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' A Growing Newspaper The Oregon Statesman la steadily, i growing newt paper. Its traders know tb reasons: It's reliable com ! . : 7ealher Fair and somen bat warm er today; 3Ionday partly cloudy jud cooler; fog vm the coast; low humidity, piece, Uvelyl aad always in-' Max. temp. Saturday 70 terestlng. 41. Hirer -a.3 ft.' Northwest wind.- . NINETIETH YEAR Salem, Orecon. Sunday Mornings Juno 23 1943 Price 3o'tiwsstcrodav 5c No. 73 I-IM o H 1 ir remier ITiT v. J I. 'Jr.. nm If 7 ': .;; --:r "r.. ... 'y- i s : -?A -;-LW- ' -. -v-.j ;. sain. alkes t ' J w GOP Is Ready For Big Time MNo Leading Candidates Pull Into Philly as City ' Goes Carnival All . Concerned D e n y Any "Stop- Willkie" Combinations By RICHARD L. TURNER PHILADELPHIA, June Leading contenders for ; the re publican preeldentla) nomination arrived in ibis arniiral-beBt con tention city. rtoday- denying fast flying rnraors of, impending 'deals,?. and-aooking-. forward to th party'slrBt; wide-open con test .for .the-- nomination ' since 1920.; - . - , . Wendell WUIkle, tbe New York utilities man risen from dark horse ranks ; Thomas E. Dewey, the yoang New York district at torney, who swept the preference primaries, and Senator Robert A. Taft of Ohio, fresh from the fir ing line In Washington, reached down to join Senator ! Styles Bridges; Frank-Gannett and Gov ernor Arthur H. James of Penn sylvania, contenders who had pre viously taken up their quarters here. . . One of the prominent contend ers. Senator Arthur I Van denberg of Michigan, was not due In town until tomorrow., With .the antrlng candidates came a rush of 'delegates and party camp followers who jam med hotel lobbies, "bars and res taurants, talking excitedly of this rumor or that, and arguing end lessly about platformi planks and 'candidates. . .. :, . Dewey, holding a press confer ence, said 'flatly that there was no truth. In Teporta .; that - his (Turn to Page, jicel U En fee Paul Hatuer Column Saturday Evening) Reverie With full head of steam turned prow onto Commercial street at 7:06 p.m. Had. ft hardly churned a foot, a foot but barely three, be- fore we obserred '. a maple treet growing r 1 g h t nnt rst th. States- f iuiu cellar. ; i is a problem and unless The, ..11.. - rrhl J t 1 1 - f lishing company is planning on growing, its own nnln wood in Its front yard H. J, should be dealt with. ; i Rang full speed ahead ! and shoved on. Slowed engines to jtalk to Ruby Curtis about ! the dairy business (fire quarts daily) and put out our hand; for a port turn, which we executed; without disaster. ''! Obserred as we steamed along: on the opposite side of Commer cial Gulch from the odor factor ies that the geranfom are bloom vlng la the window boxes of the Commercial hotel, part of which once boused the state i legislature whes the commonwealth was. very young. Steamed oat of the ge raalam belt and arrived at, the bank corner without stay or de lay. ,, . ? h;-. State street offered no difficul ties. Crossed it, Met up with J. H. Van Winkle who took us into the Foreman & Lytle cigar store to show ns 'tWimp.!, the -thiee-legged cat which can lick TiU i weight in anything on. four legs (pianos excluded). The boys once ehipped In and bought ''Wimp" -an artificial leg, but he wouldn't wear it. - - " ' " - ! , v Moved on north with the Van, who obserred that a man famil iar with Commercial Arroyo could pretty -well find his wy around blindfolded aa long as his -.nose was working, v : ..' Stumbled on northward, notic ing that at least one grocery store fcas eliminated: the measy wrap ping paper signs and has much more attractive store as result. Found another grocery! store the window of which was taken up by plrtorea of the members of the railway mall service. Sc. Joseph, Missouri, district, 1191. jStill don't know why. .'-..v-;- -; : - " " "t 1 ; Proceeded nnder slow bell east on Chemeketa and turned south on Liberty, passing by aj furniture store where we saw a lighted globe and reflected that; the lights . are out now In a good share of the globe. I:-'-' ' Observed that another bath room style tile trout has gone la and wandered on, within? lor an alpenstock as we - climbed the -ramp erer the highest! curbs ! in - : the. world at Court and Liberty streets. r'-V Smelled food : and' moved Into Ward's emporium, which must be av pretty hungry -place because somebody is always cooking a meal'lm the front door. This time It was a fellow all togged out in , chefs clothes. Including m floppy (Turn to Page Z, CoL 3) ; 1 . , J FRANCE Af o t - 1 : This was the scene June 21 when France learned Hitler's price for peace In the same railroad car In which Germany learned the allies' price in 1018. (1) Grand Admiral Erich Raeder. (2) Field Mar. shal Hermann Goering. (8) Adolf Hitler. (4) i Col. Gen. Wilhelm KelteL (0) Col. Gen. Walther tob Braucbitsch. (6) Rudolf Hess, lirupp Factory - Hit by Bombs Air Bases Also Are Hit . at RAF Jlaids Widely Over Germany LONDON, June 22.