T OREGON ST ATESSIAN, Salem, Ctrecmridaj Sloniing, (ktoDtrL13,ri&39
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Aided Bremen
IN ctherlander Destribea
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"AMSTERDAM. Oct.- 12-flVA
hasty disguise and the swirling
stfsta of the north Atlantic helped
th" German merchant flagship
rmibm to make a perilous Toy
g through t trance waters. and
reach sale harbor w ine
A)rctie port I, MunnansK a mem
ber of ber crew related today.
- j tThe "crewman; was E- Post. tall,
blind seagoing. eook. and the only
Netherlander aboard.
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WWUMeeting
Opens Here Tuesday
The Oregon WCTU convention will open in Salem next
Tuesday in the First Methodist church for a five-day meeting.
Tne convention wiu ue openea iormaiiy uiai xugm wita
greetings Drought byGovernor Charles A. Spragmv Mayor
W. W. Chadwick, D. A. Emerson from the state department
of education, and Frank Bennett from the Salem' school
system. Mr. Necla Buck. aUteO
president of the WCTU will givel - '
thina War Most
Important-Babson
her annual address.
- Wednesday night greetings will
be brought from other organisa
tions, in whose work Frances WU
lard was especially interested.
Miss Evangeline Phllblan of Port
land will bring greetings from
Lthe General Federation of Busi
ness and Professional women.
Hiss Harriet Long from the
American Library association, and
lm U.rnlil Pnterafm of Dallas
tin a eopyrlglited interview wltn. t freja tae General Federation of
- Amsterdam newspaper. n
T.olk. Post told of repainting of
the ship at sea. after her delayed
departure from New York Aug.
S0,f the anxiety aboard and fin
ally of the Bremen's reaching
Murmansk with the hammer and
sickle flying.
! The Bremenwas held In New
York two days while US customs
men searched I her for possible
armaments and finally sailed 36
hours before Germany invaded
Poland).
Without" passengers or cargo,
but with 00 seamen. .Capt. Adolf
A&rens was reported by Post to
: tare dodged the British blockade
with gasoline drums on the deck
of his 120,000,000 ship, ready to
burn and sink her if need be.
t fit doesn't look very good for j
us." Post quoted the captain as
telling the crew. "I've sworn that
the English will not seize me
and my ship while I'm alive. I
Would rather sink the Bremen."
f Without Blackening spend, the
ship received a complete coat of
dull gray paint. She refused to
answer wireless calls and at night
Atj ran without lights.
? iThe first morning out," said
cook;' "everybody who had
nothing more urgent to do, In
cluding butchers, stewards and
dqoks, plus a few sailors all got
riots of gray paint Lifeboats were
4m ng out and the men applied
tjha paint to the sides of the ship.
: yielding paint brushes with long
iisndles. , ... .
jfjt'In no time the Bremen was
l$t the Bremen any more. You
have beard 'pump or drown.
we to 'paint or drown'."
. -Post brought home some pho-
fOgrapbA, of this work, including
fie in which he alone was. not
iring the nazi salute.
When the job was done, he sa!d
'loi the m&t at 200 meters (656
eet) you could not have seen the
iremen." i
iJ.?Among'; the members of the
rew there came a terrible ten
Ion,' recalled Post, "as nobody
mew where we" were going."
i ''Later, In the day of Sept. 3.
re were all called together In a
. targe saloon. The captain, stand
ag in the center, said; 'Men.
War in Europe has started'."
h After he told of plans to sink
the ship should capture seem sure
i reverybody gave the nazi salute
- xeept himself, the only Hollander
pn- board. For, to be frank, the
prospect of disappearing below
the surface didn't attract,, me very
much.''
Women's Clubs. Dr. Bruce Bax
ter. President of Willamette uni
versity will give the address of
the evening on- "Frances Willard.
Educator. ' The wnoie conven
tiott commemorates the 100th an
niversarr of the birth of the
WCTU founder.
Thursday night Charles W.
Watkins. past governor of Rotary
International, will Sire an ad
dress. Also on the program will
be H. C. Seymour, state 4-H club
leader.
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, na
tional president, will arrive Fri
day night.
The convention will open in
formally Tuesday morning at
10 o'clock with a school of alco
hol education, lead by Mrs. C
W. Stacey. ,
A program of vocal and in
strumental numbers will be car
ried through the five days of the
convention.
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TIME
FUEL
FOOD
Cook on a
range
Marion County
Births Increase
(Continued from page 1)
against 113 in 1938; 39 cases of
influenza as opposed to 101 in
1938; and 50 cases of pneumonia
against 117 i year ago. There
were 34 new cases of tuberculosis,
as compared with 27 a year ago,
but deaths from that cause were
reduced for th year from 14 to 9
An .increase was noted in
mumps, from 22 to 163, in
measles, from 58 to 104; and in
scarlet fever, from 39 to 71
Smallpox showed only four cases
as compared with 18 last year.
