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The Weather Comlderable cloudtneu to night and Thursday, not much change In temperature. " lll-hest jrstirday. ..51 Lowntt Hit lunrillns -3 Precipitation To 5 p. ra. yesterday .OS To S t. m. today T. Why Not Prepare To buy, iell. trade, rent or borrow uie the ClaMlfied Ada In thla iieWftfKiper. They pro Uut pleasing result! and the rot l small. tVhy not prepare your AdT. right novrf MEDFORD Tribune, Full Associated Press ltd Press Thirty-fourth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1939. No. 221. AT ATHE Washington, D. C, Dec. 6. More about wood coke, which has department of commerce, bureau of mines, forestry labor atory, army engineers and Presi dent Roosevelt, himself, excited as it may lead to establishing a steel industry in the Pacific northwest, and a market for Bonneville and Grand Coulee power. Bethlehem Steel declares wood coke is O. K., that it can be used instead of coke from coal, with a greater percentage of pure carbon than the latter, therefore makes better steel. From a laboratory of the bu reau of mines a batch of wood coke has been made from plain sawdust. Sample of this coke was taken last week to the forestry laboratory at Madison, Wis., where tests will be made to determine whether it can be produced cheap enough to be commercially profitable. ... IN SIMPLE language, the wood is cooked under pressure and heat and from it comes a dis tillate, which is tar. Then the wood (transformed by the proc ess) and the distillate are com bined and treated, resulting in coke of a very superior quality. It has not been demonstrated yet whether Douglas fir (prin cipal wood of Oregon-Washing ton forests) can produce enough goo, or distillate, but the ex perimenters say there is a pos sibility that the waste from pulp mills, which is now poured into the Willamette, Columbia and other rivers, can be used as dis tillate for the mix. pHIS latter possibility will re- ceive serious study, for if the waste from paper mills is suit able, one cause for stream pol lution can be eliminated; the waste being put to commercial purpose instead of being dump ed into western rivers and jeop ardizing fish life. For more than one reason the Pacific northwest is, therefore, concern ed in the discovery of wood coke. In the final analysis, the prob (Continued on Page Six ) E Reno, Ncv., Dec. 6. (U.R) Marriage licenses issued here to day included William P. Her ron. 36. San Simon, Ariz., and Gladys Eonge, 35, Ileppncr. Ore Miss Bngc. former vice-principal of Medford junior high rchool, resigned December 2. leaving for Arizona. She taught here for eight years and was prominent in home-talent the atrical circles Kuhn Enters Prison, Given Special Guard Ossining, N. Y., Dec. 6. (IP) Fritz Kuhn, the German-American Bund leader, became a special prisoner at Sing Sing today a man whom it was necessary to place in protective custody to guard him from po tential enemies. Kuhn, sentenced to serve from two and a half to five years on his conviction of grand larceny of Bund funds and forgery, arrived from New York shortly before noon. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS The Waits, Virginia and Wilson,- rushing down to the depot in the early morning fog Io greet a couple of music experts. Orbin Cooksey not being at all backward about explaining his excellent shooting ability while bagging Tule lake ducks. Bill Isaacs decidedly per turbed with himself for not playing better bridge and thus winning a prize. Rosalie Leslie making great plans for an oranEc bln."0m anil rice event scheduled for the very near future- F.R. FINNISH PEOPLE FOODJMNG President Studies Plans For Aid Wires Ernest Hope For Speedy End of War. Washington, Dec. 6. (fP) President Roosevelt conferred with Jesse Jones, Federal Loan administrator, and Norman Dav is, chairman of the Red Cross, today on new plans for extend ing help to the civilian popula tion of Finland. The conferences were held after Mr. Roosevelt had ex pressed to President Kallio of Finland his "earnest hope" the Russo-Finnish war would end soon so the little Baltic nation might continue her steady de velopment "untroubled." Jones said upon leaving the chief executive's office that the question of what might be done for the Finnish people, through the American govern ment's lending agencies, was under discussion. No Decision No decisions were reached, he said, but if anything is done it may be a move toward get ting to the Finnish people things to eat and wear. Specificaly, he mentioned cot ton, corn and wheat products of which this country has a sur plus. Davis followed