The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, June 09, 1940, Page 2, Image 2

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TLargest Class
iiGets Diplomas
x Individual and Society
: Present ' so Conflict,
'v, Dexter Declares ,l.
(Continued from Psge 1.)
Melvin H. Gelst, dean of the
college of ntusie, sang Cox's "As
piration" preceding i the com
mencement address, i ,
Winners of Annual ' f
I Prise AnBounced ,
-Awards were announced by Dr.'
'Bruce R. Baxter, president of the
'xnlersity. ' who also " conferred.
Mtie degrees on $9 ". bachelors' of
'arts. 'Uree bachelors of music.
"11 bachelors of laws and rive
masters ot arts la teaching.
' . Awards were: - .
Jeseph H. Albert prize, John
S. i-ablln: Colonel Percy Wil
,,, lis . prise, John Dayton Robert
eon; J H. Booth athletic prise.
. frank Lelghtbn Blake; class ot
1919 scholarship prise, Edna
Louts Thoman; library prizes
for -recreational reading. Gene
-eatley, James Anderson and
. Deris Harold; the Keyes prize
t,tpr ratorv. Dean Ellis, Carl Mas
. ea university prize in extempore
,b p ttk lag, William Thomas;
.ASWU fonr year forensic trophy,
, Albert H. Klassen; Theta Alpha
. Pht dramatics award. David 1
Stan; Willamette women's athlet
r"te association senior cup, June
Brasted; Bancroft-Whitney prize,
Lyle Hays Trnax; Joy Turner
Deaa Howard Ellis; Nathan Ber
. kan memorial competition, Lyle
, H. Traax and Edward I Howelt
Alpha Kappa Na
1 List Is ReTealed
- Announced as elected to Alpha
' Kappa Nu, senior scholastic hon
orary society, were Edna Louise
'Thomanj OliTe. Norton Clemes,
John Seth Laughlin, Margaret
Elizabeth Upjohn, John Dayton
bbertson, Hallle Elisabeth Starr,
Verna Louise Vosper, Wallace M.
Turner, Clyde Edward WIegand;
Warren Richard Biggerstaff and
Helen Martha Melger.
Announced as senior' scholars
I for the next school year were:
Harold Hutchinson, biology;
James Harris, bnslness and pub'
lie administration; Lois Herman,
classical civilization; William Kil-
k-annv ; (nnnmlfi- Jane Howe.
Jennette Hulst, Jessie May ituhn
dort . and Muriel Smlthson, eng
Alsh; Virginia Hubbs and Ruth
Hedges, French; Jesse Glbnore
and George Gutekunst, history;
Jeanne Probert, home economics;
Gayle Denison, mathematics; Ma
belle Lilburn, music; Margaret
Wright and Justin Weakley,
-physical' education; Margaret
fcoan. ' physical science; James
Jnnderson, Political science; Merle
Turner, philosophy: Thomas Ter-
Jesen and Francis Pickard.,1
gpeech; William Laughlin, so
ciology; Kenneth Hashes, zoology.
Young Blodd Held
Need for Defense
-BOISE. Idaho, June
. The United States army . needs
' fyoun. blood" if it.ls to be pre
, pared to repel rnrasion of this
country. Lewis J. Murphy of
.South Bendu Ind., national com
mander of' the Disabled American
I Veterans of the WoTld War, toldi
the Idaho department convention
tonight.
I "Our own military organiza
tion," he said in an address, "has
gone stale, as have those of Eng-
nd and France."
He advocated I a training pro
gram! for men of college age his
Summer, asserting.' that tommls
lioned officers fan not be! trained
"in a lew months, as can en-
is ted men." M f
Inell Officer of
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! ALBUQUERQUE, KM, June 8-V-A-
w- Bohler, director of the
piotor vehicle department in South
Carolina-sjis elected president as
the American Association o Mo
tor Vehicle Commissioners con
eluded their convention here to-
.Resolutions adopted recom-
Jaended uniformity in placing of
erial numbers on motor cars and
ta information required on certif
icates of title; continued inspec
tion and research on sealed head
lights; standardization of license
plate sizes; and exchange among
fates of accident reports.
