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1- - 'Xlerrjr Christmas Tonr Statesman carrier and ' The Statesman, from publisher to devil, wish you all a "wry Merry Christ mil aad a Happy Sfw Year. - The T7ealuer ' Cloudy with scattered hovers today, Saturday unsettled, 1 probably rain ; ' Max. Temp. Thursday SO, -Uisu 87, rain .2S Inch. EIGHTY-SIXTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, December 25, 1936 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 234 Mar .exas j : , .: r . yj;.: foundep nasi . - - .::... ! i " ' i . ' ' - ; . 4 -. ' j.j ' o None to Here Today Invites All Oiristmas Dinner Baskets Sent Out . by Charitable Organizations to Hundreds of Families .Thousands of .Children Given Cheer; Elks. Veterans, Salvationists Assist; State Wards Dine NO man, woman or child heed go hungry in Salem this Christmas day. . Chief "Santa Claus" Frank Minto of the city police de partment announced last night .that any person not having other means of obtaining a Christmas dinner should come to the city hall around 4 p. m. "Please announce that anyone men, women or child ren needing a Christmas dinner can get it here tomorrow," Minto said. ' A bountiful dinner with chicken as the main course will be served to transients and local needy people alike at Hotel de Minto, which is located on the third floor of the city hall. Charitable Salem organizations mobilized- their forces yesterday in generous fashion to distribute dinner baskets, clothing and toy to hundreds of O , families and thousands of child-1 TUA A A IflUA ren. More than 2000 children attend ed the Elks lodge Christmas party during the day, Lou Thomas, who with Robert Cole, chairman, was In charge, estimated. They re ceived clothing, toys, repaired and painted by members of the Salem fire department, more than 900 pounds of candy and a large quan tity of nuts' and oranges. Associated Veterans Bend 155 Baket " The Associated Veterans yester- aln afltrnnnn distributed 135 hea- vily-laden provision baskets, each also containing toys for children, to as many families of ex-servicemen who were In need. Salvation Army workers esti mated they had supplied 625 per sons with Christmas dinners in delivering 125 baskets. Toya and clothing also were given, out and last night more than 100 child ren enjoyed the Army's annual Christmas tree party at which they received candy, nuts, oranges and apples. Christmas tree and special programs were held at vertually all of the state institutions on Christmas eve.' There will be other programs today Including turkey and chick en dinners with all the trimmings. At the Oregon State hospital more than 1501) persons, including pa tients and attendants, will sit down to 'dinner at noon. Warden Lewis said a special dinner also had been arranged for the 1000 Inmates of the state penitentiary. Extensive Supply Candy Bought ' Approximately 4000 pounds of candy was required to supply the several state institutions. There : also was a liberal supply of nuts I and oranges. the bill of fare, prisoners in the Marlon county Jail will deliberate today with extras In the way of ' food. Swiss steak flanked by ; mashed potatoes and gravy and string beans wil be served, fol lowed by pie and cake. Apples, oranges, candy and nuts will be 'supplied for after-dinner munch ing. ' City Jail prisoners will have turkey or chicken dinners. Chief ; Minto said. . Santa Gets Wet Visiting Oregon (By the Associated Press) -It was propably a mighty wet ' Santa Clans who returned to hi familiar haunts this morning af- ter an all-night trip over rajn '. soaked Oregon. Snow-flakes, too. probably clrng to his whiskers. , " -But the general fall of snow previously indicated as a" possi bility failed to material lie. The weather forecast for today called .for; "occasional rain. ' Snow fell in the mountains. '. however, and recipients of sleds, skit and snowshoea were advis ed by the state motor association to spend the day at Mount Hood and other winter resorts to ob tain the full benefit of such gifts. Blowout Indirect Cause Of Log Trucker Death COQU1LLE. Ore., Dec. U.