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US Brands Sirikm Slcry BcIIca cf Page Onq Flag Day In these United SUtes . means more today than . lt ha In many years past. . , 'World events have brought i.f. home to citizens the slgnifi - cance of "Old Glory," sym bol of this, the mightiest of, 1 ' all democracies. Weather , Partly cloudy with seat tered light showers today, ; clearing Sunday. Max. tem perature Friday 73, Mln. 82. Northwest wind. Rain Jtl Inch. River -1.1 feet. Clear. 1 NINETY-FIRST iEAB Salem. Oregon. Saturday Morning, June 14. 1S41 Price 3cj Newsstands 5c No. 68 TTTN Mam up Germany "Treaty Violator" gbySufo - I POUNDDI7, 1651 Wittli SJt FDR Asks Unions to Stay Put Calls Moratorium Seeking End of Inter-Unit Raids 1 By The Associated Press President Roosevelt called Friday for a moratorium on inter-union warfare in a new extension on his personal ef forts to eliminate production delaying labor disputes. On behalf of Mr. Roosevelt, Stephen Early, White House press secretary, gave newspaper men an oral statement that this was no time for unions to start "raiding one another." ? Meantime, the house military committee tentatively approved legislation authorizing the presi dent to take over strike-bound defense plants whose management refuses to make use of federal conciliation and mediation serv ices. The measure also would per 1 mit use of troops to prevent un lawful picketing. A final decision was deferred until Monday. Mr. Roosevelt's statement was, in effect, a plea for un - ions not to enter new fields . which would bring them Into clashes with other unions and (Turn to Pago 2, Col. 2) School Board Election Is Set Monday , Although an estimated 20,000 persons are eligible to cast ballots for a Salem school director at the annual election Monday, indica tions Friday were not for a vote to break records set in either o the past two years. An all-time high number of votes, 3070, was cast in 1939, but in 1940 the number dropped to 65, believed to constitute an all-time low locally. I , Other elections during the past ten years have the following record of ballots: Eight hundred twenty-eight in 1931, 1246 in 1932, 1926 in 1933, 1372 in 1934, 1926 in 1935, 1325 in 1936, 2122 in 1937, 2273 in 1938, Candidates for the directorship are Percy A. Cupper, Incumbent, Ralph H. Campbell, Herman Lalky and Francis E. Manley. Salem's -'lc oivers in ? Rose Fete Parade - v Yesterday Was Friday, 13tb; Some Results j ATLANTA, June VWffr. i Frank Dnbowsky of Atlanta Is I wondering if Friday the thir teenth Is his lucky or unlucky day. He reported at local draft board headquarters for lnduc .1 tlon Into the US army. -The call 1 .Is the thirteenth In his area since ' passage of the selective service ' t- - , lie has just completed his .thirteenth year In Atlanta. There are exactly thirteen ; letters In his name. - When he went to the bank to (Turn to Page 2, CoL 7) i j, ? . .'..;,. :, :-.: ,' " I?. . 1 - V op? t . V. f: si 4 If :-5.S,4 -A 'A '-) Petitions Filed on Two Bills Referendum List On Text Books To Be Ruled on By PAUL HOUSER ' Petitions for referring to the people two measures passed by the 1941 legislature were filed Friday deadline for filing of referendum petitions in the elections division of the secre tary of state's office, but one of the groups of petitions awaits ruling by the attorney general on its legality. The petitions, of which legality is questioned and which were ac cepted by the elections division only after advice by the attorney general and subject to his later ruling call for a referendum on the measure to provide free textbooks for pupils of standard elementary schools, whether public or private The other petitions, which sponsors say bear 21,300 signa tures, would refer to the voters v a measure to restrict commercial net fishing on coastal streams and bays. Sponsors of the textbook refer endum appeared with their peti tions just a few minutes before 5 p. m. and acceptance of the peti tions was held up while Attorney General I. H. Van Winkle was ; (Turn to Page 2, Col. 3) ' Appointee t . - J 1 y, i E. M. PAGE Seated beneath the floral arch on Salem's float entered in the Portland Rose Festival parade Friday are, left to rirht. Hazel Bunnell, Barbara Young and Dorothy Baldwin, Willamette's May court royalty. Peonies formed the main decorative note, being used to letter In the word f Salem" and stiple the back arch. Theme of the float, which was escorted In the parade by an "honor ruard" of Salem Cherrians, was "The Voice of Salem Gardens." (Statesman photo.) I j Theory Troops Defeat "Reds" Command Post War Ends in "Win;" Men Ready for Big Battle By JACK BEARDWOOD (Special to The Statesman) CAMP HUNTER LIGGETT, Cahf., June 13-Thr owing tanks and bombers in the "battle of southern California' when it reached its crucial stage, the fourth army Friday drove the invading "reds" into the Pacific ocean on paper. , There the theoretical foe sur renderedso the umpires said and a four-day command post ex erase enaea alter ninth army corps officers went through every act of the war except to use real troops and weapons to carry out their commands. The armistice was called at 1:1 p. m. with the "reds" ad judged in full retreat under ter rific artillery and plane bom bardment and under constant harrassment from tanks. The big offensive came just be fore dawn when commanders of the 3rd, and 41st divisions and the ninth corps, all part of the fourth army, ordered full scale attack (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8) Good News for Payers Of US Income Taxes : ' WASIHNGTOX, June 13-P) . -The calendar and the treasury got together Friday to give In come tax payers a one day break. " ' .' " Second quarter payments on 1940 federal Income tax are due June 15. 'Because that date Is Sunday, - the treasury, announced . thai . payments received on Monday, June 16, would, be considered on time." . Our Senators Ucn G-2 Lcsl 2-1 DOUBLEIIEADER Salem Visitor to Rose Festival CheerlEntries I Beautiful Capital Qty Float Given Cheers by Thousands Watching Fete Parade at Portland; Prize List I Salem visitors to Portland's Rose festival who flocked by scores and hundreds up the Pacific ihighway to the Rose City Friday morning got s. chance to cheef the Cherrians, marching in snappy, ever-changing formation, Salem's own Oregon mounted posse and Salem's festooned float, but in that competition of beauty Salem's float, though beautiful, gained only cheers. The Salem float, which drew plaudits from both those of Sa lem and the thousands of other visitors who lined Portland streets to the building walls, will be seen by only those who watched the parade. The float will not be on display here and was. In fact, partially dismantl ed Friday night. - PORTLAND, Ore. June 13-(JP) -Graceful flower swans, live lion cubs and pretty girls enlivened a Portland Rose Festival parade marked by many floats bearing patriotic red, white and blue Fri day. The lion cub, in a tiny cage and completely ignored by boys and girls on the same float, was a Lions club entry. (Turn to Page 2, CoL 5) Censors Hit AtjNews Meet 1 ! Oregon Publishers Tell Views; US Officials at Parley; Editors Talk GEARHART, June 13-(iT)-Cen sorship is undesirable for Ameri can newspapers, three Oregon publishers and representatives of the FBI, army and navy intelli gencef services agreed here Fri day, i "Tha Oregon Newspaper Pub lishers' association convention heard' Palmer Hoyt, publisher of the Cfregonian; Hugh BalL editor of the Hood River News: CoL Alexander Cleary, second mill' (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8). Nazi Paper On Invasion Confiscated BERLIN, June 13-JP)-An edi tion of Adolf Hitler's newspaper Voelkischer Beobachter carrying an article by Propaganda minister Goebbels on the possibilities of an invasion of England was confis cated Friday. Authorized spokesmen, declin ing to comment on the reasons for the confiscation, smiled when it was suggested to them that Goeb bels had been censored. "If today the events of Crete are hotly debated in England, the propaganda minister wrote, "One need merely substitute the word England for Crete to un derstand what Is meant." This In Indication that what hap pened to Crete might happen to England. "If the Churchill clique In England doesn't discuss the theme of Invasion publicly," he went on "it Is not because Inva sion Isn't feared but precisely because It Is feared." He then devoted many para graphs to the development of the parachutist technique which was used in Crete. ' The British, he pursued, were traditional in military matters, slow to adjust to developments, while the German army on the contrary was always working on old problems in the light of tech nical advances. The English, he said, were con stantly demonstrating in maneu vers that invasion was impossible. "But English troops attempt these sham Invasions and of (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) FDR Awaits Report Bdfore Taking Action WASHINGTON,, June 