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if rf ' Only Sunday Paper Tho Oregon Statesman Is tbe only Honday newspaper published - la Salem, tbe only Sunday paper carry las all tbe Salrm new as . well as " national and for , eljrn press reports. CvC '- .-, Weather Cloudy aad unsettled to day and Thursday; probably light rain; little change in temperature. Max. temp. Tuesday' 40, mia. 8. IUver 1.3 ft. North wind. KKillTY NINTH YEAB Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 27, 1939 Price 3c: Newsstands 5e No. 236 81 1 II 1 1 HnGMe Ear 'Paul II outer's Column Odds and Ends: EXCHANGE Considering that it was the day after Christina Instead, of the day before there w a s a g r.e a t throng of people on the streets yesterday. Many of them, we pre sume, were ex changing gifts and; perhaps, en pricing a few. The prize story on the list today Is one about a woman who ordered ri h. biuw, Ji cranberries for Christmas from - Commercial ' street store. The cranberries arrived and the house wife became Indignant, : because the cranberries '.were little, wea kened op things 'that any helf- nqpspecung . cranoerry mercnam would not hare bothered with. So berries on a pantry shelf. Yesterday . she came down town with fire In her eyes and the sack: she had taken frera the pantry shelf In her hand. She stormed Into the store and approached the manager. "You have a nerve," she said, "call ing these things cranberries. Bhe thrust the sack at the man ager. He opened It and peered within. Inside the sack were six big tomatoes. ONE TOR THE CENSUS Christmas came near being a dou ble feature for Jack and Mary Minto, who became papa and ma ma of a baby girl last Saturday, thereby making grandparents out of Mr. and . Mrs. Doug Minto and School Director Percy Cupper and Mrs. Cupper. Will Mr. McCall and Mrs. Panek of the local census bureau please take note? j LA TRI VI ATA Jack Hughes, the former roast beef merchant of State street, went hack to Cheyenne for the holi - days and there were to be gathering of the clan and big doings. The party . was called off, though, because one of J a c k's granddaughters per versely selected the day before Christmas to come down with chickenpox . . . The sheriffs office, which has just finished putting new beds in the Jail, was yesterday installing . new filing cabinets, not in the Jail, however, where files are taboo. Deputy Jj. LlPJttanger was bar lng quite a time getting the cabinets out ' of the "packing cases. Every time he tugged on the cabinet one of the drawers would pop out and poke him in the stomach. The deputy was his holster, that it was the first time he bad ever met faster drawer than he . .At the Nate H abbs' home January 1 is Mr. Nate H abbs' birthday and also New Year's day. COMING SOON The New Tear is Imminent. A number of Income tax collectors hare been noted lurking In the shadows ready to Etunce on their prey. Second Big it, "Leap Tear.", 13,000 Chinese Reported Killed Japanese Drives in South China Take Heavy Toll in Death HONGKONG. Dee. 26-A-Jap-aneso dispatches reported tonight that 11.000 Chinese had been killed la coordinated Japanese of fenfires In the South China proT inees of Kwangtung and Kwangsl. (Japanese In Shanghai asserted that 1S.000 Chinese also had been killed In bitter fighting; both north and south of Hankow, central Chi na metropolis.) The areas north of Nannlng, pivotal Kwangsl province city, and north of Canton, Kwangtung eapital and chief city of south China, were the scenes of the Jap anese drives in the south. . Japanese reports asserted their troops had killed 7000 Chinese in capturing Wumlng, 30 miles north of Nannlng. The Japanese air force was re ported ; actlre farther north in Kwangsl province, attacking Kwellln, ' the provincial eapital, and an air base In Lluchlw. Jap anese sources said they lost one plane and . the Chinese three in their air engagements. . Fresh Japanese troops were said to hare driven 55 miles north and SO miles northeast of Canton, killing S000 Chinese In fierce fighting. ' . . a . a a uninese sources conceaea most f the Japanese territorial claims but denied heavy losses Jn - men. Previous Japanese reports said Japanese counter, attacks, on all fronts had smashed a Chinese win ter offensive, v Contractors Fare Jan. 11 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec lt-JPr Thlrty-flve plastering contractors and members of the AFL Plaster rs' union surrendered today and posted $1000 bond each pending an appearance In federal court January 11 to answer Indictments censing then of violating the Sherman anti-trust act. They were Indicted last Friday by a special federal grand jury in vestigating the building industry. i i Charges Davies Named To Help With War Problems Ex - Belgium AmbassaJ , Will Take up nev Emergency Dutv p s Trade Pact Conner Hinted by Capital . Political Seers WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 .