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.....v'?- r . i 'f . Senators t 71n ! And The) Oreaxm KUtes- I1 Fair today and Satnrday; . warmer - In Interior - with ..cry low humidity aad in ,, created fire haaard; cooler ty i Kunday. Max. Temp. Thursday S3, llln.' 44. River 8.7 ft, JNorthwest wind. 1 ,V," t i i "telle row snort 'fans All about ft, la rtory and bo MVtrr. Follow tho pimn dally far your bom morning ' Berne paper. i - : ' nainuTir year z. " Cdela. Oryon Friday Horning, July 5, 1S43 Price 3e nwsstaad 5c No. SS O O o J IMA -I . .!5IV ' - fir Ofrs-N-fX I tTI o imps JJL - ID - 1 - I ? t; I" 3?! Record Growd ; Oiit at Legion ; Holiday Event Patriotic i Program ' Gets ' Big Attendance;, Need , of: Defense GtedlV ; " Dr. Howard Sees Similar Peril to Thau When . Declaration Made. ' .Before an all-time record crowd" of more than 6000 "specta tors . Capital poet No. 9 Ameri Hn Lesion, presented Its annual -entertainment program at the Sa lem fair gronnds last night and wound tap a day long celebration highlighted by - children's sports and , patriotic oberrances In, the inorning,- motorcycle races In the afternoon and , a hand concert, aadeTille show, dancing and fireworks- In the evening. i In the patriotic obserrance, led by Colonel Carle Abrams, ehair-nu,- Arthur Johnson, commander of the Capital post, extended the Legion's r greetings to the S 0 4 3 persons present for the ceremony. He was answered by a welcome speech from Mayor W. Wv Chad wick, i ;-. : ; . Mayor Chadwlck's address was followed by the Reading of the Declaration- of Independence, by Ida Mae Smith, assistant profes sor of education at" the Oregon College of Education. , u -' Key speaker of the day was' C. A. Howard, president of the Oregon College , of Education. Howard dwelt on the significance of e rents of the day in which the Declaration of Independence ,was drafted and compared the " colon ist's fear of European oppression to the present; da,y feeling In the United States toward aggressor "nations. - -. -.-: ; The Spirit if America he' said, -bs. gnlded these United States through all Its trial. eince that memorable cay.- He -went on to say: "Nations hare heeded the t : Turn to page t, tol. fT ) "I aid I1auer There's no bench quite as adept at getung dressed up as the Sa lem Cherrians. They do a' rery nice lob of ;itr---w, nI 1I In all th I - - J organization is V good' for Salem and the 'dry; cleaning Indus- f try. - .: ' ' The 'Cherrians are . always get- f ting, dressed up and, haTlng some-1 week they . got all dressed op and had a place la ten. The vent to St. PanL ( All splendor and whiteness, the gaily bedlght Cherrians' marched Into St.' Paul, Mayo r-Chtdwlck ' and eTerybody. .Something was wrong though, i No bands greeted , ,them no. mayors were on hand, ' there w&s""a general" air of "qdle- tudeThere; wasn!t .eVen' ar.steer .'to .huiidogi'i iv- i The V Cherrians then found , themselves for fnce In the predica ment of. those who get all dressed p, baTingvSonie place to go; and "''go there too fast. -;v s Tbey made fUeir appearance. for the EU Paul Rodeo a tlay 1 ahead of echedale. I- .. ' - AIX THE NBVS KTC. DKfXV While working la the kR grass near her house at Riet- Ylel, South Africa, Mrs. Halle Botha was - bit tea oat the foot4 y . eakeUea. -ia Capital Janraal locals column. ! . Nothing like complete local coverage. ; . ; We're pretty, rellered after :. (Turn to page t, eolaam 1) Column Marine Strike Threat -Ends " ith llth Ho ur S?tt lament - SAK FRANCISCO. July 4-tpj-The threat of Imminent strike disappeared from the San Fran cisco waterfront today on the eve cf an anniversary of one of the bloodiest episodes In Its turbulant history, s, A : formula for settlement of a . long controversy based on a pro posal by CIO chieftain llaxry Bridges and approved fey Secre tary of Labor Frances Perkins In a, ast-mlnute