- Dorothy Thompson
Clear cut views on world
problems are presented to
- readers of The Oregoi
Statesman In Dorothy
Thompson's widely read
column. 1
The Weather
Fair today, becoming
cloudy with possible rain
Saturday. Max. Temp. Thurs
day 75, Mln. 37. River -3.0
feet. South winds. '
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Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, October 21, 1938
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No. 178
Battle of Schooners Is Stormy
Even if Weather on Ocean Calm
of Canton Prepare
Ditch Battle in Cit y
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For Last
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Fraulein Cries
As Confession
Read in Court
RedHaired German Girl
Loses Poise in Trial
for Espionage
Statement Read Despite
Protests of Attorney
for Accused
! NEW YORK, : Oct. 20--A
frightened - eyed German girl.
Fraulein Johanna (Jennl) Hof
xoan, 26, alleged "payoff" agent
of a German spy ring, wept today
as a statement was read in fed
eral court quoting her as saying
" she helped steal American mili
tary secrets because "I belieTed I
was doing my duty to my father
land." . . i
If convicted, the red-haired
fraulein and two co-defendants
face it maximum sentence of 20
years in prison..
The statement, described by
Assistant US Attorney Lester C.
Dunigan as a "confession," quot
ed Miss Hofmann as admitting she
acted as a . courier., of purloined
US army and nary secrets to her
" superiors In Germany.
Uenuan Girl
Loses Poise
As the alleged confession was
read, the smiling German girl
lost her poise for the first time
and dabbed nervously at . her lips
with a handkerchief. Her eyes
brimmed with tears when the
phrase "duty to my fatherland"
was read.
The statement. Introduced over
the shouted protests of Miss Hof
mann's attorney, George C. DIx.
who asserted his client was an
"innocent tool" and the victim.' of
a "frameup'.iuoted the Dresden
born fraulein as admitting she
knew the inner workings of the
spy plot. .
Naming Karl Schlueter, fugitive
defendant, ands Guenther G us tar
Rumrich, 32, former US army ser
geant who' has confessed and tes
tified for the government, the
purported confession quoted Miss
Hofmann as saying:
"Schlueter in my presence ob
tained from Rumrich a signal
code, army and navy registers and
other data, and I put it in my
handbag." .
In another part, the confession
said: . - "
S10OO for rians
Of Carriers
"Schlueter told me Rumrich
would be paid $1006 -for .. the
plans of the US aircraft carriers
Enterprise and Yorktown."
Rumrich already has testified
that he plotted to steal the air
craft carrier plans by forging Pre
sident Roosevelt's signiture on
bogus White House stationery, or
dering tha navy department to
deliver the plans to the ring.
In the 9 statement, Miss Hof
mann, who was working as a hair
dresser on the North German
Lloyd liner Europa when she was
seized by G-men last February, al
legedly acknowledged that she In
variably carried all the incrimin
ating documents to and from the
boat.
Correspondence
Done in Code
. The statement quoted her as
saying Schlueter had told her he
was an agent of the German intel
ligence service, that he gave her a
code book and instructed her that
all correspondence should be con
ducted in that medium.
Today's session marked the end
of the -4-day direct examination
of Rumrich, who testified that
after his. arrest Miss Hofmann bit
terly reproached him and accused
him of being an American spy.
He said that when his capture
exposed the ring, he met Miss
Hofmann in the New York FBI
headquarters and told her he had
admitted his guilt.
- "She didn't believe It," Rum
rich said. "She said it was incred
ible. She used the German Words
nlcht wahr it's not true."
"Later she accused me of being
an American spy. She used the
German - phrase which means
birds of a feather'."
If It Can Happen
In the Movies It
Can Happen Here
PORTLAND. Oct.
frequently happens In the movies
but Jthis is the first time it ever
happened to Portland policemen.
Patrolmen Collie Stoops and E.
