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i "i O V PAGE TWO EavaTs Arrest Now Reported Planned to Head Regime : ' in Paris, Aid" Nazi - In War, Declared (Continued from pace 1) aert of a meeting betweea Hlt- X . ifnaantlnt with- lar inu ricuuci mm la the last 48 hours. . -v ffca British radio sal Flan iifn "haa been most consistent In his intrigues for the German " and interpreted La- ..v- Aftmluil to Germsay's de cision he was no looser- aseful - , thaw nails because of the E French .public's open hatred of him. " . I - Flandla, 61 years old, was hrtwwAf iDOBent of aaderstaaa S lag with Germany. He Is a former . nremler and after the Munich j agreement be telegraphed his con- s gratulations to Hitler. The French upheaval came as the BritUh were pounding the : Italian- retreating from Egypt Into Libya, by land, air and sea The Italian high command re ported fascist counterattacks were inlnr no enemy pressure" in vnnt hut British statements shed ' far more gloom on the Italian sit uation, with the ornciai declara tion that .1,000 Italians have been captured in the six-day-old x offenslye. Virgino Gayda, authoritaUye fascist editor, obviously reflecting the official viewpoint, said the Af- rican results could be Judged only months hence. The Rome radio said Italy "'' would not sue for peace despite ' developments in Egypt and Al bania. On the latter campaign, Yugoslav border dispatches said ; Italian planes heavily bombed ' Greek positions in the northed a ! Pogradeti area but that Greeks still were claiming local successes J ta their advance there, i On the home front, the British ! reported raids on the nail U-boat base at Bordeaux, in southwestern I France, and other successful air ! attacks over German-occupied ter i rttory with only negligible nail ' activities over the British Isles. ! President Roosevelt landed from f the cruiser' Tuscaloosa at Charles I Ion. SC. after a cruise to Inspect i American defense bases In the Caribbean area. He boarded a spe cial train to go to Warm Springs, Ga.. to spend Sunday with patients at a foundation for infantile paral ysis victims, planning to return Monday to Washington where many weighty Droblems await him. U. O. Rogers Succumbs PORTLAND, Dec. 1 4 - UP) - A heart ailment was fatal yesterday to Or ban -O: Rogers. 5 1 , former president rot the Oregon Purchas ing Agents' . association. He was purchasing agent for the Portland Gas a Coke company. ClfXFOBM monthly payments n nsmwsI eapea ; sm iaereaM ia iaasrest rate. Pradetttial 19-Year Ifeftgsfe is tfca as way te faanee heme. Available ia selected I...FHA inapclag optieaaL haw-khu a bobbbts, im. ajrtkctM Msrtcac taa aucttc tm Va Pradaatui laaaraace Oo. el AaMrica BaOaiac ata. OMaa t tfyji'uj;ttiri: Mja. !s)'!ttlll HEALTH Pardon us if we seem a bit concerned about your health. You see, we are in business for your health. That is why we urge you to consult a com petent physician at the first danger signal. So often we see persons pay a staggering price . . both in money and in per sonal efficiency v. for some apparently trifling neglect. It Is safer, and, in the long run, -far more economical. Willett'n I 1 II U ii I ' ; "; 7 Sloro, Corner State and Liberty - Fire Destroys Historic Paso Robles Hotel ly after the alarm was give. His Canned Foods Aid Christmas Cheer (Continued from page 1.) cooperated generously in similar programs in the past. The entertainment will be ap propriate to the occasion; there will be further announcements in this connection as to the exact hour of the show. Large quan tities of canned foods were added to the Christmas" basket material at a similar show last year. Thus children whose own Christmas dinner will be ample, mav assist in making certain that other less fortunate children will not go hungry at