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. First! ' Look to the -Dtatesman-for first news. With tta ear ly morning press time this newspaper leads all other distributed la this territory. Weather Generally fair today; Wed aeaday probably unsettled with rain. Moderate temper ature. Max. temp. Mon. 68, min. 39. Hirer 1 ft. South west wind. EIGHTY-NINTH TEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, October 31, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 187 iiinie Judd Is Taken Bah State Trade Barriers, Eleven $4081,39 Unaccounted Western Governors Urged at Meet QnGroumls ofMpspUxil In Receipts of Recorder PSUNDOO 1631 W IP" Court Awards $50,000,000 Old War Case Germany; Assessed Bill for Explosions at . V Black Tom 153 Claimants Have Little Prospect of Getting Over Half WASHINGTON, Oct. Z0-Ry-Germany was formally assessed $50,000,000 damages today for the tremendous explosions at Black Tom and Kingsland, NJ, " daring the World war, but the 153 claimants to whom the awards were made had little prospect of getting any more than $26,000,000. The awards, made by Supreme Tnnrt Jnstlce Owen Jr Roberts as umpire, of a German-American mixed claims commission, were preceded by a sharp internation. al exchange in which relch rep , resentatives charged Roberts with Trias" and Secretary of State Hull accused the Germans of try ing . to ."frustrate" settlement of the case. e While the commission had found that the explosions were caused by Imperial German sab otage, the German representatives - (Turn to rage z, uoi. ij k toe Eas:.. 4-Paul Hauser's Column J O " , , Tonighvonless there are coun termanding orders from Washing ton, will be Hallowe'en. Tonight the witches ride. It Is popularly supposed, and we cannot ' perteii ally discount the theory, that w i t c he s ride b r oooit lcks. They are not the most comforta ble riding In the world. Broom stick manufac turers, w& can Faal H. BaoMr. it. say in strictest confidence, hare not kept up to the trends. There's not much that's deluxe about a broomstick, even in the better models, fro fingertip control, no easy steering, no overdrive, and no no-draft ventilation, oh, no, no! Progress, and we say it with a full knowledge of the facts, has swept by the broomstick. It's a broomln' shame, is what we say. ' Witches, taken as a class, however, have not been : very progressive either. They have not yet awakened to the fact W that In this enlightened world there are far better and speed ier modes of transportation than a broomstick. . Wait until , they discover the po go-stick and the motor scooter. What do you think of that? There, gen tlemen, yon have one of the things that face as In this mod ern world, j, " And what' would you think If 'you ran into a witch in an auto mobile? Or maybe you have? i The ' most ; talented witch we ever knew was one resident In Missoula, Montana, who could change her shape at will. Unfoiv Innately, she could only retain one shape until midnight, or the witching hour, as It la called. One day she changed into a popular movie actress and went downtown and met a young man named J. Clarence Throck. ' They got along famously and at 11:65 she was sitting on his lap , and had . lost track of time. At It o'clock mid Bight the Inevitable happened and Tia was Thor ft A n"f a rain -" J. Clarence Throck was left holding the has. . ., - IRISH VS. IRISH ; The University of Portland Sun day defeated St. Mary's 14 to II. Piveroff. Mtlliclvich. Martinelli, (Turn to page 2, column 3) ... - . . Oregon Statesman Cooking I School to Start Wednesday 1 On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday women of Salem will again hear Miss Barbara ' MDler, wen known economist; who will free cooking' demonstrations fea- taring new methods, latest equip ment and novel recipes-. The shows are being conducted under the sponsorship of The Oregon Statesman,' from 2 to 4. o'clock at the Capitol theatre. - Miss Miller attrated wide Inter est during her series ot shows here last May, and has since traveled the eoast, conducting similar dem onstrations. On Wednesday the cooking ex pert has planned to prepare bar becued breast of veal, chocolate take, raisin pie. Jellied Spanish salad, peach fritters and flakey pastry. Miss Miller, during the aeries of iTnra to Page 2, Col; 1) ' SrBrings r -.., ....