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... Centennial ; Plans; ; . ' .Your, questions about the .Salem Centennial, ita com plete program, parade sche ' dales, meeting; ' times and special -events will be an swered in the Cionday States man. Order It today -V. TTealner " : CSovdy with showers fol lowed by clearing Saturday Saaday fair; temperature below normal. - Max. temp. Friday 70, mln. 68. River ft. Soathwest wind. golem Oregon. Saturday Homing, July 27. 1849 Pticsj 3a nwssfan2a So No. 104 11 iiiiIS MM '.n.-V "W JT 2B . s a. a S aW a SSSI ' ST" St IS MS &&7:a U i UU L IULJ. UUl U ML O Paul Hauler's Column '.Qoll.lt a funny game. There are those that say it is neither fanny nor. a game. At times we are inclined to ---- bftliere with!,;--- . them, Yesterday was one ol the j V tlmes. , H c . ? -Yesterday we?- went golf ing. ;f , jt a word as any to ; express what we; did y e s terday. trletlr accurate. te.r on I Technically, you can't go goinng not. At least, no one who has ever seen us brutally beat a golf ball has ever called us that. f ... We' not only went clfing (pardon the misuse again), bat we went golfing the rain with a trio of happy maniacs : who seemed to enjoy rough weat her and wind, rain and pine cones In the hair. We will furnish names on request. In . fact, we won't even wait for the reqatiW The names were "Spec. Keene, of whom you may have heard, Bruce Will iams, of whom you may have heard, and Ron Gemmeli, whom you may - have beard. (He does a mighty fine Co manche yell in rain or out.) This was at the beach. Why we, with our golf game, should go 70 miles, to show how bad it is we can't figure. On the other hand, the farther away from home we get our golf game the better we feel, that's reason enough, maybe. After all, you're got to protect the home industries and the home golf courses. We can make a golf course look like Dunkerque beach in little under 65 minutes with farorable cir cumstances. With nnf aTorable cir cumstances our time is somewhat shorter. Need we say it rained. We can think of better places to take a swimming lesson than on a golf course. We were ready at any time to trade in our bag ot bat tered and tooth-marked golf clubs for a pair of water wings or eren a kapok cushion and a paddle. There were numerous times when we figured we had certainly earned -our Junior LlfesaTlng badge and should be let out of the pool. Ho Saint Bernards ap peared with Water wings or eren store welcomu. rations and- all we could do ' w- keep swinging In our ineffectual way. v With the aid of numerous can dy bars (it Is a theory of ours and a doctor somewhere in . the east that candy bars on erery other hole are the secret of suc cess in golf) we finally made it. In fact we made It in par, not counting putts and few of the less important brassie shots. . We concluded, as we always do that anyone who plays golf for love, money or potato chips Is crazy in the head. Every body knows we're crazy in the head. That's probably why we had so much fun. Impasse Evident, Plywood Dispute ; TACOMA, July 2 6-iflEVAn . Im passe which threatens to. tie up nine plywood and door factories in Tacoma, Everett and Coqullle. Ore., tonight appeared no nearer a. solution, despite a day-long con ference of mill executives at which Earl Hartley, northwest business manager for the lumber and sawmill- workers' anion (AFL) was reportedly present." ; Hartley ' 'has announced ' the nine plants ; "will fail"- to epen Monday If tha anion's demand for an hourly' ware of 76' cents , for comtnon"- labor It not meC The business agent said employ rs .had ' offered "a "supplemen tary wags" of 2 cents per hour, amounting to one-third of the Increase asked by . the union. : r Three . Tacoma plants employ ing approximately IS 00 nien had closed today, two of thesa by rlr tue of strikes and the third sus pending when workers decided to ' take a recess.' Three other Tacoma mills two in Everett and one in CoQullle will be affected If the Monday walkout material ises. Hartley said. . Prison Ball Team Benefit Game