Armed Jap Police
Hold China Bank
SHANGHAI, Oct. 12.-(JP)
Twenty armed Japanese plain
clothesmen today occupied the
building of the Bank of Communi
cations a Chinese government
bank in the British defense sec
tor of the international settle
ment.
The British forces took no 1m
mediate action.
The plainclothesmen. apparent
ly attached to the Japanese police
force for occupied portions of
Shanghai, were reported to have
removed bank stationery and part
of the building's furnishings, to
have smashed doors and to hare
caused other damage.
- a
Noted Economist States
Japan - Will Never
Conquer China
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct.
-Roger Babson, noted economist.
said when, he arrived from the
orient today that the war in. Chi
na is of "vastly more importance
to America" than the war in Eu
rope.
"What war?" he aBked, when
interviewers asked him what he
thought about the European quar
rel.
"I'm not sure that there is a
war in Europe, Hanson Baia.
it looks like so much scenery
to me. Frankly. I think America
is concerning itself too much
about Europe."
Japan will never conquer Chi
na, he declared, nor will China
drive the Japanese out. despite
the fact that the Chinese are
better off today than they were
a year ago. japan will wear it
self out. or perhaps internal fric
tion will force abandonment of
the China war, Babson said.
If we were to fully develop
our trade potentialities with the
far east we would have no unem
ployment," he stated. "And un
employment is still Amerlca'i
number one problem."
Babson said he believed the
allies were allowing the European
war to drag, and instead of being
interested in killing Germans
they were after Hitler and hoped
to bring the nazi leader to his
senses by bottling up Germany.
Britain Says
W to Hitler
Choice of Real Peace or
War Offered Fuehrer
- by Chamberlain
(Continued from page 1)
tion were on their feet demanding
a more-definite outline of Britain's
war alma.
.Chamberlain indicated he would
make another statement next
Wednesday. By then Britain will
have had opportunity to receive
the new Italian Ambassador Gui
seppe Bastianini who reports from
Rome said wag bearing an aide
memolre giving Premier Musso
lini's views on peace proposals
and an international conference.
The 70-year-old prime minister
read his answer to Hitler in pre
cise emphatic tones more vigor
ous and more dramatic than those
he usually employs.
He snapped his words as he said
the proposals in Hitler's speech
were "vague and uncertain and
contain no suggestion for right
ing the wrongs done to Czecho
slovakia and Poland."
Gripping one hand in the other
he added sharply "we must take
it then that the proposals which
the German chancellor puts for
ward for the establishment of
what he -calls the 'certainty of
European security' are to be based
on recognition of his conquests
and his right to do what he pleases
with the conquered
It would be impossible for
Great Britain to accept any auch
basis without forfeiting her honor
and abandoning her claim that in
ternational disputes should be
settled by discussion and not by
force.
Carson Would Let
Meters Pay Police
PORTLAND, Oct ll.-tP)-
Police will pocket a portion of
the parking meter Income here it
Mayor Joseph' K. Carson's sug
gestion to lower the property tax
1 accepted.
The mayor proposed police
salaries be taken from the meters,
lnce traffic engineering, project
which took a major part of tne
$ 160.00 9- annual Income from the
boxes are virtually completed.
Listeners' Music
Said School Goal
The new Salem public schools
music program is aimed at posting
students on musical knowledge
that will enable them to gain en
joyment from listening to music
than to become professional mu
sicians, Vernon WIscarson, instru
mental director, told the Salem
Lions club yesterday.
Conceding that "there are many
numbers that one who has been a
musician for many years may not
like," WIscarson said that train
ing could make music enjoyable
that otherwise would be meaningless.
Majorette Due to
Head University
Of Oregon Band
EUGENE, Ore., Oct. 12-P)-The
University of California's
"thumbs down" attitude on m
barc-kneed, hip-swinging drum
majorette at the head of their
band hasn't affected the Uni
versity of Oregon, which ap
peared today to be the next
major college to have a ma
jorette. The Associated Women Stu
dents and their dean of womeu.
who opposed a majorette last
year, have voted to accept the
demands of students, it was
reported. A vote of the student
body will be necessary, bow
ever, before the feminine glam
our will be possible for the
Oregon band.
Those favoring the majorette
said a girl has been training
for the job since school opened.
Work Is Resumed
On SF Waterfront
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12-UPi
-Work was resumed today at the
Panama Pacific line dock after a
Week's tie-up due to picketing,
but waterfront leaders were slow
in getting the machinery of con
tract negotiations moving again.
