T7eather Cloudy and unsettled to day and Saturday with oc casional rains; snows over mountains; . no change In temperature. Max. temp Thursday 51, mln. 88. Riv. er .4 ft. North wind. Basketball v Score appear first la The ' Oregon Statesman. . While you sleep, Statesman report era cover the games. Read bout them oyer your break fast. , 1651 KIUHTY-NINTH YEAB Salem. Oregon Friday Morning, December 29, 1939 Price 3c; Newsstands Be No. 238 mom PSUNOQO iA CaiD fete Paul Ilauser's Column Purely Personal: Got op In' the cold. -grey noon and after baring branch whisked away to the of f I e e, whire, much to our amusement, w e fonnd a note di recting us .to call Mr. M." Mit ch e 1 1 : between " 9:30 and 10 a. m. Guess we'll just hare to learn to talk In our sleep. . The nrintery raw .. was a dismal place so we got oat of there and went a-wandering to our Inner sanctum, where we set about composing a ditty to greet the New Year and met with mall anccesa after an hour of travail. - Got out of there and wan dered to the Bluebird, where we partook of a little beef and bread and read more of the amazing doings of the Finns,, who are still slipping the Kus sians a Mickey Finn. The Rus sian Reds, It seems, are sorry they had a white Christmas. There Jimmy Nicholson, the late gridder. was sitting discuss ing the state of the nation and what all with Virginia Cross, who In home from school, too. Which reminds us that there are a lot of children home from the edu cation mills and borrowing the "family car. Strolled back to the printery, It being 2 p. m. and time to be gin what we fondly call work. Didn't begin work. Sometime later we woke up to realize we were on High street and there was Walter Kestly, the cop, and his wife, heading home from shopping. And Walter, who rides around all night la a prowler car look inaj for burglars and . such, wished be was m reporter, who walks around all day and all night, looking for an honest man, but not looking like one. Dropped Into that well known BUta atreet resort and found Bud Johns, who la old enough to know better, practicing with a yo-yo, , which, bA-aajs ha got his Efrl for CLrlatmas bat hasn't been able to giTe up yet. He's getting pretty good with it, too. Rex Putnam's boy Rex dropped by, affecting a beard but everybody knows Its crepe hair. And Judge Lewelling's boy Blevins was in there, too. So was Virlan Noth of the Southern Pacific Noth's whose boy friend, Leonard Younce, Is in Honolulu with the Oregon State football team and she is worried about hula-girls and such, but not much. -Hied away to the sheriff's of fice where we found that genial person, Mr. Andrew C. Burk, ex plaining the merits of some new fishhooks, guaranteed to catch any fish that as much as smells the bait. They weren't baited, so we escaped. Went on up to the county clerk's office and; decided Christmas must be over, for It's the first day they haven't had candy. Down all the flights of stairs again and over to the AAA of fice where Miss Barbara Ben son baa been compiling some sort of a record by applying for more automobile licenses than anyone in Salem. It's a service of the AAA and she trips mer ' lily to the atatehonse twice daily to get license for the members too tired to go them elves. Jerry Parker was there and she almost scared us with a koala bear, which is a kind of bear that lives In Australia and climbs trees. This one was only a doll, though life site, and was made into a parse, with the tipper down the back. Jerry's mother, Mrs. Harvey Parker, sent it to her from Honolulu, where she is pending a vacation. The koala excited quite a bit of Interest when Jerry wore It with her far coat In Portland recently. Strang ers stopped her on the street and asked her it the bear was a cub of the coat. . Girl Identified As Entertainer LOS ANGELES, Dec. S8-(A-The nude, slashed body at an at tractive blonde girl waa Identified today as that of Jerry Burns, but so definite cine as to her slayer was disclosed. A friend, Beverly Ann Green wood, said at the county morgue that Miss Burns was an entertain er employed at a Fifth street sa loon and lived In an east side semi-slum neighborhood. Visa Greenwood said ahe last saw the victim at 1:10 yon. lastJ night. . The body was found today en a recant lot. "I work In the sains place she did," If las Greenwood asserted, "but X doat know who killed her. I didnt know she bad any ene mies." Police Inclined to the belief that Miss Barns had been slain by a spurned suitor. .Luton Reelected PORTLAND, Dec 28-iD-Re-electlon of M. B. Luton. Portland, as president of the Oregon build ing congress for 1940 was an nounced Wednesday. r -. Saturday Set For Tieup of Salem Stap Co Proposed Strike Halt Gty Scrr, ! Eugene Employees Ask Increase in Wages by 1 A. M. on Saturday A couple of thousand