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1 Gapit aMJoi5 iial i Am Life is Not All Sordid even In these tempestuous times of world conflict. Get refreshing glimpse of the lighter side In the comics and human Interest features which help to round out your daily Capital Journal. Weather Pair with higher temperatures and lower humidity tonight and Thurs day. Moderato to fresh N.E. wind. Tuesday max. 75, min. 48. Rain 0. River 1.9 ft. North wind, clear. 53rd Year, No. 121 Entered m second elui matter mt Salem, Oregon Salem, Oregon Wednesday, May 21, 1941 Price Three Cents On Trains and News Stands- -Five Oeott More Airboroe Nazi Troops Land in Crete 1 fl W Bta .1 II Shipyard Strike At Bay Cities Union Chief Leads Workers Through Mach inists' Picket Line (B7 the Associated Press) A senate defense investi gating committee' took steps today to inquire into the tie up of $500,000,000 worth of 31UU-UU11U111K Vile uan &-cii- cisco area unless a smite Dy about 2,000 CIO and AFL ma chinists is terminated at once, Charles P. Clark, counsel for the committee headed by Senator Truman (D.-Mo.), said he already had assurance from E. F. Dillon, business agent for a local of the Interna tional Association of Machinists at San Francisco, that the unions would "gladly" appear before the committee in Washington Friday, The machinists rejected a person al plea of Governor Olson of Calif, ornla that they lay aside their griev ances and return to work at 11 ship yards In the interests of patriotism. New Strike Threat A new strike threat came from South Bend, Ind., where officials of the .United Automobile Workers (Old) union said 3000 workers In the Bendix Aviation corporation products plant had rejected a pro. posed 7-cent-an-hour wage in, p.reni?B and Rot MftV 2Q as thn dend, line tor a' walkout. The union had asKca a lo-ceni increase m pres, ent undisclosed scales. Groups of AFL men returned, to work through the picket lines of the west coast machinists without Interference this morning. John Frey, head of the AFL metal trades council, led 600 of them into Moore's shipyard in Oakland. Yard opera tors said they did not know how lone they could work without mach, inlsts. : Earlier Frey had said; he and other union leaders would lead 15,000 workers through the picket lines "and God help the man who tries to stop me." Tacoma Plants Close At Tacoma a second strike front developed in the local woodworking industry today when pickets of the Lumber and Sawmill Workers' un ion (AFL) appeared at the Sizer and Co. box factory and the Brew Manufacturing company, Puyallup. Both plants closed down this morning, throwing 275 persons out i work. Meanwhile, Federal Labor Concil iator Adolf Hoch called a meeting of operators and workers of the three-day-old strike of Boommen and Rafters union (CIO) which clos ed the sawmills of the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber company, and the Peterman Manufacturing company, affecting 1000 men. (Concluded on page 11, column 6) French lo Scuttle Ships If Intercepted London, May 21 UP) The French admiralty has Instructed masters of French merchantmen to scuttle their ships if Intercepted by British war' ships, the British ministry of ecO' nomic warfare declared today. The ministry statement said that a copy of such instructions which had come Into British possession was signed for Vice-Premier Admiral t Jean sarlan by a rear admiral nam led Auphan. What, Ho! Summer! WHEREAS, Old Sol smiles be nignly (knock, knock) upon Sal em and the Willamette valley as is his wont In the merry month of May, and WHEREAS, pride In our un rivaled climate and ambition to spread its fame In contradiction of the calumny which imposes upon us the nickname, "Web feet," dictate outward expression of faith in its abiding salubrtous ness, and WHEREAS, It is fitting (size 6:4) that the male of the species adorn himself gaily and appro priately for the vernal season, therefore, BY THE POWER INVESTED IN ME, as Mayor of Salem, I hereby declare and proclaim Thursday. May 22, as Straw Hat Day, an occasion upon which headgear fashioned from the cellulose fibre stalks of the grain fields shall be donned by all stal wart males of this city. W. W. CHADWICK. Mayor. she. ii itflfciST atnfH usiiii sJfct ffsMia m MflMtt Princess Released Princess Stephanie Hohenlohe (above),, walked out of the U. S. immi gration station in San Francisco after being held several weeks' for deportation. Authorities said the deportation order would re main in force and her where-' abouts would be known at all, times. Associated Press Photo.' to Tell Program Washington, May 21 UP) The