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Washington. D. C. July 27.
Now the brain resources of
the country are to be indexed
as carefully as the sources of
chromite, copper or other nat
ural resources or the name and
location of industries which may
be required in an emergency.
If a certain piece of specialized
work is required in a hurry the
card index will show where the
men are who are familiar with
the problem.
Every man in Oregon who
is in the profession of econom
ics, physics, chemistry, engin
eering, psychology and mathe
matics will be included in the
index now being complied. The
members of various branches of
medicine will be represented on
punch cards later, and ultimate-
" Jy every professional and scien
tific worker is to be catalogued.
Two questionnaires will be sub-
mitted to those indexed. One
will ask for general information,
the! other calls for details as to
experience in the specialized
field.
,:- Every, name, probably 500,000
will be on a punch card which
Js run through machines and
automatically places each name
in its proper classification. This
is similar to the system of the
census bureau, also the social
security administration. Name
for this activity is Roster of
Scientific and Specialized Per
sonnel. Dr. Lcanard Carmichacl,
president of Tufts college, is di
rector of the project, with James
C. O'Brien, liaison officer of the
civil service commission as exec
utive officer.
It will be a brain trust on a
national scale.
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WHAT the army oftlcers told the
committee considering the com
pulsory military training bill ni
plenty. In a way It was an Indict
ment of the American people. A. the
officers explained. Mr. John Cltlaen.
Imagine, be h performed hi duty
toward national defense when he
aenda a check, or pays a small tax
when attending a movie, buying a
(Continued on Page Six.)
'PAPPY PASS THE
BISCUITS' AHEAD
IN TEXAS VOTING
Dallas, July 27. W) Gov.
W. Lee DDaniel, the former
flour merchant, took an early
lead OVer fi- nnnAnnnt- 4a.
night as the polls closed after
a rigorous primary campaign
garnished with mountain music.
Governor O'Daniel's hillbilly
band tuned up Its banjos and
fiddles on the lawn of his Aus
tin mansion, and the cookies
and soft drinks were ready for
guests he had invited confident
ly to a "victory celebration."
Returns to the Texas election
bureau at 9:30 p. m. from 82Tf
Texas' 254 counties, one com
plete, gave O'Daniel 47.3 per
cent of the total votes counted
thus far.
The tabulation was: O'Daniel
49.836: Ernest O. Thompson 26,
342; Mrs. Miriam A. Ferguson
11,875: Harry Hines 10,288: Jer
ry Sadler 6.003; Cyclone Davis
Jr. 341.
This early total was close to
a majority of the votes tab
ulated thus far, but It was ex
pected more than a mill'?n bal
loti would be cast. A majority
ls necessary to decide the race
without a runoff.
Sen. Tom Connally was far
ahead of two opponents, with
8.276 votes to their combined
1,095.
Gas Ban Faced.
Vichy. France. July 27. 0)
A decree shortly will be pre-
rented fo the French cabinet
forbidding the use of private
automobiles functioning on pet-
roleum products, the ministry of
Industrial production and labor
said today.
Defense, Economic Program
Strong, With Curb Upon
5th Columns Formulated.
Havana, July 27. (IP) The
21 American republics were In
agreement through their foreign
ministers tonight on a broad de
fense and economic plan which
an authoritative source de
scribed as effective enough both
to surprise and discourage any
i foreign powers casting covetous
eyes upon this continent.
The program, embracing the
main objectives of the United
States, awaited formal adoption
before adjournment of the con
ference next Tuesday, but com
mittee approval was said to in
sure its success with the same
solidarity marking previous
Pan-American gatherings.
This was accomplished
through adjustment of differing
viewpoints in committee with
out materially changing any of
the proposals brought here from
Washington by Secretary of
State Cordell Hull.
After long hours spent in
patient persuasion and argu
ment in a hot hotel room over
looking the sea, Hull was rep
resented as being gratified with
the action decided upon.
He was said to feel that any
aggressive-minded powers that
hoped and worked for failure
of the conference would be
shocked and discouraged by the
unity and determination shown
by the American republics in
taking steps to carry out their
professions of solidarity and
purpose.
