The Weather
Cloudy tonight and Satur
day with showers tontjht,
silently colder tonight.
Temperature
Hljhest yesterday 50
Lowest this morning ,. 41
To 5 p. tn. yMtwrtny....,.,, .03
To 5 a. m. today .09
Medford
Full Associated Press
Tribune
Full United Press
A Good Time
Right now would be a good
time to get pencil and paper
and prepare that Want Ad for
the Sunday morning edition.
There Is always plenty of
reader-attention to Sunday
Classified.
Thirty-fourth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1939
No. 240.
IN
U-BOAT ATTACK
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Battleship Safe and Pro
ceeding on Course Admir
alty claims 3 Killed.
Berlin, Dee. 29 (P) The
supreme command announced
today ihat "a German sub
marine torpedoed a battleship
of the Queen Elizabeth class
west of Scotland."
London, Dec. 29. (IP) The
admiralty announced today that
a German submarine had at
tacked a British battleship, kill
ing three men and causing
"some damage."
It was asserted unofficially
that the battleship was safe af
ter the attack and was proceed
ing on her course.
After receipt of the German
announcement that a German
submarine had torpedoed a bat
tleship of the Queen Elizabeth
class, the admiralty issued a
short communique:
"A tbrpedo attack has been
made on a British battleship by
a U-boat. Some damage was
caused and three men were
killed."
Ship Unnamed
Officials . declined to make
further comment and gave no
indication what battleship was
involved or when or where she
was attacked.
The Queen Elizabeth class in
cludes five ships, the oldest in
the British navy,, all laid down
before the World war and com
pleted in the early years of that
conflict before the battle of Jut
land. They are the Queen Eliza
beth, Warspite, and Valiant, all
of 30,600 tons, and the Barham
and Malaya, 31,100 tons. Each
carries a main battery of eight
15-inch guns. All have under
gone considerable reconstruc
tion in recent years
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ADD PERILS FOR
QUAKE SURVIVORS
Death Total May Reach 50,
000 Ankara Officals Say;
More Temblors Feared.
Eleanor Roosevelt
Denver, Dec. 29. (tP) Mrs.
Eleanor Roosevelt was nomin
ated today to succeed the late
Heywood Broun as president of
the American Newspaper Guild.
The nomination was tele
graphed to the guild's interna
tional executive committee in
New York.
Dick Henry, Denver guild
president, said Mrs. Roosevelt
also was notified by telegram
of the nomination and requested
to reply whether she could
serve in the office.
ANGRY SUB SKIPPER
SHELLS GRAFT WHICH
ESCAPED TORPEDOES
London, Dec. 29. (IP) The
story of a British freighter that
played tag with three torpedoes,
so enraging a German subma
rine commander that he finally
sank the ship with shell fire, was
related today in an official Brit
ish report which said the sub
marine probably was sunk later
by a rescue ship.
The freighter was the Usk
mouth, 2,843 tons, sunk Nov. 23
in the bay of Biscay. The nignt
was so clear, the British account
said, that the deck officer saw
the wake of an approaching
torpedo and threw the helm
hard over to dodge the projec
tile. He did the same with two
others.
The submarine then came up
to within 300 yards of the Usk
mouth and shelled her.
A French warship 65 miles
away received an SOS, sped to
the scene, and "by a miracle
found the boatswain," who had
been thrown into the sea. Drop
Ding him a raft, the French at
tacked the submarine, and the
British said "there is every rea
son to believe" the raider was
sunk.
FORCE
S,
SHELL OWN
IN SALLA
Helsinki, Dec. 29. (P) The
killing of 600 Russians in a bat
tle at Kelja was reported by the
Finnish command today as the
Red army launched new attacks
along the Leningrad-Viipuri
railway and the region of Lake
Suvanto on the eastern part of
the Karelian isthmus.
The Finnish communique re
ported the Russians left 300
dead on another battlefield in
the Sysky lake sector where
two Red army battalions were
"dispersed."
The destruction of five Rus
sian tanks and capture of two
others and smashing of several
Russian attacks also were re
ported. The day was marked by re
newed Russian air raids on
cities of southwestern Finland
while the Finnish news agency
reported that in the Salla sec
tor, where new Red army
troops and guns were being
brought into action, Russian ar
tillery and planes were shelling
and bombing their own infantry
apparently by mistake.
STATE DIRECTOR
OF AERONAUTICS TO KEEP NOSE DRY
Former Medford Air Lines
Manager Succeeds Green
wood $200 Per Month.
Ankara, Dec. 29. (IP) A
mounting death toll in earthquake-stricken
Anatolia today
led officials to express belief
the total dead might reach 50,
000 as starvation, cold and di
sease created new perils for sur
vivors of the Wednesday catastrophe.
