i Fair today and Saturday; warmer with low humidity in the interior. Max. temp. Thursday 77, niin. 53. River -2 ft. Northwest wind. -J NINETIETH YEAB? 1 ; I Salem, Oregon. Friday Morning, June 14j 1943 ' ' I Price 3c; Newsstand 5c f . No. - - -- !---- - I j ' ' ' ' -. . ..,,. . . s - , . - ! - ' t ; -. ; . ' - i - , , i, a j -I . . . . ; ...... , . I - - - .1 , : - . ., . . , , ft' V ' r ! ', ; ! .1 f : " ... .t 7 . . 1 . , - i i-, ,n j - . f . . - , ( . Geinnruaiiis Meporttcdl ImisMc Gates of Paris .... , i . ' " 1 - Rieveai -r J Stayton Is up to 1066 :j 1 Mt..Angel Has 1116, McCall Reports Jefferson Is Only Loser ; inlDecade; County i- Total! Due Soon t i---- . . i- .! : . Final results of the 1940 cenJ turn wer anttounced for 18 Mar' loa and - Polk county cities yesJ terday . dt rmtnet (jeasas jenumi i erstor A? B. McCall. ' I ; Id air cases bat one. tovni in I -the Salem area Increased. la pop ulatlon during the J 8-year -period since the last enumeration in 19J0, McCall'a atinonncement ' Showed. 1 1: ; .-'-: ?v :: '; ' -J -. , ; --I I -:. The only town which showed ! a decrease was Jeff eraon, which dropped fronf 611 to! 471 during , the decade.;: f . ' - J - ' i Others increased rapidly, with: West Salem, which I arew from! 974 t to 1410' e, totaj of 45 per! cent, among the leader. Most ra pid growth for the arfe,-koWeYer,j was shown by Tniaief, which In creased by 48 per cent from 23 i to !415.;: Falls City j experienced nearly etnal - increase, .. having come from 494 to 713 during the period, a. 44 : per cent growth; . . SHrerton, the largest city list ed, was shown at 2925 in 1940, aa compared with 2412 in 1230 Woodbtira totalled i -1281, v g against 167 ; and Mt, Angel was counted at 1116 compared with 979! a decade ago. at 1066, as compared with 797,! and Independence at 13 C 2 as ; against 1242 . in 1930. Gerrais grew front 254 to 332, Habbard from 330 to 387, Scot ta Mills from 153 to 225, and Sublimity from 214 to; 280. - ; Monmouth; third 4tity in Polk county, was counted out at 964 as compared With 906 in 1920. Aumsrille, ; In' Marlon county, showed-a population! of 173 as compared with 151 tea years ago, . andr Aurora was enumerated at 226 against 215. Donald Increas ed from. 114 to 163, while St, Paul climbed from 148 to 183 Counties' Totals Being Audited McCall indicated yesterday that total count tor various counties in this census district! wilT be re vealed before, scheduled date of closing of the census office on June 30, but did not say exactly when the announcement will be made... : j-.-r :?-' - Ai number of routine details remain to be dealt with before final statements of county pop ulation can . be revealed, he said, and concluding operations of checking and auditing must be completed. ; . U-- ,v. ; o Magazine Quits MEXICO CITt. June lS.-t JTose i Vasconcelos. noted Mexican intelloctuai and publisher of the nasi-sponsored magazine . Timon, announced tonight that because of existing conditions' the weekly had suspended publication r ' His announcement followed by only K few i hours the govern ment's official statement that Ar thur Dietrich, chief of. the Ger man legislation s press : bureau and director pf nazl propaganda in Mexico, had been asked to leave the country because his activities were; "considered prejudicial to our nation." ,; --:! ; r Tim on, an elaborately prepared magazine with articles extolling the third reich and attacking Eng land and France, was financed by 'Dietrich's office. Two Farmers Diea : Result of Battle Oyer Water Rights IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, June 13-0!P)-Gulflre tbat cUmaxed a potato field e.uarrel ever irriga tion rights aook Its second vic tim today with the death of Jo seph A. Parr, 48, Osgood farmer. Parr died In an Idaho Falls hospitaIct"an. -abbminal ound. Nicholas Konen, 51. who De- puty ' Sheriff Bryan i Ellswcrth said fired on his unarmed neigh bor Tuesday, following months of dispute, succumbed shortly af terward of what Ellsworth term ed a self-inflicted head wound, j- The neighbors were standing abdut 30 feet apart ! in Parr'a potato field when the shooting took place, the deputy, said. ' jiurner HeaviestGains Nazi-Sp fc- VS TI P C If tl II Tksk I BEAUTY AND s 1 ft :sm- ''- i4 (A f : ft it v Ray W. Gill, mast ?, "the Oregon California Grange, stood yesterday wlta Jttajorette Wta Hnebner of drill team as teams from state ; of their organization. Winning nd and Silverton Hills third. (Congress May Remain in Long as f . . ' ' : ii fa las: J . Hauser Column jThe legions of Bismarck ' and Von Moltke had crushed the mis led troops of a misguided Napo leon