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A C apitaimJoiniraa! Weather First in News Photos Wlta tht Associated Preaa et elusive Tele-Mat eervlca, tht Capi tal Journal la enabled to present photo ol world events within a few boura ol their occurrence. Cloudy tonliht and Wednesday, with light rain or mow, continued cold; moderate northwest wind. Yesterday: Max. 37 J. Mln. 344 Rain M In. Riv. 13 tU Northeast wind, cloudy. 49th Year, No. 303 FDIR kFear Bombing of Seaports Labor Peace Conference Collapses AFL and CIO Remain Enemies President Gets Northwest Repo-t Washington, Dec. 21 (&) The peace conference between the American Federation of Labor and the CIO collapsed today. After a half-hour meeting, George M, Harrison, chair man of the AFL peace com mittee came from the con ference room to tell the re porters : "The conference is all off." The CIO delegation. Harri son asserted, had said they saw no use continuing. "We had nothing new to offer," Harrison added, "and so we decided there was no use to discuss peace any further.' (Copyriiht br United Preu) Washington, Dec. 31 (U.R Presi dent Roosevelt has received a spe cial memorandum from Secretary of Labor Perkins on the American Federation of Labor and Committee for Industrial Organization dispute in the northwest lumber industry, it was learned today as the rival labor factions prepared to resume peace negotiations. The report was prepared especial ly for Mr. Roosevelt, It was learned, and submitted to him at the last cabinet meeting, December 17. It concerns only the CIO-A.P. of L. (Concluded en Pare It, Column 6) No Peace Effort By Japanese London. Dec. 21 lP Prime Min ister Neville Chamberlain told the house of commons today that ' attempt has ever been made by Japan for peaceful settlement" of her war on China. "It Is time now for the Japanese government to show they are not unmindful or the rights and Inter ests of foreigners and that their as surances and apologies meant some thing more than words," the prime minister declared. Concerning the entire foreign sit. uation, he said Great Britain's "del. Inlte objective" Is the "settlement of the grievances of the world with, out war." Chamberlain declined to be drawn Into a discussion of the origin of the Chinese-Japanese war but dealt apeclficlally with Japanese attacks on British ships. "What we are doing now Is await ing proof of the determination of the Japanese government to prevent recurrence of these Incidents x x x he said. "We still are anxious to serve the cause of peace by means open to us. But It must not be thought that our desire for peace and our pa tience under repeated provocation means we either are Indifferent to our International obligations or that we are forgetful of our duty to pro tect British interests." How-de-Do! Sips for Supper By Don Upjohn We offer an apology to our custo mers for the remark In our Inconse quential column of yesterday that there are four shopping daya until Christmas. It was called to our at tention today that In fact there are only three shopping daya left. We suppose tomorrow somebody will call It to our attention again there are only tw left. But rather than be misleading we set everybody right. And Just to catch up well add that on Saturday there 11 be no shopping daya before Christmas. So If you can't do your Christ mas shopping early do It as early aa you can. Incidentally we were somewhat fussed up this a. m. on arising and remembering this Is the shortest day In the year. It sure makes us hustle to get a column In the limit ed tune allowed. It seems today Is only nine hours. 14 minutes and a (Concluded M Page 10, Column 1) Enured second clue matter at Salem, Oregon Opposes Peace at Artprice Policy Show of Naval Might Likely by Great Britain Far Eastern Parade to Impress Japan Said Under Consideration By Associated Press) Great Britain is considering a show of naval might to im press Japan, at war with Chi na, and hoped today Ameri can and trench warships would join in a far eastern pa rade which might check "Ja pan's aim to dominate China to the complete exclusion of foreign interests." Attacks against American and British gunboats are the current cause of resentment. but the basic cause la that Britain fears Japan will try to ease out other nations with economic Inter ests In the Orient. Britain concentrated her naval force In the Mediterranean In 1935. and Inspired sanctions against Italy by ,53 nations. Both actions roused Premier Mussolini's resentment but (Concluded on Pnse 11, Column 7) Countess Bab Much Surprised Cherbourg, France, Deo. 21 W) Countess Barbara Haugwits-Revent- low, heiress to the Woolworth mil lions, said today she renounced her United States citizenship because "It was quite the natural thing to do." "It seems surprising that my adoption of my husband's nation ality caused comment In the United States," said the former "Babs" Hutton as she disembarked here from the Europa. "It la quite natural that a woman should take the nationality of her husband. It makes It easier to regu late life and Irons out