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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1939)
' - - - - : Only Sunday Paper The Oregon Statesman Is the only Sunday newspaper published in - Salem, the only Sunday paper carry ins all the Salem news as well as national and for -elgn press reports. . Weatber Unsettled rain today, and Monday snows over moan tains no change a temp. Max. temp. Saturday BO. aula. 47, Booth wind. Clondy. 1651 Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, December 17, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands 6c No. 228 B oiimtfe No Toward. . I: PouNOoo ; EIGHTY-NINTH YEAB j Salem. Oree-on. Snndav Moraine. December 17. 1939 . iMi.. nm...j. r. . TFIY leMp P Mm - v En Sne Ear.. Paul Hauser's Column Twaa tha week he f ore ; the night before Christmas, so we started out to surrey the' happy scene, uown C o mmerelal street we went a - traipsing and fonnd no partic ular evidence of the holiday- spir it on that part of the g ajr boule y a r d kn o w n varyingly as the Bowery, Rue de Ttrpw or the Beer Barrel Boole. Pl H. Haaser, fx Yard. 1 . ' ' We crossed the . street under inw hell and proceeded on coarse nor by nor'east until we hit the corner of Commercial and State, where we again were re minded by a slight trickle from overhead that there are a lot of marquees in this man's town that could stand a bit or tlnsmltmng. At the corner grocery store we sighted off the port bow a fat woman leanine against a six foot iiirr nila nf sacked onions. We negotiated the corner without fur ther incident and began to pick up speed as we proceedea up Court street. Conrt street,' since the street department gave np its efforts to find buried treasure there, was back to normal and was a little too normal for our taste. We stopped once to look at an electric train, but it wasn't working so we moved on. Moved into Liberty street where the Liberty Street Mer hanta association was busily wringing its hands In keeping with the Christmas spirit, we went into a department store to make a special can on a. ciaus. Found he was a fake, operated by mirrors and wires and other sci entific gadgets we make no pre tense of understanding. This made difference to two twin urchins busily plying S. Claus with ques tions. -y .... , Here we found an" electric - train which was operating and stopped to watch it. It was be lnjr engineered by two more moppets, one of which should have been out selling his pa pers. He preferred trains to profits, however, Just like the vailrnadl eomnanies. Reversed our field and went Jtnwn nthor 11 f T A hT"f V street. Stopped in at the Fred Meyer ttore and had a coke from a. Ben son, who eatd he was clad Christ mas comes but once a year and -went busily about ma ousinesa. Walked down to the Police department and talked to Sgt. J. Cutler, who told us there would be a meeting of the Mis souri club December 23 for election of officers and we mustn't mention .who wouldn't to rannine for president again. . Dronned into a well - known State street resort and . played Truth and Consequence" witn H. Qulstad and M. Beth Rumsey T.nt nearlv alwavs. Came back and were inspired by Christmas spirit to write aog flrerel such as this: . sinters, uncles, cousins, mothers. Fathers, nephews, aunts and bro- - thers. Besides that, friends without end. All expecting a card X won't send. Trouble, trouble, all of my days. Guessing how much Aunt Emma weighs, - Wonderlnr if a lover's rift. Wnnliin't save the Drice of a rift. Going quickly mad , and all be- ' cause . '. . . .. : Of a funny old guy called Santa Claus. V This Christmas season is taking my breath, One more week and - it'll be my And when I die deep, deep plan t IUV . ! - And at my feet plant a Christmas tree. Foreign Agents' Roundup Started First Indictments Brought In by New York Juiry . , After Inquiry WASHINGTON, Dec. l.-ff)-In the first indictment returned la the justice department's broad campaign against foreign agents, three men were charged today with serving a. soviet propaganda agency without registering with the state department s v :? ; The indictments, handed down by a federal grand jury after a week . of investigation, named Morris LIskln. New Rochelle, NT, Norman Weinberg," Mt, Vernon, NY, and Raphael Rush, present address 1 unknown, who is being sought by federal agents. - It is charged that they had servedas agents In this country for Mexhkniga, a Moscow eorpor ation described by federal agents as official literary agency for the soviet Russian government, and In this capacity had organised Bookniga ' corporation : in New York for the "sale and distribu tion in the United States of Amer 'ica of books, magatines, period icals'; and pamphlets of a, political and propagandist nature, and for political a n d propaganda pur-. Vlolatioas of the law are puni' fiLaLIa.ty up to.