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Washington, D. C, Nov. 29.
Army engineers, in their own
way, are doing their bit to
develop the industrial possi
bilities of the Pacific north
west. They (as also the war
college), disapprove of group
ing important industries within
the confines of a relatively few
miles in the east. As a matter
of national defense, this con
centration is bad business and
the interest the engineers are
taking in Oregon and Washing
ton is founded strictly on na-
tional welfare and not for any
special affection they have for
the region.
With the invention of new
weapons of war (airplanes spe
cifically) the war college it
features two bronze statues,
Frederick the Great and No
poleon, in the ugly red build
ing is apprehensive because
steel mills, the government's
chemical warfare establishment
and principal arsenal; the fac
tories for making rifles, side
arms, ammunition, tanks, anti
aircraft equipment, are such
near neighbors that they are,
or would be, a temptation for
a enemy bomber. As the say
ing goes, they could all be cov
ered by a circus tent.
A theoretical "safety belt" has
been drawn, on the map of the
United States by the war col
lege, this imaginary line being
200 miles inland from the coasts
and the same distance from the
Canadian and Mexican borders.
All of the many industries es
sential to war materials arc
outside, not inside, that safety
belt. Of course, the industries
were located with a view to
their own economics (raw ma
terials, rail and water trans
portation, skilled workmen and
market) and not with a thought
of national defense or looking
to the future.
THIS anticipation of possible
"emergency") and distrust of
the future is the deep-down
motive causing President Roose
velt to recently harp on the
possibilities and need of an im-
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REMAIN - CLOSED
Talent schools, closed by an
Influenza epidemic Monday,
failed to reopen today when
40 per cent of the students
continued absent.
Absences in Ashland schools
totaled 229 of the 1110 students
enrolled. The epidemic began
sweeping across southern Ore
gon two weeks ago.
Portland, Nov. 29. P) The
temperature declined in eastern
Oregon today but a slight ad
vance in the west brought pre
dictions of occasional rain to
night and Thursday.
SIDE GLANCES
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Bill Warner's acting making
him the hit of the Kiwanis
show at the Upper Applegate
Grange dinner.
Twins Clarita and Frances
McCormick being more than
thrilled about their recent ele
vation to aunthoodship.
Bessie Gail and Martha Mor
ris glowing with pleasure as
.they walked off with bridge
tournament honors amid a field
of tough competition.
Florence Clark being hardly
able to control herself at the
thoughts of spending some time
in her old home state of sunny
southern California.
Rose Bunch receiving skads
of compliments on her attractive
necklace of enormous tiie.
HOSTILE POLICY
FOR SWIFT MOVE
Premier's Talk Comes As
Hope For Peace Brightens
U. S. Makes Offer.
Moicow. Nov. 30 (Thurs
day) (IP) Soviet Rusila broke
off diplomatic relationa with
Finland today.
Premier Vyacheslaff Molo
toff telephoned the Finnish
minister and handed him a
note, breaking off relations.
At that lime no reply had
been received by the Russian!
from Finland, reported in
Helsinki to have forwarded a
note in answer to Russia's de
nunciation of the 1932 non
aggression treaty yesterday.
London. Nov. 29. (IP)
Wyacheslaff Molotoff. Russian
premier and foreign commis
sar, in a fateful broadcast to
night announced severance of
diplomatic relations with Fin
land and said the "hostile
policy" of the present Finnish
government "compels us to
lake immediate steps to safe
guard the external security of
our state."
The Soviet premier called
on the red army and navy to
be prepared for any eventual
ity along the Finnish border
where incidents in the tense
Baltic situation already have
been reported by the Russians.
Molotoff's broadcast, as re
layed here by Reuters, British
news agency, pictured Russian
moves as those of "patient
negotiations," and declared
the Finns had shown an "irre
concilable attitude" with the
Finnish leaders "acting in the
interests of foreign imperial
istic warmongers."
Then Molotoff mentioned
the "abominable provocation
by the Finnish military"
which had caused "heavy
casualties among red troops."
He said efforts to prevent a
repetition of such incidents
"met with no response and
even evoked a hostile atti
tude" from Finland.
Helsinki, Nov. 29. (P)
Although Finns had been pre
paring for the worst and await
ing developments with grim
calm, Moscow's precipitate ac
tion caught the public and of
ficials alike by surprise.
The news spread through Hel
sinki at midnight like wild fire.