At the same time the con
ference was said by an authori
tative spokesman to have shown
an awakening of the republics
from an attitude of complacency
and belief that the mere asser
tion of neutrality was sufficient
to deter foreign conquerors.
The concrete results of the
conference, as agreed upon by
committees, were three-fold:
1. A declaration that the
status of European possession
in this hemisphere is of equal
concern to all the American re
public and creation of machin
ery under which any of them
might be taken over and admin
istered temporarily to safeguard
2. Establishment of the frame
work of a broad economic plan
for immediate relief of coun
tries burdened with exports shut
I off from European markets and
development of an independent
American system strong enough
to- prevent foreign customers
ifrom forcing unfair trade terms
or practices upon individual
countries.
3. Agreement on close consul
I tation among the republic on
any ''fth column" activities en-
mf "J 0,the cnt,nent
wnuie, ana investigation oi uie
reported abuse or immunity and
privileges by some foreign dip
lomatic and consular agents,
The formula for dealing with
the European possessions was
said to be substantially the same
as the "collective trusteeship"
plan sponsored by the United
States but the word "adminis
tration" was understood to have
been substituted for "trustee
ship." FOR COM!
Northern California: Fair
Sunday; overcast with occaslon-
1 al fogs near coast: normal tem-
. perature; moderate northwest
i wind off coast.
' Oregon: Unsettled Sunday;
' showers locally in mountains
and along north coast: moderate
temperature; gentle changeable
' wind off coast.
Outlook for far western states
for period July 29 to Aug 3:
Generally fair exccDt unsettled
extreme northern district! inj
(ore part of week: normal tern-1
peratures. rising in interior of
California and plateau latter
part of week: considerable fog
Ion California coast
Delays Meeting
It i
Former Democratic senator.
James A. Read, said "a flood of
applications for participation"
led him to postpone In Chicago
an anil-third term meeting. Ha
said a larger gathering will be
held later. -
E PERKI
SAFETY PROGRAM
TOLD THE WORLD
Washington, July 27. (IP)
Secretary Perkins announced to
day a broad safety program to
protect manpower needed for
production in the national de
fense program.
The labor department chief
tlnmpH iiph? Industrial anfetv
experts, each to be responsible
for several states, and said that
she later would appoint a 24
member "national committee
for the preservation of man
power In defense industries."
The latter group will meet per
iodically in Washington to es
tablish policy, analyze results
and develop promotional. In
structional and technical infor
mation. All will serve without
pay.
"In essence," Miss Perkins
said, "the plan represents the
pooling of all accident preven
tion and industrial health con
servation knowledge in which
ontiornmiinf minB0rnPn( ant1.
ubor particpate and share
equally in the benefits."
EUGENE LEADS IN
r-. , . w . a in 1.v.n
innings from the Craters last
night.
Eugene scored a run in the
eleventh inning last night, to go
ahead seven to five over the
Medford Craters in a state
league game at the fairgrounds
las, night. Te teams battled in
a five-all tie most of the game.
At one time the Craters had a
five to four lead. At midnight
Medford was behind two runs,
and at bat.
Eugene 7 12 2
Medford S 10 6
Richards and Matteson; Rego,ing eastward across the country
Carlstrom and Hawkins.
Babes Win
Eugene, July 27. P) The
Portland Babes pounded out a
7-4 victory over the Hills Creek
Hillbillies here Saturday night
in the first of a two-game week
end State league series. The
Babe attack was led by Hal
Mortenson, third baseman, who
collected four hits in five trips
to the plate.
Score: R. H. E.
Portland Babes
. 7 14 3
I Hills Creek 4 8
Carstens and Amachcr;
Kelsay and G. Kelsay.
BULLETIN
Coast Nigh! Games.
R. H.
Oakland
2 6
4 9
3
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Corbctt. Johnson and
roy; Gay and BrenazeL
Con-
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PLEDGE SUPPORT
TO GOPJNIINEE
Willkie Pleased By Promises
From Citizens Nebraska
Gives Assurances.
Colorado Springs, Colo., July
27. ;PI Wendell L. Willkie
made public today messages of
support from President Charles
Seymour of Yale university and
Joseph M. Proskauer. former
New York State supreme court
justice.
