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Gardeners ' Whether yon just dabble your garden or you take It seriously and scientifical ly, yon wilf find accurate, timely Information In "How Does Your Garden Grow?" Partly cloudy today and Monday; little change in temperature and tiuiuicllty. Max. temp. ' Saturday - 87 minv CO. River 3.5 ft Northwest wind. NftlETIETH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning June- SO 1343 Prlc 3a Newsstands c No. 81 Med. Paul T1 a user a Column Seised. .Fweei - ' - t The Russians are ; going . Into Rumania and - they're going In there just after -we finished read ids a book about "Klondike" Joe Boye, The book' is ' "Brother, Here's A Man! br Kim Seattle 1 and it's the rea- son' we're writ- f , Ing about "Klon- f dike" Boyle. :. f f You may ne'v er have beard of I Joe . Boyle, but j you would know who he -was If I yen 'were a-Ru- maiiini He'i been dead a long time ' now, but there's probably many a sRuma- d HL Danacr; pv nlan t o d a y wishing, he'd come back to life, k f -' Joe Boyle was a Canadian; .but that didn't keep him from becom ing a national hero in Rumania. The things he did! i ' Joe Boyle could do anything. He mad Soapy", Smith back down in "Soapy 's own Saloon in Skagway; That's "when they . started calling ,l him "King of -the Klondike." "He - operated the biggest gold concession on the Yukon and started dredge mining in Alaska. N " He sent his own machine com pany to war In 1914. He self and was sent, into -went him- Russia -to keep the Russian railways from falling apart. ' Almost alone he kept the Russians from collapsing before they did. 'But it was Rumania that made him a national .hero, under the suspicious eyes of the murderous red he. took the Rumanian crown jewels from the Kremlin, trans ported them all the way across Russia' to their owners! w- Rumania -was falling! Hemmed in hv the Cermans. the Russians pressing in Bessarabia, the coun- trr was ready to laii apan. jot Boyle made peace with the Rus-m-ans and bluffed - the Germans when they finally occupied Ru mania.' '-.'" - i-" J' He wore thesmlform of British-; csptaia. He wore ft when the Germans came. In it, m -representatlTe of the Ro manian jfOTcrnment, be went with a depntation. ' to German When Joe Boyle wallf3 In still wearing his . Sam Brown: belt, his sword, his rerolYer and the pri Yukon gold oak leayes n t ol lar, fiery General tou' Slackensen stormed wlth-iiate. j - -What's he bellowing about, Boyle said to General Griger- Tell him to take off .that Mackea- uniform," shouted iron sen. "Tell him I like this nml form," Boyle replied, f and I'm polnsr to continue wearing lti Von Mackensen exploded. "Hell take it off or it will beltorn off," he roared. "Tell him to take it .. ... . .1H1 havdi 1(m' hlt OH at vacs vr "t f nrthwifb" i : ".f Boyle'; didn't move. He heard the interpreters ehattering words. Boyle wouldn't be bullied and he wouldn't be threatened, "soapy Smith learned that.' Calmly Joe Boyle looked Ton Mackensen in the eyes and j said to the mterpreteri TeU liiiu that no German living will -compel me to take off my uni - form. I carry aingleuAloi-r Colt and I am a man of my word. I promise to drill boles in the first German, be he gen- " ral or prlvat, who lays violent hands on me. Joe Boyle won his bluff. That's one of the reason Ru manians are wishing Joe Boyle were- back again. - - V V V V V V V V (Editor ot: ii'.r. Hmer iiia't w hi ' ealaoaa m bm tampered with in il nuB'f ppr "- theorht, U viW ! ! -eitty tt. ht th kiarts wotiIA- M propria to MM.) . . ? : -' . Portland Ix)adin2 . Dispute Is Ended PORTLAND,. Jtrne J9 P The freighter Portland was .loaded and ready for the sea today and this port's latest waterfront dis pute apparently was over. 1 Longshoremen refused to work the -ship because CIO lumber workers picketed the B. J. John son lumber mill at whose wharf the Portland wa docked. West Coast Waterfront Arbiter Wayne IT Horse ordered; the longshore men to continue leading the crart. . M, 1 .