Kennebec Journal from Augusta, Maine • 1

1: VOL NO i 238 AUGUSTA MAINE THURSDAY MORNING OCTOBER 5 1939 i '-i-V vvv' y-y 's to Good House Senate -Neul fc entlon I- Sen Vandenberg Calls for Describes Issue as 'Desperar yy Demands Turkey Close Dardenelles Moscow Oct Reports of the conclusion of Russlan-Latwlan agreement (lying the Soviet alg and naval bases In the neighboring Baltic state reached Moscow tonight edhisRelcJistag fc Triday noon to Hear' German declaratl In the European Washington Oct 4-(AP) The ayms! embarg 1 was-denounced today by Senator Connally (D-T exaa) i an un-heutral help to Hitler and defended by Se: istor ndenbgrg (R-Mlch) as an "indispensable symbol" of ron-inolvement lii war Connally gave the packed Senate galleries a tastb of desk-pounding oratory in support df the admimstrai neutrality revision hill which would repeal th ban! on arms: sales to warring nations and require that 1 export to such countries be carried in non-Amerlckn shif tempt to strengthen her hand in the middle east age-old theater of Ri slan-Brltlsh rivalry once She has WALTER BRENNAN WJBrennani completed negotiations with her European neighbors (A semi-official report Riga capital of Latvia sala the Latvian-Russian accord would be signed tonight Informed sources said the agreement would give Russia spedal traffic privileges over the German View Speculation cen iftUlty whether HI ittrrln addreeaei tar ne 'Chance to rt TUeOermianpolni Bttoed that the actiop In i eland la ended and that action la ne west 1 bi never started: -a ih indications Wc tonight 1 ere Hitler would decide jt to to Warsaw tomorrow fat a Irlumr nt panda of German troops i it tbs Wish eapitaL TT Tbs tor riving' the lelosest attention to the latest international iIl (Omtineed eo Page 7-J-CeL 2) Mer Latvian Baltic Ltbsu railway to POTtJi 1 Foreign Minister-Kail Belter of ii Are women interested in keeping the United States at peace? Estonia tonight exchanged instruments of ratification of the Russian-Estonian mutual assistance pact with a representative of the Soviet itlneed en rage CeL i) Out of the '87: people in the photo above only 16 are men Picture shows a section of the crowd that jammed Senate galleries as lead-off men for the Administration its -opponents opened debate on neutrality igteitinw designed to Protect Americana from enteiudement la the War In War CongrntuIatek Texari Taking thi loor a ter congratulating the tan or his address Vandenberg do ely fol rwed Id pri pared mknuscr pt -Tli subject be- lore the Senat was i rdesperMely rltal hb aid ai 4 he wanted a make no imp -emedi ited observa- The moment us cdi troversy also drew Senator: LaFo ette aProg- Wls) asuppor er of rtany admin-lstration xnaueres fore a radio microphone tonight opposition to the Preslden zeqi est for repeal of the embaijgo 1 Senators Nyql (R-N and Over- ton (D-La) cpponeiKs of repeal and Schwel tR-Wash) an advocate of repeal mn scheduled to continue tn diacfisslon on the Senate floor tomorrow! Many -sen- -atom predlc ec it would -take -two- or three vn ks at least to reach a vote Even if toe Senate passes the bill then further-HoSse action will be required to make 6 law In uie lorig fieaati Connally emphialaed law- which impdkea the arms jjerpttie American ahlpe to outer goods to the Pioneer-Dies i1 Walter Joseph Brennan 42 executive secretary of the Associated Industries- of Maine long prominent in State labor and industry safety-work died at his home 9 South' Chestnut Street Auguste shortly after 7 Wednesday night Re' had been Ul for the peat four month with heart disease -i Mr' Brennan who was1 a pioneer ln jthe safety -work' as instituted In labor outtl and industrial the State was bom Dec 30 ignt to Isv French Answer ito t-- A' Daladier Brands German Pce Talk Designed for Propajnda in Reich 1 -c 5 i (Cjnti Business Leader Dies! by Own Hand Brunswick Me Oct Funeral services for Hartley Baxter 82- Maine business and civic leader whose death today from a self-indicted bullet wound was described by Medical Examiner HartiU CL- Webb as 'suicide- will be held herel Friday relatives said Baxter -head of the Baxter and Brother Company large Portland! pecking concern and a brother of former Governor Ferdval Baxter- had been despondent and In falling health relstivea said Hla 1 brother and business partner Jamee-P Baxteiv- Jrdled tast-reek He was prominent as a yachtsman 'and had been trustee of the Brunswick and Topeham Water District -and the State school at PownaL' He leaves his widow and three -daughters Are 