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gTTr.ZNE, OREGON, Page Two. : T r ii A- - ue ;To Repulse Invaders (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) S prelude to the big red offensive which the Finns have been ex E pecting remained to be seen. I The sudden renewal of fighting J In the south followed what mili 5 tary experts said was the most Important Finnish triumph of the 8 month-long war. The Finns said 5 the 163rd Soviet division fighting near Kiantajaervi could be re 5 girded as destroyed. They added Sthe claim that 129 Russian planes J had been shot down since the ft start of the war. Stalemated or j pushed back on the ground, the h Russians took to the air in what developed into one of the heavl Eest bombing raids of the war. I At Vaasa on the Gulf of Both jnla 31 Soviet planes dropped nmore than 200 bombs yesterday. J At Byvinkaa. nearly 38 miles from Helsinki, Russian planes J dropped 100 bombs, 17 reportedly hitting a hospital which burned throughout the night. The hospital, it was said had been evacuated only the day be- J, fore, hundreds of wounded soldiers w having been removed to safer J places. The battle of Klantalaervl. ex- perts said, had definitely halted1 'a J Russian attemt to cut across1 Ihe center of Finland to Ihe Gulf of J Bothnia. Russian casualties were "estimated variously at from 15,000 to 18.000 men. Z In another less spectacular but important victory the Finns said J they had frustrated an attempted S Russian advance on the Lake Ladoga front. For the first time 9 since the start of the war, they k said, the Russians had tried, to attack by crossing the Ice of L-ke S Ladoga but had been repulsed I Bombs Spilled I During successful Finnish land operations, Finland was Subjected 5 to Intensive bombardment by the a red army air force. ft At least 11 places were homb J ed yesterday. Including Turku j (Port Abo, Tempere and Hyvln J kaa, 35 miles north of Helsinki E At Hyvlnkaa sanitarium was set snre a no '.wo persons were killed. C The i of 1938 final Finnish communique 1039 said H irc. oi, lanci. rignunK in me Kianlalaervl country, of the-SiKV- S mussalml commune- oh our east- cm frontier resulted in a great J victory for our troops on Decem- ber 29 and 30. The, enemy's 3 163rd division was definitely cut 1 off and for the most part de- 2 itroyed. Remnants of the division are partly scattered in -the" for- nil and party fleeing, pursued B by our troop- towards Junttis- ranU (about five miles from the a Russian frontier at the northeast fend of Kiantajaervi). "Mmnlnff tin nrukmHi-m nnn. Hnue around KlatfUjiienl. 'Wnr material so far eollertcd by us I Includes 27 guns f Prions call ffbres, 11 tanks, two armored cars, I four anti-aircraft machine guns, ISO motor lorries, one transport column of 40fr to 800 vehicles, 250 surviving horses, 12 field kitchens and n abundance of other arms J and ammunition. "Enemy losses In the fallen lean be counted' in the thousands. "In the Salla sector (north of Kiantajaervi) rTie enemy launch Jed an attack against our positions I but was hurled back by a counter i attack. Two tanks were destrny- ed. The battle northeast of Lake i Ladoga which, began December J 29 continued all day yesterday. All of Ihe enemy's attacks were repulsed and nine tmiks were de ll itroyed. f "On the Isthmus (of KareliaV cthe enemy attacked along the ice J of Lake Ladoga. The attack was repulsed. Elsewhere on the Isth Jjmus there was chiefly avtlUery f fire, which at some places rose j to great Intensity. Six tanks were destroyed in a day's fighting. J "On the site of fighting at CCoIossula (on the northeast shore Sof Lake Suvanto) and at Keljs BUTTER-KRUST THAT GOOD BREAD . BAKED BY WILLIAMS January ONE GROUP About a rioien Size 16 to SI. One Group In plain colors Just the thing work. Sites 14 10 -u. roomer DRESSY M DRESSES Hardly any two alike. Sues 14 to 42. Some remarkable values in this lot. Former Price $4.98 Now SWEATER BLOUSES In Jersev iltit V.W-.t.. An ideal wa'rm'gniment. for winter i jr days. Sizes 32 to 40, Vert 'Special M1.13 Sassy Shop 829 Willamette Directly Across from Miller's Department Store JlamsfcBg! i i i -p Four Tie In Rain Guess HOQUIAM,. Jan. 1. M Be cause an inch and a half of rain fell In the Grays Harbor district in the 24 hours ending at 6 p, m. last night