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PAGE TWO Muhlenbroich Being Grilled Brother of Victim "Goes - to Look at Him; Once ; ' , . Portland Resident ' j ' ... . , . . -j ' (Continued from page 1 ) day Hedley Toff, barber shop pro prietor, said Muhlenbroich worked for him from 1921 to 1925. and that he wm known as. "Bill Mul len. Tuff Bald "I knew hi name waa- Muhlenbroich, for he told me he called himself Mullen because It waa easier to pronounce, and be cause ot anti-German feeling after the. war. He was a perfect gentle man All the customers liked him When the man was arrested on an immigration charge at Oak land In 192S he said he was a sea man. HILLSBOROUGH, Calif.. Sept. 22P)-Tn grateful parents of Marc de Tristan, Jr., are eager to courageous lumberman who over powered their baby's kidnaper, the Countess de Tristan said today. "Ton can Imagine how grate ful we are to him." she said. -We hare hardly had time to talk about it yet, but of course we would like to reward him for hay ing been so brave and brought little Marc back to us. My hus--kand will know what to do about "It, I'm sure." The countess reported that her little son wax "fine" today, though be was not quite hack to nor malcy. . "He seemed a little nervous," she said, "and didn't sleep quite so isoundly as usual. The crowds and the excitement would have thar effect. tf course, and there are still people seeing him today. But In a day or two. "he'll be him self again I know." PORTLAND. Sept. 23.-;P)-Wil-helm Jakob Muhlenbroich, con fessed kidnaper of three-year-old Marc de Tristan, jr., of Hills borough, Calif., lived in Portland in the fall of 1938 and his land lords thought "he was the nicest felrow." Mrs. J. N. Green, from whom Muhlenbroich rented a room for two weeks, was shocked when in formed that "Bill" was held for th kidnaping of the Tristan youngster. How could he do it?" she asked. "It doesn't seem possible. We thought he was the nicest fel low. He wrote to us for a long time after he went to. San Fran cisco. Mrs. Green showed three let ter Muhlenbroich had written her and her husband, including one that closed. "Well. I guess I'll be closing now and hope my letter will find you and your dear fues in the best of health and Spirits. With best wishes, your friend. Bill.." Says Contractors Are 'Shaken Down' (Continued from page 1) tracts into pockets with the oth er." Many of the, contributions, he said, were being "made under the snbterfqge of adrertlsements in campaign books." 7hia idea of blackjacking cor porations that hare defense con tracts is a corrupt practice, but you and I know that it will not be prdseeuted." Holt shouted. At one point in his speech. Sen ator Bridges (Il-NH) Interrupted to remark that contracts recently had been awarded to the engineer ing firm of Lawrence W. "Chip" .Robert, Jr., secretary of the dem ocratic national committee. Ye," said Holt. "If I had been In Mr. Robert's place I would hare resigned before accepting any con tracts. He did his party a disserr lce by not resigning." (These remarks were made a short time before word came from New York that Robert had re signed his party post.) Troops Leave for Year of Training (Continued from page 1) sheriff's mounted poese brought up the rear. . A check for $430 was present ed to Colonel Clifton M. Irwin, commander' of the 249th, at the station by Tom Hill to be spent for. recreational equipment for Salem's "boys" at Camp Clatsop. Hill said that one-third of the $1500 goal set by the chamber of commerce was la sight and prom ised that - more would be forth coming. The-money will be pro rated among the Salem guard units. Colonel Irwin said. -i "." The " farewell at the station was arranged by L. L. Pittenger, chairman of a committee named by the American Legion. - Navy Flier Is Killed SAN CLEMENTE, Calif Sept. 3-,"rVLleutenant William T. Hulson. 27. of . Colchester, III, perished today .when a nary fighting plane he was piloting crashed at sea 12 miles south west of Dana Point. ta imnmii loj amselks mm p Srtry Ccitrtnlmtt e COS AJCGKLKSf CALIF. HILL at 3rd m ' a ' a If . $ Safe once again la his parents arms. Marc de Triatam, JrM 8, son of Count and Ooanteoa Mare de Tristan, brooght Joy back to their Hfllsborooxh, Calif., ho me after be bad beea held eaptire by a kidmaper for AH howt before being revemed by two lumberjack who, wtemaced by th abdwetor'a go, captured him and toned him over to police. AP Teletnat. 1 -- UZiiT? Three yoaagsters sared whea a ref uce-4aden ship bonad for Canada was sank after being torpedoed with a loss of 293 lives lnclndmg 83 childrea. From the left, Sonla Bech, her brother Derek and Edward Colin Richardson. Derek, 9, said Jt seemed like aa eadleas nightmare. AP Telemat cabled from Londoa. . Daughter bora te Mr. and Mrs. Fred finite, Jr being held by a naree . a few bears after her birth at a hospital la Chicago. Her father has spent moat of the last four yean la an "Iron lung,'' a sufferer from Infantile paralyria. AP Telemat. 