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Commentators Dorothy Thompson aad Hark 8nlllvan study the rapidly changing world and report to yoo their analyses In their .Statesman columns. The Weather Partly rloady today and Monday little change In temperature. Max. Temp. Saturday 53, Mln. 30. River w9 feet. XW wind. POUNDDO 1651 EIGHTY-EItiHTIl YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, November 27, 1938 Price Sc; Newsstands Sc No. 210 POUNDDD 1651 Berry J Berlin Envoy Is to Remain On Duty Here Ambassador Wilson Given Orders to Be Advised on Relations New Protests Published Against Nazi Handling o Creditors WASHINGTON, Not. 26.-(Jfy Signs of strained relations with Germany multiplied today when the state department assigned Its ambassador to Berlin to an indef inite tour of duty in Washington and published new protests against nazi treatment of Ameri can creditors. Sumner Welles, acting secretary of state, announced that Ambas sador Hugh Wilson, who returned here today from Berlin on his way to confer with President Roose velt at Warm Springs. Ga., had been assigned to the department as an advisor on relations between the two countries. Other officials paid later that the assignment, while for an indefinite period, was a temporary one. Berlin Embassy Complains Again Thereafter the department dis closed that the United States em bassy in Berlin had complained to the German government yesterday against "acts or policies of foreign governments which discriminate against American creditors and give foreign creditors more favor able treatment than Americans." This referred to the fact that Germany has not continued serv ice on Austrian debts outstanding in his country when Austria be came a part of the reich. An ex change of notes published by the department said Germany already was making payments on Austri an obligations to creditors in Great Britain, France and , some other nations. , Germans Refer To Trade Relations " " The German government, in a note of November 17, said that while it had been possible to rec ognize and pay -certain Austrian obligations In those countries be cause o( Germany's favorable trade balance with them, it had been Impossible to make any Am erican arrangement because of un favorable trade relations. Today's publication of notes re garding the Austrian debt ques tion disclosed the United States now has addressed four increas ingly pointed notes to Berlin since Germany absorbed Austria and suspended service on Austrian debts and bonds in this country without recognizing responsibility for paying those obligations. About $50,000,000 is believed Involved in the bonds and obliga tions of the old Austrian govern ment and Its municipalities and sub-divisions. Disney's Mother Dies From Fumes HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. Nov. 26 -(P)-Escaping gas fumes killed Mrs. Flora Disney, 71-year-old mother of Walt Disney, noted film cartoonist, today in her North Hollywood home. The husband and father, Ellas Disney, 80, was taken to a hos pital in a serious condition but physicians said he probably will recover. '' - . Alma Smith, cook and maid for the Dlsneys, found them 'in conscious upstairs after being al most overcome herself when she rose and went to the kitchen to cook breakfast. She threw open all windows she could reach and staggered outside to summon id. Police officers and gas com pany experts were unable to de "termine" from a preliminary in vestigation just what earned tha gas to escape. , Roy Disney, brother of "Walt, said they gave the home ro their parents on their golden wedding anniversary- last January. Book for Art Appreciation On Sale Again One last brief opportunity is being afforded Statesman read-, ers who purchased the 48 fam ous paintings offered by this newspaper in cooperation with the National Committee for Art Appreciation, to obtain the book, "How to Look at Pic tures,' by Hendrik Willem Van Loon. The sale of picture' sets was closed some: months ago bat daring the pre-Christmas pe riod, the book which was a snp- plementary offer Is still avail able for purchase at 50 cents a copy, 'to persons who bought the entire collection of 48 pic tures. Their names-are on file ' 1b The Statesman office. ' ; The. book, like the pictures, . should be an appreciated Christ maa gift; - . ury Undecided OREGON STATE TROUNCES OREGON 14-0 la M .. - r i 7 ' v' , Scoring twice In the final period, the Beavers yesterday rang np a 14 to O score on their traditional ri vals,, the Webfoots of the University of Oregon. The Staters put up a stone wall defense against Oregon drives and above Frank Emmons, Oregon