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EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon Sunday Morning, October 8, 1939
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 168
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PSUNDSO I65!
Paul Hauter' Column
Today we are seven days old.
Much water, at tbe prevailing
rate, has flown under the bridge
since we, ; with
singlar intrepid
ity, launched our
selves on a new
career In a strug
gling pioneer
Tillage of 30,000
souls which' we
hare since i seen
grow to a thriv
ing metropolis of
30,000 sonls. We
are proud to
have nlaved a Pnl H- Banter, jr.
part, even if it was only a walk-
ity In which we have unalterable
faith. Salem, we assure our . read
ers, is here to stay.
It is our proud privilege to
hall "Half a Fortnight of Prog
. ress." In that time many
things , have come to pass, only
, to be picked up for violating
basic ralei But t we look ever
onward to the future. Will
the next seven days be equal
of the last? Will as many
strides be made in the next
week in the sciences, in liters
' ture and art as .were stridden
last week. Will they find the
Bremen? The answers are hid
den in the future's dark
realms.
Extra copies of our anniversary
edition may be had, complete with
a war map of Baffin Bay, by
sending a blank, signed check to
the author.
!
THIS CHANGING WORLD
Captain Anderson declared the
Tai Ping left Shanghai April 7
with a Chinese crew, was forced
back to shore in China and Japan
three times, but finally made the
trans-Atlantic trip entirely under
sail.
j Capital Jourt)l.
I '
Jack Trick, a printer who was
an acquaintance of ours at Lodi,
California,! where John Stein
beck's grapes of wrath are stored,
had an unfortunate afflication.
While not; exactly a dipsomaniac.
Jack was not a man to forego
a rather too freauent binge be
cause of sad thoughts of the mor
row. Unfortunately Jack . had
another affliction.
He had false teeth.
After Jack had reached a cer
tain stage of happiness his
speech would become thick, but
not thick enough to hold la his
teeth. After every binge Jack
would show up minus his molars
and with I that -sad. - hollow ex
pression so ' funny to everyone
but the victim.
, JackV oral crockery was well
known in Lodi, however, and
the finders would always turn
: the teeth over to the police
department and sooner or later
an officer would appear at the
News-Sentinel office
the lost plates.
This nrocedure even
palled on I even the patient citi
zens of Lodi. So preventative
measures were taken. "Word was
passed around the rum shops and
soon Jack couldn't buy a drink
in a Lodi bar unless he first
checked his teeth for he night
with the bartenaer.
But you can't beat fate. One
night Jack went to Stockton,
polished a few too many brass
rails and suffered his usual ac
cident. ' '
His departed dentures, which
had come home peacefully so
muT times before, never re
turned. 1
4 ' '
YE OULDE UNCLE BEX'S
LTL OULDE ALMANACK
MONDAY- Busy day. Plan cam
- paigns for last Saturday's foot
ball - games, world series ana
allied armies.
TUESDAY Persons bora on this
day should beware of railing
objects and shellshock. Good
day for head hunting la South
America and some parts of
Montana.
WEDNESDAY Don't plant be
gonias too deep. Y,
THURSDAY Getting too close te
Friday the 13th, for comfort;
FRIDAY You knows what! Stay
away from tall buildings. Rube
Waddell bom, 1876.
SATURDAY Many sports events
today. Including cricket And
six-day bicycle racing. Still too
close to Friday the 13th
SUNDAY Another . week gone
and where do they go 7
21 Coal Miners
Killed 111 r railCe
ST. ETINENNE, France, Oct. T.
AVAt least 21 coal miners were
killed aad about 30 injured to
day by an explosion ' which oc
curred during the afternoon shift
change In a shaft here. ' ..
Miners who escaped organized
a rescue squad - which still was
removing bodies and the Injured
tonight. -
The cause of the blast was not
determined yet. .-. .
ddi ti oo
the Neu$
LITTLE MOUNTAIN, SC. Oct.
