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EIGHTY-NINTH YE AC
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, December 28, 1939
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Paul . Hauser's Column
There Is something about this
war across the war that last lsn
cricket, we're beginning to feel.
st least not me
playing fields, of
Eton Tsxlety of
. cricket, ,jw h 1 ch
very boy of ten
knows ' la the
best ' In the
world. As a mat
ter of fact there
are two boys of
ten playing- with
yo-yos , right
hera In' front Of
m and thev Paul H. Hum. t
both say emphatically that Eton
, cricket Is the best. A lz-year-oia
from the other side. of the tracks
Held Out ior tue nrruw.iwi;t
: This war is beginning to look
- liv. umhlnr TT CI. Wells and
.A-. Jl. Milne collabormted on over
m. pot of small ale. It's Cnrlatopner
Robin itarrlng in the War or. the
Worlds. " '
Anyway If we read the- pa
pers rightly (and wo pride
elves on our ability to spell
out even the longest words)
the Germans are going to sell
coal to the Belgians so the Bel
gians can sell coal to the
French to run the steel mills to
make shells to shoot back at
the Germans. It's a Ticions
circle and any child of ten who
bas stuoiea a uiue puun
geometry and calculus knows,
that there's nothing so utterly
ennerrating as to be on the
wron end of a vicious circle.
Paranhr&alnsr 'the words Of some
general after the charge of the
light brigade (from tne picture oi
the same" name) "It's magnani
mous, but it's not war."
.
Life Insurance
Companies Eyed
Capital auaal aeaillns
Tou'r'e wasting your time, boys.
Ton can't stare down those
agents.
.
The tinkle of the .Salvation
Army bells ended with Christ
mas, but " the hetl-ringing task
has been taken up by its neighbor,
Next door to the Salvation Army
citadel is tha George E. Waters
company. For , the last ' two
nights the firm's burglar alarm,
notably touchy, has been ringing
away merrily.
One of the local bon viTants
(name on request) said yesterday
that after Christmas there were
almost as many dead soldiers on
his pantry shelf as there are In
Finland.
MARITIME NOTE
The commander of the Wheat
land Ferry read lately that the
commander of HMS Exeter has
been knighted and Is In a huff
because he has not received simi
tar honors for his valiant efforts
In keeping submarines oat of the
Willamette and lower Mill creek.
"Just because he went to knight
school and I didn't Is no reason
for discrimination," the com
mander is reported as saying.
TONSORIAL ITEM
H. Gwynn, the barber, has re
turned to his clip joint after an
illness. His friends were sad to
learn that his vocal cords are un
impaired. ' - y
Yesterday's shakeup in . Los
. Angeles may cause a shakeup in
the Los Angeles chamber of com
, merce. Somebody pulled a boner
- by scheduling the LA' quake,
on the same day as one In Ana-
Ttolia, which did plenty and con
sequently got a much better play
In the Mats.
McKay Mentioned
As Senate Leader
Resignation yesterday of Roh
rt If. Duncan, Burns, as a mem
ber of the state senate, has result
ed In - considerable speculation
here as to who will aspire to the
presidency of the senate at the
1141 legislative session. Duncan
served In this capacity at the 19 39
session.
Names mentioned here Wednes
lay Included Douglas McKay, Sa
lem; Dean Walker. Polk county,
and Frank M. Franciacovich, As
toria. It also was reported that Walk
er would be a candidate for state
treasurer at the next republican
primary election. '
. Duncan resigned to become cir
cuit judge of the ninth judicial
district. Harney, Malheur and
Grant counties.
Crashing Death
Evaded by Loader
GRANTS PASS. Dec. Xl-iJPf
William Crockett, SC. Wllderville.
scaped churning blocks of marble
In' a Beaver Portland Cement com
pany rock crusher yesterday with
only slight head lacerations.