- V ? dreWi in a few hours l declaring - the pleket line made; the ship ungate for them, i . ; Morse called a' rehearing but before it started' the dock men went back to work. . Morse ruled there was no legal picket line. "Nev Adjounimenti Drive ;:Spi'!np TACIIINGTON. June 2 9--Talk cf a new L administration drive for congreBslonal adlourn- ment circulated on capitol hill to day t thelesislators began re turnias after thii week's ; recess tcr the republican convention. - Senator McNary. (R-Ore),- ml cority leader and his party's vice- t v - re, r -n?ri bc- Jential candidate.) said the " rans would continue to op- . ifounsment, but would tj 1 1 0-day recess for the ..-rrtl3 cMitention at Chicago :.:r.? July 15, rather Can a week's recess. Lower Street lighting Rate One-Year Contract Given . tTtility . Committee's - Approval Stamp I 1, . . Repeal of Old License Fee System", Sutstitntiori of Tax Studied : - j . - , ' - Acceptance by the city on a yearly contract basis of revised street lighting rates off ere by the. Portland General Electric company will' be recommended to the Salem city council when It meets Monday night. - ' , The utilities committee will al so . recommend that - the council direct the city attorney to Inquire into legality of repealing the an nual license fee ordinance under which the Portland General Elec tric company has been operating since 1931 and enacting of an ordinance which . would assess a gross privilege revenue tax on the company. Such a tax, not to exceed five per cent ! of gross revenues. Is provided for by state statutes and is paid in Salem by both the Pacific Telephone 4b Telegraph company and Western Union, both of vkich are assessed two per cent.' -S2SOU Flat Fee j Paid now -1 : ! - The Portland General Electric company now pays a flat annual license fee j of $251)0. which the committee, says is less' than one third of one per cent of its gross annual revenue. The new street lighting - rate offered the city would give the city an annual reduction of , ap proximately $7,496.41 compared with 1939 If the city should use under the proposed rate the same equipment, replacements 5 arn d energy paid for In 1939., - - ' The committee's rtcommenda tfiaF for ' .a year-to-year contract wis made,! the report" said,, "in order that the city may thus be able to avail Itself! of any desira ble changes it may have the op ; (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Lady Mosley Held, 5th Column Squad Pro-Nazi Wife of British Peer Friend of Hitler, Sister of j Unity (By The Associated Press) LONDON, June 29 Scot land Yard's fifth column squads today arrested tall, blonde, Lady Mosley, pre-war friend of Adolf Hitler, -wife of the- imprisoned British fascist leader and daugh ter of a British peer. In doing so, a wary and men aced - official Britain not only took cognizance of the fact that Lady Mosley shared actively - in Sir Oswald M o s 1 e y's ."British union" activities at home, but It reached back also into the curious friendship of two pretty, . high born sisters for the fuehrer of nasi Germany. - ; 1 Lady Mosley Is the third daugh ter of Lord Redesdale . and the older sister "of the Honorable UnltyV Valkyrie : Freeman-Mitf ord. who now :1s in seclusion , some-. where In 1 England after a war time return from enemy Ger- many, where - she: was shot seri ously last autumn. . - During the years of appease ment the -two sisters were fre quently in Germany as the per sonal guests of Hitler, Lady Mos ley became" so pro-naii that she trained her two small sons by a previous marriage to answer the door of her town, house and greet visitors with upraised arms and cries of "Hell Hitler!" To Be Advised Third Party Threat Hurled By Johnson on Petice Issue WASHINGTON, June Sena tor 'Johnson ' (D-Colo), call ing Wendell" Willkie an "interven tionist", asserted today that there would be a third party VThe peace- party" If the T democratic . 