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PORTLAND, OREGON Navy Trucks Carry Workers Tlirougli Picket Lines alma Senate to Investigate S. F. Strike Question Marks 7 7 Helped Hess? EST. 1871 FIVE CENTS SALINAS, CALIFORNIA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1941 Blockade of Defense Industry Angers Lawmaker Air Control Over Isle Germany BULLETIN WASH INGTON (UP) Chairman Harry S. Truman Mo.) of the special senate defense investigating committee announced Thursday that his group will hold an open hearing Friday on the San Francisco shipbuilding strike.

Truman's announcement followed disclosure that John P. Frey, head of the AFL's metal trades division, had requested the committee to make an investigation in San Francisco of the huge strike, which has stopped work on millions of dollars of naval contracts. The hearing will be here however. Truman's Statement In a brief statement, Truman said: The senate committee allowed a full opportunity for the parties involved to reach a reasonable settlement of their differences and Artist Visualizes Air Battle S. F.

Gains In States Redivision HL A v-- Vi ROTORS persist that Willy Messersclimitt, above, famed German plane niiimifaeturer, may have helped his friend Rudolf Hess in flight to 'A vV 41 ri abbed by Sazis? Nazis Continue Smashing Drive With Warplanes British Sink Tivo Enemy Transports in Mediterranean 30-Ship Convoy Forced Back Under Fire Changes Recommended In Reapportionment Meas ii re ygjrff Vt i 4 FfT it' tfcjf J. 'i T' yn By United Press nd Germany wer a great test of sea power versus air power which may QREAT BRITAIN and Germany were locked Thursday in Asked to Operate Plants SACRAMENTO tl.El Gov. Culbert Olson said Thursday he advocated the federal government taking over and operating the 11 San Francisco area shipbuilding firms struck by CTO and AFL machinists. At the same time, the governor said he blamed the Bethlehem Steel corporation for refusing to enter Into the Pacific coast master agreement on a ages and hours and so "giving the machinists an excuse to strike." I believe the shipyard strike would have ended Tuesday if Bethlehem had subscribed to Ui master agreement," Olson dared. 70 MILES TO GREECE SSA or CANDIA CRETE.

ISLAND lOOMtLESTD DODECANESE SACRAMENTO pi The senate elections committee Thursday voted unanimous do pass" recommendation to a reapportionment bill which gave the San Francisco assembly delegation eight members, instead of the seven approved by the lower house The approved bill restored Kern county to its present status of one assembly district, instead of the two members voted in the assembly The only other change was restoring Trinity county from the thud assembly district, as placed by the assembly, hack to the second district where it is now. There was no change in congressional districts. As passed by the assembly, chief congressional changes gave one new district to Los Angeles county, a new district of San Bernardino county and the 41st assembly district in Los Angeles, a new central coastal district. a new grouping in the southern San Joaquin valley, San Diego county as a separate district, and no change in northern LV FRIENDS of the French scientist and Noliel prize winner I)r. Alexia Carrel, above, fear he is detained by Nazis occupied Vrance after his failure to arrive in New York on schedule.

Croat King? 25 JO ELEVATION OVER 7000 FEET 480 HUES TO SUEZ A. had hoped that none of the partita would take an unreasonable position at a time when the country bae euch great need for ships. "Last Friday, the committee notified the parties involved that It tnaisted that the strike should be settled expeditiously. Now the committee is going to find out is involved In the strike, why It has not been settled, and who is responsible for the country not getting ships." ISLAND of Crete. 1 Suda bay, landing point for a new "sky army.

2 Retlmo and Heraclean, danger points for the British. 4 Where the Island Is only 14 miles across and Germans hops to eut it in two. determine control of the strategic eastern Mediterranean island base of Crete. Germany won clear air control over the 150-mile long island and succeeded in installing air invader troops in the biggest town of Crete, Candia, and on the important Malemi airdrome, adjacent to the British anchorage at Suda Bay and only a few miles from Canea, Cretan capital. Tins feat was accomplished en-4 DROPPING from glider-filled skies, nazt parachute troops rain down on Crete, strategic key to Eastern Mediterranean, Alexandria and the Suez canal.

