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Newspaper Page TextVeather: Cloudy Home Edition LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1941. ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS So NO. 171 ammsjscus Falls Before British Steamroller jbergh Hits ervenfion, Is For Peace Aae Of Aviation jors United States, Leaps British Isles L miiRT.ES R. MOORE BILYWOOD, June 21 U.R brles A. ljinauersn mat. uibiu IT i-hic n "nut vour j niu, - , - at behind a negotiated peace jiope" or suffer the conse kj of a Hitler- victory, a nle Europe and "possibly a hie America as wen. First mass meet- l Hollywood bowl, Lindbergh Med in a speech prepared Elyery that America "still is Lpared for war, ana we task involved In lug an ocean with an. army." Ihough he aamittea ine knj of modern warfare make Kca less vulnerable to inva- I than ever before, the noted tr charged that the. two tmnientinns of intervention- Lit fallacies: (1) That mod- hnrfare makes this country I vulnerable to Invasion: and flitt the best way to defend Met is by defending England, (nld modern warfare has de- kd the ability of one hemls- to attack the other success Air Protects America It development of aviation France and England much vulnerable to Germany than vere before. But aviation it more difficult for Eur- to attack America, or for tin to attack Europe, than it ever been in the past. i fact, the developments of war indicate that aircraft mike it impossible for an V force to land on our f can coast, regardless of how k that force may be." it flyer said the present wan war shows warships k heavy losses whenever tome within striking distance lemy aviation. He consider bificant the fact that neith- fcrmans nor British have at fti to land forces by sea on font adequately protected by m It the British fleet itself Id turn against us," he said, win Be able to defend our- That fleet would be no able to meet the rhnllpnee p power in America than it fn able to meet the chal- M air power in Europe." ngersAskCCC It U:il u...i. FPORT, June 21. OP) A P" mat farm labor short He met hv hlrir.tr (W -- P harvest crops was offered Pte .granse deleffatps rinsed ffflual convention here last flUlTV ftf laofMtn..4A . delegates gave tacit ap w ine parity peace pro- DV ar1i,r.nn.:.M I C Plus 10 per cent. They r.u:u 10 support an mitia- ure wnicn would re- 8 cniinf,.-...:j. i , -i.j-wiue vuie ueiure P county officials could be C. alked: adjustment in P wheat freight rate dlf- -- increase in pay irom H 8 flaw tn .i , . , . a-'ui ouue legislators; btion ?ging h'8hways: b- k onrT resiaue regu- fc.ii i"ion or aliens I".'0 'he social and ec , oi tne nation." . tax viere PrPsals tor a fay. DelP0flloe nrmn,rA m-p . cipiuvcu, fcnu'i if50l?t,on Providing r--. .cuerai payment or z 'fa'r value on all U. S. iu w inin f ifnffAM ; prr. eather News J-S. Weather Forecast) ""Cloudy tonight and Light rains general over "'of Cascades. Scattered 7 .eas' of Cascades Sunday. m. . v E r 1 u r e. i resn rw. I UI1 coast, except late Sunday. ii, statistics) J Weather Bureau: Maxi- .amre Friday, 70.2 de- 50 4 3m ,emPerature Sat- horlhu..'. s' no ramla"' tkZ,.au Stage of I !al? f river ,n Eu8ene at 8UNDAT -.11.13 p. m. H.3I lnui . .a it 5.14 a. ' m.' (O.m "m ON DAT m ls.oa p. m. (S.st S.M . m. (4).3) S. p. m.. (2.1) Trinidad's chamber of com merce is still active despite war's grim business of build ing U. S. defense bases there. Shapely Marguerite Huckeby, above, has been named "Trav el Queen" for the little island off the northeast corner of South America. Hollywood Producer Vacationing Here Louis K. Sidney, Metro-Gold' wyn-Mayer producer, is vacation' ing in Eugene and the vicinity after finishing a new Marx broth ers picture. Snared by an inquiring report er Saturday as he was returning from a golf game with Jimmy O'Connell and getting ready to go on a fishing trip, on the McKenzie with George Godfrey, Mr. Sidney spoke of Lane county as an "ideal vacation spot" and said he plan ned to remain in town several more days. The new Marx brothers picture, which won't be released for some time, is titled "The Big Store," Mr. Sidney said, and is the second film he has produced. His earlier one was "Hullabaloo" with Frank Morgan, a radio comedy which played in town recently. Before graduating to the rank of a producer, Mr. Sidney was radio program director for M-G-M. After vacation is over he starts work on a new musical, "Red Hot, and Blue," starring Eleanor Powell. Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope played in the stage version of this one on Broadway. PEARSON FUNERAL WttJTT.A'Nm. June 21. IP) State nfftrials. headed bv Gover nor Sprague, attended funeral serv ices here yesterday for Walter E. Pearson, state senator from Mult nomah county, who died Wednes day at Marshfield. Injuries Fatal To Rider Of Motorcycle Delvin McLaughlin, 23, Dies Saturday In Hospital After Crash Delvin Craig McLaughlin, 23, died Saturday morning at the Sacred Heart hospital from in juries received when he was thrown from his motorcycle on Highway 99 northwest of Eugene Friday evening. With three other motorcyclists, Mr. McLaughlin was driving on the highway near the Irvin road. As he went to pass another ma chine, a car coming toward him swerved into his side of the road, forcing him into the other motor cycle, and throwing him to the pavement. Mr. McLaughlin was admitted to the hospital at 10:40 p. m. Fri day and died at 6:15 a. m. Satur day. He was an employe of the Orchard Auto Parts company, and lived at 957 Pearl street. He had lived in Eugene for the past two and one-half years, his parents' home being on route 2, Roseburg. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ursis F. McLaughlin of Roseburg. Charles P. Poole, county cor oner, and D. N. Bates of the state police investigated the accident Saturday. The Poole chapel is sending the body to Roseburg. Mr. McLaughlin was born at Roseburg April 11, 1918, and was graduated from the Roseburg high school in 1936. He is survived by his parents: two sisters. Mrs. Hil dred Chapman and Miss Verla McLausthlin: three brothers, Shir ley, Elwood and Eldon, all of Roseburg. . . War Department Wants National Guardsmen For Another Year WASHINGTON, June 21. Wl The war department has rec ommended that President Roose velt ask congress to retain th national guard on active duty be yond the current single year of service. Announcing this today, the de partment said that "legislation is. of course, required, and the final decision is a matter of public policy which must rest with the President and the congress." Without additional congres sional authority, the first of some 290,000 guardsmen now on active service would be demobilized September 16. It's An III ' Wind, Ellamay One of the things that wor ried Ellamay Small, candidate for the Pageant's Queen Su sannah V throne, was the fact she would have to "brush off" her boy friend "Dutch" Craig er during the weeks of p re pageant festivities. She quit worrying this week. "Dutch" broke his leg badly while working at a lumber mill.. He will be laid up for almost three months. Eugeneans Pass Real Estate Exams SALEM, June 21 (JPh-Twenty- nna urmllrnnts nasserl in state real estate examinations for brokers' and salesmen's licenses conducted in Salem recently, Claude H. Miimhv. state real estate commis sioner, announced today. ' ' - . Among tnose succeeding in uie brokers' examinations were: Kes tj ParlcVtoTn. Euffene: A. C. Weddle, Sweet Home. Successful in the salesmen's examinations: G. H. Good, Kenneth A. McKenzie, W. J. Scharen, Iola M. Striker, Alfred S. Tyson and Everett E. Clapper, all of Eugene; Charles L. Hogg, Drain. All Italian Consulates To Be Shut WASHINGTON, June 21 W) The United States today ordered all Italian consulates in the United States closed and all Italian con sular officers removed from American territory before July 15. Undersecretary Welles at the same time, announced that,the United States embassies in Ber lin and in Rome have been in structed to make arrangements for the return to this country of all American consular officials in those two countries, but at the same time to categorically reject allegations made, against them by the nazi and fascist governments. In addition to Italian consular officials. Undersecretary Welles announced that the Italian gov ernment, had ..been requested to remove all agencies and organiza tions of the fascist government, with the exception of the Italian embassy here. All German consulates in this country were ordered closed last Monday, and Berlin and Rome immediately retaliated by ordering United States consuls out of Ger many, Italy and occupied coun tries. Italian consulates at De troit and Newark were ordered closed several months ago, on