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1 apitatpJoiiirinLal -JUS Salem, Oregon fllk KH B Saturday, June 21, 1941 Salem's Airport is fast becoming one ot the best In the west. What use Is made of It depends on Salem and Its enter prise in promoting utilization of the port. Join the army of airport boost- Weather Occasional showers today, becom ing fair Sunday afternoon. Temper atures slightly below normal. Friday max, 71, mln. 50. Rain 0. River 1 ft. I w m 1yQ Entered u woond elau 5iT0 Tear, INO. I40 msttcr at Salem, Oregon Price Thrpo (Vnrc 00 rralrul "em rnte inieev-enrs stand--piv cent it.waa.yl -O 1 'fl Dead Ir"B Cirew mmaiTDinie on ceam rioor of Sub r Close A Damascus Evacuated by French Forces "Heavy Allied Pressure Drives Vichy Troops to Positions Outside City By Harold Feters Beirut, June 21 (U.R) French troops have evacuated Damascus, it was announced officially tonight. The announcement said that Vichy troops were or dered to evacuate the ancient city because of heavy enemy pressure and in order to avoid fighting in the narrow streets and bazaars of the oriental metropolis. The announcement said that French troops fell back to po sitions outside the city. An allied column has been fight ing just outside Damascus for sev eral days and late yesterday opened fire on the city with artillery bat teries, starting a number of fires. Vichy Report (A Vichy report said that the Bri tish had renewed their attacks on Damascus, virtually surrounding the city and that Gen. Henri Dentz, Syrian high commissioner, had re- I ported that the situation there was "dangerous Damascus is believed to be the oldest Inhabited city in the world. Its principal thoroughfare "The Street that is called Straight" was famous before the time of Christ and is mentioned In Biblical passages, The city also is a Holy center for the Moslems. Along with the evacuation of Da mascus, authorities announced that another British column is driving Into Syria. This is a motorized col umn, advancing on ancient Palmyra from the Iraq frontier. Drive on Palmyra' Palmyra is about 100 miles from the nearest point of the Iraq front ier and lies about 140 miles due east of Tripoli, terminus of the Syrian branch of the pipeline from the Mo sul oil fields. The announcement did not indi cate eactly how far Inside Syria the British column has advanced. , (Turkish sources have persistent- 1 ly reported that a British motorized force is advancing into Syria from Iraq but there has been no official confirmation from London or Cairo) . Cairo, June 21 VP) The RAP mid dle east command announced today that the British fleet's air arm had attacked shipping in the harbor of Beirut, Lebanon, scoring four direct hits on a large jetty and hitting "i ship believed to have been a sub marine." The attack was yesterday, the RAF said, and came while RAF filers were attacking armored fight ing vehicles on the Damascus-Bei rut road, destroying "a considerable number" of vehicles. Axis War Economy Held Strengthened Rome, June 21 (IP) Authoritative sources said today the war economy of both Italy and Germany had I been strengthened in agreements reached In Berlin which put "arm ed forces in position to meet new tasks." The agreement, they said, was reached by committees which met in the past fortnight. Details were kept secret except for the disclosure that they were largely concerned with war supplies. Economic, financial and monetary problems connected with the Ital ian-German occupation of Yugo slavia and Greece also were solved. an Informant said. Yugoslav King Arrives in England London, June 21 (IP) Accom panied by his prime minister and other ministers, 17-year-old King Petar II of conquered Yugoslavia arrived in England at 4:45 a. m. to day and it was understood the Yugoslav government in exile would ' be established in London. The party, traveling by plane, was greeted by the Duke of Kent, brother of King George VI of Eng land. 11 Ita Han Consula tes British Stage Great Raid pn Invasion Ports RAF Offensive Continues In Waves 24 Nazi Fighting Planes Downed London, June 21 ffl The air ministry announced to night that at least 24 German fighter planes had been shot down during two KAF onen sive sweeps over northern France today. The British acknowledged the loss of one bomber and three of their own fighters in the day s operations, which began early and continued late in the evening of this longest day of the year. In the big attacks British fighters accompanied heavy bombers in at tacks on the "invasion ports" of the German-held French coast, the at tacking planes roaring out over the channel in waves and their bombs exploding on enemy targets with earth-shattering reverberations felt on the English side. Raid Objectives The forays have twin objectives, informed sources said: 1. To continue pounding German held bases and , ports, in, northern Europe. 