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Scdexo. Ore-gon, Tuesday Morning. Jan 24, 1941 :
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No. 73
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Aliens
Bond Sale
Measure
Is Passed
uncil Orders
Sewage Plant
Bids July 21
r Overriding expressed qualms
over threats of litigation, the
Salem city council unanimous
ly passed an ordinance at a
social meeting Monday after
noon for sale of the $200,000
sewage disposal plant bond is
sue authorized by the people on
May 20.
. The issue, on which Alderman
Glenn Gregg, sewerage committee
chairman, said bids probably
would be received at the July 21
meeting, must under terms of the
ordinance be sold for not less than
parvalue and bear interest at not
more than 4V4 per cent.
The bonds will be Issued in un
its of .11000. to mature serially
between August 1, 1941, and Aug
ust 1, 1961. They will be callable
at par value after five years.
Construction of the sewage
disposal plant, on a aite now
owned by the city, will take at
least six months and probably
longer, Carl Zeldlack, of Cun
ningham and Associates, the
city's consulting engineers, es
timated. He predicted that laying of an
Interceptor sewer from Church
and Union street! to the plant site
and changing and improving oth
er sewer lines would require an
even longer working period.
Alderman E. B. Perrine raised
the litigation - question with the
report of a rumor that an Injunc
tion would be sought by unnamed
persons If the city auempiea wi
. t 1
proceed with the project online
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grounds the bond issue was illegal I
WfltiM onlr 8 ter cent of the
city's citizens voted for It at tne
. - - . . . ,1.
recent special election.
An Informal opinion holding
the Issue to be legal and salable
has been given by Portland
bond attorneys. City Attorney
Lawrence N. Brown said.
- The bond ordinance was allow-
mA 4t on in third readlnff when
none of the ten aldermen present
objected to suspension of the!
rules, and all ten approved it on
final passage.
The council also acted on minor
phases of the other two big pro
jects before It, the airport ex
pansion and the South River road
widening.
A $1000 payment to the du
Pont Powder Interests was vot
ed as remuneration for the
company's expense In moving
Its storage houses from land
bought as an addition to the
Alroart.
aia Armstrong
n. arort rommit-
tee. said in answering queries put
Vw IM.rman T . IT. TTIarie. trial I
annth'r S5000 would have to be
raised to pay the Brown estate
ior otner buuomgs.
No objections were raised to
Si committee report recommends WASHINGTON, June 23.-iP-lng
payment of $403 to R. C The Justice department Instructed
Gamble for another piece of right
of way needed for the River
road Job.
Safe-way Gets Permit
For New Salem Store
Safeway Stores. Inc, obtained
si permit from the city building
Inspector Monday for construc
tion of the firm's new store, cost
ing $18,000, at 243 Court street,
near Front
An old house on the property Is
now being razed to make way for
the new market.
Soviet Aid Questioned
CHICAGO, June 23.-A)-Gen.
Robert . Wood, chairman of the
America First commute, Monday
questioned whether America
should continue aiding Britain
without some assurance that ev
erything we send will not be re
layed to Stalin in accordance with
Churchill's pledge of aid."
Our Senators
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Xt&l Portland
Scheduled at V
Playgrounds I
Harold Hauk, director
fS
lem's public recreational
tram, Monday announced
ries of special "days" to be In
effect at both Lleslie and OI
I n g e r playgrounds. Bicycle
races, however, he said would
be held only at Ollnger.
July 7-1S inclusive has been
designated the annual "learn to
swim campaign period.
Others listed by Hauk In
cluded: . - )
June 27, dress up day; July
11, pet day; July 18, pool swim
meet at Leslie and Olinfer;
July 28, city championship
swim meet; July 3, bicycle
races at Olinfer; August 1,
doll show; August 15, said boat
races, and August 29, play
ground picnics.
