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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1939.
No. 214.
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Washington, D. C, Nov. 28.
Pacific coast is having a fine
chance to be prevented from
supplying any material for the
8277,000,000 facilities which the
federal government plans for
increasing defense of the Pan
ama Canal. In a nutshell: There
is a scarcity of American
freighters available on the west
coast, and ships which have
been barred from European war
zone waters are gobbling the
trade, giving the cast coast the
edge while Pacific coast is con
fronted with freight rates (when
cargo space is possible) that
takes the profit out of the
business.
This is being dinned into the
ears of the United States mari
time commission. "The chamber
of commerce of Astoria, or
Portland and other coast cities
are praying for ships and the
cement industry of Washington
and Oregon see slipping away
an opportunity to furnish ce
ment for the biggest job since
Grand Coulee. So busy are
commissioners with ship prob
lems on the east coast and giv
ing suggestions for new routes
to the Latin Americas and
wrangling with seamen's unions
that the west coast Is being
neglected.
ASTORIA suggests a service
" out of Columbia river to
the Orient, operated for the
commission by an agency, a
proposal also made by Port
land chamber of commerce. As
toria also suggests that some
of the ships made idle by the
neutrality act can be used in
the Pacific trade.
The cement industry predicts
that the Pacific coast will lose
its just share of the canal con
tracts unless the commission
comes to the rescue at once.
"The talk can come afterward,"
writes the cement people to the
commission. Oregon, Washing
ton and California are at a dis
advantage in bidding, asserts
the industry, explaining that
American bottoms the west
coast were depending on are
now on the east coast and ap
parently have no intention of
proceeding to the Pacific when
(Continued on page Pour.)
, HIGH COURT CASE
Salem, Nov. 28. (IP) A
little band of Oregon beavers
whose work at constructing a
dam to control erosion caused
by a Malheur county stream was
far more effective than that of
their employer, won a supreme
court, decision today approving
their labors.
Paul Stewart, who lives on
Crane creek, built three dams
to prevent erosion on his land,
but all of them washed out.
Then he got 16 beavers from
the state game commission, and
they built a dam that lasted.
But Lloyd L. Johnson, who
lives on the stream below Stew
art, brought suit charging the
beaver dam was depriving him
of water to irrigate and to water
his stock. He wanted $650 dam
ages. SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Zua Belle Singler and Gracie
Swanson talking over numer
ous minor and major trials and
tribulations of life in general
with an acquaintance.
Rachel Pond not particularly
desirous of landing in this pil
lar of playfulness.
Bessie Herendeen retrieving
a couple of pieces of jewelry
for a customer who carelessly
left them soaking in a wash
bowl all night.
Elsie Nam-can fixing up a
frieml for chilly weather in
sensible wooly creations of a
couple of decades ago.
NAZIS CLAIM NEW
BR1TISHREFUTE
Second Warship Sinking in
Day Denied; Britain Rules
Waves, King Declares
Berlin, Nov. 28. (IP) DNB,
German official news agency,
reported today one plane of a
British squadron which flew
over northwest Germany last
night was forced down on the
stormy North sea and probably
lost. The agency asserted that
another British plane, to avoid
the sea, flew over Holland.
London, Nov. 28 () In
formed French and British na
val sources today estimated a
total of 43 German submarines
have been sunk since the be
ginning of the war September 3.
Thirty-three of these were" at
tributed to British action while
a French naval source said the
French navy had sunk about 10
more.
Winston Churchill, first lord
of the admiralty, told the house
of commons November 8 Ger
many had about 60 submarines
ready for action when war
broke out, but that more were
being built.
Horlin Nov. 28. (IP) Low
flying battle planes attempted
a raid on a German aviation
base on Borkum island, at the
mouth of the Ems river, dui
wpre warded off. DNB. official
German news agency, said to
day. The agency said the English
attacked with machine guns but
did not drop bombs.
By the Associated Press
Rorman officials announced
today the submarine command
er, Lieut.-Capt. Guenther Prien,
who sank the British battleship
Royal Oak on Oct. 14 at Scapa
Flow, had torpedoed and des
troyed an unidentified British
heavy cruiser east of the Shet
land Islands.