fallback, is shown meeting a little of the stone wall in Joe Wendlick, veteran Beaver end, after a two yard gain. Complete story on sport page. (IINr photo.) Seek Murder Gun In Salem Ditches Slaying Suspect Says He Threw Pistol in Ditch From Freight Search for the revolver that may have killed Joe Dee Moore, Yakima, Wash., automobile deal er, November 7 near that city turned to Marion county yester day. Saying Roy Wright, 18, who is charged with first degree mur der in the case, had told them he threw the gun from a moving freight train about a mile south of Salem, Deputy Sheriff Bert Guns and Detective Floyd Luce of Yakima enlisted Sheriff A. C. Burk's aid in hunting for the missing weapon. An all-day search of ditches flanking the Southern Pacific tracks south of the city, with Dep uty Sheriff B. G. Honeycut as sisting, proved fruitless, however. The Yakima officers planned to spend this morning continuing the hunt before starting homeward. Wright told Yakima authorities he threw one of two weapons he had carried at the time of the Moore slaying Jin the Columbia river and the other, a nickle plat ed revolver, into a ditch south of here. The Yakima officers also re ported a gold bracelet Wright con fessed he had stolen from a wom an at Toppenish, Wash., in a hold up had been found in a Salem pawn shop. Queen's Remains Are Taken Home OSLO, Nov. 26.-;P)-The body of Queen Maud of Norway was re turned to her adopted land today aboard the British warship Royal Oak. Escorted by Norwegian naval units, the Royal Oak entered Oslo fjord as thousands lined the quay. The nation was in mourning and schools were closed for the day. A military salute of 21 guns was fired as British bluejackets carried the royal coffin ashore Then it was borne through crowd lined streets to Akershns castle. where the body will lie in state until the funeral, not yet arran ged. . . . Queen Maud, daughter of King Edward VII of Great Britain and queen of Norway since Haakon was called to the throne in 1905 died in England last Sunday. New Snoivstorms Cover East A s Temperature Goes Lower NEW YORK, Nov. 2 6-CP)-New snowstorms hit the east tonight, piling another blanket on the packed ice and snow of Thurs day's 'preview" blizzard. By midnight, fresh snowfalls covered New York and New Jer sey, and . the six New England states, also reported heavy storms. An all-time temperature low for the date was set in Newark, NJ, where the mercury fell to 14. - Several inches of snow In North Carolina tied np highway traffic and caused the cancellation of some airplane schedules. ; (By The Associated Press) A preview of winter with ab normally low temperatures, high winds and a forecast of more snow persisted over much of the nation today (Sunday) following one" of the worst November storms In years.- The onslaught caused at 1 yf W' Burg Says Waves . 20 Feet High in Colorado Canvon PORTLAND, Nov. 26 - (JP) -Amps Burg, Portland adventurer and writer who accompanied Hal dane Holmstrotn, Coquille on a perilous trip down the Colorado river, said on his return home to day that he and Holmstrom tra versed 365 major rapids on their voyage from upper Green river lakes to Boulder Dam. , WTaves in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado were 20 feet high, he said. Burg said bis ribless rubber boat often was bounced around like, a tennis ball and once the bow came back and cracked me on the head." 2 Convicts Found Guilty of Killing Jury Refuses to Execute Pair Held Guilty of Guard Slaying SAX FRANCISCO, Nov. 26-yP) A Jury of business men today convicted two young Alcatraz con victs, James C. Lucas end Rufus Franklin, of murdering a guard during an escape attempt, but re fused to Bend them to death in the lethal gas chamber. The result was that Franklin, 22, had another life sentence add ed to the two already standing against him and an indeterminate amount of time was appended to the 30-year stretch the 26-year-old Lucas is doing for Texas bank robbery and automobile theft. In the few minutes between pronouncement of the life sen tences and their start back to Al catraz in shackles, the two con victs had time to tell reporters that they expected to, spend the rest of their lives In isolation on "the rock" where the govern ment keeps 300 or more of its most dangerous' prisoners. But their attorney, Harold Faulkner, who contended the gov ernment's witnesses from Alcatraz made "a mess" of the prosecution. reiterated his argument " that Franklin and Lucas did not kill the guard. Royal C. Cline, and that the federal prosecutors had fallen far short of so proving. Cline was beaten to death in the saw room of the prison's