In the Round-Up Awards, Give No. I Prize to Adolph Hitler. He Has Outshone all Steer Bulldoggers by Showing the World How to Throw John Bull With a Bluff.
' THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 26
Highest temperature yesterday 84
Lowest temperature last night 52
Precipitation for 24 hours 0
Precip. since first of month .31
Preclp. from Sept. 1, 1938...- 31
Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1938 .46
Cleat" Warm.
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VOL. XLIII NO. 132 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1 938.
VOL. XXVII NO. 42 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Congressman O'Connor Loses
In Democratic Primary But
Wins Republican Nomination
Fay, Protege
Of Roosevelt,
Wins by 553
Ex-Gov. Curley Victor in
Massachusetts; Barbour
" Outruns Townsend
Plan Rival.
By the Associated Press.
The defeat of Rep. John O'Con
nor for democratic renomination In
New York gave President Ttoose
vnlt today his first and only vic
tory in his personal campaign
against four democratic legislators.
Mr. Roosevelt's sole triumph was
not complete, however, because
O'Connor will be on the November
bi'llot, having won the republican
nomination by 994 votes over Allen
W. Dulles. The total party vote
was -1,112.
The president tried and failed
previously to prevent the return of
three democratic senators whom
bo classed as conservatives
George of Georgia, Smith of Caro
lina and Tydlngs of Maryland.
O'Connor lost the democratic
nomination for the seat be has held
since 19211 to Jame.5 H. Fay. new
dealer who narrowly missed de
feating him four years ago. The
complete vote gave Fay 8,352 and
O'Connor 7,799. a majority of RB.1.
O&Oonnor, chairman of ho. pow
erful bouse rules committee, nt-'
tributed bis defeat to election "dis
' honesty" and hinted he would seek
D veo.ount.
Regardless of tbn outcome of
finch a move, however, he would
have to meet Fay in November be
pause the latter won the American
tabor nnrty's nomination without
i pnosltion.
The Fay-O'Connor content was
'ie only one in four statewide pri
maries yesterday which had a na
tional nsnect.
Curled Stages Comeback
The Massachusetts democratic
primary witnessed a triumphant
comeback by former Gov. James M.
Curley. who won the democratic
gubernatorial nomination from Gov
(Continued on page 6.)
The ftr-jt petitions for reelection
or ItoseburR councilmeu are being
circulated today by C. W. Whar
ton and Percy Croft, councllmen
from ward 1. The entire city coun
cil, the mayor and recorder are
up for reelection this November,
nnd all petitions must be in cir
culation by Friday. It is reported
that all the present councilmeu
will seek new terms, since it is
reported as Imperative thnt the
work or completing the sewer pro
ject and the erection of a disposal
plant within the next two years be
continued without Interruption, and
it was feared that any change In
fitv offlcinl personnel at this time
might seriously arfect the ultimate
outcome of the project.
Editorials on the Day's News
Dy FRANK JENKINS
MONDAY morning.
Well, it happened! Hitler won
the poker game. Bluffed Britain,
France nnd Russia right off the
table.
What a man! Look out for Ger
many In the future. '
PNCLAND nnd France, obvious
ly ashamed of what they have
done, have decided that no sacri
fice is too great for CZECHOSLO
VAKIA to make to save the peace
of the world.
But such Is diplomacy.
OTARTLINO as the headlines
are this morning, they con-
vey no real news. It was clearly
apparent when Chamberlain came
home from Germany that he was
licked and that Hitler had tri
umphed. If you were running a bluff on
a pair of deuces and you saw the
Primary Results in Nutshell
By the Associated Press.
New York Rep. John J. O'Connor, opposed by
President Roosevelt, loses democratic nomination' to James
H. Fay, new dealer, but wins in republican primary.
Massachusetts Former Gov. James M. Curley defeats
Gov. Charles F. Hurley in democratic gubernatorial contest;
Leverett Saltonstall will be republican opponent.
New Jersey Former Sen. W. Warren Barbour easily
wins republican senatorial nomination; William H. J. Ely
Unopposed for democratic nomination.'
Wisconsin Gov. Philip La Follette wins renomination
for fourth term; Robert K. Henry, fusionist,- leads for demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination but trails Julius P. Heil on
republican slate;. Sen. F. Ryan Duffy unopposed, for demo
cratic renomination; Herman L. Ekern, progressive, and
Alexander Wiley, republican, lead in senatorial races.
