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The Weather Cntettled with occasional rain tonight and Thursday, not much change In temper ature. Highest yesterday SI Lowest this inomlng-. . ..4'! TO 5 p. m. yt.rria- ,01 To 5 a. ra. tuday T. Want Action Why delay when yon tiare a want of any kind? Want Ada In the Matl Tribune are widely read and people respond to them promptly. If you want action and plenty of It ADVERTISE Medford Tribune Full Associated Prist Full United Prots Thirty-fourth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1940. No. 250. To) Washington, D. C, Jan. 10. Senator Carl Hayden, Arizona democrat, stalked into the pri vate office of Senator Charles L. McNary, Oregon republican. An hour later when Hayden emerged they had agreed on a program which, if authorized, will designate highways as part of national defense. The meas ure will carry the names of Hayden and McNary; may even receive the blessing of the Great White Father of 1600 Pennsyl vanla avenue. Within a week, a survey which has been conducted by the bureau of public roads, will be filed with congress. It will feature such highways as the war department regards as es sential for moving troops. This report is not to be confused with the so-called "MacDonald plan," which dealt with con struction of s u p e r-highways which were to be toll roads, and was intended as a guide for the spending lending bill spon sored by the administration last July and killed before congress adjourned. department has a list of ' highways it would like to see improved or constructed on which troops can move without being obstructed by normal traf fic; wants these highways to go around towns to avoid traf fic; wants the roads to be as straight as possible: wants easy grades over mountains; wants the pavement plenty wide and 100 foot right-of-way at least. No secret is the fact that on the war department map arc routes 99 and 30. The former Is more familiar to the public as Pacific highway, the latter aa Columbia river highway and Old Oregon Trail. These routes have been shown to Senator "Dear Alben" Barkley, of Ken tucky, democratic leader, by President Roosevelt. pLAN of Hayden and McNary (the former looks after road legislation in the senate and consults the latter as official re publican leader), is to designate the routes favored by the war department as military high ways, and then ask for an ap propriation specifically for such routes. A specific appropriation would be apart from and in ad - dition to the regular federal aid (Continued on Page Pour. CITY OF FLINT DUE HOME IN TEN DAYS Washington, Jan. 10. (U.R) The American freighter City of Flint, whose odyssey to Europe last fall led to international complications, is en route home, the state department revealed last night. The ship sailed Saturday night or Sunday from Narvik Norway, the department said, and is expected to arrive in New York in 10 days or two weeks. SIDE GLANCES TRIBUNE REPORTERS Jim Owen delighting the for est service gals with three boxes of luscious chocolates. Mrs. J. R. Marshall still talk ing about the lovely birdhousc she received for Christmas. Dwight Houghton toastmas tering at the Active club ban quet with the aplomb of a Jim Farley even though it wasn't a SlOO-a-platc dinner and he wouldn't vote far the honorable postmaster general. And Bill McAllister declaring the club would have elected John Naglcy president again but for the preponderance ot Re publicans who have developed an antipathy against third terms for anybody. Ennel Shaver being a report er deluxe, despite the fact he wandered about for a couple of weeks with a newsy bit. n Ski Troops Mopping Up Rem nants of Two Divisions Previously Cut Jo Pieces By Thomas F. Hawkins With the Finnish Army at the Russian Frontier Near Raate, Central Finland, Jan. 10. (IP) Victorious Finnish troops who have thrown shattered remnants of two Russian divisions back across their border were re ported today to have surrounded a third enemy division at Kuk kammo, south of the scenes of recent triumphs. For the first time since the red army invasion began the Finns have cleared the area De- tween Lake Kianta, Suomus- salini and the frontier, of Rus sian units and today they estab lished border posts along a 30 mile stretch. Details Lacking Details of the Kukkammo ac tion were lacking, but si troops finished mopping up remnants of the Russian 44th and 163rd divisions, routed in 14 days of bitter fighting. Finnish control was complete in the border region directly east of Lake Kianta, into which two Russian divisions marched at the start of the war. Equipment and personal be longings abandoned by the flee ing Russians indicated the 44th division smashed southeast of Suomussalmi was one of the red army's crack units from the Polish campaign. Defeat of the 44th along a four and one-half mile stretch of twisting highways was the biggest Finnish victory of the war. Evidence of the fierce three day battle which began Jan. 5 could still be seen in scores of trucks scattered along the high way and cannon with piles of hundreds of shells and shellcaps beside them. Finn Losses Small A Finnish general revealed victory might have belonged to the red army if it had counter attacked strongly. He expressed belief the counter-attack was not made, because