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4- Why Do the Nations So furiously rage to gether? The keen European analysis of Dorothy Thomp son's "Of f the Record col umn keeps you Informed three times weekly in The Statesman. The Weather Partly cloudy today and Wednesday. Cooler Wednes day. Max. Temp. Mod. JKS, Min. 46V River -3.0 feet. North winds.' i Or poundoo 165! Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 27, 1938 EIGHTY-KIUHTH YEAR Price 3c; Newsstands Sc No. 157 If a CV if ; III v, VeWiral sfi I ill irmnW i . .:'. Russia and To Back Up F rah ce Undetermined Whether German Maiv. Into Sudetenland -to Be Cause td Aid Czechoslovaks - rar m Taf "W m ' - " ' a - -tt at I "Tn-. at at tlitler lntornied ot Alliance Uecision Before Speech; Unknown Whether 4 His Actions . Were Affected (By the "Associated Press) LONDON, Sept. 26 (AP) Great Britain, France and Soviet Kussia threw the threat of their might between little Czechoslovakia and menacing Germany t o n i g h t even as Reichsfuehrer Adolf Hitler insisted that his demands for Su detenland musi be met by Saturday. ; j An authoritative announcement declared that if Ger many attacked Czechoslovakia, France would be bound to aid the republic "and Great Britain and Russia will stand by France." , f i j It remained to be determined whether France would con sider a German march into Sude--- . : j tenland alone cause for aid to Czechoslovakia or whether an at tack on Czechoslovak areas proper would be the only signal. Neither Hitler's impassioned speech nor the ti ipower stand slammed the door on negotiations on the German-Czechoslovak is sue and trembling Europe still' had some hope for peace. When Hitler mounted the ros trum in Berlin to the cheers of his followers, he knew Britain had decided for the first time to show an iron hand to the welder of greater Germany. Sir Horace Wilson of the for eign office rushed to Berlin by S 1 . 11 A . .All Hitler of the decision of the west ern democracies and Soviet Russia to march, if the nazi war machine rolled eastward. ; None here" could say if it re sulted in any e 1 e v e, n t h - hour change in Hitler's speech. But Europe found hope in the fact that he did not make the an nouncement many feared was coming that nazi troops were marching into Czechoslovakia ev en as he spoke. , Tonight's statement issued in London marked a reversal of Prime Minister - Neville Chamber lain's policy of "dealing with -dictators" and for the first time Brit ain, France and Soviet Russia stood definitely committed to fight for Czechoslovakia, although France and Russia have pledges under defensive alliances with the warborn republic. Official quarters declined to elaborate on the statement but it was understood reliably Britain and Russia would let -France de cide what constituted a. German attack on Czechoslovakia. This presumably meant Britain and Russia would accept France's decision out did not rule out the possibility of Britain attempting to influence the French. GENEVA," Sept. 27-(Tuesday)-(JP) Soviet Foreign Commissar Maxim Litvinoff was reported to day to have proposed a "peace by force" plan to Paris and London as the only possible answer to Chancellor Hitler. The foreign commissar, some sources said, had urged France and Britain to Join Russia in mil itary measures which would leave no doubt of their Intention to fight if Hitler attempts to seize the Sudetenland by force. . Sources close to the Russian delegation said the soviet plan was to send the French, British and soviet ambassadors simultan eously to the German foreign of fice warning Germany they were prepared to defend Czechoslova kia. - The next step in the "peace by force" plan was said to be a dem onstration of the armed might of the three powers as close to Ger many as possible. Racehorses Pile Into Heap When Truck Overturns Five race horses traveling in a covered truck, headed for the Eureka, Calif., track, were scram bled in a heap but unhurt as the truck was run into a ditch and tumbled over last night near Hub bard, in almost exactly the same soot where Bertha A. Mignot 10 days ago lost her life in a truck- automobile crash. According to state police a car passing the horse-laden truck crowded it into the ditch where it toppled ever on its side. The truck was driven by Colby Galloway. and the horses owned by J. E. Stevenson of Sunnyside,' Wash. It was necessary to cut the top out of the truck to unscramble the horses. Hamilton Is Given 25-Year Sentence DALLAS. Sept. 26 -6fV-Floyd Hamilton, 30, West