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51st Year, No. 277
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H Tuesday, November 21, 19
Salem, Oregon
P.- TU rn On Trains and News
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Munich Bombing
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Mine Sin ks Japanese
Reprisals for
Unrestricted
Sea Warfare
Chamberlain Announces
Seizure of All German
Exports
London, Nov. 21 (Un
restricted sea blockade of Ger
many was proclaimed today by
' Britain in "retaliation" for
I. mine warfare which counted
the 11,930-ton Japanese pas
senger liner Terukuni Maru as
its newest victim.
A mine-sweeping trawler of
the British navy and two other
trawlers also were added to
the mounting list of maritime
losses today.
Prime Minister Chamberlain an
nounced an order In council would
be issued directing seizure of all ex
ports of German origin or owner
ship on the high seas, regardless of
whether they were being transpor
ted under neutral flags. The measure
Is designed to throttle German
trade by which she could build up
currency reserves abroad for pur
chase of war supplies abroad.
Japanese Liner Sunk
The Japanese liner was believed
to have struck a mine such as Bri
tain has blamed for the sinking of
nine out of ten ships lost off the
English coast last week-end. The
liner's 180 passengers and crew were
V. saved. '
The mine-sweeping trawler Mas
tiff was sunk by a mine yesterday
and two other trawlers, the Thomas
Hankins and the Sea Sweeper, sunk
by submarines.
The sinking Japanese liner, which
could be seen from the shore, car
ried a crew of 180 and 26 passen
gers, one of them British.
A lifeboat and other craft rushed
to the rescue, and some survivors
were brought to shore.
British reprisals against Germany,
extending the blockade to exports
as well as Imports, would mean con
centration on neutral shipping, since
Germany herself has practically no
ships at sea now.
The aim would be to halt complet
y all sea commerce with Germany,
Trawler Sunk
Chamberlain made his statement
In reply to a question by opposition
laborite leader Clement Attlee on
whether the government proposed to
take any action as a result of the
laying of mines which sank the Ne
therlands passenger ship Simon
Bolivar and other vessels over the
week-end.
Today a British mine-laying
trawler, the Mastiff, was added to
the toll, becoming Britain's sixth
admitted naval loss of the war.
In reply to Attlee, Chamberlain
explained that under international
. law If unanchored mines are used
they should become harmless in one
hour, the most, after those who laid
them lost control over them. He said
none of these provisions had been
observed by Germany In laying the
mines which Britain considers the
cause for recent ship losses.
(Germany has denied her mines
were responsible for the sinking of
the Simon Bolivar.)
(ConrltiriMl on Tnge 13, Column 3)
Program to Win
' Offered by McNary
Washington, Nov. 21 (U.R) Senate Minority Leader
Charles L. McNary, E., Ore,, proposed a three-point farm pro
gram today with which, he said, the republican party could
win western states and elect a pres-
ldent In 1940.
"After considerable thought," he
said In an Interview, "I have arrived
at the conclusion that the republi
can party can be successful If It
demonstrates to the farm voters and
those dependent on the farmers that
the party Is interested, as formerly,
In their welfare."
McNary recommended that the
following program be written Into
the party's 1940 platform In "simple
language so that all can under
stand:" 1. Equalization of benefit pay
ments under the AAA soil conserva
tion program.
. 3. Repeal of the reciprocal trade
A agreement act.
3. Liberalization of the public land
policy to give the 14 public land
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Corinne Maddox shown
Two-Gun
On $7500 Bail
Dallas, Tex., Nov. 21 (U.R) The "mystery woman" in the
two-gun girl shooting of Attorney Brooks Coffman appeared
voiuniaruy ioaay Deiore a grand jury investigating the case.
She identified herself as Miss Flora Allen. 25-vear-nld srpnnc.
rapher formerly employed in
Garment Mills
Plead Guilty
New York, Nov. 21 Eleven
of the country's major knitted gar
ment manufacturers and sellers
acknowledged In federal court to
day that they had violated the wage
and hour law.
As a result, 10,000 home workers
will receive approximately $250,000
in wage arrears.
The companies consented to the
entry of a permanent Injunction
restraining them from any further
violations of the law, either directly
or by subterfuge.
