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; The 7eather
Generally fair today and
Wednesday with fogs on thf
coast.' little change in teio
perature. Max. - temp. 80.
mln. 52.! RiTer -3.8 feet,
v Northwest wind.
bled The Statesman to be
first in this area with
printed word of the Second
World . War. " Alert corre
spondents assure graphic
. continued coverage.
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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR ' Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, September 5, 1930 - Price 3e; Newsstands 5e j 1 No. 139
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Double Flanking
Move . Aim to
Miss Wall
Relieves Pressure
-PARIS, Sept. 4 (AP)
(By Telephone to New York)
France struck with her
land and air forces along the
western front today in what
military observers described
as a double flanking move
ment to relieve pressure of
the German armies in Poland.
; Two official communiques
Issued daring the dayindicated
the "entire force" of the French
army was making -'progressire
contacts'! with. the, enemy along
j the western front ' '
At the same time,4 France's al
ly, Poland, was reported hy mili
tary circles in Paris r to hare
launched a most rigorous offens
ive against Germany on the east
ern front. , ' J
. France's military machine of
8,000,000 men was reported by
military observers to be attacking
from its Maginot line positions
against both flanks of Germany's
Siegfried line, j- : f ,',
The air force was ai4 ly the
same observers to i have winged
iu way over Germany . scouting
fortified positions and communi
cations lines.
" Navy Steaming
To Assigned Job
. The navy was taking up posi-
, tiens, these experts said, in the
western Mediterranean to guard
strategic lines of communication
of the French empire with North
Africa, while the powerful allied
British fleet moved into battle
pofiitiois in the English' channel
and neighboring Atlantic waters.
A terse communlane issued in
mid-morning by the war ministry,
left the Impression that fighting
wasN general all along the Rhine
frontier, where the French Mag
lnot line faces the German Siege-
fried fortifications or "west wall,"
Although the exact nature of
the military, operations was a gen
eral staff 'secret, well-informed
.rlvofa mr-n ir A ma A tftav tkAllnvAil
the brunt of the French attack
was delivered along the MBurgun-
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What to Do
At Fair Today
TUESDAY'S PRDGBA9I
- .8:80 a, nu 4H demonstra
tions begin, '.i' '5:-
9 a. m Judging of Jerseys, ;
draft horses, sheep and, swine.
' 10 a. m Wonderland show
opens, ;. .':'i-",'-t-' . V"' "
11 a. m. Concert Salem
band.. - . '
1 p. m Orgatron concert,
art building. ; i ,
1:80 p. m. Poet time, pari
mntnel races. ' .' "
a p. nu Mnsic concert hon
oring : state fair pioneers, art
building. -V: -wr i . 1 : . .
, 4 p. m Concert by Salem
mnsiclans, art building., -
5 p. mOrgatfon concert. .
, 7:80 p." mw life members'
meetings. ,, - -
8 p. m Night horse show,
stadlom. . ....
8 p. m . AIl-Ame rican Be-'
rue, grandstand. j
0:80 p. m. Leon Mojica's
Dr. Buchman
kin
S' onXPole Ally
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Moral Rearmament may keep
America out of war althongh It
failed to'prevent 'war in Europe,
Dr. Frank N. D. Buchman, leader
of the world-wide MRA, -declared
on his arrival here last night for
a i visit" with , Senator ' and Mrs.
Charles I McNary today. 'J
"j .The peoples, of Europe as well
' as their leaders are responsible
for the present conflict, Dr. Buch
man declared. t " vv.-iiv
The MRA leader and his party
will present their message at a
public reception at the McNary
home, Fircone, north of Salem,
on the River road, at 2 o'clock
this afternoon.. The meeting is
open to all persons Interested.
The visitors also have a booth.
on the-; mezzanine' floor of.' the
agricultural pavilion at the state
fair at their disposal. i ?
: 'Dr. Buchman - was welcomed
jesterdaj lt:UilSl 3 3? fiaa:
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Marion connty emptied its horn of
in decorating tne county's bootn at tne state lair. . Banks of tomatoes, bordered with green peppers
and peaches, formed major display of the booth, with prunes, nuts, grains, eggs, onions and squash
providing the trimmings. Mrs. Roy Bice, in photo, is in charge.