message to the union- waa given -voctfeTons - p- -proval by the CIO Marine Cooks and Stewards union in full mem bership meeting at 2T3fi -m. ' Less ' than three hoars before, the formula had been approved by negotiators almost on the mid night deadline when a strike was to have gone lato effect If no ' reement was .reached with the ; .tcifie American Shipowners as coclatlon by that time. . ihe strike would have called :;.:t between 3008 and 55 00 cccks Patriotic Exercises, Cycle Race -; :Spills Feature Fourth in Salem Iff?"'"1 ' .,; fc n k wwuwf at. "ir -i in r--Y - r if i - n ii Jti-rr-S iitHW n ' if ( m fiHtasm- f iMansuisaaMiai . i V i . . " J ." .;.. .,,:!.;. : .!. i :i:."Ve . - ; . ; ' . t - - i" , 1 alem paused; In Its Iadependence iday "pnrsult of happiness yestetv ' day tfl ponder patriotism, at exercises conducted at the state fair ( grounds under auspices of the Capital. Post No. , American Legion. ; The ejcercises opened with raialae of the colors by Hoy Scouts,' i shown in top photo, with Centennial 'Gleemen t&riding at left. : Dr.; Charles A. Howard, staadlas, fester photo, president of Oregoa College of Education; made "the Colonel Carle Abrams, chairman, and in front, left to right. Mayor ' W. W. Chadwlck, wearing straw hat; General Chairman- Barkley A; v Newman and Post Commander Arthur Johniion J Below," tSty' first aid crew Md volunteers load Robert Toelle, motorcycle race caa- naltr. into ambulance. Statesman staff plwtos" "' r 1 A'.-U j Trappea FigKtrirsl 1 t CALGART. AltWJu!yi4-(CP) -Flr .filled the vast North . Sas katchewan rtreirvaHey along the Banff -Jasper highway -J5 miles north of Lake Louise tonight as a raghrg f oreSt f fare defied ' efforts pt l'l men; to alt -U.The qre Jumped the North Saskatchewan river after sweeping through I0r esUon the. sldes-of Mount WUson. f Thirty , me4, trapped j In -crosa- tLr, were rescued with difficul ty by the mala body of their com rades but lot all of their equlp- snent.-' . . L, ".' . . -r . - Rain came to relieve 10 weary men battling a bis tlaxe, In .the Dow river forest reserrd 3 miles svostV of ; Turner Vider. while : a Uaie 4ft rollea aeata f Itocky Xfountala House ms uader ' coa- and 'steward and' It 'was .-eirU-mated 175 ships and another 2 0, COS members! t otlier unions in the MariUme! Federation cf the Pacific woaldj have been afrected; The ships are In tla west coast offshore aad ; intercoastal trade, representing naarly Ctf per cent of the' coast's 'marine traffic..,-"-:? -vi1' f NegotlatiES sa . been . under way periodically siace the old con tract expired last September. Spokesmen said It was possible Vho Tece formula : would be re duced to writing by tomorrow the sixth anniversary of the so called blocdyr Thursday" when two men were killed and many Injnred during a longshore tie-up. The Waterfront Employers as sociation issued a statement to day tayirjc "no Issues are left" to arbitration:" VU . We - believe the asreemeut to l be the best In the country and I probably la the world, for . . the Marine Cooks - (Turn to Pae Z, Col. 1 i address of the dajv-Behind hint sits Veteran Kills ffis -l Daugliteiy Gonvent VXLILaLLA,-N. T., July S4CP) -Joseph Mofchell, . 4T, wound ed and jtllL la his .American Letioa uniform, "was held tonight on ... t- --- .----........ .. j charges of first degree murder In the slaTng of hit daughter Mel-' ba, 15, before the horrified gaze Of the -sister superior la the. Epis copal 'convent-of Et. Jury's In the: iFleld. -' fltate- troopers, who found, Mo shell on the floor ;cf the con vent reception" room with a self Inflicted bullet over his heart buF still conscious. Said he lived at 4J50 Gerard street, , Philadel phia, .and operated S ft chain' of thrsa dry cleaning' establishments there. . -.. . . . Kergeant John A. Oafney of, the trofpers said Mosaell entered the cotv sat -with a boxTof; eaady, ashed for his daughter and when sie entered ! the .'room -drew his revolver. Jt-Gafney said i Moshell then shot her through the heart anl right side and turned the gun on .himself, while the. .sister su perior. Sister Celettine, : tfled to calif the police - h'' Troopers said that the? girl was committed by Juvenile court to an institution ; in- Philadelphia and removed on ? June ! 