Tho OBIGOH STATESMAN. Salem, Orocjon. Sunday Morning. Jun 22, 1841
Allied Forces
f Damascos as Vicky French Leave
Ente
Capital
Defense Withdraws to Save Gity
From Shellf ire;
Given Ultimatum by British
By The Associated Press
Allied forces entered Damascus late Saturday night ipon the
withdrawal of French troops who announced a wish to spare the
ancient city from shellf ire on the steadily advancing attackers.
This allied triumph in the two-weeks old Levant war and a
great aerial duel between the -RAF and the luftwaffe went ahead
in the international news against a background of diplomacy,
propaganda, nerves and rumor
- A Beirut communique said
that "in order to avoid fighting
' In the suburbs and streets.
French troops have evacuated
Damascus and our forces have
taken up new positions outside
the town, i
' A Beirut dispatcK to Vichy said
that 80,000 of Beirut's 180,000 in
habitants had fled that city to
avoid British bombardment.
Taken together ." the reports
meant that Damascus, 4000-year-old
capital of Syria, had been
surrendered to the British and
free French " siege forces while
coastal Beirut, capital of Leba
non, was increasingly threatened.
Capture of both Damascus and
Beirut might mean collapse of the
Vichy resistance which had turn
ed the "protection" offensive of
the allies into a bloody struggle
of old comrades-in-arms.
The British and De Gaullists
said that Lebanon and Syria had
to be wrestecfy f r o m Vichy lest
they become bases for German
operations against Britain's bas
tions in the near east, including
the vital Suez canal and the Al
exandria naval base.
A Vichy report that the Brit
ish had delivered an ultimatum
to French Somaliland, givlnr
that east African colony's ad
ministration the choice of join
ing the De Gaullists or under-
o 1 n r a starvation blockade,
gave promise of an extension
of the struggle between Vichy .
and London.
"This ultimatum, without pre
cedent in history, means condem
nation to a slow death by fam
ine of a population living in a
-land totally, uncultivated, with
the intention of forcing it to deT
clare a rebellion against the fa-
Willamette
Valley Briefs
Band Picnics Today ;
. MT. ANGEL Two picnics are
scheduled for Mt Angel societies
during the coming week. Today
all past and present members of
the Mt. Angel band are invited to
a picnic at the farm home of An
drew Schmidt, leader of the band.
; Next Sunday the boys and girls
of the Young Men's and Young
Ladies sodalities will hold their
annual picnic at Island park, near
Canby. i
Anniversaries Noted
FOX VALLEY June 19th
marked the 32d wedding anni
versary of Mr;' and Mrs. J. H.
Johnston, Fox Valley and the 25th
anniversary for Mr. and M r s.
George R. Clipfell, Fox Valley.
June 20 Is the 21st anniversary
for Mr. and Mrs. Alex Bodeker,
Lyons.
Takes Training
JEFFERSON Russell Miller
left Thursday for Ft Lewis,
Wash., where he will take six
weeks in advanced military train
ing. He has been attending Ore
gon State college for the past
three years, majoring in forestry,
Folk Song Featured
MT. ANGEL "Calypso," the
native folk song, of the Ireland of
Trinidad, British West Indies,
will be featured in an entertain
ment at the ML Angel auditorium
Tuesday, July 1 at 8:30 p. m., by
natives of the island brought here
through Rev. Basil Matthews,
Trinidad. ,;V .
Recuperates at Home
SCIO Lester Shimanek was at
his farm home near Scio this
week, recuperating from a knee
injury while working in the tim
ber. He 'was ist a Lebanon hos
pital for a short time. ,
USO Quota Exceeded
I INDEPENDENCE In depen
dence -went over the top in its
quota of $150 for the USO accord
ing to the committee, James H.
Hart and William J. Darling, ap
pointed to raise the funds.
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CAPITAL BUSINESS COLLEGE
.. ONE OF SALEM'S PIONEER INSTITUTIONS
Soihaliland Is
behind the scenes.
therland, said a Vichy note to
Britain and the United States.
Washington struck a swifter
tempo in its duel with the axis,
parrying one thrust and deliver
ing a whole series of its own.
1. Completing the round of
such actions among the United
States, Germany and Italy,
Washington ordered all Italian
consulates in this country closed
and consular officials removed
from American soil before July
15, along with all agencies and
organizations of the fascist
government except the Italian
embassy.
