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NINETIETH YEAR
Salem Oregon. Saturday Morning Jan 15 1943
Prlc 3cy IIwsstandai 5o
No. 63
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Farm Problem
Resolutions up
Before Grange
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Convention. Session Runs
- Far in Night; Fruit
- - Grades One Topic '
Truth in i "Wool iabeling
Sought; Gill May not
Seek
Another Term
Seeking ways to lmprore the
economic condition of the' farm
er. scores of resolutions jwere con
sidered. and manr were adoDted
- yesterday during tlie closing ses
sions of the 6 7tn annual eon
rention of the state grange here
Late last night delegates were
still - going 'Strong,-? giving Indica
tion adjoornament- woald : f prob
ably not come until the morning
; hours. ' ; . 1 ': ' ' "V: - -
Resolutions adopted Included
one .which recommended the en
actment of laws ' for the grading
of traits and ' Tegetables by the
department of i agricultare anlM
which adtised, establishment' of
federal .;. grades."; f Another;, ad
vocated compulsory .arbitration of
labor ' disDUtes-wbere perishable
crops are Involved,!" , and a third
asked that producers : be per
mitted to sell directly to the ted
era! surplus commodities corpoxa-
' An. Investigation was! - author
ized to determine the desirability
of seeking flegislatioin to make all
county, offices : n o a-p artisan.
"Trutli In wool, labeling was
farored t In another a resolution
. while yet j another recommended
exemption ;from taxation of farm
er-owned telephone lines, s i
Protection of the small farmer
was sought la a resolution" pro
Tiding for the appointment of a
committee to hold special sessions
to formulate a, plan to seethe
smaii rarmer.
1 Koad Maintenance
Two - resolutions y dealt- ' With
roads, : ' pne :- asked - that ; the
county be: required to maintain
any publie ! road on which there
is enough travel to . necessitate
Improvement and - maintenance.
The , other asked that roads de
stroyed bT'j logging tracks r be
maintained) by an amount ' of
money - equal to the amount re
ceived by the "State highway de
partment from the public utili
ties commission license and ton
nage tax.'- ' l; " ; -jj - ,
ine .grange also favored-, a
movement to increase federal for
est fire-fighting funds and asked
that i the united' States pay coun
ties a reasonable amount for federally-owned
land in lieu of taxes.
A stady of a prepared reforesta
tion bill to . Improve weaknesses
was authorized. -Cost
of Production
tracked la Principle
1 Several granges introduced re
solutions dealing with the subject
ef cost of production, and. over an
hour was taken with discussion of
this subject. Objection was raised
to endorsement of " any specific
bill. The resolution as finally ad
opted read f'that we go on record
!arorlng 'the principle' of senate
Jill ; 670.1 - 'i ;'j . s--: s -4
Multnomah Pomona's resolu
tion to , provido for labeling . of
eggs tn such manner as to show
whether fresh or cold storage, re
ceived an unfavorable committee'
report and was -. defeated. ?f is a v
During Installation ceremonies
yesterday- afternoon. Master Ray
W. Gill, Portland, stated that he
did not expect again to seek elec
tion as master at the end of , the
:wo-year term ho started yester
day.' Obligations ' to his busiiaesa
nd family may cause him to quit
at thei end of 10 years as iad of
the oldest fcnd largest farm or
ganization in Oregon, he said. :
. George Sehlmeyer, Sacramento,
master of i the California state
rtange, served as installing offi
cer. E. T. Taylor, Coeur d'Alene,
master of the Idaho state grange,
also attended the session.