-.:-:v;v.. WINNIE RUTH JUDD Five More Ships Reported Sunk Known Loss to All Nations tNow 103; Cost of Life Is 1850 By ASSOCIATED PRESS The war on the sea, unlike the quiet prevailing on the western front, continued to wage fiercely Mondayfe'aa five more ships were reported suns', sending the known loss to all nations to 103 and the loss in lives to at least 1850. The British admiralty announced a flotilla of its destroyers had en gaged in a battle with two Ger man planes off the Dogger banks in the North sea but that they had suffered no casualties and "it is not known whether the enemy suf fered any casualties and "it is not known whether the enemy suf fered damage." The destruction of the Cunard White Star line freighter Malabar, 7,976 tons; the fishing; trawler Lynx II, 250 tons, md the Saint Nldan, 6(5 tons, sent the known English losses to 56. Neutral losses rose to 31 when the ninth Norwegian ship to go down, the Varangmalm, 3,6 IS tons, struck a mine and sank in the North sea. The 1,241-ton Finnish freighter, Juno, sank In tbe North sea fol lowing an explosion. Nineteen ol its crew of 23 were rescued by the Norwegian ship Minona and taken to an English port. Total known tonnage losses rose to at least 412,969 gross tons, ex cluding tbe tonnage of, at least a dosen unidentified vessels. Norwegian officials reported the sinking of. the Varangmalm which caused ' marine cirhcles to believe she was the unidentified ship the English reported as sunk (Turn to Page 2, Col. 2) Italian Trains Hit; Eighty Lose lives MILAN, Italy, Oct. 1 0-ity-At least eight persons were killed, 21 hospitalized and many others less seriously hurt tonight In one of Italy's worst train wrecks In re cent years. The collision, between a Venice- Milan ten-car train and a fast Genoa-Rome electric car, occurred at Lambrate station In the suburbs of Milan at Dusk. An official communique laid the Venice train went against the signal at a fork of the tracks. The engineer of the Venice: train and tie. conductor of the electric car were held for investigation. 'i The electric coach was split in half and smashed. The baggage car of the other train telescoped Its own third class coach in which there were many passen gers. Until late tonight workmen dug Into the wreckage to extrl cate victims. I MISS BARBARA MILLER Killer Back to Arizona Home Trunk Murderess Caught Burglarizing House for Food Six Days of Freedom End for Patient; Kept Under Guard PHOENIX, Arix., Oct. 30-6P)- Winnie Ruth Judd, mad killer, half starved and emotionally up set after six days of freedom from the Arizona state hospital, bur glarised a home on the institu tion's grounds tonight to obtain food and was caught before she could flee. The trunk murderess, who killed her two best friends In 1931, apparently had been hiding in the vicinity of Phoenix since she slipped out ot the hospital last Tuesday night, paid a 15 mlnute .visit to the bedside of her 111 father, and vanished into the darkness. Dr. Louis J. Saxe, superintend ent of the hospital, said Mrs. Judd was hysterical. A sedative was administered and she was put to bed, under guard. Attendants Catch Patient Fleeing From Home "Under no circumstances will she be disturbed tonight," Saxe said. Hospital attendants caught Mrs. Judd as she fled from the home of Mel Larson, hospital engineer, on the grounds. She had stuffed several cans of soup, spaghetti, bread and a Jar of Jelly into a pillow case. She also obtained two pairs of shoes and some hosiery from the home. . Dr. Saxe said she told him she had been hiding In a corn field near the home of her parents, the Rev. and Mrs. H. J. McKin nelL "Well, here I am," she said to Dr. Saxe when ushered Into his presence. Questioned as to Whereabouts Last Days After she had been questioned as to her whereabouts the last six days, she remarked: "I'm telling you a lot and you're telling me nothing." Sheriff Lon Jordan disclosed that he learned today Mrs. Judd, slayer of Agnes Ann Le Roi and Hedvig Samuelson, whose bodies she dismembered and shipped to Los Angeles in trunks, visited three hours last night with a minister in Tempe, about 10 miles east of here. Jordan earlier in the day had disclosed that someone telephoned him at 3 a. m. te say he hid found Mrs. Judd and was in the act of delivering her to the hos pital when she Jumped from the automobile and made her get away. Sheriffs Deputies Search Fields and