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The Weather Fair today and Friday f little change in temperature and humidity. Max. Temp. 71. Min. 40. Hirer -3.4 ft North wind.- EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salens Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 7, 1939 Price 3c; .Newsstands 5c No. 141 Poles 66T(nmni mm I e. 99 oM arsaw; Early Newt Note the datelines oa European stories carried In The Statesman. Early news of the same day is carried. ' U - J P3UNOQO 1651- ' ? W Frame Portland Day Due' At Fair Rosaria j Royalty, "af r 12 XV7211 . Take Over Blue Skies Draw 17,350 Persons to i Salem Day I ...... j . ! .. By PAUL H. HAUSER, JR. Rosaria, or Portland" by any other name, takes over the fair grounds today. as Oregon's state ... A 1. - - .1111 lair enters us iuuna uay sun ahead of last year's attendance : records despite a slight decrease Tuesday and Wednesday. Blue skies greeted Salem day crowds yesterday, and . paid at i tendance was 17,350, only 111 be low last year's figure of 17,461. Total attendance was slightly over the 1938 total. .The night horse show, as Is usual on Salem day, was Jammed to ; the boards, but ; there were plenty of open spaces ii . . . . . ii. in i me srranuaiana lor iu races. Bettors placed ttut $13,054 through the parl-mutuel wickets in comparison to $17,948 on Sa lem day last year. , Queen Jean Hoover and her court from the : Portland Rose festival, Mayor Joseph K. Carson and the Portland police drum and bugle corps will lead the Port landers to the fair today. Queen Jean will appear at the night horse show, which she will. open by driving her white car Into the silver bowl. She will be escorted to her position in the governor's box by the Cherrlans. "Portland Finest" To' Blare Music. ;i v ll:'- The - musical organization of 'Portland's finest Is scheduled ' to perform at the race track at 3 o'clock. ; ! X -: Judging of livestock will be concluded today and the 4-H club work will prepare- to swing Into its Tbig day, Fridiy, when most Af iho -mfllor rhamnlnnshlns are announced. . " Salem day race fans saw Jockey Howard Conley boot Autumn Color home for his third straight win in the Governor's Plate. Governor .Sprague awarded the trophy;! to Conley and Mrs. Sprague put the: winner's wreath over the heaving shoulders of Autumn Color, j A .8. B. Hall of Troutdale was re-elected president of the Pure Bred Livestock f association as that : body held its annual meet ing and commended the fair man agement on improvements. Floyd Fox of SUverton was elected vice president and R. W. Hogg of Salem,! secretary-treasurer. Jj D. Mlckle, state director of agriculture, told the livestock men that the aim of the fair management was for better but not necessarily bigger fairs. He said the trend would bow be to reduce class lists by boiling them down to Include only the better grade of animals. Competitors in the 4-R club health contest for hoys and girls took their physical examinations yesieraay nm results win uo m nounced today. Champions selected yesterday; Holstein cattleSenior and grand champion bull. Glen Ire land, Forest Grove; Junior cham pion bull, Hall and Bentner, Croswell; senior and grand cham pion femle, Chemawa Indian school; Junior champion female, and reserve champion bull. John A. Lindow and sons, Portland: reserve champion female, Albert J. Evers, Forest Grove. Fat lambs Champion fat lamb, Hubbard & Son, Corvallis; cham pion pen of fat lambs, Claude Steusloff, Salem. Belgian - horses All champions to Dr. Roy V. Marledge of Bill in rs. Mont. English Shire horses Senior champion mare,' E. S. Kennell, Albany; all other, Hayes Lablsh Farms, Brooks. Jerseys All championships to Oregon State herd (composed of Oregon jerseys .chosen to retire- (Turn to page Z, coinmn i) Salem Day" Ihird Nightly Horse Show By MAXINE BTJREN The stadium at the state fair grounds was again filled to capac ity as the third horse show opened last night. ' The initial event, the Jumpers, was won by Ne Touch e, ridden by Helen Bacon and owned by the Portland Riding academy. The second contest for Junior fine harness horses, was won by Gorgeous Girl, driven by Tom Met calf for the L. R. Banks stables of Portland. Best of the novice flve-galted addle horses was Wonder Man, from the. Brown Acres farm, of GOVERNbR'S RACE WINNER r"'. ft .'t . I 71V 1 II o i i Jockey Howard Conley pushed Antnmn Color home in the annual Governor's Plate race at Lone Oak track on the state fairgrounds yesterday for his third straight win and received as his reward the event's prized trophy