$lC00. fins and Albany Slaying Causes Arrest Of Eugene Man ." ' " .. i Junk Dealer Is Nabbed in Connection With Death Inquiry Slain Hitchhiker Named ; by Salem Relative After Suicide ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 1 6 .-()- KUIUS A. stmts, 43, turo NO. 6, Eugene, was arrested at his home tonight for questioning in the death of an itinerant worker identified here tonight as "Deafy' whose body was found in a water- filled ditch near Halsey Thurs day. State Police Sergeant Earl Houston announced the arrest and said Stults probably would be brought here tonight. His .arrest followed identifies tlon of the body in the local morgue by Kenneth Gardner, Eu gene, as a dealer in scrap iron and a partner of Stults in junk deals. Xicknanie Result of Natural Deficiency He said the man was hard of hearing,! explaining the name "Deafy." He told Houston he thought the victim had between $50 and $60 on him when he left Eugene with Stults Wednes day night. The arrest was brought about largely ; through evidence fur nished by Orville Watson, local service station attendant, who helped change a tire on Stults' truck. He later identified the body as one of the two men in the truck. The body was discovered by a rural mailman in the flooded ditch beside a pile of junk. The head had been severely battered. Salem Man Identifies - Slain HltchJker , The hitchhiker who was report ed to have shot himself 4t Shedd December 6 to avoid capture by State Policeman Walter Hug was identified tonight as Donald Hall, 21. formerly of Tulsa, Oala. ' The identification was made by Jean Herrlngrton of Salem, Hall's brother-in-law. Herring ton said Hall married Gertrude Herring ton about November 1 at Van couver, Wash., and that they had been living In a West Salem auto camp. Hug said Hall stole the auto mobile of O. w. Spiker, Klamath Falls salesman who had given him a lift. Spiker was forced to crawl Into the trunk of the car and Hall drove north. At Eugene Spi ker managed to work the bolt of the lock loose and escaped. He spread the alarm. The officer in tercepted Hall at Shedd ana an exchange of shots took place. An investigation later indicated . tha Hail - was not injured by Hug's shot but had turned his gun on himself when capture was Immi nent. ; Western Oregon Hit By Downpour Washington, Oregon Get Heaviest Rain in - Several Months (By Associated Press) And so it rained, and rained some more. That i was the gist of weather reports ; tonight 'as the Pacif lc northwest- continued to slop through the. heaviest December rains of many a year, although winds which damaged many com munities Thursday and Friday had moderated.' - i--- ;-v -'-V The downpour was general over Washington and Oregon, heaviest in the, Puget : sound area,' with snow in the mountains. . ; ' Olympia had two Inches of rain in .the 24 hours before 8 p. m.. Portland had .55 inches, Seattle : . (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) State Fa ir Grounds - to Be Thrown Open to Public Use ' .'it. Reasonable use of the state fairgrounds by the public subject to such rules and regulations as may be promulgated by the man agement was approved by the state board of agriculture., advi sory group to the state depart ment of agriculture,' at its- semi annual meeting here . yesterday. The board advised the fair management that in letting out the - fairgrounds sufficient rental to cover expenses should be4 ob tained as well as steps taken to insure safeguards to the buildings and property and. especially, 'pro tection against fire. v The matter came up following a request from 'the Salem Saddle club, represented by, Charles Ev ans, Dr.' W. E.BUTen and Otto Hoppes, ,that the club be permit ted use of the stadium and other grounds. ; .';w: Under action of the board yes- terJ-j, the peUUoning cluo may use certain sections of the 'Cactus JacK Says He'll Accept Democrat Presidential Nomination " S S - ' - ( S, - ' , 1 ' ' - -V- , ' ' v - 5 S ' -' w, s , - ' tlV , v " " t 'i, ' v ' 'O - V' s - , - - s . - , xV- - S JOHN N. Crash of Truck Puts Out Lights South, West Salem In Vpark After Weird , ' AccTdent Heavy B o'clock traffic on South Commercial street was dis rupted and street lights In south Salem and West Salem put out of service when Paul Dresner, 65- year old Marion farmer, drove Ills light truck through a power pole at the northwest corner of Mission and South Commercial streets late yesterday afternoon. Dresner's truck: ended un witn Its nose planted in the tlower beds against the corner of the home of Paul Tragllo,' 807 South Commercial street, across Mis sion street from the pole smashed completely through. The truck carried the butt of the pole across Mission street, Whre it lay until removed by power company linemen.