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Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning:, October 26, 1939
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No. 183
ovieit Turns Down British Comtr albauiicl List
Psundoo 1651
Senate Nears
Final Vote on
NeutraHtyBiU
Amendments Voted Down
in Rapid Fire
Fashion
Effort to Curb Power
of President Is
Beaten
WASHINGTON, Oct.
Blg senate majorities bowled
over one neutrality bill amend
ment after another today, disclos
ing a firm disposition on the
part ef the administration to
stick to the bill as It now is and
submit It to the house in that
form.
In rapid fire fashion, the sen
ate rejected:
An amendment by Senator
Johnson (D-Colo) to abolish
presidential discretion In making
the provision of the act effective
when -wars break out in other
lands. The proposal was beaten
CI to 16.
Another Johnson amendment to
eliminate the bill's provision
that congress as well as the
president may make a determi
nation that a state of war exists
abroad, and invoke the neutral
ity law. The vote was 75 to
14.
Amendments Are Quickly
Disposed of
These amendments were Quick
ly disposed of, but the senate
then ran Into prolonged debate
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Paul Hauser'f Column
This is probably one of those
deathless tales that pop up every
hunting season. It's been printed
before and will
p r o b ably be
printed I many
times again '
A hunter shot
at a bnck and
saw It drop. He
thought he had
killed It and ran
gleefully to the
spot where the
big deer lay
aniotw annar-
ently as dead as rm H- biow, ir.
they come. The hunter cot eut
his deer tag and proudly attached
It to the buck's antlers.
No sooner was the tag affiled
than the buck, which had been
merely stunned, rose to his feet
and went charging up and over
the ridge at top. speed.
Out after him lit the hunter,
dismay in his heart and speed
in his heels. Before he topped
the ridge he heard a loud re
port. As he cleared the ridge
he saw another man bending
over buck, his buck It was
now quite dead.
The first hunter ran up, breath
less, just as the second was tag
ging the deer.
"Herel'Mae shouted, "That's my
deer."
The second hunter looked up,
astonished. 'The heck it is," be
said vehemently. "I shot him."
"WeH" said the original
shooter. "He's got my tag on
him, and he pointed to where
his tag hong nndisputedly fast
to the hack's antlers.
The second hunter looked first
at the tag and then at the pant
ing nimrod beside him. A look of
utter amazement and 'confusion
spread over his face.
"My God, man, he said.
"Take the deer. If yon can run
fast enough to hang a tag on
him at the speed be was going
you deserve It i
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SOCIETY NOTE
The Woman's club, held its an
nual fashion show Tuesday night.
After the rasnions earas were en
Joyed after a fashion.
We are pleased to report two
developments in higher education
at Willamette university, which
will undoubtedly make the found-
ins fathers turn over In their
raves at a nhenomenal rate.
1.' The Willamette university
band will nresentlr appear In
Tarlrht vallow anata. These are
reputedly to keep 4he musicians
from getting pneumonia from the
Vnlrf enld rronnd. The drum
majorette, however,; will not ap-
vtear In leeztnrs. , i:
x. The Willamette university
student body has purchased one
f those nlckel-ln-tbe-slot phono
graphs ana tne gymnasium wui
hnrtlv rMonnd with the haunt
ing strains ef the "Beer Barrel
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We have not yet decided
whether to get new false face
for Hallowe'en or to get along
with the one we've been using
an year. : ' j v .
Trivial Information A prom
inent Folk county resident was
yesterday served a summons to ap
pear in a court in one of the coast
counties to answer a charge of Il
legal fishing. Basis for the charge
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.Winnie Ruth Judd
Escapes Hospital
Trunk Murderess Leaves,
Pays Parents Visit
And Vanishes
PHOENIX, Ariz., Oct. I5.-WV
Crying persecution because she
was not permitted to visit her
aged, bed-ridden father, Winnie
Ruth Judd, trunk murderess who
twice was condemned to die, es
caped last night from the Arizona
state hospital.
