Thursday, August 27, 1942
The Capital Journal, Salem) Oregon
Eleven
Locals i
Wednesday max, 69, min. 49.
fctiver today -3.7 ft.
Mrs. Bryan Goodcnough is re
overing Irom a major surgical
hperation and her condition is
eported as very satisfactory.
For Home Loans see Salem
Federal, 130 South Liberty.
Halph Mitchell is in Salem
General hospital for surgical
treatment. Mr. Mitchell is exe
cutive secretary of the Oregon
salvage committee.
Lutz Florist 1276 N Liberty
Rev. C. H. Slcinmann, pastor
of the Christian and Missionary
Alliance church at Fifth and
Gaines, who has been in Van
couver, B.C., for the last month,
has returned to Salem and will
preach at his church Sunday.
ft costs no more to use the
best. Re-roof now with Pabco
Roofing. No down payment
12 months to pay. Ph. 9221
R. L. Elfslrom Co., 375 Cheme-
keta St.
Stephen C. Proctor, a member
of the army air force at McChord
Field, Wash., has been promoted
from the grade of sergeant to
that of staff sergeant. Staff
Sergeant Proctor, a son of, Mr.
and Mrs. Stephen Proctor of
Slaylon, enlisted in thejirmy at
Salem on January 13, 1941.
Nash Furniture Closing Out!
Quitting business for duration.
Save from 10 to 50 below
ceiling prices. 205
Joining the navy in Portland
Wednesday were John J. Red
mond, Albany; Glenn H. Larson,
Dallas and John F. Yeo, Sher
idan. Exp. beauty operators. Milzi
Gray, 471 Court. Ph. 5033. 204
Charles I. Blair of Salem and
Clarence Morley, Silverton, have
been called for jury duty in the
district federal court in Port
land and ordered to report Mon
day. Send monogrammed matches
and playing cards to the boys
in the service. ORDER NOW
NOT LATER. Better Bedding
Store, 115 N. High. 205
TTncrena O TTnmrlplr line hppn
Ograduated from the field artil
lyery omcer candidate scnooi ai
Fort Sill, Okla., and received a
commission as second lieutenant.
He will be stationed at Camp
Roberts, Calif.
Announcement! Dr. L. J. Wil
liams, chiropodist & foot special
ist, 313 1st Nat'l. Bank. 205
Petitions In bankruptcy have
been filed in Portland by A. S.
Johnson, engineer, Salem, liabil
ities, $1,336.97, assets, $120;
Jacob L. Austin, highway em
ploye, Salem, liabilities, $397.40
assets, none.
Savings insured to $5000.00
are earning 3. at Salem Fed
eral. 130 South Liberty. '
Willamette university report
ed today that all of its graduates
who sought teaching positions
had been placed and that calls
a for help continue to be received.
One southern Oregon high
school's faculty had disappeared
until nobody but the superinten
dent remained. A request from
a 72-year-old woman for her cre
dentials was received at Willam-
ette. The woman in question
attended the academy some 50
years ago and while some dif
ficulty was found in locating her
records,- they were eventually
forwarded.
Nash Furniture Closing Out!
Quitting business for duration.
Save from 10 to 50 below
ceiling prices, 205
Charley McCarthy, who was
employed about a year ago at
Hotel de Minto, returned to Sa-
Otem today. Since leaving Salem
he has been In Massachusetts
and other eastern places.
For sale; sweet corn,
evening, 5926.
Phone
204
Youth of the First Methodist
church will be represented at the
Oregon Christian Youlh coun
cil planning committee, which is
being held in Portland this week
end, by Joan Roddy of the high
school fellowship and Ethel Jean
Crain of the University Ves
' pers. They will be accompanied
f by Miss Ruth Cramer, director
of Christian education at First
church. The conference is to
be held on the new Albany col
lege campus. The regular youth
fellowship meeting at 7 o'clock
Townsend
Clubs
Townsend club No. 16 will not
inert Thursday night of this
week.
Sunday evening will feature a
report of the Portland conference
by the First church representa
tives. Immediately afterward a
fellowship hour will be held in
the downstairs fireplace room.
Boy to work part time collect
ing for classified ads. Apply Cap
ital Journal office. 206
H. B. Merrell, route 4, report
ed to the police Wednesday the
theft of a tire and wheel from
his automobile while it was
parked at 205 Columbia.
