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Offer 'Report'
On Sunday Eve
First Radio Talk Since
. Reelection to Touch
on World Affairs
Defense Program, Other
Policies may Be Told
' in Coming Speech
WASHINGTON. Dec. 23.-W)-Prestdent
Roosevelt will broad
cast to the American people next
Sunday night a report on his ad
ministration of national affairs
and conduct of foreign relations.
The chief executive will speak
from 8: SO to 7 p. m. (PST) over
all major networks. Stephen T.
Early, White House press secre
tary, announcing arrangements
for the address said today that
Mr. Roosevelt would report to
the country regarding "the pres
ent emergency."
It was expected that much of
the president's address, his first
since the November election,
would be devoted to the national
defense program and to the ad
ministration's aid-for-Brltaln pol
icy." In some administration quar
ters, the speech was regarded as
a sort of "preview" for the presi
dent's forthcoming "state-of-the-natlon"
message to the new con
gress. Those who viewed it in that
light speculated that Mr. Roose
velt might have in mind giving
the eountry the background of
some of the issues to be a drubbed
in his message to congress. '
f 3rtfechss "Further " v " H
Aid to Britain
Among other ' things, this mes
sage is expected to discuss the
matter of further aid to Britain
and perhaps present formally the
"lease-lend" plan of assistance
which Mr. Roosevelt outlined at
a press conference last week.
This proposal would have the
United States lease or lend war
materials to Great Britain, to be
returned or replaced when the
present conflict is over.
There has been speculation too,'
that the president might ask the
new congress to alter the neutral
ity law and permit American ships
to carry arms to Britain. The
possibility of taking over some of
the foreign ships in American
ports and eventually making them
available to the British is under
stood to be another question which
the administration is studying.
Whether or not the adminis
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Christmas
Broadcasts
New York, Dec. 2Z.-(JP)-Fto-grams
devoted to Christmas will
be given an important place in net
work broadcating tomorrow
(Tuesday).
Included are a message from
President Roosevelt and Ann Mor
row Lindbergh's second NBG
broadcast in eight years.
Among programs on the sched
ule are these, time being p.m. -Pacific
standard:
NBC, CBS and MBS 2 p.m.
from Washington, lighting of
community tree, President and
Mrs. Roosevelt and others.
NBC 3 program from Bethle
hem, Pa.; 3:15 greetings by Ad
miral Harold R. Stark; 3:45 Ann
Morrow Lindbergh on "Relief In
Europe"; 8 NBC symphony "Nut
cracker suite."
CBS 3:30 message from Milo
J. Warner, American Legion com
mander: 8 Christmas In new
world, from Buenos Aires, Rio de
Janeiro and Montreal; 8:3d monks
Of St. Meinrad's abbey, - Indian,
singing The Office ot Matins";
9 annual carol sing. -
NBC 3:05 radio unites navy
families: T narrative "The Christ
mas Story"; 7:30 greetings from
NBC war broadcasters overseas. .
- MBS-Chsin 1:15 carol candle
light service, St. James protestant
Episcopal church, NT; 8:30 1848
birthday service from Washing
ton Square Methodist church, NT;
9 i- midnight mass from St. Pat
rick's cathedral, NY.
, NBC 8 : 5 5 Gladys 8 warthout
singing "Silent Night" and chimes
of Trinity church, NY.
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Canned food, barrels and barrels of it four barrel, in fact was
turned In for admission "tickets' to the Warner Brothers-Statesman
canned food matinee at the Elslnore theatre Monday morning.
The canned food, and some other articles equally useful, were all
turned over to The Salvation Army and put in Christmas baskets
for needy families. The upper picture shows some of the Juvenile
patrons in front of the heaped-up barrels; below. Major John Allen
of the Army, left, thanks Manager Carl Porter of the Warner thea
tres for his cooperation. Statesman photos.
Christmas Baskets Go
Out; Matinee Helpful
About 800 Cans of Food Fill Four Barrels; Many
Families in Salem Vicinity Being Aided and
Prospect of Meeting All Needs Is Seen
Four barrels of canned food, collected as "tickets of ad
mission" at the Warner Brothers-Statesman canned food
matinee at the Elsinore theatre Monday morning1, were
turned over to the Salvation Army for inclusion in the Christ
mas Cheer baskets which were made up later in the day and,
for the most part, distributed although some were yet to go
out today. .
