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I; west this morning 40
Precipitation
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To 5 a. m. today 00
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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1938.
No. 223
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Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937, by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
HEADACHES FOR F. R.
IN FILLING VACANCIES
SENATE EXPECTED TO
HE STl MIILINO I1LOCK
SMITH REAPPOINTMENT
MAY HE BLOCKED
RI'CCESSOK FOR CARDOO
HELD HHiC.EST PKOHLEM
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 Apportion
ing patronage has generally been re
garded is one ol the lighter White
House duties, yet it is sure to give
the president a severe headache this
winter. Tho places he has to 111! are
numerous and important. The sen
ate which must confirm his choices
is irritable and newly encouraged to
rebellion. And the kind of choice
he is likely to make will, in many In
stances, rvrouse Jhe maximum opposi
tion. Finding rood men for big Jobs
is hard enough. For example, there's
a gooi chance that Dean Charles
Clar.1 of the Yale Law school will ac
cept a seat on the circuit court of
appea's in the New York district.
Dean Clark is young, brilliant, ag
gressively liberal, a former court plan
supporter In fact, a man precisely
to the president's taste. But a strong
movement Is already on foot to get
Clark's post for Chairman William
O. Dougias of the SEC, If Clark
leavc3 Jt vacant.
Should Douglas' . friends . ,horn
swoegle trie conservatives of the Yale
corporation and persuade Douglas
to leave the government, the presi
dent will be deprived of one of his
brst lieutenants. Add the fact that
SEO Commissioner Jerome Frank is
also likely to he appointed to the
circuit court of appeals In the Dis
trict of Columbia, and it is clear that
the president may have to rebuild
the SEC almost from the bottom up.
The (search lor acceptable ap
pointees will be as nothing, however,
compared to persuading the senate
of their acceptability. There should
not be much trouble, to be sure,
when and if the president sends So
licitor General Robert H. Jackson's
name to the Hill for the attorney
generalship. Jackson's enemies look
ed for sticks to beat him with (and
found very few) when he was made
solicitor general.
But there is certain to be an un
holy row over the president's reap-
(Contiuued on Page Eight!)
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TREATMENT FOR BOY
GRANTS PASS, Dec. 8. (AP)
Told by County Judge Omnt W.
Matthew that they might be held
liable If their injured son Bn. 7.
did not receive proper care, Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Whorley of Jerome Prairie
last night consented to taking the
boy to a hospital.
They refused yesterday on religious
grounds nfter Ben had been struck
by a truck driven by Everett Dye.
County Physician S. B. Ospood who
said the boy'B Injuries might be ser
ious, reported today he had spent a
fair night.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
John Day averring he was on the
verge of collapse from strenuous
house moving and all the things
that go. with It.
Mose' Alford showing Neva Sam
uels how to type a name at the bot
tom of a page when there was little
space left for doing so, Neva being
unable to perform the trick on her
typewriter.
Joe Grey getting a lame shoulder
by swinslng a sledge hammer too
.vigorously.
Jack Horner being pleased to meet
n scribe as long as the scribe didn't
mention Jack in any part of this
family Journal.
llnttle Gore being terribly curloua
to find out all ebjut a surprise for
her.
Gwendolyn Woodcock spreading
o-d cheer and kindly Vuletldc
thoughts already.
10,000 SOLDIERS
NORTHERNSPAIN
General Belief Germany
Backing Rome's Colonial
Aspirations Added Worry
Movement Continues
By The Associated Press
Reports of Italian troop concentra
tions in northern Spain, within easy
striking distance of the French fron
tier, caused concern in France to
day as Italians In Tunisia demon
strated In support of Fascist colonial
claims on France.
France's worry over the Italian
campaign also was aggravated by
widespread belief Germany was back
ing Rome's colonial aspirations.
President Lebrun summoned Pre
mier Dnladier unexpectedly for con
sultations. They held a long talk,
presumably on the new French-German
no-war declaration and the pos
sibility of German support for Italy.
