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EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, December 9, 1938
Price Sc; Nwsstanda5c
No. 220
SeciuLiity IB
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Sets Hearing
on Pic'
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Teiision
Over Tunisia Mounting
Mobile Guards
Quell Rioting
In Tunis "Area
Order Restored, but one
Person; Badly jj Hurt;
Ciiard Kept
Arrest Sixteen Rioters,
Including two , Italian ,
Party Leaders
TUNIS, Tunisia, Dec. 8-(P)-T
he F re n c h administration
hrougbt in , mobile guard rein
forcements, ordered troops to re
main In . barracks, and posted
heavy police patrols tonight to
put down rioting oter fascist
claims to Tunisia. .
. Throngs of Italians," French and
Arabs seethed through the streets
of Tunis in demonstrations, but
order was restored shortly before
midnight. ; . t
After a day of disorder offi
cials announced one person had
been wounded gravely and three
slightly. ' , '"?. .?
Heavy Guard
Is 3aintAinel
A heavy guard was- maintained
to prevent new outbreaks Friday,
an Arab day of prayer. It was
feared the native population might
rise in violent demonstrations
against Italians. '
Appeals came from both Italian
and FreBch sides for an .end to
rioting. Tha fascist newspaper
Union called upon tha 'Italian
colony . to .remain ;"calm and
strong," but accused ' the French
and Arab populace of provocation..
Three platoons f of mobile
guards, totalling 100 men, arrived
tonight from Algeria and more
were expected shortly to attempt
to maintain order. -Two
rrominent
.Italians Held
Police announced 16 persons
had been arrested up to nightfall,
Including Vestrl Llcinlo, a mem
ber of the staff of the Italian
consulate general, and Ubaldo
Key, head of the Italian war vet
erans In Tunis and president of
the fascist Dopolavoro society.
The two were charged with hav
ing attempted to start one demon
stration by- crying "Tunisia for
- us!" .
The Italian consul ; general, M.
Silimbanl, protested against the
anti-Italian i outbreaks and was
understood to have been assured
the Frencl police had been com
manded to restore strict order;:
Italian residents were reported
to have warned that they woald
draw p a self-defense corps it the
anti-Italian disorders continued,
but French officials denied this
was true. ;
Many demonstrators Italians,
.French and natives were arrest
ed today, but demonstrations con
tinued tonight with roving bands
colliding intermittently with the
police. ' ' ' . - ' ' '
The strains of rival songs, the
French "Marseillaise" and the fas
cist "VIoviness a," soucded
through Tunis streets. ,
Retired Diplomat
Called to Beyond
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CYRUS E. WOODS -
Former Diplomat
Dead at Age 77
Was Envoy to Tokyo When
Great Earthquake Hit
in Year 1923
. PHILADELPHIA, Dec.
Cyrus, E. Woods, 77, former dip
lomat and Pennsylvania republi
can leader, who was ambassador
to Japan at the time of the great
eartbquake in 1923, died today af
ter a long illness.
Woods, retired from the diplo
miatc service In 19 if to fesnmea
lucrative'la "practice. . " r
He held high office in Pennsyl
vania and received world-wide at
tention at the time of the Tokyo
earthquaka when he was head of
the Red Cross relief. His- effec
tive work backed by the American
government, endeared him to Jap
anese. He retired from the Tokyo
post a year later.
r President Taft started Woods
on his diplomatic career in 1912,
naming him minister to Portugal.
Eden to Get Fast
Trip Through NY
NEW YORK, Dec. 8-(")-PlanB
to whisk Anthony Eden from ship
board to a midtown hotel late to
morrow, tor ; a speech he is cros
sing the Atlantic to deliver were
completed tonight by the Nation
al Association of Manufacturers.
The Jormer.Briti&n foreign sec
retary Is aboard the liner Aquitan-
la, delayed by heavy seas and now
scheduled to reach quarantine at
3:30 p.m. (PST) tomorrow.
- Eden will be met ; there by a
special cutter, rushed to the near
est Manhattan pier, transferred to
an automobile and aped with po
lice escort to the hotel (Waldorf
Astoria) for his speech. - . '
It- will be broadcast over three
networks. (NBC and Mutual at
4:15 and CBS at 4:10 PST). '
Parents Give In;
Boy
Hospitalized
x - GRANTS PASS, Dee. i-iJP
Ben Whorley, 7, Jerome Prairie,
was In a hospital -today for
treatment of injuries' suffered
when ha was struck by a truck
, after County Judge Grant W.
