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j. No SuLstitnte! ' You'll find no newspaper can give more real satisfac tion than your LOCAL MORNING PAPER, with Its WORLD NEWS and HOME , community news. Weather i Part I jj cloudy and cooler Tuesday, Wrdnewdajr fair. 1 Ifaxtmam tetnp. Monday eO, Sola. 43. River 3 tU Sonth wott wind. alii Pcunosd 1651 NINETIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Twmdaj Morning April 23. 1949 Price Zct Ilawsslaadn So No. S3 V73. .'Of Paul leaser's Column 4 We wetit ' to th. . theatre the other !nlgnt,aa is - bur sometime custom, and saw Mr.; Disney's Plnocchlsy amd were completely. won. orer byi Jlmlny Cricket J the engaging lit-f tie fellow. , whb commits larceny in nearly j every! scene oi uiai am Imated nursery tale. H. '- ! Mr. Cricket, who comes from a long line of PsulH. Hausr. Jr. of the Orthoptera, is,- as ,far n we could see, a harmless sort oflfellow and a fine friend of man,, be be of wood, or of flesh ana none. . i - JtmlnV w nrpxnmfl fa nf thp .jiearia luring variety oi rrica.ei. " although '., he "manages ' to : get around plenty, and we just want ed to: warn blm to sUy away from- some, of bis less reputable relatives. . Wharwe - mean is" Jlmlny better .stay "ot of Idaho and : eastern ? Oregon." where .the ; -Mormon crickets, fearing rick ets, ravage for their roughage. Jlmlny didn't look , polygamous to us; in fact, he didn't even look monogamous, but to hu jr. killers a cricket's a cricket and-we. don't suppose wait Lnsney would, rel ish losing such a valuable star to some oft the Department of Agriculture's bug. hunters;. I- No, we don't want this state :. to be blamed for such an insec ticide. ! i - Mr. Zizzle says he has a young friend whose car is the latest out and every night, too. - Billy Moran, the Centennial commission secretary, has 18 apartments for rent, every brie fit to be a love nest. He's also will ing to trade tbe whole shebang for a good sized doghouse. . Seems someone . phoned and asked if the Centennial Would like & birdhouse for its museum. Thinking tbe Centennial was go ing to get a birdhouse I vintage of 186D, Billy said, "Sure, send it down." Pretty soon np drove a truck and the driver and a couple of helpers unloaded a huge contrap tion three stores v high plus a penthouse. The bird ' bouse, or birds house, weights about 1 95 pounds, and has accommodations for 18 families. . 1 1 Now Billy la get tin plenty of birds, bat not the kind that live, in bird houses. We went past Commercial and State streets last eight when we saw a group of men wearing beards clear down tojtheir waists. We figured it was some of the speedier Whikerino boys until we saw one of 'them was on a soapbox - and haranguing the crowd. Seems they were a reli gious group of the House of Da vid order and we think Tommy Hoxie missed ft publicity bet by not convincing them they, should stay on until the Centennial. -. On the other hand , we saw a beardless Filipino . bus boy from the Marion hotel wearing a huge red Whiskerino badge. ' MARITIME NOTE After Secretary Hull's warn ing to Japan ta keep away from the Dutch East Indies last week the Wheatland Ferry welshed , anchor for a mystery t -voyage. Reporters, inquiring . about , hurried loading f sev era! cases of sarongs and glass beads, got from the comman der only tbe cryptic comment, rail,u r 1im Indies. Migrant Problem Study Is Favored WASHINGTON, April 22-V-The bouse decided today to cre ate a five-man special committee to see what can be done for and with 360,000' migrant . families whose, homes are automobile trailers, boxcars and camps along highways. I Members from California, which has lured a large number of these itinerants to its orange groves ana cotton fields, sponsored the ; in quiry, nd Rep. Tolan ( D-Callf ) Is expected to be appointed chair man of the committee. 