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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 193f
No. 216.
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, AT THE
I Washington, D. C, Nov. 30.
i Communists who paint Soviet
Russia as a land of progress,
i never explain that Portland,
Ore., has 5,000 more passenger
J autos than the entire U.S.S.R.,
4 that Seattle has 15.000 more
j passenger cars than in ail the
land dominated by Joe Stalin
. (originally Djugasvilli). The
Soviets last year had a total
, of 85,418 such automobiles.
I United States bureau of pub-
I lie roads has compiled some in-
yteresting figures on the motor
'' ists of Oregon and Washington
; (figures for 1938) which are
j likely to open the eyes of the
I motorists themselves. For In
I stance: Oregon motorists pay 50.2
j per cent of the total state taxes;
j Washington mtorists pay 32.7
j per cent of the total state taxes
J and the national average of
j state taxes paid by motorists is
j 37 per cent.
I
1 1?Or auto fees, gas, etc., Ore-
j gon motorists in 1938 cough-
5 ed up $13,837,000, and the state
total taxes were $27,581,000.
j Washington motorists paid $18,
963,000 of the $45,689,000 state
! taxes. Only ten states receive
j a higher percentage of state
j taxes from motorists than Ore
! gon, and motorists in eight
i states pay a lower percentage
! than Washington.
IN Washington motor sales
taxes, In addition to gas and
j registration fees, bring into
j the state treasury $1,495,911
j (estimate). These taxes, which
I are not imposed in Oregon, are
broken down thus: new cars,
! $445,191; new trucks, $102,037;
! used motor vehicles, $352,212;
parts and accessories, $317,441;
! tires and tubes, $135,231; lubri
' eating oil, $143,799.
i ...
IT HAS. long been an argument
. where the "saturation point"
is reached. In the statistics,
Oregon stands in third place in
the United States of population
per passenger car. California is
first with 2.8 people per pas
senger car; Nevada second with
3:3; Oregon with 3.5. Washing
ton state is in sixth place with
3.8, while Michigan, heart of
the motor industry, has seventh
place with 3.8. The far west
leads the nation in number of
passenger cars per population,
(Continued on Page eight I
25,000 TURKEYS
LEFT IN VALLEY
Turkey growers of the Rogue
River valley sold 30,000 fowls,
during the double Thanksgiving
period, leaving around 25.000
birds for the Christmas, New
Years, and late winter trade, ac
cording to Swift & Company es
timates. This year's turkey pro
duction was about 56,000, and
it is figured 53 per cent of this
total went to market.
Turkeys were quoted locally
today at 15c per pound for toms,
and 19c for hens. It was ex
pected the eastern market
Christmas opening price would
be made late this afternoon.
SIDE GLANCES
by
- TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Eva Hamilton telling a group
of awed spectators about her
recent journey to Diamond lake
in the wee hours of the morn
ing. Helen Leach swinging a mean
baton while directing the at
tractive and excellent junior
high school orchestra.
Harriet Sparrow looking very
firt-night-play-goingish in a red
and black cape affair.
A number of "Hay Fever"
attTuInnt . smiply roaring with
laughter at the gay comedy.
Land. Sea.
Stage Sudden Sorties;
Capital City Bombed
Kirkencs, Far Northern Norway, Nov. 30. (IP) Finnish
towns 200 miles above the Arctic circle were partly destroyed
by Soviet bombing planes today as Russia carried her air
operations to the Norwegian border.
Russian airplanes several times today attacked the main
Finnish road which runs to Petsamo and at several points
touches the Jakob-Selven river, which forms the Finnish-Norwegian
boundary in that area.
An ordinary omnibus carrying mail between Petsamo and
Enare was machine-gunned by warplanes.
Five Finnish refugees, all women and children, reached
Kirkencs.
By Lyn Heinzerling
Helsinki, Nov. 30. (IP)
(5:20 p.m. 7:20 a.m. PST)
Russian bombing planes set the
southwestern section of Helsinki
afire today in a sudden land,
sea and air invasion of Finland.