Dr. Moran, 157 South Cottage
Chiropractic Physician. 204
Martha Smith, 15, of Dallas,
is reported as missing. A report
to the police says she left Bucna
Visla Wednesday morning.
We repaint, record, retapc Veil.
blinds. Reinholdt-Lewis. Ph. 8991
204
Mrs. W. L. Koenig, who lives
at 294 South 16th street, cut her
left hand with an ax while cut
ting wood today and the wound
was dressed at the first aid sU
lion. Last night Elnora Roth, 29
Fairhaven, fell at the Capitola
grocery and received a lacerated
right hand. The first aid station
sent her to Salem General hos
pital.
90 FHA and other loans. Rich
L. Reimann, 167 S. High. 204
Roger R. Whitefield, 245 Div
ision, was held by the Salem pol
ice last night for the federal
bureal of investigation.
Explosion of an acid mixture
at the Central Pharmacy in the
Guardian building yesterday -resulted
in severe burns for Ken
neth Farwell, registered pharm
acist, who is employed at the
store. After first aid he was tak
en to a hospital where he will bo
in bed for several weeks. The
burns were mainly on the body.
Men & young men! Loafer &
sport coals $7.95-$12.50; Slacks
$5.95 to $8.50. Sweaters $3.95 to
$7.50. Gabardine Shirts $4.50 to
$8.50. Gabardine Jackets $3.95
to $6.50. Mackinaws $7.50 to
$12.50. One lot of men's Suits
$25. One lot of men's Top Coats
$16.50. Thomas K. Woolen Mill
Retail Store, 260 S. 12th. 204
' The slate supreme court will
complete the summer vacation
season when it meets Tuesday
September 8. Cases are set for
hearing September 8, 9 and 10
Building permits: N. Keck, to
re-roof a garage at 575 North
15th, $25. Mrs. Ida Landow, to
reroof a two-story dwelling at
1562 Mill, $28. Reed Carter, to
reroof a garage at 1270 North
16th, $18. Oregon Pulp & Paper
company, to build a one-story
shed at Ferry and Front, $1000.
George Reinwald, to alter a one-
story dwelling at 997 South 20th
$45. George Redpath, to build a
shed at 1910 Lee, $35. J. W
Pcntncy, to' alter a two-story
dwelling at 1735 Norway, $150.
Pearl R. Grote, to reroof a lM
story dwelling at 1307 South
Commercial, $180. A. R. Lee, to
repair a two-story dwelling at
2220 North Commercial, $150. D.
A. Smith,' to repair a one-story
dwelling at 147 Union, . $100.
George J. Steinke, to repair a
one-story dwelling at 1497 North
Fifth, $50.
County Commissioner Girod
stated this morning that it will
be necessary for the county,
temporarily at least, to discon
tinue rental of county road
equipment on private jobs such
as private roadways for farmers
and similar work in which the
county has been glad to render
assistance where possible due to
the difficulty in farmers secur
ing assistance in the line of
equipment from private sources.
Girod stated that the man power
situation on the county road
crew has become so acute it is
impossible to allow such work
to be done at this time. Virtu
ally all of the grader men arc
out on other jobs with private
contractors. After the harvest,
he stated, it may be possible to
build up the crews again. Some
of the old men may be back and
if not it will be possible to secure
new help which may be trained.
As it is, he stated, the regular
work on county roads is getting
behind and brush and weeds on
numerous roads are getting way
ahead of the county crew. It
is expected a desperate effort
will be made to catch up when
more man power is available.
Arthur D. Stump, Monmouth,
and Pearl E. Clauson, Mulino.
have been issued a marriage li
cense at Oregon City.
Members of the county court
yesterday afternoon investigated
a complaint from the West Stay
ton section that water from the
irrigation has been overflowing
some of the ranches, one com
plainant in particular slating
that the r a n ch . land . had
been overflowed to within a
short distance of the house. Over
flow conditions were found but
it was considered mainly due
to seepage of waste water which
had been used in irrigation and
court members said it seemed to
be a condition very difficult to
correct as it comes from vari
ous farms and various directions
and is not particularly an over
flow from the main ditches
themselves.
Permit to haul logs has been
granted to the Daugherty Pil
ing company by the county
court.
Soldier Admits
Killing Widow
Woodbury, N. J., Aug. 27 U.R
Acting Prosecutor Charles C,
Cotton said Wednesday that Pvt
Wilborn Rogers, 22, Los An
geles, had confessed to the lov
er's lane slaying of Mrs. Emma
May Evans, 39-year old Camden,
N. J., widow.
The confession. Cotton said,
was signed by Rogers in the
presence of an army chaplain
and Captain E. C. Rogers, the
soldier's superior.