7-(A)-Walter E. Miller, 82, and
. his wife. 81, ceieoratea ineir
OOth wedding anniversary by
seeing their first movie.
' WASHINGTON. Oct. 7-tfV-VIce
president Garner, who makes up
for his silence on political matters
bv his auick willingness to dis
cuss baseball, is riding the sinking
ship ot the Cincinnati Reds in the
world Mries. y v.: -Y;- Yi "
Friends said he wagered $5 to
tSE that-the Reds would beat the
Yankees. He lost several small
waters I with Senators at 1 to 3
odds that Cincinnati would win
the first gam."'" .-----. '
W
etem Fowers
Senate Strong
For Presider
&4
In Peace F
JXeutrallty Issue Foes
join logemer m
Voicing Appeal
i Pittman Forecasts Vote
on Neutrality Bill by
Next Weekend
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-OrVA
strong ware of sentiment develop
ed in the senate today for Presi
dent Roosevelt to step into the
role of peacemaker in Europe.
Senators on both sides of the
neutrality controversy expressed
the opinion that tbe chief execu
tive should take advantage of any
clear opportunity afforded by
overtures from Berlin to aid In
ending tbe European war.
Administration quarters, how
ever, remained silent Secretary
Hull declined comment on the dis
patches from Berlin indicating
that Chancellor Hitler would wel
come a move by Mr. Roosevelt to
effect a European settlement.
US Is Wary
Of Involvement
It was pointed out in authorita
tive circles that this government
has consistently taken the posi
tion that it was ready and willing
to help Europe reach a general
understanding on economic and
disarmament questions, but had
no intention of being drawn into
its political disputes.
Senate comment on the Berlin
dispatches, almost without excep
tion, was to the effect that there
was no reason why Mr. Roosevelt
should not endeavor to effect a
peace and every reason why he
should.
Senator Johnson (D-Colo), de
clared that It would be "a great
honor for tbe president to mediate
the European war."
Wheeler Sees
Great Opportunity
Senator Wheeler (D-Mont) told
reporters that the president "has
the greatest opportunity of any
American president in history to
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Episcopal Geric
sent to rnson
MARQUETTE, Mich., Oct. 7.-
WP)-Within two hours after he
was indicted for embezzlement of
church funds, Hayward S. Albe-
white. 51-year-old former bishop
of the Episcopal diocese of north
ern Michigan, was sentenced to
day to serve one to ten years in
prison.
The former dignitary of the
church appeared in court shortly
after Circuit Judge Herman
Dehnke, sitting as a one-man
grand jury investigating short
ages of diocesan funds estimated
at more than $100,000, issued a
warrant for his arrest.
Through his counsel he waived
preliminary examination and en
tered a plea of nolo contendere.
The arrest warrant charged
specifically that Albewhite had
embezzled $824 from the Pointe
Aux Pins mission fund.
The court said the Invest! ga
tlon had disclosed that the bishop
had appropriated the money for
his personal use.
The bishop never denied re
ports that he was a frequent vis
itor to Chicago night clubs. He
answered charges that he had
been seen drinking In Chicago
bars with the declaration 'I've
never been a prohibitionist.'"
Poles Here Give
War Relief Fund
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7.-UV
I fraternal organization of Amerl
cans
oi fousn descent, conirio-
uted $160,000 today to the Red
Cross for relief of the Polish
population in the war zone. Nor
man H. Davis, chairman of th
Red Cross, in accepting the check
from officials of the alliance, said
the Red Cross already had : ap
propriated $50,000 of
its own
funds for Polish relief.
Local Cocker Spaniels Win
Dog Show
By MAXINE BUREN
Two cocker spaniels brought
honors to Salem during the first
day ot the Lions Kennel club dog
show yesterday when w manage
Stormy Weather and Windridge
Stormy Squire owned by Frank C.
Bell of Salem were awarded best
brace ot cocker spaniels and the
latter was awarded best of all tbe
spaniels in the show.
The cocker class always nas a
large entry and dogs ot fine qua
lity are listed. Ben s aogs com
peted against entries from Oregon.