After Soviet bombers roared
over the capitol in successive
raids, the sky over southwestern
Helsinki was red early tonight
with the glare of burning build
ings hit during the afternoon's
bombardment.
Several bodies were recov
ered in the streets and the
wreckage of buildings in the
early evening. The number of
dead and injured could not be
determined immediately.
Starts Early in Day
The Soviet invasion began
early today, with infantry ad
vancing into Finnish territory
on the Isthmus of Karelia under
heavy artillery fire.
Soon bombing planes were
dropping explosives on the port
of Viipuri (Viborg), about 65
miles from the Soviet frontier.
and Red warships had begun
seizing Finnish islands in the
Gulf of Finland. '
President Kyoesti Kallio de
clared the country to be "in a
state of war," issuing a decree
for defense and the mainten
ance of law and order of the
Finnish Republic."
Finnish defense forces were
rallied quickly into action, and
anti-aircraft batteries fought
bitterly against the attacking
Red squadrons.
It was estimated ten Soviet
planes were shot down, of which
two fell in Helsinki.
After a preliminary bombing
of Helsinki's Malm airport on
the outskirts of the city, the So
viet bombers began attacking
the city proper shortly after 1
p.m. (8 a.m., EST).
Bladings Wrecked
The Helsinki Institute of
Technology was almost wrecked
and several apartment houses
(Continued on Page Nine.)
Bombs Punctuate Story of
Correspondent in Helsinki
(Editor's note: In the midst of a new air bombardment of
Helsinki by Soviet Russian planes, Lyn Heinzerling, the Associ
ated Press correspondent In the Finnish capital, today tele
phoned the following story to the outside world via Copenhagen.)
By Lyn Heinzerling
Helsinki, Nov. 30. (IP)
Fourteen Soviet planes were
seen near Helsinki early this
afternoon, but no bombs were
dropped at first.
The United States legation
has arranged for quarters at
Grankulla, but has not yet de
cided to evacuate.
Soberly thoughtful as his of
fice received reports from var
ious points, Finnish foreign min
ister Eljas Erkko made the fol
lowing statement to the Associ
ated Press:
(Here the telephone communi
cation was interrupted by the
crash of a bomb. "People out
side are running for cover," said
Heinzerling. "An air raid warn
mo ha nnt vet been sounded.
and they were caught unawares.
Now continue fcrkko. )
"Despite the fact that we have
shown to the last a willingness
to trv to find a peaceful solu
tion of the difficulties which
have arisen between Finland
and Russia in the face of the
Soviet demands and despite the
fact we have tried all means
nnctihlp to avoid any conflict
on the frontier, we have been
attacked today.
"As a reason for the attack
the pretext was used that we
Invaded Russian territory and
our troops threatened Leningrad
Air Forces
OF
EXPANSION PLAN
By the Associated Pre
The Russian invasion of Fin
land marks another stride in the
Soviet program of expansion
which was fully launched Sep
tember 17 when the red army
joined that of Adolf Hitler in
the partitioning of Poland.
Finland is the fourth northern
nation formerly a part of the
Russian empire to stand in the
path of Moscow's efforts to re
gain all the strategic power held
by the czars. A nation of about
3,364,000 population, she con
fronts a great power of 165,000.
000 people.
Negotiations Failure
Russia, successful in gaining
military, naval and air base con
cessions from the three small
Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia
and Lithuania, sought to extend
her zone of influence into Fin
nish territory but the negotia
tions collapsed November 13.
Three separate attempts to
reach an agreement in Moscow
failed.
Beginning with Russia's invi
tation on October 7 to Finland
to "talk it over," the negotia
tions were cloaked in secrecy
until, on October 31, the Soviet
demands were divulged by
Vyachesiaff Molotoff, Russian
premier-foreign minister, in his
report at the meeting of the
supreme Soviet in Moscow.
