Test Your Guessing Power on This One: If Europe's Peace Was nAssured" by Sacrificing Czechoslovakia, Why the Continued Race to Increase Armaments?
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 43
Highest temperature yesterduy tJ8
lowest tent pern tit re luHt night 37
Precipitation fur 24 hours if
Preeip. since first of mouth........ .60
Preeip. from Sept. 1, )'j3s 2.24
Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1938 .77
Partly Cloudy.
PEACE MAYBE? '
Middle Enropfi 1r stiff far from
pence, and any day inuy see an In
cident thai will send armies at aeii
othor's throats. Follow daily de
velopments in dependable ' and,
prompt news dispatches in the
NEWS BEVJEW,
rHrDOUGLSS COUNTY DAO
VOL. XLIII NO. 159 OF ROSEBURG REVIE ,
ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1 938.
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ON THE
Day's News
Tly, FRANK JENKINS
IP you are interested In the sub-
ject of gambling, either for or
against, you should Btlldy careful
ly three measures that will be on
the Oregon ballot at the Novem
ber election,
: Two of these measures (30S
309 and 810-311) are intended to
TIGHTEN, the present laws
AGAINST gambling. The third, a
constitutional amendment (324
325). Is designed to LOOSEN THE
RESTRICTIONS by legalizing cer
tain forms of gambling.
Vr" will remember, doubtleRS.
'that there is hnzinens in Ore
gon law regarding slot machines,
dart games, pin-ball games, etc.,
which are alleged to possess an
element of skill. This haziness la
materially increased by a statute
enacted by a recent Oregon legis
lature. The purpose of 'Nob. 308-309 and
310-311 is to remove this haziness
and make easier and surer the en
forcement of laws against gambl
ing. No. 310-311 specifically re
peals the confusing law passed by
the legislature the law under
which slot machines and similar
rambling devices ran wild a whilo
tack.
11113 constitutional amendment
(324-32G) legalizes certain lot.
terles and other forms of gambl
ing and authorizes the state to li
cense them.. It holds out the bait
of added revenue for old age pen
sions. It talks a lot about "strict
regulation .and control with pro
per safeguards for youth," but its
results, if adopted, will , be to
throw Oregon more or less wide
open lo the gamblers.
"HE. argument In favor of this
' amendment says: "The gambl-
(Continned on page 4.)
SPKIGECUT
PORTLAND, Ore.. Oct 22.
(AP) Officials of the furniture
workers union 'said today that a
proposal by the Doernbecher
Manufacturing company for settle
ment of a wage dispute which has
Bhut down the city's largest plant
with lo0 employes had been re
jected by a vote of members.
Ralph L. Nichols. Lafayette,
I ml., organizer of the painters un
ion, parent body of the furniture
union, described the company's
proposal ns one -ruling for pay
cuts ranging fronr 2i to 3:1c an
hour, equivalent to a 10-cent hori
zontal cut originally proposed.
"Furthermore, there would be
no assurance the company would
not order further cuts if the men
went back to work," declared Ni
chols, adding that "the company
is not bargaining In good faith."
Union heads indicated a counter
offer would be made upon the ha
uls of arbitration. Nichols claim
ed Ihe company hits refused "abso
lutely" to arbitrate.
Oddities Off the Press Wire
Exonerated
RIVERSIDE. Wash. Wayne Roy
er insisted the deer he shot was
nntlered. Game officials pointed to
the carcass without antlers.
The court fined Boyer J100 for an
Illegal kill but added three days of
grace on Royer's plea for time to
produce the antlers.
Three days Boyer organized a
posse of friends, instituted a search.
Found In the nick of time were
the antlers snapped oft In the
deer's death plunge down a steep
mountain side. Saved was Boyer's
Iioo.
Surpri
lse
BEDFORD. Ind. When Joe Cas
sady lit his pipe for a peaceful
smoke there was an explosion. Joe's
pipe flew into pieces and he lost
the gold crown from a front tooth.
In the pipe fragments he picked
up the fragments of a .22 calibre
Armies Ready
To Battle On
Czech Border
Hungarian Troop Display
Wish for War Despite
Hitler's Advice to'.'
Ease Demands.
