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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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;
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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
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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-
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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.
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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. .
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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.