Salem residents in the habit of hopping one of the Oregon Motor Stage buses when they start down town will find themselves afoot tomor row morning, unless settlement of a ware dispute between driv ers, mechanics and helpers union and company officials Is consum mated. The employes have set 1 o'clock Saturday morning as the deadline i for the walkout. The proposed walkout would Include all lines of the company, and would practically stop north western Oregon bus transporta tion, except for the main lines on the coast and through the Wil lamette valley. Eugene city bus system as well as Salem also is under control of Oregon Motor Stages. Several recent conferences be tween employers and representa tives of the union have failed to reach a settlement of the dispute, union ' members here said last night, but they were, at the same time, of the opinion that the com pany would accede to the em ploye demands rather than stop the service of the stages. Tieup Would End 10 Years Continuous Service Officials estimated that IS 00 fares, roughly, use the six lines of the Salem city service each day. A tieup in the system would be the first break in service since the Oregon Motor Stages took over here about 10 years ago. Besides the city lines, the Sa lem office handles the Salem- Dallas-Falls Clty-Blackrock line. All "feeder" routes in this part of the state belong to the same company. Lines here are State street, Chemeketa- street. High land avenue. Twelfth street and 17 th stret. Union : members voted last month to authorize the negotiat ing committee to call a strike un less the ' company agreed to an increase of 1 mills per highway mile for "outside" drivers and 12 cents an hour for employes working inside cities. No basis for arbitration of the issue had been reached late last night, i PGE Head Urges Bonneville Load PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 2S-UP) Every electric utility corporation in the northwest should cooper ate in building a load for Bon neville dam, Franklin T. Grif fith, president of. the Portland General Electric company, said to day, i He told the City club that his company's recent rate reductions for residential consumers was a part of the company's program of cooperation with the federal gov ernment ! In building a load on Bonneville. The private utility executive praised President Roosevelt for developing the Columbia river. Fair Dates Set BAN FRANCISCO. Dec S7.-4PV- The executive committee of the Golden Gate International exposi tion Tuesday set May 25 to Sept, 29 Inclusive as definite dates for the 1940 event, which was assured last week after the major portion of the 19S9 creditors agreed to plans for re-opening. Sub -Zero Cold, To Damage ANKARA. Turkey. Dec. H.-UPl -Three additional tremors, sub- sero weather and bllxsard winds which spread ravaging fires added to the damage and panic of the Anatolian earthquake today as of ficials gave at least 60,000 as their preliminary estimate of cas ualties, i ' Of the casualties perhaps 20, 090 were counted as dead. . Temperatures 22 degrees below sero and fierce winds whipped from the Black Sea claimed many victims among the hundreds of thousands of homeless driven Into the fields and mountain fast nesses. i v.:. - ' Whole villages were burled un der the steep cliffs of the Janik mountains which skirt the Black Sea ahore on the Turkish-Armenian border. v. In the .Erzinan region, high la the mountains of Armenia, alone there were 42,000 killed and In jured, i - Every I building In the district of Erzinan . was In ruins, and fires were raging. JL message from the . governor-general said many were frozen to death. -. . The water supply was frozen Native of Salem : Called by Death li BERT WARREN MACY Prominent Salem Lawyer Succumbs Bert "Warren Macy Was Active in Civic Affairs Here Bert Warren Macy, 83, native of Salem, former city alderman and city attorney and prominent In republican activities for many years, died late Thursday at his home, 444 North 18th street. Funeral services will be held from the Rigdon chapel at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, December SO. Born March 26, 1876, Mr. Macy attended the old East Salem school now known as the Wash ington school and later attended Willamette university where he was prominent as an athlete. De spite his lack of weight he was considered an outstanding tackle on the Willamette eleven In the 90s when the Willamette team played on even terms with the leading Paclfie coast elevens. He retained a keen interest in sports throughout his ii j. At a later period he returned to Willamette for a law cource and received his LLB degree In 1912. (Turn to Page 2. CoL 2.) 