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EIGHTY-NINTH Y.EAB
Salem; Oregon, Thursday HonJnjr, Norember 30, 1939
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Paul Mauser's Column
W ara happy to aea that It's
till leral for a rlrl to protect bar
honor with gunfire la the state of
Tex. Wo ara
thinklnr of the
Ctrl - who shot
down a man. two
tnoi a-blaxln', a
few- d ay a ago
light ont on tha
Da 11 sidewalk
and from all ap
pearaneaa.lt iiidi aha had
fairly good,
though ae b a t-
able. reaaona for ME.Hniw.Ji.
doing it. Anyway tha grand Jury
down thero teemed to think so
- and It returned a not true bill in
the episode.
Well. It showa that chivalry la
not dead yet In Tex grand Jur
ies. We hare a theory, though,
that things wouldn't hare gone so
well with the gal If ahe had need
only one gun. But. ahade of Ca
lamity Jane. Texaa can't resist a
two-gun girl.
If anybody wants a penguin
for a pet you can get one from
the New York City aquarium
for 9 ISO. Wo might a well
warn you before you send the
money, though, that they aren't
rery good pets. They need lota
of water to swim la. eat noth
ing but fish, and bray like
Jackass, though not quite a
loudly. They bite, too.
Wo had heard It noised about
that Western Union, a one of its
many and varied aerriees. will de
liver telegrams which the messen
ger sings to the recipient. The
other day a friend of ours had a
birthday and wa thought it would
bo nice to hara a telegram sung
to him In person. Wa called West
ern Union and asked them about
It. .The man who answered tha
phone said ha conld sing a tele
gram over the phono but couldn't
leave tha office. Just then a met
, aenger boy came in and tho man
wa were talking to asked him If
be wanted to sing a telegram.
Over tha phone wa heard him say
something and then tho man told
us ha said, "he didn't.' hare a To
tal voice."-
So wo sang It ourself.
DITTY OjT DIETING
Sugar and spleo
And everything nice, '
That's what little girls ara made
Of.' , K .;. . J '-' : '" V-r.
Sugar and spice
And everything nice.
That's what bigger girls ara
afraid of.
MGoao With the Wind will
run three hours and forty mln-
t o a, Hollywood announce.
Moviegoers bringing their
lunches will be requested to
cut them during the battle
scenes.
Holiday Observed
By "Other HalT
Thanksgiving Comes Twice
A Year in 3 States;
26 Feast Today
(By the Associated Press)
About half tha nation will sit
down to groaning tables of
Thanksgiving food today although
the other half already haa thrown
out tho well-picked bones of last
week'a turkeys.
Twenty-six states stood by tra
dition and chose to' celebrate tha
last Thursday in November, de
spite President Roosevelt's decree
advancing the data a week earlier
than usual. Three of these
Colorado, Mississippi and Texas
decided to observe both days. Tor
the rest of the country, turkey
with its aftermath of Jiash and
oup waa but a pleasant memory.
Today's celebrants, other than
the three states with double holi
days; are:
Alabama, Arizona. Arkansas.
Connecticut, Florida. Idaho, Iowa,
Kansas. Kentucky. Maine. Massa
chusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska,
Nevada, New Hampshire, - New
Mexico, North Carolina, Oklaho
ma. Rhode Island, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Vermont and Wiscon
sin. Kansas City, Mo., found It easy
to celebrate both days. Missouri
observed last Thursday but Kan
eana waited until today.- Thua
residents of Kansaa City, Mo.,
merely bad to cross the river to
Kansas City, Kan., to enjoy a
second feast day;
Governors of 4 1 states eon
' tributed to a feast which will
climax a Pilgrim pageant .. in
Plymouth, Mas, tonight.
Mrs FR Honored-
NEW YORK, Not. M.-VDe-seribed
. as an 'apostle of good
will" Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt
tonight i was .given tho religious
publication churchmen's bronze
plaque tor "the promotion of good
will and bottor understanding
amour all people.' -
Late Sports
SEATTLE, If or. 9-(ff)-WiUi
Manager Connie KJmg etttag
tho scoring pace, the Seattle
Beahawks defeated tho league
leadlag Portland Buckaroos, 9
to Z, here tonight In fast Pa-,
clfte Coast Hockey league game.
