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1 Mr. Garner's Chances of Landing the Democratic Presidential Nomination Will be Enhanced if He Escapes One of Those Deadly Rooseveltian Back Pats.r THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. ni. yesterday 83' Highest temperature yesterday Tt'S lowest temiierature last night ti rreidpilutlon for 24 hours 34 Preclp. since first of month , 0.40 Preclp. from Sept. 1, 1939 1H.3U Deficiency since Sept. 1. 1939 1.57 ' Fair. TWO SECTIONS TODAY you xliv NO. 219 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1939. VOL XXVIII NO. 119 OF THE EVENING NEWS M MM 1 THE DOUGCKS COUMTY DALY ' X' CJ : ssssssssssij in , , " urn V In The 4 Day's News " ' By FKA.NK JHNKIXS you are among those who have appeared to he somewhat disap pointed hy the lack of bloody fight ing (except In Poland and Finland), give heed to Winston Churchill's warning to the IIHUsh peole that "rough and violent times He ahead." , . i The old wouthcr adage "as the doys begin to lengthen the cold begins to strengthen" seems likely to apply to the fighting In this w nr. WATlR are like tiger kittens. V " They have their mild mn lnentR, but no one can be sure w hen they will go on a rampage.) IMPORTANT decision today (Tuesday) : The allied suprome war council, meeting in Paris, prepares to give "all moral nnd MATERIAL old possible to Finland without weak ening their own war wilh Ger many." 'PIIAT Ib Important because giv ing MATERIAL aid to Finland ninnunls In suhslance to GOING TO WAR WITH RUSSIA. Up to now, Rrllaln nnd France hnvo been oAteYHnTIbusly "polite to' Stalin." " " , They hnvo apparently made up their minds that they must fight Russia as well as Germany. It that Is true, WATOH, ITALY. "HB Grnr Spee battle was' fought in the western hemisphere, (Continued on page 4 Messenger Boys' Strike Nears End , SAN FRVNCISCO, Dec. 21. dP) Decision of 3110 Western Union workers, on strike here since last Sept. 7. to return to work under a plan progosed bv Secretary of Labor Frances Per kins, was promised today by offi cials of the CIO American Com munications association. The strikers, by a four-to-one vote, accepted the peace plan yes terday, but met acaln last night to hear a report of the strike commit tee on minor details of rates of pav and seniority. The committee met Willi coinruny officials, who also accepted the peace plan, yesterday. Under Secretary Perkins' plan, strikers will return to work with out discrimination pending court nctlon on a nntionnl labor rela tions board decision ordering dis establishment of the 'Independent Association of Western Union em rloven. The coinpanv has contract ed with this union for 21 years. Most of the strikers are messen ger Iiovb. Morgenthau Hits Certificate Plan To Increase Farm Parity Benefits WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (AP) Secretary Morgenthau, saying he was opposed to further taxes on consumers. Indicated today he was opposed to the proposed "certifi cate nlan" to rnise farm parity benefits. The treasury head added, how ever, thnt the administration had not made a final decision on: the certificate plon proposed by Secre tary of Agriculture Wnllace. Wal lace has been asked to attend a second meeting of the president's fiscal and monetary committee this afternoon to talk about the idea. .Wallace's certificate plan pro poses transferring from the treas ury to farm product processors nnd perhaps. In turn, consumers the burden of farm parity pay-1 ments, which cost $225,000,000 last year. Instead of tdc treasury paying formers the difference between market prices and so-called parity prices, elevators and others buying major crops from farmers would pay the full parity price directly to the farmer, taking a certificate, provided the farmer by the agricul ture department, for the difference between market and parity value. Every subsequent purchaser of Liberals May Unite in 1940, takes Opines Bi-Partisan Organization to Back Favored Candidate is . Possible, Secretary Says; Silent as to Garner. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (AP) Secretary I.ckes said today liber als among the democrnts and re publicans might call a national con vention some time before the 1940 presidential campaign to organize support for whichever party named a liberal to head its ticket. At his press conference Ickes, said that he had discussed such a possiliilltv with Senators Norris (Ind.