- Matthews warned the parents
they might be-held liable if the
boy did not receive proper at
tention, t : ', '"
The Whorley-family ref Used
at first ta have the boy. treated
because ef religious beliefs. Dr.
B. B. Osgood said the boy rested
easily; last .! night,- although ' his
lnJttrteirAlht'proveraeriotfs;
Heavy Loss Found
In Typhoon Wake
2 1 D ead in Philippines
After Storm Rips Over -Five
Provinces
MANILA, Dec, 8-UP)-A typhoon
raced across fifteen provinces of
the central Philippines today.,
killed at least 31 persons, made
thousands homeless, and was be
lieved to have caused heavy loss
of life and much property damage.
Prostrated wires in those areas
blocked reports of casualties and
damage as the hurricane passed
100 miles south of Manila, and
out over the China sea, s
Samar island reported 18 dead,
and Camarines Sur province one
killed by the 75-mile storm that
whirled in from the Pacific ocean.
after threatening the. islands since
Monday.
Heavy property and crop dam
age was reported in Sorsogon, Al
bay and Camarines Sur provinces
which felt the full fury of tha
storm. , Two dredge boats valued
at 3109,000 were 'sunk in the
harbor of Legaspi, Albay province,
as that city of 53,000 reported the
strongest typhoon in years." -"
Government relief agencies and
the Red Cross immediately began
to aid; the "people in the stricken
regions, and authorities prepared
to send relief expeditions to 'the
hardest hit areas. ' . .
Report Troops
Mass in Spain
Across Border
French Students Battle
Police, Cry "We Want
Venice"
Daladier Still Worried
by Domestic Troubles
in Parliament
By HENRY C. CASSIDY
PARIS, Dec. S-iflVSomething
like a European crisis has risen
over Italy's "unofficial" clamor
for French-protected Tunisia.
Italian and anti-Italian demon
strations and disorders in the
French North African protecto
rate, heavy reinforcements of the
mobile guard there and reports
that Italians in Tunisia were
planning to defend themselves
were the newest factors of the
near-crisis today.
Italian Troops
Massed in Spain
Reports from the French-Span
ish border that Italian troops
were massed in insurgent Spain
just across the Pyrenees from
France emphasized fears that It
aly might be preparing to trans
late agitation into military action
In the style of street demon
strations in Italy which followed
Foreign Minister Ciano's Novem
ber 30 speech on Italian "aspira
tions, thousands .of French stu
dents demonstrated today against
Italy and battled police in Paris.
French Students
Ask for Venice
Where Italian students and
young fascists had shouted, "Tun
isia for us!" the French demon
strators cried, "Venice for France
. . . Ethiopia for the negus!" Sim
ilar manifestations occurred late
yesterday in several -cities of
France.
, In. the midst of this resurgent
colonial rivalry between France
and Italy, French Premier Dala
dier went before parliament In an
attempt to strengthen his govern
ment's position at home the bet
ter to meet Italy's clamor. -Debate
Is Opened -
On Policies
The chamber of deputies and
the senate started general debate
leading up to a vote Saturday on
Daladler's domestic and foreign
policy.
Daladier was confronted by a
long list of demands for explana
tion of his decree laws for "econ
omic mobilization," his smashing
of protest strikes,-his post-Munich
good neighbor accord with Ger
many and his efforts toward a
similar understanding with Italy.
Despite the open hostility of bis
socialist and communist f ormer al
lies, Daladier appeared assured of
a vote of confidence from a new
conservative majority in the
chamber.
dlayin
Story
Held Revealed
By Mrs. Smith
Prosecution in Bassett
Murder Case Claims
Letter Valid
Intercepted Notes Are
Said to Have Been
Woman's Writing
SEATTLE. Dec. i-(Jfy-Oyw de
fense objections, Prosecutor B.
Gray Warner today was permitted
to read a first degree murder trial
jury two letters he said prison
authorities Intercepted after they
were written by Mary Eleanor
Smith, 73, a defendant with De
casto Earl Mayer, 44, In the 10-year-old
mystery disappearance of
James Eugene Bassett, 35, An
napolis, Md.
