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- fit r; TAGS TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning. September 29, 1938 TV ustment Is Considered Uemoving War Causes Is Possible Agenda for Today's Conclave - " I ..... ',. (Continued Irom page 1) statement, he has opened the way for'a new and sweeping proposal to find realistic basis for peace round a conference table of some sort,', not at the muizles of 'can non. ' His words seem an open hint to Hitler that he can. sain more for Germany economically through peace" than through war. It may have been the clinching argument that drew Premier Mussolini to ward the Munich conference table in the unexpected role of peace maker. ' MOSCOW. Sept. 29.-(Thurs-dayMP)-The United States yes terday suggested to the soviet Russian government that it ad dress a . peace appeal to Germany and Chechoslovakia similar to that sent to the two countries by President Roosevelt early Mon day. Early toSay the soviet foreign office announced acceptance of Jfjje proposal. (President Roosevelt also asked Japan to send such an appeal. The Japanese . foreign office said it weald gtve the suggestion -seri-loos' consideration.") In a note communicated to Ay exaader Kirk, United State charge d'affaires, by Vladimir Po temkin, assistant foreign commis sar, the soviet i government also warmly endorsed President Roos evelt's suggestion for an interna tional confe -ce " to settle the Czechoslovak crisis, and offered to take an active part in it. ' The foreign office called atten tion to the Loviet union's support of another American peace pro posal the Kellogg peace pact and -stressed that soviet Russia always has been guided in its for- elgn policy by an aim of general peace- and rejection of the use of force for solution of international conflicts. Road and Bridge Bid Opening Due Bids for road and bridge pro ject? aggregating a cost of more thaq ,1300,000 will be opened at a, meeting, of the state Tfighway commission in Portland Thurs day, "R. H. Baldock. state high way engineer, i anounced. A preliminary meeting of the commission will be held Wednes day night. ! TASTE AND COMPARE FOR TRUE LAGER FLAVOR! TET the ide-by-iide taste test con vlnce youl YouH see how Hop Cold's three full months of aging brings out the mellow natural goodness for which true lager beer is known and toved the world over I Try it today! stm caxwarr commky. vancouvex. was. iXOPCbCOiLD XTRa1 K3W AVAILABLE JLLS3 LI CANS L?oftaSIl s Pcrttlancl Donndtrrlp i v fr Willamette vs. Portland U. Football Game ! Special train leaves Salem Station 4 P, M. SEPTEMBER 30TII Travel with team & band. Return limit 3 days. For detailed tnformatkm call A. P. Xotb, 4408. am i IjS r ANY 1 I HIIIHll Illl Mil .1 II ... I Czech Army Deserts Cheered .. . i 1i Mil A f f V ; . " . An ovation of thunderous proportions was given uniformed deserters from the Chechoslovakian army as they were ridden through the streets of Budapest, capital of Hungary, , where huge crowds rr a roves Roosevelt Moves KANSAS CITY, Sept. 2S-P)- Herbert Hoover, food administra tor during the World war and the leader of the Belgium refugee work, said tonight "the efforts of our government to maintain peace deserve our fall support." "The president will find every republican and every thinking person behind him in that effort," Hoover said. "In that there Is no partisanship. I His comment on efforts of his successor. President Roosevelt, to persuade European powers to con tinue peaceful negotiations pref aced an address in which the re publican leader attacked national government policies. "Perhaps more vividly than any living American," he said, "I can look back over the long road of the past 25 years and count each milestone of futility and misery from the great war. Every nation was the loser. It brought no peace to the world." Savings and Loan Reports Are Made WASHINGTON. Sept. 2S.-JP)-Tbe 22 Insured Federal Savings and Loan associations in Oregon made 524 home construction and purchase loans the first eight months of the year,' the Federal Home Loan bank system reported today. i ! The Institutions had assets of $11,900,000 September 1 or $1. 