PAGE TWO-
S ub-Zero Cold
; Hampers Russ
Hundreds of Tanks Are
. Loosed in Savage
, Campaign
(Continued from page 1
kl. Turku, Ran ma, Porroo, Salo.
Matk. Haselka, Vartsila. Laskela,
Sortavala and Janlsjokl. :
A morning alarm In the capi
tal lasted 111 minutes. Another
tonight continued- for 40 min-
utes. . .......
Russian Planes V
Attack Railroad
Sixteen casualties - were re
fi'itrini) at L&skela and 11 at
Janisjokl.
The Finns reported a Russian
air attack on the railroad at Kis-s
ka. SOmiles north of Hanko on I
the south coast, had failed. Work-
men at one Kiska factory fled J
to the woods when Russian
bombers appeared oTerhead.
On the Isthmus front, the Fin
nish commonique indicated the
Russians were following tactics
employed yesterday when they
loosed hundreds of tanks of all
sites. J
The Finnish communique said
the red troops were beaten back
after a series of savage assaults
which had prolonged artillery
preparation, but that the attacks
were continuing.
The communique indicated the
heaviest fighting on this front
was between Kaukjarri and
Muolaarri, although strong Rus
sian forces were reported attack
ing simultaneously at other points
along the line.
1 The Finns said the positions
remained unchanged, and assert
ed that the Russians had lost
heavily in men and tanks.,
"Twenty heavy tanks advanced
to our positions and were cap
tured, besides which many were
destroyed in front of our posi
tions" the communique said.
' Eleren Russian and six Finnish 1
planes fought a thrilling battle
behind the Finnish lines, but ob
servers were not about to ascer
tain the outcome.
' Summarizing the results of
Russian air raids yesterday,
which was described as "the most
active day ' in the air since the
start of the war," the Finnish
communique 'said it was definite
ly established that 20 soviet
planes had been shot down.
t Additional Russian planes were
believed to have fallen behind
their own lines, said the Finns,
who officially fixed their own
losses at two planes.
The communique said that
"well over 200" enemy planes
appeared over Finnish territory
during yesterday's raids In which,
It declared, "many civilians" were
wounded. Reports in Helsinki
Indicated Russian aviation was
as active today.
35 Awards Given
i At Honor
Thirty five awards were pre
sented to 23 Boy Scouts at the
December court of honor of the
Cherry City district of the Cas
cade area council, last night,
i Awards were as follows: -!
Life scouts Malcolm McLean,
troop 11 and Dale Gordon, troop
lp . :
kStar scout Harry Jones, troop
thr-e and Angus Edwin, troop 12.
. a&dvrlstcivgov wazcMis
First class merit badges bod
McNeil and Don Norris, troop
two; Con Bowers, Harry Jones
aud Jack Finden, troop three;
Glen A. Smith, Laverne Hopp,
Bill Byrd and J. T. Hopp, troop
sine; Angus Erwln troop 12,
Clarence Conrad, Dale Gordon and
w Cdward Porter, troop 13.
- j Second class Harold Spaul
eing, Albert Castillo and Roy
Ifonck, troop 11; Darrell Rothen
ftaca and Louis Lamp, troop six;
and Bill Reinhart, troop one; Le
Rby Blake, troop nine.
Robert E. Lange chairman of
the court of honor committee of
the Cherry city district, presided,
with Ernest Kumney and Ted
Reschke as members of the court.
. Demonstrations . were made by
Rpy'Houek, troop 11; Darrell Ro
then floch and Louis Lamp, troop
11 Anrui Rrwla. traan 1 2 and
Jack Finden, troop three, Mr. G.
W. Mason of the state parole
board was the speaker . for - the
evening-. i
US Air Defenses
: To Be Bolstered
f (Continued from page 1)
hensive plans for the national de-
tense,"
Control of air raid defenses Is
scattered now. The coast artil
lery.: has charge of anti-aircraft
-. guns, the air corps, of. quick
climbing " interceptor pursuit
planes already under construc
tion, and the signal corps la con
cerned with flashing warning sig-
Hals.-.'' , .
