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:i Growing Newspaper? The Oregon Statesman Is . a steadily growing aewspa ' per. It readers know the rFaaoBR:. It's reliable, ton . plete, llrely and always la . terr sting. : -f ' - TTeailier , , -T"aJ today ud Thursday ht iomi doodla aid v 1 1 e jr . fog- iUx. tcMp. Tneaday 73, mla. 49. South- ( trcft trhl Wier 3.S fret, .Ifciu.in.Ylj;:.v?; ' : ; ( Ccksu- Oregsa, 7tdaesd-Morning, October 8 1343 ' i r : - Prfc Cq Krsdj 5s : . tlx in Selection Act Registrars in Election Board , Member in Each Precinct to Name Assistants Additional Groups Will ' Sign Hp WU Students, : ' -: Hospital Patients . r ' - v An army of 471 volunteer -workers will be reguiced to sign bd the estimated 12,536 Marion county men subject ,to ' registra tion next Wednesday nnaer ine ' selectlTe serrice act. County Clerk U. Q. Boyer announced last night. - , Eighty election board members have been appointed cbJef regis trars to handle registration -In the county's 8S precincts. Boyer mailed them letters yesterday re questing that they appoint 392 assistants, preferably from elec tion board personnel, provide ta bles, chairs, a flag and a regis tration place. "The United' States government expects all services f r e e," the clerk advised his appointees. Three additional registration boards probably will be designat ed to sign up non-reBldent Willa mette university . students, state tuberculosis hospital and Salem hospital patients. - Use Usual Polling -Places If Possible , The registration places, to be the usual polling places. If possi ble, vrlll b open from 7 a,'m. to f p.m. on registration day, October V-.. . w The clerk listed his "registrar appointees, and the number of men estimated subject to "regisr tration lneich precinct, as fol lows: Aumsvllle. John A. Smith, 100; Aurora, George Fry, Breitenbush; - Lester O. White, 72; Brooks, ; Clyd Harris, 114; Buttevllle, Fred Den tel. 49. Champoeg. Henry Z o r 19 ; Chemawa, Ralph - Gilbert, 170; Croisan, Nellie FIdler, 182. Donald, Lor en G. Geisy, 10. Englewood, John S. Marshall, 246. Fairfield. B. J. Miller, 41 : Fairgrounds, F. O. Johnson, 125. East Gervais, 101, and West Gemli, 62, 0. J. Molsan. - Hayesville, David Saucy, 212; Horeb. LeRoy Grafe, 34; Central Howell, John Tweed, 82; Nortn Howell, Kenneth Coomler, 78; East Hubbard, 108, and West Hubbard, 98, C. M. Crittenden. Jefferson, J. T. Jones, 191. Liberty, Frank Hrubetz, 106. Macleay, Harry Martin, 78; Marlon, Charles . G. Sarver, 62,; McKee, Josepb , Nibler, 108; Me hama, William Mulkey. 88; Mill City, D. B. Hill, 65; Monitor, Rex W. Ross, 112; East ML Angel,; John T. Bauman, 231; West ML Angel, Joseph Bernt, 124. Pringle. J. M. Coburn, 13 8. Quinaby, Ray Licke, 99. Rosedale, Ralph Dent, 127., Salem No. 1, Francis Clark, 228; No. 2, Edna Craig, 838; No. 8, T.i Harold Tomllnson, 18 7; No. 4, Arthur O. Davidson, 219; No. I, Alfred D. Propp, 299; No. 6, Loriag D. Waterman, 169; No. 7, Carl Gles, 279; No. 8, Sidney W. Van Lydegraf, 198; No. 9, Lois Bcott, 204; No. 10, Henry Mill, 234; No. 11, O. K. DeWitt. 198; No. 12, James Albert, 18 7 1 No. IS, Madeline Nash, 241; No. 14, Arthur GIrod, 187; No. 15, Nor man Pnrbrick, 217; No. 16, Chas. Treaey. 264; No. 17, Rose , W. Babcock, 264; No. 18, Ida C. Wooten, 159; No., 19, Ethel Zim merman, 278; No. 20, Katherine R. Garson, 162; No. 21. H. W.! Elgin. 240 ; No. 22, Attn, w. Mundt, 238; No. 23, Mary L. Boeschen, 169; No. 24, Del W. Neiderhlser. 205; No. 25, Clart bell A.' Bluff, 269; No. 26, R. A. Horn, 189. East Salem, J. Irvine Caplin eer. 16 4; Salem Heights. Lewis Vidson, 289; St. Paul, Charles S. Xullen, 97; Scollard, Bert ' Bnt terfield. 123; Scotts Mills, E. W. Conlsen, 119; Shaw, J.' C. Peter son, 40; Sidney, J. O. Fair, 65; Cilverton HiUs, Ira PT Laroa, 74; N or t h Silverton, Ed Overland, 285;' South " SUverton.: Fred Knight, 97; East Silverton J. D. Drake, 272; West Silverton, A. R. WeiekerV 1 3 ; Staytqn, 122,. and East Etayton; 1 S 9 George Kceca ; West Stayton, Paul T. McClellan; e; Sublimity. F. A. Zimmerman, 313. . . - Turner, Edwin W. Powers, Jr., 201. " , . ', - Union Hill,. Eric Fisher. 