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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 1, 19-10.
No. 242.
ATtE
Washington, D. C Jan. 1.
In the big, ugly, red brick build
ing, the government printing of
fice, where thousands are em
ployed on three shifts, the
presses are turning out the ad
ministration's most carefully
Ruarded secret the budget. !
While President Roosevelt,
with members of the inner cir
cle, are working on what will be
his last formal message to con
gress (unless he is elected for a
third term), the printing office
is working day and night to
have the budget ready for re
lease and distribution Thursday,
at the latest, but if mechanic
ally possible, for Wednesday,
when congress convenes.
ITNTIL released only the dl-
rector of the budget, the
president and the printers and
proof readers will know what
each and every government ac
tivity will receive (provided con
gress makes the appropriation.
Sometime late Wednesday af-k-rnoon
or early Thursday the
'people of the Pacific Northwest
'will be able to learn whether
the president favors expanding
R ( the personnel and payroll of
5 ; Bonneville; what ho favors for
'.' (Grand Coulee, for the various
j.' reclamation projects in the area.
j AS PRINTED, the budget is
f " larger and thicker than a
mail-order catalogue; twice as
thick as the most hefty tele
phone book in Oregon or Wash
ington. It has more pages than
Sanburg's four volume bio
graphy of Abraham Lincoln. No
one ever thumbs the hundreds
and hundreds of pages filled
with tables of figures showing
.-how many atitomohJ?.is. the for-
est service needs, or is allowed;
what the president thinks is re
quired by Deschutes project, for
Crater Lake, the revested O. &
C. lands, for exterminating bugs
in the Ponderosa pines, for I
weather forecasts, for travel ex-
pense.
Every federal agency, without
exception, is sitting on pins and
needles wondering what the
(Continued on Page Two )
PLUNGE TO DEATH
Chicago, Jan. 1. (U.R) Mrs.
Anita Hoffberg. 26, wife of a
Chicago building contractor,
listened for 20 minutes Sunday
to her mother's telephoned pleas
not to commit suicide, then
hung up abruptly and leaped
to her death from the 21st floor
of a downtown hotel.
"I talked to her for 20 min
utes," the mother said. "Then
all of a sudden she hung up.
I tried to trace the call, but it
was too late then."
The hotel management re
ported that Mrs. Hoffberg, moth
er of one child, had registered
in the afternoon. Less than 40
minutes later, Mrs. Hoffberg
was dead. Her body hurtled to
the sidewalk in view of scores
of pedestrians on Michigan ave
nue. SIPE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS .
Grandpa John and Grandma
Jean Perl having Just as much
fun as their grandchildren. Billy
and Marieanne Perl, at the
Crate show.
Belle Paine enthusiastically
inquiring If there was to be
a paper today, and upon an
affirmative answer being very
cheerful.
D. Ford McCormick fascinat
ing a couple of fans with in
teresting tales regarding Clip
per flights, Latin countries and
all.
Jessie Mastin exhuberantly
wishing a group of friends a
swell New Year and vice versa.
' Everett Brayton and Walker
(Quiz' Quienbrrry being re
garded as the gold dust twins
s they staeed some funny go-
tjn-on, one starting in where
e oLUer left oil and such.
owl games
Rose
First period: U.S.C. 0; Vols 0.
Pasadena. Calif., Jan. 1 i,V With football honors of the
Old South and the Far West at stake, Tennessee's Volunteers
and Southern California's Trojans matched gridiron strategy,
brawn and punch here today before a capacity Rose Bowl
throng of 92,000 fans.
The classic was played under gloomy skies and in the face
of a slight wind that swooped down on the field in occasional
gusts.
Rebel yells of some 5,000 Tennessee rooters whooped
friendly challenges to the home guards.
Tennessee won the toss, chose to receive, and chalked up
a first down on a 15-yard thrust in five plays. Tailback Cafego
packed twice, for a total of 8 yards while Fullback Coffman
ripped off 9 yards with a sneaker through guard. The Trojans
took the ball on a long punt from Coffman and made 9 yards
on tries by Lansdell and Peoples. They kicked from their
own 24.
