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. Commentators Dorothy Thompson and Mark Sullivan study the rapidly changing world and report to you their analyses In their Statesman columns. The Weather ... . Increasing cloudiness to day and Sunday, little change In temperature. Max. temp. Friday 65, min. 29. River -.7 feet. NW wind. POUNDOD 1651 EIGHTY-E1GHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, November 26, 1938 Price Sc; Newsstands 5e No. 209 French Strikes Gro win Daladier Plans Counter Move Against Labor 24-Hour General Strike Called for Wednesday " by Union Body Polish Soldiers Clash With Czechs,; Germans Hit Jews Again (By the Associated Press) A rapidly spreading labor cri sis in France, a Polish-Czechoslo-Tak border clash and new nasi measures against Jews dominated the troubled European scene yes terday. - It was a critical day for French Premier Daladier who countered h pro win p strike movement aim ed at his government by prepar ing to take over affected indus tries "in case of need." The Confederation of Labor called a 24-hour general strike of its 5,000,000 members for next Wednesday and the strong social ist party demanded Daladier's im mediate resignation. More than 100.0U0 Frenchmen already have gene on strike. Czechs Resist Polish Soldiers The border incident between Polish and Czechoslovak soldiers came hen a Czech commander resisted Polish occupation of the ceded Czasa district ahead of the Dec. 1 date set for the occupation. The Prague government announc ed the incident was settled oy ai Tilnmatic. means. The premature Polish occupa tion, by which she obtained about 120 square miles of Czechoslovak territory, was ordered a a mili tary measure following an attack on the Polish border demarcation committee. narmnnv's new! measures against Jews eliminated them from the roster oi register" craftsmen and required liquida tion Of stocks of Jewish retail stores by Jan. 1. They were jssuea as United States Anfbassador Hugh R. Wilson reached home to report on conditions in. the reich. Wilson Confers With Secretary " The ambassador reached New York in time for a brief confer ence with Secretary Hull before the latter sailed for the Pan Americaa conference at Lima, Peru. ' ' Another development bearing on German - American relations was a new note to Berlin in which the United States was believed to have insisted that Germany is re sponsible for Austria's debts. British Prime Minister Cham berlain and his foreign secretary, Viscount Halifax, returned to Lon don from Paris conferences with Daladier which brought closer the military and diplomatic friendship between the two democracies. Hungarian House Hay Be Dissolved Hungary's political upheaval was heightened by the possibility that ' parliament might be dis solved for new elections as a re sult of the overthrow of Premier Action in the Japanese-Cblness war was cominea to reports i Japanese advances' on the south China front. Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Vai-Khek was reoorted planning a frank review of relations be tween China and the United States and France following a showdown talk with the British ambassador. The generalissimo was said to fiav warned that unless Britain changed her policy and gave help to her cause, China would be forced to turn elsewhere. Relative an let prevailed In Spain's civil war as Insurgent and government commanders mapped their next moves. Child Killed When Log Crushes Auto RE A RIDE. Not. 15.-UP-A. 7 year-old child was killed and a woman seriously Injured here late today when a log rolled off a truck and trailer and crashed on top of a passenger car after the vehicles collided. " - The child, Eugene Holm, Can non Beach, was thrown out of the car and under the trailer. Mrs. A. L. Hoser. Portland, sustained a possible skull fracture. Tom Zettenrall, 16, Portland, driver of ih ear. eseaDed iniurr. Officers Bald they believed the accident was due to theft of a stop sign from an intersection. ' . '''' i Wage-Hour Administrator Thinks State Will Comply PORTLAND, Not. 25.HTV-Wes-ley O. Ash. the wage-hour act western administrator, said on ar rival here today he thought Ore gon employers would find rela tively little difficulty complying with the flaw. .... - Ash. one of four field represent tatives under Elmer F. Andrews, national administrator, said "it seems to be principally a case of minor readjustments." Pope Pius Struck By Sudden Attack . . V.,... .vl... V. POPE PIUS XI AFL