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Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, January 21, 1940
Price 3c; Nesrsslanda Se
No. 258
Era sie Ear . .
-Paul flausers Column
Cliff Parker, the State street
port merchant, was U1 and en
able to be at his sportery during
most of Decern- p
ber, bat came
the new year
and Cliff re
ported on the
lob bale and
hearty. Yester
day came to Cliff
from the Vets ot
Foreign Wars a
bouquet of flow
ers and a a o t e
wishing" him an
early ' convales
cence. PU H. Haaaat, Jr.
pta McCaff err. the Softball
eatcher and fireman, has had an
aiMitton to his family and has
MiMd.ant over 100 cigars. Hear
hir nf the clear largesse, Pete
riearr of the city treasurer's of
fice started on a dash for the ad
Jolninr fire hall. Just as he
tarti a fire alarm clanged out
and Pete and his fireball friends
went sidening off to a cnimney
fire. Gloomily Pete returned to
iha cltv's cash boxes. "Saved oy
the bell," quoth be.
One of oar statehouse scouts
reports that Frank Davis, new
deputy public utilities commis
sioner, whose aim is to make
the Pre efficient, modern and
np-to-the-second is, in private
life, a collector of . . . fossils.
FOR 8HAMK, BUTCH
Butch, the Mayor of State
Street, has fallen from his former
glory. It la reliably reported io
us. Time was when Butch hawked
papers with vigor and a fine Ori
ental disregard ior esiaonsuBu
nrlce. And never, no, not ever.
were the papers today's papers
Venterdav's naDers. if you were
lucky, but more likely last
week's or last month's papers.
And now the sad news is out.
Butch, the mighty, hath fallen.
He has lately been observed sell
ing today's papers. And at es
tablished prices, too.
POPULAR SAYINGS
Of Unpopular People
TELEPHONE OPERATOR
When do you expect him in?
Where can he be reached? Will
you have him call Operator 109
when he comes in. (This is re
peated every ten minutes until
you throw the phone out the win
dow.) . .
USHERETTE: The best choice
of seats )s in the balcony. Stair
way tdl yotfr left, please. "
STENOGRAPHER HOW do
you spell that last word?
RADIO ANNOUNCER Due to
transmission difficulties the pro
gram has been interrupted. We
take you to our studio where you
will hear the Idlewind Trio.
DENTIST Well, well, here's
another cavity I didn't see before.
GARAGE MECHANIC The
parts come to 30 cents. With the
labor that makes $9.85.
The Lions club show for the
benefit of blind children is over
and dene with, but still on the
docket is the story of the local
merchant, whose business hadn't
been any too thriving, who was
approached to put an ad in the
program for the event. "Well,
111 buy an ad," said the mer
chant, reaching into the till,
'But I tell you you're robbing
the poor to help the blind."
Local Lad Hurt,
Fall From Train
Elmer Cutsinger, 16, 1085
North 17 th street, received a
broken arm when he tumbled
from a rapidly moving freight
train sear 12 th and State streets
yesterday. He was taken to the
Deaconess hospital.
His companion, Sterling Cronn,
15. 305 South 18th street, who
followed Cutsinger off the south
bound freight, was treated at the
city first aid station for a deep
head ent and 'abrasions.
The two boys, Cronn said, rode
the "blinds" on a passenger train
to Portland yesterday morning
and were returning to Salem on
the freight
Expert Flax Weaver to
Be Assigned to Mt. Angel
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-JP)
Ait expert flax weaver from Ire
land, who has been inspecting
the Willamette valley, will be as
signed to the Mount Angel com
munity to advise the flax indus
try on ;. machinery and weaving
methods. Senator McNary (R
Ore) reported today.
Earl Long Emulates Brother,
Calls Solons to Aid Campaign
BATON ROUGE, La., Jan. 20.
4P)-Governor Earl K. Long
called the Louisiana legislature
into special session today and
presented, members with the task
pf enacting 20 legislative propos
als Into law within six days, In
order that . he might renew his
campaign for reelection In a run
off primary against a "reform"
candidate, Sam H. Jones.