020.000 more than on January 1. Home Mortgage loans were $9, 902,000 on the corresponding date, an increase of $1,065,000. Savings totaled $5,485,000, a jump of about $1,105,000. Daughter Sole Scholar, Mother Teaches School ALBANY. Sept. 2$. -(-Things are very simple at the Bell Plain school where there is one teacher and one pupil. Mrs. Julia Walker teaches; her daughter is the scholar. HEATS HOMES FASTER BETTER CHEAPER . h 'i " - ? . ' Enjoy real comfort at low coat. Install automatic gaa beat. Gaa heating rates are ao low that gaa gives the cheapest automatic heat. Gas heat Ing equipment coats less, too. Ask for a free estimate of the cost of heating your home with gas! PC3TLAHD GAS & COKE CO. 13$ S. High j h Phone Sill noover App 7 Ilunf&rians cheer Czech, deserters Earle No Slave To Tobacco; Quits Month Each Year Hugh Earle, state insurance commissioner, has no fear of "Old Man Habit." Eleven months out of the year Earle enjoys his cigarettes and an occasional cigar. But when February 1 arrives he refuses to smoke and remains an abstainer until the first of March. Asked why he does not smoke in February and why he selected that month among all others, Earle said: "Well, I Just wanted to prove that I am not a slave to the to bacco habit. I probably selected February because it is the short est month in the year." Salable Quality Of Nuts Greater WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 8. -()-A proposal that 80 per cent of the Pacific coast 1938-3 9 walnut crop be designated as salable and 20 per cent as surplus was submitted today by the agricultural adjust ment administration. A previous proposal for the marketing program fixed the per centages at 75 and .25, respective ly, after a public hearing. The new proposal must be ap proved by handler and growers in California, Oregon and Washing ton before becoming effective. The 80 per cent figure, AAA of ficials said indicated a salable quantity of about 602,000 bags compared with 597,000 bags moved in interstate commerce during the 1937-38 marketing season. "Hot Car" Closing More Warehouses SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 28-(JP)-Stven more warehouses clos ed down' here today, making a total of 130, as the "hot box car" of school notebooks and pencils rambled on its rounds and the fight between the CIO Warehousemen's union and the San Francisco Distributors as sociation grew more bitter. The public began to feel the pinch of the Industrial situation, as store supplies dwindled on shelves and pickets In the depart ment store strike continued to parade before' entrances. Meanwhile, the Impending strike of 1200 AFL retail grocery clerks, seeking pay increases and improved working conditions, held another threat. Height of Hood Will Be Settled PORTLAND, Sept. 28.-JP)-The geodetic survey set out today to quell the winds of controversy blowing around Mount' Hood's lofty peak. It will find out for it self the height of Oregon's might iest mountain. Government surveys in 1920 set the elevation at 11,253 feet but many maps and charts, still follow Col. Robert S. Williamson's 18S7 calculations of 11,225 feet. & tannialUiiaiUt) iHlMiiUiliiniTlIit with :. HORSE SHOCJ and nOOEO Citzbrr I taO If lliwi In Oaa ; 11 acfM frdr eef exhibits of ; ra-brad liva . m I ' A i Ft StodLWild Uf X.! WrV , Mamrfactr4 and .rf e Und Pradncta, - - . ; Cluh mt Smith. ' Hghs Vocational Edvcatfo Work lso Hon Show and Indoor Sod. IARGI PREMIUM LISTS I j - " i J : . W-T - .. If1 f s5' . il. in Budapest 4M em . . . . : t? t were gathered to agitate for annexation of. the border territory where a 700,000 Hungarian minor ity resides. This picture was flown to London and relayed via radiophoto. . j German Freighter Chased by Cutter SAN JtfAN, Puerto Rico., Sept. 28-(;P)-The US coast guard cutter Unalga gave chase today to the German freighter Frida Horn which suddenly sailed from this port half an hour after docking. i The freighter was reported to have received orders not to be in a United States port should war break out: : The freighter left behind five passengers who had landed for breakfast ; and violated port regu lations requiring clearance papers before departure. Commander Paul Collins of the Unalga reported immediately up on his return from the chase to H. E. Moore, special customs ag ent, but neither would discuss the incident. It was reported the Unalag had communicated with the Frida Horn by wireless, but the nature of the message was not disclosed.; The Frida Horn con-' tinned on her voyage in a north erly direction. Marie Antoinette Held at Elsinore Because of the tremendous re sponse to the latest starring hit of Norma Shearer, "Marie An toinette,"; Manager darl Porter of the Elsinore theatre has arranged to hold the picture through today at the popular Salem playhouse. This is the finest of Miss Shear er's many productions and co stars Tyrone Power, with John Barrymore, Anita Louise, Joseph Schildkraut and Henry Stevenson in the supporting cast. Friday marks the opening day at the Elsinore of the long await ed "Boys' Town," starring Spen cer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. "Boys Town" is based on the ac tual town of the same name at Omaha, ; Nebraska, which was founded by Father Flanagan to care for homeless boys. From ad vance reports this Is one of the finest of the careers of both Tracy and young Rooney. , Defense Program Goes on Unabated LONDON, Sept. 2 9-(Thursday) -(flVGreat Britain's realistic de tense preparations went ahead without