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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1938.
No. 138.
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The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
5TJHOPEAN SITUATION
WORRIES STATE HEADS
rVORST CRISIS SINCE
WORLD WAR EXPECTED
'
ftUNCIMAN MISSION
VIEWED AS FAILURE
!AZI MOBILIZATION
3ELD COUNTER-MOVE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Only ft
layman's report on foreign ariairs,
and more particularly on foreign af
fairs as reflected here, can bo offered
In this space. Vet It Is worth re
cording that the state department
Is now, quite literally, terrified, by
the situation abroad.
The departmental officials, like the
American public, have been fed so
long on war scares that they have
developed a certain Immunity. Last
May, In the first Czechoslovak crisis,
and even before the t, the calmest
men in the department were deeply
disturbed. The present emotion Is
however, something different signif
icantly different, in view of tho cul
tivated imperturballty already men
tioned. It was explained rather
simply by one comple tely responsible
and far from an alarmist official.
"As X see It," he said, "we must
expect the worst European crisis
since the World war before the fort
night Is over."
Behind this grim statement are the
same grim facts seen, but hardly
noticed, in every day's newspapers.
The Sudeten-Deutsch issue in Czech
oslovakia, the Runctman mission, the
German mass mobilization, the stim
ulated hysteria of the Henleln de
mandsall these have been seen In
old headlines. And so. for that mat
ter, has the solemn Lanark- speech
of Sir John Simon, warning Germany
In language so much more positive,
o much more serious than Sir Ed
ward Grey ever ventured to use in
1914.
The Interpretation of the expert
merely bring these facta Into a pat
tern. To begin with the Runclman
mission, the officials of the depart
ment regard It as having been chiefly
Intended to prevent an outburst in
Czechoslovakia before the end of the
summer war-making season.
Lord Runclman Is a ten-minute
egg of a man. with a huge shipping
fortune, considerable prestige, and
little first-hand information on cen
tral European affairs. When he was
sent to Prague at the beginning of
August, the London authorities
thought that no one would dare to
go to war if they had to shoot over
the head of a wandering English
peer. It was also hoped that his
(Continued on Page Pour.)
AUTOIST KILLED IN
PLUNGE OFF HIGHWAY
GOLD BEACH. Ore.. Aug. St. (H
An automobile which failed to round
a sharp curve on the Oregon Contt
highway 18 miles north of here yes
terday, killed Mrs. Ooldfrey Moxhom.
New Westminster. B. C and seri
ously Injured her husband.
Moxhsm was brought to s hospital
here by state police.
The automobile plunged ISO feet
down a slope, coming to rest against
a tree.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Fred Erlckson gracefully buying
:h coffee after calling a flipped
cotn wrong. '
City School Supe EH Hedrlck
handing bouquet to the 20-30 club
for their up-and-coming civic activi
ties. John Wilkinson worrying over the
drarth of publicity slvcn the All
etar Washington Redskins football
game, but being cheered up some
what upon learning a couple of elec
tions cam; out as he wished.
Om Newbury )lrael ss punch
c.r,r various New Deal defeat In
yetlerdfiya voting.
Dawn Oweni being recruited a a
scribe In a time of need, she cury
Iti? through like a veteran of Jour
ii';,t!r ability.
Rojlc Rosenbaum locking the pic
ture of style In a palm henrh suit,
hut a bit chilly this crispy morn.
McAdoo Is Defeated
By Pension Advocate
In California Ballot
By the Associated Press.
Senatorial candidates with the personal backing of President
Roosevelt were on the short ends of Democratic primary returns
today from South Carolina and California.
Ellison D. Smith crushed Mr.
Roosevelt's first effort to unseat a
Democratic senator by winning re
nomlnatlon in South Carolina. With
returns 90 percent complete, the vet
eran of 30 years service held a mar
gin of more than 27,000 votes over
the new deal entry, Gov. Olin IX
Johnston.