the Yuletlde. But the Christmas Cheer pro gram beneficiaries are not limit ed to families In wmcn mere are young children. Somewhere in saiem mere i woman, somewjhat past her 80th birthday. wSo lives aione except for her ,son who Is him self elderly, beyond the age of active labor. Both are in neea of help and The Army Is plan ning to leave one of Its Chrlsmas baskets at the nome ot tnese oeople who will be thinking back to the hannv Christmas seasons of their own youth. This is just one more of the many lamnies whose Christmas The salvation Army, with the help of generous people in Salem and vicinity, preparing to make cheery. is Nazis in Mexico Object to Film; Use Tear Bombs MEXICO CITY. Dec. U-iJP)-Roving bands shouting "hell Hit ler" Interrupted the showing of the film "The Man I Married1' tonight in eight motion picture theatres and fled before police could be called. Witnesses said there were about SO or 40 persons In the shouting groups la each theatre. The cries of "hell Hitler" were the signal for a volley of tear and stench bombs Into the audi ences. Ushers quickly opened all doors and when the fumes were gone the film was finished with out interruption. The picture tells the story of the conversion of a busband to naii ism, bringing tragedy to himself and his family. ll Phone 3118 MIS i -i 5 .': 4 body was recovered. The hotel waa Milk Freezes up In Rainbow Arcs; Cows Start Hard COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Dec. 14 -(P)- Genial Ed Johnson here to do his Christmas shop ping, said today he thought he'd get a supply of antl-freeie for his cows in the mountainous Tarryall country. It was SO below sero up there today and Ed. expecting colder weather in January and Febru ary, explained: "It's pretty hard to start those cows even now. Last winter Ed. who doesn't insist that you believe his tales, complained that the milk froze in rainbow arcs before reaching the pail. He put it in cords to await thawing weather. Lumber Troubles Seem About Over (Continued from page 1) a conference between Tacoma union officials, Federal Concilia tor E. P. Marsh and representa tives of the Morton and Mineral logging union locals, at Morton and Mineral. SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 1-JP) -The relatively small Industrial employes union, an independent lumber workers' organisation ope rating in the northwest, scored i wage coup in Spokane today while the rival lumber and saw mill workers union (AFL) was holding a closed conference on the wage and hour problem. IEU President Angus D. Chis holm of Portland announced to night two large Spokane logging and milling concerns the Mc Goldrick and Long Lake lumber companies had advanced work ers' pay 2 cents per hour Nov. 1 and would duplicate the wage Increase Jan. 1. The agreement affects 635 men in Spokane mills and 47 5 employ ed ln forests of eastern Washing ton and north Idaho. ASTORIA. Dec. 14 -P)- A strike closed the Uptegrove Lum ber company mill yesterday as AFL workmen walked out after demanding a 7V4-cent per hour wage increase and a week's va cation with pay. Creeks Continue To Push Forward ATHENS, Dec. 15-(Sunday)-(iP)-Greek troops slogging through heavy snowfalls have crushed fierce Italian mountaintop de fenses all along the Albanian front, capturing more prisoners and armament, the Greeks de clared officially early today. Italian resistance was said to be especially stiff in the north ern Pogradets area on the route leading to Elbasani, but a gov ernment spokesman said it was not holding up the Greek ad vance. Other Greek units were bat tling their way northward along the Adriatic coastline toward Chi mara enroote to Valona, and also cutting toward those ports from inland trails ln the Tepeleni re gion, reports here said. Postmastership Open WASHINGTON. Dec. 14 -)- The civil service commission an nounced today that applications would be received until the close of business January 3 for the Ashland. Ore., postmastership. . TWO ' OFFOCES The HUOOIN8 INSURANCE AGENCY operates two of Ore goa'e aaoet ap-to-date tasaraac offloee 8ALKM aad MARSH WELD aad Is Oregoa's largest aad snost procresslvo ap-ia-te ageacy. LOWEST XNSURJQICE COSTS SOUND AND BTTT" INSURANCE SERVICE , . CHUCK ... 