The defense forced deletion of
parts of the epistles referring to
other crimes.
One, Warner said, was written
to Mayer, serving a life sentence
as an habitual criminal, just prior
to Mrs. Smith's release from
state's prison last spring after a
five-to-eight year term for lar
ceny of Bassett's automobile.
Other tter
To Sweetheart
The other letter, he said, writ
ten last February 24 to a man
described as a former sweetheart,
was addressed "my darling sweet
gentle Wheeler." -
It referred to "Ruth," said to
be a former wife of Mayer.
It said in part, "I would have
been glad and happy to have
opened my heart and told you
long ago about the Bassett case,
but I had no way of doing it. Now,
for fear Ruth has told you wrong
and I not knowing how much Earl
has told her, I am going to tell
you the truth.
"An automobile was advertised
for sale by Eugene Bassett who
was on his way from Maryland
to take a possition in Manila,
P. I. . . .
Cays Earl Saw
Bassett at Home
. "Earl answered the 'ad' and
went to see Bassett at his sister's
home (in Bremerton). It was on
Sept. 5,- 1928. but being Labor
day did not transact business un
til the next day.
"It was a most beautiful car
and he wanted it as he had two
very .good positions offered by
real estate men ... He came home
and told me this ... He told me
he was going to bring Bassett to
our house the next day and do
away with him.
"We took the Dr. Clark house
for this kind of a purpose, as we
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GERMANY, FRANCE AGREE TO BE; FRIENDS
Bank Is Thankful
Checks Pictured
. EUGENE, Dec. &-(JP)-A Eu
gene bank was ' thankful today
that it photographed all checks
cashed. , One hundred Southern
Pacific railroad checks, valued
at 17928 and cashed here by em
ployes, were lost in the ciash of
the United Airlines plane at
Point Reyes, Calif..
Today . the ' company notified
the' bank it would be necessary
to send photostatic copies of the
checks to San Francisco to ob
tain payment. ' i
Maiiin Dies Denqunces Bund
In Presence of Nazi Leader
t NEW. YORK. Dec. 8-lPr-In the
presence of the German-AmericanJ
fcund leader,4 FriU Kuan th-H
chairman of the - bouse committee
investigating unAmerican - activi
ties today shouted a denunciation
of the bund, which is frequently
criticised as pro-nazl. ;
Afer an attack upon commu
nism and all "on American lams,"
Rep. Martin Dies (D-Tex) spring
fn the direction of Kuhn'a table,
cried out that the bund was seek
ing to undermine the country by
preaching class "and " r e 1 1 f t o u a
hatred. . - . ' , ';
Dies spoke at a luncheon given
In his honor . by the New York
state economic council., Kuhn, ac
companied by eight persona ap
peared at the affair with the ex
planation -that be had come to
"hear what Dies has to say.'
Referring . to all advocates of
f'unAmerican Isms,'! Dies added:.
"if 'they don't like our form of
government let them be honest
ind get on a boat which will take
them to a country " that ' has the
government they like." i
He asserted some cabinet mem
bera and '.'radical newspaper writ
ers", had jsought to ! ?8mear" his
committee. Despite a provision in
the resolution creating the com
mittee' that It should have the aid
of investigators of government de
partments, he said, the committee
had received no cooperation.
' He said Hey wood Broun, the
columnist,-was one- of those who
had sought to discredit the com
mlttee ,by "misrepresentation,
and added: .
"If you can point out in Broun'a
column One condemnation of Rus
sia, and the brutal tyranny there;
I would appreciate it.
Some of the testimony concern
lng'commanists, ha said, had bees
rfantasUc," but. this was because
"comm unism Itself is fantastic" '
Mother and Child
Have Death Pact
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec S-6tp-
Christmas apart from her hus
band was too lonely a prospect for
Mrs. Peggy Mason, 38, so she took
her youthful son with her in death
here today, authorities reported.
The boy, 14-year-old Dale Ma
son, apparently agreed to be ahot
by his mother, who then put a
bullet through her own head, cor
oner C. C, Spalding said a f t eT
reading notes the woman left.
