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z' l t IN.. lie Oregon Statesman Is ; ft itfl'Ay growing ncwf-pa-"per Its reader know (he reasons: It's reliable eom-' plete, lively and always ia tercstlng. : :' " . VTeather . Fair today followed by la creased cloudiness Wednes day., Max. temp. Honda?,' 64, tula. 44. Southwest wind. River -4.2 feet. i I 0 IHIii.Tli.Tll ,YEA3 Salem, Orojcii,. Tuesday Morning, October 22, 1943 Pries 3c? Newsstands 5c - Ho. 178 7T75 VI IT? Gdiinc Okelis; NORWEGIANS OF VALLEY HONOR HAUBRO i ; f ' r.-.szr trvi - t i i i r i i i i t - i t x i i t t t i . - vi i j t i i S V.. r I ; 1 .. . V ' l I I It II 11'" I: i... ...WN. f I t I I I . " MTV I I I 1 I "IF j - V. f VO ' ''V'- A ::o V Cifensive Due, J3riiisli People Prime Minister Declares Enslish Will Control S Air in 1941 .V " t 'ft. i Enclish Planes Let: Loose ' J Bombs Oyer Italian ; :.; 7 Factory Region f . t Bt The Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. 2 1-(A-The Brlti ; Ish people were told tonljnt tnai; " - ibeir air force bad scored mighty new blows at botn enas or ib Home-Berlin axis and - tbat. the time Is coming for Britain to' wage offensiTe war. . . v Slmnltaaeoos OTernight raids oa - Berlin and northern Italy Snhdar were described by the air ministry lews serrice as a Tore taste of the fathering strength of the royal sir force." As British planes and, appar ently, big guns ashore and ail oat as well, pounded at Adolf Hitler's lnrasion-threatenlng. bases across the channel. Winston Cbnrcniu " and two members of his cabinet also hinted that Britain hopes to f. sat the shoe on the other foot. "In l4l. we shall hare com- ' mand of the air, the prime min ister told the French nation in radio pep talk. "Remember what this means. "The day we can take the f fenslre approaches steadily," de clared Colonial Secretary Lord ' Lloyd In a speech at Glasgow.- ; How close that day may be, or where Britain's blows may fall. Aircraft Production Minister Lord Bearerbrpok. would not say. But he declared, that Britain .liaa more, planes ready for aetlon today than ever before and ''I'm-still not tat lsfied." Today, Trafalgar day, set an historic precedent for the minis ters' forecasts. Jost 1SS years ago, on October 21, 1805, Lord Nelson's British fleet Tanqulshed Napoleon's armada at Trafalgar. Before that battle, which cost the life of Britain's naval hero, -another continental ' conqueror. Napoleon, was Impatiently prepar ing across the channel. After it, Britain had established her rule of the wares and set the stage of Waterloo. Despite the eteeped-up race of (Turn to page, 2, eoL 7) . Dies Says Detroit Full of Saboteurs . DETROIT, Oct. 21HJP)-RP' Martin Dies, (D-Tex), here for secret conferences with persons he described as "informers," as serted in interviews today that approximately S000 potential saboteurs are working In this In dustrial center and that the gov ernment has been "negligent and lax". In efforts to wipe trnt. enb v versive 'organizations. , ",.' I The "chairman of w the . house ' committee - lnveetlgating un American ; activities said that many foreign'' agents . were em- ' ployed In key positions in-plants In this section working on war - contracts. Acts f sabotage, he said would be committed when the defense, program reaches its maximum-output. " f- Dies said he planned to catalog those he described . aa: potentall saboteurs' by names and occupa tion and that he would seek 'to have them discharged from their jobs. ; , "'!'' ' "Employers say tney cannot fire some of these saboteurs." he r.dded, - "because of the national labor relations board. We may have to hare showdown.; n that" :- .r ' V.