" T7eather .
Increasing clowdtnese to
day and Monday aawcttledi
with slowly rising tempera
tare Monday. Max. tempt
Saturday. 41. Bate. 18. Wind
northwest. River O. Partly
cloudy, .:. .'-.-i-
ItY Complete ;
Watch jroor Oregon Ktatee
u. get bow It rovers the
iwi completely, presents
at tateresUngly ticb day,
with doe atteatioa to local
happenings.
KIKSTXZTH TEAS
Salexa, Oregon. Sunday .Morning, December 15. 1840
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Reported; Plot
Charges Aired
Planned to Head Regime
in Paris, Aid Nazis
in War, Declared
Flandin AcceDtable" to
M.
Germany ; Italian Rout
" in 'Egypt Goes on
By "The Associated Press)
Chief of State Marshal Petain
disowned swarthy little Pierre
Laval as his political heir In the
New France Saturday and hand
ed his foreign ministry portfolio
to Pierre-Etlenne Flandin, right
ist "eppeaser.
"It Is for reasons of interior
policy, Petain broadcast to his
countrymen. "It has no effect
noon our relations with Ger
many. I remain at the helm. The
.national revolution continues."
. Authoritative sources in neigh
boring Switzerland said Laval
was under guard at his estate
accused of plotting to set up a
separate government in Paris
with himself as head and even
conspiring to lead France Into
war against her former ally,
Britain.
Distrust by Petals
and Weygsnd Sees
At any rate, the change was
Interpreted widely as proof that
Petals and General Maxima Wey
gand, powerful leader of the un
beaten French forces In North
Africa, so longer trusted Laval
to treat directly with Germany
because of fears he might go
too far on his own.
Seml-officlally Berlin Indicated
Us approval of Flandin as the
new foreign minister, while Swiss
diplomatic observers connected
the sudden switch at Vichy with
persistent, though denied, re-
JTurn to page I. col. l)
Mer Troubles
- s
Seem About Over
ast Portland Unit Votes
ins IEU Claims Coup
in Pine Regions
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1-JP)
-Two AFL lumber workers' un
ion locals accepted the employ-
era compromise settlement to
day, leaving only one local In
the Portland area still undecided.
The CIO lumber and sawmill
workers union voted In favor of
the proposal last week, and 'two
AFL locals approved It this week.
The proposal provides a five
cent an hour wage Increase and
a week's vacation with pay. Orig
inal union demands were a 7H-
cent pay boost and the week's
vacation,'
The fifth AFL local began vot
ing on the settlement tonight.
TACOMA. JDee. lMJP)-Taeo-ma's
long sawmill strike tonight,
appeared rare to end Monday.
A call for all striking sawmill
men of toe AFL lumber and saw
mill workers union to meet Sun
day noon; In .union headquarters,
was Issued this evening by Ted
Davis, president of the union
district council.
' The call was Issued following
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Same Pedestrian
Struck by Three
Hit-Run Drivers
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 14-tfP)
-Wesley Rout, 84, a pedestrian,
struck three times In rapid suc
cesslon by hit-and-run motorists,
was taken to a hospital In ser
ious condition tonight. Patrol
man L. R. Mariels reported.
Witnesses said Rout was cross
ing v an intersection when two
ears approaching nearly abreast
earn upon him. The automobile
In the center lane struck first,
knocking him Into the path of
the second ear, they reported.
As witnesses harried to assist
the : Injured man. a third auto
mobile ran over him, stopped
momentarily and then sped
away, Mariels said.
Ha suffered a. fractured left
leg, possible skull fracture and
left hand lacerations. 1
Laboratory Building Will Rise
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-Paul I7auer' Column
We stepped out for a little de
fense inspection tour the other
day and we concluded that you
can get about any kind of a sol
dier you want, if r-
you want a sol-i
dler, on the toy!
counters.
We found thatM
it's true that the I
army has goneH
in for speclalixa-j x
tloq these days,,
because It was
pretty bar d-0 ;
who was Jusi a
soldier of the old
"boots, boots,
boot" tTD Mr.
