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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 7, 193
Appeal to FDR
Made by Jews
Last Jewish Newspaper in
..Berlin Asks Refuge
for 100,000
; BERLIN. Dee. .-(P)-An aP
peal to President Roosevelt to
help hard-pressed German Jews
"by offering: 100,000 of them tem
porary refnge In the United State
was published today by the Jue
diaches Nachrichtenblatt, only re
maining Jewish organ.
Simultaneously several German
newspapers assured their readers
that an anti-Jewish campaign In
Rumania had only jnst started,
that the anti-semi tic Iron Guard
organization there ' was stronger
than ever and that Cornelia Ze
leat Codreana, Iron Guard leader
who was shot dead by Rumanian
guards Nov. 30 would be aven
ged. ! '
Other developments Included:
Propaganda Minister Paul Jo
seph Goebbels' newspaper De An
griff published the caption "Ugly
Jews" with a picture of Magda
Lupesca, close friend of King Car
ol of Rumania, and her father.
Only 13 days ago Carol was the
honored guest of Adolf Hitler.
United States consular officials
said they hoped to obtain a clari
fication by tomorrow of the effect
vn new antl-Jewlsh ; restriction
would hare on American Jews
holding property in Germany. The
decree of the economics ministry
forbade Jews to sell or pawn val
uables without a government per
mit. The newspaper Deutsche Alle
gemeine Zeitung estimated at
13,080,000,000 the total of Jew
ish wealth which "must be moved"
under an order . authorizing nail
officials to liquidate Jews' prop
erty. The American chamber of
commerce " expressed belie? few
Americans ' could be involved be
cause American Jews have been
leaving Germany as rapidly as
possible. United States consular
officials sought an official inter
pretation of the order, but ob
tained no definite Information.
Pair Held on Mutiny Charge in Los Angeles
Garner Boosted
By Texan Croup
DETROIT, Texas. Dec. C-(SV
Texans opposed a third term for
President Roosevelt boosted Vice
Presided John Garner for the
democratic presidential nomina
tion in 1940 today and heard
him boomed as "a liberal demo
crat practicing liberalism many
years before some of the most
vocal present day sponsors of
liberalism were born."
Old cronies who knew Garuer
when he played shortstop on the
Possum Trot baseball ; team join
ed " democrats from all parts of
.Texas to organize the first of
ficial "Garner for president in
1940" club.
;Roy Miller of Corpus Christ!,
for many years a close friend
of. the vice president, and a state
-democratic leader, lauded Garner
for his belief in a "pay-as-you-go
system" and called him a liberal
"without tinge or taint of radic
alism." J
Industrial Heads
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ecutives representing! America's
SO, 009 biggest Industrial corpor
ations gathered today for the
largest attendance recorded for
an annual convention of the Na
tional Association of Manufactur
ers "the congress, of American
. Industry.
Reservations for the dinner
Friday night at which Anthony
Eden, former British j foreign af
fairs minister, will be the chief
peaer. tonight broke all records
for dinner attendance at the Ho
tel Waldorf Astoria, with more
than 4, 100 reservations and more
pouring in. - s
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Accused of mutiny on the high seas, Charles Segal (left) and Abraham KapeHner were recently re
leased on 91,000 bail after they bad arrived in Los Angeles aboard an Italian steamer. Segal and
KapeHner were 'aboard the schooner ' Metha Nelson," which was disabled daring a projected cruise
to the South Seas. Crew members accused Captain R. B. Hoffman, master of the schooner, of mak
ing them "victims of his anti-Semitism." Also aboard was the Countess Dorothy Di Frasso. Segal
and Kape liner left the schooner at Panama and returned by steamer to Los Angeles. (IIX).
Operation Made
On Rough Ocean
Missionary Doctor Aids
Ship Surgeon in Hard
Appendectomy
BOSTON, Dec. An emer
gency appendectomy, performed
far at sea by a ship's surgeon and
a missionary doctor as they teet
ered on a rolling deck, was dis
closed tonight when the liner Cal
edonia completed the stormiest
transatlantic crossing in the
memory of ner officers. V
with: the vessel s engines slow
ed down and her bow headed into
the whistling wind, Josephine Mc
Nally, 8, of Waterbury, Conn., was
operated upon last Friday.
