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No Substitute! You'll find no newspaper ta rive more real satisfac Weaihrr Cloudy with rain tonight and Sunday; bo chance In temperature. Max. temp. Friday 48, mln. 81. Hirer 6.1 ft. South wind. tion than jour LOCAL MORXtXO PAPER, with It WORLD NEWS pin HOME COMMUNITY NEWS. PSUNOQO' 1651 EIGHTY-NINTH YE AD Salem, Oregon, Saturday Horning, January 6, 1940 Pries Se; Netrsslands 5c No. 245 McNarjc, Aisles Ask Bud. O ITULCCiL mmiuuee In One Ear. . . Paul Homer's Column We went up In the air yesterday with Pauline "Snlx" Corning, proprietress, cook and waitress of the airport eat ery, and smash ed a cloud. 8nix did the back seat diiTlnff, because that's where the controls are 'and we didn't want to hare a thins to do with them. From a thou sand feet or so we Inspected the new cell block p u at u or something being built at the penitentiary, but can't report much on the progress or me wora. We went over the capitol and found that Its red root makes a nice sort of contrast with the green lawn about It. The Willamette, from a thousand feet, looked Tery muddy and dirty, but that wasn't stop pins; someone from taking advan tage of a good day between rain storms for a bit of sailing. Then we went after a cloud looming over In the east and after chasing about In the wisps and strays boomed right through it in what you might call a total white out. Then we came down and only a couple ef times did Snlx make us hare that roller-coaster feeling. We don't know why we're tell lag yoa all this except to report that the country is all Tery green and healthy looking, God's In his heaven and all's right with the Willamette valley. Ralph Kohlgren reminds us that the Lions club benefit show Is almost here and also that Dr. Harry Brown Is expected to crack his last year's ticket selling rec ord. Last year. It seems. Dr. Brown sold 100 tickets on the strength of his being In the show. This year he Is expected to sell 100 tickets on the strength of his not being in the show. Alan Carson likes this rhyme, whose author he cannot recall: Whew I waa yoang and had no I very easily took offense; Balaow I'm old and grown more wise, I only fight with the little guys. Crime notes Jack Tomlln broke his way out of the county Jail the day after he had been re leased from the penitentiary. Be fore his release from the pen, aft er serving two yean of hit three year sentence, the governor's of fice waa flooded by letters from citizens, many of them prominent, urging his release because, they said, of his complete moral rehab ilitation. Stalin may get some comfort out of the fact that the Finns are doing a better Job of purging his army thsn he could do himself. Sidelight on war The British Contraband Control recently seized 1400 pairs of baby's rubber pants as contraband. Hay what yon like. It's taking the Democrats to bring ms to our census. Robbers Returned To Face Charges Trio to Be Arraigned In Silrerton Justice Court Today Deputy Sheriff L. L. Pittinger returned yesterday from Olym pia bringing with him Harold frank Wilson. IS, his wife. Juanl ta. 14. and James L. Sterling. 36, wanted on a charge of burglary aot in a dwelling at the Allen brothers garage in Silrerton on December 17. They will be ar raigned today in Silrerton Justice court. Along with the prisoners, and two tires and- tubes, all stolen from the Silrerton garage and found with other Items which the trio admitted stealing on other occasions In Washington, Califor nia and Arizona. Sterling and the Wilsons were arrested by the Olympia city po lice recently when the latter be e a m e suspicious of an unusual quantity of miscellaneous house hold articles and automobile ac cessories stored in the rear com partment of a coupe which they were driving. Following their arrest and Iden tification, the three admitted the Silrerton theft, as well aa the others in other states. All have lived Intermittently in the Silver ton neighborhood during the last five years, they told Investigating officers. Visitors Banned From Submarine PORTLAND, Jan. s(jp-The navy's aew submarine 8wordflsh will be forbidden ground for visi tors here. The undersea craft, sister ship t the in-fated Squalus, arrives late Sunday on a shake-down erulse from Pago Pago and Hono lulu. She win he in the harbor Monday and Tuesday bat the vary wUl prohibit general visit ing because of the International ..