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School opened for Gary Gooding, con of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Gooding,
401 North 20th. Gary, a first grade student at Washington, was In
a contemplative mood on his Tery first day of school.
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Junior high girls ere these, at Parrislu From left, Emlline Craig,
Joan Frlgaard, Janette Btratton, Opal 8eld and Jane Denison
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Loot Located
Clyde Jensen, 24, Held
Here After Arrest
in Taxi- Chase
SalemV Clotning Clerk's
Suspicion Provides
Tip to Police
Nine hoars after the Bank of
Sweet Home was robbed of $3586
yesterday,, morning, 24-year-old
Linn county man, uiyae Jensen,
was In ppliee custody and had
confessed to the crime, Sergeant
Asa Fisher of the Salem police
department and Captain Lansing
of the I state police announced
last night.,
The two officers arrested Jen
sen in a taxi cab after trailing
him on : a tip gtren by a local
clothing store clerk. He r had
13200.55 on his person and a
suitcase, $226.19 In coins was
located la a cache half a mile
from Sweet Home and the re
mainder -of the loot was account
ed for by purchases made In Sa
lem, the officers said.
Confession Made,
Police Report
Jensen confessed that he had
been planning for about a month
to rob the bank and finally had
Kone there after midnight Sunday,
sawed the bars from a rear win
dow and entered, there to. await
the arrival of Mrs. Dorothy Grant,
assistant cashier.
Entering the bank at abont
8:45 a. m. to prepare for the day's
business, Mrs. Grant reported she
was confronted by a short man
wearing a black mask and J log
ger's raincoat. She said he pointed
a revolver at her and ordered her
to till a sack with money from the
rault. He departed after attempt
Ing unsuccessfully to lock her in
the rault.
The two officers quoted Jensen
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National Officials
Review Art Center
Dr. Defenbacher, US Head
Sees Local Aid Need
After WPA Goes
The Salem Art Center was visit
ed yesterday by national and state
dignitaries who met with the
members of the executive board
to outline plans for future devel
opment of the center. Dr. Daniel
S. Defenbacher of Washington,
D. C, national head of all art cen
ters was chief speaker. -'
Coming from Portland were
Miss Gladys Everett, Portland at
torney, who is in charge of all
WPA projects in the state other
than construction, Miss Marjorie
Hoffman Smith, federal art pro
ject director, and her assistant
Thomas Lehman.
Defenbacher stressed the neces
sity for looking far into the future
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FBI Police Class
Open October 16
ASTORIA, Sept. 18.-(VA fed
eral b u r e a n of Investigation
school for police will be held Oc
tober 16 to 21 under sponsorship
of the Oregon Association of City
Police Officers, Police Chief John
K. Acton of Astoria, association
president, said today.
Instructors will include three
regular national police academy
Instructors of Washington, D. C,
US District Attorney Carl Don
augh, Police Chief Harry Niles of
Portland, Wayne L. Morse, dean
of the University of Oregon law
school; Cantain Dana E. Jewels
director of the Portland nolle
school; Eric W. Allen, dean of
journalism. University of Oregon,
and L. L. Ray, Lane county dis
aim aj. u.. iuij, uue cQuniy aw
trict attorney.
City School Signup Shrinks
On Onenin& as Wns Rxnenfpd
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One hundred sixty-eight fewer
pila registered in Salem city
One hundred sixty-eight fewer
pupils registered in Salem city
schools Monday than on the first
day of school last year, a shrink
age 'termed yesterday by Super
intendent Frank Bennett as "Just
about what we anticipated."
. This year's figure waa 4909, as
compared with 607? last year.
First-day; enrollment is still con
siderably above . that of 1937,
however, when 4743 children
started hack to school on the first
day. M; V.
' Elementary schools, with an en
rollment of 2033 showed a de
crease of a fraction over. 4 per
cent,, while the junior and senior
high schools' enrollments, totaling
1486, are down a little more than
S per cent First graders number
207, compared to S34 last year.