-VP) H. L. Everett, 41. Myrtle Point, died today as a result of injuries incurred when a tire blew out on bis logging track. He was crushed by a log. The cab of the truck was caved li. Go Hurigry ; Minto in Need liuccmc ivuicu9 Fireworks Blast More Feared Dead ; Store Scene of Disaster as -Explosives Ignite ASHEVILLE. N. C. Dec. 24 (P) An explosion in. a downtown fireworks store tonight killed at least three 1 persons and injured an undetermined number. , An , hour after the - explosion firemen, hacking their way through the wreckage, had brought out three bodies, and ex pressed fear several others had been killed. At that time the firemen had not penetrated to the basement of the building, which caved in. It was said a number of persons were in the store. Christmas is observed through out this region with fireworks displays. " Bud Shaney, professional base ball pitcher, said the fire probab ly was caused by an open charcoal pot. around which employes were gathered. Shaney said six to ten persons were in the store. Reed's Condition Little Different Robin Reed, well known Salem wrestler, who attempted suicide at his home here Monday morn ing, was reported to be about ,he same at the Salem General hospi tal last night. Reed tried to Uke bia life, police said, by first shoot ing himself and then hanging from the ceiling in the basement of his house. He was saved by his housekeeper and secretary. Attendants reported that Reed seemed a little more cheerful yes terday than he has any time since being taken , to the hospital. His condition has been considered critical by physicians who give Mm a fair chance ,to recover if compli cations do not develop. Keep Christmas Entire Year President's Advice on Radio WASHINGTON, Dec. 2t-p) President Roosevelt bade the na tion tonight, to keep ; Christmas all the year. Lighting a t a 1 1 community tree In Lafayette Square, he turn ed to the radio with a message from his favorite Christmas story Dickens'; "Christmas Carol." t "On this eve of Christmas," he said, "Twant to quote to you the pledge j of old Scrooge when, after many vicissitudes, be h4 come to understand In his heart the great lesson and the great opportunity of , Cbrlstmastide: . "I will honor Christmas in my heart and try-to keep it all the year. I will live In the past, the present and the future. The spir its of all three shall strive with in me. I will not shut out, the lessons that they teach." - : Task Is . Impeded By Granddaughter . The president thus shared with the nation a Roosevelt Yule tide custom. Each Christmas be reads the Dickens story to his own children and grandchildren. Last night: he finished this year's family reading under consider able difficulties, with little Ruth Chandler Roosevelt, his 2 -year-old granddaughter. Insisting on t i .. .-.Is .. .1. Peac$ On Christmas Good Will Message Goes ' Forth From Officials of Church, Natipn America Rejoices, New Prosperity; Orient Spain Face Cloud . (By the Associated Press) -Christendom recalled the sa vior's birth today In an atmosphere of mingled Joy and misery, i "Peace" was the keyword In messages from leaders of church and nation tq a world divided be tween prosperity and war. f The spirit of Christmas I was a soothing influence to that third of the earth's population which professes Christ. Millions i ceased toil to turn their thoughts to oth ers. The bells of Bethlehem j pealed their annual message to a guarded city, where soldiers Joined the crowds which watched traditional rites. ! In Rome, center of Catholicism,, Pope Pius XI rallied his strength for a plea for peace in a message heard yesterday over most of the globe. The pain-ridden pontiff, in a voice weakened by illness and quavering with emotion, offered his suffering for God's glory nd the ."peace and good of the entire church and, in particular, for Spain." I ; RooseTelt Strikes Keynote in America President Roosevelt led his na tion's observance. Speaking to a people riding the swell of mount ing business, he said yesterday in his his traditional message the western hemisphere had "render ed special tribute to the spirit of Christmas." , - f - By all Indices the nation was en Joying the best days since the "boom" era. Pockets bulged with bonuses and pay increases, j The yule spirit brought relief to the needy and lonely the world over. Workaday cares were lifted. The Christmas picture j was a patchwork In lands beyond the seas, with millions tense as war threats hovered over holiday ta bles. ; Shell-torn and blood-spattered! Spain was a focal point for politi cal leaders of Europe. The popula tion, divided in civil war, hoped for a yuletide truce. Tin Soldiers Are Gifts of Goering Germans set sparse tables un der war-time restrictions. Reichs fuehrer Hitler, holding what lead ers said was the key to a situa tion watched by three continents, took cognizance of the season. Like his chief aide, General Goe ring, he entertained children of the poor, and orphans. Goering's gifts were, tin soldiers. : Pere Noel, different only in name from America's Santa Claus, brightened the day for .French children, whose fathers looked anxiously across conference tables toward the Rhine. j "Urgent talk" punctuated holi day observances in (Sreat Britain. Led by the new King George VI, Englishmen rejoiced in the Christ mas spirit. Sandringhamj house was aglow over resumption of the practices of his late majesty, George V. 