Now That the U.S., to Please Germany, Agrees to Withdraw Three Persons from the Paris Embassy, Will Germany Kindly Recall Her Agents from the U. S,
' - REFUGE SHIPS 1
Will the U. S. turn them over to
Britain, as roquosted, and thereby
commit an assertedly warlike act
offensive to Germany? This Is the
latest momentous question posed In
war developments. The answer
will appear In the NEWS-IIEVIEW:
when given.
THE WEATHER
By U. 8. Weather Bureau
Jiain tonight anil Sunday; Utile
change In temperature.
Bee page 4 for statistics,
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THK stutisticians tell us that in
this? groat .country 1800 people
die ouch year from Tails on streets
and sidewalks.
HALF A MILLION arfi injiiml
nnnmilly In such aociilenls.
"Intoxication," the statistical do
apartment of tho Metropolitan
Life Insurance company anounces,
"causes one-firth of these fatal
falls an unexpectedly large pro
portion. This may come as a dis
tinct shock to those who hold the
-.view that in some 'mysterious
; rhanner intoxicated persons are
f ajj(? to protect themselves from
alls. Quite to the contrary, the
''titistoady gait of the inebriated
' person is apt to cause his death."
j IN this country one of our cher-
ished beliefs is that a drunk
FALLS RELAXED and so escapes
1he bumps that conic to the sober
person who supposedly tightens
his muscles as be falls nnd so hits
hard.
One by one, those hallowed de
lusions are being taken from us
by the cohl-blooded researchers
who are interested only in facts.
, The time may come when we
Won't be handicapped by knowing
f'o much that isn't true.
pVNICAL thought intruding at
this point: j
Even more rapidly jthnn the
scientists blast these undent er
rors of thought the propagandists
plant NEW ERRORS among us.
Accurate knowledge of all
things among all people is still a
distant goal. "
TP UK news just now is full of
dire predictions of what is
coming in Europe this winter and
early in the spring.
As to what is GOING TO HAP
TEN, ft Is wise to doubt every
thing you read nnd bear. The
sources aren't pure. With censor
ship universal throughout the
world (in greater or less degree)
we hear only what somebody is
w illing for us to hear.
What the censors are willing for
us to hear Is governed by policy.
rvONVT forget that SURPRISE
is still important in warfare.
The Ilritlsh say the most.import-
(Contlnued on page 4.)
Four Killed In 2
Wrecks In Marion
SALEM. Ore., Dec. 21. ( AP)
Two automobile collisions, one In
volving an ambulance carrying
persons Injured in Ibe first crash,
killed four and gravely injured
three others lust night on the Ha
zel Oreen-Sllverton highway, 11
miles east of here.
The dead are: Mr. and Mrs.
Ted Crites of Seotts Mills: Arch
Clayton Winn. 37. of Turner, and
r. wonnn tentMi'-ely identified as
Mrs. Tilly Vallet of Scotts Mills.
William Winn of Turner. Mrs.
Champ C. Shepherd oT Snlem and
larline Crlten, 3, of Scotts Mills,
were injured.
State Police Sergeant Farley
Mogan said automobiles believed
to have been driven bv Crites and
Arch Winn collided, killing Winn
outright. Crites died a short time
after reaching n Silverton hos
pital. Mogan said an ambulance bear
ing Mrs. Crites nnd Mrs. Vallet
crashed with a car driven by
Champ Shepherd, knocking the
Shepherd car into a ditch, where
it caught fire. The women were
rushed to a hospital In a first aid
car but were pronounced dead
upon arrival.
The officer said investigation
did not show whether the women
were dead hpfore the second ac
cident. Shepherd was feverply
burned in the fire, he reported.
PORTLAND. Dec. 21. (AP)
Clyde Wnymlre. about 16. high
Fcrool student, was killed by an
automobile driven by Hans C. Kar
stens. 25. Helix, last night. Patrol
man Andy Crabtree reported.
