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Jimnrie Hatlo . i Draws bis warmly human cartoons reminiscent of . Briggs best "They'll Do It Every Tigie" every day bow t for Statesman readers. i The Weather, Generally fair today and Sunday. Coa tinned cold with .frost. Max. temp. Friday 42, snin. 28. North wind. 2 POUNDQO 1651 " EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, November 12, 1938 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 197 9 Gric .Badg Victory String Score by Pass In 2d Quarter Gives 6-0 Win - , - 'Cats Lose two Chances to Score as Contest Nears Close Defeat Ends Undefeated Record Begun in 1933 -hy Willamette' By ROtf GEMMELL It happened at exactly 4:16 yesterday afternoon. The site was muddy "Sweetland field, and when the game-end gun spoke. Pacific university had a 6 to 0 football victory over Wil lamette university, unbeaten Be fore in 26 conference games and scored upon but twice in four conference seasons. The loss end ed a conference victory string be gun by the Bearcats October 13, 1933. Willamette had a mess of yard age, but Pacific bad six points, gained on a beautifully executed pass play in which Badger Half- back Len Gil man tossed to End George Racette to bring Willam ette's high-stacked records tum bling to earth. . The score, late In the second half, was a climax to a period in which the Badgers outfought and outplayed the Bearcats. Bearcats Lack Scoring Punch While the Bearcats had com mand most of 'the second stanza they lacked finesse when the Bad ger goal loomed but one chalk mark ahead. They were held twice on the Pacific eight yard line.. The victory gave the Badgers the lead In the conference race, with four wins to one loss and their conference season closed. The loss made It three-wins and one defeat for Willamette, with Whitman yet to play here Thanks giving day. The best the Bear cats can get la a conference tie. ' The blow that beat the Bear cats came when Gilman, a shifty, driving halfback, took the ball on the Willamette 30-yard stripe with but five minutes of the first ."half left. He. faded back nearly to mid-field and unfurled a pass that. Racette took on the Willam ette -nine-yard line after surging towards the sidelines away from two defensive backs. The ball al most slipped from the grasp of the big, 200-pound junior, but he hugged it to his chest and stag gered across the goal line. Pacific Marches . 80 Yards to Goal Two ground-eating plays put the ball in position for the Bad ger score. Pacific took the ball on its own 20. On the first play Gilman tossed to Wiles, who lat eraled to Racette, a maneuver good for 25 yards to the Pacific 45, When Gilman then made but two yard sat -left tackle, he faded back and tossed to his halfback mate, Pangle, for a 20-yard gain to I the Willamette 33. Gilman tried his own right end for three, : and then sent the touchdown aer ial. . Willamette failed to grab two scoring opportunities In the late minutes of the final period when It twice reached the Pacific eight yard line, once with four and once With three downs in which to score. . Bennett Leads , ' Bearcat Thrust Little "Bunny" Bennett spear headed the attack that carried the Bearcats from their own 49 into scoring territory. Aided by a IS ' yard penalty on the Badgers for , unnecessary . roughness, . Bennett ' and Shaffer picked up . a first down on the eight. Bennett on one line ' play gained but two, and Chapman and Bennett tried three successive passes to End Schmidt without success and the ball went to Pacific Pangle punted out from behind (Turn to page 2, column 1) Tattooed Hand Is Held Murder Que - YAKIMA. Nor. llwawLfif-r men with the letters LOVE or " similar marks tattooed on the knuckles of their left hands were Questioned today by Sheriff Lew Evans In connection ' with the slaying of John Dee Moore, f 1 Yakima automobile dealer, Mon day. - - - Employes of Moore's agency , s a l a tne prospective customer with whom Moore left the agency in a car betore his slaying had tne letters tattooed on his hand, M O 1 1 of the - men ananttnnl Sheriff Evans said, came to the :: office of their own accord. All were released. - : ' One. a 33-vear-old WPA wnrk - er. said he had the letters nla.Ml on . his hand while In fail in New Orleans in 1921. Investiga tion showed ha had been here four yean and had a good - record. Funeral services for Moore; Satua highway about 48 miles lootn or xaxima Wednesday, vert tilit - nrtnv anil . tha hnrfv was taken to Walla Walla for . burial. FIRST PHC V - ' -v v One of