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1 Ml Sports? 7eather Unsettled today and San da? with rain; snows In the Cascade rase. Mas temp. Friday SO, sola. 4S. River The Oregon Statesman is ttalem's leading newspaper tn the field of sports news. Read this page of lire sports news every day. PsuNono 1651 ft. Southwest wind. EIGHTY-NINTH YE All Salem, Oregon, Saturday Honda?, December 2, 1939 Prlco 3c j Newsstand 1 No. 215 r Gales atimstt Med I w ... . IliniMIISlDl FGMMD . JJ. : Paul Hauser's Column ' Ranging the vast froxen tundra of Alaska there was once a rein deer who did not have enough sense to come In oat of the rain. This, was not noticed, however, . because It . was always snowing. The ; reindeer, who was named Hrothgar,, came of a very good family. He was, as ' a matter : of fact, a son ' of Donner out Of PsalH. Bauer. Jr. BHUen. Prancer was his god father. - He was a member in good standing of the Arctic herd. Royal and- Ancient - Order of Sons of Servants of " St. Nicholas of America, and a fellow traveler in the Moose and Elks. He was very proud of his ancestry, " for . he " came from one of the first fam ilies In Alaska, "We are strictly pre-Matan-nska, he used to say with a smirk.. Some of the younger and wild er reindeer, he had learned from unimpeachable authorities, were beginning not to believe in Santa Clans. Nothing you could put your finger on, but It was there. So he formed an Investigating committee." -- And he got his name in all the newspapers and the name of Hrothgar was on the Hps of every reindeer. And Hrothgar began - to find startling things. Pretty soon Hrothgar . had found so many reindeer were a bit shaky on be lieving in Santa Claus that he was only sure of himself and Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. - And Hrothgar suspected Mrs. Santa Claus. One day Hrothgar found out that Santa Claus had been giv ing things away instead of sell ing them. When he found this out he ulled a coup d'etat and made lmself Santa Claus. He might have made a good Santa Claus If there had been any reindeer left. . ADVICE TO ACROBATS; 5 If you're walking thqhixb wire And somebody hollers out "Fire," Even though your act, it wrecks it. .Walk, don't run. .to the nearest ent, : The Russians' couldn't wait nntH the Finnish Olympic gmmm . "began before they started in en the shot putting event. Toll of Sea War Increased by 6 Soviet Warship, German U-Boat Included in Day a Activity (By The Associated Press) ' The Finnish-reported destruc tion of a soviet warship, the 8500 ton cruiser Kirow, the sinking of four merchantmen and the report ed sinking of a German submarine marked sea action in Europe's two conflicts yesterday (Friday). The Kirow. said a Finnish ra dio broadcast, was sunk off Han goe, strategic port in southwest ern Finland, with 600 men aooara by Finnish defense batteries. In the older of Europe's two conflicts, n French official an nouncement reported the sinking of a German submarine Thursday by a torpedo boat. The communi que, while not giving the place of the encounter, said the submarine had attempted to attack a convoy ef freighters, and was destroyed by a depth charge. Confirmed merchant sinkings announced yesterday were: The 4210-ton Finnish steamer Mercator, sunk by mine off the Scottish coast; one crew member missing, others rescued. .The 4658-ton British steamer Delryan, sunk by mine off the southeast coast of England;! all members of the crew rescued. ; The 8083-ton Norwegian steam er Realf, sunk Thursday by a mine or a submarine in the North ea; all but one of this crew of 45 rescued. The 2 1 4-ton Danish schooner Grethe, sunk' off. the mouth of the Thames river, presumably after striking a submerged wreck; no mention of casualties. . - The four sinkings raised to at least 171 the number of ships lost since the start of the war Septem ber 2 and increased the total ton nage loss to 872.281. The known dead at sea number 1858. and nearly 200 are missing. - Fog Salts Ships -At River Mouth PORTLAND, Dec l-flVDecein-ber fog halted steamers on the lower Columbia river today, but two out of - season forest fires broke out in the Applegate dis trict of the Rogue River national forest. - - Forest headquarters said it was the latest date on which fires fcad been reported. Both blazes trere over tn state lis In Call ornla; , "" - : US InvioJis 'Moral Embargo' on Aircraft 6 Not to Be SoldReds Action Unofficial But Complete j In Extent i - - - -t 'Disregard of Law9 Basis for Move By America WASHINGTON. Dec. 1P)-A "moral embargo on sale of