The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, October 03, 1939, Page 1, Image 1

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    j Weather
Fair' today and Vednes
day; local frosts; no change
in humidity. Northwest wind
off the coast. Mai. Temp.
62, Min. 40. River -3.2 ft.
Northwest wind.
News Diet
Local and state newi to-!
gether with war coverage by
the Associated Press make !
The Statesman ! a well bal- i
anced news diet.
peuNDBo 1651
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuestfay Morning, October 3, 1939
Price 3c; Newsstands 5e
No. 163
it
One Ear
Paul Hauser Column
Some of the hunters are home
from the hills and. anybody who
can pass the buck these days Is
bragging about It. The best deer
story-we hare 4
heard is relayed r
from: southern
; Orepnn hv Paul
friend of his
there had . long
been hounded
by his .12-year-old
son to go
deer hunting.
Finally the fa
ther reluctantly
rare in, but Jold
the boy he would have to do nis
hunting pretty close to camp. So
oft through thicket and brush
V tramped the doughty deer slay
ers and the lad, who had never
fired anything heavier than a .22
rifle, ear on a stump a few hun
dred yards from camp. Time went
by and .suddenly from the dlree-
tlon of camp the hunters heard
burst of rapid firing.
"l got 'em all, daddy," the
' little boy with 1 the big gun
shouted as the rest of the party
hove Into view. I;
Splattered across the hillside
lay a buck, three does and a
fawn, all very dead.
"Slim" Maw, the mighty hunt
er, has been having a hard time
convincing friends that the little
squirrel-size .critter he has been
carrying around with him is not
- one of the - deer he reportedly
shot on his eastern Oregon Jaunt
with. Recorder Warren Jones. We
investigated and are happy to lay
that canard. The beast is a mar
moset monkey, which comes from
Brazil and is about the smallest
monkey that monkeys. None have
ever been seen in eastern Oregon.
PAILTICAL INTELLIGENCE
The Republican club band, will
henceforth practice 15 minutes
earlier. No political significance
Is attached to the move.
Keith Jones, former Willamette
and Salem high football player
bow a member of the -Portland
police force, and r his "fellow offi
cer in a Portland police prowl
ear have a little trick they love
to play on parked romancers.
One officer goes to one side of
the parked car, his bufldy to the
other. They say nothing while the
lovebirds protest that they were
just looking at the moon. Finally
says one cop:-. Lv ." i . - 4
.. "That's the same Xeow,
"right."!.. '
"Yeah,", says bis partner in
a puzzled tone, "but that's a
'T'r'.rr-,,,...
Wm Z
Sh. nLTrif -ttSj nii
nl lZl OTifi1
lly under way behind them.
I . :
There Is probably no-truth in
the rumor that : the California
legislature will abolish September
30 from the calendar in that state
because jof its unpleasant mem-
or,e8 j : '
I i r -
r Television is -here. Anyhow one I
local radio shop has a television I
receiver, which It will gladly sell
yon If you Just can't wait to own
one. Ton might have to wait
few years to use it, however, for
there aren t any television trans
mitting j stations in these woods
md no signs of anybody putting !
up the 1100,000 it costs to Install
one. There Is a blessing in'tMs,
however, for If some of the radio
darlings look as bad as they
sound we can wait Indefinitely.
I NOTES OP THE HIGHER ARTS
1 The artistic renaissance on
State street has resulted In anoth
er modern green tile front. Should
j the trend continue, oldtimers fear.
the entire boulevard will take on
- ter bathrooms
Burgnnder Plans
To Appeal Case
PHOENIX,' Arix., Oct. t.-m-
Robert Burgnnder, 22 -year -old
condemned murderer. In an un
precedented appearance before
the state supreme court, announ-
vlctionVfte; rhVcourlinedTo
act upon his request for a re
prieve, i -
It was the first time in the
state's history tha t a defendant
under ' death - sentence has ap
peared before the supreme court. :
.Burgunder's answers , to ques
tions by the court Justices Indica
ted that his apparent purpose In
elouding the appeal issue was to
delay his execution In the lethal
gas chamber, scheduled for next
Friday. . ' .