Relief trains rushed food and
medical supplies to the shattered
quake zone, but wrecked com
munication facilities and a rag
ing blizzard made it seem cer
tain additional thousands would
die of injuries and exposure be
fore help could reach them.
Fears of new tremors, pre
dicted by Turkish seismologists,
added to the terror of the quake
region.
Bodies In Debris
Officials had put the dead
and injured in Erzincan prov
ince alone at 42.000.
It is said that 'numberless
thousands" of persons remained
buried in the ruins of buildings.
Special trains bearing hun
dreds of doctors with supplies
and medicines managed today
to reach some of the ravaged
areas isolated since the great
temblors of Wednesday.
They were unable to reach
many localities because of
blocked roads and collapsed
bridges.
Authorities said more trem
ors might come in the next ten
days. Director Fatin of the Is
tanbul observatory said that geo
logical disturbance apparently
occurred 18 miles below the sur
face and . covered . a wide area
so that further movements were
likely before the strata settled
As one item of the tragedy,
relief workers reported finding
great numbers of stray children
in pitiful condition in the moun
tainous, icy woods.
Three additional earth shocks
last night added to distress in
the ravaged area of east central
Turkey.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
WHEAT, FLOUR SUBSIDY
IS ENDED BY WALLACE
Washington, Dec. 29. (IP)
Secretary Wallace announced
today that the agricultural de
partment was suspending its
wheat and flour export subsidy
program, with the exception of
exports of flour from the Pacific
coast ports to the Philippine
islands.
BROUGHT $794,188
Salem, Dec. 29. IP) Orego
nlans drank $794,188 worth of
liquor during November, an in
crease of $36,823 over Novem
ber, 1938. The increased amount
was caused largely by the price
increase early this year.
The November sales exceeded
those of October by $38,000. The
liquor control commission re
ported a net profit of $267,721
for the month and $1,269,536
for the first five months of the
fiscal year beginning July 1
November profits were $9,000
more than those of November,
1938.
Food and Drug Labels Must
Tell Ingredients and Size
W. Vernon Jones coming all
the way from San Bernardino,
Cal., to his old home town to
have his camera stolen from
his car. he being trustworthy
enough to leave his car un
locked. Anita Robertson forgetting she
was having a happy birthday.
Alice Henney being patience
personified while trying on all
the clothes in the store on a
weary client who was definitely
not patience personified.
Washington, Dec. 29. (IP)
Foods, drugs and cosmetics mov
ing in interstate commerce, be
ginning New Year's day, must
bear labels listing all ingred
ients or be subject to seizure
by federal authorities.
On that day the strict label
ing provisions of the 1938 food,
drug and cosmetic act take ef
fect, in an effort to protect con
sumers against adulterated and
misbranded products.
The labels must carry the
name and address of the man
ufacturer, backer or distributor;
an accurate statement of con
tents in weight, measure or nu
merical count, and a complete
list of ingredients.
One exception on the listing
of ingredients is made in the
case of products for which the
food, drug and cosmetic admin
istration has established stand
ards, after holding public hear
ings. Labels on these products
must state whether they are be
low the standard.
Standards have been set up
for a few products, including
egg products, canned peaches
canned tomatoes, tomato puree
and pulp, catsup, cheese, some
types of canned vegetables, pre
serves and jellies. Standards for
hundreds of other products will
be established within the next
two years.
Other provisions require that
artificial flavoring and coloring
and chemical preservatives be
declared on food labels. Excep
tion is made for artificial color
ing In butter, cheese and Ice
cream. Coal tar colors used in
foods, drugs and cormetfes must
be among those certified as
harmless.
WARNED BY POLICE
Augmented Force to Watch
Heavy Holiday Traffic
Smashup Epidemic Ebbs.
Portland, Dec. 29. (U.PJ L.
G. Devaney, former manager of
United Air Lines at Medford,
Ore., was named state aeronau
tics director yesterday by the
state board of aeronautics to
succeed Allen Greenwood, re
signed inspector.
The board emphasized that
Devaney's duties will be largely
promotional. He will direct the
board's program of fostering
aviation in the state and of giv
ing advice regarding airports
and other problems of the in
dustry.
If Gov. Charles A. Spraguc
approves a tentative plan adopt
ed by the board today, licensed
mechanics will handle the bulk
of inspection duties. They
would be responsible for the air
worthiness of planes used in
intrastate aviation.
The new directorial post will
supplant the position of inspec
tor, from which Greenwood re
signed under alleged political
pressure several months ago.
Greenwood was paid $350 a
month; Devaney will get $200.
Devaney lives in Portland. He
is a native of Roscburg, Ore.,
and a graduate of Stanford uni
versity.