UZHOnOD, Czechoslovakia, Ocf.
22. (AP) Hundreds of thousands
of Czechoslovak troops were ready
for action along the Hungarian bor
der today, hut the general feeling
among them was that Hungary
j would not resort to military action
to enforce her territorial demands.
One authoritative source esti
mated 750,000 Czechoslovak sol
diers probably were concentrated
along the frontier from Komarno
deep Into Ruthenla.
The general staff at Prague re
ported today the killing of 12 Hun
garian terrorists and one Czech
gendarme during fighting near
Berehovo in southern Slovakia. -
It declared Czechoslovak troops
captured a number of other alleged
Hungarian terrorists, seized their
arms and ammunition, and sur
rounded eight persons who made up
the remainder of a band operating
in the border area. (
Troops Eager for Battle.
(Dispatches from Balnssa Gynr
mat, on the Hungarian side of the
bonier, saiii nearly half a million
Hungarian troops faced Czechoslo
vakia. In some sections, the re
ports said, officers had difficulties
in restraining their men from cross
ing the lino "to free Hungarian
brothers and sisters ' from the
Czech terror." . ,
( Dispatches from Budapest said
Germany anil Italy were urging
Hungary to accept Czechoslovakia's
latest offeiy-an offer to cede more
than half of the land demanded by
llungaryb'ut the foreign office re
mained silent.) V - ,1 : '.
. . Cut Tie With Soviet. '
It) Prague, the foreign nilnlstor
was reported to have told the so
viet minister that Czechoslovakia
was-"not longer interested" In Us
alliance wilh Russia. ...
Czechoslovak sources, however,
explained the fact that the alliance
a jnutuat assistance pact of which
France wits a signatory had not
been terminated.
The foreign minister's reported
statement was regarded as further
evidence of Czechoslovakia's swing
toward nazl Germany. It Is known
that Rclchsfuehror Adolf Hitler
wants the soviet nlllance termi
nated. ' ',
AUSTRIAN-PRIESTS VOW
LOYALTY TO NAZI REGIME
VjllCNNA, Oct. 22. (AP) The
Vienna edition of Kelchsfttehrer
Hitler's Munich newspaper, Yoel
kischer Heotmchter, today publish
ed a manifesto bearing the pur
ported signatures of several hun
dred priests In all parts of (ler
man Auslrla which promised un
swerving loyalty to the people, the
(Continued on page 8)
HUNTER LOSES ARM,
ANOTHER HIS HAND
PORTLAND, Oct. 22. (AP)
Frank Guilt, 24, Mulino. suffered a
shattered left arm yesterday when
his shotgun accidentally discharged
while he was hunting in a bout
with two companions.
EUGENE, Oct. 22. (AP) Rob
ert Torgeson, of Canby. added his
name Thursday to the long list of
deer hunters who have been kill
ed or -wounded in Oregon since the
current season opened when bis gun
accidentally discharged and man
gled his left hand so badly it had
to he amputated at a hospital here.
rifle cartridge- which he had absent-mindedly
stuffed into the pipe
with the tobacco.
Highbrows
SAN FRANCISCO Alcatraz Is
land, which holds the worst of the
country's criminals, harbors the
best of literary tastes.
An American Prison association
survey discloses Alcatraz inmates
rank first among federal prisoners
in demand for "highbrow" reading.
Cured
HOPKINSVILLE, Ky. Mrs. Liz
zie Metcalfs ear it plagued her for
years doesn't ache any more.
After an x-ray examination, phy
sicians removed a bug which Mrs.
Metcalf recalled flew into the ear
26 years ago. She said she had for
gotten about It.
Physicians said the bug wsb well
preserved.
Douglas County's Annual Payrolls
Aggregate Nearly $1(00,000 Total; j
Farm Workers Top Various Lists
Pay checks received by employes in Douglas county
amount to almost $10,000,000 annually, according to figures
compiled by the Roseburg News-Review for a data bcok to be
furnished advertisers. The study made by the News-Review in
:onnection with income and disbursement of Umpqua valley
dollars, reveals much interesting information.
