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PSUNDOD 1651
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, September 8, 1939
Price 2c; Newsstands 5c
No. 142
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Mill
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Ethell, Hillman
Youths Drown
At High Street
Spaniel Dog Finds Body
in 14-Foot Depth,
Week's Mystery Closed;
Coroner Plans "no
Formal Inquest
The -week-old mystery sur
rounding disappearance of Bobby
Hillman, 7.' and Bobby Ethell. 8.
was cleared yesterday at 4:30 p.m.
when police removed 'two small
bodies from a 14-foot hole In
Mill creek a few yards west of
the South High street bridge.
Discorery of the bodies was
made 1 when a small spaniel dog
"belonging to Paul. 10, and Charles
tsaiea, c, oi aooia. uiocrij
street, dragged the body of the
Hillman hoy to shore while swim
ming In the stream with, his mas
ters and with William, 9, and
Richard Shirley, 11 of 655 South
Commercial. : ; . . i
The Bales and Shirley hoys,
when they realized what the dog,
"Dixie," had in its teeth, called to
Dick Bennett, 10, who was. across
the stream. Be notified ' police,
who arrived shortly after to dis
cover the body of the Ethell lad.
Fathers Ascertain
Boys Identification
Identification was made later
by the fathers,, Adolph Hillman,
2170 Berry, street, and Kenneth
Ethell, Route 5. . ;
Coroner L. E. Barrick stated
definitely last night that all evi
dence pointed to death by drown
ing, from the condition of the bo
dies, on; the day of their disajH
pearance, "August SI.
! v According to authorities who
made a brief examination of the
bodies, n. external marks of vio
lence could be found on either.
Bare Feet Factor
In Swimming Theory ! -
This, and the fact that the feet
of both boys were bare, lent foun
dation to an' unofficial suggestion
that they had drowned while wad
ing. Lack of evidence or external
concussion seemed to rule out the
possibility that they had fallen
while crossing or playing on the
unfinished High street, bridge
structure only 10 yards away.
mm DimIiV 4ttffatif la af
night that there would probably
be no formal inquest. Funeral ar
rangements have not been made.
The Hillman and Ethell boys
disappeared a week ago yesterday,
the day on which a circus was
showing in Salem. When they
failed to return after remarking
to their parents that they Intend
ed to visit . the circus, a general
search was begun of all connty
roads, streams, departing rail
road cars and other places.
Yesterday the report was cur
rent that they were In Portland,
possibly living In a transient's
jungle. They were said to have
been positively Identified in Can-
by and Oregon City and later to
havebeen seen on Portland streets.
The sheriffs office,! which di
rected a, volunteer search: party
last week. Issued thanks last night
to the Veterans of Foreign Wars
and to the ' general public for
their assistance. -J :
Nelson to Come
To Prison Today
TOLEDO, Ore., Sept. 7 (IF)
Henry S. Nelson, Portland sales
man who was convicted of man
slaughter as a result of the shoot
ing of Captain Richard Earl at
Depoe bay a year ago last July,
must serve nine years in prison.
-. The state supreme ! court to
day denied his appeal from
previous court decision- refusing
him a new trial. Lincoln County
Sheriff George Robinson said he
"Would deliver Kelson to the state
penitentiary Friday:
Eugene Horse
Fourth Time at First
. By.MAXINB BUREN
Dean : Harvester, owned and
driven by Dr. James A. Bradley
of Eugene,' won first ribbon t for
the fourth consecutive day when
shown in the roadsters to bike
event at last night's horse show
at the Oregon state fair. This
sensational brown stallion will
. be shown in the same event the
.remaining . two nights of the
r horse show In competition for
a $100 stake.
Again a winner was the six
horse work team owned by Nor
vel Martin and driven by Dr. F.
E. Bentley of The Dalles. - This
Is In competition . for ' the Burge
. perpetual trophyy and a f 509
:-. atake. -U.',-...:
- The opening event of the show
In the Jumpers class was won by
Briarwood Knave, owned and rid
PROUD STATESMAN CARRIER
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Money earned as an Oregon Statesman carrier enabled James Baker,
17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Baker, 130 Katcllire anve,
to enter a prize-winning Jersey senior yearling at the state fair
this week. James' cow won the grand championship of the Future
Farmers show. He paid 9120 for her. James has been getting up
early six mornings week to deliver The Statesman to doorsteps
In south Salem and Salm Heights since June 1, 1038. He handles
his route with as much care and pride as he does his cow, accord
ing to Harold G. Pruitt, circulation manager. As a result be rarely
has a customer complaint.
