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4-H Club Livestock Show Opens at Riverside and Fifth The Weather Forecast: Increasing cloud iness tonight and Wednesday with afternoon thunderstorms In surrounding mountains; warmer tonight. Temperature Highest yesterday M Pi Lowest this morning 52 Thirty-fourth Year WASHINGTON, D. C Sept. 19 To the extent of Inviting to a White House conference tomorrow a few republicans, President Roose velt Is moving toward coalition In "the situation." These republicans are Oregon's Charley McNary; Ver mont's Warren Austin (Invited by virtue of being McNary's assistant as minority leader): Representative Joe Martin, Mass., minority house leader. Studiously Ignored: Michi gan's Vandenberg;'. Idaho's Borah both vocally opposed to repeal of the mandatory embargo Ohio's Taft, who favors the president's "cash and carry"- policy. No republican suspected of making long arguments against "cash and carry" will participate In the con ference In the circular, alr-condl-tloned executive office. Republicans attending are the official, designated party leadera In senate and house who will, after the confab at the White House hold a conference with their colleagues and recount what the president requests or suggests. IT IS believed that when McNary and ' Martin meet their lellow republicans the caucuses will agree that every republican senator and representative will vote as he sees fit, either for or against the em bargo repeal and the "cash and ram", tnkine the position that .the question of neutrality Is not one of party nor parusansnip. w puoucan memwia ntv v - on either proposition nor are demo cratic members. It Is true, however, that more than one senator) a few republicans, a few democrats), hon estly believe that Mr. Roosevelt Is playing politics with the Europ ean war situation and that he ex pects the war wave to give him a third term nomination and, prob ably, a third term as well. They will not be backward about making this charge openly during the spec ial session. If the session Is prolonged (against Mr. Roosevelt's request), thon the administration will Intro duce for consideration legislation to prevent prontcering; an appropri ation to pay the 100,000 additional personnel of the army, navy and marines, authorized by the presi dent by executive order: war risk legislation wanted by the maritime rnmmlvlnn. although Mr. ROOSC- velt Is of the opinion that there is ample law on the books now to meet the requirements. Addltlon- (Contlnued on Page Pour.) The budget committee for Jackson county will probably be officially named at tomorrow's regular session of the county court. It was reported today. Commissioner William Perry of Eagle Point snid the selections had been made, but would not be made public until acceptances had been received from all. The commit tee, consisting of three will act with the county court, in preparing the 1040 budget. The county court was scheduled to hold a meeting today for a prelim inary study of the road budget for next year. The budget committer is slated to hold its first regular session early In October. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Jack Murray frightening a friend ss he playfully tried to run over her in his automobile. Irene Humphrey all prettied up with the latest of cut and curled coiffeurs. Rhea Hoover deciding that life was Just one rush after another as he rushlngly rushed to keep a rush dinner engagement. Harry Moore. Ralph Woodford tnd Gus and Neva Samuels attempting to talk each other into friendly wagers on the Louis-Pastor prize fight. Jack Barr remaining calm and collected durlr.c the wild'-a. of Pole German wmU.114 violence. AT tfjTHE IS1 MEDFORD Full Associated Press Germany Prepared For Long Conflict Allies Are Warned LONDON, Sept. 19. (AP) The British government in an official statement tonight charged Adolf Hitler's Danzig speech was "full of the crass misstatements which usually fall from his lips" and asserted it convicted him before the world. DANZIG, Sept. 19. (A.P. by radio) Adolf Hitler emphasized today "we have no war Intention against either England or Prance," ! "Russia and Germany will settle this (Polish) situation and this will result In the removal of the ten sion," he declared. However, he expressed a determin ation to continue the war as long as he was forced, saying the word "surrender" would not be uttered. "Nor at the end ol the sixth or the seventh year," he shouted, "The generation of today Is not the gen eration of Bethmann-Hollweg." Earlier he had said the Germany of today "no longer is a country to which ultimatums can be dictated." "We will give bomb against bomb, not only one bui 500 bombs," he shouted. Danzig Welcomed Back. Reviewing the