East -
First period: East 7; West 7. . . .
San Francisco, Jan. 1. (IP) The West scored an aerial
touchdown in the first six minutes of play in the 15th annual
Shrine East-West football game here today.
Before the approximately 45,000 fans who braved inter
mittent showers could get used to the wet seats, Kay Eakin,
Arkansas halfback, heaved a 50-yard pass to Bill Anahu, Santa
Clara end, who was virtually in the clear as he sped 25 yards
down the left sideline to the goal. Dick Favor. Oklahoma
quarterback, kicked the extra point.
The West took to the air after the easterners had been
held to a standstill on the ground.
Two days of rain left the Kezar stadium field soaked do
spite a protective canvas, and at the kickoff a light drizzle
fell.
One minute before the end of the period the East tied up
the game at 7-7 on a short pass from Ed Boell, New York
university quarterback, to George Stirnweiss, North Carolina
halfback, who grabbed the pass on the West 23 and eluded
five western players.
The place kick for extra point by Ben Kish, Pittsburgh
fullback, was blocked, but carried over the goal line by end
Francis Stulgaitis of Columbia.
Orange
Final: Georgia Tech 21, Missouri 7.
Miami, Fla Jan. 1 MP) Georgia Tech's slick football corps
got up off the floor today to whip Missouri's Big Six champions,
21-7, after Paul Christman and company had scored first in the
Orange Bowl test before 38,000 customers.
Missouri started with a rush against the Southeastern co
champions by "stealing" the ball from Howard Ector in the first
five minutes and marching 45 yards to a score with Christman
bucking the final half foot after setting it up with two fine passes.
But Tech mixed deception and power to roll 68 yards for the
tying touchdown in the same quarter, Ector diving the last foot
after fumbling and recovering on the 1-yard line.
The Engineers swept into the lead In the second frame when
Bob Ison galloped 59 yards on an end-around sweep in which he
took the ball after a double fake and completely fooled the scrap
ping Tigers. Another dose of hocus-pocus clicked in the third
frame when Earl Wheby traveled 34 yards after a double reverse
in which three men handled the ball.
Sun
Second period: Catholic U. 0; Tempe 0.
EI Paso, Tex., Jan. 1. (IP) Arizona State of Tempe and
Catholic university battled to a halftime deadlock in the Sun
bowl today, the Arizonans smashing repeatedly at the Card
inals' sturdy line to threaten in both periods.
Two Tempe fumbles and a partly blocked punt placed
Tempo in the hole twice, but the easterners each time failed
to capitalize. Tempe gained five first downs to three and 76
yards from scrimmage against Catholic's 46 in the first half.
Cotton
Final Clemenson 6; Boston C. 3.
Dallas, Jan. 1. (IP) Clcmson halted Boston college in the
shadow of its goal line in the final three minutes today to win
the Cotton Bowl game, 6-3, in a wild and wooly battle that
kept a crowd of 20.000 on its toes. Charley Timmons plunged
for Clemson's touchdown and Alex Lukachik kicked a field
goal for Boston college.
Sugar
New Orleans. Jan. l.W Behind the battering power of
Jarrin John Kimbrough. the Texas Aggies today stopped Tu-
lane, 14 to 13, before 73.000 frenzied Sugar Bowl fans who
saw lulane leading by one touchdown for a short time in the
final period.
PROWLER KILLED
TO FLEE
Chico. Cal.. Jan 1. (U.R) Lest
Raker, 21, was shot In the back
Sunday when he attempted to
escape from E. J. Lurati while
Lurati was marching him to the
police station.
Lurati and his sister, Mrs.
Margaret Holm, who witnessed
the shooting, were held by po
lice for questioning.
Lurati told police he found
Raker prowling in the bedroom
of Mrs. Holm's two daughters,
aged 14 and 16, while they were
sleeping. He captured Raker by
threatening him with a .12
guage shotgun.
