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The OBEGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, yredusmdar Morning.
It, 1943
Twenty lOlled
In Two Blasts
Seven Die in W. Virginia
Disaster; Fire
Gravely Injured
(Continued from page 1.) ::
debris hampered rescue crews.
' There were about TP mea la
No. 4 at the time of the Meat hut
il hat 13 ware la uaef (acted
areas and escaped-"
. Tt waa the first serious accident
at the mine in 40 years of opera
Uon.
CINCINNATI. Dec lf--A
blast that left almost two
bricks joined by mortar, nor tim
bere by spikes? killed It .men,
women, and children of fire fam
ilies ln an old downtown tene
ment before dawn, today.
Included among the dead waa
a babr bom to Mrs. Lillian"!
Icblnetier. 4 J. white she lay bur
ied in wreckage. Mrs. Shnetser.
her husband, frank, an foar oth
er children in the family also
perished.
A dozen other persona, saved
oaly because they lived on upper
floors of the three-story building
and came down on top of the
rubble instead of under It, were
injured,- none aeriously.
: What caused the explosion.
Which splintered windows (or
block and drove bricka through
nearby walla, only one man ap
parently knew, and he was dead.
Joseph Feldman, deputy atate
fire marshal, Investigated a re-
rrt that three crocks filled with
highly explosive fluid had been
Stored in the baaement by a ten-
tnt. Othera theorised that leak
ng gas was responsible, although
A. C Moorhaus, Tlce president of
a utility firm, aaid a preliminary
Investigation indicated such was
not the case;
The man who might hare been
able to say what happened was
Joseph P. Koebbe, S3, operator of
a general appliance shop on the
ground floor.
STOCKHOLM, Dec. 17-JP-An
explosion in the great Bjoerkborn
dynamite plant founded by Al
fred Bernhard Nobel of pefce
trlie fame aeriously injured at
eaat 20 persona and shattered
many buildings in the southern
City of Kariskoga where thoua
anrs of Inhabitants immediately
ran underground into air-raid
Shelters. - -
Firemen' (ought desperately to
prevent raging (Ires from reach
ing powder magazines. After a
1-hour fight the government de
fense staff said they had master
ed the flame which threatened
the extensive munitions and steel
works.
It was not Immediately deter
mined whether there were amy
if : .....i ...
- A grea&blast knocked ouri
windowa, raxed. . some - bunding;
broke telephone lines nad ceased
general property- damage torn ' a
distance of a mile from the plant,
Part ( the -city had to be evac
uated. Truck, Car Sales
Up Third, Oregon
New truck and ear sales la Ore
gon during the first 11 months of
1940 increased 13 per cent over a
similar period in 1I3. Secretary
of State Snell aald yesterday.
Sales this year totaled 2T.MT
rehicies, as increase of 9 4 IT over
the first 11 months of 193. Mo
tor vehicle registration on Decem
ber 1 totaled SI 8,9 3 9.
Saell predicts registration will
go over the 400,000 mark la 1941.
State Officer Is
Hurt by Boulder
MARSH FIELD, Dec. lT-(a?)-A
large boulder (ell onto the high
way and bounced into the ear
of a state policeman IS miles
east of Reedaport today.
T. O. Keaaler, Coquille state
trooper. Buffering lacerations and
hock, was brought to a hospital
here. The rock (ell from a clitt
on the Umpo.ua highway ahead
of his machine and bounded" Into
the right aide of the vehicle.
HHhH:i:
STABTS I TODAY
J M firm's c-m
x
Hit
Terror Secrets ,
Sealed a '
Thousand Tears
"Dark Streets
of Cairo"
k: '.with-:
. Sigrid Qarie
Ralph Byrd .
- B
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Appeals Chief
'vy..'--i.oJw?, x
Nlet R. Allen, of Gram Pass, who
was elected ;clmirmharnterday
of the first congreasioaal dis
trict selective scrrlcw .'appeal
board, whose headquarters will
be in his home city. R. B, Stil
ler, of Tillamook, waa named
secretary. Other Baerabere are
P. JT. A. Boehrtager, of Salem,
Herman Bernards, of Carlton,
and Dr. William T. Johnson, of
Coryallis. Board meetings will
be held la Salem.
