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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1939. PAGE THREE ALL SET FOR GAYEST NEW YEARJNDECADE Three Days Celebration for Last of '30's Sunday Laws Boom 'Parties'. HIRER PROMISES GERMANS VICTORY By the Associated Press Bidding farewell to the 30's, convivial Americans began a three-day celebration of the new year last (Saturday) night. It promised to be one of the gayest festivals 01 the decade. The national round of recep tions, parties and dances started 24 hours earlier than usual be cause of New Year's eve falling on a Sunday night. In many communities, where laws re strict undue merriment on the sabbath, the principal celebra tion was held last night. This was true in Kansas City, where, like . other Missouri cities, liquor sales are prohib ited from midnight Saturday until midnight Sunday. Many clubs in Indianapolis moved their celebrations up one dav. Indiana has banned the sale of liquor on Sundays. The great metropolitan cen ters, however, were planning to celebrate on the traditional night. New Yorkers may quench their thirst at 2,200 bars, and in t the cabarets they will be .permitted to drink until 5 a. m. Prices were generally down, and reservations up. In Chicago police informed merrymakers their consciences would be their guides on the big night. Some of the nations most famous streets will be the scenes of mass celebrations Randolph street in Chicago, Times Square in New York, around which all traffic will be rerouted; broad Canal street in New Orleans, and San Francis co's Market street. Los Angeles authorities have arranged to rope off six blocks of Hill street and Broadway for the celebrators and have as signed 250 extra policemen to keep their antics under control. A 2 a. m. liquor curfew will be enforced strictly: Reports from throughout the country showed that Sunday laws had resulted in a greatly increased number of home par ties,being planned this year. Iowa folks rushed to liquor stores last night for supplies to last them from 9 p. m. Sat urday until 9 a. m. Tuesday. Only private clubs are permit ted to sell beer and liquor on Sunday. Liquor sales in Michigan to night will be restricted to the period from midnight until 2 a. m. Governor Dickinson said if that wasn't long enough for some "they'll just have to drink faster." Berlin, Dec. 30. P) Adolf Hitler today expressed his con viction that 1940 would bring victory to Germany and de clared the reich was fighting "for the construction of a new Europe." In a year-end message to the nazl party the fuehrer stated Germany's "clear, precise war aim:" "Germany and beyond that Europe, must be liberated from the oppression and constant threats which today as in the past originate in England." The "new Europe," Hitler de clared, "cannot be shaped by the outmoded forces of a decay put all disproved slanders be- "Labor fought the case, and won. To the thousands of union men and women who gave their aid in time and money, I can best express appreciation by saying 'It is your victory.' " Bridges said he h o p e d it would be possible now for em ployers "to sit down with un ions and work out their prob lems in sensible fashion. "In regard to our local water front situation, it would seem that the time is ripe for the employers to forget their slo gan that their boycott of the port of San Francisco was nec essary to save ships and man agement from seizure by 'Bridges and Communists.' " (Waterfront employers have said that the 50-day Ship Clerks' association strike now on at San Francisco was inspired by action of Bridges which Bridges and the union denied and other employer organiza tions charged that Communists dominated longshore unions.) The labor leader said he hoped that "now employers will ing world" the western pow ers but "only those peoples and forces are called upon which in their conduct and their achievements can be spoken of as young and produc tive. Hitler cancelled his tradi ditional New Year's receptions at the chancellery for the dip lomatic corps, German cabinet, defense forces, the nazi party and other officials because of the war. An authorized source said that well-wishers would enter their names in a special visitors' book. Newspapermen were re minded that receptions were cancelled also during the world war, In messages to the army and the nazi party, however, Hitler invoked God's blessing on the reich and declared that afcad of the Germans lay "the most serious struggle for existence or non-existence." He gave a long summary of nazidom's achievements and ob served that "eighty million peo ple cannot in the long run be kept from participating in the world's wealth. LOCAL and PERSONAL I hind them. If they do this the unions' earnest desire for indus trial peace can be speedily rea lized." Bridges declared that Landis in his report "made clear the character and motives of red baiters." He