Grim-faced people gathered in
groups and discussed the latest
turn in the extreme grave su
uation.
The foreign office promised)
a statement soon.
Meanwhile, government of
ficials were summoned hurried
ly to a midnight conference.
One official exclaimed:
"Hull's offer came too late."
This was in reference to Sec
retary of State Cordcll Hull's
announcement of the United
States willingness to lend her
good offices in the Finnish
Russian border dispute.
Washington, Nov. 29. (JPl4
Secretary Hull made known to
day this government stands
ready to extend its good offices
for a settlement of the Russian
Finnish dispute.
In a statement, Hull asserted:
"This government is following
with serious concern the inten
sification of the Finnish-Soviet
dispute.
"It would view with extreme
regret any extension of the
present area of war and the
consequent further deterioration
of international relations.
"Without In any way becom
ing involved in the merits of the
dispute, and limiting its inter
ests to the solution of the dis
pute by peaceful processes only,
this government would, if agree-
j able to both parties, gladly ex
i tend its good offices."
The offer was not communi
cated to the Russian and Fin
nish governments, but was made
known as an outline of United
States policy.
Officials explained that an
offer of "good services" was
very broad, and amounted only
! to an expression of willingness
! to aid in bringing about a pcace-
ful solution.
Where New
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An official Soviet communique reported that Finnish artil
lery fire at the border on the Karelian Isthmus, indicated by
arrow, had killed four and wounded nine Soviet officers and
men. Reported incident was at a point 30 miles from Lenin
grad. Finland denied the incident.
FORES! LOOKOUT
THEN KILLS SELF
Yreka. Cal., Nov. 29 (IP)
The deaths of Mrs. Grace Drake,
43, and Byron F. Lambert, 45,
were described as murder and
suicide by Sheriff Ben Rich
ardson today.
Richardson said Stanley Shi
nar, a neighbor, heard shots
late Monday night and found
the bodies Tuesday in the yard
of Lambert's home at Somes
Bar, a small settlement in the
Salmon mountains.
The officer said it was ap
parent that Lambert, a miner
and forest service lookout man
at Somes Bar, had shot Mrs.
Drake after a quarrel.
Then Lambert went to the
cabin, wrote a brief will, be
queathing his personal property
to a Somes storekeeper, re
turned to the body of Mrs
Drake and shot himself through
the mouth.
Sheriff Richardson said Lam
bert had written the name of
Mrs. Ida Caldwell, Liberty.
Wash., on a slip of paper and
the officer believed she was a
sister.
IN MINING CASE
Briefs were ordered filed in
the suit of W. H. Horner against
the Pleasant Creek Mining
company, a Washington corpor
ation, E. B. Hanley, Sr., Joe E.
Most and E. G. Most after com
pletion of testimony late yester
day. Horner, a stockholder, is seek
ing a receivership In the suit,
being heard by Judge H. D.
Norton in circuit court. Counsel
for the plaintiff filed a brief
immediately and attorneys for
the defendants were allowed
five days by the court to file
theirs. The defendants contended
there was no need for a receiver.
Before the court also is a de
murrer asking for dismissal of
the action on the ground the
court has no jurisdiction.
Baker County First
Corvallls, Nov. 29. (IP)
Baker won the Eastern Oregon
Wheat League award today for
the Oregon county with the
most thorough acreage compli
ance under the federal wheat
adjustment program.
Plan Bandon Park
Marshfield, Nov. 29. (IP)
Representative James W. Mott
will ask the federal government
to create a national park or
monument between Coos Head
and Whiskey Run north of Bandon
War Spawns '
BRITISH DETAIN
YANKEE VESSELS
IN BATTLE ZONE
London, Nov. 29. -(JP) Min
istry of economic warfare to
day disclosed United States ves
sels, forbidden by the Ameri
can neutrality law to enter the
European war zone, were being
brought into British ports for
examination.
Neutral shippers declared the
vessels thus concentrated for
examination by the British con
traband control were exposed
as easy bombing targets for
enemy bombers.
In the week which ended
November 25, the British con
traband control considered the
cases of 134 ships, 13 of them
from the United States.
Yesterday there were 85 ships
still at contraband control points.
Two were United States vessels
which had been held more than
a week.
Berlin, Nov. 29. (IP) The
German government announced
today that it "reserves all meas
ures" to meet the new British
blockade against German ex
ports which becomes effective
Monday.