(The unified defense area ex-
tends roughly .from Detroit to the
Virginia capes, It- was indicated,
' aid inclades such important
centers as New York," Pittsburgh.
Buffalo ' and' the New England
, arms manufacturing area. .
jUpon its completion, the new
tg.000,000 northeast ; air base
Bsaf .-' Xlolyoke, Mass., recently
named "Westover field, will- be
come one of the most Important
elements of the nw organization,
the war department said.
'Obituaries.,
Ut the- family residence, ; S20
Softith 14 th street, December 20.
Ida May. at the" -age. of 51 years.
Survived by widow ex, Edmund
May of Salem; daughter, Mrs, Lil
llin Lady; granddaughter, Patri
cia Lady, both of Tuscon, Aril.;
sisters, Mrs. Ella Morse of Los
Angeles, Miss Pearl Macy of Sa
lem brothers, Bert Macy of Sa
lem, El and Frank "Macy of Port
land. Funeral announcements lat
ftf from Walker-Howell funeral
heme.-- - -s- .
Many Details Face Organisers of District
Census Leaders; Office Arranged in Salem
- :
i
V i
t
A. R. McCALL
Wallace Gains
Credit Control
Speedy Appointment of
Dr. A. C. Black Is
Secretary's Gain .
(Continued from page 1)
ing the work of the FCA and pre
scribing Its functioning of course
remain unchanged," the state
ment said. "Mr. Black and his as
sociates in the FCA will be re
sponsible to me for compliance
with these congressional man
dates." s
The secretary said today's
change Involved no alternation of
administration policy of the FCA
but was "necessary in order to
Integrate the policies of the FCA
and those of i the department of
agirculture to the general policy
of the government, of the United
States in respect to all agricultur
al problems." He added that the
FCA would continue to have "ad
ministratively ; the' autonomy
which it requires for successful
administration of the duties de
volved upon it."
Huge Fund Likely
To Be Made Available
High agriculture department
officials said the change was ex
pected to make available upwards
of $700,000,000 FCA credits fa
cilities for loans to distressed
farmers unable to borrow else
where. They also said that Wallace
was expected to recommend .to
congress changes in FCA legisla
tion which would give farmers 40
years in which to pa; farm pur
chase loans instead of the present
30 years. They also said that Wal
lace may ask for a reduction in
interest lates which now average
about 4 per cent.
President Roosevelt, in accept
ing Hill's resignation, expressed
his "very real appreciation" of
the retiring governor's services.
"I am grateful to you." Mr.
Roosevelt said, "because I know
you havo striven earnestly and un
selfishly to make federal farm
credit of greater service to agri
culture." HIU issued a statement saying
that "the sole' issue in the present
situation, so far as I am con
cerned, is whether the farm credit
administration should be contin
ued as an autonomous ., federal
agency supervising cooperative
credit facilities in the farm field
or be absorbed and become an in
tegral part of a large department
of government responsible for the
administration of a. great many
other programs."
Christmas Tree
Built on Derrick
HUNTINGTON BEACH. Calif..
Dec. 20-?P)-A Christmas tree 127
feet high, illuminated with strings
of colored electric lights, gleamed
over this oil field community to
night. i . -
It is composed of " 1100 large
fir trees attached to an oil der
rick.: '
Outlined in electric lights, tig
urea of Santa Claus and his rein
deer : have been fastened to the
arms of other- oil wells. Aa the
arms move up and down, the
reindeer appear to be leaping
through the air. .,'
And to make the entire display
convincing la temperatures that
hover around the 80 'a in the day
time, 10 tons' of lime have been
scattered over the ground in imi
tation of snow. .
Day's Tune Given
In Gambling Case
Arraignment of Leonard M.