--:; situation ! ;j Mayor QuioJ JO' Follows Up on Revision Plan Committee to Be Named to Study System for Salem Councilmen, Laymen to Be on Group to Map Program By RALPH C. CURTIS In the hotel business where It's "here today and gone tomorrow" so far as individual patrons are concerned, one learns that service has to be prompt to be any good at all. Whether that's the explan ation or not, Salem's "mine host" Mayor W. W. Chadwick, Is taking steps with all the promptness of a bellboy to do something about the city's need for charter revis ion which he pointed out in his annual message to the city council on Tuesday night, and the indi cations are that the machinery will start rolling at the next coun cil session. At that time a resolution will be introduced authorizing ap pointment of a committee to study the need and advisability of introducing the council-manage commission or some other ftom of municipal government In Salem. The same committee would be. authorised to draft the neces sary charter amendment creating whatever type of government is deemed most adaptable to Salem's needs. Measure May Make May Ballots While the preliminary survey and the drafting of the selected plan into charter amendment form would require considerable time, it is expected they may be completed in time so that the Is sue may be balloted upon at the time of the primary election in May. In his annual message the may or suggested for this purpose a committee of three aldermen and kslx other citizens. In announcing that he would "follow np" prompt ly with a request for authoriza tion. Mayor Chadwick reported that since the Tuesday night eoun- (Turn to page 2, column 1) Expense Is Key To State Exhibit Sprague not to Ask Fund Unless Charges Are Reasonable Whether the state of Oregon will have an exhibit at the San Francisco World's fair this year will depend largely on the rental and service charges. Governor Charles A. Sprague declared here Friday. Governor Sprague Indicated that if the cost was not too great he might ask the state emergency board for an appropriation to con tinue the exhibit at this year's fair. He said the state highway department and other state activi ties might contribute to a fair fund. The governor said the appro priation and contributions for Oregon's exhibit at the fair last year were nearly exhausted. "I will not ask the emergency board for any funds to maintain an exhibit at the San Francisco fair this year unless I am con vinced that the rental and service costs are reasonable," Governor Sprague said. Highway department officials said Oregon's exhibit at the San Francisco fslr In lit resulted In attracting many tourists to this state. Freezing Weather Follows Day of Brilliant Sunshine After Salem residents had spent most of the day yesterday sym pathizing and agreeing with the ancient Egyptian worshippers of Ra, the sun-god. and the Willam ette valley was bathed in the bril liant rars of the kindly sun, the temperature dropped below freez ing again last night, with the of ficial government weather bureau reading at SI degrees above zero at 10 o'clock. The freezing temperature was the first of the aew year, and the weather reporter said that mer cury started climbing again before midnight. Cloudy weather with some rain la forecast for today and Sunday, with snow In the mountains. Precipitation, recora- ed every day so far, stands at 1 inches for 1949. (By The Associated Press) A wave of sero cold Iced the midwest yesterday (Friday) and swept on toward the north At lantic seaboard. Temperatures fell under the sero mark la a dozen states be HULK WON'T - " tiT- '" " " ' ' "T , 4 j"-c '-,-'L SV A x Engineers and WPA workers have about given bp the Idea that they Caa get rid of the unsightly wreck of the sailing vessel Minnie A. Caine. They fired it, but it wouldn't burn; the WPA men wanted to dynamite It, but the engineers wouldn't let them because of the danger of slides and danger to homesite property nearby. The derelict was washed ashore near Santa Monica, Calif last October la a heavy storm, and has remained to plague authorities ever since and apparently will remain. '39 Tax Receipts Over Year's Levy $1,767,686.03 Estimated Total County Take in 12 Months Preliminary tabulations show that Marlon county collected $1. 7C7.CSC.0S In current and delin quent taxes during the fiscal year of 1939. or 103.SS per cent of the total tax roll for last year, according to T. J. Brabec, chief tax collector in the county sher iff's office. Of the total figure, 11.450. 709.57 was from the current tax roll for 19 3 9, and IS1S.97C.4C from taxes then delinquent. Total collections showed an Improve ment of approximately one half of one per cent over the previous year of 1938, using the total tax roll for each year as a percentage bases Collection of delinquent taxes, Brabec averred, showed a marked increase during the last year, since in. 1938 only S283.651.12 was collected in this category as compared with the $316,976.46 for the year Just passed. Total turnovers for the year made to the county treasurer amounted to 1. 