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- Accurate News la The Statesman yeeV Cad full Associated Press reports from trained re porter all over the globe ad local sews stories by The Statesman's owi staff. Weather Partly cloudy today and Saturday with light rains t normal temperature. Max. temp. Than. 65, mia. 81. lUver SJi ft. South wind. EIGHTY-NINTH YE All Salem, Oregon, Friday Hernial, November 10, 1939 Prlc 3c; Newsstands 6 No. 198 iJiiiedl in WO OB SI nv r w m m m, m. '.jr ' a "V l. - jru. m -y au- . ".ay . v i i mas II II i(D)(Q)tiimg B fetee Eair Paul Uauer Column We" picked up a little booklet yesterday entitled, "Were yon born In November?' It happens we were not born in November, so m a y b e we wasted a dime. because we found I out on the in- Where It says Important, please read" that we could hare sot a book let for our own month. In fact it roes so far a to point out.. It 8 . says right straight from the shoulder and calling a spade a spade, "Those born in November will want the November book. Those bora in December will want the December book, and so on." It was too late when we found this out, so we went right on with the November book; al though we don't mind saying we are a February ourself. Well, we looked through the book and. all la all, we're glad r we're a February baby. Things aren't very pleasant with the November people, if yon be lieve the book, and we- cer tainly do. Now on page four it says "These people (meaning Novem ber people, if you follow us) are apt, unless they have ' learned self-control, to be great scolds and naggers . . . and on pare six It says "These persons (No vember people, they mean) are tncllnMi in k. 'trnrA follnv. sometimes to their own detri ment. So you see what they're np against. They do get to travel a lot. It save, but on . page 11 it says They are not careful enough of what they eat. and will frequent ly hare trouble with their stom actas." We guess we don't want to be a November person, traveling around having trouble with our stomach. Well, we found out that Andrew Carnegie and Hetty Green were born In November, and they both did pretty-well, thnk you. Blartla Lather was bom In November aad we eant remember him having any trouble with his stomach except maybe that time he threw the Ink well at the devil. And there .wan Oliver Goldsmith and the "only trouble he had with hi stomach was that sometimes there wasn't anything fa It. Bat then there was Marie An toinette (b. Nov.. 175S) and you know what happened to her (Oct. 16. 1793). ' LAMENT FOR LOST LOCKS Golden those tresses were : That down her snow white , s neck Once rushed like cascades. Heedful not of bar nor check. That rushing torrent bright Was one time my delight (For gods It were sufficient ! ! food). So what does my Clarissa dor Why now, poor fool, she wears a snood. " t MARITIME NOTE Official quarters deny vehem ently that the Wheatland ferry will be changed to Panamanian registry to circumvent the neu trality law. It, was stated by a usually well Informed source that shipments from Marion county porta to warring nations will.be carried la foreign bottoms (nau tical term). An amended complaint has beea filed la the ease of . Atmozone vs. W. G. Brown, la which It la asked that the defendant be restrained from manufacturing, selling or of feriag for sale aa caoae de vice aad representing it as the same device a the plain tiffs attorney. ' Capital JowmL Looks like something's In the Sir. . "We've beea held an' long enough la the east as a bench of IxKUaas. George JL Rlchee before the Salem centennial committee.' We've been held np long enough la the cast, period. t Today Is homecoming at Willamette university. It fol lows closely ea the keels of. lMnaeeontlag- at the city halL British Steamer Fitted UithGiiis PORTLAND, Nov. 9-tflP)-Port-land sot a brief glimpse of Eu rope's '.war preparations today when the British motorshlp Co lumbia slid to her moorings here mn a a Aa-pouna anu-aircraxt gun Iti. atara mil m A f.ta.V I the after. deck;, When the vessel called at As toria last summer. It gleamed with bright, fresh paint. Today It was covered with a grim, grimy gray coat of paint to hide it from the enemy. -. - ..