for Red Cross Backed . . - ' " t r ' - Approval of the local Red Cross chapter's plan for a base - ball, game " between the Oregon ute prison team and the best ball club from Carl Slav's base. ball school was expressed yester- nay in a letter received from H. C. Keslla f the Walla Walla Red Cross chanter. - J ...... Neslia wrote that hia organUa- xton - nas sponsored a . game . in which the Washlnrtnn atat -nria. xn's ball club participated, i and reportel that the Bed Cross had netted. more than $1600 on the contest. . .v. -,i The local chapter's game . will be held at Waters field here on August 1Z, , Our Senators u s ael jrel 0 5 Mm Mandate Plan May rt Peace , Commission Holds Conference; Group to' Meet With L. Melo Japanese Allow Soldiers Into Foreign Areas? Incidents Feared HAVANA. July 26.-V-A compromise which - would main tain continental solidarity on the controversial question of Europe an possessions In the western hemisphere appeared nearer to night after a meeting of the peace commission of the conference of 21 American foreign ministers. A sub-committee of the peace committee, headed by US Secre tary of State Cordell Hull, will meet tomorrow with Leopoldo Melo, head of the Argentine dele gation and the chief objector to proposals for a joint mandate for threatened European possessions in the Americas. A meeting of the full peace committee tonight was brief. That indicated to some observers that the Argentine delegation might be waiting to hear further from its government on how far It might go in joining the other American republics in measures to keep the European colonies In the new world out of unfriendly hands. On leaving the session. Secre tary Hull would say only that he was hopeful. One Argentine said he thought progress was being made. Earlier today a three -point compromise solution of the prob (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) - Bill for Refugee Tipo Baeil May Depend on Assurance of No Molestation,, -FDR Indicates .' WASHINGTON. July 2.-(jP)-Legislation authorizing the use of American ships to bring children here from Europe's war xone, If the belligerents will promise sate passage, was approved unani mously today' by the house foreign affairs committee. It acted after President Roose velt said at a press conference that the United States had a deep desire to do all possible to remove children from England, but that it would be a big responsibility to send ships for them without as surances that there would be no torpedoins The committee-approved bill, in addition to requiring a pledge from the' warring nations that the ships would not be molested, di rects that each ship have an American flag painted on each side "and a statement that such i (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Stream foUution Tpjpiciof ''ti Tililaiiobifi" 6rev ? July - 2- (ilVWJllin-'niaey'-'tPert land, t national .vice-president ' of the Isaak Walton league, . told the lth annual -Oregon conven tlon today that a. federal law Is necessary to stop pollution in streams crossing state bounda ries. " . .--s5 --.,---;.-- - He I declared- it. Impossible to obtain: sufficient cooperation from the' stalw.? v-'T: " The - Barclay bill... containing the Mundt, - amendment, J carries sufficient authority to compel In dustry to stop- pollution,- he said. The measure is before the senate. ' James Cellar ' of XAitoria as serted an algae condition In the Columbia river was detrimental to fish life and urged a state in vestigation. . Gain Suppo I :,: ) ...... - j ... ' , ' . DemocrdtiaUnUyParty-'i Is Considered, by Willhie By WILLIAM B. ARDERT COLOEADO SPRINGS, Colo., July - ag.-i-The possibility of forming a new party la which dissident democrats could Join in support of Wendell L. WUlkie was discussed , among the repablican nominee's associates today. Willkie told a press conference that he would make an aggresaive fight la the, democratic south. , Persons " close to him tsade it clear, that he was studying the advisability of attempting to set up a new party j-posaibly a "dem ocratic union." or a "democratic unity, perty" as means oJL per mitting democrats to rote for the republican nominee without" los ing their party affiliation. Willkie lunched vwita J. Rus sell Sprague, the New York: repub lican committeeman. Spragna was one of the co-managers of Thomas E. Dewey's unsuccessful , cam paign for the republican presiden tial nomination. Willfcie , told 7TT Tl lib own. i .