Convened Into joint session at
t p. m., the house and senate
heard the governor express be
lief that he already had been
reelected.
Referring to last Tuesday's
democratic primary. Long said
that "anyone who came through
State Honors
Arranged for
Senator Bor
Solemn Rites to B
in Senate's Chr
Monday Mor
-4?
Ob O
o o
"LionV Deau alked
Plan to Protest US
Mail Censorship
WASHINGTON, Jan. t0.-P)-
The Grieving senate arranged to
day for a state funeral for' Wil
liam E. Borah.
The service at 9:38 p. m
(PST) Monday will be attended
by President Roosevelt, members
of his cabinet, justices of the su
premo court, members of the
house, and foreign diplomats. The
Rev. Ze Barney Phillips, senate
chaplain, will conduct it.
Senators sat with bowed heads
when Vice-President Garner put
before it a resolution to hold state
ceremonies for the 74-year old
Idaboan who died last night in his
33rd year of senate service. Gar
ner did not bang his gavel, as he
customarily does when declaring
a measure approved.
Borah passed away after a four-
day illness. He was stricken with
cerebrial hemorrhage Tuesday and
was conscious thereafter only at
intervals. Death came to him at
8:45 p.m. (EST) as he lay In a
profound coma.
Senate Meets Briefly
To Authorize Rites
The senate, meeting for only
five minutes, heard Senator Clark
(D-Idaho) anuounce formally that
Borah was dead and declare that
the country felt a "profound sense
of futility" at his passing.
Then the chamber adopted the
resolution expressing "profound
sorrow and deep regret" over Bor
ah's death, providing for the state
funeral in the senate chamber and
authorizing Garner to appoint ten
senators to escort the body to
Boise. Idaho, where a service for
Borah will be held in the Rotun
da of the Idaho capitol on Thurs
day. Burial will be in a Boise
cemetery.
Expressions of sorrow over Bor
ah's death came from all the na
tion and from many foreign coun
tries. - Borah, former chairman and
ranking minority member of the
senate foreign relations commit
tee, was the senate's dean in point
of service.
Promised Newsman Story
on Impending Protest
The day before he was stricken,
Borah told Lloyd Lehrbas, an As
sociated Press staff writer, that
he was preparing a speech protest
ing British interference with
American mails.
Over the luncheon table, Borah
declared that he did not like "this
idea of the British holding up the
United States mail, and I'm going
to talk about it in the senate."
He suggested that Lehrbas see
him again on Tuesday, but the
Lion of Idaho" never returned to
the capitol.
There was universal grief in
Idaho, and little immediate specu
lation over who might be appoint
ed to succeed Borah until next
January, when a man elected in
tbis year's election will take his
seat.
Those mentioned included Gov
ernor c. A. Bottolfsen, Chief Jus
tice Jam's A. Ailshie of the state
supreme court, Mrs. Borah, Don
ald A. Callahan, unsuccessful re
publican nominee in 1938 and
Thomas Heath, a state senator.
BOISE, Idaho, Jan. 20.-vP)-A
statehouse funeral, with military
honors, will mark Idaho's last
homage to Its most respected citi
zen.
Glen Balch, military aide to
Governor C. A. Bottolfsen, an
nounced today that services for
William E. Borah, the state's vet
eran republican senator, would be
held in the great hall of the cap
itol here next Thursday at 2 p.m.
(Pacific standard time).
A funeral train, bringing the
senator's body home from the na
tional capital, will reach Boise
Thursday morning, Balch said.
A military guard of honor, som-
posed of Idaho national guard of
ficers, will board the train as it
enters Idaho, and a military es
cort will accompany the body from
the station here to the capitol,
where the guard will be resumed
as the body lies in state under the
rotunda.
