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f Weather General 7 fair today and Sunday; no change in temp, and j humidity; cloudy or foggy on coast with north erly wind. Max Temp. 74, Min. 41. River -4.1 ft. Southwest wind. .Chock-full! That's the Sunday States i, with Its minute-crowd- fug - European news, inclu sive coverage of Salem news, interesting theatre j and general features. POUNOQO 1651 E 1GI1TY-N INTU YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, September SO, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 161 BemtscMapd Asks for . . ... .Britain Cold. CO mm m m 90-Day Credit In Arms Buying Irks Opponents Short-Time Loans Held Adverse to Idea of . Cash and Carry Johnson Act's Ban "Upon Credit to Defaulters to Be Amended WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-(Jfj-C on tending that the administra tion neutrality hill involved "cred it and carry," not "cash and car ry," opponents of the measure to day made its financial section an issue second only to that of re pealing the arms embargo. The measure, finally approved by the senate foreign relations committee during the day, would permit belligerents to buy arms or other ; materials here on 9 0-day s non-renewable credit, subject to the approval of the president. Already chafing at this provi sion of the legislation, the opposi tion considered it a challenge -when cnairman Fittman (D-JNev. J of the senate committee said to day that to the extent of the 90 day credits the bill would amend the Johnson act. That law is a . statute dear to the hearts of sena ! tors who have traditionally coUn i selled American aloofness from -the affairs of Europe. Most of . them are allied with the opposi tion of the neutrality bill. Johnson Act not Applicable to Germany i The Johnson act was passed in April, 1934;' soon after an inves tigation of the defaults of several South American countries on bond Issues floated here, and within a year after most European nations had stopped making payments on their World war debts. The law forbids any American bank, or Individual, to make a loan to any government which is in default onus obligations to the United States government. As ap plied to the preaent war situation, it would mean that Great Britain, France and Poland could not ob tain credit here. Germany, net having had any war loan here, would be free to do so, if she could find lenders. i So, in permitting 90 day credits to the three allies, the pending legislation, Pittman said, would amend the Johnson act. Senator Johnson (R-Calif ) the author of that law, and a prominent member of the opposition,, was quick to re ply. He agreed with Pittman. Sea Trade With Canadians Cat : While this, issue was develop ing, the committee approved new language for the bill to make it clear that the 90-day credits could not be renewed, and that unless paid on time, the government re sponsible could obtain no further extension of credit until the de- proved language to clarify the ef- i IBCl oi ui. oui on American suiir . . . IV . Lftl -. . k 1 - 1 I ping to ports to the south of the , United States, and on airplane j lines to South America and to the j orient. !.,:.' - ! . - The committee decided that sea , borne commerce to Canada could not be permitted, but wrote into . the bill a provision permitting American ships and airplanes to leave mail and passengers at tne Caribbean possessions of Great Britain and France lying to the south of the 30 th parallel of north lattitude. This line runs through New Or leans and its application to the present ! situation would prohibit sea and air commerce not only to Canada but to the Island of Ber muda as well. However, it will permit airlines to South America to make stops at Trinidad and Martinique, both British ports. Chungking Bombed ' CHUNGKING, China, Sept. 19. -(AVEighteen Japanese airplanes bombed the airport and outlying industrial areas tonight in - the second raid within 14 hours. Dam age could not be determined im Washington Senator Radios Plea for Neutrality Shift WASHINGTON, Sept. 19-(ff-The United States will stay out it this war," Sen. Lewis Schwel Venbach (D-Wash) member of the senate foreign relations commit tee, said tonight in a nationwide radio broadcast in favor of the administration's revised neutral ity bill. . t "That, he added immediately, must be the high resolve ot every American '.' Your minds must never drift on this subject . . . I am confident that you at your firesides are the ones who can and will keep us out ot war." Referring v to- the administra tion bill to be debated on 'the senate floor starting1 Monday as ''Senator Pittman's proposal toi peaee, he said "If any law can kaep as out ot war, this one will.' After warning his hearers to lavare of propaganda designed to Ilaence tfcf thlnting. about the - g - ' , READY J&R DASH TO CANADA, IF- S?KTS5iSWl!'6 C iiiiiiimiii ii i iii iiiiiui m.ii.jni.wwMi.ji ,i, h,!ihw'jm-.i ':-:Kt , ' ""-'JsiC$?rv&e.-. : : ' , . .