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Chamberlain
Pleads Unity
British Prime Minister
Warn of Impending
Grimmer War
Br DREW MIDDLETON
LOMDON. Jan. f.-UPt-Vrl
Minister Chamberlain warned
Jrea Britain's - people fervently
oday that they are approaching
'a phase of this -war much grlm
tier than anything we hare sees
ret. hat envisag-ed a reward for
heir sacrifices In a peacetime
ederation of European or world
i at tons bnllt upon British-French
ollaboration.
At If timed to match h!a warn
ds, Germany's warplanee swept
town apoa British coast", at
.irktnr eleven ships, wounding st
eat St men with machine-gun
Ire and sinking aeveral Teasels
The silvery-haired. 70 year old
Mime minister spoke at a Lord
Mayor's lucheon at Mansion
fioHse in the ancient "City of
London." lie had lost none of
it voice and gesture, and his
'motion was a dramatic quality,
t wu the first of a series of
'realization" speeches by which
lis altered government seeks to
ring home to the people what
hey are ap against la their con
vict against what Chamberlain
ailed "the powers of wieked
ies. Chamberlain did not mention
be overwhelming sensation of
st weekend tb removal from
he cabinet of Leslie Hore-Bellsha
;he war secretary.
Ascendant In the war cabinet,
meantime. Is vital Winston Chur
:hlll. Sources close to the gov
sramaat Indicated that his ap
pointment as head of a new min
istry of defense may be expected.
aica would greatly expand hi
present functions as first lord of
Lb admiralty.
Trastworthy military sources
likewise cast a new slant on Hore
Bellsna's resignation. Instead of
row with the army "old guard."
they insisted, the whole thing be
gan ta a recent secret session of
parliament itself.
An official communique tonight
Iso disclosed that a majority on
the war cabinet, early in Decem
ber, had placed royal air force
nits Ha France under the com
mand of a single air force offt
er. (has apparently overriding
rlore-Belisha. He la reported to
save wanted army control.
Tha new air force officer-com-manding-ln-chlef
In France, Air
Marshal Arthur 8. Barratt, will
responsible to the British air
ministry alone, although he will
onault with army, officers nd
French air force commanders.
Ia Great Britain, the R.A.F.
an entirely separate armed
lervice.
FDR, Churchmen
Talk Peace Plan
(Continued from Page 1)
rence to President Wllio n's
rVorld war peace proposal.
Mr. Roosevelt also disclosed he
considering means of extend
ag assistance to Finland in her
ar against Russia.
Reporters mentioned proposals
a congress for lending 180.060.-
to Finland and making avatl
tble the army'a new Garaad rifle,
or. Roosevelt was asked whether
te had anything to say about
hem.
He responded that he could
tot do so yet, but that he proba
cy would have something to say
text week. He said he was talking
t ove with the state department.
In calling the church leaders te
he White House today, Mr.
toosevelt said his purpose waa
lie same as in sending Taylor to
Surope and aa in recent confer
ences here with representatives of
he Jewish faith and the Federal
7oncll of Churches of Christ.
Slaying Attempt
Brings on Crisis
SHAKO HA I, Jan. 9. - (P) - At
empted assassination of two Chl
lese officials of the Japanese
lomlnated Amoy government to
lay brought another crisis In that
.oath China port similar to that
rhlch kept naval forces of four
towers there for five months last
rear.
The two were seriously wound
ed la Kulangsu, the inland on
rhlch Amoy's international settle
nent Is situated, and Japanese au
thorities suspended traffic be
weea the Island and mainland.
Last May the killing of a local
Chinese official caused the Japan
's to land sailors, and this
vaa fallowed by the landing of
American. British and French na
il units of the aame size.
The settlement is administered
y an International council.
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J. J. Hsgse, Oregon liqstor admia
bonUor, b will address tbe
Salem Lioas rlab at the Marion
hotel Tbararlay asoa. His son,
Jamra, Is a aM-ntber of the rlab.
