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ar m r - , . . .4. . First In Pictures ' ; Two world-wide' picture services aad The Statesman's Own staff photographer make : this newspaper leader la. the field of Ulns trated news. ."Weather -' --" Cloady today; r 1 a to" might and tomorrow now ' flarriee a ear mountains. temp. Tuesday, 5 ! 44-South wind. Raia vV0 .Oft inch. River 8 t eeW Fof NftZTTIETH YEAH Salem, Oregon, Wexlaeaday Morning, December 4. 1840 Price) 8a Kewailunda So Ha. 215 to e vs. w -1 W IB PsuNbne 1631 ..; . '"-,f";j .E(dMii British ia Hue Paul Bauser9s Column Now that the Christmas season Is winging ever closer we suppose It is only poetic justice or some thing that eski moa and other denizens of the north pole re- gfons, Including one S. C 1 a u s. should be pearing news. There repon iub oiuer , day about a Fa- ' ther Stephen Ba- I '' A. A. 1- sin, an missionary has lost about worn himself out . ral H- Haasar. . trying to explain to his parishion ers that there's a war on between England and Germany. Although his parishioners are nominally subjects of the British Crown, they just won't believe It. They can't reports Father Ba sin, Imagine people becoming an gry enough to fight. The other Eskimo report we have on tap doesn't coma from the north pole or anywhere near It. Comes from Dubuque, Iowa, as a matter of fact, and right there in Dubuaue there was an Eskimo baby born. The Eskimo baby might have preferred being born inside the ' Arctic circle, bat It had little choice in the matter since Papa and Mama Eskimo are students at a Dubuque university at present 1 The overseas cables also report that - policemen in Milan, Italy, have been equipped with red tail . 4JhU. an Jdea which might well be applied W thsr Italian army. 1 When that strange genius Wil liam Saroyan was first trying to break Into pint he sent stories to Story Magazine at the rate of one a day. When the editors of Story, amazed by such prodigious pro duction, finally waded into the massed pile of manuscripts they realized they were face , to face with a literary phenomenon. They Immediately Nrlreds yan to tell him h6 w Wfch thvy his work. Back fm Earoyao came, a tele graiflTfe - "What do yon mean sending me a telegram?" the wire said. "Don't yon know I'm not sup posed to receive telegrams? I de liver them." Saroyan was working at the time as a Postal Telegraph mes senger. Ita only 18 more shopping days to Christmas and only 28 more lea pins; days antll 1041, which ain't leap year. Pupils With Colds Stay Home, Advice A request that children with colds, especially it they come from a distance, not be sent to school was made last night by Dr. V. A. Douglas, Marlon county health physician, following the report that absences due to colds in Sa lem schools had increased yester day. A special nurse will be added to the county staff this morning to care for duties necessitated by the epidemic, which kept over 300 senior high school students from their classes. Fifteen teachers In the system were absent yesterday, and whooping cough was reported to have hit several In Englewood primary elasses. Rest in bed was advised for the treatment of colds by Dr. Douglas. Anyone who has Influenza should remain In bed for a Tew days af ter the sickness has left, he said. Laborer $ Union Strikes Against Pipe Company PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. Z-VPy-The General Laborers union went on strike today against the Collins Concrete A Steel Pipe company, which was working on a $18,000 order for hollers for Camp Mur ray. The ; anion asked a wage In crease from 12 to 75 lents an hoar. . aW" aP- It T'K1 la theV -T y was ar T',v .il t "N. a , I a Arctic I r I , who I 6K, ' VTMft CMttaws SmIs ke f I' Near PoJa Edda Sea Losses Are Heavy More Albanian Terrain Seized From Italians At Least 18 Vessels Go Down but World War Rate not Reached Christmas Truce Sought by Pope but Warring Nations Doubtful (By The Associated Press) Greek troops have hammered their way to within a mile and a quarter of Porto Edda, Italy's southern Albanian sea base, a Greek government spokesman said today. The town was named for Premier Mussolini's daughter, the wife of the foreign minister, Count Ciano. Despite stubborn Italian resist ance at some points, Mussolini's troops still were retreating all along the 100-mlle-front, he said. One "choice" fascist company was decimated and the others captured in the central sector, he added, and the Greek high com mand claimed the capture of new heights around Pogradetz, the northern gateway leading to El basanl, 45 miles away. The latter mid-Albanian base city Is only