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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."
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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
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. 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
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m-p . cipiuvcu,
fcnu'i if50l?t,on Providing
r--. .cuerai payment or z
'fa'r value on all U. S.
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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.
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J Weather Bureau: Maxi-
.amre Friday, 70.2 de-
50 4 3m ,emPerature Sat-
horlhu..'. s' no ramla"'
tkZ,.au Stage of
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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
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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
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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-
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would bar the Dardanelles to
Russian war or supply snips, ;
exienaea mi..