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C apita raiial What! US Paper? Perhaps tlx wind has blown II away, stray doc carried It off or It has been borrowed by s neighbor. Call 3571 before 6:30 p. m. and you will receive your copy. Weather Fair tonight and Tuesday with lo cal fogs, little change In tempera ture. Moderate northerly wind. Sun day: Max. 49. mln. 37. Rain .03 In. Riv. 1.3 (t. West wind. Partly cloudy. 50th Year, No. 277 Entered as second I mi matter at Salem, Oregon Salem, Oregon, Monday, November 21, 1938 Price Three Cents On Train and Nawa fltanda riv Cant British Plan to ews trail D anganyika ,4 ll V II IJlLiJ Settle J Lists A FDR Inspects TVA Dam at Chickamauga Pronounces Half-Completed Structure Exam ple of Progress Chattanooga, Term.. Nov. 21 (P) President Roosevelt stood on the north embank ment of the Chickamauga TVA dam today and pro nounced the more than half completed structure an exam ple of "progress" for other sections of the country. Inspecting a concrete navi gation lock of the Sun-lit Ten nessee river, the president, representing the executive branch, brought the big new deal power-navigation experiment In this watershed under the scrutiny of all three branches of the federal gov ernment. The supreme court had a suit be fore It to test the constitutionality of TVA'a "yardstick" power pro gram, while a joint congressional committee was proceeding with an investigation of its administration. Thanks Workers After motoring 10 miles to the dam through crowd-lined streets, the president alighted from his open car and was introduced to pro ject workers by Mayor E. D. Bass of Chattanooga. The chief executive said he had not intended making a speech but he could not resist the opportunity of thanking the 2200 men building the dam and the thousands of oth ers on other TVA projects for the "splendid Job" they were doing. He said the effect would be felt by generations to come. They were not only putting up a structure to provide a "few kilo watts" of electricity, improve navi gation and highway travel, and to reforest cut-over land, he said, but were doing "something constructive' to benefit "our grandchildren." He said the Chickamauga dam, a 6000-foot long project which will cost about $36,500,000 when com pleted in 1940, was setting an exam ple of progress In other sections of the land, even where no dams were possible. Leaving the dam, the presidential party drove eight miles to look over the modern farm of his old friend. County Judge Will Cummtngs, and the Civil war battlefields of Mis sionary Ridge and Lookout Moun tain. Accused Germans Plead Innocent Cristobal, Canal Zone. Nov. 31 W Pour youthful Germans accused of photographing Canal Zone fortifi cations In violation of the United States espionage act, pleaded inno cent today In federal court. The case was set for trial De cember 7, before a Jury, with each defendant to be tried separately. The four, one a girl, were arrested October lfl. On motion of defense counsel bait for Hans Prledrich Schackow, 26. was reduced from 123,000 to $15,000. Ball for the three other defendants, Ingeborg Walrunt Outmann. IB; Qisbert Wllhelm Gross, 26, and Er nst Robert Elward Khurig, 23, was cut from $10,000 to S5000 each. Inquest Called in Highway Fatality Responsibility for the highway crash which early Sat urday night took two lives and resulted in injuries to five others will be determined by a coroner's inquest starting at 2 ociock wis aiieraoon. ueaa are' Olen Nash, 30, driver of a south bound aedan, and Marshall (Bluy) Kitchen. 17. high school athlete. Robert Kitchen, an older brother. Is seriously Injured In Salem General hospital. Also Injured in lesser de- w.m Mr. Rnhrt SfltfH.n Mrs. Olen Nash and Lowell Kern, all passengers in the Nash aedan. and W. T. Dunn, 52, driver and only occupant of a truck which was northbound. The party In the Nash sedan was returning from the football game In Portland when the accident oc curred on the Pacific highway about ft mile north of Brooks around 6:30 e clock. Young Kitchen was Instant merican Jew Batters Berry Collapses During Trial Dr. Kent W. Berry, Olympia, Wash., society physician, on trial with three other men In the "kldnap-torture" case based on charges made by Irving Baker, collapsed while testifying in his own defense. He is shown with Mrs. Berry (left), and her mother, Mrs. Edward Kevin, as they comfort him during a court recess. Associated Press Photo. Mrs. Berry Sobs While Testifying Olympia, Wash., Nov. 21 (IP Mrs. Elizabeth Kevin Ber ry, 27, sobbed on the witness stand today at cross-examination during the trial of her 50-year-old husband. Dr. Kent W. Berry and three others on charges of kidnaping and torturing Irving Baker, retired coast guard officer, last August 19. Lwcior nerry naa lesuuea nis mma. was a blank during the charged tor turing but that the Incident fol lowed Mrs. Berry's statement to him July 11 that Baker had violated her during a Fourth of July house party at Mud Bay. Mrs. Berry broke down after de nying remembering that she and the prosecuting authorities were to have talked with Baker August 20 but