-i i i . u t .... , ..'11 selective Trainiutg Ul -Fight Stiff Penalty '! Proposed for Draft Evasion LaGuardia, Owen Young Favor Plan, Norman Tnomas Opposes MotiHzing o f 400,000 in October Forecast By Army Official WASHINGTON, July 28-OF)-Congress approached a history making battle over compulsory military training today as the senate military affairs commit tee agreed upon final details of a measure granting the president broad powers to conscript aji army from among 42,000,000 men. Chairman Sheppard (D-Tez) said the senate bill, revised to meet war and navy department suggestions, should be ready for senate consideration . early next week.. One . of the committee's final acts was to insert penalties of fire years in prison and. $10, 000 fine for "draft dodgers." At the other end of the capi tal. Mayor Fiorello Ia Guardla of New York City and Owen D. Young, industrialist, told the house military committee they favored compulsory training, while Norman, Thomas, presidential-candidate" of the' socialist party, protested the peacetime conscription : proposal 'as getting HiUerlsm without Hitler." Sel ections Boards " 1 -' tVouldBe ' Set : b--i- . tinder the senate committee's bill the organization which would conduct registration and selec tion of conscripts would be head ed by a "director of selective ser vice," nominated ' by the presi dent and confirmed by . the sen ate. Local selection boards, simi lar to those set up under- the World , war draft plan, would handle the bulk of the work. The committee also completed a section designed to retain jobs tor men after they had completed the 12 months training. ? This would make it an "unfair labor practice" for an employer to re fuse to rehire a conscript "unless the e m p 1 o y e r's circumstances have so changed as to make it im possible or unreasonable to af ford such reemployment." Sheppard said disputes concern ing reemployment' probably would be decided by the nsUonal labor board although neither this board nor the national labor relations act were mentioned in the con scription bill. Registration May Reach Only 21-80 Ages Men' would have to apply, for reemployment within 40 days aft er release from military training. Despite broad powers in the senate bill to register all men 18 to 63 years Id,' taeluirlve, war de partment 'spokesmen said initial registration ' -probably -. would be confined to men XI ttr-10.; . ; ; From: this- group; Ue army offi cer said.-400,060 men would be conscripted about. etoer l.:Taen the registration would , extend to men from 3 1 to 4 4 years and a second group - of 400, oeo would be drafted by next Apfll 1. By October 1, 19414 as the first group completed the year of train ing, about 100,000 new, eon scripts Would be .mustered into service'''; ' The war department spokesman said youths 18 to 20 years inclu sive and older men front 45 to 84 years, :.. whose j training . would be limited to "home defense" units, probably would not be registered until congress authorized : these units and -provided funds to train and maintain them. - - . . press conference after the lunch eon that Dewey would wage "an active campaign In his behalf. ; t Earlier in the day the republi can nominee released messages from 'several supporters, Including JTV Jelfernoa Coolldge former, un der secretary of the . treasury in the eaw deal administration, ; " Coolldge: offered" his 'whole hearted support", and added that fan eaUaost be made of central ized power, personal rule and un controllable spend! Eg." , . I .Willkie said he was very pleased that Coo!i4se and other -. drso eratswere. supporting tin. 1J.3 said that it v as Tery gratlfj lag to know the types of demcrats and Independents who wasted to worlt for hlmu- V-:- 1 : "r- ?