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Salem, Oreaon Sunday Morning, June 22, 1941
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Crandall Resigning
GOP Chairmanship;
Recommends Allen
Absentee Party Leader Asks
State Committee to Meet;
McNary Expected to Run
By STEPHEN C.
Oregon republicans are to have
into the political affrays of 1942,
Saturday night on the eve of a statewide party picnic at Jantzen
beach, according to the Associated Press. ,
GOP Chairman -and -Major
"Oregon republican committeemen, and women from Fourth Army
headquarters, San Francisco, telling them he is directing a letter
of resignation from the chairmanship to the state secretary, Ken
neth Nielson of Eugene, it was
revealed. ,
His announcement carried
along with it a commendation
of Nlel Allen of Grants Fass to
the committee members'
"thoughtful consideration'
when they meet to elect a new
chairman.
CrandalTs action answered one
more of the questions that have
been popping up at republican
meetings since the legislature ad
journed. At the last, a statewide
.luncheon in Salem, a lobby move
ment in support of Frederick S.
Lamport, president of the Marion
County Republican club, for the
state chairmanship was observed.
Of the other questions that
will be "rehashed" at today's
picnic In Portland, one of the,
larg-est concerns US Sen. Char
les L. McNtrj's plans for 1942,
and another, those of Gov.
Charles A Sprague.
McNary, it may be predicted,
, will be heard from soon. That he
will announce his candidacy for
reelection to the senaU ..before
rniHmmmw.arrjvM.li reason
ably safe wager. Gov. Sprague
has not spoken of his place in
the 1942 elections, but is gener
ally assumed that he will be a
candidate to succeed himself as
, the state's chief executive.
, Crandall s impending resigna
tion is no great surprise. It was
delayed to the present time be
cause, he wrote, he believed his
services in the army would be
required only for "a reasonably
short time Recent developments
at home and abroad, he said in
his letter, have changed his mind
on that point
' "The welfare of our country
and ear. party necessitates a
proper promotion of our ideals,
which must be carried out with
the utmost vigor and by onr
best efforts," Crandall wrote,
... further.
"To that end and because
can not now work with you, I
am directing a letter to the sec-
vetary of the state central com-
mittee requesting that he call a
miuee requesting uiui ok tu
special meeting of the committee
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Navv Entering
1TXUCUL11111
Strike, SF?
SAN FRANCISCO, June Zl.-F-
Striking AFI machmists in a
1300,000,000 defense program
have come to a showdown with
the United States navy and their
own international officers.
Apparently reliable reports,
which were not officially denied,
indicated the navy might Install
Its own machinists in the huge
Eewienem shipyards nere Aion
day if the local union has - not
heeded the order of its interna
tional president to call off the
Strike by that time.
Eccles Checks
On Expenses
New nets are being cast by the
state budget department to catch
unnecessary expenditures. Budget
Director David Eccles said Satur
day. "
Capital outlays, in particular,
will be placed under more rigid
control. Eccles has promulgated
rule restricting such expendit-
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Our Senators
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MERGLER
a new chairman to lead them I
it was disclosed in Portland
Kern Crandall has written to
New Airport
Data Expected
, Public Asked to Hear
Hopes of Big Project
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Lhscussed,. Monday
By RALPH C. CURTIS
New and more definite infor
mation bearing upon future utili
zation of the Salem airport will
be presented at the luncheon ar
ranged for consideration of lo
cal cooperation and efforts to ob
tain an army pilot training sta-
tiontion here, it was . announced
Saturday. The luncheon will be
held Monday noon in the Salem
chamber of commerce dining
room.
Henry R. Crawford, Salem
postmaster, will be chairman at
the' luncheon and'Tlay" Yocom,
chairman -of the chamber's In
dustrial committee, will open
the discussion with an outline
of the ' information which has
been available to date. A
spokesman for the Civil Aero
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Council Meet
Expected on
Sewer Bonds
Petitions calling a special city
council meeting Monday to start
proceedings for the sale of bonds
to finance Salem's sewage dis
posal project were placed in cir
culation among the aldermen Sat-
uraay afternoon louowing ap-
I proval of the issue by Portland
attorneys.
