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Final Home
1938.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
e Tiny
Chamberlain Warns Hitler Britain
IMES
Even English Dogs Get Masks
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Program Sought
new projects—S3,588,030;
to
frontier:
expenditure*
*11,0*4 and
Election
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pay of *44 to *54 50.
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Prime Minister Declares German Leader
I it reasonable in His Final Demands Upon
(Czechs, in Address Broadcast Over World;
Still Hopes for Peaceful Solution
City Would Revise Bluff Creek Water Job, Add
S3,500,000 in New Projects, Include School
Buildings in Winter Work
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To Resist Any Forceful Measures
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Chamberlain and Military Chiefs Confer
After Return of Envoy to Hitler; (Czechs
Stick to Guns, Repeat Flat ‘No’ to Final
Demands of Fuehrer
Fair Program
TUESDAY
Bohemian Day
1-M T. M.-Belim of Liberty" and
firework* apactecle; Beckman A
Gerety ahowa on the midway.
he concluded. 1
10 Downing street.
Chamberlain told the world:
“Tomorrow parliament is going to meet and I shall
LONDON, Sept. 27.-—(/P^—Viscount Gort, chief
of the imperial general staff, and Marshal Sir Cyril
Newall, air chief, conferred with Prime Minister
Neville Chamberlain Tuesday, strengthening the
belief that Adolf Hitler is obdurate in his “final”
demands on Czechoslovakia.
The conference took place after Sir Horace
Wilson, close adviser to the prime minister, flew
back from Berlin after two meetings with Hitler
in a desperate effort to stave off war. This was
taken as an ominous sign.
■OIB1.T
Outclassed
HENDAYE, France,
Sept. 27.—(A*)—Bad weath-
er forced a continued lack
of action in the Spanish
civil war Tuesday.
SHANGHAI? Sept. 27.—
(/P)—The China front was
comparatively quiet Tues-
day. Japanese admitted
their advance toward Sin-
yang had "slowed.”
(Pte tare. Md Detail. an Page 10-11)
In an atmoaphere itrangely quirt
after the maa* of humanity which
•urged through the Oklahoma State
Fair Monday on chijdren'e day.
fanner* of the state took charge
Tueaday for the aerloua bualnea* of
competition to find out which had
produced beat during the paat year.
Designated aa “Bohemian day."
the chief tnterrat during the morn-
ing waa the prellminartea in the
pulling con let for lightweight draft
horaea held in the eaat aide of the
fair ground*.
Adding to the quiet waa the fact
that more than 1,000 4-H club
member* had left the ground* ear-
tar for a sightseeing tour downtown.
The 4-H club event* end Tueaday li
♦ The new project* which the council rkaa’s
authorised W. A. Quinn, city mana*-
er, to file with public work, engi- w~y
neer* Included one for SI 000.000 m (I
LONDON. Sept J7 —UH— A Reu-
ter. > British New. Agecyl dispatch
from Brussel* Mid Tueaday that Bel-
gium -Germany* first victim in the
World war—had called atx claaaea of
army reservist* to the color* aa a pre-
cautionary measure.
r\UR throe children were
homesick when we landed In
London last spring.
They didn’t like English food,
[hey couldn’t understand the
floor help in the Royal Palace
Kotel In Kensington. They
bought the servants were mak-
ng fun of them. All of the pic-
ture shows had been seen at
tome weeks and months before
md they thought England was
i pretty sorry country.
______ • a a
AFTER two weeks it seemed
j* that they never would level
iff. They wanted letters and
newspapers from home. They
ranted hamburgers with onions,
rhe English malted milk is an
memic concoction, made with
rater and served luke warm,
rhey couldn’t get Benny Good-
nan on the radio and they were
ed up on Wagnerian orchestra
nuslc right off. In fact the whole
;rand experiment looked like a
toble washout. They even sug-
gested that they would like to
urn around and go back to Ok-
• --—
Europe's Day
With the deadline for war less
than 100 hours away, prepara-
' tions for battle and the protec-
i tion of civilians paced frantic.
< final efforts, centering in Lon-
don, to avoid the conflict. The
day's developments in brief:
LONDON —Prime Minister
Chamberlain in world-wide
broadcast says England
will fight “if I am con-
vinced that any nation has
made up its mind to domi-
nate the world by force;”
King George decrees “state
of emergency” as special
envoy from Chamberlain
to Hitler returns after
conference with fuehrer;
London subways desig-
nated as bomb shelters.