Jones into conference and told reporters afterward that he, also, had talked with the president about relief for Finland. Much is being done already, he said, mentioning the dispatch to Finland of an airplane with a cargo of medicine. Mr. Roosevelt's consideration of new methods of extending non-military aid to Finnish civil ians followed a disclosure at his nress conference yesterday that the next payment on the Fin nish war debt, expected Decem ber 15, would be segregated in the treasury pending a deter mination by congress whether the money should be used to help the Finnish people. Hopes For Peace The president cabled the Fin nish leader on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of Fin land's independence. "This anniversary," said Mr. Roosevelt, "on which the Fin nish people recall with pride the achievement of their inde pendence gives me yet another welcome occasion to voice the whole-hearted esteem felt for them and for their government by the people and government of the United States. "It is my earnest hope that these tragic days may not be long in giving way to a happier era to permit the Finnish people to continue, untroubled, the (Continued on Page ren ) IIS 'I. RAINIER' Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 6. (IP) The state of Washington's most ludicrous feud ended today when tbe Tacoma chamber of commerce agreed to call Mount Rainier Mount Rainier. For scores of years Tacomans have doggedly stuck to their contention the massive moun tain's name was Mount Tacoma. Tacoma's 100,000-odd citizens shouted the name every chance they got. The rest of the state chuckled. All that ended today. The chambers directors, acting on suggestions by several civic or ganizations, approved a resolu tion that 'in the future Tacoma's famous mountain will be known as Mount Rainier." Radio Highlights By the Associated Press. (Pacific Standard Time.) Tonight: Talks WJZNBO 4:45. Senator E. R. Burke on "National Health Program"; WJZ-NBC 7. Thomas E. Dewey before Minneapolis Republican meeting: Europe WABC-CBC 5:55; MBS 6, 6:15; WEAF-NBC east 8. Thursday: Europe NBC Chains 5 a. m.; WABC-CBS 5 a. m., 3:30 p. m.; American In dustry Congress. WEAK NBC 3:30. Roundtablc on Infontile Paralysis campaign. War Bulletins London, Dec. 6 (PI Tht 8.196 -ion British steamer Huntiman was reported reli ably today to be mining and probably lost. Copenhagen Dec. 6 (IP) The 2, 135-ton Danish steamer Ove Toft sank today after striking a mine in the North ea. Six members of the crew of 21 were missing. The oth ers were picked up by nearby ships. London. Dec. (P) Reu ters news agency reported from Stockholm today that 50 Italian airplanes had been delivered to Finland by air. London, Dec. 6. (IP) The house of commons tonight voted approval of the government's conduct of the war, 303 to 125. The vote was against a labor motion criticizing the way the government was organizing the nation's manpower and re sources for the conflict. London, Dec. 6 (IP) Auihv ilative sources disclosed today that British firms had arranged to supply a score of fighting planes and "a considerable quantity" of other war mate rials to Finland. STATE, COUNTY LEVY TO BE 13.2 ILLS The state and county tax levy for Jackson county for the com ing year will be 13.2 mills. In side Ashland, which levies its own general road and county library funds, the tax levy will be 11.6 mills. The amount to be raised by tax is $451,416. 5a as certified in the approved county budget. The tax millage is two-tenths of a mill more than last year. when it was 13 mills. The slight increase is due to the state general fund levy of .3 of a mill. The millage by funds is as follows: State elementary schools, mills; General county, 4.4; State tax, .3; General county schools school library, 3.; County library, .2; General road fund, 1.4; Market road fund, 1.; General bridge fund, .9; 1.6 and Crater Lake highway redemption, .2; Crater Lake highway bond bond interest, .2. In addition to the above, there are city levies, for each of the incorporated towns of the coun ty, and the school district levies. JESSEL'S EX-WIFE FEARS VIOLENCE West Palm Beach, Fla., Dec, 6. IIP) George Jessel was placed under a 51,000 peace bond today by his former wife. Norma Talmadge, in the court of Peace Justice T. M. Rick- ards. Miss Talmadge, former star of the screen, said in a formal com plaint she feared Jessel would do her bodily harm. State Attorney Phil O'Con ncll represented Jessel but did not directly Contest the action. The bond was posted. It was signed by Arthur Hammerstein, Jr., and John H. Dalton. Miss Talmadge came to West Palm