-;' Fighting' FioreUo ; Nab3 and Pounds 'Detroit Heckler DETROIT, " Oct. V Bi-JP)-l siayor Florello II, La' Gnardla of New l'ork; paying whirl wind visit to Detroit la behalf f president Roosevelt's reelec--tlon, cUiaaxed : busy -after-; noon hy senf ning with heck ler on the city hall steps today; ' - i As' the ftocky L Gurdl "was walking flown the city ball -steps af ter a call ' cpon Xfayor Edward - J.' Jeffries, ft ? rian stepped, Oct from . tho t crowd . and cried: -Did Doss Flynn send i yon here?" ' ' ' Witnesines saU that llsyor La Cnartlla strode to the man, seized blm by the should er and began to " shake bimi meanwhile ehontingr: "Yoa take ' that back. Are yon rjoir g to take that tack T At " that - moment police " stepped In and separated- the two. TWy toolr tlie heckler to beavdqnartcrs. - Paul Hauser's Column 1 Our friend," Irfr Gherkin,' one of the most - patriotic men - e know, has, strangely enough, been baring all - sorts of trouble -since . vomen r : decided it was . stylish to I do their; bit fori defense by wear-; ing jeweled , rep-1 Mcas of the flag. Up n n 1 1 1 a few months ago r whenT that- style I ' became popular h Mr. Gherkin had f never . found his intense patriot ism a cause for e m, b a r r a a s- rJ n. hm, jr. ment. ' Indeed, his wife and his friends' were .. proud of him be cause he" was always the first man m a crowd to doff his hat when the flag came marching by. la Mr. Ciberkln's proper wor ship of the flag as a majestie ' symbol ' there Is no cavilling To bint the flag Is the flag, no matter where it's found, and 'deaerree Its rlghtfnl tribute. It wae this intense adoration for his roaatry's flag that led te Ir. Gherkin's downfall. At first it was not so bad. Mr. Gherkin perceived the first flag flattering in artificial frenzy on the bosom of a stylishly dressed woman with much the same thrill as an astronomer might' experi ence In discovering a new planet. His patriotic blood e o a r s e d through his reins and he stood at r attention, hat over heart, as he gazed ' with rapt reverence at the . glorious symbol, cannlly wrought fn red, white and blue glass. When the flag - adorned woman had passed by the neces sary ten paces, as prescribed in the War department's circular on flag etiquette. Mr. Gherkin rt- txurn to page z, col. ) i " r ' 1 - - - - i . 4 Gdrds Cooiiis Numbering Board Has Assigned . 3185 Numbers so Fir JWith More to Come .... . . An inpouring of selective serv ice registration . certificates from other counties and states kept the Salem draft board yesterday from completing its task of assigning serial numbers to registrants. Chief Clerk W. H. Moran report ed at the armory. ':' Certificates received by the local board from other districts have largely offset losses through registrations made in Ealem by non-registrants. The board yetrter day had assigned SI 85 numbers, with a stack of certificates yet to be checked through. Moran said many young men were coming in each day asllng for their numbers, under the er roneous Impression that the serial numbers being assigned, by the board represented the order In which they ' would be called up for. pallltary training. The na tional draft lottery, to be held nc&t week, and not: the numbers assigned here will determine that, Meran emphasized. , , ! - Several ! young men who were unable to register last Wednesday reported in at' the- draft office yesterday.. The board has received instructions to accept any regis trations tendered ' before the na tional drawing takes place," with out treating them as evaders,."-- - : Search Is Abandoned OAKLAND, Calif.. Oct. i JPl An aerial search .for two army reserve officers, who vanished Saturday in ft training plane en route to Monterey, was abandoned today . and ' . officials - expressed belief the ship 'had fallen, la to Monterey, bay.- . ' i ' Delay HambioTelfe What Hcippene(d ToNortvayW ; -What happened In Norway when the Germans came?; Hot the, picture of widespread trouon and trickery among Nor wegians la high places thst -has been painted -by many- writers. Nor. the" backing down, of the de fenders, military and naval forces wh3e defense remained" possible, i i Those were the declarations of Carl J.'Hambro. president of the Norwegian parliament, whlch'.be declared wHI continue to exist Into the time when it can. resume Its deliberations on native soil. In an expository; address in the Leslie Junior high echool auditorium last sight. - - - . Tho Invasion cams ..without warning, at many poiats on Nor way's extensive seascoasts and took the nation entirely by sur prise, particularly so because Nor way had only last March conclud ed a, new conxnercial treaty wun Germany, Mr. Ilambro said. Not even after the hastily summoned parUameat had moved by Pial train from :Oslo to Hamar, 100 Stiias6p:5i0ijlffi: Number War Secretary Js'Giveri Honor by President; ' : Oct. 29 Date Draftees i to Be Called ; ; in Order lSiiriiBers i ; 'r.