Molotoff said Russia first
wanted a mutual assistance pact
similar to those negotiated with
the three Baltic states. That
(Continued on Page rwelvei
"We haven't done anything of
the kind."
(The sirens of passing ambu
lances drowned the conversation
here, and then there was a
crash as another bomb fell near
by.) "Our troops were on border
duty only for possible attack
against Finland, and what hap
pencd today showed we have
done right. Our frontier has
been bombarded and Finnish
territory occupied.
"Our capital has been twice
attacked and Viborg (Viipuri,
east of Helsinki) has been at
tacked even more severely, and
the Ensoe hospital has been des
troyed." (Here Heinzerling interjected
"there's a big cloud of smoke
outside." Then he continued
with Erkko's statement.)
"We think this is the purest
aggression imaginable. We be
lieved in the non-aggrpssion pact
which was to have been in force
without the right of unilateral
denunciation until 1945, and we
think it is still in force. .
"Although the Russians de
nounced it, they had no right to
do it because, first, according
to the treaty conciliation
should "
(Here the telephone connec
tion from Heinzerling to the
Associated Press bureau In Cop
enhagen was broken because the
, time limit was up.)
I War Bulletins
London, Nov. 30. (IP) Reu
ters, British news agency, re
ported in a dispatch from Stock
holm today that Soviet troops
landed on Hango, island off the
south Finnish coast on which
Russia had demanded the right
to establish a naval base.
The landing was made after
an air bombardment, Reuters
said.
London. Nov. 30 (IP) The
2,700-ton British steamer Sheaf
Crest was reported sunk by a
mine off the southeast British
coast today. Twenty-nino sur
vivors were landed, a number
of them injured.
Paris. Nov. 30. (IP) The
high command's communique
tonight announced that "one
of our patrols successfully at
tacked an enemy submarine."
Of the war on the western
front the communique said
merely, "usual activity of our
patrols."
Stavanger, Norway, Nov. 30.
(IP) Two British warships, one
apparently a large cruiser, ar
rived at Haugvaldstad near here
today, towing a damaged sub
marine marked TR-53. Resi
dents believed the British ships
had been in a battle reported
off the coast yesterday between
warships and airplanes. From
shore, men could be seen work
ing on the submarine's after
deck. JOSEPH T. GAGNON
LONG A RESIDENT
TAKEN BY DEATH
JoseDh T. Ga&nnn. 77 a rpsi.
dent of Jackson county for the
past 32 years, died early this
morning in a local hospital fol
lowing a brief illness. His nass-
ing came as a shock to his many
friends here and in Jackson
ville, as he worked steadily up
until two weeks ago and always
appeared in the best of health.
Funeral services will be held
at 9 a. m. Saturday in Sacred
Heart Catholic church, the Rev.
F. W. Black officiating. He
will be buried in the family plot
in Odd Fellows cemetery. The
Rosary will-be held at the Con
ger funeral chapel at 7:30 p. m.
Friday.
Born in St. Agnes, Quebec,
banana,, on wovemDer 1, luisz,
Mr. Gagnon moved with his
wife to Jacksonville in 1907
There he operated a sawmill
and a year later moved tn Mod
ford, where he rpsirir-H until
his death. With his wife he
lived at 341 South Oakdale
avenue.
During his lone residence I
Medford, Mr. Gagnon became
affiliated with several sawmill
and later followed the contract
ing profession, which he was
engaged in at the time of his
death. For a time he was as
sociated with the Jacksonville
Medford railroad, some 25 years
ago.
Mr. Gagnon is survived by
his wife, Emma, of Medford:
one adopted daughter, Mrs. Val
entine Coulon of Berlin, Maine:
three brothers, Thomas, Millien
and Frank Gagnon, all of Que
bec, and one sister, Mrs. Boudris
of Quebec. There are also sev
eral cousins, nieces and
nephews.
