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PAGE TWO British Ships Attadk Valona 20,000 Italians' Trapped at Bardia, Is Claim Greeks Advance (Continued from page 1) circle, sinking at least ! f Ire , Ital itt supply ship In Bardia harbor and pouring alMUs iato eh ore po sitions. West of Bardia, British Ships and pianos smashed away at Dema, and along. the Italian tetreat root from Bardia to Der aa. A royal air fort; communique aid "practically the whole camp" 0t Derna was ablaze... Adriatic Invaded by British Fleet , ' . Meaawhlle the British admiral ty aanouneed that tbe, Mediter ranean fleet bad swept boldly la ta ike lower reack.es of the Adri- atle ici-Italy' aelf-eelected lake" ohelllng tne fascist sup ply base at Valoaa, Albaaia. Naval experta la London -said tha attack. In which more than iOO toot of shells were hurled into the city, was sufficient to re- T . . . a. a guce Harbor facilities to rnaoie. Without ODDoaitlon. B r 1 1 1 a warships ranged as far north as Carl, Italy, and Duratso, Albania the Admiralty said. RAF planes. In a followup at ronnrtAdlT tt Valoaa la rlam . ing ruins while four wares of pompers sunviaaeousi iiotbibu ftHadial. on the Italian mainland. Italy's failure to combat the fiiitlah naral thrust into the Adrl Ht waa viawad br Loudon a ear I art as baring Imperiled Premier f nssollnl's troops in the war with ftreeee and left them under threat ft being trapped more seen rely than the British-French allies armies in Flanders last spring Transport iiukae Seat to Aid Belatedly, Informed quarters la gome acknowledged that Adolf 1 tier has sent German transport planes and nasi 8tuka dire bomb- are to bolster Italy's back-tirea campaign against the ureeaa. Confirming' Thursday's reports from Strugs, on the Yugoslav (rentier, these Quarters said the German transport planes were shuttling fascist troop relnforce- r tents across the Adriatic from taly to Albania. Despite tbe emergency help. Athens dispatches said Italian de feases In the. snow - blanketed mountains north of Tepellnl and Klisura were falling "one after another" before the assaults of bayonet-wielding ureeks ana; that a general fascist retreat from the entire sector appeared Imminent. "Especially tierce fighting pro gressed around Klisura, where the paemy, realising the colossal stra tegic importance of this region, is fighting desperately," Greek dis patches said "'His efforts have proved unsuc cessful ... the number of prison era ta increasing steadily . . . bug war stores are falling into oar hands ..." , -$ Another Greek column was re ported hotly pressing Italian troops retreating up the Albanian Coast road from Palermo bay to Chimera. 10 miles north. Japan's Cabinet Shaken up Again (Continued from page 1) municipal and village authorities. The Japanese press recently has reported widespread com plaints of numerous violations of the government's low price poli ty, for which 15,000 hare been reported arrested In the Tokyo area alone. The justice ministry cooperates elosety with tbe home ministry la the prosecution of law viola tors. Englewood Church Has Carol Siliging The service Sunday night at the Englewood United Brethren church will consist of carol sing ing and the lighting or candles. Esch worshipper will be given a candle and with the house light extinguished and by the Ught of csndies the congregation and choir will Join In singing Christmas i carols. Miss Shirley Adamsoa and David Rlngland will accompany the singing on the violin and cello. The pastor. Rev. D. L. Ring land, will deliver a brief message The Spirit of Christmas." The eholr. will sing "Fairest Lord Je sus. Miss Marlon Chase will be the soloist. The service will begin - at 7:42 and the public to cordially Invited. Army Takes Both Health Officers GRANTS PASS, Dec. 20-CPV-Josephlne eounty was not unite :ere today whether the army It?1 leT !t health officer. Dr. 8. B. Osgood, the health of ficer, was called to service with the army la California several weeks ago. Today, his part-time substitute. Dr. John P. RuaoelL was .aetined that he should re port for duty at a Pennsylvania army training: camp early la Jan uary. . " 1 : ,- However, Dr." Osgood wrote to the county court today that he might be discharged from h e army for - physical disability and hoped to return hern. f 'JS Sptaets Grande - Upright I : .James C Stone ) ; Factory IMstriamtor j.v.Fark Lane on. Portland i 1 Highway 5 1.S Miles North of Underpass S todrv-i ; ftop Sola' " ; ., J fi fj 'Si miles' from high "prices. C 17 We'll make yon a Christmas g I 'present- of downtown over- A If bead! : ' - fi Salem's First Woman Judge Takes S at J 1 . 