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Thm Q2IGON STATESMAN sSdtnu ' Oregon, Tuesday Morning, Juae U. PAGS IK France Moves Capital South Some Tables Reach. City Region ; ' Main j; Front -: j jt Is " 35 "Miles ' A way - ; (Continued from Page 1.) of . the fgoJrernment docaments al ready hact been-moved. The ! government moved . from Paris to Bordeaux on ept.' 3, 19l4j 'and " remained until the following Dec. 11 when the Ger mans ' threatened the capital In the" World war. "V '. The : battle, ' which had been waged heretofore .. on . familiar "World; war territory for the moat part, swung into Virgin soil as the Germans " advanced west of Paris. " .' ' In-.' the triangle, bounded by .Amiens on the Somme, Rouen. 70 miles west of 1 Paris oxt the Seine; and Vernon,-40 tellea west on the Seine, the Germars re doubled their attacks, crossing the river ' at several 'points. An armored column which ' crossed the Bresle last week, ' led the as sault. -French Take Slain' Stand Along Seine The French took their main stand west of Paris all along the Sene In an effort to -prevent the Germans from effecting further passages and taking the capital from the rear. In - the central sector of the Oise valley, directly north of Paris where the Germans had suffered tremendous - losses, they held back their lnrantry ana sent out dive bSmbers in ah ef fort to break down French re- They broadened their, salient, however, farther east' where they had crossed the Aisne. Three columns fanned out from Sbis sons through La Ferte Milon and Le Fere en Tardenois and toward Fismes. They were just north of Chateau-Thierry and the Marne, where they were stopped in their 1918 thrust by Americans fight ing withi the French. On the east flank, here the French 'have been holding firm, fresh 6erman infantry, tanks ana pianes oaiierea me rcmu lines, but with small gains. Determined to Fight on Says Reynand. But France, besieged on two sides by Germans driving on Par Is from the north and the Ital ians entering the war on the south, proclaimed her grim de termination -to carry on the fight. Premier Reynaud, speaking to his people an hour and 45 min utes after Premier Mussolini an nounced that Italy had cast : her lot with nazl Germany, voiced the nation's grim determination to fight against whatever might come. "The allies are strong," he said. . He emphasied the allied inten tion to continue the war "for the Independence of all other coun tries." - "France has been through even greater difficulties and it has al ways been at that moment that she has astonished the I entire world," Reynaud said. ' Obituary 'I -n !. '-, Lane ; In this city, Monday, June 10, Alice . Marie Lane, aged 6 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold .Lane of route three, Salem. Sis ter of Doris and Frances Lane of Salem, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lane of Independence and Mrs. Nancy Peed of Longview, Wash., niece of Mrs. N. D. Currie of Monmouth, Mr. Irene Fowler of Portland,' Miss Frankie Mae Lane of Independence and Mrs. Herman Hahn of Salem. Funeral announcements later by W. T. Professor Honored ... - , , ( ,;. .. T - " s - "- '. . l - v.. f 4 , i , ; : ; - Kennell Ellit photo MORTON E. PECK i : WU Botanist Is Given Doctorate t v j Study of Oregon Plant Life Earns Iowa Honor for Morton E. Peck Professor Morton E. Peck of the Willamette university botany department, yesterday received the honorary degree of doctor of science at the 87th commence ment of his alma mater, Cornell college, in Mt. Vernon. Ia. He was cited as a "distinguished alumnus of the class of 1895, faithful teacher for 45 years, not ed student of plant life In Cen tral and South America and the northwest, author, poet, and aur thority in scientific research, member of Phi Beta Kappa, and professor in Willamette univer sity since 190ft." A manuscript by Dr. Peck, "Manual -of the Higher Plants of Oregon," will soon be published. It represents 30 years of research work that is considered to have led the fiejd in Oregon. Dr. Peck in this research has accumulated an immense collection of the flora of Oregon, which he has set up at Willamette. He spent 1905, 1906 and 1907 collecting botan ical specimens in Central Ame rica. He is a -fellow of the Iowa Academy of Science, a member of the Botanical Society of America and the Cooper Ornithological club and the author of the "Book of the Bardona" and other poems. Surprise Seen as Italian Strategy (Continued from page 1) toric conversation of last March. IS between Mussolini and Adolf Hitler at Brenner pass. All the world wondered what was decided at that crucial meet ing. . The- agreement apparently gave Italy the promise of Mediterranean control. Mussolini, standing in his fa miliar balconyt made a character istically v i g or o u s exhortation, with his fist continually clenched and pounding upon the balustrade to