. An ordinance calling- for bids
on the bonds, of which $200,000
worth were authorized by the
i wurm were auinoruea oy uae
people May 20, Is to be Intro- I
duced at the Monday meeting,
at 5 p. hl, for at least first and
second readings. Final approval
also may be given a contract
now being drawn for engineer
ing work on the project,
awarded last Monday to John
W. Cunningham and associates,
Portland.
Alderman Glenn' Gregg, chair
man of the council's committee on
sewerage and drainage, said ex-
tensive action on the sewage
project had been delayed pend
ing the legal opinion on the
bonds' validity.
There were indications Satur
day that the city's airport expan
sion program might also gain the
council's attention at the special
meeting.
Weather
Showers today and Monday..
Slightly cooler. Max. temp. Sat.
72. Min. 50. Northwest wind.
River 1 foot. Cloudy.
Hitler Bucks Big
By The Associated Press
Adolph Hitler today (Sunday)
launched his fast, mobile panzer
divisions against what may be
the largest mass army of 1 the
world the red army of commun-
1st Russia. ,
Whether that potentially largest
army actually is there, is some
thing that the outside world can
only guess at today. . . .
Moreover, whether that army
Is equipped and properly train
ed, whether It Is Indeed tnobn-.
bed and In position to meet the
blitzkrieg thrust, and finally,
whether it has the heart and ,
spirit for a fight are questions
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Sub
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DeepestWorking Dive
Made; Hope Given up
for US Crew of 33
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PORTSMOTH, NH, June 21
(P)-The first two attempts by
navy divers to reach the pres
sure-crushed submarine 0.0
failed Saturday, and the prob-
tbm few, 71 . 811(1
her 33 dead had found a Der-
ner a aeaa naa round a per
manent grave 440 feet below
the surface of the Atlantic.
The second effort resulted in a
descent of 370 feet the deepest
working dive- ever made in the
North Atlantic but the tremend
ous pressure at that depth, said
the?iiavy laconically, forced "dif
ficulty in breathing."
Earlier, Frank Knox, secretary
of the navy, returned from the
scene to report that "at that depth
it is highly improbable that a
salvage attempt would be under
taken." -
He said "some form of serv
Ice" would be held -over- tho .
spot where the 23-year-old sub
marine rested upon a muddy
clay bank, if it was decided she
could not be raised.
Obviously moved, Knox ex
pressed a reluctance to speak
publicly at any length.
"Those poor fellows are dead
out there," he explained. "They
are just as much heroes as if they
had died in action."
George Crocker, 27-year-old
native of Seattle, made the first
two diving attempts Saturday,
and even after he finally had
been hauled up, Rear Admiral
Richard Edwards, commander of
submarines in the Atlantic fleet,
announced the diving efforts
would continue.
In a brief message from the
submarine salvage ship Falcon,
anchored above the 0-9, 18 miles
off shore, he said:
"Diver descended 370 feet.
Had difficulty in breathing.
Brought to surface. Will een
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Hurt, Crash;
Gets Ticket
When a hardware store pickup
driven by Samuel I. Tripp, 1547
Market street, collided with
rear fender jof a laundry truck
driven by Bruce Willis, route two,
Saturday morning at the Inter
section of North Winter and
Shipping streets, Willis sustained
back injuries later diagnosed as
serious. The truck rolled com
pletely over, , police said.
At Salem General hospital,
where he was taken by the Sa
lem first aid car, he was reported
resting easily at a late hour last
night
. Tripp, who told police he was
not driving more than 20 miles
an hour when he entered the
intersection, was cited to appear
Monday on charges of failure to
give right of way.
on which tha outside world has
been allowed only meagre in
formation for many years.
Some military authorities have
placed soviet ' Russia's potential
trained manpower at 14,000,000
men. ,
: For years the country has had
compulsory military training. Ev
ery year 1,200,000 young men of
her huge 17,000,000 population
(not counting recently ' annexed
territories) are called up for mil
itary service, 800,000 of whom
customarily are given training.
But actually the effectivo
manpower of that army . was
stated In Soscow la 1S3S to he
wade
Orders
Soviet;
JVeic European Battlefront
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German-Russian Hitler's declared
both countries are shown as well
ports indicate the German army
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Rumania on Its northern and southern flanks, as allies.
Washinat
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By Sudden
President Asleep ; High Officials Wait
Reports From US Diplomats Abroad;
Argentine Offers Soviet Supplies
WASHINGTON, June Sl-lffermany move against Rus
sia created a sensation in diplomatic quarters here Saturday night
and caught government officials unprepared for a development
cf such far-reaching significance.