0 . .. New Year's Eve Dances Lawf ul City, County Laws Do Not Ban Sunday Dancing; 12 Is Deadline Neither Salem nor Marlon coun ty officials may Interfere with New Tear's eve dances Sunday night, examination of local dance hall regulations Indicated yester day. The city dance hall license or dinance does not prohibit Sunday dances. Its only time restriction is a provision tht dances shall not run past midnight unless a special permit is granted by the chief of police. The state law nnder which the county regulates dances outside of Incorporated towns and cities also has no Sunday restriction. H. C. Mattson, deputy county clerk, said. . . No county-regulated dance hall has yet taken eut a 1940 license, Mattson added. Unless new li censes are obtained today or Sat urday, holding of dances in these halls after midnight Sunday will be illegal: Many inquiries directed to city police concerning dances New Tear's eve this year have been answered erroneously, with the advice that Sunday dancing is il legal, It was learned yesterday. That the city code does not con tain such a prohibition was veri fied by City Attorney Paul R. Hendricks. Fires Add in Turkish City and prevented effective fire fight ing. ' ' : . . Reports from other districts In dicated .the death toll elsewhere was far above previous estimates, but the chaos In communications was so great It was Impossible to obtain many details of the catas trophe. , " .: - -" f - Such .details, as ; officials .were able to obtain, however, painted a terrifying picture. . . - Water and gas mains were rip ped asunder as -the earth bulged in some places and burst open la gaping crevices In others. - The measure of the disaster. In Anatolia, a region often visited' by earthquakes along with the fear of epidemics as a result of the difficulties of getting relief to the stricken thousands grew as the day advanced." - Fragmentary reports from Er rincan province said virtually ev ery one of the 16,000 . Inhabitants of the ancient town of that name was killed or injured They were trapped in their beds by. the first shocks. - - - The walls of Just one bunding the great barrackswas left (Turn to psge 2, column 4) Germ anDrive Expected By March, Former Czech Tells Marion Attorneys William P. Ellis Elected President of Bar Association at Annual Meeting Here; Roy Harland Is Vice-President After unanimously electing William P. Ellis president, Roy Harland to the vice-presidency and reelecting J. Ray Rhoten as secretary-treasurer, the Marion County Bar asso ciation last night heard Dr. Frank Munk, until April of this year a professor at Prague university in Czechoslovakia but now teaching at Reed college in Portland, predict there would pbo a "new German putsch by the Attorney Change Still Uncertain Alderman Brown Strongest Candidate for Post of Hendricks Whether or not the city council will change legal advisers at Its annual election meeting Tuesday night remained a mild uncer tainty yesterday but Inquiry in dicated the Incumbent city attor ney, Paul R. Hendricks, had his shy opposition guessing. Alderman Lawrence N. Brown, one of the council's "Juniors," remained strongest contender for Hendricks' position although he has made no open declaration as a candidate. Rather than risk the chance of resigning his coun cil seat immediately and more openly seeking the paid attorney's post, he is pursuing the usual pol icy of waiting until the last min ute to see if he Is certain of winning the election, which Is decided by rote of the aldermen and the mayor. Friends of Hendricks expressed confidence his position continued strong; - . . Three former city attorneys are understood to be "willing" to accept reappointment. They are Chris J. Kowlti. one-time alder man as well; William H. Trindle and Fred A. Williams, who was defeated In a race for reelection as sixth ward alderman in 1938. As far as may be ascertained, City Engineer J. H. Davis, Build ing Inspector E. C. Bnshnell and Sanitary Inspector Batty Cooper have no opposition. Positions of chief of police and fire chief, formerly up for council action each January, are now under civil service. Capt. Devaney to Head Air Board New Director Experienced in Military, Civil Aviation Work PORTLAND, Dec. 28-(ff)-Cap- taln Leo G. Devaney, identified with military and civil aviation since 1917, was appointed state aeronautics director today, suc ceeding Allan D. Greenwood. The state board of aeronautics said Devaney's appointment would become effective January 1. The new director la 45 and a republican. He was born in Ore gon and received his early educa tion at Roseburg. He attended Stanford university. During the World war Devaney served as flying Instructor and aeronautical engineering officer at Kelly field. Tex. He was com manding officer of squadron D at Kelly field. He was superintendent and chief pUot of West Coast Air Transport company before It be came Varney Air