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If Hitler Succeeds in His Ambition to Acquire Sudetenland He Might Next Ddmand Milwaukie Be Added to the Reich so He May Protect Its German People THE WEATHER lluumlillly 4 :30 p. m. yesterday 92 Highest temperature yesterday 7ti Lowest temperature last night 53 Precipitation for 24 hours 8!) Preclp. since fh-Bt of month l.ti.1 PriM'ip. from Sept. 1, 193S 1.63 Excels since Sept. 1. 1938 .43 Showers. IS WAR COMING? The newB during the next few days will carry the answer to that question. Ileud the NEWS-HE-VIEW and keep in touch with the developments In Europe And don't forget BARGAIN DAYS start Oct. 1. VOL. XLIII NO. 139 OF ROSEBURG REVIE' ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1938. VOL. XXVII NO. 49 OF THE EVENING NEWS EMI - ftgBmfim r THE DOUGLSS COUNTY DAILY MEiffitl HEARS AT MMul CON Editorials ON THE Day's News By FRANK JENKINS rTIiE British fleet, as these words 4 words are written, is 'mobiliz ing. The British air force is already mobilized. Czechoslovakia is on a complete war basis. The French army is par tially mobilized, and mobilization of the French navy is immediately impending. The German army has been mo bilized for weeks, and as this is written Italian mobilization seems a matter of hours. There is little,, if any, news from .Russia, but Britain and France MUST have received satisfactory assurances as to what Russia wilt I do. Otherwise, their not be so firm. tone would PRK hi iltlME MINISTER CHAMBER- ,AIN, who may have been "Vrong In the first place but who has certainly done a man's job in the past week ami a half, an nounces in a brief radio speech that there Is nothing further he can usefully do nnd tells his Brit ish listeners they must stand ready to re-Hvo the terrorizing days of 1DM-191S. Foreigners, including Americans, are hastening out of practicably every country In Europe. IT HER war is only a matter of - hours, or the most stupendous bluff in the history of the world is y being carried on up to the. last l an; ui i iiiuiiiuiii. ' Everything Is up to Hitler, but much as we wish it otherwise It looks as if he has gone too far to turn back. ERE In America, it is time for us to begin to say: "This Is EUROPE'S war not ours. We had nothing to do with nuiking it, and it isn't up to us to fight in. It. Barring actual attack upon ' American soil, we are going to STAY OUT OF IT. "We learned our lesson In 1918, and we're going to HEED IT now." A T thla inonlullt. it, it) '.' to Buy that. It won't he so easy a year from (Continued on pace 4.) TWO HIE PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 29. ( AP) Oregon's dragged out cam paign against labor terrorism add ed two more convictions yesterday when Circuit Judge Louis P. Hew itt sentenced Elmer W. Johnson and Jack Lyons to jail terms. Johnson. 36, ex-secretary of the AFL garage and service station attendants' union, pleaded guilty, to a charge of malicious destruction of property in connection with the dumping of an American railway company truck Into the Willamette river Sept. 4, 1930. He was sen tenced to one year in jail. Lyons, ex-business agent of the wAFL retail clerks union, was sen tenced to 60 days when be pleaded guilty to breaking a bakery win dow. He previously served a 90 day term in Washington county fur n similar offense. Oddities Flashed R7 the Associated Press. I Surprise Prison Profiteer HICHMOXn. Va. A prisoner at Camp I.ee reformatory wrote Fed eral Judge Robert M. Pollard ask ing his sentence be increased from four to six mouths. His reason: The reformatory Rives $in and a new suit of clothes to prisoners serving six-month terms. The judge said "no." Just One Big Family WICHITA, Kas. Sedgwick coun ty residents marvelled 11 months ago when Bert Taylor's cow gave hlrth to triplets. Now rtossle is back In the spot- light with quadruplets, all In ex cellent health. Many Killed in Charleston Tornado Buildings Are Torn Apart By Violent Wind Physicians and Nurses Are Dispatched to Aid the Hundreds Injured in Historic City. CHARLESTON, S. C, Sept. 29. (AP) A tornado hit historic Charleston with sudden and vicious fury at about 8 a. m. today, killed at least 25 persons and injured probably 300 more in a welter of "wreckage that was spotted throughout the city. The sudden storm of not more than a minute's duration in any one place, was paced by a torren tial downpour as it Bwept down with devastating destruction on various parts of the city. Of the 25 reported killed, IB "were negroes. 