Heavy Storm
Trails Quake
In California
j Rain, Wind Lash Eureka Region,
Disrupting Telephone, Rail
Services, Halting Work on
Shasta Dam; Rivers Rise.
EUREKA, falir., Dec. 21. (AP)
Communication facilities into
Eureka were restored early today
after a rain and wind storm, pre
ceded by an earthquake, had swept
over this northwestern California
area last night.
No damage was reported as the
result of the quake which was
felt here at 3:30 p. m. yesterday.
The shock lasted IT) minutes.
The rain, driven by a 45-mIte-nn-hour
wind, came from over the Pa
cific and deluged the Eureka coast
al district, which usually is sub
jected to heavy rains this time of
the year.
An earth slide near South Fork
disrupted telephone and telegraph
service and delayed Northwestern
Pacific train service.
No severe storm conditions
were reported, although the upper
Eel river was rising rapidly, and
tlie weather bureau station warn
ed ranchers of the lower Eel riv
er valley that there might be some
danger from rising water today.
The same storm swept inland
to the upper Sacramento river
valley where Redding recorded
four nnd one-half inches of rain in
24 hours.
Work on Shasta dam, north of
Redding, was halted and 1,600 men
rendered idle when the Sacramen
to river rose five feet in eight
hours and flooded over the power
house at the dam. for the second
time this wek. Construction com-
(Continued on pnge 6)
Sheriff Killed By
Automobile Blow
SEATTLE. Dec. 21. (AP) Kit
sap County Sheriff Rush Illanken
sbip, of Premerton, died today in a
hospital of injuries received in nn
automobile accident hist night six
miles south of Port Orchard, on the
dig harbor highway. Two other
brothers, one of them Daniel L., his
predecessor as sheriff, met violent
deaths, one of them In an automo
bile accident.
He was struck by an automobile
driven by William (i. Hyl, 21, a
navy yard pipefitter's helper., of
Manetto. last night as be stepped
out of his ear onto the highway.
I.'ndersheriff Fred Vetters of Brem
erton said. Vetters and Ulanken
ship had been Investigating a min
or nccident nnd the rear bumper of
their machine got caught in anoth
er car's bumper at the scene.
As Hlankenshlp stepped out,
Ttyl's machine cuine by, Vetters
said. He was knocked down and re
ceived a broken leg and arm and
severe shock,
Ulankenship. a world war veter
an, was elected sheriff two days
after the death of bis brother Dan
iel, on Nov. 4. 1934, Rush bad been
injured in an altercation while at
his duties as deputy sheriff and
Daniel and another deputy were
rushing hiin to Seattle for treat
ment when their car left the road
and hit a tree. Daniel was killed
instantly.
Rush was immediately selected
by the democratic county central
committee to take bis brother's
place on the ballut at the election
two days later and was elected.
Another brother. Herbert, was
found dead a number of years ago
near Olympla near the scene of a
mysterious blast.
Britain Has Abundant
Shipping, CIO Asserts
NEW YORK. Dec. 21. ( AP)
Great nritaiu has more merchant
shipping under her control today
than ever before in her long marl
time history, according to a survey
by the national maritime union
(CIO), which placed the figure at
nearly 17.ihhi.O0o tons. The survey
was described today hy National
Organizer Howard McKenzie, who
conducted it, as proof that "the
cry 'all aid to Britain it little less
than out-right duplicity."
Anti-Nazi Films Stir
Mexican Hitlerites Ire
MEXICO CITY. Dec. 21. (AP)
Police assigned speciaL guards , lories he received In nn automo
tnday to all theaters showing nntl-jbilp nceident Wednesday.
ii.itI rilma nml tn nil maetlncra nf One of Kemn' limps Was nunc-
an nntl-nazl nutnre tn nn effort to
halt a series of organized disturb-j ken when his car and another col
ances by groups crying "hell Hit-llded near here. Yesterday pneu
ler" and throwing stench bombs, nionli developed In the Injured
tear gas and Itcb powder. lung, and spread to the other.
