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1 TVfe The Weather No Answer A great help to tveryona are I he Claislfled Ada. In this newspaper. Just how would you go about It to reach thousands of homes In any other Inexpen sive way? No answer expected. Fair tonight and TburwUy with morning fog, nightly colder tonight. IllphMt yffffiiiy Lowest this niornlng....Mm..S6 Precipitation Medford Tribune To 5 p. m. yesterday. To S a. m. today Full Astociated Prett Full United Pratt Thirty-fourth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1939. No. 233. fnlMIVl 0) F ni ii - ii M mmmmmaaa ml M" A NWMc IMF SKIES . AT AtHE; Washington, D. C, Dec. 20. Criticism of reciprocal trade agreements by Oregon's Charley McNary, got under the skin of Cordell Hull, secretary of state. Many, many typewritten pages were used by Secretary Hull to tell McNary that the latter, in substance, doesn't know what he is talking about and reminding the.Oregon senator of the mani fold blessings the trade agree ments have brought to products (agricultural), in the Pacific Northwest. McNary is now ga thering ammunition preparatory to giving Hull both barrels. In a public statement, Mc Nary, republican senate leader. pointed out how the depreciated currency of Canada, France, Bri- tain, is making matters worse for the American producers. Be cause of the depreciated cur rency Canada, as an example, is dumping trainloads of apples Into the United States; that an. other phase of the currency sit uation is that the countries speci fied are not buying from the U. S. The secretary of state can, if he will, remedy the mat ter by modification or cancella tion of the trade treaty. The trade treaties are the babies of Secretary Hull (a free trader at heart) and for weeks he has been defending them; hitting at anyone who criticises them. In the lengthy answer to Senator McNary the secretary failed to touch on the Issue raised by the Oregon senator. He did, however, intimate that McNary lacked facts; lacked in formation of how agriculture in Oregon and Washington has been aided through the trade agreements. fHE secretary of state left him- self wide open. Senator Mc Nary is preparing a statement showing how Hull's treaty with Canada sold the Washington Oregon lumber industry down the river; how treaties have been costly to the apple, pear, prune and other fruit growers of the two states; how the treat ies have created competition for the stockmen; what has hap pened to the shingle industry in short, Pacific Northwest in- (Continued on Pago Eight ) BLACK NEW GOVERNOR FARM CREDIT SETUP Washington, Dec. 20. (JP) President Roosevelt has accept ed the resignation of F. F. Hill of New York as governor of the farm crediv administration and has appointed A. G. Black, now director of marketing of the agriculture department, to succeed him. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Louise Miller keeping herself securely wrapped in fur and galoshes to stave off the pene trating cold of the Santa Claus toy depot. The city's fire laddies flowing over with hospitality and keep ing their giant coffee pot steam ing with an aromatic brew for an unexpected guest. Collegian "Doc" Hayes ex pecting a puppy, opening a Yule package and finding, much to his astonishment and discom fort, a live owl. Harriet Hart excitedly leap ing into the arms of Mama Leah and Papa Floyd upon coming home for the Christmas holidays from school. Dorothy Hoppe getting al ox cited as time draws near to whip down to the Rose Bowl game. Elizabeth Rinard going in for Christmas tree decoration on a large scale, she putting pretty trimmings on three all at once Irish Coleman not being any help at all to a friend who was trying to obtain something newsy from another friend, CAPT. LANGSDORFF KILLS SELF AFTER TALK W STAFF Aide Finds Body of Interned Skipper Military Honors Decreed For Funeral. II By Harold K. Milks Buenos Aires, Dec. 20. (JP) Captain Hans Langsdorff today shot himself to death "to share the fate of his magnificent ship," the German pocket bat tleship Admiral Graf Spee, scut tled Sunday in the River Plate while an Allied flotilla stood offshore. His body was found by an aide at 8:30 a. m. in his room at the Buenos Aires naval ar senal where he and more than 1,000 of his crew had been in terned