- Local Newt
The Oregon Statesman la
bj far tbe leader of Salem
. dailies la local news cover
age Alert attention la given
to all local sources.
The Weather
Pair today and Thursday
bat considerable morning
cloudiness on coast; maxi
mum temp. 81, sain. 54. Riv
er -3.9 ft. NW wind
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Sakm, Oregon, Wednesday Horning; August 16, 1939
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No. 122
EVIDENCE OF RAIL SABOTAGE SHOWN
400 to Be Cut
Girl Is Heroine
QneMon Nears
: Ol Rml Tragedy
OffWPARoUs
Climactic Development
n
Danzig
In This Redo
Roadmaster T, W. Williamson, pictured above, points to evidence of sabotage in the Nevada train wreck
of the "City of San Francisco. He Is pictured holding a pencil (shown by arrow) where the rail was
taken op, bent four Inches Inward, then resplked. Wreck resulted when the train, traveling at 00,
miles per hour, struck the open rail. (UN) J,
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Federal Men
Probe Wreck
"Definite Evidence" Is
Found, Says Head of
Railroad
RENO, Nev'., Aug. 15-aV-Fed-eral
officers today took over in
Testigatlon ot the wreck of the
streamline train "City of San
Francisco" and direction of the
search for the maniac who delib
erately derailed the train, killing
23 persons and injuring 109.
The search was spurred by clues
toward the identity of the man, or
men, - who moved a rail hurtling
the 17 car train;' into a Nevada
canyon last Saturday night
'W have some r definite evi
dence," said A. D. McDonald pres
ident of the Southern' Pacific com
pany, who took charge pf the rail
way' Investigation, "but it Is of
such a nature that we do not feel
free to divulge it at this time."
An unrevealed number of men
were picked up in railway yards
and hobo Jungles and questioned
as the search spread out over Ne
vada, Utah and California. But
there was no Indication that the
killer had been found.
-' Reno police still held a man
booked as Bob La Duceur, 28, of
Lewistown, Mont, although Po
lice Chief Andy Welliver said pre
viously he expected to release the
man. He was taken into custody
yesterday and questioned by au
thorities Investigating the wreck.
Officers were divided in their
opinion as to whether the crime
was the work of one or two men.
McDonald sided with those who
believed it was the work of alone
mad man -"a man with a dis
eased brain possibly one with a
grudge against some Individual on
the train, satisfying that grudge
without regard for the lives that
might be snuffed out.
another Into his confidence in a
thing like this. A confederate
orould, sooner or later, be bound
to squeal." , ,
Authorities asked to see an am
ateur motion picture ot the wreck
scene,, in hope of uncovering new
elues.
Japan to Confine
Herself to Orient
TOKYO. Aug. 15-VHolding
the door open for a possible deep
er entry into European affairs at
some future time, reliable" sources
said tonight that Japan had - de
termined to confine her present
major activities to the far east. '
The decision it was reported
was reached Aug. 8 after an ex
haustive discussion of recent in-
ternational developments by Pre
mier Baron , Klichlf Hiranuraa
and his ministers of war, navy, fi
nance and foreign affairs.
Japan's latest European policy
was said to differ little from a
formula adopted by the cabinet
June I. This was never an
bounced, but high authorities said
at that , time it broadened .."the
basis for cooperation' .with Ger
many and Italy but ruled out a
military alliance.
Quaclniplets Born
To Kankakee Pair
KANKAKEE, 111., Aug. 1S-0V
Quadruplets," two boys and . two
girls, were bora .tonight to a 13
vear old Kankakee. Ill- mother.
rtn. a kov and th last of tha
babies horn at annroximately sev
en minute intervals, v died two
hours later, but Dr. J. K. Wilkin
son said the three others and the
nnttiAf Mm. Mvrna Deschand.
were doing nicely. 1 Virgil, the fa
ther. Is 25.
The babies were born prema
turely la the seventh month at a
tr,nvv maternltv home. Dr.
Wilkinson said the babiea would
he placed la an incubator tomor
- He said the babies each welshed
' between 3 and 4 pounaav . - .