I here are. it is shown, 8.777 per
sons employed in various capaci
ties in the county, earning, in ap
proximate figures !i,812,000 per
year. Agricultural workers nut
number all others, totaling 3,500,
with annual Income of I3.82t.ft00.
while logging and lumbering em
ployes are next, with a total of
3. dOO u ml income of $3.6m).00.
Mlscellaueous industrial workers
number 851, with an income of
1975.000; wholesale distribution
employes 137 persons, who are
paid 140,000; the retail store pav
roll amounting to J4fG,G00. divid
ed between 435 employes;, there
itre 04 H public employes receiving
$317,000, and utilities employ 150
persons, who are paid $200,000. v
There are 76 sawmills in Doug
las county, 7 of which are inac
tive. These mills have a daily ca
pacity of 2.678,000 board feet- of
lumber daily.
There- are 34 ' other Industrial
plants of various types, turning
out products with a total annual
value of $2,544,587..
Farm Income Shown
There are 3,259 farms In the
county, with a total average an
nual income of $3,824,000. The
IP. LEAD
UPPED TO 13.200
Late . . Registration Totals
Continue, However, to '
.' Show Demo Gains. .
SAI.K.M, Oct. 22. AP) R!lll
llcans were lending the democrats
by . aiiproxtmatety 1:1,200 in regis
tration flgnreB received from '32 ill
the 36 Oregon . counties for the
November election, the;stuto de
partment reported Saturday.
'..-The - total -registration of these
counties for the November election
wan 680.054. including 2B7.574 re
'puhlirann and 2fi4.286 demon-nix.
Tiie total registration for all conn
ties at the- last primary election
was 521.225 ami fi1.03l for the
general election In 1930.
Washington county registrations
for the November -election this
year aggregated 1K.7S7 as against
1S.95S at the 1S38 general election.
Republicans dropped from 11.007
to 10,-IOs while the democrats'
gained from 7S39 to 8002.
Registrations in Malheur county
increased from 6095 In 1930 to
7122 this year. Republicans gained
from 8251 to 33SS and democrats
from 2722 to 33KK.
Grant county also showed an in
crease In its toial registration
from 3050 to 370S. Democrats
showed a gain from 1322 to 13S5
and republicans from 2270 to 2327.
Counties yet to report Include
Baker, Oiliinm, Sherman and Uma
tilla. S. UMPQUA BRIDGE
ALLOCATED $120,000
Bids for construction of n new
bridge across the S. Umpqua river
south of Diiiard. wilt be opened
by the state highway commission
in Portland at a meeting to be
held October 17 and IS, It was an
nounced today. The new bridge
will straighten the rood and elim
inate the present sharp and dan
gerous bridge approach. The
structure will be located a Bhort
distance downstream from the
present bridge, which will make It
unnecessary to detour traffic dur
ing construction.
The bridge Is belhe built s a
PWA project, the allotment for
the structure being J120.000.
OXYGEN LACK KILLS
FAMILY OF FIVE
JERSEY CITY, N J.. Oct. 22.
(AP) Five members of one fam
ily were found dead in their five
room flat today, and leputy Police
Chief Underwood naid they died of
lack of oxygen.
Underwood aid Frank Cozal. 31.
and two daughters were found In
one bedroom, and Nancy. 27, hl8
wife, and another daughter found in
an adjoining: bedroom.
Underwood said ambulance phy
rlcfans explained that the family
filed because a gas heater under a
kitchen water boiler and two elec
tric radiators in the fiat had used
up all the oxygen.
per cent from sale of products is
uiVKieu as ioiiows: ieiu crops
11.2 per cent; truck crops, 4.1 pec
cent; tree fruits and nuts 24.8 peif
cent; small fruits, nursery, etc:,
6.1 per cent; poultry "ami eggs,
13.2 per cent; dairy products, 14.2
per cent; livestock and products)
26.5 per cent, other animal pro
ducts, .2 per cent,
Douglas county residents spend
slightlv more than S6.000.000 froiri
their income with the retail busi
nesses of the county, the study re
veals. Food stoves, numbering 112,
receive $1,558,000. Eating places.