events leading up to German's invasion of Poland, Hit ler In an International broadcast, carried in the United States by NBC, welcomed Danzig back into the Reich. Eald the state of affairs became "im possible" tn September after he had believed In August that It would be possible to come to an under standing. , , He said he had suffered much from Poland In the last six years but he had not sent them an ulti matum. Citing attempts by Premier Mus solini to bring a peaceful settlement of the dispute, he said England Inter vened. Then he shouted: "England sent an ultimatum to Germany, but the day Is past when anyone can send an ultimatum to the Reich." Hitler said he had earlier attempt ed to find a "reasonable solution to the problem." but Indicated It became Impossible with the death of Poland's Marshal Joseph Pllsudski. He had sought, he said, to estab lish borders in the west and south and to make an agreement with Pllsudski which had as Its purpose amicable relations between the Poles and the Germans. Pllsudski Hulked Aim. "As long as Pllsudski lived this was possible," he said. The luehrer said he was depressed (Continued on Page Three ) TO CONTINUE WAR DESPITE SOVIET PARIS. Sept. 18. (P The French government tonight made known Its determination to prosecute the Eu ropean war In spite of Soviet Rus sia's Invasion of Pslani. A semi-official statement on the eve of a cabinet meeting tomorrow said that Prance would continue to carry out her war policy in cooper ation with Britain. ' "The occupation of part of Poland by the Russian army cannot affect in any way the position taken by the two great democracies," the state ment said. Prance and Britain strengthened their war line on the western front today In anticipation of a major battle as soon as German reinforce ments are rushed back from Poland. In the regular morning communi que, the French general staff an j nounced repulse of a localized Oer I man attack, launched during the j night "In the region east of the Saar river." The communique did not specify where the fighting took place, but It was believed to be in the shell pounded region south of Saar bruecken. where French and Ger man forces have fought numerous minor engagement. British troops were said to have moved into position tn the area of France's Maginot line through tun nels to the tast defense works. Budget On Council Program Tonight Adoption of the budget and ap proval of a public hearing by the budget committee la the extent of business echeduRd to com? -.'" :h -r.-i;-mont;-iy r.:--tln; c: the -ouncll in city hall t;n!ahi. The mceiliif will convene at 7.30. 9ERH SOVIET SOLDIERS E T By WITT HANCOCK MOSCOW, Sept. 19. ( AP ) Soviet Russian troops were reported authori tatively today to have entered the city of WUno (Vllna) In northeast Poland, although there was no of ficial announcement of the action. Rumors In diplomatic quarters that the British and French governments had presented protests against the Russian occupation of Polish terri tory could not be immediately con firmed. With the red army rolling west ward, the possibility Russian troops might march Into Estonia was dis cussed In diplomatic quarters. It was regarded here as signifi cant the Sovet Baltic fleet was or dered Into action after the escape of a Polish submarine Interned at the Estonian port of Tallinn. Estonian circles here, however, em phasized their guards tried to pre vent the escape. They said there was no conflict In the relations of their country and the Soviet Union. 'The Soviet general staff earlier re ported army units continued "to eject the troops of the Polish army" In their westward march and were ncarlng the cities of WUno and Lwow. Vilna, in northeast Poland, is about 85 miles from the Russian frontier; Lwow, principal city of southeast Poland, is about 00 miles In from the Russian border.) It was not known Just how far the Russians Intended to penetrate Poland, but It was believed they would halt on a line between WUno (Vllna) in the north and Lwow In the south. That the process of liquidation of huge estates of landlords in the Ukraine and White Russia already was In progress was disclosed In a dispatch to the army newspaper Red Star. The Red Star's correspondent re ported army commanders were In structlng peasants to "take the land for the people" and to "turn your cattle into the landlords pastures." EUGENE PRISONER EUGENE. Ore., Sept. 19. (AP) Sheriff C. A. Swarts said today Fred Ostenrelder, 31-year old youth being held In the Lane county Jail charged with larceny and burning of rail road ties, has admitted he Is one of three men' who robbed and killed Harold J. Dreher In Des Moines, Iowa, last July 17. "He has admitted It," the sheriff said after questioning the prisoner. He