1 be dead were not immediately Identified except these four white persons: Mrs. Ruth Mehrtens. 26; Irvin H. Mehrtens, 3. Miriam Zelglor, 14, and Floyd Singletary, 9, nil of 2ft Market. St. They were killed when their house collapsed In the twinkling of an eye. An emergency call was sent out from Roper hospital, Charleston's largest, for all physicians to im port there Immediately as the in- Jured were being brought tuero ny every avannmc convoy untie. Many of the city's history-steeped buildings were in ruins. St. MleliaoTs Episcopal church, erect ed long ho fore the Revolutionary war was considerably damaged as well as the old market place. A negro Baptist church In the heart of the city was demolished, but it was unoccupied at the time. The roof of the citv hall was blown awav. and the Timrod Inn, a small hotel, in the same vicinity was badly damaged. Charleston's beautiful Battery, a mecca for tourists, was stripped of many fine old trees and debris lit- (Continued on page 61 Advances Tax Scheme as an Alternative to Price Fixing. . HUTCHINSON, Kas., Sept. 29. (AP) Secretary Wallace urged today enactment of processing taxes to provide funds for subsi dies to farmers. Addressing a meeting of farm ers in the heart of the winter wheat belt, the new deal's agricul tural chief advanced such taxes as an alternative to price-fixing proposals being advocated by some congressmen and others. Processing taxes, he said, would provide a regular source of funds for payment of the subsidh-s au thorized by the present law to give farmers their "fair share" of the national Income. Then. In a general discussion of the farm price question, he snid there were four alternatives: 1. Continuance of the present program strengthened by process Jug taxes. 2. Government fixing of prices for farm products. 3. Establishment of a govern- (Continued on page 6.) From Press Wire BETHANY, Mo. Friends of Har vey Itichnrdson. plotting a "sur prise party." called at bis home with baskets of food, chanting "happy birthday." It was a surprise for Richard son and his guests both. His birthday is next month. Fatal Dare FORT MEYERS, Fla. Playmates of eight-' lir-old Wanda Rotts. who stood barefoot on a tin roof, said she wouldn't dare touch a pow er line overhead. The girl bravely grasped the line. She died. General Arnold Is Appointed To Head Air Corps WASHINGTON, Sept. 29. (AP) President Roosevelt appointed Brig. Gen. Henry .H. Arnold, pioneer military flier, chief or tho army air corps today. Arnold s new rank is major-gen eral. He succeeds Maj. Gen. Os car Westover, who wa5 killed last week In an air crash near Bur bank. Calif. At the same time as Arnold's appointment, the president pro moted two oilier brigadier gener als to major general and six col onels to brigadier general. All will fill vacancies resulting from . retirements or death. Ap pointments must be confirmed by the senate. Assistant air corps chief since Jan. 11, 1936, Arnold became act ing chief upon Westover's death. He has been a flier since 1911. As the new assistant chief, Mr. Roosevelt selected Col. Walter G. Kilner, now chief of staff of the general headquarters air force, Langley Field, Va. Ti Need for Conservation Resources Stressed by Wainscott. of The same., effort at conserving Orognu's recreational valuoB as Is being made In timber conservation should be applied. Dr. E. J. Wafi.s cott told the chamber of commerce forum dinner last evening. Point ing out that the tourist industry is one of the three leading sources of income in this state, he cited sports fishing as one or the great est tourist attractions. "Although the recreational value of the Umpqua rivers is much greuter than the commercial fish ing value, tho stream Is being de pleted of fish by net fishermen at the mouth, the speaker ueciareu. Dr. Wainscott quoted figures from state fish commission records which gave the value of the fish (Continued on page 8) OVER LADS URGED SAUCM, Sept. 29 (AP)- Rep resentntives of ten western Ore gon counties urged the state for estry board