traveling troubles. It Is Important In business too." (The Countess was married in May, 1935, In Reno to Count Haug-wlu-Reventlow of Denmark. Last week. In a surprise visit to New York, she renounced her American citizenship to become a subject of Denmark. (She inherited some 120,000,000 of the great fortune accumulated by P. W. Woolworth, 5-and-10-cent store magnate.) The 17-year-old heiress, smartly dressed, said she was "very tired" from her rush trip to the United States. She watched her dozen trunks pass through customs and then took the boat train to Paris, where she Intended to rest several daya before Joining her husband at Saint MorlU. Japanese Launch Pacifists' Purge Tokyo, Dec. 31 (Pi It was author itatively disclosed today that the arrest of 370 pacifists and leftists since last Wednesday probably would be announced tomorrow. Those Jailed Included professors, writers and politicians. They will be charged with violating the Japan-ese-Itallan-Oerman anti-communism pact and similar offenses. Mrs. Honeyman for Road Fund Slash Nan Wood Honeyman, congresswoman from Portland, apparently will stand behind the president in his request to cut down federal road funds to assist in balancing the federal budget. At least, a letter received from her by Marion county court members Indicates her swing In that direction in the concluding para graph of her letter In which she says: "The only way the government can balance the budget Is to curtail expenditures. If assistance toward balancing the budget la to be given by retrenchment in road appropria tions and at the same tune a desir able road program la to be carried on. It would be better for the states to take up the slack because of the Important fact that the national debt affects the soundness of mon ey, whereat tht suit debt does not." Robin Reed Divorced Eva I. Reed was today granted a divorce from Robin Reed, former national amateur middleweight wrestling champion and also Olym pic holder of that title. The decree was handed down from the bench by Judge L. O. Lewelllng today who has had It under consideration for several months. The divorce pro ceedings were instituted by the wife who alleged cruel and Inhuman treatment and contested by the hus band at a trial last summer which consumed several days when al leged troubles of the two were aired at length as well as the financial status of the respective parties. Mrs. Reed is a daughter or Warren Reed, founder of Reedsport, and long (Conducted on Past 10, Column 8) 9 Destroyers At San Pedro San Pedro, Calif., Dec. 31 (P) Fleet organization and training was the official explanation In the United States fleet today for the sudden transfer of nine destroyers from San Diego base to San Pedro. The United states fleet Is said by staff officers to be in the highest state of efficiency and training in Its history, ready for Instant action In any emergency. Admiral Arthur Japy Hepburn Is one of the hardest taskmasters the fleet ever had. His methods of train ing are the most realistic ever put Into effect In time of peace. He Is secretive, placing much emphasis on the evaluation of surprise, one of the cardinal principles of war. - For the past four years the United State fleet had been drawn away from routine functioning and subject to emergency and unexpected orders. Admiral J. M. Reeves Initia ted this four years ago. In his two yeara of duty as commander-in-chief, there were many sudden or ders, some affecting the whole fleet. The ships of the fleet are com pleting their gunnery schedules of the year and soon will go Into the maintenance and repair stage prior to the change of command January 39, when Admiral Claude C. Bloch will succeed Admiral Hepburn. Liner Hamburg Collides at Sea London, Dec. 21 (JPh-The United States liner City of Hamburg col lided with the Italian steamer Con fldenze during fog off Terschelling in the North sea today and was damaged heavily but was trying to make port under her own power. Two holds of the City of Ham burg were flooded. The motor lifeboat Brandarls and the tug Holland steamed from Ter schelling harbor. The Netherlands, to answer distress calls but found it unnecessary to remove the lone passenger. Miss Herta Peters of New York City, or any of the crew, at least for the time being. The Brandarls returned to har bor, but the tug remained with the damaged ship which United States lines in Hamburg said was making for Cuxhaven. The 6458 ton Italian ship, regis tered out of Genoa, suffered slight damage. Although the City of Hamburg first radioed she was "sinking fast" it was ascertained later that she was in no immediate rianaer. The green steamer Holkles, near by when the collision occurred, was reported standing bv. A German tug also left Hoek-Van-Holland to go to the liner's assistance. The letter, aent in response to a telegram from the court asking for news of various members of the Oregon delegation, also goes Into the matter of federal expenditures of road funds In Oregon. "The federal government.1 she says, "has expended far more money on hlghwaya and roada