Crockett, unloading marble
.blocks Into the crusher, slipped
and plunged head foremost Into
the machinery. Vernon Fleming,
job foreman, seised him by the
legs and palled him oat before
the blocks of marble, the size of
Ice boxes, shifted and caught him.
Toll of Quake
Li Turkey Set
At Over 8000
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Panic - Stricken Persons
Rush to Open Fields
"; for Most Safety
Lbs Angeles Has "Worst
1 Shock Since 1933
Devastation
LONDON. Dec. 2S.-(Thi
day)-(py-Earth shocks spread
new terror late last night in
eastern and northern Anatolia,
Rrtra, - British aews ageacri
reported today in a dJspatcfa
from Ankara, Turkey,
ANKARA, Turkey, Dee. 18
(Tbanday) UP) Catastrophic
earthquakes In northern Anatolia
have killed more than 8,000 per
sons, unofficial adrices said early
today.
Open fields became the refuge
of thousands of panic-stricken
Anatolians, ahlvering in Icy winds.
Turkish army rescue parties and
fire brigades searched the smok
ing debris of towns and Tillages
for bodies.
Terror-maddened cattle and
atray dogs stampeded through the
area In western Turkey shaken
by the quake. Most water mains,
railway tracks and viaducts were
shaken apart like match atlcks.
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Pearson Doubts
Federal Powers
Deduction From Payment
on
Grazing Land
Challenged
State " Treasurer Walter K.
Pearson Wednesday challenged
the authority of the comptroller
general of the United States to
deduct from a grating land claim
of! the state of Oregon 1289.75
gasoline tax. alleged to have been
paid by federal employes In this
state during the preceding bien-
nlum.
A check for 141.815.70 receiv
ed from the comptroller general
Tuesday was sent to Senator Mc
Nary by the state treasury de
partment with the request that he
urge payment of the state's grac
ing land claim In full.
The 1939 legislature, approved
the government's claim for the
gasoline tax refund of 1289.76
but the Item was vetoed by Gov
ernor Charles A. Sprague.
Pearson asked that the govern
ment remit the full amount of
Oregon's grazing land claim for
1929 in the amount of 142,101.41.
2 Russ Gtizens
To Pay Penalty
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1T-6IVA
federal district court Imposed the
first ' penalties under the II-moath-old
foreign registration act
today by fining Booknlg, . Inc, a
Russian corporstlon. and two of
its officers for withholding Infor
mation from the state depart'
menu . ,
The defendants vleaded guilty
before ' Justice Jennings Bailey
half an hoar after a grand Jury
had Indicted them.
Booknlga, Inc., was fined 11000
and agreed to dissolve Immediate
ly and to close a book store on
Fifth Avenue In New York.
Boris Nikolsky, vresldent of
the: company, was fined 11000
and announced that he would
leave for Russia on the next avail
able boat. He also evoke for the
company.
I. A. Ilyln, secretary and treas
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Jobless Emergency Fund Is
Set at $6,000,000 Reserve
The reserve fund of the state
unemployment commission, to
meet emergency demands for Job
less benefits from Oregon's 250,-
090. workers, has been fixed at
$1,000,000. the commission an
nounced Wednesday.
Employers had asked that the
reserve be kept above $2,500,000
bile union . representauves
agreed upon $12,000,000 or even
a higher figure.
Hearings on the reserve fund
were held In Salem, October IT
and December C. The order fix
ing the reserve land wss signed
by T. Morris Dunne, i. u. Arens
and C. M. Reynerson, members of
the unemployment compensation
commission. . Dunne is chairman.