Plane Carrier
Survivor list
Of 438 Named
Incomplete Count Fails
to Show Fate of
1100 on Board
"Courageous" Sinking Is
Severe Setback to
Britannia's Navy
LONDON, Sept. 19-(Tuesday)
-ffj-Ttie British admiralty issued
today a list of 438 survivors of
the torpedoed aircraft earlier
Courageous, first warship casual
ty in the war with Germany.
The admiralty emphasized that
the list was not complete. The
ship's company numbered slight
ly more than 1100 when she went
down at an unnamed spot yester
day. About 400 of the survivors
were landed in England tonight
by destroyer, some of them tell
ing vivid stories of the sinking.
The British declared their be
lief the attacking submarine had
been sent to the same grave "with
the Courageous, by a spirited on
slaught from British destroyers.
Commander Listed
Among Rescued .
The first list of survivors In
cluded Commander E. M. C. Abel
Smith, former equerry to King
George, the ship's chaplain, the
commanding engineer and var
ious officers.
Commander Abel-Smith was
appointed to the place six weeks
ago.
Commander C. W. G. M. Wood
house also was listed among the
survivors, but there was no imme
diate mention of Captain W. T.
Makeig-Jones, who was last re
ported by survivors on the bridge
directing his men to abandon
ship. J
The ship had two commanders,
Abel-Smith for the air Irm,
Woodhouse for the executive,
while Captain Makeig-Jones was
In direct command of the ship.
The survivors reported crewmen
sang and cheered while they
swam after the Courageous foun
dered.
Terse Message
Flashes News
The admiralty's communique
oh the sinking of the Courageous,
first British warship to go down
in the two weeks of war, was bar
ren of detail. It said only the
Courageous had "been lost by en
emy submarine action," that an
undisclosed number of survivors
had been picked up by destroyers
and merchant ships andHhat the
submarine was "heavily attacked
by destroyers and is believed to
have been sunk."
"There were two distinct bangs
at Intervals of about a second,"
related one of the survivors.
"After that there were a few
minor explosions and most of the
crew jumped into the water. The
order to abandon ship came with
in five minutes and the Courage
ous foundered 30 minutes after
the first explosion. The ship
heeled so badly some lifeboats
could not be used.
The losa of the Courageous,
while a severe blow, left Great
Britain with six other, newer air
craft carriers the Albatross, Ark
Royal, Eagle, Furious, Glorious.
and Hermes. Five more are under
construction.
A communique tonight review.
ing England's air patrol of the
sea said "many submarines" have
been found and attacked, some
sunk and others severely dam
aged "with little opposition from
the German air force."
The communique also gave an
eyewitness account by a British
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Double Funeral Held
G LEND ALE, Sept. 18.-UH-A
double.funeral was held today for
Richard Grenier, 60, and his wife.
Myrtle, 44. Grenier died Sept. 11
of injuries suffered in an auto ac
cident and Mrs. Grenier died two
days later of illness, unaware
death also had claimed her hus
i ueaia aiso ma cmimea ner
(band. Seven children survive.
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j Many senior high students are
still working in seasonal Jobs and
are expected ' to register within
the next week, largely wiping
away the shrinkage of 67.
. Only three schools showed any
increase. Parrish . j gained one,
Englewood three -end Bush 11.
Sacred Heart academy reported
a registration of 320 and St. Vin
cent de Paul's parochial school
125. Both figures are higher than
last year's. " t
: School starts in earnest today
with full-day . schedules , tor all
schools. Only half-day schedules
were run -yesterday. Hours for
the various schools - are as fol
lows: First and second graders,
9 to 11:30 a. m., 1 to 2:30 p. m.;
other elementary grades, 9 to 12,
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"Strong Man of
Steel" Is Dead
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Schwab Called
At Ase of 77
Major Figure In Steel
Was 111 and Alone;
Rites Thursday
NEW YORK, Sept, lS.-ffl5)-
Charles M. Schwab, 77, who con
trolled billions of dollars in the
steel Industry and made available
hundreds of ships for the govern
ment during the world war, died
tonight at his Park avenue apart
ment. Ill and lonely since the death
of his wife in January, the once
"strong man of steel" gradually
declined in health. During the
last two days he bad been un
conscious. Schwab returned from Europe
on August 31 he had crossed the
Atlantic almost 170 times and
complained he had been ill of a
serious heart ailment in London
His doctor said it appeared he
would recover until a week ago,
when a new attack' of coronary
thrombosis set in.