about 20 miles from Tirana, from which King Zog fled more than a year ago ahead of the invading Italians. Britain strove to offset the "serious menace" of nasi subma riae warfare on7 her shipping amid these announced successes of her little Mediterranean ally. Destruction Greatest Of War, Is Claim Adolf Hitler's high command claimed last night that nazl u-boats inflicted the greatest wholesale destruction on British shipping in the war at least 18 vessels torpedoed and sunk in a single- day. Yet the nasi undersea raiders have still to attain the ferocity of (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Two Unions Agree, End Coast Strike SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. Z-(JPh- Agreements were reached today between the shipowners and ne gotiators for the two remaining unsatisfied unions in the two- months-old coastal steam schooner strike. To end the tleup, it is now necessary only that the settlement plan be ratified by membership of one union, the AFL Masters, Mates and Pilots. Captain C. F. May, head of the Masters, Mates and Pilots ne gotiating committee, said the union membership would hold meetings in west coast ports at 1 p. m. tomorrow to vote on the agreement his committee reached today with shipowners. Earlier, Harry Lundeberg, head of the sailors union, announced the sailors had come to an agree ment with employers. Siam Intensifies Border Fighting HONGKONG. Dec. 4-(Wednes-day)-(jp) Domei, Japanese news agency, said today In a dispatch from Hanoi, French Indo-China: "The French authorities report ed the most severe retaliation was taking place In the entire Mekong river valley, which is regarded by observers as a clear Indication of 4 increasingly widespread fighting by land and air along the frontier" (of Thailand). Severe Cold Wave Extends Eastward but LA Swelters (By The Associated Press) awift and severe cold wave whisked across the midwest and Into the east yesterday while low temperature records for the date were shattered at many points. Readings plunged to -IS in Pig con Falls.. -14 In Whitehall, Wis.. -29 tn Rochester. Minn., and -28 la EU Clood, Minn, -. Quick, and general relief was in prospect In the midwest bat the eastward movement of the mass of frigid air presaged colder wea ther along the north AUanuc sea. hoard, r - - -V ; t: ' v.-, , ' Many communities la the tier et northern states from Lake Michi gan to New York' were burdened by heavy snow. .Western ana cen tral Michigan measured a 11 to It Inch fall. Jamestown. NT. baa 20 inches in 24 hoars. It was a Theft of Army Payroll Nipped V : u "UK,, Smashing an amazing plot to seize a S40O,00O army payroll at fort Ord near Salinas, Calif., under cover of machine guns, Los An geles police arrested James L. Allegrettl, described by police as "key man" in the daring plan, Allegrettl is wanted In Chi. rago for complicity in the near fatal shooting of a Chicago Trlbane payroll guard and theft of a 10,000 cash last July, police said. Dispute Indicated Over House Seats Manner of Reapportioning Automatic ; Different Procedure Urged WASHINGTON, Dec. i-yf)-A congressional dispute over which of two formulas shall be used to apportion seats in the house was indicated today following the publication of the new 1940 cen sus figures. These figures revealed that un der present law ten states, largely fn the east and the Mississippi valley, stand to lose a member each, with that number of seats added to the delegations of eight states, mostly in the west and south. California would gain three, and one each would be added to Arizona, Florida, Michigan, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon and Tennessee. The states which would lose a seat each are Ar kansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma and Pennsyl vania. The present reapportionment law works automatically. Unless congress enacts legislation to the contrary the revision will take ef fect technically In March, but ac tually not until the new congress (Turn to page 2, col. 6) Rabid Dog Bites Nine in Portland PORTLAND. Dec. swing of a baseball bat today fell ed a mad dog which ran wild in a Portland school yard, biting a young woman and eight school children. Dewitt H. Hanley seized the bat and inflicted fatal injuries af ter the dog ran into his house from the school yard. Humane society officials said the dog had rabies. The dog bit two children In the school yard, raced into the school building where It bit six more and then nipped a young woman walking along the sidewalk. A Quarantine was declared on several dogs also bitten. foot deep In Rome, NT, while Wa tertown, NT, had a 17-inch de posit In 11 hours. High winds whirled ene to five inches of snow over Pennsylvan ia's mountains. Snowplows were brought out In northwestern Ohio to clear roads. ? Three deaths were attributed to the cold la Minnesota." Work ceased at all outdoor WPA proj ects in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.