PAGE TWO
Axis Flays US
, Greenland Act
Berlin, Rome React
f Unfavorably on
FDR " Air Move
(Continued, Fxm Page 1) .
j course, met In respect of its ter-
ritory in the western hemis
.'' phere', bat 'we propose ' to nuke
sure that f when" The German
"' Invasion bt Denmark has end
ed, Greenland will remain a
. Danish eolony" .
O PW? ?aS tf6V. rwe
ieafrfetfr hflj j fort !;th ilqpick
j. present invade?s,"r
f Almost ' Hmultaneously, 'the
'ig$d0f$ sftn.t ;rit&sage jjacon
gceS f aBktn. authority to take
' full :Rpsssion of .any -foreign f ves
sels. idje- Jn American ports, in
cluding vthe..3$ ,Danish ships al
ready in -"protective , custody."
Previously, the, president had
said that the Danish' minister here
acquiesced 'in this action.
As a forerunner of the vio
lent reaction expected to come
from both the Danish capital
and Berlin on the Greenland
agreement, the foreign office in
Copenhagen said earlier Thurs
day it had instructed the min
ister here to advise the Ameri
can government that it would
neither seU nor lease the Danish
ships.
The Danish minister declined
" to say what he would do about
these instructions but Danish
sources said that, if he did any
thing at all, he would merely pass
them along to the state depart
ment as a formality.
:With the United States acquir
ing full authority over the de
fense areas which it leases, it was
considered possible that Green
land might become an important
base for delivery of airplanes and
other war supplies to Great Brit
ain.
In addition, it was believed
that the agreement might serve
to relieve to some extent Brit
ain's pressing convoy problem. It
was pointed out in some quarters
that since the United States pre
sumably will have naval forces
operating between this country
and 'Greenland, these might un
officially watch over British mer
chant ships that far out into the
Atlantic, letting British convoys
take over the task at that point.
WASHINGTON, April l6-P)-Lest
a ; "growing shortage of ship
ping facilities" defeat the arma
ment program j . President Roose
velt Thursday- asked congress for
authority to commandeer any foreign-owned,
vessel lying idle in
American waters. 4
J "We should have statutory au
thority," he said, in a special mes
sage, "to take over any such ves
sels as our needs may require,
subject, of course, to the payment
of just compensation."
That congress would comply
with the president's request, none
doubted. The message and a pro
posed draft of the legislation
which accompanied it, were re
ferred in the senate to the com
merce committee. The house is in
recess until after Easter.
Italian Captain
Angry at Consul '
PHILADELPHIA, April 10.-Jp)
-Captain Romano Tomicich, 50-year-old
master of the sabotaged
Italian freighter Belvedere.
M i
ortMt tht hi -k., I
, Y " V V .
iui arc auanuoning me ana my j
men." !
Puzzled when no attorneys ap-'
neared in the office of th lis
marshal, where Tomicich and 13 j
omer seamen were brought
seamen were brought in
answer to federal indictments, the
captain shouted:
-You tell the consul and the
embassy I did what they told me
to do, now they are abandoning
me; and my men. Ill make them
remember me for this."
Same Old Story -And
Same Result
-A nstot with a lighted match
. to see if there was efl in the
fuel tank of an oil heater proved
painfully to Mrs. Emily Maw,
- 21SC North Fourth street.
Thursday night that there was.
Mrs. Maw and her six-year
old granddaughter, Theresa Mc
Fee of 154 Columbia street,
received painful first and sec?
ad degree burns of the hands
and face when the heater ex
ploded. first aid men gave treat,
meat for the burns, which did I
net require hospitalisation. -
: Send . Happy " Easter i '
Groetirvjg vrUh , Flowers
0 Easier Lilies
1 0:Becrutiful Potted Plants
: z: O Cut Flower
O Corsaae
LUTZ TLOHIST
X27C N. Liberty Phone
As Greeks,
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As the newly-established eastern front of the European war flames
into action, Germany's immense mechanised army is pitted in a des
perate strug-rle with Yugoslavia's army and a war-seasoned Anglo
Greek force. Pictured at left is a unit of Germany's famed mechan
ized force. Upper right is )t. detachment of Yugoslav troops. Lower
New Aviation
Sheet Metal
Classes Set
New classes in aviation sheet
metal, under the national defense
training program, will begin j next
week at the Salem high school
shops, D. L. McBain, Salem man
ager of the state employment
service, said Thursday. ;
Men from 18 to 25 years of
age, American citizens, wiui a
high school education or its equiv
alent are eligible for the training,
supervised by C. A. Guderian.