Houses Sheriff's deputies had searched underbrush, orange groves, fields and vacant houses in the vicinity of the hospital grounds through out the day. Dr. Saxe said he started to question her about how she had lived and what she had eaten during her absence, but "decid ed she was, too excited." "She became very agitated and waved her arms wildly when asked how she had lived," Dr. Saxe said. The old corn field where Mrs. Judd 'said she had been hiding is part of the hospital grounds, about one and one-half miles northeast of the hospital build ings. Dr. Saxe quoted her as . saying she had seen "horrible things" in her-absence. The physician said he didn't question her further 1 egarding them. Dr. Saxe's version ot her cap ture or surrender differed from that told by attendants who said they helped "herd" her Into the hospital. The superintendent said she ap peared voluntarily at the doqr of the ward and knocked. Two at tendants, he said, ushered her to the administration building and Into his office. He said she was sitting in his office when he first . saw her. : California Again . Makes r Portland r . Unhappy - . PORTLAND, Ore- Oct. 80-(AP)-Mayor Joseph K. . Canon was uhappy today and again It was California that riled him. s(The mayor received -a. map from a has line entitled "Good Katnred Map of . the United States. - - t As .Carson studied the map Toe found the Oregon eaves had been placed la California. . He wrote the company, say-' bS he did not find his nature Mmade any the better by it." . The mayor's most recent MpeeveH was scene from the Colombia river gorge entitled "Scenery la California. - - A Being the lone republicans at the quet" didn't hamper the enthusiasm of Governor Charles A. Spragne of Oregon, left, and Elwood Turner, speaker of the Pennsylvania house of representatives, as the picture above reveals. Frank Clark, California public works director, is seated. The party climaxed a meeting In San Francisco of governors and executives of 11 western states. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace suggested joint federal and state action to eliminate trade barriers between states. US Policy in War Is Hit by Germany 'Two-Fold YardstMfk' Term Applied by Nazi Foreign Office Organ BERLIN, Oct. 30-JP)-CriUclsm of the United States for a "two fold yardstick" policy In connec tion with the European war was voiced today by the German for eign office mouthpiece, Deutsche Diplomatlsche-Politische Korres pondenz. The semi-official commentary cited as "symptoms" the case of the City of Flint, American freighter now held by a German prize crew, and the "differenti ating treatment" of armed com mercial ships and U-boats by President Roosevelt, with its dangerous obliteration of the character of war and trade ships." The foreign office commentary said the manner of the -"snatching up" of the City of Flint affair "points to the fact that responsi ble officials In America are per mitting the case to be pressed mora and more into a fixed direc tion." "It hardly corresponds," the mouthpiece continued, "to .the spirit of Impartiality if on the one hand 'a case' Is to be constructed for a definite actual purpose at the expense of all possible propa ganda methods out of a prise af fair which was carried out orderly with strict consideration for the men and goods and which Is to be objectively settled before a German prize court. "When, however, on the other hand numerous American ships are brought in and subjected to criminal search, such disturb ances do not appear worth men tioning because it is English ac tion." Patrol Raids Are Renewed on Front PARIS, Oct. SO-tiPV-A renewal of patrol raids along the entire western front accompanied by intensely active operations of both fighting and scouting planes was reported tonight by the French high command. The return of relatively good weather to the front after more than a week of rains, wind and snow also revived artillery action in local bombardments. British and French planes, mili tary dispatches reported, scouted German concentrations along the eastern bank of the Rhine. Under the protection of fight ing squadrons, the high-flying reconnaissance craft brought back what was described as "all sorts of information." At the same time French pa trols made careful thrusts along the entire front to test German strength. Youngest Member Family Has .': v. .... V A Youngest member of Premier Benito Messollnl's family, Anna Maria Mussolini, Is shown, right, with . ef elementary school in Rome. n .1 Treasure Island ''Governors Ban Rumania Refuses Soil to Bulgaria Bulgarians Are Reported to Have Soviet Support In Claims BUCHAREST, Oct. 30.