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Thorough Service - Local newt and plctaresf Torn to The Oregon States man. ; World sews? The Statesman tells It all la ac curate speedily handled AI dispatches. The Weather Scattered showers today aad Friday, lower tempera tares. Max. temp. 75, mis. 40. Hirer -3.9 ft. South wind. . POUNDZ2D 1651 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning. August 31, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 135 .Nates Fail' TTT Tl O ffc B elieit 9 Is Growing Chance Games "Outsat Fair Minto Reveals Beano Ban to Extend to Kewpie, Rifle Gallery Games Trouble With Games in Other Tears Leads Chief to Act By STEPHER C. MERGLER The beano game is "out" at next week's state fair and so are all other games and concessions Involving "any element of chance," Chief of Police Frank A. Minto has notified fair authori ties, he disclosed yesterday. not innocent-acting, milk bottle, ring throwing and shooting gal lery concessions will be strictly forbidden the privilege of operat ing on the fairgrounds if run in the usual manner, the chief said. In fact, fair patrons who are willing to put up a dime on the chance of getting a kewpie doll back will have to go elsewhere to do it according to Chelf Monto's own interpretation of his order. Bides Concessions Alone Will Stay "It will very nearly restrict concessions to rides, as far as I can see," he said. Trouble experienced with game concessions In past years led the police department to decide on its blanket order this year described by the chief as "clamping dear down on them." Chief Minto said he .had ad vised Leo Spitzbart, state fair di rector, of his intentions and had suggested he have the concession men "come in and see me." None have accepted the lnvita tlonso tar, the chief reported. While some game concession op erators hare tried to conduct their fair week establishments accord ing to the police riew of the law, others have been trouble makers from the start, Minto complained. "The troubled" that when yon let anything go, yon have to watch them because they'll start some thing every time your turn your back," he charged. Lottery' Definition Given by Chief The result is this announced determination on the part of the city police department, which has Jurisdiction over the fairgrounds, to see. in Minto's words, "that there's going to be nothing out there that has any element of lot tery, any element of chance con nected with it." A lottery was defined by Chief Minto in this connection as a con cession "in which you have a chance to win more than you are putting In or more than someone else may win." The police department closed one beano game at last year's state' fair and forestalled the op ening of several other games ob jectionable to its views on what constitutes gambling, Minto re called. The department will give the fairgrounds complete police serv ice and protection this year out will not provide fence, gate or night watchman service, Minto also announced. E. C. Charlton, assistant chief, and 11 men have been assigned to the city-operated fairgrounds police force. Their duties will be to engage In general police work such as catching pickpockets and other thieves who congregate at fairs and similar gathering places, to act against gambling, to help find lost children, to protect the pub lic from disorders and to guard money, the chief outlined. A ma jority of the men on the fair- The fair management will main tain its own force of grounds po- erowda, gates and guarding, of fences and bnlldlngs at night Jap anese Airmen Aim for Seattle WHITE HORSE, TT. Aug. SO-(CP)-The Japanese good will plane Nippon arrived here at p.m. (S:10 p-m .PST) today to complete the third lap of its pro jected around-the-world trip alter a flight of - slightly mors than three hours from Fairbanks, Alaska;": . The plane flew from Japan to Nome. Alaska, then to Fairbanks. In leisurely stages. The Fairbanks- White Horse hop was approxi mately 100 miles. According to plans, the plane will load fuel here and take off tomorrow morning for Seattle. Al though no stops will be made en route to the Puget sound city, the niane will pass over Primes George, BC ' - Originally It was planned to stop at Vancouver but it was ex plained here that the direct uigm would only be broken in the event of unfavorable weather conditions cr mechanical difficulties, MilkPootin Pending lirley Suit's Outcome Oregon's API I Told to Defy Picketing Law Judge Padway, National Counsel, Says Rights of Lahor Denied National AFL to Back Oregon Unions on Regulatory Issue PORTLAND, Aug. iQ.