in 1 8 7 0 p when Walt Whitman was! writing "Leaves of: Grass." It A t t was bitter de- t feat and Prus- f sin b o t.s A nndpr t tramped L'Arc de Tri- omphe. The legions of Hitler and Von Reischenau fare crushing In on Paris and i Pre mier -Reynaud is H- Hsaser. Jr. as! much as admitting "this bat tle! is lost.! It is 1940,' but the Words of Walt Whitman still ex press the- hopes and feelings or those portions or ine worta noi yet succumbed to hate and power. I Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) ' Food Stamp Plan Opening Is et jiny 10; uirector nere Prosnects for success of the ederal surplus commodities cor poration's - food : stamp plan in Marion county appear to be excel lent, Jonathan Garst,' regional di rector of the "plan, stated yester ay during a brief visit InSalem. TWe introduce the plan' into Portland on Janhary 1 as the ninth or tenth city Jn the western region to receive it," he told re rrter yesterday. ' -It, has run excellently there with great cooperation not only from, the welfare department and food stores, but also from welfare Clients themselves," ; , JExDansIor of ; the Portland stamp operation is now beginning, he said, with introduction of the plan into Clackamas" and Marlon THE STATE GRANGE 'U' 4i f ' 14 4 ifelfclllfl ' i " i ' 5 4 '; State Grange (left), and George granges competed on Olinger field drill team was from Fairmont in (Statesman staff photo.) 1 f t i 5 i ' ) ' i k -t ' i ' ' ' t ' t ? ' ' ' , , . World Crisis Continues Fifty Million Dollar Red , Voted but Opposition Transfer of Arms WASHINGTON, June unquestiomnp-iy, thfe senate approved! a 550,000,000 approprii' ation for Red Cross relief work among the homeless civilians of the allied lands today,' but a bloc of senators was reported to be organizing to prevent any direct transfer of military equipment from, this government to Great Britain or. France!. At the same time there wereO accumulating indications that con gress would be in session for some time to come. Speaker Bankfiead said original plans for adjourning on : June 22 probably would have to Ibe abandoned, and 'Majority Leader Rayburn asserted to the republican - members that they wdnld have "all the opportunity to suy In Washington this sum mer" that they may desire. j Republicans in both houses of congress had adopted resolutions opposing adjournment so long as the present European crisis con tinues, a number; of democrats also had urged that congress stay in Washington. (Turn to page 2, col. 7) counties, where It will be handled through state welfare agencies. "We hope to handle much of the Marion county relief work in sofar as it Involves the stamp plan by use of the malls In send ing stamps to purchasers in every part of the county, Garst re ported. . '::'! . "In that way relief clients re ceiving stamps may -use them at retail food stores of their ! own choice In their own communities and thus avoid dealing with a cen tral relief commissary near: wel fare headquarters." '!;; The regional director Indicated that about $50,000 worth of orange stamps, which may be used for staple food commodities, and " (Turn t9 Page 2, CoL 2) MASTERS - v t . a i "1 if - si -.5 .its; 111 "'?'W'- s - Sehlmeyer (right), master of the the HannyOale (Douglas county as a part of the state convention Benton county, with Sunny dale sec- Session Cross Appropriation 1 Develops to Direct to Allied Forces 13. ( AP) Unanimously and Most of Officers: Of Music Teacher Group Reelected At the 25th annual convention of the Oregon Music Teachers' ash sociation yesterday afternoon at Waller! hall, Mrs. Jean Willlamp of Portland , was reelected presi dent of the association and Franh els Virgin! e Melton was retained as vice-president. ' j Other officers, most of them reelected to serve a second term, are: Qrviile Shults, Bend. Alice Clement!, McMinnville, Amy iOlmr stead Welch, - Portland, Virginia Wright, iRoseburg, Mabel S. Powj- a s w4wms m 4M si v w m p Tillamook, second vice-presidents Erelene ! Calbreath, Portland, corf responding secretary; Mrs; Jessi4 Bush Mickelson, Salem, recoiding secretary: Amyr Warren : Baler i Milwaukie, treasurer; Mrs. J. C Holdenl Tillamook and Mrsi George ditors. The LIndsey, McMinnville, au convention closed i las night with a formal banquet a the Marion hotel, and a party at Roberts', studio afterwards. ; Our; Senators Y7cn 0-0 J'ti;1:.'i."