MOBERLY ALL PRICE and MOBERLY EVENING DEMOCRAT MOBERLY MISSOURI SATURDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 30 8 Pages NUMBER 78 Roosevelt Directs Monopoly Inquiry to Keep ACTION DIRECTED Merchants and Manufacturers Tax Valuations Boosted A net Increase of in valuations of Randolph County merchants and manufacturers stocks was approved by the ty Board of Appeals at meetings this week The increases affect 79 merchants and manufacturers in the county with the valuation hikes ranging from to Eighty-two valuation increases the No Interference With Any Normal Progress Noted WASHINGTON Sept 30 AP President Roosevelt asked Temporary National Ecoi Committee today to keep a constant eye on increases in prices af our domestic materials to pre- vent profiteering In a letter to Committee man O'Mahoney of the the President said that he believed constant surveillance is clearly in keeping with the purposes and objectives which the was established and I that in carrying forward such a program your committee can well become an important part in our first line of national de- against ugly and inhuman nau wjr of Equalizations at sessions here earlier this month The Board of Appeals struck off three of those increases made slight reductions in four others and approved all the rest The three increases set aside by the Board of Appeals Westlake Hardware Store at Roosevelt referred to a ment made by O'Mahoney in in sr the present series of commute would be emphasized by the prospect of profiteering results Prom the European war Special Meeting Planned In making public the letter dated September 29 O'Mahoney said can Huntsville which had been ed from to Great Lakes Oil Company bulk station here which had been hiked from to and Mackie's ket whose increase had been from to 4 Increases Modified The four firms on which alight changes were ordered by GOING TO DIE Pope Speaks Words of Con- solation to Audience of Polish People Bv EDWARD KENNEDY CASTEL GANDOLFO Sept 30 Pius XII coupled his consolation to the Polish people the board of appeals with first figure denoting valuation fixed by assessor second figure valuation by Board of Equalizations and third figure valuation finally proved by Board of Owens Service Station and Bulk Plant at Huntsville and J T Cross ber Co and Lumber and Firestone Tire and Rubber Co and Other increases ordered by the Board of Equalizations and proved by the Board of Appeals first figure is that fixed by assessor and second that by Board of Equalizations and approved by Board of At Huntsville laney Lumber Company to Edwards and Phipps ber Co to Kroger to Mardi Gras Inn to Missouri Power and Light Co to ard Oil Co to mers Grocery to NEW LEADER Former Senate President Is Sworn In to Succeed Ignace GOVERNMENT SET Continued on Page 4 corned by the fluctuations of said but only in of the consumer said Thurman W the of had re- The Justice added did not a facilities to handle all of these Move to There is I am sure no re to interfere with O'Mahoney be acknowledged to die 4 May Christ who wept at tne death of Lazarus and over the of his fatherland gather and some day you for the tears which you spill over your dead and over that Poland which does not want to said the Pope Speaking at an audience foi Polish residents of Rome m this frightful tragic hour the Pope asked his Io place their trust in God to look for- ward to the future with hope and especially to pray that Poles would not be deprived of the comforts of -or emies of God August Cardinal ate of Poland stood beside the Pope as he bestowed his blessing upon the Polish of those in the audience of 200 mostly priests and nuns wept at the Pope's words When he finished Pope stepped down f and stood in rapt the gathering sang recovery W is concerned about Is that there no profiteering Patrol Captain To Fight Demotion Order In Court TEFFERSON CITY Sept 30 AP transfer from the Kirkwood to the by Supt B was to have taken effect tomorrow But Leigh contended it a tion and that he was entitled to hearing before Casteel The Kirkwood captain from enforcing the trans- fer and to hold the state highway commission responsible an Casteel's case is set or hearing Monday Street Estate Clear of U.S Tax Claim Charles BELGIUM BUSINESS SUFFERS SLUMP British Blockade of many Hits Trade Pacts Sought BRUSSELS Sept 30 empty harbors and a new three-year high for ployment bore witness today to the effect of Europe's war neutral Belgium's national life There is one universally ed hope We don't want but observers said business has been hit heavily by the British blockade of Germany Belgians speak not only of the necessity of supplying the people with basic but where to get raw materials for their industry and how to reach markets ducts