a let-up today. Throughout the night search lights ringed the sky, groping for Royal airforce planes in grim maneuvers. Air raid sirens dron ed. Distribution of gas masks was speeded.; Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare appealed to the public not to slacken efforts to prepare the nation against bombing raids. State College Has Record Attendance CORVALLIS, Sept. 28-()-Late registrations set a new attendance record Of 4114 students at Oregon State college today. . - The enrollment was 8 per cent more than the corresponding day a year ago and 46 students more than the record for the 1937 fall term. E. B. Lemon, registrar, pre dicted final figures would reach about 4400. . The ; unprecedented march to the classroom caused deans and heads of departments to look for additional instructors. Astoria Harbor Dragged For Ttco Missing Men r ) i -' ! ! ASTORIA, Sept. 2 8. -Authorities dragged the harbor today for Soren Christensen, fisherman, and T. Ankamnra, a Japanese. Christensen has not been seen since he left a halibut schooner Friday ) and Ankamura apparent ly fell Into the Columbia after at tending a party with a group of countrymen. - v Poland Still Insistent V Upon Gaining Territory NEW YORK, Sept. 2S-fl1)-Jen Walewski. chairmas of the for eign affairs committee of the Pol ish diet, said today Poland was "absolutely determined to ob tain from. Cxechoslovakia the ter ritory Inhabited by Poles. Conferees Are Off to Munich Historic; - - Meeting to Be in ; Fuehrerhaus and May Start at 111 (Continned from pa;? 1) by a tired, 69-year-old man ad dressing the British house of com mons. , ' A pieC. of paper was handed along to Prime Minister Chamber" lain in the midst of his speech . . . a pause to read it . . . then a change of tone In the sad recital of previous moves toward per suading Hitler not to take Cze choslovakia's Sudeten land by force. . - Chamberlain disclosed that Mussolini had instructed the Ital ian ambassador in Berlin "at once to say. that while Italy would ful fill completely her pledges to stand, by Germany ... Mussolini hoped Hitler would see his way to postpone action which ... was to be taken at 2 o'clock today. . .' Germans Joyous At Hope pf Peace Then followed full disclosure of the Munich conference plan. Semi-official German sources called today's four-power gather ing Hitler's "last effort to accom plish peaceful cession of Sudeten land. Unofficial Germans were JoyfuL France's premier refrained Lorn any expression of optimism and called np new troops to add to the more than 2,000,000 under arms. In a radio broadcast Dala dier told his people simply that he would strive at Munich to pre serve the peace. Dispatches from Rome gave full Import to overtures from Chamberlain and President Roo seveltMussolini had been drawn into the circle of peacemakers. But the authoritative Italian editor, Virginlo Gayda, warned against premature optimism. A settlement, he said, must follow the lines laid down in Hitler's ultimatum. Fascism Support Hint Is Provided WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-P)-A house committee on unamer ican activities received testimony today (hat certain "fascist mind ed" American Industrialists pro bably were supporting ail organ ized nazi movement In this coun try. ; The i testimony was given by John C. Metcalfe of Chicago, a slight young man with a Hitler like mustache, who became a member of the German-American bund to study its operations from the inside. He is an investigator for the committee now. Metcalfe said some of the evi dence he has obtained indicated a link between "high up American industrialists" and the bund. He did not name them-. Bill Robinson Is Freed of Charge .LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2S-(ff) Bill Robinson, 61-year-old negro tap-dancer, today was cleared of assault charges by the county grand Jury which Investigated a fight following a traffic accident involving him and Paul Moffat. Moffat, a student at the -University of California at Los Angeles, accused the negro af assault, de claring Robinson struck him with a gun. Robinson told the jury he acted In self defense. Parole System's Weaknesses Seen PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 2S-(;P) -Circuit Judge Howard K. Zim merman, Astoria, rapped Oregon's penal parole system for "laxity of supervision of parolees" in a civic club speech today. , "At present only two men have been assigned to supervision of paroled convicts . . . and the task is much too big for Just two men. Judge Zimmerman said. He praised work of Oregon's volunteer parole board and urged a system of separating first of fenders from hardened criminals. Forestry Board's (Meet Set Today I The state board of forestry will hold an all-day meeting here Wednesday. Part of the day will be given over to hearing reports of fire fighting and fire prevention activities ; during the past summer. : Plans for protecting the for ests during 1939 also will be discussed. I i'Fire losses during 1933 were reported to have been smaller than in many previous years. Ttco Illegal Votes Are i Fatal, Sicim Pool Plan ROSEBURG, Sept. 28.