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ft6SBUft5 NEWS-REVIEW, rKSSEBUftS, ORESON, THURSDAY, DE6emBER2I, 1939,
It's Men's
Night
TONIGHT !
and every night till Christ
mas at Fisher s Dept. Store
When the entire staff will give special attention
to men and offer expert counsel in the choice
of the most important of feminine gifts lovely
gowns ($1.95 to $3.95 1, house coats, ($3.50 to
$4.50) Munsing pajamas ($1.95, $2.95), No
Mend Hosiery ($1.15), College-satin Slippors
($1.00 to $1.95).
BUT EVERY DAY IS WOMEN'S DAY
Our salos staff has long become adept in tying
packagos with romantic Christmas splendor
they look forward to showing the 1000's of
gift suggestions this store affords with the
pride Rshor's lovely merchandise deserves
from dainty handkerchiefs and colorful towels
to fine linen blankets and everything in apparel
for tho person or for the home. And to get
even with those men and their evening shopping
we invito you to look over our men's leather
toilet sots ($1.95 to $4.95), Grayco ties
($1.00), dress shirts ($1.65), Munsing sox
(25c to 50c), gloves, robes, swoators, wool
shirts, tie rack, novelties.
4
Department Store
Heavy Budget
Slashes Face
U.,S. Agencies
Ily llllirCIO (-ATTON
" NtnvH-ItdVii'W WiiHhliiutnii
' Cntn'Himiultmt
- WASHINGTON, iuk. 111. Th
-llCUVllHt lmilf!0U!llttlllK yot HIM'tl
'llnilor thi Nmv Ioai In now hHng
vwnrkinl mil hiMwmm t lit White
Hqtmo nml thi Imdm't director, no
TnrillM (o ri'lliihln mtuiTtm within
tho nilinlnlHirutlnn.
'. I'ri'Hidcnt It'HiHovttll wasn't fool-
Jllft Wllt'PI ( Hlllll III' WHH going to
bIhhIi (x)i'uiHlni-fiH noxl your. Tho
;hHii'-tomlliiiK now koIiik n In
'ruining howitt nl imulnh nil over
-town. SiivImmh Mmti'niluto:i urn
-Hiild to run to humlrrilH of inll,llon.
jWlth nonio of tho moHl Hurrn.mitu't
"of now (IojiI "tit'ts" ft'oliHK iho ux
-hoiivlly.
; Ah mi tndlnilloti that Iho invsl
"(lout h riMilly ilotoiinliitMl to rut, It
Ih ii'i'oihMl (lint nvitii tho Civilian
"CoiiHi'ivtiilon l'nrt applo of iho
"pri'Ntitcitt'H oyo. ami one of iho moHt
wlilely-nrultoMl nf all now doal aon-
Hom -Ih koIiik lo tuUo a milmUin--lliil
nIuhIi
NYA. FSA To Suffer
AuothiM' now den I favenito Ih tho
. Ntitloniil Votilh Administration,
uvhhh him 100,000,000 to oporalo
-on thin your. ItopoitH aro that It
l HolllK to havo lo K't alniiK; OU
. STO.noo.nnn next, Tho Kiirm Socnr-
Itv.Ailmlnlmnulou, which Kot $l!)S,-
iono.000 IhlH yoal', Iuih boon wuruod
to oxpocl a redni'tinn to about
. $l2fi, 00 0,000.
Wl. HpotHlinK $1,177,000,000
thin yon i Ih almt wild lo bo In
lino for a Hlnsh, although iho ox-
tent of tlio nidjt'ctod ml Is not
Know n.
' Foteeee Cutt In Aid Grants
(inintp-hwiM nuolo uiulor tho So
"rial Soouilty hoard sums ulloltott
to Iho Mali's f r obi no UHsiHt
ituro uhl to tho blind, nnd allot
nioutR for iloiHMidout children are
oxpoolod lo bo reduced by 10 per
rout, Kor (bene Kn.iiU thin year
thevo was appropriated JUTS.ottO,
(p00. It Ih not only tho emergency
bureau a nnd a Reticles that art nf
ferted. HmlmU for tho repular de
p:ii tineiitH in o .nlo beiiiB pruned
heavily; n connmrn n,mHtlon tunonti
under nffictalH in the di'tmrnnonia
I bene day Ik, "How In tho world
are wo KO'tui; to opera to next
year?" IndicallnR at least that tho
word Iuih none out that koiuo ruth
less ciitlltiK Ih to be done.