- Chief. Justice Henry p. Ross
asked Burgnnder , directly If
be
wanted to. appeal from the death
sentenc4 rr i
."Supposing I told yon I did not
desire to appeal Burgnnder re -
plied, "but asked yon to give me
two or three weeks.; so that my
parents could visit met" ' 1
Chief . Justice . Ross . Informed
Burgunder that the supreme court
had no power to reprieve. ;
New Corporation
Head Takes Desk
T.ini w. Smith Portland. Mon -
day assumed his new duties as
state corporation commissioner, i
Smith recently was appointed
by Governor Spragne as succeeds
James H. Haslett, democrat, who
nomat ninArttnn - enmmlst-
. ...rT. tn ih er-Oovernor
rhnriM it. Martin administration;
Arms
Hitler Wants Duce to Release
Ciano Hastens
Fuehrer's W
To His Ghiet
What Italy Is to Do
I About War Is Also
Reported Query
Fascists to Cling to
Neutrality, Press
Spokesman Says
ROME, Oct. 2-(3)-Foreign cir
cles tonight reported a growing
feeling that Adolf Hitler had
asked this end of the Rome-Berlin
axis to lead a "peace offensive" on
the allies.
; Foreign Minister Count Galeaz
10 Ciano was speeding back from
Berlin, bringing what diplomatic
observers believed to be a request
front the fuehrer that Italy pre
sent a proposal to end the Euro
pean war now that Poland has
been conquered.
: These sources said the consid
ered it likely that Hitler also let
Ciano know what he expected of
Premier Mussolini should Britain
and France turn down the Berlin
Moscow peace overtures, as gener
ally expected. ,
Italians Appear
In Peaceful Mood
Italy's desire to stay out of the
conflict, however, was as apparent
as ever. '.
Informed circles said they ex-
S cted Ttalr to remain on her pres
t non-belligerent statpn --,long
as possible, and in a; for
some timejto come. ,
r Eveatf. Hitler should ask aid
eventuaHy under the, military elli
ancewfbese sources thought such
a.fequt would be wade' only
W -helo actually - w r -c
kiam vfkit AnjiHim TflF nflin ill...
i they said, would be Interpreted as
a sign of German weakness.
Virgino Gayda, authoritative
fascist. writer, warned today in II
Giornale Dltalia that European
P0We" Were at a "decisive POint."
"Two currents, one constructive
and t destructive, are ap-
parent here and there among the
belligerents in the west," Gayda
continued
He aeciared Italy would prefer
t0 nope thosQ "healthy forces re-
Bponslbie for the two national ln-
terests and those for Europe lt-
self may prevail over those which
gravitate more or less consciously
toward the Irreparable.
America Refuses
To Drop Poland
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 - (JP -Germany
and Russia received em
phatic notice today the United
States did not recognize their par
tition of Poland.
Secretary of State Hull, in a
statement, said this government
would continue to regard the Pol
ish government as In existence.
"Poland," he said, "is now the
victim vf fAMA .-1 on t a an Inctra-
tory has been taken over and its
government has had to seek ref
uge abroad.
"Mere seizure of territory, how-
i ever, does not extinguish the le
gal existence of a government."
First Lady in Seattle
i
i SEATTLE, Oct. 2.-flVMrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt arrived by
airliner today to visit her daugh
at Vf wm IaVh DaaIHmaw ai A a M
JP.re!7"e
main ' until Wednesday at 8:45
a. m., when she will fly to Los
Angeles to visit a son, James.
then to Fort Worth, Tex., to visit
son Elliott.
City Council
As 1940 Centennial
Plans for a centennial celebra-
I Hon in Salem in 1940 received
I their first impetus from the city
i council last night as It passed a
-Mention emnowerlna Mayor
1 rh.dwlek: to call a meeting of
heads of fraternal and civic bodies
to draft a campaign for the city's
"Century of Progress."
Sponsorship- of the centennial,
which will celebrate the erection
of the first house In Salem in
1840, was espoused by the coun
cil: ''
- A request for widening of State
street from 12th street to the city
limits will be made of the state
highway commission, the council
1 decided by resolution, with pro-
visions that the widening should
not cause expense to owners of
abutting property or 1 Interfere
with the highway commission s
plans for widening of South Com-
mercial street.