"He Just slipped away," said
Schwab's brother, Edward, who,
with his wife, was at the death
bed.
The brother said funeral serv
ices would be held at St. Patrick's
(Roman Catholic) cathedral,
probably Thursday.
Besides his brother, Schwab
is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
David Barry and Sister Cecilia,
the latter being a nun in the
Carmelite monastery, Loretto,
Pa., which Schwab built.
Schwab had been president of
the Carnegie Steel Co., Ltd., 1897-
1901; president of U. S. Steel
Corp., 1901-03; chairman of the
Bethlehem Steel1 Corp. and Beth
lehem Steel company; director of
the Chase National bank and the
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Landon and Knox
Aid Asked by FR
GOP Chiefs Called Into
Neutrality Huddle;
Borah Sees Rift
WASHINGTON, Sept, 18.-P)-In
an unusual step which, recalled
his recent plea for "national uni
ty" on problems arising, from the
European war, President Roose
velt today broadened the coming
White House conference on neu
trality legislation to include the
titular beads of the republican
party, Alf M. Landon and Col.
Frank Knox.
He obtained their readily given
consent to attend the meeting,
which is to be held Wednesday,
the day before congress convenes
in special session to consider the
administration plan for revamping
the neutrality law, which now em
bargoes arms shipments to bellig
erents. While preparations for the ses
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Clipper Is Safe
After Fear Felt
LONDON, Sept 19. (Tuesday)
-WpThe British news agency,
Reuters, said today the American
clipper, flying boat of Pan-American
Airways, was winging Its way
safely across the Atlantic to New
York after an 'Interruption in
wireless 'communications tempor
arily had caused feara for Its
safety.- '
i 'The flying boat left Horta," the
Azores, at 7:10 p. m., (2:10 p. m.
EST) Monday. i
Reuters said that i Portuguese
tunboat - dispatched to the as
sistance of the clipper when the
break in communications led to
a belief the flying boat had come
down in the Atlantic, 100 miles
west of the Azores. The gunboat
was reported returning to its base
after it was learned that all was
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Britain Avers
USSR Offside;
War Continues
Will Keep Fighting to
Gain Objectives, Is
Official Word
Soviet Step in Poland
Branded Unjustified
Act to Her Ally
LONDON, Sept. 18-()-The
British government stated to
night that it considered soviet
Russia's invasion of Poland un
justified and asserted it would
"prosecute the war with all en
ergy until its "objects have
been achieved."
It was the first official com
ment from Great Brftain on
the entry of Russian troops
into Poland Sunday.
A terse communique from the
ministry of information asserted,
"The British government have
considered the situation created
by the attack upon Poland or
dered by the soviet government.
This attack upon their (Britain's)
own ally at a moment when she
is prostrate in the face of over-:
whelming forces brought against
her by Germany cannot in the
view of his majesty's government
he justified by the arguments put
forward by the soviet govern
ment." The communique added: "The
fuil implication of these events
is not yet apparent but his majes
ty's government take the oppor
tunity of stating that nothing that
has occurred can make any dif
ference to the determination of
his majesty's government, with
the f uu support of the country, to
fulfill their obligations to Po
land."
Another development tonight
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Gen. White Cites
Unpreparedness
Army Out -of-Date Wilh
Modern War, Chief
of Guard Says
SPOKANE, Sept. 18.-(fl)-The
United States army is neither pre
pared for modern warfare nor for
defense of the nation, Maj. Gen.
George White, commandant of the
41st division, national guard, said
today.