-. .. . .sv. . " " i '". ..... " : V.:.. . ', -,- V, - - v t - ( , f- X- ' , . :...,y.:.e- . ..:..: ' "y.v.-:----:-, . a . . . . .y.f" .- .'::'...: "' . v' '-'':;' -: ' ; . ii. " - . .. , ?-,. yxmm - ... - 'ifv-- - ' ' - " ( r ' , r ' . -V v A -"4 Poised for instant flight to Canada, a fleet of lxckheed twin-motored bombing planes is pictured above at the Alhambra, Cal., airport awaiting possible repeal of the US neutrality law. Heavily guarded by detectives, the camouflaged craft, with Britain's insignia on their wings, were recently fueled and made ready to take off for the border immediately, should repeal occur. (UN photo.) Americas Map Inter-Trading Panama Conclave Takes Steps to Protect Losses in War PANAMA, Panama, Sept. 29.- UP) Delegates to the inter-Ameri can neutrality conference today took steps to intensify trade be tween the Americas as a defense against a prolonged . European war. A special subcommittee pro posed the creation, of a permanent group with headquarters in Wash ington to study problems of com merce and finances between North and South America. The commit tee would Include a group of five monetary experts in an advisory capacity on monetary and ex change problems. The proposal was added to the already crowded calendar which was expected to delay the sched uled closing of the sessions to morrow. Delegates said the monetary council would attempt to avoid ex cessive exchange fluctuations brought on by war times. Many questions already submitted to the conference. Including Brazil's pro posal to study tariff discrimina tions and a possible customs truce, were Incorporated in the project. Work was speeded to crystalize various projects into a coordina ted plan to preserve American in terests. Diplomats agreed on the need of a cooperative safety patrol of the seas with the understanding the United States would take "the ma jor part of the Job of policing. War Briefs BUCHAREST, Sept. 29- () -r Rumania shifted her armed forces today tor protection against pow erful neighbors peering over her borders at rich areas lost to her in the world war settlement. Her army, already largest in the Balkans, was steadily being strengthened just in case all peace plana for southeastern Europe fail. Most important move was strengthening the Bessarablan border defense, facing soviet Russia, by replacing the fifth army corps with the more highly mech anized and mobile second corps; BUDAPEST, Sept. 29--Dipiomatic circles at Ankara re ported today Turkey was ready to sign mutual assistance and economic agreements with France and Great Britain. " Texts of the agreements al (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) war, the senator turned back, to the United States' participation in its first European war the war of 1812, saying: "Since the founding of our re public two Europe-wide wars have occurred. We ' got into : both of them. In the first, England fought France under Napoleon. It was 132 years ago. In the second, Eng land : and France were fighting Germany. It was 11 years ago. i: "During the period before 1812. we tried an embargo . . . Thomas Jefferson was its sponsor and ad vocate. Tet even he, three months after its adoption, in a letter to Madiso nsaid: 'I take it to be the universal opinion that war will become preferable to the continu ance of the embargo after a cer tain time.' - -v- "I make mot the slightest claim that this embargo took us into iTua t Pago J, Cel. U Eastern US Coast Sees Convoy Use NORFOLK, Va,, Sept. 29.-(-The Norfolk Virginian-Pilot says it has learned on good authority that British merchant ships are being convoyed from point to point on the American east coast. Ships leaving Norfolk, it says, are being escorted by British warships, to a point off the Ca nadian coast where a large con voy is assembled for the voyage across the Atlantic. The paper adds: -'i-v--:, " "Nine British ships all load ed' with merchandise O btained in America were in one convoy leaving the assembling point early this week. "British ships are moving out of ports in numbers so as to ex pedite their movement to the assembling point. Fonr British cruisers are reported to be cruising along the American coast between Galveston and Canada. "From Hampton Roads re cently four British ships moved out to sea simultaneously. They were loaded with general cargo for the United Kingdom. Out side the three mile limit at sea they were met by British cruiser that escorted them to a convoy assembling point, from which the voyage across the At lantic began." Philippines Pat On 1946 Freedom MANILA, Sept. 3 (MtfW Satur day )-Deelre for independence in 1946 was reaffirmed early today by the Philippine national assem bly. Following bitter debate, the as sembly approved, S3 to 7, a reso lution that there is no desire to re-examine the question, because of changed world conditions, but that complete Independence is wanted in 1946 as provided by the Tydlngs-McDuffie act of congress. Thus ended, at least for the present, the effort of .Jose Ro mero, assemblyman and former floor leader, to