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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 11, 1940)
' - ', , . ; . . , . . , . ; . -v.-. . W 1 " ! . V4 1 X T l I ' C r a, ast v The Oregon Stateirraan la ""VX7eatIier" Paa-tly eloedy xlay u4 EaturCiy; occasional '; raia UxZsji cooler. Max. ' temp. TtMirsday. 71, nU. - SowUawes wind. River U feet. - e steadily crowlair itewspaa per. Its reanlers liuaw the reasons: in reliable, com plete, lively and alwajs ia teresting. 1 .' " : . I 1 1,1 flVY' a , v I f I . : I t JT A I t till iri.. lliIEl 9.ttf 'ill I -- v I " V s i w. ii Jr A. " jf .w-" sav jsn. NTNi.na.iti YEAS . . j. , ' ' , , ' . t . j I. &d-OrtHgoa, rridor :, .cnilng, October " 11 l- ' .r ; . ' :ptfc gq Ktwssta : f r - ' " Ko. 13 ' ...... .. , o o ' 1 '--- .---. - -t . .. - .,-.,4 i '." :" '. . - ,"4...- " " ' Centennial' Proves; iFinancial; Success; 27-90 Paul II outer's r. Column There's nothing like those tun nels of lore around the sexoral downteTFn buildisps la various stages ... of con struction : of re pair to make life Interesting and exciting. Tou a e e r quite know what's going to happen to you when y a set foot on those board walks, es pecially those with sharp, blind corners. Ton are walk lng along aoftly tsul H. Her, Jr. when -you hear a tremendous clump, clump, clump sounding on the yet unseen section beyond the bend and yon figure Paul Ban yan or at least one of his leaser cohorts Is coming at you. The clumps Increase la Tolnme, echo ing against the buildings oppo site, and you are prepared to view the "biggest man you have ever seen when you turn the corner and run into a four foot tall high school boy wearing brogans with half-Inch thick soles. t - Yon are walking peacefully along In the nam-ow passage way, a woman i front of you and aereral c-itiaen Jba single file behind you when the wom an ahead suddenly changes her mind, turns around with a rush and the whole file flops back ward like a chain of dominoes pushed by the finger of a child. Tou owe an acquaintance a sum of money and you bare been care fully avoiding him, slipping into alleys and doorway whenever . you saw him coming. Unthinking one day you step iale-c-oe e those one-way . cloisters and y e u go blithely around the corner only to step right Into the arms of your acquaintance, who seems unduly glad -- to see you at such short fange. Then, buddy. Is when you blush. The towns safety lanes are get ting their fall coat of yellow paint for pedestrians and motorists to disregard. BISK BAT, HTTHT -Tss teust MBcaita la sw4ra rekiUctars are iaerrUad la tk saw sfurpby soU&lag nta- a ta twUMt Mtm f atata aaA OnawcUl trt. . Capital JoarsaL Tomorrow Is Columbus day, a fact more .thoroughly enjoyed by state and bank employes than the common folk. - Tractor and Brick Injurious to Two Lae Hanson, 20, route two, was taken to the Deaconess hospital by first aid men yesterday after .ecetrlng fractures of both bones in the right leg fcelow the knee hea his leg became caught while be was attempting to couple a tractor and plow on tb David Saucy farm north of Fainter' Woods, Shortly before at 1 p.m. the first aid ear was called to the Pearce building at Court and Commercial streets where Orrln Otjeti, 23, 22Sfr South Cottage street, a workman -engaged in alteration work there, was knocked uncon scious when a brick from a chute clipped him on the Jaw. He was not aarionalv inlured. DdlasMiU Units Will Be Replaced DALLAS, Oct. 1 0-jlp)-le Ful ghaia, Willamette Valley Lumber company official, announced to day that - the - company planned Immediately reconstruction of fire-destroyed units of Its Dallas plant. , , Fulgham estimtted : loss of " equipment, buildings and . lum ber In the spectacular -v. blase October at S&Q0,Q00. . ' Resumption of production is ex pected by March IS. Fulgham said the new buildings ; will be et the same capacity and type as those destroyed. The Job- will require, about 100 men, : . Millo Arc Closed By Raise Demand COQU1LLE.' Octl 10.