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The Weather Forecast : Occasional rain tonight and Wednesday, little change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday 60 Lowest this morning ..,... 40 To p. m. yesterday .01 To fi a. m. today .00 Fast Worker Start the New Year right. De pend more on Want Ada. to help you. These little Ads. are fast workers and do produce splendid re wilts. The cost It surprisingly low. Tribune EDF0RD Full Associated Press Full Unitad Prtts Thirty-fourth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1940. No. 243. M MM mm, at 'm Will VHn Washington, D. C, Jan. 2. Sources close to the president Eive the tip that Franklin Del ano Roosevelt has cut the budget so ruthlessly that every section of Oregon, Washington and Call fornia will utter screams of pro test and demand that the sena tors and representatives of the Pacific Coast restore the cuts The full extent of the drastic action of the president will be come known within a few hours when the budget becomes public property. Advocates of government ownership of pow er, reclamation, harbor im provements, are on the verge of a severe shock. TJROM an authoritative source F these scattering highlights of what can be expected have been obtained: Request of Paul J. Raver, ad ministrator of Bonneville, has been slashed almost to the bone. Raver wanted Bonneville equip ped with the complete ten units of generating plants. No more generators are allowed and the project in the Columbia river will have to worry along with six units. Bonneville's estimate has been reduced some $4,000, 000. This also cramps the pro posed expansion of the trans mission system; may result in a reduction of the personnel if not a cut in salaries. Grand Coulee has received a cut even deeper than the slice taken from Bonneville. The Shasta unit, just south of the Oregon line, part of the Central Valley Project, is being budget ed for barely enough to carry on the construction leisurely. . WILLAMETTE Valley Project will be lucky to find $1, 500,000 in the budget, which is quite a drop from the some ten million dollars it has for the fiscal year of 1940. President Roosevelt's action will definite ly delay the completion of this project, as it will also delay (Continued on Page 3U-) RAINS CAUSE NEW Ankara, Jan. 2. UP) Torren tial rains caused new' havoc in earthquake-stricken . Turkey today, swelling flood waters which were believed already to have caused at least 1,200 deaths. Whole villages of the Brusa region in Western Turkey were reported swept up by the tor rents and carried into the Sea of Marmora. Some new quakes were felt in the northeastern region which suffered devastation last week, but because of shattered com munication lines it was impos sible to determine whether there had been new damage. Belgians Fire On Foreign Aircraft London, Jan. 2. (P) A Reu ters (British news agency) dis patch from Brussels said foreign aircraft flew over Belgium to day, drawing fire from anti aircraft guns. Belgian fighter planes went out to intercept them. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Mrs. "Stevie" Stevens sur prised at finding a stranger at the wheel when she climbed into the wrong coupe. Al (Tolliel Tollefson gleefully counting up the fruits of his football wagers. Mary Griner Kelly coming out of winter hibernation long enough to greet a few old friends, she hlamine the influ- emy for her hermit tendencies.! ENGLAND IS TOLD ACTION VIOLATES PACTJJAGUE Firm Stand Taken Against Interference With Mail On Ships Cases Cited. Washington, Jan. 2. (IP) The United States formally pro tested to the British govern ment today against Britain's seizure of mail from the United States destined to Germany. This eovernmenC a note to Britain said, "cannot admit the rieht of the British authorities to interfere with American mans on American or other neutral shins on the high seas nor can it admit the right of the Bri tish government to censor mail on ships which have involun tarily entered British ports." Cases Cited The state department cited four soecific cases of British authorities taking around 1,250 sacks of mail and parcel post from American and other neu tral ships. m,. it,iiti stains note, deliv ered to the British foreign of- j fice by the American embassy in London, stated that with re gard to mail to or from Britain "this government readily admits the right of the British govern ment to censor private mans originating in or destined to the United Kingdom, or private mails which normally pass through the United Kingdom for transmission to their final des tination." But with regard to other mails the Hague convention was cited as recognizing "that postal cor respondence of neutrals or bel ligerents is inviolable of the high seas." The state depart- (Continued on Page Seven ) BRITAIN CALLS UP 2 MILLION MORE London, Jan. 2. (IP) A pro- lamation by King George VI calling about 2,000,000 more Britons to the colors gives the British a potential army of at least 3,500,000 men. It is expected all will be in service by the end of the year. The k 1 n g's proclamation, which he signed last night after a hurried return from a holi day at Sandringham, requires that all male Britons between 19 and 27 years old register for service. Previous conscription orders affected only men 20, 21 and 22 years old a total