Head of Bund
Found Guilty
On 5 Charges
1UC11 I Ul u II U D . I Ur '
Urbanization is Laid
1 to Knhn
4r
O
Maximum Penalty
Years Imprisonment. '
; Faced by Leader?
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NEW; YORK, Ner. liiPr
Frita Kuhn was convicted tonight
of grand larceny and forgery in
the alleged theft of money from
hla German-American bund.
Eight and one half hours after
receiving the case, tho Jury of 12
business men announced their ver
dict conviction on all of tho five
counts left to the Jury's decision.
The maximum penalty for the
portly bundsfuehrer could be SO
years in prison. Sentence will be
Imposed December. 5.
There was little excitement In
the courtroom. Spectators had
been barred from trial sessions for
some time and-were not admitted
tonight.;
Kuhn Is Silent as -Verdict
Pronounced
As the foreman announced tho
decision, Kuhn, in the prisoner's
dock, stood erect and blinked bis
eyes. Then he sank back against
a court railing, but said nothing.
As each Juror was polled twice
responding to the quesUon as
to whether "guilty" waa his ver
dict with an "It la," Kuhn faced
each man.
Excusing tho Jury, General Ses
sions Judge James G. Wallace
aaid: "The court feelts that tho
verdict you have rendered Is on
the evidence and Is not based on
anything else. The Jury deliber
ated so earnestly, heard the evi
dence so attentively and haa aat
so long on this case that It Is en
titled to the thanks of tho court.
In a monotone, Kuhn read hla
"pedigree' to the clerk. He said'
bo waa 43 i married, born In Ger
many and ' a naturalised eitlsen.
He gave his occupation as "pres
ident, the German-American
bund, and said he had three de
pendents, waa a moderate drinker
and had had no previous convic
tions. t j-
Bund Leader Led .
to Musty-Tombs - -
nis wire, who attended few. sea-i
slons of tho trial, waa not present.
Out of tho nearly-deserted court
room, Kuhn was led by aa of fl
eer across the Bridge of Sighs into
tho musty, odorous Tombs, where
ho must remain until he Is sen
tenced. !
As ho waa led away, Kuhn's at
torney, Peter L. P. Sabbatlno,
asked thb court, "May I reserve
the right to make my motions un
til the day of sentencing?"
"You may," returned the court,
then added sternly, "and I shall
also continue the question of what
action I shall take for your con
duct throughout this trial, until
that day, or the day after.
The Judge previously had
warned Sabbatlno that he might
be held In contempt.
Spy Roundup Near
Indictment Stage
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29-AV-
Attorney General Murphy lndicat
ed today that tho Justice depart
ment's sweeping Inquiry Into tho
activities of foreign agenta soon
would reach the grand Jury stage.
Murphy aald that the work on
auspected law violations by for
eign agents, which ho described
i a "very . exhaustive inquiry,
was Bearing completion and
would bo summed up by tho fed
eral bureau of Investigation. This
summary will be presented, he
sajd, "here and in districts where
proper venue can bo had.
Murphy emphasized that the in
vestigation had proceeded "rery
Quietly' In line with the depart
ment's desire to "avoid scares,
raids or Invasion of civil rights.
British Still Hold American
Ships for Contraband Search
By ROBERT BUNNELLK
LONDON, Nov. 2.H?-United
States merchant ships, banned
from the European war sone by
tho American neutrality law,
stlil are being brought into Brit
ish ports in the war sone- for
examination. '
Thlf disclosure today by the
ministry of economic warfare waa
followed oulekly by the declara
tion in neutral circles that vessels
thus concentrated for examina
tion by tho British contraband
control were exposed to. bombing
by enemy craft.
