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. i - -" ' - : i I i f . i i t t- F , PACE TWO Three Billion Order Planned f, TRTOl aot Be Placed Till if Credit Plan Approred w-. by Congress, Said -.(Continued from pace 1) i - among them a proposal for a de- f aiM "high, command" headed 17 1 Secretaries Stlmson and Knox and William 8. Knudaen, prodoetlon ' chief of the defense commission, f While It was expected that there ' would be some greater-, centrall ' ration of authority, Early Indi cated that establishment of a gen eral purchasing agency-was un likely. A reporter said he assum ed that the army and nary would aot be deprived of their contract ual powers, and Early replied that he thought the assumption was well taken. At present, the army and navy ach contracts for Its own needs, although all contracts are cleared through the defense commission. Howerer, the commission has only advisory powers. It wss reported that much of a lengthy cabinet session today was glrea oyer to expresaions from the Tar ions members of Jhelr views - on what might be one to expedite the defense pro gram. No decisions were reachd. it w a s Indicated, although no cabinet officer would discuss the w meeting. Kandaea Reported Probable Chairman Reports circulated la official would be given the chairmanship if the president approved the Idea of a tbreeman defense high command with, the secretaries of war and navy as two of th mem bers. The navy awarded contracts aggregaUng $52,119,897. te seven I companies.. f or plant expansion and equipment to meet naval ord ' nance requirements:1 , - -.'- Tbe navy awardeer a $15.10. , Sol contract .for airplanes to the I Brewster Aeronautical Corpora j tlon. Long Island City, NY j M org en than - said - Great Brtt- ain's proposal to contract for CO ' cargo ships In this country, which : had been previously snnounced, would not await congressional ac i tlon on ' the -president's "lease ' lending"' plan. It waa indicated that actual v-con traits might be signed this week. A shipyard at Portland, Me., and another on the west coast at a aite not yet announced, will con struct the vessels., ? Garland Bette Listed as "Tops" KANSAS CITT, Dec. oumiun, mouon picture- trade journal said today its annual'Toll showed - that v Clark nhi -m wta Bette Davis .were the most pop- r . uiar acierana actress for 1149. XJena Autrey was named the fa- verlte western actor, f j The pell was conducted amoig aewspaper photoplay editors, aa I dependent theatre owners, and civic, educational and religious f. leaders. - Ruaners-up to Gable and Miss Davis. It3t winner, were Spencer Tracy and Mickey Rooney. and J Judy Garland and Myrna Loy. j Scouts' National ! Enrollment Gains NEW YORK, Dec. 19-JP-Mem- f berahlp of the Boy Scouts inereas- ed 82,73 In the. past year. Dr. j James E. West, chief scout execu- Uve said today. .The 1,4 S 7,7 4 S men and boys enrolled as scouts, cubs or lead- era on Nov. SO represented a net Increase ef more than i per cent f on the UZ9 figure.- X" Xoda j awl au i f TaAAJtaa. svwmv amcreaTS l "Bmrtt gtrMts ef etr, wits - SlTt uto ' Ttnses Today "Oae Visa la The TraytM" ADaa Jsbm TTmcy Kelly - -TLXTS The tm-Mmrtii im , Tran Slum" . . STARTS SATURDAY c2ir:ci!C0EsiTirr in sail I y 1 swt&cDIinilICH a. ' VI Li : t W m - jonnvAYis i ist wtumi rstucnss VAAlT.:iQ ACTION! ittatitr i :rOMAt J r ft f v a rpx j v "Duk Itmtt I tees Tree. Dwsgsexl a 1 , 1 IV" Nazi Army Chief Inspects m (swTaasaSaedeV General Field' Marshal Walther von Brauchltsch, German chief of staff, la shown, left, la company with other German officials Inspect ing; the Naal coastal defenses. Three Salem Men Given Promotions (Continued from page 1) battalion Private, First Class Jack J. Haek, Corporal Thure A. Llndstrom, jr., and Staff Ser geant Sidney D. Shaw. Headquarters battery Tech nical Sergeant Gerald E. Mason, Staff Sergeant Robert L. Simon, Sergeant Orvo A. Nikula and Cor poral Edwin W. Weisner. Medical detachment Staff Sergeant Willfam C. Deew and Sergeant Mark R. Neary. Battery A First Sergeant George W. Kinney, Sergeant Rob ert Hall and Corporal" Oliver C. Kinney. Young Buchanan May Face Charge MIDDLEBORO. Ky., Dec. 19-(-Wlth his father dead from possemen's bullets. 