blanket, presented on behalf of Governor Charles A. Sprague by Mrs. Sprague. : o o British Check Aerial Armada : i j First Major Raid pn Isles Is Stymied j off the Coast LONDON, Sept. 6-p)-German warplanes attempted their first major foray of the new European war on the British isles today but the government ' declared they were driven off by pursuit planes and anti-aircraft fire. tj The information ministry de clared the Germans did not "pene trate our defenses at any point" London civilians, scurrying for shelter at an hour when huses,, surface cars and subways were filled with those bound for work, saw nothing but puffs of smoke from "archies" anti-aircraft guns and . British pursuit planes streaking overhead. ! The German planes, on a recon naissance flight, were said i to have been turned back before they reached - England. The ministry statement said; this. accounted for rumors of a heavy aerial engage ment. . j The populace took It calmly. Passengers in surface transporta tion vehicles merely climbed out and sought shelter. ' In some instances air wardens had a hard time keeping their charges ! under cover.. Curiosity led many to venture out and scan the sky. They saw no enemy planes, and apparently no bombs dropped.: A British apology was deliv ered to the Danish government for a "most unfortunate accident" In which bombs may have been dropped from ! a British bomber on the town of Esbjerg Monday. At least two persons were killed. Northwest Guard " ft " ! Efficiency Topic PORTLAND,! Sept. , 9 UP) The efficiency I and rapidity with which Pacific northwest natlonaf guard units could be mobilized were discussed here yesterday and today by general staff ! of ficers of five states. Colonel A. W. McMorris, divi sion chief of staff, said the con ference "would have been held even If no war had occurred in Europe." : . Ti I Present were Major General George A. White, commanding reneral of the division, McMor ris, and the adjustant-generala of the states in the division area Maurice Thompson, Washing' ton; R. L. Esmay, Wyoming; M. G. McConnell, Idaho, and John w. Mahan, Montana. . i 1 hrqng Views Portland and ridden by Jo Bob Price. 7 - In the three-galted saddle horse vent Mariposa McDonald, owned by C Roy Hunt of Portland l and ridden by Bert Corby was award ed first. r I v - - 'r' L Dean Harvester, owned : and driven by Dr. James A. Bradley of En gene, won first ribbon In the roadsters-to-bike event. The six-horse exhibition team vent was won again by the Nor vel Martin farm and driven by Dr. F. E. Bentley of The Dalles. This last classification is for the per petual trophy which will be awarded on Saturday, night, j What's Doing At the Fair For Thursday 8:30 a.m. 4.H liog showman ship contest - O a .m. Judging livestock en ters final day. 10 a.ny Wonderland show opens for hourly programs. . 11 a.m. B and concert at main gates, Salem municipal band. t. 1 pan. Electric organ con cert, art building, also at 5 p m.' 1 : 30 p.m. Post time for races Portland police dram and bugle corps to appear at races at ft p. m. - . 2 p.m. Federation of Mnsic clnbs concert, art building. 2:80p.m. 4H beef cattle showmanship contest. 4 p.m. Willamette univer sity string ensemble, art build ing. 7 p.m. 411 club agents and local breeders conference. . 8 p.m. All American revue, grandstand, featuring Eddie Peabody. 8 p.m. Horse show, silver bowl. 8:80 p.m. Free dance above poultry pavilion. Bosnia Survivors Tell of Torpedo LISBON, Sept. 6. MP) Thirty- two members and one passenger from the Cunard steamer Bosnia who were landed here tonight said the vessel was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine. One man, fireman, was killed. . Captain Walter H. Poole, his crew and passenger Samuel Nor man Anglin of Gibraltar declined to say when or where the boat went down.' They were rescued by the Norwegian freighter Eid enger a short time after the Bosnia, sunk. The crew, cheerful : although some were without coats and barefooted, described the sub marine commander as "a white man" who gave them a chance to take to lifeboats on the condi tion that they take nothing with them. The crew and passenger re ceived clothing and some cash and then embarked on the liner Highland Brigadto for an English POrt. : ; " POLISH TOWN Radiophoto shows effect of high-explosive German air bombs, "somewhere la Poland fat this graphic picture flashed by radio to New York, Polish dead and injured In air raids ran Into tne thousands, ffvvjMwuai w ww v g s vim vvat REWARDED Duce May Ask For Armistice Mussolini Eyes Plan for Conference of Warring Powers