PRAGUE—Czechs stick to
refusal to yield, brand Hit-
ler's demands as “brutal
desire to crush” them, re-
lease for publication in
London text of note reply-
rer's demands.
BERLIN—Hitler's newspa-
per say his Monday speech
was his "last word;” that
Sudetenland must be sur-
rendered by Saturday or
he will act.
PARIS —War preparations,
week.
Powerful organisation." contrib-
uted to Thomas' campaign fund.
Smith asserted
"Some of the contributor* to hl*
campaign hav* openly bragged of
their ability to get federal fund*, both
from the relief progrun and. the
RFC." smith < barged.
"It baa been their public boast
that none of thia money would be re-
paid. and your committee can read-
ily get thi* Information if you de-
sire it May I suggest that your com-
mittee com* into Oklahoma and open
hearing*.
Animal Epidemic Seen
LITTLE ROCK. Ark.. Sept 37.—
An outbreak of aieeping slcknea*
among horae* and mule* la feared
thi* autumn by State Veterinarian
Dr. C. D. Stubb* following report*
of u case* in Craighead. White Pul-
ton. Searcy. Boone. Logan. Sebastian
and Conway count!**.
Move to revive the 83,030,000 Bluff creek bond Issue, with
the addition of another 81.062,422 bond issue for new public works
projects, was authorized by the city council Tueaday in plans to
swell the city's public construction program to 812,120,030 this
winter.
Tabulation of all pending public projects showed the fol-
lowing :
Bluff creek—87.161 XXX);
school program—81.400.000.
ish empire in war however much we may sympathize with
a small nation.”
His address was broadcast in German immediately after
he concluded. He spoke from the cabinet room of famed
recommend today Oklahoma City Times
„ Paid Circulation Greater Than Any Other Evening Newspaper Published in Oklahoma
Quillen—Editorial Page 1 (gTenln< of The Daily Oklahoman)
VOL. XLIX, NO. 110. EIGHTEEN PAGES—OKLAHOMA CITY, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27,
I would have given a year of
y life to have had his same ex-
srtence at the same age. Some
' us get up Into the forties be-
>re we realize how ignorant,
irrow-mlnded and provincial
e are.
He has a better and a truer
ory to tell about the Engjlsh
iw. I’ll bet he even forgets
>w much be disliked them last
con- _
New York's Striking
Truckers Accept Plan
Of Mayor for Peace
NEW YORK. Sept 37—6P>—Mayor
LaGuardia'* compromise propoul for
•ettlement of the strike of 15.000
truck driver* waa accepted by the
atriker* at noon Tueaday The truck As Precaution Measure
owners rejected the proposal Monday
The mayor * compromise agree-
ment call* for a two-year contract
establishing a 44-hour week with no
reduction in the preaent weekly base
pay of *44 to W K The old con-
tract, which provided for a 47-hour
week, expired September 1. The
striker*. member* of the International
Brotherhood of Teamster* and Chauf-
feur*. ha* asked for • 40-hour week
without a pay reduction.
The Weather •
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nlthl aa* la aaalhraal
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BULLETINS
LONDON, Sept. 27.—<ZP)
—The official Gazette
Tuesdav published a royal
order from King George de-
claring “a case of emerg-
ency exists” and authoriz-
ing the calling up of auxili-
ary air forces for defense.
An order in council au-
thorizing the calling up of
defense units in the air
force was issued Monday,
but the full order declaring
the existence of a state of
emergency was not dis-
closed until its publication
in the official Gazette.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 27
—, p)—Two American war-
ships sped toward Europe
Tuesday for possible serv-
ice in returning refugees or
other duty in the event of
war. The ‘navy said the
cruiser Savannah which
sailed Saturday from Phila-
delphia and the destroyer
Somers which left Norfolk
the same day would proceed
to British ports. Already
at Portsmouth. England,
the cruiser Honolulu.
• • •
AFTER a miserable three week*
™ tn London we finally moved
into a quiet, homey house with
k thatched roof at Cookham. 30
mile* from London, on the
rhames. Here the lovely coun-
tryside soon began to change
their outlook. They began to
mjoy themselves, found friends
Mid learned to be happy In fo-
rays through the hawthome
ledges. But they were slow to
admit that the British had any-
thing that Americans didn’t
lave. Their Anglophile mother
jot mighty tired of hearing |
hem hoot at the things she had
found to admire.
