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No. 157.
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Kelly's
Comment
From Waihlngton
Nazi Activities
Loom in Pacific
Jap Overture
to F. R. Hinter
Seed Growers
Assured Profit
If John W. Kelly
Wshington, D. C, Sept. 20
Insiders In the national capital
are expecting German activities
In the Pacific ocean from Aus
tralia to the northwest coast of
the United States since the
"rattlesnake" broadcast 01 presi
dent Roosevelt. Navy intelli
gence has been Informed that a
number of German merchant
ships are in Japanese ports,
where they have remained for
safety since opening of hostili
ties. Also comes word that these
merchant vessels are slipping to
sea and the explanation is that
German raiders have arrived in
the Pacific and with the pres
ence of these raiders the intern
ed vessels feel safe to make the
dash.
Presumably reliable sources
report that German raiders have
already acted against the British
on Pacific islands and that raid
ers with Chinese crews but offi
cered by Germans are scouting
for likely victims. The Chinese
are of the pirate class who fre
auently attack vessels off the
China coast and are indifferent
to the Japanese-Chlno war' on
the mainland.
THE raiders are expected to
make an appearance on the Pa
cific trade routes used by Amer
l lean merchant " ships going to
and from the orient, and the
American ships now enroute to
the northwest and other west
coast port from the Red sea
zone, where they carried war
supplies for the British. These
routes extend -from .tha Dutch
East Indies to Singapore, the
Philippines, on to Puget Sound,
the Columbia river snd the Cali
fornia porta trade routes now
very important to the Metals
Reserve corporation which is
Importing raw materials tor de
fense industries.
There is no belief that the
German raiders will extend
their operations within 1,000
miles of the west coast nor any
where that the American navy
is now on patrol duty, but the
danger, as seen In the capital, is
in shooting at the unarmed
American freighters in the trade
lanes. These lanes, at present,
are not well protected, the ad
ministration giving principal
thought to submarines in the
'Atlantic and to naval bases on
(Continued on Paca Six)
FARRELL ASSAILS
TAX COMMISSION
Gearhart 6eot 20.
Members of the Oregon Associ
ation of Real Estate Boards
heard Robert S. Farrell Jr., as
sail the state Ux commission
here today as having made "fla
grant abuse of administrative
power."
The speaker of the last legis
lative session spoke of the com
mission's action in withholding
announcement of a change in
the variable ratio system of as
sessment until after the legisla
ture had adjourned as "malic
ious." The realtors elected Millard
C. Holbrook, Portland, presi-
dent to succeed James A. Rod
msri. Eugene. Among those .cording to Russian reports, with
elected to the board of directors planes of the Baltic fleet shoot
was T. H. Weir, "Salem. ing down 16 German aircraft
In addition extenstve Russian
LIGHTNING PRANK guerrilla activity was reported
Albany. Sept. 20 Light- in the Leningrad area,
ning struck a tree on the Bridge-!
way golf course here last night .
tripped a general fire alarm
rignal and bumed out a fuse
at fire headquarters.
SHIP TO BRITISH
Portland. Sept. 20. ! The
e Mtalian line freignter tme.
recently taken over by the t. s.
maritime commis.ion. win soon
be operated by trie British min-i
lstry of shipping;
NAZIS PAY HIGH
COST IN PLANES,
TANKSAND IN
House To House Defense
Rages Berlin Admits
Fierce Stand To Save
Ukraine Capital.
By the Associated Press
Moscow, Sunday, Sept. 21.
A "savage life and death strug
gle" is still raging about Kiev,
the Russians said today.
The Germans have lost up
wards of 150,000 men and are
hurling a quarter of a million
more of their best troops into
the great battle. Russian dis-
Datches declared.
The Red army pledged ltseu
to a last ditch resistance to
make the Germans pay as dear
ly as possible for this Ukrainian
capital, Russia's third largest
city, and for every inch they ad
vance beyond.
Russian advices from the
Kiev front said that bitter no-
auarter fighting swirled back
and forth in the northern sub
urbs of the city while today's
early morning communique of
the Soviet Information Dureau,
without giving details, said
fighting continued along the
whole western front and was
"particularly fierce at Kiev,
All told, the Russians said the
Germans had lost 10 divisions
In this vast struggle with 15
more nazi divisions pounding In
endless waves at the Red army
defenders,
With the struggle about Kiev
apparently storming toward an
imminent climax, the Russians
reported victory in the far
northern waters of the Barents
sea the sinking of a big nazi
transport by Soviet warships.