-i-t - Are Drawn?:"; kljji WASHINGTON", Oct.! 21.-ffr- v uuua on vciooer Z7, oecretary of War KUmson will draw the first number In a nation-wide lot tery fn which nearly 1 7,00 0,0 00 young "men hold tickets 800.000 of them good tor. a year's service in the army..- --f f r- s , , Plani for the lottery were com' pleted today at a , conference "of Dr. Clarence Dykstra, director of selective service, and President Roosevelt. At first Dykstra. said that the president would draw the' first number, but later an nounced that Mr. Robsevelt de sired this honor to go to Stimson. The president will attend the historic ceremony, to be held. In the Interdepartmental auditorium, and will make an address, to last about 10 minutes. , Within three weeks after ttim son lifts the first blue number capsule from big goldfish bowl. the -initial contingent of-10,000 draftees will be on their way to training camps..'. . H- I'-iiJ m' Men will be called to training 800,000 by next June' IS In the order in which their numbers are drawn from th bowl, 'Unless they volunteer without waiting to be called or. unless the y are deferred from service. ! -- " " la Vtrttt Draft ' v-. " ' , ' - - On July 20; HIT, Secretary "of War Newton D. Baker dipped his head into the same bowl, palled out sapsule with a black-coated. non-transparent slip of paper In side, and ' announced, "I have drawn the first number. It was 258. '! Subsequent early numbers were drawn by senate and house mili tary and naval committee lead ers. After the preliminaries, a group of college boys continued the drawing aatil 10.E00 aam bers were listed In a little more than It hours. I After Secretary Stimson draws the first' 1140 number at the (Turn to page 2, eoL 4) Mexico to Scrap Japan s Oil Lease Cardenas Declares Action Is One of Continent Solidarity MEXICO CITY, Oct Presldent Cardenas cas decided. as an act of '.'continental solidar ity," to 'cancel a large oil conces sion granted ' last week: to Japan ese Interests ' in -' Mexico It was learned tonight. ' 5 - i The high government official. In disclosing the portended can cellation, said also that ft "more than satisfactory bid" by Japan ese- agents for 18,000 tons of Mexican scrap Iron had been re jected because of Japanese-Ameri can tension in the Pacific, v --""""We did notwant it to appear that Mexico would sell scrap Iron that Japan might conceivably- use against the United State should the present, crisis In the orient end in open hostilities. : . ' : He said the government .- did this even though United , States firms had refused to sell Mexico's (Turn to page 2, col. 7) ' - j miles north, on the day of the In vasion, did the delegates learn of all that was taking place. . ' ; ; u '- Despite the facts that the Ger mans employed unusual stealth In reaching strategic points and that Norway-was almost entirely un prepared 'for more than ft neutral-lty-protectlng.pat.rof of Jts 'coasts its shore defenses' virtually muse urn; pieces, the .defenders inflicted, severe losses on the enemy before giving up when i.ttacked from de fenseless year parltlons, Mr. Ham bro declared. The . Norwegian forces that managed to retreat to the north had bite In April suc ceeded in . beginsilng to - gain an upper hand, but faced ft shortage of ammunition that soon -necessitated their girls g up the Imme diate, struggle. -; . - The short-liT&I-British, expedi tion' to Norway, without . planes, tanks or anti-aircraft guns and with only 17,008 men, served,' at least,- to enable IClng Haakon and Crown rrlnce Ol.iv (Salem visitor . - (Turn -to-page -2, col." 41; . Bud2etfdr41 Only Increase Is $1050 