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i-at rvvo The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon Thursday Morninsr, January 18, 1940 rner Reported Opposed to Furtheir Loans to Tiny Qa Baltic State Action Delayed Dn Aid Program Conflict With Neutrality Policy Held Reason for Opposition By WILUAM B. ARDBRT WASHINGTON, Jan. n-(JPy-Reports were beard in the senate today that Vie Pmideat Garner is opposed to a farther loan to Finland. At the aam time, the bank in( co ra mi tte decided to de lay action oa Finnish aid propos als matlt it can obtain the views of Secretary of State Hull. Gainer waa Mid by one highly placed senator to bare expressed the Tiew that an additional loan to Finland wonld be "very unwise" becaase It might conflict with the nation's neutrality policy. Other congressional sources aid that the rice president had laid his o ejections before the president at a conference on legis lative matters at the White House Monday. Nevertheless. Mr. Roose velt pat the question of a loan tp to congress, suggesting that the funds of the Export-Import bank be Increased for such pur poses. Effect oa Neatrallty Cloudy Studied It was to ascertain possible ef fect of Finnish aid proposals on United States neutrality and for eign policies that the banking committee decided to call Hull to a closed meeting next Wednesday. Jet-M H. Jones, head of the fed eral loan administration, confer red with the committee today and advised It he believed a 110.000. 009 non-military loan, already granted by the Export-Import bank, waa "a sound credit risk." Jones, it was said, advanced no opinion regarding how much ad ditional money might be advanced with confidence that It would be repaid. This question, he waa quoted aa adding, waa one which congress properly might study. Today's committee decision to recess for a week, appeared to de crease already-slender chances for material further assistance to Finland. The Finns have been represented as being primarily In terested In a direct loan which conld be used for the purchase of military supplies here or in Eu rope. TJ ii restricted Loan Proposal Offered Jones, committee members de clared, ass told Finnish officials that any such loan would contra vene the spirit of the neutrality act. The committee had before it today a bill by Senator Brown (D-Mlch) to grant an unrestricted IIO.dOO.900 loan. Several Influ ential administration supporters have been tllscnssing an advance which would not exceed $16,000, 00, and President Roosevelt told congress) yesterday that any loan should bo limited to non-military purposes. Brown said he would redraft his bill in the light of the president's message. In New York. Herbert Hoover said Mr. Roosevelt's suggestion that congress might extend credit to Finland "should be support ed." But he suggested that the United States give surplus food stuffs to such countries as Fin land and Poland. "In other words." he declared. my proposal Is that Instead of leucine money to make such pur chases to prevent starvation and setting op an obligation over long years. . with constant aftermaths, we ought to make it a gift and for get it." Hoover said that the question of teod was differentiated from that of raw materials and manufac tared goods, however. Browder Counsel Confesses Alias (Continued from Page 1) that the communist leader had deceived the American govern ment with "a bulk of false ma terial while seeking the protec tion of Its passports In travels to Soviet Russia and other for eign lands. While US Attorney John T. Cab 111 thus denounced him. the little mustarhed revolutionary sat slouched deep in his tilted chair, his eyes blinking slowly and his hand occasionally seeking the part In his graying hair. Browder is on trial specifically for using a passport obtained through false representation. The government claims he need the aliases George Morris and Albert Henry Richards on visas and bor rowed the name of Nicholas Do se a berg." a one-time "comrade" who has pleaded guilty to pass port misuse and Is expected to testify for the government. DIL-'DIGGIIIS DENTIST 419 Guardian Elda, Tel. CSS: " I See lie Before Hav ing Tour Work Done Soviet Sy. . - la t e i oration of the 60th birthday of Joseph Stalin, Russian air , raiders rained bombs on Helsinki, capital of Finland. Here is a I smoke-clouded section of the city Just after the air raids. Soviets Mother, Husband Offer Testimony Slaying of Mrs. Dick Law Investigation May Be Recessed 2 Weeks ABERDEEN, Jan. 17-(P-Tb.e husband and mother of Laura Law, slain wife of a CIO union executive, testified in gripping fashion today to feature the third day of an Inquest Into the wom an's death that Assistant Prose cutor Paul O. Manley Indicated might be recessed tomorrow for two weeks "to allow further in vestigation." Law maintains his wife was slain in reprisal for his union activities. Twisting her work-worn hands and sobbing, Mrs. Law's mother, Mrs. Luoma, broke down as she told of coming hom the night of January 5 to find her daughter bludgeoned and stabbed. Calmly, the husband, Dick Law, recounted his movements on the night of the slaying, account ing for all of his time except for a five-minute period about S p. m. After her emotional outbreak, Mrs. Luoma gave the