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Newspaper Page TextPAGE TWO Chinese Enter Puppet State Communist Army Marches Into Manchoukuo to Cause HaYOC SHANGHAI. Dee. M-(Weduea-day)-P)F-Foreign reports said to day that unita of the Chinese eighth route (communist) army had entered Manchoukuo and were causing widespread disturb ances in the Japanese-dominated state. . - As a result, these reports said, Japanese . authorities were rush ing troops from north China into the region along the Manchoukuo Chinese border. Japanese officials here, following their usual pro cedure on ManchouXuoan affairs, said they had no information. Trouble In Formosa At the same time the Chinese press reported trouble also was brewing In Formosa where For mosans and Chinese residents were said to be opposing Japan's war regulations and recruiting. Foreign reports in Peiplng said from 15 to 20 trainloads of Jap anese troops . bed been, passing daily through the great walls at Shanhaikwan Into Manchoukuo. These reports, however, were flat ly denied by a Japanese army spokesman who declared "no Jap anese troops are being sent from north China into Manchoukuo." ( Japan Denies It The spokesman said Manchou kuo was quiet and no trouble had been reported anywhere along the border. Some observers in Peiplng felt that the reported movements may have represented the usual shifts ot Japanese troops. Meanwhile, three days of bom bardments of Chinese positions between Pakhol in extreme .south China to Shantung promontory, In the north, by Japanese air and .naval forces were reported last night by a Japanese spokesman. The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning December 21, 1938 Suicide Ended Her Husband' s Life Mayo r Lonvuicea Police Innocent PORTLAND, - Dec. . 20-(JP)-Mayor -Joseph K. Carson said to day it was his conviction that three policemen accused of beat ing James Sullivan, a prisoner, were innocent. The mayor suggested that if tht) 1 Oregon Prison association was not satisfied with the-result of an investigation conducted by a special committee, it should take the matter into a criminal court. - The prison association charged Patrolman Earl Meacham and Detectives R. P. Ripley and George Turner beat; Sullivan uatll they broke nls ribs. Sulli van later exonerated f Meacham -at a hearing before Jhe mayor. The others denied they had hurt the prisoner. j - Carson asserted "some one is lying" and that if the policemen were at fault they would be pun ished but that there was a con flict in testimony before him. Ha said he suggested a criminal pro cedure to either clear the offi cers or convict them. Portland Harbor Loading Speeded by Yule Season PORTLAND, Dec SQ.-ifo-The Christmas- season speeded rather than retarded activity in the har bor this week. Eleven ships, four of them fully refrigerated, loaded fruit for Europe. Palestine and Egypt. : Four reefers will take on from 75,000 to 100,000 boxes tor for eign' markets. . Hugh Herbert Shaken up BAN FERNANDO, Calif., Dec. 20.4P)-Hugh Herbert, screen comedian who made the expres sion "woo woo" what it is today, wss shaken up and Frank Van, driver of the auto in which Her bert was riding, suffered facial bruises today as the car collided with another. i nmy "n ' u ' ;"': ! "... n a i t ..m j.m i " it . . : If 1 A " -V - - - ' j t ' - ' V " ' - ' V . - " 1 f 'f A Latest picture of Mrs. Carol Jenkins Coster, "widowed by the snlcide of her hnsband, F. Donald Coster when- he 'was fxposed as! the "brains" of the swindling Musica family. (Acme elephoto.) Reich Raises Ban On Heir Payments Philadelphia Judge Makes Retaliation by Order Halting Claims WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-()- One week after a Philadelphia judge took diplomacy in his own hands and delivered a retaliatory blow against Germany, the reich today lifted a ban preventing Am erican citizens from collecting in full on inheritances left them in Germany. Heretofore American heirs of persons who died in Germany have been unable to receive all of their legacies because of German exchange restrictions. This situation came to the at tention of Judge Raymond Mac Neille of the Philadelphia com mon pleas court. As a result he refused last week to