charges by the state department that they had engaged in improper activities. "No Desirable Purpose" The German consular officials and employes were directed to leave for activities inimical to the welfare of the United States. Welles in a note to Prince Co lonna, the Italian ambassador, said that "the continued functioning of Italian consular establishments in the territory of the United Missing Sub 0-9 Found, Hope For 33 Men Nil Grappling Hooks Hit Vessel 440 Feet Under Water; Debris Found PORTSMOUTH. N. H., June 21 VP) Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox signified the "probability" today that the 33 officers and men who "died in line of duty out there ' a board the pressure crushed submarine 0-9 would make their graves under the 440 feet of water where they now lie. Returning to the Portsmouth navy yard after an inspection aboard the. submarine rescue ship Falcon, 18 miles, off shore, Knox aeciarea: "I would say that at that depth it is highly improbable that a sal vage attempt would be under- taKen." He spoke even . as an intrepid navy diver, George Crocker was still below in the deepest emer gency dive ever -undertaken in; the North Atlantic" ' Crocker faced" the possibility of three hours below, and five hours in a decompression chamber, for the sake of five min utes of work on the deck of the sunken 0-9. Eugene Pageanteers Help In Brownsville Celebration By PAUL DEUTSCHMANN mi Rrn WtlSVllle . i vMni niffht in the midst of its 54th annual pioneer reunion i- v- lo-t-inivi hv a delegation tw ue cii.i." - of Eugene pageanteers. .. . - n ......!lli and Resments oi - surrounding country, m town fot the picnic, were well pleased with the "preview" of the pageant giv en them by the delegation from Eugene. Several thousand gath ered around the open stage in the grove beside the Calapooia river ui.u i. wn the site of pioneei WIUlu Uao picnics since 1893. v .... j:AMinH nf Hie Doris smnn, jpageant, at home among the p.o neers. reiaiea kuh " . v , for the 1941 event, and introduced several members of the cast, in cluding Charlie Moore, Dick ; Farm er. Joe Johnson, Joe Hale, Nor man Thurman and Hugh Simp son. . . i HSn.iccf:. Fve- The six pageHiii ii - !dende Mellott. Belle Robbms. Mar jorie Durno, Ellamay Small, Louise Conger and Mary Sue Jackson were introduced to the group. They Wi" J"i l-..H(inn to BrOWnS- ville pioneers to visit the pageant in July. ''-. Fred Brenne, secretary of the Eugene chamber of commerce, brought official greetings from Eugene. Several musical numbers, in cluding Charlie Moore's famous "On the Oregon Trail;" cowboy songs by Hugh Simpson, pioneer melodies by the Oregon Trail quartet and by the oldrfashioned band of Dave Blair, were pre sented. Richard C. Williams, assistant business manager of the pageant, served as master of ceremonies. The party was introduced by Ned H. Callaway, president of the Linn County Pioneers' association since In the afternoon the Eugene delegation, led by Tommy Mayes, University of Oregon drum major, participated in the pioneer parade, along with representatives of Al bany, Halsey, Sweet Home, Har risburg, Crawf ordsville and Brownsville that treked through the historic little city. Gov. Sprague, scheduled to give the address at the afternoon pro gram, was unable to attend. . . SEE 17. S. ORDERS STORY PAGE 4 : Oregon Victim Had : Just Finished School CORVALLIS. June 21. W Robert A. Gardner, one of the crew reported lost with the sub marine 0-9 had lust finished sub marine school before being as signed to the ill fated craft, ac cording to the last word received by his father, Dan Gardner. The letter, received over a month ago, said the assignment was coming up as soon as the course was fin ished. Most of Gardner's previous experience had been on destroyers. The youth had lived at Wald- port and after serving one navy enlistment had engaged in fishing off the Oregon coast until he re- enlisted nearly two years ago. His father recently moved from Waldport to Bear Creek, 33 miles west of Corvallis on the Corval-lis-Waldport highway. Roosevelt's Message on Robin Moor Goes to Hitler WASHINGTON, June 21 W Sumner Welles, under secretary of state, announced today that he had transmitted to the German government a copy of President Roosevelt's message to congress branding the sinking of the S. S. Robin Moor "the act of an inter national outlaw." The