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Weather: Fair - , ; iANB countW home newspaper. -A 07. VWA news TODAY Iv" PTTrrKW nnrnAM niimmmit .. mi , uiuiuwn, sniuiuJAi, orlAMsR 21, 1940 Home Edition ON STREETS Ic; NEWS STANDS 5a NO.w Raos Mmiey Wafe Tristan "Kidnaped ounty Fair Soes Booming Sto LastDay Ld Concert, Rodeo, jaiideville On Program for Saturday Night 8, GLENN HASSELROOTH il. tj.ne county fairgrounds Is adin. ahead with the gusto and 0( a pioneer "boom town" JJ week-end, as attendance rec Z, are shattered and thousands Jfairgoers pronounce the 1940 juration the "best ever." . dampness and chill of the m two days of the fair have Lm away to xne waouui nu i -i-.., nt TnHinn summer. HRn w --, Lj. the Friday attendance to ! to more than 13,000, according hliures released Saturday aft Looo by Fred Knox, fair man iTGate receipts totalled $1,730 fj, including season tickets y m even larger take is pre taj for Saturday. I ftiday night's rodeo at the sta ifcn, preluded by the pageant niew, attracted a crowd such as Imium might have been proud jhe visitors jamming the fnfotand to the tune of more aa 4,300 admissions. IHwas a, fine day," and every y was happy," Manager Knox lorofnted on Friday's fair. "I tont heard a grouch from any &y. And everything indicates Ht Saturday will be even bigger in Friday." Te-nifht Last Night I Sturday is "Lane county day" H fair directors expect residents 11 parts of the district really "go to town"? with the celebra- that are planned for Satur- ? night which definitely will kilt last of the fair. fsturday afternoon's festivities r started witn tne Dana concert 130. followed by the races and Wevllle acts at the stadium. 4l night's activities at the sta in will include the band concert iWO, vaudeville acts at 7:45, and rodeo at 8:45. Henry Chris ten reports ' that the "best las'1 have been saved for to ld, and promises a rip-roaring te tor all attending. I Hi carnival and the stands ta "lemonade alley," the while, letting ready for the final it oi business. Fireworks will ttlen up the skies at 10 o'clock, k the funmaking will continue Walter. fair Glances Bj GLENN HASSELROOTH and MARGARET RAY tuny a faireoer exhibited TOless astonishment in the atrial building at the Lane Wounds Friday noon during fcipeech given by Mr. Roose-p- A Register-Guard teletype sine, placed near a blaring "0, was tannine nff thA nmi. !i words before he said them, (""porter had to explain that "ipeeches, political and other- ahead, and often set up" oeiore xne talk is ever "orai expression over the air. ! fcwrs of the stands along Jnade allcT" report that C '4 drinks are taking a Pat ln favor of not coffee. '"Illy nights are respon- c. . VTr'ure of tne Pageant pre r. riday night, which prob Tnt unnoticed by the crowds tr Pandstand was the joyful C o' Doris Smith, beloved C 'he past four pageants, gjm8 and old members of l casts. One by one they down to say "hello" and tofc,r.. work'nB with her Wiouli, was encountered by fister.Guard' photo JT Larry Quinlan, in try ""P Pictures of the prise 5 Dtor George vn.npn him ,.,,- J stae once saying i . . "lA.N INTEREST K-nnv Winners at Pageant Preview Described; Doris Smith Says Canadians to Help in 1941 1 By MARGARCT SAV Tr-7liSfgon heels wU1 fl8ain ro11 dwn the Oregon Trail and 4,000 people join in the work and fun of an even Pa.8eanV" 1941 ifJriday night's preview at the Lane county fair the enthusiastic grandstand crowds are a O- ft- 1 4 A) 'Goiiv' ay' Guar sfed . . - Nam. Recruits Help Swell Roster Kiss the boys good-bye! Here are the local guardsmen to whom Eugene will bid farewell for a year. Word was received at guard headquarters Saturday morning that guardsmen will entrain at :ou a. m. Monday. The names of a large number of new recruits have been added to the rosters of the four local units of national guard that will leave next Monday for Camp Mur ray, in Washington, to begin their year's intensive training as units in the regular army. All units have been recruited to practically their full strength. Captain C. A. Mahany of Com pany C said Friday there may be two or three vacancies yet to fill in his company. The rosters of the different companies follow: MEDICAL DETACHMENT : Major Delbert C. Stanard, commanding. Captains. William H. Chapman John P. MacKinnon, Richard S. Kogers, Webster K. Ross. First lientenant, Robert W. Sleeter. Staff sargeant, Edward V. O'Reilly; sergeants, James Moun tain, William C. Peltier, Richard T. Smith. Corporal, Lloyd E. Sutton. Privates, first class, Charles E, Cunningham, Ralph P. Huestis, fcigin L Lester, Eugene C. Mur SEE DEPARTING PAGE 4 STORY father News VoN-Wrather,,RePrt) Generally fair to- t5h(ou"tla5r. Cooler on and in west portion l. ' !entle variable wind oft feVah,u'Bra.u: fes. .rrjture. Saturday fcVffi Thursday, 75.8 de na. t noon, Saturday, hnS? Record: staKe ' nv..'11 in tueeni at 7 --"ay, .2.60 Ice 550 Infantrymen Camp Near Airport The brown straggly weeds