Kven Hiit-h oiKotiUatlonH no the
Tor JifliH etHowhero.
Eliminate! dunce to Squawk
Olio thing that addri (o tho pea
HlintHin of (be vhiIouh ImroaiiH and
ileparliuent peoplo Ih Iho fact thai
If thoHo reilucHnuH nro inado hy
tho Will to Hon to tliey won't bo
able (o (upiawk. When coni;ri'HH
propoHoH to hWihIi Iho aiproprlatlon
tor ii nlveii department or agency,
tlio uftleiulH Involved can (hhiio
HlatuinoulH tuotoHlliiK that their oh
Hentlal wo i It will he ruined. Hut If
Hie preHldoiit propones tlio ciiIh, no
one daroH to Hay a word.
Ih)w far It will ko Ih a (iuohIIoii.
Next year iH ait election year, and
t lu-re Ih a tendency hero to look
on thoHo redui'lloiiH an caiiipalKti
inaloiinl. It Ih oven HUxKOHtnd that
they can bo nullified by Iho Hlmple
procoHH of havltiK hureauR and do
imrlniouiH Mlinply no ahead and
Hpend Iheii tvholo year's appnt
rlallou In the firnt nix or oiKlit
ui'iiitliH, triiHlitiK l n deficiency
appropriation which would be
voted aflor tho election wan over
to nialio up the difference.
CnUKicHrt can chocltnialo that
very eiiHlly, however, by HllpulallUK
(ho rale per month nl which each
appropriation may ho Hpenl. If U
actually vote the reductions and
doubtH the HdiiilnlHliallon'H wllilim
uokh to abide hy the re mill, It will
propably do Just thai.
uM Skeptical on
Yangtze Ban Lift
WAHIIINflTON, Off. 2!. fAP
Jnpnn'H announced Intention to
leopon tho VaiiKtzo rlvor to com
niHicial traffic may he on Import
ant Hlop toward HottlliiK Japanese!
American riueHtlonn In tho far fust
but It In not beliiK ov;rftinphu
sized Jierp.
FliHt nf all, orffclulfl want to Heo
wnoiner ouroeiiHOino roHiriciionn
will ho Imponed. Second, they uro
not Kiiro tbn ofienliiK will havo the.
economic lK-nefltn which som far
eiifltorn HOtircnB oelt to nocord It.
At rirst fllKht, the Imporlaneo or
.la pan 'h promlno Ih Kroator polltV
rully than ncoiiomlcallv. It Ih nn
Indication Japan 1b wllllnB to make
cnneeHHlonH to proven t rnlntlonfl
with the llnileil StateH rrorn hn
roiniriK Ipiiho nfter tho oommorolal
treaty botwoen tho two nations ox
plrnH Jan. 2G. An foich. H Ib holne
Konuinnly welcomod n a wholn
Homo Hlirn.
I Krnnomlcally, It Ih ohsorvod
hern tbaL:
I 1. Tho Yanulzn rlvnr Ib lo he
oooned only rrorn KbaiiKtini to
Nanking. Hut the woikiiiiIc lm
nnrtanc.n or tho rlvnr Ih tho fact
that It BtrotchoH well over 1,000
mlloH Into tho Interior, and tho
Upner roaehos will Htlll ho oloHod.
I 2. Tho river has boon Bhut hy
the Japanoso for nearly two nnd u
half yiiiirH. In that tlmo rorolpn
(raffle Ijiih Hlekoned or died, It
now would havo to he revived
rrorn the ir round ui.
3. KineR Japan'B oreupatlon.
Japanese ouRineHHinen nnvo moved
Into tho area between Shanghai
and NankiiiK nnd havo forced the
withdrawal of a considerable por
tion or Inrelvn biisfneHH actlvltloH.
Flying Club Adds
Two Solo Students
AUhouirh Inclement weather has
Kreatly Intorferred with actlvitlos
at the HoaehuiK airport, tho limp
(pin KlylUK club has continued mak
ing pnmreHs, KrnoHt (Hed) Sink,
J Instructor, reported todny. Uilest
cddllloiiH lo tlio list of solo stu
dents are At Stone and Joe Pe.r
neter, who havo notw aloft nlone
and are now pilitiK up Iioiiih to
wards private llcenson.
