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Washington, D. C, June 8.
There la one type of suoversive
activity which has for Its pur
pose involving the United States
In war, and yet neither the Dies
committee nor the FBI, with its
new sub-section created to com
bat such movements, is paying
attention. Tom-tom beaters are
attempting to plunge this coun
try up to the neck in the world
war.
For months distinguished Bri
tish politicos (they are called
statesmen at home), authors, lec
turers, social lights, etc., have
been circulating in the national
capital striving to convince
members of congress and the
American people that this Is
"our war". Lord Rothermore ar
rived this week. Duff Cooper
was here recently; ditto the son
of Conan Doyle (Sherlock
Holmes). Lord Lothian, British
ambassador, invites a selected
public to visit the gardens where
King George and Queen Eliza
beth held a reception last year.
It costs $1 to attend. Recently
Lord Lothian had an even more
select group at $10 a copy.
Society women are preparing
Bundles for Britain"; get their
names and pictures in the paper.
(Only time English women gave
bundles to America was when
they prepared them for the con
federates during the civil war).
Women at the cocktail hour (af
ter hoisting a couple), want the
men to go to war at once. At
present women in Washington
are more belligerent than the
men. One of the gentler sex
came out in the paper and calls
men sissies.
ALBERT Einstein, himself a
refugee, writes President
Roosevelt urging immediate aid
to the allies. This was an
nounced as an answer to a pe
tition signed by 300 students to
maintain peace. A retired admir
al of the U. S. navy (too old to
fight), advocates "going in".
Henry R. Luce, editor of Time
and Fortune, demands "unlim
ited aid", which means going
the whole hog. Walter Lipp
mann, one of the pundit column
ists, is pointing out "our duty"
and his arguments are played
up in such papers as entertain
similar views, or at least they
f are the personal views of the
publisher. Donor of one of the
best-known cups in sports Is
among those lobbying congress
men. IN this ration's capital anyons who
crttlclsrs the" ubvralvo activi
ties Is suspected of being a member
of the -fifth column."
After Florida's Pepper, with the
lick black hair, had an hour's pri
vate talk with the president, he went
to tha capltol and offered a resolu
tion authorizing the war snd navy
departmenta to dispose of operating
planes and bomber to England, and
the navy to transfer the tled-up
destroyers on the Pacific coast to the
British, because the latter have fbst
ao many of their own destroyers as
to be sadly crippled.
HOMER T. BON1, Washington's
senior senator, wants no en
tanglementa. Re has a bill I Indorsed
' by i dofen other senators!, which
would take the profit out of war
profits. For a year the measure haa
been on Ice. other senators, who
have munitions makers In their
states, an bracing themselves to
flht this proposition.
Missouri's Bennett Clark, who had
ail the war he wanted as a member
of A. E. P., haa no objection to any
of the war proponents fighting; tells
them they can go to Canada and
loin up wtth some outfit. Clark drew
tr.e fire of the president in the
fourteenth fireside chat by saying
money for defense has been poured
down a ret hole.
(Continued on Page tight.)
Found Guilty
Albany. June 8. i.Pi Rufus
A. Stults. Eugene Junk dealer
focused of slaying Alex Harju.
his partner in a junk deal, was
convicted of manslaughter by
a circuit court Jury.
Uncle Sam's Profits
Wallace. Idaho, June 8. 'P
A widely-known silver expert
estimated yester "y that the
I'nited States government had
made a profit of 31.725. 626,000
by bujiiig silver since 1834.
WEYGANDCENTER
Greatest Battle in History
Waged, With Paris as
Goal German Losses
High In Supreme Effort.
Paris. June 8 IIP) The French
were falling back tonight along
nearly 60 miles of the front but
till fighting against the German
offensive on Paris facing the
strongest attack of the war and
the most massive mechanized
onslaught (n military history.
The Germans threw 60 infan
try divisions and seven armored
divisions more than 1.000.000
men and 3.500 tanks into the
assault south of the Somme.
This mighty push reached its
peak in the center of the front,
where reserves were brought up
in the Oise valley the route to
Paris and hurled into the bat
tie in the region of Roye and
Noyon, in an area 48 miles
north of this capital.
Allies Outnumbered
In this sector alone the Ger
mans were estimated to have
used half a million men. Start
ing at dawn, after dive bombers,
artillery and tanks had opened
the way, the nazi infantry
charged, each man holding the
sholder of the man before him.
The French were outnum
bered in infantry.