of 1,500,000 men under arms or technically mobilized. OF Washington, Jan. 2. (IP) President Roosevelt signed a proclamation today enlarging the area of the Olympic national park in Washington. He announced the action at a press conference, adding that under an act of congress per mitting extension of the park area about 50,000 more acres could be taken in eventually, in addition to the area covered in the proclamation. Eugene Paper Is Damaged By Fire Eugene, Jan. 2. IIP) A cost ly fire in the back shop brought heavy damages to the Eugene Daily News plant this morning. Officials have not yet an nounced the extent of the dam ages, but it is expected the pa per will print its next few edi tions on other presses in the city. Firemen said flames were tnougnt to nave started in a trash pile in the press room. Bridges Happy m IsWsiaifcawaisaaaai a aaaaaaaTi ) 1" 1 1 1 1 1 m -rfWfnftriw sJ?L Expression on the face of Harry Bridges, west coast C. I. O. leader, reflects his delight as 'he reads congratulatory telegrams in his San Francisco office following a report by Dean James M. Landis that Bridges is not a Communist. If ruling is accepted by labor department, a warrant will be canceled. British Attitude Will Guide Germany in Finnish Conf lict Berlin, Jan, 2. (IP) Germany, according to authoritative sources, is keeping a close watch on what kind of aid Britain gives Finland. Germany desires to stay out of the Russian-Finnish conflict these sources indicated today. and understands the Soviet Un ion wishes to settle scores with Finland alone. If British soldiers were to appear on Finnish soil, how ever, or if munitions deliveries from Britain were to reach de cisive proportions, there seems little doubt Germany would support Russia actively. (Britain yesterday informed the League of Nations that she would give Finland all assist ance possible, as the league had suggested when expelling Rus sia from league membership. (Prime Minister Chamberlain told parliament December 15 that "in addition to air sup plies to Finland, the govern ment intends similarly to re lease other materials which will be of assistance to the Finnish government.") E Marriage licenses In Jackson county, with a total 206 issued in 1939, declined more than 50 per cent compared with 1938, when 441 were issued by the county clerk's office. The Oregon marriage-medical exam ination law went into effect a year ago last December 8, and the drop was attributed to the legislation. The past year was the first in six years that Dan Cupid's marksmanship failed to pass the 400 mark; 1937 was high with a total of 521 licenses, 1936 was next with 483, 1935 had 445 and 1934 registered 426. FIRST LADY HELD LAX Portland, Jan. 2. (IP) Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was cri ticized yesterday by Mrs. Lee Davenport of the Portland chap ter of the Daughters of the American Revolution for fail ing to give the complete pledge of allegiance in a radio broad cast Sunday. Mrs. Roosevelt said "I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States " and Mrs. Davenport says the correct pledge Includes the words "of America." Over Ruling! for Bridges' deportation probably SECY. HULL DISCLAIMS PRESIDENTIAL HOPES; IS 'OUT OF Washington, Jan. 2. (IP) Secretary Hull disclaimed today personal ambitions for the pres idency. At his press conference, he said he knew nothing of reports that President Roosevelt had chosen him as his successor. Ho added immediately that he had made all the comments that could be made on this subject, six to 12 months ago, when in writing to various persons, he stated that he had no personal purposes, in any sense, of a political nature. Hull said he also told those persons he was not giving any body permission to do or say anything contrary to that am tude. Some of the letters to which he referred, he recalled, have been published. Immediately after the press conference, a state department official was authorized to say to correspondents Hull is out of politics and he does not want politics mixed in with depart mental affairs. San Francisco, Jan. 2. (IP) A storm which brought rain to central and northern California was moving slowly northward today. Another depression area was moving shoreward from the Hawaii area and might reach this state late tomorrow or Thursday, the weather bureau reported. Redding apparently was the wettest spot, with 2.67 Inches recorded in 24 hours ending at 4:30 a. m. today. Surrey Storm Bowl Washington, Jan. 2. (IP) Secretary Hopkins told congress today the United States coast and geodetic survey had made excellent progress in surveying the mixing bowl for storms in the uncharted waters around the Aleutian islands and along the Alaskan coast. 