- Sprague told reporters that the primary thing New York republi cans had ia mind "la the electioa of s republican president, . : The New York state situation Turn to Page 2, CcL 3.) m win FLAG RAISED OVER NEW VFW BUILDING : -1 The United States flag is raised for the first time oyer the new building recently erected by the Veterans of Foreign Wars of Salem, which win be dedicated at exercises scheduled for 8 o'clock tonight. "Open house" will be observed beginning at 1 p.nu Present for the flag raising were Post Commander Frank Millett, Onaa 8. Olson, chairman, and K. C. Charlton, vice-chairman of the building commit tee; Post Quartermaster Wilbur Cavender and Construction Superintendent Arwin Strayer. Veterans ojj Foreign Wars Slate New Building's Dedication Today Fair Weather Is SimdayForecak Shower Today ;; Heppner Flooded ; East Suffers -Again From Heat - . 'The sun continued to peek through the clouds over . Salem yesterday and showers were Inter mittent, but the first fair weath er In a week is forecast for Sun day. ! Showers are predicted for today, followed by general clear ing. The temperature reached only 70 degrees yesterday, the lowest maximum since June 7. The mini mum was 58 degrees. . HEPPNER, Ore., July li-iPr" Thla mid-Oregon area received one of the heaviest downpours of the year " between' 8 ... and ; 6 p. m.. today but damage was be lieved negligible," 1 Heppner streets were flooded but no property was damaged. (By The Associated Press) Mother nature turned more heat on the eastern part t the nation Friday," sending temperatures to new highs tor the season in some areas.. ..." ' . .. ". '..V - New . York residents watched the mereury.soar' to 8 4.8f' topping the previous -high Dt, the season, J 1, reached June 4- V Thundershowers and then, later sent N e w Tbrk's" temperature I OPTO WJ.i.ry.t v : i - , iVA'-S The thermometer nit 10r .,at Baltimore ' tha' - hbttesttr U- four years. Albany' NT.! reported VA breaking the record for this date, set id m t. ' Temperatures jumped as much as - 21 degrees" in? some" eastern Pennsylvania cities in six hoars, setting records !or. :the . summer. The season's record at Boston was Ued at 81.-, A 80. degree hea,t forced many persons to abandon work before noon at Wheellng,-W. ,Theot waVe also dipped into the south. Virginia had the hot test day of the summer with tem peratures ranging ' from 87 at Richmond to 8 8 at Danville. Nor folk, on the Atlantic coast, had the, hottest July . 88 since 1875 with 88. .V - Cool winds and scattered thun dershowers in some sections ' (Turn to page 2. column 3) Refiiiue in Ac l TOKYO, July 2 f-0V"PremIer Prince Fnalmaro Konoy e and his key . blnetminlster wero - re ported .in i 'complete agreemeni;f with Imperial -army hcaiquarte-rs today after an Important coclef eaee .on . foreign . aaci domestic policies. .-..-: " The se'ssion, disclosed la a brisf official annOuncesEtat, was- the first ' liaison conference between army leaders and cabinet cflielala ia two years.1 - The; official announcetaent did not contain "any details concerning-the matters discussed, but said -that the imperial 1 headquar ters had suggested measures to meet the current situatJoa" and that the prtiaier had outlined t!ae catiaefs domestic policy. Armj and Konoy Open House Starts at 1 p. .v:at-; 8 o'Clock; General George mite Will " r gCg : lie 1i wdflrraii. NoU&je io Attend The new bungalow home erans of Foreign wars will fce dedicated tonight after an open house program starting at 1 o'clock at the new headquarters at Church and Hood streets. . ) . Major General George A. White, a member of the pdst. will deliver the dedicatory gram starting at 8 o ciock. The dedicatory proclamation will be read by Past Department Commander John H. Schum after Commander Frank Mlllett has re ceived keys to the building from Onas S. Olson,- chairman of the building committee. Past Commander Phil H. Rln gle, under whose administration erection of the building began on February 1, 1840, will call the meeting to order and Introduce State Senator Douglas ' McKay, who will act as master of cere monies. , . v . .Included - in the program will be an appearance of the Centen nial - Syneopators - and advance ments of the colors of state and post units of the- VFW, United Spanish American War Veterans, Capitol Post No. 8 American Le gion and Disabled American Vet erans' of the World war with Lieu tenant Victor Brown of the US Army recruiting service in charge." ..