-yP-The Smith Wood Products plants were closed today by striking union ists demanding a ; 14 t per hour pay increase retroactive to . September 1. . u'- s:..'t5 -' The AFL union local1 picketed the firm's sawmills and the ply wood mill closed becauiie the sawmill union boldi; JarisdicUon over its boiler room. The plants . . employ ,600 prfors. , v - .. Net Profit Museum Fund Gets 'Start; Receipts $28341.23 Actual Attendance at Big Paeeant Is 18,243 Salem's t first Centennial cele bration, J held in August, was a financial success to the extent of a $2790.57 net profit, Irl 8. Mo Sherry, general manager, an nounced i yesterday following the final meeting of the. Centennial commission. ' McSherry'g 19 - p a report showed receipts aggregating SZ8.341.Z3, excIuslTe of $2200 In bank loans now repaid, and" ex penditures totaling $25,550.16. ' The commission. Its duties done, voted "to recess until 2040," year when Salem can cele brate its second centennial. The 1940 Centennial profits win be placed In a trust fund to be administered by the Salem Museum commission, a corpora tion set up early last summer to benefit from any excess of -the celebration's l Incomei o t r : Its costs. Now cofc.i8tlngr of four members of the Centennial com mission exec u tire eommlttee, this organixation probably will be re vised in the near future and plana - (Turn to page 2, col. f) Child Is Injured In Traffic MisKap Donald: Shof lltl7, :Mxf Have Fractured Skull;; Driver Faces Charge Donald Schofteld, seven, IKS Cross street, received a possibly fractured skull when be was struek about . 1:20 yesterday morning by a car driven by Roger V. Emery as he attempted to cross 12th street at Cross en his way to school. , Emery, a student at Salem high school, vas charged with reckless driving as a result of the accident. He pleaded innocent to the charge In municipal court yesterday afternoon. Witnesses told Radio Patrol man George Edwards of the city police that the youngster was thrown In the air when struck by Emery's northbound ear and fell under a southbound ear driv en by Marjorle Whittlngton, 22f North 2 2d street, which may also have run over him. Emery, who lives on route four, told- Edwards he saw the boy, but , thought the boy had also seen him. One witness said the child ran Into the side , .of , the Emery car.. ;, . '-- . v. ,r- Emery ' stopped ; his ear after bluing the boy and Bill Pettlt, riding with him, called ' the Sa lem: first aid ear, which l gave emergency treatment. , t. ? - Young Schofleld was reported as doing ; very well at the hos pital yesterday.; , . , . - - Barnes Road 1$ Opened Portland Closer to Sea PORTLAND, Octi i0.-VThe Barnes . road, linking , Portland more closely with the Tualatin valley and the Wolf Cresk cutoff to the sea,- was formally opened here today. v r -r - . The highway penetrates part of the West: Portland hills through a 2 4 0-foot tunnel. P ; New DeaPs Lack of Faith Scored-by. Weridell Willkie PROVIDENCE, RI, Oct. l0-5 Wendell L. WUlkie said tonight; a third term for President Roose velt might make the government our only master? and put the permanently . unemployed in . con centration camps. : The republican presidential nominee, elonlnr a day's tour of Rhode Island with a prepared ad-j ureas it u arriiis race track, asserted "that new deal officials beliiv thii country has quit growing and have baaed their whole program on that theory. They seek, he said, "to excuse their own failure by telling us that the American economic system is a failure. , ; ;-?:" ,: t "They try to postpone their own. finish by telling us that America is finished The alibi Is palpably false.'" Declaring 'that the American people would disagree, - Willkie continued: - " u - "It is a : theory manufactured for the purposes of politicsdem agogic origin and hopeless in pros pect. If the. men who preach that Tip o'ifP&tt Threatened as NLRB Dallies Northwest Dispute May - Spread to Atlantic and Gulf Areas Cooks and Stewards to Join Firemen, Strike on Coastal Ships TACOMA, Oct. 10-(jp-A na tionwide waterfront tleup, affect