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I 1 'A. Growing Newepapeav . ' The Oregon Statesman 1 steadily growing newspaV per. lis. readers know the) ; -.. reasons:' It's reliable. rom; s . plete, - lively and always In teresting. .... .. ". TTealuer ;- .Partly clondy today andl Saiardaji possible showers ; t fcl-iyj f eatle to moderate 'oathrrly wind. Max. temp. Thorsdajr 2, mi. 4a. River S-O. Rata .J. - - 1 ! N Pi i.v Nunrnimi yeah Salem.' OrgoEu TAdaY Mominij. October .4,.' 1S-43 y - :,T-. ! , N-XX Tv V'V " , Filc Set irewtsuU Sc -" - Wa tr.a Fuehrer, Diice Confer Today, Brenner Pass Speculation Jl i e as to Meanin g ; - Re velati on . Today la Forecast Chamberlain Resigns as Head "of Council and of Conservatives ' . .. . - - . . (B Tba Associated Press) i- i Adolf Hitler and Benito Musso- ' lint are : icheduled to meet at Brenner' Pass today, for 1 a' net history-making conference which - points to these possibilities: ' r (1). That the axis partners are cooking tip : another:; diplomatic world shaker: ; (J). That all may jnot be well with the new Rome-Berlin-Tokyo alliance , Utnally well-informed Germans ' said merely ' that - the - meeting .' wonld : he tor the purpose of pnt tinr , the finishln- touches" to diplomatic activity which already ".baa brouiht: Japan into tne.axla and may . aoon bring In Spain. - '-- Something official" waa prom ised today on the Brenner Pass meeting:. The fuehrer's press chief, a regular attendant at im portant axis confabs, already baa left the German eapltal4-bnt weather he r has headed . toward Italy, Moscow or somewhere else was not fllsclosed. " . - - In connection with Rtunla's po sition In the new lfneap, It was recalled that despite German pro testations of "all is well with Moscow,, ; German Foreign Min ister Joachim von Rlbbentf op probably would go to see Jostb Stalin to clarify his position. , 1 Oaydav Emphasizes' -; "Fnll Agreement" ? r - It was considered algnlflcant also that Virginia Gayda, It Duces editorial alter ego. took the pains yesterday to stoutly proclaim the axis partners In "foil agreement and satisfied with what one an- r (Tarn to page IS, coL 7) TffitlCT Spoil ProsDect One Firm Pick Tennessee' Location, Other Held ; ; BacJc, Nazi Orders PORTLAND, Ore.;PcT?4 iJP) German gOTeniraentT'easre and competition from' another federal agency may cost Bonnerille dam two large industries, Paul J. Ra rer said today. The Bonnerllle-Grand t Coalee power administrator said the Reynolds Metal company, former ly a 'prospect for a Columbia rirer location, had signed a contract for power - from the Tennesee valley authority. f ; Rarer said Washington, DC, re- rorti Indicated that the German' government had halted plans of the Swiss Aluminum company ef Lausanne, Swi tier land, to erect a plant here, at least for the time being. Be added that there was so definite information to sub ' atantlate the reports. - ' PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. tJP Panl J. Earer, BonneTllle-Grand - (Tnrn to page 15, coL I ) ; ; fc Trouble Due : Iri Orient Is' Eirm's Hint : ' 8HANOUAI, Oct. S.-P)-e-M of American e m p Io y e s ot the ' Ctiiiidari; Vacuum "Oil company thronghoet China have received Instructions to , send their wivee and. ehjlclren to the United States by the first available steamer be cause of disturbed conditions la 'the orient,, authoritative Inform ants said tonight. - Tension between Japan and the United E tatesv was understood to he the main reason for this more. - (At N-w York headquarters of ' the eompanyehlef export unit ot the Standard Oil Interests, It was ' ' said snch action had been "sug gested, but no orders issf The .suggestion was said to be ta line with another made recently, to men home on furlough that their families remain : In the United : States. ;;.f - . .