have a realistic examination of the question, which political observers had said might split the nationalista (arty. NAZIS CLAIM SECOND HUGE AIRCRAFT CARRIER ... - 4 " -. Strongly hinting Britain's gigantic against. Britain's naval might. ; modern construction sustained raid-" The 22,000-ton Ark RoyaL pictured above, carrying ft normal completed la 1PS8 at cost of C3 EaatUSA 121 rr? r" - Siegfried Held Costly to Take Foreign Observers Get Impressions of big Westwall Defense By LOUIS P. LOCHNER WITH THE GERMAN ARMY ON THE WEST. FRONT, Sept. 29 -(tfVTraveling for three days along 600 miles of Germany's west wall has given a group of foreign observers an Indication as to why the western front is so quiet. - This group of six was confront ed with much evidence in support of the German conviction that a tremendous sacrifice of men and material would be the price of a foreign army's attempt to force its way through the maze of mines, barbed wire entanglements, steel and concrete obstruction and criss-crossing hungers In fort resses erected by the Germans. In the party was a former chief of the general staff of the Finnish army, now representing a large Finnish newspaper. He expressed the opinion that it would be costly for any force to attempt to break through the west wall, but conceded that theoret ically nothing is invincible German officers showed us around the fortifications and an swered questions freely, explain ing though that certain figures, lo cations and other military infor mation were not to be used in our dispatches. They said the apparent calm ness of the German troops was eaused by their faith in the strength of the fortifications. We saw some of the soldiers employed in helping farmers harvest their crops. Others were helping resi dents of some towns abandon their homes. Many were seen playing cards and other games. Hunter Who Shot Woman Given Year in Prison ROSEBURG, Sept. 2 9. Marvin Ackerman, 22, of Vaughn was sentenced to one year in the state penitentiary today for the fa tal shooting of Mrs. Norman Wea ther ly, 39, mother ot five children. Mrs. Weatherly was shot near her Elkton home Sept 1 when Acker man mistook her for a deer. aircraft carrier Ark Royal was rank tn si racccssful German sir raid Bertha con tinned to announce that "aa aircraft carrier of the moat st square hit of the heaviest calibre la ft ' September 27 German air $12,000,000. Germans also claimed .1:! ft r ue&d tl the admiralty Empire Stamps Veiled Threats Bogey-MariTry Allies to Carry on War to Redeem Lost Poland Nation Steels Self to Continue Expected Lengthy War LONDON, Sept. 29.-(i?J)-The Times replied to the German soviet Russian peace gesture to night with the blunt declaration that "there can be no peace with Hitlerism." The newspaper said the only difficulty in drawing up an answer "will be to express it with in the normal vocabulary of di plomacy." As to the Russians, the Times said, "relations with Stalin will be decided by events as and when they disclose his Intentions, still far from clear." LONDON, Sept. 2 9-CP)-Britain tonight presented a front of steely resistance to the Moscow peace gesture which Germany and Russia backed by an implied threat of joint action if the wes tern allies do not accept their terms. The S ov 1 e t- German move, of Poland, Britain's ally, was seen in authoritative quarters as an effort to "frighten" France .5 1 1 1 i . f .111 ana .ngiana juiu enaing Hostili ties. Newspaper placards from back drops of sandbags on the Strand and Picadilly screamed "peace threat." Chamberlain Speaks Again Monday Pending a formal statement which Prime Minister Chamber lain will make to the house of commons on Monday, reaction to the Soviet-German agreement and peace gesture did not carry offi cial stamp, but authoritative per sons In position to present the government's opinions made these points: First, it is a supreme "bogey man" effort to frighten Britain and France into peace, but it will not alter in any way Bri tain's determination to continue (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) American Fleet Going to Hawaii Detachment to Sail for Islands Thursday It , Fast Striking Unit SAN PEDRO, Los Angeles Har bor, Calif., Sept. t9.-(JP)-The Los Angeles Times says a "fully bal anced, fast striking" force will be detached from the United States fleet here Thursday and dispatch ed to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to form a "powerful spearhead of se curity" in the Pacific. : Unofficial reports said the. force would Include the first and second destroyer squadrons, the tender Dobbin, Cruiser Raleigh and Car rier Enterprise, with her 80 fight ing, scouting and bombing planes. Official confirmation could not be obtained. : Already stationed at Pearl Har bor are 72 giant firing boats of patrol wing 2; submarines of squadron 4, four units of destroy er division 28 and nine units of mine squadron 1. The 100 ships and 400 planes which took part in four days of tactical exercises oft the South ern