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Thursday, November 21, 1940 The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Three Germans List Ship Sinkings By Speed Boats Berlin, Nov. 21 MP) German speedboats have sunk British war vessels, Including six destroyers and two submarines, with a total ton nage of 11,300 since the beginning of the war, In addition, a communique said, the speedboats have destroyed 212, 000 tons of merchant shipping. "Now for the first time," the high command said, "one German speedboat was lost In a fight with several English destroyers during an operation against the English east coast." (The British reported that such Vft torpedo craft was sunk Tuesday , night by light naval forces In the North sea.) Attributing the loss of "a great number on enemy warships" to the German speedboats, the com munlque reported that the boats had had "numerous fights with superior British forces." Informed sources added, mean while, that German fliers had drop. ped more than 100,000 kilograms (221,000 pounds) of bombs on Birm ingham and 30,000 kilograms (66,300 , pounds) In raids last night, and also attacked Bristol, Liverpool, South ampton and southeastern coastal harbors. Italian air activity was said to have been confined to raids on Ips wich and Harwich. "Several hundred" bombers were reported to have taken part In the night's raiding. The nightly air assault on Britain was "a large scale attack on the broadest front" against British cities and harbors, Informed sources said f Vulfee Plant Still Tied up Downey. Calif.. Nov. 21 (AV-Gov ernment negotiators, striving to iron out a labor dispute which has tied up the big Vultee Aircraft plantr and $84,000,000 In military contracts for nearly a week, still were un successful today. One of the government represen tatives, N. Arnold Tollee, left for Washington but without any an- nouncement regarding progress of the discussions. L. W. Mlchener, west coast head of the striking union, the CIO National Automobile Workers, headed for Atlantic City and the CIO's national convention. Major Sidney Simpson, repre senting the war department, last night adjourned until today a la bor-management parley which has been under way since Monday noon with only occasional respites. "No comment" was the major's only i statement as he emerged from the a meeting room. The union wants an increase from 50 cents to 75 cents an hour in the minimum base pay. The company has offered a boost to 65 cents for workers after three months' ser- . vice and 60 cents after six months. Old Age Has Passed Says Ernest Bevin (This dally feature, conducted by DeWHt MaeKentle, U belnf written by Fred Vandtrschmltt while. MacKenzls it taking a brief vacation.) It is not coincidence that Ernest Bevin, the man to whom workaday England looks with trust and hope, chose to outline the British government's war aim of social security on the very day that Coventry buried Its bomb dead In a long and ugly gash In the earth and when Uie other cities of the midlands searched for new dead in the bomb-made rubble. "Things can never be as they were ... the old age has passed," said the minister of labor, bluntly. This man of toil was talking to Granville Hurd Dies at Age of 82 Granville P. Hurd, 82, retired in surance man, died at his home, 1315 Marion street, Wednesday afternoon, November 20, just a month after the death of his wife. Memorial services will be held at 1:30 o'clock Saturday, November 23, at the Walker and Howell chapel, followed by interment at Beicrest Memorial park. Dr. J. C. Harrison of the First Methodist church, of which Mr. Hurd was a member, will offi ciate. Granville Fayette Hurd was born in St. Croix county, Wisconsin, Jan uary 31, 1858 After his graduation from Rival Falls normal he taught school in the same county with Caro line L. Constance of Waupaca, Wise, whom he married on Thanksgiving day, November 30, 1882. They resid ed In Eau Claire, Wise., until 1905 when they brought their family to Eugene. Since 1918 they had lived in Salem. Mr. Hurd is survived by three sons, Lieut. Col. Leland C. Hurd in the army air corps at Honolulu, Wayne Hurd of Eugene, Paul Hurd of San Francisco; two daughters, Conifred Hurd of Seattle and Mrs. E. D. Knh ler (Virginia) of Portland, and one brother, Clinton G. Hurd, judge of Lane county, Eugene. Milk Bottle Sale Aids Silverton PTA Sllverton Reports Wednesday of the funds realized by the milk bot tle tag sale over the week-end su pervised by the Parent-Teachers' association, showed around $45 cleared for the milk fund that sup plies free milk for under-privileged children. Pred Sears and Miss B. Jeffries directed the junior high group of girls that sold the tiny bottles. Those selling tags were Betty Lou Spencer, Betty Lee Robbins, Delores Her, Elain Hamre, Jean Larson, Betty Vorseth, Jean Richards, Don na Clair Aim, Zehpne Glvens, Jo sephine Willimont, Ruth Melbye, Yvonne Haugen, Louise Leonard, Joan Libby, Haroldlne Leach, Donna Alrick, June Rossett, Ruth David, Pauline Neal, Pat McEwen, Ruth Zahler and Dorothy Jordan. the midlands, sending to countless bleak little workers' villas a mes sage of hope in a black hour for faith and morale. Not after the war, but now, he said, the nation's whole economic life must be devoted to the goal of security for "the community as a whole." The midlands Is the fortress of England, not merely the fortress of her Industry, but the staunch heart of the nation's spirit. Here Is the Merrie England of old; all the way from Banbury Cross to Nottingham, this land of the Domesday Book, of civil war, of weavers and dyers, of "Coventry blue," of piping hot buns and cool brown ale and the stories of Mother Goose, . Here, also, Is grim and grinding poverty and vast Industrial wealth, the dole and the lord lieutenant. It Is amazing that the Germans