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OREGON '."777777. 7 PACIFIC. 7777777. 6 IRISH...- 3 UTAH........ 7 WISCONSIN. 777. 14 ALABAMX 7777.. 21 INDIANA 7777771 . 7 TROJANS. 7 BEARS...... ...0 PURDUE,., 0 BRONCOS ..7 MAROUETTE . ... .13 HOWARD ,.,..... 0 NEBRASKA. 7 'STATERS 12 PITT. ...... ...27 IDAHO' ..7 METHODISTS. .. .7 MIN f ,SOTA .... 62 ARMY ...16 TEXAS..., 12 STANFORD 0 HUSKIES 6 MONTANA. 6 OKLAHOMA 7 AR' iNA 0 FURMAN ...7 FLORIDA. 0 The Weather Forecast Cloudf with somewhat high er humidity Sunday, moderate .temperature. Temperature ' Hlffhest yesterday 74 Lowest yesterday 49 1 .Thirty-fourth Year WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 30. Aa evidence of the intense feeling over the issue of neutrality, four men representing an organization to sup- port the embargo on war munitions. T. were arrested by the metropolitan police, charged with "desecrating the United States flag" because two flags were draped over the back seat of their automobile. The driver of the car was fined for displaying a sigh aaylng: "Keep America out of war; avoid entangling alliances; real Americans want no part of war." For dropping leaflet opposing repeal of the embargo a famous axiatrlx la In trouble with the administration. i Yet the "keep U. S. out of war" auto tags are on Bale for a dime, and the sentiments for which the mcu were arrested and the avlatrlx Is on the spot with CAA, are Identical with many thousands of letters, telegrams and postcards flooding congress; the Identical sentiments which 30-odd senators will voice beginning next Tuesday from noon to 5 p. m. every day until the neutrality problem has been threshed out. WHITE House inner circles, the Corcorans, Ickea, etc., are dumb ' founded to learn that big interests, long excoriated and held up to the public as enemies are giving a lend ing hand to Mr. Roosevelt's foreign ' policy. Tom Glrdler, of Republic Steel, who has fought new deal labor policies like a wildcat, and who has been anathema to CIO (see testimony of. LaFollette's civil liberties commit tee). Is now for the administrations neutrality program tooth nnd nail. Al Smith, another citizen who has been denounced by new dealers for "lour years, takes the air (or the ad ministration. . Everything Is topsy-turvy. Certain unions of AFT. are demanding repeal of the embargo; other union of the federation are demanding with equal vigor- that the embargo be retained. Despite the constitutional right of free speech, anyone who believes that retention of the embargo is the safest insurance against war, is re garded as un-American, ns a defender of Hitler and his program. Col. C. A. Lindbergh Is attacked viciously be cause he radioed a speech asking to keep America out of war. Adminis tration -officeholders and propagand . 1st for repeal Intcrprcte dhts talk us advocating no repeal, although trxt of his remarks failed to reveal any thing specific. War department changed his status an hour alter bis broadcast. TOLERATED for years on the gov ernment payroll, communists, their fellow travelers and fascist are quietly being liquidated. High offl . cials who a few months ago ridiculed & charges that "reds" held hundreds of 1 federal Jobs, many In Key positions. have now changed their mind and have issued orders to ease these sub versive agents out of the various bu ,J5M reaus with a minimum at publicity, f Since the Hltlcr-Stalln coalition $ these government workers haw been arguing retention of tne embargo among their associates In the bu f reaus. Now the administration Is let ting down the boom on them. - Shortly the public will become aware of the disappearance of a number of top men In CIO. "Reds" In that labor organization are head ed tor the cleaners. SOLB Issue In the coming senate debate Is on repeal of the em bargo on arms. The isolationists Borah, Johnson, Nye, etc., are lu accord with the rest of the bill spon sored by a majority of the senate committee on foreign relations The "cash and cany" provision originated with tills group and It was tjc law until it expired by limitation five months ago. At the time they caused enactment of the "cash an4 carry" clause it was opposed by the adminis