Japan's greatest victories . an aerial view of the city with ing Chinese. The invading Japanese took Canton without firing a China Americans Endorse US Note Chamber of Commerce in Tientsin Cites Trade Infringements TIENTSIN, China, Nov. ll-(fl) -The American chamber of com merce of Tientsin today adopted a resolution endorsing the Octo ber C note of the United States which demanded that Japan pre serve the "open doorMn China. The resolution also cited' what it termed Infringements on the trade rights of third powers and a recent resolution along the same line by the American chamber of commerce of Shanghai. The ". Tientsin resolution re ferred to what it called Japa nese pressure to compel transfer of American trade agencies to Japanese firms It urged the Unit ed States to prevent Such a move. .The chamber complained of so- called Japanese obstruction to purchases for American firms of Chinese wool and fur products and charged Japanese authorities were earmarking for themselves all Chinese products required by Japan. Moreover, the resolution charged there was 'Censorship of United States magazines and mails, discriminatory travel regu lations, currency and trade control at Kalgan, trade gateway for In-, ner Mongolia. It urged a firm . stand imme diately to preserve the "open door."; Dedicate Shell as Symbol of Peace WINTER PARK. Fla.. Nov. 11- (JFj-An instrument of war a Ger man shells-was dedicated as symbol of peace on Rollins col lege campus today. v "Pause, passerby, and hang your head In shame, commended the Inscription on the stone base supporting the shell. "This engine of destruction, tor ture and death symbolizes the prostitution of the inventor, the avarice of the manufacturer, the blood-guilt of the statesman, the savagery of the soldier; the per verted patriotism of the citizen, the debasement of the human race, That it can be employed as an in strument in defense of liberty. Justice and right in nowise inval idates the truth of the words here graven." . Windsors Are Into Royal Family Approval PARIS, Not. ll(ff)-A friend ly, . informal meeting ' with the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester today brought the Duke of Wind sor back into the British royal family circle with 1 the social ac ceptance of his American- wife. " The Gloucester! spent Armis tice day with the exiled former King Edward VIII. and the wife for whom he abdicated. . " . When the two couples left their hotel for" an afternoon drive they were cheered by v side walk crowd. . "My goodness, I never ex pected this," said the Duchess of Windsor. -,;-- "Neither did I,M replied the Duchess of Gloucester. "But It's rather fun, isn't it?" The meeting of Edward and his younger brother was expect ed in British circles to be fol to OF CANTON DESTRUCTION - ,N In the cm-rent hostilities In China was the fall of Canton. Photo shows a column of smoke rising from one of the huge fires started by retreat Thrifty Spider Big Help; Keeps :7 Power Bill Low LIBERTY, Nov. 11 A PGE company meter-reader was al most stomped when he looked at the electric power meter at . the P. G. Judd home this week. - Only one kilowatt hour was . registered for the month and the meter was standing still Bnt the regular flow of dee triclty was being enjoyed by the Jadds. . ; -: 4 -: - Investigation showed a spider -occupied the switch box and bad drawn such thick web ' therein It bad stopped the me ter. Washington Eyes Action on Rosser Move for Extradition Is Expected Today From Skamania County OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. ll-) -Governor Clarence Martin and the Skamania , county prosecutor will determine extradition action tomorrow in the case of Al. Ros ser, former secretary of the Joint council of Oregon teamsters. Rosser, convicted of arson and sentenced to 12 years In the peni tentiary in Polk county, Ore., has been detained at the Multnomah county Jail, Portland, on a hold warrant from Skamania county. Although he has posted 868,600 bond on charges in three Oregon counties. Polk, Multnomah and Washington, a 125,000 bail de mand remained against him In Washington state. He has ap pealed his Oregon conviction to the supreme court. Ralph Moody, state co-ordinator of prosecution in Oregon vandal ism cases, and Clarence Potts, Multnomah county deputy district attorney, were expected to con fer with the Washington .officials. Slate Liquor Control . . Interference - Is Hit PORTLAND, Not. ll-iThe courts should not interfere with the state liquor control commis sion as long as It "exercised rea sonable and sound discretion,'! Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson ruled. Be issued a non-suit in J. S. Lebb's action demanding the com mission grant him a license to sell beer and light .wines. Brought Back lowed by successive receptions or the Windsors by other mem bers of the royal family, even tually , permitting mem to re turn to England. Friends of the Windsors be lieved the 'Gloucester had brought an invitation tor Ed ward and his wife to spend Christmas ', with - the royal fam ily In London. - - Believed to be emissaries of King George, the Gloucesters greeted the Windsors behind shut doors of a suite in Hotel Meurice in the first reunion of the brothers since Edward left England after his abdication De cember 10, 19 31. . A spokesman said the two men shook hands and Smiled with extreme warmth and tifectlon. The " two ' duchesses were de scribed as being "very gracious to each otner." ,? - shot. (LLN) - Believe Dead Man Vendetta Victim San Diego Youth Is Found Dead With Mysterious Note on Body NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11.-0PV -Police investigating the wharf slaying of a stylish but penniless man they believe was Bud Lord of San Diego, Cal., had a theory tonight he might hare been shot to ..death by a person who fol lowed Mm across the country lor tnat purpose ... Pinned to the -victim's over coat was a pencil-printed note which read:' "He accidentally knew too much, too bad." Be neath the printing was a cross within a circle. Miss Shirley Jones of Wichita, Kas., whose name was found on a card in the dead man a pocket said at her home that the de scription of the victim fitted that of Lord, 20, even to eyeglasses She said Lord, en route to this city to seek a Job, stopped In Wichita to see her but left there Monday after telling her he had seen on the street a man. who threatened to kill him in San Diego over a business Quar rel. Miss Jones, 17-year-old daugh ter of a Wichita grain man, said Lord left by train for New Or leans with $40. No money was found in the slain man's pockets and he had a watch chain without a watch, Dr. C Grenes Cole, coroner. terming the death - a . homicide. said the man had b e en snot through the top of the head, while wearing his hat, by a small caliber bullet . Labor Clash Ends When Truce Made AFL and CIO Factions in Dispute Over Project in California ANTIOCH, Calif., Not. A threatened violent clash be tween CIO and" AFL labor factions at the Contra Costa conduit pro ject was averted by a hastily-negotiated, temporary truce late to day, and more than 400 men who had been ready to do Battle wun rocks, crowbars and tear-gas went peacefully to their homes. The CIO group, which musterea the largest number of men, was temporary victor tonight, winning peacefully . permission to s e n a elcht CIOI miners back to their Jobs for the night shift on the tun nel part of the project. " ! , Russell Roberts, business rep resentative . of the Contra Costa building trades council, declared, however, the - AFL would resume tomorrow its attempt to establi AFL Jurisdiction over the tunnel Jobs. " -i - The dispute arose after about 70 AFL union men walked out on the project in -a wage dispute. Contractors' threatened to hire CIO tunnel workers and non-union men for the rest of the Job. Yes terday about a dozen CIO miners who said they had been employed on the Job for sometime were told to leave It by a large . visiting "delegation", jpf AFL men. " r 6ith Case of Rabies Reported in Portland PORTLAND, Not. llHVT0 days after Multnomah county de feated a measure to prevent dogs from running at large," the city health office reported the year's 64 th case of rabies. Supporters of the move to shoot on sight un leashed and unmuzzled dogs had asserted many persons had been bitten by diseased animals. - . ; Secret Police Raids Develop ! Against Jews - - ' i . :. Official Germany Serves Earning to US Jews on 'Behavior' tipper Class Jews Taken in Police Raids; Held for Jail Camps By MELVIN -WHITELEATHER BERLIN, Nov. IT. --Ger many's sudden nationwide out burst of anti-semitism developed tonight into a series of secret police raids upon Jews of the upper classes amid reports that the ghetto of the middle agea was to be reestablished in the modern nazi reich. 