-t W ' '' ; r!f ,iir""' ' bl'fU Gfowth RaVer Thanks Grange i To Bonneville Fairniount Grange Wins in Drill -Contest at Olinger nsideration of Bulk of Resolutions Remains for Today jThe drill team from Falrmount grange In Benton county placed first in the state grange conven tion's drill contest yesterday af ternoon on Olinger field, winning the 140 first prise and the right tot lead the inarch in the exem plification . of the sixth degree ceremonies last night. , ; . jsecond place . was , awarded Sunnydale grange In : Douglas county, audi third place , went to the young grangers' . drill team from Silverton Hills grange. , The convention closes tonight with the last session set for 7:30. pr. Paul J. Raver, Bonneville administrator, addressed the gran gets during the morning session, emphasizing i the Importance of the grange in carrying t out the prdgram of the BonneviUe act in giving preference to r u r a 1 and residential power easterners. He thanked the grange for Its efforts in. .retaining 0 per cent of Bon nevlUe powerr tor FDD's. ?I aia not concerned about he sal of Bonneville power, but to i (Turn to! Page 2, Col. I) 5 ' Pact Willi Allies But, Signs Trade Treaty With Germany; Egypt Prepared to Aid (By The Associated Press) Turkey reaffirmed Thursday her mutual assistance pledges with Britain iand France, wavinr fasiie as worthless Italy's offer to respect her neutrality, while Egypt put all her air and naval bases and ports at Britain's dis posal, promising the "greatest possible assistance." The action i of the Turkish gov- ffernanent did not mean an immedi ate entrance into the war; the plan was to await developments in the eastern Mediterranean, not taking an active part if that area unexpectedly remains quiet. ! As . matter of fact,! Turkey only Thursday signed a new com mercial agreement with Germany, underlining her desire to remain non-belligerent as long as possi ble. j .. ;j . , The Mediterranean was astir from Palestine to Port Said-!-! with preparations for theworpt, 1 In Jerusalem, Fltawari Iterou, the new commander-in-chief of HaUe Selassie's Imperial forces in Ethiopia the kingdom , taken from the negus by Mussolini prepared to leave by air! to take the field against the ' Italians there. j - , ; , - , ' j "Now," he said, "is ohr golden chance . . .with allied support we jwlll return to our homeland In triumph with the negus at our head and the Lion 05 Judah will reign again." ; j j Some 200 jo 00 trained! Ethio pians were reported ready to at tack the Italian!. The attitude of Spain! in the broadened war was defined by government decree as non-belligerent, rather than neutral. While there was j nothing to ! suggest that Generallssim Francisco Franco might be preparing to go in along with Italy and Germany, It was nevertheless recalled that non-belligerency was long: the .of ficial policy in Rome before she took tho plunge. '-'.!'. Italy Gift Statue Smashed; Will Be Made Into Shells TORONTO, June 13-WHA large bronze f statue! presented by the Italian government to the: city on the occasion of Toronto's centen ary was smashed today, by Mayor Ralph Day and sent to a muni tions factory to be converted into shells. -i j The statue is one of Romulus and Remus, legendary founders of Rome, -and had been in a closet, j "1 never did like the thing any way," Day said.' "Anyone who has ever "seen the atatue will ) agree that it was no work of art that 1 Turkey Reaffirms House Passes Bill to Deport Harry Bridges Vx?te Is 329 to 42 Upon Bill - -Declaring Him . : Dangerous Alien 7?'-- i-i -. ' - r : . - Angell Votes Aye, .Walt :. Pierce no ; Legality, of Act Affirmed WASHINGTON, June 13-P)-The house approved 329 to 42, today a bill directing the attorney general to deport Harry Bridges, CIO west coast maritime leader, to Australia, immediately. The measure now goes to the- senate. As originally Introduced by Representative Allen, the bill was aimed at possible deportation of Bridges as an undesirable alien, but provided for a hearing and trial. . , !... At the last -minute, however. Representative Van Zandt (R Pa) secured a revision providing for mandatory deportation of the Australian born . labor, leader "whose presence In this country congress deems . hurtfaL" The phrase was taken front: a supreme court 1 decision dealing with the powers of congress to: enact leg islation for the deportation of aliens. "....V-W. i" When Van Zandt .proposed the revision. Rep. Mlchener (R-Mich) arose to inquire what would hap pen if Australia refused to' ac cept Bridges. Van Zandt replied: "That would be a problem for the justice department," ' but a moment later he added that the United States had not encounter ed difficulty In inducing Great Britain, or any of its dominions to accept deported aliens. Rep. O'Connor .