"Dale wants David Duxberry to
have his electric train and Brian
Smith, next door, to have his bi
cycle," the mother wrote "This
is going to be hard to do, but we
are so unhappy.' - -
Spaldling ascribed Mrs. Mason s
act to- loneliness over tha long ob-
senee of her husband Walker, a
railroad brakeman, who was be
lieved to be either in New Or
leans or Florida. He had lived
here . occasionally for 16 . years,
but had not visited his family
since Thanksgiving, the official
said he learned.' . i
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Signatures of the foreign ministers of France and Germany here pledged the two historic enemy coun
tries to meet at a conference table instead of resorting to war for settlement of their disputes. At the
signing of the historic document were, left, Joachim von Ribbentrop, left, nazi foreign minister, aad
French Foreign Minister Georges Bonnets (Acme Radio-Telephoto) .
Ambassador Dodd
Held Hit and Run
Former Envoy to Germany
Says He Thought Negro
Child Unhurt
HANOVER COURTHOUSE, Va.,
Dec. 8. -(JP)-William E. Dodd, sr.,
former ambassador to Germany,
furnished bond tonight of $2,000,
returnable at Ashland, Va., Dec.
17, on a charge of hit-and-run
driving in connection with an in-
Jury to a negro child.
Dodd, reiterating statements
made in a telephone conversation
from his home in northern Vir
ginia earlier today, said he con
tinued on his way because he
thought the child had escaped in
jury. He said the girl ran directly
into the path of his automobile
as he was traveling about 45
miles an hour, and that he applied
the brakes and swerved the car.
"It was not my fault," Dodd
said. "The youngster ran into the
path of my automobile about 30
feet ahead. I put on the brakes,
turned the car, and drove on be
cause I thought the child had escaped."
Hospital attaches said the
child's condition was critical, and
that she was suffering from a
cereberal concussion, a fracture
of the skull and lacerations.
A nnmber of persons were
named as witnesses.
Dodd served as ambassador to
Germany from 1933 to 1937.
Death Postponed
For Child Slayer
REIDSVILLE, Ga , Bee.
Gov." E. D." Rivers tonight grant
ed a last-minute stay of execu
tion to one of seven men await
int death -in the electric chair
here . tomorrow. . . ;
la a telephonic order from At
lanta, the governor granted a 30
day reprieve to Tom Dickerson,
Ben Hill county farmer convicted
of strangling his daughter's three-
cay-old child.
Dickerson is the only white man
in death row at the state penitentiary.
Six-negroes, each convicted of
murder, will die in the 14x8 cham
ber on the main tower.of the peni
tentiary I at 'Intervals between 10
a. m. and 2 p. m.. i
Newbenr Mayor Seated
NEWBERG,, Dec. i-iJPB. J.
Groth .was succeeded as -New-berc
miTor todav - by Georre . H.
Layman, -attorney. Groth' did
not -seer reelection, v .
Hopkins to Stick
To Cut Down Plan
WASHINGTON. Dec.
CIO criUcism failed today to turn
Harry I Hopkins from his nolirv
of reducing WPA rolls bv not re
placing workers absorbed in pri
vate industry.
Although tha John L. Lewis or
ganization had charged in its offi
cial news organ that reduction of
the work relief rolls was a blow to
recovery, Administrator Hopkins
sold a cress conference that WPA
employment probably would de
crease about 150,000 a month
from now on.
He .said the: 81,425,000,000
fund voted by congress last June
to carry the WPA until March 1
might possibly run out shortly be
fore that date, but that he expect
ed to comply with President Roo
sevelt's. request that It be made to
last through the specified period.
'Hopkins disclosed that,- as con
Cress expected when it voted the
current fund, he would ask for a
deficiency appropriation to carry
on from March 1 - to July 1, the
beginning of the new fiscal rear.
He has predicted reduced appro
priations next year.
Martin Naa
Aim like Kaiser's
CORVALLIS, Ore , Dec. 8PV-
Governor Charles ; H. Martin - of
Oregon, A addressing - the Oregon
State college faculty Men's club
tonight said that Hitler had taken
up "the kaiser's march to Bag
dad.?;. .....r,,;-:;.5 --,
Tha .'.'rule of might abroad,"
Martin warned, counsels' the Unit
ed States to prepare to protect it-
iclf and -renounce some of the
"soft and tiabby doctrines" now
prevailing.
He praised Oregon for neither
yielding to the selfish rich' nor to
the labor canasters. -
Predicts Direct
Air-Mail Service
In 30 Days Time
a
Prediction that Salem would
have a direct air mail service
within the next 30 days was made
yesterday by Leo Arany, lessee
cf the Salem airport, who has
been working on the matter with
the chamber of commerce avia
tion committee.