'Official Germany pushed ahead Its anti-semitic program with a warning to Jews abroad, especial ly in the United States, that their "behaviour would affect future treatment of Jews in Germany) Propaganda Minister Pafcl Goebbels, writing for tomorrow's Voelkischer Beobachter an Ar ticle intended to Justify the anti Jewish actions, expressed annoy ance at what he termed "misr representations and distortions" of happenings here, especially in the reports of "the Jewish press of North America." Not to Tolerate Rights Curtailment "This will do no good to Jews in Germany," Goebbels wrote. "Rather the reverse. The Ger man people are an anti-semitic people, and will not tolerate hav ing their rights curtailed or be ing provoked by the parasitic Jewish race. "The anti-German outside world will do well to leave solva tion of the Jewish problems to Germans. If the outside world wants the Jews, it can have them." r: : The artiste constitutes the government's Official attitude re garding the anti-semitic repris als, which began early yesterday with smashing of Jewish property and synagogues throughout the country in revenge for the slay ing of a German legation secre tary In Paris by a young Pollgh Jew. Earlier In a press Interview Goebbels said future treatment of Jews here "depends on their behaviour here and that of Jews abroad." He said: "If Jews abroad have a heart for their co-religionists in Ger many, let them , be truthful in what they say about us. From their own standpoint I consider them unwise in writing so much about the Jews in Germany." An undetermined number were arrested in tonight's secret police raids among the upper Jewish classes. Jews estimated between 700 and 1,000 had been taken into custody in Berlin since yes terday, while further arrests in Munich brought the total to an estimated 1,400. Several thou sand more were reported in cus tody in various other parts of Germany. A trainload of approximately 800 Jewish prisoners left Vienna tonight for an undisclosed des tination. - Official Information was lack ing but It was understood they were being transported to a Ger man concentration camp, possi bly Dachau or Buchenwalde. This round-up centered on former big business men recently forced out of business, and upon bankers, lawyers and doctors. Police called at their homes and took those they found. Wives in some well-known families said their husbands, - fearing : arrest, had left' yesterday . for unknown havens. - - . . . 1 '. Quints' Recovery Is Satisfactory v CALLANDER, Ont., Nov. 11 ( Canadian Press) - The Dionne quintuplets, whose" tonsils 'and adenoids were taken out two days ago, advanced from a diet of only orange Juice. and water to. semi solid foods and custard today.' ".Their physician, Dr. Allan Roy Dafoe, said the quints were "Just fine" but added that they will be kept In bed for five more days to forestall any chance of compli cations. . . . ,. - The five little girls objected to this ruling and clamored' to get up. But the doctor said "no." lmperatureFiills -To 28 Degrees as Winter Heralded Salem experienced Its first winter-like weather of the sea son last . night as the mercunf dipped to 28 degrees 1 and ice and .frost formed, f The tempera ture fell below freezing at 7:30 p. m. and ' dropped until shortly before midnight when the low mark was reached, then turned slightly ., upward. A maximum of 41 degrees was reached ' during the day. . - .r. t- Uneasy World Celebrates End Of First World War as Haste Is Urged Force and Hatred Forms . Grim Backdrop of War Anniversary Legion ' Head Urges Law, of Universal Service t for Americans ' (By the Associated Press) American and European peoples their governments arm ing enviously and some Suspici ous of each o t h e r yesterday (Friday) marked with prayer or proud . neglect the 20th anniver sary of the Armistice in the war they fought toaend wars. Shadows of force and hatred still lay over the old world, un dispelled by the newer "armis tice of Munich," and clouded the horizon of the Americas. On a hillside splashed by bright autumn sunlight, 'in Ar lington cemetery near Washing ton, President Roosevelt ' laid a wreath of white chrysanthemums at the marble tomb of the un known soldier. The national commander of the American Legion, Stephen F. Chadwick, made an Armistice day call for enactment of a uni versal service law in the United States. President Honors World War Dead The president paid America's tribute to her war dead at al time when army and navy chief tains were outlining the largest peacetime armament budget ever to be presented to congress. General John J. Pershing, who commanded that now anonymous doughboy entombed in Arlington and his thousands of buddies, had said the world situation de mands "immediate and vigorous action" lest the