General White dropped his
"bombshell" in an interview late
today when he arrived from Sa
lem, Ore., for an inspection of the
161st infantry and the 14th divi
sion, aviation, units stationed
here.
"With the world in names
around us, it is time for the aver
age American citizen to know the
truth about our Own national de
fense," said the general who was
one of the founders of the Ameri
can Legion and who commands
the national guard of Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana and
Wyoming.
"The whole military force of
the United States is obsolescent.
not properly trained and illy
equipped for modern warfare.
"Our army is the 17th in size
in the world, but it doesn't even
rate that high in efficiency. We
are not properly prepared for
modern warfare.
The one bright spot In the offi
cer's picture of the army was the
air corps.
"What the army lacks in other
branches, it makes up in the air
service."
Swastika, Sickle
Meet as Chiefs
Eye Poland Plan
i BERLIN, Sept. 18P)-Ger-man
and Russian army officers
were drawing op an occupation
line for their armies in Poland
tonight as it was reported the
nazis were resuming their bat-
tie to force the surrender of
Warsaw.
Detachments of the two arm
ies of occupation met at Brest
Litovsk, the fallen Polish city;
where Russian revolutionists:
and Germans , signed their sep
parate peace In the World war.
' Officers bearing the nazi
swastika exchanged fries dly
greetings with officers bearing
the communist hammer and
' sickle. .
The two commands were con
cerned with fixing a line in Po- -land.
Beyond which the Ger
man and Russian armies. would
not go. '
: Reports were heard here that
the best the Poles could hope
for was a possible protectorate
similar to Bohemia and Mora-
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Polish President, Army Commander in
Kumaman Haven; Russian Army
Still Rolls Westward
Warsaw Still Center of Resistance;
Undirected Polish Soldiery
Fights Without Air Aid
BUDAPEST, Sept. 18. (AP) The Warsaw radio be
came silent suddenly at 10 :10 p. m. (1 :10 p. m. PST) tonight
as Col. Vaclav Lipinski was telling of fighting against Ger
man besiegers in the Polish capital. '
He said fighting in the Praga district of East Warsaw
was violent last night with heavy shelling. The west sector
was quiet.
Col. Lipinski claimed the Poles had taken many prison
ers. Yesterday, he asserted, German artillery had shelled the
center of the city.
"And yet," continued the radio announcement, "we have
comparative order here.
"We have lived through yesterday and today despite
Buffer State
Believed Aim
"Assistance" to Poland,
no Clash With Nazi
Goal, Soviet Says
MOSCOW, Sept, 18-j5P)-Ger-many
and , tevlet Russia were be
lieved by some .sources tonight
to be pointing toward creation of
a small Polish buffer state as
their armies bit further Into Po
land. These sources said they saw a
hint of such a possibility in a
joint communique broadcast over
Russian radio stations.
This announcement declared
the intention of the advancing
soviet and German armies was to
"assist the population of Poland
in reconstructing conditions of
their state existence."
The soviet general staff an
nounced a continued advance
along the entire 500-mile front
of yesterday's invasion, with the
capture of 13 additional towns
and cities.
The farthest thrust was at
Volkovysk (Welkowysk), 110
miles from, the Russian border,
and representing a 60-mile ad
vance from" Baranowicse, the
farthest point reached Sunday.
The Joint Soviet-German com
munlque declared:
"In order tn forestall unfnn Tid
ed rumors of every description
with regard to the . tasks of So
viet and German troops in Po
1 and, the government of the
U.S.S.R. and Germany declare
that the actions of these troops
pursue no aim counter to the in
terests of Germany or the SoTlet
Union or contradicting the spirit
ana tne letter or me non-aggression
pact concluded by Germany
and the U.S.S.R.
"On the contrarv. the tanV of
these troops is to reestablish tn
roiand the peace and order dis
rupted . by the collapse,; of the
Polish state and - to, aanlat tha
population of Poland ia recon
structing conditions or i n e i r
state existence."