French Deputies
.Throw Reds out
Tumult Greets Arrival of
7 Communists; Four
Arc Expelled
PARIS. Jan. 9 .-(iflp)-France'8
chamber of deputies today Inaug
urated Its first ordinary wartime
session by throwing out four com
munists amidst an uproar over the
presence of former members of
the outlawed party.
Tumult which greeted the ar
rival of aeven communists, whose
party was banned shortly after
the war's start, developed when
four of their number failed to rise
with the rest of the chamber dur
ing a tribute to the army by
Georges Levy-Alphandery, dean of
the chamber.
Levy - Alpbaadery interrupted
his opening address to propose ex
pulsion of the four for their "scan
dalous attitude." By a phow of
hands tbe chamber adopted the
proposal.
The government subsequently
moved to strip the seven deputies,
all that remain of the 72 who once
sat for the party, of all their
powers.
A communique announced that
a government bill would be pre
sented parliament Thursday pro
viding "disqualification of repre
sentatives who hare not repudi
ated their solidarity with tbe for
mer political pirfy dissolved for
connivances abroad."
In today's uproad, which lasted
more than an hour, fists flew
among the communists and the
rightists who objected to their
presence.
The former members of the out
lawed party, some iu uniform, had
come t Paris on army leave. Oth
er erstwhile party leaders are in
prison for trying to resurrect their
organisation.
Court of Appeals
Rules on Contract
(Continued from Page 1)
are not required by the act in all
instances and that an oral agree
ment would not be invalid 'if ac
ceptable to both parties.'
"We are unable to agree with
the argament that the act imposes
a duty upon an employer applic
able only In some cases. . . . Such
a construction of the statute
might well endanger Its validity.
When the concession Is made, as
it Is, that tbe matter of a signed
agreement is dependent upon a re
quest by the employes or their
repres(B t a 1 1 v e s and may be
waived, we think it Is clear that
the matter becomes a subject of
bargaining the same as any other
request or demand.
"The statute is barren of any
express language requiring a
signed agreement and It must be
Leld that no such agreement is re
quired unless we are authorised
to read Into the term 'collective
bargaining the condition that all
agreements, not some, must be re
duced to writing."
Democracy Basis
Held Men's Ideas
Professor William C. Jones of
Willamette university declared
that democracy is not dependent
on a particular political form, but
that it rests 01 certain primary
assumptions accepted by tbe citi
zens of a democratic state, in an
address before the Salem Kiwanis
club at its regular luncheon.
Dr. Jones described the assump-
tions of democracy as an emphasis
i on the dignity of man, which re
sults In a concept of individual
liberty; the belief that human per
sonality Is to be developed on a
fraternal mther than a differen
tial basis; and thnt social gains
belong to the social group rather
thau to the individual..
"The greatest thing which lies
before ns to do." he affirmed "is
to get clear these assumptions and
to judge our activities at home, in
government, and In the social
group la their light."
Lumber Markets
Best in 9 Years
PORTLAND. Jan. S.-z-The
1939 lumber market waa the best
In nine years, the West Coast
Lumbermen's association reported
today. '
A steady upturn In building,
starting la the spring and continuing-
throngh tha year, resulted in
the Improvement. Total produc
tion was S.42C9S1.000 board feet
compared with 193 V total of
J22.I54.900.
Salem Girl Pledged
EUGENE. Jan. i-Ofp-Unlver-slty
of Oregon sororities announc
ed the following pledge today:
Alpha Phi Jean Campbell, Sa
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Guam Island
Plans Bob up
Bitter We of 1939
Session Is Included
in Nary Program
(Continued from Pace 1)
yon to know exactly why we did
that."
He went on to explain that the
money, 11,009,900 leas than was
requested last year but much lees
than the 1200,000,000 required
for the "fully equipped advance
fleet base" recommended for
Guam by a special naval board,
would pay for dredging under
water runways and construction
of breakwaters. He told reporters
it would make tbe harbor at
Guam available for use by the
navy's long-range patrol planes.