Scores Arrested
Scores of Italians were arrested in
Tunisia. They began forming in pro
cessions in Tunis streets, chanting
the Facit marching song, "Giovlnez
za," after police had broken up anti
Italian demonstrations by French
residents.
The reports from Spain, which
lacked official confirmation, said
Italian troop movements had begun
November 22 and still were continu
ing. They said concentrations in
cluded motorized units and much
artillery. About 10.000 troops were
said to have been massed at Logrono,
in northern Catalonia.
Domel (Japanese news agency) re
ported in Tokyo Foreign Minister
Hachlro Arita had told the United
States and British ambassadors "it
may be necessary to revise the princ
iples of equal opportunity and the
Open Door In China."
Arita, the agency said, told the en
voys in separate Interviews there need
be no conflict between Japan and
other powers over interests in China
If others would "recognize realities
in the Far East."
Von Rlblientrop leaves
In Paris, as German Foreign Mln-
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WASHINGTON. Dee. 8 JP, The
Labor Relations Board Issued an order
today directing the Douglas Aircraft
Company, Inc., at Santa Monica,
Calif., to cease discouraging member
ship In CIO's United Auto Workers
Union and to withdraw recognition
from Aircraft Workers' Union, Inc., as
a collective bargaining agency for Its
employes.
Under the terms of the order the
aircraft concern must reinstate with
back pay 32 employes and award back
pay to 13 others already reinstated
after participating In a sit-down
strike In February, 1837.
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec 8 IIP,
Today's ruling of the National Labor
Relations, Board, ordering the Doug
las Aircraft Co. to reinstate 32 sit
down strikers, was termed "one more
absurd ruling" by Donald Douglas,
president of the company. He said
he would appeal,
1
Pear Markets
NEW TOOK, Dec. 8. (AP-USDA1
PEARS: 10 arrived, 6 California, 7
Oregon, 7 Washington unloaded, 43
on track, Medford Bosc 7670 No. 1,
S1.702.30; average, S1.99; 720 fancy,
$1.701.90;. average, $1.83; Cornice
720 No. 1, $2.00 m 3.10; average, $2.02.
CHICAGO. Dec. 8. (AP-USDA)
PEARS: 2 Washington arrived, 4 on
track, nothing offered.
Highway Blocked
By Tumbleweeds
SILVER LAKE. Dec. 8. (AP) It
wasn't snow but tumbleweeds that
blocked the Fremont highway 12
miles east of here.
The thomy weeds, blowing from
the dry bed of Sliver lake, were
massed Into $ solid wall by the
wind. Motorlsta had to detour around
the lake for two days.
1
Auto Show Section
An eight page section of today's
Mall Tribune calls attention to
the annual Dons' auto show at
the armory Friday and Saturday
evenlnes
Jacksonville Postoffice,
Lethal Shock Stills Borgia's Pleas for Life
1 I? I1 -fF I
SB'rlt!''l " Annn Marie Hnhn (above), con-
P"(fcWMLJ lie i vlclcrt poisoner if one man am! ac-
J 1SSSS8s',ss'8saaj JLsJf WM used of slaving three others, died
M'lliiM -"'lahaATaii...J' g : , die Ohio state penitentiary flrrtHr
'l'wBwl'j lfLi ilJB,,l,",ewess chair lust night a she Implored
? )1 " jft'i'UmafW''" 1 Warden James J. C. Woodard to nre
VMSk - It s: her life. The warden Is shown at left
i 1 i " J ,,?'- ; - , I -landing hrslilr the chslr. Ills hand
f'f 1 -WB!jT&tRM I n,B whirl) s'snn'8 the
mmj K. F. WOMAN ARRESTED
Execution of
Ghastliest
.By E. K. Easterly
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. 8. (AP) Anna Mario Harm, her golden hair
disheveled, begged vainly "Won't somebody pleosc help me?" and
then was put to death in Ohio's electric chair last night aa she gasped
out the Lord's prayer.
"Lead us not into temptation, but
dollver ..." !
The prayer. Intoned after Catholic
Chaplain John A. Sullivan, was still
ed as 1950 volts struck the body of
the convicted slayer of 78-year old
Jacob Wagner of Cincinnati, one of
four old German men she was ac
cused of poisoning to obtain their
meager savings.
