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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.