The course, which -may be com
pleted in from three to four
months, includes layout work.
riveting and sub-assembly, aug
men ted by drafting and blue print
instruction.
The training does not guaran
tee a job in aircraft manufactur
ing, McBain stated, but numer
ous men trained here have been
called to work.
Salem Girl on
Archery Team
ml
MONMOUTH, April 10 Clare
Millhouser, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Zeb Millhouser of Independence, is
member of the men's archery
team of OCE.
Becnice Wilder, daughter of
Mrs. Mae Wilder of Salem, Ore
gon, is a member of the woman's
OCE archery team.
Arcnery on ine campus is an
active sport and several members
of the club have received national
recognition. This year a member
1 - a 1 . . : .
Ul me mens team nas received
national individual title
AmiV Engineer
J O
18 Promoted
PORTLAND, Ore., AprU l(h-(JPi
-Col. Richard Park, division ar
my engineer, announced Thurs
day that Major Theodore ML Os-
borne, his executive assistant
since last June, had been ordered
to Duluth, Minn., as district en
gineer. Sees Victory
In a radio address in Washington,
Greece's minister , to - the United
States, CUnoa P. Dlaxnantopolous,
above, promises eventual victory -over
the Nazis, now attacking the
Creek nation in the newest Balkan
blitzkrieg, should the U. S.; pro
vide adeauate supplies.
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f
timou P. DuunutopeJous
The
British and Yugo A
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War News Briefs
(Turn to Page 2, CoL 5)
TOKYO, AprU 1 1-( Friday )
JP) Japan Is taking a "very
watchful" attitude . toward dis
cussions among Sir I Robert
Brooke-Popham, British commander-in-chief
in the Far
East, and United States and
Dutch officials in Manila, the
spokesman for the cabinet
board of information, Koh Is
hli. said today.
LONDON, April ll-(Friday)
-P)-A Reuters, British news
agency, dispatch dated "some
where in Yugoslavia, declared
today that German airmen cap
tured by the Yugoslavs stated
they already were in the air
with orders to bomb the Bel
grade palace when Germany
declared war on Yugoslavia.
They heard Hitler's war pro
clamation by radio, they said.
SHANGHAI AprU ll-(Fri-day)
(jPy-C klicie gunmen
killed a Japanese newspaper
man and a Chinese employe of
a Japanese newspaper today
and wounded another Japanese
on the street in the French
concession. The killers escaped.
BERLIN AprU - le-VThe
official German news j agency
DNB quoted a German army
report from the Aegean eoast
Thursday night as saying that
the Greek general Baee Paulos,
whose troops have surrendered,
had charged that British troops
blew up a Vardar river1 bridge
at his rear and prevented him
from withdrawing to reform his
defense.
RIO DE JANEIRO. BrasU.
AprU 19-(P)-The foreign min
istry announced Thursday night
that it had been informed Ger
many was investigating an aer
ial attack en the Brasilia
freighter Taubate in the Med
iterranean March 22.
MOSCOW, AprU l-(;p)-So-viet
Russia Thursday night
signed an agreement with Ger
man -oecupied Norway for an
exchange of goods. The cere
mony followed more than a
month of negotiation with the
Norwegian delegation ! which .
came here from Berlin.
Troops Warned Against
Shaving Stick Bombs
ATHENS, April lMVBritish
soldiers in Greece have been
warned against "shaving stick"
bombs, the Athens radio said
Thursday night.
"Small bombs resembling shav
ing sticks have been found lying
about," a special army order said.
These explode on being lifted."
State Officer Promoted
COQUILLE, April lO-flPHState
Police Lieutenant M. Eric Tucker,
who has been transferred to Med
ford, announced promotion Thurs
day of Irving Larson from pri
vate to sergeant Larson will com
mand the southwestern Oregon
district of Coos, Curry and part
of .Douglas counties.
