J Weather Cloudy with rain today and probably Thursday; no change In temperature and humidity. Southerly winds off roast, at times squally. Max. Temp. 66, Min. 36. River -4.2 ft. Southwest wind.' News Diet - Local and state news to gether with war coverage by the Associated Press make The Statesman a well bal anced news diet. OOUNDDO 1651 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, October 4, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 164 hi (fee las.. Paul Hauser9 Column - This is mostly about telephones, which are such remarkable gad get? that we can't help wondering how we ever got along before Don I Ameche Invented them. The thine that most Tecent- f ' ly piqned our cariosity about them was ; the time signal num ber you can dial and bear a gen tle voice inform you that when r 1 the bun buzzes rani H. Bauer, jr. It will be exactly; whatever time It will be when the buss buzzes. We went to "the telephone company and a man told us, to our great surprise, that every time we did ht wa vera 11atnlnr to a. rlrl In . Portland, who does nothing all I hear the signal it will be . . . . very 15 seconds. - It's no use try ing to date any of the girls, though, because they can't hear a word we say. The fact that Chinese culture always engulfs that of their con querors has been noted here. Lo cal Japanese laundrymen , are ar dent devotees of Chinese checkers. , e .-. - THE CASE OF SERGEANT CUTLER Or . There's no Doe like Back Sergeant Jack Cutler c'f the Sa lem police returned " yesterday from his first hunting trip, bear ing a solitary doe as trophy of the chase. News item. Serjeant Cutler from M'monri. Of Miaeoari tribes tie heed. Meeting monthly in the tepee, S46tt Commercial tepee. Lately banted in the foreit. Banted deer there in the forest. There the Kight Desk Sergeant Cutler Bore hi. nice new shining rifle. Boom-boom stick with .sights upon it. Bed-capped hunters were around him, Shooting holes in brash and thicket. But the dauntless Sergeant Culter Neither heeded them nor heard them, Tot bia thought were with the mule deer, Oa their tracks bia eyes were fastened. - If soy felons had his followed By their tracks, tbia mighty hunter; Fingerprints, indeed, would help aim, Bnt deer of fingers hares 't any. "Deer la thousands," he wss musing, Then there must be one for me." Then his heart within him flattered, Trembled like the Jitterbur, Weh-T-ah-Taysee, little Jitterbug. At a 4 eer came down the pathway. Then upon one knee uprising. Sergeant Cutler aimed bia rifle. Took a bead and pulled the trigger. Dead the deer lay in the forest. Deadest doe ia all Grant eonnty, -And the heart of Sergeant Cutler Throbbed and shouted and exulted At thereto affixed a deer tog, . ' - And bo bofV the mule deer hameward. AU the etation came and feasted. All the eepa praised Sergeant Cutler, Called him Strong-heart, 8oaa-ge-tahal Called him Loon heart, Mahn-go-tayeee! War intellizence The Satur day Evening Bnooker and Tatting society will hold an emergency meeting to decide whether or not It will remain neutral in the pres ent unpleasantness overseas. Eur opean capitals are. watching the session with interest, a source dose to" the foreign office has af firmed .... A slight increase In the price of cream puffs and lady ffnrera Is nredlcted due to war eondtlions. , ...... CORRECTION Earlier reports that changes in the Republican club band's prac tice schedule at the city hall had an . nautical significance are be lieved to be In error. Authorita tive city hall sources reveal that there la some lack of harmony in the organization and that a putsch Is being planned by the trombone section. Relief Deficit of -lira- Mill inn Coon 1IA1AUUU UtVU David Eccles, state budget di rector. Tuesday predicted that Oregon would close the- 1939-40 biennium with a $1,395,238 de ficit in the relief budget. The budget director said the revenues estimated for relief pur poses would . not be as large as ex pected. The 1939 legislature esu mated relief revenues would ag gregate 19,2(0,000, but Eccles predicted the amount would' not exceed 17.864,761. r Most of the .relief lands come from liquor profits. ' BRUSSELS, 1 Oct. 4-Wed- needy-(P)-A official Belgian communique today announced 12 German soldiers crossed the 1 Belgian frontier la automobiles. 4 They were arrested and dis : armed. The communique gave no further details and left tin mentioned the point where the border violation took place. . PARIS, Oct. ! 