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Identify Body
Former Salem Boy First
War Correspondent
to Fall Victim
Noted for Descriptions
of Dunkerque, Other
Scenes of Action
Ralph W. Barnes, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Edward T. Barnes, and
head of the London bureau of
the New York Herald-Tribune,
has , been positively identified as
among four dead in the crash
Monday of a loaded British bomb
er in the southern mountains of
Yugoslavia, his wife, now In Sa
lem, and his parents were inform
ed yesterday by state department
authorities.
No details were available as
to the circumstances of the tra
gedy, except that Barnes was ap
parently a guest of the Royal Air
Force during a raid against the
Italians across northern Greece.
His plane was believed to be
one which drew fire of Yugo
slavian batteries after crossing
over from Greece, and which af
terwards crashed into a moun
tainside. According to Arthur B. Lane,
the American minister to Yugo
slavia who Investigated the crash,
the bomb cargo of the plane ex
ploded, scattering wreckage over
an iArea of . many , hundreds of
square feet.
Mrs. Barnes was informed by
telegram that the identification
of her husband had been fully
established by the Yugoslavian
authorities.
Attended School
And University Here
Ralph Barnes was born in Sa
lem on June 14, 1899, and was
resident of this city during his
boyhood and youth before going
east to attend Harvard university
and later accept positions on east
ern newspapers.
He attended Washington and
Garfield schools and Salem high
school, where he graduated in
1918 as president of his class.
The next fall he entered Wil
lamette university, and graduated
there in 1922. The next two years
he spent at Harvard, from which
fee took a Master of Arts degree
In 1924, the same year in which
fee was married in Salem to
Esther B- Paranougain. daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs: M. B. Par
anougain, then of Salem.
Two daughters, Joan, 11, and
Suzanne, 10, were born to Mr.
and Mrs. Barnes, and are now
residing in Salem with their mo
ther and grandparents. -
irnllowln completion of grad
uate work At Harvard, Barnes ac
cepted a position with the Brook
lyn Daily Eagle, and in 1926
fnliiftd th staff of the Herald-Tri
bune, with which he was connect
ed until his death.
Served in Paris,
Romt and Moscow
H served chleflv on the for
eign staff of the Herald-Tribune,
holding his first post at the Paris
bureau, which he left to serve
In Rome for 14 months.
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En tee IaiB
Paul Hauser9 Column
Mr. Zizzle, who has now had
the Sylph Six long enough not to
feel that the end is near wnen
ever he discovers
new 'scratch on I
Its not-so-shlnyj'
surface, met ant
old friend the ,
other" day, - I
Mr; Zixzle, the
demos motorist,
had been hoping
to see this par-!
friend ever since
he cold it down
the river, aban
doned It to its
fat and forsook
it faithful com- K. Brasar, Jr.
mantanahin for the sleek lines and
the shining exterior of the Sylph
The old friend was the 1930
model Mr. Zizxle used to drive In
the days before he became a de
mon motorist ana was just an
Athr lalonnv ttilot.
Mr. Zizzle was wheeling down
' the street In the Sylph Six when
there before his eyes was the old
friend, old Esmerlda. She was
' rnugglng 'along lost as merrily as
n thm riave - when she was Mr.
. Zizzle's heart, - soul and carbure-
It was the first time fce had
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ritish Bomber Confirwied
Salem-Born War Correspondent Is
Praised Highly by Paper's Editor
1
! ,
"We thought yon wonld be interested la the following editorial
appearing; in Wednesday's Herald Tribune." :
With thin simple message, the New York Herald Tribune last
night telegraphed to The Statesman it editorial on the passing of
Ralph W. Barnes, native Salem newspaperman who roe to a high
position among American correspondent in Europe. The editorial
follows:
RALPH W. BARNES
The last thing that, Ralph Barnes would wish would
be that his end should be treated as an extraordinary
event. It was, in fact, o more and so Jess than death
in the line of duty such as the whole far-flung line of
American correspondents face in Europe and around the
world.
The reader of a newspaper has little cause to esti
mate the risks of reporting in modern warfare. It is an
elemental part of a correspondent's training to view
his own personal adventures as irrelevant and unim
portant save as they help to portray the truth. To the
responsible heads of a newspaper, as to its staff, such
risks in time of war can never be far from minds. For
all its great expansion in news coverage, in number of
correspondents, a newspaper staff remains a closely
knit family, bound by ties of friendship and comradeship
beyond any other trade save, perhaps, that of seafaring.