Flu's Prevalence
Boosts Need Here
(Continued from page 1)
cent incidents have emphasised
the need (or the type of coopera
tion which has been made possi
ble by the Council of Social
Agencies of the Community
Chest.
A "Christmas basket exchange"
has been opened with headquar
ters at the chamber of commerce
with Miss Helen Foley in charge.
Each organisation conducting a
Christmas Cbeer program has
been urged to furnish this ex
change with s confidential list
of the families it is planning to
assist.
Some cases of duplication in
cluding one in which three agen
cies had the same family on its
list have been discovered and
adjusted. The Council of Social
Agencies is anxious that all or
ganizations make use of this con
fidential service. The exchange
telephone number is 81421.
Wider Spread of
Contracts Urged
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17-UP)-
CIO President Philip .Murray de
clared today jhat defense output
was lagging because of the rath
er stupid method" by which it had
been distributed and administered,
and said the CIO would send to
President Roosevelt tomorrow its
own plan for speeding production
and minimizing work stoppages.
The CIO plan is expected to pro
pose that boards be named for the
various key defense Industries and
that defense- eontracta be award-
ea 10 more concerns iota are now
getting tbem.c-: Th. boards would
check employ erf-emplore . friction
which mlghMesult stoppages.
"Out of Bome.' lO.DQO manufac
turing establishments in the
United States capable of produc
ing defense materials,' Murray
said, "only 30 per cnt have re
ceived government contracts.
"This 1b a wholly unwarranted
nd unjustified disproportionate
letting of the. defense contract
business. It has created a bottle
neck which is responsible for the
lag in production. '
Mrs. W.E. Boot
Dies in California
Funeral services for Mrs. Wil
liam E. Boot, former Salem resi
dent, who died in Los Angeles on
Sunday, are scheduled for Forest
Lawn Memorial park, Qlendale,
Calif., with final services In Sa
lem later, it was learned yester
day. - !
Mrs. Boot was the mother of
the late Mrs. Asahel Bush. Her
grandson. Stuart Bnsh, attend
ing school In the south, was with
her when she suffered the fatal
heart attack.
Mrs. Boot, active la Salem so
ciety when here, waa a member
of the Thursday Bridge club. Be
fore going south with her grand
son she made her homo at Agate
Beach for a number of years.
STABTS TODAY
TU A. Wove,
Sensations
"I'm a baarf
bo farm!
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'(W
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ill i"'terT.
Lease Scheme;
Offered, FDR
Return if Undamaged la
Contemplated; Detail
to Be Worked out
(Continued from page 1)
shipbuilding waya and other fa
cilities the stronger would be
American defense.
Defense Production
Helped by Orders -
'British orders, he said,, were a
tremendous asset to national de
fense here because they created
additional -productive facilities.
Then' launching Into the plan
itself, the president said It waa
possible for the government to
take over Brltiah orders, because
they were essentially the aame
kind of munitions this govern
ment wanted, and turn them into
American orders.
Then, he continued, the gov
ernment- might either lease the
materials or aell them, subject to
mortgage, to Great Britain on
the theory that help for Britain
was the best defense for the
United States.
What he waa trying to do, he
emphasized, waa to eliminate the
dollar sign In supplying Britain
Asked whether the United
States would carry the goods
acroas the Atlantic, the president
said it waa only a detail aa to
what flag the transporting ahipa
flew.
The president referred to fu
ture Brltiah ordera in outlining
the plan but aald it waa not pos
sible to say just now how the
plan would affect present orders;
This and many other details,
including the exact method of
tranaferrlng the materials, re
mained to be worked out, he ex
plained.