ROME, Sept 6-(P)-Private Ital ian sources said tonight Premier Mussolini was about to renew his proposal for a conference of pow ers with a suggestion for an arm istice in the German-Polish British-French war until a conference could take place. . Official confirmation ot thls re port was lacking, but one high placed fascist said he thought it "most logical" and that Italy's neutraltiy was meant to leave Mussolini free to act as mediator if possible. Private sources made known their belief after Sir Percy Lor alne, British ambassador to Rome, had held a conference with For eign Minister Count Galeazzo Ci ano. Informed sources believed Sir Percy sought some indication of Italy's attitude toward the Euro pean war.; But what Count Ciano told Sir Percy regarding the pos sibility of Italy's entry into the struggle or her continued neutral ity was not disclosed. In foreign circles, however, any new conference plan put forth by Mussolini was expected to run into the British-French objections which wrecked his proposals at the eve of hostilities. These objections were that Ger many must Vithdraw her armies from Polish soil and break off hos tile activities. Some Italian quarters thought Hitler might soon be willing to negotiate with Britain and France, since his occupation of a large part of Poland is accomplished. War Main Topic At Church Meet BAKER, Sept. 6. (p) The annual Idaho Methodist church conference opened here last night with the European war tibe central theme. An address of welcome by Mayor J.1 C. Sturglll brought a response from Bishop Wallace EL Brown of the Portland area on the war. AFTER GERMAN - . i. ., v 1 1 n French Seize Advance Post, Siegfried Line "Pill-boxes" Taten at Swiss-German Line by Vet Troops Main Southern Front Action now to Be Against Forts BASEL, Switzerland, (Near French, German and Swiss front ier.), Sept. 6. UP) First line pill boxes of Germany's formid able Siegfried line were seized to night by veteran troops from the French Maginot line. One of the first German ad vance posts whleh fell, it was re ported in Basel, was a lone fort opposite Saarguemines, a French town opposite the Saar. It was said the fort was taken after very little fighting when French troops occupied the wooded hills on both sides of the frontier road. The Germans were said to have retired with little resistance from advance posts to the main Sieg fried forts, five and ten Kilomet ers behind the border. (A kilometer is about of a mile.) Although planes of both sides made frequent flights watching troop movements, there was little fighting in the air. Narrowing of Field Believed .Aim. Foreign military observers, watching the action from Switzer land, viewed the action as a mere constriction of the wide no-man's land between the Maginot and Siegfried lines during peacetime. It was noted that the" only French troops employed were the veteran khaki-clad fortress troops and a few conscripts and mobil ized units. ' The observers believed It would be a week at least before the French would complete their first careful advance through the pill box outposts and launch a drive against the Siegfried line's main forts. German aviators along the Weszny indicated that Field Mar shal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, commander-in-chief of the nazi air force, was withholding his strength for use on French con centration centers and communi cation lines when France launches a drive against the Siegfried main line. The French move Into German territory was considered a tre mendous stimulus to the already high French.morale. Many French Poilus along the Rhine com mented, "It is excellent that for once in French history the fight ing is on German soil." Accept Mediation In Wharf Dispute US Maritime Board Will Eye new Contract, Parties Agree BAN FRANCISCO, Sept f-(ff)-Waterfront employers and the In ternational Longshoremen and Warehousemen's union today ac cepted with reservations an offer of the US maritime labor board to mediate i the controversy over a new waterfront contract to replace the present pact expiring Sept. SO. F. P. Foisie, president of the Waterfront Employers association of the Pacific coast, telegraphed Robert W. Bruere, maritime labor board chairman, that bis organ ization was willing to have the board act1 as mediator providing matters not settled in this manner and by negotiation should be ar (Turn to page 2, column 6) BOMBARDMENT 1.1 i "' Capital's Defenders Stiffen At Line 30 Miles Northwest; Vow Fieht for Citr to Last British TrOODS A Oin Attempt On West Wall First Mention Made by French of