-' Some rural schools were closed. - . , Readings prefixed by minus signs were common in the midwest and a number of them were en tered on the official record hooks as new low marks for the date or season. Among the minima la Tarlous states were: "Brainerd, Minn., 23; (Turn to page 2. coL S) . - Base; Bridge's Crash Disastrous for Insurance Man It Reveals He Sold Big Policy, Didn't Tell Company About It So Firm Is Caught With Loss Which May Run High as $300,000 SEATTLE, Dec. 3-(yp)-A Se attle insurance executive, residing in an exclusive residential district and active in social life, was ar rested here today on a charge of grand larceny on an insurance policy on the Ill-fated $6,400,000 Narrows bridge at Tacoma. Hallet R. French. 4 4, went from luxury to jail on a charge which Deputy Prosecutor Charles C. Ralls quoted French as saying he could have escaped If the bridge had held another week before its crash a month ago into Puget Sound. Ralls filed a charge of grand larceny of $1,217. 8ft, which was the premium, less broker's com mission, on a 1150,000 policy on the giant span. The deputy prose cutor said French also admitted keeping the premium of approxi mately 6600 on a larger policy of $650,000 on the bridge, but the charge was filed only on the smaller premium. Of hopes of being "in the clear, Ralls quoted French as saying: PlaaiMd t Cancel - . - Soon, He's Quoted "The brokers had notified me that th state considered the bridge so safe they were going to reduce the insurance to the amount of the bond issue. They were going to cancel the insur ance in another week and write new Insurance." Ralls said French explained that, in such a case, his company, the Merchants Fire Assurance Company of New York, would not have discovered the Irregularity because he could have made restl (Turn to page 2, col. 6) Bill for Auditing Comes to County Routine Task and Special Work on Shortage It Listed in Charge The division of audits of the secretary of state's office yester day presented Marion county with two bills totaling $1777.17 for auditing services rendered in pre paring the 1939 county audit and in assisting the special prosecu tor In connection with the cases of D. O. Drager and W. T. Rich ardson. According to a letter written by Secretary of State Earl Snell which accompanied the two ac counts, the larger statement, for $1187.94, covers the 1939 audit alone. An accompanying Itemized statement shows the use of the services of an assistant super visor, $109.80; senior auditor, $88.05; assistant auditor, $346. 20; another assistant auditor, $4; a third, $95.63; stenographic service, $44.71 and $50.56, and travel expenses, $10.34. The remaining bill for $589.43 is to cover services of state audit ors rendered after September 30, 1939, In connection with short ages found in the office of the Marion county treasurer. The itemized statement here shows $379.80 for the services of an assistant supervisor from the division of audits; $111.10 for senior auditor's work; $14.40 and $40.70 for work done by assistant auditors, $2.04 and $2.24 for stenographic services, and 231.7 1 for travel. Payment of the second bill. county officials said, will com plete payment for auditing serv ices in connection with the dis covery of shortages oa .(he treas urer's books In 193$, and later prosecution of the treasurer and his deputy. Would Coordinate uCheeiflPtoaea HsbJS Coordination of various organi zations. Christmas cheer pro grams to avoid duplication has been undertaken by the Council of Social Agencies of the Salem Com munity Chest. ' The council will establish; headquarters" at 1 the ehamber of commerce where lists of intended beneficiaries will be compared on a confidential basis. Organizations planning such programs are expected to have representatives at a 'meeting Wednesday night at the chamber. Ten-Year Ilan Proposal Gets Attention Here Civic Groups Will Study Need of Long-Range Public Program Coordination Is Deemed Principal Benefit of Pooling of Ideas Thirty eight representatives of Salem civic organizations and gov ernmental units centering here heard speakers outline a proposed plan of studying and recommend inw planned public developments for a ten-year period at the first general meeting of Mayor W. W. Chadwick's Ten-Year Plan Coor dinating committee at the cham ber