Trade negotiations with the French British and Germans are under way the Belgian press UP IN EXILE May God the hymn with which Poles have twelves ta previous parUtions of their homeland by foreign who French Tne rope t said the Polish people had lost lives and goods before in the nation's long but there are riches not kept in strong boxes but in the human heart These you have never lost he said above all have the Polish people lost their faith He declared the Poles had de- fended their soil with IgT they had won even the praise of their enemies ST LOUIS Sept 30 W France Turns a Cold der to Peace Moves t Army on the Alert PARIS Sept 30 AP PolJ ish government in exile was lally established in France as Wladyslaw former president of the Polish Senate took the oath of office as president of the republic in a dramatic mony at the Polish embassy President Ignace inT in Rumania where he fled from Warsaw before the German invaders had announced his resign nation through the embassy a Jew minutes before the new president took the oath The Poles thus sought to out- maneuver what diplomats called German efforts to prevent istence of a Polish government by keeping in Rumania un- able to exercise his functions Conforms With Law The new president succeeded the embassy announced in conformity with constitutional Law embodied a decree drafted Sept 17 1939 at the Polish border town of Kuty after the government fled from Warsaw The United States ambassador to Poland Anthony J die Jr who has arrived here with his staff from Warsaw was ex- to remain in Paris and be accredited to the new government Diplomats said final decision on this must be made in Washington Gathered around the new dent as he swore to uphold the constitution of Poland was a hand Cul of Polish officials who been able to flee to Paris A New Premier i Ambassador Jule FOR AID OF NEUTRALS Europe's Great Powers Seek Friendship and Help of Little Nations CAMPAIGN WAGED IN SOUTHEAST German Economic Mission in Budapest Seeks Food Oil Other Necessities By ROBERT ST JOHN BUDAPEST Sept 30 greats powers today pressed determined efforts on many fronts to win the ship economic assistance of the small neutral nations of the A A T i 1 has indicated ah With the United States for increased trade From ances the average Belgian's life has not been changed seriously by the war thus far Gasoline is rationed but there still seem to be as many Brussels streets Cafes are closing sharply at 2 am despite the grumblings of waiters but bright lights remain shining and theaters movies and street cars are operating ly Restaurants still offer full dinners and stores are jammed shoppers Roosevelt Liable To Stay In Office Wheeler Asserts BOSTON Sept 30 AP ton Kendall Whooler Montana s senior senator came back today for a special welcom celebration with a prediction during an that ident Roosevelt was liable to be in the White House for a third i f Wcl A German economic mission seeking ways to increase the flow of vital supplies the warring Reich arrived in pest to confer with Hungarian officials The mission headed by Dr Karl Claudius was expected to remain at least two days 1 In Athens it was announced that King George II had ed in audience British naval military and air attaches The TURKS AND REDS REPORTED N AGREEMENT ON BLACK SEA PACT CLOSING DARDANELLES LEVIES NEW TAXES Necessary Because of the In- Situation and Unbalanced Budget ROME Sept 30 ian cabinet Premier Mussolini today voted new taxes to meet Italy's unbalanced budget and military expenses ed by the international A levy of one-half of- one per cent on private property was proved together with a two per cent tax on RUSSIA'S TAKE IS DIFFERENT London Times Hints That Britain Might Not De- mand Reds Yield Land LONDON Sept 30 London Times often fore- tells the course of British policy today hinted that the ment's war aims do not Would Bar All Belligerents Neutralizing Important Waterway BULGARIA'S CLAIMS MAY BE Rumania and Bulgaria Said to Be Included in Plan for New Agreement ANKARA Turkey Sept 30 was reported reliably day to have notified Great pied by Russia over The property tax is to be levied on all real estate goods of all types except bank deposits and personal clothing owned by all persons companies corporations and societies over the amount of lire about Churches and scientific ar- collections are exempt purpose of these talks remained The tax is secret a two per cent levy on the gross income from all business transactions and rents and sub- for the present exchange x The Fascist press spokesman Virginio Gayda hailed the higher a step in Fascism's From diplomatic circles in An- kara came that Turkey was prepared to sign mutual sistance agreements with Britain France In Rumania