enforce his points. t 1 Scenes of mild confusion fol lowed the war announcement in the streets of Rome. Several hunj dred troogsr rushed to turn away a mob of sailors and civilians from the British consulate in the Piazza Espana. Firemen held one end of the piazza with hoses attached to fireplugs ready to put! down any rioting. Students and fascists roamed the streets for hours shouting and singing and speaking at demon strations against what Mussolini called the "western plutocratic and reactionary democracies." ( Italy Plunges geiy Claim I President Uses - Word i in Address to ' i Graduating Class - (Continued from page 1) ging f preparation "of " the United States to cope with any eventual ity. , -. "In on; American unity," he said. "We will pursue two obvious and simultaneous courses: We will extend to the opponents of forcV the" material 'resources of this nation and at the same time. we will harness and speed up the use of those resources in 1 order that we ourselves In the Americas may nave equipment ana (raining equal to the task of any emergen cy and every defense, . v, ,., '"All roads leading to the ac complishment of these objectives must oe kept clear of obstructions. We will not slow down or detour. Signs and signals call for speed full speed ahead . . "I call for effort, courage, sac rifice, devotion. Granting the love of freedom, all of these are possi ble. " t : :M "And the love' of- freedom Is still fierce and steady In the na tion today." j -1- Tha chief executive left a cap ital swiftly gearing itself for the task he outlined, to deliver his address to a graduating class which includes his own son, Franklin D. Roosevelt, jr., now completing his law course. - Congress was busy with details of his armament program: The senate approved a bill authorizing a 65a,00O,00O appropriation for an 11 per cent expansion of the navy and increasing its air force to 10.000 planes; the house mili tary committee recommended in creasing the size of the regular army from 280,000 to 400,000 and authorizing the president to call out the national guard for peace time service in the United States and its possessions. The capital echoed too, to 'de nunciations of Italy's course In en tering the war, and predictions that the event would serve prin cipally to stiffen American deter mination to give all possible help to the allies. The house, mean while, prepared to take up the $1, 004,000,000 tax bill, intended to finance the extraordinary defense program. (Continued from Pagfr 1) belligerent dents btweei which might 'extend tb4 peaa war to the far east; Enre- !1 I via tlio pentose I k. at- You can tee California on your round trip East for not one cent more rail fare than yob pay to go straight East! and back (to New York, Chicago, most other destinariot).j See the excitlnz new San Francisco World's Fair, then; continue fast oa our direct Overlaad Route. Or go on down to Los Angeles and Hollywood, then Fast on one of our southern notes. - ! ..V Fast economy trains all the way! On your trip East through Cliformi, you can enjoy fast, S J. economy trains all the way from Portland. Breakfast 25c, luncheon 50c, dinner 35c and many other mooey-saving features on our BePrr to San Francisco, f Frmcis( Challenger (San Frandsco-Cbicago), Cotsfer (San Fran cisco-Los Angeles) and CmLiltiuam (Los Angeles-Chicago). C A. LAESOH - Phona 44C3 '.... I ' ' , . . .v WASHINGTON, June 10. -(JPi-President Roosevelt proclaimed tonight "that a state of war un happily exists" between Italy and the allies and Invoked the coun try's neutrality act in the new conflict. As a result, American . citizens were barred from traveling on Italian ships, restrictions were imposed upon the collection of funds for Italy in this country and the "cash and carry" regulations were applied to Italy's purchases here. No restriction was placed im mediately upon American vessels entering Italy's territorial waters, but it was considered likely that action would be taken tomorrow to declare the entire Mediter ranean sea a "combat zone" from which American shipping would be barred. Three orders issued by Secre tary Hull as a result of the presi dent's proclamation merely . de clared that "the secretary of state announces that the regulations under section 5 of the joint reso lution of congress, approved No vember 4, 1939, which he pro mulgated on November 6 and amended November 17 henceforth apply equally in respect to" the dealings with Italy. In addition to proclaiming a state of war, the president de clared that all the provisions of "my proclamation of September 5, 1939, proclaiming the neutrality- of the United States in a war between Germany ( and France, Poland, the United Kingdom. In dia, Australia and ; New Zealand apply equally In respect to Italy." He also applied the usual re strictions on use of American "ports and territorial waters by the sub marines of