i - "w - -' - - - - - . - . - - ' ...
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7hat of Albania?
anwia, where the Greeks ; -rm
ban fhwhiir Ital-
7eather
una,, has an Interesting
background. Bead of this lit
" tie country In the Sunday
; . Statesman, by n Salem worn .
aa who knows IU people.
.J I. I . - . S UKiay ana i Snadiy.
.111 L . - - .. Bbow la mountains. Hx-
r' V V ' r " temP Ildy. 62, mtsu 87.
"VV.: ' Boatlieast wild. KItct 8.4
NINETIETH TEAH
Salem. Oregon. Scxtoday : Morning. DcmbT 7. 13-13
Vdem 3d IIwssSanda t
Ha. 13
Four of Tug s
Crew Rescued
Off TiUamook
Cling for. Several Hours
to Tiny Boats; Two of
Companions Drown
Onondaga Saves Skipper
aiid Three Men; Heavy
Seas Are Battled
ASTORIA. , Ore., Dec. -
Resetted from an angry sea that
claimed the llres of two of their
companions, fonr seamen off the
Ill-fated tug Tyee were brought
here tonight by the coastguard
cutter Onondaga.
' The men, bruised and shocked,
aut not seriously injured, told a
harrowing tale of battle against
a raxing surf that tossed them
about for sereral hours in their
leaky. 15-foot metal boat.
Those rescued . were Captain
ifllllary Hubble, Chief Engineer
Nell Logie, Assistant Engineer
George Thorburg and Hate Evan
Campbell, all of Hoaulam, Wash.
Deckhand John Henderson and
cook Julius Long, also of Ho
qulam,' were lost.
The surriYors told coastguards
men that the small work boat in
which they were found, repeated
ly capsized, tossing the six men
Into the heary seas. Long and
Henderson finaly fell away ex
hausted, and .perished.
Boat Awash, Kept
Afloat by Tanks
The1 small boat was awash
when sighted by the OnondagaJ
and was kept atop the sea by
air tanks.
The men were a mile and a
half ' off shore and six miles
north of the spot where the Tyee
went down, when picked up by
the Onondaga at 2:15 p.m. The
cutter had left here at 9 a.m. under-
forced draft.
Alt aboard the ill-fated tug
. were at ' first beliered to have
twriekedV' a -theeser two lifaf
ooats and a full complement of
life preservers, along with the su
perstructure jof the tug washed
ashore with bits of wreckage.
Harry Hubble, father of the
Tyee skipper and a Grays Harbor
pilot, stood anxiously by the Til
lamook bay station's radio as the
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Three Are Killed,
Bus-Truck Crash
Soldiers Dead, Fourth in
Bad Shape; Students
.Suffer Injuries
LANCASTER, Calif., Dec.
Three . persons were killed and
Iff injured late today as a truck
from March field and a school
bus eolUded nine miles east of
Lancaster.
Sheriff's officers said there
were 13 children in the school
bus, that -10 of them were sent
to .hospitals and that William
Grant Scarth, 19, of March field,
was so critically hurt he probsVty
would die.
The -dead, officers reported,
were soldiers from March field.
Their namea were not immediate
ly arallable. . -
The school bus was from the
Antelope Valley union- high
school. .
Three children who were In
jured in the collision were siren
treatment -at the roadside and
sent to their homes.
Scarth was the drirer of the
army bus. George Guthrie, 42,
of Lancaster, drlTer of the school
bus. suffered cuts,, bruise and
Internal - Injuries. -
March field officers dispatched
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Gamer to Attend
Inaugural Events
UVALDE, Tex Dee. i-fF)-Vlce
President Garner said today
: be weuld return to Washington
for the inauguration ot President
Roosevelt and Vice President
. elect Henry A. .Wallace January
: He said be would arrire about
. January 1, explaining: '
! "With the bouse and senate la
session about three days 'each
week, I can see no necessity for
my being there earlier.'
Garner baa been her since
. October. . . ' -
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County
-Clerk ' Is
Beckoned by . rmy, so
Boyer Will "Carry on
Harlan Judd Will Report Sunday for Training as
Reserve Officer; Has not Qualified for
' Office; May Do so Next December
Retirement of County Clerk U. G. Boyer. was believed
postponed for at least a year yesterday when Harlan A.
Judd, county clerk-elect and second lieutenant in the army
HARLAN A. JUDD
Da-filghi Dial:
9 .m Capitol coffee shop
Early bird for the first . time in
months, but they're fresh out of
worms so we took r
coffee ins tead.