allow part of a $91,258 trust fund to go to claimants in Germany. "In view of the fact that money belonging to beneficiaries in this country is not permitted to leave Germany I do not think It fair and proper to transfer funds from this country for beneficiaries in Germany," he said. Occupational Ills Protection Cheap Cost of compensating workers for occupational diseases would be nominal, so low as to make cost "the last: consideration" in setting up a program, J. C. Joy, chairman ot the state Industrial aecldent commission, told the Sa lem Trades and Labor council last night. Joy said the national aver age cost for this type of work men's compensation was 2.3 per cent of all. compensation outlays. The council has gone on record favoring enactment of a full cov erage system of occupational dis ease compensation. First meeting of the council committee on arrangements for the union-sponsored president's birthday ball was announced for December 30. The ball will be held January 30 at a place yet to be selected. C. W. Crary, council president, has appointed all offi cers and delegates of the council as a general committee for the at fair. Edens Captivate Capital Folk ' , - - rv- -' - "- l . v.- i N 1 - ' . , j . V i - v sx ' ' " '' i. J;. ;g -l i x : ; : w , j Salem Hidi Grads To Retufi Today Recent Graduates Among Speakers onf Schedule for Homoming It's homecoming at Salem high today, with the annual assembly set for 12:50 to ft 30 and a pro gram including blief talks from homecoming graduates, Christmas carols by the hlgg school chorus under the direction of Lena Belle Tartar and presentation of track letters by Vera GSmore. Grads who arfe scheduled to speak include Itchael Yocom, Tats Yada, Flavig Downs, Cecil Quesseth, Doug Chambers, Bill Thomas, Bill Smith,' Jean Burt, Elizabeth Steed aid Maxlne Holt. Barbara Crain Is chairman of the committee inS charge, mem bership of which glncludes: Mar ietta de Prez ad Betty Jean Thomas, stage decorations; Betty Anunsen, prograni ana registra tion: Tom Kay anft Bill Shinn. ad vertising; and Bo Olson, seating and ushers. u - . Preceding the 8 o'clock annual basketball game bgtween the Vik ings and alumni, he annual Sig ma Lamda honor Society banquet will be held in 1ie high school cafeteria at :30. The program includes a skit bylhe pledges. Capitol Hfll Rings To Holid Carols : Oregon's new lipitol rang to the voices of an f estimated 600 people who ; gathered In" the ro tunda yesterday afternoon for the first Christmas statehouse parol ing conducted sinfe the old capi tol burned. The fast carpi pro gram will be heldLt 4:30 o'clock this afternoon vth broadcasts over radio stations KEX and KSLM, featuring 0-eetIngs to the state by Governor Iharles H. Mar tin and Secretarxlof State Earl Snell, from 4:45 tf 5 p. m. The singing yesterday was led by Fred Brewer gith Mrs. Ken neth Dalton as accompanist. Near ly all state departments released their workers fori the half hour of community slnjing, in which me puDiic was mmted, to partici pate by Secretary gSnell as custo dian of the capitoi building. Visitors to the fipitol obtained their first views f the rotunda murals, three of arhlch are now Mnr nitt In ? o r . v..v. Skiers' Roads To Be Opened Highway Commission Will Give Forestry Service ; Emergency Aid - - PORTLAND, Ore.. Dee. 20-(A The state highway commission said today it would give emergen cy assistance to the forest service in keeping roads open for skllers between Government Camp and Tlmberline lodge on Mount Hood. Previously, the forest service has been responsible alone. - The commission pnt aside an offer of a group insurance plan for highway employes, declaring It did not wish to appear to be sponsoring solicitation by any one company. survey of the South Santlam highway from Foster 15 miles east was ordered in preparation for surfacing and rebuilding curves. The commission considered Portland petition to create an ar terial route through the city to carry north and south bound traf tic along Front avenue, and heard an appeal by Mayor Joseph K. Carson for action. Henry Cabell, commission chair man, said high right of way costs stood in the way of the route. He added, however, there was a chance congress would allocate