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The OREGON STATESMAN, Safest, Oregon, Sunday Homing, December 25, 1938
Service Given
From Colleges
Hunter's Annua Report
to State Board Shows
',. Wide Range
Musica's Body Removed After Suicide
.EUGENE. Dec t4.-ff)-An
"amastng volume of direct service
to the people of the state" tm
noted today la Dr. Frederick M.
Hunter biennial report to the
state board of higher education.
The- chancellor of the state's
litem Of higher education listed
aa outstanding the contribution!
of the University of Orogon medi
cal school, which served 28,t8J
ill or diseased persons in the sec
ond year of the blennium. v v
. ' Dr. Hunter declared the gov
ernmenta! units of the state were
saved thousands of dollars by the
university's bureau of municipal
research which served 16 Ore
gon cities through meetings with
305 officials.
OSC Aids Farmers
Activities of the state college di
rectlr aided thousands of farm
. era and farm families. Dr. Hunter
said, through agricultural ex
nerimentatlon, technical and
scientific Information, homemak
ioz demonstrations, and leader-
shin In the 4-H club movement.
As a tynfcal example of the
service. Dr. Hunter said Oregon
State's direct scientific service
saved the $3,000,000 pea canning
oJndustry through control of the
pea weevil, developed the $4,
500,000 seed industry and con
tributed toward the 6,000-car po
tato industry in Klamath county.
He added that the university
school of journalism, through ar
rangements , with the Oregon
Newspaper Publishers associa
tion, contributed to the high
quality of the Oregon public
press by serving 80 newspapers
tn the state. '
Normals Increase
Dr. Hunter noted -an increased
confidence and consequently in
creased enrollment in the three
normal schools, and a broadened
educational influence through ex
tension - courses - and broadcasts
' fver the state-owned radio sta
tion, KOAC.
In explaining budgetary re
i uests. Dr. Hunter said a $332,-
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The body of Philip Musics is removed from borne at Fairfield. Conn, after his suicide. As the guiding
genius of McKesson ft Bobbins, tinder the alias of F. Donald Coster, the swindler had established a nam
for respectability. Ee was under indictment in connection with $18,000,000 missing assets of the company.
Seaman Gave Life
To Save Shipmate
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To All Our
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We Say
MERRY
CHRISTMAS
Schaefer's
DRUG STORE.
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dditics
... in the ISeus
(By The Associated Press)
PANA, I1L, Dec. 24 J. T. Sla
ter is a candidate for supervisor
and this is the appeal, in part, he
sen-fto the voters of his town
ship:
"I can't get a job anywhere eo
I can make enough to get oft re
lief .....
"When one has made a failure
in everything else he has tried he
ought to make good at some
thing . ...
"Now. if you want to vote for
some one that has made a failure
in most every walk of life, except
telling the truth, vote for me.
I have made a failure on WFA
and also relief."
Story of how two Lives
Lost in Ship Wreck
Is fcelated
JUNEAU. Alaska, Dec. 24-(P)-
The Btory came out tonight how
Seaman James Moore, Los Ange
les, laid down his life for his ship
mate.
It was just two weeks ago dur
ing a bitter, stormy black night
off black Cape Fairweather where
the old motorship Patterson was
swept upon the rocks by a raging
sea.
Survivors landed here today
told this story:
First Officer Gus Swanson,, Se
attle, rushed to. lower a lifeboat
He. hoisted it over the side and
began to lower it, standing be
tween boat and railing.
Wave Grips Boat
A giant wave gripped the boat
and flung it swinging to sea. In
a second he chose to drop into the
sea and swim to shore, rather
than risk being crushed to death
when the boat rebounded.
Moore, standing nearby, was
lashed quickly to an oil drum,
and, with a flashlight and a bot
tle of rum he was. lowered over
the side to rescue Swanson.
The sailors watched the bob
bing oil drum, with its human car
go and flashlight as it swept shore- panlment of a tire siren instead
.
Neither of the bodies have been
recovered.
