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MEDFOEDSfc The Weather Forecast: Tartly cloudy to night and Saturday; scattered afternoon thunderstorms In unrounding mountains; little change In temperature. Highest Yesterday 98 Lowest this morning 65 Sunday Want Ad Again, Just a reminder that today li Friday, the da; to pre pare that Want Adf for the Sunday morning edition. Peo ple hare more time for reaillng at well at action on Sunday. Try an AdT. Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-fourth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1939 No. 157. IU1 ITU m) woii mk MAS WASHINGTON. D. C, Sept. 22. As congress debates what course to pursue to keep America out of war. it may be of interest to reveal the activities of agents of Hitler and Stalin in the United States. Both dictators have been directing repre sentatives with the object of eventual control of this country and. while documentary evidence accumulated, nothing, was done about dealing with propaganda until the current threat of war. After midnight conferences at the White House, the United States rec ognized the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on November 16. 1933. eight months after the inauguration of President Roosevelt. One of the pledges made by Commissar Maxim Litvtnoff was that there would be no communist propaganda In the United States. Despite this pledge. President Roosevelt was handed a report a few months later, documented to the last detail, showing various com munist activities; showing, also, that the propaganda was being personally supervised by Joe Stalin himself. Copies of that report are l-1U extant. OPERATION of the OOPU (secret police), In the United States and the strange disappearance and death of communists at the hands j ef the OGPU are matters of record, i Tha victims failed to execute In structions. These communists, many American born, have been trained In schools maintained In Russia for Instruction In revolutionary tactics. Millions of dollars have been spent to carry on the propaganda. , , Part of the plot is to cause an uprising of colored people In the southern states and create an Inde pendent, black soviet. Other phases.: creation of discord In organtzed labor, promotion of strikes; hunger marches, demonstrations; corruption of army pud navy personnel; sabo tage ell directed Ly Stalin and the Comintern h disregard of the solemn pledge made to Mr. Roosevelt by Lltvinoff. HTVLER'Q former ambassador, Hans Luther, carried on propaganda in addition to his diplomatic duties; supervised the subversive actions of numerous German consuls in the distribution of printed pamphlets calculated to set one American against another. The tie-up of the bunds and Hitler has long been known but only recently attracted public notice. Members of congress who at tempted to arouse the administration and exposed the conspirators were ridiculed; some congressmen were alarmed over the communists, others specialized In protesting at the nazl operations. Despite testimony elicited at secret meetings of congressional committees, it was Impossible to prod enforcement officers into dealing with the situation. There Is so much Intrigue, mystery, thrills and sensations In the under cover plot to undermine the Amer ican system of government that It all sounds too fantastic to be true. But It Is true and at long last the president has given orders to step on the termites. JOHN WHEELER, who has been the Pacific northwest regional reporter for the Associated Press at (Continued on Page Ten.) Special Favor GRANTS PASS. Ore., Sept. 22. 7Pi As a special favor. Justice of the Peace R. S. Anderson yesterday added a week of hard labor to Carl L. Baynes three-months' sentence for pointing a firearm at another per son. He authorized Baynes release for a week to harvest a clover crop and to care for his livestock. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Hestor Bishop averring that she is simply fed up with keeping care of her mama's canary bird and lawn during the latter's absence from the city. Nell von der Hclien taking time out from two years of service . to 4-H programs to talk about her Holly wood script writing and Journalistic endeavors. .... Maude Pool acting amazed to find a friend had not only never visited a ranch but waa awfully frightened of cows and other farm Inhabitants. Everett Carkln outlining numer ous plans whereby a stcr oxnt r could paint his ev.,.:.i..: r.i u . n be ing quite fie:-: of l.a -t,r ir.k st the oxlcnliDg exterior ail day long. HI JOHNSON LEADS EFFORT 10 REIN L Sen. LaFollette Says Group Will Fight Embargo Re peal 'From Hell to Break fast' 24 Join Fight WASHINGTON. S:pt. 22. (AP) Senator Borah (R-Idaho) disclosed today senatorial opponents of repeal ing the neutrality law's arms em bargo had discussed formation of a national committee of prominent private citizens to campaign for their cause. Among those mentioned during in formal consideration of such a com mittee, Borah said, were Henry Ford, the motor car manufacturer. Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, former Presi dent Hoover and Philip F. LaFollette, former governor of Wisconsin and a brother of Senator LaFollette (Prog. Wls.), who is a member of the sen ate's snti-repeal bloc. Borah emphasized discussion so far had been Indecisive and Indi cated that he himself might oppose such a plan. The work of the committee, if eventually It was decided to form one, would be to conduct an edu cational campaign on neutrality, Borah indicated. Two Factions Gird The opposition group was one of two factions getting set for a con clusive battle over President Roose velt's renewed appeal to scrap the arms embargo and substitute a "cash and carry" system under interna tional law. Led by 73-year-old Hiram Johnson (R.-Calif.), 24 senators quickly or ganized a bloo to oppose the sale of arms to warring nations, on the ground that it would be likely to force . the United States into the European conflict. Senator LaFollette (Prog. - Wis.), speaking for the group, said It would fight repeal of the embargo "from hell to breakfast." Senator McCarran (D.-Nov.) added the opponents be lieved they now could muster 35 or 37 votes and hoped to Increase their strength during debate. Proponents Confident On the other hand, confidence of ultimate victory was expressed by supporters of the president, who In cluded somo, Republicans and "old line" Democrats as well as New Deal ers. With the senate and house in re cess until Monday, the senate for eign relations committee will begin a study of the president's recom mendations tomorrow. Democratic members asked Chairman Pittman (D-Nev.) and Connally (D-Tex.) and Thomas (D-Utah) to prepare a bill to repeal the embargo and enact the six points of the administration pro gram. These points embrace the "cant. and carry" system requiring belliger ents to pay cash here for all com modities and take them away In their own ships: restrict American merchant vessels entering war zones, prevent American citizens from trav eling on belligerent ships, bar war credits to warring nations, regulate collection of funds In the United States for belligerent, and maintain a licensing system for arms trans actions. Josephine Exhibit Wins $250 Award GRANTS PASS, Sept. 22. (AP) Josephine county's exhibit today won 8250 first prize In Del Norte county's fair at Crescent City. Calif. The ex hibit was prepared by the Deer Creek and Illinois Valley granges, The fair closes Sunday night. U-BOAT WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. (AP) President Roosevelt dis closed today that submarines, which he said were not identi fied had been sighted in waters off southern Alaska and off Boston. The maritime commission, the chief executive told report ers, had been informed of the presence of the two undersea craft. The submarines were not American, Mr. Roosevelt said, and they were sighted by ships at sea. He declined to disclose the specific source of the government's Informa tion about their presence, but said t:.ose wurcts were perfectly reliable. Tie ubmarlne In the Parlflc. Mr. Roosevelt asserted, m oil tUc south- Rumania Conducts Mass Assassin's Victim III ! ;f,$8Jte4 if - i - iimwmmmm. . f I . A..:?- V' 1 i It. It , ki put j Hi 2 T; ' ,;-1 i . Tl - t I With six bullets In his chest and abdomen, .'Nine Minister Arniand C'alinescu (above), was slain yester day by assassins while driving In his auto along one of Bucharest's prin cipal streets. Ills .slayers were believed to be Iron Ouardests and a coup was fenced. (A. P. photo to Mall Tri bune lit airmail). TO SALEM. Sept. 22. (AP) Lloyd R. Smith. Portland Insurance broker and treasurer of the state Republican central committee, was appointed by Governor Spraguc today to become stnto corporation commissioner ou October 1. , Smith will succeed James H. Haz lett. a Democrat, who submitted his resignation to the governor today. Smith, who was born in Portland In 1881, played' a prominent role In Sprague's gubernatorial campaign last year. Hazlctt was appointed four years ago by former Gov( Charles H.Mar- tin. He was a Hood River attorney and was a state senator. The governor refused, to. comment on the resignation of Allan D. Green wood of Portland, state aeronautics Inspector. Greenwood, In announcing his resignation in Portland last night, said the governor forced him out. Sources close to the governor said he would ask the state board of aer