since arriving here Mon day. Langsdorff killed himself after a three-hour talk with the officers of his staff, ending shortly after midnight. Before he left them he made a com plete circle of his comrades, shook hands gravely with each one and retired to his room, asking that he not be disturbed, since he was tired. Deed Long Planned. "From the first moment he made up his mind to share the fate of his magnificent ship," said a statement by the Ger man embassy, and ap attache indicated-that this decision was made as long ago as Sunday. At that time, it was believed, he had Adolf Hitler's orders to destroy his ship rather than take her again into battle with the British cruisers with which she had exchanged shots in an all-day battle last Wednesday off the Uruguayan coast. Despite a presentment of death which other Germans as well as naval officers felt when Captain Langsdorff failed to go down with his ship when he blew it up, he was almost con stantly laughing and joking with i Continued in Pane I'welvel T El Paso, Tex., Dec. 20. (JP) Frank Morgan, moving picture actor, was bruised and his wife and son injured in an automo bile accident that critically in jured the Morgan chauffeur near Cambray, N. M. today. The chauffeur was reported in a dying condition in a Dom ing, N. M., hospital. Morgan suffered lacerations and bruises. His wife suffered a broken leg and their son George, 25, was bruised. The Morgan car was travel ing 70 miles an hour. Deputy Sheriff Walter Johnson said when a tire blew out and It overturned. E Portland, Dec. 20. (P) The civilian conservation corps will enroll 587 men January 1 to 20 to fill Oregon vacancies. Head quarters announced today the quota would give the state 23. 490 enrollees since the start of the program in 1933. POW-WOW CALLED ON FRISCO TIEUP San Francisco, Dec. 20. OP) The 1400 members of the San Francisco Employers' council were called to an emergency meeting here tomorrow follow ing a new stalemate in maneu- j vers -o end the San Francisco ' bay ihipping tieup. Skipper Shares Fate of Mighty Warship ' ? " '"' '"' '"""'7' T " rT7! fed I l-rtr.A ' 'lit Capi. Hani Langsdorff, who committed suicide last night, it shown above, hit wounded right hand resting in hit coat, as he came ashore at Montevideo. Uruguay, when officert and a third of hit crew of the Nasi battleship Admiral Graf Spee attended funeral services for the 36 who died in' the tea battle. At left it Capi. Dietrich Niehbur, German naval attache at Buenos Aires. At right is a young lieutenant from the Spee. The man in civilian clothet behind Langsdorff it Otto Langmann, Nasi minister to Uruguay. (Picture radioed from Buenot Airet to New York. Russians Suffer Heavy In Gigantic Attack HELSINKI, Dec. 20. (IP) scores of Russian tanks had been enemy planes shot down when the attack" with hundreds of tanks on Ten tanks were destroyed be-i hind the Finnish lines, authori ties said, and several score with in the Russian lines. More than 200 airplanes par ticipated in the attack, they added. On the northeastern front near Salla 30 Soviet "combat cars" (presumably armored cars) were captured, the Finns said. A cannon also was taken. Salla is above the Arctic circle on the route of the main Russian thrust westward across mid-Finland. Air raid alarms were reported at Turku, Romma, Purvoo and other cities, but the extent of damage and injuries if any was not immediately available. Finland today called to the colors all able bodied men of 40 years of age. Previously all re servists up to that age had been mobilized. (The call probably adds 20,000 to the Finnish forces, which were authoritatively estimated at 400,000 at the start of the war. Finnish reports have placed the strength of the opposing red army forces as high as 1,500 000.) (Blizzards and temperatures of 25 degrees below zero, fahr- eriheit, said dispatches from Kirenes, Norway, near the Fin nish frontier, apparently have paralyzed a Russian drive in northern Finland. The Finns, hitherto retreating in this sector, were said to be preparing a new fortified line south of Lake Inari.) Coastal batteries drove back Russian raiding planes at Kotka Two planes were reported shot down off Antrea, near Viipuri A hundred Russian planes in formations of from three to 2.0 attacked Helsinki, Viipuri, Han