During the day. Secretary of
the Treasury Mbrgenthau testi
fied before a house appropriations
sub-committee. Afterward legisla
tors circulated reports that he
had aaid Great Britain had In
formed this country she could
not place any further orders for
war materials here without fi
nancial assistance.
lakes Emphasizes
Sabotage Dangers
(Continued from page 1.)
termed axis plans, he said:
"The axis plans are far-reaching
and world-wide. The dicta
tors propose to cripple the United
States If they can. One way of
doing this would be to damage
the Panama canal. . . .
"Another way of crippling the
United States, particularly la its
defense efforts." he said, "la to
sabotage our plants, both indus
trial and military. Recall that
most of the nasi bund units are
located in tthe vicinity of ship
yards, docks and arsenal. .T
"Deaplte Increased and Increas
ing vigilance on the part of the
authorities the FBI, the local
police forces, and the army and
navy intelligence many plants
undoubtedly harbor fifth column
ists. In time these will be weeded
out. But in the meantime they
are. in position to do considerable
damage.
Society Of fers to
Take Over Pound
Mayor W. W. Chadwlck has re
ferred to the police committee; of
the city council an offer of the
Marion-Polk County Humane so
ciety to take over operation of the
city dog pound.
The offer was contained In a
letter, signed by .Leroy Grote as
president of the recently formed
society, received by the council
Monday night.
The society expressed the belief
that it could ears the city money
and would be able to provide more
satisfactory facilities in handling
the pound.
The pound, newly located on the
incinerator grounds, - is now la
charge of Poundmaater Rassell
Maw under jurisdiction of the po
lice department.
Courthouse Tree
To Light Tonight
The courthouse arronnds aver-
green tree which set a precedent
in civic Christmas decorations
when It was lighted by the Salem
unerrians 17 years ago. will gleam
and twinkle its Tale meeaage of
good cheer again tonight, Donald
Deckebach. tree committee chair
man, said yesterday.
The Cberiiana believe this tree
was the first llvlnsr ererrreen ta
be decorated and lighted.
SALEM'S NEWEST THEATRE
Always
15c
TODAY
&.THUBS.
Plus 2nd Hit C"o
saoa of 2-eurt justice
2) ,z-v
L: I
En fnb & . .
Paul Hauser Column
. (Continued from page 1)
explained somewhat Yaarnely.
"And which, ess of tboso
dJnoses, asked, the old lady,
"Is tha racnuo, please T"
rata vaKxrazar out
Oa lew saeaa ars we leag the cave
Win mam were net malnd W shave.
Oa Usee SMaa Sara wttt hairy efeta
We ateek IfeaaierUaUe kta
And eeaae serastag away the saae
That nevar withers all ear says.
Then Ufa's a Uae at rasty bUaas
Lata eae e eae three IvarsUaM,
(Xsteadiag ttk HeeavfUle
rreat a4oteaceaae te Jhe grave), '
AS4 swear tt heaea aeUa a Oeai
We'U gUdy feregs a eiadeav.
MARITIME VOTE
The Wheatland Ferry - let
loose its anti-aircraft battery
t what It thought waa enemy
aircraft the other day and is
eelling reindeer meat cheap.
Invasion Before
Spring Forecast
Nazi Troopa Are Reported
Moving Into Italy to
Help Duce's Force
(Continued from page 1)
"by land and aea, but principal
ly ny air" Derore next spring,
Lord Bearerbrook declared Tues
day night In a radio warning to
Britons thrilled, by empire suc
cesses in Arrica and the exploits
of their own royal air force.
Aa minister of aircraft pro
duction and a member of the in
ner council of Britain's war ma
chine, Beaverbrook bluntly told
the British they were "much too
confident" and reminded them
Adolf Hitler "is still military mas
ter oe Europe, hut not so much
the master he was."
Heavy explosions heard during
tne night indicated the Brltiah
again were attacking German
bases across the channel.
Beaverbrook said there were
"sure and certain signs" of fever
ish German activity to bring out
a huge air force during the wint
er activity on a acale similar to
that of last winter which resulted
in the crushing of Denmark, Nor
way, Holland. Belgium. Luxem
bourg and France in little more
than two months.