four persons will split the $468 first prize in the second annual Grays Harbor rain derby. The last minute storm gave the four, Miss Margaret Bezer and Mrs. Aurvilla Gren, stenographers, Rubena Fulseth, bookkeeper, and Claude Major, office worker, all employes of the Grays Harbor F.lectric Light company, correct guesses of 77.23 Inches of rainfall for the vear. But what was more important to local weather observers this year's true forecast was made by resi dents of the neighborhood. Last year a Rhode Islander, 3,000 miles away, made the best guess. (near Volossula) we have so far collected 450 rifles, 81 machine guns, 57 quick firing rifles, 50 automatic rifles, 16 rifles with telescopic sights,, nine anti-tank guns, ammunition "for these, .wire less sets, telephones, etc. On other sections of the land front there was patrol and artillery activity. 'Sea: Numerous air 'and' artil lery .attacks by the enemy on a couple of . our coastal forts oc casioned slight damage, .Our bat teries, by a rapid butst Of. fire, lnfieted losses on enemy detach rrfents advancing on the ice of Lake Ladoga 'at the Isthmus and on enemy transport columnsmov Ing on roads. Elsewhere there was slight enemy air activity." "Enemy aircraft carried out sev eral raids in southwest Finland on December. 30.' Among Other places Hangoe (Hanko) was Bombarded with loss,' according to reports re ceived so far, of one civilian life, while several civilians were wounded and, a few buildings were damaged. Ini the waf zone enemy airmen machine gunned a hospi tal train clearly marked with Red Cross emblems. Our own aircraft carried out reconnaisance flights and drove off enemy .planes. "One enemy plane was shot down." Helsinki celebrated the eve of the new year calmly and soberly. A few restaurant and bars were open during the evening but they closed their doors at 11 p. m. a half hour -later than the usual closing time. ' Even the traditional midnight service before the big market place church was cancelled. Where there were sober celebrations there was only one toast Finland. There were no dance bands and no danc ing. Most men and women in res taurants and bars were In uniform. None wore evening attire. While what celebration there was was quiet there was no sign of depression. News of the latest triumphs at the front seemed to nnve jncreasea xns cairn ana con fldence of the Finns; , British Guns Pick Nazi Ship From Sky LONDON. Jan. 1. U One of two German, airplanes which f lew over the Shetland islands today was reported to have been shot down by British anti-aircraft guns. An air raid warning was sound ed as soon -ar the planes were sighted and the "all clear" signal was-given 45 mlmites later. The plane-' reported shot down was said lo have fallen Into the sea. The planes dropped several bombs but caused no damage, ac cording to the report. The reported shooting down of the German plane was not con firmed, hut a craft was reported seen in difficulfy out at sea. Search Is Continued For Eugene Bartges rOnTLAND,..rsn. 1 (4i State county ftnd' city officers continued to search Portland and surround ing districts todsy for Eugene Bartges, Jr.. 26. accused of com mandeering j th automobile of Mrs. A. .R. ltilpter, Salem, Sat uid.iy. and forcing her to drive him to rortland. -- Former Price $1.98 styles In gay' ' 1.29 ' No TAILORED DRESSES for school or $ yuct sj aa jow si An if Tacoma is Interned By Uruguayan Officers (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) ordered interned despite strenuous German efforts to obtain an exten sion of the government's order. Time Expired A 24 hours order to the Tacoma to leave port or submit to intern ment on the grounds that the ship was a German naval auxiliary vessel expired at 4:30 a. m. EST. She had aided the pocket battle ship Graf Spee before the latter was scuttled two weeks ago. Captain Hans Kanow made new protests against the Uruguayan Government's departure order, is sued yesterday morning, while British warships waited outside Uruguayan territorial waters for the Tacoma in case it should at tempt to put to sea. The protest of the Tacoma's captain, made to the prefect of the port, was in hopes of postponing an extension of the government's departure order despite a state mentby the foreign office that there-could be no extension