Italy. Crowds Threaten Italians, England (Continued from Page 1.) sword with sword ... In the struggle between civilization and the pagan hordes." Words shifted quickly to ac tion. "Important contingents" of new troop's were disembarked in France. Considerable- numbers of additional royal air force planes are In the thick of the fighting on the continent. And the British fleet launched a tremendous shelling of German troops along the nazl-occupled French coast. The air ministry reported re inforced aerial units Inflicted heavy damage on the Germans In northern France,; in Rhenish Prussia and the Ruhr. : , A large force of raiders short ly after noon today . dropped close to 2000 bombs of various types within a period of 15 min utes. fhe air ministry said in detailing a series of Intensive at- I ... , ' . . tacks. 3 Roth and Norwood Rites Are Today Funeral services for John Roth and John W. Norwood will be held here today. Rites for M. . Roth Trill be held at the Bethel Batist church. Cottage and D streets, at 3 p.m. tr der the direction v of the Clough-BarricTr company, with Rev. John Olthoff officiating. Burial will be In , Lee .Mission cemetery. . . , Services for Mr. ; Norwood will be held tt 1:30 p.m. from the Clough-Barrlck chapel with Rev. Guy I Drill officiating. Inter ment wQl he In Belcrest Memorial park. . ' . , Times if the two services were Inadvertently reversed in obit uary not'ees in the , Sunday Statesman, , ' .. MELBOURNE June llff Police and defense officials t day began a, ronnd-np of Itl tans1 following Italy's entry Into the i European war., Thre are 27,153 Italians in Australia, of whom 14,000 are naturalized. LOXDON, Jane ilf(Tnes dy)(P)OfficiaI circlef today welcomed President Roosevelt's speech, declaring it j would. 'hearten and encourage those giving combat sods of force and whom be described as their life blooa In against hate. f WELIiTXGTOX, NZ, June It -P)-Prime Minister j Fraser stated today that New Zealand . was at war with Italy from 10:30 sum. today. New . Zea land time, ia pjn- .-uouuaj, PST.) ! - t 1 ROME, June lt-y-tng Yittorio4, Emanuele today is- n je d a proclamation to ' armed forces, dated frojm if the zone of Operations," announc ing; that he lias entrusted Mus solini with command of Ital ian1 troops operating on every front. y ALGIERS, Jane 11-PV-The commander-ln-c hief of the French forces in North Africa warned the substantial j Italian population of French j posses sions in Africa today that they face punishment "without mer cy" If they act against the al lied cause. j Addressing the many Italians living in T n n i s, Algeria and Morocco, the commander-in-chief 1 said : j "All honest and trustworthy Italians may know that those who obey with discipline; the or ders of authorities and who do not Indulge in suspicious acti vities have nothing to jfear. "But those who make the slightest alttempt or thej slight est movement against the French forces or try to the: national defense Impede Will be punished without mercy." ROME, June 11-(Tuesday) P) Pres tdent Roosevelt's speech, which was heard here with difficulty on account of at mospheric conditions, Was not immediately reported in the Italian press. No official com ment was available. j The address however pro voked resentment among some fascist stalwarts who heard it. Outline Policy Broadening Hof Tax Base, Repeal of Reciprocal Tirade Advocated I " (Continued from page 1) farmers and the national grange will continue to seek their repeal. ' 1 Higher ;t federal taxes on : high and medium incomes, higher state income taxef and higher taxes on large farming operations were items of the tax program recom mended by GUI. ' . r . : Addres of welcome to delegates of - the five-day convention . was made by Mayor W. W. Chadwlck, who ; after his speech ' announced that he was filing his application for grange membership. '. i In response to the' welcome. Bertha J. Beck told of the founds ing of the state grange In Salem 7 years ago. This Is the 'fifth convention the farm group has had here. V ' 'Meeting place for 1941 will be selected this morning and one member to the state grange, ex ecutive committee will be elected. The one post is the only office not filled j through majority vote in preferential balloting by each grange this spring. Tonight at 8 o'clock, at the high school building, a program open to the public will be presented by the state lecturer, Mrs. G. W. Thlessen, featuring the final grange oratorical contest. Other numbers will Include a violin solo by Philip Blankenship, accom panied by Mrs. D. B. Kleihege; reading. Otto A. Dahl of Silver ton grange; skit, West Slem grange; vocal solo, Rex Hartley of Ank'eny grange; skit, Rockfprd grange: piano solo, Rosalie White of Union Hill Juvenile grange; vocal solo, Mrs. W. F. Krens of Union Hill grange; chorus,-Brush College grange; reading. Glen Parrish, Sublimity; yodeling, Saucy