Governor Bottolfsen appointed
justices of tbe Idaho supreme
court and elective state officials
as honorary pallbearers. Mrs. Bor
ah, the senator's widow, will
choose the active pallbearers.
an election with a 75,000 lead
ought to be considered elected."
Long received 220,000 of the
538,000 votes cast.
Before the roll call ended to
day administration members had
dumped into the hoppers 20 bills
which Long previously said must
be disposed of In a six-day ses
sion. The runoff primary election has
been set for February 20.
In calling the special session
Long followed closely the methods
of his brother, the late "Kingfish"
Huey P. Long, who built the or
nate state bouse where tbe legis
lature convened and where Huey
was "hot In September, 1935.
'Small Employer
Jobless Hope9
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JAMES ROOSEVELT
FR's Son Advises
Employment Study
Tells Portland Audience
Four Million Smaller
Companies Needed
PORTLAND, Jan. 20.-(P)-James
Roosevelt, eldest son of
the president, urged careful ex
amination of every suggestion by
responsible persons for tbe solu
tion of the unemployment prob
lem, in an address here tonight.
Speaking at a banquet honor
ing T. R. Gamble, Portland
theatre manager, selected as the
city's "first Junior citizen for
1939," Roosevelt declared "some
of us are frankly worried when
we note that only a few weeks
ago the industrial activity of the
United States reached an all
time record yet such activity
produced comparatively few addi
tional jobs."
He asked tolerant and sympa
thetic examination of "even the
wildest suggestion offered by re
sponsible persons." He said he
would suggest that the only real
hope fc. absorbing the many mil
lions of unemployed lies In the
direction not of our bigger In
dustries and greater businesses.
but in the direction of the four
million smaller business men and
companies."
He declared that monopoly
whether in business, finance or
labor, "tends to kill competition,
and both the rugged individual
ist and the new dealer will.
think, admit that competition has
produced most of the advances
in our standard of living."
3 Oregonians Die
In Fire, Mishaps
PORTLAND, Jan. 2 O-UFV-VIo-
lent deaths claimed three Oregon
residents today in a logging acci
dent, a fire and an automobile
collision.
James Kotera, 40, Hillsboro,
was crushed to death by a log
near his Chehalem mountain
farm.
Mrs. Perry Strong, 60, of Tual
atin, bled to death following an
automobile collision two miles
fouth of Tigard. Her husband suf
fered minor injuries.
Flames which spread from a
small heating stove Ignited the
clothing of Mrs. Jennie A. Mur
phy, about 80. at her home in
Portland, burning her to death.
A neighbor found the body be
side the kitchen sink where she
apparently had attempted to
reach a water faucet.
Desk LaFollette's
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-P)-
The senate chamber desk which
Senator Borah (R. Idaho) used
from March 4, 1917, until his
fatal illness will go to Senator
LaFollette (pro.. Wis.) by right
of seniority, if LaFollette chooses
to move there.
SOVIETS RETREAT IN COLD
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Muto, Aa tbe photo was berngtrsnsmitted, Helsinki reported January
northern Sala front were in full retreat in knife-Like cold, while a new Russian force advanced to pro- I Oregon Trail pageant and cele
tect tbe retreat from relentless Finn ski troops. bratiop, every three years.
15 Offices Go
On Ballot for
Gty Election
Longest Roster In Recen
Years to Face Salem
Voters in May
Drastic Changes in Form
of Salem Government
May Be Proposed
Br PAUL H. HAUSER. Jr.
It's a long way until May, but
the political bug has already be
gun to crawl, out of his chrysalis
to look over a city ballot that will
be the largest in a number of
years when the primary election
rolls around May 17.
Salem voters will have 15 city
officers to elect as well aa voting
on a possible charter revision pro
viding drastic changes in the
city's governmental system.
Nine Aldermen
Mil it Face Electorate
Besides a mayor, a city record
er and a city treasurer the voters
will have to elect nine councllmen
and three water commissioners.
Mayor W. W. Chadwick has not
yet indicated whether he will be a
candidate for reelection and tbe
majority of the nine councilmen
who must go to the polls have not
decided yet whether to seek office
again.
