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About The Evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 21, 1939)
COVERAGE Hie Herald and Newi blanltot rich eojrl. eulturol and Induttrlal empire of Southern Oregon and Northern California. lo) M Roosevelt Says United InTTie 1 cPay!s;;; ' II)' 1'IUNK JKNKINH pilKSIDKNT HOOBEVELT aika ' congreas, aasemblcd In epeclal 9 aeaalon today (Thuradny) to re peal llio arma embargo provlaloiia of the noutrallty act "bocauao they era moat vitally daniaroua to American neutrality, American security and American peace." WMIE.N' and K. the embargo la repealed,' ho .adds, there are other phaaea'olv'" policy "re-en-forcing American Barely" that ahotild bo considered. Among these ho listed: 1. Keeping American morchanl Vessels out o( danger aonea, 1. Trerentlng Americana from traveling on belligerent ahlpa, 1. Requiring buyera (or foreign nations to take title bore. (Caali and carry.) 4. Frerentlng extension of war eredlta to belligerents, - V - i ' WJIIAT eongroaa will do with the Prealdonl'a requeat can not at thla moment be accurately pre dicted. The CHANCES ARB, In thla wrlter'a Judgment, ho will get what he asks. There are wide differences of opinion aa to whlob la boat arma embargo or soiling to all who can pay caah and carry their purchaaea away. Wllh opinion divided, ihero will bo atrong preaaure from bualneaa to anil all wo can noil. nrHIS WRITER, apoaklng frank ly. DOESN'T KNOW which la beat, If ho felt certain an arma embargo would keep ua out of war, he would bo for II. If he folt that caah and carry would be moat likely to keep ua out, he would bo for caah and carry. The big Issuo la KEEPING OUT. In tho long run, PUBLIC OPINION, got "neutrality" logia- latlon, will determlno what we do. If the American people COXSID- Ktl AMERICAS INTERESTS firal, wo will alay out unloaa at tacked. If they permit their aym ' pathlea to become Inflamed, aa In 1917, wo will GET IN, T'HB Fresldont'B , mourned la modornlo and ' conciliatory, and hla Utemente.aro reaaaurlng. He aaya: "In my candid Judgment, tho Unltod Stntea WILL SUCCEED In Ua efforta to stay out of war." Ho adds, atrlklngly that our Job i la to keep elvlllzation alive In the Western Hemisphere. 1 He aaya "The peaco, the Integrity, the safely of tho Amerlcns these must be kept firm and aorono.' That la sound American doc trine, e KIEANWHILR aasnaslnntlbn (aa differentiated from bnltlo- field killing) enters the picture In the Balkans. Rumania's antl-nazl premier, la 'machlno-gunned In tho atroeta of Bucharost, Tho klllora aro offi cially 'alleged to bo mombora of Rumania') nasi Iron Guard. As this la written on Thursday, the proapocts of a nasi revolution np pear good, , t Such a revolution would turn Rumania ovor to Germany. , '"THE stako Is Rumnnla'a oil, which Is vllnlly nocosanry to (loi'innny'a motorized war mach inery, A vlolont diplomatic' strug' glo has boon on In Rumania bo twoon Gormnny on one sldo and Britain and Franco on tho other. Resort to naansslnntlon may In rtlento that the British and tho Kronen woro winning the dlplo mntlo battle, i mt ASSOCIATED PRESS Price Five 49 Doerand IVot a ??.-u ... jj( t ' -,. a- A rocord wna set Thuradny mm v L I' lib ftwfa ; W T a : -i. . . .1 , a :. i lo tho Klamath Kails crenmory cold atoraso rooms, whero tho upper picture waa tnkon. There wasn't a doo among them. The picture bolow showa Hen Ferguaon of Lennox addition and the 177-pound buck he ahot Just after sunrise Wednesday morning on the Dog lake road. It waa ono of the flrat deer Heavy Deer Kill Indicated But Shooting of Does Lags A heavy deer kill In nearby forests waa Indicated here on Thursday, aecond day of the hunt ing season, liy 10 a, m. Thursday, a roc ord check-In of 49 rarenssea had occurred at tho cold atorngo rooms- of the Klnmnth Falls creamery. This aet a now mark for the aecond day of the aenson, tho creamery management re ported. , Many of the deer were .fallen In Ureensprlngs country, on Gear hart mountain and on Dairy crock, the hunters anld. There wna not one doo among tho 41) deer brought to the crenmor', . k. Of ' 24 ' carcasses