Thirteen American merchant
men were among the 184 neutral
ships whoso cases were considered
by tho contraband committee In
tho week ending Not. 25. There
were 85 ships. Including, two Am
erican which had been held more
than a week, still at three United
Kingdom c o n t r a b a-a d control
points yesterday. -
(Tho neutrality law, which be
came operative Nor, 4, prohibits
American ships from - entering
ports situated In the combat area
around most of northern Europe
and tho British Isles. British au
thorities In Washington have con
tended, however, that Internation
al law gives Britain a clear right
to order neutral vessels Into Brit
ish ports for examination.
-.' (State : department' authorities
GERMANS
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While allied and neutral shipping continue to be blasted by German mine strewn throughout the
North aea, Baal mine sweepers are active clearing the vicinity of their own ship lanes In tho Baltic
Unusually clear photo above shows a fleet of nasi mine sweepers on patrol. Gun crew on afterdeck
la foreground la adjusting an anti-aircraft gun, Just in case of unexpected business."
BudgetCommitteePasses
$1,057,988.29 for 1940
$500 Increase in Original Estimate Expected
to Be " Offset j by Greater School Receipt;
Necessary Levy Puzzles Study Group
Total expenditures for Marion county during; 1940 will
approximate $1,057,988.29 according to unofficial fig-urea
compiled after the county budget committee yesterday gave
final approval to the budget for the next fiscal year. Of this
sum $695,288.19 will be raised through direct property levies.
The county budget committee itself made only two
changes in tho budget aa drawnO
p first en
first en November which
srovlded for total expenditures of
S1.07S.347.10 and a tax levy or
9710.C47.10.
It approved a $400 contribu
tion for aid given to dependent
children ' from Marion county by
tho Caihobe charities in Portland,
and It raised tho boys' and girls
aid society appropriation from
1300 to 9400, making a total
budget increase of 9600.
This raise waa partially offset.
however, by the filing of final
school census figures by Mrs. Ag
nes C Booth, county school su
perintendent, with tho budget
committee. The final census calla
for school expenditures of tit 8
S40 Instead of the 91tS,f 10 esti
mated in tho original budget,
making a total deduction of
9272.70 when the portion for the
county library fund is also In
cluded. The drop in the tax levy and
budgeted expenditures eamo with
Information filed recently by tho
state commission and approved
of necessity by the budget eom
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Cain in Industry
Reaches 850,000
WASHINGTON, Hot. 19-ifPh-
Secretary Perkins estimated to
day that further net gains in fac
tory employment for November
would bring the aggregate in
crease for the last six months
to 850,000 persons.
Allowing for seasonal curtail
ments In canning and apparel in
dustries,' she said preliminary fig
ures for mid-November indicated
a net gain from mid-October of
25,000 workers who returned to
Jobs compared with a normal de
cline of 1.8 per cent. '
This estimate was exclusive of
changes In employment in the au
tomobile Industry.
aald they had not been advised
officially of British action In tak
ing tho American Teasels into
the forbidden areas -t and that
therefore international problems
which might . be Involved - were
not under consideration at pres
ent.) v ; :
The government tightened its
hold on parliamentary procedure,
meanwhile, when the house of
commons approved by a Tote of
218 to 115 a proposal by Prime
Minister Chamberlain to restrict
the Introduction of bills to gov
ernment measures. A similar rule
was In force during. the World
war. ' ,4 - - -. : ; ...
. In air warfare, the. British re
ported their- combat planes
brought down a lone - German
raider off. tho northeast coast of
England. 'r .. t
Coastal residents watched tho
battle off the north Humberland
coast. A lifeboat failed to find
any trace of the raider, identified
as " a German Helnkel plane,
which the air ministry said "dived
vertically, into clouds toward tho
aea. - - ;
' The British said tho plane waa
the 23 rd nasi raider brought
down over or near . the British
coast since tho Germane raided
tho Firth of Forth naval base on
October 18- :
SWEEP OWN SHIPPING LANES
I v n
Jury itenises to
Indict Gun Girl
No-Biir neturned In Quia
Of Slaying of Dalian
Lawyer by Woman
DALLAS, Tex., Nor. 9.-A)-A
Dallas connty grand Jury refused
to Indict honey-haired Corinno
Maddox for the two-gun killing
of Brooks C. Coffma'n, 40-year-old
married lawyer.