4. ' " City Attorney lAwreace N. Drown. left, aad Mayor W. W. Chadwtck staad by as wttneaaes as Ham Martin signs her oath as Salean'a first woaua Jadge. She win become mnaJcipal judge and city eorder cm Jaanary 1. firsteamsn Evangelical Has Christmas Music "World's Redeemer" Given by Choir; Selections From "Messiah" Sung The cantata, "The World's Re deemer" by Holton will be pre sented Sunday night at 7: SO o'clock by the choir of the First Evangelical church. Selections from Handel's "Messiah" will also be given. The music is under the direction of Ernest Friesen with Mrs. Ivan Osterman end Miss Gladys Edgar as accompanists on the organ. Soloists will be Genevieve S harf. soprano; Carolyn Camp bell, alto-; Rev. J. E. Campbell, tenor; Richard Smart, bass. The program includes: Prelude. "Christmas Eve Memory," organ and piano duet, Wilson: proces sional. "O Come All Ya Faithful." organ; "Silent Night," congrega tion; scripture, prayer. "The World's Redeemer." "He Shall Reign rorerer' "'Neath the 8 tarry Beaten," 'Arlse and Shma." "The Gates of Heaven Uabar," "Come, Let Us Adore Him." Violin solo. "Ava Maria." Oou aod. Miss Ruthyn Thomas; of foratory. "O Holy Night," organ and piano duet, Wilson. "Messiah." recitative, tenor, "Comfort Te My People." chorus. "And the Glory of the Lord"; recitative, bass. "Thus Satth the Lord"; air, alto. "Oh. Thou That Tellest Good Tidings," chorus, "Glory to God"; air, soprano. "He Shall Feed Ilia Flock"; chorus. "Hallelujah"; benediction, post lude. The choir personnel Is: So prano. Muriel Oalser, Dorothy Engelbart, Genevieve Scharf. Bet ty Boston, Mrs. James Campbell, Alice Schmidt, Margaret Friesen, Certrude Cook. Mrs. H. F. Linse. Lucille Balr, Dona a Brown. Jua nita Card, Maxlne Underbill. Bet ty Petticord, Mrs. Ruth Bair. Ruth Stover, Vera Collins; alto, Mrs. Faith Leach, Effta Grimes, Margaret Banmgartner, Susanne f'.sau. Carolyn Campbell. Rachel Garner. Elvira Babrens, Florence Garner; tenor, E. H. Leach, Rer. J. E. Campbell, Ray Brown. Hen ry Unrnh, Kenneth Hilfiker. Earle Itlggs. Lyle Klampe, Harvey Han sen. Waldo Williams; bass. War ren Pahl, Loren Boston, Max Kleaman, Lowell Wlkoff, Leo Thornton, Richard Smart, Walter Lamkln and J. O. Schmidt. Pope Plans Gifts To War Prisoners VATICAN CITY, Dec. 20-(JP- Pope Pius expects to extend Christmas greetings to war pris oners in various countries by mall- lag his photograph, sacred Images aad special apostolic benedictions, Informed sources said today. The pope also has decided to send money to his representatives to purchase small gifts of cloth lag and other necessities for the prisoners, they said. A Christmas truce between the warring powers recently was asked by the Pope bnt went unheeded. Broker Will Face Charge of Attack MOUNT VERNON. NT, Doe. f fPy-PeUco today held Isaac Brown. 41. Now Tork City broker, on a charge ot felonious aasaalt growing oat ot an attack on a IT-roar-eld stenographer who waa atabbed ia the throat, beaten and boa ad with wire. The girt. Matilda La Boyer, also ot New -York and the daughter of a' lawyer, waa la serious condition u? Mount veman hospital, where aha identified Brown as her aa aallaat. Physidaas said she prob ably woald recover. - Wett Salem Church Party Called off; 'Flu Reason WEST SALEM The beginners department of the Methodist church will not hare a party ia the church oa Satmrday morning as was planned. The party aad the 8anday school Christmas pro gram, which waa to have beea 8nnday morning, are canceled be cause , of the iaflaeasa epidemic in the community.. . . Tha i i- S , . photo. Three Killed in Plane Collision GRAND FORKS, ND, Dee. 10 (p Three men were killed late today when two airplanes collided COO feet above the municipal air port here, and crashed to the ground. The dead were Flying Instruc tor Douglas, Grand Forks, and Student Pilots Glen Enge, Bis marck, and Theodore Olafson, Gardar, ND. Milk Law Qiange Attempt Possible (Continued from page 1) cessful campaign for mayor of Portland. In any event, dairymen opposed to the law will be present at the session ss interested observers and though Judson says they have no program formulated