checked through the. atato police station at Warner valley Junction In Iinke county, Wednesday eve ning, only ono was a doe. Indications woro thnt hunters wore not "going for" tho doo shooting Idcn, Tha stnto gnmo commission authorised 600 per mits for does, Of this numbor, only 221 woro sold prior to tha opening of tho sonsou, necordlng to Information olilnlnod from tho Portland of fices of the commission Thurs day. , " i Two hundred . fifty permits wore sent to the chocking sta tions sot up at Pnlaloy, Dairy nnd Lnkevlow, whero they woro mndo. nvallnhlo to hunters. Twenty-nine wero kept at tho Portland office for sale tnore, . Cents Iloe Among Them V t, , when 41) deer enrensaes wero taken ahot In tho 1939 season. At tha county clork'a office hero about a score of hunters made Inquiry about doe licenses nnd wero told they must send to Portland for thorn. Ono of the flrat good-sited doer chocked Into town was that ahot by Ben Ferguson of Lennox nddltlon. It weighed 177 pounds. William Burnett brought In a buck weighing Just two pounds Icaa than thnt. t ALTURAS According to sta tistics compiled In the forest su pervisor's headquarters at Alturaa, forest officers and atato checking stations validated 437 tags on deer killed on tho Modoo National for est during tho first four days of tho season. Gnmo wardens report a num ber of nrrosts for violation of the forked-horn law and other viola tions. Nnvnl Unfile Mny lie Target1 Practice , - FIlKnuniKSHAVN, Denmark, Sopt. 21 (P) Information Swed ish nrtlllnty units had boon prac ticing on n low Island sovornl nillos south of Snroo church otfored a posaihlo explanation today for the Bounds of heavy cannonading that yesterday alarmed tlsherfolk along the east coast of Jutland, , Soma of thoso who heard the firing InslHlod, howevor, the can nonading was too heavy to fit .this explanation, j vL A eg 'Hm "' a " T1..1 i m " X IN THE SHASTA-CASCADE WONDERLAND ' KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., fflH Neutrality Act Revision Asked For Safeguard WASHINGTON. Sept. 21 VP President Roosevelt called upon eongreaa today to help preserve American neutrality, American security and American peace" by repealing outright the law agalnat aelllng arma and munitions to na tions at war. Oulllninr in addition atepa to keep American ahlpa and cltlzena out of .the war'B xonea of danger, the president drew loud applause from senators and representative crowded Into the htgh-cellrnged bouse ehember when be said: vv "Thls government must lose no time or effort to keep tho nation from being; drawn Into the war. "In my candid Judgment we shall succeed Jn these efforts." As he spoke. In meaaured, em phatic tones, Mr. Rooaevelt stood behind toe clerk a oeag on mo bouae roatram. A grave-faced congress. . possibly recalling the sessions ot 25 ycarssgo wbatOafl-J other . war -ravaged tiorope, - paia elate attention. Members ot his cabinet were Immediately betore him. " ' - In the gallery opposite care fully groomed dlplomata from over the world .occupied a reset-Ted apace, but attendants said representatives of Ger many, Italy and Japan were not ' present. One or tho last to ar rive before the president began speaking was Count Jerry Po-. tocht, the Polish ambassador. The regular vialtor'a galleries were not aa crowded aa on simi lar occasions ot the past because admittance was limited. Through tbe assembly a few formal cuta- waya were In evidence. Mr. Rooae velt hlmaelf waa wearing a blue double-breasted business suit. While ho asked repeal ot the arma embargo, the president out lined among other parts of his nrosram regulations which would in effect nut In a cash-and-carry system. This, he said, could be achioved either by law or by exo cuttro proclamation, according to the wish ot congress. Of the European situation he said: "I should like to be able to offer tho hope that tho shadow over tho world might swiftly pass. 1 cannot. Tho facts com pel my stating, with candor, that darker periods may lie ahead." The embargo provision of the neutrality law, he declared, so altora the historic foreign policy ot tho United States that