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- . All the News'.'.' The Statesman strives to " cover all local news angle tore f ally with each Issue. With -Associated Press facil ities, war newt and national , coverage are assured. The Weather Partly" cloudy today and Sunday; fogs on coast; de creasing,; temp. Max temp. 86, min.1 63. River -3.9 ft. North wind. .EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, September 23, 1939 Price 3e; Newsstands 5e No. 155 no i lee A . - Western for .big 1 f- i i Strict Proviso WfflBe Added To Neutral Act Would Halt US Ships From Carrying any . ' Goods Abroad New ; Decision I May Get Support From Many how Opposing WASHINGTON, Sept. IL-GSV Admlnlstratlon forces in the sen ate decided today to write into the new neutrality bill a strict provi sion preventing American ships from carrying -goods of any kind to belligerents. This decision, regarded by some senators as likely to win support for the measure .from legislators who have Indicated unwillingness to. grant discretionary power to President Roosevelt, was dis closed by Senator Pittman (D Nev), chairman of the foreign re lations committee. He made this announcement as he. Senator Connally (D-Tex) and Senator Thomas (D-Utah), set about converting the administra tion program, with its repeal of the arms embargo, Into bill form for presentation to the committee on Monday. Repeal Foes Plan Plea to People Meanwhile, opponents of repeal held a strategy meeting, attended by former Governor Philip LaFol lette of Wisconsin. The opposition group was discussing a project for establishing a national committee people. Names mentioned In that HnnwHim I n . 1 nAeA T.aD'allett- Henry Ford, Herbert Hoover, Cot Charles A. Lindbergh and Eddie Rlckenbaeker, WoTld war ace. Pittman said his restriction on Americas shipping had added a seventh: point to the six-point pro gram enunciated yesterday by President Roosevelt One of the president's points was a proposed restriction forbidding American vessels to enter combat areas, to be delineated by the state depart ment and the chief executive. Too Much Power However, put in the form which Pittman has in mind, the provi sion held possibilities of lessening the' senate opposition to the ad ministration bill. A number of sen ators are known to be deeply op posed to give the president the dis cretionary power to decide what the danger zones are. Keeping American vessels out of belligerent ports and zones of war Is one objective upon which nearly all in the senate are agreed. It is an essential part of : the "cash and carry plan" under which the nations at war would be required to pay cash for supplies bought here and furnish ships for their transportation. Pittman has long been a firm believer in "cash and carry." ; . i ' . Portland Is Safe In Chilean Port German Arrives,: Flying Japanese Flag After .Trip From Everett ' . SANTIAGO. Chile. Sept ii-m -Maritime authorities at Valpa raiso said tonight the German mo : torshlp Portland had arrived at the Chilean port of Coquimbo fly ing a Japanese flag.' ' 1 Thev aald the Portland would be permitted to proceed at her w,a risk, however, as law permits hips et belligerent nations to fly ether flags as long as the ship's papers meet requirements. They said the Portland's papers are in The Portland had been unre ported since she left Everett, Wash., on the eve of the war, fly - tog a German flag. BERGEN. Norway, Sept. 22-UP) A submarine sank the British freighter Akenaide today, 10 miles off the Norwegian . coast in the North sea. Inhabitants of the Hlsol Islands, watching through binoculars, wit nessed the torpedoing of the 1, 994-ton ship whose crew of St es caped In lifeboats and were res cued by a Norwegian warship. The Akenslde was en route from Lythe, England, to Bergen with a cargo ot coaL The rescued sailors were quoted as saying the subma rine crew offered them cigarettes after they took to their lifeboats. Gulf of Smyrna Rocked by Quake ATHENS, Greece, Sept 13 C Saturday) - UPl - Strong earth shocks of 10 seconds duration, ap parently centering In the Gulf of Smyrna, - were recorded by the Athens Observatory at 1:37 a.m. today (4:17 pjn., PST Friday). The Island of Mytnene was rocked severely, and severs souses collapsed, but no loss of life was reported. The earthquake was felt as far as weatara Thrace. Chadivick to Init'se Salem Centenn? via Council, Next Meeting Mayor Preparing . Resolution for Appointment of Committee Representing all Organizations in City for 1940 Celebration By STEPHEN C. MERGLER Mayor W. W. Chad wick let it be known yesterday that he is going to follow up Governor Charles A. Sprague's