of lack of rein forcements and disorganization. Finnish' losses were small in the three days of fighting, a Finnish colonel in the Raate sec tor said, compared with the thousands of Russian killed and more than 1000 taken prisoner. In comparing the battles against the two Russian divis ions, the Finns said the fight with the 163rd division was a rout while that with the 44th was bitterly contested. The 44th apparently was one of the crack Russian regiments in the Polish campaign. Enve lopes with Polish postmarks and a truck containing copies of Polish songs was seen. Official Finnish figures on the war booty seized from the 44th included over 100 field guns, 45 tanks, ten armored cars, 160 trucks, ten of which were equipped with four anti-aircraft guns. 20 tractors, 1200 horses and 29 antitank guns. Continue Hunt For Redding Youngster Redding, Cal., Jan. 10. (IP) The long search for 14-year old Billy Coleman in the deep woods near Viola continued again today, but only the father and a cousin of the boy carried on the quest. Billy disappeared New Year's day after telling his mother he was going for a walk. Searching parties which at one time num bered 500 men could find no trace of him. Within a few days a foot of snow had fallen in the woods. Airman Bails Out When Plane Ices Tacoma. Jan. 10. (IP) A young Fort Lewis army pilot bailed out of his plane when it iced up and went out of con trol nine miles southeast of here today but landed safely, receiv ing only a scratched cheek. The plane was wrecked Finns Claim More Victoriesl;ANTI-LYNCH BILL NORWAY a MCE HAMPERS RED NAVY Turku L Vllourl -iiimii)jf TONIA Outstanding developments cluded: A report by the Finns that ihy had wiped out the 44th Russian division, killing thousands and taking mora than 1,000 prisoners, near Suomussalmi. Previously, the Finns said they had defeated a Red ski detachment in the Salla sector. Russians were reported digging Ice on the gulfs of Finland and pering Russia's naval warfare. Communist Dozenberg Waits Sentence on New York, Jan. 10. (IP) communists indicted in the government's investigation of fraud ulent passports, pleaded guilty today in federal court. He was indicted on charges of misuse of two passports ob tained through false representa tions. Sentence was postponed until January 17. Arrested in Bend, Ore., last month, he was described. by U. S. Attorney John T. Cahill's of fice as a native of Riga, Latvia. He is 55 years old and was nat uralized Feb. 6, 1911. Cahill's office said Dozenberg gave his naturalization papers in 1921 to Earl Browder, gen eral secretary of the communist party in the United States. On these papers, it was charged, Browder obtained a passport to travel to Russia. Cahill said Dozenberg was prominent in the party until 1928 when he suddenly dropped out of sight. Later he was found living in Washington, D. C, with his wife under the name of Nicholas Dallant. Also under indictment are Browder. Robert William Wci ner, financial secretary of the party: Isaiah Lilvackoff, and Harry Ganncs, columnist and foreign news editor of the Daily Worker, communist organ. I San Francisco, Jan. 10. (Pi rain from the Hawaii More storm area drenched all of Cali fornia today, and indications of following high winds caused the weather bureau to post warn ings on the coast from San Luis Obispo to Marshfield, Ore. The current rain was warm. washing away snow at lower altitudes and threatening to create flood hazards In valley rivers. Snow was falling at higher levels. Repairs were being pushed on the Southern Pacific freight tracks at Placerville where a cloudburst struck yesterday. 166 MILES Murmansk RED SKI TROOPSX DEFEATED Suomussalmi I FINNS REPORT ANOTHER RUSS DIVISION DESTROYED Llcksa Leningrad pJ RUSSIANSDIG INONISTHMUS in the Russo-Ftnnish war in in on the Karelian Isthmus. Bothnia was reported ham Passport Fraud Nicholas Dozenberg, one of five LISTED BY G- Washington, Jan. 10. (IP) The nation's G-men have com piled an extensive file, congress learned today, of individuals and organizations engaged in subversive or espionage activi ties and could identify them swiftly in event of war. J. Edgar Hoover, director of the federal bureau of investiga tion, told a house appropriations sub-committee a special intelli gence division created when the European war broke out had compiled "extensive indices" of all persons engaged in "any activities that are possibly detri mental to the internal security of the United States." GRANT WPA FUNDS FOR TUNNEL AT UNIVERSITY Eugene, Jan. 19. (P) An al lotment of federal WPA funds totalling $87,069 has been made to the University of Oregon to complete the project which will connect all buildings on the campus with a tunnel carrying water, light, telephone and other facilities, it was announced here today by Dr. Donald M. Erb, university president. Notifica tion of the grant was received in a telegram from Rufus Holman Oregon senator. BULLETIN Bartley, W. Va., Jan. 10. IF) An explosion in Bartloy No. 1 mine of the Pond Crock Pocahontas coal company in this southern West Virginia town today trapped part of a shift of men, at first repo'tcd un officially to number between 80 and 85 FACES FILIBUSTEF IN UPPER HOUSE House Passes Measure After Amendment Southern Bloc in Senate Will Talk Washington, Jan. 