The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, January 12, 1941, Page 1, Image 1

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Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning; January 12. 1941
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Written Ballot Favored
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Session Opens Monday;
: - Governor's Message -One
Early Event
SESSION PROGRAM
Tonight Assembly-eve cau-
. ena, Marioa hotel, 8 p.m.
Monday 10 a.m., house and
' senate convene; 12 noon, flag
raising; 2 p.m., approximate
1 "- hoar of governor's biennial mes
t sage to the legislature, to be
broadcast by KGW-KBX and
KJSLM.
By STEPHEN C. SERGLER
Portland will yield to Salem'to
dsy as center of Interest for Ore
gon's legislators as last minute
preparations for the biennial as
isembly, the state's 41st and the
second in the new capltol, are un
dertaken. Forces contending for the lower
' house speakership rallied In Port-,
" land yesterday seeking to cinch
the office for William M. McAllis
' ter of Bedford, on the one hand,
and for Robert S. Farrell, jr., of
Portland, on the other.
But the word from Portland
last night waa that the Jockeying
was still going on, with the Far
reU camp expecting to make its
finish fight on the floor of the
house Monday morning and the
McAllister supporters daring the
Portlander to put his strength to
the test of a written ballot al the
, traditional session-eye caucus at
the Marion hotel here tonight.
If Farrell refuses to show to
night, one McAllister spokesman
declared, the "Mac-for-us" men
may attempt to ' pnt their man
across at an exclusively republi
can caucus. -. .-,
Fatreir still' claimed Che Jteces
Vsary 31-vote majority pledged to
- his can.se; and McAllister's friends
'. asserted he had 29 votes and a
good chance to pick np two more.
" The former was reported willing
to go into caucus if he could mus
ter all of his backers at that time
but not for a secret ballot, which
McAllister asked for yesterday.
Saying he would ask for a writ
. ten caucus ballot, McAllister, in a
formal statement' issued in Port-
land, explained: ...
Members, on both sides, have
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Flag Raising Set
For Monday Noon
American flags, gifts from the
Salem Elks club, will be hoisted
on the sew flag poles at the state
Capitol In a publie ceremony ar
ranged by patriotic organizations
promptly at noon on Monday.
Douglas McKay, Marion county
senator, will be master of cere
monies and - Secretary of State
Earl Snell will officially receive
the flags for the state. Governor
Charles A. Sprague, 'State Treas
urer, Leslie A. Scott, Sverre J.
Halsan of Astoria, representing
the grand exalted ruler of the
Elks, R. I. Canfield of Medford,
state commander of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, and Alfred
Kelly, state commander of the
American Legion, will speak
briefly.
One of the flags will be raised
by Ray J. Stumbo, commander of
Capital post No, 9. American Le
gion, : and the other by Frank
Millet, commander ot Marios
post No. 861, Veterans of foreign
iWars. Charles Norton, commander
ef the Salem chapter of Disabled
'American Veterans of the World
war, and Commander Nelson of
the .Spanish-American War Vet
erans, will also participate In the
presentation. Music will . be pro
vided . by the Salem high.- school
band.' - ". . - . - . . .i
Today
New Oregon Code Has Grave
b Errors; Acceptance Held up
1 1 Discovery of two glaring errors
In the new 1940 Oregon codes, of
which the first nine volumes were
received last week, led the state
supreme court yesterday to defer
their ; official acceptance pending
jrecelpt of a proposal by the print
ers, Mancroft-Whitney company.
Ban Francisco, to make corrections.-
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. The company ..will submit its
proposal to the court Monday.
There was an indication the court
might demand reprinUng of -the
two volumes In, which the errors
appear;" 4':
Described aA the most confus
ing error -was inclusion in the new
code of the 1S39 legislative act
.changing the date of the primary
election front the third Friday in
?May to the first Wednesday after
the . first Monday , in September.
This law was subjected to the ref
erendum and defeated last Novem
ber by vote of the people.- - : -oj
The erroneous primary law ; as
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Ceng, Owsley
Victims; Auto
Hurtles Bank
Third Local Man Suffers
Injuries; Think Two
Victims Drowned
All Are Members of SP
Crew; New Route Is
Fatalities Scene
EUGENE, Jan. llHT-Three
men were killed today when their
car hurtled over a bank from the
slippery Willamette highway into
Salt creek. A fourth was Injured
and is in a Eugene hospital and
a fifth occupant of the machine
escaped unhurt.
