Agricultural News' ?
Valuable - Information .on
the , farming industry and
market ; trends la provided
Tegulurlj to rural readers
of The Statesman.
Fair today and IlonC
toccept j for morning fog 1
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FOVMDnp I 1631
r i EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR
Saleza; Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 22, 1936
Price 3c; Newsstands 5c
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Million Cases
Cannery Pack
Increase Seen
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Nearly "Six Millions - Is
Indicated vTotal ;. for ,
Season of 1936
Ik
Xargc Proportion r listed
. ! - for JVIarion County as
'! ' Many Gains Made :
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, i. Increased : packs of . prunes,
pears, - beans and - tomatoes com
bined to giro Oreron ' canners a
-total paek of half a million cases
- greater than . last year . a surrey
of the IndlTfdmJ pscks pot tip
during the season Indicates. The
total for. fruits land regetables for
the state Is tentatively estimated
at 5,997,500 cases of which
1.440,000 was tit vegetables and
4.447,500 In fruits.
1 Because cannors haver agreed
not to release olficlal figures on
production for the year, un til
after January 1 the figures are
only i provisional and may be
changed when 'complete figures
are in. However; the estimates
hare been carefully checked by
local canners and packers and
are believed byj them to be ap
proximately correct. .
Of j the total Oregon pack,
. Marion county ! canneries contrib
uted about 2,250,000 cases. The
heaviest packs tor local canneries
wefe prunes, pears and beans, all
of which showed substantial in
creases over laBt year.
Total Pear Pack
Estimates Vary j
Although canners do not agree
on the total pear pack In the state
the consensus of opinion Is that
the pack this year will run around
' 1,600,000 cases as compared with
1,436,115 cases put up last year.
Prunes made 'a decided Jump,
going from .1,391,000 eases, in
1935 to around 1,700000 eases
for the past season. Beans, com-'
lag principally ; from the West
Etayton section;! made - an - esti
mated Increase of 125,000. cases
from 477,355 canned a year ago.
0 Tomatoes, although not a large
. pack la the state, made substan
tial Increases during the year,
principally because of increased
acreage and Ideal harvest weather.
There were 110,000 cases of to
matoes packed In the state and
-at least 35,000 cases of juice for
a total increase of almost 25,000
eases.
Cherry and Berry
Output Is Lower ' j i
The increases; made in pears.
prunes, beans and tomntoes off
set what might have been a de-
j j (Turn to page 2. c6U l)
Biisinjess Seeking
Cooperation Also
! WASHINGTON. Nov. 21.-ff-The
chamber of commerce of the
United States gave -new impetus
'today to the post-election talk of
business cooperating with the gov
ernment, but at the same time as
serted that business "has the right
to s expect cooperation from the
government.". -.).'. '-:
Disavowing any interest in par
tisan politics, the chamber, which
has criticised some new deal pol
icies, said in Its periodical, Wash
ington review:
'The government of the Uni
ted States, as government, Is en
titled to the support and coopera
tion of its citizenship. That rule
Is universal. V
"The government also is enti
tled to the expression of honest
criticism, based upon facts and ex
perlence, regarding any steps that
It may propose, j
"Business, too,! had the tight to
expect cooperation from the gov
! eminent." .
Th chamber added that' Its ob
jective was "to arrive, as nearly
as possible, at a concensus of bus
iness opinion and to bring its con
elusions to the attention of those
administering the affairs of gov
ernment and to the public." -
Renewed Trouble
In Stilu Probable
MANILA, NOV. V H.-iJPT h e
prospect of mother division
among the Moros other their sul
tanate appeared today as Moham
medans from all over the Sulaj
archipelago flocked to their cap-l
Ital at Malmbung for, the funersl;
of SulUn Mawallil Wasit. j
Some observers said the elalra
of the 40-year-old Princess Day-i
ang to the throne was strength
ened because Wasit died before
coronation, leaving his only son.
" Ismale without the formal title
of crown prince. I
Dayang acted for a time as nh
tana and laid claim to the throne
upon the death last June of her
foster father, the old Sultan Ja
xnalo'l. but powerful Moro fac
tions decided upon Wasit as the
-accessor. !'