Combine Wrecked )
As Train Hits It
WOODBURN, Aug. 15 - A
combine belonging to Joe Serres
was completely demolished this
afternoon at 3 p. m. as it was
being towed across the Southern
Pacific railroad track just south
of the Elmer Settlemler place. It
was hit by the second section of
passenger train No. 18, which
was northbound. The tractor , was
not hit and so one' was injured
in the accident The combine Lad
stalled right on the track and 1 as
hit before the train could be
flagged to a stop. The tractor had
made It across the track but the
combine stuck on the rails. " The
combine operators saw the train
coming, detached the tractor, and
run up the track to flag the
train but it was too late.
Army Man Killed
Beneath Box
Capt. John Joyes Came
Here as Leader of -7th
Infantry
ALBANY, Ore., Aug. 15-UPV-
Captaln John W. Joyes, Jr., 84,
of Vancouver, Wash., barracks,
was killed by a slowly moving
freight car today.
Joyes first fell beneath a
Southern Pacific passenger train
he was attempting to reboard. One
hand was severed.
The stunned man crawled ir.to
the path of the box ; car being
switched. Noise from a nearby
construction project drowned Us
cries tor help.
The body was discovered by a
track inspector an hour later.
Joyes had left the passenger train
at 12:30 a. m. to smoke a clgaret
Accompanied by Col. C. A. Bell
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Youth Is Suicide
Because of Sinus
SEATTLE, Aug. 15-FV-oro-
ner's Deputy Barney McDonald
said tonight, a 13 -year-old boy,
found hanging from a rope in the
bedroom of his farm home at
nearby Woodinville, Wash., to
day, committed suicide to escape
suffering from sinus trouble.
McDonald said Mr. and Mrs.
Philip Pelton. parents Of Rodney
Floyd Pelton, told him their
youngest son bad suffered from
sinus trouble for several years
and because of it was extremely
high-strung and nervous."
The boy had placed a nail in
a rafter, obtained a large cotton
rope and kicked over a chair,
McDonald said. His parents were
shopping in Seattle at the time.
Car
Machine Gun Bandits. Snatch
$70,000 in Daylight Holdup
l !.VCrt REACH. N.Y..-Aug. 18-
(jpy-TJnder the menacing snouts of
two machine guns, two bank mes
sengers were roDDea ot v,vvv
m a swiftlv-executed holdup to
day by five bandits who then es
caped despite an eiaoorate pian oi
apprehension v which had been
waiting six years for Just such an
event. ' ' V . .
; From the Main street ot mis
nmmtr resort town, where the
robbery occurred virtually on the
steps of the f postoff ice , the ban-
aits spea presumaoiy cru ,
of three bridges connecting the
taianii with tho lvnr inland main
land and disappeared.: ' , v -
H By land, sea and air, police, di
rected : by wireless,; pressed their
search unavallingly during the
day. carrying out a plan ot opera
tion similar to that of the army's
famous "M" day preparations.
Within seconds of the robbery's
completion, radio cars, the top of
each bearing a large numeral, sped
to preappointed positions; Nassau
county patrol boats and the eoast
guard moved to block escape by
Charge Jefferson
On Three Counts
Kidnap, Rape, Murder Is
Charged Against Man
Who Slew Girl
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.,
Aug. 15JF)-A palm Beach coun
ty; grand Jury today accused
Charles Jefferson, smooth-talking
theatrical promoter, of kid
haping, rape and murder -lor
which the state will seek to ex
act the death penalty.
, ,The triple indictment was
based en a signed confession in
which Jefferson alias Herbert
Goddard, Thomas Cochran and
Thomas Ashwell admitted he
lured .two Miami high school girls
fromtheiy homes, criminally at
tacked and then stabbed ' one 'of
(hem to death and held the other
prisoner for three days.
The survivor, pretty, blonde
Jean Bolton, night club melody
singer, spent more than an hour
telling the jurors about her har
rowing experience in Jefferson's
company in his car beside a
swamp outside Boca Ratdh, -xot
far from where lay the nude,
bruised body of Frances Dunn, 17
Officials kept secret their plans
to arraign Jefferson to prevent
a repetition 4f mob threats that
caused his removal last Thurs
day to the Orange county Jail In
Orlando for safekeeping.
