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Newspaper Page TextHome Edition ather: Cloudy LANE COUNTVS HOME T NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1939 ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS Bo NO. 113 fcjverPredicts Reds,. Nazis Irked At Turkey or Dictatorship r president Warns If U. S. Enters War ocracy Mayje Lost For Generation I - . n nro Tf tVip United States enters r European war the American people must.be pre- Isent tu.rP jmmediate dictatorship and to remain un fcn accept an mmeai- r , verMormer President Herbert Hoover said Friday speech broadcast over the NBC network, de 'ft irlv to a defense of his proposal of 10 days :imseii . lais 3 w t les of weapons to foreign ,t the United States " 1 . fothe defense o r. those wnicn aie "",'; ' " .,u 00 T ltinns and PI'O IIDH ine sale ui wcayu.io ouv... oo teSSIfg planes and poison gas which can be used ijcks on civui'' All Right, Ail Wrong All Gone 2mS difficult job we have1 ""-...i,. before us is to Hoover said. ,Za president advanced eoi why the United 3d prohibit the sale ; of ued to tenuis . - rivilians, that is oo.ii."b " . ' itinn DOlSOn P ,-.,mpnts which can Mend clvlltan popu- -,a nst such ;ft planes, light observa- Punition and any other tents thai can uC open cities ana wu,.... itpd his reasons as: :;;e time has come lor i to take a clear ana stand upon these wars civilians." . lies in American mter make weapons of attack submarines, poison gas rabing planes "as little sue. as possible. llodern wars are wageu on civilians women and nand the United States take a positive stana to them on grounds of mo- ,A htimsnitv. f oison Gas Hypocrites h,. nation of the United (government for more than (nt in all international con 's has been an effort to ban m inert aeainst civilians lis attitude should be main- in the interest of consis "We are proved hypocrites our own mouths li we sen n nlanes or Doison gas." rhe sale of aggressive wea s un-neutral. "It must not gotten that under the pres- iv we can sell Domoing poison gas and submarines han Russia and lta V wno fcdirectly transfer them to toy or use them against is themselves. Under repeal nv can buv them and use igainst France and hng- trhe DroDOsal "avoids the I extreme economic danger leal or no repeal." It is a ground between those wno war profits and those who wp must hnilri nn a muni- Industry to enhance our own redness. Pro-American The proposal, or some other, ded in the interest of Ameri. r.Uy. "I have said this con jegarding the arms embar- s begun to take on a bit that threatens our na solidarity in face of dan Patriotic men and great whose sole numose is lean interest are being de- wi as pro-Hitler or pro-Bnt- 'hen in fart thev are nrn. tcan. Gradually we are di. into two camps over a 1 that ic if,. nil pry to the dominant ques- kf keeDinp Amprira nut nf Seattle Youth Tells On Bund Row With Professor Leads To Joining WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. P A college journalism student who said he investigated the German American bund in Seattle, Wash., with the "sanction" of federal au thorities told the Dies committee todav that two bund members were employed in the Boeing Air craft factory there, one unaer a false name. The witness. Richard T. Forbes, os. nf Ahprrleen. described an ln- rirtpnt at the University of Wash ington which he said involved mm and a classmate, whom ne oia not name, in German propaganda ac tivities. They consulted with officials of the federal bureau of investigation and the customs service and were encouraged to proceed with an in vestigation, Forbes testified. The witness said the names of the bund members employed at the Boeing plant were Harry Lech npr and Paul Stoll. Lechner, he pnntinneri. had been a foreman there for nine years and his name appeared on the company s list ot emnlnves. But Stoll. he said, was not on the list and apparently was employed under another name. He knew Stoll worked mere, ne LOS ANGELES, .1 flJ.PJ Three girls in a soro. house on the University of Southern Cali- fnrnio eammie uere aw3lrnnH by a noise in their room and one of them called out: :"Is anything wrong?" A woman's voice answered: "No. everything is all right." When the girls got up, they found their purses and $70 gone.' SearcheiS Smashed Plane Parachuting Jim Reed Salvages Instruments .nerican Liner In Port After Wild Voyage SEE YOUTH STORY PAGE 6 -- Bored By War, Heir Summons Girl Friend NEWARK, N. J., Oct. 21. W) Tommy Manville embraced Elinor Troy, 23 year old Hollywood beau ty, at Newark airport tocay aim disclosed he sent for her because "the war news was boring