they will be ready to "back some move ment to modify the law to a cer tain extent." "Considering the closeness of the vote (In the November elec tion)," Judson said yesterday, "quite an unrest over the state to indicated and I believe there will be an attempt to change the law In some vital manner." Senator Thomas R. Mahoney, champion of opponents of the milk control law at the last leg islative session, is reported to hare said that he would not again lead a more to repeal the law, but it can be expected that should an attack against the law or parts of It develop during the aesslon the Portland senator would be In the van. Damage Is Slight In Eastern Quake BOSTON. Dac. l0-()-The origin of earth tremors that shook the noatheast early today from Pennsylvania t o southeastern Canada was placed tonight 25 to SO miles underground In the Lake Oasipee, NH, region by Professor L. Don Leet, chief Harvard seis mologist. The shock, recorded by the Harvard observatory at 1:27:29 a. m., and lasting about 20 sec onds, was felt In New England, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and southeastern Canada. Thousands were thrown into panic, but there were no reports of personal injury and damage outside the Ossipee area was slight. While the temblor was esti mated by some as New England's worst since 17 S 5, Dr. Leet would say only that today's was the strongest In ten years and had It centered In such a populous city as Boston their might have been greater damage. Christmas Mass Schedule Named The schedule for mass celebra tion on Christmas day by St. Jo seph's has been announced: S:4S a.m. Christmas carols; a.m. solemn high mass, music by adult choir; 7:20 a.m. low mass, girls eholr; a.m. low mass, boys glee club; 10:20 a.m. high mass, musle by adult eholr. At St-Patrick's charch. Indepen dence, which is sorrod by the priests at St. Joseph's, there will bo mass en Christmas day at t:20. Mrs. Spragne on Honorary Board PORTLAND, Dee, 20-(A')-Ap-polntment of honorary board members to represent the Boys' and Girls Aid Society of Oregon were announced today by Wil liam Whitfield, president. Members included Mrs. R. H. Dearborn, Corrallis: ' Mrs. Gavea C. Dyott, Eagene, and Mrs. Charles A. 8prague, wife of the governor, Salem. Turner Funeral Here CORVALLIS,- Dec lOHffVA neart attack waa ratal hero today to Ernest IL Turner, ft, mayor ot Springfield from 1224 to 192'.. Funeral services. will bo held Sat urday at Salem. s . 1st. - OBEGOM STATESMAN, Sedan, Oath ot Office f 1 Hannah Swears; Mayor Does too Oaths of Offiew Arm Taken bj Two Officials Who Will Begin Terms Her right hand upraised while City Attorney Lawrence Brown read the oath required of public officials. Hannah Martin was yes terday sworn in to the position of city recorder which she will take over January 1. Mayor W. W. Chad wick looked on as Mrs. Martin took the oath of office and became fully quali fied to be Salem's first woman city recorder. Mayor Chadwick later took the oath of office for his second term. Mrs. Martin announced that Catherine Zorn, former secretary to Paul R. Hendricks during bis terms as city attorney and sec retary for the last ysar to City Attorney Lawrence Brown, will be her secretary in the recorder's office. Miss Zorn will succeed Mrs. Caroyl Dashney. Alfred Mundt will be retained as deputy recorder, a position he has filled under Recorders Mark Poulsen and A. Warren Janes. Finding Rooms Is Task, Legislators Finding apartments In Salem during the 10 41 legislative ses sion to adding to the worries of a number ot legislators who have visited hero recently. Most of the mors desirable apartment houses hare reported few vacancies aad some of them have waiting lists of permanent tenants. Hotel operators said the bar received many reservations from both legislators and lobbyists. There is no scarcity of rooms in private homes, according to registrations being made at the state department. These rooms may bs had at prices ranging from 94 a week to $S a day. Cast of 40 Sing In Heavenly Host "The Heavenly Host," a Christ mas pageant of the nativity, will be presented 8unday at 7:20 p.m. at the Court 8treet Christian church. The cast of 40 people in cludes the "Angel Chorus" of 20 voices. The singing of the chorus, the tableaux and the stage, light ed in many colors, combine to mske this preesntation of the Christmas story distinctive. The part