5289 Registered In Qty Schools ToUl registration of 5289 stu dents in Salem public schools was noted yesterday;, one week after the 1940-41 term began with 4969 enrolled. "'V : . The increase-" of ?20 Included 17 at the senior Vhigm school, where 23 were new Monday morn ing. Parrish Junior high school went from 390 to 941 and Leslie from 441 to 4C - .... The elementary schools as a whole raised their rolls from 20 $7 to 214$, Including 235 first grad- -,F. GrabenHbrst Funeral Is Today Jacob Frederick ' Grabenhorst, S3, died 8 and ay at his residence on Salem route four. Services will be held. this morning at 10:30 from the Clough-Barrtck chapel with Rot. P. W. Erlksen officiat ing. Burial; will be In City View cemetery. i ' Grabenhorst was the brother of Miss Carrie C. Grabenhorst of Sa lem; uneleof Eugene B., 'George HS WilUam H. and Charles W. Grabenhorst, Mrs. I A. MeAllist- Thm . 4 " t 1 - -Si r ! . " 4 - f " Wallace to Speak . Here From Train PORTLAND. Sept. 23.-ff3)-Henryv A. Wallace, democratic rice-presidential . candidate, will make rear-platform talks at Salem and Eugene and possibly at Al- khany en . route here October. 1, Howard Latourette. democratic national committeeman, said to day. Latourette and Charles Leach, state democratic - chairman, will board the Wallace train at Klam ath Falls at (:45 a. m. Arrival here is scheduled for 3:45 p. m. Wallace will deliver a major address la the municipal audi torium at 7 p. m. after an auto mobile, tour, of the city, a reception-at the Benson hotel, and a private dinner. Drunkenness Charged Held in the city JaH last night on charges of drunkenness were Cliff and Joseph Jones, brothers, and Eugene Humes, all transients. A charge of reckless driving was mad against M.- M. Seber, route four, box 94, Salem. er and ; Evelyn Oberer, all of Sa lem, and Mrs. Lillian Busch ot Yakima, Wash, 1 jrv?- OSEGON STATESMAN. Salam, - f Selective Service Office Opens Here (Continued from page 1) In identical letters, he wrote them: "The procurement and training of our, manpower under proper ad ministration, fairly and without fear or faror. Is undoubtedly the most single factor in our entire progrom of national defense." Ha asked them to set up the se lective serrlcs system in their states and to submit to him imme diately the names of thoseMhey with as state 'draft directors and members of local classification and selection boards. Outlook Is Grave Bankers Are Told ATLANTIC CITY, NJ, 8ept. 33 (tfV'We ice a situation as crit ical as though we were already at war," and the "business as usual" can no longer be the guiding prin crpleof the country, W. Randolph Burgess, vice-chairman of the' Na tional City bank of New Tork, told 4000 of the nation's leading bank ers today. Addressing the CSth convention of the American Bankers associa tion. Burgess, a former rice-presi dent of the Federal Reserve bank of New Tork. and a recognised authority on federal finance, strongly -attacked the progress "of the defense effort to date. "Our avoidance of war and our future position in the world prob ably depend on prompt arming, Burgess declared. "Our defense program la lag gard, held hack by red tape, tech nicalities, a failure to put first things- first. " , ' . '. i- "Nothing must now stand in its way. ', - "Concentration on this program means readjustments by business, labor and , government, some of them painful and laborious." Stevens Improved Is Hospital Word WEST SALEM, Sept. 13 Im provement was noted last night in the condition of J. B. "Pete" Stevens, seriously - Injured when he waa struck by a ear while crossing Edgewater street Sun day forenoon. - ' Stevens, who - lives at 1025 Second atreet. Is the - father f Roy Stevens, West Salem wood dealer. . . .; ' Injuries sustained by the elder Stevens, as reported by the Salem General hospital. Include a com pound fracture of the right leg below the knee, a fractured right wrist and head and body injuries. Oregon, Tuesday Morning, 5ptmbx 24, 19 Indo-Cninals Still Defiant Casual tie ; Reported - at 131; Vichy. Say. All Demands Are Met (Continued from page 1) tlons of 10,000 foreign legion naires, reralars and mobilized civilians and several, divisions ot natives. ' ' (A British ' broadcast,, said Thailand (Slam), whose. demands for "return" of some border ter ritories -by Indo-China had been rejected, had abrogated here non aggression pact with the colony.) From their new bases in Indo China, the Japanese will be in position to attack Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's