At a press conference the Re
publican presidential nominee
reiterated that he was gratified
at the type of persons who were
pledging him support. "There
isn't a Mayor Hague nor a May
or Kelly nor a Crump in the
list," he said.
In his telegram to Willkie,
Seymour said he had been "a
Democrat since Woodrow Wil
son" and added, "I look forward
to voting for you in November
in the conviction that you and
the policies you have expressed
will assure protection against
foreign danger, the development
of domestic prosperity and the
preservation of American lnstl
tutions."
Proskauer, who was described
by Willkie as "one of the lead
ing Democrats of New York,
wired that "we have had enough
of government by men who ar
ray class against class, destroy
the productivity of the nation
and, with half-baked schemes i
for aid to the worker, actually!
deprive him of the chance to
work."
Assurances that the Republi
can nominee would carry Ne-
j braska in November were given
Willkie by a delegation of his
party's adherents from that
state.
In turn, Willkie promised he
would visit Nebraska when he
starts campaigning after his
speech at Elwood, Ind., Aug. 17,
formally accepting the nomin
ation. The Nebraska group, which
included candidates for several
offices, told Willkie that "farm
relief must be kept Intact until
the time Nebraska becomes a
surplus state, like Iowa and oth
er farm states."
After their conference. Wher
ry assured reporters that Re
publicans were gaining in Ne
braska and expected to carry the
state for both the national and
state tickets.
Willkie said that later on he
expected to call upon the pers
ons who have been telegraphing
their pledges of support "to take
such part as they think wise"
in the campaign.
The Republican nominee said
he had been advised that sev
eral labor leaders would sup-
P01 him'
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Atlanta, July 27. (P) Sizz
ling temperatures kept the
south in shirt sleeves today,
while a mass of cool air sweep-
broiyht relief to the heat-baked
middle west, the Ohio valley,
and New England.
Weathermen said the south
had scant chance of appreciably
lower temperature! for several
days at least. Low barometic
pressure centered over the
North Atlantic states diverted
slow-moving cool air currents
from a southward dip, pulling
them northeastward instead.
A 43-mlnute early afternoon
rain brought brief temporary
relief to south Georgia while
heavy thunderstorm! caused a
slight drop in the mercury in
northwest Florida.
In Alabama readings in the
middle and upper nineties were
general. Tillamook Doctor Passe.
Tillamook, Ore., July 27
(J1) Dr. David Robinson, 66.
secretary of the Tillamook
county medical society for many
yean, died tonight as the result
of a stroke. He Is survived by
'his widow-
In Court
Ills
E
The first husband of the
Duchats of Windsor, Command
er Earl Wlnfield Spancar (bot
tom), U.S.N., retired, and his
third wife, the former Nornta
Re.ta Johnson (top), widow of
a Detroit manutacturer, ap
peared In court at Santa Monica,
Calif., tor a divorce , hearing.
Both charged cruelty, and in
addition Mrs, Spencer charged
har husband is habitually in
temperate. NEW DEAL DELAY
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A
WOrQS
Takes More Than
And Headlines to Give
Defense, Solon Says.
Providence, R. I., July 27.
(IP) Representative Joseph W.
Martin, Jr., Republican national
chairman, charged today that
although cash and plans have
been ready for more than two
months, "we have not yet placed
a single order for a combat
plane for the new air armada
which everybody recognizes Is
the most essential part of our
preparedness program.
Speaking at an outing held
to inaugurate the re-election
campaigns of Congressmen
Charles F. Risk and Harry San-
dager of this state, Martin cited
his indictment as "one reason
why the American people be
lieve we must have Willkie for
president."
Public opinion cannot and
will not tolerate such a condi
tion," he said. "It takes more
than mere words, appropria
tions and headlines to give us
an adequate defense. There
must be intelligent action."
Martin predicted election of
a Republican president and con
gress this fall and said they
"will keep this country ' out of
war."