1 . prCBlueuLiai nuiuiutso . Lxsvr one. . -; " v " '; -" jeV-- ' -' "The mothers, the 'cannon fod der, and the reterans of this re public demand a vote on the' Ques tion of peace and they shall have. IV Johnson added in a statement. The Colorado : senator is Sup porting' .Senator -Wheeler of Mon tana ' for the democratic nomina tion. V; . , ' ."- v:Ivv-: ' WTieeler has em critical of the administration's policy of aid to the allies, and two weeks ago in the senate declared that he would "break with the democratic par ty" If it became a "war party." Johnson said that Wheeler was the -only democrat who could de feat the republican presidential candidate. - ----vvtv y t - .:v;- "'WUlkle Is vulnerable in his Wall street connections and in his attitude toward war and the dem ocrats to win must make the most of his weakness," he said,. ... . jfVita the republican convention ' A. ' ' ' ' .C O - - ; . t . . ' . .:: ' : ' Jey Laughed When We Selected r Him but What EioThey Say now?" f iL.-HU. II IJIU.L U I II B 1 1 II II .1. I I I .! IILI1 III III I I lllll . II . m : -...' i - , r ' Kr . " . - ' ' - , s I- . .... .. .. J 4' r ' ' v'"1' ' ':''" y : '" , r ':-.; ' . s-.? ' ; . . - v , - ' - fcv;:---:::: r,;,,: I. ; .- r j . C-f - ; - 1 1 . , " . , ....... A-&p":r Willkis men before nomination were these three, photographed tn Philadelphia: Charles Malleck of Indiana, left, who nominated him; Governor Harold Stassen of Minnesota, who keynoted the re publican convention, then went to work for him, and Governor Raymond Baldwin of Connecticut, whose delegation voted for him front the starL UN photo. I GOP Chairmanship Is Left to Subcommittee Landon Stirs SquaLble Over Hamilton, Whom He , Selected Four Years ago; Willkie Thought : to Favor Continuing Present Chairman f? I . Rv nTHTTARTi T.. TTTTINF.TI - i S xHILAt)ELPHLAi June the republican national convention squabbled over trie, selec tion of a national party chairman today and settled the issue temporarily by appointing a sub-committee to confer with Wendell Willkie and choose the man. Important influences backed a move to continue John D. M. Hamilton in tne jod, wicnv Willkie'a; apparent- concurrence. The opposition had the leadership of Alf M. Landon, the 1936 pres idential nominee, who at i Cleve-r land four years ago selected Ham ilton as hiapre-convention man ager, Later Hamilton, in a statement, termed the creation of a sub-committee "very natural in view, of the rapidity with which : events have moved in the last few days." This affords Willkie the "need ed opportunity" to consider cam paign plans, Hamilton said, and added that meantime the present "staff" of the committee will con tinue to function. Willkie. meanwhile, left the city without making known his choice. He and his attractive wife sailed as guests of Publisher: Roy Howard aboard the yacht Jam (Turh to Page 2, Col. 3) Father Char, With Plying Son . Aged 10, Licjuor - A policeman's' curiosity" ver why II. Dixon; of Neskowin, was carrying his 10-year-old son; Don ald, in his arms in the 1800 block on State street yesterday morning resulted in? the t man's being arrested and booked at headquarters on a charge rot con tributing to the delinquency of a minor. - ' ' ' ; ' ; r Chief Frank A. Minto said Nix on admitted having given! his son liquor to drink,, with' the result the boy lost consciousness. , The lad 'was ' taken to Salem Deacoh- iess hospital by Nona kf. White, county probauon oincer. 