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League States
Vote to Expel
Soviet Russia
Invasion of Finland
Basis for Complete
, Vote of Members
Kremlin Is Notified
Immediately After
Decision Made
By CHARLES S. FOLTZ, JR.V
; GENEVA, pec. UVP)-SoyM
Russia which in years past used
the league of nations as a forum
in Spain and Czecho-Slovakia, was
thrown out of that council today
for having waged unprovoked
war on Finland.
Seven out of the 14 members of
the league council voted to expel
the USSR government after the
assembly bad condemned the so
viet as an aggressor and naa
urged all league members to give
Finland all possible material help.
Four Finland. China, Yugoslavia
and Greece, abstained. Three were
absent.
The job was done in a day,
after less than a week of political
preparation here in Geneva. It
was the league's first expulsion of
member.
Tonight a telegram informing
Russia of the action-was sent to
the Kremlin.
; o States Abstain
From Voting -.
Nine of the 39 states present
abstained from voting in the as
sembly on the preliminary reso
lution marking the soviet as an
aggressor. They were the three
Scandinavian countries, Norway,
Sweden and Denmark; three Bat
tle countries, Lithuania, Latvia
and Estonia; Switzerland, China
and Bulgaria. . ?
But in spite of abstentions,
everyone but soviet Russia seemed
to be pleased. - . ' W;
. Latin American delegates en
Joyed prestige because they took
the lniatlve In the matter.
Great Britain, -which through
out the debate never appeared
enthusiastic 'about expelling Rus
sia, nevertheless was for helping
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Smith Is Accused
Of Aiding Union
; Member of Labor Board Is
Put on Spot by Group
of Investigators
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-S)-Wlth
records taken from the files
of the national labor relations
board counsel for a house Investi
gating committee attempted today
to show that Edwin S. Smith, a
member of the board, had assisted
a union in promoting a boycott
against a huge Pennsylvania hos
iery mill.
Smith, in a statement tonight,
asserted this "implication" was
completely- untrue" and offered
. to . testify before Jthe committee.
Edmund M. Toland, attorney
. lor the committee investigating
.operations of the Wagner act.
brought the subject up while
; ejuestionlng an aide, Roger ,Robb,
about what he found in examining
. 40 file cabinets crammed with
board documents, i r'
At the ouset Toland read" a'
statement by Robb saying, that the
.American Federation of - Hosiery
Workers had called a strike at the
Berkshire Knitting Mills. Read
ing, Pa., in the fall of lltf, al
though the union's membership
Included less than 600 of t h e
company's 6000 workers.
Did the board's flies show, the
attorney then asked, whether
Smith had assisted the union in
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Hoover, Red Cross at Outs
Over Finnish Relief in US
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14-ff)-
Ke ports oi tension oetween Her
bert Hoover's relief organization
and the Red Cross, which is head
ed by President Roosevelt; led to
the following barrage of pro-
nouncementa today (In chrono
logical order): "
1. Hoover denied at New York
that there was any friction be
tween his campaign for Finnish
relief funds and any other group.
He said it "is a great pity that
- people will start out to poison
the wells of human charity." ,
- - 2. Stephen .'- Early, President
Roosevelt's secretary, said that
bout the time Germany was mov
ing into Poland, Mr. Roosevelt,
through Chairman Norman Davis
'of the Red Cross, bad sought to
have Mr. Hoover become a "sort
of general manager of .relief" for
European war sufferers. Early
added that "apparently Mr. Hoo
ver did not see tit to accept the
offer."
3. Lawrency Richey, Hoover's
secretary, said in reply to Early
that there was some confusion ;
. that "there was no discussion of
Red Cross organization before ti
-war. ts.- he . implies." HooveCr
'Ciied Cit siace the war, Is'U'
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Am San Francisco's costly pier tienp entered its fifth week, striking Ship Clerks association heads
charged "strike basting" at ship owners raggesUoa that secret balloting among workers be taken
on whether they would return to work or not under former conditions. Meantime, Los Angeles har
bor hummed as cargoes continued to pile on decks for lack of space in warehouses. Thousands of long
shore gangs were unable to handle the pressing activity. Photo shows cargo on pier alongside of
scores of ships avoiding strikebound San Francisco.