Wagner,' proprietor ' of the Hoi
man and Wagner card room at
35 1 State street, on a charge of
permitting gambling was deferred
a day in municipal court yester
day. Judge A. Warren Jones said
be bad granted Wagner until to
day to answer the charge.
" Clyde K. Anderson, who" signed
the complaint against Wagner,
sought taw withdraw the, charge
yesterday but the court referred
him to the city attorney's office.
New Snow Falls -On
Nortli Santiam
' Five Inches of new. snow fell
on the North Santiam highway
Tuesday night, .County Engineer
N. C Hubbs reported yesterday.
The fall at the summit was nine
inches, . bringing the total, depth
to 17 inches,'.-.. : -: : . ..
The road is being kept open
by state - highway department
snowplows. Dae to a breakdown
of the county's light equipment
the highway department will also
clear sections of the road allotted
to the county tor maintenance. ..
. Many details Incident to the re
cruiting of a business and indus
trial census staff loomed immedi
ately ahead of A. R. McCall, dis
trict census supervisor, and his
assistant, Mrs. Nathalie Panek of
Salem, Wednesday after, they had
completed arrangements for occu
pancy of a suite of four offices at
229 Oregon building.
Forms necessary for, the opera
tion of the census office have not
all arrived, but application blanks
were being sent out Wednesday to
persons who had applied inform
ally for positions on the staff of
enumerators.
"For the business census how
ever, only about 15 enumerators
will be employed for the district
which includes Clackamas. Colum
bia, Clatsop, Marion, Polk. Tilla
mook, Washington and Yamhill
counties. Supervisor McCall, who
is publisher of the Review, week
ly newspaper at Rainier, said that
while tho permissible range of
enumerators' ages is from 18 to
65, mature persons with tome
business experience will have
preference for this exacting work.
What, makes the immediate
task of the supervisors especially
difficult in view of the short time
remaining before the business
census Is scheduled to start Jan
uary 2, Is the necessity for select
ing tentatively the necessary staff
and putting its members through
a four-day school, which is sched
uled for Christmas week. ' j
Hundreds of enumerators, pos
sibly IS 00, are to be selected for
the regular census, which will be
taken starting April 2. Applicants
are required to have a high school
education or its equivalent.""
Cunard Ship Near
Collision in Fog
LONDON, Dec 2 0 - (JP) - The
19,597-ton Cunard White Star
liner Samaria, with many Ameri
cans aboard, which was forced to
return to port for repairs, nar
rowly missed disastrous collision
with a Canadian troopship, it was
disclosed today.
The liner, which sailed west
bound from a northwestern Brit
ish port Saturday, passed so close
ly to the inbound troopship that
lifeboats swung out on davits of
the Samaria were carried away
or stove in.
.The two vessels were navigat
ing In dense fog which reduced
visibility to a ship's length.
Ad Club to Meet
In Theatre Foyer
Members of the Salem Ad club
will hold their final meeting of
the year Friday in the foyer of the
Elsinore theatre at noon.
Arrangements were completed
yesterday for this meeting place
through the courtesy of Manager
Carl Porter of the Warner Bros.
Salem theatres. This marks the
second year the Ad clubbers have
gathered at the theatre, and pres
ent plans call for an outstanding
program.
Manager Porter has booked sev
eral "shorts" for presentation and
members of the entertainment
committee have arranged several
novel features Including a Christ
mas carol sing and a "tree" for
all attending.
Luncheon will be served in the
foyer with the staff of Schneider's
Coffee shop arranging culinary
details. All Ad club members are
urged to attend.
High Court Sets
Periury Hearings
J J O I
The state supremo court Wed
nesday fixed January 11 as the
date for hearing arguments of at
torneys in the appealed case of
Hugh Reynolds, convicted of per
jury In the Lane county circuit
court.
Reynolds prviously was convict
ed on charges of riot and breaking
glass in a building at Eugene but
this decree later was reversed by
the state supreme court.
Officials said Reynolds was ac
tive in Lane county labor anion
circles for several years prior to
his conviction on perjury charges.