car penter shop last May 23, shortly before Lucas, Franklin and an other prisoner, Thomas Limerick, climbed to the roof of the build lng and rushed a guard tower in an attempt to flee the island. least 92 deaths. ' 'Storm-born traffic accidents, frigidity, and over-exertion added to the toll steadily. The weather bureau reported a large mass of i cold air centered over the Great Lakes region was sweeping slowly eastward. At the same time It drew warmer weath er to the Pacific coast, adding to the menace of forest fires. Much of the northern part of the nation was blanketed by snow. Houghton, Mich., reported the fall was 11 Inches deep. Albany, NY, had six inches: Boston, five, and Philadelphia, four. Recapitulation of storm deaths of the Thanksgiving season showed: New York 25, New Eng land 23, New Jersey 12, Pennsyl vania 7, the south S, Ohio 9, Mary land 3. Michigan, Indiana and Il linois 2 each, Nebraska and Mis souri 1 each. After 9 Hours 3 Pope Leaves, Bed For Conference Slight CM1 Only Effect of Leaving Bed After Heart Attack VATICAN CITY, Nov. 2 6 Vatican sources said tonight tha: Pope Pius XI was seized with a slight chill about 5 p.m. (1 a.m., PST) after he had left his sick bed to carry on his official du ties. The chill lasted only a few minutes. The pope had been helped from bed and had sat up ia;t of the day despite the henrt at tack from which he collapsed yesterday' morning. He Bad been warned that his weakened heart might not survive another such attack. The supreme head of the Cath olic church, 81 years old lasl May 31, gave proof of his ex traordinary fortitude by holding a one-hour conference with Eu genio Cardinal Pacelli, papal sec retary of state. Most of the day the pope matched his will against that of his chief physician. Dr. Amlnta Milani, head of the Vatican state's sanitary department. A source close to the pontiff said His Holiness hoped to at tend mass tomorrow in his pri vate chapel and also intended not only to hold the customary official conferences but to re ceive a delegation of Hungarian pilgrims. This informant said early this evening that the holy father "could not hope to be better." Former Portland Pastor Is Taken LOS ANGELES. Nov. 26-(jP)-Rev. Edgar P. Hill, 77, former Chicago religious educator and clergyman, died at his home here today after a lengthy illness. Born at Pontiac, 111., he was a professor at McCormack seminary, and superintendent of the Presby terian churches in Chicago's board of church extension from 1906 to 1918. He organized the Chicago Presbyterian training school, lat er renamed Chicago Christian col lege, and helped form the Chica go Christian Industrial league. Before his retirement in 1925, the Rev. Mr. Hill held several pastorates In Illinois and that of the First Presbyterian church of Portland. Ore. Funeral services will be held Monday. Navy Plane Crash Is Fatal to Pair EL PASO, Texas, Nov.26-03)-A naval plane crashed from an al titude of about 50 feet at Fort Bliss army airport today killing two of Its crew of three. Col lapse of a folding wing was be lieved to have been the cause. The dead were Aviation Cadet L. T. Rowe. pilot, and Machinist's Mate a K. Wise, both of San Diego, Calif. Howard Willis, Fili pino mess attendant, escaped with minor injuries. Willis was In the tail section of the plane, the only part not smashed, and he was able to jump free when the ship came to rest. Woman Novelist Leave To Collect Nobel Cash NEW YORK. Not. 2l-(i)-Pearl S. Buck, winner of the 1938 Nobel prize' for literature, sailed for Stockholm today to receive her' cash award of 3?,975. It 'will be presented December 10 by King Gustar V of Sweden for her novel. The Good Earth." Resume Study J Of Case Early This Morning Prosecutor Makes Appeal for Kidnap Conviction of Quartet Jurors Told 'Unwritten LawMs no Defense in Summation OLTMPIA, Wash., Nov. 26-UP) After nine hours and 33 minutes of deliberation, a Jury of eight men and four women which heard the Dr. Kent W. Berry torture-abt duction case was put to bed at 10 p.m., tonight without yet reaching a verdict. The jury will resume delibera tions after having breakfast to morrow morning, expected not earlier than 8:30 a.m. The jury received the case at 12:27 p.m. The defendants. Dr. Berry, Olympia physician; James Reddick, taxicab driver, William McAloon, former Montesano night marshal, and Robert Smith, Bra dy, Wash., dairy farmer, were tak en upstairs from the courtroom to the county Jail to await the ver dict. Assault Charge Carries 20 Years The defendants are charged with assault and kidnaping. A first degree assault conviction carries a 20-year maximum, with the