that the meeting was called off because Baker was kidnaped and beaten the previous night. She said she remembered little of what was said at a conference with her parents and Prosecutor Smith Troy July 11. Troy told Interview ers the appearance of two "surprise witnesses" may make It unnecessary for Troy to testify for the state. J. W. Graham, special assistant prosecutor from Shelton, resumed cross-examination after the week end recess by asking details about happenings at the house party be fore and after the charged rape which Mrs. Berry said occurred when she asked Baker to motor her to Olympia so she could cook her husband's breakfast. She said that In defending her self she "slapped him as hard as I could." She declined to say why she did not scratch him nor whether she had make-up with her on the week end party. ly killed while Nash died in the hospital here two hours later. The Nash car was practically demol ished and the truck operated by Dunn badly damaged. Dunn, who had been engaged In construction work near Junction City, was on his way to Oregon City, giving his present temporary address as Carver. He formerly lived In Cathlamet, Wash. When he reported to state police headquart ers 8unday afternoon he was ar rested for not having a driver's li cense. He had had a Washington license but because he was not In the habit of operating a motor ve (CooclBded m page 11. eolaraa T) 3 Executed for Changsha Fires Shanghai, Nov. 21 (IP) A five-day fire which razed Changsha, capital of Hunan province, was reported to day to have caused 2000 deaths and brought the execution of three Chin, ese officials accused of starting the conflagration. Commencing last Sunday, the fires, started In anticipation of the city's capture by a slowly advancing Japanese column, reduced Chang- sna to ruins. Chinese officials at Chungking, the temporary capital, declared the fires started both accidentally and through the "premature leal" of lo cal authorities anxious to carry out China's "scorched earth" policy of leaving little of value to the invaders. Changsha dispatches said three men had been executed for. their part In the fires Gen. Peng Ti. gar rison commander, and the chief of police and the commander of the local guards at the provincial cap! tal. The Japanese still were 40 miles north of the city, and Chinese army commanders reported Japanese at tacks had been repulsed along the Yochow-Chang&ha railway. Cold Fog Blankets Western Oregon Portland, Nov. 31 (Jf) A cold, penetrating fog bore down on flec tions of western Oregon today but east of the Cascade mountains, al though the temperature was lower. the drier atmosphere made winter more bearable. Bend, reporting a minimum tem perature of 12 degrees above aero, was the state's most frigid spot Other minimum Included: Baker 14. Brookings 40, Burn 16. Hood River 24. Lakeview 24. Med ford 24. North Bend 34. Pendleton 28. Port land 33. Roseburg 26, Siskiyou Summit 24. The weather bureau said It would be fair in Portland tonight and Tuesday but fogs, freezing tempera tures and a northerly wind were expected to make the next 24 hours uncomfortable. Local fogs were forecast for the western portion and little change In temperature in the task Documents Presented Dies Committee Government Publications Used to Spread Class Hatred Through Country Washington, Nov. 21 (VP) Chairman Dies (D.-Tex.) of the house committee investi gating un-American activities asserted today testimony re ceived secretly from govern ment employes Saturday had disclosed a "deliberate, long time use of government pub lications to spread class hatred throughout the United States." He said "communist phrase ology" was used on some occasions in the publications. The chairman read into the com mittee records an article In which he said David J. Saposs, national labor relations board economist, had urged workers to establish so cialism by force if political action failed. The article appeared In "Labor Age" In 1931. Dies said there had been attempts to make It appear the statements were not the views of Saposq. Economic Crack-pots "The reason we've emphasized this," he added,' "is because Saposs is representative of a number of government officials economic crackpots who have been drawn to Washington. They range from out right socialists to communists. The committee in the short time left to It Is going to do all It can to ex pose them." John Metcalfe, committee Inves tigator, took the witness stand to present documents which Dies said linked numerals organizations In this country with anti-rellglous and anti-racial activities. Dies read extracts from some of the documents assailing Jews, gov. ernment officials and the Masonic lodge. Names of Organizations Among the organizations named were Black Shirts, Union City, N, J.; Christian American Crusade, Los Angeles; American Defenders, Coral Gables, Fla.; Knights of the White Camelia, St. Albans, W. Vs.; American Vigilante Intelligence as sociation; Christian Democratic corporation, Dallas, Tex.; Associa tion of American Gentiles, Chicago; The Association of Leagues, Cleve land; The Christian Party, Tacoma. The