1 f : The investigation, however, is to be nationwide and was sup ported by the democrat! and re publican leadership of the house. The resolution to create the com mittee was passed, without dis sent, on a voice vote. 74 Reds Arrested ; In Paris Roundup PARIS, April 2 Police to night announced the arrest of 74 communists wot king in national defense centers. ", v- i A Quantity of printing equip ment of the underground organi zation and thousands of Issues of clandestine newspapers about to be launched, called the "Voice of the Factories," were seized. ! The communist party has been banned In France. Americans Are Suffering Hardships, I Complaint ' TOKYO, April 23. (fl3)-United States Ambassador Joseph C Crew today, made representations to MasayukiTani, Japanese vice minister of foreign affairs, charg ing that Americans at Tientsin were suffering hardships as ft re sult of a tigbtecins tf the Jap anese blockade on the .Brltfeh. and French concessions. I Oregon Picket Law Validity Still in Doubt Sup remc tou on Simile Or, e. to Be Sti ? r .ere . . Will Sn i online: High Tribui, ays Speech . Ri;ht Ts Involved i ine,- united - states supreme court decisions yesterday, throw lug out California . and Alabama antl-picketing; laws" will speed no consideration of Oregon's picket ing act Whether or not the local statute is affected by the -Washington' ruling. ' ' . : - -; ,r f The appealinr labor unions had lobtained an extension of time to May i for .filing their reply frieis. it Doing understood they wished , to ascertain the rulings on : the California and Alabama laws before completing their .pre sentations to the Oregon court." Neither Ralph E. Moody, labor ierrort prosecutor, wnose ac tivities helped bring about intro duction of ;the picketing law In Oregon and who Is Its staunch supporter, nor Willis E. Moore, assistant attorney general rep resenting Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle in the test case here, would venture last night to com ment on tbe Washington decision until a copy is received. If the appellants' reply brief is filed by May 1, the Oregon case probably will be set for hearing before the supreme court here In June. ' The ; Oregon law has been de clared : constitutional by a three judge circuit court sitting en banc but the decision has been appeal ed to the state supreme court. PORTLAND. April 22-P)-At-torneys who figured in tbe test case on Oregon's labor control law said today they could not determine whether the federal supreme court's action in ' upset ting the Alabama labor law aug ured similar action on the Ore gon Jaw.. They asserted the dispatches were too Incomplete to form basis for a prediction. Frank Sever of the Multnomah county district at torney'a Tpff ice and. oth law years who represented the sever al defendants in the circuit court test of the Oregon statute said "the Alabama ' decision might forecast a similar ruling on the Oregon law but It would be im (Tur nto page 7, column 6) Guff ey and Jones Highlight Primary Seek I Senator Nomination in Pennsylvania, Each " as a new Dealer PHILADELPHIA, April 22- Election eve counter-claims from rival camps tonight widened a democratic party breach In the primary- election fight over Sena tor Joseph F. Guffeys bid for re nomination liveliest contest of the Pennsylvania campaign. . . Guffey is opposed in tomorrow's voting; by Walter A. Jones, Pitts burgh oil man, who Is supported by a group of party leaders head ed by Democratic State Chairman David L. Lawrence, who said: '"Guffey was not the strongest candidate available "His candidacy would , Imperil the presidential and state tickets in the November election." Guffey fired back with a radio speech tonight in which he said: There is not a single measure In the program we call the new deal that I have not spoken for, fought for, and voted for not one. j "Should our party reject Its new deal senator the press of the nation would hall that fact as a repudiation of President Roose velt and the new deaL. - Jones also has called himself a firm supporter of tbe new deal. Guffey, veteran of the political XTurn to page 7. column 1) President May Oregi on Invitation Renewed WARM SPRINGS, Ga., April 22 (JP) A spectacular sideshow for the republican national con vention became a definite possi bility today when President RooBe velt outlined an itinerary for a tour ot the nation In June. u ? The president said at a - press conference that it would be a non-political trip and, with a smile, that the speeches would be confined largely to the subject of conserratlon. . ' Four years ago he also made what the White House labelled a non-political excursion into Ar kansas and Texas and produced a series of addresses