18tHandi9th Scuttled by Subs By -the Associated Press -TWo more neutral the 18th and l9th of the war-were reported sunk yesterday as Secretary of State Hull advised American merchant-men to steer clear of European dan-ger aones In the face of anticipated intensified sea warfare First of the new loue was the Hoegh 'Transporter- 4S14-ton Norwegian vessel which sank after h' nxlne 'at the entrance to Singapore harbor AH aboard including two Americana were rescued by a British patrol boat The loss was-Norway's fifth The second victim was tha Greek steamer Dismantle 4J9Q tans (Contlnoed on Page CoL 2) Chamber of Deputies In a three-hour- session ft i ft -ft CeL In Augusta son of the late James A' and Caroline Brennan- He-was graduated from -Cony High School in the clan-of 1916 am the next year entered the united States NavyJh the Aradkdiwteiaii Heaftended Harvard Radio School snd for the duration of the World War was stationed at Fortress Monroe' Virginia as- chief radio operator 'After the war Mr Brennan attended Valparaiso university (Continued en-Page 8 CoL 1) Xtilian Oct (Pyj-ThejRussIan-jbtonisn mutual awristarye i- pact which permits Husain! to plies SSjOOO troops st strategic points fq Estonia nttfled tonjghf Letters' of ratification frero changed at ttaa foreignofSce nt 11 IL Just one hourTbefor i expiration of the six-daw period for rntt-e (Caatinaed aarPnga 5aL 4): Providence Oct (SVr Great Bxitatn: orely heeding him-rjapseof' theEuropean war la now witn'Che Uhife States for the purchase of up to 100000000 feet of hurricane-felled timber to New England a price reported to be between- $3000000 and SSAOOjOOO the Providence Jour-i (Ceathraed on Page 1 -CeL 4) Paris Oct 1 4 (ff) Ftsncs will fleht -on Until vlctorlousfn the War reply- to-peace overtures from Cter-many- and Russia Vi: j' does not wish to live longer in the state of insecurity of these last years" the Premier toil the oreign affairs committee of the eS GrreekFitisI for" -l X- --O CP -The alnklng steadier Diamantis was disclosed -of 4J990- at Dingle Dublin of Tuesday todly ton vessel Thus (ha French government wsa aiimeL-wlthtb aland tskaa British leaden eoncenilng pea moves from th opposing cam Daladier said hla government would stand- loyally-wltr Britain against any German-dictated peace Daladier declared that nance "refuses to bow to violence and accomplished facta She wishes not a truce between two aggressions but durable peace guaranteeing' absolutely her national security within a system of security for all German talk ox peace the Rainier told' the committee was "trap!" designed far Internal propaganda purposes In the Reich No concrete proposal has been made to France he asserted but should one be made the French government remained In entire ac-( Con tin aed on Fags 1-CoL 2j ANEXCLUSlvi COiOR-C I rf -i it a i I Will Not Take Initiative i r' I V- s-1 th Restore Peace Hurricane Timber to Be Sold Slowly to Keep Market Stable bmartne rathe sinking rho Identlfied-thecGerman U-35 torpedoed School C3iildrqti Honor Cardinal Chicago-: Oct Parochial school ehlldrenr-4000- paid final tribute today to their spiritual champion George Cardinal Mundelein Delegations from the 400 grade institutions in the Archdiocese crowded Into theHolyNamoNCathedral to assist wt the first Arst publlc mass for Boston Oct A definite policy governing the sale of millions ed to the European war and to a rainy season in the south together with what Leslie Bean director of the Salvage Administration said Foreign Minister Count Galeazzo Clano returned Oortinaed on flip 7 CoL f) ughlin Cam Slight on' Ban 4 i VJ? i i than usual supply of lumber on the market at this i Army Orders 329 had pxovl had provided of feet Of government-owned hurricane-toppled timber in New England worth more than $12000000 ws established today by the Federal Northeastern Timber Salvage Administration to keep' the huge supply from affecting the market -The plan calling for sale of logs in-water storage to existing -iV Home Oct Italy gfinounc-ed officially today that would refraln or the present from taking the Initiative In an effort tejj restore peace to Europe (f A communique of the offidal Stefan! News Agency declared British newspaper-- reports that 1 Premier Mussolini was studying plans for a peace conference were "without any it present circumstances Italy will not take any initiative of this sort" the communique said The statement confinnjed the opinion previously held by 'informed Fascist circles that Italy would not link herself with any