Unions Vote To Defy Strikers Stock Yard Workers Will Return to Job Monday Despite CIO Ban CHICAGO, Not. 25-(;P)-AF of L unionists decided today to go to work in the stock yards Monday in defiance of a strike conducted by the CIO. The decision was reached in a conference with O. T. Henkle, general manager of the Union stock yards. The strike, now in its fifth day and affecting approximately 600 livestock handlers, has halted trade on the greatest meat animal market in the world. The militant move to resume operations was started by Thom as Devero, business agent of the AF of L stock handlers local. He led about 200 men from the un ion's hall to the yards. There a committee of 35 conferred with Henkle. "They said they would bring back 150 to 400 men," Henkle an nounced. "They're going back Monday." . - - A force of 100 policemen was on duty in the yards when Devero and his followers arrived. A lew pickets stationed by the handlers unit of the CIO packing bouse workers organizing committee re mained on duty. Devero told reporters ' he bad asked that the officers be with drawn when his men report at 6 a.m.. Monday. Henkle said, how ever, the police department would have to decide whether It snouia maintain a guard. . Landon Promises He'll Keep Quiet William Allen White Tells All" to Use Principle of Cal Coolidge NEW YORK, Not. l.-VPi-Vm- Ham Allen White, the Kansas ed itor Confucius-like advised Alf Landon today to keep his mouth shut and the former , Kansas gov ernor and republican presidential nominee said he would. "You will Bee the wisdom of ad' hesive tape on your countenance, said a message from White re ceived by Landon as he sailed with the delegation to the Pan-Amer ican conference at Lima, Peru. Landon, an appointee of Presi dent Roosevelt, Interpreted the message as advice to keep mum and said he would ' say nothing, He declined to speculate on why White sent him the message. Two days ago Landon suggest ed Got. Herbert H. Lehman of New Tork as "one outstanding democrat for the 1940 presiden tial nomination, but did not advo cate his election and also refused to name any ellgibles for the re publican presidential candidacy. The letter from White said: ' am sending you my book about coolidge to read on tne way down. I am sending it for three reasons first, because I think you will enjoy. It; second, because I think it will keep you busy, and maybe reading the life of Coolidge you will see the wisdom for adhesive tape on your countenance." .111 ill Rosser Arguments Scheduled Today in Polk County Court DALLAS, Not. 25 Sheriff T. B. Hoeker left for Portland to night to return Albert E. Rosser former tifegon AFL teamster chief, here to be on hand at 10 a.m. Saturday when Circuit Judge Arlie G. Walker will hear argu ments on an order entered re cently revoking an earlier order admitting Rosser to bail. Motion to dismiss Rossers ap pear to the supreme court from a 12-year sentence for arson was tiled with the high court in Salem today ore the signatures of Dis trict Attorney Bruce Spaulding and Special , Prosecutors .: Oscar Hayter of Dallas and Ralph - E. Moody of Salem. The state's arguments before Judge Walker are expected to fol low those contained la a brief that accompanied the motion filed with Fear for Pop On Lessens 3 O Heart ck Holy Father's Condition Apparently Unchanged, Watchers Report v Doctors Indicate That Danger Past hut Stay at Bedside VATICAN CITY, Not. 26.-(Sat- nrday)-(ff7-The condition of Pope Pins XI, who collapsed yesterday from a heart attack, apparently was unchanged early today. Persons on watch at the papal palace said there was no unusual activity around his palace at 5:30 a. m. (8:30 p. m. PST). The pontiff was visited by the noted heart specialist. Dr. Dom enico Cesa-Bianchl, last night fol lowing emergency treatment dur ing the day. Dr. Cesa-Bianchi went into the holy father's simply - furnished bedroom at 9 p. m. (12 noon PST) and remained until 11:20 p. m., when he departed he told persons waiting outside the papal apart ment the 81-year-old pontiff's con dition was not for the moment alarming. Condition "Encouraging" At Midnight Shortly before midnight a vat- lean source said the pope s condi tion was "encouraging. About the same time a Vatican news ag ency said there were no important developments. The pope also was visited to night by an Intimate friend, the Jesuit Padre Agostino Gemelli, who was reported to have found the patient's condition "much eas ier." Previously physicians