Tho conteHtH for MyliiK nblllly
are contlnulnB aH woalhor will per
mit. The contestfl nro for boIo
BtudentB nnd Involvo various mnn
euvoiH reipilrliiR skill and accuracy.
The snot Inndtnc contest was con
cluded this week," with flrt place
laolnu to Walt Kdmuuds.
If weathor pertnltH a preclHlon
Hoin contest will bo held Sunday
afternoon. In this tt BludentH ko
iiilni't to a safe altitude and then
fiut the ship In n tallBpin. Aflor two
complete revolutions (boy must
pull out of the spin ami nro Judg
ed on Hip accuracy wllb which thoy
come out of the maneuver. The
test requires Hint they come out
IravellliiK In Iho sumo direction In
which thev were going nt tho tlmo
(bey went into the aoln.
loose and the planes disappeared.!
One observer said he saw one of ;
the craft slipping downward with j
smoke streaming Jnm the tall, In
dlcailriR a hit.
After the first five minutes .of
steady firing only an occasional ex
plosion could he heard and no
planes could he Been though the
raid warning remained In force un
til 1:4 p. m.
Thin was the second raid of the
day In the capital, four bombs be
ing dropped In the first. Hut the at
tacks extended over an urea for 25
miles around the capital with
bombs dropped on u number 'of
nearby towns.
Villages to the west of Helsinki
toward Hankow indicated efforts
were being made to cut Hint base
from the rest or Finland.
Careful air raid protection In
Helsinki wus believed to have kept
casualties to a small figure, but
reports Indicated other centers stif
fered heavily.
Throughout the attacks here the
populace wus calm, the citizens
scurrying Into shelters within two
minutes or the air alarm.
Battleship Hit
A direct hit on the soviet Hub-
slun ZIUGa-lnn battleship Ohtufhrs-
kaya-Itevoluthi (October devolu
tion) was reported by FlnniHh or
I'lcfals. The Finnish announcement said
tho hit was scored hy coast de
fense batteries guarding Koivisto,
n (iuir or Finland seaport about 60
miles northwest of Leningrad.
On three wnrfrouU, Finnish de
renders held their snow-sheathed
lines, aided hy blizzards and hitter
cold, against the red army's mass
ed wnrplaues and tanks.
Ited army planes uttacked Tlnn
ko, on the southwest corner of the
Finnish coast, yoHterdny and swung
ulong the railroad In the direction
of Helsinki.
The extent of dnmago woh not
known but reports from scattered
towns Indicated a heavy toll of
civilldn deaths and Injuries.
Provincial advices indicated also
that about 200 Russian planeH were
Been In thu widespread . attacks,
especially in the southeast, lust
night. A similar estimute was made
of air intderH sighted in daylight
both Tuesday and Wednesday.
Entire Fund Will
Aid Needy Finland
NRW YOItK, Dec. 21 (Special.)
Kvery dollar collected In Ameri
ca for the relief or non-combatant
civilians of war-torn Finland will
actually reach the Finnish suffer
ers, with all administration ex
penses home by private subscrip
tion, former President Herbert
Hoover, chairman of the Finnish
Relief Fund, Inc., announced today.
At the same time, Mr. Hoover
disclosed that Ilernard M. Baruch,
former chairman of the war indus
tries hoard, had sent a check for
SK.GQO to the New York chapter of
the fund, with the comment that he
"regards it as a privilege to be In
eluded among the many Americans
who are giving evidence of their
sympathy hy contributions to her
Hupport."
In revealing" that ho had ar
ranged for outside interests to bear
administration costs for the Fin
nish drive, Mr. Hoover suid:!
"Ah the press of tho country are
receiving and acknowledging con
tributions, the expenses or the Fin
nish roller fund will be very
small. Jlut I have further arranged
that Hitch expenses or administra
tion as there are will he wholly
paid for outside the rund. There
Tore, every dollar or donations will
go one hundred centH to the Finns.
I have arranged that n leading firm
of auditors will not only audit the
accounts, hut will actually keep all
the books."
union business agent, and Sol
Friedman, 24, U union delegate.
The other 13 were members of the
strike committee.
Dutch Planes Drive Away
Unidentified Aircraft
AMSTERDAM. Dec. 21. (AP)
Netherlands planes rought a mid
day air battle with aircraft of un
determined foreign nationality to
day in full view or hundreds of
lenldents of Utrecht.
The Invaders were reported to
have come from the east where the
Netherlands borders Herumny.