13-CP)- The United States branded Ger many a treaty violator Friday for the sinking of the American mer chant ship 'Robin Moor and claimed indisputable evidence Ao Justify any measures necessary to enforce the newly reasserted doc trine of freedom of the seas. It was Indicated that Presi dent Roosevelt would await the full depositions of 11 survivors, probably on Mondaybefore de ciding fully what action to take. Survivors have stated that a German submarine torpedoed and shelled the snip. The government made known its general stand that Germany was guilty of breaking an inter national treaty on submarine war fare by failure of the U-boat to assure safety of the Robin Moor's passengers and crew. This pointed at least to a stern diplomatic protest' and warning, coupled 'with a demand that Ger many make restitution for the loss of the ship. Its cargo and lives of passengers and crew. Thirty-five are still missing. In some quarters it was ex pected that American action would not' stop at this and that in addition definite measures would be taken to protect ship ping. . - - : -,. The possibilities; included arming of merchant Vessels and orders to the American naval patrol to fire at sight on any axis raider submarine, sur face ship or warplane. . : During the day, a government spokesman in Berlin ' said that the reich would not be "buffaloed by American and English state ments concerning the Robin Moorf and would "shoot at" any ship sailing with contraband "for England.""' ': In New Orleans, Louis Pate, executive vice ptesldent of the Mississippi Shipping company, announced the steamship Del tar gen tino, which left Rio De Janiero Thursday night, will stop at Re cife Sunday night, pick up the 11 survivors and arrive with them in New Orleans June 25. - Pate said he telephoned the state department, offering to have the Deltargentino deviate slight ly from her course and bring sur vivors to the United States and that the state department accept ed the offer. - . V Sumner Welles, undersecre tary of state made It plain that the United SUtes intended to enter; into no argument with Germany on the mere uestion ' of whether the Robin Moor had contraband cargo. The vessel, sunk in the south Atlantic on May 21, was carrying a general cargo for British and Portuguese ports in Africa. Welles previously had empha sized that the cargo contained no arms or military material of any character. It consisted, he said, of hundreds of items including steel rails, automobiles and parts, chemicals, and many lesser ar ticles Welles 'asserted Friday, there was no subject more open to question and less settled than that of contraband and pointed out the United States had never accepted either British .or Ger man definitions. This, he indicat ed, was beside the point in the case of the Robin Moor. Page to Take Judge's Oath Salem Attorney Due to Assume Place on Grcuit Bench Long-prominent in the civic and professional life of his native city. Salem, E. M. Page today assumes his first public office. His ap pointment as Marion county cir cuit judge, promised today by Governor Charles A. Sprague. is scheduled to be followed short ly by administration of the oath of office. Pace, 48 years old, a graduate of Salem public schools and Wil lamette university, has for more than 2S years been associated with the law firm founded by the late Federal Judge John B. McNary and US Senator Charles L. McNary, in recent years the firm of Keyes and Page. He taught classes at Wmamette law school before he was 21, the ago required for admission to the state bar.. Past commander of Capital post No. 9, American Legion, and past exalted ruler and district deputy of the Elks lodge, the new judge has a record of varied interests. He succeeds Judge L. G. Lewel ling, transferred to the new ju dicial district of Benton and Linn counties, organized by a law going into effect today. . Hitler Demands For Foodstuffs Denied fey Reds Massing of German Troops on Border Seen as Pressure . Possible War Anticipated; Spain Told to Expect News Of Accpiiring Ukraine Paid Hauser'g Column Editor! Note: Paul II. Hauser, Jr., conductor of the "In One Ear" column and a member of The Statesman news staff since 1934 except for one brief ab sence, leaves today for wider fields to accept editorial employ ment with the Portland Oregon lan. His departure Is regretted by all members of the "States man family." By the Associated Press .With German troops massed along the Russian frontier, the Spanish news agency EFE hinted today . (Saturday) in a dis patch from Berlin that Germany hoped to gain control shortly of the vast wheat -growing Russian Ukraine. "Complete economic independence of the British and Ameri can blockades," is the axis goal, the correspondent said, in ad mitting the possibility that Germany may have "several motor ized 'divisions along the Russian frontier to back up the ne gotiations which are going on be tween Berlin and Moscow with war-like arguments to attain economic control 'ol v one of the richest regions of the soviet un ion." ' " . - This latest and perhaps most clarifying report of fnction be tween Germany and Russia came only a few hours after Russia's official denial that any new nazi demands had been made upon her. But the Kns&ian statement acknowledged that German troops were inarching into nasi territory opposite her, adding that It "should be assumed" these maneuvers did not Imperil the soviet peace. i Mosco w's statement which confirmed at last the long per sistent reports that nazi soldiers were moving into the conquered Polish territory split Up by , the communists and nazis upon the fall of that country did not mention the size of the German forces nor undertake to explain what they were up to. 1 The alternatives, from all ac counts, seemed entirely clear, however: Hitler either was show ing a strong threat to get vast concessions from Stalin, or there was actually a prospect of a Russian-German war. This development whether it was only a great bluff or whether an enormously Import ant change In the whole course (Turn to Page 2, Col. ) , Salem Joins in Honoring Flag Display of Patriotism Seen in Flying "Old Glory" on Flag Day One hundred sixty-four years ago today the American congress formally adopted the stars and stripes as flag of the nation that was to become the United States of America, but that is not news. Today in Salem as throughout Oregon and 47 other states and the US terri tories flags will fly from door ways of humble and palatial homes, along business- lined streets as well as from tall flagpoles of public institutions. Today is Flag Day, culmination this year of Flag Week, and so the flying of red, white and blue banners from coast to coast, from Mexico to Canada is not news. Nor is it news in these United States that the star spangled ban ner flies and hats are removed in its presence not by order of law (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Final Edition We were amused a trifle, tri fling fellow that we are, by the tale one of our scouts relates about the gal who wasn't the hon or guest at a surprise party. Seems, so. our scout says,' that this girl works in an affice and was about to quit to save her boy friend from saving democracy. So it was time for wedding bells and showers and such. So the air Is in this office, our scout says, got all excited about the impending victory of the marital over the martial and de cided to celebrate the gladsome time with a shower for their co worker. But it's all to be a sur prise, they whispered around the office and from the goings , on, our scout relates, you would have thought . you were in a nest of secret agents. The secrecy was so thick it go' the filing cabinets all sticky. A casual observer coming into the office might have thought from the muted tones and the cautions winks that it harbored the blue prints for the Sperry bomb sight Well, the appointed day for the shower came and It was a luncheon. The secret had been well kept. The bride-to-be did n't have an Inkling of what it was all about. The party was a big success, our scout says. Everybody had swell time right up to cthe point where they decided it was time to open the shower presents. . (Turn to Pago X CoL 4) War Developments in Syria TURKEY f ALCXANDRETTA . ) j, ; i !mBHiBssm ..J ALEPPO V I igiippANTIOCty ' ' IIIB . PALMYRA lllilSjQ DAMASCUS ; ; T : : IlllilrJr rav s, X IRAQ 3 TEL i .AVIV to A. AMMAN w 11 J t'o n trAns- johdan SAUDI ARABIA British and .Tree French" columns were reported encountering stiff resistance In their drive toward Beirut, capital of Lebanon, and Damascus, capital of Syria. Heavy fighting was reported In the vi cinity of Kissoue, IS miles south of Damascus, while Australian troops were reported near the outskirts of Sldon. In the north dis patches said an allied column captured the base of Deir-ex-Zor and another reached Has FJ Ala: Aleppo was tnelr apparent objective. Another force was said to be pushing Into central Syria along a pipeline from Ira to Palmyra. x