The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 09, 1940, Page 11, Image 11

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000 bat the amount of taxes which
would be realized remained only
an estimate. Thief committee pat
it at 11,004,000.000.
The committee said the excess
profits tax, if the next congress
desired, could be. made to apply to
1940 income. , j .
Chairman Doaghton . (D-NC) of
the committee said the tax. bill
would be taken up In the house
Tuesday. , J ..
While the Ux bill is aimed at
raising all the money now pro
posed for emergency defense, with
some to spare, there was talk on
Capitol Hill that congress might
be asked for an additional $1.
000.000.000 for) the army it the
Germans should break through to
Taria before adjournment of tfils
session.
('n for More if
French Collapse;
Both the White House and the
war department! said, however,
that no request for additional
funds was now contemplated.'
Rep. Snyder (P-Pa), the chair
man of the- bouBe military appro
priations subcommittee, said-he
thought an additional appropri
ation would be. j advisable If the
French army should collapse.
Snyder said that on the basis
of Hitler's past j performances in
Poland, Norway, Holland and Bel
gium, it was felt that if he con
quers France, the next objective
would be England.
"Then the next step would be
toward Braxil," Snyder said.
'Therefore, if we are thinking
in' terms of western hemisphere
defense, we will hare to have an
additional 1, 000,000, 000 as soon
a It appears the drive toward
Paris might succeed."
Defence preparations proceeded
apace during the . day. Develop
ments Included: j
(1) Approximately 100 hearlly
;armed attack planes, especially
designed to harass enemy troops
from low altitudes, were ear
marked by the war department for
possible fighting in France, under
the administration's "trade-in" ar
rangement for army and navy
planes. J
( 2 ) Officers of the Inf nation
al association of Chiefs of Police
met with J. Edgat Hoover, direct
er of the federal j bureau of inves
tigation, to set Up a program of
cooperation in national defense
matters. A spokesman for the
group said that the regularly con
stituted law enforcement officials
of the country were "prepared and
adequately equipped to handle na
tional defense (matters so that
there Is no need Tor vigilante
groups . : ' - '
(3) Plans for Extending federal
loans to industry for plant expan
sion under the national defense
program were discussed by Pres
ident Roosevelt and 'Jesse H,
Jones, federal loan administrator.
(4) The United Spates chamber
of commerce said in a statement
that the administration' defense
program was well within the ca
pacity of the country without any
material interference with normal
operations." The program, the'
statement said, would bring into
utilization .capacity that ha been
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(5) The federal communica
tions commission called attention
of ship operators to the fact that
the communications act 'forbids
' superfluous, unnecessary or on
identified ; communications" be
tween ship radio stations and oth
er ships or shore stations. , ..
(CIA statement, General John
J. Pershing, who commanded '
American forces in the World war, !
urged, that the United States send 1
the allies unlimited Quantities, of i
airplanes and anna. He also ap
pealed for contributions to the
Red Cross. ....
Sellers Bound Over
TWIN PALLS. Idaho, Jane 8.
( Ph-Donald Sellers. 21. accused of
murdering his 19-year-old wife,
was bound over today for trial is
district court after, preliminary
hearing.
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in the evacuation of Allied troops
the Allied troops were saved from
. transported Er gland. Photo
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aiopnoco. Doing cared ior by a
among the thousands who continually stream into the French capital.
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Leicester Square j
Is Dark but Gay
Picadilly Also Resounds
to Laughs of Tommies
Home on Furlough
By EDWIN STOUT
LONDON, June 8.-;P)-Gay old
Piccadilly and Leicester ! square
are .as silent , as Limehottse in
the seemingly dead mysterious
city of wartime London, but be
hlnd the black-out life goes on
in a blaze of lights to the rhythm
of the latest American band mu
sic and the clink of glasses.
Boisterously blotting out to
morrow's grim possibilities, fur
loughed Tommies back ' home
from the bloddy battle of Flan
ders are spending their precious
hours in a variety of indoor and
outdoor amusements.
Despite the strict regulations
necessitated by anti-air raid pre
cautions, it's merely a matter of
knowing which black-painted
dooa to open, which heavy cur
tain to push aside and which cor
ridor turn to take.
Outwardly, however, London
presents an aspect in sharp con
trast to the World war days when
patriotism was expressed in shout
ing, singing, street parades and
recruiting demonstrations w 1 1 h
r brass bands and illuminated
trucks and flags.
Other War Different
Those were days of lavish
spending by- soldiers on1 leave
with a determination to keep the
cabaret footlights as well as the
home, fires burning.
Oscar Adche was appearing
then, in "Chn Chin Chow" which
ran fiv years. Charles Hawtrey
was playing in 'Ambrose Apple
John's Adventure.'' while the fa
mous Sir Herbert Tree packed
houses in the historical drama
"Drake."