in Oregon than It has collected there from the federal gasoline tax. The state's own figures as of April 30, 1S37. give the total receipts from the United States government In cooperative aid and for construction and main tenance of Oregon's hlghwaya as (Canelnded as Page It, Columa 41 Salem, Oregon, Tuesday, December 21, 1937 Great Coastal Cities of China Menaced Hangchow, Canton and Tsingtao to be Attacked Panay Story Changed Shanghai, Dec. 21 (P) Japanese troop and warship movements today aroused Chinese fears that three of the nation's great coastal cit ies would suffer the fate of fallen Nanking. The Chinese expected Jap anese to drive against Hang chow, Chekiang Province sea port some 110 miles south and west of Shanghai, Canton, China's southern metropolis, and Tsingtao, Shantung Province seaport to the north. There were authoritative reports that 11,000 Japanese soldiers with drawn from the Nanking area em barked last night from Shanghai, apparently bound for Canton, A party of 300 American and British women and children at tempting to flee war threats In central China were turned back toward Hankow, one of China's three temporary capitals. A military boom across the Yang tze river at Matung, 100 mues above (Concluded on Page 11, Column 8) $9,000,000 Job WPA Record Seattle, Dec. 31 ttJ.fi State WPA Director Don G. Abel today an nounced the largest WPA project in the nation, with a federal appro priation of more than $9,000,000, was being prepared to clear the area that will be flooded when Grand Coulee dam is completed. Three thousand men will be em ployed on the project for three years, Abel said. The project will cover an area from the dam to the Canadian border, a distance of ap proximately 150 miles. More than 28,000 acres of land wlU be cleared for a reservoir site. Two hundred and fifty miles of fencing 100 miles of telephone lines and 1,200 buildings and three cem eteries will be removed. Seventy-seven miles of primary state highway and 68 miles of sec ondary county highway will be con. structed. Twenty-five miles of rail way track will be removed, then re-laid. Twenty-five miles of tele graph line also will be taken up. More than 150 miles of barbed-wire fence will be built. Labor Vandalism Renewed in City Portland, Ore., Dec. 21 (U.F& Van dalism again broke out today In Portland's labor war which has seen the lumber Industry all but paraly zed for nearly five months. Police were informed someone armed with an Ice pick punctured 20 tires on 12 automobiles parked near the labor temple after mid' night. The cars were owned by members of the Motion Picture Op erators' union which meets in the temple after midnight. Police, how ever, believe It was more of an at tack on the American Federation of Labor than a specific attack on the motion picture operators, who have been experiencing no labor diffi culties. The lumber dispute remained quiet today with two mills out or seven operating while a report from Wash ington, D. C Indicated President Roosevelt was making a personal study of the A. P. of L. C.I.O. dis pute which has shut down the Port land lumber Industry. 100,000 Mongols To Aid Chinese Shanghai. Dec. 31 UP) Chinese press reports said today that Com mander Chiang Kuo. son of Oen erallsslmo Chiang Kai-Shek, had organised 100,000 Mongolian troops The reports said a mechanized vanguard of the Mongolians, with supporting airplanes, had arrived at La nohow in Yunnan province pre paratory to Joining forces with Gen eral Chu Teh's former communist army. at , ....-r , :.--r i n , 2L. Six Die As Auto Rockets Into A when their automobile careened bodies were found in the back part of the car which was wrapped found some distance away. (Associated Press Photo.) Suspect Foul Play In Chaffee Death Suspicion that George D. Chaffee, 62 found dead in the city jail early Saturday afternoon, died from other than nat ural causes, raised itself today following an autopsy last night. District Attorney Lyle J. Page, after conferring with Coroner L. E. Barrick, announced today that results would not be known for several days, but1 that every, angle was being thor oughly Investigated and that foul play Is suspected. Samples of all vital organs have been sent to a patheologlst at the state hospital and a complete ana lysis of the condition of each will be made. Chaffee was found on the side walk on the south side of Ferry street in the 200 block at 2:45 o'clock and, according to the report of Of ficers Paul Nicholson and Keslly, was "arrested for being drunk and we had to borrow Harry Scott's trailer to get him to the station." A supplementary report, filed Satur day afternoon after Chaffee's death, gave the address and more detail. Chaffee was treated as an ordln ( Concluded on Pne 9, Column 5) Japan Adopts Policy in China London, Dec. 21 iP) The proposal that Britain move more warships "within range of China" was made in commons today after Prime Min ister Neville Chamberlain declared "No attempt has ever been made by Japan for peaceful settlement" of her war on China. Sir Archibald Sinclair, liberal