Direct Air Mail
For All Is Seen
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug.
Every American community ill
be provided with direct air mall
service as a result of a new pick
up device now under experiment
in three states,. Ambrose O'Con-
nell, second assistant postmaster
general, said today.
O'Connell, here for the 36th
annual convention of the Nation
al Rural Letter Carriers associa
tion, which opened today, raid
the device would permit delivery
ot mail almost any place.
Three thousand carders and
their wives were welcomed, by
Gov. Charles A. Sprague iid.
Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Port
land. : No little credit for the high
standards of living enjoyed "oy
the farmers can be attributed to
the RFD, the governor, said.
: "Suspend the service of the
RFD tor 24 hours and the nation
would be up in arms," declared
Mayor Carson. The people, he
said, are prone to take the serv
ice too . much for granted f.nd
often fail to appreciate it
sea and :an airplane droned over
head directing the search' to sus
pected points.-- '
i Late in the day, federal bureau
of Investigation . agents also en
tered the search.'
'.J Not a shot was fired in the hold
up. As Harry Meyer, 38, and Ed
win Podsen, to, messengers for
the National. City Bank ot Long
Beach,' approached the postoff ice,
they stepped around a truck stall
ed at right angles to the curb, its
tires punctured. With them was
Patrolman James Logoun, 68. '
As the three walked-around the
truck, which was loaded with steel
girders and partially blocked the
street within a tew steps of the
postoff ice, three men stepped from
a sedan. One thrust a submachine
gun into Logouri's side and-took
his service , revolver. Two ripped
the canvas bag containing the cur
rency from the hands of Meyer
and Podsen. . v .
From the back ot the sedan a
fourth man menaced the .group
with a second machine, fun.. A
fifth drove the car away. . .
Dismissal Notices to Go
but Augast 27; Vets
Are Exempt
Changes in Office Here
Brings Enlarged Area
Under Control
" Notices of dismissal tor a 80-
day period, are being prepared at
the Salem WPA office for an
thosd who have been on WPA pay
rolls in the district continuously
tor 18 months or more and will be
distributed during the next two
weeks, W, M. BartletCnew super
visor of operations, said yester
day.
About 400 of the 1531 en WPA
projects in Marion county will be
affected by the action, he said.
Veterans are exempt
Dismissal notices will be given
out August 27. at the close of the
payroll period, or at the termina
tion of any project that closes be
fore that date.
Action Makes Room
for Eligible
"Purpose of the 30-day layoii
is to make room for people In need
who are eligible for WPA but are
not able to get on because of the
quota being full,' Bartlett said.
The action is being taken in com
pliance with the law passed by the
last congress.
New appointments for the local
office staff announced yesterday
by Bartlett Include Ray Weather-
horn, who has been in the finance
division of the Portland WPA of
fice, to supervise the finance divi
sion here and Lyle Duncan, who
has been head of finance on the
Wolf creek project, to be assist
ant to Weatherhorn.
Mrs. Viva Poorman will remain
as supervisor of professional and
service projects. Selection of a
supervisor of the labor division
has not been made.
Five Counties
In District
The Salem office, which has
heretofore served Marlon and
Polk counties, will now serve an
enlarged territory Including Mar
Ion, Polk, Linn, Benton and Lin
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On Sunken Craft
PORTSMOUTH. N.H., Aug. 18
-(iTT-A hatch on the after battery
compartment of the submarine
Squalus was found open by a diver
shortly before navy salvage offi
cers decided tonight pontoons
used in raising the 84,000,000
submersible must be readjusted,
delaying at least until Thursday
a second lifting attempt
Just before work on the sub
marine stopped for the night Rear
Admiral Cyrus W. Cole wirelessed
the information from the salvage
flagship Falcon to the navy yard.