minimum to be set by the state parole board. A kidnaping con viction carries either death by hanging or life imprisonment. Showing the strain of the two weeks trial, Mrs. Berry's face was drawn and white during Special Assistant Pros. Joseph W. Gra ham's final plea. Her husband, who wept during his attorney's long and dramatic closing plea for acquittal, was grim. The aged parents of Mrs. Ber ry, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kevin, left the room weeping before the session was over. Prosecutor Asks Kidnap Cony ict ion Graham's last words were a plea the four men be convicted of kid naping, under which death or life imprisonment at the Jury's rec ommendation, is provided by Washington law. He asked all but Smith be convicted of first degree assault. The state would accept a second degree assault conviction against Smith, who was credited with saving Baker's life during an abduction and assault last August 19,-Graham said. Graham ridiculed Mrs. Berry's accusation Baker criminally as saulted her on a fourth of July party, the doctor's avowed motive for "punishing" Baker. Mrs. Ber ry testified to the assault during the trial and Baker, former coast guard officer, denied it. The assistant prosecutor ham mered home to the jurors Judge John M. Wilson's instructions the "unwritten law" was no defense. Argues Evidence Not Absolute "If a man should find another man attacking his wife, he should have absolute evidence, which Dr. Berry didn't have in this case," Graham argued. "If he did these things on the spur of the moment, there might be mitigating circum stances. "But this attack was planned over a period of six weeks. The law says this is not a mitigating circumstance." Berry's counsel, C. D. Cunning ham, white-haired and elderly "countrylawyer," based his clos ing plea on grounds that kidnap ing was never planned by the doc tor and the three men, and that a second degree assault conviction would be the most jury verdict for their "punishing" the good-look ing former coast guard officer. Portland Woman Leaps out Window PORTLAND, Nov. 26.-3J)-De-spondent over her own Illness and her husband's inability , to find work, Mrs. Howard Weaver, .47. today jumped from the 10th floor waiting room of her doctor, and survived. Detective W. S. Shaffer, who investigated, said the woman pin ned a suicide note to her coat and stepped out of the window Into the court of the Selling building. Her fall was broken by a first-floor skylight. She .landed on a stair case and was conscious when re moved to a hospltaL Attending physicians said she had more than an even chance to pnll through. She told Shaffer ill health and adversity provoked the jump. Youth Returns to Camp After Wandering all Day CANTONYILLE, Not. Elmer Munson, 17, Conrad, Mont., student at the Canyonville Bible academy, returned to a hunting camp unharmed today after being lost in the rugged territory near the South Umpqua river for 1 4 hours. . . . Z, .. He suffered from exposure. Hunting companions launched a search when he failed to return to camp Friday. . Waiting Period Likely as Both Sides Watchful Republicans Are Planning Strategy Carefully on Vote Cains Effective Coalition Jot Feasible Without Aid of Democrats By KIRKE L. SIMPSON WASHINGTON, Nov. 2 6-P)-Post-election speculation as to the probable course of events in the new congress is being grooved gradually to the expectation that a . period of watchful-watting is in prospect for both sides; admin istration and anti-administration. Republican leadership, on one side, appears moving toward a policy of careful strategy in ex ploiting the election victories which almost doubled minority party strength in the next house and increased its senate represen tation by 50 per cent. John D. M. Hamilton, the national chairman. has emphasized to party audiences that even these gains leave the republicans too far in the minority to be legislatively effective except in hoped-for close cooperation with some democrats. Caucuses Expected To ReHect View Republican house and senate caucuses in January, when the new congress convenes, are gen erally expected to reflect that view in shaping party tactics for the session. It all spells an effort to avoid antagonizing not only those democrats openly hostile to some administration methods and proposals but also the larger group of democratic doubtfuls. Any effective coalition of repub licans and anti-new deal demo crats would require the coopera tion of more congressional demo crats than can yet be set down as ready to declare open warfare on the president and his policies. Roosevelt Unafraid Of Coalition Threat Mr. Roosevelt