yesterday to reclass ify IlchpiI anil burned timber lands for grazing-purposes. Guy noyington. Clatsop county iudgc. nsserted tho release of such sections would Increase state and county revenues. The land, he said, .was protected as timber but had no more utility for the lum ber Industry.. A. C. -Marsters. Rnseburg, stat ed the request was not unreason able because it would restore use ful Brazing traits to the taxing base. . The rountles asked removal or restrictions against slashing fires but .1. W. Ferguson, state forest er, replied Hint permits were Is sued under proper regulations. Several spokesmen recommended relief for the counties from re sponsibility in slash burnings. Ferguson said his department did not favor state acquisition of the land foreclosed by Hie coun ties. THREE EUGENE MEN INJURED IN WRECK GRANTS PASS. Sept. 29. (AP) Three Kucene residents, (ra Saw yer. C. 11. Clark, and N. O. Clark, were treated for minor Injuries at a physician's office hero Wednes day afternoon. A garage reported their car was practically demol ished when It was forced over on embankment on the Pacific high way north of here. SPOTLIGHTER IS GIVEN JAIL TERM Frank John Fox. arrested by state police on a charge of hunt ing deer at night with a spotlight was sentenced to 30 days In tll county jail and fined S0 In the justice court yesterday. Sheriff Percy Webb announced. European Nations Put Their Hope in Peace But Indicate Faith Is In Strong Defenses Troops of All Countries Moved Into Strategic Places While Leaders Debate flans to" Kemove the Threat of War German Reinforcements Moved Up to Czech Border. MUNICH, Sept. 29. (AP) Eu rope put Its hope today In the four- power conference to prevent war, but it took no chances lest soldiers still might speak the last word. .Throughout last night and tins morning, Germany moved thou sands of motorized troops ami much equipment to the border of Czechoslovakia. Even while the fuehrer was de liberating a peaceful solution of his demands of Czechoslovakia with British Prime Minister Cham berlain. French Premier Daladier and Italian Premier Mussolini, Ger man troops were on the march. Britain, France; Poland, nun ary and other nations leariui oi uc- ing Involved in a Kuropenii wur put their hope in pence and their faith in strong delenses. Even liny, neutral Switzerland guarded her borders. A decree empowered the French government to mobilize the entire nation should the four-statesman conference prove barren. Britain Prepares Great Britain went ahead with defense measures digging park trenches, dugouts and shelters, evacuating cities, "recruiting, -men.1 Tho British press and London stock exchange were generally op timistic over the relaxed Interna tional tension. Moscow, suspicious, regarded the four-power talks as intensify ing "bourgeois imperialist states manship" to make a bargain with aggressors at small countries' ex pense. ' In Tokyo, the Japanese foreign affairs minister, General Kazu shige Ugakl, was reported to have submitted his resignation front the post he assumed May 27 in a cabi- (Continued on pace 6 FINAL ARGUMENTS TOI.EIIO. Sept. 2.S (API Final iirgumeuts were presented today in the first degree murder trial of Henry Nelson, Portland salesman, charged Willi the fatal shooting of Richard Harle, pleasure lioat op erator. Nelson pleaded self-defense. Ills attorneys sought acquittal by rea son of insanity. Karle was slain at Depno bay- last July alter a deep sea pleasure cruise. Kane was accused by iser son and his companion, Miss iM cllle Cocnonhcrg. 21, of drunken ness uuil attempted , crimlnul as sault. In state's rebuttal testimony yes terdav. Iir. Henry H. Dixon, Uni versity of Oregon medical school professor of psychiatry, testified he found Nelson sane and able to dis tinguish right from wrong. Ir. J. ('. Evans, (superintendent of the Oregon slate hospital al Salem, lest II led Nelson was not "on- llrelv sane. Dr. Robert R. Smith. Portland, declared Tor the delense that Nel son had hi en Insane for six months prior to the siiootiii',', and suffered a condition causing sudden emo tional outbursts. The slate presented 11 witnesses testifying to Karle's good reputa tion, Nelson's sanity and tho ltn proliabillly of self-defense In the slaying. RALPH WHITNEY OF