-(V-Ru- manian officials reiterated tonight they would refuse flatly to cede an inch of soil to Bulgaria, report ed to have soviet Russian support for return ot the Dobruja terri tory. At the same time it was learned authoritatively that should Rus sia decide to occupy the Rumanian province of Bessarabia, she prob ably would meet little opposition because of the strategic disposition of Rumanian forces. Although it was admitted here that a "symbolic" territorial eon cession to Bulgaria In Dobruja could be-made with little material loss, the concern ,1s thatuch.a step n&ht be takea by Rumania's neighbors as a sign that the coun try was crumbling. The Dobruja, a 9,000- square mile area, was attached to Ruman ia after the World war. Transyl vania was acquired from Hungary who has never given up hope of getting It back. Russia never has recognised the sovereignty of Ru mania over Bessarabia. Bessarabia is now devoid of Ru manian armed forces except for cavalry and small motorized units which, it was expected, would fall back quickly In the event of In vasion. Flint Sails From Norwegian Port STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Oct. 30 (JP) The captive American freighter City of Flint, which the Germans are trying to slip through the British blockade, pro ceeded on her dangerous south corted from Norwegian waters by ward way tonight after being es- a Norwegian warship. Aboard were both her German prize crew and her American crew. Reports from Tromsoe, In northwestern Norway, that the freighter had called at that port today, were confirmed by the German consul, there. He said he had gone aboard but he declined to give further Information. It was learned the ship had put in at the port at 1 p. m. (4 a. m., PST) and departed three hours later. The early approach of night fall In this northern latitude at this season favored the German prize crew In its efforts to take the. American vessel Into a Ger man port for disposition of its cargo, alleged to contain contra band. ot Mussolini's First Day of School her classmates during her first day .-.'.-' Soviet Russia Set to Welcome Polish Section Fifth Special Session of Parliament May Last Week Molotoff Is Expected to Address Council on Foreign Policy MOSCOW, Oct. 30 -(P)-Soviet Russia with great fanfare will set the stage tomorrow for wel coming "liberated sections of Polish White Russia and the wes tern Ukraine into the Soviet Un ion and "under the sun of Sta tin." The fifth extraordinary session of the Soviet Supreme Council or Parliament, called to take ov er the two provinces returned to Russia by the German-Russian partition of Poland, is expected to last a week. Well-informed circles were of the opinion that Premier-Foreign Commissar Vyacheslaff Molotoff would address the council on his foreign policy. It was believed he would report on the recently-concluded mutual assistance pacts with Latvia, Lithuania and Es tonia as well as the treaty of friendship and new frontiers with Germany. Statement on War May Be Blade Taking their cue from recent opinions expressed in the con trolled Russian press, some diplo matic observers held It likely that Molotoff would make a statement on Russia's attitude on the war In Europe. The press re peatedly has' blamed France and England for carrying on an "im perialistic" war. Soviet newspa (Turn to Page 2, Col. E) British, Germans Fight in NortH Sea Nazi Bombers, Destroyers Of English Battle Off Dogger Bank LONDON, Oct. 30-P)-A bat tle between two German bomb ers and a flotilla of British de stroyers off the Dogger bank in the North sea today was report ed by the admiralty. The announcement said there were no casualties on any of the British warships and that none of the vessels was damaged in rthe exchange of fire. It was not known whether the Germans suf fered any casualties. For its part, the British royal air force made extensive scout ing flights over German aviation fields in northern Germany, the air ministry announced. Up to midnight one of the planes had not returned. "In spite t)f opposition," the announcement