8 to the con vent when she complained that her father was ''pestering her. They said the father had insisted in frequent telephone calls that the girl return ta Philadelphia and that she had refused, r Fire Aboard Panamanian Put out, no Help Heeded NORFOLK,: Va.r July! 4H-?)-Coast' guard j headquarters here reported It received a message from the steamer Panamanian to night,' stating a fire la hir stoke hold had been extinguished and thst no assistance was needed. No assistance was' asked,' the coast guard said. '. i TliirdE;rTtryiii JudgeKacels Wide U Tallied Lamkin, Mi lto, Several Others Mentioned hut is None Jlealdy. to Go Group Dissatisfied. With Party Nominees Large - Though Indefinite ' By STEPHEN C. If ERGLEH. v Talk of an lndspeadcnt candi date for : Marlon county Judge, heard at primary! election time in mid-May; as --revived In Salem this week but likelihood that It will igoT. beyond - the . dlscusaloB stage is aught, say observers .in side the interested circle. ; . I i The eircle of those who' would like to see 4 strong Independent ener the November ejection race in opposition to Leroy -Hewlett, republican, land -j E. O. "Gary" Neal, 'democrat,, appears to be a siseable one. It ( dwindles, - how ever, when Individuals asked -to be candidates press for aa Indi cation: of the strength of the pup port they can depend upon. .. - Walter : Lamkin," former chief deputy county clrk, now a pracf ticing attorney InJ Salem, has been urged to b the independent can didate, but. he told a Statesman representative early In the week. he will not yield under any con- slderation. 1 I : Another . Bams mentioned with Increasing frequency Is : that of John D. "Jack" Mlnto, member of the county republican central eommltteo aad of) the county wal f a a - commission. He, : too. Is "practUally jout jot the pictured ia u wurui vt on oi loose iu- pendent' 4 . '- Others fcefnr" talked about are Connell - C. IWard, Salem : school ITurn ta. paPe 2, CoL 1) - Device" Disguised ' as, Radio lxplodes; JLs found in " British pavilion , -. ... . -j-- - i -- KEW-TORK, flame-throwing . July 4 - (41 - A tomb, : disguised as a portable radio,- killed two detectives today and injured five others- two: critically after they had rushed it from Its hiding place in the British pavilion at the New Tor k. world's fajr. " The blast! tore.! a hole five feet wide and four feet deep in the ground of I a little-used plot. smashed two huge I glass win dows in the dining salon of the Polish pavilion, ISO yards away, and ripped the clothing from the bodies jot its mangled victims. - The explosion shook the lower end of the f or erf en section and sent tremors of fear through the Independence daj crowd of more than 18,00 Visitors; The bomb police said it was a time t defice 4pread destruc tion only two dslys after a jnys- tetious voice, fa pi "telephone can Tuesday had ordered the pavilion switchboard ' operator i to" "get put of the building, i we'reaoing to blow it up." v.--- - Killed: In " the J blast .were De ; (Turn to Page. Z,' Col.. Z) LOXD03T,- July 5-(Friday )-f,5p-sThe eoverameat announced la -m communique today that "reports so - f received indi-i eate that the damage was very alight In" German bombing at tacks f on Britaia during the aJghtJ- , - I - ALEXAXDrJA, July Tfco combined -i, British a a d French fleets: which been la Alexandria harbor since be fore Italy's entry into the war remained here today and every thing outwardly appeared calm- No information on the ruraro of the French units - has ,bec made jpabllc. LOXDOX, July 4.