California coast returned to their San Pedro and San Diego bases tonight. a complement of oO pianos, was to have rank British oeetroyer ts London, ffa igta.X ' . X Acceptance of Poland's Fate, Free Hand in Balkans and Baltic Is Germany's Price Planes Attack German Fleet At Home Base Two Sides Conflict on Results of Baring British Sortie Nazis Claim 6 Downed, Invaders Admit Loss but Hint Damage (By the Associated Press) British aviators attacked the German fleet at its formidable Helgoland base yesterday but contradictory statements by the warring powers left the result in doubt. The German high command de clared five or six British war planes had been shot down by German pursuit planes after six royal air force warplanes unsuc cessfully attempted to bomb ships at the nazis' North sea Island base. The British in London acknowl edged in a statement that some of the attacking planes had not returned. However, they declared the attacks were "pressed home at a low altitude" despite "form idable anti-aircraft fire." Insist No Loss To Own Fleet At the same time, the British admiralty insisted again no Brit ish warship had been bombed or sunk In the last two days. The British last night denied the re port of the German high command that a British heavy cruiser had been "successfully attacked" by German aircraft off the Scottish coast. The sinking of three Norwegian ships raised neutral Scandinavian losses to 10 yesterday as , Ger many, France and England con tinued a verbal warfare of con flicting claims of victory at sea. The Norwegian freighters Taks taas (sunk yesterday) and the Jern (sunk Tuesday but reported yesterday), both loaded with wood pulp, were torpedoed and the 2000-ton Salaas reportedly struck a mine in the North sea. No lives were lost. Norway's casualty list thereby mounted to four ships; Finland and Sweden have lost three each. The total known losses of all nations rose to 57 having a gross tonnage ot 239,625. Besides the Scandinavian, they were divided as follows: British 31, German 9, French 2, Dutch 2, Greek 1, Soviet 1 and Belgian 1. At least 745 lives have been lost Murderers Dead In Gas Execution CANON CTTY, Colo., Sept. 29 (iT)-Angelo Agnes, SI, Denver ne gro, and Pete Catalina, 41, Salida pool hall operator, were executed in the state gas chamber tonight for murder. Catalina was convicted of shooting John Trujillo, 23, of Sa lida, on March 15, 1938, in a quar rel over a SO-cent stack of poker chips. Agnes was convicted of shoot ing his estranged wife, Malinda, on Nov. 20, 1937. Both convicts were pronounced dead at 8:02 p.m. (MST), exactly two minutes after cyanide eggs were dropped into jars under their chairs. US Communist Chief Calls Allies9 War Imperialistic WASHINGTON, Sept. 29-VA flat assertion by William Z. Fos ter, communist party chairman, that he would not support the United States 'if It entered the present "imperialistic war" in aid of France and Great Britain high lighted today's hearing before the Dies committee. The grim, unsmiling witness not only declared that he would withhold hit own i personal sup port, hut would recommend that the party do likewise. a Foster's views were brought out by Chairman Dles(D-Tex), who asked: "In event ot war between , the United States and soviet Russia where would your allegiance lie?" - Foster at first protested that the question was hypothetical but went on to say: I'm . for the defense of the United States and the maintenance of its national Independence and the democratic system and the eventual establishment of social- European Aims Reached by Nazis so They're Satisfied for Time; Allies' Cause Held Lost Russian Supplies and Open Road Eastf Elate Nazi Chiefs; Ribbentrop Sees Hitler on Return BERLIN, Sept. 29. (AP) Germany in effect told the world tonight she wanted peace, but only on the condition that the German-Russian fiat on the fate of Poland be ac cepted as Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop returned jubilantly from Moscow. "Hands off the Balkans" and "let us deal in our own way with the Baltic states" were secondary pronouncements which issued from government quarters. Von Ribbentrop reported immediately to Reichsfuehrer Hitler upon his return from Moscow with a German-Russian declaration placing' a peace argument before Britain and France ; an accord partitioning Poland; and an exchange of O letters nrn1llnir arnqmlaH Ta a r-i . rninin(Y Hit by Blaze Old "Majestic" Is Scene of Mystery Fire, British Aver LONDON, Sept. 29.-(J)-The British Press association said to night there had been "an out break of fire" on the British train ing ship Caledonia. The Press association said the fire "was in no way due to enemy action." The Caledonia, which formerly was the Cunard White Star liner Majestic, was taken out ot com mission foUowine the outbreak of war and docked for extensive al terations. . . The Press association did not say when the fire broke out. It asserted, however, that it was subdued the same afternoon it was discovered. "A red glow was seen below deck and a pall of smoke hung over the ship," it added. The 56,000-ton Majestic, which until the advent of the French liner Normandie was the largest merchantman In the world, was sold by the Cunard White Star, line on May 16, 1936. It was planned then to scrap the liner, a veteran of the 'trans Atlantic service, but the British navy decided to convert her into a training ship. I The job was completed early in 1938 at an estimated cost of S2, 340,000. Auto Court Fire Takes Baby's Life ALBANY, Ore Sept. 2d.