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Football!
Football squads up and
down the roast began drills
yesterday. Read the latest
football news in The States
man sport pages.
The Weather
Clear today and Sunday.
Cloudy on coast. Slightly
warmer. Max. Temp. Friday
78. Min. 50. Rirer -3.S feet.
North winds.
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, September 10, 1938
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
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Helen Michael
Of Eugene Top
In 411 Styles
Eugene Girl Is Presented
I. L. Patterson Cup
at Style Show
Erna Renckeirt-Is Given
- Champion Revue Girl
Award Honor
SATURDAY'S EVENTS
AT THE FAIRGROUNDS
6:00 Gates open.
10:00 Band concert.
11 :00 Journal Juniors arrive.
1:00 Organ concert, textile de
partment. 1:30 Final races of fair start.
2 :00 Instrumental music by
artists from Gervals and
Salem, textile department.
4:00 Concert by Albany mu
sicians. ;
5:00 Organ concert. -.
6:45 Free grandstand enter
tainment. ; .
S:00 Horse show.
Highest awards in the 4H style
show at the state fair last night
went to Helen Michael of Eugene,
who was presented the I. L. Pat
terson cup which is given in mem
ory of the late Governor and Mrs.
I. L. Patterson, and to Erna
Rencken of Freewater, who re
ceived the award as champion
style revue girl by virtue of which
she will represent Oregon in the
national style revue in Chicago
in late November.
Miss Rencken's award came on
her winter school dress. Other
awards in the style revue were:
Cotton school dress, Neppie Law,
Toledo; best dress, Mary Louise
Armstrong, Portland; party dress,
Shirley Pearce, Park Rose, Mult
nomah county. Miss Rencken took
the championship over a field of
72 girls, representing 26 Oregon
counties.
Michael Girl
National Winner
Miss Michael, winner of the
Patterson trophy, last year won
the Moses cup, the national award
fori leadership. She has a record
of lo years in club work and five
years In club leadership. The Pat
terson cup thi3 year is presented
by Lee Patterson of Portland in
honor of his father and mother.
Youth in large numbers will
descend upon the fairgrounds to
day, when about 16 coaches of
Journal Juniors arrive this- morn
ing in a special . train from Port
land. 1 Today's fair program will see
the final program in the six-day
racing meet and the last night of
the horse show. Both' these events
have attracted capacity or near
capacity crowds every day.
Free Program
Final Day
Final day of the fair comes Sun
dayj when the big feature will be
the free grandstand program at 2
o'clock, in the afternoon. The last
free evening grandstand program
is slated for 6:45 o'clock tonight,
and also the last free dancing to
Les Hlte's orchestra is on the bill
tonight.' Presence of this orches
tra has been responsible for large
late night attendance than in any
recent year of the fair. -
Friday's fair, attendance was
slightly larger than that of the
corresponding day last year, and
attendance for the first five days
of the week is running ahead of
last yeaK- .c
Livestock Parades
Before Stands
Arlstfcracy of the state fair
livestock realm paraded before
the grandstand yesterday in the
feature event of the morning at
the fair, when a long string of
blue and purple ribbon holders
held the attention of - a sizable
audience.
Climax to the parade came
when J. D. Mickle, director of
the state department of agricul
ture, crowned Sybil Tessie Lorna,
-only Jersey cow In the world tjf
hold three International 1 produc
tion records. The honored cow Is
from the L. A. Hulburt pure
blood Jersey herd at Independ
' enee. ' . '
In 4 H demonstration contests
yesterday, the Marion county
team, Phyllis Graham and Walter
Bowman, Salem, took first place
in the miscellaneous class and on
homemaking, Wanda Froehlich,
and Freda Bucurench, Bethel,
placed fifth.
' Eleanor R. Given
; Presidency Plug
! ran JUAN. Puerto Rico. Sect.
8. 7P The newspaper La Corres-
pondencia toaay eauonauy urgea
the nomination of Mrs. Franklin
n. Roosevelt for president of the
United States saying such a step
would avoid any contact over a
third term for her husband.
; The nomination should be giv
en Mrs. Roosevelt, the newspaper
declared, for her own a nail nca
tions rather than for any glory
reflected by her position as the
president's-wiie, .