which took headlines away from the repub lican convention in Cleveland. ' ; Included ia the presidential traveling schedule is a pause in Texas,1 home state of Vice-President Garner, who wants to climb a step up the political ladder Into the White House. The president said he would see his son, Elliott, and Elliott's family in Fort Worth. Speeches have been arranged tentatively in North Carolina, Mississippi, California and Wash ington" state. ' . . They'll Speak tor Oregon in East if Money Given for Debate Trip Winners of two sUtewide tournaments, these Salem high school de haters have until noon today to represent Oregon at the national debate meet at Decatur JWi next week. ; They are, left to right, Zeral Brown, "Emogene RusseU (seat- ed at desk), Jack Hayes and Don Deadline Set Toddy on Debaters Salem High Team Clings. to National Tournament in Illinois Will Be Contributed by Generous Citizens It's this morning or never, for the 1940 Salem high school debate team to obtain to the national tournament at on the team have earned the two statewide -meets, they'll they'll go if townsfolk contribute the remaining sum needed Milk Control to Be Resnmeil Here Following Ruling in Case Testing Validity of Oregon Statute PORTLAND, April 22.0?VThe stata milk control . board an nounced today its price and pool ing orders would be reinforced in the Salem market effective May 1. An order signed by C. E. Grelle, chairman of the board, said ft re cent ruling by Circuit Judge L. G. Le welling had vacated an injunc tion against the board and dis missed a suit to prevent enforce ment of the board's edicts there. September 1, 1939, the state milk control board suspended all price fixing and pooling- orders for milk in the Salem area be cause of an lnjunctfon by the circuit court here preventing the enforcement of the priee regula tion on a substantial portion ot the Salem market. ; j The injunction was Issued in a suit brought by Alton D Hurley of Salem seeking to enjoin hear ings in which he was cited to ap pear to show cause why his milk dealer's license should not be re voked for failure to comply with the board's orders. His complaint stated the board's orders had been made without proper findings. . The complaints were .ordered dismissed last Tuesday In a mem orandum opinion of Judge L. G. Lewelling. ,: j ' " 'Unloaded9 Wood Splitting 'Gun' Costs Ma&rm H. A. Kllng, West Salem serv ice station operator, lost an arm yesterday because a woodsplitting gun which ft customer brought to his station was loaded. The "gun," a metal tube which is driven into a block of wood, filled with gunpowder and fired to split the block, went off while Kllng was attempting to repair it and shattered his left arm. Kllng was taken to the Salem General hospital where his arm was amputated below the elbow. Kling's condition was reported "fair." Visit West; The chief executive chuckled when a reporter asked whether his trip would : be non-political and replied that it would be en tirely so. : - ' . He disclosed that W. LV Mae Kenzie King, Canadian prime min ister, would arrive here tomor row to be his guest at the little White House until Thursday aft ernoon. , - i Only If .the war permits and congress adjourns early in June, Mr. Roosevelt said, can his '21 day transcontinental Journey be made. . -. " The first stop and first speech will be made at the dedication of the Great Smoky" Mountains na tional park In North Carolina and Tennessee. ' . . Mr. Roosevelt will move Into Mississippi either to view progress on the Natchez trace, the historical trail through Mississippi, which is being converted into , a highway, or to visit the city of Natchez. ; After leaving Fort Worth, the president will head for tbe west coast to dedicate California's new est national park, King's canyon, (Turn to page 12, column 5) raise the 9500 needed if they are, to Burton 1: to Hope Expenses of Trip enough money to pay its way Decatur, 111. The four students trip by winning first place in advertise Salem if they goand VW pay expenses. Donations will he accepted at The Statesman office on behalf of the team, or. directly, at the senior high school. . Whether Oregon will be repre sented at the national tourna ment, will depend upon the deci sion reached today at noon when the