has said he did not expect any such coalition to develop importantly. Behind that lies a conviction in administration circles that even the most extreme anti-new dealers must look ahead to 1940 and the prospect of being turned out of power nationally if intra-party fighting in the next congress reaches the stage of ma jority coalitions against the ad ministration. The loss of the presi dency in 1940 would mean, even to those congressional democrats from the south or elsewhere who survived a national party defeat, the loss of federal patronage per quisites they have enjoyed for eix years. "Crackdown" out In Wage-Hour Law PORTLAND, Nov. 26-(ff)-General Hugh Johnson's famous NRA "crackdown" will not be the policy of the fair labor stand ards act administration, Wesliy O. Ash, San Francisco, west coast regional director, made clear here today. Ash said that Administrator Elmer F. Andrews, New York, who will arrive here Tuesday, was convinced the majority ct employers and employes will co operate in working out the wage hour law and coercive measures will not be necessary. Ash said only a few complaints against employers had been re ceived on the coast. Multnomah Raids Capture Twenty Pinball Machines PORTLAND, Nov. 26-jP)-In a move to test the new slot machine law passed by Oregon voters In the November elections, police and steriff's deputies jointly raided 11 establishments last night, arrest ing 13 persons and confiscating 20 slot machines. "We wanted a test," Sheriff Martin Pratt said. "Since the new law makes my office responsible, Chief of Police Harry Niles and 1 thought it best we carry out the seizures." Salvation Army's new Home Dedicated Before big Crowd Friends of the Salvation Army crowded the auditorium of tsai organization's new building to the doors to participate in dedi- cation of the nearly-complete structure Saturday night. The dedicatory address was delivered by Commissioner Benjamin Or ames. In charge of Salvation Army activities in the 11 west ern states and , the Hawaiian Is lands, -who was present from San Francisco, together with other high officials of the religious In stitution. The service which Salvation Army Workers perform la nearly all corners 'of the globe, and the resultant gratitude of people of all faiths, constituted the theme of Commissioner Orames ad dress. He mentioned the. work of Miss Ruby Skelton of Salem, now sv missionary In war-torn Canton. China, and expressed ap preciation of the aid ot t k French Government Decrees Requisition Of Chief Railroads Daladier Signs Order Imposing Control of Army on Rail Workers Who Join in General Strike Premier Wins First Round of Conflict With Labor by Using Military Measures in Factories PARIS, Nov. 26. (AP) Premier Edouard Daladier tonight decreed the military requisition of all principal rail road lines of France in his fighting campaign to crush in ad vance the one-day general strike called by French labor for next Wednesday. Daladier signed a decree imposing army control on rail road workers, who voted to join the general strike tomorrow. Earlier in the day similar tactics by the premier smashed strikes among miners, metal workers, and local railroad hands in the north of France. Fifty thousand workers had Owalked out in the north. Jury Denies Claim For False Arrest Vordict for Defendant Given After Three Hour Mulling A circuit court Jury yesterday denied the claim of Gladys Lacey for damages from Fred Meyer, Inc., for alleged false accusa tions that she took a lipstick without paying for it. Verdict for the defendant firm came in three hours after the case want to the jury. Monday at 9 a.m. the 1 10,0 00 damage action of Agnes R. Ir win, administratrix, against Southern Pacific company and J. A. Mielke, conductor, over the death of William K. Irwin in a truck-log train accident at Aums ville will go on trial with Judge Carl H. Hendricks presiding. Ir win, young Salem man,- was fa tally injured when his truck struck a standing log flat at the Aumsvilie crossing a f t ft r dark on June 17, 1938. The train had stood, on the crossing more than 10 minutes whereas railroad limitations per mit only a five-minute stop and there was no warning signal or watchman, the complaint asserts. The defendants answer hy al leging that Irwin himself was negligent arid to blame for the accident. Walker Declines Ruling on Rosser DALLAS, Ore., Nov. 2 6 - IP) -Circuit ' Judge Arlie G. Walker declined to pass on a motion of the state to cancel an order ad mitting Al E. Rosser, former sec retary of the AFL Joint council of teamsters' unions in Oregon, to bail today. The judge continued an order directing Rosser