15-year-old Clyde Buchanan, Jr., waited In a jail cell tonight for the law to decide whether it will press a murder charge agairfst him in the slaying of a peace officer and the wounding of two others. Bell County Attorney Walter B. Smith aaid he would question the boy again before making; a decision. He added young Buchan an denied firing any shots but that he was armed when nabbed by officers yesterday; near Wheel er, Va., about nine miles from here. Smith led Se hearily armed officers and citiiens who captured early today the youth's fatally wounded father, Clyda William Buchanan, -40, described by the county attorney aa a US. army World war sharpshooter, former Virginia convict-and more recent ly an lntinerant basket-weaver. Iron Fireman to Pay Extra Funds PORTLAND. Dec. 19-fiipy-Ex- tra dividend checks for stock holders were announced today by the Iron Fireman Manufacturing company of Portland. The firm said extra dividend checks of 25 cents per share of stock of record December S were being Issued. The - payment will amount to I89.8L5, bringing the total 1940 dividend disburse ments to $520,878. President of Big Pencil Firm Dies JERSEY CITY, NJ, Dec. 19-P) -George T. Smith, 85-year-old president of the Joseph-Dixon Cru cible company, lead pencil manu facturers, died today. During the World war he was treasurer of the US shipping board. Besides heading .the crucible company, Smith waa president of the American Graphite company and a vice-president of the Colo nial Life Insurance company of America. . Dedication Date Only Approximate ASTORIA. Dec. ltMflVLIeut Commander George , Haaselman said today a recent statement that tire Tongue Point naval air base here would be commissioned De cember II was only approximate Actually, the commandant said. the base will not be commissioned for several more-weeks, despite the statement by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Naval Shore Employe Get off for Christmas WASHINGTON, . Dec lJfy Secretary Knox today Instructed all naval shore establishments to excuse all employes from work December 24 "except those em ployes necessary to maintain 24 hour service." ; Cubans Strike; Report HAVANA, Dec. 20-(Friday)-(AV-Unconf irmed reports from Guantanamo early today said that approximately 2000 Cubans work ing on the United States- aaval base there had gone oa strike la protest over. the death, or a fellow-workers, allegedly4eaten and throwd overboard from a US navy launch. : .. - BOB AlAUTHA HOPE RATE 'llevcr Say. Die Second Hit "King ol i th Lmnbar)aclca jeno - uiona Payne ' Dickson ri Ihe Christmas Basket Notices Sent out (Continued from page 1) date somewhat longer than the list of available baskets. Families are assigned first to the smaller agencies which are able to an nounce In advance how many baskets they will provide; and when that task is completed the remaining families become the responsibility of such larger agencies as The Salvation Army. It Is already apparent that the Army's load will be a heavy one. And that Is where the fund being raised .by The Statesman In cooperation with the Army comes in as well as the War ner Brothers-Statesman "canned food matinee" which is schedul ed for Monday forenoon at the Elsinore theatre. Canned foods brought to the Elsinore and pre sented In lieu of tickets will help to fill the Army's Christmas bas kets so that money donatlona will go farther. Manager Carl Porter of the Elsinore announced on Thursday that the "canned food matinee" attractions would Include Laurel and Hardy in "The Flying Deuces," a feature picture cal culated to please all young peo ple, and the Meglin Kiddles' Re vue which is a "natural" for such an audience, as well as several short subjects yet to be announc ed. Six Scioans Moan Birthdays Stolen By Christmastide SCIO, ' Dec. 1 Six Sedans will make moan next week be cause their birthdays will not be properly observed. Even efforts of friends to make the day an event failed when no suitable hour could be agreed for all to participate. Born on December 25 were Mrs. Mary Egr, Dave Horsburgh, Mrs. Joe Lytle, Mrg. Ed Uosvar, J. A. Withers, and W. H. Young, all