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No Substitute I - .You'll find no newspaper ; 1 can RtTe mon real satisfsc- tlon than your LOCAL ; jmohm2vg papkr, with its : WORLD NEWS and UO&1SS COMMUNITY NEWS. VS Walber ,, pajr today 'and Monday 1 fog or drlzzlo on roast; no i : change In temperature and i humidity. Max.; temp. Sat or day 77, mln. 43. River -2.S ft. Northeast wind. PdUNDDO 1651 NDJETIETH YEAR gkxlexd, Oregon Sunday Morning, Jun 9, 1943 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. C4 Ma Drive Blow Makes - ' J '- r,. . - ,!.'- Progress mme ' , j. Paul flauser$ Column "' The - National Society for Pre vention of Hay Fever is going around asking governors of this and the other 47 states j to pro- claim the week .T.- of Jwie -it "D-S; aim .i ff) a TVr & ''f 1 weed Week." It! seems . the rag- i w e.e d and hay y fever ant f erers if just don't get A a 1 Otis' and thev want to work a r blitzkrieg on it. ? It ust m ak e b them cry. - Well, we have been reading the capers and we f igure that the Hnf, Jr. National Society for the Preven tion of Hay Fever is Just cutting off the ragweed to spite its in telligence quotient. This I Is . be cause we read in the papers about Dr. Buenaveutera Jlminez of the University of Michigan. Dr. Jlminez has been stndy Ing hay fever snfferersJ' lo, these many years, and teaching college students with hay fever all that time too. So Dr. Jim Inez, an observant soul, has a theory. His theory is that hay fever sufferers are just natural ly smarter- than people j who aren't hay fever sufferers! Students with hay fever. Dr. JImlnez says, are generally 6 to 10 per cent higher in intelligence than students who don't sniffle. That's something to console the sniff lers. They lean say to non- sufferers, Dotfe laugh Ihe mm a -aW AaA Tnll A ftdrfinriT." In fact. Dr. Jlminez has so con vinced us that we're going right out and smell a ragweed. Ton can't tell about college boys. When some ladles In a col lege town recently saw a body of young men wearing swastika arm bands they thought tne imn column had arrived in force and hot-footed It for the gendarmerie. It turned out the lads were just members of : a college softball team which had labeled itself the Blitzkrieg Boys. Th,$y.wer -play- i to that aftcrriAATi asralntft an other college softball team, the M a '"-i-. -r 'i BUTCH, THE SING Eli Butch, - the Mayor of State street, who always knows where he can lay his hands on a nickel, finds one of his many diversions In singing the songs of the day. I Batch, about as happy am lndv without invitation and in spite of protest. Great artist that he is. he must answer the call when it comes. .. . . Butch will gladly enter into free-for-all competition at catch weights with a juke box, radio or any other mechanical music maker. This' i-somewhat of a problem to proprietors of re tauants, 'fountains and Juke Joinis which Butch haunts. In fact one of them, forgetting for the time that the May of of fttate street is Lord of All He Surveys,, did something about it last week. "Scram1, you Priental John Mc Cormack," he said. 71 , j OrdfFoiind Guill; New Trial Sought TACOMA, June 8.-i!P)MotIon for a new jtrial will be filed Mon day for John Ord, Tacoma fire man found gnilty of murdering Mrs. Myra" Nosier by a- Jury whfch recommended? life in prison, Ber til Johnson, defense counsel, an nounced here tonight.' The state had asked the death penalty. Ord maintained a glum silence after the Verdict was returned this morning. The jury .had delib erated about seven hours. . ' Ord had claimed self-defense in the shooting affray in Vbich he killed Hale R.. Noslet. and Mrs. Nosier on their wedding night and beat King Pomeroy, a member of their household, unconscious, last February 23. Mrs. Nosier had for merly lived with Ord as hia wife, and Ord claimed he went to the Nosier home to congratulate them on their marriage. Roosevelt Backed In West Is Claim SALT LAKE CITY, June 8.