MARION COUNTY
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Darline R e 1 1 e y , 11 year oid
: Scio girl (top, left), was de
clared healthiest among 4H
dob girls at the state1 fair
here. David Melson ttop
right), son of Roy Blelson,
Marion county commission
er. Is shown after he receiv
ed the similar award for
boys. Top center. Junior
) Miner, Gervals 4H ! clubber,
is shown ! with his pen of
Court Overrules
McMahan's Demur
Given 5 Days to Answer
'Motion of Prejudice in
Site Action
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The state supreme court yester
day overruled a demurrer by Cir
cuit Judge L. H. McMahan and
gave him five days in which to
answer the capitol reconstruction
commission's action to disqualify
him from presiding over the com
mission's suit to condemn the
Mary Boeschen property here.
The court announced its deci
sion orally after listening to near
ly two hours of arguments.
The commission filed an origin
al mandamus action with the high
court alleging Judge McMahan
was prejudiced against the com
mission attorneys. The judge in
July refused to recognize the com
mission a affidavit of prejudice. :
The Boeschen suit is one of four
brought by the commission to con
demn property needed for the
Summer street addition to the
capitol grounds."
Abductor of Girl
Sentenced to 20
BURNS, Ore., Sept. 9-(Jpy-OT-vflle
L. Smith, S 4-year-old farm
hand, was sentenced today by Cir
cuit Judge C.'W. Ellis to 20 years
in state prison. Smith pleaded
guilty to a charge of abducting
and criminally attacking a seven-year-old
girl. """ ,i
Smith, hidden out from lynch-
minded residents by Sheriff C. W.
Frazier for several days, told the
sheriff he- was Intoxicated at the
time he took the child for a
horseback ride from her ranch
home at Narrows, south of here.
She was found In a dazed condi
tion on the following day.
Capitol's Statue
Due Here Monday
i
The "pioneer statue," to be
placed on top of, the new $2,500,
000 state capitol building, will be
hoisted to the roof of the struc
ture next Wednesday, ; contractors
announced here Friday.
The statue was manufactured
at Philadelphia and was scheduled
to arrive in Salem Monday. ; :
Lebanon1 Mem Disappear
Leaving Suicide Letter
ALBANY. Sept. 9.-UPh-W. A.
Bresfiears, 61, Lebanon, who dis
apepared late Sunday leaving a
suicide note, was still missing to
day. Sheriff Herbert Shelton said.
He had been despondent over
prolonged Illness, Shelton said.
Mastersons Take top Place
For 3-Gaited Pairs Event
By JERYME UPSTON
Enthusiastic crowds have greet
ed the horse show at the stadium
each night; this week of the state
fair with a large audience again
last night,' The first main erent
of the show on the program! was
the three-gaited pairs for horses
owned or boarded in a riding
academy. . They "were shown as a
pair at walk, trot and canter. Mr.
and Mrs. Larry Masterson on King
and Lark took first place honors.
Their horses were from the Ore
gon Saddle club. Second place
went to Ray O'Sunshine - and
Prince Charm owned by Mrs. J.
H. Beck and Mrs. S. H. Seashore
respectively. :
The jumping event of handy
hunters was divided Into two di
visions. The jumpers went over a
selected course decided at the
time of the show. In the first di
vision. Myrnella- Hauser up on
Kitty Hlggins won first and sec
ond went to Semper Fldelis with
Arnold Smith up. Chet Edwards
fHS GET
Thief Apologizes
For Sacking Home
ROSEBURG, Ore., Sept.
A thief last night ransacked the
parsonage occupied by the Rev
and Mrs. S. Raynor Smith of the
Methodist Episcopal church, took
clothing! and a few other items
and left an apologetic note.
In the! note he branded himself
an "ungrateful cad," and , asked
the minister to "please pray for
me." The pilferer also promised
"if circumstances permit, some
day I shall reimburse you for the
articles have borrowed."
War Department
Scatters Orders
Lessened
Vulnerability in
Event of War Object
of. Plan
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9
The war department, in letting
contracts today for the ! greatest
anti-aircraft defense in United
States history, put into effect a
system of scattering orders o a
to lesson vulnerability in case of
war.