-(JfyOre-gon American Federation of Labor unions were advised today by Joseph A. Padway, Washington, D. C, chief counsel for the AFL, to "ignore -and 'defy the state anti-labor law." Judg Padway urged the unions to can on "normal" functions, Including strikes, and other nses of their economic strength, with out regard to Oregon's union regulatory law. He said the AFL would "back to the limit" any union running afoul of the sta tute. "Employers refuse to abide by new laws affecting them, as for Instance the Wagner labor rela tions act, until the constitutional ity question is settled, and yon should do the same thing," he told representatives of the Oregon State Federation of Labor and affiliated unions. Judge Padway said he believed the Oregon supreme court wonld reverse the decision of a special tnree-juage circuit conn upnoia- lng the law, but even If it didn't he was "certain" the United States supreme court would Invalidate the act. " '"-. 'f . Padway told an interviewer last night "the Oregon law, which denies the rights of tree speech and assembly, is taking a deter mined twist into other states, inch as Wisconsin, Michigan, Minne sota and Pennsylvania." The law provides open Inspec tion of union books and forbids picketing except when a majority of workers in the picketed plant strike. New Water Setup Completion Looms Vista Heights Customers to Join City System by Next Weekend Completion of the Vista Heights water district project which will serve about a hundred customers south of Salem is expected by the end of next week, Paul Griebenow, secretary of the Vista Heights water commission, said yesterday, The storage tank will be fin ished by the end of this week and only a little work on pipelines remains to be done next week. . Lines in part of the district, which extends from Ohmart tracts to Salem Heights, have been com pleted, and some customers are already being served. All custom ers will be getting service by Sep tember 10, it is expected. Testing of the new distribution system, which is fed from Salem city supply pipelines near Indian hill farm. Is being made as eacn section is completed. Rates will be about the same as outside city rates, which are 20 per cent higher than inside city rates, Griebenow said. Portland Has Rain PORTLAND. Aug. SO light southerly winds brought rain to Portland tonight alter dampening' forest tires in coastal regions. Rainfall -was light but heavy clonds continued to cover the iky. It's Steam Calliope Season- Or Circus Day if You Wish By PAUL BL HAUSXR, JK. Ton can take your Moonlight Sonatas and you fugues and jour preludes and yon can take your Jive and your boogie-woogie, too, tor there s no music like a steam ealllope. And todays steam eaiuope a ay. Some folks call It circus day and talk, like those people in "The Wizard ot Os," of "lions and ti gers and bears. The circus press agents talk z of ' Gargantna the Great, who Is a gorilla, but I talk of steam calliopes. Mr. Barnum (Phineas T. him self) started It and m bet his steam calliope was the biggest and best there ever was, with real steam and no gasoline tames. Anyway It's steam calliope day, or circus day If yon will, and the tour big trains ot the Ringllng Brothers and JLarnum. SMI Big River Revetment ". Project Start Looms; f- Bids Called Tuesday Work on Gray Eagle Bar South of Salem Signalled for Next few Weeks; Cost Exceeds $50,000; Valuable Lands to Be Protected By RALPH C. CURTIS Construction of the largest and most important revet ment project on the Willamette river in the Salem vicinity is to start within the next few weeks, it was indicated this week with announcement that bids will be opened next Tuesday, September, on the Gray Eagle Bar project south of Salem. Not onlywill the cost be well in excess of $50,000, but the project when completed will protect several thou sand acres of valuable river bottom land including a number of hop yards, and will prevent the serious catastrophe that Orecent bank erosion has threatp Poland Mobilizes On Note Failure No Immediate Settlement in Sight Causes Gill of More Troops By ELMER PETERSON WARSAW, Aug. lO-UFV-Po- land ordered a large scale ''par tial mobilization" tonight simul taneously with receipt of reports to the foreign office that Adolf Hitler's reply to British proposals for ending the European crisis of fered no immediate settlement. A, foreign office spokesman as serted the fuehrer's note was "t-.en more bitter than bU reply to French! Premier Daladier