Only three American eoh??i
wnnam and Mrr. Harvard. Yale
are older than tba University of
Havana
West
IN DEEP SILENCE
Washington, Jan. 1. (p)
Vice President Garner, arriving
for the 1940 session of congress,
said today he had "no com
ment on the weather, politics,
economics or any other subject
you might mention."
Garner, who spent much of
his vacation hunting in the vi
cinity of his Uvalde, Texas,
home, appeared in ruddy good
health and high spirits.
The Texan declined to say
when he might talk with Presi
dent Roosevelt, but added that
this question probably would
be answered tomorrow. Mr.
Roosevelt presumably plans to
talk with legislative leaders be
fore the session ttarU Wednej-day.
FINNS MOPPING UP
AFTER SHATTERING
Red Survivors Chased Like
Rabbits Through Snow,
Trees Near Suomussalmi.
Helsinki, Jan. 1. P) The
destruction of another Russian
column and ' continued pursuit
of the Red army were reported
today by the Finnish high com
mand. "Our troops destroyed an en
emy column of 12 cars," said the
communique, describing an ac
tion near Salla on the northern
central front, above the Arctic
circle.
Continue Chase
In the Suomussalmi sector,
some 160 miles to the south, the
Finns continued their chase of
the 163rd division of some
15,000, which yesterday's com
munique reported "definitely
cut up and for the most part de
stroyed." Further war material was col
lected in this sector to be added
to huge quantities already taken.
The high command said Rus
sian planes flew over the Nor
wegian frontier in the Petsamo,
or northernmost, fighting zone. 1
and dropped two bombs on Nor
wegian territory.
It was officially announced
that Turku (Abo) was heavily
bombed today but there were no
reports of casualties or damage.
Hunt Panicky Redi
Like huntsmen, the Finns
trailed their panicky quarry
through snows and forests of
the Lake Kianta country in the
region of Suomussalmi, ready to
fight it out or take prisoners in
surrender.
The Finnish high command
reported the 'great victory" last
night after the two-day battle in
which "the enemy's 163rd divi-
sion. was definite!;' cu up'nnc!
for the most part destroyed.
"Remnants of the division
were partly scattered in the for
est and partly fleeing, pursued
by our troops, toward Juntus
ranta. . . . the enemy's losses can
be counted in the thousands,
(Juntusranta lies about 27
miles northeast of Suomussalmi
on the middle eastern front and
i i.-3 uiaji live limes irom ne
Russian border. Conceivably,
Finnish patrols might cross the
frontier there in pursuit of the
163d's survivors.)
Major War Upset
Finland rejoiced over the out
come of the battle which raged
through Friday and Saturday
perhaps the greatest upset of the
32-day-old war, except the war
itself.
However, the grim joy in this!
triumph over part of the vastl
army of invaders on or within!
Finland's frontiers was tempered1
by reports from southern and
western cities caught in the
sweep of Russian bombing
planes.
It was announced that 14
civilians were killed in an air
raid on Jyvaskyla, 170 northeast
of Helinski. The capital itself
W3S quiet today, without air
raid alarms.
Apparently hardest hit in the
air attacks was the western
coastal town of Vaasa, on the
Gulf of Bothnia, where 24 to 30
planes dropped more than 100
bombs in four raids within an
hour yesterday.
I uf
J WAT HUllRTinS
1
London. Jan. 1. iP) King
George VI tonight ligne'd a
proclamation providing for
regiitration of approximately
two million more Britons for
military service.
Helsinki, Jan. 1. (fP)
Many buildings in Turku, tea
port city which has been the
terminus of war materials sent
to the Finns from their Scan
dinavia friends, were report
ed in flames late tonight after
a fierce raid by Soviet bomb
ers. Officer Suicides.
Portland, Jan. 1. MP) Char
les McDulin, 50, special police
man assigned to the Eastmorc
land district here, died of a
gunshot wound in the head
early Sunday, Coroner R. M.