52 In number, receive $295,000.
Twenty-seven general stores, num
bering 13, have an Income of $477,
000. and 11 apparel stores take In
S21 6,000. Automotive businesses
are second only to the food stores,
30 automotive services having a
total income of $1,232,000. while
allied service stations, totaling 81,
receive $538,000. Furniture stores,
of which there are 15 in the coun
ty, receive $189,000. Seventeen
building material firms have u to
tal income , of $421,000. Sixteen
Continued on page 6.)
PENALTIES IMPOSED
it r
'-FOR PI-SUPPORT
Everett Conley Gets Nine
Months, C. W. Johnson
Put on Probation.
A sentence of nine mouths in
tile state penitentiary was imposed
in circuit . court hero today uion
Everett C.. Conley, who in Septem
ber pleaded guilty to a charge of
non-support. He was given credit
for three moiiths - spent in the
county jail while awaiting final
determination of the ease. Sen
tence was . postponed after the
idea was entered in September lo
permit further investigation.
Conley, the court was told by
District Attorney J. V. Long, had
been cited to appear in coii'-t, but
fled into Washington, and It wifs
necessary lo extradite him.
hurlc,s W. Johnson, also charged
viith non-support of minor children,
will remain at liberty with a one
year penitentiary sentence hang
ing over his iiemt en i,u
'pays J-to per month. Judge Carl K.
vnmoeriy announced. A sentence
of one yeur was imposed after
Johnson had pleaded guilty, hut he
was grunted p obation, which ts to
be continued tor u period of rive
years, during vnich the payment
of $40 per month Tor the support
of the children will be required.
He was given permission to go to
California where, he tohl the
court, he has an opportunity for
employment wilh a brother. :
LOYALIST PLANES
RAID BARCELONA
liy the Associated PrnH
Twenty-four htkoiik were killed
yesterduy at Durcelomi and the
air raiders continued their attacks
today on the government ciipltai
and surrounding towns, ttfjjHtietU
iy ns the prelude to heavy fighting
before winter sets In. Otherwise
the week, in Spain whs quiet, ex
cept for guerrilla-like engagements
on the war fronts, insurgent air
raids and a clamor In the con
ttolfed insurgent press for inter
national granting of hf-llfgerent
Hghtr, to !enernMssinio Franco's
regime.
Cop Solves Mystery at
His Own Automobile
1.KW1STON, Idaho, Oct, 22
I AP):ouHtahIe Otis Ktano
pent hours early today grilling
two juveniles found with a stol
en automobile drive shaft.
The weak point In th ease,
'.he constable said, was the lack
5f an owner. No stolen drive
ahufts had been reported. Ho the
i.'OiMtabie went after his own
rut to hutit the owner.
it wouldn't Mvt. The drive
(shaft had been stolen. .
Rules of New
Wage Law To
Be Explained
Administrator - Andrews to
Advise Nation Sunday
on Procedure for
Compliance.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 22. (AP)
The waee-hour administration
rushed work today on last minute
explanations of how Industry
should comply with the most far
reaching attempt to put a floor
under wages and a ceiling over
hours since the days of the NltA.
Administrator Kim er I A
drews said he honed to annone
by nightfall the kind of records
employers should keep to show
conformity with the new law.
which becomes effective at 12:01
a. m. Monday.
His aides, meanwhile, wero pre
paring u general interpretation of
the act. This will be released for
publication tomorrow morning.
In a further attempt to clarify
the public understanding of the
measure, Andrews will make a
series of radio broadcasts tomor
row afternoon. He said he would
attempt to answer as many as pos
sible of the general questions ask
ed by business men in the last
few days.
Minimum 25c an Hour
Hundreds of thousands of wnge
earners completed today their
last week of unregulated employ
ment. When they return to their
jobs next Monday morning, a pay
rate of 25' cents an hour will liave
become the legal minimum for ail
who produce goods going into in
terslate commerce or whoso work,
In the words of n ;reeett,t sttpremo
eourt deelsioh,. pluyijs. "Su'burden"
fepon interstate critrimere.
Their standard work, will have
been eslabllshed nt 1-1 hours with
the requirement that they be com
tenanted at the rale of time and
one-half for each hour of over
time, i
11 also will have become Illegal
to employ in mining or mnnufatf-
(Continued on page 6.)