United States, it was learned autiv orltatively today, has made the equivalent of a diplomatic call on the Vichy government for a forth' right declaration of France's future intentions in "collaborating" with Germany. Vichy has been given the under standing, it was said, that it can not hope to restore Franco-Americ an relations to harmony unless it is first prepared to supply full as surances In writing that France will hold rigidly, to the terms of the June, 1940,. armistice in all subse quent dealings with the third relch. Secretary Hull's sternly-worded explanation of U. S. views to French Ambassador Heniy-Haye contained the diplomatic cue, informed sources asserted, that a formal note, putting France on record, was the only so lution. The uncertainty over French in tentions meanwhile increased over night with the news from Martin ique that the French cruiser Emlle Bertin and the aircraft carrier Bearn had been out to sea for what the commanding admiral called "routine exercises." The officer was quoted as saying that no real pre parations for the ships' departure were being made. As far as is known here, this was the first time the vessels have ven tured out of port since they berthed at the French colony in the Carib bean when-France fell last year. Informed sources were slow to ac cept the Martinique explanation that the purpose, in part, was to keep up the morale of the crews, Sewage and Tenure Bills Both Approved With a traction over only 14 per cent of Salem's qualified voters casting their ballots in yesterday's special election bonds of $200,000 for construction of a sewage disposal plant were approvea, ana tne tenure oi office for appointive city officers was Increased from one to two years. Of 16,607 registered voters In the city only 2,415 went to the poles. The vote on the bond Issue was 1,393 for and 997 against On the tenure of office bill the vote was 1,321 to 1,032. Only one ward, No. 5, voted against the two measures. On the bond Issue the vote by wards was: , Ves No Ward 1 228 126 Ward 2 153 98 Wards 3 US 83 Ward 4 162 150 Ward S 240 248 Ward 6 261 169 Ward 7 236 123 Totals 1393 991 The sewage disposal plant Is an approved WPA project, the federal government to grant $233,842. and the city's share to be (224,923. Of Survivors of Zamzam to Leave France Nazis to Permit 140 Americans to Go to Neutral Countries Washington, May 21 UPy The state department was adf vised today that German na val authorities would permit American survivors from the sunken freighter Zamzam to leave France. The report came through Vichy, France, from Henry S. Waterman, American consul at Bordeaux, before he left for St. Jean de Luz where the 1940 Americans were taken by the Germans. Waterman's report said that German naval authorities have no objection American survivors leav tag via Spain, Portugal." Waterman said he was leaving Bordeaux Immediately for the place where the Americans were held and would report fully after his arrival there. ' Ambulance Drivers Berlin, May 21 (ff) German mil itary authorities will make sure that American ambulance drivers cannot divulge any military infor mation to the United States - oi Britain, authorized sources declar ed today.- This- came in response to the question whether the Amer icans captured In the sinking of the Egyptian liner Zamzam would be released soon. Donald Heath, frst secretary of the United States embassy, who called at the foreign office today, was understood to have received official assurances of the Ameri cans' safety and to have been told that arrangements would be made for them to be visited by an Amer ican consular official. Speedy Release Speedy release of the 140 Ameri cans taken off the Zamzam before she was sunk in the south Atlantic by a nazi warship previously had been forecast by an authorized German spokesman. This source said It was expected that the Americans declared safe at the German occupied French port of St. Jean de Luz would be permitted to leave shortly for neu tral countries. "It Is a publicly known fact that the American patrolling system has for its chief purpose that of re porting on anything that might be of service to the British," author' lzed sources later observed. "It must be assumed that the ambulance drivers pledged to Gen eral De Gaulle have a similar as signment." The statement followed an offi cial announcement that all 322 persons aboard the vessel had been saved. (The Berlin cable did not Indi cate what disposition the Germans Intended to make of . those not American citizens. (The Zamzam, which sailed March 20 from New York, was en route to Capetown, South Africa, and