Treasure Hunters .
Find Water Seep
LOS ANGELES. Dee. 20.-(iTV-Searching
for a' legendary $200,
000 In treasure in the Hollywood
bowl parking lot, Henry Jones,
Seattle mining: man, and his asso
ciate, Ray Johnson, struck seen-
ing water today. .
They have dug 35 feet and have
only five days more allowed them
by the eonr in which to reach the
fortune snpposed ' to have ; been
buried there more than 70 years
ago. Working frantically, they
still expressed hope.
22 Indicted in
Building Probe
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 20-rV-
In its second mass Indictment of
alleged price fixing in the build
ing industry, a special r federal
grand jury today accused 22 men,
seven corporations and two as
sociations of fixing "unreasonably
high prices' for hardwood . floors
in the San Francisco bay area. r
Thirty-six men, ten . corpora
tions and two unions were
charged Monday : with similar
price fixing and restraint of trade
in electrical contracting.
Epidemic Closes
Oak Grove School
OAK GROVE, Dec 20-UPi-
Clackamas county's second school
was closed by influenza today.
Classes at the Oak Grove grade
school were discontinued by Prin
cipal L. o. Rood because 41 of
the 154- students were UL The
Concord school closed last week
after enrollment dropped - from
I left to SI r - -
llie OKEGON STATESMAN, Salem,
MRS. NATHALIE PANEK
Hitler Orders
Liner Scuttled
Columbus' "' Captain Says
Destruction of Ship
Demand of Fuehrer
(Continued from page 1)
time langhing and joking. There
was no disorder, at any time. All
the men knew what they had to
do and did it quickly and well.
Captain Daehne declared his
crew was "perfect," it had been
"trained for weeks and knew just
what to do."
Captain Daehne and his crew
arrived in the day aboard tho
US cruiser Tuscaloosa, which had
picked them up as they sat gloom
ily in their lifeboats watching the
old Columbus settle slowly in
flames some 400 miles out at sea.
The seamen were taken from
the Tuscaloosa by coast guard cut
ters and transferred to Ellis is
land, harbor refuge for immi
grants and aliens, and made com'
fortable for the night.
Tomorrow they will be given a
hearing to determine their exact
status, which in the ' meantime
was presumed by the authorities
to be that simply . of seamen in
distress victims as -much as
though the Columbua bad simply
foundered in a gale.
If they pass the test and if it
is formally determined that tho
vessel was no more than a mer
chantman and no sort of belliger
ent they will be permitted to
stay in this country for 60 days.
Dial Telephones
To Be Installed
(Continued from page 1)
the state. The improvement Is
being made In line with the com
pany's long established policy of
giring all possible cooperation to
rural line customers.
As a result of this cooperation.
which has taken the form of
periodic inspections of lines
owned by the farmers, special
farmer line meetings and the test
ing and inspection of telephone
instruments at open house pro
grams, there has been a substan
tial increase in the number of
rural line telephones throughout
the state since January 1 this
year, the Increase being greater
SeVs?'
For som
any similar period in
years.
some time the Salem ex
change has held top honors in
the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company in the number of
rural line telephones served, and
as of October 1, this number for
Salem was 978.
Confession Made
By Accused Boxer
NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-4TfV-Ea-
nest Kehler, accused as the slay
er of Dr. Walter Engelberg, 42,
first secretary of the German con
sulate, was questioned on his ar
rival from Toronto today as a sus
pect in the bludgeon killing a
year ago of Dr. Max Morgenstern,
foreign exchange expert.
District attorney attaches said
the 24-year-old Canadian born
boxer signed a IB-page confession
in which he said he beat the con
sular official to death because he
was infuriated by "improper ad
vances."
Jury Exonerates
State Patrolmen
MEDFORD. Dec 20-UPY-The
fatal shooting of Zera Edward
Dahack, 71 by two state police
officers was justifiable homicide,
the Jackson county grand jury
reported last night. .