RETAKEN FUGITIVE
FACES EXECUTION
OTlEICNSIlOIiO, N. C. Oct. 22.
AP) A superior efmt Jury re
turned a death verdict today for
.'htnicH Oodwin. High Point youth,
who was charged with Tulally
shooting Donald Moss, a High
High Point texlile worker, a few
hours after he escaped from the
Ixlngton inii October 3 with the
aid of the jailer's daughter.
.;The jury reported a first degree
murder verdict, carrying a manda
tory sentence of deaih In the
state's gs chamber, after several
hours deliberation.
Lulu Tlelle Klmel, lNli-poimrt
Jailer's daughter, was given a i;us
pended jail sentence after being
tried upon a charge of aiding lod
win, charged with burglary, and
Wilson, charged with robbery, to
escape.
Godwin and Wilson were recap
tured two days after their escape.
FIRE-TRAPPED TRIO
SAVED FROM LAKE
SEATTLE. Oct. 22. AP) Fire
men today sought the cause of a
$25,000 fire which destroyed a boat
shon on Lake Tnion. burned sev
eral boats and forced a mother to
leap with her two children into the
water for safety last night.
The fire destroyed the Victor
Franck Itoat company plant, swept
through, the adjoining boat build
ing shop of the Edison Vocational
school and IUI nominal damage to
the Pleasure Craft lioat company,
Mrs. M. !. Stewart and her
children. Merrlyn. and Allen, 3,
were trapped aboard the .'uikio
when flames spread to the craft.
She grabbed the children and leap
ed into the lake. Rescuers from a
fisheries boat picked them up.
INJURY KILLS JAP
FOOTBALL PLAYER
NAMI'A. Idaho. Oct. 22. (AIM
Kolchl Koyamn, Kampa high
school's (titarterback. died today of
injuries that forced hini from the
Nainpa-Iiorley football game last
niclit.
Physicians said X-rays showed
the second vertebra had slipped.
tlriiiKltiK pressure on the spinal
cord, but. school authorities were
uncertain as to when Koyama was
Injured.
Spectators Scream
Jury Frees "Perfect Husband" Who
Killed His Wife's Bachelor Lover
Margaret Sikora
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. fAPJA
jury of 11 husbands and a bache
lor decided Ittidolph Sikora. tit?
"perfect husband, was justifum
in killing the man who stolo his
yotmg wife's uffeclions. ,
They awiultted the iEl-year-ohl
defendant last night after delib
erating less than t wo hours. They
took i only one bnttot.
, .KuuhoM Fj Hirnburgt 35, jury
foremsn, apparently i vited the
sentiments of his fellow jurors
when he declared:
"We feit that he ncted in n way
that should protect the sanctity of
the American home."
Kdward Solomon. ,15, the bache
lor lover of Mrs. Mnrgnret Sikorn,
SOGfAL SECURITY
eOlD CRITICIZED
Infringement Upon Rights
of States Charged at
Conference. .
WASlllNCITON, On), 22. (A')
Statu offiWfltK who inltnitiirtir lite
joint fi'it'Tnt-xIntn uiicniiilitytnenl
iKt'tH' iHKfatlt fl'SHMi IliH mt-
clul Hfcurily ixtaril toiluy cif vx-
liy II YOh! VOlH, Ifll) lllOl'KHlCB
front ail tut.H at a rouTi'MK
lnrn lliinplert a I'nKoilllinti wlllcli
HlatpiJ IJjo fejinral IiomkI "Iiuk fre
quently (ufriiiKeil iidoii thu ail
niltilHiralive uutlmrity f (lie
sfateH," lit WMineelion with nmiiinn
Ki'aulH to Htulejt lo vuvry mil ihe
joiiiewH ifiKitrattee program.
Tim resolution ileehireil that
"exilimlire wower of ailmhiimra
lion is vested in the vaiinux hIhIu
OKctiilea hy virtue of leRinintlve
cniiellnentR of the Hoveieiij
milieu" iui! iirneil tho stntim to
'rnlnt any conllnueil , lntrliij(e
menm ttiJon Hie ailnilRlKtrntivn au
thority of the Mntu for tho rniiHun
that audi lufrlllKements emiHiiRer
the entire Htmetnro of reileral
mate cooperation."