had Indi cated that immediate danger to the pope's life had passed but his chief physician. Dr. Xmlnta Milan! remained at or near the side of the narrow brass bed on which the patient lay. Afl Depends On tope's Heart Dr. Milani. who treated the pope daring a grave illness two years ago, saia wai au aepenaea on the resistance of the holy fath er's heart.". Another attack like that which struck him down short ly after this morning's mass might be fatal, tbe physician said. A private source with connec tions In the Vatican household said the pope's condition caused serious alarm during the after noon and again this evening. There was no confirmation of this from attending physicians. This source said the pope suf fered three fainting spells about noon (3 a. m., PST), after which he lay unconscious for an hour. Five hours later, it was said, the patient suffered another relapse which raised fears he was dying. He was said to have rallied be fore 8 p. m., only to sink again. His physicians were reported to have halted emergency treatment injections of digitalis and ad renalin leaving the - pontiff to rally by his own strength. $1,000,000 Damage Suit Is Settled out of Court ASTORIA. Not. 2S.-UPk-A mil lion dollar damage suit against the Detroit Trust company, trust ees for owners of lands from which the bir 1933 Tillamook fire consumed the timber, was set tled out of court today for a re ported $175,000. The plaintiffs sued to regain losses. The defendants were char ged with neglect by permitting logging during low humidity. Six-Year4)ld Boy Killed By Accidental Gun Shot KLAMATTT V ALT St Mn K (-Leonard Barney, e, met death instantly today when his eight- vear-olri brother rilaMiariret ri fle. Dr. Peter Galante of Klamath aeencv said tha laria w nltvlnr in the bedroom of their grandmo ther's home near Sprague river wnen tne older boy playfully aim ed and fired. ' The bullet pierced Leonard's head. the supreme eourt today. The brief contends Rosser s appeal ex plred through his failure to file a transcript of proceedings within 30 days after notice of appeal was first given here August 23. . Before the supreme court con siders the dismissal motion, Ros ser's attorney will have 10 days to file an answering brief and the state five days more to make Its reply. "- . I Rosser appeared In prospect of gaining . his freedom early this month when surety , bonds tor I 5 5,0 00 . bail In three Oregon counties were approved and move by Washington authorities to extradite him to that state was dropped. But Judge Walker granted a stay of discharge upon the state's representations' that the appeal had not been perfected. 71 Now Dead From Winter Cold in East New England Is Hardest Hit With 22 Listed as Victims Ice Glazes Roads; Snow Covers Landscape in Most of East ft (By the Associated Press) The death toll of the first say- age cold wave of the winter the most severe Thanksgiving weather in many years stood tonight at approximately 81 for the nation. Ice-glazed roads, fires and ex posure left a trail of death In the eastern states, whipped by an Arctic storm. Several men col lapsed while digging away snow drifts. Upstate New York counted 14 dead, the metropolitan area 8, New England 22, New Jersey 12, Pennsylvania 7, the south 5, Ohio 4, Michigan and Indiana 2 each, and Nebraska, Missouri and Mary land 3 each. Continual Cold Is Forecast Continued cold was the forecast tonight as a large area of the United States lay under a blanket of snow. Slowly rising tempera tures were forecast for the week end. Washington, D. C, dug out of a 7-lnch snowfall an all time record for November. Clogged and slippery streets caused 39 acci dents. Thousands of men worked at clearing New York streets from the heaviest snowfall In Novem ber since the weather bureau rec ords began in 1871. Nearly 2,000 pieees of motorized equipment were in use. Snow Covers Atlantic City Snow covered Atlantic City's boardwalk, and in some New Jer sey cities it was heavier than last winter's total snowfall. Pennsylvania lay under 4 to 12 Inches of snow, a record for. No- Tember. western Maryland ttnde 12 inches, and Baltimore under 10 the heaviest for November in (7 years. In Chicago the mercury hovered between 17 and 20, with a fore cast of colder tomorrow. The tern perature In Wisconsin ranged from 2 above to the low 20's. There were snow flurries In Wyoming and Colorado, and a No vember cold wave bleaker than any for that section since 1916 moved to the Texas gulf coast. Note Is Hastened To German Reich relieved us insists on wn Tn v Policy Germany Must Pay for Austria WASHINGTON. Not. 25.