766,687. 75. The tax collector Is expected to issue his general reports for the last year within the next week or two. Norway, Sweden Warned by Nazis BERLIN. Jan. 5-UP)-In pointed words apparently reflecting grow ing official concern over develop ments In Scandinavia, the nasi press today warned Norway and Sweden anew against providing transit for British-French military aid to Russian-Invaded Finland. The newspapers, which called vpon the two northern countries to "clarify their positions,'" si multaneously sharpened their drive against League of Nations members who were referred to as "so-called neutrals" for agreeing to fulfill the league covenant by aiding Finland. The league, of which Germany ceased to be a member in 193S, Is considered In official nazidom as a British-French tool. Hence rny country remaining a member is held by the naxis to be more or less on the allied side. The press attack today, which bore an official tinge, accused the allies ef nslng the league covenant as a screen to Involve Norway (Turn to page S, eol. 4) tween the Rocky mountains and Ohio with temperatures of -26 registered In Bismack and Wil llston, ND, and Glendive, Mont. The lowest readings in almost four years were reported at sev eral Illinois points. Minima of 9 In town and -1C at the airport gave Springfield the chilliest day since January 23, 193 C. Mt. Cer met's 9 was the coldest since early In the same year. The mer cury line In Chicago's official thermometer dropped under the zero notch for the first time since February 19, 193 6, and reached 4 before rising slowly to 17 above. Ohio experienced Its severest snap since 19 SC. Zero tempera tures were reported In Cincin nati and Toledo and S In Na poleon. Abnormal cold was expected to linger In most of the middlewest through today with zero or worse forecast for Wisconsin. Michigan and Ohio. A cold ware was In prospect In mack ef the east. BURN; IS COUNTY HEADACHE 7 BSW Mi 4 ft-.' . Cabinet Reorganization By Chamberlain Surprise War Secretary, Information Minister Ousted by British Prime Minister; Stanley to Take Over Direction of poldiery LONDON, Jan. 5. (AP) Prime Minister Chamber lain unexpectedly reorganized his cabinet today by dropping his war secretary, energetic Leslie Hore-Belisha, who was reported to have differed "violently" with the general staff on army administration. In the shuffle. Lord MacMillan, minister of information who had comi la for the balk of O ' Britons' criticism of their censor- ship, also retired. To Oliver Stanley, president of the board of trade, a wheelhorse of the conservative party and whose father was war minister In 1916. went the task of directing Britain s war office. Sir John Relth, famous for his direction of the British Broadcast ing Corporation and head of Im perial Airways, takes over the ministry of Information portfolio, and Sir Andre Rae Duncan, steel and iron lawyer who had not been active politically heretofore, be comes the new president of the board of trade. Hore-Belisha, who warmly ad vocated the selection of the French general, Maurice Gustave Gamelin. as generalissimo of the combined French and British forces in France, was reported to hare had lukewarm support from his officers on the army unifica tion question. His resignation also was re garded by observers as a move to promote good relations be tween the army and the Royal air force units In France. According to these reports Hore-Belisha ran eounter to Sir Kingsley Wood, air minister, when the war secretary urged a unified command of the army and lr force In France. Hore-Belisha's penchant for the limelight and his policy of pro moting younger officers and over looking older ones made strik ingly evident at the first of his administration also were said to have been faetors that contri buted to his failure to "get on" with Lord Gort, chief of the Brit ish expeditionary force. L Lord Gort waa one of the youn ger officers whom he had pushed to the top over the heads of old er veterans. Nowhere, however, had this un dercurrent of disagreement come Into the open, and the cabinet shift was a surprise, all the more complete because the war secre tary had carried out sweeping reforms of material and person nel of Britain's armed forces be fore the outbreak of European hostilities last September, and then supervised the embarkation of a modernized expeditionary force for France. Lord MacMlllan's ministry of necessity