Erwin said. He had been in
ill health.
Portland. Jan. 1. (Pi Sharp
drops In shipments of flour,
wheat and fresh fruit from Port
land cut the value of December
exports to $1,253,714, but the
year's total went 10 per cent
over tha 1938 figure.
Rescue Hero
Tf J '
l . . i'
R. E. Decker (above), 28,
Seattle, is shown in a hospital
where he was taken after rescu
ing Mr. and Mrs. Louis J.
Slelte, neighbori, from thoir
burning home. Decker climbed
a ladder to the Stelles' upstairs
bedroom and dropped them
unconscious, to the ground. The
Steltoa' son Gerold, 20 months.
suffocated.
i TO AIO CONGRESS
SOLVE PROBLEMS
By H. R. Ingraham
Washington, Jan. 1. (P)
Improved business conditions
may help congress solve some
of the momentous problems pil
ing up for the session beginning
Wednesday.
Congressional leaders exnress-
ed belief, for instance, that the
goneral economic -s i tu a 1 1 o n
would materially lighten the
unemployment relief load and
ease the pressure for new or
higher taxes.
Revenues Zoom
Their contentions were bols
tered by an increase in estimat-
ph immirv mm,',.c fm iha
: $5,700,000,000 predicted for this
i year to about $6,200,000,000, a
, j.lmn whirh wnnM hnlr. linM
the prospective deficit to be
tween two and three billion dol
lars. Speaker Bankhead has sug
gested, too, that higher prices
for farm products might make
it unnecessary for congress to
appropriate funds for parity
payments to farmers a current
subject of controversy between
""' "
Stormy Session Seen
Nevertheless, other pressing
: domestic issues, complicated by
imernaiionai lurmou ana the
accelerating presidential elec
tion campaign, foreshadowed a
stormy and possibly prolonged
session.
Bankhead told reporters It
virtually was inevitable that,
under the pressure of a presi
dential campaign, administra
tion opponents would press their
causes with a maximum of de-
I bate and parliamentary maneu-
; venng.
sharply contrasting condl
tion wjH nrcvail in the senate
and house during the early days
of the session.
President Roosevelt will de
liver his annual message in per
son to a Joint session Wednesday
afternoon and submit his bud
get message on proposed expen
ditures on Thursday.
London, Jon. 1. (IP) One of
two German warplanes raiding
the Shetland Islands today made
a power dive over a British war
ship, dropping bombs as it
swooped low but foiling to in
flict damage British officials an
nounced. The air ministry, reporting
the raid north of Scotland, said
one of the raiders apparently
had been shot down, as was a
third German plane In an en
counter with a coastal patrol
plane over the North Sea.
Anti-aircraft guns on the war
ships, which the announcement
did not identify, directed heavy
fire at the plane which levelled
off and flew away from the
Shetlands.
of
1940 GF(ED BY,I
IN U. S.
GUNS IfHUROPE
Millions Spent in Night
Clubs-Largest Celebra
tions in Bowl Game Cities.
By the Associated Press
Life began for young Mr. 1040
today and he liked it.
For the first half dozen hours
of his life the infant year heard
nothing but laughter and music;
saw nothing but gayety and mer
rymaking. That was in America.
He stumbled around in con
fusion in Europe entering the
war-stricken countries guided
only by the flash of cannon. The
nightly blackout was a somber
setting but there was not much
gayety arrows the Atlantic.
t S. Spends Hoavy
Americans hit the jackpot of
hilarity in the dying hours of
1939 and then spent their en
thusiasm welcoming the new
year and new decade.
The celebrants there were
hundreds of thousands aided
by the Sabbath holiday started
early and stayed late for the
business at hand. Some of the
merrymakers had their celebra
tions slightly curbed because of
the Sunday liquor laws but for
the most part there were no
restrictions and millions of dol
lars were spent in night clubs,
bars and hotels.