1. , over, capital political Interest veered to the forthcoming demo cratle convention at Chicago he glnnlns July 15. w f . i Most democrats, confident that President Roosevelt would accept a , third nomination, appeared to believe that the only major issue facing-their convention would be selection - of a , vice-presidential candidate. "- - I I- j - ' I Senator Ellender (D-La) pre dicted that - nomination f of Mr. Roosevelt for a third term-would be practically unanimous, except for a few favorite son candi dates.' :'-i';-::;;:?:': K': ":' l The Louisiana senator said that renomination of Vice President Garner, "it be will r take fit," would be a harmonious move. "It Gamer woiTt liave! IU I be Heye Senator Byrnes (D-SC) Is leading jthe field.'! Ellcnder aald. ;As a preliminary to the demo-" cratie i couventlon; it ras C an nounced, that a eubepnujaittee of the democratic national commit tee would meet in ' Chicago July II to consider a plan for! reappor tioning delegates to future con ventions. 1 294tAS)7K6tre'frn'ftr ht To Honor M'Nary Republican Club Sponsors Nonpartisan Meeting on Monday Night Honor will be paid-to Oregon's vice-presidential nominee, Sena tor Charles. L. McNary, by the Marlon County Republican club a public meeting Monday night which Governor. Charles A. Sprague will be the principal speaker. . j ! The meeting Is to be at the Mar ion hotel at 8 o'clock and the public is invited to attend, repub licans or not.; 1 Governor Sprague will be Intro duced by Dr.jB. P. Pound, newly elected chairman of the 1 Marlon county ; central committee. Other speakers wllL include ' David E cles, state budget director, "Secre tary of State Earl Sniill, and'pos sibly Lamar ITobze,' president of the Oregon Republican duo. A band will provide magical en tertainment, j Paracliiite Method uss MOSCOW.' June SO-(Sanday)- (JPt-Parachute troops were . used in carrying out yesterday's speedy occupation of the Bessarabian and Bucovina areas obtained from Ru- mania, Tass, soviet official news agency, reported today.- 1 r . - ; The news agency said the para chutists occupied Bolgrad ajtown in! southern Bessarabia, and an area In the vicinity of the conflu ence of the prut and Danube riv en. :::y -v :'. 1 5 v'--x - The entire i occupation i Is pro ceeding- "according to plan," Tass as.eTted::"i..'H;ii''s:-tev-ti. ':f - ."Soviet troops entered1 the towns' of Stofoxhlnete and Gertx, in' northern Bucovia and occupied the stations of , Novoselltsa, and Llpkany, ooth ef the River : Prut souths of HoUn, the statement Sand. ;s ;." )-'- - "..' I h "'"' ' rMechanlxedl units approached the River Prut 15 kilometers (about 'SS miles) southwest ' of MoBilevpodblaky- and reached the area cf the town of Pyrlltsa, 80 kilometers (SO miles) northwest of Kishinev," : v : " : Car "Rolls 500 Feet t " SPOKANE,! June 2 9-(jP)-Two 16-year-old boys escaped with al most .Insignificant . Injuries to night when the car in which "they were riding; roiled 600 feet down anl almost perpendicular- embank ment ' at" the" northwest city: Ha lts. : Francis JConrad, Sprlngdale, received a broken Jaw and Bruce C'immings, Spokane, sralfer.ed fa- citl cuts. Rail Set Monday Utilized bv R ! - .1 1 t Japanese Army Stops on Edge Of Indo-hina Halts Within 150 Yards of Border; in View V "of Frendi Guards - ' Military Chiefs m Tokyo Say 'Strong Attitude'V Should Be Taken TOKYO, June 30-Sunday)-(JP-The newspaper Asahl report ed today from Canton that Japa nese troops had occupied posi tions at Chennankwan only 150 yards from the border of 'French Indo-China . and within sight of French guard posts. Chennankwan' Is an important point on the Hanol-Yuonan rail way. TOKYO, ' J'une JO-(Sunday)-(iF)-War in Europe has present ed Japan with a "golden oppor tunity" and she must take a "strong; attitude," a group of leading Japanese army men de cided at a'1 conference last night, the newspaper Nichl Nichl said today. The paper said the conference followed a broadcast to the em pire yesterday by Foreign Min ister Hachiro Arlta, who enunci ated a foreign policy