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Red Cross Mercy
Ship Sails Today
j NEW YORK. June l4--Carrying
an estimated $1,OCO,000
cargo of food, medical supplies
and hospital trucks, the American
Red Cross ''mercy ship, McKees
port, ; will ! sail tomorrow for
Bordeaux, France. k
Large Red Cross emblems have
been painted on the ship, with
spotlights ; to make them visible
by night. She will carry ! a "ea-i
pacity; cargo of 14,000,000
pounds. '- At Bordeaux, thei cargo
will be distributed by truck to
various ref ugee centers in i south
ern France.; . '. ..!.:"
Veteran of First German
Paris Invasion Die Upon
Day That Second Occurs
.'' KIITTSVILLE, Mo June 14-'J-Jacob
Ileyd, 83, a member
of Bismarck's troops who entered
Paris in 1871 died today at his
'farm home on the day nazl le
gions. were I marching Into the
French capital. " . .'if- .:
i SALEM GIRLS SEr MEET REFUGEE NEED
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Girls from the high school are cutting garment for the Red Cross toiend to; War refugees. Above; Alma
Xantis (left) cut, wnile Fiorenco and Jprances JLUbora aorti items for a. layette. Below (left to Hgnt)
are AUeen Paulson, Pat Xtyan, Eileen. Hutchinson, Helen Hatfield and Helen Lawrence, cutting paper
patterns. Work is being done under the direction of Mrs. T W. CreechStatesman staff photo.
Salem Women Responding jo Call i
To Make
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'Paul Tlausers Column
Once uoon a time there was a
poet who was sitting around
waiting to write a poem ano:
nothing happen-r"'""H. ' t
ed. His name,); -
t r a n g e 1 y?
enough was Sir
Philip Sidney;
and he was quite,
fellow in his : '
day which ? was a , , ...
from 1654 tof
1586. Well, this I
Sir Philip Sid-
ney ' was Sitting
around chewing i
on a quill, which
poets used in-
4tnil TT -1A. "siliri-iinin pin niifliiiiniHinti; , Jm
woods in those " "
days. All poets chewed on quills
in those days and in consequence
the poetry they wrote was much
better than, it is these days, ir you
ever tried to chew on an Under
wood you would know why. ?
, Poets and other contributors
to literature also had muses in
those dayV Sir Philip Sidney
Was no exception. He had a very
fine muse, sweet, kind, tea utt
ful and very ' sensible withal.
Sbo was hovering; around Sir
Pliilip that night and she j fin :
ally got tired of seeing him sit
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Eugene Plots Further Aid,
Salem Centennial Success
nr Eneene cooperation In
Salem's centennial program along
lines calculated to promote at
tendance j from widespread - sec
tions of Oregon was disclosed
when delegation of t f Salem
chamber of commerce representa
tives carried the pagsant message
to the Eugene chamber of com
merce luncheon Friday noon.
The highway committee ox
Eugene chamber has arrange
that the celebrauon mwws r
ening pf ; the completed , v uiiim-
ette highway win oe neia on
day, July : 8 0. This Is the cay oe-
f ore the centennial program op
m mri th :thoueht Is that evSt-
ern and southern -Oregon people
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Garments fdr
This Year's High School
Part;. Various Groups
- Total Already Over That for all 39
Ealem women are enthusiastic in answering' . the Kea
Cross call for volunteer workers,i and are off eringr their serv
ice in many fields of assistance to wajr refugees, l: : ; f
A jrroup of this yelar'a graduates from the Salem high
school, working under Mrsi T. W, Creech turned the sewing
rooms of the high school into a , workshop this week. They
are cutting garments, to prepara-O
tlon for sewing and assembling
to be done by other volunteers.
The girls are euttlng items for
layettes from eotton flannel; which
was purchased by the production
committee of the Marion County
Red Cross under the chairmanship
of Mrs. C. S. Hamilton. When
com pleted 1 the 6 0 Tef u gee layettes
will include two e a e h dresses,
jackets, shirts, blankets, bootees,
and binders, 1 bonnet and IS dia
pers. These will ' he ' assembled in
bags with "a 1 towel,: wash. 1 cloth.
soap land saf ety pins.' j
'- The first volunteers to take ma
terial for. sewing, were a group of
case, workers , from the Marlon
county publie welfare department
who : met on Tuesday. They will
hold. weekly meetings to sew and
knit for the Red Cross.. '
Completed garments w 1 1 1 be
assembled. : by . the distribution
committee of the Marion county
Red Cross, which Includes Mrs.
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attending the highway 'opening
events will continue on to Salem
to attend the eentennlal. ! - -Invitation
to Eugene residents
to attend the- centennial was! con
veyed by .President E, H. Biagen
heimer,. president -of the j Salem
chamber, who presided over- the
Salem part of the program; iMay-f
or W. W. Chadwlck; Frank B.