last Sunday. The communication to Dala dier was Interpreted by the French premier as a point blank refusal to negotiate directly with Poland on nasi demands for Dan zig and Pomorze, the Polish cor ridor. The near-general mobilization order, it was estimated, would bring to well over 2,000,000 the number of men under arms. No official figures were given, how ever. The present total is close to 1,600,000. Although pink mobilization posters appeared on walls with the large heading, "The President Has Ordered General Mobiliza tion," a communique described the action as enactment of "addi tional military measures" and in formed persons asserted a num ber of exceptions were involved. The order also provided for the wide-scale requisitioning of mo tor cars, trucks, horses, carts, bi cycles and other means of trans portation. All reserve officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers under 40 must report to their nearest military center. It was taken for granted here the mobilization' was ordered with the full knowledge of Britain. A blackout was ordered for the capital tonight. Officials Arrive To Dedicate Base PORTLAND, Aug. 30.-tfP-Thlrteen congressmen, seven wives of representatives, , a n. naval aide and clerk will reach here early tomorrow to participate in dedication of the new Tongue Point naval air base at the month of the Columbia river. The party, including represen tatives on the honse naval affairs committee, will be accompanied to Astoria by Rep. James W. Mott (R-Ore). Rep. Homer D. Angell (R-Ore), former Gov. Charles H. Martin and other Oregon notables. circus roll Into town In the dim light of dawn to unload at the fairgrounds siding. The first train, which v carries some of the more highly paid ot the If 09 people traveling with the circus, pulled in at 1:10 ajn. this morning and X hope everybody aboard had a . good sleep espe cially the steam calliope player. The rest get in later and they carry the 1009 menagerie animals and the SO elephants and the hun dreds ot horses. The horses and the elephants get up early and help the roust abouts unload. They'll be unload ing from 1:10 a.m., which Is preU ty early tor me to be out there to see If , there's a steam calliope aboard, until way Into daylight, The circus grounds are along Baker street and If you've never Ilia tQ, Page . J. CoL. u iprcmrs ouspenma ened the return or the main river to the "old channel" which follows in part the upper slough. Bids will be opened in the Port land office of the United States army engineers. The work will consist of almost a mile of hand- placed stone revetment construc tion so that the project will em ploy a considerable amount ot local labor. It is expected that the contract will be let in September and that a considerable part of the work will be completed before high water this winter. Bids are being opened at the same time on two Benton county projects and one in Lane county. Alive to the damage which was being done and the greater dam age which threatened on the Willamette above Salem, property owners of the district have been working toward this project for five years... Although costs Are borne by the federal government. formation of an improvement dis trict to take care of local details and maintenance is essential. To fulfill this requirement the Gray Eagle Bar Improvement ' district was formed with Joe Ringwald as chairman, Frank Needham as secretary-treasurer, and Ernest A. Miller, Lee U. Eyerly and George Bressler as directors. Within the memory of living pioneers the Willamette river's main channel has shifted several times in this vicinity. Late in the last century it followed what is now called the "old channel" which veers from the present river Just above Gray Eagle Bar. about opposite Eola on the west bank and opposite the John Rob erts hop yard and the Eyerly property, formerly the Illihee Golf club, on the Marion county side. The fertile acreage on the (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) Forest Fire Plane Falls, Two Unhurt Supply Ship Crashes at Malheur Blaze Scene; 1900 Battle Fire BAKER, Aug. 30.