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Monday 89, mln. 28. RItct
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EIGHTY-EIGHTH? YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, December 27, 1938
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None Left Out
As Christmas
Feast Enjoyed
Hundreds of Families In
Salem Vicinity Aided
by "Welfare Groups
Hotel de Minto Also Is
Host as Delectable
Dinner Served
Big-hearted Salem feasted on
Christmas day without forgetting
that many of Its families could
not proride . themselves . with a
generous Yule table.
Churches, school children, vet
erans, fraternal and service clubs
and organized charities Joined
hands to make the day a real
merry .-Christmas for all; yester
day, their leaders expressed a be
lief they had achieved that goal.
The Salvation Army distributed
more than 150 baskets containing
meat, staple groceries and fruit
to as many families, with the Red
Cross assisting, as a clearing house
to avoid duplication of effort. Ad
jutant - John M. Allen reported
yesterday. From the new army
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unit viuiuiug buu vcuuuig mtai
were delivered to families need
ing such articles. A crowd of
children that packed the hall,
Saturday night enjoyed a Christ
mas program and the arrival of
Santa Claus, arranged for with
the aid of the Klwanis club. . " .
Many Given Baskets '"L
By Catholic Charities
More than 350 men, women and
children enjoyed Christmas viands
delivered to 74 families by the
Catholic Charities of Salem, an
other Community Chest affiliate.
Rev. T. J. Bernards, director, an
nounced last night. The charities
board, T. A. Wind ishar, August
E. Huckestein, Cyril A. Suing and
Daniel McClelland, along with
other Catholic laymen, assisted.
Salem's transient visitors also
were not forgotten, according to
Patrolman Hobart Kiggins of the
eity police force, who has 'charge
of Hotel de Minto. Twenty-six
hungry knights of the thumb and
rails were treated Sunday to a
sumptuous dinner that included
roast turkey, duck , and goose
nuts, candies, cakes, pies and the
other customary trimmings. After
dinner they enjoyed cigars and
cigarettes.
"The men were more than amp
ly provided for,"r Off icer Kiggins
commented. "The many contribu
tors to this dinner would have
had their thanks in full had they
been able to see "the 'guests'
gather Joyously around the 'hotel'
tables.
From school rooms and church
groups also came generous dona
tions of foodstuffs and clothing
distributed to needy families
through private an dpublic agen
cies. - .
More Receive Toys
Than Ever Before "
So many boys and girls found
the Salem Elks lodge and the eity
tire department a true Santa
Claus Saturday, when toys, cloth
ing and candy were given away
to all comers at the Elks club
Saturday, that the committee yes
terday had not been able to com
plete Its count of registration
cards.
"More boys and girls than we
ever had before," reported Lou
Thomas at the Elks office. "There
were between 1500 and 1600. We
ran out of candy before they
topped coming but sent out for
more so that none had to go away
disappointed."
Others on the Elks committee
were Robert Cole, chairman; Wil
liam Hammond, Joseph Kreuger
and Percy Blundell.
The hundreds, or possibly thou
sands, of ' toys given away were
the handiwork of Salem's fire
men, who for three months bad
been busy in their station -shops
repairing and repainting, toys
brought in by townsfolk.
Needy war veterans' families
were supplied with a large num
ber of Christmas dinner baskets
through the Associated Veterans,
headed by Hans Hofstetter.
Thirteen other families late last
week received large boxes of food-
staffs, elothing. candy and toys.
the -gift of the Salem Lions club
and auxiliary. Cash donations to
charities were made by the Rotary
tlab. ....
Elliott Roosevelt
Attacks Mexicans
--Observing that "it would ap
pear on the surface that the 'good
neighbor policy has - gone far
enough," Elliott Roosevelt assert
ml in a broadcast tonlxht , that
Mexican sales of oil from expro
nrittai) nronertiea to Germany. Ja
pan and Italy has created a prob
lem for this nation which must be
met. - -- V-'T
"If Mexico wants- to be a friend
and a good neighbor, she might
how. It first of all bv lnvltinr an
oil man representative from each
r ttifc fnrolra nation affected bv
expropriation measures to come to
MevtMi eitv and sit with Mexican
officials. In all of their dealings
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HARRi . OPKINS TAKES CABINET OATH
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The meeting room of the cabinet was the locale for Harry L. Hopkins' receiving of the oath of office,
and attending a cabinet session in his new capacity as secretary of commerce. Telephoto shows Hop-
kins, former W PA administrator (center) being sworn In by Associate Justice Stanley Reed of the U.
