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The CniGOri STATESMAN.' ScJea. Oregon. Wednesday Morning. May 1 4. 1 S II
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Spain Expects Hitler to Drive ;...
Through Nation to Gibraltar 1
Many Possibilities Hinge Upon Move
. Including Taking Over of Portugal;
People Against Resistance Policy . 1 ;
-(Editor's note: Ilere follow an Important story dealing with
.' Spain's predicament In the European war. It was written for The Ore-
con Statesman's special news service by John IJoyd, the noted forelxn
correspondent, whose experiences Include covering- revolutions In Lat
. In America, the Spanish war. life in Russia and the fall of France. He
has Just returned to the United States after six months in Spain.)
NEW YORK, May 14.-(The
'ers in Spain are convinced the Germans have plans worked out
- to the last detail for a drive across the peninsula to attempt to
close the western entrance to the Mediterranean at Gibraltar.
If there is a question in their minds it is riot over existence
of such plans but rather as to when and if they will be put into
operation. . The emphasis at the
present moment is on the "when.
- 1 havej spent six months on the
ground and I doubt if a day went
by when some aspect of this ques
tion was not discussed. Two points
should be clarified at once, first,
that a "drive" does not necessarily
- mean Spanish opposition, and sec
ond, that the decision may well be
one-sided.:
Should the moment come
. when Hitler considers the cam
pairn necessary, he will make
'the decision and the Spaniards :
. will be j faced by the choice of
resisting or facilitating- the ope
rations.! Facilitating the operations could
.take one of two forms. It. could
amount to Spain joining actively
in the war. Or it could be simply
opening up an avenue for German
troops to come through.
Talk ot possible resistance, nev
er even j hinted at officially, all
but ceased after the Yugoslav col
lapse and the developments in
Greece. There can be no doubt
that the suffering and unsuccess
ful defense in those two countries
deeply impressed the Spanish
people, j
.The people I talked with
. close followers of the situation
felt when I left Spain that
- the odds, so Ion as there Is no
marked j chant e In the tide ! of
war, are strongly against any
organised military effort to re
sist It is the general belief, on the
other hand, that every effort will
. be made to avoid the issue. The
Franco government is thought by
I a great many observers to be gen
uinely desirous of remaining out
of the war.
A widely held opinion is that
had Spain been headed by any
government not outspokenly fav
orable to the axis she would long
ago have been occupied. In other
words, a violent flirtation with
the axis, sincere or otherwise, has
kept Spain out of the war and out
- of the occupied status up to the
i present. 1
I Matters that must be kept pri
j marily in consideration in any
; study of the possibilities of Ger
j man action across the peninsula
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. 1. Will the German high .
command. If it decides to press
the campaign In the near east, :
feel it Is necessary simultane
ously to attempt to close the
western ; end of the Mediter
ranean? .2. Will Hitler decide, regard
less of i whether the war Is
pressed home Immediately
against j Suet, , that he must
complete his continental hege
mony either by forcing Spain
Into thei conflict or by setting
vp his own artillery along the
Gibraltar straltsT
'Spain, if she found It necessary
finally to go to war, could do so
gracefully in a sense, owing to
the systematic propaganda cam
paign her government and more
especially the Franco party have
been waging over a long period.
References have repeatedly
been made in speeches and the
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press to the country's determina
tion to "pursue her destiny," to
attain her "just" awards in Africa
and to assume her place in the
"universal movement" The axis
has been eulogized, the democra
cies assailed, and German and
Italian help to Franco during the
civil war stressed.
No face saver would be neces
sary, therefore, should the gov
ernment, finding It opportune or
inevitable, determine to cast in
its lot fully with the axis powers.
Now, as to the likely moves in
case Spain should enter the war
cr the Germans should go through
Spain to set up their standards on
the Mediterranean:
For one thing, Portugal prob
. ably would be occupied, and If
this were attempted by the Ger
mans, any resistance, observers
feel, would be shortlived. An
interesting development of re
cent weeks has been regular
shipment of troops by the
Portuguese south to the Azores.
