Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, December 13, 1939, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight and Thursday with ihovera ton if hi, little change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday 4? Lowest this morning .. U Advertise Why not get aoma additional Christmas money by selling off articles around the home you no longer need? Ton ran make someone leas fort u na te happy and hate more money to spend Advertise! Medford Tribune Full Associated Press Full Unittd Praia Thirty-fourth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, V No. 227. iL(ITI(iljl m JvLl UEABi RES AT AtHE I HER NATIONS I SeekHelp I HflMffll INVITED TO GIVE TTl .. MM AID TO FINLAND V . 3 Washington, D. C, Dec. 13. What worries everyone in the national capitol is his or her job. Fear of being separated from the government payroll hangs suspended over every head like the sword of Damocles. There is no exception to the rule, whether it is the occupant of the White House or the colored mes senger who sits, killing time, outside the offices of the bu reaucrats. Eventually the sword drops; the constituents retire the sena tor or congressman; the presi dent is replaced and with them depart the thousands who owe their positions to these patron age-givers. Wpll, the statement Is a bit too sweeping; there are nine exceptions the members of the august supreme court, who draw government money for life , nine out of about 118,000, who work here for Uncle Sam. "THERE is no such animal as an "independent" member of congress. No vote is cast with out studying its effect on the voters back home. There is no record of any lawmaker who knowingly voted against a mea sure which he knew a majority of his constituents wanted. Members are careful about their voting record and when in doubt as to the effect on their political future they duck. The dodgers are easily identified On an important measure there is a quorum call, followed im mediately by a roll call. Members who answer the first and are absent on the second are the dodgers they are hid ing in the cloakrooms while the vote is being taken. The cloak room is their storm cellar. A NY member who says he doesn't read the home pa per "is another." Praise or criti cism in any local Washington paper isn't worth a vote outside of a 50 mile radius of the na tional capitol; their circulation is confined to a very limited area, but if a member is thin skinned the Washington papers can annoy him. It's what the paper "back home" says that counts; the home paper is the barometer of what his constitu ents think. DEcause everyone's job de- pends on politics, everything that the White House, a member or high bracket official says or does is examined for its political effect. It has either national or "back home" impl icatlons When the president talks (appar ently informal and casual), to the newspapermen at his con- ( Continued on Pao Three ) Portland, Dec. 13. (IP) An active movement to California at unchanged prices continued on the turkey market today The eastern call for toms im proved slightly but the wide range of buying prices between hens and toms prevailed. Toms averaged 15 cents a pound and hens 19 cents. SSDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Frank Perl being unavailable for comment on a rumor he has schemed to operate for his own profit all concessions at the next national catfish derby. Jack Marshall courteously showing a friend around his lithographing establishment, he being glad of the opportunity to do some legitimate loafing for a change. Max Hcnnc wondering why Frank Rogers was working when he was supposed to be on vacation. Dave Rces opening his target pistol box only to find therein a toy cap pistol, some friends hav ing perpetrated a little Joke on bim League Assembly Expected To Act on Resolution To nightHope For U.S. Aid. By Charles S. Foils, Jr. Geneva. Dec. 13. (IP) A 13- nation committee of the League of Nations today adopted a reso lution condemning Russia as an aggressor and containing an im plied demand that Russia be ousted from the league for in invading Finland. The resolution, which was then submitted to the league assembly, which may act on it tonight, incorporated a report drawn up by a sub-committee "inviting" league members to give Finland all possible aid. In addition, it suggested' non- member nations such as the United States might be asked to join in helping Finland if the League of Nations council de sires. Approval Seen Certain. The report now goes to a special 13-nation committee con sidering the Russian -Finnish conflict before being submitted to the league assembly and then to the council. Approval of the part naming Russia an aggressor and sug gesting aid to Finland seemed certain since only a majority vote of the assembly is neces sary. Action on expulsion of a member requires a -unanimous council vote. The sub-committee also con demned Russia as a violator of the league covenant and recom mended putting the entire tech nical staff of the league its economic, health and financial experts at Finland's disposal. Hope for U. S. Aid. League officials said copies of all documents connected with Finland's appeal to the league would be sent to Washington in hope the United States would cooperate