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Evening star., 1939-10-18
The War Situation

opened a conference called by
Sweden's King Gustaf. Europe
looked to the Stockholm meeting
for a possible initiative for peace,
although the purpose of the con-
ference ostensibly was for pres
ervation of neutrality and trade
in wartime. page AID
President Roosevelt joined the
heads of 20 other American Re-
publics in sending messages of
support for principles of neu-
trality and order under law to
the King of Sweden on the con-
vening of the four-nation Scap-
dinavian conference. page AID.
Democratic members of the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee were reported to have
made progress at a morning ses-
sion toward agreement on neu-
trality bill amendments to ease
restrictions on American ship
ping to belligerent possessions in
the South Atlantic and Pacific
Oceans and the Far East. Their
meeting continued this after
noon. page A-1.)
Refusal of Turkey to accept
Russian proposals which were
contrary to her policy in the
Dardanelles has placed bar
against conclusion of Russian
Turkish pact. Turkish Prime
Minister Refik Saydam declared
last night that the Russian pro-
poSals were contrary to Turkish
security and were incompatible
with her previous obligations to
Great Britain and France. page
A-4)
Southeastern Europe was
standing resolutely against Ger
man efforts to obtain greatly in
creased shipments of vitality
needed war materials where such
increase would be against the in
terests of the small countries of
this part of Europe. Experts from
Berlin have spent more than a
month in the capitals of Hun
gary, Rumania, Bulgaria and
Yugoslavia, but with little sue
cess. page A-4.)
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Mooney, on Stretcher,
Removed 10 Hospital
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 18. - Tom
Mooney was carried on stretcher
from a sick bed at a downtown
hotel today to the Passavant Hos
pital for treatment of hemorrhaCes
of gastric ulcer.
Illness last week caused inter-
ruption of coast-to-coast speaking
tour by Mooney, who was pardoned
after serving more than 20 years
of life sentence in connection with
the 1916 San Francisco Preparedness
Day bombing.
An attending physician said blood
transfusions may become necessary.
A nurse said his condition was
serious but not critical"
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Fourth Of Germun
Raiders Downed,
Commons Told
(Tert OF ChamberlGin's Talk,
Page A-3.J
BULLETIN.

BY Cable to The Star
PARIS, Oct. 18.-Following the
suspension of negotiations be-
tween Russia and Turkey, the
Ankara government has today
expressed its readiness to sign
at any time the long-expected
mutual assistance pact with
France and Great Britain.
French official circles describe
this accord as strengthening the
security of the Balkan countries.
ISTANBUL, Oct. 18 tR.-Gen.
Maxine Weygand, commander in
chief of French forces in the
Mediterranean, arrived today as
precautionary military measures
were intensified IN Turkey.
By the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 18-Britain has
made a good beginning in the
war against Germany, Prime Minis
ter Chamberlain declared in the
House of Commons today in speech
minimizing British losses and saying
Germany had lost more than a
fourth of the planes which have
raided the British Isles.
He paid tribute in his brief weekly
war report to the work of defense
forces in fighting off the first Ger
man air attacks on the country.
In these first air battles fought
over our own coasts we have de-
stroyed eight enemy aircraft without
losing single machine OF our own,
Mr.. Chamberlain said.
He added that several more Ger
man bombers might have failed to
reach home and said the casualties
thus certainly exceeded Is per cent
of the attacking force and may have
been higher"
Severe Losses Sustained.
The British Navy has sustained
severe losses, both in officers and
men, Mr.. Chamberlain said, refer
ring to the sinking of the battleship
Royal Oak Saturday and casualties
inflicted by German air raiders on
the Firth of Forth Monday.
Sixteen men were killed in the
Monday raid and $40 went down
with the Royal Oak when SUBJ
marine torpedoed her in Scapa Flow
British naval base in the Orkney
Islands off the North Scottish coast
Attacks on British fleet bases were
fully expected" the Prime Minister
said.
The extent of the enemy's dis
appointment at the failure of these
attacks to inflict serious injury or
our ships may be measured by the
fantastic nature of the claims which
they have felt obliged to invent"
Germany reported the battle
cruiser Repulse also had been tor
pedoed in the Scapa Flow raid and
limited that the battle cruiser Hooo
and aircraft carrier Ark Royal also
have been attacked successfully.
Denies German Claims.
Mr.. Chamberlain specifically de-
MED any damage had been inflicted
on the warships Hood, Repulse OF
Ark Royal. His statement was made
soon after Adolf Hitler in Berlin
had bestowed special honors on the
submarine commander who tor
pedoed the Royal Oak and claimed
to have damaged the Repulse.
There are many surprises in wal
Ln II ,
MIR. Chamberlain said, but we have
at least the satisfaction of knowing
that we have made good begin
ming"
He claimed that despite German
(See LONDON, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Six Naval Vessels
Attacked by
II Aircraft
BULLETIN.