Captain Richard F. Edwards,
who returned to the navy yard to
night, said the salvage officers
were at a loss to explain the open
hatch. He added, however, that
leakage of air into the compart
ment might have built up enough
pressure to force open the hatch
when the bow shot to the surface
on the unsuccessful attempt to
raise the Squalus last July 13.
Capital Defenders
Repulse Invaders
MANASSAS. Va., Aug.
Cltizen soldiers of Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Virginia, defending
the capital in mock warfare.
Struck on a 13-mile front today
and doggedly drove a force of
cavalry, tanks and truck-mounted
fntaptry into the mountains of
northern Virginia.
The successful maneuver that
set a mechanized regular army
division back on its heels eased
the stings of yesterday's raids.
which carried the invaders al
most to the command posts of
the defending 28th and 29th na
tional guard divisions.
i Choked by the dust of the re
tiring mechanized forces, the
guardsmen slowly advanced from
their overnight camp grounds
south of Manassas, across a creek
and onto a high plateau.
Parole Provision
Applied 1st Time
: Provisions ot the new state pa
role law were applied tor the first
time in the Marlon county circuit
court when Carl Reed. 17, was
put on probation for two years
under a burglary charge and turn
ed over to the state parole board
for supervision. ' ,
Reed ? waived . indictment and
pleaded guilty to burglarizing a
building on the Charles Marshall
property at 15th and Grant streets
Jy 24.. J
'Also arraigned in circuit court
yesterday, George Holland pleaded
guilty to driving an automobile
without an operators' license and
was released pending sentence to
be passed In October.'
f Douglas Pioneers Die
ROSSBURQ. Ore., Aug. IS-P)
-James H. Porter, 78, and Mrs.
Mary F. Freeman, 81, pioneers
of Douglas county, died at their
respective homes $oday. e
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Thelma Rlstvedt, a stewardess on
: ' the "City of San Francisco
'Streamliner, though hurt her
- self, ministered to the needs of
: - tfae more seriously wounded aa
' til she collapsed. She Is shown
as she arrived In Oakland,
Calif., aboard a relief train.
Frank Loose Dies;
Funeral Thursday
Third Ward Councilman Is
Victim of Six Weeks'
Illness
Six weeks' illness ended in the
death of Frank E. Loose, 69, city
councilman from tbe third ward.
at his residence, 360 Oak street.
early Tuesday morning. He had
returned home Monday from a
vacation and rest at the coast
Funeral services will be held
at 2 p. m. Thursday from the
Clough-Barrick chapel. Interment
will be at Belcrest memorial park.
Members of the city council will
attend the rites as a body.
- Born May 28, 1880, on the fam
ily homestead in Polk county,
Frank Elton Loose was the son
ot Frederick1 and Kmfly Loose,
pioneer settlers. He entered the
employ oi the Salem Track and
Dray company at)er obtaining, a
puniie scnooi education; later he
became Southern Pacific ware
house foreman.
Mr. Loose ' acquired complete
ownership of the Capital City
Transfer company in 1111 and
continued to his death as its head.
Active outside of his business,
Loose was a member of the Ma
sonic and Elks lodges, the Salem
Rotary club and the chamber of
commerce. He was elected as al
derman in 1138. ,
Mr. Loose and Miss Lettie L.
Cox ot Sllverton were married
in 1804. :
Surviving are the widow, a son
Loren, two brothers Edward of
Park Plaee and Wesley ot Stay
ton, two sisters Mrs. J. D. Wal
ling of Salem and Mrs. Minnie
Root of Portland, and a grand
daughter Darlene Loose of Salem.
'Wild Boy Found
On Galapagos Isle
x
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador. Aug.
lK-iflVThe eommander of the
Ecuadorean cruiser "President
Alfaro" radioed here today that
he had found a ID-year-old boy
living alone on one of the lonely
Galapagos islands far off the coast
of Ecuador. ' (
The boy's name was given as
Jose Perez. The captain said the
youngster told, him he came to the
islands three; years ago with a
family, but ran away into the in
terior because of ill treatment
He had been living on seaweed.
plants and roots. He will Teturn
to Guayaquil on the cruiser.
