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Be Reminded By Santa Claus' Visit Saturday That Membership in the "Good Fellow Club" Is Still Open. Fees Are Toys THE WEATHER ITuniidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 6S Highest temperature yesterday 52 Lowest temperature last nlglit 47 Precipitation for 24 hours 04 Preclp. since first of month 1.21 l'recip. from Sept. 1, 1038 9.CI1 Excess since Sept. 1, 1938 .11 Rain. VOL. XLIII NO. 194 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW Editorials GN THE Day's News ny FRANK JENKINS A MONG the world's messes, con skier that of France. with a powerful anil ambitious Germany facing her across the Rhine; with Italy, Germany's nlly, threatening to establish a baHo of operations at her back door, in Spain; with Britain, upon whose armed might France has leaned de pendlngly for long decades, weak ening rapidly, France is faced with INTERNAL turmoil amounting al most to civil war. PRANCE finds herself In the po sition of a half dozen men marooned in a cabin in the deep forest nnd surrounded by hungry wolves but so busy FIGHTING AMONG THEMSELVES as to havo little time left to fight off the wolves. PRANCE, for years, has been flirting with the something- for-nothing idea, complicated by demagogue-inspired class hatreds. As a result, efricioncy has1 declined and PRODUCTION HAS FALLEN. In Europe, in these days, produc tion means pretty largely produc tion of war materials. IT Is as If you were a Kentucky feudsman nnd spent so much of fOnntinuad on bag 4.Y' LA TOUR' DE CAROL. France. (at the Spanish Frontier), Dec. 2. (AP) The Spanish insurgent nirforce, by chance or design, to day took a parting shot at the gov ernment's Lincoln-Washington bat talion by bombing a railway at the Franco-Spanish frontier as more than 300 demobilized Ameri can volunteers left Spain. Five insurgent planes plunged IS bomlm on the railway outside the Spanish border town of Alp. shortly after the Americans had crosRed into France. Tills was the largest exodus of American fighters since t h e Barcelona government decided to release all foreigners in its inter national brigades. The volunteers, standing in safety on the railway station plat form of this French border town, watched the bombs fall a few hun dred yards away. Departure of the greater part of the American recruits had been well publicized. Some of the contingent believed the Insurgent air force must have known of it. (iovernment anti-aircraft bat teries at Puigcerda across the border from La Tour de Carol drove the raiders away. Cities Warned U. S. Of Promiscuous rULTIMOrtE, A warning IT. S expect to see Dec. 2. (AP) cities must soon Uncle Sam lay down the role Santa Claus to of . promiscuous local " govern ments," was sounded today before the National Municipal league. Thomas II. Reed, former Uni versity of Michigan professor and consultant on governmental prob lems, coupled his warning with criticism of the new deal for its tendency "to pauperize local gov ernments and make them depen dent." 'Kor several years now, the goose has hung high in Washing ton and local government officials have worn out the highways and rn'ls eoing after their respective slices.' asserted Reed, who also is director of studies for the re publican party program commit tee. "The end of national extrava gance . . . is sufficiently immin ent for planners ... to begin to tfike thoueht of what Is going to be done when cities and other un its have to live strictly within their own resources again. "The habit of being helped has been growing on local govern ment. Can it shake it off? Or will It sit down and cry for Santa Claus and his bag-full of pro Kidnapers Liberate Girl, Uninjured Father Can T Pay Ransom, Captors Told Abduction Perpetrated by 3 Men in Truck; Posse Is Fooled When Girl Is Returned in Auto. OXON HILL. Mil.. Dec. 2.-IAPI William n. Drown, father of 18- yeii'r-oid Mary Drown, who rean- peared at her home last night aft er a 30-hour absence, said tmlnv she was abducted by men who mis- uinoniy lliougnt ho could pay a ransom. When his daughter, a business school student, convinced the men be was unable to pay any ransom, ho said, they released her. She arrived haggard and In tat- tered clothes at the Drown home Inst night, saying the men had freed her from an automobile a short distance from the farm house where she lives. The girl was In fairly cood con dition, her father said. A doctor examined her nnd declared she had not been harmed. The girl said she had twice become uncon scious and thought she had been struck In the stomach. Mary