Weather
Generally fair today,
but unsettled. Fair Sun
day; moderate tempera
ture. Max. temp. Frl. 70,
rain. 40. River -8.7 ft.
South wind.
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, October 21, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 179
You'll Laugh
For a smile, a laugh, m
twite hof your funnybone,
turn to the Statesman San
day comic pages Popeye
and Wimpy, Polly and Her
Pals, and Blondie.
PSUNDQO 1651
Paul Hauler's Column
The ' goose, that old harbinger
of winter on the wing, has been
flocking overhead of late on his
way to keep a
date in southern
California.
We have noth
ing against the
goose. He can go
his way and we'll
go ours.1 We're
been to Califor
nia, anyway.
He might be a
little quieter
about it, though.
To us it seems pbj a aatr. tt.
just a wee bit ostentatious for
those fellows to keep yapping all
night long, "Well boys, I'm off for
the south for the winter."
Darned old migratory birds,
anyhow! . .
The best thing geese ever did
was to save Rome from the Visi
goths or the Ostrogoths, we for
get which. The geese set up such
a clatter that the Ancient Romans
were aroused, slipped on a toga
and chased off the Goths. They
were public heroes and geese were
given the privileges of the senate.
They still have 'em.
Sally Rand has taken bank
ruptcy and will have to start
from nothing again Which all
shows that If you do a strip
tease you're liable to lose your
shirt.
Times were mighty hard In
1892. Tha Salem citv council of
tnoee days viewed witn alarm ana
prepared for drastic retrenchment
as shown in a resolution brougnt
to light in the back minutes of the
council. Among the resolution
provisions was one that reaches a
high point of industrial efficiency.
It piovided: "That we dispense
with one driver, say the driver of
the hose wagon, move the engine
driver to the hose wagon, then let
the chief engineer act as chief and
driver, and during the day he can
act as day policeman."
i Another section provided: "That
instead of keeping our hoboes or
prisoners at the county Jail, we
rent a room and confine them
therein, feeding them on bread
and potatoes."
i The Swedes, the Norwegians
and the Danes apparently fear
that the Rnsso-German agree
ment lore the familiar words,
"All rights reserved, including
the Scandinavian."
I Trivial Information Last week
KSLM's football prophet predicted
Idaho would easily defeat Gon
aaga and was. immediately after
the. broadcast deluged with phone
calls from citizens who were of
fering to give 14 points and take
Gonxaga. The game had been
playd that afternoon and Gonzaga
won 19 to 0. .. A daughter of a
certain sheriff of Marion county,
who is a Willamette university
student, recently was in dire need
of a certain text book. A police
radio call went out, the book was
procured from its West Salem hid
ing place and the sheriff's daughter-went
about her studying. . .
Those two rip-roaring waddles, Al
"Buck" Adolph and Red "Hopa
long" A., slipped out of their Bar
None corral on Church street yes
terday and whent Jouncing - up
State street, cowboy boots, levis,
six-guns and all. - .
'
The city of Salem is planning
a Oentnry of Progress for next
year. We humbly suggest the
city wait until 1054 when it ran
kill two birds by celebrating the
last payment on the city hall at
the same time.
Neutrality Debate
Is Nearing Gose
WASHINGTON, Oct. tKP)-A
barrage of short speeches from
both sides carried the senate's
general neutrality debate toward
its close today with1 Senator
' Brown (D-Mlch) asserting that
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh offered
Canada a "gratuitous Insult" with
a recent radio speech.
The Michigan senator, support
ing the administration move to
repeal the embargo on arms ship-
menta to belligerents, referred to
an address in which the famous
flier called for retention of an
embargo on "offensive weapons'
and virtually demanded that Can
ada cut her link to Britain.
Asserting that if Canada should
be attacked . from abroad, the
United States would have tode-
xena mac country, uaaoergn
simultaneously , questioned - the
Dominion's "right to draw us into
a European war ' simply because
they prefer the crown of England
to American independence.