CONTINUE PEACE EFFORT
IN S. F. MARINE STRIKE
San Francisco. Nov. 30. (IP)
Waterfront strike settlement ef
forts continued today with Dr.
Louis Bloch. U. S. maritime
iabor board mediator, opti
mistic over the outcome despite
any surface evidence of
progress.
"I don't think they're so far
apart," Bloch said.
BULLETIN
. Final at Providence, R. I.,
Rutgers 0. Brown 13.
At Lexington, Ky., Tennessee
19, Kentucky 0.
At Chapel Hill. N. C. Vir
ginia 0-0, North Carolina 7-19.
At Tulsa, Okla., Arkansas 23,
Tulsa 0.
At Charlotte. N. C, Wake
Forest 46, Davidson 7.
OF
Invasion Of Finland Must;
Result in Fresh Suffering
And Loss To Innocents.
London, Nov. 30. (IP)
Prime Minister Chamberlain to
day declared Russia's invasion
of Finland was a "fresh attack
on a small, independent nation
which must result in fresh suf
fering and loss of life to an
innocent people."
He told the house of commons
the British government "deeply
regret" the invasion and stated
the government's belief it was
not justified by the issues at
stake.
Chamberlain spoke in answer
to a private notice question by
Clement Attlee, the opposition
laborite leader.
After reviewing the Russian
demands in Finland, Chamber
lain declared the British govern
ment "found it difficult to be
lieve that strategic measures of
such scope and importance as
were suggested should have
been considered necessary to
protect the Soviet Union against
a country as small as Finland.'
Members of Parliament
cheered this and other state
ments indicating sympathy to
ward Finland.
When Parliament's only com
munist member, William Gal-
lacher sought to ask Chamber
lain a question he was greeted
by shouts qf other M.P.'s to "sit
downl "Sit dowfhl" ;
Gallacher began by referring
to Lord Baldwin s famous state
ment "our frontier is on the
Rhine," and the speaker of the
house intervened with the re
mark, "you are asking questions
about another part of the
world."
Gallacher was howled down.
IS SOLO BY PECH
R. L. Hollcnbcck, La Grande
business man, has purchased the
Liberty meat market, 206 West
Main street in this city, from
Emil R. Pech. The new owner
will immediately assume active
management of the well known
market and a complete line of
prepared sea foods and fresh
fish will be featured in addi
tion to the same quality meats
as previously sold by the Lib
erty market, it was announced
Don Bieberstcdt, meat cutter
who has been on the Liberty
meat market staff for the past
five and one-half years, will
continue to serve the public un
der the new management.
After 31 years devoted to
serving the people of southern
Oregon, Emil Pech will rctireJ
irum active uusiness luiiowing
the sale of his concern to Mr.
Ilollenbcck. During his many
years of business activity here
Mr. Pech has made a host of
friends, who, while regretting
the fact that he Is leaving the
Liberty market, will welcome
the news that he will enjoy
well deserved rest. Mr. and
Mrs. Pech will leave soon for an
extended vacation trip at the
coast.
R. L. Hollcnbcck, new owner
of the Liberty meat market, is
now establishing a permanent
home for his family In Med
ford. Mrs. Hollcnbcck, a son and
daughter, will reside here while
two older sons are associated
with the Union Pacific system
in eastern Oregon.
320 AMERICANS LISTED
IN FINNISH TERRITORY
Washington, Nov. 30. (IP)
State department reports show
that as of last January 1 there
were 320 Americans in Finland
and 400 Americans in Russia.
Destroyer Aground
Washington, Nov. 30. (IP)
The navy was notified today
that the destroyer Reuben James
of the Atlantic neutrality patrol
was aground about 25 miles off
Lnhns C'nv liuht. nn the North
'coast of Cuba
Nothing New Learned in
Flying Visit To Hearing,
Says She Causes Flurry
New York, Nov. 30. (IP)
Rep. Martin Dies (D., Tex.),
chairman of the committee In
vestigating un-American activi
ties, said here today he was re
turning to Texas to rest for a
month under doctor's orders.