had previously denied all guilt. Although he declares It was a com panion, Francis Welch, who fired the fatal shot after Dreher Jumped from a speeding automobile to the pave ment, he says ho was In the car. He doesn't know the whereabouts of Welch or the name of the third party. COURAGEOUS SINKER IS BERLIN. Sept. 19. & The Ger man high command Indicated only that the submarine which sank the British aircraft carrier Courageous had escaped. A communique said the sinking of the warship as announced by the British admiralty "was confirmed by a report of the German submarine which attacked the carrier. (The British ndmlralty's announce ment taid the submarine was "heav ily attacked by destroyers and Is be lie, ed to have been BunkV MFDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, mum u u SUBMARINES ADD PAIROF TRAWLERS TO BRITISH LOSS Sinkings Total 30 Since Start of War 579 Re ported Missing in Tor pedoing Aircraft Carrier By Fred Yandersrhmldt LONDON, Sept. 19. (AP) The grim duel between British shipping and naval power and German sub marines continued today with offic ial announcement two B..tlsh trawl ers, the Lord Minto and Arltta, had been sunk but that three other mer chant vessels had eluded submarines. Britain's losses since the begin ning of the war were set at approxi mately 30 vessels. 579 Missing The admiralty's announcement 681 survivors of the sinking aircraft car rier Courageous had been accounted for left 579 missing but naval au thorities Insisted there still was some hope the actual number aboard might have been considerably below 1,260. The Lord Minto and the Ariita, both trawlers, were sunk, the ad miralty announced, but gave no details beyond saying that the crews were rescued by a third trawler. The 3.395 ton Baron Lovat was one of three vessels the admiralty an nounced had eluded submarines. The crew came safely ashore at Greenock, Scotland, with stories of how they dodged gunfire pi a sub marine off the Irish coat and later heard an explosion which they be lieved destroyed the attacking sub marine. The admiralty's account of the es cape continued: "They (the crew) said the sub marine, apparently short of torpe does, shelled the Baron Lovat for 50 minutes without registering a hit, while the ship plowed ahead at full steam. "Then she submerged suddenly." a deck-hand said, "and thero was a violent explosion. Water shot high In the air. The Baron Lovat shud dered from stem to stern and we thought a torpedo had hit us. But we were safe and the submarine Itself must have been the victim." The Baron Lovat had a cargo of sugar. Informed observers said Great Britain and Prance, still firm In their pledges to Poland, would con sult Polish leaders on the military situation created by the Soviet Rus sian invasion of Poland pending dis closure of Its "full Implication." DEFENSE FUNDS SPENT SPOKANE. . Wash.. Sept. 19. (AP) Major Oen. George White, north west commander of the national guard, said today It was time the American people realized that a "pork barrel basis" of operation had ren dered the United States army unfit for modern warfare. And, he added, "until the Ameri can people learn the truth about our unreadiness to defend ourselves, we will remain In this pitiable state." The general, from his headquarters In Salem, Ore., commands the 41st national guard division covering units in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. He came to Spokane yesterday to Inspect infan try and aviation parts of his com mand. "Our trouble." he said In an In terview, "is that the national de fense Is on a pork barrel basts. The American people seem to think the only function of the army la to be scattered over the nation to trade with local stores, rather than to be in a position to defend the coun try." Duke Of Windsor Is Major General LONDON, Sept. 18. (AP) Thf Duke of Windsor who resigned from a high commission as British field marshal, wui ready today to serve Great Britain in the field In a lower active rank major general. The temporary resignation was ac cepted by his brother, King Oeorge, and the appointment made effective as of September 3. That was the day Britain declared war on Germany. DfcPOE BAY. Ore.. Sept. 18. (AP) --Puneral servlcea were hld yester day for Prank Stewart. 