of commerce last night. The listeners were urged to go back to their various organiza tions, explain the alms of a ten- year plan for the city's civic im provement and prepare to name members to a committee of 100 which would steer the planning ef fort. Advance planning to meet the city's civic needs would make it possible for the taxpayer to know how much it would cost him each year to meet his share of the cost of projects such as a sewage dis posal plant, new school buildings. a new city hall, playgrounds and similar developments, City Recor der A. Warren Jones, principal speaker, declared. Jones cited Kansas City as an example of what may be accom plished by advance planning par ticipated in by the general public. Committee of 10OO Gets Voter Support "There they were voting down $50,000 and $75,000 bond Issues," Jones explained. "But when their committee of 1000 citizens called t for approval of a $35,000000 bond they voted for it 5 to 1." Establishment of a ten-year planning program in Salem would make it possible for groups desir ing to iVe some particular public Improvement made, to propose it to the general committee, have It studied by lay and professional minds and finally included in a general program if It was found by a representative group of citi zens to merit adoption. The planning effort was de scribed by Douglas McKay, state senator and former mayor, as a means of getting away from pres sure tactics by individual persons or groups interested in one project alone and of coordinating the ef forts of all citizens toward up building of the city. Mayor W. W. Chadwlck and Fred Eley, chairman of the Salem chamber of commerce civic com' roittee, also spoke briefly concern ing planning. Mayor's Committee Coordinating Body Chairman Bert Ford empha sized that the mayor's committee was Intended to be a coordinating body only and not a super-body tnat would make final decisions. Members of the mayor's com mittee and members they have ap pointed to their respective sub committees are as follows: Legislative Paul Wallace, chairman; Walter Mlnler and Wal lace Carson. Finance Fred Paul- us, chairman; David O'Hara and Dr. H. H. Ollnger. State correla tion Douglas McKay, chairman; Linn Smith and Frank Spears. County correlaUon Harlan Judd, chairman; Guy Hlckok and Leo Childs. Sanitation, water supply Glenn Gregg, chairman; Harold Davis and C. E. Guenther. Traffic arteries and boulevards H edda Swart, chairman; E. B. Graben- horat and Irl 8. McSherry. Schools and public buildings Dr. L. E. Barrlck, chairman; Frank Ben nett and Earl C. Bushnell. Parks, playgrounds and river frontage V. E. Kuhn, chairman; Miss Elis abeth Lord and George Otten. Publicity Gardner Knapp, chair man. Ten-year plan Fred 'Eley, chairman 1 A. Warren Jones and Charles W. Crary. Pastors Commend Newspapers Here The Salem newspapers were commended by the Salem Mini sterial association for their stands on moral issues in resoluUons adopted by the pastors at their December meeting yesterday. The association instructed Its secretary to mall copies of the resolution! to all local papers, and no on newspaper w a e singled out tor especial mention.. Rev. Guy 1 Drill, president, an nounced. Rtr. Drill said the association In particular went - on record by uanimous rote to support all agen cies in efforts to expose and force correction of conditions .under which gambling and beer selling may - he carried , on contrary to laW.-. , F-iry .-V, Dr. WDl H. Houghton, presi dent of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, addressed the meeting Camacho Takes Over Presidency , Amidst, Unrest, Revolt Rumors Mexico's new president. Manaal Avila Camacho, is pictured as he took, oath of office December 2 in Mexico City. la attendance at the rites was US Vice-President-elect Henry A. Wallace. Before the ceremonies, Mexico City bristled with gnns, while the governmeat hastily organ ized protective measures against aa ass tied comma aist plot to start an iasarrectioa daring inauguration. UN photo. Defense Industry Census Advances Promotion in Communities Is Designed to Reach More of Workers Marion county's census of skilled workers incident to the statewide "mobilization for de fense industry" entered a new phase Tuesday night when the county advisory committee ar ranged to make the questionnaire blanks available to all communi ties throughout the county so that persons employed T in" small busi ness establishments, or self-employed, will be able to fill them out. Heretofore the blanks have heen distributed in industries or business houses with eight or more employes. It was reported how ever that only about 