Kipling used to Pol H. Htaxer. J..
tell about. They were all special
ists. One lead soldier wo observed
was a radio man and carried an
antenna strung over hi ears.
Others -were cooks, searchlight
operators (equipped with search
lights), cannoneers, messengers,
anti-aircraft artillerists, p a r a
chute troopers and truck drivers.
There was even one playing a
It waa an army mechanized
right down to the last car
buretor that we saw. It had
acarcbllght cars, scads of tanks,
troop trucks, station wagon
(Tarn to Page 3, CoL 8)
Tough Problems
Await Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Dec. H-VPh
Many weighty problems and a
desk piled high' with work await
President Roosevelt when he re
turns to the Whit House Monday
from his Caribbean cruise.
Within the next three weeks,
th chief executive must prepare
two important documents for pres
entation to the new congress meet
ing In January, The first is the
budget for the fiscal year begin
ning next June 1, and the other
la his annual message on "the
state of the union."
Executive departments already
have sent data to the White House
for Mr. Roosevelfa use In prepar
ing these messages.
The president also will find on
his desk the Walter-Logan bill, a
measure highly distasteful to
some administration aides. He
must aet upon It by Wednesday,
(Turn to page 2. coL C)
Desert Fight Said Extended
To Libya Soil; 26,000 Held
CAIRO. Egypt. Dec 14-V
Tho Italian African army, broken
Into bits, harassed by unending
air attack and declared here to
have been effectively driven from
Egypt, fought "on and about" its
own colonial frontier of Libya to
night. In an action that , had be
come a defense of fascist soil.
The term "on and about" waa
used by the British command It
aeif In an official communique
which did not add the obvious ;
Implication that ' something very .
near to i counter-invasion was
developing with the apparent pur
pose of trying to destroy the en
tire fascist force.
While no military autnonty
would discuss future British
nlana. It waa Indicated : that at
some points fightin already was
going on within Libya. I
One Informant pointed out that I
the question of supplies and par-t
tlcularly water was a dominant
one and said that a continuation
of the British offensive probably
would Involve an effort to try to i
Attractive addition to Salem's state
oratory, for which the state highway commission will receive bids
la Portland Wednesday. It will be located at Penitentiary and Air
port roads. Its grounds landscaped In keeping with plans for bean
tifi cation of the ret of the highway shops' grounds. Sketch was
drawn by F. G. Hutchinson, highway department architect.
Open Bids Wednesday
For Highway Building
Reinforced Concrete Structure to Cost $95,000
Will Be Addition to Public Building Group
on East State Street; Space Is Ample
Another state building developentent wilfbe undertaken for
Salem when the state highway commission opens bids in Port
land Wednesday for its proposed new labratory building, des
tined to rise at the junction of Penitentiary and Airport roads,
adjoining the present highway shops.
Costing an estimated $95,000, the labratory building and
immediately projected accompany-
ing Improvements, are proposed
by the highway department as the
beginning of a remodeling and ex
pansion program that will not
only augment present shops and
labratory facilities but also extend
the beautification of the East
State street, or Penitentiary road,
public center south of the state
prison grounds.
While the new labratory will
not excell the California highway
department's testing plant,
"where they have more money
than we do." It will at least bo the
equivalent of those In Washington
and Idaho and will bo a decided
Improvement over present facili
ties in the basement of the agri
culture office building, according
to R. H. Baldock, state highway
engineer.
A sketch of the labratory build
ing, by F. G. Hutchinson, highway
department architect, shows a
structure of unusually attractive
appearance for one In which util
ity and cost are made first con
siderations. It will be of reinforc
ed concrete construction, the cement-brushed
walls buffed down
with an abrasive and left un
palnted, a treatment the depart
ment now applies to its concrete
bridges. Variations of the surface,
by means of rounding corners,
blocking off with Inset straight
lines and simple fluting of the
parapets give the structure, as
presented in the architect's draw
ing, the appearance of one of
stone. Only other material to bo
used on the front of the building
will be raised bronze for letter
ing for the name, "Testing Lab
ratory." and the steel sash for
the windows.