I The council breesed through Its
1 business in record time as It ad-
ales Ban
C Jo
sch, World,
Mourn Leader
&
t
- VV
1 1 r
V
CARDINAL MUNDELE1N
Eminent Cardinal,
Mundelein, Dies
Catholic Leader of West,
Arch -Foe of Nazis,
Had Noted Career
Chicago, Oct. 2-iP)-The extra
ordinary career of George Car
dinal Mundelein, First Prince of
' I V A
" - -
was ended today by death.
The eminent churchman, spir
itual leader of more than 1,000,-
000 of the faithful and admin
istrator of one of the largest and
wealthiest dioceses in the world,
succumbed to coronary throm
bosis approximately 15 minutes
before his body was found at
7:45 a.sawin his bed In his res
idence in suburban Mundelein
His unexpected death he was
67 and apparently had enjoyed
good health evoked expressions
of shock and regret from out
standing contemporaries in civil
and religious life Protestant,
Jew and Catholic alike
Pope Pius XII spoke his sorrow
and sympathy when he received
the news in Castel Gandolfo. A
message in similar vein came
from President Rossevelt. Mayor
Edward J. Kelly, Gov. Henry
Horner. Alfred E. Smith, Meth
odist Bishop Ernest Lynn Wal
dorf, Episcopal Bishop George
Craig Stewart, Secretary of Com
merce Hopkins, Secretary of La
bor Perkins, Postmaster General
Farley, Illinois Senators Luca
(Turn to Page Z, Col. 8)
Kentucky Senator
Dies Early Today
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3-(Pr-Senator
H. M.-- Logan (D, Ky.)
died of a heart attack about 2:30
o'clock this morning.
He was 64 years old and had
served in the senate since 1931.
The senator had not attended
yesterday's senate debate on the
neutrality issue but had not oeen
considered seriously ill. A physi
cian was called during the night
and was with him when he died.
Logan favored repealing the
arms embargo as recommended
by President Roosevelt but had
not taken an active role In pub
lic discussion of the issue. He had
fought for many new deal meas
ures, Including the Roosevelt
court bill in 1937.
Starts Drive
nsor
journed at 8:25 o'clock. Just Id
minutes after it had convened. -
Petitions from property owners
In the area near 13th and D
streets opposed change of part of
the district from a class 1 to a
class 2 residential district in"
public hearing before the council.
Rich L. Relmann appeared la fa
vor of the change and said It was
proposed to build eight or nine
buildings of duplex type, each of
which . would house two ' to six
families.
Don ' Young, representing the
Salem school board, appeared at
the hearing and. stated , that the
school board would oppose the
change if it had no more definite
knowledge of what types of build
Ings ; would : be permitted in the
proposed classification.
The council adopted an ordin
ance I authorizing changing of
parking stalls on State street from
Front to Commercial streets and
(Tars to Page 2, Col. 1)
1
Spo
British Warbirds Fly
Over Berlin at Night
On Reconnaisance Trip
Complete Success Announced Along With Threats
of London "Reception to Nazi Bombers;
German Raider Strikes off S. America
LONDON, Oct. 2 (AP) The British government to
night coupled an announcement that the royal air force had
reconnoitered at night over Berlin with a warning that Ger
man bombers attempting to raid London would "get the re
ception they deserve." .
At the same time a new menace to British shipping ap-
Opeared in an admiralty announce
War Briefs
LONDON, Oct. 8 .(Tuesday)
P)-The London Daily Mall
declared today a "veiled
threat to sink the new SO,-700-ton
Canard-White Star
liner Manretania, waa con
tained In the English news
bulletin broadcast from
Hamburg last night.
"The announcer men
tioned that the Manretania
left New York on Saturday
with only a few passengers
- and three guns mounted on
her decks." v
The newspaper quoted. the "
announcer in Hamburg as
saying '"-he British Adrair.
alty will no doubt accept the
responsibility for this ac
tion." 8TOCKH0LM, Oct. X-ifir-Tae
Polish patrol boat Batory arrived
today at the Swedish Island of
Gotland with Polish military men
from the surrendered Polish - for
tress of Hela penninsula who told
an exciting tale of playing hide
and sec with German - ships in
the B!?...
Several times after they left
Hela Sunday the Batory was
chased by German ships but man
aged to elude capture.
The Polish fugitives included
18 military men, mostly officers,
among them was the commander
of the Hela fortress.
(Hela, a last center of Polish
military resistance, surrendered
Sunday after holding out through
four weeks of German siege.)