A communique said:
"Extension of the economic
war to German export goods
on neutral ships with neutral
destinations signifies a new vio
lation of international law by
England."
STATE NEAR TOP
Salem, Nov. 29. (P) Ore
gon, ranking 34th In population,
was 19th among the states dur
ing October In finding jobs for
its unemployed persons, the
state employment service said
today.
Jobs were found in private
Industry for 5,735 persons In
the state last month, while 1,
171 others were given jobs in
government service.
Jobless insurance benefits,
which reached an all-time low
of $181,894 in October, contin
ued low this month. Last week's
total was $42,674. j
Since the first benefits were
paid on Jan. 2, 1938, Oregon's
jobless have received $9,684,254
compared with payments for all
states totalling $765,684,000.
.
Etna Mills Farmer
Killed Neath Tractor
Yreka. Cal., Nov. 29. (IP)
Lyman Armstrong of Etna
crawled under stalled tractor
to make adjustments and was
crushed to death as the heavy
machine sunk into the sand.
NAZI AIR RAIDER
T DOWN AT
SEA BY BRITISH:
Coastal Folks Watch Fray
Aerial Battle Is Reported
Off The Firth of Forth.
London, Nov. 29. (IP) An
air battle between British com
bat planes and a lone German
raider over the northeast coast
of England today resulted In
bringing down the Nazi plane at
sea. a British announcement
said.
British fighters rose to meet
the raider when it was sighted
approaching the Northumber
land coast.
Coastal residents lining the
shore watched the battle. After
the invader fell a lifeboat was
unable to find a trace of the
plane's occupants.
Another British steamer, the
1,023-ton Rubislaw, was added
to the list of mine victims off
the British coast. The Bubislaw
sank yesterday two minutes af
ter striking an explosive. Four
injured survivors were rescued
by a minesweeper and 13 others
were reported killed.
The air ministry, meanwhile,
reiterated that all its planes had
returned safely after machine
gunning three mine-laying sea
planes yesterday at Borkum, an
island base off the northwestern
coast of Germany.
"There is no truth whatever
in the German statement that
our aircraft flew over Holland,"
said the ministry,. . ... ' x
The German official news
agency DNB said one British
plane was forced down and
probably lost in the North Sea,
and that another flew over The
Netherlands to avoid the sea.
Fighting planes took to the
air again today as anti-aircraft
batteries along the Thames es
tuary began firing, but it was
learned later the shooting was
not due to a German raid, and
no alarm was sounded.
Three Scottish areas were ex
cited by aerial activity today
although no raid alarms were
sounded.
Planes were seen over the
Firth of Forth, an air battle was
reported over the southwest
Scottish town and a plane, seen
over another town, was Iden
tified as German.
An air ministry announce
ment Identified the Northumb
erland raider as a German Hein
kel plane which "dived vertical
ly into clouds toward the sea."
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Kansas City, Nov. 29. (IP)
Middlewestcrn grain circles are
manifesting concern over indica
tions of widespread damage to
farm stored wheat and corn
from weevils and other compli
cations, the Kansas City Star
says today,
"Evidence is rapidly piling up
from wide areas In the wheat
and corn belts," the Star says,
"that a large percentage of farm
stored grain, much of which is
pledged for government loans, is
being extensively damaged by
weevils and heating, due to lack
of facilities for keeping the grain
in condition."
In the past few weeks the
newspaper says, reports of mar
ketings have shown a consider
able increase in the number of
cars of wheat and corn grading
down because of storage dam
age. Many cars were reported as
grading sample, the( lowest
grade, due to excessive must,
heat damage and weevil dam
age. WooT Mart Firm
Boston, Nov. 29. (Pi-USDA)
Scattered sales of domestic
wools in the Boston market
were closed at firm prices to
day whenever sizable amounts
were taken.
Sweet Home, Nov. 29. HP)
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Russell,
publishers of the weekly news
paper New Era since 1931, an
nounced the sal? of their In
terests today to David T. Mac-Millan.
ALIEN AGITATOR
IN VERBAL CLASH
Bridges At Dock Strike
Parley Objects To The
Presence Of Executive.
San Francisco, Nov. 29. (AP)
A verbal clash between May
or Angelo J. Rossi and Harry
Bridges of the CIO preceded a
resumption by a threat of Gov
ernor Culbcrt L. Olson to take
whatever action was necessary,
short of martial law, includ
ing state operation of the har
bor, to end the 19-day-old strike.