based on creation of a Japanese-dominated "Asiatic sphere." Instructions relative to the "strong attitude" were sent to all army corps, and were inter preted as orders to be on the alert for opportunity to consoli date Japan's position'. . Observers believe, ; however, that the military men were dis appointed in Arita's speech be cause It advocated cooperation in $h formation -of spheres -of in fluence and also .avoided encour agement for the axis powers, rath er than coming out- flatly? f 6M s redistribution .of the world's re sources' as a prelude to peace. ' Japanese language newspaper! reported the military services were attempting .' to squelch ru mors that they favored avoidance of friction with the United SUtes and Great Britain. According to these papers, the military view Is that friction with these "old In fluences" (Britain and the US) may become - Inevitable through future changes in the ' interna tional situation. , Actually, the" Arita speech was an advance from the previous po sition in which Japan had In sisted, upon maintenance of the status quo in eastern Asia. ; (In Washington there were strong indications of opposition to this' oriental Monroe doctrine pro jection.) . .., - . ; - ing to the empire, visualised the (Turn to page 2, coL 7) Deadline Tonight On Maritime Strike SAN FRANCISCO, June SSP) Two United' States governmental agencies. Via the public .interest, sought tonight 'to postpone Mon day! threatened strike of - the Marine .Cooks nd Stewards' asso cciatlon on intercoastal' and off shore teasels flying the American flag. - i- ? ;- - '- .'.-The maritime, labor board and this United.; States - conciliation service, a branch of the- depart ment ; of .labor, went Into action together in an attempt to end ah impasse " reached after ' nine months' "negotiations for a con tract "between the union' and the Paecitle American Shipowners' as sociation. A ' contract . which - ex pired' last September Is still In effect by rmutual agreement, but the union set a Sunday midnight deadline for putting points agreed upon Jnto effect. ... ry. -a: -.Chairman Robert Bruere of the maritime: labor -board, through his media tor, Harry E.- Roulfs, to day telegraphed tho -cooks and stewards "In' view of the serious International situation,- and to pro tect our 'own public interest, we appeal .to" the union and its mem bers to defer strike action." -W ; BiiUets Pepper : i Hillsboro House ; H11XSBORO, Ore June 2 ff-()-Harry ;T. Turner,- Metx ger,' was arrested tonight on " charge : ot :: assault while armed with a dangerous - weapon .'after a fusilaaa of shot peppered the home of -A." W. -Kellner, Turner's neighbor,! District Attorney; G, R. Morgaa;;aiii. . : .x ? .x - Morgan ?aid that Turner was Intoxicated; w h e n he appeared near, the Kellnerv home and .be gan firing. Kellner and his daugh ter, who were working in" tae garden,' dashed f Into the house A and summoned State Officer Al I Johnson. -, who , wrested ' Turner fatter ' hia ammunition was ex- bausted. ' . ' . British Labor Lord Ouster of Air Raid Does Hexiyy-Pamage, IVlidlantls Area Casualties Reported in Attack on Industrial, i Southwest Centers y Foreign; Secretary .Draws iticism First Time; " Losses Estimated C: i LONDON, June ZS.-VNev-111 Chamberlain, former prime minister and now lord president ot the council, ! will address the British Isles and overseas .out posts over the networks of the British Broadcasting Corporation at 8:45 p. m. (11:45 a. m. PST) tomorrow.) LONDON, June SO.