of- this community. ArriYlng in or near Scio on tbe year's biggest holiday were Mrs. Joe Haller (Alma Phlllppi) now of Oak Grove, Art Pepper of Albany. Helen Shelton of Salem and Frankle Bllyeu of Kalama, Wash. Standing on his rights that his birthday not be lost In the larger melee of Christmas is Frank Gates of Albany, son-in-law of Mrs. Carl Warren of Scio, who has apent several Christmases and birth days here. Helen Shelton will complete her first doxen years of nearly birthday-less existence. W. H. "Bill" Young.MU at his Scio home, will reach the three-score-and-tiffeen mark. Cases Fewer but Flu "Gets Worse" PORTLAND, Dec. 19-iJfy-Cltj health officials said that 109 new cases of influenza were reported today, a decline from 120 Wed nesday, but that conditions were "getting worse." Dr. Adolph Weinxirl s a 1 d re ports from physicians Indicated that hundreds of persons had colds, grippe and fin. He added that he did not believe condi tions would Improve until the middle of January. 30 Face Charges Under Draft Law PORTLAND. Dec. ift-iitVCarl Donaugh, United States attorney, said today that charges would be filed soon against SO persons whom draft boards have accused of violations. Failure to notify the boards of changed addresses caused most of the accusations, Donaugh added. A few failed to fill out question naires or gave wrong addresses, he said. Frank Condon Dies BEVERLY HILLS. CaliL. Dec. 1 (i5-Dth wrote the last chap ter to the successful csreer of Frank Condon, magaslne writer. He was St years old. He was Widely known la HMItwaiwI'i film colony, having written ace. narios rpr au the major, studios. PRE-HOLIDAY SPECIAiM l rid? Jh oalre, I , C T .i55 : -3 GbOGCDOOUPll OTGON STATESMAN. Solan. VaMeyGoia 0fncc3reMeet Legislative . Issues" : Given Attention ; Load limit Removal Is Argued v (Continued from page 1) . . gram of the judges aad commis sioners association was a meas ure to change the apportionment method of automobile registration fees among counties. . . " The proposal would make ap portionment consistent with the number of automobile owners res ident la particular counties, rath er than -.the number of residents as shown by postof fice addresses given on registration tags In the secretary of state's office. Another proposal to lower mile age fees for witnesses and Jurors In circuit court proceedings from ten cents to five cents' was beard, and aa amendment to the county advertising 'statute, permitting the expenditure of $3500 yearly In cooperation with other, counties or with public or quasi-public bodies, was discussed. Change of the tax assessment date from December 1 to Jan uary 1, a proposal also sponsored by the state tax commission and the district attorney's association of the state was brought forward, as well as a list of changes la county welfare legislation already outlined by the state welfare com mission. The latter was approved provisionally, though a measure to permit aid from eounty welfare establishments to reach persons under quarantine received uncon ditional support. The question of auditing of county books was bronght for ward when legislative proposals of the state organisation of pub lic accountants were introduced to the group. - , The county Judges and com missioners present went on record as favoring an improvement In auditing standards, the publication-of a list of accredited audi tors from which counties might choose, but declined to accept a proposal that within five years each county adopt auditing stan dards approved by the account ants' organisation. Instead the group expressed Its satisfaction with the division of audits of the secretary of state's office, advocated Its retention as a state agency and the extension of its function to include all eoun ty auditing. During the afternoon session E. J. Griffith, state director for the WPA. offered the group a general discussion of the activi ties of his agency. Those attending the meeting were Judge H. C. Herron and Commissioners W. H. Malone and O. B. Kyle of Benton county; Judge Clinton Hurd. Commission er W. J. Holland and Commissioner-elect Allen P. Wheeler of lane county; Judge Franklin E. Gllkey and Commissioners