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Th OREGON STATESMAN, Satan. Oregon, Sunday Momlna. December 22. 1940
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Germ
any Irked
At US Policy
British Request Shipping
Be Turned Over Draws
Spirited Rejoinder
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very, of axis ships to Britain by
the United SUtM wonld be "un
friendly and "unneutral ana ex-
pressed confidence it would not
- happen).
Nearly coinciding with the for
eign office conference, it wai an
nounced officially that the Ger
man government has asked the
United States state department to
recall three members of the staff
of the United States embassy in
Paris on charges that they helped
a British officer to escape
These three are Mrs. Elisabeth
Deegan. " formerly of Asherille,
NC. a receptionist who recently
was detained for aeveral days by
German military occupation au
thorities la Paris; Cecil II. P.
Cross, first secretary and consul
at the embassy and Leigh W.
Hunt, a second secretary and con
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: - iat state department accepted
-Che request. (In Washington, Sec
retary Hull aald the three would
be seat elsewhere: that the
charges would be Investigated, al
' though , a preliminary Investiga
tion does not support them. Hull
declined to discuss the Ronald
Cross affair.)
The G e r m a n announcement
said that Mrs. Deegan had sup
ported tne unidentified British
officer and helped him flee the
country; that the two embassy
officials were involved ia this and
that, furthermore, Cross concealed
a British secret agent In the em
bassy for months. This - man. it
was stated, later was arrested out
side the building and confessed
te espionage.
"Moral Aggression
Charge Aimed at US
At the press conference, the
foreign office spokesman charged
that the United States foreign
Jiolicy was one of "pinpricks, in
ury. challenge and moral aggres
aloa" against Germany.
On the other hand, he aald, the
reich has' "exercised restraint to
the point of self-ef f acemeat" la
Its dealings with Washington.
In other words, the British min
ister of shipping succeeded ia do
ing: dowa Wllhelmstrasse..; retic
ence' and restraint and opened the
tips of officials.
Erer since the reelection of
President Roosevelt, foreign cor
respondents hare been soliciting
expressions of official opinion of
various . phases of American for
eign policy, as it affects the' retch.
Bat the government spokesman,
antil today, has declined to corn
meat. 'iEvea- the president's men
tion. , of ways for further aiding
Britain . has drawn only ' news
paper and unofficial comments. AD
Todsy one simple question pro
voiced a dramatic situation.
To Jthia, correspondent's ques
tion: "Any-comment on the Brit
ish Minister Cross's statement?"
one of -Foreign Minister Joachim
voa Rlbbentrop's closest collabo
rators replied in a voice vibrant
with emotion, its pitch raised,
progressively and his voice In
creasing in volume as he reached
the charge of American "pinprick
policy."
Ia fact, this unusual statement
of policy, coming at this time,
seemed so fraught with potentiali
ties that this correspondent re
quested, as an unusual favor, to
be permitted to keep a copy of the
official stenographic transcript.
Theory of Moving
Continents Denied
Fossils Tell Other Story
Says Chaney; Millions
of Years Traced
BERKELEY, Calif.. Dec. tt-(.fy-Fosslls
of trees which lived
millions ot years ago- tended to
discount the theory of some scien
tists that the continents have been
moving, says Dr. Ralph W. Chen
ey, professor of paleontology at
the University ef California.
Dr. Chaney drew his conclusion
from studies showing the relative
position ot the world's "forest
belt at the beginning of the eo-
ceae era, about 10,000,090 years
- age. compared with the forest
belt ef the present.
, The . world's present day tree
belt begins la Iceland, extends
south-westward through Europe
' to the eastern portion of Africa,
thea through southern Asia, up
. the coasts of China and Japan.
across Bering- straits to Alaska
anA.taeaee agaia southeastward
to cover much of the United
States and Canada, and finally
Teers north ward toward Green
land and finally Iceland te com
plete the circle.
Tree foaatls at about the be
g-in aing- of the eocene era. ears
Prof. - Chaney, followed approxi
mately this same Une, bat the
forestry belt then was somewhat
north ef what it is now. He ex
pressed the belief the tree belt
had extended southward gradual
ly because of changes jn climate.
caaases Denoted
Dr. Chaaey contends; the near
parallelllsm between early eocene
and modern tree belts Indicates
that the eoatlnenUalways have
remained approximately where
they are: that they, indicate the
- gulf stream, which carries rela
tively warm water to leelaad and
j aorth western Europe and causes
f present then as well, as bow.
i -.- This in , turn, he says, .in di
ctates i that - North America o and
a.Biwp wwrsi soi jwun ivgeiaer
jr B.Biiv nan- Tusn mwn t bp snnra
theory holds that the original
land separated, oae part becom-
ing waac is now norm America
and the other, Europe, and the
space between becoming 'the At
lantic ocean.. Likewise some scien
tists- think - South America and
; Africa originally , were- .one "great
continent, which. divided "'slmilsr-
.. -m ,.'-'lv.' n .1.
v iy,. niiui( Hi . ivr.. lit dviu
Atlantic -;; 'J ?.T -U- ' J-
Dr. , Chaney believes ' South
America and Africa likewise have
net moved with respect to each
other in tens of millions ef years.