" McAdoo 30,000 Behind
Despite repeated presidential aid,
Sen. William Glbbs McAdoo was more
than 30,000 votes behind Sheridan
Downey, who made a novel pension
plan an issue. Downey had 236,057
votes to 208,901 for McAdoo with
8,234 of the 12,438 precincts tabu
lated.
The president, talking over the
South Carolina primary with his
secretaries, commented.
"It is often true it takes a long,
long time to bring the past up to
the present."
Stephen Early, a secretary, who told
reporters about the incident, said j
also that Mr. Roosevelt had predicted i
yesterday Smith would win by 40,- j
000 votes.
Senator Smith, told well-wishers in :
his home town of Columbia, S. C:
"No man dares to come into South
Carolina and try to dictate to the
sons of those men who held high
the hands of Lee and Hampton'
Direct Test Seen
The race between Smith and John
ston was regarded by most politicians
as a direct test of new deal strength
In South Carolina. This factor was
complicated, however, by the personal
opposition to Johnston of Edgar A.
urown, another new dealer.,, who
withdraw from the contest Satur
day. The two men long have been
at odds In state politics, and there
was speculation aa to how many
of Brown's followers voted for Smith.
Senator Smith was the fourth foe
of the Roosevelt court bill to win
renomination this summer. His vic
tory was heartening to supporters of
Senators George of Georgia and Tyd
ings of Maryland, for whose defeat
Mr. Roosevelt has appealed.
In California, there was no new
deal issue between Downey and Mc
Adoo, 74-year old former secretary
of the treasury. Both expressed sup
port of the president's program, al
though some of their trailing oppon
ents had indicated varying degrees of
opposition.
McAdoo, however, had voiced out
spoken criticism of Downey's pension
proposal. So had the president. The
scheme provides all unemployed per
sons in the state over 60 years old
would receive $30 a week In scrip.
This could be used to pay taxes or
buy goods from any merchants who
would accept it.
California Vote
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. (AP)
Returns from 8,284 of the 12,438 pre
cincts In the Democratic primary
gave, for senator:
Downey '. 338,057
McAdoo 208.901
Mellen 307
Preston 37.943
Riley 53,770
Rj-turns from 7.848 of. the 12,438
prcdnctr In the Democratic primary
save, for governor:
DockwelUr 10S.41S
Halght ... 58.1M
Ltgg a""2
Murphy 88.317
Neblett W8
J, p T. O'Connor 1 32.214
Olson . J5'137
Tomaslnl 6.268
Returns from 8.000 of the 12,438
precinct In the Republican primary
,jnve. for governor:
Height (I2.M
Hatfield , . ., - M-98S
Levmel ... - 827
Mcrrlam 21..88
O'Connor
Returns from 7.323 of tha 12.438
preclnts In the Republican primary
tor senator, gave;
Bancroft 134,803
Riley
Watklns 1881
Returns from 8.657 out of 12438
precinct In the Democratic primary
gave, for lieutenant-governor;
Burnett
Clerk
Dempster
. 37.709
. 12.178
. 16.48?
, 742
. 20.238
ni Christina .
Franklin
Hyde
11.951
Mrlabvss
Nrtscn
Patterson .
Rolph
Seawell
Shafrr
Sheldon .
Welsh
6 159
19 852
, 97.763
81.021
49.303
9.611
. 13 607
. 15.675
Slaves were emancipated In New
; Hampshire In 1783
I The Ailsntle cable was laid In 1696
HAIL RESULT OF
CAROLINA VOTE
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. (AP)
Stunning failure of the first White
House effort to oust a senator from
the "solid south" supplied a new
guauge today of New Deal popularity
In Democracy's traditional strong
hold.
Ellison D. Smith was returned by
South Carolina Democrats to the
senate, Uhere he has served 30 years.
In all but name .Mr. Roosevelt had
asked his defeat, summing up his
anti-New Deal Ism by saying Smith
thought "In terms of the past."