JIMMY1:
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Jimmy Nicholson. Salem's pride of the gridiron, cot off to a bad start
at Bell field, Corvallis, Saturday when he fumbled . the opening
kJckof f. But he recovered the fumble and from then on ke was the
Webfoots outstanding player. He knocked down passes, played
great defensive game, and then when Oregon got under way on Its
best scoring drive be was the whole show. Be returned a kickoff
more than half the length of the field, made two more long runs.
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Strike: Breaking
Probe Defended
Millions in Lobby Against
Investigation, Claim
at Tampa Meeting j
TAMPA.'Fla.;- Now 21-(flS)--The
Amerlean Federation of Labor
convention's legislative commit
tee asserted tonight that "millions
Of dollars' would be available this
winter to a lobby seeking to kill
the senate Investigation of strike
breaking and labor; espionage, j
The committee urged the con
vention, in its report, to demand
an ample, appropriation to con
tinue the inquiry directed by sen
ator; Lafollette (Prog-Wls)J
"All the lobbies of the great
anti-union financial forces and all
their secret pressures are being
mobilized to prevent the senate
granting an appropriation to car
ry on the investigation," tie re
port! said. . , ' ''-!
"It our reports are as accurate
as we believe them to be, tne
greatest and most adroit Hobby
that has ever; operated in Wash
ington is being organized to kill
this astounding expose. , (
"The Lafollette committee has
made only a beginning, but! what
ft beginning. It has dragged Into
the light the -underworld; that
serves the biggest businesses
the spies and thugs whose! pro
fession is ; wrecking unions, - or
even murdering workers 1
"Espionage,; and : thuggery are
. (Turnj to j page 2, col. .7
Italians 1 Advance
IPnEthiopCenter
ADDIS I ABABA. Nov.! tl.i-OPt-Itallan
troops pushed to Within
0 miles of Gore, which Ethio
pians now claim as their capital,
officials (announced today.! The
troops captured' Giren, capital of
Jlmma province, and 1 occupied
Judbo, platinum center, II-.. t
, An Italian (Stefani news agen
cy dispatch from Diredawa re
ported a company of French Seng
alese troops had been i stationed
there to1 guard the DjiboutS rail
road,1 j;'.. ! I .' t !
Welfare Issues
Attention;
By CLAYTON V. BERNHARD
(Associated press Staff Writer)
.. Despite! Governor Martin's
statement i at Albany the past
week that all he asks of the state
legislature ; is - to f leave j well
enough alone," those close to the
executive department are urging
many changes and observers pre
dict that the governor's address to
the legislature will contain some
definite recommendations which
wiU require new laws and changes
In the old.! ; - :H -1
Governor Martin i himself; has
not stated; what he will put In
his message, b u t expressions
voiced at various board meetings,
conferences and In conversation
lead to belief that while the gov
ernor may hope some things may
remain unchanged, there are
many other changes he would like
to see. - J , . . -
Several of Welfare !
Situations Vexing r
One particular change to cor
rect; what he has termed a f seri
ous situation. is the method of
commitment of children to private
state-aided institutions. This, he
AT START BUT REDEEMS SELF, LATER STARS
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Federal Intervention
Move lakes
Alaska Railroad Chief Confers With McGrady Upon
Scheme to Charter Vessels; Authorization of
Similar3Iove for HawaU lJp to president ...
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 21.
and unions today considered
in me manuine siriKe m oenaii 01 Aiasiut ana xiawnn,
while the walkout spread to "the Canadian west coast with
longshoremen deciding to quit their jobs at j Vancouver.
CoL O. F. Ohlson, manager of the government owned
French Industries
Paralyzed, Strike
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PARIS, Nov. 21.-(jP)-Mobne
guardsmen stood at - emergency
duty tonight at ' 20,000 strikers
paralyzed industrial plants, and
a general strike call threatened
to affect 17,000 others.
The spread of strike fever came
on the eve of the funeral, at Lille,
of Minister of the Interior Roger
Salengro, who committed suicide
and left a farewell note charging
rightists with Impelling him to
his death.