The KiOHB ntftintod another reso
lution aslflnj; eniiKrenn lo lake the
federal employment service away
from the . labor department and
plaee it under tho social sei iirily
board.
DEER SPOTI ir.HTFR?
Klhy T. Hoyd, 35, and Khelhy J),
McAllister, 22. both residents nf
Marshtield, wore liroimlil tn Hnsn
hniK lust ulKht from Heedsfiort to
serve on! nnpnltt pmtlrniK (,f Hues
imposed in Ihe Heedsport Jnstli n
court on charges of spottiKhtlnj;
deer. Hoyd Is lo dervn out the nam
of Jim.fiO, whllo MeAliiHter imixt
.lerve lhe cgjilvaient of JJ7I) at the
rate of t2 for eath dny of im
prisonment. VISITING ANGLER
DROWNS IN ROGUE
fWtANTS 1'A.SH, OH. 22 (APS
A Hemi-annual fishing trip lo the
Jlogue river ended in death yester
day for Krank O. Kdwanls, (ilea-
dale. Lam., resident and former
ixis Angeles romily fire chief.
Kdwnriis drowned wlthlu the city
limits while flshlnn. Attempts at
resuscitation failed.
Their Joy When
, Rudolph Sikora
was shot to death on' a stroot cor
ner last August 22.
Tho jury's decision was ac
claimed hy a wildly eheermg court
room throng. Spectators, most of
them women, screamed their . ite
light and swarmed nround the
slender Uefeudaut. -
i feel sweii," exclaimed Sikora.
Mother Against Daughter
,: In contrast .i his 22-yenr-oid wife
was cjjIjii, , almost sximHsimless
She had sttored her hushnud's de
renso by taking tho witness stand
to vow r login we to the memory
of her. dead lover.
"1 expected that verdict," rom-
( Continued on . page G)
WASHINGTON EYES
HOLY LAND STRIFE
U. S, Wants Consideration
in Changes of Policies;
Picas for Jews Made,
WAKIUNTON. oet. i2. A1J)
Stale departiueul oiTlelnlH Haiti to
day tlie UitttMi States exoetiled
lireut Itrllnln tn pve Tall infonmt
tio on uuy elmKi voutemoistted
in J'atetftini! which might affect
Ajiuirhmti ri?JiiH utui to refji
from innkinK the chniiRe unlit thin
Kovernnieiit him extu-eHHed it opin
ion, The Monition of the 1 Initrd
SlalcH wuh defined an nnibrjuUn
1- Kull determination to tmHetH
American riulilH In Palestine no
discrimination hi httMlness, uroo
erty rights, educational Institu
lions; generally. e(jli4y of treat
ment with all other foreigners.
2 Inability, tinder thn Aflgfo
Amonnin lnundatn agreement of
(94, to hbe. any chns in inles
tiue's ad mi nisi i'it t ion or conijioBj
tloti, which did not ttffoet Ameri
can rtuhiR. .
'4 SyinjwUhy with th-e idea of
Jewish homeland In Palestine.
Telegram Pour In
iMenmvhifc. u deluge of tele-
CotlttKMl on pass tii
Islanders Observe Anniversary Of
Kaiser's Award to United States
I'UliiAV IIANIlOIi. Wash.. Oct.
22. (AP) Klghty years ago an
.tneiican setUer on this wenie Is
land shot and hilled n pig that was
root J Jig aronJid iJt hi gj'deJi.
The pig belonged to the iirflish,
and it h iiiirc.lno j,ilferiop;s provoked
a H-yenr bloodless stnte of siege
on San Juan islnnd until. In 1X72,
Knisr Wfihim 1. of ieiinuny, as
a i til 1 1 a tor, a warded Ihe ben u tlf nl
Han Jttan grnit to the t'niteti
States.
In roiiiititiirtl of the "xti
war" iind Ihe kaisers award, the
Islanders gatlwrl here today to
obMi-rve th tiitih anniversary ol
their "Independence."
1,ieut. (JeoiKU Kdward Pickett.