funds for right of way purchases. Bids opened and awarded were: Marlon county 1.8 miles grad lng, 1.8 miles surfacing and 5.S8 miles oiling Shaw junction-Gates section of Silver Creek Falls and North Santlam highways, Edwin C. Gerber, Oregon City, 132,574 Soil District Act Is to Be Sought CORVALLIS, Dec. 20-Up)-An enabling act for he formation of soil conservation dirtrkts was in cluded today among a list of meas ures proposed for legislative ac tion next month by the legislative committee of the Oregon reclama tion congress. Major C. R. Moore, US army engineer, reported approximate ly two million dollars had been spent on the lower Columbia river for flood control. The work in cluded ISO miles of levee con struction, 14 pumping plants and two dozen tide gates. He predicted congress would authorize funds for an early start on water storage projects in the Willamette valley. A. N. Fulkerson, 68 Called by Death A. N. Fulkerson, resident of Sai lem Heights for nearly 30 yean died at the residence there yester day afternoon at the age of 68 years. Mr. Fulkerson, a retired farmer, had been ill for several months. . He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, who Is Marion county school superinten dent, a sister, Mrs. Fae Saunders of Scappoose and brother, ?. Ful kerson of Seaside. Funeral announcements will be made later by the CIough-Barrick company. Skid on Ice Is Fatal WEED, Calif., Dec. 20 -(iP)- Marguerite Erickson, 20, of Ten nant, was killed early today when her coupe skidded on the ice-coat ed highway 11 miles north of here and plunged over a bluff. A wom an passenger in the car escaped with minor injuries. - Ur. and airs. Anthony Eden la Washington i ; Handsome Anthony Eden, former British foreign secretary, and his . attractive wife, shown at a Washington rail station, captivated capital folk during their day's visit, which included a call at the White House and a tour of Washington's home at Mount Vernon, Va, Clackamas Sheriff Sue For Salary nlleged Due OREGON CTT Dee. 20-WPk- . ... . . . a son was iuea m circuit court to collect S66S alleged due Sheriff js. T. Mass of ClLckamas count for back salary. A G. Beattle. to wit Am 4 V ' ... . t . J asserted the money was withheld between the time the sheriff was Indicted on a ch&rre of larceny and his acqaitt&l at a second trial. t Logger's Froz&n Corpse Found Hanging in Cabin KLAMATH FAsLLS, Dec. 20- (py-The frozen bday of Carl Mey ers, 60, a logger, was found hang lng from the rafjers at a cabin here today. Chief $?f Police Frank Hamm said Meyels, missing since Friday, had apparently taken his own life. k r 1 " : Public Assistance Fund For Quarteifi Announced , " .... f ' ii ' Washington, Dei 20-JFV-Grant totaling J22.:74.T: to 24 states lor public assistance irom Janu ary 1 to March ttt 1939. were an nonnced today byffhe social secur ity board. The allocation included: Ore gon, aged. !S3e,fij4; blind, S15.- 160; children, sb& 4 3. Sneak Thief fys Brass; Takes Coppfrs off Cops PORTLAND. Dc 20. (JP - A sneak thief; won tais week's award for brass and meiness. He stole firemen's milk &nd bottle con taining 37 or 28 fi pennies from counter in the yrimlnal depart ment of us sheriix s office. Swiss President ': V, ...i, Phmp Etter By right of succession. Philip Ktter, statesman, educator soul journalist, becomes president of Switzerland for 1939. Switzer land chooses a new president each year from the federal assembly .which consists of seven members. The vice president automatically becomes president and a new Tic president Is named each year. Friendly Mayor, Friendly Police Friendly Again FRIENDLY, W. Va., Dec. 20 -(P)-All was friendly again today in this Ohio river front village. where the men work and women rule, after the police chief apolo gized for slapping the mayor. The controversy, Mayor Stellla Eddy related, began over three Pigs. She said she sent Police Chief Josephine Cline to arrest the own er of the pigs because the five woman council passed a law against keeping pigs in the village limits. The chief reported back the pig-keeper refused to b arrested. So, the mayor summoned him into court and fined him 35 and costs. Then, the mayor scolded the po lice chief, whereupon the chief