leader favoring greater British na val strength In the far east, went on to urge the British government to "make it clear to the United States government that Britain will stand by them In any effort which the united States makes to defend sanctity of the nine power treaty." He went on to advocate that Bri tain tell the United States exactly what contribution the British gov ernment Is prepared to make to a common effort "if the United States takes the lead." He stressed, however, that If the nine powers acted to uphold the treaty, "America would have to take the lead." "Those who want to see us work ing with the United States must not make the mistake of asking the United States to come In and de fend purely British interests." Sir Archibald said. ''Nevertheless, so long as close consultation was proceeing between the two countries, there could be no misunderstanding In the United States of our motives." He added that the United State would always sympathize with Ideals of the League and respect those who defend them. Windsors to Spend Holidays at Cannes Paris, Dec. 21 Ml The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, smiling happily, left Paris' freezing weather today to pass the Christmas holidays on the sunny Riviera at the vUla of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers of New York. Their luggage, already arrived at Cannes, Included two turkeys sent by air from Belgrade to Paris by a Yugoslavian schoolgirl for their Christmas dinner. A small group saw the duke and duchess off at the Paris railway station. The duchess wore a brown ensemble with mink coat. The duke wore a heavy blue coat wlta a fur collar. Tree Death wiped out a gay party of six young National Guardsmen with sickening force Into a tree 13 miles east of Lodl. Calif. Five of the Congress Plans To Quit Tonight Washington, Dec. 21 (F The benate passed the administration's housing bill today. Washington, Dec. 21 U.R The ad- ministration drive to complete ac tion on the housing measure In the special session collapsed today and adjournment by nightfall appeared possible. While the senate raced toward a final vote on the bill to stimulate a private housing boom, members of both houses Impatient to begin their Christmas holiday, rebelled and began a drive to quit work Im mediately. Senate Majority Leader Alben W, Barkley, D., Ky said adjournment before nightfall was possible. Batkley explained that the situa tion In the house. which recessed until 3:30, appeared to make It lm possible to complete action on the bill and adjust differences between the two chambers before adjourn ment. As a result, he said, the special session may end as soon as the sen ate passes Its housing bill and the house sends "It to conference. The house passed its housing measure last week. Speaker William B. Bankhead, supporting Berkley's view, said there was no intention of holding congress in session for action on the con fere nee report. The sudden revolt, overthrowing administration plans to hold con gress in session until Thursday if necessary to enact housing legisla tion made it virtually certain that the special session would end with' out completing a single item on the legislative agenda presented by President Roosevelt. Anti-Japanese Pickets Patrol Astoria, Dec. 21 P) Central La bor Council pickets carried signs on Astoria streets yesterday reading: 'Japanese goods unfair to Ameri can principles. Do not Buy." Officials said the move orlginat d here and was not the result of national orders. Courts Empowered to Order Physica I Exams The state supreme court ruled today that lower court judges have authority to require persons involved in personal injury suits be (riven a physical examination. Reversing a Yamhill county court judgment awarding 15000 damages to Emma Carnlne (or Injuries received when riding at Ocean Lake in an auto mobile driven by Roscoe 8. Steward, the court ordered a new trial. The Judgment was against Steward and E. N. Ttbbeta. whose car waa In volved In a collision with the Stew ard car. Judge Arlle O. Walker, presiding In the trial court, refused to grant the motion of Ttbbeta and Steward that the plaintiff be required to have a physical examination by doc tors appointed by tht court. Todays opinion was tht first In Price Three around the tree. The sixth was Labor Spying Uniyersal Washington, Dee. 31 CU.B The senate civil liberties committee, completing Its Inquiry Into indus trial espionage, reported to con gress today that labor spying la an "almost universal practice" In Amerclan Industry. The committee, headed by Sena tor Robert M. LaFollette, (P., Wis.) said its "known census" revealed 3871 working spies during 1033 to 1B36 and the "census Is far from complete." The report charged that one-third of the spies used by one agency operated as union offi cials.. On the basis of evidence produc ed In a series of hearings, the com mittee said that the known total of business firms receiving spy serv ices totals 2500 and "reads like a Blue Book of American Industry." The report described labor spies as follows: 'Spies are members of unions In name only. Their oath to support and uphold the union Is meaning less. They reveal union secrets; they steal union records, they aid In blacklisting their own fellows. 