Because of that, he said, !t
was necessary to cancel a speech
in Detroit tomorrow night ana
one in Toledo Saturday night.
Meanwhile, because of a
shortage of funds and lack of
time, he said his committee
would continue hearings only
for about four or five days.
' Washington, Nov. 30. (IP)
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, at
tired all in green, paid a flying
visit to the Dies committee to
day, listened to 50 minutes of
testimony and went away "dis
appointed." "There's nothing that we
don't already know," she told
acting Chairman Starnes (D
Ala.) at the end of her visit.
"I'm disappointed. I thought I
would hear something new."
The first lady had intended
being present while officials of
the American Youth Congress,
which she has defended against
charges it was communist-controlled,
testified. However, all
the time she attended a Detroit
NcgrOy William' O. Nowcll, was
on tho stand talking about com
munist activities in this coun
try.
Visit Causes Flurry
Mrs. Roosevelt's arrival
caused quite a flurry of excite
ment in the committee room.
She had said Monday she would
be willing to appear as a wit
ness if she had any information
especially about the youth
congress that the committee
thought would be helpful.
But she soon set at rest spec
ulation over whether she might
testify by saying she had drop
ped in merely as a spectator.
She declined Starnes' invitation
to sit at the committee table and
chose a seat among officers of
the youth congress, with whqm,
from time to time, she ex
changed whispers.
BY
Washington, Nov. 30. (IP)
Representative Smith (D., Wn.)
asserted today that the United
States should recall its ambas
sador to Russia as a rebuke for
the Boviet's "cowardly and
brutal attack on little peace-
loving Finland and also because
of the communistic propaganda
in our own country emanating
from Moscow."
This action, he added In a
statement, "would at least show
how the United States regards
the conduct of the regime of
Stalin."
26 States Enjoy
Traditional
By the Associated Press
Residents of 26 states ob
served Thanksgiving today
while the rest of the nation went
about its ordinary business the
turkey and the celebrations only
a week-old memory.
The 26 were, mostly states
which did not accept President
Roosevelt's proclamation desig
nating the holiday one week
earlier than usual. But they In
cluded three Colorado, Missis
sippi and Texas which ob
served both days.
Business generally took less
of a holiday than it did - last
week, for many of the populous
centers are situated in states
which chose the earlier observ
ance. There are financial mar
kets of Importance in only three
of the states having a holiday
today. The District of Columbia
celebrated a week ago, under
the president's proclamation;
Waits Sentence
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Frits Kuhn (above). Bund
leader, who was found guilty
of stealing the organization's
funds, and falsifying records,
will be sentenced December 5.
BY ITALIAN PRESS
By the Associated Press
Reaction in European capitals
to Russia's invasion of Finland
showed a cleavage among axis
powers and sharp Indignation
and anxiety in the tiny Baltic
countries.
Italian newspapers showed
outspoken sympathy for Fin
land.
While German sources said
tho Nazis were "sympathetic to
Russia," the press o Italy, Ger
many's axis partner, denounced
Russias brutal pressure."
Spain, closely associated with
Italy and Germany during her
civil war, expressed sympathy
for Finland's resistance against
the Soviets and praised United
States efforts to mediate the dis
pute.
The Spanish newspaper ABC
said:
'The whole world's sympathy
goes out to Finland in its re
sistance against her brutal, cyni
cal neighbor."
Norwegians and Danes ex
pressed grief for Finland and
indignation at Russia.
IANS SHOOT
AT
Budapest, Nov. 30. (IP) Re
ports from the Ruthenian fron
tier today said Russian soldiers
had opened fire on a number
of Hungarian sentries.
mere was no official con
firmation, but it was learned
tension had been caused In the
frontier region by the shipment
into Huinenia of Russian prooa-
ganaa pamphlets which were
reported to have been seized
by Hungarian military authori
ties.