"This contribution of the young
people was a great godsend to
us," said Major John Allen of the
Salvation Army. "This food was
needed very badly for our bas
kets." Approximately 800 children at
tended the matinee and a num
ber of adults came to the theatre
to leave contributions of food but
were, unable to stay to see the
show. Through the efforts of Man
ager Carl Porter and We Mc
Wain, Mickey Mouse club chief,
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Special Christmas Services
Set for Tonight, Wednesday
Special Christmas observances
as arranged by Salem churches
not celebrating the nativity last
Sunday include a Christmas Eve
service at 11:30 o'cloek tonight at
the St. Paul's Episcopal church
and both high and low masses at
St. Joseph's Catholic and St. Vin
cent de Paul Catholic churches.
Tonight at 11:30 p.m. the serv
ice ot the Holy Eucharist will be
sung by the choir ot St. Paul's
Episcopal church under the direc
tion ot Ronald Craven.' The choir
will sing Parker's fHoly Com
munion 'MagnIficaV by Marks
and "Gloria in Excelsis" by Mo
zart.: ' Holy communion will also
be held at 8 o'clock Christmas
morning. Miss Ruth Bedford will
play the organ music for the serv
ices. .. 1 ; - - V
At St Joseph's Catholic church
Christmas 'carols will be sung
Christmas day at 5:45 a.m.. Sol
emn high mass will b held at
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Banker Executed
As Rice Hoarder
CHUNGKING, Dec. 23-JP)-The
Central Chinese government an
nounced that Yang Chuan-Yu, for
mer mayor of Chengtu and a lead
ing banker here, was executed at
dawn today upon his conviction
ot hoarding rice.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek
said a further hoarding checkup
would take place soon.
o'clock Christmas morning with
music by the adult choir. The
7:30 service will be a low mass
with Christmas carols by the Sa
cred Heart academy choir. A 9
o'clock low mass will follow with
appropriate music sung by the
boys' glee club. At the 10:30 aun.
high mass the adult choir will sing
Christmas songs. .
Speakers for the day wul be
Rev. Gabriel Morris, OSB, of Mt.
Angel ud Rev, Hilary Grants of
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Mt. Angei. Her. Grants is a Breach
uve son 01 uaiem.
Services on Christmas day at St,
Vincent de Paul church include
three masses. For the' 1:30 a.m
high mass the ; male 'chorus will
furnish special music ' Children's
mass will follow at 8:30 o'clock
with music by , the school choir.
Concluding mass will he low mass
at 10:30 Christmas morning with
Christmas carols sung by the male
chorus.
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Paul H au$er' Column
It's the dsy before the night
before Christmas and all through
the house not a creature was
Burring ocuiewj-j
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me iinance com-i.r .
pany had jus ti
come sua iaen
away the silver
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ware. So there
we were without!
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C h r 1 stmss had
crept, up on ui
without a soana
except for some
rather noisy
bell -ringing and ynl H. Emnt, jr.
without a word save for dally
reminders in the press from the
time there were only 67 shopping
days until Christmas.
Christmas had, in fact, been
very unsporting about the whole
thing and had come booming up
on us before we even had a
chance to get lit up, or rather,
get a Christmas tree lit up.
So here's that day they've
been leading up to, the day when
there's just ONE shopping day
to Christmas, and those unseen
forces just leer at us. They knew
they'd get us all the time. It's
useless to fight against them,
we've found.
They make it all the worse by
letting yon know whaCs happen
ing and what's going to happen.
It's like the expert fencer who
tells his victim just where he's
going to puncture his epidermis
aad then with a gllssando and
a tourhe does Jlst what he said
he'd do. That's the way it Is
with Christmas and as.
Christmas lets us know a long
time In advance that it's coming
and then sneaks up on us when
we're looking at the pretty girls
on the new calendars. With that
Christmas you just can't turn
your head a minute.
It wouldn't be so bsd if IT
didn't gloat so much about its
unusual cunning and ability.
Every day it tells you how much
closer that day of doom, the last
shopping day before Christmas,
Is getting and yet knows that the
warning will only serve in the
end to emphasise the victory when
we look up surprised at the cal
endar and say, "Gee whls, to
morrow's the day."
Old Christmas gets us in such
a fix that we're just like a ca
nary bird hypnotised by a rattle
snake. We know darn well what
Christmas Is going to do, hut Ilk
the canary we can't do anything
about it until it's almost too lata.
Well. Christmas haa finally
had Its fan with as, shored ns
aronnd front pillar to postofflc
and woond ns ronnd in oar wa
procraettnallony and then at the
lass aalnntw let loose.
So today, armed with n long
list and wishing we were armed
with a suit of mail, we'll venture
forth to do our Christmas shop
ping. ThaUand, Japan
Reach Agreement
TOKYO, Dec 3S-(Tuesday)-(JP)-The
government formally an
nounced today that Japan and
Thailand had agreed' to respect
each ether's territorial Integrity
and to consult on all Questions of
common interest nnder n five-year
treaty signed December .