squad members meet with their coach, Norborne Berkeley. Contributions for the expense of the squad reached a total ot 3250 yesterday,- still 250 short of the estimated amount needed for the team to make the trip by train. The possibility will be discussed at tbe meeting today of cutting, expenses..by goingj by auto Instead,? '. r 4- Either Mrs. T. A. Gordon, de bate chaperon for the past three years, or Mrs. H. A. Russell, moth er of Emogene Russell, member of the squad, will accompany the debaters if they make the trip. On the team are Don Burton, Jack Hayes, Zeral Brown and Miss RusseU. Bakery Store for State Street Due Benson Will Occupy Space at 345-7; new Front to Be Installed Another new business front was announced for State street yester day by L V. Benson, proprietor of the Benson Baking company, 11-year old Salem firm located at 284 North Commercial street. : Benson said work had been started on remodeling the busi ness ipace at 345-7 State street to serve as an ultra-modern re tall bakery goods store at a cost of approximately ..$5000. This store will supplement I his. firm's present outlet on f Commercial street. '-'' ;.--?- ' i -"V : The new Store will follow the trend in colorful structural glass fronts. In blue and white,- and daylight-type show window; and interior lighting, Benson said. Show cases and wall cabinets de signed especially for bakery goods will be built in. . : . - The new store will be completed In about SO days. Homeless Aliens Held in Portland VANCOUVER. April. 22-OP - Seven men without a country were taken into custody by the Mult nomah county sheriff today lest they jump the freighter Fenelopl here. - They said that three of their comrades had already ' deserted ship in United States Water to avoid the certain death that awaited them at Vladivostok. ; Three of tbe men are Russions who fled during the revolution of 1 91 T. Three are Poles, who now have no country. The seventh, a German who fled Germany four years aSro, now fears to touch ft Russian port lest nazl secret po lice seize him. "Oar comrades sail into Lenin grad, Into Vladivostok. Never are . (Turn to page 7, column 4) , ' Washington Principal 4 Fells on SUch Office Floor and Breaks Hip Principal Clara 13. Calllson of Washington s e h o o 1 suffered a fractured right hip w hen she slipped and fell on linoleum in her office late yesterday" after noon, -Mrs. Callison was taken to this Salem General hospital where her condition was reported as "good" last night, : Emergency treatment was iv en by city first aid men. Travel Fund TV V pins Anti-3rdTerra action Pension Advocate Avers " Eight Years Enough I to Hold Powers - Norris "Fears,, Presiden J Is Tired and Won't ' Agree to Run : ; WASHINGTON, April -22-rCP)- . a anu-iaira term forces gained - Jrominent' V sunuorter . .todav when Senator Downey, (D-Calif) wrote ' ft : letter., to Democratic Chairman 'James . A. -Farley- de- cwinr mat mo president fhould be elected,,, third time." Downer said that he had lonr held that Tlew nd added point edly yi see no reason to change mat opinion now.". . - The -pronouncement came at a time : when .California democrats are" preparing for a hotly con tested presidential -primary. Among the groups of. delegates entered are slates favoring Pre- siaent ttooseveit ana vice Presi dent .Garner. , Downey California Influence Scanned There was much nolltlcal snee. ulatlon as to how the Downey stand would affect tbe November election if President Roosevelt should be renominated. ' Calif or nia, with its 22 electoral votes, is always a much-sought election prize, and at times in the past the vote as between democrats and republicans there, has been close. It was also tfbted with interest that Downey addressed his letter to Farley, who is. himself a can didate for the democratic presi dential nomination. Asked whe ther Farley ' and Downey had talked the matter orer before hand, Downey's aides denied It, saying that it was natural - for Downey to address such ft letter on party matters to the chairman of. the party's national commit tee. , Downey has been a critic of Roo- (Turn to page 7, column 7 ) Wreckage Strewn Along East Coast Heavy Damage From Gale Is Counted ; Snow and Tides Add Havoc BOSTON, April 22-tffj-A bawl ing northeast gale, accompanied