-. ' " . (Japaa employes of the eom- -pany were understood to hart re ceived sl'jnllar suggestions.) . . Reliat le sources said that the United Cltates nary also was con . etderlng ordering home the wires ct offlcors and enlisted men on - duty in; China waters, but that definite orders had not yet been Issued. ' - . . However, ' nary- officers -and . Standard- Oil officials ; vere nld cot to consider an open break te- , tween the United States and Jap an imminent. " - 2 Days to Register For attorney general t I. TL Van "W Inkle, n?ptallcan, or 4 Urnco Ppaultllcs democrat, i. Urfjroa'U l.ato no chcice la rsce oa November &, Jlr. Citiiea, unless yow are regis-, treO. O ;aJy two days are left to , r?t yr r name on the poll I eels If IV ret already there. KtHs'fifi-a 'closes toraor-r-"f - .... 'Paul Ilcuser't . Column '. Onu of our alert scouts wan dor ed Into a movie palace lately and settled into a seat alongside a comely young f matron who wasl : holding a rather young, child on her lap.'; y . . : ; t Onr scout was! Just getting hls' back hitched in-: to po<ion and his knees on the seat back in front of him (sadly e n o to g h, , h e's that kind of a matte . goer) when o n e of those Ineptly ri b. Rim. J. named things called 'trailers flashed on the screen to, adrer- tlse lome- forthcominj colossal feature 6ritb 2d big bit). - The trailer went Its lovely way and wound up with the two stars of the coming opns engaged, in a lore scene, somewhat more ardor ous than usually permitted on the screen.'':" ., , . - 'v "' -Albne on a davenport were the pair and the hero, bis eyes boning with lore, took the beeateous heroine in . his arms ; as3 pressed Ixr to him. It was as tMt as tfae law and the Bays office wonld allow. " Jnst ai tb bero got nnder way with bla embrace onf scout no ticed the child next. to him lean forward.! Ever alert, enr - scout looked at the child Just in time to see her point to the screen and shout excitedly in a nin roice, Mamma, there's daddy P Onr scout, being somewhat shy, neglected hie da ties aad failed to ferret out the name of the hus band whose domestic ardors ap- proach'that of a Gable. Now that the San Francisco fair Is closed and the New Tors; fair is in its twilight, Leo 8 p 1 1 s b a r t, manager of the Oregon State fair, feels better. For lo, to whom there is only one fair that counts, It wasn't the competition that bo thered, but the confusion or bar ing people say THE fair and not mean THE Oregon State Fair. ? tuoBT aura dspt. , . "EaaniJ T. wl Wfflbat calls ear atuatlsa task S was Ml. aet la a article la this pa. per last WNt He says h caOsd : Jads-s Jones a 'd liar' aad net , . '0.d. liar.' . v . , Leadon, Ky., Btntirnl-Eche. "The etatsBMB la last Sat soar's tasne e tte Oatoa taaS a . aaaa-r . ll-esena sm via- f c . . hem Jf. sad Sirs. Jean Ess- . - 1 rr en rrtdar atMfsesa Was t traorrspaleal exrs. Tas ttsat V saeald save reaa. taat a haskr. il-revaa gta w tan." Baa Piers TaJoa. MUSICAL NOTE The Tuesday Srenlnff or Any Otiier Night Claret aavd Sym phony society got out some of Its older records lat night and. started from scratch. War Guilt Charge Trial Is Ordered Gamelin, Daladier Facing Accusation) Blnnx and Heynaud Scanned vieirr. Fr&nc: Oct. S 65V-The aitmrema conrt at Rlom formally eemmitted former Generalissimo Maurice Gu stave Gamelin, former pmi Edoiikrd Daladier . and former Air Minister Guy La Cham- bre to trial today for responsibil ity in France's "war guilt" case. Th -overhment. It was an nounced, also will present a de mand for the formal commitment of others of those now held In administrative custody. They In clude former Premiers Blum and Paul Reynand, and former Min ister of Interior Georges Mandel. No definite date has been fixed for the trial. . Jean Zay, one-time minister of education.- will be tried by court martial tomorrow at Clenaont Farrand on charges of desertion from tn armr. , Huge Bear Killed Believed Age 50 WTCLtjH BCr Oct.