In the flat fields north of the munici pal airport were trampled under. foot Friday by the soldiers of the first battalion, 30th infantry, who moved in from the north, pitched mess and pup tents, and encamped overnight. Five hundred and fifty of them, under the command of Major E. M. Sutherland, made an impres sive sight as they rolled in from Vancouver barracks in their motorized convoy of 80 trucks, and small, envious boys gathered 'round to watch the soldiers en camp, go through drills, and answer mess call. The men were returning from Fort Lewis, Washington, to their barracks at the Presidio in San Francisco, and after buzzing around town during the after noon and evening, and taking in the fair Friday night, the battal ion arose Saturday morning and left for the south at 5:30. Officers said the men were in top shape, despite Intensive drill ing and a 100-mile, six-day hike from Fort Lewis to Vancouver where trucks awaited to trans port them to San Francisco. Lt.-Col. L. A. LaGarde was the medical officer, while command ers were Capt. Robert L. Cook, company A; Major Maynard B. Carter, company B; Major Aus tin F. Gilmartin. company ana Major William B. Force, com pany D. A pageant of national and inter, national magnitude given in co. operation with the British Colunv bia Canadians, honoring the com mon ideals of freedom and dem ocracy of these two great western nations, and celebrating the 100 years of unfortified borders and peaceful settlement of disputes is the dream of pageant board mem' bers and pirector Doris Smith. This plot was presented to the crowd by Mrs. Smith who an nounced that-the people of Brit ish Columbia are ready to cooper ate in any way they possibly can considering their present part in me war. I want all of you people in tne grandstand to be on the stage with me next, year," Doris Smith enmusiastically cried. "We're go. ing to have a cast of 4,000 next year, and make it the biggest show in the Northwest! Tonight I want each and everyone of you, here on me stage and up In the grand stand, to appoint yourself a com. mittee of one to interest others to talk pageant to begin to plan for next summer, and to urge and help others to plan. A pageant is tne true expression of a democ racy the individual carrying ac. corning to his capacity this re sponsibility." Pageant of Democracy "What better place could be found for a joint Canadian and American celebration, such as this man on me pacific coast and in the Willamette valley," Mrs. Smith went on to say, "where these two peoples lived under joint govern ment until 1843, and in the years following continued to ioin peace ful hands across the border at the end of the trail? Let your imagi nations go see how timely how great and how universal this will make the Oregon Trail Pageant. This is our opportunity to tell j brutal old world .that the new world has been, is, and always will be democratic." Highlight of the four-day fair to many persons was this preview in which some of the familiar scenes from previous pageants were re enacted and the appearance . of Doris Smith, veteran and beloved director of the drama. The eve ning's program opened with a fan fare o'f trumpets, after which the Eugene municipal band began the familiar . pageant theme song, "Land of Hope and Glory." W. F. G. Thachcr, author of the pageant script, and pioneer in the 1937 performance then took the stage to recite the prologue: . "Hear me, Oh people! , ' I am the Pioneer, the Explorer, the Adventurer From the first faint dawn of unremembered time, It was I who lead the sons of men Forth on their primordial pil grimage. . . ." Next event on the program was a parade of the various entrants in the preview contest along the track in. front of the grandstand and the awarding of prizes. The prize winners came to the center of the stage to receive their rib bons from Mr. Thacher, master of ceremonies, and then repeated their performances of the after noon judging. Winners Listed Led bv two Eugene Radiators In their snappy white suits with red buttonnieres and canes, the par ade moved forward amid applause from the grandstands the Junior high and high school chorus young people in pioneer dress, Hugh Simpson, the Lone Cowboy, with his guitar: Karl F. Love, a pros pector; C. D. Farmer as Jim Bridg er, Ulysses Ellmaker as Abe Lin coln; Patricia Edwards and her Grangers Pull Cowboys Under Ross Mathews' grangers were ready and wait in' in front of the grandstands when the tug-o'-war call came Friday night at the fair groundsbut E. H. "Bulldog" Peterson and his horde of busi nessmen did not show up to yank on the other end of the rope. It was just as well they didn't, because the master of ceremonies quickly substituted half a dozen cowpunchers, who grunted and hauled and finally went down to inglorious defeat before the well trained grange crew. Bulldog Peterson explained Sat urday that every businessman in town was out In the woods hunt ing