The building will be 120 feet
wide, facing and set back 110 feet
(Turn to page S. col. 1 1
restrict the fighting generally to
the hill regions beyond the Libyan
borders.
An aspect of the futuro situa
tion, he declared, was that the
Italians would be seriously ham
pered by the loss of hug amounts
of equipment, which British con
trol of the Mediterranean would
make exceedingly difficult of re
placement. A military spokesman would
not confirm rumors that Salum.
within Egypt, and Fort Capuszo.
just within Libya, had fallen to
the British.
The action in Egypt Itself.- aa
summarized by general headquar
ters, waa simply one of "clear
ance" - a process of rounding
up the stray fascist ; units still
In the country.
The Italian defeat waa called
a "rout by the British command.
As always, there was no defi
nite figure as to the . number of
prisoners . captured. An .Incom
plete official estimate put it at
(Turn to page 1, coL 4)
ball dings will be this testing lab
Houses Consider
Fiscal Committee
Discuss Cutting Down of
Non-Defense Spending;
Would Enlarge Veto
WASHINGTON, Dec 14-(JP)-Confronted.
with the prospect of
heavy new defense appropriations
and higher taxes, senate and
house leaders talked over today
ways and means of cutting down
non-defense expenditures.
Considerable sentiment waa evi
denced for aettlng up. as a step
toward that end, a new "super
committee to coordinate spend
ing and revenue policies.
Representative Woodrum (D
Va) Influential member of the
house and achate leaders In form
said he was seeking the eoopera
( Turn to page 1, col. 4)
Costly Subway Is -Opened
in Gotham
NEW YORK. Dec. 14-ffr-The
Hf.OeO.OOO-a-mllo Sixth avenue
aubway opened lata tonight, add
ing another link to the ever-growing
transportation system buUt by
billions of nickels from the pock
eta of the city's millions.
Tonight's event began a min
ute after midnight with Mayor
F. H. LaGuardla piloting a train
from Its terminal hi Greenwich
Village to ita uptown, terminus In
the heart of the shopping district.
That It waa merely aa episode
la a never-ending story was
shown by the fact that oven now
projected la a plan tor adding
more ' miles to the system at a
coat of li7.1fT.sQV
Loto Sports
LA GRANDE. Ore, Dec. 14-(jPt-
Willamette university . easily
defeated Eastern Oregon College
of Education. IS to 40. In a bas
ketball game here tonight.
The Beareata led 0-1 4 at half
time.
Howard Eberly of Willamette
captured Individual scoring hon
ors with lg points. Clint Canter
on of the Beareata got IX.
Every member of tha Willam
ette 10-man squad saw action. ,
(By the Associated Press)
High, School Baaketban
Roseburg S9. Springfield 21.
Ashland 31. .Bend 21.
Medford 47 EOCE Freshmen
1. ' r :
College Baaketban
' Oregon ! State If Utah State
AgrL If. i ' ' ... :
College Football
Denver , university ,- XI, Hawaii
U. - r:--U-
Minnesota SI, Idaho II.
Canned Foods
Matinee, Plan
Saturday Morning Event
at Capitol to Aid in
Christmas Cheer
It's a rare privilege that of
watching the Christmas spirit de
velop within a community. For
the true Christmas spirit is the
spirit of giving. Christmas shop
ping is related to the spirit of
glvtngr ,. r gluing to members of
fe f amity jLnd to friends -- but
that's not quite the same thing
as giving to strangers who fcre
in need.
When The Statesman opened
Its campaign In cooperation with
The Salvation Army to focus pub
lic attention upon the need for
"Christmas Cheer" baskets for
those families whose Christmas
would otherwise be cheerless, the
response at first was ratber slow.
Now it is gradually speeding up.
The Christmas spirit is at work.