ing, gnlf, Atlantic and Pacific eoast ports, threatened tonight following a national labor rela tions board announcement that it was "In disagreement" as to further proceedings on Interna tional Longshoremen's association (AFL) petitions asking that the union be allowed to negotiate for the three Pacific northwest ports the union controls. T. A. Thronson, ILA interna tional vice-president and Pacific coast secretary, declared "only an Immediate decision can avoid a national tleup." Barney Mayes. ILA public rela tiona director, declared Pacific coast ILA officials had tele phoned Walter Holt, International ILA vice-president. In New York and that Holt "agreed to tie up the Atlantic eoast and gulf ports If the NLRB thinks It ean play politics with our rights." "Harry Lnndberg, president of the sailors' union of the Pacific has expressed himself as giving full support to'eur longshoremen even. If It means tleup, Mayes said, "That would put the pacific coast down." SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. lO-tPy- Marina cooks and stewards tonight voted to strike against the Ship owners Association or tne paciue. Whose 40 coastal freight vessels already have been tied uP, a week by a walkout c firemen. j V r. J. UaioBt secretary or the firemen, meanwhile disclosed that the union membership was voting heavily against a: government sponsored proposal-to settle that organization's dispute. - The eooks and stewards, whose contract expired September . 1 0 along with those ef the firemen. sailors, engineers and deck offi cers, voted to Hake their strike effective at midnight, but they already were Idle because of the firemen's walkout. Both strikes resulted from In ability of the anions to agree with shipowners on ' terms et new agreements. Approximately 2000 maritime workers are affected, by the tleup ef the coastal freighters. lfalone said returns were sot in yet from all coast locals : of the Marine firemen. Oilers, Water- tenders and Wipers association, but that available results showed a heavy vote against the peace proposal Federal Conciliator E. H. nugerald and O. If. Hoskins. Silverton Faces fast,' Judgment A writ of preemptory mandam us, requiring Immediate payment of a iSOO Judgment to the plain tiff, was filed yesterday in the Marlon county circuit court In the case of Evelyn Brune against Zet- t& Echladcr as mayor of Silverton and other eity officials. - The mandamus was entered on a stlplation. of both parties to the SUlU '--.,.. ,..'. L;. V According to Its terms, the city council is required at once to levy taxes to make up the $5000, which was originally awarded 'Evelyn Umphlette, now Evelyn Hanson, in a personal injury suit against the city of Silverton. The Judgment has since been assigned to the present plaintiff. doctrine are give the third term they seek, they may yet succeed is making that theory come true. ' "Then, with no one else to work for, the state would be our only master, and the permanent unem ployed would be la concentration camps. "When you vote la November, make your vote mean that it can't happen here. ; Arguing that a "defeatist pol icy . . . has animated the Roose velt administration from the vary beginning.' &Ulkle quoted a statement from the democratic na tional committee that "no man liv ing" could fulfill his promise of Jobs In private Industry for all. . 'There you hare in one brief sentence the whole" platform and the whole philosophy of the sew deal," he said. "With that philoso phy I emphatically disagree.. On that Issue X am happy to take my stand. . . . :,'.;!,, J ;. !.; : "If the new deal means any thing, it means that, the new deal ers believe there Is no future for . (Tura to pageeoL- jlJ Chief Liquor Not Muzzled: Opinion Says .Portland; Oct. lo-ipy-An opinion or the state attorney gen eral holding that Administrator Joseph J, Hague and .'Attorney Robert O. Boyd were officials, not employes, of the Oregon 'liquor control commission was read into the commission's records today, The commission asked for the opinioruafter Common