2. Foregoing diplomatic cus
tom, which would have called
for a separate note. President
Roosevelt ordered the state
department to deliver to Ger
many, for its Information, a
copy of the president's message,
to. congress yesterday in which
he called the German sinking
of the American freighter Ro
bin Moor "the act of an inter
national outlaw."
( This was done, of course, with
.-Lpolite formality. Undersecretary
Welles accompanying note to
the German . charge d'affaires
ended with the customary "Ac
cept, sir, the renewed assurances
of my highest consideration." A
strong, note demanding repara
tions for the sinking is expected
to follow.
3. President Roosevelt approved
a bill giving him virtually unlim
ited authority to regulate the
comings and goings of aliens and
citizens into and out of the
United States a further move
to check espionage or subversive
activities.
. Those were the principal
thrusts. The parry was instruc
tions to embassies at Berlin and
Rome, which now are arranging
for the return of all American
consular officials . in-Germany
and Italy, to reject T categorically
allegations of the axis- govern
ments that the consuls had over
stepped their offices.
Salem Resident
Taken by Death
Carl E. Reynolds, salesman for
several years with the Jenks-
White seed company, died at
local hospital on Friday after
being brought here from a Port
land hospital a week ago. He had
undergone an operation at the
Portland hospital in May, but
when his condition was reported
serious, was brought to Salem.
. He has been in ill health since
suffering from an injury in an
elevator accident two years ago.
Reynolds was born at Carmel
Indiana on May 27, 1880 and came
to Salem over 40 years ago. He
is survived by his widow, Ona
E. Reynolds, a son, Edwin, of
Everett, Wash.; daughters, Mrs.
Irma Griffith of Eugene and Au
drey Ann Reynolds of Salem
grandson, Danny Carl Reynolds,
His home was at 1340 Fir street
Picking Begins
On Loganberries
MISSION BOTTOM Bert
Jones started picking loganberries
Saturday and boysenberries will
follow soon. Fred Viesko will
commence picking boysenberries
Monday.
The recent rains have been o:
benefit to the berries, flax and
growing grains but all of the
first cutting of alfalfa has been
ruined. .
The cherries were damaged
greatly, pastures have more grass
than has been common for many
years. Sheep and cattle are
prime condition. Mildew in the
late hops is a serious affair and
ruggies are not badly damaged.
There are many fine gardens
due to so .much natural moisture.
V. O. Kelley reports flax
inches tall.
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The "Cascadian" Derailed; Three
" x lit
lf'M
The locomotive
and mail car ef the
train Jumped
the track near Everett, Wash., injuring three members
Logger Union
Names Chiefs
At Silverton
SILVERTON, June 21.-Election
of officers of the newly formed
AFL union at the Silver Falls
Timber company was held Satur
day afternoon with George Chris
tiansen named president.
Other officers are Delbert
Bowe, vice-president; James
Neal, recording secretary; E. A.
Finlay, financial secretary; O. W.
Olson, treasurer; C. E. Higinboth-
am, conductor; John G e r h k e ,
warden; George Towe, A. B. An
derson and Clarence Flank, trus
tees; George Christiansen, Lester
Whitlock, Joe Clancy, Randall
Bialey, W. W. Neal and'A: V.
Anderson, conference. . The first
business meeting will be held
June 27..
Employes of the broom handle
factory of the company, local 2532
of the carpenters and joiners
union, formerly with the IEU,
voted to affiliate with the AFL
and joined up 100 per cent They
elected new officers with the fol-
owing results: Lyle Pettit, presi
dent; John Neal, vice-president;
FloycU. Verbeck, treasurer; John
Bowman, secretary; Charles
Borte, conductor; and Arthur An
derson and L. Oren, trustees.
Charter night will be July 12. -
Kennedy Elected
PORTLAND, June 21-(P)-E. H.
Kennedy of Salem was elected
president of the Oregon Associa
tion of Cleaners and Dyers at the
closing session of the fifth annual
convention here Saturday.
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Field Mission
Worker Speaks
Today
Tonight old members of the
First Presbyterian church will
have as their special speaker Ra
chel Benfer, field secretary for
the national board of home mis
sions of the Presbyterian church.
She will speak on "Salty Dis
ciples." Special music will be fur
nished by a mixed quartet and
by a young people's choir of 25
voices directed by Virginia Ward
Elliott
The morning service will be
featured by the singing of two
anthems by the senior vested
choir, "0 for a Closer Walk with
God," and "Arise, O Lord." Rev.