-GP)-The Royal Air force slanted countless bombs down on the great Ger man Krupp armaments, works at Essen and the big Folke-Wnlf alr craft plant at Bremen during test night's far-ranging aerial raids, the aJj p-Jnistry announced to night, f ) .. For an hour and a half British bombers hammered away at these and other objectives in Germany and The Netherlands, touching, off numerous explosions and fires, while nasi attackers were carry ing out their third major raid of the week on England. " The nati-held Wlllemsoord base in The Netherland, the Felseler aircraft works, " the Rothenburg airdrome, and air bases at Kis sel and north of Hamburg were among objectives of the RAF along with a number of other mil itary establishments. In a North sea attack, the air (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Odell Held Guilty Of Manslaughter OREGON CITY, Ore., June 22 (JP)A circuit court Jury on a sec ond ballot tonight convicted John Odell, 45," Cherryrille district far mer, of manslaughter in the death of his hired man, Dave Dunlap, 22. Odell admitted firing the fatal shot but claimed he acted In self defense after ordering Dunlap from the house. He said he learn ed that Dunlap had assaulted Mrs. Odell. . ;:-... : "? : . Circuit Judge Earl C Latour ette set f a.m. Tuesday tor sen tencing. )r , I Child Loses Thumb ' The left thumb of Caroline Tag gart, 8, of 21 Kingwood, West Sa lem, was severed early yesterday afternoon when she canght it in a lawn mower at her home. The mower was "being pushed by. ano ther, small : child, the Salem first aid Crew reported. The Injured girl was brought to the Deaconess nospitai nere. 7.- . Foreign Legion Holds Fort On Border Like Beau Geste LES VERRIERES, ON THE FRENCH-SWISS FRONTIER, June 22.-(53)-A thousand desert toughened fighting men of the French Foreign Legion, with their backs to the Swiss frontier, held two mountain forts today for the fifth day against heavy German assault. . X' i They are cut of V from other French troops. Completely sur rounded, they, fought on as a "Beau Geste" and because fight ing la the tradition tot-the legion. The forts where they have re pulsed nttaek after attack are Le Joux and L'Ecluse, '-, across the frontier from this usually sleepy Swiss town.' The- peasant folk call the legionnaires les Joyenx the joyful ones and keep as far from the forts as possible. - Naxla awastikas have flown for five days over the nearby forts of Poatarlier and Le Lannont oonn tin eevnral miles to the north I which fell to the Germans without a struggl'9 after Premier Fetaln of France announced he was asking Uhe Germans for terms of peace. I The German commander at PonUrfiet received a telephone LEARNS PRICE OR PEACE: YIELDS 10 15" 1 v'-'-- French General Forces to De Gaulle, Former Reynaud Aide, Declares That Free Frenchmen Should Continue to Fight Wherever They Are 4 - - ; LONDON, June 23. (Sunday) (AP) General de Gaulle, former assistant to Paul Keynaudi resigned French premier, said in a broadcast inl French over British Broad casting; corporation today that the effect of the conditions dictated by Germany onId"Jbeth"French,!f land, sea and air forces wouldj be completely demobilized, arms surren dered and the territory of Francec completely occupied- . The English translation of the broadcast issued by the ministry of information stated General de Gaulle declared: "France has undertaken not to lay down her arms except in agreement with her allies. So long as these allies continue the war her government has not the right to surrender to the enemy." "A bad military system, faults committed in the conduet of operations,- the defeatist spirit of the government during these recent combats made us lose the battle of France," he said, but added "there remains to us a vast em pire, an Intact fleet, much gold." "There remain to ns allies whose resources are Immense and who dominate the seas. There re main to ns the gigantic possibili ties of American industry. . "Honor, common