Four-Motored Bomber Crashes, Kills Six
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Here is oae smashed wlag- of a United States army four-motored bomber which crashed la the mown tains
' S3 miles southeast of March Field, Calif n with loss of six lives. Ia foreground Is part of oae of the
engines, still smoking from flames which Darned part of the plane's wreck. The craft apparently
overturned after crashing la the trees aad boalders becaase the underside of the wing here faces
upward.
Labor Law Issue
Compromise Due
Compliance With Law May
Be Settled; Contract
Terms Afford Key
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21.-WV
The administration was reported
today to be studying means of
compromising the ohefmajor con
troversy that has cropped up over
national defense whether arma
ment contracts shall' Include a
clause requiring compliance with
labor laws.
Informed sources said the war
department was considering a
broader clause than that now in
cluded In defense contracts. At
present, contractors need only
pledge observance of the Walsh
Healey act, under which the labor
department can fix wage and hour
standards for Industry.
Some officials doubted, howev
er, that any concessions would in
clude the proposal ot Sidney Hill
many, labor member of the defense
commission, and CIO leaders thai
the contracts state specifically
that employers must comply with
the Wagner act guaranteeing la
bor the right to organise and bar
gain collectively.
Hillman protested last week
when tentative war department
contracts totaling f 2,0 00,9 09 with
the Ford Motor company made no
mention of the Wagner law. Both
William S. Knudaen, defense com
missioner in charge of production,
and the war department took the
view that this was unnecessary.
Although approved by Knudsen,
signing of the contracts has been
delayed while defense commission
and war department officials study
a possible compromise ot the di
vergent views on labor policies.
The Ford contracts for midget
scoutcars and other vehicles pro
vided a key ease because the com
pany has pending an appeal from
a labor board decision under the
Wagner act.
Long Silent Gun
Injures Owner
COQU1LLE. Dec. tl-(AP)-Af-
ter hlsoaly soa died ia a hunting
accident three years age, Fred
Ball. Coqullle realtor, gave up
hunting.
He reconsidered this week and
got down his rifle. It fired accl-
dea tally and shot away his left
hand.
Kitting Pott Provided;
You Furnith the Girl
NEW YORK, Dee. Il.-Cffy-An
official "klssisg post- has been
established at Grand Central term
inal for the holiday season, but
there's one restriction, men the
girl you kiss must be year own.
Terminal officials .placed a
huge bunch ot mistletoe over the
doorway between the . mala ten
course and the waiting' room. '
Portland Airport Get
k$3QlJS2 WP A Project
- : PORTLAND. Dec . si-py-Rep.
Homer D. Angell (R-Ore) advised
Portland , officials today that a
$301,362 WPA project, for - the
Portland-Columbia airport - had
been approved at Washington. DC
- - .The . project . Involves expansion
for a 12000.000. army, pursuit
plane base as well M'ffeneral ase.
Crash Damage Slight-
' ' Slight : damage' was "reported
from the collision of autos driven
by Raymond W. Scales, z 5 N.
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Brushed by
Sam Wetastela, 78, lies la the arms of his son (right) after he was
hit br an automobile la front of the son's home ta New York City.
The son witnessed the aecMeat
nuhed to the victim's aid. The
a possible shall fracture. Note
to offer aid.
Inflation Guards
Being Developed
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ally, will take all he can get.
One of the methods the econo
mists have discussed for prevent
ing this situation is government
compulsion to force people to save
part ot their money Instead of
spending It. In England, this me
thod is practically in operation al
ready, except that moral aad pa
triotic pressure has been substi
tuted for government edicts la
coercing the people to save.
Usually, this method has beea
defined as a law requiring citi
seas to pat a portion of their earn
ings in the bank each week or
month. But one of the other ways
figuring In Washington theorising
would simplify the plan farther by
requiring employers to pay part of
the payroll la government bonds
Instead ot cash.
The Idea behind this method Is
te keep people from bidding ap
prices by depriving them of the
cash used in the process.