-(Sunday)-(Jp) Several, caanaltles and heavy damage were inflicted in the pop ulous Midlands - industrial area early today by German air raiders. i Bombs also were dropped in southwest England but material damage was described as slight. No casualties were reported. ; . I The air ministry issued a com munique saying: iEnemy aircraft Crossed the coast during the night,. Anti-aircraft defenses are in action." I Other : planes, believed to be German, 'were heard oyer north east England. ... j (By the Associated Press) LONDON. June 29. A sugges tion that Neville Chamberlain and others responsible ior past ap peasement or Adolf Hitler should quit tho war cabinet to still rum ors of a British move for armis tice was made today by Lord (Turn to page 2, coL 4) Fire Breaks out On Saddle Moiint Blaze Fought on Scene of Disastrous 200,000 Acre 1939 Burn FOREST GROVE, OreT, June 29 (JP) Saddle mountain, near the starting point-of last sum mer's 200,000-acre forest fire, was aflame again today. ' .. ; VThe blaze, covering 125 acres on the west slope of the Coast range mountain, was battled by 350 CCC enrollees and loggers in the face of a moderate wind. ' ! District Fire Warden, Cecil Kyle said the fire started in the Consolidated - Timber - company's slashings in an Island ot timber left by last year's disastrous blaze. L The Consolidated company sus pended logging operations yester day until after July 4 because ot dangerous . fire conditions. The Stlmson IvOgging .' company also was working In the area. I '.Each", firm has m o r e than liOOff.000 board feet ot bucked logs. near, the. blaze.- 1 v . ;L. .' ; t Reyiiaiid liijured : In Motor Mishap BERN, June 29-4PV-Paul Rey- naud, former French premier,-is 14 an emergency hospital in Mont- peller -. on the . south , coast, of France in serious condition as the result of an automobile accident yesterday, the Swiss telegraphic agency reported tonight. r Reynaud - was - reported en the way to the Riviera from, Bordeaux when - his automobile overturned In a ditch. - - - t He suffered a; head injury Toivrisend Tax Is Country's Needy Says Leader's Son ,1 ST.y LOUI3. June t-VPr-Vr-ceded by ' delegate who ' hitch hiked from Cleveland, the ad vance guard of followers of Dr. Fran sis E. Townsend'a. old-age pension plan, . soma Uu costume, gathered today for the fifth an nual Townsend national conven tion - - - ; A Colorado Indian la fall tribal feathers, a. California woman in a ' dress - of the gold rush -period and a Texan wearing a five-gallon hat "srera included in one small wxonp which visited a newspaper officfl to watch the presses roll. . '" The Townsend conventions have been described" as a mixture of a religious camp meeting, a college reunion, a lodge session a"ad a smalt town on Saturday, night." Aboat 10,00 & of the nation's "sen ion citizens' are expected to be here' as. delegates. .'... j With . "Americanism and patri otism as its theme, the conven tion proper opens Monday, but an open-air mass -meeting will be AppeasemehtlQroup Personalities in .News oiihe Day 4 V Killed Irt,hal ItalflkBalbo, Ital : ian ruler of Libya, when jlane : shot down.' r ,. . - i 1 Mi V Appointed Donald M. Nelson, US treasury official, to anper- vise defense purchasing. Idaho's Thomas : Seeks Reelection WASHINGTON, I June 29-(T Senator Thomas (R. Idaho); who was' appointed, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of .the late Senaior': Borab, ' said, tonight he would be a candid ate In Novem ber at' the requei t of the two heads of the repnl llcan ticket. - Thomas -said Wendell .Willkie and Senator McNary (R. Ore.), republican presidential and vice presidential nominees, had asked that he seek to succeed himself "for the good ot the west i and thegood of the ticket. - "l Agreed to do so, Thomas said. "It is true that I was a strong supporter for Thomas E. Dewey,- but . I shall abide by -the decision ot the convention. I am Just as strong f oi Willkie. - He is a canable candida te and he will have 3T fall aupport.". held tomorrow with " Dr. . Town- send and the Rer.J. Frank No r- ris of Detroit and Ft. Worth as the principal speakers- " .i The 73-year-old founder of the pension movement, la a message to IhU "fellow Townsendltes," said , . . , - - "'.y , . 