2. A campaign of attrition against, the luftwaffe which they said was highly successful, with a record of 48 planes shot down In a week 10 of them in today's sweeps alone. Observers said British planes fill ed the skies over the channel In what appeared to be a non-stop as sault on the nazi-held "invasion coast line of France. Explosions Heard Two British planes were said to be missing from the combined bomb er and fighter squadrons one a bomber and the other a fighter whose pilot was saved. Bomb explosions could be heard clearly across the mist-shrouded strait as the British bombers sand wiched between a strong escort of fliers carried out an evidently In tense assault. PGE to Purchase Butte Light Co. Washington, June 21 (U.R) Re quest has been made by the Portland General Electric company of the federal power commission for au thority to buy the Butte Light and Power company, Scotts Mills, Ore., for $20,000, subject to certain adjust ments. The Butte company operates In Marlon and Clackamas counties, in and around the community of Scotts Mills. It serves about 200 customers, the application said, and buys about 85 per cent of its electric energy from Portland General electric. The application states that cus tomers will receive a substantial re duction in rates if the merger is approved. The proposed merger has been ap proved by the Oregon public utili ties commissioner in accordance with terms of a purchase agreement of May 15. Turkey Bound to Neutrality in War London, June 21 () A day the Uerman-lurkey treaty contained a secret clause bind ing Turkey to benevolent neutrality in the event of war be tween uermany and soviet Russia.- The clause, which would bar the Dardanelles to Russian war or sup ply ships if the soviet union fought Germany, was said by this source to have been forced on Turkey by "terrific German pressure like the rest of the declaration of German Turkish friendship." This source said he was told by well-placed Informants that Ger many insisted on the Turkish pact as a prelude to what he called "big moves" in eastern Europe In volving Russia, These moves were slad to be re garded by the Germans as necessary to Insure their eastern frontiers against trouble and leave them free . - ' i I li Mi""""" -': ' " v liilMLJIIM-Tltl Kufc g j s f f j k Aboard Sub Ensign M. P. Wan gness (top), San Diego, Calif., and Lieut. Howard J. Abbott (bottom),, Osceola, Iowa, com manding officer, were aboard the missing submarine 0-9, the navy department announced in Washington. Associated Press Photo. Soviet Creates Wreckage Zone By Hubert Uxkull Helsinki, Finland, June 20, 10:50 P, M. (U.PJ Russia Is hastily creat ing a 60 mile "zone of devastation" along the German-Lithuanian fron tier refugees reported tonight as Finland's middle-aged men were called to army duty under a gen eral mobilization order. Travelers arriving here after hav ing escaped across the Finnish gulf from Esthonla said that Russian authorities had evacuated entire populations of several coastal dis trlcts is Esthonla, Latvia and Lith uania and had arrested many "un desirables." On the Lithuanian frontier, it was asserted, Russia was destroying bridges and railroads and burning or blowing up houses and entire villages to create its "devastation zone." Anti-aircraft guns suddenly ap peared on the tops of higher build ings in Helsinki and many motor trucks and private automobiles were commandeered. A general mobilization order Is sued last night sent all reservists up to the age of 44 years to the colors at once. rne mobilization posters were displayed at all street corners, the glaring white of the paper attract ing bystanders. reliable foreign source said to to launch a "death blow" against England. Highly-placed sources in London have said they expect a German effort to land such a blow within the next three months. if tne Dardanelles, the narrow strait between the Mediterranean and Black seas, were sealed against the Russians they would lose their readiest connection with Britain,' a possible ally of the soviet in any Russian-German war. This would Isolate Britain from Russia, in fact, except by difficult land connections through the mid dle east and by sea through the Arctic. Fascist Agencies Ousted Except Italian Embassy All American Officials in Axis Lands to be Return ed to United States Washington, June 21 (IP) The United States today or dered all Italian consulates in the United States