OE
Northwest Growers Given
Until Sept. 23 to Vote
on Marketing Plan.
Extension or the time In which
growers of fall and winter pears
throughout the Pacific northwest
will have the opportunity to vote
on the issuance of an order to sup
plement the tentatively approved
marketing agreement,' was an
nounced! today from Washington,
IX C, by P. It ; Taylor of the AAA.
Due to an unavoidable delay In
mulling copies of ballots and of the
proposed marketing agreement to
growers of fall and winter pears
in certain sections along the Pa
cific coast, additional time will be
allowed. Under the- extension,
completed ballots should be mailed
to CI. A. Nahstoll, 901 Lewis build
ing. Portland, Oregon, prior to mid
night Friday. September 23. at
which time the referendum closes.
A two-thirds favorable vote of
all participating growers, by num
ber or by volume, Is required be
fore the secretary of agriculture
can issue an order requiring nil
handlers to comply with provis
ions, of the program. A 50 sign
up by shippers handling the six
varieties of late pears covered by
the agreement is also required.
The Agreement. Is designed to as
sist growers of the Pacific coast
in increasing their returns through
the orderly marketing of Anjou,
Bosc, Cornice, Clairgeau. Easter and
Winter Nelis pears. It was request
ed by the Industry to meet pro
blems arising from a steadily in
creasing late pear production dur
ing the Inst ten years.
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HESS ENDORSED BY
PORTLAND UNION
PORTLAND, Sept. 21. (AP)
Dissatisfied with what It term
ed the "fence straddling" of the
Oregon State Federation of Labor
In the matter of gubernatorial
candidate endorsement, the Vene
tian blind and tent and awning
workers union. No. 65, last night
adopted a resolution supporting
Henry L. Hess, democrat candi
date. The state federation refused to
moke a choice between Hess and
Chnrles L. Sprague, republican
candidate.
other fellow cringe and begin to
count his chips, you'd know right
then that the pot was yours.
When Chamberlain came back
from Germany, he was counting
his chips and there was a fright
ened note In his voice.
Thnt told the story.
WHILE we're at It, though, let's
" be candid about this thing.
Sunday night's crisis, with its
realistic outcome. HAD ITS BE
GINNING back In 1919 when an
idealist with his head In the
clouds fixed up the impractical
Chechoslovakian scheme with Its
pretty . story of "self-determination
of small peoples" and tied ft
with a baby-blue ribbon with bow
knots and presented It to a cyni
cal world. i .
It was a foregone conclusion
that it couldn't work, but It look-
(Contlnued on page 4.)
EDITOR WHITE BAPS
Unity Needed to Preserve
Democratic Privileges,
Kansan Points Out.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (AP)
Criticism of both capital and
labor came Inst night from William
Allen White, Emporia. Kuns., edi
tor, in nn appeal for them to unite
in preserving democratic rights add
privileges.
White told the seventh Interna
tional management conference lab
or had turned to political advance
ment of its bosses Instead of seek
ing butter wage and hour stand
ards and working conditions.
'Let mo say this to clnss-con-
sclous labor," ho said. "It should
know the same patriotic Indigna
tion which turned upon a federal
class-conscious plutocracy and
wrecked Its power wlil turn upon a
clasB-conscious proletariat and deny
us aims. '
I Industry, ho continued, was
orced to contend with labor rac
keteers and the sit-down strike af
ter it disregarded pleas for labor
justice. Employers' foresight rather
ttian "recalcitrant reaction years
ago, lie said, would have solved
problems arising from the eight
hour day, unemployment insurance
and collective bargaining.
"This hour has no time for the
man who refuses to compromise
even to his own hurt," White said.
"Half of the civilized world today
beyond our borders has surrendered
the rights, privileges and blessings
which democracy accords to free
men."
Turning to the wngehour law.
which ho said arose from inability
to obtain industrial peace with jus
tice to chlld-lahor and minimum
wages for women. White said:
"The law was generally consid
ered by its opponents a kick will
you allow me to say In the pants
for American Industry.
"But apparently that Is where
Americans all laborers,, bosses
and consumers keep their brains
and we got the kick where It would
do the most good."
HOUSEWIFE PAY OF
$1,000 YEAR URGED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (AP)
Dr. Robert G. Foster. Detroit
educator, wants housewives to be
paid $1,000 a year.