. . While the method has some ad
vocates, others la promlaeat
places have criticised it as un
necessarily drastic "Like shooting
a tame eat with buckshot. said
one.
As perhaps a fiaal report, the
economists said. Inflation could
be made Impossible by law. as is
done la Germany, where the gov
ernment sets prices aad wages,
decrees who can work where and
at what business, specifies what
banks and Investors can do 'with
their spare cash, regulates ' the
movements ot money into and out
of the country, and checks nearly
every other-part ot economic life.
Front' street, . and Benjamin F.
line, 1700 Lee street, at the cor
ner ot Mission and Commercial
streets at :15 last night, police
said. - '
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from the window of his home aad
father was taken to a hospital with
hands ef others apparently reaching
North California
Sees Flood Peril
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At Redding. I. II Inches have
fallen since the present storm
started on Thursday morning.
The state department of public
works at Sacramento reported
water running two. Inches deep
over US highway II north of
Chlco. but California Automobile
association officials here stated
their reports showed all mala
highways north and south were
open.
A washout oa the Northwestern
Pacific railroad near ItcVann dis
rupted service ia that region, and
Eureka-bound passengers and
mail were transferred to buses
and trucks at Wllllts.
Wind and rain still lashed at
Eureka today, where telephone
and telegraph communications
were broken off last night In the
storm.
An earthquake which Jarred
Eureka yesterday afternoon cen
tered about K miles off Cape
MeadoelBo. H. O. Wrocklage. as
tronomer at the lateraatlonal ob
servatory at Uklak. reported to
day. The trsmblor lasted about
II minutes . bat did' negligible
damage.
Vandals Return, T7in
BOISE, Idaho. Dec. Il-0P-Unlverslty
of Idaho's barnstorm
ing basketball team wound np n
4000 mile tour here tonight with
a SB to XI victory. at. the expense
of nn outclassed but scrappy Jun
ior college outfit.
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Greek Forces
Aren't Halted
Fortified Heights Taken;
Initiative Retained
With Fliers' Aid
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By MAX HARRELSON
ATHENS, Dec. 21-(P)-Qreek
forces pushing deeper Into Al
bania hare captured new fortified
heights in the Tepelinl-KIisura
sectors and have taken 300 pris
oners and a quantity of war ma
terial, a government spokesman
reported tonight.
He declared the Greeks also
were continuing their advance in
other sectors, especially in the
coastal region toward Chimera.
Important Italian positions also
were taken In the north beyond
Pogradets, the spokesman said.
"Conditions are just the aame
as in nast days." he commented.
"The initiative belongs to us and
all efforts by the Italians to coun
terattack have been crushed.
"Fascist positions on the moun
tain heights naturally are strong
and fortified also by concrete but
these machine gun nests have
been abandoned under the bay
onets ot charging Greeks.
British-Greek forces in close
collaboration were reported to
have struck sharply against Italy
by land, sea and air.
! Fliers Participate
British filers participated ltf
two ot these, directly in their own
attacks at Italy s home and Alban
ian bases and In support of Greek
trooDS in the front lines. They
earned thereby the praise of their
eommender for doing what he
called one of the best aviation
jobs of the war under about the
worst .conditions.
By air RAF bombers based in
Greece were said to have bombed
oil tanks and railways overnight
at the Italian port of Brlndisl.
across the Adriatic sea from Al
bania, dropping all their bombs
In the target area, and setting
off "large tires" and "several ex
plosions." Also, the RAF reported attacks
yesterday on Berati, at a vital
road junction on the Albanian
front, and on an Italian airfield.
By land Greek infantrymen,
hammering at the gates of Tepe
llnl and Klisura, were said to
have taken two villages and two
strategic heights in the Tepellnl
area, overcoming cold, stubborn
Italian resistance and strong
barbed wire barriers. An Italian
colonel and two battalions were
said to have been captured In
fierce fighting around Tepellnl.
Greeks Precede
By sea A naval communique
today said a Greek destroyer force
preceded the British battleship-cruiser-destroyer
armada which
was reported yesterday to have
pushed into, the lower Adriatic
December 18 and shelled Yalona,
Italy's port of entry Into south
ern Albania. The Greeks said
their destroyers penetrated the
Adriatic as far as the island of
Sasemo, at the entrance to Yalona
harbor, on the night ot Decem
ber 15-ls "without encountering
any signs of the enemy."
Air Ylce Marshal John Henry
d'Alblac, commander of the RAF
in Greece, expressed satisfaction
with the progress of the air war.
