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PAGS TWO
Some Changes
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Mm White Expects to
Be but ;: Engineer's
Fat -Uncertain
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any appointive position, but j as
presiding i member of - the court
4om heva atgnlfleant Influence in
determining who shall draw eoaa-
ty checks and who shall aot !;'
Injthe partlcnlar court to be
Instaned n xt Monday, Judge
Hewlett will find himself In the
company pt one sew commission-
er. Ralph Girod, and of pne hold-
over member of the court. Com-
missibner J. H. JlmM Smith.
Speculation orer personal line-
officials . la deciding , personnel I
matters has bees rife, but nsauiso
been generally sterile. It will I
probably remain so, coartnouse I
observer believe, until tho court
roes Into action on particular I
problems.
Protetloa Officer
Expects to Be Oat
In only one instance baa a
possible change In the official
family been specifically stated.
Mrs. Nona White, county proba
tion officer for the last 1? years,
believes she is one of those like- j
ly to find herself without a Job
in the Immediate future, most
likely next Monday night.
The probation officer deals with
Juvenile delinquents, and func
tions under the direct-supervision
of the county Judge, in whose
bands rests final Jurisdiction In
Juvenile cases. The position. In
consequence. Is peculiarly amen
able to the Judge's direct author
ity. The Jodge-elect, however, will
not And occasion to revise the ad
ministration of the Marlon county
health department, with- which
as a commissioner he found fault
a few years ago.
He told questioners yesterday,
"There will be no changes there
as far as I'm concerned."
Whether or not N. C. Hubbs,
county engineer tor the last six
years, will be retained was an
unanswered query although there
was soma Intimation from court
house sources that bis resignation
might be asked early in the life
of the new regime.
The same question applies di
rectly to other key members of
the county road department,
where J. P. Asplnwall Is shop
foreman and William Mcllwain Is
general foreman for all county
road operations. "'
Other Bridge, Road
Crew Jobs at Stake
In addition to these two. the
status of Albert Hennies, foreman
of the bridge crew, of Ned Rich
ards, foreman at, Gates, and of
A. V. Fisher, bolder, of a similar
position at Detroit, will probably
be reviewed by the new court.
In these matters Commissioner
Girod, former head himself of
the county road oiling crew and
presently endowed with a first
hand understanding joI county
road problems, is expected to
wield significant influence. His
own position on ths county oiling
crew msy require a new appoint
ment, though this would probsbly
be postponed until the summer
oiling season.
About 21 other sub-foremen,
technicians and artisans are also
employed by the county In vari
. ous capacities, as well as a large
number ot day laborers and other
workmen. Their positions, in the
past, have been largely determ
ined by fitness and availability.
Appointment of a new county
physician, to take Ue place ot
Dr. V. A. Hockett. who resigned
to become head of the medical
work la Oregon for the adminis-
!S,fSe wmUKT MrT!C
training act. will be an item of
unfinished business to confront
the new court on its first day.
Dr. Laban A. Steeves has con
ducted Insane examinations since
Hockett's resignation.
All new appointments will not
be msde by the county
however, . sine two new
officials take office Monday in
addition to the court.
Egan Announces "
Three Will Remain
Albert J, Egan, county record
er elect, has already indicated
that he will continue Helen Scho
fleld. Janice Henry and Mabel
Philips, all present employes of
County Recorder Mildred Ro
bertson Brooks.
Of Ueee Mrs. Bchofleld . has
been employed for IS years in
the office. Miss Henry .for three
years and Miss Phillips for two.
Mrs. XUel M. Niles, who has pre
viously v handled Ue Photostatic
equipment ta the office, will not
be retained, aad bar work will be
turned eved to Miss Henry.
Elsewhere, incoming County
Treasurer Sam Butler - has . an
nounced Uat be will: keep Law
rence Rich, present treasurer,! on
in his ottic aa deputy! thus re
versing Ue situation which has
obtained thr for about three j declared he experienced in eem
weeks. where Rickk Is . treasurer I Pr vrlth St. Germain, an "as-
and Buuer bis denutv.
In the county clerk's office.
Harlaa JL Judd, clerk elect, 'is
absent serving as a second lieu
tenant ta tb army- quartermas
ter corps, and so Ue off ten win
remain la th bands ot U pres
ent 'county clerk, U. ;GY:Boyer. r
Arthur Roethlln. former deputy
in th tax collecUon ottic. has
...tt mAAmJt .1..
staff.-andiLe Ohmart. formerly
in eharg' of' photostating, i has
been mad rlerk of ' th - circuit
urti--'.V?r -.i-:E4
la oUer- offices,- Agnes3 C.
B o wt k wHl continue ns county
school . . superintendent. Rosco
"Tad" Sheltoa aa- county
sor," A C Burk aa aherlff. i aad
Dr.-L. 'J .Barrick aa coroner. .