4-(Wednesday)- (p)-MiUtary authorities today ar rested two persons wnose names appeared on a tract urging "Im mediate peace" and ordered an Inquiry against 29 others who also apparently signed the appeal. The pamphlet had been circu lated among- members of parlia ment. The military action seemed to characterize the government's reaction to , the German-soviet Russian offer of peace based on the partition of Poland. At the same time, Premier Da ladier gathered his cabinet to gether under the chairmanship of President Lebrun to consider -possible action against former com munist members of the chamber of deputies, now - under another party banner, who sent a letter to Edouard Herriot, president of the chamber, " suggesting parliament be called to discuss peace. A Chest Worke x Launch Drive In High Hopes Community Campaign Is Opened Tonight by Kickoff Event City Already bold - Oil vausc 8 v oruiiiicss, Leaders Believe To the accompaniment of as appropriate amount of enthusi asm though not all of it will be expressed In the sort of noises evoked by gridiron cheer-leaders, the "kickoff" for the third an nual Salem Community Chest campaign will take place at a dinner scheduled for tonight at 6:15 o'clock at the Marion hotel. Team leaders are hoping to have all of their solicitors present. which would insure an attendance of about 200. Officers of the Chest said that from such Indications as were available, they were confident that the public was already "sold" on the merits of the seven agen cies which the Chest funds sup port and on the Chest method of collection. Mayor w. W. Chad- wick issued the following procla mation on Tuesday: 'The slogan of the Salem Com munity Chest campaign for 1939 is 'Have a Heart.' Fundamental ly, when a citizen is asked to con tribute to the Community Chest, that is the only question he needs to ask himself whether he 'has a heart' that responds to the community's need for emergency relief and for continuation of the work which Salem's various character-building institutions av do ing. : "There are cases of need which public relief agencies cannot ac cept, and types of necessary as sistance which they cannot per form. The, Red Cross, the Catholic Charities, the Salvation Array and aHoteIMe Mlntoy-mtnlSUr to some ox these needs, or greater lasting benefit to the community are the life-directing services which most of these same agen cies afford and which the other three the Boy Scouts, the TMCA and the TWCA make their prin cipal concern. 'When you are approached by the solicitors for the Salem Com munity Chest, bear in mind that these are the civic services in which you -are being Invited to have a part and Have a Heart. (Signed) "Mayor W. W. Chadwick." At the kickoff dinner tonight George Alexander, who will be acting chairman of the campaign committee throughout the cam paign, will be the toastmaster. Rev. T. J. Bernards will lead in the Invocation. Dinner music will be provided by Brad Collins and his orchestra and group singing will be led by George Lee Marks, director of music at the Presby terlan church. Mrs. Josephine Al bert Spauldlng will sing a solo. Entertainment will include a nantomime "Muscle Men' ar ranged by Barney Kenworthy and Fred Smith. Brief addresses by W. M. Hamilton, president of the ar. a. . nvlA A I Sprague and Dr.-J. C. Harrison are I --hftdiiled. The nromm la ex Dec t ed to be ended by 8:30 p.m. The various solicitation teams. all of which have held meetings for instruction and distribution of supplies, will begin their canvass of the city Thursday forenoon. At noon on Thursday and Friday, as well as throughout the coming week, luncheons will be held in i the main dining room of the Mar ion hotel. Campaign workers are I resolved to reach the goal of 150,- 000 In time to celebrate that achievement at a "Victory dinner" Friday noon. Navy Plane Downed KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Oct. SHft-Enslgn R. J. Crowley, Se attle, pilot, escaped injury tonight iwhen a navy biplane crashed I through a fence attempting to take off from a farm field near here. Chinese Junk Nedrs US9 Voyagers Starving SEATTLE, Oct 3 - UP) - The coast and geodetic survey vessel Discoverer radioed today it had given aid to a Chinese junk 105 days out of Shanghai, which was in distress without food or water off northern Vancouver Island. The junk, with five men and a a. v .a one woman anoara, ioo uvru food, fresh water and tobacco and then declined a tow, saying u could reach Puget Sound without further assistance, the Discover er radioed the