organized hastily at the outbreak of the war has been, under fire from the house of com mons and the press. Complaints largely were over the effective ness of Britain's propaganda and the handling of official announce ments. In a letter accepting the resig nation of Hore-Belisha, Chamber lain reaffirmed his determination to be stern In carrying on the war, saying: "There Is not now and never h-s been any difference between us on policy and in particular on the necessity for prosecuting the war with the utmost determina tion to a successful Issue." - Many Absent ALBANY. Jan. 5-UFV-Seven teachers and 169 students In the Albany public schools were ab sent today because of Influenza. The Illness has abated, however. from the pro-Christmas holiday peak of SOt students, Superin tendent R. C McConnack Bald Aberdeen Woman Beaten to Death Wife of CIO Union Leader Discovered With Skull Badly Smashed ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. t-X) -Her head badly battered, Mrs. Dick Law, wife of a Grays Har bor county CIO Lumbermen's un ion leader, was found dead in her home here late tonight. Dr. John W. Stevenson, coroner, said she had died of a smashed skull. Virtually the whole Aberdeen police force was called to work on the case. Details of who found the body were not available immediately. She lived at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Nestor Luoma several blocks from the Finnish federation hall which recently was wrecked by a mob. Mrs. Luoma said Mrs. Law re- c e 1 t e d numerous telephone threats, directed at herself and her husband, about a year ago In Aberdeen's lumber warfare. Law la an executive board member of the International Woodworkers of America, a CIO affllate, and frequently la out of town on union activities. Ex-Indian School Head Faces Count PORTLAND. Jan. 5 --Vic tor Hugo jonnson, former super-lntendent-at-large of Oregon and Idaho Indian schools, awaited trial here today on eight charges of presenting false Touchers and forging government checks. The complaint charges John son, whose headquarters were principally at The Dalles and Mar ietta. Wash., collected the pay of Indian - iris under his supervision and occasionally employed by him. He is accused of presenting claims for more than the hours they worked and, in some in stances, of keeping the money. Assistant United States Attor ney Edward Twining said that approximately $250 was Involved. Johnson, secretly Indicted De cember 5, was arrested at Seat tle, where bail waa set at $$000. Fair Association Sets State Dates STOCKTON. Calif.. Jan. S.-VPi -The Western Fairs association today se t tentative overlapping dates for the Oregon and Califor nia state fairs. The schedule set the California fair at Sacramento for August SO to September t. and the Oregon fair at Salem from September 2 to 8. Tentative dates for California county fairs will be announced later. Woman Cleared 6 HELTON. Jan. f .-4PV-A cor oner's Jury today- exonerated Mrs. Malcolm Goddard, Olympia, from blame In connection with a traffic accident Sunday wit tea took the lite of Donald Kler. aged Soviet Planes Strike Again In Southwest Smashing Victory by Finns Reported Unofficially Routed Russ Retreat in Confusion in North Sector By LYNN HEINZERLING HELSINKI, Jan. S-Jpy-Sorlet warplanes struck again today at southwestern Finland while un official reports told of a second smashing victory by the Finns in the snows of the far north where they already had scored a major triumph over the red army. Official reports merely recount ed continued Finnish successes on the eastern frontier and said that Russian planes continued raids on the ancient port of Viipuri, on the Gulf of Finland, and attacked the inland town of Voika, where two persons were killed and 1C Injured. From Tornio, on the Finnish Swedish frontier, came unofficial advices, however, that the Finns had delivered another crushing blow to the Russians at Salla, 125 miles north of Lake Kianta, scene of last week's virtual de struction of the soviet 163rd di vision. Rooted Rn nutans Retreat In Great Confusion The rooted Russians were re ported retreating In great con fusion from Salla, just above the Arctic circle, toward Kandalaska, their soviet base. The vital Murmansk-Leningrad railroad, Russia's supply line to the north. Is only 40 miles from the frontier In this vicinity, and observers declared the new vic tory might presage destruction of the line. There have been previous re ports from the northern and cen tral Finnish ports of successful raids against the railroad at sev eral points by elusive Finnish "ski cavalry." These reports and the accounts of the latest