Rep. George J. Batea (R.,
Mass.) a member of the house
navai affairs committee, blamed
ItllllClI
the
indifference" of the Roose-
vclt administration for a years,: . ... . . ,J r j.
delay in the beginning of the 'n bothing suits had a Aud itor,
naval air base at Quonset Point. fP'""" ut in front of their
12 MILLION HENS
PREPARE TO DIE
Amsterdam, July 27. 1,P I ing D. Colvln, former King coun
Twelve million laying hens orty prosecutor will open his east
about two-thirds of The Nether- em Washington campaign for
lands' stork, will be slaughtered
before Sept. 15 because of a
shortage of chicken feed. It
I was announced today
TAFT JOINS FOES
OF
Ohio Senator Favors Volun
tary System First Van
denberg Also Opposes.
Washington, July 27. (IP)
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) joined op
ponents of peacetime compuls
ory military training today as
congress approached a show
down fight on the Issue.
The Ohio senator and recent
aspirant for the Republican
presidential nomination said he
favored trying a "voluntary sys
tem" before supporting the first
peacetime conscription move In
this country's history.
Senate consideration of the
compulsory training bill is ex
pected to begin next Wednes
day. Chairman Sheppard (D
Tex.), said the senate military
committee would vote formally
on its completed bill Tuesday
forenoon and predicted few if
any opposing votes,
Taft Indicated that he would
work with Senators Vandenberg
(It-Mich.). Wheeler (D-Mont.),
Norris (Ind.-Ncb.) and numerous
other senators who have public
ly criticized the committee
drafted measure.
Some senators suggested that
a voluntary training program
with one year enlistment! in
stead of the present three-year
term for the army and national
guard, might be offered 's a
substitute.
Vandenberg predicted that un
der such a system 1,000,000
American youths would volun
teer within three months, and
a "great 150-year-old tradition
intimately related to individual
liberties" vould be maintained.
"When the American people
are put on a conscript basil,
what is left to separate us from
a complete totalitarian war-
basis?" Vandenberg asked.
The training bill, as revised
by the military committee, au
thorizes the president to order
registration of all men 18 to
i83 year" old inclusive, but war
department spokesmen Indicated
that the initial registration
would be confined to men 21 to
30 if the bill were passed.
Army plans contemplate con
scripting 400,000 men by Oct.
1 from the first registration
which probably would be or
dered for early In September,
Training would be for a year
with regular army pay which
begins at $21 a month.
EF
BY CLOUDBURST
Spokane, July 27. (IP) Rain
of cloudburst proportions fell
In sections of eastern Washing
ton and northern Idaho today.
In Spokane an all-time record
for July rain was set when 1.18
inches fell within a 24-hour per
iod, most of It within six hours
this afternoon.
Sewer drains throughout the
city were taxed beyond capac
ity and many street! were rag
ing rivers within a short time.
Water rose up over sidewalks
and flooded many ground floor
stores In outlying sections.
Hundreds of basements were
filled with the flood waters.
Street crews and the fire de-
I Fart.ment w'r ,ca".cd
7 . . . ft.
. . "v. . "...
streets lur iraiiiu. luuiigarcie
homes.
The rain was general and
uniformly heavy throughout
the region, soaking the tinder
dry forests and extinguishing all
forest fires.
Opem Campaign
Spokane. July 27. (IP) Ew
the Republican senatorial nom
Inatlon when he appears before
the Republican Breakfast club
j Wednesday morning.
Appointed
Robert Porter Patterson
(above) of New York, judge of
iha second U. S. court of ap
peals, was nominated to succeed
Louis Johnson as assistant secre
tary of war. Johnson resigned
and may be offered a post as ad
ministrative assistant to the
president.
METHODISTS HIT
CONSCRIPT ARM!
SEE DICTATORS
Chicago, July 27. (IP) The
commission on world peace of
the Methodist church tonight
assailed the Burke-Wadsworth
compulsory military training
bill as leading "surely, if not
immediately, in the direction of
dictatorship.
"Military conscription at this
time is not essential to national
defense," the commission de
clared In a statement.
"As drafted, this bill strike!
at civil and religious liberty,
disrupts social and economic
life, place! vast power In the
hands of a very few men, and
moves surely, if not Immediate
ly, in the direction of dictator
ship, ...
'We refuse to believe that
the United States, in order to
preserve Its own way of life,
must cease to be a democracy
and become Itself a totalitarian
regime."