Vinson Would Spike
Move for Passage
Chairman Vinson (D. Ga.), who
sought to head off another, row
over establishment of military fa
cilities so close to Japan Guam
being only about 1500 miles from
Tokyo told reporters later he
would move to spike any attempt
to slip the project through "by
subterfuge."
"Congress has rejected the pro
posal and It can't by subterfuge
be developed until congress ap
proves." he said. "The item will
be subject to a point of order If
It is Included in an appropriation
bill without authorization and I
shall make the point of order."
Stark disclosed for the first
time that the two new battleships,
for which President Roosevelt
asked Initial funds last week,
would be "practically sister ships"
of the two 4 5.000-ton capital
ships for which congress voted
funds last year.
Snipe Would Carry
0 16-Inch Guns
The president's request is un
der consideration by the house
naval appropriations subcommit
tee behind closed doors, and the
details had been kept secret.
Stark asserted the four ships
would" make a "perfectly splen
did, high-speed unit" with speeds
of 33 knots and nine 16-inch
guns.
Larger battleships, he added,
probably would have slower
speeds, possibly 27 knots, and
might be equipped with 12 16
inch guns.
Stark told the committee the
navy planned to acquire 200 ad
ditional two-engine, long-range
bombers of the type which flew
in formations of 4 8 from Ban
Diego to the Panama canal last
year. He said the new aircraft
would go in service with 450 al
ready procured or on order. : He
disclosed also that the navy was
experimenting with 18-inch guns
for battleships.
Slayer of Father
Would Face Court
(Continued from Page 1)
fishing trip with his father, who
had retired early and was asleep.
He said that suddenly someone
ran out from his father's room on
to the "sleeping balcony" where
he was standing.
"I thought it was my father and
called out 'father.' Then the fig
ure ran back into the room. About
a minute or 45 seconds later, he
rushed out again. I saw some
thing In his hand.
"He rushed for me. There was
some sort of a mlxup, and I broke
clear. Then there was a fall. I
saw what seemed to be my father
on the floor.
"I was so shocked that it might
be my father, that I became men
tally unbalanced."
Asked point-blank by Cahlll.
"Did you kill your father?" Dur
yea answered:
"Of my own consciousness, I
can't say that I did. I think some
thing happened that might pro
duce a great mental shock."
School Audit Will
Be Made by State
Annual school audits will here
after be made by the state divi
sion or audits, the school board
decided at its semi-monthly meet
ing last night. Death of W. I.
Staley, who has made the Bchoal
audits for many years, necessi
tated making new arrangements.
Cost will be around $500 the
first year and fSOO In succeed
ing years.
The board also voted to call
for bids for work on the electric
wiring of the old high school
building which would relieve the
overloading existing in the lines.
A sum not to exceed $1250
was allowed to purchase band
Instruments; and $156.50 was al
lowed to install a circulating fan
and thermostatic control for the
heating system In the adminis
tration building.
Saucy Reelected
For Co-op Board
David Saucy of Salem was re
elected director for district 3 at
the annual meeting of the Dairy
Cooperative association which met
yesterday in the chamber of com
merce rooms. The district com
prises Marion and Polk counties.
Will Henry, association man
ager, and G. C. Poe, head field
man, both of Portland, were pres
ent and spoke briefly concerning
dairy marketing problems.
Portland Lawyer
Suicide Victim
PORTLAND, Jan. .-(yp-Paul
C King;, 64, Portland attorney,
waa found tonight slumped in the
front seat of his automobile, over
come by carbon monoxide gas and
with a bullet wound in his chest.
Detective C. R. Robertson said.
He was taken to a hospital in
a critical condition.
Robertson listed the case as an
attempted suicide.
King waa discovered by his wife
after she found a note on a hall
table statins he was in the garage.
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem,
Prescott Elected
Townsend Leader
Eugene T. Prescott was chos
en president of Townsend club
No, 2 at the annual election at
the Leslie Methodist church Mon
day night. Other officers are C.