peace proposals unless convinced they had -a reasonable chance of success i Washington Oct 4 The Army placed an order for 329 high speed twelve-ton tank today and thus doubled the number of such modern fighting vehicles It will have nmana at It comm an 'The poller' waa drafted ftom suggestions advanced by a committee representing the Nsuonal- Manufacturing Asroclation by the -Timber and the Federal Surplus Commodities Commission Asserting the policy would remove any "threat to the Bean said the aim was to salvage as much fallen tint-- (Con tnoei on Page li Industries "with a view of mam! stablized employment for the maximum' period1 -and of-sawed lumber to foreign1 markets was put Into effect as lumber market observers reported a 20 per-cent gradual price rise In recent wtiek: The boost In prices was attribut Natkmal -Association of Broadcast-ers jwhich affects discussion of of the secretaries is too premature to make any statement yet regarding the mattery ft: Coughlin wishes to lesm alllihe fact The 28 the submarine reported their not far from off the Scllly they were hie shortly pedoes crashing into the The1 Diaijianffla lb ed by as owned bjr era of Greece wa boi nd fi West Afri- 'til ca tor Barrow-: a aess wngfoTMi-- Six members of I le crew were said to have be taken to-a Dingle hospital for troatmc it of Injuriaa suffered In the i xploa one Members jof le oi said thiey were treated pc ltely qr the captain at the aubifiarix (Dingle 14 In outh est Ireland on Dingle Bay wl fch peps Into- the Atlantic Irelan 1 hai expraaed her determination 1 ren aln neutral In the current Eu: opes: war and under'' lnternatloi al 1 -1 belligerent war craft are pern tted to enter harbors of neut al a entries (This was th fin report of a submarine Ian Ung the survivora from alahlpdt had uxtic although there hkve neex Inst ncee in which German subma ine munanders directed ships to the 9cue of crewmen of torpedo id The aubmari ie ctene the pier injbroad syligftt a the survlvon asbor i The crew of he boi to bystanders on he man rey returned the gz etinw Aiier iana the survivors 'i lie Lpbost lmme stely turned bsfk to! if' I i otes to Continue es Will Consider Real Peace Plan Special Assessment to Fight CIO the prelate who educational faculties for a generation of Catholic youngsters 1 Their numbers overtaxed the capacity of the edifice Hundreds were forced to stand outside but heard the chant of the celebrant Bishop Bernard Shell and the requiems of the choir through loud speakers When the services ended and the participants left a Tew line of adults formed and thousand filed Cut the body of the cardinal as It In state upon a catafalque In the chancel Of the church' The procession continued through the day and evening There were no restrictions The doors will remain open until the funeral Friday morning An estimated 100 bishops' and scores of other churchmen converged on -Chicago to attend final rites amid predictions the city would witness the greatest gathering of the American Hierarchy since It waa host of the Eucharistic Congress in 1926 Jobs Guaranteed Gtizen Soldiers WV-State employes in nent positions who may be ordered into military or naval forces for "active duty" Wednesday -were assured their Jobs would be open for them after completing service with Uncle Sam Governor Lewis Barrows and the Executive Council approved the State Personnel Board's decision to grant leave of absence without pay to any employe Into active military service MaatcrcyBltL 1 year dusker jbusinis 1 Asd DobU atresmiijie siria tbs 'cut-fc fcosaflaa 1 A 6000000 order Was American Car and Fotu psny it will be followed ductlon of a smaller num heavier: and-more powerful medium tank Deliveries are expected to start early -next year This modernized type of weapon as employed in spectacular fashion by Germany In the invasion of Poland When all the tanka are ready in 1941 the Army will have far more-in service than at any time since the immediate i post-war period By comparison with European armies on wheels however the number will be small The six or more Nazi or armored divisions are said to have 400 "tanka each and seveifel mechanized cavalry divisions with 448 each Special Officer Becomes New Chief Lewiston Me Oct (JV-The Lewiston i Police Commission today elevated Thomas Johnson Jr to the position of Chief to fill the unexpired term of the late John IL Ashton Johnson native of this city Joined the force as a special June 18 and has done vacation duty the past summer being a- nation of shopkeepers