, a • a
pROM Prague I had to advise
" them that they would have
o make a long-planned trip to
Vales without me. A son, 211
rears old, waa given command
md they pulled out with this
xmceited, cocky, know-lt-all
American boy at the wheel. Hl*
nother had given him the ex-
tense money, in Bank of Eng-i
Guidepost to
THE DAY’S NEWS
By W. M. H.
iirHEN Premier Chamberlain
** finished speaking there
were tear* In my eye* and a
voice in my throat which said.
"Thank God for good old
Chamberlain ” Compare the
humble, frank, honest utter-
ances of the British premier
with the gutteral growling of
Herr Hitler and you have an
exact picture of the difference
between the German seeking
world power and the English-
man —klnt world too won th.t the din^r of war w„ p„t. ’ ’
"How horribly incredible that u. bw u.aa.oa
trenches and trying on gas masks because of a quarrel which
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worth of storm and Military aewera;
*500.000 for a new fireproof library.
*750.000 for a bridge aero** the North
Canadian river on the east aide be-
tween ward* two and four, and *1.-
111.030 for sewage disposal improve-
ment* including a garbage incinerator.
At the same time, the council au-
thoriaed Quinn to send M. M. Cun-
ningham. city water superintendent,
to Washington to argue the city's ca*ef
in favor of the federal grant of fund*
for Bluff creek water reservoir.
Under federal regulations, applica-
tions for the grant* on all project*
must be on file by October 1.
State Campaign
Probe by U. S. Is
Asked by Smith
‘Corruption, Political
Dishonesty' Charged
By Gomer
WASHINGTON. Sept
ReprewntaUv* Gomer
Okla) i _ __ _
expenditure committer Tuesday to
investigate the "corruption, intimi-
dation and political dishonesty" he
charted contributed to hi* defeat by
Senator Elmer Thoma* tn Okla-
homii Democratic senatorial pri-
mary.
Smith1* charge* wer* contained in
a letter in which he listed campaign
expenditure* totaling ------
oontribuUona of *4.445
Chairman Sheppard (D.. Texas)
Mid Smith1* letter will be called to
the attention of the full committee
for poMtble action at a meeting next
method* hl* claim* are fair. Borah
blamed the Versailles treaty for the
preaent European situation and said
peace should be made at any price.
Borah Mid “all that la German'1 m
Crrcho*lovakia should be returned to
1 Germany and "ail that 1* Hungarian
1 in both Caechoslovakta and Rumania
should be returned to Hungary "
Belgium Calls Reserves
State Farmers Take Over Fair;
New Record for Attendance Seen
and the Future Fannara of America
contest* begin Wednesday
Judging in the livestock barm
will go on throughout the day with
the third round of the state ch*m-
pionahip rodeo before the grand-
stand to vie for interest
Fair official* watched the weather
report* and the turnstile* at the
gate* with elmoat equal interest.
With three record* broken in three
days, two of them ail-tlme records
for the 33 years of history of the
fair, the attendance for thi*
year's fair already total* M.M0
persons, with five day* yet to go.
The fair never ha* exceeded the
300 000 mark—but thi* year it still
baa Oklahoma City day. State
School children's day. and the final
Saturday, to go to push over the
record
Y)REMIER CHAMBERLAIN put It
A directly up to the fuehrer He
Mid he waa willing to make a third
trip to Berchtesgaden if he thought
it would do any good That means
that he Invited Hitler by direct ra-
dio communication to ask him to
come again If there la the slightest f
hope of pulling the nazl powers back
from the brink of a world confla-
gration.
Neville Chamberlain stands out
today a* the greatest man in Eu-
rope. a man who waa willing to
humble himself beyond any prece-
dent in order to avoid the dMtruc-
tlon of another generation of fine
young men in the trenches of Eu-
rope.
I hope those who have been grab-
bing at England * prime minister ,
for hi* humility now in some meas-
. ure appreciate the lengths to which 1
Ing with flat “no” to fueh- this great man la willing to go to
save the peace of the world.
--♦
Borah Says Hitler's
Claims Are Fair;
Raps Britain's Moves
WASHINGTON. Sept 37. —.OF) —
<R. Idaho-, asserted
■““u T. V"' ’'"■“” '"■’1 Tuesday Great Britain could take “no
rushed, troops increased on moral offense’” at Hitler's claim* for am
Italian frontier ; Paris the Sudenten German are* r* “—"
hastens evacuation of ci- 0,l^*ku .. .1
vilians.
(Related Details. Pages 4. t. 17)
LONDON, Sept. 27.——Prime Minister Cham-
berlain declared Tuesday night in a world-wide
broadcast that “if I were convinced that any nation had
made up its mind to dominate the world by force I
should not hesitate to resist it.”
