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You'll Laugh
For a smile, a laugh,
twite hof your funnybone,
torn to the Statesman Ban
day comic pages Popeye
and Wimpy, Polly and Her
Pals, and Blondie.
Weather
Unsettled today and
Saturday with occasional
rains; moderate tempera
ture. Max. temp. Thur. 65,
ntln. S3. River -3.9 ft.
South wind.
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, October 20, 1939
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
No. 178
Tuirkcy Fact Means General
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POUNOBO 1631
War
Be Eas
Paul Hauser'a Column
A school teacher whom we
know struggles to bring education
to the rough and ready children
of a rough and ready logging and
fishing town
down the Colum
bia. It is quite a
task, she assures
us.
One day she
asked her dear
charges i to pre- f
pare three min
ute speeches on
subjects of their
own, choosing.
Thin its went well
enough until one aaa. w.
boy got up and began a discourse
on "What to Do When Tou Catch
a Cold."
After detailing various preven
tive measures he launched on the
cure. ! I
"If you do get a cold," he said,
"you take some whisky , . ."
"Warren," our teacher friend
Interrupted, "I believe hot lemon
ade would be better."
"Hot lemonade?" queried the
cold expert in disdain. "Why,
everybody knows . . ."
Again the teacher interrupted,
this time quite sternly. "I think
you'd better say hot lemonade.
Warren," she said.
"Well," he began, "you take
some hot lemonade ..." A whole
forest of hands and gasps of dis
approval interrupted him a third
time and the whole class, unable
to: restrain their medicinal knowl
edge, shouted:
"Really, Miss Jones, whisky's
the best thing for a cold. Every
body knows that."
After that what could she do?
RHYMES OP AN OLD RAKE
The fall Is the saddest time of all.
For then the leaves begin to fall.
It's true only God can make a tree.
But the leaves are always left to
me. .
Dr. Brace Baxter lately de
parted for the east where he is
to speak at Bowling Green.
Ohio. The good doctor can al
ways find time between
speeches to make a speech.
SOCIAL ITEM
the annual firemen's ball Is the
next big event on the social cal
endar. All the sirens win b there.
Book Ladder company No. 1
will lead the quadrille.
The new cars are clutchless.
which seems to sound the knell
ef the old gag about the salesman
clinching the deal by throwing In
the clutch.
There have been many sub
marines and no sea serpents
sighted ob the British Columbia
coast since the war started. It
la safe to assume that the old
reliable sea serpent fat those
parts has gone over to th ene
my and hired oat as a TJ-boat.
Wine Council Asks
New Price List
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'. PORTLAND, Oct. 19-)-The
Oregon Wine council asked the
Oregon liquor control commission
today to dissolve the "gentleman's
agreement" establishing 49 cents
as a fair trade minimum price
for pints, fifths and quarters of
fortified wine.
; The council requested the com
mission's approval on a new price
schedule of IS cents for pints in
round bottles, S 9 cents for fifths
and 45 cents for quarts.
No formal action was taken by
the commission.
Administrator J. J. Hague told
the commission law enforcement
agencies have received coopera
tion from licensees In ' curbing
sales to minors In college towns.
Only one case involving sale
to a minor student has been re
ported this fall, the administra
tor said.
The restaurant and package
store license of Lela V. Davidon.
Red Lantern tavern, Salem, was
suspended for 10 days for sale of
beer to a minor. "
Air Crash Kills
Four Navy Men
SAN DIEGO, Calif., Oct. 19.-
(AVFour navy airmen plunged to
a fiery death today when two
dive bombing airplanes attached
to .the United States fleet crashed
In midair a few miles northeast
.ef here.
Naval air headquarters said
there were no eyewitnesses of the
spectacular tragedy.
The bombers were attached to
the aircraft carrier Lexington. It
was a practice flight In the thrill
ing mission of these sky fighters
of the sea. i
Molalla Recorder
Guilty: of Larceny
OREGON CITY, Oct 19.-(iPr-Fred
Damm, 41, former Molalla
city recorder, - was convicted of
larceny of public funds yesterday
. by V. circuit , court jury, which
recommended L leniency. Damm
was aecused of taking (841.