A smoke curtain was dropped
by the foreign fighters, who es
caped under this protection.
A short time earlier three for
eign military planes liad lon
sighted over Veluwe In tho bor
der province of Oelderland, which
i north of Essen, Germany. Neth
erlands anti-ulrcraft batteries fir
ed on the planes and (hey weie
chased by Netherlands air patrols.
Portland Riflemen Win
Guard Trophy Ninth Time
Liberals May Unite in
1940, Opinion of Ickes
(Continued from page 1)
Finns Destroy Russian
Armies, Suffer Air Raids
(Continued from page 1)
College Student Parade
Here Will Boost Dance
Students of Oregon Stale col
lege, homo for (Mirlidmns vacation,
will hold n torchlight parade hero
at 7 o'clock toiili;ht, to adverllHe
Iho firth annual Oregon State
dunce to be held at the armory
Friday night. The students will
form at tho corner of StephenH
and Mosber streets and wilt parade
Hie hutdncHH district. Friday night's
dunce will he open to the public
and will feature music by Don
Nance's campus band.
Pales! Ine's Dead sea contains
uo living creature, since It Is too
salty for life. Its chemical con
tents Jutve been estimated lo be
worth more than $1.2U0,U00.OO0,
Oi'O. ,
Stock and Bond
Averages
old-Hue research bureaus In tho;
deiuirtmeut of agriculture, for hi'
st mice, have been warned to ex- j
poet reductions, and to plan the
next year's work on the basis of.
completing nil pmjecta now under
wnv hut not to start any new ones.
" One report has It that mich bu
renUi mv slated to receive less
than In any year since pro-new
(leal dnvs. Incidentally, certain
veteran government employes
"career" men who have been In
service slnco beroro the new doal
take such reports so seriously
. that they are now quietly looktug
STOCKS
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Vein- nmt 74.9 11 34.7
IW!" high 77.0 23 S 40.it
IH'M low RS.8 15.7 33.7
BONDS
2d 10 10 10
Hit's lnd'ls I't's Fun
. MA 101.6 95 6 49.6
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outside tho capital.
Two persona, officlnlR said, were
killed nboard tho Turlto-HelHlnkl
express, one of two trahiH machine
gunned, while several died in ono
city where ten bombs wero drop
ped.
Finns win on Lnnd.
KiimmnrlzhiK tho war on land In
communluuo tonight on .yoster-
duy'a operatioiiH, tho army said:
On tho Kniollnn miliums the
ItURHlauB Buffered heavy losses nnd
were slopped in their tracks in n
dnvloiiK battle.
On the eastern rront an "enemy
battalion was destroyed complete
ly between Lleksa nnd Kcpuln
MokHft Is about 12fi miles norlh or
Lake Ladoga and 20 miles from
tho border with HuhhIuu.
On the tipper eastern front
HtiHslans were defeated in two dif
ferent places; n battalion bolus?
"annihilated In one nnd "a great
Iohh" being sustained in the other.
In tho one. the cninimmlipio wild.
"the enemy lost 600 killed on the
lainefield.M
The air raid on Helsinki, coming'
nn (he 60th birthday or Joseph She
.lin, the Russian leader, started
four minutes before noon nfter nt
tacks on towns In the vicinity.
Planet Deal Damane
Flfteon bombs fell in the five
block hospital area.
It was the third successive day
or aerial attacks on Helsinki and
vicinity.
Officials ttaid not all of the
bombs dropped In the hospital area
exploded, but the dormitory, n five
story structure of red brick sus
tained a direct hit.
Damage- W'-spread
The bomb shntUred (he roof and
uner two floors, wrecked the hack
of the building nnd tore out the
front.
Windows wero brokeu over nn J
area of a square inilo.
The clinic hutlditiK. n flve-atory
stucco structure, was damaged '
heavily, as was the school for ,
blind, a building four stories high 1
and a block long. 1
Power lines dangled over the
streets, which wero littered with i
glass, bricks and fragments of
w ood. I
Firemen, police nnd workmen la-1
bored steadily, clearing nwav the
wreckage and spraying water on l
small fires burning hero and there,
though no Incendiary bombs were
dropped.
tine bomb which fell Into the
street beside tho school for blind
blasted a six-foot crater In solid
rock; another burst gss mains.
Most of tho hospital patients
had been removed, but 10 wen too
111 to stand transfer and ono of
these was Injured seriously while
49.2 i another was struck by stones shot
60.21 through a window by one bomb rx
62.21 plosion.