'S. anpreme court, while President Roosevelt who named Hopkins to the post looks on. (Acme
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Bomb Threat jote
Held Crank's Job
Police Search Portland
Store but Find not
aHSingle Clue
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2e-AJ)
-Detective Captain John J. Kee-
gan expressed belief today that
the extortion-bomb threat tha;
forced evacuation of the Sear3,
Roebuck & Co. s t o r e at the
height of the last-minute Christ
mas rush Saturday was probably
a hoax perpetiated by a crank.
Police searched the store but
fcund no time bomb the extor
tion note, slipped into a cashier's
cage, said was set to explode at
3 p. m. They questions a part-
time employe of the store they
thought manifested undue inter
est in the plot but exonerated
him.
The note made its appearance
shortly before 2 p. m. Saturday
when 5000 last-minute shoppers
jammed the store. It demanded
payment of $2500 at an east
Portland address to a man who
was described. It stated that
when the money was paid the
store would be given the loca
tion of the bomb by telephone in
time to prevent Its explosion.
Police and store executives
hustled the customers and 300
employes from the store and
locked the doors for the day
while detectives began their
fruitless search.
Harry Richmah's Wife
Hospitalized, Pneumonia
NEW YORK. Dec. 26.-flV-Ha-
sel Forbes Richman, wife of Har
ry RIchman. night club entertain
er and actor, who was admitted
to Mount Sinai hospital yesterday
suffering from, bronchial pneumo
nia, was reported today to have
passed a "comfortable night."
Only one Infant
Is Santa's Gift
On Salem's Yule
Just one Christmas baby,
, fitting symbol of the season,
arrived In Salem on December
5,-a check of local hospitals
yesterday revealed.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Smith of
Gervais were presented with a
9 H -pound baby girl, Mary Lee,
born Christmas noon at the
Bungalow maternity home.
A baby boy born to Mr. and
Mrs. Yoshikasu Horikoshl,
route 7, jnst missed the day by
a few hours. He was born at
Deaconess hospital Monday
night.
Coulee Dam Cost
Nears $95,000,000
GRAND COULEE, Dec. 26-()-Estimates
of the US bureau of
reclamation and Consolidated
Builders, Inc., Indicated today the
total expenditures in construction
of Grand Coulee dam to the end
of the year would bo $95,000,000.
The figure for equipment, ma
terials and supplies. Including ac
tual expenditures and items for
which contracts have been made,
is about $56,000,000 and for
wages and salaries nearly $29,
000,000. The figures for 1938 alone were
estimated at $f22,000,000 and
$7,000,000 respectively.
The CBI listed the hourly pay
rate of $1.09 for the year, with
average weekly pay checks of
$40.33. The average number of
men at work on the project during
the year was listed at 3169.
Stork vs. Santa
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 26-y-Santa
got stiff compeUtlon from
the stork In Portland. Twelve
babies eight boys and four girls
were born Christmas day.
Insurgents Report Capture
ic Loyalist
Of Strateg
City
HENDAYE, France (At the
Spanish Frontier ) , Dec. 2
The Spanish Insurgent ' military
command reported .tonight the
capture of Borjas Blancas, strate
gic town 1C miles southeast of
Lerlda ion the main Catalonian
highway to Tarragona on the
Mediterranean coast.
, Insurgent radio stations broad
cast a report from Gen. Francisco
Franco's -. general headquarters
that this Important position fell
In the fourth day of their general
offensive Into the heart of the
government stronghold In north
eastern Spain. 1 - -i
- Borjas Blancas Is approximate
ly 35 air miles from Tarragona
and is In the center of the Insurg
ent campaign on the southern end
of the Catalonian front- -r
- Elsewhere in . Catalonia' Fran
co's troops reported a slow but
steady advance In t h e I r thrust
aimed alUmately at Barcelona,
the government capital.
Jnst south of Borjas Blancas,
the insurgents reported they pene
trated the province of Tarragona
In the vicinity of the Sierra De La
Llena, where the government has
erected a strongly fortified line.
The Insurgent columns in the
mountain and those at Borjas
Blancas apparently were endeav
oring to form a Junction at Mont-
blanch, 20 miles to the east for-a
combined push against Tarragona,
20 miles south southeast.