lines In 1931. He was operations manager of United Air Lines at Medford from 1934 to March, 1937, when he re signed because of Illness, from which he has recovered. Midwest Winter - ' -r- i Weather Lingers (By the Associated Press) The .wintry . blasts which brought a welcome heavy fall of snow. to the Rocky mountain and great plains region lingered Thursday night to . annoy livestock-owners. The storm turned off In the direction of the Texas Panhandle and gulf coast laying' more snow on the fire to 18 Inches which fell earlier in the week. Ranchmen in the region feared for their livestock as weather observers forecast a 20-mile northwest wind. , The storm had moved as far south as San Angelo, Tex. Snow and sleet were, expected at Dallas and Fort Worth. Amarillo - re ported a minimum of 14 degrees. Sub-sero temperatures gripped western Kansas. Light snow fell at' Kansas City. - Forecasts in the Rocky moun tains; Indicated the cold wave was moving eastward. Tempera tares there were expected to rise. end of February or first of March." Holding its year-end meeting at the Marion hotel, the associa tion lost little time in elevating its 1939 vice-president, a Salem attorney, to the presidency in ac cordance with the association's precedent. Munk, in predicting the new German putsch, said he nor no one else could say for a certain ty where It would strike, but in dicated It probably would be di rected at Norway or Sweden, or possibly Holland or the Balkans "The news reaching you tnrougn your dally newspapers and by way, of your radios Is es sentlally correct, and I think your press correspondents and radio men in Europe are doing a splen did Job," said Munk, who through his affiliation with the Czecho- slovakian government until its fall was closely connected with the German situation. "Never waa a people so well In formed about what la going on. Ton are better Informed upon European affairs than the the peo ple in Europe." Munk said the Russ-German al liance has been In effect a long time and predicted it would con tinue until the dictators of both countries gave up hope of a world revolution that would install com munism, naiiism or Hitlerism, all of which he said are synonomous. "Germany and Russia are col- laboratmg in a common plan," he said. "Russia is to have a free hand in Asia and to get Finland and British India. Germany is to have Norway and 'Sweden and a protectorate of all of Europe." "Naziism is more communistic than communism," he said. "Nazi ism Is a social revolution, as much so if not more so than com munism. Every totalitarian rov- ernment inevitably leads to com munism. Once you start regiment ing any Dart of vour economic equipment you have to regiment everything until you finally ar rive at communism, naziism, or whatever you wish to call it." The onetime member of the Czechoslovakian planning commis sion said economic blockades will not stop Germany, that Germany is much better situated econom ically than most people believe and that there will not be a Ger man revolution unless the allies should score a major military vic tory and thus turn the people against Hitler. "At least 95 per cent of the Germans are behind Hitler to day," be said. "German workers, many of whom were formerly communists, are solidly behind him." "The German food situation it (Turn to page 2, column 1) '39 Record Up to New Year Drivers CHICAGO, Dec. 28.-A)-New Tear weekend drivers will write either "success" or "setback" at the bottom of the nation's 1939 traffic safety record. The national safety council said today the number of fatalities recorded In motor vehicle acci dents in the last tew days of the current year would determine whether the loss of life in 1939 would be greater than the 1938 total of 32.400. The council reported 28.C90 persona were killed during the first 11 months of 1939. This was one per cent fewer than during the corresponding period of 1938, but an upsurge In deaths in December, especially during the' Christmas weekend, was in dicated. : In urging caution upon pedes trians and motorists during the New Tear eve celebrations, the agency suggested: - 1. Don't drink If you drive. ' 2. Ask. your children not to ride with drinking drivers.. , S. Keep alert. Be prepared tor what the other fellow may do. 20,000 Qaims to Be Filed by First Nearly 20.000 claims for 1940 jobless benefits will be before the state unemployment compensation commission on January 1, pro vided the present paee : at the state's 11 employment offices continues, officials said. Last 'Week 6290. filed unem ployment claims. Under the new law the three waiting weeks, .If served in 1939 for 1940 bene fits, , must be consecutive. GOP Congressman Has Hopes for US i - ' i REP. JAMES MOTT Outlook for US System Brighter End of Subserviency in Congress