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The OniGOri STATXSMAII. Salem, Oregon. Sunday Morning, June 8. IS 11
Nazis Massing
: 1 D
On Ukraine
! Free French, British
Invade Syria, Report;
IliUer Plans Waited
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as "nonsense, and foreign cor
respondents there said they had
not heard of any important forth
coming announcement.
: Other British radio reports told
of flights of German and, Italian
airmen toward Syria, with a num
ber of planes forced down in Turk
lsh territory. One big German fly
ing boat was reported -shot down
near the Dardanelles by Turkish
anti-aircraft batteries. i j .
' , The report, however, : re
call e d dispatches Thursday
from Ankara, Turkey, that Ger
many was patting heavy pres
sure on the soviet union for ac
cess to rich wheat granaries: of
the Ukraine, by j concentrating
155 German and Rumanian id!-
! visions for a Joint German-Ka-:
nunian invasion of the soviet by
i mid-Jane. . '. j I M
I I A quick denial came from Ber
lin the next day, 1 an authorized
nazi spokesman declared: "Be as
sured . of no political earthquake
; In that region. M
I j Further, .there came reports
from Vichy, France, last jweek
that instead of getting ready to
fight Russia, Hitler had met sec
retly with Joseph Stalin! i and
agreed upon a- program of col
laboration by which Russia would
undertake to deliver 'bread j to a
Hitler-dominated Europe..
1 A hint that something might be
stirring in. southeastern Europe
was seen in a Bucharest announce
ment of a drastic 1 curtailment of
passenger train service, effective
this Sunday, to clear the tracks for
heavy freight traffic. j
j The need for heavy movement
of freight was given as the reason
for the curtailment, but observers'
speculated on the possibility of
Important r military movements
either against Russia or through
the Black sea against the British
In the middle east which tnight
require the utmost use of rail fa
culties. !
I Possibility of another aids
' ; declaration this j week came
from Rome with the summon
ing of the Italian chamber; of
win u (Hiju, wmcn ojm re
placed the chamber of deputies
In the fascist regime, to meet in
special session June IS, the first
anniversary of Italy's entrance
Into the war. .' , 'j . j (
i Amidst all this behind-the-front
activity, French-mandated Syria
has become a precaious chip on
both British and German should
ers, each belligerent waiting and
preparing for the moment the
Other wUI knock it off. I
I A dominant factor in Britain's
preparation, it was said in London
Saturday night, was the speed
With which American-made war
equipment and materials reach the
middle east zone of battle. j
I Americad-made i. tanks already
have been reported, in battle near
Tobruk where besieged British
forces harass the flank of a threat
ened axis drive on Suez from the
west J
State Bankers Open1
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GEARHART. June 7-fcP-The
Oregon Bankers' association an
nual convention j will open here
Monday with Dr.! Paul Cadman,
American Bankers' association
economist, among, speakers. Others
WiU be Dr. Marcus Nadlerj New
York university professor; it. G.
Christensen, San Francisco bank
er, and George Whting, Portland.
World s War
News Today
. By the Associated
British radio reports nazis will
make important declarations on
Soviet Russia relations and
; peace proposals, probably Mon-
Germans impose curfew! on
Athens after theft of German
; Sags from the Acropolis; j de
j lare Greeks still hostile toward
! Germans.' . I'. - - J."i. i
High Japanese military and
civil authorities, arrange im
portant meetings after' Nether
lands East Indies sends f un
satisfactory" reply to Japanese
concessions demand. Dutch hold
Japanese not ready to precipi
tate crisis. Japanese planes
bomb Chungking a g a 1 n nit
British embassy second time.
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Germans reported hastening
completion of airbase at Syrian
port of Latakia and Hungarian
ship reported landing gasoline.
British dispatches say German
U-boats using Lebanon base;
French General Weygand re
ported to have warned Vichy
against trying to make I his
troops fight free French in
Africa. -. !'
British claim 2000 more Ital
ian p r is on er s in southwest,
Ethiopia after 'fording i Omo
river. , -S .'
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British sax two 5000 ton1 axis
ships destroyed by RAF; Ger
mans say three British ships
totaling-53,500' .tons sunk by
luftwaffe. . '
7. Averell Ilarriman, in Lon
don to expedite American J aid,
may go to the middle east
where American war material;
is needed.