Despite payment of . benefits to
22,514 persons last year and 43,
112 so far In 1929. the fund has
Increased from $5,823,652 on
January 2. 1938, to $7,840,384
at the present time. Although
heavy withdrawals were expected
with the new year and aooat
$675,000 Is to be transferred soon
to the railroad retirement board.
quarterly contributions due be
Commission Believes
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Dams Will Be Benefit
To Valley Fish Life
Statement of Willamette River Basin . Group Is
Answer to Objections Put Forward by
Oregon State Fish Commission
Without claiming: to know
fellow, members of the Willamette River Basin commission
are confident that the dams to be constructed in connection
with the Willamette river project will be beneficial rather
than detrimental to fish life, R. H. Kipp, executive secretary.
declared while in Salem on
Doctor Elected
To Lead League
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DR. HENRY X. MORRIS
Dr. Morris Named
League President
Business Men'g Session
Elects Floyd White
Next in Command
Sr. Henry S. Morris was elect
ed president of the Salem Busi
ness Men's league for 1940 at a
meeting held Wednesday after
noon at the chamber of com
merce. The president of this or
ganiiatlon la ex-offlclo a member
of the chamber's board of direct
ors.
Floyd White wss elected vice
president, Fred Thlelsen secre
tary-treasurer. Directors chosen
were S. V. Vernon, Gene Van-
dsneynde, Xdward Blssell, Fred
Moxley and Kenneth Ferry.
AnUclpaUng greater acUvlty on
the league's part. It was decided
that Its board of directors would
meet the second - Monday in each
month. Immediately after the
chamber of commerce luncheon.
The Salem Business Bureau of
which the league was a member
last year, has suspended opera
Uons.
Untagged Autos
To Be Picked Up
Arrest .' of automobile owners
who have not obtained or made
application for their 1940 license
plates, will get under way early
January 1, attaches of the state
police department indicated Wed
nesday.
County and municipal officers
were expected to cooperate with
the state police.
State police said the law was
plain and they have no alternative
than to arrest automobUe owners
who fall to comply with Its provi
sions. fore January 20 probably will
boost the fund to over $8,000,000
next month, officials said.
' Employer contributions In the
first year of $1,543,840, based on
a ' .9 per cent tax, increased to
$4,219,373 In 1927 when the tax
was doubled. With the tax In
1938 reaching a maximum of 3
per cent, of which 2.7 per cent
went to the state reserve fund,
contributions were $6,014,44$, an
amount that " will be about
equalled this year.
Benefit payments daring 1938.
first fall year of operation, were
$5,914,398. but will i be only
slightly above the $4,000,000
mark this year. The reserve
fund's highest point of $8,104.
428, recorded November 4, 1939.
may be reached again - early; in
1940. .,
By paying the entire ' state tax
of 2.7 per cent on 1939 payrolls
before January 20, 1940, employ
ers are entitled to deduct this
from the federal social security
tax, which also Includes funds for
old age pensions. -
more about fish than the next
Wednesday.
O The itatement was made in an
swer to recent objections voiced
by members of the state fish com
mission who expressed tear that
a large part of the salmon supply
would be destroyed by the four
larger dams In the system
nnnt. An h rnnir.rr ihaniii
accrue. KIdd declared, from the
summertimo release of lmnonnd -
ed water, increasing the flow of
the Willamette river and offset-
tlnr to some extent tha nollntlnn
below Oregon Citr which is eon -
aidered the greatest detriment to
fish life.
Rnnrt .hrmTi hv hn
praised, to their apparent satis-
f.Atlnn rn.it f.).in. ,!!
nat BTiffsi- frnm h nrntvl'i mm.
oletion. the onlv losa belnr about
60 miles, out of 1000, of fishing
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streams whom thev will he in-
eluded in the reservoirs. To off-
aet thla and nromote even more
sport fishing than exists at ores-
ent. a million doUars will be scent
In Increasinr the size of fish
hatcheries and building new ones,
from which trout mav be dlatrlb-
nted both above and below the
reservoirs. The more steady re
lease of water will Improve con-
dlUon. below the dams. PP
Admitting that a difference of
opinion exists with respect to com
merclal fishing, Kipp said he un
derstood most of the salmon
aadn
satisfactory; and that out of the
million dollars for promoting fish
life, there would be funds for de
veloping spawning grounds.
