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Thursday; December 21, 1939 The Capital Journal, Salem) Oregon hree Big Round-Up Of Reindeer Being Started Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 21 . . -Saint Nick's immortal Donner and Blitzen team Is playing second fid dle in the Alaskan reindeer picture this Chrlstmastide. Uncle Sam has taken over the whip-hand. Charles J. Burdick, special repre sentative of the department of In terior, was scheduled to fly to Nome today to set up the organization for the greatest reindeer round-up in north land history. His mission will be to spend $720,000 for all Uie animals owned by non-Eskimos. The purpose of the government nction Is to establish a herding program for the natives. Burdick said he expected his f rew to stage 50 gigantic round-ups over 168,000 square miles during January. The round-ups will offer the strange combination of modern science exemplified by radio and airplane linked with dog teams and the Eskimos' native resourcefulness. While 10 radio-equipped round-up bosses direct the ground work In diferent sectors, Burdick will scurry between sectors by airplane, direct ing activities with his two-way ra dio. In this land, of winter darkness, the work will be done by moonlight to the baying of wolf packs across the snow. When there is no moon, there will be no work. Wolves are expected to be a menace only In the far northwestern Kotzebue area, where herders must keep a constant guard over their herds. The round-up will be for counting and division of the unbranded ani mals, expected to be about two thirds of the total, among the var ious owners on a pro-rata basis. Ickes Summons Liberal Parley Washington, Dec. 21 (Secre tary Ickes said today liberals among the democrats and republicans might call a national convention. some time before the 1940 presi dential campaign to organize sup port for whiche-ver party named a liberal to head lis ticket. At his press conference Ickes said that he had discussed such a pos sibility with Senators Norris (Ind. Neb.), and LaPollette (Prog., Wis.) The decision to call the confer ence might or might not depend upon whether President Roosevelt decided to try for a third term, Ickes said. "It (the liberal conference)," he explained, "might be called before or after the president had announc ed a decision or it might bo held after both parties had chosen their f candidates. The convention, he said, would not be aimed at setting up a third poll tfcal party. Its primary purpose, he continu ed, would be to direct support to whichever party went to the coun try under a liberal banner. In event both named "reaction ary candidates," however, he said the liberals might be called upon for a "sacrifice hit," Asked to amplify this remark, he ald the liberals might decide, if they had nowhere else to turn, to launch a third party ticket, perhaps in New York state, with almost cer tain knowledge of defeat. , 1 i Messenger Boys May Work Again Han Francisco. Dec. 21 Decl aion of 300 Western Union workers on strike here since September 7, to return to work under a plan pro posed by Secretary of Labor Pran ces Perkins, was promised today by oficlals of the CIO American com munications association. The strikers, by a four to one vote accepted the peace plan yesterday, but met again last night to hear a report or the strike committee on minor details of rates of pay and seniority. The committee met with company officials, who also accepted the peace plan, yesterday. Under Secretary Perkins plan, strikers will return to work without discrimination pending court action on a National Labor Relations board decision ordering dls-establishment of the independent association of Western Union employes. The com pany has contracted with this union for 21 years. Most of the strikers are messen ger boys. Claim Japanese Force Isolated Chungking, Dec. 21 (fP) A Chin ese army spokesman declared today that Japanese forces holding Nan ning, strategic South China military center, had been isolated and that the Japanese army was on the eve of a major defeat In the Nanntng area. The spokesman said Japanese units attempting to advance north and northeast of Nanning had been driven back to within ten miles of the city and that communications between Nanning and the coast to the south had been cut. The Japanese army captured Nan ning, former capital of Kwangsl province, November 24 In a drive from the South China coast In tended to cut China's highway out lets to French Indo-Chlna and Brit ish Burma. The United States embassy re celved a telegram from E. C. Zim merman, formerly of Alton, 111., re porting a bomb burst within 20 feet of the Evangelical Lutheran mis sion residence at Shasl when Jap anese warplanes raided that port on the Upper Yangtze river yesterday. The message made no mention of casualties. Mckerson Opposes Justice Department Portland, Dec. 21 (P) A proposal to create a state department of Justice was opposed today by D. E. Nickerson, executive secretary of the Oregon state federation of labor, "It Is apparent to us that the goal Is to create an all-powerful official and that a possible aim Is to take selection of this official away from citizens of the state," he wrote to Hugh A. Scott, executive secretary of the Portland City club. The letter said the proposal was being studied by committees of the city club and the state bar associa tion. "It does not take much imagina tion," he wrote, "to see that a gov ernor vested with the power to select an attorney general, who would direct all prosecutions, acti vltles of the state police, the paroli board, sheriffs and district attor nevg could be a director In more tf.an a small way." Brings German Ship Safe Into Port Captain Frederick Stengler Is shown getting a light from Sheriff Walter Clark of Broward county, Fla., Just after he had eluded capture by a British cruiser by putting the German freighter Arauca Into Fort Lauderdale. Fla. The British cruiser, cheated of lis prey, stayed outside the port. Associated Press Photo. ovum Contributions to this col umn most be confined to 300 words and signed by writer. Stale to Patch Road Pavement R. H, Baldock, state highway en gineer, accompanied by Engineers Bishop, Smith and Swart of the state highway department, and County Judge Siegmund, County Commissioner Smith and County Engineer Hubbs this morning, ex amined the water damage done to the fill and pavement on the north river road near McNary corners and the engineers agreed that the state will patch the pavement as soon as it Is sufficiently dried out and weather is such as to permit. The