Beaverbrook disclosed that a
"whirlwind" tighter plane has
joined the spitfires, hurricanes.
and deflanta which he declared
have won day air command over
the United Kingdom. But no fur
ther word on the new plane waa
forthcoming.
The British air and home mln
latrlea aald there were no bombing
activities over the country .dur
ing the day but the air ministry
announced that Brltiah bombers
smashed at the German. Industrial
city of Mannheim for) seven hours
Monday night amd Tuesday'' morn
ing in a series of raids extending
to the nasi submarine .'base at
Bordeaux, German-occupied
France.
The ministry said an airplane
factory, a dye plant,- and other
military objectives were left on
fire.
The Germane, however, aaid the
effect of the ralda on production
was "immaterial" but that 10 per
sons were killed and 10 Injured.
Meanwhile Brltiah forces enclr
died Bardla, Italy's Libyan port
alter wiping out Italian forts In
Egypt in little more: than a week
The British claimed the capture of
three more Italian frontier posts.
Heavy fighting was reported al
ready under way.
In Albania the Oreeka aald
their troopa had taken a camou
flaged Important Italian position
in the northern sector while on the
Adriatic coast the Port of Paler
mo was under Greek artillery fire.
Palermo is south of Chlrmara
on the coast up which the Greeks
are pressing toward Valona. Other
Greek units were struggling to
ward Valona from the island
Tepelenl-Kllsura pass sector where
the Italians are strongly en
trenched.
Bitter cold weather took a toll
on both aides.
Bid Is Received
On Gates Bridge
Construction of the proposed
new bridge across the North San-
tiam river at Gates will cost Mar
ion and Linn counties a total of
S1B.0S8, if the low bid. br J. T.
Johnson, of New berg, received by
the state highway commission in
Portland yesterday is accepted.
The offer was referred to the two
county courts for consideration.
Plans call for a steel truss
structure for the Gate erosslag.
replacing a condemned bridge.
NW Base Hospital
Set for Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. IT
-VPy The army's base hospital
ror nortnwest troops will be lo
cated at Vancouver barracks, of
fleers aaid today.
They applied to the elty for
water service for a TtO-bed hos
pital unit containing 41 balld
Inge. The unit will be'eoaatrnet
ed next year.
LAST DAT,
"SWANEB RIVER
with Don Ameche
Andrea Leeds, Al Jolsbn
. and . '
"WINKER TAKJC AEL-
AAmM far Fu : if
fj Tlr" Ltncoli? . I
Aayttjae . " -.8bOters 'M "
Bsafcew
YM Vacation
Plans Are on
Swimming Pool, Lobby,
Gym and Trips Are
Offered
The Christmas recreation and
education schedule of tho TMCA
for all Salem boys and girls was
revised yeaterday by Boya-Work
Secretary Txtd Smith to begin
today rather than next Monday,
Tho change waa necessitated by
the closing of schools.
Tho swimming . schedule will
give boys from 1 to 4 p.m. on
Monday. Wednesday and Thurs
day and from 1 to 2: SO on Tues
day and Friday. A mystery mara
thon awim waa announced from
1:30 to 2:30 dally. Each group of
boya will be given an hour in the
pool.
Girls may swim on Tuesday and
Friday from 2:30 to 4 p.m. for
grammar school, 4 to 4:46 for
junior high school and 4:41 to
5:30 for senior high school.
The annual boys' basketball
tournament will bo December 2s
to 21. Boya from t to 12 years of
age will play la the Acea division
and those from IS to II In the
Juniors. Boys may form their own
teams.
Educational trips will be taken
to the Western Paper Converting
company Thursday, December 21
at t a.m.; Valley Packing com
pany and Salem Linen mill Fri
day, December 27, at t a.m.; Ore
gon Pulp and Paper company.
Monday, December SO, at a.m.;
Cherry City Baking company.
