Oelwein Daily Register (Newspaper) - August 19, 1940, Oelwein, Iowa by Automatic Printer VOL 241 THE OELWEIN DAILY REGISTER MONDAY AUGUST 19 1940 IB CENTS THE W AUTO MAGNATE DIED AT LONG ISLAN lUTO INDUSTRY DEATH OF W P CHRYSLER Tribute Will Be Held Wed Moraine For W P Chrysler IOWA GETS A TASTE OF FALL I Great Neck N Y Aug 19 automobile industry one of its Alger Heroes P Chrysler who ive up a successful career in an ther field to become one of its pig three f Chrysler 65 chairman of the 5ard of the Chrysler company lid builder of one of New York three tallest skyscrapers ed of a cerebral hemorrhage at Js estate here yesterday evening had been ill for two years I Funeral services will be held at a m Wednesday at St Bar Church in New York id he will be buried at Tarry N Y Expressions of sorrow arrived at he estate from the leaders of his and of business Charles I Kettering vice president of Motors William S Knud pn president of General Motors f P Brown of the Briggs Manu Co H Curtice resident of the Buick Division of Motors were among the pany who expressed regret his passing i 1 Chryslers genius for mass action methods enabled him to iter the industry after it had sen pioneered by others and rise lickly to the top He was born in Wamego Kan ic son of a railroad engineer Be twiing at 10 he showed aptitude pr making money He ran er ands sold milk and eggs printed illing cards and during his high years worked in the store as delivery boy for month By the time he had fin high school he had saved pore than Chryslers first real job was piping grease and carrying tools the Union Pacific railroad shops Wamego where he earned sev cents an hour He was intense interested in tools and motors id in what made them go He into debt to buy his automobile and took it com apart and put it together fore taking his first ride in it I Chryslers break came fn an One day a locomotive I Continued on Page Five INSURANCE MAN HAS DISAPPEARED DCS Moines la Aug The whereabouts of L N Cle iens Des Moines field agent for ie New York Life Insurance Co mained a mystery today His disappearance last March brought to light through the ling of several civil suits One by the insurance firm ac Clemens of embezzling of its funds The Clemens family in reply jits recently asked dam ges from the The corn any the family jit without probable cause to rce them to settle a purported laim It was revealed also that Clem ns had addressed a letter to a datives in Des Moines asserting hat Des Moines gamblers sure nt a town The letter said Clemens had ritten to two well known Des Toines asking them to good three checks totaling 775 The checks he said were on ho Is at Omaha Sioux City and Des loines The insurance company has ever taken criminal action ganst Clemens He was an agent n the Trims farm mortgage and an department Des Moines la Aug had a taste of premature fall weather today as tempera tures dropped to 11 degrees be low normal Skies were clear over the state Continued fair weather was fore cast with warmer weatner ex tomorrow Yesterdays highest reading was only 76 at Carroll Inwood Mar Cedar Rapids Iowa City and Keokuk Last nights low was 43 at Inwood Cedar Rapids reported a trace of rain SOMALILAND HAS BEEN EVACUATED BY THE BRITISH Evacuation Was Accomplished By Aid of British Naval Forces London Aug war office tonight announced that British forces have evacuated British Somaliland The war office said that all British guns except two which were lost in the earlier stages of the action have been embarked The greater part of the ma terial stores and equipment also was evacuated and the remaind er destroyed the announcement said The size of the British force in Somaliland was not known speci but in some quarters had been estimated as low as 1200 men It was believed to have been opposed by an Italian force comprising an estimated two di visions approximately 30000 men The war office attributed the withdrawal primarily to collapse of the original joint plan for defense of the territory due to the French defeat The war office announced that the evacuation was accomplished with the air of British naval forces The evacuation followed an in tensive 10day drive by strong Italian motorized columns upon the 68000square mile rate Continued on Page Six NEUTRALITY ACT TO BE AMENDED Would Permit Unarmed American Vessels To Evacuate Re fugee Children Washinton Aug The senate today approved a i amending the neutrality act to I permit unarmed American vessels to enter combat zones to assist in evacuating refugee children Under the which now goes back to the house for concurrence in minor senate amendments American ships may enter belli gerent waters to