closed and all Italian consular officers re moved from American terri tory before July 15. Undersecretary Welles, at the same time, announced that the United States embas sies in Berlin and in Rome have been instructed to make arrangements for the return to this country of all American con sular officials in those two coun tries, but at the same time to cate gorically reject allegations made against them by the nazi and fas cist governments. All Agencies Closed In addition to Italian consular of ficials, Undersecretary Welles an nounced that the Italian govern ment had been requested to remove all agencies and organizations of the fascist government, with the excep tion of the Italian embassy here. "" All 'German' consulates in " this country were ordered closed last Monday, and Berlin and Rome im mediately retaliated by ordering United States consuls out of Ger many, Italy and occupied countries, Italian consulates at Detroit and Newark were ordered closed several months ago, on charges by the state department that they had engaged in improper activities. Inimical Activities The German consular officials and employes were directed to leave for activities inimical to the welfare of the United States. Welles in a a note to Prince Colonna, the tal- ian ambassador, said that "the con tinued functioning of Italian consu lar establishments in the territory of the United States would serve no desirable purpose.'1 After French Somaliland Vichy, Unoccupied France, June 21 (P) The French said today that the British had sent an ultimatum to French Somaliland demanding that the colony join the de Gaullist movement and fight on the British side or be starved out by blockade. Vichy sources had told earlier of increasing British and de Gaullist pressure against the east African colony on the Gulf of Aden Sur rounded by the British conquered Italian colony of ' Eritrea, British Somaliland and Ethiopia, now vir tually free of Italian rule. (Britain, too, holds sea suprem acy in that area, strategically lm portent because French Somali land's capital and principal port, Jibuti, Is linked by rail with the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.) The French in a double protest to the British through their Madrid embassy and to the American gov ernment through their embassy in Washington, declared: "This ultimatum, without prece dent In history, means condemna tion to a slow death by famine of a population, living in a land to tally uncultivated, with the lntcn tion of forcing it to declare a re bellion against the fatherland." Moscow Women And Children Leave Helsinki, Finland, June 21 UP) Dispatches in the Finnish press from Russia indicated today that women and children perhaps are being evacuated to some extent from Moscow and other large cities as well as from some Lithuanian towns, (An Associated Press dispatch from Moscow yesterday said all was quiet there. (The Vichy correspondent of Swiss newspaper, Tribune de Ge neve, quoted Swedish sources as saying that reported evacuation of children from Russian cities was explained officially as summer va cations.) Missing 0-9 And Sister Ship The United States submarine 0-9 lies at its pier In Boston navy yard with its sister ship O-10. The navy reported to 0-9, recently recommissioned after lying idle for 10 years-, was overdue after a test dive off the Isle of Shoals off Portsmouth, N. H. Associated Press Photo. FDR 's Message Given Germany Washington, June 21 (P) Sumner Welles, undersecre tary 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 international outlaw." The message was sent to Hot Weather Rules in East (Bt the Associated Press) The almanac listed the official arrival of summer today but folks in the sweltering eastern two thirds of the nation vowed it had sneaked in with a full head of steam some time Wednesday. Fans and ice cube freezers did extra duty from the Dakotas to the Atlantic where temperatures In the 90s were general yesterday. And "more, but hotter" was all the Chicago weather bureau could offer. Forecasters said the spell would stay on for two more days and grow In severity. A cooler mass, the bureau said, was expected to move in from the north Pacific coast or western Can ada early next week, bringing scat tered showers. Some showers and thunderstorms were expected today in North Dakota and parts of the central plains. In the south where the air was heavy with moisture, heavy show ers developed yesterday. Browns ville, Tex., had a fall of 2.28 Inches in 12 hours. Amounts were heavy at other points along the Gulf coast, in Florida and scattered in land regions. The mercury surged to 105 In Phoenix, Ariz., the