0 n CHBT INSURANCE AGENCY URANCQ SUCCESSORS BURGHARDT IKS. AGENCY 129 ft Commercial : 1 The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Sunday Morotog. December 15 Is built la 1889. , Houses Consider Fiscal Committee (Continued from page 1) tion of President Roosevelt and hous eand senate leaders In form lng a group which would obtain an over-all picture of " spending needs and then would recommend what revenues should be raised Woodrum told reporters his first step would be to confer with house leaders and members of the ways and means and appropria tions committees. He said that a Joint congressional commit tee "could look at the fiscal picture as a whole, and could make recom mendations based on the relation- shiD of expenditures and revenues "It is crazy not to consider spending and revenues, together, he remarked. On the senate side. Chairman Harrison (D-Miss) ot the senate finance committee said that "if the house will agree to a joint committee there won't be any trouble over here. Harrison proposed a 1 4-member Joint fiscal committee last Jan- uary, but the house shelved the idea after it had been approved by the senate. iThe Mississippi senator said he waa convinced anch a committee was necessary if congress was to BOng in 1936 had a chorus de function efficiently on revenue clarlng "there'll be no third term" and appropriations bills. and there were others in 1937, Woodrum said he Doroved the igts. and 1939. But the dunce idea of permitting the president to veto individual Items in appro- priations bills a power he does not have at present. Halo for Eleanor A a. J 77 b.' lAt UlUUWS 1 CIC xr a aiiTvnTfM rw 1 4f flk A0..U W.., - V Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt found uui ivutsuv "- , I that Uiili 1:1 a il a -k v.. . mnjsA mrl T- tUm amiiaamant Af UTrt hundred guests at the White Hni.a "Hrtdlron Widows" Dartv. Santa handed the first lady a balo. a pair of wings and a roll of paper I on which to list requests she gets for gifts. It was the ftfst holiday festiv ity at the executive mansion and it was a "hen" party. As has been her custom, Mrs. Roosevelt was hostess to wives of Washington correspondents who are members of the Gridiron club the men were having their semi-annual "stag" stunt party at a nearby hotel wives of cabinet members, other feminine celebri ties and the Washington "Ladies of the Press. Mclntyre Is First . Citizen, Portland PORTLAND, Dec. 14-(-Ros Mclntyre, who recently completed his second term as Portland chamber of commerce president. was elected the city s first citizen of 19 40 today. Mclntyre, president of the Co lumbia Food company and the International Sales ft Produce company, will be honored by the Portland board, the selecting agency, at a banquet January 7. Walli Leaves Hospital; Windsors Planning Rest MIAMI, Fla.. Dec. l-(JP)- wearing complete recovery from her operation for removal of an infected tooth, the Duchess of Windsor and her royal husband went to a hotel tower apartment in Coral Gables todsy for a few days' rest before returning to Nassau. Phone 53 Salem. Ore. Gridiron Club Pokes Politics! FDR Absent for first Time in 8 Years; . Unity Pledged WASHINGTON. Dec.. . . . iv. -i.t., iiiir tonight poked run ai mowum- hers both political paniea "u few 'assorted victims, and closed on a distinctly patriotic note of on. 7. .."t.