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the only Sunday newspaper
published in Salem, the
onljr Sunday paper carry
tag all the Salem new as
-well as national and for
eign press reports, v
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Generally fair today and
probably Friday valley fogs
In mornlnjr. Max. temp.
Wednesday 54. mln. 41. IUv.
er BJl ft. Soathwest wind.
EIGHTY-NINTH YEAS
Salon Oregon, Thursday Horning, December 21, 1939
Pries Zci Ntwastanda 6
No. 231
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Paul Hauter Column
12:15 p. m., shoe shine parlor
Got a shine and the latest schol
arly opinion on the international
situation and the Rose Bowl game
for. 15 cents. .
. 12:80 p. m- Parker's sportery
Imnarted our knowledze . of
naval affairs to
various members
of the Any Noon
Discussion and
Debate - society.
Including Chris
Ko wltz, Jake
Fnhrer, Doc
Hlgglns and Jim
Kichol son, sr.
Was careful to
see if any spies
of . foreign gov
ernments were aui tt. uuei. )i
hiding behind the golf club dis
play to catch our weighty words.
- Ave were finally outranked by
Brazier Small, an ex-sailor of the
: sea and air.
. - 1:00 p. m.r Commercial book
store Where - we tried to play
Home, Sweet Home on a toy xylo
phone with only mediocre success,
We are not very graceful on the
grace notes and fall flat on the
flats.
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2:30 p. m., Capitol building
Where we watched three strong
xaen delicately placing tinsel on
sV big Christmas tree right smack
In the middle of the rotunda.
There are Christmas trees bloom
ing all over. .
2:45 p. m., Capitol corridors
Saw Max Alf ord, who is now
state police captain, and congrat
ulated him. He doesn't get to
wear his pretty blue breeches so
much In his new Job, because It's
headquarters work. Wandered up
. to the license bureau end of tbe
building and found people buying
those tin plates that come two for
five. Nice Christmas gift.
3:00 p. m., Creech's chemist
shop Where we discussed with
J. Creech weighty problems con
cerning the future of the linoleum
Industry and how the tailoring
business will measure up. Drank
one coke and remembered to pay
for It.
3:16 p. m., State street resort
Where we saw numerous WU
law students, who have their last
classes before Christmas today, on
their way to the movies. An am
bulance went by and they all
started.
3:30 p. m.. Courthouse grounds
Walked past the illuminated
Christmas tree and reflected that
only God can make a tree but It
takes the Cherrians to think up
hanging lights on it. Saw what
we thought was a Yuletide can
dle shining In the window of the
sheriffs office, but It was only
the reflection of the sun on Sher
iff Andy Bark's head.
Moral Embargo Is
Placed on Air Gas
Bombing, Gun - Slaying
of Civilians Leads
to Extension
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2Hff
The -government extended Its
Amoral embargo" today to with
hold the means of producing high
quality aviation gasoline from
countries engaged in unprovoked
aerial bombing or machine-gun
ning of civilians.
The state department announced
that, after consultation with the
war and navy departments, it
"has decided that the national in
terest suggests that for the time
being there should be no further
delivery to certain countries of
plans, plants, manufacturing
lights or technical information re
quired for the production of high
quality aviation gasoline.
The countries were not named
but were understood to be Russia
and Japan,, and poslbly Germany,
as a result of the Polish cam
paign.
The department gave two rea
sons for its decision:
.1.- "With a view to conserving
tn this country certain technical
information of strategic import
ance." V -
2. "As an extension of the an
sounced policy of this government
In regard to the sale of airplanes.
aeronautical equipment, and ma
terials essential to airplane manu
facture to countries the armed
forces of which are engaged in un
provoked bombing or machine
gunning of civilian populations
from the air."
The decision has been commun
icated by letter to the Interested
American oil companies.
A department official explained
that the embargo was not made to
apply to the gasoline - itself, " be
cause the -countries involved
might then seek to produce it
themselves' from American or
ther petroleum. .