Dahack, Lake Creek district
mountaineer, was killed by State
Police Game Warden Ed Walker
and Patrolman George Albright
after Dahack held them up with
rule in an attemnt to recover
187 pounds of venison taken from
his cabin.
Meier Appointee
To Bench Dead
ONTARIO, Ore., . Dec -V
Jndgo Charles . W. Ellis of the
ninth circuit died here tonight, a
few hours after being stricken in
a restaurant. - '
He was appointed to the bench
by Governor Julius Meier in No
vember, 1934, to succeed Judge
W.. W. Wood. f was elected for
a six-year term in 1938.
A native of Illinois, Judge Ellis
came to Oregon SO years ago. set
tling in Burns, where he , prac
ticed law. He moved to Ontario
la 191. -
Oregon, Thursday Mornin.
Marion County
To Keep Lights
State Highway Commission
r Refuses Request to
. Take Blaintenance
- Marlon county must continue
to care for and maintain the lights
on the Willamette river bridge.
The state highway commission,
which met here yesterday, denied
a request from the Marion county
ocurt that the state assume this
responsibility.
The commission went on rec
ord as opposed to purchasing, ad
ministering" cr maintaining his
torical sites within cities after
it had , been advised that its au
thority was : restricted to taking
over scenic : sites. The ' question
was raised by a proposal in con
nectlon with A historical site
owned by Robert L. Burghardt
of Albany.
The commission ordered an in
vestigation to determine the cost
of widening a bridge over Bea
ver creek on the Oregon Coast
highway in Tillamook county.
A committee composed of Ray
Conway, Lewis McArthur and
Walter Meacham, all of Portland,
was authorized to designate his
torical locations on state high
ways where special markers are
to be erected.
A request of Donald M. Gra
ham, Prlneville, that local log
gers be allowed to truck logs over
state highways, in that vicinity
Saturday afternoons and Sundays
for the next few weeks was ap
proved.
The commission designated the
Sunnyslde - Uma pine secondary
state highway in Umatilla county
a through highway.
No action was taken onan en
gineer's report on the cost of
widening the highway pavement
on tho Oregon Coast highway
through the town of Taft. Com
missioners said this would be con
sidered at a future meeting.
Officials who will represent the
highway commission at a meeting
of the Western Association of
State Highway Officials in Santa
Fe, Mi, next month, will be an
nounced later, the commission de
cided.
Americas Protest
Zone Violations
WASHINGTON. Dee. 20-UPW
joint aeciarauon accusing: Euro
w . -'
pean oeiiigerenis of repeatedly
violating the western hemisphere
neutralltv zone and warn In- them
agamsc iuture violations was
bein gdrafted tonight by the 21
American republicans in common
aipiomatie consultation.
The declaration, which will be
communicated to the belligerents
by Don Augusto Boyd, president
of Panama, will contain a clear
cut Indication that the American
republics will be forced in future
to laxe more than diplomatic ac
tion to see that the zone is re
spected. It may be Issued Friday.
The document almn will atata
that the American republics will
noia further consultations to de
termine a common nollcr in deal
ing with belligerent warships
wnicn put into their ports.
Deb With Most
'Plus' Is Chosen
NEW YORK. Dec 20-UPWRv
a Jury of her peers, pretty blonde
i-aincia riunaett has been named
"the number one debutante of
the season the' dnhnt.nt. with
the most plus.
Tho debs who elected her in a
poll at the Coq Rouge night club
yesterday said thev didn't wth
her to be called a "glamour girl
oecause glamour is vastly over
done "Leave that to Brendn." M
they. "She can hare it." (Miss
jsrenaa Frailer was tho much
talked-of clamour deh u.t
son.)
Miss Plunkett is the daughter
oi Mrs. uanoar Plunkett. Ranked
second and third. reentiviv in
"plus were Patricia Suydam and
xviageiy vermuye.
British to Order
American Liu
Washington t n.mL
The Washington Post said today
that British interests have offered
to buy a Urge quantity of Ameri
can lumber, costing between. S 16.