The risks are comparable, the common cause grips equal
ly. If there is little room, for sentiment, there are ties of
affection beyond breaking.
It is from such an office that Ralph Barnes went
forth in 1926 to become one of the foremost correspond
ents of Europe. We print elsewhere on this page today a
few tributes from his colleagues. They could have been
multiplied many times and could have run to any length.
For his friends, like his adventures were legion. The
tireless energy, the utter disregard of personal risk
which took him up in a British bomber over the moun
tains of Serbia to his tragic death, was as essential a
part of his being as were truth and honor. It is as a
great reporter and a dearly loved friend that the men
and women of the Herald Tribune think of him and
grieve for him today.
One farther point deserves to be made. It is natural
that his intimates should recall, first of all, the chances,
the audacity, the sheer skill, by which Ralph Barnes
served his newspaper and its readers. As the tributes
also make abundantly clear, however, beyond the techni
cal ingenuity and the burning fire of energy which in
spired this able gatherer of facts, there stood a charac
ter of patient industry and unswerving integrity. He
" had hardly begun his labors by scoring a news beat. He
was a furious student as well, taking his facts equally
from books and from men. When he wrote an intimate
picture of Soviet-German relations it was based upon
a painstaking study of the German mind. His account
of the evacuation of Dunkerque is a newspaper classic
quite as much because of his background of military
fact and trained observation as for his skill in writing.
We would not, as we have said, overaccentuate the end
that fate held in store for him.. In stressing the deep
personal loss which this paper has sustained we would
stress even more the incomparably precious service
which such character, such ability, such devotion, daily,
hourly, rendered to the American people. If truth sur
vives from the monstrous wreck of Europe first credit
will belong to the loyal body of American newspaper
correspondents, among whom Ralph Barnes was a
shining figure.
OGDEN REID,
Editor, Herald Tribune.
Colleagues, Commentators
Pay High Tribute to Barnes
High tribute was paid last
night to Ralph Barnes, Salem
newspaperman, who died In the
crash of a British bombing plane,
by Raymond Gram Swing, nation
al radio news commentator, and
by American radio correspondents
speaking from liondon. t
To their praises w ere added
those of his colleagues among the
foreign correspondents now serv
ing ; American newspapers n d
press services In 'covering the
European ' war. .."
His fellow workers expressed,
their grief In messages to Barnes
newspaper, the New York Herald
Tribune. Th tse are to be published
In today'i Herald-Tribune, which
will reach fialem next Saturday.
Barnes, o:i the Herald-Tribune's
staff since 1928. was intimately
acquainted with American news
men abroad, among whom he was
regarded ai possessing high per
sonal merit. ;
NEW' YORK. Not. T h e
following editorial 'will appear In
Wednesday's New York Times:
(Turn to Page 2, Col. J J.
Crash
Thanlisgiving
Day Services
Planned Here
Joint Worship Arranged
at First Methodist
Thursday at 10
Both Catholic Churches,
Episcopal, Lutheran
Announce Plans
Salem churches will observe
Thanksgiving day both individ
ually and collectively, reports
from the various pastors Indicated
yesterday.
Special services were announced
for St. Paul's Episcopal church,
the American Lutheran church,
St. Vincent de Paul and St. Jo
seph's Catholic churches, Christ
Lutheran and St. John' Lutheran
churches. A union service, ar
ranged by the Salem Ministerial
association, will be held at the
First Methodist church at 10
o'clock Thursday morning.
The union service, the host pas
tor. Dr. J. C. Harrison, announced.
will offer special organ and choir
music. The congregation will join
the pastor in the invocation. The
Thanksgiving proclamation will be
read by Rev. D. L. Rlngland, pas
tor of the United Brethren church,
the scripture lesson by Rev. J. P.
Oltboff, pastor of the German
Baptist church, and a prayer cf
Thanksgiving led by Rev. H. C.
Stover, pastor of Knight Memor
ial Congregational church, Rer.
Guy L. Drill, pastor of the First
Christian church will deliver the
ministerial association's greetings,
and Rev. W. Irvin Williams, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian
church, will preach the Thanks-
giving sermon. Rev. Williams'
subject will be, "Thanksgiving
Radiance." Rev. E. Horstman, pas
tor of the EvangeUcal Reformed
church, will deliver the benedic
tion. The Cathedral choir, direct
ed by Dean Melvin Geist, will sing.
