; . r f ii .... Weather ( - No Substitute! You'll find 00 Bcwxpjper Mil sv more real Mtlafae Won than jour LOCAL MOR.NIXO APKR. wltft ft tVOHI.D NEWS and! HOME COMMUNITY NEWS. and Snaday with local how r; ntue . cuange in fern, peraturf. : &Iaxlmnra temp Fridav.! 73; miaJ m ; nontb west wind. River, ft. NUIETIETH YEAR Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning, June L 1940 Price 3o Newsstaxxif 5c No. 57 'Teime TVO0-rrn Us 1 Pmm TTV"T o .Back Soinmeie WW r X 9'- t" Move 'Against uftiJi olMwms En es Has1 rPaul t Hauser'$ Column -Mr..T (rbyme with mommy) H(rliTme with foxy), the Cen tennial publicist .whom this de- tpart m e n t has I to wed never to mention by Iname, put on his buckakin jacket iy i a t e r d a y. strapped on his ammunition belt aid h in s i X- f shooter "climbed Jlnto his V-8 (do- nated) and head- led for Lebanon. rai a aaaset. tt- The Centenni al crew was going to help Leba non start off its Strawberry Fes tival with a banc. Somewhat harried of mind was Mr.! H (rhymes with foxy) as he drove toward Leba. ' bob. There was aomethlng, he kept thlakias, that be. had for gotten. He racked ibis brain, bat la the teeming convolutions there found nothing. Yet still 0 came that vague and haunting distraction that meant some thing Important bad been -left , undone. 4 -. s. : But Lebanon ws calllnr and on he drore. c Meanwhile In Ealem there. was soma agitated phoning to the Cen tennial office and there was an unhappy youn lady clad in Cen tennial clothes and It wasn't until Mr. T (rhymes with mommy) H (r w. foxy) got to Lebanon that he finally remembered he had left Miss Lois Cheney, the Cen tennial theme girl, sitting in Sa lem, all dressed np and no way to go to the Strawberry Festival. ' 'A y o a g nuCa,. Nev 1 1 1 e Ouunberlalm, British statesman spent -several years managing : his father's estate to the . - Bhama.H Newi filler. .. . Bahamas' loss was- also Brit ain's. ' - . - Since this warv began lt has been - .the fashionable hobby with experts to ' predict In how . maf y months, days, hours and minutes Germany ; will ran out of vital military - supplies. They say the gasoline can last only' so long, trained pilots can only last so long and that it is entirely con ceivable that there Is even a limit to tha planes ' the Nazis can put in the air. We have been think ing this ; over In our quiet way and have decided it would be a -wonderful thing if the ! Germans, 'ran out of gasOI&ne, planes, pilots, tanks, guns, ammunition and men i on the same day.. It would be like Dr. Oliver Wendell - Holmes famed "One- . IIoss Shay" that "was built in such a logical way it ran a hun dred years to a day," j only, of : course, we hope the German mili tary machine doesn't wait that long 1 before It goes ."to pieces all at once, all at. once and nothing first, just , as babbles do , when they burst. gdmebir we ererlookea tb : l fact that last week wit S . tloual WPA week. It just slept ' by without our noticing it,' t Locked in Boxcar 7 Days, Foodless : KLAMATH FALLS, May 11. (pyrraAk Criley, 65, recuperated at -hospital today after being locked in- a.-kx ear Without food or water for seven days. , He escaped from the car at Mid land and was found unconscious on the Klamath Falls Toad. Cri ley told Mrs. , Altha ! TJranhart, welfare worker, that Ihe entered the car at San. Luis Obispo, Calif. I i I - Hospital Sclieme Criticized .At Osteopaths" ' Convention ; The ten million dollar hospital construction program proposed in congress in the national hospital bill was described as a "worthy ideal," but condemned for. not providing that patlenta in ench hospitals way select licensed phy sicians of their own choice by Dr. Ru s sell R. Sherwood of Med t ord, president of the Oregon Os teopathic association In an ad dress before the; association's S7th anhual convention here yes terday, r' 'I ; The bill would provide for con struction of $0 amaU hospitals. In needy areas of the country. "Failure to provide that' pa tients In such hospitals may se "lect Uconsed physicians ' of their own choice, and to say .that doc tors practicing in such hojpIUls may naa whatever methods they think best fcr individual patients, 1j the chief pitfall of the national l.cr ital till, Dr. Sherman' sId. 