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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, January 2, 1940 Torpedo Strikes British Battleship! Troy Cridmen PAGE TWO, -r Congress to Get Relief Problem President to Leave Cuts Uruguay Interns 'Nazi Freighter Vols 14-0 Top USC Wins Rose Bowl Contest by Score f 14 to O (Continued from Pace 1) to the onTrd liae by quarter back Grenvllle .Lansdell's coffin corner kick. Johnny Batler, standing back In the end lone, puKd the team oat ot danger, and tli Vol roared' on in a sus tained drive to the Trojan 29 yard line and Bob Newman, fullback, fumbled. Roy Engle, Trojan sub, recov ered on hit own IS, and the war riors of Troy, tearing their seven point margin might be wiped out. rushed on to score. They had dom inated the play all day. rolling up at the nd 18 ftrat downs to 9. and advancing the ball 272 yards to 141, and they were not going to lose or tie this game. Schlnd ler and his fallback, Jack Santa, and JCrueger, the glue fingered end, saw to that. Troy's first touchdown started from the Tennessee 47. Scbtnd ler. a senior playing bis last game for SC. and Banta ripped and bat tered the tiring Vols in steady rushes four, six, twelve yards at a crack. From the 20, Schlndler mad eight, and the Vols were pushed back to the one yard line for unnecessary roughness. Schlndler made one, and then went over for the touchdown as Ouard Bob Suffridge pulled him self oat from under the mass of arms and legs. Tennessee made Its bid as the 4th quarter began. Butler passed for 17 to Hast, added 10 more and with Newman and Bob .Foxx helping moved into Trojan terri tory when Foxx passed to Jim Coleman for 31 yards. ' Then went on. Batler was out of tbe line injured. Bqlst War ren eame In, and Tennessee pounded on to the 19. Newman got the ban. hit the right side of the line, the ball bounced out of his hands and the Vols' threat was over. Schlndler took over. He made nine, one, seven, Banta added six, Banta 14. Schlndler five and so on, first downs rolling under the Trojans until they reached the one on Schlndler's last two line smashes. The Vols were tense, and tell easy prey to the gentle, arching pass lofted over the left side to Krueger. Tennessee, with less than a min ute to play, tried to come back. Butler passed the ball to his own 35. but the gun caught him and the game was over. Trojan power first asserted it self after the first four minutes of .the game when Lansdell smashed the Tennessee line for gains that carried his mates from the SC IS to ta Vols 22. hut tbe enemy held for downs and on the try. Suffridse tossed Lansdell for a loss tnd Tennessee took the ball. Tennessee's Cafego, hampered by bis injury, got novLer. while Caftman ledned tike the most con sistent ground gainer, but the Vols were unable te cross the mid- field stripe in tbe initial period. SC bad ran up seven first downs. Tennessee one; SC had run 132 yards, the Vols only IS, net. 8C got the first real break early la the second. Johnny Butler's punt, partially deflected by Floyd Philips of SC. went for only 14 yards, and the Trojans took tbe ball on the Tennessee 34. The Tennessee rooters groaned, bat not for long. These Tennesseeans weuldat badge, stopping Kave on three plays; and Wallen broke up his fourth down pass try. Batler got off a long pant this time, and the see-caw struggle went on with neither eleven able to get within scoring territory Southern California dominated the game, and Tennessee's attack tailed for the entire half te get lnta Trojan territory or chalk ap bat en first down. That came en the first series of plays after the epeelax kfckoff. Starting- lineups: Saf fridge Shsrea JtT. .KB. Caspar Wiastow Lansdell Hoffmaa Robertson Cole Bartaalotaew QB. Cafego LH. rxx RH Coffman -TB- Peoples Score by periods: Tennessee 0 t 9 0 USC 0 T a 714 Southern California scoring: touchdowns. Schlndler (sub for Nave, who sabbed for Lansdell; K rung sr sub for risk); point af ter touchdown. Jones , (sub for Wfnslow; Gaspar.) Substltutioaj, Tennessee: ends. Baltlsarls, Hast. Tackles. Lut- treO. Kdmiston, West. Guards, Thomaa, Stelner, 8mith. Center. Ackennaa. RJke. Backs, Wsllen, Andridge, Peel, Warren, Butler. Southern California: Bads, Jonea. Winslow. Stonebraker, Mens, Gal via. Tackles. Thomas- sin. p