tration which now ch-itupiotn It There is no argument O'er keeping Americans out of the var rone, o: prohibiting the arming of merchant vessels. It simmers down to .!ie question or j whether or not arms should be sold to anyone: this la tMe only point of disagreement and cither side may be r-.ght. Prom a strictly political point of view, the members opposing repe.il are in the best position, for hts rea son: If embargo of arms Is repealed and subsequently the United States Is dragged Into the European wr the members voting to lift th? em bargo will b? drnounot-1 ;kJ :v?y will be ir.aritfv! men wN ;. - k (Continued on Pat du.j Medford Full Associated Press I BRITISH PREDICT RUTHLESS U-BOAT E Italy Foreign Minister Hast ens To Berlin Parley Artillery Duel Along Mo selle Diplomats Busy. (By the Associated Press.) Great Britain warned her merchant ships last (Saturday) night, the ad miralty announced, that Germany would consider every vessel of the British merchant navy as a "war ship." The admiralty said the German an nouncement possibly indicated "an immediate change of policy in Ger man submarine warfare." The broad cast was quoted as saying several German submarines had been attack ed by British merchant ships in the j past few days. There was no Immediate confirma tion from Berlin of the reported broadcast. Diplomats Busy. Italy's foreign minister sped to ward Berlin last (Saturday) night for a conference with Adolf Hitter In the latest move- of feverish diplo matic activity In Europe, while Ger man and French ttrtlllerymen fought a duel along iho Moselle rtver. ' The diplomats took the headlines from the generals with these top developments: 1. Adolf Hitler called his reich stag to meet "in the coming week" and arranged the conference with Count Galcazzo Clano, Italian for eign minister and son-in-law of Premier Mussolini. 2. Clano hurriedly left Rome for Berlin amid predictions of an early move In the German-Russian peace gestures toward Britain and Prance. 3. A Polish "government in exile" was formed in Paris immediately on the resignation of Poland's president, Ignace Mosclckl, who had been In terned In Rumania. 4. Soviet Russia, successful In negotiating pacts with Germany and little Estonia, awaited the arrival of Rumania's foreign minister. Clano was due In Berlin early to night (Sunday). He was Invited to Berlin on the heels of the arrival from Moscow of the German foreign minister, Joachim von Rlbbentrop, who negotiated the German-Russian poace front. Reichstag Cullrd. Informed sources said Hitler would tell the relchstag about the future relations of Germany and Russia, In Paris, the announcement of the resignation of Mosclckl was made by the Polish location and shortly after wards Wlddyslaw Raczktewicss, former president of tho Polish state, took the oath of office as president of Poland. Last night Mosclckl left Rumania for Prance, hfs irecdom apparently (Continued on Page Six) PRED! Northern California: Pair Sunday lth local morning fos on the coast; normal temperature; gentle north west wind off coast. Oregon: Generally fair Sunday but cloudy or foggy on the coait; slightly warmer In northeast portion; gentle northerly wind off coast. Outlook far western states Octo ber 2-7. Inclusive: Scattered shower In middle of week; otherwise fair weather; temperatures about normal, bt-omlng cooler in northern districts latter part. TILLERS PRAISED By E COLTON. Ore., Sept. 30. (AP) Oov. Charles A. Sprague of Oregon complimented Oregon farmers today on making the state "one of the nation's most substantial." Addressing the Colton-Meadobrook community fair. Governor Sprague a:'l forming t?dsv is not Just grow .ng things it's picking the crop that will brliitf profitable prices. in Bringing Europe's Boundaries Up to Date a wo oo wo V N6rWaV V, p W3 f "'C1 x(G E R M A N Y "fluT V YUOOSlAVIA BlscJk&a Mupmakcr shows lierc (he latest version of Europe' wnr-M'iirrcd mce, with Poland hating vanished, Ju,t as Czechoslovakia and Austria did. This Is Poland's fourth partition; Russia and Prussia have cut her up twice before, Russia, Prussia and Austria once. i; NAZI BUND HELD L Dies Committee Told By Charter Member Of The Control of CIO - Unions. WASHINGTON. 