Good Sign, Mott Declares Free institutions have survived Jn the United States because the founders established the separa tion of powers among executive. legislative and Judicial branches of government and because the people have become alert to main tain this separation so that no dictator might arise. Now that congress after six years of sub serviency to the executive branch has reasserted Its independence, the outlook for survival of the American system is improved. Such were the observations of Congressman James W. Mott in his address at the Mott mass meet ing arranged by Pro America and the Marlon County Republican club which drew a crowd of sev eral hundred to the old high school auditorium Thursday night. As for the people of Europe, there must be doubt whether life is worth much to them In the ab sence of liberty, Mott observed. It is the business of Americans to (Turn to Page 2, CoL 4) " Japanese Speed Thrust in China Sweeping Offensive Marks 2600th Anniversary of Nipponese Empire SHANGHAI, Dec. 18.-(ff)-A sharp Japanese drive in south China and widespread air raids today laid groundwork for a more sweeping offensive which Japan ese hope will prove a fitting mili tary celebration of the 2400th anniversary of Japan's legendary founding. The southern campaign spread ing out above Canton was led - by the imperial bodyguards division in an advance which Japanese said had progressed SO miles in five days. Japanese reported that the bulk of Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek's Kwangtung p r o v 1 n ce forces, about 100,000 men, had sustained a defeat but Chinese declared the Japanese were being checked In a battle still In pro gress. Three days of air raids on Lanchow, capital of Kansu prov ince in northwest China, were described by a Japanese spokes man as the largest of the war. Lanchow la on the supply route from soviet Russia. Other raids were carried out in southwest China designed to sever Chinese supply routes from French Indo china. The same spokesman called (Turn to Page 2, CoL 8.) f - 5 ' 1 V v: Teachers Told Sales Tax is Only Solution to Problem PORTLAND, Dec 28-iPV-A sales tax is Oregon's only way out of the school's financial problem, William J. IfeKensle,. Portland school director, told 2000 teachers at the Oregon state teachers con vention today, ' . new tax revenue mast be found before Oregon can increase Its contribution to schools, ' Me Kensle said, and a sales tax Is the best method." Be asserted Oregon contributed less than any other state except Kansas to schools.' Governor Sprague waa "disap pointed" - over ' "failure - of the school forces to come -"forward and champion a move to consoli date. A reorganisation bill unit ing school districts would help equalise the tax load, he said. ' "The unwillingness of districts to reorganize Is based upon a mis understanding which can be cor rected by the proper approach, he said. "Schools and public roads have been accused of hog ging the tax dollar but they have a new rival now in public welfare and old age pensions, groups which are quite vocaL 1 believe that the reorganiza Bombs Halt A ttack On Viipuri; Finns Over in 3 Places Defenders Hold- Ground on Frozen Karelian Isthmus, Make 3 Efforts to Cut Rail Annihilation of 2 Soviet Companies la Claimed by Finnish Troops Along Mannerheim Line By LYNN HEINZERLING HELSINKI, Dec. 29 (AP) (Friday) Finnish avia tors were reported today to have silenced with bombs the long-range Russian cannon which has been shelling Viipuri, while the Finnish army held its ground in desperate battles on the ice of the Karelian isthmus and carried the fight to Russian soil In three other sectors. The Finn fliers thus were reported to have relieved the pressure on Viipuri, Finland's second city, which has been bombed by day and shelled by night for a week. Helsinki had an air raid alarm for 40 minutes, at 12:10 a. m. (2:10 p. m., PST, Thursday), but no planes were heard or seen. (Determined Russian actlvItyO above the Arctic circle was re ported in Stockholm dispatches which said the red army bad launched a new assault on Fin land's "waistline" with hundreds of new quick-firing field pieces brought up for support) But yesterday's Finnish army communique declared the Finns were steadfastly breaking every Russian assault In the Karelian sector, and indicated fast-moving ski troops bad crossed the fron tier in three places on the eastern front. Two Ross Com panic Claimed Annihilated The Finns declared today they had annihilated: two more com panies of Russians in a savage hand-to-hand battle on the war- scarred ice' of Lake Suvanto, east ern key of the Karelian Isthmus Mannerheim line. . 