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Two Boys AAnit
Robbery Series
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Shoplifting, Other Petty
Crimes Confessed by
Salem Youths
Burglary of the General Gro
cery company warehouse at
Church and Trade street Wednes
day night and numerous . shop
lifting offenses and other petty
crimes were admitted by two
minor boys arrested yesterday,
police said. 1
The boys, Edward C. Richards,
16. route five, and Edward New
man, Jr4 : Xim-T4Se Ea. Turner
road, turned back1 to police a
Quantity of confections, gum and
tobacco, taken from the grocery
company warehouse. The two
were held on larceny charges.
The warehouse' was entered by
eutting a hole in a large sliding
door and reaching through to
raise a cross-bar latch. The cash
drawer in the office was broken
open and other office drawers
ransacked, but no money was
taken.
H. D. Gordon reported to police
that the thief who stole a pair
of trousers from his automobile
Tuesday - night had apparently
found them too large ' and re
turned them to the spot from
which they were taken.
Theft of robes from automo
biles was reported by Leo D. Fnl
mer, 5S8 Center street, and
Charles Prine, 694 North High
street. :
OLCC Withdraws
Dallant's Penitit
PORTLAND. Dec. 14.-UP)-Ore-
gon state Honor control commis
sion inspectors reported Nicholas
D. Dallant. Bend, applicant for
beer lieense. was "a conservative
business man and would make a
good licensee."
The commission rejected the
application today when it learned
Dallant was also known as Nich
olas Dozenberg, described by New
York authorities as a leading
communist in the United States.
Dozenberg is held here by fed
eral bureau of investigation men
and will soon be taken to New
York for trial on charges of pass
port fraud. S
The United States consular
service is bound by the Knox law
allowing persons - to bring only
one quart of alcoholic Mqour into
Oregon, the commission decided
in answering a commerce depart
ment inquiry. Diplomatic service
members are exempt..
continuously; supported Davis and
the Red Cross activities. He said
that he recommended "strongly
that the Red.: Cross expand to
take over every kind of relief, and
offered his counsel- and advice,"
but the Red Cross .'"did not feel
that they could assume such, large
responsibilities outside their nor
mal field." i -
4. Chairman Davis of the Red
Cross said that Hoover, some time
ago, had declined'-to consider
heading a proposed Red Cross
committee on European war re
lief. Davis said Hoover told him
that "while be was ready to co
operate and assist the Red Cross,
he did mot feel Justified in head
ing t committee." Davis did not
say whether this discussion took
plae before or after the war.
Hoover, during his interview
in New York, bad said there was
"not a word of truth" In a pub
lished report that he declined a
Roosevelt . invitation to take
charge of all public relief activi
ties in the United States because
he wished to participate In, the
1940 presidential "campaign and
did not desire . to become identic
fled with, the saw deal.
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Paul Hauser' Column
As far as we have been able
to determine the department store
Santa Clauses are doing their able
best to prdmulgate the Yuletlde
spirit and, except
for the one who
was s i e k last
week, have had
I little trouble ex
cept the usual
e o m p 1 a int of
corns and tired
feet.
I One of the lo
cal Santas was
stumped - the
ether dy.
rsoi R. KaoMrl ir. though. Going his
kindly rounds in the toy depart
ment he bumped Into a somewhat
ragged urchin. The child looked
up at old St. Nick in seeming awe
and S. Nick followed the rules
of the profession by patting the
boy on the head and asking,
"Well, little fellow, and what do
you want me to bring you for
Christmas?"
. The child didn't follow the
rules. He threw look of
shocked surprise back at Santa
and said:
-Well, for Crlpes sake,
haven't yon opened my letter
yetr
OH, SO? DEPT.
"The Graf Bpee was
fall of battle scars, he
said. "On the port aide
about 60 feet from the
boy and five feet from
the water line there la
about CO feet from the
bow and five feet in
diameter.
Capital Journal
Take a bow, boy.
According to a dispatch the
Finns are marching off to battle
singing a song the translation of
which is "Roosevelt is a very
good man and he is coming to
help us." Maybe he can get a
third term In Finland.
PURELY PERSONAL
The other day we wrote a piece
lamenting how we had come too
late . a see a storm, which hap
pened "yesterday" at the coast.