Cotton did not release the text
of the confession but quoted Ro
gers as saying "I lost my head
and struck her." The soldier said
that he and Mrs. Evans argued
before the slaying, according to
Cotton.
Mrs. Evans' nude and batter
ed body was found in a clump
of bushes on August 14 near the
National Pari military reserva
tion, where Rogers was sta
tioned. Court News
Circuit Court
Order confirming sale of real pro
perty to the plaintiff has been filed
in the case of Hansen & Rowland,
Inc., vs. L. E. Goodman.
Default order has been filed in
the case of William T. vs. Kathrine
Balis.
Complaint on a note for $100. in
terest and $35 attorney fee. and re
turn showing property attached have
been filed In the case of Frame H.
Shedeck vs. L. K. Colgan.
Motion in the case of State vs.
Charles Edgar Adams seeks to strike
from the supplementary plea of In
sanity the words "due to voluntary
intoxication.'
Notice of appeal has been filed in
the case or Wayne Henry vs. w,
G. Allen.
Call for the circuit court jury for
August 31 has been canceled until
further notice, Circuit Court Clerk
Arthur Roethlin stated today. The
case of Emmons vs. Barth which had
been set for trial for that dale has
gone out.
Probate Court
County Clerk Lee Ohmart was
limping on an injured knee today
caused by stepping off a ladder. Al
though he stepped only a short dis
tance, his foot slipped on a board
badly wrenching the knee.
The estate of Charlotte Frances
Taylor has been appraised at $17,
584.32 by William Dentel, William
Fry and Fred Crann.
Final report by Leona E. Taylor
as guardian for Barbara and Kath
ryn Taylor, minors, closes the estate
as to Kathryn Taylor, who is now
Kathryn Pace, has attained her ma
jority and has received her portion
of the assets of the estate.
The estate of Abner Kelper Kline
admitted to probate with the Pion
eer Trust company as executor, is
valued at $31,000, of which $4000 Is
In real and $27,000 in personal prop
erty. A will leaves $1000 each to a
brother and sister, Elmer K. Kline
of Phoenix, Ariz,, and Estclle K.
Rolz of Pottstown, Pa., and $1000
each In trust to a niece and nephew,
Mildred Louise Rotz and Bruce
Shaffer. The residue goes to .the
widow, Virginia B. Kline, with ex
ception of $300 to a church at Six
Corners, Pa., for maintenance of
cemetery lots.
Final discharge has been granted
Irene Dodd Welier as executrix of
the estate of Eiward N. Welier.
Justice Court
In a trial today Charles Leonard
McConnell was found guilty of driv
ing a motor vehicle while under the
Influence of intoxicating liquor. He
was sentenced to serve 30 days in
jail and pay a fine of $100 and costs,
the Jail sentence to be suspended on
payment of fine and costs. He failed
to pay and was committed.
Order holding to grand Jury Hen
ry Morrow, who waived preliminary
hearing on a charge of non support.
Released on his own recognizance.
Police Court
Violation of the basic speed rule:
Walter G. Moss. Portland, bail $10;
Lawrence J. Phillips. 1230 N. winter.
Marriage Licenses
palla.i Marriage licenses have
been granted by County Clerk
Graves to Donald Edward Mather
and Dale Sylvia Power, both of
Corvallls, and to Robert Lenthnl
Arnold of Monmouth and Marian
Miller of Kings Valley.
Exports of bananas from
Mexico have decreased from 14
million stems In 1937 to an esti
mated 2.5 million this year due
to plant disease, according to the
department of commerce.
New Guinea
Natives Friendly
To Americans
Lps Angeles, Aug. 27 W) A
meeting on a south Pacific is
land with 16 navy and army
pilots and 17 other white per
sons who had been helped by
friendly natives to escape from
the Japanese was described by
Lieut. Harry Wood of Noble, 111.,
a dive bomber pilot off the car
rier Lexington.
With his radioman-gunner,
Cyril Huvar of Corpus Christi.
Tex., Lieut. Wood said on an
NBC radio broadcast he was
forced down at sea near the New
Guinea islands when their plane
ran short of fuel.
Helped ashore by natives, they
were taken to an island. There
they found the other pilots who
had also been forced down, to
gether with the civilians, some
of Ihem Americans, whom the
islanders had assisted in pene
trating the Japanese lines.