Laser. Guards, Phillips. Benson. Center, Morrill. Backs. Schlndler. Neva. Banta. Shell. Engle. Officials: Referee, L. G. Con Ian, St, Marrar umpire. H. W. Scholar ( Presbyterian, head lines man. George Gardner. (Georgia Tech); -field Judge, W. K. Dunn i Michigan State). Architect Killed As Trains Collide RCOLA, I1L, J a n. l-yA Chicago architect van killed and at least 14 persona vara injured, six seven of them aeriaasly. in ft collision of Illinois Central pas senger trains tedayv -v- - ' Thf dead man wis -Thomas K Tallmadg. C3. a specialist In nr ehlleetura of ecclesiastical bulld- lags and author of several works a the history of architecture. , Tfhe : Panama Limited struck the -rear and of the Louisiana -whfeh was lust putllnx out of the B Areola staUoa after making a flag stop to pick up passengers. Twnsssee Pos TJSC C iters t.je rtsk Clay i-T Staecker Meliaskl t-n Smith Rika , C Desapsey RG Sohn The 8288-ton Ship Taconut submitted to interneabJp In tb aeutral hnrbor of Montevideo, Vrugunj, early yesterday morning at the expiration ,ef the deadline set try the Sooth American govemimmt. Accord ing to international law the ship most stay in the harbor until tbe end of the European war. 1939 Busy Year for Politicians; Legislative Session Is Longest In History; McNary for President By PAUL W. HARVET, JR. (Associated Press Writer) Starting out with the longest legislative session in his tory and winding up with Senator McNary running for the presidency, Oregon had a busy year of politics in 1939 al though it was expected it would be an "off-year." The year also saw republicans in control of the state for the first time since pre-depression days, with Charles A. Sprague. Salem newspaper pub-O- lisher. becoming governor when the year had barely begun The governor, who consented to seek the republican nomination the previous year to "prevent the office from going to the demo crats by default," gave most em phasis daring his first year in of fice to the importance of bring ing new industries to Oregon and of creating markets for Oregon products. To bring this about, he appoint ed a 20-member economic coun cil, which also will conduct re search into industrial fields. This was his theme in his inaugural address almost a year ago. It still is his theme. The legislature, with republi cans having overwhelming ma jorities In both houses, was long and drawn-out. Democrats claimed it was leng because the republicans lacked leadership. Re publicans said it was long because the previous democratic adminis tration handed tnem a "phoney" budget. Anyway, the joint ways and means committee slaved for 60 days to make ends meet. Finally, the legislature, after being in session 66 days, save the state a balanced budget. The state also cut its debt to $38,718,085, which means it will be out of debt in I960 unless it issues new bonds. Chief accomplishments of the legislature were lsws granting people's utility districts the right to issue revenue bonds and re quiring that they be taxed the same as private utilities, boosting the income tax by about 25 per cent affective in 19 40, letting the state parole board tlx minimum sentences, and permitting school districts to reorganize. All in aU, the governor was suc cessful, the legislature approving 14 of his recommendations and re jecting seven. After the session. he told the legislators that they "rendered good service," praising them because ne wild laws were enacted, no burdensome taxes im peed." The governor also launched the candidacy ot Senator Charles L. McNary in a speech to Oregon Touug Republicans at The Dalles October 7. Three weeks later Mc Nary accepted, announcing he would seek the nomination but as sert lag he was doing so Just to make sure that the farmers won't be forgotten when the republicans draw up their platform next year. The way was paved during the last few months of the year for a. nationwide test of the Roosevelt Garner struggle in the Oregon pri mary election next May. The Com monwealth federation started cir culating petitions for President Rooseveit. while former Gov. Charles H. Martin, who said he was retiring to private life when Governor Sprague succeeded him. is back in polities again carrying the ball I in Oregon for Vice Pres ident John