'I "In the. autumn of 1940 we face a newopportunity and a solemn and critical duty.' The forthcom ing 77th congress will inevitably. oe caiiea upon, ior aecisions oi unprecedented, ihlstoric, signifi cance. Am erica's life, as we know it, may :be at stake., " --v v- . "In selecting congressmen and senators to represent us let us remember "that tmconiihon-times call for uncommon men. There Is bo rocm ;for partyi3m.. Let us place our faith in those who hare faith la us, the people.' ., , . A bill to Impose a 2 per cent gross Income, tax to finance the Townsend ' pension plan" now is pending In the house ways and (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) S Danube Supply Of Nazi Firm n Italy, Germany Promise Military and Air Aid :; to Invaded Rumania ... . - i Further Encroachment by Russians Objected to - hy Axis Powers BUCHAREST, Jon Russian seizure of German-owned materials in eeded Bessarabia led to mounting fears tonight of com plications between Germany and the soviet union. At CbiHs Harbor, on the Dan ube, the German Grain company, Dunarex, had a large quantity of wheat ready for export but all was seized by the soviet committee headed by. the mayor. - In the town of Baltii, In north ern Bessarabia, long strings of freight cars loaded with sugar' but after the cession ot the terri tory to Russia the population re fused toilet It go. Romanian au thorities were able to get away only a few of the cars. Territory Reluctantly Ceded by Carol - Germany and Italy ton I g h t promised military and air assist ance to Rumania, It was reported on high authority. If soviet troops attempt to make further advan ces into this patchwork kingdom beyond the areas reluctantly ced ed byt King Carol. . - Informants who are close f to both . palace and cabinet said the axis powers had given broad and flat assurances that any more penetrations would be stopped. ; A number of government bu reaus, however, arranged . meet ings Sunday to discuss plana for (Tarn to Page 2, Col. 1) - Balbo Dies When : Plane Shot Down L-vjf . 1 1:; Nine Others Drop in Fired Ship, Hit by British ; Guns Over Libya ROME, June 29-&VMarsfaa't Italo Balbo, bearded pioneer in the raarfat ' mnTmnf an a others, including prominent Ital ians, idled when their plane was shot down In flamee by British aircraft encountered over Tobbuk. Libya. - The victims Included the Ital ian consul general of Tripoli, the editor of Balbo's newspaper Cor ner Padano, and two relatives of Balbo, Signor Ferrara, a nephew, and Lieut. Florio Gino, a brother-in-law. .f'-v'.'-.i . ' . .Five -passengers and- five crew members perished. ! The plane -was; on an, official mission .but did not go' up for Mil . - ll . . miuiarx acuon unen . ji was . brought down yesterday -. '" Balbo. was governor-general ot Vat . ..- a a.a wbji seni inere in in 4 3 at tne Ing successfully led a mass flight ot Italian planes from Rome to Chicago and return by way et New York. Lato .Sports ; ; ALBANY, Ore., June 2 3 ( rr Speo Elliott, erstwhile ace Ore gon. State college southpaw, fanned IS batters tonlrht It pitching Albany to a 2-1 tat league ylctory over Bend. m ' Clint i Cameron, 'Albany rlrtt fielder, broke a . 1-1 tie In. tt eighth with a two-run homer. Bend 1 4 -1 Albany ... . 2- 3 1 . Farmer and Kremer; i;iott and Robertson. ? EUGENE, June 2 9 - -- B c Wiltshire singled home the va nlng run in the 10th. Inning-1 r tonight to give the Dagen- Ath letics a 3-2 State league victi-r? over Illlla Creek. . -. :'- ' - I,,-. MEDFORD, June 29-J,)-Tl. i Med ford .Craters defeated th Portland Babes, 1 td , here to night In the - first apven-iv t game of a State league Ccul? -header. . Southpaw Jimmy R e g o re turned to lae raotrnd for. ti; -ond fame, anl tlanked t!;a I -1-land Babes, S to 0. after wlat i the first, 1 to 0. Our ; Senators ... j T' Is Take