Other -officers elected included
arl Bnell, .Oregon secretary- of
state, first vice-president. J-
Crash Near Boring Fatal
J: PORTLAND. Ore., June 8.-(P)
4-Lester .Lane, Z 3. Yakima, died
today in a Portland hospital of in
5 Juries coffered, sear Boring, Ore.,
last night In" an automobile acci
?at, His brother. Chester Lane,
1 2. suffered A fractured leg.
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Do yon owe Doctor bills?
Yes, It's s personal question. But
the Doctor's service is a personal
service. CaadidlyjUn't It about
time to clear the slate? The Doc
torfielped yoa when yoa needed ;
credit. Help him now. He prob '
ably can ose your assistance at "
this time.' Yes, why not make .
a special effort to pay him? II
yon can't meet your entire obli-)
ration, arrange ra send a little
each week, or each month
You'll feeL better about it
j and so wyoor Doctor!
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Cor. SUte & Liberty rii. 8118
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Radiepboio shows eotwAui of French soldiers who escaped annihilatioB
' thehr arrlTal In Knciana. sareij
B LoBdoB railway tamxaaL note weary ppaice ox snav-uii
Notable Paintings
ToGo on Display
(Cestfnned from pag 1)
early .periods are Homer DMar
tin, Alexander Wyant and Wil
liam Keith. The individualist, Al
bert Plnkham Ryder, Is represent
ed with a typical scene. As a re
view of American painting this ex
hibit ends with the first influence
of the 'Impressionist movement
from France on American artists.
Ralph Blakelock, Child Hassam,
Ernest La wson and Arthur B. Da
vies are representative of this
group.
Open hours this afternoon are
2 to 6. There is no admission
charge to the exhibition.'
During the past Week the Cen
ter has been closed for extensive
repairing to permit proper instal
lation of this show. Gallery walls
have been repainted, lighting sys
tem repaired, and all of the stu
dios rearranged so that the pub
lic may inspect the work of the
classes. Demonstrations will be
given continuously In the sculp
ture, woodcarving, ceramics,
weaving and painting studios by
students and instructors.
-' During the three weeks follow
ing in vhich this exhibition will
be on view, it will be made avail
able by study clubs, civic organ
izations, and groups of various
kinds. Conducted gallery tours
and lectures will be' frequent" feat
ures of the anniversary program.
Also part of the anniversary exhi
bition will be the annual art show
of work in the Salem public
schools under the direction of
Mrs. Ida Andrews. This is arran
ged each year on Founders' day.
AH Salem citizens who origin
ally sponsored and supported the
establishment- of this Center,
which opened on June 5, 1938,
are being honored today. With
two fall years of active commun
ity work completed, the Art Cen
ter today officially starts its third
year. Today's , committee for ar
rangements is headed by Mrs.
J. M. Devers and assisted by Mrs.
George R.v JC.- Moorhead. Mrs.
Otto. K., Paulus, and Mrs. Lyle
Rea. .
Past and present officers hon
ored this afternoon are Mrs. Ver
non A. Douglas, Otto K. Paulus,
Mrs. J. M. Devers, V. E. Kuhn,
E W. Acklin, Mrs. W. E. Ander
son, Paul Wallace, Mrs. Lyle Rea,
Mrs; Ora F. Mclntyre, Dr. F. G.
Franklin, Loren Boulier, Mrs.
Saul Janz, Tinkham Gil be it, E. O.
Stadter, Jr., A. A. Selanfler and
L. C. Maves.
War: Purchase
At Faster Tempo
(Continued from Page 1.)
have been ordered in this coun
try., They also indicated jthat accel
eration in allied buying may be
expected. . ,
Steel circles have been count
ing on heavier allied., buying of
finished products, . Rumored In
trade sources were negotiations
for purchase of railroad cars suit
able for heavy gun mountings.
Provided ! plants can be ound
for quick adaptation to war equip
ment, substantial orders may be
placed for tanks. Idle rail equip
ment, facilities are considered
-among- the best adapted for me
chanized "war equipment manufac
ture. ' Negotiations are underway
for the purchase of "automotive"
equipment; presumably including
tanks to overcome the German su
periority in armored motor divi
sions. Ground Crew and
Nazi Plane Fight
A SOUTHEAST EN Q LIS H
TOWN, June t-(JP)-A lone Ger
man r&Iding plane and a British
ground crew engaged In a spec
tacular duel in the glare of
searchlights late tonight while
thousands of townspeople looked
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'i The plane escaped seaward.