Thanksgiving service at St.
Paul's Episcopal church will feat
ure the sermon, "The Spirit of
Thanksgiving" by Rev. George
H. Swift. The 10 o'clock com
munion will be held with the
choir in presentation of the offer
tory "O Give Thanks Unto the
Lord" under the direction of Ron
ald Craven with Miss Ruth Bed
ford at the organ. Earlier, the S
o'clock communion will be held
without music.
Services at the American Lu
theran church will be broadcast
over KSLM between the hours of
10:30 and 11:30 o'clock. The ser
mon topic chosen by Rev. P. W.
Eriksen is "Remember Thy Bless
ings." Following the call to wor
ship and common service and
prayer, Mrs. David Cameron will
sine "Thanks B to God." The
Thanksgiving proclamation of
President Roosevelt will be read
by Erwin Bahlburg and the pro
clamation of Governor Charles A.
Sprague by Mark Gehlhar.
Rev. F. H. Theuer of Christ
Lutheran church has announced
a special short Thanksgiving ser
vice at 10:30 o'clock. The sermon
topic will be "Look On the
Fields."
At St. John's Lutheran church
Rev. H. W. Cross wilkjreach at
10 a.m. on "Be Grateful towards
God for Blessings Received.
From St. Vincent de Paul Ca-
tnnita church. Rev. Robert S.
Neugebauer reports that high
mass at 9 o'clock wiu oe sung
bv children of the school. At St.
Joseph's Catholic church, high
mass for Thanksgiving will be
held at the usual 9 o'clock hour,
according to Rev. T. J. Bernards,
pastor.
Continued Vacancy
Asked in Judgeship
PORTLAND. Nov. lt-iflVCoun-
ty commissioners today asked Gov
ernor. Sprague not to mi tne va
cancy on the Multnomah county
district court bench.
Death of Judge John A. Hears
recently caused the vacancy.
The commissioners eaia vne
court has lost money since the last
vear of nrohibitlon. The deficit
was 119.9 9 last year. Income
from fines and' fees once totaled
nearly 11,000,000 bat dropped to
approximately 140,000 by, if it,
they pointed out. f t ' . . : .
v Charges Dropped L
KANSAS CITY, Nov. It.-VPr"
T. J. Fendergasty R. E. O'Malley
and O. L. McCormack were freed
of indictments charging them with
conspiracy In connection with the
1911 compromise settlement . of
the Missouri fire Insurance rate
case. -
Lewis Assails
Peace Scheme
el
As Futile now
0
" e
Clothing Workers' Plea
Blasted Amid Cheers
at CIO's Session
Dubinsky Also Comes in
for Heated Criticism
of Retiring Chief
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, Nov. 19.
-ff-A tumultous session of CIO's
annual convention, whipped Into
a cheering frensy during a bitter
attack by John L. Lewis against
William Green and the AFL lead
ership, served notice late today
that there would be no Immediate
peace overtures to the rival labor
camp.
In a fighting angry mood, with
the cheer of the packed conven
tion hall sometimes drowning out
his words. Lewis blasted a pro
posal by Sidney Hillman's clothing
workers union for immediate" con
ferences to explore labor peace
possibilities.
"It would be a waste of time,
he declared, "to raise the hopes
of the millions of people in this
country by making it appear that
there Is any possibility of peace."
When Lewis finished, the con
vention adopted a recommenda
tion that CIO continue its present
policy toward labor unity. This
Includes the maintenance of a
standing committee for any con
ferences, and continuance of CIO's
plan for organising mass produc
tion workers into one union for
each industry.
Frank Rosenblum of the Amal
gamated Clothing Workers told
the delegates earlier in the ses
sion that he wss not satisfied with
the progress CIO had made In
the past year, and added:
"We want to explore the possi
bilities for peace and it we can
get peace, we want It."
Lewis warmed up to his speech
by recalling ithat David Dubinsky.
of the International Ladles Gar
ment Workers union, one of the
founders of the CIO, had left to
go back into the AFL fold.
"Where la Dubinsky today?"
said Lewis. "He is crying aloud
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Whitman Whipped
At Annual Dinner
Whitman college, which Thurs
day faces Willamette university
in another of a long string of foot
ball games, went down to defeat
last night, at least in the minds of
Bearcat fans over 100 strong who
attended the annual "Whip Whit
man" banquet at the senior high
school.