brothers of Keixer; play, Red Hills grange. Representing the n a tl o n a 1 grange at the convention is Albert Goss, past master of Washington state grange now living in Wash ington, pc. .' , Second Hop Meet To Be Wednesday INDEPENDENCE Difference of opinion concerning the pro posed hop marketing i agreement was expressed at a meeting of 60 hop growers here Monday night and since the ballots and copies of the agreement are to arrive in the mails Tuesday, a second meeting was called for Wednesday night. Dean Walker presided Monday night and W. A. Anderson of the hop control board explained the agreement. In One Ear . . . . (Continued from Page 1.) - tlst has found the temperature of the moon drops S0Q degrees dur ing an" eclipse, that the man -who made millions by being the first since hairpins : were invented in Roman times to think of putting wrinkles, ia them to keep them la milady's hair died the other day and that in Tulsa, Oklahoma, s church was denled permission to erect a church because ', it would be tod close to three taverns' and a dance h'alL ' .'j ' .f-r'j ;. . i rr ,- !. -.. . The radio networks which, as . their, bit toward neutrality ta- i . booed .war songs, have loosened . the restrictions, and yon cam ex- . '- pects soon ; that the . listener's . . life will, be one round, of war flashes and. K.K.K.Katy. If anybody wants to know yes- Herday was Dragon Boat' Festival day in China and today is Kame hameha day in Hawaii. J 4 . MARITIME NOTE The Wheatland Ferry devel oped a dangerous list yesterday when someone-left the tap of . , the water cooler ; running. The - commander said j he suspected saboteurs and sent In an order for more ice. -Anyway the Italians are fash ionable. Their first move is to visit the Riviera. ! Balkans Are Agog Over Italy Entry (Continued from Page 1.) . gone to waK Rumania already has under arms an estimated 1,500, 000 to 2,000,000 men. Drastic rationing was' expected as a result, of the probable closing of the Mediterranean, which will cut off a large part of Rumania imports., " Yugoslavia: , Long nervous, this country which was born out of the World war travail, and on whose soil the conflict of 1914-18 began, called up large additional numbers of technical troops and ordered erec tion of further fortifications im mediately on her frontiers with Italy and Germany, already strongly guarded. Sources close to the Yugoslav government predicted that "If Yugoslavia's frontiers are violat ed, Russian intervention is ex pected on our behalf." Greece: Naval and military precautions were instituted early in the eve ning amid expression semi-offic-lally of fears that the allies or Italy would attempt to establish naval bases in Greece's islands of the Aegean sea. ' Greece holds a guarantee of territorial Integrity from Britain and France, but it was admitted in Athens that Greece could hard ly stay out of the conflict if Tur key fulfilled her pact with the allies. Italian Entry Mixed Factor Further Hampers Weygand - Program? May Boost , I Morale of. Allies , By KIRKE L. SIMPSON -(Associated Press-Staff Writer) With Italy finally In the war at at black hour for Prance; - at tention 'foeises In three ques tions which are soon to be an swered:- .' " - " What effect : will the Italian war. declaration have on the mor ale of ' the French armies and Trench people?' V r . How. great will be the scope of the - Italian attack on -France proper or on 'Anglo-French bases and naval forces in the Mediter ranean?' . . , ; . What counter measures -' have Paris and London, devised? . . There is. also a .fourth element In the new war situation, which cannot be ignored. It involves the reactions of Greece, Turkey and Switzerland. . Franco - British diplomacy sought to bolster the now-broken peace . status quo on the allies' eastern sea flank by mutual aid pacts with both Turkey and Greece. Tbey may prove of doubtful value In view of the des perate situation in which France already stands. It also remains to be seen whether Switzerland, now completely surrounded by the war. and with the object les son of Norway, Holland and Bel gium' before her, could dare fight if, the Rome-Berlin axis mates demanded unimpeded right of way through her territories to at tack France. , , First Move Awaited Berlin reported immediately the incursion of Italian troops into French territory via the Ri viera. However, the world waited for word of Italian air attacks on French industrial areas In the Rhone valley; for Italian incur sions Into Corsica; an attempt to seize or destroy the British nav al base at Malta; or air raids on the Suez canal defenses. Those seemed probable Italian moves in the tragic game. Mussolini's war announcement included a grim note of warning to non-belligerent neighbors. He framed It as an assurance that Italy would strictly observe their neutrality. In effect, however, his words put Balkan and