said that John L. Leech, one of the witnesses at the deportation hearing, "is the principal Dies committee witness on asserted radical ac tivities in Hollywood." He said it "is well known" that Stanley M. Doyle, Captain John J. Keegan of the Portland. Ore., . police department, and Harper Knowles, former head of the California American Le gion radical research commit tee, all witnesses at the deporta tion proceedings, "have already performed similar services for the Dies committee in the face of the truth and against the in terests of the workers and the general public' Special Meet Townsend club 2 will hold a special council meeting at 7:30 p. m. Tuesday in Townsend hall, 123.i West Main street. Guest Here Walter Gerkhc of The Dalles is a holiday sea son guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Pickell of 823 Taylor street. Mr. Gerkhe is Mrs. Pickell's brother. Street Here Bob Street of Portland is a New Year holi day visitor in this city. After having lived here approximately a year. Street moved several weeks ago to Portland. Skiing Fair Despite rain, fair skiing conditions prevailed on selected slopes in Crater Lake national park yesterday, rangers said in their afternoon short-wave radio broadcast. It rained hard all day in the park. the rangers said. The sky was overcast and visibility zero. The snow at headquarters was 33 inches deep. The snow was de scribed as "wet." Some of tlve park roads were slushy and tire chains were advised in driv ing between headquarters and the lake rim. MONTANA SLAYER Home on Leave Robert C. Hargitt, member of the crew of the U. S. cruiser Philadel phia, is spending a six-day leave of absence from the navy at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Richard W. Hargitt of Rogue River. Hargitt enlisted in the U. S. navy through the Medford recruiting station last June. Plane Passengers Mrs. Gip son Driver arrived by United Mainliner Friday evening from Seattl-, Wash., and departing on the same plane was O. Ken neth Anderson, meteorological observer at Fairbanks, Alaska, and former assistant at the Medford weather bureau, for Washington, D. C, where he is to take a special course of study before returning to his Alaskan post. Mr. Anderson spent the Christmas holidays with his parents in Central Point. H. R. Spinner left by Mainliner for Yakima, Wash., via Port land by Mainliner Friday after noon. Plane service between Oakland, Cal., and Seattle. Wash., yesterday was disrupted by adverse weather north and south of here. Several trips were cancelled. To School Harold Clement, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Clem ent of 1223 West Main street, left Thursday for Seattle where he is a student at the University of Washington. He had visited his parents during the Yule holidays. He a sophomore at the college. In Portland Mr. and Mrs Clem Finley and daughter Mar guerite of Central Point are transacting business and visit ing relatives and friends in Portland during the holiday season. Mrs. L. B. Walker is staying at the Finley home dur ing their absence. To Have Watch Medford Christian Youth Council will hold New Year's eve wntch at the Methodist church Sunday evening at 10:30. All voune persons interested arc invited j to attend. Games, refreshments Cj and devotionals by Price Shai-iSw fer will be given. S3 . eft Highway Open With rain . falling for two days at Union Creek, the Diamond Lake high-' way became passable yesterday I after being closed by snow for i several weeks. Crater Lake na-1 tional park headquarters here said. Tire chains, however. ' were advised for travel over j the highway. Visits Parents David Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rawles Moore of the Old Stage road, was a holiday visitor here. He attends U.C.L.A. Also a visitor here was Jack Gray, who visited his father. Frank Gray. He is a student at Santa Monica Junior college. Job Tests U. S. civil service ) commission yesterday announc- j ed open competitive examina tions for the following posi tions: junior poultry aide, $1440 i a year, bureau of animal in dustry; statistical supervisor,' S3200 a year; special agent $:i800 a year, and assistant spe cial agent, $3200 a year, civil ' aeronautics authority. Complete ! information about the examina-' tions and positions may ba ob-' tained at Medford postoffice 1 from Stanley O. Sherwood, act ing secretary of the local board of civil service examiners. Closing tuna for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1:!0 p. m. Use Mall Tribune want ads. WK FIT Hon - Skid Spot Pad Trusses Satisfaction Guaranteed HEATH'S Drug Store PHONE 884 nar. WATCH! WAIT! PENNEY'S JANUARY White Goods Event! COMING SOON H will PAY you to SHOP at PENNEY'Sl THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY -IfpioiSsJ I Wt PUBLIC III I I 1 FIGHTING FINNS E ENERGETIC AS RADICAL, VIEW (continued lvom page one) constitutional government