(D-Mont) said mat unaer - the procedure pro posed, you could. keep (Bridges) In Jail , tfU h roU." ' To i Which Rep. ' Johnson (D Okla) retorted from his seat: He needs to rot." Rep. Leland Ford (R-Calif) tola tne nouse tnat srtdges was a "fifth columnist," 'a ,law breaker," and was guilty of "moral turpitude." . A little earlier. Rep. Marcan tonlo (AL-NY) read to the house a letter Bridges had sent sever al members denying charges that his citizenship application papers were irregular. Votes for the bill Included that of Angell (R-Ore) and the "no" votes included that of Pierce (DtOre). Mott (R-Ore) was not listed as voting or paired. SAN FRANCISQO, June 13- -Jhe Harry Bridges defense com mittee declared tonight it was going to ask nation-wide protest against the house's action today in passing a bill calling for the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Beards of Salem Guardsmen Won't Have to Come of f CAMP CLATSOP, lane 18 Guardians of the etrtngent : military code - pnt aside the shears and shaving brash to-' - day as - concession . to Salem beards.' l. . Bushy-faced national guards men of the 34th Coast artil lery walking advertisements for Salem's CentennIal--got by under a legal-minded sergeant's interpretation of army regula tions. , -v v , The sergeant asserted the na tional guard should fit into civ ilian life as much as possible. Itwould be aa intrusion Into normal conditions, he decided, to demand removal of the cap ital city whiskers. I V The informal ruling came too late for several Salem troopers who took the code literally. , Demand for Paris Surrender To Be Issued, Berlin Report (By The Associated Press) Under the laws of war an . "open, city, such as Paris was declared by the French, cannot be attacked or bombarded. V r i This regulation was adopted at The Hague : conference in 1907. -v S -' An "open" dty was -defined as one which is not defended. It cannot be used as base for operations - nor - occupied : by ! troops. Military beadnarters must not be maintained there. If there are fortifications, they' must be smmanned. . f BERLIN, June 13-5VAuthori-tatlre reports of an impending German radio ultimatum for sur render of Paris, with the alterna Ure of devastation, were followed tonight by a published report that the French would not defend the city from within. -- The report was carried under a Paris dateline by DNB, the-German-news agency. One interpreta tion here was that the French de cision had spared the beautiful Impassioned Appeal For American Hel Voiced by Jieynaud Message From Bullitt of Nazis Entry to Capital not Confirmed; Tired Defenders Pushed Farther Back "All Legal Aid" Requested of US by French Premier; Decision Made " to Fight on; British Aiding . WASHIXGTON, June 1 4-( Friday )-p-The German army is ' "inside the gates of Parts," Ambassador William C Bullitt in formed the state department early I today, f- 'The city war quiet," Bullitt's message' said. He had tele phoned Ambassador Anthony J. Drexel Blddle, United States en- - voy to the Polish government mw at Tears, France. Blddle relayed the message to Washington. v - , Bullitt, who has remained at his post in Paris, seat the n4i fication at 7 p.m. Paris time .bat fx was aearly 7 p.m. Pacific standard time before Biddlo got wont to the state department. Bullitt gave no indication of what he meant by 'inside the tes." -. ; --I V.-v,;:- . ,.. . r .; LOXPOX, June 14-ff)A spokeiaiaa at the French embaasy said at S a.m. (2 cjiu, EST) today that be had no confirmation of -United States Ambassador Bullitt's report that the German amy had reached a point inside the gates of Paris.' Telephone commnnlcaUoa to Paris was said by telephone of ficials to be "not dosed, bat it wan added that "there is an - ; definite delay and no calls are being accepted." , (By the Associated Press) Crying out that "the life of France is at.'stake" Premier Paul Reynaud declared Thursday night he had sent a "new and final appeal" to President RooseVelt for, help. France needs "clouds of airplanes' from across the At lantic, he said, in a radio speech to his people. v Reynaud spoke as nazi amies pressed in from three di rections on beleaguered Paris and even started down toward the grand route of the Loire river toward centraLFrance, where the government is in refuge at Tours. , ,Hetold his people he had pleaded anew today with the U7 Uar Bulletins TOURS, France, June H-UP) The high command announced today French forces had with drawn from Paris. The high command communi que said: ( "The enemy ! push on two sides of Paris still further was accentuated. "Due to this advance the troops protecting Paris have withdrawn from the city, con forming to orders. "The French high