He was one of the curliest
transport pilots in the United
States and was one of the first
members of the state board , of
aeronautics, having been ap
pointed in 1920 for a term by
Gov. Ben W. Olcott.
Captain Devaney was educat
ed in grade and high schools in
Roseburg. before . matriculating
at Stanfard.
He enlisted in the aviation
signal corps in 1917, was gradu
ated from the school of military
aeronautics at Austin, Tex., later
Jn the year and then served as
lying instructor and aeronauti
cal engineering officer at Kelly
Field, Tex.
No New Year's hilarity will
be tolerated behind the wheels
of speedy, death dealing auto
mobiles on Medford streets or
southern Oregon highways, it
was indicated today as police
prepared to handle the heavy
week-end holiday traffic.
Both city and state police of
ficials said that augmented pa
trols would be on 24-hour duty
over the holiday period and
warned motorists to do their
celebrating of the New Year's
indoors. The state police radio
system will be kept in opera
tion later into the night than
usual to coordinate the work of
patrols.
Record Dented
While no direct reference was
made to last week-end's record
it was understood that every ef
fort was being made to avert
a repetition of the Christmas
holiday series of accidents that
put a substantial dent in Mod
ford's chances for the state safe,
ty prize and that adversely af
fected Jackson county's stand
ing in the safety ratings of coun
ties. A dozen accidents occurred
in and around Medford during
the Christmas holiday and while
all of them were minor there
were lucky escapes from death
or serious injury In two of them.
One accident resulted in the fil
ing of drunken driving charges.
Accidents continued above
normal numbers after Christmas
and did not taper off until to
day. So serious was the situa
tion considered that the Med
ford Traffic Safely Council ex
pressed concern.
Added Hazard
"Streets and highways are li-
Captain Devaney was man
ager of United Air Lines here
for about four years, from about
the middle of 1933 to May, 1937
BLAZE DESTROYS
(Continued on Page Three )
TRANSIENT COUPLE
FREED TO TRAVEL
Vivian Lillian Davis, a fifteen-
year-old girl, and her hitchhik
ing companion, Ralph James,
Carpenter, 20, appeared In jus
tice court yesterday charged
with vagrancy. They were sen
tenced to 30 days in the county
jail, but commitment was de
ferred upon condition they d
part Jackson county at once.
They told the court they had
promises of work in Portland
and are now on their way north
The youth and girl left their
home town, a village near Pon-
tiac, Mich., last fall and headed
west. Since then they have
been drifting up and down the
highways, until detained here
two weeks ago.
Michigan authorities and the
parents of the girl advised of
their predicament volunteered
no help and "showed no interest
In the case," according to local
officials.
The residence of Mr. and Mrs
Lloyd H. Morris on Midway
road and practically all of its
contents were destroyed by fire
late yesterday afternoon.
Other buildings on the prop
erty were saved by volunteer I
firefighters who used a pumper
from the state forest patrol
headquarters where Mr. Morris
is employed as an inspector dur
ing most of the year. The Mor
ris home was situated about a
mile this side of state forest
headquarters.
The fire was attributed to an
overheated or defective flue.
Mr. Morris, home alone at the
time, was awakened from a nap
by the crackling of flames and
he found the entire roof of the
five-room, frame dwelling on
fire. He was able to save only
a washing machine from the
back porch and a few valued
household articles.
The loss was covered partly
by insurance.
400 PANICKY SHEEP
SMOTHER IN HUDDLE
Heppner, Dec. 29. iP, A
herder at the Lotus Robison
ranch discovered yesterday 400
mysteriously panic- stricken
sheep piled up In a corral dur
ing the night and were killed.
Mar Buy Powsr Lin
Washington, Dec. 29. HP)
Purchase of the transmission
line of the Wlllapa Electric com
pany between Raymond, Wash.,
and Aberdeen, Wash., Is con
templated by the Bonneville
nower adrr.lnistrotion. interior I which have remained
department officials said today.) cover in recent days.
Pretty Cafe Entertainer Found Slain
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The slashed body of Alice (Jerry) Burns, preiiy i-yur-oia mi toihuiiwi, w.
In a vacant lot In Los Angeles early yesterday. Friends said sh had Ult a cat with a
strange man, the evening before. Polica art shown at top examining the body. Lower pie
lure discloses the meager clues: A yellow gold butterfly brooch, a woman's shoe and an arti
ficial red rose. The rose was found beneatk tha right hip of the nuda beauty (A. P.