With, the German Invasion of
the low countries came the fold
ing ap of numerous London shops,
but not all. Tonight's military
minority seeking that kind of
amusement can find ballet, light
opera, farce, comedy, girl mu
sicals, variety and even heavy
drama. ,
-: It finds the iSfleat-screen stars
Bebe Daniels and Ben Lyon filay
ing in "Haw Haw." and it also
finds revivals of "Chn Chin Chew"
and "White Horse Inn." To cin
ema theatre are still playing
"Con With the Wind."
Afters the show, there are innumerable';-
restaurants with li
cense extensions purveying music
and amusement, and after that
if one knows how there is the
English, variant of night clubs
called "bottle parties."
Just Like America
" Supposedly, you .order the bot
tle or bottles for your after-hours
party during the day time, ao that
it Is "technically" purchased dur
ing the legal hoursr for selling
liquor. Actually, It's a procedure
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from Flanders. Tine greater pan
the Nazi trap in northern France ana
cabled from London to ew Terlc ,
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of the customer saying, "waiter,
did you get my order this after
noon?" And the waiter, who may
have never even seen the custom
er before, says unwinkingly: "Yes,
sir. At once, sir!"
The great peace-time centers of
amusement lack the old crows,
however, and for every f urloughed
soldier boy in Piccadilly or Les
cester square you find ten in out
lying dance palaces and special
canteen social halls kept up patri
otically where the expense of a lit
tle music is satisfactory and the
volunteer home-girl talent as al
luring. Variety houses (nearer
the girl friends' 'homes) are
packed.
One really has to get into the
suburbs before the blackout comes
to see the bulk of men on leave
who bare suddenly reappeared.
Thy had almost totally vanished
prior to the army's return from
Dunkerque.
Now they are punting on the
Thames, strolling with girls in the
parks, lounging beside cricket
pitchets and tennis courts or mak
ing the rounds of the pubs.
Material Arrives
For Relief Sewing
Red Cross Receives First
Yardn Shipment; Quota
Is 650 Garments
The first shipment of yarn
from the new quota of war re
lief material baa arrived In the
office of Marion county chapter,
Red Cross, according to a state
ment from the office Saturday,
Dress and layette material Is
being delivered from local stores
and cutting on this material has
already started, said Mrs. Clif
ford Farmer, cutting -committee
chairman. Girls of the Salem
senior high school class returned
at the call of Mrs. T. C. Creech
and under her direction have cut
two bolts of layette material to
be made into garments.
There are 650 garments to be
made in this quota, 'Mrs. Farmer
stated, and any one who has had
cutting experience and who will
volunteer her time is urged to
report to Mrs. John Pollock,
chairman of distribution of work,
telephone 8205.
It ,is also urged that those
who wish to sew report to Mrs.
Pollock at an early date in order
to get production work under
way as quickly as possible. The
entire quota must be completed
and sent by September 1.
. Yarn for knitting socks and
sweaters for children, women and
men is also ready for distribution
and may be arranged for by call
ing Mrs. Pollock.
Historic Hotel in
iA Will Be Razed
LOS ANGELES, June 8-yP)-The
Bella Union hotel, one of the most
elegant in the west and the pride
of the Pueblo in the '40's, is to be
raxed to make way . for you
guessed It a parking lot
Originally a one-story adobe
structure and later improved au$d
enlarged to three stories, it. had
numbered, among its guests such
notables as Gen. John C. Fremont
Secretary William H. Seward of
Lincoln's cabinet. Pio Pico, last of
California's Mexican governors,
and John G. Downey, one- of the
early executives under United
States rule. .
Of late years the historic hos
telry, behind its most recent name
of "St. Charles," it has sheltered
Main street derelicts in the rooms
where once the great ot the land
reposed on "all spring-.beds." -
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TJNEFOCil samsthlr paynentss
renewal expense: no increase in
interest rate. A Prudential 20-Year
Mortf are is the sa wry to finance
your heme. Available in selected
sections ...FHA financing eptioo&L
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Industry in Week
There were sevenffMallties due
to industrial accidental in Oregon
during the week ending June 6.
the! state .industrial accident com
mission reported here- Saturday.
The victims ! were Leon J. El
der. Monroe, brakeman; Albert
E. j Edge, Klnzua, rip sawyer;
Clarence McDanlel, Cottage
u-rpve, trlmmerman; Vincent E.
Bay, -Bandon, Mdader; Wlllard
Arnold Howards, Dee, logger;
Henry Granville -Weckert, ISher-
woOd, tractor Operator, and Wil
lis j Alamo Fisher. Keno. laborer.
There were '818 accidents re
ported to the commission during
the! week.
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Prisoner Fate
Always Tough
Grim Conditions of First
-. World War Recalled i
Some not so Bad
By GEORGE TURNER ,
NEW YORK,, June 8.Py-To
the miseries of war add the un
happy fate of the soldier who is
made a prisoner.
Maany thousands ot prisoners
of war ha to been taken by the
German armies during the blits
krieg in the low countries and
northern France. The Berlin com
muniques do not estimate the
total nutnber.