It should reach its peak by
the coming weekend. And then,
on Saturday, December 11, just
four days before Christmas, The
Statesman and The Salvation
Army are going to take advan
tage of the generosity of a third
Institution closely identified with
Salem's community life Warner
Brothers theatres In offering a
fourth method of contributing to
this cause. The first Is to drop
coins Into the Army's kettles; the
second Is to bring or send a
eheek to The Statesman office,
made out to The Salvation Army:
the third la to deliver food arti
cles to the Army's headquarters
at 141 State street.
And this fourth method of
contributing is to attend the
States-Warner Brothers "canned
food matinee" at the Capitol
theatre next Saturday forenoon,
armed with one can of food
practically bo limit on the con
tents to be used in lieu of
an admission ticket. This show
is being planned especially so that
children may contribute to the
Christmas Cheer, program. Ar
rangements were - made through
Assistant Manager Walter Hick
man In the temporary absence
of Manager Carl Porter who has
(Turn to page 1, col. 1)
Position Is Same
Toward Ackerman
PORTLAND, Ore. Dee. 14-
- The government's attitude to
ward Rev. Paul Roland Acker
man, charged with draft evasion,
has not been changed by "be
lated registration. US Attorney
Carl Donaugh said today.
"So far aa I am .concerned.
Acker-man's - position aa a man
who has pleaded guilty to draft
evasion has aet changed. Don
augh said.
He added thai Aekermaa regis
tered last Thursday n a "form
amended to salt himself.
Ackerman, a Portland Method
dlst pastor, admitted draft eva
sion la a federal court hearing
November 21. Federal Jadge
James A. Fee deferred Judgment.
Threm Youths An Held
; On Auto Theft Charges
Salem police last night were
holding Everett Laurie. Marston
Dunham. - Richard : Drinnon . for
state police after the youths gave
themselves up on an auto theft
charge. .The group, all juveniles,
are charged with stealing a car
frpm Toledo December 1 and later
stealing a set of license - plates
from a Toledo wrecking establish
ment. " ; . .
Co
onwealth
mill
Oh Two Fronts
Would Bar Communists
From Membership and
Party From Ballot -
"" . ""' "-.
Civil - Liberty Denial Is
Basis for Objection;
Policies Scanned
PORTLAND, Ore, Dec 14-5-The
eighth annual convention of
the Oregon Commonwealth feder
ation voted 54 to 28 today to bar
communists from membership and
to urge that the communist party
be forbidden a place on the ballot.
The motion also banned fas
cists, nazls and "any other group"
judged destructive to civil liber
ties. Executive Secretary Monroe
Sweetland assailed communists
with such terms as "offensive,"
"vicious" and "detestable" but de
clared the party should not be
barred from the ballot.
Don Helmlck, official of the Co
lumbia River council. Internation
al Woodworkers of America
(CIO), asked that "no quarter" be
given parties or individuals, who,
if in power would deny to others
the civil liberties for which they
now cry.
Sweetland's motion to eliminate
the provision barring communists
and others from the ballot was de
feated. 46 to 32.
The executive secretary opened
the convention with attacks on
both the democratic and republi
can parties.
He said the federation had the
alternatives of making Itself
"strong enough to carry virtually
the full load of the election cam
paign" or to move in on the demo
cratic party and see that its lead
ership "becomes truly representa
tive of its own rank and file."
The republican party has "be
come more and more the vehicle
of the most conservative elements
offbusines and. .finance," Sweet
land said. He added, however,
that there always have been some
republican candidates "much pref
erable to their democratic oppo
nents." Seattle Unionist
Charged as Red
Local Accepts Report
Declaring Its Vice
President Guilty
SEATTLE, Dec. 1 4-p-M em
bers of the aeronautical mechan
ics union, local 751. voted 42S to
244 today to accept a report de
claring Vice President Donald R.
Keppler "guilty of communistic
activities.
The union, an AFL affiliate,
has a membership of some 1000
employes of the Boeing Aircraft
company here.
The vote came on a report by
a "trial board" appointed by the
union . president to Investigate
various charges against II nnion
members and officials.