Premier Leon Blum, his social
ist' cabinet and a parliamentary
deputation planned to attend the
funeral tomorrow. - ,
' At Toulouse, 12,000 strikers
occupied a knitting mill, while
at Lille another 8,000 metal work
ers remained Idle In protest
against the discharge of a lone
worker. The Lille strikers de
manded collective bargaining, a
40-hour week and salary adjust
ments. " I
; A dock strike at Bordeaux con
tinued to tie up shipping, forc
ing Incoming vessels to be re
routed . to other ports. At ; Rou
baix, striking coalyard : workers
blocked industrialists' 'attempts
to get fuel for their factories. ' ;
to Receive
Mart Message
has said, presents one of the ma
jor problems in public welfare'
legislation.; f n ' :
The solution he was expected to
suggest would be the commitment
of children in need of public care
direct to the state of Oregon and
let the state in turn place the
children lit private homes or as a
last resort In an institution, v f
The governor is known to favor
abolition Of the blind trades
school in Portland which Treasurer-
Rufua C. Holman has ' so
aptly termed "nothing but a poor
house for the blind." At the con
ference last Monday the governor
referred tx the institution as
"costing belond reason, with S3
persons taking care of 44 blind
people." '1- . !
Abolition, of various advisory
committees, and a general welfare
program which would give the
state welfare commission some
authority is well as permit con
trol of welfare ' charges by the
state. He was expected to urge
definite legislation along these
lines saying that "if sound
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and to climax It crossed the goal line, but his knee had touched the
ground just before he got there and Oregon never scored. Oregon
State won 18 to O. In the picture, Nicholson is shown as the Beavers
swarmed about him after the fumble. No. 63 is Watts, Oregon State
right tackle, and No. 85 is Tom Swanson, right half. The Oregon
man down on one knee, No. 20, is
(AP) Government officials
possible federal intervention!
OAl8ka railroad, reached here and
conferred with Assistant secre-j
tary of Labor Edward F. Me-
Grady on plans to charter ships
for movement ! of necessities tot
Alaska. President Roosevelt au-j
thorized this move earlier in the!
week.
The question of using governj
Intent ships to 'move supplies toj
strike - isolated i HawaU awaited
word from President RooseveltJ
The navy ordered a survey of its)
sapply ships to determine which;
vessels might' be used if the pres-f
Ident authorized the! move.
i Dr. Ernest H. Gruenlng, terrl-t
tories director for the interior de
patment, said the chartering of a
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Fay Webb's Aunt
Dies at Fuher
al
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SANTA! MONICA! Calif., Nov.
21!.-CTV-The strange and terrible
fate ; that i relentlessly pursued
CapL Clarence Webb all this year,
struck at him for a fourth time to
day, v - j 4.-V- H'h4
His sister, fell dead a.t the funer
al I of his daughter. Fay Webb
Vallee, divorced wife of Rudy Val
lee. : - vf 3 - - ;- - ;
Early this! year, Mrs. Myrtle
Webb, the eaptainfs wife, died sud
denly. A few month later, despite
Webb's uneeasingj efforts, Fay di
vorced her singer' husband. l -i
tl thought'a lot of Rudy," Cap
tain Webb said at the time of the
divorce.! "And I hated to see my
daughter suffer ao. It's very sad,f
Three days ago Fay died after
an 1 operation ) j
ller 'father now
captain ! tn
the record bureau was standing
beside her casket today. He saw
his 60-year-old sister. Miss Win
ifred Webb, approaching ; amoa g
the mourners.'. i- -t .: t-
Miss Webb bent her head ten
derly, over the lifeless features "of
her .niece. Suddenly the! eld erfy
woman li clutched! her heart i and
sank to the floor dead, t.r-4 I
Gymnasium Bond
Issiie Cbrries in
West Salem Vote
In an election held Saturday,
the West Salem school district ap
proved by 5 tojl ratio the S4000
bond Issue to finance a new school
gymnasium. - A ,i r. r.
-The proposed!, gymnasium will
cost approximately . $10,000, of
which the $400 f worth of bonds
voted yesterday will be the school
district's share.! The : remainder
will be paid as a federal grant,! If
allowed. Plans and specifications
have been prepared by D. Arthur
Lowe, Salem engineer.
Limelight
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Quarterback Kennedy. Assoc ia
BuUding Records
Already Smashed
High For November Set in
1929 Broken as 144th
House Permit Ont ;
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i. Favorable weadier' and the mo
mentum from thearly fall build-
iia i uau. mi tuuiuiucu iu tum.m
the present month the best No
vember on , record for the con
struction industry, inspection of
the City Building Inspector ES. C.