Today's football games
brought thousands of visitors to
the "bowl" cities and they
joined in the revelry. Los An
geles had the wildest celebra
tion in a decade. The central
downtown area was blocked off
to all but pedestrians. The movie
celebrities were at the high
priced Hollywood and Beverly
Hills cafes and night clubs.
Amusement piers and nearby
beach towns were jammed.
Miami Riotous
Micml in the midst of tlie
Orange Bowl festival had (
riotous celebration. Harried po
liccmen gave up efforts to coiv
trol traffic and pedestrians. In
New Orleans, another bowl
city, the merrymakers crowded
wide Canal street in hornblow-
ing jamboree and night clubs
turned away crowds.
Now York's Times Square and
Chicago's Randolph and State
streets were massed with horn-
tooters and cowbell ringers. The
swank Everglades club at Palm
Beach had its largest party and
other resort night clubs had
sellouts.
20 SAIL0RMEN. LOST
IN NORTH SEA BLAST
Lonton, Jan. 1. (IP) The
British steamer Box Hill, 5,677
tons, sank in the North sea yes'
terdiiy after an explosion which
was believed to have resulted
in the loss of 20 members of
the ship's crew.
Twelve surviving members of
the crew of 32 landed at a Brl
tlsh port today.
Robert FechnerCCC Founder
Dies of Heart, Lung Ailments
Washington, Jan. 1. (IP) Robert Fochncr, who put depression-Idle
youth to work rebuilding America's forests and parks
in the CCC, Is dead.
President Roosevelt said he
had brought into public service
"great administrative ability
vision and indefatigable indus
try." Fcchncr, who died yesterday,
at 63, from a complication of
heart and lung ailments, had
formed the forest army of un-
Robert Fechner
May cad, m,
1 KA)'
1
The St. Joieph (Mo.) Gasetie
said it had learned from "usu
ally reliable sources" that Don
Faurot (above) University of
Missouri football coach, will
take over football duties at
Stanford university at S8.500 a
year, succeeding Tiny Thorn
hill, recontly dropped.
FLOODS HOD MISERY
FOR SURVIVORS OF
TEWIBL
Ankara, Jan. 1. (P) Floods
added new misery, deaths and
damage to the toll exacted by
last week's earthquakes and
blizzards.
Rain-swollen rivers ran out
of control some 700 miles west
of the earthquake zone. The
Swyrna and Brusa districts in
Asiatic Turkey and Adrlanople
on the European side were af
fected most severely.
Tons of thousands were add
ed by the floods to the thous
ands already camping In the
numbing cold of open fields in
the earthquake disaster region.
Livestock, houses and some of
their occupants were carried
off.
While no death toll for the
flood thus far was available,
more serious losses were feared
before the waters nbatcd.
Blizzards, meanwhile, drafted
snow over the northern and
eastern Anatolia district shaken
by last week's earth tremors.
The cold steadily Increased the
40,000 deaths already attributed
to the disaster and its after
effects. Reports from the city of Er
zincan, hardest hit by the trem
ors, said hunger-crazed, half
frozen survivors attacked a re
lief crew arriving there, scream
ing for bread and other aid.
employed young men and war
veterans In the early days of
the new deal.
In the seven years that the
corps has fought forest fires,
rescued lost mountain-climbers,
aided flood sufferers and those
made homeless by tornadoes,
about 2,400,000 men have serv
ed In its scattered camps.
Fechner, former vice presi
dent of the International Asso
ciation of Machinists, had been
a boomer machinist In his
day, working at mines, smelters
and plantations through Mexico,
Central and South America. He
worked for a time on the Pan
ama canal.
Because he served with the
Second George infantry during
the Spanish-American war, he
will be buried tomorrow In
Arlington national cemetery.
Born in Chattanooga, Tcnn.,
March 22, 1876, he left public
school at 15 to sell periodicals
notions and candy on railway
trains. "
In respect to the memory of
Mr. Fechner, flags will be flown
at half mast throughout the
Medford and all other CCC dis
tricts until sundown Tuesday,
it was announced today by Capt,
Philo D. Smith, Medford district
adjutant.