Bennett, snperintendent of
schools; Gene .Vandeneynde, and
Dan ' Hay. of the centennial Com
mission; Tommy. Hoxle, publicity
representative I and s Doris Snlth,
pageant .director,. who described
pageant plans, some of which Were
"news' to some members of the
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Ugees
Grads Take Promlneitt
Will Sew and Knitf
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Ghurcli Is B ound;
Over, libel .Cas
Waive Hearing Following
! tWIUIC Ul XtiUIUlCI,
I . Silverton Court
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' SILVtRTON, June 14 A. M
Church,1 publisher, . of , a - Salem,
weekly, was bound over to tle
Marion county grand, jury today
on a charge of criminal libel aris
ing out of an article appearing' Jin
his publication before the May 17
primary election. i
' The ojrder -binding.' over was
signed by .Justice ' of the.. Peace
Alt ... O. , Nelson ..." af ter Church
waived Jprellmlnary- hearing and
the justice overruled a de
murrer, brought by, the defendant
to an joriglnal criminal infor
mation signed by Robin D. Day,
Salem... L;4,,:,; .:;:,:4.
, Xn the . criminal information It
was asserted that an account ol
alleged political activities on the
part of the John H. Carson; Bras
ierr Small, Day and Lyle J. Page
in respect to Page's candidacy for
district attorney of Marion county
wa libelous. ... r1 ! fes-.- - f I
Church's counsel decided to
waive preliminary .hearing after
Justice Kelson Indicated his be
lief .the complaint was sufficient
to indicate m . crime ' had been
committed. - 1
Herman Lafky . and Royt Is. i
Hewitt t of Salem !;. represented
Church while the prosecutionwas
handled by Francis Wade, assistj-
ant attorney Ceneral,yai?poiate4
when District Attorney : Page dej
clined, to deal .with the ; ease ii
which he was personally Involved. :
In another case Delbert Mohr,
failing to furnish the 12500 bail i
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Delegate list
For GOP Meet
I Now Complete
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Illinois Group Bejects
Dewey SPledgev Gives
Him Pat on Back
ar Trend Blamed Upon
I FDR; Yirnia Dempf
' I Slatef! Is Chosen
i WASHINGTOX, June U-JPy-Seleclon
of eight delegates-at-large
by an Illinois state repub
lican convention today completed
tieipicking of the 1,000 delegates
from states and territories who
will nominate the party's stand
ard bearers at the Philadelphia3
nstlonal contention.
IThe, ' IUinbls . meeting side
tracked an effort to pledge the
state's 50 district and eight at
large delegates to Thomas E.
Dewey of New Tork." Tho con
vention, however, voted "appre
ciation and commendation for
Dewey's efforts toward "a-rival
of the interest In; the' American
system of government." 4
.Virginia democrats, in a. con
vention, elected 22 delegates . to
the Chicago national convention.
The resolutions committee reject
ed an effort to instruct the dele
gation to vote for the renomlna-
tlon of President Roosevelt should
her be a candidate.. ' 7
-. The selection of. the republican
national convention ' delegates was
completed Without any of the
various "candidates for the nomination-
having attained r a : " ma
jority of pledged or semi-pledged
delegates. ! !
On the democratic side, Mr.
Roosevelt holds a clear majority
of delegates.!
"Americanism and
Peace' sPlatform
. ' Ons- of the aspirants for the
republican nomination, Wendell
L .Vtllkie, asserted at Boston tc-
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Roosevelt Scoffs
At Hitler Pledge.
Pepper - Djaf U-Reaolntipn
t Aimed ajt Speeding up -j
Arms Kfannfactnre
WASHINGTON, June 1-JZ
Presldent Roosevelt today openly
scoffed at ant Hitler pledge to re
frain from invading the western
hemisphere, while his aides , an
nounced plans for training 10,800
men annually for- the' hure army
air force of the future.
A a - : 4 -.