28, drornc-d in the Silntz river Saturday. Two rompnlnna escaped when boat cap&Ucd. MM I 17 I I I 4uu Nl ivi y uu Nazi Bomb Wrecks Warsaw T, 1 Thl In the wrfrkaje of a lilork of apnrtmcnt rinti In miburb or Warsaw after Nazi atr raiders had troppeel high explosive bombs. (Photo flown to New York by flying bout.) POLES CRUSHED IN HEAVY BATTLE NORTH OF LODZ BERLIN, Sept. 18. (AP) A high command communique said today the German army had been victo rious In one of the biggest battles of the eastern campaign and had crushed the Polish forces north of Lodz. In ending the nine-day battle, the communique said, 130,000 prisoners had been taken, along with "Im mense booty." Losses on both sides were believed to be heavy. (Lodz Is about 75 miles southwest of Warsaw,) Despite grave losses the Poles re sisted stubbornly throughout the battle In which they were surrounded by German forces slowly closing In on them. One curious phase of the engage ment occurred when by some freak circumstance a detachment of Ger mans whs surrounded by Poles who in turn were ringed by other Ger man forces. Nazi planes dropped food and gasoline to their men caught In the ring within a ring. Germans said their trapped forces were rescued last night by Polish capitulation. German sources reported turbulent conditions approaching civil strife In Warsaw as the Polish capital con tinued to hold out against encircling nazl troops. 4 WITHIN FEW HOURS SWEET HOME, Ore., Sept. 19. R) An observer who became suspicious when he saw Clyde Jensen, 24, buy an expensive watch at Salem and pay cash for It, supplied police with the tip that brought an arrest last night on a charge of robbing the Sweet Home bank yesterday of t3600. State Police Sergeant Walter Lans ing said Jensen cchfessed the holdup find led officers to a spot near here where he hnd cached $300 In silver, Approximately 93200 was found on his person. Lansing quoted Jensen as saying he entered the bank about midnight Sunday and held up Mrs. Dorothy Grant, amtetant cashier, when she arrived Monday morning. I staked everything on either having my freedom or some money, Jensen told Lansing. Jensen lived about five miles southeast of here. He Is held In the Salem jail. Hunter Pleads In Death Of Woman ROSEBURO. Ore., Sept. 19. (AP) A plea of guilty to a district at torney's information charging In voluntary manslaughter was entered in circuit court here today by Mar vin Ackerman, 22, of Vaughn, Lane county, Oregon. Ackerman 1i alleged to have fired i:he shot which fatally wounded Mrs. :?orman Weatherly of Elkton while 'in hunting trip September S. Tribune Full United 1939. Radio Highlights (By the Associated Press.) (Pacific Standard Time.) NEW YORK, Sept. 19. The Uni versity of Chicago Roundtable, which has been broadcast during the sum mer in mid-afternoon on Bunday, will move back to 9:30 a. m. when the net works resume a standard time schedule this Sunday. MBS reports broadcasts of the first two g times of the world's series, Octo ber 4 and 0, have been set for 10:15 a. m. ." . , Seven programs have been scheduled by NBO from the 21st na tional convention of the American Legion at Chicago, September 25 Jo 28. Tonight: European schedule WEAP-NBC, 8: WABC-CBS, 4:65 and 0:30; WJZ-NBC, 0. WJZ-NBC, 6:06: Howard Coon ley on American Industries' position on peace and war." What to expect Wednesday: Eu ropean schedule WEAP-WJZ-NBO, 4 a. m.; WEAP-NBC, 8 a. m. and 1:15 p. m. WABC-CBS, 4 a. m. and 2:30 p. m. Death Ends Fabulous Career Of Chas. Schwab, Steel King NEW YORK. Sept. 19. (AP) Death t 77 has vded th (abuloua career of Charles M. Schwab, the $1 a day stake driver who became one of America's steel titans. The whtte-hatred one-time "strong man of steel," first president of the blllton-dollar U. 8. Steel corporation and founder of the Bethlehem Steel company, died peacefully In hla Park avenue apartment last night of cor onary thrombosis. At his bedside were his brother Edward, and the latter's wife. "He lust slipped away," said the brother. Long In Poor Health Schwab, who returned from Europe August 31, had been In poor health since the death last January of his wife, whose Inspiration he often said brought him more happiness than his power or his millions. Funeral services, his brother said, probably will be held Thursday at St. Patrick's cathedral. Schwab's other survivors aro two sisters, Mrs. David Barry and sister Cecilia, a nun In tho Carmelite mon astery, Loretto, Pa., which Schwab built for the order. His climb to wealth, like the rise of the elder John D. Rockefeller and Henry Ford, became an Industrial le gend, built along the classic Horatio Alger theme of rags to riches. The son of a wool factory mill hand, Schwab quit a 3 a week Job as a grocery clerk to take a laborer's lob driving atakes in a steel plant at Braddock. Pa., owned by Carnegie Brothers and company. Kaptri Advance tn the evening, the 18-year old boy studied the steel butlnesa and gave piano lessons to iteelworkers' chil dren at 80 cents an hour. In three years, he was manager of the plant at 1250 a month. At 31, he married Emma Euranla Dinkey, daughter of the first steel works chemist In the United States. Schwab soon became labor "trouble shooter" for Andrew