8ept. 30. (AP) Se.f -styled "charter member" of the communist party of the United States told the house committee investi gating un-American ism today that "alleged political parties" In this country which "are really agents of foreign governments" constitute huge potential spy rings. Joseph Zack, New York garment worker, who said he was an erst while agent of the comlntem. made that statement toward the close of a day of testimony concerning the communist party's penetration cf the Amerlcnn lRbor movement. He agreed. In response to ques tions, that both the communist party arid the German-American bund would be the sources of "a wealth of Information constantly golna Hitler and Stalin" In the event of the United States being drawn into a war. Members of the communist party "work only for Joe Stalin." he said when Chairman Dies (D.. Tex.) ask ed him whether they would be avail able for Russian espionage In this country. The portly, bespectacled witness told the committee he considered It his "duty to expose" the communist leadership In spite of his belief that the Soviet government was holding his wife and young son as "hostages" In an effort to Insure his silence. In response to questions, he satd communists controlled 11 of the CIO's national organizations but ex pressed belief they did not dominate the entire organization or Its pol icies. However, ho prophesied that If John L. Lewis. CIO president, tried to rid the CIO of communists "he will not find It easy." WILL EYE PRICES WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. AP) President Roosevelt asked the mon opoly committee today to be a watch dog against profiteering growing out of the war in Europe. Instructing the committee to keep ! "a constant eye" on prices of baste materials the president said In a let- I ter to Chairman O'Mahoney (D,l Wyo.) that he believed the group was "well qualified to Invoke the I forceful check of Impartial Inquiry cn this kind of un-American activ ity . . ." The president added thai he thought the committee, which has been studying the whole economic structure of business, "can well be come nn Important part of our first line of national defense against ugly and inhuman grred." Mr MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1939. BULLETIN MISSOULA. Mont., Sept. 30 (UP) Montana State University's Griz zlies tonight clawed out a 0 to 0 victory over the University of Port land Pilots In Montana's first foot ball game of the season. The Grizzlies scoring all came In the first half. The defeat was the second for the Pilots this season at the hands of teams from this state. HOUSTON, Tex., Sept. 30. (AP) four and a half minutes remained to play tonight, and Rice's Owls, the cnaches choice In the south-west con ference, were coasting along' with a comfortable 12-0 lead over Vandor bllt. But Junius (Doc) Plunkett had other Ideas, and In that brief span the Rice team was toppled In Its first game of the season, 13-12. Vanderbllt had struggled futtlely against greater manpower and the aerial shaft of Ernie Lain. It was beaten, apparently hopelessly. But Plunkett a sllro. 160-pounder, pass ed until he could race across for one touchdown, standing up, and then heaved to Roy Huggins for the other. When Huggins snared the clinch ing touchdown, seven seconds' time was left far too little for Rice to atone for failures to kick goal after their two touchdowns. SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Sept. 30. (UP) Santa Barbara State college defeated Willamette. 20 to 14, in their Pacific coast Intcrsoctlonal game here "tonight before 3.000 persons. Willamette made Its one touch down and conversion In the third period. BROADCAST TODAY (Tim, Is Pacific Standard.) NEW YORK, Sept. 30. 