Little so far has leaked
through the censorship as to
what happens to these fighting
men, once they are taken back of
the lines. They are forgotten men.
Vaguely, the public knows that
the prisoners are Interned in
camps or . put to work for the
duration of the war, unless they
are fortunate enough to be ex
changed.
But, if Conditions today ap
proach those in Germany dnring
the World . war, many ot these
fighters are destined to go
through a living hell. If they sur
vive the physical and mental tor
tures until the end of the con
flict and return to their home
lands, they ' will carry haunting
memories to the rest ot their
days. - i
Examinations of the narratives
of Red Cross, YMCA and similar
agencies during the World war
reveals a shuddering picture of
human suffering.
In fairness to Germany, how
ever, it should be stated that
conditions in a number of intern
ment camps were good. Life waj
tolerable, for instance, in the
great! camps at Gottlngen, in
Hanover, and in Munster, where
the prisoners were treated like
soldiers.
I Some Shocking
But, the official records of
neutral visitors at the camps at
Mannheim, Cassel and other
places show shocking conditions.
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At the latter camp. In one-year
(1115)- 3000 French and Russian
soldiers died ot typhus terej
lone, where they had little or
no medical attention.
j The typical German , prison
camp of World war days consisted
ot enclosures surrounded by a
barbed wire fence ten feet high.
In some camps there was another
fence, 76 feat beyond. To be
caught between the fences meant
instant death. . ' .
j ' The hutments, or barracks,
were usually of' wood, one- story
high.' The prisoners were bunked
in tiers. Each prisoner was given
two blankets. Some camps .had
passable stoves for cooking, but
usually there was a lack of. fuel.
Sanitary conditions were poor,. :
When Ambassador Gerard vis
ited the camp at Wittenberg, dur
ing an epidemic of disease, . he
found conditions "frightfuL The
Germans had practically deserted
it. The sick had to take care of
themselves.
1 Of all the hardships, work in
the mines was dreaded the most.
The prisoners were defenseless
against those who had them un
der ground and they were brutally
treated. Thousands were forced to
work in the marshes all day
long, with water up to their
knees.
1 A policy was adopted whereby
working parties were sent out
from the main camps. Some work
ed on farms, in stone quarries, on
highways or in factories. They
lived under guard and there were
many abuses. Sometimes, on the
farms, the prisoners were un
guarded and their treatment de
pended upon the disposition of the
farmer.
I All matt or parcels of food, sent
by relatives or relief agencies
went to the main camp and thus
did not reach the detached prison
ers. 1 Then there were the dreaded
"reprisal camps' in wheih prison
ers were placed in reprisal for
some presumed offense on the part
of : the enemy government. The
prisoners, selected at random,
were perfectly innocent of any of
fense. They suffered many hid
eous forms ot abuse, neutral ob
servers said. -
L Many British prisoners were pat
to work behind the battle lines.
where they faced death from the
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O Urti-aiatic Cold Control .
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Up 27 per Cent From '38
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SEATTLE. ,lune 8.-W-The
Pacific palp and paper Industry
monthly. In an annual review
number, to be published Monday
will say that the Oregon ; and
Washington wood pulp produc
tion last year exceeded the 1938
output by 27 U per cent and was
only t per cent under the ; two
states' all-time record" sjet in
1937. : : ; . i C'
' The periodical's detailed analy
sis of the industry will show last
year's production in the two
states aggregated 1,3 8 4,1 1 1 tons
compared with the 1938 total
of 1.087,747 and the record
breaking 1,523.192 tons produced
three years ago. - -
The Journal will estimate
Washington pulp mills turned, out
1,107.318 tons last year, and
the Oregon mills. 270,829. And
that Washington's production
rose 111 per cent In the decade
starting In 1929. Oregon's. gain,
in the same 10 years, was 5.5
per cent.
The two states produced 29 H
guns of their Own army. Finally,
in April, 1917, the German and
British governments reached ' an
agreement that no prisoners of
war on either side should be em
ployed within 30 kilometres of the
firing line. But, nevertheless, ac
cording to the British, the Ger
mans continued the practice.
When American' prisoners fell
Into the hands of the Germans,
continual pressure was -brought
on the German a u t h o r i t i e s.
through the Spanish embassy at
Berlin, to concentrate them in one
camp. These efforts finally were
successful and they were Interned
in a camp at Rastatt, on the banks
of the Rhine, convenient to Swit
zerland, where It was possible to
organise committees to look after
their needs.
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per cent of the entire sulphite
palp production of the United
States. Editor Harlan Scott said,
in an advance statement, as com
pared with 34 per cent In 1938
and 40.8 per cent Url937. Wash
ington and Ore on produced 19 4
per cent ct all grades of wood
pulp produced In the nation last
year. ,
The nation's output set a new
record of 7,117.000 tons of all
grades .last year an expansion
of 8.S per cent over the 1937
national record of .572,9 IS tons.
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