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mxm Tfo Substitute! Too Ml flad no newvpaper eaa give more real mm i Tac tion than your LOCAL MORNING PAPER, with It WORLD NEWS and HOME COMMUNITY NEWS. VTeather Generally fair today and Thursday, little change la temperature; Maximum Tuesday 84 Minimum 47$ northwest wind; river -1.3 NINETIETH YEAB Salem, Oregon Wednesday Morning. May 22, 1943 Prica 3a Newsstand 5c No. S .Drop 'BtrDEMb nm POUNDDO t&5l I German I ) T i O T EiniglaLai(LL Eri'Siie;'Eari, Paul ffauers Column Strange thing are always hap pening to oar music- critic, an alyst and commentator and it was a strange tblngf- 1 when Mr. GiJup- pi, whose musi-i cal education, never progressed beyond "Take. Me Out" to Ballf Game" and, kin dred work a. found himself practically a hep cat the other night. ' . . Mr. Q a 1 nppl rai . n aaya that he was sitting la a lake Joint drinking a coke like a good citizen when . everything went white and. when he regained con sciousness he was. in the middle of a mob on the ontskirts of Port land. The mob was. swaying from side to side to the Indisputable rhythm of a red - coated hand, which, Mr. Galuppl learned on In quiry , was that of Mr. - Benny Goodman, the clarinettist, who haa at one time and another been dnbbed the King of Swing. Mr. Galappfa feelings were mixed. He felt something like a sardine prematurely inter red In tin with other sardines, something like a man in a Tur kish bath and something like a missionary waiting for the can nibals to quit beating those drams and set down to bus iness. Mr. Galuppl surveyed the mob and noted that in each and every eye there was a fanatical gleam and -that each and erery muscle in the mob was twitching. Mr. Galuppl waited awhile, but disap pointedly decided there wasn't go ing to be a hanging. He pushed his way out, not without diffi culty. Noting what appeared to be a cleared space In the floor, Mr. Ga luppl pushed toward tt with some expense In barked ihlns. He was disappointed, but. In recompense, saw his first real lire Jitterbugs in action. In the cleared circle, surround ed by amazed ' and admiring on lookers,, three ;tou pies - of high school .youths were, to Mr. Galup pl's horror, going through strenu ous and violent contortions In the name of swing.. They- were sweat ing buckeUfnll and hating' a fine time. ... . . . ... - One youth caught Mr. Galup pi's attention. . The dancer's eyee were wild and his hair was long. He swung the girl, who' didn't seem to mind his hair in her eye, with abandon. Just then the band began to ride out on a lively item entitled "Boy Meets Horn." The couple's gy rations Increased in tempo, the hair flew longer and faster aad the sweat poured - thicker. Mr. Galuppl shook hie - bead and walked away, muttering, "Boy meets horn; girl- meets horror. Presently Mr. Galuppl . went tack to look at the band. Mr. Goodman, who had been sitting down (partly because he suffers from sciatica), got np and start ed to play his clarinet. Until he put It in his mouth he looked to Mr. Galuppl like a man who would win the Rotary club attend ance prixe eTery year He played the clarinet like Ben ny Goodman, though. When "he was through a roar went up that sounded as If Notre Dame had Just scored against Army In the last fire seconds of play. , Mr. Galuppl. who was once a sports editor and still thinks he's a reporter, found out from some friends of his who entertained the King of Swing himself that Mr. Goodman is a quiet sort of fel low given to bursting out with pertinent comment, that he was In Oregon for the first time and was greatly Interested In Indus- tries, population and other cham ber of commerce statistics and that he spills gravy on his vest like everybody else, Pretty soon the band, la an- -ewer to shouted requests, played "Sing, Sing, Sing while ' an ecstatic negro named Lio el Hampton went slightly mad on the drums and It was all over. Mr. Galuppl, a aad but wiser man, went home, resolv ing never again to leave the quiet halls of the T a e s d a y Kveninjr or Any Other Night Claret and Symphony Society. Verlic Duke Wins Oratory Contest HILLS BORO, Ore.'. May 21-GT) Yerlie Duke of Rosedale In Mar lon county won a state oratorical contest among Junior member of the Oregon Farmers union,' It was announced at the union Jun ior state convention today. - Veda Whitney of Polk county was second, Darrell Shapard, Linn county, third. Delegates elected Elvln Asher, Grand Island, president, succeed ing Leonard McCoy, Salem, who became secretary-treasurer. French Women Mobilised To Form War Auxiliaries PARIS, Mi'y 22.