of Mary is portrayed by Mrs. Velma Miller with Waldo Miller playing the part of Joseph. The annunciation to Mary, the prophecy of the coming ot John the Baptist tbe shepherds oa the hillside, their worship at the manger, and the coming of the wise men, are presented realistic ally by those participating. Engineers to Add To Unit, Buildings PORTLAND, Dee. 20-tfV-Con-s traction of II cantonment-type build laga and expansion of the 2tth engineers, army topographic mapplag battalion stationed hero, to 1000 men probably will begin within two weeks, Lieut-CoL W. D. Luplow, commandant said' to day. The 1 lib's present strength. -Is slightly moro than SO 0 officers and men, of which nearly 200 are stationed with a field survey par ty at Oceanalde, Calif, - O re g onion b Giva'SneU The Rush for License Rush for 1141 motor vehicle licenses was on here yesterday, with several hundred persons re ceiving their plates over the coun ter in the state automobile divi sion. Secretary of State Earl Saall has employed a number of addi tional, counter elerke and has In stalled desks in the statehonss corridors tor the convenience ot those filing license applications. Orsgon. Saturday Morning, Docombor 21. !Si0 FbririAreDead After Crashes Three Scotta Mills Folk and One From Turner Lose Their Lives (Continued from page 1) fore or after the second accident Investigators were hampered by the fact that none of the sur r i r o r s of the. original accident were able to talk. It was believed that Area -Wins and. Crltea were drivers of the two cars. Both cars involved in the Sil verton highway crash were com pletely demolished. The front end of the car believed to have been driven by Winn was sheared off and tbe motor lay detached on the highway. I Deputy Coroner Virgil T. Gol den said last night that whether an Inquest will be held will be determined today. Crites. who died about 8:20 in tbe Silverton hospital, was a lum berman who operated a mill at Ocean Park, but lived at Scotts Mills. He and Mrs. Crites are survived by four children, Fred. 16, Earl, 12, LaValle, 0. and Dar llne, 2, who was Involved in the accident. Crites was the son ot Mr. and Mrs. Roy Crites of Independence. He Is also survived by three sis ters, Violet Crites, California; Mrs. Alice Graves, Silverton, and Haiel, and a brother, Ralph Crites of Independence. Mrs. Crites, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goodman of Scotta Mills, to survived by t w o brothers, Lloyd of San Francisco and Wilfred of Scotta Mills and a sister. Mrs. Viola Crockett of Silverton. Funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Crites will bo held from the Ekman mortuary at Sil verton. Mrs. Ttltle Vallet was the moth er of Mrs. Jewel Helvy, Scotts Mills. She lived formerly at Ocean Park. Arch Winn, who formerly lived at Turner, Is survived by his wife, Dorothy. His body is at the Clough-Barrlck mortuary. Condition of William Winn, most seriously Injured of the sur vivors, was said to be "fair and Improving" at the 8ilverton hos pital last night 4 Youths Leaving Today, Join Navy Four young men of the Salem district have been accepted for en listment In the US navy and will leave Portland today for the US naval training station at San Di ego. Recruiting Officer Robert B. Fallon said yesterday. They are Marvin O. Bagwell, son of Mrs. Jewel Grove, 4 IS North Summer street; Donald E. Woodward, grandson ot Mrs. Car rie Ringo. 214 8outh 14th street; Francis T. Albrlch, son of Francis X. Albrlch, 140 Marion street and Eugene E. Harrison, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund J. Harrison of Turner. These men will receive six weeks training at San Diego and upon completion ot that training will be assigned to ships ot the Pacific fleet or sent to one of the 47 trade schools operated by the navy for further training as spe cialists la radio, electricity or me chanics. Enlistments will continue open for young men between the ages of 17 and 21 years, Fallon said. North California Regions Isolated SAN FRANCISCO. Dee. A hundred thousand people in the extreme northwestern part of California, Including the coastal city of Eureka with Its 16.000 inhabitants, were cut off from communication with the rest of the state tonight when storms broks telephone and telegraph connections. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company cables went bad at 7:10 p.m., and a few minutes later Postal Telegraph and Western Union connections also were broken. No information was available as to tbe extent of the storm, bnt apparently It blew in off the Pa cific ocean from the west and south. Damage Is Small For Right of Way PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20-(4) A federal court Jury awarded the Croasett Western company $100 today for Bonneville power line right of way across its prop erty south of Wanna. Federal Judges James A. Fee said federal appraisers previously had placed value of the land at about $200 and the lumber com pany insisted It was worth con siderably mora. Double XliliUry Serried HELSINKI, Dee. 20 Finland's parllameat passed a law today doubling military service to two years. d d 1 1 1 o o In the Nous WASHINGTON. Doe, t-ypy-M. W. Lewis of suburban Hyatts rllls believes the Now England earth q.uake waa felt down this far. He told Dr. Frederick Sohon Ot Georgetown university's seis mology department that mat June 24 he and a friend, placed a bet oa whether a dime - would stand Indefinitely on edge. - Today, nearly six months later, the .'dime they stood ap flopped over, h . ' . - - - , . - NEW TORK, Dec 20-4P-The poetotflce gave a man a Job aa a helper during the Christmas rush. An hour and a halt later ha was arrested and held in $100 ball oa a charge of theft from the malls. In Bomber Crash . t I i . - 1 J. Fvnrral aervicea for Corporal Fraoa; JlraK, jr.. aoove, auuoa Wednesday in tbe crash of an army bomber in California's San Bernardino mountains, will be beld from the E. B. Hughes mortwary, Astoria, apoa arrival of the body, the family said yes terday. Interment will be at Warren to a, site of the family plot. Frank J. J Irak, sr., C8 army retired, drove to Astoria yesterday to complete details of bis son's funeral. Urges "Short of Nothing Slogan NEW TORK, Dec. 20-iP)-Dr. William Jan Scbleffelin, president of the Citlxens Union of the City of New Tork, said tonight the United Btates should "discard the slogan 'short of war," and de clared that "we must stop Hitler, short of nothing." Scbleffelin, a former colonel In the lfth New Tork infantry, told a mass meeting of "France for ever" that the slogan was "put political platforms to placets iso lationists and pacifists." Emphasizing that he spoke "only for myself." Scbieffelin de clared that "short, of war" was "a cowardly slogan, encouraging Hitler and Japan, saying we will not stand up like men and fight even If our national safety and our most cherished beliefs are threatened." "We in the United States," he said, "are partly responsible tor this war; we are guilty of nation al irresponsibility, we chose iso lation; we kept aloof from the League ot Nations and the world court. Wo have left -undone the things we ought to have done." Lampro Condition Improved, Report PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 10-JP -Loyal McCready, 42, Los An geles, waived hearing and was held for federal grand jury ac tion under $25,000 bond today on a bank robbery charge. McCready was accused of tak ing $064 from a branch bank hers Wednesday and comman deering the automobile of George B. Lampro, 24, Portland moulder, in an effort to escape. Lampro waa shot through the body and McCready through the wrist by police who halted the car. Hospital attendants said Lampro's condition was slightly Improved but still serious. As police prepared for an in quiry into the shooting, McCready told reporters "That young fel low never should have been shot He kept bis hands la the air all the time after being stopped by th cops and never once acted like he was grabbing for a gun." Naturalization of Bundists Queried WASHINGTON, Dec. l9.-(jf)-Attorney General Jackson ordered an Investigation today to deter mine whether the naturalisation process might have been ased to bolster the German-American band membership. The immigration aad natural ization service was told to exam ine an alleged buad membership list seised yesterday by Chleago pollee, to determine whether It contained names of newly en rolled citizens. Appearanee in the bnnd of per sons only recently naturalized. Justice department officials said. would bring aa exhaustive study to determine whether they might have become citizens primarily to gala eligibility tor tha baad. which accepts oaly citizens, and to shield their true reason for being in this country. It that ahonld