-Neh.) and Lal'ollotto (Prog. Wls.) The decision to call the confer ence might or might not depend upon whether President Roosevelt decided to try for a third term, tckes said. "It (the liberal conference)," he j explained, "intent be called before I or after the president had an-, nounced a decision or it might be held after both parties hail chosen their candidates." ' No 3rd Party planned The convention, he suld, would' not be aimed at setting up .a third party. - Its primary p'lrposo, ho contin ued, would bo direct support to whichever party went to the coun try under a liberal banner. In event both named "reaction ary candidates," however, he said the liberals might be culled upon for a "sacrifice hit." Asked lo amplify this remark, be said the liberals might decide. H they luld nowhere else -to turn, tn-luuiichla- ithlrd. party, tickcL.ixer; bans in New York stnto, with al most certain knowledge of defeat. "You can't get anywhere with a Ihlrd party movement In tills coun try." ho said. "The politicians, through state primary laws, have seen to it since 1912 that there can be no successful third narty. "But the liberals might call for a sacrifice ' bit. Sometimes you can show strength negatively as well as positively." Under questioning, Ickos ex pressed the belief Hint It was pos sible that the democratic party would nmno a conservative" in 1940. Politicians, he snld. con trol the nurtv nominating conven tions. Ills Idea, be added, is that there should he a nationwide pri mary for the selection of preslden- (Contlnued on page C) War Bulletins AMSTERDAM, Dec. 21. (AP) The Italian steamer Comltas, 3,685 tons, sank today off Flushinq on the southwestern coast of the Neth erlands after striking; a mine. The Netherlands navy sent vessels to I Dick up the crew, who took to life boats. "BERLIN, Dec. 21. (AP) DNB, the official news agency, announc ed tonight a German submarine commanded by Lieut-Commander Herbert Schultze, which has just returned from its third trip into enemy waters, has sunk, a total of 80,380 tons of enemy ships. the certificate until the croo reached a processor who would have to absorb its cost in his gen eral processing expenses. Thus, critics of the plan argue, the cost would he passed on to consumers in the form of higher prices for bread, cloth and other nrticles made troth the crops. Consumers Pavina Enouah Morgenthau declined to discuss the certificate plan specifically, but said "1 haven't changed my mlnil from his anti-consumer tax state ments of a year ago, when the Is sue of a direct farm processing tax was considered. "Taxes on consumers ore now about BO per cent, nnd I think they are high enough," tho secretury told reporters. He did not explain now ne cal culated the 60 per cent, but aides Indicated he was including various federal excise taxes, such as those on liquor, tobacco, automobiles and theater admissions. Other members of the committee have declined open comment on the Wallace proposal, but also have been reported cool to it. Federal Reserve Board Chalran Eccles. par ticularly, recently made a speech proposing additional defense taxes mi earning against levying them Rose Queen lT Winner among 30O co-ed con testants for the coveted honor of reigning as queen of the annual tournament of roses at Pasadena, Calif., is Margaret Huntley, 18, above. . - Change Made fn County Auditing The Douglus county financial rec-avcU for 111:19 will be checked bv a slate auditor from the office of the secretary of state, the coun ty court announced today. 1 he court has formally requested the secretary of state to furnish an auditor lo conduct the 19:19 audit, as provided by the state law mak ing such service available to coun ties. "Our action is not based on any dissatisfaction with past audits, but as our records have been checked for several years by the same private auditing firm, it Is Urn opinion of the court that it would be to the county's advantage to oi-casioiially make a change," County Judge Morris liowker ex plained. The county'H audits since l!)