President Roosevelt had retired early, before Adolf Hitler's
proclamation was read over the
German radio, and White House
aides said that so far as they
knew he was not awakened for
the news. .
Secretary of State Hull was
advised immediately but he and
other state department officials
remained at home since the de
partment so far lacked any of
ficial reports on the sudden de
velopment. In view of slow com
munications. It was expected
that direct word from American
diplomats abroad would - not
reach here for several hours.
Despite widespread rumors of
Russian-German tension for sev
eral days, Adolph Hitler's decision
to turn his armies eastward came
as a distinct surprise at this time.
Constahtine Oumansky, the so
viet ambassador here, could not
be reached for comment. .
No bnmfdiate comment was
available tram British diplo
matic sources but It was learned
that Viscount Halifax, the Brit
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and Mysterious
2,009,600 men, counting the reg
ular army, and the cadres of re
serves and territorial forces.
Fully mobilized, -the soviet
might amass an army of 3,000,000
men or more. -
But upon the controversial
question of soviet production de
pends whether they . would be
equipped with the modern imple
ments of war so they would be
effective. . - ' -. '
Moreover, upon the soviet state
of preparedness, depends whether
or not they have been mobilized
and moved Into approximate po
sition to meet the onslaught
' Owing to the poor state -of
KONIGSBCRO
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(POLAND)
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m m m. a m m
- to - the - minute battlefront of the
war. The present boundaries i
as the former frontiers. Late re
is on the march with Finland and
Wat Move
Legs Severed
By Freight,
Caves Dies
Andrew Caves, 47, last known
to be living at 205 Bellevue
street, died Saturday night In
the emergency room at Salem
Deaconess hospital where he
was taken after both his legs
were severed above the knees
by an Oregon Electric freight
train near the Oregon Pulp St
Paper company mill at Front
and Trade streets.
The locomotive crew, police
reported, said Caves was lying
across the tracks and they did
not see him In time to stop. He
was rushed to the hospital la
the city first aid ear but died
within half an hour from shock
and loss of blood.
Russian railways and meter
roads, seme authorities believe
It would take 60 to ft days for
the soviet really to mobilize.
Fed for years on the propagan
da, of the soviet state of prepared
ness the world was puzzled, then
amazed when the little Finnish
army stood off the red army for
many weeks in the winter of
1839-40. ;N -.::.,-:;,,
Since then, Joseph Stalin has
seen to it that the red army was
given - a thorough overhauling.
Real , discipline was. introduced.
The political commissars, previ
ously stationed with each unit to
see that the military commander
did not double cross the com
Surprised
German A
Kiev
Fuehrer Assails
On
Border Vi
Hits England arid U
Bulletins
NEW YORK, Sunday, Juno
22 (-Prime Minister Church
Ill will make a radio speech
which will be heard In the
United States at 11 a. m. (PST)
today, the National Broadcast
ing company announced.
NEW YORK, Sunday, June
ZZ.-(JpyA. German radio an-,
nouneement hoard today by
NBC said "German troops all
along the Russian border, from I
the Baltic in the north to the
Balkans in the south, are mov
ing to their last minute posi
tions." BERLIN, June 22.-(Sunday)
-P)-German troops are smash
ing their way into soviet Rus
sia In defen -warForefarw-
Minister Joachim von Ribben-
L trop said today In a note ad
dressed to the soviet govern
ment. BUDAPEST, June 11HJP
Telephone communications be
tween Budapest and Berlin
have been Interrupted for the
past five days.
NEW YORK. June 22-P-Rome
radio declared today that
the conflict between Russia and
Germany win find the Italian
army standing by, ready to
assist Germany In her struggle.
NEW YORK, June 22.-(AV
The BBC said early this morn
ing that It can be definitely
stated that no actual troop
movements on the part of ei
ther Germany or Russia have
as yet taken place, NBC re
ported. ANKARA, Turkey, June 20.-UP)-(deIa7ed)-The
official
Turkish newspaper Ulus de
nied today that the new friend
ship pact with Germany was
directed acalnst Russia.