bo established, ft was explaiaed. steps might be tak en to revoke citizenship on tha ground that tha oath ot allegiance was taken Insincerely or with men tal reservation. Union Men Facing Vandalism Charge SACRAMENTO. Dae. The Sacramento county grand Jury lad off a two-coma ty lavea tigatlom of vandalism in now homes ballt by non-naion labor with tha indictment of rlra AFT anion members and leader today. laaictea on enarges of conspir acy to commit malicious mischief in tha creosote-smearing of IP residences worn James Thorne of Richmond, and Milton Matthle aen, Howard Reed, Earl Davidson and J. C. Reynolds of Oakland. :.n ICXCLCSIVB DEAXJEB Guards to Start -ForHon Camp V; Marray Is.- Cliost Town' tfntil January ; Stage Block War , CAMP MURRAY, Wash., Dee. jpyTbree months of rigorous training ended for over 12,000 Pacific northwest national guards men today amid tha rattle f ma chine guns and the -booming- of trench mortars and tonight troops prepared for I l-dayl Christmas farioegbrlhaVwlUUow; moat pf the pjen '.tb!rf; frfst opportunity to return ;Heme . flneo tb.ty: Began a year's active duty last September..- ' ' - ; The mass exodus of soldiers, which, will make Camp Marray . a virtual ghost town until Jan nary 2, will get underway at 10:30 a. m. tomorrow when the first troop train pulls out with Montana and Wyoming guardsmen. Idaho, Washington and Oregon soldiers will follow by train, bus' and private car. Officers compared the young er guardsmen, anxious to return home, to "a lot of schoolboys Just before summer vacation. In the first aucb military dem onstration staged here aince the guardsmen began active service, the first battalion ot the Hist infantry staged today a mock at tack, storming and taking an "enemy" position with Oarand rifles, light and heavy machine guns and trench mortars. Tha demonstration was wit nessed by high-ranking officers from throughout the 41st divi sion. The attacking troops were from the Spokane region. Preced ing the attack Lieut. Col. Thomas R. Klrsehner, regular army offi cer, contrasted world war infantry strategy with "revised" warfare In which a battalion "free wheels' with greater effectiveness as an attacking unit. "Battalion commanders who used to make copious notes dur ing attacks have had to throw away their pads and pencils," Colonel Klrsehner said. "We must have speed. Private John Infan tryman has plenty of initiative in tha new schema. No longer is he part of mass formations. He rep resents in himself a highly mo bile fighting unit." Waterfront Pact Is Finally Signed (Continued from page 1) took place at the Waterfront Em ployers' association offices in an atmosphere of businesslike but smiling eourteousness all around. F. p. Folate, president of the employers' association, and Harry E. Bridges, longshoremen's pre sident, were the first two to sign. L. A. Lapham, employer spokesman, said the new pact sat isfied employers while granting the union Its fundamental de mands. Lapham said these were the union hiring hall and prefer ential employment. Waterfront employers and Bridges both expressed satisfac tion at the arrangement nnder which Dean Morse will remain as arbitrator. Message to Vichy Is Sent by Leahy WASHINGTON, De. 10-P)-In aa apparent effort to encourage an Independent policy by the Vichy government in its relations with tha axis, President Roose velt disclosed today he was send ing another personal message to Marshal Petaia by Admiral Wil liam D. Leahy, new American am bassador to Francs. Tha president said this mes sage, the second from him to the aged chief of the French state In recent months, commended Leahy as an old friend ot the chief ex ecutive and who. In navy par lance, spoke tha same language as Petain. The blunt, plain-speaking ad miral, who once created a diplo matic incident by calling the Rus sian people "virtually slaves," was expected to use his characteristic frankness In interpreting Ameri can policy to Petain. Italy Denies Order NEW TORK, Dec. 20-(ff)-The Italian radio in n broadcast heard hero tonight by CBS denied a Brit ish admiralty statement that Ital ian submarines had been ordered to attack 8panlsh ships. At a treacfaaroos time Eka i of I gr tr MmMN,pm;a7cwarofe of Vidb Vavtro-iiol up each taWrlL This bdpa to prevent raany cdis from devrioftes, becaosc Va-tro-nol Is sorpready designed, to 1x3? Ns tmue own. deftness snfnsf coldaJ (IX bead