64.0 On Raider Struck
41.7 Antiaircraft batteries broke
INTENSE COLD PROVES ALLY
OF FINLAND'S DEFENDERS
OOPKNILUiKN, Hoc. 2L (AP)
Arctic cold ranging to 25 degrees
below zero Is congealing both the
oil of soviet UussIu'h war machine
In the far north nnd. In part, the j
24-hour battle-schedule ordered ap
parently as a "birthday present" j
lor Jnseplr Stalin. j
Finnish circles welcomed tho j
nows rrorn above the Arctic circle
that violent storms had set In. One
report rrorn Norwegian quarters
wiih that more than 200 Russian
tanks In northern sectors were
at a lied hy temperatures almost
solidifying the oil In their crank
en ses.
The Invnders were said to hnve
been hardest hit south or Kir
keneo, Norway, on tho extreme
northern Finnish rrontler, parit-
lyzed by cold In the flimsy port
able shelters they brought with
I hem on their drive to sever Arctic
communications.
A Kirk ones dispatch said " n
wound sustained In what feeble
comhnl there wan In tho far north
virtually meant death because the
wounded froze before thev could
be removed to proper shelter.
Spaniards, Italians Aid
Advices from Svanvlk were that
a number of Snanish nnd Italian
uv tutors h"d taken their places
with (he Finns for attempts to
hliist the Murmansk rnl'wav which
"are 'Tela the eastern Finnish bor
der nnd upon which the red forces
In He far north were largely de
pendent for supolies.
The svnnvlk dispatches said th"
Ri'naians had been stnpoed 30
tulle south of Snlmltnrvl. TMs
'ould he Mi the region of the
Finns' ' "T.oolsnd Mnnnerheim'
line on 'Mph 1hnv eon n ted to do
fed nor'hern -Finland.
Fr"'i the mor active rronts In
I be K'trollnn shms nod In cen
tral i-'lo'nnd. F'nnlsh officers re
"nrn.i that In deo.i nnd i"lonerR
the Finns were Inflicting r.0 times
n irt dnmnco on t''e Russians
as the Finns were suffering.
tial and vce presidential nominees.
Thinks Liberal Can Win
When questioned about his views
on Vice President Garner's recent
announcement, he would accept the
democratic nomination, lckes said
he preferred not to Indulge In per
sonalities but to draw a KOneral
line of demarcation between con
aervatfves and liberals..
"The liberals hold a balance of
power," he said, "and I am con
vinced that If a liberal runs he enn
he elected."
Ickes said hn had not discussed
tho proposed convention with Pres
ident Roosevelt, lhat it was more
a suggest Ion than a plnn and that
activities on tho political front
within the next few months might
not make It necessary to all. He
declined to discuss what those ac
tivities might be.
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 21. (AP)
Riflemen of company II, 18fith in
fantry, Portland, won- the Oregon
national guard marksmanship tro
phy for the ninth consecutive year,
Major General George A. While,
commanding general, said today.-
More than half the company
of three officers and 80 enlisted
men qualifier! as experts, and near
ly all the rest were rated as sharp
shooters. The company recently was equip
ped with tho new Gnrand semi
automatic rifles, hut it took the
men only a few days to become
qualified In their use.
Eugene Boy Wins
In Safety Contest
WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 21.
Neil Koch of KuKene. Oreon. la
the winner of ten dollars und a
sliver medHl which will be award
ed to lilin hy Slate Grange Master
Ray W. Gill of Portland as first
nrize In the Orecon Grange safety
espay contest. The awards have
heen sent to State Master Gill by
the highway education board.
which assisted in conducting the
contest.
Kncirs paper Is titled "MakinK
nilrnl Communities Safe ThiouKli
Grnnsin Activities." The contest
Is n part of o, . nation-wide grange
program of hlghwa, sarnty through
which the rarm organization has
stated it is. attempting to lower
the toll or rural hlfthway accidents.
After winning first honors in
the state, the Eugene boy's paper
was entered In the competition for
national honors along with the
winning essays from thirty-four
other states.
Other winners in Oregon were
Ennlc Peotzold, also of Eugene.
whTe essov won second prize:
Louise Atldrieu, Merrill, winner of
third place: and Hetty A. htowell.