: SerchlIght$ fpI tksd ot the
nazl craft whldh roared in at an
Altitude of I onW 50 i feet Then
the ground defenses blazed away.
Machine ran bullets snurted
skyward. The German, answered
with a: stream; of tracer bullets
directed at the searchlights, t
Anti-aircraft gnns Joined, -the
attack, with numerous burats and
the . raider made -off toward the
French; coast.- .-.' . " k
Why Bb Siclc?'
Brinff this d to my office on
or before June 15, 1940, and It
will entitle you to an appoint
ment for m free spinal x-ray.
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Envoy to Canada
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President Roosevelt has appointed
Jay Plerrepont Moffatt, veteran
diplomatic official, minister to
Canada, succeeding James H. R.
Cromwell, who resigned recent
ly to seek the US senatorship
from Kew Jersey. 'TIN photo.
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Centennial Year
t Con tinned from page 1)
Stadte, jr., both of Ealem. first
and second vice-president, resjpec
tiTely;! Faye . Sparks, Canby,j re
elected; secretary-treasarer and
Walter! Erlckson. Salem. ' Mary
Paranduglan, i j Portland Robert
Utter, ! Salem and Harold Haak,
executive committee members.
With three alumni nominated; for
the two alumni positions on the
university board of trustees, Rob
ert Ndtson, Portland.' Incumbent
and Mrs. Grorer Bellinger,
lem, were elected.
Dr. Eriekaon, and Dr. E
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O.
Richards, retiring English profes
sor, were presented with parting
gifts .handsome books of artists'
worka-M-by Registrar Wilter
Erlckson on behalf of the facility.
Speakers for classes given spec
ial recognition at the banquet
were: IH. S. Goddard, '86; EL H.
Belknap, '84, oldest alumus pres
ent; L. F. Belknap, '80; Seth
Levens, 1900; Perry Reigelntan,
10; Mildred Bartholomew, i'15;
J. F. Cramer. '20: Eugene Sllke,
30. and John Laughlin. '40. A
greeting was read from
Chamberlain, '68.
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Slow Progress
Made by Nazis
Huge r Loss Inflicted by
l" "rVeygiaiirl Forcer in "L
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outl) from; the region of Roy
in the Olsa Taller and from the
Bresle toward Forges-Les-Eaux. ,
3n Germkny,?- military- sourcea
declared that the "greatest offen
sive in Idstbry is trolnf Jnst the
way ' the nasi high eoa m a 4
planned lt,, r, ,..!. J 5
Eschewing' details of the fight-
ing, the kigh eommand -said the
German, army is crunching stead
ily, toward Paris , la ihe wake of
its batterins; tanks and death
dealing Stukas. . .
Progress was claimed for four
main thrusts and Adolf Hitler's
newspaper, i Volkischer Beobach
ter, deftnedi the German, campaign,
in. France, as: .
First, a drive ever the Bresle
river to extend Germany's control
of the northwestern coast, of Eu
rope from the ; Arctic circle to
South of the month of the Somme.
Second, drives sonth . from
Amiens, Peronne and the Olse
Aisne canaL . j
These drives were aimed to
reach their smashing climax at
Paris. ,
The French, admiralty related
that a squadron of naval planes
bombed factories in Berlin's sub
urbs and returned unscathed.
"Absolutely untrue" said the
Germans. '"We have been out
looking for damage with spy
glasses. There have been no air
raid alarms in Berlin and no ru
mors of damage."
Britain, holding up her part in
the battle of France with her hard
working royal air force, took a
heavy, blow at sea. the sinking of
the armed merchant cruiser Ca
rinthia, 20277 tons.
The Carintbia, largest mer
chant ship sunk by enemy action
in the war, was torpedoed by a
submarine. Two -officers -and two
crewmen were killed, the rest
saved. In peacetime the- Carlnthla
carried a crew of"40 5.
Many bombing sorties and re-'
connaissanees were carried out by
the RAF which reported downing
17 German planes Friday against
IS British ships missing.
