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NORWEGIANS OF VALLEY HONOR HAUBRO
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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
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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
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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
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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
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"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
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