-- President Roosevelt today named Joseph E. Davies, American am bassador to Belgium as a special assistant to Secretary of State Hull to handle war emergency problems and international trade questions. navies win assume his new post on or about January 10. He is now in the United States, har lng been recalled to report to the president on the trade agree ment negotiations with Belgium. Davies will retain the rank of ambassador until a new envoy to Belgium is appointed and sworn In. The secretary of state already hag two special assistants Lynn R. Edminister and Leo Pasvolsky both experts in trade agree ments. An official connected with the department expressed the be lief that instead of dealing with trade agreements at a desk in the state department, Davies might be used by Secretary Hull to lead one wing of the defending forces when the trade agreements are under attack in the next session of congress. Long Now Heads Special Emergency Department The "war emergency problems" mentioned in the White House announcement are now being handled by the special division of the state department created shortly after the outbreak of war. This Is directed by Breckinridge Long, f o r m r ambassador to Italy, as chief of division and Hugh Wilson, former ambassador to . Germany, as assistant chief. The problems Include evacuation of Americans from Europe, repre sentation of the Interests of Britain, France, Canada and Aus tralia In Germany, supervision of treatment of allied war prisoners In Germany and obtaining Infor mation on Americans or relatives of Americans In war areas. President Roosevelt said at his press conference that Long would be transferred to another post, which he could not yet specify. and that Davies would take over most of his functions. Nothing Said About Wage in -New Post Davies. who recently celebrated his 63rd birthday, did special war work for the government during the World war. He must shortly give up his salary of $17,500 a year as ambassador. Nothing was said today about his new salary, which led to the supposition by one official that he might serve without pay. The salary of a special assistant is $8000. Davies was ambassador to Rus sia from 193C until 1938. when he was made ambassador to Bel gium. Olson Asks Morse To Solve Dispute BAN FRANCISCO, Dec. I M) -Rebuffed In every attempt to end San Francisco's 4 0-day water front tie-up, Oot. Cnlbert Ia. OI son planned today to seek a per manent solution of the harbor's '.'Incessant squabbles and stop pages." ! The governor proposed naming Wayne L. Morse, dean at the University ef Oregon law school and Pacific coast waterfront ar bitrator, to Investigate the pres ent 46-day ship clerk's strike and find a means of establishing per manent peace. Dean t Morse would have the "task of getting to the bottom of the . hostilities and lack of confidence that underlies all these recurring troubles, and then try ing to work out a program that will give some promise of per manent, lasting peace. Efforts to Restore Peace j Commended by President WASHINGTON, Dec it.-VP)-Coope ration of governments and religious groups generally la ef forts to restore peace to the world, was commended today by President Roosevelt, Ater receiving an enthusiastic response from Protestant, Catho lic and Jewish leaders to his own preparations for activity In that direction, Mr. Rooserelt was asked at a press conference to comment on reports that the Ital ian government and the Tatlean were working together 'for peace. Be replied that the reports In Question had not come to his at tention, but that the greater the number of governments adopting such a program, the better It would be for the world.. From Pope Plus XII came word that the president's appointment of a special peace emissary to the Vatican, j Myron C Taylor, had "brought very great Joy to the heart of the Holy Father, and that Taylor would "be cordially received in a manner befitting the highly Important mission entrust ed to him. - . . At the same time Dr. George A. FINLAND'S "MEN IN WHITE" CHECK INVADERS O tf i - - :fAJ vvAvr: r'-&xkr:r . s-H', X l " i" rf ' 'A -.