The grand Jury twice called her
before it and today returned a no
bill, which meant the 28-year-old
stenographer would not have to
stand trial in connection with the
slaying 10 daya ago.
, Miss Maddox, at home with her
mother andjrtster, was Jubilant.
"Fine!" she exclaimed. "That's
a sure cure for the rainy day
blues.
"I have no regrets at all except
that it (the shooting) had to bo
done."
"It had to be done." ahe dis
closed after the killing., because
Coffman, admittedly her attacker
in an ice-pick slabbing, had
threatened her life. Out of that,
she said,' grew fear and hate.
On Nov. 20, Miss Maddox wait
ed in a Main street shop for Coff
man to walk by. She had two pis
tols in her purse. She told police
later ahe aaw Coffman parsing,
trailed him and fired all the cart
ridges from each weapon. ,
Tho screaming lawyer, begging
for mercy, fell to tho street. .
President Closes
acation
ABOARD THE ROOSEVELT
TRAIN ENROUTE TO WASH
INGTON, Not. 2)-Pre8ident
Roosevelt and one of his secretar
ies, Marvin H. Mclntyre, .held a
Jolly reunion tonight when the
president stopped off at Asheville,
N. C on the way back to Wash
ington from a week's Tacatldn at
Warm Springs, Ga.
After chatting with Mclntyre;
who haa been 'convalescing from
4 lung illness, Mr. Roosevelt re
boarded his special train and
headed toward the capital and a
series of Quick check-ups on gov
ernmental and foreign affairs.
Mr. Roosevelt will remain In
Washington until Saturday, then
go - to tho Army-Navy football
game at Philadelphia ' and on to
his Hyde Park. N. T., home for a
few days. :
Pre-Hbliday Pay
For rkers
Ordered by Giief
'. WASHINGTON, Nor.' 2B-iTy
-Colonel PV C Harrington,
WPA commissioncT, today or
dered that approximately SOO
OOO work project employes re
eerre pre-boliday pay check to
taling almost 20,000,000. -
He instructed all state ad
ministrators to issue pre-holK
day checks for approximatelT
400,000 worker who normally '-.
wonld not be paid mntll the day
after Christmas and to make
similar concessions . for about
400,000 others whose regular
pay day fall .on the day after
.New Year'sw . '
Georgia V
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tission Asks
Court Decision
Opening Unemployment
Records Is Protested
By State Board
Tho state unemployment com
pensation commission asked tho
state supreme court yesterday to
reverse Circuit Judge L. G. Lew el
ling's order opening tho commis
sion's records to inspection by
Emmet T. Rogers of Portland,
counsellor for the tax reduction
and control bureau.
Assistant Attorney General
Ralph Campbell, commission at
torney, conferred with the court
for more than an hour today. Tho
court is expected to Indicate to
day whether it would accept Juris
diction in tho case.
If tho court accepts Jurisdiction.
Canrfoeli probably will file a man
damus: action yet today.
Rogers, - who contended m a
suit filed in lower court that the
commission had Illegally failed to
set up necessary reserves in Its
fund, was granted permission by
the circuit court to inspect the
records and accounts of tho 11,-
000 employers In the state whose
employes . are eligible to Jobless
benefits.
The commission contends
records are confidential.
the
Chrysler Plants
Tjp Open Monday
50,000 to Get Back to Jobs
After Seven Weeks
Strike Layoff
DETROIT, Nov. 29-(i5)-More
than 50,000 Chrysler corporation
employes who haven't had a pay
day for seven weeks eagerly wait
ed tonight for a chance to resume
work under a new contract an
nounced today.
Corporation officials, hoping to
recoup an estimated 8100,000,000
sales loss -caused by the 54-day
shutdown which marked the auto
mobile industry's longest labor
dispute,' rushed plans to get final
assembly lines ' operating - again.
Spokesmen said all plants would
be open by Monday..
The corporation.- instructed
thousands of employes to resume
work at several plants tomorrow
morning . for "regular shifts."
These Included the Dodge, Plym
outh and DeSoto plants. Addi
tional thousands were called back
for Friday, Saturday and. Monday
mornings.