Sentence f will be passed by
Judge Earl C. Latourette to
morrow, : . j;
Senate Briefly
Debates Main
Repeal Point
Whether Lifting mhargo
Would Heir jin,
France T 4" ed
Senator F a Says He
Favo" 0V .ention of
,nt Law
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19-(,P)-
r or a Drier, irank interim, the
senate's neutrality debate got
down today to what many sena-
tion involved in repealing the
tors consider the essential ques
arms embargo and a point that
has been largely avoided in near
ly three weeks' discussion.
This was the argument that
the ban on arms shipments to
belligerents should be lilted to
help Great Britain and France
win the war and thereby elimi
nate any danger of German ag
gression against the western hemi
sphere. A republican supporter of
President Roosevelt on the neu
trality issue, Senator Austin (R,
Vt.), raised that question today,
and In doing so set the senate off
to a short, excited flurry of give-and-take
debate.
Says Bill Supporters
Wish to Take Sides
While Senator McCarran (D,
Nev.) was asserting that the sup
porters of the administration bill
had lost sight of the objective of
neutrality and instead wished to
take sides, Austin interrupted to
observe that "I think it is neces
sary to promote the peace and
the security of the United States
that the allies win."
Senator Borah (R, Idaho) was
on his feet at once demanding a
definition of the word "win."
Austin replied that "winning"
meant stopping aggression and
halting events that might lead to
the occupation of Canada or near
by Islands by "totalitarian na
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Neil Allen Legion
Annistice Talker
Merchants Vote 65 to 24
to Remain Open
on Nov. 11 -
Nell Allen of Grants Pass, Ore
gon department commander of
the American Legion, will be the
speaker at Salem's Armistice day
celebration program. It was an
nounced Thursday by the Armis
tice day . committee of Capital
Post No. I which Is headed by
E. H. Kennedy. Mr. Allen's ap
pearance here was arranged by
the speakers committee headed by
Dr. B. F. Pound.
Commander Allen is recognized
as one of the most able speakers
among the World war veterans
of Oregon, and his address Is
calculated to have especial sig
nificance due to the face that
the "armistice" has ended for
nearly every other large nation
which originally celebrated it,
except the United States.
The Armistice day program
will follow the pattern of previ
ous years. In accordance with
the policy initiated a year ago,
It will be non-commercial so far
as the legion Js concerned except
that Capital post will share in
the receipts from the dance at
Crystal Gardens.
Major Willis Vincent will be
grand marshal of the parade
which will more from Marlon
Square In" time to reach the
courthouse at the "zero hour"
of 11 a. m., wben the patriotic
exercises will begin. If weather
conditions make it advisable, the
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National WCTV President
To End State Convention
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, nation
al president of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, will ar
rive In Salem this morning for the
I r.lnaln? dav of th Kfith itil
WCTU convention In session at
the First Methodist church.
Officers elected yesterday will
be Installed by Mrs. Smith at this
morning's meeting. Mrs. Necla E.
Buck of Portland will be installed
as president to serve her fourth
consecutive term. Other officers,
all reelected to the positions held
during the past year, are Mrs.
Fred J. Tooze, Jr., of Salem, vice
president; Mrs. Etta M. White of
Portland, corresponding s e e r e
tary; Mrs. Alice Thomas of Port
land, treasurer.
"It American democracy is to
be saved it must be saved in the
home by a renewal there of teach
ing obedience to constituted au
thority, values of life and rever
ence for God," declared Charles
W. Watklns, widely-known com
munity chest speaker from Port
land, la an address before a gath
ering of convention delegates and
townspeople which- filled the main
auditorium of the First Methodist
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Historic Scapa Flow, England's
North Sea Base, Is War Theatre
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MMTtAMD rorre J a
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Historic Scapa Flow In the Orkney islands north of Scotland recently
became an important war theatre wben German planes bombed the
Iron Duke, now a training ship, and sank the Royal Oak. It was
at Scapa Flow on June 21, 1019, sailors of the German navy sank
their own ships where they were interned. Map, which does not
attempt to show bow the submarine which sunk the Koyal Oak
made its daring entrance, gives an idea of Scapa Flow's 15-mile
long, 8-mile wide water roads, surrounded by Islands. It has long
been England's North sea base.