In a brief talk devoted to the current European
crisis now hurtling toward a war deadline of Saturday
morning if Adolf Hitler does not extend his deadline to
the Czechoslovak government for meeting Germany’s
Sudeten demands, Chamberlain said:
“I find Herr Hitler’s attitude unreasonable in his
final demands.”
He added:
“But I shall not give up my hope for a peaceful so-
lution.”
Chamberlain also said:
“We cannot undertake to involve the whole of the Brit-
(000.000 achool bond election Friday.
Public work* engineer* approved the
Bluff creek plan* tentatively, but
ordered revicton* to make them con-
form to suggestion* made by the na-
tional resource* board. The national
PLBABk TURN TO
FAdB *. COLUMN J
LONDON, Sept. 27.—(A*)—Jan Masaryk, Czecho-
slovak minister to London, Tuesday made public his
government’s note flatly refusing to accept Adolf Hit-
ler»x“final” terms for cutting up Czechoslovakia as the
price of European peace. - I
Publication of the note, which was delivered Sunday to
British Foreign Minister Viscount Halifax, waa considered
Monday in the light of a direct reply to Chancellor Hitler’s
address Monday night, when the fuehrer warned he would
act if he did not get what he defined as Sudetenland by Oc-
tober 1.
The note said: “my government wished me to declare
... that Hitler's demands in their present form are absolute-
ly and unconditionally unacceptable to tny government.
“Against these new cruel demands my government feels
bound to make their utmost resistance and we shall do so,
God helping us.” 4
When Chancellor Hitler ut-
tered his demands to cheering
nazl* in Berlin Monday night
i there was no indication he knew
the Czech government Sunday
had told-the British and French
minister* it could not accept
Hitler's ultimatum for large ter-
ritorial concessions In Sudeten
areas.
Masaryk1* unuaual atep In publish-
ing the note made the Caechoalovak
government's stand absolutely clear
and gave • direct answer to Hitler
Diplomatic note* passing between gov-
ernments usually are not published
without express agreement between
the government* concerned
Thu* it appeared Maaaryk * move
waa made with the approval of Cham-
berlain and Premier Edouard Daladler
of France and conatltuted—if there
was *uch agreement—a new statement
of stern policy to be followed in con-
certed British, French and Caecho-
Slovak action*
The note added that Caechoalovakia
expected France and Great Britain to
***i*t her.
The Caechoalovak note Mid the doc-
ument and map presented by Hitler
“is a d* facto ultimatum of a sort
usually presented to a vanquished na-
tion and not a propoaltion to a sov-
ereign state which haa shown the
proposed greatest possible readiness to make
CB^ha
While hundreds of thousands of gas masks were being
distributed to citizens of London Tuesday in preparation for
possible war with Europe’s central powers, pets were not over-
looked. Here is a dog wearing a specially designed mask dls-
usui.ry. >u s»<>*. vs am*-1 trlbuted Wembley Park school. (Associated Press Wire-
nd notes, which he had put in photo.)
waistcoat wallet. He paid for
le tank of gasoline and settled “■ r'K JW 1 • '■"k
J-2 Million Bond
nation, the wallet was missing.
'HE boy was heartbroken. His
mother did not make it any
o easy on him. After a good
nner and a chance to think,
ley pieced the day together, re-
embered the name of the town
here they had lunch. He had
in into a rest room in a public
>use during the middle of the,
lernoon. But he did not know
le name of the place nor the
une of the pub. Besides, many
ibs look alike. There are a
lousand George and Dragons in
igland. So he pieced together
le best story that he could and
rote to the Royal Auto club in
Uill^r Head Re«ignn
BLUFFTON. Ohio, 8*pt. 37—(JU—
»v. A. 8. Ro**nberg*r. for Um put
Jrt year* prraldent of Bluffton col-
R. resigned Tuesday upon Um ad-
ce of physician* who Mid h* waa
iffering from nervous disorder* due
ov^rwot" k.
be making a first statement on the events which have led up
i to the present critical situation. An earlier statement would
have been impossible while I was flying backwards and for-
. wards across Europe and the position was changing from
hour to hour.
But today there is a lull for a brief time and I want to
say a few words to you men and women of Britain and per-
haps to others as well . , .
“I have done ail that one man can dp to halt this war.
Tomorrow I shall be making a full statement of events
which led up to the snxious present situation," Chamber-
lain said.