Employers insisted on the re
turn of Wayne L. Morse, or the
appointment of another coast mar
itime arbitrator, saying that until
this took place the "essential"
principle of arbitration was miss
ing on the waterfront
Klamath Falls Starter
Of Fire Gets one Year
MEDFORD. Oct. 12.-UP-
George Harris. 53, Klamath Falls,
louua guiuy last Tuesday. of set
ting fires which burned 5,192
acres of Klamath Indian reserva
tion timber, was sentenced today
to serve a year In a countv lali.
Federal court attaches indi
cated Harris probably wonld
serve his time in the Multnomah
eounty Jail at Portland.
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Set . Game Ahead
EUGENE. Oct. 12-5V-The fi
nal football contest between the
university of Oregon Freshmen
and the Oregon State college
Rooks will be played at Corvallis
November 10 instead of Novem-
oer 5, coach John Warren of the
Oregon Freshmen said today.
Silverton Car Stolen
SILVERTON An automobile
trciuuBing- 10 uonaia Stokey of
uresnsm was stolen from its park
ing place in front of the E. H
sanas residence her Thn4,.
night, police reported. Stokey is a
gaesi 01 me uanxs.
Towns end Says He Will
Build His Own Station
AUSTIN, Texas. Oct. 12.-WP-
ur. rancis xownsend, national
known old age pensions leader
said today that If he were barred
from the air in the United States
his organization would build its
own radio station in Mexico.
Keierrine to asserted action by
the National Association of
Broadcasters to keep him off paid
programs, Dr. Townsend de
clared:
"We are not going to take this
lying down and if we are forced
to it, we'll build our own sta
tion in Mexico to carry on our
work, it's a plain political move
and we're going to make them re
gret it."
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In the News
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RICHMOND, Va., Oct, 1Z-(JP)
-Police - Justice Foikes didn't
bat an eye when the clerk in
toned the name of the prisoner
as "Christopher Columbus'
adding sotto voce, "his last
name is Ross.; The justice has
had George Washington before
him on Washington's birthday.
The arresting officer told the
justice that Christopher had
stolen some lumber.
"Enough for a Pinta, a Nina
or a Santa Maria?" the justice'
pursued.
"What's that, your honor?
the officer asked.
"Oh never mind,' said the
. Justice. "Let him spend a month
in Jail."
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 12-P)-The
heat got Santa Claus today
that and his beard.
Henry Markus, a professional
Santa Claus who already had
started growing a heavy beard for
the Christmas season, collapsed in
a restaurant from heat prostra
tion and was taken to Central
emergency hospital.
Norwegian Boat
Rides Out Battle
Story of German Planes,
British Ships Clash
Told by Skipper
ALESUND. Norway, Oct. 12.-
UP)-The skipper of a Norwegian
fishing boat "came into port to
day with a hair-raising story of
having ridden out a major naval
engagement Monday between
British warships and German
bombing planes' In the North sea,
For an hour and a half, said
the captain, his sturdy boat, the
Kvaloy, was caught in the thund
ering battle participated in by
five British ships and about ISO
German planes.
So far as he and his crew could
see, neitner snips nor pianes
scored hits. The captain related
however, that after the warships
steamed away there was a ter
rific explosion and a column of
fire spurted skyward.
(The German admiralty re
ported its planes scored 10 dl
rect hits in a North sea battle
Monday; the British admiralty
agreed there had been a battle
but said, the German bombs fell
hundreds of yards away from the
warships and that there was no
damage or casualties).
The fishing boat captain - said
he was going quietly about his
nets off the Viking bank when
the warplanes roared out of the
west and the ships appeared on
the horizon from the east.
As the warships approached
close to his boat much too close
in fact the planes began raining
bombs and the ships' pom guns
began chattering their reply.
Th Kvaloy. bobbinr on the
water like a cork from the heavy
seas kicked up the exploding
projectiles, attempted to steer to
the west but the warships did
likewise.
Finally, the captain said, the
warships which had followed a
xigzag course at full speed during
the battle withdrew and the
bombers roared away.
Market for labor
Rises Due to War
AFL, OO State Business
Highest in Two or
Three Yean
PORTLAND, Oet. W.-CffV-A
rising labor market, highest in
two or three years, waa announced
here today by the CIO and AFL.
They credited the European war,
the threat of more war ana gen
eral' business improvement.
The teamsters union, with a
membership of several thousand.
cleared Its hiring ban twice with
in a week; and said not more than
80 members were without Jobs.