-(p)-If president Roosevelt seeks a third term he will have the support of western states, Calvin Vf, Rawlings, chairman of a con ference attended by democratla leaders of the 11 western states, dec!red today. The conference made no formal expression, but Rawlings. demo cratic national committeeman for Utah, said the sentiment of the delegatt: was favorable to a third term. Similar sentiment was ex pressed by Governor Henry IT. ElOOd OI- Utaar wo wweoiueu He commented on conditions at present, described changes that had taken place since 1933, when President Rooeetelt first was in augurated, and observed: l "I would not fear for the fu ture with Franklin D. RObsevelt a,t the helm." Largest (2a At Willamette bets Diplo mas Individual and Society - Present nd Conflict, Dexter Declares Erickson SdiolarsKip Is Announced; Year-End Awards Presented Service to fellowmen was pointed out to 113 Willamette university seniors yesterday as the factor which is greatest in the realization of noneffective life by Walter F. Dexter, superinten dent of public instruction of Cal ifornia, in an address prior to presentation of diplomas! to Wil lamette's largest graduating class. "There isn't room at ! the top for everybody," Dexter said, "but there is room for servicej" With the subject "By What Standards Shall We Measure Pro gress," Dexter posd two ques tions, "How can society! succeed without stifling the individual?" and "How can the Individual suc ceed without disrupting society?" Dexter said that in America great1 progress has been made be cause "In America we have asked these Questions and in America we have honestly tried to answer them." ! I '( Denies Conflict of j Individual and Group In answer to his first -question he said, "Society does not stifle the individual. It appreciates his value and worth because it ap preciates the meaning of the great philosopher Emanuel Kant when he said, 'Never use an In dividual as a means to an end when the use to which he is put is detrimental to him. "i Appreciation of ''five great points guaranteed by the United States constitution liberty. Jus tice, equity of opportunity intel lectual privilege' and stimulation of service can lead to-personal success," he said. i Dexter evaluated the five points he mentioned and pointed out that the greatest was service, since "it is this that inakes ef fective the other four. The second question, he said, might well again be answered in words of Emanuel Kant, who said, "So live that the law of thy life might well become the law of all mankind." Scholarship Offered Honoring Erickson Dean- F. M. Erickson, j who Is retiring this year after 20 years On the Willamette faculty, re ceived, an ovation when Ihe was asked to stand after announce ment that a group of his! former students have pledged continuing contributions to form the Dr. F. M. Erickson scholarship. Dr. Yern D. Bain, state direc tor of elementary aducatlon and a Willamette graduate, made the announcement. The scholarsship will be awarded to .students who show unusual promise' In the teaching field and will be award ed on a basis of merit aid need. Honorary degrees of Dbctor of Divinity were given Revj J. Ed gar Purdy, who gave the invo cation, and Rev. WHlistoin Wirt, who read a scripture lesson. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) Capture of Shasi Is Japan s Claim SHANGHAI, June 9. -(Sunday) -jP) Japanese military authori ties today ciatmea capture oi is na si. Important Yangtze river treaty port west "Of Hankow. Capture of Shasi was regarded as a major gain in the drive on Ichang, another port on the Yang tze which is the principal! present objective of the campaign ! In west era Hupeh .province.! v v Oregon Statd Grange. Opens 67th Convention bn ftlpnday Delegates and visitors arej ex pected to start arriving today for the 7th annual Oregoal State Grange convention which 7 will open here Monday morning and continue through Friday. About 2000 members of thel farm organ ization from all parts of the state are expected, with registration continuing through Monday! at the new high school building, convention headquarters. Preceding the opening of the convention, the annual meeting of delegates of the Grange Mutual Fire . Insurance association will take place at 8:30 a m. Monday, with President Jerry 