Louis Johnson, aeting secretary
of ; war, announced contracts to
talling $ 1,2 8 1,4 5 5 for parts which
will assemble into 338 anti-aircraft
guns. Seventeen companies
in the east,' scattered from New
York to Ohio, received the orders.
Additional orders are being
placed with government arsenals,
bringing the initial expenditure
up to 810,000,000. Congress has
appropriated ; $13,000,000, with a
right to draw an additional 810.
000,000, for building up anti-aircraft
defenses. -4 M
Today's contracts will have the
effect of quintupling such defen
ses, which at present number let s
thn 70 guns.' The guns will be lo
cated at big city points on or near
the east and west coasts. "
Oregon Socialists j
Quit OCF, Report
PORTLAND, Sept. SD-'The
socialist party of Oregon" has
withdrawn from the Oregon Com
monwealth federation, the Social
ist Call, a Chicago publication, an
nounced in an edition circulated
here today, I ,
The paper continued. - sayitg
the Commonwealth had . "recently
modified its original progressive
program and consummated an un
principled deal with capitalistic
politicians.": i , -
Transient Loses Foot ; i
EUGENE J Sep t. 9.-P)-Tuia-bling
beneath a moving : freight
when h attempted to board it
early today,! Bert Christian, about
30, Mart, Texas, lost his left foot.
O-
on Air Way was first in the sec-
end division with Flora Jane Ker
ron placing second. ' ' - 1
Tom Metcalf riding Corinthian's
Edna received the blue ribbon for
the five-galted horses event. Burt
Korby on Happy-Go-Lucky was
second. - L. K. Banks driving Sil
ver Flash again won first place in
the roadsters to bike event with
Tom Metcalf driving Dean Har
vester placing second. 1 ;
L. S. Shattuck of Toppenish,
Wash., was given the first award
In the exhibition six-horse teams
with D. F. Burge of Albany, sec
ond. The grand award will be
made tonight for the best total
score accumulated during i the
week for this event, r .
A feature of tonight's hores
show will be the awarding of the
Bruno trophy to the winner In the
walk-trot event. The presentation
will be made by Mr. .Ted Bruno of
Portland, Miss Maxlne Hartley of
Salem. . i - .
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FAIR AWARDS
grand champion Berkshire
and Hampshire hogs. He
won the Valley Packing com
pany feeding contest and bis
swine won the grand cham
pionship over all A t h e r
breeds. Below, Elliott Flagel
of Klamath Falls rides "Sky
High," one of the b r o n e s
showing in the bucking con
test at the night horse show,
which comes to an end with
the program tonight.
Japanese Column
j Reported Routed
Chinese Report Trapping
Force on North Bank
of Yangtze
j HANKOW, Sept. 9 .-Jpy-Chl-nese
army headquarters said ' to
night that the Japanese column
which had been shoving toward
Hankow along the north bank of
the Yangtze river was -trapped
and defeated yesterday at
Kwangtsl.
Military authorities said several
thousand Japanese were cut off
and remnants of the column
forced into precipitous flight when
Chinese forces, which had been
fallingrhatk slowly. closed in
from three directions.
Following up today, it was said,
the Chinese occupied Kwanktsl,
about 80 miles southeast of Han
kow, and pushed nearly 20 miles
eastward to the environs of
Hwangmel. At Hwangmei the
Japanese were said to have ral
lied, attempting a new drive west,
. (Japanese p r e a a dispatches
from Nanking quoted ; Japanese
military authorities as saying 15,
000 Chinese were slain and 1,200
captured in fighting around
Kwangtsl.)
Sen. Reames Asks
Coastal Defenses
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9-iv
Senator Reames (D-Ore) has ask
ed the war department to in
crease ainti-aircraf t defenses
along, the Oregon and Washing
ton coasts, the senator's office re
vealed today..