Mentioned also as possible can
didates for mayor have been Tom
Hill, Capitol street confectioner,
and Alderman David O'Hara.
Only five councilmen are hold
overs who will not have to go on
the ballot to retain their seats
They are E. B. - Perrine, first
ward; Frank P. Marshall, second
ward; Arthur O. Davison, fourth
ward; David O'Hara, fifth ward
and Glenn Gregg, sixth ward.
Nicholson Not
Inclined to Run
Only James H. Nicholson, Of
those filling posts which come up
at the primaries, has Indicated
that he will not be a candidate.
Nicholson, however, said later
events might cause him to change
his mind. He represents the first
ward.
Those who must run for re-elec
tion to retain their council sea;
include the thie members ap
pointed iv the council during the
year to fill vacancies. They are
Chandler P. Brdwn and Harold
"M. OHnger of the third ward and
Bert Ford of the seventh ward
Others are: Dr. S. B. Laughlln,
second ward; Mrs. G. F. Lobdell.
fourth ward; Ross Goodman
fifth ward, and D. O. Lear, sixth
ward.
Water commissioners who mnst
go to the polls are Chairman I. M
Doughton, D. O. A. Olson and
E. B. Grabenhorst.
Weather Man Says
Warmth Is Coming
Higher Temperatures Are
Expected to Cut Down
Moisture Content
PORTLAND, Jan. 20 .p)-01d
Man Oregon, shivering for days in
the most prolonged cold of the
winter, can shuck off some of his
wrappings tomorrow.
The weather bureau promised
that somewhat higher tempera
tures in the southwest portion
would move Into the northwest
section Sunday. Increasing south
erly winds will blow off the coast.
Weather will be unsettled Sun
day, however, with occasional
snow flurries in the east and rains
in the west portion, augmented by
snows in the mountains.
Ice and packed snow made trav
el slow in mountainous regions to
day but all major Oregon high
ways remained open. Eastern Ore
gon was most seriously affected
by a half-Inch of fine, moist snow
which froze on roads during the
night.
The day's minimum temper
atures, some of them taken at air
ports, Included Baker 18 degrees,
Bend 14, Burns 14, Eugene 32,
Grants Pass 3 4. Hood River 26,
Lakevlew 28, Medford 30, New
port 39. North Bend 40, Pendle
ton 23, Portland 33, Roseburg 33,
Siskiyou summit 31.
y r u f
'Join Us or You Fall' Warning
Handed Neutrals by Ghur chill
Russ Threaten
Formal Order,
War on Finns
Assert Weapons "Stolen
From Red Army After
Division's Rout
Soviet Bombers at Same
Time Punish Turku,
Sonthwest Port
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 21.-(Sun-
day)-(jiP) An announcer on the
Moscow wave-length broadcast a
threat In the Finnish language
early today that Russia would
declare war on the Finns unless
they returned weapons "stolen"
from red army troops at Suomus-
salml.
The "stolen" weapons appar
ently were Runs and tanks cap
tured by the Finns after - the
alleged destruction of the red
army's 163rd and 44th divisions.
The Russian Invasion was
launched without a formal decla
ration of war.
HELSINKI, Jan. 20.-iiP)-Fleets
of soviet Russian bombers roared
over southern Finland today in
punishing raids extending as far
as the strategic southwestern
port of Turku.
No bombs were dropped on
Helsinki, although air raid alarms
screamed four times during the
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Lone Cavalryman
Bags Tank, Crew
Solo Feat Staged in Mock
War; Take's Lieutenant
to "Prison Camp"
MONTEREY. Calif.. Jan. 20-
(yP)-If the invaders who landed
near here yesterday ever expect
to complete a make-believe ad
vance on San Francisco, they bet
ter put a certain defense cavalry
man out of action.
Wandering all alone near the
enemy front lines today, he sur
prised a 10-ton truck and cap
tured its crew. From a nearby
pay station, the unidentified cap
tor telephoned headquarters and
asked what he should do with the
tank.