Dallas hood lam, was convicted of armed rob bery and given a 25-year prison term tonight by a Dallas county fury. " Ted Walters, alleged accom plice in several cases, is to go to trial tomorrow. Hamilton and Walters were recaptured here a nr. zl after tneir escape irom the Montague county jail in April, Britain o Government's Aid Stricken Regions Hopkins Pledges Unlimited WPA Funds as Deaths Reach 468 Toll I BOSTON, Sept. 26-(,ip)-Assert-ing New England's h u r r I c an e death toll f'approaches 1,000," Harry L. Hopkins, ' Works Pro gress administrator tonight brought assurance to the stricken area thatthe government would do all in its power to speed re covery. Hopkins, in a radio talk, said' the WPA was cutting "red tape lor action." He spoke after check ing New England's needs ' with governors and officials of the af flicted states and pledging unlim ited WPA funds. ' Meanwhile, the list of identi fied dead rose to 468, with the discovery of sir more bodies in Connecticut.! WPA workers In ev ery section of the area, ravaged by the wind last Wednesday, con tinued their search for bodies in tne kindling which had been cot tages and homes. ; ) "Any funds I have to adminis ter are yours," said Hopkins to day and tonleht he that recovery should be rushed as speedily as possible because cold weather "is not far removed." Mfr said at least 100,000 WPA workers were engaged in emerg ency activity. i At the meeting with officials, Hopkins said ; storm projects would be put on ah mc-n,. basis, with regulations waived and hours of labor unlimited. About J200.000.000 was the estimate of , d a m a g e In Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecti cut, Vermont and New Hampshire. Woman Is Injured In Highway Crash ' A woman givin?!the am .Gertrude Meithof, Brooks, suffer ed leg and hand injuries and shock and two men received mi nor cuts in a two-car colllolnn , me racuie highway near the &outn lzth street cutoff junction at 1 a. m. Sunday, i Citv first m officers said the woman's condi tion apparently was not serious. The two men hurt were navirt Tripplett and William Morgan of scio. lneye were riding with the woman in a sedan registered to Earl Porter, Brooks, when it col- uaea with a car driven bv Vernon Thompson,! Jefferson route one. uompson -was not , hurt. Arrested by state police at the accident scene, Tripplett and Mor gan pleaded guilty In justice court yesterday jto charges of being drunk on ! a highway and were iinea 910 eacn. :! Empress Expecting TOKYO,' Sept. 2 6-UPWThe em press of Japan is I expecting the oinn 01 a cnua in April, it was oisciosea loay by Domei. Jap anese news gency. The emperor and empress have two sons and three daughters. ! Lucille Coenenberg Declares Earle Made A 1 : . M ' v TOLEDO, Ore., Sept. 26-;p)-Richard Earle, pleasure boat operator for whose shooting Hen ry Nelson is on trial for first de gree mrder, made advances to Lucille Coenenberg, 21, Frank Reed, defense attorney tor Nel son, declared from the ..witness stand today. Reed testified Everett Munson, seaman on the boat, told him and two other defense attorneys that he saw the alleged advances made. Munson testified for the state that Earle made no advances to the girl. Nelson's companion. Miss Coenenberg, held as - a material witness but uncalled by the state, testified In Nelson's behalf today that Earle attempted to attack her while Nelson was seasick on deck. In testimony Roosevelt Plea Gets Welcome .rom Nations 4?; ,chbslovakia, France and Britain Hail Talk With Gratitude Berlin Silent on Appeal for Peace From. Head of US Nation WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.-UP)- Great Britain, France and ; little Czechoslovakia hailed with en thusiasm and gratitude tonight a dramatic appeal from President Roosevelt for the preservation of peace. - But from Berlin, there came no immediate reply save Chancellor Hitler's declaration to the Ger man nation that unless the Czechs complied with his demand for the Sudeten area, Germany would seize that territory. Appeal Greeted By Applause At home, applause . greeted the president's carefully-phrased ap peal. Comment by theTnembers of congress who are in Washington was uniformly laudatory. Many noted with approval that Mr. Roosevelt's message took an atti tude of absolute neutrality. The president had a long dis cussion of the European situation with Secretary Hull, and together they sat before a radio and lis tened to Hitler's speech. During the day, the state department re ceived word that the Czech-Ger man frontier had been closed to passage by a group of Americans seeking to go from Czechoslovak ia Into Germany. Premier Replies , ' - "With Gratitude" " Neville Chamberlain, the Brit ish premier, replied "with grati tude" to the president's appeal for peace, and said it was "indeed essential'' to "weigh the :issues with all gravity before embarking on a course from which there may be no retreat. . Benes cabled Mr. Roosevelt his appreciation and a statement that the Sudeten question' could be settled "without resort to force." adding, however, that if Czecho slovakia should be attacked, the nation would "defend itself." 