Yesterday the postman brought us
a postcard from the Nye Beach
Improvement dub at - Newport
showing huge waves breaking
over a seawall, just to prove to
us that they do have storms at
the coast. So we had a photo
graphic storm and before the day
was well along somebody had sent
the real McCoy over and the wind
was having a fine time.
We pick the funniest times
to go places, so we went out to .
the airport. As we suspected It
was ceiling aero and whatnot, i
The wind was shaking the ?
hangar from left to right. In-.
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Eye-Witnesses Describe Battle at Sea
MONTEVIDEO. Uruguay. Dec.
14-W)-Vivid eye-witness stories
of the Admiral Graf Spee's fight
with British cruisers were told
tonight by members of a group
of 2 British seamen who were
prisoners directly under one of
the 11-lnch gun turrets while the
Graf Spee threw steel at her at
tackers. i .
Freed of : their marine -prison
several after weeks of confine
mentthe seamen described how
they counted hits by British guns
ana cheered for the attacking
cruisers, at the same time realis
ing they were doomed if the Graf
Spee - sank because the doors of
their steel cells were barred when
the action began.
One of the best accounts of the
first big sea fight of the Euro
pean ' war was told by a quiet
mannered officer of the British
steamer Doric Star who was taken
prisoner before his ship was sunk
by the Graf Spee off the coast of
Africa. , ' . '-t- ;
The prisoners were awakened
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Clerks Expect to
Force Arbitration
Federal Leaders Asked to
Use Prestige of Posts
; to Bring Settlement
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 14-ff)
-San Francisco longshoremen
took steps today designed to force
arbitration of issues which have
virtually stalled waterborne com
merce here since November 10.
y Acting upon a resolution adopt
ed Unanimously by the membfx?
ship last Monday night but un
disclosed until today, the Inter
national Longshoremen's and
Warehousemen's union tele
graphed President Roosevelt, Sec
retary of Labor Perkins and Gov
ernor Culbert L. Olson urging
that the "authority and prestige"
of their offices be used to see
that "arbltrational processes" be
used to end the deadlock between
the striking ship clerks' associa
tion and the Waterfront Employ
ers' association.
Announcement of the ILWU's
resolution was withheld pending
outcome of a settlement proposal
submitted to Mayor Angelo J.
Rossi by representatives of the
clerks and the Maritime Federa
tion of the Pacific. The proposal
was not acceptable to the em
ployers. F. P. Folsie, president of the
Waterfront Employers' associa
tion, commented:
That 'if a state or emergency
exists in the port of San Fran
elsco, It was created by the un
ion; it was the union that went
on strike." Folsie previously had
written Governor Olson that the
employers could not consent to
proposed state operation of the
harbor.
In Los Angeles, harbor business
continued in volume and a short
age of longshoremen developed
because of the diverting of car
goes from here. .
Silverton Group
Will Study Plan
SILVERTON At a special city
council meeting here Thursday a
resolution was passed authorizing
Mayor Zetta Schlador to appoint a
citizen's committee to Investigate
the feasibility of the manager
form of city government for Sil
verton. :
Mayor Schlador said She would
ask the following to serve: Norris
Ames, R. B. 'Duncan, Hugh Lath
am, W. S. Jack, Reber Allen,
E. W. Garver, A. A. Ulvln, W. L.
MeGinnls and L. M. Larson.
at six In the morning, he said,
by cannonading.
"We knew what that sound
meant," he said, "and we le v
it was serious when the guards
of our Quarters locked and bar
red the doors and left to go to
their battle stations.
"As the battle progressed most
of - us realised a British victory
might mean our deaths, but. nev
ertheless there waa , singing and
cheering for the attackers. -'
"Altogether; we counted 17 hits
by British shells on the Graf Spee
In the various encounters : that
day. .V -. "V.
".Probably you won't believe
this, but several men who were
shaving when the cannonading
began went on and - finished the
Job.- - v J- . 1
"I had a sore throat and : was
gargling medicine when we had
a British visitor -a piece, of shell
which bad exploded outside . tore
Its way Into our Quarters without
burtlng anyone.' - ' -
Finns Grimly
Hold in Face
Of Russ Fire
Artillery Bombardment
Fails, to Dislodge
. Defending Army
Finnish. Troops Claim
Tide of Invasion
Is Turned
By LYNN HEINZERLING
WITH THE FINNISH ARMY
ON THE EASTERN KARELIAN
FRONT, Dec. 14UP)-Several bat
talions of fierce fighting Finns
clung stubbornly today to their
positions on the Taipale river
near Lake Ladoga in the face of
heavy artillery fire.