Meeting Nazi Resistance Battle Is Joined on Sweeping 100-Mile Northern Front PARIS, Sept. 7-(Thursday)-() British troops have landed in France to aid the French army which Is now in Germany fighting to crack deeper the German Sieg fried line. Details of the landing of the British Tommies were not dis closed, nor were the numbers In volved, but government sources declared the British army would be able to give "infinitely strong er" support to French land forces than it did in 1914. A terse French communique last night declared the huge French military machine was swinging, its northern wing deeper into German territory in the face of growing resistance. A battle developing along the 100-mile front between the Rhine and Moselle rivers on the extreme northern flank spread slowly across the rough countryside southeast of the Ardennes moun tains. Newly mobilized French rein forcements were moving up toward the frontier behind the line of at tacking troops. From bases far behind the lines French and British planes roared out in coordinated attack against the Saar mining area and indus trial towns to the north which form one of the main sources of war supplies for German divisions operating in the Moselle valley, first Mention of Resistance The sixth communique issued by the general staff contained the first mention of German resist ance. All along the front French ad vance units were feeling out Ger man field organizations which were supported by automatic arms, the communique said. It was obvious from the rough terrain that these units, armed with automatic cannon and machine-guns, were directing a cross fire at valleys and creek crossings along which the French would hare to advance. The evening communique, the second of the day to announce successes on the western front, said the "first elements" of the French offensive wave were "pro gressing beyond the (German) frontier with the advance variable according to different parts of the front" (The terms of the communique, especially the reference to "dif ferent parts of the front," made It appear that this was the broadest action yet seen on the western front in the new war.) Molalla Boy Dies In Hop Avalanche MOLALLA, Ore., Sept 9.-UPf- Searchers tonight found the body of 4-year-old William Lucht, Jr., under five feet of hops in a dryer on his father's farm south of here. The boy disappeared about S p. m. The victim apparently had tnmbled through the hopper, 20 feet below the top, and the hops had shifted on top of him and smothered him. Miss Chapman For Statesman; Promises The Oregon Statesman today is pleased to announce the appoint ment of Miss Beulah Chapman, former Eugene young woman, ; as editor of Its extensive central Willamette valley news depart ment She succeeds to the posi tion capably filled tor 'eight years by Miss C Genevieve Morgan, who resigned last June to accept an assignment as public relations representative for the state de partment of, agriculture. ' A Miss Chapman will carry on the service.' given by Miss Morgan to" directing the activities of the special Statesman correspondents who each week report the hap penings st Interest la more than, o j I Tank Thrusts Hurled Back; Pultusk Is I T?ftnlrri PVrm TV otic Civ rirv-ii Raiding Planes Shot Down Polish Communique Says Situation 1 More Favorable; no Mention of Loss of Historic Krakow WARSAW, Sept. 6. (AP) (12:10 p. m., 6:10. a. m. EST Wednesday) A battle for Warsaw raged 30 miles north of here today, couriers reported, with the "Poles fight ing like lions" and holding back the invaders despite repeated tank-led thrusts. The Poles were described as holding the invaders on line between Pultusk, 30 miles directly north of Warsaw, and Plonsk, 35 miles northwest of this city. It was announced that the Poles had lost Pultusk once in the battle and then retaken it: Pultusk is about 25 miles southeast of Ciechanow, where the right wing of the last ditch defenders formerly was pivoted. O German planes raided the north Call to Congress Seen Within Week President Reported Ready for Neutrality Action Early as Sept. 15 NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-(P)-The New York Times says official sources in close touch with Wash ingon have disclosed that Presi dent Roosevelt may call congress into special session as early as September 15 to act upon revision of the neutrality act of 1937. "Within the past ten days the president has discussed the calling of a special session with some of his close friends In New York, Bays the newspaper. "In these conversations he has revealed that he considers