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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1937)
Till OREGON STATESMAN, Saleia, Oregon, Saturday Blontinff, December 25, 1937 Trade Reports Prove Cheery New York Surrey Indicates Last Year's Record Nearly Equaled . (Continued from pae 1) Ring her daughter In Seattle, Mrs. Anna , Boettiger, who has been 'til. Mrs. James Roosevelt, daugh- ter-in-law of the president, took over duties as the White House hostess.. - 1 , Last year, the president's wife passed Christmas at the bedside of her son. Franklin, Jr., who was recuperating in Boston from . al.ua nnomtlon. r Vlce-Pres. John rarner planned 'a day of quiet and rest" in. nts iv.ishinrton hotel, his wife said. while Treasury. Secy. Henry Mor- gentbau Joined his lamny in Fishkill, N. Y., and Postmaster r.en. James A. Farlev and Labor Secy. Perkins Joined their fam ilies in New York City. Organizations of all sizes and type made -the season one of generous giving to the needy, with the Salvation Army, the Red Cross, and settlement houses ..nd relief organizations as active a3 soy time In recent years. About 800 indigent youngsters joined the navy in Christmas feasts on Uncle Sam's warships at San Pedro, Calif. Each re ceived a 4 or $5 present. One of the largest Christmas dinners planned for the poor was one of chicken ' fricasse and trimmings for 10,000 itinerants at New York City's municipal lodging house. A "Hobo College" dedication early Christmas morn ing was arranged with another party for New York homeless; The children's aid society of the station's metropolis was giving Continuous Today 2 to ll-P3t. The Three Mesquiteers "Heart of the Rockies' starring Bob Livingston -Ray- Corrignn Max Terhune "Married Before Breakfast" with Robert Young Florence Rice ALSO Mickey Mouse Mickey's Garden" News and "Secret Agent No, 9" Continuous 2 to 11 P, M. Greater than "3 Smart Girls" ! OEANHA DURBIN in m Htw Uaivtrsml Picture 100 MEN aad a GIRL LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI ASOLPBE KEKJOU - ALICE BRADY KISCHA AUER ALSO Onr Gang Comedy. "3 Smart Boys," News and Cartoon 017733 Art Certificate No 60 This Certificate entitles you to one week's Set of Four Pictures upon payment of qnly 39c (46c if by mail). "-' -IMPORTAXT- Be sore to order Set No. I If yon have that or snb aeqaent acts, order the next numbered Bet of Four. ui V. i-i i. V.i yl .i i .i 1.1 L.I tinOr XV JANE'S FUNNIEST - WA ll rfSUMOST LOVABLE v ROUE! '0CW :: Ct" rrisjiiKii ?S0 Bought His Guns I Si t ; , Elmer Joyce) Among the guns used by the Brady gang in their recent death dealing crime career were some unwittingly sold them by a Cin cinnati policeman, Elmer Joyce. This came to light when James Daihover, Brady gangster anUt lng death penalty on a murder charge in Indiana state prison, revealed that he and a fellow gangster had bought several fire arms from Joyce, whose hobby is collecting weapons. Joyce said he knew the gangsters only as 'Ernie' and "Joe' and that he thought they were also collectors. Cincinnati police chief said no ac tion would be taken against Joyce. dinners, and presents to 30,000 youngsters. Even the animals were not for gotten as 500 Hoy Scouts in New York made their annual trip to the parks to feed the birds and harnesses, blankets and other gifts were handed out at the hu mane society headquarters to 900 dogs, 200 cats and one' horse. The Call Board HOLLYWOOD -Today Double bill, the Three Mesquiteers in "The Heart of the Rockies" and "Married Before Breakfast wih Robert Young and Florence Rice. - : GRAYD Today Jane Withers "45 Fathers." in ELSIXORE Today- Double bill, four big days, Leslie Howard, Bette Davis and Olivia DeHavil- land in "It's Love I'm Af ter" and Fred Stone in "Quick Money." CAPITOL Today Double bill. Wheeler and Woolsey in "High Flyers" and Buck Jones in "Sudden Bill Dorn.". STATE Today Eastern circuit vaudeville and Esther Ralston and Regis Toomey in "Shadows of the Orient." . . 