highest in the nation yesterday. Yuma, Ariz., had 104 and other highs included 95 at St. Louis, 93 at Chicago, Cleve land Memphis and Albuquerque, N. M.; 92 at Boston, Philadelphia, Washington and Kansas City, and 9: at New York, Oklahoma City and Minneapolis and St, Paul. More British Ships Sunk by U-Boafs Berlin, June 21 IP) Six British merchantmen and a catapult plane equipped auxiliary cruiser all to gether 52,900 tons of shipping were sunk by submarines recently in the north Atlantic, the German high command declared today. . It reported that bombers, attack ing last night off the Humber es tuary, sank a 6,000 ton freighter and damaged two other large mer chant vessels. Draft Objector Quits Faculty Ncwbcrg, Ore., June 21 (IP) Ed win A, Sanders, serving a sentence at the federal road camp at Fort Lewis for refusing to register for the draft, has mailed to Pacific Col lege his resignation as professor of English and German, President Emmet Oulley of the Quaker institution said today the resignation doubtless would be ac cepted by tho college board. Hans Thomsen, German charge d'affaires, along with a note which said "I am directed by the president of the United states to transmit to you herewith, for your Information of your government, a copy of a mes sage addressed today by the presi dent to the congress of the United States. "Accept sir, the renewed assur ances of ,r.y high consideration." A strong note demanding that Germany make full reparations for the sinking was expected to follow. Welles told reporters that this de mand would be made as soon as the proper compensation had been de cided upon. It was considered a foregone con clusion that this nation's official representations would Include a di rect warning against any further molestation of American shipping. The president withheld any indi cation of the means which would be used to make his forceful declara tion effective. In this, he adhered to his established policy of keeping the axis leaders guessing. Russian Children On Scientific Trips New York, June 21 (IP) The Mos cow radio announced today in a broadcast heard here by CBS that 1,500,000 Soviet school children would leave large Russian cities "to participate in various scientific ex peditions." CBS said there was nothing In the broadcast to suggest that these mass "expeditions" or "excursions' were In the nature of evacuations Neither, according to CBS, did the Moscow radio mention foreign pol icy or defense In Its "review of to day's press." Experts Will Discuss Needs of A irport Here Qualified authorities on question of governmental con trol, requirements for army air bases and facilities needed to secure air mail and passenger service, will be the principal speakers at a public luncheon to be held at the Chamber of Commerce for the discussion of Balem's air port problems and tho prospects of obtaining an army air corps can tonment here. Assurances have been received from the district offices of the Civil Aeronautics Authority and the air corps that representatives of those branches of the federal service will be on hand to speak and answer questions concerning desirable de velopments here, with particular emphasis on the land needs for an adequate field. United Air Lines, which has an application pending before the CAA for establishment of passenger and mall service here, will be represent-, Nazi-Russian Showdown Near Ankara, Turkey, June 19 (Delay, ed) (IP) A fighting showdown be tween Germany and Soviet Russia in "days, , not weeks" unless Russia makes drastic economic concessions was predicted today by a military attache of one of the axis-signed powers mobilizing alongside the nazis. Taciturn Soviet diplomatic sour ces in Turkey declared meanwhile that Germany's reported demands for control of Russian grain and oil production would be impossible to grant. They added grimly that the red army was not afraid of a test of strength with the nazis. All along the frontier men with guns are on the march again, re peated reports reaching here Indi cated. Axis satellites Rumania, Hungary and Slovakia have been reported brought to a virtual war footing, with demobilized reservists recalled to the colors and towns given pre cautionary blackout Instructions. Against this gathering weight of men and arms, It was said here, the red army has been moving Into its central defense zone from Kiev in the Ukraine to Minsk, back of the old Russian-Polish frontier. Word reaching hero indicated the red army also was strengthening Its positions in the far north on the basts of reports that the Germans have as many as six divisions near Pctsamo, Finland. A Reuters, British news