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EUGENE, OREGON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1939
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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
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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
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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.