-(JPi-Patricla Buckley, six-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lowel Buckley, was burned to death in an auto court cabin fire here to night despite efforts of her grand father, Charles Buckley, SB, to rescue her. The grandfather was seriously burned around the bead and hands. The parents were absent at the time. EOC Classes Jammed LA GRANDE,. Ore., Sept. 29 -(iTT-Eastern Oregon College of Ed ucation's enrollment of 317 is a new 10-year record. Registrar Helen Moor said today. The regis tration is 44 per cent higher than that of 1938. "As far . as war against any coudtry is concerned I wouldn't walk blindly into that war, if it was an imperillstlc war." "In the present war, would you support the United States govern ment!" Dies cut in. , "If the United States entered on an imperialistic basis, X would not support it." v Dies then asked specifically whether Foster would support this country's government if the Unit ed States entered the present struggle on the English-French side. - . "Under the present setup, I re gard it as an imperialistic war and under that, 1 would not support the United States," the poker- faced witness answered, . Spectators, who had observed a strict, sllenee when the witness made that declaration, . stood up and cheered when Dies suggested at the healing's end that the com munist party should be disbanded in the United States. ------- ' a " change of Russian raw materials for German industriaf products. No one made any effort tonight to conceal the nazi jubilation over the events in Moscow. The future looked bright to nazi chieftains. The open road to the east, it was said, nullifieo completely the British sea block ade and the trade agreement wita Russia meets completely Germaai needs for materials. Berlin's Blackout Partially Ended There was a more cheerful at mosphere in Berlin. Even tbo lights in the Wilhelmplats wtro turned on dimly in a partial lift ing ot the blackout. With her aims in eastern Eu rope achieved, Germany hopes for speedy re-establishment of peace, it Was said in informed quarters. r Not does Germany want to dic tate humiliating terms Eng land and France it was empha sized. "Germany, at a moment whesi inspired by the Polish military victory which now is crowned wit a great diplomatic success, does not press on to exploit all tho possibilities of her advantageous position," declared a nazi spokes man. Germany does not insist that England and France capitulate." This statement, made after beaming Von Ribbentrop report ed to his equally enthusiasts fuehrer, was described as ft peace gesture" brought about b events themselves." iz. -rf if ... i Of Allies Wanted .It was indicated no formal ore- posal on the part of Germany wao called for or necessary but that the plain facts of the aituatioa must 1 m Dress on Enrland and - France the futility of further hos tilities." Among the new facts which were said to strengthen the Ger man, hand was the plain Intima tion that under certain circum stances military, cooperation be tween Russia and Germany wao possible. It was pointed out in nasi Quar ters, for instance, that if any pow er on earth now sought to re-establish the republic of Poland, It would be opposing not only Ger many, but also Russia. German Threats Burled Again The suggestion that German would smash hard if the war con tinues was backed up by the ob servation that "there will be only one front. In the east, now, our back is not only covered, but strengthened." At the foreign and .propaganda ministries it was regarded unlike ly that Germany would take any initiative to inform England aid France-officially ot the accord with Russia or point out its im plications. "Both England and Franco have embassies in Moscow which probably are informed and mora over the press tells the story t the people of the world who, after all, count most,", one official ob served. - ' Asked whether. the Question of colonies could create difficulty la a settlement with England tho spokesman said there was no change in this issue which Eng land has Informed Germany . sho proposed to adjust by negotiation. They're off! Race, Romance In new Novel I It's post time for readers cf a new novel of outstanding in terest, "Knight Errant," story Of ft girl, ft gallant horsa. an t ft promising colt, beginning to day in The Oregon Statesman, t This story gets oft to a fly ing start from the pen of Jack McDonald. Don't miss the open-, ing chapters. They will appear, on the editorial page each day.