Those Involved were: Regal Knit
ting, Inc.; May Knitting company;
Blue Bird Knitwear, Inc.; Newport
Knitting Co., Inc.; Fay Infants
Wear, Inc.; Cupid Knitwear com
pany. Inc.; Knltown Togs, Inc.;
Famous Infants Knitwear corpora
tion; Sternberg Knitting company,
Inc.; Morris Bernstein and Sam
uel Bernstein, doing business as In
fanta Sweater Mills, and Julius
Berger.
The government's complain char
ged the defendants with evading
the law by devising a purchase and
sales plan from which it appeared
that their former home workers
had lost the status of employes and
had become "Independent manu
facturers and producers."
states a greater share of revenues
from sales of forests and grazing on
the public domain.
"In my opinion," McNary said,
"the party must support a practice
ble plan covering .'.oil conservation
with benefit payments Justifying
the continuation of that practice
All benefits and privileges must ac
crue alike to all producers irrespec
tive of crops produced.
"I am convinced that the recipro
cal trade agreement act, which ex
pires in June, 1940, should be re
pealed. While some Industries may
have profited by t' ese agreements,
it has been done at the expense of
the products of the soil.
"These two propositions are of
major Importance if the republican
party Is to dominate the situation
in 1940."
after she surrendered.
GirlOut
Ccffman's office and said she
was the woman who was walking
own a Dusy street with him yes-
terday when Miss Corinne Maddox,
another pretty stenographer. open-
ed fire with a pistol In each hand
and killed Coffman.
Her appearance followed that of
miss Maddox,
Miss Allen refused to discuss the
killing but said, "I met Mr. Coff-
man only casually. I had worked
at times in his office. I was
just coming out of .the building yes,
leraay wnen I happened to see him
ana he stopped to speak to me."
Miss Maddox is free on 47.500
bond, imposed after she had riddled
with bullets the man she hated so
intensely that she composed a poem
of hate for himto read in his dying
moments.
I didn't sleep a wink last night."
sne said.
Coffman's relatives refused to
discuss the case. D. q. Coffman
an employe of the alcohol tax unit
of the United States treasury, was
seriously ill in the same hospital
wncre nis son died,
Holland Accused
Of Violating Neutrality
Berlin, Nov. 21 (P) Authorized
sources said today that nazl off!
clals met eharges of violating the
Netherlands' neutrality with coun
ter charges of entry Into Oerman
territory.
The Netherlands' charge d'af
faires came to "talk" over alleged
violations of Netherlands territory
by German aircraft.
(A German plane, disabled by
anti-aircraft fire, crashed In a Ne
therlands meadow yesterday. The
pilot was killed. Netherlands air
craft also engaged nazl planes last
Saturday and Sundy.)
German and Netherlands rcpre-
sentatlves disclosed the German
minister to Berne, Otto Kocher, had
expressed regrets to the Swiss gov
ernment nazl planes had conducted
a "pamphlet bombing" over Switzer
land Friday.
German Prisoners
Escape in Scotland
London, Nov, 21 lP Four Ger
man prisoners of war escaped to.
day from an Internment camp in
Scotland. Two were recaptured.
The escape was the second report
cd within four days. Three other
prisoners who fled from the camp
Saturday were recaptured yesterday.
British authorities ordered an lm-
mediat inquiry.
Lin er
Terukuni Maru
First Japanese
War Casualty
Big Vessel Hits Nazi
Mine Off West Coast of
England All Rescued
London, Nov. 21 (IP) A
ship believed to be the 11,930-
ton Japanese liner Terukuni
Maru, bound from Japan to
London, sank today off the
east coast of England.
She was reported to have
struck a mine.
The liner carried a crew of
180 and 26 passengers, one of
them British.
The sinking ship could be
seen from shore.
Great spouts of water rose from
her sides. A lifeboat and other
craft went to the rescue.
Some survivors were brought to
shore.
Officers of the ship's owners said
they had received no word of cas
ualties and believed no lives had
been lost.
En Route Antwerp
New York officials of the Nlpnon
Yusen Kaisha line, owners of the
craft, said she left Shanghai last
October 4 for London after load
ing cargo at Yokohama and Kobe.
They added she was due In London
novemoer n and aitnougn tney had
no confirmation of her arrival there
they assumed she had dropped some
passengers there and was en route
to Antwerp when she struck the
mine.
The 507 foot liner was built at
Nagasaki in 1930 and was consider
ed one of the finest of her type. Her
home port was Tokyo. Her sinking
was the first Japanese casualty of
the war.