The small, blue-eyed, golden-
haired slayer who in 1931 killed
Agnes Le Rol and Hedvig Samuel-
son, youthful nurses, dismembered
their bodies, stuffed them into
trunks and shipped them to Los
Angeles, fled shortly after 11
m., and had been gone nearly
12 hours before hospital authori
ties knew of her absence.
Her escape from the closely
guarded woman's ward puzzled in
vestigators who reported every
thing was in order. The locked
doors, they said, could be opened
only with a key.
Y. C. White, executive secre
tary to the governor, who took
charge of the investigation, said
an attendant whose name he with
held put Mrs. Judd to bed at 10:50
p. m. and round her sitting on the
side ot her bed 15 minutes later.
The time of her escape previously
had been set at about 9:30 p. m.
The S 4-year-old murderess paid
her parents, the Rev. and Mrs.
H. J. McKinnell, a hurried, 15
minute visit, then vanished into
the night.
Behind her she left a letter ad
dressed to Gov. Bob Jones. Mrs.
McKinnell who delivered it to the
governor's office, said the letter
advised the governor Mrs. Judd
would return . to the hospital
when they quit persecuting me."
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 26.-WV
Dr. William C. Judd, husband of
Winnie Ruth Judd, Arizona trunk
slayer, today expressed a "fervent
hope that Winnie Ruth will give
herself up she can gain nothing
by her escape."
Dr. Judd is a patient at the vet
erans' hospital in west Los Ange
les.
Dr. Judd declared he believed
that Mrs. Judd's escape plot was
not hatched over a long period of
time, but that "she acted on the
spur ot the moment, as insane per
sons often do."
Federation Urges
FDR Third Term
PORTLAND. Ore.. Ost M.-OPi
-The Oregon Commonwealth Fed
eration passed resolutions tonight
urging election of President Roos
evelt for a third term, restoration
and expansion of WPA programs.
greater federal aid for farmers
and extension ot old-age security
benefits.
The resolutions were sent to the
president and Oregon s congres
sional delegation.
Baby Chick Speaker Predicts
Weak Egg Prices This Spring
Present indications point to
weak egg prices this spring, Oro-
ver Keeney, manager of the Pa
cific Cooperative Poultry produ
cers from Portland, told about 200
Oregon flock owners gathered In
Salem yesterday for the dosing
day of the Oregon Baby Chick con
vention. .
The egg market is lower now
than Is usual this time of year he
pointed out, and unless some un
anticipated change comes the out
look for spring is likely to be un
favorable tor poultrymen. Increase
in number of poultry raisers was
cited as one cause of the lower
market.
In discussing selection ot breed
ers Noel Bennion, poultry exten
sion specialist from Oregon State
college, brought out. that traits of
heavy production, longevity and
early maturity are hereditary.
Bennion illustrated his talk with
llive birds. Old hens, he said, are
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Above, deck arm chairs and other articles are shown stacked along a
rail of the President Harding after the crew cleared up litter when
the vessel was buffeted by a hurricane enroute to New York. 73
were injured, one man washed overboard. Below, Mr. and sirs.
Louis Pitchon of Bnenos Aires proudly show similar black eyes
they received when the hurricane
Savings and Loan
Convention Opens
State League's 20th Annual
"Session Will Last
Through Friday
Members of the Oregon Savings
and Loan league will gather in
Salem today from all parts of the
state for the organization's 20th
annual convention, sessions of
which will last through tomorrow.
The assembled members, it was
estimated yesterday, will bring to
gether representatives of approx
imately 34 associations with total
assets of 130,000,000, chiefly
comprised ot savings of Oregon
residents loaned in Oregon homes.
Speakers for the convention will
Include Fred W. Catlett, member
of the board of the federal home
loan bank in Washington, DC, who
will address a combined meeting
of the local Rotary, Klwanis, and
Lions clubs as well as the conven
tion at noon today Morton Bod
fish, executive vice-president of
the United States Savings and
Loan league of Chicago, and Vera
Bonsteel, chief examiner of the
Savings and Loan Insurance cor
poration ot Washington, DC.