evacuate children under 16 years of age provided their support in this country has been guaranteed by American or or individuals They must also have from the European belligerents a guarantee of safe conduct One of the senate amendments stipulated that the guarantees of support of the refugee children must be made before the mercy vessels take them from ports of debarkation The measure was approved un by the Before the senate approved it Sen Henry F Ashurst D Ariz pro tested that a safe conduct pledged by Hitler would be absolutely worthless Anyone who believes Hitlers Continued on Page Six PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER IN AGREEMENT LEAP YEAR IN INDIANA I jreen Favors Conscription If Needed Buffalo N Y Aug William Green American Fed of Labor president today revision of the Burke so that on would be delayed until com military training is to be absolutely neces Green in an address before the Federation of Teachers convention said the ow pending in congress was poorly drafted and that an ther measure should be His however indirect y supported the amendment of T Maloney which would Postpone conscription while the rmy campaigns for voluntary enlistments and then would apply ithe draft only to the number of to the quotas 1 am pot to 1 sory training if that becomes ah necessary Green said but I believe that legislation should be enacted providing for j Enlistment and then if the army is not large compulsory military ser vice Green also appealed for unity in labors ranks with the asser tion the A F of L would listen j to reason hut would not be forc ed He declared many labor groups which bolted to the Con cress of Industrial Organizations including one with 250000 mem ben had Will Appoint A Board To Meet With A Similar Board From Canada Hyde Park N Y Aug 19 Roosevelt today called on the state war and navy departments for quick action to implement the United States mu tual defense agreement with Can ada and set Thursday as a dead line for such action In telephone conversations with departmental heads at Washing ton Mr Roosevelt made clear that he wants immediate action on es of a permanent Can States joint board on defense of North America Amounting virtually to a de fense alliance with Canada the new agreement served notice up on aggressor nations of the world that the United States never will permit conquest of its Am erican neighbor Under Mr speedup orders it appeared that the four or five American members of the board will be named by Thurs day and may meet with the Can adian early next week Site of the first meeting was not disclosed but temporary white house officials said this was unimportant Acting white house secretary William D Hassett said that the board will meet both in Canada and the United States and at various cities as its work de The president today will init iate over the conversa tions with the state war and navy departments id get their coopera tion in naming the United States members of the joint defense board Hassett said The president hopes that the American membership be Continued on Page S HAS TOLD GERMANY TO BE CAREFUL O WILLKIE MAKES TOUR OF FARMS Awaits Acceptance To Challenge Before Campaign In September By WILLIAM H LAWRENCE United Press Staff Correspondent Rushville Ind Aug L Willkie inspects his five Indiana farms today while he awaits a reply from President Roosevelt to his challenge that the two presidential candidates debate the issues of the campaign He announced that unless Mr Roosevelt accepts the challenge he offered in his speech Saturday accepting the republican presi nomination he would not begin his formal campaign until midSeptember Then he will travel to Coffeyville Kans where he once taught history in high school to deliver his first campaign speech Plans for the campaign were made yesterday with Rep Joseph W Martin house minority lead er and republican national chair man Some time this week Will kie will leave for a vacation in Minnesota or Maine and then spend two or three days at New York City before opening the campaign at Coffeyville From Kansas he will swing through the northwest and down the Pacific coast The tour of his 1403 acres of farm land was planned primarily to give newsreel cameramen an opportunity to portray Willkie Continued on Page Five Missouri Has Increased Population Washington Missouris population increased four per cent from 1930 to 1940 reaching 3775737 the census bureau announced today The 1940 figure represents a gain of 146370 over the 3262 367 counted in 1930 Orchestra Player Wants Compensation Columbus O Aug McClure orchestra player claims he literally blew out a lung tooting a trumpet in a dance