100. C Waconda, Britt Aspinwall. 68; East Woodbnrn. J. J. Hall, 00; West Woodbnrn, Mabel Eettle mier, 149. Bermuda Detains Two Norwegians ' INW YORK, Oct- 8-C?-Brit-lsh. authorities at Bermuda today detained two Norwegian shipping representatives f I y i n g to this country aboard the Pan American Atlantic clipper, t , - It was the first instance of re moval of passenrers from the- fly ing boats, although British, cen sors at Bermuda nave seized mail regularly. Today they seised 1, 300 pounds -tit the 3000 aboard. Count yNamed Willkie QiLdonsiFDR OmlnvalementP t : - . . . i - ; . Demands Answer as to International Agreement toGet US Into Wars; Opposes Appeasement tut Criticizes Provocative Statements YORK, Oct, S AP) WendeU L. Willkie de manded .tonight that President Roosevelt tell the nation wtaether.Jbere . were "any international understandings to put America into this war that we. the citizens of the United QUtt, UU UUb AUUW &UOUU . ' fit His demand, made during; n-in&;laiVi-; aid ; Hauser's Column Daylight Dial 10 a.m-r Up and to the office and " everybody surprised - to find us there so early. Found the soci ety, girls 4 busily f at . w o r k a n d more , interested in t o m o r row's recipes than In the world series, which I s a strange and won drous thing. - No mail today, lO: la a-m. Popped around the Ladd k Bush boar d walk or tunnel of love, which has t new- Improvements ev- " ery day, the latest being sand un derfoot, and popped into Jack McCullough, the recent barrister and notary public, and Jim Nich olson, the sometime gridder, dis cussing something which couldn't have been anything but the Oregon-Washington social afternoon next Saturday. . - 10:10 a,m. Found everything okeh at Mr. Gwynn's State street clip joint and oil station aad tense Unoffphere as everybody waited for , the heroine in a soap opera to get her divorce so the series broadcast could start. ; 10:20 a.m. Met up with Harry Detlefs, the town's tnost accurate crystar gazer, and did query him on the series. He said Cincinnati's a cinch. .Wondered whether to bet, but decided to spend our nlckle for coffee instead. 10:80 a-ua Coffee. 11 a.m Dropped into the pub lic library and found Hugh Mor row, the librarian, wanting, for some reason known only to Him self, to load si np with the li brary's collection of cook books. Talked of Santa Cruz, San Fran cisco, Sacramento and other towns and things beginning with S. ("Why with aa Mr said Al ice . . . . "Why not?" said the Blare h Hare.) 11:80 a.in. Found the capuoi press room inhabited by Dick Ap plegate of United Press who Just got his big. shiny Cord back after being Ironed out from a chance meeting with a bridge. Paul Har vey of the AP busy tearing off 4he news ticker reports of the aer ies as they came in inning by in ning. At this point the Tigers led 1 to 0 and we cheered mildly. Dan Fry, head of capitol local No. 4171. Amalgamated Paper Clip Menders, quit buying hay for the state long enough to come in and tahe a look. 12 Noon. Doctor Is OUT Back at 2. - a p.mv Looked for Carl Ouen ther, the waterman, to take ns out to -see the new high lerel reser voir, which occupies the spot for mer Governor Martin wanted to be the state capitol grounds. Couldn't find him, so went ont anyway and nearly got lost on Candalarla Heights ' (in the day time, too, fellows). : 2:80 pan. Concluded reser voirs aren't much to look at from the outside and stood and talked to a man about the series, know ing by now that the Reds won, and about a war that seemed far distant in that . sun-drenched, quiet, peaceful spot. - S pan. i ' And so to work aad the city hall where, when the Hotel de Mln to opens again, air raids or bo, Salem will have its only bum shelter. 