Sense, Inc., demanded Hague s dismissal cn the grounds that he had. violated a section of the liquor eontrol act by making a political talk at Hood Rlrer. Hague had assailed an initia tive measure for repeal ef the eontrol act, sponsored by Common Sense, Inc. The commission granted a spe cial beer keg dispensing license to the Slavic league of Portland for dances at Polish library hal after "sitting in" on a heated controversy. The Rev. Stanley P. Emlgiel, on whose plea the commission had previously rejected the li cense plea, again objected to the "noise and nuisance" and "empty whisky bottles and beer cans" on the nearby Et- Stanislaus Catholic church property. Chairman Lloyd R. Wentworth rebuked the participants for "coming before this commission and asking us to settle your troubles." Ernest H. Wlegand of the Ore gon State college food products laboratory reported that Oregon made wine la steadily Improving in quality and said that "tons'? of evergreen blackberries from coastal area were marketed for berry wine at good prices this year. Business BuUcling Plans Announced Grocery; Bakery; to IUe .Here; Two Propcrllei J . at DaIIaa Sold Future construction of a gro cery building by Safeway Stores, Ine on the northeast eemer of Market aad Broadway and ef a bakery building at High and Wil low streets by L. V. Benson was announced yesterday after com pletion of real estate deal through the W. H. Qrabenhorst company-real estate firm. Work of tearing down three buildings now en the Market and Broadway property, purchased from, David Pugh and John Mlk kelson, is now golnr forward and the chain grocery firm win soon start construction ef a modern building en the site. The Hanson fcnllri'n will wnt be constructed before next sum mer. The property Involved was purchased from Edith B. Bolller. The Qrabenhorst firm also re ported sale of the old Dallas ho tel at Church and U1U streets in Dallas to the Safeway Stores. The hotel building will be wrecked and a grocery building erected. Otto T. Johnson, Salem mer chant, has bought the old Gall hotel building in Dallas. Johnson said yesterday he bought the building for Investment purposes and that it will continue to oper ate as a hotel for the time being, although he has plans for its fu ture development - for mercantile purposes.- Chest Squad Cars Program Success As Salem Community Cheat "squad cars" toured the streets Thursday night and a radio Invi tation was addressed to prospect ive contributors, a number of tele phone calls were received asking the solicitors to call at homes or persons wishing to contribute but who had not, been previously in terviewed. The amount thus re alised was not reported Thursday night. . The automotive division direct ed by A. C Haag was first "over the top" In the campaign, report ing 10S per cent of its quota at tained at the Thursday luncheon. The day's total of subscriptions Was flB7t.lt, bringinr the grand total to 141.231.15 which Is ap proximately 12 per. cent of the amount sought. . Other divisions r sorts for the day were: Contractors $257, gen eral gifts $200, government and education $24, industrial $218. mercantile - $18S. . professional $Z11. utilities $1SS. I . . Two iix Hospital ' As Autos Collide W. if. Ileanea of Salem and A. C Alford of Jsfterson were taken to the Deaconesj hoepltal Thurs day night after Uelr autonosiies figured la a he id -on eoillslcn on the Padfle highway about seven miles south of Qalam. Eo ttr as could be determined that might. their Injuries were confined to scratches and bruises but there was a possibility of more serious injury. . , ., - - With Rumania Held Assured Net yet Official Though : legation jrrepares 10 -: Flee Bucharest ' ' V New Crop of Time foinhs .Is Believed Sown . in London Night Raid : (By The Associated Press) German warplanes which rung ed over all of England last night and this morning apparently sow ed a new lethal crop or. time bombs. British observers reported the blast of high explosives and the flares of Incendiaries were not ably scantier than