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Late! Sports
PORTLAND, Aug. 15-(ff)-Port-land
won both ends of a Pacific
Coast league i doubleheader here
tonight from Sacramento and dis
placed San Diego as fifth-place
team. The scores were 8-4 in nine
innings and 7-2 in seven.
Clarence Pickrel kept nine sac
hits well spaced in the see on d
game while his mates hammered
three Solon pitchers for 13. The
Bearers : scored - five runs in the
second inning.i
- Portland snapped a tight monnd
duel in the first game by scoring
four runs lxf the eighth.
Sacramento , .... ,,. 4 10 ' 1
Portland '- S IS I
Hubbell, Strlncevlch (?) and
Ogrodowski; Thomas and Fernan
dez, Monso (1). x
Second game (7 Innings): '
Sacramento . 2 f t
Portland 7 18-0
Sherer Smith (2); Hennann
(2) and Ogrodowski; Pickrel and
Monso. . ,'..'-
LOS ANGELES, Aug.
Nlght game: . - .; . -
San UnHnf. , 8 14 9
Los Angeles . , ,: , 4 71
8. Gibson and Woodali; .Leon
ard (I); BonettV Epperly (8).
Berry ) and R, Collins, .
SEATTLE, Aug. l$.-ff)-Nlght
game: i - -
San Diego .... 4 t; 2
Seattle i S 1
Humphreys, Tobin (8) and De
tore; Walker. Van Fleet (I) and
CampbelL ..
New, Deal Thanksgiving
Gains Kicks
Martagers, New
Businessmen Favor Earlier Holiday, but Football
Folk Flabbergasted; Some States May
; Have Dual Thanksgiving
NEW YORK, Aug. 15 (AP) A gridiron rebellion grew
today apace with a pile-up of protests from rock-ribbed tra
ditionists against President Roosevelt's plan to change the
day of thanksgiving this year from November 30 to No
vember 23.
Many in authority and businessmen, favored the presi
dent's precedent-smashing idea O
to help ousiness dui me iooi
ball people were both amazed and
flabbergasted over what to do
with games scheduled for No
vember 30.
There may be two Thanksgiv
ings this year.
Tradition-bound New England
was largely shocked.
Senator Bridges (R, NH) led
the opposition in Washington
with a statement the president's
announcement was "a complete
surprise because there had been
no intimation of it in Mrs. Roose
velt's column."
Heartily approving the presi
dent's announcement was Lew
Hahn, general manager of the
National Retail Dry Goods asso
ciation, who August 4 addressed
a communication to Secretary of
Commerce Hopkins urging an
earlier Thanksgiving as "good for
business."
His organization represents
some 5,700 department ( specialty
and dry goods stores, which were
estimated to do well over 3500,
000,000 or around IS per cent
of the yearly total in the peak
shopping season from Turkey day
to Christmas.
Hahn said the president's move
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Trio Die in Fall
Down Smokestack
TOLEDO, Ore., Aug. li-JP-A
scaffolding inside a 205-foot
smokestack collapsed at the C D.
Johnson lumber mill here today,
killing three men.
The dead are Harvey Pinder,
34, Portland, Ore.,; Bill Mitcher,
28, Gresham, and Silas I scorn, 44,
Seattle.
A fourth man, Harry Fogelber
ry, 33, Portland, escaped a simi
lar fate by clinging to the stack's
rim until rescued.
The victims , were plunged to
the bottom of the huge steel tube.
After being rescued Fogelberry
climbed up the stack in a rescue
attempt
All the dead were married and
employed by the Seattle Boiler
Workers, which has a contract to
reconstruct one ot the mill's two
smokestacks.
Engin
eer Blamed
For Train Crash
DENVER, Aug. 15-(P)-A coro
ner's Jury tonight held Engineer
William W. Medae of Denver re
sponsible for the collision of two
passenger trains at a South Den
ver cross over track Saturday in
which two persons were killed.
Medae testified he was passing
a red block signal when he ap
plied air brakes in an effort to
stop his train. The brakes, he as
serted, failed to hold.