we ar- also a nation of pathfinders of a way to a durable peace" A similar suggestion was made fax Commons yesterday a by former Prime Minister '3avld Lloyd George (Centiaaed on Page CeL 1) special meeting of metal trades building trades chiefs took up union compudnts that the Tennessee! Valley Authority had refused to enterinto closed shop contracts with AFL unions John? Crane head of the AFL building trades department said union officials also were InveKigat-ing charges that supervisory employes of the TVA had discouraged workers from joining the unions Cincinnati Oct 4 The American- Federation of Labor armed Itself today to carry on the struggle with the Congress of Industrial Organizations by votlng to continue lor another year th special assessment levied In 1937 when CIO waa pressing its campaign in the mass -production -industriesj convention also approved a nuns Intensive campaign to organize workers In all lines of industry The special levy amount to one cent per member a month Stlrx London Oct (0) watched with a wary eye tonight the diplomatic maneuvering in European capitals which $he believes may foreshadow a off the war move" by Adolf Hitler For the second successive day the possibility that Germany through a neutral power may in some way suggest a peace' settlement occupied a big Share of Parliament attention For the second day came a suggestion from a Parliamentary leader hat -Britain should not be too haste in casting aside such proposals if they are made1 -Lord Snell leader of the Labor opposition told the House of Lords that he hoped that "the gOven Mit would never refuse to listen to a real proposal for and that it Should Show that "in addition to Then for fftie hati offer The -Roosevelt administration's itl-trust Investigation in the build (Contfnacd en CoL 4) I STETSONS BERG $500 $3io WIN A TON FREE uuew howl many eaglets of rrankUn AMBBICOAt- thOj airflow fnel are In window Purinfon Bros Co TEL 14 AUGUSTA la imw pca it Time War News from' aald yoa be lemferfng to aa the se THE WEATHER TTl White House light System Examined Washington1 Oct 4 UPi White House officials said today that llyht-lng facilities on the ground of the executive mansion -Were being examined to determine their adequacy for night time protection If they are found to be insufii dent additional lights perhaps of the flood light type may be Install- Extra precautions have been taken! to protect the President since the war broke -out in Europe although restrictions on visitors entering the White House grounds were lifted yesterday Tourists and- sightseers still are barred from the White House Itself however mmm RESE ri" left sore ta findjist tie medal 5f THESE DATES J- to 9J0 -V FAIR Maine and New Hampshire: Fair and warmer Thursday Friday fair and slightly warmer Tides at Aagaata Oct 5 7:03 A 7:33 3:36 A 3:39 7 High tide at Augusta la 4 nourr later titan at Portland Low tide is 1-2 hours later Tide times at (By The Assisted Press) Hitler summons Reichstag for Friday noon to hear new declaration of policy expected to put war 'or jpeace issue up to Britain Russlan-Latvlan pact reported concluded giving Russia more air and navylbsseq on Baltic Premier Daladier ileciares Ranee will fight until victory' in war for "durable with "security for 11 nations" Italy announces that "under present circumstances' she will refrain from peace Initiatives Peaea isaue occupies Parliament Foreign Secretary Halifax says government would examine proposals "with care" and "measure thefn against principles for- which we have tte-ei up JANUARY 1940 1940 TT55rrWBnnoH I IS friPT mmi WKtaibl pp popular a rt 3515to East- -4 Portland can be figured by subtract- fr UK era Standard Time ing these difierences from times given for Augusta All time Is TONIGHT may have hevw- ntfHtaf Snsndsl mMimv for 44 rear Thircf Annual agricultural trades VSHOW 1 1 itixst Collateral Loan Co 11 Water Street Dnannild $10 ti Aagnsta Charges' on unpaid monthly balance np to S1BO month arms Russia ence to middle East Stockholm Genzian navy seizes five Swedish- freighters one bound tor the United States h' Senator Connally (D-Tiexas) urges repeal of arms embargo Senatmr) Vandenberg R-MlchM support It in continuation of (R-Mich supports STONE COOPEJl -AUGUSTA Fuel All subscriben will reoelva a fall Innii-by-Iipilng game dally News dealers and street boys will auppled sapplement after the regular edltlqp f-' A- on balances above ms Statsto as ARMORY Lewiston: Maine MmammaroiLaJ Senate neutrality debate' A memmaammeBiiml r-.