Wood said he met several oth
ers persons on the ship that
brought him to the United States
recently who had found their
way to civilization from Jap
anese-occupied territory. He
h' nself was reported missing for
a month before he reestablished
contact with the navy.
"You have been in the vicinity
of file present Solomon islands
conflict," remarked the radio in
tcrvicwer on the program. "Now
if any of our men are forced
down or have found their way
ashore from damaged ships, just
what do you think their chan
ces are of returning?"
"If they are Americans, a very
good chance," Lieut. Wood re
plied. "If they are Japanese,
I would not want to be in their
shoes." 1
Lieut. Wood is one of two
dive bomber pilots who scored
direct hits on a Japanese carrier
of the Shokaku class on May 8.
He was afterward pursued by an
entire squadron of Zero planes
and escaped them by diving
through clouds, but ran out of
fuel and was forced down.
Labor Leaders
Sanction WLB
Washington, Aug. 27 (U.R) Or
ganized labor wants wartime
control of wages left in the hands
of the war labor board and has so
informed President Roosevelt.
Both the Congress of Indus
trial Organizations and the Am
erican Federation of Labor, it
appeared, are making a vigorous
fight against reported adminis
tration plans to place final con
trol over wages along with oth
er cost-of-living factors in
new executive authority, a sort
of "supreme economic com
mand." CIO President Philip Murray
and AFL President William
Green conferred with the presi
dent yesterday and went over a
tentative anti-inflation plan
which has been submitted by
Judge Samuel I. Rosenman.
Roscnman's plan, it was believ
ed, would create an economic
authority with power not only
to stabilize farm prices but to
veto or modify WLB wage rul
ings, if necessary, to preserve
overall anti-inflation balance.
Murray and Green left the
president without having reach
ed any conclusions but agreed
to return again one week from
today a few days before Mr.
Roosevelt is scheduled to reveal
his new anti-inflation plan to
see if some labor-government
agreement can be worked out.
Albanian Patriots
Clash with Italians
London, Aug. 27 (IP) Reuters
said today it had recorded a
Moscow broadcast which re
ported, under a Geneva date
line, a large scale clash between
Albanian patriots and Italian
troops 12 miles from Tirana, the
capital of Italian-occupied Al
bania. This account said the Italians
lost 200 men killed or wounded
and finally had to bring up artil
lery to end the fight after sev
eral days.
It said the Albanians had cut
telegraph lines between Tirana
and Durazzo and blown up an
important bridge near Elbassan.
MacArttiur Visits Troops
Melbourne, Aug. 27 VP) Gen
eral Douglas MacArthur spent1
six hours Tuesday visiting Unit-
ed States troops in training in an
undisclosed area of the Austra -
Han war zone, it was announced
today,
It was his second such trip of
inspection. The first, several
months ago, was not disclosed
at the time.
England now has many mail
bag thefts.
Former Unionvale
Resident Is Feeble
Unionvale Walter Younce of
Portland was a guest at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Countiss Monday afternoon. He
was en route home after spend
ing the week-end with his grand
father, G. W. Winn at Sublim
ity, whom he reports is growing
very feeble and almost blind.
Winn is more than 80 years
of age and was a resident of this
locality for years until he sold
his farm here 11 years ago. The
parents of Walter Younce own
ed a home here also and moved
to Portland about 25 years ago,
but Earl and Leonard Younce
resided with their grandparents
and attended the local grade
school. Earl Younce is principal
of the Troutdalc high school and
Leonard is a professional base
ball player.
Delay Action
On Bone Bill
Washington, Aug. 27 VP)
Senator Bone (D., Wash.) said
Tuesday it appeared unlikely
any action could be taken on
legislation designed to set up
the Columbia power administra
tion until later this fall. The
measure would put the sale of
power from Bonneville and
Grand Coulee under the juris
diction of the CPA.
The joint senate-house com
mittee which conducted hear
ings on the Bone-Smith bill
(S2430) adjourned after four
weeks of hearings on the meas
ure in June. An understanding
was reached that if other wit
nesses wished to be heard they
would be given an opportunity
to testify in September.
Bone said that he and Sena
tor McNary (R., Ore.) and Rep.
Angel (R., Ore.) were the only
members of the committee now
Washington. After other
members return this fall, the
committee must decide whether
to report the measure to the
house and senate and whether
any changes will be made in the
original draft. That would give
the CPA authority to acquire
private power properties by pur
chase or condemnation and re
sell them to public bodies.