London, Oct. l8 IP).-German
planes, apparently on a scouting
mission, approached Britain's
great naval base at Scapa Flow
today, but did not drop any
bombs, the air ministry an :
nounced.
The ministry said the planes
came from the direction of Kirk
wall and Duncansbay Head. The
former is one of the Orkney
Islands north of Scapa Flow, the
latter place is on the Scottish
coast to the south.
BY the Associated Press.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 18,-Resi-
dents of Schiermoonikoog Island, of
the North Coast of the Netherlands
today reported a fight between un-
identified planes and Warships some
distance outside Netherlands terri
torial waters.
Witnesses said six warships were
attacked by II planes about II am
The nationality Of the participate
ing craft could not be determined
because of the distance from shore
1t also was impossible to learn the
outcome of the fight.
Schiermoonikoog is 10 miles from
the German-N Netherlands boundary
Warning Sounded in Lille.
PARIS, Oct. 18 (P)-A 40-minutt
air-raid warning sounded this morn
ing in Lille, industrial city of North
eastern France.
Warning sirens screamed at liza;
am. and the all-clear signal fol
lowed at 1925.
No details of what caused the
warning were learned here imme'
Evening star., 1939-10-18

damaged Britain's 32000-ton battle
cruiser Repulse at the same time
as it sank the Royal Oak.
The Repulse was easy to make
out because it and the RenoWn cher
sister ship alone have two tunnels
Comdr. Prien said.
The Repulse was partly covered
by the Royal Oak Nevertheless
her two aforeship gun towers pro-
truded. (Silhouettes in James
Fighting Ships show the Repulse
has two tunnels and also two fore
gun turrets)
so I first aimed in their direc-
ton, then sent a second torpedo
into the very heart of the Royal
Oak. I saw distinctly how water
first spurted high before the Re-
pulse and then was followed by
high red flames.
ON the Royal Oak water and
fire rose even higher, both hits being
followed by detonations and by parts
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Planes and Worships Reported
In Battle Off Coast of Holland;
WorBegun Well Chamberlain
Britain Lost Admiral
When U-Bout Sank
BottIeship Royal Oak
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 18.-Rear Ad-
miral H. E. c. Blagrove, newly
appointed admiral-superintend-
ent of the Chatham Dockyard,
it was disclosed today, went
down with the battleship Royal
Oak when she was torpedoed by
a German submarine in Scapa
Flow Saturday.
Admiral Blagrove, So, had
been appointed to the Chatham
post October 2. He served dur
ing the World War on the bat
tleship Queen Elizabeth.
Evening star., 1939-10-18
French Communique

This mornings French general
staff communique tolloUS'
During the night activity on
both sides between the units in
contact Also ambushes and trench
raids. Behind the enemy lines
intense movements by road and
rail"
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Lone Motorist Saw U-Boot, Says
Skipper Who Sank Royal Oak
Noz Commander Tells Vivid Story
Of Feat in British Naval Base
By LOUIS p. LOCHNER.
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent.