The ballot, although It repre
sented only a minority of the
union's members, approved with
out revision a report which rec
ommended: "That the union membership
find Don R. Keppler guilty of
(Turn to Page 3. Col. 1
May
Put on 1941
Car License now
Motor vehicle license plates for
1141 may be used beginning to
day. Secretary of State Earl BneU
announced yesterday.
Snell said between 10,000 and
70,000 applications for 1241
plates already have been received
at the Salem and Portland offices.
It waa estimated that the 1241
licenses would exceed 400,000.
Three Aldermen to Attend
Final Meeting Monday Eve
When the Salem city council
meets Monday for the last time la
1240 It will be the final meeting
tor three councilman who lost
their places la the elections.
The three are Alderman D. O.
Lear of the sixth ward. Alderman
C F. French of the seventh, sad
Alderman 8. B. Laughltn of the
second.
It will also be the final council
session at which City Recorder
A Warren Jones, defeated for re
election by Hannah Martin, will
read off the business to go before
the council. -'i1 i' t
The recent announcement from
the civil aeronautics board of al
lotment of 1140.000 for Improve
men t of the Salem airport will
probably receive some discussion
at Monday's meeting, although bo
action is anticipated as the com
mittee. Investigating purchase of
additional land for the air field
will not report. . : ;
All
Nation
Feared 1
Fort Rock Has -8,
Salem's lfr May
Moming; Rise
Northern California Suffers; ' Lowest
Spot Is West Yellowstone, -39;
Oregon Flu Seems on Wane
With relief in sight by Monday, according; to weather
station predictions, Salem shivered and shook and kept fires
roaring last night to ward off the inroads of old man winter's
coldest period in this area since January 12, 1937, when 7
degrees was registered. A possible repetition of Saturday
morning's 18 degree low was forecast for this morning in'
spite of predicted "increased cloudiness." The mercury read
22 degrees minus at midnight last night and still going down.
"Increasing cloudiness today and Monday; unsettled
with slowly rising temperature Monday," was ; the official
;
Portland to Get
Chemical Plant
Half Million to Be Cost
of Factory; 60 Acres
Bought for Site
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 14-W)-A
1500,000 ehemteal plant will be
constructed here in the next six
months, the Bonneville adminis
tration learned . today.
The power administration said
the Pennsylvania Salt Manufac
turing company contracted for
2000 kilowatts annually for a fac
tory to be- constructed- on a site
fronting the4 Willamette river.
Leonard T. Bealo, alt company
presidents announced in Philadel
phia the purchase of 60 acres as
a factory site.
The plant will produce sodium
and potassium chlorates in its
ffrst unit, which is' to be In opera
tion within six months and will
employ 40 men.
Paul J. Raver, Bonneville ad
ministrator, said he learned the
Portland site was selected over a
Tacoma site because of secondary
raw materials available from a
gas and coke plant.
The company will bring salt
from California and Tacoma to
make sodium chlorate, which is
used as a herbicide. It renders
soil sterile for a ported long
enough to kill weeds but does not
cause permanent loss of fertility.
It Is also used to make explosives.
Raver aaid the contract brings
power commitments to, a total of
21 8.3 S 2 kilowatts.
Editor Suggests
War Declaration
LOUISVILLE, Ky Dec 14-tf)
Herbert Agar, editor of the Courier-Journal,
said tonight it was
"quite correct" that he had advo
cated an American declaration of
war since June 10 but that "It is
silly to ascribe my opinions to the
White committee."
Commenting on an assertion by
General Thomas S. Hammond of
the Chicago chapter of the Ame
rica First committee that the Wil
liam Allen White Committee to
Defend America by Aiding the
Allies Is trying to prepare the
public mind for a war declaration.
Agar said:
"I think that both General
Hammond and the William Allen
White committee are in error In
thinking we are not bow at war.
I think the White committee la
foolish not to recognise publicly
that we are at war, but I don't
think they are any more foolish
than General Hammond la re
fusing to recognize that fact.