!to have been made by the firm of Wann and Collier of Marshfield. "We hnvo had very fine service from tlio private auditors." Judge fcowker said, "ami the change to be made this venr la not due to any Ceollng that the work has not been properly done. It is possible, how- nver, that state auditors, who nave had much experience with county records, mnv he ablo to furnish f!me new ideas and at the same time supply an additional check on the county's bookkeeping meth ods." Heretofore the county audit has been contracted uHn bids from private auditors. Under the sys tem proposed by tile county court. however, the work will be done by the state auditor and tile cost charged against the county. The cost, therefore, ennnot be deter mined In advnncc. Grover B. Hill Named Aide to Secy. Wallace WASHINGTON, Doc. 21. (AP) Grover B. Mill of Gainesville, Tex., was appointed hy President Roosevelt toilay to be assistant secretary of agriculture In place of Harry It. Hrown. who recently re signed to take a nonltion with the TVA. Hill, who is 50 vears old, come to Washington In 1930. He hns been In chifrge of the southern region range program of the agriculture department. In 1934. he was regional direc tor for New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma for the department's cattle buying program. Britain Will Buy American Lumber If Ships Sold, Too WASHINGTON, Hoc. 21. (AP) Great Britain, official quarters disclosed todny, has offered to buy between 115.000.000 and 30,ooo.ooo worth of lumber In the United States if she can at the same time purchase American ships in which to transport it. The sale of the ships reported to be 10 In number has been discussed by the government's in terdepartmental neutrality committee. Drug Racket s Leader Facing Still Penalty . S. Jury Convicts Buchalter, Top Man of International Narcotics Ring; Pleas in -Other Cases Awaited. NEW YOTtK, Pec. 21. fAP) Louis (Lepke) nuchalter. 42, who will be sentenced January 2 for conspiracy to violate the narcotics laws, still fuced today narcotic nnd bribery charges under which no could be sentenced to a maximum of 164 years in prison and $180,000 in fines. Judge John C; Knox told Wil liam Klelnmnn, Ituclmlter's attor ney that 'you should know Iiqw you are going to plead on these other charges by January 2," but Kleinman did not indicate how his client would plead. A federal court jury convicted nuchalter of conspiracy last night after bearing the government do scribe him as "top man" in a $10, 000.000 international syndicate which smuggled drugs into the United State Illegally from Franco, Japan. China -and other countries in 1935-36-37. 1 Offers No Defense. Buchalter, once described by District Attorney Thomas E. Dew ey as "public enemy No. 1" nnd "the nation's No. 1 - Industrial racketeer" did not take the stnnd to defend himself. His counsel of fered brief character testimony and insisted that the jury disregard hlH reputation ns an industrial racketeer, ax Schmuckler, a co-defendant, was convicted of the same charge, but tnavid Kardontafr; the third cu" defendant, was acquitted. Maximum penalties of two years In prison and $10,000 fines can he imposed on Buchalter and Schmuckler. ' Women Used in Tarfflc. Knrdonlck and Schmuckler de nied participating In the syndi cate's operations. The govern ment maintained that attractive women, in the syndicate's pay, had brought forbidden narcotics into this country in trunks, in several instances. Cod;-! cablegrams wore used to direct the wide-spread ac tivities. The object of a nntlon-wlde man hunt last summer with rewards to taling $50,000 on his head, Buc bulter surrendered quietjy to Kill Director J. Edgar Hoover here (Continued on pnge 6) F.R. Would Serve Free Soup in Ohio . WAShiNOTON, Dec. 21. (AP) John OwetiH, head of. tho Ohio CIO conncll, suid President Roose velt told him today he was prepar ed to tfend army noup kitchens in to the state if It becomes neccs- aary to prevent starvation among reilet clients. Owens left with the president a formal statement, bitterly com plaining of the relief situation in Ohio, saying the amount spent for home relief of the needy did not equal that provided for monkeys in the zoo. Owens emphasized that the president's promise of army kitch ens would be carried out only If such a step was necessury to pre vent starvation. The president told him that if starvation occurred he would net just as he did fn the Mississippi and Ohio floods, Owens said, by sending army kitchens Into tho stoto to be supervised by the WPA. It rdn formed of Owens' announce ment, Cleveland's Mayor Harold II. !I.irton said: "The situation In Cleveland Is