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Prendergast Free
Thomas J. Pendergmst
Ihomas J. Pendergast, above. Is
Shown as he marched to the fed
eral probation officer's office in
Kansas City, Mo, following' his
release from Leavenworth Kan
federal ' penitentiary where he
served S66 days of a 15-month
term for evasion of federal in
comes taxes. Pendergast,; once
famous for his political power,
now faces possible trial on a state
charge of bribery and also pos
sible federal prosecution in con
nection with a settlement of a
, '. fire risk rate case.
Portland IVIinister
Will Speak Here
Rev. Harold Erlckson jof the
Mission Covenant church; Port
land, will bring a message to
the Young Peoples Evangelistic
Fellowship of Salem, which will
meet Tuesday at 7:45 p.m. in the
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Accident Near Oregon City
Fatal to D. Edenliolni; :
Six" Are Injured
- OREGON" CITT, June S-OT)-
Two automobiles collided on the
Pacifio MsThway two miles south
of here" today, killing David R.
Edenholm 21, Eugene, and In
juring six others.
?The victim was a passenger la
the car of James E. Pardee 22,
Sasanvill.e, Calif. Driver of the
second automobile was Fred W.
Durbin. 22, Corvallia. h
The injured were Durbin, Par
dee, Mrs,, Walter E. . Pierce, 65,
Boise, Idaho; her daughter, Mar
gart,' 17t Mrs.' Mildred Marshall.
S Sr Portland, and Joe Schwab,
21, Astoria. ; "' . .'
All the injured were ocupants
of the Durbin automobile. None
were believed in critical condi
tion. The collision occurred, author
ities said,! as the Pardee machine
turned out ot the lane to pass
another car. '
Edenholm was a senior at the
University of Oregon, majoring
In history, and would have gradu
ated at the end of summer school.
He was a member of Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity. There are no
known survivors.
Switzerland Is
On Anxious Seat
(Continued from Page 1.)
who capitulated after five days
ot invasion.
There have been many rumors
but no facts disclosed concern
ing diplomatic moves among the
tight-lipped Swiss government and
its three big neighbors.
The Swiss army, mobilised
along the frontiers to its full
Calvary Baptist church. Miller
and South Liberty streets.
The past meetings' have been
attended by 120 to 140 Christian
young people of Salem churches.
This will be the third , monthly
meeting. There will be several
special musical numbers. Oscar
Carlson, president, has called a
cabinet meeting after the pro
gram to discuss plana for . gospel
team work and. appointment of
officers to fill vacancies.
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strength of a llialf-million men "
when the Germans invaded the
low countries, now p e r h a p s is
down to 300,000 troops. Those on
leave, however carry guns and '
orders on how to crush any rear
guard action or parachutists.
Some1 sources explained the re
lease of "Part of the troops from
frontier duty simply was the high
command's method of reinforcing
interior defenses. r
By order of the army, no civil
ians except inhabitants of the re
gion are allowed to , enter the
southern Valais department which
covers the j Fre n c h Savoy and1
Italian Piedmont frontier.
There the - great Simplon tun-)
nel and ' mountain passes are ,
chockf ill ot dynamite ready to go
off at the push of a button. The
army command is silent on the
number of troops in that region,
but it-is no secret that famed .
Swiss ski troops and mountaineer,
forces -are- In the Alps which
Italy must cross , to Joia hands
with Germany on the French border.
Italians Planning
Revenge Air Raids
(Continued from page 1)
American intervention In Europe
would' "create a precedent which
would Justify the turning" of Eu
ropean .powers against America
either at the present or in possible
future conflicts.- , . ;
A fascist" in position to; express
the government's view volun
teered belief that the Germans
would crack the Weygand line in
France within a few days and
then would be - ready to attack
London. '-'
. After : the European continent
came under the control of Ger
many and Italy, he said, there
would be no- place for American
troops to; land. . . .
- In the midst of the- war talk,
Vatican authorities said Vatican
City; would be closed to the pub
lic as a precaution except If or
Popes Pius Wednesday audience.
Relazloni International!, auth
oritative fascist weekly, declared
the Italians are en the "eve of a
solemn event'1 which will .be a
"war of supreme independence."
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Dedicate JJO Addition
PORTLAND" June 8-iThe
new $365,000 University of Ore-
gon medical i school library and
auditorium was dedicated here
yesterday.
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