(Ruthenia is now the com
mon frontier between Hungary
and the Russian-occupied parts
of Poland. Hungary took Ru
thenla after the collapse of
Czechoslovakia.)
Turkey on
Holiday Date
and government officers In
Washington were functioning as
usual today. But federal em
ployes In many states enjoyed
a second holiday.
New England declined to
change its historic observance
and Plymouth, Mass., prepared
a 17th century pageant and
feast commemorating the first
Thanksgiving. Governors of 46
states contributed native foods
for a banquet tonight climaxing
the celebration.
The states celebrating today,
In addition to those with dou
ble holidays, are:
Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona,
Connecticut, Florida, Idaho.
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine,
Massachusetts, Minnesota, Neb
raska, Nevada, New Hampshire,
New Mexico, North Carolina,
Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South
Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont and
Wisconsin.
KUHN GUILTY ON
ALL FIVE COUNTS
IS
Bund Leader's Sentence Due
December 5 Counsel
May Face Penalty Also.
New York, Nov. 30. (JP)
Fritz Kuhn, portly Fuehrer of
the German-American Bund,
convicted of stealing $1,217 In
bund funds and falsifying rec
ords, will face a maximum of
30 years imprisonment when ha
comes up for sentencing Decem
ber 3.
He merely blinked his be
spectacled eyes and said noth
ing at all last night when a
Jury of businessmen, after de
liberating eight hours and thir
ty minutes, found him guilty on
all five counts of grand larceny
and forgery which had been left
to its decision. He showed no
emotion as he was led across
the Bridge of Sighs into musty
Tombs prison.
Counsel Warned
Judge James G. Wallace gave
Kuhn's attorney, Peter L. F.
Sabbatino, permission to post
pone until the day of sentencing
any motions he might care to
make. The attorney did not in
dicate the possible nature of
such motions.
The judge also told Sabbatino
he would "continue the question
of what action I shall take for
your conduct throughout this
trial until that day (Dec. 5) or
the day after." The. judge and
the attorney had clashed several
times in the trial, which began
November 9. Yesterday, th
Judge told Sabbatino, "you nev
er seem to realize you are in
a courtroom at a trial; you ima
gine you're on a political ros
trum." Kuhn, who was born In Ger
many and became a naturalized'
American citizen, had based his
(Continued on Page Three )
P.O. REMODELING
Thanks to the $170,000 post
office remodeling project, Med
ford 's building activity reached
an all-year high In November
with permits valued at $191,080
being issued from the city build
ing inspector's office.
The figure was a tremendous
increase over the $10,710 of No
vember in 1938, and over tha
$20,723 total of October of thit
year, and was by far the largest
of 1939.
There were 18 permits issued,
four of them being for the con
struction of new residences to
taling $14,500. One $3,000 per
mit was Issued for the construc
tion of a new business, five were)
for repairs to residences at a
cost of $545, five were for business-building
r e p a i rs costing
$900 and two were for the erec
tion of private garages costing
$133.
HONOLULU CLIPPER IN
RECORD ZEALAND HOP
San Francisco, Nov. 30. (IP)
The Honolulu Clipper com
plctcd the fastest round-trip
San Francisco - New Zealand
flight on record today prepara
tory to the contemplated estab
lishment of regular service.
Application for a permit la
before the Civil Aeronautics
authority.
The Honolulu Clipper left its
Treasure Island base here Nov.
18. The round-trip to New Zea
land approximated 16,000 miles.
Radio Highlights
By the Associated Press.
. (Time is Pacific Standard.)
Tonight: Eprope WABC-CB8
5:55, 8; MBS 6, 7:15; WEAF-NBC-East
8.
WJZ NBC 6:30, America's
Town Meeting, "What kind of
peace can Europe make?"
Friday: Europe NBC chain
3 a. m.: WABC-CBS 9 a. m,
3:30 p. m. '