NLRB Quizzcrs
To Take Holiday
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 (.-()-Wllliam
Green,- president of the
American Federation of Labor,
aid today that evidence already
produced by the house committee
Investigating the labor relations
board "tends to support" AFX
charges that the board has. been
partial to CIO. V ;
Green volunteered the state
ment In discussing with newsmen
a conference he had held with
Edmund M. Tolandr - committee
counsel. The two men discussed
AFL witnesses who subsequently
will testify st the inquiry, but did
not disclose their names.; The
committee recessed yesterday un
til after the first of the yean.
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Wallace Gets ,
Greater Farm
Credit Gc sj-il
I f v,
Speedy Appr gg A
Dr. A G a Is
of
SecretP 0
am
Resignation . . Hill on
Heels of FCA Break
1 Leaves Opening
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WASHINGTON. Dee. 20-OP)-
President Roosevelt made
change today in the governorship
of the farm eredit administration
giving Secretary Wallace a great
er control over the 35,060,000,-
000 agricultural lending agency
and opening, the way for mora
ibountitul credits to farmers.;
:. . jr. urn, governor ounng ine
past year, tendered his resignation
to the chief executive, who imme
diately apponited Dr. A. G. Black,
director of the agriculture : de
artment's marketing and regula
tory work, as his successor.
Reports of sharp difference! be
tween Wallace and Hill over farm
credits policies became current af
ter the FCA was placed under the
agriculture department by a presi
dential reorganization order last
July, r .
Wallace was represented as be
lieving that the FCA was follow
ing a "hard-boiled" policy in fore
closures and was too conservative
in making loans. The secretary
was also said to have objected to
FCA resale of foreclosed farms
which the agriculture department
deemed unsuited for cultivation.
Functions of FCA
Remain Unchanged
Wallace isued a statement after
Hill's j resignation declaring that;
"either through misinformation or
deliberate desire to mislead."
there had been conflicting inter
pretations of his intentions n
specting the FCA.
"The acts of congress authoriz-
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Trainmen Killed
In UP Accident
Locomotiye,. Derailed, As
" Farkedi3 Ii Hit;
One Body Found
RICHLAND, Neb., Dec 20-UP)
The body of Engineer David
Jones of Omaha was taken late
tonight from the wreckage of a
Union Pacific locomotive, and of
ficials said there was no donbt
the body of Lee Roberts, fireman,
Council Bluffs, la., was buried
underneath the mass of twisted
steel, i "
The locomotive on the UP's
mall train ' No. C. eastbound,
struck a stalled automobile driv
en by W. D. Wilson of Schuyler,
Burlington engineer, who
jumped out of his car as the train
bore down on him.
A worker in the baggage ear.
which overturned, escaped injury.
Train crews were rushed from
nearby towns to the scene of the
wreckage.
There were 14 cars on the
train, j seven or eight of which
were I derailed. Tracks running
both east and west were torn up
for a considerable distance.
The locomotive came to rest
against a grain elevator 200 yards
from the depot.
Passengers in the automobile
tot out before the train struck
their vehicle.
Homes Imperiled
By Luzon Floods
MANILA, Dec. 2 1-( Thursday )-
(-Torrential rains which over
flowed the Cagayan river made
thousands homeless in north
eastern . Luzon island today.
caused heavy property and crop
damage and aroused fears the
death toll might run high.
First meager reports to the
Red Cross from I lagan, capital
of Isabela province, said that
1,800 i families were made desti
tute in that city alone. The mes
sages said the flood at its peak
reached house tops In some sec
tors, but ws now receding.
Kind Hecirtedness of Salem
To Provide Dinner for Needy
Only through the aid of a kind-
hearten nnblie and volunteer as
sistance by local organizations
and businesses will all families in
and near Salem be supplied with
adequate Christmas dinners next
weekend. Adjutant John Allen of
the Salvation Army declared yes
terday after surveying the aid al
ready available to his welfare
agency.