had been kept In a hut ever since she wus abducted, she told the family. ' Clothes Burned BrowL.yave Uiuvsstutomont . Jp the press this morning: "My daughter came home, last night about 10 o'clock. - "The kidnapers let her out about one-half mile down the road from the entrance to our farm. It was near Hanson Brunch. She came home wealing only a slip. She said the . men burned all her clothes. "She spent a restful night. The doctor examined her and found she had not- been harmed , in any "y by her experience. "Mary said after she was shov ed In the truck (described as the abductors' vehicle) she was driv en at fast speed to a hut where she was kept on a mattress. A (Continued on page 6.) KILLS STUDENT IN FEAR OF ROBBERY KANSAS CITY, Dec, 2 (AP) Earl Matthews, 14-year-old high school student, was shot and killed today shortly after he left borne to attend mass and communion. Carroll C. Coffeen. 56-yeal'-old apartment manager, told police in a written statement: I shot h m because 1 feared he was going to hold mo up. The youth was killed at the rear of a duplex which is across the street from the Guardian Angel church, which he bad planned to attend. The youth's mother said he pro bably was late for the 6 oclock mass and was loitering near the church, walling for the next mass at 7 o clock. Hearing End Santa Claus Role jects?" Must Tighten Belts ' Communities with large deal ings through WPA will be hardest-bit when federal len ding-spending programs halt. Reed predict ed. Thousands of communities, he asserted, must "cinch up their belts" when the WPA no longer seeks "common labor" projects. Cities worst off "from the point of view of the difficulty they will experience In shaking off effects of federal aid. be continued, would be, first, "great cities, like New York. In which bond financing is a regular recurring operation and In which the federal grants have been built, ns it were, right Into the financial structure." Second, he said, would be small cities "which have taken nn over dose of federal generosity and are experiencing as a result a bad case of financial jitters." Only the "hair of the dog that hit them will save them from pretty ser ious pain." he asserted. Remedies, he suggested would bo Ml keen WPA as far as nos- sfble out of purely maintenance and operating activities; (2) plan and budget repair and reconstruc tion to distribute it evenly year by year; and 3 project a 10 -war plan of capital improvements and methods of financing them. GA Two Swallow Marbles, Third Downs Watch NEW YORK, Dec. 2. (AP) Mary Gimova, 19, had a perfect right to complain of severe pains in her Htomach. doctors decided. aftor x-rays revealed 31 fuII-Bizetl marhlRH. Mary explained she and a friend each had swallowed a number of marbles on a "dare" from neigh borhood youths whose sled they wished to borrow. Alarys girl friend has reported uo ill effects. lioth enjoyed the sled ride verv much, Mary added oh an after thought. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2. (AP) Detective Joiienh Mock arreHted Kdith Morris, 24, at n pawnshop, took her to a precinct station and asked her what happened to a $350 wrist watch that disappeared from the home of Fred D. Ketchum. She said she swallowed It. X-rays corroborated her. Detective Mock booked her on a charge of having stolen property In her possession. v rnvate turns to Sell to PUDS Under Plan Given Approval by Ickes. t WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (AP) Secretary Ickes approved today a bond adjustment under which two Nebraska public power districts may purchase private utility pro lines to create me nation's first non-competitive, statewide public power system. Ickes consented to modification of an Indenture securing PWA bonds on the Central Nebraska rilDllc Power and rr gallon ills. trict anil the Loup River Public Power district. The districts had requested the change, Ickes said, so they could sell bonds to Investment houses nnd finance purchase of private utility properties. Officials of the two districts are negotiating with bankers and own ers of the private electric proper ties with a view to selling the nec essary bonds and agreeing on a price for (he properties. The districts, established by the state, have built extensive generat ing facilities with PWA financial assistance and are now extending their distribution facilities. Ickes said the decision to pur chase ,tho private properties and the' arrangements for financing were distl-ict matters and the ques tion he had to decide was whether the interests of the government would be