forces from the rear through Yunnan and Kwangsl provinces. TOKYO. Sept. 24-(Tuesday) ypy-ReacUon of third powers, particularly of the United States, toward Japan's use of French Indo-China In south Asia as a stepping stone to encirclement of China crowded out nearly all other considerations in Japanese speculation. The possibilities In this eagerly expressed Interest In the United States attitude ranged all the way from embargo to outright - mili tary intervention. DomeL Japanese news agency with close foreign office con: nections. declared the Japanese army and navy were prepared to counter any "uncalled for inter vention" by third powers. Yakichlro Sums, foreign office spokesman said that, since the movement of .array and naval for ces Into th colony was the result of an agreement reached In "peaceful talks." no foreign eodntry could object. The foreign office spokesman emphasized that Japan had no "territorial design" on Indo-China, and that the action was being taken purely because of the "ne cessity ot settling the China af fair." At the same time the foreign office protested the arrest of six Japanese, including a consulate employe, by the British at Singa pore. (Singapore dispatches said four had been released, but that two others, Including the consulate employe, were charged with vio lating the colony's anti-espionage law.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 23-;rV The United States accused Japan today of "upsetting" the status quo in the Pacific as high admin istration officials studied meas ures to counter the far eastern empire's southward drive Into French Indo-China. Secretary of State Hull said In a formal statement that it was obvious "the status quo is being upset and this is being achieved under duress." "The position of the United States., in disapproval and In dep recation of such procedures has repeatedly been stated," he added. He gave no indication of the government's plans, but other In formed sources said It was likely that one step would be additional restrictions on exports of vital supplies to Japan. Hull conferred most of the aft ernoon with far-eastern advisors and other high officials of the state department. Negotiations not Amicable, Is View His remarks made it clear that he did not accept the Japanese statement that the military con cessions in Indo-China were gained through "friendly" nego tiations with the French authori ties. Japan's assurances that the territorial Integrity of Indo-China and France's sovereign rights there would be respected also appeared to carry little weight with Hull. Whether the United States would lodge a formal protest was not made known, but it was held likely that this was one of the questions considered at the aft ernoon conference. Both the Unit ed States and Great Britain made formal representations in Tokyo abont three weeks ago in connec tion with Japan's demands on Indo-China. At that time, Hull also public ly reminded Japan that "during recent months this government 'LEARN TO PLAY TIKIE PDANO AceoroROKr 'mrmmmmmmmmm i 1 ri: 7 t xv. It. Pitaeffla M.Usg ? 3 Accordlona furnished free : , . ,8 CoatesUat snvst be a beginner who has s - j":acordieBi. leaaoaa. : : : . 4--Thls coatewt is opea to childrea aad adalts. Xe enrollment or reglstratloa fees. TOE;saiLiLfi JJw and several other governments. Including' the Japanese govern ment hare given expression to their desire that the principle of the status quo be respected and ha nreserved unimpaired In the Pacific, with special reference to the ! Netherlands East inoies ana French Indo-China.". .... -; : Hplding Company New Deal Saves-Economic r; System, Statement in 2 ' v . Blidwest Address INDIANAPOLIS.- SepL,-23-V- Henry A. Wallace struck at "higb finance" and -"financial mon strosities ' known as holding com panies" : In "a ' campaign speech here tonight. . He declared that the - new deal has "rescued the capitalist system, of production, which had ' been almost killed by the effects -of financial manage ment. before 1333." The democratic rice presiden tial nominee and former secretary of agriculture. In his prepared ad dress, termed capitalist enterprise "the most efficient system" of producing and selling goods and services and asserted that the "great collapse" of 1929 showed the need for protecting the sys tem "against the growing powers of high finance." Drawing a distinction between "capitalism" and "finance," he said that "often the profits of fi nance are most easily gained by controlling production, by form ing monopolies to bold up prices, by creating artificial scarcity." "I do not like production con trol," he continued, referring to his administration of a system of production control In agriculture. "but with so much of Industry successfully cutting