French Withdraw
From Fight Front
Troops Retire as Much
as six Miles Along
22-MiIe Section
PARIS, Oct. -UPr-The Trench
high command tonight announced
its forces had withdrawn for dis
tances as much as. six miles, along
a 12-mile aeetion or the- Western
front's northern flank. .
The withdrawals' were de
scribed in a communique issued
as the French reported a diplo
matic victory in the new French-British-Turkish
treaty which they
said gave the allies control of
the Dardanelles, Germany's back
door, In case the war spreads to
the Balkans.
The communique, reviewing
Monday's German attack in force,
Indicated that the French now
were almost back on- their own
frontier, since the best estimates
of the French advance Into Ger
many during the first month of
the war placed them no further
than seven miles on German soli
at any one point.
The French said their losses
were "very light in the pre
arranged withdrawal to a line
still 'far in advance" of the per
manent Maginot fortifications.
The only activity reported to
day was described as that of nu
merous patrols and artillery fire,
particularly on the extreme
northern flank of the front Just
east of the Luxembourg border.
The Dalles Youth
Gets FHA Office
KANSAS CITT, Oct. 19.-UP)-
Ivan H. Kindschi, 18, of Prairie
Du Sac, Wis., today was elected
national president of the Future
Farmers of America at their an
nual convention in connection
with the American Royal Live
Stock show.
Kenneth Julian, 20, of Mesa,
Ariz., was elected secretary.
Vice-presidents Include Edgar
Splekerman, 20, The Dalles, Ore.,
for the western region.
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Grew Criticizes
Acts of Japanese
Ambassador Says America
Resents Interferences
With US Rights
TOKYO, Oct. 20.-(Friday)-(ff)
--Official and diplomatic cir
cles were rocked today by the
speech of United. States Ambassador-
Joseph C Grew te which he
declared frankly that American
opinion deeply resented the
"bombings, Indignities and mani
fold Interferences with American
rights" in China at the hands of
the Japanese army.
Japanese and foreign observers
who said they were "astounded"
at the outspoken address, one of
the strongest ever made by a
diplomat in Japan, expressed the
belief that it had two possible
meanings:
1. That the United States was
preparing definite action to op
pose further Japanese "interfer
ence" in China.
2. A strong indication that pub
lic opinion in Japan itself has
turned sharply against Japanese
militarists.
"The ground in Japan must
have been prepared in advance for
such a powerful statement," well
Informed sources declared. "A
year ago it would have done more
harm than good, therefore it
would not have been made."
The tall, grey-haired ambassa
dor, who said his words came
"straight from the horse's mouth,"
spoke yesterday before a dumb
founded audience of Japanese no
tables at a luncheon of the America-Japan
society, often a sounding
board for authoritative discussion
of American-Japanese relations.
NEW YORK, Oct. 19.-(P)-El-liott
Roosevelt said tonight that
the Tokyo address of Joseph C.
Grew, U. 8. ambassador to Japan,
in which he declared the United
States resented "the violation of
American rights by Japanese
armed forces in China," coincided
with "the temper of American
feeling."
Carney Will Head
Census Is Report
MARSHFIELD, Oct.
Monroe Sweetland of Portland
said today he had been advised
by J. C. Capt, director of the cen
sus bureau, that Byron G. Carney
had been appointed Oregon area
manager for the 1940 census.
Sweetland, here to attend a
Commonwealth federation meet
ing, said he also had received as
surances of Carney's appointment
from Postmaster General Farley.
Carney, a Milwaukie resident, re
cently resigned the common
wealth vice-presidency to accept
the federal post.
Bonneville Power More,
Cheaper Than at TV A
PORTLAND, Oct 19-(ffl)-The
Bonneville project has more po
tential power at lower prices than
the Tennessee valley authority,
Joseph C, Swidler, TVA solicitor
loaned to the Bonneville admini
stration for conference on mu
tual problems, said today.