Criticizing the commercial fish -
ermen for not stating their ob-
lections when hearings on the
project were held, Kipp said nev -
ertheless every consideration was
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9 PUD's Likely
On May Ballots
Portland District Largest
Proposed; Two not to
Blake Primaries
Nine proposals for creation of
peoples utility districts stand a "These reports probably will
good chance of appearing on the supply the informaUon yon de
ballot at the next primary election "lr I will not undertake to
In Oregon, officials of the state
hydroelectric commission said
Wednesday.'
The . largest , Is the proposed
Portland peoples utility, project, I
Hearing on peUUons for this dis-
trlct was held several weeks aeo
ana tne commission Is now pre-
paring its report. It first was sug-
gesiea mat tma proposal be sub-1
mmea to tne voters at a special
eiecuon out mis was round im
practical because of the cost.
tX . e s I
County utility district propos
als which probably will appear on
the primary ballot, other than the
Portland project. Include Benton.
Coos, Lincoln, Yamhill, Washing
ton and Clackamas. Other n re
jects ace the Nehalem Basin and
the Sand Lake Annexation to the
Tillamook county peonies utility
district.
Officials said it was not likely
that either the Union county nor
the Clatsksnle utility district pro
posals would get on the ballot at
the primary election, but would
be referred to the voters at spe
cial elections to be held later.
Petitions are now In circulation
for the creation of several other
peoples Utility projects, officials
said.
Mayor Walks Out
On Political Job
KANSAS CITY. Dee. 27-UPk-
Small-statured Bryce B. Smith
walked out on his mayor's Job
today after the dormant Pender-
gast democratic machine came to
life and grabbed back the power
it gave him last spring. -
Smith, who made a fortune in
bread before he turned to poll-1
ties, resigned effective Saturday
following an angry city hall scene I
la which he shouted "political
double cross."
omiin, virtually a ngure-neaa i
e we el
under the city manager form f I
government, announced e was
"r mi pri aiier
tJl . rad...,nrT ac0Tred
""j"a 0VBP",n
wuico riKua ins powcrmi rciiu-
-.?:r.u.p 1 u. .
Le.yenworth nrison
w.. ..u.,r.. in tH it mhh. I
cil last night gave the machine
faction a majority which thwart-
ef the savor's nlana to annotate
ment of a city manager and city I
counselor. i
Sprague Urges
Farm Market,
Buying Power
Larger Return From
Natural Resources
Asked in Speech
I Economic Council,' CC
Leader Join 3-Way
Radio Forum
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. Dec. 27
-WVBetter marketing of Ore
gon's farm products and more
bayinc power from Its natural re
sources were nrged by Governor
Sprague tonight.
, "Tubs far," lie eald In a state
wide radio broadcast, "wo have
I made onr way by the simple pro-
cess 01 caning a own trees, grow-
1 InS farm products, catching fish
nd "trading minerals from our
niiis. 1 nis aone we sent tnem
away to the markets, little
1 changed from their original form,
I We must get more Jobs and more
1 Buying power rrom our natural
re80nrces In other words, we
mu8t , do more of the finishing
I ourseiTes ana mus oaua more
I factories at home."
The governor appeared on the
i a. 11L w -a a . v a.
Droauca" wun "wniyre,
foruana cnamner or. commerce
President, and E. B. MacNaugh-
ton, chairman of the Oregon Eco-
nomic council.
uouncu to report
Direct to Governor
I He explained the economic
council which he appointed re
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Audit tO FuiTlish
Fund Information
Will Be Completed
Next Month
1 Information recently asked by
the Marion County Tax associa
tlon relative to the conduct of
1 the state forestry department,
probably will be supplied In an
audit now In progress and other
reports, Goveinor Charles A.
Sprague advised O. K. DeWitt,
secretary of the association. In a
letter Wednesday.
Questions asked by the associ
ation dealt principally with the
forestry department finances,
Besides an audit of the forest
ry department records now being
made by the state department.