Brown charged that Lindbergh
was trying to deny Canada the
control of her" own affairs and
thus was encouraging ''the spirit
of nationalistic Imperialism' that
has cursed the world for centur
ies and which is the potent poison
that has; killed peace."
88 Oregon Non-Federal
PWA Projects Completed
- PORTLAND, Oct.
Eighty-eight of Oregon's 134 non
federal PWA projects approved in
193S have been substantially com
pleted, Kenneth A. Godwin, re
gional TWA director, said today
The 4f remaining Jobs have a con
struction Talue of 15,847,000.
Total expenditures amount to
19,300,000 with the PWA assist
ance totaling S4.e99.7io
Hoover States
US Should not
Sell Munitions
Says Gear Stand
V Si
Against Civilia- .
Be Talr
Former PreP & , Talks
Over
,?ide
Radio le 5rk
NEW YORK, Oct. 20-UP)-ToT'
mer President Herbert Hoover de
clared tonight that the time had
come for America to take a clear
and explicit stand on wars against
civilians, and that "whatever else
may be done about the embargo.
America should not sell bombing
planes, their bombs, poison gas or
submarines."
In an address prepared for an
NBC network, Mr. Hoover gave
his reasons for his proposal ten
days ago of a substitute for either
repeal of the embargo or no re
peal a proposal "that In what
we do, we seek for a firm basis
in broad humanity."
He said his speech was designed
partly to "clear up a mislmpres-
sion" as to his stand on the
question of this country's selling
arms. His proposal, he said, was
that this country prohibit the sale
of the weapons nsed to terrorize
and attack civilians bombing
planes, their ammunition, poison
gas and submarines and sell the
instruments, such as pursuit
planes, light observation planes,
anti-aircraft guns and their am
munition, which can be used to de
fend civilian populations agatnst
such attacks.
Proposed "We limit
Arms Business"
"I proposed," he said, "that for
the present we limit our arms
business right there. . . .
"Before I proceed I wish to
clear up a misimpression as to this
proposal. I have not proposed that
we divide every kind of weapon
used in war into defensive wea
pons and offensive weapons, nor
that we embargo such offensive
weapons and sell such defensive
weapons on that basis.
"What I have proposed is to
limit our basis of action first, to
that .part of war carried on
against civilians, and second, that
we confine our action to certain
apeeiflo weapons which I hare
named."
"I mention this," Mr. Hoover
continued, "because some of the
writers upon this proposal are un
der a misimpression that I have
proposed to cover all kinds of war
weapons. That wider field was in
deed proposed by myself in 1932
and by Mr. Roosevelt in 1933.
Starting from this misimpression,
these writers have lost themselves
in a maze of discussion as to what,
where and when a weapon is ag
gressive and when It is defensive.
Says Distinctions Are
Not Difficult
"Whether different weapons
can be used for either benevolent
or malevolent purposes between
fighting men is not what we are
discussing. The distinctions are
not so difficult.
"Every child in Europe knows
its destruction comes from bomb
ing planes and poison gas. Equally
every child knows that pursuit
planes, observation planes, search
lights, anti-aircraft guns and gas
masks are its defense. Every child
in Europe can tell these weapons
apart."
Vernonia Unions
Split on Proposal
VERNONIA, Ore., Oct. 20.-UP)-
Di8puting AFL and CIO factions
at the Oregon-American Lumber
company here split tonight In a
vote on a compromise proposal
suggested during a conference
Thursday with Governor Charles
A. Sprague in Salem.
The proposal would have com'
pelled non-CIO members to pay a
10c monthly tax for permission to
work. AFL members, in the minor
ity, rejected the plan while the
CIO membership approved it
to 1.