by giant tides, raging seas and a potpourri of ram, snow and sleet. left many sections of the New England coast - strewn with wreckage tonight, while several northeastern Maine communities repaired communications after being: isolated. Damage estimates throughout New England ran to hundreds of thousands of dollars. Indications were that the week end storm had blown itself out. The coast guard's Quoddy, Me., station reported that the wind. which once hit ft 53-mile velocity. had dropped to SO miles an hour and was continuing to abate. ft There, the- old navy wharf and several boats, wharves and1 build ings used tin the sardine xisnery were demolished. The , patrol boat Traris was sent to Eastport, near the Cana dian - border and close to the (Turn to page 7, column 4) jExtortioii Charge Bail Under Probe NEW YORK. Anril 22-fJPi-An Inquiry Into the source jot ball nontl for Oeorre Realise, the ex- convict labor 'leader, charged with extorting 1 100.0 00 from New Tors: hotels and contracting firms, was berun todar bv the office of Dis trict Attorney Thomas K. Dewey. At the same time, Dewey as sociates disclosed that their in vestigation of suspected extortion was not limited to Scallse. but might be expected to expand rap idly. : " Bonds of 249,000 for Scallse and S20.000 for his secretary. Ann Kay. ft material witness, were put up yesterday, J 3 0,0 00 in cash. ; The prosecution was interested narticalarlr in where this f 30,000 came : from, pointing out that if It were anion monev Scallse would have no compelling personal re sponsibility to appear. Lalo Sporti MONMOUTH. Ore.. April 22- (ip)-Three home runs gave Oregon College of Education's baseball team a 7-4 victory over Albany college here today. PORTLAND. Ore.. Arril H-Uft -Jefferson high ; school took an Important step toward its second Portland lzitcrscholastic baseball pennant today by defeating Grant, 7-2. Washington defeated Frank lin, 3-2, Lincoln trounced Roose vit, 16-8, and. Benson whipped commerce, 26-1. v. - SALT L KG CUT, April 22- (.qVJacfcia : Karke, Og3en, Utah, lalidlewelsht and : welterweight cluimyioR, cutpolated Billy Pryor, Eaisg, Idaho, la the- 10-round mala event of a boxing card here tcnifjht. Duria weighed 150 pounds; Trjor, 152. ifpimeyj Eamd and In tevzsi Effective, Nazi Claim Yanks Warned, Legation; . Notice- Routine : but Frencli, British : r Dow Likewise f BUDAPEST, Hungary. AprU 22. -(ff)-The American legation, on orders from the state department In Washington, today advised all United States citizens remaining here to go home while there is a "means of egress" still available, w In line with the (state depart ment's policy of repeatedly advis ing Americans to leave unless they have compelling reasons for staying, similar notices were is sued by United States legations throughout southeastern Europe. Many French and British in Budapest, Including . diplomats, had their baggage packed for ft speedy flight should It be neces sary to escape a German lightning thrust in southeastern Europe. United States legation officials in Budapest said they had no in formation leading them to believe war would spread to this region. The legation notice said Ameri can cltlzensshonld "consider the effect" which extension of the war to southeastern Europe fwould have upon the possibility of travel,'? however. There are about 400 American citizens in Hungary,! most of them naturalized Hungarian-born per sons. Southeastern Europe already has been largely cleared of Ameri cans except those with imperative reasons to remain j : The Danubian countries re mained Jittery, but there were no definite signs ot Imminence of war here. . .. . I in Yugoslavia, where a cam paign to rid the country of -all foreign secret agents was in full swing. General Milan Kostio ap pealed to . "all patriots" to de nounce the activities of foreign spies and propagandists with whom, he said, the country is swarming. . . I . These agents, he ! asserted, are attempting to spread dissension in the Yugoslav army and public services. Bulgarians, saying their own country was calm, nevertheless expressed ' apprehension over the presence of large numbers of Ger mans In. Rumania. Ohio River Flood Huntington Is Menaced as Temporary Dike Rushed; Crest Likely Soon ; i i iiufi