American-made warplanes to Rus sia was put into effect tonight, the Washington Post said. The report of the e m b ar g o , which, the paper said was "unof fl cial but nationwide in extent, came within a few hours after President Roosevelt had con demned Russia's attack, on Fin land. One authoritative source' said the ban was so tight the Soviet would be unable to buy a single American plane. The Post added that an official Russian mission was "going from one plane factory to another In this country offer ing large amounts of cash for var ious types of American, fighting aircraft." Mr. Roosevelt declared the Rus sian bombings were a "profound shock" to the United States and added it was "tragic" to realise that "wanton disregard for law is still on the march." If oral Embargo Formerly Applied to Japan The "moral embargo has been applied taJapan and isHy en forced. No power exists to forma such shipments, but. In the ease of the Japanese, Secretary Hull appealed directly to American air craft manufacturers and they have refused to fill Japanese or ders. Hull's action was taken be cause of bombing of civilian popu lation in China. Russian arms purchases in the United States have been compara tively light this year, amounting to only 11,066,887 through Octo ber. Commercial sources reported, however, that soviet agents have been inquiring, in the last fort night,! about the possibility of placing orders for military, planes of all types. The president's statement was Issued at his press conference. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Tarring Episode ( Brings 3 Fines WARRENTON, Va., Dec. l-P) -The tarring and feathering of Count' Igor f Casslni, chit-chat columnist for a Washington news paper,; resulted in the conviction today of three socially-prominent Virginians on a charge of con stituting a mob and committing assault. " : - The verdict, returned by , Fauquier .county Jury- after an hour and a half deliberation, im posed a fine of $800 on Ian Montgomery, 89, self-styled orig inator of the episode, a fine of 8150 on his brother Colin Mont gomery, and a fine of 850 on Alexander Calvert. - - - Casslni, 24-year-old grandson of former 'Russian ambassador to the United States, was forced into an automobile at Waxrenton Country club in the early morn ing of last June 25, driven into the - country, and "tarred" and feathered after being disrobed. Presidential Aspirant Says War Not Dimmed GOP Odds The war in Europe apparently has not dimmed the hope of re publican success at next year's election. Senator H. 8 1 y 1 e s Bridges, New Hampshire repub lican. ! declared while paying a brief call en Governor Charles A. Sprague in Salem yesterday aft ernoon. .' " "I consider the republican out look good, provided we are not actually in war and retrain from anv serious mistakes," the visi tor explained. ' . Senator Bridges took issue with a recent suggestion by President rRoosevelt that party nominating conventions be held later than usual in' 1840. "1 do not consider it any of President Roosevelt's affair when the republicans hold their nation al convention," the senator de clared. ' :- .:' " Traveling as a candidate for the republican presidential nomi nation. Senator Bridges expressed the opinion that "the voters are tired of the new deal" and said he hoped ''President Roosevelt is the next democratic nominee." t KING WINTER WILL BE RUSSIAN FOE O ' ' t-i" if v .Hrftess, main Snow and bitter cold will add to the difficulties of both Russian and r undeclared war. These Russian soldiers are shown in maneuvers v conditions, such as they will have to face. Red troops were reported to have crossed the Finnish bor- qey Just north of jjcntngrad. Government Set For Power Loans President Says Federal Money Available if No Private Fimds WASHINGTON, Dee. !.-- President Roosevelt, in a fresh outline of the . administration's power policy, asserted today that if Wall street money was unavail able the government stood ready to lend funds for linking private electric power systems as a de fense measure. -v"r Discussing the whole 'field ef power at n press conference,' the chief executive also declared there was no Immediate emergency in connection with the nation's pow er supply. -. . r He again defended his 1988 proposal to create from seven to nine regional planning . authori ties in the nation's watersheds similar in some respects to the Tennessee ' valley authority and said waterpower development was a very minor phase of these plans; Someone, he said without iden tifying him, had deliberately