Ill, oldest living descendant of
lieneini Picitett, waa here lo de
liver an address at a lum-heon. It
,)w his grandfather who held dTT
hif llritiMit warships with a
fmtitH foix'e of men and refused ttj
i yield pwm'ssion of tho islands,
Chinese Said
Fleeing From
WarCapitai
Bombing Plans of Invaders
Revealed in Warning to
Foreign Shipping to
Move to Safety. i
Japanese eotntimnders riechvred to
day that the fall or Tfanliow was
imminent and sahl f'hlnean were
in retreat nt that war-time capital,
which has been ihe military goat
of the Japanese Invasion.
Mass hnjnhtnir nf tha ljt.n.
area to shatter the last t'blnesn
resistance was foreshadowed in
memorandum delivered in en
voys of forelirn nnu-ei-n it wlin,i'
hai, warning foreign shippiiiK to
iMui;eeu uv mo t nngtze river at
least ten miles uoove Hankow by
mWnlKtU tonight.
I'lie United Rlnle minhnr,la
lnrn and Luzon are anions: tor-
n vessels stationed at Hankow.
The memorandum, which also
advised foreign shipping to avoW
nw area in smith China,
expininert that Chinese troops were
retreating across the Yangtze nt
Hankow rnirf sulii extensive bomb
ing might be necessary.
Japs Nearlng city
Hankow's outer defenses wni-n
pushing nearer the jetty every
itonr.
Pall of Canton Japanese an
nounced tho city wns completely
... uijijji was saw to tinvo given
imtHiiHB to the centra! China drive
against Hankow and ihe uiinii-
cities of Hanyang and Wochnng.
in uiu i lingua rtver valley, Chi
nese troops were -reported in tn-
treat rmii defense .,uiil,, .,
of Hankow. to the eity's envlroiis.
Japanese -tiwips and Tiver boain
kept up their steady advance. A
mid-afteraooii ttttMini,
nonnced Hint ground forces hnd oe-
cupicn urneug-, on the south banfc
of tho Ynnstze 35 miles east of
Hankow, and were driving direct
ly west against Wnehnntt. . ,
Air, naval am! ground forees
Rallied new itiometltiim in tho In
vasion which, sljico the undeclared
war started July 7. 10:17, has
broogiit all of Chlnn's chief sea
ports, its major cities, and the
rich north- f'iii
lnnl .Iiiimnnflp control .
HANKOW, Oct 22 AP)
(.'hineso ofihiials ami Uwr fni
iiies were ordered to evacuate
Unnkave today the Jajtanrse
Contituted m imgo 6.)
FORDHAM 1,
OREGON 0 IN
FIRST HALF
POLO OTIOTTNDS, Now York.
Oct. 22. AP) iregon's gieon
.ii id gold uniformed Webfoots. ap
ijeaiing lu New York for tho flrt
tinm since SMt. met Fordhani to
day under (jerfoPt weather eotuU
iions bni ieforo n diimppoititinRly
snuill crowd of 20,000 ut the Polo
grounds. The Hams, tied by Pwr
due a week irgo, were slight favoj
iU'H over tho :oast team, which
t.owed to Stanford last Saturday.
Kordhiim scored 1 vGinta in tlj
first period to Oregon's t( and this
was tbe wuy the toiuns also stootl
at the e?vsi of the first half.
H was his grandftttlmr, also, who
led Picketrs cliurjje" for tho ton
feh'rat arnty at tjettysbttrg.
While the Ainerirans and tho
firitish were nwnitiTig a final de
rision or who was the rightful pos
sesijor of tho islands, the. Aioeri
cnus kept their garrison o tho
stmth side of San Juan island tmd
the KngJish held forth in a blwk-
,lns on the north side.
; When the decision was reaehfti
jUie Knglisli dejiarled o the tnno
of tho AmerieaH's lind.
I llag niisinK cormnooiea were
, planned for today, ntid WTenths
will bo laid in the old gravpyarU
where He th bodies of VS iiriliah
soldiers who died of Jiaturiil
causes during tho joint ocenpnney.
Thus will be eomnieniorateil the
"one shot1 war with a po;;ky pig
liebinging to a flrliish gettt beinj?
tiio only casualty on theHo norths'
iern Pnget id isiaKdrf, ,