production and pegging prices, -there -was no other way to save the farmers from ruin, especially when a great market for farm products overseas suddenly disappears." Berlin Is Raided For Three Hours (Continued from page 1) upon Britain, which already has destroyed most ot the French fleet for fear Germany or Italy would obtain It. The Dakar-action was especial ly significant since It followed conversations in R o m e between Nasi Foreign Minister Joachim Von Rlhbentrop and Premier Mussolini of Italy in which axis sources said the two had made definite plans for the division of all Europe and Africa among themselves and their satellites. ThS continued presence In Ber lin ' of " Ramon Serrano Suner, Spanish minister of government, caused foreign observers to be lieve the Rome talks Included a role for Spain in the war against Britain. Hints persisted, too. In the fascist press that the axis soon may force a showdown in pro British Greece. London underwent Its seven teenth successive night of Ger man air siege following a radio message of encouragement from King George Vf who said "we stand In the front line, to cham pion those liberties and traditions that are our heritage . . . the ar mies of lnvaskm are massed across the channel. . Speaking from an air raid vault beneath his partly ruined Buckingham palace, the king was particularly bitter about the tor pedoing of a Canada-bound refu gee ship In which 292 persons, in cluding 82 evacuated children, lost their lives. He called it a "foul deed." The German press termed the British account of the child refu gee ship a "tear Jerker." and "propaganda trick" to draw the United Statea into the war. Nasi spokesmen said "tremen dous fires" were raging In London and that over 50,000.000 pounds ot bombs had been dropped on British targets since July 10. The government, apparently digging In 'for an expected winter-long air siege of London, announced- plans to build immedi ately 1,000,000 sleeping bunks for underground shelters, and to provide civilians with ear plugs to enable them to sleep during air raids. WANTED 100 additional members for our marchincj occordion band! MEMBERS of the past seveii contests tell your friends! PRIZES: Adult division, $20.00 first; $10.00 second; $5.00 third. Children trader 13 years: $20.00 first; $10.00 second; $5.00 third. 11 ji,jmsl mm r v Stadia MarcMn, AecordlOA Band. CnUnnW Parade. 2nd Plac Wlnni n, n..w ever : receive4 and Enlarcwd talo T7arr nw ru. ! tT omui. Weekend Isn t ijclJlplii Burglaries, Escapes, Auto i TowUKeep Em rf: Busy; Car Fomd ? r Busy most of the time over the weekend? were . city' police, who yesterday; reported ' four !reak and -enters" three car "prowls," two eases of escapes from instita- tfons, two- accidents Involving- u tomobiles, and recovery f a stol en auto; S : - ; - : ; v ':'-''.-, "Both front and rear doors , of the Meadowa lunch were found, unlocked "at ll28 a. nv Sunday by Herman Rleck, owner.Missing from the'Cash register was IS 3.30, which had been kept rt or Monday change, BJeck said entrance waa gained with a key. " A. A- Moaler, 235 Union street told police Sunday that his house was . broken into Thursday night and a shotgun and axe were taken. Two pairs of trousers were taken from Glen Burrlght's place at 198 South Church street, he reported. An attempt to steal gasoline at two North Salem service sta tions failed Sunday night, Carl Col lias, 2505 Fairgrounds road, reported that the hose lock on his tank was broken but no gasoline could be obtained. The hose lock at a station across the street was pried but unbroken. Nothing else was molested. An auto belonging to Joe J. Colasoanno, 896 Chezneketa street, waa considerably damaged sometime after 11:30 Sunday night when the tires were de flated, wires on the motor pulled loose, radio aerial broken, horn stolen, and the ignition left on, causing the battery to run down. A tire, tube, wheel, tire pump and robe were taken early Sunday morning from an auto parked in the downtown district and owned by Helen Updegraff, 2514 Hazel street. Elizabeth Blame, 1975 Broad way street, reported that a gaso line . tank cap and a quantity of gasoline were stolen from her auto when it was parked at the address Saturday night. Eight of ten boys who escaped Sunday from Chemawa Indian school had been returned by Mon day morning. Their ages ranged from 10 to 14 years and they were from various sections of the state. The boys were Joe Wesley, Robert James, Charles Williams, Raymond Lee, Fredrick Downs, Frank- Sanson, Raymond Nelson, August Nelson, Kenneth Watah and Leroy Parker, the latter two of whom were not back.' WilUam S. Skeen was still at large yesterday after having es caped Saturday afternoon from the state hospital here. His home Is in