of per mission for the Tacoma to remain in port without being interned. Capt. Kanow, some quarters re ported, would submit to intern ment rather than attempt to run the British blockade or scuttle his ship in the hope that later release of the Tacoma could be obtained on technical grounds. It was understood that Kanow had contended that the govern ments 24-hour time limit, espe cially In view of the new year hoi iday, was too short to permit him to unload part of his cargo. Britain and France, it was un derstood, had demanded that Uru guay expel orirrlern the Tacoma because she had served as ; a "mother ship" to the Graf Spee. Germany, however, insisted that the vessel be treated as any other merchant ship.. 1 Uruguay appar ently took the British and French view and held that the Tacoma was an "auxiliary worship" and as such without rights of further refuge in neutral waters. Norwegian Steamer Is Sunk by Torpedo KOPERVIK, Norway, Jan. 1. nj.R) The 1400-ton Norwegian steamer Luna was reported sunk today by a torpedo allegedly without warning 25 miles off the Norwegian coast only two hours after it had left its home harbor of Bergen. ; Another Norwegian ship, the Columbia, picked up the Luna's entire crew of 17 a half hour after Ihe ship was sunk and brought them to Kopervik. The Luna siink so rapidly that the'erew had tfirie to launch only one lifeboat and a-rafl. The torpedo reportedly struck the rear part of Ihe ship. No Arrests Made In Portland Because Of Dancing 'Blue Law' PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 1 (U.Ri Portland police and leaders of Ihe city's entertainment places battled down to the end of the new year as to whether thousands of revelers could or would go on dancing after 1 a. m: this morn ing. V The police said they couldn't and wouldn't. City ordinances put a stop tor all public dancing at 1 a. m. They said it would be enforced. Club oprttitorK said V ' would ruin their usually-heavy New Years business. They would,- they said, find some way to puncture the law. ; - . The argument ended with this cryptic report on the police blot ter today: "No arrests for danc ing". Britain Extends Assistance to Finns LONDON. Jan. 1iUPi Great Britain officially went Qn record as being determined to give Fin hind generous and substantial as sistance to combat the Russian In vasion. The government reaffirmed Prime Minister Neville Chamber lain's promise of aid to Finland in a telegram to Joseph Avenol. secretary grncral of the league of nations. It was understood that Britain was informing Washington and rris of the help it is granting the Finns. The assistance! H was said in visually reliable Quarters, does not involve British troops, but it was assumed that there would be an increase in supplies of war mater ials and vital raw products. It was believed Sweden and Norway were facilitating trans portation of allied provisions des tined for Finland. FRl'IT DROPS PORTLAND. Jan. 1 - '' Shaip dre-rs m shipments of flour, wheat (run from Portland cut vhe value of December exivrts to $1,253, 71 but the yen's lotal went 10 per cent over the 10:iS figure. i ! I K i:sks hkop ! PORTLAND, J.n. 1 rMar ' r::ii;e licenses issued in Portland ; i" 1939 dropped to 1914 from ISWR's total of 2100. county rcc j orris showed today. The drop w as : ascribed to the new st.ite law re ' nun mg both applicants to submit I to physical and mcnl.il exiinina-, 1 Ukiu i 7940 to Bring Nose Count WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. W) One of the major events of 1940 that you can look forward to is the census which Unce Sam has taken every 10 years since 1790. But you'll have to stick around until April 1 to be counted. Census officials declined to guess about the census total, but thev sometimes use a formula which indicates about a 132.000,000 count, compared with 124,000,000 g. Deiaw'are 2; District of Colum in 1930. via i- Florida 3; Georgia 4: Illinois Illinois Train Wreck Kills One, Hurts 40 ARCOLA, 111., Jan. 1 (U.B The Illinois Central railroad's crack Panama limited ploughed into an other New Orleans-Chicago train at the Areola railroad station to day. The station agent reported one dead and about 40 injured. The dead man was Thomas V. Talmadge, Evanston, 111. He was a passenger on the first train, which had stopped to take on