onautics to see if Greenwood's (350 a month Job could be abolished. These sources said the governor be lieves the Job is superfluous, since the federal government Inspects all airplanes. Greenwood was state head of the Young Democratic organization. Jin tire Htttlrr ill WASHINGTON. Sept. 22. (AP) Dr. Fred R. Sanderson said today that Supreme Court Justice Pierce Butler, In a hospital with bladder trouble, "had a comfortable night but his condition shows no improvement." LURKS IN ALASKA Seen by Fishermen KETCHIKAN, Alaska, Sept. 22 -(AP Everett Hudson, Metla katla Indian fisherman, arriving today, said he sighted an uniden tified submarine In Clarence Strait, near dusk, Tuesday. He said the submarine, surfaced, was proceeding southward and drew abreast of Hudson's s?lne boat near Windy Point, Prince of Wales Island. Hudson said that when the craft drew abeam hts own vessel, nnd was about three-quarters of a mile away. It gradually submerged until only Its periscope was visible under six-power field glasses. Hudson told Interviewers four companions also saw the subma rine cm boundary of Alaska, JoiAi Canadian territory. IN PROGRESS ON WESTERN FRONT French Report New Drive Against Saarbruecken Senegalese Troops En route to Assist Frenchmen PARIS. Sept. 2!. (AP) Pre mier Daliidier was disclosed to night to have flown to England to meet Prime Minister Cham berlain for two urgent meetings of the allied supreme war coun cil. PARIS. Sept. 22. (AP) A new drive against the German industrial city of Saarbruecken was reported today by the French general staff. A military communique which gave few details Indicated a recent lull had been shattered by new French maneuvers and advance guard skir mishes. v Artillery on both sides, the com munique said, was active along the entire front from the Moselle river, which becomes the boundary be tween France and Germany 100 miles to the southeast. Small patrols were sent out to learn the strength and future plans of the German defense units. A heavy gun duel was reported in progress, although firing on both sides was characterized as sporadic. The French empire's black. Sene galese troops were reported en route to the -v western '"fr-Mit In the war which Premier Daladler declared would end German attempts at "world domination." BASEL, Switzerland. Sept. 22. (AP) French army units striking a wedge toward the heavily manned Siegfried line were said today to have occupied more than 80 German towns and villages In the Saar Moselle triangle northeast of French German - Luxembourg border Junc tion. A German "buffer line" in front of the weatwall defense was reported doggedly resisting the methodical ad vance of French troops Into the apex of the Saar-Moselle triangle. 1 BASEBALL American Philadelphia 6 Boston 7 6 13 McCrabb, Dean, Caster, and Hayes, Wagner, Dlckman, and Desautels. National Pittsburgh 0 7 1 Cincinnati 8 11 0 Brown, Bewcll, Clemensen. and Susce, Mueller; Thompson and Lom bardl. AGED MEN SUICIDE BY HANGING IN SAME TREE ALBANY,' Sept. 22. (AP) Two aged Inmates of a state hospital, T. P. Skinner, 70, and John Belousek, 81, committed suicide by hanging themselves from a tree near Stayton, District Attorney Harlow Wclnrlck said today. The bodies were discovered side by side early today by Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Archambeau on the bank of the North santlam river. t SEATTLE. Sept. 22. (AP) Seven teen naval bombing planes were at Sand Point naval air station here to day after a 900-mile flight from 81tka, Alaska, air base. That In the Atlantic, he said, was 50 to 70 miles from the southern tip ! of Nova Scotia, half way between j there and Nantucket Shoals. Asked whether the government's I "neutrality patrol" waa In the vlcln ' Wf of the submarines, Mr. Roosevelt ; said merely that the patrol waa oper ating from Eastport. Me., to and In ' eluding the Oulf of Mexico and the Caribbean sea. There Is no regular : patrol In Pacific waters, he added, j Asked whether the underwater ships were In the territorial waters of this country, he replied that he : would stand on his recent definition of territorial waters which was to the t fleet that they extended as far as j American Interests extended. To a questlop about whether : American interest were Involved as ' a result of the operations of the sub marines, the president replied by asking what kind of submarines they were. H suggested laughingly ttoat tbajr AUCTION CLOSES Li FOR y CLUBS Hereford Champion Tops Sale at 22 Cents Lb. Patty Von der Hellen's Lamb Brings 55 Cents Lb Sixty-seven head of fat stock were sold to Jackson county merchants and Individuals at the 4-H club auc tion sale held here yesterday after noon. Prices held a steady average throughout