7.8th Fair Is Launched
As 29,000 Crowd Seen
By ZAJSL HIAU$ER;R:
Leo Spitzbart, wno spends
half the year worrying wheth-
er the Oregon state fair will i
be another "biggest and best
and the other half saying it
will, is a man of his word.
The fair has a good start
toward being the biggest.
A record crowd of 29,000
teemed over the fairgrounds,
packed the grandstand until there
wasn t even squeezing room and
filled the horse show stadium to
capacity.
It was a crowd 2360 larger than
the previous record of 26,640 set
on opening day of 1937.
The total gate from paid admis
sions was $35,650.
Everybody had a fine time. No
one was seriously hurt. No one
was arrested. ,
Several people lost a little mon
ey at the races.. Several people
won a- little money at the races.
There was a "handle" of $25,566
at the parimntuel windows for a
new track record.- It was $2,762
more than the previous record of
$22,804 set on a Saturday in
1937. . '.':-'! '
An estimated crowd of 8000
watched the races. The . night
shows also drew heavily with 4,-
700 estimated for the horse show
and an equal number for the Ail-
American Revue with Eddie Pea
body and Zoe Dell Yantls. i .
Meanwhile the real business ol
the fair; selecting champion cows
and. pigs and horses, took the eyes
of people to whom a (air is some
thing more than a holiday. -
: v Judging of livestock was
slowed somewhat by the large
number of exhibits. j
i ; The agricultural pavilion, with
12 counties exhibiting; was
thronged throughout the day. Bus
iness was rushing on the Midway,
despite the absence of tames of
chance....; . , ,'
The Junior members of the fair
exhibitors cot away with a rash.
The - 4H club work program ' go(
through Its important judging
team contests and will open denv
onstratlon work at 9 o'clock this
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Arrives Here,
wick and other officials. He came
north from California where 1500
MBA members "from" 40 : nations
conducted mass meetings in the
Hollywood bowl and the second
world assembly for MRA on Mon
terey, peninsula last month. .
' Members of the Buchman party
said here that thelr leader's as
sembly message. ."The Answer to
Crisis, -was reprinted in full in
the newspapers of Britain, Scan
dlaavia and Holland. - . - f
v "There is enough for every na
tion's need but not enough, for
every nation's rreed," , Dr. Buch
man asserted. "Self iBh men and
selfish . women make front line
trenches necessary. A wave of un
selfishness sweeping through our
nation and every nation would be
the permanent answer to. war.
J . The price of peace. Dr. , Buch
man saidr ls "the price of facing
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COUNTY BOOTH AT BIG
plenty this week to provide attractive products of soil, shrub and tree
HarrJURiding Gilifornia Posse Is .
' Highlight of Evening Horse Show
The hard-riding sheriff's posse from San Francisco was the fav
orite event at the opening performance of the night horse show at
the Oregon state fair last night. This group of men from the south
displayed horsemanship in the good old western fashion, in contrast
to the show-horse riding of the remainder of the performance.
First of the competitive events
o
Oregon 4H Clubs
Gain US Place
Lane Club Is to Enter in
National Dairy Show
in Judging Spot
Oregon 4H clubs will be repre
sented at the National dairy show
by a dairy cattle judging team for
the first time, it was revealed yes
terday as the Lane county , team
was selected from 16 teams en
tered in the state dairy judging
contest yesterday.
Members of the team were Nicky
Sumlch,' Francis Parker and Wal
ter Robinson and its total score
was 8200. - -
Marion county's team placed
second to Lane county in the live
stock jjtdging contest in which 28
teams competed. Members of the
team were Robert : Zlelinski, Lar
en Basten and Junior Miller, Polk
county's team of Lyle Knower, Al
bert Rinegahd, Milton South wick
was third. ; : .."i
Robert Zlelinski was high scor
ing individual of the contest with
a score of 785.' - - -
Wasco county won the crop
judging -contest and Multnomah
county the poultry judging event.
Multnomah county , took top
award in the canning judging con
test with IS' teams 'entered while
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Officials Iuncli
Santiam Highway
: SWEET HOME, Ore!, Sept..
(ff)-The South Santiam highway,
new east-west route through the
Oregon Cascade mountains,' was
dedicated tbday. ';
' Henry " F. Cabell," chairman of
the highway - commission, made
the dedicatory speech for'. Gov.