'The battle was fierce," said the terse Finnish army commun ique which told of renewal of Rus sian attempts to break the Man nerheim line. The Red army was reported to have left 700 dead on the frozen surface of Lake Suvan to before this line, last Tuesday. . This time, the Finns said, the Russians actually succeeded in crossing the lake to reach Finnish defenses on the rugged north shore, but they were driven back in man-to-man fighting in which our troops wiped out two com panies." The enemy again left numer ous dead on the Ice," said the army's story. Finns In Rossi la Three Places Summarizing the fighting of Dec. 27 in the fourth week of the war, the communique said nine Soviet Russian planes had been shot down, and Indicated that Fin nish troops are fighting in three places on Russian soil. (Turn to page 2, column 1) Death of Ontario Woman Mystery ONTARIO, Ore,, Dec. 1-UP)- Mrs. Clara Thomas, BS, was found dead beside her husband John C. Thomas on the kitchen floor of their ranch home six miles north of here early today. Sheriff C. W. Glenn said the husband was in a liquor-induced stupor and waa oblivious to his wife's death. Although furniture in the room was smashed, the sheriff said there were no marks upon the woman's body to Indicate external Injuries. tion plan will grre us better schools at the same or less cost District consolidation will re duce the unit cost per pupil with a consequent decrease In taxes, he added. Dr. Dexter If. Keeser, president of Reed college, declared stream line d machinery was needed to help truth catch up with ."large scale lies.' He suggested special tribunals for persons plausibly charged" with circulating "social and political falsehood. Rex Putnam, state superintend ent ef public instruction, said the goal of Oregon teachers should be a program embodying econo mic stability after retirement, reasonable tenure and higher sal aries. . - Although three teacher retire in e at measures have been de feated by the legislature, Putnam said ''we must keep at it." Ade quate salaries he pegged tenta tively at $2000 a year. . . Robert G. Clostermann, Ger man consul, urged an opportun ity for every child to learn Ger man or some other cultural lan (Turn to Page 2, CoL S) Britain Takes .F ' Notch in Belt Sugar, Meat on List ef Rations as Empire Pinches Money LONDON, Dec. 2 8. -i?VT ' island kingdom of hearty-eating shop-keepers at war was told of ficially today to take another notch in its belt because of the pinch In money and shipping space for food. , With 45,000.000 mouths to feed, mainly with produce from overseas for which Britain must pay In dollars and other foreig exchange, the government added sugar and all kinds of meat to the ration list. Already down for rationing were butter, bacon and ham. Furthermore, it announced a government .monopoly ion pur chase of all Imported meat, and all domestic livestock sold for slaughter, and decreed, govern ment control of meat distribution throughout the United Kingdom. Beginning on January 8, the sugar allowance will be 12 ounce (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6.) Reorganization of Brewery Doubtful San Francisco Interests Withdraw From Salem ; Beer Enterprise - : V - , i Plans for reorganization of the Salem Brewery association by 8aa Francisco Interests which have been . operating the properties since August, 19 S 8, have failed, it was learned yesterday as stock holders received letters from W. O. Stackman. brewery manager, announcing that the San Fran ciscans have withdrawn and turned control back to the stock holders. The brewery wss taken over by the San Francisco financiers, large creditors of the brewery, under a plan by . which stockhold ers assigned their stocks for a period of three years and credi tors agreed to wait until reorgan ization was made. Under the agreement, accord iar to Lewis Lachmund, a principal stockholder, the brewery has con tinued to operate at a large lose. Withdrawal of the San Fran cisco operators Indicates, he said. that unless new - capital arrive or greatly increased consumption, of the product comes about the brewery must shut down. Lachmund said that the brew ery's product In new container has met good response, but that outside competition has made the volume of the Salem brewery in sufficient to meet operating ex penses and fixed charges. The capacity of the brewery la 20,000 barrels a year. It has be supplying only about 10 per cent of the consumption In the Wil lamette valley area, according? te Lachmund, who stated that a. ie per eent eoasamptlon would en able the brewery to operate a capacity and 'make a profit. 38 Civil Cases ; On Court Docket : Nearly a record, tt civil cases will be set on the trial docket la Judge Li IL McMahan'a court Saturday. Three crimlnaleases, including the trials of County Treasurer V. G. Drager and W. T. Richardson on charges of larceny of publla ., . funds, have already been sej.