These troops and equpiment
being sent with them could be
salvaged In case Portugal Itself
were occupied.
For another thing, Gibraltar is
prepared as probably never be
fore in its history. It bristles
with artillery ,is garrisoned for a
determined defense and is stocked
almost to overflowing with war
materials and food supplies.
The British express conviction
that here at least the Germans
could not pass. Observers, with a
lew voices to the contrary, either
doubt the rock could be taken or
feel the loss of life would be so
great that even a victorious attack
might prove dangerous in its re
percussions. Naval and military men say,
however, that Gibraltar could be
merely besieged and harassed
while canon planted on the Span
ish shore could command the en
trance to the Mediterranean al
most as effectively as from the
fortress itself.
The Germans, then, could
either attempt to take the rock,
with the consequent risks, or sit
off and fire away at shipping
from the Spanish shores. They
would have the advantage of air
bases in close proximity.
Naval experts were of .the
opinion that complete stoppage of
traffic through: the straits would
be difficult to achieve, even with
Gibraltar in German hands. They
incline to 'the belief ships could
get through undercover of dark
ness. ".
Gibraltar and Portugal are two
of the principal places which
would be affected by a German
occupation of Spain, but there is
a third and, perhaps, even more
vital point.
This is Spanish Morocco and
Tangier, now under Spanish con
trol, where the Germans might
gain an important base for opera
tions in Africa. -
A base of this kind might be
supplied easily and through it a
steady stream of troops might be
poured. 'I
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have to combine, however, to make
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Plans Talk
MRS. CHARLES WEISS
President of
GOP Women to
Visit Oregon
PORTLAND, May 13 Mrs.
Charles W. Weis, jr, of Rochester,
NY, president of the National
ederation of Women's Republican
clubs, is slated to arrive' in Port
land next Wednesday and is to
be honored at a dinner that night
at the Hotel Benson. She is the
first of the presidents of the na
tional organization to visit Ore
gon and the Pacific coast during
the term of office. .
Oregon chapter of Pro America
Republican Women is sponsor for
the dinner, with the Oregon Re
publican club, Young Republicans
and the Republican state central
committee as co-sponsors. -
Among the prominent guests at
the event are to be Governor
Charles A. Sprague and Mrs.
Sprague; Secretary of State Earl
Snell and Mrs. jSnell; and State
Treasurer Leslie W. Scott and
Mrs. Scott
Mrs. Roy T. Bishop, state presi
dent of Pro America, and f irct
vice-president of the national fed
eration, will preside at the dinner.
On Thursday, Pro America is
holding a semi-annual meeting,
at which Mrs. Wejs will speak.
This meeting, also open to the
public, is scheduled at the Ma
sonic temple in Portland.
Question of Sufficient Labor
For Strawberry
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With strawberry picking
question of whether or not there will be sufficient pickers to har
vest the crop has steadily been growing in importance, j
"So far we have been able
quests from growers," W. H. Bail-
lie, manager of the Salem office
of the state employment service,
said Tuesday. "However, we can
not anticipate what the future re
quirements will be."
Between two and three hundred
pickers have already been sent
out, Baillie said,- and 421 orders
received last week are now being
filled for growers in the Stayton,
Sublimity, Silverton and Silver
Creek Falls areas. In addition 427
orders for workers were received
at the office on Monday and Tues
day. '
With the weather the deter
mining factor in deciding how
picking will progress, an. esti
mate was given by Baillie that
picking would probably be well
underway about May 15 and at
Its peak about 10 days later.
Growers are not asking for more
rain but neither do they wish
extremely hot weather, which
wiU cause the berries to shrivel.
; Call for all types of farm labor-
German operations from Spanish
Morocco and Tangier profitable. ,
The reference hero Is to ex-
pansion of the German field of
operations Into French Morocco
and thence down to Dakar. Also
of creation of such a threat to
General Weygand's Algerian
fland as to make him hesitate
should he wish to throw In his
lot with Britain.
Weygand's North African army
has been the Vichy government's
card in the hole in its dealings
with Germany. It has been a
threat which Hitler could not dis
regard. So long as it is intact and
can at a given moment go over to
the English the reichsfeuhrer pre
sumably has to pull his punches.