2 .1mI Wi Ui Wl Li ) Many Roads Snow Covered Christmas Eve Accidents Are Minor; Warnings Given Small Gcaft (Continued from page 1) in a collision with anow removal equipment near Nisqually. The McKenrie pass, principal rente between Eugene and Bend, waa blocked by drifts. The Mount Hood highway was closed from Coopers Spur to route 60. The Umpqua highway had one-way traffic two miles east ot Reeds port. The Tualatin .valley high way near Portland was reduced from four to two traffic lanes by a slide. Pacific Highway South Is Blanketed The west Diamond lake and Crater lake highways were closed. Twelve inches of new snow fell on the Pacific highway from Can yonville to the Siskiyou summit. Forty-six inches covered Anna Springs, and eight inches fell on the Greensprings mountain. A near-blizzard swept Eugene and Lane county, whitening streets and fields. At Florence, a gale whipped up surf and made the Siuslaw harbor unusable. A drenching rain fell. Water-drenched snow fell at Portland, but melted rapidly when skies cleared. North Santiam Highway Closed The North Santiam highway was blocked by drifts. Traffic was delayed at Clatsop crest and Rainier hill on the lower Colum bia river highway by three Inches of snow. Four inches of . snow fell at Bend. An inch of snow fell du ring the noon hour at La Grande. Half an inch of snow was on the ground and more falling at Albany tonight The North Santiam highway above Detroit will not be reopen ed this winter, County Commis sioner Leroy Hewlett announced yesterday afternoon. Heavy snow fell during the day, the commis sioner said. Fitting of a newly-arrived snow- plow blade to a truck was being rushed at the county shops in an effort to dispatch the much-needed equipment to the Detroit dis trict at once. Until the plow ar rives, probably before the week end closes, Road Patrolman J. F. Bewley will utilize a grader in an attempt to keep the road clear as far as Detroit. Bewley advised County Engineer N. C. Hubbs by telephone yesterday that, he had been able to clear the road as tar as Detroit but did not expect to be able to go much farther. He reported two feet of snow had fallen on the Santiam route sum mit overnight. uraers under which seven gradermen and foreman aside from Bewley and Ned Richards, who has charge of the Elknorn district roads, will keep county- roads in condition throughout the winter were issued yesterday. The seven will cover 966 miles of roads while Bewley and Richards will handle another 150. miles. The seven are Lee Wells, C. E. Powell, William K r I n g, Dan Scharf, Omer Bartruff, o Clyde Woodruff and Franke Woelke. Two Die in Crash On Seattle Road TACOMA, Dec. 24 -4JPr- Mrs. Alice Molloban, 73, of Seattle and A. C. Howlett, 65, of Hans-I ville, were killed and Herb Ev-1 ans, 35, of Edmonds, received critical injuries in a four-car col lision tonight on the Tacoma-j Seattle- highway about five miles from here. Others hurt in the crash were Don Davis, 17, of Seattle, (5803 8th N.E.), whose lea- was broken. and Jean Russell, 19, of Seattle (same address), also with a bro ken leg. Holiday Visitor Here is Countess Barbara Button Haugwitz-Reventlow, the Wool worth heiress, as she landed in New York to spend the holidays, leaving her husband. Count' Kurt, and their son Lance in England. Labor Troubles Spread in Paris PARIS, Dec. 2a-(;p)-A force of labor arbitrators headed by Premier C a m i 1 1 e Chautemps worked late tonight, hoping labor would give France a strikeless Christmas. But Christmas ever strike set tlements stood at zero and labor troubles seemed to be multiply ing. The crews of all French ships at the port of Rouen struck, some ot them - not permitting steve dores to load or unload. Street car employes at Valen ciennes voted to strike at mid night. Clerks, office boys and messenger boys there walked out. Sweeping aside a police guard. thousand food plant strikers demonstrated in front of a Paris general food store, but were dis persed when reinforcements ar rived. 