-JP- A new note In which the United States is believed to have insisted that Germany Is responsible for Austria's debts went forward to Berlin today. It was a Quick renlv to a com munication in which the reich is understood to have taken the po sition that she had no legal obi! gatlon to assume the debts. Today's communication was sent from Washington without even awaiting the arrival of Ambassa dor Hugh Wilson, who came back from Berlin with a comprehensive report on the situation in Ger many. The action called renewed at tention to one of the points of differences between the two gov ernments, whose relations have suffered such a critical strain that both have called their ambassa dors home. Another development with some bearing on German-American re lations occurred today when Presi dent Roosevelt formally pro claimed new trade treaties with Great Britain and Canada. The president, as is usual, called at tention to the fact that Oermanv is on the American trade black list. "Because I find as a fact that tne treatment of American com- merce by Germany Is dlscrimina tory, i direct that such proclaimed duties (contained in the new treaties) shall not be annuel to products of Germany," Mr. Roose velt said In a letter to Secretary Morgenthau, who Is responsible ror customs collections. All other nations will share the benefits of the new treaties under Unconditional "most Tored nation" treatment. fa- NLRB Lawyers to Study Six Petitions of AFL PORTLAND, Not. 15.-ff)-At-torneys for the regional national labor - relations board, O. L. Pat terson and Thomas J. Graham, Jr., of Seattle, will arrive Monday to study AFL petitions for recog nition at six sawmills. : Action was deferred earlier In the month because Patterson was attending a conference at Wash ington, D. C ' BmshFiresC ter$5$00$00:B FILM MANSION IN PATH OF "1 ' n t I r Through the gates of a palatial mansion can be seen the destruction brush lire that for two days bas brought ruin to hundreds of acres of mountain land in the Santa Monica mountains. Five thousand fire fighters were called from all parts of Southern California to bat tle the blaze and prevent spreading to the world-famed Bel-Air district, home of many screen celeb rities. (UN.) Charge Extortion Against two Men FBI " Agents Arreat Pair for Alleged Kidnap Threat Plot PORTLAND, Not. 25-tiP)-Fed- eral bureau of Investigation ag ents and city police tonight ar rested three men who gave their names as Alexander Drummond, 38, New York City; William J. Jackson, 21, Stockton, Calif., and Tony Bogdan, Wisconsin, and said they would charge at least two of them with attempting to extort $15,000 from Dr. W. E. Savage, Portland. FBI District Chelf J. D. Swen- son, said Drummond and Jackson were accused of sending a special delivery letter to the physician Wednesday night, demanding $15,000 and threatening himself, his wife or one of their three chil dren with kidnap. Swenson said the physician was told to carry a white package con taining the money in $5, $10 and $20 bills under his right arm and walk at Southwest Sixth avenue and Morrison street at 7 p.m., to day. Dr. Savage complied. Bogdan, Swenson said, contact ed Savage and took the parcel. Swenson and Detectives thereupon "tailed" Bogdan and arrested him. He implicated the other two, both of whom, Swenson stated, had served time in California penal in stitutions. Swenson said that Drummond later told officers he and Jackson had plied Bogdan with liquor and given him $1 to "meet a man ana get a package." Fisherman Is Held After Auto Crash ASTORIA, Nov. 25-tiP)--A.ndrew Peterson, 94, Warrenton fisher man, was arrested by Astoria po. lice after a spectacular crash south of here today. Officers said Peterson s car ripped through - a fence, shot across a 300-foot field, hurtled a pile of shingles, went through a second fence, barely missed tbe farmhouse of Norman Haaland, struck Haaland and came to a stop. Haaland suffered, a . broken hip and ankle. Captain Keegan to Have Say Before Dies Probe PORTLAND, Not. 26.-(flV Portland ' Police Captain John 1. Keegan will testify before the Dies congressional committee investi gating on-American activities De cember 3. Keegan said, after the city council had approved his trip east to testify, that "Bridges and Prit chett botu say they are not com munlsts. Ill prove they are." - Late Sports VANCOUVER, Nor. 25-(CP)-Vancouver Lions found their win ning ways again tonight to hang a 4-2 defeat on the second-place Seattle Seahawks and climb' with in two points of the Hawks In the Pacific coast hockey league stand ings. .'"' J. X ; i Peak to Be Named For Early Pioneer KLAMATH FALLS, Not. 15.