- The ship sailed a devious, tig tag course across the North Atlas tie to reach the PHf!e coast. Th extent ef the fresh fruit and can ned goods cargo it will pick np. Its departure and point of destin ation were not; revealed.' '-if France Wants To Buy 5 Old US Trawlers Maritime Body Receives Application for Okeh I of Purchase Some Think Proposal May Affect Disposition of Other Ships ! x , - WASHINGTON, Nov. The question whether the govern ment should permit the sale of krlnr American merchant vessels X VnvnnA'a wipviit, natlnni Vfil raised tonight by a proposal to sell! five old trawlers to the French line. An application for approval of the sale was received by the fed eral maritime commission from the Portland Trawling company, a subsidiary of the Atlantic Coast Fisheries company of New York. Authorities said it was the irst such application they could re call since the outbreak of the war in Europe. Some added that the proposal, though a small matter In Itself, might result in a prece dent affecting disposition of many other obsolescent vessels as the maritime commission's program of replacing such ships with new tonnage progressed. Maritime Body Announces Receipt of Application The maritime commission an nounced receipt of the application while still wrestling with the Question of permitting the United States Lines to transfer eight ofl ita ships to the flag of Panama so that they might visit belliger ent porta closed to American flag ships by the new neutrality act. This issue appeared squarely up to President Roosevelt tonight (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Five Men Killed In Mine Cavein Wife of One Victim Barely Escapes Same Fate In Wyoming i RAWLINS. Wyo.. Nov. !.-)-Five men were killed tonight by a coal mine cavein 29 miles south west of here from which the wife of one of the victims barely es caped. '. . Mrs. Lee Stackhouse stood well In the horizontal entry of the mine talking to her husband when the root collapsed. Falling rock n&rrowly missed her as she fled. When she turned, she told State Highway Patrolman Leroy Man kin, she saw the entry was filled with shale and debris. Stackhouse, the mine operator. was trapped with his fnll mine crew. The other victims were Sam my Valdez, Bill Haywood, Ray mond Potter and Wesley Messing, who went to work two days ago. The crushed bodies of the victims were brought from the mine about 11 p. m. , f . . ; - Police Ban Grid - Cue Sheets Betters In football pools were finding It difficult to place their money yesterday after Chief of Police Frank A. Mlnto ordered withdrawal of the score guessing Slips.--; ; For a time West Salem oper ators were doing a big; business as Salem grid "experts" scurried across the Willamette to place bets but orders from Dallas soon topped the traffic. - The football, pools offer bet tors odds running from 7 to. I for picking two winners to 1000 to 1 for picking 10 winners la foot ball games. Siokowski Due to Disregard 1501 earmold Music Tradition PHILADELPHIA. Nov. f-iffV- Xageaious Leopold Stokowskl will s a 150-year-old tradition of orchestral stage formations - rat of the Academy of Music tomor row when he appears for the first time this season with the Phila delphia orchestra.- .-.: la, a drastic move .designed to Increase tonal balance, the noted maestro has rearranged the seat ing of the orchestra, placinr the basses and other strings at the rear and bringing the woodwinds and brasses to the front Just tlie reverse of the usual seating. . - The . blond conductor with ex pressive hands said recent studies in sound and acoustics had con vinced him the usual .orchestra arrangement is all wrong, if a maximum of tonal , quality, bal ance and ' blending is to be ob tained. - ;; "Tears ago, he explained, "or chestras played on an open stage with neither celling nor wall re flectors. It was then perfectly natural to place the mors deli Nationally Known Sportsman Slain i ii. j. ..... .it w ...imy.immmuM.1 mm m m m.wxu.n I .-, .;: W it . L Edward J. O'Hare, nationally kaown horse and dog: track operator, (above) was killed by assassins armed with shotguns as he tried to elude them la aa automobile race down a Chicago boulevard. Three gua charges truck him in the head, killing him instantly. Chamberlain Sees Little Peace Hope Believes Nazis Will Turn Down Belgian-Holland Peace Appeal LONDON, Nov. f-ffV-Prlme Minister Chamberlain envisaged little chance today for quick peace in Europe s "strangest of wars' and warned that at any moment it might change to a "violent con flict." In an address to the lord may or's luncheon, read by Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Simon because Chamberlain ' is 111, the prime-, minister said he -believed Germany would-turn-down the Belgian-Netherlands peace appeal. He blamed "stiff-necked" Ger man' leaders who "speak no lan guage bnt that of force." "We do not want to continue the war a day longer than Is necessary if a satisfactory settle ment can be obtained In another way, he said. "Since we have been compelled to take up arms .we shall not lay them down until we are assured that Europe has been freed from the threats whieh have so long paralyzed the life of her peoples." The prime minister declared that "we know that