The "best conditions In two years'
were announced by the machin
lata' organisation, primarily be
cause of railroad activity and em
ployment at Seattle's Boeing air
craft plant
The Boilermakers' anion ex
hausted its rolls of 600 to 000
workers with lobs in Oregon
Idaho and Vancouver, Wash. -A
snokesman for the office em
ployes' nnlon said no Donaiiae
member was without a joo. unry
S ner cent of the big culinary
ioint conncU membership la Idle.
The electricians' nnion nas au
Its members at work, compared to
150 idle a year ago. The nnion
has issued work permits to pro
vide extra hands demanded by the
Bonneville project. Northwestern
Electric and Portland General
Electric.
A number of carpenters are idle
but Grand Coulee dam has placed
a standing order for men who can
pass physical examinations.
A jobless list still exists in lum
ber unions, although many said
more men were at work than in
193 S. The cabinet makers said 500
men were working, compared to
ISO a year ago.
Other unions reporting in
creased activity included the
longshoremen, painters, furniture
workers, ply lock and building
trades.
FDR not Heading
For War, Knox
NEW YORK, Oct.
Frank Knox, "publisher of the
Chicago Daily News, said tonight
, tear that President Roosevelt
is secretly maneuvering us into
war is' untenable and unworthy."
In a discussion with former
Governor FhUlp F. LaFollette of
Wisconsin on the neutrality act.
Knox, the republican rice presi
dential nominee in 193C, asked:
"Can yon make yourself seri
ously believe that any man, ex
cept a madman like Hitler, would
deliberately Involve a great na
tion In war to promote his own.
or his party's political success?
"Here to state the proposition
is enough to compel Its prompt
rejection by serious-minded clti
sens."
Vancouver Man
Logging Head
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct t2.-(&)
-Fred B. Brown of Vancouver,
B. C, was elected president today
of the Pacific logging congress,
succeeding Gordon J. Manary of
Scotia. Calif.
The congress voted to. hold its
1940 convention in British Colum
bia probably Vancouver' next
October.
Truman W. . Collins, Pondosa,
Ore., was elected vice-presfdent,
The election was held after rel
egates returned from an inspection
of the Tillamook burn, where they
studied ravages of fire and meth
' ods of salvaging damaged trees.
Woman Injured in
Silverton Crash
SILVERTON, Oct 12.-A
young woman identified by Silver-
ton police as Maureen jonnson
suffered severed cuts and bruises
tonleht when an automobile in
which she was riding left the Sil-
vArton-ML Anrel highway near
the Ahlaua bridge and overturned
in a ditch. She was brought to the
Silverton hospital. .
Officers said they were unable
to locate three other persons re
ported to hare been in the car; a
sedan registered to wtiuam riaii
of Silverton.
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Heaitn nmsion
To Visit Sflvcrton
Supervisor of Nnraing to
Present new Manual
for Teachers
Today the Marion county de
partment of health will participate
in the teachers' institute to be
held at Silverton.
The new manual for teachers
which has been prepared as a
guide for school health services
will be presented by Mrs. nova
Young, nursing supervisor.
The manual contains general
information about the health de
partment, an outline of the part
the nurse and the teacher piay in
the pnblie health program, pre
sentation of laws pertaining to
sanitation and examination of
children and Information per
taining to the school medical ex
amination, child's health record
and communicable disease control.
The schedule of nurses and
copies of all records used in school
health work are also included.
Mrs. George Moorhead, direc
tor of health education, will take
the second half of the health de
partment portion of the program
and will present a brief outline
of a new teaching unit prepared
by the division on milk. This
project includes printed material
and a film made by the health
department and financed by the
milk producers of Salem, "A Bot-
tie of Milk Is a Bottle of Health."
(M3113Rl2lliaO
Rainier Brewing Company, Bill Davisi Distributor
Salem, Phone 5741
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 12.-P-.
I took an agreement of oppos
ing counsel in a criminal case
and a special order from the
judge to get Henry W. Seiker's
goat milked tonight
Seiker, a juror in the case,
was given permission to go
home and do the milking after
he reported no one in the
neighborhood knew how to do
the chore. A deputy sheriff
accompanied him.
LANSING, Mich., Oct. 12.-(ff)-Governor
Luren D. Dickinson,
who attended the Michigan-Michigan
State football game last
Saturday after refusing to watch
the Joe Louis-Pastor prize fight.
Bald today several persons had
written him asking "why?"
"In a prize fight," he said,
"the intention of each fighter is
to hit and injure the other fel
low. In football no player In
tends to hurt another. Such
injuries as do result are accidental."
Thief Gets Jewelry
PORTLAND, Oct. 12 -(")-A
thief who smashed a display win
dow early today escaped with
12000 worth of diamond rings
and watches from the Stone-Mar-gulis
jewelry store, Jerome Mar
gulis, manager, reported to police.
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