North of the capital the
French withdrew for the second
successive day. The general
fall-back was called a "retire
ment maneuver," and a military
spokesman declared the main
line remained unbroken.
The nazis also struck a tre
mendous blow on the French
right (east) flank and succeeded
in establishing a foothold on the
south bank of the Aisne river.
In that sector, the French were
counter-attacking bitterly.
German pressure diminished
tonight on the extreme left
(west) flank, where the Bresle
river blocked their Infantry. A
tank column of 200 to 300 which
' penetrated south to Forges-Les-I
Faux was reported being pound
ed to bits by French artillery
and cannon-firing planes.
! Tha hattli rairpH tiith varvlnff
Intensity all along the new,
shortened 110-mile front from
the sea to the Aisne.
Machine Warfare
Military authorities not given
to exaggeration called the battle
frankly "the greatest of all
time." The number of tanks
used almost doubled those em
ployed in the battle of the
Mouse, when the Germans broke
through to the sea.
On the central sector of the
front running nearly 60 miles
from Aumale on the Bresle to
Noyon on the Oise the nazis
rent wave after wave of ma
chines and men smashing against
the French lines.
German losses were reported
by the French high command
to be "enormous" but still they
came.
The French clung to the sup
port points of the Weygand line
on the rolling hills and in the
scattered woods of the battle
field, pouring fire into the tanks
with their artillery.
(Continued on Page Three.)
GENERALLY FAIR
Northern California: Fair
Sunday with local morning fogs
on coast; little change in tem
perature: moderate northwest
wind off coast
Oregon: Cloudy Sunday with
light rain In northwest portion
Sunday night: slightly warmer
j Sunday: moderate northerly
wind off coast.
Outlook for far western states
for week beginning June 10 to
! 15 inclusive: generally fair
! weather but local thunderstorms
over mountains first half of
i week: normal temperatures but
above normal over northern
j California first of week.
Plan No "Wholesale Arrests"
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Inferences that the Justice department planned "a mass
drive or wholesale arrests" in connection with the defense pro
gram were called "wholly unwarranted" by Attorney Gener
al Robert Jackson (right). Jackson and J. Edgar Hoover, direc
tor of the federal bureau oi investigation, are shown above as
they waited to testify before a house appropriations subcom
mittee in Washington, D. C.
IS
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Under an order signed in
probate court, Hans Stmve of
Schonbocken der Lubeck, Ger
many, must report in person at
the county clerk's office here
within three months from last
May 28 to receive his half share
pf the estate of his brother, Nick
Struve, a resident of Jackson
county. Another brother, H. W.
Struve of Los Angeles, is the
other heir. The estate to be di
vided, according to the final
accounting by the administra
tor, amount to $168.68.
The order states: "Due to
conditions existing in Europe
and In Germany, any money
forwarded to Hans Struve
would not be delivered unto
him."
The order further provides
that if Hans Struve does- not
make an appearance at the
county clerk's office within
the three months, the money
shall be deposited with the
state treasurer for disposition,
as provided by Oregon law. It
was signed by former County
Judge Earl B. Day two days
before he resigned. The original
amount of the estate was
around $1400.
BY NAZI U-BOAT
London, June 8. (IP) The
sinking of the armed merchant
cruiser Carinthia a 20, 277-ton
former Cunard-White Star liner
popular with Americans as a
world cruise ship before the
war was announced tonight
by the admiralty.
It was the largest merchant
ship yet sunk by enemy action
since the war started.
More than 200 of the crew
were landed at a British port
by a warship tonight. Another
100 were expected on a second
rescue ship. The crew said the
Carinthia remained afloat for
some time after being torpedoed
but that two warships failed
in an attempt to tow her to
port.
The admiralty did not say
where the Carinthia, a twin
screw vessel built In 1925, had
been attacked.
SENT TO BORDER
New York. June 8. (IP) The
German radio. In a broadcast
in English Intercepted here by
NBC, reported tonight the Span
ish embassy in Paris had trans
ferred its files to St. Jean De
I.uz on the Spanish border be
cause of "the uncertainty of the
present situation.''
FIND ORD GUILTY,
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Tacoma, June 8. (IP) Mo
tion for a new trial will be
filed Monday for John Ord, Ta
coma fireman found guilty of
murdering Mrs. Myra Nosier by
a jury which recommended life
in prison, Bertil Johnson, de
fense counsel, ' announced here
tonight The state ' had asked
the death penalty.