slapped the mayor's face. But Mayor Eddy said the chief had apologized nd "everything is sweet." She added, however. that she had concluded a wom an's place wasn't in the police chief's office, although she would permit Chief Cline to serve out her term. Northwest Ranges Are Showing Early Growth Of New Grasses, Report PORTLAND, Dec. ZO-iJfyOre gon and Washington ranges en tered the winter season with an abundance of dry grass and an early growth of new grass, the federal ' bureau of agricultural economics reported today. Cattle and sheep have held up well for the past month. Prices were stronger and the de mand brisker for cattle and calves while the demand for feeder lambs Improved at ad vanced . prices. Bay Area Chinese March in Protest 10,000 Chinese Pickets "Retreat" From Lines About two Ships SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 20-UP) -Singing the song Chinese soldiers chant when marching Into battles. pickets estimated as high as 10, 000 persons marched in a demon stration here today withdrawing their lines from two ships loading scrap Iron for Japan. Leaders said the withdrawal waa to prevent a "coastwlde ship ping- tie up." ' . . - As a result a scheduled renewed meeting tomorrow between long shoremen who had refused to go through the picket lines and wa terfront employers was expected to be only a formality. Longshore men said they expected to resume loading operations tomorrow on the Greek freighter Spyros and the British ship Beckenham. Load ing on the Spyros was halted Fri day when Chinese children pick eted its pier begging longshore men not to load scrap iron "to be used in making bombs to alougher our countrymen." The Becken ham arrived yesterday for a sim ilar cargo and was picketed today. B. S. Fong, unofficial "mayor oti Chinatown' and leader, of the picketing organizations, told the demonstrators the "retreat" was in the Interest of labor peace but that a drive would be launched for an embargo on exports of war materials to Japan. PJiilips Sentenced To Life in Prison LA GRANDE, Ore., Dec. 20-(&) -Jesse Philips, convicted of sec ond degree murder, was sentenced to life imprisonment at the state penitentiary by Circuit Judge J. W. Knowles today for the slaying of Frank Bryant, 44, and the wounding of Mrs. Elsie Carlson. The judge refused to delay sen tence when Philips' attorneys as serted they had uncovered new evidence. He advised them they had ten days to file for a second trial. Philips shot Bryant last Octo ber. He described Mrs. Carlson, who was with Bryant, as his com mon law wife. Europe Suffering From Winter Chill Icy Winds Swoop Across From Steppes; Many Die in England LONDON, Dec. 20-(ff)-Bitter-ly cold snowy 'weather spread suffering throughout Europe to il ay, causing many deaths. Com munications and transportation facilities were disrupted. Tem peratures fell to 20 and 2$ de grees below zero, Fahrenheit, In parte of the Soviet Union and icy winds from the Steppes swept the continent and the British Isles. - v : . 25 Dead in Britain About 25 persons have died in the British Isles. 15 in Bel - alum, nine In France, two In Germany, and ia few others In central Europe. Twenty five passengers drowned when a ferry, creeping through the Icy mer at Lisbon, struck a dredge and sank. The cold waa expected to last through Christmas. Canal systems of France, Ger many and Belgium were frozen. Cold snapped a rail in Hungary, derailing a train and injuring six passengers. Railroad signaU froxe . in Scandinavia, delaying trans-continental expresses. Several ships in the Black sea radioed distress signals and at least three sailors were believed lost. In Britain plumbing, froze in thousands of houses. In London the temperature was around 23 degrees. Several fires and ex plosions were traced to cold weather causes. Eugene Water and Power Users Are Saved $76,500 EUGENE, Dec. 20-(JP)-Profits from the municipal water and light system will result in savings of $76,500 for users next year, the Eugene water board announc ed today. The new rate schedule for pri vate power users will be 165.000 less. Eugene's power bill will be sliced $5000 and private water users will save $6500. SALEM CONTRACTOR IS LATEST LOCAL CITIZEN TO ENDORSE VAN-TAGE Marine Reserves Okehed PORTLAND, Dec 20-()-Brig-adier General W. P. Cpshuh, di rector of the marine corps reserve, has authorized establishment of a battalion of US marine rserves here. Star Is not Told Of Daddy's Death NEW YORK, Dec 20-.'