Keith Powell, Salem, president
of the league, win preside at bus
iness sessions and at the conven
tion banquet tonight. A number
of entertainment features hare
been provided for the members at
tending. Including a luncheon to
day at the home of Mrs. Keith
Powell and a tour of the state cap
itoL " .
best breeders and selection of
properly historied cockrels the
most important part in the breed
ing program.
Pullets- will immunize them
selves against coccldiosis if not at.
posed to too large dosages of the
disease at one time. Dr. E. M.
Dlckerson, OSC poultry patholo
gist, told the poultrymen. Charts
were displayed showing that birds
immunized survived no better than
those which were self-immunised.
Lloyd Lee of Salem, a director
of the Oregon association, told of
highlights of the world poultry
concress in Cleveland. Ohio, last
July. He was one ot the 80 Oregon.
pouiu-ymen who attended the 11
day congress.
Other speakers included H. E.
Cosby of Oregon State college
William Newmever and - Chester
Jarratt ot PEP eompany. Colored
moving pictures of scenic spots in
the United States taken from the
ala V &i ' V - W- a a - .
STEAMSHIP
descended.
Dies Committee
Stirs Controversy
Publicizing of Government
Members of League
Brings Storm
WASHINGTON, Oct. i5.-4JPi-
The Dies committee stirred up
storm of controversy today by
making public -what It described
as a "membership and mailing
list" of the American League for
Peace and Democracy which In
cluded the names of some 500
government employee. The com
mittee previously had branded the
league a "communist front organ
ization." The storm broke in the commit
tee room, on the floor of the house
of representatives and in the of
flees of federal agencies where
those named are employde.
Rep. Dempsey (D-N Mex),
committee member who was ab
sent when the names were an
nounced, protested that the com
mittee's action was "most damna
ble'! and "most unAmerican."
Rep. Coffee (D-Wash) precip
itated a rough and tumble debate
in the house by shouting:
"I call on the house and the
Roosevelt administration to repu
diate this unwarranted intrusion
of American rights which violates
the principles of American democ
racy."
And from the offices of the fed
eral employes named, some of
whom hold high positions in the
administration, came a steady
stream of statements. Some denied
they were members of the league
others said they had been but
were no longer active, and still
others said they merely were on
the league's mailing list. Some
said emphatically they were not
communists.
Roosevelt Radio
Address Tonight
WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.HSV
President Roosevelt will speak on
the New York Harold-Tribune ra
dio forum Thursday night on the
subject "War's Challenge to the
United States."
The address will be carried by
all of the major broadcasting sys
tems and is scheduled to be heard
from 8 to 8:15 p. m. Pacific time.
Murder Trial Due
PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 25.-AV
Allen D. Brum field, alias Hnlen
Presley, escaped Washington con
vict, will go on trial tomorrow for
first-degree murder In the shoot
ing of Mrs. Battle Hooker, CI, hos
pital attendant," District Attorney
james k. iain announced.
Crew of Flint
Reported Safe
Aboard Ship
US Ambassador 'Reports
German Prize Crew
Is Released
I
Vessel Stays at Murmansk
Until Cargo's Nature
Is Determined
WASHINGTON. Oct S5.-tffV-
Amoassaaor Laurence L. Stein
hardt reported to the state depart
ment tonight that the foreign of
fice at Moscow had assured him
the American officers and crew of
the City of Flint were safe aboard
the vessel at Murmansk.
The state department made pub
lic Steinhardt's report that the
crew was safe Immediately upon
its receipt there and indicated
further details were expected with
in a short time.
The status of the crew had been
the principal concern of authori
ties since the City of Flint was
seized by a German raider.
The remainder of Steinhardt's
bare report that the American
crew was safe, however, dealt with
information .that the German prize
crew had been released from in
ternment and gave no further de
tails on the Americans.