United States encounter "the recent experience of England and France." . The peace of Munich satis faction of Germany, a World war loser, at the territorial ex pense of Czechoslovakia, born of that war placed Germany in a dominant position in Europe. In London, King George VI bowed In the rare November sun shine at the foot of the Cenotaph in Whitehall and placed a wreath of tribute to Britain's own World war dead. Trenches Remind Of War Panic Trenches in parks along .the route of the king's pilgrimage to the Cenotaph still gaped as re minders of the fearful days of September before the pact of Munich brought what some Euro pean leaders thought only tenu ous assurance of peace.. Uneasy Paris echoed to the tramp of troops. War veterans who had thronged to Paris were forbidden to march by a govern ment fearing disorders and ru mored plans to establish a more powerful government to Testore French prestige In Europe. Italy Celebrates King's Birthday . Italy, one of the World war victors but now ' a friend of as cendant Germany, celebrated the 69 th birthday of King Vlttorlo Emanuele, having observed a week ago the anniversary of her own armistice with Austria- Hungary. Illness kept Belgium's king, Leopold, away from the Brussels ceremony at the tomb . wnicn commemorates Belgium's tragedy and sacrifice as the World war's first battleground. Germany marked the day with : only scattered newspaper references centering on the treaty of Versailles which Hitler has cast aside. ; Vi - The Berlin newspaper Moreen- post said, "We can remember the date with composure and proud knowledge that Nov. 11, 1818, definitely beions tome past. Lewis Undisturbed by Loss Of Garment Workers Union PITTSBURGH, Pa., Not, 1-iff) -CIO Chairman John L. Lewis, militant leader, of the new Indus trial, union moTement, completed preliminary organization of CIO's first constitutional convention to day, apparently undisturbed by the refusal of the International ladies' garment workers' union to Join In a permanent CIO. The announcement In Washing ton that the garment workers with a membership of 250,000, one of the founders of CIO three years ago, would assume a neutral posi tion in labor's civil war Instead of Joining the new CIO did not surprise either Lewis or his CIO leaders. y- , v .i.-iyi Lewis did not offer any Imme diate comment on the garment workers' action, but a survey of bis associates Indicated they had expected the ILGWU bolt for a long time. The opinion was gen eral in CIO convention headquar- to Arm for Another Urges Universal I Draft Adoption GEORGE KOEHN Japanese Occupy Strategic Point Yochow, Hunan Gateway, Falls to Invaders in Yangtze Drive SHANGHAI, Not. 1 2-( Satur day )-JP) Japanese troops early today occupied Yochow, gateway to Hunan province, to register a major gain In their drive on Changsha, provincial capital. Battering down. Chinese resis tance,' the Invaders fought their way across the walls of Yochow by moonlight. The victory gave them possession of an important rail and river center and placed them within -8 ft miles of Changsha, Warships which accompanied the advance from Hankow, 122 miles downstream, landed troops at Llnsiang, Yangtze river point IS miles above Yochow. These troops were designated to mop up the area around the mouth of Lake Tung Ting, which connects with the Yangtze Just above Yochow. At daybreak the Japanese con tinued their advance with two columns, one of which moved down the railway paralleling the shores of the lake. The advancing force did not expect any major opposition before reaching Sin shin, where the railway crosses the Mi river. Sinshin is approxi mately 45 miles south of Yochow. Chinese reported that 800 Jap anese were killed in a counter-attack against Maping and blocked the - invaders' advance against Suihsien. Bomb Is Exploded In new Jerusalem .JERUSALEM, Nov. 11HP)A bomb hurled In front of tha American Dress company store on one of New Jerusalem's busiest streets, today shattered windows and wounded one per son. : - The store Is owned by New York and Chicago interests. British troops fought a band of Arabs at Belt Fukir, near Nablus, earlier In the day and 20 of the band were reported killed. The customary Armistice day ceremonies were cancelled be cause of j the persistent disorder, but relatives and friends , of the 12,000 British soldiers who died in the conquest of Palestine went to cemeteries to decorate , the graves. ;-. lers that the garment workers would - eventually , return ' to the American Federation of Labor, i The action