-)-Ca-r ada has offered! to supply any additional 1 personnel required to officer -iualtsi of the French" fleet now la British , hands, the colonUI office said, tonight.,. OTTAWA, July" 4P)-The organization - Jehovah's. - Vi'IU . nwsses wa k declared ..illegal la aa t 5er in count ? luado pub lic La tho house of itimmoM to day Ivy Justice Minister Krnest LaPolnte... j "". - - u U - 4 J -.." - . BUD.lfTST, July tlFr-ln-forrtied tii.erters! said today the Hungarian goverameat Is--dls. pleased v with t the appointment of Hans Otto Rpth,'a German, as minister of nilnorltlea lu-the-new Flumanlan. icablnet of Pre mier Ion eignrta. They point M out, according to official. Iiu man'ia figures, jt he German mi nority . la t Rumania, numbers only TIO.OOO,- compared to I, 423,OCH Hungarians. Stayton Mayor Dies Suddenly ' . WA. WEDDLB ' i 7cddle Stricken - . ...'.... . -. .... j.... . By Heart Attack Over-Exertion 'Results in fJ Death' of Veteran 'Mortician , , STAYTON, ' 1 y .- W. A. Weddle. mayor of , Stayton, died about S: 46 o'clock this afternoon folio wina- a sudden heart attack at a picnic at SUver Creek falls park. He was proprietor; of tne Weddle and Son Funeral home here. .-- - Mr. Weddle was walklngr with friends along a roadway near the park entrance when he passed an acquaintance. A moment later he decided ha - wished to talk with the man and ran - from his " own hparty to. the other, a distance of approximateiy.it ieet. ' ; 4 . Noticeably eat -tf breath,- - ne talked about two ' minutes before beriamlng to collapse, - His only comment, oa r his condition was; jvst a riT iv got to. get . fcreaU..". x aak to htk kne tad. -was 'assisted la tying' down. A group of TMCA leaders, con ducting 'a1. Boy Scout- hike. ; had stopped to rest nearby and bur rled to Mr.i Weddle They .admin istered . artificial respiration. "tor about ant hour until a physician, called from Stayton pronounced him dead. - Other members of , the family were : on the grounds ; and - were summoned. His wife, a son and daughter were at his side aa first aid was administered. A former business associate, J. lielvin Rlngo of Woodbnrn, was called to take charge of the body, Announcement of funeral ar rangements will be made later by the Bingo mortuary. - Survivors are the widow, Sarah Wilson Weddle r children, Wendel E. Weddle. Mrs. LeRoy Hiatt of Roseburg, Mrk. W. H. Smith of Salem, -Mrs. Douglas "Heater of Sublimity, Mrs. Fernando Smith of j Stayton." Mrs. Perry , Keys of Stayton; sister, Mrs. Burson of Mill-City; : brother, E. A. Weddle of : Independence. 45C0 Attend FiiiatRodeb Show Record Set ; George Nelson ot 7amlc Isinnery: jst iAUi 4uryr, Tjeiarg est crbwi in the five-vear historv of the ft. Ofaut rodeo attended, the; J arena! here- this "afternoontv 1 r r Rodeo officials, estimating that between" 4560 and" S000 - persons were crowded Into the stands and s the .overflow sideline, said tov. day's .receipts' would make' It 'pos sible to- -put ion - aa eves better Show next year. , . Thrill -of the day proved to be r unscheduled Invasion- of the stands by a Jrohco. whichhad thrown its rider, f The. big roan bumped hard against the rail." feTT over into the front alsle-.and das had x half way . abound . the stands, past the two bands, to the ludses " Stand ' before cowhands subinei it The crowd reached a state of near-panic but stone of the spectators was hurt." - Laurels of the. three-day rodeo went to-George Nelson, rider from WamicOre whoplaced in first ITurn to Page 2, Qol. S) - - : ... " 4 -. ScotiSayfc First . : Government was : Begun on July 4 5 . . CliAMFOEG July -P)Tne first - organised provisional gov- ernment -for-the Oregon territory f .was established here July 4 -and 6, 1843, Leslie M. Scott, Oregon historian, paid today. - file told