Item 1 1 for - Work- on - X i" I SneltoiT Ditch 2ne Qianse at Martet . t and 21st Is Given I V Approval s-'-Jvl': 'Amid political banter provoked by- resolutions ' for the'' lraprore-i ment of Roosevelt street and request by the 'Marlon county re publican central committee that It be allowed to stage a McNary parade, the. Salem city council last night passed the 1941 budget ord Inance after first Increasing It by sioso. v ' The Increase, suggested by Alderman .A. O.;- Davison, was entered opposite an ; item 'marked Shel ton ditch, nnder the." head ing . of sewers. , It Is, for 141 f mprorements on . Ehelton ' . ditch. The budget Increase brought the toUl to 1355,272.88. ... . , .Public hearing on the budget ordinance: brought forth , a re quest from Glen Burrlght, In be half of the Salem, municipal band, that Its budget be Increased from the SCOO allowed to 21000 as In former, years. Burright stated the band would have to disband if It received no more .than the $S00. - : Voters to Decide . Band Issne Aldermen David O'Hara sug gested the- council - take no ac tion upon the request until after the November election, at which time voters are to ballot upon ft measure which . will . Indicate whether or not - tney wish the band continued t - ,v " - The council authorized a zone change that makes of. property at the ; southwest corner , of Market and. 21st street class three busi ness property instead of class one residential.. .' 'v - Power wag given the lnclnerat- , (Turn to page 2, col. f) . Posse Hunts Ruin Of ftlissing Plane National Guard Training Snip Believed to Have Crasbed : - EHELTON, Wash Oct, ll-(flV a sheriffs posse combed the rough forest country 10 miles northeast of SSelton fruitlessly to night for wreckage of an airplane, believed to be ft Washington na tional guard ship with two officers aboard. The posse went out after eeveral persons reported hearing a crash in the distant timber after sight ing the plane circling low over the Deep creek region. . ' - " Authorities at Grsy field. Fort Lewis, reported a Jlfth observa tion squadron plane was missing with Lieuts. George ' Nelson,- 27 and Ray V. Jones, 81, both of Spo- Jcane, Wash. The basic combat plane of the BC-1 A type went aloft at 8: 15 "p.m. on, a training .flight and -was listed as overdue at 4:45. It was a single-motored low-wing monoplane. , - '. . ' v - - Sheriff Gene Martin led a 16- man party Into the densely .wood ed district after the crash was re ported at about 4:30 pjn.,'lbut darkness drove . them from the hunt, after an hour of fan-wise searching.;:-;- :....":.';,-:::.'!;;: v-;Tr Tomorrow- morning' about 7B searchers, including a-contlnugent from Fort Lewis, will . renew the ground hunt,. the Sheriff said. In cooperation with" aerial searchers.' Germans Qaining Damage Effected BERLIN. Oct I2-(Tuesday)- CP)-Informed nazis asserted today that "war essential objectives" In a number of cities In south-eastern , England were; attacked "ef fectively yesterday by i German bombers. ;: .' . - -'. -'i A factory building collapsed under direct hits," and several planes destroyed on a southeast; era f English airport; they re ported.";. . a . - it V Large fires also -:were'-' said, to have resulted 'from a raid on an unnamed rwitlsh port;' - - : r : j Nazis - also reported ft ' lone German -.fighting plane scored a hit amldship of a 2.000-ton Brit Lth merchantman In' a convoy.'"' C3 , To Vote or Quit - HAMILTON. NT. Oct. ll.-tTV- fVote before yoa come to work or don't come to work." reads the sign James Leland, Hamilton business man, .has placed for all his employes to see. --i .:j "la this eriUcal period it's our duty to prora to tiu rest cf the world that . v. a can make democ racy work," Iceland explained. - "Frm Willamette TaDey Norweglaaa to Carl J. Hambro," this box nugnt nave neen insert oea, as u was presented yesterday to the visiting president of the .Norwegian parllameat and of the League of. Nations aaacmbly, at the Salem chamber of commerce. BIr. Ham bro promised to nse the myrtlewood! mallei accompanying the set as a gavel when