10. MP) A federal antl-lynching bill was passed today by the house and sent to the senate where a strong southern bloc already had threatened, if necessary, to talk it to death. House approval came after the representatives had stricken out a provision which would have eliminated from the defin ition of lynching those crimes of violence occurring in connec tion with labor disputes. Senate action on the bill ap peared improbable because a group of southern senators, headed by Senator Connally (D.t Tex.) have announced their in tention of blocking the measure if it comes up for consideration there. In past years similar bills repeatedly have been killed by senate filibusters. Get Down To Work As congress settled down lo work in earnest, the senate and numerous committees were busy. In the'sonate, Senator Adams (D., Colo.) asserted President Roosevelt had "outsmarted' congress when he made up his reduced budget, submitted last week, by trimming items "which are very dear to the heart" of congressmen. If congress ups these items, he told his fellows, then the president is in position to say that "we are the ones responsible for going over the debt limit or increasing taxes. ' The senate approved a pro posal to create a congressional budget-making committee. Chairman Burke (D Neb.) of a senate subcommittee studying the nomination of Attorney General Frank Murphy to the supreme court said a "number" of protests had been received and would be considered by the committee tomorrow. Receive Money Bill The house received the ses sion's first money bill from its appropriations committee. The measure provides $267,197,908 for the army, navy, coast guard and federal bureau of investiga tion to use during the next six months In strengthening neu trality and defense protections. Admiral Harold Stark, naval operations chief, told the house naval affairs committee in re sponse to questions that a "coal ition of various world powers against the western hemisphere was considered a possibility by the navy. Questioners named Germany, Japan, Italy and Rus sia specifically. CITIZENS SEIZE HIGHWAYPLOWS Jackson, Wyo., Jan. 10.-UP) Snowplows seized by citizens and operated under the guns of guards, cleared the Teton Pass highway into Idaho today in defiance of the Wyoming highway department. As soon as the road was brok en open, restoring to this north west Wyoming town its chief outlet to a railroad, the equip ment was thken by guards to the tiny village of Wilson, at the base of the pass, and a guard of IS men was placed around it. At Cheyenne, meanwhile, the highway department refused a demand by citizens that the pass be kept open all winter. The department has contended ex pense of maintaining the road is not justified. MILK MAN STRICKEN AT HOSPITAL DOOR Redding, Cal., Jan. 10. (IP) William Breckman, 46, Red ding dairy company employe, collapsed yesterday as he walk ed past the street entrance of a hospital here. A policeman car ried him inside, where he died within a short time. Attendants said he suffered a stroke. Patrol Over Region Near Island of Sylt Is Reported Ship Sinkings Admitted London, .Tan. 10. (IP) Tha air ministry announced to night that one British fighting plana was lost in a half-hour running air battle with Ger man craft ovar tha North sea today. Copenhagen, Danmark, Jan, 10. (IP) Heavy firing was heard from tha direction of Sylt, German island air bate, between 3:30 and 6 p.m. (8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. PST), for tha third time today. Sound of aerial-ground battle also was heard before dawn and at 9 a.m. (midnight. PST). London, Jan. 10. (IP) The air ministry announced tonight that Royal Air Force planes had dropped bombs near the German island of Sylt while "on patrol" over enemy sea plane bases last night. The announcement failed to mention whether the British planes met any German opposi tion. (Germany announced, how ever, that three of nine invad ing British planes had been shot down over Helgoland bight In the early afternoon.) Danish reports of heavy fir ing and glimpses of searchlights before dawn had Indicated there was aerial fighting near Sylt Admit Sinkings The 1,000-ton British steamer Upminster was disclosed to have been another victim of German air raids on British shipping yesterday when at least 12 ves sels were attacked. (Continued on Page Five.) State Representative Earl T. Ncwbry of Ashland nnnounced tiiis "afternoon that he would be a candidnte for re-nomina-tlon this year.. He has rerved one term in the legislature. He Is a republican. His Republican colleague, William M. McAllister, Medford attorney, has a good chance to be elected speaker of the house if he is returned to the legis lature this year, political ob servers here stated today. Heroic Grants Negotiates Canyon on Rope Grants Pass, Jan. 10. VP) The most heroic story of a coun try doctor making his rounds in all kinds of weather had nothing today on Dr. S. B. Os good, public health officer, who went out to treat his patient and to bring him back to a hospital. Ho Inched his way along a makeshift line spanning the boiling Illinois yesterday, a riv er southwest of here swollen by floodsiin the bottom of Its deep roibed canyon. The "Bridge" was a last hope de vice, built up from an anglers fishline into a knotted rope 