Large donations of food such
as will be gathered at the States
man-Capitol theater Santa Clans
matinee. Friday - morning are
needed ' to bolster the Army's
supply of provisions for Christ
mas baskets, Allen said.
More families are In need this
year than last, the adjutant said.
Many are families whose heads
were certified to the ' WPA. then
told they were no longer eligible
or direct reliefs Delays in as-?
slgnment to work project jobs
made their situations more jerU
Stalin Is 60-
And a Crooner!
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Among nice things said about Dic
tator Joseph Stalin by Soviet
celebrants on the eve of his
60th birthday anniversary was
that no bas a "fine tenor"
voice a compliment paid him
by an actress friend. Stalin
demonstrated his ability, she
said In a newspaper article.
when no one else at a party
knew a folk song he wanted to
near. (LEV)
US Air Defenses
To Be Bolstered
Northeast Industrial Area
to Be Placed Under
Single Command
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20.-OP-
xne army general stair disclosed
today that the air raid defenses
of the industrial northeast would
be placed under a single com
mand like those protecting Lon
don, Paris and Berlin.
Anti-aircraft guns, interceptor
planes, and warning signals for
an area which produces some 10
per cent of all American war sup
plies will be put under the direc
tion of Colonel James E. Chaney,
now commandant at Hitchel
Field, LI. - His promotion to
brigadier general was Announced
today.
With no hint of a belief that
the Atlantic seaboard had come
within the lengthenlnr ranee of
bombers, the war department said
the new arrangement would "pro
vide experience and the basis for
future developments of this na
ture." Secretary Woodrlnc described
the move as "an Important step
toward the completion of compre-
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Hoover Implores
Aid for Finland
NEW YORK, Dec. 2 0-OPy-FoT-
mer president Herbert Hoover
said tonight that in Finland "the
world witnesses one of those he
roic stands for freedom of men
that comes but few times in the
centuries.
"It is a star illuminating the
No Man's Land of civilization."
Mr. Hoover's speech was pre
pared for a "Let's Help Finland'
rally in Madison Square garden.
"Unless you have seen the mov
ing of vast numbers of refugeees
over threatened railways and
roads,' he said, "your imagination
cannot rise to the suffering that
comes (to Finland.) Already some
of them have begun to reach Swe
den and Norway, and they are ap
pealing to us for help.
"At the moment there is no ac
tual shortage of food in Finland.
But the thousands of destitute
need funds to buy it. They need
shelter. They need bedding. The
sea-blockade and the destruction
of their ' commerce 1 will bring
famine later on."
Paterson Named
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 20-tfP.
ooumern t-aciiic company an
nounced ' the appointment - today
of George C. Paterson as assistant
to J. H. Dyer, vice-president in
charge of operations.
Many other of the cases on the
Salvation Army lists, which are
cleared through the relief office
and Red Cross to avoid duplica
tion, are of new families, "One,
hard-working people from the
east who came here and picked
up what work they could in the
summer and fall," Adjutant Allen
added.- - t '- s - r : .
Declaring that "all the food
given makes possible that many
more baskets," ' Adjutant Allen
said he hoped attendance at the
Friday morning show, at the
Capitol theater at 10 o'clock,
would be large. '
One or more . cans of - food
fruit, vegetables r meat will
be the price of admission. A fea
ture length Joe E. Brown comedy
and entertaining short subjects.
Including - a Charlie McCarthy
film, bare been booked by Man
ager Carl Porter, - ;
AlliedNaval
Leaders Meet
To Map Drive
Strategic Measures to
Meet Nazi Threat
in Air Object
Session Is Surrounded
by Secrecy as High
Officials Convene '
LONDON, Dee. 20.-ffV-French
and British naval leaders met to
day to map new strategic meas
ures as German war planes eontln-
ned to harass the fishing fleet
upon which England depends for
a considerable portion of her food
supplies.