agency, dispatch from Istanbul today said passengers arriving In Turkey from Rumania reported clashes already occurring along the Rumanian Russian border between Rumanian soldiers and the red army. Reuters said there was no confirmation ol these reports from other sources. Liner To Portland Portland, June 21 (U.R) Reports today said the liner President Jack son of the American Presidents line would arrive here next week for conversion Into a troop transport. The big liner was launched a lit tle over a year ago at Newport News, Va., and was placed in com mission late lost fall. ed at the meeting by E. s. Maroney, manager of operations for the com pany at Portland. Particular consideration will be given to the need for acquisition of 150 acres of the William Brown farm at the south end of the pres ent field, and possibly somo acre age northwest of the port for ex tending runways to meet army re quirements and provide spaco for needed auxiliary facilities for a mo dern airport. The present field em braces a fraction more than 300 acres, acquired at a total cost of $34,900. Besides designated representatives of service clubs and other civic or (Concluded on pnse 7, column 6) 440 Feet of Water Crumples Vessel's Shell Probably Impossible to Salvage Diver Which Will be Grave for 33 Portsmouth, N. H., June 21 (P) Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox signified the "probability" today that the 33 officers and men who "died in line of duty out there" aboard the pressure-crushed submarine 0-9 would make their graves under the 440 feet of water where they now lie. Returning to the Ports mouth navy yard after an in lnspection aboard the submarine rescue ship Falcon, 18 miles off shore, Knox declared: "I would say that at that depth It is highly improbable that a salvage attempt would be undertaken." He spoke even as an Intrepid navy diver, George Crocker, was still be low In the deepest emergency dive ever undertaken in the North Atlan tic. Crocker faced the possibility of three hours below, and five hours in a decompression chamber, for the sake of five minutes of work on the deck of the sunken 0-9. No One Left Alive Knox said, in response to ques tions, that the accident to the 23- year-old 0-9, which lay idle for ten years before it was recommissioned . on June 1, would not affect the fu- ture use by the navy of the old typs ' of undersea craft. "There is every probability that there is no one alive down there," he added. "These men -died and I assume that they are dead In a hazardous line of duty." Knox said that If it was decided that salvage was impossible "some form of service" would be performed over the watery grave. Knox had voiced almost similar thoughts before leaving for the scene this morning. "At that depth," he said, "It is impossible for divers to conduct sal vage operations so far as we now know." "A Terrible Thing" "It is a terrible thing," Knox add ed, "but everything that can be done will be done. I will go to the scene if there is anything I can do to help." In Washington, simultaneously, navy men said they thought an at tempt would be made to salvage the 23-year-old 0-9, recently recommls- (Concludcd on page 7, column ) Prinz Eugen Hit In Sea Battle London, June 21 (IP) The 10,000 ton German cruiser Prinz Eugen was hit and badly damaged by a salvo from the 14 Inch guns or tho British battleship Prince of Wales before It escaped to Brest in the great naval battle In which the German battleship Bismarck was sunk. It was learned today. Tho salvo was said to have set the new German cruiser, raiding partner of the 35,000 ton Bismarck, afire "like a ruddy fireworks show." It was the battle baptism of the Prlnco of Wales, 35,000 ton British drcadnaught and sistershlp of the new King George V. A cruiser of Germany's Hipper class, believed to be the Prinz Eu gen, has been reported by the Brit ish at Brest with the 26.000 ton German battleships Gnclsenau and Scharnhorst. All have been tar gets of repeated British air assaults on the nazl-occupled French port. Senator Harrison Growing Weaker Washington, June 21 (IP) Aides of Senator Pat Harrison (D., Miss.) gravely III In Emergency hospital, reported today that he was growing weaker. Latest word was that his temper ature was abnormally high and that ho was unable to take nourishment. Dr. Sterling Ruffin, the senator's physician, said shortly before noon: "The senator appears to be losing ground. Ho Is not as well today as he was yesterday." Harrison, president pro tempore of the senate and chairman of the financo committee, has been in a critical condition since an operation Monday for an intestinal obstruction.