Ord maintained a glum sil
ence after the verdict was re
turned this morning. The Jury
had deliberated about seven
hours.
Ord had claimed self defense
in the shooting affray in which
he killed . Hale R. Nosier and
Mrs. Nosier on their wedding
night and beat King Pomeroy.
a member of their household,
unconscious, last February 23.
Mrs. Nosier had formerly lived
with Ord as his wife, and Ord
claimed he went to the Nosier
home to congratulate them on
their marriage.
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Oregon City, June 6. (IP)
A traffic crash on the Pacific
highway two miles south of
here today killed - David R.
Edenholm, 19, 738 Twelfth
street, Eugene, and injured six
other persons.
The victim was riding in an
automobile with James E. Par
dee, 22, of Susanville, Ca)., a
student at Hastings College of
Law at San Francisco.
Injured occupants of the
other machine were Fred W.
Durbin, 22, the driver, a Cor
vallis resident: Mrs. Walter E.
Pierce, 65, Boise, Idaho, her
daughter, Margaret, 17: Mrs.
Mildred Marshall, 36, Multno
mah hotel of Portland, and' Joe
Schwab, 21, of Astoria.
Authorities said the collision
occurred as the Pardee car
turned out of the lane to pass
a car ahead.
None of the Injured travelers
was believed in critical condi
tion. LIBERTY BELL TO
RING ON JUNE 24
Philadelphia, June 8. IP
The sound of America's Liberty
Bell will echo throughout the
nation June 24.
Republican leaden have ar
ranged for a patriotic meeting
to be held on the opening day
of the national convention at
Independence Square.
Doors of Independence Had
will be opened. to allow a view
of the historic bell. It will be
struck and tha sound broadcast.
1 ITALY ZERO HOUR
WITHIN 5-6 DAYS
El
Reprisals Threatened If
Italian Cities Bombed by
Allies Editor Explains.
Rome, June 8. (.P) A point
ed warning that five English
cities would be bombed for
every Italian city attacked by
Allied bombers in the event
Italy enters the war was pub
lished todny by the Rome news
paper II Giornale D'Halia just
while foreign observers were
expressing belief that Italy
would enter the conflict next
week.
II Giornale D'ltalia's editor is
Virginio Gayda, long recognized
as Premier Mussolini's editorial
mouthpiece.
Reports have circulated here
that the British ani French
plan to bombard Italian centers
if this nation entered tha war
against them.
To these reports, the authori
tative newspaper said:
"For every Italian city bomb
ed five English cities would
suffer the same treatment."
Bombardment of Rome would
be the signal for "similar but
greater bombardment of Lon
don," the newspaper added.
However, Rome was consid
ered here to be fairly safe
from attack, with Italians pre
pared to make it an open city
bv remain. nm.n u:j I tniinlng America's de
by removing government of-.fn. ,hM , k. ..,i,ii
uces, troops and aircraft. .
- Some observers heard that
an Italian nttack on their first
secret objective would come
In the early hours next Monday
but a source considered reliable
Indicated it probably would be
later, possibly Thursday or Fri
day night.
II Giornale D'ltalia sought to
explain the declaration of its
editor that United States entry
into the war would give Eu
ropean powers the right to in
tervene In American affairs.
The newspaper declared the
article was not a "provocation
or threat" toward the United
States, explaining it meant to
say that American intervention
in Europe would "create a prec
edent which would justify the
turning of European powers
against America either at the
present or in possible future
conflicts."
ALLIES SPEED UP
New York. June 8. IIP) Al
lied war purchasers, who have
heretofore concentrated mostly
in aircraft and tools, now are
tapping United States Industry
for an assortment of other wea
pons and materials.
Wall street sources said today
British and French agents sud
denly appeared to have widen
ed their range of orders and
Inquiries to speed equipment
plans and replace losses. Total
orders placed since September
are estimated at $1,300,000,000
now, and the figure is expected
to grow rapidly.
The new German drive, It
was pointed out, threatens im
portant Industrial sectors in ad
dition to those already engulfed
by the nazi advance in north
ern France and the low coun
tries. Shanghai, June 9. (Sunday)
ilf) Japanese military authori
ties today claimed capture of
Shasi, important Yangtze river
treaty port west of Hankow.
Capture of Shasi was regard
ed as a major gain In the drive
on Ichang. another port on the
Yangtze which Is the principal
present objective of the cam
paign in western liupeb province.