Montblanch is a Junction on the
curving main Lerlda-Tarragona
highway. y
: Insurgent planes, flying ahead
of the land forces, bombed Reks,
about 10 miles from Tarragona
on the highway. Government ad
vices said nine persons were
killed.
' ' Government dispatches said the
northern defenses of Catalonia
around Tremp, famed hydroelec
tric center, were . holding - firm
against relentless Insurgent as
saults. , Several Italian troops
were reported taken prisoner In
the Segrt river sector,
r Insurgent advices said. - how
ever, that of 27 divisions taking
part In the Catalonian offensive
only one was made , up of Ital
ians.";'-;-. - i
: The battle lines, along which
were arrayed -600,000 men on
both sides, began to take clear
form as Gen. - Franco used his
time-tried tactics of snr-oundlng
and slashing oft broad govern
ment sectors In a criss-cross pro
gress toward his final goal.
Pan-America Meet
Held Achievement
Note of Optimism Sounded
as Delegates Prepare
for Last Session,"
LIMA, Dec. 2 6-GPHJnited
States delegates today hailed
the eighth Pan-American confer
ence which closes tomorrow as a
remarkable monument of achieve
ment and an excellent example for
future assemblies of the western
world'3 21 republics.
This note of optimism was reg
istered as the various delegations
which produced some 130 resolu
tions and declarations, including
the momentuous "Lima declara
tion" for new world solidarity and
defense.
Amid the hurry and bustle of
preparations for the final session
there were evidences that the
United States delegation did not
Intend to rest on the gains made
heje for improving Latin Ameri
can relations.
Many of the Washington dele
gates already were laying plans
for technical Pan American con
ferences to be. held shortly.
Among them were assemblies on
the Pan-American highway and
on Intellectual cooperation, both
of which will be held in Santiago,
Chile.
France Takes
Italian Note
S For Its Word
Next Move in Argument
Over African Territory
up to Italians
Daladier Plans Journey
to View Corsica and
Tunisia Areas
PARIS, Dec. 2$.-(yrp)-France
told Italy today that she accepted
the Italian note renouncing the
Its 5 Laval-Mussollnl territorial
treaty but that the accord must
stand as the only basis for ne
gotiations between the two
powers.
Thus, the next more in tha co
lonial Issue was put squarely up
to Italy as Premier Daladier, de
Spite fascist cries of "provoca
tion,' disclosed plans to make his
tour of Corsica and Tunisia a
nighty "hands off demonstration"
to Premier Mussolini's legions.
: ; The French note was sent to
Italian Foreign Minister Count
Qaleaxxo Ciano by Andre Fran-
eola-Poncet, French ambassador
to Rome. It answered Italy's note
which declared annulled the 1935
pact. The pact gave more than
44,000 square miles of territory to
Italian Libya and Italian Somali-
land at the expense of Tunisia
and French Somallland.
Daladier to See
Military Sights
Daladier arranged to travel ny
warship and to review huge pa
rades in Corsica, France's Med
iterranean island department, and
Tunisia, her North African pro
tectorate. In a tour of military
fanfare.
Both territories have been
prominent In the fascist territor
ial clamor raised in the Italian
chamber of deputies last Novem
ber 30 and given official encour
agement by the. Italian govern
ment's renunciaUon of the1936
treaty, "which also assured ottlsen
shlp rights of Italian subjects In
Tunisia until 1965.
Daladier announced his trip
tentatively scheduled to start Jan
uary 2, after the tension over col
onies arose and touched oil an
gry demonstrations on both sides.
Desnite the pointed warning
yesterday of Virglnlo Gayda, au
thoritative Italian editor, that It
aly would consider such a voyage
an unfriendly act. Daladier con
ferred on arrangements with Erik
Labonne, resident-general In Tu
nisia, the French possession ,most
coveted by Italy.
Protest Renewed
Against Bombings
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.-flV
State department officials said to
day that because the Japanese
MvrritriTit fallixt tn Tftnlv satis
factorily to earlier protests
against tea bombings or American
property in China, United States
Ambassador Joseph C. Grew made
a renewed protest today.
They said the ambassador's lat
est protest covered the numerous
bom bin ka in recent months which
the Tokyo government previously
nad promised to investigate, urew
called the. matter to the attention
of Foreign Minister Hachlro Art-
ta, repeating his requests that
Japanese warplanes cease sucn ai
tacks.