Immediate demand for power is
not as great at Bonneville, but
It will build up to the TVA level
in seven years the age of the
Tennessee project, Swldler added.
Turkish Pact
With Britain,
France Signed
Mutual Assistance Bond
With old Enemies of
War for 15 Years
Agreement Is to Preserve
Status in Balkans,
Mediterranean -
ANKARA, Oct. 19. --Turkey
formally lined up tonight with
Great Britain and France, her
Wetld war enemies, in a IB
year mutual assistance pact to
preserve the present territorial
and political status in the east
ern Mediterranean and the Balk
ans. The treaty provided that the
three powers come to the aid of
one another in case of aggres
sion leading to war in those two
areas. Turkey therefore would
not become involved in the Brit
ish-French war with Germany un
less it spreads there.
A clause in the pact likewise
permits Turkey to remain neutral
in the event of war among Brit
ain, France and soviet Russia.
This was interpreted to mean
any war with Russia which did
not upset the present situation
in the eastern Mediterranean or
the Balkans.
Treaty Has Economic
And Military Clauses
The treaty, which Included
economic as well as military
clauses, was signed by Turkey
by Premier Refik Saydam and
Marshal Feczi Tchahmak: for
France by Rene Masslgli, am
bassador to Ankara, and Gen
eral Maxlne Weygand, command
er-in-chief of French forces in the
eastern Mediterranean, and for
Britain by Ambassador Sir Hughe
M. Knatchbull-Hugessen and
Lieutenant General Archibald P.
Wavell, British middle east com
mander.
Its provisions Include:
X. British-French assistance to
Turkey If any act of aggression
is commuted against Turkey by
WXuroeta power and In the
event of an act of aggression by
a European power leading to war
In the Mediterranean area In
which Turkey is Involved.
2. Turkish assistance to Britain
and France if they become In
volved In any war In the eastern
Mediterranean resulting from an
act of aggression by a European
power and In the event the west
ern powers become engaged in
hostilities in carrying out their
independence guarantees to
Greece and Rumania.
t. Immediate trlpower consul
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Northern States
End Conference
Finland not Promised Aid
in Shadow of Crisis
With Russia
STOCKHOLM. Oct. 19-UPl-A
conference of northern neutral
countries held In the ihndn nt
the Russian-Finnish crisis ended
today without definitely promis
ing Finland any material aid.
A loint commnnlanA tunned aft
er the two-day meeting of the
kings of Norway, Sweden, and
Denmark and the nresident of
Finland stressed their unirv bnt
contained no specific mention of
tne Finnish problem.
Official quarters emphasized
the conference had no milltarv
character.
"Our strength Is not In ahina
or guns or planes," a spokesman
ror one participating , country
said. "We hurl no challenge In
the direction of any 'power. Our
strength is in our tradition, in
our value of the community of
nations and our appeal to rea
son."
Indications of this -moral
strength were seen In the mes
sages ' of support received from
President Roosevelt and other
American republics.
King Gustaf of Sweden, in a
reply to Roosevelt and the Latin
American presidents' message,
cabled his "warm and sincere ap
preciation" of their "valuable
support of our efforts to continue
our neutral policy based on Inter
national law."
Needs of Albany
College Listed
PORTLAND, Oct. 19-()-Al-bany
college wants a "superior
site," COO students and a reserve
fund, Dr. Clarence W. Greene told
the 21st meeting of the Oregon
Synodical society today.
The school, moved here from
Albany two years ago, has been
found feasible. Dr. Greene said,
The college seeks adequate
buildings and equipment, a
sound educational program eon
ducted by qualified teachers eager
to maintain Christian principles
and location on "a superior site
that will provide an artistic view
of the metropolis of Portland and
reaching i horisons.":
Stop! Mr. Motorist, When You
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Snapped as first Salem Junior chamber of commerce safety patrol was
started at Parrish Junior high school are (left to right, top photo)
David J Wied, Junior chamber patrol chairman; Principal Preston
F. Doaghton, Student Patrolmen Joseph Lowery and Kobert Klg
gins, Patrolmen George Edwards and H. Kiggins of Salem police
department. In lower photo Patrolman Ted Chrlstensem warns
notorists to take care, Parrish students to hurry across Oapttol
street; Junior chamber president, Benton Stafford, looks on.