The treaty does not, however,
provide - for mutual assistance In
case either party' is attacked by
a third power,' the, announcement
said. : ' ; - " -"-., ... ; - --'
.The cabinet Information bureau
described the pact as making a
"valuable conrtlbutlon" toward
political progress In. EasCAsia.
ChurcliiUad
Is Quick Reply
Of Rome Radio
Past Record Is Assailed
in Reply to Proposal,
Mussolini Ouster
Prime Minister Warns of
Fiercer Blows Ahead
for Italian Folk
NEW YORK, Dec 33-()-The
Rome radio, in a broadcast heard
tonight by NBC. called British
Prime Minister Winston Churchill
n "cad." in referring indirectly
to his radio appeal today to the
Italian people.
"Whatever Daventry (British
radio station) may ssy about Mr.
Churchill personifying Britain's
old tradition of aristocracy Dav
entry has just sent out this price
less message of insults into the
winter air everybody who knows
Mr. Churchill knows him to be
a cad," the Rome announcer said.
"This was the almost unani
mous opinion of his school con
temporaries at Harrow, his fel
low cadets at Sandhurst, his fel
low officers snd his fellow jour
nalists during the South African
war.
"The ume reputstion followed
him into the house of commons
and worked against his becoming
prime minister. Nobody wanted to
be ruled by a cad until the feeble
leadership of the present war
called for the substitution of
someone who at least possessed
a dynamic personality and there
was no one else who possessed
jtW eirality.
"He to costing the nation pret
ty dear, however. The sound in
stinct ot the people will not stand
for him for long, most probably.
LONDON, Dec 33-;p)-Prime
Minister Winston Churchill ap
pealed directly to the Italian peo
ple tonight to cast off Benito
Mussolini, whom he termed bit
terly "the criminal" who "after
18 years of unbridled power has
led your country to the horrid
verge of ruin."
Alternating between cajolery
and blunt words in his broadcast
address, Churchill said:
"We are only at the beginning
of this somber tale . . . Presently
we shall be forced to come to
much closer grips. Surely the time
has come when the Italian mon
archy and the people who guard
the sacred center of Christendom
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Winn Dies; Fifth
Victim of Crash
Darline Crites Now Only
Survivor; no Inquest,
Officials Decide
SILVERTON. Dec. 23. Wil
liam Winn, ot Salem, died at the
Silverton hospital Sunday to make
the fifth fatality in an automo
bile accident which occurred on
the Silverton-Haxel Green high
way, five miles out of Silverton
Friday night. Mr. Winn did not
regain consciousness following
the accident.
Only three-year-old Darline
Crites of Scotts Mills, whose par
ents were killed that night, still
survives of the six people in the
crash. She is reported as improv
ing. She is still suffering from
shock and a fractured thigh bone.
No Inquest will be held over
the fatal automobile collision on
tho SUrerton-Haxel Green road
last Friday night "unless some
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White Christmas
Prospect Slight
(By The Associated Press)
Santa Clans will travel light
and dry over most ot the naUon
except the Pacific coast Christ
mas day.
. Weather bureau forecasters ad
vised the jolly old fellow yester
day that It would he so mild
Wednesday over the whole coun
try that ha wouldn't need his
heavies.
They also . said he would ' en
counter - very little. It any, -precipitation
anywhere east of the
Rocky mountains. There may ha
some rain or snow In the Lake
L Superior region. - v
Santa- will have a dripping time
ot it. though. In the far west
where , considerable . shower ac
tivity Is likely. ,
: Forecaster A. J. Knarr of Chi
cago said weather maps ahowed
that the possibility of rain Wed
nesday in various' parts ot the
middle' west and Ohio valley and
rain' or snow In the plains states
had " receded.
Manchester Is ;
Nazis' Target
In Night Raid
t)irect Hit on Shelter Is
Reported; Nile Army
Besieges Bardia
Craziani Alibi Held Poor
Excuse; Greeks Seize
Supply Line, Word
(By The Associated Press)
BERLIN, Dec. 23. "Gigantic
conflagrations" were left in Man
chester, Britain's great steel cen
ter, last night by German air raid
ers who also were said to have
blasted at military targets In Lon
don, Bristol, Liverpool, Southamp
ton, Portsmouth and other Brit
ish cities.
A NORTHWESTERN ENGLISH
CITY, Dec. 24-(JP-A direct bomb
hit on a public shelter caused un
determined casualties as German
warplanes subjected this city to
another heavy assault last night
and early today.