me. Ac Mice Trnv inmned out of specially chartered airliner that cost the asbestos fortune heir $3,- 000 for the cross-country trip, sue rushed to, the waiting Manville, who remained by a telephone throughout the night for bulletins of her flight. Before departing Hollywood, Miss Troy had insisted she was flying east to be married. Tommy denied it last night, saying "four times is enough." Scattered remains of Lieutenant -Tamoe f Roerl'c Nnrthmn attack .nlane wpi-p discovered Fridav aft ernoon by a searching parly mat had toned mrougn neavy timoer in a siv.hnnr epsrpti The lieutenant, a University of Oregon graduate, who caned out 37 miles east of Eugene just south nf the MrKenzie hiehwav Friday morning when his motor failed, left for Eugene just before the plane was discovered. He partici pated in the search until about 3 tv m. Saturday morning the lieutenant returned In the scene nf the crash to check instruments and salvage what he could from the wreck. The plane, discovered By td WnnHc nlH-timp McKenzie logger and Ralph Heath, forest ranger at the Blue Kiver guard camp, was scattered over about 300 yards. The army pilot plummeted to safety in the trees across the Mc Kenzie from Rio Hogan, home of riar, ropp Fririav morning. He narrowly escaped Deing nit. Dy nis own plane after jumping out-2000' . .. . : . . v t - , feet above the ireeiops. ne imia ed just across the river, fortun ately coming down between the trees. The search party started out after the plane about an hour after the crash.. Harrassed by heavy timber and lack of exact in formation on where the giant army attack ship had fallen tney searcn ed until three o'clock without find ing a trace of the plane. It was finally discovered, be tween 3:30 and 4 p. m., about a mile across the river southeast of Rio Hogan. The major portion of the remains of the smashed ship will nrnhnhlv remain in the hills. since heavy timber and lack of trails make travel very difficult Tnctrnmpntj: worth salvaging were taken out Saturday morning hv forest service men ana me lieutenant. resident Hardina Docks With 73 Injured, Sub Survivors On Board Bv JOHN A. MOROSO III TMEW VflBK Oct. 21. W) Twpntv-siv nprsons were remov ed on stretchers from the United States liner President Harding to day when the storm-battered ves sel arrived after one of the most tempestuous and dramatic voyages in modern maritime annais. F.vpc were blackened, bones frac tured and bodies bruised by tumb ling furniture and heaving decks whpn tho i3.R69-ton liner was panirht hv a howlinff hurricane after rescuing the crew of the tor pedoed British freighter Heron spool. Altogether, 73 passengers and crew members were injured in the storm. All except the 20 were aoie to walk by the time the ship docked. A cabin boy, Paul (Red) John son, was washed overboard and 3 J IsL SEE HARDING STORY PAGE 6 4 Large Crowd Out To Hear Tibbett 'JllJT ., .1 , ef i c nlu l,nt,n;t,,l Tlinv NO HKKU S return tor inese inreo ucrman incrs, snuwn 111 n awiumi were shot down while participating in a raid over shipyards on the Firth of Forth, October 16. Pictures sent from Scotland to London by telephoto and transmitted to the United e x j 1 i; aiaics uy ruuiu. Guard May Be Called in California Strike BOfXD FOR CANAL fTON.Oct. 21-W About 1,- iers of the 13th infantry trio it C 1 PS?ett today, bound for Pana- strengtnen canal defenses. Professor Crosland Gets Stanford Appointment PAT.D AT.TO. Cat.. Oct. 21. Appointment of Dr. Harold R. Crosland of the University 01 ure- gon as visiting faculty member at Stanford university was announc ed today by Dr. Ray Lyman Wil- hnr RtanfnrH nrpsident. Dr. Cl'OS- land was appointed acting profes sor of psychology for the winter quarter. earo Tell?: "Rarknrmind J Frankie and Johnny Song LOUIS. Oct. 21. DPI The TOV nf an in.. .u. L ntrtu nidi f and Johnny were swect- umi ne - sno nur did lTng. just as the song says. ?"ed St. Im,:. pi. .... E. .o LUVUll 4 today. ; ttW'"ny was given yes- by Richard J. riav. st F. in n Sinn aoa j I.. . - udmaRe sun ?ainst Roouhlip Din(,c frition by Frankie Baker R3. rd Portland. Ore., nesress. ,CU"M she was the ordinal 'e o the Soni fr5i,i. 1 y." and that tho fii pm. defamivt h v. 1 .Hrtiticier ana t, HMvacy in a film, ' a"d Johnny," released in rt tpi.f;j l t,1 Jonnny when thev lived of St r old bright lignt M t unQ ,nal ne . n --""iij 5 nouse the Oct 19, 1899i shortly 'nie kUled him lor MADERA. Cal.. Oct. 21. P Movement of state troops by air nlanp into this California cotton ctrtbp arpa was held out as a pos sible emergency measure toaay after 18 arrests toiioweo mass meetines of angry farmers and striklne