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"TL OUTGO! STATESMAN. Salts Orjonu Friday Morning May 24, 1343
PAGE SIX
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"A'a favor Sumy Us: No Fear SKatl Aice"
From First Statesman. March 'It.' II St
THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO.
CHARLES A- 8PKAQUE. President
Member of Fhe Associates Press
- The Associated Ktm U escJaslvsiy entitled to the ase tor
publlcailoa of all dispatches credited to tt or not otter
wIm credited ta paper, j
; "City of 30,000"
So Salem3 population is 30,773. We won't alight the 773
but other people -will. For the next decade Salem is going to
be known as a Mcity of 30,000." Well, if gratifying that we
got over the 30,000 hump and disappointing that we didn't
make the 31,000 grade after coming so close.
There is still time to make it if thee actually are 227
more people in Salem who haven't been counted. It seems
doubtful however if there are that many persons who have
been missed and who have not awakened to the fact that they
should have been counted. The formal announcement of the
total, indicating that the count is tentatively complete, should
bring any such persons to light if they exist.
.. But so far as The Statesman is concerned, whatever the
census bureau says is Salem's population, that's what it is.
Two or three weeks ago some people were kicking to high
heaven; insisting that the census wasn't being: conducted
properly. As for the merit of their contention, it may be jud
ged from the fact that they had unimpeachable information
that only about 25,000 persons had been counted' and that
the count was supposed to be complete. Now they will contend
that's what the situation was but as a result of their scolding.-
it has since been corrected. The validity of the claim
mar be judged by the fact that just as the furor was at its
height, the census bureau announced it would keep its office
open at night. The first night one lone person came in to be
counted ; the next night a couple. The truth is that the scold
ing may have brought in a few people but that the final up
shot is a pretty accurate and complete count in which the cen
sus bureau received the cooperation of the chamber of com
merce, the newspapers and the citizens in general.
; Salem has 30,773 people. There are a couple thousand
more in West Salem and several thousand we were going to
say "within a rifle-shot" of the city limits but that's pot a
nice figure of speech this season. But, as we have heretofore
claimed, there are 40,000 people in the district in and around
Salem built up in urban fashion. The general public, asking
"bow big a town is Salem?" won't find this out but business
firms gauging present and future business prospects will
know it. !
The gain since 1930 is around 17 per cent and Salem
may consider itself fortunate to have made such a gain
through the depression years, with few new industries loca
ting here, and in a period when the birth rate has been so low.
The gain has, in fact, been greater than might be reasonably
expected in view of the gain in employment opportunities. It
adds up to the fact that Salem is an outstandingly pleasant
place in which to live; it's no trouble at all to attract people
here to the extent that the means for their livelihood are
available.
Bessarabia Irredenta m
The Rumanians in 1879 were extremely unhappy. They
nad received recognition of their independence from the rule
of the Turkish sultan, and they had been given the scion of
one of the more important ruling houses of Europe for their
king. But during 1878 they had assisted Russia in a war
against the Turks, and, so they claimed, their troops had
brought decisive support to the Russian attack on the fort
ress of Plevna, with the result that the Turkish stronghold
fell, and the forces of Alexander III broke through to within
sight of the minarets of Constantinople shining above the
Bosphorus.
t;:. Rumania, in short, had won the war for Russia against
the -Turks ; but in the peace settlement the fertile, well-watered
region of Bessarabia north of the many-lipped mouth
of the Danube had been taken away by the Russians for them
selves, and in return the Rumanians had been given the sand
hills and salt marshes of the Dobrudja region to the south,
valuable only as a meeting- place for cranes and herons.
y'" Rumania held her peace it was. not wise in those
years to challenge the might of the Tsars, especially if one
were vulnerable to his vessels in the Euxiiie -but in the set
tlement after the world war became exceedingly vocal with
respect to wrongs suffered in the-past. She had lasted dur
ing the actual conflict for exactly three weeks, but in one of
the treaties named after a Paris suburb received most of the
Ttansylvanian region of Hungary and the return of Bes
saxabia from the dirty Soviets. She was reasonably happy,
avtfd troubled only by the amours of her young king.