it Im pairs the peaceful relations of the United States wlh foreign nations. The "crux", of the Issue, ne (Continued on Psge Eight) 'Iilue nook Tells Of Hitler Promise To 'Settle Down' LONDON. Sept. 21 UPl The British government tonight Issued k 19B-DSK6 "blue book" of docu menta on' the pre-war criaia ot 19S8 In which Relchafuehrer Hit- ler waa quoted aa pledging he would "settle down" onco the Pol ish question waa settled and aa warning that Japan would bo "the only winner In another European war." It contained .Sir Nevllo Hen. dorson'a reports thai Hitler re peatedly refused to guarantoo that ho would nogotlnte a aottlomont of the Polish question. The ambassador quoted the fuehrer as declaring Britain forced htm Into his pact with so vlet Russia, but "ho did not seem enthualaatlo over It," In warning that Japan would be "the only winner In another European war," Sir Nevlle Bald Hitler told him that after he set tled the Polish question he in tended to "end hla life aa an ar tist and not aa a warmonger, FATAL- FALL MAR8HFIELD, Sept. 21 (P) A fall from the north Jetty pro ject into the Coos bay channel killed A. C. Carter, 43, ot Empire yesterday, He wna amnsneo. against the rocks by waves, cans lng a skull fracture, Coroner En nls Koiser reportod, ' THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER States Can Daladler Says IT. S. Efforts Failed Poland PARIS, Sept. 21 (P) Premier Daladler, In a world broadcast tonight, aaid "The generous ef forts of the highest moral and po litical authorities ot the United States and Europe" had failed to prevent tbe German attack on Poland. Tho French premier Interrupted world broadcast of tbe Ameri can preaident'B speech on United States neutrality, to make an ap peal to tbe world In wblch be de clared: . "The generoua efforts ot tbe highest moral and political author ities of the United States and Eu rope hare' been -checked. The relch's world terror which Is now sweeping Poland,, was decided np. The premier declaVed France pwdtild never abandon her fight un til Hitler's efforts "to dominate the world" haa been crushed by a complete victory" over the nasi forces. ..... Vanguard Marches About 135 Miles Across Eastern Line MOSCOW. Sept. 21 IP) Soviet Russian forces strength. ened their hold on eaatern Po land today as communiques re ported new advances by tbe Red army alone a wide front. In the north, tne soviet tngn command announced, Russian troops occupied Grodno, 16 miles from the east Prussian border and 90 miles southwest ot Wilno (Vilna), ancient capital ot Lith uanta. In the south. Red troops were reported In possession of Kovel Ukrainian village 100 mllea north ot Lwow, Poland'B third largest city. Occupation of both Wilno and Lwow waa announced In previous communiques. (German reports Bald the Poles were still resisting in and around Lwow.) . The reported seliure ot Grodno marks a Russian advance ot ap proximately 136 mllea Into Po land. ' " The fortified areas of Bar- anowlcie, Molodecino and Sarny also have fallen before the Rus sians, soviet high command said Baranowlcxe la approximately 35 miles from the Russian fron tier and 120 mllea eaat of Bialy- stok. communications center re ported occupied by- the German army. Molodecino, 18 mllea from (Continued on Page Eight) California neat Deaths Reach 38 LOS ANGELES, Sopt. SI (IP) Aa aotitliern uaiuornina neat wave went into its sixth oppres she day, the toll of dead . rose this morning to 35. Hundred-degree and better tem peratures were general In the . southern part ot the state and tha wave apparently waa moving up on northern California. At 10:30 a. m., the temperature In Loa Angelea was 100, two de grees less than yeaterday's at the same hour. In San Francisco, It waa 89 at 10 a. m tivo polnta hotter than at the same hour yes terday. At 10:30 . m., it wna 102 In San Diego and 107 at Ocean- side. .... In addition to Loa Angeles' 35 deaths, three were reported In the San Francisco bay region, . Pros trations numbered about 200, re ports from Los Angeles hospitals Indicated. UNIJED PRESS . Number 8764 21, 193d '-' SILENT AFTER SHELL BLASTS Germans Claim