Until they talked to Swedish
coast guard officers, the Poles
did not know Warsaw had sur
rendered.
LONDON, Oct. 2-JP)-A can
unity list issued by the air
ministry tonight showed 10
fliers killed, seven wound
ded, three missing and five
believed taken prisoners
since the war started. The
dates covered were not . an
nounced. MEXICO CITY, Oct. 2--The
Mexican government emphasized
tonight it would "not recognize
for any reason conquests obtained
by force" and therefore would
continue its present friendly rela
tions with diplomatic representa
tives of Poland.
Mexico has not yet recognized
the new Franco government of
Spain.
Linn Welfare Chief
ALBANY, Oct. 2.-m-3ohn A.
Beard, Marshfield, was named
Linn county public welfare admin
istrator today, succeeding Mrs.
Gordon Hood, who will move to
Portland.
i"v
Nazi officers meet Polish officer
ioiiowing the terrific 20-day
'Attacked.
r .1
ment that an armed raider had
sunk the 6051-ton British freight
er Clement in the south Atlantic
off the coast of Brazil.
The attack was vieved here as
meaning that Germany had start
ed a new phase of sea warfare
after a lull.
The admiralty said the raider
had not been identified, "but the
correct steps are being taken." It
said it believed she was either a
cruiser or one of Germany's fast,
hard-hitting "pocket battleships."
(Reports reaching Rio de Ja
nlero from Maceio said 11 of the
Clement's crew had reached there
In a lifeboat, that others had been
rescued by the Brazilian steamer
Itatinga. The captain and chief
engineer were said to have been
taken by the raider.)
The British, who have made
elaborate preparations against
possible air raids on London,
heart of the empire, have sought
to emphasize the "ease" with
which the royal air force has been
able to make reconnaissance
flights over Germany.
Today's communique said "suc
cessful" air reconnaissances had
been carried out over Germany by
day and by night, the night flights
including one over Berlin and
Potsdam, the first to be an
nounced since the war started.
(In Berlin responsible German
quarters laughed at the report
"Citizens of Berlin and Potsdam
must have slept soundly," one of
ficial said, "because no one heard
the motors.")
The warning to German bomb
ers in event of attempted London
flights was made in parliament
by Foreign Undersecretary R. A.
Butler.
Secret Supplying
Of Subs Reported
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. t.-fPy
The " Record said tonight it had
learned federal- authorities are
investigating reports smugglers
are carrying fuel oil, food and
drinking water to German sub
marines off the Atlantic coast.
The newspaper said federal
bureau of Investigation and cus
toms officials in Philadelphia re
fused to comment except to say
they "have their suspicions of
some seamen."
Represented as carrying sup
plies to the submarines, are rum
runners of the prohibition era and
"unscrupulous skippers of freight
ers who are making side money
by delivering parts of their car
goes to the subs."
The newspaper said the federal
authorities have learned that
three Germans In Philadelphia
hired "several known old rum
runners living in Philadelphia
and along the New Jersey coast."
Fall oi Warsaw Pictured by Radiophoto
-. if J
on street In outskirts of beleaguered Warsaw to arrange surrender
siege or tne roiisn capltaL (Iatanutlonal Illustrated Ifews radiophoto.)
Dove . of Peace
Allies Ignore
Olive Branch,
Press Onward
yrenct and British
Second Month of
Unabated War
V
in
Local Enemy Attacks
Thrown Back in
Saar Sectors
PARIS. Oct. 2-UP)-French. and
British troops on the western
front continued pressure against
German lines today as the war en
tered Its second month without
major change in battle positions.
Although the French govern
ment watched German diplomatic
maneuvers to reach a peace settle
ment, Adolf Hitler's efforts appar
ently had no effect on the military
situation.
The French nigh command in a
communique tonight said "local
enemy attacks have been re
pulsed" near Saarlouis and east of
the Saar.
Land and Sea
Pressures Timed
The communique reported that
German artillery fire over the
French positions was falling "on
German localities behind our
line."
Tactics of the high command
seemed to be keeping a steady
pressure on German land lines
while naval forces pressed the eco
nomic blockade at sea.
At the same time, however,
French troops constantly are seek
ing to improve their positions on
Germany territory so that the nasi
command will have that much
harder job if it decides to launch
an offensive.