For more than a week they
have been holding out against
the Russians, writing a new
chapter of Finland's struggle for
independence.
Today I stood in a first line
Finnish trench and watched with
group of Finnish soldiers as
soviet artillery sent shell after
shell screaming , across the wind
ing stream Into a forest about
half a mile away.
When the day was over the
Russians had blackened the snow
for acres and blasted the woods
around but the Finns still were
holding the river positions.
Finns Announce Tide
Of Invasion Turned ,
(In another southeastern sec
tion of their country, the Finns
announced officially today they
had turned the tide of the Rus
sian invasion, forcing the red
army Into retreat and recaptur
ing an extensive area around
Tolvajarvl, which. Is 40 miles
west of the eastern frontier and
the same distance north of Lake
Ladoga. In the north the Rus
sians . penetrating the Finnish
nickel mining district, nsared the.
blazing town of Salmjjeryl while'
the Finns retreated in orderly
fashion, burning towns and rural
buildings behind them.)
Acres and acres of stately pine
and spruce trees, agleam with
winter's frost, have been cut
down in this Taipale river area
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Exeter Limps In
To Be Repaired
British Cruiser Expected
at Puerto Belgrano
This Morning
BUENOS AIRES, Dee. 14.-65V
The British cruiser Exeter, crip
pled in last night's battle with the
German Admiral Graf Spee,
limped tonight toward drydock in
the Argentine naval base of Puer
to Belgrano In Bahia Blanca,
seeking repairs.
At Puerto Belgrano, 100 beds
were prepared at the naval hos
pital for the Exeter's wounded.
The base Is 120 miles southwest
Of Buenos Aires.
Telephone dispatches from Ba
hia Blanca said the Exeter was ex
pected off Mar Del Plata, Argen
tine Atlantic port, before morn
ing, enroute to the drydock.
The dispatches said the Exeter
had made a request that it be al
lowed to use the drydock.
Reports reaching here from
points along the Argentine Atlan
tic coast said the Exeter was bad
ly hit, making barely 14 knots
about half her normal speed.
American Planes
Arrive in France
PARIS. Dec. !4-(flVFIrst
consignments of planes bought In
the United States since the repeal
of the American arms embargo
have 'arrived safely. In France,
French sources disclosed tonight.
There were no details on the
number of planes.
"But I swallowed all the medi
cine! " ' .
"Our confinement area was di
rectly under one of the 11-inch
turrets. Every time a shot w-ts
fired it seemed as If the whole
roof had collapsed .over us. .
"The grandest news we, ever
had was when an officer 'came
down last! night and told, us,
'Gentlemen, the war la over for
you. We just entered the Mon
tevideo harbor.' ;;. , - : ' ;,
(One of the conditions on
which the prisoners were released
was that they should not talk
about what happened on the Graf
Spee.) : ,
. The D o r 1 e Star off Ieer,': de
scribing his experiences with the
German crew, said most ' of ' them
w-e young an 'l don't j think
they, ever: considered -the possi
bility of having, to fight another
wtttship. Thr itemed to think
their only . job. . was sinking
freighters, h That probably 1 one
reason whjr Jight cruisers, . vara
British.
- Clash
German Fleet
Near Jutland
British Reconnaisance
Fliers Report Nazi
Ship Movements
Admiralty Claims Four
Messerschmidts Shot
Down in Battle
LONDON, Dec. 15.-(ifp)-British
airmen Just returned from a
smashing air battle over the
North sea reported oday they had
seen a section of the German
fleet near the scene of the World
war battle of Jutland.
"Reconnaissance fliers said
they saw a nazi battleship, a
cruiser, some destroyers, and i
submarine," the air ministry an
nounced. It was the first report in the
European war of such a strong
penetration of the North sea by
German naval forces.
The warships took part in a
German counter-attack on the
British planes.
Four Messerschmidts
Claimed Shot Down
LONDON. Dec 14.-MVTheaIr
ministry announced tonight that
four German Messerschmldt
fighting planes and three British
fighters had been shot down In
fierce air battles over Helgoland
during the last .24 hours."