Reames urged Secretary Wood
ring to hare existing units rein
forced at the mouth .of the Co
lumbia river and on Puget Sound.
ffGbh-Gil-GBOP
SOFTBALLER NO. 1. In
view of all the softball honors
that have come Salem's way
this year, Including both men's
and , women's state champion
ships, there is no excuse, other
than modesty, for anybody's
being left out. But, a contribu
tor to this column reminds,
there is one modest fellow who
has received little mention but
should be rated Salem's "Soft
baller No. 1." The contributor
writes:
"The honor undoubtedly goes
to Bob Keuscher, young coach
of the Pade-Barrick girls' team.
. "Beginning In April, Bob
coached the city champion Gar
field grade school team which
won 7 games and lost 2. Then,
while working on the city playJ
ground. Bob coached the din
ger Yankees boys' team to the
Salem title, while his Parrish
Market team finished second In
the junior loop.
"The Pade-Barrick girls
team, which has won 34 of 38
games under Keuscher's coach
ing in two years, won the Val
ley league crown, the state and
northwest titles.
V "Bob's coaching record for
the season shows 81 wins
against 18 losses. In addition
Bob played for the Willamette
university and state Intercol
legiate champion softball team,
. Alpha Psl Delta, also played for
the Salem Eagles and the In
dustrial league champion (he
just seems to attract champion
ships) .Building Supply team.
These teams won 11 and lost
14. ,
"It all adds up to 108 tIo
torles against SO losses. Dob
had an active part in 138 soft
ball games from April 18 to
September 2 138 days. That
makes an average ot one game
per day and six championships
for the 1938 season!
. "Can anyone In Salem tie
that!" - .
3 Driers Burn
In 2-Day Time
On Hop Farms
Ten-Kiln Livesley Drier
Burned 'Early Friday
in big Blaze .
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Patton Drier Destroyed
. Near Independence; -
OSC Has Fire
Three costlv hoo drier fires
have occurred within the space of
two days in the Willamette vauey
while a fourth fire starting in An
axnerimental hon drier destroyed
the interior of the farm mechan
ics building at Oregon State col
lege, Corvallls.
Most extensive of the three
ftrea In Marion and Polk coun
ties was that which early Friday
morning: destroyed the ten-kiln
drier at T. A. Livesley's Lake
brook ranch. Other buildings in
the yard were saved after employ
es put up a hard battle against
the flames, risking their lives at
times.
The first fire was that which
destroyed ten driers at the A. M.
Jerman ranch, also in the Lake
brook district, Thursday morning.
Three Kilns Burn
On Patton Ranch
Last to be reported here al
though it occurred a few hours
before the Livesley fire, was the
one which destroyed a three-kiln.
30-foot hop house at the Billy Pat
ton ranch" south of Independence
Thursday night. The Livesley fam
ily also was a loser in this fire, for
a part : of the hops being dried
were the property of Charles
Livesley. Dell Patton has been op
erating -the ranch. The fire broke
out about 9 o'clock. The cause was
not known.
There were reports of a fire at
another; large hop ranch In the
Independence Ticlnlty but these
reports proved false. '
At Livesley's Lakebrook yard.
In addition to the driers . which
were valued at $10,000, five fans,
heating equipment and 2044
pounds of hops were also destroy
ed. The fire was discovered lick
ing at the woodwork in the upper
part of the drier where the stack
emerges, - but the flames had
gained too much headway to be
stopped. Storage rooms nearby
containing over 700 bales of hope
were saved by pulling down a
tramway which connected them
with the' driers. A bucket brigade
stopped fires which broke out In
other nearby buildings.
Remaining" Crop
To Be Picked .
As in the case of the Jerman
ranch, it Is probable that the re
mainder of the crop will be picked
Instead of left because of the quo
ta limitations of the hop control
program. ' Both the Jerman and
Livesley ranches now face the pro
blem of drying facilities, since
Jerman had planned to dry his re
maining crop at the Livesley drier.
The coincidence of three hop
drier fires within two days caused
some speculation as to possible In
cendiarism but there has been no
labor trouble in the hop harvest
this year and proprietors of the
yards said no one was under sus
picion, i
CORVALLIS. Ore., Sept. -JP-
Flre originating In an experimen
tal hop drier early today gutted
the farm mechanics building ,at
uregon ctaie college at an estima
ted damage of $25,000.