The dead men are: Carl C. Ows
ley, about 32, and Henry W. Ger
ig, 26, both of Salem, and Joe
Dononue, about 35, address un
known. Edward Mulcrone was
slightly injured. The name of the
fifth person is unknown.
. The dead were identified by
V. G. Derry berry and Fred Frantx
employes of the Westfir Lumber
company, occupants of the first
car flagged and personal friends
of those who were involved in the
tragedy.
Vll the men were employes of
Southern Pacific, and were sta
tioned with gang 22 at McCredie
Springs.
Owsley and Donohue were kill
ed instantly and Gerlg, the driver
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Delinquent Draift
Replies Charged
Action Asked of Federal
DA; Address Change
Warning Issued
The Salem local selective serv
ice board baa asked the United
States district attorney to take
action against 14 registrants who
have become delinquent in re
turning draft questionnaires, W.
H. Moran, chief clerk, reported
yesterday.
"The board has been lenient
to date, but it can't accept all
excuses for delay and intends to
see that tfie law is obeyed," Moran
declared.
The Salem board's files list 27
other young men who got them
selves on the delinquent list by
unduly delaying the return of
their completed questionnaires,
Moran said. They have since made
acceptable excuse to the board
and will not be prosecuted.
Moran particularly warned se
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Food Stamps Are
Accepted in linn
ALBANY, Jan. 11 .-;p)-The
Linn county publie welfare com
mission accepted the food stamp
plan to distribute surplus com
modities to welfare clients today
after withholding approval for
two months.
. Mrs., Edwin Fortmiller, com
mission chairman, said the effec
tive date of the action depended
upon the state welfare commis
sion, s .
The ! action was forced, she
added, by withdrawal of federal
surplus , commodities, although
the .commission feared the plan
was' "not in the best interests of
the welfare "program -. in - Linn
county." .
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It appears in the new code, re
pealed! sections of the old law,
which properly are still the law
of the state.
v- The ! other error " was similar,
inclusion in the new code of the
night club law amending the state
liquor act,-passed by the 1939 leg
islature. It also was referred to
the people and defeated in Novem
ber.
A third section, a 1939 Colunv
Ma county salary, bill, in the new
code also was questioned.
- Thei state contracted to buy
1000 sets of the new. code at
162.60 each. The contract deliv
ery date, December 15, was not
met. . ' ?
Intended to be a permanent
work, in contrast with previous
codes, ! the new printing of the
state's : laws represents an exten
sive revision of the order in which
the statutes appeared in the-1930
code. It would be kept np to date
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Not Officer in Los Angeles Department Except
Possibly in 1924-25 but Intimate With Men.
Let out in '39 Shakeup, Reports State
By RALPJI C. CURTIS
When it was announce that H. 0. Saunders, Sheriff
A. C7 Burk's unsalaried' depiity assigned to investigation of
pinball conditions in Marion county, was a former Los
Angeles, police officer there was some lifting of eyebrows on
the part, of persons who recalled that the Los Angeles police
department recently underwent a "purge" in which racketeer
f !
"-Paul Hauser'i Columti
Saturday Survey: i
Commercial Street Steppeid
out into the chill and wended our
way past tber
fish market and
the meat mar
ket which keeps
gold fish, but
doesn't sell gold
fish steaks as
far as we know.
Found things
quiet on the
Brewma road
with one juke es
tablishment less
since the last
survey. Meurnedu
Found the Salvation 'Army
band tootling to a lone and medi
tative repentant in the lee of the
Pioneer Trust company. Found
Sharer's wooden horse moved into
the interior warmth, well blank
eted and without cause for com
plaint to the humane society.
Passed the grocery store which
has a doughnut machine and
found the machinery not working,
much to our dismay. Moved into
the closing out of business area
and discovered a $35,000 clear
ance sale going on right along
side a $15,000 clearance sale. Hat
competition. !