Washington and jPalifornla.
Dogs being judged today in
clude non-sporting and workins
dogs, this morning, Boston terriers
and the remainder ot the sporting
dogs, la. the afternoon, aad in the
Taciturn
ver Rumors
As Mediator
HYDE PARK, N. Y.Oct 7.-m
-While the world looked to this
quiet Hudson valley village today
for any sign that President Roose
velt might propose an armistice
in the European war, the chief ex
ecutive let reporters know he had
no comment and then went out
to look over the trees on his coun
try estate.
In respect to intervention in
Europe's affairs, persons having
entry to tbe temporary White
House gained the Impression that
no doubt existed that news from
Berlin that Adolf Hitler would
agree to an armistice if the presi
dent suggested one was official
ly inspired.
But they received the further
Impression that Mr. Roosevelt
would take no action unless he
was confident of success. In that
connection, the coolness with
which Britain and France received
the speech in which Hitler advo
cated a general European confer
ence to adjust problems of the
confident was noted.
Yacht on Hudson
Becomes Inferno
Several Aboard Forced to
Jump as DeLuxe Craft
of Fokker'g Burns
NEW YORK, Oct. 8-(fln-(Sun-
day)-Aircraft designed Anthony
F o k k e r ' s streamlined yacht
QED" burst Into flames on the
Hudson river late last night, but
a newly married couple aboard
and the crew ol nine apparently
escaped. Several suffered burns
and shock.
The couple, whose identity was
not learned immediately, was re
ported by witnesses to have
reached shore and disappeared, as
did one member ot the crew.
The others, including the
master, Capt. Gamage Lawrence,
41, of New York, however, were
hospitalized. Captain Lawrence
suffered from shock and submer
sion. The 111-foot craft was headed
up the river past the Yonkers fer
ry dock when the fire started. The
heat and flames forced those
aboard to jump.
The flames and shouts from the
water drew the attention of nam
erous small boats, including a unit
of Sea Scouts. They put out to
the rescue, picking up those who
had jumped.
The ferryboat John J. Walsh
was hurriedly loaded with two
pumpers from the Yonkers fire de
partment and rushed to the yacht.
The fire engines pumped water
from the river onto the flames.
New York flreboats arrived af
terward and put out the fire, but
not before the craft appeared to
be nothing more than a charred
hulk.
Tugboats towed her toward the
Yonkers dock.
Dwight Aden Is
Offered Chance
By Seattle Suds
SPOKANE, Oct. 7-ilty-Dwight
Aden, Spokane outfield
er, who led Western Interna
tional league cloutera in three
base hits during the past sea
son, has been offered tryout
with the Seattle Rainiers of the
Pacific Coast baseball league
next year.
The Spokane Indians man
agement announced today Aden
and Pitcher Ira Scribner, who
won 18 games aad lost 11,
would report to the Rainiers in
tbe spring. ' .
Aden, former' Willamette
university star, bit 19 triples
and finished the season with
batting average of .840.
First Lady Flying Home
FORT WORTH, Oct. 7P)
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of
the president, left Fort Worth by
plane for .Washington, D. C, to
day. She was to arrive In Wash
ington early tomorrow.
Honors for City
evening, specialty classes.' . Best
dog in show will be awarded the
Lions club trophy tonight by Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague.
- Other dogs winning awards as
best ot breeds in judging yester-
uay were: xopsy, owned oy, i. a.
Tabelr of Portland, best Chihua
hua; Sen-Sal Shun II, owned by
Don and Esther Rove ot Tacoma,
best Pekinese; ' Diamond Jim
owned by Mrs. Herbert , Ackley
best Pomeranian;. Dlngelspiel
Munn, owned - by Mr. and Mrs.
Earl McMunn of Los Angeles, best
dachsund; Asoka of Prides Hll
owned by Mrs. Rheta L. Baron of
Santa Barbara, best A f g h a n
hound, and Larsen's Irish Hills
owned by Mrs. Jennie Larsen of
Everett, Wash., best Basset hound.