Ambassador Quotes Tass,
Soviet News Agency
The ambassador quoted a Tass
(soviet news agency) dispatch
from Murmansk as reporting that
the City of Flint is remaining at
Murmansk pending definite estab
lishment on the nature ot her car
go. He added that Tass said the
vessel had put into Murmansk be
cause her machinery had been
damaged.
Btelnhardt reported that as soon
as he had read this dispatch he
had telephoned an. official of the
foreign office and had been in
formed that it was that official's
understanding that the German
prize crew had been released from
interment but were not being put
back n board the City of Flint.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ending a two-day-old mystery
which had grown into a grave con
cern of the United States govern
ment, Russia late last night as
sured Washington that the crew
of 42 officers and men of the
American freighter City of Flint
were safe aboard the vessel at
Murmansk, remote Russian Arctic
port.
Vessel Arrived With
German Crew Monday
Arrival of the vessel at Mur
mansk in charge of a German
prize crew following her seizure
at sea was disclosed Monday night,
but for two full days efforts of the
United States government to learn
the whereabouts of the American
crew had been futile.
The Germans seized the city of
Flint, en route from New York to
Liverpool and Glasgow with a gen
eral cargo, as a contraband car
rier. Hull made clear the United
States expected to get the vessel
back.
The United States, German and
Russian governments all pushed
Investigation of the case, with
American envoys in both Berlin
and Moscow pressing for further
details.
The puzzling circumstances sur
rounding the selaure ot tho City
of Flint first of an American
vessel In the present war tended
to obscure for Americans other
developments of the day. They
were none the less Important,
however.
Germany, already harrying Brit
ish shipping with an increased
submarine and sea raider attack,
added the threat of 1 a "rain of
bombs on the British Isles in a
relentless" fight to the finish
against Britain. The threat was
contained in the National Zeltung
of ssen, newspaper close to Air
Minister Goering.
Jolson Discloses
He, Ruby Keeler
Are Separated
HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 23F)
Al J o 1 o n , noted "Mammy"
singer of screen and stage, dis
closed today that he and Raby
Keeler have separated and she
has consulted lawyers with di
vorce in vew.
Jolson appeared broken
hearted as he told ot their sep
aration after he had taken her
to a prize fight Tuesday night.
"I hope everything will work
oat all right, he told her as fa
left her at the home of her par
ents. "I hope youTl come hack
right away
"Maybe, she replied.
He said he talked with her
again today bat leaned she al
ready had conferred with law
yers. ; .. ;"
Jolson said that since the sep
aration he had offered her S400
a week for life, with a lamp set
tlement of $80,000 If she mar
rled again, and a $100,000 tract
fund for their t adopted child.
She rejected this as tnsoffhient,
he said, on advice ef lawyers.
He described their differ
ences as "family troubles, wot
important enough in my opin
ion to bring divorce. ,
Freighter City of Flint Crew
Reported
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Ambassador Laurence L. Steinhardt last night reported to the state
department at Washington that he had been informed by the Mos
cow foreign office that the crew of the seised American freighter.
City of Flint, is safe aboard the vessel at Murmansk.
Naval Forces of
British Hunt Seas
German Subs and Raiders
Sought for Attacks
On English
LONDON, Oct. 25.-,)Bmish
naval forces, cast for a leading
role In the nar-at-hand winter
campaign, hunted the seas tonight
for elusive German submarines
and surface raiders combining In
new attacks on the nation's vital
shipping.
In a heavy blow off Spain, Ger
man raiders were credited with
sinking four merchant craft yes
terday, strengthening the belief
that nazi submarines raiding the
sea lanes had been augmented by
the pocket battleship Deutschland
and the Emden II, namesake of
the famed world war "phantom
cruiser."
These . sinkings, in which Brit
ain lost 17,671 tons of ships in a
single day,' bringing her losses
thus far to 45 ships, also gave rise
to speculation that an entire con
voy had been attacked.
The news of these losses reached
British readers at about the same
time the alrministry announced
Royal air force scouting expedi
tions had succeeded in reaching
Berlin, Hamburg and Magdeburg
in night flights. Magdeburg is the
site of a branch of the Krupp mu
nitions works, 200 miles from the
German coast.