12 Sky Cruisers Reach San Diego SAN DIEGO. Calif,, Dec. ti-UPj- Eighty-four officers and men from America's mid-Pacific sky defense frontier are here awaiting orders to break the massed sky cruiser flight time record to Hawaii. Twelve of the new navy PBY-2 patrol planes have been delivered to them. The squadron personnel came from the fleet air base. Pearl Harbor, T. H., to man their new If it's youi. - f-. -j-v i-4., J ftf If its ( H5Ure aftt -i m 0k " - r . : ' :; ' .Y ' - ; v 3i topsmtopsy-iiffiromanci.: . . LESLIE " i! 1 '-l bette ! r kf y A rA. i ID Jl iW W p OLIVIA 1 V PATRIC. KNOWLES ERIC BL0RE GEORGE BARBER Directed by ARCHIE MAYO Strw PUv T Cmttj Rofcm OrUioal Stwy fcy Uarict TUmlm AND SECOND HIT Unique Santa Greets Crowd Elves Turn Clock Hands as Old Chris Kringle Presents Self j SILVER CLIFF A Hovel meth od of presenting the Christmas program here Wednesday night pleased a large and appreciative audience. Small Christmas elves turned iorwara the hands on a large clock as the program pro gressed and at the close of the program produced a genial Santa Claus from. the fireplace to dis tribute gifts with candy and nuts for everyone. The fireplace with the clock on the mantle made a pretty stage setting and Christmas decorations were used throughout the room. School Gives Program The program consisted of Christmas carols, scripture read-! lng of "The Christmas Story,' exercise, acrostic and recitations by Gene Mulkey, Floyd Fox, Jr., Marie and Robert Charpilloz and Richard Patton; plays "Buddy's Christmas Candy" and "Sally's Kind of Christinas," by the school; readings by Dorothy and Donald Brewer; violin and piano music by Jim Mulkey and Bob Gothberg; accordion solos by Ed die Anderson of Portland; Christ-! mas song with violin accompani ment by Arleta and Maurice Ver- beck of Silverton; reading, Mrs. Thelma Mulkey, and pantomime. "The First Christmas" by the school with Mrs. Floyd Fox at the piano, and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Mulkey, Robert Gothberg and Jim Mulkey jr., singing. NLRB Director Greets Governor In Yule Message SEATTLE, Dec. 24.-;P)-Re-gional Labor Board Director Charles W. Hope sent a tele gram" of Christmas greeting to day to Got. Charles H. Martin, of Oregon, with whom he has been in controversy during the Oregon AFL-CIO mill dispute. The message: "It is my sin cere hope that this holiday sea son will bring peace to the lum ber industry and a speedy set tlement of differences within the ranks of labor, to the end that normal solutions of all fu- tare differences may be solved by agencies created through and by laws now on the statute books laws created by the cit izens of these United States. "To the governor of Oregon and to Mayor Joseph K. Carson and to my many friends in la bor, I extend my slncerest greet ings." sky cruisers on the maiden flight, Figuring on the performance of 14 similar new sky cruisers in the non stop flight to the Canal Zone, 3080 miles, earlier this month. some officers expect this 2553 mile dash to Hawaii to be made in less than 19 hours. Delivery of the new planes was made to the navy here Just after the orders were issued to a de stroyer squadron to speed to the battleship base at San Pedro. Dur ing the delivery an unusually vig ilant harbor naval patrol was In effect. vouYe afte 