; ai r. press Komerence, air. fioo-
eveit was inrormea or a newa
dispatch '(byj Karl Von Wlegand
chief foreign correspondent of the
Hearst newspapers) stating-; that
iiiuer naa called any . Idea of a
western hemisphere invasion
"grotesque: '! 4 "
- Going to the unusual length of
authorizing direct Quotation. Mr.
tloaserelt said in a tone of point
ed sarcasm that Hitler's remarks
"bring up recollections.' Those
few1, words he thought-suffiaent
to! the subject, saying they could
b enlarged with dates and the
names of countries , going back
ovef a. -period- of; years,ij,.i; '
: He did not elaborate-on this,
hut his obvious meaning was that
on specific dates, Hitler had aa
sured , particular - countries that
they were safe from: German at
tack and later had sent: his nazi
legions crashing into these same
nations.; . .:
' The army plan called for three
big ( trainings centers, - Randolph
field, Tex.r Harwell-field, -Ala.,
andi Moffett ifield, Calif.: By De
cember, Secretary? Woodring : said
1292 potential fliers will ; be en
tering npon a course of training
every five weeks: Of the i annual
10,600, he said, 7000 will be pi
tots,! and the! remainder bombar
diers and juatigators. i .'
ii Tho course wiU run for .25
weeks, he. explained, with the
first; ten weeks devoted" to pri
mary training, and the ' next ten
to baitic training, the-third, ten to
advan ced training and the 1 final
five . to specialized, combat flying.
On .capitoi hill. Senator Pepper
( D-Fl a ) proposed ? that the presi-
dent be given authority to direct
the aitomotiye Industry, as well
,(ium to wage s, yo'-.Alv
Contract Awarded
: Vlesko tt ! . Tlannaman,! Ealem
contractors, ; were awarded eon-
tract for construction of the Sa
lem water department's new high
level system reservoir on .Can
dalaria Heights with a low bid
of $12,518.60 at last nlgit'a meet
ing of the iWtter comsussion
Tho award I was subject ; to ful
flllmienC of legal requirements.
Other biaaers were Henry CarT,
S&laaj, 12,8S4; Barham -i Bros
Eal;m; $1 6.9S8, and . Eaule. and
Walters, Elma, Wash., $18,162.80.
- J. D.' Coopr, Ealem engineer.
has teen employed' by the water
commission to aid Manager Carl
Guenther ia supervising construc
tion,' : ; . y:. .
Retreat
Periloesly . Near MoM
w eygana maynej
Possibly Near Orleans
Loire-Seine line All but Impossible Already, is
Opinion ; British Helpful on West; Peril
on East is Most Depressing Factor
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
Paris has been surrendered to avert destruction, while
the exhausted and outmatched armies of France race south
ward in a desperate effort to escape a like fate.
All across France, the allied forces are endeavoring; to
escape German armored thrusts designed to cut them in seg
ments and destroy them before they can ref orm for another
stand south of pans. That sweep
ing . Weygand retreat explains
German . claims - that -French re
sistance 'has' been broken along
more than 200 miles of battle
front. . - , -! - -
; Tho world haa - never before
witnessed snch vast operations of
attack and retreat as attend the
battle of France. There Is no un
certainty, however, as to the ob
jectives of the rival commanders.
- For France's Weygand it Is to
escape to reform behind the Loire
in the west and center and to an
unknown defense line eastward
from Orleans. For. Hi tier's com
manders it is to iurn the gigantic
French retreat into a complete
rout and force surrender. ' t
Weygand's chances of standing;
on the Loire-Seine line and thence
eastward and north through Nan
cy and Mets to a new hinge with
the shortened Maginot line are al
ready virtually gone, 5Thfl ( French
admit: a German penetration to
the Seine at Romllly, east-south
east of Paris. . A nasi spearhead is
also Jabbing in tho St, Dizier sec
tor on the upper' Marne either
toward Nancy." or "toward Chari
mont. southward along the Marne.
' It Is this tremendous nazi leap
southward in " the . Champaigns
from ..the : Reims : break-through
that imperils Wejgand's retreat in
his .'eastern .flank. South of " the
Romllly-St. Dizler German - posi
tions, .the Seine bends southward
to leave a wide gap of open coun
try between the Marne And . the
Seine well adapted to the armored
attacks of the Germans. : " :!
. i General Weygand possibly aimed
his retreat on the eastern flank to
below the Seine. East of tho Loire
at Orleans lies a stretch of rugged
country "and numerous Ismail
streams which could afford great
er successive obstacles to t-he Ger
mans than tho upper Seins Itself.