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PCTLA??I3. Jan.-P)-Dn
Curt;.." 44, Portland," waa arrested
by.JDctecave Roy ' Bowen -J a s
nlzii ca a warrant charging . m-
btil'-st' of- ItlSO flfon1 the
irrl 4 raglneert Beneficial
ao:itiD3. - ' I
Curtis arvad as secretary -
yMiartr'of the orraulxaUon fori
11 xaoaths. Ball was set at
16,6$9. :' 4 l
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Penitentiary Kccord
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Especially When You Are Innocent
LEBANON AlveroB Lytle, aow
erring a IOhUt sentene I r
maintaining a nnlsaaee in Leban
on admitted having done lime In
the state prison in. Nebraska but
llntlsted that ne was the victim
of mistaken Identification. Depu.
I tr Sheriff Clay Kirk investigated
his story and Warden 7 J anas
o'Grady of th Nebraska state
prison, corroborated It In every
partlcnlar.
in Lytl was employed as
chef la the .Goodhue hotel fat 8u-
parlor. Neb. Lata la December of
that -year a lone bandit, held, up
th bank; In Mlnden. Neb ,20
miles from Superior and? gV, away
a policeman la Superior law
the description of the robber and
thought that it fitted Lytle. He
had him arrested and of flcera and
emnlores of the bank testified
that he was the man.
The trial lasted three days.
ILrtle bad IS witnesses who testi
fied that they saw him In the ho
tel where he was working- r 4
pm. oa tho day the crime was
committed. As the robbery was at
12:11 p.m. he would have had to
travel 00 miles In 41 minutes.
Moreover, testimony was that the
robber drove a 1220 Chrysler and
Lytle a 17 Chevrolet.
Nation Drives
To Fill Orders
Industry Seeks to Keep
"Business as Usual
With Defense
NEW YORK, Jan. S-UPV-The
nation's industry will mak a aew
year start from record or near
record production levels tn a drive
to reduce billions of dollars In un
filled orders before the defense
program requires more factory
capacity, business reports indicat
ed today.
Expected to act as a spur to .out
put In the next few weeks was the
question whether "business as us
ual" long could be maintained as'
a wartime slogan, a doubt raised
In President Roosevelt's recent
broadcast.
Many purchasing agents, ac
cording to business reports, have
been ordering raw materials and
goods to hold In reserve against
the possibility government defense
planners might act to divert mill
capacity Into war industry.'
After record-breaking produc
tion In the final quarter ot the old
year, the busy steel and motor in-
d us tries were expected to keep
up the pace for some weeks, any
way. Steel and automobile plants
were considered the focbs of the
"business as usual" enigma. ' In
event defense planners decide on
closer control of the flow of ma
terials to give war Industry the
right of way, steel and motor pro
duction may be among the first
to feel a turn toward "war econ
omy" on a big scale.
The real test of Industry's abil
ity to handle both war supply and
ordinary business was expected to
come in the spring and summer
when "bottlenecks" in tools, air
plane motors and incompleted fac
tories are removed sufficiently to
fighting materials.
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Industry's great capacity at the
finish of 1940 was reported en
tsrtau for wsr industry, domestic
,nH Rhh.v xt f ,.
and British. Much of the output
wss believed In trade circles to
represent stocking of reserves as
precaution against squeezes on de
liveries and higher prices.
State Rests Case
In "I Am" Charges
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2-(ff-The
government has closed its
ease against Mrs. Edna W. Bal
lard and nine otber leaders of
Ue "I Am" movement, on trial
on mail fraud charges, with a
statement by Mrs! Ballard con
cerning receipt ot money through
the mails. v
Previously government attor
neys read from "I Am" publica
tions, claims of power to heal
rous diseases and of "12
sscensions in one day, declared
to havs been mad by followers
of Ue movement.
They also read from "Unveiled
Mysteries," on of th writings ot
U 1st Guy W. Ballard, founder
ot U movement, the author's
account of various adventures he I
icenaea master.
iment
Arrives for HaD
Delay in installation at aluml.
I . ..w . , . S
I aew Willamette university science
Ball lut 'uiImu K mmw. t I
fe '-SUnT S. :
rwiam saia yesterday.
A rtpresentaUv of tk JC. H.
Sheltoa company, Muskegon,
Mich, .. which, constructed . Ihe
equipment. 1 her to supervise
th Instauation. rb , eablneU to
ba used ars constructed ot hard
wood in the. latest design,, They
ar built -for th ws of , hot,; and
cold water, gaa. alternating and
i Urec.t lctrie current
and com-
tumea gen
erated in Ue Uboratories win be
drawn oat ot th rooms br fans.
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NKW;TORK, iJsi. H?)-07
emor aad Mrs. , Herbert H. Leh -
imaa oiseiosea issc aignttaat tnetri
1 daughter uus jane,: and Jtorui
De Tadetsky of 1U1 -uity f bad
1 eloped to auaton. ma, oa uecem -
or aaav-wer nsnrseM j
MoreEqmf
. W . W " ' ' T
Is Inconvenient;
jatice Miariedj
After deliberating IT hours the)
Jury -brought in a verdict of guil
ty and he was sentenced to serve
from 12 to IS years tor a crime I
he did not commit. Later Lytle
learned that on tho first vote the
Jurr stood T to t tor acquittal.