jeopardized by the pur chase of the properties. Terms and conditions had been worked out which would protect the federal Interest and the value of the bonds now held by the gov ernment as security for PWA loans, Ickes said. , o U. S. DUNS THIRTEEN WAR DEBT NATIONS WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. (AP) Thirteen European powers re ceived reminders today they now owe the United States government $2,051,707,241 on debts left over from the last war. The amount due December 1.1 increases by $160,217,334 the pre viously due sum of S1.89 1,489.906 and thus shoves the total unpaid above the $2,000,000,000 mark. POSTOFFICESAFE AT TIMBER CRACKED FOREST GROVE, Ore., Dec. 2. (AP) Yeggs cracked the saTe of the postoflice at Timber. 17 miles north of here, Wednesday night and escaped with $110 In cash. Deputy Sheriff R. II. Itusch said today. TURKEY MARKET AT NOMINAL STAGE PO R TLAN D, Dec. 2. (AP) Limited receipts and virtually no demand kept the turkey market nominal here today. Resale quo tations were erratic. Buyers were not Inclined to be gin eastern shipment before Monday. PriceB remained 20 cents for toms and 22 cents for hens. 4- thetdougUs ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2. 1 938. Turkeydoms Aristocrats Soon to Bow World's Largest Exhibit of Gobblers, Families to Be Held Next Week at Oakland. . The Tenth Annual Northwestern Turkey show, which for inanv years nas neen the world s largos exclusive turkey lair, will he held next week at Oakland. Stinting u years ago aa a three-dav event the show has grown In size nnd importance until a three-day period nas neen found too short nnd it Is now continued for an entire week. Lash, merchandise nnd snecfal prizes, valued at more than 52,500, coupled with scores of handsome cups, plaques and trophies will go 10 exniimors, who, from present indications, will he fully as greni in number as ever before. . The show will he set up Monday Dec. 5. All live and dressed birds are to be delivered on that date and must be in place by (i p. r Residents of Oakland have ' pi llared the quarters occupied each year by the show: navo set uii coops and all equipment, and have everything In readiness for the re ceipt of the birds. Experts in the care of fowls will see that the live birds are given proper attention while on display. $&fl.HUOwWiU open to.the-pub lie at U a. m. Tuesday, lit which time judging will be started in oth the live and dressed division , Judges Chosen - ' Judges In the live division will be H. P. Griffin, Salt Lake City Utah, and J. H: Nichols, Tacoma, Wash. Floth are experienced poul try judges, Mr. Griffin having serv ed the Northwestern show for many years. In the dressed divis ion the judges will be M. II. Shook of Roseburg and l- E. Kox. Oregon State college, Corvallis. The prac tice of the judges in doing tlreir work publicly and pointing out .the (Continued on page 6) IT FLINT, Mich., Dec. 2 (AP) The Fisher Body company s plant No. 1, employing from G.000 to 7, 000 men, closed at 12:30 p. in., when members of the (TO united automobile workers walked out on Btrike. The men left the plant n few minutes ufter completion of a strike vote taken in connection with a prolonged dispute over wage rates In the press and metal depart ment of the plant. UAW officials said the men voted 3,431 to 433 for the strike. The plant, scene of one of the first Hit-downs In the General Mot ors strikes of 1!;!7, has been cm ploying 0.400 men. Company officials said sufficient workers had If ft their jobs so It wus impossible to continue opera tions. Fisher Roily Is a division of Gen eral Motors corporation. ,G. M. spokesmen iudiculed cessation of a supply of boilies from the FiBher plant would necessitate closing the Iiult'k plant here, which has been employing approximately 13,- i 000 men. KENOSHA. Wis., Dec. 2 (AP) Production at the Nash Automo bile plant of the Nash-Kelvinutor Corp. was at a standstill today as a result of a sildown strike of .100 men employed on the fiuul assem bly line. One thousand persons were thrown out of work here. The dispute revolved around wages. AUTO UPSET KILLS RETIRED ENGINEER ALTHRAS. f'alir., Dec. 2. (AP) A man identified ns Mr. Hagg bloom, a retired Western Pacific railroad engineer, was killed and hlsnleco; May Ilnggbloom, Seat tle, was slightly injured Thurs day when bis automobile skidded on the snow-covered road a mile north of Madeline and overturned. The couple was en route to Se attle, where HaggHloom Intended to make his second home. Haggblooin was thrown from the ear. which rolled over mi him. -uui.l Y UAILY rui Santa Claus to Receive Warm Welcome Here Arrival Saturday, 1:30 p. m., in North Roseburg to Be Followed by Parade and Program. SANTA CLAUS... Hallo liead PACK ONH '.