The date was not given.
In London, however, official
quarters said nothing was
known of the German claim
and suggested it arose from be
lief In Germany the British
cruiser Belfast had been sunk.
The admiralty previously had
admitted that the Belfast was
damaged Nov. 21 by a mine or
torpedo.
This was the second sinking
announced in 24 hours."
The other sea victim was the
2,483-ton British steamer Usk
mouth. Cause and place of the
sinking were not announced;
three of her crew of 25 were
reported missing.
Seventy-three German prison
ers, including 12 officers, were
landed at a Scottish port sur
vivors, Britain said, of a Ger
man submarine and three Ger
man freighters. Fate of the
ships was not disclosed.
Sinking of the British cruiser
would bring to nine the number
of the Empire's warships lost
to date. It would raise to 90
Britain's total loss on the seas
and bring to 165 the number
of vessels lost by all nations.
Last week, the 12th of the
war, 31 ships were lost, includ
ing 19 British, two French and
three German. The others were
of neutral nations.
TClnB Genree VI meanwhile
told parliament his navies were
"keeping free and open the
highways of the sea," but Ger
man military experts asserted
u( thp came time the British
fleet has been cleared from the
North Atlantic and North Sea.
The probable deaf' toll in the
the British armed
merchant cruiser Rawalpindi
was reduced from 280 to 263.
German officials announced the
mem nf 2fi wewmeii and Brl
tain disclosed the safe landing
nf 1 1 survivors.
The German pocket battle
chin neiitsehland and another
raider sank the 16,697-ton Raw-
oininril in a 40-minute eneage
mcnt off the southern coast of
t-tiianH last Thursday, the Brl
tish admiralty announced. Only
three lifeboats were put over
before the cruiser heeled over
after hurnine four hours.
German sources said the Raw
alpindi was discovered absolute
ly alone and the ensuing engage
ment was the first between Bri
tish miH f.prtnnn fichtine craft.
They Indicated more than two
r.orman shins attacked the
British vessel.
San Francisco, Nov. 28. (IP)
Prune prorate officials said
today they had raised their re
quest for federal purchase of
prunes to 20.000 tons from 15,-
000 because of the San Fran
Cisco waterfront tieup.
Mine Menace Cure
New Orleans, La., Nov. 28.
(IP) Here's a new "solution"
for Great Britain's troubles
with German mines.
The Times-Picayune said a
fisherman wrote that King
George should get 500 of
Louisiana's biggest alligator
gar fish.
The writer suggested that
steel bands be put around
the gars and that the fish
be liberated in areas sus
pected of being mined.
Then, says the fisherman,
gar runs into a mine and ex
plodes it, thus saving every
oneexcept the gar.
TO PLAY FRIDAY
AGAINSTJAROONS
Medford high school's state
title claiming Black Tornado
football team was this after
noon invited to play Milwaukie
high's Maroons in Portland
Multnomah stadium next Fri
day night. December 1, Coach
Bill Bowerman stated.
In the surprise move, the Tor
nado was tendered the invitation
by Jimmy Richardson, manager
of Multnomah stadium. Richard
son explained to Coach Bower
man that Jefferson high, origin
ally scheduled to play Milwau
kie, had backed out of their
agreement because the state
high school athletic association
had refused to let Jefferson use
their nine-term players. Milwau
kie is a member of the associa
tion, which bars use of the ninth
termers.
Coach Bowerman stated that
members of the Tornado squad
and Principal Leonard P. May
field, with the coaching staff.
would meet later this afternoon
to consider the invitation. He
said that Richardson would be
notified of Medford's decision
before the day was over.
The Tigers .have not worked
out since beating Coquille, 6
to 0, on Thanksgiving Day,
and it was pointed Out that
Medford would be at a consid
erable disadvantage in playing
the game on such short notice
after the team had disbanded
for the season. However, the
coach said, every consideration
would be given the offer.
The game, if it were played,
would definitely decide the
mythical state championship, as
Medford and Milwaukie are the
only two teams with bona fide
claims to the crown.