E. Carlson summoned by neigh
bors heard gunfire in an east-side
residence. Guns drawn, they crept
up to the house, flung open a
door and rushed in. - -
They found two little girls,
huddled In a corner, frightened,
while across the room a radio,
the volume dial wide open, blared
a crime drama. --
The officers told the girls that
If they had -to listen to the radio
, blood-and-thunder when their par
ents were away to keep the thing
tuned down a bit.
Man Who Tore Down Flag
It Found to Be Insane
PORTLAND. Oct. 20-(i!P-Joy
Lovell's act of ripping down an
American flag in the US court
house Wednesday today ; carried
him to the eastern Oregon state
hospital at Pendleton.
Lovell, 24, Enterprise, was ad
judged insane at a hearing be
fore Circuit Judge George Tax-
well. .
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Lack: of wind prevented the American schooner Gertrude L. Thebaud,
Captain Ben Pine's ship shown above, from finishing yesterday but
that didn't prevent a stormy scene after the race when the Ameri
can challengers protested that the Canadian defender, the leek
. Bluenose of Capt. Angus Walters, took on additional ballast, con-
trary to rules. , ., t
Swift Heads Fail"
To Accept Parley
QO Union Slakes Proposal
to Meet, Company Men -in
Conference . . '.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Oct. 20
(A3) Although ; they discussed the
matter several hours. Swift and
company officials failed to agree
tonight on whether to accept a
CIO union ' Invitation to consider
a basis for arbitration around
the conference : table tomorrow
morning. j v
A Swift representative said a
formal statement, promised ear
lier, would in all probability, be
deferred until morning. The
strikebound; plant was quiet to
night. I
Don Harris, regional packing
house workers organizing com
mittee director, offered, in a tel
egram, to meet the company
spokesmen here tomorrow morn
ing in accordance with Gover
nor Nelson G. Kraschel's appeal
for speedy; settlement of the
"minor differences" which have
kept the firm's packing plant
here closed since September 29.
Duplicates of the governor's
statement, which demanded ar
bitration or negotiation on what
he -termed f "minor differences;
went to both tactions. Kraschel
placed settlement of the strike
squarely In , the hands of com
pany and union. . .
Governor' (Kraschel yesterday
ordered 609 national guardsmen
to aid local officers in maintain
ing order ati the plant after an
outbreak off violence.
Robert Long Dies,
Was Pioneer Here
SEATTLE, Oct. 2 Q-IP)-TiXb
last night i took Robert Long,
Seattle and Salem, Ore., pioneer.
In his 92nd year. He was a for
mer mayor, councilman, police
Judge and operator of an apiary
at Yakima. i
Born In Iowa, he came to Sa
lem in 18S2 with hU parents,
crossing the plains by wagon.
Police of Cambridge Patrol j J
Harvard to Halt Burlesque
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 20-()-Cambridge
police threw a
patrol around Harvard university
tonight to stop student "bur-.
lesqulng outgrowth of a cityl
council battle to divorce tne uni- j
versity from the city..
As policemen, armed with tear
gas bombs, watched streets near
the famous institution. Sergeant
Charles P. Donelan explained they
were there "Just to remind Har
vard men j they promised : there
would be no further outbreaks."
Earlier, ! a skirmish- occurred
near th eHarvard Lampoon build
ing. ; --
Councillor Michael A.' Sullivan
said he was kicked while attempt
ing, to halt a parade of goose
stepping, blue-shirted students
aspirants for a place on the staff
of the Lampoon, ike university'
Wind Failure Robs
Craft of
American Schooner Misses
Chance to Beat Boat : :
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of Canadians TV
GLOUCESTER, Mass., Oct. 20.
-JP)-A dying breeze today robbed
the American schooner Gertrude
L. Thebaud, challenger for the In
ternational fishermen's trophy, of
a victory pver the" Canadian de
fender, Captain I Angus Walters'
big salt banker Bluenose. : i '
The Canadians conceded that
had there been sufficient breeze
to finish the contest within the
six-hour time limit, it would have
been won by the Thebaud. The
Gloucester schooner was leading
by about a mile- when it became
apparent there was no chance of
finishing.