Wallace Proposal
Irritates Some
WASHINGTON, Oct.
Secretary Wallace's advocacy of
a third term for President Roose
velt, coming at a time when the
administration has asked ad
journment of politics, irritated
some republicans and democrats
in congress today.
Administration leaders gener
ally refrained from public com
ment, but Senators Minto ot In
diana, the democratic whip, 'ob
served that this was no time to
discuss such matters that there
would be plenty of time to do
so next year. And Senator Tho
mas (D-Utah), an ; administration
supporter who heads the senate
labor committee, observed:
"This is the very worst time
to be talking about politics,
while the senate is discussing a
non-partisan neutrality measure.
Therefore, I have nothing to say
at the present time."
Wallace said in an interview
at San Francisco that the war
abroad had made plain the de
sirability of a third term for Mr.
Roosevelt, His remark was In
response to a Question.
Eugene Council Okeh$
Site of Sewage Plant
EUGENE, Oct. 25-UPV-Pur-
chase of a site for Eugene's pro
posed sewage disposal plant has
been approved by the city coun
dl. A 25-cents-a-month levy
against water users will finance
the project.
Sewage is now dumped into the
Willamette river.
Short, Colorful
Suggested by
A three to six day celebration
next year of Salem's 100th birth
day with ''the best historical page
ant than can possibly be produ
ced" will be proposed to the cen
tennial directors at a meeting to
be called next week, r
: .This was the .decision reached
hist night by the temporary plan
ning commission ' appointed by
Mayor W. W. Chadwick following
the initial centennial meeting last
week. - '
The commission proposed that
the pageant be produced each
night of - the celebration as the
principal event ot the day. Morn
ing and afternoon programs would
stress on set days, Salem's past.
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German Military
Leaders Confer
More Than 20 Generals and
Staff Officers in
Secret Meeting
BERLIN. Oct. 25-(P)-Military
leaders met at the chancellery
today and observers wondered
whether the conference was coir-
cerned with Germany's avowed
"fight to the finish" against
Britain and France.
More than 20 generals and
staff officers attended the meet
ing, which lasted several hours
Foreign circles 6ald Adolf Hit
ler participated in at least part
of the conference.
The German press with one
voice echoed- Foreign Minister
Joachim Von Ribbentrop's fight
speech at Danzig last night with
such assertions as "there will be
no stopping now."
The National Zeltung of Es
sen, close to Field Marshal Her
mann Wilhelm Gotering, intimated
once again that bombs may
shower on the British isles as
nazi patience over Britain's "in
ability to understand" apparently
neared an end.
"The moment has come when
the war desired by England must
rain down upon the British isle
itself," National Zeitung said.
Liberal Party in
Canada Victorious
QUEBEC, Oct. 2 S.-( Canadian
Press)-The liberal partyof Do
minion Prime Minister W. L. Mac
Kenzie King won a sweeping vic
tory today in a Quebec provincial
election which the prime minister
tonight labeled proof of Quebec's
unity with the rest of Canada in
prosecution of the war against
Germany.
Liberal candidates Bwept out ot
power the unional nationale gov
ernment of Quebec Premier Maur
ice Duplessis.
The prime minister said the
election was called by Duplessis as
a "clear challenge" to Canada's
entry into the war and had Dup
lessis won the result would have
been "hailed throughout nazi
Germany." .
Hearing Told Job
Picture Brighter
A report of declining claims for
unemployment compensation and
a mounting cash balance was pre
sented at a preliminary hearing
conducted here yesterda? by the
state .unemployment compensation
commission to determine the fig
ure at which its reserve fand shall
be fixed beginning January 1,
1840. '
The final, principal hearing will
be held here December 6.
The commission received 61,183
claims for compensation during
the first nine months ot 1939 In
contrast with 84.032 last year.
Chairman T. Morris Dunne report
ed. Benefit payments dropped this
year to 83,410,261 from $5,021,-
344 in the same period a year ago
and the commission's unexpended
balance had reached $7,870,60 as
of Tuesday.