The announcement said .con
siderable foreea of the royal air
force have been operating over
the North sea in the last 24
hours."
The operations, the air minis
try said, included a wide search
for enemy surface craft and sub
marines and close reconnaissance
of the estuaries and islands of
northwest Germany.
The air battles took place dur
ing those flights.
One British formation engaged
strong enemy tighter forces" the
air ministry said, adding that ex
cept for the three British war-
planes shot down over Helgoland
all British formations returned
without losses.
Germans Insist Score
to 1 in Their Favor
BERLIN, Dec. 14.-UPV-S1X of
the latest type of British bombers
and one Messerschmldt fighter
were reported by German authori
ties to have been shot down in a
big air battle near the Frlesen
island of Splekerkoog this after
noon. Germans said a number of Mes
serschmidts engaged 12 British
bombers when they appeared near
Splekerkoog, which is the second
Frlesen island from Wllhelmshav
en and is southwest of Helgoland.
Authorities believed the bomb
ers were en route to Bremerhaven
to attack the liner Bremen, now
tied up there after Its successful
dash from Arctic Russia.
80-Degree Heat
Hits Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14-UP)-
Today was the hottest December
14 in Los Angeles since 1886.
The temperature reached 80 de
grees at 1:45 p. m., climbing from
a low of 55 this morning.
The fourth-month period start
ing last September promises to be
the warmest such period since the
weather bureau was established
here in 1877, Government Weath
er Forecaster L. II. Daingerfield
said.
Last September and October
were the hottest on record here.
able to damage the Graf Spee
and force her to flee."
The officer said he expected to
return again to the sea and that
he had a son who probably would
do likewise. -
Captain Patrick G. G. Dove of
the tanker Africa Shell, sunk on
Oct. 7 by the Graf Spee In a po
sition which Dove said was with
in Portuguese waters, described
bow the commander of the Graf
Spee called him to the bridge
just before the prisoners were
released and told him:
."The cruisers made a gallant
fight. - When people fight like
that personal . enmity Is lost. .
Dove said' (he first officer of
the pocket battleship then wished
him good luck, and added;
4 ! 'Those British are hard."
Another In the group of offi
cers given their freedom said that
officers of - the- Graf Spee told
tlm: :'?.,:.-';,- . -V ?. -
" Tou f ellowa bava been pris
oner a 'for sv long time now It
looks as If it Is pur time.---
Concentrating
Nazi Planes
Over Helgoland
Montevideo Rites
For German Dead
To Be Held Todav
l MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 14-0PV-The
86 who died aboard the
German pocket battleship Ad
miral Graf Spee In yesterday's
battle with British warships
will be buried tomorrow in
North cemetery which lies in
the heart of Montevideo.
The coffins will be borne
to the cemetery in seven
covered vans, followed by the
ship's band and lOO seamen
from the crippled German
raider.
Petition Drive to
Begin Saturday
County Republicans Will
Make Effort to Obtain
15,000 for McNary
A drive to secure 15,000 or
more petition signatures nominal
lng US Senator Charles I. McNary
as Oregon's republican candidate
for president will be started Sat
urday when the Marlon county
republican central committee
meets at the county courthouse
at 2 p. m., Lewis Judson, county
chairman, announced yesterday.
In addition to instructions to
precinct committeemen and com
mit teevr omen, the program will
include an address by Grant Mur
phy of Stay ton, republican state
committeeman, on the objectives
of the McNary for President com
mittee. He is county chairman for
the movement. A brief business
session will also be held.
The county central committee
has undertaken sponsorship of the
McNary for president movement
because "there is no contest" and
Charles McNary is our senator,"
Judson said. It Is planned to com
plete 'the petition circulation by
Lincoln's birthday.
PUD Backers Get
Sufficient Names
Hydroelectric Commission
to Be Asked to" Blake
Basle Survey
The committee sponsoring the
Marlon county peoples' utility dis
trict movement has secured more
than the required 1102 petition
signatures asking the state hydro
electric commission to conduct
preliminary investigations of the
district proposal. County Clerk U.
G. Boyer announced yesterday.
Of the more than 1500 signa
tures submitted for checking
against the clerk's registration
records, 1297 have been found to
comply with the law, Boyer said.
More than 50 voting precincts are
represented on the list.
