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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 23, 1941)
'! PAGS TWO British See "Collaboration" of French With Nazis as Move to Give Military Aid to Enemy y " By KIRKE L. SIMPSON Special to The Statesman A virtual British ultimatum to the Vichy government over Franco-German "collaboration" has brought the former allies to the verge of open warfare. ... Behind the" London warning to Vichy must lie a British con- viction that "collaboration' wUl mean French military aid to Ger many of a scale that may gravely increase the British war peril in the Mediterranean, the middle east and the Atlantic. ij A A far more serious possibU-i ity than German use of French air bases In Syria to reach the British-Ira war front b en visaged by the British action. London promptly implemented Its warning with action in the At lantic. A huge French oil tanker, previously granted passage through the British blockade to Casablanca with a cargo of Amer ican oil has been "intercepted." London apparently believes that the French colonial port in Moroc co affording a "window'.' on the south Atlantic is being used by the nazis as a sea raider base Vichy has denied that, just as its spokes men have denied that French as sistance given German planes crossing Syria to Iraq was in vio lation of the terms of the French surrender or an act of aggression against Britain. Whatever the Information on which London acted. It has . warned Vichy that all French collaboration -which takes the form of. military assistance to . Germany will bring British re ' taIiation.No distinction will be. .' made by the British between - German -occupied French terri tory, such as the "invasion coast" of France, and unoccn v pled areas. In thus referring to unoccupied areas, the British presumably re fer primarily to such portions of colonial France as French-mandated Syria or French bases in Af rica which German forces might use., 1 ' . The warning can hardly' mean British bombardment . of unoccu pied regions of continental France. The British purpose as stated by Foreign -Minister Eden to parlia ment would be to strike at German and Italian forces wherever lo cated. '. Unless the undisclosed terms of Franco-German collaboration pro vide for axis Use of routes and ports in unoccupied France to at tack Gibraltar, ferry additional troops to Africa 6r the like, the -British threat would not apply. - V ancouver, BC Has Blackout VANCOUVER, BC, May 22.-(CP)-Screaming sirens plunged Britishss Columbia's lower main land and lower Vancouver island into 15 minutes of darkness Thursday night im$he west coast's first major blackout under mili tary orders. - ,r ' Five hundred square miles of area with a population of ap proximately 400,000 was affected by the order that gave air raid precaution squads their first tests under wartime conditions and in dicated what the public might ex pect in an air raid. . Train Climbs Back Safely COLUMBUS, Ga, May z2 (TV-Amaied railroad men told Thursday how pari or a fast passenger train J sniped the track near here, ran a half mile partially derailed and then cUmbed safely back on the rails. The "City of Miami." Illinois .Central streamliner, stopped after the freak mishap early to day and a passerby. W. IL Cor bett of Columbus, averted an other possible accident when he flagged to a stop a Fort Ben ning troop train Just before it . rolled Into the damaged track. Sweqlo News . swegle Mrs. Ella Brown is leaving this week for a trip with her brother to the middlewest and southern states. They expect to go as lar east as Iowa. They are the third family from this district to leave for a trip to Iowa in the last three weeks. Friday afternoon Mrs. A. E. Wood was hostess to the ladies of the Garden 'Road Neighborhood club at her home on Sunnyview avenue. Nine members and one guest, Mrs. Crawford, mother of Mrs. Wood, were present . Notices for the June 18. school election were posted Tuesday. Menno Dalke Is the director whose term expires this year. - Mr. and Mrs. C L. Storey spent last weekend at their farm home near Monroe. CIMIil it to S3 yews old. women who aio