N. Garner. Another important political de velopment occurred this week when President ef the Senate Rob ert M. Duncan of Burns, a repub lican, was appointed circuit Judge for Grant. Harney and Malheur coutlea. This disappointed many republican leaders who Jiad re garded Duncan as their hope of beating Rep. Walter M. Pierce. The Duncan appointment ad vanced Speaker ef the House Er nest R. Fatland of Condon to first in tine of succession to the governor. Many legislators believing busi ness would take a nosedive In lll and thus csuse greater un employment, openly predicted a special session would be needed oeiore tne year ended to meet a relief crisis. Bat business snowed a remark able spurt, the industrial payroll for the five months ended Decem ber 1 reaching a 10-year peak of about tT2.aee.000. At the same time, tne unemployment eompen- saaon commission s Jobless bene fit checks reach new low figures. The. governor made a number of important appointments during the year. He appointed Edgar W. Smith of Portland to the state hoard of higher education; Huron W. Cleugh ef Canyonvllle to the highway coram las ion; Claude H. Murphy of Albany as the state's first real estate commissioner; a new parole board; a new 11a nor ecm mission which immediately set about enforcing the liquor laws to the letter; Or mood R. Bean of Portlaad as public utilities commissioner; Lloyd S. Smith of Portland as state corporation c am sa lesion er; Arthur A. Rogers of Portland as state banking su perintendent. He also reappoint ed Sapertntendent ot .State Police Charles P.. Pray. The prosecution ef labor terror ists was completed August 1 when Ralph K. Moody, whom Governor Martin had appointed as co ordinator, resigned. : A total. of 110 persons had been arrested for 232 Crimea, out a few odds and ends have yet to be cleaned up. Albert Sari Keener, secretary of Oregon ATL teamsters, entered the state prison ip Jury to begin serving a ! 2-year sentence for complicity burning the West Salem box factory on November 20, 1937. He got a Job on the prison sawdust pile. The state supreme court didn't have such a busy year, principally because ft didn't hear a single case challenging the work of the legislature. It did. however, up hold Roaser's arson conviction, outlaw theater bank nights, up hold the 193 5 milk control law and uphoIQ the 1939 peoples util ity district law. The state's prune Industry, sick because of low prices and a large crop, got help from Governor Sprague when he appointed a committee of 13 to study prune marketing problems. He also gave assistance to state, county and municipal4 employes by appointing a committee to work out a plan to provide retirement pensions. A parole scandal," wntch ap parently has been forgotten. broke last spring when the new parole board charged that attor neys had been accepting large sums of money from prisoners on promises that the attorneys would "buy" paroles. Oregon's national guard, recog nized by the war department as one of the nation's best, was in creased by 913 "en, rising its strength to 4,521. Oregon was the first state to enlist its quota. and it retained the largest num ber of guardsmen in proportion to population. Construction of transmission lines from Bonneville dam to Eu gene and the new PUD law spurred the fight for creation of new utility districts. So far. the public ownership fight has been about a draw, public power ad vocates losing in Lane county and winning in Hood River county. Msny elections will be held next year. The benefits of Bonneville power will be passed on to north ern Willamette valley consumers next Monday when the Portland General Electric and Northwest ern Electric companies place lower rates into effect. The lower rates were approved a few days ago by Public Utilities Commissioner Ormond R. Bean. The state penitentiary's new lethal gas chamber, taking the place of the gallows, got its first test on January 20 when Leroy Hershel McCarthy, 26-year-old Portland slayer, was executed. A committee of physicians said it was more humane, and that being executed by the gas is Just like taking an anesthetic. Work on the, M,M. 04)0 Wil lamette valley flood control pro ject began daring the year with an initial $0,000,000 federal ap propriation. Automobile owners were heartened