FLARES DROPPED
FROM PLANE NEAR
L AIR BASE
Lakehurst, N. J., Nov. 28.
(IP) A mystery plane flew over
the naval air station hangar last
night and dropped a dozen
flares, three of which started a
minor forest fire near the reser
vation. Lt. George Watson, public re
lations officer, said station of
ficials were seeking to learn the
identity of the plane. He said
none of the flares landed on the
reservation.
The craft disappeared, flying
at an altitude of 10,000 feet,
when field lights were turned
on by officers who thought the
first flares were a distress sig
nal. The air station is the navy's
airship headquarters. A half
dozen blimps and the recom
missioned dirigible Los Angeles
are housed in the two hangars.
L DRIVE
TO BOOST PEARS
Seattle. Nov. 28. (IP) J.
Walter Hebert, Yakima, chair
man of the Washington Winter
Pear Growers' merchandising
committee, announced today
that Dears will loin apples in
a special three months' mer-
nVianrlleinif n n rf n m 4 r hn
chandising progam to be
launched by the Washington
Chain Stores association.
"The European war has ruin
ed the market for pear as well
as apple growers," said Hebert.
Hebert said the plan is part
of the consumer education pro
gram of the Oregon-Washington-California
pear bureau. E. B.
Springsteen, secretary of the
chain stores assorijtion. said
the program will have national
support.
STATE OPERATION
OFF
Gov. Olson Takes Hand
To End Labor Turmoil
Federal. Aide Hesitant.
Sacramento, Nov. 28. (IP)
Governor Culbcrt L. Olson
addressed letters to San
Francisco shipping employers
and representatives of the
striking clerks' union today,
asking their consent to the
state harbor board's taking
over temporary operation of
the port.
San Francisco, Nov. 28. (IP)
With state operation of this
crippled harbor threatened, a
five-man commission named by
Governor Culbert Olson headed
into a meeting today to delve
into causes of the 18-day-old
strike of CIO Ship Clerks.
The fact-finding commission,
appointed to investigate what
Olson called "an intolerable sit
uation" of recurrent labor
strife, gathered at the office of
Joseph F. Marias, state harbor
commissioner and commission
chairman.
Disputants the Dock Check
ers Employers association and
the Ship Clerks association sat
tight, awaiting the board's first
move.
Reopening of the municipally
operated port of Oakland today
after a two-week warehouse
men's strike was not expected
to alleviate appreciably the vir
tual paralysis of San Francisco
Bay ports, for cargo has been
diverted to other sections.
Further, Frank Gregory, man
ager of the Waterfront Employ
ers association here, said Oak
land port commissioners three
weeks ago announced they
would not handle cargo origin
ally consigned to picketed San
irancisco piers.
A labor department concilia
tor named yesterday by Secre
tary Perkins, said he wished to
get the parties together, but was
unwilling to "step on the toes'
of the governor's commission.
The San Francisco clerks
walked out November 10 and
picketed more than 30 piers in
an effort to enforce demands In
me negotiation of a new con
tract,
San Francisco business erouns
bringing pressure to break the
shipping tie-up, were joined
yesterday by agricultural repre
sentatives who met here at the
summons of the Associated
Farmers of California and adop
ted a program designed to keen
farmers from "getting caught in
me middle" by labor disputes.
IN KUHN'S TRIAL
New York, Nov. 28. (IP)
Assistant District Attorney Her
man J. McCarthy, summing up
for the state today at the lar
ceny trial of Fritz Kuhn, reiter
ated his charge . the German-
American bund leader stole
funds. He attacked Kuhn's
counsel, Peter L. F. Sabbatino,
as "a Caliban of ethics." The
case is expected to go to the
ury late today.
McCarthy replied to Sabba
tino's Intimation, made yester
day, that McCarthy kept a
"tryst" in Miami with Mrs.
Florence Camp, the "golden
angel" of Kuhn's love letters.
Mrs. Camp testified for the
state.