ko, Turku and civilians were killed and wounded. Three Fin nish fighting planes downed two Russian ships in flames outside Viipuri, Finnish sources said. UNIONS ASKED TO HELP BATTLE OREGON'S LAW Portland, Dec. 20. (IP) All unions were requested by the western statct A.F.L, conference at Salt Lake City to help fi nance labor's fight against Ore gon's union-control law, Duncan Campbell, Oregon organizer, said last night. He revealed a fruit and vegetable cannery workers' council for Oregon was proposed Finnish officials announced today destroyed and more than 20 red army launched a "gigantic the Karelian isthmus. HEROIC FATHER DIES IN BLAZE Seattle, Dec. 20. (JP) After heroically rescuing three mem bers of his family, E. Gerald Bean, 50, a transfer company president, was trapped In his flaming home today and per ished. He guided his wife and daugh ter, Virginia, 17, to safety on a porch roof and aroused his son David, 21, who leaped from a second story window. He was then overcome by smoke In the hallway on the second floor. Neighbors raised a ladder to assist the women down. Three firemen entered the house in a rescue attempt but were driv en back. Mrs. Bean said she started a fire in a kitchen stove soon after 6 a. m. and then returned to bed, and the fire started near the stove. E Portland, Dec. 20. (IP) Ore gon will windup its holiday preparations in fair, cold weath cr but the chances of a white Christmas appeared remote. The government weather bu reau . forecast clear conditions tonight and most of Thursday. Valley fogs were predicted dur ing the morning. Today's minimum tempera tures included Baker 30 dc grees, Bend 34, Brookings 46 Burns 34, Eugene 45, Hood River 36, Lakeview 33, Medford 38, Newport, 46, North Bend 46, Pendleton 36. Portland 46, Roseburg 45, Siskiyou Summit 30. Mutt Fare Trial Seattle, Dec. 20. (IP) United States District Judge John C. Bowcn signed an order today authorizing the removal of Vic tor H. Johnson, 53, former su perintendent of Indian schools in Oregon, to Portland to face a federal forgery charge. Losses Upon Finns SEES POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDED STAY Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Dec. 20 (IP) The captain of the Ger man freighter Arauca, chased into Port Everglades harbor by British cruiser, indicated to day the ship might remain here indefinitely, "It looks as if we might be here for two or three years," Captain Frederick S t e n g 1 e r laughed when told the German luxury liner Columbus had been scuttled off the Atlantic coast to avoid capture or sinking. The 4,354-ton Arauca, on its maiden voyage, was intercepted yesterday by the eight-gunned cruiser Orion a few miles north east of here in view of the ocean front. Eye witnesses said the freight er headed full speed toward the beach. Captain Stenglcr asserted the Orion fired a warning shot across the Aracua's bow, about two and a half miles from shore, and signalled for the freighter to follow the British cruiser east ward into Bahaman waters. "Instead of that," he grinned, "I went the other way." Spectators said an airplane catapulted from the Orion and circled over the freighter before a coast guard plane and an army neutrality patrol bomber arrived to watch. The British cruiser waited off shore awhile and then cruised slowly northeastward. K.F. DIES IN CRACKUP Klamath Falls. Ore., Dec. 20. (U.R) J. M. Waters, Klamath Falls veterinarian, was Instant ly killed and his assistant, Ar thur Woods, 20, was seriously injured last night when their coupe crashed into a piling of Great Northern R. R. trestle at Henley. The force of the crarh dam aged the trestle enough to hold up train service L LICENSE RENEWAL FOR BEERJLACES Card Table License Fees Re ducedAgree To Install Lights On Parking Place. At a meeting devoted entirely to routine business, the city council last 'night approved a number of renewal beer licenses for 1940 and turned down one application. On the recommendation of the license committee, the coun cil voted not to grant the appli cation of Arthur K, Owens for a renewal of his retail beer license class B. Mr. Owens op erates Cy's Tavern, 15 South Front street. Councilman M. N. Hogan, committee chairman, said the committee felt it was not good business for the coun cil to grant a beer