State Tax Federation Plan
Initiated by
Uam than 200 western Oregon
citizens, many of them represent
ing local taxpayers' organizations;
heard Frank Arnold, Nebraska tax
crusader, blame an apparent lack
of .public interest in government
for what ha described as unsatis
factory tax burdens now prevail
ing in many parts oi ine uniiea
States in an address at the Mar
ion hotel last night. -
Rtens toward settinr un an Ore
gon federation of t a x p a y e r s'
leagues were taken Immediately
following the address with Claude
Buchanan, ex-Benton county legis
lator, aervinc aa chairman. Buch
anan was authorised to appoint
one or more representatives irom
each ! of the nine counties repre
sented at tne meeting to serve on
a committee to form the new or
ganization. ArnnM nreaMortt nf tha Nebras
ka Federation of Taxpayers
leagues, came to saiem on invita
tion of the Oregon Business and
Investors, Inc., and the Marlon
count Taxnavera Learue. :
"Never once In all the years of
mv axneriene In tax work have I
seen one single, solitary intimation
His Conference
Is Secret One
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KING BORIS III
New Bulgarian
Cabinet Sought
Various Representatives
Confer With Boris
in Secret
SOFIA, Oct. 2 0.-()-Conf er
ring in secret with representatives
of every shade of political opinion
in Bulgaria, King Boris III to
night continued his effort to form
a new cabinet whose nature may
have an Important bearing on the
issue of war or peace for the Bal
kans. Up to a late hour tonight, there
was no indication that the mon
arch had been successful in his
quest for a successor to the gov
ernment of Premier George Kios
selvanoff, which resigned yester
day. Observers predicted the palace
conferences would continue over
the weekend, with no announce
ment until Monday.
Belief was expressed among
neutral observers that the issue
was being complicated further by
strong diplomatic pressure from
Berlin, Moscow, London and even
Rome.
There was some belief that
King Boris was sparring for time
to see what positive effect the
breakdown of Turkish-Russian
negotiations would have on the
Balkans.
President States
Ship Types Differ
Draws Sharp Line Between
Belligerent Undersea,
Surface Vessels
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Oct. 20
-(JP)-President Roosevelt drew a
sharp line of demarcation today
between undersea and surface
ships of belligerent nations, as
serting at a press conference that
they were dissimilar as apples
and pears.
He turned aside in that man
ner a question about the possi
bility of extending to surface ves
sels of the nations at war in Eu
rope the restrictions he imposed,
by a proclamation Issued under
the neutrality law, on the use of
American ports and and territor
ial waters by their submarines.
Some persons received the im
pression, however, that since he
placed the two types of ships in
different categories he invited
the interpretation that he would
not put them in the same clas
sification under the neutrality
act.
Portlander Is Elected
EUGENE, Oct. aO.-ifl'HRob-ert
Hlatt, editor of Portland's
Franklin high school paper, was
elected president of the Oregon
High School Press association at
its meeting on the University of
Oregon campus today. He suc
ceeds James Thayer, Carlton.
Arnold Speech
from professional career welldoers
indicating that a careful analysis
should be made of the ability , of
the people to support the increas
ing cost of government,' Arnold
declared.
"Neither have I seen any indica
tion that these people who were
so lavishly spending our public
funds had the remotest Idea that
the bottom of the barrel would
soon be reached."
Arnold said he was sure all
agreed there was a most urgent
need for militant citizens' organ
izations to take an active interest
in governmental affairs.' "
The speaker then . referred to
his home state, Nebraska, which
he termed the "white spot" on the
nation'a tax map.
Arnold said it had not been the
practice in Nebraska to adopt any
fool theories of government.
"We never advocate In any way
anything that is not proved prac
tical and workable and an advan
tage to government in some part
of the United States," the speak
er continued. ....... ...
"When tax leagues were first
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Survivors of
English Ships
Tell of Terror
Passengers of Yorkshire,
City of Mandalay
Safe in France
Some Barefoot; Many Are
Suffering Heavily
From Exposure
By WILLIAM McGAFFIN
BORDEAUX. France, Oct. 20-
(i!p)-Tales of terror and suffering
were told tonight by many of
the 300 survivors from two Brit
ish steamers sunk by a submarine
Tuesday in - the Atlantic about
500 miles off the Spanish coast.