sug gestion that Salem observe its centennial with a fitting celebration in 1940 and is going to do so immediately. The governor proposed the observance in his address before the Salem chamber of Shift Puts Him I In State Berth LLOYD R. SMITH Hazlett Quits, Smith Picked ", i Corporation Official8 Resignation Surprise Move to Viewers Governor Sprague yesterday an nounced the resignation of James H. Hazlett, state corporation com missioner, effective October 1, and the appointment of Lloyd R. Smith, prominent Portland insur ance broker, as his successor. Hazlett was appointed state cor poration commissioner early in the administration of ex-Governor Charles H. Martin. He previously practiced law in Hood River and served as a member of the state senate. Hazlett is a democrat. Smith Is treasurer of the repub lican state central committee and was an ardent supporter of Gov ernor Sprague at both the primary and general elections. Hazlett indicated that he would return to Hood River shortly after October 1 and resume the practice of law. Smith's appointment came as a sufprlse here for the reason that many republicans expected he would be Appointed -etate Insur ance commissioner to succeed Hugh Earle. Persons close to Governor Sprague said Hazlett's resignation probably was the forerunner of other changes in state department heads- r Waning Powers' Ships Prevented from' SEATTLE, Sept ll-(V-Board- ing of all ships of belligerent European nations and "sealing" ot their radios In American ports was reported today by Capt. W. H. Hunter, district coast guard com mandant. He said the action was under a treasury department order to pre vent ships of one nation from transmitting names of enemy ships in port or providing other information which might be of war value. . I Munter explained "it la merely part of America's neutrality pol icy and was also done during the last war, . s v .vsr iriiMni s ' V - ' - ' i i J v'v ' J 'V. ...:.;-;-.-. r . Governors9 Battle of Spuds Ends With Barrows Champ BLACKFOOT. Idaho, Sept 11. -A)-Winner and still champion potato, picker among the nation's governors, mat's iewis ir. car- rows ot Maine. r The 4 6-year-old New England executive bent his 100-pound bulk over . a specially cultured - spud patch at Blackfoot's eastern Idaho fairgrounds today to out pick Governor C A. Bottolf sen of Idaho, 881 K pounds to 165, in a hectic fire-minute struggle. Thus Barrows retained the na tional gubernatorial tuber toss ing title he won last year at Fair field, Maine, in a similar contest with ' BarxiUa W. Clark, then Idaho's governor. " . - i He celebrated tonight by enter taining his rival at a victory party, though xor neither com petitor was that form of enter commerce last- Monday. TH8 mayors first step, he dis closed, will be to introduce a reso lution at the next city council meeting designed to authorize him to appoint a representative committee to formulate and carry out plans for the celebration. Representative of City As a Whole "Thl committee should include representatives of all organiza tions and groups in the city civic, service, religious, business and social because this celebra tion should be representative of the city as a whole," Mayor Chad- wick said. The city government, the mayor believes, is the proper agency to initiate the celebration plan and offer guidance in its development. A "series of -events possibly ex tending through the whole sum mer of 1940" is Mayor Chad- wick's idea of a fitting centennial celebration. These events, he feels, should reflect Salem not only historically but also as a modern city of progressive busi ness, busy industries and cultural and religious outlook. To plan and direct Such a cele bration will require setting up a managing committee as a cor poration, opening an office and employing a manager, the mayor said. . "There has been a lot of talk about every town around putting on something except Salem, he added. "Salem has just been con tent to have the state fair and letting it go at that This coming centennial year offers the city a good opportunity to sun something of its own, possibly a celebration that might well be repeated in varying form in years to come." Fugitives Found Hanging in Tree Tracks Lead to Bodies of two OSH Escapes; 3rd Man Missing The bodies of two state hospi tal escapees, T. F. Skinner of Douglas county and John Belou sek of Lebanon, were found hang ing from a limb of a tree on the Walter Busch farm near Stay ton yesterday morning. They were thought by officials to have been partners in a suicide pact. Skinner, about 70, and Belou- sek, 81, along with Emil Nylund, 55, from Clackamas county, es caped the hospital Thursday. Hos pital authorities said last night no word had yet been heard of Nylnnd and were not certain he left with Skinner and Belousek. A note, of rambling nature, was found by Elmer Archambeaa, who lives about a halt mile from the Busch farm, tied in a paper sack along with some letters and small money. The note was found in Archambeau's rural mail box, ac cording to E.