new clue which Manley said would be in vestigated "immediately and fully." "Do you know any person or persons who might know some thing about this crime?" Manley asked. "I do not," the Finnish woman said. "But I asked the mayor yes terday to trace two young men I saw in the hallway here . . ." "What men?" "When I returned home the day Laura was killed I saw two young men in the alley, not 10 feet from our back doorstep, looking up at the house. As I looked at them one turned his face away. He was wearing a green coat and a green suit. I've looked for that suit and coat since that time. "Yesterday morning the man wearing that suit and coat walked through the front door (of the city hall where the inquest is being held). I followed him. I asked the mayor to look at him. The young man started to go downstairs again. We followed them down, he got into a car and drove away." Mrs. Luoma supplied the license number which had a Pierce coun ty prefix. "I don't accuse him of any thing. I Just want to know why he was beside our house and why he came up here yesterday." Striking at earlier testimony given by two women concerning Law's relationship with Helen Soboleeki of Seattle, office em ploye of the CIO - International Woodworkers of America and a former Aberdeen nurse, John Caughlan, family attorney, quer ied both Mr. and Mrs. Luoma concerning the private lives of their daughter and son-in-law. Both declared it was "natural." 'Proposition' for Orient Line Blade WASHINGTON. Jan. 17.iT L. C. Newlands, member of a Portland, Ore., delegation seek ing authorisation by the maritime commission of a flag steamship line to the orient, said tonight he hoped to have tomorrow "a propo sition to take back to our people. Ho wuld not say what he hoped to obtain from the commission. Orchestra Leader Submits to Knife NEW YORK. Jan. 17-(AI-Ben Bernie. orchestra leader, under went aa appendectomy tonight at Doctors' hospital. . Hs became ill Monday during- train trip to Miami, Fla., and returned her early today by plans. Obitnary - Noth At the residence, 1171 State street, Wednesday, January IT, Albert T. Noth. Husband of Alice W. Noth aad father of Vivian Noth of Salem and brother of Herman Noth of Aberdeen, Idaho. Funeral announcements 1 a t r by W. T. Rigdon company. Air Raiders Bomb Helsinki in Honor of ' & itZ Federal Agencies Produce Figures To Show Amounts Spent in Oregon; Aim to Justify new Appropriation WASHINGTON, Jan. 17-(-The dog-days of the hot weather are disagreeable but Washington has a tougher one in mid-winter, the number days, when every branch of the government parades figures before house and senate committees to show what work it has done and to justify requests for appropriations. Among the greatest number producers of them all are the hearings" of the independent of fices appropriation bill. There, all independent agencies bring forth their numbers in huge volume to prove to the committees they de serve the amount of money they are asking. The works projects administra tion gave the committee a table showing it worked on 32 civil airport sites in Oregon which cost $3,030,038 in federal money and $644,490 in local funds. The federal housing statistics showed foreclosed property ac qurled included one property in Oregon. The home owners loan corpora tion showed the accounts In de fault and the amount on October 31, 1939, which included Oregon, 552 and $119,420. It also showed that of 722 pieces of property acquired in Oregon, 578 were sold for $1,493,249, or about $28 3,000 less than their value. The disaster loan corporation showed loans of $4 500 In Oregon, of which $1000 has been dis bursed. The federal public building agency showed projects outside of Washington to inchide in Ore gon there were Burns, postoffice, $80,000; Gresham. postoffice, $75,000; Medford, postoffice and New Scout Troop Holds First Meet First meeting of scout troop 18 sponsored by the Junior cham ber of commerce, was held at the First Methodist church last night with nine charter members present. Scoutmaster Bill Hagedorn told of plans for the troop, and Mr. Taylor of the Cascade area council gave a brief outline of scouting. Roy Harland made a pep talk. Troop officers elected were Clinton Blakely and Valteen Jones, patrol leaders; Paul Fer guson, librarian: Eddie Apple gate, secretary-treasurer; Carl Dunn, bugler, and Harold Hol land, reporter. Other members are Sterling Cronn, Clyde Elssy, and Hirl Hol land. 'Hunt Queen9 - J" ."r -5V .s ' ... r -fv i There are plenty of bears tn Ore gon's Clatsop county, as attrac tive Jane Lagasee of Toloona Park, Ore, well knows, for her bear . hnntias; talents tn that section won for her recently title of Clatsop Conaty Hunt las; Queen. She la pictured on her Hunter's Throne, carved out of solid five-foot log. deep in what Clatsop county calls its bear sector. y'PinwiiHi n - ' m - -H w-p i have launched more recent raids already in the grip of the worst courthouse, $230,000, and Tilla mook, $85,000. Federal roads funds of all types paid the states Included: Oregon $2,508,920. The reported projects costs on all public works administration non - federal pro jects included: Oregon $28, 937,216. The PWA reported 294 federal projects completed In Oregon and 32 not completed. Swede