'Vital' omissions would allow cer tain ktou'.s cf doctor to aet up ra dical trusts and regiment doc tr rs end patients under plans dan frous.;y a Kin to communired ovigres Alien Control Placed Under 1 - ' r ' Justice Chief Immigration $ervice Is Transferred I Minor , Change Inpends Norria and "Wlieeler See Threat in Move "due to War Hysteria" WASHINGTON, (May 81-- Fresident Roosevelt s . reegraniza tion plan designed to "deal quick ly" with fifth columns was ap proved today by the senate which passed a resolution ; to put It into effect swiftly. The i vote was 15 to 4. , ! .. . :if The resolution provides that 10 days after it becomes law. the Roosevelt program to trans fer the immigration service from the Jabor "Department to the Jus tice department shall become ef fective. Under existing law, reor- vanlzatlon Dro grams can not take effect until they have been before congresf for CO days, unless con gress acts to put them into opera tion earlier. i : The resolution approved . today had already passed the house, but It must now go back to that cham- ber for action, on a senate amend ment which would put Into ."-ef fect on June 30 the transfer of the civil aeronautics authority and the weather to the commerce de partment. The CAAis" now: inde pendent, and the weather, bureau la iff the agrtculnr4 '4epetoent. , Only Senators Norria (ind.. (Turn to Page S, Col. ) r School Year Ends For Salem Youth Mrs. Fawk' Retires After 1 39 Years Service in, t' Salem's System "No more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks," venerable iast - day - of school chant for several genera tions was again in order yester day as Salem city schools closed for summer vacation. Report .cards, were distributed daring the afternoon to the ap proximately 6500 students com pleting the year In elementary. junior, and senior high schools here. School will reopen 'September- 16 and will be out next spring on June 8. Not, students alone, but at least one teacher also put away pen cils and ! books. Mt-s. Ermin B: Fawk, fifth grade teacher at Richmond grade - school, : has re tired after 89 years of continu ous service in Salem schools. She has been a member of the Rich mond faculty 14 years. The fifth . . x ' . . .a . graa.e- ' yesieraay preseaiea aer with plant as a parting gift and several affairs were arranged In her honor during the week. A short assembly was held at I ille In connection with dlstri-butl-on of cards. Guard and girls athletic awards were made' at this time. Shirley Hill, and Lu anna Williams received bars for guard ': duty at the school and hadirea for guard duty were pre sented Mary East, Bob Brown, Colleen Andresen, .Shirley Par ker. Sharron " Burnett. Courtney rather- than socialized medicine. Dr.' Sherwood warned that the public! should delve deeply into 2ree laedlcal or hospital care, declaring inch a myth as it must he paid for py the taxpayers." ' During yesterday's morning ses sion Dr. George L. Jordan of Al bany. Dr. George S. .'ennlngs of Medford and Dr. J. A. Van Brakle, Portland, read papers on technical subjects. . Dr , John L. Lynch of Salem was toantmaster , at a banQuet held last niKht.' Speaker! were Dr. Sherwood, : Dr. L. Honrland, Portland; Dr. O. E. Holt, Pen dleton; Dr. William Stry ker, Mc MianvBIe; ' Margaret - Ingel, La Grande, Dr. Virginia V, Lerreaux, Portland: Dr Charles Beaumont, Portland ; Dr. M. E. Gad wa, Sa lem; tfr.;W. E. Hinds, Hillsboro; Dr. F. S. Richards, Forest Grove, and Df, L A. Van Brakle, .Port land. 1 , 1 Tha convention will close today following , additional ' addresses, discussion periods and election of cfflcera., . . Am 10 Salem Graduate At West Point , ALAN G. BAKER Baker to Receive Commission Soon Salem Youth One of 450 Graduating Jane 11, Military Academy Alan O. Baker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar G. Baker, route, five. will be among 450 cadets gradu ating in the United States Mili tary academy class of 1940, June 11 at West Point. Baker, who will receive a de gree ; of bachelor of science - and commission as second lieutenant In the regular army attended Sa lem high school,' where fee was one of lhe charters memberserf . the scholastic honorary society, and went- to