Charles A. Sprague. About 500
were present' ' ' "
At the same time R. W. Tripp,
Albany road booster,' was ' elected
president' of the South Santiam
Highway association; Joe Booth,
Lebanon, 'vice-president, and Ted
Musgrave, sweet tiome, secretary-
treasurer. - ' 1 '
JdpaheteRutsiaii Pact
? : Possibilities Renewed
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, ; MOSCOW, Sept 4ff)-The
possibility of : fresh negotiations
to end .the Japanese-Russian "un
declared . war" along, the outer
Mongolian - Manchoukuo frontier
was, seen today as the Japanese
ambassador 'and Foreign Commis
sar Vyacheslaf f Molototf eon
f erred. !.-? t-Pt''.:&f.. -
An official statement was lack-
ISf' The fighting started Mjr
FAIR
was jumpers, wop by Highland's
Leader, ah entry from the High
land Hunt club. Second event was
the three-gaited saddle class with
Bourbon's Surprise, owned and
ridden by young Mies Joann Jen
sen, winning first.
Wonder Man, owned by Brown
Acres Farm, placed first in the
fine harness class and Ross Ar
den Supreme, owned and ridden
hy Dr. Gilson Ross, was judged
best of the five-gaited horses.
Roadsters-to-bike, always an
exciting event, was won by Dean
Harvester,1 owned by Dr. James
Bradley.
The final event, that of six-
horse teams, was won by Norval
Martin Farms and will be repeat
ed each night of the show.
The Tennessee walking horses,
the first time ever shown here.
were novel with their two gaits,
walking and cantering. These
horses show remarkable speed in
the easy riding walking gait, in
which they ean travel all day
without fatigue.
US Repairs Splinters"
WASHINGTON, Sept. i.-UPh
The navy department announced
tonight it was putting six de
commissioned destroyers at ' the
Philadelphia navy .yard "in a
state of Immediate readiness."
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This picture,' sent to London from Warsaw then Cashed to New York by radio, shows Polish troops, with
i ' bayonetted rifles and carrying full field equipment, rushing with all possible speed to the German
u border to stem the attack. The photo "was taken before, actual fighting had begun,, but soon after
wards German invaders, their movementa covered by bombers from the air and artillery, in some
pointsj from the fea,' netrated. tjha frontier an j er dM fjoliah troops a aharn featOes, .j,
Poles Pressed
Back, Germans'
Messages Say
England and France to
Make First Moves
! on West, Say
Nazis Report Capture
of Kadowice; Poles
Affirm Report
LOXDON, Sept. 5-Tues-day)-l)-12xchange
Telegraph
(British News Agency) report
ed from Zurich, Switzerland
today a violent explosion had
occurred in a factory at Fried
richsbafen this morning.
(Friedrichshafen is the site
of the German Zeppelin
Works).
BERLIN, Sept. 4.-0P)-While
Polish troops were reported re
treating on all fronts, officials
said tonight that Germany would
hot take the initiative against
France and Great Britain. '
j "We shall not. fire the first
shots," they said, "but we shall
reply if they start"
! Earlier an army communique
issued shortly before noon (8
a. m., EST) recounting activities
of the preceding 24 hours on the
Polish front concluded:. "There
was no fighting hitherto in the
west."
(This dispatch was sent from
Berlin at 7 p. m., or 1 p. m., EST.
A French general staff commun
ique issued in Paris three hours
later announced that "contact
has been; made on. the front" with
German- forces.)
The German asserted, they had-
'Isolated" Polish forces in the
northern corridor.
Hitler At Front
As "First Soldier"
Adolf Hitler was somewhere in
the Polish area, serving as the
"first soldier! of the reich, and in
that area an official communique
asserted there had been a spectac
ular series of successes for Ger
man army including an advance
to Kadowice in the southwest,
only 22 miles from Krakow, the
former capital of the Polish king
dom. i "Troops advancing from Silesia
southward, said the communique,
"are pushing ahead north of the
high Tatra mountains and south
Of the industrial region, following
the retreating foe to Krakow,
i "East of Pless (Pszczyna) a
crossing of the Vistula river was
forced. North of the. industrial
region our troops are following
the retreating enemy along a line
from Komiepol to Kamiensk and
across the Warthe river north
east of Wlelun.