The Denver & Rio Grande West
ern scenic limited locomotive,
driven by Medae, crashed into a
chair car on the Santa Fe rail
road's Navajo, - overturning - the
car. ;-
Deputy District Attorney Wil
liam Doyle said no criminal
charges would be filed. 5,
Prune Industry Places Self
In Hands of Own Committee
Oregon's depressed prune in
dustry will be placed in the hands
of a committee representative ot
all interests, it was decided by
some 200 growers, canners, pack
ers, bankers and others at the
meeting held at the capltol yester
day afternoon to devise steps to
remedy the situation. -
The committee appointments,
left in the hands of Governor
Charles A. Sprague. ' who called
the meeting, and J. D. Mickle,
state director ot agriculture, prob
ably will be made today. The com
mittee was Instructed to take ac
tion to improve marketing condi
tions for the 1339 crop.
Governor Sprague, opening the
session," outlined briefly problems
of the Industry and cautioned that
if - cooperative effort does . not
avail there is little hope for. im
provement - "
- He pointed out that fruits are
moving into the trade at higher
prices than "in recent years and
mentioned specifically that Bart
lett pears, in the doldrums In re
cent years, have shot up to 332.50
a ton. With this encouragement
and the fact that general business
From Grid
England
Huge Fire Rages
In Idaho Forest
Blaze Discovered Burning
Mature Trees Deep in
Primitive Area
McCALL, Idaho, Aug. 15-fly-A
raging 2000-acre forest fire
lighted tonight the center of the
Idaho national forest's . primitive
area one of the most rugged re
gions on the continent as na
tional forest officials rushed hun
dreds of men to the scene.
The blaze, in mature green
Douglas fir at a point about 112
miles northeast of here, recalled
the beginning ot the Idaho na
tional forest fire that swept over
88,000 acres in 1831.
The first 75 fire fighters
reached the fire lines late tonight
with John Kooch, assistant super
visor of the 1,816,000-acre for
est and Gene Powers, fire tech
nician. In charge.
Another 1475 men were being
moved by truck to within 25 miles
of the fire. The last part of the
ftrip must, by made on toot i :
' Forest 'v apervtsof He dry
Shank, shortly before midnight
said:
"This man-made fire ran bad
ly from the time it was reported
by Lookout "Scoop" McCoy from
the Horse mountain station at
11:50 a. m. today until 8 p. m." '
He declined to amplify his as
sertion it was "man-made" other
than to say it either was acci
dentally or intentionally started
hy someone unknown.
Federals Probing
Louisiana's PWA
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 15-CD-Investigation
of 28 state -sponsored
public works administration
projects into which the federal
government poured many mil
lions of dollars was announced
tonight as a new phase ot the
government's many-sided probe
into state affairs.
William G. Elliott, special agent
in charge of investigation for the
Fort Worth, Texas, division, said
11 agents had been called into
the investigation which is center
ing on the 113.000,000 charity
hospital project here.
Sinking of the hospital build
ings already has resulted in ex
tensive cracking Jn some places,
with repair estimates running up
to 360,000.
Power Chiefs Confer
PORTLAND, Aug. 15-(ff)-Joel
W. Wolf son n, secretary of the Na
tional Power Policy board,- went
into conference with Frank A.
Banks, acting Bonneville admin
istrator, immediately after his ar
rival here today. He will attend a
meeting Friday of the Bonneville
advisory board.
conditions are on a fairly stable
basis, there is possibility that the
great prune Industry may be tided
over into renewed prosperity, he
declared.
- . ."W have no cut and dried pro
gram to offer," the governor said.
Urging the' group to confine its
discussion to common interests.
The discussions, that followed
with former Senator E. A. McCor
sack of' Eugene presiding, were
centered' mainly on suggestions
for cooperative marketing, - re
course to federal money to stabil
ize the industry, standardization
ot quality and development of the
domestic market v i
- A summary ot the dried prune
status was presented by J o h n
White of the Northwest prune ex
change,' who said that the 1933
world crop would be larger than
last year, that the California crop
en the trees would be shorter but
in reality heavier due to the car
ryover of 55,000 tons and a 1933
Oregon crop of f 35.600 tons at
against 18,000 tons in 1938.