Soldiers Enter Strike-Bound Plane Factory
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Soldiers, among the few persons permitted to pass picket lines at the North American Aviation plant at
Inglewood, Calif are shewn entering the company gates to get planes for the army. Officers had si-
reaay usen oat z pianes, ana
CIO SpHt on
Plane Strike :
Mass Meeting Called
for Late Sunday on
FDR's Ultimatum
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Circles Saturday night for a ref
erendum on the national defense
mediation board's proposal to re
sume work in 52 western Wash
ington sawmills and " logging
camps.
Worth Lowery, International
vice president of the union, said
the rank and file would accept the
board's proposal if given a chance
to vote on it by secret ballot
He said he is personally urg
ing members to accept the plan as
suggested in telegrams by Phillip
Murray, president of the Congress
of Industrial Organizations.
Trustees Pass
On President
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log year balanced, the trustees
approved continuance of ap
proximately the present pro
gram of Instruction fr next
year. .
' Dr. Morton E. reck, retiring
this year as professor of botany,
was designated by the board as
earator Of the herbarium which
he, collected, catalogued and
gave te the university. .
Only baUdlnc plans acted
upon were for the rasing of the
old wooden Kimball hall and
the removal of the college of
music to the old science halL
The latter probably will be
renovated In- accordance with
plans to be formulated by the
board's building committee.
: All officers and members of
the board were reelected.
Registration is Mondir and
classes begin Tuesday morning
for the summer session at WU1
amette university, first since 1933.
Dr. W..C. Jones, director, said all
Instructors would ' be available
Monday morning for consultation.
Twenty members of the faculty
and lecturers are to conduct ap
proximately 40 courses.
Classes are scheduled daily,
Monday through -Friday, in most
courses. Eaton and Collins halls
arc to be used for most, although
speech work is to be in Waller
hall. The library is to be open
from la.rn.toSD. blmi week
days throughout the summer, in
charge of Robinson Spencer.
Price of Gas
Ordered Cut V
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7--The
office of price administration
Saturday night Instructed Cali
fornia oil companies to return
crude oil and gasoline prices to
the level of May 22.
The order, issued by Dr. J. K.'
Galbraith, OPA price director, at
the conclusion of a day-long Clear
ing on recent price increases in
the industry, will have the effect
of reducing the retail cost of all
grades of gasoline a half-cent a
gallon. It becomes effective Tues
day. Dr. Galbraith termed the order
a "request" but he left no doubt
among the 17S oil executives pres
ent that he expected it to be ful-
fiHed. ,
The ruling was not received
without objection.
ees Get
Added Terms
PORTLAND, June
prisoners' awaiting transfer to the
state prison got more of the same
this week for attempting escapes
from the Multnomah county Jail. '
Louis . L. Randall, 21, and
Charles L. Morrow, 24, admitted
the escape attempt Randall
four-year burglary sentence was
increased to five years and mor
row's five-year forgery nenalrv
was increased to six by Circuit
Judge M. W. Hawkins.
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returned lor five more. '
a Lonely
Cqtvboy, Bud
PORTLAND, Jane 7-(V
SomCbody stole the Washington
parkfsoo's only two coyotes Fri
day faifht and Charles F. Wie
gand assistant park superiir
tendeat, would like to know
why.' '
Coyotes are easily repUeable
and Wlegand cant figure it oat
unless the animals were want
ed for a roadside soo or the $3
bounty their hides.
Survey Shows
Canneries to
Be Active
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week Hater, Geoge Paulus report
ed. After completing work on the
valley cherries in three or four
weeks, several varieties from
Cove,! Union, La Grande and vi
cinity! are expected.
ueuveries of strawberries are-
past! their peak, Paulus said, but
will continue to keep a crew busy
for a jweek or 10 days. Loganber
ries,' j boysenberries and similar
fruits are expected in less than
two weeks and a comparatively
short season on all cane fruits
with I the possible exception of
blackberries is expected.
Thi first loganberries arrived at
the Paulus Brothers plant on June
12 last year. An earlier crop in
1941 was foreseen until the wea
ther; iof the past few weeks held
back fits progress.
Friday was the starting date
for barreling of local cherries at
the Kelley-Farquhar plant, ac
cording to C. H. Kane, manager,
who; estimates that about 20 per
cent less cherries will be cared
for this year. Approximately
109 -j women are employed on
cherries alone for about nine
months of the year, Kane said.
Little activity has been carried
on ajt the Salem branch of the
Kelley-Farquhar company on
strawberries but the Gresham and
Banks plants are busy with them.