Those who could manage it
sang "God Save the King'" and
"My County Tls of Thee" as Cap
tain D. J. McKenzie brought the
rescue ship, the American freight
er Independence Hall, into port.
Some of the survivors were
barefoot. Many of them had suf
fered heavily from exposure. Long
rows of ambulances were drawn
up and a corps of nurses were
waiting when the small freighter
steamed into the harbor.
Estimate 61 Persons
Lose Their Lives
A revised estimate was that 61
persons lost their lives In the
sinking last Tuesday of the York
shire and six or seven in the
sipking half an hour later of the
City of Mandalay.
Some of those rescued said that
the City of Mandalay and the
Yorkshire were grouped with 19
other ships being convoyed by
warships but became separated
from the convoy after one day
out from Gibraltar.
A submarine described by Brit
ish passengers as German first
struck at the 10,000-ton York
shire after following it all day.
Submarine Strikes City
of Mandalay Next
A half hour later the submar
ine struck at the 7,000-ton City
of Mandalay.
The number of passengers
aboard the two was over 100.
The Independence Hall got an
SOS about 4 p. m. Tuesday from
the Yorkshire and then shortly
afterwards, another from the
City of Mandalay.
Putting as much speed as pos
sible on the freighter, Captain
McKentle'a crew reached the
City of Mandalay first, about 40
minutes later.
Two of the Mandalays life
boats were awash, with scores
of people floating in the heavy
seas girded in life belts.
By the time the freighter
reached it the City of Mandalay
was breaking in two. Rescue
work took two hours because of
the tremendous seas.
A four-year-old baby in a life
belt was rescued, but its mother
died.
As the (0 Independence Hall
passengers did what they could
to help and watched the terror
izing scene, a submarine believed
the same as that which sank the
English boats suddenly emerged
from the sea near the rescue
freighter.
Both survivors and passengers
aboard the rescue ship screamed
their fright, the passengers said,
but the submarine merely sig
nalled, "How many have you
saved?" It remained alongside a
short time and then dived once
more into the sea.
White Says Pacific
Coast Vulnerable
PORTLAND, Oct. 2HflVThe
Pacific Coast is vulnerable to in
vasion and it would take 10
months to equip and train troops
for its defense, Major General
George A. White, commander of
the Oregon National Guard, said
in an address last night.
A more virile nationalism was
urged by the General. He asked
the people to remember they
were the government and that
congress had to follow their dic
tates. He declared they should
authorize congress to appropriate
funds for more rifles and ether
equipment now lacking.
OC Mayor Dies
PORTLAND. Oct. JHP)-Uoyd
Ordway Harding, mayor et Oregon
City, died at the United States
Veterans' hospital here today. He
had been a patient for s e v e r a 1
weeks.
Late Sports
MONMOUTH, . Oct. SO. Their
two big guards, Emigh and John
son, injured in the first quarter,
the Oregon College of Education
Wolves lost to the St. Martins
Rangers, C to 0, on the gridiron
here tonight.
The lone score came on a quick
series in the second .halt, after
Gamblnl, Rangers Tight halfback,
had run the kickoff back 40 yards
SEATTLE, Oct. 20.-P)-Ham-merin'
Henry Armstrong, the
world's welterweight champion,
scored a technical knockout over
Richie Fontaine of Missoula,
Mont, tonight in the third round
of their scheduled 15-round cham
pionship fight.
The Los Angeles negro ham
mered his challenger to the mat
fire times in the second and once
in the third before delivering the
blow that brought a towel from
Fontaine's corner.
afeffli Mam MeM up
Germans Said
to
Continue War
Nazis Reported Ready
if Enemies Are
So Inclined
Reich Contemplates no
French Concession
Is Report
BERLIN, Oct. 20-(iP)-Indica-tlons
that Germany is prepared to
continue fighting if her enemies
are so inclined came tonight from
authoritative quarters here.