Across the continent, in California.
William G. McAdoo, another Roose
velt favorite, was trailing Sheridan
Downey, but after a campaign pre
senting a less clear-cut New Deal i
Issue. i
Capital politicians placed much
emphasis on Downey's proposal for
paying the unemployed (30 a week
In seeking to evaluate his primary
leadership.
Should McAdoo lose In the final
count, he would be the second New
Deal lncumbentj cut off the senate's
to D. Worth Clark, who announced
he would not be a "rubber stamp."
Smith was the fourth opponent of
the president's court bill to be re
nominated this year. None has been
defeated so far.
Out of the South Carolina result
rose several political questions:
Is 8mlth's victory any Indication
of the outcome in Georgia and Mary
land, where the administration Is
opposing renomination of Senators
George and Tydlngs? (Smith pro
tested against "forces from without'
entering state politics; George and
Tydlngs have done likewise.)
How much did Mr. Roosevelt's per
sonal prestige suffer through the
del eat?
Will southern "conservatives" com
pose a formidable opposition bloc to
Roosevelt legislation in the next
congress and to nomination of a
New Deal presidential candidate In
1940?
Supporters of George and Tydlngs
promptly hailed Smith's victory as
a good omen, but there was no evi
dence from the White House Mr,
Roosevelt would alter his determina
tion to seek the defeat of both.
ON PEAR SIZES
Medford district pear packers have
made an agreement to pack no Base
pears during the present season other
than U. S. No. I grades,, and sizes
193 and larger In siee, according
to County Horticulturist C. B. Cordy,
and Fletcher T. Fish, government
fruit inspection chief for this sec
tion. All packing plants In the Medford
district have agreed to the plan, ac
cording to Cordy and Fish. Picking
and packing of Bosc and D'Anjou
varieties will start within the next
week.
Packers explained TJ. 6. No. 1 grade
Is equivalent to the extra fancy and
fancy packs of former season, with
a few minor changes and the purpose
was to eliminate Inferior., and un
graded pears from marketing.
Miners Forced To
Live On Porcupine
PRINCE GEORGE. B C. Aug. 81.
(CP) Crew of eight men at Con
solidated Mining and Smelting com
pany's Aiken lake camp 300 miles
north of here were forced to live
on porcupine meat for three days
after a forest fire destroyed the camp
last Friday, Pilot Ruse Baker of
Canadian Airways said .here today.
The airman flew In to the camp to
bring out the men.
CCC Roy Killed
8IL.VERTON, Aug. 31. (AP) Van
Bolan, member of the Junior division
of the Mill City CCC camp who came
here recently from A.sbama. was
killed early today when a truck he
was driving overturned at Collier's
Corner, nine miles south of here,
while Bolan was going after other
camp members who vcre fighting H
brush fira
Reich
Downed by D.waey
WILLIAM S. MCADOO
Veteran Senator William G. Mc
Adoo was trailing Sheridan Doivney
today as votes were being rounted
In California's primary race for the
democratic nomination for I). S.
senator. Downey's chief campaign bid
was support of a plan to provide
$30 weekly pension for those over
fifty.
J30-PER-WEEK PLAN
FOR SPOT ON BALLOT
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 31. (AP)
California's "$30 - a-week-for - life"
pension plan weathered one legal at
tack by its opponents In the state
supreme court today, and won the
right to go Jo a vote of the people
in November.
. The court also refused to grant
writs to keep two other Initiative
measures off the ballot. They are the
so-called single tax plan and a picket
regulatory measure framed by the
California committee for peace In In
dustrial relations.
A major factor In yesterday's pri
mary election, the proposal was
strongly backed by Sheridan Downey,
who has rolled up a commanding
lead over Senator William Glbbs Mc
Adoo In the democratic senatorial
race.
In a statement prior to the elec
tion, President Roosevelt said the
measure could be described as a short
cut to Utopia.
