several points
on the track from Tmlml to El Me
chlll. "Parties of the enemy including
tanks were encountered but the
general tendency of enemy patrols
was to withdraw northwards.
Some of the enemy were ob
served at Tmlml and considerable
enemy forces were In and around El
Mechlll.
"Owing lo adverse weather con
ditions, air activity on both sides
were curtailed seriously." - " "
World War Fliers
To be Given Chance
Portland, Feb.' 21 (U.R) The "Bald
Eagles" of Portland fliers of the
World war who want to get into
this one today were advised they
may scon get a chance to do so.
The assistant chief of tho aid ser
vice command at Wright Field,
Ohio, advised Maurice B. Hill, act
ing executive secretary of the group
that all of the more than 50 Bald
Eagles may apply for air corps serv
ice. If they meet requirements,
they will be given a chance to serve,
the air corps offlctal.sald.
Tho Bald Eagles believe their war
experience might be put to good use
against tho axis. Some admit they
arc too old to enter active flying
service, but they're willing to go
into ground work.
Tacoma Ship to
Ply Columbia
Portland, Feb. 21 (U.R) Announce
ment was mado here today that
tho passenger steamer Virginia V
ot Tacoma, will be placed In the
Portland-Astoria river run within
a short time.
Earlier in tho week it was an
nounced that the steamer Oeorg
iana Is being reconditioned for the
same river run.
River passenger traffic is expect
ed lo show a sharp increase in view
of tire rationing which is taking
cars off the highways,
Carl Hopkins New
Field Director
Portland, Feb. 21 (IP) Tho Ore
gon Tuberculosis association said
today that Carl Hopkins, statist!
clan and field representative, had
been appointed assistant field di
rector for American Red Cross
headquarters in San Francisco,
Zona Hostess at a dinner Wed
nesday night was Mrs. Louise Pat
rick whose guests included Mr, and
Mrs. Jesse Walling and Mr, and
Mrs, Fred Mullcr.
Big Carryover
Of Wheat This
Year Foreseen
Chicago, Feb. 21 (IF) Despite ef
forts to stimulate consumption of
wheat by forcing more than the
usual amount into livestock feed
ing use and possible distillation for
alcohol, the United States carry
over at the end of the season next
June 30 is expected to be by far
the largest on record, grain trade
statistics showed today.
A carryover of approximately
10,000,000 bushels is in prospect.
grain men said. It may be even
larger If the government's plans for
Increased wheat feeding through
sale of Commodity Credit corpora
tion stocks at prices low enough to
compete with com do not succeed
in disposing of a largo quantity.
The U. S. wheat carryover last
June 30 was 385,000,000 bushels. A
year previous It was 284,000,000
bushels. In 1037 It hit a post world-
war low of only 82,802,000 bushels.
This carryover, plus the 1041
crop, gave the country a total of
1,331,000,000 bushels. Wheat is one
of those commodities in which the
year-to-year consumption varies lit
tle due to the fact that flour use
Is regarded as virtually static. The
only chance to Increase disappear
ance, therefore, Is through export
or feeding. Seed requirements,
which range from 75,000,000 to 90,
000,000 bushels annually, are fairly
constant. This year, because of the
acreage curtailment, seed needs are
expected to be at minimum.
Estimating U. S. wheat exports
at 30,000,000 bushels, seed require
ments at 70,000,000, feeding and al
cohol use at 120,000,000 and flour
and food manufacture at 500,000,000,
grain men said total disappearance
for. the season would be around
720,000,000 ' bushels, leaving 811,.
000,000 bushels carryover.
Wheat and com prices advanced
about a cent , the past week, oats
and rye were fractionally higher
and soybeans lower. Trad
ing in all pits was' restricted by
uncertainty regarding certain phas
es of the government farm pro
gram. "
Complacent Oregon
Warned by Matheny ;.
Portland, Feb. 21 (fl-MaJor Aus-.
tin C. Matheny, regional director
of civilian protection, warned today :t
that complacency was Oregon's t.
worst enemy. . .
Just because the west coast has r
not been bombed, don't be lulled in- .,
to the thought that it can't be 1(
bombed," he aald. j,
"Every citizen will have to learn "
to use the civilian weapons In this
total war," he told newsmen. "Those
weapons are morale, production and.
the cooperation fof all in the pro-
cedure outlined for blackouts and
air raid precautions." 4'
March Production
For Crude Oil Set
Washington, Feb. 21 (IP) Petro
leum Coordlator Ickes today set the
March crude oil production rate for
the United States at 3,906,800 bar
rels daily, compared " with 4,101,800
in February and 3,570,400 barrels in
March, of 1041."
The March , production figure,
based on the bureau of mines fore
cast of demand, is 105,000 barrels a
day less than for February despite
tho continued heavy demand for
petroleum in eastern consuming
centers.
Ickes said the reduction reflec
ted particularly the fact that crude
oil and refined products stocks had
been piled up on the gulf coast be
cause of transportation difficulties.
Junior Class Starts
Work Upon Farce
Woodburn The Junior class of
Woodbum high school will present
a three-act farce, "The Whole
Town's Talking," in the high school
auditorium on Mnrch 6.
Mrs. Vera Hicks Cochell is direct
ing the play and the cast includes:
Henry Simmons, the manufacturer,
Rodney Mills; Harriet Simmons, his
wife, Marjory Davis; Ethel Sim
mons, their daughter, Frances Te
tlk; Chester Blnnoy, Simmons'
partner, Robert Enstrom; Letty
Tythe, a motion picture star, Opal
McElfresh; Donald Swilt, & motion
picture director, Carl Bellamy; Ro
ger shields, a young Chicago blood,
John Huglll; Llln Wilson and Sally
Otis, friends of Ethel, Delorcs
Thompson and Marguerite Stewart;
Annie, a maid, Norma Nowack; Sa
die Bloom, Laverne Marlin; taxi
driver, Byron Rhoades.
Ireland Warmer
Than California
San Bernardino, Calif., Feb. 21
W) Pvt. Charles Condon, who spent
six months In Iceland and never
saw the thermometer below 20,
came home to California shivering:
"Wish I had my Arctic clothes. I ;
wasn't nearly as cold in Reykjavik."
It was 1 1 degrees below freezing
unusual weather tho natives said,
Klrkpatrlck Chosen
Corvallls, Ore., Feb. 21 (fly-Dahl
J. Klrkpatrlck, Siuslaw National
forest supervisor, will rcplaco tho
lato Charles H. Flory In tho Mt.
Baker National forest In Washing
ton March 1.
Fred W. Furst, Portland, will suc
ceed Klrkpatrlck here.