-(Wednesday) (.D-Tbe ministry of national de fense and war made arrangements today for enlistment of French wcixnen between the ages of 21 and SS as army auxiliaries to aug ment the work of corps and regi mental generil staffs, the Artil lery services, the quartermaster corps, transportation - and the medical corps. ConsJfMtidnality of Picketing ' Lcf -v A rgued Before High Court Its Effect on Bargaining Is Mooted Point US Court Decisions Are Stressed by Padway, Labor Attorney People?? Interest . Cited by Defense; Hearing Attacts Crowd Charges that Oregon "made an effort to go backwards" when Its voters enacted the state la bor union control law in Novem ber, 1938, were made yesterday by Joseph' A. Padway of Wash ington, DC. general counsel for the American Federation of La bor, in urging the state supreme court to hold the law unconstitu tional. The law, Which provides that employes may picket an employer only If a majority of the em ployes are involved In a dispute affecting wages, hours or. work ing conditions, says "that a mi nority are denied freedom - of speech unless the majority says they may have it," Padway said. A. A. Hampson, Portland at torney representing District At torney James R. Bain of Mult nomah county, defendant In the action brought by the AFL and CIO. conceded that the. law .would prohibit, employes . from; Picket ing, a plant where the dispute was. ea used . by ' the refusal of -a- em-. ployer to ' bargain - collectively, s Chief Justice John L. Rand then said: "I can't conceive how. any law could be constitutional . which fails to recognize the right of col lective bargaining." Interest of Public Cited by Hampson ; Hampson, explaining the law was passed as a result of Ore gon's reign of labor terrorism, said "the people felt there had grown powerful agencies directed primarily toward the accomplish ment of their own objectives, ig noring the, Interests of society. To protect society, this law was en acted under the police power of the state." r . "There Isn't a labor union In the United States of America that can function nnder a law like this," B. A, Green, Portland, AFL attorney, said. The law was upheld by a three (Turn to page 2, column 1) Probe Into Stock Decline Demanded WASHINGTON, May Sl-KflV Calling for a , congressional in vestigation of current stock mar ket declines. Representative Crawford (R-MIch) ... . told the house today ' that investors had lost $15,000,000,000 "while the securities and exchange commis sion apparently did nothing to protect them." Crawford proposed In a resolu tion that the house banking com mittee learn the names of all foreign holders of American se curities, all buyers and sellers of securities between May 1 and May 21. and all holders,' buyers and sellers of commodities dur ing the same period. "Can it be." Crawford said, "that the SEC is permitting Ger many, through manipulation or otherwise, to damp Danish-owned American-issued stocks and bonds oh our market?".. . Tentative Schedule of Road Oiling Is Prepared by Court . Tentative schedule of county roads to be oiled during the sum mer months was announced yes terday by the county court and County N. C Hubbs. Although exact , mileage of roads to be surfaced In the course of the current program will not be known until measuring activities, which start today,' are complete, county authorities Indicated that this year's operations will be the most extensive ever undertaken in Marlon county. , - -.-- xpanslon of activities over previous years has been possible, einbers of . the court explained, because of economy of oiling oper ations last year, and also because of savings made possible since the first of the year in the 1940 road budget. i - Work will -start, -Engineer Hubbs said ; yesterday, as soon as measuring of roads to be oiled is complete, end as soon as oil sup plies are available in r sufficient quantities. In any caie,-operations should start by June 1 or soon aft er, he indicated. "; i Roads to be oiled are as fol i , . i . .j. .... . Prize-Winning Poster Is Chosen To Publicize Salem Centennial .a iiii -I' a f it This poster, in green and (old, drew first prise la a contest conducted by the Salem Centennial commission to obtain publicity material for the capital city's 1940 celebratloa. -"Wtenins; " designer was George Bonner, I88O North Winter street- Jesten-Miller photo. Bonner's Drawing Is Awarded Prize Robert Voigt Entry Takes : Second, Tom Medley' Third in Contest George Bonner, 18!o' North Winter street designed the win ning poster in Salem Centennial poster contest, it was announced yesterday by Clarence Bates, chairman of the