Navy to Place
Workers in SF
Will Supply Keymcn,
Shipyard Strike of
Union Machinists
B Th Associated Press
Rebuffed in an effort to get
striking AFL. and CIO machin
ists .back to work in San Fran
cisco shipyards, the navy took
steps yesterday (Monday) to sup
ply these key men to strike-bound
yards from government civil serv
ice lists.
. Meantime, however, the Be
thlehem Shipbuilding company,
one of 11 shipyards and dry
docks affected by the strike,
agreed to sign a coast wide
contract negotiated by the AFL
metal trades, and there was
peculation that this might
brlnr an end to the strike.
fro.-
xiie uuicr lj. i.cuuliiiu taiua 1
. . had accented the acree-
veWehem' failure to sign
rnHmT r-WT n ionaTTS m ihi 1111 p in sivn
. . ... . .trikers as
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one iwun kw raiuiui vj iciiuu 1
refusing
to work.
A it. machinists have nrt rati-
fied the agreement which calls for
SI. 12 an hour with time and one-
half for overtime whereas they
struck May 10 for $1.15 with dou
ble time for overtime. They had;
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f-l onrl QfklrC
A Ulctlltl
Soviet Peace
LONDON, June 23-(P-General
Vladvslaw Sikorski. nremier of
the Polish government In exile,
blnted before the Polish national
council Monday that his govern'
ment might make its peace with
Russia. ;
The Polish-Russian question
which might have shadowed the
outlook of many a friend of ours
In the west I believe may disap-
Par from InternaUonal politics."
(Hall of Poland was occupied
soviet troops during the 1939
US Raises Barrier
I On Italians in Country
J
its immigration and border pa-
trol officers Monday to "take all
necessary steps' to prevent Ital
ian nationals from leaving the
United States.
The treasury department gave
similar instructions to its customs
officers in a move to prevent the
I c-:n .
withdrawal of axis assets from
1 week respect to
German nationals.
M
ethodists Shift
One Salem pastor, Dean Poin-1
dexter, Leslie church, was trans
ferred, two, S. Raynor Smith,
Jason Lee, and J. C Harrison,
First, were reappointed and Dr.
J. Edgar Purdy was again named
superintendent of this district,
by Bishop Bruce R. Baxter at the
closing session of the state Me
thodist conference in Eugene
Sunday. " '
Dean Poindexter, who has
been here for six years, plans
to leave Thursday to take over
- The Dalles pastorate and Rev.
Ross Knotts, Medford. wttl
succeed him here.
Rev. Silas E. Fairham, G re
sham, wQl succeed Dr. Sidney W.
HaU, Salem, for six years super-
intendent of the Cascade district.;
Dr. Hall will move to Gresham.
ur, jviuion a. xaarcy, lormcri
Salem superintendent, will con-1
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U OMicuallv Sides; With Soviet
FDR Says Red
Doctrine Bad,
Nazis Worse
Declares Hitler Army
Chief Menace and
Aid Is Help to US
WASHINGTON, June
-The United States cast its
sympathies officially on the
side o Soviet Russia in the new
conflict with Germany Mon
day and opened the definite
prospect of lease-lend or other
material aid to the red forces.
A government declaration is
sued on behalf of President Roos
evelt by Sumner Welles, acting
secretary of state, asserted that
the principles and doctrines of
"communistic dictatorship" were
M "intolerable and. as alien'
to
the American people as were
those of "nazi dictatorship."
But It branded Adolf Hitler's
armies as "the chief dangers of
the Americas" and said that
'any defense against Hitler-
Ism" and "any rallying- of for
ces opposing; Hitlerism from
whatever source" would hasten
the downfall of German leaders
and "rebound to the benefit of
our Own defense and security."
Russia has not yet asked for
lease-lend aid from the United
States, Welles explained, and un
til such i request Is received the
Anvrtttn ravtmiBHit is with
m -
holding any decision on the ques-
tion.
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He pointed out, however, that
PrMidmt Pwsvit had full u-
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iinonry unaer ine act to exiena
lease-lend aid to all countries de
fending themselves against ag-
gression.