- . , A street sign was also torn out and a huge boulder Tragllo set in his curbing a few years ago altera similar - accident was moved six inches as the truck smashed over it. Dresner was arrested on a charge of driving while' under: the Influence of intoxicating liquor and is being held under $200 bail. He received scalp , cuts, which were given emergency treatment by - first aid men. A doctor was later called. With power Jines : scrambled across South Commercial . street traffic was routed over Liberty street while . linemen .worked at untangling the wires and putting the lines back in service. . ':, Street lights were darkened from Mission south to Electric and from Johns street east. West Salem street lights were out until about o clock. Service Was 'also interrupted for a few -house holder! along Mission street.' Ser vice for south Salem street lights Was restored byJ o'clock, .. II l.l Mil,. 1 L i Two Exonerated ABERDEE , Wash., Dee." IS. -ypy-A. justice court Jury tonight Joe LeGrande of charges in con nection with a mob attack upon the Finnish : workers , federation hall here Dec. 2. grounds subject to regulations to be outlined. ; ' ,:: : ',r.-:-- The board set dates for : the 1940 Oregon state fair as Septem her 2, which is labor day, through' Sunday, September 8. ' Reports from all division heads were nresented ' dnrine the "dav Land visitation made to. the . fair grounds, to Inspect lmprorements being carried on there. The board expressed itself as pleased with -the . renovations ; Fair Man ager Leo Spitxbart ias under way. -, During the - morning - session,'; the board . voted . unanimous . com mendation to the state . board of higher education for Its selection of Frank, L. Ballard as president of Oregon 4 State" icollege and passed a resolution opposing 'en actment of congressional ; H,; B. 6958 to amend . the US .warehouse act.' This bill,i tndiT'-:al .mem-' bers declared, -;wo - ia.fr!"" 9 upon state grain. iz:. Lea -t- ations. GARNER 29 Ships Downed N In Week of War British Destroyer Duchess Sunk. After Reported -Collision at Sea L, (By the Associated Press) Sinking of four more neutral vessels Saturday sent the total of ships reported lost in the 15th week of war to 29, making it the second most disastrous week of the struggle. The 12th week pro duced reports of St sinkings. The week was highlighted by the dramatic battle between the 10,000-ton German pocket battle ship Graf Spee and ' the lighter British cruisers Achilles, AJaz and Exeter off the Uruguayan coast near Montevideo. Both sides claimed -victory in the battle that resulted in the Graf Spee taking temporary refuge in Montevideo. Of secondary Interest during the week 'was the destruction of the 1,8 7 5-ton British Destroyer Duchess after a reported collision with an unidentified British war ship. The admiralty revised its casualty list yesterdayr placing the toll at 129, or nine more than had been reported lost. RAIDER AIMED Before . . . v tie - Ti German rr .f 3 v la ' - - 4 - -1 ' i 'ton Li' tLfciue of Ue Graf Spee Garner Accepts Democratic Bid For Presidency yice-rresiaent enters Race for 1940 . j Election Colorful Texan Issues 44-Word .Statement . Before Hunting WASHINGTON, Dec. 16-V Vice-Presldent Garner formally entered the presidential race to day and became the first demo crat openly to seek his party's nomination - without : Indicating that he would step aside if Presi dent Roosevelt should seek a third term. The colorful Texan went-on record in a terse 4 4-word statement just before leaving his Uvalde, Tex., home for a hunting trip. It said: "I will accept the nomination for president. I will make no ef fert to control any delegates. The people should decide. A candidate should be selected at primaries and conventions as provided by law, and I sincerely trust that all democrats will participate in them." Prognostics tors Attempt To See Hidden Meaning Some capitol politicians imme diately professed to see in Gar ner's wording a statement of op position to any efforts that might be made by anyone to obtain dele gates for trading purposes or to control the balance of power at the convention such an effort, in other words,, as might possibly be made on behalf of the presi dent, even If he did not Intend to be a candidate. The Garner announcement was Tegarded also as a direct appeal , to the