Y. French, first vice-president;
L. C McShane, second vice-president;
Florence Shipp, secretary;
Althea Pogue, assistant secre
tary; and A. T. Fellows, treas
urer. Jndge Miller Hayden addressed
the group, discussing the possi
ble effect of war conditions in
Europe on the new Townsend
plan before congress, and ex
pressing an optimistic view on
the situation.
Sweetland Lashes
OCF Policy Foes
Armament Appropriations
at Expense of Social
Corrections Hit"
"A contented nation will never
go to war," affirmed Monroe
Sweetland, secretary of the Ore
gon Commonwealth Federation, In
the words of Senator Burton K.
Wheeler of Montana to a meeting;
last night of members of the Sa
lem Peace council at the public
library.
Asserting that the only certain
guarantee against American par
ticipation in war abroad is "the
immediate solution of domestic
social Ills," Sweetland denounced
contemporary efforts to secure
larger appropriations for arma
ments at the expense of unemploy
ment relief, old age assistance,
and other aid to economically un
derprivileged categories of the
population.
Sweetland cited a local crime
wave in an Arizona city caused by
an Influx of transient workers,
and the continuing unemployment
of a large segment of the nation's
youth, and declared that "No de
mocracy Is safe when such crime
can exist in small towns and when
the youth of the nation is in such
a plight."
He denounced in reference to
Representative James A. Mott,
what he described as the "Mott
brand" of legislation for peace,
which he asserted favored contin
uing a nati mal arms embargo, but
which overlooked social reform
measures.
The speaker also denounced
Governor Charles A. Sprague for
appearing recently before a meet
ing of the Associated Farmers.
This he termed a "serjous Indica
tion" In view of the alliance's as
serted political affiliations.
Discussion of the attitude of the
American Legion toward civil lib
erties, the Dies investigating com
mittee and other political ques
tions occurred following his ad
dress. Mrs. Leon Brown, former
head of the local Women's auxil
iary of the Legion, stated the po
sition of the Legion with respect
to these issues In the course of the
debate.
Cabinet System
To Be Proposed
Establishment of a cabinet type
of government to administer the
affairs of the American Lutheran
church congregation here will be
proposed at the annual congre
gational meeting to be held in
the social rooms next Sunday
night, January 14, the nominat
ing committee decided last night.
The proposed cabinet would
consist of a vice-president to
serve as acting president of the
church council, a finance com
mittee composed of a chairman,
a financial secretary, the church
treasurer and two other mem
bers of the church council. Others
included in the cabinet would be:
Recording secretary, superinten
dent of buildings and appurten
ances, promoter and supervisor
of musical activity, librarian and
clerical secretary, men's activity
promoter, Sunday school superin
tendent, liasion representatives
for the Ladies guild, young peo
ples' class and confirmation class,
publicity agent, several goodwill
messengers and a chairman of a
new-member get-acqualnted and
fellowship committee represent
ing men and women of the,
church.
Cabinet members would report
to and cooperate with the church
council throughout the year and
report at the 1941 congrega
tional meeting.
Jersey Club Will
Choose Officers
Marion County Jersey club
members will elect officers and
hear a talk by II. P. Ewalt, of the
dairy department of Oregon State
college, when it meets Saturday
at the Fairfield grange hall.
The meeting will start at 10
a. m. At noon a basket lunch will
be served. The Fairfield grange
hall is located 12 miles north of
Salem on the Fairfield-St. Paul
road.
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of charge.
Oregon, Wednesday Morning:,
Finnish Plea
Held Realized
Leagne of Nations Member
Says Material on Way
to Embattled Land
(Continued from Pas 1)
laed the Finns fn medical sup
plies, food and munitions is sent
from supplies in Sweden and Nor
way. The Swedish and Norwegian
stocks then are bnllt up by ship
ments from the country original
ly offering the aid.
The chain system cuts to days
delivery of goods which might
normally take weeks.
Brazil, not a leagne member,
was the latest nation to Inform
leagne officials she would help
Finland. The Brazilian govern
ment said it would "lend all its
prestige to any private Initiative
for assisting Finland."