band He filed suit in common pleas court today to compel the state industrial commission to pay him injury compensation because he says his lung collaps ed playing with the band BULLITT GIVES WARN ING ON WAR DANGERS TO US V S Ambassador To Warns War Is Americas Philadelphia Aug William C Bullitt United States ambassador to France warned last night in a speech approved by the state department that war is coming toward the Americas He advocated all possible aid to Great Britain and warned that the United States is in as peril today as was France a year ago In his first public address since his return from Europe delivered to 5000 persons in historic Inde Hall Bullitt endorsed the selective ser vice and Gen John J Persh ings proposal that 50 world war destroyers be sent to Britain Beside him on the speakers plat form were Anthony J Drexel die ambassador to Poland and John Cudahy ambassador to Bel It is clear as anything on this earth that the United States will not go to war but it is equally clear that war is coming toward the Americas Bullitt said The truth is that the tion of the British navy would be the turning of our Atlantic Magi not line Without the British navy the Atlantic will give us no more pro than the Maginot line gave France after the German troops had marched through Belgium I cannot tell you where and when the attack will come but I am certain that if Great Britain is defeated the attack will come The agents of the dictators are already here preparing the way for their armies They are pre paring the way in the same man ner in which they prepared the way in France Bullitt said with a grave face Bullitt pointed put that the Uni ted States was invaded by way of the Atlantic twice during the Continued on Two GOV WILSON BACK FROM CAMP RIPLEY DCS Moines la Aue 19 UP Gov George A Wilson return ed today from national guard maneuvers at Camp Dipley Minn He said he was elated at re ports on performance of the Iowa troops at the camp Rain forced cancellation of the 34th division review which the t governor had intended to witness j Wilson tonight will go to Colj fax la to speak at a 4H Club achievement show DEBATE FOR MILITARY CONSCRIPTION Made To Get BUI Passed Week By LOUIS J SCHAEFLE Washington Aug Sen Lister Hill D3 Ala reopen ing senate debate on the military conscription charged today that voluntary enlistments place a premium on slackerism and a penalty on patriotism Compulsory selective service Hill argued is the only democra tic way to build up the defense forces The senate met an hour earlier than usual in an effort to expe diate consideration of the which leaders hoped to pass some time this week But only a few senators were present at the out set and a was consumed in rounding up a quorum The galleries were jammed Before resuming the debate which has largely featured anti conscription arguments the sen ate sent to conference the au President Roosevelt to mobilize 360000 national guards men and organized reserves for military duty anywhere in the western hemisphere The house made several changes in the including elimination of a senate section which would have made it a violation of the Wagner act for an employer to refuse to rehire a guardsman af ter his term of active service Leaders of both the house and senate hoped to iron out the dif ferences and send the to Continued on Page Six St Paul Donates 100 Suits to Refugees London Aug hundred child refugees sported new clothing today thanks to St Paul Minn The children were among 2 000 Spanish speaking refugees evacuated from Gibraltar The The clothing of the 100 was sent on another ship which has been delayed Mothers had despaired of recovering the childrens clo thing when a large consignment of new apparel arrived in Brit ain all bearing the label Compliments of the Red Cross St Paul Minn Note To Nazi Government She Will Be Held Responsible For Boats Safety By HOBART C MONTEE United Press Staff Correspondent Washington Aug The United States relations with Germany today rode precariously through the bomber patrolled North Atlantic along with 897 American war refugees aboard the U S army transport American Legion The American government has formally notified the German government that Berlin will be held strictly accountable for any harm that may befall the Ameri caji Legion as a result of action by the German armed forces the state department revealed A note on the sub ject delivered to the German for eign office by the American charge Alexander W Kirk said The government of the United States expects that the vessel will not suffer molestation by any ac tion undertaken by the German armed forces The note recapitulated a con the