- rf , ' rfvrfrf, ; ' rfr's It was the dogged resistance of these Finnish troops resembling more, cowled monks than soldiers, who led Dictator Josef Stalin to order 800,000 crack Russian troops to tbe border of Finland under the direction of several of his personal friends, apparently to make new and more persistent raids on the defending nation. (UN photo.) Death Ends Famous Henry L. Doherty, Who Multimillionaire, Victim of Attack of Pneumonia at Temple Hospital PHILADELPHIA. Dec 26 (AP) Henry L. Doherty, who rose from office boy to mdtimillionaire, died tonight at Temple University hospital at the age of 69. - Dr. William Parkinson, dean of Temple's medical school. said Doherty, president of the Cities Service Oil company, died at 9:41 p. m. (EST) of bronchial pneumonia. He had Dust Bowl Greets Welcome Snowf all Blanket 14 Inches Deep Ixf Places ; Farmert See Crop Aid OKLAHOMA CITY. Dec. 1- ()-The old southwestern dust bowl was buried tonight under a heavy blanket of drought-dent ing snow, ranging as deep as i inches. The welcome moisture, which started in many sections appro priately as a Christmas day gut from the elements, revived nopes for wheat In much of the vast winter yield area stretching from the Rocky mountains to the Mis sissippi river. CroD experts warned, however. more moisture would be needed to actually break the drought. But to rrowers In the Oklano- ma Panhandle and In the adja cent fields in neighboring states. where ranchers plowed under grazing lands In 1917 to, reap millions of bushels of $2 wheat, the snow was hailed as a "res cuer" or extensive pianungs, nu by a severe fall drought, and as a probable protector against "black blissards" which plagued the ter ritory daring the dry years of 1934-137. The mow wis heaviest where most needed. There was 14 Inches at Clayton; In New Mexico's por tion of the old dnst bowl. The (Turn to page 1, column 4) Postoff ice Back To Normal Speed After Its bnslest week in the history of the office, the Salem postofflee Is back to normal. Over 22, BOO more pieces of mall went through the cancellation machine last week than during the pre Chrlstmas week In 1938, the count being 495,400 In 1938 and 517.840 this year. Increase of package mail was proportionate. Postmaster H. R. Crawford said yesterday. Buttrick, president of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America, and Rabbi Cyrus Adler, president of the Jewish theologi cal seminary of America, cordial ly accepted Mr. Roosevelt's Invi tation to confer with him from time to time. The first such meet ing' was scheduled for tomorrow, Stephen . T. Early, the presi dent's press secretary, asserted that - critics of Taylor's mission wonld be satisfied "when they learn the facts." Early said that the critics "assumed the United States was officially recognising the temporal status of : the Tatl ean" and emphatically reiterated that formal diplomatic recogni tion was not Involved. ; The response of the pope was transmitted through ' Archbishop A. Q. Clcognani.tthe apostolic del egate in the- United States, and forwarded by Archbishop Francis J. Spellman of New Tork. It Is to be supplemented later by a special message ' from : the pope to - the president replying to the latter's communication of last Saturday. . Archbishop Cicognanl wrote (Turn to page 2. column 1). Career of US Financier Rose From Office Boy to VDeen ill xor several years. With him at his death were his widow, Mrs. Grace Doherty, and W. Jones, executive vice- president of Cities Service. Despite the ill health which so long had dogged him, Doherty's last two or three years of life had been among the most fruitful of hn career; particularly in various researches which he had carried on. Born In Colnmbus, O, on May 15, 1870, Doherty was an office boy at 12, gas company manager at 20, chief engineer at 30, mil lionaire at 85 and multimillion aire at 40. He organised Cities Service In 1910. By 1929 It had assets of more than a billion dollars cov ering power, light, gas and oil properties In 83 states and several foreign countries. More than 400, 000 stockholders were listed on the company's books. Doherty attended Columbus public schools. At the age of 12 he went to work for the Colum bus Gas Co., as an office boy and advanced through various Jobs until 1890. After that he served as en gineer or manager of public util ity companies at Madison, Wis., St. Paul, San Antonio, Denver, and 25 other cities until 1905 when he organized Henry L. Doherty & Co. He has since man (Turn to page 2, column 2) Body of Woman Is Found in River REDDING, Calif., Dec. A direr retrieved the body of Mrs. Nora McCartney, 23, of Redding, from a cave 25 feet beneath the surface of the Sacramento rirer yesterday. Mrs. McCartney leaped from the Free bridge early Saturday and Charles - Ltnquist, construction worker familiar with the river, re covered the body 800 feet down stream from the cave to which he had theorized the body wonld have floated. ' The woman's husband, Robert, was released yesterday by police who had taken him Into custody when they found him sitting In his parked car on the bridge after a passing truck driver had report ed witnessing the death leap. District Attorney. Laurence W. Carr said his Investigation dis closed that - highway patrqlmen had ' seen the couple arguing In their parked car about 2.80 a.m. Saturday and had- advised Mrs. McCartney to take the wheel as she appeared the more sober of the two. Steamer Aground, In Need of Help v NEW .YORK, Dec 27-Wed-nesday)-A)-Mackay radio re ported today It tiad intercepted an Margaret Lykes " saying she had SOS from the 8537-ton steamer ran aground in the Bahama Island area and would "need assistance. The call aald the mishap occurred-at Diamond Point in 'the east end of Old Bahama channel. The United States coast guard, the radio corporation reported, dispatched " the cutters Wichita and Mohave to her assistance. The steamer, which' carries pas sengers, la owned by the Lykes Brothers Steamship company. She la registered in the port of Hous ton, Tex. She was at San Juan,' Puerto Rico, December 18. - ' Quotas on Sugar Will Be Resumed Return to Pre-Eoropean War Price Level Is Basis of Action WASHINGTON. Dec. 16.