in aiding the Finns. It was announced Egypt would be a candidate along with China for election to the league council at an assembly meeting to be held at 9:45 a. m. (3:45 a. m., E.S.T.) tomorrow. A league assembly vote to oust Russia seemed certain after Moscow turned down a league mediation offer. Argentina led the way to a showdown on the expulsion of Russia, with the threat she would resign if the S o v i et Union remained a member. Rodolfo Freyre, Argentine delegate, told the assembly his government's decision to resign is "unalterable" so long as Rus sia is a member. Karl 'J. Hambro of Norway, league assembly president, read a telegram from Premier-Foreign Commissar Vacheslaff Mol otoff rejecting the league's pro posal to mediate the Russian Finnish dispute, then called up on Freyre to make the only address of the morning session Russia Declines. In a telegram to Joseph A. C. Avenol, secretary-general of the league, Molotoff said: "The government of Soviet Russia thanks you, Monsieur President, for the kind invita tion to take part in discussion of the Finnish question. At the same time, the government of tne u.S.S.R. brings to your at tention the fact that it cannot accept mis invitation for rea sons outlined in its telegram of uecemoer 4, sent in response to M. Avenol's communication." Molotoff's message of Decem ber 4 declared the Finnish ap peal for league aid was "un founded" because Moscow was maintaining "peaceful" re la tions" with the Kremlin-spon sored, Communist-headed Fin nish "people's" government of lenjoki, and that the Helsinki government was not authorized to make representations for the rinmsh people. Fay Wray Divorces Hollywood. Dec. 13. (UP). Actress Fay Wray won a divorce today from John Monk Saun ders, 42-year-old film writer and author, because she testified marriage was "too restrictive for him. In hi mo iiim i nri irf, it -rrritaL., . . Mm LivJ Rudolf Holsli (top), Finland's representative to the League of Nations, asked She league as sembly for "all possible support against invasion by Soviet Rus sia, while Karl J. Hambro (lower) of Norway, assembly president, told delegates they must, do their utmost to halt the undeclared war. OF L BE . Denver, Dec. 13. (IP) Colo rado' onion growers, who har vested a crop of 1,500,000 hun dred-pound bags this year, plan to dump about a third of their bumper crop and market only onions of U. S, No. 1 grade. W. C. Swcinhart, state di rector of agriculture, said the Colorado onion industry's board of control had asked the mar keting restriction, which will b e c o me effective tomorrow. Utah has taken similar steps, King said, and the Idaho in dustry has "agreed verbally to comply with what we do here in Colorado. Yankee Volunteers Go To Aid Finland Paris, Dec. 13. (IP) A vol unteer American unit consisting of two ambulances with crevc left today for Finland via Nor way. Originally intended for use in France, the unit was sent by the American volunteer ambu lance corps. British Deny Cruiser Sunk Of f Uruguay by Nazi Raider Buenos Aires, Dec. 13. (IP) British authorities said after an exhaustive investigation today that a report the British cruiser: Achilles had been sunk by the German pocket battleship Ad miral Scheer was "Just another rumor as far as we are able to learn." They added that their check up of M sources mentioned in connection with the battle re port had failed "to produce any sort of confirmation." They hint ed that reports of the 7,030-ton Achilles' loss originated I'l en emy quarters and said similar reports had been "allowed to circulate" previously. A British embassy spokesman asserted: "It can be said definitely FINLAND CLAIMS OF E Enemy Advance Stopped On Karelian Isthmus Many Prisoners Taken in East. Helsinki, Dec. 13. (IP) A Finnish army communique to night reported the destruction of more Russian tanks on the Karelian Isthmus front and as serted that the enemy advance had been brought at least to a temporary standstill. The Finns asserted they cap tured many prisoners and war materials in severe fighting along the eastern front. "On the Karelian Isthmus there was chiefly localized fighting and activity by patrols took place during which a num ber of enemy tanks were des troyed. "On the eastern front the ene my continued fierce attacks which for the most part were repulsed. "Counter attacks launched at Tolvajarvl by Finnish troops were being carried out success fully." Helsinki. Dec. 13. P) The Finish Telegraphic agency cir culated a report today that So viet Russia irked by Finland's resistance is massing 1,500,000 first-line soldiers for a crushing blow. ; This array of manpower nearly equal, to the male popu lation of ..Finland., and perhaps double the numbor-bf men ow' engaged on both-sides of the war would be supported by 1,000 planes, the agency said. The major thrust, according to the agency, is expected in the Karelian Isthmus, where Finns, entrenched in the zig-zag line of fortifications called the Man- nerheim line, have fought off Red invaders since the war started 14 days ago. 700 RUSSIANS LOST IN WRECK OF VESSEL Wakkanal. Hokkaido. JaDan. Dec. 13. m More than 700 Russians, including women and children, were missing today and believed drowned or frozen to death in the wreck of the Russian steamer