000,000 and 130,000.000 and also
want to nnrchsjuk in i
, - miuvikmi
ships to transport the lnmher
and American eotton.
The ShlOa In.nlr.I I.' ti.:
gotiations are old ones, and the
POSt Said it had learn !.. .v.
sale depended only on obtaining-
T ea s a a. a e?t a a a . . aa
imcaoiei government approv
al of the sale.
Ann Shirley
Edward Ellis
; tm
"Career -
6
'Mysterious
Miss X
With
Michael
Whalea
2 Big Features
"IceFonies
' of 1939"
With Joan
Crawford
- James
Stewart
O'Btiea 1
in
Timber
Stampede'
Hey Kids!
FREE Oranges & Balloons
Saturday
Decern ber 21, 1939
d dlt! oo
in the Netcg
IIACON, Gju, Dec 20-4P)-Patrolman
O. P. McDaniel re
ported today a burglar entered
his home last night, obtained
no loot and left aa 18-poand
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec 20-iAV
rourteen-montns-oia uoiorti
Langnlckel, made her -mother
prisoner in her home for an hour
and, IS minutes and a very cold
prisoner too. '
When Mrs. Erich Langnlckel
went to her second-floor attic, Do
lores pushed tho door shut, mak
ing It impossible to open.
Mrs. Langnlckel called to the
child. Dolores answered with a
long "wash, in a tone of extreme
excitement. Dolores was in a sim
ilar predicament. She had locked
herself in a hallway that was as
unheated as the attic.
Mrs. Langnlckel took up a vigil
at the windows in the attic.
Finally a woman passed and
Mrs. Langnlckel attracted her at
tention. The woman called police.
ATLANTA, Pec. 20-aVA.
It. Kaplan went about hie work
im pawnshop depressed by
theft or sv suit of clothes from
bis apartment.
His humor improved greatly
when two men walked la and
tried to pawn his salt. They
were Indicted for burglary
after Kaplan got bis suit back.
CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-(flV-Traf
flc Judge John Gutknecht an
nounced today that Santa Claus
was not in Jail for drunken driv
ing. The question arose when the
Trainer - children, Tully, 14:
Peggy, 10, and Bobby, eight,
wrote as follows: "Dear Judge
Goodneckl: Our daddy said Santa
Claus is in jail for drunken
driving. Please don't make him
stay in jail for Christmas."
Their, father, Edwin Trainer,
explained It was a joke which had
gone a little further than he had
expected.
Replying sp the children. Judge
Gutknecht wrote, "we did have
a Sandro Clausy whom we had
to send to jail for mixing alcohol
and gasoline."
"That was to make things east
ler forthelr father," the Judge
said.
14 Indicted for
Loan Firm Fraud
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 20-(P)-
Fourteen men, including the for
mer head of the $50,000,000 Pa
cific States Savings and Loan Co.,
and a formei state building and
loan commissioner, were Indicted
by a federal grand jury on charges
of conspiracy and mall fraud.
Those named included Robert
S. Odell. ousted president of the
concern; Andrew E. Falch, former
tsate building and loan commis
sioner; two deputy state building
and loan commissioners and 10
former officers and executives of
the company or Its affiliates.
Canada to Send
Airmen Overseas
OTTAWA, Dec. 20-(Canadian
Press) -Defense Minister Norman
RQgers announced tonight In a
radio address that a squadron of
the Royal Canadian air force and
auxiliary units totllng more than
(000 men would be sent overseas
to support the first Canadian di
vision In the field.
Landing of the first Canadian
division in England was an
nounced Monday in London. In
tho present army organization
division numbers, about IS.000
men.
Rogers said that after consulta
tion with the British government,
Canada had decided to "despatch
overseas a due proportion of corps
troops ra addition to the division
itself" so that it "may carry Its
full weight in the army corps of
which it will ultimately form a
part-
Nazi Wags Chide
Statesman .With
Gift of Umbrella
BERLIN, Dec 2MAV-German
filers, sallying acrosa French
lines, dropped an umbrella aa a
gift to Prima Minister Neville
Chamberlain, who visited British
troops in France last week.