1 i X - A s-- 4. .4-, Thompson Forces Seeking To Raid Republican Ranks By 8TEPHER C. MKRQLER Maneuvering for further atten tion in the November election campaign, forces supporting Avery Thompson, democrat, for the dis trict, attorneyship of Marion coun ty, are undertaking a new drive on the ballot box in tha form of a "Republican club : tor Avery Thompson for district attorney," It became known In Salem yester day. ! - - - ' - The formalities of organising the new club will be gone through at a meeting in the county court room at the courthouse here at 8 o'clock Friday night. : The club apparently will not be extended, la scope to support oth er democrats, such as E. G. Neal, candidate for the county Judge ship. - 1 . ."vv '-.-ii..v. Rumors of the proposed meet ing caused a momentary flurry at county republican headquarters. It was indicated, however, that no i a snealcincr tour nf TIT onTisHan and the Bronx, wam fnllAwMl h. coast-to-coast radio address In which he pledged that "under to circumstances would I appease me oiecators. " Vigorously attacking the ad ministration and democrat! tlonal chairman, Edward J. Flynn, zor -attempting to take this elec tion by . Illegal means,". WUlkle told': a shouting audience that jammed the Roosevelt high school auditorium in the Bronx, Flynn's home counts: "Any administration that is not leumg tne truth is not qualified to head the country In time of crisis, or any otner time." "I want to ask the president, and I demand an answer: 'are there anv international nrir. standings to put America into ini war mat we, the eltisens of the United States, do not know aooutT' "After all, I represent in this camoalrn millions and mtntnna nt voters, and I think I have a right i ait rrnuin r. Roosevelt about American participation In the involvements of Europe or Asia at this time." - The Republican candidate de clared that if he were elected "it will be the people of the United States who will decide whether ' (Turn to page 2, eoL I) hstitutions Stay Inside of Budgets Saving of $200,000 Held Possible, Estimate) -of David Eccles ' Oregon's 12 state Institutions will live within their appropria tions for the 1229-40 blennlum and may save 2200.000, David Eccles, state budget director, said yesterday. Funds not emended bv the In stitutions w o n 1 d revert to the state general fund. The 1 2 2 9 lerlslatnre annro- priated $4,501,083.84. for these 12 institutions and the parole board staff, exclusive of a $97, 000 carryover fund for the peni tentiary. State officials said It was not likely that a large part of $3,000, 000 In budget Increases requested by the Institutions for the 1941- sz oiennium would be granted. The 1939-40 annronrlatlons were as follow: State hoBDital. Balam. SI. Ill 142.5 5; Kastern Oregon state hos pital SS24.S91. nenltentlarr B711 - 580; blind school $107,105; blind trades school $18,433.11; deaf school 21S1.S2S: Or ran s1r. view home tS11.41fl; ' Cutikni Oregon tuberculosis hospital. $380,105; girls' industrial school $59,417: Western Oreron tuber culosis hospital I4S4.017.10; bors' traininc school Si7. inn- parole office staff $16,490, and university state tuberculosis hos pital lnHortland $ 220,9 S 4. Baxter Talkt Mistions At Church Conference LKWISTON, Idaho. Oct. 9-iJP)-Declaring that three years ago 14 nations carried on extensive for eign missionary operations but only one at the present time is en gaged In full time church activi ties. Bishop Bruce R. Baxter, Port land, pleaded for a unified stand of American churches to meet the crisis at the opening todar of the second district conference of the Methodist church, , attended by about $0 pastoral and laymen from northern Idaho and eastern Washington. . effort would be made to break; up the attempt to raid republican ranks on behalf of a democratic candidate. ' " ' Later verified, the rumors were learned to be founded on letters being mailed to '50 or 1 0"-people, principally Salem residents, declaring that "an increasing number of republicans hare sug gested the formation" of the Ite-publlcans-f or -Thompson club. . ' Rumors that the letters were going chiefly to-war veterans ap peared to be exaggerated. One let ter writer, Dr. Verden E. Hockett, past Commander of a local veter ans' organization, declared ' only "about 11" veterans', names were on the mailing list. The letters solicit help in form ing the Thompson club and assert that "regardless of political party many feel that it is essential that this important office be filled by the best man possible and for that reason this club is beiug formed." m Curli on Selliri Charges Bill's Defeat Is xurpoe of Measure to- Repeal Knox Law.: Amendment to.