A bluish wisp of smoke purled up
ward from the electrode on the right
leg of tho five-foot figure clad in
blue cotton pajama and brown silk
robe. Four and a half minutes later,
at 8:13 p. m.t prison physician
George W. Keil announced the death
of the first woman ever placed in
Ohio's electric chair.
Ghastliest On Record
Veterans of many executions said
this was one of the ghastliest of the
314 conducted in the state's 104
year old penitentiary.
"I never saw anyone protest so
against death." said Warden J. O.
Woodard.
Mrs. Hahn, a 32-year old German
born alien, was assisted Into tho ex
ecution chamber by her three mat
ronsMrs. Rene Tipple, Mrs. Josle
O'Bleness and Mrs. Esther Lyle, first
women ever to witness an electrocu
tion in Ohio.
"Oh. oh-h-h," she mc-aned, and
collapsed as she neared the chair.
Ouards quickly grabbed her and
placed her. squirming, Into the
brown-varnished chair of death.
"No, ho, no!" ahe Implored. "Mr.
Woodard, Mr. Woodard, don't do this
to me."
"I'm eorry, but we have to do it,
Mrs. Hahn." the warden said softly.
"Don't do it, oh-h, please don't."
she moaned. "My boy, think of my
baby."
(She referred to her son. Oscar,
12, who was praying In the prison's
Catholic chapel),
Nnbrnly To Help
"Can't anyane do something?" she
asked, looking at the seated witnesses
as the guards fastened her legs and
arms. "Isn't there anybody who will
help me?"
She shook her head In despair and
said. "Nobody'a going to help me."
"Father, come close," she called to
Father Sullivan as the black leather
mssk was placed over her face.
The priest took her hand and War
den Woodard stepped to the button
which aifrnals the three anonymous
guards at the switch.
"Be coreful. father, you'll be kill
ed." ahe cautioned in a whisper,
fearing the current would bo applied
as he held her hand.
"Our Father who art in heaven,"
she began, "hollowed be Thy name.
Thy kingdom come , . .
Thus the condemned woman con
tinued until the electricity arched
her body and silenced the prayer,
(Continued on Pt rioxee.)
Poison Slayer
in Ohio Annals
Radio Highlights
By the Associated Press
(Time Is Eastern Standard)
NEW YORK. Dec. 8. Anthony
Eden's Friday night address to the
National Association of Manufactur
ers will be on the short waves fls
well as on three networks.
The former British foreign secre
tary is to begin speaking about
10:30. and besides CBS, MBS and
WJZ-NBC. short wavers W2XE,
W3XAL, W3XL and W8XK will be in
action. He will discuss "Democracy
and the Modern World." MBS and
WJZ-NBC will start their broadcast
at 10 to Include tho speech of H.
W. Prentls, Jr., on "Industry's Pro
gram for the Future."
Rep. Martin Dies of Texaa, chair
man of the congressional committee
investigating un-American activities,
wilt discuss the work of his com
mittee via WJZ-NBC at 8 p. m..
next Tuesday night.
Tonight (Thursday): Talks WJZ
NBC, 8:30, Pan-American Congress,
Secretary Hull and others: WJZ-NBC,
0:30, America's Town Meeting, "How
Should Democracies Deni With the
Dictatorships?"
What to expect Friday: WEAF-
WJZ-NBC. 1:30, National Association
of Manufacturers. Gerald Swope on
"Labor Relations Contrasts Here and
Abroad."
(Radio Programs on Pago II)
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REDWOOD CITY, Cal.. Dee. .
(AP) A garbage truck from San
Francisco stmrted to unload Ita cargo
t the Bayshore City dump today
when the body of an unidentified
man, with a red beard, toppled out.
Sheriff Jamea J. McOrath and
Coroner William F. Crosby bi gan an
investigation.
The body was that of a man about
60 years old.
LaGUA'THREATENED
FOR ATTACKS ON NAZIS
NEW YORK. Dec. 8 (AP) Mayor
UGuardki said late today he received
a revolver builet along with a note
threatening his life If he persisted
In attacks on the "German nazl
party."