Monday, December SO, at 7 p.m.;
Oregon atato penitentiary, Tues
day, December SI, at 2:18. All
trips are guided by adults and
leave from the T.
The T lobby will be open from
1 to 1:30 p.m. every day except
Chrlstmaa for gamea and toarna
menta. Facilities are available for
ping pong, box hockey, shuffle
board, tenpins, checkers and oth
erg,
50 Carloads Logs
Handled Each Day
(Continued from page 1)
board feet of "lumber in the raw"
to each carload, 300,000 board
feet are splashed Into the river
each day. These logs, not taking
Into consideration the a t r 1 k a
"bottleneck," reported all but
settled, become lumber within an
estimated three weeks after be
ing locked into booms and sent
off to Portland behind a river
tug.
Chief centers of logging activi
ties for the rafting work, now In
its third month of near capacity
running, are Black Rock and Val-
aets. Logging trains "chug" their
loads out of that area as soon aa
enough flats have been plied high
with timber In the lumber camps
and shunt them onto a siding that
borders tho Salem-Dallas highway
oposite the new-Bonneville sub
stsUon. From there , logs start oa
the second leg of their Journey to
Portland saws and eventually into
Housing for army units.
British Publisher and
Wife Bet on Date War
Will End; He Say 43
PORTLAND, Doe. 17-MV-A
wager between 8Ir Evelyn Wrench
and his wife rests oa the dste the
Euroseaa war will end.
Lady Wrench, slater of Great
"iiiuu a hvibi ivrce suuimiaatr,
bet here roaterdav that the war
will not last aaothsr ysar. Har
husband, publisher of the London
Spectator, predicted the war
would end by Easter, 1043.
They are touring munitions
rectories or tnis country.
Call Board
GRAND
Today Don Ameche, Andrea
Leeds, Al Jolson In "Swanee
River." and Tony Martin in
"Winner Take All."
Thursday Henry Fonda In
"Young Mr. Lincoln," and
Brian Donlevy In "8harpahoot
era." LIBERTY
Today Edmund Lowe In
"The Witness Vanishes." and
Bill Elliott in "Lone Star
Pioneers."
Friday Gene Autry la "Carolina
Moon,- ana Anita Louise in
"Hero for a Day."
HOLLYWOOD
Today Viviea Leigh. Robert Tay
lor in "Waterloo Bridge." Leon
Errol, Dennis O'Keefe In "Pop
Always Pars."
Thursday "Goldwyn Follies"
with Edgar Bergen. Charlie
McCarthy and the RIts Broth
era, and Hopalong Caasldy In
"Stagecoach War."
8TATK -
Today MIekey Rooney, Judy
Garland In "Strike Up the
Band." and Lynn Bart Lloyd
Nolan In "Pier IS."
Thursday Bob Hope. Martha
Raye in "Never Say Die." and
John Payne, Gloria Dickson in
"King of the Lumberjacks."
KLSJjrORE
Today The Marx Brothers
la "The Marx Brothers Go
West," and Sigrid Gurle. Ralph
Byrd la "The Dark Streets of
Cairo."
CAPITOL
Today. Allan Jones. Nancy
Kelly In "One Night in the
Tropics," and The Three Mea
aufteers In "Trail Blaaara.
Saturday Marleae Dietrich la
"seven- sinners.", aad Jack Holt
la "A Fugitive Front a Pris
on Camp." . .
g! wiring
BOB
MARTHA
HOPS
RAYE
"Beyer -Say Dis".
Second Hit
Ting of fha Lxmdrjackan
John - ' ' , Gloria
Payne ' Dickson
Lcrto Sports
BOULDER, Cole Dec lT-fP)
-Forward Leason McCIoad pour
ed in It points for Colorado but
it took Guard Martin Trotsky's
last minute tree throw for the
Buffaloea to beat Oregon 8tate to
night,' 4t to 41, In a wild and
thrilling basketball contest.