DNB, the official news agency.
said the following note was at
tached to tho umbrella:
"The German air force rerrets
that Mr. Chamberlain was forced
to go around in such bad weather
without an umbrella, and dedi
cates to him this useful instru
ment of protection.
Proposal Scored
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dae lA-
-D. E. Nickerson, executive secre
tary or tne uregon state Federa
tion of Labor, criticised tenlrht
the DrODOsal to create a atata Ha.
partment of justice.;
CfoCejDOOCE)
Last Day - Randolph Hcott -
Margaret lonasay In "20,000
Men a Year - The Starr of
iAsaerlca'e Stndeat Pilot a.
iTOMOituowir
r Us.
. X Zfv Features t r
V f&iaey Toler
Nazi Captain
Follows Ship
Commander Langsdorff
Takes life aa Tragic End
to Graf Spee Saga
(Continued from page 1)
war prisoners, took, his own life
exactly a week after the Graf Spee
engaged In a 14-hour running
battle with three British cruisers
off the South American coast.
Forced to seek refuge in Mon
tevideo harbor, the commander
on "orders from Adolf Hitler blew
up his ship rather than face in
ternment or run the gantlet of al
lied warships off the coast.
Instead of going down with bis
ship "be postponed fulfillment of
his design" until he had seen to
the safety of 'more than 1.000
young seamen In hla crew and bad
Informed bis - superiors of the
fate which bad befallen the Gra
Spee. the embassy communique
said; -
An aide found his lifeless body
In his arsenal quarters at 8:30
a. m. (3:30 a. m. PST).
Presumably .the sea warrior
used his own German pistol to
end hi life.
In mid-afternoon seamen of the
Graf Spee, who previously had
been happy despite their confine
ment, were marched into the
park before the. Immigrants' ho
tel. Argentina's Ellis Island. They
formed a three-tiered hollow
square and in a hushed quiet an
officer announced the death of
their commander who bad shown
remarkable solicitude for his men
and had sought to cheer them by
a cheery, 'joking demeanor.
As the announcement was fin
ished, the sailors at a muffled
command of an officer, broke
ranks and formed small, silent
groups.
Capt. Langsdorff himself had
given the men his own farewell
the day before by speaking pri
vately to them in three groups.
Then he called all his officers
about him last night and talked
with them for three hours.
Shortly after, midnight he rose
and made a-circle of the room for
a last handshake with each man.
Germans said there was no doubt
In the mind of any man at this
conference that he was speaking
to his commander for the last
time.
Morgan Partner
Sees Trade End
WASHINGTON, Dec.
Russell Lefilngwell. white-haired
partner of J. P. Morgan & Co.,
told the monopoly committee to
day that unless tho government
allowed more freedom "I guaran
tee business will go bankrupt."
Lefflngwell, who recalled his
service as assistant, secretary of
the treasury during the World
war, protested against "managed
money and planned economy" as
threatening eventual doom of "the
profit system." He also said busi
ness could not exist without some
price increases in the face of an
lncreaslnr tar burden, hirher
wage costs and similar factors.
"I thing we out to give the
130000,000 la this country more
rope," Lefflngwell said.
Byrd Takes News
Of War to Isle
WASHINGTON, Dec 2 -)-
Tiny Rapa island, French posses
sion In tho South Pacific, received
Its first news of the war in En
rope from the Byrd Antarctie ex
pedition flagship, the North Star,
which called there Sunday.
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd
reported to Washington today
that most of the Island's 232 Poly
nesian Inhabitants received the
news calmly.
The only native Frenchman on
the Island, Vlscomte Rene Des
Champs de Verneix, eagerly ques
tioned Byrd about the war's pro
gress, showing particular In ter
est in the' effectiveness of modern
fighting planes. Tears ago the
Vlscomte was an aviator In France
but his flying career ended when
he settled as a coffee trader on
Rapa island.