Summing up the results of
the air war in the three-montn-
old conflict, today's commun-
ioue said the Germans had lost
more than 8.500 planes. The
Red air force, it added, con
tinues to blast the luftwaffe in
the air and on airdromes behind
the lines with panzer troops,
infantry and artillery providing
additional targets.
But despite the continuing
fierce tempo of the struggle
from the Arctic to the Black
sea. the battle of Kiev provided
the outstanding action of the
moment,
The Russians, who acknowl
edged yesterday that the Ger
mans had reached the city's
gates, seemed ready to carry
out previously announced plans
to yield Kiev only alter
house-to-house defense.
The statement that fighting
still raged in the northern sub
urb was broadcast over the Mos
cow radio.
(The Germans flatly ac
knowledged Saturday that fierce
fighting was going on in the
Immediate vicinity of Kiev, re
porting that the Russians trying
to break out of a trap Just east
of the city, had fallen back be
fore heavy German fire).
The ferocity of the battle was
thus described in the Russian
army's official organ, the news
paper Red Stan
"The gunners at Kiev are
fighting the enemy until death
The Germans shall pay dearly
for the city. The Red army is
sparing no efforts to Inflict the
greatest possible losses upon
the German hordes."
Before Odessa. Important
Soviet Black sea port encircled
at the southern end of the front,
13 German planes were said to
have been destroyed by pilots
of the Soviet Black sea fleet.
In the north, the Russian de
fenders of Leningrad continued
to hold off German forces, ac-
BULLETIN
NIGHT GAME
Score: R. H. E.
Oakland 3 11 0
c.(.rlmento
1 7 I
Corbett and Conroy; Klelnke.
Xurbeville and Kluttx.
Hawail 13, Portland 6.
Interpreting
The War News
By Klrke L. Simpson
The colossal battle in Russia
enters another week under bleak
omens for the Soviets and their
British allies. Undoubtedly,
Hitler's hopes of smashing Rus
sian resistance utterly before
winter comes and then turning
his full might against Britain,
have touched a new high.
The vast, nazi offensive has
at least penetrated Kiev and is
gravely threatening to overrun
not only what little is left of
the Ukraine but fan out around
the sea of Azov toward Rus
sia's vital Baku oil fields.
Censorship veils details of
what is happening in the
Ukraine, but it appears that
Kharkov, great industrial nerve
center far southeast of Kiev,
also may soon fall, or perhaps
has already fallen. And it is
but a good step for Germany's
seven-league military boots from
Kharkov down the Donets river
to Rostov and the pipe lines
that tap the Baku fields to feed
the soviet war machines.
Of even greater moment than
the strictly military conse
quences of the German victories
is the effect on Russian morale
generally, both army and civili
an. London experts estimate
that Russia has both the man
power and other essential re
sources still to fight on, even if
driven behind the Donets-Don
line in the south. They stress,
however, that only by a flood
of British and American arms
and war machines can Red army
equipment losses be made good.
The British and Americans
seemed yesterday to have de
cided on that. W. Averell Har-
rlman, head of the American
delegation to . the three-power
conference son Russian aid, torn
reporters at London that 'hun
dreds of American planes and
tanks" would go to Russia and
that the flow would Increase
constantly. "
There can be no question that
the prime essential is the con
tinued will of the red army ana
the Russian people to fight it
out with Germany to the bitter
end. Without that, the battle
Is already lost and Britain and
her American supporter must
gird themselves for a battle of
redoubled fury in the Atlantic
beginning this winter and cli
maxing next spring and sum
mer.
As never before since Napole
on s day, Kussia must count
supremely on her winter ally
now. The difference between
an early and a late winter, or
between a severe and a relative
ly mild winter, could be the dif
ference between victory and
complete defeat for her. A
winter as terrible as Napoleon
faced still could destroy Hitler
as Napoleon was destroyed.
SABOTAGE GAINS
IN ALL HOLLAND
London. Sept. 20.-
Aneta, the Dutch news agency,
said today that sabotage and
anti-nazi demonstrations are on
the increase throughout Hol
land, and that resistance has
reached a point where the nazi-
controlled newspaper Nleuws
blad Van Het Noorden has had
to appeal against the spreading
of the slogan, "The more chaos
the better."