tension over the chief of the polish army in France The president named Sikorski as the new premier In addition korski will be commander or the Polish forces and minister of tary affairs Spurn Peace Moves PARIS Sept 30 The French government apparently turning a cold shoulder to man Soviet Russian peace tures intensified preparations day to meet any threat of a big scale Nazi offensive to back up the peace offer The French general staff re- ported the night was without in- but said patrols were tive throughout the region east of the Saar river on the northern half of the western front Apparently the zone referred to is south of Saarbruecken Premier Daladier and military officials held a strategic ence this morning to review the French advance between the and Siegfried lines While French troops sought to strengthen positions gained in a month of fighting both ment and press indicated France TnV diplomatic situation was in- creased by reports of the im- pending departure of Bulgarian Prime Minister George for Bulgaria ready has made demands for re- turn of territory now held by Rumania The German economic mission now in Budapest has been making a tour of what Germany envisages as her living space in an fort to assure uninterrupted plies of food and other in the British Bucharest where conferees ed mutually a new agreement to increase Rumanian exports of wood and oil ue iij i menu anci term whether or not we get into accept ag a basis the war i peace the pact The Democratic senator arrived j from Washington ior a visit to ms ft A-M O SSi on SW band left in safety will be heard here Monday Mrs Becker who has been ill at her home In Jefferson City claims the money is not taxable as income having been Sed from her husband s salary Li Will i native town of Hudson where a celebration was ed during which he was to make an address the details of which he kept secret although admitting it would include the neutrality tion FIRST FROST NIPS MOST OF STATE magazine writing said there was no reason for Dick taxes interest and penalties David L Bazelon assistant States district attorney in of tax cases here dis- Slast night the lien had been withdrawn because the ment had found that Street who died Feb 1 1938 was merely a conduit for the money It from insurance companies passing it on to others Mo Sept 30 towns served by the Missouri Public without electric service for between five and six hours early today just before company of- and of the A F of L international of electrical workers re- conference seeking ment of old letter to Murphy to marked rises U foodstuffs for city And asked whatever action may be to deal with this ation Thousands To Air Fete KANSAS CITY Sept 30 Thousands of Kansas janu visitors from other states ed to the municipal airport day the dedication of the city's new air terminal building F A five-hour program of maneuvers and stunts by and civil aviators the crowd Dr Gore Indicted BENTON 111 Sept 30 mixed grand jury the first in of Franklin county today indicted Dr George W Gorey Sr physician on a charge of murder in the Carl Benton 1 i m to the An official announcement in Budapest said the pose was to discuss goods ment and traffic While Rumania apparently ful of developments that might upset quo in the kans sent General George Ar- in Bessarabia to strengthening of- defenses along the Soviet Russian border Boom For Borah Flatly Rejected WASHINGTON Sept 30 Senator Borah today that he had flatly overtures of friends in Illinois and South Carolina to organize a movement in- those The veteran senator a of opposition to the President's efforts to repeal the em- clause J the neutrality law takes progress taxpayers understood this he wrote in a article which simultaneously with an- the new levies Exasperating are now common in of the world of every 1 attitude and regime The only difference is in the di- versity of their employment and yield The Italian taxpayer growing tax burden sponds ascension of conquests and collective re- ties State Commander to Attend Legion Installation Here Lue C Lozier of Jefferson City newly elected state com- mander Legion and C Ross Myers of Brookfield district commander will serve as installing officers at American Legion installation ceremonies here Monday night A chilli per at will precede the installation services Ernest Letter is to be ed as commander of the local Theodore Bazan Post Dr B S Jolly whose name was recently from the list of new gion officers was reelected as service officer and will be re- installed Uy 4 While asserting there can be no peace with Times said British relations with Stalin will be decided by events It said the latest line the Russian share of ethnic Russia takes over in White Russians and the paper continued