nickers. Adlntant General Patrick J. n Farrell said at Sacramento, that if irtpol nparp officers and state highway patrolmen were unable to hand e the situation national euardsmen could be sent in by nlqna nn ehnrt nntice. .o,. w . " Sheriff's deputies, moving inrrtnnh n mllllnff thronff of be t,pn 0 nnn and 3.000 strikers and sympathizers at the county park here, made 17 arrests last nigni. The University of Oregon's "orpator artist series" started Friday evening with an auspicous opening, Lawrence liDoeu, iam out American baritone, singing for the first concert. A large crowd thronged Mc. Arthur ponrt. a much larger one than usual lor tne opening 01 me concert season ; A Daiancea program , who pic sented,. something to suit every 4aetp nf thp varied audience. Mr. Tibbett was most generous with his encores, too. a nignugni 01 the program was me group 01 niano solos bv Stewart Wille, ac companist for Mr. Tibbett. George Root, wno directs tne educational division for the Asso ciated Students activities, reported his office was gratified at the turnout. . The next event for the scries will be the American Ballet Cara van, directed by Lincoln Kirstein, and to perform here NovemDer i. ishermen Can Drop Hooks In Coast Waters PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 21. (P) The State Game commission re voked a nrevious order today pro- hlhltini! aneline in coastal streams and lakes from October 15 to April 15. The commission said it would aoair, rnnsider at its February, 1940. meetine "the adoption of an nrHor rpstriptinc the fishing or en- tirolv rlnsine all coastal streams to fishing during a part or all of the winter months as may oe aeemea necessary to maintain risning con rlitinns in such streams." Th nrder was rescinded, the nnmmission said, because of "sev eral petitions" asking winter fish ing rights and because many an glers "have already purcnasoo li censes with the expectation 01 iisn ins durine the Dresenl winter sea son." Notice given, it saia, was vou short. as the song says attentions to one Alice Pry. (Frankie testified at an Innupct tn 1RQO, that she shot Johnny in self defense and the jury acquitted her.) Clay said jonnny s reai name was Albert Britt and that Blitt was only 16 when killed. "We was good friends," ne saio. "Al was no tough character and didn't go in .for no wild life. He was a great man with the girls and I told him once he'd better quit speakin' to so many of 'em. He was a fancy dresser, all right. "Frankie was Al's main girl, ntdpr than hp was. and never had anv trnilhlp w ith nobodv that I knew of on the street Yeah, I knew Alice Pryor (Alice Pry). Al used to take her out, too. "She and Frankie had a little mixup over Al. People said Fran kie and Al used to fuss about her. I don't know. Frankie was a nice girl and behaved herself like a lady." Cab-Driver Tells Version Of Ride A story describing the misad ventures of a taxi-cab-riding coed which appeared in Thursday's Pooictpr-f-.usrd has brought forth repercussions. Driver No. 7 for a local taxi company informs the r.ri that the story gave the wrong impression. ' He says that u tc ma thpr a sincere nor an in sincere "highway robber" and that the sum on the meter when the young lady asked to be let out was enme enormous amount, but au'nv frnm his call box 12 .:.!. Hp admitted that he did not know the exact location of the address, but says he could have found it within another few min utes. SHIP SUNK mtruAnrST Oct 21 W The 6,394 ton Rumanian oil tank er Oltenia was reported today to have been sunk near Gibraltar while carrying a cargo of oil to England. M 3 N 0 R T H J PENTLAKD riKH J A SCOTLAND J Milet I 1 Russian Press Claims Turkey In War Orbit Finns Go To Moscow Hoping To Escape Soviet Domination By JOE ALF.X MORRIS Unltcn Press Foreign News Editor Germany and Russia clear lv rlisnlavrl thpir resentment of Turkey's mutual aid pact with France and Great Brit ain today. First official Soviet com. mcnt appeared in the news- paper lzvesua wmcn sam that, in negotiating the treaty with Turkey, Britain and France had failed to drive a wedge between Germany and Russia but have succeeded in drawing Turkey into the orbit of the war. Tr, TWlin Vnphrer Adolf Hitler, after conferring with his envoys to Rome, Moscow and Ankara, planned personal consultations with Premier Benito Mussolini of Italy. Russia recomlzed that the treaty creates a new balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean ana warned that as the major Black Cpn nnwpr. Russia would watch carefully anything relating to the Dardanelles approaches to maw sen, The Turks, preparing to ratify gave Oregon Takes Field Against Gonzaga npfn,.p n hnu'lini? crowd of 6000 spectators who were mostly Ore gon rooters, the Webfoot football In.m hn rl a hai'rt -HD Vine &11U UC ceptively liiteraling Gonzaga team Apn, in thn first mini'tor. Entering the game as underdogs, the Zags showed power and de ception to drive to Oregon's four ,,i 11, p.n-lv In the first nuarter. There the Webfoots rallied ana ,,h, wcck held the Bulldogs for downs, "cr . wm.mnB tnat unless Rus the Gonznga passing attacK muiicu .. rhnnee. Turkey will for want of receivers. bo drawn closer and closer to the jU117.ilKil llltmu line. ut.o-Mw.