Truck Load Limit
To Protect Roads
HILLSBORO, Dec 20-OFV-Be-
duced truck load limits were con
sidered by Washington county
authorities today to protect rain
softened market and secondary
roads. ;
Dairy creek. Gales creek and
the Upper Tualatin river over
flowed at lowland points. No seri
ous damage has occurred.
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Myopic Mallard
Amuses People;
Hurts Own Pride
BEND, Dec 20-()-Tbe wild
duck's technique was perfect but
the execution drew chuckles from
hundreds of Christmas shoppers.
The drake dropped down to
what appeared to be the calm wa
ters of a pond and spilled end
over end on the wet, shining pave
ment. Pedestrians laughed and the
duck waddled sorely Into an alley
to cover bis embarrassment.
Polish Benefit
Is Huge Affair
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (4)-Two
former first ladles, four supreme
court Justices, several ambassa
dors and cabinet members did
their bit for Polish relief tonight
at a benefit performance bjr Ruth
Draper, monologiat.
Ten boxes were aol&v at SI SO
apiece. One unidentified man care
a debutante a ISO bill for a pro
gram. A woman who couldn't at
tend mailed a check for 1 500.
Mrs. Frank D. Roosevelt, away
from the capital, headed the list
of sponsors.
No social event this season has
brought together such an array
of notables as the benefit, spon
sored by the local committee of
the commslslon for Polish relief.
Altlen Kin Dead
NEW BRITAIN, Conn.. Dec. 29
-(P)-Mlss Marion R. Ellis. 90,
a direct descendant of John and
Prlscllla Alden of puritan fame,
waa found dead In bed today at
her home.
Call Board
CAPITOL
Today John Garfield
and Prlscllla Lane In "Dust
Be My Destiny." "Three
' Sons" with Edward Ellis
and Kent Taylor.
Saturday "The Dead End
Kids", in "On Dress Par
ade." Gene Autry in
"South of the Border."
ELSIN'OIIE
Today Anna Neagle and
Mae Robson in "Nurse
E d It h Cavell. "Show
Boat" with Irene Dunne,
9 Allan Jones and Charles
Winnlnger.
Saturday "Four Wives"
with the Lane sisters, Gale
Page, Claude Bains and
John Garfield. Virginia
Wledler and Frank Mor
gan in "Henry Goes Ari
zona." GRAND
Today "20,000 Men a
Year" with Randolph
Scott. Preston Foster. Mar
garet Lindsay.
Friday Charlie Cban In
"City of Darkness" and
8tuart Erwln, Marjorle
Weaver la "The Honey
moon la Over."
HOLLYWOOD
. Today Ann Shirley and
Edward Ellis in "Career."
"Mysterious Miss X" with
Michael Whalen and Mary
Hart.
Friday George O'Brien in
' "Timber Stampede." "The
Ice Follies of 1931' with
Joan Crawford and James
Stewart. '
. STATE
Today TovarlchH with
Claudette Colbert and
Charles Boyer. "Wild In
nocence" with Chita, the
monkey.
Saturday "Chicken Wagon
Family" with Jane With
ers, Leo Carl 11 o.
Today and Friday a Hits
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tsirrrrs
Cosnpaakm Featare
-SHOW BOAT
with
Irene Dnnne
Atlaa Jones
COMING SATURDAY
. A Fonr Bell Picture
FOUR WIVES
Tonight and Friday - 9 Hits
ctjield
Boys nd Girls
, . DONT FORGET
Capitol Theatre-.
Oregon Statesman
FOOD I1ATIIIEE
Capilsl Thcalro
FrL, Dec 22nd - 10 A. M.
Joe E. Brown in
"POtO JOE"
rLrs
Chas. McCarthy. Comedy
Henry Armeta Comedy
ADMISSION 1 Can of Food
or as many cans as yon wish
to bring.'
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