'P , On the other side of the earth, peoples of the orient watched events fearfully. China faced civil war. Japan awaited . events which might decide between fascism and parliamentary government. ' climbing into his lap ; or run ning gayly about the room. He minded not at all, calling? for her first of all the grandchildren when he awoke this morning. Two automobiles of Roosevelts, among them the president's mother and the first, lady, were present asv the president! broad cast the pledge of vold Scrooge and went, on to tell of another preseift day pledge. S . "We of the western I hemis phere,' he said, "haret lis year rendered special tribute ! to the spirit of Christmas, for we have pledged ', anew our faith ; in the arbitrament of . reason and ' the practice of friendship. f; l After .the president's party, Mrs. Roosevelt spoke at another Christmas tree in an alley of the capital's negro section. In other alley where poor families live, hundreds gathered about, radio equipped cars to hear her greet ing. ' ' ':' v .;- iv. --4 ' Earlier In the day. President and Mrs. Roosevelt distributed gifts to members of the White House office force, to the house hold staff and police. . : : 'Like millions of other families, the- president's will get up early tomorrow to explore its Christ mas stockings. ' ; Peking V A I II T ill VJuanas Glory to God in the Highest; and On Earth Peace Good Will to Men M j. , t. - 1 J The event that inspired these m a sterpieces of art still leaves its im preaa ipoa the' world to day. v r V Bandon Discovers Santa Is No Myth Truek-Loads of Toys and Other Gifts .Received by Stricken Towir - BANDON, ORE., Dec. ll-iFf-Fire-stricken Bandon laid down its tools of reconstruction tonight cheered by the knowledge Oregon had opened its heart to destitute families and hundreds of children a yuletide long to be remembered. Truck-load after truck-load of toys, books, all manner of gifts, and much-needed merchandise ar rived from all parts of the state. Christmas baskets went to fam ilies all through the area ravaged by the conflagration Sept. 2 6 when at least 10 persons lost their lives in forest fires along the southern Oregon coast. Santa Is on Hand In Bandon, wiped out by the blaze, scores of children saw a free movie and received sacks of candy today, and a live Santa Claus appeared as a messenger of good will and gifts this after noon. Three entertertalnments will be held Christmas day. The women's club committee said it was possible enough cloth ing and non-perishable staples would be left over to continue the Christmas message well into the winter. - Rebuilding of the city is well under way. Second of Motor Strikes Settled Br the Associated Press The second strike settlement tn two days in the automobile Indus try topped yesterday's develop ments In the nation's far-flung labor disputes. . - ; - Two thousand members of the united automobile workers, on strike for several weeks, decided to accept the Kelsey-Hayes Wheel company's proposal for a settle ment. Operations in -the Detroit plants are to be resumed Monday. Previously, striking employes at the Aluminum Company of America's auto parts branch at Detroit accepted a settlement. Wines Recovers, . Leaves Ho Apparently recovered from ef fects of poison tablets he swallow ed Wednesday afternoon, Albert Wines, 61, 1073 Oak street, was discharged from Salem Deaconess hospital yesterday morning. Dr. E. E. Berg, city health officer, who handled the case, said Wines apeared in good condition but the danger of reaction from the bi chloride of mercury tablets the man took before walking into po lice headquarters Wednesday still existed. Efforts were being made to ob tain admittance for Wines to the veterans hospital at Portland. . ' Another "Meanest" THE DALLES, Dee. 2-P)-7ourteen-year-old Eulie