Diplomatic quarters expected
that Russia would not immediate
ly request lease-lend aid but in
stead would seek release of fro
zen" Russian assets in this coun
try and permission to buy and ex-
port vital defense materials.
The government's statement
began by asserting that Hit
ler's treacherous attack upon
soviet Russia furnished further
p r e e f of the "real purposes
and projects ef the present
leaders of Germany for world
domination.'
Declaring the word "honor" js
unknown to the present German
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Sailor Slaying
Suspect Nabbed
SPOKANE, June 23 -VPf State
patrol headquarters here Monday
nleht rerorted that John Harvey
Thomas, 22-year-old sailor who
has been sought for a week on
a charge - of forging to gasoline
credit slips the name of Douglas
Smith. missing Seattle meter
reader, had been apprehended at
Mason City.
Night Clerk R. L. Kelly said he
had been informed of the nleV-
up by sergt m. r. wardaii of
Mason tciiT. i
"He gave no further informa-
tion." Kelly said, "other than that
Sheriff Casev Walker of Colfax
I had been called and would arrive
I In. the morning to take charge optional committee to consider the
the prisoner and question him.1
DEAN POINDEXTEH
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Here's Chief
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SEMYON K.
When war broke out between Russia and Germany Sunday Semyon
K. Tlmeshenke, above was la command of the soviet army. He was
the leader. It was reported. In opposinr Stall and appeasement to
the nazis. In the picture above he is shown during- maneuvers near
Moscow.
Stimson Aide Proposes
Property Seizure Su b
Patterson Narrows Items in Measure
but Asks Speedy Passage; Senate
Told New Plan "Fills Our Needs"
WASHINGTON, June 23. -
ure" bill, specifying the items which the president could requi-
wa nmnosprf lUTondav bv Robert P. Patterson, undersec-
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retary of war.
The substitute would empower the president to take over
School Chief s
Start Parley
County Superintendents
Open Two-Day Meet;
Governor Speaks
County school superintendents
from all sections of Oregon gath
ered here Monday for their an
nual two-day convention.
Principal speakers at Monday's
session included Governor Charles
A. Sprague and Rex Putnam, state
superintendent of public instruc
tion. Governor Sprague stressed
the part the schools of Oregon are
taking In the state defense pro-
gram.
I Putnam reviewed tne progress
made bv the schools during tne
past year and explained briefly
some of the educational laws en-
acted by the 1941 legislature. The
annual, banquet was held Monday
nirht.
I Officers of the association will
be elected at the closing session.
US Keds uul rarley
NEW YORK, June Z3.-vT-in
communist party of the unitea
States Monday called a meeting
I for Saturday of the party's na
war.
tinue to be head of the Portland
district. Special appointments in
cluded R. M. Gatke, D. H. Schulze
and R. Franklin Thompson, Wil
lamette university professors,
members of First church, Salem,
quarterly conference, ' and Ells
worth M. Tilton, secretary of the
Salem district.
. Other appointments for the
Salem district were: '- z f
Albany, Thomas D. Tames: Aimty
(T. H.- Tempke): Banks-C o r n 1 1 u
! (Charles scnreiDer1; dwm
Salem
Olds); Bay CJtyaribi-KocMwsy ,
(John Jordan); Brownsville -Harrto-burg
(Al Vosper). Canby, (C. C. Rr
Jck); Coburf (to be supplied); Corval
lis. rirst. Daniel W. Sltveni; CoryaUw. -Msdlson,
O. Leonard Jones; EtottM.
Ellsworth M. Tilton; Psyton (TL C Al-.
lord); Donald (Kay Short); Dundee-.
. Ebenezer (H. O. Herrman): Eugene. B. I
Earl Parker: Fall Oty (S 4 m p o n T
Hamrick); rorest Grow, Jesse W. ,
Bunch: Htlsey, A, J. Neufeld; HU1-!
boro, H. r. Pemberton: wdependence-1
Buena VlstS (Mturm rtmHi. I
Iferaon (M. D. Medlin): Junction City
I Eivcrview. William TenruuiU Paul Ack-
"On
of Red Army
TIMOSHENKO
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(5) - A narrower
property seiz-
1
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I military or naval equipment, ma
chine tools, manufacturing equip
ment, patents and plans "to pro
mote the national defense and to
overcome shortages.'