have not descended with all their force on these towns before, but In stead have beat with their air borne rage at London. There are more vital military objectives to the square foot In Birmingham or even Coventry than there are to the square mile In London. There Is a vastly more vulnerable morale for the breaking. This Is not a country of shopkeepers, this midlands. It Is a country of workers and their small and dingy homes. These towns do not have the de fenses of London. Here there are no deep shelters . . . the govern ment said they would cost too much and take too much time to build. There are, indeed, no deep sub ways such as hide London's millions of poor from the fury of the Luft waffe by night. The midlands cities are crowded, compact; London sprawls through park and parish. The midlands worker lives close to his lathe. There are 12,503 acres In the city of Cov entry, and some 200,000 people live there, or did live there. There are 51,147 acres for the million souls of Birmingham to share amongst them. Greater London has 443,455 acres and millions have left its pre cincts for the duration of the ar. The airplane factories, the motor plants, the metal foundries, the arms works, rub shoulders In the mid land cities; London was stripped of most of Its forges of war long ago. There are two explanations for the belated German attack on the midlands and the vicious siege of London: one, that Britain made its greatest city a successful lure; sec. ond, that Hitler wanted to save England's industries, the nation's greatest prize, for himself, so long as his chances of Invasion seemed successful. The second carries the most logic. Japan's drive. women have- a thrift War on Reds And Other Isms Waged in CIO Atlantic City, N. J., Nov. 21 (FV A declaration against the philosophy of communism, nazlsm and fascism was reported drafted and ready for a vote in the CIO convention today. For a week there haa been open agitation for CIO action on such a policy and for a showdown between so-called left and right wing groups Proposals calling for the adoption of this policy have been under con sideration in the resolutions com mittee since CIO members gathered here in their third convention to de termine policies they would follow after John L. Lewis retires from CIO's presidency. Since Lewis and a group of labor leaders established CIO here five years ago to engage In a militant campaign to unionize big Industry there have been charges that adher ents of communism had obtained a foothold In the new movement and were active in organizing work. During the past week the drive to bring about a showdown on CIO's attitude toward the thorny Issue be came one of the convention's major activities. The amalgamated clothing work ers' union headed by Sidney Hill- man, labor member of the national defense commission, played a leading part in the drive, supporting a reso lution to condemn communism, fas cism and nazism, and also a proposal to put Into CIO's constitution an amendment which would make members of any of the three isms Ineligible to hold paid Jobs in CIO offices. The communist issue has been de scribed by well-informed labor men as one of the problems Involved In the consideration of Philip Murray as Lewis successor in the CIO presi dency. Crime Career of Pair Cut Short Payette, Ida., Nov. 21 OJ.R) Seventeen-year-old Bob Roach of Seattle, Wash., and his 15-year-old girl com panion were held in the Payette county Jail today after their four day crime spree was checked by a policeman's gunfire. Shaken by his arrest, young Roach told officers how he persuaded Tesh Gune Dadian, Seattle high school girl, to run away with him. He ad mitted robbing a jewelry store with a pistol taken from the girl's home and then set out in a stolen car for a trip through Washington, Oregon and Into Idaho. They abandoned the car near Redmond, Ore., when it ran out of gas, and hitch-hiked to Ontario, Ore. There they picked up another car from a used car lot on the pre tense of buying it, Roach related. Yesterday they stopped at a ser vice station In the desert near here and allegedly slugged the attendant after getting a tankful of gasoline. The crime trail ended outside of Bole where police awaited their ar rival. Roach refused to halt when police signalled, but a round of bul lets into the tires stopped the car. They will be held here to answer charges of slugging the service sta tion operator, Louis Guldott! Drive Launched In AFL Against Racketeers New Orleans, Nov. 21 (ff) Suc cess in some form lor a mfcatfure that would drive racketeers out of its labor unions was forecast today by a key man in the American Fed eration of Labor. But while the rest of the AFT. convention delegates observed Thanksgiving day, representatives of the International Ladies' Gar ment workers, which has 100,000 members in the New York area, met to consider demands, for a wage hike and the possibility of a strike. David Dubinsky, one of the au thors of the an ti -racketeering mea sure and president of the garment workers, said: "Our ILGW general executive board, which meets every three months, was called Into session to day to work out a contract for the one expiring February 1. . "We'll want to preserve our pres ent 35-hour week and may ask foi higher wages. Because of these and other demands we will also consider the possibility of a strike." "I don't see how the convention can fail to act favorably on the anti-racketeering resolution," said an official who Is a member of the AFL executive council and the reso lutions committee. The executive council In its an nual report condemned gangsterism within unions but acknowledged that the general body of the AFL lacked constitutional authority to deal with the problem as It arose in indivi dual unions. 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