Student President William
Thomas was tosstmaster and in
troduced Coaches Roy S. "Spec"
Keene and Howard Maple and the
team. Mike Balkovic, Walt Erlck
son, William Phillips, sr., and
Robert Notson. The rally commit
tee put on a stunt, the Bearcat
band played under the direction of
Maurice Brennen and the Kappa
Gamma Rho quartet sang.
,Dr. W. C. Jones, instigator of
the original banquet in 1929, in
troduced George McLeod, dean of
the law school and former student
body president, who emphasised In
a short talk that the team would
fight especially hard this year for
Dr. Bruce R. Baxter, serving bis
last year as president of the uni
versity and an ever-loyal fan.
Increases Sought
For IEU Workers
PORTLAND, Nov; 19-V-Thel
Doara ox aireciors oi tne idqup
trial Employers Union. Inc., con
eluded its semi-annual meeting to
day by advocating K cents an hour
wage Increases at points where
such increases have not already
been obtained.
The board, consisting of logger
and mlllworker delegates from
Oregon, Washington. Idaho. Cali
fornia and South Dakota, adopted
a resolution repudlatlngeommun
lsm and all other foreign lama.
President A. D. Chlsholm said.
Another resolution called for
changes In present state laws gov
erning unemployment compensa
tion, particularly those which
have restrictions on seasonal em
ployment. StoremeSiuiged;
Bandit's Take $1
; Portland Nov. 19-VAn un
identified taan slugged two Port
land store Xkeepers in a mid-day
attack that ffetted him $1 today.
Police . sought the assailant la
North . Portland, .where he cud
geled Ruben Menasche, 0, cloth
ing : store proprietor, and R. K.
Magalis, drug store clerk. Both
men required hospitalization.
The attacker. took 4 from the
drug store cash register, but po
lice believed nothing was missing
from the clothier's.
Big Dodecanese Battle
Versions Differ; Seems
15 Civilians Made Raid
Enemy Repulsed, Reports
Rome, by Land, Sea
and Air Force
ROME, Not. 1-JP-The Italian
high command Yeported today
that an "enemy attempt to selxe
Galdaro. one of the Italian Dodec
anese islands, had been repulsed
by land, sea and air forces.
"In the Dodecanese. said the
Italian communique, "the enemy
attempted to gain possession of
the Island of Galdaro. Quick ac
tion of our land, sea and air
forces chased off the enemy, who
retreated rapidly.
The Italians also reported
"sharp flghta" on the Greek front
"which failed to move the re
spective lines excepting In the
sone of Esekl, where the village
was occupied by the enemy."
Fascist airmen "violently at
tacked" Greek positions, the com
munique added, "causing explo
sions and machine-gunning troop
concentrations. Three enemy
planes were shot down. One of
our planes failed to return.
In north Africa, the Italian air
force was said to have caused
"enormous damage" on British
"aeronautical works, defense
works and barracks" at the Oasis
of Slwa. British raids on Tobruk,
Bard la and Salum were acknowl
edged. :
Salem Contingent
Will Leave Today
Voluteers for Selective
Army to Get Sendoff ;
Mayor to Speak
WithTheT blessing and good will
of the city of Salem, as delivered
by Mayor W. W. Chadwick. five
Salem young- men will hop aboard
a Portland-bound Greyhound bus
at 9 o'clock today on the first
step of their Induction into the
United States army for a year's
military service.
Volunteers all, the five will as
semble at the headquarters of
local draft board No. 1 at the
armory at S o'clock and will be
given necessary credentials and
tickets for their trip to the Port
land Induction station.
Before departure the first Sa
lem draft contingent, five out of
the district's 157 regit t rants,
will hear Mayor W. W. Chadwick
and Chairman Ray J. Stumbo of
the local board.
Salem's five who will Join It
others from other parts of the
state In Portland are John Em
mett Leahy, Raymond Fletcher
Shirley, Leon William Girod. For
rest Lynn Pugh and Alvin Herb
ert Boyd. Along with the rest of
Oregon's volunteer group taken
in the initial draft call they wUl
receive physical examinations in
Portland and, if they pass the
army's tests, wUl be rooky sol
diers within the week.