In ,an atmosphere of strict se
crecy. Admiral Jean Darlan, su-
I preme commander of the French
naval forces conferred for several
hours with Winston Churchill,
Britain's first lord of the admlr -
alty.
No official announcement eon -
cernlng the conference was Issued,
but observers noted that it coin -
elded with more vigorous allied
nval operations and growing
anxiety over the saiety or urn -
ain's fishing Industry.
Aberdeen trawler Star of Scotland
was towed into port with two of
her crew dead as the result of ma-
chine gunning and bombing by
German planes. Two other fishing
trawlers the Strathalbyn and the
8trathrannock were unscathed
SHt,V 7h JiuT tV fnr-
during the raid, though the for-
mer was attacked twice.
Swedish Steamer Sunk;
Six Rescued
The Swedish steamer Mars, 1,
449 tons, was sunk off the north-1
east coast by a mine and seven
persons were missing from the
ship. Six were rescued
lusio aispatcnes saia tne Es
tonian steamer Uko was sunk in
the North Sea Tuesday by a Ger
man plane. The crew of 14 was
brought ashore by a Swedish ship.
(A ship of unidentified nation
ality was mined off The Nether-
lands coast. A passing ship picked
op an unknown number of surviv
ors.)
Meanwhile it was intimated that
the British government, apparent
ly, committed to a more vigorous
naval policy, feels the royal navy
baa a right to fight battles any-
where on the International seas.
irrAi or rhm Pan-AmHan I
SOO-mlle "safetv zone." i
Xen trail ty Discussion I
CarfenllT Avoided I
ntaonaatan f wiiaffcai. tiia kat-1
tia between ti Belittled fltrniM
pocket battleship Graf Spee and" big day, too,- with yr
three British cruisers off the coast I
nt nmmav la t weev -riniated th I
American neutrality position bas I
been carefully avoided here.
News of fresh aerial attacks
upon BrlUin's fishing fleet pro-
aucea angruy-woraea articles in
the British press, asserting that
the Germans had committed "a I
flagrant breach of International
law" and accusing nazl planes of
machine gunning the crews "as
they swam for their lives."
The admiralty said German
aircraft had attacked 25 vessels,
including two neutrals, in the last
three days. Only three of those
attacked were naval vessels, it
said, and attacks on them were
unsuccessful.
The admiralty announcement
cited as an act of "senseless in
humanity" an attack upon the
Trawler Isabella Greig, during
which it said nine bombs were I
aroppea ana two or tne crew i
wounded by machine gun bullets. I
Bean Approves
Rate Reduction
PORTLAD. Dee. 10 iJPi- H,
duced rates proposed by two
major power companies were
tatively anoroved today bv Or-1
mond R. Bean, stat nubile
ties commissioner. . I
The rates, established at the re-1
quest of the Portland General I
Electric and the Northwestern
Electric . companies in connection
with Bonneville dam contracts,
will become effective January ' 1.
Immediate savings to seven
Oregon 'counties and three Wash
ington counties were estimated at
1560,000 for PGE customers and
2140.000 for Northwestern pur
chasers. .
Similar savings may be provid
ed for commercial and industrial
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mmmtrmm U J BV ayra mJmm mm--fm
rflninmiin will Ta affoetA fn I
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Multnomah. Clackamas, Yamhill, I
Marlon, Polk and Columbia I
counties and Vancouver. Wash . I
nmt id prui eb.nii. I
Northwestern's eats cover users In I
Multnomah. Washington and Co- j
lumbla counties, Oregon, and I
Clark,, Cowlitz
and Skamania
counties, Wash.
BASKETBALL
OSC 57, Brigham Tonus; SO.
Nebraska 48, Stanford 47.
F80 SS, Pnrdoe 84. '
Wniamette 81, Signal 41.