But if the sea was calm, there
was plenty of torrid blasts ashore
after a second protest was direct
ed against Bluenose.
A protest bearing the signature
of Captain Cecil Moulton, who has
succeeded veteran Captain Ben
Pine, 111 ashore, at Thebaud's
wheel, charged additional .ballast
was taken aboard the Defender
last night, contrary to terms of
the deed . of - gift ' which L forbid
changes in ballast during a series.
Man Seeking Pal
At Police Station
In Toils of Law
"Seek and ye shall find" Isn't
the teaching it is purported to be,
William Willmschen, 1135 South
12 th street, will probably vouch.
Yesterday Willmschen walked
into the city police station, look
ing for a friend. What he found
was a justice court warrant for
his arrest staring him in the face.
Appearing in justice court he
was convicted of a larceny charge,
given a , CO-day jail sentence that
was suspended to six months pro
bation on condition he restore a
saddle he stole from Perry Brown,
plaintiff. . '
comic magazine. : ! . i
The 60-year-old councillor, pro
testing that the paraders lacked
a permit, said he would seek
"John Doe warrants as a result of
the melee. , i. 'i -The
Lampoon's heralded ''sham
battle" came as Mayor John-W.
Lyons launched an investigation
Into alleged Illegal, registration
of voters in wards surrounding
Harvard.:-;?: , . '
The mayor .said, be had .heard
students were registering improp
erly , to vote for , a proposed
change in the city charter which
would establish a city - manager
form of government in place of
the mayor, and council. ' .
. Harvard remained officially sll
ent on the council's proposal .that
the tax-exempt university be sep
arated from the city. - ; w i . s-..
Victory
Germany Halts
Hasty Division
Of Czech Land
Decision to Be Guided
by Determination of
, Nationalities
Communists Outlawed by
Decree of Government
in Prague
BERLIN. Oct 20.-J)-The Hit
ler government raised the stop
sign against Hungary today In, a
friendly : but unmistakable objec
tion to any hasty partition of what
is left of the republic of Czecho
slovakia. ; Hungary, remnant of the pre
war Auatro-Hnngarlan empire, is
anxious to obtain some sizable
portions of Slovakia in the .wake
of Germany's acquisition of Su
detenland. Poland, created out of western
Russia by post-war treaty, is re
ported to want a division of an
other portion of Czechoslovakia
Rnthenia among herself, Ruma
nia and Hungary.
Germany Stalls
Other Trades
To all the rumors of imminent
trades which would remake the
map of eastern Europe, Germany
has replied unofficially that the
remaining 'minorities questions
will be reached in good time.
Moreover, informed nazis have
indicated that when that time
comes, the decision will rest with
Germany and Italy, and .will be
guided strictly by a determination
of predominant nationalities.
While reports of border trou
bles issued from Hungarian-Slo-vakian
as well as from Sudeten
Bohemian borders, the Czechoslo
vak government took action which
was regarded as an added index
of a turn toward the political
right.
Czech Communists
Are Outlawed
In Prague the police outlawed
the communist party and suspend
ed its newspapers in Bohemia,
Moravia and Silesia. Previously
Slovakia had outlawed the com
munists. That left them Integral
as a party only in Rnthenia, the
easternmost tip of the republic,
and in that area they were consid
ered distinctly weak.
Prague also rounded up an un
estimated number of Jews in an
effort to meet the vexing refugee
problem Former, residents of Su
dctenland by tlrVousands, flee
ing sectors into which the German
military marched after the "peace
of Munich," have streamed into
Bohemia.
Though the Czech general staff
and DNB, the official German
news agency, said a half dozen
persons had been killed in disor
ders on the Sudeten - Bohemian
border,! the German administra
tion in1 the newly-acquired areas
prepared to take control from the
hands of the military and give it
to the civil authorities.
BUDAPEST, Oct. 20.-0P)-More
than 100,000 excited Hungarians
demonstrated in the center of
Budapest tonight demanding a
common Polish-Hungarian fron
tier and shouting, "Give us arms."