a passenger at Acola". ' .' -. " Nathan Hill, Chicago, a porter on the Panama limited, was said to be mosf critically injured. In jured were taken to hospitals at Tuscola and Mattoon. Most of the passengers were asleep whene the ' accident oc curred. The locomotive of the Panama limited partially telescoped the rear car of the standing train. British Army Boost Looms for New Year LONDON, Jan. 1. (P)In the expectation of intensified land warfare. Informed sources today foresaw possible increase of the British army to 2.500,000 men. A royal proclamation expected early in the year Is to provide registration of men from 23 to 28, adding about 1,000,000 men to the 1,500,000 now under arms, or technically mobilized. Correspondents with the royal air. force in France said prepara tions had been made to meet "possibly more vigorous hostil ities." Arrival of a second contingent of Canadian troops at a western British port was announced to day. Artillery units from Winni peg and Montreal, engineers from Toronto and Halifax, kilted Scot tish regiments, infantry brigades and ambulance units were in cluded. First Canadian troops reached Britain December 18, and Australian aviators and Indian troops' arrived later. Oregon Leads Coast States In Volume Of Northern Tuna Catch ASTORIA, Jan. 1OPi Oregon led Washington and California in albacore tuna landings from north Pacific Waters in 1939. compil ation of reports from fisheries authorities of the three states showed today. The total 'catch was 12,965,137 pounds. The Oregon landings were 6,-j 450,000 pounds, Washington 1,-1 137,575 pounds, California (from northern waters) 4,078.562 pounds. rNEl'MONIA FATAL rORTLAN'D, Jan. 1 lTiPeder J. Pederson, 80, injured when strurk by -an automobile Decem ber 26, died yesterday but physi cians said his death' was due to pneumonia. NO. 1 DIES PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 1 on A hit-run driver killed Portland's fir.st traffic -victim of 1940 early today. "Eugene's Own Store" Russell's 64 East Broadway Ph. 1101 niMERCIIIEF of the HOITD as seen in Vogue A s 7 iSc topic South, kv ro o. WINTER SPICE in .11 ,ht m i rt .uWccd brill 50' Accident Toll Mounts For New Year Holiday (CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1) most of the fatalities m 41 states and the District ' of Columbia. Other causes included fire, shoot ing, stabbing, falls and gas. California led the states with 24 dead, 13 of them in traffic ac cidents. The deaths by states: Alabama 1- Arizona 3: Arkansas 4; Calif- a -M- n nrann 4 connecucui 13; Indiana 5; Kansas 1; Kentucky 6; Louisiana 8; Maine 1; Maryland 3; Massachusetts 3; Michigan 14; Minnesota 4; Missouri 11; Montana 1; Nebraska 1; New Hampshire 1; New Jersey 7; New Mexico 1; New York 12; North Carolina 5; Ohio 9; Oregon 4; Pennsylvania 19; South Carolina 2; South Dakota 1; Ten nessee 11: Texas 12; Utah 2; Vir ginia 2; Washington 4; West Vir ginia 3; Wisconsin 1; Wyoming 4. Japanese Bombers Continue Attacks SHANGHAI, Jan. 1. W The Japanese, navy reported today its planes had shot down 21 Chinese aircraft in a big-scale battle in South China and bombed the Haifeng-Kunming railroad near the border of French Indo-China. The railroad, built, owned and operated by the French, is one of China's "lifelines" for the import of materials. (Damage to the line was report ed slight, but Chinese were said in Hongkong to consider the bombing significant, since it fol lowed a Japanese request to dis continue transporting Chinese sup plies.) The Japanese said that in the battle over Liuchow, in central Kwangsi province, they lost only one plane while bringing down the 21 Chinese. Reports from the Chinese provi sional capital, . Chungking, said Japanese air raids had caused more than 200 Chinese casualties Saturday at Ichang, 175 miles west of the central China city of Han kow. (The Chinese army news organ, Saotang-Pao, said at Chungking the Japanese had suffered 400,000 casualties in 6,200 engagements during 1939. Neutral observers said the estimate was at' least 50 percent too high.) Meanwhile, from the northwest China frontier towns of Paotou chen in Suiyuan came details of a savage battle of 10 days ago in which Chinese got inside the walls in a daring effort to retake the place. The Japanese said thev enticed 10.000 Chinese into