DNB, official German news
agency, Baid "England and France
have rejected the fuehrer's out
stretched hand. They threw down.
the gauntlet and Germany has
picked it up."
It was said authoritatively that
the reich contemplated no con
cession to France.
Nazis Claim Turkey
Stooge of Britain
A short while earlier, Nazis had
declared Turkey became "Bri
tain's stooge" when she signed a
mutual aid pact with the allies
and could no longer be regarded
as a neutral.
Spokesmen in high places and
DNB cautioned the world against
assuming that Germany was mak
ing conciliatory gestures toward
France on the meager basis that
the war communique on Thurs
day said the German west army
failed to step across the French
frontier at the moment conditions
seemed auspicious because of the
withdrawal of French troops.
(By the Associated Press)'
Th -ar-reachlng implications
of the new stand taken In Europe's
affairs by Asiatic Turkey now
termed "Britain's stooge" by dis
appointed Germans were weigh
ed last night in European chan
cellories in the absence of wide
scale developments on the western
front.
Germans Again Fly
Over Great. Britain
As for the war itself, yesterday's
principal developments were
fresh flights by German warplanes
over the strategic Firth of Forth,
which drew British resistance and
proved fruitless for the nazls, and;
the reported taking of a "few
prisoners" by French troops in pa
trol and reconnaissance activity:
between the Moselle and Saar
rivers on the western front. j
Across the Atlantic, in quiet
Hyde Park, NY, where he went for!
a weekend visit, President Roose
velt told reporters that the ter
ritorial limits of the United States;
went as far as necessary for na
tional safety. He said the limits
might range from three to hun
dreds of miles off the coast. !
Says Japan Won't j
Alter Asia Plans
ODAWARA, Japan, Oct. 10.-
(-Feretgn Minister Klchisaburoj
Namura declared today that the
"determination of the entire Jap
anese nation to bring about a new;
order 4n east Asia is too strong
to be changed of affected by the
Interference of a third power."
Diplomatic observers regarded;
the Namura statement as a
prompt answer to the strong
speech of United States Ambassa
dor Joseph C. Grew yesterday in
which he said American public
opinion was sharply opposed to
Japan's military program In
China.
Namura was interviewed here1
while en route to the Grand
Shrines at Ise to make devotions
to the sun goddess Amaterasa. a
traditional pilgrimage customar
ily made by ministers after as4
suming a cabinet post. He became
foreign minister September 20.
Sweet Home Thief I
Draws 18 Years
PORTLAND, Oct lO-itfVClyde
Richard Jensen, 24, was sen
tenced today by federal Judge
James A. Fee to 18 years in fed-,
eral prison for robbing the Sweet
Home bank of ISfiOO. I
Jensen pleaded guilty to hold
ing np cashier Dorothy Grant on
September 18 and forcing her to
open the vault. He was , arrested
later the same day at Salem and
led police to the loot and a pis
tol he had hidden.
Officers said he entered this
bank the night before the rob
bery by sawing bars on a rear
window.
Judge Fee, replying to sugges
tions Jensen should be examined
fby specialists to analyse possible
future conduct, declared the time
has come to quit speculating
about his future: the court will
have something to say about
that,"
Prepared
and
Oregon Left out of Shipbuilding
Picture as Heavy Orders Placed
XT '
ia m
10,635,000
$4 60,000-
LOS
,560,0OO
After SO years In the doldrums. Pacific coast shipbuilding Is again un
der way, Impelled by over $50,000,000 worth of orders which will
produce 23 steam and dlesel cargo carriers and give work to be
tween 4000 and 5000 coast workers but Oregon, scene of feverish
shipyard operations during the World war years, is left out. Chart
above shows graphically where coast shipbuilding awards were
placed by the US maritime commission. One hull In the San Fran
cisco area has already been built and launched.