There were a number of other
deaths and several persons were
trapped in cellars when their
houses were demolished.
Wave a,fter wave of raiders
dropped heavy explosives, and an
observer in a neighboring city re
ported. "There have been terrific
explosions."
(Both Liverpool and Manches
ter, neighbors In the northwest,
have been subjected to "Coventry"
attacks in the past few nights.)
The attacks came shortly after
repeated waves of raiding planes
roared over London, headed north
west. They dropped a few incen
diary bombs in one London area,
but mostly continued on to this
city.
One German plane was report
ed shot down at Old Traf ford, fam
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350 From Oregon
To Enter Service
Induction Begins Jan. 20;
Fort Stevens to get
Some of Troops
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.-
-Communities within the ninth
corps area will furnish 7722 men
for the second draft call In Janu
ary, it was announced at the
headquarters of Major General
Ernest D. Peek, the area's com
manding officer.
Of the total, 6231 will come
from California, 481 from Wash
ington, 356 from Utah, Oregon
will furnish 350, Idaho 150, Ne
vada 10S and Montana 49.
In California, Nevada. Utah and
Oregon Induction will begin Janu
ary 20, in Idaho and Montana on
January 22, and in Washington
January 24.
Destinations ot men to begin
their year's training will be: Fort
Ord. Calif., 5825; San Francisco
Presidio. 300; harbor defenses
of Columbia, Fort Stevens, Ore.,
350; harbor defenses of Puget
Sound, Fort Worden, Wash.. 4C9;
Camp McQuaide, Calif., 778.
Selective Service
Protest Rejected
PORTLAND. Dec. 23-PV-A man
could not be damaged "merely by
registering," Federal Judge James
A. Fee said today in dismissing a
suit challenging the draft act.
Harry W. Stone, Monmouth,
brought the suit, charging the se
lective service act violated the con
stitution, and would. It ho were
forced to register, damage him to
the extent ot 123.110.
The judge ruled the court had
no jurisdiction.
Carl Donaugh. US attorney, said
afterwards that Stone would be
allowed reasonable time" to
register.
Half Million Letters Mailed
Here; Christmas Rush Is on
Half a million outgoing letters
wero handled by the Salem Post
offlce staff during the week ended
at 4 n-rn. yesterday. Postmaster
H. R. Crawford announced last
night.
. Christmas man, crawxord said,
had Increased to n level 40 per
eent above ordinary mailing hero.
The postofflca set a new all
time record Saturday when It put
110,209 -letters through the can
celing machine. Previous high
mark was 109,400, set on Decern
her 20, 1929.
Last week's handling ot letters,
(39.140. was 22.000 greater than
In the same week last year.
Crawford reported that In spite
of the huge volume of mail hand
led this year the office Is "up"
on Its deliveries, and packages
posted .this morning will be de
Baromet
er
Low Set; Two More
Deaths Are Feared
Men in Small Skiff Are Missing Upon
Puget Sound; Steam Schooner Is
Towed to Astoria, Disabled
Davenport Waterlogged, Loses Nearly
Half of Load; Santa Barbara Is
Center of California Flood
lORTLAXD. Ore., Dec 23-vP-OrgoB prepared tonight for a
new Monii from the Pacific orean a the barometer dieyptU to a lO
year low in Portland.
Tlx" barometer Mood at 29.17 bre, the lowest since 29.0e read
ing on November 15. J9SO. I
SEATTLE, Dec. 23 (AP) Three more severe storms
were brewing in the north Pacific tonight, and pressing: land
ward, as western Oregon and Washington dug out of the
debris and started taking stock of the damage in Sunday's
whole gales.
The US weather bureau discounted tonight the chances
of any of the storms reaching as far inland as Seattle. Storm
warnings were up along the Washington and Oregon coasts,
however.
Salem Cleans up
After Heavy Gale
Various Wire Trouble Is
Principal Harm Here;
Many Lines Down
Weather bureau prediction of
a fresh storm brewing last night
found Salem r recovered from the
5-mile an hour blasting It re
ceived at the, hands ot Saturday
atgkt'a pal- - -
The Saturday night , blow did
not totally disrupt the capital's
communications with the outside,
as some press reports indicated,
but it did cause 300 "local trouble-
cases for the Pacifie Tele
phone & Telegraph company, blew
down Western Union poles near
Wood bum, cutting off that com
pany's service northward from
9:30 p. m. until late Sunday
morning, and brought Intermit
tent breaks in service north and
south for the Postal Telegraph
company. The latter telegraph
company experienced line breaks
near Woodburn and near Turner.