A general wage increase of
three cents an hour for all hour
ly: employes of the corporation,
and an additional increase of one
eent for workers in all jChryeler
plants outside Detroit, waa In
cluded in the settlement.
Officials of the CIO United
automobile- workers estimated
that -the Increases total between
$5,00,000 and $0,000,000 a
year. The corporation aald It was
"about $5,000,000."
Share in Company
Awarded by - Court
; SEATTLE. Nov. 294fp-Seven
discharged employes of the Belk
nap Glass company, - which was
left to tho 40 employes In the will
of the late C. C. Belknap, won In
court today a share in the com
pany tinder tho terms of tho un
usual bequest. j . -.-
r But -they 'failed to - win back
their Jobs with the company, once
rained at $ 4 0 0,0 0 0 but now ap
praised at $151.000. .. A
r Krneger Named
OREGON CITY. Nor. 2X&V-
w. v. n KTueger, lumberman,
was elect,! by the city commis
sion today to serve tho unexpired
term of the late Mayor Lloyd O
Harding. Krueger. Oregon City
resident for 30 years, will leave
ozuee January 1 .
Finns Nervously Anticipate
Next Move of Russians Who
Claim Intentions Peaceful
Russ Soldiers
Warned to Be
Set for Action
Blame for Failure of
- Conciliation Laid
Upon Finland
Molotoff Tells People
Situation Is Not
Tolerable
By WITT HANCOCK
MOSCOW, Not. S OP)-801
Russia has broken off diplomatic
relation with Finland but left
the world in doubt as to her fur
ther Intentions.
Severance of diplomatic rela
tions between nations often Is
a forerunner of war but soviet
Russia declared she had no in
tention of annexing Finnish ter
ritory or of compromising ' Fin
land's Independence.
With a million Russian troops
massed on the Finnish border fac
ing Finnish forces that at best
can muster 400,000 men, Russian
Premier-Foreign Minister Vyach-
ealaff Molotoff declared in a mid
night broadcast that Russia was
taking "Immediate steps" to keep
her security inviolate.
Troops Asked to Be Ready
For Instant Aotkm
His midnight broadcast, deliv
ered with a background of stir
ring martial music and red army
marching aongs. called on Rus
sia's million of red troops and
her nary to be prepared for any
action.
The nary already has been en
gaging in exercises in the Oulf
of Finland, In dose proximity to
Finnish islands which Russia has
asked tor naval bases.
- Tho official note severing rela
tions (was handed by Molotoff to
the Finnish minister at 10:20 p.m.
(Wednesday) (2:80 p. m., EST).
In his broadcast announcing
severance of . relations, Molotoff
declared that' long, "patient ne
gotiations" with Finland had re
sulted only In an "irreconcilable
attitude" on the part of Finland
whose leaders acted "in the inter
ests of imperialistic war-mon
gers."
Only Russian Aim Is
To Safeguard Union
"The only aim of , our nation
Is to safeguard the security of
the soviet union and in particu
lar Leningrad with its population
of 3,500,000." Molotoff declared.
"In view of the present Inter
national situation, we could not
make a solution of this vital and
urgent question conditional upon
the bad faith of the present Fin
nish leaders.
"This matter must be solved
by the soviet union in friendly
cooperation with the Finnish peo
ple." "We can no longer tolerate the
present situation for .whlfh the
Finnish government bears full re
sponsibility '. . . Our government
has decided it no longer can main
tain normal relations with Fin
land," Molotoff declared.
Edison Proposes
Reserve Increase
WASHINGTON, Nor. 2
Charles Edison, acting secretary.
said today tho, nary planned to
use graduates of college naval
reserve . training units as Junior
officers and was negotiating to
increase tho number - of - such
units.
Dies Challenges Roosevelt
To Take Stand
NEW YORK, V Nov. 19-UPH-
Amid the blare of martial music
and the cheers of thousands. Rep
resentative Martin Dies (D-Texas)
strode to a flag-bedecked rostrum
in Madison Square Garden tonight
and challenged the Roosevelt ad
ministration to "come out openly"
in a stand "for or against" his in
vestigation of nn Americanism.