Colorado won SS to 20 last
night over the . touring Oregon
State five, which won the Pacific
coaat conference northern division
title last winter.
The game was tied at lS-all at
the half, and Colorado'a fnexper
leneed aopohomore squad had to
battle furiously to nip the taller
Oregonlana. '--.
Nsar the finish, Barney 'Old
ham, piat-alsed guard from Haya,
Kae., netted two pinch field goals
and the acore waa tied with on
minute to go, 41 to 41.
VANCOUVER. BC, Dec
-Vancouver Lions drew to within
two points of top place in the Pa-
cirie Coast Hockey league here
tonight y -taking a 2-1 decision
from the Portland Buckarooa. All
goala were scored in the last per
iod. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 17-P-Staaford
university's veteran bas
ketball team downed the San
Francisco Olympic club 12-48 to
night, desplt the '20 points scored
by Angelo "Hsak" Lulsettl. for
mer Stanford star who returned to
amateur play with the club.
ROCK ISLAND, 111., Dec. 17-
(AV-The touring University of Ida
ho basketball team added Augua-
tana college to lta list of victims
tonight, winning a rough eontest
by a St to 41 count before a crowd
of 1800.
OAKLAND, CaliL. Dec 17-(iP)-
Buddy Baer of Sacramento, Calif.,
241-pound "little" brother of ex-
Cham pl&n Max Baer, won a third
round technical knockout over
Harold Blackshear. 192, Monte
rey, Calif., negro, In a achedaled
ten-round fight here tonight.
New York. Dec 17-tfV-MeIIo
Bettina, 180 tt. Beacon (NT) ex-
llgbt heavyweight tltleholder. out
amarted and outpunched Solly
Krleger, 177, New York, ex-mld
dleweiglit champion, in ten action-
packed rounda tonight. There were
no knockdowns.
Abetzand Laval
Together, Rumor
(Continued from page 1)
F r e n e h - German collaboration
would be continued without Im
pediment.
Informants at Rent Iwltur.
land, aald they had learned that
Abets nersuaded the old mamkei
to bring Laval out of surveillance
at his homo so Abets eoald get
Laval's own story of his ouster as
"crown Prince" ta Patau, la or
der that Germany can decide what
posiuoa 10 iaxe on tne enenge.
Tnere were some rumors, evea.
that Germany mlaht demand
val'a reinstatement.
This waa supported by Inform
ants in Berlin, who aald Germany
waa interested not In Laval's suc
eeesor but "whether any change
in French policy has taken place."
Petaia already has told Hitler
that ha will continue to collabor
ate with the relch; that Laval's
ouatsr made no difference In this.
It was indicated, however, that
Petaln had not told Hitler why ha
ousted Laval.
In Bern It waa reported a Potato-Hitler
meetina- might ha ax.
pected if Abets aad Petaln agreed
on a ruture basis of French-German
eollaborattoa.
If ther didn'tl lnrthlnr mlrht
happen. Including total German
occupation or Franco.
Tho Position of General Marline
Weygand. the French commander
in Africa, entered into the .
ulatlon. He has showa ao Inten
tion of returning to France to
join in any negotiations with tho
axla and right now has a strong.
uu oeai en army at the back of tho
routed Italians In Libya.
Cabinet Post for
McNary Rumored
PORTLAND. Da lT-yntwn
lis Mahoney. prominent Oregon
democrat, predicted today that
senator McNary would bo offered
the next cabinet noaitiAM it
is offered to a republican.
'There has boon speculation In
Washington that McNary would be
offered the secretaryship of agri
culture, although there Is some
2!"" !Lh! wobM ecept," Ma-
. , Mho"3r retaraed today from
his Washington, DC, office with
word that there haa kn i4
"l concern in Washlnartom att
McNary s illness. Ha aaM the r
Ku senator emerged from tha
vice presldeatlal unuin tw
even mora respect of the capital
thaa whea he entered It.
Grounded Ship's
liamage Is $5000
ASTORTA A iv.. - .