'Sayler In charge. - ' "4 Highlights of thd convention Include a speech by Governor Charles A. Spragne, at 5:30 p. m. Monday, juvenile gTange confer ence at 8 a. m. Tuesday, nomina tion of 1941 meeting place and officers "11 a. m. Tuesday, report of election committee 11 a. ra. Wednesday, memorial services at 2:30 Thursday, drill team con test 3:15 Thursday and installa tion 1:30 Friday. . Key W. Gill of Portland, state Named as Acting - University Dean ! ;. ' . "' ! i -i a - ' -"It t: , -fisN "':' v f r DR. C. F. LUTHER "j WU Looks Aheacl Centennial Year More Buildings Hoped Jlor by 42; Herbert Hardy Alumni President Hope that Willamette univer sity might build a boys' dormi tory and a hall of music and fine arts before its centennial is cele brated on February 1, 1942, was expressed bT President Bruce M Baxter at the annual alumni ban quet last night. The campus centennial will be forward rather than backward looking. Dr. Baxter said. The university's alumni roster waa extended by the board of trustees yesterday to include more than 100 graduates of Gooding coUege, disbanded Idaho institution whose i records the university has been! keeping. The Gooding alumni also were voted Into the Willamette alumni asso ciation last night. Dr. Chester F. Luther, profes sor or mathematics since 1937, was elected acting dean , of the university to serve untlr a per manent dean I appointed, prob acy at the start of the 1941-42 school year. He will take the place of Dr. Frank M. Erickson, who will reure in September. All non-faculty staff members with the exception of Dr. F. K. Power, who has resigned as uni versity physician, were retained for the coming yeSr. Harold Hauk, j Salem high school athletic coach, yielded the presidency of the alumni associa tion to Herbert Hardy, Portland, at the association : election last night. Other new officers are Dr. Helen Pearce and" Edward O. (Turn to page ?, col. 4) 1 : Wagner Act Vote Unlikely, Senate WASHINGTON. June 8.-H7P1- Chalrman Thomas ! (D-Utah) of the senate labor committee said today it would be '''virtually im possible" for the senate to act on house-approved amendments to the Wagner labor relations act if congress adjourns on June 22 as leaders have planned. ' ; Thomas said he would call the committee into session, next week to conitde r the amendments which would abolish the present three-member; board! and create a new three-man agency. The legis lation also would separate the ad ministrative and prosecution ac tivities of the agency . Although Thomasi expressed the opinion that hearings would be unnecessary, Senator LaFollette Prog-Wis), another committee member, said It might be advis able to take testimony briefly on points involved in the amend ments which had not been cov ered by the extensive hearings conducted by the senate commit tee on other proposals to change the; 'act: master, will preside. Roy J. Rice, Marlon county Pomona master la heading local arrangements and is being assisted by the following committee chairmen: - Zero Po lalre, parking; Mrs. F. D. Wolf, home economies; Mrs. ! Roy . J. Rice, information: Mrs. Doily Wickert, decoration; A. A. Geer, arrangements; W. R. Dallas, drllL Monday's program follows: t : 3 0 a. m.. Grange Mutual Fire Insurance meeting. 10:00, opening drill by state of - . fleers; address of wel come. Mayor W. W. Chad wick; response. Bertha J. Beck, state secretary; re ception of delegates; re port of . division of labor committee. 12:30 p. m., noon recess. 1:30, committee meetings. . -2:30, session convenes. -' ; 2:00, reading of state master's - address; reports ' of state officers and committees ; . 8:25, closing - In fourth degree by Charles Wicklander. . 