Landing of a powerful German
force in Spanish Morocco might
considerably alter the situation
The Spaniards lay claim to part
of French North African territory
and If . their lot were cast with
Germany, pressure on Weygand
might well immediately become so
embarrassing as to precipitate a
drastic decision by the French
generalissimo.
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Locale of Smrimer 7ar Games
Set in Southwest Washington
FORT LEWIS, May -4JP)-K 1700 square-mile rectangle ot
rugged southwest Washington country will comprise the area
where approximately 100,000 soldiers from ' throughout the far
west will stage late-summer war games, Fort Lewis officers dis
closed Tuesday.
The region, slashed with rivers,
filled with - timber-cloaked hills
and Interspersed 1 with prairies,
will include sections of six coun
ties Mason, Grays '.Harbor,
Thurston, Lewis,: Pacific and
Cowlitz.-' i
Virtually all troops in the far
west will battle in the area from
August 15 to September: 5. Offi
cers said four divisions, all at
full war time strength . would
participate in the war games,
biggest in Pacific coast history.
- Fort Lewis will contribute
the regular army's 3rd and the
41st, former national guard di
vision made up of men from
Oregon, Washington. Idaho,
Montana and Wyoming. The
Death Takes
Salem Woman
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Three months of Illness ended
Monday night in the death of Mrs.
Julia Anna Harms,' wife of Henry
H. Harms,- at her home here. She
had been a Salem resident for the
past 20 years. - : '
The daughter of the late August
Boelter and Mrs. Anna Boelter of
Salem, Mrs. Harms was a mem
ber of the Calvary Baptist church
and was for many years director
ct the Episcopal church choir and
a well-known soloist She was a
member of Chemeketa chapter of
Daughters of the American Revo
lution, j i
Survivors are the husband;
sons, Wilbur Harms . of, Camas,
Wash., and Donald Harms of Sa
lem; mother, Mrs. Anna Boelter;
brothers, Edwin D. r : Boelter of
Seattle; Austin E. arid Milton W.
Boelter of Minneapolis, William G.
Boelter of Syracuse, : NY; sister,
Mrs. Saramay Barber ' of Camas,
Wash. . ; i . -;
Funeral services will be at 2 p.
m. Friday at the Rose Lawn Fu
neral home. Rev. Frank Stanard
will officiate. Burial will be at
Belcrcst Memorial park.
CroD Puzzles
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getting underway this week the
to pretty well keep Up with re
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ers, men for the hop fields and
for one sharecropper have reached
the office, Baillie said. The close
of school will probably relieve to
some extent the shortage of farm
help.
Salem Chapter
FFA Activities
Told to Club
Some of the outstanding
achievements of the Salem chap
ter, Future Farmers of America,
and brief outlines ot their varied
activities and aims were told by
eight members of the local group
at the luncheon meeting of the
Kiwanis club Tuesday.
In recognition , of his assistance
and interest, the group which has a
roster of 61, added an honorary
member, Gene Vandeneynde, Ki
wanis member. He was presented
with his pin by Vernon Johnson,
president of the FFA.; :
Over $23,500, or an average of
$385 each, has been invested by
the boys in their projects. From
these they have earned 17,575,
David Ramseyer, vice president,
said.. '
Proof of the Salem chapter's
success ,in this line was evident
when mention was made that of
the 7000 chapters In I the United
States th local chapter has been
Judged one of the ten best One of
its members, Herman Grimmer,
was a. candidate for the American
farmer,,-' and three, have been
named state fanners, j
At the j state fair the boys re
ceived over $700 in premiums and
the selling of fat livestock. The
keystone j certificate for public
activitiesj and champion dairy
Judging team of the state are
among other honors received by
the group. - ? i
Taking part in the program were
Johnson Ramseyer; Robert Lang,
secretary; William Zenger, treas
urer; Leonard Schmaltz, reporter;
Norman Alexander, Loyle Salter
and Loren Wiederkeher.
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40th division, composed prl-.
marily of California, Utah and
Nevada guardsmen, will come '
op from Saa Lois Obispo, Calif.