Bridges expressed surprise
when he saw the mayor In the
meeting room, said the execu
tive had made "misstatements"
and he didn't "want him here"
if more such statements would
be forthcoming, and asked by
whom the mayor was invited.
Mayor Rossi replied he was
invited by John E. O'Connor,
department labor conciliator
from Seattle. He also said he
did not "relish" being In a
meeting with Bridges, but "my
position is as it . always has
been I'm not taking sides." He
said he was invited "as a repre
sentative of the people."
(The mayor recently sent a
message to President Roosevelt
regarding the current tie-up,
criticizing Bridges and refer
ring to him as "the alien."
Bridges is a native of Australia,
recently was the object of a de
portation hearing from which
no decision has come, and has
applied for U. S. citizenship.)
Both Rossi and Bridges were
in the meeting when it got un
lcrway., Meanwhile, four ships were
being worked at Oakland's mu
nicipal docks the first since
Nov. 14 under a "gentlemen's
agreement" between port au
thorities and union warehouse
men. Leading figures in national
labor affairs were present at
the negotiations here, includ
ing Dr. Louis Bloch of the mar
itime labor board, who arrived
today from Washington, D. C:
W. T. Courts, also of the mar
itime labor board, who has been
active in attempts to settle the
controversy, and O'Connor.
TOF
Washington, Nov. 29. (IP)
An increase of 3.6 per cent in
the cost of food during the three
months ended September 15
sent the cost of living for fami
lies of wage earners in 32 large
cities up 1.2 per cent for the
period.
Secretary Perkins, reporting
on the increase today, said the
rise in food costs occurred large
ly between the middle of August
and the middle of September al
though the cost of all items en
tering Into the survey, except
rents, was above the June level.
The changes in the costs of all
Items entering Into ' the budget
of wage earners and the change
in cost of food in the three
months included: Los Angeles.
up 0.4 and 2.3i Portland, Ore.,
up 0.8 and 2.7: San Francisco.
up 1.7 and 6.4; Seattle, up 0.9
and 4.0.
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Grand Coulee, Nov. 29 (IP)
Estimates of the bureau of recla
mation received here today
showed the $126,000,000 Grand
Coulee dam should be completed
by the summer of 1941, barring
emergencies or the interruption
of appropriations.
The estimates include the dam
proper, the west powerhouse and
the pumping plant for the recla
mation project.
The bureau estimated the first
water for the 1.200 000 acre
reclamation area could be pump
led in 1943
PLAN COULEE DAM
Radio Romance Hit
New Rochellc, N. Y., Nov.
29. (P) Romance on the
radio has aroused the collect
ive wrath of 600 Westchester
county clubwomen.
In a resolution adopted
unanimously, they called
upon radio chains to broad
cast fewer lover dramas and
provide more programs deal
ing with homemaking and
child training.
The resolution described
the Jove dramas as an "insult
to intelligent women."
DEATH COMES TO
LONG TIME GOLD
HILL RESIDENT
John Hammersley, prominent
native Oregonian and a resident
of Gold Hill for many years,
died early this morning in a
local hospital of a heart ail
ment. He would have been 79
ycHrs old next March 20.
Mr. Hammersley entered the
hospital nine days ago for med
ical treatment. He was getting
along so well that he was to
leave the hospital for home In a
day or two prior to going to
Portland for an operation in
tile Veterans hospital. He suc
cumbed, however, to a sudden
heart attack.
Despite his years, Mr. Ham
mersley was exceptionally alert
physically and mentally up to
the last. He was widely known,
loved and highly respected by a
large number of friends In
southern Oregon. He led a
colorful life that Included many
activities. He was once a gov
ernment hunter, editor of the
Gold Hill News and city re
corder of Gold Hill.
Funeral arrangements were
to be made by the Conger Fu
neral home.
Mrs. Maud E. Day.
Mrs. Maud E. Day, about 59',
a former resident of Mcdford,
died in Portland Tuesday even
ing after a two weeks' illness.
The body will be shipped to
Medford for burial Friday morn
ing. The Conger chapel is in
charge.
1
'S OFFER
Bucharest. Nnv 90 tm
Foreign Minister Grigore Ga
fencu today rejected a Hungar
ian SUfftfestlnn Rllmnnln
to terms with Hungary over
Transylvania as a prelude to
formation of a neutral bloc in
southeastern Europe.