Johnson, given 1S for Christmas shopping by her blind and Invalid father, laid her purse Ton a. counter to examine' merchandise. The purse dlsaooearedV n j Moriler "While Stseptserda Watched" sill Z ! ' i I 'ft I m 'f-i-' ' f j Corregio'a "Mother aad Child" . -. Place of Nativity Celebrates Again Soldiers in .Bethlehem to SArabB Take Part : " in Annual Worship ' BETHLEHEM. PALESTINE, Dec. 25-(Christmas)-(A)-Wor-Bhlppers from many lands thronged the ancient Church of the Nativity and the adjoining St. Catherine's church early today in a joyous celebration of Christ's birth here. While the bells of the town, six miles south of Jerusalem, rang out their Christmas message, hundreds pushed into St. Cather ine's, to find rows of nuns saying their rosaries. - In the crowd come to honor their saviour were government officials and their wives; camel drivers, water carriers,, townspeo ple and British soldiers, many of whom were rushed out to Pales tine to quell the violence arising from the Arab strike against Jew ish immigration. Carols Are Sung . By English Choir Outside, as the throng awaited his beatitude, the white-bearded Latin patriarch, to celebrate the pontifical mass, a Church of Eng land choir sang Christmas carols. The mass began at midnight and continued for an hour and a half. At its close the aged patri arch took the image of the Christ child from the high altar and led a procession through the Church of the Nativity, down . into the grotto which since the second cen tury has been considered the ac tual place of Jesus' birth. ; The bells chimed arain robed ecclesiastic placed the Im age 4n a manger where it is to lie until Epihpany, January 6, the day several of the eastern churches send representatives to the church to celebrate their Christmas.- Pipe Delivery to 'Start Next Week Delivery of concrete pipe to the site of Salem's new water supply line, near. Stayton, "will begin next' week, It was report ed at the office of the American Concrete A Steel Pipe company, 12th and Howard streets, yes terday.' Actual laying of the line, however, will not get tinder way before the first of the new year. ' Several thousand feet of pipe, manufactured at the 12th and Howard street plant, is now stored in the curing yard there. Approximately 100 feet & day la being fabricated by a spining process. Each section Is tested under TO pounds of water ores sure. - : Concrete w o r k on the new Fairmount hill . reservoir - had been finished . yesterday and dis mantling of the largo cement batching tower was in progress. A considerable amount of clean up work remains- to bo ' done, however, , before the reservoir will be ready for use. t - : Construction of the Fairmount hill water tank has been completed. Hitler Holding Key to Future Is Paris V id w French'. Threaten Aidj for Defenders If Reich Helps Fascists Italy x Withdraws ; Break in Solid Front Now T Hope of Britain PARIS, Dec. 24-tiP)-The fey to war or peace in Europe was Chan cellor Hitler's decision -whether to send 60,000 German soldiers to Spain, foreign 'office officials indicated tonight, ' I Foreign Minister Tvon Delbos awaited Hitler's Word on the re quest of Gen. Francisco Franco to send troops to aid the Spanish fascists. Delbos conveyed to Count Jo- hhannis Yon Welczeck, German ambassador, the French govern ment's . concern, and hinted a French army might go to tle aid of Madrid-Valencia socialist gov ernment, reliable advices aid. ' Foreign office circles said they had - reports that five German army divisions were fully equipped and ready for immediate service in Spain, if the reichsfuehrer should command. I Only Experts Sent So Far, Indicated Officials who charged Germany thus far had sent only technical experts or .aviators to aid the Spanish insurgents, admitted the decision would be a difficult one for Hitler because "if men are not sent. Franco will probably lose the war." j , "With- loss of the war,! one official said, "will go Germany's hopes tor political influence and obtaining raw materials thai only fascist Spain can give her. . "On the other hand, if men are sent there will be the; risk of European war which Germany in her present economic dondly tlon, can hardly stand." The foreign office spokesman added that Italy, which with Germany recognized the fascist Junto of Burgos, "had almost completely" withdrawn from Spain following a favorable turn in her negotiations with . Bjritaln for a Mediterranean agreement. LONDON, Dec. 