Albany. Charges of failure to stop and defective brakes were made against Lloyd P. Eberly of Banks Sunday after his automobile col lided at 15 th and P streets with one' driven by Thomas L. Rose, 1050 North 19 th street. Eberly's car was held for ball. Rose's ve hicle was somewhat . damaged when It was struck and went onto a lawn, bending a water hydrant. Mrs. Ellen Pruitt, 1400 North Church street, rod her bicycle Into the side of Marvin Marrlck Wllkerson's car. The bicycle's frame was broken and a wheel sprung. A car which was parked before 268 North Qpttage street for three or four days attracted the atten tion of residents, who reported to police. The car. was found to be stolen, and cards In a coat inside the vehicle indicated It belonged to Forest McKay of Roseburg. Police also charged Gail Miller, box 220 Garden road, with run ning through a red light; Floyd Thomas, sr.1, of Wheeler, with bar ing four In the driver's seat, and John Beyer, transient, with drunkenness. e 2 House Permits Issued on Monday A bulldinr nermlt tar Hi story residence to cost $5021 was issuea sionaay to Marietta R. Allan by City Building Inspector K. C. Buahnell's oftice. It will be located at 1010 North 2 1st street. E. T. Reld obtained a permit to erect a one-story house at 529 North 23rd trt t a cost of $3800. Other .permits Issued yester i. ; 'i : T ; S f t in. ft 1 i If tJlJ , , . - i?DSDNEis.; Fmm day were to -Harold Richardson to repair dwelling at 2 ISO Center street. $50; "Sylvia, Shreve to al ter and repair - apartment house at 592 North Summer street, $80; Oscar Purcell to repair dwelling at ?f 65 Breys avenue, $100; Phoebe Bosick to repair roof of dwelling at 295 South 20th street, $45;-Ben Dtjen to rerpof dwell ing t 550- Electric street, $10, and another-at 218 Rural avenue, $15; Louis Ashllman to repair roof t dwelling at 244 North 12th;street,'$50, ' - Blast Kills Two ' AtDover Arsenal FBI and; 'Military Board ..tllInjnred' 'r'-y : : ..''" ' .; , - '. TdOVEB, XJ. Sept. llF-An explosion killed two workera and Injured ll- at the - Pica tinny ar senal near Dover today and, while . army officers I pooh-poohed the Hoover prepared' to fly to New Jersey for an investigation. Hoover, chief- of the federal bureau of investigation, was in Boston Tor the American Legion convention. His field office at Newark hadltne nsual "no com ment," but FBI agents were i re-. purieu aireauj av ui army ar senaL A military board also start ed an Inquiry. j The explosion waa the third fatal one at New Jersey munitions plants In little more than a month. It brought the combined death toll to 56. . With nearly 6000 civilian em ployes maintaining 24-hour pro duction, the explosion brought no slackening in the rush to fill na tional defense orders for artillery shells and aerial bombs. It occurred In an Isolated build ing where the 13 employes were taking apart French shell fuses. Relics of the World war, they were being taken apart so the metal units could be salvaged and reloaded with fresh explosives. "It Is a dangerous job at best," said CoL A.i S. Buyers; public re lations officer. "The fuses contain fulminate of mercury and appar ently this let go." Colonel Buyers was emphatic in discounting the possibility of sabotage. He said he 'had not "seen any G-men and their pres ence, should they be there, would be "only routine." -. Ellas Lawrence, 49, Rockaway, and John E. Goodwin, 2f, Towaco, were killed. ' Twelve Thousand At Camp Murray (Continued from page 1) be busy several days setting up tent cities and - improving the camp. T- . Withdrawing from civilian life for a year after, being mobilized under a "national emergency" de cree, the guardsmen, from Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, will be encamped at Camp Murray until early Janu ary when they will more Into a $4,000,000 cantonment to be built a few miles south of here, closer to Fort Lewis. i Adjournment Is Still Uncertain WASHINGTON, SepU ll-VPh Congress made so little headway on its remaining problems toda; that leaders almost gave up hope of adjourning by the coming weekend, the goal they had set. Senator Berkley of Kentucky, the democratic leader, ' said to ward, the end of the day he did not believe the calendar could be completed In time. Confer eea on the excess pro fits tax bill, endeavoring to bring the Intricate and differing meas ure passed by the two houses Into uniformity, reported little prog ress toward a compromise. The senate meanwhile became involved In a dispute over the house-approved Ramspeck hill, under which the president would be authorized to blanket 200,000 employes of "temporary agencies" Into the civil service, after non competitive examinations. division i . j H fTO.00. worth of credit or cauii Dial TIM. sf in io KIOI3 713