crres,rrcLi, KZ2V0U3 who suf far t:i Cashes, dizziness caused ty this period In a woman's life to fc-ia Ly&a &, Fl&xhaml Vegetable C;rotra4. nr. & ham's Is famous for n'lertcg distressing symptoms duo to this function! disturbance. rtrcr.Tir TaTEfOi . , Fifth Group Here Tonight 30th Infantry Camps With Fourth Unit of Fort Lewis Troops " (Continued From Pag 1) ranging from 2M ton trucks to the quarter-ton "jeeps." T Leaving Fort Lewis at 5 a. m. Thursday the 20-mile column was inside the fairgrounds gates at 2:30 p. m. A band concert by "the best band In the army," -according to officers of the 30th, was a feature Thursday night Thirty instru ments comprise the organization, which plays practically every night the group Is on trek; it was said. ' Mishaps were declared few and inconsequential. Mending fences may not be a regular army pur suit but men in uniform were de tailed to repair damage dona to a snort stretcn oz lence noi xar from the fairgrounds when a ve hicle plowed Into it Radios along the lino nf march, scheduled to go through Salem be sinning at I o'clock this morning, keep officers at the eolamn in touch with wno another and with their airplane "contact" overhead. Whether Salem will see a ma jority of the rail troops or the heaviest of Fort Lewis's equip ment, Including tanks, slated to go south on a 73-car freight train, local officials of the South ern Pacific declared themselves not free to state Thursday night TACOMA, May 22-(fl')-Depart- ure of 978 officers and 220 ve hicles from Fort Lewis at day break Friday will mark comple tion of the motorized mass evacua tion of men and material and find all of the motorized equipment and artillery troops of the DC corps spread out over a 1000-mile front" on the Pacific coast The final ' contingent to leave for the war games on the Hunter Liggett reservation, officially designated as serial 5 and made up of attached troops' of the IX corps, will bivuoae In Salem, Ore. Friday night A steady stream of troops has left the fort with ctoekltke pre cision since early Monday morn ing en route to the Pacific coast's largest peace time man euver. Meanwhile, all infantry troops, amonntlnr to ' half the corps, are preparing to depart by train with the first four tralnloads leaving Friday night Twenty-three more tralnloads will leave at intervals until Tuesday. ; Those leaving Friday morning are members of the 3rd medical battalion; 3rd tquartermaster bat talion; H. Q. battery of the 205th coast artillery H. Q. troops of the 115th calvary and a detachment from the 60th signal battalion. The 205th Is comprised mainly of Seat tie and southwest Washington men while the 115th calvary is from Wyoming. A maintenance detachment of 8000 men will remain at the fort during the maneuvers. Price of Gas Upped AgMn SAN FRANCISCO, May 22-ff)- The Standard . Oil company an nounced Thursday night the price of its gasoline will go up half cent a gallon Friday in the Pacific coast states, Alaska and Hawaii, All grades are included. - Also anounced was a general Increase In prices the company will offer for crude pil at the well. Officials said increases would run up to as high as 12 cents per barrel, at both northern and southern California fields, effec tive at 7 a. m. Friday. Box Scores SALEM () 1 VANCOUVER () B H O A BHOA Llghtnrjr S 11 O.WarfJjn 4 S Bates.1 3 McGinjc S 1 Linffuax S OUolleyj 3 3 Brennr J 4 5;JeweUJ S IjWrlghU S 0 Cmilt xJ 4 1 MerrtU.p S 0 Goldm.p 1 Petrn.m 4 BergstmJ 4 LaniferJ 3 ShinnJ 4 Cirlf Uujl 4 Adams,c S Fallin.p 2 Srope.p S Warren 1 Totals 5S t 24 U Totals 34 11 27 13 Batted for Swope in ninth. Score br Inn Inn: Salem 201 000 003-4 Vancouver .... ,, ; 001 610 00 8 Errors. Bates, Petersen. Adams. Tal - . - lin. WarfieM. Goldman. Win run pitch er. Merrill; fcwtna pitcher, Fallin. Off Fall In in 3i Innings, four hits, six runs. Struck out one, basesXon balls, four. Off Merrtlr in 7i innings, S hits 3 runs; truck out one; bases on balls, four. Swope in 4i innings, seven hits, three runs: bases a balls, three. Goldman, in m Innings, two hits, three hits; struck out four, bases on balls two. Off Osborne. 