But now, apparently, comes an even later chapter in the
story of Rumania and of Bessarabia. For some time it has
been apparent that the Russians, in their new found imper
ialism, have thrown covetous eyes npon the Bessarabia which
they once held, and have desired to welcome it into the Union
of Socialist Soviet Republics. Their mode of welcome, it is
true, has been proposed to include all customary military for
malities, including a full-dress' parade through the province
by well-armed troops and bomb-loaded planes, but it is wel
come nonetheless. Only yesterday it was reported that Joe
Stalin and his merry men of Moscow have assembled their
soldiers for the parade, and that it may begin at the moment,
say, that Comrade Mussolini begins to woo back the lands of
Nice, Savoy, Tunis, Algeria and the Suez.
1 In the meantime the Rumanians, who are a pleasant peo
ple and have created some worth-while folk-music, find their
nervous tension, already at high pitch because of the Ger
man and the allied rivalry for petroleum products, going still
higher. If kindly' Uncle Joe decides to march, there is little
they can do; yet at bottom they realize, as all rational men do
who have the misfortune to live outside any one of the four
empires on the make, that their wishes are not to be consulted
in the matter. It is aggravating, but then it was aggravating
in 1879. '
1' The Status of the Justice Court
It will Be recalled that in discussing the justice courts
the other day The Statesman limited itself strictly to the
question whether it was a good rule, if it was the rule, that
justices of the peace require approval of the district attorney
before eccepting criminal complaints.'
It should be recalled further that Justice Miller Hayden,
in connection with a news story concerning his failure to ac
cept a libel complaint presented by Robin D. Day, was quoted
in The Statesman and his statement had been read back to
him over the telephone as follows:
"It has been the policy of this court that I will not file any
complaint aaless tt has the approval of the district attorney and
comes from hit office where Individuals are concerned."
' Further on in the story the justice was quoted to the ef
fect than an exception was made of certain: kinds of com
plaints' filed by police officers.
Since the publication of the news story and the editorial
Justice' Hayden has paid us a visit, reeming to take the atti
tude that in raising this strictly impersonal question The
Statesman had adopted an nnfriesdly. attitude toward him
personally. Such was not our intention. To the best of our
recollection, this column has never criticized Mr. Hayden nor
the conduct of his court. ! ; :
To make a long story short. Justice Hayden answer to
the main question is that it is not the justice court's invari
able practice to reject a complaint in the absence of the dis
trict attorney's approval ; that he h2.djmeant.t0 state the rule
as applying to "questionable" cases ; more specifically, 1 0
those cases in which there "was doubt whether the facts alleg
ed constituted a crime. " " ' "1
That seems to dispose xd
Justice Hayden pointed
noi a court 01 record ana mat in case tne cnarges are not
proven, the justice is liable together with the complainant,
to a civil action alleging malicious prosecution. In other words
that. . But in justifying such a
out that the justice court is
Bits for
Brealdast
By R. J. HBNDR1CK9
Mors about early . K -2 4-40
Oregon posts f flees
and locations ot Salem
postoffice In the old days:
.
( Continuing from yesterday:)
As noted yesterday, Judge Boise
said that Mr. Boon, who was a
merchant as well as the com
monwealth treasurer, had a very
plain and simple system of book
keeping. ' I'
He said Mr. Boon had two
sacks, one for the public money
and the other for the store money
and he never aUowed the funds
to set mixed. Judge Boise re
marked that Mr. Boon's rule was
a good one.
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Mr. Boon had been a preacher.
He had a fine family of red
headed girls, and when they crew
9 they were married to some of
the most prominent men of their
day sad section.
Now for the question as to the
occupants of the Grlswold-Thomp-son-Murphy
building in pioneer
days. It was raised especially by
the finding by the workmen
tearing down the old building ot
a lot ot page from an old day
book, showing charges of goods
tj many prominent pioneers of
this section; these pages now
being in possession of the 1940
Centennial committee. High
street, near Court.
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The firm name of the con
cern making the charges and
showing the payments of accounts
is not given; an unusual and
singular omission.. Let's see what
we can find In the Salem Direct
ory of 1871, throwing light n
this matter. The back cover page
of that Directory has an adver
tisement, reading:
, M Meyer. Jos. Meyer. M.