Alexandria when sunk.) the latter the state of Oregon is responsible up to $50,000 on ac count of benefit to state institu tions. Three engineering concerns al ready have submitted bids on con struction of the plant, and It Is intended that the project shall start without much delay. Senti ment has developed In recent days in West Salem for use of the plant by that municipality, which would pump Its sewage across the river for treatment in the plant. Al derman Glenn Gregg said a special council meeting may be called to act on bids that have been re ceived from engineers. Tom Da Ike, chairman of the West Salem planning council, said the suggestion that West Salem might use the plant had come to the council from the people of the community, and that It Is being dis cussed seriously, . -EL3 one Bouncing Along In Tow of 37 mm anti-tank gun (top) Was demonstrated by one ot the la gun crews commanded by Captain How , ard Crawford, 15th Infantry, at the state f airgrou nds yesterday. Dropped in position by the "Jeep" the crew springs into action (middle photo) to man the gun and, having cleared it for action, falls into firing positions shown below.. It takes a stone wall to stop the powerful little four-wheel drive "Jeeps" which, with the driver strapped In-his seat, take ro ugh ground, ditches, hills and even brush patches In their stride.' Military Precision Shown by Troops Military precision was highly exemplified by the loth U. S. Infantry and other units in the 3rd division and IX army corps which stopped overnight at the state fairgrounds as the "all clear" signll was given as the last of the motorized troops left the south city limits at 7 :30 o'clock this morning, nearly three and a half hours ahead of the contingent the previous day. The fair grounds were deserted for several hours until the advance unit of the following contingent began to arrive for another over night bivouac. Troop movements will continue through the week, the last over night stop being Friday. Rolling into Salem today for an overnight stop at the fair grounds will be 383 vehicles, comprising men of Headquarters detachment of the 3rd division; 10th Field Artillery battalion; 39th Field Artillery ba tallion; 41st Field Artillery battal ion and the 99th anti-tank battal ion. Secrecy Is not the plan of this modern streamlined army that moves Its equipment, men and pre pares meals while rolling along the highways at 40 miles an hour. Of ficers and soldiers are glad to give civilians a chance to see their equipment and inspect the "Jeeps," those little short-coupled four- (Concluded on pane 12, column 5) Ford Employes Voting on Union Detroit, May 21 (U.R) More than 83,000 workers of the Ford Motor company were voting by secret bal lot today on whether they want a labor union to bargain for them with Henry Ford, and, If so, which one. i Starting at 4 a.m. In the vast River Rouge plant, the workers were participating in a national labor relations board election to determine the outcome of Ford's bitter four year fight against labor unions. The Lincoln plant workers began voting at 7 a.m. Late tonight the ballot boxes from both plants will be sealed and put under careful guard until the count ing starts Thursday noon. Results will be announced about four or five hours later. Missing Student Found in Nevada Portland. May 21 UP) Laurence Moore, 20, University of Oregon stu dent missing since February 28, has been located at Las Vegas, Nev pol ice said last night. The youth Is the son of Earl Moore, John Day, Ore., attorney. r of the army's rough riding, but it fluent allrpurpose ,'Jeep" trucks this Crash Fata! to One Soldier Roseburg, Ore., May 21 UP) Two accidents as the motor convoy ot the 7th Infantry, en route from the Fort Lewis area to California, struck the crooked mountain roads of southern Oregon this morning left one dead, one reportedly seriously hurt and 15 others hospitalized with undetermined injuries. Fatally injured was Private E. Dow, Co. C, 7th infantry, who was crushed when a squad truck con taining 24 men rolled off the Pa cific highway near the Douglas-Josephine county line about 9 a.m. Fifteen passengers in the truck, driven by Jerry Carney, Jr., Co. G, 47th QMC, colored, one of the In jured, were taken to the Josephine county hospital at Grants Pass. The convoy unit was In command of Lieutenant Byron Burns. Private Ralph F. Kraby, MB Co. 209, 76th infantry, of 4331-42nd ave nue S. Minneapolis, Minn., was re ported seriously Injured about 11 a. m. when his motorcycle crashed head-on Into an automobile occu pied by the Rev. and Mrs. T. E. Mack, Prescott, Mich. The accident