7nm fafe RUSSian Army BcLSC CONGRESS CHIEFS FI Signs of Battle Cloud Hopes For Short, Harmonious Law -Making Session. "Happy New Year" Washington. Jan. 2. (IP) President Roosevelt greeted congressional leaders at a White House conference to day by singing "Happy New Year to you." Speaker Bankhead made that revelation in replying to a reporter's question as to whether he had observed the greeting between Mr. Roose velt and Vice President Gar ner. "I never saw a more affec tionate, brotherly greeting in my life," said Bankhead. "My feeling is that the president and vice president are on verv affectionate terms." Washington, Jan. 2. (IP) President Roosevelt and legis lative leaders among them Vice-president Garner canvass ed the possibilities of a short, harmonious congressional ses sion today amid signs that more controversy than they hoped for might be in the offing. Garner, Speaker Bankhead, and Senator Barkley and Rep. Rayburn, the senate and house Democratic leaders, filed into the chief executive's office shortly after noon to go over plans for tomorrows opening session, at which Mr. Roosevelt will deliver his annual message. Message Discussed The conference brought about the first meeting between the president and vice-president since the latter announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, which friends say he will seek regard less of whether Mr. Roosevelt stands for a third term. Upon conclusion of the meet ing Barkley told reporters the chief executive had gone over the major points of his annual message, but neither he nor the other conferees would give any clue to its contents. The message is still to be completed and aside from the legislative meeting and a late afternoon press conference Mr. Roosevelt reserved his day for work on It. An aide Indicated it might not be finished until midnight. Budget Message Early The budget message which was originally scheduled to be sent to congress Thursday is almost finished. Barkley said no final arrangements for its sub mission had been made but he looked for it "probably Friday' instead of Thursday. As for the legislative pro gram, Barkley said the senate's schedule has not been worked out. The president and his asso ciates have been represented is desiring a brief session that could wind up before the sum mer political conventions. Against this plan, however, is balanced the desire of many legislators to obtain action on pet measures and the projected vigorous battles over the reelp rocal trade program and fiscal legislation. Senator Connelly (D.p Tex.), a member of the finance com mittee, raised another important controversy with a statement he would reoffcr his proposal to require the government to match state grants to the needy aged on the basis of $2-to-$l up to a maximum aggregate of $15 a month. Bank Chartered. Salem, Jan. 2. (IP) Charter of a new state bank at Spring field, which opened its doors today, was granted today by State Superintendent of Banks Arthur A. Rogers. The bank has a paid-up capital of $25,000 and a surplus of $6,230. OF BACKED BY RULING FROM HIGH COURT American Federation Of Labor Defeated in Opinion On Union Certification. Washington, Jan. 2. (IP) j The supreme court upheld broad powers claimed by the national labor board today by ruling that a federal court of appeals does not have the right to pass on the board's certifi cation of a CIO union as the exclusive collective bargaining agency for all Pacific coast long shoremen. This opinion, a defeat for the American Federation of Labor, sustained a decision by the United States court of appeals for the District of Columbia that it could not review the board's action in lumping all west coast longshoremen in the voting unit. Election Power The federation has contended the longshoremen of each in dividual employer should be permitted to determine their collective bargaining represen tative. ' In two other decisions, the court also upheld the contention of the labor relations board that it had the power to direct elec tions to determine collective bargaining representation with out interference by the federal circuit courts. One of the decisions sustained a board order placing the name of only one labor organization (a C.I.O. affiliate) on a ballot for a run off election to deter mine collective bargaining rep resentation for employes of the Consumers Power company of Jackson, Mich. The other sustained a board order directing the complete disestablishment of an indepen dent union of employes of the Falk corporation of Milwaukee. Unanimous Decisions All three decisions were unanimous, Justice Stone delivered the opinions in the longshoremen and consumers power cases. Justice Black delivered the third opinion, In which it was announced Justice McReynolds had not participated. "The conclusion is unavoid able," Justice Stone said in the longshoremen opinion, "that congress, as the result of a de liberate choice of conflicting policies, has excluded represen tation certifications of the board from the review by fed eral appellate courts authorized by the Wagner act except in the circumstances specified in section 9 (D) of the act." Japan Loses 1,464,000 Men In Effort to Chungking, Jan. 2. (IP) A Chinese army spokesman as serted today that Japan's losses in two and a half years of war totalled 1,464,000 men, but added that only 40 per cent 585,760 were killed or wounded. The remainder, he said, had died of disease or been Inca pacitated by illness or other causes. The best neutral estimates have put Japanese killed and wounded at not . more than two-thirds of the spokesman's figures. fThe Japanese assert that 1,218.482 Chinese soldiers were killed between July, 1937, and November, 1939. For the same period they put their own losses in action at approximately 70, 000. A considerable number of Japanese troops are known to have been rendered unfit First 1940 Baby Born In Med ford 12:52 a. m. Today "Little Miss 1940," the first baby to be born in Mcdford