Gty Goveniment
5 Centuries Old
(Con tinned from Pag 1)
tie more than a decade some 300
other cities had copied, more or
less, the Galveston formula.
It might be well to mention
that municipal reform, the shift
either to the commission form or
to the council-manager system,
usually occurs at some period of
crisis. It is usually at some cor
responding period in the individu
al's life that he turns to religion.
If Salem revises its city charter
now, in the absence of any crisis
and in fact at a time when It Is
being governed as well as at any
time in its history, that will be a
mark of superiority, as is a relig
ious conversion under similar cir
cumstances. Seven years after the commis
sion form was first adopted, a sys
tem designed to obtain its bene
fits and to eliminate some of the
defects which It had developed,
came into existence and was des
ignated as to the council-manager
plan. Within the past few years
71 per cent of the cities adopting
new charters have selected this
general form, and it has passed
the commission form in number
of cities adopting it. At present
about one-fifth of the cities, in the
United States over 10,000 popula
tion have the council - manager
system, and many smaller ones
have selecrea it.
In view of this trend it appears
safe to say without any intention
of being; dogmatic, that Salem's
present interest in a change of
system is timely. Advantages and
faults of the various systems will
be considered in later articles of
this series.
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January 10, 1940
Ex-Resident Sees
Picture Version
Of old Scot Town
His home town, Greenock,
Scotland, has changed consid
erably in tha last 100 years,
Tom Gillespie remarked after
viewing a cinema reproduction
of It Tuesday In Salem. Gil
lespie, here in cpnnection with
the Moral Rearmament move
ment, saw at the Elalnore the
atre "Rulers of the Sea," the
principal ltcalo of which is in
Greenock. As a farther coin
cidence the principal charac
ter's name was Gillespie.
Gillespie the MRA worker,
not the celluloid hero left
Great Britain last spTlng and
thus has no first hand informa
tion on war conditions, but re
ceives letters from home fre
quently. He reports that men
apparently are not being called
to the colors as rapidly as in
the last war, as even the men
in shipyard offices at Greenock
had not been called though
they were expecting to be.
The war spirit in Scotland
and England is much different
from what it was in the first
World war, Gillespie stated;
there is no enthusiasm though
plenty of determination, and so
far no evidence of hatred of
the German people.
Republican Qub
Names Neiderhiser
(Continued from Page 1)
the family of Bert W. Macy, long
active republican worker who died
recently, were authorised by the
clnb. Glen Wade, executive secre
tary of the Marion county Mc-Nary-for-President
committee, an
nounced that Lewis Jndson had
been asked to fill the vacancy cre
ated on the committee by Mr.
Macy's death and had accepted.
Wade reported that many pe
titions to place Senator McNary's
name on the Oregon ballot for
the presidency had been com
pleted, with Stayton, Jefferson
and some other outlying districts
making the strongest showing and
that the canvass would be com
pleted within the next few weeks.
The Republican club band, di
rected by Douglas Jaquith, played
at the opening of the meeting.
President Neiderhiser In re
porting on the club's operation for
the last year announced that It
had a "balanced budget" with a
substantial sum In the treasury,
and had Increased the member
ship to around 350.
BBTWIBH
Between the lines of every advertisement you
see, you can imagine these words:
"Thousands of people had to believe in this
product-and buy it-before it was ready for ad
vertising!1' The fact thdt a product is advertised reg
ularly means that a lot of people buy it regular
ly. The fact that a storekeeper or manufacturer
will join his name with it in public proves that
he thinks it is good, honest value.
Time was when the slogan, "Let the buyei
beware' governed buying and selling; But ad
vertising has reversed that. Today it reads, "Let
the seller beware!"
For if his goods don't measure up, he loses
out to advertised products that do! V
Italian Business
To Be Discussed
Senor Luigi Tomazini to
Contrast American,
Foreign Methods
Business conditions and prac
tices in Italy will be contrasted
with those in the United States
by Senor Lulgt Tomaxtni, repre
sentative of the better business
and research department for the
Italian goyernment, when
speaks tonight before the annual
installation banquet of the Salem
Retail Credit association at the
Marion hotel at 7 p. m.