Neutrality Policy Criticized (Continued from Page 1) war participation and that we In tend with all the means at our disposal to meet any attempt to violate our neutrality. "It has been opined In some quarters abroad and at home that we are obliged to stand at Fin land's side in the present fight. This opinion is based on senti ment, but understandable also is the fact that such opinion could not become the deciding factor for those who in responsible po sitions must make decisions for this country. Fire Traps 20 in Service Shelter HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 17-(JP)-Twenty depression - struck men, seeking rehabilitation through the Salvation Army, were trapped by smoke and flame which raced through the social service center early today, and four perished before help arrived. Five persons were Injured as the blaze gutted the two-story brick structure, causing $15,000 damage. Two men Jumped to safety from the second-floor living quar ters, 13 were hauled down lad ders by firemen and one got down a stairway. The fire consumed a library, furniture repair shop, kitchen, five trucks, and all the men's clothing, except that which they managed to get on before desert ing the building. Foul Play Hinted In Death of Pair TULIA, Tex., Jan. 17.-;p)-Cor-oner V. R. Gardner tonight said L. B. Hand, 72, and his sister, Mrs. Lula WIdegreen, 7, burned to death in their farm house near here, came to "their death from foul play from a person or per sons unknown." Swisher c o a n ty authorities started an Investigation after Gardner found Hand's false teeth near bloodstains 50 yards from the house. The bodies were found in the kitchen, under mattresses appar ently dragged there from the bedroom. Ex-County Nurse Dies in Portland Miss Mary Elizabeth Freeman, formerly a nurse with the Marlon county health unit, died at the CS veterans' hospital in Portland Wednesday at the age of 5 1 years. She had also served as a nurse during the World war. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. Glen A. Harnden of Eugene and Mrs. Benjamin Marquisa of Leba non. Services will bo in Portland Friday. H0I2E L0AI7S Ixms; Terms Easy Payments Also FHA Loans HAUKIIIS ti D 0 B E II T S, Inc. Guardian BIdg. Phono 4108 Stalin v y- J', jars'- X" mi' is- " . ... . ... i on other Finnish cities and towns, cold ware In 25 years, Trio Reformatory Inmates Retaken MONROE, Wash., Jan. nJP) Capture at Visalia. Calif., tonight of the last three of six Washing ton state reformatory Inmates who escaped January 10, was an nounced tonight by Supt. George Roup. Roup said Sheriff S. B. Sher man of Visalia had notified him the three were caught after having committed a robbery and stolen at least one automobile in California. The three inmates who escaped with them were recaptured three days later at Everett, cold and hungry. Blockade Held Starving Nazi (Continued from Page 1) what might go, at least indirect ly, Into the production of muni tions. He said he shared Dr. Barnes' horror of war, but: "I cannot feel that It is a greater evil than would have come upon the world if we had allowed the present rulers of Germany to have their way." Dr. Barnes withdrew the mo tion, remarking that the house of bishops was divided by prac tical considerations rather than by moral fundamentals. Situation now Similar to Second World War Tear Cross, in commons, asserted Britain's sharp economic attack, starting with the beginning of this war rather than later, as It did In the World war, had re duced the German "lebensraum" (living space) to the area ringed by the bayonets of her own troops. Thus, in four and a half months, he said, it had placed Hitler's Germany In the position occupied by the kaiser's empire after two years of World war. "Contraband control was easy," he asserted, reviewing Brit ain's efforts to build a financial wall between Germany's 80 mil lions and the world's food sup plies and sinews of war. It has been Cross's Job to mar shal the empire's resources In a "new technique" of fighting on all fronts. Dentist Dies . PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 1T.-JP) -Dr. Robert W. Benjamin, 66. a native of Oregon, died yesterday of a heart attack. He was born September 14, 1873, at Canyon ville and had practiced dentistry in Oregon 40 years. 4 . ..I, - PRICES FRIDAY, SATURDAY, THROUGH TUESDAY The Original Yellow Front Drug PrescriDtlons Accurately Filled Sole Agent Penslar Remedie and Candy Special Store in Salem 1899 1940 in Marion County Store Honrs Week Days 7:80 A.M.-0:00 PM. Sat. T:80 AM. 9:40 P.M. Sun. 9:00 A.aL - 0:00 PM. Holidays 9:00 A.M. P.M. 