Here even earlier
than Lll, the an
cient mariner of
the gravy boat In
these parts, so
we sipped in l-
Xenoe exeept-iox
k few comments
from a hurried
George B y n o n
who con tided
he'd about .gar
gled the last of
the bottled bets
he won on Ore- rai a. Hsmrr,
gon.
9: IS Mn capitol press room--
Here Al Lindbeck talks on lute
tisk of which he partook the night
before.
9:80 a.iiK, Willamette vniver-
sity Find Charlotte Kalander,
and from her learn that Bishop
Bruce Bsxter Is still listening to
the sad Atlantic at Atlantic City
and that plans are to more into
the new science building In Feb
ruary. 9:45 svisu, Salem Public li
brary Hugh Morrow, the keep
er of books, shows ws some sew
oaee aad tells v about a writer
who was proud when an Rngllsh
collection of his works was
bought by Yale university, cha-
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Property Bought
By Farmer Union
The Oregon Farmers Union Co
operative association has bought
property in the 500 .block on
North Front street as a future
building site, it was announced
yesterday by C H. Sanders, local
real estate broker.
The property, across the street
from Marion square park, haa a
frontage of 179 feet and ex
tends back 122 feet to the alley.
It was purchased for an unan
nounced sum from Zulette Paint
er and the. Ross Ev Moores estate.
A barn, a house and 1 a trailer
camp now located on the site will
be removed. Sanders said.
The association bas outgrown
Its present quarters at 420 North
Front street, where It has oper
ated for nearly six years. It Is
understood a large structure will
eventually be erected on the new
site.
Ebbg San.-
Paul Hauser9 Column
It
Appreciation of Democracy
j Older Boys9 Meeting Theme
i Over 100 high school - boys
from the Willamette valley last
night, t the opening banquet of
their 21st annual Older Boys'
conference, ' beard that in ' order
to avoid the dangers ot demo
cracy they must appreciate It, be
willing to work for It and be
willing to live as well as to die
for : it. Superintendent Frank B.
Bennett of Salem, schools' iris
the speaker. ' -v
Democracy Is a torch banded
down from the backgrounds- ot
history, said Bennett It and
Its privileges didn't' just happen
but came about because there
were some who dared tq teach
what they thought.
The program today will open
with an assembly at the high
school, with appointment of com
mittees. Dr. J. C Harrison will
conduct devotional period.
Dean DV 0. Dubach of Oregon
State cor.es will speak' on
quartermaster corps, reserve, re
ceived orders to report Sunday to
Company B of the 58 th Quarter
master regiment at Fort Lewis for
a year's active training. .
. Although elected clerk last No
vember, Judd has not yet offi
cially qualified ' for the office or
posted the required bond.
In view of his absense on mili
tary service the clerkship is ex
pected, to remain in the hands of
the present clerk. In accordance
with Oregon law which holds that
the clerk la to continue in office
until his successor is duly elected
and qualified.' Clerk Boyer has
held the office since 1918.
Judd will bo In a position to
take over the office on his return
from active service. Had he been
called for military duty after in
stallation as county clerk, he
would have retired from office
and the county court would have
been -empowered to name a suc
cessor to fill out thV unexpired
term.
A reserve officer for 18
months, Judd has not yet done a
tour of active duty with the army
except for summer training per
iods. He has been employed in
the clerk's, office for 12 years.
During his absence, Lee Oh
mart, present clerk's deputy, is
expected to take over clerkship
of the circuit courts, a position
nitnerto held by Judd.
Salem to Furnish
Three:Anihi
Such Is Plan Announced
at Meeting; Britisher
Tells of Prospects
Three ambulances equipped for
service will be furnished by Sa
lem friends of Great Britain, it
was announced last night at the
armory. If plans of the local or
ganization of the "British-American
Ambulance corps' are com
pleted. The meeting which was
designed to acquaint people with
the need of these ambulances for
relief work in Britain under con
ditions of total war prevailing
there, drew a fair-slxed crowd.
No collection was taken but
pledge cards were distributed and
the campaign will be carried on
actively during the coming weeks.
The cost of an ambulance Is said
to be 11250.
Dr. Herbert F. Peters, a visit
ing professor at Reed college, a
native of England and a former
student of a German university,
was the principal speaker. He
told how British determination
is sustaining Great Britain under
the scourge of bombings and that
the will to fight to the last man
and the last bullet was unani
mous. With the muster of
strength from overseas dominions
and the help of America victory
would be certain, was his opinion.