Bnshnell's records showed yester
day. Issuance of the year' 144th
permit for a; new house yester
day raised the. month's construc
tion values to a total of $47,460.
- The year l2t, which with few
exceptions was the record build
ing year until 193$, held the pre
vious November record ' of $34,
9 9 1.40 i worth of permits. No
vembers of the in-between years
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Tear Gas Is Sold
To Private Firms
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-(ff-
Senate investigators said today
three chemical plants had sold
$4(1,480 worth of tear and sick
ening gas since 1933. much of it
to private Industrialists. "
The list of purchases was com
piled by the LaFollette commit
tee .'investigating civil liberties
violations, as part of its study
of strike breaking and Industrial
espionage.
Largest shipment to any state
was $83,491 worth of gas sent
to the steel and rubber districts
of ohloj where union . activities
have been ' especially vigorous,
the committee' said. Purchases in
California; scene of a waterfront
strike, totaled $62,872. it report
ed. Pennsylvania customers paid
$41,077,' the committee's records
showed. I , . , ( -- ..."..'!"-.
Testimony in the committee's
hearings two months ago Indicat
ed that the large coal companies
had planned to stop the digging
of coal by unemployed miners by
filling their makeshift pits with
tear and sickening gas.'
First PairiListed
For Resettlement
McMINNVILLE, Nov. 21.-(flV
Mr. and Mrs. Orin H. Howard and
their five children of the Mercer
lake section In - Lane ' county will
be the first family to occupy a
federal ! resettlement t administra
tion .farm 'tract' in the Pacific
northwest area. ,
.The Howard family will take up
a section of land In what is known
as the Yamhill farm project, said
W. T. McDonald;" acting project
manager. The area - directed . in
northwest region includes Oregon,
Washington and Idaho, v f- :
r The Howards will settle on the
former W. E. Robbins farm north
east, of Whiteson. The family la ex
pected ' to take possession tomor
row. , . -: - r .
j . Angers - Flame-Swept
ANGERS, France, Nov. 21-(ff)
Fire devastated 40 buildings in
the center of Angers today, killing
one woman, but the famous 12th
century cathedral and museum of
sculpture and tapestries escaped
damage. V.
GvilWarWon
ingemen
Tor This Year
Joe Graj : Sparks Beayer;3
; lO ao u jv in, r iri j
J: " in' Four -Years
Nicholson ls: -WehfoolV
j Star; Over Goal Once
' : ; But Doesn't Count
BELL FIELD. Corrallis, Ore.,
Nov. 21(i!P-The football drought
at Oregon State college came to
an end today. : r z
An inspired Beaver e l e v e n,
paced ; by the passing and line
pounding of a fleet left halfback,
Joe , Gray, swarmed all over an
cient rivals from the University of
Oregon! and handed them their
first heating In this inter-school
classic In four years, 18 to 0, be
fore a near-capacity home-coming
crowd of 18,000. : '.' " - - j
Gray, man of all work, never
scored but two of his " passes, one
in the first quarter and another
in the second, went for touch
downs and he put the ball almost
on the goal line in the fourth pe
riod, after which a big fullback,
Kolberg. carried it over from the
one-foot line.
Jimmy Almost Over
But Knee Touches
The Beavers never were able to
convert! but they didn't need to.
uregon was not wiinoui us mv
ments. 'Nicholson, left halfback
for the Webfoots, almost scored in
the first period hut the officials
ruled that his knee touched the
ground In skirting left end and
State took the ball on downs on
its one-yard line.! In the third pe-4
riod, Kennedy, quarterback, drop-:
ped a pass on the goal line. . ,
But for a clipping penalty, the
Be aver might have added a
fourth touchdown. Gray's long
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Towfrls Isolated
: By Flood, Canada
PRINCE RUPERT, B. CV, NV
Sl.-rVSerious flood conditions
in the Bella Coola river valley,
with one town isolated and many
bridges washed away, was report
ed here today with the arrival of
the Steamer Cardena from Bella
Coola, 200 miles louth of here. ,
Bella Coola. a town of 800 pop
ulation situated at the mouth of
the river of the same name, was
saved from flooding by dynamit
ing a bridge jtlfet above the town
which was damming the water.