Mediter ranean neutrals, as well as Switzerland, on notice that they might expect the fate of the low countries and Denmark if they sided with the allies. Entry of Italy Into the struggle has been so long advertised that the shock effect in France is lessened. The marvel of neutral military observers who ' have watched the French armies in action from the 'channel to the Argonne forest has been the splr- i t- , i i -It of French troops. Their mora! though they J have been steadily falling ' back 1 from the ' Somme Aisne front, i ' ' .. What ' happens ' in the first clashes between Italy and France could hearten rather ' than dis courage the French. Fascist Italy is an untested factor ia war. ' - Yet it appears probable thai General Wevsrand must -farther contract his defense lines In the more outnumbered than ever. His effort to straighten out his line front the Bresle river mouth 'on the channel ; eastward through Beauvals and Compiegne, reduc ing his front several score' miles, is already threatened by German spearhead thrusts to the Seine in the west, and to the Curco-Mava salient in - the east, i f . , t ' Further retirement seems des tined to bring France to a stand again on the Marne northeast of Paris, and possibly near the Seine westward. That would mean that another siege of Paris is already taking" shane. ! !. v ' Repulse of the foe In the Sois-sons-Relms - gap would help. ; If It permitted tha French to re gain control of the south! bank of the Aisne east of its Junction with' the Oise at Compiegne it would allow a readjustment of the line west of that point down the Oise to. the Seine, still cover ing Paris from both the ; north and- northwest. ',- rj Whatever 1 General Weygand's plans actually may be, it is ob vious, that he must conserve his forces, to meet Italian as well as ' German , attack, even surrender ing, if need be, additional ground on the channel flank, the Aisne line and some of ,thd Magirfot line Itself. Independent out For Legislature (Continued from page i) diclne for . Normatr- Thomas f;or president ..and'-Majhiard Kreuger for yice-president at a meeting fat tbe residence of John Whltakfr, 660 South street. iat 8 o'clock to night. Plans made there will be preparatory to. a .statewide con vention to be held in ' Portland on June 2 9, f with Kreuger pris- ent.- ,-- ) vl , ; ... zyistra' roundly condemned' the Commonwealth organization abd its secretary.1 Monroe Sweelatid in his announcing statement. He criticized what he asserted . wtas their; . domination of tb censiis organization In Oregon and is Bexted they had failed to cooper ate With Albert R. McCall, Sa lem district supervisor becauise he was not an OCF man. ZyUtra worked under, McCall in the busi ness census and the later .gene al census lal. I have always been", a llbe and;, still am, but I do 'not ap prMCfiof the. tactics of a so-called liberal 6r progressive group,' Zyistra declared. ' ' 1 . ' 1 . I 1 CRAWL is the word for the strote, but; it's no crawling, pace when Peter Fick (foreground at right) is breaking records in the sprint swims. He's sev eral times a champion ... has broken an impressive list of national and world records. His favorite distances are the shortest. ..fastest. His favorite cigarette is the slower-burning brand... CameJ. "Camels are milder and cooler, tor one thing, he explains. "And they . have a flavor that doesn't wear out its welcome. J 4 Sf 7' A A. SPEED won him the title "world's fastest swimmcrIL slow burning won him to Camel cigarettes .- :v . v. SPEED WINS IN THE WATER. BUT IT'S SLOW BURNING THAT WINS WITH ME IN A CIGARETTE. CAMELS BURN SLOWER AND GIVE ME EXTRA rMLDHBSS AND EXTRA COOLNESS AND EXTRA ! SMOKING PER PACK SLOWER-BURNING : V - l 4 ' "T WANT all the mildness I can get In my of flavor and fragrance... means freedom X smoking," says Pete Fide (on diving- ... from the irritating; qualities of excess beat, board). "Camels bcrri slower and give roe Camels give yon extra mildness, extra cool w'hat I want even giVe fne extra cmokiag. mess, and extra fLavor.Thc longer you are Ves, Camera matchless blend of costlier I. Camel smoker, the more youll appreciate tobaccos' and slower way of burning mean these extras in pleasure. And if yon men several important extras. .Science knows sure puff by puff, youll find slow-burning slow burning preserves th delicate clem ems " Camels also give extra smoking (see right). ;' "ir.7-'v . '-' tj -v-i u u LJ I i 1; I Aw , f y-tl ' ' I -rt-i p give you , - v:-:.- ,-, i-V.: r7 1 AW!- m " -"Y "-ir- irf-h-Jr---"-- lh" ' " '" ' w . 2f slls -" O In recent 'laboratory tests, CAMELS burned 25 ilowtr - ; than the average of the 15 other , of the largest-selling' brands ; tested slower than tfwy of thea. - That means; on the average, n smoking plus equal to . EXTnA;S':c::E3 . 10 i Fzn :r:c:u-- CawrtM.UI. B. J. Kejnoldi Tobaco Coeap '.WlctoB-$A!a.T7arti CrK;r t: !V 1 f