rank and- file of the party. The vice-president's friends have stressed that he hopes to be chos en as the result of a "grass roots" movement and is not Interested in controlling delegates so as to share in any trade by which an other nominee might be picked even if he finds that he cannot win. Garner' statement made him the third openly receptive candi date for the democratic nomina tion. McKntt Is Already Announced for Job - Paul V. McNutt, federal social security administrator, made it known some time ago that he would be a candidate if President Roosevelt did not seek a third term. At St. Paul this week. Sen ator Wheeler (D, Mont.) said that he did not believe the president wanted a third term nor did he think that Mr. Roosevelt should be forced to take the nomination , against his wishes. , (Turn to Page S, Col. 4) TO ADD ANOTHER POOR GUESS t-e : ,:5r-x mi- ral Graf Epeowaa li . it v-It three Critic battleship the Estter. AtUUcs v -cfrate1 in the lnv?fm r !-ti:i-e . twsi which Cltov. . the rssscd hole 1 by the 8-inch guns cf the DritL.U- Admiral Graf Spee All Small Craft RllSS Advance Stubborn Finn Heavy Attacks Hurled Back After Furious Front-Line Fight 10-15 Shells a Minute by Russians Fail to Stop Finns By LYNN HEINZERLING nt-uoiiiivi. yic. lu.-uri-sjuriei, s i ' t uti w wkM i s r rrm u w Russian troops, attacking in force affer a ten-day barrage which raked forests on the Taipale river, h Halted By sh TrosafteV . eXSr directly toward the harbor break. thl viT.i -rm- rnnrto tnl I water s less than half a mile away. night. The Finnish communique de clared Russia lost "hundreds" of men and 14 of 50 Russian tanks were destroyed. The Finns also said four Russian tanks "drove up to our positions and surren dered." The attack was aimed at out posts of the Mannerheim line on the Karelian - Isthmus, which Russia has failed to penetrate uuvs tuc wr c(au i uaj b tu( -f . t - A few battalions of hardy, khaki-clad Finns near Lake La doga, who have endured artillery shells from two sides day and night for more than a week, still were holding the north bank of the Taipale river. Around them. Irees have been splintered and the earth torn by the steady pounding of soviet shells. jrartner down tbe river, toward Lake Suvanto, where the Finns (Turn to Page S, Col. 1) Saturday Busiest Day for Years in Christmas Stores Saturday, seventh shopping day before Christmas, waa one of tbo busiest daya dowatowa Salem has ever experienced. Crowds of shoppers thronged the streets . and . the stores throughout the day. Rein which had kept many of them at borne on Friday helped to swell the crowds en Saturday, even - though rain fell at Intervals that . after noon. "Extensive Chaistmas shopping Jb forecast for the . early days of this final week -before the . holidays. 4 -aw wet: 9sfWn WW.: !gper "Z i N!e C twJL e t f tr.eT'rTeBch ,' Bnerf Fornose aad AJax r acked her. L lfooJ I Suicida1' ?asl1 Expected to Be Made By INazi Focket Battleship Before Deadline Set by Uruguay British Watchers Wait Outside Ilarb for Appearance of Ship Once Sent to Haven of Port MONTEVIDEO, Dec. 17-(Sunday )-()-An emergency ses sion of the Uruguayan cabinet was called early today by 1'reoi. dent Alfredo Baldomir, to consider Germany's demand for an extension of time for her raiding warship, Jhe Admiral Graf fiper, to remain In this harbor. Announcement of the president's action heightened belief here that the Graf Spee would not leare the harbor at least before this afternoon, despite the fact that he had ordered all small craft away from her anchorage and had appeared ready to get under way. . TVlf 1 M T 7 IT lTfl TVn IT , ' aitions ideal for an attempted I Aamirai urai bpee ordered kviui ine snip now pointed ai ine opening or the brcak- State Relief Recommended Rpnni f V,iiin Vm I m. m. vua Federal Control Asked By US Chamber WASHINGTON, Dec. 1-0PV- xne unuea states cnamner or commerce recommended today that relief be turned back grad ually to the states, contending that It would result in. Improved care r the needy at lower cost. "It Is apparent from the meth ods thus far pursued by the, fed eral - government," a chamber committee reported, "that it Is remote, too large and too clum sj for efficient administration of local relief . . . Thus it is clear that, lnherentlv. th dlrt nmr- "f", Zulfl??XtL?r: remely costly.". In a : statement accompanying tne release or tne report. t4i chamber said the the committee had given months ot study to the problem of relief. The report in no way mlnl- (Turn to Page . Col. I) CheiTiaris light Big Tree Monday The Cherrlans' stately Christ mas tree on the courthouse '"fa square, which as . a sapling la Christmas season, .will be llahted 3 formally at exercises conduct by the Cherrlans Monday night. The nubile Is Invited either to attend or to tune in . on the broadcast' of the exercises over KSLM at 8 p. m. Prof. T. 8. Roberts will slay Christmas music on the Rigdon orgatron starting at 7:30. The program will open .with carols sung by . the Willamette . univer sity glee club directed by Dean GeUt, followed by a brief talk by Governor Charles A. Sprague. The tree will be formally lighted by .. Harold Buslck, King Blng. President Bruce R. . Baxter of Willamette university will deliver a Christmas message and Mayor W. W. Chadwick will read his proclamation .formally.