Nazis Are Silent
On King Proposal
BERLIN, Dec. 26.-P,t--The
propaganda ministry said today
nothing was known of United
States Senator William H. King's
proposal that Washington sever
diplomatic relations and commer
cial Ues with Germany.
The propaganda ministry was
one of the few government offices
manned during the Christmas hol
iday which ends tomorrow.
Since all newspapers closed
shop for the holiday, there was no
published comment on the propo
sal made by senator King, Utah
democrat, la a Washington inter
Yiew yesterday.
Bernarr McFadden Safe .
; . At Plane Noset Over
WESTFIELD, Mass., Dec 2
tSt Bernarr MacFadden. - maga
zine publisher, escaped unhurt to
day when his five-passenger canut
plane nosed over as ne was iana
lng at Barnes airport, .
Japanese Troops
Claim Victories
SHANGHAI, Dec. 26-tf)-The
Japanese, striving to pacify un
conquered south Shansi province
in north China, announced today
their forces had captured four
towns and killed COO Chinese in
a new offensjxe.
They reported they had won
control of hilly regions north of
the Fen river radiating from Lin
fen, city which lies abcut 10 miles
east of the Yellow river and about
200 miles northwest of Kaifeng.
Severe fighting - was reported
nnder way near the Juncture of
Shansi, Shensl and Honan prov
inces, near the point where the
Tellow river turns eastward after
flowing from the north.
British Bank Head
Kidnaped by Arabs
1 JERUSALEM, Dec. 2-ifP)-Re-belllous
Arabs today kidnapped a
British bank manager, Louis Le
Bouvier, near Jericho.
The abduction, was one of sev
eral Christmas disorders In the
Holy Land in which fonr persons
were killed and five Injured.
A royal air force armored ear
found Bouvier's abandoned auto
mobile beside the Jerusalem-Jericho
road. Troops started a search
of the surrounding area.
Blizzard Crimps
Europe Airliners
PARIS. Dee. 2$-()--A bliuard
caused suspension of all air trans
port services between the conti
nent and England today for the
first time In 10 years.
German, Belgian, Netherlands,
Swiss and French air lines oper
ating from Le Bonrget air field
to central eastern Europe were
also grounded.
Heavy . snow fell in northern
France and on the English chan
nel following several days of
freezing weather.
450 Lives Is Holiday's
Cost With Traffic Tops
In Reason for Tragedy
.
Accidents in Traffic Cause Loss of 341 Persons
During Christmas Holidays; Fire Takes
Lives of 21 People
(By The Associated Press)
The nation paid with more than 450 lives for its holiday
weekend.
At least 341 of the violent deaths were caused by traffic
accidents.
The total death count for the weekend, however, was
short of the 600 fatalities reported last Christinas.
Fire claimed 21 lives this year;0
gunshot wounds 13; suicides 15;
Purse Is Snatched
Two men snatched a purse from
Mrs. J. F. Hughes. 667 Vista ave
nue, as she was standing on the
corner of South Commercial and
Judson streets last night, accord
ing to a police report, . ' -
train accidents 12; drowning S;
and miscellaneous causes, the rest.
Largest death tolls by states in
cluded: California 25; Illinois
22; Michigan 26; Missouri 16;
New Jersey 13; New York, includ
ing New York city, 27; Pennsyl
vania 26; Texas 35; Ohio 42; In
diana 17.
Seven states Delaware, Iowa,
Nebraska, Nevada, Rhode Island,
Wyoming and Vermont and the
District of Columbia reported no
violent deaths.
Northern States
Get Cold Weather
North Dakota Mercury Is
Below Zero as Whole
Midwest Freezes
CHICAGO, Dec. 26-(ff)-Wlnd,
rain and snow ushered the sever
est cold wave of the season into
the northern states tonight.
Temperatures had dropped be
low sero in North Dakota and
were falling steadily as far east
as North Carolina. Readings of
10 below were forecast for the
entire state of Nebraska.
Snow swept through the Dako
tas and Into Minnesota, where it
drifted and halted highway traf
fic in some sections. Flurries were
reported in Wisconsin, Indiana,
Illinois, Iowa and Michigan, with
more snow predicted for tonight.
Kansas and Missouri were out
of the path of the storm, but the
mercury dropped 20 degrees at
Kansas City, and near sero tem
peratures were forecast for both
states during the night.
Eastern states, the weather bu
reau reported, would feel the
worst of the cold wave tomorrow
night. Snow tomorrow was fore
cast for Tennessee, Kentucky,
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
and most of New England.