per verted his message to congress on that subject by saying the other day that there were to be nine power authorities. The president said he had human engineering more in mind than civil engineer ing. By human engineering, he said, he meant soil erosion prevention, tree planting, highway and water way development, and taking peo ple In abject poverty and placing them in new Industrialized areas where they could make a living. The discussion was prompted by a reporter's question about the series of conferences to start here next Tuesday between the federal policy committee and representa tives of 50 private power systems regarding methods of meeting the nation s future power demands. Officials c already, had denied that these conferences .would go into the. question of a .national power grid under which Federal Steam "Standby" plants would be established and private and publle power booked for quick concen tration of energy in event of a na tional emergency. Speakers Favor Manager Form PORTLAND. Dee. 1-CFr-Three speakers told the City club today they believed Portland would do well to adopt the city manager type of government, - Ralph Cake, Lowell Paget and SL P. Hoyt, Portland, and Charles Hawks, Jr., republican represen tative In congress from 'Wiscon sin, accompanied Senator Bridges. i EUGENE, Dec 1-V-Styles Bridges, New Hampshire senator and . candidate for the republican presidential nomination, demand ed today that President - Roose velt declare Russia "a belligerent power" as a result of the invasion of Finland. "It may not be -pleasing to some of those in high office who have looked to Russia : as the source of a new gospel of peace and international : brotherhood." the senator said, "but 1 shall in sist that the president exercise against Russia and all her posses sions all the : restrictions of our so-called neutrality act." Congress should have -kept in session throughout the European war crisis. Bridges insisted. PORTLAND, Dec. l-GFV-Ameri- cans, after "seven long years" of (Turn to page z, col. lj TTT "":. 1 T"t i ' ! ' - -: ::.:::' St :: ' i iy ' i ' 1 v . A 'i " ' s s-:v-'':? " - "Tarzan" Stunt Goes Sour. When Man Draws Fine OKANOGAN, Watlk, Dec. 1 -ypy-Dan Xeeeh's Tarxan stunt he leaped upon the back of an unwary deer and killed it with n knife cost him f 100 today in Justice court. The deer was a doe illegal arum e In Washington. Justice Howard Vieh fined Keech, as woodcutter, $230, but remitted f ISO. Wallace Proposed Streamlined Tax Leader Offers Plan to Blake AAA Program Self-Supporting OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. l-flPV- A "streamlined" processing tax to make new deal farm products self-financing was suggested by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace today in tne first address of his mldwestern farm belt tour. The secretary, speaking before some 2,000 farmers in the mu nicipal auditorium here and over a national radio network (NBC), declared there was no assurance that congress would continue to appropriate funds for the pro grams. 'Parity payments for cotton. wheat, . tobacco, rice and corn were voted at the: last regular session by an extremely narrow margin," he said. if they were not made the effect upon farmers might easily be disastr ous . "Therefore, it is only the part of common sense to make the farm programs self-financing." Among the plans .now under discussion, Wallace said, Is the so-called "certificate nlair' He termed this a "modern version of the processing tax" ' and de clared it had "some obvious ad vantages." : Under this program, certifi cates equal in value to a certain number of cents a pound or bushel would be distributed among, farmers cooperating with the federal government. Processors would be required to buy the certificates at the time the farmer sold - his crop, thus (Turn to page t, col. 1) Food Stamp Plan Enters Portland PORTLAND. Dec. 1-MV-A quorum of the state public wel fare commission tentatively ap proved a contract today which would inaugurate the federal food stamp plan in Multnomah county and perhaps in all of Oregon. The contract was submitted to Attorney General I. H. Van Win kle. If he approves It, the com mission win formally execute and dispatch it to Washington. -.. The food stamp plan, designed to stimulate distribution of sur plus agricultural products to re lief clients, would go into effect under the contract early in Janu ary and if it sroves effective in Multnomah county would be made statewide. Dalles Airport To Be Improved THE DALLES. Dec l-flVUod- ernlsation of the North Dalles air port was considered today after the civil aeronautics board report ed it "sadly outmoded." Transport planes use The Dalies port field only for emergencies, usually turning back to Pendleton when fog is encountered. ' "l h - -" ' t - - ' - - v.'