The present trend ot prices does
sot represent any profit to the
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German Hush
Is Held Sign
Of new Move
Officials Insist Issue
to Be Solved Without
Bloodshed
..- i
Press Campaign, Events
Parallel Preludes to
Seizures
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER
BERLIN, Agu. 15-)p)-A host
of signs in Berlin tonight pointed
to an Imminent almost immediate
development in the grave Issue ol
Danzig and Pomorze (the Polish
corridor).
In government quarters, which
normally are willing to give a hint
of events to come, there was an
ominous silence.
But there continued the steady
press campaign and in the rapid
tempo of events of the past 10
days was a seeming parallel to the
days of Austrian annexation, Mu
nich, the Czech-Slovak partition,
the protectorate over Czech Bo
hemia and Moravia and the ab
sorption of MemeL -
Officials and nazi party mem
bers Insist that a Danzig solution
will be a bloodless one.
Leaders Convinced
Poland Will Yield
This may mean that the Ger
man leaders are convinced that
Poland, like Czech-Slovakia, wiU
yield and' that the German army
may soon peacefully march into
Danzig, lost in the World war, and
into at least a section ot the corri
dor which would connect Germany
with its one separate segment,
East Prussia.
One cannot predict One cannot
know exactly what the future por
tends. But the signs and the at
mosphere are much the same as is
the days before Munich.
It may , be that Prof. Carl J.
Burckhardt League of Nations
commissioner for Danzig, will not
have Ume to carry on further com
munications with the British for
eign secretary Lord Halifax, aa tt,
was reported reliably he would de
yesterday. Bnrckhardt May
Not Go to England
Burckhardt In Daniig today de
clared in a formal statement he
had no intention of going to Lon
had had "a short conversation
about Internal Danzig Questions"
in Germany. It was taken for
granted this conversation was
with Adolph Hitler.
Signs that lead veteran observ
ers ot .German affairs to beliere
a development may be at hand
are: . - -
1. Propoganda Minister Geek
bels returned unexpectedly from
Italy yesterday, where he had been
expected to remain tor the remain
der of the week. "
2. The silence in government
quarters. .
3. The hurried return to Rome
by airplane ot the Italian foreign
minister. Count Galeazzo Ciane.
after his conferences with the-
uuuiiui wicigu uiiuwwr auiu m i-
ler last weekend. ' ,
4. The Insistence of the German
press, since Ciano's departure on
Sunday, that the Danzig question.
must be solved "speedily."
5 Wirnlnn Dridrpttaoif tn Pn.
land, France and Poland, advocat
ing reasonableness "before it is
too late," are the order of the day
in Berlin newspapers.
6. German fishermen plying
their trade in the Baltic have been
forbidden to go out to their regu
lar. fishing grounds.
7. The German spas in the Bal
tic are now practically emptied et
guests, although August ordinarily
is a busy month.
8. From every part ot the coun
try reports now' reach the capital
of strict rationing of gasoline to
private automobiles. '
; 9. Again and again one hears
the story, - verity of which oX
course is not determinable by a
ivicisuer, ma ucrmin ; oiaiern
now massed all along the perm an
Polish and protectorate-P o 1 1 s h
frontier as well as in East Prus
sia, are in possession of little
booklets telling them how to ash
for necessities in Polish.
: WARSAW,. Aug. 18-(Wednes
day )-(ff-The Polish telegraph,
agency reported that German au
thorities today closed all border
traffic along that part ot their Si
lesian frontier facing the Polish
district of Rybnik, . . . - .
1 The agency added that all tel
phone communications 'between
this German district and Poland
had been cut off.
Columbia Fishers .
Get Yeaifg Catcli
I BT TIU'T.S'ICH Ati IK jmi'n
T. Cayou and Clarence Broughton
had a good fish story to tell today,
The two St Helens fishermen
caught ; the ' biggest fish ot the
year yesterday in the Columbia
river a 182-ooand, 9-foot; 3-inch-sturgeon.