"This Caliban of ethics hasn't
yet learned the prime requisite
of a gentleman or a lawyer
decency!", the young prosecutor
declared, looking directly at
Sabbatino, a former city magis
trate.
Sabbatino argued in his sum
mation yesterday that Kuhn,
though he might have fallen in
love with Mrs. Camp, was not
the first married man to fall
in love with another woman.
I Shirley Temple NoW
1- D CJ.J
in j f iiuic utnuui
Hollywood. Nov. 28. (VP)
Shirley Temple started to school
today,
Hnretofnre. the 10-vear-old
star had been Drlvatelv tutored
at home and on movie sets. Her
mother decided, and Shirley
readily agreed, that it was time
she began associating more with
other girls of her own age. She
entered the seventh grade of
private school for girls.
Blamed for Slaying
i m iim u i
One of three playmates who
came to help thirteen-year-old
Colleen Linton (above), was
slain when she was displeased
with his house cleaning work.
Police Lieut. Paul Kerr of Lyn
wood, Calif., said the victim,
nine-year-old Arthur Wilson,
was shot by the girl with her
father's rifle, according to the
girl, and the other boys, John
and Kenneth Thompson. 11
and 8.
KLAMATH INSISTS
PAY $15 LICENSE
Klamath Falls, Nov. 28. (IP)
Lodges and churches were
notified by city authorities to
day .that the city Insists on strict
enforcement of an ordinance
which requires all "food estab
lishments" to pay a license fee
of $15 a year.
Police Judge Carl Cook, act
ing on instructions from the city
council, said that the ordinance
defines food establishments as
any places where prepared food
is sold or offered for sale to
the public for consumption on
the premises. Council members
said that strict application of
this definition might affect
church dinners and similar af
fairs, and told Cook to warn
the interested organizations.
The matter came up when the
local culinary alliance com
plained about a dinner to be
given next month at the First
Methodist church for the dairy
man's association.
EUGENE BANS ALL
NEW YEAR DANCES
Eugene, Nov. 28. (IP) Those
who have to dance to "let joy
be unconfined" on New Year's
eve are going to have to go out
into the country. City council-
men have decided that a "blue
law" ordinance will keep halls
within the city limits closed,
even though it is the last day
of the year.
Chicago Hog Prices
Set 5-Yr. Low Mark
Chicago, Nov. 28. (IP)
Heavy receipts and continued
weakness in the dressed pork
market dropped hog prices 20
cents and more a hundredweight
today. The top fell to $5.55, to
establish a new five-year low for
the second consecutive day.
Since Friday best hogs here
have lost 25 cents and today
were $2.85 under the war-boom
peak of $9.40 in September.
Kills Wife After
20 Years Nagging
Chicago, Nov. 28. (ft') A
coronerg
Jury today recom
mended Wilson J. Fish, 71, be
held to the grand jury on a
charge of murder after he tosti-
i fed that 20 years of nagging
by his wife, Elizabeth, 69, made
him lose his temper and kill
her last night,
Wilson collapsed from a heart
ailment after the shooting in the
apartment of the victim's sister,
aiMrs. Emma L. Kilian, 72. who
I was wounded in the left hand.
VoPEECH
flER' FOR
HELD
Age-Old Dream of Peace
Voiced A.P. Man Rates
Plans 'Biggest News' Yet.
By DeWiit MacKensie
(Associated Press Commentator.)
The biggest news to come out
of Europe in maybe a genera
tion bigger even than the dec
laration of the Hitlerian war
was contained in thumb-nail in
British Premier Chamberlain's
empire broadcast, If this famous
Allied leader meant what he
seemed to mean In outlining
pence aims.
A good many .observers, in-'
eluding this writer, concluded
that in his brief discussion of
"How we may build a new and
better Europe" a "Utopian Eu
rope," he called lt he was an
nouncing a tentative project to
make the age-old dream of a
"United States of Europe" a
reality in some form or other.
Such a regime would be cal
culated to insure peace, secur
ity and economic stability.
There would be neither war nor
disputes like that between Fin
land and Russia under such a
set-up if it met the hopes of
its exponents.