-Official opening of the Christ mas shopping season in Roseburg will he featured Saturday uftor noon by an advance visit from Santa Claus and a treat for all boys and girls of linseburg and vicinity. Accepting the Invitation of the Roseburg chamber of commerce for nn inspection of the ltosehurg shopping district, which has been made ready for the rush buying season preceding the . holldavs. nunin emus In scheduled to ar rive lit Roseburg at 1:30 a. in. Rut- urday. He will be met nt the triangle north of Deer creek bridge, anil will parade through the business district, riding on a cltv flro truck and preceded by the Bchool band. Several youngsters on hi- cycles, skates and on foot, are ex pected to puiileliiuto In the niir- ade. Following the naraile there will bo a program at the armory, where Santa Claus will distribute prizes to winners In the letter Writing contest sponsored by the fire department, anil will eivn candy nnd fruit to nil of the young- xlvi'b present. . . , .. ED U. S. Army to Have Better Guns; Vehicles to Oust Horses and Mules. . WASHINGTON, Dee. 2. (API new streamlined Infantry regi ment, smaller but far more mnhlle and harder hitting than either its worm war counterpart or the regi ment of toilny, has received war de partment approval. Moving by motor truck and Ai m ed with semi-automatic rifles, It is nienoea to become a major unit In tie- nigli speed armv on wheels which is being developed to keen puce witn post-war trends. While officials made nubile do- tails of these plans today, Secre tary Wooilring reported to Presi dent Hoosevclt national defense ro- ulremonts may hasten construc tion of a third and possibly larger set of locks for the Panama canal. His report followed closely his recommendation to Mr. Itnosevult hat the canal bo mado "Impreg nable." Huge Cost' Involved. Current surveys, which will bo speeded up, contemplate new fuclll- iob costing SI 00.000.1100 or more. to be ready nbout i960. Ilogun In 11136, the surveys were ordered by ongress to meet expected Increas ed demands from merchant craft nd warships of linger size and from a greater flow of traffic. Officials who told of the new in fantry plans said three of the, new eglments will undergo field tests for a year in Texas as a part of a projected stuallor infantry division. At- full war strength, the new nit has but 2.411 officers and men, contrasted with the world war's 3,742 and the present 3,009. Whereas the IN17-1H regiment was nrmed with 3.200 Sllrlni-fleld. single-shot rifles, and Hie existing regiment has 1,852 such weupons, the tiew organization will have 1.492 seml-utltomatlc rifles, glvine triple fire power. It also will have heavier and more numerous ma chine guns and artillery weapons. Horses, Mules to Go, The horse and mule have been ..r&VVZ. ct BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS A Train-Bus Crash Dead Placed at 23 Three of Injured in Grave Condition; Parents Not Allowed to Look at Mangled Bodies. SALT LA ICR CITY, Dee. 2. (AP) With the death of a youth early today, toll of tbo nntlon's worst school bus-train disaster roso to 23 Identified victims. Sixteen youths, nil occupants of the crowded bus tbnt was hit 10 miles south of hero yesterday by n speeding freight train roaring through an early morning snow storm, woro injured, three criti cally. Salt Lake general hospital au thorities said one badly mangled body remained unidentified. How ever, morguo attendants said it was possible the mnngted form wns part or one or several of the identified children. Some of tho dead were so badly mangled parentH were not allowed to see the bodies. "Tbo ; remains are complete enough to represent one or even two bodies and wo shall have to re gard them ns a separate entity un til wo are positive more children were not killed," said one morgue workor. . Engineer Warned too Late. ; Screaming- through -a Deoembor sleet storm which bnd put It more (linn an hour behind schedule on it run from Denver, tho "Flying Uto' fastest freight train on Hie Denver and Hlo (irande western line, plow ed into the loaded school bus near suburban Mldvale, 10 miles south of Salt Lako City. Engineer B. L. Itehmor, warned of the Impending collision only an (Continued on page 6) HAlNimilKIK, O., Dec. 2. (AP) I Jr. KusHell II. Uiendy. about 00. MelbodiKt minlHter In thin town ot S00 und former Pontine, Mich., mayor, wus found Bhtin hern early todfty. Shot In tho temple. 