Military observers In Paris re
ported It likely that when the
nails see their 'efforts to make
peace have failed and the blockade
begins to be felt the German army
probably will be ordered to strike
in force on land and In the air in
an effort to break the siege.
Tracks Tiinneling
Job Opens Today
30 Men Start Underpass
at Parrigh Grounds
as WPA Project
Construction of the pedestrian
tunnel under the Southern Pa
cific railway tracks at Parrisb
junior high school, to connect the
school grounds with Olinger play
field, will start this morning, W.
M. Bartlett, district WPA coordi
nator, announced yesterday.
Two shifts of 15 men each have
been assigned to the job and plans
made for adding a third shift, to
work at night, if weather condi
tions merit, in an effort to com
plete laying of the tunnel's con
crete floor before fall rains set in.
Bartlett estimated the tunnel
would be completed in two
months. It will be seven feet wide,
6 feet 8 Inches high and 34 feet
long, with an additional 84 feet
of inclined approaches.
Bartlett has assigned Earl
Coons to serve as WPA operation
superintendent on the job. City
Engineer J. H. Davis is in charge
of the engineering.
B
eieeciiecu
66
Ark Royal
99
Okeh, Says
US Witness
LONDON Oct. 2.-(5J)-Captaln
Alan G. Kirk, United States naval
attache here, said tonight he had
attended religious services yester
day aboard the British aircraft
carrier, Ark Royal, which German
officials had hinted might have
been destroyed by nazi planes.
Captain Kirk, after a visit to
the home fleet,- said the normal
force, including every one of the
capital ships, was present.
(Berlin officially announced
last week that German planes had
attacked the British fleet in the
North sea and "destroyed" an air
craft carrier with a 1,100-pound
bomb. Radjo broadcasts from Ger
many asked English officials to
say whether it was the 22,000
ton Ark Royal, Britain's newest
plane carrier.)
Monday Date Set
For Jury Return
Task of Investigating of
County Court to Be
Resumed, Report
The Marion county grand Jury
avill return next Monday . to Its
task, assigned by Circuit Judge
L. H. McMahan, of Investigating
the county court,, it was reliably
reported yesterday in courthouse
circles.
Because of the recent death of
Ralph Swarts, one of the seven
Jury members, drawing of a new
Juror and repeating the instruc
tions given the original group will
be necessary.
Judge McMahan and - Mark
weatherford, Albany attorney
whom the judge- appointed as
special prosecutor of the investi
gation here, were observed In con
ference for several hours at the
courthouse yesterday. No inkling
was given as to the nature of
their discussion.
The Investigation grew out of
Instructions given by Judge Mc
Mahan in mid-summer advising
the grand Jury officially that a
shortage had been discovered in
the county treasurer's office, as
disclosed by state auditors, and
suggesting the Jury ascertain if
the county court had had audits
of this and other offices made ac
cording to law. ,
Chinese Warriors
Say Foe Repelled
SHANGHAI, Oct -(SVCon-Olcting
Chinese and Japanese
claims tonight obscured the pro
gress of the Japanese drive for
Changaha in Hunan province.
The Chinese . reported a counter-attack
had forced the Japa
nese column to retreat 15 nlles
after It reached the suburbs. The
Chinese said they had checked the
Invaders' advance elsewhere along
a 100-mile front and estimated
that 20,000 Japanese had been
killed or wounded in the last two
weeks. -
The Japanese said 19 Chinese
divisions had. been " surrounded
and "dealt a crushing blow."
Union Station Is
Scene of Blaze
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 2-pV-A
Are swept through the; third
floor of Portland's5' union station
tonight, putting telephone and
telegraph cables oat of commis
sion and destroying old records of
the Northern- Pacific Terminal
company. ' t' " '
4 Fire Investigator William Goers
estimated, the loss at 17000.
ian Minister Parleying
With Soviet
. MOSCOW, Oct. 2.-(jSr-Joseph
Stalin aa& ' other soviet. Russian
officials vheld a two-hour confer
ence tonight with Foreign' Minis
ter William Uunters of Latvia.