'in inning, no hits or runs. Hit by pitcher. Adams by Mer rill. Wild pitches. Merrill. FalUn. Lert on bases. Salem 12, Vancouver eight. Three-base bits. JfoUey; two-base bits, Petersen. Lingua 2, Adams, Brenner, Runs batted in, Petersen. Jolly 2, Berg - strom, Brenner 2. McGinn is 2. War field 2. lingua. Sacrifice. Merrill. Stol en bases. Bates z. warneia. jjoudic pUvs, Shinn. Janifero. Bates. Time 20. Umpires, Wetsgerber and Kallio.- Ia, Fear US Raid 1 " . French Order Defense of Caribbean Island; Hull Blasts Reports VICHY, Unoccupied France, May 22 - (Jt) - French forces on Martinique have been ordered to prepare to defend that Caribbean island against an attack by the United States, reports from Cer-man-occupied Paris said Thurs day ! " Looming large In any defense of the island are the cruiser Emile Bertin and the aircraft carrier Beam, which have been stationed at Martinique's capital and chief porti Fort de France, since the German defeat of France last June. Word was said to have reached Paris from Fort de France that the French naval command in the Caribbean had ordered these ships to remain in the Antilles on "practice ma neuvers.'' Both warships recently have engaged In maneuvers for the announced purpose ef main taining crew morale. The Paris newsnaner Le Matin said j Martinique's fortress will be blown to pieces if necessary to prevent it falling into foreign hands, the paper said. , Paris papers also asserted that British warships were continuing a patrol off Martinique. (Reports from Puerto Rico last November said that US warships had .taken up the patrol around Martinique, relieving the British West. Indies squadron. WASHINGTON, May 22-UPV- The United States struck - back Thursday at .what officials con sidered nazi efforts to disturb American relations with Mar tinique, and Indicated, that France's new world possessions still jsvere considered harmless. .secretary or state Hull said there had been no recent devel opments that changed the general situation in these western hemi sphere colonies. His statement was interpret ed as meaning that the Ameri can government had no inten tion of oceuylng Martinique and ether French territories unless It was established that France would allow Germany to use them for a foothold In this hemisphere. In a sharp rejoinder. Hull de clared these reports were exclu sively of German or pro-German origin. Inspired propaganda of this I kind, he went on. probably would continue in an effort to create an entirely false imnre. sion of the facts, i and Jail Sentence Told SILVERTON Jess Willhite w handed a $100 fine, and costs and a six months jail sentence by Judge Alf O. Nelson in justice court Tuesday on a drunken driv ing charge. Judge Nelson suspended five months and tn Hair of tV m. tence ion condition that he pay fine and costs, serve ten days of the sentence and leave liquor alone and obey all laws for one year. Attend Convention . i SILVERTON Mrs.' E. S. Porter and Mr. and Mrs. Clay Porter are attending an Odd Fellow lodge convention at Baker this week. Mrs, A. C. Barber, who has been ill for) a number of weeks, is now able to sit up part of each day. Guests at Mehama . MEHAMA Mrs. Amelia Finlav and son, Arthur Finlay, Seattle, and Mrs. Fred Knight Silverton. spent 1 the weekend visiting Mrs. Edith PhilippL ( Travel the route of the early explorers on this 1000-mile cruise to Prince Rupert and return. 5Vtsy Cruise through sheltered waters, deep silent coves, passing towering snow-capped mountains, aboard the Princta Adelaide. Deck sports, musk, dancing, eotaUe service and cuisine. See relics of the aborigines at Alert Bsv. Dicruresana Industrial oarpost Ocean Falls, and other mg porta KOWPTRtr iroat i . baai SEATTLa .- iackM) . Canada WlcomaU.S.citixt$u mMpassports : - See yew Trml ageat, er - . sag, W.Bm4aT.rertsal I ' ' ' Pit 0637 Oh Martinique OUTGOII STATESIIAIf, Salem. In War News What Fate or Her? r ! RUDOLF HESS ! What fate Is in store for ra Use n: i man wbe made a sensational plane night te Britain ana new b being held at Glasgow, Scotland? Fran Hess was left behind hi Germany. 