BERLIN, Oct ia blond 3lyearold submarine commander
which the
Brits Saturday $40 lives.
he had been
plauds cheering Berlin
Evening star., 1939-10-18

(See BERLIN, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1939-10-18

(See FIGHTING, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1939-10-18
Weather Forecast

From the United States Weather Bureau report.
Full details on Page Az
Fair tonight and tomorrow; not quite
so cold tonight; minimum temperature
about 80; warmer tomorrow. Tempera-
lures today-Highest, 81, at 2 pm;
lowest, 81, at $50 am.
Evening star., 1939-10-18

See SCANDINAVIAN, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1939-10-18

(See WOMEN, Page A-l2O
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30
Our Cotton Exports Are
Continuing to Decline

We have witnessed the spectacle
Of our secretary Of agriculture seek
ing to get our cotton or some other
farm products into foreign markets
by use of various form Of cash
payments to the producers. While
he has been passing out checks, our
exports have declined and are con-
tinuing to decline, and there Is
nothing that can be done about 1t.
Other folks have learned to grow
cotton and they are not going to
stop. We cannot control them by q
law saying a farmer must plant only
so much, or that there must be six
million little pigs killed off.
I was asked recently for my
own opinion on the outlook for bus
mess My reply was that I disliked
making gloomy predictions. Polly
anna stuff is much more pleasant.
On the other hand, President Hoov-
er tried hard to get prosperity to
come around the corner, and he
looked rather ridiculous when she
stayed just around the corner thru
more than nine years up to the pres
emit time. Secretary Hopkins, of the
department of commerce, is trying
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any money and her purchases in the
United States will be next to moth
ing for years to come.
Citation of example and trend and
opinion could go on quite at length
in this situation. Taken all togeth-
er it seems to be one of the really
important things, next to our own
unemployment rolls, because it looks
from this date as though the United
States is face to face with the ne
cessity Of a gigantic readjustment.
It seems to me the problem cannot
be lodged. Changes must come with
in our own national economy. We
will have to learn just what to pro-
duce and how much, because I fear
that a large chunk of our export
market is gone forever.
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price hysteria has collapsed and
quite few persons lost their shirts
in the speculation to which they
turned with the excitement of war
talk.
It is true that there are some in
dustries which are profiting from
the war. Some, but not very many.
Statistics are tiresome, but close ex-
animation of them does reveal, in
this instance, how thoroughly spotty
an anticipated war boom actually
is. In my own appraisal of the sit
uation, based on all of the facts
can obtain along with opinions of
experts, I have come to the conclu-
sion that the war thus far has done
our American business agriculture,
commerce and industry-more dam
age than it has done good. That is
to say, If it were possible to bal
ance the increase due to the war
against the further decline in other
lines, the total business of the
United States would show an actual
loss.
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Rruckhart's Washington Digest
EuOpean War Does More Damage
To American Industry Than Good
Some Lines of Business Are Profting, While Others
Are Declining; Efforts to Boost Exports Fail;
American Merchant Marine Affected.
BY WILLIAM BRUCKART
WNU Service, National Building Washington, C.

WASHINGTON. - Although our
nation is not mixed up in the
european mess, and its people will
not permit any administration to
drag us in, it strikes me that the
war on the other side of the At
iantic already has done a lot Of
things which ought to be review
ed. There has been much laugh Ger
shout the "phoney" war and The
"sitdown strike" of the enemy
armies, because thus far there mas
been no real fighting. I do not pro-
pose to discuss that phase Of the
situation. There are some things
which have happened and are nap
pening here at home, however, that
surely are worthy of consideration.
When steel began to flash abroad,
there were thousands, if not mil
lions, of Americans who believed q
conflict overseas would pull us out
Of the depression. Visions of ex-
ports amounting to millions Of tons
were seen by many Of the untkink-
ing and misinformed persons. High
er prices-it is hardly necessary to
recall how excited some folks got
about the prospects of higher prices
and there was talk about shortages
and all Of that sort of thing. There
was the usual effort Of a certain
type of business interests to grab Oft
extraordinary profits. Most Of the
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-11-30
Transfer of Ship Registry
Raises Stink in WASHINGTON