The proposed service would be
both pickup and delivery for con
nections with main airlines at
Portland and Medford, Arany said.
The chamber committee con
sists of Clem M. Howard, chair
man; Dwight Lear, Lee S. Ross,
B. E. Sisson and E. H. Bingen-
heimer.
Fight Against Gas
Execution Failure
Two More Convicts Face
Death Today for Part
in Warden Killing
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Dec. 8-
(P)-Failure of a sudden, . last-
ditch fight against the use of leth
al gas left two death cell 'con
victs virtually without hope to
night that they would escape exe
cution tomorrow for the murder
of Warden Clarence Larkin and
a prison guard in a bloody, futile
attempt to flee from Folsom pris
on September 19, 1937.
In San Francisco, the state dis
trict court of appeals denied with
out comment an appeal for a write
of habeas corpus filed by Attor
ney E. R. Vaughn of Oakland,
who termed lethal gas deaths
cruel," 'inhuman" and "barbar
ic" He said he was actings without
pay because . he was opposed to
gas executions.
Bathed, sheved and fed their
choice of food in preparation for
their. 10 a." m. ' date witlr dilute
sulphuric acid and cyanide "eggB"
were Wesley Eudy, 34, and Fred
Barnes, 40.. They will wear only
jeans and a short no shoes.
$35,649 for Towers
PORTLAND, Dee. i-OPi-Tht
Lehigh Structural Steel company
submitted a low bid of $35,649
today for four steel towers to
carry Bonneville dam cables
across the Columbia river.
Six bids were entered.
Los Angeles Gets
Overdose of Sun
Christmas Shopping not
Fun in Temperature
of 92 Degrees
LOS ANGELES, Dec; 8-(JP)-
There 13 nothing a southern Call-
fornian likes to talk about more
than the weather his weather
unless it is-the kind he felt
today.
Then it becomes distasteful to
him. He can alibi the rain ( and
very successfully) and explain
the wind, but when one of the.
year's hottest days comes along
right smack in the middle of the
Christmas, shopping season,, he is
tpeechless.
Los Angeles sweltered today for
nearly two hours in an all-time
December high of 9,2 degrees.
The mercury, between 1 and 3
p. m., was only three points low
er than it was on the year's very
hottest days, last August 1 and 2.
Only eight other days this year
were as warm.
Neither the artificial snow in
the store windows nor theSanta
Clauses helped to relieve perspir
ing shoppers, who couldn't have
had their hearts in what Is ordi
narily a pleasant duty. U ' ,
Jobless Funds
May Be Denied
If Board Wills
CIO Complaint Is Basis
for Query Into State
Jobless Law
Meeting Today to Choose
Commission Delegate -to
Hearing
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 P
The social security board today
offered a hearing December 10 to
determine whether the Oregon
state unemployment compensation
law conformed with the federal
social security act.
The inquiry will be centered on
the Initiative petition adopted by
Oregon voters November 8 which
regulates the activities of labor
unions and defines the term "la
bor dispute."
CIO Complains
Standards Upset
The CIO complained that provi
sions of the petition upset labor
standards prescribed by the board
for state unemployment compen
sation laws.
Lee Pressman, CIO .general
counsel, told the board that the
Oregon labor statute amended the
state's unemployment compensa
tion law so as to Tequire persons,
otherwise eligible for unemploy
ment compensation checks, to ac
cept jobs made vacant by strikes,
lockouts or other labor disputes.
The social security board labor
standards for cell state jobless in
surance laws provides that unem
ployment compensation shall not
be denied to any person who re
fuses to take a job made vacant
by strike or lockout, or where
membership or non-membership
in a labor union is a condition ef
employment.
Federal Funds
May Be Lost
Notice of the hearing sent to
Governor Charles H. Martin indi
cated that if the board disapprov
ed the Oregon unemployment
compensation law, federal funds
for administrative expenses of the
law would be withdrawn.
The action also would affect
Oregon employers social security
tax payments.
The government levies a three
per cent payroll tax and the state
imposes a 2.7 per cent payroll tax.