-Fr-The pilot and passenger of a forest service relief plane escaped injury today in a crash near the rapidly expanding 41,000-acre Malheur- Whitman national forest fire. The plane stalled after Pilot Art Walters," Baker, and Morris Shively, his helper, dropped sup plies to forest workers in the in accessible Imnaha region. The ship overshot a wooded clearing. bounced into Cliff creek and was demolished against a log. Nineteen hundred men 900 on the Malheur side and 1000 on the Whitman sector were nnable to check the flames' 4000-acre ad vance daring the night Late to day, however, lines were run half way aronnd the burn, by 17 trac tors. A 20-aere spot fire in the Imnaha district of the Whitman forest was regarded with alarm because ot the difficulty in get ting fighters and equipment over the rough terrain. . Fall From Ladder Fatal to Resident WOODBURN, Aug. SO Samuel Shan beck. O years of age. passed away shortly after noon Wednes day at the family residence, 222 C street, about an hour and a half -after he had fallen from a ladder while he was trimming a tree. - He was born In Ohio on Novem ber SO, 18(9, and came to Wood- burn from North Dakota In 192S. He waa a member of the Church ot God. He . is survived by his wife, Elizabeth: sens, Harry and Henry ot Portland; Floyd ot Top penish. Wash., and .Lester - of Wood burn; a sister, Mrs. Mary Ehnert in North Dakota. . Funeral announcements will be made later from the Bingo M.or ttuary, .. . - Control Board Drops Penalty For Violation Co-op "Votes Butterfat Reduction, Shies at Retail Forecast Free Competitive Mart M. Decreed Here Till Case Decided Those persons who have been clamoring for repeal of the Ore gon milk control act and a "free competitive market" will have op portunity to see how it works in the Salem milk shed for an indef inite period beginning tomorrow, September 1, it developed Wed nesday. Taking cognizance of the tem porary Injunctions issued in two suits brought by Alton D. Hurley of Salem, restraining the milk control board from enforcing price fixing and pooling orders, the board Wednesday issued an announcement which reads In part: Suspension Holds While Injunctions in Effect "In this situation and while these temporary Injunctions stand, the board feels It should not attempt to enforce the orders in the Salem area against any pro ducer, distributor or producer- distributor as to milk bought or sold or transactions occurring (Turn to Page 2, Col. I) Geraany Occupies Slovak Satellite 300,000 Troops Lining Polish- Frontiers of Nazi Protectorate BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, Aug. S0-(P)-The Slovak government today surrendered its powers to a German army of occupation. Neutral observers estimated German forces In Slovakia now exceeded SO 0,0 00 ment concen trated at four strategic, passes along the mountainous 250-mile frontier with Poland. A government decree said Ger man law prevailed in the small nation over which Adolf Hitler es tablished a protectorate last March when he finally partitioned Czecho-Slovakia. Hitler then also guaranteed Slovakia's Indepen dence for 25 years. Premier Josef Tlso of Slovakia hailed the German military occu-t pauon as guaranteeing ute na tion's independence "against the Polish menace." Trains crowded with German soldiers wera rnnnin ati all Slo vakia's main rail routes while ci vilian traffic was virtually at a standstill. Squadrons ot German pursuit planes and heavy bombers contin ually passed over Bratislava bound north tor Slovak airports where strict efforts were made to keep their operations secret. Late Sports ORLAXD, Calif., Aug. 80 ( Special) The Fade - Barrick girls' softball team front Sa lem, Ore., defeated the Or land girls' softball team 9 to a here tonight for their third victory of a southern barnstorming; tour. Bm Tocob, Balem pttdwr, held the Or land girls to four hits while her mates were pounding Miller for 11, Includ ing a home m by Patty Oar- Pade-Barrick Orland ..... 9 11 1 .. a 4 1 Welch; MO- Bae Y ler and Delvey. COAST LEAGUE SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. SO-iff) -Night game: Oakland 7 IS 1 San Francisco C 14 S Fallon, ; Darrow . and . Conroy; Shores, Ballon aad Salkeld, Leon ard. - r SAN DIEGO, Calif., Aug. S0- CffVNight game: . Sacramento ' . T ' 1 San Diego a . g , HubbeU, Herman and Ogrodow ski; Newsome and Detore. : BOLLTWOOD, Night game: Aug. St-OT- Los Angeles .