8he la the mother of Hess in 1927. - f 41st Causes -1 Traffic Jam Joining 3rd - - v - - (Continued from page 1) tnte the Redding fairgreind, al though the column only moved from Klamath Falls Thursday. Friday will be Its shortest trip, UKarysvOIe. i When the 41st hit Weedfat 11:30 a. m. Thursday, it fell hi behind the 3rd and IX units corps which also left Fort Lewis Monday. Two lead columns, after splitting at Vancouver Monday afternoon. fused again at Weed. A military column stretching 74 miles, the 3rd and IX corps Thursday night reached Woodland. Friday the 41st will move down the east route of highway 99. Motorized columns stretched Thursday night from Woodland to Fort Lewis, where last truck con voys of the 41st pulled out Thurs day morning. Final motorized units of the 3rd division, PC corps will clear the fort Friday, The first 27 troop trains also pull out Friday. The troops, dressed la regula tion khaki, suffered as the mer cury rose ever 100 degree. The heat also caused several vehicles te break down. They were re paired by maintenance troops trailing each eolamn. Northern California will get Its first look at big field guns Friday Cprri(bt tfO, Xaccen S Msaw T. Jljl :' : 1 I " US-?" - ' ''; i..iLf M : ill Ah Oregon. Friday Morning,: May i uaw FRAUILSE HESS Hess, wife of Kadolf Hess, the nasi a three-year-old son and married - . as the 41its field artillery, towing 73 and 155 guns, moves from Klamath Falls. t Despite the heavy : traffic and twisting roads, none of the lead troops had a major accident Thurs day. World War , . News Today By the Associated Press British enter virtual unde clared war against Vichy, France; warn they will attack nazis or French soil occupied or unoccupied unless Petain government stops giving aid to Germans; attack on Crete seen as a diversion for possible as sault on Gibraltar. Germans take two areas in Crete; British disclosed all their fighter planes have been with drawn; royal navy is in heavy action against sea-borne Ger man troops and declares not a convoy has' reached the coast; Germans report sinking of four British cruisers and. several de stroyers. . .. German- controlled "Paris spread reports that French forces in Martinique are ordered to prepare for "an attack" by the United States. IN THB 23. 1311 British Lose Sky, Control ; ? Violent Navy Action Rages ; French Given Warning on Nazis r - (Continued From Page 1) lng ; half-way along the northern coast- 1 : - Berlin still showed a discreet silence about the outcome of the fighting, jeslde from the reported heavy blow at Britain's navy. . , The British for their part re ported that in a day of violent naval-air: action the fleet had smashed every German effort to land men by sea, breaking up every convoy that sought. to run In under cover of German war planes. Many .German - vessels and 30 of them were said to have been thrust into the battle zone at one time were destroyed, and others dispersed, British middle eastern headquarters at Cairo as serted.:, v The Crete areas acknowl edged by the British to be in; German hands were the town of Candia and the Maleml air drome southwest ef Cane a. Seme time after their occupa tion had been conceded London disclosed for the first tune that all; British fighter craft had been withdrawn from the Island since the first day of the battle because they had ne suitable bases. . .;' ': ; :;-,7."-.'-' . London officially was cautious ly optimistic, but the London pub lic showed signs of grave concern. The fighting reached a new peak of fury: The Germans, aside front! their attempts to bring in thousands, by sea, were landing men: steadily, by. parachute and air transport .. The nazi successes ashore were significant, because Maleml air drome is one of two in all Crete. The Other, at Candia, was still in British hands, London announced. . Every report ef the great en gagement indicated that much and perhaps everything de pended on the ability ef the British navy to, keep German aea-herne troops and supplies away from Crete; that it was going to be a great test of sea versus air power. - Of perhaps even greater ulti mate; importance than the ap proaching decision in the battle of Crete a "desperate, grim bat tle," as Winston Churchill called it where there could be