Though be spent over si tut on
appeals be was dressed In and
served from March, liSS, until
late In 1932 when one John Web
ster was eaught la a bank rob
bery In Illinois. . When Webster
realised there was no escape for
him he asked that aa effort be
made to free a "guy" who bad
been convicted of the Mlnden.
Neb- bank robbery. He could not
remember Lytle's name but gave
details of the ease that were vert
uaeaej oaser wev eaasi VBew a en m ww wa w w m m
fmA mwtA rmmmUmA n m fntl MHm I
tor Lytle. The legislature also
appropriated I2SS9 compenaatloa
for him ss bis was said to be the
onlv eaaa af such mlaearrlar of I
justice In t b o commonwealth,
Webster died after serving It
months of the life sentence meted
oat to him in Illinois.
While Lytle sneaks without I
bltterness of those who made the
mistaken tdentlf leatlon, he ad-1
mlts that having a prison record I
is a handicap, even though it was
for another man s crime.
Pinball Gaines
Easy to Find
Reason for No Arrest Is
not Clear if Law Is
Being Violated
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would not let him pay oft and that I
tha machines were "Just for fun." I
In still a third establishment a I
winning player banded bis tokens
to a clerk, asklag him ta save
them for him until be returned,
It Is eommoa rosslo. la Marion
county as elsewhere la the state,
that la some establishments the
tokens are exchanged for mer-
cbandis or even for cask. If this
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had mor. tHa . month t. oHLai.
evidence and make arrests. If the
sheriff Is determined to curb such
practices, ass of "under cover"
men would appear to be necessary.
Deputy Saunders baa not been
working "under cover" and ther
is inereior no ishihci o
charges by friends ot Sheriff Bark
that the newspapers hampered his
acuviues oy uppmg on va I
pinball operators. Long before I
The Statesman published Its first
story on Ue subject. Saunders had
personaily Interviewed most of the I erable shelter. About 2iS miles
operators, making no effort tolby motor highway from Mexico
conceal his identity. I
US Erigineers Are
Merged, Portland
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 2-(py-
Consolidation of the Bonneville
and Portland districts of the
United Statee engineers was an
nounced today by Col. Richard
Park, division engineer.
Col. Park said Lleut-Col. C. R.
Moore, Portland district engineer.
mnA . r w n vuw
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Bonneville district engineer for
two years, would be transferred
to Fort Belvolr, Va.
The new order will have no
effect upon current operations of
the two districts, Ue colonel
added. Bonneville district was
created in 123 S, to facilitate con
struction of Bonneville dsm and
upper Columbia river Improve
ments. The engineers now are assigned
to construction of army barracks
at Portland, Pendleton and Boise,
Ids., and improving civilian air
ports at Eugene, Baker. Pendle
ton, The Dalles. Klamath Falls
and Medford. Ore., and Walla
Walla, Wash.
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iNaval AlTTTlPT1 nnrl
liavOA XnAliUCll tXLLU I
Ship Land Safely
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with landing wheels. Examination
today showed some damage to Ue
under-portlon ot the plane, appar
ently not aerlous.
Hanson and clark tried to make
their way to US Highway 221,
only seven miles east ot th lake.
J bBt turned back by tb mat
ot thorny growth that eovera tho
ranch. They spent the night in
the plane.
At daylight. Hanson started
toward Ue highway After push-
ing through Ue brush a few miles
b was found by Angus tin Lon-
gorta, cowhand employed by the
Santa fa ranch. He and Longoria
returned to the plane. Longoria
was left oa guard, aad Hanson and
Clark reached the reach house at
mid-morn lng.
t 1SD. 18 JTllZZier
To Experts, Sent
On to Fisheries!
PORTLAND. Or.. Jan. I-UV-
A "whatsis" fish, brought her
by a-sailor, was
en route to ui
rtes laborntorvt
government . fisheries , laboratory
at Seattle for identifleaUon today.
Tb. Oregon game department.
admitting Itself stumped; - for-
-warded th flak after noting Ueee
charact eristics:
Tb Oak. removed from tkeltlonal guard of tha United Stetes.
throat ot a dolphia by Byron B.
Allison, engineer on the stesmer
Edwla Chrtsteasoa, caught 1001
1 miles aortk of Panama, was 10
I lo. covered wtth bright,
i large scale aimilar to thoe r a
aerriag. ' and J had- - a three-Iach
sword oa. Its iower' Jaw. ; -
1-& AlHson said tba rword - wast
iuppea wita crimson when . th
una waa nrsi caagnc: - !
Tlia, OSTGOl? STATESMAN. Sedan.-
Mexico Misfit
Furnish Bases
U$ Considering Tenders
i for Fleet in West
to Watch Canal
By MAX ' BOYD
WASHINGTON, Jan. S-(AV
New safeguards against a surprise
attack from the west upon the
Panama canal are la the making
now that anxiety concerning the
eastern approaebes has been
eased by the agreement to lease
British base sites.