The latest development with re-
spect to the shipping industry is the
effort of one of the great shipping
companies to transfer the regis
try of its ships to Panama-to fly
the Panama flag. That action, of
course, is like changing your own
American citizenship and becoming
the subject of another nation. It can
be done under the law, but it has
raised quite q stink in Washington,
because this course of action simply
circumvents the so-called cash-and-
carry law. Under the Panama flag,
those ships could sail into war zone
ports which they cannot do as long
as they fly the Stars and Stripes
from their masthead. It does not
mean a great deal, I believe, except
1t shows the influence of the Euro
pean war. Incidentally, the fuss
about those ships recalls how diff
ficult it is to make law that will
not have loopholes in it or means Of
getting around it.) g.
The war in the Far East has
upset practically all trade relations
between the United States and ia
pan and China There is quaint
ity Of exports yet moving in that
direction, but I am told by persons
who know the facts that when that
war Is over, Japan win be without
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goods to belligerents upon the
docks of this country-come and get
it, pay cash and carry it away in
your own ships-is wise. Congress
agreed with him.
The same legislation provided that
no ships flying the American flag
may enter what is called combat
zones. So, trade in our ships is con-
fined to those nations not engaged
in warfare It happens, however
that the three greatest buyers who
use ships (since Canadian exports
are largely by rally are the three ma
tons now fighting in Europe.
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Western Auto Supply
OLAV l. OTHEIM, Authorized Dealer

An ingenious plan was used by
engineers recently to dismantle q
795-foot brick smoke stack at Musk
ogee, Oklahoma. Small rubber bal
looms were sent up in the stack with
a thread attached. After the bal
looms had reached sufficient height
they We're shot down with a rifle
and a heavier cord drawn up with
the thread, and finally a rope with
which workmen mounted to the top.
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now to induce the coy young wo-
man to come around the same cor
ner. His department has been is
suing statements about bulges in
production and in sales and in
shipments. But ] could not read
the figures the same way the sec
rotary read them.
Christmas Seals do their share.
Are you doing yours?
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Airplane Manufacturers ,
And Rail Lines benefited

It can be pointed out, for example,
that airplane manufacturers are do
ing thriving bushes. They are
selling airplanes for war purposes
and they are selling them here, as
we'll. Likewise, the official reports
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a second! And away you go. The
battery hardly knows it was work.
ing. And. it's a good long while
before the gauge-stick calls for
an added quart of Germ Proc
essed oil. Your Mileage Merchant
has your right Winter grade.
Change today to that Conoco
station of his. Continental Oil
Company
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show how the industries producing
airplane parts and equipment and
certain other types of war material
are rushing their products through
to finished state.
The rail lines have benefited.
Through stretch of six consecu-
tive weeks, car loadings-an accu-
rate business barometer-have ex-
ceeded 100000 cars for each seven
day period, and then dropped off.
In this case, car loadings have
shown a vast bulk movement but
one must examine the commodities
hauled to calculate what conditions
are. It is to be noted that there
were exceedingly heavy shipments
of stuff disable in war included in
the 100000 total. A good deal of this
had been ordered previously. It
could not be sent out until the So
called arms embargo was removed.
Experts appear to believe that q
large portion of the shipments may
not be repeated. At least, not in
such quantities. All of which is to
say that shipments of normally do
nestle products, consumer goods,
must still be very much below par.
Respecting the market for So
called consumer goods, mention may
be made of apples and what a drug
they are on the market these days.
This may not be the same in all
parts of the United States, but it
certainly IS true in the great apple
growing sections Of Virginia. One
large grower told me that he had
not sold single apple for the Brit
ish market where he usually is able
to ship several hundred carloads in
the course of season. Imports of
all fresh fruits have been banned in
England. "
The industrial conference board,
a private organization which IS
quite accurate in its reports on bus
mess conditions and trends, said
lately that our exports to Canada
are due to fall with dull thud. In
1888, Canada acquired 68 percent of
all of the things she imported right
across the border in the United
States. It is to be remembered, too,
that about 40 percent of all exports
from the United States in normal
years go to Canada.
But the situation Is changing rap
idly. Canada is going industrial as
rapidly as she can under the stress
and strain of war. Being part Of
the British empire, does any one
think that the British war office Is
going to seek supplies in the United
States that can be bought In Can
ada? Obviously not. To show how
Canada has developed her capacity
to take care Of empire require
ments I believe 1t Is necessary only
to report that the Canadian indus.
trial capacity was 81 percent great
er in 1887 than 20 years earlier, o,
in the midst Of tho World War. tn,
World War started the trend in Can
ada; the present European war fa
given it new impetus and the ind.
cations are that exports to Canad,
hereafter will continue to get small.
er.
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b.
Lou can probably agree that
these are certainly conservative
figures $50. Like
II or 5 months of nasty sUeather
right ahead of you now
IS or 10 daily cold starts for your
90 to 8 minutes per start, till your
engines aaeGr-aOarm
And yet even that can run up
your engines cold-weather start
ing-stretch' to right around 80
hours! The foulest 80 hours
that Gangster Winter could fire
at your engine your battery.
And don't ever hope to halt him
with motor oils whose biggest
brag is "fast flow." That's not
enough-and it'snot your moneys
worth, considering that "fast
flow" is mighty slow Winter lubri-
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cation compared to- OIL-PLATING.
OIL-PLATING in your engine
will lubricate before any oil can
circulate. That's because the min
ute you start up with patented
Conoco Germ Processed oil it
makes OIL-PLATING magnetic"
to all inner engine surfaces, SO
that it cannot drain down again.
1t cannot retire to the crankcase
as you park the car. Like any
other good plating, oIL-PLATING
stays right where it's plated by
Germ Process action-all over the
working parts. They've "got on"
their oIL-PLATING all the while
you're indoors. They never take
off" their OIL-PLATING. When
you come out to start then, your
OIL-PLATING can't be delayed
even 80 seconds-or one-ninth of
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What Has War Done to
American Merchant Marine?