propor tions of a heated quarrel between the two governments over the route and the security ot the ves sel It left no room lor doubt that any attack upon or damage to the ship by German armed forces would have serious consequences upon the relations between the two governments The U S note followed a Ger man warning Saturday that the nai government not be responsible for the safety of the transport if it followed the course earlier outlined The German message said that the route touched the area of Continued on Page Six Junior C of C Favor Compulsory Training Denison la Aug Directors of the Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce yesterday endorsed compulsory military training at a board meeting here The directors also urged that legislative pressure be brought to bear so that a larger portion of defense appropriations may be spent in Iowa industries They asked Iowa congressmen to attend a midwestern conference on industrialization for defense which will be held at Kansas Cityt on Aug 30 4IOWANS MET TRAGIC DEATHS Two Iowa National Guard cers Killed At Camp NAMED WICKARD WALLACE POST Accepted Henry Wallaces Bed Today Secretary Of Agriculture si EXECUTIVE COUNCIL LETS CONTRACTS MANCHESTER MAN KILLED IN AUTO la Aug L Fisher 34 Manchester la livestock salesman was kill ed 12 miles west of here today when his automobile overturned in a ditch His wife was injured seriously Fisher lost control of the machine as he was attempting to make a sharp curve DCS Moines la Aug UP state executive council to day accepted a bid from the Des Moines Rubber Stamp Co to fur nish 70000 badges at a cost of The council at the came time a state conservation commission budget of which will come from a special appropriation The budget includes for national park service camps 250 for service camps for soil conservation for dredging Storm Lake and North Twin Lake and for main tenance of the Great Lakes sewer project at Lake Okoboji REPORTS VARY Both Sides To Conflict Issue Re ports Of Losses Sustained By United Press Great Britain invoked dictator ial powers today for England Scotland and Wales to meet the threat of German invasion as the Royal Air Force and the German Luftwaffe battled in the second week of dented air warfare The ministry of home security by decree today established the whole of Britains island territory as a single defense area The ac tion invests the ministry with au powers of dictatorship anywhere in Britain if German invaders attempt to land The action described as pre cautionary came as British confidence in their ability to withstand the German attack soared despite warnings that pro intensification of German air action must be expected The British claimed a new high was set yesterday in the percent age of German attacking planes shot down They claimed a bag of 140 German planes 24 per cent of the estimated 600 sent over during the day in three big waves Bri tish losses were put at 16 planes eight of whose pilots saved them selves But the British action was not confined to home defense A ter rific smash was made at German bases along the French coast At tacks were started Saturday and were continued through Sunday Reports from Vichy the French capital said that the port of Boul and the naval air base there virtually had been destroyed by Continued on Page Three Drove Auto Off Levee To Death Davenport It Aug Hinrichs 52 committed suicide today by driving his coupe off a levee into the Mississippi river Police pulled the auto out within 40 minutes and tried to re vive him with a respirator Fam ily trouble was blamed for the act By T F REYNOLDS United Press White House Correspondent Washington Aug President Roosevelt today ated undersecretary of ture Claude R Wickard of iana to succeed secretary A Wallace mate whose resignation he a few hours earlier With nomination the also sent to the he nomination of Paul H Apple of Iowa former assistant to the secretary to succeed Wickard in the undersecretaryship Wallace will leave the ment Sept 5 to begin active campaigning for the dency The tone of Mr letter accepting Wallaces tion and the immediate nomina tion of an Indianan to succeed indicated the administration at taches primary importance to tike farm belt vote where made considerable gains in the 1938 congressional elections Ind iana is the home state of lican presidential nominee Wen dell L Willkie Wickard is 47 and has a farm near Camden Ind which he be gan managing as soon as he was graduated from Purdue Univer sity In August 1933 Wickard be came assistant chief of the hog section of the agricultural By United Press Sunday traffic accidents left at least four lowans dead today Two of