Hungary lost Transylvania to
Rumania in the World war set
tlement and recently has re
doubled agitation for its return.
Speaking to the parliamentary
foreign affairs committee, Ga-
foncil expressed ftiirnrisn nt tha
Nov. 21 speech in which Hun
garian foreign minister Count
Stefan Csakv said thnt Rumania
should cooperate "in the forma
tion of a modern world In the
JJanube." This was interpreted
as a SUCBefttinn thnt anmi-A nn
Transylvania must precede a
larger neutrality pact.
NEUlLITYCOST
HEAVYJORTH IT
La Grande, Nov. 29. (IP)
Neutrality will cost the United
States heavily In shipping and
may exact our southern Ameri
can trade" but the price is worth
it, Rep. Pierce (R-Ore.) said yes
terday. "I'm willing to give all that to
Hitler as his second appeasement
if necessary," Pierce said.
Light Quake Noted
Portland Area Today
Portland, Nov. 29. (IP) Only
a few Portland residents whose
senses were sharpened by a
more serious tremor two weeks
ago felt the light earthquake
here early today. The shock
occurred nt about 1:15 a. m.,
corresponding with similar re
ports from Washington.
F
AT ART CRITICISM
OF REFUGEES' FOE
Wall St. Engineer Explains
Why Mrs. FDR Waved
Leaflet, Criticized Him.
New York, Nov. 29. (IP)
Henry Wlnslow Brooks, a 62-year-old
Industrial management
engineer, declared with a smile
today Mrs. Franklin D. Roose
velt was "sore" at him because
he criticized a nude statue last
summer.
That was the reason, Brooks
said, why she waved a leaflet at
a conference on refugee prob
lems last night and criticized
campaigns seeking to exclude
immigrant refugees from Ameri
can employment.
Brooks has an office In lower
Park avenue and is an advocate
of America for Americans. The
leaflet Mrs. Roosevelt displayed
carried a heading: "American
jobs for American citizens," and
was sent, she said, from an ad
dress In Park avenue. - Brooka
said the address was his.
"I can't understand," the
president's wife said as she
spoKe oi tne growth of "unrea
soning fear and prejudice"
against immigrant refugees, "the
patriotic organizations and
groups of people who print docu
ments iiKe wis.
"It would be verv Intpro.Hn
to know where the money for all
this comes from.
Brooks said he himself" tu .
nanced the nrintins nf 2 nnn
les of the pamphlet in question
which he mailed to friends and
organizations.
She s sore at me." Rrnnka
said today, "because of that
sculpture exhibit they had across
me street line annual outdoor
summer show, nf which ivr.
Roosevelt is a sponsor.)
I wrote her about n wulnrnrA
of a nude woman sitting on a
nude man's lan. called 'the am.
brace, and she wrote back to me
that she was not an art critic.
"I reDlied to her thnt iha
didn't have to be any critic of
art to see the statue was radical
and communistic."
' FATE
RESTS WITH JURY
New York. Nov. 2d JPt
The case of Fritz Kuhn, German-American
bund leader
charged with larceny and forg
ery, went to a lurv at ln-an
a. m. P.S.T. today.
Judge James O. Wallace
charged the jurors for two
hours and 20 minutes, and re
peatedly Instructed them to con
fine their deliberations to issues
Involved and to pay no atten
tion to any political Implica
tions In the case.
The jury went to lunch be
fore beginning deliberations.
Before beffinnine- hl
Judge Wallace rejected a last
minute defense mntlnn hv Palnn
L. F. Sabbatlno for a mistrial
on the grounds that the prose
cution s summation yesterday
distorted the facts of the case.
Night, Hazard Time
On Portland Streets
Portland. Nov. 29 (IP The
hours between 6 and 8 p. m. are
the most dangerous on Portland
streets and December i the
month of greatest peril.
A five-year traffic accident
chart covering from 1934 to 1938
COmolled bv the nnllre traffln
bureau showed that 179 of 219
deaths occurred at night.
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State Property Tax
Levy At $301 03
Salem, Nov. 29. (IP) The
1940 state property tax levy of
$301,203, first levy of its kind
In three years, was certified to
day to the Secretary of State,
who will certify It to the county
clerks. Also Included was the
elementary school levy of H,
798,184, which Is collected and,
spent by the counties.