CANYONV1LLE DIES I'mImIi It WMItiev of Can ' i,.,-,.l- i,ai,ii;il i ',.i,. ii J,,. i.;,ri. i.i p.i. linise. wa.sn., April i.vss. aim tor the past four years resided al Canynnvllle, where be was owner and manager of u cigar and pool ball. He is survived by his wife and four daoghlers, .Mrs. I.. H. (ilblis. of Spokane: Mrs. L. I. Casey, of lllltte Falls, Oregon: Mrs. Howard Travelplece, of Yrelca. Calif., and Mrs. H. II. Kvans, of Aurora. Oregon. The body has hi en removed to the Itoseburg I'll dertaking Company parlors and funeral arrangements will be an nounced later. ACCEPT PEACE Prague Sends Observer by Plane to Attend Conference. PRAGUE. Sept. 29. (AP) The foreign ministry decided today to send an observer to the Munich four-power conference by airplane. His identity was not disclosed. Tho decision followed nnnounco ment Czechoslovakia would ncco?): "In principle" a now British plan for execution of the AngloF.'onch schomo !o cede the Sudetenland to Germanv but would make "some resei viitit ns. A communique announced Prague "adopted a positive attitude in prin ciple toward British proposals re irardlntr the execution, by degrees, of .delimitation and of transfer of the territories." Tho acceptance was made known to Great Britain before tho four- statesmen parley opened today in Munich. It contained "some reser vations." however. Tho Czechoslovak note did not specify tho nature of tho new Brit ish plan but it was believed it con cerned technical measures for speeding up Hie cession of Czecho slovakia's Sudeten German ureas to Germany under an Anglo-French plan tpal Chancellor Hitler rejected :it a conference In Godcsberg, Ger many, with British Prime Minister Chamberialu on September 22. U. S. APPEAL GOES T WASHINGTON, Sold. 29 (AT) President Roosevelt litis appeal ed, informed persons said today, to many nations to use their good offices for peace In central Eur ope, Dispatches concerning his cffortH have come In from .points as dis tant as Tokyo. Home, Moscow and Oslo, Norway. White hoOHe and stnle depart ment officials declined, however, to say how many governments had been approached or to dlselone the context of the president's message. It was Indicated the first of them went out several days ago. The message to Itome asked Premier Mussolini to do what he could to avert war. The presidents of many Latin American nations not only tele graphed Hitler and President Henes nf Cechos ozakla hut also Air. Rno'nevelt congratulating him his -initiative. liylgluii Ambassador Count Stra- icn-l'iiiitlKiz conferred tl morn inn with Sumner Welles, under secretary of slate. I,ater the am bassador told newsmen Hclgium unnM i;ei.n mil of a Kuroncan war. He praised Mr. Roosevelt's appeal for peace, saying he believed they bad had some efrcct. ITALYSENDING NO TROOPS TO SPAIN ItOMF.. Sept. 29. (AIM A re liable source said today Holy sus pindcd shipments of men mid sup idles In Knaln since the Czecho slovak crisis bad developed Willi the possibility all Italian man ! nower would bo needed lit home I it'll fascist alllhorlties. how ever, denied reports from abroad Italian legionnaires were being withdrawn from (li-neral Franco's insurgent armies. BRITAIN ADDS TO HONGKONG DEFENSE IIONGKONf!. Sept. 29. (AIM A battalion of Seafortli Highland er troops arrived from Shanghai today to bolster defenses of tills llrltlsh naval outiwst. War Crisis Bulletins (By the Associated Press) PRAGUE, Sept. 29. (AP) The Czechoslovak government announc ed the acceptance "in prlnc'plo" hut with "some reservations" fcf a now British plan. for the execution of an Anglo-French scheme to cede the Sudetenland to Germany. GENEVA. Sept. 29. -(AP) The league of nations assembly today passed unanimously a resolution associating itself with President Roosevelt's messages to' European governmental heads in efforts to preserve peace. TOKYO, Sept. 29. (AP) -The resignation of Foreign Minister General Kazushige Ugakl, who had differed with the army over China policy, was announced officially to night. MOSCOW, Sept. 29. ( AP) So viet Russia, watching the four power Munich conference from the sidelines, took tho pessimistic view today that Prime Minister Cham berlain was only strengthening Hitler's hand by attending the par ley. . I Daladier Given " Authority