Farm Organization Day
Slated at State's Expo
People of Rural Sectors
Smiling Skies Continue to Attract
Good Crowds on Fourth Day
' By PAUL H. HAUSER, JR.
The DeoDle for whom the fair was made get the fair-
irrounds today as the 78th Oregdn state fair, so far riding
high ahead of 1938 totalsgoes
organizations. ;i, , v
It's the day for the Oregon State Grange, the 4H ciuds,
the Future Farmers and all the sterling citizens who gain
their livelihood from the soil.
Portlanders yesterday almost equalled the enthusiasm of
Salem -oeonle for the fair as 11,884 swarmed the grounds, a
figure but 181 less than last year when 12,065 were on hand.
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Fair Today
8:30a.m. -4H demonstra
- Hons, contests begin.
9:00a.m. FFA 11 ye stock
judging contest.
10:O0ajn4H livestock
auction sale, club barns.
10 : 00 aan-Grange song con
test. Wonderland theatre. !
11:00 ajiu Municipal band
concert, main gate. j
11:80a.m. FFA world's
poultry congress team demon
stration, front of agricultural
building, r : i -
1:00 p.m. State Federation
of Music program, art building.
1; 80 p.m.--Post, time, races.
1:45 pan 4H girls' team to
world's poultry congress gives
demonstration, front of agricul
tural building. .. .
2:00 p.m. State Federation ,
of Music program. ..
2:15 p.m. 111 boys' team
demonstration. '
2:30p.m. FFA poultry
team demonstration.
5:00 p.m. State Federation
of Music program;
7:0O p.m. III program, stylo
revue, . Wonderland theatre,
agricultural building.
8:00 p.m. Horse show, San
Francisco Sheriffs Mounted
Posse.
8:00 p.m. All American re
vue, Eddie Peabody.
-0:30 p.m. Free dance, Leon
Mojica's orchestra playing.
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Goldendalc Schools-Dark
GOLDENDALE, Wash., Sept. 7
OP) The grade - and high
schools failed to open Tuesday
because the town failed to ap
prove a special five-mill levy.
Is Repeater
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den by Dr. George C. Saunders
of Portland. " i -
-In the ladies three-galted sad
dle horse class, 'Anacacho Honey
owned by Gerald Frank of Garden
Home and ridden by Joann Jen
sen of Portland, took first ribbon.
Young Miss Jensen took honors
again with her own. horse, Bour
bon's Surprise In the 'park hacks
event.'-
' Combination flve-gaited class
was won tor the second time dur
ing . the week by Corinthian's
Edna, owned by the L. R. Banks
stables, ridden : and driven by
Tom Metcalfe This class has only
been shown twice, and competes
tor a $250 stake.
The sheriff's posse from San
Francisco appeared In drilla and
returned to the arena for a tro-
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Take Command Today;
into the day dedicated to farm
The 4H clubs announced tneir
first big award yesterday to get a
head start on farm organization
day as Wilma Gorton of Salem
Heights was proclaimed the heal
thiest girl In the Oregon 4H clubs
and Paul DeCourcey of Maupin,
the healthiest boy.
Wilma Gorton scored 981 out of
a possible 1000 points while De
Courcey scored 984.7. Leo Erwert
of Mt. Angel was second in the
boy's contest with a score of 980.
4-H Health
Club
Two big farm events open to
day's program,- the state grange
song contest at the Wonderland
auditorium at 10 o'clock and the
4H livestock auction in the 4 H
livestock arns at the same hour.
The Future Farmers, conducted in
complement to the Smith-Hughes
agricultural education program,
open their livestock Judging activ
ities at 9 o'clock.
Portland day crowds yesterday
gave the races the best play they
have had since Labor day as they
shoved $14,044 across tho boards,
a figure $1,010 short of last year's
total for Thursday. , -
Bugle Corps Applauded
Race track fans heard the Port
land police bugle and drum corps
give out with some novelty num
bers, decidedly off the beaten
track for similar musical organiz
ations, and applauded them lust
ily. Mayor Joseph K. Carson was
unable to appear to present the
award In the Mayor's Handicap.
The grandstand was packed
again for the. night show,' the All
American Revue, which word of
mouth advertising around the
grounds has heralded as the best
entertainment at the fair. Attend
ance at the horse show was hit
by the growing popularity of the
grandstand event, which features
Eddie Peabody, world famed ban-
joist, Zoe Dell Lantls, and the All
American glamour girls.