bis parliament con Tenee again on native eofl. Pictured, from left, are Dr. A. 8. Jensen, of Monmouth, Theodore G. Nel aoa. Sir. Harabro, in foregrooad; Mrat Louise Arneeon, Rev. M. Andreses, . who . grew the filberts, Gladys WbadedahV Mrs. Andreses, S. F. Anetos and J. A. Sbolaeth. Jesten Miller photo. . Debt Problem r Put as Issue VTillkie Declares Defense Program Resting - on V :;;?Bigger Debtw lia.BT' VnLUA.lt B. ARDIRT k- MlLWAUK'r2i:. Oct. ll-W-Oe- (;Iarlnc. that the adminittratlon's tier ease program rests "upon the iasecare r foundation of a bigger debt," Wendell W WiUkle assert ed tonight that new dealers should not claim ft business reriTal based on the country's "huge war ma chine." ' The republican presidential nominee, addressing ft crowd which filled all 2000 seats in the city auditorium and Its two side halls, ft s k e d his frequently ap plauding listeners to . "stop and think" how new work was being created . under the defense pro gram. : "It Is being created by. money spent by the government taken out of the pockets of the people or ft d d e d to the mounting na tional debt, be said. - Willkle rode to the Milwaukee auditorium " In a parade through the ' business district,' where the streets were lined with cheering men . and women. At . one down town 'point ft small tomato was thrown at the candidate's car, striking the hat of ene of Will kle's body guards." " . Inevitably,-wnikie . asserted, defense building will bring an in crease In production and a de crease in unemployment, "We Are Golan- . Imto . Debt.-' , ; .- ,, v . ; .. ' But,-he said, these are not the f o r c e s of private enterprise at " (Turn to page" 2, eoL 2) Thief Tells StoryV Of Jewel Robbery i.T- i -.-r ;... NEW TORKr OctT 2 1-PV--Ru- ben -Klaasky. confessed- member of a ring accused of - specializing la trailing night club patrona and robbing them, testified today that the gang htd . stolen more .than 11,000,000 worth of Jewelry. ' Klansky.' testifying for the state.- identified - three defendants on trial In general sessions court on charges of first degree robbery as . participating In the theft of 275,000. worth of Jewelry ' from Mrs.' Josephine Forrestal. iwife of Jamee K. Forrestal, nnder secre tary of the navy, on July , 127. . The defendants ' were Dorothy Stirrer, 40," charged with", being the "finger woman" for the mob: Michael - Lomara,, 8 0, and T Joseph Weissv-JSn.;-.' i-. : - Mrs. Forrestal testified to the robbery but was uncertain In her Identification of 'the" defendants. Flood iii Franc e ' - TlCnr, France, :Oct," ll-tPr- Frano had ft new army cf refu gees tonight following devastat ing floods which caused at least 100 deaths 'and left t hundreds homeleES . In the southwest. The 1 floods began - late- last week but only today the full ex tent of the disaster was disclosed In- reports trickling in over re stored communications. ' i Pyrenees-Orients les - d t p r t- mest where the hamlet cf Eanat was srept away and several oth er vnri flooded, was tha hardest J hit. ' - - - - - - . Hdmbrp Sees No Chance For an European Un ion President of League of Nations Assembly States War Will Last Three Years With Britain . ' Likely Ultimate Winner ; ' " 1 By RALPH a CURTIS ' K" . . Despite his enthusiasm Carl J. H&mbro, president of and of the Norwegian storting", entertains no hope that out of the breakdown of national lines in the present war will come a United States of Europe based, even eventually, upon freedom and enlightened principles. Such a vision is impos - . sible of fulfillment because there Ground Fog Gives London Raid R&t S ' Three Midland Towns Are Hit and Liverpool , Has Bad Raid " LONDON,1 Oct. 22-(Tuesday)-. UPV-A ground fog gare London some respite last . night and to day "from the fury, of German bombs, the clear signal coming several hours earlier than usual after,, a sporadic spattering, of bombs. ': The British assumed that the fog, following ft - drizzle, made landing dangerous on the German airdromes In - France, and - thus eased the 4 5th. consecutive over night attack, - but r Liverpool and