AJVC. X 1401
th ''"oner
e y lg WsvS S. . J am a-
Ift;!plty,UMUy approximated
today Cpt F1 "-oiTsaid
Tha coast guard cutter Oaea
daga rescued tha freighter after
her aachor chain parted and aha
w tniuiL ..- xaa ahln waa
towed ta Partleea .. Z .
wofc
Tlmee Today-
Tlvieai Ldgh
R. Taylor in
"Waterloo "
Bridge"
"Pot AJU
ways Pays"
'ri,'-.':"-t
Errol
Public Schools
AndOTaose
,. ,. . -. . : - "
1456 Absent and TeaeHer
Staff Depleted ; - Open
Earlj, Jan. 2, Plan
(Continued from page 1)
nntu Unndav. were again auspead
A lfondsT afternoon through the
Chrlstmaa vacatloa, becauae of tha
large number of absences 'causea
by influenxa.and eolda.
PORTLAND. Dec ' lT-ff-The
InOuenxa ' epidemic reached Into
upstate Oregon, causing the clo
sure of several cities' schools to
day. - .
. Corrallia. home of Oregon State
college, -closed city schools. . 8a-
lcm, St. Helens and Wluamma fol
lowed suit.
Vaaeouver and La Center,
Wash., acroas the Columbia river,
also shut down until after the hol
idays. Portland schools closed yes
terday after sbsentees reached a
total of over 11,0 t,
CHild Bride Is
Held at Tacoma
Aiotiier la 9ouam on
war w w m
Contribntory Qiarge;
Husband Is Soldier
TACOMA. Dec. lT-ffV-A IS
year-old child bride, married alx
daya ago to a 24-year-old Camp
Murray soldier, waa held in a
juvenile detention home tonight
while aherifrs deputies sought
her mother oa a warrant charg
ing her with contributing to the
delinquency of a minor.
Prosecutor Thor Totlefsoa aald
the mother. Mrs. Ardella Murray
of Tacoma, "helped In- making ar
rangements for the wedding and
waa .present at the ceremony"
when her daughter, Betty, a Jun
ior high school stadent, married
Ralph Conwsy, 24, a member of
Oregon's ISsth Infantry, here
last Thursday.
Mrs. Murray's ball was set at
$1000 when the warrant waa
filed In justice court thia after
noon.
Tollefson said Mrs. Murray,
mother of five children, who has
been on relief since her husband
disappeared several months ago.
told welfare department author!
ties her daughtrr might get mar
ried. The prosecutor added au
thorltiee warned her against
child marriage.
Action again st Conway depends
on military authorities, Tollefson
said. 41st division hsadquartsrs
at Camp Murray reported the sol
dier-husband "on duty with his
regiment."
According! to the prosecutor.
the schoolgirl and Conway ob
tained a kmarrlage llcenae at
Olympla lait week. A Grays Har
bor couple! also obtaining, a li
cense, signaa arnaavita that the
girl waa 1 IV years of age.
(xialus Woman
Takes Own Life
C O R V A L L V S. Dee. lT-fJPV-
tsiancne Avenneay, si. aaimal in
dustries division ' secretary, killed
herseir last night. Coroner A. L.
Keeney aaid todaL
A janitor found her In her of
fice with a bullet wound In her
head, a revolver ander her body
ana n note on tne deak.
She was formerly a student at
the southern brunch of TJnlveraltr
of. Idaho, and waa tha daughter of
sir. ana Mrs. J. d. Kennedy. Ida
ho Falls.
Elected Senator
Is Named to Job
OL.TMPIA. Dee. 1TTT-S3SU.
ator-elect Conrad C. Wallgren
of Everett, democratic cos grass
man of the second Washington
district, was appointed by Gov
ernor Martin today ta tha aeat
vacated by Lewis B. tchwellen
bach's ascenaloa to tha federal
beach.