.v.-.-.v.v. v.-.- -.v. v.v.v-v.v.v.v. v.- ,..v..v.'.,.,..A, s.v.-S . "" Finnish troops in Europe's latest last winter, working under snowy New York Boom For Dewey Opens GOP Leaders Believe DA Can Carry Field Over All Opposition By SCOTT HERSHET NEW YORK. Dec l-(ff)-A presidential boom for Thomas E. Dewey was set oft today at a cere mony in which the New Tofk dis trict' attorney formally entered the lists for the republican nomi natlcn, .ZS' -!- -. Replying to a declaration by a group of state party leaders that they were convinced Dewey could carry not only the Vpivotal" state of New York "but also the coun try at large next year against any opponent," Dewey declared: . "I will be glad to make the fight. "I have confidence in the re publican party, which has always stood for good government and stable business," he said. "Today its - responsibility is to reawaken hope and courage in a nation which Is driven almost to despair by incompetent government and unstable business." Dewey added that he had "faith In the nation and In Its future and. in every element of Its people." "Relieved of a hostile and snip ing government," Dewey said, "I am convinced that they can again learn to pull together for a hap py and united nation." Dewey was interviewed at the opening of "Dewey for president" headquarters in which we're gath ered republican leaders from throughout the state. Italian Steamer Reports Sinking LONDON, Dec 1-tfVThs sink ing of the -SO 8 3-ton Norwegian steamer Realf -by a submarine or mine In the North Sea last night was reported tonight when an Italian steamer brought 44 mem bers of the Realf's crew to a port on the eastern coast of England. one member of the crew was reported missing... , (Lloyds register of shinning lists the Norwegian steamer Realf as a tanker built in 1087 and owned by A. S. Asplund.) Alclntyre Renamed PORTLAND. Dec 1-UPV-Presl- dent Ross Melntyre was reelected by: the Portland chamber of com merce today and his administra tion was complimented as "rep resenting the greatest period of growth in nearly a decade" LOAN M . Football Scores . HIGH SCHOOL SCORES Salem 14, CorvalUs O. '- West linn 20, Chemawn. ' Beavertou 18, SQvertoa 4U ; : VAX CO II V Kit, B. CL, Dec 1 (CP)-Vancourer Lions scored twice in Overtime to beat Port land Buckarooe 8-1 here to night - and placed themselves la a first place tie with Port land and Seattle fa the Pa cific coast Hockey league stand tag. - - .- - - SEATTLE, Dec IHf-Aber-deen's crack Spar team, winner of the state tournasnent last year at Yakima, fell five ptna short of first place In open class competition in the Washington State Bowling association tour nament tonisht. Reds Denounce Risto Ryti's Finn Cabinet New Government field No Improvement on old Regime Tanner Claimed Evil Genius of new Leadership (By the Associated Press) MOSCOW. Dec. 2-(Saturday)- Sovlet Russia today denounced the newly-formed Finnish gov ernment in Helsinki and declared that her hope for peace lay in the new "people's" regime of Finland which Russia proclaimed under a Finnish communist lead er. Premier-Commissar Molotoff, in a communique distributed by Tass, soviet official news agency, declared the Finnish cabinet formed yesterday by Risto Rytl, S 0-year-old banker, "unfortun- between Russia and Finland. Molotoff referred to the Fin nish' government, in which Fi nance Minister Valno Tanner was retained as Foreign Minister, as the "Tanner" government, and added: Tanner Declared "Evil Genius" "Tanner was and undoubtedly remains the evil genius in soviet- Finnish negotiations." Tanner was a member of the Finnish mission, headed by John Kusti Paaslkivi, which engaged in the vain Kremlin negotiations on soviet demands upon Finland preceding the outbreak of hos tilities, aaslklvl was named minister without portfolio lzr the Rytl cabinet. . Molotoff asserted that if the negotiations had been pursued by Paaslkivi without Tanner's par ticipation "they probably would have ended in an acceptable agreement." The soviet official added that the Russian-proclaimed "people's government, headed by Otto Kusinnen, who helped found the communist party In Finland, "in troduces a new and important fac tor Into the situation and causes Turn to page 2, col. 8) Tooze Predicts Large GOP Rally Regional Conference at