Meyer & Son, Importers and deal
ers In custom made clothing, dry
goods, boots, shoes, hats, Ac, &c.
Corner of Griswold's Block, Sa
lem." In the population direc
tory are shown: "Meyer & Son,
merchants, SW -corner Commer
cial and State." Also, "Meyer.
M., residence Front between
Ferry and State." Also, "Meyer,
J., boards M. Meyer.
So it is pretty clear that. In
1871. Meyer A Son were renting
the first floor corner store build
ing of the Grlswold block. The
1874 Directory shows the same
condition, but says nothing of
the Grlswold block; says Just
"corner Commercial and State.'
One finds in the 1871 Directory
this advertisement: "Smith
Meredith, dentists. Dental rooms
second floor. Griswold's block.
Salem, Oregon. "They were H.
Smith, living at northeast corn
er of High and Chemeketa streets,
and J. W. Meredith.
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The 1874 Directory had Mere
dith & Boley, same profession,
same office, with I H. Boley
I living at the Commercial hotel.
southwest corner Liberty and
Courtr or' Reed's Opera House.
That Is the present Miller de
partment store building, which
was new then; has been rebuilt
a half dozen times since. And
the 18 74 Directory had Dr. J. W.
Meredith living on east side of
Church between Ferry and Trade.
The house Is there yet, next
south of the Kllnger estate house,
southeast corner Church and
Ferry; though none ot that gen
eration of the Merediths is still
living.
Next for the 1871 Directory
Is the advertiBemnet of Snyder
Cook, book binders, paper rulers,
blank book manufacturers, etc.,
etc.. location. "Griswold's block."
That firm. In the same line per
sisted; was later with E. M.
Waite. doing the state printing,
State street, where the First Na
tional bank building is now.
Years and years afterward, when
E. M. Walte had passed away.
The Statesman acquired the plant
that had belonged to E. M. Walte.
Some parts of the ancient ma
terials are still in the plant of
The Statesman. It so happened
that the purchase price of that
plant was the money that paid
for the electric fountain; as could
be testified to by U. S. Senator
Cbas. L,. McNary, who' was the at
torney in the settlement of the
Waite estate.
The 1871 Directory had this
full page advertisement: "E. M.
Walte. successor to A. L. Stinsoh.
book and job printer. Books,
pamphlets, briefs, catalogues.
Journals, blank book headings,
deeds, circulars, cards, bill heads,
envelopes. letter headings, way
bills, check books. Everything in
the line of book and job print
ing at less than Portland prices.
Griswold block, Salem, Oregon.'
Of course, that plant was on the
second floor.
This was an advertfeement in
the 1871 Directory: "Chemeketa
House, corner Commercial and
Ferry streets. C. A. Cutting,
proprietor. This splendid hotel
is now open. ... It is new
throughout, and furnished with
all the modern Improvements
The thorough completeness of the
appointments of this hotel, to
gether with its capacity, make it
the best and largest in the state.
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That was the present Marion
hotel. All. hotels were then
called "houses. The Marion
building is about twice the size
of the original, and Improved la
many ways over the one adver
tised. "Chemeketa Saloon, in
the Chemeketa house, was also
advertised; O. H. Smith, propriet
or. Here Is the advertisement la
the 1871 Directory which perhaps
gives the cine to the store which
had the day book the leaves of
which were found by , the con
tractors tearing down the Murphy
building; reading: !
"S. Herman. Ed. Hlrsch. Her-!
the law neglects to elothe the
immunity it has accorded the
ixow mis is a new item of legal knowledge added to the
meagre stock we have, as previously noted, acquired by ear.
It serves to add to the doubts we had already entertained as
to the usefulness of the justice court as a criminal court. If a
justice of the peace must face the threat of civil damages ev
ery time he accepts a criminal case-sunless the defendant's
guilt is already overwhelmingly apparent then, to say the
least, such a court's value as a tribunal of justice is serious
ly impaired. Perhaps what we need is a different system of
minor courts. -
London "Parashoot" Squads Set for nazi Skymen
v.
Military authorities in London have
quads to aaJpe off German parachute troops should they attempt,
Netherlands. Above, a British military truck unloads guns and
quad. ILN phonephoto. .