Spend Easter
-...in ' " : '. """" ; .. ?:
V4
Try to understand the meaning of
the constantly renewing power oi !
endless waves.
You will feel better . . . and be better. J
Hjv and Mrs! Alfred T. Walker
: The Dorchester Houae 1 1 t-
Oceanlake Ore.
The Dorchester" House
OREGON STATESMAN. Salem.
ttempt toStem German Might
right are entrenched Greek soldiers. Rocky terrain and poor reads in
the mountain regions are expected to aid the allies In slowing and per
haps stopping the axis thrust. Latest reports indicate the British
Greek combination east of Salonika are set with flame-throwers and
tanks to meet the Germans in fairly equal combat.
Three Valley
Girls on OCE
Formal Group -
OREGON COLLEGE OF EDU
CATION, Monmouth, April 10
Margaret Stewart, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. C M. Stewart of
Salem, Nadine Thomas of Dal
las, and Evelyn Zahradnik,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jacob
Zahradnik of Salem, have been
named as members of committees
for the annual spring formal. This
formal is to be held at Jessica
Todd hall on April 19, and is
sponsored by Todd hall and West
house, the women's land men's
living halls on the OCE campus.
; Miss . Stewart is a member of
the reception committee. Miss
Thomas of the program commit
tee, and Miss Zahradnik of the
decoration committee.
Livestock Men
Hold Session
At Gold Beach
i-
GOLD BEACH, April KHAV
Livestock and wool production in
relation to national defense were
discussed Thursday by 150 west
ern Oregon livestock men at their
annual association meeting here.
Committees reported ka the gen
eral membership today on legisla
tion, taxation, predatory animal
control, administration of public
grazing , lands, feeding methods
and present future market trends.
Agriculture and extension de
partments of Oregon State college,
state and national forest service
men, wool and stock) marketing
agencies were represented.
i
Colonel of 7tn
Now General
FORT LEWIS, April 10.-(ff)-
CoL George Marshall Parker, jr.,
commanding officer of the 7th in
fantry, received word! Thursday
night from the war department of
his promotion to brigadier general.
He has commanded the 7th in
fantry since October Jj, 1039, and
came to Fort Lewis with the reg
iment last February, when it was
called to rejoin the 3rd division.
Parker said he did! not know
what his next command would be,
but admitted he probably wouldn't
go south with the 77th for war
maneuvers in May.
Dutch Queen Speaks
In Memory of Dead
LONDON, April lOH-OT-Queen
Wilhelmina of the Netherlands,
who fled to England!
Germans invaded heir
after the
country,
made a world-wide radio address
Thursday night in memory of the
soldiers killed In defense of their
homeland. i i
"Our (independence will be
re-
conquered with blood
but over these sorrows
and tears.
and. graves
the light of the Easter morning will
rise," she said. ! j
, With Us
Oregon, Friday Morning. April
'in One ..
Paul II outer t Column
(Continued, from page 1)
The chief paused and admit
ted that he had not yet met
Jehovah, although he had heard
much of him.
"Then you should read this
'book." the peddler asserted,
waving his booklet through the
air. "In this book you will meet
Jehovah."
Not particularly interested in
hastening his personal meeting
with the Divine and wanting to
continue .mowing his lawn. Chief
Bent essayed a time-honored stall.
-I cant read," he said.
The peddler knew the answer
to that one. "You must know the
invaluable I wisdom in this little
pamphlet, which I can let you
have for only ten cents. The peo
ple in your house can read, it to
youv'h said. - ". yU V j :J,V
A : mournful look came over
Chief Bent's face. Slowly, sadly
he said, "They cant read, either."
He paused; moment : and then,
as if explaining it alL said, "You
see, We're Indiana." ;
Disbelief gUnanaered in the
peddler's byes. -"Indlansr
he Questioned.
"Yes." j.
"Real Indiaasr Ye sneaa to
say you're a real Indian T"
That's right. Seal Indian."
A light like the light that must
1 cf M
-rrrry ) r ....