Roosevelt Appoints 'High Command' to
Direct United States Arming Program;
Board Is Headed by Wm. S. Knudsen
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21 , (AP)
Four men personally selected by
President Roosevelt as a defense
"high command" shouldered the
concentrated responsibility today
of nrmlng America.
To the new organization to lie
known as the office for production
management for defense the presi
dent, late yesterdnv named William
S. Knudsen and Sidney HiUmnn of
the present defense commission,
Wnr Secretary Slimson and Navy
Secretary Knox. Knudsen will be
director.
Although the present defense ad
visory commission will be retained,
it was expected that the new hoard
would take over most of its duties,
leaving the seven defense commis
sioners to coordinate the civil life
of the nation with the activities'
of the new hoard.
Mr. Roosevelt's decision to create
the new office, under authority of
the 1!)39 government reorganiza
tion net. followed widly-voiced de
mands for a greater centralization
of authority In defense matters.
Prospects were that the new set
up would be functioning by January
1. The hoard, Mr. Ttoosevelt said,
will represent all three of the ele
ments Involved In every process of
production labor, management,
and the buyer-user.
Imnisli-born Knudsen, one of the
nation's outstanding production ex
perts, will represent management.
Ilillmnn, a union man for 30
years, will handle labor problems,
and will be assistant director of
the board.
Secretaries Knox and Stlmson
will present the viewpoint of the
buyers-user the armv and navy.
The new four-man board will he
given full responsibility to make
decisions of policy, without confer
ring with the president. Hut, said
;Mr. Roosevelt, If one of the deel-,
Auto Thief Hunt
Follows Wreck In
South Douglas
State and county police offi
cers were guarding all roads
and combing the brush in the
Myrtle Creek-Canyonville area
today for either two or three
men reported to have stolen and
wrecked an automobile taken
from Myrtle Creek last night.
The car was wrecked on a
turn about five miles south of
Myrtle Creek and one or more
of the occupants was believed
to have been injured as consid
erable blood was found in the
wrecked vehicle, Sergeant Paul
Morgan of the state police re
ported. Officers lack descriptions of
the men, but believe two and
possibly three persons were in
volved in the theft, Sergeant
Morgan said.
Husband Kills Himself
As "Present" to Wife
SAN PEDRO, Calif., Dee. 21.
(AP) Call Stiinibaiigb, longshore
man, told Ills wife last night: "I'll
give you your Christmas present I
tomorrow morning."
Today Mrs. Stiimbnugh found i
bis body 111 Hie famllv aillomobile.
On the windshield, police said, was
n Christmas card Willi the mes
sage: "To mv wife: Rest wishes
for a inerrv Christmas ami a hap
py New Year."
Shortly afterward Ibe couple's
21-yenr-old son. Morton Stum
bangh. a spaman on the steamship
Alaskan, arrived home for Christ
mas from a cruise to Hawaii.
Mrs. Htiimhnugtl filed suit for
divorce yesterday. Police said
Stitnibnugh died of carbon mon
oxide gas, enrried to the car from
the engine exhaust through a gar
den hose.
Orchestra Leader Kemp
Dies After Auto Crash
MADERA, Calif., Doc. 21. (AP)
I In I Kemp. 3D, tho orchestra
leader. dlel here todav from com-
Plications that developed from In-
tared and several ribs were bro-1
William S. Knudsen
sinus went wrong, ho would call In
tin? lour mid talk it over Willi them.
rho board, he Indicted, will have
all (he iiuwera which the president
constlliit'niially can turn over to
subordinates. Under the constitu
tion, he said, there can bo no sec
ond president.
MOW YOJtK, Dec. 21. (API
former President Herbert llnovor.
commenting on President Koose-
velts appointment of n. four-man
national defense council, said to
day- "Tire president has taken a
wise step in tho orguiiiznl ion of
arms anil numinous productions."
U. S. Naval Plans Stolen
From Engineer's Auto
DIIANKSIUIRO, N. Y., Pec. 21.