Turned back and noted that
the famous old name of Dan'l j.
Fry is still marked in tiles In the
entrance : of the pool hall that
used to be his pill hall.
Court Street Noted that a!
youtbfal wag has made a sign
on" the Pea roe building bul
warks read "Danger Keep
Herby Out." As we snaffled:
past the alley betweea Com-'
mervtal and Liberty saw for:
the first time the scrawling;
in the ' pavement there that
has been there alac November
of '98, so it said. Moved into
the clearance sale district. "Ev
thlng must go," it said, so we;
went. . Aad wondered at the;
truism of a alga oa the door:
of a baslneae howse, which
would perish if it had no visi
tors, saying "Visitors Wel
come. j
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Liberty Street - More sales,
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State Street Found Western
Union advertising the fame of one
Arthur Buckley, the i organiza
tion's "champion" singing mes
senger. And who-, Mr. Butler,; Is
Salem's champion singing mes
senger?
And more sales.
Orca wa ta um SayUa
ta aart pUrtng t tk WSiaa
tt tMau Tall KaM Batter aaS
tarty Xtoa naralck, kata ef
SaJas, wars aotae Sotag Nat ;
sittla wMTiag for Williaatt.
CuipM Ckatter te
. Oavital jMnaaJL
Maybe the Willamette jboys
better leave their knitting at
home next time. 4
Coos Bay Woman i j
Victim of Crash
MARSHF1ELD. Ore., Jan. llJ-(JPy-Mn.
W. E. Beaumont, 4G,
operator of the House of MyrtlOr
wood here,; died tonight of lnr
Juries suffered In an automobile
accident near Elkton, this afterV
noon. . i : '
She was hurt when the ear 1
which she fwas riding left the
highway and rolled over several
times. A daughter, Jeanne, : an
Oregon State college student, suf
fered a broken hip, and Mr, Beau.-
mont, fractured ribs. :
Stan Laurel Remarries
Second of Four Ex-Wive
LAS VEGAS, Ner., Jan, 11.
(JFy-Tllm- comedian Stan Lanre,
60, remarried' the second ' of nis
four wives, Virginia Ruth Laurel
41; of Beverly Hills,. Calit, tn i
surprise ceremony today. -
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During
cense
Racket
ing was alleged and in some cases
proven. The case received nation
wide publicity, partly because the
automobile of some officers in
vestigating alleged rackets was
blown up by a bomb.
Inquiries made by The States
man disclose however that H. O.
Saunders was not a Los Angeles
policeman at that time. Records
do not reveal, in fact, that there
ever was an H. O. Saunders on
the. Los Angeles department, al
though It is possible that an offi
cer employed for approximately i
year In. 1924 and 1925. whose
name is recorded as Homer O.
Sanders, is the same individual.
H. O. Saunders was neverthe
less for several years prior to
July, 1939, closely associated with
the Los Angeles police depart
ment. He was the proprietor of
a Vpolice garage'.' in the general
vicinity of Hollywood. In this
activity he is said to have been
"friendly": with two police cap
tains la charge of theHoJrrwood
and Wllshife divisions of theto
Angeles department. These two
captains were among the men
"purged" by the police commis
sion and authorities handling the
cleanup.
It is a matter of record that a
"police garage racket" prevailed
for several years In Los Angeles
and that complaints were present
ed to the authorities of various
civic . organizations and other
groups. As a result of these com
plaints the police commission ap
pointed a committee of three to
Investigate, and following the In
vestigation a number of police
garages lost their licenses.
The police garage owned by
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Keizer Residence
Total Loss, Fire
KEIZER, Jan. 11 Total raxing
of the home occupied by the V.
Moon family northeast of here
was suffered tonight about C
o'clock in a fire believed to have
started from defective wiring.
Although Mrs. Moon and one
child were visiting Mr. Moon in a
hospital, other children were at
home and took word of the fire to
neighbors. Some of the furniture
waa saved by them but no water
was available because a fuse on
the electric pump blew out.
Known as the Fox place, the
house was owned by Larry Fork
ner of Salem. It waa insured bat
the furniture, owned by the
Moons, was not..