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Understanding for
Peace Is Reached
Basis for Settlement of
Vernonia's Labor
; Dispute Made
A so-called understanding, to
be used as a basis for a settle
ment of the jurisdictional labor
dispute which closed the Oregon
American Lumber company's mill
at Vernonia September 22, was
reached at a conference in the
executive department here Thurs
day aftrnoon.
The settlement of the dispute,
under the terms proposed, is con
tingent upon approval of the
"agreement" by members of both
the CIO and AF of L locals at
Vernonia, it was announced.
The conference was called by
Governor Charles A. Sprague aft
er appeals had been received at
the executive department from
the Vernonia district Residents
of Vernonia said the shutdown of
the mill had played havoc with
business conditions there.
Terms of the proposal to end
the dispute were not disclosed by
Governor Sprague.
P. W. Chappell, commissioner
of conciliation with headquarters
In Washington, DC, played an imi
portant part in the negotiations.
Spokesmen for the CIO were
John Gritdahl. chairman of the
negotiating committee, and Ly
man Wax, business agent.
The AF of L spokesmen In
cluded M. Grunden and Fred
Tousley.
Both Governor Sprague and
Chappell said they were optimist
ic and had hopes that the dispute
would be brought to a close.
The Vernonia mill employed
approximately BOO men. Of these
more than 350 were affiliated
with . the CIO. The AF of L
claimed approximately 90 members.
Proposed Salem Centennial
Celebration Given Sendoff
The proposed 1940 Salem cen
tennial celebration gained '- a
lively sendoff at the chamber of
commerce last night as represen
tatives of 14 service, civic, patri
otic, educational, business boost
er and religious organizations an
nounced their unanimous support
and a temporary planning body
was created.
The more than 100 men and
women present elected Mayor W.
W. Chadwiek temporary president
and Irl S. McSherry, deputy state
parole director, as temporary sec
retary of a board of directors
to consist of one representative
to be appointed by each Interested
organisation In the city.
Daniel J. Hay, executive secre
tary of the Salem Merchants as
sociation, was appointed by the
mayor to head a temporary cen
tennial planning board also au
thorized, by the assembly. This
body will begin immediately to
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Crossing Patrol
System Started
Junior Chamber Initiates
Plan; Parrish Junior
High First School
First of a series of student safe
ty patrols to be established in the
Salem public schools was put in
operation at Parrish junior high
school yesterday with the aid of
the sponsors, the Salem Junior
chamber of commerce in cooper
ation with school authorities and
the city police department.
These patrols are intended to
render a service to motorists as
well as to protect school children
at street crossings, David J. Wied,
Junior chamber school patrol
chairman, said. The student pa
trolmen will discourage students'
straggling across streets near
school buildings and instead will
assemble them In groups and hold
up motor traffic only when several
students are ready to cross.
The initial Parrish patrol,, se
lected under the school's merit
system, consists of Robert Nie-
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Soviet-Nazi Pact
Defended by Kulin
WASHINGTON, Oct l9.-p)-In
an uproarious session marked
by much angry shouting, Frits
Kuhn, German-American bund
leader, ""defended the recent Rus-so-German
pact before the Dies
committee today, but declared
that he still was battling com
munism in this country.
The blond and bulky witness
explained that- Germany turned
to Russia tor raw materials be
cause Great Britain for years had
rejected the relch's pleas for re
lief from a shortage of such com
modities. The United States, he
added, had "boycotted" Germany.
formulate possible celebration
plans and prepare cost estimates
for submission at the first meet
ing of the directors.
Other planning board members
are Tommy Hoxie, . Gardner
Knapp, City Recorder A. Warren
Jones, Tom Hill; T. Harold Tom
llnson, Glenn Gregg, Rev. Robert
A. Hutchinson, Dr. Robert Moul
ton Gatke, Professor W. C. Jones,
David Eccles, , T. A. Windishar,
Helen Breithaupt, Mrs. , George R.