by the prospect that the next congress may ap prove a vast highway rebuilding program as a national defense measure. This would moan im provement of the Pacific highway and the Columbia River-Old Ore gon Trail highway. The union control law. passed by the voters in 1838 snd which prohibits picketing an employ er's establishment unless there is a dispute between the em ployer and more than half of his employes, was upheld by a three Judge court In Portland. The de cision was appealed to the state supreme court, which is expected to decide about next June. ' Fugitives Evade Sear eta by Police (Continued from Page 1) prosecution under state kidnap ing laws, carrying a penalty of from one to 25 years. Before he had faced prosecution on the com paratively minor charge of issu ing fraudulent checks. The prisoners made their es cape by prying open a small win dow in their cell, intended for fire escape purposes. The 'win dow was reinforced at Sheriff Burk's orders Sunday. It was also discovered that the prisoners used a notched table knife to re move an iron door flap, covering an aperture In their cell door, which they used as a pry. All ot the flaps have been since re mo 1 from the Jail's cell doors. Tom 1 in, released from the state penitentiary Friday, Is wanted in California as a parole violator and was being held for California authorities. Gunshot Is Fatal To Indian Woman KLAMATH FALLS. Jan. 1 .-(") -A self-inflicted bullet killed Geneva Riddle, 22, Klamath In dian woman, hut whether It was by accident or intent was not de termined. Dr. George H. Adler. coroner, said today. Fatal Shooting Climax of Feud New Jersey Borough Clerk Dies as Tax Collector q Threatens Others KENILWORTH, NJ, Jan. (P-Borough Clerk August J. Stahl. 49, was shot to death to day, climaxing what Police Chief George Conklln said was a long standing feud between the bor ough council and Tax Collector John E. Butler. Patrolman Andrew Ruscanskx. 35, received a superficial bullet wound sin a struggle which ensued after the shooting of Stahl. Conklin said Butler, 72 year old former borough police chief and British army veteran, drew two 38-calibre , revolvers from his pockets at the conclusion ot an annual municipal reorganization meeting at Borough hall, turned to Stahl, said "You're first." and" fired a fusllade of shots into his body. County Detective Michael Tev man quoted Butler as saying he Intended to shoot "all of them," referring to Mayor-Elect Max J. Benin and the retiring and In coming members of the council. Tevman said Butler, Just be fore he opened fire, handed Stahl a copy of a resolution passed by the council November 2 8, strip ping Butler of the power to ap point his own assistants in the collector's office. Butler was held without ball for the Union county grand jury on a charge of murder when ar raigned before Chief Conklin un der a new state law which per mits police chiefs, to conduct sum mary hearings and fix bail. Business Better As 1940 Starts (Continued from Page 1) when orders were placed right and left on the theory that the, only certain effect would be high er prices and it was a good idea to buy, things leveled off some what. Then business men began to ask whether goods might not be piling up as they did in 1937. or in the early summer of 1933. The precipitant slump in autumn of 1927 was well remembered. But orders continued to flow In, not at the rate of the first flurry, nevertheless at a ood pace. After some setback, commodity prices stiffened again In December. So fears that business might be just building up for another quick slump largely vanished. The underlying strength of cur rent business, in the view ot many, may be traced to the fact that leaders in both Industry and government were quick to apply the teachings of past experience.. Warnings against the dangers of runaway prices were sounded an all sides. Purchasing agents were urged to exercise restraint Buyers evidently were quick te heed, for after the first flurry. commodity markets quieted down. Prices have stiffened again here and there, but in an orderly man ner. It is also notable that Eng land and Prance, recalling the in flationary boom in "prices In 191 S and 1110. were quick to put their economies under control, and or ganise their buying in a manner to avoid bidding up prices. Knox Offered Job Of Navy Secretary WASHINGTON. Jan. l.