5: SO, address Governor Charles , A Sprague, open to public 7:30, band concert, grange mix er at Olinger field- Bills to Bio CI Profit on To Be Drafted "No MilHonaires'l Plea of Roosevelt Heard Tax Bm 'Approved With Changes Cutting Its Yield Two Million WASHINGTON, June! JPy- stuaies iooKingr toward early en actment of anti-war profits legis lation at the next session of con gress were ordered by tie bouse ways and means eommittjee today in approving a $1,004,000,000 de- tense tax bill. In a Statement, the committee said that there should not be "an opportunity for the creation of new war! millionaires or ithe fur ther substantial enrichment of al ready wealthy persons because of the rearmament program)." Accordingly, the statement add led, technical assistants to the com mittee and treasury officials have been asked to have bills ready at the opening of the next session jot congress which will enable the government, through t a x i, to capture any excess profits, and also to provide for special amor tisation for national defense In dustries. ! ! The full committee annroved. with minor changes, the. bill draft ed by a ! subcommittee which is designed; to raise 91.006,000,000 a year to pay off emergency na tional defense costs In fife years. Murages ni jsxcise i Provisions Voted The measure reduces ipersonal Income tax exemptions, imposes a 10 per cent supertax, Increases the corporate Income tax! one per cent and increases excise land sur taxes. ine omy changes ;the rail committee made in the subcom mittee's bill dealt with excise taxes. t-Jiv.. l These changes reduced the bill's potential yield by about f2,000, (Turn to Page 11, Col. 1) Compulsory Drill Rjll Is Predicted Adler Says It WilliTouch All Male Citizens, Ages 18 to 63 PRINCETON. NJ. JunL 8-PW Colonel Julius Oehs Adfer: vice- president: and general manager of the New York Times, told Prince ion university alumni today a bill to require compulsory j military military training would be ready for congress soon. s The alumni, numbering 60. who heard Adler's talk at a i meeting held in conjunction with the an nual campus program for return ing graduates, adopted a resolu tion approving universal; compul sory military training. , Adler, a member of the class of 1916, said the bill was being draft ed "in words of one and j two syl lables so that everyone would un derstand It. -. He said it would embody these points: j ; ;- 1. Registration of every male citizen, and alien who has taken out first papers, between Ithe ages Of 18 and fi5. - . ! 2. Making all male citizens be tween th ages of 21 and 14 & avail able for military training in times or peace; at the call of the presi dent. . n 3. Making, In times of war, all male citizens between thf ages of 18 and 21 and 45 and 65 liable for military training for purposes of home: defense and those from 21 to 49 liable for regular mili tary training. 1 Adler said between 7 Of and 80 per cent of those between! the ages or 21 and 32 would be .taken for military training, 10 to is per cent of those between 3 2 and 38, and three to aeven per; cent of those between 38 and 45 The program' was sponsored ha said, by the Military Training Camps association. He la a mem ber of that association, a colonel of infantry in the Officers' Re serve corpa and civilian ajd to the secretary of war in the second corps area. j Council to Decide Power Pole jfesue '-if; ' - - ' The question of whether a city permit is needed by. Vm Salem Electric . Cooperative association to set power poles alojng city streets will be before the council at Its meeting of May J17, City Attorney Lawrence N, Brown said yesterday. . j i The cooperative has J already planted some poles, but no more will be set until after the coun cil's decision. - The city attorney : contends a ity permit Is necessary j w h i 1 e Paul R. !, Hendricks, attorney for the cooperative maintains a per mit Is Unnecessary, ART- CENTER Five of the founders of the Salem quarter-million dollar exhibition High street. Mrs. Ljie Rea examines Arthur B. Davies' "Flocks in I V. C Kuhn look on Statesman, i ' Notable Art pens on Founders Day Original Paintings Valued at $250,000 by Such Artists as Corot, Inness, Constable ' and Barbizon Group Are Shown f The outstandiriir art exhibition ever brought to Salem will open this afternoon ai the Salem Art Center in honor of the hird annual "Founders' day" celebration. The exhibit is composed of JL9 original paintings by internationally fa mous landscape artists, lent from the permanent collections of the noted Walker art galleries in