Portland, fourth prize winner, i mkv
will be presented with bronze
medals Inscribed with their names.
without an umbrella, and dedicates
to him this useful Instrument of
protection."
PAItlS,- Dec. 21. (AP) French,
military authorities reported today
a renewal of scouting skirmishes
In the Saar river sector of the
western rront.
There was a 45-minute air raid
alarm In weBtem France last night,
with anti-aircraft guns in action.
An official announcement said
seizure bv France of 74.01)0 tons of
shipping last week brought to 302.
000 the total tonnage seized since
the war began.
The French said lirmsn aenui
of 2G.3SO tons in the week raised
the British total to B09.SSO.
(Giving similar figures, the Hrl
tish ministry of economic warfare
said that since tho start or the
war the British had examined the
cargoes of :I03 British and
neutral ships, had seized Oil an.l
released l,o:i9 entire cargoes.)
This mornings coinmunitiiie "f
tho allied high command Haiti:
Patrol nctlvllv on both sides
along tho Saar river."
County Asks Bids for New
Automobile for Sheriff
Purchase of a new automobile
to he used hy the sheriffs ofrlco
has been authorized by the county
court. Dealers have been noti
fied to submit bids not later than
Jan. 10.
RETAIN SOME NEW DEALISM,
VANDENBERQ ADVISES GOP
NEW YOItK. Dec. 21. (AP)
Senator Arthur II. Vandonherg (R-
Mich.) said in nn article which ap
pears today in the January issue
of tho Amoricnn Mercury that
some or the general objectives ol
the new deal should and would be.
preserved If there Is a republican
victory in 1!M(.
Vanileiibera. who has heen men
tioned as a possibility for the
next republican presidential nomi
nation, said "eight years ol me new
deal have launched certain social
concepts which, la their objectives,
cannot and should not ho re
versed. ..."
lie added, however, "wishbone
altruism has got to give way to
backbone practicality." and he be
lieved '11140 Is America s last
chance to balance sense nnd sentiment."
In the article, entitled "The New
Deal Must Be Salvaged." Vandcn
berg said federal responsibility ror
relief was "a national problem, and
it must be treated ns such.
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 21. (AP)
The first largo contingent of Swe
dish volunteers, about 200 men.
left Stockholm today for Finland.
A crowd nt the station cheered and
mtng the Swedish and Finnish na
tional nlltbems anil the Lutheran
hymn "Mighty Fortress."
. WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. (AP)
Senator McCarran (D-Nev.) said
today that If administration leaders
succeed in renewing the reciprocal
trade treaty act which expireB
Juno 12, "the democratic partv Is
vei-v liltelv to loao thO WOSt.
Just back from a visit to his nc-
vn.in hniiin MeOnrran told report
ers that he had found strong senti
ment In agricultural ami miniiiis
districts against continuing the
trade treaty program.
Needle Industry Union
Heads Face Jury Quiz
LONDON. Dec. 21. ( AP) An
Excbsnge telegraph (British news
agency) dispatch from Moscow to
day said that for the second day
In succession tlio Russian war
communique inndo no claims of
gains in Finland. It reported only
"petty skirmishes" and reconual
mnpo nctlvilies.
NEW YORK. Dec. 21. (ATM
nistilct Attorney Thomas E. Dew
bv'i office nnnoimeed today the
arrest of 15 members of local lf0,
United Machinists of the Needle
Industries (C.I.O.) oa a charge of
conspiracy to commit violence dur-
nt a 1J week atr ke in IMS.
A grand Jury, Dewey's office
said, ordered that informations be
lodged ugainst the 15.
Assistant District Attorney Ber
nnrd Yarrow Batd the strike dis
rupted the repairing and selling of
second-hand sewing machines. Two
of those arrested, the prosecutor
added, were Rubin Worsnger. 26,
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Something Useful!
It's always appreciated. Hand
tools, electric appliances, an elec
tric lantern, or a handy lamp will
bring the giver to memory for years
to come.
"SEE US FIRST WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY"
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Farm Bureau Co-op. Exch.
ROSEBURC OREGON
MARKET
REPORTS
PRODUCE
PORTLAND, Dec. 21. fAP
muter, butteiTat, eggH, cheese.
country meats, live poultry im
clmuged. t
TU11KEVS Selling prices: Hens
20-21c lb.; toms 15-17c lb. Buying
prices nominal: No. 1 hens lS-lDc
lb.; toms 14i-15c.