- C. Fisher, Linn county coroner; and Harlow Weln rich. Linn county district attor ney. Arehambean followed tracks away from the man box and dis covered the bodies. John Belousek was born Sep tember 18, 18 5 8, In Bohemia, and died September 21. 1139, aged II years. He Is survived by two sis ters, Mary Harden of Albany and Jennie Nenbaocr ot Lebanon, and a niece, Mrs. Elmore Archambeaa of Stayton. Services will be Sat urday, September 13, at 1 pjn. at Lebanon, with burial at the 1007 cemetery. tainment particularly novel. The two governors have been engaged in a continual round of banquets and the like since Barrows ar rived by plane from his down east training camp yesterday. ; ' . A drenching rain threatened to convert the field of combat into a quagmire, but the weather cleared a tew minutes before a potato dig ger laid open . twin rows across the patch, and the executives fell to their -labor in brilliant sun shine, i"': V-i. . One thousand .watched as the two worked down the rows, Bot tolfsen In a gleaming white Jump er inscribed "Idaho," Barrows in slate blue ; uniform 'embroidered "Maine.'! - j.:-. A radio chain carried a potato-by-potato account of the competi tion to all parts of the country. Thousands of GuardistsDie Rumania Says 292 Pro -Nazis Known Dead in "Purging" by Execution Little Nation Acting Quickly to Avenge Calinescu Death BUCHAREST, Sept. ll.-tfV Rumania's purge of known mem bers of the pro-nazi iron guards as vengeance for Premier Armand Calinescu's assassination was de clared by Informed sources tonight to total "nearly 1,000" executions. It was officially announced that 292 guardists on whose organ ization Calenscu had waged un ceasing war paid the supreme penalty for membership in the out lawed terrorist band. The new government headed by three generals made full use of King Carol's dictatorial powers to stamp out what had been feared was a widespread revolt. The military regime reported 44 guardists were executed by M a r k u r e a-Ciuk concentration camp ,32 at Prahova and at least three in each of Rumania's 72 ad ministrative districts. .Other Execution Figures Unknown However, the number executed at 10 other concentration camps was undisclosed, although It was known hundreds of convicted guardists, many with suspended death sentences, have been con fined there. Calinescu, always friendly to Great Britain and France, was shot to death by a masked band as he rode In his automobile on a main Bucharest street yesterday. The scene was only a five-minute walk from Controcenl Castle, where King Carol is living. The slain premier's body was taken to the Athenlum, one of the city's most Imposing buildings. and placed, flag-draped, in an open coffin on a dais where it will rest in state until the funeral Sun day. A guard of honor ot the king's regiment stood watch. "Quick Justice" has been one of King Carol's unwavering policies. It was meted out dramatically last November 30 when Corneliu Ze- lea Codreanu, iron guard "Hit ler," and 14 of his chief aides were slain while "attempting to es cape." Russians, Germans Divide up Poland Soviet Gets Three-Fifths of Land, According to Demarcation Line MOSCOW, Sept 22-(ip)-Furth er westward strides by the soviet Russian army toward the line of demarcation established by Ger many and the USSR were an nounced tonight in a soviet com munique. The red army occupied the im portant city of Brest-Lltovsk as well as Bailystok, 75 miles north of there, the official communique said. The army took prisoner 120,000 Polish army officers and men and captured 380 cannon and 1400 machine guns. In other occupied areas of Po land, the Russian troops are re ported engaged in mopping up op erations. A new soviet Russian boundary stretching Into the outskirts of (Turn to page 2, eoL 8) Late Sports EUREKA, Calif.. Sept 22.