Harry Cockrum, senior student,
was burned on an arm when he
tried to control the blaze with a
hand extinguisher. , i
Downstairs offices of the two-
story building were undamaged.
jured Seaman
Removed by Air
ASTORIA, Ore., Sept. .
Joe Bnrdett, seaman aboard the
disabled purse seiner' Ketchikan,
was removed by a coast guard am
phibian plane tonight after Bur
dett's skull was crushed.
His Injury was suffered in at
tempting to remove a. disabling
fish net from the vessel's propel
lor. The purse seiner Arthur H.
started toward Astoria with Bnr
dett but was met by the plane
several miles north ot Tillamook.
The coast guard boat Triumph
was sent to the rescue of t h e
Ketchikan while Burdett was tak
en to a hospital in an attempt to
save - his . life. His head was
caught between the stern of the
seiner and a skiff from which he
was working.
Girl not Blamed1
In Count's Death
MIAMI, Fla., Sept; 8-VThe
dying wish of the count ot Cora
donga was heeded today by a cor
oner's jury, which absolved Miss
Mildred Gaydon, night club cigar
ette girl, of any blame in connec
tion with an automobile accident
in which the former heir to the
Spanish. -throne was fatally. In
jured. '
Motion to Drori Ch
Agaiinst Hines Ref
As Deivey
Defense Counsel Apparently . Unperturbed by Rule
From Court and Begins Presentation
of Witnesses for Accused j t
NEW YORK, Sept. 9.
Hines lost its motion today for dismissal of charges linking
the Tammany leader to the Dutch Schultz mob as political
protector, and instantly launched an attack on the state's only
documentary evidence in the case a $500 check, -j .
- Apparently unperturbed that Supreme Court Justice
j O Ferdinand Pecora had refused to
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Railroads Serve
Wage Cut Notice
15 per: Cent Pay Slashing
to Co Into Effect
October 1 .
CHICAGO, Sept. 9.-;p)-The na
tion's major railroads served no
tice tonight that a IS per cent
cut for their 929,000 employes
would go into effect at 12:01
a. m., Saturday, Oct. 1.
The-workers, who consistently
refused to accept the reduction in
a series of conferences, are taking
a nation-wide strike vote. The, re
sults ot the referendum probably
will be announced here on Sep
tember 25.
"The refusal of the employes
to agree to a wage reduction in
negotiation or mediation proceed
ings and their rejection of arbi
tration leave the railroads now
with but one method of reducing
wages under the law to make
the reduction effective," the car
riers joint conference committee
announced In a formal statement.
"This will be done at the earliest
date permitted by the law. '-.-.
- .The "earliest date" In this case
is one minute $fter midnight on
Oct. 1 since.thi railway labor act
stipulates no change in pay rates
can be made for 3 0 days after the
termination of mediation hear
ings. The national mediation
board's attempt to settle the dis
pute ended in failure on Aug. 31.
Strike of Clerks
In Waiting Stage
.SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 9-iF)
More fisticuffs along the picket
lines and ! employers reports of
beatings, and Intimidations today
accompanied indications that op
posing sides were settling down
to an endurance contest in the
department store strike. . f
. In the 24-hour period ending
at mid-afternoon five additional
persons i were reported hurt in
picket line encounters and seven
new arrests were made, bring
ing the official total for the
three-day old strike to seven in
jured and 14 taken Into custody.
The San Francisco labor coun
cil, speaking for the 20 or more
affected! unions, announced the
withdrawal of all compromise of
fers made on behalf of the work
ers prior to the beginning of the
strike i Wednesday against .35
stores. About 8,000 workers were
affected.; This was taken to mean
they again would press their or
iginal demands for a "union
shop," a 35-hour week and"store
wide seniority.".
Envoy of Nippon
May Be Replaced
TOKYO, Sept. 1 0.-( Saturday )
(flVThel newspaper Nichi NichI
today reported Hlroshl . Hlrosl
Saito, Japanese ambassador to
the United States, would be re
placed by Vice Minister of For
eign Affiars Kensuke Horinouchl
in Washington. ' V,
Though the foreign office: In
sisted the matter was still pend
ing, the ; newspaper asserted Saito
would be recalled at his own re
quest because of 111 health. V
French Planning Wholesale:
Distribution of Gas Masks
PARIS, Sept, S-iSVThe French
government turned anxious atten
tion today to civilian defense mea
sures, now that French fighting
forces army, air force and navy
are prepared for any emergen
cy that i might arise . from the
Crechoslovak-German crisis.