victory led natural observers to believe that the Red army would be forced to abandon efforts in the north and confine its invasion to the Karelian Isth mus to regain prestige. Finns Claim Victory In Winter War The Finns already have de clared that "the winter war in the north is ours." Without the Murmansk rail road, Russia would have tronble getting supplies to her forces In the north but could continue mov ing men and munitions to the Ka relian Isthmus through' Lenin grad. The Finnish high command. In a commnnique dealing with yes terday's fighting, said Its troops had killed 400 Russians and took 40 prisoners in two encounters on the eastern fronts. On the Karelian Isthmus the high command said there bad been lively artillery activity and a Russian night attack at Kirves makl. In the Taippale sector, which was repulsed. In one eastern front attack, (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8) Woman Candidate For Legislature Mrs. Joe Rogers, sr.. Indepen dence, Friday filed In the state department here for state repre sentative In the legislature from Polk county. She Is a republican. Mrs. Rogers was a candidate for representative from Polk connty two years ago but was defeated in the primary contest. Britain Held Responsible For Damage to LIS Vessels WASHINGTON. Jan. 5-(iP)-A sharp warning to Britain, holding her responsible for any damages suffered by American ships forced to proceed Into the forbidden area for examination, was an nounced by the state department today after the American vessel Mormacsun had been taken by the British Into Kirkwall, Scot land. Secretary of State Hull address ed the note to the British am bassador on December 14 bnt It was held-secret in the hope the British wonld abide by its warn ing. The department had resolved, however, to publish It the mo ment the first case occurred. That moment arrived with the receipt of dispatches saying that the 4C-ton freighter Mormac sun, of the Moore and McCormack line, enroute to Bergen, Norway, had been forced by the British to go to Kirkwall. Thin Is a British control port, about 240 miles In side the conibat tone which the neutrality act forbids American ships to enter. , The state department Immed iately dispatched a cable to the American embassy In London, In structing the embassy to commun icate with the master of the Mor Candidate Bares Juggling Secret IK," : ILL SHIN. ROBERT A. TAFT Taf t Tells FR Budget Scheme Presidential Candidate of GOP Answers Challenge of President CHICAGO, Jan. 6-iiP)-Accept-Ing a direct challenge from Presi dent Roosevelt, Senator Robert A. Taft (R, Ohio), offered a five point program tonight which he said would balance the national budget within two years at a fig ure of about S7.000.000.000. The Ohio senator, a candidate for the republican presidential nomination, titled his speech "Mr. Roosevelt: Here's How to Balance the Budget." He spoke at a Chicago Bar association ban quet. The speech waa broadcast nationally. Taft listed these five requisites: "First: Hie president mast wish -and be determined to bal ance the budget. "Second: Eliminate bureaus, reduce number of employee; reorganize. "Third: Change method of handling relief, housing, agri culture, government loans. "I-urtii: End grants for lo (Turn to Page 2, Col. 7) Chicagoan Admits Murdering Woman Scolding for not Getting Job Given as Reason for Trunk Slaying CHICAGO, Jan. 5-(P)-Chief of Detectives John L. Sullivan said tonight that Sam Delao had con fessed killing Mrs. Nellie Sharp, 65, whose body was found stuffed in a trunk abandoned in an alley. Delao is the husband of Mrs. Sharp's daughter, Cleota. The mother, a maid at a North Side hotel, had lived with the couple for some time. Sullivan said Delao admitted after hours 'of Questioning that he beat the aged woman with a club early yesterday morning when she began to berate him for not getting a Job. After she was dead, Sullivan quoted Delao as saying, he oyammed her body In a trunk owned by the victim, tried to erase blood stains In the house snd waited until last night to dis4 pose of the trunk. I Sullivan said Delao told him he then asked a neighbor, Natale Pentaro, to haul away the trunk. Pntra took it abont a mile awav and dumped It In an alley, Sulli van asserted, where It was found early today by a negro Junkman. macsun and send all the facts to the department for possible ac tion. Hall's note to Britain said, "If the British authorities should feel it necessary to compel any Ameri can vessel to enter the combat areas or any of those belligerent porta which by the provisions of the neutrality law they are pro hibited from 'entering, the