-tecalize CaniLling Also Hit by Governor November ballot measures re pealing the Knox liquor control law and legalising gambling de vices were eondemned.in a state ment Issued yesterday ' by - Gov ernor Charles A. Sprague. Declaring he felt It his duty to speak. on issues dealing with "public morals. the ' governor urged Oregonians to vote: Yes- On the legislative mea sure doing away with "nnreru lated and unlicensed drinking clubs." passed In 1929 but re ferred to the people in a referen dum attack. No On the initiative measure calling for repeal ef the Knox law. No On the Initiative propos ing amendment of the state con stitution to legalise certain gamb ling games. Opposition Limited To Operators, Claim Opposition to the referred liquor measure the governor de clared, "comes almost exclusive ly from the small group of op erators of these so-called clubs who hope to reap continued prof Its If they can defeat this badly needed legislation." Governor Sprague charged that this same group sponsored the initiative measure which would do away with the Knox liquor eontrol law In . Oregon and turn the sale of hard lienors over to private, licensed dealers. "This would simply mean the restoration of the open saloon." Governor Sprague said. :The people --of Oregon have been on the whole well satisfied with the Knox liquor eontrol law and the way it has been admin istered. To repeal it would be disastrous to proper eontrol of liquor in this state." Pwrpoae to Comfaae Voters, Is Charge Governor Sprague said be be lieved it is the real purpose of this lnlatlve to confuse the vo ters, hoping that those who vote "no" on this bill also will tote 'nV ATI tk at Vau 4 A rt Wl ausl SSal aa v vu sas as a citi a v va aaa vcaas ui e. Governor Sprague charged that (Turn to page 2, coL ) Chest Fund Drive In Final Quarter Some Division Blay Reach Quotas Today Total Ii Now $36,260 Further gains in comparison to past campaigns were recorded by Salem Community Chest so licitors at Tuesday's report luncheon when the total of sub scriptions was pushed np $3359 to $36,160 which is approximate ly 72 per cent of the $50,060 goal. Today's luncheon Is sched uled as the last but it was clear ly intimated that it the goal was not reached today the campaign would go right on. Several di visions were expected to reach their quota goals today. The automotive division with 9 1 per cent is nearest to Its quota but the Industrial division made the most rapid progress Tuesday with a elear 10 per cent gain. Division reports and percentages attained included: Automotive $225 and "91: con tractors $1S 8 and 49; general (Turn to page z, coi. s) Political Ouster Resented. Senate ' - . : WASHINGTON, Oct. r-The senate rejected President Roose velt's nomination of Frisk S. Perkins to be postmaster of Fre- mcnt, Nebr., todty alter Senator Burke (D-Nebr) had accused the postofflce department of attempt ing to oust Frank - W. Fuhlrodt, the present postmaster, for -purely political reasons." The revolt was 27 to 24. Burke, who Is supporting Wen dell L. Willkie for the presidency, told the senate .that he was "per fectly willing to . accede , to the proposition that the department should not take my recommenda tion on these matters. but did not think it fair to oust Fuhlrodt merely because he, Burke, -had endorsed him. Survey Okehed, Lines To Redmond and Bend . t ...... PORTLAND. Oct. 3-GPr-Paul J. Raver. Bonneville-Grand Coulee power administrator, said today he had authorised preliminary surveys for a 125-mile power transmission line from Tne uaues to Redmond and Bend. Glubs g Liquor r j- - - ' . v.? - -: . . .. ' . . - 100 E RAF Responds By Assaulting Coital Ports Churchill Says Threats of Axis Assistance to Japan Empty - N i 4000 German Troops In Romania, More Will Follow, Asserted LOSDCT, Oct. -( Wednes