EXCAVATE
This view.of excavatiow rellnainary to' erection of aat tS3,000 laboratory-office buHdla for. the state
; ?lghway department at Penitentiary and Airport roads gives sua Idea of ice loeatiosv with, respect to
. other highway shops smlta. It "will bo adjacent to , the highway sign shops- baildiag, at right, which.
- also home the state, police patrol office and the highway traffic eaigtnceriag division. Unlike ether
5 of Uie shops waits, the new structure will be of reinforced concrete constrwctionw 6 U teaman pboto.
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way
Lease Powers
et Past
Initial Hurdle
Committee Will Approve
After - Vacancies Are
Filled, Forecast
Military Croup Seeking
to Get Bill; Senate
Fight Predicted
WASHINGTON. Jan. U-;p)-A
poll Indicated today that the ad
ministration could count on a ma
jority of the senate foreign rela
tions committee to support its
legislation giving President Roo
sevelt broad powers to send war
supplies to nations resisting "ag
gressors."
Eight committee members said
they were for the measure: four
declared against it; four said
they had not made up their
minds, and five were either un
available or made no statement.
Before the committee acts,
however, two new members will
be chosen to fill vacancies and
the leadership certainly wiU pick
appointees wno ravor the pro
gram. In addition. It was indi
cated that the administration
would receive the votes of at
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Politics Stirring
As Session Nears
Croups From Both Parties
Convene, Look Ahead
to 1942 Contests
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 11-(P)
-Republican and democratic party
chieftains from all sections of the
state were registered at hotels
here tonight preparatory to mov
ing into Salem for the opening of
the 41st assembly of the state
legislature Monday.
Pre-session interest centered
around the house speakership
contest between Rep. Robert Far
rell. jr., of Portland and Rep.
William M. McAllister of Medford.
The possibility of a settlement
of the contest before tomorrow's
caucus at Salem' faded when Mc
Allister again challenged Farrell's
claim that 31 votes had been
pledged to him, and demanded a
secret, written caucus ballot.
The Portland man's chances
brightened, however, when Rep.
H. R. Jones of Marion county,
who previously announced his
vote was pledged to McAllister,
told a republican rally luncheon
this afternoon that "I've been
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Bean Unchanged
Justice Henry J. Bean of the
Oregon supreme court was report
ed "about the same" by Deaconess
hospital attendants early this
morning. The 87-year-old Justice
was taken to the hospital IS days
ago to be treated for an intes
tinal ailment 1
WillG
FOR HIGHWAY LABORATORY
fe m
Fires Battled
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Strafed Anew
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Portsmouth Much Scarred
in' Raid; Fatalities
Believed Heavy .
German Airmen Claimed
Active in South and
Carriers Damaged
(By The Associated Press)
Hundreds of Londoners on roof
tops and la streets worked fran
tically for four hours last night
(Saturday) to save the city from
another devastating fire as scores
of nasi warplanes showered in
cendiary bombs oa the capital.
Fire engines, sirens and anti
aircraft guns set up a terrific
clamor smothering the drone of
the planes aa they came over, wave
on wave in aa apparent attempt
to repeat the big fire of December
29-30. But the "all clear" sound
ed before 10 p.m. (1 p.m.. PST)
and there were indications the
damage was lighter than in the
previous assault.
Portsmouth, raided by the Ger
mans Friday nifht, was badly
scarred by high explosives and
fire bombs and the government
admitted "a number of fatalities"
and "considerable damage."
Oa the North African front Brit
ain's armies were shelling Tobruk,
major; Libyan base on the Medit
erranean. Italy gave a figure of less than
1300 as her total casualties "dur
ing December" in all of Africa
a period which did not take in the
fall of Bardia, Libya.
The British said Italian casual
ties in killed and captured at Bar
dia, taken two weeks ago, num
bered 2041 officers and 42,827
men, bringing to about 85,500 the
aggregate of fascist troops claimed
by the British to have been made
ineffective since the British of
fensive fn Egypt began a month
ago. .; rti.;.i- - -r-r
- The Italian high command said
four British warships were hit in
a new joint German-Italian aerial
offensive against England's Medi
terranean fleet. The communique
listed an aircraft carrier as hit
by an Italian aerial torpedo, a
second aircraft carrier hit by
heavy Italian bombs, and one of
these aircraft carriers hit also by
both heavy and medium German
bombs, as well as a destroyer hit
by the Germans.