-V A 55-yard drive In the last six minutes brought Humboldt State college a 11 to 7 victory over Lln field coUege of McMInnville, Ore., here today. A ten-yard pass from Edsall to Ellis scored the winning touchdown. Humboldt led 4-0 at the half way mark. Sauoderson went over early in the game following a Lin fleld fumble on the one-yard line. Line smashes by Ted Hipp! net ted 60 yards and tied the game for Llnfleld at the opening ot the third quarter. J. O'Meara convert ed to put the visitors in the lead, 7 to f. -A . ' i SACRAMENTO, Sept Uv-iffr-Sacramento put a strangle hold on the play-off series with San Fran cisco here tonight winning the third game In four starts from the Seals by a score of to 0. Nick Strincevich had the Seals completely puzzled, hurling fire bit ball as his mates walloped Bill Shores out ot the box In the first inning, scoring three runs. The Sacs tallied eight . runs In the first three frames. San Francisco , 0 4 I t Sacramento 1 Shores, Koupal (1), Haug (5) and Wood all. Leonard (3); Strin cevich and Grilk. BRITISH SAILORS SAVED BY US SHIP A dramatic rescue on the high seas doed freighter Blairlogie scrambling aboard th e American rescue was sunk off Ireland's southern by roving nazi undersea craft. George Nye Dies, . Struck by Truck Driver Charged Reckless; Victim Was 33 Years State Employe George Allen Nye, 78, who was a state employe for 33 years pri or to his retirement last March 11, was killed shortly before noon yesterday when he was struck by a truck driver by Joe Sweigert, 100 Waldo avenue, at south Commercial and Lefelle streets. Sweigert was cited by city po lice to appear In municipal court at 10 o'clock this morning on a eharge ot reckless driving. In an effort to avoid hitting the elderly man, he swerved his truck sharp ly and It turned over end. He escaped Injury, however. Mr. Nye's long service to the state was as a mail messenger. Police learned that Nye had left his home at 1495 Saginaw street to go to a store and was crossing South Commercial street when the truck, owned by the Salem Sani tary Milk company, bore down on him. Sweigert said that Nye, whose eyesight was poor, appar ently became confused. Mr. Nye was born 10 miles south of Salem June 26, 1861. He entered the state's employ in Aug ust, 1906, and at the time of his retirement was the state's oldest employe in point of service. He also had the distinction of having attended every Oregon state fair since the first one 77 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Nye observed their 50th wedding anniversary last June 2$. They were recog nized at the time as among the oldest members ot the Leslie Me thodist church. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Minnie Nye; four daughters, Mrs. Bliss Leslie and Mrs. John Ulrich of Salem, Mrs. Fred Schwab of Ta- coma and Mrs. Leonard Satchwell of Portland; a brother, Ben Nye, of Salem; .a sister, Mrs. Elsie Hensley and several grandchll dren. Funeral arrangements are In charge of the Clough-Barrick com pany. American Expert In Nippon Post TOKYO. Sept 13.-(Saturday) (-Admlral Klcbisaburo Nomura, who Is considered one of Japan's foremost experts on American af fairs, today accepted the post of foreign minister in the cabinet of General Nobuyuki Abe. Diplomatic observers said the appointment was offered Admiral Nomura in an effort to maintain the closest possible relations with the United States during the Eu ropean war. His investiture was set for Monday. The admiral accepted apparent ly alter the matter of his successor as president of the peers' school, for children of the nobility, had been settled. Japan's Crown Prince Akihlto, will enter the. school in 1140, which made the question of Nomura's - successor a matter of paramount importance. However, there was no immediate announce ment on the successor... " . Tacoma Shipyard Gets big Order Seattle, Sept 12-ff)-Upon his return today from New Tork and Washington, President R. J. La in ont said work probably would begin within 10 days In the Ta coma shipyard of the Seattle-Ta-coma Ship-building corporation. Wnlle Lam ont was in the east the corporation received a con tract from the USmarltlme com mission to build five vessels for a total of $10,615,000. Lamont stressed that there would be virtually no opportunity for outside laborers. Is pictured fn t bis striking photo coast, one of a dozen allied and neutral ships to be sent to the bottom Note life preservers on rescued sailors. (UN photo.) War Flashes BERLIN, Sept S3P)-The German army high command is sued today the following com munique (6:65 a.m., 12:55 a-m. EST): "Lwow surrendered to a divi sion of German mountaineers operating west of the city at the moment they were being re lieved by Russian troops. "Through this, fighting In Galicla virtually was ended." VERECKE, Hungary (At the Polish frontier). Sept H-tThe Warsaw radio station tonight broadcast the following commu nique: "The enemy shelled the city all day today and tonight The Praga, Zaciase and Marymunt districts were shelled. The west was quiet er. All enemy attacks were re pulsed. "There were two air raids today and two airplanes were shot down." BERLIN, Sept. 22.