Diplomatic : observers agreed the
conference ! was a ' likely .attempt
to strengthen soviet control of the
North Battle and the Gulf ot Fin
land gained through a treaty last
Friday" with. Estonia. : ,
No announcement was made of
the purpose,' however, and official
Interpretation likewise still was
lacking of negotiations that are
proceeding with the Turkish for
eign minister, Sukrn Saracoglu,
who is Is Moscow. : - " , -j H
; Besides Hunters, invited here
for the conversations, was the
Latvian director ot department et
treaties, M. Kampe.
i The soviet minister to Latvia,
Borah Paints
Vivid Picture
Of War Peril
US Sure to Get War.
ildohoan Savs With
Dramatic Touch
Senator Pittman Calm
I n Presentation of..
Administration Side f
WASHINGTON, Oct. i.-m-K.
history-making senate debate tm
determine whether this country
should lift its ban upon arms sales)
to belligerents began today wltfc
Senator Pittman (R-N'ev ) decJar- .
ing the embargo gave unfair ai4
to Germany and Senator BoraH
(R-Ida.) warning repeal woula
put the United States into war.
Before crowded galleries tense
with a realization of the gravitjr
of the occasion, the slim 67-year
old Nevadan quietly stated the ad
ministration s case and the "Lon
of Idaho" replied with a vigor that
belied his 74 years.
Pittman, chairman ot the sen
ate, foreign relations committee.
declared at the outset that th
proposal to repeal the arms ban
and place all trade with belliger
ents upon a 90-day-eredit-and-car-ry
;basis was "the most important
legislation that has ever been pro
posed to congress." The present
world situation was the gravest im
history, he said, and "we as tha
representatives of a peacelovins?
democratic people have no right t
refuse to take Into consideration
that such war. or a war that de
velops out of It, may not some day
bej brought to the gateway of oar
own country."
Unfairness to
Britain Cited
The maintenance of the em
bargo is a discrimination in favor
of Germany, because it pr events
Great Britain, which is surround
ed by water, from purchasing' 1
our market armsv -ammunition
and - Implements ot war, whilst
Germany, being a land powtr, has
access to arms, ammunition and
Implements of war that maybs
manufactured In Russia, Italy,
Rumania, Yugoslavia and othet)
countries."
Borah, speaking as dramatical
ly 5 as years ago when he. led the)
successful fight against American
entry into the League ot Nations
declared:
f'We will be in the war from the
time the machinery is set in mo
tion which carries these instru
mentalities (arms and munitions), '
tolthe seat of war."
Referring to the legislation'
provision that belligerent pur
chasers of American ' goods must
take title to them before they are
shipped, and transport them in
non-American vessels, the Idaho-P
an said it had been argued Amer
icans would no longer invite at,
taek from the combatants.
Borah Sees Sabotage
As Natural Result
"'It does not seem to me quit
so! simple," he continued, "If a
manufacturing plant, we will say,
is -located at Wilmington, Dela
ware, engaged in shipping muni
tions to Great Britain, will the an
tagonists, belligerents, wait until
title has passed?
I (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1)
Where to Deport
Polish Sailor Is
Portland Problem
PORTLAND, Oct.
Joeeph SzalaJ, Polish seaman,
was under order of deportation
today bat Immigration officials
were ' as puzzled as he About
what to do next.
Officials, unable to get him
home because it would mean
passing through German army
lines, probably will place him
on a foreign-bound vessel. He
wants to fight the nazls an
would like to go to England.
I "Poland still exists official!;
and has an embassy In this
country, Immigration officials
explained.
High Officials
t.fs. Zotoff, and the soviet trade
representative in Latvia.' M Ter
entyev. arrived with Munters. -;Munters
was received in Hiplo
matlcally correct fashion; but his
reception contrasted with the ef- i
fualve .welcomes' that" have been ' '
given others In the s t r i t m of
foreign diplomats who hare been '
arriving in " Moscow in recent
weeks.' !.y'-;. -'v-;,.,;. t .-' :'V:, - -
lit w.as" reported unofficially the
Lithuanian minister to Moscow,
Dr. Jurgis Baltrusaltis. left here
for home and that the Lithuanian
foreign minister would be sum
moned to the soviet capital after
dealings - with Latvia bad been .
concluded. - -rxr '' 'iJfl -."v.
, Reports from abroad that Rus
sia bad i shifted 20 divisions' of
troops from the Estonian, border1
to the Latvian frontier, were noC
confirmed here. - ..
V