New York City and New Eng
land generally enjoyed clear,
crisp weather today. Tempera
tures hovered around the freezing
mark.
Storm warnings were issued by
the weather bureau for Lake Mi
chigan, over which strong north
west winds will blow, and for the
Atlantic coast from Cape Hatter
as to Sandy Hook, N. J.
Sub-zero temperatures were re
ported In Colorado, Montana and
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Father and Sons
Die at Crossing
WEST MANCHESTER, O., Dec.
26.-(P)-A father and three sons
were killed tonight when an auto
mobile In which they were riding
was struck 'by. a fast passenger
train during a. blinding snow
storm. ; . - A
: The dead were: Oca Stivers, 60,
the father; and Noah, 28, Oscar,
15, and Cletus, 12.
Coroner Walter McCool said he
had not been able to determine
who was driving the auto.
Europe Gets Thaw
As Christmas EnB
Snow Falls in France as
Prelude to Predicted
Rain for Today
LONDON, Dec. 26-P)-Most of
Europe, blanketed under snow,
today faced the prospect of a gen
eral thaw bringing a slushy end
to Its "white Christmas."
Britain suffered first as warm
winds sent temperatures up and
turned streets and roads Into
bog-llke lanes.
Snow fell throughout central
France as a prelude to predicted
rain tomorrow, and the storm
caused suspension of all transport
service between the continent and
England for the first time in ten
years.
South toward Switzerland and
east through Germany and central
Europe and north through Scan
dinavia the cold and snow held.
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Dec. 26
-(jPJ-Three Hungarian peasants
were frozen to death today along
the Rumanian border where snow
blacked trains and disrupted elec
tric service to 36 villages.
ROME, Dec 26-(P)-Tempera-tures
fell to12 degrees at Milan
today and snow cloaked the sum
mit of Vesuvius.
Similar temperatures were re
ported along the Italian Riviera,
while snow' slides blocked roads
and severed telephone lines In
valleys around Rovereto.
"Truce" Is Talked
In Chinese Circle
HONGKONG, Dec. 26-;p)-Re-ports
that Wang Chlng-Wel, for-,
mer president of the Chinese ex
ecutive Yuan, was en route to
Hongkong to discuss '"truce"
terms with Japanese emissaries
have caused lively discussion in
diplomatic circles here.
First reports were that Wang,
who Is head of the so-called "peace
party," would arrive today, but
tonight his whereabouts were a
mystery. He has left Chungking,
provisional Chinese capital, on a
"sick leave," and was supposed
to be coming here by way of
Hanoi, French Indo-China.
The reports of impending
"truce" negotiations could not be
confirmed. .
OSC barometer's Editor
Suspended From College
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CORVALLIS, Ore, Dec 26-ff)
Dick Kennedy of - Portland, edi
tor of The Barometer, Oregon
State college student newspaper,
has been suspended from school
for the next two terms, George W.
Peary, college president, said to
day. : Peary said Kennedy had violat
ed a college regulation.
Congress Eager to Find out
Roosevelt Reaction to Vote
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26HP)
Congress will be back in town
next week eager to learn, first of
all, what policy changes President
Roosevelt may have adopted as a
consequence of the obviously con
servative trend of last fall's elec-
Uons. - ..
For, upon the president's re
action to November's voting de
pends much - history to be. made
in the near f uture-7-the course of
legislation for two years to come,
and a chain -of influences both
great and small reaching Into the
presidential campaigns of 1940.
Moreover, the third term question
is still a: very lively issue. -:t "
Congress will return with Its
republican voting strength great
ly increased,' but with the demo
cratic party still holding a "paper
majority" In both house. That is,
when tha new deal democrats and
conservative democrats vote ; to
gether they will command the
situgUon. ; '- :-r:
But, last year, even before the
recent republican gain of II seats
in. the house, an Informal coali
tion of republicans and conserva
tive democrats beat the presi
dent's rovernmental reorranlxa-
tlon bill and blocked the, wage!