the bidding, with the 1082-pound grand champion Angus beef going to Medford Safeway for 20 cents a pound. The steer belonged to Bill Ousterhout of Little Butte. The auction closed a highly success ful 4-H livestock show held at Fifth and Riverside avenue Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday. Tli a Groceteria stores paid the highest price, 22 cents, for the cham pion Hereford, 738 pounds, belonging to Clayton Charley of Lake creek. Average price for beef was 14.7 cents. Safeway was - the heaviest buyer, taking 7, with Groceteria next, buy ing 6. Sheep Price Rockets The sheep price skyrocketed for a time when Patty von der Hellen's 70 - pound showmanship champion lamb, "Bumpus," went for 55 cents pound. It waa bought by H. C. Cleland of California Oregon Power company, who will present the sheep to his son as a pet. Average sheep price was 20 cents, and the hog price averaged nine cents. Col. Hayes Dud ley of Medford auctioned the stock. Loyal Newbry of Bellvlew captured both silver cups as the outstanding dairy exhibitor, receiving the trophy contributed by Charles A. Wing's registered Guernsey dairy, and the silver cream .pitcher given by the American Guernsey cattle club. Tills Is the second year that Loyal has received the Wing trophy on the basis of quality exhibit. Interest In Guernsey breeding, and 4-H work, and record book. Norman Smith of Central Point received a Duroc Jersey gilt pig. pre sented by Marvin and Mclvln Poycr BAM FRANCISCO, Sept. 22. YP) The federal bureau of Investigation filed a comlalnt today before U. S. Commissioner E. E. Williams, charg ing Harold Busby with transporting 14-year-old Evelyn Thompson on Sep tember 14, from San Francisco to Cave City. Ore., for Immoral pur posce. His ball was set at 12,500. FBI agents said Busby had not been ap prehended but their agents working out of Portland were on his trail. The complaint Is legal procedure so that when he Is arrested he can be returned here. Sally Stanford, who police say Is Busby's sister, and Dorothy Hcber. both of San Francisco, are In Jail at Merced, charged with child-stealing In connection with the disap pearance of Evelyn, who came from the town of Livingston, near Merced. The two are held under ball of 150,000 each, and their case Is to come up Tuesday. WATERS might be Swiss and suggested that reporters not get too nosey. But he remarked to correspondents they might get the Identity if they kept on questioning. To soma per sona this Indicated that the govern ment probably had an Idea of the nation In whose services the subma rines were operating. An official of the maritime com mission said, without elaborating on the president's remarks that the maritime commission would continue to report the sighting of submarines by vessels under It Jurisdiction. He added, however, that It planned no other action. OTTAWA, Sept. 33. (Canadian Press) Canadian officials pointed out today there were no aubmarlnea In the Canadian navy In discussing President Roosevelt's disclosure In Washington that unidentified sub marines had been sighted In waters off southern Alaaka and oil Boa too. (Continued on Page Pour.) .., & i f ) V ' V'v yv j TRIO ACCUSED OF jW Execution of Pro-Nazis Winner in 4-H jj t, " N ' ' . r x Vuutig exli I til tors In (lie Jackson county 4-H livestock show proudly piloted iliclr rhargrs In a parade through Mcriford's business, section ycsieniiiy, as a feature or me closing unys program, a section of the parade- Is shown above on fcast Main street. (Wllfley photo). nilly Onsterliniit, of Ml He nirtte roninmnlly, ivtth the Aberdeen An nus href steer nlilrli won him the graml rhnniplon exhibitor award at the 4-11 llvestot'k show. Tlio . slecr, lit the heavy, dry fed class, weighed 1,083 pounds, (nllfley photo). 'Mf The Poyer twins, Mrlvln and M.irvln, of Ashland, were among top honor winners In the 4-H show. Melvln Is shown at left with "Panther," his first premium winning Angus steer. Marvin (right), with "Chubby," his first reserve champion Angus. (Wllfley photo). TO VBRESCZKB, Hungary (at the Pol ish rontler), Sept. 33. (AP) The Warsaw radio, back on the air again after goln silent yesterday, broadcast a shrill air raid alarm today In evi dence the Germans still were attack ing the besieged capital. The alarm sounded clear In this little frontier Tillage at 5:15 p. m. today (8:15 a. m. EST) and was suc ceeded by defiant calls and appeals to fight to the death. Polish aoldlcrs retreating Into Hun gary through, this small village were cheered by this Indication. Warsaw still was holding out. . The flnnl internment of thousands of Polish soldiers and officers, rout ed by the German and Soviet Russian Invasions, wsa started today here on Hungarian