"The troops in their swift ad
vance stand 20 kilometers (more
than 12 miles) off Sieracz.
i WARSAW, Sept 4-py-German
forces in a combined land and
air attack have captured the Pol
ish corridor cities of Bydgoszcs
and Grudzlada In long and in
tensive fighting, a Polish general
staff communique stated tonight
The Polish cavalry, pride , of
Poland's army, was reportedxrtc
torlous In a slashing attack across
the western border into Germany
proper. . -. . .
-. The smajl Polish garrison In
the Westerplatte, ammunitions
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AS POLES. RUSH TO BORDER
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Ex-Salem Man
Lost on Liner?
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GUS ANDERSON
Willamette Grad
Was on Athenia
Friends Here Fearing for
Fate of Traveler on
HhFated Ship
A 45-year-old Willamette uni
versity graduate, Gus Anderson,
was a passenger on the ill-fated
British liner Athenia.
Anderson, who guides parties
through Europe each year, had 17
persons In this year's party, ac
cording to the Associated Press.
One member of the party, Doris
Kent of Illinois, returned earlier
on the British ship Georgic
Russell Beardsley of Salem, a
nephevi Of Anderson, . returned
here Sunday after a trip on the
Georgic
Anderson's return home -was
postponed when he decided to at
tend the nazi party congress at
Nurnberg, Germany. The congress
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Parisians Spend
3 J Hours Below
In Fear of Raid
PARIS, Sept. 6-(Tuesday)
(ff) French sirens sounded a
shrill warning, today, sending
Parisians into cellars and dug
outs for three hours and half
in expectation of a German air
raid.
Before the alarm was lifted,
people emerged into the streets,
but police blew their whistles
and . chased them back again.
The alarms was sounded, at -8:85
a. m. and lifted at 7:05. .
Most people thought it wan a
false alarm, but the police ac
tion convinced them otherwise.
The dry's lights were extin-
guished when the alarm first
sounded.
A bright moon was obscured
soon by clouds. Bveryone
thought, it was a turn in the "
weather, but military circles '
aid it was. artificial fog re
leased by the anti-aircraft de
fense system. . - ' . j
.' When the people first smelled
the fog they cried 'it's gas!,
and hastily donned masks. Only
a few knew the fog was arti
ficial. . I ...
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Kiel Canal
Js Firjsi
Batter
Britannia Strikes on Sea as French
Batter West Front; Some of
Empire's Aviators Lost
Mauling of Nazi Battle wagons Is Seen
as Reply to Torpedoing of
, Athenia, 1400 Aboard
LONDON, Sept. 4 (AP) Great Britain countered the
sinking; of the passenger liner Athenia which she charged
to a German torpedo by bombing two German battleships
at the entrance to the Kiel canal in north Germany late today..
A ministry of information communique reported the
German ships, off Wflhelmshafen and at Brunsbuttel in
Schleswig-Holstein, were j severely damaged. It added that
the British royal air force units which carried out the oper
ation suffered "some casualties" from aircraft attack and l
anti-aircraft gunfire.
It was the first report of actual fighting between Brit
ish and German forces.
South Axis End
Refuses to Turn
Indications Point Toward
Italian Decision to
Sit This One out
ROME, Sept -MPV-Italy. the
axis partner of j Germany, :. sat
c?Uon.H
lng neutral in the new European
war.- -
Nevertheless, Vlrglnio Gayda,
editor of the highly authoritative
Giornale D'ltalia, wrote that it
must not be supposed the country
had any Intention of being rele
gated to the background.
"She will remain present and
watching over the protection of
all Italian Interests," he. said,
"and to making sure, that the
course of events takes that direc
tion capable of giving, and hur
rying up, true peace with Justice
for Europe."
Another newspaper, II Lavdro
Ftfscista, taking a somewhat sim
ilar tone said:
"The duel Is gigantic and prob
ably will be long drawn-out But
none ean think of fjghtmg It in
the old-fashioned way with only
two protagonists. Modern ' Europe
has other protagonists, among
them in. the front row Italy,
which has her own problems to
solve and. therefore will have her
word to say when the time
comes."
Four US Planes
! Down in Storm
i SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, SepV 4.