. The tall, broad Texan addressed
a crowd estimated by Garden of
ficials at' 12,000 persons . at a
' m nbHnv tfm 1thaHii.n aiwiir.
sored , by two dosen patriotic, re
ligious, military and other , or
ganizations. . Saying ho deplored, a "trend to
ward centralization ' of power in
Washington as -the first stage to
wards dictatorship, Dies assert
ed, "these issues rise above par
tisan political expediency. This Is
no time - for pussy-footing and
cowardly politicians. - -
Three hundred ' .uniformed
policemen mingled ' with the
crowd, but there.wa no signs of
disturbance.'
1 A roar rose from the assemb
lage when a speaker announced
that 3erman-American Bund
Leader Frits Kuhn, who had ap
peared before Dies committee,
had been convicted on charges
of larceny and forgery. Dies him
self withheld comment. -Tho
meeting wa under the
Apprehensive of
NextUSSRMove
v.
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ELIAS ERKKO
Finnish Foreign Minister
Eight Injured as
Bus Hits Bridge
Blinding Snowstorm Cuts
Visibility of Driver
Of Sleeper Stage
SPRINGER, NM, Not. 2
A transcontinental sleeper bus,
boring southward through a blind
ing mountain snowstorm, crashed
into a steel bridge spanning the
Vermejo river north of the Tillage
of French tonight. Injuring .at
least eight of the 14 persons
aboard.
Some of the Injured were taken
to Raton, IS miles north of
French,' and tho remainder
brought here.
A tentative list of the Injured
was as follows:
Buck Shaw, Raton, driver of tho
bus, serere lacerations about the
head...'.... -:i...A
Warren Proctor, Corey, Pa.,
minor lacerations.
Nathan Lippmann, Boston,
broken arm. In Raton.
3 Robert Noble, Alhambra, Calif.,
minor lacerations. In Raton.
A man named O'Dowell, thought
to be an Englishman, and. the ne
gro porter on the bus, identified
only as Brewer, were both uncon
scious in Springer hospital. .Both
had crushed chests.
Two other passengers, one of
them a woman, were unconscious
in a hospital at Raton and had not
been Identified.
According to witnesses at
French, the bus (Greyhound) was
traveling southward - through a
heavy snow and on a slushy high
way When it crashed into the aide
of a one-way ateel bridge about a
mile north of French.
The impact hurled It sideways
across the bridge, blocking traf
fic on US highway 85 and tearing
one side of the bus away. It was
expected the bus would have to be
partially, dismantled before it
could be removed.
Sleet and. snow made visibility
poor; French residents said, and
tho roadway was slippery when
the accident occurred about 8 p.m.
The bus left Raton at 0:25 p.m.'
Ambulances and. doctors were
called . from Raton and Springer
and the Injured taken to which
ever town was on 1 the side of the
wreck where they were removed.
None; was reported killed, as
stated in early reports.' - -
-Evacuation Ordered
r BEND. Not. 29WJP-Evaention
of Camp Klklap before December
ST M a a . .
is wa oraerea ioay ny reclama
tion bnrean and CCn Afflella-tA
prevent a blockade from a sudden
storm. -,
on Committee
chairmanship of Merwin K. Hart,
president of the New York state
economic council,' an organization
fostering private enterprise,.
- Sponsors ; of - the ' meeting in
cluded the American Legion,
Daughters of the American Revo
lution, Knights of Columbus and
Protestant Catholic and Jewish
societies. -;
-- With a voice vote, the meeting
approved a resolution asking con
gress to reappoint the Dies com
mittee Immediately after conven
ing in' January' and finance It for
another two years "to ;the end
that -every un American' activity
bo . laid bare ' before .the people
of tho United States. :
"Tho "people must be - warned
that an organised campaign, com
posed of tho red and pinks In all
walks of life. Is , about to be
launched for the purpose of dis
crediting the f word- of vour com
mittee," Die said. . V.- -'-i :
This ISv Moscow last stand
against exposure. The people
must also bo warned against the
racketeers . who would capitalize
for -their own selfish gain upon
a rebirth of Americanism."