They hook" up in the Chaumoht
region with deep cuts through the
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Connolly Firm of
SF Is Low Bidder
i , PORTLAND. June' 14-)-The
T.-B. Connolly Construction com
pany,;: San s- Francisco, :waa low
among 12 bidders with a $713,130
offer for construction of the Cot
tage Grove dam.v ; . i ' :&
The project, part of the Willam
ette valley flood control system,
must be completed in fi 40 days. It
will,' protect Cottage Grove from
flood waters on the Willamette
river seven miler southeast, of the
city and conserve water for Irriga
tion, wt J ;
The . United States army engi
neers said there would be no hy
droelectric d e v 1 op ment.: The
earthen structure with concrete
spillway will back up a reservoir
one mile wide and three miles
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Habeas Corpus Is Invoked;
: Earl Fehl Release Sought
Petition for a writ of habeas
corpus on behalf of Earl H. Fehl,
one-time : Ji-ckson county Judge,
was filed here yesterday in circuit
court by Roy It. Hewitt, local at
torney, ' -'S S - -
The petition states that Fehl is
now confined in the Oregon" state
hospital under tho "cause and pre
tense" of insanity." ' -" - .
It alleges that his commitment
there on December 20, 1S37, by
Circuit Judge H. D. Norton was
illegal because ' a certificate of
Fehl's insanity made out by three
examining physicians at that time
"was made on in Multnomah coun
ty." M ; r- - '
, It also contends that the certif
icate was not made under oath as
required by law; and that it failed
to Include a statement of fact or
condition "which woald support
Fehl's commitment . to the state
hospital. ;: ';' i ;' ; :
: At the time of the physicians'
tvery brier examining interview
in the JackEoa co unty jail at Med
ford, the petition states, the exam
ining physicians refused Ftbl "the.
SoiitliwaFd I
orm
. NEW YORK, Jane l&fpy
Tho surrender of Paris 'does
not constitute . a German vie
tory, an announcer stated in m
broadcast today purporting to
come from Mondial, the French
government radio. . The broad
cast was picked' up by NBC on
the Paris wavelength " at 8:45 N
p. m. KBG accepted the broad
cast as authentically French,.
, stating it may have originated
In Bordeaux.
: "Victory wiU aot. be won in
the Mediterranean, but on the
"western front," the announcer
5 sudd. :A11 the forces In men
and material that the allies
cam spare will be put to work
to the battle of France.'
.'. jVEvery person understands
that Paris , was not defended
; beeanse it was not vital to the
French line of defense and the
. surrender of - Paris does not
constitute German victory,
J BERLIN, JTnne 15l(Satnr
y) (Jf) The ' triumphant en
try of Adolf Hitler into Paris
on June 21, the twenty-first
, anniversary of the date on
which Germany agreed to sign
, the hated V ersailles treaty, was
envisioned today by ardent
naxis. The treaty w signed
on the 28th.
jBATAVIA,. Netherlands East
Indies, June lS-iF1) Governor-
General. TJarda Van Starcken-Dorgh-Stacbouwer
reiterated his
warning to all nations to keep
'bands off the Netherland
East Indies in an address open
ins; the volksraad (parliament)
today. . i.- -i
GALWAY, Ireland, June 15
-(Saturday) (JP) The United
States liner Washington headed
westward into stormy seas from ,
Galwai at 4:44 aum. j today
T:44 pan. Friday, PST) bear
ing more than 1000 American"
war refugees to Ifew York,
i Host of the passengers were
women and children many ef :
Uiel - latter under lO years of .
age. Just before the vessel sail
ed 1500 gallons of milk were
loaded "aboard :,j '.
- araritimo officials said the
Washington carried more chil
dren than any liner Which has
left Ireland In years. - -
Among the refugees were 40
or more who lacked the $20O
Taeceasary to pay their passage.
They werer permitted to sign
promissory notes."-;-
In addition to the passengers"
tho ship carried a crew of 572.
privilege of calling his attorney,
his family physician, his wife, any
near relative,, or a friend.',',
r They refused to confront Fehl
with their accusations and find
ings and denied him the privilege
of cross examination," It adds.