Dr. Howard L. Elliot, of Mon
treal, returning from his post at
the Canadian Baptist missionary
hospital In Pithapuram, India,
and Dr. Alsjnder B. Burns, the
ship's surgeon, performed the ap
pendectomy during a lull in a rag
ing storm. Although seasick Dr.
Elliot left his bed to operate.
They teetered on the rolling
deck of the ship's hospital, the
doctors said, as they cut and
cleaned and sewed carefully and
occasionally they were . forced to
reach out for support.
Tonight little Josephine, who
was returning from Glasgow with
her mother, Mrs. Patrick McXally,
and her sisters, Catherine and
Sarah May, was still a pretty sick
girl.
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Strike of Lovers
Coming to Close
Cupid Goes Back to Work
as Marriage Drouth
End Sighted
KLAMATH FALLS, Dec.
Oregon's new marriage license
law won and lost bridal couples
today.
At Eugene, a couple after meet
ing all requirements of physical
examinations, was married . by
Judge X. E. Glass. So far as was
known, this was the first mar
riage performed in Oregon since
the law went into effect last week.
But it was a different story
here. A California couple, hurry
ing into town for a quick wed
ding, found themselves stymied.
They hadn't heard about the new
law. After disbursing J 20 for
examinations and notarial fees,
they found their resources re
duced to $1, the parson still to
pay and their contemplated hon
eymoon just a dream.
PORTLAND, Dec. 6-()-Miss
Margaret Ziesing, Milwaukie, and
Verner G. Sheldrew, Portland,
became Multnomah county's first
bride and bridegroom under the
new marriage-examination law.
They were married at 1:15 p
m. today, the fifth day of the
marriage drouth.
One other couple qualified for
a license but said they would not
marry until Dec. 10.
Japanese Probing
Report US Fliers
Will Aid Chinese
TOKYO, Dec. 7-(Wednesday)-
(JPyA. report is being lnvestlgat
ed that six retired American
army aviators with "huge sup
plies" of airplanes are waiting
in British Burma to enter China,
official sources said today.
If the report is found true,
It was said, Japan would lodge
a strong protest with the United
States.
Japanese officials said they
were informed the aviators sailed
October 27 from a Mexican port
aboard the Soviet freighter Od
delseln and arrived at Khost
Itland November IS. They were
understood to be waiting for ad
ditional aviation equipment.
Congressman Denies He9s Red
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fBrandlnr Sam Baron an "nnmltlrated liar," newly elected Reare-
; sentatlve Vlto Marcantonio of New York asked for an opportunity
to testify before the Dies committee In Washington to reply to the
, former Socialist newspaperman's charges that he headed the Inter
national Labor Defense, which Baron called a "Communist front
Qrgani2?.tinn..M Baron said he had resigned from the Socialist party
so he might appear before the committee Investigating un-American
activities "as an individual only.'
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(By The Associated Press)
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 6 An
excited woman rushed into the
Salvation Army salvage shop to
day and asked to see a set of win
dow drapes.
No, she told Brigadier Joseph
Sturm, she didn't want to buy
them; she wanted to inspect them.
Her husband, she said, had Just
informed her that he had given
the drapes, which they had de
cided to discard for new ones, to
the Salvation Army.
Sturm found the drapes in the
second-hand goods shop. A pro
spective buyer was fingering them.
The woman, name withheld,
felt along the seam and there
she found-two paltinum rings set
with diamonds.
"They're worth more than
$1000," she said. "I had sewn
them in the seam for safe keep
ing. My husband didn't know
about it."
SYRACUSE, NY, Dec. 6
Admitted to citizensliip today,
Richard Hurt on, 67, a native
of Ireland, informed surprised
naturalization court officials
that he had been voting in this
country for 42 years.
Hurt on, who came to this
connry in 1802, said:
"People told me not to both
er to get out citizenship papers
when I first came over. They
told me just to go ahead and
vote. I thought right along J
was a citizen until two years
ago."
Higher Education
Problems Talked
State School Executives,
Governor-Elect Talk
College Finances
Willard Marks, Albany, presi
dent of the state board of higher
education, and Chancellor Hunter
of the higher educational system.
conferred here Tuesday with Gov
ernor-elect Charles A. Sprague,
relative to their financial prob
lems. -
Marks explained that the high
er educational institutions had re
quested a supplementary appro
priation of 1664,000 for the next
biennium but that this had been
reduced by the state budget direc
tor to 1200,000.