Germany Sure
Peace Coming
By Year End
"Out of Siegfried Line
by Christmas" Is
Cry of Nazis
Reich Can't See How
Leader's Effort for
Peace Can Fail
BERLIN, Oct. 7-)-Wlth
Adolf Hitler represented as con
fidently expecting his peace pro
posals to bear fruit, the nasi
slogan tonight was "out of the
Siegfried line by Christmas."
Nazi leaders said they saw no
reason why the trenches ana
cockpits could not be emptied by
Christmas If powers desiring
peace acted Immediately upon
the peace projects the fuehrer
outlined yesterday in his reich-
stag speech.
Hitler, it was reported au
thoritatively, would accept an
Immediate armistice If snch were
proposed by President Roosevelt
or the head of some other big
neutral power with a view to
forming the necessary basis for
an all-inclusive conference to
reach a general settlement of
Europe's problems.
Scattered Polish
Forces Mopped Up
War activity, as reported by
the German high command, was
neglgible. One French scouting
plane, the communique said, was
shot down at Godesberg and an
other forced down at Eusklrchen.
In the east, German troops
were reported cleaning the woods
and marshlands of a few scattered
Polish fdrces and classifying the
Polish war booty which was said
to be so great no near estimate
could yet be given.
News of soviet Russia's invita
tion to Finland to send represen
tatives to Moscow to discuss pe
litlcal and economic matters
greatly surprised Finnish circles
here.
Germany, Finland
Linked by Amity
The belief had been expressed
In these and in political quarters
generally that the Finns would
be given benevolent German pro
tection because of the long-stand
ing friendship between the two
nations.
The Germans sent an expedi
tion to help the Finns fight the
bolsheviks near the end of the
world war and a number of Finn
lsh citizens fought in the German
army during that war.
There had been indications that
Finland would not fall completely
into the soviet sphere of influ
ence as have Latvia and Estonia,
which have signed treaties giving
Russia concessions and special
privileges along the rim of the
Baltic sea, with Lithuania con
sidered likely to follow.
Official quarters tonight, how
ever, when asked for comment on
the Russian Invitation said there
was no written or implied agree
ment that the relch would pro
tect Finland and Germany could
"only welcome it If Russia and
Finland should reach a friendly
accord."
Washington Road
Crash Kills One
EVERETT, Oct. 8.-(Sunday. )-
(AP)Margaret Jensen, 17, of Lake
Stevens, was killed when the
automobile In which she was rid
ing struck a telephone pole on the
Lake Stevens highway seven miles
east of Everett at midnight.
State patrol officers said the
driver, a youth named MUllron,
alBO of Lake Stevens, declared
another automobile forced him
off the road. Preliminary re
ports were that several young
people were in the machine.
Late Sports
LUBBOCK, Tex., Oct, 7-tirVA
hard hitting Gonzaga university
football team, barely shaken off a
year ago, came back to Texas Tech
stadium tonight for revenge and
got it by outplaying the Red Raid
ers, ( toO.
The Raiders showed to good ad
vantage In the first half, but were
unable to puneh the tough Bull
dog line when they passed the
mldfield marker. Gonzaga scored
a well earned touchdown midway
of the fourth period to win after
Quarterback Bert Jacobsen inter
cepted Woodrow Ramsey's pass on
Tech s 40 yard line.
BELLINGHAM, Oct. 7P)
. Western Washington college
Vikings rode the air lanes for d
10 to O victory over Pacific uni
versity, of Forest Grove, Ore,
co-champions of the Northwest
conference, here tonight. .
Tbe Vikings struck : through
the air in the first period to
score their first touchdown of
the game in the fourth period
with another passing attack.