A large number of telephone
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High Court Swats
Trade Barrier Tax
Interstate Commerce Held
Impeded; "Wisconsin"
Law Upheld Again
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13.-JP)-A
North Carolina tax against out-of-state
retailers displaying goods
or samples there to obtain orders
was held unconstitutional by the
supreme court today on the
ground that it discriminated
against Interstate commerce.
The freedom of commerce
which allows the merchants of
each state a regional or national
market for their goods is not to
be fettered by legislation, the ac
tual effect of which is to dis
criminate In favor of Intrastate
business,1 said the unanimous de
cision written by Justice Reed.
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George Baker 'Very IW
At Portland Hospital
PORTLAND, Dec J3-CT)-Hos-pltal
attendants said Former May
or George L. Baker of Portland
was a wety sick man today.
An ambulance rushed him here
yesterday from his Seaside home.
Attendants said her suffered from
a heavy cold and entered the hos
pital as n precautionary measure.
livered today. Crawford, again re
Iterated that persons expecting
packages should be at homo to re
ceive them.
Eight hundred sacks of pack
ages that cams In on the storage
car Sunday night wero all deliv
ered Monday. Crawford said.
Promptness ot servlca la made
possible by the thorough coopera
tion ot the Salem postofflee per
sonnel. All regular carriers work
ed at least four hoars Sunday and
some of them reported tor work
Monday at I a.m. Each regular
carrier Is supplied with a helper
to accompany him on his route.
For the holiday rush 2? tem
porary carriers have been added,
li temporary clerks, six addition
al vehicles and five additional la
borers. 1 : . .
10-Year
a, vessel at sea, approximately
123 mUes southwest of Astoria.
Ore., reported a 42-mile south
wind, but there was no indication
it Would reach far inland. Re
ports early tonight told of a top
wind velocity of 20 miles at spots
along the coast.
It was colder In eastern Wash
ington; Fairbanks, Alaska, had
a minimum of 13 below sero, and
rain was general throughout the
territory and the western slopes
or Washington, Oregon aad Brit
ish Columbia.
More heavy rains . were fore
cast, with snow lnisho oe a tains.
Sunday's wind attained velocities
I- 3S miles an -bow hnrrkrats
force in gusts soma places In tie
Pacific northwest.
Heavy property damage was re
ported in both states, with dol
lars and cent values only guess
work yet.
- Fears mounted tonight that
two Seattle men may have perish
ed in their skiff on the white-capped
waters of Puget Sound at the
height of Saturday night's de
structive wind storm.
The missing men were Henry
P. Russell, streetcar operator,
and Emll Peterson. They had
crossed the sound Saturday to the
Port Madison vicinity In Russell's
32-foot fishing boat, the O. Henry.
Russell's brother-in-law. Mau
rice Johnson, returned to Seattle
by bus yesterday to report to
Mrs. Russell that the two sen
had rowed out In a skiff at 11
p. m. Saturday, at the galea
height, to check on how the O.
Henry was standing the blow.
Johnson never saw them again.
Mr. Russell called the coast
guard for aid. and the O. Heary
was found today, across a small
bay from Port Madison, with the
anchor down. The skiff had not
been found. Mrs. Russell said
1 friends Inspected the O. Henrr
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Third Bonneville
Generator in Use
PORTLAND. Dae. 23.--A
third giant generator of Bonne
ville dam's projected ten went
into operation today.
Engineers switched on the
54,090-kUowatt machine and
promised another would be ready
within a few weeks.
They said the new generator
relieved an acuta power shortage
that had necessitated operation ot
the first two machines at mora
than the rated capacity. Much of
the load went to the Aluminum
Company ot America, which will
ultimately require 112,300 kilo
watts. Tha new generator brought
Boaaevllle's capacity to IS 0.4 00
kilowatts. Ultimata capacity will
he llt.400 kilowatts;
Engineers said that contracts
save been drawn up for 211,112
kilowatts.
Pacific Highway's
Boosters to Meet
"Mobilisation" of groups Inter
ested In recognition of the Pa
eiflc highway as a major military
route ta scheduled tor Friday in
Portland, hut It appears that the
son therm. Oregon -'troops will
coat by train, teaxlag to aetoU
ata the corkscrew turns of the
Grants Pass-Roseburg sector la
winter.
Southern Oregon boosters of
the routs have chartered a special
Pullman car to bring them north.
Senator Douglas McKay an
nounced. the PorCind meeting at
the Salem c'-irater of commerce
luncheon on Monday, urging all
who could to attend and announc
ing that Mayor W. W. Chadwkk
would head' the delegation. Addi
tional appropriations for the Pa,
elfle highway are .sought becaust
of its military Importance.
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