British Losses 74
Britain's losses rose to 74 with the
sinking of the trawler Sea Sweep-
329 tons, and the naval mine
sweeper Mastiff, 490 tons. One man
was killed and five were missing
from the Mastiff. The Sea Sweep
er's crew of 12 escaped.
The sinkings added to the week
end toll of 10 vessels, nine of them
apparently sunk by mines In the
North sea. More than 2,000 persons
have perished In the struggle for
mastery of the seas.
Fatal Party on
Wood Alcohol
Astoria, Ore., Nov. 21 (U.R) A
drinking party aboard the Norwe
gian motorship Indra, at which i
half gallon of wood alcohol taken
from the ship's paint locker was
consumed, resulted in the death of
one man and the serious Illness of
five others, it was revealed today.
Hans Laupsa, 29, motorman, died
of effects of the drink yesterday,
and Sigurd Fcitene, 25, also a mo
torman, may not live. The others,
all members of the ship's crew,
are Olaf Anderson, Alf Heggem,
Jorgen Tolfe, and Kare Larsen. The
survivors are in the Astoria hospital.
Capt. Thomas Nokllng, who be
came master of the vessel two
months ago, said Laupsa and Fla-
tene broke into the locker and ob
talned the alcohol Saturday night.
He said they believed the fluid was
pure alcohol and Invited the others
to share drinks.
The captain said each of the
men drank from a half a glass to
a Dint and used no "chaser." He
said he knew nothing of the esca
pade until two of the men became
ill yesterday.
It was explained that no liquor
is allowed on Norwegian vessels,
and the captain said there were no
bootleg stocks aboard.
The Indra has been anchored off
Tongue Point In the Columbia ri
ver for the past ten days, awaiting
orders.
Skiing Delayed
By Lack of Snow
Portland, Nov. 21 (TV The once,
postponed start of Mt. Hood's ski
Ing season was delayed again today
by lack of snow. The first tourna
ment ana dccucntton or the new
$100,000 chair ski lilt originally
was scheduled for November 19,
then postponed until November 26,
now delayed until December 10 on
order of the Oregon Winter Sports
association.
Russia Stages
Maneuvers
In Baltic Area
Newly Seized Bases Util
ized for Naval Games
Finland Again Warned
Moscow, Nov. 21 (P Sov
iet Russia disclosed today her
Baltic fleet is holding large
scale maneuvers from newly
won bases in that area. At the
same time she warned Finland
nothing "will ever break our
decision to establish a strong
peace all over the Finnish
gulf."
The warning was voiced by
Admiral V. Tributz, com
mander of the Baltic fleet, in
an article in the newspaper Kom-
somolskaya Pravda, organ of the
communist youth league.
Tributz declared the Soviet fleet
now was in command of the Bal
tic fleet, with the acquisition of
bases from Estonia and Latvia. He
said the Balitc fleet, previously land
locked in the Gulf of Finland by
winter Ice, now could navigate
throughout the year.
(Negotiations between Finland
and Russia over Soviet territorial
demands were halted last week when
Finnish delegation refused Rus
sia's demands and left Moscow.
Admiral Tributz said Soviet ships
now were making cruises from their
new Baltic bases Into the open sea
for gunnery and target practice.
Decision Irrevocable
The Russian admiral expressed
' the regret o Swi let Baltic sailors
that Finland refused the Russian
offer.
He added:
"In Finland we hear but the rat
tllng of arms and the call to war
with the U.S.S.R. . . . The dark
game of Finnish ruling circles fa
vors Incendiaries of war who aim
to use Finland as a base for hostile
plots.
"No obstacles will ever break our
decision to establish a strong peace
over the Finnish gulf to safeguard
Soviet borders, the great city of
Leningrad and friendly Baltic coun
tries. The red bannered Baltic fleet
is ready at any minute."
Record Order
For Scrap Iron
New York, Nov. 21 (A) A record
order for 850,000 tons of scrap iron
has been placed In the United
States for shipment to England's
war-burdened steel mills, It 1
learned today In trade circles.
In addition, It was said, Italy has
bought around 150,000 tons and Ja
pan about 100,000.
At the current price of about (21
a ton for heavy melting scrap in
the Pittsburgh area, the tonnage
would be valued as approximately
$23,000,000.
The British buying, trade circles
reported, was done In the name of
the British Iron and Steel federa
tion.