Eg tr x
SIX CCC YOUTHS
HURT AS TRUCKS
COLLIDUN FOG
Two Hospitalized With Ser
ious Injuries G. P. Man
Killed in Provolt Mishap.
Eight youths were injured,
two seriously, in traffic acci
dents in the Medford area over
the New Year's week-end. Altho
reported accidents were few
compared with the Christmas
list, the New Year's mishaps
were much more severe.
In Josephine county, near the
Jackson county boundary at
Provolt, Phillip R. Penn, 23,
Grants Pass service station em
ploye, was killed yesterday. His
car skidded, overturned and
pinned him beneath. He was
travelling alone. He excelled in
football when he was a student
at a Portland high school.
Two Hospitalised
Ricnard L. Shelton, 23, was
in a critical condition in Sacred
Heart hospital today as a result
of a collision between two CCC
trucks last evening on the Butte
Falls road nine miles east of the
Crater Lake highway. In the
hospital also was Joe Martin, 21,
who suffered a fractured noso
and lacerations in the same acci
dent. Shelton suffered a frac
tured jaw, several broken ribs
and internal injuries, the at
tending CCC surgeon said. The
doctor said his condition was
serious.
Samuel Brewer, 22, was also
taken to Sacred Heart hospital
from the CCC crash but was dis
missed after receiving first aid
treatment. Willie Sexton, Carl ,
Crowd and Arthur Kalen were
injured slightly and were treat
ed at the South Fork CCC camp
infirmary.
All Were CCC Enrotlees
Robert Sutton, 14, of Central
Point,' was confined to Sacred
Heart hospital today with a
fractured left ankle suffered
when his bicycle was struck by
a car as he was pedalling along
East Jackson boulevard near
Riverside avenue about 1:30
Sunday morning.
Ernest Sutton, Robert' broth
er who was riding on the bi
cycle, was treated at the hospital
for general bruises and dis
missed. v
Hit From Rear
A report given police by the
boys' father, R. J. Sutton, said
the bicycle was Hit from the
rear, that the driver upbraided
the boys, told them they were
not hurt and ordered them to
get on home. Virgil Leslie came
along then and took the boys
to the hospital, Mr. Sutton'a re
port slated. City police, having
learned who the asserted driver
of the car was, wero to lnvostl
gate the driver's conduct at the
accident.
The CCC trucks were badly
damaged, the body of one being
torn completely off. Fog, which .
had reduced visibility, was
blamed for the accident.
One truck, operated by Mar
tin and containing 18 other CCC
cnrollceg, was headed for Med
ford from Camp South Fork,
the boys being en route to town
for an evening of recreation.
The other truck, operated by
Elton Graham and containing
two other CCC men, was going
In the opposite direction to
Camp South Fork from the Un
ion Creek sidecamp. Not enough
clearance was left and the trucks
sideswiped, the accident occur
ring at 6:30 when It was get
ting dark and a thick fog ob
scured vision, state police re
ported.
Shelton, Martin and Brewer
were taken to the hospital by
Walter R. Allen, who resides
near the scene of the accident,
Craih Near Phoenix
Only other New Year's holi
day accident reported up to this
afternoon Involved cars oper
ated by Dave Gould, 32, of 223
West Jackson boulevard and
Roy Love, 27, of 126 Portland
avenue. Tho cars collided yes
terday afternoon on the Pacific
highway near Phoenix, accord
ing to the report. Each driver
blamed the other.
A belated report today
showed that Mary A. Collier of
Phoenix was Involved in an ac
cident last Tuesday. The nature
of the mishap was not listed.
Publisher Dies )
Myrtle Point, Ore., Jan. 1.
(JP) Robert L. Tucker, 40, for
ten years publisher of the Myr
tle Point Herald, died early to
day. The cause of death waa
not immediately determined.
Tucker worked yesterday altho
he had been in poor health for
tow, Un