"Sit on it," headquarters ad
vised, "and grab anything else
you can."
Umpires were promptly dis
patched to settle matters so no
body would get hurt. When they
arrived, the cavalryman had add
ed an enemy staff car, a lieuten
ant and , three Invading privates
to his personal war loot.
The umpires decided he would
have to give back the tank it,
was kind of bulky but they let
him escort the staff car, the lieu
tenant and the privates to a
prison camp. r?
Tonight, the cavalryman still
urked about his private battle
field under orders from his troop
commander to stick around and
seo what else .you can pick up.'
Second Million
Pledged to Finns
NEW YORK, Jan. Z0-6P)-Her
bert Hoover announced tonight
that a score of United States in
dustrial leaders had pledged
themselves to raise a second II.-
00,000 for Finnish civilian re
lief.
The money will go to the Finn-
sh Relief Fund, Inc. The former
president, who heads tbe organ
ization, said the fnnd already has
raised Its first $1,000,000 of
which $600,000 already has been
sent to Finland.
WEATHER
Vir
shows Arthur Menken. New York
. n
nnna ls i smpriQMB r rail i
10. that 40.000 Soviets on tbe
5
Britain Flatly Turns
US Mail Protest Down
Reiterates Right of Removal, Censorship Because
"Organized Traffic in Contraband' Held
Evident; Washington Silent
LONDON, Jan. 20. (AP) Flatly rejecting; the United
States' protest against the removal of American mail for cen
sorship from British, United States and other neutral ships,
the British government tonight said there was "clear evi
dence of the existence of an organized traffic in contraband
on a considerable scale between German sympathizers in the
Michigan rnson
Riot Is Quelled
Dining Hall Demolished in
Protest Over Supper;
Leaders Caught
IONIA, Mich.. Jan. 20-(A)-A
general riot of 14 00 Inmates at
Michigan reformatory broke out
late today and hastily reinforced
guards armed with rifles and tear
gas bombs battled prisoners for
ntarlv an hour before it was
brought under control.
Deputy Warden Edward C
Good, in charge of tbe prison
said 60 shots were fired during
the uprising but that no one was
struck.
The riot broke out in the pris
on rotunda, central lniet to tne
cell blocks, while 1000 of tbe
inmates were returning from the
dining hall. One of the Inmates
complained about the prison sup
per, Good said, and hundreds of
others took up the protest.
The rioting spread to the pris
on baseball field, inMde the walls,
and to the dining htf,' he de
clared. Several Inmates attempted
to scale the walls, be said, but
none was successful.
Dining hall and kitchens were
reported virtually demolished.
Windows were broken and plumb
ing damaged.
A detachment of 45 state troop
ers under Capt. Laurence A. Lyon
assisted prison guards and coun
ty authorities. After a search,
Good announced that 35 Inmates
were found hiding inside prison
walls and that they were re
turned to their cells.
Good named three men tonight
as "ringleaders" and placed them
in solitary confinement,
Senate Croup Lops
Off Huge Amount
WASHINGTON, Jan. l0-m-
Outdoing the house In eirorts to
economize, the senate appropria
tions committee today lopped
$12,788,664 off a deficiency bill
being hurried through congress to
meet the cost of President Roose
velt's emergency expansion of the
nation's armed forces.
Approving total expenditures of
$251,822,588, the senate group
gave notice that economy was to
be its watchword in consideration
of the regular appropriations
measures.
First of these larger bills to
reach the committee was the
house - approved $1,100,187,000
independent offices supply meas
ure, on which the group will go
to work next week. Some mem
bers predicted that the senate
committee not only would up
hold the house action In refusing
fuDds for three Roosevelt-created
agencies, but would make fur
ther cuts In funds for other agen
cies.