Photos). '
POLICE IDENTIFY
GIRL VICTIM OF
1939 Payroll in Industries ;
10-Year Record for Oregon
Salem, Dec. 29. (tP) Oregon's 1939 Industrial - payroll
will set a 10-year record of about $158,000,000, an Increase ol .
ht cii rinnnnn nvw the 1938 navroll. state Industrial acci- .
dent commission records showed today. :
The payroll for the urst 11
BREAK HINTED IN
SAN FRAN STRIKE
San Francisco, Dec. 29. IP)
The Ship Clerks' association
strike committee today adopted
a proposal for settlement of the
49-day waterfront labor dispute,
but withheld details pending
submission of the plan to a full
membership meeting next Tues
day. Harry Bridges, California CIO
director who attended the
clerks' meeting, said the plan
was a "combination proposal"
of various settlement sugges
tions which have been submit
ted to date.
Reports which could not be
confirmed hinted at a break
soon in strike developments
under
Los Angeles, Dec. 29. (IP)
The nude body of a pretty, 17
year old cafe entertainer was
tossed into an abandoned coal
yard early yesterday, and today
police hunted the person who
had stabbed her so brutally. A
four-Inch knife blade was Im
bedded in her shoulder. '
The victim was Identified,
hours after the body was found,
as Alice (Jerry) Burns, wife of
L. C. (Curly) Burns, former San
Bernardino, Cal., railway em
ploye. Peggy Clark, 18, and Jack
Cody, 20, said they had gone
with Mrs. Burns to a show and
afterward to a cafe where a
"strange man bought Jerry a
drink, and she left with him
at 4:30 a. m."
An hour and a half later Re
fugio Ramirez, a butcher, stum
bled upon the woman's uncloth
ed body, slashed in the face
and stabbed six times in the
back and shoulders.
Police found, beneath her
still-warm form, a blood-soaked
artificial red rose, a cheap
bronze brooch and a woman s
black slipper.
Deep tire tracks nearby Indi
cated an automobile had spurted
away.
Detective Lieutenants Mile
Ledbctter and Lloyd Hurst xaid
Miss Clark described Mrs.
Burns' companion, when she
left the cafe, as a man about
25, with brown hair and bushy
eyebrows and "squint eyes."
"I warned her not to have
anything to do with him, but
she told me he had a lot of
money and that she was going
some place with him," Miss
Clark added.
At Fort Worth, Texas, Mrs.
mnntha nf thlfl vnar was $145.
081,014, with an aniicipaica De
cember payroll of $13,000,000
expected to boost the year's to
tal to the record. The 1938 pay
roll was $147,685,257.
The November payroll 01
iui Run exceeded that of Nov
ember, 1938 by about $900,000.
The sudden spurt in lnausiriai
activity is reflected in state un
nmninvmpnt mmDensation re
ports that unemployment Is at
the lowest point in several years.
The average numrjer or men
mnlnvnri nn fnr this vear was
117.800. compared with 109,-
245 in 1038. A total of 125,726
persons were employed In in
dustry during November, com
pared with 117,234 a year ago.
$300100 SENT TO
SUFFERING FINNS
Chicago, Dec. 29. IP) The
Finnish relief fund drive In the
United States In 12 days has
nnt SHOO. 100 to Finland, Its
chairman, former President Her
hnri Hnnv,r. rennrts.
The money has been cabled
In three $100,000 Instalments,
ho Mirf while in Chicago yes
terday conferring with leaders
of the drive. No goal or quota
has been set
I
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Jewish Rtfuam Hald Up
Valnaraiso. Chile, Dec. 29.
1P1 Six hundred German Jew
ish refugees who planned to
settle in Chile were required
to remain aboard the Italian
steamer Augustus today pend
ing examination ot meir papers
on orders of Foreign Minister
Abraham Ortega,
F.D.J1
SUFFER INJURIES IN
WlnrViestM-. V.. Dpe. 29.- fffi
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and
his wife suffered lacerations and
hriilRp tn nn automobile Acci
dent early today as they wer
driving to Washington irom
northern Virginia party. , , '
Thev were brought to Me
morial hospital by an unidenti
fied motorist after their car
rammed a parked truck 28
miles east of Winchester. Th
young Roosevelts walked Into
the hospital unassisted, and at
tendants expressed the belief
they would be able to leave
later today.
The president's wife arrived
here by automobile from Wash
ington shortly after 8 a. m. and
summoned a Washington physi
cian to consult with Dr. Robert
F. Cline, who treated the couple,
on whether they should be taken
home.
Dr. Cline said young Mrs.
Roosevelt's injuries included a
lacerated forehead and right
ear, scratches and abrasions,
and that her husband suffered
lacerations on the forehead and
right arm, a small laceration an
the upper left arm and scratches
and abrasions. The Injuries, he
said, apparently were from fly
ing glass.
Occupants of the truck were
not hurt.
I foggy stretch ot road.