deer, and wouldn't come home for a tug-o'-war. SEE WINNERS STORY PAGE t McNary Takes Wallace To Task Says Demo Opponent Dodges Farm Issue AURORA, 111., Sept. 21. U.R Sen. Charles L. McNary of Oregon opened his republican vice-presidential campaign today with a pledge to free domestically-consumed American farm products from competition with world price levels. He accused his democratic op ponent, former Secretary of Agri culture Henry A. Wallace, of dodg ing the farm issue in his campaign speeches. McNary proposed creating a marketing allotment plan that would divide the American farm output into two classes segregat ing the part required for domestic consumption from the part to oe known as "the exportable sur plus." ' , He said It would "allot to each farmer his fair share in the Amer ican market upon which he will receive parity price- and assured the farmer his equitable share in the national income. "Too long a world of lower standards of living, lower wages and lower incomes has fixed the prices of American agricultural products. Let us end that situa tion without delay," McNary said. McNary made his first campaign speech on behalf of himself and Wendell L. Willkie, his presiden tial running mate, before a rural audience at an Illinois rally in Exposition park. "Wallace Avoids Issue" He chided Wallace for seeking to hang an appeasement label on re publicans and transferring his campaign from the farm belt to Europe. "I fear that Mr. Wallace seeks a change of venue," he said. "The device is familiar. When I was a young lawyer out in Oregon, we observed that shrewd counsel, In defending a weak case, preferred being as far from the scene of the crime as possible when he went to trial. Mr. Wallace has been physically present in the farm belt during the last few weeks, but his uttered thoughts, have been far, far away." McNary reaffirmed his own de scription of Wallace as a "high minded and sympathetic secretary of agriculture" but added that as a vice presidential candidate Wallace was "energetic, - articulate but mischievous in argument." Lorane Hunters Report First Deer Of Season Ben Briggs and Lewis Briggsof Lorane started off the open sea son on . deer Friday morning by bagging two mule deer in the Ochoco mountains of central Ore gon at 8 a. m. The season official- Jy opened at 6:05 a. m. The Briggs brothers reported their kill in Troeh's sporting goods store at 4:30 p. m., having made good time all around. The ani mals weighed 200 and 165 pounds each. Old Greeting to UO Freshmen Uncovered By RIDGELY CUMMINGS While rummaging through some old papers recently Mrs. Ellen M. Pennell of 541 Twelfth avenue east, Eugene, came across a manu script containing notes for a wel coming address made to Univer sity of Oregon students three dec ades ago. The notes were on the presi dent of the university s siaiion- ery and in the nanawmin ; Prince Campbell, presiaenim the university from 1902 to 1925. Mrs. Pennell, who was instruc ... i. cnti.h and assistant dean Df women in 1909 and who later was associate professor of the his tory of art. said that the president gave the notes to her after using them in greeting new students several times. Mrs. Pennell pointed out Satur day that Dr. Campbell's words are as timely today as when they were written. The notes follow: THE OFFER OF THE COLLEGE "To be at home in all lands and ages; to count Nature a fa miliar acquaintance and Art an intimate friend; to gain a stand ard for the appreciation of other men's work and the crit icism of your own; to carry the keys of the world's library In your pocket, and feel its re sources behind you in whatever task you undertake; to make hosts of friends among the men of your own age who are to be leaders In all walks of life; to lose yourself In generous en thusiasms and cooperate with others for common ends; to learn maimers from students who are g e n 1 1 e m e n . (and ladies), and form character un der professors who are Chris tians: This is the offer of the college for the best four years of your life." At the bottom of the sheet was signed the name of William De Witt Hyde. Mrs. Pennell thinks It probable that the notes are a quo tation from some of the writings of Dr. Hyde, a former president of Bowdoin college in Maine who died in 1917 after having writ ten m'ne books, one of which was "The Teacher'i Philosophy." British Bombers Bast War Bases Of Dictators Axis Hints Spain May Enter Conflict -Against Great Britain By JOE ALEX MORRIS (United Press Foreign Editor) British bombers blasted with mounting fury at German and Italian war bases from Europe to Africa today to offset steady Nazi air raids on the British Isles and Axis hints that Spain might soon enter the conflict. Daylight raids on London and other targets in southeastern England continued at a slackened pace following a night in which bombing of 35 districts in the London area was carried out so sporadically that the harassed population