The demonstration was staged
before the statue of the Polish
General Bern, who led Polish-Hungarian
volunteers against the Aus
trlans and Russians in 1848.
University students carried Slo
vak, Ruthenlan - and " Hungarian
deserters from the Czech army
through the streets shoulder-high.
Several speakers demanded the
dismemberment of Rnthenia, the
autonomous Czechoslovak ian
province. In the face of claims by
Hungary and Poland for territory.
Nazis Denounced
In Papal Address
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Oct. 20.
-UPi-A Vatican news service said
Pope Pius denounced the nasis In
Germany and Austria In a dis
course today before several hund
red delegates to the Christian Ar-
cheloglcal congress.
The pope was said to have used
very strong language" in refer
ence to events in Germany and
Austria. " "
An authorized text of the pope's
words was expected to be issued
tomorrow. Pending this text, au
thoritative . Vatican sources de
clined to quote the pontiff.
They declared, however, that he
made "very grave references
about the (Situation. It was un
derstood the pope's remarks were
directed in part at the recent at
tack by a mob of nazis on Theo
dore Cardinal , Innitzer's palace In
Vienna.
Thomas Is Winner
Of Oratory Prize
Bill Thomas: son of Lyle Thorn
as, of West Salem, won 1 100 and
a trip to regional finals at San
Francisco In an oratorical contest
sponsored by the Young Rcpubli
can organization at Benson ' high
school in Portland last night.--
Thomas spoke ' on the topic.
America's choice government
control or free enterprise.",
Second prize of $50 went to La
mar Newklrk of Toledo and third
prize of $25 to Glenn Barker of
Portland. There were 12 entrants.
Detroit Chief
States Unions
Red-Influenced
Police Head Says Crash
Coming if Communists
Are not Removed
Testifies Strikes Were
Instigated by Orders
of Cqmmunists
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-P)-
Fred W. Frahm, Detroit's super
intendent of police, told the house
committee on un-American actlvl
ties today that unless communist
influences are removed from the
city's labor unions an "awful
crash" is coming up and "a lot
of people are going to get hurt."
With indignant emphasis, he
testified communists "instigated
75 per cent of the numerous
strikes which have occurred In the
Detroit area in recent years. Evi
dence is plentiful, he added, that
"communists dictate" the policies
of the unions.
Union Members
"Dissatisfied"
As a result, he continued, many
union members have grown "dis
satisfied," are "dropping out" or
stopping their dues payments.
"So that," Chairman Dies (D-
Tex.) interposed, "the communists
are actually destroying the
unions?"
"There is no question about
that."
"Membership Is falling oft?
Men are quitting in droves? Is
that right?"
"Yes, sir."
Another witness, John P-Mc-
G 11118, secretary of the Detroit
conncil of the Knights of Co
lumbus, testified communist or
ganizations have collected "thou
sands and thousands of dollars in
Detroit," for which no accounting
had even been given.
States Communism
Is a "Racket"
"They take the American
people for suckers, he said, "and
laugh about it afterward." He
added that communism was "a
racket" and had "taken the
American people for a beautiful
ride."
James Mitchell of Detroit as
serted communists a p p a r ently
"have a lot of influence on John
L. Lewis, head of the Committee
for Industrial Organization. A
member of the CIO United Auto
mobile Workers, he said that com
munist members had threatened
to kill him if he revealed any
information about their activities.
He asserted that in the desk
drawer of the president of his
local, Lloyd Jones, he had found
a "communist flag." "
This he displayed with a flour
ish before the committee, a red
oblong with scalloped edges bear
ing in gilt letters the words "com
munist party."
Rep. Mosler (D-O) asked Frahm
many questions as to whether he
had had any help from the state
of Michigan in putting down the
strike situation. The answer was
that he had had none, but Frahm
later told reporters that he had
not asked the state for any.
"Guards" Walk off
With Speech Fund
GREEN BAY. Wis.. Oct. SO.