The former, county Judge, who
has remained In the hospital since
his commitment in 193? except
for recent periods of parole, signed
the petition personally, his signa
ture being vouched for by Hewitt.
In addition to the request for
the .writ of .habeus corpus, Fehl
also filed an affidavit of preju
dice against Circuit Judge Fred
W Wilson of The Dalles, who, it
states, was appointed recently by
Chief Justice John Rand of the
state supreme court to hear the
case following voluntary disqual
ification of himself by Circuit
Judge L. IL Mcilahan. ,.; ,
la thia connection the affidavit
states that a petition, for writ of
habeas corpus was presented to
Judge McM&han on May 2 S and!
that the local Judge subsequently
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Britain Fights
On Regardless,
London Pledge
War Chest Thrown Open
to Buy Supplies ; US
Attitude Scanned
Nazis in Paris, Berlin
Given 3-day; Holiday
. to Celehrate It
(By The Associated Press)
British official circles, amid in
timations .that France might .be
forced to give up her unequal
struggle against the German In
vaders,' asserted doggedly today
that ."whatever happens, Britain
will fight on" against the naris.
i The British threw open their
war. chest to make immediate pur-'
chases of needed arms while Jubi
lant .German soldiers marched
down the' broad boulevards of
Paris and pushed on southward.
1 London press and. radio turned
speculative eyes on "the. prospects
Of "American intervention" as An
official British radio commentator
phrased it. . .
French fighters, bone-weary af
ter. 10 'days of sleepless warfare,
counter-attacked to coyer their re
treat. Flank of Maginot
Line Is Captured
The German drive across; coun
try was coupled with rear and
frontal assaults upon tho Maginot
line, .which, seemed fated to hare
its .western i flank turned even
though the French reported It
still was inflicting heavy losses on
the nasi attackers. .
; Montmedyj- northwestern but
tress of the Maginot fortifications,
already had fallen. - - , .
. The suggestion that Franco,
might yield was contained in the
words if the. fight goes on" in a
heavily-censored Associated Press
dispatch from Tours, temporary
French capital.
The fact that such a phrase got
through was significant. y
Official British circles, however,
voiced the opinion today that
France would i continue to 1 fight
and emphasised that Britain was 1
In the war to a finish. '
..The government already vis ,
in the process of moving, evident
ly farther southwest to Bordeaux, )
even as the French command in
a defiant communique told of an ;!
ordered retreat from Paris, re
peated counter-attacks on the ,
Germans, and the aerial and; na- -
val bombardment Thursday sight
of Industrial; areas In Venice and
elsewhere on the Italian coast.
Italv's new,, role as-Germany's v
warring - partner appeared to be
devil the French and British in
the Mediterranean and on the
southern frontier and thus keep
numbers of allied troops - from "
joining the fight In the north.
'Peace Offensive S?
Expected ef llitler . r
Harold Nlcolson, parliament-
ary secretary of the British min-
istry, of Information, predicted
that Adolf Hitler .would launch
a "peace oiieanf ve in the next
few days. - ,
Surrender of the allied fleets
and acceptancej of governments
nominated-from Berlin will be
among the Hitler terms, Nlcolson
asserted. . . . . ,.
Claiming the capture of Le
Havre, vital French port on the
English channel, German author!- ,
ties said communication between
Britain ; and France could be
maintained very scantily.
The nazi high command
claimed destruction of eight allied
troop transports off Le Havre
and damage to, six more. - '
German - military authorities
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Fifty Oregonians
Older Than State
Meet for Rctiniori
PORTLAND. Ore., June 14-
tf-OId eyes ; , looked down ,
through the hazy years today to
recall-the first days of Oregon's
statehood 81 years ago.
Fifty " members of the Oregon
Pioneer association one of them
lrat four years from a century of
life elected Judge George C.
Blakeley, the Dalles, president to
succeed George J. Curren asd re
elected J. O. Etearns, vic9-pre&i-
dent, and Walter L. Ilembree,
treasurer -
A year ago 68 members at
tended the annual convention;
next year will see the raata still
further thinned. None is younger
than the state of Oregon becausa
residence In Oregon la 1S53 13 a
requisite of membership,;
Clementena Martin ef Glad
stone, born ia Marion county 87 T:.
years ago, was crowned queca
mother. '
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