contest commit tee. Bonner's poster utilized. the of ficial centennial slogan, "From Wilderness to Wonderland" as Its theme, and was completed ' In green and gold colors, i There were over '40 entries received, and the Judges found It difficult in narrow down the field, for many exceptionally fine postersf were submitted, Bates said. -, Second place was taken by the poster of Robert Voigt, of Wil lamette university. Tom Medley, 1299 South High street,, won third place. ' The first prize Is S 2 5, second 215, and third $5. The special, IS award for posters submitted by Juniors was taken by Ancil Payne, 18, of 923 South High street. Judging in the contest ' was done by Clarence Bates, Mrs. Es ther Allen, Miss Constance Fow ler of Willamette's art depart ment, Byron Lleuallen, Onas Ol son and Sari Bairey. - -; The posters will be on dis play at Centennial headquarters, 260 North High street, tomorrow. lowsr Salem-St. Paul road for five miles south of St Paul; Hubbard-Broadacres-Champoeg road to a point 2i miles south of Cham poeg; Buttevllle-Donald road for 2 hi miles; .Boones Ferry road tor two miles south from a point east of Hubbard; Dominie flax plant road' for , two miles . to the state secondary highway; Mt Angel Marquam road for two miles out from MU Angel; Ablqua road for two miles from the SUvertoa-Mar-quam road. t Crooked Finger road for 2 miles from Scotts Mills to the No ble school; North .Howell-Lake Labish road for two . miles from Pudding river to North Howell school; . Salem - Wheatland , road south for three miles; Chemawa Hazel Green road for three miles due east of Hazel Green school; Macleay-Pratom road for three miles north from Made ay f Pra-tum-Center I View road for 3 H miles west of Pratum; 2H miles from Illlhee school to Clorerdale; one mile from Sidney on the An keny Hills road; two miles east (Turn to page 2, column 6) i M v y a m iwi I . I i Dewey Gains N J, Montana Backing . . .. .... o Wheeler Gets Home State Support; Willkie Has Write-in Votes , ' NEWARK, NJ, May IXMjPf State Senator Robert C. Hendiick son of Gloucester county, forged into a slight lead tonight In a closely contested race for the re publican nomination. : J" ' Returns in today's primary, bal loting from 1001 of the state's 3631 districts, gave Hendrickson 61,247 votes to 54,738 for former Governor Harold GV Hoffman. ' Although- Thomas iJ. Dewey of New York - alone was entered In - the republican . presidential preferential primary, Wendell Willkle, utilities executive, ob tained a 'lwrite-ln"; vote in many counties his first votes - in the nation. . - ;' .. ;. '.'' Navy Secretary Charles Edison and , James ' H. R. Cromwell, United States minister to Canada, were - without opposition for the democratic nominations for. gov ernor and United States senator, respectively. - - Willkle polled 574 rotes in 12S districts in seven of the state's 21 counties. Dewey, who had the sup port of leaders of both factions of the party in. the state, polled . - (Torn to page 2, column 5) . .; Find 5th Column, British Coltimbia PENTICTON, B. CV May; 21.-(CP)-Charglns that "Enemy al iens resident in the Okanagan, val ley. , . are openly shewing their anti-British sympathies," the Ok anagan .Municipal association to day chose two representatives to visit Ottawa and urge federal au thorities "to intern all enemy al iens and Investigate all persons of alien origin.. : 'John ' Bishop of Coldstream, BC, and Xj. S. Metford of Salmon Arm. BC, were named by the meeting to go to Ottawa after del egates decided direct representa tions would be more ffectlve than letters and -telegrams urging action. . , ; Telegrams - urging similar ac tion by municipal bodies in the Fraser Valley, Kootenay and Van couver Island districts were sent Germany not Interested In Indies, Japan Learns I TOKYO. May 22-C5VGermany today informed x Japan she was "not Interested in The Nether lands East Indies. ' Interest . in maintaining the status quo there haa been expressed in Japan, the United States and Great Britain. Plans ; SaysPresident Labor, Must not Expect Undu6 Advantage He ; Telia Conference - Measures Are Rusbed in v Congress ; Bombing of ; : ::t Refugees Deplored.'" I WASHINGTON. May 21-(ff)-Grimly describing events in Eu rope as a world disaster, President Roosevlet today laid down . this twofold policy to govern Ameri ca's vast rearmament program: . ' 1. Not a single war millionaire should be created in the United States. - 2. Labor onions should not and he expressed confidence they would not) take tactical advan tage of the emergency to f Ike for special wages or privileges withheld from