E. 0. Calkins and J. C. Barclay of Lincoln coun ty; Commissioner H. W. Cooley of Linn county: Judge Herman Van Welt and Commissioners Fred Gibson and H. H. Brant of Polk county In addition to Marion county officers. Legislators present Included Senators Dean Walker, Ronald Jones, H. C. Wheeler and H. R. Kaufman ; Representatives George A. Duncan. John Steel hammer. Ray L. Jenkins. A. Ren nle, H. R. Jones and Angus Gib son. Dies in Portland, Came West as Boy PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 19-(JP Funeral services will be held to morrow for Frank B. Thorn, 81 long-time dock operator who first came to Portland in 1865 on a ship that tied up to fir trees alongside the Willamette river. He witnessed the port grow since then, and except for a few years when he farmed on the Lewis river, Washington, made Portland his home. Shipping Contract Praised by Morse EUGENE, Ore.. Dec. 19-(Jfy-With praise for. the new coastwise labor contract, Wayne L. Morse, west coast maritime arbitrator, left today for-San Francisco. Morse, who will attend cere monies at the signing of the new contract Friday, said he expected the agreement to "bring about greater stability in the shipping Industry." Violations Charged Albert F. Helson, 89S Trade street, Salem, was arrested by lo cal police last night on a charge of failing to stop. Edwin Storts. 940 Highland avenue, was cited oa a cutting' corners charge. SIX S3. fO 1 HEY! KIDS Attend the HOLLYWOOD Cbrislnas Party Sat. at 1 :00 pun. - FREE ORANGES AHD ' t PRIZES fa -r And 2nd Fvatare 4G0LDWYN FOLLIES ; IN TECHNICOLOR " Also News. ' Cartoon aad Serial Oregon. Friday Moaning. Pool Uauser9 Colamn (Continued from page 1.) . critic Bat be says Chat th -wide car -door problem Is oate which auast be coped wiUt aad coped quick. Mr. Zlxsle's Sylph -Six' (the old style model of IM) has a relatively- wide door and every now and again Mr. Zixxle : finds him self In a Ughf spot because of It. We mean tight and literally. Mr. Zlssle parks the Sylph Six, gets out and goes about his bus iness. Pretty soon becomes back. There are cars on both -sides of the Sylph Six, snuggling up to It as. If they were. all pups of the same litter. There Is about six inches clearance on either side. : Stepping trimly and primly, Mr. Zissle wedges his way back' be tween the cars. Narrowly avert ing tearing open his tummy on th door handles, - Mr. .Zlixle finally makes his way back behind the door. Then comes the tough part. Mr. Zlssle opens the door, or, rather,' he unlatches It and It swings out, making. a crack about -four inches wide. It won't go any further because with Its long door base, shall we say, it hits the ad jacent car. The door is a good fire feet wide, but for practical purposes the entrance space Is four inches. Mr. Zlxsle, though not a portly man, Is a little wider than tour laches. He's not a quitter thongh, not Zlssle. He sticks a lea: throag-tt the crack aad somehow saaa ages to sqaeese It into the car. Then he chins himself on the little rain gutter around the top Of the car, hanging by his fin gernails, and -sets the other leg la. This leaves him la a pecul iarly vulnerable posiUoa, bat he's winning. . By turning his ' body sidewlse, pulling In his stomach and col lapsing hia lungs he can get most of his body in. This leaves only his head, out la the weather. By a bit of adroit maneuvering - at the risk of losing an ear, Mr. Zls sle finally gets his head In. Tbe only thing he has forgotten is his hat. It didn't follow him In. It he's lucky, and he usually isn't, he will find it neatly balanced be tween the door and the edge of the roof and can reach out with one hand and pull It in. If not he goes through the same thing all over again. Mr. Zlssle is a normally pa tient man, bnt he says let this happen one more time and he's going to bracket a fliwman's axe under the rear viafcm . window and letter on the window in red, EMERGENCY ENTRANCE USE AXE IF NECESSARY. Dodges Auto, but Fall To Pavement I Fatal PORTLAND, Dec. l-)-An attempt to evade an approaching automobile cost the life of Mal colm Qrier, 82, here today. Orier tripped and fell to the pavement, striking his head, last