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Today's Garden
By L.ILLIE L. MADSEN
H. M. Tour lilies are un
doubtedly suffering from jbotry-
tls. Spraying should have been
started early. Cut off the Affect
ed parts and burn. Begin spray
ing at once with Bordeaux. Ton
must continue spraying until the
end of the season. Then lift the
bulbs and replant in another lo
cation. This should be done after
the blooming season.
The same disease is undoubted'
ly affecting your peonies. Cut
carefully awsy all diseased parts
of the plant and burn these. Then
spray as for the lilies. . It Is well
to spray the ground around the
plants thoroughly. Also It is well
to remember that light and air
are enemies of botrytis. The. di
sease seldom occurs where there
is proper air circulation. Crowded
conditions will bring it about.
D. L. Blackjpot Is the most
serious of your rose diseases. As
soon as the black spots appear
on the green leaves or the leaves
turn yellow pick them off and
burn them. Do not let them fall
to the ground and scatter the di
sease spores. Prevention of the
disease is the Important move.
Bordeaux is the least expensive
and one of the most effective
controls but It also disfigures
the foliage. Massey dust, made
of nine parts dusting sulphur and
one part arsenate of lead Is one
of the old inexpensive preventa
tives. There are a number of
good trade concoctions on the
market which come both in liquid
or dusting form and which do
not stain the foliage. However,
most of these are much more ex
pensive. Those of you who have
a few bushes and are interested
in beautiful foliage and flowers
had best use one of the non-disfiguring
varieties. You can obtain
ali purpose dusts or sprays which
will take care ot mildew, black
spot and the chewing insects.
T. H. It would be rather dif
ficult to tell you which variety
of red rose you refer to even
from the minute description you
give. There are so many red
roses which resemble each other.
Couldn't you return to the plaice
you tar the rose and ask the
owner? Few gardeners refuse to
give the name of a flower they
are growing. It might be a
Scented . Daily . Mail. That has
almost black on its petals and
Is a very lovely red rose. I hare
one In my garden and should you
care to drive by while ft is in
bloom ril be glad to show it to
you. ir you .will send me your
name. I'll send you the name of
a grower who might be better
able to Identify the rose you
mention than I am from a de
scription. man A . Hlrsch. dealers in gen
eral merchandise for city and
country trade. Second door. Gris
wold's block, Salem, Oregon.
General merchandise," i this
writer believes, in the -pioneer
days, meant about everything,
from coffee and calico and boots
and shoes and groceries to slows
and, harrows. I
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"Second - door. Griswold's
block-. certainly meant second
door from the corner: sext store
south of Commercial and State.
The same - advertisement in
wording appeared in the 1174
Salem Directory, though only
quarter page ad!, while the first
one occupied a halt page.
(Continued tomorrow.
justice of the peace with the
circuit courts.
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Game Farms Alone
Inadequate, Held
PORTLAND, May lZ-P)-Hkt-ural
propagation lis necessary to
maintain an adequate supply- of
wild life in Oregon. Chairman E.
E. ylson of the state game com
mission said today.
Gam farm propagation cannot
keep the wild life population up.
Wilson told a civic club. William
J. Smith, president; of the Oregon
Wildlife Federation, agreed and
said the stats would have to rec
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News BehmdqdayiV News
Bt PAUL
WASHINGTON. May IJ. Th
.Tact (sets are a miHUry secret.
of coarse, but Mr. Roosevelt's re
adiest for a izeo.ocfl.wsv dis.uk
cheek from congress was primar
ily planned so ha could develop a
new secret weapon for tne United
States. At least that Is what sena
torial military leaden hare been
told la the strictest confidence.
' The chief executive thought
he needed aboot $30,000,000 to
- ImOd a- plant for the maaalac
tare of the new weapon, and
150.000,000 for expcrimesital
manufacture;.
The president himself has only
said he Intended to use some ot
the money for building airplane
shadow factories. And it may sot
be necessary to add. his most con
stant doubters . In congress have
not been converted to the idea of
blank checks by the confidential
information they have received.