The state grange song contest
this morning will 'present six re-
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PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 7
CVSouthpaw Ad LUka pitched
a seven-inning three-bit game
and blanked Los Angeles, 4-1, .
to give jportland both ends of a
Pacific Coast league double
header tonight. The Beaver
won the nine-inning opener 5-4.
Second sdght game:
Los Angeles ...1 S 1
Portland , , 4 5 :
Flores and Sueme; -Liska
and Monso. - '
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 7-ff-Second
night game: -
Sacramento ' .. .. .., 9 10 . S
Hollywood 1 8 O
, SeaU and Grilk; Osborne,
Bioncrief and BrenzeL
Late Sports
Other . Coast league scores
last ' might will be found oa
Port page.
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Bodies
5 US Fliers
Die as Plane
Falls Flaming
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Night Catastrophe Sees
Bomber Crash Radio
Wire, San Diego
Two More Feared Lost
as Bomber Usually
Carried Seven
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Sept. 7
-(AfV-At least fire men were
reported killed tonight when a
stavy bombing plane struck an
tenna wires of the Cholla
Heights navy radio station and
crashed to the ground in
flames.
Eddie McLarney, fire depart
ment battalion chief who sped to
the Bcene, said he saw five bodies
in the smoking wreckage, and
added that ships of that type us
ually carried a crew of seven.
A search of wreckage and near
bv brush failed to disclose any
bodies that might have been
thrown clear. He said the craft
seemed to be of the patrol bomb
er type, a two-enginea cram
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Dldar. eve
witnesses of the crash, said they
were sitting in an automobile at
the radio station at the time.
"As the plane flew over our
heads we saw the pilot was In
trouble and about to crash into
the antenna," DIday said. "One
of the motors was sputtering,
then the engines became quiet
and the plane tipped to the right
In an attempt to avoid the wires.
The tip of the wing hit the wires
and the plane crashed Into a roar,
immediately exploding." :
There was no Immediate infor
mation available from naval of
ficials as the personnel of the
craft.
A fireman who answered the
alarm said there was a cloud over
the radio station and it was pos
sible the pilot did not see the
wires.
Fire trucks were unable to
reach the plane which crashed on
a hilltop 3000 feet from the ra
dio towers.
Chief McLarney said all the
bodies were burned beyond recogr
nitlon and all were in the front
part of the plane. He said hand
extinguishers which were the on
ly equipment that could . be
brought to the burning plane were
unable to stop the flames.
Navy fire crews with special
equipment to fight gasoline fires
were rushed to the plane, which
crashed about 10 p. m.
Hoboes Pingle lip
Travelers' Checks
In Boxcar Holdup
SPOKANE, Sept.
teem transients filed out of a
railroad box car tonight and
told sheriffs officers a story -of
a modern Jesse James who,
took all their $20 cash and
travelers' cheques but returned
one man's heirloom watch and'
turned down another's check
for $80.
Deputy Bill Dieter said the
men told this story:
The bandit, brandishing a
pistol, lined his victims up In
the rattling box car as the train
approached Spokane, made
each one back toward him and
made a thorough search of
their pockets.
To one he returned a watch;
to another, the personal check
for $80. He hopped pff the'
train as it slowed at the edge
of the city.
FUEHRER WILDLY ACCLAIMED AT FRONT
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Cablepheto above shows Kekhsfuehrer Adolf Hitler as be arrived in conquered Polish territory being
wildly belled by nasi troops. Hitler Is surrounded by a staff of generals. At bis right is German
Foreign Minister Joachim Von Klbbentrop." HiLIr gave orders that all captared Poles be lmrnedl
. ately pat to work. The Polish government, meantime, abandoned Warsaw for an unidentified tem
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The French army is attacking Germany's west wall along the Moselle
valley on the north end toward the historic Burgundy Gate on
the south a 20-mile valley running' northeastward from ranee
Into the famous Black forest. Here In map form la the setting for
the new battleground on the western front. Last night's dispatches
told of a heavy French bombardment of the German wall on a
wide front. (AP photo).
Jubilant Germans Hear
Of Victories in Poland
Polish Defense Crumbles, Army Reports Asserting;
no Direct Word Heard From "Warsaw,
Where Battle Rages, for Hours
By LOUIS P. LOCHNER
BERLIN, Sept. 7. (AP) A spirit of victory was in the
air in Berlin tonight a3 the result of German army reports of
sweeping gains against a crumbling Polish adversary.