Consideration Promised
Of the $664,000 asked by the
board of higher education $200,-
000 was to cover the cost of fn
creased enrollment and $200,000
for building repairs and equip
ment replacement.
Sprague informed Marks and
Hunter that he would give their
budget careful consideration.
The governor - elect indicated
that he would discuss higher edu
cation at considerable length in
his message -to the 1939 legisla
ture.
BOSTON, Dec. 6 Mary's little
lamb has a present-day counter
part in the family cat.
But unlike the lamb, the school
committee was told today, the
cats go ta school to catch rats
and mice.
Protesting conditions at the
Rose Hill grammar school, Fred
erick O'Connell, chairman of an
indignant parents' committee, told
the school board children were
taking their cats to school for
protection.
PRESTONSBURG, Ky., Dec
0 After a marriage ceremony
at which their 85-year-old son
officiated, Mr. and Mrs. Charlea
Bahlridge were starting their
wedded life anew today. .
Divorced 22 years ago, Mrs.
Im Baldrldge, SO, and Charles
Baldridge, C3, took the vows
again before the Rev. Albert
Baldrldge.
Neither of. the parents mar
ried again after dividing their
household goods in 1010. They
were first wed in 1887. . .
Debate Meet Set
For WU Students
An Intramural debate tourna
ment will be held on the campus
at Willamette university Saturday
morning. The purpose of the tour
nament is to give students who
have not had; any debate experi
ence a chance to debate; All of the
students participating are mem
bers of the university speech de
partment. The debate will be on
the pump priming question. Pro
fessor R. M. Murphy, head of the
speech . department, will be in
charge of the debates.
Those who will participate In
tne tournament are Orel Davidson,
Glen Olds, Donald Jones, Albert
Kief er, Richard Achor, Winfleld
Achor, Harold Throop, Loren
Hicks, Doris Riggs, Jessie Mae
Ruhndorf, Everett Wilcox and
Rendell Alldredge.
Univertityy Law Dean
East to Finish Study
EUGENE, Dec -(-A special
assignment from the attorney
generals office will take Wayne
I. Morse, dean of the University
of Oregon law school, east . this
week to Washington, where he
will complete a nation-wide study
of paroles. He also will attend
sessions of a crime prevention
conference at Chicago.
Life With Bette Lonely
LOS ANGELES, Dec C.-iF)-
Home me with uette Da via,
screen star, was gloomy, lonely
and silent, x Band Leader Harmon
O. Nelson testified today in win
ning a divorce.
Assistant Chiefs
Oral Exams Given
Sergeant Dana E. Jewell of
the Portland police department
arrived here Tuesday afternoon to
conduct oral examinations of nine
applicants for the office of assist
ant chief of police.
Jewell is a graduate of the
federal bureau of investigation
school at Washington, DC, and
gives examinations for the Port
land police department.
He came to Salem at the re
quest of the local civil service
board.
Jimmy Is Rapped
For Lack of Aid
To Church Funds
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6ttP)-A
33-year-old minister, noting tl it
James Roosevelt's published in
come returns for five years list
ed no contributions to churches.
took him publicly to task to
dayand drew a prompt reply
from the president's son that he
most certainly did contribute."
The Rev. Howard Stone An
derson, pastor of the First Con
gregational church here, told t'.e
house committee on unAmerican
activities that a bad example was
set for the nation when men of
large income and political prom
inence did not contribute to
churches and benevolent organi
zations. The clergyman appeared as the
first of a series of witnesses
who. Chairman Dies (D-Tex) of
the committee said, had "affirm
ative knowledge of how to pro
mote Americanism."
Los Angeles Feels Heavy
Earthquake but no Hurt
LOS ANGELES, Dec. f.-(VA
heavy earth shock was felt in Los
Angeles and vicinity at 7:41
p. m. (PST) tonight. Dishes were
rattled in several parts of the
area but no damage was report
ed.. Residents of the western part
of the city-and of nearby Burbank
and Pacific Palisades told of feel
ing the shock.