- ' r 4 : Distinguished . guesU will .in clude O o e r -o .Charles ? JL' Sprague, Secretary of State Earl Snell, State ,Treasurer ' W a 1 1 e r Pearson Mayor ; W. W; Chadwiek and Brigadier General Thomef-E., -. (Turn to Page ?, Cl. 1.) ? Lato Sports - BILVERTONJuly 18 John Linde of B ft O Transfer" struck out 18 batsmen end allowed hut four hits as his' taam edged' cut : J - to 4 1 victory' over MeElroys in a state semi-pro baseball tour nament game here tonight. Relia ble Shoe hanged out ' 11 hits to defeat - Battleground 8 to 4. McElroy ' ; - ,. l 4 I R'ft o .M, V'-rrr ; , . t . . l Beeson. and Brown; ' J. Linde and Marr. . : . Reliable Shoe " .'T, , ,t 11 , S Battleground C 8 .'Jabiti and Messengerf Wood ward O..Staley and . Ward. -.. i PORTLAND, Ore:. July ll-m -Seattle - pelted " the - Portland Beavers in a pacific Coast league doBbleheader" tonight, 8-3.; In nine Innings, and. 8-1 in the seven and took a 6-3 series lead,4 ; I Ira Scribner coasted 'to'victory Ma . the v second ' game efter , the Rainier a dro , e hom aLruns on seven -hits 1a tbe first Inning. He allowed v vi a hits. Portland's only run was a "product ' of Schwa Vs... triple - and -Gonxales' long fly in the fifth. ' - - i In the-first game Seattle shell ed Whltey J-Ulcher and . Gonialea impartially, scoring freely, ia Jthe l&'ts .innings.. " , -- - .r-..-, : PorUand 8 4 4 Barrett; and. Campbell; Illlcher, Gonzales (8) and Annuniio. ' ' Rpaftlw. , , ' . g IX , 1 PorUand. u. 1 .7 1 '' Ecrlbner.- and Kearse; Fallon, Gonzales (1) and Annuniio, Dea niston (7). - : . ; -: ..- .. ' " Americatt Association -Loulsvilla 1,' Kansas City J. Columbus 12-6, St. Paul 5-2. far 9 m. With Formal Program of Marion post 661 of the Vet address in the dedication pro Paul Satko Given Real Job, Juneau Ark's Journey Ends There Happily; Doubters Confounded JUNEAU, Alaska, July it-(JPi The Paul Satko saga of a de pression family seeking a new life ended in happiness at. this territorial capital today. i Satko' and his wife and their ieven children arrived safely in their " crudely-built, homemade self-styled "ark" after a 87-day thrill-packed but sometimes dis couraging voyage from Tacoma, Wash. ' , No sooner had Satko Jobless for, several -years-Tr-jumped-onto the: wharf than the .Alaskan em ployment ; agent-,--presented the former Richmond, Va-. welder and- machinii Vwith a f full-time Job at Ms regular, trade. - t .The - trlp .was the t end of three year of -backbreaklng .toll., of dreaming.--- -and oli piach-penny planning At the start he and his family were - laughed ...at, ' told they were crasy, couldn't .make It and 'would-. endanger their lives. Worst I of ; all for Satko. they said he was too old at .48 to start lift .over again - with his family. He refused to, accept re- i "Sare.r e got more nerve than experience, but I' believe there is nowhere I can't' go,' Satko said at ? the start. r v . ? After they left ; Tacoma they had trouble aplenty. The ark ran aground. They were hailed into - (Tarn to Page 8, Col. 8.) ; " Claude Cline Goes to Death In Gas Chamber; iVo Grudge Prospector Claude E. Cline, 48, slayer -of twoi mining v partners, died at 8:IO-.Friday.iaornJng ia Oregon's gas execution chamber, located -inside ' the " penitentiary here. --...- --- - - - The'' Second jean to breathe lethal fames front a 'little "crock beneath a steel chair at the state prison," Cllne was executed - for hooting George W. phetty, 85, ef Xeula, Ohio, and burying , the body ia a .shaI16w - grave hear eastern Oregon's remqta Spanish gulch, t. - - i -, v. . t Cline. also .confessed, the e!ay Inis of Eugene Roaenttlel c. Port land but was tried only for Owel ty's 'death, --'. t ' "":- -Oa his walk.