usual, indicat ing that delayed-action project lies msy hare made up much ef the nasis' loads. -' The British also credited anti aircraft gunners with an accuracy that erentually swept the skies clear of German planes today. The raiders had begun early yesterday evening. . Roaring in with a gale, the German raiders unloaded bombs from Liverpool to London, ever the north, northeast and south east but . as usual their heaviest blows were aimed at the British eapitaL .The Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and other German radio stations went off the air early in the night," Indicating the RAP was giving the nails some ef the same medicine. Rani aw Is It opt ore Already la Sight British ' officials, meanwhile. considered a rupture In their re lation with Rumania "already la sight." With six troopship steam ing down the Danube with addi tional nasi' troops ' consigned ' to Rumania, the British legation ta Bucharest churned secret doea- iul and prepared to get it staff, out ahead ef them, leaving Britain's $20.009.t00 stake la the oil field. The exodus of the British colony already was underway. In the absence of recent word front Bucharest, the British gov- erameat still did not regard Ru mania as enemy-occupied terri tory. It was stated la London. But an order by President - Roosevelt free ting Rumanian funds la the United States led them to assume Washington had later Informa tion than theirs. Britain and Germany swapped (Turn to page 2, coL T) Campaign Address Schedule Is Made Republican Notables Will Be Busy; Willkie to Talk Late Today JEW YORK., Oct. 10-tff Radio speeches by snajer pawty national candidate Friday r . Wendell u Willkie, from Boston, NBO-bloe, 5-5:S0 n. as. PST. Henry A. Wallace, Crona Waahington, XBC-red, S:SO- p. m. PST. CHICAGO. Oct. le-UPV-John D. M. Hamilton. execuUre . di rector of the republican national committee, announced tonight that many party . leaders would speak in the midwest and west.; Among those scheduled to de- Uver campaign addresses were Senator Charles L. McNary. re publican vice-presidential nomi nee; Herbert Hoover; Senators Arthur ' W. Tandenberc and Robert A. Taftr'Alf M. Landoa and Thomas E. Dewey. The schedule included: Thomas E. Dewey. Caldwell. Idaho, October 21. Gov. Charles ' A. Sprague of Oregon, Wenatchee, Waslu Oct. 14; Kallspel, MoaL, Oct II: Wolf olnt, MonU Oct. llj Wellstoa and Mlnot, - NrXv Oct. 17; Devils . I Turn to page X, eoL. 2 - Lato Sports TACOMA.T Oct. 10-65'T-CoUege of Puget Sound opened its North west conference campaign with a 14 to t victory over Ltnflsld col lege In a football game here to night,' . The loggers sewed up the game in the first half with touchdowns in the first and second auartara. while Linflelda lone score came midway la the third Quarter oa f 8-yard ma by Halfback Al Rich. The Taeoma Collegians regis tered IS first downs to Lfnfield's two and pUed up 229 yards from scrimmage and . passes - against Linfieir net total of 12 1 yards. COCDERSPORT, P., Oct. It Hiy-T11011 O'Eoyle, $3, father ef Thomas Joseph O 3ojle, co eaptaln of Tulane university's football team anl Mrs. Msry Strickland. 60, the player's aunt, were killed today la an automo bile accident on thtsir way to New York for Saturday's Tulane-Ford- ham rancv Magnificent Altar Buried Under Tons of Masonry This 1 the ruined high altar at St. the British announced, ha beta - bomb hit the cathedral roof, altar, f0 feet below, with this f Ioartoa"-AP Ttlemai. 1 : , A Itar aflSfcPd uVs Is Damaged by Bomb Apparently Hit "Wednesday night; Tons oi; Stone, Vood and Lead Fall Upon Church of England ' Shrine; Cathedral Built in 17th Century . LONDON. Oct. 10 (AP) gold marble high altar of StPaul'a cathedraL broken and scarred, stood partly buried, under a pile of rubble today M J 1 1 M . t I " I 1 irom xoe expiusioa 01 a nui the cathedral dome. The air ministry and the nouncing the latest attack on the old cathedral where Lord Nelson and Wellington, two of England's greatest warriors. He burled, did not say .when the bomb feu. but among the structures hit Wednes day night and not further Identi fied was "a famous church. - The bomb smashed a hole in the upper roof and ancient tim bers at the east end of the Church ef England shrine, ripped enor mous -chunks of masonry from the -main roof underneath, and sent tons of stone. 