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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, .
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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.