-IS It Hollywood , S , t Flores and R. Collins; Arizoia, lluncrief, Jloncrief and Dapper. Portland, Seattle Rained put. Consolidated Nazis Await Supreme Call Hitler Places Powers in Council of Six for Fast Action Nazi Leader of Danzig Arrives in Berlin; Speculation Rises i By LOUIS P. LOCHNER BERLIN, Aug. 31-(Thursday)- ()-Adolf Hitler decided late last night to concentrate in a lew hands all the economic, financial and administrative power neces sary for defending the reich in case the supreme call should come. A short time before Great Brit ain's latest secret crisis note was handed in at the reich's chancel lery, the fuehrer appointed a min isterial council of six men, head ed by General Field Marshal Her mann Goering, his most trusted adviser. The others: Minister of the Interior Wil helm Frick as head of the na tion's administrative apparatus. Col. General Wilhelm Keitel as chief of the high command of the armed forces. Doctor Walther Funk as pres ident of the reichsbank and min ister ot economics. Rudolf Hess as deputy fuehrer of the nasi party. Dr. Hans-Henrich Lammers, as liaison between the fuehrer and the council. Forster's Arrival Hints Action Due Shortly after this decree wss announced, a government spokes man said Albert Forster, nazl dis trict leader In Danzig and the newly created chief of state there, had arrived In -Berlin tor what It was assumed was another impor tant conference with Hitler, and possibly, for Instructions as to his future, course toward Pol ana. Forster's unexpected arrival gave rise to reports that Germany proposed to take positive action In respect to the free city soon. Official sources refused to say whether Forster had met Adolf Hitler or other government lead ers. Officials even refused to state whether Forster remained In the city. In some quarters significance was attacned to tne tact mat Forster arrived as Hitler was cre ating a supreme cabinet defense council. General Goering is chairman. not so much as head of the air force as he is in his capacity ot Hitler's right hand man and dic tator of the four-year plan. The function of General Keitel is to be that of representing the military In questions of transpor tation, food and the like. He Is not on the council as a military strategist. He is to make known the material needs of the armed forces and the council will meet them. Hess is to maintain connection with the nazl party of which he is deputy fuehrer. Although at first blush the ab sence of the name or iieinncn Himmler, chief of police and of the secret service, might seem a surprise, it must be remembered that Himmler is subordinate to the minister of interior. For pur poses or concentration tne num ber was kept as small as possible. Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop Is not a member of this council, nor is Baron Kon- stantln von Neurath, who holds the title of chairman ot the secret council of state. Nor are the active heads of the army ana navy memoers joi. Walter Von Brauchltsch and Grand Admiral Erich Raeder. The reason, the Associated Press was told authoritatively, was that this is neither a political nor a military council, insteaa, it has to do with concentrating all ciTll effort toward winning a war in ease it comes. Members ot the relchstag. many ot whom met with Hitler last Sunday, were ordered to be read; for a second meeting at any moment. Newspapers asserted a German- Russian agreement to "consult (Turn to Page S, CoL 1) 1 hree County Pull Monte County, workmen pat . the back together again yesterday af ter discovery late Tuesday of the attempt et three men. held on bur glary charges to tunnel their way through the north wall" ot the eonrthoose basement, where the Jan la located. The three David Langland, Jeas Neal and Charles Howard had succeeded in digging a man sized hole halt way through the brick wall of their cert before their tunneling was discovered by Deputy Sheriff Laurence Pltten ger Tuesday night ViHn their excavation during the day with a towel, the three British Hoping to Continue Exchange To Reach Solution Secret Reply Sent Hitler After Talk With French and Polish Heads; Fuehrer Expected to Answer Continuation of "War of Nerves" May v Affect Germany, Is British Hope; Lines Still Holding Tight By MAX HARRELSON LONDON, Aug. 30. (AP) The exchange of secret notes between Germany and Great Britain, which wen for ward today with the dispatch of ,an answer to Adolf Hitler's latest proposals, was Said by diplomatic circles tonight to have failed so far to produce anything approaching a solu tion of the European crisis. Sources close to the British government said the situa tion had undergone no material change since Adolf Hitler's first note was received Saturday. In this connection it was pointed out Prime Minister Chamberlain told parliament yesterday the danger of war Ohad not receded. nurses uig air Raid Trenches V 4 ' ', 4) IDT Radtophoto pic tares uni formed nurses from London's ' Gays hospital digging aMr raid trenches fa hospital yard for emergency nse as fate of Eur ope peace or war remained in donbt. French Railroads On Wartime