permits." (Continued rrom Page One.) the eastern Karelian isthmus, at Kitalae, on the northern shore of Lake Ladoga, and on a front betwen Lake Ruoko and Lake Sysky. A several days battle around Lake Kianta continued. A military communique said two enemy tanks were de stroyed between Summa and Lake Muola, and that Finnish planes shot down two Soviet raiders. Finns on this last Saturday of the year realized with proud satisfaction that Russia's armies seemed much further away than they did on the terrible open ing day of the conflict No vember 30. They were puzzled, however, by numerous foreign reports that foreign volunteers were arriving In Finland. So far, the Swedes have been the only ones to come in notice able numbers, although the first Norwegians are expected next week. Today was the first time the Finns have officially admitted the presence of Swedish volun teers under General Ernst Lin der. In a statement, Foreign Minister Vaino Tanner ex pressed Finland's thanks and "great encouragement." The Finns got much pleasure out of knowing that the world now was asking: "What's wrong with the Russian army?" Real istically, however, many feared a great battle was imminent, with experienced Soviet troops reported moving up front to replace callow conscripts under cover of continual artillery bombardment of the isthmus Russian strategists also weie using captive balloons for tne first time to spy out Finnish 1-ositions; h.cVlon in the thick Wants to Be Citizen. San Francisco, Dec. 30. P) Harry Bridges, California C.I.O. leader, said today "now that ob stacles have been cleared away" by Dean James M. Landis' re port on deportation charges against him, "I shall seek nat uralization at the earliest pos sible moment." "I have long desired to be come an American citizen," said the labor leader in a written statement. "It should now be obvious through the disclosures of the proceedings, why I have been unable to fulfill that de sire." (Bridges has filed notice of his intention to become natural ized three times since he came to this country from Australia in 1920. The first two he al lowed to lapse and the third was filed in recent months.) He declared there was "noth ing personal" in the proceedings which the Harvard law school dean conducted during 11 weeks here this summer as special ex aminer into labor department charges that Bridges belonged to the Communist party. Labor on Trial. "I was on trial but labor was the defendant," Bridges said. HAD DEATH LIST Ryegate, Mont., Dec. 30. W) Sheriff E. L. Dolve, whose name headed the list of 16 persons marked for death by Lee Simp son, 51, rancher, sprang the trap that sent Simpson to his death on the gallows today. Simpson was convicted of slaying Deputy Sheriff Arthur Burford on his Golden Valley county ranch, April 14, 1938. Burford and Sheriff Dolve had gone to the ranch to inves tigate the disappearance of two ranch hands whom Simpson subsequently admitted slaying. The ranch hands but not Burford were on the list of those Simpson said were "try ing to steal my land. Mrs. Simpson also was listed. Simpson stepped directly from a courthouse window to the steps of the gallows, in a stock ade 60 feet square. The Rev. E. L. Mills offered a brief prayer "by special re quest of Mr. Simpson." Sheriff Dolve then warned the 250 witnesses, who had been searched for guns and cameras, not to speak if Simpson made a last statement. Simpson surrendered at Liv ingston to Sheriff Guy Tullork of Fergus county the day after the slaying. He gave Tullock the "death list" and told where the ranch hands, Robert Mc Donald, 21, and his brother Gerald, 19, were buried. The next night Simpson slashed his wrists and wrote in blood on a cell wall: "The re sult of a frameup through my ; HANCE H. CLELAND MISIDINT MCDFORD, OREGON JANUARY 1st, 1940' For many years, The California Oregon Power Company has welcomed each New Year as an opportunity to extend to YOU a cheery greeting and a sincere "Thank You" for your patronage. This year is no exception. We are truly grateful and fully aware of your part in the pro gress of our company. We are sorry, indeed, we cannot make such a greeting as this in a more personal way, for, as years come and go, we are more and more appreciative of friendships, old and new, which this company cherishes. Each year finds us more determined to serve you faithfully and well in the months and years to come. It is gratifying to us to recognize the growing appreciation of the comfort, convenience and labor-saving qualities of our product electricity. It is our hope that Copco Kilowatts may bring to YOU easier, healthier, happier living in 1940. wife I 0 Here's Luck May all that is worth having be yours for 1940. We hope that we may continue to contribute to your enjoyment by servinj you well. Western Thrift CLOSED ALL DAY MONDAY Sincerely, . 1 , S $ lmmmmmmmsJ'1 V at "ter sf r 3 1 woods of the isthmu.
