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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, V
No. 227.
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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
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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
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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."