sense, the In terest of the country demand that all free Frenchmen should contin (Turn'to Page 2, Col. 4) Windsors Wending Way on to Madrid MADRID. J n ne 22-(-The Duke ef Windsor and his duchess, en route r:here from ' Barcelona with their retinue, , win not stay at the British embassy; hut at a tnidtown hotel. - . . ' An embassy attache, asked why the ; ambassador, -Sir Samuel Hoare, will not be the dole's host, replied: "There is hardly room at the ambassador's resldence. , r The dnke and duchess reached Zaragosa tonight ' for an over- i night step. .They win eonunue Jtheir Journey foMadrld tomor- tow. call from the legionnaires at Le Joux and L'Ecluse inviting him to "come and get us." ; 1 '! ; The Germans are still trying. But their commander Is not answering any more: telephone calls from the defenders, i : 1 In one attack, five .parachute soldiers were dropped on top of Le Jonx fort. They were shot. v The torts, well stocked with supplies and ammunition, block the way of German troops at tempting x to posh through the rugged country around the bulge of Switzerland to Join Italian troops in . the Alps.' The defense works guard the gorges ' of the Phone and Doubs rivers . and an International railway from France Into Switzerland.' t . '- - I' Peasants Uving near the forts have fled Into Switzerland with stories of night sorties in which the legionnaires attacked German pesitions and combed the country side for , barbed wire and cattle.-' They v said the defenders told them: a: - ;- i : v "We'll go right on fighting peace or no peace--nntil we get hungry. Then maybe We'll sTTr render to Swiss troops.7 . 11 f6 deputy party leaden (7) Gen. Charles Huntilger. (8) Rear Admiral Maurice Le Luc (0) Foreign Minister Joachim Ton Ribbentrop. (10) Friedrlch Wilhelm" Brueckner, Hitler's adjutant. . (11) Translator Paul Schmidt. General Jean Marie Bergeret andLeon Noel are seated out of view besides Huntxiger. (Associated Fresja photo). Help English i une Goes Ahead In Building Race Month to Date Shows It Has $380,719 Worth of Permits June to date Is far ahead of the whole of the same month of 1939 In all forms of building opera tions, according to a comparative summary of permits prepared yesterday at the city building in spector's office. , -- The summary disclosed $38 0,- 719 worth of permits had, been issued in the first 22 days of the current month. Only 286, 349 . in permits was recorded for all of June, 1939. . . - t iThe total of 1940. Wilding In Salem up to today as shown, by permit records is $889,719, as against $4,885 for the first six months of 1939, " " That construction, particularly of residences. In the Salem bus iness area, is 'much greater than indicated by, permit- records was Indicated by . building material men's . reports "of a lively home building . program- In ' the f subur ban districts and in -Weit, Salem. J Residential eonstruetion alone has reached ' $377,982" in Salem this year, and -exceeded that: for the first half of 1939 by I39.886 in value. ' June permits for this year, to date -aggregate $74,250, making it the top month of 1940 for residential building and $9224 over the total for all of last June. The city records show that 120 houses have been started this year, seven more than la the fnll first half of-1139. - ; Valne of new construction of alii types has reached", $636,043 this year. $250,294 being contrib uted .this month, while the first six! months of 19 3 9' produced only $362,594 in .permits . for new buildings. .' - , EUGENE, June 22-P)-The Eu gene ' Athletics, behind .the tight pitching ; of Boo. Wiltshire, de feated the Albany, Oaks, B to S In a state league game here to night." Wiltshire." after giving up four hits and three runs In the first frame,- blanked the Oaks, hurling no-hit hall the 1 last six frames. Nig Mebeslus, first base man; led-Eugene's 10 -hit attack oft Lefty Red Miller with three for three. Score: Albany. 