we cannot fall" and said he cherished "the firm conviction that we shall live to see the foundation laid of a new world in which freedom and humanity will have superseded op pression and the rule of force. Finns to Discuss HELSINKI, Nov. 9-aP)-Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko called mem bers of the Finnish government to a meeting shortly before mid night to discuss a new report from the delegation at Moscow. A foreign office spokesman said he was unable to make any com ment but the fact that such a late meeting was called indicated an important development in the pro tracted soviet Russian-Finnish conversations. ' It was noted that previous re ports from the .delegation 'have waited until the following morn ing for consideration. Federation Protests POB.TL.ANTJ No Jn-Thi Oregon Commonwealth Federa tion protested to national offic ials today the proposed transfer. ot American snips to Panamanian registry. Telegrams were sent to President Roosevelt. Secretary of State Cordell Hull and others. : cate instruments nearest the au dience. , - - r- - "But now, with the acoustical reflector, the situation is , re versed. Scientific measurements have shown that 40 per cent of the sound .heard by the audience comes to itl directly. Sixty, per cent is reflected., ..-K " It is because of the delicate shell (acoustical reflector) in which the orchestra plays that the seating arrangement must be reversed, Stokowskl said.. The shell is like the Inside of aa old time . phonograph horn, At its rear, where it curves most, musi cal reflections are stronger. At Its front, where it billows open into the amphitheatre, -the reflec tions are weakest. - - - - rThe new arrangement la the first major ' seating change' , the orchestra has undergone since the first and second violins were re moved from the traditional places on either side of the conductor and placed ' together by Stokow skl IS years ago. ' Moscow Repor flints Bomber W OS f Of Beer Cellar o luthorities Say Nnmber of Persons Are Held for Questioning Munich Blast Death Toll Totals Seven, 63 Are Wounded BERLIN, Nov. .-(flVAuthorl-Ues held a nnmber of persons for questioning tonight as they pressed an investigation Into the attempt on Adolf Hitler's life last night in the historic Buergerorau cellar In Munich. - Officials would not say how many were arrested but empha sized their detention did not mean necessarily that charges had been placed against them. Seven persons, including one woman, were killed and OS were wounded, 29 of them gravely, by an exDlOBlon in the cellar. . A commission of criminologists investigating the blast said late tonight that they had found evi dence that a timing device set off the explosion and that careful and extensive preparations had been made. Say Skilled Experts Bad Arranged Plant They expressed the opinion that skilled experts had arranged the plant. They said no specific indi viduals or groups were suspected. but that their Inquiry had provid ed good tips. Nazis used the word "miracle in commenting on the escape of Hitler and other government heads, pointing out- that the cus tomary program for the observ ance of the ' unsuccessful 1923 putsch was changed in order to enable the fuehrer to return ear lier to Berlin. The explosion occurred at 9:21 p. m just 1 minutes aftey Hit ler had leftr It uemonHrednhe-rtf. terlor of the famous nasi rallying center in the early days ef the na- (Turn to Page z, col. l) BorderDefense Is Strengthened T Belgian Soldiers Take Over Road, Build New Trenches ON THE BELGIUM-NETHER LANDS FRONTIER, Nov. 9-(V Military d e f e n" se measures went forward today In this strategic area near the "Maastrict appen dix," the narrow strip of Nether lands Limburg province between Germany and Belgium. Near Maastricht Belgian sol diers had taken over the main road and were - building new trenches. All the main Belgian roads as far back as Louvaln are strongly defended. Along the great northern moat -the Albert canal camouflaged blockhouses and mined bridges have been manned by the military since August. But there was no sign of ex-d tensive uooaing oi ine country side as a defensive measure, such as was reported In the neighbor ing Netherlands. Governor Seeks Help of ChurchesJ DETROIT, Nov. 9-(ffV-GoTer" nor Lnren . D. Dickinson an nounced today he would ask all churches In Michigan to Implore divine intervention Sunday in the prolonged labor dispute which has paralysed operations of Chrysler corporation and allied industries. v- ; - "Thousands of . men, women and children are on the verge ot acute suffering from lack ot food and necessities, the governor le clared. "All reasonable appeals have met with rebuff, aad the only power not yet Invoked Is almighty . God." BRITISH SHIP wwtprain. ..v Srjylp yQ"rrrip i .Shades of war come to the Pacific coast In photo above of the after deck of the Uack-ewabbed British freighter Pacific Exporter, which carries a battery oT anti-submarine guns. The vessel docked in Ban ' Francisco recently from Vancouver, B. Ow o her r egnlar Pacific 5 orthwest-J3nreiea run, bnt her destination after leaving the coast was hot revealed. Note sf n prohibiting visitors fa gun area. HITLER IN 'TTmmm i Jiwmiji'U'VB jw'iil'wm.Bmwu'ujiruaPK 1 nn mm .'" ' i j . .w n umiin.ui., i mm . ;'S v ' ' tL. . .I..., - 'l'- f i " " " v...