other cities'. In tho northwest' and In v the:, midlands r suffered fero cious bombingss :- ' - Three' midlands .' towns were hit; one of. . them Jof- the third time in three days, and a movie theatre,' a hotel and; three schools were' set afire there. ' The fierce -raids on Liverpool and the northwest began at dusk and progressed this morning in a shower of higlr-exploslre and in cendiary bombs. - - But the only serious casualties reported - oc curred when - explosives burst In, a congested area of one Mersey side town, ' Following the paths blazed by fellow bombers who v recently smashed windows In the big, new (Turn to page 2, col. 5) - "Lie" That US l - ?'v CHICAGO Oct. :21FV-Aetins; at the request, of . Presldenjssioo-. sevelt,; Ambassador .William v C Bullitt .tonight revealed a bit of hitherto unpublished correspond ence which, he said, disproved the rile" that the United States prom ised, to go to war, in. aid of Eng land an4 Frahce.f - Jf "JX; On. April-4,vi40, he said,.Fer- xatr premier.- Edouarn uaiaaier of : Franee sent -President Roose-. ve!t letter which said la part: "Also X feel I should tell you that during the past' two years,: when I- was prime minister. Am bassador Bullitt always - said to me that in ease of a European conflict. Franco should mare her decl&ioils knowing that accord ing to the opinion of Ambassador Bullitt v the United States . - of America would not enter the war. Bullitt,. in an address prepared for deliTery to the Chicago coun cil on foreign relations and on the radio (NUC), discussed . pre-war events .and said- thatv."agalaand :cn " tie L aiitd -fctatcs'-"deter- f i -. of fHberU and myrtlewood bowl for international cooperation, the League of Nations assembly Is , no basis - for it in common Ideals and philosophies. Mr. Ham- bro said. In an interview following his ' noon address at the Salem chamber of commerce. As for the war. It will be pro longed for at least three years; the Norwegian statesman said. Americans are not getting quite an accurate picture of the Battle of Britain because the press, with the best" of Intentions, pays too much attention to the communi ques from Berlin which are al most wholly false. The British communiques tell the truth though they do not always ' tell the whole truth immediately, he added. . Damage to London Is Held Limited The truth-Is that , the Germans hare not been able to do much damage in London, a city so vast that .when one district Is being bombed other districts have no knowledge -of it, Mr. Hambro de clared. The Invasion "of Britain has failed. . Germany's 'move Into the,' Balkans is an admission of that fact, but there Is little like lihood the nazis will be able ' to gain Important strength In that direction' . - .:-. " -Vv.--. Asked - If the British Empire could hold : on,t ' for three years. Mr. - Hambro . said that - was not the point; before the end of three years the British will be able to Invade Germany. Neither the axis powers nor Britain i ahoald - count on - help from . Russia, . the visiting . states man said. Russia is merely wait ing to pounce gpon whoeter Is down. ,. . - - : . .. Elaborating a p o n bis point that a United States . of -Europe v (Turn to page 2 coL ) Had Promised : - 7a - ." - ' - "e mination to stay out ef war? was made ,: clear. i-W-yj . iTNaxl. propagandists to Berlin, he said, "launched the lie that we had ? promised - France : and .. Eng land to enter, the. : war. Jn. this country carl agents and dupes and , few- political partisans .tried to spread, it?. They .had no success bees a se. the official record was too ;Clear.':-;r;: ftj- - Turning to moreVecent events.' Bullitt, eavey. to France,- asserted ttat tie new triple' alUance of GetzaaBy, It&ly and Japan "was a clear, threat to the United States, and that this, country should rm at ;war'--peed" ' 'or. no nation would dare attack It. r' j-:y: .; . If ever a clear warnlr,3 was given to a nation that" three aggressors contemplated a future assault upon it, that warning -was given to - the American' people . by the recently announced agree ment ef Berlin,',-he said. - . "Faced, by this- threat . . ,he continued; "our: most urgent task (Turn .to. rse 2, .col. 4).. - s Laval Seeking -rf c5.f rcaa Pact : For L6st;Lahd . - ' ; - - -r-:J.r.