2 4-(ff)-Bi Italn, striving in cooperation with France to keep the peace ' in Europe, tonight studied chances of breaching the solid frobt of the fascist nations as a means to that, end. Authoritative quarters indi cated that aid to Germany in her economic difficulties migh les son, the danger of the Reich in tervening in the Spanish civil war, while prospects of lessening Italy's attachment to the fascist bloc through the pending Brit-ish-Ialian ' Mediterranean accord were said to be good. British observers took the view that France was "ovr ex cited" by" reports. Germany was considering sending 60,000 troops to Spain, but that such a step would Spain." mean "a nasty war in Pedestrian Killed! PORTLAND, Dec. 24-P)-Alex Mohr, 57, became the second holi day season traffic accident vic tlme in Fortland today. Driver of the car which struck and fatally Injured him was not eld. j i - .; Corn is Unloaded; Flareup : Over Worsted Strike Occurs PORTLAND,1 D c. 24-()-The peacefvl conclusion to current worries of Oregon poultry; pro? ducers, and a flare-up of j bitter feeling occasioned by the re-opening of the Oregon Worsted mill culminated pre - Christinas labor controversies in Portland today. .Union longshoremen began the unloading, of. 4700. tons of Argen tine corn, from the ship Primero, under special . arrangement be tween unron officials and owners of the corn which representatives ot cooperatives said ! was j badly needed by chicken raisers, f . The : outbreak . at ( the Oregon Worsted mill, which reopened wl'th'a skeleton crew yesterday, came when 25 remployesj i went through picket lines' to Work. Wil liam Meier. 22, wio; gare nis. oc cupation, '.as an" artist; whs. "ar rested. ..... iBdtina Crowd to 'XI Break; lines. Charge o Captain W." C Epps. head of a detail ot Portland police, said the arrest. quieted! the sullen. at titude of 50 or 0 strikers. Ho said Meier, had been Inciting .the crowd to break police lines, .and that the lines could not hate been held without use of force. . ) i Co-incident with the unloading ot the Primero was an announce ment today that grain exporting firms and. grain handlers,- iassoct- ated with the International; Long-J, shoremen's association, reached Seamen AreBeaten And Dispersed for r . T' . . 1 ; Defying Picket Ban w . ..... Threat to Attack Police Station Is Reported; Chief Gives Permit s For Peaceful Coast Union Heads, Shipowners Hand Each Other Blame in Answers to Labor Secretary's Peace Plea HOUSTON, TEX., Dec. 24 (AP) Police, usinj? Vear clubs and firing guns into the air, routed striking rank and file seamen on the waterfront tonight after the sailors had' defied orders from Lieut. J. E. Murray to cease picketing. - . ; -. .. J'-. ; j; t , - v Some 15 seamen were beaten as police broke through picket lines three times and later. visited cafes and beer par lors in the vicinity, evicting seamen wherever they were found. V ; Shotguns and revolvers were fired skyward .and the waterfront was thrown into a near" panic as the strikers' picket lines were broken and reformed. , Police first reported that the seamen had attacked 'the police station. Later, Lieutenant Murray, who had been in Socialists) Seize German Freighter Several Injured in Aerial Raid by Fascists Upon Besieged Madrid MADRID, . Dec ' 24-JP)-War crowded into Madrid's Christ mas eve celebrations tonight a fascists bombers raided the cap ital and the socialist CApture of a German freighter was reported from Bilbao.; j Several were : Injured in the air raid as the - insurgent craft dropped two bombs in the center of the city and: rained missiles on the Arguelles district when Madirlenos were about to j eat their Christmas eve suppers. L A report from Bilbao said the German freighter P a 1 o s was brought Into the harbor there, escorted by two socialist government-gunboats, after officers al legedly had found "contraband destined for the fascist insurg ents. The German ship en route from Hamburg waa reported to have been proceeding to Fasajes, Spanish seaport near San Sebas tian, with a cargo ofl,500 tons of merchandise for the fascists. New Farmers to Receive Pointers CORVALLIS. Dec 2Mfl)--Agri-eultural problems peculiar to Ore gon will be aired at a series of January meetings tor the benefit of the 5,000 persons settling in this state since 1933. Dates for the meetings: Benton county January II. Linn January 12, Lane January 13, Marion Jan uary 14, Yamhill January zi. Douglas January 22. . an agreement on wages and work Ing condition for 1937. .