got a chance to sleep for the first time in two weeks. But British bomber pilots got little rest. Throughout much of the night they showered high ex plosives on German "invasion" bases across (he calm but foggy English channel, and blasted Nazi airports, harbors and communica tions lines as far as western Ger many, one of their most power ful counter-blows of the war. Berlin Verifies Many Raids " Dispatches from Berlin ad mitted for the first time that steady, powerful British raids had I been made for weeks on the French side of the English chan nel where the Germans have been reported massing boats and men at Calais, Dunkirk, Ostend, and other oorts tor a possible inva sion of Britain. German attacks on Britain were described by the Nazis as success ful in smashing with the aid qf new fog-piercing apparatus at British industrial and communica- lions objectives, especially rail road- icenters in the LondAn area which are vital to British defense. In Africa, the Italians admitted that British planes which have been bombing fascist concentra tions in the Sidi Barranl area had again attacked the big Libyan port of Benghazi, but said that Italian pilots had "Intensely" re plied by bombing railroads, store houses and defenses around Marsa Matruh. The British base at Aden also was again reported attacked and British convoys were bombed in the Red Sea. Egypt Drive Stalled Official communiques, however, Indicated that the Italian offen sive into Egypt was momentarily In a lull, with the fascists holding Sidi Barrani, The African campaign and the role of Spain in the war appeared have been of greatest Importance In the discussions of Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop with Italian Premier Benito Mus solini at home. The fascist press, led by the newspaper I Telegrafo of Foreign Minister Count Gale azzo Ciano, asserted that In the decisive phase of the war. Spain would line up with Italy and Ger many. In the Balkans, Bulgarian troops began taking over the south Dob rudja area ceded by ' Rumania without incident. In South America, the Uru guayan government arrested a number of Germans charged by a recent investigating committee with activities against the state. One of those reported arrested was described as the leader of a Nazi movement throughout South America. Others were reputed German agents or propagandists. I) XJ Iv -, & J V-S " 1 ' s. .""- -y 'v. . f ; fS ' ""f "r - v .. . I ' I - iZ , - r z. a I ; v". . , t a-vi i ... i . m T V r a "... . .:, y , . ' - -' " 3 KIDNAPED CHILD Thrce-ycar-old' Mnrc do Tristan, above, son of Count and Countess Marc do Tristan of Hills borough, California, was taken from his nurse yesterday afternoon by a man who struck or shoved (lie middle-aged woman. The worried family is trying to got in touch with the kidnaper to pay the $100,000 ransom demanded. Odds Against Kidnappers Of Tristan Child Held 93 to 1 By JAME J. TREBIG WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (AP)-The kidnaper, or kid napers, of 3-year-old Marc do Tristan took a 93 to 1 chance of ending up in prison or worse. since passage oi ino "kind Indo-China Talks Take Turn For Worse HANOI, French Indo-China, aepi. ii. vn Tne French Indo China government reported a turn for the worse today In negotiations with Japan after there had been indications the crisis had passed. A government communique said "a new shift has compromised" tne negotiations and that the situa tion was back where it was two days ago when General Issaku Nishihara packed up and prepar ed to walk out of the conferences. The negotiations were resumed yesterday, the announcement said, "" hen the viewpoints of both par- ex- appeared drawing closer to ..tlicr," But new Japanese de mands, It declared, have put a monkey wrench in the proceedings. VICHY, France, Sept. 21. P Negotiations at Hanoi on Japanese demands for military rights in French Indo-China have entered I difficult period "from which any thing can be expected," the French government announced today. bergh" law in 192, the ' federal bureau of Investigation has In vestigated 187 kidnaping and solved 185. The unsolved cases are those of Charles Muttson, 10, kidnaped at Tacoma, Wash., De cember 27, 1936. and Peter Ir vine, 12, New Rochcllc. N. Y., seized February 24, 1938. Both boys were slain. Their work adds up to this: In the 188 solved kidnaplngs, the G-men have gained 367 con victions In which the courts have Imposed 12 death sentences; 42 life sentences; 3.952 years in prison; 72 years suspended; 108 years probation, and $34,270 In fines. Only 24 federal kidnap defendants have been acquitted. The "Lindbergh law," which made kidnaping a capital offense, resulted from the abduction and slaying of the infant son of Col onel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh from their Hopewell, N. J., home on March 1. 