-WV-Box office recelots for the
speaking appearance. here tonight
oi Mrs. .Franklin D. Roosevelt
were reported to Dolice as havinr
been stolen by two men, mas-
queraaing as guards.
The money, "several hundred
dollars," was to have ron chlefl
to Mrs. Roosevelt's charities.
Two women who sold th tick
ets said the men told them thv
had been appointed to guard the
money so the ticket-sellers could
hear the president's wife. The
women accordinrlv left th w
office.
Others said the men also acted
as ushers, directing women to
their seats.
Myron Locke. Green Bit. as
serted he saw the men stuffing
duis into their pockets.
Medford Domestic
Tells Vice Story
ruuTuawu, Oct. 20.-()-Th
story of how a If -year-old Med
ford domestic was lured into i
Fresno, Calif., vice resort was un-
roidea in federal court today..
Boyish-bobbed Anna Mae Mead
ows testified Phillio G. Snecht. 35
charged with violating the Mann
act, inred her into a car on prom
ise of driving her to Portland to
fill a hula dancing lob. Instead
she said, Specht took her south
and placed her In a Fresno" hotel.
When Specht fled telling her
mai pouce were alter him, she
saia sue saved enough money to
get home where she told her story
to authorities . . .... , .
Conspiracy
W PA La ws Charged 62
By Ne w Mexico Jurors
United States District
Those Included in Sweeping Indictment
of Persons in High Offices
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Oct. 20. (AP) A federal
grand jury today returned indictments against 62 persons
for conspiracy to violate the federal WPA laws in New Mex
ico, among them Assistant United States District Attorney
Stanley W. P. Miller and scores of men and women of high
political place in state and federal government.' ,
What's Doing in the
By RALPH C .CURTIS i
Shades of Tammany Hall! Most
of us have recognized for years
that Oregon was a backward state,
politically, in not copying the "ef
ficient" methods of boss-ruled
eastern communities. The cor
rupt practices act forbids some of
those things and now, out of a
clear sky, comes a reminder that
the Knox liquor control act also
takes a h a n d in telling people
what they shouldn't do about poli
tics. .
' Imagine a precinct on the East
Side of Little Old New York back
in the old days, if the corner sa
loonkeeper couldn't pungle up a
sizeable contribution for Oils fav
orite candidate or party. But beer
dealers or anybody else in Oregon
who has a license from the liquor
control commission Is forbidden to
make any such contributions. It's
the law. i
It's also Illegal to solicit
funds from state employes and
Illegal for them to contribute to
any campaign fond. That's in
the corrupt practices act, but
probably it's news to a lot of
people and good news to state
employes of Scotch tendencies.
r
There were a couple of lively
political meetings In these parts
Thursday night, one sponsored by
the Good Government club at the
old high school and the other by
the county republican central
committee at Woodburn. This
latter was one of a series, the
next being at Jefferson next Mon
day night.' There will be one at
Aurora Wednesday night. - I .
The Salem Women's Snell-for-
Secretary-of-State club, of which
Mrs. P a n 1 Wallace is chairman,
will Join with the women's
Sprague-for-Gorsrnor club for the
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$14,611 Is Earned
By Water System
i
The Salem water department
earned a $14. 11.21 net operating
profit during September, Man
ager Cuyler . VanPatten reported
to the water commission last
night. Gross earnings, amount
ing to $19, 95. 09, included
$44f.71 from sale of water to the
Oregon Pulp Jfc Paper company. .
. Only business before the com
mission was a complaint from
Henry MInten, resident of the C.
F. Hein farm east of .Turner,' of
water on his land he claimed was
caused by the laying of the Salem
water supply pipeline. The com
mission ordered a notice sent to
the American Concrete it Steel
Pipe company, . which b u i 1 1 1 the
line, to investigate the matter.
Woman Hangs Sell t
ROSEBURG, Oct. 2 0 (-District
Attorney J. V. Long said
Mrs. Rebecca Wallraff, 56, Cam
as Valley, committed suicide by
banging herself in the woodshed
at her home today. He said Mrs.
