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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.-
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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. : .. -
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Christmas Basket
Notices Sent out
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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
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OTGON STATESMAN. Solan.
VaMeyGoia
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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
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Attend the
HOLLYWOOD
Cbrislnas Party
Sat. at 1 :00 pun. -
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And 2nd Fvatare
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FOLLIES
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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
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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!
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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.
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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
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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.
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