Spokane td Attract Several Hundred SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. Attendance of "several hundred" was predicted tonight by Chair man Walter L. Tooxe, Portland, for the two-day northwest region al republican conference which will open here tomorrow. Toose said Invited delegates from Wyoming, Montana. Idaho, Oregon, and Washington had In dicated they would be accompan ied by large groups of party lead ers Interested in the open meet ing, called to "obtain organised effort along lines of common po litical Interest" in the northwest.' He said Idaho's former Gov. H. C. Baldridge of Parma would be here to represent Gov. C. A. Bo tolfsen. Ksra Whltla f of Couer d'AIene, Idaho, national commit teeman, said 10 republicans from his state would be registered. Toose predicted "15 or 20" Ore gon party men would attend and said he expected fairly largo groups from Montana and Wyoming. Privilege of Citizenship Held Greatest After God "After God our greatest privil ege is our cltlxenshlp, ' Gerald Mason told 2 00. delegates to the 20th annual Older Boys' confer ence at tho opening banquet in the high s e h o ol cafeteria last night. Mason, a member of the state parole board, told tbe boys. representing 23 high schools of western Oregon, that they must stand guard against anything that is not American. . "In your heads," he - said, rests -the answer to 'Whither America.' the It SI conference theme. Tbe keynote was also sounded in short talks by Don McKibben ef Carlton, Monte Traak of New- berg and Keith Clark of Univer sity high in Eugene. Walter Erickson, conference rthalrman and toastmaster for the banquet, was introduced by Bill Shlnn, president. Welcomes were aecorded tho delegates by Don Burton. chairman of the Salem Hl-T - council; Fred Wolf, high school principal; Ted Chambers. chairman . of . tho - T boys' work committee, and Rex Wirt, presi Women, Children Victims of Bombs 16 Russian Planes Claimed Shot Down In Fierce Attacks in North; New Cabinet Also Hostile to Soviet By LYNN IIEINZERLING - HELSINKI, Dec L--(AP) Finnish successes against Russian attacks in bitter fighting on land and sea were re ported tonight as a new government, headed by a banker took up the little republic's struggle against the soviet union." At least -SO women and children were reported killed in Helsinki today when Russian warplanes subjected the capi tal to a prolonged bombing and machine-gunning but else where on the 800-mile Russian-Finnish frontier there wero stories of destruction of Russian tanks, capture of Russian prisoners and increased Finnish resistance. , A Russian warship was reported sunk in the violent bat tle between Red warships and tho Russaroe fortress at the French Bombs Set for Nazis Daladier Declares Poilns Readiness to Match Bomb for Bomb PARIS. Dec. l-tfVPrance is ready to reply in kind if Germany bombs ber towns. Premier Dala dier told tbe world today. At tbe tame time be warned tbat anti-governmental acta by French communists on tbe bome front would be regarded as "ter rible treason' to be dealt with summarily. Tbe premier 23-minatc broad- east, which was carried to tbe United States, was an abbreviated version of tbe speech be made to tbe chamber of deputies yester day, reporting on tbe first three months of the war. He spoke after the senate bad voted 2S9 to it to extend his power to rule France by decree to? tho duration of the war. Yes terday the chamber of deputies twice voted 'confidence in Dala dler's government and approved extension of bis decree powers. Speaking a day following the soviet Russian invasion of Pin- land, Daladier referred to. these operations when be said: "Ton have learned that Ger many stands In a common front with a country whose system she formerly decried as an abomina tion. She has concluded a treaty with communist Russia and now we are witnessing tbe results of this pact." This was the reason, be con tinued, that Prance was forced to suppress the communist party in Prance when the European war started. The premier originally plan ned to make his speech last night. At the outset he apologised to the radio audience for having been detained at the chamber and then read about half his previous dis course. It was understood that Dala- dlers warning of air retaliation was tbe result of recent' broad easts by the German radio station at Stuttgart containing threats to bomb Le Havre and other French cities. France "will not suffer alone if the "enemy fuehrer" starts that kind of "barbaric warfare be declared. 