78 Killed in Japanese Fire Tokyo. Dec. 21 (U.P Seventy- eight persons were killed today in a fire which started as they were watching a news reel of the Chi nese war, hoping to see their tr lends or relatives among the Jap anese troops in action. There were 500 villagers of Nish- Imuro, In Wakayama prefecture, In the primary school to see the film, They took their children with them Fire started as the reel was be ing run. There was a stampede and hours later firemen had recov ered bodies of 78 persons. Includ ing 27 children and 21 women, from the ruins. Russia Strengthens Far East Forces London, Dec. 21 (U.R) Persistent reports were heard today that Rus sia was strengthening her far east air and sea forces on a large scale. Latest advices said Russia was moving part of the Black Sea fleet to Vladivostok. The battleship Lieu tenant Schmidt, not listed in the navy roster, and the armored cruiser Red Ukraine, accompanied by de stroyers and 20 submarines, were re ported to have been ordered from Sebastopol. the history of the state that ruler) on the question. "If the plaintiff has any objec tion to being examined by the doc tor suggested by the defendant." the high court opinion aald, "the court should designate some physician of competent skill, Indifferent between the parties. "The refusal of the trial court to grant defendants motion to require the plaintiff to submit to a physi cal examination amounted to aucn an abuse of discretion as to necessi tate that the Judgment be rever.-.ed and the cause remanded for fur (Concluded on Page It, Column S) Cents On Trains and News Stands Five Cents Can't Close Eyes To Events in Rest of World London Wires Support Of President in Dealing With Foreign Affairs Washington, Dec. 21 (U.R) President Roosevelt today In a telefrram to former Govern or Alf M. Landon of Kansas declared the United States re jects a foreign policy of peace at any price. Responding to a telegram from Landon pledging his support to the president's for eign policy, particularly in the present far eastern crisis. President Roosevelt said that while the American people want peace they have "rejected every suggestion that ultimate security can be assured by closing our eyes" to events taking place In other parts of the world. The correspondence between tht president and the republican candi date for president In the last na tional election was made public at the state department upon Instruc tions from the White House. Mr. Roosevelt was at the time lunching with Secretary of State Cordell Hull and had just finished a conference with Chinese Ambas sador C. T. Wan. Landon apparently Inspired by the present tense situation between Japan and the United States, wired the president the following mess- (Concluded on. Pane S, Columa 4J Teriiel Battle Rages Furiously Paris, Dec. 21 (TV-The official Spanish government "Agence Es pagne" received a dispatch this afternoon from Barcelona report ing the "fall" of Teruel Insurgent strong point on the extreme south ern Aragon line where a major bat tle has been raging for days. Hendaye, Franco -Spanish Fron tier, Dec 21 (TV-The Spanish gov ernment today hurled 20,000 more men Into the fierce struggle for strategic Teruel, radio advices said, and the reinforced army of 80,000 was ordered to take the provincial capital "at all costs." This tremendous force and the in surgent defenders were locked in ft sanguinary hand-to-hand contest within the city on the seventh day of the government's offensive. In surgent reports said the Teruel gar rison still was holding out Thousands of attackers and de fenders alike were reported to have fallen. Teruel's radio was silenced and the city's other communications were cut off. Through last night, while the civ ilian population of the battered Spanish provincial capital cowered in underground tunnels awaiting word of the city's fate, giant field searchlights Illuminated scattered battle areas. The chatter of machine-guns and the pinging fire of rifles echoed through the streets. At times the government attackers and the stubborn insurgent defend ers fought hand-to-hand in the nar row thoroughfares. Novelties In the News (By the Auoclated Preu) Bomerang Laurlnburg, N. C Church offi cials asked police to patrol a dan gerous curve near the church dur ing worship; the reason there waa too much nofee. The police obliged. The first speeder stopped was a preacher: the second, the county judge; the third, a deacon. The curve la patrolled no longer. If at First Albuquerque, N. M. Last New Yeara Justice L. M. Tartaglla offer ed to perform a marriage ceremony free. There were no takers. Today, as an added incentive, he offered also to provide a license fret to the first couple asking his ser vices In 1038. Amateur Dentist Omaha. Neb. H. H. Elliott of Omaha says he la through playing dentist, (Concluded on Page It, CeJaau II