Dies also urged that "organ
ised labor, lor its own sake and
for .the sake of the whole Ameri
can economy, turn out tho red
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Suddenness of
Relations Cut
Disconcerting
Finnish Offer Ignored
' in Swift Break by
Moscow
Hostilities Feared at
any Time by Little
Northern State
By LYNN
HEINZE
RLING
HELSINKI. Not. S0.-ZPV-Pr
foundly disturbed by Moscow'
action rupturing diplomatic rela
tione but still determined to it and
fast, Finns uneasily awaited de
velopments -toaay, rearing the be
ginning of hostilities at any time.
But no to 12:45 a. m. fK:S n.
m., EST), officials said, there
naa oeen no troop movements
across the borders so tar thv
could learn.
It was all the more shocking
to the Finns because tha Mn.
cow action came before they could
aeuver a note to the Kremlin of
fering to withdraw Finnish de
fense forces from the frontier aa
a gesture towards settling their
quarrel.
The offer was made by For
eign Minister Eljas Erkko In hte
reply to Russia's denunciation of
the 1932 Finnish-soviet uon-ag-gression
treaty. ' .
Finns Ready to Solve
Problem Peacefully
"My ' government is ready to
settle with the soviet government
the question of the removal l
Finnish defense forces on tho
Karelian isthmus with the excep
tion of frontier customs guardJ
forces, to such a distance from
Leningrad that It could not even
be alleged that they threaten it
its security,' Erko's not said. -'
He prefaced this statement with
the explanation that Finland waa
motivated by a desire "to prove
emphatically there Js a sincere ef
fort to reach an accord with tho
soviet government and refute tho
soviet government's allegation
that Finland has adopted a hos
tile attitude toward the USSR,
and la desirous of threatening tho
security of Leningrad."
Finland's refusal previously to
withdraw her border forces led
to Russia's denunciation of tho
non-agression pact Tuesday.
A foreign office spokesman said
"everrthlnr is nn ta Russia now.
The situation is too difficult for
comment. '
Note I Delivered Despite
Sodden USSR Action
Despite the breaking off ot
diplomatic relations, and despita
the midnight broadcast of Soviet
Premier Vyacheslaff Molotoff,
who announced the' action, Fin
land's note answering Moscow's
denunciation of their non-aggression
pact was ' delivered to . tho
Kremlin at 1:10 a. m., Moscow
time' (8:10 P. m, EST, Wednes
day).
This was almost three hoo
after the vice-commissar of for
eign affairs, Vladmlr. Potemkia,
had notified the Finnish minister
that relations were broken.
The Finnish answer said the
Helsinki government thought
Russia unjustified in denouncing
tho non-aggression pact and sug
gested a conciliation commission.
be named to examine the contro
versy.
The news from Moscow spread
rapidly through . Helsinki. Grlna
Finns -gathered In clusters to dis
cuss the situation. Government of
ficials hurried to a midnight con
ference. '
. They had received warmly Sec
retary of State Cordell Hull's an
nouncement of the United States
Sllllngness to offer her good of
ces in the dispute.
"It's the best news we have
heard," they said, bnt when the
news-came of the drastic soviet
move, they commented:
"Hull's offer came too late."
Warn Words Fly
In Shipping Row
'SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 2-JP)
-Negotiating . committee in tho
It-day strike of the ship clerks
association met twice today, w1t3t
the outstanding ere nt an ex
change of heated words between -Mayor
Angelo X. Rossi and CIO .
Leader Harry Bridge.
, "Wo don't want him " here,
snapped Bridges, noting the may- "
ors . presence at the conference!
attended by Dr. Louis Bloch, mar
ltlme labor board member.
! 1 don't relish being In lb
same room as Mr. Bridges," re
torted thei mayor.
2 Die in Crash
f MOUNT VERNON. Not. 19 -VPl
Two men were killed in a head-
on automobile collision at the top
of a hill If miles south of here to
night and, a third man was
brought to a Mount Vernon ho j
pits! with serious, injuries.