- Mj-UPiE. c. Cody, Iowa sportsman, came out of the bills of Hogan creex, iv miles northeast of this interior British Columbia district, today with the carcass of a hura XTis- sly ;tbat-some old "tJjnm2m claimed had eluded hunters ior 0 - rears. Guide rean Cockran of nearby Bsrkerrille said he had seen the gristly 15 years ago. Measuring eight feet-from' tip to tip. he said It' bad the largest paws of ibt animal he had erer seen. The are had ' been chewed ' close ' to the s ull. eridence ot a naif cen tury i of fighting In the wilds. i Codr brought the bear down with two' shots, after ; trailing It loritnree nays. ' - - .- $ . , f. Zimmeroiaii McMINNTILLE, Oct. " S- WP Complstlon teday of a repnbUcan primary, recount confirmed ; the noralaatfon ct Peter Zimmerman, Yamhill, orer W. R." Osborne, Amity, for state representative The recheck 1 reduced Zimmer man's lead from 18 to six rotes. tfcs : final count being llli to 1520. Eattce E. Harsh, who led both Zimmerman and Osborne, is the other republican nominee. .The recount, held In Circuit JalTe Arlle G. Walker' court, was ordered by the state snprtins court. . . Changed Labor Board &&oi Wonld . No Revision Otherwise Until That Tried, He Asserts K ; ; ! ; - -. f , .. Teams With McNary for r First Time; Crowd at ' Pittsburgli Is Huge V ; -, .---i ' .. .. . . .. 4 "1- : By WILLIAM B.J ARDERT . PITTSBURGH, Oct. 3.-i2P)-Ap- peanng ior the nr?t , ume on a campaign plltf ora .irlth : Jus run- nlng mate. Senator Charles Lt. McNary, Wendell U Wlllkis called tonight for legislation to ehangthe administration of the Wagner labor relations act .1 - The republicair p r e s 1 dentla nominee, speaking ' after . a long oration In floodlighted Forbes field, also said that he. wonld use the office of president to try to unite the divided forces of labor. Before a crowd estimated "by tKM lice at S 0.000 to -SI.000, WiUkle made a major labor ad areas after McNary bad introduced bin with the statement: "Oar crusade to redeem Amer ica from new deal donbt and de feat is united united as to candi dates, as to Issues, as to party and to that great body of citizens who, placing .country : abore party, march with us on onr historic mis sion. , . ' Winkle, looking fresh after fonr-bonr trip through the smoky steel mill , sections of Allegheny county, declared that "he had been (Turn to page lo, col. s) More Solicitors s - . - - ' - "e -, :. " Tsi N&oushtbruiest Campaign Is at Half way Stark i Rossman Tells of Program Gains Knowing ; by experience that the second half Is always the hardest, Salem CommnnltyxChestl division leaders were seeking aa- ditiania. .sollcllors. ; on. .Thursday following the I report luacsfon which rerealed that the halfway mark had been -virtually- attained with a total or I14.S11.15 on band ia f u b s c r 1 p 1 1 o n s and pledges. ' Government and, education di vision headed by George Alex ander reported the " largest suns on Thursday, Sit el, bringing Its total to $887 or IB per cent of Its quota. Jastiee - George Rossman, luncheon speaker, emphasised the rewards, other than financial, of participation in the Chest cam paign, mentioning particularly the community ben exit derived from aid to transients ' who are thus kept from ' door-to-door so licitation of food. Donrlai MeKty, campalrn chairman who has been In Wash ington, DC, on other community business,- presided for the first time at Thursday's luncheon. The erring committee was from EL Annt't: Guild of the Episcopal church. The day's reports and percent ages attained Included: Automotive and transportation. $24 S and 63: contractors and builders, $117 and IS; general gifts, $177 and 42; mercantile. $86$ and SS; utilities, $541 and 49; women's, $S82 and S3. Linen Mill Given Contract by Navy The Salem LJnea mills, for the MtU conaectiUTi year, yesterday received a nary contract for fill twine aggregating S9S.7Q0. 