Tomazini, who has been mak
ing a special study in the United
States for his government and
who has been in Portland for
some time, will leave for Italy
immediately after his talk here.
Manufacturing, marketing, sales
promotion, advertising, retail
credit and methods of control are
among the business factors he
will consider.
Douglas McKay, state senator,
will Introduce the speaker. Mayor
W. W. Chadwick will be guest of
honor. J. L. Whitehouse, past
president of the credit associa
tion, will be toastmaster and will
officiate at the installation when
tbe following will be installed as
officers tor the coming year:
Walter Larson, president; Mer
rln Fldler, rice-president; C. A.
Suing, first director; Kay Taylor,
second director; and Chris See
ly, third director.
Second Rehearsal
Slated by lions
Second rehearsal of the choral
group, end men and featured sing
ers for the Salem Lions club char
ity show. "Rollin Rhythm," will
be held in the Floral room of the
chamber of commerce at 7:30
o'clock tonight, according to
Ralph Nohlgren, talent chairman.
The show will be presented at
the Grand theatre the nights of
January 18 and 19 in conjunction
with the 20 th Century Fox mo
tion picture, "Heaven, With a
Barbed Wire Fence."
Arrangements have been made
with Manager Fred D. Thielsen
of the chamber for use of rooms
there for the remainder of the
rehearsals. Jack Putnam, general
chairman, said yesterday.
Dance choruses made np of
young business women from tbe
downtown area have already been
in rehearsal for several nights
preparing the Intricate steps of
the particular number in which
they are featured.
Al Copp, "Rollin Rhythm" di
rector, has announced that he Is
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pleased with the progress of aU
dance groups and expects that to
night's turnout for those In the
minstrel group, will be complete.
The proceeds from this snow, as
with the two previous successes,
"Pirate Gold" and "Hit It Up,"
will be turned over to the charity
fund of the Lions club for its work
in aiding the less fortunate, par
ticularly in regard to eye troubles.
Armed Guardsmen
Thwart Lynchers
(Continued from Page 1)
I trouble from a large crowd, al-
tnoagn snerm o. xu. saagea re
ported to Governor Hugh White
that "feeling was mnnlng high"
last night.
At Jackson, Governor White de-
. t X Yf
piorea me nuaciucucs i m
tiss trouble end a similar threat
at Knoxrille with the reopen.ng
of the antHynchlng bill fight in
congress.
"The last time the bill was np."
he said, "there was a lynching at
Duck Hill which was spread all
over the front pages. Two negroes
were killed."
Like nearly all southern offic
ials, White opposes the proposed
legislation, levying heavy penal
ties against peace officers la
whose Jurisdiction lynchings oc
cur, and indicated pleasure at
Sheriff Magee's prompt appeal for
troops to prevent violence.
Meanwhile, peace officers from
Natchez again picked up the trail
of two negroes wanted In the
Knoxrille slaying: of another white
man. Guardsmen were sent to
Knoxville to prevent a lynching
last week when one of the sus
pects was believed near capture.
4th Victim Dies
PORTLAND, Jan. -(;P)-Pon-land's
1940 traffic death tU
stood at four today with the death
of Mrs. Ellen Buckshnis, CO, in
jured by an automobile as she
crossed an intersection last night.
SICK, NERVOUS
CRANKY
"EVERY MONTH"?
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ache aut ta fmto fuae-
tlonal disorder whits others rnnii tend ta
beeeie apeet aa4 taey get cress, riUf.
Jittery iu Moody.
Wir not take Lrdia S. PfakhasVs Vece-
tmbte Competing mad Mpewufly to aeis .
timd. ra
tnc tare "difficult aavs." PiakaaWa Coea
nound eoaftalne a oetmtea or kabit-f ormtoa
lacredieata, it is ssado treat aarara ova
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