This artist's conception dramatically shows the scene and blitz.krieg landing on the tiny isle. Tivo N. Y. Newspapers Acquired by Spcidel Maybe His Girl Is anted porks This may come as a shock. It's electrifying to say the least.

Transferred from the 82nd Infantry regiment at Fort Ord to the 7th Signal company and classified as a radio man Is a soldier named Henry Amps! Purchase of Poughkeepsie Evening Star And Poughkeepsie Eagle-Sens Is Announced Navy Trucks Used SAN FRANCISCO (EE) Navy trucks carried AFL metal trades workers through CIO picket lines to work Thursday at two of II defense ship plants affected by a strike of CIO-AFL machinists fof higher wages. There was booing and jeering but no violence. Estimates of the number of men entering the Moore Dry dock company vard in Oakland and the General Engineering and Drydock plant in Alameda varied. AFL spokesmen estimated the number at more than 800. Strikers said the figure was nearer 200.

A Moore spokesman said there were more men at work Thursday than Wednesday, when an estimated 750 reported. Machinists also went back to work unescorted at the Matson Navigation company repair shop in San Francisco. Headquarters of the 12th naval district said the navy provided transportation for the metal workers on request of John P. Frey, president of the AFL metal trades department. Frey informed Rear Admiral John V.

Green-slade, district commandant, no other transportation facilities warships, sinking a cruiser and damaging two more in a heavy attack Thursday following up one Wednesday in which they claimed a battleship, five cruisers, a destroyer and a submarine were damaged. In the strange battle for Crete the British had no air strength. The Germans had insignificant sea strength, no heavy weapons, no tanks. Neither side had any means of retreat. It appeared plainly to be a fight to the death with he stakes the control of the sea lanes of the eastern Mediterranean and the gateways leading to the Dardanelles.

While the battle of Crete raged, the British reported a fairly strong German air force appeared to have quietly installed itself at Mosul, heart of the rich Iraq oil fields. Army Plane Falls; 1 Dead tirely by air power, through the use of dive-bombers and level bombers to plaster the British ground defenses and airdromes and utilizing gliders, transpoits and parachutes to land fighting men on the Island. German air dominance forced the British to pull the Royal Air Force fighter squadrons off the Island and to rely upon heavy bomber squadrons based in Egypt to smash at the Greek airdromes from which the nazi air invasion was started. But on the seas Britain still was master. Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham's eastern Mediterranean fleet smashed up German attempts to reinforce their air invaders with sea-borne forces.

The British sank two German construction transports, smashed a fleet of POUGHKEEPSIE, New York (Special) The most important newspaper transaction in New York state in recent '-norths was consummated Thursday when Mr. Merritt C. SAN JOSE An army 1 Speidel, president of Speidel Newspapers, purchased the plane from Moffett field crashed Evening Star and Enterprise and the Pough- Memorial Day Preparations Arc Under Way Complete program for Memorial day activities In Salinas, sponsored by Salinas post No. 31 of the American Legion, was announced Thursday by Commander George D. McMillan and Mr E.

L. Laporte, general chairman. Grand marshal of the parade will be Chief of Police Marcel A. La-pierre, with the parade forming at Cential avenue and Mam street at 9:45 a m. and starting at 10 o'clock.

The program will be held at 10:30 o'clock at the Salmas union high school auditorium and will feature a talk by Mayor William J. Farrell of Petaluma, California department commander of the American Legion. The parade will be in two divisions, including: Division No. 1 Richard J. Werner, commander Colors and color guard, Fort Ord; Salmas union high school band; distinguished guests; Department Commander Farrell; Gold Star mothers; county and city officials; Spanish War veterans; Daughters of the American Revolution; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Veterans of Foreign Wars auxiliary.

Division No. 2 Fred Lutz, commander Washington school band; Junior Aids; Jumorettes; Sons of the Legion; Boy Scouts; Sea Scouts; American Legion PARADE Turn to Page 16 ITALIAN King Emmanuel reportedly has selected the Duke of Spoleto, above, as ruler of the newly proclaimed kingdom of Croatia, carved from Yugoslav la. Hitler Dupe? Roller Will Build Depot north of San Jose Thursday, killing one man and severely injuring another. The crash occurred on a field near the Oakland highway. The plane narrowly missed the home of Manuel Silva.