The commission, reorganized
today In conformity with the
recent unification of the former
three branches of the church,
also teaffirmed the non-intervention
stand In the European
and Far East conflict! adopted
by the general conference of
the church in Atlantic City, N.
J., last night.
GARNER FIRST TO
VOTE AT UVALDE
Uvalde, Tex., July 27. (IP)
Vice-President John N. Garner,
who came home from Washing
ton to vote In the primaries
and look after his bar.ty chick-
em, attended to his voting
chores this morning as soon as
the polla opened.
So early that few people were
about. Mr. and Mrs. Garner
walked to the polls from their
home three blocks away, cast
ballots No. 1 and 2, respective
ly, and walked back home
again.
Curfew for Defense.
London, July 27. (IP) A cur
few from one hour after sunset
to one hour before sunrise was
Imposed as a defense regulation
on Britain'! east coastal area
today. It already la barred to
all civilian! except permanent
resident!.
Heat Claims Victim
Columbia, Mo., July 27. (IP)
Emery L. Laeler, SI, lieuten
ant commander in the United
State! naval reserve, died yes
terday from the effect! of heat
prostration which he suffered
while driving from St. Louis to
Columbia.
TD RAID BRITAIN
Hitler Arranges Slice up of
Rumania Delay and
Protection From Russia
Sought.
(By Associated Press)
Swift royal air force fighting
planes fought again and again
today with scores of nazi raid
ers in the continuing battle for
command of British air.
The German bomDers came
over In swarms for the third
successive day seeking to pepper
the United Kingdom with bombs
from one end to the other.
The Berlin radio reported
from Salzburg, Germany, where
nazi leaders are talking with
Balkan diplomats, that well-
informed circles said the time)
had come to liquidate Rumania'!
"unreasonable state of affairs.
which might mean Adolf Hitler
was leading in a move to settle;
Bulgarian and Hungarian terri
torial claimi on Rumania.
After visiting Adolf Hitler,
Rumania'! premier and foreign
minister went to Rome and
talked over detail! of Balkan
territorial lineup which, it was
reported, would give parti of
their country to both Hungary
and Bulgaria.
An official source In Buda-4
pest, Hungary, said Germany
has told Rumania to get to
gether quickly with Hungary
and Bulgaria on how much land
to cede to those two countries.
Hungary long has claimed Tran
sylvania and Bulgaria want
Dobruja back from Rumania.
However, Rumania sought
formula by which actual cession
of territory to hungary and
Bulgaria would be postponed as
long as possible. The Bucharest
press and radio said any further
surrender of Rumanian territory
at this time might provoke an
internal crisis.
Hitler received Bulgaria's pre
mier and foreign minister sev
eral hours after talking with
the Rumanian!. On his slate
for conference! today (Sunday
are the Slovak premier and
foreign minister.
With much of her oil and
food supplies at stake In the
Balkani, Germany repeatedly
has made it clear ihe wants
only peace there.
Hitler wai reported to have
Insisted that Rumania, Hungary
and Bulgaria get together quick
ly so that southeastern Europe
can rest quietly while the Ger
man military machine attacks
the British Isles In the expected
blitzkrieg.
In Rome, It wai said by a
usually well Informed source
that Rumania would give up
part of Transylvania and the
Dobruja. Others familiar with
Balkan affairs predicted that in
return Germany and Italy would
guarantee protection from So
viet Russia to what is left of
Rumania.
Only last month Russia de
manded and promptly got.
Bessarabia and northern Buco
vina from Rumania. King Carol's
harassed kingdom then turned
to Hitler for help.
Significantly, In Moscow came
word from Admiral Nikolai Kiz
netzoff, commissar of the Soviet
Russian navy, that the red fleet
would add 168 warships to its
force this year.
He urged that Russia's naval
power be stepped up to parity
with her army and air strength.
Great Britain, constantly
strengthening her defenses
against Invasion, mustered the
four millionth man Into the
country's war machine. The
class of 1906, about 300.000
strong, was called up, and three
more classes remain to be called
under King George's proclama
tion. Latvia Bars English
Berlin, July 27 (AP via radio)
The German wireless reported
from Riga today that the new
Latvian minister of education
has decreed Russian instead of
English shall be taught as a
second language In lower and
middle schools.
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