40 per cent of these firms had returned the completed forms to date, though the census is farther along than that, since most of the larger in dustries have complied. It was emphasized that these ' forms should be returned even though there were no skilled workers employed, in order that the record might be complete. The county committee of which Ray Tocom is chairman, selected one or more persons or organisa tions in each community through- (Turn to page 2, coL 2) Admitted Slayer Gets life Term CANTON CITY. Ore., Dec. 3-(jp-Ray Leroy Brown, 47, con fessed slayer of Mr. and Mrs. Ira E. Martin, received a life Impri sonment sentence today, less than two weeks after the Martins' shotgun-blasted bodies were found near their Isolated cabin. . Brown pleaded guilty today to second degree murder charges. Earlier he had admitted shooting Martin, but had claimed Mrs. Martin was killed by her husband. The Martins were goat herders near here, and Brown had worked for them a short while. He came from Wyoming and Montana, where he admitted escaping from an Insane asylum. Sheriff I. B. Hazeltlee said he would probably take Brown, alias Charles Edward King, to the state penitentiary tomorrow. Council of Sawmill Unions Favors Strike at Portland PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec The Portland district council of ATL sawmill unions recommended tonight that five affiliated unions "take strike action' unless wage and vacation demands are met. Council President James Whalloa reported. The unions ask a 7U cents an hour wage boost and oae week's vacation with pay. Present con tracts provide. that negotiations continue until Sunday, after which strike action may he taken. Whal- loa said. ' strike would affect Mr men at the B. T, Johnson. Portland Lumber, Klngsley, Jones and Southeast Portland companies, he added. .-.; ; The Portland district Is the only area In the Pacifle northwest fir belt that is not now on strike. A meeting of repreeentauvee ox j the employes and managements Is scheduled for Thursday night. Whallon said the district coun cil recommendation followed re ports on conditions elsewhere In the fir belt by Earl Hartley, Ta coma, president of the Paget Sound district council of AFL saw mill unions, and Frank Hoyt, St. - f Silverton Route Work Is Planned Amount of Fund Available not yet Revealed; .may Eliminate Curve Indication that the state high way department is planning im mediate steps to improve the Sa lem Silverton highway were re ceived yesterday by members of the Marion county court. A report was circulated that a large sum of federal money, in the neighborhood of $80,000. will be available In 1941 -for continued improvement of the road beyond the Middle Grove school, five miles from the Salem city limits, to which it was improved with money from the same source last year. County officials, including Connty Judge J. C. Slegmund, were unable to say late yesterday exactly how much the sum would amount to, or whether it would be sufficient to cover all planned improvements to the Silverton highway. According to present proposals extensive relocation of the road to eliminate the lengthy double curve about seven miles out of Salem is contemplated. The exact method will be to extend the road toward Salem on a tangent from the curve nearest Silverton, a re location which will leave a large triangular block of property suit able for Improvement as a sub division. Changes are also planned at the Silverton end of the road. Among these la a plan to bring the Cas cade highway directly Into the Salem-Silverton road f rom ' the south. Completion of the state high way department a survey Is ex pected to . place each anticipated changes in final form for approval of the highway commission and the Marion county court as well as federal spending agencies. Oswego Girl Dies Of Crash Injuries OREGON CITY, Ore.. Dec. 2-0?fr-Peggy Redhead, 16-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Redhead, Oswego, died tonight of Injuries suffered in an automobile collision Monday. Dr. Dan P. Trulllnger, Clacka mas county health officer, and Donald Redhead, If, brother of Peggy, were seriously Injured. Helens, business agent of the Coast-Columbia district council. ' Hoyt told the council the AFL representatives from Warrentoa, Wauna, St. Helena, Vernonia and Rainier, Ore., would hold aa "im portant" meeting Saturday at As toria. The local CIO sawmill union, claiming 1200 members; voted last Saturday to authorize its negoti ating committee to take strike ac tion. SEATTLE, Dec. 2-(V-Unlan headquarters here reported the ex panding Pacifle northwest lumber industry strike