Distribution of gas masks to
civilians, a measure promised: but
postponed for many months, was
planned ; by the Interior ministry.
Tons of sand were trucked Into
Paris bulwark shelters and public
buildings in' the capital against
bombs which Parisians pray win
never falL " .
The threat of war gradually
was being brought home to ; the
French, i A certain amount of ner
vousness .was evident among Parts
civilians and it was not auayea ey
Case Uph
eld
(AF) - The defense of James J.
dismiss a conspiracy count and 12
felony counts against the defend
ant, Chief Defense j Counsel Lloyd
Paul Stryker called J. c Howard
Haring, handwriting expert, who
said he believed a "J. Hines" en
dorsement on the heck -had been
written between the endorsements
Of "J.
Holly."
R. Davis
and "Eddie
The state contends the check
was given Hines y the mobas
part payment T for
releases of arrested poli
workers and for idfluen
ting the number of,
banks. "
Haring also testified he be
lieved a memorandum of sVtapped
telephone conversation,. Introdu
ced by the state, jcould not have
been written as ; the persons
talked. '
Detective Julius Salke, testify
ing for the etate, had sworn he
made a verbatim copy of a con
versation he- recorded when some
one identified as "the boss" talked
with J. Richard "Dixie" Davis
the mob's lawyer-4 in 1933,' ask
ing for $500." :
Haring said; however, "on cross
examination by Dist. Atty. Thom
as E. Dewey, that j"in many cases
it is impossible jlo tell" which
name 'might be "written first on
the back of a check and that his
testimony was merely a matter of
opinion. , ' 7 ' , ,
Sudeten -Czecko
Resume
Police Officer -Suspended
to Satisfy
Minority
for Whipping
PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Sept.
9. (JPi Crechoslvak -' Sudeten
German m!norityr Negotiations de
railed by disorders at' Maehrlsch
Ostrau were revived tonight.
A government) announcement
that the negotiations would be re
sumed tomorrow- jwas accompan
ies by the disclosure of details of
concessions designed to satisfy
the nasi - backed, autonomy -demanding
Germanic minority.
The way for resumption of the
negotiations, disrupted two days
ago by Sudetens angered at the
alleged horsewhipping of a Sude
ten deputy at Maehrisch-Ostrau,
was cleared by the suspension ot
a police officer of j the border dis
trict where the incident occurred.
The government's concessions,
offered as a counterproposal to
the Sudetens' eight-point demands
for complete autonomy, provide
for reorganisation I of the republic
into self-governing cantons group
ing together various nationalities.
The plan, said to have the ap
proval of the unofficial British
mediation mission! headed by Vis
count Runciman, would leave for
eign policy, finances and national
defense- under control- ot the cen
tral government at Prague.
. In the event of the acceptance
by the Sudetens, the plan would
be submitted to j parliament for
approval, thus refraining from
any dictatorial establishment of a
new governmentalj system.
Barnes Successor
To Be Leo Smith
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 9.-JPy-Leo
Smith, 35, Portland attorney,
was selected by Multnomah county
democratic precinct committee
men tonight to fill the state leg
islative vacancy caused by the
death of Ellis W. Barnes recently.
widespread doubts ot what Britain
Intended to do if the threat should
materialize. ; -
- Diplomatic circles reported that
Charles Corbin, i French ambassa
dor to London, had been told to
ask the British : government - to
make a public a proclamation that
it would . defend 4 Czechoslovakia
from aggression.
A hlzh foreign!
office official
said he could neither
"conforni
nor deny" the report. .