Patterson told the senate mil
itary committee that the substi
tute "ought to fill our needs' but
both he and Chairman Emory S.
Land of the maritime commission
emphasized the need for speedy
passage.
The original measure, opposed
by some congressmen as
broad, placed no restriction en
the president's . commandeering
power so long as the property
involved was needed for defense.
Patterson, said , the substitute
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Small HI Girl
Still Missing
Betty McCullough, 10 years old
and unable to speak well enough
to make herself understood by
strangers, was still missing at a
late hour Monday night from the
tauvw uia area . aimougn men
from the nearby veterans' camp,
state pcOice, her parents and their
irt v. uw ir OT,5
said to be berry pickers living
temporarily across from the Ma-
theny store wandered away short -
ly after 8 o'clock Sunday morn -
ing, police said. She is subject
to sudden attacks of illness, and final decision on the signing of a
her parents believe may have two-year ; wage agreement cov
taken a ride with passing motor- ering the southern Appalachian
1st.
Pastor; Two
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DR. J. EDGAR PURDY
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British Keep
Hammering on
French Coast
Leningrad Seen Big
Objectiye of Northern
Thrust by Germany
By The Associated Press
Russia declared today that
the broad German offensive
from the Baltic to the Black sea
was a failure but acknowledged
that the German legions had
captured the fortress city of
1 Brest-Litovsk, where Germany
I once forced the bolsheviks to
t yield a big chunk of land.
The Moscow communique
said the red 'army had captured
5,000 German officers and troops
to two day and had destroyed
W laiXU. I
The red army high command
also said 127 German planes had
been shot down in the two-day
war, 76 Sunday and SI Monday.
The Germans strove to develop
their offensives along the whole
front from the Baltic to the Black
sea, the command said, but 'met
with no success." In the Shavlal
and Ravarusska directions the
Germans were driven out of Rus
sia,' it added.
The Russians also admitted that
the Germans had occupied Kolno
and Lomzha. :-, .
Shaulal is about 100 mile in-1
side the old Lithuanian frntw
along East Prussia and about 75
rniles from Kaunas, former capital
of Lithuania.
...... . ...
Action In that area indicates
one branch of the German
thrust was headed toward Len-
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US Hits Tire
Firms9 Prices
WASHINGTON, June 23 -tfV
I The federal trade commission an
nounced today that it had order
ed three major tire producers and
two larve retail concern a tn
-cease and desist from price mis-
representations in connection -with
the sale of automobile tires and
tubes."
Named in the order were the
Firestone Tire & Rubber com
pany, the Goodyear Tire & Rub
ber company and its sales subsid
iary, the Goodyear Tire &c Rub
ber Company, Inc., and the B. F.
Goodrich company, all of Akron,
Ohio; Sears, Roebuck & Com
pany, Chicago, and Western Auto
Supply company, Kansas City.
The commission said that it
had found that the respondents
advertised certain savings ana
eTiscounta over "list nriees" when
not computed on the remuar cur
priccs but uponWfih
nt mnnM th n.r-
er prices.
tkal Accord IN ears
WASHINGTON, June 23-(V
1 The southern soft coal operators
1 and the United Mine Workers I
union will meet Tuesday for a I
' field.
Will
ermann. associate; Lebanon. D. Lester
Fields; McCabe (C U Dark); McFar-
land-rranJUin (to De suppueai; mc
MinnvUle, L. O. Grimth; Marmiam
(Pierre Smith): Monroe-Alpine (R. T.
Cookinrham ) : Nehalem-Wheeler, rred
O. Runt; Newberg. John O. McCor-
mick: New bent. Geiman (J. C. Muel
ler!: Pratura (W. J. Hamilton): Oak
Grove chapel (Everett Lisle); West Sa
lem dob Hucaaoeei; toeaa io o
turrolied): Sheridan. Malcolm B. Bat-
linger; snerwooa. umui xncsr; suets.