- Vi 'J' I l" Report From Switzerland Reveal Negotiations ' : Now Proceeding r - c tunrliiil ; as Hinting Such Move X in . "t By CHARLES S. FOLTZ, r.. LBS VERR1ERE5, Switzerland, at the French- Frontier, Oct. 22 (Tuesday)-(ff-Plerre Laval, right-hand man of . old l Marshal Philippe Petaln. in the Vichy rov, ernment of unoccupied France, is negotiating i with Germany for a possible. French.declaratIon war .on Britain's In return for ; a definite and easy 'peace - between Franee and the axis, informed travelers : reaching here declared today. t r . ' . , . ' ; J , -. The Laval ic heme these sources said, calls tor. such a dec laration - with i the : promise t that Franee will lose only Alsace and Lorraine, Nice, Tunisia and Ji buti. r ; :-.' ...v .'-:-.- . ..; :. Marshal Petaln either has re jected or will reject rueh a pro posal, these sources said, but La val was pictured aa still - nego tiating in occupied Paris,' even though members ef his camp are reportedly afraid that much of the French array, navy and air force will refuse to. go openly to war against Britain. There also were persistent re ports that Petaln and Adolf Hit ler would meet soon, but these were thus far without confirma tion. J. J .....-'!jV- '-vr: ; v ; j ' (Strength was lent to these re ports .by the tenor - of : the radio address to the French people last night by Britain's Prime MinUter Churchill, in which he urged, fit yon cannot help ps, st least yen will not hinder na. .- ; ' (ChurcnUi promisedaaew :lo f share with you,.the victory oter Germany and urged the French to "rearm your spirits before 14 is too late.") - ' Decision Is Doe - . V on Move to Paris 3. ' In any event, the travelers reaching Les Verrieree said tho Vichy government, of unoccupied France seemed on - the verge of being - forced" to decide whether to remain where it la or to trans fer to Paris and Versailles, fn tho German-occupied zone. - v On this decision, said Informed sources, the future of the Vichy (Turn to page 2, col. 1 ) Japan and Russia May Cut up China Plan of Partitioning - la to Figure irr Parley at Moscow By RELMAN MOR1N TOKYO. Oct. 22-(Tuesday)H Negotiations soon to be conduct ed between Japan and Soviet Rus sia will be based upon a plan to partition the northwest territories of China, according -to - a report -given credence in diplomatic c!r- eles todsy. ; ' ' Japan's - new. ambassador .. to Russia, Toshitsngu Tatekawa. duo to arrive In Moscow Thursday, Is - known: to be armed vith widest powers, fully backed by the gov ernment and . tho army, of which he is ft retired lieutenant general. Information from Moscow1 said Tatekawa would present his ere dentials at the Kremlin within 42 hours of his arrival, speed consid ered . unprecedented. ... - - It was underetood authorita tively that;. Japan, ' newly allied with Germany and Italy, is leas la terested. in a formal non-agression pact with Jlussia thaa In ereatlna an arrangement for recognition et buffer territories and spheres et Influence between herself and the soviet. . ' These presumably would include Inner and outer Mongolia, North China and Manchoukuo. . "" .- - Russia Is represented in various - circles here as mutually anxious-tor- an agreement with Japan ta order to expedite soviet southward expansion and because of concera over Ute axis drive Into the Ba kana. - Salem Selective S Seryi ce Board' ; MQtficQi Armory : .Thcres!vth! Calesa ..draft boartIT" ' . t , , , . ."1 - '1 This caeaUoa was aaked byj' dozens of te2cpSoe v toqelrera .at Tho Etatesman office and al ' ti enrthor .l:a jestcrday Tho answer Is, ia the armory The local ifFri rnees aro- thoe 00 the rr; . -vr xorroer ::.-.--re. of tno - X. vnlttt, ' serial item I en ft tulle ly occcr!eJ I ' Ealem national i -Draft resfstraiii ben will be tMl tin board la the ..r.:ry ccrri dor. a so.a aa mil reistratio'. certiflcateir ,have been indeeO 7