hour bill tor months. Since the
election, the possibility of such
a combination standing squarely
in the. path of the new deal has
become a very real threat to the
president. ;
: Whether it develops zrom. a
possibility into, an actuality de
pends, by all accounts, upon the
future course of . Mr. Roosevelt
and the new deal. V
Itthe president, with the con
servative wing of the party still
smarting at the attempted party
"purge" of last summer, and with
the republican conservatives anx
ious ' to test their new voting
strength," insists upon a militant-;
ly liberal course, he will encoun
ter, most observers believe, a mil
itant opposition. 1 - v -; a :
"We've got him stopped," was
the laconic , way In which, one re
publican senator recently put 1L-
; A stalemate might , 2nd the
president battling' the congress
and the congress battling the pres
ident, over tha radio and la the
newspapers. Such a controversy,
if It ever got going, could rival the
fight over the supreme court tor
intensity. And It would lead di
rectly into, the 1140 presidential
campaign, -. - j '
Executive May
Report Nation
In Great Need
Report Given That Pair
of Messages on Needs
of Defense Due '
Quadrupled 'Air Fleet Is
f Contemplated bv Head -of
Republic
' By EDWARD E. BOMAR
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2S.-P-President
Roosevelt was reported
authoritatively today to have de
cided on a double-barreled recom
mendation to congress for nation
al defense reinforcements of un
precedented peacetime magni
tude. Persons close to the admlnistra- -tlon
said the chief executive In-
tended to report, in the annual
message he will deliver personally '
to a joint senate-house session on
January 4, that the security of the
nation and its neighbors was
threatened by the armed might of
aggressive dictator states.
A week later, nnder present ar
rangements, a special message
will present detailed recommenda
tions for an army air force of
some 10,000 planes and numer
ous oilier measures.-
Quadrupled Air
Fleet In Offing
Thus, the administration eon
templates a Quadrupled military
air fleet of at least 18.000 air
craft. Including the minifhum of
3,000 congress authorized for the
navy In this year's billion-dollar
fleet expansion act.
The magnitude of the air pro
gram has caused surprise here, es
pecially in view of the fact that
some high army officers were ad
vocating, at least up to recently, a
comparatively small air force of
high quality.
Early in October Maj. Gen. Hen
ry H.' Arnold, new chief of the
army air corps, declared that the
country didn't need a. great many
more military airplanes, but need- ,
ed faster ones. Under the devel
opment program being carried on
at that time, the army was to have
2,320 craft by 1940. Gen. Arnold.
In an interview, called this "a
very good figure as things: now
stand."
These "remarks were made
about the time of the signing of
the Munich four -power accord.
If UCtuci SSJU jiivaiiuuo wa, . aav-
ford and the post-Munich events
abroad have now cnangea Arn
old's mind is not known. He could
not be reached for comment to
night. Discord Rumor . '
Denied by Craig .
There have been reports that
some other high officers of the
army could not see eye to eye
with the administration on ae-
fense plans. These were denied
ten days ago by Gen.. Malta
Craig, chief of staff, who said:
"The administration and the
war department have been work
ing in Intimate accord on a pro
gram .regarding which absolutely
no decision has yet been finally
made."
Shortly before that a retired
officer, Maj. Gen. George Van
Horn Moseley, had told the New
York board of trade that '.'fear
and hysteria" were being engen
dered in support of heavy expen
ditures tor national defense.
Supporting the president's forth
coming proposals, congressional
circles have heard, will be "start
ling evidence'- that Germany's
aerial force and aircraft factories
geared, to war demands threaten
to upset completely the world of
military and political power.
Developments Are -Reported
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: From. usually well-Informed ad
ministration and leislative sources
come reports of these develop
ments: 1. Details , of the new-rearmament
program are " complete.
They were shaped in close cooper
ation with Gen. Malin Craig; army -chief
of staff, and other military
advisors, since , Euroeps uneasy
peace, agreement was reached at
Munich. War And navy depart
ment budgets already hare been
approved:,, ": '..,-..": v ;.:.-.,.'-
2. Convinced .that American air
power must be quickly augment
ed, Mr. Roosevelt has been un
moved by arguments of some con
gressional critics that the United
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Claim Four laves
' PORTLAND, Ore!, Dec. Hp
Auto accidents and fire took fonr
lives over the Christmas weekend '
in Oregon. :.' -
; Mrs. Marie Llesman, 40," Port
land, was struck and killed by a
car as she dismounted from m baa. v
Carl Tittle, 45, farmer, was
burned to death when : his log
caDin near uamascus, nonneast
era Clackamas county, "was de- ,
stroyed by fire, - - '
At North Bend Adolph Aslack
sen, 40. was strnck by a ear and
fatally Injured. - ' . 0
A man. Identified as J. J. Me
Guire, about It, was struck and
killed by a ear at a Portland ln-v-tersectlon.
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