DEWEY CALLS ON
AMERICA DEFENSE
TO
F.D.R. Urged to End New
Deal War Upon Business
By Candidate.
Winston-Salem, N. C June 8.
(IPt Recalling the adage that
"a house divided against itself
cannot stand", Thomas E. Dew
ey called on President Roosevelt
tonight to put an end to the
"war by the new deal against
the business and productive
forces of this nation" in tha face
of a national emergency.
The candidate for the presi
dential nomination, In an ad
dress prepared for delivery at
a republican meeting here, de
clared that "for seven years we
have been divided by war at
home. The policies of our pres
ent administration have been
conceived in terms of domestic
warfare. It has been a war by
the new deal against the busi
ness and productive forces of
this nation.
"We have right", the speak
er continued, "to insist that the
president put an end to the war
at home and dismiss from his
councils those who waged that
war with the wounds of
division healed we can
turn our attention whole-heartedly
to the problem of national
defense."
Greensboro, N. C, June 8.
(P) Saying that the task of
fensea should not be "blindly'
left to .our "existing . national
bureaucracy," Thomas E. Dew
ey, candidate for tha Republi
c a n presidential nomination,
urged today that "we must see
to it that America doei not
miss the bus."
In ad address prepared for
delivery at a luncheon meeting
of district young Republicans,
Dewey said that "all of us must
be ready to accept, as citizens,
some of the responsibility to
see that the Job (of rearming
America) is done."
BULLETIN
Eugene, June 8. IIP) Jimmy
Kego limited the Eugene Ath
letics to three hits here tonight
as the Medford Craters defeated
the local State league club 10-0
to remain at tha top of the
league standings. Ted Kerr,
with a homer and two singles,
and Riney Cook, with a double
and a pair of one-baggefs, paced
Medford a 12 hit attack off
Hughie Day.
Score:
Medford 10 1J 1
Eugene 0 3 1
Rego and Hawkins; Day,
Hutcheson and Mattlson.
Albany, Ore., June 8. IIP)
Albany walloped the Jack te
Jill team of Portland, 9-2, to
night in a State league baseball
game. Miller held the Portland
era to three hits.
Score:
Jack & Jill 2 3 1
Albany 9 11 2
Pendergrass, Richards and W.
Wittcke; Miller and Robertson.
SUverton, June 8. (IP)
Every SUverton player scored,
two of them twice, In the eighth
Inning as the Red Sox defeated
Bend here tonight In a state
league baseball game. Silver-
ton scored 11 runs on 10 hita in
the big Inning.
Bend 8 9 3
SUverton 12 14 4
Farmer, Murdock, Houchens
and Kramers; Schwab, Yackey
Bennett, H. Hagedorn and Raid,
Moe.
Portland, Ore., June 8. UP)
The Portland Babes hammer
ed two Hills Creek pitchers for
14 hlte and a 12-4 State league
baseball victory tonight.
Score: R. H. E
Hills Creek 4 9 9
Portland 12 14
- Kendall, Johnson and Ball;
Carstens and Amacher. '
Portland, June 8, P) C. I.
O pickets who patrolled at the
B. F. Johnson sawmill last week
were restrained by an order of
Circuit Judga Alfred P. Dobson
yesterday.
Perfect Pal
Berlin, June 8. (IP) Au
thorized German sources de
:lared today the German
Italian policy in the Euro
pean war is governed by a
tingle thought "How can
England and Franca be
truck in the most catastro
phic manner?"
These sources added that
Germany and Italy are work
ing in close cooperation. They
said neither country places
its own Interest in the fore
ground but "both have only
ane desire, namely, to deal
n effective blow at England
ind France."
SPEEDY AID FOR
Fl
Washington, June 8,
Gen. John J. Pershing urged
today that tha United States
send to the allies "unlimited
quantities" of airplanes, artil
lery, small arms and ammuni
tion as well as food, clothing
and medical supplies!
Appealing in a statement for
contributions to the Red Cross,
the commander of the Ameri
can world war army asserted
that the allies were fighting "a
war for civilization" and that
they were "holding our front
line."
' "We have a vital concern In
the outcome,'.' he said,
In talking to reporters a
short time previously, Pershing
said he was heartily in favor of
compulsory military service in
this country. Ha added that If
such a plan were adopted an
immediate expansion of the
army would be possible In case
of a threatened invasion. He
recalled that the training of re
cruits for World war duty had
required many months.
Asserting In his statement
that "there is no time to lose,"
Pershing continued:
"The allies need every en
couragement It is possible for
ua to give.