Willamette university for one year'. He attended the West Point Preparatory school at Fort Scott, San Francisco, for a year In preparation for his entrance ex aminations to the military aca demy. - i Senator Charles LJ McNary gave Baker his appointment to West; Point. During his first class year there he attained the high military rank. of cadet lieutenant. He participated in soccer,, winning numerals and a monogram in that sport, and was a member of the. choir. . When graduated Baiter wW re ceive a commission in the fe.snal corps with a detail to the air corps. As such he will be ordered to an air corps training center for a years training in aviation. Upon completion of the course, he will be given "wings" as a pilot and permanently transferred to the air corps. Baker's parents and a brother. Roger, now attending Willamette, will be present at activities which precede the West Point gradua tion. Juno week begins Jane 6 and continues for seven .days with the annual West Point horse show the highligh. of Wednesday and Thursday. . There will be f regi mental dress .varados every after noon. . . ,' , Frank German Is ' Freed of Charge PORTLAND, May Sl.-flrVA di rected rerdict of acquittal was or dered by Circuit Judge Arthur D. Hay of Lakeview today for Frank M. German, vice-president of the defunct Fred W German Real Estate company. German was accused of embez zling $300. ' - ' The judge ruled that the state failed to establish German's parti cipation In larceny of funds from Vlademar Flensted. Fred W. German, father of the defendant. Is serving a two-year term for conviction on a similar charge. - " I This was Frank German's third trial, i, . ., - May Fairly Moist, ' Believe It or Not In snite-Of all indications from May a to 30. the month lust end ed topped the average rainfall of 2.1 2 inches with ; a total of 2.1 7 Inches.' The mercury reached a height of it degrees on the 23rd and a low of 38 on the third and the 27th. Precipitation was fairlr heaw for i May on seven . davs of the month: lst.:.55:-2nd.-".23:" 2rd. llr 4th, .3; ath, .33;" th, ,2, and 31st, .33., . , - Senators 1 ?9 o . Dispute Arises ; Over National Guard Status Anthoritv to Call State Troops Asked by FR; Senators Oppose Morgenthau Says Public Wants to Be Taxed to Aid Defense WASHINGTON, May Sl.-UrV President Roosevelt asked an evi dently willing congress to increase the extraordinary defense fund more than a billion dollars today anc", simultaneously, stirred up a hot controversy with a request for authority to call the national guard to active duty. Recommending additional out lays which reliable sources said would tout about 11,375,000,000 and ! provide for more planet, tanks and ammunition plants, Mr. Roosevelt aaid that "the almost incredible events of the past two weeks" in Europe had, necessita ted enlargement of the military program beyond the proportions he suggested May lc. While no one could forecast the future, he told the lawmakers, America's defenses must be made "more certain" as long as a pos sibility existed "that not ono con tinent or two continents but all continents may become Involved: a i woria-wiao war.-q i Statement approving-better de fenses came Ummediately . from members, et ho th aroei. Demo cratic leaders Iforecaet action on the . president's request in "dou- tTurn to Page 8, col 1) . Building in May Highest of Year Residences Fewer; Year's Total to Date Over Half Million ! Salem building, far ahead of 1939 and over the half million mark for the first five months of the year, set a. new record for this y&ar during the past month with Issuance of 115 permits for an estimated valuation of 1138, 633. The five months total valua tion is $ 509,029 as compared to 3380,536 for the same period in 1939, city building department records showj During May of 1939 there were 102 permits is sued for a valuation of 392,830. Residential building slacked off from the figure of a year ago with 20 new dwellings started for a valuation of S2,100 as com pared? with 2 S permits for f $73,- 500 a year ago. Construction of the new Mur phy block which is estimated to cost $58,000,. boomed non-residential construction to $f 1.292 for 18 permits. A year ago non residential construction for