The court did not pass on the
constitutionality or the plan, but In
a 10-page opinion Issued without any
dissent held merely that legal re
quirements had been met and the
electorate had the right to vote on
the proposal.
F.D.R. SADDENED
BY MARYLAND AD
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (IP) -
President Roosevelt said today lie
had been amused and then saddened
by what he termed an hysterical
statement In Maryland newspaper
advertisements urging the people to
resist his 'Invasion" of the state next
week-end.
Reporters who Inquired at the pres
ident's press conference about the
advertisements did so In connection
with the primary fight between Senv
tor Tydlngs, seeking renomination
over Mr. Roosevelt's opposition, and
Rep. David J, Lewis, administration
supporter.
The chief executive will make a
Labor Day speech at Denton, Md..
next Monday in which he will hav
an opportunity, if he wishes, to show
further his preference for Lewis.
Government Loses
S ACts. On Wheat
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. (AP)
The government lost about 5.4 cent
a bushel on the first wheat sold for
export under Secretary Wallace's sub
sidy program.
It sold 451,000 bushels of surplus
grain yesterday to exporters who ar
rived to sell It to foreign users. The
sales Included 235,000 bushels In Pa
clflo northwest ports at a loss of 4
cents a bushel and 210.000 In Gulf
of Mexico porta at a loss of 7 cent.
The final destination of the wheat
was not disclosed.
The goal of the export program
is to place 100 000.000 bushels nf sur
plus American grain In world market
Speeds Arming as Britain Sends
PERKINS REJECTS DIES' DEMAND
SECRETARY SAYS
10 UStf DUTIES
Fact Communists Unpopu
lar Does Not Justify De
portation Without Due Pro
cess of Law Is Reminder
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. (AP)
Chairman Dies (D., Texas) of the
house committee on un-Amertean
activities said today Secretary Par
kin hnd taken the "astonishing
action" Of "practically dropping" de
portation proceedings against Harry
Bridges, west coast CIO leader.
Dies, en route to Texas, telephoned
his statement here after the com-
m 1 1 tee rece 1 ve d from the secretary
of labor a blunt rejection of its de
mand Bridges be deported because
he was a communist.
Dies, en route to Texas, telephoned
his statement here after the com
mittee received from the secretary
of labor a blunt rejection of Its de
mand Bridges be deported because
he was a communist.
Complaint laughable
'It is laughable for a member of
an executive department, especially
Miss Perkins, to complain a congress-
mar was trying to usurp the func
tions of a government department,1
Dies said. "All that I am asking as
a member of congress is she enforce
the law In the Bridges case, which
she has not done to this date.
"I do not know what factors she
alludes to in her statement unless
they are political, because the de
partment file does not reveal even a
plausible excuse for the astonishing
action of tho secretary In practically
dropping the Bridges case. If she
waits until the supreme court acts
upon the Strecker case, as announced
the witnesses will all be gone and
there will be no use to proceed."
Terming the demand an attempt
to usurp the duties of an executive
department, Miss Perkins wrote
Chairman Dls (D., Tex.) of the
house committee investigating un
Amerlcnnlsm: Due Process Necessary
"The fact communists are unpopu
lar, and I agree in this, does not
Justify us In placing within that
category every other unpopular per
son, nor in deporting them without
a scrupulous regard for the due
process of law, and clear and cer
tain ruling of the courts and the
facte In the case.
"Perhaps It la fortunate Shirley
Temple was born an American citi
zen and we will not have to debate
the Issue raised by the preposterous
revelations of your committee In
regard to this Innocent and likeable
child."
(A witness had told the commit
tee Shirley Temple and other film
stars were 'being used as dupes for
communist propaganda.)
Polling Places
Polls open from 1 to 8 p. m
First ward southwest corner
Main and Bartlett streets.
Second ward Jackson county
courthouse.
Third ward Flchtner's garage,
104 West Sixth street.
Fourth ward Medford city hall.