soil. PRE-FRESHMAN WEEK PUTS LIFE IN CAMPUS EUGENE, Sept. 22. (AP) The Untverstry of Oregon campus came to life today with the opening of "pro-freshman" week. Fraternities and sororities will entertain pros pective plednes until Tuesday, fol lowed by registration Friday and Sat urday. Classes start Monday, October 2. Stock Show v I k ' 1 TURKISH-SOVIET T ISTANBUL Sept. 22. (AP) Au thoritative sources said today a Turkish 'Soviet Russian mutual assistant- pact would be concluded by foreign Minister Sukru Sara cog'u, who now la enroute to Mos cow. They said the projected treaty was expected to reinforce strongly Tur key's position In the Dardanelles and to assure safeguarding the Bal kans from Invasion by an "unfriendly power.' Turkish officials said the pact would complement Turkey's agree ments with Great Britain and Prance, OREGON LEGIONNAIRES OFF TO NATIONAL MEET PORTLAND. Sept. 22. (AP) De partment Commander Nlel Allen of Orants Pass headed 00 Oregon Ameri can Legion and auxiliary members en route today to the national con vention at Chicago. Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Port land said he would go to Washing ton. D. C, after the convention to urge assignment of shipbuilding con tracts for Portland. At Chicago Car son will discuss "The Legion and Its Service to Humanity HON GUARDS PAY HEAVY PIE FOR housands Taken From Con centration Camps to Face Firing Squads 'Tough' General Government Head By LLOYD LEHRBAS BUCHAREST, Sept. 32. p) Thou sands were reported executed today as Rumania's virtual military dlo-- tatorshlp exacted a heavy blood-prloe from the pro-nazl Iron Guard for the assassination of Premier Armani Callnescu. ' Reliable sources said thousands of members of the outlawed Iron Guard had been taken from concentration camp throughout the country and shot to death to avenge yesterday's killing of the premier, who waa an Implacable foe of the guard. Some Women Shot. These sources also said that tome women had been shot. It waa announced officially 40 Iron Guardlsts were executed at the Mer-kurea-Cluk concentration camp while 33 were shot by firing squads at . Prahovm. Mass executions were said to be continuing. The whirlwind cleanup of alleged pro-nazi elements was pushed also with widespread arrests by the quick acting government. "Tough General Rules. ; ' . At the head f the government stood General George Argesanu "tough dlslpllnarlan' of 88 and a friend of Callnescu. Observers ex pected Argesanu to follow Callnescu 'a advocacy of closed Rumanian eco nomic cooperation with Great Brit ain and France. Rumanians watched the situation nervously a Germany, who wants Rumanian oil, and Soviet Russia, who sees former Russian territory a pari of Rumania, drove their troops rur ther into Poland north of Rumania. (Dewltt MacKensle, In his analysis, declared the position "remained razor edged and dangerous in the extreme, not only for Rumania but for Europe as a whole") Hundreds of arrests were being made throughout Rumania and one of the questions raiding officers were seeking to answer was whether It was more than a coincidence that Callnescu was slain while German and Russian troops were moving north. CALIFORNlOEAT LI LOS ANGELES, Sept. 33. (AP) Callfornla'a record - breaking heat wave rounded out a week of 100-plua temperatures today. The thermometer reached 103 de grees at It a. m the same aa the corresponding hour yesterday. The heat death toll mounted, with 05 deaths attributed directly or Indi rectly to the heat In Los Angeles and vicinity. There were hundreds of prostrations. Schools in many eommunltie re mained closed or were dosed at noon In Los Angeles schools, which re mained open, attendance dropped off by the thousands. . Weather bureau records show the present wave has broken all previous records for duration. The longest hot spell heretofore wss In September. 1883, when the thermometer ranged from 90 to 104 degreea for five days. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 33. (AP) Two deaths In the San Francisco bay area today were attributed to heat, bringing to 13 the number of fatal ities blsmed on the unprecedented wave which struck the bay area, along with most of California, a week ago. Schools hers were closed at noom because of the stilling weather, POCATELLO. Idaho, Sept. 31. (Pi Firs of auch Intense heat that It exploded cartridges stored within the building, early today razed Pocatello's 330.000 national guard armory snd destroyed Its equipments. Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Time Is Psoitis Standard) Today: European schedule W1AF NBO 8 p. m.; WJZ-NBO , MBS-chsln S and 3:30, W ABC-CBS 4:55. What to expect Saturday: European schedule WEAF-NBC 4 and a. m-v WABC-CW a. m- n4 14P ft ( r