The final touchdown came mid
way through the final period
when Ed Hall' intercepted "a
. Badger Pass on the Pacific 89
aad lateraled to Howard Jones
who scampered across the goal
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Badlophoto above presents an Interesting study of Adolf Hitler as he
poke October O before the reichstag In Berlin proposing a Euro
pean peace settlement on a comprehensive basis to solve old Kuro-
pean problems. Hitler threatened a continued war, la which the
allies "could not win," to gain his demands is the peace offer was
refused. This continued war, he added, would bring "unprece
dented horror to the world.'
Allies Enlist Winter
To Aid on West Front
Play Waiting Game Until
Aid in Blockade of
to Be Blow to
PARIS, Oct. 7. (AP)
cated today that the allies were playing a delaying game to
prevent the start of major German operations on the western
front m order to let winter
blockade of Germany.
These sources indicated
'
War Brieis
THE HAGUE, The Nether
lands, Oct. 7.-iPr-rhe sover
eigns of The Netherlands and
Belgium were represented today
as willing to act as mediators
in Europe if belligerent powers
ask them to do so.
It was said in informed quar
ters that neither Queen W'ilhel
mlna nor King Leopold would
take the initiative. These quar
ters said the initial move must
come from the warring nations.
STOCKHOLM. Oct 7.-CPV-The
Swedish government asked parlia
ment today for an extra appropria
tion of 6,000,000 crowns (about
$12,000,000) additional tor lis
defense fund to buy 11 minesweep
ers and 102 warplanes.
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 7flV
A German military training
plane made a forced landing at
the coastal town of Nakaskov
today and police took charge of
the ship and pilot.
Nippons Qaiming
Sun Yat-Sen uty
SHANGHAI. Oct. 7.-6!P-Japn-
ese today reported the capture of
Chnngshan, birthplace of Sun Tat
Sen, father of the Chinese repub
lic
Since the Japanese landed In
south China almost a year ago
they hade made repeated efforts
to take the city, which Is 65 miles
southwest of Hongkong and is of
great sentimental value to the
Chinese.
The tomb of Sun Yat-Sen, lead
er of the 1911 revolution which
overthrew tbe Chinese empire, was
captured by the Japanese when
they occupied Nanking in 1937.
The tomb was a Chinese national
shrine.
On the Hunan province front,
la south central China, Japanese
were said to have suffered heavy
losses in a week of fighting. In
the absence of Japanese, denials
neutral military observers gave
considerable credence to Chinese
reports of a large-scale victory In
northern Hunan.
Kuhn out of Jail
f NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-P)-Frits
Kuhn, national chieftain of the
German-American bund, who has
been held in Tombs prison since
September 29 in default of
$50,000 bail, furnished the ball
in cash today and was released
His trial on charges ot grand
larceny la the alleged theft of
$14,648 in bund funds has been
set for October SO, v '
Aims
bad November Weather Can
Reich; Winter Siege
German Morale
French British sources indi
weather give full effect to the
that allied leaders were con-
O vinced that if Germany had to
I face a winter siege without sensa
tlonal land battles to bolster the
morale, the nazis would be much
weaker when weather cleared
again for military operations In
the spring.
French military observers set
the end of October as the outside
limit for the German offensive to
start. While there often is "In
dian summer" weather in Alsace
Lorraine through October, the
weather turns bads with the be
ginning of November and stays
bad through February.
Airplanes Helpless
In Winter's Grip
Experienced French military
men recalled that during the last
war the weather was such that
there never were more than two
weeks In December and January
when It was possible for airplanes
to take off, even for reconnais
sance flights.
The French and British ap
peared to be taking full advant
age of Adolf Hitler's "peace lull,'
doing everything possible to pro
long it until the end of October,
After that the war probably
would settle down to a winter
siege with the western front stale
mated and the British and French
fleets drawing a sea cordon about
Germany.
In that connection tbe French
general staff's communique to-
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Massed US A
This Winter;
WASHINGTON, Oct 7-(ff)-In
a new move to reinforce national
defenses, -the war department to
day ordered unprecedented mass
training this winter for more than
70.000 troops a procedure In
tended to weld new army divisions
Into a mobile fighting force.