said, "much val uable information was gained ind many photographs were 'taken." The North sea engagement came shortly after the first Ger man air raider over England since the war's start was sighted oh the northeast coast. Aerial fight ers went aloft but It escaped, the air ministry said, before contact could be made. No bombs were dropped. Previous German flights were directed at the Firth of Forth in Scotland and the Scapa Flow na val .base In the Orkney Islands, rather than at England. Searchers Find Sea Scout's Body CAMAS, Wash., Oct. SO-Cpw Searchers tonight fotmd the body of Fred Lehn, 16-year-old Camas sea scout, one of two Camas boys lost when a sailing boat swamped In the Columbia river near Roos ter rock , Sunday. The body, of Darrell Thorsen. 18, has not been recovered, William Dailey of the Camas police department said, t Two boys, Reid McAtee, K, and Tony Alonzo, 16, both Camas sea scouts, reached shore. , Lehn's 'body: was .found on a sandspit abouVlSO feet down river from where the .flooded: boat grounded. Washington Men ' To Support Act ' WASHINGTON. Oct. SO-CSVA switch of three Washington mem bers . to . support . the senate-approved neutrality act, after hav ing favored a modified arms, em bargo last June, appeared, today to have aligned the Washington delegation , solidly behind the measure. , - . r. - v . i rz , In a Interviews, thowever, Ore gon's republican representatives -rMott ; and Augeil said they would vote to restore , the em bargo to the legislation w h 1 1 e Rep. .Pierce, democrat, expressed his- support of the bill carrying the -embargo- repeal.. . , ,n , . , -. His Books Are Not in Balance 1 r ! A. WARREN JONES English Deny Ship Was to Be Raider Note Says Athenia Did Not Bullion or Guns For Canada WASHINGTON, Oct. SO-fJP)-The British government formally denied today that the liner Ath enia carried guns, was designed to be a raider, or was sunk by the British. A note presented at the state department by Lord Lothian, the British Ambassador, also said that the ship carried neither bul lion nor securities, and reiterated that "according to the evidence in the possession of His Majesty's government, she ' was sunk by a submarine." Paul Goebbels, the German propaganda minister, had charged that the Athenia carried guns for Canadian coast defense and for equipplng.Ohe shin,-a & raider. Berlin officials repeatedly have denied that the ship was sunk by a German war vessel and Goeb bels suggested that the British sank her in an effort to involve the United States in the war. Lord Lothian's note made no direct reference to Goebbel's charges, but noted that Gustav Anderson, an American passen ger on the Athenia, had made an affidavit that B. M. Copland, the ship's chief officer, told him that there were guns in the hold and that the Athenia was to be out fitted as a raider. Anderson's af fidavit was taken during the state department's Investigation of the sinking. Twenty-eight Am ericans were lost when the ship went down Sept. 3. The Ambassador's note said that "chief officer Copland has sworn in an affidavit that be nev er discussed with Mr. Gustav An derson, the question whether or not there were guns on board the 'Athenia.' Mr. Copland's affidavit also contains a sworn statement that there were in point of fact no guns or other munitions car ried as cargo In the ship on the voyage in question." Finns Flee Cities As Soviet Refused HELINSKl, Oct. 30-0P)-Thou-sands of Finns who have left Finland's cities for safe areas were urged tonight to remain in the evacuation centers while the government prepared what poli tical quarters indicated would be a firm "no" to Soviet Russian de mands, The Ministry of Interior In an announcement sad that some Finns who left -their homes at the first indication of possible trouble were returning and that others were planning a similar move. Government officials said . the critical situation which caused the - original exodus ' was ' . not changed, and asked the Finns to remain "calmly" at the evacua tion centers. Salem McNary ... ; , ' : Caravan to Attend State Rally With enthusiasm In Oregon for Uui" McNary-for-Presldent cam paign' growing steadily, friends ot Senator Charles L. McNary In Sa lem launched plans on Monday for a caravan to attend the statewide rally to be held, In the Portland el Tie auditorium od Wednesday night.1-- - v-'-.