!P)-Mary Martin, newly discovered Broadway star and singer of the successful "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," was not told today that her own father had died , at his home In Weatherford, Tex. Miss Martin's secretary said the auburn-haired singer would not be advised until after tonight's performance of the musical com edy, "Leave It to Me," and ex pressed the opinion Miss Martin would not be able to attend her father's funeral. The singer recently flew to Texas on a weekend visit! to her father's sickbed. Turkey Hens Maintain 25 Cents Selling Price PORTLAND, Dec 20 -(-Turkey hens maintained a selling price up to 25 cents a pound on the market today. A strong tone prevailed. j The market for toms was fair at 22 cents generally within one cent premium on small stuff. Receipts were below expec tations. I "I Feel Like a Different Person Since Van-Tage Helped Me!" Says Mr. Ball, Prominent Paint ing Contractor Who Has Lived in Salem for the Past 25 Years! Mr. W. E. Ball, ot Route 4, Salem, is the latest widely-known local citizen to give Van-Tags his personal endorsement. Van Tage is the Amazing Compound ot Natural Root and Herb Ex tracts, blended with other Splen did Medicinal Ingredients, which has recently created such a sen sation in this vicinity. This Great Medicine is now being introduced to the local public by a Special Van-Tage Representative, known as the VAN-TAGE MAN, at the Fred Meyer Toiletry tc Remedy Shop, 148 N. Liberty St. Mr. Ball is known to almost everyone in Salem. He is a Paint ing Contractor and has been a resident here for the past 25 years. His endorsement of Van Tage was given for the sole pur pose ot telling others about the relief this medicine gave him. Read his statement through and through and find out what Van Tage CAN DO I Food Soured, Turned to Gas in His Stomach! "Van-Tage has done co much for me that I want to give you my statement and let others know about this wonderful medi cine," said Mr. Ball. "I suffered with constipation and vaa a regular user of strong physics. I had spells ot sour stomach after my meals, and when these spells came on me it seemed like my food would turn sour and cause gas to form, which bloated me up something awful. This kept on until I lost weight and got down to 123 pounds. I started taking Van-Tage and I'm happy to say that it did wonders for me! I noticed a great change from' the very first bottle, and now my elimination is more regular and I enjoy eating my meals better than I have in a long time. . My food seems to nourish my system better, too, because I've gained 13 pounds. I actually feel like a different person since Van-Tage helped me SI , r - 1 1 at M7 1 MR. W. E. BALL, Well-Known Salem Contractor, Whose Re markable Statement About VAN-TAGE Is Published Below. Read What He Says About the ReUef It Gave Him! and I am more than glad to endorse such a fine medicine!" How Van-Tage Acts on Stomach and Bowels VAN-TAGE contains Extracts of Natural Roots and Herbs combined with other Recognized Medicinal Ingredients. It acts on sluggish bowels, stomach and kidneys as a laxative, stomachic, carminative and diuretic. Van Tage helps to clear gas from stomach and bowels, relieving the misery of gas and bloat pressure. It has a gentle cleansing action on the intestines, aiding in the relief ot headaches, dizziness, biliousness, coated tongue and drowsy feeling due to constipa tion. It helps to dilute and flush out irritating acids which accu mulate in the kidneys.' ThU Great Compound has been tested by the sale of over 1,700,000 Bottles! SUFFERERS! Due to the im mense volume in which it sells, the price of Van-Tage is reason able. So don't hesitate. Get this medicine TODAY! A Special Van-Tage Representative, known as the VAN-TAGE Man. is now at the Fred Meyer Toiletry St Remedy Snog, 148 N. Liberty St., Salem, daily meeting crowds of people and Introducing and ox plaining this Famous Medicine. 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