Among incidents mentioned
by the news service were these:
A 9 p. m. curfew has been
imposed on the town of Hoens-
broeck in reprisal for tneits
from the German armed forces.
Inhabitants of the town of
Enschede have been fined 50,
000 guilders for sabotage.
E
TAX AJEAL ONE
Oslo, German-occupied Nor
way, Sept 20. UP) The fi
nance ministry announced today
a new income tax which in
certain brackets takes 85 per
cent of any excess of 1940 in
come over that of 1039.
Sacramento, Sept. 20 'JPt
Butterfat first grade 43c; second
grade 41a.
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SEATTLE STRIKE
DEFENSEjFFORT
Adm. Freeman Assails Un
ion 'Obstruction' Own
Interests Placed First.
Seattle, Sept 20. WV-Rear
Admiral C. B. Freeman, com
mandant of the 13th naval dis
trict, strongly assailed today the
dispute which has tied up the
Alaska liner Baranof here as a
'petty quarrel" and "obstruction
of the national defense effort."
The Bamot, an Alaska steam
ship line vessel, was scheduled
to sail last Thursday with a
cargo of freight and a heavy
passenger list, bound partly for
military and naval projects in
the far north.
Sailing was postponed when
members of the Marine Fire
men's union refused to ship on
the vessel unless a certain cook
was removed. Officials of the
union have emphasized that no
union dispute is Involved.
Admiral Freeman, in a formal
statement, hinted that such dis
putes might conceivably lead to
the government's taking over of
shipping between Seattle and
Alaska.
His statement said the con
troversy "Is a clear example of
the obstruction of the national
defense effort because of the
selfish desire of certain union
organizations to place their
own conveniences and preju
dices ahead of the , nation's
security,
The failure of the Baranof
to sail, under the circumstances
is an example of a tendency
noted for some time in the
northwest for union organiza
tions to render lip-service to the
national defense effort but to
fail signally in granting any real
concessions to the common good
of all patriotic citizens in any
matters which affect their own
privilege."
Company officials said there
is no indication when the dis
pute might be settled.
LIVINGlSTSUP,
WAGESKEEP PACE
Washington, Sept, 20. (IP)
Food prices and the cost of liv
ing have reached their highest
point In 10 years under the
impact of the armament effort,
but an accompanying rise in
weekly earnings of - factory
workers, government econo
mists say, has more than kept
pace with climbing prices.
Records of the bureau of la
bor statistics show that the cost
of living has gone up 7Vi per
cent since the start of tha war
In Europe. But In the same per
iod average weekly earnings In
manufacturing Industries have
increased 32 percent
STORMS OFF
E
Albuquerque, N. M Sept. 20
(IP) A mountain cloudburst left
Albuquerque without natural
gas late today, and utilities offi
cials said it would be at least
two days before service could
be restored.
A 13-foot wall of water rsged
down an arroyo from mountains
In a volcanic area, he said, and
ripped out the line.
The break In Albuquerque
came with dramatic suddenness
at 4:40 p. m. First notice was
a short electric power failure
while generator boilers were
switched from gas to oil.
Many Albuquerque house
wives were caught with half
cooked meals.
YOUTH CIVEN LIFE
The Dalles, Sept 20. JP A
life term in the state prison
today faced Irvln Russell Jones.
19. Canby. Ore., confessed slsyer
of John Ksrlen, 77, wealthy
Tj-gh valley rancher. - -
ALBUQUERQU
London Rep ,.
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O -TttT&g SE VASTOPOig? rA'tuIpSE
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Aa authoritative source In London said German forces apparently had cut off the entire
Crimean peninsula at the south of the Russian front Map locates (1) Ukraine area la which
Kiev and Odessa are still under pressurei (2) region of reported German drive east oi
Dnieper river isolating Crlmaai (3) Rostov, through which the London source said, Russians
might have to continue contact with Crimea.
BOY, 9, SLAIN BY
BY GIRL ALSO 9
San Francisco. Sept. 20. (IP)
Nine-year-old David Henry An-
tollni died of gunshot -wounds
today .because, of a childhood
yen for the "funny books'" which
Barbara Ortega, 9, didn't want
him to see.
David and four- boy com
panions of like age called on
Barbara yesterday and asked
permission to look at the books
they knew she had.
"Get out " Barbara said. "My
daddy has got two guns and if
you don't get out, I'll shoot."