Only Four Sites Still Held by Polish Armies By ROBERT ST. JOHN BUDAPEST, Sept. 21 UPt The Warsaw radio lapaed Into sudden silence early today shortly after what sounded like the explosion ot artillery shells could be beard I through Its microphone. The announcer had carried on far into the night despite the deep, . periodic rumblings ' until the station suddenly went off the air ' half-way through the playing of a Pol ish military air. Temporarily, at least, the only communication between the German-besieged Polish capital and tbe rest of tbe world waa ended. Silence came after tbe station had broadcast a grim story of Warsaw being shelled and bynbed ae ewsssfi before aaMtpre- dlcted "there probably Boon will be a big ottensive againai ua. The rest of Europe, which nao been fallowing the 14-day tight ot Warsaw's defenders througn almoat ceaseless broadcasts from tbe station, was left to speculate on what might bave nappenea. The studio is in the center oi Warsaw. Despite German aerial and artillery bombardment of that area for almost two weeks, the station had remained on tne air day and night. It had gone on oven while shells were iaiung all around it. Four times yesterday the warn Inr wall ot air raid sirens could be heard above the calm voice of the announcer and four times the drone of diving airplanes came over the air. The broadcaster said the raids were conducted by squadrons of 30 German planes. ' His account of the siege In- eluded another appeal to Great Britain to help save the battered city. Betore silence aealed Warsaw's fate, the radio reported a auc cosatul attack against a German force. But It also admitted de vastating blows from German cannon and war planes. Still defiant. Mayor Stefan Starainaki had appealed to the capital's clttxens to persevere until a final victory had been won against the Germans and (Continued on Page Eight) Baseball V AMERICAN LEAGUE . r. a. e. Cleveland ... 6 9.0 Washington 3 7 1 ' Mllnar and Hemsley: Bass, Carrasquel (9) and Ferrell. , R. H. E. Detroit 7 112 Philadelphia -. 10 3 Plppen, Trout (3), Rowe (5), Bridges (9) and York; Beckman and Hayea. . R. H. E. St. Louis 2.7 1 Boston 8 9 0 Kramer and Arshany; Galo house and Desautels. R. H. E. Chicago 2 8 1 New York 5 10 0 Dietrich, .Brown (4) and Tresh; Russo and Dickey. NATIONAL LEAGUK - First game: R. H. E. Boston 4 12 2 Pittsburgh 8 8 1 Vlogel, Callahan - (3), and Mast; Gee and Susce. R. H. E. Philadelphia 3 It 1 Cincinnati 8 13 0 - Pearson, Kerkaieck (7), and Warren; Dorrlnger and Lombnrdl. Second game: R. H. E. Boston 0.8 3 Pittsburgh 7 10 1 , Fosedel and Lopei; Swlgart and Mueller. . R. H. E. Now York 3 8 1 Chicago 9 14 0 Lohrman, Melton (1), Brown (8), and Danning; Passeau and Manouso. h II WEATHER Wednesday's maximum M , High TO; low 49 PRECIPITATION 24 hours to 8 a. m, ....... ,0t Heason to data ........ O.oa Last year to date ................1 7.37 Normal precipitation - 18.68 -------------- i'nnnnnrinarLaamLfLui Xv oidy-'-$ar Assassinated Armand Callnescu, Rumania's "strong man" with pro-ally sym pathies, assassinated in Bucharest Thursday allegedly by the pro nazi "Iron Guard" faction. "Eight Iron Guardists were executed on the spot where Callnescu waa ma chine-gunned in his automobile. E German Guns Rap French Lines as Allied Drive Believed Decided t BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 21 (IP) German batteries pounded enemy lines of communication along the western front today as reports ot swift night movements by French troops hinted at plans for a major offensive. - Swiss military observers ex pressed belief tho Joint French British command now has de cided on the point to launch the first assault on the main forts ot the Siegfried line. Increased activity waa reported on the part of both French and German patrols, with the primary object of taking prisoners and gaining information concerning troop concentrations. These reports, and the tact the French appeared to be consolidat ing their positions Instead of at tempting further local advances, increased Swiss belief a great bat tle is in the making. Behind the Siegfried line the the