cold lmmiTZZ' yosrll find that a few dropaof Va-tra-ool betes dear tha cfarn bks rraura ptraganj to Aire this, wttfa nontagVma coids aa swnm1yoti.wmUyoaottklByBna7 savo. yon ami your manly aloe f tfemmmmmVata) 9JsJy fszmm umVOsbssszl emtwSSW WVis rhf ss sniaJi rulmofhsaTrbj Urn normaflg. Avoid i 1 1 1 1 1 1. Bag stazpln sbdd. Drink pienty of water, Cttpkoxy of fast sad slsepw , treatiuuiis when needed. Portland Traffic Deaths Are Down Traffic fatalities in Portland during November, 1140, were 50 per cent below those for the same month a year ago,' Secretary of Stat Earl Snell declared hero yesterday. ' f 'r .' Tbere wero fourf persons, all pedestrians, killed in Portland during November, 1240, as bar, 1232. All of the victims were over f$ years ojUL-,,, Fleet's Adriatic, ; Invasion Hailed (Con tinned from pagt 1.) admiralty described It. waa la two coordinated aectioha. A cruiser and destroyer force., whose primary purpose was to ha rass Italian sea communications with the Albanian battlefront, steamed up the Adriatic aa far north as Bart, Italy, and Durazzo, Albania, while to the south the battleship formation fell upon Va lona. All this tied in with other fleet operations in which the British are striking at the Italians oa both their Albanian and Libyan sea flanks particularly on Libyan side where even now, tha admiral ty remarked laconically, "naral operations in support ot our army are continuing." . . -' Escape of Polish Leader Reported BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec. 2 0-P-Marshal Edward Smigly Ryds of Poland, who fled to Ru mania II days after tha Gorman army lnraded his homeland in September, 1229. was reported in flight again tonight, this time af ter a daring escape from the Dragoslar prison camp. - An undetermined number of high-ranking Polish officers who were imprisoned with him were reported to hare fled at the same time, but no details wert avail able. (Diplomatic reports reaching Budapest, Hungary, said Smlgly Rdyz had been smuggled aboard a Black sea ateamer bound for Turkey.) The 64-year-old marshal, once proud commander in chief of all the forces of Poland and hailed as Pilsndski's heir, was imprison ed two months ago by Rumanian authorities investigating charges of espionage and sabotage, alleg edly directed against the Ruman ian oil fields by British agents. Former Polish Foreign Minis ter Joseph Beck and a number of refugee Polish officers wero re ported seized at the same tlmo. Day Is Shortest, Sun Near Earth NEW TORK, Dec 10-P-This thing happens every year out here are a few lines to remind yon that tomorrow will be the short est day In the year for the north ern hemisphere. Tha san will be at tha winter solstice Its most southerly point at 10:26 a. m. (PST). To moat people, December 21 to the beginning ot winter, but to astronomers it marks the dead center ot winter because tha sun again will head north, after a brief pause. Incidentally; the aun will be Just 01,280,000 miles from earth tomorrow, several million miles closer than daring last summer's heat wave. Report Made on Proposed PUD An Immediate rate reduction may be possible provided the pro posed Baker county peoples utili ty district acquires a systsm with in the engineering estimates and obtains its electrical energy from the Bonneville administration, the state hydroelectric commission declared In a report on tha feasi bility of the project hero yester day. Tha investment required by the district in order to acquire an electrical system was estimated at fl.404.227. The project would embrace 4S7 square miles with a population of 12.255 aad assessed ralaatlon of 111,102,127. Tha municipali ties ot Baker, Haines and Sump ter would be included. !piraii ricas vepot&m ap re-. RubVapKUO oa wirh a wanned dock. Vapoflub acts to bring reifef 2 ways at ones. It a poukics. At tha sama tJma it meases beipfui medicinal vapors that ara breathed direct lata thalnt tared atr ' Doth Va-tro-TB and VapaRub bavo been tested througfr years of . ana la ari'.Ilonaof homes. When you - oat these two eaetLclaes yon are not erperhmwing, yoa are not taking . nc2rst chances. Remeoxxi It tbe ' condition of the cold faSs to respond quickly taw treatment or if more emiotjs trouble is Indicated call your tasnSy chykldaa ttat away. IntbenTntlmebepcredlCota . bottle cf Vk Ve-tro-oc4 aad a tor ef Vlcks Vcpoltcb today bave ssa naocVf reaoy to i