HOCKEY. '
SEATTLE. : Dec 20-6P)-'
Seattle snatched a 4-1 lead
over Vancouver midway la the
second period of thetr Pacific
Coast Hockey league game here
tonight and then bogged down
aa the Canadians spurted to a
7 to 4 victory. .- .. r- ,
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Paner Protects
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io.Day)id Tot
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 20w-6P-
Swedish authorities, examining
paper parcel carried by a sev-
en-year-old Finnish girl who
bad traveled several days with
refugees arriving aboard ship.
found It contained her 10-day
old sister.
Tbe infant was taken to i
hospital, where ft was given an
even chance for survival. Tbe
mother was believed to have
perished.
Nazi Captain
Follows Ship
I l-ommander Langsdorfl
Takeg Life as Tragic End
to Graf Spee Saga
BUENOS AIRES, Dec. 20. - () -
The commander of the scuttled
l German battleship Admiral Graf
I Spee, Captain Hans Langsdorf f,
l today wrote a tragic epilogue to
I the war's greatest naval battle by
1 committing suicide.
I The 45 -year -old commander,
1 veteran oi me worm war ana
I leader of numerous nazl sea ex -
I pioiis. snoc mmseu wun a revoi -
1 w u mj wur
VT. n WID.: , .
I lit,?'" v w"
I . . . ..Icial communique to hare stopped
I Z, vf,m ""v.J ""Ma soviet thrust to cut the coun-
TfJP.
at the Argentine naval arsenal.
'From the first moment he
P tIa mind to share the
f . M mairnifieent .hin " said
I fiorman emhav annnnnpmTit
declaring he had died "for the fa -
therland."
Langsdorff, who won the ad-
miration of friend and foe for the
humanitarian treatment of his
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Highest Mailing
Record Scored
106,900 Letters Handled
by Canceling Machine
Here in One Day
Most letters ever mailed at
the Salem potof flee went through
Tuesday, a final check yesterday
morning revealed. Over 108.900
ieers were recoraea oy nm can-
collation macnine, a material gam
OTr the peak day last year.
Tuesday the 20th, when tf.000
I.were recorded. Yesterday looked
'"' "ea oj ; w.
Carelessness of hurried holiday
mailers ProbIm of
lff"Lv . l'vlfTl "" "
I e Christmas card mailed yes-
lrdX Tee simply to "Aunt
Elva.
About 60 letters to Santa Clans
have been mailed at the local
postofflce, Postmaster H. R.
ell" .v" ; v
most youthful mailers, evidently
believing that Santa has a pull
with the postofflce department.
omit the stamps. All are turned
over unopened to the Elks lodge
Rumania Doubles
g g ! r "I
German Uil bale
BUCHAREST, Dec. 20.-P)-
Rumania tonignt agreed to dou
ble her oil shipments to Germany.
The government consented to a
new trade agreement with the
reich after hard-fought negotia
tions which several Umes broke I
down ana precipitated tne tail or
one Rumanian cabinet.
The new pact calls for Ruman-1
ia to sena oermanr iw.wuu on
A MAAAA A
Ul tll lUVBUUJi . AIlO 111 Dl. UgUl
months of this year Germany ave-
ten-lraea izu.uuw tons, out since tne
start of the war the figure bad
ntUi-lbeen cut to about 80,000.
The curtailment in shipments
had been due to the lack of trans-
poriauon iacuiues.
I Alumni of Salem
High Meet Today
It's homecoming today at Sa
lem high sehool. with a special
assembly at 12:50 p.m. to which
all alumni are invited. 1
Principal Fred Wolf and Student
ifresiaeufc sm ouiuu, woua ouyer-
n f . & mil 1 vii .
f , Jt AVI Vm.V V 1 I I
luicuusiit . s;umm. nm
be the principal speaker. Dayton I
Robertson ana uean jsuis, zormer i
student ooay presidents, win aiso i
sneak. ' I
The alumni guest book. In use
since 1927, will be out for alumni
to sign.