Italy Accepts Pact
Of Turks Calmly
Peace in Mediterranean Is
Interpretation of
Diplomats
ROME, Oct. 20.-()-Italy's
cairn reception today ox the sign
ing of the British-French-Turkish
mutual assistance pact was inter
preted by diplomats as a new har
binger of continued peace in the
Mediterranean.
. This calm contrasted sharply
with violent attacks on the pro
posed pact as published last sum
mer. Fascists then condemned the
prospective agreement as part of
a French-British "encirclement"
policy and anti-Italian in effect.
' One newspaper in an editorial
reflecting fascist bitterness at that
time described the Turks as "trai
tors by nature."
The serenity with which Rome
today received the treaty which
made Turkey a potential enemy in
case of Italian military aid to Ger
many therefore was taken by
diplomats as further assurance
that Italy was determined to stay
aloof from the war.
liquor Stores to
Close Earlier
PORTLAND, Oct. 20 -(JF)-Drinkers
of hard liquor will have
to start a little earlier in Port
land hereafter. State administra
tor J. J. Hague today ordered
all but two state stores closed
at 11 p. m., instead of midnight
beginning November 1.
Trade at most Portland stores
Is insufficient to justify the late
hour, Hague said. Employes will
be concentrated to handle the 8
to 10 p. m. ruBhj period, instead.
The Oregon Brewers' Associa
tion request to bar eight-ounce
beer bottles was taken under ad
visement by the commission. 'A
California brewer has been send
ing small bottles into southern
Oregon since the California su
preme court upheld their prohi
bition there.
Oregon's smallest bottles are
11 ounces. Representatives of the
association said they were inter
ested principally in standardizing
the trade.
WCTVHead Complains Drink
Tolerance on
''The present situation Is so i
alarming that persons who never
before hare taken a stand on the
liquor question are now openly
appalled at what public indiffer
ence has brought to pass," de
clared Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith,
national president, at the closing
meeting of the annual state con
vention of the Women's Chris
tian Temperance union held in
the Methodist church last night.
"Tolerance of liquor is much
greater now than it was former
ly," she declared in denouncing
what she described as present-day
attitudes toward the liquor ques
tion. "The new saloon appeals to
women and youth as well as to
men."
Mrs. Smith discussed the his
tory of the temperance movement,
lauded its achievements and de
fined its purposes in the culminat
ing address of the convention
which approximately 190 dele
gates hare attended.
Kidmaroed.
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Reorganization of
Army Considered
War Department Said to
Be Planning Nine
Mobile Corps
WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-P)-
Reorganlzation of the army to
form nine highly mobile corps of
more than 40,000 troops each is
contemplated by the war depart
ment, reliable sources said today.
The program was described to
members of congressional mili
tary committees as a part of ef
forts to weld the present scat
tered units of troops into a force
which would be ready for any
emergency.
Putting it Into full effect de
pends on congressional approval
of army Increases recommended
to President Roosevelt by the war
department. These call for ex
pansion of the regular army by
53,000 men to its full peace-time
limit of 280,000, and the expan
sion of the national guard by
85,000 men to 320,000.
First steps of the contemplated
reorganisation already? have been
taken, however, with the orders
for five ''streamlined" regular
army divisions to undergo special
training this winter in the south
and northwest.
Postal Heads Say
British Stop Mail
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20-(Py-
United States postal officials for
mally called the state depart
ment's attention today to Great
Britain's action in stopping Amer
ican mail addressed to Germany.
Secretary Hull began consid
ering whether to make represen
tations to Britain. Queried by re
porters, he said that the govern
ment would reserve all its rights
under International law and that
he would give the question what
ever attention it called for.
Postal officials said yesterday
that the British, in searching
ships tor contraband, had taken
American mail, censored it and
then sent it back to this country.
Increase Today
"la six years since 1933." she
affirmed, "the liquor traffic is
infinitely worse than it was be
fore the days of prohibition." Mrs.