Beach several days ago. Jessel arrived this morning in a private plane from New York. T Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 6. IIP) ' Weary and discouraged search ers renewed the hunt today for Winnie Ruth Judd, mad mur deress who they believed still was hiding within a short dis tance of the Arizona state hos pital for the Insane, from which she escaped for the second time three days ago. Admittedly without a tangible clue as to the whereabouts of the 34-year-old "blonde tigress," Arizona authorities ran down every tip and confessed they were perplexed at the latest .opcode in the spectacular career I of the insane killer. I TO LAST Reassurance Given People On Anniversary of Inde pendenceVictories Told By Lynn Helnzerling. Helsinki, Dec. 6. (IP) With all Finland fearing a new blow from her Soviet Russia neigh bor, President Kyoesti Kallio. in an Independence Day speech today toll the Finns they coulfi "absolutely trust" their army to fulfill its "heroic duty" in re sisting the Russian invasion. -. Finnish officials expressed particular pleasure over a con gratulatory message from Presi dent Roosevelt on the 22nd an niversary of freedom from Rus sia. The message was broad cast, followed by "Tlje Star Spanglcd Banner." Bolstering Finland's courage, the government announced that 2,000 Russian troops had been captured since the invasion started last Thursday, and that 64 Russian tanks had bepn do stroyed. Despite the war, President Kallio and his government held their customary Independence Day reception for the diplo matic corps. History Repeats. "We have been forced to ob serve our independence anni versary under conditions which have horrified everybody," the president said "History repeats itself, since during hundreds of years our people have received fate's heaviest blows from the same source." A govern ment spokesman again today emphasized Russian losses had - beau, "very grcnt compared to those of Finland. After a heavy snow this morn ing, the skies cleared somewhat and the few residents of de serted Helsinki went about their tasks with anxious eyes watch ing the dark skies. It was stated Russian planes had been sighted yesterday over Esbo, a few miles west of Hel sinki. Authorities speculated the Russians may be seeking a place near the capital for land ing infantry troops by para chute. Russia Humiliated. The gulf outside Helsinki is thickly mined and the ap proaches arc well fortified, mak ing extremely difficult any at tempt by the Russian fleet to get close enough to shore to land troops. Political circles felt the Rus sian command could not long endure the "humiliation" of be ing held at bay by a nation of Finland's size. New snow today was greeted enthusiastically by military au thorities. They counted it a heavy advantage for Finland's famous skiing machine-gunners and infantrymen. No cannonading whs heard in Helsinki itself today. JOE E. BROWN IN Los Angeles, Dec. 6. (IP) Joe E. Brown, the motion pic ture comedian, was injured in an automobile accident today. At a hospital where he was taken, his son, Don, said h:s father was shaken and bruised and received minor cuts but no bones were broken. "He will be here for a few days," young Brown said. Police investigators said his auto and one driven by Charles G. Wheeler, 65, collided on Sun set Boulevard near the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles. Albany Bright Spot In Job Providing Salem. Dec. 6. (IP) The Al bany office of the state em ployment service, center of the state's turkey industry, led the state by finding Jobs during November for 1,603 persons. Portland was second with 978. Figures for other cities In cluded: Klamath Falls 522, Eu gene 377, Koseburg 339, New port 313, Salem 256. Ontario 302, Corvallis 205, Medford 53 and Pendleton 35 Russian Bombers Sc er Death and Ruin X xx f: 7 !' : V '. i , . -. ff mmimWM : mm I This debris-littered street shows a portion of the damage io a residential section of Helsinki, caused by raiding Russian planes which dropped their bombs as Finland was attacked by land, sea and air. More than a hundred civilians were re ported killed In a series of raids. This picture was transmitted from London io New York by radio. Above the city seven Russian bombing planes are shown during one of the many attacks upon the capital. GIRL VICTIM TELLS BY Merced, Calif., Dee. 6. (IP) Prospects of going to a fashion able school in San Francisco, with pretty clothes, lured Doro thy Thompson, 14, to leave her Livingston home with Merrill Busby, 28, she told a superior court Jury here. The school girl was the first prosecution witness yesterday