: . The -Weather
tlT with some cloudi
ness today and Wednesday;
a c a 1 1 e red thunderstorm.
Max. temp. 79, min. 49. Ri
ver -3.9. North wind.
ish, French
Experience
By E. C. DANIEL
Associated Press Staff .Writer 1
It was ' blue Monday for the
British, French and Poles. Not
only was Poland losfe to the allies,
but the political stability of all
Europe east of the Rhine was left
in doubt, arwell. . .
Germany and Russia, supported
at least by- Italy's , good wishes,
now dominate the middle Euro
pean 'scene while lesser states qua
ver. - -: '': . ;.. , : .
. It is a situation bringing to
mind a remark made ' in 1936
when. Hitler announced plans for
Germany's .west wall:- "It will
make, the French army a prisoner
in France."
That, in effect, is France's im
mediate status. Fowerless to go
to the aid "of the Poles, she also
seems helpless to prevent ' Ger
many, Russia and ' Italy, If they
wish, from redrawing territorially
or politically the map of eastern,
northern, and southern Europe.'
Beyond the barrier of concrete,
steel, and -' neutral states that
stretches from the . North sea to
Splits
unded
DomDing, machine gunning and
sneinng.
Day before yesterday we
thought the great onslaught had
broke.n Warsaw's spirit, but . . ."
Here the radio sneech WAS hrnlr
en off.
The broadcast ws th firm
heard from the Warsaw radio in
many hours. It was silent all Sun-
aay night.
By LLOYD LEHRBAS
CERNAUTI, Rumania, Sept. li.
-(Tuesday, 1 . a. 4 p. m. PST
Mondayl-()-Three widely-separated
Polish armies, badly battered
and almost surrounded, today
were reported continuing to fight
against overwhelming German
armies despite the flight of the
Polish government from the na
tion. Advices received at this border
town; showed the Polish armies
were entrenched as follows:
1 In Warsaw and west of the
city, still holding out after a 12
day siege.
2 -Along the Bug river north
of Pinsk and in the Bialystok
sector.
3 Along the San river west
of Lwow, the capital of the
Ukraine territory now being in
vaded by the Russian and Ger
man armies.
100,000 Follow
Chief to Rumania
As the polish president, Ignace
Moscicki, Foreign Minister Josef
Beck and Marshal Edward Smig-Iy-Ridz,
Polish army commander,
crossed the border, the Cernautl
chief of police estimated that at
least 100,000 refugees had fled
Poland for safety in Rumania.
The Polish infantry and artil-
lery were said to be ' fighting
practically without assistance as
most of the Polish air force has
been destroyed or Interned in Ru
mania. The Jthree armies were said to
be resisting the. Germans as indi
vidual units, f without unified di
rection from "the Polish general
staff.;
Observers here said the open
ing days of the ' Polish-German
war were made up of long dis
tance i warfare.
. German planes have bombed
troops and communications la
cities far behind the battle lines
while most of the German ad
vances have been achieved by mo
torized and mechanized "units
speedily encircling towns and cit
ies rather than by direct frontal
attacks. - . ...... f:
Polish staff officers and for
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and Poles
6 Blue
Monday
the Mediterranean, Germany and
Russia; temporarily, at least, are
masters. Poland, once proud pos
sessor of Europe's fourth or fifth
strongest army, is crushed be
tween them. r
From the long-range stand
point, the diplomatic- political vic
tory for. Germany appears of no
less Import than the actual dis
persion of Poland's armies.
t -The ! end of Polish resistance
will free perhaps 55 of Germany's
divisions in Poland, not only to go
to the western front but to over
awe eastern Europe as well.
. Germany appears to be 1n posi
tion to demand any of the vital
raw materials she needs from the
little neutral states on her bor
ders. Likewise, she can discourage
them from selling supplies to the
allies, much less lending any mil
itary ld to France and England.
If Germany, with the sanction
or help of Russia and Italy, should
continue rewriting the Versailles
treaty, as has been done in Po
land, Rumania alone might lose
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