(AP) Slain police said today
their criminal Investigation bureau
Is investigating theft of plans they
"understand" are for 'construc
tion of naval vessels" from Kus
sell Keefer, production engineer
of tlie New York Shipbuilding
corporation, Camden, N. J.
They stated the prints were
stolen from Reefer's car while he
was dining Thursday night at Illx
sou ttlvervlew Inn, near Schenec
tady, N. Y. Keefer. they milled,
had been on a business visit to
the General Kleclric company at
Schenectady, and stopped for din
ner with a friend, proceeding to
Camden after reporting tho theft.
Four Slightly Hurt in
Wreck at Coos Junction
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Climke and
their son-in-law and daughter, .Mr.
and .Mrs. Robert La n Rho IT, suf
fered cuts and bruises hut no ser
ious injuries Prhlay In an auto
mobile accident near (,'oos Junc
tion. The ear In which lliey were
returning from u trip to Mandon
skidded off the highway and over
turned. The vehicle was a truck
covered Into ti house trailer, and
considerable damage resulted to
Ibe furnishings and equipment.
Members of the party were able to
return home after receiving treat
men 1.
NATION'S CHRISTMAS TRADE BEST IN DECADE
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Goods. Output Speeded to Clear Way
Itv FREDERICK GARDNER
NKW YORK, Dec. 21. (AP)
Christmas shoppers in Ibe final
holiday buying rush made cash reg
isters from coast to coast ring to
day with cheerful tune of good
business.
Swelling the shopping tide In re
tall trade districts of many Indus
trial communities were thousands
of consumers who had found Jobs
In recent months In war supply
factories.
Manufacturing employment was
estimated 111 business circles the
highest on record, although sev
eral millions remained to be ab
sorbed In private payrolls ns result
of the growth of the nation's labor
forces In the past decade.
Overtime pay In defense-pressed
Industries, such ns tools and ship
building, contributed to the Christ
mas spending splurge.
Turnover Best 8lnce '29
As the shopping whirl approach
ed 1; climax In a war time setting
of free spending mixed with mis-
glvlngs about the
fnture of con-
snmer goods production, trade re-
ports Indicated the best retail I rapacity. Little Inclination toward
turnover since 1S29 at industrial usual yenr-end slowdown was no
centers. ' ticeable, although some curtailment
Bardie Siege
Tightened By
British Ring
Warships, Artillery, Bombers
Unite in Battering East
Libyan Base of Italians,
Defended by 20,000 Men.
OAIIiO, Egypt, Pec. 21. (AP)
While Hrltish bombers, artillery
and warships were reported bat
tering beleaguered Ilardltt today
In un el fort to smash a path
through the Italian defenses, a
general headquarters communique
announced Hrltish troops bad cap
tured nn additional Hno prisoners
and .were "clearing" the ureas to
the northwest and west, of the
eastern Libyan base.
The Hrltish forces in the west
ern desert, "which continue to be
reinforced," also have taken four
guns' In their moppliig-up opera
tions, the communique reported.
In addition, patrols . along iho
Sudan frontier were said to be
carrying on "their aggressive ac
tivity."
As the Hrltish closed In on Har
din, large nulls of the trapped
fascist forces were said to he try
ing desperately to slip through the
ring Of steel under cover of dark
ness nnd tho pall of smoke nnd
dust hanging over the town after
five days of bombardment.
It was believed In some Hi'ltlsli
circles that such nulls If any
got through would try to join
Marsha (Iraz an at Tobruk lor a
new stand 7.1 miles west of the J.I-liynn-Kgyptinn
frontier .
'be coastal road to 'murine anu
Dormi has been reported, llko Har
din, under almost constant HAI'
und.imvul bombardment.
Siege Tigntenea
Honoris from the battlefro.i'
said the Ilritlsh, bringing up In
fantry to reinforce their advance
tank columns, completed a semi-
Ircle of men nnd guns uroiind the
landward side of Hardin last night
while a line of warships olf tlio
coast finished the encirclement.