K. Moor head and Carl Gabriel
son. . r.
Full cooperation of" the Wil
lamette university . trustees, fac-.
uij uu iiuucui DUQ7 was
pledged by Professor Jones, -who
pointed out that the city's cen
tennial celebration would "get us
in trim" for the university's ob
servance of Its own 100th birth
day In 1942.
Selection of 1940 as the city
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Claim Interests
Of Russia and
Italy Involved
Germans State Italians
to React as Power in
Mediterranean
Soviet Is Reported Highly
Disappointed Over
Ankara Result
BERLIN. Oct. 19.-;p)-Authorfe
tative quarters took a grave view
tonight of Turkey's signature of a
mutual assistance pact with Brit
ain and France, asserting they
feared it might cause an outbreak
of general war, inasmuch as Italy's
and Russia's interests were direct
ly Involved.
These quarters looked to Italy
to react as a Mediterranean pow
er, and said the fact Turkey had
turned her back on Russia and
had faced toward the Mediterran
ean was sufficient cause to bring
Italy and Russia to work together
as the nazi and Soviets already
are doing.
Soviet Russia was represented
by these authoritative persons as
being "highly disappointed," at
the outcome in Ankara today.
Hitler Formally Ratifies
Russian Friendship Treaty
Adolf Hitler's immediate reac
tion was to formally ratify the
friendship treaty with Russia
signed at Moscow Sept. 28 and
subsequent agreements of Oct. 4,
made with Soviet Russia concern
ing Poland and the boundaries of
their "spheres of influence" in
that country.
(An official announcement by
Tass, soviet news agency, said the
presidium of the supreme soviet
also had ratified the pact of Sept
28 and its supplementary proto
col of Oct. 4).
German and Russian solidarity
seemed firmer than ever.
It also was announced that Ger
many had formally annexed Pora
erellen (the Polish corridor) and
Polish Upper Silesia, while a gen
eral staff communique stated that
the "first phase of the war in tbe
west" had ended by the French
evacuation of small areas of Ger
man territory.
Nazis Can't Understand
More of Turkey
Informed nazi quarters said
frankly they could not understand
why Turkey had acted "against
her best Interests," and expressed
belief the situation might prove
similar to the Polish one.
In that case the Polish foreign
minister, Jozef Beck, angered Ger
many by seeking English aid last,
spring, nazls said, and concluded
a mutual assistance pact with Brit
ain and France.
"England cannot help Turkey
any more than she helped Poland,"
they said.
One source said, "God help the
Angolian peasants. There are ne
trees there tor them to hide behind
when the bombers come. There
were trees in Poland."
Authoritative nazis, however.
professed to see no Immediate
threat to Germany's strategic mil
itary position in the new and un
expected development
Meanwhile Germany s general
staff was announcing that "tbe
first phase" of the war in the west
was finished with French with
drawal from the last kilometer of
German soil.
In Its detailed report the high
command said there had not been
a single action of any size in the
west that with one exception
only small detachments, fewer
than 200 soldiers were used on
either side.
This contradicted sharply re
ports from the allies since the war
started.
1939 Assessment
Rolls Completed
Completion of the 1939 Mar- ,
ion county assessment roll was
announced yesterday by Assessor
R. "Tad" Shelton. He said he
wonld disclose the new county
valuation, on which the 1940 tax
levies will be based, as soon as he
received official reports from the
state tax commission on its public
utility assessments.
Shelton has made no forecast
of how the 1939 valuation of the -county
will compare with that of
1938. Prediction was made at a
recent city budget meeting that
the Salem valuation might be In
creased as much as 3100,000.
Pact Interpreted
As Russian Defeat
MOSCOW, Oct. 19(ff)-Slfaw
ing of a mutual assistance pact V
between ' Turkey' and French- "
British allies was Interpreted by -foreign,
observers tonight as :a
curb upon any possible Russian
plan to extend military aid to
Germany and a restriction of Rus
sian aims In the Balkans.
No official reaction to the de
velopment was available here, but -foreign
circles saw the alliance,
as Russia's first defeat in her
fast-moving series of diplomatic -"victories"
over neighboring
states.
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