He said the note bore a awastlka
aa $ signature.
UN nuWUO bLHIM
SHE KILLED
KLAMATH FALLS. Dec. 8 (TP)
Sheriff 'a Deputy Dale MattooM last
night arrested Ollle Dyer, former
Plneville, Mo., farm woman, after
her husband, Jack Dyer, told Deputy
District Attorney L. Orth Slesmore
she had killed her mother, Mrs. Mary
Sullivan, near Plneville, In 1933.
Dyer was arrested last Saturday
by Klamath Fails police who charged
him with threatening his wife.
He told Siesmoro his wife killed
Mrs. Sullivan by striking her over the
head with a piece of wood In a barn.
The Dyers had convinced authorities
Mrs. Sullivan had been killed In a
fall from a hayloft.
At Plneville Prosecuting Attorney
W. R. Tracy of McDonald county fil
ed a first-degree murder '.'harge
against the woman and her husband.
Tracy said the murder complaint
was signed by Al Maness, Plcher,
Okla.. chief of police, and brother of
Mrs. Sullivan. In Jefferson City, Mo.,
Governor Lloyd C. Stark Issued a
requisition asking return of the pair
to McDonald county and Sheriff Floyd
Bone left for here to return the
couple. -
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IN LOS ANGELES
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 8. (AP) The
mercury soared to 02 degrees In Loa
Angeles at 1:30 o'clock today, a De
cember record.
The previous December high in the
weather bureau's official 01-ycar
records was in 1807, when the tem
perature reached 80.
At 1 p. m the reading was 90 and
a half hour later, 92. That Is 24 de
grees above normal,
fulleOreaksIjwn
SJ.-PORTLANDIE1
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8. (API
Frank Fuller, Jr.. flying ambassador
for the 1939 Golden Gate Interna
tional exposition, has another speed
record for his collection today.
Yesterday he flew here front Van
couver, Wanh., In 9 hours, 8 minutes
and 40 seconds. That beat his own
time flying up to Portland Monday.
which was a record flight, too. made
In 2 hours, 13 minutes and 27 sec
onds.
. ,
Itmitevelt ( nnfers
WASHINOTON. Dee, 8. -Pres
ident Roosevelt invited advisors to
the White House today to discuss
prospects of getting ft government
reorganization bill through the next
oongresav
Tt ' ) Stores Burglarized
ICKES UELIVERED
RADICAL
Dies Committee Told Secre
tary's Speech Before Civil
Liberties Union Attacked
U. S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON, Doc. 8. (P) Sec
retary Ickcs was accused by a Dies
committee witness today of delivering
a "radical" speech. ,
Latham R. Reed, the witness, told
the house committee investigating
un-American activities headed by
Representative Dies (D., Texas)--that
Ickes was addressing the American
Civil Liberties union at the time.
Reed, describing himself as a re
tired colonel in the army reserve,
also said the union was guilty of
un-American activities.
After associating Ickes and Felix
Frankfurter, Harvard law professor,
with tho union, Reed replied to a
question from Representative Stamob
(D., Ala.), a commtttee member:
Radical In Tenor "
"Ickes was a speaker at the annual
banquet of the union in New York
City last December. The address was
on the subject of 'Nations In Night
shirts'." "Do you recall the theme of It'"
S tames asked.
"The tenor of It was, in my opin
ion, distinctly radical and It wound
up with an unwarranted attack on
tho supremo "court.
Representative Thomas (R N, J.)
asked Reed if tho Frankfurter, to
whom the witness referred, was the
one mentioned as a possible ap
pointee of tho supremo court.
"There Is no question about It,"
Reed replied. '
Representative Dempsey (D., N. Y.),
another committee member, inter
rupted to remark "a lot of people"
had been mentioned for the vacancy
created by tho death of Justice Car
doza and asked the witness to name
some of them.
Pamphlets Jliown
Reed said he could not recall the
names of any others and said ho
remembered Frankfurter "because of
his connection with the American
Civil Liberties union."