Rep. Angell has urged the
joint committee to hold hear
ings in Oregon but other mem
bers opposed the plan on the
grounds such a hearing would
duplicate much of the testimony
already taken.
Hitler Hanged in
Effigy at Portland
Portland, Aug. 27 VP) Some
body hanged Hitler in effigy
from the Vista avenue bridge
last night.
Patrolmen Dave Patterson
and B. Hulchins, mistaking the
dummy for a body, raced to the
bridge deck from where they
discovered their error, along with
a card attached to the dummy:
"Dis is Hitler," and signed,
"Three Yanks."
The officers cut "dor fuehrer"
down.
British Bomb
Nazi French Bases
Folkestone, England, Aug. 27
(IP) Heavy explosions from the
direction of Calais and north
ward toward Dunkerquc in
France shook the English south
east coast area early this after
noon after a large force of. RAF
planes had crossed the channel.
Periodic heavy gunfire also
was heard.
Waves of fighters later re
turned from France. The can
non fire of planes was heard ov
er the channel.
Three German ships of 1500
tons each were damaged severe
ly and a smaller vessel was hit
today by Hurricane bombers
which atlacked a five-ship con
voy lying off Dieppe, the air
ministry announced.
7 Youths Injured
Crashing Train
Portland, Aug. 27 iPi Seven
youths were hurt, one critically,
when their automobile crashed
into the side of a Southern
Pacific freight train at Progress,
near here, early today.
The driver, Everett LcRoy
Woodard, 19, suffered a skull
fracture, internal injuries and a
compound leg fracture. The
others, ranging in age from 17 to
20, were taken to a hospital suf-
fering cuts, bruises and shock.
The automobile was dragged
'nearly 100 feet. Trainmen were
i unaware of the accident until a
: stop was made at Oswego.
One Veteran Left
Forest Grove, Aug. 27 UP)
Only Dan Daffron was left today
of Washington county's Civil
war veterans. William C. Snh
nnw, 95, the other, veteran, died
Tuesday.
Japs Effect
Small Landing
In New Guinea
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tics across the Coral sea to the
south, and serve as a center for
further counterattacks on allied
positions in the Solomons.
Buna Attacked
Buna, apparent springboard
for the advance of the small
Japanese convoy, was attacked
by allied air forces with six
Japanese fighters reported de
stroyed and two damaged. Thir
teen enemy fighters were re
ported destroyed in surprise at
tacks Tuesday.
Establishment some weeks ago
of the Buna base on New Guinea
was of no avail to the Japanese
in their apparent drive for Port
Moresby. Invading ground
troops were stopped 60 miles
from their goal by the lower
ing Owen Stanley range. Con
sequently, they were forced toi
sweep around the 180 miles of
coast to Milne Bay.
The Japanese convoy was at
tacked while en route two days
ago by allied airmen who sank
an enemy gunboat and machine
gunned two transports inflicting
an undetermined number of cas
ualties. No detail account of al
lied losses has been released.'
Sea Battle Raging
In the Tulngi-Guadalcanal
island zone of the Solomons, a
navy communique yesterday dis
closed that the big sea battle
was still raging with the out
come still indefinite.
Since the renewal of the con
flict five days ago, American
bombers have set two enemy
destroyers ablaze and pounced
upon transports, cruisers and
destroyers of one invasion fleet
forcing it to withdraw from ap
proaches to Guadalcanal.
Another Japanese naval force,
operating to the northeast, is still
involved in a major sea battle
in which airplane carriers and
warships are the target of Ameri
can bombers and fighters.
8 States Get
Half War Orders
Washington, Aug. 7 (U.R) More
than 5 per cent of the nearly
$80,000,000,000 in war con
tracts distributed between June,
1940, and June, 1942, went to
companies in only eight states,
the war production board's sta
tistics division revealed today.
A table of contracts and al
locations by the army, navy,
maritime commission, the treas
ury and for the British Empire
revealed that Michigan, New
York, California, Ohio, Pennsyl
vania, New Jersey, Connecticut
and Illinois received more than
$41,000,000,000 worth. Those
states, however, have more than
43 per cent of the nation's pop
ulation. Stales receiving the smallest
amount of contracts were in the
west. North Dakota was on the
bottom with only $270,000. Wy
oming, Montana, South Dakota,
Idaho and Vermont came next
in that order all of them with
loss than $50,000,000.