Germany acquires additional territory with a population indubitably Polish and seeks to enlarge the now Reich with lands whose claim to liberty and independence is It added that freedom and in- dependence for the Polish nation within a frontier as ble as that which Germany lated on Sept 1 and with full and guaranteed access to the sea con- in their own right an ar- ticle of any conceivable peace Auditor's Name Used In Forgery to and France her mutual assistance obligations to them would be an- nulled if the allies became involve ed Soviet Russia Turkey's foreign minister ru Saracoglu has been in since early this week Turkey's role in the Near East greatly altered by Russia's euce as Germany's partner in re- drawing the map of Eastern Eur- Informed sources that Saracoglu had discussed with viet leaders a Black which under Russian l said he had v received several u JEFFERSON CITY Sept 30 worth to State Forrest Smith to find man who has been using his of- title to dupe St merchants out of things Smith said today several bogus checks had been the printed name Forrest C tor and signed F C Smith Actually the state auditor has no middle initial Sea pact il v X F would be signed by all Black Sea nations Rumania and Bulgaria as well as Turkey Informed persons asserted that releasing Turkey froin her obligations in the event of war between the western allies Russia had been put into definite mutual assistance and economic agreements between Turkey Britain and Turkey and France now ready for signature Would Neutralize Sea it was had agreed with Russian leaders that Turkey would close the nelles to warships of all ent nations thus neutralizing Black Sea Necessary preliminaries to au Black Sea pact be some kind of settlement of Bulgaria's claims Rumania for bruja which Rumania gained Bulgars in the Balkan settlements j It was believed that after return from Moscow would go to Bucharest to on this with Grigore Gafencu middle initial manian foreign minister x Eight bogus checks have been However it was announced in t U Vn Him n 1 Smith said amounting to He turned the case over to St Louis police and the state highway patrol with the offer of reward Hitler and Army Heads Confer BERLIN Sept 30 Hitler conferred with a number of generals and admirals at the cellery late today Informed Temperatures in Low Expected to Be General Again Tonight ST of the season northwestern Missouri early today and was expected to call on other sections tonight But it was more of an indica tion of fall temperatures than a general threat to vegetation the OUt much of The low was 31 at St Joseph Temperatures in the low are expected to oe An Eastern In a radio address last night Jean Giraudoux commisioner eral of information accused many and Russia of blackmail and declared they were trying to force an eastern peace upon Europe Perhaps Hitler will propose it said on tion we deny not only our treaties but our tastes our convictions our religions and our liberties He will give us what he calls peace that is a delay permits Germany to digest its prey and to forge arms to snare its France and Great Britain declared are fighting against the barbarism of one of the most modern and nations of Europe Giraudoux's address observers to indicate that any formal proposals from Berlin and Moscow would be re- promptly by the ment y ACV v jr sam uc T cues insisting the conference had ters from political urging nQ significance said it that he be a candidate for the wag that the supreme a e He said he replied with an emphatic no m each Baseball Results AMERICAN At St 000 000 60 t Lois 005 000 111 Lee Marcum 4th and Tresh Lawson and Harshany Washington 202 xxx At Philadelphia 100 xxx Haynes and Early Nelson and Hayes Homer 1st At New Boston 001 001 10 3 New 001 021 10 1 yi Pickman Heving commander should be in contact with leaders of the army navy and air force WEATHER t MISSOURI Fair tonight and Sunday Cooler in southeast and portions not Peacock Dickey Homer Rickey 7th At New Boston GXX York xxx W Jon and DeSaUtels Sundra at Detroit postponed cold weather St m Ground was so dry it soaked up moisture like a sponge The heaviest fall was confined to the southeastern inches being reported at Salem 1 44 at New 1.24 at Pop Bluff and at Cape the precipitation lp to three-quarters of the calendar is turned the month of September will have gone into history as one of hottest and driest on record The dry spell was rapidly proaching the severity of droughts of 1934 and 1936 an inch portions Warmer Sunday For Central Fail to night and Sunday Continued cool tonight Warmer Sunday Outlook For Week Weather outlook for the week beginning October Lower Missouri Denatures mostly above week as a whole dry Local Weather Record Maximum temperature