adequately .taken care (of by our present arrangements."; X Gov. John W. lirlcker of Ohio was not available Immediately for comment. Garden Valley-to-Umpqua Road Oiling Requested A petition signed by a large num ber of residents in the Garden Valley-to-Umnqua district, asking that the Garden Vnlley road be oil ed as a port of the 19t0 road pro gram, has been submitted to the county court. The court was re quested to adopt the oiling of the road between Brown's bridge nnd i Vmpqna as a continuing project and I to do as much of the work each year as funds will permit until the entire section has been completed. The court announced that the pro posal would be given consideration when the 140 road program Ib made np in the early spring. Britain Acts Jo Shield Her Fishing Boats Ships, Planes Massed to - Halt Nail Aerial Raids After "Inhuman1 Attacks on 35 Vessels in Three Days, LONDON'. Dec. 21. (AP) Croat Britain assembled ships nml fight ing planes- today to protect her un ariried North sea fishing finer, us result ot Gorman aerial mucks In -V'nioh :5 vessels Have ueen bombed, torpedoed or mitchlnogtm ned In three days. Defonslvo arming also was con sidered for the flHliernion. on whom Insular ISritnln depends for an : Important supplement to her meat supply. The crews of trawlers -"ugilgod In lulnesweeplng and nnttsllhina rine activities will ho given n "hard-lying" bonus, retroactive to the outbreak or the war, it was disclosed hy Georfrey Shakespeare, parliamentary secretary of the ad miralty. Such bonuses aro paid for exceptionally difficult, danger ous und uncomfortable work. The admiralty assailed tlio ot tncks on rishlng trawlers as un act of "senseless Inhumanity" and said only throe, all unsuccessful, were on naval vessels. Two others, It said, were on neutrals, I The German high command wild ' nuzl planes had destroyed 23 Drltlsh "vanguard" vessels.) Neutral Boats Sunk. Mine sinkings decreased, mean while, only one victim In British wnters being reported In 21 hours It wnB tlio 1, 449-ton Swedish steum- or Mars, sunk off tho norlhelist cuaRt yesterday With poyejior.sous HtlKHlllg uiiti nix iWH:uni, (The 1,323-ton Swedish steamer Adolf llrutt was reported sunk by a mine off the Netherlands Island of Terschelllng Tuesday, however, and an unidentified ship also was (Continued on page G) Finns Seeking U.S. Loan as War Need WASHINGTON. Doc. 21. (AP) Finland was reported reliably to ilay to be seeking a r,o,oou,ooo loon from tho United Stoles gov ernment to buy war materials for use against Invading Russian armies. Representatives of the Finnish government were said to have sounded out congressional leaders on tho proposal after they were unsuccessful in obtaining Wnll street financing for such a sum. Although these representatives were described "s restrained in their discussions, one member of congress who was appronched said he gained the distinct impression the Finns felt they could not long hold out ngnlnst Russia's over powering forces unlesB they were given more than moral support. The reconstruction finance cor poration recently lent KlnkMid $10, 000.000 for tho purchase in this county of non-war materials aucli as agricultural surpluses. This money went to the Finnish-American trnding corporation, organized by Hjalmar Procope. Finnish min ister lo llio United States. While the Finns welcomed this, they were represented as contend ing that their greatest need was for battle planes, guns und other we materiiils. Scnntor McN'ary of Oregon snld that he would favor a substantial loan "for governmental purposes." "In view of Finland's attitude In keening her money covenants with thin government, I think we could afford to lend that country a substantial sum of money for governmental purposes," McNary told-reporters. Whllo he did not define the phrase "for governmental pur poses," McNary Indicated that he doubted the wisdom of making a loan which could be used to buy war mnterinls for use a&allist in vading Russian armies. Engineer and Fireman Die In Union Pacific Wreck . RICHLAND, Neb., Pec. 21. (API The engineer and tlreli.oo of Union Pacific's eastbound mall train No. II were killed Inst night os the locomotive nod nine cars plunged from the track after strlk Itie n stalled automobile. The body of Fireman Albert "l.ee" Roberts." Council Uluffs, la., was found lodtty buried under the overturned locomotive