3 6 S 10 Eugene Miller and Robertson; Wilt shire and Mattlson, : - MEDFORD, June 2 2-P-The Med ford Craters, behind seven-hit pitching of Southpaw Jimmy Ke- go, ! ex-coaster, blanked the Jack and' J1U Tavern team of Port, land, 2 to O here Saturday night, in an Oregon State league game. Medford 2 0 Jack and Jill 0 7 0 - Rego and Hawkins; Clow and Ills. Lato Sports r LATER Italians Raid Base of Fleet French and British Ships Repel ; Bomhers Aiming 1 ' ,' at Alexandria - ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, June 22. -(fl3) Four Italian air raids on this allied naval base were beaten off todayby thtf anti-aircraft guns of the British gnd French fleets. J Four of the attacking bombers wepe sht 4own; f- . ... "'' Coastal ' batteries Joined" In a heavy bombardment of the enemy squadrons. Bombs fell in the harboa but hit no warship, and over the' city's seafront. " " The' raiders - apparently from Italy's Dodecanese .islands across the . Mediterranean c a m e In waves which were driven back by the cooperative action of both fleets. (Italian planes also bombed Jibuti, French. SomaUland, several times today, but there were no casualties and no known damage. Malta was bombed the day be fore). The attack led to predictions that Egypt might Quickly declare war jOn Italy. , Two persons were killed and 23 Including two Italians w e r e injured in the raid, & British na val communique said. These civilian casualties appar ently resulted from the fact that anti-aircraft fire and : f 1 g h t e r planes forced the raiders to veer eastward along the waterfront. Only last night French official sources predicted that v France's big T Mediterranean fleet and middle-east armies in Syria would fight on besides the ' British, "1 re gardless of the ! home : govern ment's" decision as to armistice. .Today's action bore this but. - The British air. arm likewise has been; striking offensively.'. After a dawn'. bombardment at-Tobruk," Italian Libra; heavy' smoke poured from tL large -warship ltt the Aafs bor, the British reported. 3 . J ... X. e Child Is Snatched? Front Fiery Death iTONASKET, Wash June 22-(By-BuXte Carter- and Clyde Hen derson broke into a' burning house today and -plucked three-year-old Billy Sylvester' from the nail that had snagged. his clothes as he at tempted to crawl out through a window. -; - - , Carter said he: and' Henderson were attracted by the screams of the. child, who had entered the locked, unoccupied house, via. the window. He said the fire evidently broke out while the boy was play ing la the building. Taylor Condition Is Still Serious FLORENCE. Italy, June 22-t?) -Myron C Taylor, President Roosevelt's personal ( representa tive to the Vatican, continued in a serious condition here tonight.1 The statement, of his condition was issued after three physicians held afternoon consultations. ' - Our Senators - Ucn -12-0 Tvo Czuzz 7c-ay Naval Building Fund BiU Is Through House - -r ., $4,000,000,000 Increase Quickly Voted hy c Voice Votes Final Approval Given on Billion 1 Dollar Tax f Bitt for Defense ' i WASHINGTON, June 22-CSr-A' $4,000,000,000 warship con struction program to make the American navy the greatest as semblage of sea power the world has ever known was voted by the house today I after (scarcely two hours debated r The swift action, together with final congressional approval of a $1,000,000,000 tax defense bill and a '$1,768,913,908 emergency appropriation for army and navy, shared attention at the capitol with reports of strong opposition within the senate naval commu te e to confirmation of Colonel Frank Knox's nomination to be secretary of the navy. . The naval committee voted at a closed session to ; ask Knox to appear before it for questioning on his views toward United States policy and the war. One member, who said he favored approval of the nomination, told reporters that an informal poll Indicated that if a vote were taken today the nomination wouldbe reject ed, 11 to 5. ( ! i Whether or not the committee approves the nomination, this member said, may depend on Knox's statement of . his attitude toward poasible United States in tervention in the, European war. Exact Number of : . Ships Secret M 1 The navy expansion bill -swept through-the house with a chorus of, "ayes" one a voice vote. The exact number of new ships. pro posed ln-ltls-A. military secret, the measure cloaking this! by pro viding only for 385,000 tons of battleships, 200,000 tons of air craft carriers, 420,000 tons' of cruisers, -2 50,0 00 tons of destroy ers and 70,000 tons of sub marines. ! There have been unofficial es timates, however, that completion of the program, together with other naval - construction already authorized, would give the United States a fleet of 618 warships capable of meeting simultaneous threats in the Atlantic and Paci fic. . This fleet would be comprised of 26 battleships, .14 airplane car riers, 70 cruisers, 333 destroyers and 170 submarines. . This com pares with the existing navy '.of 15 battleships, five "airplane car riers, 