The witness exhibited to tho com-
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makMalplea
F(
WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 tfp An at
torney for Tom Mooney made today
what he described as a "final appeal
to the conscience" of the aupremo
court in an effort to obtain the Cal
ifornia convict's release from San
Quentln penitentiary.
Moonoy Is serving a life sentence
for complicity In the 1918 prepared
ness day parade bombing at San Fran
cisco. The supreme court has iefus'
ed several times to pass on his con
viction.
An application for a pardon will
be filed with the newly-eleoted gov.
ernor of California when he takes
office next month.
John F. Flnerty, Washington at
torney, said in his brief the court
should either grant a writ of habeas
corpus or explain why it refused to
do so.
Official Nazi Organ Raps
U.S. Armament Reasoning
BERLIN, Deo. 8. (AP) The Oer-
man foreign office mouthpiece today
aharply crltlclreO recent American
utteranoea on the United States
armament program, some of which
It attributed to President Roosevelt
and said wen) "extremely regret
table." "Admitting every state has the
right to arm u it pleases, we must
aharply protest against the "reasons
presented for such action" In the
United States, said dlplomatlsch
polltlAche korrcspemdene. It contin
ued: "Again and agnln American arma
ment propaganda proceeds from the
slanderous argument Germany U a
threat to the American continent.
Such propaganda also extends to
LUn America, when tt U calculated
Polecat Skinner
Enjoys Vacation
from School Desk
OAKLAND, Md., Dec. 8. P)
Nicholas Lon, 12, of Broad ford,
enjoyed a holiday from school,
loafing around the school grounds,
and tho principal of the Oakland
elementary school didn't beckon
him to come In.
A solicitous neighbor saw him
and called, "Sonny, don't you go
.to school?"
"Yes, ma'am," he replied shyly.
"Where do you go?"
He pointed to the near-by
school.
"Well, why arent you in there
now?" she asked.
"I skun me a polecat," ho
grinned.
CIO PLANS FIGHT
EGON'S
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PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. 8. (AP)
The nation's two lnjest unions
fought for control of the Portland
sawmill Industry before the national
labor relations board today while one
of them laid the groundwork for an
attack on the Oregon onti-picketlng
law and the other convened a lum
ber works' convention.
About 40O delegates of the Ore
gon-Washington council of American
Federation of Labor lumber unions
arrived.
The Congress for Industrial Organ
imtlon planned ,a three-sided attack
on the labor control measure, Hurold
Prltchett, president of the Interna
tional Woodworkers of America, re
vealed. Ho aa!d the attack would be
legal, organizational and political.
To Cnmit's Soions
Prltchett said the CIO would can
vass Oregon legislators on the act
and hinted the CIO might foster a
fight for an amendment. The 48 del
egates decided to call a statewide
CIO Industrial convention to set up
a permanent organisation in Ore
gon.
Tho Portland Industrial council of
CIO unions passed resolution ask
ing an Investigation by the Civil
Liberties Committee of the Associat
ed Farmers of Oregon and the Ore
gon Business Council, backers of the
measure.
The resolution called the law a
"fascist bill" and charged that of
$34,516.90 put up to support it dur
ing the campaign 33,338 was con
trlbuted by "a mysterious organisa
tion calling itself the Oregon Busi
ness Council" which did not "file
with the secretary of state informa
tion disclosing the sources of this
tremendous slush fund."
Separate Attark
A.F.L, chiefs asserted the CIO at
tack on the bill would be proseouted
apart from a similar attack already
launched by the federation.
Secretary Kenneth M. Davis of the
Oregon -Washington council said the
organization would review the Wag
ner act and tho new Canadian trade
treaty. He added the council prob
ably would tAke the same action on
tho Wagner act as the Oregon fed
eration which contended the north
west AFL-CIO Jurisdiction battle was
"being maintained" by the national
labor relations board, created by the
Wagner act.
The Jones Lumber company mill
was closed yesterday because so many
of Its employes were called to testify
before a labor board trial examiner.