Centennial
Planning Body
present and future as a city of in
dustry, government, religion, ed
ucation, colorful history, pioneer
fortitude and foresight, and cul
ture. '
, Further suggestions were made
that one or more "big name" art
ists, known throughout the nation,
be brought here for special appear
ances on one or more of the cele
bration days., i
No definite cost estimates were
prepared. ' Irl 8. McSherry, tem
porary secretary of the centennial
board, said statements would be
presented at the next general
meeting concerning the cost of
such celebrations as Eugene's Ter
ritorial DarSr
Russia Wants
Right to Claim
Loss Payment
Soviet Assistant States
r English Regulations
Violate Law
London Government Gets
Refusal in Form
of Note
MOSCOW, Oct. 23-(i!P)-Soviet
Russia tonight refused to recog
nize validity of Britain's contra
band regulations and Informed
the London government that she
reserved the right to claim com
pensation for any losses incurred
in enforcement of them.
In a note handed to British
Ambassador Sir William Seeds
by Assistant Commissar of For
eign Affairs Vladimir POtemkin,
the soviet government declared
It considered the British contra
band list a violation of the prin
ciples of international law.
The Russian note, replying to
British notification of the con
traband list and the establish
ment of contraband control ports,
said:
Russian Note Is
Reply to British
"The peoples commissariat of
foreign affairs, on instructions of
the government of the U.S.S.R.,
has the honor to state tire fol
lowing: "The announcement by uni
lateral act of the British govern
ment list of goods proclaimed
war contraband in the note of
Sept. 6 violates the principles of
international law which found
their general expression in the
international declaration of regu
lations of naval warfare of Feb.
26, 1909, gravely impairs the
interests of neutral countries and
destroys international trade.
"By including in its lists ot
contraband such articles and
goods as fuel, paper, cotton, fod
der for agricultural animals.
footwear, clothing and materials
for their manufacture and even
all foodstuffs 'bread, meat, but
ter, sugar and other foodstuffs
the British government In fact
proclaims contraband basic ar
ticles of mass consumption and
creates the possibility of unlim
ited arbitrariness in classing all
articles of popular consumption
as war contraband.
"This inevitably leads to pro
found disorganization of the sup
ply of the peaceful civil popula
tion and portends innumerable
calamities for the masses of peo
ple." LONDON. Oct. 2 6-(Thursday )-
(AVThe British Press Associated
quoted an unnamed London au
thority on International law to
day as saying soviet Russia's ob
jection to the British contraband
list was "fantastic."
"The old time distinction of
contraband as such articles as
rifles and ammunition has gone
by the board," he was quoted.
Any government can declare
that anything of use to the
enemy is contraband."
He said the complaint appar
ently was based on the Declara
tion of London drafted at an In
ternational conference In 1909
and added "the Declaration -of
London was never ratified by any
country and it went west in the
first week of the great war.
Therefore its provisions have
never had any validity what
ever." Nazis Test Main
lines of French
PARIS, Oct, 25-MVThe relai-
forced German patrols were re
ported testing French main lines
at the extreme northern tip ot the
western front tonight in a series
ot feeler attacks. Heavy concen
trations of troops were noted else
where.
A French communique said a
nazi thrust against French posi
tions near Apach had been re
pulsed. German and French patrols
were -active along the enUre north
ern Hank from the Luxembourg
border to the Rhine where the
French are guarding against a
sudden German offensive.
French advices received by the
high command said the Germans
had massed at least 90 divisions
on this flank along a 100-mile
front. This places approximately
a million and a half men in the
area.- . ''..'
Armistice Battle r
OnatMcMinnville
McMINNVILLE, Oct. 2
Merchants' here are fighting over
Armistice day. .
' One group opposes a holiday on
Saturday,. November 11, because
business would be lost to Portland
and Salem. The other demands
closure and "patriotism this year
of aU years.?
The Issue will be settled by se
cret ballot. Fern Ramsey, cham
ber ot commerce president, announced.