Thursday. He was not hit by the ear. Call Board GRAND Today Henry Fonda in "Young Mr. Lincoln," and Brian Donlevy in "Sharpshoot ers." LIBERTY Today Gene Autry in "Carolina Moon," and Anita Louise in "Hero for a Day." HOLLYWOOD Today "Goldwyn Folliea" with Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy and tbe Rits Broth ers, and Hopalong' Cassidy in "Stagecoach War." STATE Today Bob Hope, Martha Raye in "Never Say Die," and John Payne, Gloria Dickson In "King of the Lumberjacks." ELSINORE Today Tbe Marx Brothera in "The Marx Brothers Go West," and Sigrid Gurie, Ralph Byrd in "The Dark Streets of Cairo." CAPITOL Today Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly In "One Night In the Tropics," and The Three Mes- qniteers In "Trail Blazers." Saturday Marlene Dietrich In "Seven Sinners," and Jack Holt in "A Fugitive From a Pris- - on Camp." SALEM'S NEWEST THEATRE Today and Saturday 5 V, r VXlk LOUISE ctcx roxju SttTOM CMUICH1U UUSA DUNMj slnuvMnannaantf- mc --aafrfr'.-jfc uia eanBnaaaaaaaaw e tvoa urn lai o Always I Chap 10 jL5C Maachu' U News-Novelty 20, MO Blant Speech Delivered . as New Ambassador &ts Sendoff (Continued from page 1) of the persuasive garb la which they may he dressed," but "facts aad actions too." . s . The candid, tnouga iniormw exchange of views, recalled Grew's speech of October If, 19J, whea he said "the Ameri can people regard with growing seriousness the violation and in terference with American rights by Japanese armed forces in, Chi na in disregard of treaties and agreements." At the time. Grew speaking shortly after returning from the United States and a talk with President Roosevelt, said his re marks came "straight from the horse's mouth. Mstauoka, speaking of Japa nese adherence to the Rome-Berlin axis, declared a large section of the American people, willfully or otherwise, have misinterpreted It as harboring hostile intentions toward the United States. "I owe It to candor." he said, "to admit that relations between our two -, countries are severely strained. Matsuoka'a reiteration of loyal ty to the trl-partlte pact was em phasised by a Domel. Japanese news agency, report that Lieut. Gen. Hiroshl Oshlma, ardent ad vocate, of German-Japanese col laboration, would return to Ber lin as ambassaor, replacing Sa buro Kurusu. Oshlma was withdrawn In 1989 lh a gesture of disapproval of Germany's non-aggression treaty with Russia, . Just prior to the start pf the war. (In Berlin, authorized sources hailed the return of Oshlma as an Indication of Japan's' firm adher ence to the axis bloc.) IEU to Disband, New One Planned (Continued from page 1) isatlon. It is assumed that the NLRB's objection Is based 'upon a contention that the IEU here was, when first created, company dominated. Officials of tbe IWA claim that their membership has been In creasing rapidly and wll be In the majority by the time lumber mill operations are resumed after the holidays. They also insist that the recently-granted wage increase of 5 cents an hour and vacations with pay was obtained by the IWA. It was reported tonight how ever that the IWA meeting waa poorly attended In comparison to the IEU meeting. Members of the latter organisation contend that a new IEU local. Independently created, "will be able to qualify as bargaining agency. Seven Deathless Days Enjoyed by Traffic In Oregon, Snell Reports Oregon, for the first time In 1940, has gone seven days with To IhG Folks Away From Home! " J . . a1 v mm Jos By . (Oitslds Bslent CltyUmlU) Aim c 3 out a traffla fatality, aeratary of Stats Bart EaeUL reported jas- Thla record W established daring the period December II tO It. ' .A . " . ' Snell said tkera wsra sair Sev an traffic f aUUUes so far this month as against It same period in December. ,118 There also wers 11 fatalities dur ing the first If days of November this year.; v-f- v'---T , nununwss- - Ovation Precedes . KaUioV Collapse (Continued from page I) : the cries at Godspeed from rtens of thoosandav3Ie :was -going om to the eouatryw "V.-. 'T -a Oa the platform a company of soldiers was drawn np In bis hon or. He "paced smartly to , the end of the line in the last act of what Helsinki had planned as its good bye to him. . , - ' , He smiled: V said i "Goodbye, thanks for everything. 