The attack occurred Friday In
the Sicilian channel, the Italians
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Naval Base Sites
Accord Achieved
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 !--
secretary Hall tonight announced
that -agreement had been reached
by the- United State aad Great
Britain on sites for eight Ameri
can air and naval bases to be
constructed on British possessions
in the western hemisphere.
- Formal 99-year, rent free,
leaaea j will be signed, officials
added, j as soon as an American
mission composed of Charles
Fahy, assistant solicitor general;
Col. Harry J. Malony, US army;
and Commander Harold Biese-
meler, US navy, work out tech
nical details with British offi
cials. They will go to London vis
Lisbon on the clipper leaving Jan
uary 17. " .
The I sites agreed upon were
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Contracts Include ' ;
SIVessels&6sts to
Exceeds
Yard With Eight
at Portland, Cost 4.7 MilHonj
Charles Shea
Maritime Commission 1 Reveals Only
Shipyard Deals; Two! Others! Xre I
Announced; Speed Indicated1
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PORTLAND. Jan. 11.
at from $1,500,000 to $1,800,000 facK will be buQt in a new
shipyard here, Charles A. Shea 4nn(knced toniiht 1
Sheag report followed the announcement by the US
maritime commission that it had negotiated contract? for
the construction of three new shipyards to provide about
200 new merchant vessels. S j
He said the yard, to be built at a cost of f $4,700,000,
would have eight shipways." .1 M i
Shea, who is slated to be president of the Portland J Ore
Shipyard company, said he would! belassociated with Edgar
F. Kaiser of Oakland, Calif., and his father, HenryJJ. Kaiser,
Japanese Salmon
Imports Opposed
Seeking to Make up Lom
of British Market Is
Industry's Charge
SEATTLE. Jan. 10-(yP-A di
rect complaint to Secretary of
State Hull against an .alleged
Japanese attempt to enter the
United States market with ap
proximately $$,000,000 worth of
canned salmon was reported to
day by - members of the joint
committee- for -the ' sroieotron -of
I J ? . . .
Pacifle coast fisheries.
. The letter, ss released by com
mittee members, aald the com
mittee had been approached by
a Japanese concern with the ex
planation the Japanese wanted
to act with the knowledge and
approval of the American salmon
industry and were willing to
maintain selling prices and con
tribute toward a national adver
tising campaign.
"The circumstances leading up
to this proposal, the eventualities
which might have followed its
consummation and the reasons
for its rejection all transcend the
scope of an ordinary commercial
transaction." the letter to Secre
tary. Hull asserted.
"Because they have definite In
ternatlonal aspects and might
well affect the relationships of
governments, we have ' felt duty
bound respectfally to lay before
yon the facta relative to this pro
posal and the reasons for Its re
jection."
The complaint charged'that Ja
pan had losrits greatest canned
salmon market. Great Britain, by
its alignment with the Rome-
Berlin axis and was trying to
counteract the lose by arranging
for shippinr (80,000 cases of
canned red salmon into the Unit
ed States. '
New Trade Policy
Deemed "Neutral
MOSCOW, Jan. 11-MV-The
government and party press of the
Soviet Union spoke eat sharply
today in Justification of the new
economic deal between Germany
and Russia and rebuked British
and 'American statesmen who may
consider it 'warlike.
Furthermore, the newspapers
announced. Moscow will make ad
ditional trade. treaties in 1941 as
she pleases, .with nations both at
war ana at peace.
"It Is time," said aa editorial In
Ixvestla the government organ,
that the .world understands the
USSR, follows ' an "independent
policy and will continue to follow
it.-. : - .vl, ? .
