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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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tared atr
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. nc2rst chances. Remeoxxi It tbe
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quickly taw treatment or if more
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