The fourth division will be the
regular army's 7th, now based
at Fort Ord. Calif.
The 100,000 figure will . be
reached by adding IX army corps
troops and staffs of. the fourth
army, commanded by Lieut. Gen.'
John I DeWitt , j . ; '
The battle area, roughly, is 75
miles long and 28 miles wide. Its
northern line runs from Matlock
to a point east j of Shelton. The
eastern border runs west ' of
Olympia, through Chehalis, Win
lock and Castle ' Rock to the
Kelso-Longview district.' The
southern border parallels the Co
lumbia river, from Kelso to Oak
point. The western edge of the
war zone follows the Wahkiakum
county line then runs northward
through Lebamv Brooklyn and
Satsop to Matlock.
Pointing out that "here is a
real opportunity for people of
western Washington to make a
worthy contribution to national
defense at an important time,
army officials announced they
would tour the area between
now and August 1 to arrange
for army occupancy of the land.
Disclosure of the "region where
the southwest Washington "war"
will be fought came as 35,000
Fort Lewis soldiers made final
preparations for i California war
games next month. The first
troops will begin leavinff-for the
San Luis, Obispo region Monday.
They are scheduled to return
here early in July.
Divorce Suit
Filed at Dallas
DALLAS A suit for divorce
was filed in the circuit court of
Polk county Friday by Elinor M.
Fox against Dean E. Fox.
They were married at Tacoma
in January, 1935. The plaintiff
charges cruel and inhuman treat
ment. She now' has the custody of a
minor child and asks for his fu
ture control and custody. The
plaintiff asks for $30 a month for
the child and for costs' and diS'
bursements in connection with the
suit.
Carson and Carson, Salem, are
attorneys for the plaintiff.
New Packard
Clipper.Has -
PubKcOkeh
With the series of Packard Clip
per announcement meetings con
cluded, W. M. Packer, vice presl
dent .of distribution, returned to
Detroit last week with enthusias
tic reports on Clipper acceptance
Launched less than a month ago,
the Clipper won immediate.- ac
ceptance in showroom displays
throughout the nation. Before the
introductory Clipper! ! meetings
were concluded popular endorse'
ment forced Packard officials to
revue their' original forecasts and
authorize 56 per cent produc-
tion increase. Original estimates
called for the production of 10,600
Clippers during the spring quar
ter. The upward revision is now
set at 16,600. j
Returning from the final Clip
per meeting in Portland, Packer
summed up the Clipper debut
while making plans to supply in
creased customer demand. Said he:
fOur own enthusiasm for the
ultra-modern Clipper has . been
equalled and surpassed by public
acclaim that has already necessi
tated a production increase in ex
cess of our initial estimates. Al
though the Clipper represents a
sensational break with traditional
Packard styling, it is gratifying to
note that its endorsement has
come from old and new Packard
customers alike."
Groups Named
For Patriotic
Orders Program
Roster of Salem organizations
participating in the program of
the-Federation of Patriotic Orders
was anonunced Tuesday to in
clude the following groups and
their heads:
'Daughters of the American
Revolution, Mrs. W. E. Hanson;
Woman's Relief corps, Mrs. Mary
B. Lickel; Ladies of the Grand
Army of the Republic, Mrs. Rose
B. Garrett; Sons of Union Veter
ans, L. P. Bennett; Daughters of
Union Veterans, Mrs. Beatrice
Henry; Auxiliary to Sons of Union
Veterans, Lura Tandy; United
Spanish War Veterans, Sherman
Nelson; Auxiliary to United Span
ish War Veterans, Mrs. Dorothy
Wilson; American Legion, Capitol
post No. 9, Ray Stumbo; Auxiliary
to' Capital post, Mrs. Harold Per
kins; Veterans of Foreign Wars,
CoL C. A. Robertson; Auxiliary
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to Veterans of Foreign Wars, Mrs.
Dollie Wickert; Disabled American
War Veterans, Charles Norton;
Auxiliary to Disabled American
War Veterans, Mrs. Bess Mehl-
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