the abandonment of neutrality re strictions an extremely delicate subject, in view of the widely held belief that the sale of arms abroad would draw this country into war. "At the same time he Is said to believe that Americans gen erally will realize soon that the conflict is not as remote as it might appear, and that they have a direct and tangible stake in the outcome. Once the latter idea crystalizes the president was re ported ready to call the special session. "From the current trend of events It is believed that Ameri cans generally would soon be brought to believe that they can not remain entirely aloof from the war In Europe. The submarine attack on the steamship Athenia was cited as one Important event demonstrating this country's con cern with war. The opinion was advanced that similar incidents would quickly bring America's re actions to the boiling point" Heavy Tuna Runs Sighted Offshore TILLAMOOK, Sept. 6.-flV Tillamook county's first shipment of Albacore tuna -4000 pounds consigned to' the Franco Italian Packing company was sent today to Terminal Island, Calif., by C. Harold Jones. -i Jones said he planned to con tinue daily carload shipments as long as the heavy tuna run con tinued off Tillamook bay. ASTORIA, Sept .-(ffV-Large schools of Albacore tuna, the first sighted this year, were reported today by heavily-laden fishing vessels reaching port The schools, they said, were off the Oregon coast north to within IS miles of Cape Flattery. Catches in the previous three weeks have been extremely light Named as Valley Editor BEULAH CHAPMAN section of Warsaw just befor noon, and an official radio an nouncement said six planes wera shot down. More than a dozen extremely strong explosions were heard from the; direction of the railway bridg across the Vistula and the east station which was bombed two days ago. One train waiting - to carry refugees toward Wilno, 1 northeast Poland, and Riga, Lat via, was last reported at the sta tion. A ranking staff officer, slightly wounded, who returned briefly from the scene of battle, said tba Polish forces were defending themselves stoutly, holding thei lines , and , doggedly beating oft German thrust after thrust. With heavy tanks as a van mans succeeded in piercing the Polish line in several places, but the Poles successfully outflanked the penetrating columns and cap tured and destroyed many of the tanks; Defense at Gates Defenders of the city were pre paring for a desperate defense at the very gates of the city if the battle at Pultusk eventually went against them. (Budapest reported the Polish radio had interupted a musical program to appeal to all Warsaw citizens to report to the nearest police station armed with spade to dig trenches around the cap ital.) Resistance lines were being drawn outside the city's limit and the Poles were expected f put np their bitterest fight fer their beloved capital. The civilian government had gone (to Lublin, 70 miles to ta southeast, according to diplomat! reports to Budapest and Stock holm.) Gone also were the for eign embassies and legations and scores of thousands of civilians; Including nearly all foreigners. ine most immediately mna. ingj of all Germany's Invading columns was moving down from the! northwAaf tint nll.VU l-Ji - i - CMUV lUUiCH tions during the morning wera that at that time it had not yet reached the river Bar. sk mil. from the city. A Polish communique said: otrm. auo enemy now oas reached a line between Chiechannw m . Plonsk. (Plonsk is about as mu from Warsaw.) There is no chanea on the . Prussian front. On the southwest front our army Is holding back overwhelm- ingi numbers of the enemy. n tne warta-Szerzprrnw. -. mlensk line sharp fighting Is i progress with strong enemy divi sions. (Kamiensk Is less than 1 miles away.) On the north front motoric units of the enemy reached a point near Plonsk. (These motorized unit. thus Placed .within 25 mil p. f Warsaw.) (The Polish communique mad (Turn to page 2, column S) Full Coverage 80 j communities ln the central valley. She also will edit and ex pand The Statesman market mewf page. V ' ' 1 , . - ; "I am Intensely Interested In the home, social and business life of these many communities an A hop to help The Statesman con tinue to print all of the news there Is to print about them,! Miss. Chapman said yesterday. "And these j communities, Z feel, may well be proud of The States man. ' correspondents -' who serve them.- Miss Chapman Joined The Statesman staff family early In June as reporter and special writ er, r She is a graduate of the pnlverslty of Oregon, ,