The. French general staff may
now tear its collective moustache
at the thought, but It experiment
ed with these same Hitler blis
kreig ', methods -and found - them
impractical. . f
Coordination required for Joint
use of fast tanks, faster planes,
slow Infantry, Jightning motor
corps, parachutists from disco n-
rnected bases, in unison against
enemy Infantry, Involved such In
tricate staff organization and
such complicated communications
systems as to surpass French im
agination, if you had not seen It
done, you might not believe it
either. I
Key to the German system
is that all these far flung units
are operated by a single di ri
al oa commander, timed by his
single staff and operated by
amazingly workable portable
short ware radio communica
tions. I
These Yarying. phases of activ
ity are not now under one 'divi
sion, commander in any other
army. I
The French and British hare
"The Cairo
Garter Murders '
By VAN WTCK MASON
(Chapter O continued)
What a pathetic terminus to
Richard Follonsbee's dreams of
quick wealth! The man from G-2
seised - the corpse and turned it
slightly sldewise.
Ha! A dull gleam of bright
metal Shone beneath a -jagged
star of splintered enamel. No
doubt now remained that Fol
Ions bee had been shot while ly
inr in the tub!
Around Follonsbee's left arm
was a woman's fancy black satin
carter with a scaTlet rosette
gathered br many fine, little
stltehes - and secured here and
there with weaver's knots! -
A queer sense of breathlesa
ness gripped Hugh North oa re
calling to the 'last syllable Dr.
Ladd's talk in the Bacchante
Room. . y Armstrong, ephemeral
perpetrator of the Cairo garter
murders, was aboard this, Ship!
Qruce Kilgour mast be Informed
at once. He severed the garter
from the still-warm body, and
held It to the light. The gar
ter's Inner side betrayed traces
of white powder. Why! Urn!
And along its black lace edging
there was a similar light dis
coloration.
Uneasily aware of the passage
of time. North swung out Into
the living room and got quite a
shock when he beheld a - small
square of paper propped against!
the inkstand on a desk. Neatly
printed was the message:
"MAJ. KILGOUR. STICK THIS
IN TOUR PIPE. BETTER GET
RIGHT."
North selected an envelope
Into which he dropped the pieces
of singed cloth.
A cautious knocking caused
him to retreat to the bedroom
and resume his dinner Jacket.
This done, he closed the bed
room door after him and stood
in the sitting room. Who the
devil could this be?
"Follonsbee?" a muffled ' voice
queried, "how about a nightcap?"
North shifted to a spot back
of the sitting-room's door the
one with the faulty lock Follons
bee had ' Joked about. Fervently
North yearned for usually in
separable .32 but poised himself
for action when, after a second
soft knock, the door commenced
to open.
The hall light was casting Into
silhouette a profile and he relax
ed instantly. He would have rec
ognized that outline in a million.
"Come In," North rapped in a
sharp' undertone, "and shnt that
door!" - .
"Hugh! For Heaven's sake,
what are you doing here?" Bruce
Kilgour 'paused," hand- on the
doorknob. "FoUonsbee. listen
Ing? The Englishman's long
face had lost Its habitual : and.
deceptive expression of lazy good
nature. . r , "
- "No." North's reply was equa
ble. "What brought yon here?"
Kilgour seemed, to debate an
other question but Instead be
smiled, and his eves betrayed a
carefully subdued excitement. '
-My reply from the Tard.
Seems we're In luck. This fellow
is English, a Manxman to be
exact. His backers, a Central
European munitions firm called
Heiaeman and Schlager. i have
chartered a small freighter, the
uyaa. They're loaded her to the
guards with arms and ammuni
tion. She cleared Tola yesterday
ostensibly for South America,
but "she'll never clear the Straits
ef "Gibraltar." Kilgour paused.
Ton . can-:, guess what that
means? v: , - . . :
"Arms for Arabs?
-Precisely I That's the beauty
of it. Watch Follonsbee and give
nun enough rope and then By
the bye, where is ne?
-in there." , North said and
pointed to the bathroom. . v
Irritation hardened Kllsronr's
features. "And you let me talk "
-It's no matter. Bruce. He's
dead. Murdered with fiendish
cruelty. Toull hare to find some
other stalking horse. i
-Murd - The devil you airC
Before North's eyes Bruce KI1-
gour's gaunt figure seemed to
grow Inches taller. His jaw shut
with a cucx.- North added:
"lie's not prettr. Don't ovr
look the. garter. X found on his
arm. It's on the " washstand
drying.- .