'wood and lead down on the altar 90 feet below. Two candlesticks, immense bronse copies of originals ta St. Bavoa's cathedral at Gbentvand a gold cross were crushed under the debris, bat the ministries de clared "the mala fabric of the ca thedral was not damaged and no one waa Injured. - Stained glass windows were punctured by fragments of flying s t o a aad the- pediment of a stone reredos (altar screen) was damaged. Furniture, carpets and cushions were tossed far away. Some seats were smashed, and the bishop's chair was flung j against one et the sanctuary's j wrought-iroa gates. A picture orer 1 (Tura to page 2. coL S) Guardsmen Sent to Hawaii; v Marine Reserves Mobilized WASHINGTON. Oct. lO-i-TV In rapid-firo order, the United lutes today ordered relnforce sients to Hawaii, great American eutpoet in the Pacific, called out 1700 marine corps reserves and cut off the shipment ef 10 war- I lanes to Thailand (Slam), which, like Japan, has been making de mands on French Indo-China. Then, turning its attention to ward Europe, it "froze some 1 1 0 0,0 0 0,6 C 9 of Rumanian-own ed funds and securities . ta this con a try, for the obvious purpose et keeping them out of the hands of the Germans now proceeding into Rumania. As usual, ofleials were carefel not to state that there waa any relation between their moves and the German-lUllan-Japaness siU anee, or any other event abroad. Secretary of War- Stimson re plied with a terse "no comment when aaked whether the Ameri can-Japanese .tension in the Pa cific had anything to do with the order to the 251st anti-aircraft 'rejtznent of the California nation oi St. PauV ' ; -- r 1 I. V. ... PanTs Cathedral in which. struck: by m ThO tumhltnar tons ef to the rrseOt. Xho pictww " cabled. The maznificent black and uoma wmca narrowiy mxsscu ministry of home security, an Aviation Training Is Offered at WU Within three hours from the announcement In chapel yesterday morning of Willamette universi ty's participation this year in the erril. aeronautics ' authority, pro gram,' .It students had mad pre liminary registration, . including one girt. Tea will be trained as dTlliaa pilots,. with oaa. girt al lowed ta the group, i Dean Daniel H. Schulae. ap pointed coordinator,- - announced the addition to the curriculum. Selection of the trainees will be made by Schulse aad the flight training contractor before Octo ber It, when Instruction will be gin. -r - --u ' Students . desiring the course were advised to apply immediate ly. Those eligible are citizens of the United States front 19 to 2t years, of sge on October X who have completed at least one year of colleger work. : " v.- - ,'-..-; Selection will be based- upon the " J Tura to Page 2. CoL 7.) -- al guard, numbering .about 1200 men, to proceed to Hawaii to aug ment 24,000 officers and men al ready " there. Stimson ' declared that ether troops are to follow the 231st te Hawaii later. It had been known for some time that the marine reserves were to be called eat. The orders, issued late today, directed 200 officers aad lite atea to report to mobilisation stations along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts oa or before November 7. . One of those directly affected by this order was James Roose velt, the president's eUest son. The 22nd battalion of Los Ange les, in which be is a captain, was directed- to go Into service at Saa Diego, Calif. . Some 22,100 other mtriae and navy reservists have ' received "standby orders to be ready for duty. ,v ... - - - - . : Tea American -made pursuit planes, which had been en route to Thailand, were stopped at Ma nila. The license for the export - (Vara to page 2, coL 2) .. Puppet Mayor ation Causing Furor Hongkew - Slaying Starta Frenzied Search for r ; Men