Wise offered statistical proof that
the number of saloons now In ex
istence is over three times the
number for the whole period be
tween 1863 and. 1920. She de
nounced the frequency with which
liquor is "woven Into stories,
movies, and social life in all its
forms.
The national president visited
with particular denunciation what
she declared to be the increased
use of liquor by women, and the
habitual appearance of women at
bars. She contrasted former con
ditions when "disgrace was the
portion of women seen In the
vicinity of liquor dispensaries.
"Liquor revenues have not. as
the promise was before repeal.
solved domestic problems " the
declared. "More money is spent
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George Beaty
Made to Drive
Car to Kelso
Gunman Boards His Xutj.
at 12th and State,
Demands Ride
Takes $12 on Way out of
City; Police on Watch
in Washington
KES0, Wash., Oct. 20.
(AP) An armed kidnaper,
holding- a pistol to his face
forced George Beaty, 55, of
Salem, Ore., to drive him here
tonight after entering his
automobile at a stop light in
the Oregon city.
Beaty reported the man,
large and heavy set, robbed
him of $12 before leaving the
Salem city limits and then
forced him to drive north
ward across the state line.
Deputy Sheriff A. C. Beckham
of Cowlitz county said the offense
constituted kidnaping under the;
so-called Lindbergh law, punish
able by death. All state, county
and city officers in this south
western Washington area were
notified to be on the alert for
the abductor.
. He left the car and allowed
Beaty to drive away after reach
ing the northern city limits oB
Kelso. Highly nervous after tbe
ordeal, the Oregon man reported
immediately to the sheriff's of
fice here.
He said the man stepped into
his back seat ss he stopped for
a stop sign at 12th and State
streets at about 6:45 p. m4
pressed a pistol against his faca
and ordered:
Assailant Threatens
Victim With Gun
"Get moving along now, aadi
do as I say if you don't want td
get hurt."
At another traffic light, th
man reached from the back seat
and removed Beaty's purse and
its $12 contents, the victim told
officers here.
Deputy Beckham said the man
apparently was not well acquaint
ed with highways in the regiost
because at the interstate bridga
to Vancouver, Wash., he asked
what span it was. When Beaty
informed him, Beckham said be
replied: "The hell it is."
Beaty was not able to give a
He said he was heavy set and
wore a gray suit and a dark hat.
He told Beaty to drive on wheoi
he alighted from his car here.
Beaty said he would stay ia
Kelso overnight.
Salem police - said their first
notice of George Beaty's kidnap
ing came early this morning la
a radio message relayed from
Kelso requesting funds or trans
portation for the man.
Officers here immediately ad
vised Vernon Myers, 2325 Center
street, whose address Beaty gave,
and Myers left at once by auto
mobile for Kelso.
Beaty served as a member of the
Salem police force during tbe
World war.
Sprague Joins
Chest Campaign
PORTLAND, Oct. 20.-(rVGov-
ernor Sprague Joined the cam
paign for Portland Community
Chest funds last night with a ra
dio broadcast In which he stressed
rslue for youth training agencies.
"The more I see of crime end
moral delinquency as revealed ia
inmates of our penal and reforma
tory institutions, the more I am
convinced that prevention is a tar
better cure than subsequent ef
forts at rehabilitation," the gov
ernor sadi. -
Attack on Police
Disturbs Shanghai
SHANGHAI, Oct. 21.-(Satur-day
A uthoritlesof th
Shanghai international settlement
turned today to officials of the
various foreign . consuls ys , for
guidance in an emergency arising
from an 'attack last night on set
tlement police. -
A Chinese policeman was shot
and killed and a colleague, an
Indian Sikh, wounded seriously
in a set-to with a group of men
dressed aa Chinese civilians.
' Two Students Burned ,
McMINNVILLE, Oct." 2 0.-4JP
Paul Crapo, Klamath Falls, and
Bill Waind, McMinnvUle. were
burned last night by debris from
tne unueld college sophomore-
freshman bonfire. Crspo's hands
hands wera scorched