1 - FRED STONE, GORDON In Steel Drive - H" V 4; V When Philip Murray, chairman of the Steel Workers' Organizing committee, spoke before the Pittsburgh convention of the or ganization, above, he expressed confidence that the working agreements the SWOC has with 445 steel firms, expiring next February, would be successfully renewed. He asked for unlimited authority in negotiations. Birchf ield Named Head for Masons ALBANY At a meeting of St. Johns lodge No. 17, AF&AM, Kie Birchfield was elected wor shipful master. At the same time C. O. Budlong was elected senior warden, Walter Kropp Junior wardenVictor OHiver and Elmer Williamson, reelected secretary and treasurer respectively, and A. G. Sanders, reelected trustee for three years.. Officers appointed were Alfred Trimble, senior deacon; Walter Stuart, Jr., Junior deacon; H. E j Vandel, steward; Max Rohrbough, marshal; and William Weaver, tiler. Officers of St. Johns lodge will be installed at a Joint installation with Barxillai chapter, OES on St. Johns night. Yule Rush Knots Gotham's Traffic NEW YORK. Dec. 24-(P)-Thousands of New Yorkers, home ward bound from offices and from last-minute shopping tours, were caught in one ot Manhattan's greatest traffic jams early tonight East river to the Hudson river, a distance of about two miles, and from 23 rd street to 59 th street, in the heart of the shopping and business district. Traffic Inched along as frantic policemen sought to unravel the snarl. JONES, DOROTHY MOORE, IN 4tQUICK MONEY" Fishboat Seizure Branded old Case LOS ANGELES, Dec. ti-Wf-Nary destroyer continned their "training maneuver" patrols off southern California .haTbor en trances today. - A message ot inquiry to the flagship Pennsylvania of the Unit ed States fleet asking whether the commander - In - chief would take cognizance of published re ports of a widespread coastwise anti-espionage drive and d e n y that the destroyer patrols were for counter espionage elicited no reply. When the orders were issued for the destroyer squadron to take up emergency harbor entrance" pa trol activities earlier in the week Adra. A. J. Hepburn said it was merely a routine "organization and training personnel, activity." The seizure by federal marshals yesterday of the Japanese fish boat "Nancy Hanks" was dis closed today as an old case, which has been under Investigation for months and the action was a libel In admiralty by the customs service. t mz rr j .vt I , axis i a auics ivuaj HIS 2 Holiday Hits Skyward Fly the Cuckoos! Start$ Sunday 2 Features j? a rora-Ausa ratlin SIIE LOVED lHiPlMiWIMII.MIMIak tl.iiimnNi Nmni AND HIT NO. 2 Romance That Speeds at the Rate ot a Laugh a Minute! "There Goes the Groom" Mary Boland Burgess Meredith Ann Sotbeni rr vnror t attg Wi i Tin , U IMA 1 " And fend Hit . . f Mary Christmas, Rip Van Winkle Meet No FoolinV ! BURBAKK, Calif , Dec. 24-(P)-Mrs. Mary Christmas of Santa Claus, Ind., Is accustomed to encountering skepticism when she gives her name and address to tradesmen and oth ers. Today, the situation was somewhat reversed when she purchased a turkey at a Bur bank market and learned the clerk's name was Rip Van Winkle. . ' Mrs. Christmas, whose name and residence have been the subject of several "Believe it or Not" features, is visiting here. A mm Mill rN FRANK BUCK IN 'JUNGLE MENACE U n u D I u I II BUSY BEE'S BIIEBE BRUCE BETTY RED SMITH and REDDY Two Plump Screwy Plumbers PHILLIP McMAHOX Featured with Bobby Breen in "Make a Wish" JACK AND TED Rolling Rascals FIRST RUN SCREEN HIT mm ESTHER RALSTON tECIS TOOMLi I FAXRELL MacDOMALB SSCAI Pfl-JIDIIT IIACXMEI COME IN AT 10:O0 P. M. STAY FOR THE ADVANCE SHOWING OF SUNDAY'S SHOW to n P. M.V .-m, - m. w -' - , AND POPEYE CARTOON 0 ..III mW mT Z M mwmmmSmmmmVmryrm-V 3u 4 j