the annual reunion of Sons and Daughters of. Oregon Piouers that the machinery for the government waa set ia motion May: 2 but that final actios was not .taken until July 4 end 6. .It -waa on this day in "113 that the American settlers ia the Willamette . valley rheld a big Fourth cf July -celabr&tioa, and the text day they started the pro- vis'.o:aal government which even tual!? became the suate cf Ore gon," he said." ;. ; 1 . , . .,. , - . . .......... , , Two Towns in ;Path of Blaze i Are Imperiled Flames Near Timber and 'Glenwood; - Sawmill , Burns, Carlton . , ....' - .. , -... ..- lines ..Held "Temporarily jand llope of .checking ,; . Advance Expressed - . I rOREST GROVE. OreJ. Jaly 4 OS1) New losses were charged to- cay to nres wuicn - consumed - a sawmill and barn and endangered the forest towns of" timber and Glen wood. .--- - - : I A grass and brush fire, sweep ing up from West Timber, 'Wolf Creek - high way ': settlement,- de stroyed yesterday, crossed South ern - Pacific . railroad tracks and roared over. 400 acres to within two miles ot Glenwood, northwest of here. 7 ;'--:'- 1 Timber, a short distance east Of West Timber, also prepared for a struggle against flames sweep ing in from the . Sunset Logging company's holdings to the 'west. The tire, covering 2000 acres of brush and forest, waa temporarily halted at the top of a ridge two miles away.: '"'.:' ' . Fire protection association of ficials said they believed the line could be held until morning, at least.'' ' -; - - Flames, were being fought by 7S0 men on a three-mile front in the Mount .Hood . national forest, ZS miles southwest of Hood River, The blase was one-half a mile deep and covered Umber and. cut- over land.' . --' - - -"" - - A dying-wind4 gave the fire fighters hope that a line would be thrown around - the conflagration bv -mornlna. X r-' "v ,! Both the Wtt Timber and Sun set- fires crowned during the day, driving back-fire-tight era. Auth orities feared: .they would, toerga and sweep into Timber waere tank can trwater - were "spotted to; helpu. save the buldings.-One ITurn to -pager z, icoi. i j Six ArelliijuTed; ; ;Hdu(IaiyM Three ' Cycled Riders, One i Spectator Are Hurt i ; ' at Celebration Fourth of July : accidents sent six persons to hospitals here yes terday, three of them from the motorcycle races; and one from the midway &t the fairgrounds where Salem celebrated the day. All three cycle riders were In- iured In one mlxun when? Rob ert Toelle, Portland, slid against the fence and machines ridden by Bob Vargas,' Sacramento, and Cliff "Raish, & Centralia, Wash:, smashed into him. All three suf fered broken legs. Ralsh, believed also to " have sustained a skull fracture, was described as im nroving slightly last " night but still In critical condition at Sa lem. General, hospital. Toelle was removed to a Portland, hospital.. Billy Dale Jacohsen, 3, ot lC?S Eighth "aveaue; West : Salem; sua- talned - a-braln? -concussion,- when he t"f en.rotas, ij.the i lairgroands ? Llovd 'Ai Jacdbsesu -1 S 1 a Korth Commefclal street,- waiv examined at -Salem. Deacon eaa. hospital -f or a leg injury ha received when he trinned over tne oaso 01 ine xer- ris 'wheel at the fairgrounds. H waa released -later. - Walter H. Olden, Portland, was treated 'at the Deaooaeas hospital for Jeg Injuries received when ais motorcycle collided at iztn ana Mission streeU with a car "driven. "byvDwIght Presnall, 1 IS 0 NorU Front street. Olden was released after treat ment." His' wife and 11-year-old son. tra valine with him lar a slde- carr-ware uaiifjured. 