against Busby, charged of child stealing, abduction and conspir acy. He was Jointly accused with his sister, Sally Stanford, and Dorothy Hcber, both of San Francisco, but later they won' a separate trial, scheduled for next Monday. Dorothy testified Busby took her to San Francisco last Sep tember 13. kept her in various hotels until September 18, and then took her to Oregon, telling her the police were looking for him. They lived at a tourist camp at Cave Junction. Ore., until federal men took them into custody, she said. Orange, Tex., Dec. 6. (IP) Chairman Martin Dies (D-Tex) of the house committee investi gating tin Americanism disclosed through a secretory today that Leon Trotsky and Diego Rivera, famed Mexican muralist, would testify this month on commun ist activities in Latin-America. The committee, Secretary Robert E. Stripling said, prob ably will hear Trotsky and Rivera "somewhere near the Mexican border" before Jan. 3, "v. i "f' V Russians Attempt to Drive Wedge in Northern Finland Kirkencs, Norway (at the Finnish Frontier), Dec. 6. (IP) On this 22nd anniversary of Finnish independence, a Soviet Russian army was reported to have driven almost a fifth of the way across northern Finland apparently under orders to cut the country in two. This army was said to havei penetrated 35 miles into Fin land, reaching Kuolajarvl, on the seventh day of the war, and leaving only 150 miles to be traversed before Finland would bo bisected. Completion of the drive would put red forces on the Swedish border. Just beyond the border lip Sweden's rich Iron mines. Observers saw in the relentlessly developing Rus sian strategy a great menace to Sweden apart from the disas ter it might mean for Finnish troops in the far north. Region Uninhabited Finnish sources contended the Russian advance was dis counted in advance because the region already penetrated is practically uninhabited. The I Finns declared the invaders would encounter "unbreakable" resistance when they reached Finnish defense positions west of Kuolajarvl. The base of this Russian cross country thrust was reported to be Kandalaksha, at the western most extremity of the While sea, railway station nearest of the Finnish border in that re gion. Kandalaksha lies 50 miles east of the Finnish border. In reaching Kuolajarvl, the Russians also gained access to a ; good highway running 110 miles northwest to the important com h t 6 munlcations center of RovanI cmi, where Finland's Arctic highway continues northeast to Petsamo and a railway runs southward to the Gulf of Both nia between Finland and Swe den. Red Troops Land To support this drive, the Soviet Union continued the landing of thousands of troops along Petsamo Fjord and aerial forays for rcconnoiterin? and bombing. Finns, fighting stubbornly in the cold and twilight of the Arctic, told of repulsing spora dic Russian attacks and of shoot ing down a Russian bombing plane. A detachment of 200 red soldiers, apparently paijt of the parachute infantry dropped In northern Finland, was said to have been captured near.Salml Jarvi on the Finnish-Norwegian border. Happy at Last Eugene, Dec. 6. (IP) Happi ness has come late in life to Lea is Josephsen, 71. He's ap plied for license to wed Mrs. Anna Laura Pollock, 80. "I'm happier than I've ever been," the prospective bridegroom de clared as he prepared for the nptrials. The two have only known each other for two weeks. in Helsinki 4 . 1). S. REPLACES SOVIET AS NO. 1 SUSPECT IN Tokyo, Dec. 6. (IP) Tht United States was portrayed In the press today as the potential foe of Japan, replacing Soviet Russia in that position. Although Yakichtro Sums, the foreign office spokesman, declared strengthening of the American fleet in the Orient was not regarded by Japan as threat, the newspaper Miyako took a different view. "If America docs not want war with Japan, she must re consider her attitude toward this country," it stated editori ally. (On Dec. 1, the United States fleet at Manila was augmented by arrival of six 1,400-ton sub marines, announced as intended for normal replacement pur poses. No announcement was made regarding disposition of six older-type submarines al ready at Manila, however.) Miyako said the Japanese be lieved the naval move was de signed to intimidate Japan into meeting American terms for a new trade treaty. The old treaty denounced by the United States, is scheduled to expire Jan. 26. Lakeview, Ore., Dec. 6. (1P Funeral services were held at the Methodist church today for Sheriff Herbert H. Caroll. 45, who died Monday. The sheriff returned recently from San Francisco where he underwent a major operation.