The plaa to strengthen the
navy's means of detecting la time
any enemy ( plane carrier that
might try to; slip within bombing
range of the Doers lifeline tits
into the chain ot South and Cen
tral American air and naval bases
bow being forged by the Ameri-
CSB repUOUeS.
vrhere the additional fa-
Unities would be provided tor the
canal s protoetloa was aot dis -
dosed, but Seiense experts saw
the Ideal arrangement would la-
elude the right to base United
States submarine and seaplane
tenders on the wast coast ot Max-
ico. Cocoa Island and the Galapa-
cos islands. These tenders are
tilling stations ot the see, prevld-
tag fuel and repair facilities.
Watch for Sabotage, too -
As outlined by these experts.
the only real dangers to the ca
nal are aabotage aad a surprise
attack from the air. The army is
taking extensive precautions
against sabotage, and new bases
for plane and submarine sentinels
tn the Caribbean are being ob
tained from Britain.
Even though lt may take some
Urns to develop these bases to be
leased from the British, the an
ehorages there are available at
one tor the tenders necessary to
maintain plan aad submarine
patrols.
Oa the west, tn canal is pro
tected by the great expanse ot the
Pacific, by the fleet based- oa Ha
wail and by planes, surface eraf t
and submarines operating from
the canal Itself
The effectiveness of the Utter
would b multiplied greatly, of-
flclals said. If anchorages Tor
their tenders aad perhapa recre-
suonai laeuiue xor mew crews
were available nearer the seen
of operations than at present. Ia
otber words, the patrol craft
WOUld BOt bV to Spend half their
time or mor going to and from
their stations.
, Harbors Well
One fine aaehorag la which
the navy la known to be interested
is Magdalene bay, oa tho west
eomMt -f lowr California.
It Is
IT miles long aad 12 mile wide.
Another possibility which has
Kmi nantlaiiad la AcanaleA bar.
Kor ranarallv eonalderad tha fin.
Mt on the weet coast of Mexico.
Around this bar bar ars high
mountains which afford eoaald-
City, It has been visited by many
American tourists In recent years.
A little mor thaa Sep sail'
west and slightly south of tho
canal son is Coco island, one
time rendezvous of buccaneers,
now under Ue flag of Costa Rica
and a mecca for treasur hunters.
Chatham bay there is rated a
fair harbor In fine weather, but
seamen say it would nav to b
cleared during any oa - shor
squalls. Experts are ot Ue opin
ion, however, that tenders could j
ride in Ue lee of the Island vn
during storms, and that lt there-
tore would be useful.
Mexico Hints aa Okeh
Farther to the souUwest sr
the Galapagos islands. CSS miles
from the coast of Ecuador, with I
whlch Uey are politically associ-
ated. The largest of these Islands
is ,72 miles long. Numerous small
anchoragea are avallabl among
them.
The possibility ot Mexican naval I
bases being placed at Ue disposal
of Ue United States has been men-
I tloned recently In dispatches from
Mexico City. These reported that
both governments were moving
cautiously toward the develop
ment of a far-reaching program
of ; military and economic collabor
ation.
Subsequently. ' author! t a 1 1 v
American source reported that
actual work bad started on Ue
i selection and surveying of Ue
chain ot air and naval bases in
South and Central America.
aeienew !(. win remain
the property of Ue SouU and
Central American republics and be
The defense sites will remain
under ueir sovereignty, it was
said, bnt Ue United Statea will fi
nance Improvements, where re
quired, by loan to ths various
nations.
Ammunition Fails;
Greek Gets Plane
ON THE SOUTHERN FRON
TIER. Jan. l-fJfy-X Greek pilot
claimed that he downed aa Ital
ian bomber witk the propeller ot
his plan after raaalag out of ma-
enlne unm.aitlon and cap-
tmrd tu ereir of thre at pistol
point.
iHto story ss related by military
aoureee said he exhausted his am-
munition In a dogfight, thea
streaked for th bomber's tail aad
reared away Just la time to avoid
n full collision.
His blade eat tba Italian's rud
der nad slevator surfacee aad
forced them to land, be reported,
and h earn down ta Uo same
paster with bl propeller beat.
Th Greek met th Italian wlU
rendered.
his pistol drawn nad Uer
sur -
r
QotwAimf T 'PT.Mn.i
6" i,umcu
SAnnnrl I lAiitonont
mCCOIICI JLaeUieiXaill
CAMP CLATSOP. Jan. 2 First
Sergeant George K. Sergeant has!
I received word of kis appointmaatl
iSS secona , lieutenant m Us. n -
I pending th. resulU ot a fin
I type physical examination. '
i Lieuteaaat Eargeant has bad
considerable experience as rirst
sergeant in Headquarters battery.
second battelloa 24 0U CA. aad
I win aaatgaed- to hto preeeat
i regiment, prior to induction tatel
federal service, bemad kis bom120SVa
i at 1 Salem. - where he was n coach
?..ag mu junior - nogn scnool.
Oregon, .Saturday Morning. Janoary 4. 1941
0J
d dltloo
...In ihm Nte
WASHINGTON, Jan. .-(ffy-Tk
TVm't ten war secrets" placards
used widely In Xngland now have
their counterparts la the US war I
department.'