Christian American Patri ots; The Christian Campaign com mittee; the Christian Constitution al party; The Christian Common wealth league; The Christian Pro testant party; Citizens Committee of 500, New York City; Friends of Germany; The German American Business league; The German American Economic Alliance. The Oold Shirts of Mexico; The Defenders of American Liberty, Led yard,- la.; The Defenders, Wi chita. Kas.. and the D. K. V. In Far West Other organizations Metcalfe named Included the Militant Chris tian Patriots, Glendale, Calif.; The National Gentile league, Washing ton, D. C, Baltimore, Md., and Ta coma. Wash. The National Liberty party, Ta coma, Wash.; National Protective Order of Gentiles, Los 'Angeles, The Tomahawks, Walla Walla. Under questolnkig. Metcalfe said some central agency apparently was Instigating and helping to fi nance anti-racial and anti-religious propaganda in the United States. He added at least 200 organiza tions were "disseminating racial and religious Intolerance" and 75 per cent of them were "in the game for racketeering purposes." PWA Halts Spending On New Projects Washington. Nov. 31 (" The pu blic works administration took stock of its 1931 spending program today and announced Informally no fur ther allocations would be made to new projects. Officials said the 2.104.52ll re maining of the original 1750.000.000 provided by congress for non-federal projects, would be "held In reserve" to meet deficiencies on projects al ready under way. They said actual costs often ran higher than estimates. Japan Resents Discrimination In America Do Not Like Terms Open Door and Equal Opportunity Tokyo, Nov. 21 (TP) The foreign office spokesman touched upon discrimination he said existed against Japa nese in the United States in a discussion today of the open door policy in China. "We do not like the terms open door and equal oppor tunity," the spokesman as serted, indicating the govern ment was considering a con crete statement of what it consider "inapplicable ideas and principles of the past' He stressed the meanings he held could be found between the lines of the Japanese reply last Friday deny-, ing American charges of "unwar ranted interference" with interests in China. The Japanese note, he said, "does not specifically mention the nine power pact (acknowledging the prin ciple of the "open door") nor the principles of the open door and equal opportunity. Don't Like Terms "Respecting these latter I must say Japan does not like the terms. They are not applied anywhere else In the world, neither In the United States nor in any other country. "Therefore, why should It be in sisted they continue to exist in China?" He added discrimination "does ex ist", against Japanese residing in America. "It exists in the lands and laws of the various states and in the na tional policy of exclusion. "Whether Japan wUl specifically point out these facts In later com munications to America is not yet decided." Military Necessity The spokesman said he did not know why the Japanese reply last Friday did not touch upon censor ship of mail and telegrams in China, a point raised by the United States government, "but the reason ob viously was one of military necess ity." Of the United States' allegations that Japanese boats were carrying Japanese merchandise in Chinese waters and refusing American or ders, he asserted: "It is not true that our boats are carrying commercial cargoes. They are being used exclusively for mili tary purposes and transportation of military supplies. Japan has held the Yangtze and other rivers can not now be opened safely to commercial navigation. Godowsky, 68, Pianist Dies New York. Nov. 21 fVP Leopold Oodowsky, 68. one of the great pi anists of his generation, died today at Lenox Hill hospital, where he had undergone an operation last Wednesday. Oodowsky was a child prodigy whose reputation increased with his years. He was born in Vilna. Rus sia, and was touring as a pianist at the age of nine. But he contin ued to study at the Berlin Hoch- schule and later under Camllle Salnt-Saens, the great French pi anist and composer. In his maturity, Godowsky was considered one of the greatest technicians in piano history; he also was a composer of note, a wit, and the friend of nearly all the important musicians of the world, His New York apartment was a center around which much of the city's music life turned. In addition to long tours as a pianist, abandoned in his last few years, Oodowsky found time to hold numerous professorships, and to compose an impressive list of works. Oodowxky's first American tour was In 1884. Later he headed the piano department fo the Chicago Conservatory of Musk; five years. beginning in 1895, Afterward he was director of the Imperial Royal M els terse hule for piano In Vienna, and proliwor of the highest rank in Austria, directly appointed by the emperor. His wife. Frieda Saxe Godowhky, died in 1933. NYA Funds Received Portland, Nov. 21 fPi National Youth Administration officials said Saturday that allotments of $22,065 were being received by students In 23 colleges and 227 high schools In