11, 1941
Hungary moves
On Yugoslavia
Second Phase, Balkan
Battle m Mountains;
Nazi Troops Mop up
n (Continued From Psge 1)
-There was sporadic bombing
,ef Piraeus, the sea outlet, of
. Athens . through which, . British
men and material have been
: rushed to the new defense line,
and .Kosane, in north! central
Greece, west of the Varda riv-
Meanwhile along: wijth. Jtheir
consolidation in the south, the
Germans likewise moved swiftly
to make fast their gains in north
ern Yugoslavia. ; , , , : ,
A Croatian proclamation of in
dependence was issued by the
Croat leader Dr. Ante Pavelic in
Zagreb Thursday Just before Ger
man motorized troops moved tri
umphantly into that- provincial
capital- The German radio repeat
edly broadcast , t h i s professed
Croat, aspiration to form an in
dependent state in northern Yu
goslavia and Gen. Sladkd Kvater-
nik was said to be head of the
new state.'" . , I ,
Completely in the discard ap
parently was Vladimir Maeek,
for 'many years head! of the
Croat peasant party and vice
premier in Gen. Dusaa Sime
vic's Yugoslav government.
The German attitude toward
the Croat situation remained un
clear for the present. j
The German news agency DNB
reported from Bratislava that
there was report in Croat cir
cles that Croat crews overpow
ered their Serb officers on two
ships and assumed control.
New Grecian-British Front
Lethal With War Weapons
This new. defense front, lethal
with flame throwers and all. the
other weapons of modern war,
was manned by some of the old
est troops in the allied commands
the same cheerfully bellicose
Australians and New Zealanders
who had chased the Italians across
the sands of north Africa and the
old Grecian campaigners who al
ready have put new legends into
the books of war. j
It formed, with the Greek
Albanian troops as the exist
ing western wing, a Sort of
broad-based inverted TY" run
ning from Oilman j em the
Adriatic to Mount Olympus, the
storied and lofty home of the
ancient gods. The sector whol
ly In Greece extended from
Phlorina, at Lake Prespa and
the UOO-feet Mount i Peris ter.
southeast to the tSM-foot peak
of Olymps. I
How many men were there to
hold this vital line jj was not
known, but accepted estimates of
the British forces in Greece have
them alone at around 300,000.
Moreover the Greeks,! although
have come over the face of Bal
boa when he discovered the Pa
cific spread over the peddler's
features. He stuck out his hand
in glad greeOng.
"Mister, shake hands," he said.
-I'm Just out from New York
state and this is the first time I
ever met a real Indian."
OOOOO,
This man knows the viol importance of
ftLvdng xcixioroliy, to malntala effici
ency tnc a balanced outlook, in trying,
iuglvspeeo! cays like chese.
He al o knows that mellow; sparkling
Rainier Beer is a cheering, invigorating
and refwhing mid to relaxation.
I : r : ' ' - '
The extraordinary care with which
Is made -from
acknowledging - the disaster that
already had befajlen them in the
German drive which took jsaion
fka. isolated the Greek forces In
the east and split the country
apart, insisted that their main
army remained . in- the ; west ana
wm intact ' i : ns ;
i it is . poised, the Greeks said,
"To deal-a -decisive- Now-atthe
German Invader, with allied sup-
port"... u- ;- ..
British Troop Movement ;
Continues From -Africa .
- .The British troop movement to
the north 'to- fill i the line - went
forward Jrcm Piraeus the port of
Athens, while vf till more" imperial
soldiers jWere said to be debark
ing in southern .Greek ports, from
LAlria They brought wiih Jbem
ihe, modern and, powerful equip
ment which, had Jbeen so effective
against the fascists, in. -Libya.
It was, front which had -been
)ans in planning, for the- Greeks
had. thought; .when it was .first
projected i that . the .Yugoslavs
might, not enter the . war to the
north. ; i - - . T: ; , .- ' . .
The. Yugoslavs .themselves
fought , on bitterly, during the
day attacking. .. said . . the Ger
mans . themselves in - "strpnr
columns" in , an effort to break
the German , thrust westward
clear across the country to , the
Albania frontier, there to Join
with the! Italians.
This .offensive -movement ' ap
peared : to have almost reached
its objective, although the Ger
mans had not. yet officially
claimed the junction.