At the same time an intention
to ask congress to expand the reg
ular army by an additional 53,
000 men to its full peacetime
strength of 280,000 was Indicated
by disclosure of plans for addi
tional divisions "when and if"
increases are authorized.
Approved by President Roose
velt, the announcement ' tor or
ganization of , the fighting force
came from Secretary Woodrlng.
It omitted reference to the Euro
pean war or to earlier defense
measures taken since Mr. Roose
velt's proclamation of a limited
national emergency, w
There was, no hint whether the
request for further army expan
sion would await the regular ses
sion or would be presented to the
special session of congress after
conclusion of the neutrality de
bate "si'sf -iff ;?t as ; , -iS-i-: ''
.Draftee
Warsaw War
Worst Ever,
Photog Says
NEW YORK, Oct 7-(JP)-A pro
fessional photographer who re
mained in Warsaw until Septem
ber 21, said on his return to the
United States today he had "never
seen a more deadly war" than the
one he left in Poland.
"There were more dead by far
than during the hectic days of
Verdun, when I served with the
French ambulance corps," said
Jullen Bryan. "CiviUana were
much harder hft than Polish mil
itary forces."
Bryan returned aboard the
Swedish American liner Bergens
fjord with 600 still pictures and
6,000 feet of film showing the de
struction ot the Polish capital.
"During the last two weeks I
was the only American photogra
pher left in Warsaw," he related.
"I stayed there only because 1
couldn't get out."
Bryan's pictures showed two
gaping shell holes In the Amer
ican consulate, wrecked hospitals,
whole blocks razed by tire, hun
dreds of dead and Injured and In
describable misery ot the popu
lace.
One of the scenes he recorded
as that of a little girl Imploring
her dead sister to "tell me what's
the matter."
"All the Polish citizens seemed
to be made ot fine stuff." he add
ed.
New Funeral Home
a-
Being Built Here
$35,000 Structure Going
up, Announced by
Thomas Ladd
Construction of a new funeral
home here was announced yes
terday by Thomas W. Ladd, fu
neral director. The structure, te
cost approximately $35,000, Will
be completed January 1, 1940.
The home will be located on a
two-acre tract with a 440-foot
frontage near the crown of. the
hill on the east Bide of the Pa
cific highway immediately south
of the Salem city limits. Work on
the building began late last week
Ladd said the structure would
be of French Normandie design, a
style he explained was-intended
to give it the friendly appearance
of a fine country home. It will
be surrounded by spacious land
scaped grounds.
The main chapel will carry out
the exterior motif, with its
cathedral window and ceiling. It
will seat 246 persons. The lobby
entrance will be of living room
proportions, with a fireplace to
give it a cheerful warmth. Flank
ing tbe chapel will be a large
family room on one side and the
music room on the other. The
catafalque will rest in a segment
ed alcove. Other first floor rooms,
including the office, arrangement
room and three repose rooms,
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Walker Revokes
Puckett's Parole
Lawrence ' Arthur Puckett, al
leged ringleader of a bicycle theft
ring here about a year ago, began
serving a three year sentence in
the state penitentiary yesterday
after Judge Arlle G. Walker re
voked his parole on a larceny
conviction.
Puckett, 25, was arrested here
about a month ago and taken to
Oregon City on a warrant charg
lug entering a motor - truck with
Intent to steal. On his release at
Oregon City yesterday he was
picked up by state police and ta
ken to Dallas for Judge Walker's
action.
rmy to Train
Hint Expansion
. The extraordinary winter train
ing was describe by Woodrlng as
"essential" in view of "the ex
tremely limited numbers avail
able tor the defense of the United
States as an Initial protective
force."
in the most extensive war
games In army! history, some 60,-
000 or more troops of five new
"streamlined" divisions and spe
cial units are to be moved in the
next few weeks from scattered
posts, first to different concent ra
tlon points In the south and north
west, it was announced. Y
Then they will be massed late la
the winter at a central point-
probably at Fort Benning, Ga., of
ficials thought for training as
the first actual American army
combat corps organized since the
world war;
The national guard is to share
also in the extraordinary prepar
edness moves by training of high
er command officers and some re
serve officers with the regulars.