which shear ed off tlie edge of a grain eleva tor. Engineer David Jones, Oma ha, was found in a mass of tangled wreckage. Tanks, Guns, Other Booty Captured; Soviet Replies With Series of Air Raids Soviet Russia Pours Out Adulation To Stalin on His Sixtieth Birthday MOSCOW, Dec. 21. (AP) So viet Russia celebrated on a scale today tlio sixtieth birthday of her lender, Joseph Stalin, who was eu logized by tlio pres iih "the ptllnv or hope to the workorn of capitalis tic states." ' As his rod army legions fought In blltor cold in the invasion of Finland, n new biography of btullll was published by President Ka linin of tlio supreme soviet. describing hlni ns "a happy man who led one-Rixtll of the globe to socialism he now Is ready to lead them to communism." A flood of newspaper articles credited Stnllll with many achieve ments of tho soviet union, Includ ing tho "liberation" of tho Ukrain ian and Whlto Russian regions rrom Poland and pacts with tho Baltic slates, but made no men tion of Finland. Tho rndio and newspapers woro devoted almost completely to tho anniversary. Factories held parties in honor of the unostentatious Georgian, schools displayed exhibits of his lire, and he was the subject of lec tures at collectlvo fnrms und other soviet milts. "Hero" Label Attached. , The. presidium ot tho supremo soviet' conferred on Comrndo Sta lin the order of Lenin highest HwuViT'lIf dlio"' thti'if mid 'gavo"hlm the title of "hero or socialist III bor" for his "oxcopllomil services in nrgnnlidng the bolshevik party, creating tho soviet state, building a socialist society in the U. S. S. R.. nnd consolidating tho friend ship of peoples of the soviet union." The council of people's commis sars-resolved to Institute fn his honor 10 iinnunl prizos of 100,000 rubles each for outstanding work In medicine, law. the sciences, arts nnd the theater, similar prizes for tho best Inventions and for achieve ments In military science; and scholarships for 4,000 science stu dents, Tho newspapers reported thnt more thnn 270.000,000 coplesof books by Stalin hod been printed Canada Accepting American Fighters Cirixenship Barrier Easily Dodged; Heavy Aid Being Planned for England. OTTAWA, Dec. 21. (Canadian Press) AmerlcntiB may fight for Canada In the ulr. It appeared to day, but at the cost or becoming men without a country. In tho nrmy, however, the rules sMIl provide against the enlistment of uon-Hrltish citizens. Canadians had n quick explana tion ror reports from tho United Klu;dnin that about 100 Americans were ill the first Canadian contin gent which landed there Sunday they sold the "Americans" appar ently were Canadians who had re sided In the United States or Americans who hod become na turalized British. Restrictions against enlistment of aliens in the Cnnadlun nillltiu forces remain In force and off I cluls snid none was accepted knowingly. 11 1h always possible, liMwcver, ft was pointed out, for an Ameri can or other non-Conodlnn to get by recruiting ofricers when Conn dion next-of-kin addresses are pro vldeil. Canada Intends to send overseas a complete air squadron and be tween fi.OnO and 7.000 troops or he technical services to sttpport the first division In the field. IV'fense Minister Roger? an nounced last night Ihot artillery, engineers, signnlers, ordinance and hospltul units, along wilh certain base troops, would Join the first division In France.. The landing or the division In Great Britain for a period of training was announc ed Monday. The minister, In outlining the In creased strength of Canada's de fense forces since the outbreak of war. said 6r,.non men had been en listed In the Canadian active serv ice force. These Included the first division of some lfi.000 men already sent overseas and a second division held in reserve. VV tM A 1,1 V 1 ti.i ... .in i ' Joseph Stalin In almost a scoro of lnngungos. A consldorablo roudor, ho writes in Russian, which he speaks ill u Georgian accent. Hovlet nowspapors nnd the radio toduy ignored tlio news that Ameri can naval planes aro being sold to Finland, and no official com ment was available. ' A private Russian citizen observ ed: "They will probubly get there Just in tlnio to be tukou ovor by tho red army." (United States officials disclos ed in Washington that 44 high speed fighting pianos being manu factured for the United States nuvy would ho sold to Finland.) Neutrality