occurred about three miles south of Canyonvllle. Kraby was brought by ambulance to the Veterans hospital at Roseburg. He was reported to have suffered internal injuries, the extent of which had not been de termined. Occupants of the auto mobile escaped Injury. Stalin's Policy One Of Preparedness Moscow, May 21 W The policy of the Stalinist government was said by Comsomol Pravda, organ of the young communist league, today to be one of independence and armed preparedness. A four-column article pointed out that Soviet Russia remained neu tral. But it criticized a pacifist spirit and asserted that "the pres ent International situation compels us to prepare seriously day to day for war." . British Capture 18,000 Italians Cairo, May 21 UP) A. British gen eral headquarters report today said that in Ethiopia the surrender of the Italian viceroy, the Duke of Aosta, his staff and forces gave the British a total of from 18,000 to 19,000 new prisoners, taken dur ing and after the battle of Amba Alaji. Aosta's staff Included five generals and "a number of other senior officers." The British also gained quantities of Italian war material. In the lakes region south ot Ad dis Ababa British forces were re ported closing in on the remnants of two Italian divisions, having captured an Italian brigadier and other prisoners. In northeastern Italian Somali land, British In mop-up operations, claimed capture of "some hun dreds" of Italians who had taken refuge In the town of Tohen, Just occupied. On the north African front the British reported "no change" in the situation of the axls-bcsleged force at Tobruk, Libya, but said that me chanized patrols "again vigorously harassed the enemy" In the Salum area, along the Egyptian-Libyan border. In Iraq tho British said they were continuing a round-up of "rebel detachments" In the area of Fallujah, already reported taken. The situation at Habbanlyah and Basra was described as quiet. American Ships to Be Sent to Red Sea Washington, May 21 (U.R) United States merchant ves sels are going into the hazardous service of supply to British forces in the near east despite the fate of the Egyptian steam er Zamzam and emphatic advice from Vichy thaft the Dakar air base la at Oermany's service. The maritime commission reveal ed in a circular addressed to news paper editors that It was going ahead with the Red sea service. Elaborate plans for It had been made before these developments took place: 1. Germany threatened to sink vessels entering the Red sea In the Interests of British forces in the middle cast. 2. French Ambassador Gaston Henry-Haye told the state depart ment that all French air fields. In cluding those In the colonies, were placed at Germany's disposal by Germans Claim Strategic Points Now Occupied Berlin Reports Satisfac tion with Progress Made In Battle of Crete Berlin, May 21 (IP) Ger man air-Dome troops wnicn landed yesterday in Crete have occupied several points of strategic, tactical import ance, an authorized spokes man reported today. Parachutists landed in clus ters near spots they had been directed to occupy, the spokes man said this after heavy attacks on the' defense posi tions by the Luftwaffe's dive- bombers. The spokesman called the action "daring." He emphasized that there still was no official German announce ment on the assault or was there any authorized specific summariza tion of the results of the Invasion. It was 'said a communique prob ably would be forthcoming this eve ning. Progress Made Authorized quarters previously had expressed satisfaction with the pro- gress of their over-water assault on the Greek island. They denied charges by Prime Minister Churchill yesterday that their parachutists landed In New Zealand uniforms and said there would be nonolnt in this "since pre liminary: bombing did away with the element of surprise to the attack, Belief was expressed by these sources that King George II of Greece, whose government has been shifted to Crete, already had left the island. "If he hasn't gone," a spokesman said, "you can be sure he's ready to Jump." Threaten Reprisals Authorized Germans declared any brutal or Illegal treatment of their parachute troops would bring stern reprisals. (The British radio, following up Prime Minister Churchill's charge that Invaders wore New Zealand battle dress, broadcast a warning to German armed forces that "who ever, In violation of international law, fights in an enemy uniform, must expect to be shot at once when taken prls-ner"). The Germans were aroused by Churchill's assertion yesterday that the German parachutists wore New Zealand uniforms. "This infamous