'v.4..:: - .Presnall was charged .by, city police with having faulty brakes. Word That Roosevelt V? ill ; Run Circulates in Capital ! WASHINOTONi, July 4 - VPi - Reports that President Roosevelt had : decided to . accept a tnira term nomination, and had picked Secretary! of State Hull as his vice presidential running mate ex cited cspitol hill and the camps of other presidential aspirants to- gtjr, Snrporters cf Senator Wheeler (D-l'oat) made clear, however, that they were d'sinel Ined to - ac cept' this .decision as fLaal. They announced tha opening of Chica go convent! a headquarters) with J. - Burke Clements, set - Helena, IIonL, la 'c':'5.rf s. - - . Until th!j v,ik, Theeler; had said he w&uli not L-3 a Candidate if Mr. Roosevelt raa since he con ceded thtt tie prudent could have the honii.ali-n if be wanted IL" The tu'ontasaa aaacuaced last TuesJay, ho'R'ever, ttat Ms nine would 3 t-t e ccr. .tlon in any eveat. 1 . j 1 - i.-: ;a i rta the 0hly. One Crippled Battleship Escapes : During Naval Coup Most Units Surrender, Some , Entering Scottish Ports; Some Destroyed t . 7 7 t hi Battle of Dran, Algeria - ' -k r - , j " ts '" 1 ' i ', '. Berlin and Petain; Goyernment Irate r Vnile Churchill Voices Regret j - IajNDOK; July; 5- (Friday ) i-i AP) -British source indicated today the. royal navy has taken command of still more uiilts of the French fleet after wresting; the bulk of the; warships of Britain's erstwhile ally from German and Ital ian grasp by battle and demand.) , v 1 . .The welWnf ormed British Press association said the ad ditional .vessels were taken into Scottish watersto which presumably ttiey : came themselves, : k p ,.;V The seizure of Other ships, strangest of all naval action in the world's history, waa' announced today! in I the house of commons by Prime Minister Winston Churchill in a speech that war like no other ever heard in its ancient halls. I Holida' . Nation Over 1C: Vehicles Take AWut'HaU of Victims; 2 Deaths f Occur in Oregon (Br the Associated Press) Vehicles. ? from airplanes to amusement - area contrivances, combined with, other death-deal- least 199 persons in. various pans of tho mat low - "A bomb found la the. British pavUion of the New Yck world's fair Iclned two detectives a ana gravely injured riva'others Automobiles brought sudden death to 8 pleasure seekers and wrouirht ' more carnage : than all other- eausea together bombs (11. drowning ( 2 4 ) , amusement device" (li; airplane ti), electro cution, (),' suicide (1). and It other assorted means of violent death. 1 r;- . - Ye- s i Thirteea persons were listed as Fourth of July holiday fatalities In Washington, Oregon and north ern Idaho. . - . I - Eiaht were drowned and five others were klued in au tome one acciaenta. t . The toll br states: Washington, seven ? drownings. one auto faUlity; Oregon two au to fatalities; Idaho, one drown (nr 'ana ante fatality. - iim Kennedv. about 15. of Deer Island, Ore. was killed In a head on. autnmoblle collision oa,,' the Lower Columbia , River nignway. BeTornBowri Concrete ; Shop " btructure nisriiui:iii t Start onfuly; IS.4;' ' Salem'a citv' barns, long an eye- sore and freiuently: branded. as- a fire Vmensc.; wlU.be rased .by WPA crew scheduled to . start work July IS to; make way tor a 'modern twe-atory concrete, and timber shop building,- according ta City-Engineer "J. H. Davis, t The new shop building, i oy ill feet In klae. "will be erected at IS tb and Ferry streets on the site of the old barns. ? -;f ? The project will cost approxi mktelv $22.C0. t of : which the city will contribute up to $8600 ; Davis ? aal the J neWr building would be plain la design, with a moderate modernistic treatment. The exterior will be of reinforced concrete. the Interior, of hea'vy timber construction.