Minneapolis, Minn.," and the Portland art museum. Accord-o ing to Charles Yal Clear, state di rector of art centers, these paint lags, for which neigotiatlons have been underway ior some rnowni, are valued at 8250,000. The show will remain ! on view daily- for weeks following today. Some of the most familiar names in art history are repre sented. Original paintings by Cor ot, Inness, Rousseau, Constable, Thomas, Morgan and 1 4 other Im portant artists are shown In this exhibition. The pictures, as a graap, illustrate the development of the conservative traditions in landscape painting. They start with an example by John Consta ble, Who lived between 1776 and 1837, find who was the first great English landscape painter. He was the first artist actually to use the colors of nature rather than the accustomed brownB and greys. From Constable the exhibition turns to the Barbizon group of artists, first with Michel, then Corot, Rousseau, Daubigny, Diaz and Harplgnies. i J- i After the ; French artists, - the exhibition is concluded with, an extensive r e v i e w of American landscape painting. It starts with work by Thomas Cole, .who was born in 1801, and ht of ten. called the "Father ! of American Land scape Art." His "Italian Land scape" in the exhibit Is recognized as his best piece. Frederick Ed win Church is represented with a panoramic view, of the Catskill mountains. Other artists of the , (Turn to Page 2,- Col. 2)1 - ?- ' - - -1 Lato Sports SILVERTON, Jnne 8. Every Silverton player scored, two of theni twice. In the eighth inning as the Red Sox beat Bend Satur day 12-8. SUverton scored 11 runs on If hits in their big ln nlng. I ;( , , j ., t Bend . j ... I ' ' iil' ': ; i 9- 2 SilTerton 12 14 .4 Farmer, Mnrdock, Honehena and. Kramers; Schwab, Yackey, Bennett, II. Hagedom. and Reld, Moe, -, , . ' . EUGENC, ' June - t.J-Jlmjaj Rega 1 limited ' the . Eugene Ath letics to three' hits; here tonight as the Medf ord Craters defeated the local State league club 10-0 to remain, at the top. of the league standings, ' j Medford , " f . ,! ,10 12 1 Eagene ,.: 0 8 8 Rego and Hawkins; Day, Hutcheson ( 8 ) and; Mattisosu PORTLAND, Jnna 8.-V-Th Portland Babes hammered two Hills Creek pitchers for 14 hits and a 12-4 State league baseball victory tonight, Hills Creek -4 9 i Portland ' ' :.12 .14 3 Kendall, Johnson and . Ball: Carstems and Amacher. - . ALBANY. '- Ore.,' June 8. Albany walloped the Jack ft Jill team of Portland, 9-2, tonight in a State league baseball game. Miller! held the , Portlandera to three hits. , Jack ft Jill . , .' ,,2 3 1 Albany. 9 11 2 Penderrrass. Richards and W. Wittcke; Miller and Robertsoq. . COMPLETES ITS Art Center have preview of the which opens today aa a feature of staff photo. Exhibition Switzerland Is On Anxious Seat Shoot Down More German Planes; Will Defend if Land Invaded BERNE, June 8,CP)-L 1 1 1 1 e Switzerland, ! caught between two powerful neighbors already fight ing and a third ready to enter the, conflict, downed two German planes violating her territory to day In demonstrating anew a firm determination to preserve her neutrality. Swiss - army patrol planes brought to nine the number of German planes forced toSarth in the past month when a Messer schmitt fighter was shot down In Lucern Canton, deep in Switzer land, and a nasi bomber was forced to land in soiotnurn can ton,' northwest of Berne near the French frontier, The Swiss ; themselves lost one fighter which was shot down, killing its two lieutenant pilots. In a battle with a flight of nasi bombers over the Jura mountains across from i France. j The fate of crews of the downed German planes was not Immediately de termined. ... With Switzerland! already on the anxious , seat because of the fighting between neighboring France and. i Germany, the pros pective entry ? of Italy Into the war brought ;: roreDoaings mat Switzerland might s n f f e r the same fate as t h e German-conquered Netherlands. But the Swiss hope to pnt up a better fight than the Dutch, i (Turn to page 2, eoL 7) 1 Italians Already Pifjposing "Revenge" Raids on Britain ROME, Jnne 8-()-A pointed warning that five