Fighting Mars
Yule in Spain
Rebels Report
Big Victories
Government Denies Claim
bnt Admits Fighting
Heavy on Front
tttcvtiate. France (At the
Snanlsh Frontier). Dee. 2 5.-(Sun
day -(;p)-Spanisn insurgent mili
tary dispatches today reported ex
tensive victories in me xremp
sector of the northern front, where
Italian leglonalres were said to
have pushed forward more than
IS miles.
Insurgent field reports reach
bur the border said the attackers
had captured the towns of Figue-
rola, Penalda and Fontnonga.
Farther south, between Lerlda
and Gandesa, Insurgents said they
had taken the villages of Sar-
toca, Mayais, uaraenos, i or
rebes and Alcana.
Loyalist Deny It
: Government dispatches denied
all Insurgent claims, bnt ac
knowledged there was heavy
fighting in the mountainous area
south, of Tremp. Important power
center about 90 miles northwest
of Barcelona.
Government bulletins said the
insurgents used aviation, artillery
and tanks to support an miantry
offensive. The Insurgents declared
they had taken many prisoners
and "enormous quantities' of war
materials while government dis
patches reported that a number
of Italian volunteers, rociuaing
several officers, had been cap
tured.
Earlier military dispatches had
Indicated that the northern offen
sive, launched in blizzards and
sub-zero cold, had been brought
to a sharp halt.
Drive Is Crucial
The drive. Insurgent General
issimo Francisco Franco s long-
awaited offensive in Catalonia.
was regarded by both sides as a
crucial test. A half million men
were said to be arrayed on oppo
site sides of the 100-mile front
in two of the greatest armies as
sembled for a single battle in the
two and a half years of war.
Veteran government mountain
Dog Eat Dog (Hot Variety) Is Rule
At Columbia County Canine Confab
8T. HELENS, Dee. U-Xj-CiV-
tain Orin Shepard today held his
second annual Columbia county
canine convention and Christmas
carousal.
Skipper, Captain Shepard's
Cocker spaniel., and Skipper's eli
gible young son Bing, were hosts
fa. the backyard of the Shephard
home.
Columbia county's canine elite
attended and sniffed Tul greet
ings. The party was strictly in
vitational except for a couple of
strays that come over the fence
on hearing thf ruckus.
When the 14 guests had assem
bled, the basement door was op
ened and the party proper started,
around Christmas tree bearing
weinies and puppy biscuits.
- The growlf est and weinie snatch
proceeded without Incident until
Butch, a wire-haired terrier, and
Blackie, English coach day, devel
oped a rivalry for the attention of
Olympic Lady - Ann, aristocratic
collie. It seemed like a good time
to break the party up, anyway.
the weinies and biscuits having
been consumed. J. ,
Bandits Kill Two Youngsters Await
In Train Holdup Santa Fe's Santa
Filipino Robbers Escape Engineer Dons Red Suit
BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 21
Tippling, perhaps, Is becoming
more or less a bachelor's di
version.
Penal Institutions Commis
sioner John J. Douglas reported
a survey showed far fewer mar
ried men were serving drunken
ness sentences than in previous
years.
There was no decrease in me
number of single men serving
similar sentences.
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Rudolph Hess, deputy nazi par
ty leader, announced in a Christ
mas message that Chancellor Hit
ler bad established a new decor
ation, "the German mothers' cross
of honor," to be conferred upon
prolific mothers.
Mothers of four or five children
will get a bronze cross, those of
six or seven a silver cross, and of
eight or more a gold cross.
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we Bare teasuu iu iu&iib. iui . veteran government iuuuuuhui - - a
almighty for so visiblf blessing fighters, well-entrenched in forti- YinfilTlP;i fllTtl SPPTI
th nath nf Ailnlf Hitter" Hesa florf hilltnn nnsitinn. were slid 1'vU1UUUUU UW11
said in his message. I to have cut down Franco's Italian
and Moorish troops struggling
across snowswept fields in the
north.
With $150,000 Boodle
After Slayings
MANILA, Dec. 24-VChrist-
mas eve robbers killed two mes
sengers aboard a rich-loaded ex
press train tonight and escaped
with cash and gold bullion valued
at $150,000.