- (AThe national park service asked the federal board of geogra phic names today to recognize one of Crater lake's lofty crags as Ap plegate peak in memory of Cap tain Oliver C. Applegate, famed pioneer and Indian fighter. The peak under consideration Is southwest of the Phantom Ship and stands 8135 feet above sea level and 1974 feet above the lake's blue waters. Captain Applegate died here several weeks ago. October's Relief Costs Are Higher Increase of 37.9 per Cent Shown Over Year Ago in Report PORTLAND, Nov. 25.-iiP)-The state relief committee revealed to day October relief expenditures were higher than September and 37.9 per cent more than the cor responding month a year ago. The direct assistance . rolls to taled 29,732 persons in October against 26,108 in September, an increase of 14.6 per cent. Costs rose from $170,999 to $184,264. or 7.8 per-cent The expenditures will continue to . mount, particularly because WPA rolls have been curtailed in a number of counties, Elmer Gou dy, administrator, said. .The cases of all types advanced to 30,817 60.4 per cent of the total cost of $648,397 going to old-age assistance, 33.4 per cent for direct relief, 4.9 per cent de pendent children, and 1.4 per cent for blind. . . - ' Further curtailments of WPA rolls will present a serious prob lem, Jack Lulhn, chairman, sta ted. Dr. Robert L. Benson of Port land Informed the committee the government might assign medical cases to welfare and public health agencies, thus relieving the with drawal from relief money. Gypsy Rose Lee Is Summoned By Dies Body CLEVELAND, Not. 25-(P)-'rwo members of the Dies congressional committee, investigating alleged communist activities ia Ohio schools, today summoned . Gypsy Rose - Lee for testimony about a Hollywood campaign to raise mon ey for the Spanish loyalist govern ment,' ' " '" ' -" Committeeman Harold Mosier (D-Ohlo), who with Rep. Noah Mason (R-Ill.) is conducting the inquiry here, telephoned Miss Lee at CotumbuB, where she is doing a strip-tease act. The former movie star promised to let him know: later if she could appear, -Mosier said. COLUMBUS, O.. Not. 2 Gypsy Rose Lee, the strip tease artist, said tonight she could not go to Cleveland to appear before INFERNO ;,v;:.;.:;io 5j v - 1 and havoc wrought by a raging August Huckestein Dies at 75 Years War Postmaster 9 Years ; Longtime Direetor of Salem Hospital August Huckestein, former Sa lem postmaster for a period of nine years and resident of this city the past 48 years died late yesterday afternoon at the Salem General hospital at the age of 75. Mr. Huckestein was appointed postmaster by President Wilson, July 1, 1913, and served until June 30, 1922. As war-time post al head his administration was one of unusual responsibility as he directed sales of war savings bonds and thrift stamps here. He was a member of Salem Elks lodge No. 336 of which order he was exalted ruler in 1913 and 1914. He was a charter member of the Cherrians and a . member of the Salem General hospital board of directors for 44 years, recently having . been appointed a life member and president-emeritus of the board. He was also a . city council member for several terms (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Improvement Sign Seen in Business PORTLAND, Not. 25-P- Dun's review reporiea toaay wholesale and retail trade in the Portland area showed definite signs of Improvement this week. Fcodl market receipts were slightly higher than the corres ponding period a year ago and ahead of last week. October de partment store sales declined 7 ner cent from a year ago but No vember trade advanced 5.7 per cent. Mill supply and wnoiesaie hardwood concerns were behind 9 ner cent last month against a year ago but moved ahead slightly this month. The review estimated the year's decline would reach 20 per cent. Lumber production was 59 per cent of the 1927-29 average. Or- . - . I . . M aers exeeea snipmenis aooat xv, 000,000 board feet. ; v v.; to Bare Facts members of the Dies committee on un Americanism, but promised with with a iitterr laugh. "I'll bare ev erything if the committee will come ta Columbus." She said she was asked to tes tify as to communistic activities in Hollywood. "Maybe we' did give carues out there to raise money for poor kids and women In China and Spain,' she said. "Is that un American T I thought it was the American creed to help the down troMen. :; Hiss Lee Wondered, "will I real ly hare to go If they subpoena me!" A renorter said "res.' - 4 "Well, It's the first time I ever rot billlnr with Shirley. Tempu and.I think It's marvelous," Miss Lee rippled. (The child actress was mentioned once In connection with the Dies Investigation.) 