Imineillalely, it was Mini, ine
battle of Hardin became a siege.
from all sides Ilritlsh guns were
thundering at the 17-mll. llalla ;
defense front of tank traps, gun
emplacements and pill boxes man-ne-1
by some iu null Hoops -many
el them survivors of the f.isclsl
flight from Kgym.
The Hiltls.'i oi'tv,er-drlvs Inlc
(Continued on page (I)
Dock Strike Settled by
Two Years' Agreement
SAN FRANCISCO, nee. 21.
(AP) Pacific coast slevedoro la
bor problems apparently have been
solved for a critical period of the
nntional defense program by tho
signing of a. new two-year working
agreement. Representatives of
the Waterfront Kmployers' asso
ciation and Iho CIO longshoremen
yesterday put their names to a
i:ontract covering lll.non men.
Specifically, tho new Omtrnot,
which extends until September III),
1IM2, granted provisional wage In
creases effective next February
2D wllb sinl-annual wage reviews
provided Iberealler; tightened the
arbitration procedure; set up a
new const Joint labor relations
committee, and allowed tho use of
labor-saving devices.
The union hiring hall anil pre
ferential hiring were, continued.
Hun Drnibdreel, Inc., said
there was "Increasing evidence
I hat consumer holiday buying w as
shaping up to Ibe best volume In a
decade."
"Store traffic wan of rnpnrlty
proportions In many large cities
anil retail turnover In nulls fre
quently was found to be the heav
iest since 1!l29," the mercantile
agency added.
War Needs Pose Question
Santa Clans had the business
spotlight but the demands of the
I'. S. and Hrltish war buyers were
the main topic of study among
business men looking ahead to the
post-Christmas prospect,
Washington efforts to speed war
Industries and the presidential
move to increase aid to England by
lending equipment, rather than
selling It, raised the question In
business circles whether civilian
consumer demand would be surbed
to give arms orders the right of
way.
Iatost reports showed key Indus
tries, Including stpel, at or near
Attempt to Incite U. S. to
Commit Warlike Act Seen
RAF Bombs
Ruhr Region;
Nazi Bases
Dodecanese Islands Also Struck,
With Resultant Fires; Raid
By Germans Deals Heavy
Damage to Liverpool Area.
LONDON, Bee. 21. (AP) Ilrit
lsh raiders touched off "many ex
plosions and fires" In a Herlln
airplane engine factory last night,
struck danuiging blows at the In
dustrial Ruhr and "Invasion ports"
and attacked mi1 gun positions
along the Dugllsb ctuinne), the
ministry of information reported
today.
At the same time the admiralty
announced "I'lres were seen to
havo been started" In a raid by
planes of the fleet air arm on
Ihree cities In the Kalian Iknle-
caaese Islands off tho Turkish
coast Dec. 17.
Tlio ministry said tho RAF, em
ploying large forces of hombors
in "successful and extensive op
erations," scored hits on the Her
lln engine factory and "other parts
f the target area" and thut the
tires which resulted were "sti
mulated" by tt subsequent attack
which also started new blazes.
Invasion Ports Blasted
In operations by the coastnl
command yesterday. a '.'direct bit"
was registered oa a (leiinnn sup
ply ship.
"Particularly good results wore
nblalaed from the raids on Inva
sion ports of Ostein!, Antwerp
(belli 111 llelgluni), I.n llavro
( Prance) and Flushing (Iho Neth
erlands)," said the liilormallon
ministry's statement.
It reported daylight attacks
yeslerduy as follows:
"Veslcribiy several attacKH on
enemy gun positions.- ulriiromes
and harbors were made hy air
craft of Hie coastal command.
We suffered no losses from any
(Continued on pagn C)
Woman Love Slayer
Faces Murder Charge
PORTLAND, Dec' 21. (AP)
A first-degree murder charge was
filed against ' Mrs. Julia Carlson,
middle-aged widow, yesterday In
the slaving of her ndiulltcd lover,
Paul NotzoM. fi2.
Mrs. Carlson, confessed killing
Notznld with an axe and a razor,
Detective John Abbott, who signed
the complaint, said. Notzold'H
slashed and batlered body was
found In a bed at the widow's
borne.