The premier spoke of a Eu
rope in which "fears of aggres
sion would have ceased," in
which "it would be recognized
that there can be no lasting
peace unless there is full flow
of trade between the nations
concerned," and in which "arnv
aments would gradually be
dropped as a useless expense,
except In so far as they were
needed for the preservation of
internal law and order."
Forecast of some sort of fed
eration of the various states
of Europe, however, seemed to
lie in this sentence:
"In such a Europe each coun
try would have the unfettered
right to choose its own form
of internal government so long
as that government did not
pursue an external policy in
Jurlor to its neighbors." f" "
Nazidom was quick to, hop
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Portland, Nov. 28. (IP) A
dismal fog blotted out western
Oregon valleys today and the
temperature slipped far below
freezing east of the Cascade
mountains.
The fog delayed airline sched
ules and created hazards for
automobile traffic. Although
Oregon's weather probably will
be fair tonight and Wednesday,
morning fogs were expected to
continue In the west.
Movies Returned For
California Convicts
Folsom Prison, Cal., Nov, 28
(IP) Motion picture shows at
Folsom and San Quentln pris
ons will be resumed after a
lapse of 12 years. They were
banned after Folsom convicts
rioted in a "movie" Thanks
giving Day, 1927.
The state board of prison
directors has authorized the
purchase of two film projectors
at $1,845 each.
Gay Didoes Cut at Opening
Of New York Opera Season
New York, Nov. 28. (IP)-
The old Metropolitan Opera set
tled down today for another
season of arias after a brilliant
first night that had some un
expected notes on the bill.
One woman fainted in the
crush of ermine and mink dur
ing the Intermission promenade
down the grand stairway.
A happy opera patron who
came in topper and tails, stood
on his head in the bar and
turned cartwheels.
Morris Gest, theatrical pro
ducer, brought a midget who
wandered around the lobby and
gazed up at the dowagers.
The opera itself, Verdi's "Si
mon Boccanegra," with a cast
that included Lawrence Tibbctt,
Giovanni Martinclli, Elisabeth
Rethberg and Ezio Pinza, went
Live and Learn
Kansas City, Nov. 28. (IP)
Jean and Jane Lucas, 5 year
old twins, learned painfully
that those nice red tubes
boys fire on July 4 are neith
er candy nor cigarets.
They found a two-inch
firecracker. Jean put it in
her mouth. Jane, recalling the
fun neighbor boys had on the
Fourth, got Daddy's cigaret
lighter.
Jean's mouth was burned,
but only superficially. Jane's
fingers were scorched.
"I was trying to smoke it
and eat it." explained Jean.
"It pops!" exclaimed Jane,
with assurance.
L BLOCKADE
OF NAZI EXPORTS
EXTENDED A WEEK
London, Nov. 28. (?) The
British government tonight Is
sued a formal order In council
extending the naval blockade to
Germany's exports, effective
December 4.
The order is entitled "Re
prisals restricting German com
merce.
The delay in application of
the order, which was signed
by King George yesterday, was
understood to be to give neu
tral shippers opportunity to
make arrangements to avoid
undue hardships.
The new order provides that
a merchant vessel which sails
from an enemy port or other
port after December 4 and "hav
ing on board goods which are
of enemy origin or are enemy
property may be required to
discharge such goods in a Brit
ish or Allied port."
Such goods will be placed In
custody of the marshal of a
prize court and "unless the
court orders that they be requi
sitioned for the use of His
Majesty shall be " detained or
sold under direction of the
court. The proceeds of goods
so sold shall be paid Into the
court."
AT ALIEN PLANES
Brussels, Nov. 28. (IP) Anti
aircraft batteries In Brussels,
Malines, Ghent, Bruges and Os
tend went into action this morn
ing when a group of foreign
planes flew over Belgium.
Observers In Brussels saw
three planes which Informed
persons said apparently were
German.
Belgian planes took off to
Intercept the foreign planes,
but the latter quickly disap
peared. Reports from Ghent
said one plane passed three
flying northwest at about 18,000
feel.