Belt Warning Drafted American Republics Decide on More Than Words to Halt Extension of War Zone. WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. (AP) Tho American republics prepnrcd a strong statement to Kuropo'B bel ligerent todny. to tell them In ef fect that further violations of tho neutrality belt will bring a strong er reaction I'.iun wordy diplomatic protests. The suite, which may be Issued tomorrow, is to be a general de claration of the 21 nations, Includ ing the United Suites, which laid down the zone nt the Pan-American conference lu Panama lust sum mer. " Among tho ovents occurring within tho one and thus disturb ing neutral nil I Ions which want to keep tho war oft their doorsteps are: The German lliltlsh naval battle off Uruguay, the pursuit or .the Ger. mi;!! freighter Aroiica by a urn Ish warship Into Port Hverglados, the scuttling of the German liber Columbus within gunshot or a Hilt Ish destroyer, and the hnltlng ot the American liner Snnta Rosa by tho French cruiser Jennno D'Arc. In London, It was said the Drlt lsh nuvy felt free to fight any where on tho high sens but believ ed at the same timo that If alma or the zone could be mude to work It would be lo the advantage ot the ullies. The Amorlrnn republics Intend to consult after Christmas on how to determine and enforco a com mon policy In handling belligerent warships which come into their harbors. t This point was emphasized In tbo case ot the Grur Spee, scuttled on the order or Adoir Hitler after Uruguay ordered the German ship to leave Montevideo or be interned. flrazil has proposed that war ships fleeing to Pan-American ports be aulniiiullrnlly Interned. Aerial Bombs Hit Helsinki; Other Cities Hospitals, Schools and Trains Surfer Damage, Casualties Small; Two of Attacking Planes Brought Down. HELSINKI, Dec. 21. (AP) The destruction of two Rus sian battalions and destruction or capture of largo quantities .. of Russian tanks, machine guns and other weapons in suc cesses along the eastern front were reported today by the Finnish army communique. A continuation of the Finnish nd vance in tho direction of Salln, on tho northeustorn front, also was reported. It was in tills sector, above the Arctic circle that the Russians previously had claimed their grontsst gains. Twenty tanks were listed -ns taken tr destroyed. In one battlo alnno.H-.the communique said, tin enemy lust 000 killed on the uu field. . . . Soviet Planes retaliate, y Bv THOMAS F. HAWKINS HELSINKI.- Don; r-9,fAP)" Russian filers todny bombed n hos pital uren or Helsinki, ntttickod towns and villages for 25 miles nround and machine-gunned two trains In n day in which Finnish rand forces were officially reported to have wiped out two battalions of Russians. In the lnnd fighting, an army commiinlquo Bald, the Finns either threw buck the invnders with heavy' tosses or continued their own ad vances and captured or -destroyed 20 tanks and a wide variety of ; urms, ammunition and equipment. ' Two' Planes Downed. two Russian planes wero reported in the day'B aerial operations. shot down over Helsinki, where the Invaders bombed a hospital dormitory, heavily damaged a school for the blind and struck seven out of 10 other hospital build ings. Only two persons wore inlured nnd none was killed in the Hel sinki hospital nron, though mora than 30 bombs nil ned upon It, but inoro wero deaths in the attacks (Cnntlnuod on page IS) Roseburg Offered Property for Park A deed to the lot at Jnekson nnd Lnno Hi i rets, known ns the Mc IteynoldB property, will bo offered to the city of Hose burs, with the' provision thnt the land be lifted for pnrk purpOflGB, the county court an nounced today. Tho property wiia ucqulred by the county on tax fore closure, A proposal thnt the old residence building on the lot be re moved and that the land be im proved to provide a rent park wns vropoHed by (he Hoseburg chamber of commerce. The court has agreed to the plan nnd will Hpeciry In the deed, County Judge Morris liowker reported, that the clly may retain use of tho land ns long ns It Is de voted to park purposes. The prop erty was once the home of the late Dr. I-Vrdluand (J. Outline, a ploneefl HoHphuig, physician pud florlcul turlst. - ; 2 MORE SHOPPING DAYS Until Christmas BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS m- m r the crop also would have to buy against consumers. 1 T