1 Premier Daladier of France also cabled his thanks, spoke of the president's "moving appeal," and of the Franco-British efforts to maintain peace. It was "of special value" he added, that Am erica has thus "solemnly reaf firmed" the principles of the Kel logg treaty. Four Navy Fliers Die in Air Crash WASHINGTON, Sept. 2S.-(&)- ine navy reported four flyers were killed tonight in an airplane crash at the Quantico, Va., marine base. . They were Master Sgt. Benja min F. Belcher, Draft Sgt. Law rence G. Granville, Corp. Ray mond S. Kennedy and Pvi. Fred erick M. Hudson, Jr. Capt. John Wehle, pilot, and Corp. Robert L. Jonasson were injured slightly. Navy officials lacked details, but said they understood the plane crashed during a takeoff and burned. , NO POSTMASTER You don't have to be a postmaster or a democratic paty leader to re ceive letters regularly from James A. Farley, postmaster general and democratic nation- : al chairman, Doris Harold, young stamp and autograph col lector, of Salem, has discovered. Her friends in the Salem Stamp society have disclosed that she is in the position no little enviable to them of re ceiving a letter from Mr. Far ley, on his engraved stationery, with, virtually every new issue of postage stamps, excepting those of costly denomination. It all came about from the j postmaster general's visit here to dedicate the new postoffiee. At the dinner tendered in Ma honor she asked him for his autograph and told him she was an ardent stamp collector. Far ley has done the rest. ' j - i dva n ces to Her earlier "in the day,' she .said she was present at Depoe Bay when Earle was killed but did not see who fired the shot. Later, she testified that Nelson held the fatal gun. Miss Coenenberg said she broke away from Earle in the cabin and fled to the pilot house. She testi fied she told .Munson of the inci dent, but "he only -laughed and attempted to kiss me." Nelson had hired the boat for a deep sea excursion." The shoot lng occurred after the craft re turned to the bay. On shore. Miss Coenenberg said she heard Nelson tell Earle "you tried to rape my girl" and then a shot was fired She repudiated a grand jury statement that Nelson : drugged her before they went aboard. MitlerWiurns Neglectste Say ':WkatyAclpq Britain Ready ToSeeCzec Keep Imise Chamberlain Says Hitler Lacks Faith in Plan for Sudetens Asserts Acceptance Will , Satisfy Nazi Desire- Without War - LONDON, Sept. 27-(Tuesday)- -Prlme Minister Neville Cham berlain publicly declared today in reply to what he called Adolf Hitler's lack of faith, that the British government was prepared to insure execution of the Anglo- French plan for cession of the Sudeten areas in Czechoslovakia. The prime minister said Britain was prepared to see that the Czechoslovak promise to carry out the Anglo-French plan was executed "with all reasonable promptitude." Midnight Statement Is Issued Chamberlain, adopting the un usual step ot issuing a personal midnight statement after Hitler's menacing speech at Berlin, as serted that acceptance of the plan to which Czechoslovakia already had agreed "will satisfy the Ger man desire for union of the Su deten Germans with the reich without shedding of blood in any part of Europe." Chamberlain said he had read Adolf Hitler's Bpeech and "I ap preciate his reference to the ef forts I have made to save peace." "I cannot abandon" those. efforts since it seems to me incredible that the peoples of Europe who do not want ma.r with one another should be plunged into a "bloody struggle over a question on which agreement has already been largely obtained. Says Chancellor Has Xo Faith "It is evident that the chan cellor has no faith that the prom ises made will be carried .out," Chamberlain continued. "These promises were made not to the German government direct but to the British and French governments in the first instance. "Speaking for the British gov