-to the rJ Ch; fcer, Cllae rt-2sed briej..to t, new epapermt j: " ; : i - vi have not grudge ar' anybody. I am going to meet ty God. - Clina was . cala as to walked into the chamber at &:2& a. zi. and submitted to being stranti PITT TTD ;o T Ji:WO Maid. Looms Rumania Loses More Land, Is Berlin Belief Tt " , . " ' ' ' Envoys Conference With Hitler . Confirms It, "Is Under standing . Agreement Also Readied With Turkey, Former -. Ally of England By LOUIS P .LOCHNER , BERLIN, July 2 fJ-VFuehrer Adolf Hitler put finishing touches tonight on a Danubian reorgan isation plan deemed certain to In volve further dismemberment of Rumania. . . , During the afteraooa the fuehr er conferred with Rumanian Pre mier Ion Gigurtu and Foreign Minister Mihall ManoUescu. for two and a halt hours in his moun tain retreat shore Berchtesgaden. The Rumanians already had conferred at length with Foreign Minister Joachim von Rlbbentrop at Salxburg and it was taken for granted they had agreed to make certain territorial concessions to Bulgaria and Hungary, since meetings with Hitler- ordinarily only take place after an agree ment has been reached. ' In any event it seemed certain that Rumania would have to re linquish further territory either now or at the conclusion of Eur ope conflict. : ; No official announcement is ex pected, however, , unll the cycle of visits jot southeastern European statesnjen la completed, Informed German sources inti mated that Rumania, in the wake of its loss to Russia of Bessarabia and northern Bucovina, might pre fer to cede now what it is ready to cede, rather. than prolong the period of uncertainty. As long as the uncertainty lasts It Is difficult for the Danubian peoples to set tle down to peaceful work. Meanwhile, Germany's position as "adviser" to Rumania was strengthened by the conclusion of a far-reaching trade agreement with Turkey. Turkey hitherto was regarded as one-sidedly neutral in England's favor but. as the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung ob served tonight, "Turkey has felt the effects of the English war ap preciably." The government of the protec torate of Bohemia and Moravia sharply denounced the Czech gov ernment in exile headed by Ed uard Benes (recently, recognized by Britain). . Hongkong British Oppose Removals I HONGKONG, July 87.-(Satur-day)-(3PV-Leaders of the- British community hero' petitioned, auth orities ot the Crown -colony 'today to abandon their scheme far com pulsory ; exaeuatloa of British women and children.' , - Asserting that removal "of fam ilies 'was unnecessary and caesed "untold misery and discomfort. the petition. urged the return at government , expense of 4.000 women and children already re moved. . . , i. Most of them are in Manila " - Meanwhile; the Toluntary ex odus of .; non-British .: residents slackened, - and . soma Americans and other evacuees are seeking to return. - Authorities relaxed re strictions to the extent of permit ting the return of mixed-blood British women but still are refus ing entry Tinas to other women folk. - in the death chair, a . mask over his- face. -j . :'' i Prison attendanU - palled . the cords at 8:30. dropping, the dead ly pellets into the bowl of add. The fumes struck his face in half a minute and physicians listen ing at Instrameats exteading out side the 'chamber wall said he apparently was. .unconscious - at 8:31 H and "certainly uncon scious' a minute, later. '' -'-'Another rnlaate passed, Cllae's head slipped , backward and' fc!s heart ceased .to teat.' Hit head dropped " forward " at 8:32 and guards flushed the gas . from the ci?mber; at.8:4S.. , . ... .v.'" doors of the chamber wers -f at 8:49, and the body , rsaoved at 9 'a. 'm" when a officially pronounced Cl.