coast guard here. The Discoverer's message: . "At noon Tuesday sighted Chi nese junk off Cape Cook, Van couver . island, signaling distress. When approached, reported name Talping, master's ; name Ander son. 105 davs out of Shanghai, lost, out of fresh water and food, .lan rudder damaged. . "Five men, one woman aboard i Vave Lead Roles AAA WSJWYb -AillllX A $ - .'W TeVv '- - i ' i t . ;V -o. - jr - J -b - 1 i r Above. Dr. 3. C. Harrison, princi pal speaker; below, George Alexander, toastmaster, at to night's Community Chest "kick- off dinner" at the Marion hotel. Chest soUcttors. .Jan to raise ' f.lf.OOO for ;te seyen , partld- pauan( vsjrarB Mai in re SP'sregonian'' Derailed by Rock Two Hurt Near Dunsxnoir as 7 Cars Pile up; Service Restored DUNSMUIR, Calif., Oct. 1-iJPf- Southern. Pacific announced res toration of traffic on its main Cascade line was expected to night (7:30 p. m.), eleven hours after the passenger train "The Oregonian," southbound, piled up with derailment of the locomotive and seven cars. Two persons were slightly hurt. Several hundred feet of torn un track were restored In a cut at Cougar, Calif., 42 miles north of Dunsmuir. In - the shadow of Mount Shasta, where the Oregon Ian struck a granite boulder. Engineer A. Hilty of Dunsmuir said be applied air brakes when he spied the boulder, which pre sumably fell to the tracks after yesterday's rain. The engine struck It and "rode' It between cowcatcher and front trucks. "The locomotive remained up right, the cars Immediately to the (Turn to page 2, col. 1) August Business Here Tops State PORTLAND, Oct. 3.-()-Wll- llam L. Austin, federal census bu reau director, reported today re tail sales of 438' Independent stores in Portland were 3.7 per cent greater in August than dur ing the same month a year ago. Retail sales of 827 stores over the state showed an increase of 4.4 per cent over August, 1938, he Lsald, and 7.7 per cent over July, 1939. Salem's increase was 19.8 oyer August, 1S38. From one reported ill scabies. Attempted tow unsuccessful account; mast starting and Junk broaching. "Supplied water, food and to bacco and proceeded Seattle on their : statement they could make Puget Sound without further aid. i Discoverer arrives . Canal Locks about X p.m. Wednesday. ! "Jones, commanding officer. The ; Discoverer, under Lieut. Comdr. Q. C. Jones, was return ing from a summer's surrey work ! la the Aleutian islands. ; Earlier this year, Richard Hal liburton, writer and adventurer, and his crew were lost in a simi lar attempt to cross the Pacific I from the Orient in the Chinese Junk, Sea Dragon. Their radio went silent March 24 in mid-Pacific and no trace of their craft was found. ' , Shanghai eras an Allies Defeat Is Impossible, Hoover's View No Worse Than Draw in War Forecast by Ex-chief All - Around Superiority Belief Expressed in Interview HEW YORK, Oct. I-(ff-The belief that British-French super iority economically and at sea would make their defeat by Ger many Impossible was expressed today by Herbert Hoover In an Interview with Roy W. Howard printed In The New York World Telegram. The former president, who in a series of high official positions saw much of the Inner struggle j of the World war at first hand, thus summed up his opinions: 'If one surveys the whole front sea, land, air and economic re sources I am convinced the al lies can defend their empires. "The end may be victory for them. At worst It might be stale mate. I do not see any possibility that it can be defeat." Is Answer to Defeatists Here Mr. Hoover's views were given in response to an expression by Howard, who Is editor of The World-Telegram, that "a danger ous emotionalism is diluting American reasoning; that the idea Is spreading rapidly in certain sections of this country that France and England are facing defeat and that In order to avoid catastrophe to civilization sad to save ourselves the United states must sooner or later enter the European war." To this. Howard reported, the former president responded: 'It is true there Is the utmost danger in war times of emotions overwhelming common sense. The most regrettable thing that eculd happen ro us would be the build ing up of a war party In the Unit ed States, but the premise of the Ideas you mention Is wrong. German Exhaustion Matter of Time 'The war is only a month old. But the major factors are already emerging. The British and French (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Estonia Balking At Russ Demands Soviet Wants new Bases