“I thank those who have written to my wife and myself,
^n heart-breaking to me when they thought
' war w’as past.
t we should be digging
, .wwwvivc v, a ^uaiici wniCI*
is taking place in a far away country.
“It seems still more impossible that a quarrel that is
already settled in principle should be a subject of war.
J 1 We,!r “"derB**nd th« reasons why the Czech gov-
b«n nut WhiCh h*”
Vt£be,ie^u’.after my UIks with Herr Hitler, that ft
my Visit to Berchtesgaden, I did get to the
of^Lf uernrVIe?1t the ProP08*18 which gave the substance
f hat Herr Hitler wanted, and I was taken completely by
* gOt back Germany and found that he in^
diately ind^’rmmXii0^8h°U,d ^®.handed over to him imme-
uiateiy, and immediately occupied by German troops with-
withinrthL°Urrhrrangei,rnent1’ f0r ’guarding the people
X'nto SnOt ‘"d "h0
“I must say that I find that attitude unreasonable if
nteSJof the*ry dhUbtS that Herr Hit,er fed8
1?PS .nd h Cz^h ®'OVernment to carry out their prom-
oTthe BHhsh°Zr the ter5itOry' 1 have on Rrt
i MreBthe Ainovefnment t0 guarantee their words, and I
of Otecn- 4 where th °f °Ur prom,8« not be underrated iny-
teld Intervtewvra that while he doe, rem" n " f°F P*80* 88 lonE S8 any chance
not approve of the German tesdsr’* j *^^7,
tion eon"
in .11 the eirenm.tane. ttto
i.h emmre in w.r .imply „„ her Kcount e *"
that. "e h*** 10 f'ght mu8t 1x5 on lar8*r i88Ue8 th">
-KoJSi of peace to the depth" °f mv
But if I • *2?^ nat,on8 ia 8 "‘Shtmare to me.
m?nd fnA^n ♦°neknCed-.tJh?t any nation had made UP ita
by fe*r at ita • "ho“ld
... tnder such a domination the people who believe in
liberty would not feel life worth living.”
Chamberlain told his countrymen:
“Meanwhile, there are certain things we can and should
do at home.
* ' °lu9^eer8 *re still wanted for air raid precautions,
for fire brigade and police reserves and for the territorial
(reserve) units.
“I know that all of you, men and women alike, are ready
to play your part in |he defense of the country and I ask yow
to offer your services, if you have not already done so, to
the local authorities who will tell you if you are wanted and
in what capacities.
“Don’t be alarmed if you hear of men being called up
to man anti-aircraft defenses or ships.
“These are only precautionary measures such as s gov-
ernment must take in times like these, but they do not neoee
BtaUv* Ootner Smith (D..
urged th* *en*te campaign
InvMtlgate th* 'corruption, intimi- gram hav* been approved, and »«5O.-
. : 2L1 _j (XX! federal grant* have been allotted
charged contributed to hl* defeat by contingent upon the outcome of the I M M Lru.h wiiitanu ki.
championahip rod*o, and boy acout
de mon* tra tion.
7:30 F. M — "Bella* of Liberty'' and
firework*.
Opening round of the home ahow
in the pavilion.
Beckman St Oerety ahow*.
______—-'••••was OF
peace as long as any chance for
“I would not hesitate to
r * a •
YJI8 mother told him that this
r* experience probably was a
fine opportunity for him to learn
something about British charac-
ter.' She said that wallet be-
longed to him. It had valuable
personal papers that would be of
no earthly account to anyone
else. Beside*, honesty was the
bails of British character. She
said it made no difference
whether an Englishman was a
bar tender in a pub or a street
gweeper, he was born honeat.
Probably It didn’t convince the
lad. but he was smart enough
not to argue.
pUTTINa ’out*all* the details,
* the wallet, contents intact,
ras delivered to us on the boat
t Southampton.
RAC had sent an Inspector out
he Great West road the hour (
he letter was received. The
bird public house he visited had
he wallet A waiter had picked
I up on the floor of a rest room
nd turned it to the manager.
My boy was happy and hum-
WEDNESDAT
Oklahoma City Day
‘tiers Day
0:00 A. M.—Judging Junior calve*.
0:00 A. M.—Judging Shorthorn and
Holateln eattle: Spotted Poland
China and Hampthire awtne; corn
and wheat
Project* for th* achool building pro- U;N A. M.-Draft horae pulling
wv. .«« | lightweight finale.
10:00 A. M.—Judging flower*
"Thrill ahow;" atunt flying; atate
de mon* tra tion.
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