gov ernment of the United States will feel it necessary to examine care fully into an of the facts of the case and to take such farther action as the results of such ex amination appear to make neces sary or expedient. -Meanwhile, x feel that I should Inform Tour Excellency that this government, for lUelf and Its na tionals, reserves all its and their rights in the matter and that it will ' be expected that compensa tion for losses and Injuries result ing from the Infraction of such rights will be made as1 a matter of course." v Officials said this meant, for Instance, that If an American ship was sank by a German submarine in the combat area while being escorted to a British port by a British warship, this government wonld look to Britain for fall com pensation. ' . r y y ' V4 -vr" X House-Senate Group Sought In Resolution FDR Believed in Favor of Independent.. Organization ' ' Oregon Solon Says hew . Taxes Not Required to Reduce Total By RICHARD L. TURNER WASHINGTON. Jan. I.tArV The idea of an Independent eon gressional study of one nation budgetary needs won widespread support today, and there were in dicatlons the administration Itself was thinking favorably of tbe pro posal. Republicans of the senate form ally endorsed It, with the added v suggestion that national defense . needs be studied by a similar com mlttee. and Chairman' Donghton (D-NC) of the house ways and means committee, after visiting President Roosevelt, gave It hie tentative blessing. Doughton was known to have been unfavorably Impressed when the suggestion first was broached yesterday by Chslrmsn Harrison (D-Mlss) of the senate finance committee. His "conversion," a some called it, came as a distinct surprise to those who had been watching the situation. Harrison Plan Asks j 0O-Day Delay The Harrison plan called for a ' 6 0-day delay in action 'on taxes ; and appropriations. Meanwhile, a ' Joint committee of 24, drawn equally from the two senate and house committees which handle revenue and appropriation, would make Its own investigation of budgetary requirements. Aside from Donghton. most democratic house leaders were tn clined to say little abont the liar . , dison proposal. They were In clined to fall back on the plea that the origination of taxes and appropriations is a house prero-. gative, not to be shared with the senate. The house traditionally la touchy on each points. In addition, they were reluctant to break into a carefnlly prepared schedule which calls for shootise; one appropriation bill after an other through to enactment so that an orderly snd early ad journment may be possible. flop House Leader Would Welcome Study Representative Martin of Mas sachusetts, house republican lead er, said he would welcome a fiscal study and hoped that additional taxes could be avoided, although ', ' he declined to comment on de tails of Harrison's plan for the time being. House minority mem bers will hold a conference next week. The republicans of the senate Vs met for nearly two hours and dis cussed a number of question raised by President Roosevelt' two messages of the week. Sen ator McNary 'of Oregon, the mi nority leader, drew up a penciled resolution which was adopted, - then the members left, many car rying unabridged copies of the (Turn to Page 1, CoL 4) Monmouth Signs With Bonneville PORTLAND. Jan. 5 .--Bonneville power administration sign ed a 20-year contract today t deliver 400 kilowatts of energy to Monmonth, Polk county mu nicipality. The city will take delivery of power as soon as It acquires distribution system. Mayor F. R, Bowersog advised Administrator Paul J. Rarer that negotiations had started for purchase of the Mountain States Power company facilities In and adjacent to Mon mouth, ) Retail rate schedules were net set up In the contract but It sti pulated that the city and admin- , lstrator agree on reductions be- -fore delivery begins. Tho Day in Washington (By The Associated Press) The proposal of Chairman Harrison (D-Mlss) of tbe senate finance committee for an inde pendent congressional stady of budget needs gained formal ap proval ' of senate - republicans and tentative approval of Chair- , man Donghton (D-NS) of the : honse way end mean com mittee. Theodore Freter, former In vestigator for the national la bor relation board told a honsn committee Investigating the board that the Indiana polls re gional office handled CIO eases bnt threw ont AFL case. The .United State sent a sharp warning t Great Britain, holding that nation responsible for any damages to American hip forced to proceed Into the forbidden combat nren for es nmlnatlon at contraband control 1 ports.'': j ; 1