Governor Sprague said he would
request an inventory report from
the state property control dlvl
Ision
I answer your- Inquiry," Governor
Sprague's letter read. Sprague
I said the audit would be eomplet
ed early in January.
State Forester J. W. Ferguson
has resigned and will retire Jan-
narv 1. His successor nrobablv
will be elected at a meeting of the
state forestry board hero Friday.
Governor . Sprague la chairman
of the state forestry board.
igentina Denies
Release Request
BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 11-iJPr-
Tne argentine government
nouncea tonight rejection of a
uerman protest against intern
ment of the crew of the scuttled
Nazi pocket battleship, the Ad
mlral Graf Spee
Interment of the crew, total
Ing 1,039 officers and men, was
ordered by President Robert M.
Oritz December 19, two days after
the damaged sea raider was blown
up In tbe River Plate following a
battle with British cruisers
Members of the crew now are
quartered In the Argentine naval
arsenal, pending their distribution
In Interior provinces,
The presidential decree order
ing their Internment, presumably
for the course of the war, said
that cost of maintaining the sea
men would be charged against
Germany.
Huge War Stores
Set for Shipment
NEW YORK. Dec. ll-iPr"
American-made bombing planes.
trucks and trench diggers and
sonth . American corned - beef-
some 818.500.000 worth in all
" "
.tared in the New York for-
eign trade zone on Staten Island
pending shipment to Great Bri-
uln mnd France In British ships.
Included In the Tast collection
of equipment for the
said tonight, were CO Lockheed
bombers, part of an order of 250
built for the British; 2500 green
Pntf.s 1500 Studebaker
:" ""V. u'ucu
diggers costing $3000 each. Many
more of these are to enter the
ions eoqrau u f nuics.
Willamette urad in
Become Pilot
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Ex-Salem Youth
likes Air Course
Army Training in "West
Point of Air" Makes
Choice Agreeable
Well on the way to becoming
one of Uncle Sams airplane
pilots, and he "likes It very
much,' Is Leroy V. Casey, Wll
lamette university graduate, who
was In Salem yesterday while on
furloughs from Randolph Field,
Tex., the US army's "West Point
of the Air."
Casey Is one of the 220 who re
main In the nine-months course
of aviation training that started
with a , class or 400 last July. The
otaer lor nearly ' SO per Cent,
nave been "washed out."
-strangely," casey told a
Statesman reporter yesterday, "I
wasn't Interested In flying before
suddenly, because it offered a
quick method of making money.
decided to take tbe entrance ex
amlnations last June."
"But I'm very glad I made the
decision," said Casey, who was
graduated In biology from Wil
lamette, "for I like flying very
mucn.
Casey came to Willamette from
Hood River. His mother now
resides In Long Beach, Calif. He
expects to continue his work In
biology In graduate school, when
he finishes his flying course.
which he hopes to do in March.
He and the members of his
elass not "washed out" completed
the elementary phase of flying in
stmctlon la September, which
consists of approximately 25 hours
dual flying and 40 hours of solo
flying. . This phase they learned
c i a medinm power biplane, with
only the barely necessary instru
ments. Upon graduation to Ran
dolph Field, they also graduated.
to a 400-horse powered low wing
monoplane, embodying many of
the flying qualities they will later
find In the modern' day planes in
use throughout the service -
Casey and his class will shortly
be moved to Kelly Field, the ad
vanced flying school, located near
San Antonio. There they will re
ceive their final three months of
flight training before ' being
awarded the eoveted set of wings.
emblem of a military pilot.
Late Sports
Seattle's revamped hockey line
np clicked from the start to
night and the Seahawks routed
the Portland Buckaroos, S to 1
in their Pacific Coast league
game.
Wintry Blast Blown From :',
Rockies to
(By the Associated Press)
Winter puffed eheeks and blew
a blast of cold Wednesday which
rolled off the Rockies all the way
east to the Atlantic.