English cities would be bombed for every Italian city attacked! by allied bombers in the event Italy enters the war was published today - by the Rome newspaper II G lorn ale dTtalla Just while foreign observers were ex pressing belief. Italy would enter the conflict next week. - - XI Giornale d'ltalia editor la Ylr glnio Gayda, long recognised as Premier Mussolini's "editorial mouthpiece. , . . Reports have circulated here that the British and French plan to bombard J tali an centers If this nation ; entered the war against them. - , . - To these reports, the authorita tive newspaper said: " "For every Italian city bombed fire English cities would suffer tho same treatment. Bombardment of Rome would be the signal ,for "similar but greater bombardment of London," the newspaper added.' - However, Rome was considered here to be fairly safe from attack. . -o."U' - - SECOND YEAR War Purchase Tempo Raised Items Other Than Planes and Tools.now Bought to Assist Defense NEW YORK, June S-iJPAme& war purchasers, who have hereto fore concentrated mostly , in air craft and tools, now are tapping United States industry for an as sortment of other weapons "and' materials. Wall street sources said today British and French agents sud denly appeared to have widened their range on' orders and inquir ies to speed equipment plans and replace losses. Total orders placed since September, nre estimated at $1,300,000,000 now, and the fig ure is expected to grow rapidly. ; The new German drive, It was pointed out, threatens Important industrial sectors in addition "to those already engulfed by the nasi advance in northern ; France and us iow countries, a r n, i . High-speed marine e hit I n e s shells, Increased steel tonnage and a big powder plant at Memphis to supply allied needs have been pur chased .recently. An atmosphere of intensified activity . pervades the big British -and French buying offices In the downtown financial, district, close to the headquarters of many of the nation's industrial concerns. Of the estimated $1,300,000,000 allied orders the overwhelming bulk has thus far been for aircraft and accessories. Airplane contracts signed or in early prospect approximate $1, 200,000,000. . ' ; -Probably $700,000,000 In zonk tracted orders, mainly aircraft, have been delivered by the manu facturers, an informed source said. i To' avoid giving the enemy in formation, spokesmen f o r t h e commission purposely hare been vague, although specifying that "more than 8,000 warplanes" (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Dewey to Be Nominated First MONTGOMERY, Ala.. June 8. -iJPf-A 1 ah a m a ' s alphabetical right to first place on the roll call of the republican national conten tion will go to New York for the nomination of Thomas E. Dewey, a majority of the state's 13 dele gates announced today. The action of the seven Dewey supporting delegates , came only two days ahead, of a scheduled visit by Senator Robert A. Taft (R-Ohio) who was expected to make a bid for the state's No. 1 spot. V ' --' ' "We are going to vote for Mr. Dewey for the . (presidential) nomination,', the delegates said. and We are going to yield .for Dewey's name to be placed In nomination by the convention." while Italians prepared to make It an open city by removing govern ment offices, troops and aircraft. . Some observers heard that an Italian attack on their first secret objective would come In the early hours next Monday but a source considered reliable indicated it probably would be later, possibly Thursday or Friday night, . - Italians took great notice of what , newspapers described as "the - growing agitation for Am erican intervention" tn the war. But fascists " in government ' cir cles as. well as newspapers contin ued to scout the idea that the United States would be able to give Britain and France- effect ive aid In time. II Giornale D'ltalla" sought to explain the declaration of its ed itor that United States entry Into the 1 war would give European powers the right to Intervene. in American affairs. The newspaper declared the ar ticle was not a "provocation or threat" toward the. United States, explaining it meant to say that (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Only 48 IVIiles From Paris at Nfearest Point Huge Los3 Inflicted ly Weygand Forces in "Trap" jTactics .f;;:lr"": 1 H British Admit Merchant Vessel Sunk; Balkan Stress Renewed PARIS, J n n e O--iSun- - day) The high command, an nouDced today tluit the bati? in northern France is contin uing with unabated violence and has extended to the "t as far as the Argonn. The morning ' conuuunIm said: . . , - -- '.'