to Call Entire Nation--Into Service. PARIS. Sept. 29. (AP) Pre mier Ilnlndler wob given n "big stick" to wield nt the Munich con ference to-.lny when ho wns em powered by n new decreo to efleot Instant military nnd civil niobillzn Itnn of the entire nnllj:i. The ilecieo, published in tho of ficial Journal, Hindi It. possible for t lie premier to put tho whol-) French nation on nil instant war footing by a Blinplo telephone call from Munich. It authorized the government to ocoed at Its discretion with Inte gral mobilization of man power, In- luHlry nnd nuance inrougnoiu me nation. Tho decreo snld only "execution nf measures contained in tho h'.w of .lulv II. 1938, Is authorized." lint that law provides for complete mobilization In time of war, or dan ger of wur. I he aw also Includes gennrni mobilization of armed forces, nnd Premier llaladler now Is ill a posi tion to oriler it when nnd If he con siders It necessary, without fur ther legal stepH. Under I ho law, women as well as men may ho conscripted for defense work. All Industry could bo na tionalized Imniedli'.tely under the national defense ministry. It effects nil French men and women over IS years. The law also provided for unify ing armed forces of France under s nirlo nnt onnl defense eliler or staff In Tills case (iencral Mlillrico Gustavo Gnmelin. Four thousand persons, mostly foreigners, were questioned In a nnlice roundup through Paris ill a drive lignliist undesirable aliens. SWITZERLAND TO MOBILIZE TROOPS I1KHNK, Switzerland, Sept. 29. (AIM Switzerland has derided "at ieiiKt to accelerate" calling up reservists If the Munich confer ence "produces negative results." the Swiss telegraphic agency said today. The agency said the men would be rushed at once to Swiss front tiers. If culled. Johannes llnll- niann. president of the Swiss con- federation, urged the nation to bn calm. NEW YORK MAYOR CALLS FOR PRAYERS NKW VOItK. Sept. 29. (AIM -Mayor UiGuardla III a special pro ilamalloii urged all New Yorkers to spend five minutes playing for world peace at 12:3" p. in. today while the four-power parley Is un der way at .Munich. The mayor said Ills action w-ns i In response "to a general request from the ropreKentaltvei or tee Iblee fallhs. Catholic, Jewish a1 Protestant." The pioilamatlon said nil churches and synagogues would lie kept open. Representatives Major Powers Reported to Be Nearing Accord On Peace Plan Only Technical Problems Remain to Be Solved,' Says German Government Spokesman Experts to Work Out Details and Signatures Expected to Be Attached Tomorrow. MUNICH, Sept. 29. (AP) A German government spokesman said tonight the four-power Munich conference, seeking a new basis for European peace, had practically reached an agreement for a "token occupation" of the Sudetenland by the German army. While the German chancellor and the premiers of Britain, France and Italy still were negotiating in the glistening fuehrer haus at 8:10 p. m. (11:10 a. m. PST.) the spokesman said only one difficulty remained: "The question of just how quickly and from what point the Czechoslovak army must be withdrawn to permit Adolf Hitler's troops to march into the Sudetenland. in Parley at Munich Only Will Serve to Strengthen the Agressors. MOSCOW, Sept. 2!). AP) So viet Russia, watching tho four- power Munich conference Trom tho sidelines, took the pessimistic viow today thut Prime- Minister Ohninberlnln was only strengthen ing Hitler's hand by attending tho parley. ( i This viev -wis expressed .ln-lho government newspaper,' lavestln, In a Geneva dispatch which as sumed Importance because of For eign Commissar Lltvlnorf's pres ence thore. The dispatch called tho idea nf the Munich conference "mon strous" and said France would ! pay a high price for her partici pation. "Up to now HrlllHh concessions to Hitler have been torn from tho living flesh nf Czechoslovakia," it said. "At this conference of four France Inevitably will pay for her friendship with Knglaud." Not only Is Chamberlain mak ing his "third trip to Hitler," It continued, he Is strengthening the fuehrer's position by "adding an other aggressor" In tho circle of negotiators, "One can easily Imagine," It said, "what decisions will come out of such a 'conference.' One can easily imagine the role of France In