spread to two ad ditional small operations . today, and a further extension tu threatened. . :- , The; West Fork Logging com pany at Mineral, employing about 1C0 members of the Lumber Nand Sawmill Workers union ( AFL) . and the Brewer Logging company, employing about 0 .men near Morton, were reported closed, v Previously approximately C 0 0 0 men were en strike In mills at Ta coma. Everett - and : Snoqnalmle Falls and In logging works near Morton. ' - , NinftTofi-Rnn? Officials Scan jFiriance Issues Survey of Purchase by United Kingdom Topic ' ; Is Reported Later light on Needs Sought, Explained ; - Cabinet . : Is Represented NEW YORK, Dec .2-P-'rbe New York Herald Tribune said to night it had learned that Marriner S. Ecclee, chairman of the board of governors of the federal ; re serve system, had proposed to bankers, economist and Industri alists that ' the US government loan $2,500,000,000 to the Brit ish government, secured by a lien on the British empire's gold pro duction over the next five years. The newspaper : said Ecclee, speaking in a personal rather than an official capacity, made the sug gestion at a closed meeting of the national industrial conference board here last Thursday. The Herald Tribune said Ecclee mentioned as among the results of such a loan: Sterilisation of part of the gold expected to flow into the United States; the pre vention of inflation of the Ameri can banking system and modifica tion of .present easy money. , WASHINGTON, Dec. Z-Af-The whole question of British fir nancial resources " and ability to buy war materials in this. country was reported authoritatively to have been tbe cause and chief topic of a meeting today- of nine of the most important' officials In the government. According to this source, It was not a meeting to decide whether the United States should lend money to Great Britain, hut more to take aa accounting of the sit uation resulting -from British con tracts, . now aggregating raore than $2,500,000,000 and expected to rise to $4,000,000,000 in the next year. Another source, who seemed to have the same idea, said he understood all British purchases, present and prospec tive, were tabulated and analyzed. It was, one indicated, the af termath of the controversy stir red up by the recent statement of Lord Lothian, British ambassador, that Britain was running out of the means of buying American products and needed financial as well as material aid. They Don't Talk Peanuts, Observed The reported natare of the meeting also seemed to fit the news that came out here Satur day that the British shortly would send an -official mission to this country- to survey the financing problem. The only certain thing about today's meeting was the attend ance, which alone was significant because nearly every time a simi lar gathering of so many higa officials haa occurred in recent months, some important step la the "aid-to-Britain policy baa been announced very soon after wards. . . "These people don't get to gether to talk about peanuts." Is the way one conferee put It, re ferring to the following who were closeted in the treasury: . ' Henry Morgenthau, Jr., secre tary of the treasury; Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war: Frank Knox, secretary of .the navy; Jes se H. Jones secretary of com merce and federal loan admini strator; Snmner Welles, under secretary of state; James V. For res tal, undersecretary of the navy; Gen. George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the army; Wil liam S. Knudsen. production mem- her of the national defense com mission; Robert P. Patterson, as sistant secretary of war; and Her bert Feis. economic adviser of the state department. . 1 e ' ." McNutt Defense Health Director WASHINGTON D e c. l-ury- Paul V. McNutt was brought into the national defense setup today as director of all its health and recreation activities In a move which greatly enlarged the scone of his work as federal security ad ministrator. He was designated by the cab inet council of national defense, with approval of President Roo sevelt, as coordinator of all health. medical, welfare, nutrition, recre ation and other related fields of activity affecting national de fease, r " The assignment was described aa a further step toward mobili zation of all health resources of the nation in the preparedness program. . - ' Preparations for Burial. Made in 1915 Carried out tfl TtTTiA Nil- Dm. x"PWThnm- . as Chrenshaw el Hillsdale who prepared for his death I $ years " ago was dead today. . . He will he burled Friday fa the cemetery lot he purchased la 1916. A tombstone selected at the same time will mark tbe grave.