Oregon. Nazis Enraged By British Plan Use of Former African Colony as Jewish Refuge Held Move to Prevent Return of War-Lost Possessions to Germany Berlin. Nov. 21 (P British Prime Minister Chamber lain's disclosure that Tanganyika, Germany's former East African colony, might be used for settling Jews fell like a bombshell here today. The nazi press for days has been warn ing "any such attempt would meet with the sharpest protest." It came amid the first signs of- abatement of Germany's 11 day ft I ' anti-Semitic drive which has de prived German Jews of virtually all freedom and reduced tens of thousands to destitution. Many Germans interpret plans to settle German Jews In their form er colonies as a move to prevent the return of such war-lost pos sessions 13 Germany. - One authoritative commentator declared "the Tanganyika step is an obvious attempt to prejudice the colonial question." Before Chamberlain's announce ment, informed nazi quarters had said they expected Reichsfuehrer Hitler to tell Oswald Pirow, defense minister of the Union of South Africa, Germany would consider such a plan an "affront." Pirow is scheduled to see the fuehrer Thursday at Berchtesgad- en. , Can't Wear Uniforms Jews who, for meritorious serv ice In Germany during the World war, had been permitted to wear their uniforms on solemn occa sions, have lost this privilege. A decree dated November 19 and signed by Hitler and Colonel Gen eral Wllliilm Keitel. member of the secret council and acting war min ister, says: "Jews who belonged to the old or new army, to the Austro-Hun- garian defense force or Austrian federal army and who were accord ed the right to wear uniform are herewith deprived of this right." Mingled hope, dismay and fear of further measures against them marked the reaction of the Jewish leaders here to Chamberlain's plans. "Won't Hitler be so enraged about Tanganyika he won't let any Jew out of Germany?" asked one anxiously. Another Jewish leader said nazis already had informed Jews Hitler would not permit a single Jew hold ing a visa for former German East Africa (Tanganyika) or any other former German colony to leave the Reich. German Reply Unsatisfactory Washington, Nov. 21 U. Secre tary of State Hull revealed today that Germany has replied unsatis factorily to American representations six months ago regarding payments of Austrian bonds held in this coun try. Immediately after Austro-German anschluss last spring, Hull notified Germany that this country would ex pect the third retch to assume obli gations of Austria to the United States and Is citizens. He renewed that notice In a sec ond representation in June. Until now, however, he had received no re spoase from the German govern ment. Hull said that the state depart ment has received a note from the German government on the matter but that the note did not undertake to be a final statement on the matter. Therefore, he said, it, of course, could not be considered a satisfac tory answer to the representations. He declined to make public the con tents of the German note. The Austrian debts under discus sion included $24,055,708 owed to this government for grain and flour pur chased In 1920 and a substantial am ount of Austrian dollar bonds held by American citizens. Asks $13,000 fo Furnish Capitol The state board of control grant ed a capltol reconstruction commis sion request today to ask the state emergency board for $13,000 to complete furnishing of the new capttol. The capltol commission said it had only 93000 left, this money to be used to furnish committee rooms The 113.000 would be used to place light standards In the rotunda and flag poles in front of the build ing. The board alo decided tentative ly not to furnish the capltol cafe teria, asserting it probably would be furnished by the person who leases 1U i Doraer uasnes Alarm Czechs Vienna. Nov. 21 (U.B The danger of aimed conflict over Czechoslo vakia's eastern frontier. Involving Hungary and Poland and possibly Germany and Italy, Increased today as new Incidents occurred. It was officially announced in Prague that Czech frontier guards had repulsed a band of Polish ir regulars who crossed the frontier into the Czech province of Ruth, enla One Pole was killed. Both Poland and Hungary were reported to be prepared to march Into Ruthenla and eastern Slovakia at a moment's notice. Both nations have been reinforcing frontier troops. Observers believed that If the situation grew dangerous. Adolf Hit ler and Benito Mussolini would take a strong hand. Occupation of eastern Czechoslo vakia by Hungary or Poland or both would constitute a loss of prestige to Italy. For Germany It would be a loss of prestige and would also threaten to 'close the road to the Black Sea. - ' Bronze Plaque Of Warden Lewis Employes of the state penitentiary gave a bronze plaque to the board of control today In memory of the late Warden James W, Lewis, who died October 28. Every employe contributed to buy the 83-pound plaque, which will be placed in the prison administration building next Saturday when Gov emor Martin makes the dedicatory address. It Is 22 by 18 Inches. Mrs. Lewis, the