Totals for other slales in
cluded: Arizona, $175,756,000;
Colorado, $421,188,000; Idaho,
$49,167,000; Montana, $39,957,-
000; Nevada, $96,697,000; New
Mexico, $81,423,000; Oregon,
$580,165,00; Utah, $393,242,000;
Washington, $2,370,883,000; Wy
oming, $25,074,000.
Lady Taxi Driver
Loses Tires, Clothes
Grants Pass., Ore., Aug. 27 (U.R)
An unidentified man directed
Mrs. Isma Poole, a feminine cab
driver, lo a lonely spot on the
Gold Hill road.
At the designated point, he
was joined by a motorist con
federate. "Get out of the cab and lake
off your clothes," one of Iho
men ordered.
Quaking with fright, Mrs.
Poole obeyed.
The two men then removed
the tires from Ihe taxi and de
parted in Ihe other car, taking
Mrs. Poole's clothing and $30
along with them.
The woman was not harmed.
Lieut. Col. Luper
Given Promotion
Corvallis, Aug. 27 VPi LI. Col.
James R. Luper, formerly of
Salem and a student In engineer
ing at Oregon Stale college 10
years ago, has been appointed
technical executive at the army
air force's gunnery school al
Tyndall Field, Fin.
Luper, only 28, is nn honor
grndunto from West Point and
served as director of officer can
didate and training schools be
fore being assigned lo his pres
ent position.
Mrs. Kaiser Will
Sponsor Ship
Richmond, Cal., Aug. 27 (U.R)
Mrs, Henry J. Kaiser, wife of the
builder, was named today to
sponsor the "John Fitch," 10,000
ton Liberty ship scheduled for
launching at Kaiser's Richmond
yards tomorrow after construc
tion in a record 24 davs.
Curfew Law
For Seattle
Seattle, Aug. 27 UP) Aroused
by the large increase in assaults
upon young girls, Mrs. Dale J.
Marble, president of the Seattle
council of Parent-Teacher asso
ciations, today announced she
would urge the cily council to
morrow to require immediate
and stringent enforcement of Se
attle's juvenile curfew law. Pol
ice Chief Herbert D. Kimscy
said he would cooperate.
She said there had been a 100
pur cent increase in the number
of criminal assaults since last
May, and a largo number involv
cd minors.
The women's division of the
Seattle police department re
ported today that 19 men have
been tried since May 1 on morals
charges, each involving one to
eight girls. There were 48 at
tacks last month.
The curfew ordinance prohib
its children under 16 being in a
public place between 9 p.m. and
5 a.m. between October 1 and
March 31, and between 10 p.m.
and 5 a.m. from April 1 to Sep
tember 1 unless accompanied
by parent or guardian.
Another Ship
Sunk by Subs
(By the Associated Prpssl
The sinking of a medium-sized
U.S. merchant ship in the Car
ibbean sea early this month was
announced by the navy today,
and suryivors said she was the
third lo go down in that area in
a single night.
The sinking announced loday
and two disclosed yesterday
raised to 443 the Associated
Press tabulation of announced
United Nations and neutral ship
losses in the western Atlantic
since Pearl Harbor.
The sinking ot three ships in
one night was the first announc
ed wholesale assault In the west
Indian area since June, when
marauding U-boals look a heavy
toll ot unprotected shipping. Tor
pedoings fell off sharply in July
when the navy assigned warcraft
to shepherd freighters and tank
ers through the danger zone.
One woman and two men pas
sengers were believed lost in the
latest sinking, the merchantman
going to the bottom within four
minutes after a single torpedo
struck.
, H. P. Smith, captain of the
stricken ship, died in a Cuban
hospital of pneumonia brought
on by exposure and injuries, sur
vivors said. Four crewmen also
were listed as missing.
. jmvc passengers, five navy
armed guards and 26 crewmen
were picked up by a British war
ship 90 minutes after the attack
which came at 4 a.m.
Army Officers to Wear
Incmma nn Tnllarc
iiijivjiiiu vil UUIIUIJ jng time,. 0f war. However, he
Washington, Aug. 27 VP) The insisted that we "must educate
war department announced to-'for democracy" although "we
day that army officers no longer; have a hard time trying to de
will wear insignia of Ihcir rank fine democracy."
on the shoulder loops of their
shirts or field jackets, because
the insignia interferes with Ihe
use of gas masks, carbines and
other military equipment.