He told a section of the Inter
national management conference
yesterday such a system would
make the wives economically in
dependent of their husbands. The
latter,, he said, still regard them
selves as masters and their wives
as servants.
"Women don't know what kind
of women to be," be added, "be
cause men don't know what kind
of women they want."
THE DALLES VOTES
GYMNASIUM BONDS
THE DALLES. Sept. il. (AP)
Tho Dalles wlil get Us gymna
sium. Voters last night approved
a $65,000 bond issue, needed to
atifnrtnt $50,000 PWA funds to
construct a $105000 school gym.
The unofficial count was 403 to
69.
BOND ISSUE VOTED
BY GRANTS PASS
GRANTS PASAS. Sept. 21.
(AP) My a vote of 245 to 217,
Grants Pass residents Tuesday ap
proved a $40,000 bond Issue for
bridges and drairiage predicated
on a 125,500 PWA grant. Only
14 per cent of the eligible voters
exercised their franchise.
River Hearing
Dated Oct. 18
At Roseburg
Irrigation, Flood Control,
Power Development of
Umpqua Scheduled
for Attention.
The public hearing relative to Ir
rigation, power and flood control,
supplemental to the hearing held
here June 10 on the feasibility of
providing navigation on the Ump
qua river, v has been definitely
scheduled for Tuesday, October 18,
in the circuit court rooms in Rose-j
burg at 10 a. m., and Major C. R.
Moore, district engineer, corps of
army engineers, will conduct the
bearing, V. C. Harding, secretary
of the chamber of commerce, re
ported to the gathering of directors
at their regular ' meeting:, with
President Clair K. Allen presiding.
Upon the completion of this hear
ing, the entire matter will be re
ported to the army engineers
board at Washington, and the deci
sion of that body will' determine
the final outcome of the requested
survey.
The group nlso went on record
unanimously endorsing the initia
tive proposal of the Associat
ed Fanners of Oregon to come
before the voters tills fall in
reference to labor relations and
the prohibition of picketing unless
the place picketed is involved in ft
direct strike brought about by a
majority of the employes of the in
dustry affected.
Additional matters of varying
Importance occupied the attention
of tlie board until a lato hour. The
most important of which are us fol
lows: The directors voted ' to dlscoii'
Mmie membership in the United
states chamber ot commerce for
the,..coning year . x-fK '.
An announcement that the exemi
tlve committee of Hie Associated
Employers of Oregon lias schedulod
an important meeting hero October
6 at 8 p. m., at the circuit court
rooms was made.
A recommendation was passed
that all future summer outings of
boy scoifs of Douglas county
should bo hold at tlie Wolf creek
CCC camp.
The secretary was requested to
write to Senator McNary asking
his collaboration with senators
from Washington and California to
investigate the ocean fish trolling
question, relating to conservation
of fish life.
Secretary Harding reported thnt
a plant adequate for the purpose of
(Continued on paere 6)
NILAND, Call!.. Sept. 21 (AP)
Federal and county officials mov
ed today to conduct inquiries Into
the collision of two Southern Pa
cific passenger trains at a little
water stop near here early yester
day, which killed 11 persons and
injured 100.
The wreck was caused, Southern
Pacific officials declared after their
own investigation, when a 64-year-old
brakeman, Erick Leonard Ja
rohson, threw a switch which sent
the New Orleans-to-Los Angeles
Argonaut plunging at 60 miles an
hour into the Lob Angelns-to-Chl-cago
California!!, standing; on a
siding.
J. H. Dyer, a vice president of
the railroad whose private car was
attached to tlie Argonaut, said be
saw Jacobson walking about the
chaotic scene as II in a trance.
He quoted the brakeman as saying:
"I'm responsible lor this wreck.
I threw the switch. I am not
crazy, but I do not know why 1
did it."
The Southern .Pacific Hald loss of
equipment would total S132.B00,
Bees Take Charge
Of Flues in Two
Roseburg Homes
Two prominent Roseburg busi
ness men and neighbors have
new hobbies, but would gladly
give them away to anyone for
the asking. Philip Hnrth, 403 E.
Cass street, and Nathan Fuller
ton, 499 E. Cass street, recently
discovered that two separate
swarms of been hud taken over
two unused chimneys at their
residences for unusual apiaries.
The noise of the swarms as they
increased in number betrayed
their hideouts and Investigation
revealed both flues full of honey.
No one has volunteered to re
move the "squatters," and the
fact that winter la approaching
has made the problem of re
moval one of prime Importance.