Medford citizen were voting at
four polling places this afternoon 111
the special election Involving a 73,
000 bond Issue for the reconstruction
of paved streets. The poll will be
open until 8 p. m.
At 2:80 this afternoon, IT ballots
had been cait In tha fourth wnrd
polling place In city hall, and 20
vote In the courthouse, polling plara
of tha second ward. Balloting was
eipeced to increaas considerably later
In the afternoon.
CANTOR OUT OF WORK;
DIDN'T LIKE NEW ROLE
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 31. PEddle
Cantor, pop-eyed comedian, Joined
the ranks of movie unemployed today.
Cantor and Darryl Zanuck, prodnc
tlon chief of 30th Century-Fix.
agreed to scrap his contract, aft"
Eddie complained that the wript for
hi neat scheduled picture. "The
I Avwsgf Man," waa unsuitable.
I baseball TENANT PROGRAM
American
Score: , R. H. E.
St. Louis 8 8 0
Boston 6 7 2
H. Mills and Sullivan; Harris and
Desautels.
H. B.
14 2
12 2
Smith
Cleveland ............... 8
Philadelphia ..... 6
Hudlln and Pytlak; Caster,
and Wagner.
R.
.....12
... 6
Detroit
New York
Benton, Kennedy and York; Bun
dra and Olenn.
National
First game; R. H. E.
New York 6 U 1
Pittsburgh ... 5 13 3
Lohram, Brown, Castleman, Wlttlg,
and Dannlng: Brandt,. M. Brown,
Bauers, and Todd.
1st game 10 Innings:
Philadelphia ..
St. Louis ......
R. H. E.
18 3
3 B 1
At wood; He nan aw,
Fasseau and
Sboun and Owen, Bremer.
CHARITY HART, 17,
WHEN TIRE BLOWS
Charity Hart. IT, daughter of Mr.
and Mr. Ployd H. Hart of Central
Point, la confined In Community
hospital seriously Injnred, tha result
of an automobile accident on the
Pacific highway near Seven Oak
lssfnlght about 8:1 which occurred
when a front tire of car driven by
Earl Coss of Oold Hill blew out,
causing th machine to upset and
roll over several time..
Mrs. Bettle Ooss, 16, wife of the
driver of the vehicle, suffered a
fractured right shoulder and is also
confined In the hospital. Mr. Coss
sustained only a few minor cut and
bruises.
Miss Hart, according to the at
tending physician, has concussion
on tha top of her head and several
cuts on her arms. Although her con
dition was described aa serious, It
was not believed she wa critically
injured. Hospital attendant reported
she spent a fairly comfortable night.
According to Investigating state
police officers, the accident occurred
aa the three young people, traveling
south In an Oldsmobllo sedan, ap
proached the left bend In the Pa
cific highway near the Intersection of
Willow Springs road. Pollco quoted
Mr. Cos as explaining he was driv
ing about 86 miles an hour, and
that when the tire Mew out he lost
control of the machine and It turned
over and rolled.
Mis Hsrt was thrown clear of the
machine, officers stated, landing on
her head, whllo Mr. and Mr, cobs
remained In the car throughout Its
slde-over-slde roll. The car, badly
damaged, apparently didn't leave the
highway. It stopped rolling loo xeet
south of the Willow Springs road
Intersection.
Mr. and Mrs, Cos, who have been
married only three weeks, were tak
ing Mis Hart back to her home In
Central Point after she had visited
with them In Oold Hill. All are
former Medford high school atudcnU
Miss Hsrt attends Mills college In
California.
During the last Christmas holidays,
Mr. Cos and hi wits, tha former
Bettle Ross, daughter of Mr. H. I.
Peck of 1612 West Main street, were
Involved In an automobile accident
while returning from the Hrt home,
and Mis Rom was confined In the
hospital for a month with a head
concussion.