the rest of labor. , At the same time, the president struck out at his press conference at .Germany's war methods, al though he did not mention that country by name. Enemy planes, he said, were sweeping down the roads of France with machine guns wide open, taking a death toll of refngees the like of which has never been seen before. '. As the president spoke, congress .was in a 'whirlwind of activity pushirt hie recent .defense recom- mendatioAS1 through toward 'pass age. The senate made rapid pro gress with a $1,820,341,000 army appropriation bill, in which -were included the sums asked by - the president last week for that branch of the service. Meanwhile, the chairmen of the senate naval committees Introduced legislation to authorise a force of 10,000 planes and 16,000 pilots for the naval sir corps. Says Social Gains Blast Be Maintained Summing up the capital and la bor policy which Is to guide the defense program, Mr. Roosevelt said that. . the government pro poses In no way to weaken the social gains of the. last few years. The whole objective, he added, was to prevent anybody capital or labor from getting rich oat, of world disaster. v ' ' The country as a whole is united on the defense question, he asserted, and as fast as the news comes; In from the other side the more united it is. Otherwise the war and defense news in Washington; today was: . (1) The house military com mittee voted unanimonsly to re move the limit of 6000 planes which present law imposes upon the strength of the army aif corps...- . ( 2 ) The house naval commit- (Turn to page 2, column 2)"; Rifle Association 1 . WASHINGTON, M ly 'lMB Representative Dicksteln (D-NY) urged in a house speech today that the ' National Rifle associa tion be called on to disclose "how' many thousands of Hitler's bund sters are members. ; ; He said that the association, which has headquarters here, "at one time sent representatives to the bund in 1938 to solicit mem berships," and added f "It is. certainly a serious situ ation when an organization , sells government rifles and at a re duced price at that to nasi agents and alien agitators and this is sanctioned -, by a citixens' rifle training , division of the United States government." Reckless Driving Blamed oh Snake I IX)UISYiliE, Ky., May 21HP) Robert Cox 26, blamed a reck less driving charge on a pet black snake, and went free. " Cox told Police Judge John B. Brachey the snake, which he' had placed on the back seat of his automobile, "climbed my ..back, scared me and caused me to hit a parked automobile.. - Judge Brachey tiled away the charge . saying "if ; it happened to me there wouldn't he any cars left on the streeL", ' Our - 4 - V . r Senators uT . . rw r 1 Defense Bar Profiteers Membership Eyed E -J 1 W Germaii Tlirust Reaches Reims, Berlin Reports Counter-Offfjnsivjs There . Expected; Abbeville Near Coast Held Ports Are'; Botnbarded ; to : Thwart Sea Escape of ;r 4Trapped" MiUion ; BERLIN, - May 22 -CWednes- day)rP):-The German thrust to ward Paris has react ed the re gion of Reims, it was said -in of ficial-German circles ejarly today. ; Reims is : 8 0 tniles ' east and slightly , north of Par Occupa tion of this region would mark a 'new ; bottom r;. of r the; ."pocket" formed by the advancljng German armlet 2 In - the 1 French " lines, : It would '. he an advance , of some 25 miles' southwest ofj Rethel or 30 miles southeast ofj Laon, the previous far points of the German-drive in that sector. - Reims is a communications cen ter and, the Germans said they expected that the French would launch a counter-offensive in this region. BERLIN, May 21.-jp)-The German armies of the west pound ed their iron spike tonight to Abbeville on the English chan nel's Somme estuary 12 miles from the open water, and made their death threat to England one of the Immediate hour. - In a vast "encirclement within encirclement" maneuver, which Germans estimated had trapped a million soldiers of the French, British and Belgian northern armies,- Hitler's armored men on the 12th day of their great offensive swept westward over Arras and Amiens and reached A' tbeville. - - Behind" them, . the high com mand said, came wave after wave of-tefantry. r -- v - Caught also In thje German military - thresher as It gouged across' northern Franoe was the nintn srencn army, - wnicn nad been fighting from Nfcmur, Bel (Turn to page t, coljamn I) Assistance RUs Are Kent Closed State Deficit Leaves no Room for; Expansion Says Commission PORTLAND, ! May 2I-(-The state public welfare commission indicated today that It will not reopen old-age assistance rolls to new applicants, i Rolls were closed last Novem ber when the commission faced a deficit of almost $1,300,000. Since . that time emergency old age assistance . applicants have been cared for by general assist ance grants.