Responsible United State 6, BritUh' Women and Children ; Prepare to Leave t . SHANGHAI, OcC ll-(Friday) -U?rJV' Chi nets Puppet mayor of Shanghai, was slashed to death today in his hideaway bed despite a protectire force ef 20 private guards In the fortified Japanese kttOBghold of Kongkew. Enraged Japanese military au t&orltiea immediately declared that the assasaiaatiott of Fa 6U0- en, their squat llule front man. was an "inside Job." They barricaded the Hongkew sector's streets and beran a fren zied hunt for the killers. While the battle of Shanghai ls still in progress in October of 1927, Fu Slao-en became may or of the Japanese captured areas of the city. A year later, he form ally was appointed mayor of "the Shanghai, special municipality" which includes all districts out side the international settlement and the French concession. Shortly after that. In Norem ber, '1922. an attempt was made oa his life. . Since then, Fu has maintained Several homes in order to thwart assassins. . Ironically, . he considered the. house "where he was slain today the aafest one. TOKYO.. Oct, ll-(Friday)ws -Withdrawal' of British and Am erican residents from Japan al ready ls having a sobering effect ou th Japanese, an Informed source declared today. roreign .Minister Matsuoka'a pointed repetltloa that the Japan ese pact with Italy and Germany was not directed against the Ualt-. ed Stales was cited as an andira Uoa that a new tack la public utterances may be taken. Another . development- as e a tloned waa the foreign office 1st, . Titation to US Ambassador Jo- ' seph C Grew to the first eoa versaUons la several weeks. Calmaene la Urged est XatJosud. Leaders . ' , , " . Tha Japanese were portraj4 as surprised at American deter mination as evidenced by with drawal of citizens from Japan. At the foreign office today, spokesman. TaUchlro Sums told press conference that "respon sible people oa both sides ef the Pacific should be very calau The foreign office reported, however, that It had. repeated its suggestion to Japanese la Britaixt 1 to leavo if not there oa urges t business. It waa ecaphaalsed that this waa not connected with American withdrawals from Ja pan but merely due to haxaxdoua conditions and the absence ef business la Britain. The withdrawal of Americans proceeded amid nervous tension. Panic was andlscernlble amour the women and children .who sought priority, but haste was apparent oa many aides. Households were broken ua rapidly, furniture - packers were - swamped with orders sad banks Jammed with foreigners seeking to transfer fanda. A partial To kyo survey .showed 250 .Ameri cans' either had booked passage or applied for reservations, a number axe sailing: Saturday. Families of members of the embassy staff and of naval cfri- cers were expected to remain. Matswoka Seeks to Ease Sltaatlom . As though to ease the possibili ty., of an "awful catastrophe. Foreign Minister Tosuke Mat- suoka declared in a broadcast to day that the new German-Itallan- Japanese treaty "la a pea.ee pact directed for the United States and not aganlst the United States." ,,I wiih earnestly that such a powerful nation as the United States in particular and all other nations at present neutral do not become Involved In the European war or come by any chance late conflict with Japan because of the China incident r otherwise." The average American in To kyo today was Questioned' inces santly by his Japanese friends and associates as to possible reasons for the withdrawal. Tabloid Daily for Portland Planned PORTLAND. OcL 10.-UV-- C. Hollowsy, Portland newspaper man, announced formation of the News-Telegraph Publishers, Inc., today and plans for early pallica tioa of a table! 1 dally newspaper here. Incorporators were Holloway, Mrs. Holloway and W. J. Wslr, former southern California pub licity executive. Holloway indicated the com pany will ' start, p&blishing In about a week with himself aa edi tor. Weir as business manarer and Allen Faith, fomer tan Francisco newspaperman, as man aging editor . . .. Assassin