- tr-ADi i?t rtur pnlnnil'c Nnrtli Spa husc. is In the news oi.ni ca uv , " 'h " , since German planes bombed the Iron Duke, and German sub marine torpedoed the Koyal uaK. map snow oi-biib 15-mile long, 8-milc wide water roads, surrounded by islands, does not attempt to show now u-noai cuccicu ""B entrance. . . . Oregon Students Tagged As '0' Burners Vnunfl mpn rhnrced with at- fpmntine to burn an "O" in front of the Memorial Union at uregon cui. nniieon nrlv Fririav morn- iripntified here today as University of Oregon students, it was announced by Virgil D. fcan dean of men. Qinpp cpvpral members of the student affairs committee, dis firtlinarv hndv of the university ...arp r,,,t nf inum. no further an nouncement of what the students may expect was given Dy uean Tarl Names will not be an- nnnnred until action is deter mined. Thp stiidpnts were caught mak ing the attempt by state college police, and were pholograpneo, de. fore being released. Repealers Would Cut Neutrality Debate American Freighter Brings Sad Survivors to Bordeaux By IRENE TAYLOR BORDEAUX. France, Oct 21.! (u.R) A woman watched the body nf hr hushand consigned to the sea from the 'deck of the American freighter Independence Hall an other had lost her four children. These were two of the lndivid- i,al frasedies the little American ship brought up the Gironde river from the sea last nigni. &ne carriea 284 survivors of two torpedoed British ships and their stories re vealed a tragic adventure, poig nant and dramatic. The first check-up indicated that 61 persons were missing from the nassenoer liner. Yorkshire, 10,183 tons, an Indianan, and six or seven frnm the freishter City ol Man dalay, 7,028 tons. All were believ ed dead. Last Monday some 400 miles off Bordeaux, the Independence Hall picked up an SOS irom tne torn shire. She rushed to the position I appeared. fnund the Cltv of Man dalay standing by the stricken rantaln c. .1. Mackenzie, mas ter of the Independence Hall, was ahnut tn exchanec the usual pleas antries by radio and continue his rnnrse when he saw the second shin hurkle in the water. She seemed about to break in two. She had been torpedoed by a submarine. She was the freighter, City of Mandalay, 7,028 tons. rantain MacKenzic'i boats were over the side in a twinkling. Sud denly the submarine broke sur face, and ran up close to the Am eriran freiffhter. An officer was on the conning tower bridge. He called up to cap tain MacKenzle. "Thank you," he said In good English. He seemed to have been worried 8bout the fate of the sur vivors. Then the submarine dis- WASHINGTON. Oct. 21. W In the face of outspoken opposition the adm n stration leaoersnip in the senate undertook today to cut chnrt Hehate nn the neutrality bill and speed the measure toward a final vote. Majority Leader Bnrkley an nounced that before the third week of general discussion ended with today's adjournment, he would ask for-a debate limtation to be made effective Monday, when consideration of amendments is expected to begin. 'An overwhelming majority of the senate." Barklcy told his col leaeues. "feels that the time has rnme when an effort should be made to bring this matter to a conclusion. Kenatnr Nve R-ND) and John son (R-Callf.), both expressed dis favor of moos ng a iimiiauon however, and an effort to obtain unanimous consent to that end could, of course, be blocked by only one objection. first downs in their drive down the field. Oregon made two first downs, one by Lefty Bob Smith and the other on a sparkling 15 ya'rd run by Jnckrabbit Graybenl. Coach Tex Olivet, who wise cracked nt the outset of the sea son that he Intended to use those three "breathers against USC, Stanford and California as tune up for Gonzaga, had plenty to worry about considering the first quarter performance. Although the - Bulldogs have never beaten an Oregon team Oli ver figured it could happen today if the Ducks, who tied USC and beat Stanford and California, Uy to rest on their oars. Probable Lineup RmiMM Oregon Lansing LE - Regncr Bryant LT aiuari Schcll :..LG Robertson Schosscr C Cadcnasso Corlcnu RG- Waldcn Daly RT Peters Weed RE Reginato 1t.pnh.nr, O DOllOVHn Canndeo LH Ginybcnl R. Hare RH-. Bony C. Hare .... F Stenstrom Officials: Doug Lowell, Mt. An gel, referee; W. Wallace, Iowa Stntc, umpire; Eidon Jenne, vv. S. C, head linesman; E. L. Hunter, Idaho, field judge. FINAL FOOTBALL SCORES Princeton 0-14, Columbia 0-7. Notre Dame 14, Navy 7. Pennsylvania 22; Harvard 7. Lafayette 0, Dartmouth. 