May was only, $1845 for nine permits. ' There were 79 permits for re pairs during May with a valua tion of $15,241. FRENCH CLAIM THEY HAVE THIS STOPPED -4 Typical of the big tanks the Germans are etfcpleylnf la France Is this with Infantry (tradgtag along oemao.. ' xxas is tae weapon the xiazis used la weajoag wonga Little Slaginot line but the French claim they have solved its problem of stopping the "land battle ships' and hale established a new line 'along the Somme which will be more difficult to crack. I.LN f-honephoto," h. T v , . '( ; - - Bus Company's Withdrawal Is Held Probable Would Follow Granting i of License to Taxi .Firm, Declared Willing to Sell; Line to C i t y, President of Firm Announces City bus lines operated in Sa lem by Oregon Motor Stages will be discontinued if the city coun cil sees fit to grant Jthe license sought by the Economy Cab com pany, it was strongly Intimated in a letter addressed i Friday to Mayor W. W. Chadwick and the city council by R. W. Lemen, president of the bus company. "Oregon Motor Stages, which has been furnishing your city its mass transportation system since 1931, opposes the granting of the license, and believes that if the license is granted Oregon Motor Stages will be forced to abandon operation of its Salem city bus lines," the letter declares. License .Issue for Council on Monday 1 The application for licensing of the Economy Cab company, which proposes to operate taxVabs on the basis of a 10-cent fare between the business district and any point inside the city limits, was tabled at the last council meet lng and is scheduled for eon aid eration next Monday night. The license committee reported It In without recommendation. Outlining the history of street transportation in Salem since the horse-car days, Mr. Lemen in his letter asserts that all operators lost money on the Salem . opera tlon prior to his own company's acquisition of the lines In 1931, and that since that time "the Sa lem, city lines have either just abont broken even or lost money annually. t ; Attached to the letter Is an operating: statement for the 4irst four months' of 1940 showing losses' for the entire period and for each month with the excep tion of February. Cost Increased By Recent Award The transportation , company president also called attention to the recent award of an arbitrator in the wage dispute between the company and its employes, in creasing wages to an extent which would, he said, add about $135 a (Turn to Page 3, Col. 8) Huge Battleship To Be Launched PHILADELPHIA, May nHfft- The $65,000,000 battleship Wash ington will be launched at the Philadelphia navy yrd tomorrow two weeks before schedule and amid the most elaborate precau tions since the World war to guard Americas warship's secrets! Sixteen hundred tons larger than any American battleship in operation, ' the S5,00-on Wash ington Is the first capital ship ad dition to the US fleet in 19 rears and the first of 8 warships the navy is rushing to completion in line with President Roosevelt s preparedness program. Originally scheduled for; .June 15, the launching was pushed ahead by hiring extra labor and putting aside other naval ship building and repair work to com plete the ship. German Losses Exceed s : ; - ' " ' ' f - - '";.. -- .'-.-' ' Half ' Million, Report; Enghind Taking Heart Demand for More Warplanes Heard on Every Hand as Italian Entry and Effort to Split Allies Expected; Fliers Praised . A SOUTHEAST: COAST PORT IN ENGLAND, June 1.-JP)-. Three-fourths of the British expeditionary force in Flanders baa " been pulled out of the German-set death trap by the allied navies, it was reported today as an armada of ships of all types contin ued to bring home thousands of survivors. NEW 3lORK, June 1. ( Saturday )-(J)-The official Brit ish wireless, in a broadcast picked up by CBS declared' this morning that French authorities had found German documents 'confirming' nazi losses of half a million men on the western' front since April lO. i LONDON, May 31. (AP) England echoed tonight the cry or her returned Tommies: ror (Jod s sake give us, more airplanes." M The plea rangr through a soldiers snatched safely from ain heartened by the assurance she had! escaped total