uwuiu, ,vv. , vs., aprii 22-FV-Workmen rushed comple tion of ft temporary! dike to sup plement Huntington's flood twall tonight as the crest of a swollen Ohio' river surged toward the city after pouring seven feet deep over the business district! of. Pomeroy, O. - ":"- i ' : ' Although the river had climbed to five feet above flood stage here by mid-afternoon and had entered the city between tbe west end of the permanent wall land the new dike, extensive damage was not anticipated. I WPA workers and city em ployes piled sandbags at the dan ger points as the water rose a tenth of a foot an hour from the 65-foot level.. The Red Cross dis aster committee cared for several hundred refugees from low-lying areas outside the flood wall.. Business was at ft Tlrtual stand still in Pomeroy, a city of SS00. Only a few food markets In the higher sections ot town remained open. A crest of 54.5 feet, S.S (Turn to page 7 column X) , Leav Bnlkans Engiilf Pomeroy Ca'pt. Losey Death Probed; Is First US WASHINGTON, April 12.-V Secretary of State Hull, express ing sorrow over dispatches report ing that Captain Robert M. Losey, 1. assistant American military attache, had been killed by a Ger man bomb in Norway, considered tonight whether to I take strong diplomatic action toward Ger many. '-;'--" . - . Capt. Losey had Cone from Sweden to Norway to assist Amer icans to get out of the latter coun try. A newspaper at Goteborg, Sweden, describing his death, said be was standing la i a mountain tunnel at Dombas during an aer ial bombardment yesterday when splinter from -a bomb struck him in the heart. I Although several American dlp- omats and military attaches have bad narrow escapes from German nd Russian bombing planes. Cap- tin Losey was the only one to be Liiled. Hell tald he was Beetles all in A : mm A "71 1 xVCAtC "Bloody Losses9' Said Inflicted Upon v . , Landing Parties; British Warn of . -Bombardment Plans at Narvik Pincer Move to Cut off Trondhcim la Held Succeeding, Troops Approach From two Sides; Fight "Fierce" (By The Associated Press) j of .renewed intensity on land and sea ami In Fighting: the air was reported today in Europe s war as the rival belligerents chorused new claitns of victories. " Germany! claimed her air toll of allied landing operations about the Norwegian coast ; Rriflln imnr-tiny . OA Clarm a n nranfiln "nntngUi.," SnA the war began, blasted away laying planes seeking to plant a new menace to shippinrt and transports on the eastern ami southeastern coast of England. i , ! In the Norway theatre allied. pincer operation to cut.Trondheira off from the rest of the . German-held area. . ! Describing far-flung activities of the reich's huge air . T Ofleet. DNB, German official news Mounted Posse to Be Started Here Uniformed Group to Boost Centennial, .Aid Law When Called Upon Organization ot a mounted posse to act as an escort of honor for visiting dignitaries . during the centennial celebration next sum mer will be advanced Friday night at the courthouse when prospective members meet with Sheriff A. C. Burk. autaot of the proposal. It .was announced yes terday; ? r i 1 L At a "preliminary meeting held last week, Lee U. Eyerly, Dr. 'fed Ells and D. W. Helyer selected! as a committee to Investigate pur- cbsse ot uniform costumes for tbe troop. . According to proposals made, the mounted body, which will re semble a similar group from dan Francisco participating In last year's state fair, will be equipped with brightly-colored shirts, neck erchiefs, belts, hats and revolver holsters. v Each will furnish his own mount. Sheriff Burk yesterday de aerlbed the nosse as a colorful ad dltion to the city's Centennial celebration, and also as ot poten tial value in law-enforcement work. "Each members will be depu tized," he indicated, and will be subject to call to assist In search parties or the like should an emer gency arise." - . Seventeen men. attended the 'meeting- last week, and more are expected to be present Friday. Slse of the troop Is not at present limited.