and by extra drills of troops at
their armories. -The
assignments for the inltia
concentrations Included the third
division. Fort Lewis, Wash. r
Statement on
Hitler's Offer
Taking Shape
Chamberlain May Give
Definite Reply in
Wednesday Talk
Setup in Europe as
Wanted by Allies x
to Be Named
BY J. C. STARK
LONDON, Oct. T-fPV-Detaikd
statement of British-French war
aims, describing the kind of
Europe the western powers want
as a reply to Adolf Hitler's peace
proposals, was foreshadowed to
night in the British press and
comment in political circles.
Any possibility of acceptance ef
Hitler's terms or even negotla
toln on the basis of them ap
peared to be ruled out in tbe
light of yesterday's British gov
ernment statement and sharp
newspaper editorials.
A reply more detailed than
yesterday's statement was planned
by Prime Minister Chamberlain
in a house of commons speecb,
probably next Wednesday in his
weekly war report.
Reichstag Speech
Hastens Events
Discussion centered mainly to
night, however, on the prospect
that Hitler's reichstag speech
would hasten an announcement
of the specific war aims of tbe
allies and the terms upon which
they would enter into negotia
tions with Germany.
Lord Halifax, the foreign sec
retary. Indicated as much in tbe
house of lords Wednesday whea
he said any peace proposal from
Germany would be examined with .
care and added:
"I certainly do not rule out tbe
suggestion that there might be a
possible and desirable opportunity
for some reasoned statements ef r
the position adopted by this eun- '
try before the world."
Poles, Czechs
Restoration Aim
In general terms, Chamberlain
has described the war aims as tbe
remoyal of "Hitlerism" and the
redemption of Europe from "the
perpetual threat of German ag
gression." Restoration of an independent
Poland and Czechoslovakia also
have been cited as war objectives.
But allied proposals for creating
a new order in Europe have been
urged in political quarters and ia
the press since long before the
outbreak of the war.
World Awaits
Policy Statement
The Manchester Guardian, re
flecting, liberal thought on the
subject said today that "the true
policy for the western and do
minion governments is to give
the world their own ideas for thr
future of the world." -
"The world is in confusion and
distress because its economic and
material life has outgrown its
political arrangements," the
Guardian continued, "and it Se
time the democracies showed that
they are not merely standing oa
their past successes and that they
can contribute large and bold
Ideas for the rescue of Europe."
There was official silence on
dispatches from Berlin suggesting
that Hitler would agree to an
armistice were it proposed by
President Roosevelt or the head
of any other important neutral
power.
The admiralty announced that
two British mine sweepers were
attacked by German flying boats
In the North sea this afternoon.
The announcement said no cas
ualties were suffered by either
side.
Elliott Gets in
Plug for Repeal
Without Cut-off
FT. WORTH, Tex., Oct. 7
(AVEUIott Roosevelt warned
today he might be cut off the
air, then said in a radio speech
he favored repeal of the embar
go against sales of arms to bel
ligerents. The j National Association ef
Broadcasters recently imposed a
baa on discussion of controver
sial questions by commentators.
Roosevelt advocated repeal
of present embargo or enact
ment of a "true arms embargo.'
The latter he defined as a law
denying all participants in a
war the right to buy commodlt
ties of any nature.
The president's son said such
aa embargo should apply to MaU
nations at war and all nations
participating in that war, even '
though technically they are neu-. -tral,
snch as Russia.
Finland to Visit Soviet
With Unofficial Delegate
HELSINKI, Finland. Oct ..- .
(SundayWVThe newspaper
UusI Suoml quoted Finnish Pre
mler Aimo Cajander today as
saying Finland had ' accepted a
soviet Russian , invitation to a
conference and would send a dele-v
gate but not Foreign Minister .,
jcuas traio. -