-()-With sugar prices down to p re European war levels, once more. President Roosevelt today re established quotas marketing pro visions of the 1937 sugar control act under which all marketing areas are assigned shares In the American market. The provisions, suspended by presidential proclamation on Sep tember 11, will become effective again on January 1. The agricul ture department expects to an nounce new quotas for the var ious marketing areas within 10 days. , Inasmuch. aa the. 1939 Quotas were not re-established, pro ducers may market freely until the new year begins. In reimposing quotas, the pres ident said that conditions which had prompted their suspension had disappeared. Those condi tions, he said, were "extraordin ary purchases" by consumers Im mediately after the outbreak of the war and consequent sharply increased prices and "excessive speculative activity" which ac companied the consumer "hoard ing." The suspension of quotas left all areas free to market all the sugar they desired. As a conse quence, several areas, including Puerto Alco and mainland cane and beet sugar states, sold rather heavily. Prices then reacted. These areas already hare sold in excess of allotments established, by the suspended 1939 quotas, the agricultural department said. The objective of the control act is to promote "orderly" produc tion and marketing of sugar and to prevent excessively low prices for producers or excessively high prices for consumers. The first step In re-establishing 1940 quotas will be a determina tion by the secretary of agricul ture of prospective needs for 1940. This estimate will be' di vided among the various produc ing; areas on the basis of a formu la specified In the sugar act, 'That formula provides . a per centage division of the market as follows: Continental beet sugar 28.19 per cent; mainland cane sugar 6.29; Hawaii 14.04; Puerto Rico (Turn to page 2, column 2) Inquiry Fails to rShow Crash Blaine A daylong Investigation Into the death Monday of Adolph Rue, 3 (-year-old Silverton man - who was struck by an automobile there early Sunday unearthed no evidence of other violence In tbe ease, Coroner L. E. Barrick re ported last night. Saying he and Sergeant Farley Mogan of the state police had spent the day on the case, Dr. Bar rick declared that , "as It now stands there is no ground for call ing an inquest." -' Relatives of Rue were reported to have suggested an autopsy to determine the - exact cause of death. . SLLVERTON, Dee. 26. Funer al services for Adolph Rue, 32, who died Monday night following an . automobile accident Sunday, will bo held from -Trinity church at - S o'clock Thursday. Rev. M: J. K. Fuhr will officiate with Larson and Son In .charge. - Inter ment will be at Evens Valley. Iste'Spbra - ' : n: - ' -' ' SK7JXG -, , TXMBERLINE LODGE. Ore., Dec 26 A-Don Frances - at" Oregon State college captured the novice collegiate no-fall slalom race on Mount Hood today, llartha Berg of the Uni versity of Washington von the) women's divlskau - - - SQOOOq Crack Russ Troops - Massed on Finnish Border; Stalin's Friends Command Russ Repulsed In East; 700 Dead Are Left Attempt to Cr o s s Icy Lake Is . Costly to Invading Army Finns C 1 aim 23 Planes Shot Down in Day of Fightin i cr By LYNN HEINZERLINO HELSINKI, . Dec. 26.-,r-Hea vy Russian forces, supported by tanks, airplanes -and artillery, were reported tonight to have left 700 dead on the ice of Lake Suv anto when repulsed in a series of fierce assaults against Finnish po sitions on the Karelian Isthmus. The main attack, a Finnish communique said, occurred on the eastern side of the isthmus, where Russian columns struck simul taneously at Haltermaa, Sakkola, Krelja and Volossula. - Finnish fire took a heavy toll of the attackers as they attempt ed to cross the frozen surface of Lake Suvanto In bitter cold. Altogether, the Finns said, 23 Russian planes were shot down in a day of fighting. 