(To be continued) '
MALLOri t
not been able eren to coordinate
their air fores and infantry. The
British commander in Norway, for
Instance, was forced. to communi
cate orders for his own pitifully
Inadequate alrforce through the
admiralty In London at first. ,
Primary lessons for US defense
lie la these facts. Not only is co
ordination of all air and land ac
tivity likely to be worked out for
our army as a result, but it can
be seen defense is not merely a
matter of annrnnrlatlnw tniiaM
Aggressiveness and Imagination
are required to Inspire the neces- ,
sary efficiency.
: ;Naal efficiency was accom
plished by a German general
staff and di vision commanders
who are . extremely young;,
Judged by former standards.
The last general Hitler appoint- '
ed was 45 years old. One Hitler
general Is 80. The average age
of Genua division command
ers who operate : these division
units is SO. American majors
and brigadier funerals (pros
pective division commanders in
wartime) average 58.
Axre does not nwaiiHi vmr-
ern efficiency. , ,
There are many elders in the
army and elsewhere whose repu
tations refute the superstition
that a man is efficient or not
merely . because he is vounr or
Old. ..j. I;' M
Bnt it mar rA inmca-hat tor.
ling to not that a bill proposing
to scrap . our archaic system of
arrow nrnmntlnn m that vmmar
officers can be promoted, has be
come stucK in congress. The bill.
recommended by Mr. Roosevelt
and the entire administration
branch Of government, passed the
house unanimously, has been re
ported overwhelmingly by the
senate military affairs committee. ,
snd eren. passed the senate with
some weakening amendments.
Reconstruction of the rote was
demanded in the senate and final
enactment of the measure has
been unaccountably delayed.
Elder colonels who might be
retired under the bill interested
senators In opposing the measure.
If Mr. Roosevelt wants to re--
vive NBA he has fixed the su
preme court so he can- do it.
This assurance lay behind the
recent Gnffey coal decision,
written by former securities ex
change commissioner under Mr.
Roosevelt. Justice William
Douglas. He upheld all the baa-
ic governanental powers - the
right to levy a sanctions tax , V
upon aoa-compliants, codes,'
price fixing, delegation of con
gressional power to the execu
tive. It xaeaat the president can
PPly maximom controls over
bnalncas at any time he can get
such approving legislation from
' congress. :
(Distributed ly King restores Srndi
eatev lac. ateproaacilea in whole er ia
part strictl preiiibited.) c. ,
Embattled Women
To DroD Chutists
A ;
NEW YORK, May --Aa
army of Z. 000,000 American moth
ers, equipped with rifles and sta
tioned stroughout .the land to pick
off enemy parachutists, was envi
sioned today a an aid to national
defense. " -
The idea was born at a meeting
of 75 members of the National Le
gion of Mothers of America, many
of whom received actual instrucf
tlon is armj from Lieut. Arthur
Lock wood, of the United States
naval reserve, who attended the
meeting.
Mrs. Edna L. Johnston, acting j
regional director of the legion's
New York and New Jersey divi
sion, said the legion, now compris
ing 2,000,000 members, expected
to double-its membership by July
30.- I
Eventually, she said. 2.000.000
American women were expected to
own rifles for use in the anti-parachutist
oorpsJ 1 V;
Death Is Penalty
For Fifth Column
LONDON, May - 23-(4)!-The
death penalty for "fifth column"
treachery wast provided in a bill
passed last night by the British
house of commons. r
The measure provides that "if
with intent ; to help the enemy J
any person does or attempts or
conspires with sny other person
to do any act which Is designed .or
likely to give assistance to naval,
military or air operations of the
enemy; to impede such operations
of his majesty's forces; or to en
danger life shall on
conviction suffer death."
The minister for home security.
Sir John Anderson, proposing the
bill said "this is the moment if
ever there was one for swift and
drastic action. The grim realities
Of our Present situation nrovida
Justification without any farther
argument." :
Keep Troop Home'
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GRANTS PASS, May 22 CD
American troops should be kept
out of Europe's war at all costs,
Otis H. Brown. Greensboro. NC,
Veterans of Foreign Wars com
mander, said here last night.
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