The committee will file the pe
titions with the hydroelectric
commission within a short time,
according to H. E. Barker, secre
tary. "If the commission, reports
the project feasible, an effort will
be made to have a special election
called to coincide with the 1140
May primary elections.
The area of the proposed dis
trict includes all of Marion county
except sparsely settled outlying
lands.
FR Goes Home
WASHINGTON, Dec. UiJP
President Roosevelt left tonight
to spend the weekend at his Hyde
Park, N. Y., home.
First Diplomatic Reception
Of Year Small, Tension-Shot
WASHINGTON, Dee. li-Wf
The smallest and most tension
shot diplomatic reception in many
years opened the winter social
season at the White House to
night. The affair was as brilliant as
usual, but the gold braid of diplo
mats' resplendent uniforms cov
ered. In some eases, heavy hearts
and uncertain f eeUnga born of
hoetilltiee in Europe and the ori
ent. ";-
Tew guests outside the diplo
matic corps were there to see the
ambassadors and ministers with
their swords and plumed hats or
the diplomatic wives gowned in
frocks by famous . American and
European couturiers.
Instead of the usual 1201 to
1S00 guests, officials said those i
In attendance were limited to 700
odd and included only high gov
ernment officials and a limited
number of state department ex
ecutives with their wjves.
Again, the war abroad waa re
sponsible. Mrs. Roosevelt bad an
nounced earlier that Washington
residential society. would not.be
Uavlted to any receptions this
Uruguay Gives
Fugitive Ship
Special Leave?
British Ships Gather at
Entrance to Prevent
Freedom Dash
Extensive Repairs to Be
Made Before Fighter
Ready for War
MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 14P
The shell-battered nszl pocket
battleship Admlrsl Graf Spee,
playing a dangerous game of cat
and mouse with a gathering Brit
ish . battle fleer; tonight vol
Uruguayan permission to remain
in this neutral port until she caa
repair the damage suffered in tbe
war's first great sea fight.
Tbe Uruguayan foreign minis
ter, Alberto Guani, tonight an
nounced that, "In accordance with
the Uruguayan neutrality law and
international law," the Graf Spee
could stay in Montevideo harbor,
on request of the German gortra-
ment, pending repairs.
Tbe announcement waa made
shortly before the 24-hour time
limit, normally permitted for tbe
stay of a belligerent ship, would
have expired at midnight, Uru
guayan Ume, or 7:80 p. m., PST.
Guanl declined to say how long
this extension of time woeld run,
but explained that the German
captain would be given sufficient
time to make his warcraft sea
worthy. Close inspection of tbe crippled
ship indicated the need of exten
sive repairs.
Suicidal Dash Past
Watchers Delayed
Tbe Uruguayan decision meaat
that the Graf Spee, still at anchor
In the bay with her 21 dsad and
10 wounded on board, need not
immediately attempt a suicidal
dash through the reinforced Brit
ish warship patrol outside tbe
harbor.
Shortly after the crippled nasi
floating fortress had surrendered
42 British seamen taken from
nine raided merchantmen, British
diplomatic authorities indicated
that the 10.000-ton British erulaer
Cumberland had Joined the "death
watch" flotilla outside the harbor.
The same sources also said that '
It was very likely tbe great battle
cruiser Renown and tbe aircraft
carrier Ark Royal would rush
here from South African waters.
Tbe Cumberland mounts eight
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Mystery Shrouds
Origin of Blaze
Destroying Home
MONMOUTH, Dee. 14.
eaose the boose was not wired
for electricity, tbe stove was
cold and no one in the boo
need tobacco, Mr. and Mrs. Gail
Adams, both deaf mates, are
wondering what c a s e d the
blase which destroyed their
frame home three miles north
west of Monmouth Tuesday
night, .The Adamses bad re
tired, bmt Mrs. Adams smaelled
smoke amd discovered tbe fire.
Tbe bouse, owned by Ray Ad
ams, was insured, but furniture,
of which living and dining
i ootu seta were saved, was C
laawred.
year. She Indicated - the purpose
waa to reduce the president's so
cial duties and keep the line ef
those he must recelre as short as
possible.
The president and Mrs. Roose
velt entertained at a dinner for
22 before the reception, with tse
new dean ef the diplomatic corps
as their ranking guest.
Ambaasador De Frsyre y Saa
tandsr of Peru, slight gray-baired
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dm
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