50 Prisoners Taken By Finn Defenders The night comunlque said .the Finnish troops had captured SO prisoners, disabled two tanks and taken quantities of war materials including IS machine-guns In the Lake Suvanto sector. Fighting continued further north, to the east of Lieska, from which the Finns previously had been reported driving across the soviet frontier In the direction of the Murmansk railway. The Finns Lsald they, had destroyed 20 enemy lorries there. Activity also was reported at Suomussalml near the middle of the eastern frontier, where the communique said two Russian tanks had been destroyed. (A Russian communique Issued (Turn to page 2, column 1) New Year Dances Off in Portland PORTLAND. Dec. 26.-P-The Portland municipal code contains an ordinance forbidding dancing In any club not a private resi dence on a Sunday night, and New Tear's celebrants are won dering what to do. Another ordinance says a slic ing must stop at 1 a. m. Chief of Police Harry M. Niles says the code is clear enough. Danclnz won't be legal until mid night and will become Illegal at 1 a. m. Niles said he didn't know what to do about private clubs where membership cards are necessary for admission. None of the boys on the force are members. - WPA Workers Seek To Curb Old Fire NEW- 8TRAITSVILLE, O, Dec. iPU.WPA announced today it tm nWinr ttttn week a million- dollar network of tunnels dug to "bottle up" unaergrouna iires es timated to have destroyed $55,- noo.ftoo worth of coal. The tun nels were filled with clay to form fire walls. innrinAArs said the network was designed only to check" the fires and not - to extinguisn mem. Flames are now confined to an area of about SO square miles. . The fires broko out in ine course of an 1884 strike. Duseldorf Leaves Cristobal Under British Prize Crew COLON, Panama, Dec. 26-(-Whlle the nasi freighter Duessel dort headed out to sea tonight un der a British prise crew, German Consul Walter Schmidt said he had protested theYessers eleari ance on the grounds that Cristo bal was a neutral port. - v 2 Asserting he acted both as Ger man consul and In the name of the North German Lloyd Line, of which he Is the agent, Schmidt told The Associated Press: . - -I was under .the impression that the ship was in neutral wa ters and relied "Upon the Interna tional ruling which forbids con veying a prise of . war through such, waters.? -. Consul Schmidt chuckled st the present predicament of Hans von Appen, German clerk who was passenger aboard the freighter. . Von Appen was still In the Ca nal Zone . quarantine station t Balboa where ho was sent nntll his status Is cleared up. s ; Taken off for medical examina tion - yesterday when : he com plained of a serious Illness, he was transferred to aato Toman hos Vigorous Return Blow to Sctbacko "Administered by Defenders Is Believed Cause of Action Estimated 4000 Lost to Soviets in First Attacks; All But 6000 Removed From Viipuri COPENHAGEN, Dec. 27 (Wednesday) (AP) Jo seph Stalin has massed 300,000 of his best soldiers on the eastern and northern fronts under command of some of his personal friends, it was reported from Finnish northern ar my headquarters early today. This action came after re verses which have forced a red army retreat of 50 miles in some places. Provoked by the setback administered by the Finns un der the bitter conditions of the Arctic winter, Stalin was be lieved by Finnish commanders to have determined upon a vigorous return blow. The Finns estimated the red army has lost 4000 men First Australian Contingent Lands Support of Colony Takes Tangible Form as Airmen Arrive LONDON Dec. 26-CPV-Anstra- lia's contribution to the British empire's war effort took tangible form in the mother country today with the landing of a trained air squadron in England. Arrival of the tanned airmen. little more than a week after a di vision of Canadian active service troops debarked at an English port, was regarded as a demon stration of empire solidarity.. Under command of Wing Com mander L. V. LachaL the Aus tralian contingent is made up of pilots, gunners and observers and ha a ground rtaff of mechanics ready to take over their duties with the Royal air force Immedi ately. However, the squadron will un dergo brief active training In this country before going into action. It Is the first fraction to arrive of the Australian air expeditionary force, which totals 3,200 men. Empire war cooperation calls for establishment of a great pool of trained fliers from the domin ions and the mother country In Canada, where training , will be centered in 67 school and where eventually it Is hoped to turn out 25,000 pilots, gunners, observers and radio operators annually. Canada already has an Infantry division of about 16,000 men training In Britain and other units in training at home. Australia has compulsory serv ice for men between the ages of 20 and 22 for home defense. Of ficials estimate that by the end of next June 100,000 men will have received Intensive training. Three months of training for the voluntary enlisted militia begins In January. . India, borne of 350,000,000 of the