The dead man first to be i Identified of the victims, was flying Cadet Ralph V. Nipper of Pocatello, Idaho. Contract for the PROF. NISH DIES SAN FRANCISCO Fred- of the new Southern Pacific depot small troop-carrying Greek ships. keepsie Morning Eagle-News from.

Mrs. Arthur A. Parks, principal owner, and Mr. Ernest L. Owen, general manager, and their associates.

Mr. Speidel is president of Salinas Newspapers Inc publishers of the Salinas Index-Journal and the Salinas Morning Post. In becoming members of Speidel Newspapers, the Evening Star and Enterprise and the Morning Eagle-News join a transcontinental newspaper research and service organization operating more than 20 daily and Sunday newspapers in the seven states of New York, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado, Wyoming, Nevada and California, and seven radio units in the states in Salinas has been let to Mr. sank an axis destroyer and smash- enck W. Nish, retired professor Stanley Roller of Crockett and back a big 30-ship convoy.

of pharmacy at University of Cali- were available for men desiring to work will start about June 10. it The Germans claimed that their fornla, died Wednesday night at 1 work on vital naval ahipbuilding was announced Thursday. Bids air forces attacked the British Franklin hospital. jobs, the statement said, for the depot were submitted two weeks ago and the contract approved by Mr. W.

H. Kirkbride, chief engineer in San Francisco. The building permit for the structure, exclusive of the extensive remodeling and Improvement of other depot units, was issued for $80,000. BRIDGES ACCCSED SAN FRANCISCO (I'D The government offered at the Bridges deportation hearing Thursday to produce witnesses who would testify that trade union practices of Harry Bridges, CIO leader, had ruined San Francisco and created unemployment." SPEIDEL Turn to Fage 16 U. S.

Prepares to Undertake Vital Sea Veils Move Transient Quizzed For Warren Murder LOS ANGELES (TPi Inspector Frank Berens of the Bakersfield police department arrived here Thursday to question Arthur L. Leippe, 45, transient regarding the three-year-old murder of Matt Warren, father of Atty. Gen. Earl Warren. FREM II High Commissioner Gen.

Henri Dentz, a lane, nd-mits German planes are crossing Sjria and at same time assails British for bombing airbases in the Frenrh-mnndated countrj. Nimitz told the committee it was "conceivable that the nation's existing sea force, the bulk of which Is concentrated in the Pacific fleet with smaller detachments In the Far East and the Atlantic, might he "broken up to carry out special missions. The task forces which the bill contemplates, he said, might consist of a battleship division, a wing of aircraft, a flotilla of destrojei and a number of submarines. WASHINGTON O) The house naval affaire committee at the administration's request Thursday approved surprise legislation authorizing creation of additional vtre-admirals to command special "task forces to carry out Important sea missions. Rear Admiral Chester W.

Nimitz, chief of the navys bureau of navigation, told the romniittee he was not at liberty to disclose the missions to which the additional vlre-admlrars would be assigned. There was Immediate specula tion whether the measure might be a prelude to the assignment of some of the navy's beet ships and planes, now In the Pacific, for missions to places like Martinique, Dakar, or even the Red Sea. A member of the committee specifically asked Admiral Xlmltz If the legislation had not been requested for that purpose. Chairman Carl Vinson Ga.) quickly Interrupted to grant Xlmltz permission not to reply. The question went unanswered, and was later struck from the record at Nimitz request.

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SHRINERS IN MEXICO MEXICO CITY rri Members of Mala kah temple of the mystic shrine, of Los Angeles, accompanied by Shrmciit I10111 Texas an 1 Honolulu, forming a party of 800 persons, were guests of Mex-City Thursday. JOHN P. FREY, third from left, head of the A. F. of L.

metal trades department, leads the first gi.ip of 1 000 workers In a back to work movement after a strike of 1700 machinists in the San Francisco bay area tied up 500 millions of naval and maritime work and affected 15,000 unionists. Machinists pickets, still on strike, lined the route of march booing and jeering, but there was no violence. This scene is at the Moore Drydock plant la Oakland..