Dr. Robert Hutchinson, pastor
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Portland Blay Get
British Contracts
PORTLAND. Dec lrVEdgar
F. Kaiser. Oakland. CaliL. eon
tractor Identified with shipbuild
ing xor Great Britain, left Port
land yesterday after conferences
with bankers, labor leaders, con
tractors and tax experts.
Kaiser declined comment, but
observers Interpreted his visit
here aa preliminary to construc
tion of a ship yard In which ves
sels for Great Britain would be
built.
Touth vs. the Dangers to De
mocracy, followed by discus
sion. ' " - - l - :
: Is the afternoon the boys win
participate In clinic, at the
Falrrlew - home ' and visit the
state penitentiary rand . have a
period tor recreation at the T.
Rev. W. Irrin . Williams will
speak on 'After the Blackout"
at" thi : doting banquet la the
senior high school - cafeteria at
e p. m. Election, of officers will
close the 1940 conference. : t -Boys
are present representing
high . schools of Salem, . Btayton,
Carlton, Gerralt, SUverton, Sheri
dan, Eugene, TamhilL Hubbard.
MeMlnnville, - - Newberg, - Philo
math, ? Wlllamlua' and Sweet
Home, i - '
President Keua 'ark d Eu
gene opened the conference last
night, and George McLeod, aetlxg
dean ot the Willamette unlver
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Portland Firm
First to Reach
Accord on Pay
5-Cent Boost. Vacation
Offered; Acceptance
by Men Forecast
Silyerton Wage Parley
Held, Agreement to
Follow, Beliefs
PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. MP)-
The negotiation of a new agree
ment between an AFL Lumber
and Sawmill Workers' union and
the B. F. Johnson Lumber com
pany was announced here tonight,
marking the first break In the
northwest fir Industry's labor eon
troversy.
Leo Johnson, company presi
dent, said the agreement, which
still must be submitted to the un
ion membership for approval.
called for a wage Increase of
cents an hour and a week's vaca
tion with pay for the mill's 95 em
ployes.
Union Bookesmen said they were
certain the agreement would be
approved by the rank and file.
- "The management was per-,
suaded to grant the wage Increase
and a week's vacation on pay be
cause of the loyalty of Its em
ployes, during extreme difficult
times which the company expert-
CUtW u U tUTJ JISH as aaai
Johnson stated.
He added that the vacation
clause was "experimental in the
sawmill industry" but appeared to
be most desired by the unions. A
week's baeation Is equivalent to a
1-cent pay boost at the B. F,
Johnson company.
Strike Impossible
Before Thursday
Striking sawmill and lumber
workers in Washington are asking
wage Increases of 7 cents and a
week'a vacation.
-" Employers sff fered"- Portlands4
woo afl. ana cio lumDer worx
ers a 5-cent an hour wage In
crease at a meeting with union
representatives last night, Such an
increase would boost the minimum
wage to ?4 cents an hour.
Unionists said none ot the lo
cals would vote on the offer be
fore next Thursday, forestalling
any immediate strike threat in
this area.
About 10,000 Washington lam
ber workers are on strike, but so
far no Oregon plants are down.
The Portland CIO Lumber and
Sawmill Workers' union bas au
thorized its negotiating commit
tee to call a strike lf necessary"
and AFL unions have been ad
vised by the district council to
strike If their demands are not
met.
SILVERTON, Dee. S The con
ference committee ot the Indus
trial Employes union. met with M.
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Student Absentee
List Is Increased
Approximately 200 more stu
dents were missing from their
classes In Salem schools yesterday
as the mild epidemic ot colds and
influenza which has prevailed for
the past week accounted for 1421
absences, or more than 25 per
cent of the total registration of
5475, in the grades and senior
high schools.
Salem senior high school re
ported 47S absentees, ' about 75
more than 'on Thursday. Parrish
Junior bight reported 210 missing
while Leslie had a .lUt of only fi.
UcKlnley and Bush grade schools
reported 88 and 01 absences re
spectively while Englewood bad
101. Garfield 45. Grant 7, Wash
ington , Richmond 05 and High
land 148,
PORTLAND, Dee. OHF-Slxteen
per cent of Portland's high school
students were absent today -with
colds, S e h o o 1 Superintendent
Ralph B. Dugdale said. The nor
mal absence for December runs
from 19 to 12 per cent. 1
Dugdale did not consider , the
altnaUon alarmlngv '
The US Veterans hospital here
was quarantined by Dr. Paul L
Carter to- protect patients rrom
Influenza. He said the hospital
had none HI ot the disease.