road was constructed last summer from federal funds and under a contract let by the state highway department so that depart ment agreed to do the patching repairs. It Is estimated that about 100 feet of patching will be required on the fill in places where the pavement has been torn out, said Commissioner Smith. Tills agree ment on part of the state highway engineers will permit the road to be placed back In safe and easily tra veled condition during the winter, rather than to await action next summer with the traffic going over places patched with rock and gravel only. To The Editor: The administra tions' reciprocal trade treaties serve only as a clever camouflage for the free trade, a sort of a "Missouri treat, you treat me and I will treat you. Last year the United States, while asking our farmers to restrict crops, imported $475,000,000 worth of the following commodities: Cattle, dairy products, meat pro-j ducts, fish, hides and skins, Inedi ble animals, vegetables, fruit, nuts, furs, cotton, beverages, Jute, flax, hemp and ramine, not to mention! anything about the millions of dol lars worth of lumber and shingles. The foregoing are a few samples, every Item of which could be pro duced in this country. This year wti I have excelled the Importations of last year, and we are still entering! into trade treaties with more coun tries on the same terms, and we continue to pay our farmers to re strict crops, and wonder why fair agriculture prices fail to zoom on our stock market. This kind of a procedure will serve fairly well so long as the administration ean con tinue to bond our country, and op erate on borrowed capital, and not worry about our mounting national debt. But there will come a day when, If our tariff laws are not raised sufficiently to protect our producers, we will plunge head-on into a complete panfe. Tills country cannot allow Importing of agricul tural products. We are capable of producing more than we can con sume at home, in fact it's folly for us to permit Importation of any commodities that can be produced here In sufficiency. But the demo cratic party always did insist on free trade, and to hoodwink the public, this time they have clamped it onto us in a camouflaged manner in the name of reciprocal trade treaties, which means paying our farmers to restrict crops and open ing up the home market for foreign dumping. There U no sound sense in free trading for the U.S.A. free trade means the countries that can produce and deliver the cheapest will capture the market and hold it for their benefit, which means Un cle Sam cannot compete. Respectfully, R. D. TURPIN. England Makes New Type of Fighting Plane London, Dec. 21 (U,R) Great Bri tain is rushing production of a new type of fighting plane to combat the two-seater Messerschmidts which the Germans used In a big five-hour fight over Helgoland Bay Monday, It was reported today. Faster and more powerful than the crack Hurricanes and Spitfires of the Royal Air Force, the new plane already has been tested and has been put into full production, it was said. According to Information so far made available, it Is a Bol ton-Paul all metal two-seater, with a multi- gun turrent mounted behind the pilot's cockpit. It has a 39.5 foot wingspread, its fuselage length is 30 feet and it has a 1,000-horse-pow- er motor. A second new model, the Black burn Roc, is destined to play an important work in the naval aviation corps. The test model of this plane, a fleet flight or, was completed sev eral months ago. Germany used in the Helgoland Bay fight its new Messerschmidt 110 two-motored fighters, reported to have a top speed of 370 miles an hour, mounting two small can non and four machine guns forward and two moveable machine guns In the rear. British experts now assert with more firmness that Britain holds air supremacy. They say that the use of the new Messerschmidts to combat British North Sea patrols Defeated Lie Detector Carl Erickson, 25, is shown in a Chi cago police station after Police Capt. T. Harrison said he had confessed to shooting and killing his one-time friend, Herbert Wolf, 28, and also had told how he defeated a lie detector test, Associated Press Photo. 01 Stalin Cause Of Celebration Moscow, Dec. 21 (Pi Soviet Rus sia celebrated on a large scale today the sixtieth birthday anniversary of her leader, Joseph Stalin, who was eulogized by the press as "the pillar of hope to the workers of capital istic states." As his red army legions fought In bitter cold in the invasion of Fin land, a new biography of Stalin was published by President Michael Ka linin of the supreme Soviet, describ inghim as "a happy man who led one-sixth of the globe to socialism. He now Is ready to lead them to communism." The book was given an Initial printing of 1,000,000 copies. A flood of newspaper articles cre dited Stalin with many achievements of the Soviet Union, including the "liberation" of the Ukranian and White Russian regions from Poland and pacts with the Baltic states, but marie no mention of Finland. The radio and newspapers were devoted almost completely to the anniversary. The council of people's commis sars resolved to institute in his hon or 16 annual prizes of 100,000 rubles each for outstanding work In medi cine, law. the sciences, arts and the theatre; similar prizes for the best inventions and for achievements in military sclpnce; and scholarships for 4000 science students. The newspapers reported that more than 270,000,000 copies of books by Stalin had been printed In almost a score of languages. A con siderable reader, he writes in Rus sian, which he speaks with a Geor gian accent. Visitors are Welcomed Lyons Clyde Lewis went to Sa lem, and with his mother, Mrs. Frances Lewis, went to Cutler City where they spent the weekend at the Floyd Martin home. Mrs. Lewis will remain for an extended visit. Miss Beulah Lewis accompanied them as far as Monmouth where she spent . the weekend with her sister. Miss Lucille Lewis, who is attending Oregon School of Education. was a sign of weakness. It Is as serted that the British planes en gaged In the Helgoland fight shot down at least 12 of the 24 super Messerschmidts sent against them. Germany is seeking young recruits for its foreign sales organizations. (jift from alfyd for J4er HER FAVORITE BRAND GOTHAM it i (fl5S GOLD STRIPE SOT Seaweed is being gathered In Sakhalin to send to China as food. (am II 7 III ff .1 x i v igr SPECIAL PRICE III A I jiX- III I ,lr i When you give her Gotham Gold Stripe stockings, she'll know that you are giv ing her the best. 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