British fighters, he said, hare
established one ot the best rec
ords made anywhere during the
war and British bombers have
fulfilled their tasks despite weath
er handicaps encountered no
where else In Europe.
'Black out' Hits
Salem; Lines out
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phone poles and collapsing walls.
Shorting power lines flared In
dozens of places as poles and trees
fell. Christmas decorations were
ripped from city streets, and com
munications were interrupted.
Wind velocities were steadily
rising at 11 p.m. along the coast.
Coast guardsmen reported a T5-
mile-an-hour blow on the beaches
near Grays harbor. At Aberdeen.
the velocity was IS; at McChord
Field, near Tacoma, SB the
highest recorded there since es
tablishment of the army air force
weather station In ltlS. In Seat
tie, Boeing field reported a top of
iz. Portland had a 42-mile wind,
with gusts ranging un to 10.
Aberdeen, Hoqulam and Ray
mond were without lights at 11:10
p.m. Coast guard telephones failed
along the entire Washington coast.
Associated Press circuits were pe
riodically disrupted south ot Seat
tle; and radio chains reported in
terrupted programs. , The Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph company
said its lines were down In dos
ens of places, with an "almost
complete failure between Port
land and Seattle.
At Portland, trees were uproot
ed; aad the walls of a derelict
building, rulaed by fire a year
ago, collapsed. The falling debris
struck two other structures, la
eladlag a garage la which one
motorbus was reported ruined aad
two others damaged. A chimney
was blown off the home ot Msyor
Joseph Carson.
Olympla. Walla Walla, Tacoma
aad the entire coastal area re
ported a rash ot downed telephone
and power lines.
SAVE
For years w hav saved thousands of clients 20 oa
their insurance costs. - on property of "better than aver-
acje risk.
The 2Z0Q.000 Qenexal AnuriranrtMKH;
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When their mother, Mrs. Alice Holsnaa, went shopptag aad did oc
retara for two days, 18-moaths-old William Hotoom (right), aaa
Gas, a months old, were taken to a Chicago orphanage by the fam
ily's landlady. Later police took lira, HoUoa into castody aad
charged her with contributing to their dependency AP .Teieaaat,
Princess Juliana
Talks to Seamen
Countrymen Tell of "War
Adventures; Is Paid
Honors in Gotham
NEW YORK. Dec. Xl.-WV-Ia
a room redolent ot cigar smoke
and the aroma of coffee. Princess
Juliana ot The Netherlands a
roral refugee in a foreign land
was reunited with her coun
trymen today.
For nearly an hour she sat in
a small room in the seamen's
Institute as two-score Dutch men
of the sea some who had served
their nation for 10 yean told
her tales of their adventures.
Sipping coffee, and smoking a
elxaret. the princess listened as
one sailor, Gaarte van Der Zwan,
told her thai 20 of a crew of 32
had been killed in the explosion
of a time bomb which aank the
steamer Staschiedam last Sep
tember 16.
She chatted in her native
tongue with Frits Franken. who
sailed under the Dutch flag for
more than a quarter-century. She
asked that cigars be distributed
to all the seamen.
They cheered a ah i(t the
hall to attend a luncheon In her
honor, given by John D. Rocke
feller, jr., and later a private
receptioa at The Netherlands
club.
To Attend Charch
The princess arrived here yes
terday from Washington after vis
iting President and Mrs. Roose
velt for three days. She will at
tend services tomorrow morning
la the west end Collegiate Re
formed charch. whose pastor, the
Rev. Dr. Edgar Franklin Romlg,
said she had expressed the hope
her visit "might be In as simple
and Informal a way as would be
customary were she in Holland."
Tomorrow night she will leave
by train tor Ottawa, Can., to spend
Christmas with her two daughters,
the Princesses Beatrix and Irene.
aged t years and It months, re
spectively.
Juliana was clad today in a
black wool dress with black Tel-
vet and bronze sash. She wore a
heavy gold bracelet on the right
wrist and two diamond-studded
bracelets on the left.
During the day, she was pre
sented with a parchment scroll
from the National Council of
Women of the United States, ex
pressing a "firm stand against ap
peasement or compromise er cow
ardly surrender to the ideologies
of force and persecution."
MacDowell Group
Will Sing Carols
Christmas carols will ring out
in Salem Monday night as the
Salem MacDowell club sings its
wsy through the streets between
Llbertr and 14th and rvtnrt ni
Market in a Tula umiiui.
The club members have chart
ered a has equipped with sound
amplifiers for the occasion. The
caroling will take place between
8 and 10 p.m.