Wallraff had been despondent
because of 111 health. !
Community Chest Drive Past
Three-Quarter Pole in Race
Past the three-quarter pole
and heading into the home
stretch was the annual campaign
of the Salem . Community Chest
by Thursday night, after a re
port at the dally luncheon show
ins 72 per cent of the goal
achieved at noon. The amount
was $33, 039. 4, and this amount
ed to about $7000 more than
had been collected on the' third
day a year ago. -s
' A fund' campaign is unlike a
race in that the "sprint" down
the home stretch Is the slowest
part of it, as a rule, but the
Thursday total of 16937.55! was
notably encouraging on -this
score, especially since one team
made only a partial report and
another, though actively solicit
ing, made none.
One contribution arrived in
unusual fashion by telegram
from New York City, where Dr.
W. B. Morse apparently sudden
ly remembered that the campaign
to Violate
Attorney Listed Among
Eleven other Indictments, oth-
er than conspiracy, were returned
for political discrimination
against WPA, labor, diversion of
WPA funds and services and ille
gal political activities.
. Federal Judge Colin Neblett.
grim and low-voiced,' ordered the
United States marshal!-to arrest
the 73 defendants and bring them
to court Tuesday morning to make
bond. The 22 grand jurors, who
have labored since September .7
on the state WPA investigation,
were ordered in recess pending
call of the court.
In one of the most sensational
and sweeping court actions ever
to take place in New Mexico's 25
years of statehood, the grand Jury
found true bills against men and
women long associated with gov
ernmental matters.
Among them were Miller, who
is son-in-law of US Senator Den
nis Chavez; Mrs. Anita Tafoya,
the senator's sister; his cousin,
Salamon Chavez; and his nephew,
Salamon Tafoya.
The 2 conspiracy Indictments
carry a maximum penalty of two
years Imprisonment and $10,000
fine. .
Sprague States
Promises Taboo
Candidate Says He .Won't
-Buy Way Into Office
With Promises
MORO, Ore., Oct, 20-KJP)-Charles
A. J Sprague, republican
candidate for governor, said in a
speech tonight that "those who
want a governor who would ' be
come putty in the hands of pres
sure groups need not vote for
me."
"I refuse to buy my way into
office with promises," Sprague
added. "I have not made a single
deal in this campaign and win or
lose, none will be made. No mi
nority subversive croup Is going
to step in and take over the con
trol of , the state government
through unlawful means with my
consent.
"I refuse to pander to any
clique or faction. I am interested
in restoring stable conditions in
our state so that lawful business
may proceed and that men may
have steady and profitable work,
ut make no mistake about any
extreme. The Jackals of finance
will find no friend In me."
Kindness Mission
Results in Death
SHREVEPORT, La. Oct. 20-(JP)-Kn
81-year-old grandmother's
midnight mission of kindness Into
her grandson's bedroom brought
her swift death from a. shotgun
tired by the youth, police reported
today.
Homer Land of Vivian, La.,
was spending last night at the
home of his grandmother, Mrs.
Frances Darnell of Cass county.
Tex.
It turned cool and Mrs. Darnell
went to Land's room to see that
he was covered warmly. The youth
mistook her for a burglar and
shot her In the head.
was going on, and wired asking
to be put down for $500.
The reports at the Thursday
luncheon, served by SC Agnes
Guild, included: . - -
Automotive, Willis Clark re
porting; $216.30; total, $1412.
80. -. -r
Contractors. -Floyd Bressler,
chairman;' $304; fetal. $1226.
General gifts, T. A. Wlndishar.
ehalrman; $977.45; total,
$5702.69. y
Government and, - Education.
George Alexander -reporting;
$1689.14; total, $7692.69.'
Industrial, Van Wieder chair
man; $478.71; total, $4068.68.
Mercantile, Barkley Newman,
chairman: $1262; total. 579.-
Professional. Walter Minier re
porting; $1660.50; total, $4178.