license to an establishment where a private club Is being operated. It was indicated that Mr. Owens runs private club" at the rear of his establishment. Cut Card Table Tax The council adopted an amending ordinance reducing the license fees on card tables. A report submitted by Thomas A. Culbertson, Jr., airport su perintendent, and read by Coun cilman J. Frank Reinhart, showed that the airport was used by 226 planes in Novenv ber. The planes were classified as follows: 169 United Air Lines, 29 U. S. army and 28 private. The report also stated that sat isfactory progress was being made at the airport in the train ing of pilots under the govern ment's pilot training program. Tho council accepted the rec ommendation of the building and light committee to install a lighting system at the new free parking lot that faces Sixth, Fir and Main streets, the cost being set at $50 plus operating expense of $9 a month. Parking Lot Helps Reading the report of the committee, J. F. Erickson, chair man, said that the parking lot relieved congestion on down town streets and was instrumen tal in solving the parking prob lem. The Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce, which pro cured the parking area, advised the lighting system, A report submitted . by Fred w. scncrrcl and read by Coun cilman Thomas Roseberry showed that since the previous council meeting December 5, iour property owners had re paired defective or hazardous sidewalks. Councilmen Larry Schade and n. Herman were absent. Portland, Dec. 20 (IP) Thir ty boys and girls have been doomed to a Christmas In the city isolation hospital with scar let fever, city health officer Dr. Adolph Weinzlrl said today A yule party has been planned. Lady Lions Distribute Toys Which Fire Boys Refurbished Santa Claus opened his toyshop for underprivileged chil dren in the former Golden Rule store at 113 North Central avenue this morning and it was a huge pack of assorted play things the Jolly gentleman from the North Pole left for the youngsters who depend entirely upon his kindness for a happy Christmas. The toys numbered into thei thousands, ranging from tiny flashlights to large tricycles and wagons. To the poor children who flocked to the oy depot with their parents, the toys came directly from Santa Claui but to adults who had grown be yond the age of fancy, the toys came from the workshop at fire headquarters where for weeks the firemen labored to make old, discarded playthings over into bright, shiny new Christ mas gifts for the needy. Many persons stopped in at tho spacious store to tee the toys and the families who come from all parts of the county for them. The distribution is han dled by the Lady Lions who make this work one of their ma Jor projects. The toys will be distributed today and tomorrow and possibly Ftiday if not all War Bulletins IPflliCF ABSOLVED London, Dec. 20. VP) Tho British air ministry an nounced that an unidentified aircraft appeared for a short lime over the eastern coun ties of England tonight but "no contact was made" by British fighting planet which were 'tent up. Oslo, Dec. 20. (IP) Sur vivors of the 696-ton Britith trawler Trinidad were brought into Egeriund today by a Danish fishing boat which re ported the vessel had been "blow:, to pieces" by a Ger man plane just outtide Nor wegian territorial watert. Parit. Dee. 20 (IP) The French army command'! com munique tonight reported. "No event of importance dur ing the day." OF LUXURY LINER New York, Dee. 20 (U.R) Capt. Wilhelm Daehne, com mander of the German luxury liner Columbus, laid tonight on hit arrival at the Ellis It land immigration ttation he ordered hit thlp tcuttled after a Britith dettroyer fired two thott aerott hit bow. New York, Dec. 20. (IP) The U. S. Cruiser Tuscaloosa arrived at Tompkinsvllle, Statcn Island, at 4:05 p. m. (eastern standard time) today and pre pared to disembark S79 surviv ors of the scuttled Nazi liner Columbus. The Germans will be placed aboard coast guard cutters and taken to Ellis island as the Tuscaloosa does not plan to dock. Tho Tuscaloosa's progress ud the bay had been delayed by heavy fog and drizzling rain. l he Columbus survivors faced the status of "distressed sea men" under United States laws and will be given 60 days to leave the country. Ellis island officials