this year, made her debut to the world this morning at 12:52 in the Sacred Heart hospital. She weighs six pounds, 12 ounces and her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Orland Johnston of Beaglo. The tiny one has not been officially named by her par ents as yet. She is the sixth child to be born to the Johnstons. A check of local hospitals today revealed no other babies for this year. SENTENCE LEPKE TO 14 YEARS FOR New York, Jan. 2. (IP) Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, rack eteer, was sentenced today to 14 years in prison for violation of the federal narcotics laws. Lepke was convicted Decem ber 20 on an indictment charg ing conspiracy to violate the laws In the operation of what the government called a $10, 000,000 International1 narcotics smuggling syndicate. Brought before Judge John C. Knox for sentencing today he pleaded guilty to nine addi tional indictments relating to transportation and concealment of narcotics. Lepke, object of a nation wide search last summer with rewards totaling $50,000 on his head, surrendered quietly Au gust 25 to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. During his trial the govern ment attempted to show he con trolled an international syndi cate which smuggled narcotics into the United States illegally from France, Japan, China and other countries In 1935, 1936 and 1937. The government charged he collected 50 percent of the profits. District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey estimated Lcpke's rac kets had netted him $5,000,000 in extortion money alone, Strike Still On At Frisco Docks San Francisco, Jan. 2. (IP) A session of union and employer negotiators In the current San Francisco dock dispute appar ently brought few encouraging developments today, and ended with an employer spokesman commenting "the strike Is still on." The dispute, which has tied up most shipping since Novem ber 10, evidently had been near- ing settlement as a result of meetings late last week. Conquer China by disease, frostbite and other causes.) According to Chinese army information, the spokesman said, Japan Is maintaining an army of 1,680,000 officers and men, made 'up of 49 divisions, 14 mixed brigades and auxiliary units. He did not say what por tion of this force five times peace strength is In China. He declared that on account of the strict enforcement of conscription In Japan there had been a shortage in agricultural output, the 1939 yield being one-third less than that of 1938 The rice shortage alone, he asserted, amounted to about 857.000 tons. (Tokyo dispatches have re ported the Japanese govern ment has a program for buying more than 1,000,000 tons of rice, the great staple of the. Japanese diet. Normally Japan exports more rice than she Imports.) E Guns, Clothing Among Spoils Of War Taken at Base 7 Red Planes Shot Down. Helsinki, Jan. 2. (IP) The capture of a Russian army base and the smashing of an all-day tank-supported red army attack at two points on the eastern front were reported today by the Finnish army communique. The Russia base at Aittajokl "passed from hand to hand dur ing the day" before the Finns finally took It, the communique said, adding that three machine guns, a field kitchen and 400 overcoats fell into their hands. Near Lake Lavajarvl the Rus sians were said to have attacked the whole day with tanks sup porting the Infantry only to be repulsed with the loss of tank. Gains At Ladoga Gains northeast of Lake La doga and In the Suomussalmt region, scene of the week-end triumph over the Russian 163rd division, also were reported. The Russians, the commun ique sail), were being pursued in the direction, of Juntusranta, near the Finnish-Russian bor der. The Finns reported seven Red army planes were shot down during raids yesterday in which the southwestern port of Turko (Abo) suffered heavily. Large sections lay in smoking ruin today. Unofficial reports said num erous Russian bombers had been forced down in Finnish territory by frigid weather and blizzards. GETS UNDER WAY Washington, Jan. 2 (IP) Six thousand men and women be gan knocking today at the doors of 3,200,000 business and in dustrial establishments In the United States, seeking informa tion for the 1940 census of busi ness, manufacturing, mining and quarrying. By May 1, census bureau of ficials hope to have the answer to 149 sets of questions as grist for the first general inventory of all American business and industry since 1935, with par ticular emphasis on trade vol umes, employment and payrolls. Each business will answer only one set of questions. In the spring, 121,000 more enumerators will take the field for the general decennial census of population, agriculture and housing. Tl LOST AFTER FIGHT London, Jan. 2. (IP) T h air ministry announced tonight two out of three British bomb ers were missing after a fight over the North sea with 12 Messerschmidt fighters this afternoon. The announcement said one Messerschmidt was "shot down in flames" and two others were driven down and "likely to hava been lost." The bulletin said the battle occurred In the neighborhood of the German coast. "Although the Royal Air Force formation was heavily outnumbered they gave battle to the enemy," the announce ment said. One bomber had returned, a second was shot down during the encounter and the third was reported "missing.'