message was sent to Hans Thomsen, German charge d'af faires, along with a note which said: "I am directed by the Presi dent of the United States to trans mit to you herewith, for your in formation of your government, a copy of a message addressed today by the President to the congress of the United States, i "Accept sir, the renewed as surances of my high considera tion." A strong note demanding that Germany make full reparations for the sinking was expected to follow. Welles told reporters that this demand would be made as soon as the proper compensation had been decided upon. It was considered a foregone conclusion that this nation's of ficial representatives would in clude a direct . warning against any further molestation of Ameri can shipping. The President withheld any in dication of the means which would be used to make his forceful dec laration effective. In this, he ad hered to his established policy of keeping the Axis leaders guess ing. Speculation here centered on the possibility that the navy might receive orders to'police the waters sailed by American ships, giving them any protection necessary. Some thought the Atlantic patrol might be instructed to take direct action against any German sub marine encountered. British Make Official Claim From Cairo Peanuts, Candy Give Added Zip To U. S. Soldiers on Maneuver By GARDNER FROST PORTSMOUTH, N. H., June 21 (U.R) The missing submarine 0-9 was located early today lying on the blue mud floor of the Atlantic, in 440 feet of water, with its crew of 33 either dead or beyond hope of rescue. Rear Admiral Richard Edwards, commanding the Atlantic submar ine fleet radioed the following mes-i sage to the Portsmouth navy yard from the naval rescue ship Fal con: .... , -. ., . "Believe submarine (0-9)' def initely located in 440 feet of water. Large quantities of cork, oil, air and decking sighted. Two grap nels attached. Will attempt to send diver down about 7:30 a. m. (EDT) when the Chewink (another rescue vessel) arrives with equipment. Have made continuous effort to communicate but have received no indication of life in submarine." Secretary of Navy Frank Knox visited the spot off the Isles of Shoals, accompanied by Admiral John D. Wainwright, commandant of Portsmouth navy yard. . Depth Disheartening "Everything possible is being done that' can be done," Knox said. He added that he was disheartened to learn of the extreme depth of the 0-9 a depth that balked both rescue and salvage operations. Knox found a huge flotilla of rescue and salvage craft standing by the scene, 15 miles off the New Hampshire coast. Plans to send down a diver to inspect the ill starred undersea craft were de ferred temporarily. The floating wreckage included bits of cork insulation, indicating that at least one part of the anti quated submarine's hull had been crushed by the terrific pressure of the water, which at that depth, measured almost 200 pounds to the square inch. . The Falcon's grappling hooks had located an object on the ocean floor shortly after midnight. , 8 Hours For Dive Navy divers were preparing to go down to explore the ocean floor, but divers can endure that depth for only seven to 10 minutes, de pending on weather conditions and the strength of the man, and it is an eight-hour process to send a diver down, bring him back and resuscitate him. The 0-9 had failed to come-to the surface yesterday after a two hour test dive. WASHINGTON, June 210) American soldiers are now carry ing peanuts and candy bars on maneuvers as well as to the ball game. . While admitting that no troop er would care for such rations as a steady diet, government nutri tion experts declared that the specially treated nuts and candy include almost everything a man rCE.