35 cruisers, 219 destroyers and 95 submarines. i In addition , to . heavy combat ships, the bill also would author (Turn to Page 2, QpL-S)- Are Given to GOP PHILADELPHIA, '.Jane 22.p) -Louis J. Taber, master of the na tional grange, turned over to the republican platform, committee to day a series of proposals, urging among:; other thing . that the 'party take ;a stand against crop control, '-5 "' 'i-'j--- , 4 jTaber- also r asked full military preparedness to protect-all. United. States . possessions, . a, . two-ocean Monroe doctrine. . Declaring - that efforts to con trol - farm- prices by limiting pro duction "have not succeeded,' be urged, among other i things, that cooperative marketing , be fos tered: that step be taken "for. protecting, its operations from un warranted price Leutting." and that (the. American. I farmer ."be given the American market to the mitt of his capacity to supply it." Grange Proposals Salem Guard Battery Given Guidon forTqpPeijormw CAMP CLATSOP, June H-iJP) -Salem's headquarters battery, 249th field artillery, received a federal guidon streamer 1 today for outstanding performance dur ing the past year,- It being the fifth straight year that the unit has won the award. I , " j The awards, presented by Gov ernor. Charles A Sprague when he reviewed the 600 troops of the 243th, also were given to Battery B.- Ashland, another - five-year winner; headquarters battery, Sa lem; Battery A. Klamath Falls; and Battery D, Albany. 1 r The governor, paying- surprise visit to camp, Inspected every sol dier in camp, and he paid par ticular attention to the kitchens. r The camp will break up Tues day, when the . 15-day training period will end.; v ' t-Regular amy ; officers at near by. Fort Stevens stilt were talk ing :, today of 1 the outstanding showing made by Salem's search light j battery which; although green at . the game. - operated the new lights almost to perfection. The; newly-organized battery. "Fight on England's Minister A s French Give :uo Britain Will "Cherisli . the Cause of the French People,9' He Says in Asking. All Aid Armistice Signed by Weeping Generals Probably; Agrees France to ;t Help Nazis Against Britain NEW YORK, June 23. (Sunday) (AP) The ' French and Italian peace emissaries will hold their first meeting: today, the British radio reported in a broadcast V picked up hereby the CBS listening station. w ! ' The broadcast said, however, It seems that two or three days will elapse before a settlement is reached. . TWeanwhile," the announcer said, "fighting in ' France still' goes on and it appears that the French army is repulsing the" Germans '-.-and even count er- . v (By the Associated Press) "British Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a flam ing appeal today to Frenchmen everywhere to fight on at Britain's side against Germany, despite French capitulation last night to a German armistice which he said no free and independent French government could have accepted. 1, Frankly going over the heads of the Bordeaux govern men, Churchill said that the German terms, if accepted by all Frenchmen would force the French to work againt their al lies, would use the soil of France as a , means of attacking Britain, and would turn the French navy and empire over ess iirops Work for Week Tipc JJiU and 4-Bimoxis V1 ot "'Appropriations Sent to FDR WASHINGTON, June 22--Congress- quit tonight for a one week recess after sending to the White House a billion-dollar tax bill and over 34,000,000,000 of appropriations legislation. JL scattering of "noes" came from the republican side when the bouse adopted the- resolution which closed a ten hour day for the legislators, and recessed con gress until July 1. - Acting swiftly on one item af ter another, the senate and bouse sent to 1 President Roosevelt a score of bills during the day. In cluding a 31,768,9.3.908 emer gency' defense - measure and the annual appropriations for relief, the labor department and the fed eral security agency. In addition to the direct appro priations, congress also granted authority for various government agencies to enter into contracts totaling almost another 21,000, 000.000. : V - The purpose of this high-speed action was two-fold: to allow an interlude for the republican na tional convention beginning Mon day at Philadelphia and to get vi tal anoronrlatlon measures enact ed into law welt; before;. the hew I fiscal vtar atarts on July U '-' - - tln addition to giving ,q.uick ap-J proval to senaie-nousej ? compro mises on the tax and defense hills. the two branches ,6f congress ac- (Turn to Page 2, Col.' 2) -Every Scrap Counts - - LONDON, June- 2 2-V-rEvery piece ; of paper, every - piece - of scrap metal, is a potential bullet against Hitler." said Herbert Mor rison, minister of supply tonight In' ordering towns to organise efficient collection f waste. operating four 800,000,000 - ean dlepower lights, spotted ! their plane and kept the lights trained on it despite efforts of the pi lot, a Washington national guard aviator, to get out of : the glare. The pilot, before going up, asked If it would be all right if he attempted to dodge the lights, and the national guard officers said It would be all right. But when the lights were train ed oa aim, it was a different story.' - ' - V; - ' ' "I was flying at about 3000 feet when the lights spotted me, and I completely lost my bear inrs, the pilot said today. "I crawled down In my cock pit and was forced to fly on In struments, Just a though It were a blind flight. I tried to dodge the lights, but couldn't In war time, those lights are a very po tent weapon in themselves, be cause they could easily make a pilot lose his bearings and go into a spin. - There was ao night firing with the anti-aircraft guns, since (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Longr Urges 'Jt if vto uermany. uespiie aii mis, ne aeciarea, . Britain will "cherish the cause of the French people, and a British victory , is. France's only hope for restoration and freedom.' ; Actually,: the terms of the grim . document which wet-eyed French plenipotentiaries signed last night in the - gloomy - depths of Com piegne forest, were not disclosed. : The French government de scribed them as "hard but honor able." that if they had not been honorable France would have re jected them. - Actual .fighting In the once lovely cities and countryside of France continued .on its weary course, and will not cease until six hours after the French have concluded an armistice with Italy; Germany's so newly - belligerent ally.-The French delegates flew to Italy to hasten this consum mation. ' The French government ! de clared that the fighting was not in vain, as it had enabled France' to hold out for a "soldier's peace' with Germany. . ... Petafh I Given m Confidence Vote ' " - Marshal Henry Philippe Petain. the premier who requested that peace, got a vote of confidence from the French senate. France's . ally. Great Britain, gave proof of her determination to fight on alone and nnconquer ed by 7 announcing heavy aerial attacks on Gem sty's great Krupp armament - works ' at Essen, and . on airplane factories and storage plants Tat Bremen, Kassel, Roth enburg and Gottingen. Italy took a more active part In the war yesterday by sending four:, waves , of bombing pisses ' - against the British- naval base at Alexandria.' Egypt; and alsp bomb-" -i n g Jibuti. Freneh SomalilandV Damage was. described as slight. - sBoth- French and British; flee units fought back. ' -. - The French humiliation before . the power of Adolf Hitler waa , sealed in the same old Compiegne woods where Germany the loser -then yielded to France's Ifarshal Foch on Nov.-11, 1918. - The-historic moment of thla new j armistice was put at 6:5 p.m.. (8:30 a.m. PST.) ' The signer for Germany wzs CoL Gen. Wilhelm Keitel, chief of the nasi high - command; and for France General Charles Hunt siger. ; t: One of the .French" wept. -Hitler not Present for Sigalac Adolf Hitler himself was net there. He had met the French en Friday, in the old railway ear ef Marshal Foch where the Germans signed a loser's peace in the last war. to tell them of Lis demands. Then be left. "General Keitel spoke briefly ia tribute to the French dead, and asked all of the negotiators to rise In respect for those who had fallen. - - -Then, In Marshal FocVs eld -fashioned car, the pens were put to paper. .' v The Freneh delegation had struggled with their problem for more than 27 hours and In Bor deaux the French .cabinet bad held Itself In -Teadlness for the last great decision. In a little rarely furr.!.-!:i tst near the railway car tie French, agents kept communication with their government ty telephone. While acner, see merit cf tta ex tent of the French surrender la its details awaited the cfsnclafoa of the capitulation to Mj?rc::-, this .much 'seeded certain: . That France has been compel!?! to promise a complete halt t any resistance of any sort; to " (Turn to Page 2, CoL S ) 5-