6pfaX- Ing In behalf of changes In the neu trallty act, Alfred E. Smith Is sched uled for a WABC-CBS broadcast at 4 p. m. Sunday. Other Neutrality Broadcasts MBS. 5. American foreum, Senators Key Plttman of Nevara. Ocrald P. Nye of North Dakota, Tom Conally of Texas, Bennett Champ Clark of Missouri, Frederick VanNuys of Indiana, Vic Donahey of Ohio and John A. Dona her of Connecticut. NBC, 0:45, Senator Clyde Reed of Kansas. In addition, NBC and CBS at 13:16 are to relay from London the talk by Winston Churchill, first lord of the British admiralty, Month of the War." First EATS 16 PD. FISH PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 30 (API The state fish commission, basing estimates on retail sales, said to nleht the average Oregonlan ate 19 pound of fish last year. Smelt and Halibut were the favorites, followed by Chinook salmon. PORTLAND TRADE, Fruit Exports Only Decline During Month of Septem Jier ,Lumbec Improves PORTLAND. Sept. 80. (AP) Fruit exports, hard hit by war in Europe marked the only September decline on Portland's business calendar. A total of 422 building permits, 74 of them for residences, were Issued for work to cost $730,185. Permits for the year reached 8.203,000 com pared to 5,032.355 to October 1 last year. Bank clearings amounted to 9146, 868.313 or 7. 50 0,000 more than the $120,340,823 recorded a year ago. Foreign exports were pushed up ward by lumber shipments. Incom plete figures showed 9,008.428 board feet, worth $257,232, were loaded on outbound vessels. For the same month a year ago, 5,347,810 feet val ue dat $165,200 were shipped. Au gust lumber shipments, however, were about 600,000 feet higher than In September. Only 9.060 boxes of apples were loaded for foreign ports, compared to 47,111 In September, 1938. Pear shipments totaled 31,683 boxes to 80.032 a year ago. Incomplete totals on foreign ex ports were set at $1,304,406, about $11,000 above a year ago but $500, 000 below August. The Portland cus toms house showed receipts of $100. 242, approximately $3,826 above last year. BLIitS'STACED BY TONY GALENTO NEWARK. N. J Sept. 30, (AP) The Newark Ledger said tonight Tony Galen to. number one contender for the world's heavyweight boxing title, was threatened with blindness In one eye. "Two-ton Tony," said the Ledger, "Is ready to risk his sight for an other 'go' with (Champion Joe) Louis and the big purse It would mean. He has been told that sucn an attempt might be disastrous. The eye condition Is reported as a result of the Louis fight, aggra vated by the long battle with Lou Nova In Philadelphia, when Jersey's championship hope won a technical knockout alter taking considerable punishment. . . . "An operation might save the sight In Tony's battered eye, and little hope Is held out for the sight In it If he doesn't submit. Plan Re-Heeding SANDPOINT, Idaho. Sept. 30 (AP Plans for the nweedlne of 30,000 acres of burned over land In the Spirit Lake-Blanchard area were drawn up today by Reprrsen tatlves of government agencies, civic groups and land hoi de rs. Tribune Full United POWERFUL FLEET IENT TO HAWAII ON SPECIAL DUTY Admiral Andrews In Charge Of Mid-Pacific Operations From Alaska South. LOS ANGELES. Sept. 80. (AP) Tho Times says tonight Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews, commander of the scouting force, will direct opera tions of a powerful striking force to be detached from the United States fleet here Thursday and dis patched to the Hawaiian area for "security duty." Admiral Claude C. Bloch, com mander In chief of the navy, said tonight a detachment under Andrews would sail In the near future for the Hawaiian area to "continue scheduled training." The newspaper's sources gavo the following additional Information: Admiral Andrews, described as one of the navy's moat brilliant strate gists, will transfer Monday night from his flagship Indianapolis to the aircraft carrier Enterprise, which will serve as his flagship In the m!d- Pacific, while the cruiser is under going overhaul. The scope of the navy's patrol probably will cover the entire eastern. Paclflo from the eouator to Alaski and west to Midway Island. Besides tho Enterprise and her 80 aircraft, Admiral Andrews' force will Include eight heavy cruisers comprising divisions 4 and 6, and some 80 destroyers of flotilla 1, led by Bear Admiral Ralston Holmes. FORCED TO TAKE FELONS ON RIDE HUNTSVILLE. Tex., Sept. SO (AP) A life term murderer and three robber-convicts Abducted four high school students, children of prominent Huntsvllle families, last night, forced them to drive to Beau mont and released them unharmed early