Stewardess Ninth ;
Victini of Crasli; f
i 2 Ofliei Crftieal
- Chicago: Dm. tHtiHro t
seven " passengers who. survived
the - crash of K United Air. Lines
plan hero Wednesday were, re
ported In - critical condition to
night as the death. of -the ship's
stewardess, XIlss Florence Little,
22, ot Chicago, increased the num
ber of -dead to nine.
Physicians at Holy Cross hos
pital described the condition of
Owes M. Frederick, Olmstead.
Ohio, as "very eritlcaL - a a -,
Also reported in "critical con
dition was Leo Wolins, Chicago,
who was placed la an oxygen tent.
CAPITOL FLAGPOLES ARE OF
S
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.TV-.!
Old Man Oregon had a flagpole raising de luxe at the capitol yesterday, and now the argument over
whether the marble' stmcture merited fOOOO bronze polee or less costly wooden ones may be ended.
Four men and a gin pole were ntaiaed by K. C Bcttergrea, Portland eoatractor, to botet the two 824
foot sticks skyward. Each pole, turned out on a lathe from Dowglas fir, weighs 2 $4 tons. Is IS inches
thick at the bntt. Workmen here are shown lowering huge bronze collar Into position on granite and
concrete base supporting one of the poles. Each pole Is tipped with n bronze spike and balL-
statesman photo. .
Republican
Meeting to Open
100 Expected! Sessions to
Start at 10, End With
Dinner Dance, 7i30
Tonne nartv members front all
parts ot Oregon are expected to
mm to' R&lAtn today to attend
the first annual convention of the
Young Republican federation.
Plans are being made to entertain
mora than 100 delegates and
guests, according to Martin. Lar-
rowe, chairman on local arrange
ments.
Thi convention will ooen With
a get-together breahxast in u
main dining room oi tne jtanon
hotel at t:S0 this morning. The
ATMmfns- bnaineas session will be-
rin at 10 o'clock In the Marlon
lfarlna room! with Paul X. Kee
ner, state president, ox roruana,
presiding. Larrowe, as president
of the Marlon county chapter, sad
Mayor W. W. Chad wick will de
liver the city's greetings. Reports
of officers and committee appoint
ments will follow.
Most lively Issue of the conven
tion Is expected to arise over
wtlon of a nresidefct. Contend
ers are Keeney, seeking- reelee-
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Silence on FDR's
Cruise Is Broken
ATRDARD THE' US3 MAT-
RANT, at Sea;. Dec 7-i5-VIa
radio) -Bearing pouches of. White
House mail, two navy seaplanes
kept; a rendezvous with President
Roosevelt yesterday morning near
Caribblaa island. . . ..
fTTil lanatcn. received in New
York at 1:55 s-nt Eastern stand
ami t!ma todav. waa the first word
from the preaidental party tour
ing naval bases la the Caribbean
sen since the president departed
from Kingston. 'Jamaica,' Thurs
day night aboard the cruiser Tus
caloosa.) - --- -
While the Tuscaloosa, us ae
strover Trinpe and this destroyer
la- nova to at T a.M ' , PST. the
mall, was transferred In n whale
boat. . --!-'
The rudder ot one. piano was
AimiMd allcbtlv duTinc tho Oner
stlon, perf ormea xn ncnoppy
Ldto Sporta
CoTiece PnekrtbaTl 1
(By Tho AssoeUtsd Press)
University ot . Idaho 47, Gon-
UCLA 27, San xnego stato si.
TJ or San Franciseo Str Santa
Clara U IS.
Pm1Ulmi SI. Tka Tlallaa IS.
Franklin (Portland) 2t, Hood
Rirer 27. : i,rj iK '1
Roosevelt (Portland) It. Uni
versity (Eugene) 20. ' i
. Vancouver, vasn is, uregon
City 42., .
ASHLAND,' Ore., Dee. t-V-
Universlty ot Oregon $ uper-varsity
defeated Southern Oregon Normal
school, 25 to 12, in a basketball
game tonight.