New posters adom the army's
central offices here. Decorated
with eATtoona. they bear only the
words: "Don't tell Aunty aad Un
cle .... or Cousin Jane ... aad
certainly not year girL"
MILWAUKEE. Jan. 2-TV-Jaek
Shoa. principal clerk la the city
eomntrollers office, was la danger
of belasr promoted to a lower
salary.
shon.: who receives IXlOt a
yesr, was sUted to. fill ths vacant
head bookkeeper post which ear-
riM an tltftS to S21SS an anal sti
pend. The position, prior to ad op-1
tlon of a city salary oroinance lass
moath, bad paid 111 It. .
The city comptroller said that
Lt. w.M V Wevsaea SHih A Mil.
rv JT "VJ:ir-1
would aot be promoted.
TROT. NT. Jn. 2-V-It was I
sa even bet Troy police bead- p,.. frontUr defease fae
quarters today that the thief who rraace. Swlteerland and Got
stole the clothing of Jsmes Car- m . la reeelvlag official fascist
roll. 17-year-old CCC enrollee. Is attention. The rising cost ot sup
going to have a red face. plementlng .Its fortifications la
The garments, police said, were aly noted, i
stolen from a clothe line where That may aot be significant;
they were airing while Carroll was
In a Troy hospital.
Carroll has scarlet fever.
McQoskey Quits
As Representative
a.-.. . o.t. w.-i ..ii
Vvvi v wens J VI ewfcsaea am a I
has set next Wednesday, regular
a., v. MHt I
meeting day of the Coo county
e o a r t, as the
l11""11 Uonltl troops, fully equipped and
a SUCCeSSOr tOI -vil4 . V4. war fn
State R Pff-
uu" c I
Cloekey of coo
countr, who naa
resigned. He is
a democrat.
MeClo k ys
resignation was
received at the
state depart
ment yesterday.
He suffered a
broken leg la aa
automobile acci
dent and was la a hospital tor
several weeks.
McCloskey first was elected
state representative la 1922 and
served three terms. He lives at
Norway.
Under the law, MeCloskeys
successor must be of his party
affiliation.
Long Work Hours
On Defense Bases
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time and one-half rates, one said,
for work la excess of eight hours.
Suspension of the hours limita
tion for workers building army
navy and aviation facilities on Ue
sitae being acquired from Great
Britain extended n policy applied
previously by U navy la Alaska
and on Midway, Wake, Palmyra
and Johnston Islands. Congreea
authorised the navy to suspend
the limitation In the construction
of thee Pacific bases.
The eight-hour rule b a s not
b a lifted la the continental
United States, or oa tb Island of
lOahu. Hawaii.
Mr. Roosevelt said in his execu-
tlve order that an act or istx.
aa amended in 1212, provided Uat
mechanics and laborers employed
by the government should not be
worked more then eight hours a
d a y except in an extraordinary
emergency.
Bomber Assembly
In Texas Planned
WASHINGTON, Jan.
plan to build Uousands of bomb
ers with the help ot Ue automo
tive Industry look definite form
tonight with Ue selection ot Fort
I r orm, i uh, u u
I fourU assembly plaaL
I in a eompromls of a
Worth, Texas, aa Ue site ot a
contest
betweea rival cities, a previous al
lotment of a similar plant to Tulsa,
Okla., waa confirmed.
Under arrangements wbick were
well advanced before a new pro
posal to build "200 warp lanes a
day" was put forward with the
support of Ue CIO. Ue Fort
Worth and Tulsa plants and th-
ers assignea to ususs ana xt. an
sa City win turn oat 200 long-
rang bombers monthly from parts
largely fabricated ia motor car
factort.
Fifteen months I expected to
be required to start production un
der Ue scheme worked ent by
Ue defense commission and Ue
war aad navy departments to sup-
nlirant tha aircraft lndaatrva
. " ,T1. Vw VT
w'fi w mi iun ivr i vi
ed State, and Grt Britain.
Rain Halts Cold;
26 Low Recorded
' Fog and ice presented a doabl
hasard to early morning motorists
1 Friday wlU a 20 degree law teas-
I peraturs registered at ue airport I
I Midnight temperatar lastnlahtl
ta us we sma boars.
waa 24 degree wlU fag still
icunging to in grouno. rorocasx
I for today aad tomorrow was ma -
isetued wlU local rains.
PORTLAND. Jaa. 2-CPV-Rlalas
temperature .warmed Dragon!
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1
l "" loony axisr wucry wuosioia nver.
1 pressed U mercury aad blew
uemserve out -lasi sugnu
Speeding ChaTgcd
Salem poHe last night arrested
C J. Zwascaka. 21 S North 22rd
street.
and Mertoa . 8taveaaa.
Fairgrounds road, oa
vioiatloa ot taa Daal speed rule
enarges. - ;. ; .. -
Break Rumors
Huit Changes
j? - African Force Is
reneux yxriwu
Like! j to Ue UecUire
Element in South .