1932. Brunn Richard Hauptmann was executed ! lor that crime. Tristan Kidnaper Faces Gas Or Life Tijuana Business Block Hit By Fire SACRAMENTO, Calif., Sept 21. (Pi The abductor of. thrce-ycar-old Mnrc do Tristan, Jr., If captured, will face execution in the lethal gas chamber or life imprisonment under California's "little Lindbergh" law. The punishment depends upon Iho nature of the crime and the decision of a Jury. Section 209 of the penal code, as amended in 1933, provides the death penalty or life Imprison ment without possibility of parole if the victim suffers bodily harm, and the latter sentence if he is not harmed, in cases of kidnaping for ransum. An old child-stealing law, first enacted in 1872, provides punish ment by imprisonment not ex ceeding 20 years for taking away a minor child from its parents or guardians. . LEGION AT BOSTON TIJUANA, Lower California, Mex., Sept. 21. r A half-block of thlr sleepy resort city's busi ness district was leveled by fire today, Including the federal postal- telegraph building. Some of the records In the latter were saved, here since 1930, BOSTON. Sent. 21 (piThi. city of almost 800,000 population encountered a "spare room prob- lm Mav - a It ... I. ..... do ,i ncituiiii-u uirunKS ' of American Legionnaires arrlv-! ing lor tneir opening Monday of mcir seconu national convention Wealthy Family Posts $100,000 For 3-Year-0ld Police, FBI, Press Withdraw From Hunt At Family Request By FREDERICK C. OTHMAN HILLSBOROUGH, Cal., Sept. 21-(UP) The wealthy and socially prominent family of three-year-old Count Marc De Tristan, Jr., met every de mand of a hook-nosed kidnap er today and, with $100,000 cash ready for ransom, waited for him to make contact. A classified ad in the San Francisco Examiner told the kidnaper the money was ready and his terms had been met. The ad, offering a Lincoln Zephyr 1938 four-door de luxe se dan for sale at the bargain price of $845 key words suggested by the kidnaper was telephoned the newspaper as ordered in a note the abductor left behind yester day noon when he seized the scion of five of California's wealthiest families, two of them nt th F.nk nobility. Police Withdraw . The family also complied with second condition and prevailed on the federal bureau of Investigation and other law enforcement agen cies and on the press to withdraw. With these conditions met, the family assembled at the palatial mansion of the Count and Countess Marc de Tristan and waited for the hook-nosed man's next step. The home itself had the appear ance of being deserted. Shades and Venetian blinds had been drawn; the driveway was clear of auto mobiles;. the servants and the fam ily kept Indoors. The newspaper ad was a pledge of good faith on part of the de irisians. The kidnaper in his in structions said that as soon as the ad appeared the family would re ceive further instructions. He ad vised them not to try to communi cate by other channels and said: "Wait Until Vflll hflva ruiira n..- next letter." Fear For Safety -:' But some authorities entertained ffraVA fPflrfl fnp th aafatu. a, U little victim, despite the kidnaper's repeated assurances In a ransom note that he would be well treated. The kidnaOPr. n mnn hMura.. IK and 50, apparently a Latin, with I prumuiem nose, naa acknowledged on unstable mind by signing the note, "unconventional eccentric." They were dealing with no ordinarv criminni Hia AnA.vrnHi ransom note had made that clear. And he had bungled the Job from the start. This caused authorities some anxiety lest he bungle ir revocably in thp Hnllnnt hiioir,. of collecting the ransom and feel nimseu unaer tne compulsion of killing his baby victim to escape detection. A Bungler The nnto wai nhuinnalu ulttM hv D Uftll pHllrntArl nir,n ...Via ..m derstood the subtleties of English tense and mode, despite the clumsy attempts of the writer to throw Investigators off by misspelling simple words. It was replete with the phrases of the dilletante "most charming" "unsocial mat ter" "our little captive, (guest, rather)." The kidnaper's bungling gave his crime the full light of public ity almost before the parents were aware of their tragedy. He park ed his four-year-old Ford sedan near the de Tristan estate at noon SEE TRISTAN STORY PAGE 4 Bartholomew Files Petitions Friday Phil Bartholomew, Springfield funeral director, late Friday, filed petitions with the county clerk's office seeking to have his name on the November ballot as an inde pendent candidate for county cor oner. The petitions will now have to be checked at the clerk's office. Mr. Bartholomew said he had 1700 signatures on the petitions, 800 more than were needed. He would be the only independent candidate running for a county of fice in the November election, other candidates having been plac ed on the ballot through the May primaries. I. P. STRIKES AGAIN MADISON, Wis., Sept, 21. 0l Infantile paralysis last night claimed the life of Mrs. Edward T. Gernon, 31, the former Dorothy Page, who won the women's west ern golf championship when the ild, - I was 17 years ole 9 t ft