1 Fire Dangers Santa Monica Cinema Homes Brentwood Canyon Blaze Leaps From Control Third Time Ranch Caretaker Is Held as Prohahle Starter of hig Burn LOS ANGELES, Not. 25.-(flV Brush fires in the Santa Monka and San Bernardino mountain areas continued as serious men aces to property today after bar ing caused possibly $5,000,000 damage already in destruction of homes and watershed protective growth. For the third time, the fire in the Santa Monica-Brentwood re gion broke out of control. It inreaienea 10 eai us way lowara half a hundred expensive- homes in lower Mandeville . canyon, ad- oining Brentwood, where many Hollywood screen players, includ- 1 T t . .J O 1 1 ills juau rnwiuiu, oairwj Temple, James Stewart and Pat O'Brien, live. 40 Firemen ; Nearly Trapped A -squad of 40 firemen were nearly trapped when the flames umped a firebreak and reached a crest overlooking Mandeville canyon. Half of the men escaped by automobiles and the other lay under a fire -truck until the flames passed over. All men were ac counted for later. Fire Chief Ralph Scott of Los Angeles ordered his forces to abandon efforts to control the fire in Sullivan canyon and concen trate in the adjacent Mandeville canyon. He issued a call for 10 more men from Los Angeles tire stations to aid the 700 already on the Mandeville fronts. ' People Evacuated From Village In the San Bernardino moun tains, women and children were evacuated from the Tillage ef Crestline. Firemen believed, however, that the flames had been deflected at east temporarily from the Tillage. The threat to the Mandeville district came from a blaze center ing In Sullivan canyon which fire fighters believed they had under control this morning. First, a backfire Ignited on the . canyon ridge threatened to Jump back over the firebreak at the ridge top. This menace was eon- miAvail T1n - entlA&vilw a ma i new flare-up. One hundred weary men, on duty for 36 hours, were unable to cope with this. The fire started to spread both. up and down the east wall of Sullivan canyon. Additional Fighters Sent One Front Three truck loads of additional fire fighters were sent to the scene. On one front, the flame were halted at the edge ef the estate of Lindsay Gillis, prominent insurance man. Firemen in the San Bernardino mountains concentrated their ef forts toward preventing the flames there from reaching Panorama Point on the Rim of the World highway, where the west gad of presume wouia be endangered It was burning up toward the point through thick brush Fifteen pumpers were on hand. East of Crestline, the blase was fairly well under control. Aided by a wind shift, firemen gained at least temporary control of the flames near Panorama Point by backfiring. Assistant U. S. na tional forest supervisor, William S. Brown, described the situation in the Crestline areas as "ex cellent" tonight. , Another firs burned briskly in Upper CJtj Creek canyon, eight miles east, but no homes were in the flames' path. Many Crestline residents whe fled this morning had returned to their homes tonight. A ranch caretaker, David Tre wltt, 37, whose story indicated, a probably started the Santa Monica mountains tire. Sheriff - Eugene Biscailuz said, was arraigned on arson charges In Calabasas justice court today and remanded to the county Jail in lieu of $1000 bond. His trial was set for December 6. Sheriff Blscailui said . Trewitt reported he threw ashes, from his stove into dry brush near his cabin at the head of Santa Tnez canyon, where the fire started. ; . "If I started air that trouble I'm sorry." said Trewitt. It cer tainly was unintentional. I djd all in my power to stop it I worked all night. Then they took me to Jail." - - - . - He Dreams of Turkeys, Then Leaps out Windovt W PORTLAND, Ore Nor. 25. -Full of Thanksgiving turkey and trimmings, E. F. Porter-Smith, 30, retired , in the interests of di gestion. During a nightmare he leaped from his second story bed room window and suffered severe ly gasned legs ana arms. ;