The appointment had beea ex
nected arenerallT In Dalftleat cir
cles because Wallgren woald
take the aeat In Jannarr anv.
how, as the reeult of his election
last montn, aad tne earlier ap
pointment will give him com
mittee seniority rankiaa- oyer
newly elected senators who take
tneir seats next month.
Violation Charged
Salem notice last nia-ht arraalad
George Tick, route 2, oa a charge
of failure ta stop.
By Lloyd George;
Windsor Williiig
LONDON. TVa 11 rr...J
day) The London News
Chronicle says that Dartd Lloyd
George has declined the antbae
aadorshIpto the United SUtes.
althoagh pressed strongly by
Prime Minister Churchill to ac
cept, Lloyd George, the paper added,
refused tha poet In consideration
of his advanced age 7S.
Last night aa authoritative
aoarco said several more days
might be required to find the
"ideally suited man for the job.
made vacant by the recent death
of Lord Lothian.
MIAMI. Fla, Dec. lT-sv
While thouaaada waited to wave
him a farewell, tha Duke of
Windsor aaid today he woald ac
cept the post of ambassador to
the United SUtes ehould it be
offered aad "if I thoaght It waa
in the lnteveat of our two eoun
triea." He made the atatsmaat at a
press conference aboard Axel
Wennergren'a yacht Southern
Cross, . shortly before aalllag oa
tha return voyage to Nassau.
The yacht brought tha duke and
duchess here a week ago.
Australia Troops
Harrying Italians
(Cob tinned from page 1)
British bombs ' that the faaclats
had not tried to salvage them.
British mastery of the air was
ao overwhelming- that there was
scarcely a moment of tha day or
night when a. Brltiah plane could
could not be aeen or heard, while
I aaw only three Italian craft in
the same 24-hour period.
The roundup of atrsy Italian
soldiers continues. In many cases
at their own request.
As a-party of newapaper cor
respondents was breaking: camp
where wa had spent tha night out
side Buq Bnq. three Libyans, one
with an eye shot out, appeared
and asked us for three things:
Bread, water and to be taken pris
oner.
Three correspondents attached
to the Australian forces armed
with one unloaded rifle soon
rounded up aad delivered to the
military 20 prisoners.
In tha past day or two I hars
aeen thousands of Italian prison
ers marching to Sidl Barren! along
a Roman road they themselves
built and named Via Vittorta
Victory way.
Planners Reelect
Loar at Silverton
SILVKRTON Dr. P. A. Loar
was elected Tuesday nlrht far the
third successive time aa president
of the BOvertoa Planning council.
Other officers named worn I. B.
Alfred, vice-president: F. K. Syl
vester, secretary: Bradwia Harare
Mrs. J. C. Morley and B. A.
Boesch, directors.
The council aaala diacaased dob-
sihllity of securina- nsa of the ar
mory for a civic center gymna
sium, auditorlnm aad library
quarters but gave it up whea It
was reported the apkeep would be
sereral hundred dollar a Tear.
Some other building will besought
instead.
Bids Opened on
Four Turbines
PORTI.AVn Ora . TW 1 Tn
-The Bonneville power admlnla-
iraior openea bias on roar tur
bines today.
Tha tarhinaa. wtifrh ere In 1m
Installed In tho' next two years,
wonld brtnar the dam ta lta nlsn-
ned capacity of 10.
ine a. Morgan Smith company.
Tork. Pa., aid at ate iea wvwi.
ward Governor company. Rock
ford, III., aubmitted supplement
ary hid a nf lCt lta an4 111.
4 for governor 'equipment.
int uajawin Locomotive works.
Phlladelntifa tm VI SSI BAA
for tha turbines and $2S,S2t' for
governor equipment.
Stray Dogs Are
Campaign Object
PORTLAND. Dee. 1T-SSThe
humaae society launched a cam
paign agaiast stray dogs la Port
land today In an attempt to enrb
an outbreak of rabies.
The county already haa etarted
roandinar an doara. and offlciaia
considered declaring- a emaraa-
une witnm city limits until Gar
ry Daniel, humane society presi
dent, announced his plana.
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