Floods Deal
Heavy Loss To
East States
Highways, Railroads, Crops
Swept by Rising Water;
11 Perish in New
England Area.
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Sept.
21. ( AP) Buck's dam In the
small town of Stafford Springs
burst today inundating parts of
the town and adding to' Con
necticut's grave flood situation,
as a large army of emergency
workers attempted to stem the
menace of rapidly rising rivers
and ponds.
All communications lines
were down In Stafford Springs,
a town of 5,500 persons.
Ily the Associated Press.
Drenching rains which have
fallen with more or less regular
ity for a week lashed the Atlantic
seaboard aali: today, centering
their most destructive force In the
New England states where dam
age already runs Into hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
Massachusetts rivers neared
1936 flood levels Half a dozen
bridges had been carried away
and industrial plants in Gardner,
Athol and Southbrldge,- flooded by
rising waters, were shut down.
A nurse, Mrs. . Linda Woodls,
41, of North Rrookfield, was the
eleventh victim of the New Eng
land floods She was drowned
when a dam burst at Doane's
pond, Rrookfield, Mass.. burying
an automobile under an avalanche
of water. Her companion. Dr.
Thomas J. O'Boyln, was rescued.
A dam and two bridges at Bad
winsville, near Gardner which had
withstood the 1936 flood, were car
ried nwav, and the Ronton and
Y'Muine railroad reported five wash
outs, tho '.-.worst at WfnchPndnn,
Mass., where inn' engine and two
cars were derailed.
Many bridges, . dams and state
highways were washed out in Con
necticut where rainfall since Sat
urday was more than twice the
normal precipitation for the en
tire month. The Connecticut riv
er at Hartford was more than two
feet above the flood stage of six
teen and a half feet.'
Glastonbury; Conn., was with
out drinking water. The damage
to state highways was estimated
officially at $75,000. Crop dam-
(Continued on page li
OREGON CITY, Ore., Sept. 21.
(AP) Circuit Jurise Lat,ouretto
yesterday struck from the Novem
ber ballot tho initiative measure
that would have outlawed fixed
fishing gear in the Columbia
river.
Latouretfe's decision In n case
brought by the district attorney
of Marlon county against Secre
tary of State Snell and the Ore
gon Wild Lifo federation, sponsors
of the bill, erased the measure
from the ballot. The case, a Mar
lon county litigation, was moved
hero for convenience.
Tho judge ruled the sponsors
committed fraud when they ob
tained 4000 signatures to petitions
through paid circulators and then
committed the additional offoriHe
of not stating in petition expense
report the fact that paid circula
tors had been employed.
FLORIST PURCHASES
LITTLE RIVER LAND
Judge P. J. Peltier of Los An
geles recently purchased 160 acres
on upper Little river and Ib making
plans to construct a log cabin sum
mer home on the site and beautify
ing the grounds, it was disclosed
today.
Judge Peltier, who Is an outstand
ing and well known floriculturist in
southern California, specializes In
the growing of dahlias of huge pro
portions, some blossoms having
reached more than 16 inches in di
ameter. His exhibits of dahlias and
other flowers won tho first award
at the Chicago world fair.
MADRID ARMY TO
DISCARD ALIENS
GENEVA, Sept. 21. (AP) I)r
Juan Negrln, premier of govern
ment Spain, announced today his
government had decided on the
Immediate total withdrawal of all
foreign volunteers fighting with
government armies.
Negrln asked the league of na
tions to appoint an International
committee which 'would go to
Spain to verify complete with
drawal.
State Master Gill Greets Grange,
Praises News-Review Publicity,
Calls Attention to National Meet
I am very glud to bring greet
ings to .tlie grange memberB of
Douglas county. This Is a very
Important grange year, and It Is
n fine thing that Is being done in
this Issue of the Roseburg News.
Review In publicizing the grange
story.
The eyes of agricultural Amer
ica will be turned to Portland In
November and all classes of. the
nation's citizens will watch with
Interest the decisions reached by
this Important national grange
session.
Thousands of grange mouthers
from Oregon and nearby stutes
will trek to Portland to see the
national grange in action nnd
take the seventh degree. In pre
paring for the seventh degree,
many will need to tulte the fifth
and sixth degrees nnd both of
these degrees will bo presented
nt the conference In Douglas coun
ty on October 1 nt Riversdale
grange hall.