German armies had clamped Polish forces in three great
vises, one of whkh was reported inexorably clamping down
on Warsaw with the main jaw of the advance only 20 miles
from the capital's northern limit.
Official reports said the army of Adolf Hitler was con
verging from three sides upon Poznan, a city of 275,000 pop
ulation and farthest west of any- Polish-held territory. The
Subs Sink Pair
Of Six Targets
Feared German U-Boats
Open up; Some Ships
Escape Torpedoes
By the Associated Press
German submarine warfare,
which almost won the World war
for Kaiser WUhelm, became an
important element of the new
European conflict last night . as
at least six more allied ships were,
attacked in the Atlantic by the
universally-feared U-boats.
Two of these, the Briysh
freighters Manaar and Olivegrove,
were reported sunk. No lmemdl
ate word was received of the
fate of the others, the British
Pukkastan and French Tamara,
also freighters.
Still another feighter, the
Cunard Royal Sceptre, was added
to the roll of victims by the Brit
ish ministry of information, which
announced' also that the Corlnthlc
had been attacked but reached
port safely. ,
Previously listed were the Brit
ish liner Athenia Berlin has de
nied she was torpedoed and the
freighter Bosnia.
HITLER'S WALL
vtowns of Wagrowiec, 28 miles
northeast, and Obornik, 18 miles
north of Poznan had been cap
tured, as bad the town of Koxmln,
43 miles south. To the : west of
Poznan the Germans also were de
clared to be progressing. -'
In the advance on Lodz, 80
miles southwest of Warsaw, the
Germans were reported to hare
captured the town of Rawa-Mazo-
wleck.
Field Marshal Herman WUhelm
Goering told his air force: "Mas
tery of the air in the east is
yours."
Even the Wasterplatte, the tiny
Polish munitions station in Dan
zig harbor, had fallen after six
days of assault
(No direct word has been heard
from Warsaw since 12:35 p. m.
Wednesday 6:25 a. m. EMT
when it was reported the poles
were "fighting like lions" 30
miles north of Warsaw to save
their capital.
(It was believed that the
Poznan and Warsaw . radio sta
tions had been abandoned.
(Budapest reported that a
broadcast from Lwow, the only
remaining Polish station in south
eastern Poland about 125 miles
from Warsaw, today appealed to
the populace to "stem the new
march of barbarism and anti
Christianity in Europe.)
German officialdom felt that
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Massive
Poised to Strike
Following Barrage
Hundreds of Thousands of Troops .Are
Ready to Hit Weakest Spot;
More Pill Boxes Taken
German Troops Bolster Moselle Valley
Defenses; to Halt Seizure of
Rich Saar Sector
BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 8-(Friday)-)-German labor
battalions worked through the night at the Istein fort on the
Rhine, north of Basel, apparently building additional pill boxes
on the vine-covered slopes of the nazt "Rhlneland Gibraltar."
The workers used shielded lights which were invisible from
the French side of the riTer.
The mammoth Istein fortifications, dismantled during the
World war, have been rebuilt much, stronger than ever.
,
v BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 7 (AP) French heavy ar
tillery today hammered the main forts of Germany's Sieg
fried line from Lauterbourg', where the French-German fron
tier elbows away from the Rhine, to the Saar frontier.
While the big guns boomed, hundreds of thousands of
French troops moved under protection of the Maginot line
into position, ready to strite at the points the high command
decides is the weakest.
A French communique tonight reported heavy German
troops concentrations in the Moselle valley.
Chamberlain
Reviews War
Prime . Minister Thinks
Hitler Hoping for
, Quick Kayo
By MAX HARRELSON
LONDON, Sept,7.-(i!p) Prime
Minister Chamberlain"declared to
day in a general review of the
five-day-old war that Germany
appeared to be concentrating her
"first main effort against Poland"
in the hope of 'a short war and
a cruick decision.
He told the house of commons,
however, French troops were "in
contact with the enemy" on the
western front and the British air
force and navy were striking hard
at German U-boats and warships..
The Polish army, he said, was
"contesting every yard of the
German advance" although it was
"outnumbered and outgunned"
and fighting "against overwhelm
ing, superiority in the air."
Other important points in the
prime minister's statement were:
(1) The British air raid on Ger
many fleet, bases around the Kiel
canal Monday night had resulted
in 'at least two hits" on one of
Germany's three "pocket" battle
ships. (2) British bombers dropped
more than- 10,000,000 leaflets
over Germany in three night
flights this week.