Wielding murderous Bolos, long
knives capable of easy death
thrusts, the robbers hacked and
stabbed the baggage messengers
to death as the train rumbled to
ward Manila from Bagulo, rich
gold mining district.
Then they looted the baggage
safe and fled some time before
the crime was discovered and re
ported to constabulary officials.
who launched an immediate
search for the slayers.
How or where the robbers
boarded the train, the Ilocos ex
press of the Manila railroad, was
not learned, as the robbery was
undiscovered until the train ar
rived here.
Manila is the dispensing center
for gold from the Bagnio region,
where some of the Philippines'
most profitable mines are lo
cated.
Annually to Scatter
Gifts From Cab
CLEBURNE, Tex.. Dec. 24-
(A1) Four youngsters who live in
a tent near Thackervilte, Okla.,
waited Impatiently today for San
ta Claus to drive bp at the throttle
of a thundering locomotive and
drop off a gift for each of them
And Santa Clause had no inten
tion of disappointing them or
score of other children who live
along the Santa Fe's right-of-way
between Purcell, Okla., and Cle
burne, Tex.
A red-suited man who every
other day of the year is known as
Joe Gerard, veteran engineer, was
all set to play again a role he has
enacted for 35 years a good St
Nick for two dozen children and
adults who live along his run.
In every nook and cranny of
the big locomotive Santa Gerard
has stowed Christmas packages
for his needy friends, many of
whom have never met him. He
tosses them off at various points
along tne line.
Gerard's giving is not confined
to Christmas. He tosses out little
things from his speeding train all
Qiristmas Is Sad
For new Orphans
Two Little Girls Await
Father Killed While
Getting Tree
ELTRIA. O.J Dec. 24.-GFVA
sad Christmas eve, softened only
by the generosity of friends, was
the lot tonight of two little girls
whose, father was killed as he
attempted to get" them a Christ- .
mas tree.
Deputy sheriffs took a pile, of
gifts, a tree and $25 cash to
Geraldlne Rousseau, 11, and
Sarah Rousseau, 8. Their father.
William Rousseau, was slain, and
their mother -was shot critically
yesterday as William Case, 84,
a a M
aetenaea nis evergreens irom aep-
redation. i
"We'll give them the happitfst
Christmas possible under the cir
cumstances," said a deputy.
Case Pleads Innocent
Case pleaded innocent to man
slaughter, after being assured the
arraignment was a formality, and
was returned to jail. Later his
son-in-law supplied bail of $1000.
Prosecutor Howard R. Butler
said disposition' of the charge
was up to a grand Jury, and in
dicated the case might be con
sidered Justifiable homicide;
; Mrs. Rousseau, 29, struck by
nearly 50 shot, meanwhile was
reported improved. Her 37-year-old
husband was killed instantly
near- his automobile, to which
Sheriff Carl P. Finegan said the
couple had tied a small spruce.
The children were staying with
Rousseau's mother. -
Early Entry Is Received
For Rose Festival March
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 24.-(P)
-Christmas is at the opposite
end of the calendar from rose
festival time but a floral parade
entry has been received.
Worth W. Caldwell, parade
chairman, announced today the
first entry in the 1939 festival
parade was the drill team of 40
officers of the Seattle police de
partment, n
Hitler Entertains
Old Guard Nazis
Hitler bimself gave 1300
brown-shirt "old guard" nazis a
Christmas entertainment in his
toric Loewenbraeu beer cellar.
Der fuehrer expressed "complete
confidence in the future." '
Paris restaurant keepers and
party hosts carried home the fin
est foods and wines they could af
ford to serve their guests tonight
at Christmas "revelllon."
The Frenchman's Christmas eve
celebration is just about equal in
importance to his New Year s eve
party but this year he finds it
costs him more.
For Federal Rules
178 additional appropriation was
needed to care for greatly in
creased : enrollment. He said the
ouaget, -wun tne additional ap
propriation, was 1263,062 below
the 1929-30 appropriation, al
though there were 1600 more stu
dents and .48 fewer teachers to I
handle them.