-(A)--War-time customs Introduced new vogue for pedestrians In Ger many today. ' Phosphorescent buttons and brooches were offered by shops to protect persons walking the streets daring nightly black Oats. The effect is m ,(flrely" ap pearance during the darkened periods. BERLIN, Sept 22.-C-Adolf Hitler got a distant view of War saw today. He Saw the Polish capital, sur rounded by his troops, from a high point as he toured the opera tions zone of the nazi north army, in an advance southward from East Prussia over the Bug and Narew rivers. . The trip also enabled Hitler to see the work ot the German air force in crippling rail communica tions . leading into beleaguered Warsaw. , To the eastward he was shown how German bombs wrecked a Polish armored train attempting to break through German lines. WASHINGTON, Sept Finnish Minister Procope said today plans of "preparatory nature" had been made to evac uate the civil population of Fin land's capital, Helsinki, bat that no order of evacuation had been given. Enrollment Hits 663, WU Campus Enrollment reached a total of 663 students on the Willamette university campus yesterday, Reg istrar Walter Erickson reported. On the same day last year it stood at 659. The registrar said "a consider able number" of additional stu dents probably would register within the next two or three weeks. State Committee to .Study Marketing of Appointment ot a committee by Governor Sprague to conduct a study ot Oregon's marketing prob lems, both agricultural and indus trial, was authorized at a confer ence ot business, educational and agricultural leaders here Friday. The motion was made by E.B. McNaughton, Portland banker, who said the committee should be small and free from entangle ments and knife throwing prac tices Involving the state's leading educational institutions. Much was said early In the con ference with relation to the plight of agriculture. McNaughton de clared (hat the marketing prob lems facing agriculture and hor ticulture were no different than those confronting the industrial ist He particularly referred to the lumber Industry which he said of British sailors from the torpe ship Montclair. The lilairlogie Roosevelt Tells Of Subs Near US Statement Raises Query if Germany Intends Allied Blow Here WASHINGTON, Sept 21.-tfV A flat statement by President Roosevelt that foreign submarines had been seen off Boston and off southern Alaska presented the latest mystery today in a war marked by surprises and enigmas. While he did not name the na tionality ot the' submarines, the president's words Immediately raised the question whether Ger many had dispatched underseas ci-aft to strike at allied shipping close to American shores. On the Pacific coast, the Aber deen, Wash., World said it had reliable Information that radio calls identified as those of a Ger man U-boat had been picked up, and that the United States navy had been informed of this fact The radio signals Indicated, the paper added, that the submersible was trying to reach the German freighter Portland, which had vanished from Puget Sound i short time before. Beyond saying that the sub marines were sighted by ships at sea, Mr. Roosevelt did not dis close the source of his informa tion. Asked about the nationality of the craft he laughed and said they might be Swiss, Bolivian or Afghan. Some persons wondered whether they might be Canadian, but at Ottawa Canadian officials ruled this out by stating that the Canadian navy had no . sub marines. Collide in Mist SEATTLE, Sept. '22.-MV-A collision of two British motor ships of t fog-shrouded Cape Flat tery today sent one speeding to ward Victoria with water leaking into its No. 2 hold while the other was reported as not needing as sistance. ' i The Pacific Grove, en route from San Francisco to ( Puget Sound ports, headed for victoria while salvage tugs put out to her aid. The Pacific Grove was re ported to have reached Victoria safely at 11 p. m. bat there were no farther reports on her dam age. The coast guard cutter Red Wing, after a 100-mile dash from Port Angeles, i reported to coast guard division headquarters here the Lochmonar, the other ship involved, was not in danger and did not need assistance. ' The coast guard office said the Red Wing did not report where the ship was proceeding; Its des tination waa Portland from Puget Sound. Wartime regulations were believed to account for the silence of the Lochmonar. Oregon Goods had been down in the dumps for several years. ' ' ' At the request of Marshall Dana, Portland newspaperman, Mo- Naugh ton's motion