(3) All squadrons of the Brit
ish fighter command are "at war
stations and in a state of instant
readiness."
Referring to the German drive
against Poland the prime minis
ter said, "The Polish soldier has
ever shown himself to be a cour
ageous and determined fighter
and today he is worthily maintain
ing this tradition." .
Policeman's Shots
Cow Jail Fugitive
David Langland, 17, was
housed in a dark, inside cell at
the rear of the county Jail yes
terday afternoon after he broke
from two officers at the door of
the courthouse elevator and gave
them a two-blocks chase. He was
captured on a Chemeketa street
used car lot when a short fired
in the air by City Patrolman
Louis A. Burgess frightened him
into quitting his flight.
Langland was being taken
along with Jesse Neal, 19, to
circuit court, when he made bis
break for freedom. - The two later
pleaded guilty before Judge .L.
HY MeMahan . to ' a burglary
charge. They were returned to
Jail pending word from Callofrnla
authorities, wno may, want them.
German Reports Laud S
fplish Garrison Troops
y BERLIN. ' Sept. 7-P)-C!ermans
said tonight 100 Poles lost their
lives In the siege of the Wester
pl&tte garrison in Danzig harbor
and that the remaining 120 sur
rendered before an infantry and
flame throwers' attack only fee
cause they had nothing left to eat.
i: The story of the gallant week
long stand of the , Poles under
heavy aerial and naval bombard
ments began, to trickle into Ber
lin tonight.-.: ,
The Westerpulatte ' is Ta ' well
fortified promontory sticking' Into
Danzig harbor and is difficult to
approach from the land. : - - , "
Army Is
"O The French movements in
the
Saar region, however, were con
fined for the time being to local
action reports received here said.
The French were said to have
taken more pill boxes in German
territory before the main post-
tlons of the Siegfried line.
The Moselle valley between the
principality of Luxembourg and
the Saar, is one of the two most
heavily fortified regions of both
the Maginot and Siegfried lines.
Great French forts guard both
sides of the Moselle near Sierck,
while the Germans guard ' the
Moselle and Rhine valley routes
to Cologne. ' .1
Observers Doubt
Storming of Forts y
Military observers in Switzer
land doubted that the French
would risk a head-on assault In
that stronghold.
These observers said, however,
tho Saarland coal fields might
fall, at least partially, into French
possession with but little resist
ance. German comment on this pos
sibility was that "Louis Napoleon
captured the Saar early In the
Franco-Prussian war but lost
the other great fortified area at
the Swiss end of the. two lines.
In this latter area the French
have, spent billions of francs In
building fortifications and have
concentrated tens of thousands et
Senagalese and other troops ta
guard the vital Burgundian gat"k5
between the Jura and Vosges
mountains.
The Istein forts, considered
the key to the entire South Baden
Black forest, were inspected twke
by Adolf Hitler Just before the
war began.
Long-Laid Plans
Now In Execution
In view of the strength of both
extremities of the Siegfried line,
foreign military observers In
Switzerland expected the French
to strike somewhere between
them.
Reports received here indicat
ed that General Maurice Gamelin,
generalissimo of the combined
French-British forces, was direct
ing f his powerful army, through
steps planned for years on paper
and; backed up by men and ma
terials. Railroad spurs for French rail
way guns, motor roads and air
bases, many of which were con
structed since Hitler came to
power in 1983, are being used for
the i present French concentra
tions. '
General Henri Guisan, commander-in-chief
of the Swiss ar
my,! who is schooled in both Ger
man and French military meth
ods, concentrated his strong, well
equipped citizen army In Basel.
The city itself was turned into
a fort. Basel teemed with troops
and every other street corner was
converted into a stronghold with '
huge, steel girders, railroad tie T
and other building materials. ' '
Anti-tank spikes set In concrete
guarded main entrances to the
city. .,:,'.,-'- -
German military men admitted
the fortification held out . much -longer
': than they - bad expected.
The first shot was fired it 4:
a,m., last Friday from the German
warship Schleswig Holstein which
anchored In the harbor only a few -days
.before, v- ".f a-w i ;- 'l
The Westerplatte was subjected -to
a heavy shelling and bombing -from
feea and air, Germans said :
even 28 centimeter shells - from
the! Schleswig HoLstein did no
damage because the fortification's
bunkers were so well hnilU
. Aerial bombs , also failed "t
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