CAPITOL DEDICATION
SCHEDULED OCTOBER 1
SALEM, Aug. 81. -W) The eapttol
reconstruction commission said yes.
terday Oregon' new 12,500.000 capital
building would be dedicated Octo
ber 1.
The commission said work on a
new 11.000.000 tate library and -'
flea building would be completed
about January 1. providing quarters
forfait state department with head
quarter hare In tha capltol group,
The sole exception will be tha utility
department.
. Oreen and Oold
SEATTLE, Aug. 81. ( API Wash
ington's 1038 motor license plates
will ba green and gold, and will
bear the legend, "1869 Oolden
Jubilee 1838," Leo Welafldd, mem-
' ber of the state progresa commission,
said today
IS EXTENDED TO
JACKSON COUNTY
Carpenter and Bursell Un
able to Serve On County
Administration Committee
Wait New Nominations
A. S. V. Carpenter stated today he
had notified tho tenant farm admin
istration officials of his Inability to
serve as chairman of the Jackson
county committee because he would
be absent from the county during a
large part of the time. Victor Bursell
also refused appointment on the
committee because of lack of time to
devote to the program.
Eugene Hampton, Jackson county
supervisor of the farm security ad
ministration revealed that acceptance
of applications for benefits of the
program must await filling of the
committee places. He expected fur
ther nominations would be received
soon from Washington, D. C. -
PORTLAND, Aug, 31 (8pl.) Of
ficial notification from Secretary
Wallace approving selection of Lane
and Jackson counties for extension
of the tenant farm purchase pro
gram and appointing county tenant
committees fof three resident farmers
for- local administration under the
Bankhead -Jones tenant act, was re
ceived today by Walter A, Duffy, re
gional director, farm security admin
istration. ; '
Frank B. Harlow, route 3, Eugene,
member of the state advisory com
mittee, is chairman of the Lane
county committee. Serving with him
are Hans Nielsen, Crow stage route,
Eugene, and Allen P. Wheeler, Goshen.
Medford Named
A. B. V. Carpenter, Medford, chair
man of the state advisory commit
tee, was also named chairman of
the Jackson county committee. Other
members are Otto Bohnert and Via
tor Bursell, both of Medford,
Lane and Jackson counties were
recommended' to Secretary Wallace by
the state farm security advisory
committee July 33, being selected on
the basis of farm population, preva
lence of tenancy, availability of good
land and other pertinent factors.
"An allotment of 03,015 Is avail
able for the fiscal year ceding July
1, 1930. to make loans to qualified
tenant farmers resident In the two
counties for purchase of diversified
family-slued farms," sail Duffy. 'The
function of the county committee
will be to examine applications, ap
praise farms applicants propose to
buy and recommend applicants who
have the character, ability and-expe
rience deemed necossary for success
ful farming.1
Applications from qualified ten
ants In the counties named will be
taken by the county farm security
supervisors who will serve as execu
tive secretaries to the lotel commit'
tees. jj
The tenant purchase prom-am w
part of the farm security adminis
tration's national attack on growing
farm tenancy and problems of the
low-income farmer.
HOPKINS FOR PUTTING
WPA IN CIVIL SERVICE
BOSTON. Aug. 81. Pi Han?
Hopkins, works progress dmlntatr
tor, today laid he would put the
whole WPA administratis force
aproilmately 80.000 worker undei
civil service "It 1 had tha power.
Hera to address t conference of
Democratic women from tha ten
northeaatern states, Hopkins hade his
statement in a press conferenoa, He
conceded, however, there was "some
question a to whether tha law would
permit placing WPA worker under
civil service protection."
Asked whether tha wagaa and
hours bill would affect WPA wage
Hopkins said It might In some aeo
tlon of the country, adding In thoae
Instances the wagea would be foroed
up.
Window Cleaner
Plunges To Death
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 81. (API-
Hundred of shoppers gasped with
horror today when Ernest O, KuappeJ.