Carnegie, the tcelmaater. who liked the tall, husky young executive and boosted him rapidly. He was only 35 tn 1A97 v,-hn he bc-smn pro:Ucnt of the Carnegie Steol company ami In, throe years tress "jp8 Apartment Y Jackson county's largest 4-H club livestock show yet held took off to a flying start today with approxi mately 235 entries and 125 enthus iastic boys and girls represented Judging of dairy entries was com pletcd this morning by Harold Bwalt, herdsman from the dairy department of Oregon State college, and awards were to be given this afternoon. A good crowd had assembled by 11 o'clock, and keen Interest was shown In the Judging, One hundred ninety-five head of livestock are on display In addition to excellent exhibits of rabblta and poultry. An Increase of 50 porcent in exhibits Is shown above last year, with the greatest Increase In dairy stock, beef coming second, accord- (Continued ou Page Eight.) Charles M. Schwab raised Its profits from 97,000,000 to $40,000,000. The late J. Plerpont Morgan made him president of the newly-formed U. S. Steel corporation in 1001, but two years later Schwab tore up a mllllon-dollar-a-year contract be cause he said he was tired of having "too many bosses." Bethlehem Founder Moved by his self-admitted mania to be the mainspring of any enter prise he embarked upon, Schwab put 5.000,000 of his own money and his limitless energy Into the founding of Bethlehem steel. Schwab, a super salesman himself, sold 91 50.000,000 worth of war sup plies to Great Britain and 75,000. 000 worth to Russia. A business le gend credits him during that time with spurning the world's largest bribe, a reported 100.000.000 of.'cr by the German government to stop selling tl to. Uit &U10 jjl :ax Streets Places To Live Po your apartment hanttns the Classified nay. The mMt desirable placet In which to live are Ubually advertised In Ihli newspaper. Try advertis ing If ynu rail to find what you want. No. 154. L President Making Plans for Delivery of Message to Joint Session Early Thurs day Will Be Brief WASHINGTON. Sunt. Ifl Urn- President Roosevelt has made tenta tive arrangements to address a joint session of the senate and house oa neutrality early Thursday afternoon, Stephen T. Early, a presidential secretary, said Mr. Roosevelt would. uegin araiung nia message today. It Is expected to deal almost exclu sively with revision of the neutrality law. Early said the message would ha brief. Present nlans call for Mr- Roosevelt to deliver it about 11 a. m, P. S. T. Thursday. Asked whether the brevitv wnn dim to the fact that the whole neutrality suoject had been pretty well gone over heretofore, the secretary asserted mat congress already had consider able Information. Arrangements for the nreiHnt deliver the message In person on th opening aay or the special session were completed after Early had been In communication with Vice-President Garner, Speaker Bankhead an4 Senate Majority Leader Barkley. He was unable to reach House Majority Leader Rayburn, who was en rout to-the capital, - . . - . WASHINGTON. Sept. 19. (AP). President Roosevelt today told a press conference that the question whether the army would be built up to full peacetime strength In the future was In the lap of the gods. He could boost the enlisted strength from the 327,000 he ha authorized to the 280,000 which, congress haa approvea. he added, but there are no plans for doing so at the present time. The subject came up when he was asked about boosting army strength, in the light of a proposal by General John J. Pershing, -vartime commander-in-chief, that the service be built up to Its maximum author ized peacetime strength of 280.000. SIX CALIFORNIANS I LOS ANGELES, Sept. 10. P) Southern California sweltered for the fourth consecutive day In an tin seasonal heat wave that had caused six deaths and 18 heat prostrations. The thermometer touched 103.4; degrees shortly before noon, .4 more than yesterday'! at the same hour.i Today's minimum was 75 degrees at 4 a. m. Deaths blamed upon the excessive heat were: Mrs. A. C. Faldley, 63, Adalph Ten nenbaum, 72, Frits Bruntah, 74, James Fariow, 48, Clarence Cobb, 44. Ruben Rodriguez, 11 months, - BASEBALL Score: Boston .. H. 11 Pittsburgh ...... S Turner and Lopea, Mast; Butcher. Sewell and Busce. Score: New York R. H. . i ii a I T 0 Chicago Qumbert and Dannlng: French, Root and Mancuso. Score: R. H. B. Philadelphia 18 ! S Cincinnati 1(1 Hlgbe and Warren; Vandermeer, Nlggellng, Johnson, and LombaKU, Hernhberger. American R. H. B. St. Louis i i Boston j 6 11 1 Trotter, Olll and Harahany; Wilson and Deaautela. R. H. I. Chicago 7 I New York - 7 E. Smith, Rlgney and Tresh; Hll dehrand and Roaar. S. H. ia 4 S Detroit Philadelphia Newsom. Thorn., and Tebbltt. WE