of the ILGWU an nounced In Washington by David Dublnsky, the union . president, disclosed that the break came over the issue of peace or war In the labor movement, r a ; Dubln8kys executive board vot ed against - sending delegates to the CIO convention opening Mon day on the grounds It was opposed to dual unionism as represented by the bitter struggle "for labor supremacy between-Lewis's move ment and the older AFL. . The ILGWU board said It rec ognized the "historic service" CIO had -performed .in ; organising workers In the mass production industries, but was "no less keen ly aware that the perpetuation of the .division of labor through) the existence of two national com petltlva labor bodies would prove ruinous to the worker '. ' iii.wiwHiywy'y.'.ww'jjj.l,iriw " - v Fear for Ideals America Fought for Expressed by Koehn ' c Adoption of Legion Plan for Universal Draft Is Urged Ideals of peace, protection ct the United States' democratic form of government and avoid ance of entangling alliances were bespoken by George Koehn, Amer ican Legion national eommittman for Oregon, in the annual Armis tice day address here Jesterday morning. "Today the vanquished nation of 20 years ago is the victor, de mocracy is on the retreat and dic tatorship is in the saddle," Koehn said, while "almost lost" are the Ideals with which this nation en tered the World war. Strong Defense Is Urged Koehn urged the Legion's pro gram of a strong national defense and a universal draft law as means of bolstering the ideal ot peace and declared the tight to preserve this nation's democracy should be waged through educa tion, contacting its advantages with foreign Isms and forms ef government. . The large audience w h 1 e b viewed the Armistice parade and attended the exercises on the courthouse lawn saw and beard Charles A. Sprague and'W. W. Chadwick In their first public ap pearances as executives-elect et the state and of the capital city. They with, Major B. F. Pound, grand marshal: Mr. Koehn and Dr. Laban A. Steeves, 40 et na tional officer, comprised the re viewing pr.-ty for the parade and spoke briefly at the exercises.' Sprague Recalls 1st Anniversary Governor-elect Sprague recalled the "tearful rejoicing" ot the first Armistice day and expressed cer tainty "we are determined that the American flag shall never be lowered to any foreign power or in subservience to any alien idea." Salem s official cooperation in entertaining the Legion depart ment convention here next sum mer was pledged by Mayor-elect Chadwick. The exercises were opened with an invocation by Rev. P. W. Erik sen, introductory remarks by Irl S. McSherry, master of ceremo nies, and commendation of Salem merchants complete observance of the day by Brazier C. Small, Capital post Commander. Wreaths Laid On Monuments Wreaths were laid at the foot of the soldiers' monument for the Legion post and auxiliary, "the American War Mothers, the La dles of the GAR, the Sons of Un ion Veterans, the United Spanish war Veterans auxiliary, the Vet erans of Foreign Wars auxiliary, the Daughters of Union Veterans auxiliary, Sedgewick Relief Corns, the Disabled American Veterans auxiliary, the Salem Rebecca lodge, the King wood Legion auxil iary and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Legionnaires and Disabled Vet erans attended separate organisa tion family dinners at noon.. The day's celebration closed with the Legion dance last night, u Scribes Defended By College Dean MORGANTOWN, W. Va Nor. ll-(P)-Dr. Lawrence W. Murphy, dean ot the school of loumaiism at the University of Illinois, to- mgnt defended the nation's news paper editors and resortera wha are pictured by critics of the press as instigators of sinister, selfish and anti-social motives. i Speaking before more than 109 persons attending . a press dinner of the 17th annual state Journal ism conference here, the chair man of the national council ea education for Journalism said that 99 per cent of the mistakes of newspapermen are mistakes et ignorance and not of bad Inten tion.' - - V . -. Walla Walla Gets Three Inch Snow WALIJL' WALLA, Nov, llTl' -The deepest snow in weather history here for this early in the year ' was . piled on the ground; today to a depth of ?. 5 inches. It had a moisture content of .39 of an - inch : and turned , . seasonal deficiency Into an excess ot .18 cf kn lnch for th firsti time In many a day.. ? West of , Walla Walla there was little snow but north and east ward it Tiled deeper. There were six f e h e s , at . Waitsburg and Dayton.,., -r s