widow, did not live to see the tribute of the men who worked under the warden. known to the prisoners as "Square Deal Jim." She died last night, On the plaque Is a bas-relief of the warden, and below It Is the following Inscription: "He served the state of Oregon at the state penitentiary honestly and faithfully. "His creed strict discipline with Justice for all. "He was respected, honored and loved by friends, employes and In mates alike. Representatives of the employes said they wished to express their ap preciation to the Salem Iron Works and P. J. Jennings, commercial i tist 3-Minufe Silence For Kemal Ataturk Ankara. Turkey, Nov. 21 (UP) A three-minute nation-wide silence was observed today as Turkey paid hon or to the late President Kemal Ataturk. As the funeral cortege passed through the capital to a temporary vault in the Ethnographic museum, crowds knelt throughout the nation In prayer. Pope Much Since Recent Illness (Copyrltht lt3t Vatican Citv. Nov. 21 that Pope Pius has changed a great deal since his recent ill ness. He has lost much weight, but feels well. He is less stern and formal. The Pontiff was crltl - cally 111 for months. Due to verlcose veins It was almost Impossible for him to move his legs. When he be gan to recover, he went to the Papal summer residence at Castel Gandol fo for a period of recuperation and only recently returned to the Vat ican. He lost much weight during his Illness. The exact amount Is uncer tain because the Pope declines to be weighed. His attitude toward officials at the Vatican has undergone a change. In the past he was known as stem and formal something of a task-mastar. FormerGerman Colony Proposed For Refugees 10,000 Miles Also Avail able for Jewish Exiles in British Guiana London, Nov. 21 (tP) Prime Minister Chamberlain today told the House of Com mons of plans to lease at least 10.000 square miles in British Guiana to provide homes for German Jews seeking refuge aoroad irom the nazi regime i anti-Jewish campaign. Ihe prime minister also disclosed favorable progress for the settlement of Jewish refugees in Tanganyika, for merly German East Africa, and other territories In Africa. Tanganyika now Is held by Brit ain under league mandate. Cham berlain last week declared the Brit ish government was not considering its return to Germany to satisfy Chancellor Hitler's colonial de mands. Kennedy's Proposal The widespread British action disclosed by the Prime minister was understood to be the direct result of his recent consultations with United States Ambassador Joseph P. Kennedy on the urgent problem of finding homes for tens of thou sands of vtc.lms of the latest wave of nazi anti-Semitism. Kennedy was said to have work ed In such close cooperation with the British colonial olllce he helped draft Chamberlain's statements to ctmmons. One high official source said Washington authorities had esti mated the United States could con tribute at least 1100,000.000 in priv ate and public funds to help set tle Jews In new territory. Debate Minorities Chamberlain's disclosures were made prior to the opening of a scheduled general debate on the question of minorities in Europe. The prime minister said the gov ernment would Invite volunteer re fugee organizations to send their own representatives to British Guiana, a colony with an area ot 89,480 square miles on the north eastern coast of South America, to make surveys. "Provided the results ot these surveys are satisfactory, the gov ernment contemplates the lease of large areas of land on generous terms under conditions to be set tled hereafter," he announced. Tanganyika Ready Chamberlain told the house the governor of Tanganyika had beer asked to say whether land could be made avollable for leasing on gen erous terms "for the purpose of large-scale settlements to voluntary organizations concerned with refu gees provided they undertake full responsibility of preparing the land and of settling refugees of suitable types as land is made available.' "The governor of Tanganyika- Chamberlain continued, "has re plied expressing his readiness to cooperate in any schemes of settle ment of refugees as far as existing obligations will permit The governor has expressed Ihe view the only suitable areas for larce scale settlements are likely to be found In the southern highlands and In part of the western prov ince." Bookkeepers Klect Portland, Nov. 31 fPi Oregon State Bookkeepers' association mem bers Saturday elected W. B. Has kell, Portland, president. Changed by Unllra Prtm (U.R) The United Press learns - Since his illness, the Pontiff has shown much greater Interest In the personal problems of his Intimate collaborators without in any way lessening his desire that all energies be devoted to carrying on official dutlea at the Vatican. There Is less of the stem formal ity about his relations with his col leagues. Frequently he remarks to close friends that he feels even bet ter than before hta Illness. Nevertheless, the Pontiff still works from 14 to 18 hours a day. Ha rejects the advice of his aides that he should reduce the dally routine; that ha should rest longer each day.