Other bridges In the river's up
per reaches were carried away by
the rushing river torrents and
there was no communication be
tween Bella Coola and Hagens
borg, a town of 260 people situ
ated 10 miles up the valley from
Bella Coola.
Meanwhile' on the Skeena river
near here, train service over -the
Canadian National railway! 1 n e
was again Interrupted as a bridge
gave way before the rising wa
ters at Salvus, 60 miles west! of
here. - " ,r - ; i' -i , - j
in
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Fete Serious One
CORVALLIS, Ore.. Nov. . 21.-1
()-One thing' marred Oregon
State's great 18 to 0 homecom-;
ing football victory today
.overj
the University of Oregon. 1
Fay Stewart of Cottage Grove,5
sophomore in forestry, was in ai
serious condition at a Corvallisi
hospital tonight. The student was
burned last night when gun pow-l
der exploded in the pre - game
noise parade.
Ernest Wagner, the other stu
dent who was burned, was out ox
danger, physicians sard. -
Stewart's parents have bee4
called. The youth's hands, arms!
legs and face - were badly
scorched. ' ' t
Start Capitol
Byura
Inmrv
CainD
Hammond Awarded Contract
i To
PORTLAND, Nor. 2 l.-(P)-RoSs
B. Hammond, head of the Port
land firm which was selected today
to erect the new Oregon state
house, said construction ; would
start at Salem In two weeks. Ham
mond's announcement - was made
following the state capitol recon
struction committee's acceptance
of his firm's bid of 1 2,0 04,137.
The bid, reduced by the deduction
of certain alternates, was the low
est of seven submitted. -
. Approval of the Ross B. Ham
mond, Inc., bid assured Oregon Of
a statehouse with a marble exter
ior. The design of Trowbridge and
Livingston, New York architects
who .with Francis Keally wona
n a 1 1 o n-w 1 d e competition last
spring, will be followed. -'i
The original Hammond bill was
82.140,648. Although this was
more than $100,000 In excess of
the commission estimate of f !
i .
Nasi Leaders 'A dmit
Siding With Japan;
i :Fo'rmti
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SoyietWams Tokyo Concessions' YiU.
'i : r . Be Withheld ; Unless Asserted
'H r i Treaty Is GanceUed f , ,
ment of Arms
Way to Aid of
v Socialists in
(By the Associated Press)' " -
GERMANY, continuing to deny knowledge! of a German
Japanese pact aimed at Russia, admitted Saturday she
; was ready to act with J apan "in given situations."
j 'Russia hit back at the reported anti-soviet alliance with
a warning to Tokyo that Japan would Tibtr get further im
portant fishing concessions from the U. S. S. R.. unless the
pact was cancelled.
! Those eastern developments came as British diplomats
sought to convince other nations that the Spanish civil war,
with its threats to world peace, should be kept localized. Bri
tain did not explain what she would do if one of her ships
was attacked on the seas. .
Germany, said a spokesman for the Berlin government,
has much in common with Japan, and "it is quite conceivable
U. S. Proposes to
Close Consulates
Offices at Barcelona and
Bladrid May Be Shul to
, Avoid Ahj Danger
i .WASHINGTON, Not. 21.-(ff)-The
United Stales government
concerned for the safety of its
representatives and -nationals in
war torn Spaln-tonight instruct
ed the Madrid embassy and Bar
celona consulate to give serious
consideration to the desirability
of - closing those establishments
temporarily to permit ! the occu
pants to flee the danger tones,
i . Including the diplomatic and
consular staffs, Americans now In
the two areas number approxim
ately 325, about 200 of whom are
in Madrid proper. j
i The department requested in
formation from Eric C. Wendelin.