Abbott reported Mrs. Carlson
was In a shiper on the kitchen
floor when nollce arrived. Pollco
quoted her as saying she had in
tended to commit suieino mn "insi
my nerve and got drunk Instead."
The widow waived preliminary
hearing In municipal court, anil
was ordered held for grand Jury
action.
Notzold, n cook, had n wlfo liv
ing on a furni at Iluttleground,
Wash., police reKrtod.
for Defense Needs
of factory activity was expected
next week for the Christmas holi
day. Huslness sourccfl ascribed the
production drive partly to altornpls
to complete orders before the de
fense program and Hrltish pur
chases demanded n larger share of
factory capacity. When these or
ders are out of the way, especially
In steel, there would be ample ca
pacity for defense in most lines,
some authorities Insisted.
May Affect Auto Output
Nevertheless, the Impression
sprend In financial circles that de
fenso planners would exercise
wider control over the flow of raw
mntorluls and perhaps divert
some capacity from consumer
goods to war production.
f'ertnln reports reeelvod In Wall
street laid automobile output for
the normal market may be curtail
ed within the next five months to
permit diversion of skilled person
nel and plant facilities to arma
ment work, especially aircraft
manufacture.
Recognition of this possibility ap
peared to be Influencing the excep
tional demand for automobiles.
U. S. to Withdraw
Three From Embassy
To Appease Germany
WASHINGTON, Doe. 21.
(AP) Secretary Hull said to
day that tho stato department
would comply with the roqunat
nf the. (lerinan government nnd
withdraw two officers and an
eiuployHe of tho Amurlcun em
bassy In Paris.
Two secretaries of the em
bassy, Cocll M. P. Cross and
Leigh Hunt, nnd the reception
ist, Mrs. Elizabeth Onega n, will
be assigned elsewhere.
Hull emphasized that any gov
ernment has the right to de
mund tho wlthdruwnl of officials
Dr employees of another govern
ment without submltltng any
reason.
Tho stato department will In
vestigate th charges against
Cross, Hunt and Mrs. Deegan,
Hull said, but a preliminary ex
amination of tho fuels hud not
disclosed that they worn guilty
of assisting a Ilritlsh officer to
escape, as charged by the Ger
mans. Greeks, British
Deal New Blows
Italian Port of Brlndisl Fired By
Bombers: Greeks Take 2
Battalions In Land Smash.
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'ATHENS. Dee". 2L (AP) li'riV
Ish royal air force bombers based
on Greek soil were reported today
to havo carried out "successful at
tacks" on oil tanks and railways at
Drlndlsl, ncross tho Adriatic Strait
of Otrauto on the heel of the Ital
ian boot, '
"Poor visibility and Intense nntl-
aircraft ftre made observation diffi
cult," said the RAF communique,
"but nil bombs exploded in tho tar
get uron. Large fires worn started
and subsequently there were sev
eral explosions,"
Whllo tho RAP reported this nnd
other nssuults to support the Greek
oflenslvo Into Italian-held Albania,
dispatches from the fighting front
suld Groek forces had captured nn
Italian colonel nnd two battalions
in fierce fighting around Tepoloni.
Greek Infanlrymen, buttling cold
nnd n stubborn fascist force, wore
said to havo occupied two villages
and two strategically important
heights in tho Tenelenl area.
Heights taken In the Tepoloni
nreu wyro described as strongly
guarded with barbed wire. After
mentioning the gains In that aec-
tor. ono report sold:
"Our artillery successfully shell
ed the rotreatlng Italians. Guns
nnd much material havo fallen Into
our hands.
"While Iho enemy was being
chased, Italian planes attempted to
halt our advance hut our fighters
took off and shot down four enemy
aircraft."
General Ilallnn retreat from the
mountain strongholds of TopelenI
nnd Kllsura In southern Allmnln
was reported imminent na the
Greek advance forces sought meth
odically to make the towns unten
able by endangering the routen of
supply and retreat.