disas- 1 . i i 1 Italians Continue Waving of Sabers Greece J Warned ;; Arrest of Fascist in Malta Is Cause of Furor ROME. May 31-WV-Italy kept Britain and France guessing again today. Sat that she is going to strike was emphasized by the leading Italian foreign affaira 1 commen tary, - International! Rcallxlonl, which declared in an editorial to be published Saturday: j "France and Britain share re jected the demands of the Italian people; these demands will be en forced by arms. ... The Italian people will fight the French and FriUsh enemy with extreme de termination to complete victory. Authoritative fascists disclaimed any Intention or striking nrst against Greece aligned with, the allies through a mutual assistance pact, but there was a big "it" to this disclaimer. ! Any allied move toward Salon ika. Greek port used as a naval base by the allies in the World war. or Greek partisanship toward Britain and France would - bring the Italian army piling down through the Balkans, Italy warned. The visit of Dino Alfleri, new Italian ambassador to Germany, to Adolf Hitler's western ront headquarters indicated to most ob servers the two .governments were working in' dose harmony in their plans for what they hope; will be the final overthrow of the British and French empires. Roo$evelt Nominates - j Four , for Postmaster? WASHINGTON. May 11.-40- Tha following Oregon postmasters were nominated today by Presi dent Roosevelt: Reginald C. ' Cooke, Oswego; Nealia G. Haven. Sweet Home; Joseph R; Dekarkin, Taft: Louis arl Hammer, Tillamook. . one, snipped nloag a French road i day which saw 90,000 allied the Flanders trap, and all Brit oter in the channel horror. Although officialdom pronoun ced the work of the Royal Air force in Flanders "magnificent," the tributes g a r e additional weight to the clamor for more and better planes of all types.. "When we duck a nasi bomb,"' exclaimed an infantryman, "we want to see a British Plane chase the bomber. The sensational plucking of troops from the French shore and transporting then; across the channel is being accomplished de spite an infestation of spiea. in cessant bombing, midget- torpedo boat activity, and a land assault Into which the Germans flung much or their might. -Returning Tommies -declared nasi losses in Flanders were five times as great as those .of the al lies. , A naval spokesman declared the loss of a small transport, three destroyers and several aux iliary vessels was trivial com pared with the lives saved. Commenting on the German claim that the British retreat was a rout, an army spokesman de clared that "the hard fact re mains that no military operaUon is so difficult as reembarkation at (Turn to Page 3, Col. 7) Italian Official 7 Resigns, Protest NEW YORK, May 31-VGof-fredo Pantaleoni, for many years a direct representative of the Rome government in this coun try as head of the Italian tourist information service, announced his resignation today in protest against the "close cooperation be tween HiUer and Mussolini." This association, he said; "was a 'one-way ride which will end In disaster for Italy if she enters the conflict as an. ally , of Ger many, 'ft!.'! ' "It is my firm belief that . If HiUer wins this war with' IUly'i aid,, that he will . . . turn on his ally and completely dominate her; I and. if his lust for power la any I indication of his purpose, it . la I not too fantastic to. envision invasion, of the Americas as the ultimate object of his kampf." Population Increases SJS Per Cent, Albany ALBANY. May 31.-4PV-A nre- limlnary population estimate to-; day by Mrs. Merle C. Stuart, dis trict census supervisor at Eugene, gave Albany 6620 residents, 6.5 per cent above the If 30 level of 632 a. .-..' 1 j. - . . 