63.
Women's division, Mrs. . I. L.
Darby, chairman; $340.45; to
tal. $163.02.
Japa
Troops
n
rt(
20 Miles off
" -
No Panic Seen in People
not Evacuated From -Stormed
City
Japanese Column Circles
Chinese to Attack
hy Back Way
" HONKONG, Oct. 2Q-(Xy-T he'
defenders of Canton tonight were
hastily digging trenches and
throwing up barricades in the
streets, apparently in anticipa
tion of a last-ditch -struggle with
the .Japanese within the south
China metropolis.
The 100,000 persons remain
ing .in Canton after the exodus
of hundreds of thousands of non
combatants were showing no
fign of panic even with semi
official Japanese reports placing
one-fast-moving column of in
vaders within. 20 miles of tke
city.
French forces defending the
Insular, foreign settlement, Sba
meen, were rushing their own
barricades to completion. Can
ton authorities canceled plans to
leave the city.
Advance Column
Risks Defeat
The Japanese reports indicated
the advanced column was risk
ing defeat at the hands of the
numerically superior Kwangtucg
provincial troops by Its rapid
"back door" campaign against
the. metropolis.
These advices said the column
had side-stepped Chinese forces
arrayed near Tsungfa, 30 miles
northeast of Canton, and was
expecting to strike a lightning
blow at the primary defenses cf
the city by a drive down tne
Tsungfa highway.
By such a fast advance the
Japanese exposed their flanks to
Chinese attack. A Japanese com
munique said the "back door"
campaign also had ' developed a
drive- toward the.- Canton-Hankow
.railway apparently an ef
fort to cut oft Canton from 11th
hour aid from the interior.
Nut Cracker Plan
Japan Strategy
The whole campaign, count
ing a force, reported thrusting
directly westward along the Can-ton-Kowloon
railway, appeared
to be - developing into the "nut
cracker" assault favored by Jap
anese tacticians.
Chinese military authorities
denied the Japanese claims ef
rapid strides toward Canton, in
sisting that Tsengshln, which the
Japanese said was taken yester
day, and Sheklung, which the
Japanese said , they had entered
on the same day, were still ia
Chinese hands.
Tsengshln' was reported by the
Japanese to have fallen im tbe
"back-door" drive. Sheklung is
on the Can ton-Kowloon railway"
less than 60 miles east of Can
ton. If the Japanese advices were
true, the mechanized force driv
ing southwest from Tsungfa bad
gone about 90 miles since Jap
anese transports landed its sou o
China' expeditionary force at
Bias Bay eight days ago.
The Japanese communique also
referred to fighting last Friday
and Saturday at Walchow, north
of Bfas Bay. The report said
the Chinese lost 1.400 killed ard
wonnded, 210 taken prisoners.
150 trucks, 40 trench mortars
and 60 machine-guns in tbeir
defeat there.
Youth From Maine
Elected FFA Head
KANSAS CITY. Oct.
Robert A. Elwell, 17, who has
m.rfa tMto In'ihA last three
years farming nine acres of land
he owned and ZO acres ne rents
near Gorhanw Me., was elected
president of the Future Farmers
of America at the close of their
I convention here today.
157 acres on the island of Kauai
In Hawaii, was elected first vice
president, a post allotted to te
western region this year."
Bearcats Stage
Football Sale,
Tonight's Game
. Borrowing from merchandis
ing methods, Willamette uni
versity sports backers are slag
ging a -one-day sale, offering
; tickets to the Bearcat-Collere
of Idaho football game tonight
at bargains prices. The - 15S0
seats in the north grandstand,
... which is closest to the grid field,
will be'sold at a price slightly
lover half the customary gen
eral admission fee.
: The "bargain night" Is belrg
staged la spite of the fact tbat
tonight's contest is forecast by "
sports observers s likely to
prove a fishtin?: cirae, between
two colorful tea:s.
. " The game will start at 8 p. tn.
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