That has been the pattern of
Greek operations ngalnst all of the
fascist defense positions captured
so far.
Pilot Hussey Missing on
Way to Deliver Plane
INGLEWOOI). Calir., Dec. 21.
(API Pilot liiiil Hussey was still
unreported loday after taking err
early Thursday to deliver a single
engine combat training piano from
the North American Aircraft com
pany to the Canadian government
at Montreal. Fourteen airplanes
searched desert and mountain
areas between Palmdale, Calif.,
and 1ls S'egus, Hev., without
sighting him.
Douglas Turkey Given to
Crew of British Ship
PORTLAND. Dec. 21. (AP)
Hy way of helping "ease the lives
of the men who are fighting; for
Britain." the Allied Merchants
Navv club of Portland gave the
crow of the Ilritlsh motorshlp Sib
veryew a 40-pound champion Ore
gon turkey today for Yule dinner.
Tho huge bird, dressed, came
direct from the Northwest Turkey
Show at Oakland. Ore. It wan
inlsed near Yoncalla.
Further Drift
Unbearable'
Berlin Says
Suggestion of British Minister
Cross That America Turn
Over Rafgu Vessels Puts
Germany In Bad Mood.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 21.
(AP) Secretary Hull declined
today to comment on state
ments made In Berlin to the ef
fect that Germany would con
sider It an unfriendly act If
the United States requisition
...ed foreign flag ships now In
American porta and told them
to tho British government.
Hy LOUIS P. LOCHNEIt
BERLIN, Doc. 21. (AP) The
German foreign office spokesman
doclnred today that the British sug
gestion that the United Stntes turn
over to Brltnln "enemy" ships now
In rerugo Is "nothing other than
Inciting America to commit a war
llko act" and American reaction to
the stiggostlon Is "being nwnlted
by Germany with extraordinary In
terest." He asserted that Oermnny had
"shown restraint to the point of
self-crncement, whllo on the other
aldo there hna been a systematic
policy of. pinpricks, humiliations
and even mornl aggression."
Now, tho spokesman added In
comment on British-American din
ctiBsIons of assistance ti Brltnln,
It Is unbearable for Oornkany to
let things drift further, f I.
The statements camp Ity'n press
conference. : 1 i , i
(Ronald If. Cross, irtrltlah minis
ter of shipping, said yesterday In
London that the assignment of "a
certain number of enemy ships In
tlio United States" nnd addition
or United StnteB ships to the Brit
ish .service "are the only , ways t
enn see for replenishment of any
consequence.")
Cross was speaking, tlio spokes
man said, at tho moment when
Great Britain Is In a death Btrttg.
glo."
- Limit Reached, Assertion.
The Gennan government for noma
tlpio hits bocomo nccustoinotl to for
mulnllons by American officialdom
which "mo guided by certain rabu
llstio characteristics," the spokes
man said.
"neiniindn and Itnorpretatlons are
launched ns though notions con
templated did not fall within tha
scope of practices defined by inter,
national law."
wee u suonjg Xeg
Annthor informed commentator
volunteered the opinion that the
cross proposal shows In what dlffl
cullies tho British find themsolves.
'The British position Is catns
trophlcal," he said.
(ny tho Associated Press)
(There are two Gorman vessels,
27 Italian ships and 37 of Danish
(Continued on page (J)
Spring-Like Weather
Marks Winter's Debut
PORTLAND," Dec. 21. (AP)
The almanac has It. as the rirst
day of winter, but you'd never
know II otherwise.
Spring -like ' wenlhor prevailed
over all Oregon tndny. Ruin fell
In every Boctlon nnd no where did
Hip mercury dip below freezing.
North Bend on the coast was
deluged with :i.r,:t inches of ruin
In the lust 21 hours. Newport,
Itosebnrg and Eugene ench had
morn than an Inch, hut other ci
ties experienced more gentle rain
fall. Minimum temperatures ranged
from Si degrees nt Burns to Bl' nt
North Bend.
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