W. J. Douglas); Suvertoa. Edward
Term Sntngfieid. Harry Grouse;
Staytoo-Lyons (Junes wusoni; Tan-i
gent-AJset, Bruce uroseciose; iium-
Toledo. R R. nnRBelner; ntrner.
(John Mitchell); Wendllng-Marcola I
(A. J. Koork): Willamina-BuUer. H. H.
MUes; Grand Bono (John X. Wil
liams); Woodburn, Ralph X. Smith;
Yamhill (S, A. ChappeU).- ,
Canada's Bacon Cut
OTTAWA, June 23.-Vln the
first formal plea to Canadians to
change their eating habits, the
Dominion, bacon, board Monday
requested that Canadians eat less
bacon and pork this summer.
Renins
fit Portland
.PORTLAND, June 23 -00-Charles
A. Lindbergh told Dell
more Lessard, chairman of the
America. First committee, by,
telephone from McCloud, Calif
Monday that his Portland ap
pearance would be , delayed.
- After a talk at San Francis
co he would return east, Lind
bergh said, and could not be In
Portland in less than SO days.
MEDFOBD, June 23 HPh
Charles A. Lindbergh, arriving
here by airliner late yesterday
with . Mrs. Lindbergh, declined
to comment on events. m Eu
rope or elsewhere. They, left at
once for the William Randolph
Hearst ranch near McCloud,
Calif.
Japan's Policy
Expected Soon
Course in Nazi-Russ
War to Be Announce)
War to Be Announced I
After Cabinet Meet
TOKYO, June
23.-(P)-Japan
kept the Pacific
Monday on her course m Rus.
area guessing
.UnJWon ur K,s
w
'
"Following the cabinet meet
ing Tuesday, said a report by
the semi-official Domel ' News
agency, "A statement manifest
ing. Japan's firm attitude will
be Issued.'
A joint meeting of the cabinet
and high command was scheduled
for today, but postponed indef-
initely. Premier Prince Funimaro
Koooj . conferred with Emperor
iHirobito, and talked for six hours
foreign minister Yosuke Mat-1
I suoka, who had been In confer-
1 ence with German Ambassador
imk . .
Major General Eugen Ott.
Far eastern sources at Shang-1
MA
I v.i t
"IUU"k uiisui. w
seize eastern Siberia. Others be-
lieved she might drive for the oil
u u vi iw Aicuicriiuius msi
V -
A Japanese announcement at
Shanghai said the steamer Asama
Maru would make an emergency
visit to Batavia to take Japanese
women and children and German
subjects from
The Netherlands'
East Indies.
ANKARA, Turkey, June 24
(Tuesday) - (jP) - British military
speoausis irom me miaaie east
cwnmand were reported here to-
day assigned to the soviet army
in accord with Prime Minister
Winston Churchill's promise
aid Russia.
t
.The first 'croup of artillery
and air force officers was ex
pected to cross the Turko-Rus-slan
frontier within a week If
tentative arrangements are
completed. Others are expected
to follow as conditions warrant.
Churchill's speech was enthusi-
astically welcomed by many
Turks who took the view that as-
Hv?. Britain and the
I .
nopea Ior. uccessrui.proiongea
defense of Russian soil by the red
jrmy. . .
Bulletins
NEW YORK, Tuesday, June
2-(V-neavT German air at
tacks on Ucht units of the Rus
sian Black sea fleet and lively
activity by both sides in the Bal
tic sea were reported today by
the British radio. The broadcast
was heard by CBS.
STOCKHOLM, Tuesday, June
tli-Vtj-Klng Gustaf presided'
Monday at a two-hour meeting
of the foreixn affairs eonm-dt-tee.
No eonununlque was Issued.
MADRID, Spain, June 13.