ernment we regard ourselves as morally responsible for seeing that the promises are carried out fairly and fully and we are pre pared to undertake that they shall be so carried out with all reasonable promptitude, provided that the German government will agree to settlement of terms and conditions to the transfer by dis cussions and not by force. "I trust that the chancellor will not reject this proposal which is made in the same spirit of friendliness as that in which I was received in Germany and which if It is accepted will satis fy the German desire for union of the Sudeten . Germans with the reich without the shedding of blood in any part of Europe." Murder Charged Train Wreckers WATERTOWN, N. T., Sept. it 7P) Two homesick boys were charged tonight with murder, first degree, as a result of the wrecking of a New York Central train and the death ot an engi neer and a fireman. The boys were William Beach, 10, and Kenneth Scoville, 13, both of Adams. Dist. Atty. Carl Hynes explain ed that the law made the murder charge mandatory when: death is caused by tampering with rail road property. . j The boys are charged with throwing a switch near Adams that sent a train onto a short spur and plunging over a 25 foot em bankment. Sprague Resumes Drive k In Radio Talk Tonight .Charles A. Sprague left yester day afternoon for Portland to re sume his campaign as republican nominee for governor. Sprague will launch his radio campaign with an address scheduled for de livery tonight at 7:45 over KGW. - Benes . to Broadcast NEW YORK, Sept. tt.-CPi- President Eduard Benes of Cze choslovakia, will make a special broadcast tomorrow on the Sude ten crisis, in English, from 2 to 2:10 p. m. (PST) on the Nation aL Columbia and Mutual Broad casting networks. W (Thirl ti liana CZECH ARMY 3v - K 1 : . - Fall harvests were forgotten as all able bodied Czechs answered the general mobilization call. Ammun ition wagons are shown moving up to the frontier through a hayfield. The wagon train took a short cut because all other roads were congested with moving columns of soldiers. (IIX.) trance Arming Greater Numbers of Reservists No Formal Mobilization Orders Issued, but Troops Called to Colors Individually While i Civilians Depart Capital PARIS, Sept. 27. (AP) Reliable sources said today that increasing numbers of troops were being put under arms in France as an answer to Adolf Hitler's threat against Cze choslovakia. . No formal mobilization orders, such as were posted Sat urday when the total of men under arms swelled to more than 2,000,000, was issued, hut reserr-O ists were said to have been -called up individually. Telephone and telegraph lines virtually were taken over by the government . in transmission orders to local authorities. of PARIS. Rent, x -iP-War-time conditions were clamped down on France tonight. Not quite 20 years after the end of war that laid much of their country waste, Frenchmen again saw swelling ranks of soldiers march off to the frontiers. Civilians began fleeing the capi tal, at the advice of the ministry of public works. The American embassy advised able to do so. because of "the! "complicated situation prevailing in Europe." Government ; ministers stayed constantly oy tneir posts, ready for all emergencies. Premier Edouard Daladier, back from con ferring at London with heads of the British government, called the cabinet to meet tomorrow at the Elysee palace. Daladier and Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet returned by air plane after conferring with Brit ain's Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Secretary for Foreign Affairs Viscount Halifax, to await final developments that would turn Europe definitely to peace or war. , Information Filed In Winslow Case William G. Stalling, on whose complaint combined with that of witnesses City Officer Frank Winslow was suspended from the force pending return of Chief Frank Min to, yesterday filed an information letter with the civil service commission, in which he set forth a description of his ar rest and alleged mistreatment by Winslow. : Chief Minto, who returned to duty yesterday, said he was study ing the matter and was of the belief the civil service' commis sion would "meet some time this week to consider action. . ' . Stalling named as witnesses: Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Brittell, Frank McCaffery, and Claude Cross, po lice radio operator. Bond Issue Voted In Dallas Election - . -1 . . DALLAS -At the special school election at Dallas Monday 119 voted for the; bond issue and 73 against. The election held for the Dallas school district was to vote on a bond issue of $26,430 to be mached by a 45 per cent grant from the federal government un der PWA. ; . , ' The money will ; be used to build an addition to the senior high school building and to im- prove the heating plants -at the Junior high school and the ele- mentary schooL hot MOVES TO GUARD BORDERS f - v j 1 j 1 Truckmen Reject Mayor's Proposal LaGuardia's Compromise Plan Is Favored by . Union Body NEW YORK, Sept. 26.