be held in jail pending determination of.' the state's contention that Rosser's appeal from a 12-year arson sen tence should be dismissed by the state supreme court. The state held Rosser's failure to perfect his appeal within 30 days of the time of filing notice deprived. him of the right of appeal and that the circuit court should commit him to the penitentiary. Rosser was convicted of com plicity in the burning of the West Salem box factory. He was re turned to the Portland jail after the hearing . Three Game-Bound People Injured When Auto Skids THE DALLES, Nov. 26-p)- A .skidding automobile near Man pin last night put three CUllo Quln persons in a hospital when It ; overturned as they were en route to Portland for the .Ore gon-Oregon State football game. Don B. Rice suffered a frac tured skull. Jeanne Johnson nd Harland Wolff were cut. and bruised. Joe Pilazza, the driver, was uninjured. Army's friends in Salem vbo made the new building possible. Major Ronald M. Eberhart, head of the Army s work In Ore gon, opened the meeting follow ing music by the Portland Cita del band. Lieut. CoL William P. Sansom of San Francisco led th Invocation and Lieut. CoL A Layman, also 'of San Francisco, read from the scripture. . senator Douglas McKay, as chairman-of the program Intro duced , Rev. Irving A. Fox, who represented the Salem Ministerial association: William M. Hamil ten, president of the Salem C.m- munlty. Chest; T. R. Paulus, ex al ted ruler of the Salem Elks lodge which donated the build inr site: President Bruce It- Baxter of Willamette nniversity and. Mayor V. B.. Kuhn, all. of whom brought greetings of their institutions, - . (Turn to page 11, colimn 4) The French Confederation of Labor, which ordered its 5,000.- 000 members to strike Wednesday in protest against Daladier's de cree laws suspending the 40-hour week, had ordered a stoppage in every phase of work, excepting only such necessary services as water, gas and electricity. These services are to be manned by skel eton staffs. Workers Mobilized As Army Corps Daladier won the first round of his battle with labor by using army measures in the north, mo bilising striking workers and or dering them to work as part of the army. Courts martial were estab lished for those refusing to work. The unions quickly gave In bv ordering strikers to resume work pending the general strike. By the decree, Daladier appar ently Intends to mobilize the rail- load workers as soldiers cut to soldiers' pay only If they strike. Rcynaud Declares Determination ' In a radio address which becan the government's counter offen sive against the projected general strike. Finance Minister Paul Rey naud declared the government was determined to enforce its decrees and added: "I do not admit that the laws of the French republic merit less re spect than those of Mussolini, Hit ler and Stalin." - In the Paris region, where an other 50,000 metal-workers went on strike, all factories were cleared of sit-in strikers, although work was not yet ordered resumed by the managements. The crisis rapidly annroaehed a climax which promised either to leave Daladier in power with a new conservative maloritv in the chamber of deputies, or to set up a new government. Oregon Highways Held Death Traps PORTLAND, Nov. 2 6-ftfVOre-gon's highways are , "death traps," obsolete before they are built," the state planning comTmiv sion asserted in a report today. The commission urged con struction of "freeways," high ways built with a minimum of Intersections and permitting In gress and egress only at provid ed junctions. The report 'blamed roadside developments and unauthorized intersections for the high acci dent rate on major Oregon high ways. .' ". "Until freeways are made, pos sible for Oregon, the' state will be forced to continue to spend vast sums on the construction of highways which are known to be obsolete while they arc still being planned,, the com mission said. - ; v Canada9s Tiniest Babe Dies After Living for Week DRUMHELLER, Altai Not. 26 -(CP)-Betty ' Lou Carruthers tiniest baby. born in Canada, died, tonight. Betty Lou was born last Monday and weighed 22 ounces. She pleased doctors and nurses with the vitality she showed in the early hours of life. Then Betty Lou began to show signs ot weakness and this after noon her condition became criti cal. She is survived by her parents and a sister nine months old. Her father works In the coal mines here. -;. .,..' v More days to BUY and USE CHRISTMAS SEALS PROTECT YOUR HOME They Inform the publls eenetrnlnt tuberculosis threuah talks, Isaflste nation pictures, and every means ef I ...... , , eniinnnreawwii j , . . 24