-CPV- The Evening Star said today that President Roosevelt offered the office of secretary of the navy to CoL Frank Knox, 193 C republican nominee for vice-president, before filling it last week by advancing Assistant Secretary Charles Edi son. "The offer of a cabinet office to a republican," wrote the Star's political expert, G. Gould Lincoln, "was interpreted here as meaning that the president desired the closest cooperation of the whole country in the face of the war situation abroad in fact a desire for whst might be considered a coalition government." Colonel Knox is publisher of the Chicago Daily News. WHKH OTHX2S rAXXl in nr Chines remedies. lBiih SUC CESS (er MO years ia CHIKA. K uttor rith wka ) Jim are AJTL1CTID liaerders. aniitis, kurt, htaf. ttver. MSaey. ttauck. cat- eeKtrptie. alcers. tsbetia, vfceanatina. saU a ad bleeder fever ekia, fetaale era Charlie Chan ( Chinese Herb Co. 1 I S. B. Fens. Office I J are te p. ta 1 f etteeirt SbaSar I WeeUe4ar. S 10 V m-mx. Sa "rwar Its . Cml St Satea, Ore. !r4 Vhy I W Ik if" Of Longer? to By, MAX BOYD WASHINGTON. Jan. l-(ffV President Roosevelt will put it up to congress this week to decide whether federal expendltareg tor relief and similar purposes should bo reduced, an Influential admin istration supporter predicted to day. The administration adherent, a senator who declined to be quoted by name, said he had not dis cussed the question directly with Mr. Roosevelt, but that -he be lieved the ehief executive would tell tho reassembling: legislators to do what they liked about cutting outlays and retaining or raising the 145,000,000,000 debt limit. This Informant predicted that congress would make no great re duction in appropriations for. re-, lief, farm benefits and the like,; and he said the law-makers there fore would bear the responsibility for continued large-scale- spend ing. Congress will reconvene at noon Wednesday and at 2 o'clock will hear Mr. Roosevelt deliver per sonally his annual message on the state of the union. , Any advice which be has to give on financial matters proba bly will be reserved for the bud get message which j he will send to the legislators the following day. Neither senate nor house has much business in sight this week, but the anti-lyncblng bill by Rep. Gavagan (D-NY) is scheduled to come up in the house next week. House leaders of both major par ties agreed today that this mea- ture was sure to be passed in their chamber after two or three days' discussion. Senate opponents gave notice, however, that it would meet staunch opposition there. "As far as I am concerned," Senator Connally (D-Texas) told reporters, "there will be no antl lynching legislation. There may be a bill, but that Is not legis lation." Connally, a member of the sen ate finance committee, predicted there would be no general tax bill at the forthcoming session be cause this was an election year. He said he thought congress would not enact a special tax to meet extraordinary national de fense outlays. If the house passed a general tax bill, the Texan added, he would offer an amendment to it to limit profits In case this coun try became engaged in war. Many legislators have already reached the snow-covered capital for the opening of the session, but because this was New Year's day few were at their offices. Vice President Garner and Dem ocratic Leader Rayburn of the house arrived this morning. Ray burn is to see Mr. Roosevelt to morrow, and Garner is expected to talk with the chief executive to morrow or the next day. The vice president returned to the capital six pounds lighter than when he went away. Friends said he lost this poundage from his mid-section during recent hunting trips in Texas. He laughed and chatted with newsmen but had ncthing to say about politics, eco nomics or social questions. i-w-eJI epaeceanities far atitiactrv priattiag iaa- mesisti deliveries. tjcally no carry- . ia postage. In of in . Expenses up Representatives Germany claimed a torpedo "hit" Elizabeth December so "off west Scotland." The warsiup was i tacked by a roving U-boat, the report said. The British admiralty confirmed the announcement, said three men had been killed and the ship hnd suffered "some