The Insignia will be placed on
the collar of the shirt where the
loiters "U.S." arc now displayed,
and also will be worn on the
garrison cnp. When officers:
wear the service coal, they will
continue to display the insignia
on the shoulder.
25,000 French" Jews
To be Deported !
Bern, Switzerland, Aug. 27 11V
Twenty-five thousand alien
Jews have been arrested In the
provinces of Dnuphinc, Snvoie
and Haul Snvolc In occupied
France for deportation to Ger
mnn territory in the enst, it wns
reported today.
Most of llicso already have
been concentrated nt Lyon, and
since August 7 Jewish men have
been sent lo Germany every
three days in cattle cars for
forced labor, the reports from
France said.
The women and children left
behind arc sent to special camps.
The German-controlled news
paper Petit Pnrisien in Paris
says that all foreign Jews who
hnve entered Franco since 1B36
will have been rounded up by
today.
Brazil will establish a new
bank for financing rubber producers.
List of Naval
Commissions
Given M'Nary
Washington, Aug. 27 (iP The
navy has granted officer com
missions lo (16.906 men since en
actment of the draft law on Sep
tember 16, 1940, and 55,608 ot
t se have been appointments
from civilian life to the naval
reserve. ,
During the same two year per
iod there were 30,632 officer
promotions in the navy.
These statistics have just gone
to congress from the navy de
partment in response to an in
quiry from Senator McNary of
Oregon, the republican leader,
who said today a number of
members of congress and civil
ians had sought the information
from him. He would not say why
the inquiries were made. .
The same information has
been asked of the army, but it
has not yet reported, although
last week, responding lo an am
endment to the army-navy pay
adjustment act sponsored by
Rep. Faddis (D., Pa.) the war
department reported 18,976 ci
vilians with no previous officer
experience were granted army
commissions during the 60 days
beginning June 1. A similar re
port furnished by the navy has
not been made public.
Faddis had contended that ar
my commissions were being
granted promiscuously and to
undeserving persons. War secre
tary Slimson called attention
that 53 per cent of the 18,967
civilian commissions were lo the
medical corps and many others
were to posts not requiring mil
itary training.
The McNary request brought
Iho information from the navy
that of the 55,668 commissions
in the naval reserve since Sep
tember 16, 1940, nearly all 49,
379 were junior grade lieuten
ants and ensigns. A total of 4878
were lieutenants and 1411 lieu
tenant commanders.
There were 3153 permanent ,
commissions granted in the na
vy, Including three lieutenant
commanders, 16 lieutenants, 817
junior grade lieutenants, 1670
ensigns and 647 warrant and
chief warrants.
Education and
War Discussed
Probably the most important
problem confronting those who
are responsible for the educa
tional program of the country is
the one ot providing something
which will completely combat
the totalitarian scheme, Dr. Rob
ert Lantz, Willamette Univer
sity faculty member, declared as
he addressed the Salem Lions to
day on the subject of "Educa
tion and the War." Dr. Lantz
slated that the axis countries
long ago had recognized the
value of education on the poli
tical stale. "It may be that we
will have to fight fire with fire,"
he added.
Dr. Lanlz admitted that in
structors in colleges and univer
sities were in something of a
predicament as to just how they
will proceed to train those per
sons who will have the responsi
bility of leaching children dur-
The leachcrs, the speaker said,
arc charged with the responsi
bility ot building morale not
only among the children but
among the elders.
Hollow Victory
Won by Convict
Spokane, Aug. 27 VP) What
might be termed a "hollow" vic
tory was won in federal court
here Wednesday by Lawrence
Collon, prisoner al the slate pen
itentiary who is serving a life
sentence for his part in the
bloody Lincoln day riots ot 1934
In which nine men were killed.
He got five years cut off a
previous 5 to 10-ycnr sentence
for robbery.
"But," Federal Judge Lewis
Schwellonbach commented in
granting Colton's habeas corpus
plen, "what difference does it
make?"
The life sentence and another
5 to 10-year robbery sentence
and two 10 lo 20-yenr kidnaping
counts arc still on the books
against him.
Collon based his plea on the
contention that although one of
the kidnnpings began in Kelso,
the robbery was commuted in
Oregon.
II. F. Greaves of East London,
South Africa, has just learned
Hint for 25 years he has been
paying taxes on a properly he
does not own, and has demand
ed a refund.