- : : Hams Elect 0SC Man as President . ,'. , E. A. Yunkers, professor of physics st Oregon State college, was elected president of the Ore con Amateur Radio association at the organization's annual con vention business . meeting here Snndav afternoon and Corvallls designated as next year's meet lag place. Tbe convention, which brought nearly 200 amateur radio opera tors and their wives to Salem, closed with a banquet at the Mar lon hotel Sunday night Arrange ments were directed by E. V. Roseman of Salem, retiring asso ciation president; Edward Heen an, outgoing secretary, and Cecil McNeil treasurer, - assisted by the Salem Amateur Radio club. Victim of War formation a boot the circum stances surrounding Loser's death and would not make a decision as to diplomatic action, if any, until the information had been assem bled. . - . , ' The state department's first in formation came through a tele gran sent from Opdal, Norway, yesterday, to the American lega tion at Stockholm and signed by a "major Yssum," presumably a Norwegian army officer. It road: "American Military Attache Captain Losen was killed by Ger man bomber plane at Dombas to day. Inform Mrs. Harrlman (American minister to Norwsy). He will be sent tomorrow via lior os to Fjallnas where instructions from legation are awaited." - Captain Losey bad gone to meet a group ot Americans who were assumed to be enroute from KlUo hammer, Norway, to Earns, Swed en. Th stata department tn k-en (Turn to ISZQ 7, columa 2) armada was takinsr a crrave af a foray of German mine- fighting was reDorted in the agency, said early today that nU aircraft birs, inflicted "bloody losses" on debarking n r 1 1 1 s h troops on the Norwegian cnu In the past 48 hours, said DNB. 14 British transports, shlnt and warships bare been sunk or dam aged. ' ' w .In Monday's ; fighting,, said DNB, German aircraft attacked Norwegian troops north, of Oslo at various points, Reuters, British news agrnry, said German destroyers from Trondhelm had landed troops north of Trondhelm to strike Brit ish forces from the resr, but that the attack failed. , The same dispatch also declared that "fierce fighting" was taking place between German and Brit ish troops at Btlklestad, north of Trondhelm, between Btetnkjer and Vardalsora. Three times Monday the Brit ish wsrned tbe Narvik population by radio that they should leave the city berore a bombardment started. This Indicated, apparent ly, the allies were readying a de termined action to pry loots the j- (Turn to page 7, column 1) Pacific's Defense Urged by Taussig Who Denies Ilis Forecasts Meant Early' War Willi Japan Inevitable NORFOLK, Va., April il-iJl -Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taus sig, commsndant of the firth nav al district, said here tonight he did hot Intend to Intimate In tes timony today before the senate naval committee in Washington that war with Japan Is Immin ent." Admiral Taussig on bis return here msde this statement: From some newspaper ac counts which have come to my attention. It seems that la my -testimony before the senate nat al committee today. I gave the Impression that war with Jspaa Is Inevitable. "It was not Intended to con vey any Intimation that I consid ered wsr at the present time to be imminent, as I certainly do not believe It Is. "What I did mesn was that the present trend of events seems to point towards war at some time In tbe Indefinite future, and that we tan prevent such a war and Insure jour remaining st, peace. If we keep our arm4 forces la a proper state ef pre paredness. My entire testimony before tbe committee was given with the sole Intention of helping to in sure our keeping the peace for all time." , , WASHINGTON. April 22-TV A propossl t h ft t f the United States construct an "Imprerna ble" naval base la tbe Philippines and agree with the alliea aid Holland to maintain the prftnt status In the Pacific was made to congress todsy by Resr Admiral Joseph K. Taussig. Urging this course in testimony before the senate naval commit tee, Taussig said he did not bow this country could escape be ing forced Into war eventually by (Turn to rs 7, column 8) PcJcstricn Is Hit, Knea Sprcinrd Autoixt From llonmouth Gets Cit::'ia Mlchairl Meyers, route s!r. pedestrian, receUed a i . 1 1 ' right kie when he was ttn at State and High stress I night by a car drives by i: I: m- C. Comstock, Moamoutn. Meyers wss given tu.fr; treatment by first aU r.u- i taken to tie Calera Ccner;.! L plial. Comeiocic was cu-,i n , in monlciral court en a f f to tiva iJ.'-'.t i r - ,- v