1913 President Of Senate Dead PORTLAND. Dec 1-4PV-A month's Illness was fatal today to Dan J. Malarkey. fft. attorney and former state legislator from Multnomah county. The repubucan civic leader was in the house ef representatives from 1102 to 1104, went to the state senate in 1104 and served second term in 1910. He was named senate president in 191S. dent of the T junior board, who presented Claude A. Kalis, origi nator of the conference, with a gift. Mason said there bad never been a time In the nation's his tory .when meetings like this were ad necessary. He told some of his experiences en the parole hoard and gave a copy of the new parole law to the chairman for distribution to leaders. . Representatives were at the dinner from Carlton, Knappa Svenson, Sheridan, Wlllamina, Chemawa. Sweet Home, Silver ton. New ber r. Monmouth, Al bany, University high, of Eugene, CorvalUs, Woodburn. Turner, Gervais. Independence, Dallas, SUy ton, Hubbard, . Yamhill, Hal sey. Philomath and Salem. ' Appreciation of Bert "Pop" Crary, high school cook, and the girls who served the dinner was expressed In applause. - Dr U. G. Dubach. dean of men at OSC. closed the banquet with a preface to the forum he will lead this morning at 11 o'clock. (Turn to page I. col, I) vgtrateglc city of Hingoe, rblch guards the entrsnce to the Gulf of Finland. Tbe fortress was still held by Finland tonight. A defense ministry commun ique at midnight said the "war ships were compelled to with draw." The communique added that on the war front there bad been few Finnish casualties but "large Russian losses. ' IS to 18 ItaMlan Plane Are Shot Down "Certainly II and perhaps 10 or more" Russian planes were shot down, during the ' day. In cluding several over Helsinki, tbe communique ssld, while "our air forge suffered no losses at all." The new premier, S0-yearol4 Risto Rytl. president of the Bank of Finland, declared In a special radio broadcast tonight to tbe United States that Finland would "never barter away the right to decide our own affairs." Tbe speech was read for him by aa as sistant ' Associated with Rytl In the w cabinet are Vaino Tanner and John Kusti Paaslkivi. who dealt personally with Joseph Stalin at the Kremlin during theprolsnged but vain negotiatlote uirtr Has, jda's territorial detail fk- i Tanner, socialist If . 'hce min ister la the outglng rMaet of Premier Almo IC'CsJander, wae named foreign minister while Paaslkivi, a former premier and long experienced in deaUng with Russia, was given the post of min ister without portfolio. New Cabinet Alio Hostile to RuMia Calender and former Forelm Minister Eljas Erkko, who wero assailed by. Russia as Inimical to ine Soviets, were dropped. (An Indication that the Rytl government also was considered hostile by Russia was seen whea Tass, official Soviet Russian news agency, said tbe "hated" Cajaa der Kovernment bad been replaced by "Tanner's government . . . but Tanner Is" an enemy of our neoDle Just like Cajander." 4 (Tass reported In Moscow that a "people's government of the democratic republic of Finland1 had been formed in Tertjokl. a Finnish town near where the Rus sians first crossed tbe border yes terday, its criticism of Tanner In dicated the invasion of Finland would continue until Helsinki fell and a new government was set op.) Tbe Finnish capital weat through the heaviest aerial attack of the two-d ay-old Invasion this afternoon and two other air raid alarm s-7-whlch were followed by no bombing were sounded as flames spread through the capital. nombardmeat of Ilsnro Declared "Extreme A railway warehouse was de molished but rail traffic was not affected. There was no bombardment of Helsinki by soviet warships, but the air and naval bombardment ef llangoe was described as extreme and It was expected soviet forces' might attempt a landing to re duce the stubborn fortress there. What was described as a "tre mendous" soviet attack along tbe southeastern border was reported repulsed by Finnish troons. with hundreds of Russians taken pris oner and a heavy loss of life ea the soviet side. Sixteen Russian tanks were wrecked by mines or gunfire la this engagement, military author ities said. The defense ministry commun ique said that while the Haagoe fort was not damaged, the naval bombardment set fire to two towns on the island of Suursaarl la the Gulf of Finland. A motor, boat with four coast guards at tempting to leave the island of Seiskarl was sunk by a warship and the four were killed. Of the warfare on the frontier. the communique said: , "During the course of the day, ' (Turn to page 2. cot. I)