W08t H8S war lone 70
American Merchant Marine?
And what has the war done to the
American merchant marine?
Our government has spent good
many hundred millions In building
ships and in helping private ship
ping companies to build ships. It
has been a policy Of subsidy. But
about the same time our ships begin
to attract attention on the high seas
and in international trade, along
comes new war conditions and our
flag is forced to stay out Of the
trade routes that produce the great
est revenue because traffic IS heav-
lest. Of course, 1t Is a policy Of the
administration that has brought this
about. President Roosevelt has felt
that adoption Of system Of selling
Evening star., 1939-10-12
BY BURTON HAWKINS.

In the frantic rush to pat the
sloping shoulders of Charley Keller,
who employed the world series as a
stepping stone to national fame. it
seems a minor social Slight has been
committed. Scarcely anybody has
bothered to remember that his COL
lege coach, Burton Shipley, called
the turn on Charley some seasons
ago.
Keller was envisioned by Shipley
as a major league prospect in his
first year with the University of
Maryland's baseball team. AS time
romped along the coach became
more enthusiastic, but nobody was
listening at the moment.
Shipley Perfect Prophet.
Hes far greater prospect than
Hack Wilson," appraised Shipley
early in Keller's career. Wilson, also
developed by Shipley when the Terp
coach was managing minor league
club. smashed Sc home runs in 1880
and has been surpassed in that re-
spect only by Babe Ruth, Hank
Greenberg and Jimmy FoXX.
He'll snap out of it," informed
Shipley early this season when Kel-
ler got off to a slow start with the
Yankees. Hes the kind of kid
who gets all tied up inside, but once
he gets going they won't stop him.
He can't miss.
Evening star., 1939-10-12
Demon on Ball Field,
Keller Tanned by
His Admirers
Nerve Deserts Series
Hero When Orutory
Is Called For
Special Dispatch TO The Star.

Specia! DlSpatcn 10 Inc star.
FREDERICK, Md, Oct. 12.-
Echoes of the resounding tributes
heaped upon Charley Keller at a
banquet for the World Series hero
here last night will continue for a
long time, as will the sight of a
strange Keller neither New York
nor Cincinnati fans ever saw.
In marked contrast to the calm
ness with which he smote Red pitch
ing for .438 average, Keller proved
nervous, fidgety individual last
night who CROPPED for words to ex-
press appreciation for the welcome
home party rendered him under the
auspices of the Junior Board of
Commerce.
All he could say was: Il can't say
how much 1 thank you Honest, I
really mean it
Fredericks admiring citizenry
gave Charley new automatic shot
gun and Mrs Keller a toasting set,
plus enough flowers to start florist
shop. Present at the celebration
were many of Keller's old friends
and those who started him on his
baseball career-his high school
coach from Middletown. his college
baseball coach. the president of
Maryland University and the Mayor
of Frederick.