-t&VFour United States army
planes lost In a sudden storm over
the Pacific ocean late this after
noon were- still missing tonight de
spite a wide search by air and sur
face craft. ; i f -
Official reports in. San Jose said
the planes were lost in a storm
over Dulce Gulf hear the extreme
southern end . of Osa , peninsula
during a flight i of a squadron
across Costa Rica toward Pan
ama. ".. . 7-1' .
The four missing planes were
part of a group of seven serving
as a rear guard to a squadron of
17. v':v i
Three of the rear guard were
able to dodge, the sudden tropica)
storm that came up. They imme
diately set about on a search, and
the United Fruit Steamship com
pany was - asked 1 to Join in- - the
search for the missing aviators.' -
Canada ;Eyes Enemy Sortie, .
:: Crowds efiYpUtfa
OTTAWA, . Sept. '' 4.4 (Canadian
Press )-Federal and provincial air
raid precautions committees
joined forces tonight against pos
sibile enemy attempts upon Can
ada as ' the dominion,' rushed 'war
preparations and crowds of young
men besieged recruiting - offices.
A- government f spokesman " dis
closed cooperation . of , provinces
most likely to be affected.-by an
enemy attack from the air had
been obtained and provincial
committees now were in opera
tion. The statement-said the fed
eral committee has been function
ing for some months. ; r - : f
. 'Cabinet sub-committees charged
with various preparedness activ
ities and the - defense department
worked silently," but swiftly to
complete-a dominion-wide econ
omic and military set-up.
: There , was no- indication t
enlistment would. . be opened tot
Clash
of War;
neuter, British news agency.
quoted a German dispatch saying
five 'British bombers carrying out
the operation were brought down
by German anti-aircraft batteries.
Leaflets distributed earlier to
day .by jthe royal, air force over
Germany, were entitled "an ap
peal to the German people" and
urged Vfight for your freedom
get fid of Hitler."
King-George sent messages to
the fleet, army and royal air force
tonight- pr&isinsr their tradition
and. pointing out-their, grave re-
oroaacast a series or messares
to the Germans in their language
asserting Britain had no quarrel
with the German people but that
the fight was "against a "tyran
nous regime which has betrayed
not only its own people but the
whole of western civilization."
Chamberlain tnnirht rffA i
Nazi Ship
ministers to his cabinet Lord
MacMillan was named minister
of information and Ronald Hib
bert Cross, parliamentary secre-
tary;to the board of trade and a ,
whip in the Chamberlain govern
ment, was made' minister of eco
nomic warfare.
As Britain's air force went Into
action her mighty fleet took hp
battle stations to enforce a block- '
ade ' of Germany one of Eng
land's greatest contributions toT
Germany's defeat in the last war.
Meanwhile the government con
tinued its intense preparatory ac- '
tivitles. . , ; . " .
The new home secretary. Sir
John Anderson, disclosed that a
number ; of aliens ' had ' been
rounded up. '
King Addresses '
Two Ally Nations
King George addressed mes
sages to both President Albert
Lebrun of France' and President ,
Ignace Moscickl of Poland, ex
pressing confidence . they- would
win. the war,.-;- y: v'.m -'-iv:.
? We can botfc fce confident
he told Lebrun "in the justice of .
our cause and convinced that oar .
Joint efforts, and sacrifice, will '
triumph as they triumphed a -(Turn
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War "Extra"
Sets Record
The press run Indicator on -The
Oregon statesman's presses Sun
day i morning showed' 11,274 is
sues of the. world war extra ha
been printed a ne w ' record f er
the newspaper. I. , " f
The' extra, first In Salem, was
off the presses at about 1:10 a.
m. i Regular subscribers were
served . first ' and- an additional
2800 clrcnUted in the city.
an overseas force or that the gov
ernment would recommend suchs
action when psrUament meets
Thursday, .v-iii-',-- "
I However, recruiting was under
way? for the Canadian Active
Service Force and the sounding ef -bugles,
the throngs of young men,
and " the increasing number of -
khaki-clad soldiers In the Streets
gave: Canada's capital city a war- ' -like
appearance. -t
('Some nltaV began1 recrulUag
yesterday; more followed suit to-! ' ,
day and others swing Into line to
morrow. Officials estimate about'
100,000 men are needed to bring -the
CASF to full- strength, -r: f -TThe
announcement of air-tald " -
dltional light on t Canadian prep- 1
aratlons since the government an- r
nounced yesterday that 'defense
of Canada regulations are la op-1 "
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