'Then- he gasped, thrust a hand to his breast and tottered. Baron Mannerheim caught his sagging body. Mrs. Kallio already was in tae waiting train. A group of officers took in her husband's body, aad the crowd was hushed. It seemed that at least half of Helsinki's population of 830.000 stood on the streets to cheer the little csravan as Kallio rode to the station. Some held flaming torches: the bands played, the Port March, the "Finnish national song, and that melody resounded la the railway station as' Kallio died. Victim of Police Shot May Recover ' PORTLANDre., Dec. -Pf-Oeorge B. Lampro, .14, Portland rmeulder shot by mistake in a bank holdup yesterday, was in fair con dition today, after three blood transfusions one by the police man who shot him. Lampro was wounded through the body by Patrolman W. L. Ed wards after police atopped his car which had been commandeered by the bank robber. Police sergeant Bill Browne said that Loyal McCready, 48, who admitted taking 8(64 from the bank and was wounded In the wrist- at the time Lampro was shot, was Questioned today by fed eral bureau of investigation agents. Storm Warnings Posted All Along Pacific Coast SEATTLE, Dec. 19-JP)-Th US weather bureau tonight reported southeast storm warnings were continued at 7 p.m. from Point Reyes, Calif., to Tatoosh, Wash., with' occasional gales in prospect for the next 24 hours. It said the disturbance was stationary., over the lower Gulf ef Alaska and ex tended tar to the south ; j i. tsxTxsucnni fwOtr BREATHINO PASSA6ES mm Just think what it will mean to them to get the local news while fax away from home. Arrange for your gift subscription of The Oregon Statesman Today' and he assured that it is the gift that will more than please each day of the year. And We Will Bill Yon on January 1st, 1941 O Per Ilcsii . O Per Yenr A;SSlJCl "Spell" Prompts ffivSKooting, Qaim ft LiWISTONlda Dee. -Robert Kress, 18, was arrested la Lewtston tonight as he stepped from a taxi, aad, , according to Clearwater county Sheriff George Panky, sdmltted shooting Mrs. Mabel Hinkley, 80, teacher at the Sannystds school, 10 miles west of Oroflao last night. Mrs.- Hink ley to at the Oroflao hospital with a 18-ca!lbre bullet lodged in the center of, her spina. Tonight, she was reported "resting easy" but still In dangerous condition. The youth offered .only one rea son for the s shootlag, according to Sheriff Penky, saying that "a little spell -cam on me.. Three years ago,': court .records show, he fired three shots at his ancle and was sent to the stats custodial school frpm which ha was re leased one year ago. To Newfoundland WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-(fl)-An undisclosed number of army units will leave New York for Newfoundland early next month, to Garrison the northernmost of the Atlantic naval and air bases being acquired from Great Brit ain. Announcing this today, the war department disclosed that the troops would sail for the outpost even "beforo " shore accommoda tions were ready for occupancy. Until these are completed, the transport which carries the men to Newfoundland will be used -as a floating barracks, the department said. This ship is the Edmund B. Alexander, the old coat-burning liner America which recently was named in honor of a brigadier gen eral who served in the Mexican war.' May Give Pacific Highway Priority EUGENE, Dec. 19-(V-Carl I. Rynearson, Oregon Pacific High way association manager, said to day that he believed the route would be given first priority for additional national defense road legislation. Rynearson, who recently; re turned from Washington, DC J aaid that "the strategic military high way report, now being prepared for President Roosevelt by! the public roads administration Afc co operation with state highway com. missions, would, bo completed within a short time." m. -'. A- .--BIG-... at L'ZKS :l"-f"l l"Ii"fl"i 1 aaa i9laBfaa" r!IiiLi .ks 4tHA22:GI222f ; - Saiarday 'C, Wayne Strahan's , Old Tim Band Admission. 55c Couplt I i i To Iho Boys for I P P I i t rui. taaat .' WwWiWIwW e Army Units Going 3$ i A 1 inn!