a trap, and slew 3,000, mostly north of Paotouchen, with the aid of bomb ing planes. The Japanese reported their own dead were 10 officers and 200 men, but Chinese sources said 10 times that many Japanese were killed. Tennessee Attorney On Way to Congress To Fill Vacancy KNOXVILLE, Tenn.. Jan. ' 1. W Victorious by more than 5,000 majority, John Jennings. Jr., of Knoxville, 59-year-old at torney, prepared today to leave for Washington to fill the vacancv in congress created by the death of Rep. J. Will Taylor. ' Jennings, a Republican, will take the oath of office Wednesday as representative from Tennessee's second congressional district. Unofficial returns from virtu ally the entire 11-county district showed Jennings defeated his Democratic opponent, . Hammond Fowler of Rockwood, 16,670 to 10,978 in the special election Sat urday. MAN IS St'ICIDE TILLAMOOK, Jan. lMAn autopsy indicated that Barnev Mitchell, 26, Tillamook restaurant operator, committed suicide Sat urday. Dr. H. J. Brown, autopsy physician, said yesterday. r7v imrolr, S. Pol. c. ) "Eugene's Own Store' Russell's U East Broadway ' 1101 Our First Semi Annual Clearance Sale Information to Our Customers ' It will be our policy to run two cltoranes sales each year. the one that . starts tomorrow (Tuesday) and another again in July. - . During these two events we will' offer our .customers merchandise at ( ' greatly reduced prices. Every piece of merchandise . in our stock is less than 3 months old and it is our intention to keep in our stocks only the new- ' est of merchandise for- the reason we offer the following almost unheard of prices: . .. . ... Pequot Sheets " 81x108 reg. i.69 Sale price 1.49 72xio8 reg. 1.55 Sale price .1.39 PEQUOT PILLOW CASES 42x36 . reg. 35c Sale price 30c Children's Dresses One rack of cotton dresses size 5 to 14. Assorted styles and colors. Reg. 1.25 to 1.95 Sale price 98c to 1.49 Sweaters Our winter stock of wool in cardigan slip over and Sale Sale Reg. 1.95 Reg. 2.95 Junior Girls' Coats Sizes 7 to 16. Beautiful wool reefer coats were 8.95 Sale price 6.50 were 12.95 Sale price 8.50 were 14.95 Sale price 10.50 Monotex Fabric Gloves Leather, back assorted styles and colors sizes 6 to 7 Vi. '' '-'J"-' Reg. loo Sale price 69c ; Sports Coats 3 only Harris tweed sport coats man tailored. Reg. 19.95 Sale price 12.95 Women's Rain Coats Our complete stock of women's rain coats 1-3 off regular price January Clearance GOWNS regular 4.95 to 6.95 i-ace trimmed GOWNS regular 3.50 to 3.95 Tailored and semi-tailored SLIPS regular 2.95 now ....... refular 1.9S now - . . . .. . . of luscious satins, guaranteed seams Tailored and lace trimmed sweaters coat styles. price .98 price 1.98 : Our First-' . January Clearance Girdles and Foundation Garments Some broken lots from our regular stock . . , "fall models greatly reduced for this sale. ' . Famous makes such as Artist Model ' . - - Miss To Day. Francette ' ; " Poirette " Dorothy JBickurn Girdle's - " Regular 5.00 at ...... 3.95 Regular 7.50 at 5.00 Regular 10.00 and 10.50 at . . 7.50 Regular 12.00 at ....... 8.50 Regular 15.00 at 10.00 Come in and consult Fine Lingerie 3.94 2.95 125 1.59 Sports Jackets Both plaid and solid colored .wool sport jackets various styles. Sizes 12 to 20. Reg. 7.95 Sale price 5.85 Towels A new turkish towel in attractive color and design. . - . " 22x44, reg. lis Sale price 1.00 Children's Coats Children's Coat, Hat & Leggings, sizes 1 'let? 8.95 Sale price 6.50 sets 11.95 Sale price 8.50 sets e.95 Sale price 5.50 sets 9.50 Sale price 7.95 Children's House Coats Attractive cotton house coats sizes 3 to 8 - - . were 1.25 1.25, Sale price 98c were 1.95 1.95, Sale price 1.49 Handbags Both , suede . arid calf handbags . ' . "2.95 now 1.98 ... 1.98 now 98c Reversible and hooded wool Shetland ' Top Coats . . With plaid linings. Sizes 11 to 17 Reg. i5.oo Sale price 10.95 Sports Dresses 7.95 dresses in nationally known makes assorted fabrics, styles and colors sizes 12 to 44 Sale price 5.85 all our corsetier no obligation Odds and Ends of FLANNEL ROBES Plain tailored and wrap styles wine, navy, copen but not in every size and color. Regular 5.95 j'qo to 10.00 4.90 GIRDLES AND FOUNDATIONS A special group o discontinued models. Sizes ior average and small figures. Regular 5.00 to O Cfl 7.50 now ...... O.OU