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Search Tnrns to
'iilaTCoIa Vicinity
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec t-(P)-A
viators took to the roads today
to continue the search for Mr.
and Mrs. C JBV Walbert, Medford
fliers missing a week on a trip
from . Medford to Portland.
- Filers working under the di
rection ot State Aeronautics Di
rector Leo Devaney. drove to aMr-
cola, in the Cascade foothills east
of Eugene, and other spots near
by where residents reported hear
ing a light plane last Friday.
Stone Draft Suit
Under Advisement
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec
Harry W. Stone's suit challenging
constitutionality of the draft law
was taken under advisement here
today by Federal Judge James A.
Fee. ,
The Jurist said he considered
the ease weak on jurisdictional
grounds and would consider a
government motion for dismissal.
- Stone, of Monmouth, Ore., re
fused to register for military ser
vice and took it to federal court
on a pfea that he would be dam
aged to the extent of 210,000 if
penal provisions of the act were
enforced.' The minimum upon
which federal court jurisdiction
would be claimed was 12000.
Assistant US Attorney Laird
McKenna - declared that Stone
"hasn't been and couldn't possibly
be damaged one five-cent piece
worth by registering."
Neighbor Finds Elderly
Man Dead, Heart Attack
rtALLiS. Ore Dec
Dave Pearee, a neighbor, said he
found John D. Holmaa, an eld
erly Cooper Hollow resident, dead
tn his-bed ot a heart attack this
morelngv '
Arrest cf Aniericm
: Repressive A(ciion 0ihhUted
YICHT. France, Dee. fWVT
French government disclosed ot-
ndaDT tonight that 122 persons
bad. been- arrested for Armistice
day demonstrations on tho Champs
Eysess in Paris and It was learned
that n woman employe of the Unit
ed States embassy still la being
held for German Questioning in
another case despite American
diplomatic protests.
Four demons tratora were
wounded on the- Champa Elysees,
broad evened of " former ' French
splendor which la dominated, by
tho are do trtemphe and the tomb
ot the unknown 'soldier, but none
was killed the official announce
ment said.' Those arrested ton
eluded 90 Lycee students and 14
university undergraduates. -:
Denied were these reports which
the French said- originated In
British broadcasts designed to
-dirldt the country": that the
Germans bad tried any of the stu
dents before military tribunals or
dat they bad, sentenced ary c!
DOUGLAS FIR
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It
Rriti
"Situation Studied
No Direct Talk of Loans
Yet, Says Phillips as
Conference Ended
By RICHARD L. TURNER -
WASHINGTON, Dec -JP)-For
an hour and 12 minutes to
day. Sir Frederick PhUIips, Brit
ish . undersecretary of the treas
ury, was closeted with high
American fiscal officials in the
first of a series of conferences
which may lead to loans to Eng
land to help her fight the nazis.
Telling reporters as he left,
however, that the stage ot talk
ing' directly about loans had not
been reached, Phillips summed
up the conversation with a state
ment that he was presenting "a
balance sheet on the state of our
resources and the cost of sup
plies In the United States."
A brash newsman asked if. it
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Army Bomber Is
MIAMI, FUu, Dec 6-(F)-A gi
ant, army bomber making an un
precedented mercy flight to Chile
at the personal direction ot Pres
ident Roosevelt arrived here to
night tor an overnight stay.
Senora Carlos Davila, for whom
physicians prescribed the climate
of her homeland In treatment of
n dangerous illness, waa reported
to have rested well during the first
leg of the flight from New York.
: With her husband, the former
president of Chile, and other mem
bers of the party she spent tonight
at a Miami hotel.:
As the huge plane winged south
ward Senora Davila sent a radio
message of gratitude to President
Roosevelt, cruising in the , Car-
ibean aboard a United 8tates
warship.- '. y
them to capital punishment. It
was acknowledged that a private
school teacher had been arrested
In Paris and charged with spread
ing such rumors. ...-, 'J;,..,'X-.