for either aide no retreat was the British government's action in entering whit many thought was t state of undeclared war against the old French ally. r , Standing gravely in the house cf commons, Anthony Eden, the British foreign secretary, warned Vichy ! that unless it stopped sid ing' with ' the Germans British forces would bomb the Germans wherever they were found on NAVY that it's cigarette cooler, yourself (I a ' . ..... i - French territory occupied or un occupied. : Giving point to this declaration it was announced that , the Brit ish navy had seized the 11,487-ton French oil tanker Sheherazade en route with oil from Houston, Tex, to Casablanca In . French north Africa despite -the fact that the vessel . had a ; navicert British permission to navigate when she departed the United States.' The seizure was accomplished with the full consent of the -United States government. It was said In London because the "actions of the last day er so by the Vichy government particularly la Syria, had a keen sharpening .effect not only , in London but in Washington." The British made no secret ol their fear that a German attempt to! send troops through 'unoccu pied France and into Spain for an assault upon the key fortress of Gibraltar might be in the mak ing. Some Britons declared that 70,000 Germans already were in Spain and that German "tourists" were slipping Into Morocco across the Gibraltar strait ' -; The attack on Crete and cur rent German support - of , Iraq against .the British were' termed by ' some ' British informanta as possibly mere diversions how ever violent In themselves for a greater threat to come, i The British aeensed the Vichy i government not only of a "sin- Ister" purpose in allowing Syr- Ian airdromes to be msed by the nasis te help Iraq but ef these ! other v acts: allewlng German torpedo boats to go down the 1 lower Rhone . river Into the Mediterranean; working French I Industry for Germany at a I higher rate than before) the French - German armistice; al lowing French military, equip I ment te be sent from' Syria to J. .v.. ': In Africa; these were the day's principal developments: , ' I Unconfirmed ' reports spread that the "free French" forces of General Chares de Gaulle Brit ish allies were moving Into Syria from Palestine, and Egypt called home all her citizens living In Syria and Lebanon. ! The fighting In Iraq continued confined principally to aerial ac tion. . ' ; In Ethiopia the British . an nounced the capture of 9000 more Italian troops; Rome said nothing specifically on that point but claimed that the Italians had thrown back new British attacks In southwestern Ethiopia. V f ';.: Entertainment Given by Men j INDEPENDENCE "M, e n's night" will be Observed at Adah chapter. No. 34,. Z aster Star, Tuesday at the Masonic halL I The men, under the committee of . Phil Schweizer, Dr. M. J. Bulter and Paul E. Robinson, will fur nish the evening's entertainment t if I; . 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TACOMA. May 22-(VWith an additional 800 door factory work ers on a sympathy strike, the, Ta- coma labor, situation clouded somewhat Thursday but a note of optimism was sounded by Federal Labor tonciliator .Adolph Hoch, who. is conferring with ODerators and officials of the, Boommen and Rafters union (CIO) t. Hoch announced he felt ODtimis- tic about the outcome of present conferences but said it will be sev eral days before any definite re sults can be expected. Operators and union men are meeting in sep arate groups drawing up propo sals to be submitted at a joint con ference later In an attempt to ar bitrate differences. Pastor Sent ... ....... Invitation GERVAIS A call to the pastor ate) of the local Presbyterian church has been extended to Rev. Cheek, Raymond, Wash, who spoke here May 4 and again May 18. j tie has other churches in view and has! not yet notified the board of his acceptance. However, the trustees are getting estimates on some repairs on the manse and will have a pastor soon. Rev. Hood left Gervais In October to accept a call to Waldport iter z''Tiifn "); 0 I VaUCSn STKAWBFJUtT smoker's cigarette. the world's best Naval Tru Break Ones