this partnership of four In which two aggressors will dic tate their will while a third parti cipant (Chamberlain) will seek in every way In satisfy the first two." Tho foreign office early today made public a note to tho United States accepting Ihe presidents suggestion tho soviet government address a peuco appeal to Ger many and Czechoslovakia similar to that sent to the two countries by President Roosevelt early. Mon day. POLAND AWAITING REPLY TO NOTE WARSAW, Sept. 29. (AP) ' While the dismemberment of Czechoslovakia was being dis cussed at Munich, Poland awaited today a reply to her nolo sent to Prague outlining concrete propos als for lerrltorial revision to settle the Polish minority question. 'The foreign offlco vigorously do nled reports the note hail anything In It In the nature of an ultima tum. The communication, however, was said to be worded firmly. BELIGIUM TO ADD TO FOOD RESERVE HRI'SSFI.S. Sepl. 2!l. (AP) The Itelglaii food committees to control supplies in the event of war recommended today the pur chase of t.oeu Ioiih or wheat and an unspecified quantity of corn as n reserve. Officials salil the country had sufficient food storks presently, with the exception of flour. SAILING OF BRITISH VESSEL CANCELLED LONDON. Sept. 20. CAP) 1 The t unard White Star company I announced today that "owing to I unfcenepn circumstances o v e r j which we have no control" it was necessary to cancel the sailing of j the liner Acipiatanla from South ampton for New York October 5. From Four I he spokesman said he be- lieved documents embracing agreements which he expected to be reached tonight would be signed tomorrow at the latest.. This indicated the hope the Prague government, to which the virtual agreement of Hit ler, Prime Minister Chamber lain, Premier Dalndier and Pre mier Mussolini was to be sub mitted, might send an . accep tance tonight. The four government heads had begun their second session of tho dav at 4:45 p. m. (7:45 a. in., PST). Karllor thoy had been In conference for two hours, and dur ing a two-hour suspension mem bers of both tho German nnd Brit ish delegations expressed confi dence of an early agreement. '"Preparations' Continue ' " ' Meeting lignliist .. the b nck- ground or n. Uurolie still. Jiurrylng war nroiinrutioiiB nnd with, the . question of life or death for mil lions hnnging on their decisions, the four continued their discus sions Into the night. The Gormnn spokesman snld they might dine together and then go. on with their talk. Concnlvnbly, ho added, tho big four might soon turn tholr discus sions over to technlcnl experts to work out the last detnlls, with agreement on m a I n problems achieved. As the German delegation saw It the .fallowing was likely to be tho final outcome of tho negotia tions: Plan Outlined 1. Tho German army, with tho approval of tho othor big powers, would enter only the Sudeten nrens of Czechoslovakia ns a dem onstration of their cession on Oc tober 1. 2. In tho so called doubtful areas. In which population Is di vided about equally botwoen Sude ten Germans and Czechs, contin gents of the Uritisb, French and (Continued ou pngo 81 I LONDON, Sept. 29 (AP) President Roosevelt's Influence In arranging the Munich conferences was praised editorially today by the Ilrittfdi press. The Manchester Guardian said "President Roosevelt will alrendy have seen one ray of hope of his second and finely phrased appeal to the (iermau chancellor turned from an aspiration into a fact . . ." The News Chronicle: "Interven tion by Mr. Roosevelt has been an other forceful Influence against ug gression ..." The Dally Mall, praising Cham berlatn nnd MusKolinl: "With thoso names muni be Joined, In grateful recognition. that of President Roosevelt whose noblo appealH may well have hnd a powerful Influence upon Kerr Hitler's mind." The TelcKi-nph nnd Morning Post: "President Roosevelt has rendered to Kurope n very great service which will not soon be for i'Ollen." TO KILL SNAKES IF WAR COMES LONDON, Sept. 29 (AP) Kkthorate war precautions were taken today at the tendon zoo. If war conies, all polsonouB snakes and spiders will be killed Immediately. Keepers havo been armed to kill any animals escaping from bnmb-damageil cages. Deep pits were dug under zoo gardens to store some animals.