Lengthy Schedule
Facing Debators
A heavy forensic schedule for
speech students at Willamette uni
versity has been outlined for the
winter season and early spring by
Professor R. M. Murphy of the
speech department.
The state after dinner speaking
contest before the Toastmasters"
club in Portland will take place
January 9. State extempore con
test will be in Corvallis January
19 and the state peace oratorical
contest will be February 10 at
Lin field college, McMinnville. The
Linfield forensic tournament will
be held February 16 to 18 and
the junior college forensic tour
nament will be March 3 and 4 at
Tacoma. The state old line ora
tory contest has been announced
for March 10 to take place at
Forest Grove at Pacific university,
The Pacific Forensic league
and Pi Kappa Delta tournament
will be held at Pomona and Pasa
dena, Calif., March 20 to 2. The
annual Keyes oratorical contest at
Willamette will be held February
1 and the state high school speech
contests will again be held at
Willamette sometime in ApriL
Big Ship Construction
Task Starts in Astoria
ASTORIA, Dec. S--The lar
gest ship construction job here
since the World war began to
day with building of a $1X0,000
wooden motor vessel, the E. Les
ter Jones, for the US coast and
geodetic, survey, to be used In the
Alaska service It is scheduled
for completion next September.
Secretly indicted by the federal grand Jury, Karl Allen Drummond,
21, was recently taken into custody in Los Angeles on charges of
espionage, lie is accused of attempting to sell Important military
secrets to a foreign country. According to federal authorities, he
tried to sell photographs of United States army and navy planes
in various stages of construction and documents dealing with the
building of aircraft, embodying closely guarded secrets of design.
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Store's Employes
Enjoin Dave Beck
SEATTLE, Dec. t-(JP)-X group
of 229 store employes, charging
Union Leader Dave Beck and the
Retail Clerks' union had threat
ened to close the Bon Marche de
partment store through a strike
unless the employes joined the
q n 1 o n, sought a temporary re
straining order in superior court
today.
The defendants were ordered
to show cause next Friday why
the order should not be granted.
Employes who brought the suit
asserted their decision not to
join the union was met with an
ultimatum that they join or team
sters and allied unions would
call a strike and picket the store.
Another employe, M. Evelyn
Richards, obtained a temporary
restraining order in a similar suit
last August. Plaintiffs in today's
action Intervened in the Richards
case.
Seal Sale Record
Made by Receipts
Receipts from Christmas seal
sales on Monday in Salem and
from residents on Salem rural
routes amounted to $214.34, the
largest sum received for any sin
gle day in the history of the seal
Bale program, it was reported by
Mrs. George Moorhead, executive
secretary of the Marion County
Health association.
This brought the total of the
local sales np to $1387.63, which
is ahead of the 1937 figure of the
same date. The seal sale ends
on Christmas eve, with the booth
sale downtown in Salem schedul
ed to begin next Monday, Decern
ber 12.
Mrs. Moorhead pointed out
that seal sale funds constitute
the only support for the program
of detecting tuberculosis cases,
the principal means of fighting
spread of the disease.
Livermore in Spotlight Again
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For many years, Jesse livermore, Sr., has been a front page figure
since his spectacular operations on the stock, market brought him
Into the limelight. Lately,, however, he has kept In the background.
But here he is with Mrs. Livermore, bis third wife,, at a surprise
birthday dinner dance In New York. Among; those present was
Jesse, Jr, who once suffered a nearly fatal bullet wound at the
home of the boy's mother, Mrs. Dorothea, F, Lpngcope, second wife
of Livermore, Sr,
Eagles Initiation
Is Set Wednesday
Willamette aerie of the Eagles
lodge will initiate a large class
into membership at the organize
tion'a regular meeting at Prater
nal temple Wednesday night, ac
cording to Leon W. DnBois,
president, The evening's . pro
gram also will, include entertain
ment and refreshments being ar
ranged by the auxiliary.
The lodge will sponsor a dance
at Crystal Gardens the night of
December 14 to raise funds for
Its Christmas charity work among
the city's needy, DnBois said.
Receiver Is Named
BARSHFIELD, Dec. t-(JP
Judge J. T. Brand named John
Ferguson of Marshfield temporary
received today for the Empire
Lumber company, Charles Gram,
state labor commissioner, had re
quested a receivership to safe
guard $20,000 In labor claims.