-e-vreal to'lls-death with a. tiny crucifix la his hand. ' - Key. P.."V7. Eriksea ef Salera, who accepted Cllne la the Luth ' , (.Turn to fare . HnT. l British, A orped Number Joining Old Ally ' not Revealed; Convoy -Damage Admitted' , Rumanian Ships , Seized ; Nazis Sav Shinninjr Forays Succeed ; (By The Associated Press) .". . ; Gibraltar, Brlisia'a classic symbol of durable strength; suf fered two heavy .' bombardments Friday by Italian planes aiming at the .fortress arsenal and at warships based in the harbor. ' The British were silent on the extent of damage to their posi tion on the great rock that is the increasingly-Important key to control ef the Mediterranean, but Stefani, official - Italian news aa-nv . fnlA Af . nanlp in th streets, with' soldiers plunging Into the sea to escape fires start ed by bombs in the Friday morn ing raid.: - . Reports from La . Lines and Algeciras, Spanish towns -nearby, said- four persons were killed and 37 injured in the first raid and that casualties mounted when the Italians returned at 11:15 s. m. (2:15 p. m. PST Friday). Re ports irom mese cures aiao saia the Gibraltar radio transmitter, arsenal docks, water tanks and hotel were damaged and that oil on the water Indicated a ship may have been hit. , The sharp increase in these at tacks on the rocky redoubt which Spain has voted she must regain came as French soldiers in Eng land hoisted their own tricolor beside Britain's white ensign to go to sea against speedy German torpedo boats - which are raiding English coastal .waters. -ZOGr, French Ships . Eaoini Available - Britain - did ' not disclose the number of French ships ready for action, . but more than 200 French warships sre known to be in English ports. As fast as "free Frenchmen." opposed to. their country's . armistice with Germany, can be assembled they will take .to the sea. Trench pilots also are fighting beside the British.. . Nazi bombers for the first time yesterday struck at shipping con voys off the northern Irish coast. Britain's "back door' is her weak est defense point due to Eire's refusal to permit British defense forces on her soil. l British airmen believed : they shot down one of the German planes in the Irish fight. . ; Britain's apparent answer to Rumania's seizure of British oil properties came Friday tight when the Rumanian minister of marine - disclosed Britain's ' naval iorces seizea inree Kumuiu ships at Port Said, Mediterranean gate to the Sues canaL Recognise Rumania As 'Aiding Germany i ' . Two oil ankers and a Ruman ian freighter were taken by the British and the German radio said Rumania had retaliated by selling1 IS British' boats -on .the -Danube".rlter.'." "; -., - JT-:--; ;' Tkni" aftar. larftn MATitlia. Af war .ia'whlch Rumania has .been. BPrt or jim eieiuiii arum .am rigors ,"of Britala's, blockade. she joins a .Jong rjist ot i-eouatris s Britain; 'apparently, considers is directly- aidlngs Germany's war. machine. , ' . . ' Berlin claimed her. speedboats and planes sank or fired - four British merchant - men tetaUiag 34,000 tons near. .Brighton, -English south coast resort, yesterday In addition to C3.000 boas claim ed sunk by sir bombs in Thurs day's channel raid. . " - - Britain admitted losing fire ships totalling S104 tons and that another five were damaged. But she . claimed a "bag f 28 n&zi planes in - the fighting Thursday and two more today. -RAF bombers who raided Ger many's ' industrial districts early yesterday morning elataed they set- afire ' six oil - storage depots and bombed many other military objectives. - , ' Strike in Mexico : MEXICO CITT, Jc!y ,2 6-C'PH The Mexican petroleuza workers' anion was reported reliably ' to- night to have order?! 18.003 members to go n a 24-hoar ttrfie eext Monday la protest . ag&iast President Laiaro Cardesa s' de cree to reorganiie the g-T?rnr i.t oil industry on sn economy tsfls. ' An officer- ef the "linirn - sail that the . secretary genr.:.' 1' i telegraphed all regional c: r- ': tees to call rat their wcikV3 it 10 a. ia.. . Keadsy "utile s c:a trary orders sho-alJ be receiv -'.' .- Only'tciay the federal U'or board r.rovisloaally aathori:?d the oil aisilainratica to r-.i.::.'y ita. contract wiih ti worr;-?rs order to effect salary relactU-cs snd other econa.iI9. . :