- Apartments (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) public backing of John L. Lewis, CIO chieftain. . " Senator Johnson (D-ColoF a Wheeler supportersaid that Hull would be a "logical choice" as a running, mate for Mr Roosevelt, but declared he and other Wheeler advocates " remained : convinced that' the president would not ac cept the nomination.. - " " ."I have too much confidence In the president's astuteness as an Interpreter of history., and in his common sense to believe that be would embavsr.on such a venture," Johcsoa said. '-; " . AUHoagb. cupporters of other avowed,, candidates would 4 not comment on the forecasts of a Roosevelt-Hall ticket. It was ap parent thst they received the re ports glumly. ; . - ;-' ' " Friends of Vice-President Gar ner, who does not plan to attend the conveatioa. Indicated that de (Turn to page 2, col.. 4) Toll for City With tears on bis heavy cheek and his voice tight In pride and sorrow, Churchill told commons how with ''aching hearts' the British government has-seen to It. that 'the French surrender cabin et of Marshal Henri Philippe re tain would never, carry out its. promise to turn its battle vessels over , to. Germany which ,, only awaits the Chance to strike a last -great blow at Britain across the channel. . , ' - ' . . This, in substance, is what- he-' reported: . - -: : In a ten-minute action yester day off Oran and Mers El-Keblr, Algeria,' British guns sank a French battleship of the Bretagne. class; damaged and . grounded a" battle; cruiser ef thev Strasbourg -elass; sank- or set on fire two de stroyers and , France's only sea plane carrier, Teste; torpedoed aa! escaping, battle cruiser, jprobably the Dunkerque.- . 1 ' v-.- . (The i Strasbourg and Dun kerque are; listed by most author ities as battleships, although. Churchill called them battle cruls-t ers.) -:: r . .- : . Before this happened, Churchill' disclosed -J for the first time, a great flotilla of French warships entered the English port of Sheer ness, Plymouth and . Portsmouth. These," now out of any possible hostile action for . the duration 'of the war, included: ; ,; ' . 'Two battleships; two i light cruisers;' a number of submarines. Including the 2,880-ton Surcouf,. the world's largest; eight destroy ers and 200 mine-sweeping and anti-submarine craft. . I : At Alexandria, Egypt, the Brit- . ish seized, control of a French, battleship, four French ' cruisers and several smaller ships ves- - sels that only a few hours before ; had Joined their former British comrades in arms in fighting off an Italian air raid. . ThUs it appeared from this ex traordinary recapitulation of a. campaign Into which the British -navy, went with. determination yet anguish", that only one active capital ship was left to the French government. ... -. ' Presumably this was- the Dun-' kerque. which with some smaller1 ships fled4 the. Oran engagement "; for Toulon That mighty vessel, - Churchill : said," would be out of action for ' months, crippled by -one British'' torpedo.' ,-.. That engagement, as" ChurchilL heavily, described It la the housed was carried out' without the slight-. est interference from Italian war', vessels.' .- '- , . j-.. .. . ... ; .. The Italian fleet.M he a I d dryly, "kept prudently out ot the' way', adding;:,: ,.. . ; f We shall . take the necessary ; steps to maintain command of the Mediterranean.. -; W f ; (From Geneva there had been reports that the Italian fleet was speeding to the aid of the French.) . - ' ' ' final rupture of diplomatic relations with the Petain govern ment was predicted by informed men. ; (There were indications, the French already have started such a move.)--, , . ' (By.The Associated Press) In a move presumably retalia tory a fleet of German bombers struck at the big new British nav al base of Portland, destroying a. naval auxiliary vessel, a tug and lighter and causing an unde termined number ef casualties. The astonishing British naval coup should set at rest permanent ly, said Churchill, any Idea that may have prevailed anywhere that Britain! has thoughts of peace at this stage, : ; -: ' The reaction in Berlin was one of rage." French authorities Were (Turn to page 2, column 4) Our Senators -w .hi . " yv rj f r S sW W car