statement," one spokesman declared, "undoubtedly Is In preparation for combatting the Germans by means forbidden by in ternational law." No Cantonments For Polk County The 200 Polk county farmers who worried lest the army take their lands for an army cantonment site don't need to worry any more the army never wanted their land In the first place. The war department advised Gov. ernor Charles A. Spraguo today of receipt of petitions from tho far mers, protesting against any move to construct a camp In Polk county. Army officers made surveys In several sections of tho state, In cluding Polk county, but they de cided that if there would be any new cantonments, they would be near Eugene and Mcdford. the armistice of lost June. 3. Revelation that Germany sank the Egyptian liner Zamzam a month ago In the south Atlantic, alleging she carried contraband. The maritime commission circu lar requested a voluntary censor ship of movements of merchant vessels aiding the democracies and, specifically, regarding actual or In tended sailings to the Red sea, Chi na, Rangoon and feeder services On May 9, before that request was made, the United Press revealed that 27 United States merchant vessels-were belni assembled for the Red sea service. Germany sub sequently proclaimed a combat zone in that area. Battle Rages With Increasing Intenseness British Have Situation Well in Hand Despite Nazi Reinforcements Cairo, Egypt, May 21 UP) Informed Greek sources said they understood the British had the situation in Crete in hand early this morning, but they acknowledged that some invading units still were fight ing. The Germans were said to have suffered heavy cas ualties in landing and the Greek sources here expressed confidence the allies were well able to mop up those still re sisting today. By Edward W. Beattle, Jr. London, May 21 (U.R) Fighting continues and must be expected to increase in se verity on the strategic Medi terranean island of Crete, Prime Minister Winston Churchill said today following reports that German rein forcements were landing by parachute, glider, air trans port and possibly by warship to boost the total invading force to an estimated 8500 to 11,500 p men, . .. -v .." Adolf -Hitler's luftwaffe continued hammering attacks to support the aerial Invasion and it was report ed that axis naval units had at tempted to break through the Brit ish navy and land reinforcements. (A British broadcasting company report heard by Columbia Broad casting System said some axis sea transports may already have broken through to Crete.) Fighting Continues The military situation was report ed "in hand" at 9 pjn., Tuesday, Churchill told tho house ot com mons, but added: We must expect that the fight ing must continue and Increase In severity." The prime minister referred only to the Heraclean (Candla) and Re tlmo (Rcthymnon) sectors, both on the middle north coast of Crete about 70 miles from the Greek main land, and to the landing ot about 3000 parachutists around Suda Bay, (Concluded on pngc 11, column 8) $11 Million for Detroit Dam A letter from R. H. Klpp, secre tary of the Willamette Valley Pro ject, to the county court here, pre dicts that $11,000,000 will be au thorized to construct the Detroit dam on the North Santlam river and will be passed by the present congress. However, he qualifies this by stating that authorization does not mean appropriation and that the money will not be avail able until appropriated by congress, which he does not think will hap pen with this present congress. When the $11,000,000 for the De troit dam and $3,400,000 for the Oregon City locks will be appro printed, he says no one can tell. Ho states that $70,000,000 Is sup posed to bo appropriated this year for flood control and allocated to various projects and thinks Oregon will get enough to complete the Cottnge Grove dam and $500,000 on the Dorcna unit. Ho further states ho docs not expect any mon ey for additional bank revetment work until more water can be stor ed In reservoirs constructed. However, he says the Willamette project Is In as favorable a posi tion before congress as any flood control project. Knudsen Demands More Aluminum Washington, May 21 W An In crease In aluminum production to a rate of 1,600,000,000 pounds annual ly will be necessary for the defense program, William S. Knudsen, di rector of the office of production management, said today. Production during March was ap proximately 8.000,000 pounds. Knudsen said that "the only place to get aluminum Is where there Is water power." He mentioned the Bonneville dam area as the most likely site of new aluminum production facilities.