--Representatives of 15,000 idle truckmen tentatively accepted to night an ultimatum proposal by Mayor LaGuardla to halt a city wide trucking strike and keep vital supplies moving to storm- t, o, , -.. era! hours later, however, by unanimous vote of 350 truck own , era. 1 uer turned aown ine com. 1 promise offer after it was i 1 niained to them hv Hnrh v. st.r. idan, chairman of the wage scale committee of the Merchant Truck men's bureau. Michael J. Cashal, vice presi dent of the International Brother hood of Teamsters (AFL), an nounced the mayor s compromise agreement would be submitted to the union membership tomorrow. His committee of 11 quickly ac cepted the proposal. A threat of a railroad embargo preceded the mayor's daylong conference as the unionists re sumed their strike after a four day truce called in a previous "outlaw" walkout which began in effort to force signing of a new contract on union terms. Fourty-four Americans Depart Czechoslovakia PRAGUE, Sept. 2 6-iP)-Forty- four American's headed by Milton Shusro, of Chicago, left Prague on a train for Bratislava at 9:45 p.m. today, en route to Vienna and French ports. They were accom- panied by a representatire of the : American consulate. Thousands of Americans Are Worried about Ceiling Home LONDON. Sept. 2 6. -(-Thousands of Americans who feared to be stranded in a Europe at war had but one thought today how to get home td the United States. 'In London : all steamship : lines across the Atlantic were booked up to October 21 and the United States embassy and consulate were investigating every possibil ity In an effort to aid worried na tionals to get home. In Paris the United States em bassy recommended that "Amer ican citizens who have no , com pelling reasons to continue their sojourn here arrange to return to the United States." The most difficult place of, all to quit was Czechoslovakia. . Departures there in many cases meant lone drives to the Polish I German or Hungarian frontiers and then, in some Instances, a return. j Germany Will A cl (Ceded: Murday; .vS--:: -act .-.-..'.:: --f tW1"- ms .... j Buckler Bid Best For Hospital Job Portland Firm's Iom Bid Is $221,599. to Build TB Institution Contract for constriction of a state tuberculosis hospital In Port land Monday was awarded by the state board of control; to George II. Buckler of Portland, on a low bid of $221,500. Buckler's basic' bid was f 276,- 624 but was reduced 'within the 9224,000 now available for con struction operations by elimina ting some of the alternates. Under the low bid the hospital would have 40 beds. . Officials explained that In case the state received an I additional federal grant of $41,000, based on the $50,000 gift from Mrs. Julius L. Meier ; and her three children, 4 0 beds would be added. This would make an 80 bed hos pital and allow, for reinstatement of other alternates j eliminated under the reduced bid of $221, 599. j : ;,..: Seven bids were received, rang ing as high as $312,900. : Under the agreement with the public works administration con struction operations must begin Tuesday. . - Two More Deaths - 1 . - -. For Deer Season (By the Associated Press) The eighth and ninth victims of the week-old Oregon deer hunting season were dead today. Two other persons received sen ous gunshot wounds, . Harold Roblson, 24; ranch em ploye at. Monument, died of wounds received yesterday when he accidentally : discharged a ri fle. The bullet pierced his lungs. It required five hours to take the wounded man from the isolated hunting sector to medical-aid. Herb Lewis, j 47, ol Portland. died of a heart attack; caused by exertion a half j mile from"1 his camp near Elgin. Howard Jones, 32, of Wendling suffered a serious scalp' wound and concussion when. a compan ion mistook him for a deer and fired. The accident occurred In : the McKenzie .river country, yes- terday. j j A gun discharged when Edward White, 47, Camas Valley, pre- pared to climb over a! fence. The bullet shattered his right leg. .' A group of 44 