7u C. UcLeod, manager of the Salem plant, said that all Oregon flax would be used In the eon- tract since ibis is tbe only mate rial arguable at this time. Work on the contract will get under way within the next few weeks. " It will require lees than three months to complete the job. If e- Leod said. JOOST GOES la the second Inning of tlte second world series game Catcher liirdie Tcbbets, Detroit catcher, threw - Wild In attcnl, to catch Ed Joost ef Ciaclnati tiff second bae. Joort went to third. Dick Kartell, tfht and Charlla CcLrlugcr, left, went after the ball, fcich is seen st extreme Jeft. The umpire Is dsil. The C7-f?"'!"!',S r the rwe K to 8 to t!e rn the juries at one-all. AP Telemat, Me LOSS HALF This picture, taken from thoroof ;'J 'XococJAfclre Wotfc LuIIOicg;, shows gpproxIiaatE: h<xt trwxteat- i uib uiuiiiuiuua wutw urv nuw;u anrjik at hoi v mc 'Willamette Valley-' Xmber company's plant- at Dallas Tbnrsday Air-drp ? ; Portland 2370 lien Will Be Based There $ Additional Work Prospect PORTLAND. Oct. a-kV-Con- neetlon ot the new $2,350,000 ar my air corps station with Portland-Columbia airport will re quire ' an additional - outlay of S500.000.- Port cf 'Poruana ana works progress adminisration of- rlciala estlmaed today. They said engineers were work ing on an application for a WPA project to include C 0,0 00 square feet of new runway paring, a new all-weather . roadway and. taaiway connections.' E. J. Griffith. State WPA ad ministrator, said bis organisation could be counted on to give the project "prefentlal treatment all Preliminary plana indicate xnat about 25 barracks and mlacellan oua other- buildings will be breeted at the field. Planes wiU be anchored, to a huge concrete slab In ilea of using hangars. The chamber or commerce es- kimated the payroll and ether ex penses of the base- will amount to X,eo,vv annnaiiy.-. - - ? . WASHINaxON, Wet. s-tA7-A- lxnmentf ot iircorpa wuuwh cities was announced toaiy cy us department aa a part of the (Torn, to page S. eoi . Portland Builder Dies PORTLANbV ' Oct. t '.-jpfJ oka Hand. 7t. retired eohtractor who built several et . Portland's schools and apartment houses. died here today. He was a satire ot England. : TO THJRDiREpS diiilLL liii - MILLION JN DALLAS LUMBER PLANT BLAZE of th imperiled Jallaa Slachlne and Big D&fwise BiW Last : Gains t ihal Approval Nearly Billion and Half for Selective Service and Other jMilitary Purposes Is Voted With ; Little Opposition; Lottery Due Soon . WASHINGTON, Oct. 3(AP) The session's last big defense "appropriation biU--Yl,482,000,000 for conscription and other miHtarjr purposes--receivcMl final conoreonal ap proval today with a minimum ox discussion and opposition. Quickly the measure slipped through the senate. A little later the house unexpectedly accepted a $12,700,000 increase Violator of Lindy Statute Executed W1LLA WALLA, Oct. .-JP)r Jack Marable.- 40, fugltlre from the Alabama state penitentiary. died on the gallows of the Wash ington state penitentiary early to day, the first person to be exe cuted under the' " state's' so-falIed LdndbeKarh kidnaping lew' of 133. ' Marable. with Robert Klmmlch. 17. was conTictel by a Tharston county1 Jury Olympla) of kidlaP- lng Mrs. Emil Rolff in rront or tne Olrmpia .. poatofflc October, a. 1839., and forcing; her to drive to a deserted xarrn wners mia aa- sanlted aen,;... - ', In. a statement issued aa he en tered! the death, chamber Marable denied the. charge. ? - v Klmmich is serving a life sen tence la the penitentiary. : . . . EVEN SERIES ! " "'--. . , r- J i ' 't - . Q I'M night. In. the f orrgronnd are the blazing; loatdins; dock. and( Joe be hind them the dry sheds; flaming oa ;t"ae Jelt are the pbtninsmill and the dry kiln.. .The flames lighted up the tire countryside and were clearly riaible from Salem, . ntateomanv staff photo ' written into the measure by the senate. That action made the bill ready for President Roosevelt's signature, without the usual form ality of resolving house -senate differences ln conference. - The bill ran the total of appro priations and - authorisations