-a. -v After. Mayor W.W. Chad wick had read at the chamber, of com merce luncheon a telegram of In vitation from President A. R. Me Klnley of the statewide organiza tion urging Salem people to par ticipate, it was arranged that's caravan - should leave from In front of the chamber of commerce Wednesday .night at : 8 0.- Per sona planning to go were asked to advise Manager Fred Thielsen of the chamber, so that the Port laud leaders would know how many to expect, Mayor Chad wick planned to arrange If possible, for a state police escort. . v Word reached Oregon,' mean- rwhile, that there was apparently even mora tendency to view the McNary . candidacy seriously In Waahlnrton. DC. than there is in flitv AttftrnAv Told to Act in Case of Jones Paul Hendricks Indicate Complaint to Be Filed Against Recordeif Alfred Mundt Temporary Officer for Remainder of Jones Term The city council instructed City Attorney Paul R. Hendricks last night to take "appropriate action" after hearing a report of Lester W. Barr, accountant, which re vealed that there is $4081.39 un accounted for in the receipts of City Recorder A. Warren Jones, missing since October 21. Hendricks indicated he would file a complaint against Jones with the district attorney today. Hen dricks said he did not know what tne cnarge against Jones would be, but that it would possibly bo "embezzlement of public funds." Alfred Mundt, who has been deputy recorder, was made tem porary acting recorder and pur chasing agent by motion of the council. A resolution was Intro duced which would make him act ing recorder until the return of Jones or until Jones' present term expires January 1. 1941. No Further Trace of Jones Reported ' There has been no further trac? of Jones, who was last seen at Eu gene after the Oregon-Gonzaga football game. Friends at first feared he was ill or had met with foul play. The report of Barr, who was se lected to make a special audit of the recorder's office by the ways and means committee, covered tbo period from January 1 of thin to be in balance by the state aud itors, to October 27. It reported receipts of . the recorder's office for the period as S12.325.45 and disbursements 17833. Cash em hand was found to be S411.0C, leaving a balance unaccounted for of $4081.39. The disbursements were item ized as $8795.50 in turnovers to the city treasurer and $1037.10 ia refunds of bail money. City Is Protected by $5000 Bond The city is protected by a $5000. bond on Jones. The bonding com pany was ordered notified of the unaccounted for balance in Jones records. The council ordered a $509 bond prepared for Mundt, who was -sworn in as acting recorder, by City Attorney Hendricks. Mundt will fulfill all duties of the of fice, including those of municipal Judge. -' The council meeting, lasting but 25 minutes, was the shortest on record. Curfew Warning Is Issued by Police On the eve ot Hallowe'en Chief ot Police Frank A. Minto remind ed Salem youngsters that there is still a 10 o'clock curfew-law. on the books. Minto said tbe department' regular night patrols would keep an alert watch for malicious mis chief and destruction of property, but would not Interfere with harmless "trick or treat" pranks. Fossil Youth Killed FOSSIL, Oct, J0-(P)-Jack Ow ens, jr., 14, Fossil, was killed out right yesterday when the gun ef his companion, Billy Dyer, acci dentally discharged, Xoroner H, M. Bobbins reported.. They were hunting on the John Day river south of here. Friends Plan some quarters here. While soma Oregon editors hare described tbe movement as just a "favorite sou" gesture, Paul Mallon's copyrighted column for. Monday . observed . as follows: ' . . -"---k.s- .. dldacy was offered lefthandedly as a sort of northwest faverita son movement, but it may become far more than thaU- If JVahden berg, Taft'et al get Into a close contest, as now seems likely,: tha experienced "" republican "'senata iwww : UWUI - VICKVB . nigut w well become the man. , . "He ; representa ' the western spirit bf .republicanism v (Hiram Johnson Is 1 his best friend ) and . I. . .AW A . . . wita uie. prospect-i support im the farm belt, he is likely to be come a major power at the con vention, :--v "The . McNary candidacy is r a real movement." . PORTLAND, Oct. $0-)-Sena-tor Rufus Holman (R-Ore) said upon his return from Washington today he had accepted an invita fTnrn to nar t. column 8 1