today. The convicts, working as carpen ters on a rodeo stadium east of the Texas prison wall here, dug a hole under the grandMand. Near the home of Willie Smith, cattle deal er, they found two boys and two girls seated In a car. The four students were Jack Fold er, quarterback on th football team; Cleveland Bishop, also a foot ball player; Mary Ethlyn Ball, and Wlllene Smith, the cattle dealer's daughter. The convicts freed them In Beau mont after taking both boys' shirts snd about $1.00. Tho escaped convicts were Jack Cade, 30, serving 25 years for rob bery, burglary and theft; Clifton Davidson, 33, serving 36 years for robbery; 8. J. Whentley, Jr., 24. six years for burglary, and Uoyd nay bum, 31, serving life' for murder. :T WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 (UP) The Supreme Court of the United States Monday opens Its 1030-40 term. For eight months the court will deliberate over Issues lacking by far the Intense public contro versy of recent years. It will be the 100th year the court has functioned since the adop tion of the constitution and the 10th term over which Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes has presided. Sharply at noon the Justices will part the black curtain background of the supreme court bench and take their seats. After routine busi ness Is transacted the Judges will adjourn until Monday, Oct. 9. Dur ing the week Intervening they will be In almost constant conference deciding which of the 426 cases docketed so far are worthy of high court review. QUANT ICO. Va., Sept. 30. President Roosevelt boarded the yacht Potomac here this afternoon for ft week-end erulfe. iVs first since the outbreak of war In Europe. Press Rabbit Kills Hunter SOUTHAMPTON, England, Sept. 30 (! The story of a rabbit which shot a hunter came out of the Inquest today Into the death of 38-year-old Charles Oan fleld. The coroner said Oaufleld prob ably was wounded fatally by his Lown gun when the dying rabbit Kicaea tne trigger. The verdict was accidental death. PRICES CLOSE TO PRE-WARLEVELS Speculation And Europe Cause Advance Fear Over-Planting Next Year. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. p Ad ministration farm officials hailed ft report today that the general level of prices received by farmers In mid September was only two per cent below the pre-World war level. Speculative and demand factors arising, out of the European war caused the level to advance from S3 per cent of the goal to oa per cent between mid-August and mid September, the bureau of agricultural economics reported. Crop officials expressed the hope, however, that the advanos would not oause farmers to overplant next year In the hope of reaping good prices on Increased yields. They said that present surpluses appeared to be sufficient to supply any anticipated needs arising out of the conflict. Not all farm product prices were as close to the pre-war range as was the general level. Although advanc ing IS points, grains were still only 63 per cent. Cotton and cottonseed gained five points to reach 78 per cent. Fruits gained three points to 73 per cent. The commodities which climbed above the pre-war price levels In cluded meat animals, dairy products, poultry and eggs and truck crops. Meat animals were 17 per eent above the 1000-14 level, dairy products 7 per cent above, chickens and eggs 3 per cent and truck: crops 14 per cent. britisftrebOff NAZI PEACE TRY t i LONDON, Sept. 30. A-Authoritative sources declared today Britain would reject emphatically Adolf Hit ler's offer of peace at the price of ft partitioned Poland, The government to all appear ances went ahead with mobilization of Its entire fighting power for a finish fight with oermany. An army of 80,000 census takers completed a register of some 48,000, 000 persons In England, Scotland and Wales to provide the basis for food rationing and conscription of man powsr for war, A formal reply to what the British press called Hitler's "peace threat" was deferred by the war cabinet, pending dispatches which told of offlclsl Indications of a French rebuff to the German-Soviet Russia over ture. Prime Minister Chamberlain was expected to give the official reaction to