Master of ceremonies for the
program Is Wesley McWaln, alum
nus now attending Willamette
university. The high school band
i will play several selections, the
Pep club will author a number of
features and there Is scheduled a
violin soloby Mabelle Lllburn,
alumnus " - '
School Closed
TONASKE T, Dec. 20. ct I
School was out. today, but scarlet I
fever not Christmas was the!
reason. - County and tov
Conntr and town health I
officials' declared the disease had I
reached epidemic proportions and I Telephone company representa
n laced a ban on school and all I tires are meetlnr with rural line
Lpnblle gatherings. I
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Hampers lortti
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Hundreds of Tanks Are
Loosed in Savage
Campaign
Finn Air Force Rises
to Meet Invaders
Over Isthmus
HELSINKI, Dec. 20-i?n-FIerce
fighting surged across the Kare
lian Isthmus in 'sub-zero temper
atures today as Russians loosed
I hundreds of tanks in savage
drives and directed 200 Ted air
force planes in widespread bomb
ing attacks on the rest of Finland.
The roar of artillery could be
1 heard from one side of the 65
mile wide Isthmus to the other.
Finnish aviation rose to meet
Russ army aviators in fierce dog
fights and battled in the winter
sky.
The Russian drive was stalled
I n the far north by blizzards and
I temDeratures 25 decrees below
1 Eero Tne Finns said they had
1 withdrawn to Kornettljarvi, but
mentioned no fighting.
A little farther south. Just
forces were reported in an offl
8aUll.U. capturing "muc5
booty" en route, including three
n"; rui iru"B- ,Jr " ,
machine guns and considerable
I ammunition
1 Men 40. YeT. old
Called by Finland
While battles ragea along Fin-
I land's eastern and southeastern
frontiers, the nation moved to
strengthen Its defenses by call-H
lng to the colors all able-bodied
men 40 years of age. All reserv
ists under 40 already had been
summoned.
(The call adds an estimated
15,000 men to the Finnish army.
estimated by authoritative sources
I Estimates have put the Russian
at 400,000 at the start of the war.
forces attacking Finland as high
as 1.500.000.)
For the second successive day
air raid alarms sounded in' U any
Finnish cities, including Helsln-
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Aged Woman Hurt
In Car Accident
Companion Braised as Two
Struck; First Aid
Car Kept Busy
Two women were injured, one,
Mrs. F. G. Stearns, 73, of 180
South 19 th street, severely, when
they were hit at State and Church
streets about 9:30 last night by
an automobile belonging to Claude
ff; Kinney was: ridtag
in the car, but said he was not
driving at the time. City police
held him on a charge of intoxica
tion, but he was released on bail
later.
Mrs. Stearns suffered a broken
arm, badly bruised hip and knees
and severe shock. She was taken
I to tne ueaconess nospitai alter
LatbAh "L?Id "r-
beth Foster, 21, of 633 Ferry,
was also knocked down, but re
ceived only abrasions and bruises.
Police request that anyone who
saw the accident or can give any
information about the driver of
the car let them know lmmedl-
.tsiv
George Robert Hurd, 78, of
Ihoa nir iirpt. vm t routed hw
thm .M bail
. " " .mm w v
gd his right wrist with
raxor.
Also treated was a guest at the
Walter Mills home, 178 South
Church street, when she gashed
her head in a fall down basement
stairs. " .
Mrs. Leo Poppe, 2300' North
Fourth street, bruised her back
when she fell through an automo
bile door to the curbing.
Mrs. Annie Wilson, 78, of
Brooks, collapsed from fatigue
while shopping on Liberty street.
Dial Telephones for Rural
Salem Trade
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iiouern oiai operation 01 a ma-
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jgiui UL llio icivvuuuei ui tuv
rural area around Salem, largest
rural system on tne racmc coast
served out of one ezenange, is an
imminent prospect, it was re-
iveaied Wednesday by uarry V.