-U TURKEY !. CYPRUS OfJ " v - . ik'rn ' Lima? ei eUiMfcUN li I , S-V v I JORDAN ! S I EGYPT eMBV(utjyamiJ u FALL OF DAMASCUS (2) to British forces appeared imminent Saturday while another column of Aussies drove toward Bierut. British warships were reported at (1) in the eastern Mediterranean, aiding land forces. Long arrows in dicate path of Axis planes attacking Cyprus, while at (3) Prime Minister Winston Churchill said Matruh and Tobruk were "unbroken." Oregon Methodists To Erect Youth Institutes Delegates to the Oregon Methe-r dist conference Saturday morning approved the appointment of a commission to raise $13,000 for development of three institute sites during the coming year as a part of the church's youth program. The money will be used for the purchase of a site on the coast, development of the site leased from the government at Suttle lake, and development of the site owned by the Oregon Methodists at Little River. Those named on the commission were Rev. Jesse W. Bunch of For est Grove and F. A. Magruder, professor of political science at Oregon State college, co-chairmen; Prof. Frank Bennett of Salem; Tom Klink of Newberg; Rev. S. Darlow Johnson of Grants Pass; Rev. Roy A. Fedje of Astoria; George Chads of Bend. Dr. R. Franklin Thompson, needs In the way of food except bulk. The peanuts are in the form of peanut butter and the candy is in the ordinary convenient choco late bar package. Both are for tified with an extract made from brewer's yeast which provides a variety of the vitamins in the Vitamin B-compiex. Dr. Russell M. Wilder, chair man of the food and nutrition committee of the national research council, declared that peanut butter is "an excellent all-around food" containing a great deal of protein and some carbohydrate and fat. When brewer's yeast is mixed with it necessary vitamins are added and when the chocolate candy Is added it provides the necessary energy producingsugars; Germany has been using similar emergency rations for troops in tne field, Dr. wilder added. Without thiamin and Vitamin C. which are included in the pep rations, persons develop extreme lassitude, nervousness, inability to sleep and the "jitters." Bulletin From Beirut Confirms Fall Of Ancient Syrian City CAIRO, June 21 (AP) The British announced officially tonight that Da mascus had fallen to their forces penetrating Syria. BEIRUT. Lehannn .TnnA 91 (AP) French troops with-' arew toaay irom Damascus ana tne ancient ayrian capital was occupied by the British. LONDON, June 21 W) A Reu ters, British news agency, dispatch from Vichy tonight said that Damascus had been evacuated by French forces and that British troops had occupied the Syrian capital. i JERUSALEM, June 21 (U.PJ Exchange Telegraph reported to night that French troops had evacuated Damascus. SEE METHODISTS STORY PAGE 4 Rain Stops Falling To Let Summer 'Officially' Begin Rain halted Saturday morn ing perhaps in honor of the official beginning of summer which occurred at 11:34 a. m. At that time the sun was di rectly over the tropic of Cancer. Little hope for a continued ces sation of the downpour and cold weather of the past weeks was held, since the weatherman fore cast light rains and clouds for the week-end. Yesterday the mercury rose to 70.2, the highest since last Sun day. As a local journalist aptly put it, "it's Jan in Juneuary." War in Brief By United Press LONDON Rumored that Gen. Siegmund von List, German Bal kan commander, establishes Ru manian headquarters for possible offensive against Russia. London Daily Express asks aid for Russia in event of Nazi attack. RAF air offensive against Germany goes into 10th night with big attack on Kiel; daylight raids carried out on French invasion coast; big battle rages outside Damascus. BERLIN Admit casualties in RAF night attack; claim sub marines sank 52,900 tons of British shipping including auxiliary cruiser, planes credited with sink ing 6,000 tons and damaging 4,000 tons; nazi spokesman reticent on President Roosevelt's latest attack. HELSINKI Report Russia cre ating 60-mile demolition strip on German-Lithuanian frontier, evac uate strategic Baltic areas; Fin land in full state of war readiness, middle-aged men mobilized, anti aircraft guns mounted in capital. ANKARA Turkish-German commercial pact reported in ne gotiation; hear Axis diplomats evacuate families from Bucharest, VICHY British reportedly bombard Damascus, setting fire and causing Syrian protest. Nazis Losing Hope For Quick Conflict BERLIN, June 21. VP) The Berlin press today still was with out a word of comment on the re quested closing of United States consulates In Germany but the man on the street nevertheless was worried and asking whether his tory would repeat itself. The older generation, which re members the effects of United States entry into the World war, especially looked toward the fut ure with pessimism and at the very least abandoned hope that the con flict would be terminated within a reasonable time should the present tension lead to a final rup ture of relations