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Best Wishes
for A
Iileiiy Christmas
Irom
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C A S H T O N . Wis., Dec. 24
Cashton's Santa Claus went mod
ern this year. Instead of a sleigh,
Santa came riding into town on
the village fire truck, calling his fjn i -Jl ; - A
Merry Christmas" to the accom- JUctllUWCU lUCSdctgC
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sleigh bells.' Kincrc? mit Hnnoc
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home but cast in the role of police
men, guarded the Holy Land from
further bloodshed such as that
which has persisted since last sum
mer at the cost of hundreds of
lives.
The British have called it the
Arab rebellion,
While the Latin patriarch, rep
resenting Catholics throughout
the world, performed the solemn
ceremony of carrying the effigy
of the new-born king of . peace
from the convent of St. Catherine
to the traditional site of the man
ger, British garrisons occupied the
cloisters of the monasteries ad
joining the Church of the Natlvi
ty as well as the big square in
front.
This grotesque mingling of war
like evidences with religion
seemed almost sacrilegious.
Bethlehem, the cradle of Chris
tendom, had brilliant sunshine,
cloudless skies and cold weather
as the Saturday festivities started
and the British troops arranged
their celebrations so as not to
conflict with their Tigilant guard
- ATLANTA; Ga Dcfi. 24,
The little girl in the tattered
clotnins looked at the depart
ment store Santa, Claus and
then at the artificial fire real
istically slowing behind him.
"1 don't want anything bat
that warm fire," she told him.
Santa Claus couldn't say any
thing because of the lump in
his' throat.
Hopkins Sworn in
For Cabinet Post
Silyerton Eatery
Damaged by Blaze
SILYERTON, Dec. 24. Fire of
unknown origin caused damage
to Ralph's restaurant here today.
Starting In the basement, -tne
blaze damaged the kitchen so
that it was necessary to close the
restaurant. '
The fire was remarkable in
that it was the third within recent
months involving restaurant prop
erty owned by W. E. .Toney. The
first of the series destroyed the
restaurant operated by Mr.
Toney and he Has rebuilt it but
it will not be ready toopen tor a
few days yet The second fire was
In the same establishment dam
aged today, operated by Mr.
Toney's son-in-law, Ralph Eb.ll.
Grasshopper Year
Forecast for 39
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24-UP)-
George H. Davis, president of the
chamber of commerce of the Unit
ed States predicted today that con
gress would modify "government
restrictions" on business and
called on everyone to make sacri
fices if necessary to promote re
covery.
In a public statement on con
ditions at the year end, he said
an upturn was in progress and
that business activities were defi
nitely better than at the end of
1937. .
"But we have to remember,"
Davis added, "that if business lm-1
provement continues only at its
recent rate it will not for 12 full i
months carry us again to the level
of the spring of 1937." j ,
"In other words," the business
spokesman said, "if more encour
aging conditions for business ac
tivity cannot be brought about,
we shall at best stand at the end '
of 1939 In the part-way position
we occupied some 30 months be
fore."
WASHINGTON. Dec.
Harrir Hopkins got a Christmas
present from Mrs. Roosevelt to
day a big black Bible.
He laid his hand upon It. swore
to uphold the constitution, and
thus became secretary of com
merce in the Roosevelt cabinet.
When the ceremony j ended in
the president's book-lined study
on the second floor of a White
House gay with poinsettlas.
wreaths -and Christmas trees, the
former WPA administrator strode
through covered passages to meet
the press in the executive "offices I dutJe
"Do you have any message for
the business men of the nation?
he was asked. .
"Listen," he drawled in mock-
protest, a grin creasing his long
face. "This is Christmas, and I'm
in a Christmas mood.
"The baby's list gets longer and
longer all. the time. And I've got
to deliver on a contract with Santa
Claus before night fall." .
WASHINGTON, Dec 24-UP)-A
severe Infestation of grasshoppers
in many sections of the Pacific
northwest in 1939 was Indicated
by the department of. agriculture
today, following an egg survey.
The department said the infes
tation, in some cases, would x be
more severe than in 1938.