them were National Guard officers attending maneu vers at Camp Ripley Minn The dead Capt Howard Karn Thomasson Davenport Virgil L Moss Davenport Glen Strong 2 Carson Mrs Frederick Hedinger 88 Des Moines Thomasson and Moss who was a 2nd lieutenant were killed nine miles north of Brainerd when their army command car over turned The Strong baby died at Coun cil Bluffs from injuries suffered when his father Tippy Strong ran his truck over the child while packing from a garage Mrs Hedinger was killed near Grand Mound la car driven by her son Raymond left highway 30 and struck a telephone pole Hedinger told police he appar ently dozed at the wheel None of the cars other occupants were hurt Six persons were injured in a headon auto crash on highway 6 near Oxford Police said a car driven by Kenneth Sievert of Chi cago edged off the pavement In trying to bring the car back on velt today accepted the resuma the road Sievert swung too far justment administration He bt the ruary 1935 Following the of the soil conservation program in 1936 Wickard was named assistant director of the north central division and direct or of the division in November 1936 He was appointed of agriculture by President Roosevelt on Feb 1 1940 Hyde Park N Y Aug 19 Roose Continued on Page Six GERMANY NOT FIGHTING TODAY Seems To Have Relaxed Her Face In The Air Today Berlin Aug many relaxed the pace of her air bombardment of Britain for a period today and warned the Bri tish through neutral sources that reprisals would be taken if Ger man parachutists were treated contrary to usages of international law The official DNB news agency tion of secretary of agriculture Henry A Wallace effective Sept 5 to permit his running mate to an active campaign for the democratic third term ticket Mr Roosevelt in accepting Wal laces resignation from his cabi net attacked republican farm pol which he asserted had prostrated agriculture before 1933 Wallaces resignation was ac just 10 days before he de livers aji address at Des Moines Continued on Page Six Will Mobilize The National Guard Little Falls Minn Aug 19 Col Carl E commanding officer of the 128th A AJ lit W O 1 J n reported that only a few air bat tle artillery 35th division of the national guard said today he ex all units of the 35th divi sion to be mobilized for an in definite training period but that official orders availed final passage of the national guard The 35th division embraces troops from Missouri Kansas Nebraska and part of Arkansas The 128th F A is headquartered in St Louis Previously Capt ties were fought over Britain dur ing the afternoon They develop ed it was said when strong Ger man reconnaissance groups pro by heavy fighter squadrons flew over Britain to observe re sults of yesterdays heavy bomb ing The re aircraft flew over the channel at a great height DNB reported and in only a few cases were British Spitfires able to GenT E engage them Near Ramsgate it man 35th division was reported two British planes were shot down and a third was believed destroyed The German planes were said to have flown over Bristol Chan nel where bombs were dropped yesterday and to have proto damage to airdromes antiaircraft emplacements bar rage balloons oil stores harbors and transportation centers The warning regarding treat Continued on Page Six commander said the national guards bureaus tentative plans called for mobili of four divisions and 25 special units about Sept 16 lowing senate approval of house change in the Lt Col said the 128th F A was not one of the special units Mobilization of the entire guard is expected to follow the first call fcr four divisions and 28 special units Britain Claims Germany Lost Heavily Well Known Iowa Poultry Dealer Dead Storm Lake la Aug UP Vilas 61 videly known pioneer Iowa poultry dealer died at his home here yesterday of a attack Ala 19 UP German made isolated attacks on the southeast British coast today but up to late afternoon attempted no mass assaults The relaxation of bombing efforts coincided with a British government decree naming all of England Wales and Scotland as a single defense area subject to dictatorial control by the ministry said the score for the papt seven days was 513 German planes Today a single German plane bombed a southeast coast area rausing some casualties ing fatalities It wrecked in a residential district rind turned its machine uns COT the streets rooftop Another lone German similar tactics in the same 3J security minister in event of machine a life vasion standing on a The slackened pace came after were no casualties the air reported fellows the many lost 141 of 600 planes commented the lifeboat which blasted Britain yesterday