Snow 'rode the blast out of the
already blanketed mountain and
plains country east. In New York
and south Into Virginia.
The southeast's farmers . wel
comed drought-breaking rain with
the same gusto that farmers ox
the aouthwest's fast shrinking
dust bowl" greeted drought-
breaking . snows.
It was bitter cold over a wine
range. Havre. Mont., and El Mor
ro, N. M shivered in 1 below
sero. In New Tork, the forest
ranger's school at 'Wanakena
made even that look like warm
weather by reporting 35 below.
New York city's thermometers
hung' around 15 above yesterday
a d were exepcted to dip to '10
above during last night. :
The thickly populated east.
where transportation Is Its life
blood, was plunged into a big
snow battle.
An army of 2,500 highway
workers struggled against the
worst wintry conditions in two
Training to
in Armv Air Corns
V. CASEY
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Astorian Named
0STA President
Teachers Complain of Too
Little State Aid for
Oregon Schools
ruKrjuA.au, uec. z?-un-E. u.
sva a a .1
i owier, Astoria, oecame president
of the Oregon State Teachers' as -
aoclatlon today amid convention
complaints of Inadequate state aid
for schools.
Towler was first vice president
last year. Isabella Brixner, Klam-
ath county, was elected a vice
president.
Vacancies on the board of di-
rectors were filled by Dr. Walter
Bedford, Ashland, president of
Southern Oregon College of Edu
cation, representing the state at
large; Ada McLoughlln, Portland.
District No. 2, and E. H. Gondii,
vernonia. District No. 5.
The 40th annual convention
opened with J. T. Longfellow's
statement to the representative
council that financial difficulties
were caused by the narrow tax
base.
The Oregon City man said 90
per cent of school cost Is borne
by revenue accruing directly from
F"?!r ta"s Ir.,edby.
the state's Irreducible school fund.
Only Kansas gives less assist
ance than Oregon, Longfellow
peTceS Tsui, aid Ca lYoVnla. on
fhe other hand, proridesla'pe?
said. Schools there receive 1.9
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British Disable
Nazi Patrol Ship
LONDON. Dec 27-tfVBritish
V7lg?V?:
XJJtir JL mMgt? haT
15 "! ArSTw?Jr&
with a direct bomb to
have put three enemy bombers
a m ..if a . a . m f aw
oufc oi wuuu m ler.eft nvriu
W eacgUHlCrB, ' ;
ITVk aa a. a I
ue atiaca on tne pairoi tw
m . -
sel took place near the German
coast.''. where a British Pilot en-1
suuuwfeu m nuuirer oi ircriuau
naval ships. Including several de
stroyers. . . ...
Despite heavy fire from the
ships, the British plane dived to
the attack, and made "at least
one direct hit," the air ministry
said. The British raider returned
undamaged. . rv"
At another point, British fair-
craft were engaged by three Ger
man bombers whleh "flew ln a
tight circle to bring the cross fire
of their front and rear gsns to
bear", on their opponents.
Atlantic Coast
y?ar n .V?10' Southern sectors
ot mat state naa eight inches oil -December 27 Nothing lm
snow and more was forecast. I nnrt .n -nrroA the front. Ra.
MJr reuuMiiai rusus wci
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unpassauie ana some ox its pianes 1
aVo. m .nw t M.rV
t7-1
of the winter, plane and shin traf-
vaKwvuviun nvs- aaas bp as w W a
... a.it.'a i .a D.i-1
HmnVT " Z vt "
A three-Inch snow made Wash-
Ington, DC, government clerks
late to work and hronsht ont 20
snowsweenera an a as mm sand
trucks, six hundred mn worked
A- ' .w- -i ...
to aeen ciear vue arwrici vt ui
nation's capital.
It wa. snnwlne in Nr Jersev
where the highway department!
worked ln temperatures ranging I
down to eight above. I
Rainfall, amounting to . two I
Inches In some areas, was said
by weather observers to have!