Some sources said the enroy
also had been Instructed to ask
Britain to take .''defensive secur
ity measures" - J Like those of
France in putting: 1,200.000 men
under arms and cancellation of
leaves for offices' and sailors of
the Atlantic fleet with prepara
tions for CO days of servlc sea.
of racket
rfe in cut-
Parley
Cabine t Makes
Decision After
Midnight Meet
Formal Note to Declare
. Britain not tr Abide
Czech Invasion
Daily Mail Says Envoy
-Will Deliver Hitler
Note in Person
LONDON. Sept. lO.-(Saturday)
-(ffJ-The Daily Mail said today
the- British government decided at
midnight to tell Germany "In pre
cise and' format terms" Great
Britain would not stand aside if
Czechoslovakia were attacked.
The newspaper said a diploma
tic note to this effect would be de
livered by Sir Neville Hender
son, British ambassador to Berlin,
"probably to Adolf Hitler him
self" within the next, few hours at
Nurnberg. .
Henderson Delay
Leaving X urn berg
Sir Neville postponed his sched
uled departure from Nurnberg
last night, which the Daily Mail
said was done on Instructions
from No. 10 .Downing street, the
prime minister's residence..
(In Nurnberg, it was said the
British- government was under
stood to be desirous of ' keeping
Sir Neville.there to urge the gra
vity of the International situation
on the German government.)
The Daily Mail's report followed
within a few hours the adoption
Jy the British admiralty of some
virtual wartime precautions be
cause of the situation created by
the Czechoslovak - German con
flict. ;
Decision Reached
After Many Honrs
Thai" rnwrnmnf Aprlsinn f ft
take a firmer stand with Ger
many, the newspaper, said, was
reached v "after many hours ccn
sultatlo". between Prim Minis
ter Neville Chamberlain, Foreign
Minister Viscount Halifax, Sir
John Simon, chancellor of the ex
chequer; Sir Robert Vansittart,
chief diplomatic adviser to the
government; and Sir Alexander,
Cadogan, permanent undersecre
tary of foreign affairs.
Their action was hastened, the;
Daily Mail added, because of "In-;
formation reaching Whitehall
street during yesterday."
-The admiralty ordered .fall
crew complements aboard the
first mine-sweeping flotilla com
posed of seven ships and declared
that four mine-laying destroyers
w f i uuguv bU 1U11 tuuiuiiwvil
from a reserve status.
Admiralty Move
First Admission
Although the British home fleet
is .engaged in maneuvers in the
North Sea off Scotland, tonight's
move was the admiralty's first ad-,
mission of precautions because ef
the central European crisis.
Previously the admiralty stout
ly Insisted the maneuvers - were
routine.
The admiralty's order etne
close on the heels of reports
France had asked Britain to take
defense measures publicly which
might have a restraining influ
ence on Germany to head off any
military -move against ' Czechoslo
vakia. .
tuouc upuuon
Favors Warning
Just before the admiralty an
nouncement, Britain's "inner cab
inet" held a meeting to consider
all phases of the central European
situation while British public
opinion seemed to be hardening in
favor of a blunt warning to Ger
many "before it is too late." . .
The naval vessels affected by
the order are all at their home
ports. In positions where they
could steam quickly to defense f
the British Isles in an emergency.
Only recently the admiralty
strengthened the number of naval
vessels at Gibraltar, gateway, te
the Mediterraneon.
The "inner cabinet" Prime
Minister Neville Chamberlain,
Foreign Secretary Viscount Hali
fax ,and Chancellor of the Ex
chequer Sir John Simon -considered
possibility of the 11th hour
warning to Germany that Invasion
of Czechoslovakia would fere
jjruaw io ngni, accoramg 10 in
formed sources.
Themanner of delivering such
a warning presented a main stum
bling block in the government's
deliberations. Efforts of Sir Nev
lie Henderson, British' ambassa
dor to Germany, to contact
Reichsfuehrer Hitler casually at
Nurnberg's . nazi party, congress
hare failed. : '
. It was felt in informed quarters
here, that if Sir NevJle should
formally request an Interview
with Chancellor Hitler and then
deliver, a strongs warning, the
fuehrer, influenced" by the emo
tional atmosphere ot Nurnberg,
might react violently.
Union Chiefs, Storemen -Mum,
on Safeicay Pjcct
PORTLAND, Sept. 9 -,T--either
union officers nor afewa.y
store executives today would re
veal terms of the settlement cf
the 5C-day strike that ended yes-
1 terday