Added to Agreement, Pact Opposed STOCKHOLM, -Oct. 4 - (Wed nesday )-(AVRatlfication of the Russian-Estonian mutual assist ance pact has been unexpectedly delayed, it was learned here to day, despite the fact that today was the deadline for the formal ity. , A Russian military commission which was sent to Estonia has re turned to Moscow without reach ing an agreement on the Soviet naval and air base question. Reliable reports here said that differences arose over Soviet de mands that Estonia supply bases other than those provided for la the original Moscow agreement of last Friday. These were to have been on the islands of Dagoe and Oesel .and at the mainland port of BalUskl. - Estonia, it was reported, vigor ously opposed all the new Rus sian demands. AS WARSAW SURRENDERED IN Reminiscent of tie signing of man army officials negotiating are background. General ypm 1 Nazi Bustle Hints Attack Into Alsace BASEL, Switzerland, Oct 8- (ff)-Heavy reinforcement of the German garrison along the upper Rhine river north of Basel and mysterious night activity along the riverfront led tonight to re ports the Germans were planning an attack against northeastern Al sace. Troop trains which heretofore passed through Baden now are said to be depositing thousands of soldiers, many of whom are vet erans of the Polish campaign, at bases In the forts of the Black forest and the upper Rhine valley. Quantities of equipment sent from Austrian and Bohemian fac tories to the Rhine valley include large pontoons. Carefully-shielded lights were observed over the shallow water on the German side of the river at Germany's "Rhineland Gibraltar" of Istein, where the Rhine rushes into rapids. The Germans, If they strike from the Istein area, would cross to that part of Alsace lying be tween Mulhouse and the Swiss frontier, which forms the thresh old of the great Burgundian gate between the Vosges and Jura mountains before Belfort. This for centuries has been the pathway of armies invading France from the east. Now, how ever, 40 land miles between Istein and Belfort are heavily fortified by the French. China Carrying Air War to Foe Warplanes Inflict Damage at Hankow Base as Raids Resumed HANKOW, Oct 8-ff)-Carry-lng aerial warfare to the enemy for the first time In months, Chi nese airmen today bombed a Jap anese air base on' the- outskirts of Hankow, from which the Chi nese were driven last October. At least 80 Japanese planes were destroyed at the Hankow airdrome, Chinese authorities at Chungking said. They asserted about 180 Japanese planes were lined up on the field when the Chinese fliers dropped their bombs. They said the exploslops caused huge columns of smoke visible for many miles. Chinese officials said bombs from the eight raiding warplanes Ignited warehouses and gasoline stores at the Hankow airdrome, which 'formerly served as a Chi nese air base. Japanese naval aircraft were reported carrying out widespread attacks on Chinese airfields in Szechnen province. Chungking has been threatened for five nights by Japanese planes, reports said. Last night the air raid alarm lasted five hours and 46 minutes, but the Japanese were said to have concentrated on Luehow and Suifu, both in Ssech uen province. Pilling more gaps In the block aded China coast, the Japanese navy announced the closing to morrow of the port of Kuatow, 80 miles south of Wenchow, near the Chekiang-Fukien border. . W w W-m Toele$$ Brogues Taboo For Schoolmarm too IONE, Oct 8HAVtyle or no style, toeless shoes are "out" tm lone school class rooms. Su perintendent of Schools Erritt Hummel decreed today. The order followed appear ance of a teacher not a stu dent wearing the ventilated brogans. 3 the World war troca la 1 tit, this terms or svrreaaer or Warsaw ta DUskowitx, German conuoander, ts Na Chamberlain's Speech Flatly Spurns Offer Welcomes Other Moves for Peace if Not Based on Threat "Mere Assurances" From Nazi Regime Held Not Sufficient By J. C. STARK LONDON, Oct. 3-(iip)-Prime Minister Chamberlain declared flatly today against treating with Germany on the basis of "mere assurances" from the nazi regime but said he would welcome any peace proposals which would achieve Britain's announced war aim of ending "German aggres sion." This was the reply of the British-French allies to the soviet German declaration last week that Berlin and Moscow would hold "consultations" If Britain and France failed to make peace with Germany. Making his fifth weekly report to' the house of commons on pro gress of the