day ) (P) Naral dockyards, in dustrial plants aad other "im portant military objectives were attacked by British bomb ers daring the night la raids oa Germany aad German -occupied territory oa the continent, the air ministry announced today. By The Associated Press German airmen rained explosive and fire bombs on 100 districts In Britain last night and early to day in one of the most Intense night raids yet made on the is land. Children and adults died in smashed homes and some make shift raid . shelters where they sought refuge. At least 20 areas in London were struck.' Ambu lances, . firemen and rescue work ers dashed through thew capital's streets. Berlin reports said thirty count er-attaeklng British planes again entered Germany, but claimed they were turned back from the Ruhr and natl-held coastal regions by I" tea pa gonad..- defense- and nlghthawk fighter planes. Watchers on the British coast again saw the RAF in action against the natj coast bases as great flashes from exploding bombs were observed 22 miles away. Nasi raids on London were in termittent after midnight due to unfavorable weather. Atr AttAcka Upon Burma Road Ilia ted Japan's apparent answer to Britain's decision to reopen the Burma road China's war ma terial supply route will be air attacks against that artery from newly-acquired Japanese lair bases in French Indo-Chlna. The Japa nese press int 'mated as much to day. Anthc ttative Japanese quarters view ' the British deci sion as a new istanee of British- American coo jratlon in putting pressure on J- pan. Germany rushed soldiers, guna and war materials last night to the rich Rumanian oil fields she has worn to protect and simultane ously began the third month of mass air raids on London by loos ing a hall of heavy explosives and fire-bombs on the British em pire capital. ' But in bomb-battered London, Prime Minister Winston Churchill scorned howling air raid sirens to (Tnrn to page 2. coL 4) Leilani Is Saf e, Reaches Astoria ASTORIA. Ore.. Oct. 9-6PV- The coastguard reported tonight that the 32-foot auxiliary schoon er Leilani, had safely entered, the Columbia river under tow or me coast .guard motor lifeboat Tri umph.' A heavy fog and tide slowed Its trio un the river to here, the coastguard added. The Leilani was taken under tow this afternoon after being sighted by a coastguard amphibi an plane IS miles west of Tilla mook rock. f sighting of the shin ended a day and a half search by the cut ter Onondaga, the plane and smaller craft. The freighter ;N braskan had radioed yesterday hat the Leilinl reported the wai la- danger and had asked for a tew. -- ' ronr ' Seattle men." Daa Nor ton, Trever Lewis., Jim Donnelly and J.1 Hopkins were reported aboard. Agreement Ends Strike ; r Of Log Truck Driver Oregon, crrr.' bet IAjp- Agreement by the Bncho Lumber company to give a IS cents per thousand feet wage - Increase to leg truck drivers ended a. strike near here today, aa International Woodworkers of America (CIO) spokesman said. . Tractor Kills Blan ALBANY, Oct. $--CUpence Rowley, 41. was fatally crushed by an overturned tractor on Rev. S. C. William's farm six miles east of Foster todsy. Sheriff Her bert Sheitoa reported. . mo Hoxvd You Like This Occupation? y ; j Bomb Disposal Job Takes Courage - 1 I r ) ' ,- r4?c'LXi vv -wit i lit au 1 : A British army "suicide squad of the bomb disposal wait of the Royal Envgiateera, are pictured abora gingerly llftimg m fceary Genua time bomb from the crater It Icaosed whea H fell into a wreet Ltoadoa street. Since the bomb might explode at any time these fellows are ! a Unionists Support T 1 Tn . 1 . . iriagesr r ntcnett Bat Vote Is Fairly Close on! Resolution Hitting ! sit "Persecution" ' ' i ABERDEEN, Wash., Oct. $.