The fourth grade schoolgirl,
also 9, went to a closet and
returned with a double-barreled
shotgun. She pointed It at David,
standing nearest.
There was an explosion, the
force of the blast throwing the
weapon from Barbara's hands
David fell, and the other boys
ran.
After a while police ei"ta to
the Ortega home.
"I didn't think It was loaded,"
Barbara whimpered. "I Just
wanted to scare him."
The boy's liver, stomach and
intestines were perforated in 150
places.
Some time after the shooting
Barbara's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Manuel Ortega, returned from
their work in a cannery at
Redwood City to learn of the
tragedy. .
VICHY EMOTIONS
Vichy, Unoccupied France,
Sept 20. (IP) The German exe
cution of 12 French hostager in
Paris today in reprisal for the
killing of a single German sol
dier has created a stir in Vichy.
In the first comment on the
executions authorized circles
acknowledged tonight that they
had caused "lively emotion"
here in the provisional capital.
It was added that French pub
lic opinion was "sadly hit" by
the reprisal measures, even if it
could not approve of acts of vio
lence against German occupying
troops.
The official French newa
agency commented that "It must
be remarked that a high number
of hostages was shot in reprisal
for this murder."
BOOM TALK
rirhiri Kr,t 1f Or-
gons Willamette valley Is dee-
tined to grow from 850.000 to
6,000,000 population, the Ore
gon Association of Real Estate
Boards was told yesterday.
Portland, Ore., Sept. 20. VP)
A head-on collision on the Pa
cific highway nor'.h of C'ar.fcy
killed Mrs. Isabel Kendall of
Salem today.
s Germans Have Cut Off Crimea
War Bulletins
Berlin, Sunday, Sept 21.
(IP) B r 1 1 1 h air raiders
dropped ineandlary bombs on
Berlin during the night but
caused only "unimportant
property damage." an official
announcement said today.
The communique saldi
"British bombing planes
penetrated to Berlin where
they dropped some incendiary
bombs doing unimportant
property damage.
"German anti-aircraft ar
tillery thus far reported shoot
ing down two planes."
London. Sept 20. (IPh
Fifteen German planes were
shot down la RAF sweeps
ever the channel and north
western France today, the
British reported tonight
Seven British fighters and
three bombers are missing.
Seattle, Sept. 20. WV-Mayor
Earl Millikln made It known to
day booers at next Tuesday's
America First mass meeting will
have the same privilege as those
who may wish to cheer.
He made this announcement
In commenting on a letter from
State Treasurer Otto Case, chair
man of the committee in Wash
ington, who appealed to the
mayor "to take such steps as
you deem proper to assure Sena
tor Wheeler and all citizens who
desire to attend this publie meet
ing freedom from any rowdyism
or any interference whatsoever."
Senator Burton Wheeler, who
has been speaking against the
administration's foreign policy
throughout the country, will be
the principal speaker.
Millikln said "there will be
police to prevent bloodshed or
disorderly conduct but if one
man wants to cheer and another
to boo I am not going to try to
suppress either.
"The same freedom of speech
that permits Senator Wheeler to
express his ideas here will be
allowed to those who may wish
to express their disapproval of
his views."
RAT IN TROUSERS
SPEEDER'S ALIB
Hsgerstown, M4., Sept. 20.
(, Magistrate Harry E. Sny
der credited Milton Schild-
i kiecht, 25. today w'ththe most
novel excuse for speeding he
ever heard. In appreciation he
cut the usual S3 fine to $1.
Schildknecht said he unwit
tingly stepped on the gas when
he felt something stir In his
pocket reached In and found a
white rat He said he had vis
ited at the home of a friend
who raises whit rats.
BRITISH ATTACK
STETTIN, BALTIC
BASE OF HITLER
London, Sept. 20. VP) The
RAF in one of the biggest of
fensives in weeks, begun by .he
light of the aurora borealis and
continued throughout tiie day
light hours, pounded bitterly de
fended objectives from Norway
to France today.
There was fierce fighting over
the English Channel in which
the British declared they shot
down 15 German planes and lost
ten of their own, including sev
en fighters and three bomberr
The German high command, in
a special announcement heard
here by radio, asserted that a
total of 38 British planes were
shot down, all but three In air
combat. The Germans said they
lost only two.
The RAF said it burned or
crippled six ships In a German
convoy in the channel.
