gTTr.ZNE, OREGON,
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;To Repulse Invaders
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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
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January
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Size 16 to SI.
One Group
In plain colors
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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
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TAILORED DRESSES
for school or $
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si An
if
Tacoma is Interned
By Uruguayan Officers
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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
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For New Year Holiday
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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.
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"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