Evader of Draft
Given Five Years
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 19.-(p)-Callfornla,s
first peacetime
draft evader, Joseph J. Zusiak,
31, was sentenced to five years
In prison today after federal jury
convicted him of "unlawfully,
feloniously and knowingly fall
ing to register for selective serv
ice. The Jury deliberated only ten
minutea. Zuxiak, who had argued
before his trial that he would not
be a "guinea pig for the British.
did not testify.
House Refuses to Adjourn;
Administration Is Rebuffed
By RICHARD L. TURNER
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19-i-The
house refused to end this ses
sion of congress today, voicing by
a 191 to 14S vote a feeling that
so long aa the foreign crisis con
tinues congress should stay on the
job. .
By Its action It npset the plana
of democratic leaders, who
brought up the adjournment reeo
luUon. The leaders thus were pre
sented with an outright defeat en
the first test of their strength
since the election of two weeka
ago.
Their reverse waa caused by the
defection of 44 democrats. These,
Including particularly democrats
from the west, combined their
votes with those of a solid repub
lican minority to block the ad
journment move.
. President Roosevelt told report
ers. In response to questions, that
the rote against adjournment did
not make any difference, to aim.
He baa stated that , the question
was one' tor congress to decide.' .
.Asked whether ha would J "find
something for congress to do,? he
replied merely that more army and
navy . promotions were coming
along all the time. No additional
defense measures were in prospect,
he added. , .
Citizens of Island Who
Work in Greece Stage
Independent Attack
ATHENS. Nor. 29.-(Wednee-6ay)-jP)-The
Greek ministry of
home security poked fun today at
an official Italian announcement
that fascist "land, sea and air
forces chased oft the enemy", in
an attack on one of Italy Dode
canese Islands.
Italy used sach forces, all right,
the Greeks conceded, but the raid
was Just a private affair arranged
by IS citizens of the -Dodecanese
islands who live in Greece and
made a little jaunt on their own.
"Italy took as a great Greek
military expedition a raid which
Dr. Basil Yerghls made on his own
initiative, leading 14 Dodecanese
citizens in a hired motor launch
against an Italian-occupied small
island situated a mile from Le-
roa, the Greek ministry an
nounced. As a result of this expedition,
in which three Italians were killed
and four were taken prisoner, the
Greek communique said, "the
Italians mobilized a destroyer flo
tilla from Leros and shelled Tl
ganl on the Island of Samoa dur
ing the night of Nov. 18-19 with
out causing damage. Likewise,
several bombs were dropped by
planes on.Tigani and the fort of
Vathy on Samos, causing slight
damage."
41st Division Is
To Train Rookies
784 MeiyWin "Stripes
in
Rapid Promotions in
Ex-Guard Outfits
CAMP MURRAY. Nov; l--Hardened
by three months of in
tensive training and weaned from
the luxuries of civilian life, troops
of the 41st division are ready to
train conscrlptees and expand
their ranks to the full war-time
strength of 19,000 men Major
General George A. Whitedivision
commander, reported tonight.
"Preliminary training for the
division's regulars is drawing to a
close," General White said. "We're
fast becoming a hardened army
outfit."
The 41st, called up for a year's
active duty last September II. Is
composed of national guardsmen
from Oregon, Washington, Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming.
Preparing for January when
CX00 conscrlptees will be assigned
to the 41st, the division's non
commissioned officer personnel la
being expanded. Within the past
three weeks 784 men have gained
new "stripes." Additional promo
tions are forthcoming, the General
said.
When the division goes on a
war-time footing, it will be able to
fill all but the field artillery and
the medical corps with its own of
ficers. General White said. Re
serve officers will be used to fill
the gaps. A list of men recom
mended tor 41st division commis
sions has been submitted to army
officials.
"Our men are now prepared to
take over training of conscrip
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A significant result of the vote
waa that the senate, too, waa held
In session te face the issue of J
approving, rejecting or laying
aside the highly controversial
Walter-Logan bill. Under the eon"
stitution, neither hdhse can ar-Journ-
or recess for more than
three days without the consent et
the other. . .
The Wafter-Logan bill, already
paased by lire-house, would facili
tate court appeals from - the de
cisions of such government agen
cies aa the labor board and the se
curities commission.
Shortly before the house voted,
a motion waa made that the sen
ate take up the bill highly un
popular In new deal quarters and
it waa a till pending at the close of
the day. That there ia much senti
ment for the bill in the senate la
conceded by its opponents, who
also predict thai if It ia paased.
President Roosevelt will veto it. - .