The examiner was reviewing an AFL
petition for designation as bargain
ing agent for mlllmen. The CIO was
recognized a year and a half ago but
the AFL claimed It regained a ma
jority. to poison th International atmos
phere. "Extraordinarily amazing Is the
fact President Roosevelt talks about
the aggreaslveneaa of authoritarian
states at the very moment the Ger
man ministers for foreign affairs
(Joachim von Ribbentrop) has con
cluded a declaration of peace with
Prance and when the Anglo-Italian
pact (which went Into force Novem
ber 16) has reduced the dangers of
divergences very materially.
"It seems In comprehenelbte those
event could be deliberately over
looked by a responsible statesman.'
(Although the article apparently
was Inspired by President Roosevelt's
press conference of Tuesday, the
president then made no mention of
the totalitarian states. He merely
said the arms program must be
placed on a pa;-u-ycm go bails).
ILED IN HUNT
Wilson and Godward Stores
Also Visited in Night
Federal Men Join Local
Officers in Investigation
Robbers entered the postoffice at
Jacksonville Wednesday night, rifled
Christmas packages and registered
mail, cracked the safe, opened the
regular letter mall, and stole the
stamp supply and a small amount
of money. It will require an official
check to determine exact amount of
tho loss.
The robbory waB discovered when,
the postoffice was opened by tho
postmistress, Mrs. L. A. Eaton, today.
Letters were found opened, and scat
tered about the room. A number of
packages marked "Do not open until
Christmas" were opened and contents
scattered. The greater portion of the
day's receipts hod been deposited
berore the postoffice closed.
lllast Heard
The postoffice safe was blasted be
tween 2 and 3 o'clock this morning.
as near as can be determined. Mrs,
Amy Dow, who lives near-by, re-;
ported about that time she was
roused from her sleep by a noise,
but thought It might have been a
mine blast. No other residents re
ported hoarlng any unusual noises.
The near-by stores of Ray 'Wilson
and the Godward Mercantile company
were also entered, presumably by the
same band. At Wilson's. $29 In
money, hunting equipment and cig
arettes was taken. At the Godward
store, $8 or $7 was obtained.
Postal Inspectors, state police and
the sheriff's office we're Investigating
the robberies today. An effort to
secure fingerprints was made.
Took Their Time
According to Deputy Sheriff Wil
liam Grcnbemer, the postal robbers
took their time, and made a "night
Job" of their rifling. The letters
both registered and common were
opened, in a search for money, tt la
thought a number of checks were
taken, but the loss could not be
Immediately determined.
The postoffice robbery Is a federel
offense, the store looting a state
crime. It is the first postoffice rob
bery in Jackson county In a number
of years, the last being at Rucn
about 12 years ago.
SLAYS SON, SELF
SAN JOSE. Calif., Dec. 8. p An
unhappy mother who said she could
not face the holiday season separated
from her husbnnd, killed her 14-year-old
son and herself here today, ap
parently with the Jboj't consent,
authorities reported.
Victims of the tragedy, Coroner
O. C. 8pau!dlng said,' were Mrs. Peggy
Mason, 38. and Dsle Mason.
Their bodies were found In their
apartment by M. Stark, the manager,
when ahe Investigated what she
thought waa the sound of shot,
Spauldtng said.
The boy waa lying In bed, bullet
hole In his head, and his mother
waa on the bedroom floor, also shot
through the head from gun found
near her body, the coroner aald.
Notei found In the room told of
the woman's loneliness, Spauldlng
reported, and Indicated the boy ap
proved of the death pact by express,
ling desire some of his belonging
be given to playmatea.
WEEK IS ENDED HERE
MINUS PLANE SERVICE
Medford vam to have another day
without airplane service today. Unit
ed Air Unea having cancelled all
north and southbound trips- between
Portland and Oakland. Cal., because)
of unfavorable weather.
There has been no United Airliner
In or out of Medford alnce- lat
Thursday afternoon. Two United
ships flew over Medford yesterday
afternoon, one southbound from
Portland to Oakland, the other
northbound from Oakland to Port
land. Service was being operated to
day between Portland and Seattle,
Wash