Lloyd T. Rigdon, chairman of
the airport committee, said last
night that the committee has been
awaiting more definite word from
the CAB before proceeding, to ne
gotiate for purchase of land. It
la not certain yet lost where it
will be necessary, for the city to
extend the airport boundaries to
make room tor the 4000 foot run
way . contemplated . la the CAB's
announced list of .scheduled Im
provements. Another old matter which may
eome before the council la the
matter of changing; the Salem en
trance of the.Salem-Independence-Klngs
Valley highway. The coun
cil last week gave' authority for
negotiation of a WPA project to
change the entrance from Miller
street to Owena street, but the
ways ue means comnuuw bh
not yet reported on financial feas-1
ibility of the project " 1
Shivers
or Oregon
Bend 3 Below and
Be Surpassed by ;
Promised Soon
- forecast issued by the airport
weather bureau.
PORTLAND. Dec 14--Bend
reported the lowest December
temperature in eight years today
as a cold wave continued to blan
ket the state. ' j .
Bend recorded three degrees be
low sero and only j a few miles
away, at Fort Rock ranger station,
the mercury dropped to eight be
low. : ! .
Other record lows for the year
were recorded in eastern Oregon,
with Baker airport reporting one ;
degree above sero, Burns and
Lakeview 8 above,1 Klamath Falls
10 above and Pendleton a above.
The temperature dropped to 12
degrees above at Grants Pass, .11
at Corvallls, IS at. Eugene, 20 at
Hood River, l,jkt Medford, 19 at
Roseburg, 21, aLtPorUahda air
port. 33 at Br'ollngraerrorta
Bend, 35 at Newport. V
BendV mirror pond was frozen
over and fear was expressed that
the fall wheat crop, lacking a cov
ering of enow, might be seriously'
damaged.
PORTLAND, Dec I4-(Tf-In-fluenza.
which claimed its first
victim at Portland last night, ap
peared on the wane: in most sec
tions of Oregon today.
School authorities throughout
the state said absences were above
normal but not of serious propor
tions. Medford and Klamath Fails re
ported the situation again ap
proaching normal, Grants Pass
listed 20 per .cent of its school
children as absent, about twice the.
usual number.
Corvallls and Eugene announced
the Influenza epidemic waa un
changed, but that the disease lad
been checked on the University of
Oregon and Oregon Bute college
campuses.
(By the Associated Press
Wintry weather chilled the
northern states Saturday from
coast to coast.
Subzero readings j were regis
tered In many communities be
tween the Rockies and Wiscoasla
while subfreezlng temperatures
were recorded at many points be
tween Illinois and the north. At
lantic seaboard and ! la the Pa
cific northwest.
Cold also enveloped northern.
California. The mercury line
dropped to seven a bore In Saeaa
viUe in Lassen county and felt to
24 in Sacramento.
Fireplaces biased in houses
built for milder conditions la that
area. Gas companies experienced
a heavy Increase in requests for
upward adjustments! of thermo
stat. Severe damage to eJtrms
crops ' la Sacramento county and
to the celery crop m the ealta
region was reported. '.
Minima In the midwest Includ
ed Big Springs, Neb., -21; Sidney,
Neb, -15; Park-Falls, Wis., -11;
BemidJI, Minn., -10; Minneapolis,
-t; Duluth,
The coldest siege of the sea
son harassed Colorado with' tem
peratures ranging dowa to XL.
The thermometer column In West
Yellowstone, Mont., shrlveiesx to
-12. New England's nadir waartfto
-15 la Greenville, Me.
Sleet and freezing rain aimed
highways in a number of seel
Northern Texas was covereeV by
lee as far east as Wttchita Falls.
The middle and ivn tanr a
stretches of the. gulf1 coast ware
doused by rain. The heaviest -tall
la a 24-hour period waa at
bile, where- It measured 1.C5
.Inches. -, ,
Malta h Bombed, Slight
Damage; Foe' VTon't Finite
LONDON, Dec It-C'rVEeaj-ters,
British news agency, revert
ed that two formations of "ene
my" aircraft caused "slight civil
ian casualties and little damage
to property fa attacks today- en
the Mediterranean island of
A Malta communique
ouoted as saying - RAF
"challenged both formations, ut
no engagement took place.
aV