By KXRKX L. SIMPSON
Reports of a rranco-Germaa
crisis hint at startling aew devel
opments la I tho war betora. the
ywuag year 1S41 mora taaa gets
its eyes opea.
The rumors of a break between
Berlin aadV Vichy over an disclosed
nasi demands that Franca cooper
ate with tho axis against Britain
cam from British unofficial
aouree and: are subject U the I
avSpicloa of wishful thinking- Tet I
there baa been too muca asaose
in advices from Berlin aad Vichy
receauy ano pinmiui "'
from neutral obeervaUoa potnU
to doubt that a fire Is smoulder-
latC 1
Colonial rraace at least
toeterlag a the verge of return-1
ur. u ui coniuct mm
L' .TJrTir ' "
s
Ther are even bints ot that I
Tet lt Indicates that among other
perplexities arising from the -de-
teat ot fascist armies ta AlbaaU
and Africa, 11 duea u aot losing I unsio cnannai. u www ucjy acknowledging the end of a
sigbt of the poeslblUty that I pilots said they started fire vlst I tameus senate feud. Senator Jokn
Frane might return to the war bl It mile away. Last night Ue I (Rcal) walked to the dais
result of the Hitler-Petals
conflict.
Blow ta Maasotlal
Unquestionably any develop
ment that brought french eoloa-
lal forces In Africa or the French
- . . . . .
"7 back Into Jf .
Italy would bo a heavy addlUonal
blow for MuseollnL Tar are
Sksb skAsb - - m-Wk A W s envesa -
rrencb Africa. They are strongly
anti - German and antl-axia.
They are primarily loyal to Oen-
era! Weygaad who orzM n&
P""5SthS
: Z I
- i
yoad doubt burning to avenge I
against tae axis ta oeieac no sui-1
teiad as allied generaussuao m
Franc last Jan.
A break between Hitler sad Po
tato might lead to nasi occupa
tion of all Franc. That ot Itself
would be a booa t Britain. It
would further disperse nasi ar
mies la the west, so recently pic
tured by Hitler as girding to lesp
scrou tb channel at Englsnd's
throat.
"Sbreda assd Tattere
Re-entry ot French troop la
Africa Into the war would drive
a decisive nail, however, late Us
coffin ot Italian empire dreams.
It probably would mean swift rea-
lliatlon of Prim Minister Church-
Ill's Ureat to rip Uat tapir "to
shreds and tatters."
From this distance it baa
ed probable all along that tt was
us -ot French aaval ship ta U
Medlterraaeaa v by Germany and
Italy Uat waa urgently sought by
Berlin ia the recent Hitler-Laval
dealings. . That would have been
a serious matter for Brttaia. at
horn as well as ia th east. It
would hsv forced retention ot
heavy British naval forces ia the
Mediterranean fore that could
be 111 spared from Atlantic bottle
necks. Now tt Is Indicated Uat Im
portant British naval units are
being transferred fromthe east
front to protect England's own
north Atlantis sea lanes. That is
sn Immediate result ot British
army victories la Egypt and Libya
and Greek successes in Albania.
London reports a shrinking . in
stead of aa increasing tonnage
toll by enemy action in the dan
gerous Atlantis waters. It has also
disclosed Uat Ue heavy cruiser
Berwick, which beat off Ue most
recent nail surface raider attack
there la murky weather, bad been
shifted from Us Medlterraneaa
to Atlantis convoy duty.
Re-entry of F r a a African
force and French warcraft Into
Ue conflict alongslds Britain cer-
tlaly release further Brit -
ua mmwj uit . bit sorce in ue
oast tor as la Ue wast. It would
b a major Qbetacle to nasi attack
plana ta U west, whatever Uey
Hopkins Sent on
ission
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2 W3-
Harry Hopkins. long-Urn friend
and narhan th most iatlmata
j riser ot President Roosevelt, pre-
pared tonight to' leava for Lon
don oa a special mission believed
t h for tb purpoo of reveal
iSS"..
ing u
admlalstration
With tha alaawe nf -m-
.v
U announcement today, aid!
Hopklaa would leave verv sem 1
kapa two
I WOka. H Will hsv aa tltla. Af.l
mMl atatam mm .tvi .v.
i 7. " z -7 " " --
."L'
Ipresldsnt said, waa not specifXc
in preaiasat said be xpected
next week! to appoint a aew am
bassador, to Great Britain a t
Hopkins to - succeed Jonn w
Kennedy, who baa submitted kis
resignation. .
ites
V
I PORTLAND, C.Jan. 2-fV-
i sieamer waxplo
lsad4 cargo here today for tit
inaugural -trip ef a direct saueral
cargo seme rrom Portland tA
I Howolalu. N- intermediate n.
will ba mad eutaid tka Colma-
TM WalDlo.- cosnmandad
Captain J. H. Hansen, will e
zii teas of general freight and
4.000.000 board feet ot lumber am
is - a a . a . . .
ie iaiuai inp. sn recently was
uwea wnai li.ets cable ft ot
refrigerated s p a a for carrying
froaca r chined perUaahle.
Tk Xokala will alternate witk
run. maxingi
(tka voyag la 10 days aad aff er -
mg asxungs avery Ure weeks. .