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The red army was reported to have dug Itself in behind heavy fortifications, while bombing planes attempted to drop provi sions from the air. Other Nations Reported Asking Tank Quotations The Finnish communique said the Finns routed an enemy com pany northeast of Lake Ladoga yesterday killing 70 Russians and capturing two tanks. Finnish dispatches reported certain foreign governments had asked for price quotations on cap tured Russian tanks. Foreign gen eral staffs were said to be Inter eated In dissecting the soviet pro ducts to see what new develop ments they might contain. Military observers estimated that the Finns have captured or destroyed 600 Russian tanks since the war started. Finnish airplanes carried out bombing raids on enemy columns and concentration sites yesterday and shot down one Russian plane, the communique reported. Bennett Charges Rose Gty Gaming PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 17-idP)- cny commissioner J. E. Bennett charged today that between 35 and 50 gambling establishments were being openly operated in the downtown district. Bennett, in a letter to Lieut. John Schum, vice squad head, said he visited most of the places Tues day night but was recognized and denied admittance. A lottery establishment was operating within two blocks of police headquarters, the commis sioner charged. The night Bennett was investi gating, police arrested 29 persons on charges of visiting gambling resorts. Bennett described the places as "colleges of crime" and said "they must be eliminated." 30 Cars Ptfe Up On Icy Highway PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 17. -iff) -Nearly 30 cars piled up on the icy Denver avenue fill, near the Interstate bridge, during today's early fog. Sergeant Harry Dia mond of the Vancouver, Wash., police said. Diamond reported several cars skidded Into a guard rail and that many more plowed Into them. No body was seriously Injured, he said. WPA Approval for Keizer Is Given Senator Charles McNary was advised yesterday that the WPA had authorized $33,200 for an additional unit and ground im provement at Keizer school. Four classrooms and an audi torium are to be Included In the new unit. The school building is about 80 per cent completed. The Greatest Remedy on Earth Tor the Relief of Poison Oak Heed's Poison Oak Lotion 50c and $1.00 Only at Schaefer's 8top the Nafgint; Pain of Corns by Using Schaefer's Corn Remedy ,25c .50c -25c ,50c .27e .39c No Relief 25c N. R. Tablets . 75c Bayer Aspirin 60c Bromo-Seltzer Kotez 5s 50c Anadn 30's , 18 Ex-Lax 24 Regnlax ddltloo ...in thm News WASHINGTON, Jan. lT.-flV A request for a wedding cere mony or a silk dress was received by Senator Holt (D-WVa) today from a Napa, Calif., girl. In a "leap year letter" to the 14-year-old bachelor, she said: "I might remind yon that when a girl asks a man to marry her he has the right to refuse, bnt. In such a ease he Is obliged to bay her a silk dress. "May I aak you an all-Important question: Will yon marry met "If yon refuse, I wear a size 18. Holt said the answer to both requests would be "no." CHICAGO, Jan. 17.-!p-Man is a dog's best friend, too. Two coast guardsmen, Carl Howell and James Lockhart, waded ont In frigid water that reached their shoulders in Lake Michigan today to rescue a dog struggling feebly to climb on a small piece of Ice about ISO feet from shore. UNIONTOWN, Pa., Jan. 17.-(Jpy-At the height of the wind storm that lashed this area last Sunday, a daughter was born to Mrs. H. D. McMillin. Naming the child was easy. The McMllllns called her Wendle Dae. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Jan. 16.-ff) Because coffee is scarce In Italy, Joe Fopplano, Jr., sent ten pounds to his father, who likes the bev erage but not that welL It cost: Two dollars and forty-five cents for the coffee, $2.31 for shipping and $12.50 duty paid after It reached Italy. Thanks, wrote papa, "bat please don't send any more." BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 17. -P)-Vernon Howell, noticing his old schoolhouse was being torn down, recalled the silver dollar he lost 20 years ago. It had rolled from his fingers behind a classroom baseboard and, after school, he and his schoolmates spent fruitless hours down on their stomachs probing for the dollar with rulers and bent wires. Now 20 years later, Howell dodged through debris of his old classroom, fished behind the rip- CAPITOL Their arrangement with one of the largest financial institutions in America to finance the new 15 Year - 95 Appraisal WBA 1MSS NOW! ... comes fhm lded loan for fhosn who do not wish to expend more than $&500 in their new home construc tion. This new loan includes all famous FJLA. services such as low interest rate Gorerament supervision of aU construction and many other outstanding features Mr. John R. 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Mutl declared there was no change in Premier Mussolini's "anti-democratic, anti-bolshevik, anti-bourgeois'' policy in words which authoritative fascists inter preted as meaning Italy would follow her own course independ ently of other powers. Some attributed rejection of "international sympathy" to the Italian belief that Britain and France "would not hesitate to ac cept the Soviets as collaborators in formation of a better world' If that could be made to coincide with British-French aims and dominance." This view was ex pressed In La Tribuna by Umberto Guglielmotti. Italy is bitterly anti-Soviet. The newspaper Awenire quot ed Soviet radio stations as saying Italy was "World Enemy No. 1," and defying Italy to halt the march of the Soviet armies. The newspaper said the radio's statement was occasioned by "the success of Rome's plans" to com bat bolshevism in the Balkans and "concrete aid which is being sent from Rome by land and sea to Finland." 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