Dealers said England would pay
cash and supply the ships in ac
cordance with U. S. neutrality laws.
The scrap is destined to move from
Atlantic and Gulf coast ports In
coming months.
The exact price paid for the met
al was not disclosed.
Coalition Cabinet
For Lithuania
Kaunas, Nov. 21 W A coalition
government was formed today
the cabinet formed by General Jon
as Vernlus last March 28 after
Germany's acquisition of Memel,
resigned.
Antanas Mcikys, nationalist high
commissioner for Vllna and ex-gov
ernor of Memel territory, former
German region given to Lithuania
after the World war, Is the new
premier.
Storm Signals
Flying Along Coast
Seattle, Nov, 21 M'i Red pen
nants flew below black centered
red flags at Oregon and Washing-
Ion coasta,! weather stations today,
denoting strong southeasterly winds
attaining gale forces of above 30
miles an hour within 17 to 18 hours.
Moderate to fresh southerly winds
were forecast for Puget Sound to
night and tomorrow, accompanying
showers and moderate temperature
I . ..slkfltffcE g
Head-On Air Crash Kills Two Chester Vlenot, 33, and Peter Pet
ersen, 30, both of San Francisco, were killed when their planes
crashed together a few hundred feet above the Alameda, Calif.,
airport. Airport attaches said both planes were circling to land.
Shattered fuselages of the two ships are shown. Associated Press
Photo.
Discrepancies in
County Records
With f ilintr of the sUte
offices in general for the'year
Mark Weatherford, special investigator into county expendi
tures, has called the grand jury
understood a number of county employes or officials have
been Instructed to be on hand to
give testimony. Weatherford several
weeks ago in announcing that the
grand jury would discontinue Its In
vestigation in this regard to a time,
said it was due to the fact that this
audit was not completed and that
the Jury would not be back until It
was completed. The J'.'T has been
making these investigatolns under
the direction of Weatherford on the
strength of special Instructions from
Circuit Judge McMahan to delve in
to county expenditures, particularly
those for which the county court
was responsible.
The audit report for the year
contains humorous comments and
recommendations from the auditor,
included in them being the follow
ing: As to county treasurer's record
(this being Independent of the aep
erate report made some months ago
in which a shortage of over $23,000
was alleged In the office accounts) :
Several errors noted In distribution
of fines, forfeitures and court costs
which have been discussed with the
treasurer. Warrants paid by the
treasurer not all stamped or notated
as to date of redemption.
(Concluilcil on I'flRA 13, Column 6)
Ranch House Frisked
Of All Furnishings
McMlnnville, Nov, 21 (?) Marlon
Schindler of Grand Island told
Sheriff O. W. Manning yesterday
that he could put up with a little
conservative burglary but the yeggs
who frisked his place during the
family absence last week went too
far.
They even took the drawers out
of the kitchen bullt-lns, to say
nothing of the globes out of the
light sockets. They took the re
lrigcrator, washer, circulating heat
er, davenport, chairs, chair cush
ions, silverware, dishes, cooking
utensils and a general household
Inventory.
French Report All
Quiet Western Front
Paris, Nov. 21 m The French
high command's communique this
morning said, "nothing of import
ance to report during the night."
A 37 minute air raid alarm In
northwestern France last night ap
parently resulted from a German
scouting flight. Last nights war
ministry communique noted only
"reduced activity on the front," In
cluding some patrol and artillery
action.
(Observers In Luxembourg told
of French shellllre between Perl and
Apach. They said the Moselle and
Bauer rivers were flooded, barring
Infantry action on that northern
extreme of the front.).
auditor's report todaV on county
1938, it also became known that
to reconvene Friday when it is
Bride and Groom
Die in Flames
Blaine, Nov. 21 Wi Orville Alg-
yer, young city attorney of Blaine,
and his bride of six weeks, the for
mer Dorothy Hanson, of Blaine,
lost their lives early this morning
when fire destroyed their cabin at
the Green Gables auto camp here.
Origin of the fire which was
discovered 'about 4 a. m. by Mrs. Roy
McEImon, of Ketchikan, Alaska, who
occupied a ncaby cabin with her
husband, was undetermined but
firemen said it might have started
from a cigarette.
Both Algyer, 32, and his 24-year
old wife apparently made a des
perate effort to escape the flames.