-' . A ... . . . t'- wer wf ' v sum as w-i'cat-i'tyc- -; wyww-J ! ' - - -yt - - , ' ' . r", -"S -ff r m I . ' t-.' - ' .tWn ...... -x-- ':. . ...il.-A.. v.. X.. :.mm, v. . ft I. T A f e) . . -.-a- , 'mm A ' ' t V- f .''''' .... . , y iWW f , , ', ' - J ' i 1 ' m r- 1 inn 1 ni i mcMm a mu. This radiophoto, transmitted from Berlin to New York, shows Adolf Hitler (behind rostrum) as he sa inted members of the nasi party old award, gathered at the famous Buergcrbrau beer cellar la Munich to celebrate the anniversary of the 1923 abortive putsch that failed. A few minutes after Hitler left the beer hall, an explosion killed six persons aad injured more than 00. w ... This was the scene a year ago when Jjert to Mgnt! Ullrich -urar, who was credited with "protecting" Hitler In 1023 and was himself in jured; Hitler, center, beside bottle of soda water ; and Rudolf Hess, one of Hitler's principal aides. Robber Gets $1200 Thief Is Accompanied by Bespectacled Woman Companion CANBY, Ore., Nov. 9.-65VA brown-clad robber, who concealed a gun beneath a carelessly carried overcoat, took approximately 11200 from the Canby bank in a noon-hour assault today. A be spectacled woman companion guarded the doorway. Curtis Johnson, the teller, 'said he was forced to hand over several packages of currency and then stretch out on the floor until 'the eouple had escaped. He was alone in the bank dur ing the noon hour. He said he re mained under cover a few- min utes, then telephoned state police at Oregon City. The pair drove away north on the Pacific high way In a eoupe (Ford 19S8 model). State police said the . descrip tion of the six-foot, two-inch man was comparable to that of a Ions robber who took 11200 from the Gervals bank south of here sev eral weeks ago. ; Trial Is Postponed ROSEBURO. Nor. 9-&V-Georgc Andrew Johnson's day la court was postponed: today. Instead It will be tomorrow, all because the s t-year-oid Johnson, charged with Issuing a bad eheck, reached ustiee court too full of wine to remain. From Canby Bank HAS ANTI-SUB GUNS ABOARD yAw MUNICH BEER HALL, 1939, 1938 Adolf Hitler made bis 1038 pilgrimage to the Munich beer cellar. Spencer Tracy to Doctor's Degree REPON, Wis., Nov. 0V Spencer Tracy, motion picture actor, will receive an honorary doctor's degree at Rlpon col lege early in January or at the Jane commencement. Presi dent Silas Evans announced tonight. . Informed that trustees had voted him a degree in recogni tion of his acting success, Tracy wired acceptance. Tracy received his first dramatic training at Rlpon In 1020-22. EarlSneUTalks : - .. ' . . , ,(: To Businessmen EUGENE, Nov. 9--Busin8ss men should consider it a privilege to do business in Oregon, Secre tary of State Earl Snell told a group ot them here today. Oregon,' he said, has a cash bal ance of 95,000,000, against an overdraft of mors than that fig ure in a neighboring state. Relief funds now provide Ore gon's only source of worry, Snell said. - - -The state Is spending $77,000. 000 for . t a 1 s bienium." he de clared. - "That amount brings forcibly before us the necessity of economy and efficiency in govern ment." Of this sum, Snell added, $17,- 000,000 Is from direct taxation and , the - rest from - interest on taxes, fees, licenses and other In cidentals. - 1 V .... c-. . Willamette Alumni Homecoming Set Event to Get Start Tonight At Annual Banquet At 6 o'Clock Willamette university alumni will kick off the 18th annual homecoming at the Methodist school tonight when they stage their annual banquet at the Quelle restaurant at C o'clock. ' : Frank C. Bennett, Salem super intendent of schools, will be the principal speaker, and new mem bers of the Willamette faculty honored guests. The new faculty members - are Dean Melvin H. Oelst of " the school "of music. Richard Liebes, Robert Wilson, Mr. and Mrs. ' Harry Mosher and Registrar and Mrs. Walter Eriek- son.; - ' ' :" . About 200 alumni are expected to attend the banquet, which pre cedes the Willamette-Pacific foot ball game at 8 o'clock. '. Before the game students will Join in a noise parade through downtown streets and there will be a dance