had pre pared accommodation for 600. The navy took special pre cautions to guard the Tuscaloosa against visitors.. Newspapermen, photographers and radio men were barred from the ship. The German survivors, hud dled midships on the Tusca loosa's decks, broke into cheer as coast guard vessels came alongside the sleek navy craft. Hats were thrown into the air and many broke Into song. They were dressed in non descript seamen's clothing, in dicating they had left the Co lumbus in a hurry. (A report from Capt. Harry Badt of the Tuscaloosa said many of the crew thought they were having lifeboat drill when the order came to abandon ship.) the families receiving notice are able to come to town before then. Families are notified by postal card and the toys are given only to those who have received cards. The Lady Lions confer with various agencies to make up a complete list of all families having underprivileged children. j It was estimated by Mrs. Ray Marti, president of the Lady Lions, that toys would be dis tributed among 250 families. Not only do the Lady Lions prepare the lists of needy fami lies and distribute the re built toys; they purchase new toys with funds accumulated during the year from rummage sales and card parties. This year they spent an even $50 on new play things dolls for the girls, ap propriate toys for the boy. "Justifiable Homicide" Is FindingTwo Secret In dictments Are Returned. A Justice court jury In the trial of Irwin Dahack. ihit afternoon returned a verdict of guilty on the charge of Illegal pottetsion of deer meat. Upon the recommend ation of the district attorney. Justice William R. Coleman impoted a tix monthi' tut pended lenience. The killing of Zera Edward Dahack, 71, Lake Creek district rancher by two state police of- ficers, was termed justifiable homicide, in a report by the Jackson county grand jury, filed late yesterday. Dahack was killed December 4 in a gun battle with Sgt. Ed Walker and Private George Al bright, near Dahack's mountain ranch home, following seizure of 187 pounds of deer meat. Da hack, according to testimony, confronted the officers with a rifle, shortly after the seizure. halted the police car and de manded "turn over that venison in ten seconds, or I'll kill you." Dahack Fired First While Game Warden Walker was arguing with Dahack, over the folly of his action, Dahack: fired a shot. In the exchange of shots which 'followed Dahack, was killed. Testimony at the coroners inquest showed Da hack was using wrong sized car tridges for the calibre of his rifle. The coroner's Jury held the state troopers blameless. Irwin Dahack, 69, a brother of the dead mam who lived with him, went on trial today before a justice court Jury, on a charge of illegal possession of deer meat. The grand jury report, on the death of Zera Dahack reads: 'In the matter of the death of Zera Edward Dahack, we have made a very thorough and ex haustive examination of said matter, and have had a great many witnesses before us, and after careful consideration of all the evidence submitted to thia body, we have found and de cided that the killing was justi fiable homicide." Two Secret Indictment! Two secret indictments were returned by the grand Jury. In another section of the grand Jury report, Sheriff Syd l. Brown and the county court are commended "for the careful manner in which they have con ducted the county jail." The report further states no inspection of the county poor farm has been made, and aska that It be deferred until another time. The grand jury was recessed subject to call at a later date. K. Woodland, Cal., Dec. 20. (IP) Randolph L. Richardson, 35, Klamath Falls, was killed al most instantly in a rear-end col lision during a heavy fog early today. The freight truck and trailer driven by Richardson ran into the rear of a truck driven by E. J. Hartlg, 48, Lakeview, Ore. Cerl Reymers, Klamath Falls, owner of the machine driven by Richardson, was sleeping In the rear of the vehicle but es caped with minor injuries. Radio Highlights By Attociated Press (Pacific standard time) Tonight: Europe-W ABC-CBS 6:35, 8; MBS 6; WEAF-NBC-East 8. Thursday: Pre - Christmas WABC-CBS 6:15 Columbui church choir; WABC-CBS 10:49 a. m.: Mt. Holyoke college carols; WABC-CBS 1 p. m. Syracuse schools carols; MBS 3 Chicago church choir.