; (Tho British Broadcasting com
pany said on November 22 that 11
students bad been killed and 109
sent to concentration camps - in
Germany; It broadcast that the
demonstrators- supported General
Charles de Gaulle, the Tree
Freneh leader.) i
i WASHINGTON, J Dec . HTV
Strong diplomatic pretests to Ger
many were Indicated tonight as
tho United States sought to clear
op the mystery surrounding the
detention of Mrs. Elizabeth Dce
gan. a clerk In the American em
bassy in Paris, who has r been
held by German authorities there
since December 1.
embassy officials la Paris,
seeking to learn tho cause and
cireuQstanees of ber 'detention,
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A
On Mercy Flign
Greeks Smash
Ahead asTvp
; Gties Seized
Porto Edda Is Plundered
by Fleeing Fascists; ,
: ; fCasnalties Heavy
Argirocastro Also Held
i by Greeks; Southeast "V
i English Gty Hit
By KIRKE L. SIMPSON '
. The unexplained "resignation"
of Marshal Pietro Badogllo, It
aly's No. 1 soldier, as army chief
of ,. staff . stirs conjecture. He " .
stepped out or was forced ' out .
at a crucial moment In the .111- ' '
starred campaign against Greece.
: That hints at : war policy die- .
cords at home to cap the army
Jf -A J . It. t . MM
oiaaaier iu aimiiia. ibo ji mw"
is a belated explanation that
Badoglio's retirement was due to -ill
health or advanced age, that
would not obscure the possibility. .
of dissension at home. : Only- bis ;
assignment to f I e 1 d -command
against- the Greeks could still
peculation m id a iriTv puiicj
split with his chief, II Dues Mas- :
solinL - . . - '
The veteran soldier may be a
victim of Mussolini's need tor a
military , scapegoat to clear his
own skirts of blame for the Greek
fiasco It must be dawning on all
Italy by now that her axis , part
nership with Germany has. led . .
her to a disaster., of Incalculable "
consequences at homeland abroad. i
(By The; Associated Press).
. Greek '-troops, . overwhelming
Italian defenses at the centuries-
old Ionian port of , Porto Edda
in southern Albania, and neaby-
Argirocastro, pushed on north in
a Greek govermaent spokesman '
said rtodayv--'- - -. ' '
Porto Edda was plundered c by
the ' Italians - and. left in; flam es, ,
the Greek high command said in'
confirming that the next coastal
goal: of the Greek army was Chi
mera,. 20 . miles away.
Heavy casualties were suffered .
by the Italians in abandoning the
mountain town of Argirocastro, ?
the ' Greek spokesman said. He
also claimed steady advances
mid-way along the 100-mile Al
banian front and In the north
beyond Pogradeta enroute to the.
fascist headquarters city ot El
basanl. The Greeks made a belated but
welcome find of several thousand
tons' of Italian munitions and
war equipment In underground
storehouses at Korltza, Italian
base city captured early in the
counter-invasion of Albania. Fifty
per cent of the material can bo
turned Immediately' against tho -v
fascists, the Greeks said.
An undetermined number of
persons were killed by nail air i
bombs in a. southwest English
city believed to be either South
ampton lor Plymouth. - .
Cruiser land Nasi
Raider Fight, Run
Numerous buildings were
smashed in the heavy night raid.
. The raiders did no neglect Lon
don, i however, and sniped ' at
Wales and. the Midlands. -.
Cable faeiliUes of both West
ern Union and-commercial cables
companies were Interrupted dur
ing the raid. -
Bringing . the war closer homo
for Americans was a running sea
fight between a German com
merce raider . and - a - British mer
chant cruiser off South America,
well within the Americas' neu
trality zone. -':
The British Carnarvon Castle.' ,
reported slightly damaged, got
permission to put in st Montevi
deo, J Urugusy, for repairs. The
British said the German ran
away., and left open the question
whether : they damaged her in
the battle which occurred Thurs
day. . '-'.-
Word of trouble between the
Germans and the French civilian
population earns belatedly - from
Vichy, where the government ot
unoccupied Franco reported, that
122 persons had been arrested tor
Armistice day demonstrations la
nail-ruled Paris.
Surgeon General
Sayo Flu Io Ililcl
WASHINGTON, Dec -(.?!-Major
General James C IXacee.
army surgeon general, reported
today- that army personnel on t.e
west coast, like the civilian pecu
lation, has been affected by a.
widespread Incidence ot influenza
but asserted that "no specific re
ports of a. serious epidemic havn
been received."-
Hajee sail the Infection "ia ro
way ;reseatles tho e;iieialc t
1917-12." Recovery In tho. typo
of influenza - now prevalent is
rapid,. ho added."-.
- ' LONBCIT. - Dec 7w-.TV-L bj
range British bombing planes at
tacked Germsa alrirc'i ii r--.l-occupied
rsll-n ". : ; 3
France durlzj tts t' ' -thoriutlve
sourcs re. . . . i
morulas."- f .