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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.