Reuters quoted DNB aa say
ing British planes also attacked
Berlin but the British denied
any tries at the capital. Russian
planes may have bombed Berlin,
Tha bombing last night cf
Stettin, important German Bal
tic supply base for the Russian
ampaign, was said by the air
ministry to have been carried
out by the light of the aurora
borealis and to have resulted in
many large fires among the
dxks, warehouses and railroad
yards. The raid cost the British
two planes, a ministry commun
ique said.
CONVICT SOLVER
OF MYSTERY DEAD
Walla Walla, Sept. 20. (IP
Mrs. Millicent Paddleford Faw-
cett credited with having
prompted Mrs. Mary E. Smith,
convict mother of Decasto Earl
Mayer, to confess their murder
of James Eugene Bassett in
King county in 1928, is dead.
Mrs. Fawcett la 1938 was
credited with getting the eonfl
denes of Mrs. Smith and solving
a decade-old mystery with the
tatter's confession.
Mayer, taken to tha King
county jail shortly thereafter
strangled himself to death while
awaiting trial. Mrs. Smith later
pleaded guilty to a first degree
murder charge and was sen
tenced to life imprisonment
Mrs. Fawcett died Friday in
prison and was buried today.
HIT RUNNER SURRENDERS
Seattle, Sept. 20. ilPy Glen
Smith. 30. of Burbank, Calif.,
aircraft planner, surrendered at
police headquarters today as the
driver of tha California-licensed
sutomoblle which disappeared
early today after killing una
pedestrian and Injuring two
others. " ; "
FOREIGN POLICY (
OFF.D.R.SEENAS
ELECTJNJSSUE
Sen. Taft Resents Willkle'a
Stand La Follette Urgca
Opposition.
By William B. Aidary
Washington, Sept. 20.
Declaring that "it is unfortun-
ate that Mr. Wendell Willkla
should attempt to read out of
the party those who disagree)
with him on foreign policy,"
Senator Taft (R-Ohio) said today
that he saw no reason for Re
publicans to make an issue ol
international policies In the off
year elections of 1942.
Willkie, the 1940 Republican
nominee, recently let it be
known that he would make a
fight next year for those Repub
licans who have supported Prea
ident Roosevelt s foreign polio,
les. He is determined, associates
asserted, to make the Republic
an party one of "International.
Ism" rather than Isolationism .
Taft who has opposed admin
lstration foreign policies, told
reporters that "foreign policy la
not usually considered a matter
of partisanship."
"Congressional votes on thai
question have cut across party
lLies, and there is no reason for
the Republican party to maka
an issue of foreign policy nex
year," ha added.
"No Republican national eon
vention can be held to maka any
binding declarations regarding
-olicy before next year s eleo
tions. and tha -party national
committee clearly has no author,
lty to make such declarations.
"I sea no reason why each
congressman and each senator
should not run on his own for
eign policy reobrd. There era
plenty of domestic issue ost
which the Republican part
stands united, and it is unfor
tunate that Mr. Wendell Will-
kte should attempt to read out
of tha party those who disagree)
with him on foreign policy."
From a Wisconsin Progres
sive, Senator LaFoBfctte, came
statement that those opposed to
American entry into war should
mobilize for the political bat
tles which lie Just ahead."
LaFollette who had adminis
tration backing in his re-elec
tion campaign last year, often
has criticized President Roose
velt's foreign policies while sup
porting his domestic programs.
Willkie, LaFollette declarea.
appeared ready to participate in
collaboration to purge uia
Democratic and Republican par
ties of all those who do not
agree with the administration'
foreign policies.
WRONG JEM GP.EEH
HAIED.I3 COURT
V-.MH, Ca-, Sept 20. (")
Tha case of Annie Green vs.
James Green droned along for
45 minutes in superior court
wnila the defendant fidgeted.
The oil company worker heard
Annie testify her James had left
her. listened to her mother and
it her relatives declare alimony
was indicsted.
Then he took the stand In hi
own defense, without attorney,
and shouted:
Judge, I never saw the)
folks before'"
Deputies had subpoenaed tha
wrong James Green.
WITH AXIS SEEII
London, Sept 20. UP) Tha
diplomatic correspondent of tha
Sunday Dispatch today saia
King Boris of Bulgaria has de
cided to bring his country Into)
the war on the aid of tha axis.
British news dispatches trora
Turkey said tha Bulgarian radio
announced the declaration of a
state of emergency in the Bs
kan kJafdoaa, s .'
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