American" citi zens seeking to leave Czechoslo vakia turned back at the Czechoslovakia-German frontier because of fears of being held In German refugee camps. - - - - American residents in London planned to send: their wires and children into the country. The American r embassy was jammed with both resident and visiting Americans seeking advice as the developing crisis intensi fied anxiety. .1-14 ';': In addition to them ' there were German anti-naxl . refugees seeking permits to enter the United, States. In Paris, officials - estimated there were about 8,000 Ameri cans in France. I j Steamship agencies were swamped with people investigate lng sailing facilities. ; . W ill Be or War Question Still Fuehrer Proudly Points" to Mighty Nazi Army as Crowd Cheers r - - -.- i : 1 Says Patience Exhausted! Over Sudeten Problem in Hour Talk BERLIN, Sept. 26.-r;pWRc1chB- fuehrer Adolf . Hitler told I the world tonight that if Czechoslo vakia does not give Germanyj the territory he has marked as Sude tenland by October 1 he will act. "The time has come to business," he said, and "the talk Su- detenland is the last territorial demand I have i to make in Eu- ( rope,- but it Is ; a demand 'irom which I never 'will recede." What He'll Do Still Question xet there was nothing in the speech an address onevhour.and 13 minutes long 'broadcast by ra dio to an anxious world which hung on every word to Indicate definitely, just what the fuehrer Intended to do. ; Apparently he still hoped to rt the Sudetenland -d e f I n e d ,a maps which he! attached td his "final" memorandum by negoti ation and plebiscite. He did not say outright that he was going to war to get the Sude ten areas which Ciechosloi akia already has agreed to cede him, though she apparently disai;rees with him on the definition ct the Sudetenland. - - .. Demands Sudetens By October. 1 ( . : He did say. at well - r paced points In the address: . "Mr. Benes (President Eduard Benes of - Czechoslovakia) must cede this region (the Sudeten land) to us by October 1. 1 v . "We are determined, jnsy Mr. Benes know it!" - "Regarding the Sudeten preb lem, my patience is exhanste." He proudly told, amid cheejrs of an Immediate audience of 24.000 in Berlin's huge sportpalast. about Germany's great military strength, her mighty air force in short, what a great, power manr has-become. Ger- . This all indicated, by infer ence, Germany is going" to fight. But Hitler did not say so. With every German ordered to hear the fuehrer by his owi ra dio or a public address system. Hitler began speaking at ;8:21 p. m. (11:21 a. m. PST), a ittie more than three hours after re ceiving Sir Horace Wilson, ) per sonal representative of British Prime Minister Neville Chariiber lain, with an urgent note. , )l There was no indication la the fuehrer's address to any realctioa he might have had Sir Horace's message, reported authoritatively in London to have been a warn ing that Britain an,d Russia vrould join France in support of fzcho slovakia in event of a Germain in vasion of Czechoslovakia. While Hitler was speaking, Britain made it plain in diploma tic quarters in London that she, Russia and France had agreed upon such a course, although there was public doubt whether 1 n v a s i o n of the Sudeteiland would be ' considered a cans or aiding Czechoslovakia in view of Prague's agreement to cede the regions to Germany. : - 1 . London indicated the Issue! hin ged on France's course. On FHday Premier Edouard Daladier indi cated France would aid Pragkie ia event of invasion of "Czechoslo vakia - proper," i. although phere was possibility of a stiffening of the French attitude since thfen to include the Sudetenland.) j Tonight a spokesman for the German government said he had no-comment to make concerning this tri-power stand. ) The relchsfuehrer's statement that "The Sudetenland is the last territorial demand I have to in Europe" was regarded as to all reas- suring and of .fundamental im portance. I - But the gist of the entire im passioned oration Was that he would act, he would do some thing, if he did not have the Su detenland by October 1 this Sat nrday. ' Duke to Return If War Declare:" 1 - - -i LONDON, Sept. 26.--Tl:i Duke of Windsor's equerry to! 1 the London Daily Mirror today that the duke probably would re turn to England if war were de clared,.. " '- j The paper . reported that the equerry, speaking from Cap D'An tibes, France, said: j ; "In the event of war the duke's plans are made and It is probable t . that he will return to London." NotAnswered