1r. Llready'B hody was round crumpled on u Hide walk two hlocktt from the Metho dist imrxnnnge. Sheriff Joseph Vincent ordered Dr. Mreudy'B 21!-yenr-ohl boh, Rob ert, nn account uut, detained for qucHtionliiK. Mai-Hhal Hurl KdiiiKlon of Main bridge said blood wan in tho down Hlali'H of the 'jiaraumiKo und in three upHtaii'B rooms. An automatic piHtol wan found under a pillow In a bedroom. You ns llready, when oueHtloned by Marshal Islington und Deputy Sheriff Dan lowery, Haid he couldn't remember a thins Hi nee last niKht when he was Klttinic he- Hide u radio drinking A bottle of apple wine wuh found In tho parHoiuiye. " uken to view IiIh father h body. the Hon Haid: "Kather'H dead,".." Vouiik llready returned to Ilnln hiiilKe. a year uko ami told neigh bor he had been riglDlne will) the loyalist forces In Spain. h. llready took the lialnbrldge pnstoniKe nbout four year ago. Ill wife died last July. , Itesliles his bod, Itobert. Dr. riicady is survived by another Hon, JtUHAell. jr.. of Washington, D. (, and two daughters, Mrs. Stewart Watson of Detroit and Mrs. V. W. Kunney of WaiBaw, Ind. POND SAVES CHILD FROM BULL'S HORNS ASTORIA, Ore.. Dec. 2 (AP) The Ihiee-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J.ealer Scboonover owed his life today to a pond of walcr near Nehaleni Ihat had been led by a high tide. The boy was attacked by a bull while playing In n nearby field. The animal tossed tho lad Into the pond. Alvln Thompson beard the lad'B screams anil went to the rescue to rind the hull butting ami rolling the youngster In the water, which was deep enough to prevent the bull's boms catching the lad for another toss. for Kiddies in VOL. XXVII fn IN Litigant Hurls Tomatoes at 2 British Judges LONDON, Dec. 2. (AP) A dis appointed litigant stood up today in tile august court of appeals and bombarded two bewlgged lord Jus tices with tomatoes. lie missed, but the Justices, Sir Charles Clausen anil Sir ltaynor Coddard, gave him six weeks in prison for gross contempt of court. lOarller in the morning tho llti gnnt, Frank Harrison, had linen refused- an appeal. He departed muttering. After n wlilln ho returned, his coat bulging. Ah the lord Just Ices nroso for luncheon, Harrison stood tip in the back of the courtroom and shout ed: "I wunt Justice!" Then he begnn pulling tomatoes from under his coat nnd opened flro. Neither justice was hit but one overrlpo mlssllo squashed against the woodwork just over tho Hon. .Mr. Justice dilution's full bottom ed wig. "Send for the tipstaff," thun dered the Hon. Mr. Justice Clnuaon nnd the bnllirf arrested Harrison. "You'ro not worth your blasted salt," Harrison shouted, "it's n pity I'm not a better shot." Tl 70-Year-Old Manslaughter Culprit Sentenced to 7-and-Half i Years. .Sentence of' seven. nnd:' ono-bntf years on each' of two coiints-of in voluntary manslaughter was Im posed here this morning by Circuit Judge I'nrl Wlinberly upon Wil liam ' Mayer, 70-year-old Maroh field resident. The sentences will run concurrently. Mayer was con victed by a circuit court Jury of imprudent driving of nn nutomn bile and causing a collision ut Doady which fatally Injured Mr. and Mrs. Allen V. Moore of Rose burg, Oct. 22. Judge Wlinberly told Mayor, who had pleaded temporary insan ity and lapse of memory, that he concurred in the findings of the Jury which rejected the plea nnd stated that ho believed Mayer's condition nt the time of the acci dent was one of "blind rnge." The court ordored lmmedlnte medical attention for Mayer, who complained of Illness. Attorney It. L. Whipple, appoint ed by the court to defond the el derly defendant, pleaded for dnm. ency because of Mayer's ago and iniysirHi coiiiiiiion. i Judge Wlinberly declared he re cognized that tho defendant prob ably would not survive the per iod or tho sentence, but that ho had committed an ofrense which had snuffed out the lives r.r i,. Innocent people and that the court uiiisi perlorm n duty In protection of society. The Bontonco wns one-half of tho maximum penally provided under tho law as punishment for tho crime charged. o : MRS. A. ROBERTSON DIES IN ROSEBURG Mrs. Amelia Km ti Itobertsnn, 41, died suddenly at her home In n.lo city Thursday. Horn In Finland. inn. i.i, she came to flo united siaiea at the ago of 2.1 Vears. Klut had been a resident or Roseburg lor the past five years, coining in this city from -j Umg lleuch. ('allforunl. Shi' wns a mem ber of the Chrlslliin Science church. Siirvliing Is a daughter. Virgin ia K. Cooke, Roseburg. The body has been removed to the Douglas Fllnoriil Home. An rangeiiieuts for