war, Chamberlain called the soviet-German declara tion a "scarcely veiled threat." George Urges Care In Handling Neutrals The dramatic session pitted against Chamberlain white-maned David Lloyd George, Britain's world war prime minister, in an extreme which reversed the roles the two statesmen have played in recent years. The fiery Welshman urged "very careful consideration" of any "specific, detailed and broad" proposals which might come from Germany through soviet Russia or Italy. This point was that abrupt re jection might make Russia and Italy "hostile neutrals." He added that: s "We!now and the "United" States know that they can help us as neutrals. Antagonizing Russia, Italy Warned "Russia and Italy, within the limits of neutrality, can make all the difference between being friendly and hostile neutrals. "We do not want to double our enemies." Lloyd George said it would be a "first class mistake" to enter a peace conference without asking the United States, Russia and Italy to participate, If a peace parley is suggested. Chamberlain .replied that no peace proposal "has yet come to us, and at this stage it would be premature to build any hopes on the likelihood of such a proposal being made." He added, however, that "no man would welcome more whole (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Albany Drawing Held no Lottery ALBANY, Oct. 3.-i!P)-Charges of conducting a. lottery against Carl Curlee, Albany chamber of commerce secretary, and Carroll Waller were dismissed today in a preliminary hearing In justice court The men were arrested recently before 3000 persons gathered for a prize drawing, a feature of the Albany merchants' fall opening program. Justice of the Peace Victor 0111 ver said the drawing was not a lottery as the number-b earing tickets were distributed without cost RAILWAY CAR scene shows Polish leaders and Ger a railroaa ear. jrousn poKeanra at )efu radio photo. . ' a . v Germans diuay British hre Bei 7 Quick, Powerful Thrust Westward Is Expected Soon After Fuehrer . Explains to j Reichstag T3r 1 1 T A," ;i ucu ui uriiam s luetnott oi Conducting Blockade War, not Attacking (Country t.?ERLlN' 3. (AP) dolf Hitler and his aides to night gave "serious" consideration to Prime Minister Cham berlains speech today which nazi; interpreted as setting forth Britain s determination not to halt the war now. The text of Chamberlain's statement to the house of commons was rushed to Hitler, who studied it with Foreign Minister Joachim -Von Ribbentrop. "Several passages in Chamberlain's speech must be ex amined closely before authoritative reaction can be given from Germany," a nazi official said. It was obvious, however, that a grave view was taken of Britain s attitude and that Germany has made up her mind to Italy Shies at Arbiter's Role Nation Appears Likely to Slay Clear of Peace Failure ROME, Oct. 3.-Up)-Italy ap peared likely today to remain aloof for the present from Ger man-Russian peace maneuvers. Well-informed Italians said they expected Adolf Hitler to make some peace proposals in his reich stag speech this week, but doubt ed they had any chance of success. These persons said Italy, sfa- eerely desiring to have peace re established, fears a prolonged war would make Europe the prey of bolshevism, but she would not, however. Involve herself In pro posals predestined to failure. Fascist sources also indicated that the Italian government, which asserted in Justification of its in tervention in the Spanish civil war that this was an anti-bolshevik crusade, was not yet inclined to foUow Germany in cooperating with her late enemy, Russia. Foreign minister count Galeaz- zo Ciano Informed Premier Musso lini of his weekend conversations with Hitler immediately upon his return to Rome today, but no in formation was published here on the tenor of the talks. Some Italian correspondents in Berlin forecast that Hitler would propose the creation of a small ethnologlcally homogeneous Pol ish state under German protection with guarantees to Hungary and Rumania, and an armistice during which German colonial claims and the general European situation might be- discussed. Torch Singer of Early Pays Dead PAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 3-V Fay Templeton, one of America's favorite torch singers of an earlier time, died here today at the age of 74. She had been ill for several months. ; She and Lillian Russell, the ac tress, were contemporaries, and when they were billed on the same program, men jostled each other in the streets trying to buy tickets. Miss Templeton's greatest asset was a throaty contralto voice. She made - stage history of her day singing "Rosy, you are my posy," when she was .with Weber and Fields. Senators N orris and Holt Air Opposing WASHINGTON, Oct, 3.