"completely broken" a drought in I
Georgia. The rains extended I
across Tennessee Into Kentucky.
A snowfall of six and one-half I
inches at Louisville was piled on I
to eight and a halt Inches which I
fell Saturday night. Snow and I
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Fffnrt tn fnf
mi V" 10 XjUl
i liTJlUllliailOiV JlIxIJLsI
Supplies Made
Supply Trains to North'
Tro op 8 Object of i
Defender Tlmist
New Blows Dealt
Soviet Air Force
in Bombings
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 27-()-A
daring battalion of Finnish tkl
troops was reported driving
through Russia tonight about 11S
miles north of LakA Ladoga la
Ian attempt to cut the Important
I Murmansk railroad.
Red army forces In the far
northern sectors receive most ol
their war materials and supplies
over this railroad, which runs
from 60 to 150 miles east of the
border.
However, the soviet air force
dealt new blows to Finland's
cities, attacking Tampere, a muni
tions center 100 miles northwest
of Helsinki; Turku, southern
KShnTul cRy1'
The Finnish ski soldiers jumped
off In their dash toward tbe Mur
mansk railroad east of Lieaka,
where tha Finns rennrtetl Monday
it heir troops had crossed tha bor
I der.
1 Soviet bombers showered more
I than 50 bomba on Tampere la
I two raids. Some dwellings were
I destroyed with one person beina
I killed and another Injured. Twelve
I bombers participated la the raid.
I Bombs of 17 Planes
I Drop in Water
I Seventeen Russian war planes
attacked Turku, but most of tha
bombs dropped harmlessly into
the water.
One plane was sighted over llel-
I iln.kl DUt no bombs were dropped,
Other soviet planes again ap
peared over ViipurL .
In the far north, reports from
the Norwegian - Finnish border
said Finnish troops were collect
ing large quantities of war ma
terials abandoned by the retreat
ing Russians. Tanks and trucks
were found stalled In tbe snow.
The temperature remained
around four below zero Fab re a-
I . . . ,
Jarvl. central Finland, were
crowded with wounded and
Russian- soldiers.
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Russia Calls More
Troops to Arms
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tonight, poured large reinforce
ments Into the Finnish fighting ,
and revived her active Interest ta
the neutral Balkans.
Presumably the men newly mo
bilized were Intended for the Fin
nish campaign. There was no eatl-
mate of their numbers, but they
served to bolster at least 4,100.
000 men already on duty on var-
LV l'tr
headquarter, said last night that
300.000 picked red army soldiers
d ruM up to turn the
Ude of recent reverses. In which
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olatlon ln tonign qaarters as ta
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be demanding a Black Sea naval
base from Bulgaria. The USSR
has been concerned about its po
sition In the Black Sea, where its
naTy known to b we,k, ever
since Turkey turned to the t
and signed mutual assistance
and France.
Bulgarians Want
Oil From Baku
The Bulgarians want Soviet oil
from Baku, especially since Ger
many began diversion of both Ru
manian and Soviet oil from Bal
kan trade channels.
If the Soviet Union wants ex
plicit trade adtantages from Bul
garia, they have not been dis
closed.
The only official information
on the progress of the wsr In Fin-
lanf tninv - wn nntlnAl In
brlef communique which said
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communiques printed la
Soriet newspapers remained the
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n"w"
sian people 01 tne rinnisn war.
Isvestla, the government organ.
lhwef "n ep.eclaI rVI
" "i1"" 5 Ini,?t0. oa ,,m
of Its End." The article especially
assailed Ellas Errko, former Fin-
alh minister to Moscow, calling
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CHARLESTON. W. Va., Dec.
Z7.-rr-wmiam w. cole. 7 3-y ear-
old doorkeeper of the US senate
Ifor the last seven years, died to-
night of a heart attack at the
home of a daughter, Mrs. Arnold
Moore.
Cole, a life-long democrat, onceO
served as us marshal.