- (JP)- Two illegal votes cost Roseburg a municipal swimming pool today. The project won at a soeclal elec tion 219 to 218 but It was aban doned after a check nullified two ballots. Tn 1938 The American Magazine of Art Said -"We choose STUDEBAKER as the best designed car of the year!" , ' ! ! In 1939 We Say ! SEE THE NEW STUDEBAKER j Style Leader and Judge for Yourself ! i BONESTEELE'S-619 Court St. Chinese Envoy h 7 '. 'V ; ' i. - : V" : Tana: CUeh Member of the central executive committee of the Kuomintang Nationalist party In China. Tang Cfcieh is China's new ambassador to Soviet Russia. Tang-, a veteran political and military leader, told newsmen he welcomed the oppor tunity to establish closer relations between China and the Soviet. Nelson on Stand; Sanity Is Argued Witnesses Disagree " About Mental Status; Evans Says Partly Sane TOLEDO, Ore., Sept. 28-(J) Defense and state attorneys completed their cases in the first degree murder trial of Henry Nelson today and Prepared for closing arguments tomorrow. Nel son is charged with the fatal shooting of Richard Earle, pleas ure boat operator. "It was either his life or mine," Nelson, whose attorneys sought acquittal by reason of insanity, said. Earle was slain at Depoe Bay last July after a deep sea pleasure jaunt. Nelson and his companion. Miss Lucille Coenenberg, 21, accused Earle of drunkenness and attempted criminal assault. Dr. Robert B. Smith, Portland psychiatrist, testified for the de fense that Nelson had been in sane for six months prior to the shooting and described the con dition as .an emotional disorder cau&ing sudden outbursts. Earle' s Reputation Is Also Debated In rebuttal the state presented 14 witnesses testifying to Earle's good reputation. Nelson's sanity and the improbability of self defense. Dr. Henry H. Dixon, Univer sity of Oregon Medical school professor of psychiatry, testified he found Nelson sane and able to distinguish between right and wrong. Dr. J. C. Evans, super intendent of the Oregon State hospital at Salem, testified Nel son was "not entirely sane." . Three defense witnesses, all residents of Dallas, testified Earle had" been arrested four times on drunk and disorderly conduct charges and once for assault and battery. Ben Carlin Hurt By Acid in Eyes STAYTON Ben Carlin, step son of George Woodin, badly burned his eyes with acid Tues day while at work at the Western Batt and Bedding company. The accident occurred after he had hung a bucket of acid up, the bucket falling to the floor, which splattered acid into his eyes. He. was rushed to Dr. H. A. Beauchamp in Stayton and then to an eye specialist in Salem. It is feared he will lose the sight of one eye. Cautious Britons Double on Masks LONDON, Sept. 28-J2p)-Some cauuous unions, it was indicated tonight, are crashing the gas mask lines , to get a spare. a name oiiice official in a broadcast on how to take care of masks warned: "I hear some people have been queuing - up twice so as to get two masks. This is illegal." Half Million Sought As Flood Relief Fund WASHINGTON. Sept. 28-P- ornwu xi. uavis, Ked Cross chairman, appealed today for a fund well In excess of 8500,000 for relief and rehabilitation In tne isew England flood and hurri cane belt. Contributions to date total $167,118. i Look Terms " I Easy Payments Abo F M A Loans nnmninG a nODELlTS, Inc. Oaardlaa Bide. Itione 4 1 OS Sudetens and Rebels Advance as Army : Falls Back - to More -Strategic Posts (Continued from page 1) Sudetens moved freely across the border. Rations for Sudeten "free corps" members. Including big urns of steaming soup were brought by cars from Sudeten headquarters at 'Arzberg, three miles inside German territory. Fighting between the Sttdetens and Czech troops was - generally diminishing as both sides awaited the expiration of Adolf Hitler's ultimatum to Czechoslovakia Sat urday. I:i The Sudetens were moving" up only when the troops fell back for strategic reasons. Inside the Czech lines the backbone of Sudeten re sistance had been broken, at least temporarily, but the general mo bilization which took all men up to the lege of forty into the army.- Many Sudetens escaped military services by fleeing into Germany. German newspapers reported that 40,000 Sudeten deserters from the Czechoslovak army have entered Germany. The Czechs say at least 25,000 students have been armed in Germany and are making night raids brer the border. - . ' - Pair Sentenced, Labor Terrorism PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 28.