VPjrTbe Spanish cabinet held
an urrent cabinet meeting- on
Monday night without announc
ing decision on whether a vol
untary Spanish ' expeditionary
force would aid Germany
against the
OSLO, Oeenpied Norway,
June zXHVAB citizens of
Russia, Lithuania. Latvia and
Estonia now residing In Nor
way were ordered Monday to
register wlih police within Z 4
ItOimw - -. w'
MEXICO CTTY, June lJ.-P)
-Foreign Minister Ezeqnlel Pa
dnia Monday night called the
German Invasion f Russia
"one of the most tragic viola
tions of International ethics fat
history." - r
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Airfield
Program
Approved
Fund for Project
Started by Civic
Organizations
By RALPH CURTIS
Approval of the program for
further extending and improv
ing the Salem airport in order
to meet present military and
commercial aviation standards
at a maximum cost to the city
of $75,000, was expressed con
cretely in the sense that
"money talks" by Salem citizens
who heard the project explained
at a luncheon Monday noon at the
chamber of commerce.
From among those p resent,
$695 was pledged tpward the fi
nancing of a bond election and
members of the committee said
later in the day they Were confi
dent that the remainder of thm
!!ired sum- between tsoo and
iuuu, wouia oe raised before the
end of the week and possibly to
day. Contributions covering the
election cost were requested in
order that the city council
would not be subjected to crit
icism for calling second spe
cial election this year,. It was
explained by Postmaster Hen.
it rawioro, who added that
the desirabfllty of farther ex
panding the airport had not
developed la time to Include
this project among; the Issues
In the previous election.
There was scant mention at the
luncheon of the brii-ht nrostwt:
for establishment here' of an srm-v A
I air base, for the reason" that no
definite commitment from m
sources has yet been obtained
Emnhaxi was nlarf In.too
upon the desirability of enlarelns!
I - - - - ' '
the airport in any case so that
runwavs 5000 feet in lMith anfi
. ... . -
I a giiae angle not exceeding 30 to
one nujrht be nrovided- nri
obtaining the needed property
soon so that Salem might not
tce the difficulty which has
forced some other cities to aban-
don existing airport and obtain
new locations,
These points were brought out
bv E. a. Humn mt r-Bu ai-
lines, fwhe added that planes
with 210 foot wing-spread and
weighing 24 tons are bow being
built and that St-ton commer
cial transport planes ar being -planned;
and by R. T. Packey
of the Civil Aeronautics Au
thority. .
In outlining the alroort situs
tion at the opening of the meet
ing. Chairman Ray Yocom of the
chamber of commerce industrial
committee said the city had here
tofore spent $65,000 on the air
port, including the original $50,
000 voted by the public, and that
the $75,000 now sought would in
crease this to $135,000. The fed-
eral eovermnent through the CAA
and other agencies is spending
1600.000 and the. alroort will re-
dty receiving any revenue re-
suiung irom its mcreasea use.
He read portions of lett
letter-,
from war department source , j
stating-; Every elvll airport t
should be so constructed thai '
It will accomodate army air
craft' The letter further point
ed out that in case of attack
upon the Pacifle coast asrporta
to the wniametto valley would
have to be used. , . - ' -W.
I Phillips read a rseolution ,
In support of the plan to financ
the bond election by private sub
scription and immediately many
of those present began writing in
their subscriptions toward that
fund, ranging from $5 to $23.
Senator Douglas McKay re
minded the group that citizens
had underwritten two American
Legion conventions, a Veterans of
Foreign Wars convention and the
Centennial, but never had beea
called upon for -"one cent" of de
Justice Stone Okehcd :
WASHINGTON, June 23.-(JPr
The nomination of Harlan F.
Stone to be chief Justice of the
United States supreme court wis
approved unanimously, by the
senate judiciary committee Mon
day. . t
Dies Sce Nazi Win
ORANGE. Texi June 23HVr-
U. S. Representative Martin Dies
predicted Monday Adolph Killer
would be in control of Russia
within 30 days and said America
must prepare for an emergency
unprecedented in her history. , - -,