"Let ua open our hearts and
give, give, give in Christian
sympathy, and in response to
the tremendous needs that are
staring us in the face." . . .
"Our people well know the
dire need of the hundreds of
thousands of allied refugees. In
our minds' eye, we behold with
infinite pity the streams of aged
men and women, and the terri
fied children, fleeing from their
burning homes, ruthlessly ma
chine-gunned from the air as
they hasten along the highways
seeking even temporary safety
against the horror of war."
Portland, June 8. (IP) Ralph
P. Cowgitl became commander
of the 180th Infantry of the
Oregon national guard today.
Ms). -Gen. George A. White,
commander of the 41st national
guard division, disclosed.
Cowglll was promoted to col-
nel from lieutenant-colonel. He
takes the post vacated by the
voluntary retirement of Col.
Alvin C. Baker and will com
mand units located in Portland,
Eugene, Woodburn, Gresham,
Medford. Grants Pass, Oregon
City. LaFrance, Union, Baker,
Pendleton, The Dalles, Forest
Grove, St. Helens and Astoria.
Cowgill is a former local resi
dent and well known here.
Dick Law Fined
Aberdeen, June 8. (IP)
Convicted of third degree as
sault, Dick Law, Aberdeen CIO
leader, was fined 350 today by
Justice A. D. Gillies after trial
on charges brought by Herbert
Irving, an opponent of Law In
the CIO-1WA local.
Wheat Quota
Washington, June 8 P) Ex
emption faom marketing quotas
went to wheat farms with an
average annual production of
200 bushels under farm act
measure signed by the president
yesterday.
ANTI-WAR PROFIT
BILL ORDERED BY
Next Session of Congress
To Act Action Speeded
On Rearmament Bill.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, June 8-
Studies looking toward early
enactment of anti-war profit
legislation at the next session
of congress were ordered by ths
house ways and means com.
mitte today in approving a
Jl.006,000,000 defense tax bill.
In a statement, the committee
said that there should not be
"an opportunity for the creation
of new war millionaires or tha
further substantial enrichment
of already wealthy persons' be
cause of the rearmament pro.
gram."
Accordingly, tha statement
added, technical assistants to tha
committee and treasury officials
have been asked to have bills
ready at the opening of the next
session of congress wnich will
.enable the government, through
taxes, to capture any excesa
profits, and also to provide for
special amortization for na
tional defense Industries.
The full committee approved. ,
with minor changes, the bill
drafted by a subcommittee
which is designed to raise. ,
$1,006,000,000 year to pay
off emergency national defense
costs In five years. .
The measure reduces personal
income tax exemptions, imposes
a 10 per cent supertax, increase u
the corporate income tax ona
per cent and Increases excise,
and surtaxes. The only cnanges
the full committee made in tha
subcommittee bill dealt with
excise taxes.
The committee said tha excess
profits tax, If the next congress
desire, could be mad to apply
to 1940 Income.
Chairman Doughton (D., N. C.I
of the committee said tha tax
bill would b taken up in tne
house Tuesday.
While tha tax bill is aimed
at raising all the money now
proposed by emergency defense,
with some to spare, there was
talk on Capitol hill that con-
irm mlaht be asked lor an
additional (1,000,000,000 for tha
army if tha Germans snouia
breajc through to Paris beforsi
adjournment of this session..
Both tha White House and
the war department said, how
ever, that no request for addl.
tional funds was now contem
plated. 5
Memellle. France. Jun 8.
(;P) Four men and one woman
were sentenced to aeatn ana
mnA another woman
were sentenced to prison today
by a military court on charge
of espionage.
The woman, Catherin Murae
tore, and one of the men, Henri
Rosa, were sentenced to aeatn
in absentia, having escaped ar
r.rf The three who heard tha
death sentence pronounced were
Silvio Muratore, jean Harrison
and Cesar Chabrier.
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BILL JAR, CLAIM
Princeton, N. J- Juna 8. Pi
Colonel Julius Ochs Adler. vice
president nd general manage
ef the New York Times, told
Princeton university alumni to.
day bill to require compul
sory military training would bS)
ready for congress soon.
The alumni, numbering 250,
who heard Adler's talk at
meeting held In conjunction
with the annual campus pro.
gram for returning graduates,
adopted a resolution approving
universal military training.
Adler, member of the das
of 1916, said the bill was beinsj
drafted "In words of o and
two syllables so that every on
would understand if