-(P)-TWo labor anion members, arrested In a statewide campaign against labor terrorism early this year, pleaded guilty and were sentenced to jail today. Elmer W. Johnson, 36, ex-secretary! of the AFL Garage and Service Station Attendants' un ion, was sentenced to a year In the county jail when he pleaded guilty ; before Circuit Judge Louis P. Hewitt to a charge of malicious destruction of property. He was Indicted for participation in dumping an American railway company truck into the Willam ette rlter Sept. 4, 1936. Jack! Lyons, ex-business agent of the! AFL Retail Clerks', union, was sentenced to 60 days when he pleaded guilty to breaking, a bake ry w l;jn d o w. Lyons previously served , a S 0-day term in Washing ton county for a similar offense.. Moral Issue Seen Here and Abroad KANSA3 CITT. Sept. 2&-JP) Former President Herbert Hoo ver, in an address charging the Presntl democratic administration is politically immoral," warned tonight the threat of war "which darkens the whole . world crows from jla philosophy from which our nation has in some degree become Infected." "This world crisis today. Is . In part a moral crisis," the repub lican leader said. "There are in the forces which have led to this situation today a tragic warning to America. . . We are faced with a national election of the highest import ance six weeks hence. . . Our issues are also in part moral is sues. They are in part the infec tion which has spread over the whole world. Berniece Tigard Diest Age 27 ALBANY Mrs. Berniece Em ma Tigard, 27, wife of Curtis C. Tigard. died at the Albany Gen eral hospital Tiresday afternoon. Funeral services will be held Fri day morning at 10 o'clock from the Fisher Funeral home, and at 3 o'clock the same afternoon an other! service will be held front the Evangelical church in Tigard. Dr. Oavld J. Ferguson, pastor of the Albany Presbyterian church, of which Mrs. Tigard was a mem ber, will officiate at each service. Burial will be in ; the' Crescent Grove cemetery at Tigard. Mrs. Tigard was born January 11, in Kellogg, Idaho. She was married to Curtis C. Tigard. at Tigard. September 7. 1935. For .1 Candy Bargain Days Friday-Saturday-Monday r&e SPA S82 State St. Salem, Ore. Better Light- Better Sight '.) . I.E.S li Westinghouse Approved Si- . ; . . , LAr.ai?s in beautiful new de signs. Select your Xmas lamp now and we will store it for yon. Our stock is new and com plete. Westinghouse Automatic Payable With Your ...... . . , , . . . ' Yea ter R u sh Co ; 1; Your Westinghouse Store - 129 N. Commercial the past three years Mr. asd Mrs Tigard have been residents of Al bany, Mr. Tigard being a teller in the United States National bank in this city. Mrs. Tigard was a member of the Rebekah lodge. Surviving is the widower and an eleven-day old son, David Charles, her Barents. Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Daniels of Vancouver, Wash., one brother, David Dan iels, and one tister, Mrs. D. I. Mayo, also of Vancouver. Reminders Given Of KVllnacr Pnnt WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 S.-(JP) Efforts of European statesmen to settle, the Crech-German territor ial dispute amicably are in keep ing with world-wide hopes for peace symbolized by the 10-year-old Kellogg-Briand anti-war pact, j President '-Roosevelt already has reminded three of 'the four men who may bold the fate t Europe in their hands at a conference at Munich, Germany, tomorrow, that their nations are signatories to the pact. , The three- are Chancellor Hit ler of Germany. Premier Daladler of France and Prime Minister Chamberlain of England. : Dallas Residence Damaged by Fire DALLAS The J. C. McSuiston home here was badly damaged by fire Wednesday morning. The fur- was no insurance cn the furniture. The fire had spread throughout the house by the -time it was dis covered and the fire department called out. The house is located at the cor ner of Hayter and Clay streets and is owned by C L. Crider. P'qnnlinn HTnn.T Now Discounted SEATTLE, Sept. 2 8-;p)-Can-adian money, was discounted 1 to 2 per cent' by Seattle banks today. Dispatches from eastern cities Including Detroit that Canadian money was -being discounted as much as 8 per cent by mer- banks without comment. Rosedale Supper Friday ROSEDALE Friday night the Sundav school will hold its Quar terly covered dish supper- at the church at 6:30. A birthday table for. those having had birthdays the past three months will be featured. A program and recp tion will be held- about 8 o'clock. Everyone In the community is invited. . Ve Will Give You $2.00 for Your Old Iron On This New j Automatic WESTIHGHOUSE Now on tr f E sale at V W yj) Limited Supply, Do Not . Delay Brinfi In Your Old Iron Today. Regardless of Condition tdJr:aa Radios Dialing $40 Down $3.67 Per Month f. ' i Electric Light Bill A PURE. Qr DELICIOUS II! cow M ' BEVERAGE OF GREAT MERIt nm fXlLTHFUL