Where state laws have the
board's approval, however, the
federal treasury credits the em
ployer with an offset up to 90 per
cent for social security taxes he
pays to the state. -"-
Thus if the Oregon law should
be disapproved employers in the
state would be required to pay
both state and federal social se
curity levies without any offset.
Escapes Plaguing
Portland Police
. PORTLAND, Dec. 8 --Detectives
were a m to a r r assed last
night . for the second . time in a
week when Raymond C. Bashor,
detained for s t a t e police for
questioning about an assault and
robbery, sauntered out of ths
detective headquarters. j : -:
: Bashor walked ' ; .down two
flights of stairs and out of the
main entrance at 6 p. m. ' A few
minutes before midnight he tele
honed Detective F. D. Smith ana
asked:' ;,:.v'-.;. . jf-.V
; "Are you looking forv a red
headed guy? -V -'.r-;
"Yeah," the officer ' replied.
-That's me," Bashor said, mi
be right up."
; A week ago another prisoner
left the station by a third, story
window and was arrested an
hour and a half later at Sale m.
Envoy to China Is Ordered;
Home to Consult With Chief
WASHINGTON,, Dec. 8 - (P) -The
United States, deeply concern
ed lest Japan close China's "open
door" permanently, has ordered
its ambassador to the latter conn
try. Nelson T. Johnson, to return
home for consultations with Presi
dent Roosevelt and state depart
ment officials. 1 t . '
The announcement today of this
step came simultaneously .with
further clarification by Japan of
her intentions in East Asia, and
directly followed Great . Britain's
declaration, that she couldn't pos
sibly subscribe to' creation" of an
economic-political bloc there dom
inated by Japan.
: Joseph. E. Kennedy, ambassador
to London, unexpectedly advanced
his plans and announced he would
sail for .home Saturday. Whether
this foreshadowed some , parallel
action by tha United States. ; and
Britain in bringing pressure: upon
triumphant Japan to prevent, her
attempted-hegemony over all Chi-
na was not disclosed. Kennedy's
return was considered highly sig
nificant, however, in view of the
fact that Britain, like the United
States,' has' displayed marked
signs of worry over events in Chi
na. --'r: -i-'"v ' - --
In Tokyo today, Prime M inister
Arita further outlined Japan's
views to the American - ambassa
dor, Joseph ' G." Grew and " the
British envoy." Greir's report has
not yet reached the state -depart
ment. However, press reports said
Arita told the ambassadors . sep
arately ? that 'the . principle of
equality- of opportunity and the
open door might have to be revis
ed In establishing Japan's . "new
order' program. t'&f.
: The United- States regards such
action as Inimical to Its interests,
and has firmly protested in sever
al .recent notes concerning dis
crimination - against American
trade and Interests.
' : Japan's answers have been con-
Morn) linMtiKfartOrv: "
The Oregon unemployment com
pensation commission will send-a
representative to the Washington
hearing. Administrator D. A. Bul
more announced last night. Final
decision as to who the representa
tive will-be made at a meeting ef
commission, members and inter
ested employers In Portland this
afternoon.
Campbell May- . ..
Make Journey . .
Later reports last night were
that Ralph H. "Campbell, attorney
for the commission, would make
the trip. i.,-' r .-;:v.f
Withdrawal of federal unem
ployment funds would make It im
possible to continue - the state's
compensation service under the
present law, Bulmore said. Tne
state act places the entire 2.7 per
cent payroll ' tax in tha benefit
fund, with financing of adminis
tration left to federal aid. "
Whether or not the state tax
would continue to accrue against
payrolls if federal approval of the
Oregon setup were withdrawn is
uncertain, Bulmore indicated.
Robbers Harvest .
Postoffice; Loot
At Jacksonville
MEDFORD, Dec. g.-flpY-Post
mistress L. A. Eaton said today
that robbers entered-the Jackson
ville postoftice last night, rifled
the ' safe, registered mail - aad
Christmas packages, . opened let
ters and stole the stamp supply;
Mrs. Eaton said ; an official
check would be necessary to de
termine the loss. ' "
The robbers also 'entered two
tores, making a net haul of 131
and a quantity of hunting equip
ment. :-r:: ' : "
Tl A More days to
JLt: BUY and USE
CHRISTMAS
SEALS
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. PROTECT -;
YOUB
"" HOME - -
Thty help to finance free elintca fo
medical examinations te uncover
tubsrculesls.
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