SHANGHAI, Sunday, Jnne
22.-(P)-The German declara
tion of war against soviet Rus
staggered the International pop
ulation of Shanghai today de
spite Its year of war and un
certainties, but the reaction of
various elements was not Im
mediately apparent.
LONDON. Sunday, June 22.-(JP)-The
Berlin radio was re
ported today by the Exchange
Telegraph to have said action
in the German-soviet war could
bo expected In two seas in the
Polar sea , and the Black sea.
LONDON. June 22.-0F)-Ger-man
ships fas the Battle sen
were ordered today to "make
for Swedish waters" immedi
ately unless they eaa reach Ger-
or Danish ports Quicker.
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munist party, were practically
abolished, and the generals were
given command of their units.
Generals and other, officers' ranks
replaced the old system of com
manders.
The salute was introduced.
soldiers and sailors no longer
enjoyed the privllero of appeal
ing over , the heads of their
commanders. Guard house pun-
tshments for infractions of dis
cipline were maoe more severe.
decorations were ' awarded for
merit.
uore rigid training, with .an
eye to- actual field conditions, was
introduced and realistic maneu
vers carried out.
Red
Ar
rmie
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Von Ribbentrop Airs
Formal Declaration;
London Backs Soviet
News Comes as English Enter
Damascus; French Withdraw
To Save Gty From Shellfire
LONDON; Sunday, June 22 ( AP) German aircraft
have bombed Kiev, Russian Ukraine capital, Foreign Com
.missar Vyacheslaff Molotov announced on, the Moscow
radiohiaZ morning. . .
LONDON, Sunday, June 22.(AP)Reuterat British
news agency, quoted the Rome radio today as announcing
that Rumanian troops crossed the Prut river at S o'clock
this morning;.
The Prut is the boundary between Rumania and
Bessarabia, the former Rumanian province acquired a year
ago by Russia.
NEW YORK, Sunday, June 22w (AP) The German
radio announced early this morning that within the next'
24 hours representatives of the international press will be
given documentary proof that the soviet anion came to a
secret understanding with Great Britain behind Germany's
back, NBC reported.
By the Associated Press
Germany declared war on soviet Russia at dawn today
(Sunday) and the London radio immediately announced
a declaration had been issued in Moscow stating- the USSR
and Great Britain were in full accord on the international
situation.
Adolf Hitler, after assailing soviet Russia bitterly in
a proclamation read to the world by radio at dawn, ordered
the nazi armies to inarch into the soviet.
The German fuehrer declared he had had enough of
Russian violations of the German frontiers and had com
mended the fate of the reich to the armies which have been all
victorious since September, 1939.
Propaganda Minister PaulJoseph Goebbels read the procla
mation and then Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop came
on the air to read out a formal declaration of war against the na
tion with -which Germany linked herself in a 10-year non-aggression
pact less than two years ago.
Hitler, in his proclamation, said it had been difficult for
him to send an ambassador to Moscow in 1939 after the pact was
signed and that it had been as hard to relinquish the Baltic states
to the soviet in 1940. ! V !V v- ,
He accused the Russians of sending planes across the com
mon German-Russian frontier countless times and said that the
moment had arrived at last when Germany could no longer over
look these developments. , ;
"Together with the Finns, the Germans are standing from
Narvik to the Carpathians," the proclamation said. :
; This one sentence indicated perfectly how far-reaching is
the new batUefront--from Narvik, in far northern Norway, to
the Carpathian mountains on the Black sea, or more than 1500
miles. ..V-'-.-
' " Hitler accused the Russians of a tremendous double-cross,
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Text of Hitler's War Speech
1 NEW YORK June 22-(P)-Here is the text of Hitler's procla
mation as reported by the CBSi , r - , , '
, "It was a difficult step for me to send my minister to Moscow
in order to attend to work against the policy of encirclement of
Britain. v. . i..::.;
I hoped that at last it would
be possible to put away tension.
Germany never intended to oc
cupy Lithuania. The defeat of
Poland induced me to again ad
dress ft peace offer to the allies.
This was declined because Britain
was still hoping to bring about
European coalition. . "
: That Is why Cripps (Sir
Meds
olat
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Stafford Cripps, British ..am-,
bassador) was sent to jsoseow.
He was commissioned under all '
circumstances to wiBt toi an
agreement with IIoscow. tussia '
always put out s Ij&g state-!
meat that she was protecting '
k these countries evidently '
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