1200 Americans Saturday Liner R obsevelt GALWAY. Ireland, Mar 32-4P1 The U. S. liner President- Roose velt arrived here late tonight to take more than ; 110? Americans back home and out of the danger of war,- '.x -'j ;"-;: ::, The ship anchored about two miles off shore to avoid the com-f partirely shallow water in the har bor. " The Americans? luggage. S 0 tons of it, was put aboard.' . ' ' Long beforehand," the prospec tive passengers had assembled in this sleepy Tillage on the west Irish coast.:r'', ': - 1 : As th e crowds- swelled, to the delight of the townsfolk who can celed the regular Friday half-holiday 'to sell their wares to the OTer-monled among the Ameri cans, It became' apparent that the refugee ship sent over at the re quest oZ President Roosevelt would have to carry more passen gers than anticipated. . To meet this bulging response to consular appeals for Americans of A rimy v - escmeo : I'M nVVU,:!' Second British if in France' Abbeville Bridgehead la Taken but not Town; Italy "Preparing"' r-T": '; :f-:i:v - Hungary Also Solid With Axis; Berlin Jubilant Over Battle Result (By The Associated Press),-1 t i A second Britfsh, expeditionary force, following up' the one whose remnants still; are fleeing Flaa- ders, was being Organized.'. In France Friday night behind the Some front: where jFrench. tanks battered away at the southern end of the German salient. : ' Allied pressure on'the Somma front! the French said, had "cleaned! up" the.Abbeville sector, though fapture of Abbeville It self was not claimed.; " This new action on the .Somme may answer the question: Where will the next move come in-the war? . I- It might mean the allies , were making a move to head off a Ger man drive on Paris. Such a thrust. with the French capital the goal ana possibly Italy bias ting at France from the south, was fore cast in German army circles on the western front. --". The ' French ; - kept secret i- the strength and location: of the sec ond BEF. . , , .. .-.,'.' - tN--f) .- The British air ministry, mean- . time, reported broad activity of the fleet air! arm in harrying Ger man- f orcea driving in to deal a - death blow, to allied . units; with drawing from the .channel pocket around Dunkerque. ; . . Italy a position seemed to have simmered down to the point where diplomats wondered i no longer whether she would enter the war. but rather when, i ; r j 1 It was reported that - Italians - long resident in Switzerland had been ordered by their government to return .home. f - Statements of the I Hunrarian premier and foreign minister made' It clear that Hungary's policy was coordinated with the Rome-Berlin axis. This would give r German arrales-eleanUiweep t h r o u g n Hungary in; any .drivelnT-suth- eastern Europe, - i The French said aUied northern armies were being rescued i"on a . large scale" through Dunkerque. f A war ministry spokesman in Paris said. "Important" - with. draw a Is w h I c h got under war Thursday, night still fwere pro gressing undiminished, with Brit ish, French and Belgian troops -pouring across the English Chan nel in an unending streaml r - It : was acknowledged however. that the French rear guard pro tecting the allied retreat Was "in difficulties." Tha cleanup ' of the Abbeville (Turn to Page 3, Col. 4) Flyinff S tudents, gtH- w Tl - 1 OUOWing UllUSlial . I r?7 - usual record in excellent ground J school 1 Instruction j wa made by the Salem' airport's CAA elaases when all 24 aspirants for CAA flight -training who took tha private pUot written examination this week received ' passing grades. . . K - . 4 . r .Vera DeAntremont; clasa, in structor, r has not yet been noti fied by the CAA which ten of the 24 will he selected to. receive flight training at government ex pense. FITS ! alternates will also be chosen. 1 k, -. i - w, - - Due to Sail to go home, the ship had extra berth Accommodations ready and cots in the public rooms. 1 "i . The Roosevelt was expected to make-a quick. turn-around. I 1 : Extra police - precautions, were la ; evidence, among: the- customs pens 1 where ; thel Americana hd their luggage examined " 4 1 The Gal way folk profited enor mously and figures their loss of olidayweH compensated, the rea son being that titer the Americans were told they could take no more currency- than, X29 (about 364) . . out Of he countryj t!ey Jammed V into shops to turn extra money Into' linens and laces and other -souvenirs of the ould tod. - The Roosevelt will sail shortly, after noon Saturday, I ' : 1 - Special trains were run up from Dublin and more were ,ds.e tomor row morning, - fcria gin g . r e f u ge e s including film notables, wires cf y diplomats, business men, teachers and children by the tcores. Force r...,H.,,r-