Black raspberries are ,, expected
within a week and a normal pack
is estimated, Kane said.
Canning of Royal Annes at the
Blue, Lake Cooperative will be
ginJ a week from Monday and
will continue about ten days, said
O. Snider, manager.
Freezing of strawberries, which
started ten days ago, will probab
ly continue lor about two weeks.
Strawberry quality is better now
thanj earlier in the season, Sni
der Reports. "
Afout July 5 was the dategiv
en fpr the .start of the beet pack
with! work on beans expected to
get under way about 15 days later.
Two- or three more weeks
wortc on strawberries is . be
lieved likely at the Jory Pck
IngT plant, Liberty, and although
a: few raspberries started com
ing: In Friday deliveries- of any
appreciable size en either rasp
berries or loganberries was not
expected before the middle of
next week. ' .
One shift is now busy with
cherries at the Hunt Brothers
plant and additional help will
soort be put on, it was reported.
Canjiing of Royal Annes from The
Dallies started Friday and cher
ries (will continue to keep crews
bust tor about 30 days.
' Strawberry canning will prob
ably; -continue from ten days to
two' weeks at the Hunt Bros.
plant, loganberries are being re
ceived now youngberries are ex
pected In a week and black rasp
berries in about ten days, it was
reported. - . . . .
; Ai the Oregon Fruits Products
company local cherries for bar
reling started , coming, in Thurs
day although- deliveries are slow,
it was reported. Loganberries were
expected within a few days and
packing of strawberries will prob
oblj continue for a week or two.
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listed on Blotter
Arch Swearingen. route four.
was arrested by Salem nolir st.
urday night on a, charge of fail-;
ure to stop.
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Four Seekirig
School Board
5-Year Term
The field in the Salent school
directorship race, election for
which is June 16, stood Saturday
night,' as nominations closed, with
three and possibly a fourth can
didate. ,
The number of aspirants por
tends a large vote for the? hearing
election. Only 65 votes were cast
a year ago, when but one' regular
candidate appeared. Fpr two
years previously over 2000 bal
lots were marked. ?
''f t'
AU seek the position now held
by Percy A. Cupper, who is up
for reelection. Latest to je nom
inated is Francis E. Manley, serv
iceman with the Valley Motor
company, who has until Monday
at . 5 p.m. to ' accept, action on
which he had not stated; his de
cision Saturday night Others in
the race are Ralph H. Campbell
and Herman E. Lafky.
Manley, whose petition was
filed with Clerk ConnitU Ward
Saturday, ran for the board in
1937 and 1938 and received sev
eral writein votes in 1940.
The directorship is now for five
years, changed by the 1941 legis
lature from three years,? so hat
only one member Is elected? each
year... ''I'i&t'i
WU Graduates
Qassofm?
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and several presented and mem
bers of Alpha Kappa Nu, scho
lastic honorary, were listed.
The awards include Joseph H.
Albert prize to William Thom
as of Salem, pL Percy Willis
prize to Westly McWaln of Sa
lem, J. H. Booth athletic prize
- to John Kolk of New' Bruns
wick. NJ, class of 191 1 schol
arship prize to Jeanette Hulst of
Salem, Rex A. Tarner Prise to
Marjorie Waters of Salem. The
ta Alpha Phi dramatic award to
Derald deLancey and ! Frances
FIckard of Portland, Bancroft
Whitney prise to Samuel Kyle
of Monroe, Joy Turner Moses
prize to Verne McCallam - of
Baker. - j
Traditional "Farewell WUlam
ette," words of which were writ
ten by Dr. Bain, was; sung to
close the exercises by Winston
Bunnell of Portland, member of
the senior, class. . . i ;
Farm Borrowers" in
Oregon Good Pay -
WASHINGTON, June. 7-:(i'P-
The farm security administration
thinks that there Is "ample evi
dence" that its borrowers in Ore
gon "are getting back on their
leet ana are becoming' perman
ently self-supporting." 1 1 . '4 , f
C B. Baldwin, fanri security
administration chief, wrote Sena
tor McNary (R-Orc.j f that - the
3131 active standard -rehabilitation
borrowers in Oregon at the
first of the year repaid $2,387,
312 of loans totaling ; $5,292,726,
even though much of the reoaid
amount was not due for four or
five years."'.- II
Purcliases Farm
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RICKEY Bob Anderson has
purchased a farm on the Macleay
district and wiU take; possession
in the near future. li
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whiskers, the's tocka des, and
T(rhymes with mommy) H
Rhymes with foxy) wildly beat
ing the big bass drum, we are
somehow glad for the sleepy
somnolence of our 101st year.