for defense at this session ' of con gress: np to $12.149.5S2,Slff. Ihe house appropriations committee said. ' v - . . . ' . The developments came a few hours after White House aides had announced that t President Roosevelt would tell his. story ; of the defense program In a "straight narrative." - and "non - political" speech to be broadcast at S j. in... Paclfle Standard time, on October 11 frca i private train tt Dayton, I Ohio. Meanwhile, it was learned that the great conscription lottery was scheduled for some day between Oct-11 an! I f, that the army, drawing Its lesson from. Europe, Was organising the first battalion of American parachute troops. -'Is another action, . the senate passed legislation authorising the expenditure of 1150.000,000 for housing - defense) workers . where such facilities are not , avallahle. The measure now goes back to the house for action on amendments.' X The senate also roted approval of a ll.425 -cItU tunctiona- appropriatloa bill, containing money for training 70 0,00 0. na tional defense workers. The meaa uro goes to th, house- next : for action oa senate amendcxenta, . in cluding the. elimination ot,. an $10,000 Item for the proposed construction of. airports - At ; the same time,- George- C. Xarshsll, chief, of staff, of the ar- -r-'- fTnrn tO nira .'eol g . Final Admonitioii 1 ; It lagsecl Censor I LONDON, Oct - trVPHL. letter, pawed through .the German' cen sorship, - from ; a British prisoner fh Germany; to his father here: . "We get the best food I've ever eaten.! The 'camp guards are all eitreriely decent and intelligent.- i ."Tell all my friends how-well I in ibelngf treated." Tell my pals fa the army,.Tell them In the navy. j-v.ApoTe all tell .it to Hhe ma- tiies.. . 1 ' r ixj Iff ill! r Fleislihacker Is Held not Guilty Dominant Ownership Part of Defense to Charge of Misusing Funds SAN FRANCISCO, Oct's&y- A federal conrt Jury tonight found Herbert Fleishhacker, for mer bank president, innocent on all counts ot an 11 -count indict ment charging violation of the banking- laws. . i . The jury deliberated a total of three hours and 38 minutes be fore reaching a verdict and re porting to Federal Judge Harold Louderback. Fleishhacker sat immobile aa the ten men and two women Jur- ors filed Into the courtroom, but tears welled into his eyes as the verdict was read, and he rose to thank: each Juror individually -in a voice broken by sobs. - The ease went , to the Jury at 4:25 p.m. today after final argu ments and Instructions to the Jury The , banker .was . accused of haring $5 5,100 drawn from the Pacific Mall Steamship company account - at ' the Anglo California bank without authority,- mud; ef having, misapplied the proceeds ef (Turn to page 15. coL. 3) CaU Drafted Jot Htku&C t Troop by VcnetianIad :yiOTE, ,ItalT ct.. ihp)hl group of boys who made para ehnte troops" out. of cats,and launched them front the . tops of i buildings, tied to umbrellas, were sought -today by officials of the Lyons MittMPo Strtfm LYONS, o Octi . S-iTV-The V: 4 5 sawmill -workers of . the Mt. Jef ferson Lumber , eompany" s were called out on strike at a o'clock this morning.-by-the local Lum- bermen's , and Sawmill Workers union J CIO af flllae. At noon the 2 S . employes ; in ' the same com pany's logging camp " fire miles east- et Gates - also- declared a strike. -.". -. - i -. . - George Huffman, financial sec- rttarr cf the ; union,- laid the irite aa" called in' ttwtxt'tt a member. F. Mr-Washburn, an en gineer who' waa notified Septem ber Z ' following ' a shu tdown while waiting for logs, that he was dismissedl on the grounds that haring only-, one band, he was not; capable of , performing the work. He lost a ban d th ree years ago while the mill was. sn der other management,; , it -was as.14, tut had resumed his poEltlon snd worked continuously ; since that time. ? -a"- f-.'j.iv : The union grievance commit tee met with Norton Cowden, as sociated