Grant new Trial
In Monarch Suit
The state supreme court Tues
day granted a new trial in the
$4751 suit of John W. and Eliza
Galbraith against the Monarch
Gold Dredging company.
Plaintiffs won the case In
Grant county when the attorneys
for both , sides agreed to the
Judgment without a trial. The
supreme court held that the
Monarch attorney had no author
ity to agree to the judgment.
The court affirmed the decree
of Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles
of Wallowa county in a auit filed
by the Wallowa Law, Land &
Abstract company against A. S
and W. E. McGaffee. The suit
involved brokers commission. The
lower court held against the
plaintiff. Chief Justice Bean
wrote the high court opinion.
Umatilla Suit on
Courthouse Opens
Arguments of attorneys will be
heard by the state supreme court
here Wedneid ay in a suit
brought by the Umatilla county
court to determine whether it has
authority to expend delinquent
taxes In constructing a new court
house.
The Umatilla county assessor
who refused to extend the levy
on the tax rolls was named as
defendant in the suit.
The proposed new courthouse
would Cost approximately $500,-
000, of which & part would be
allocated by the public works ad
ministration.
Talk Electric Ferry
Marlon County Engineer N. C.
Hubbs will go to Dallas this
morning to discuss the proposed
electrification of the Buena Vista
ferry with members of the Polk
county court. The two counties
share in expense of operating
the ferry, whose present gaso
line-powered motor has been giv
ing considerable trouble.
Top Speed limit
Up to Lawmakers
Zoning of Highways Will
Be Asked Legislature to
Cut Fatalities
Establishment of definite top
speed limits zones on all Oregon
highways will be Tecommended
to the 1939 legislature, Secre
tary of State Earl Snell announc
ed Tuesday.
Snell said he was convinced
that such action was essential
to further reduce traffic deaths
and was the only way a substan
tial reduction in accidents and
injuries could be obtained. The
secretary of state said he was
preparing a bill covering the pro
posed new speed limits.
would Zone Highways
Under - the proposed new law
all highways in the state would
be zoned and top speed limits es
tablished by the state highway
commission. The basic rule, at
present the only provision ot the
law that limits speed,- would .' till
be applicable as a regulatory
measure In regard to all speeds
within the top. limit.
John Beakey, traffic engineer
for the state highway depart
ment, expressed the opinion that
the present law, after a trial of
several years, had not accomp
lished the desired results.
He said speed was a big fac
tor in present traffic fatalities
and that he favored some i
gested amendment.
Younger Chamher
To Aid Seal Job
Newly Formed Body Plans
First Project, Hears
Baxter Speak
The Salem Junior chamber ot
commerce voted jinanimouslv
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Tuesaay to doosi me aie 01
Christmas seals. The hope was
expressed that for the Bake of
Tommy Hoxie and for the cause
itself, that Salem would win first
place in the sales this year.
Dr. Bruce Baxter, first speak-
. . a
er before the newiy organizea
junior chamber, choose as his
subject, a quotation from Oliver
Wendell Holmes, "Carve your
name before you are 40 or els9
put up your Jack knife." The
speaker read a long list of the
world's most illustrous leaders in
the field of education, science,
industry, and government who
were well on the road to fame
long before they had attained the
age of 40. He included in the list
such names as Lindbergh, Hutch
ins, Einstein, Hamilton, Washing
ton, Napoleon, Alexander. Lodge,
and many others as proof.
Other speakers included David
Eyre, United States National
Bank, and Cal Emeis, member of
the Portland Junior commerce.
Benton Stafford, program
chairman, announced that Hollls
Huntington, former Salem high
football coach would speak at the
next meeting December 20. His
subject will be "180 minutes in
the Rose Bowl."
McAdoo Confined
With Indigestion
WASHINGTON. Dec. -JP)-T)r.
George W. Calver, capltol physi
cian, announced tonight that Will
iams Gibbs McAdoo, war-time sec
retary of the treasury, had suf
fered an attack of Indigestion and
was confined to his. hotel apart
ment. The physician added that the
75-year-old McAdoo, who resigned
recently as senator from Califor
nia to become head ot a steamship
company. Was "resting easily."
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