Collins, district manager for the
Facxric Telephone ana Teiegrapn
company.'
Intensive work preliminary to a
conversion to dial operation has
been under way for some time,
Mr. Collins announced.
All rural line telephone custo
mers own their own lines ana
their own telephone instruments,
these rural lines connecting with
the telephone company's lines,
usually at the city limits. At
present the Salem rural lines all
are on a manual basis, with tne
telephone instruments all being of
the magneto type. The new dial
type of service, Mr. Collins said,
will give the rural line customers
taa most modern and nn-to-date 1
telephone service now available.
customers for the purpose of cis-
Head of Narcotics
Smuggling Ring Is
Convicted by Jury
Lepke, Top Man of 10,000,000 Narcotic
"Syndicate," Faces Two-Year
Sentence, 310,000 Fine
Object of Nation-Wide Man-Hunt Last
Summer, Three Aides Found Guilty
In Federal Court in New York
NEW YORK, Dec 20 (AP) Louis (Lepke) BuchsJ
ter was convicted in federal court tonight of conspiracy to
violate the narcotics laws as a top man in what the govern
ment called a 110,000,000 Interntional Bmugglinz syndicate.
Lepke, accused of "cutting himself in" on widespread
operations of illicit narcotics dealers in many foreign ports,
faces possible maximum penalties of two years in prison
and $10,000 fine.
Nine other indictments are pending against him in con
nection with narcotics violations, conviction of which might
bring 168 years in prison and fines of $180,000.
A co-defendant, Max Schmuckler, also was convicted,
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Hitler Orders
Liner Scuttled
Columbus
Captain Says
Destruction of Ship
Demand of Fuehrer
NEW YORK, Dec. 2MPV-Tbs
German liner Columbus was set
afire and scuUioA "under orders,'
her master, rapt. "Wllhelm Daeh
ne, declared on his arrival here
tonight with (78 rescued nazl
sailors.
This was understood to mean
the Columbus was sent to the bot
tom at the direction of Adolf Hit
ler, who had ordered similar de -
traction last Sunday of the Ger
man pocket battleship Graf Spee,
whose commander committed sal- ;
dde in Buenos Aires today.
indication that scuttling
was ordered In advance under
blanket Instructions from Berlin
was added by Henry Lamps, 27,
the Columbus third officer, who
said:
"As soon as the destroyer (the
British craft which t cornered tbe
liner off the Virginia coast yes
terday) was sighted the alarm
was siren on the Columbua we
were already under orders what
to do."
The Columbua' survivors iden
tified the British destroyer as the
Hyperion.
Lampe said that when the Hy
perion was within half a mile it
fired a warning shot across the
bow of the Columbus. The men
of the Columbus ran immediately
to their stations, he said, and
group in the engine room began
opening the sea valves while oth
ers took drums of benzine and
soaked parts of the ship.
Behind them came sailors with
signal torches.
Meanwhile," Lampe added,
the crew members got away from
the ship in 22 lifeboats, all thai
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Dispute Hampers
Tongue Point Job
ASTORIA. Dec. 20-6P)-A nine-
day-old wage dispute continued to
hamper work on the Tongue Point
naval base's $1,500,000 sir ata
tlon today.
The American Federation of
Labor's piledriver.' union walked
pay double time for overtime and
i-hv.. i.w
broken shift" labor.
The contractor, Walter Makela,
Insisted there wss no dispute ml'T''l
w.r. it. jiwiirM th waiv. I freighter, the Hamburg-Americas,
wages. HO declared tbe walk'
out was the result of a Jurlsdlc-
Uonal dUpYte Tetween JilVdriver.
and the building laborers' union.
also AFL.
Area Imminent
cussing the new type of service.