80, a window washer, fell to hi death
from the 10th story of ths Meier ft
Prank- department store. Ha clung
desperately for a moment to a broken
life belt and then plunged to tha
suae
Warning
FRENCH
WEIGHS PORTENT
NAZI MANEUVERS
British Secret Observers'
Watch Developments in'.
CzechoslovakiaSudeten
Split Is Complication
By the Associated Press
War clouds continued to hang over '
Europe today aa Germany awaited
an expected message from Oreat
Britain on her attitude toward the
dangerous Czechoslovak situation. .
r Chancellor Adolf Hitler prepared
the relch's armed forces at top speed.
French army maneuvers continued.
France's powerful army commission.
met with Premier Edouard Daladler'
to weigh possible effects of the Ger
man mobilization program.
British secret observer watched de
velopments in tho regions of Czech
oslovakia where the nazl-domlnated
autonomy-seeking Sudeten Germans
are predominant aa part of Britain
campaign to prevent an explosion'
that might lead to war.
Blnnt Warning Seen
Political circles believed Sir He
vile Henderson, British ambassador
to Berlin, would give Hitler a mes
sage expressing even more clearly
than did Sir John fltmon, British
chancellor of the exchequer, In his
Lanark speech last Saturday that
Britain would find It difficult to;
stay out If war should start.
The situation In Czechoslovakia be
came more complicated as a result
of a spilt in the Sudeten party Itself .
The radical element of the partv
wanted to reject a compromise gov-'
ernment suggestion to meet the d-:
mands for autonomy, while a more
conservative group, fearing war, urg
ed that the proposal be accepted a
a basis for further negotiations.
The British mission seeking to
mediate the dispute was told the"
Sudeten "fuehrer," Konrad Henleln,'
needed more time to discuss the sit
uation with his "political friends."'
The Czechs insisted such "political
friends" are to be round in Ger
many. .'!- . 1
Wars Overshadowed
These developments almost eon-:
pletely overshadowed the . wars In.
Spain and China, which continued
without significant changes.
The Japanese war machine was at-.
tacking In six provinces, the major,
action being south of the Yangtae
river In the Ktuklang area and along,
the Anhwel-Honan provincial border (
where the Invaders were trying to.
sever the Pel ping-Hankow railway
north of Hankow, China's provisional
capital. .
In Spain, the major action con
tinued to be on the Estremadura
front with government forces still
on the offensive.
TYPHOON RIPS TOKYO
WRECKING HOMES AND
PROSTRATING WIRES
TOKYO, Thursday, Sept 1. (AP)
A 75-mlla aa hour typhoon atruek
tha Tokyo area today, paralyalng -
communication and wrecking or IB- '
undatlng r undred of home. '
Yokohama, seaport 18 mile fmaa
Tokyo, was thrown Into dsrknea aa
tha gal anapped wire and pole.
Omorl, on of Tokyo' outlying ward,
reported several hundred noma blows .
down or flooded. A downpour acoom
panled tha high wind. ' '
Disruption of communication .
blocked attempt at trustworthy est- .
Imate of casual tlea or darau for
the tlma being.
Ths lobby of the Imperial hotel ,
waa filled with frightened guest clad
In dressing gowns and slipper.
People walking tha streets ooeaa
tonally wan thrown off thslr feet
by tha wind. .
Sleeping Autoist
Robbed Near CP.
O RANTS PASS. Aug. 81. (API
While sleeping In hla car, parked by
ths Paclfle highway three mil north,
of hare. O. M. Wyatt of Longvlaw, .
Wash., wis held up at tha point
of a revolver at i a. m. today, and
robbed of a 120 bill and a flsah-
light, h reported,
Wyatt said that n wa wakened
by a fluhllght shining in hit reoa'
and heard order to hand over bis
money. Before leaving, tha robber
alo aook the distributor cap off hi
car to prevent him from repnetlnaj '
to tMft lmmdltet.