The Italians, who had not been
overactive in this Balkan war,
announced Thursday night that
their forces were pushing into
Yugoslavia in two columns one
from captured Kranj, . in north
western Yugoslavia and the oth
er from the central Albania frontier-
to join the advancing naris.
One - hundred thousand allied
prisoners 80,000 Greeks (these
among the trapped Grecian
forces of the east) and 20.009
Yugoslavs- were declared in
Berlin to; be already in German
hands, with the count incom
plete. -....'
The Germans, who will be
ready to thrust southward with
nearly the whole of their strong
force at the completion of the
westward movement across Yugo
slavia, indicated that their imme
diate aim;, was to put the last
ounce of available aerial strength
into the Struggle immediately in
an effort to break up the British
concentrations as the prelude to
the trial in the field,
London j was bombed intermit
tently throughout the night but
a west midlands town apparently
suffered more heavily. The police
station, police court and post
office were damaged and some
persons were believed trapped by
hits on two public shelters in the
latter place,'
Sabotage Hearing
Is Postponed - t
PORTLAND. Ore, April 10-(ff)
-Preliminary hearing of sabotage
cnarges against az omcers ana
men ox the Italian motorship
Lome, originally set for Thursday,
have been postponed until next
week.
US Commissioner Kenneth Fraz-
er said the delay was requested. by
E. D. Hicks, attorney representing
the Italians.
Jysu1
the selection of
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AGED DEER C ALE
BILL DAVIS, Distributor
Salem
. a -
roverian,
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toFordiPea..
Over 16,000 Strikers
Tell Union Leaders
- to Wort out Deal
(Continued from page 1
union. -told the meeting that the
compin y, requests .were 'not
counter, proposals, but fddiUpnl
nmnnuti " aaid that he and
other union .'negotiator w.q uT d
reach a decision on uie.mpcuxiea
peace., plan soon,
T' -
WASHINGTON. . AprU iOrWV
The.- national ; deffns", niedia.tion
board, whittling away at strikes
spread 'from New ,yojrk.Jo the
s t a t e of .ashingtbn r Thursday
night made no reportof progress
in .any or tnem. . ... 1 .
Four mediation panels met si
multaneously here with represen-;
tatives of strikers and employers
in disputes to vol ving . more .han
souu. workers. , , ... -
The AFL lumber and . sawmill
workers uhlotu It was learned.
ectd a. "mediation board pro
posal lor. settlement of . a. fiyje- '
mle Falls Lumber company,' Spb-
- 1 ' TTi-n - tit V" .
quaume rauis, r uu iuuuuMi;
of the Weyerhaeuser Timber com-,
pany, f-"' , Ui ;'
Harm fcpdeT?rg, 1 FKrXTy-
head -of the AFL SalTors Uri4jn
of t he! fHf;wh6'-Ium"oer
schooner1 anrf;ae giving sup
port to the-1060 lumber strikers,
described the rejected proposal as
"phoney, but did not divulge its
terms. The issues . include wages,
hours and a union shop. .
The night session ended at;P:45;
p. nv, and the I conferees agreed
to meet again-ut' 10 a. m. Friday.
They gave no. Indication its to
what progress had beeri made. ,
DeMo
Chemeketa chapter, Order of
DeMolay, will exemplify the De-
Molay degree at the state conclave
In Albany tonight. Master Council
or Mark Hatfield said Thursday
night . .
Those on the degree ..team are
Zeral Brown, Leonard Steinbock,
Mark Hatfield, Warren DoolitUe,
Bob Lemony - Torn Fisher, - Bob
Johnson, Val Sloper, Keith
Hoppes, . Don' Page. Tli chard
Meyers, : Met tin' Johnson; i f Dick
CasteeL fiob? jMundt, Bill ;rtaber
nicht '-'U'v-; ' 'r -
Jack Mennis, Clyde Christman
and Norman Sholseth are Salem
candidates: for initiation at the
conclave. " 1
Saturday's program will include
a formal banquet and dance and
the installation of officers .
Eliminations Planned
CORVALLIS, April . 10-P-So
many senior and graduate stu
dents in science at Oregon State
college have applied for permis
sion to present research papers at
the. annual state science confer
ence at Linfield college April Iff
that, an elimination conference
will be held here next Saturday.
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