In some cases, it was pointed out.
the rural line users are planning I
to srrenginen ana reouua ineiriln th international Longshere-
jrBi w'f"Bi i
ail cases it will be necessary to !oB anl the Wsterfront Employ
exchange the present magneto erg MgocuUon of the Pacific
type telephones for dUI telephone eo,t were taken under adTlse-
"7t," .... I
telephone service for rural lines.
Mr. Collins explained. Include Im
proved and better talking quality
on most lines; no necessity for
special batteries, as power will be
furnished direct from the Salem
' central office; and automatic
ringing, rather than the preaent
hand ringing.
Special central office equip
ment will be Installed In the Sa
lem telephone building to provide
this new type of service for the
Salem rural telephone lias custo
mers. ' -
Already in Oregon the Pacific
Telephone and Teiegrapn com-
pany Is providing dial services to
hundreds of rural line customers
la exchanges at various points la
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?wauc a third, Dald Kardoslek
I wss acquitted.
Both tbe lstter denied from th
witness stand any psrticlpatloa 1
the syndicate's actlrltles. Ltpkc
did not take the aland.
Defenae couniel offered brlel
character testimony for Ltpkt
and made a summation InsUtina
that thm Inrr AiurrmrA Inii.',
I reputation aa sn Industrial rac
keteer in reacmng us decision.
Several Others Indicted
For Coivvplrry
District Attorney Thomas E
Dewey once described Lepke aa
"public enemy No. 1" and ss "ibe
nation's No. 1 Industrial rack
eteer." Lepke and his co-defendants
were among SO persons. Includ
ing several women and dis
charged US cuatoms agents, woo
were Indicted for conspiracy.
Most of them are either nsdar
sentence after pleading guilty er
I awaiting sepsrste trials.
Government witnesses SKalnat
the trio principally were -
mwu urns nailiun wo rr I ap
ed details of Intricate operation
of the ring from francs, Japaa.
China and other countries to the
United St tea during 1936-11.
Prosecutors unfolded a compli
cated story of the ring's actl ti
tles, contending that forbldd
narcotics were often shipped la
trunks brought into this country
by attractive women la tbe pay
of the ring's leaders.
Federal Judge John C. Knoa
set sentencing for January I.
Lepke, 42, a silent, swarthy
man, was the object last summer
of a nationwide msnhunt for both
tbe New York county attorney
and the federsl bureau of in Tern l-
gatlon. Rewards totalling $50,009.
the county and the government
each offering half, at one time
were placed on hla bead.
A fugltlre.for two yeara aftrr
running out on a $10,000 ball.
he surrendered quietly last Am- 4
guat 26 to J. Edgar Hoover, mi
director.
He was wanted by federal au
thorities on tbe nsreotics cbtrxs
and anti-trust Indictments, and
by District Attorney Dewey la
connection with racketeering In
the garment, fur and bakery bul
nesses.
Dewey estimated that Lepke'a
rackets brought In $6,000,000 a
year In extortion money. Charges
based on these accusations are
I still pending.
Texas Sugar Firm
Attaches Vessel
D ' w,X VrTur hM.rTi!
?ACw ,if.Ui'!-h,fn".t'
FORT LAUDERDALR. Fla..
German frelght-
I ... ,.. , ,v.
Isel under attachment of lbs IS
district court today.
A l 1. I ........ Aw.
merchantman Aracua, to remain
J
First Officer Kurt Ludwlg, until
the $28,461 claim of a Teiaa
sugar company wss settled.
The Imperial Sugar company
Galveston declared in libel pro
ceedings thst other ships of the
Hamburg-American line collected
for large cargoes but did not
make deliveries.
Strike Studied
LONG VIEW. Dec. JOHTW-
guments of attorneys represent-
men's and Warehousemen's on-
meat here tonight by Dean Wayne
L. Mone, coast arbitrator, after
a day-long bearing.
Shopping
BAys TILL