Never In nil tho history of the
grange Iikb so much respect been
accorded to tlie grange as tliore Is
today. It ((lands today as the
world's greatest and oldest farm
organization. A historic document
of the grange Is the declaration of
Win. Dusenberry Badly
Hurt, One Companion
Killed Outright.
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 21.
f AP) All early morning collision
of ((a automobile nnd truck-trail-er
on N. R. Union nvoutio trail th
of Denver street, killed Morschel
Moody, 23, Portland, seriously in
jured'.' William DliKHliberry, 21, of
612; N.' Alaekson street, Roseburg,
and hurt' I). K. Phulr, 2fi, Warren,
Orb..' iAII wore soldiers nt Van
couver barracks.
Moody, driving with tho other
two soldiers to t lie barracks Iron
Portland, struck the loft front
of tho trailer with Biich force
that his maehino wns wedgod un
der the wreckage and he died
there, pnssersby being unable to
extricate lilin. Tho truck was
driven by Hnrold K. Bradford, ill,
l.yle, Wusll., en route hero with
a consignment of pears.
Phulr- told Invostigators thnt
be fad the other soldiers, ail mil
8icians, hnd played at un army
dunce nt tlie burracks, took three
Portland girls home and were en
rnuto back to their quarters.
What caused Moodv to hit the
trailer could not be immediately
determined.
Dusenberry suffered a skull
fracture and Phalr received chest,
arm and face cuts ainI some teeth
were driven through his chin.
William R. Dusenberry Is tho
son of Mr and Mrs. John R. Dus
enberry, owners of John's Clothes
shop nt 542 North Jackson street,
Roseburg, and Is a member of the
7th Infantry band stationed at
Vancouver barrucks.
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS,
Utah. Sept. 21. (AP) Capt.
George E. T. Eyston rode five
miles today with death tugging at
his giant racer, "Thunderbolt."
Attempting to raise his 'own
world land speed record of 357.fi
miles per hour, the covering over
the two right rear wheels of tho
car fouled and the machine car
eened through the measured mile
at 340.85 miles per hour, sliding
on the back corner of Its metal
shell like a bobsled.
The car was so badly damaged
Eyston said lie was through on
the flats for the year.
Eyston's departure from the
flats ends the 1038 high speed rac
ing season.
Ills challenger, Cobb, who by
speeding 350.2 miles per hour on
September 15, broke the 345.40
miles per hour record Eyston set
on AugUHt 27, left from New York
today for England.
TENMILE ASKS PWA
GRANT FOR SCHOOL
Alttt Howard. cUrk of Douglas
county school district No. 7, has
applied to the PWA for a grant of
$4,&00 to aid In constructing a
grade school building ot Tenmlle,
estimated to cob!1, $10,000 Tour
trdtotte and Phillip of I'ortbuid
are architects for tho project. The
application 'ill be ecut to Wash
ington for approval.
7 .
R. W. SILL
purposes of the national grange.
While written 73 yenrs ago It
stands today as one or the finest
pronouncements for uu agricul
tural organization.
Producers' Right to Kill
and Pick Recognized in
Accord at Portland.
PORTLAND, Sept. 21 (AP)r
Thanksgiving day diners can
sharpen up. their) .carving ; knives
wiinoui uppreueuHion,
Hopresuntatlves of tho Oregon
Turkey (Jrowors, Inc., anil the
state council. of meat cutters and
butchers have reached an agree
ment on killing and picking of tho
1D3.S turkey crop In the receiving
plants of cooperatives at Eugene,
itoHohurg, Albany, Oanby, Uei'mond
and Heriniston.
The agreement, negotiated after
weeks of discussion, wilt prevent a
recurrence of the disnute last sea
son when California bay cities re
fused to handle Oregon turkeys
which had not been handled by
union members. An announcement
said the union did not claim juris
diction over the work of killing and
picking by Individual farmers -but,
merely provided fur handling in
plants.
WASHINGTON. Sent. 21. (AP)
A promise of plenty of turkeys
for Thanksgiving nnd Christmas
dinners came today from the de
partment of agriculture.
Experts said tho 1038 turkey
crop was about 3.7 per cent larg
er than last year and the festlvo
gobblers were somewhat heavier
because of plenty of green feed in
most sections of the country. Tur
key toms will avorage 17.8 pounds
livewelgbt nt time of marketing,
the department daid, while hens
will overage 11.9 pounds.