Basis Government Takes System as Final Preparation for Eventualities By TAYLOR HENRY PARIS, Aug. 30-)-The gov ernment tonight ordered all raU- roads turned over to the armyf as France put the finishing touches on its preparations for war while awaiting the outcome of the German-British negotia tions for peace. The decree, which took effect at once, meant all civilian pas senger and commercial traffic will be either suspended or "cur tailed" to meet the army's needs for transportation of troops, guns and supplies. Eien trains actually on the road may be shunted onto a sid ing at the next station and an loaded. ' In further preparation for pos- (Turn to Page 2, CoL I) Jail Inmates Cristo's Stunt had apparently worked at night tor, about flvo days digging into the brickwork. A loose Iron bar, removed from the eell s grill work, provided their chief tool. The bar was replaced during the day. , Workmen yesterday sealed up the hole with new bricks and welded the loose bar securely in place. . Neal and Langland, who were arrested by city police, are both former inmates ot California re formatories and : are wanted in San Francisco on grand theft J V " - . ? ' 1 charges. . Howard, waiting trial on a break and entry charge, is an ex convict frost the Oregon peniten tlsrjr. - !-Z"-r. ...... -it " - from reports the German fuehrer had indicated some willingness. in his communication received here last night, to negotiate di rectly with Poland. This same note, however, was reported to have stated Germany had not altered her demands for the surrender ot Dantig and the Polish corridor, which Polish circles In London said nullified any possibilities the offer may hare had. Polish circles also said they could not accept Hitler's reported suggestion that Poland send a minister plenipotentiary to Berlin for talks. Latest British Note Invites new Reply ' , The British government sent a secret reply to Hitler tonight af ter consnlatlon with the French and Polish governments. Sources close to the government said it was of such a nature that a far ther communication from Hitler was likely. This was seen as an Indication Britain was anxious to keep the exchange continuing as long as possible both in the hope of find ing a basis ot settlement snd, as one diplomatic informant put it, to prolong the so-called "war of nerves' for its possible effect upon Germany. as long as tne exenange con tinues, official circles said, there was hope that a peaceful settle ment might be found. Activity In London Indicated, however, the British government was continuing to rush war prep arations with the greatest possi ble speed. During the past two days there has been more activity, both pre cautionary and diplomatic, than at any other period of the crisis. Visitors at the foreign office to day Included the United States, French, Japanese, Netherlands, Chinese and Greek ambassadors. The high commissioners for the dominions CaUed at the dominions office twice to get reports on the situation. King George called at the war ministry and the air ministry to make a check on - preparedness measures. Later he received the prime minister for a report on the latest diplomatic developments. Foreign office officials were up most of last night deciphering Hitler's message and drafting a reply. A rough draft of the reply was approved by today's special cabinet meeting. ' Legion Espionage On Labor Charged 8AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30- (Jtypii accusation that Harper Knowles, former Dies committee witness, operated a labor espioa e bureau through his stataAm- erlcan Legion radical research committee was made by , defense attorneys at the Harry Bridges deportation hearing today. Knowles, called as adverse, fin al witness by the defense In the long bearing, admitted the organ-' isation was a secret one and that Its members had sent non-union; men Into a union meeting to In fluence a vote against Bridges.- The witness also said his com mittee had sought information to connect employers with radical ac tivities but he declined to name any specific employer. Government attorneys then sought to bring out Knowles' mo tives In Investigating Bridges ta efforts to prove there was no con nection with the immigration ser vice and no "improper - Induce-" menta" offered for evidence. . Senator's State Good TACOMA, Aug. 30. (ff) Dr. BL T. Buckner, Seattle bone sur geon, tonight reported the con dition, of US Senator Homer T. Bone was satisfactory following an operation he performed todav to mend a fractured hip. -.