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We added U the Hit f enr .
favorite schools, already inclnd- '
tng Marion county's Whisky
Hill school and Polk's Popcorn
school, TamhCl county Chick
en Coop school, which Is dis
trict No. SS If yon-; want to
knew.
In Ono Earl.
Sprague Names
Four Defense
Unit Councils
Marion Includes 37
Members; 19 Salem
Persons Selected
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ermltted eountles ' in working
oat their special problems, par-
tieulariy In defense - areas, a
flexible general plan Willi be
"outlined by the state defense
council to coordinate local- ac
tivity and prevent overlapping
of committee work so far" as
possible, Governor Sprague said.
The state defense council, re
cently appointed by- Governor
Sprague, will hold its. first meet
ing here Tuesday. . v v
Members of the Marion' county
defense council follow: .r:j .
Salem County Judge Grant
Murphy, Sheriff A. C Burky W. J.
En tress, Bryan H. Conley; 1498
Marion street, V. E. Kuhn, 695
North Cottage street; trl McSher
ry, 2319 State street; Floyd Miller,
2090 South High street; John L.
Whitehouse, 923 Leslie street;
Chandler Brown, 475 Leslie street;
T. A. Windishar, 875 North Capi
tol street; Charles Norton;. Charles
A. . Robertson, 121 Kingwood ave
nue, West Salem; Ray Stumbo,
930 Tamarack street; Carl B; Gfl
11s, 915 North 16th street;' G. F.
Chambers, 200 North 16th. street;
Ray Yocom, 1005 North Summer
street; Rev. Robert. Hutchinson,
440 Center street; Roy Rice, 212
Oregon building; Mrs. O. K. De
Witt, 1110 North Capitol street;
Mrs. George Swift, 560 Chemeke
ta street, Douglas McKay, S. I.
Nelson. , i
Brooks Sen. Ronald Jones.
Woodburn Dr. Gerla'd B.
Smith, Winton J: Hunt
-SaVerton Lester C Eastman,
Harold W. Preston, Glenn L.
Briedwell. ' ' ,-
Staytori George Bell, George
R. Duncan,,
Jefferson Dr. Joseph" O. Van
Winkle.
Aurora Phean Sayre.
Mt Angel Fred Schwab, Jr.,
John T. Bauman.
Turner William Ball.
"St Paul Ross Coleman. :
Mill City Tom AUen.
Finals Slated
PORTLAND, June 1-JP-loui
Rose, Oregon coast and Portland
champion, meets Eddie Beck, also
of Portland, for the Oregon public
links golf championship here Sun
day. Beck won the crown in 1939.
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it's ffiD stsmri. . first cocin
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Slayer: of Three in California
Nabbed Vith Gun in Spokane
SPOKANE, Wasb, June
arrested because he had a revolver stuffed into the walstmand
of his trousers was identified by detectives Saturday as Alfred
Horace Wells, 31, sought for naerly a month by San Bernardino,
Calif J authorities as the slayer of
his half-brother and two young
women. L
Wells has waived extradition
and is being held for San Ber
nardino officers, who were ex
pected to start north tomorrow.
How or ! when he . came to
Spokane the detectives could
not .learn. They said the trail
had pinched oat at Las Vegas,
Nev.j where Wells abandoned a
car shortly after the May 7 kill
ing of Raymond Wells, 24, his
wife Jean, j JES, and her friend,
, Rose1 Destreej 17, '7 . " 'y
. Detective George Sexsmith said
Alfred Wells, claiming his mem'
ory Was "hazy, admitted he shot
at Raymond as the latter fled but
denied any recollection of shoot
ing the young women.
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"He kept repeating 1 want to
get back 111 face the music,','
Sexsmith said.
; Detective Capt. Angus McDon
ell said Wells' resemblance to a
picture in a circular prompted a
disbelief in the man's original sto
ry that he was Alfred Blake of
Trout; City, Mont The town also
was found to be non-existent and
detectives called Wells in for
questioning, meanwhile contacting
San Bernardino authorities.
"The .38 calibre revolver the
man was carrying checked ex
actly with the description of
the murder weapon as given by
Depity Sheriff Harry Heap of
San Bernardino,' Sexsmith said.
Tlngerprinta established his
truef name as Wells and dis
closed he had a prison record
In California. He admitted his
name then."