Portland IWA Local to
Ask John L. Letcis for
Probe of Recent Vote
PORTLAND, Jan. 20.-(P)-Portland
local No. 3 of the Inter
national Woodworkers of Amer
ica announced today it had asked
John L. Lewis, head of the CIO.
to investigate "the recent IWA
election and the whole IWA situa
tion." The anion's publicity com
mittee, with one member not sign
ing. Issued a statement that a
resolution by the Columbia river
district council to withhold per
capita taxes from the IWA pend
ing a new election had been
tabled without further action.
Eugene Considers Plea
For Right-of-Way for
Salem Centennial Fete
EUGENE. Jan. lS.-6iPV-Amon
the problems which will confront
the members of the Oregon Trail
Pageant association's board of
directors Monday night will be
a request of the governor and
the city of Salem for Eugene to
postpone its celebration.
State capital officials, planning
a centennial for summer months.
fears the two major events would
conflict. Dates for the Iocsl pio
neer holidays have been tenta
Uvely set for July 25, 26 and
27. Ordlnarllv Eunma ha.
Its
O United States and Germany
I thrrkfiK Ih. moll "
The rejection, made in a lengthy
note, contended that the situation
regarding such contraband traffic
Is Identic with that of 1916. It
referred to an aide memoire
transmitted to United States au
thorities on November 23 of last
year citing proof of such traffic,
and added: "An article in a news
paper published in German in tbe
United States," transmitted at tbe
same time, "showed that an or
ganization existed in United
States territory for the purpose of
facilitating this traffic."
The British rejection of the
United States protest was based
on the contention that a belliger
ent has the right under Interna
tional law to assure itself that
ocean-going mall bags and tbeir
contents do not contain contra
band. It was the second time within a
week that tbe British had turned
down a suggestion from across the
Atlantic that Britain was infring
ing American rights.
WASHINGTON, Jan. i0.-(JP)-The
British foreign office's publi
cation of ite note rejecting this
government's protests against
censorship of American mails
brought no comment tonight from
the state department.
Pope Wishes FDR
Peace Greetings
Appointment ol Taylor Is
Hailed in Vatican
aa Peace Move
WASHINGTON, Jan. tO.-UPl-
Haiiing with ' grateful Joys Pres
ldent Kooseveit s efforts to pro
mote peace. Pope Plus XII wrote
him today that the friends of
peace had little chance for success
"so long as the present state of
opposing forces remains essential
ly unchanged."
Replying to the president's
Christmas message of December
23 suggesting a "personal repre
sentative" be sent to the Vatican
to assist "our parallel endeavors
for peace and ftfe alleviation of
suffering," the pope said he would
find a "special satisfaction" in re
ceiving Myron C. Taylor, the peace
ambassador without portfolio.
Taylor, former chairman of
United States Steel and Interna
tional refugee committee director.
Is expected to sail soon for his
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What? Only Two
Hours to Design
Pair of Gavels?
Purchasing a gavel for the
hearing room of the state tlli
tle commission here is at
rious problem.
Onnond R. Beaa, state utili
ties commissioner, Friday la
formed Frank Davis, bis cbief
deputy that m new gavel was
required.
Davis summoned a veteraa
of the commission's engineer
ing staff and directed that
blueprints and specification of
two gavels be prepared. Tbis
work required two boors.
The blueprints, together with
the specifications, will be
placed before the board of con
trol which considers all state
pare bases.
Truck Crops Are Menaced by
Cold Wave in Southern Slates
(By The Associated Press)
Wintry weather menaced multi-
million dollar fruit and vegetable
crops In tbe deep south yester
day. Cold waves barged Into the
southeast and southwest while
the Icy north expected little re
lief and the list of deaths attrib
uted to week of frigidity length
ened to Include 141 rictlms In 27
states.