- Both, ixvestla and Pravda car
ried editorials which east some
new significance on tha expanded
GermaxHilusslaa trade pact signed
hern Friday, under , which,' .Ger
many is supposed to receiver prin
cipally, increased supplies of so
viet wheat. (Buenos Aires sources
have indicated, that Russia Is .send
ing a mission there to bay much
Argentine wheat. 'This might be
trans-shipped to Germany.) "
IZoseburg Mariji In jured ; -f
. ' But Detail not Learned
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-. rat aid -officers last might
treated James Poe, Jloseburg, tor
a cut en. his head. The first aid
officers,, who . found Poe - on ; the
curbing -at Oak and l"2th -streets,
were unable to explain bow 'the
man. was Injured whether by ' a
hit-and-run driver, a .fall or ut
tack. 'Salem'-General hospital at
tendants, where - Poe : was taken,
said he was resting .easily early
this merniBg. - . I ' . ;
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ShipiVays Will Rise
Heads Fimr i
(API Thirtv
president 01 sir companies; Inc.,
builders of Boulder asm. j
He said that "no 'time will be
lost getting started pt doiag the
Jobi" if j t
Don Rom. president bf the
Portland chamber c?f! commerce,
stated ijhat at the height of pro
duction fas many as 2 8 ships win
be jworted op simultaneously. He
estimated that between 5000 and
T00 men would be employed.
The' maritime commission's an
nouncement did not say how many
ships, would be constructed !at the
yards, (t said that the contracts.
BO awaiting flnai i approval by
the; national defense) t-omntissioa,
coveredj only shipyard facilities
and that contracts ifor building
of the Ships weeJe Tcome later.
The Irommiasion fsald it had
negotiated eontracts witji ' the
Portland. Orel, Shipyard company,
the Hobston, Tex., S Shipbuilding
company and the California Ship
bunding company of-Los Angeles.
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y A&H1.NGTOX, Jan. ll--Maritime
commission officials
said tonight contracts had been
negotiated, for construction of
thre new shipyards under a
progranx designed to provide about
200 new merchant vessels.
The contracts, aaw w i
pflnil action by the j national de-
iease commission, were negotiated
with the Houston. Tex... Snip
BaQdin comnanv. the Portland-
Or.. Shipyard company, aad the
California Shipbuilding Co Los
Angeles J f
Commission officials said these
cities were the first ! to be se
lected a sites under the emerg
ency program announced by Presi
dent. Roosevelt last week.
They said six or sovea new
yards would be built fcut declined
to give 'details of abe contraeu
uatjl they were cleared by the de
fense commission. . t
T h e a e officials safid the con
tractu cover only shipyard facili
ties; aadithat contracts; for baild-
s , vi in snrpa won ia rcome
uter. i
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The vessels will be f'very sim
ple j freighters' of a h b u t 7100
gross tons, it was aaidi They will
be oil baraers. about 4Z feet Ion a
and; hav4 a speed of jsboutllt to
11 knots, . i
Maritime officials said they ex
pected too work to be done; "very
quickly faad that plaaa called
fori the vessels ;te be! com
pleted in? 24 months with a sub
stantial number of. them to be
launched' this year. j !
On Jan. J the president said
the t vessels would cost betweea
SSOP.000,090 to $150,000,000
and! explained the administration
believed steps should -be taken to
meet a prospective shortage "as a
result of? so much tonnage 'going
to the bottom in the European
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Ask French Fleet
To Assist Britain
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LONDON. Jan. IlUlfj4Vl
admiral Erail II uselier. Scorn man d-
er-in-chief of. the' "free French"
navsu .iorces which are nghtinf
onit Britain's side, appealed in a
broadcast tonight to : men. of the
inactive French fleet at Alexan
dria to join the struggle.' ! -.'-
French ;units there- mere dis
armed after the Frenth armistice
"TWithins you will sweari to bo
faithful to the examrJe'cf all bur
comrades who have fallen' since
thef beginning of the war. the
viceodmlrai declaredi ) -
He said the "free Frebci fleet
now had; 3 9 men of war and . S 0
merchantmen In service? .and that
all saave 0 ef the mere has tmea
weiie. manned by French-erewsv '
;v V&ie-to ipesic I i
"NEW TORK," Jan." ll.-T-The '
National Republican cial sn-
nounced 'today that -Wend til 'I.
WEIkie, junsuccessfut republican
eandiuata for president, would
speak at the annual Lincoln d7
fnnI rahraarr IX. i i
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