-OrV Senator George Norris (Ind-Neb), who toted against United States entry' Into the World war, -urged repeal of the arms embargo , to night, asserting that England and France were fighting "the battle of h a m an I ty ' and civilization against "ruthless and murderous" toes.' v ' ' '.' - Speaking to a radio audience while .the senate's youngest mem ber. Rush D. Holt D-WVa). was advocating over another network that the embargo be retained, the elderly . Norris said the guiding theory of Adolf Hitler and "other dictators" would mean the end of existing : civilization if carried to its logical conclusion. Norris said it had been argued that the administration-supported bill to repeal the arms " ban . and forbid -American ships to carry any goods : to the belligerents would favor England and France, because they would ' control the seas and prevent Germany from making any purchases in t h 1 s country. "Sut it is equally true," he con .Peace ing Response Next Move . m Tear .1 -. m' v-striice Hard and fast after Hitler explains to the reichstag later this wees mat uermany has obtained wlat she wants from Poland and therefore sees no reason why the war should continue in the west. Nazis professed "complete in- ability" to comprehend the British stand. They said Britain does not want to quit and yet does not want to fight. By fighting, they said the meant forthright attacks on Ger man soil, not Just an effort to shut off Germany's raw material sup plies through atrade and war blckade. Subs Right To Attack Armed Ships That German submarines would attack every armed merchantman was made clear. l!The German navy not only will bee entitled to, but will be obliged toij break the -resistance of ' such ships with all possible- means," said the semi-official commentary Dlenst Aus Deutschland. ("None regrets more than Ger many that the English method is leading to unnecessary enlarge ment of the number of persons ex posed to the dangers of war." Indications that the United States congressional debate on the neutrality Issue would last about three weeks were taken as a good sign in German official quarters. Neutrality Debate Held Good Thing f'All traps Involved In lifting tbe arms embargo thus can clearly be brought out for the American peo ple," one source said. fit eUminates the possibility ef railroading proposals through without the people knowing what they are being let in for." Word of continuing recognition of! the Polish government by tbe United States was received here with a shrug. f'There's nothing we can do about It," informed quarters com mented. The Washington statement con cerning Poland was not considered "specific" In these quarters as to whether it recognized the new Po lish government formed In Paris Saturday or the old one. One result of Chamberlain's speech was expected to be the speeding up of negotiations with Russia to increase raw materials moving Into Germany. A visit to Berlin by Soviet Premier-Foreign Commissar Vyaches laff Molotoff was held to be "quite probable." Noted Architect j Of Oregon Dead PORTLAND, Oct. 3-(SVEdgar Lazarus, 71, Portland architect who designed tbe famous Colum bia river gorge Vista House among many other noted Oregon structures, died last night. His wife survives him. Embargo Views tinued, "that if we fail to take the course I have outlined, and the present embargo law is kept Intact, such action will be favor able to Hitler and other dicta tors." . It was fortunate, Norris added, that "in following bur legal rights as universally recognized, we are able to enact a law which will more likely, keep us out of the war and at the same time puis us on the side of humanity and 'civilization . ' , Holt, whose family was otf Nor ris side in the controversy over America's entrance into the World war (he relates that his home was stoned and his mother, injured be cause his father opposed the coun try's going into the conflict), con tended that a "cash and .carry system of general trade with Eu rope's warring nations could be established by congress .without repeal of : the arms ; embargo. If the ban on arms sales were lift- m9 "i1 V AVIVAI JtAjf A MaW4tt MAMSV cuf uv ays quviU Aiuvtivwu iuwu and troops would follow American arms Into the war.