Thousands of tons of poison
bait will be distributed by the bu
reau of entomology and plant
quarantine In Oregon, Washing
ton, Idaho and Utah early in the
year in an effort to avert heavy
crop damage, the department said.
Oregon's allotment will be 238
tons, about' the same as In 1935.
The department blamed grass
hoppers for 187,000,000 worth of
crop damage In the nation in the
past year.
End of War
Seen as
Sunshine for Christmas
Is Weather Man's Gift
PORTLAND, Dee. 24-V-The
weather bureau, forecast sunshine
for Christmas day, and mild tem
peratures without snow In north
western Oregon. The sky was over
cast today.
Small . craft storm warnings
were displayed at the mouth of the
Columbia river and on the Wash-
lngton coast. .
Mormons Arrange
For Food Storage
PORTLAND, Dec 24-WVThe
first Mormon relief . warehouse
was assured here today', when the
Church of Jesus Christ, Latter
Day Saints, signed a lease provid
ing space from which food, cloth
ing, bedding- and eventually fur
niture will be furnished impover
ished church members.
The program was designed to
remove Mormons from govern
ment relief rolls.
Dr. Paul B. Firth, stake coun
cilman supervising work relief,
said no money would be taken
for goods distributed, but neither
would members able to work be
given them "out and out. He said
ward bishops would furnish tem
porary employment , payable In
storehouse orders.
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We wish to add one
more greeting to the
many others you are re
ceiving tiiis Christmas.
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Christmas eve merriment tonlaht.
children had to go to bed ear
ly, but the grownups trooned into
Mrs. Roosevelt's sitting room to
fill each other's stockings before
on the president's mantel niece. MW-I inte tiecora Viewed
sue nad tne materials all ready In
neat piles -soap, tooth brushes
land bright Christmas trinkets.
The two C year-old girls Diana
Hopkins and James Roosevelt's
daughter Sara were expected to
waaen. Mrs. Roosevelt very early
tomorrow. She will close the win-
Youth Falls Down
125-Foot Opemng
And May Yet Live
MISSOULA, Mont., Dec. U-(jpi
-Rodney Miller. 19-year-old TJai
Tersity of Montana forestrr atn-
dent, was expected to survive here I
tonignt arter" falling 125 .feet
down an abandoned mine shaft
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year
17. L Anderson, Inc.
DISTRIBUTORS
DeSoto and Plymouth Motor Cars
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By Portland Postmaster on Mount Jumbo, near here.
PORTLAND, Dec.
Fostmaster E. T. Hedlund pre
dicted today that receipts for De
cember, when totaled, would set
an all-time record.
Figures compiled Saturday dis-
dows while they rouse the remain-1 closed that parcel post ran nearly
der of the household, and then
the fun of opening stockings will!
Degin.
22 per cent ahead of last year.
Bridge Funds Approved
McMINNVILLE. Dec. 2 i-(JPi-
Approval by "Washington officials
of allocation of 121,285 for con
struction of a $47,000 bridge!
across tha South Tamhill river
near Sheridan was received in a
telegram - yesterday by County 1
Judge William O. Powell.
Miller was exnlortnr the rattle
snake hills with another student
when he plunged down the shaft.
It -was more than three hours be
fore firemen, police and ranchers '
could . get him out. One ler w.
broken and other injuries were I
undetermined, but believed not I
critical. " - .
A Merry Christmas
To All
CLAUDE MIX
JEWELER
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Pair Are Given Freedom
As Present From Judge
GRANTS PASS, Dec.
Olin Randolph and Melvln Wal
lace got their freedom as Christ-
mas presents today. Justice of the
gaffing salmon, and permitted
them to celebrate Christmas with
their families before serving out .
the fines, s -
Albert Rossiter and Benjamin
Whorley paid ? fines of J 3 5 for
similar offenses ;.
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they go together. And how com
pletely one depends upon the,
other! For who can have happi
ness without the blessing of
health?
Make your Health program a
. matter of first importance. Con
sult your physician frequently.
Make him your partner. Be sure
to follow the sound counsel he
' gives and bring his prescriptions
to this pharmacy where skilled,
conscientious, registered phar
macists will compound them.
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