Special M
a - . .
a -r-
Ford Tilaiiager
Again," La Grande
LA GRANDE. Jaa. I-CPy-Tbs
city eoamltsloa rsappomtsa
! H. Ford as city manager at Its
first 1141 meeting today. J. U
Bind en replaced B. AT Van Wor
ner commission" president.
T. H. calther was the only new
!te. f tha eommlostea.H
succeeded H. J. Leonard, retired.
C M.-Humphreys, was renamed
municipal Judge.
Attact Planes
- "
- r T.a Ttf-t.
iiiimni
Also' Froia :ttanl ;
Creeks Advance
(Continued from page 1)
trtamvtrate ta whieb Admiral Jeaa I
Dwui, rupuxea suw io ",s-1
tmA. would emerga as Iks new
"strong ata" of xraaea. '
2. RAF bomber pounded the
big German naval base at Bremea
for the second sueceaslva sight;
striking from t vsa. t nearly
dawa yesterday aad leaving re
ported "enormous Dree-" j
2. Nasi raiders reported a' suc
cessful aasaalt oa Cardiff. U
bustling Welsh coal port. U
uermans rerurnea m u tmut
oa Laadoa and towns In tka mid
lands' and western England.
4. Two ubmartaea. oaa Italian
aad oa French, war reported
sunk.' -
Tka Franek admiralty noted Iks
torpedo-sinking of Its HiS-toa
submarlae Afax aad oil tanker
Rhone ea route from Casablaaca
to Dakar, French West Africa,
with th loss of T4 crew members;
while tb British admiralty re
ported that aa Italian aadarseas
rlAr ait dM uak- Brr
Thunderbolt. Ue resurrected sab-
'Mf TX.Km ,
raa in u in a sesw jane .
mi, caiTTiag saea m aeaia.
Tht Thetis was Uter raised, re-
conditioned aad renamed.
Portland to Get
Shipyard, Report
(Continued From Fags 1)
speed of construction, immediate
ly engendered speculation Uat
U administration contemplated
steps to help Britain solve tka
erttleal problem of getting bot
toms to tak war equipment aad
food aeross U Atlantic
Tk president said Us skip
wlud ba gevernmenWwned. and
Uat Uey would be of ano stand
ardised tro. resembllnar abtoaa
tanks, mor Una, craft la who
tine a lover of ship. Uk himself.
could take pride. Sack sain, will
uispiac approximately 7, tons
and win cost 21.MS.S0f to 21.-
7,He indicated Uey would VejPeaTSOn LCSVCS
mm i inexpensive new yaras.
operating so far as possible mr-J
ly as assembly plants to put to-!
geuer pr-fabricated parts
steel plate.
Presumably, under his plaa to
leas or lend war - materia la to
Britain, American ships might b
turned over to U British and
ba sent back or replaced when I
U war ended.
To get th shipbuilding pro
gram unaer way, Mr. RoovIt
I drew from a defense fund granted
him by congress, 22S.SS9.00S for
ins construction of yard..
McMechan Rites
Scheduled Today
Final rite for Earl Van Mc
Mechan. 10, who died ot a heart
attack at U Deacoaea hospital
Thursday algkt, will bo keld this
afternoon at 1:11 - tmn th
1 Clough-Barrick chapel. DrW. Ir-
via Williams vffleUtlng.
mat win ba 1 Belcreet
rial park.
Inter-
Pallbearer win Ve Frank H.
Spears. Paal B. Wallace, Richard
2
u. Severn. X1U Powell. Charl
A , W . . V , m n.
"f ..S"1TBW T
Mejcechaa. a-srraduaia af wn.1
iexong; Salem girl, in 121 and
H was assistant areta
Hawkins Roberto at tha tl.
of deau. . . - -
Soldier Dies of
1 Pneumonia in Car
asHi.sND, Ora Jaa.. t-jpv-
Pneumonia ased tb Weliskr
Vl- . I
Field. ; Calif, wh died - whn.
..l iZTZZ LrirfT wniiel
I "TT Am " aawmoou return -
i tag aim ta Bl Met rra Hmrimt -
? Cos DS
WD1 Dodge said today. -
The soldier. wha- rwt
koUday. at AumtaC'w s V"
SLiL
. vu sisa m saorc urn -later
wkea km companion. Private Hoi-
Um Browasoa. It,- also of Marck
Field, stopped ker for gasolin.
is ui rear seat as u car wlU
aiNt vm. iUN ofnCartstmas
prasaats from els father, critical-
IT m la a Seattle (Marin) kos-
PltaL - : .'- . . - ,r . ... -
LS;Bbard
a.--
Incimie Increases
Cask receipts from loans aad
state-own properties - of the
World, war veterana atate aid
commtssiom during 1240 exceeded
eoUocUoaa for eiUer Ills or
12 2f, Jerrold Owan. secretary, re-1
I w
I ported to Governor Charles A.
Epragu here yeeterday.