Onions, peas, potatoes, liny, wool,
mohair, hides, cascara, hops unchanged.
Britain Masses Craft to
Protect Fishing Fleet
(Continued from page 1)
Drug Racket's Leader
Facing Severe Penalty
(Continued from page 1)
been n
running
TURKEYS
ORTLAND, Dec. 21. (AP) A
general weakness continued in the
turkey market today. One handler
reported a fairly wide cleanup of
suuplies in the face of heavy re
ceipts.
Prices were Hi to 1 fi for toms
and mostly 19 for liens. ,
LIVESTOCK
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21.
(AP) (U. S. Dept. Agr.) HOGS:
Market slow, steady to 10c lower
than Wednesday's average; good-
choice 165-215 lb. drive-ins mostly
$t.00; few to $'j 10; one outstand
ing lot $6.15; 230-2ti0 lb. butchers
mostly $5.50; light lights ami
slaughter plgB $5.25-50; packing
sows $4.25-50; lightweights upward
to $5.00; feeder pigs $5.25-75.
CATTLK: Calves, market active.
fully steady; few good fed steers
$S.?5: good light Blockers $7.50;
common slaughter steers $(i.25;
cuttery dniry type down to $5.00;
common-medium heifers 5. 25-6.75;
strictly good fed heifers quotuble
$S.10 and above; cutter-common
cows $3.50-4.50; ennners down to
$3.00; fat dairy type cows $4.75-
5.50; good beef cows $5.75-6.25;
sausage hulls $5.25-6.00; good beef
bulls quotable $b.D0; good-choice
veitlers $8.00-9.50; common calves
ami venlera downward to $5.00.
SHKKP: Few sales steady; good
choice wooled lambs $7.50; strictly
finished kinds eligible $7.75; or
above; carloads fed Iambs salable
$S.25; shorn lambs salable around
$7.00; good-choice ewes quotable
$3.25-4.00 or above.
reported mined off the Nether
lands coast. In Copenhagen, the
newspaper Hfiiiingake Tidende re
ported the Estonian' steamer XIko
sunk Tuesday In the North sea by
a German plane.)
Survivors of the C96-tnn British
trawler Trinidad were brought in
to Kgersund. Norway yesterday
by a Donish fishing boat which re
ported the vessel had been "blown
to pieces" by a German plane just
outside Norwegian territorial wa
ters. One member of the crew drown
ed and another died of exhaustion
rtfUfi being rescued by the fishing
boat, which found the Triuidad's
survivrs clinging to tho wreck
age. Nazi Ship Brouqht In.
The German liner Cap Norter, a
13,615-ton vessel and ono of the
fastest in the South American
trade, was brought to a British
nort yesterday as a prize. 'The
liner was captured October 12 in
the Atlantic.
British newspapers praised the
scuttled Graf Spec's commander,
Captain Hans Langsdorff, who took
his life yesterday.
It is a tragedy, said the Lon
don Times, "for such men today
that they cannot serve their coun
try save in tho Hvery of a master
whom in their hearts tliey must
despise."
BERLIN. Dec. 21. fAP) Au
thorized sources today contended
Germany was justified in sinking
Uritlsh North sea fishing trawlers,
asserting whatever their fishing
activities, they were radio-equipped
nnd served primarily as look
outs to report German aircraft nndt
warships approaching British wa-
ters.
The Germans have called the
fishing boats "vanguard vessels."
DNH. official news agency. Bald
when British Prime Minister Cham
berlain visited France last week.
German fliers crossed the front to
dron him an umbrella with a note:
"The German air force regrets
that Mr. Chamberlain was forced
to go around in such hail weathe r
last August 25. He had
fugitive two years after
out on a $10,000 bail.
Federal authorities had wanted
him on the narcotics and substan
tive charges, and Dewey had Bought
him for racketeering i theEQr
ment and bakery businesses. Thejw
are among the charges still pend
ing against Buchalter.
VlTAi: STATISTICS
BORN
-To llr. ami Mrs. I-es-
JMne
.... i... f imr South
.street, at Morcy hospital. Wednes
day, December 20. a son. Donald
Jack; weight seven pounds. ,
MARRIAGE LICENSES
PEHDUE-ATHERTON Edward.
Perdue anil lieryl Atherton, both
residents of Days Creek..
MIX-OATHS Hubert llruco Hix,
Klamath Kalis, and Elosta Lorna
dales, Roseburg. '
DOUGLAS
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