- 6Tjt-tn a stormy outbreak of boo ing anid foot-stamping, the Inter national Woodworkers of America adopted a resolution today in support of Harry Bridges, west coast 10 longshoremen's leader, and ! Harold Pritchett, Canadian president of the IWA. The resolution, only one to aronsei a floor fight of the 14 adopted, called upon the govern ment to "protect civil liberties" by demanding that "persecution of Bridges and Pritchett cease. It demanded that they be given "every opportunity to become (Turn to page X. col. 1) Pickets oins jOf Matson Ship PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. S-GP- Preaidlng Circuit Judge Louis P. Hewitt Issued a " temporary re straining order today enjoining lo cal N. 17. Masters. Mates and Pilots anion, from continuing picketing thelXatson freighter Waiple at Warrenton. Attorneys for the Matson line charged the picketing violated the state (anion eontrol law. Judge Hewitt ordered officers of the un-; Ion to appear October 14 to show cause why a permanent injunction should not be Issued during pend ency df the suit, : v . , .. .. . Thel ship was picketed this morning. William Fischer, anion agentj said at Warrenton that the com pain y had refused to deal with the anion and had hired an Inde pendent pilot, William Lum of PorUajnd, to pilot the ship from Warrejnton to Westport, Government in Deplored by f.i NEW. YORK. Oct M3VW11 Uanv I 8. :' Knudsen. - production chief lot the def ens commission. coupled a' call for 109 per cent business participation In the de fense program tonight with . a warning that "there is a school of thought in Washington which feels that the government should go into business oa a large scale. "Tie government is in busi ness, tn a large scale right now, on 4 iscale as big as (t can han dle.; en a larger scale than any ether j e o u n t r y except, perhaps, Russia, and . we , don't want any part tt the Rusilan system over here,f the" former General " Mo tors president t o 1 d the" annual meeting of the Army Ordinance association. The a die nee of munitions man ufacturers, investors and arsenal officials also heard. Knudsen dis cuss Attorney General Jackson's recent opinion that decisions of the labor board were binding up on other government agencies. Erii v - - : Ford's Pamphlets OkelGoiirt Holds ? 4 GtU Uherty Upheld but Auto Maker Loses Out Upon Other Counts CINCINNATI. Oct. S.-OT-Hen- ry Ford was upheld today in the tentative right to follow the prac tice of distributing pamphlets in telling his $0,000 workers what he 'thinks of labor unions, but lost other phases of his three- year battle with the national la bor relations board over the al leged dismissal of 29 men from his huge River Rouge, Mich.. plant. : In a decision regarded as eer tain to be appealed to the United States supreme court, by both sides, . the sixth TJS circuit court of appeals: - . 1 Held, that the Wagner la bor relations act does not "sanc tion aa Invasion of liberties guar anteed to all cltixens by the first amendment et the TJS constitu tion, and set aside a provision of a board order forbidding ."dis semination of propaganda by the (Turn to Page 2, CoL 3) Sperling Throat i Wound Is Fatal Albert Sperling. S3, who slash ed his throat after attacking his wife with an electric iron and a stick of stove wood following a quarrel at the Wigrich hop ranch near Independence Monday, died early yesterday ' morning at the Oregon state horpitaL Mrs. Sperling. 34, the former Valera Ellen Doner, was reported as doing fairly well at a late hour last- night. Mrs. Sperling Is ' at the Salem General hospital -where she' is suffering from serious head Injuries and bruises. It is report ed that the couple was married at Vancouver, Wash., three weeks ago.- - ; - - . ., ...... Business Is Defense Chief "It was implied.- he said, .-or at least to many people it appear ed, to imply, that if. you were la violation of the-national labor re lations act before the courts said you were, you were out of luck as tar as working for the govern ment was concerned, and 1 think that's going too far. r . - . "All of this Is based oa a state ment adopted by the commission that work carried , on as part of the defense program should com ply with federal statutory pro visions affecting labor wherever such provisions are applicable. This means to me that when the courts have held that labor prac tices followed by a manufacturer violate the laws cf the