damage." An old vessel, the Queen BMaabeth was boflt in 1012-15, one of five snipe of her type. She is pictured above on patrol in the North sea. Wallace Warns on Crop Adjustment (Continued from Page 1) tend itself in more urgent need than ever of safeguards against the 'depressing Influence of world prices." Wallace forecast a need for these peace-time governmental aids: Efforts to sustain farm prices by means of additional acreage, price-supporting; comodity loans, and subsidies to move exports at world prices. To critics of the administration crop control programs, Wallace had this to say: "There is no question o going back to laissez falre. For agri culture the problem is simply to get the nearest approach to a permanent equitable farm ad justment with the least drawback i. national disadvantage. 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A new dry record was not set chiefly because December brought 10.87 inches, five inches above the average. Two days were responsible for most of this, the 10th with 2.08 and the 16th with 2.18. Maximum temperature was re corded at the airport weather bu reau on July 26 of 103 degrees, below '38 wlthl05, but much warmer than '37 with only 98 degrees as its highest. Although the maximum was low and the minimum was low, 1939's mean temperature stood at 53. 65 degrees, compared with an average annual mean of 52.6. December's highest reading was SI degrees and the lowest 23. 1939 rainfall by months: January February March ... . ,, April May June 6.00 5.08 2.05 .3 .90 .98 .47 1.04 .38 2.6S July August September October November December .84 10.87 3roups to Fight , For Trade Pacts Defense of Hull Plan on Ground for .Battle , in Congress' nriamunTAM Van A great army, embracing millions of persons. Is mobilisation thrnnahont the nation to defend the trade Arresments program s.totfan fit the session of congress which meets Wednes- a Aanaffmenl has learn ed that scorea of organiiatlons ot those who feel they have benefit ted from the reepToesr tariff pacts have pledged "their support of Secretary Hull's policy. Jn ti.fr ft Is nredlctad that before the t tglt t ctmgTdl realrjr beglns a committee will have been" set up to coordinate the campaign. The congressmen who are now feel i me the pressure of Industrial or agricultural interests wmca ri hv have been affected 'ad versely, by the program soon may begin hearing rrom tne aeiense forces. i MmMtbm of the reserves destined to man the Maginot- line for Hdn'g policy shows they are. composed of three main bodies: women's organisations, business men' interested in the import and export trade, and organisations , 'a rtsm 'Imnmvenaent of intermtrtdnal' relations. Women, so the figures show, spend the majority of the nation's liriJtintA a tin rah therefore .inter ested in fower prices brought aoout oy lower tar u is. Soviet Bombers Burn Finn Gty (Continued from Page 1) world for help In 'active resist ance at -the front' The high command's communi que also reported far-flung; Rus sian air raids ahd told of one la which Russian bombs fell on Nor wegian territory. in the Petsamo region fronting on the Arctic ocean, it said, Rus sian fliers crossed the Finnish N o r we g 1 a n boundary and "dropped bombs on the lee ot the river Pasvlk inside Norwegian territory." but there were no re ports of damage or injury to any one. (Dispatches from Klrkenes, Norway, opposite' the Petsamo re gion, said numerous Russian sol diers on that front bad been found froien to death at then posts.- Night' temperatures of 40 degrees below zero fahrenheit were reported, restricting activity of both sides. (The Finns in that region were said to be assembling an air force including big four-motored planes.) The Finns reported their latest success against invading Russian above the Arctic circle, where, they said, "Out. troops destroyed an enemy column of 12 cars." About! ICO' miles to the south, near Suomussalml, tho communi que told of further development of the- "great rietory" reported yesterday, in which the 163rd red army division; soma 15,000 strong, was said to have been "definitely cut up and for the most part'- destroyed.' ... ;r ' . i . -i i lent M snip id aal eavelefMhav ass row printing liaWjtatioae sat' woshs aevaaea ing sad a hoary iaveav a obligation