Elderly Woman Die of
Injuries at Vancouver
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Dec 21
(AVAntomobile accident injuries
caused the death of Mrs, A. H.
Aratt, about 80, In the county hos
pital today.
A taxleab hit her as she crossed
a street ia the middle of a down
town block last night, Patrolman
Ray Harnell said. The taxi driver
was not held.
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Defense Speedup
Coals Described!
Navy Orders Are Placed;
Gravity 'of Crisis Is
Cited by Knudsen
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pies in this vond wide contest."
he continued, "demand that every
resource ot capital and manage
ment and maximum effort on the
part of labor shall be ceaselessly
employed to provide means ot de
fense against attack.
"The office of production man
agement has but one mission
production . production to the
maximum of American resources
in capital and labor. In manage
ment and Industry, in every field
which can contribute to victory"
The extension of the export con
trol system by order of President
Roosevelt took in cobalt, various
plastic moulding and testing ma
chines, equipment and plans for
producing aviation lubricating oils.
and bromine, ethylene, ethele dlb
romlde and methylamlne.
The action does not automatic
ally bar export of the products,
but requires a government license
before they can be sent from the
country. Previously, the licensing
rtcn Hud been applied, to ft
products including aviation gaso-
iui uu scrap iron.
Today's additions were described
officially as "for the purpose of
perfecting" previous lists.
Bromine Is a heavy liquid use
ful ror poison warfare gas. Com
bined with ethylene. It is used to
make ethylene dibromlde, which In
turn Is need in making the ethyl
fluid Which Is an Ingredient of
aviation gasolines.
Kxports ot those chemicals have
been relatively Insignificant, an
official said. One person expressed
the belief that their addition to
the list may have been a precau
tionary measure. Japan has been
a purchaser of the chemicals.
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MIR O-KLEER HOSE
Yea doat bare te be extravagant te bare tbe leja
tbey tarn to look ct. KMjterulUrWlecnf ere
ankles poeticallj sitter. Yet tliey are knit wiih
a knowledge that elves tbent wear 1 1C
Portland Firm
Hal; Goiitracts
12 BUIlion Dollars May
Be Cost of Each; to
Expand Shipyard
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construction of the ships will be-,
gin within three or four months.
Willamette Iron ft Steel is no
stranger to ship construction.
Oaring- the World war it con
structed a large number ot ma
rine engines and Scotch boilers
for ships. built at Portland and ia
other' parti of the country. Since
then the firm has been engaged
In . general, machine, and manu
facturing work: f j
" Officers Of the nrnr are Ame
dee M. Smith, president: Austin
F. Flegel. Jr., vice-president; and
E. J. Burke, -treasurer. J. K.
Daley is chief eaginer and Jack
Ia. Jennings general manager.
In the order by Secretary
Knox announcing the contracts
it was reported that Seattle firms
received orders for six seaplane
tenders. i -
At present Willamette Iron 4c
Steel Is engaged In converting
two liners, the City ot Baltimore
and the City of Norfolk, into
navy troop transports.
WASHINGTON, Dec. J 1.
Secretary Knox announced today
the awarding of contracts to pri
vate shipyards tor minelayers,
tenders and other naval vessels
estimated to cost I2C5.7C8.S09.
Additional contracts totaling
IMsv.oe were awarded at the
same time to expand facilities at
the widely scattered shipyards
receiving the orders.
The vessels will be built on a
cost-plus-fixed fee basis. Detailed
breakdowns and delivery dates
were mot disclosed. The shipyards,
number of vessels, and limit of
cost on expansion of facilities In
cluded: The Willamette Iron A Steel
corporation, Portland, Ore., two
minelayers, 1 1,0 00,0 OS for ex
pansion ot facilities.
Forestry-Defense
Problems Studied
SPOKANE. Wash.. Dec. tl(JP)
The forester's role in the na
tional defense program will be
the major point ot discussion for
the forestry section at the 17th
annual meeting of the Northwest
Scientific association here Friday
and Saturday.
Dr. Floyd W. Gall of the Univer
sity of Idaho, association presi
dent, said speakers taking part
in the forestry program would in
clude MaJ. Eraa W. , Kelley of
Missoula. Mont, regional forest
er; Stephen N. Wyckoff, director
of the forest experiment station
at Portland; Dr. sV'O. Mason,
dean ft the Oregon state school
of forestry, and R, K. Winters ot
the forest experiment station at
Missoula. Dr. John B. Appleton
of Portland, assistant director ot
the northwest regional council,
and A. W. Fahrenwald. dean ot
the school ot mines at the Uni
versity of Idaho,
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