- M" i, th. mmnie. lUe Ulliuci lumimu " I Uon of the presidential term oi Mark Poole, Washington orres- . v. Pnoth nAwiinaDers I ui.i.i..n Harnld Bravman otttoral college. 1 the Houston Chronicle succeeded ; " w President Foote referred to the absence of President Roosevelt, apsence w " trm- la I nil lirsL uuiuia vw v i his Introductory remarks. Tonight the Gridiron club makes contribution to the cause of national unity," said Foote "During the late unpleasantness, by a series of strange clreum ..n,.M it bannened that the paths of the president of the Unit s.A states and the republican can riMat did. not cross. By a series of circumstances they will not cross tonight. The great inspector and the great crusader are suu more than 12 hours apart. Halted ia Defense On one thing." Foote contin nA- "there is no division In Amer XT mrm Hjtutlnr OUT nlOW- shares Into swords and training our boys to be soldiers ror aetenso and we mean business. In this we tanri nnlted. "Thronih it all we can still LVfAfrXut ."a Happy . . . 1 M New Year and Much Heavier mm I tuI dinner .t.rt a1 with an army recruiting scene la which Marshal McNeil of the Houston Press was refused an "I-want-to- be-a-captaln" plea on the ground that he had already been drafted for buck private duty as an active member of the club. Two speeches of the evening, off the record in the tradition of the dinner, were maae oy two ae- feated candidates. Wendell Will- kle. unsuccessful republican as- p i r a n l " vico.-w. - WN a mm m mm mm S- mm 4 m f 1 aV i I rtenry r. abuuibv, wu retain his seat as a democratic senator from Arizona. A parody on "empty saddles in the old cor- ral" marked the Introduction of Senator Ashurst. Predictions Missed The dinner opened with a skit. "The Gridiron Club Is Always di.m nr TTncla Franklin's Dog- houM;.. A choru, wearing dunce capB representing the "White Hou8e order of the dunce caps" aon from other years. each showing how wide of the mark were Gridiron club shots in dinners beginning with 1936. Cap chorus said the clubmen were only fooling in the past years and "oh, we told you so, we knew it all the time. The champ is stlU the champion, we knew it all the time." National defense, the national Hnfense advisory commission, the arm and naw hirh commands investlaatina committees ana sci Untitle polls of opinion all came in for some good naturea riooing but. as always, um utu -vvm I 11. 1 1 .kit. were reacnea wun yon I mf W mm. mt m - M All l uur junuw I . ... . l. v- I TM riDUDUCU IUUW iwa Lii.n to "Suburbia." a semi- mTlDlCII iiukuuui avu lately aepartea " cue tne tana irom deal. A man in medieval costume, Last Call for Your CHRISTMAS PHOTOS f S ff V r' r: ' V ' 8x10 Goldtone Photo Eyes, lips and cheeks from. For a short time only 6-5x7 H PhotOS ia beautiful 8x10 easel back folder. Regular $70 ralue 53.75 lIENNELL-EllIvSl 420 Oregon Bldg. ml I Deneater 1940 was found seated la the doorway ot the Union League dab. A re- nnrter making a vain aearca air Tom Glrdler. high highneaa, Roy W. Howard. Mr. -torn r, Prinratnn J oa Martin, and rharii Mcarr. usquire, If Sir Wendell Willkie had re turned from the great moral vic tory. .... . "Who," asked tne ciudihu Rfi Winkle Wendy." Willkie, indeed," the clubman A Mfnrmkd democrau iney are arunaaraa. u. The Gridlroners did not over- look the natural provided by the ,-M.BfBii on Martin, Bar- .n4 i"ih" in bis campaign I gpeecnes, ana iney - trio to sing of seeking political innwiwlrn but flunking the elec- The dinner ended with a skit .iiait "Reunion in America.' Secretary Ickes and Mayor Kel- ly of Chicago, senator norns .uu v.nw ttaiue. William Allen whit and Senator Hiram John- - - i son, John L. Lewis and Tom Gird- ler. Mayor LaGuardia and Ed- w.rri Flvnn and Al Smith and I Herbert Hoover came in arm arm. Big Business