Charge d'affaires of the embassy,
n facilities available for Ameri
cans in Madrid to proceed to the
Coast for evacuation by steamer.'
j Orders went outat the same
time to Consul General Mahlon F.
j (Turn to page 2, col. 4) ;
Relief Need Less;
In Drouglit Area
WASHINGTON. Nov. ll.-(JP)
sharn curtailment of . federal
relief activities in drought areas
was underway today by the two
agencies directing aid for more
than.a mlulon individuals in tne
farm -area."::--' ;
Officials expressed ; hope, of
holding to 800,000 the -number
of families carried through the
winter. This would be less than
half - the total aided heretofore
by WPA and . resettlement,
i J. W. Tapp, chairman of the
special drought committee of the
agriculture department, which
has. designated 1,190 counties' In
24 states as emergency areas, said
the entire list was being reviewed
with elimination of many counties
as the goal. - .-..,,;-.'':...".- ;
Philip F. MacGuire. directing
drought aid In the resettlement
administration, said his agency
and the works progress adminis
tration were checking every farm
er on their lists, with the inten
tion of reducing the WPA farmer
relief Job rolls from a peak of
324,295 workers to about 40,000
by December 15.
ih Two Weeks:
-
018,119.62, reductions of $134,-
511 were made through the alter
nates. . ; - -
Seek to Retail All
Possible. Features r ' "
: The commission, meeting for the
Second time la two days, asked
architects to study th,e alternate
plans with a view of retaining aU
features possible and still keeping
within the available funds.
! Hammond will sign the contract
with the commission on Monday.
He Said he would post his bond at
that ' time and Immediately start
preliminary , work toward actual
construction,
! The builder said the statehouse
to replace the historic Oregon
building destroyed by fire would
be finished in about IS months,
i While Hammond's firm wUl be
the general contractor, sub-bidders
will participate in the work.
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1 1' i
From Mexico Is On
Spanisli Regime;
Counter - Drive
O Germany and Japan opposed as
both : are to bolshevism may in
giren situations decide to proceed
Jointly."
. Russia's threat to withhold
further fishing rights from Japan
came as Japanese diplomats pre
pared to sign a new fishing treaty
at the. Moscow foreign office. The
agreement, which resulted from m
year's work, would have prolong
ed Japan's important fishing pri
vileges in soviet waters off east
ern Siberia for eight years. : .
8 p a 1 n s government, mean
while," gave its version of t &
motives behind recognition of tho
Spanish fascist junta by Germany
And Italy. It said that Italy want
ed to get the Spanish Balearic
islands in the Mediterranean and
that Germany, to get much-needed
raw materials from Italy, Join
ed in the recognition move.
Mexico Sends Arms
To Aid Socialists
In Mexico, which with Russia
has - shown 'open sympathy with
the Spanish government, 26 field
guns and other armaments reach
ed Vera Crus from Mexico City,
presumably to .be sent to the be
sieged Madrid administration.
: Madrid's defenders launched a
counter-offensive on the western
side of the city to oust Insurgent .
from the Casa de Campo, after re
capturing some positions in Uni
versity City, the northwestern part
of Madrid. !..".. at
Along the bay of Biscay shore,
said advices reaching the French
frontier, the government suddenly
began a general northern offen
sive in an effort to Tetake San Se-,
bastian and weaken the fascist as
sault on the capital.
Official advices from Barcelona
said a Spanish merchant ship was
sunk Tuesday by the fascist cruis
er Canarlas off the eastern Span
ish coast near Palmost.
Piclrford-Rogers
"Secret" Is Told
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Nov. 21.
-P)-"StrictIy private" might
have been written on the door ef
a hotel dining room tonight where
Mary Pickford and Buddy Rogers
gave a dinner to make the an
nouncement of their engagement
-official.'
Only' relatives and it few of
Mary's close friends were on the
guest list. Hollywood had heard
that there was to be a reception
after the dinner, and looked for
ward to it, but late today Miss
Pickfordis press agent denied that
a big party was planned.
Earlier this week the former
star's father, Bert H. Rogers, In
advertently revealed In Ola tne,
Kas., that his son and Miss Pick
ford were planning to be married.
Mary and Buddy . immediately
confirmed the announcement, but
waited until tonight to make it
official. ! ,
Tonight's guest list did not in
clude any of the "big names' of
fllmdom on It. "
The couple still could not an
nounce 4 date for their marriage
due to the uncertainty of Rogers
plans. - . ; -
Little Girl Dies
After Auto Hita
PORTLAND, Nov. 21.(J?)-A 7-year-old
girl, struck down by an
automobile today as she played
in front iof her home, died of in
juries tonight.
T h e I child, Tanya Connell,
daughter of a city fireman, was
the 71st: traffic fatality of Port
land's police year.
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