Tlgycr was lying on the bathroom
floor and his wife's body was found
face down In the kitchen. Both were
burned almost beyond recognition,
In Algyer's hands were charred re
mains of a curtain which he ap
parently had ripped from the bath
room window in a futile effort to
find a way to escape from the blaz.
lng cabin. The front of the cabin
was enveloped in flames and bar
red escape.
Algyer and his bride had been
living at the court since their re
turn from a brief honeymoon trip
five weeks ago. The city attorney
formerly lived In Seattle and was
graduated from the University of
Washington law school.
To Inspect Exports
Before Shipment
Washington, Nov. 21 (P) Great Britain announced to
day a system for pre-shipmcnt investigation of American ex
ports which is designed to expedite American trade with Eu-
rnnnnn neutral countries, ine an-
nounccmcnt was made here by the
British embassy which said that Ini
tially the system "will apply to all
shipments from the United States
to the following countries Belgium,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland.
Italy, Latvia. The Netherlands, Nor
way and Sweden."
"The system will be further ex
tended as opportunity offers," the
embassy stated.
The Investigation plan, according
to the embassy, was first evolvid In
the World war when It was known
as the "navlcent system." It will be
made effective again December 1.
"For the benefit of exporters and
others who are not familiar with
the operation of the system," the
embassy said, "the navicert may be
explained as a form of commercial
passport.
"Intending exporters desiring to
take advantage of the system may
Beer Hall Blast
Plot Laid to
British Agents
Nazi Secret Service Ar
rests Three and Claims
Confession of One
Berlin. Nov. 21 (U.R) The
nazi secret police tonight an
nounced the arrest of three
persons including two lead
ing" agents of the British se
cret service in connection with
the Munich beer cellar bomb-.
ing attempt on the life of
Adolf Hitler.
The nazi press had, from
the first, charged that Brit
ish agents were responsible
for the Munich bombing and
that British Prime Minister Neville
Chamberlain was at least morally
responsible for Inspiring the assas
sination attempt because of hid
speech calling for an end to Hitler
Ism. Claim Confession
Elser, according to the nazl ges
tapo, confessed November 14. The
bombing was on November 8, the
day he was seized.
Elser said he worked for a- week
placing the bomb In one of the pil
lars of the beer cellar and that It
was set for 144 hours or six days.
Elser was quoted as saying ha
planned the crime as far back as
September or October of last year.
The building of the bomb position
(in the pillar) occurred In August,
however.
The .bomb sras taken to the beer
cellar seven days before Hitler made
his anniversary speech, according to
the announced confession.
Placing the Bomb
Elser, it was announced, confessed
that on the next day (the sixth be
fore the bombing) he attempted to
put the bomb into its position In the
cellar but failed.
He failed again In five attempts
before the meeting but succeeded
about three days before the meeting.
It was announced that he con
fessed Immediately that he had at
tempted to cross from Stuttgart Into
Switzerland to meet the persons who
had Instructed him to place the
bomb. ,
Strasser Organizer
The announcement said that Otto
Strasser, leader of the illegal "black
front" antl-nazl organization In
Germany who fled to France, was
the organizer of the bombing plot
and that British Intelligence agents
were the Instigators. A number of
persons implicated have been a
rested, it was announced.
The official announcement said
that the chief of the British intelli
gence service for western Europe
a Mr. Best and his alleged accom
plice a Captain Stevens were seiz
ed wlille attempting to crass the
frontier Into Hilland near Venlo.
George Elser, 36, of Munich, was
arrested while attempting to flee in
to Switzerland to report to persona
who instructed him to place th
bomb, the announcement said.
ELscr, charged with responsibility
of the bombing, confessed, the offi
cial announcement said. The Brlt
ons were charged with being accom
plices. (Toncliulfrt nn I'nse 1.1, Column R)
apply to the nearest Brlttsh consul
ate on special forms obtainable from
any British consul- to in the United
States and, if the Intended consign
ment Is regarded as unobjection
able, they will be granted a navicert
for It.
"A charge will be made for navi
certs granted to cover the cost of the
necessary telegraphic Inquiries. Its
exact amount will be announced In
a few days."
The navicert, the embassy con
tinued, must be carried with the
ship and cargo it covers in order to
"Insure favorable treatment at the
hands of the British contraband pa
trols." In practice, a ship's captain hav
ing such a document for his cargo
would present it to the master of any
British warship which challenged
him and he would be permitted to
proceed without delay.
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