BOAT SINKS AFTER
BEING LIBERATED
RAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.
(AP) After being pulled from
the rocks yesterday at Point
Arena, where she went aground
Saturday, the freighter Dorothy
Wlntermore sank while In tow of
a tug, mail no officials said to
day. The 27 crow members of tho
vessel were on other boats when
she sank, and were being brought
back to San Francisco.
The vessel, used as a cargo
vessel by the Hammond lumber
and shipping interests of San
Francisco, was on route to Port
land from here when she ran
aground In n heavy foir.
In Salute to the Grangers
' 'Today the Roseburg News-Review, and through it the
business men and women of Roseburg salute the granges and
grange members of Douglas county. In this edition, in three
interesting sections, the News-Review endeavors to portray
!he history, aims, accomplishments and cunent activities of
Douglas county grangers.
The forthcoming weeks are to be weeks of great ac
tivity for active grange members. Booster night, Septem
ber 3')th, participated in by every grange in America, will be
closely followed by Douglas county grange members with
the nnnual grange conference October I. November 16th to
24th inclusive, the National Grange will meet in Portland.
It is in honor of these importnnt and interesting events that
this edition is presented.
To the officers of the State Grange, the Pomona Grange
and the numerous subordinate granges in Douglas county, the
News-Review is indebted for much of the material appearing
herein, and to them extends sincere thanks. Without their
loyal and prompt cooperation this edition would not have
been possible.
Sudetenland
Will Be Given
Up To Hitler
Ultimatum Issued By
England and France
t Balks Effort to
Delay Action.
Decision Displeases Czech
Pooulace; Hungary and
Poland Follow Up
With Demands.
By the Associated Press.
Czechoslovakia yielded to
French and British pressure
todav and accepted the two na
linns' plan for meetinp Adolf
Hitter's neace terms, It was
announced Informally by the
propaganda ministry at Pra
gue. Britain and France were no
t'fled of the decision, which
which would hand over to Ger
many much of Czechoslovakia '
Inhabited by Sudeten Ger- '
mans.
Crowds In tho streets of the.
Czechoslovak capital were in an
excited mood and authorities ex
pressed concern about their reac
tion to news that the republic bad
glvnn In. ,
Britain and Franco last night
rejected Czechoslovakia's plea for
further negotiations on Hitler's
demands and delivered n new
note, rogardfMl os virtually an ulti
matum, to President Denes.
. Tho nolo w ii s reported to have
told Hones unless Prague gave In
to TTltlor's dnmands, Britain and!
Franco would havo to stand by
and see. Czechoslovakia invaded.
Semiofficial sources in Paris
said , HUler bad told the two.domo-.,
emtio powers that ho would take
Sudetonlnnrl by forco unless
C'echoHlovakia yielded by Thura-v
day. . - . . . . .
Yields to "Friends'
The official announcement - of
Czechoslovakia's final decision to
yield to the British-French plans
said:
"Our TrlondH to whom we have
been attached- for 20 years advis
ed us to Been re ueuco by making
territorial sacrifices," it said.
"Czechoslovakia suggested a
sottleniont by Judgmont of the In
ternational court but Unit sug
gestion whh rejected.
"What Is to bo lost is still tho
subject of negotiations.
"Your government in' tho Inter
ests of pence decided to mnko
some sacrifice' to avoid suffering
iiiid the loss of its whole exist
ence." "Czechoslovakia wan threatened
with . violence," the statement
snid. "Destruction of the state
was threatened."
It declared the changes to be
worked out In the. Sudeten Ger
man region to be ceded to Ger
many still was the subject of ne
gotiations. Thorc was no suggestion of tho
amount of territory to be ceded to
Germany nor which of the Bohem
ian territories were to be declar
ed autonomous within the Czecho
slovak statu.
Meanwhile, Italy spurred Po
land and Hungary on to demand
parity with Germany In settling,
the Czechoslovak minority ques
tion. It was said in Rome Foreign
Minister Count Clano bnd promis
ed the Polish ambnssador and the
Hungarian minister Italian aid In
recovering Polish and Hungarian
minorities from Czcbairvakia.
France, England Flayed
Maxim Lltvlnoff, soviet Russia's
foreign commissar, accused
Franco and Groat Britain of capi
tulating to Adolf Hitler's demands
and disclosed they bad ignored
Russia's offer of military help to
protect Czechoslovakia.
The foreign commissar, In a
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