-opening the Christmas season in Salem. Sprague Tells To Keep Stepping Forward Warning republicans that "If the party takes a backward look It will take a backward seat,' Governor Charles A, Sprague key- noted the formal launching ot the McNary-for-President petition signing program In Marlon county Saturday at the meeting ot the county central eommlttee with an encouraging word as to . Senator Charles L.McNary's chances for the nomination: As tor victory next November, the governor said the oatlook was good but the outcome far from certain, and he observed that this waa perhaps fortunate from the standpoint of party agreement on nrnrreaatve candidate. - v Senator lIcNarv is in for tan-1 ate position In " that he has the I confidence of. all . factions with- ( in the republican party and even that of the' present national -ad- ministration. Governor Sprague ' pointed out, adding that reports of a friendly attitude or even ot active support for Oregon's can-, dldate have.eome from party lead- era In many parts ot the nation. -1 Before the governor , spoke, a resolution commending his action In, broaching the McNary ean!l- dacy, prepared by tha .county Nary-far-Pre?!3ent -r-?ntiT r ImitUd, was read -ly-Gien Clears From Sides or C.,nJ... A T '.-iL muuwiji;-1w un lon- getaway, the German raider al( craft from her sides early O water, it would be necessary only to noiat her anchors and glide out of the harbor. A strong wind. which was blow ing earlier in the night died down about midnight and clouds and a slight fog shrouded the venae). Shortly after midnight all launches, barges, and small craft were ordered away from the side' of the Graf Spee and it appeared that preparations . were being made to get under way. Earlier in the night, thousands Jammed the nearest docks strain ing for a view of the warship as her crew sought to make her bat tle worthy. Plate Placed Over Big Port Row Hole . Welders apparently placed a huge plate over tbe hole torn la her port bow daring last Wed nesday's battle with British crui sers, two of whom are waiting outside the territorial waters fer the Graf Spee. Meanwhile, the ministers ct nasi Germany sod Great DrKsJa waged a last ditch flcht last nlstat arer the warship, Germany seeking- an extension ot tlma In which she may remala here, Brit ain demanding her ejection or In ternment. Hidden In th has about twenty miles off Montevideo wera the fast British cruisers AJax and Achilles, which fought the Graf Spee Wednesday and drove her into this neutral refuge with a daring which Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German war ship himself declared was "more than seemed credible." The 10.000-ton British cruiser Cumberland and tbe 26.500-taa' French battleship Dunkerque alaa were reported in the allied cor don, while the great British bat tle cruiser Renown and the air craft carrier Ark Royal, steaming from South African waters, were expected at Rio de Janeiro te- (Turn to Page t, Col. I) Hospitalization Is Result of Wreck Edward Kllber. 1175 Nebraska. was sent to the Salem General hospital with -a fractured left shoulder last night after his auto mobile collided with a car regis tered to M. E. Blckford. Portland. but driven by an unldentifled person who was not present when police arrived. Tbe accident occurred at Cot tags and Center streets about S o'clock. Kilburn -was given emeraenrr treatment by city first aid men. Republicans its secretary-manager. Later Wade made it known that the signatures ot 16,000 Mar lon county republicans on the pe titions to place McNary 's name on the Oregon primary ballot, are desired by the committee those be such number is needed. Can vassing .for signatures Is to be done strictly by precincts with tie precinct committeemen directing the work. y Signatures to be counted must be those of registered republican, it Was emphasised. Completed pe titions are to be notarized and (Turn to Page 6, Col. 1) Shopping DAys TILL two years imprlsonmept