minimum last niL at 2.30 this after- noon 65 NATIONAL LEAGUE 002 000 13 t 96 Cooper Owen French J At Boston Wittig and Callahan and Masi At ODD FEU TO INITIATE CLASS All-Star Staff From Other Lodges to Confer Degree Here Moberly Odd Fellows will be hosts Tuesday night when an star staff from lodges within a radius of 75 miles of here will confer the initiatory degree upon a large class of candidates from several lodges A crowd of 200 to 300 is expected to attend the ceremonies Among visitors expected will be Deputy Grand Master Walter Gordon of Jefferson City Grand Warden U G Dudley of Center and possibly Grand Secretary Ben Weidle of St Louis The meeting will be held at the local I O O F Hall at and War ren Crouch and Rolling 6th Moore wet grounds Years Ago Today Bv The Associated Press Sept 30 French enter Arras battle of Albert o'clock FOOTBALL SCORES FIRST QUARTER Wichita U 0 Tulsa U 2 Marquette 7 Wisconsin 7 S Methodist 9 Oklahoma 7 SECOND QUARTER Missouri 17 Colorado 0 Wake Forest 0 N Carolina 24 Duke 7 Davison 6 Nebraska 0 Indiana 0 Purdue 0 Notre Dame 0 Wayne State 0 Fordham 21 N Y U 0 Colgate 0 Furman 7 Army 10 Wittenberg 0 Carnegie Tech 7 St Lawrence 0 Dartmouth 29 W Y Wesley an 0 W 12 The International Scene In Brief By The Associated for tral power to present peace or else proposal to Britain France expected to be next move of ed preparing to reject offer of peace at price of ed Poland PARIS France against accepting peace offer dier confers with military air force and naval leaders western front reported quiet Polish government ed on French soil as ed President re- signs in favor Wladyslaw former dent of Polish senate foreign minister due tomorrow on German invitation for con- Reichstag to hear Hitler next week COPENHAGEN German destroyers seize three Danish freighters in waters between Denmark and Sweden two carrying butter bacon one loaded with bar ation of mutual assistance obligations to Britain and France in event of war with Soviet Russia Black Sea pact discussed with Russia agreement reported on of Black Sea through closing of nelles to warships of ents Rumania's foreign minister prepares to leave Monday for Moscow to confer with Russian of- officials CASTEL Pius XII seeks to console Poles tells them Poland is not going to die ROME Italy stands ready to cooperate with many Russia to bring end to European war Cabinet votes new taxes BUDAPEST European powers woo friendship eco- nomic assistance of neutral southeastern nations PANAMA conference studies problem of defining safety zones in ican waters CONVICT CAPTURED JEFFERSON CITY Sept 30 Tom Scott of the state penitentiary reported today that Charles Harris 37 convict who escaped in a prison truck Sept 19 was in custody of Bowling Green authorities Bucharest that Gafencu leave for Moscow Monday to fer with Soviet Unofficial in Moscow said negotiations there turned on Russian demands for of the Dardanelles to the Black Sea now dominated by Turkey Russia for a generation looked longingly at the Turks Attitude Turkish quarters have taken attitude any new pact eluded bV Saracoglu in need not essentially impair -i key's earlier pledges of mutual aid V exchanged with Britain and France Those pledges pending con- elusion of definite long term agreements were exchanged by Turkey with Britain on May 12 and with France on June 23 They provided for mutual aid in caso of an act of aggression which might lead to in the terranean V Closing of the Dardanelles ta warships of all belligerent tions would greatly lessen the possibility of Britain striking at Germany through a back door Military Possibilities frequently discussed m capitals would involve sending of a force through the Dardanelles and to r the Black Sea and then ably driving through Rumania Rumania however has given no indication she would acquiesce to being made a theater of war Allies Salonika tion in 1918 was a major factor in the collapse of the Central There have been reports that Bulgaria and Rumania had started discussions for of the Dobruja claims out confirmation was impossible either here in Bucharest or in date for signing the new pact was not known here but it was it be done before leaves Moscow Sofia reports said of Bulgaria had postponed his planned trip to Moscow and it was a satisfactory solution of ian territorial might be reached between Soviet leaders and Saracoglu for presentation to Rumania without the sity of the Bulgarian presence s PRESIDENT BOARDS YACHT FOR CRUISE I 5 M WASHINGTON Sept 30 President Roosevelt left by mobile today for Quantico Va Lo board the yacht Potomac for first week-end cruise since tne outbreak of war in Europe tie will return tomorrow Guests on the trip were and Mrs Harlan F Stone and Justice and Mrs Felix