14. Duqucsnc 21,' Pittsburgh 13. allied cause. The Turks indicated that Soviet persistence in maintaining its al liance with. Germany would dam age Russo-Turkish friendship. Pope Plus XII Instructed ' his Nuncio to Berlin to protest against the treatment of Catholics in por tions of Poland under German oc cupation. Finns Travel Back Clarification of and possible settlement of Finland's relations with Russia were in prospect as a Finnish delegation prepared to re- turn to Moscow where, on Mon day, it will submit to the Krem lin a reply to Russian demands for a "mutual aid" pact. The iFnns hoped they would escape Soviet domination. Their hope was based on th new situation created by the An kara treaty, pledges of solidarity from Sweden, Norway and Den mark and tho Interest of President Roosevelt In the Baltic situation. Hostilities on the western front were at a standstill because ot heavy rains. In Paris, military ex perts asserted that the French early this week had withdrawn voluntarily from lines on uerman soil because they knew it would not bo possible to stage a major offensive at this time of year. The French war oince communi que described a quiet night on the western front with artillery fire and patrol activity In the sector SEE TURKISH STORY PAGE 6 Fall Evenings Throw Peak Load on Local Power Plant Weather News Sunshine broke through the clouds about noon, assuring foot ball fans they would not have to sit through gloomy fog for Ore gon s game. The orecasi ior me week-end follows: Oregon: Generally fair tonight and Sunday but foes In west por tion; warmer in interior of south west portion Sunday; gentle northwest wind off coast. Airport Bureau Record; Mini mum temperature, Saturday, 46.3 ddgrtes; maximum temperature, Friday, 88.4 degrees; wind, at r-nnn QatiirHnv. northwest River Bureau Record: Stage of Willamette river In Eugene at 7 a. m. Saturday, .2.7 feet. SIL'SLAW TIDES HKh. Low . Sunday . 1:31 a. m. . 6:45 t. m. 8:24 o. rn 7:33 P. m. Eugene's power system deliv ered more power to consumers throughout the city Thursday eve ning than has ever before been ..rn.l l( iimic annnltnpprt hv J. W. McArthtir, superintendent oi tne municipal plnnt. Increase in the number of con sumers Hue to tho growth of the community was responsible for the peak which has Been expeciea y water board engineers for somt time. The dark evening, and the coincidental use of power by a large number of consumers nt the same time required the extra large amount, they explained. The instantaneous peak of pow er delivered, reached Just before 6 n. m. Thursday evening, was nRsn kilowatts, which topped nil previous records. The 15-minute hiah average for the evening was 8050 kilowatts. During the time that the record Hmount of nowcr was being con sumed, all parts of the system, Including the Leaburg, Walterville and steam plants, were in opera tion. The Walterville and Lea burg hydros contributed 0650 kil owatts of energy and the steam plant made up about 200 more. Friday evening a lesser amount of power was consumed with 9250 kllownUs going out during the 15 mlnute high average. This amount was above the high of 1938, how ever, since 9050 kilowatts was iuk highest figure Inst year. Eugeneans need not fear that the output of the system will be used up entirely for some time, according to Mr. McArthur, who explained that the three energy- producing plants have a potential productive capacity of more than 15,000 kilowatts. However, he pointed out mat this total can only be reached when all of the power plants of the system are in operation, leav ing nothing for standby power. In the past the steam piam iw been used primarily in times of emergency to produce power when accident or emergencies make a shut-down on part of the system necessary. The fact that the demand for power In Eugene and the sur rnnnHmrr area has beaun to re quire operation of nil parts of the system, with none left for emer gencies, has been pne of the reas ons for the local interest in pur chasing Bonneville power. Bon neville power might then be used as standby or as part of the regu lar system, leaving part ready to serve in times of emergency.