SALES
OFT
Portland, Nov. 28. (IP) Mar
ket authorities predicted today
the 25 states observing the
second Thanksgiving Day this
week would virtually double
turkey sales. Local buying
prices were generally 15 and
15Va cents, occasionally 16 cents
for terns and 19'4 cents for
hens.
off without a hitch, but at one
moment the thud of heels do
ing a clog In the foyer sounded
to those In back of the house
over the music, and a dow
ager whispered, "What in the
world is going on?
It was just a gay operagoer
who added a few dance steps
and somersaults to the opera's
55th opening. One of the spe
cial officers of the house final
ly accompanied him to his car
Sartorially, lt was one of the
prettiest opening nights of re
cent years. Many women turn
ed out In white, and many wore
pink camellias, roses and pink
carnations In their hair. Lav
ish white furs and pale, lacy
dresses stood out against the
red plush of the "golden horse-
show.
FINN PEACE PACT
Moscow Takes Surprise
Action Following Con
ciliatory Note on Monday.
London, Nov. 28. (IP) Reu
ters (British News Agency)
quoted a Moscow broadcast
saying Finns had fired at a
detachment of Soviet troops at
5 p. m. today In a new "provo
cation." Helsinki, Nov. 28. (IP) So
viet Russia today denounced her
seven-year-old non - aggression
pact with Finland, with whom
she is engaged In a bitter bor
der dispute.
Observers in the Finish capl.
tal pointed out resemblance be
tween Moscow's action and
Adolf Hitler's denunciation of
his non-aggression pact with Po
land last April.
Finland has rejected Russian
territorial demands. Yesterday,
replying to a demand for with
drawal of her troops from the
border she asserted she would
do so only if Russia did likewise.
Notice of the denunciation
was given in a note handed the
Finnish minister in Moscow.
Soviet Russia and Finland
concluded their non-aggression
pact In 1932 and supplemented
it the following year with an
agreement defining an aggres
sor.
Subsequent pacts In 1937 and
1938 pledged them to . good
neighborly relations and de
fined the Finnish-Soviet fron
tier. The Soviet action, 'though re
ceived with outward calm by
the foreign office, shocked Fin
land more than any other single
step in the "war of nerves"
which mounted In the Baltic
region after the German-Soviet
partition of Poland. '
A spokesman said the Russian
note was "very unconclliatory,"
but declined further comment
while the foreign office was re
ceiving the communication Una
by line from the Moscow lega
tion. Finland yesterday sent a con
ciliatory reply to Soviet de
mands for withdrawal of Fin
nish troops from the frontier..
Only a few moments before
the first word of the Russian
move came from Moscow, a
spokesman declared "we cannot
be shaken by these Russian dem
onstrations, no matter what
form they may take.
We know we are right. There
can be no doubt about it."
The Soviet denunciation of
the treaty was a distinct sur
prise, however, in Finland,
where the pact frequently had
been cited as an important fac
tor in case the two nation
reached a deadlock over Rus
sia's demands.
Foreign minister Eljas Erkko
hastened to the foreign office.
First word was received from
a Moscow broadcast, and later
was confirmed by the Finnish
minister to Moscow.
DIES NOT APT TO :
CALL FIRST LADY
Washington, Nov. 28. OP)
Representative Starnes (D Ala.)
acting chairman, said today he
knew of no questions which the
house committee on un-American
activities had to ask Mrs.
Franklin D. Roosevelt but "If
she or anyone else has any light
to shed on subversive activities,
of course we would be glad to
hear her."
In the absence of Chairman
Dies (D., Tex.), who was at home
resting, the committee put off
a decision on calling the first
lady, who said yesterday she
would be willing to testify if
she had Information helpful to
the Investigation.
Starnes said "It is all up to
the chairman."
The committee recessed today
after waiting an hour for its
scheduled witness, William
Howell, Detroit negro, to ap
pear. Portland's Tax Levy
Highest In History
Portland, Nov. 28. (IP) Sec
retary R. C. Flanders of the
Multnomah county tax supervis
ing and conservation commis
sion, revealed today Portland'!
1940 consolidated tax levy of
62.4 milli was the highest on
record.
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