- .. - . , J. H. Luihn, chairmas, explain ed that "the revenue deficit faced by ; the , state .made it J necessary for the welfare commission to stay within the t funds - available." The November curtailment was necessary, i Luihn, added.' ',Th Oregon liquor control commission; however, i is exceeding Jits esti mates of income and the antici pated i deficit of approximately $1,300,000 Willi be considerably reduced..,: - - 4- v.r. ' ..'.;;".- The 'commission was informed by , Administrator , Elmer Goudy that the cost of old-age assistance has . dropped ? since November from SI. per cent to 0.1 per cent of the total cost of relief admin istration. 1 . A request of the federal sur plus commodities corporation to (Turn to page 2, column 2) . British in Belgium to Make Stand; May Counter-Attack By DREW MIDDLETON I -LONDON, May 21i-fl,)-The British expeditionary force, in peril of being pinned against the English channel, '- means to . die where it7 stands - rather r than : let the Germans occupy .the coast where they could base an attack os the British Isles. i f . I have traveled over 1000 miles through . the British positions in 'Belgium in the last ten days, and men I knew well are dead or hor ribly wounded. ; :-.: a- But as X left France this morn ing (on orders: from the BEF) their fellows - gave butt one im pression: . i .They mean to fight, i : Arras, the little city of culture where Roberspierre was born and the scene of five battles,, Includ ing Vlray Ridge In the World war, "is : dead and. ! buried" as one British officer, told me.' ' Amiens, too Jammed with pa thetic .refugees from i France, Belgium and Holland when X saw It Friday has : felt the awful weight of war. Its famous cathed ral of ' Notre Dame has '. been shelled and bombed by the Ger mans. ' ' . ! The Germans apear to -have Explosives In Series Damage Is Denied Defense of I Britain Rushed With two ;' " Contingent Amving to Aid ; eygand Goes to Demanded; Qvilians Flee Paris; U Precm "V . r'-r . vs- I'.r -. . . ; - PARIS, Hay ,2a(Wednesday)-V-'W'ith his embattled as- ! tloa demanding a " -"miracle.. Generalissimo Maximo Wejgaad went to the front today to direct operations against the fast-mov-, tng German Invasion. :-l . ''.;?;.' ;.V " . .p'V" " ' ! -: .--.'?-". " . . : .... J LOXDOy, 1 May 7 22.- (Wednesday) - (-German planes"' bombed England last night,' dropping explosives offshore and on land at two places along the southeast coast but, the air min istry said, without doing any damage, j Anti-alrrraft fire and heavy explosions over the mouth of the Thames indicated an attempted third raid. ; v . 1 . The air) ministry said the German planes dropped bonibe -' "in two districts in the southeast of England last night. Some bombs fell ofi land and others in the sea. It added that there were no casualties or damage reported. v .-' "1;; - v: - --V ' v r (By the Associated Press) : J Civiliansj began pouringr out of Paris Tuesday night,4 nazi blitzkriecrers drew within sight of the Eiffel tower and within 12. mi es of the English channel. , j England fearful of nazi attack in forcebeat off Ger man coastal feints from the air. : ; i British ti-oops, trapped in Belgium by the German drive Italy Pri Daring To Enter, Stated Qano'i Paper . Says It Is ; Mee;v0neBtion :.ol-l - Suitable Time ' ROME! May t 2 1-0P-Pfemler Mussolini and Germany s colonial expert. General Rltter Ton Epp, had a long talk today, presum ably on the outlook for colonial expansion of both Italy and Ger many, while Italians awaited a call to arms. , Nothing was disclosed as to the conversation, but foreign circles said the outlook for expansion In -the war . or afterwards naturally would be discussed at least in general terms. Newspapers reported Italy merely was awaiting H Duce's orders to go Into action as black outs and air raid drills In Rome, the munitions center of Ternl, 45 mles northeast, and the northern (Turn Jo page 2, column 6) Communist Peace Parade Dispersed NEW. YORK, May H.-(fP)-Fo-lice drove several thousand com munists and their, sympathisers from crowd-choked Times square tonight after they had touched off a quietly planned "peace demonstration.'-, ' . Because the normal comple ment of Times square patrolmen was unable to handle the surprise demonstration, . about 200 police and SO. mounted officers were summoned - and they squelched the disturbance about. a half-hour: after. It -began. . ., --m-.v f. ; Crowds . disgorging Into the square from theaters at the time of the demonstration added to the' confusion as, the police drove the line of demonstrators,-10 blocks long, into side streets. -'.