empire's 500.000,000 ' aggre gate population, has contributed gifts of money from a number of maharajahs. However, demands for Indian Independence or dominion status are delaying unified action toward active war support. , Neighbors to Aid Destitute widow WENATCHEE, Dec. iWr-A campaign to raise $300 to help build a new home for Mrs. Lill ian Heertnan. Peshaatln widow, who was left destitute by a.Chrlst mas day fire that burned one of her children to death was start ed here today. : " Orah Heerman, If, the '.son, was fatally burned when gasoline exploded.,.3 pital. In the republic of Panama, when he refused to undergo aa emergency operation in' the Canal Zone. The Panama doctors, how ever, found nothing seriously ail ing him and he was sent back to the Canal Zone. - : Schmidt said he did not know whether the ship had officially been declared a prise of war. "It Is up to the United States authorities, who perhaps are at present handling the matter through the German ambassador In Washington," he added.- - .(State department officials in Washington said sv report bad not been received from the German ambassador and that they were taking no action concerning the Duesseldorf. They-."pointed out a prize ship has the same status as a belligerent warship, and that belligerent warships are per mltted passage through the canal under specified conditions.) ' The German eonsul declared that Panama Canal Zone authori ties : had not as yet Informed htm of any decision on his pro test, but said h had been told (Tarn to page I, column 1) . fighting in the extreme north alone in the last three days. Other dispatches from southern Finland said citizens of Finland's second city, Viipuri, were leav-' lng their homes after intermit tent long-distance shelling of tbe port city by Russian artillery. .Only about 6000 regular resi dents of tbe city's 40,000 popu lation remained. Rome of Troops Veterans Of Polish Campaign t The city is near the Karelian Isthmus front. Some of the troops reported moved up for a counter-offensive in tbe north were said to be vet erans of the Polish campaign. The Finns expected some ef these Russian reinforcements to make a new attempt to smash across middle Finland In an ef fort to reach the Kemljarvl rail road and cut the country in two. It was in this area that the Rus sians had been driven back about SO miles In the last few days, ac cording to Finnish reports. The Russians also were forced to. make a retreat In bitter bus tards In the far north, where they were reported holding lines about 20 miles behind the point of their farthest advance. General Wallenius, commander of the Finnish northern forces, was quoted as saying he expected the Red army drive to come la the vicinity of Salla, near Fin land's "waistline," and said his information Indicated the Rus sians had massed 100,000 men en the eastern front from Lake La doga in the south to the Arctic ocean. . Finns Make Ceaselcht Attacks on Retreaters v(Oalo dispatches said Norwe gian observers near the frontier of the Finnish Lapland had no ticed large quantities of Ruseian " war materials arriving, and that a new Russian offensive was ex pected from Hoyenjarvi, SO milee south of the Arctic, despite wide-f' spread blizzards and sub-zero tem peratures.) The Finns had made ceaseless attacks on the retreating Russians in this far northern sector. It was reported, and subjected them to many surprise attacks. ' Finnish headquarters believe the Russian withdrawal there ae (Turn to page 2, column S) Adolf Hitler in Santa Glaus Role Nazi Dictator Gives Out Presents; Crosses to French Territory ' BERLIN, Dec. I S-CAdoll Hitler, playing Santa Claaa to his western front troops, returned briefly to French soil Christmas eve, 21 years after he last left It. a gassed and temporarily blinded World war corporal. His visit was disclosed today, presumably after the fuehrer had left - the Saarbruecken region where he cVossed the border a few hundred yards from French guns. An authoritative account of the excursion said he entered France at a section which now Is a no-man's-land and continued on to Spicheren .heights, between Saar bruecken and Forbcb. There be spent "soma time" in' a sector occupied' by French troops until ' (Turn to page 2, column t) Kennedy Chosen Rural Supervisor Jack W. Kennedy, principal at HayesvQle school for the last four -and a half years, will become county rural school supervisor January 1, County Superintendent Agnes C. Booth announced "yes terday. . -' Kennedy ' will take over func tions which have been performed by Wayne L. Harding, who Is slat ed to become full time 411 clas leader for the county. Kennedy, who taught "at Cc quille and Woodburn.. before go ing to Hayesvllle, graduated from Oregon College of Education at Monmouth and has taken addl tlonal work at the University ofrr' Oregon. 11m la SO years old. . ,