In ownership of the. com- j -A IT IL. VL Crew Battling JFlaiiies Saves JMjFoimdry Loss Is Half i Million ' or" More; No Evidence of T : Incendiary Origin a Blaie Lights iip Country and Seen Here; Aid Is . Sent From Salem Tire, vhlcii originated with aa explosion in' the dry kiln at p.m. yesterday, swept through 10 acreew of the Willamette VaJler - Lumber . company at Dallas. e : stroytng the planing mill, dry kiln. - four dry sheds, loading deck and ; storage" yard. "v : V T-"' Main; buildings f the Dallas' Machine'. and "Locomotive works. V adjacent to the dry yards 'On the ; north; - were continuously threat- ened during the first hour of the blase; but were: Bnlnjartd" except - nor extensive :, water damage . re ported In the -pattern-shop, draft- O v ' inr ro om a,. and. carrier factory fahop. '- - Damage to' the -lumber - com pany's - holdings was unofficially - estimated at f 300,000, chiefly from -loss of large . supplies ef I dried lumber stored in dry sheds, and from destruction of equip ment In' the planing mill and dry Ten reightars, loaded with dried lumber, were also destroyed on a siding near the loading ; - sheds. ' - r ' 4 . : Cause of the explosion In the -dry kiln. In which as well as la the planing mill, a regular night crew -was working, was not im-. mediately Reported."'"; . , -irire alarms, sent out at eace - ' bronght assistance from the Dal las , fire . department- and firs i equipment was also rushed irora Salem and Sheridam. . ; Hose crews worked savagely tev hold the blase from the loading? docks aad. from dry sheds - as lt : -spread from the planing mill un der the impetus of a fresh south west wind. Their efforts were unavailing until the blaze reached the load- ; ing dock itself, where it was held , back from crossing an open, area ISO yards wide onto the office and foundry structures ot the lo comotive works. ,: Two small sawmill structures operated by the lumber company lay out of tie path of the fire. and were -: In consequence nnin jured. . ' - . The. miU'a power, plant,' how- lr erer, was momentarily threatened by flames, and was saved through the use joC steam from neary boilers. Ch.tta.iaX explosions . occurring near' the locomotlre works mo- men tartly endangered its mat at ; foundry shed- butwere .broserkt under control by firemen. Flames rose orer 200 feet dar ing the height of the conflagra tlonf, reached when It consumed the loading docks, and were Tis- j Ible in Salem, 16 miles east, and In Falls City, an equal distance southwest,.! ' -:" :i - . ' K.. Thousands of . Dallas resides ta . watched the names comob Un '. planing mill and sheds, r Th at i number was augmented by feaa- ; drfiii'of other persont wno :cp orer from Salem and other near by' towns.- . ' '-"w 1 George T. Gerlinger, PortXasad. president ; and general manager, j ; reached, Dallas last night xr haring been notified by telephone. William. Swindells, secretary- d chief - executive of the ; mlX2 Dallas,i was inVictoria .tTarn to page 8, coL a) DUmissal Caz: pany, and Hugo Hallin, mill periatendent, Monday night asked that Washburn be t2a-, stated. When this action was st forthcoming the local union at a meeting Tuesday night roted: to strike unless Washburn were re- Instated "within 24 hours. Al r. Hartung, 1 president, and. Frank, Gordon. seeretary-treasBrer oftas Columbia Hirer Council. Intiwa tlonal Woodworkers of America, were present --'V'.'.v ;'; " Walt Miller, In charge of tie com pany 'a operations here, - minim presented with . the - d e m a. m . Wednesday - morning, . asked far- . tier time to confer with tie owners but this was not grants-J. ' Orrllle Miller of Portland is. ran- ' era! manager of the "comri3y which also operates .at Gienwos4.. Ore., and Deep River ana ivBtxr- ton, Wash. , f -Waif Miller said today la il not been able to get in touch v::h Orville Miller. He said the a tst down would hold up delivery gorernment orders now en 1..:. w ""V