mia -" Little Buslnes, followed by Lyai nnnosltlon. Aunty Third Term, Uncle Sam and Unity. All sang: "Sing a song of unity at nome. Tough Problems Await Roosevelt Waller - Logan BUI Helo Diu, xxcip for Britain, Defense and Budget Faced . (Continued from page 1) r allow It to become law without hia signature, and Washington. renerallv. expects a veto. The bill would broaden the Jurisdiction of the conrts over the decisions and procedure or sucn otwiuu. agencies as the labor board and communications commissions. Foremost among poncy manors which appear pressing ior aeci- sions are the questions of financial aii for Great Britain and energlx- ig the derense program. Defense efforts admittedly are ia.,in William S. Knudsen. de-1 rense commissioner u a . . a S e mm. mm W f 9W e I nroauction. aiscioe "" ,hat almlane production was 30 cent behind estimates made lat July T -onnaction with the talk of .... to whio the rearmament nrnrrim Into too speed, some are DredjctiHp; the appointment of a P.. -rt-.ihlT Knudsen J ... h rn. r,es themsel ves. search out pro- duatlon bottlenecks ana snow the manufacturer how to elimi nate them. ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN ENROUTE TO WARM m.-uo, o. nee. i4-f4-PresidentRoose- velt ended a cruise over nearly innn miles of the Caribbean and Atlantic today, assured by a per- sonal Inspection that sites for American defense bases In Ja- malea. St. Lucia, and Antigua were satisfactory, but skeptical about facilities ln the Bahamas. Pointing up evidence ot Anglo American friendship, the cruise took the president into the wat ers of a belligerent power for the first time since the current conflict began in Europe. He paused at more than half a dosen British Islands, and also at the French Island of Mar tinique. Mr. Roosevelt came ashore from the cruiser Tuscaloosa at the Charleston, SC. navy yard this afternoon, tanned by a tropical sun and salt-laden breeies, after twelve days at sea. There) Is still time to take advantage of our Christmas spe- cials but Immediate action should be tak en to assure prompt delivery before the cjreat day. 17T7TTT7T T Q ELLIS tinted. Proofs to choose gfl (Tfh -UiX'HJ' 3-5x7 Photos with one finished ia oils. Proofs for choice. Regular $6.50 ralne 32.75 STUDIO Phone 7830 We are opea evesdac aadV) f sffv Baadaya by appolatmeat lihlj . , . Anticipate Leave For BI any Men It's First Time at Home in Three Months CAMP MURlUYWMlu Dee. 14m-niP Murray bnxjed with anticipation today as 9- u.tA men I oiicbi ta nuoai - - maae preparmn --- fBT,ough that will glre a majority f the elr flrat chance to re- .nce they began a ..iM rYtc three months jcai a . .- ,KO a "laburation" of" refi.n6sts Tor .n(t fnrldurhs , showed in 418 of the division's 12.000 ljd mM1 spend Christmas A v.or'i with their fami- Jea For .oidiers living Inj Wyo- , Montana, Idabo ana aisiani . .nd Washing- tnn n.inr too far distant irvmt v ... tQ retarn hom on weekend leaves it will bring family reunions. . j.i.rt 1. mm nosed of guard troops from the five Facmc norm west states. tk 11-dav holiday will start at noon Saturday and' extend to mkwain lannarr 1. The happy troopers will leave mrm m Boeclal trains offering special eent-a-mUe fares or n llsted men. Over 5000 41st divi sion soldiers will return home by train. ... n.n.rtnn of the troops will Murray Into a . virtual wn small units will re- main behind to nanoie guara wM.tirtn and adminis- tratlve work. Only those men not desiring furlougns win remim aamA ThL final week before furlough will be one. of the busiest since .tiiiiiiM beran active duty. Battalion and regimental prob lems, designed to perfect coopera- . n fw ween nnlts. will DO stressed. Portland's George Gets VFW Medal pnnrT ANX) rw 14-iW-The ?rY Fore ia-nWars7 nation- , ... oi wa awarded