command, in renouncing direct defense of the capital, which is an open city, wished to save it from the devastation that would result from such defense." BERXTX, June 14-(-Xo of ficial confirmation could be ob tained here today of US Ambas sador William C. Bullitt's mes sage to Washington that Ger snand troops are "Inside the , gates of Paris' but Germans ! said the veracity of the report j was not doubted. The propaganda ministry was humming with activity, trying to reach the most competent 7 quarters. - -ry; . The Berlin army command j , similarly still was without, in formation as to whether Paris had been occupied by nazi troops. ' ' TOURS, France, June JL4-(JP) -There will be no military press . conference this morning, it was announced early today. -- The Associated Press staff here prepared to leave for Bordeaux during the day . i (Editor's note: preparations of The Associated Press staff to leavo the French provisional capital were taken as indications that the French government may be forced to move again to es (Turn to Page 2, CoL ly , city on the Seine from the fate of bomb and shell smashed Warsaw. - None could say, however, wheth er it could be regarded as satis faction in advance of the expected demand from the German high command that the French capital actually surrender. ? This left uncertain the real war fate of Paris. . s,- v. There also was no official con firmation that negotiations were under way through a third party apparently the .United States embassy at Paris to withdraw the battle sone from Paris. , Reliable but unofficial sources said, however, that United States Ambassador ; William C Bullitt had relayed. mesage from the French, saying that only firemen and police remained to watch over the newly declared "open city," The French said they would fight before -Paris and, if neces sary, behind the city but not In the capltaL v With German forces on three sides, Germans were certain that (Turn to Page 2, Col. S) united Statespresident rfor all legal aid? to "crush the evil pow- er that has descended rope." .- over Bat Reynaud declared with d fiance, the soul of France "is set broken," and he appealed to the ideals of the American people, asking "will they yet hesitate declare themselves against nasi Germany?" --. : His speech was made at the, end of a hard day for the French arm ies, a day in which masses of nasi troops had streamed t h r o u sa three bridgeheads on the Sela river.- The French defenders, fighting without rest against forces con stantly, relieved by fresh troops, were in dire need in every fight ing sector. - Also to the north and east et Paris, as well as on other active sectors, the battle for France raged more violently than befor and the dogged French were fall ing back. -.i j But in-the face of great revr- . ses, and withjtheir beloved, Jea a tiful capitation the Seine men aced, the. defenders got the word from their government that French resistance would be car ried out to the bitter end. The decision was made by the French council of ministers which, having fled Paris, met at the temporary French capital. Tours, together with British Prime Minister Winston Chart-bill and Foreign Secretary Lord Hall fax. ; . . Britain Straining : All Efforts to Aid Britain strained every sinew tm send all possible help to her hard pressed ally. . - , The British ministry of infor mation said the army was send ing "all available troops and ma terials" to be thrown into thm fight against the nazi -army f nearly 2.000,000 men, storming ever closer to Paris and pressing ever onward through the Wy gand line. t Fierce air warfare spread int the near east and Ethiopia wherw the British royal air force struck at Its new enemy, Italy. The British said a powerhonsj. gasoline ' dump and barracks at (Turn to page 2, coL 1) Threat to Blow Up Postoffice Is ' Cause of Arresl HUBBARD, June 13 Jobs Thompson, a 29-year old tran sient who threatened to blcw m& , the Hubbard postoffice If bo was not given a dollar, was turned over to state police berw today after he was captured by -Rural Carrier MurreL ' i Thompson entered the post office about 1:15 p-nu, and laid V a note demanding a dollar on tho counter before Postmtstre lUaache Dram and left. Tb note said, 'llave money ready forme by 5 o'clock. If mot I will blow cp the office.' . Murrel followed the irmn and brought him back to th office. Three pocket knives anl a bunch of cetton was all Uat was found la his pockets. State police, were called and took; Thompson to Salem w!if.re ' he is held In tho county i a vagrancy charge. State polk- said they would notify federal-' authorities. . -