Following their defeat ia the
house, democratic leaders were
uncertain . ot their plan. : Repre
sentative McCormack; of Massa
chusetts, the majority floor lead
er, pointed eat there would have
to be a session each week, day un
less unanimous consent for lonxer
recesses can be obtained. .
Two Midlands
Gties Suffer
Heavy Damage
British Reach Berlin la
Counter Raids, Harm
There Is Denied
Turkey Is More Warlike
Greece Holding Foes
but Wants Planes '
BERLIN". Nov. SO-(Wedn.
day) 0? Brttlxh bomber at
tempted to raid Berlin twice la
th night, bat moot of the In
vaders were driven off and twe
were shot down, an official aa
Btonacetnent said today.
The official annownce me mt
said:
A nnmber of BritfaJa plane
attempted to attack the. capital
of the refc-h twice Wednesday
night. -
A atron aatfc-eJrrraft de
fense drove off the majority te
the north and aonth.
LONDON, Nov. 10-iWednes-
day OP)German bombers, attack
ing in endless waves overnight,
subjected two midlands cities te
the "Coventry method" of - un
sparing aerial onslaught, with
casualties uncounted but already
admittedly heavy this morning.
(In Berlin. Germans reported
Birmingham was suffering "tbe
same fate as Coventry.")
- Other raiders showered bomb
on at least a dozen other cities
la Britain's great industrial belt,
raided the northwest port ef Liv
erpool three times, and also at
tacked another northwestern city,
the southeast, northeast and
Scotland and Wales in some cf
the widest-ranging attacks ot tbe
entire war.
London Itself had a compara
tively light night.
In -the midlands, high-explosive
and incendiary, bombs rained
down literally ' by the tboasands
from' planes swooping over at t fie
rate of at least one a minute la
the fare of the stormiest anti-aircraft
barrage yet thrown up la
that area. Air raid precautions
workers struggling through the
choking smoke and dodging sew
bomb blasts said casualties un
doubtedly were heavy.
(By the Associated Press)
German Informants in Berlin
said twenty "large" fires flamed
up from Birmingham, 11S miles
northwest of London after tbe
first mass unloading of bombs,
and that British counter-fire was
ineffective.
Birmingham is a city of more
than 1.000.000 population, the
site of huge metal and automo
tive energy as it was in the world
war. and the home of the late
Neville Chamberlain.
The British did not specificially
Identify Birmingham as the focal
point ot the attack, but admitted
a large manufacturing center was
under assault. They said IS other
midland cities and the port of
Liverpool also were attacked.
Two nasi planes were bronght
down, one striking a balloon bar
rage cable, the British said.
Anti-German Talk
Stronger tn Tnrkey
London escaped with compara
tively light attacks during the
night.
The Bulgarian King Boris visit
recently to see Adolf Hitler roused
the Turkish press to more strong
anti-German talk in which the
Turkish public was told the dan
ger of war was nearer.
Officially, all Turkish house
holds were told to complete black
out precautions by Dec. 1. and
President Ismet Inonu conferred
with his ambassador to Germany,
home for consultation.
Another step in Germany's
long-cherished "m a r e h to the
east" might come "at any -hour
now in the ahape of a German
and Bulgarian thrust toward the
Aegean sea and the Greek port
of Salonika, diplomatic sources in
neutral Switzerland said.
That .prediction waa made at
Bern amid a flurry of axis diplo
matic activity. Spain also is play
ing a part in the talks centering
around Adolf Hitler.
Bulgaria's reward for letting
German troops through her tiny
nation would be a corridor to the
Aegean sea. Spain's prize would
be Gibraltar and perhaps more of
Morocco If she wonld cooperate
with the axis. It was indicated.
The Greeks hinted that their
high command already had taken
"necessary steps" to meet a com
bined German and Bulgarian at
tack on their Macedonian flank
but at the same time appealed to
allies and friends among the "tree
countries" of the world for help,
particularly "planes ... plane
. . . planes.
Appewl Considered
By United States - .
- The United States, promptly
took the appeal under considera-.
tioa but in Washington it waa
aald the paramount question was
whether . military material, could
be spared without cutting Into the
amoant being furnished -Britain.
A Greek spokesman In Athena
said - hi eoBBtry army is push- '
lag the Italians, back late Albania. .
: Report from the froat aaid the
Greeks had taken another- town, -the
Albanian village ef Ersek, 1 .
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