land, then, as a matter of policy only, .de fense contracts should not tx given to that manufacturer 'until he changes hie practices. , and that's all it means to me. Cer tainly. ' the defense J commission has no authority and does not v (Turn to page 2. Col. l V ... Act Is Deemed New Pressure T ' v - . t y Against Jap ant5- FDR and Adrniral Confer ; on Fleet . Readiness j ; Burma Road Open Nippon Press Discount : Effect ; Duce's Paper - Says US "Hostile" : WASHINGTON, Oct. s-y)-Tsa United States government, after taking precautionary steps to art Americans out of the orient, today ' eut off the flow of sub&ldiied American wheat to far eastern ports, 'most of which are con trolled by Japan. Officials carefully refrained from stating that this was another -in the series of stumbling blocks ' placed t in the way of Japan's march -toward a new order" la east 'Asia, but it was generally' considered to have the same gen eral signlficsnce as the recently ordered embargo oa scrap metal, useful in making munitions. Ten million bushels of wheat or wheat flour have been shipped to far eastern ports since January 1 under a program in which the United States grans export sub sidies' to enable exporters to com pete in world markets. Some of it went to the Philippines (whk-h were exempted from today's order discontinuing the subsidies) but much of it went to far casters porta. "Asked whether any of this wheat went to the Japanese array in China, an official of the agri cultural department slid he did not know, but assumed so. These . developments occurred simultaneously with Britain's no tice to Japan that the Burma road would be reopened for shipment of supplies to China. Lothian Cancels Trip over friOs Lord Lothian. British ambassa dor, disclosed here that he had been ordered to cancel a projected trip to London because his govern ment thinks "there might be a crisis in the far east." He said . after a conference with President Roosevelt that the crisis might re sult from the reopening of the Burma road. , For more than two hours, the the president talked with Admiral J. O. Richardson, commander-in-chief of the American fleet in te Pacific, and Admiral William D. Leahy, former chief of naval op erations, wao Is new gorerner or Puerto Rico. Richardson said af terward that he had talked ahoct "the readiness of the fleet for any emergency. It la "not as ready now as It will be, he explained, adding that he was taking back with him to the naval forces In the Pacific sev eral thousand men who are "bad ly needed": for ships in the Ha waiian area. Bseriraas AdViaed to Lea re Orient The state department notified American consuls in many, pans of the orient, including Japan, te advise American citlgeus, especial ly worn en t and children and men without urgent reasons tor stay ing, to consider . coming heme while transportation facilities sre still available. Secretary Hull said this was a continuation - of the poller adopted tn other parts ' of the world where military activities were occurring, so that American eltisens could not charge their government with negligence la calling . attention to possible de velopments. Som 11,(00 Americans were listed . in -the -areas affected. which included Japan, China, I Turn to page 2, eoL.ll . Spending Theory KiurioiiSa Opinion Of Senator Taft - CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo, Oct. Sy-Senator Robert A- Taft, ef Ohio, declared tonight the Roose relt administration was using na tional defense as an excuse for decking "the old ; pump-priraing fallacy. In a red. whltei and blue star-spangled costume." i Taft. making, a csmpslrn i speech for Wendell Willkie. i. charged that "the Insane finan cial policy of the new deal" was a threat to our whole system aid the welfare ef our people. Asserting new deal economUts regarded national defense as "an other stupendous experiment in prosperity spending," Taft warn ed in his prepared address: '"If we approach tie . dertzse nrograra in that spirit. It will te a short time indeed until we meet bankruptcy and inflation face to r fare. t . -. - . -