today to ex-mayor ueorge jj. r v, f Portland. -,tl. decoration citing Baker f "distinguished cititenshlp' WM tQe Becond such medal award ln Oreron. circuit Judee Donald E. Long making the presentation for nat- lonal VFW he Raker that " neaaquanera, miu wi be was never too r troop train In Portland. He was i at inn iuu for France and he was there to welcome them when they re turned, ' JXTmAm Tearlie Wye Wens leacner IOWA FALLS, Ia., Dec. 14-fff) Mlss Marguerite Johnson, SZ Rock Island, 111., high school teacher, and US Senator Gerald p. Nye. 47. of North Dakota, were married In the English Lutheran I church her today. e Cooking Top Lamp e Antomatie Time Signal a All-Porcelain Finish e Therrnixer WeQ-Cooker a Antomatie Oven Heat . Control -L I k: I Lowest price wa'va aver I '"J quotad for a cabinet Uyf y- f jjf modal range with all : ITJlP r ytL Ij in si ssi laqiwrei I eeasaasassaaaaassaasaassaasaBBaaaB plus mmnr of Aer quality aafuree nerer Wore oSmfd foe ao Uttlm tnotyy. Alice la Bectrle WeiMferlond says. hd at are w& eef fae flaw cfeea eao caeep On Cedrle li&f." See tMs - : swrprislwg wafwa todayi : v ' (m. li 229 Stole L In New Dashes for Fire In His Business NEWBERG. Dec. liHTV-The fire alarm roused volunteer fire man Floyd Allen from his bed and sent him dashing to board the fire truck as it rolled past last night. The truck stopped at Allen's cafe. The blaze was extinguished with slight damage. Heavily Loaded liner Torpedoed English Boat Near Home i With Officials and Airplane NEW YORK;" Dec. 14-VThe RHtiah liner Western ranee. loaded with a heavy cargo. Includ ing ! airplanes, and carrying -British officials home for tho Christ mas holidays, was torpedoea to day about 550- miles-northwest of Londonderry. Ireland. V At Ottawa, the prima ministers office reported receipt of a .mes sage saying that "most of tho per sons aboard the Western Prince were saved.". No further aeiaus of the torpedoing were available. Maekay radio here picked up an SOS eall that the 10,92S-ton ship had been "torpedoed" at p. m., Jrsi rnw. further was heard after the first call, relayed by. tho Port Patrick. Scotland, station. Fnrness. Wttbr and Company. managers of the Western Prince, Identified one of tne so passen gers as C. D. Howe. Canadian minister of munitions and supply. Also aboard was Captain W A. Charlton, one-time master ot me Queen of Bermuda. The ship had a crew of 80 wnen sne leu .nero December sV i ' The vessel carried . a lo,o ton general cargo and a large quantity of mail. Four twiri-mo-tored bombers were lashed to her deck. She was due at an English port tomorrow. The 496-foot Western Prince was built In 1921 at Port Glas gow for trade between New Tork and South America. After the war began, she was armed with two defensive guns aft and placed in transatlantic service, bringing hundreds of refugees here from Liverpool. Crew members report ed she sailed alone.s counting oa her speed for safety . Lemon Juice Rccip Checks Rheumatic Pains Quickly f If 7u saffer from raaaaMtii, aaikrltia r Bsaritia Pia. try tats ispU' iaax penWa homa raclpa that tta m aiaS. Get a paekac af Ra-Cs Ooaapon. a two waak aapply. toaar. Hit itwitk ?aart of water, a ta Jaica of 4 taaiMs. t's aasr. No trovbl at aU aa4 pawn at. Yoa neod oaly S tablaapooasfal two- tiaira a day. Oftaa witaia 48 kears-t-eaai-Umaa aTaraifht aplTi4i4 raealta sra taiaad. If taa paia 4 mat aik.iy ! aad if yoa. 4o aot foal oottor. ntn taa amply paekago aae Ba-Xx wUl asu 7a aotaiag te try as it U said y year r( gUl a4ar aa abaalate aMasy-baak gaar aatoa. VU-tx Oooipooal Is ler aaW aad roroaaoadeA y 114 Mayor Drag tora aad dra atoroa Off okora. 5 doavra . e Speed-Heat rooking units with S speeds e Big Twia-Unit Oren e High-Speed Broiler e Sliding adjustable " shelres ; lt Phona C522 Murphy Eldg.