- - Fist fighting ; between police and paraders broke oat when of- (Turn to Page 2 Col. 2) - reached Abbeville, on the Somme estuary, 12 miles inland, from the channel's open "-'waters . and whether they : have cut oft the two allied: forces, depends on the staying power of this . western ny( JW-04 - . -. , r -.. With their feet, planted In the soil . hallowed by - generations of warring sires, the Britons appear to have but one hand left to play a hand dealt them, when ' the Germans first drove their salient north westward and made plain their Intention of dividing the al lied forces and striking for the channel. z?-- .- - This is a counter attack from the British on the north and the French on the south in the region of fit, Qnentin and Cambral, which, If successful, would re cover the old British line and wipe out the salient. ' " It Is a ' desperate- measure against an enemy as powerful as the Germans. , ; - T x The British have fought sav agely against the gray green tide of nazi soldiery.- All along the British line there was hot fighting. In Arras, still swept by flames, there was fierce (Turn to pagu 2, column 4) Drppped of Raids, Front as ; "Miracle "into France, swore to die in their tracks rather than let the nazis establish channel bases for sn in vasion of Great' Britain, v V . The French announced official ly that ' Amiens and Arras were, taken and when the news became generally known -.. that the Ger mans had. penetrated to Abbeville, 12 miles from' the channel; lines of automobiles containing civilians-moved' out' of the south and ' west gates of Paris. j ; . Britain's air scare came from a series of forays by German planes. One dropped bombs that missed shipping anchored off the south east coast. Twice previously there was anti-aircraft fire in the coast al regions and fighters went up to drive off raiders. An air alarm was given on the Kentish coast and persons on the waterfront dashed for cover. No bombs were dropped en land.7 !- !.'. ( ;f, Two Million Men Ready for Defense Great Britain, with 2,000.000 men in training for war, men who could rush to defend her coasts, received another contingent of Ca nadian troops. " Within the reicb Germans themselves expressed astonish ment at the precipitate rusk of ; nazf troops toward the English channel and deep Into the hetrt of France. - . . The peril of a nail invasion of England, already I heralded by Prime ; Minister Winston Church ill, appeared' hourly mdre immin ent.' j - h- So great was the din of battle on the continent, where swift striking nazi mechanized legions threatened, to1 cut off more than 550.000 British and Belgian sol diers in .Belgium, ithat distant rumblings -of gunfire could b heard on the English coa&t. To a grave-faced French par liament. Premier Reynaud cried dramatically: - . "France cannot die! "If a miracle Is needed to save France, I J believe In miracles - ,,--t .... - . He warned however, that "the" fate of : , the " fatherland Is at stake," and bitterly critlcixed the French high command! for "In credible faults" which permitted nazi ; armored , columns to inflict "disaster . . ' total disorganiza tion" on the French army defend ing the gateway to Paris. Failure to Blast Bridges Criticized. - " . Specifically,-he blamed failure 1. to blow np Meuse river bridges to impede . the mechanized nazi -Juggernaut. . r The classical French concept of war, he confessed freely has been shaken badly by the forked lightning strikes of nazi mechan ized troops and parachute raiders behind the lines. ' Reynaud j appealed "to v 6thers far off to aid the allied cawne "before It Is too late," and it was apparent this appeal was directed to the Americas. ; He said "they are beginning to understand . abroad," millions of men, women ad chlldrenrithat "they themselves and their fa tores are Involved. ' .The navy. Britain's bulwark, announced the Iocs of the cruiser Effingham,' which went down af ter striking a rock off Norway. Alfred Durf Cooper, British minister of information, told the people that despite the gravity of the news there was "no caus& for alarm"; that the armies of Brit ain .and France are "undefeated." Doable Parking Slops Motorists apparently took to heart : Chief of Police Frank A. Mlnto's warning that do iLSe parkers will be -arretted, rcl'ce reported downtown streets free., of double parkers yesterday end that no arrests were rieeest-ary.