Tho commission retve4 22v
21I.S71 daring 1240 aa compared
to I1.1C1.017 ta 12 2 r aad 22
sts.stz car xixg. "Tka average
l moaUlyrecifpts for "US past year
reached Illt.SSf. - ,
SubilnedTiIood
Marks jpening
Garnex.on Hand; Ray bum
It Reelected Spe&ker f 1
... is ics sage Awaiica....- "
f - . t s.
(Cos tinned from page 1)
Meanwhile. It . becama lftr ,
that th Roosevelt, foreiga polt
cleo would face aa organized ck&l- -
lengew Se aa tor, Wk ee 1 r (D-MonL -said
there -was a "roe -bottom
list" - of IIS -senators wha would "-.
speak a g a 1 n a t adalnlstratloa
methods which they believe are
tending toward war, and that aa V
afjort would be mads to "erg an- y
Ue tha ouatry."- .--,- "
-;The .snate: met a IltUa befora '
aoon, with. Vlce-Presidec. Garner . ,
making tna of bis tafrequeat ap f
pearances oa tha rostrum. At 12
o'clock the old sesaloa aided sal
tho aew begsju- The terms at mem-'
bera -defeated In last reara'eleo- 2-
tSoas . expired at that boar. Sao-
htor Mlatoa (D-Iad) arose sat
took a seat at . the rerr of tht
chamber1, Senator King (D-CUh)
another wha was beaten, stayed at
his deski throughout tka brief ses
aloa which followed. j i
Ia group at four. the. senators
elected la November were eeorted
tai tka rostrum and received- Ue
oath otiotne. Senator Harrison
D-UUs) went p witk- Senator
BUba of Ue asm sUta. Uas pub-
alsa. His colleague. -8a natr
Downey ( D-Ci ) . offered to escort
aim. bnt Johnson merely shook
bis hand, aad brushed him red-
faced but smiling aside, f i
Laager Seated bat t
Challenge Awaits j
JWken;U nam f Senator-elect
Laager R-ND) was called. Sen
ator Berkley announced tkat pro
tests against seating him bad been
received, accompanied by aharges
which, it true, would seriously af
fect his ! qualifications for a sea-
permissiba that Laager takTu
j oau "woutVreludK-i. coal
ate seat, H asked and received
i tlnuanc In ofQca to b sablect ta
Us results of a Uter tavssUga
tlon. . i
The nous meanwhile eras aim
Uatly eagaged la tat formalities
of getting U session started. Ray
burn's nam and that of Sep. Mar
tin; (R-Maas) U republican lead
er, j were- placed la nomination for
U speakers hi a. Rarburn re-
elved 2IT votea to MartU'a ill.
A commltte escorted klm to ths
speaker's chair, white Ue mem
bership gros ad gave klm a load
aad prolonged ovation, j
Thanking his colleague for
electing i hint t a -post wait a. k
said. It -bad beea km. Bit's ambi
tion to fill. Raybaraawang quick
ly lata a plea Uat partisanship ba
forgotten ta dealing witk tka im
portant "pending problems af for
eign policy. He recalled tkat dar
ing Ue World war "Ue eeater
I aisle did aot divide Ue patriotism
I of jU membership," aad asked
I uat sack b Us eue again.
IJokrd for Senate
State Treasurer Walter XL Pear
son yesterday attended' hie last
meeting; ot U state board, af con
trol oer or turn
ing rr his of
ties to Leslie M.
ScottT Portland,
next Monday. $
Oovoraor
Ckarles A.
Spragua tkaaked
Pearson for bis
"Splendid coop4
oration t ta han
dling Us state's
business."
- Pearaoa was
chosen state se4-
WeBer A. Turns wr "v" Mail
. 1 ' aomak eoaaty at
tka November election, i ; ,
Ts board of control wCl
ba eompoaad of Urea re public ana,
Parsoa Is a democrat, t
i - i L . "
Ministers Protest-1.
Their Exemptions
I I i - t r
i -
Lleatenabt Colonel - K 1 m or T
f'. Westin g against that
ITZTIZ . " .irL"-
Z:Z . Zr.!" Z
--r-ww nw saeivsvm eMasaaya
fort.! ' ' t - . ;-? ' ?
"Tk es ministers charged tkat
U prent law was discrimina
tory is Uetr favor. - j
TTh great 'majority Set minis
ter la Orego ar aot asking tor
aay? special favors ta connection
wira tha aaUoaal deftnse
gTam.'l oaa aatniater wrote.
Several 'ministers vindicated
awald fU a written protest
. v . .llTT . "T!
1 - ' ",".-Rk"'.TT,cm,
1 " uur asx tn federal Severn-
? ' l
v.!T AT T.' 1 ins" 1 1 J
J XVlkGU
But Stock DkeK
s - - ' ,
CANTON CTTT, - Jan! ? 2--
T m w pleked U lock ot
Dragglrt Terry Beir stor were
I pracudng. Bell decided to-
My4 I -
' Ha fnd Ue store 6or epta
sad-tka algkt light oat after two
ani4ntlfled men uishrsui tha
Up to him but neither stock nor
cash -was disturbed. -
ZZ CotrpI
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