was enlarged to Include a "proposal that the state board of higher education strengthen Its market education program so that it would be on a level with production science. ? The committee win extend its investigations to the activities of the so-called New England coun- eu which, according to reports. have resulted inconsiderable pros perity in that area, - , E. C. Sammons, Portland, sug gested that the processing of Ore gon's raw materials might go far toward an increase in payrolls. He referred to several Portland con cerns which he said had extended (Tarn to page 1, cot 6) English Ships Anglo-French ar Councils Rush to Meet Arms Supply Piled up; Germans Hurrying I to new Sector Bolstered Nazi Airmen Over France Again; Lille Has Alarm PARIS, Sept. 22.-VA major offensive appeared imminent en the western front tonight It apparently was a toss-up. however, whether it would be the French or Germans to strike the first blow. All political signs pointed to the French; military advices seemed to indicate it would be the Ger mans who would take the initia tive. I In the most dramatic develop ments since the war started, Pre mier Daladier with General Man rice Gustave Gamelln, commander-in-chief of French and British armies; Admiral Jean Darlan, chief of the French navy staff; and Minister Raoul Dautry flew to England for two urgent con ferences of the allied supreme war council on production of arms and ammunition. The fact that a communique, is sued at Daladier's office after he returned from the meeting, con cerned coordinated French and British arms production led to the belief the allies were getting rea dy for an offensive in which large amounts Of arms and ammunition would be needed. Inactive Front Swarms With Troops At the same time, reported ac tivity Just north of Basel, Switz erland, where the borders ot Ger many, France and Switzerland join, spotlighted a new sector on the western front. Observers sail there were heavy troop movements along the Rhine frontier a front which had been fairly inactive since the French shelled It in the opening days ot the war. with the reinzorcement or Ger man air squadrons on the western front; flights began over Franco again. An alarm was sounded to night at the northern industrial city of Lille but the "all clear" signal was given a half-hour later without nazi planes appearing. During the evening the French government told the national offi cially-in a broadcast by Commis sioner of information Jean Glr audoux that "the first phase of the war is ended" and Germany faces "a war ot which it has lost command. , French at Advantage On German Ground The broadcast strengthened the belief; the French were ready to press their initial advantage which he said carried the war to German "', soil "for the first time since Na poleon the first." On the eastern front Giraudoux said, Germany had suffered more than 150,000 army casualties, 409 ' to 600 planes lost andJSOO to 70 pilots! killed. , Meanwhile, he said, French mo bilization had been completed and the war carried to Germany on '' the western front In the economic field, he went on, Germany had lost more by the French threat to the rich Saar basin than she had gained. fn the occupation ot Poland. ' In the oronaranda inhere he called, Germany's position "Impos sible to pardon to neutrals. French People Hear First Foil Report It was the first detailed account ot operations to be given the French since France and Britain declared war on Germany Sept 1. Military observers noted that It coincided with military Inform- tion relayed from the front by air observers who reported it was no ticeable from the air that German divisions were reduced in numbers by casualties on the eastern front Information from the war front gave the impression that it might well be the Germans who would launch an offensive. For days the nazis have been scouting French advance lines with patrol parties and planes la the usual preliminary to a big push. j . The Germans were reported moving massive reinforcements from the eastern front to the west ern front The fact that today the Germans halted their scouting ac tivity and apparently were con tent to rest on Information al ready; gathered gave the impres sion here that they were all set t French preliminary activity on the front itself left military ob servers In Paris with the feeling that.lt was more defensive than offensive. Justice Butler fYery HI Man" WASHINGTON, Sept. 1Z-(JP Physicians said today that Justice Pierce Butler. 71-year-old . mem ber of the supreme court was a Tery 111 man." - The Jurist suffering a kidney ailment had an "uncomfortable day," (doctors said. -