the German-Russian agreement In a statement before the house of commons Monday or Tuesday. FATEiKfifTO A BEAUTY QUEEN DEQUEEN, Ark., Sept. S0- (AP) The prettiest girl at her community "social" last night, 18-jear old Delia Mae Smith, was near death today, both her less amputated. The Lockesburg high school stu dent, returning: home on horseback after being selected "beauty queen." was injured In a highway accident. Boy Scouts Hearrh KELLOOO. Idaho. Sept. 30 (AP) Thirty Boy Scout of Kellogg and Klnraton were drafted today by Sheriff O. M. OglWIe to aid In the earch for Mrs. Wllllsm Wllcott, 03, missing since last Sunday. It Does Happen Now that you have read much or the Important newt on the Front page, turn to the Cuust fled. You may find the very thing you arc looking for. It doea happen, you know why not see? No. 164. CREDIT PLAN IN ACT Strict Cash And Carry For Warring Nations Is Pros pect Early Vote Seen. WASHINGTON. Sept. 30. (AP) Indications of strong opposition to allowing warring nations to maka purchases here on any credit terms whatsoever led to talk among soma administration senators tonight of changing the neutrality bill to a, strict "cash and carry" measure. Senator Mtntdn ID., inn ). the ma jority whip, and one of the leaders In thefight for the admin lstrstton program, told reporters he though,-.'' It might be advisable to ellmlnat the 90-day credit provision and re quire strict cash payments. "It would make It much Sister to pass the bill,' he asserted. "We will be back here In January, anft- lf the cash provision Is found un workable we can change It." As reported by the senate foreign relations committee, the measure would carry out President Boom veil's recommendation that the existing arms embargo be repealed, would permit belligerent governments te obtain BO-day credits on purchases in the United States, would require that shipments to belligerents be car ried in non-American ships and would authorise , the president ta designate combat cones In which American vessels nd cltleens could not travel. If a foreign government failed t pay for Its purchases within 00 days It would be required to pay cash for future purchase" until the debt was paid. -v Senator Pltttrian (D NeVrn'ahai--mn or trie foreign relations som-, -mlttee, who filed a majority oom mlttee report on the measure today, contended thin credit restriction was tantamount cash. It was apparent, however, that many senators were ready' to dispute) this In the long-awaited senate de bate which will begin Monday with an address by Plttman and a reply by Senator Borah R.. Idaho) rank ing minority member of the foreign relations committee. Administration leaden predicted final vote within three weeks and predicted at least 65 senate votes for their program. Opposition forces re iterated that there would be no fili buster, but declined to forecast when a vote might be taken, BOY CAR DRIVER WRECKS FREIGHT KLAMATH FALL, Ore, Sept (UP) Pour car of a southbound Southern Paclflo freignt train wot derailed and nearly demolished the Klamath Pall depot lat to night when a broken wheel nan struck a switch. Ho on was in jured. The wheel waa broken a ww min utes before the pile-up wnen an automobile crashed Into th aid of the train a It paused a mil north of th depot. Th occupant of th car were not seriously In jured. Unaware of th collision, yn glneer pulled the 100-car train In to the yards, dragging th auto mobile 3S0 feet and smashing It to bit. But police satd four person two boy and two girl fled from th wrecked automobile Immediately after the crash, and thus eseaped death. Th 18-year-old drter of th machine wa held. Polio re fused to divulge bis nam. Th craah delayed th nortls bound west ooast limited M min utes, and Southern Paclflo official said th freight would be held up until tomorrow. SALEM, Sept, 80. if) Oonrnot Spragu notified worried Oregon Mr breeder today he would asfc Presi dent Roosevelt to tlx Import quota on silver fox and mink pelt. NEW TfOBK, Sept. 10. (P Presi dent Roosevelt will discus "th war' challenge to th UnlUd SUt" tat next month, climaxing t threo-day ninth annual forum on current pro' lems. sponsored by th Hw Tor Herald-Trlbun.