at the gymnasium after the game. " New Six-College Conference Is Placed on SPOKANE, Wash.. Nov. S-CPV- A new six-couege atnieuc confer ence for the northwest was on the possibility list tonight when the Spokane athletic round table an nounced It would Invite, represen tatives of the schools to meet here next Wednesday noon to consider the proposal. - . ,v Montana university. Montana State college, - University of . Ida ho, Portland, Willamette aad Gonxaga universities were the schools named as possible confer ence members. - - -, - . - "We're not trying to force this plan on anybody," said round ta ble President Joe 'AIM, "but the Idea has been suggested and we are merely offering the opportun ity -for the six Interested schools to discuss ' and accept ' or reject the proposal." . ; Montana university and Idaho are members of the Pacific coast conference, but have not been considered active members of the football program ' for several sea sons. Willamette Is a member ol the Northwest Intercollegiate con ference and Montana Stats has Holland Floods AUVitalWater Line Defenses Several Persons Believed Abducted Into Germany at Frontier Post Nazis Said to Intensify .Military Activity on Western Front AMSTERDAM, Nov. 9-()-A mysterious shooting Incident on the Netherlands-German frontier in which two persons may have been killed and several abducted Into Germany was reported to night as the Netherlands began precautionary flooding of her vit al "water line" defenses. One report of the clash was that two persons were killed. An other authorized version " said only one person was injured. Ver sions agreed several persons had been spirited across the border into Germany. The incident heightened nerv ousness prevailing in this country and neighboring Belgium as a re sult of rumors of intensified Ger man military activity on the west ern front. Belgian mobilization waa boosted to 600,000. Announcement Says Army Leaves Are Withdrawn An official announcement at The Hague said that all Nether lands army leaves had been with drawn, a move which placed 60, 000 men back under arms. The announcement said the government "considers It undesir able to weaken our defenses. Special learea for business pur poses were not affected but nor mal two-day leaves granted each fortnight were canceled. A - wide area was flooded through Utrecht 'province and another reaching eastward be tween the Mass and Waal rivers, the Netherlands- first line of de fense. - Authorized persons said only that "several persons" were in volved in the border Incident and (Torn to Page 2, Col. 6) Republicans Start McNary Regiment Governor Sprague Will Be Asked to Serve as Honorary Head ' , - PORTLAND, Nov. 9.-CSVTbe republican state central commit tee launched a state-wide Mc Nary - for - President organization here today. Plans were laid for creation of active units In each county to push the recently announced can didacy of Senator Charles L. Mc Nary (R-Ore). It was Indicated that Governor Sprague, who first suggested Mc Nary as a presidential possibility, would be asked to serve as hon orary chairman. Chairman Kern Crandall of the central committee said commit tees and clubs would circulate pe titions. "While It is' necessary that only 1000 names be submitted to the secretary of state to place Senator McNary's name . on the ballot. Indications in reports of committeemen from all over the state today were that 0 or 199 times that many can be had, he added.. "There will be no solicita tion of funds by committees r elubs and there will be no com mittee or club fees of any kind. The . committee's r e s o 1 utioa praised McNary's service to Ore gon and his ability, Grant, Murphy, Marion county member, of the republican state central, committee, attended .the . Portland meeting. Possibility LicZ been Identified with the Rocky Mountain conference. -Portland university and Gonxa ga, of Spokane, are Independents. PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. f -Father Michael Early, Univer sity of ' Portland president, said tonight ' the university would be represented at a' meeting In Spo kane next Wednesday to discuss the possibility ot a new intercol legiate football conference. ' 'HS said the university viewed the proposal with "friendly inter est. ;N; J- ; :" .. Willamette university at Salem is expected to take official action on the invitation at a meeting, of the athletic board, Monday. .; While Dr. Bruce Baxter, presi dent of Willamette university, could not be reached last 'nlzht. Coach R. S. "Spec" Keene said Dr. Baxter had been notified of the Spokane meeting by Robert Notson ' Portland, president of the Willamette athletic board. The board Is scheduled to meet -(Turn to Page 2, Col. 3 )