between the U. S. and Germany and should the U. S. openly join Britain. While the controlled press thus ignored the most important news occupying the minds of the peo ple, Deutsche Diplomatisch-Poll-tlsche Korrespondenz, foreign of fice mouthpiece, asserted that American consular officials in Ger many after the outbreak of Eur opean hostilities "adopted an atti tude which virtually made them Enalish agents." korrespondenz also charged the U. S. government with showing "bad manners' and expressed doubt whether such manners would nay In the long run. As far as the freezing of Ger man funds in the United States was concerned, Adolf Hitler's newspaper. Voelkischer Beobach ter, arrived at the conclusion that the United States had "cut its own flesh." The measure, the paper said, was contrary to all rights and treaties. German assets in the United States have been reduced to 120,' 000,000 marks ($48,000,000), Bee bachtcr said, while American hold' ings in Germany were estimated at 1,700,000,000 marks (JUBU.uuu, 000). "It is absolutely clear," the paper continued, "that there is nothing left lor tu to do but retaliate." By The Associated Press Utrhila lV,a T Tn i ,irl Clnno -nJ the Axis dueled today in the field of diplomacy and international politics, the British and Free French campaign in the Levant surged forward with reports that Beirut ana Damascus were oeing evacuated. Reuters, British news agency, reported hearing a Beirut com munique wnicn sam tnai in or der to avoid fighting in the sub urbs and streets, French troops have evacuated Damascus and our forces have taken up new positions outside the town." This Indicated surrender of the Syrian capital to British Imperial forces and their free French Tfi lies. ' : A censored dispatch from Bt..t i . mi4 thflt.nnrHwi UCU H .V. . ibl.J on.- 1 of that Lebanon capital's 180,000 innaDitants naa iiea 10 escape British bombing. ' TUma -till .in. -n wnrA thmr the defense of Beirut was being abandoned. . war May Spreaa the British-Free French allies and the Vichy French would be ex tended to French Somaliland ap neared meanwhile in a Vichy re port that a British ultimatum had demanded the colony join the Allies or be subject to a starva tion blockade. Germany and Britain mean while fought a great aerial duel this afternoon over the English channel and Nazi-occupied France. The latest claims were: by the British 24 German planes de stroyed against two missing ior it. n-itloh. tho Hprmans 23 British planes shot down against three missing ior me uermaua. Germany and Italy were au-iun-Hoti,rAiv runnrtpd at Rome to be ready for "new tasks" while united States aipiomauc reiawoua with the axis powers swiftly deteriorated. U. s. Active mUt1 4ko lotoct nttnnlr nf faSC- ism's editorial spokesman-in- UJ iri-nlnlit rinvrTxi. still 1&V On uiuci, iia. j i . newsstands in Rome a declara tion that Washington naa - creai ed a perfect break" with the Axis tho TTnited States government took these steps: l. uraerea an iiaiian cuuaui ates in the United States closed and all consular officers removed from American territory before July 15, thus completing the round of such action by the Axis powers and this country. 2. Ordered embassies in Rome and Berlin to reject Axis charges that United States consuls xneir had overstepped the bounds of their duties. Berlin had claimed proof in "dozens of cases" of espionage by consulate personnel on behalf of the British secret service. Message to Germany 3. Ordered transmission to the German government of President Roosevelt's message to congress yesterday calling the German torpedoing of the American freighter Robin Moor "the act of an international outlaw." Apparently Germany and So viet Russia were in an economic deadlock which only a resort to arms or an 11th hour concession by one or the other could settle. Soviet diplomatic sources In Turkey said flatly that Germany's reported demands for control of Russian grain and oil, with their implied "or else," would be Im possible to grant. Germany her self has done little yielding in the Hitler era. A reliable foreign source in London said that the German Turkish treaty, concluded" Wed nesday, contained a secret clause binding Turkey to benevolent neutrality in event of war be tween Germany and Soviet Rus- .1. nl.itm .,Mi,H nmhaKlv would bar the Dardanelles to Russian war or supply snips, ; exienaea mi..