W. Irvin Williams will speak on
the theme, "Obedience."
A special rally for all the young
people's groups of the church will
be held Sunday at 5:30 o'clock.
A song service will be held. Miss
Rachel Benfer will sneak on "Un.
putoutables." ,
At the youth fellowshin meet
ing following church, final plans
win oe made by the members of
a party which will climb Mt. Hood
Monday and Tuesday. "
Roadway Granted
ALBANY, June 21-P)-Addi-tional
right-of-way on an eight
mile highway section between Me
hama and Mill City, required of
Linn county in a state highway
department contract has assured
the county court that the strip
would be included in the North
Santiam highway.
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Two Men Die
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Bomber Falls
BALTIMORE, June 21.-)-A
new Martin B-2S bomber, crashed
and burned near the Glenn L.
Martin airplane plant Saturday
minutes after it was accepted by
the US army, killing two men.
The dead were identified by
Martin officials as Lieut Col. El
mer B. Perrin and A. J. Bowman,
a civilian army inspector.
Cause of the crash was unde
termined, but some observers re
ported the ship "seemed to back
fire, smoke burst from it," and it
dived into a heavily wooded sec
tion on Carroll's island, a mile
from the Martin airport
The plane had been flown be
fore by company pilots on test
flights.
Davis Named
To Succeed
Dykstra
-WASHINGTON, June 21.-yp)-William
H. Davis, vice chairman
of the - defense mediation board,
was chosen Saturday to succeed
Clarence A. Dykstra as chairman.
.The White House announced
that President Roosevelt would
appoint the 61-year-old New
Yorker to direct the board when
Dykstra quits on July 1 to devote
his full time to the presidency of
the University of Wisconsin.
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First of "Crete Mock Battles"
Held at Fort Lewis With 200
Parachutes and Dummies ;
, FORT LEWIS, June 21-OTVThe battle of Crete was reinacted
Friday on the hills and fields of the Fort Lewis reservation when
planes from nearby. MeChord field dropped 200 parachutes carry
ing dummy troops while anti-aircraft troops peppered them from
below with machine gun bullets.
According to , Col.- Edward C.
Dohm, commanding officer of the
205th coast -artillery . (anti-aircraft),
the maneuver is the first
of its kind 'to be held in the
United States. The results were
"entirely satisfactory and if the
sandbags tied onto the parachutes
had been men, not one of them
would have landed alive, Col.
Dohm said. - ; . . : -
. While troopers, held . tense
fingers en the triggers of the
12 SO-ealiber machine guns, and
40 men with rifles flanked them
on either side, six .army bomb
ers gracefully wheeled over the
area and ' blotted oat the sky
with parachutes.
The parachutes, borrowed from
the forest ranger service, were
smaller than the 16-foot army is
sue but were good targets for the
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anti-aircraft regiment Each chute
was found to be full of holes
when it reached the ground.
A fast B-25 glide bomber, also
from MeChord field, dropped two
dummies (named Mike and . Ike
by the troopers) about a quarter
mile from -a battery of riflemen,
who were sent running over the
hill with fixed bayonets to give
them a warm welcojnc on land
ing. . , . . . -
The dummies were. well, bayon
eted when oficers retreived them.
CAMP MURRAY, June 2l-(JP)-Cadet
students of the reserve of
ficers' . training corps ' from a
dozen colleges in the nation be
gan arriving here Friday for a
six-weeks' extensive training pro-
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'SALEr.L.ADOLPU CLDG.
GTATEaconncnciAL STG.
gram which comes to a close July
The future reserve officers
' will be Instructed In every
phase of military life sad vill
; spend the entire period living In
tents and participating in nail
euvers on the Fort Lewis re
servation. Colonel T. K. P. Stillwell, from
Washington State college and
commanding officer of the camp
said he expected 525 students to
come from as far east as Cornell
university at Ithaca, NY. ' -
Schools represented in the
camp include all those with ROTC ;
units on the Pacific coast and
Montana and Utah. The training
program wil actually get under
way Monday, Col. Stillwell said.
Lebanon Man
Buried Friday
- LEBANON Milton Bradley ;
Hickox, 75, who came here from
South Dakota 11 years ago, died'
at the family home in Lebanon
after a long illness, Wednesday. :
Funeral services were 'held Fri-
day. . ' ' .
Survivors include his wife .and
son, Howard, and brother, Clay
Hickox, in Lebanon.
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