Wells was charged formally
with murder in an information
filedlMay 13.
Sheriff Emmett Shay said to
day in San Bernardino the dwarf
ish,! Slightly humpbacked Wells
was angry because a half-sister
had: left as v his housekeeper and
blamed Raymond and Jean Wells.
He; was accused of luring Mrs.
Well and Miss Des tree, her
house-guest, to a lonely spot and
shooting both while he held Mrs.
Wells' year-old baby in his arms,
then tossing the child onto his
mother's bleeding breast The:
childt was found by sheriffs of
ficers, crying but unharmed.
Miss Destree clung to life for
a day and named Wells as the
killer before her death.
After the shooting, Shay said,
the gunman took Raymond Wells
to a secluded place and killed him.
When first arrested for carry
nWiit
7 - WVA long-armed little man
ing a concealed weapon, Sexsmith
said, Wells demanded "How did
you know I had that gun?" and
then said he was a sheepherder
and needed the revolver for. pro
tection. . '
Fete Ended
" Lebanon Entertains
Thousands,: School
Bands Compete
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Lebanon, by Fovernor Charles
A. Sprague opened the festivi
ties Thursday night " A tradi
tional feature of the' celebration
was the serving of a 2500-pound
strawberry shortcake with
whipped cream Friday noon al
ter the opening parade.
Platform entertainment for both
Friday and Saturday nights in
cluded the Greek relief players,
Pals of the Golden West, and mu
sical numbers from visiting cities.
Exhibits held both days included
art and Boy Scout, work and flow
er and aircraft features. Amuse
ments included carnival and
dances.
., Winners in Saturday morning's
parade were: Baby buggy, Lois
Gale and Francis Coultard: doll
buggy, Alicia Shimonek; tricycles,
David Michaels; pets, Nyla Jean
Bradehoft; comics, Ramona Edt
wards;. twins, Eloise and Evelyn
Crover; bicycles,: Patty, Wagy;
wagons, Kay and Kent White,
miscellaneous, Garry and Barbara
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Draft limit
Favored at
21 to 24
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7-UPV-
Quotas of selective service trainees
to be inducted into the army July
3-13 total 5854 for the 9th corps
area.
Headquarters of Major General
Ernest D. Peck, commanding gen-v
eral of the area, announced that
California would furnish 3879;
Washington, 714; Oregon, 458;
Idaho, 252; Montana, 248: Utah,
220, and Nevada, 83.'
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Mock Conflict
Ends in
TwDay "War of Fast
Movement Satisfies I
High US Officers
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The banter Liggett manea
vers are1 a prelude to the United
States; army's biggest summer
tnlning program since "the
World; war. Fas- larger maneu
vers, jwhlch will see some of
the army's newest units. In
cluding J armored divisions ' and
parachute troops In action, will
be held throughout the nation
, daring 1 the coming- months as
the military: prepares for any
eventuality.
The wkr game ending Saturday,
following the modern military
pattern Changed so rapidly at in- -tervalsthat
one brigadier general
was captured and two other gen- '
erals, including Major General
Charles !F. Thompson, command
er of the 3rd division, narrowbr
missed encirclement
Wheti j weary, hot troops, still
surging With fight, were recalled,
both the) Blue 3rd and the- Red
41st had made deep penetrations
in opposing lines.
As in I all war games, the ma
neuvers .ended in a draw.
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Alumnus Hold
Annual Meet
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Leila Johnson and George Mc-
Leod. f I
Honored In addition to th
class of ISIS, were the classoa
f 59 years ago, IS and 2S years
age. The latter group, after an
mil -day reunion provided ta
iormal j masle throughout the
evening, singing about its table
centered by a representative
"black I sheep. reealllnr the
title of , the class of 1S21 la an
earlier iday.
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To President and Mrs. Bruce
Baxter! the association, represent
ed by j Miss Mary Paranougian,
presented two volumes of renro-
ductionsjof famous art selections.
In the absence of the retiring
president, Mrs. Baxter received
the gift! ' 1 -V
In presenting the alumni's cirt
to Professor and Mrs. Morton 15.
Peck, Mrs Grover C- Bellinger
announced the retiring teacher's
appointment to curatorship of the
$20,000 herbhrinm which ' carries
his name and clvrt to Willam
ette a presUge in boUny with
which no other school in the state
can compete," she 'declared. '
A poem of his own composition
was Professor Peck's response.
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SALE3I, OREGON