.'( "The battle continues, with me same violence on position attacked for1 several days, f ' 4 "It ;ls now extending to the east as far as the Argonne. "At dawn the enemy launch- ed a new and very powerful at tack oh wide front from the region of Chateau Porcien to that of thesne jPopnlcnx." , ' (By The Associated Press) , The most massive German of fensive of the wai- and perhaps the greatest of all history; employing .1,000,000 charging infantrymen ' and 3500 tanks, bushed the fight ing defenders ol France back along" a 60-mile front Saturday night and reached at one spot to within 48 miles 4t Paris. A The great deaih-dealing squad rons of tanks, Itbough 'suffering ' great losses, poihted the way for the gray-green Jwave of Germftn infantry, so densely packed that each man laid a steadying hand 01 the shoulder of the next ahead. OutnumberedJ the French mtu . what was off iciatlly described as a "retlrment manfeufir," pitting ail and wreaking terrible destruction , upon it while packing into sup porting points in the deep-spread Weygand line. A French military spokesman said the main lines still held sr.d the enemy losses were "enor mous,'? but still the 60 divisions of German infantry and seven ar- , mored divisions thrust in. Fighting reached all up ar.1 down A 110-mile front from the eea to the Alsne, reaching a peak of unleashed fury in the ct-nter. where an estimated 500,000 mt-a were being used by the naais ia the push! against the Oise vallty alohe-r-the route toward Paris. , Thai French said the.withdraw.f.1 was from the Aumale-Noyon line. In the west, 200 to 300 Gernia tanks crossed the Bresle river ai.d plunged nearly 20 miles south t-Forges-Les-Eaux, but the Frenn . counter-attacked and . siid tby were -pounding the tanks to hits while the river blocked- the Her man infantry. f 1 . ' On the east flank, nar.1 soldiers estblished a- small bridgehead on the Alsne river in the Soissons b- -tor and there, the French counter attacked incessantly. 'V, In the fourth night of the gref-t offensive the battle flamed jtga'a from the Chemln-Des-Dames rid re to the sea, on a line now 110 milts long, with German tanks attack ing and the allied counter attack ing on land and from the. air. War r alarms! mounted mean while In the Balkans as tbe Ru manian war ministry called five classes of reservists to the colors. Italy was poised on the edge of war and Rome foreign observers thought she would enter the frty in less than a week. The: main nazl drives came (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Bus Driver Slain; 4 Strikers Held LOS ' ANGELES, June Bus driver Jay P. Pilcher, 39, mt Flagstaff, Arix., died in a hopitcl today of a fractured skull a few hours after a fight with men po lice identified as members of ti e Brotherhood f of Railroad Train men, which Is striking against Pacific Greyhound lines. f Booked on suspicion of niurdfr were four striking drivers, W. W. Cadle, 43, Huntington park, Cal if., George Bisbee, 39, B. M. Boep pier, 86, and II. P. McElreath, 33, , all c Los Angeles. Det.-Lleuff!. ' Clifford Giltan and Ralph DarS of the police homicide detail said they were Investigating wltnt'j-fc . statements that two other ma were Involved in the altercat io.i and that Pjicher had been etru. with s.1lunt instrument and kick ed, as he lay on the ground. Spanish Paris Embassy Moves IZeccrds, lie: NEW YORK, J&J19 s.-rry-T) ft German radio, in a broadest : English intercepted here by NI-", reported tonight the Spanish - bassy in Paris had transferer -1 T 5 files to St. Jean De Lti t-j t 3 Spanish border becaae of ''il.-s uncertainty of the pre&or.t 'sift tion." ,