- w It was understood the agree ment' was applicable to Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver,' Wash., Long view, Wash., and Portland, and that employes would receive a wage increase of 15 cents an hour provided they are able to return to work imedlately to handle grain between -cars and docks but' not between docks and ahips prior to the end of the maritime strike, .. The agreement under-which a part of the primero' cargo moved shoreward provided that long- longshoremen receive $1.0, n hour, the wage demands involved in the maritime strike, and a six- hour-day. Half of each man's. pay wn Mnrf tn trtka fnnd. Re-opening of ; the" worsted plant f oUowed the company's ac ceptance of a temporary seiuo ment plan offered by the state la bor conciliation board. , - . ' John O'Neill, labor representa tive on the board, said today. Roy Bishop, president of the plant, "gave this board the run-around by opening so soon. ... The union feels ft got a raw deal and that a public hearing should have been held "'"' -A-i" ;: ..'-..- :':- '..'- , The board's plan called for re hiring without r . discrimination, but not. union recognition. Nego tiation were to be continued. The worsted . company normally employes, about 400 persons. It was closed November 5. Patrolling "cjcnarge or tne waterfront detail since the strike started 65 days ago, said he had ordered the pick ets to disperse but that the sea men refused to leave and threat ened to storm police headquar ters. ; ' ' Then, Murray said, police charged the picket line. The pick ets siea. . uincers chased several seamen into alleys, firing at them with , tear gas guns. Acting Chief of Police R. T. Honea rushed to the waterfront and tried to quiet the situation. He gave strikers permission ta re sume picketing as long as they were peaceful. He relieved Murray of duty on the waterfront and sent him back to his regular as signment. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. U-JP) Strike leaders and shipowners " cut loose at each other with a jolting Christmas ere barrage ot charges tonight in assuring , Sec retary of Labor Perkins they were eager to make speedy peace on tho waterfront. The union leaders told Miss Perkins The employers were plot ting toTfplit their "solid front and to "mislead the public." Employers reported to the labor secretary that "subves!ve union leadership and a personal feud between maritime strike spokesmen were delaying peace. Each asked Miss Perkins to hurry tho other in the peace making. ? v : The -labor secretary had urg ently requested both elements to hasten . peace, asserting "publio Interest requires that these neg otiations be completed promptly, now.; Indications of a possible break in tho "solid front" disappeared from the surface at least when Harry Lundeberg. sailors union spokesman, repudiated a subord inate's published attack on Harry Bridges, powerful leader of th longshoremen. However,- Bridges was attack- . ed from another union quater when Paul Scharrenberg of tha international' seamen's union de . nounced him as "an alien blath erskite" and "a blustering knave" In id address before the San Francisco ' commonwealth club. , - Peace negotiations, precarious ' ly near a breakdown for several . days, came to a .full stop for tha holiday as the shipowners turn ed to social activities aad tha strikers prepared for restricted celebrations' under strike condi tions. . '. ' Both sides indicated to Mies Perkins, - however, their desire) to get back to the peace table as soon as possible, and meet ings were tentatively arranged for Saturday. ' In SaMn Briefly! Harry Lundeberg, " secretary treasurer ot the - Sailors Union of the Pacific, was a visitor i Salem briefly last night but not for -a long-enough period to be) interviewed. -, ; f It was reported that Lundeberg, union spokesman in the strike negotiations, on his way to Port land to present details of the pro posed settlement, was notified en! route that provisions of the 193C maritime act would go into effect tomorrow and decided to return. Immediately to San Francisco t4 attend to matters in that eonnec tlon. The union is opposed to ctr tain features, but had understood the act's effective date would be postponed until February 1. Lundeberg -disembarked fromt a train hereY returned tq Eugene by auto and took a plane to Sar Francisco. Harry Lundeberg