Indigirka on the treacherous coast of Hok kaido. The Japanese ship Karafuto Maru arrived here with 3B5 sur vivors from the crowded Rus sian fishing service vessel which went aground in a blizzard yes terday on the east coast of Hokkaido, northernmost of the Japanese Islands. Survivors, most of whom were suffering from exposure, said the ship carried 700 fishermen, many accompanied by wives and children, and a crew of 39 (The scene of the wreck Is on one route between fishing stations on the Kamchatka pe ninsula and Vladivostok.) there is no truth to reports that the cruiser Achilles has been sunk by a German warship off the Uruguayan coast." The reports, which circulated here without confirmation, said the battle occurred off Punta del Este, on Uruguay's east roast. The Achilles sailed from Montevideo Dec. 9 after refuel ing. She had recently come to the Atlantic coast from a patrol assignment in the Pacific. The 10,000-ton Admiral Scheer began raiding operations in the south Atlantic as early as September and the sinkings or disappearances of several Brit ish vessels have been ascribed to her. She is a sistcrship of the Dcutschland, which has been raiding in the north Atlantic. CIO ORGANIZERS !l TO KILL IS NLRB Investigators Given Memorandum on Trouble In West Virginia Mines. Washington, Dec. 13. (IP) A memorandum from an offic ial of the national labor rela tions board asserting a CIO leader had told his organizers in West Virginia to shoot or ganizers of the rival Progressive Miners Workers of America "faster than they would shoot a rabbit" was read today into the record of the house com mittee investigating the board. The memorandum, from Philip G. Phillips, West Vir ginia regional director, to the board's secretary here, stated that "Van Bitner" had given the shooting advice to his or ganizers at a Labor day meeting in Charleston. The memorandum gave no identification of "Van Bitner." Hard Feeling Edmund M. Toland, commit tee counsel, read the memoran-4 dum into the record during questioning of Joe Ozanic, pres ident of the Progressive Mine Workers. The memorandum, dated Oc tober 6. 1938, follows: If you have never been in the West Virginia coal fields you are unable to conceive the hard feeling existing between the Progressives and the United Mine Workers. The United Mine Workers at the cost of hundreds of lives and hundred of thous ands of dollars, seven or eight years ago, successfully unionized the West Virginia fields. They feel that the Progressives are interlopers, outlaws. In fact, at the Labor Day meeting in Charleston, Van Bit ner told the United organizers that they should treat a Pro gressive organizer with more contempt than they would a Pinkerton fink, and shoot them down faster than they would shoot a rabbit. Hell Will Break Loose "Unless some one steps In, hell will break loose in the West Virginia fields. "I may remark that the mine owners are playing ball pretty closely with the United Mine Workers. They have grown to respect them as a result of sev en years of dealings and are not anxious to deal, and will not cooperate with the Progres sives." Toland said the memorandum came from the board's "in formal" file. Ozanic claimed 80.000 miners had been denied their rights under the Wagner labor act and its administrative board the NLRB and had been forced against their will to join the CIO's United Mine Workers when actually they wanted to be members of his AFL-atfili ated union. War Bulletins Paris, Dec. 13. (IP) The French reported today thai Germans captured one small outpost and 10 prisoners dur ing attacks on the western front yesterday but the French lines were quickly reorgan ised. London, Dec. 13. P) Reuters (British news agency) reported today that the Brit ish steamer Dapiford, 4,034 ions, had been torpedoed and sunk off the westernmost point of Norway. Three of the crew were known to have been rescued. Copenhagen, Dec. 13. (IP) The 978-ton Swedish steamer Algol was reported to have struck a mine today In the Straits between Denmark and Sweden. Swedish warships were sent to the vessel's assis tance. Westmoreland, Kas., Dec. 13. (IP) A 7-year old boy 'iOld a coroners Jury today he fired the shot which killed his father, Alex Johnson, 44, at the fam ily s farm home. He said, however, he did not know the shotgun was loaded Picture Story 1 1 m 4 w J.j. 'JR i I SA-J I s rrrf jf : This serlos of pictures tells the story of how plucky Irwin Mingle. 11, was kidnaped,, held for $15,000 ransom, and broke away to safety. Top picture, Irwin and his mother, Mrs. Fred Mingle, show how they, were seated near a window wrapping Christmas packages when the kidnaper entered and look Irwin at pistol point. Center left, Irwin after his rescue. Center right. Dr. C. W. Welch, chiropractor, charged with the kid naping. Lower, Irwin demonstrates how he lay for IS hours in the attic of an abandoned house. Dr. Welch insists he has been "framed." . BEFORE OFFICIAL CALL Rome, Dec. 13. (IP) Diplo matic circles said tonight they had learned the new Russian embassador to Italy, Nicolai Gorclchin, left Rome suddenly yesterday for Moscow without presenting his credentials. The Russian ambassador had been in Rome only 15 days. Soviet embassy attaches dis claimed all knowledge of a rea son for the sudden