services haVo not been mnde. Request For Prosecution of Bund, Reds Studied by Dept. of Justice WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (AP) 'The Justice depurtinent Is study ing seriously n request for prosecg lion of Die communist party, the tieiman-Amerlcan blind nnd Borne other organizations for railing to register ns agents or foreign prin cipals. Itepresentntlves Dies (D-Tex. i re cently asked Hie stale department that Kuril action be taken. Dies, chairman of the house committee investigating un-American activi ties, asserted evidence nresemeil to bis committee ludicatea the com munist pi, rt y was an agent of the communist Third International, which maintains headounrtni-R uf Mmhcow. Ill the absence of Secretary ot Needy Families. TUNISIA ' France and Italy are snarling at each othei' over the north African colony, and serious results Im pend. Don't miss developments. Follow them through NEWS-RE-. VIEW wire service, world-wltlo In coverage. NO. 10 OF THE EVENING NEWS Air Schedules Communication Lines Are Down, Roads Blocked; Two Winchester Bay '. Crabbers Saved. PORTLAND, Ore., Doc. 2. (AP) A warm hut violent galo drenched western Oregon today, leaving a trail of destruction nnil at least one denth. Air transport lines cancelled scheduled flights. Ships stood on both aides of tbo Columbia river bar, tinabto to cross. Several com munications Hues to coastal com munities woro out. minding rain nnd slippery sU-eots cnused the -death here .of Clyde M. Bnrrott, 41, killed when ho was struck by an automobllo shortly nfter midnight. Tho United States -weather bn roan at North Head, mouth of tbo Columbia, forecast continuation oC a BO-mlle galo which struck thero this morning. 9 Ships Stay Outside At least nine ships stood by out sldo the Columbia, unable to cross Into the river although the pilot schooner Columbia wallowed in rough seas three miles out In an attempt to reopen shipping stag nated sinco Tuesday. Tho freighter Charles L. Wheel er crossed Into the river shortly before midnight, during a hill In the storm. Tile American-Hawaiian ship Honolulnn nnd the steam schooner Wataonville brnv. ed a 6-l-mllo gale to plow through, White water on tho bar at 7 a, m. The French froightor Oranvllle beaded- mic.,thl morning but ; was -slopped by a dangoioiis bnr. The Point Adams coast guard station aald It was warning all shipping of the bar's condition. ' Falling trees nnd slides endan gered accondary highways on the const. A terrific wind ut Toledo, halted nn Inventory at tho C D. Johnson Lumber corporation when tops of lumber piles wore shipped orr, forcing workers to shelter. Cooa Bay Bar Rough At Mnrshflold, trees were fall ing, but no serious dnmage was reported. Trains ran on time, al though communications lines wero down part ot tho morning. Ihroo ships and tho coast guard cutter Puluskl stood hv nm.1,1. the entrance to Coos bay, nimble (Continued on page 0.) OREGON PROPERTY VALUATION FIXED SALKM. Dec. 2 (AP)Tli n. sensed valuation of all property In Oregon was estimated by the stale tax commission today at J740 477. 040, or slightly more than J200. 000.000 less than the record of 10 years ago. Thorn Is nothing to Indicate thnf property locally assessed is likely to regain any erent inii-t nf tlm nv.- $200,000,000 lost during depression joins, uio commission said. The total assessment is A of one per cent more than two years ago, low point of the depression. Utility valuations- amount to Sir.8.ll28,18S, an Increase of 1.0 nor cent in two yours. LETHAL GAS TAKES WARDEN'S KILLERS SAN QttBNTIN. Calif.. Dee 2 (AIM California used the lethal gas chamber for the first time 'to. lay when Albert Kessell. 29. nnil Robert L. Cannon. 30, died togeth er for slaying Warden Clarence l.arkin in a futile attempt to es- cape from Folsom prison Sept, 10, i:.l I. The prison physician pronounced Ihem dend 10 minutes ufter they entered the cell. Slate Hull, Undersecretary Sumner Welles forwarded Dies' letter to Ally. (!en. ('iiinmlngs who referred it today to llrieu MrMuhon, chlet of the Justice department's crinf Innl division for "careful consider ation." MrMuhon said he would give thg matter close personal attention. Dies' letter said other evIdencS Indicated certain "fruit" organlzue lions of the communist party also were agents for the parent organi zation. Ho named specifically tha l-eague for Peace and Democracy, the International Labor Defonsa and Civil Liberties union. Thera are other Indications, Dies added, that the German-American bum! represents Oermuny's nay. I partjl In this country, , mm Shipping Tied; ft; II