Sub-freexing conditions extend
ed far into the rich Florida citrus
belt. No damage was reported
bnt growers prepared for another
night of tending smudge pots
when the weather bureau forecast
not much change in temperature
except slightly colder on the
south coast,"
Minimum readings included 16
above in Pensacola, Fla., 21 In
Jacksonville and 49 in Miami. A
low of seven above was reported
in
Atlanta. In Alabama, where i
the mercury dropped to two above
)
War's Spread
Feared, Fiery
Lord Declares
Savs any British . French'
Peace Would Result in
States Division
Little Fellows Urged to
Accept Protection of
English Convoys
LONDON, Jan. 20-OD-Europe'S
fear-ridden neutral nations were
urged tonight bv sharp tongud
Winston Churchill to join Drltala
and France in "united action" to
speed the war against nail Ger
many to an end. and warned grim
ly that otherwise the flames of
conflict would envelop them.
Asserting that the small state
are the "victims upon whom Hit
ler's hate and nplte detwenri," the
first lord of the admiralty de
clared In a radio broadcast which
reached all the neutrals and was
relayed In the United Btates:
"They (the neutrals) comfort
themselves that the allies villi
win. Each one hopes that the
storm will pass before his turn
comes to be devoured. Bat I great
ly fear that the storm will not
pass. It will rage and It will roar
even more loudly, even more
widely. It will spread to the south.
It will spread to the north.
"There is no chance of a speiy
end except through united ac
tion. ..."
PoMftlbllltleM of "Shameful
Peace Cited
If at any time France and Brit
aln. "wearying of the struggM.
were to make a shameful peace.'V
Churchill adaed. ''nothing wou't4
remain for the smaller states Ot
Europe with their Shipping aaV
possessions but to be divided be
tween opposite, though "similar,"
barbarisms of natldem and Bol
shevism." Then he asked:
"What would happen If all the
neutral nations I have mentioned
and some others I have not men
tioned were to do their duty la
accordance with the covenant of
tbe League of Nations and stand
with the French and DrliUa
against the aggressor?"
For themselves, Churchill sall.
the allies were not concerned over
the eventual outcome.
Never before, In any naval war,
Churchill declared, "have thing
gone so well with us."
"Liberty" Only Ifcue
Halifax Contends
Churchill spoke a short time
after Lord Halifax, British for
eign secretary, had aaserted s
broadcast address at Leeds that
the war Issues was "tbe liberty
and Independence of our own,.-,
country and commonwealth and '
of all European states."
Halifax said Germany had kt
ber "only chance" of winning the
war by failing to launch a whole
sale offensive.
Churchill declared Britain Hi
"more confident day by day of or
ability to police the seas sad
oceans and to keep open and art-
lye the waterways by which we
live and along which we shall
draw the means of victory.
It seems pretty certain to
night," he said, "that half the 0
boats with which Germany began
the war have been sunk and that
their new building has fallea far
behind what we expected."
Bluntly he told Europe's small
neutral states, however, that
only with the British and French.
convoys is safety to be found" aad
declared: "Neutral ships art be
ing sunk without mercy."
The Netherlands, Belgium and
other neutrals have refused Brit
ish convoys for their shipping.
Finland's Valor
Held "Sublime" ,
Praising Finland, "sublime in
the jaws of peril," for showlae-
by example "what free men can
do," Churchill said:
The service rendered by Fla-
land to mankind Is magnificent.
There, exposed for all tbe world
to see. Is the military Incapacity
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In Florence snd eight above tm
Birmingham, Charles J, Brock
way, county farm agent at afoMle,
estimated damage to the cabbage
crop alone at more than 115,000.
Cold, snow and sleet moved to
ward tbe f 100.000.001) citrus
fruit belt in the Rio Grande val
ley of Texas. Thousands of
smudge fires were arranged to
wsrd off the chill of an expected
siege of 27-degree weather. Gov
ernment agriculturists opined
such severity would be ruinous.
Continued cold wss predicted
for most of the states In the east
and midwest although some mod
eration was In sight. J Subzero
readings were general in tbe
northern section of New England
but a measure of relief was la
prospect. Greenville, Me., with
-20. established the nation's
nadir. i
PanimlMnla ti m r rtt nm tcr t
rote slightly after sinking as far
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. i .