recall or when he might return. Since the start of the Russian- Finnish war there have been a scries of ' demonstrations by Fascists, mainly students, against Russia and in favor of Finland On Dec. 2, less than a week after Gorelchin arrived, 3,000 uniformed Fascists stood outside the Russian embassy and jeered, (Recently reports from Fin land said Italy had shipped 30 airplanes to Finland.) Despite the demonstrations there have been no official indi cations that relations between Russia and Italy were strained, that the ambassador had been snubbed or that Italy was di rectly aiding the Finns. OLIVER WILL REMAIN ON EDUCATION BOARD Portland, Dec. 13. (IP) Her man Oliver of John Day said last night he did not intend to resign from the board of higher education immediately to be come a state highway commis sioner. Governor Sprague announced some time ago Intention of nam ing Oliver on the highway board to succeed E. B. Aldrich, Pen dleton, who submitted his resig nation. Wlllamina, Ore., Dec. 13. (P) Frank Fauk, 65, Willr. -. :.ia Post master, died yesterday of a heart attack. of KidnlOO TONS NELLIS STALIN DICTATORSHIP HEADED FOR ROCKS Now York, Dec. 13. (IP) Breakdown of the popular front in the United States, Great Brit ain, France and Spain, together with the invasion of Finland, has doomed the Stalinist dic tatorship, in the opinion of Alex ander Kerensky, former Russian premier. Kerensky, who released Jos eph Stalin from exile In Si beria, in 1917, when Stalin was "Just another name," spoke at a mass meeting last night un der the auspices of the Demo cratic Federation in protest against the red invasion of Fin land. He and Oscar Tokoi, first pre mier of Finland after the fall of the czarist regime, were prin cipal speakers, Tokol predicting that should the Soviet finally establish a puppet government In Finland, similar governments would follow In Denmark, Nor way and Sweden, Kerensky said the fall of the popular front In the four coun tries had forced Into the open Stalin's fight for a world Com munist dictatorship, and that this was aiding in what seemed his defeat. OF MINE SINKING London, Dec. 13. (IP) Be lieved to be the sole survivor of a crew of 28 of tne 1,339-ton Danish steamer Magnus, a Dan ish sailor was picked up today by an Aberdeen trawler. He had been adrift on a raft for four days and was clutching the body of a dead officer when found. The Magnus sank Satur day after striking a mine. BOUGHT HERE FOR Further Sales Seen Likely Box Factory To Supply 5,000 Boxes in Deal. Shipment of 300 tons of Win ter Nellls pears, sold last week to the Canadian Canneries, Ltd. (Western Division) of Mission, B. C, will start in a few days. The sale reduced the local vol ume of unpacked Winter Nellis pears to approximately 400 tons. No price was announced, but it was said to leave the growers ' a margin of profit. Raymond R. Retcr of tha Rcter Fruit Company, one of tha sellers, said it was not unlikely further sales of Winter Nellis would be made. The Canadian cannery will can the Winter Nellis, presum ably for war stock and emer gency purposes. Winter Nellis, as far as local information goes, are seldom canned. Bartletta have always been the favorite canning pear. Fruitmen say there is no reason why. the Winter Nellis should not be a tasty canned pear, though it lacks the shape and texture of the Bartlett. It has the same sugar content. Besides cutting down th pear surplus, the pear purchase, furnished a sizable box order to the Timber Products com pany. The cannery xjrdered S.OOO boxes. These will be used to haul the pears to the cannery. Afterwards, they will serve as containers for the canned pro duct. Reter said the Southern Paci fic railroad had restored th cannery freight rate on nears. for the 18 or 20 car shipment. euecuve December 14. F HOPS FOR EAST Vancouver Wash.. Dee. 1T (IP) Maj, General Henry H. Arnold, chief of tha corps, cancelled proposed flights to Seattle and Tacoma today and took off for Salt Lake City, en route to Washington, D. C General Arnold, on an in spection tour, intended to visit Fort Lewis and McChord field, near Tacoma, but bad flying weather and business in the na tional capital caused him to change his schedule, he said. Ho took off shortlv after A a. m. (PST). K. F. AUTO DEALER TAKES OWN LIFE Klamath Falls, Ore., Dec. 13. (IP) The body of .Howard Abbey, 42, Klamath Falls auto mobile dealer for 14 years, was found in his office here this morning, by one of his employes George L. Black. The police re port pronounced it suicide. Police Chief Frank Hamm said that a pistol was in Abbey's hand and that several notes were found directed to relatives and employes. Radio Highlights By Associated Press (Paclflo Standard Tune) Thomas 1 Dewey's second broad cast speech in his presidential cam paign U Hated by MBS for Saturday at 7 p. m. He will addreaa the Penn sylvania society in New York. A last- minute change shifted the WJZ-NBO Radio Forum, ordinarily beerd on Monday, to 6 o'clock tonight. The speaker. Paul V. McNutt. will dis cuss "The Role of the Administration In the Social Security Laws." Tonight: Kurope, WABO-CBS, :M, R; MBS 6: WEAP-NBC-eaat S. Thursday: Kurope. NBO-chalns I a. m.; WABC-CBS S a. m., 8:30 p. m. WEAP-NBO, S:S0, B. B. Oermany on "John Oarner In 1040."