Germans were said to have stationed motorized units In strategic reserve positions from which they can bo rushed to any part of tho front when addition al strength Is needed. ' Throughout tho night German flares lighted up the no-man'a-land where activity by aappers and dynamiters must precede any Llnfantry attack. PARIS, Sept. 21 I.P) Military dispatches today reported French (Continued on Page Eight) Warm Spell Holds In Spite of Storm Wednesday afternoon'a brief electrical storm failed to discour age Dame Autumn and by, Thurs day a bright sun was warming the Klamath basin with an un official temperature reading at 79 degrees at 2:30 p. m. Thursday's maximum was 84 decrees despite the threatened storm which recorded .01 inches of rain - Forecast for this section by the government weatherman -was "warmer," Ilumanla Interns Polish Officials' BUCHAREST, 1 Sept. 21 (IP) Authoritative sources said today the Rumanian government had decided to Intern Polish President Ignaco Mosclcki, Forotgn Minister Jozef Beck and other high civil officials as well as Marshal Ed ward Smlgly-Rydz, Polish . army commander. . ' All had crossed the frontier from Poland Into Rumania. Smigly-Rydz waa Interned yes terday and sent to enforced domi cile at Craiova, near the junc tion of tho Rumanian-Bulgarian frontiers. WARM STIFF FIGHT E Nazi Faction Blamed for Shooting of Premier , in Revolt Try BUCHAREST, Sept. St (SI Eight Rumanian Iron guard 1st, alleged to have partid pated In the assassination of Premier Armand Callnescu to day, were publicly executed to night on the spot where the crime was committed. . , In the presence of a huge crowd the eight men were shot by firing squada. Their bodies were lets lying on the pavement in pools of blood while thousands of on lookers were permitted to file past. BUCHAREST, Sept. 21 fJP Three generala took over top poets in a new Romanian government tonight following the assassina tion of Premier Armand Cattneaeu in " a" plot attributed to the pro nail iron guard. , - : ; The new premier, it waa offi cially announced, will be General George Argeaanu, a former war minister and now commander of the aecond army corps. He is known as a "tough disci plinarian" and one ot Rumania'a outstanding soldiers. General Ion Ileus becomes min ister of the interior In charge of the nation's police-, and tbe vital "post of war minister was assigned to General Gabriel Marlnescu, known as a bitter opponent oi the fascist Iron guard and a friend of France and Great Britain. By LLOYD LEHRBAS - BUCHAREST, Sept. 21 II P, M. 11 A. M. EST, VIA COPEN HAGEN) (IP) Premier Armand Callnescu was shot and killed to- . day by men officially identified as Iron guardists and troops were called up at once to prevent a Coup. . The assassination ot Callnescu known as Rumania's "strong man" for his suppression of the outlawed, pro-nazi iron guard or ganization waa attributed to con flicting national Interests arising from the European war. It came as German and Rus sian troops approached tho Ru manian frontier in their occu pation of Poland. Rumania got one seventh ot her territory from Russia in the world war settlement. Callnescu was machine gunned in his automobile by masked men. Other maaked men seized the Bucharest radio atation but were aubsequently arrested. Late today a communique read over the station formally accused the slayers ot being members of the pro-nail iron guard. "This afternoon. Premier Cal lnescu was murdered In s cow ardly manner near his home," the communique said. "The murderers, who are members of the former Iron guard, have been arrested." It said a new premier already; had been chosen but failed to give bis name. He was to be sworn la late in tbe afternoon, after which! a meeting ot the new cabinet would be held. , The ..communique announced (Continued on Page Eight) 25 YEARS AGO TODAY. By The Associated Press 8ept, 21, 1914. Von Hlndenbnrg's Germ as armlea In the eaat pursue retreat ing Russians. " The French cspture Noyon; the Germans seise Les Eparges, Turkey promises to atop) breaches ot neutrality. 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