370 feet long. On the other side of the flood was Ray Fountain, 50, gold min er, crushed by a, rolling boul der. His right leg was broken in two places, several ribs were fractured, and he had a large laceration on the back of his head. His clothing was drenched and he lay holding back his croons on rough boards in a tumbledown shack. The rope bridge was the final attempt to cross after the river had foiled a rescue party of 24 men for a night and day Fred Volght, Fountain's part ner, had sent a man named Yates for help. But after he Prefers Jail . i - j- "11 Patricia Winfrew (above), 21. New York dancer, who vainly sought a film career in Holly wood, said aha preferred Jail to becoming a strip-tease danc er. Patrolman Ross Gray said Miss Winfrey tossed a brick through a drugstore window to 'attract his attention. Tha of Hear said she told him she would rather starve than do sirlp-teasa dancing and that har money had run out and aha had baan evicted by har land lady. She was booked on a malicious mischief charge. Berlin, Jan. 10 (VP) Das Schwartze Korps, organ of the Hitler Elite Guards, asserted un less more money were saved for use in paying for the war a forced economy would be neces sary. It said a spending wave was sweeping the country. The organ said one plan under consideration to force workers to save was a payment of wages partly In certificates which would come due some years hence. Walther Funk, economics min ister and president of the rcichs bank, hinted some form of com pulsory saving was under con sideration in a speech at Salz burg January 2. Portland Schools Hit By Influenza Portland, Jane. 10. (IP) In fluenza has reduced Portland's normal public school enrollment of 40,000 students 10 percent since the resumption of classes after the Christmas holidays. Assistant Superintendent E. H. Whitney reported 60 to 78 teachers 111. Pass Doctor returned the river rose so high and fast that Volght and a man named Charlson, both with Fountain, could not guide an ungainly' skow across the stream. The canyon walls pre vented a new boat being low ered. Fred Llnkhart was the first to cross by rope, sitting In a rude triangle formed by a cross bar and an Inverted fork chop ped from a llveoak tree. Dr. Osgood came next, fastening his medical kit to the crossbar When he reached a big knot of ropes in the middle, his legs dangled only Inches from the crest of the torrent. "We didn't think he could make it," said Virgil Hull, coro ner and ambulance driver. "He Just didn't seem to have the strength to lift himself, the live oak fork, and the medical kit all at once over that knot. Fin ally he wrapped both legs and one arm around the rope and worked the whole thing over. Osgood t r ea t e d Fountain while the others fastened ropes to the skow. The entire party pulling against the current got the injured man across the river In five minutes. The trip to the hospital ended 28 hours after the man was injured. FOR JREE LOSS Medford Orchardist Sues County Officials in Long Battle Over Blight Claim Thomas L. Taylor, orchardist, filed suit yesterday against Jackson county, Robert G. Fow ler, county agent, C. B. Cordy, assistant county agent, and H. E. Warner and Theodore Sims, county fruit inspectors for $30, 000 damages. The suit is based upon alleged ' removal by county authorities in, January, 1938, of 720 pear trees, on nine acres of the Taylor orchard, located on Bear creek, on the grounds the trees wera diseased and pest-infested. The complaint claims the trees wera worth $30,000, were "profitabla and productive," and seeks dam ages in that amount, plus .tha costs. ' Attorney F. J. Lonergan- ot Portland, best known here aa a defense counsel in - the L. A. Banks murder trial at Eugene in 1933, appears as attorney for Taylor in the suit. , Second Phase The damage suit la the second legal proceeding instituted aa a result of the removal of the Taylor orchard pear trees. Tay lor first sought an injunction against the present defendants, and the secretary ' ot the state department of agriculture,. Solon -T. White, enjoining them from removal of any more of the trees. The court granted relief in de cree. At the hearing, testimony was produced showing the county of ficers had acted within the horti cultural laws, and due notice ot Intentions to remove the treea had been posted. The case attracted wide local attention among frultmen at the time. ... D. A. IS TARGET IN ABERDEEN SLAYING Aberdeen, Wash., Jan. 10. W) Officials of the C. I. O. unions on Grays Harbor and a Finnish workers group today demanded that Attorney Gener al Hamilton "immediately with draw" Stanley Krause, county prosecutor, and his deputy, Paul O. Manley, from any further participation in efforts to find the slayer of Mrs. Dick Law, wife of a C. I. O. union official. who was brutally murdered here Friday night. Meanwhile, Prosecutor Kraus announced FBI men have ar rived to aid in, the murder probe. ' :f He also announced that a man arrested last night in Raymond on a two-year-old warrant charging embezzlement of funds from a union news paper here, would be questioned in connection with the murder of Mrs. Law at the request of Law and the C. I. O. unions. F. R. PEACE MOVE Washington, Jan. 10. (PH Representativea ot the Dunk ards, Mennonltes and Quakers, denominations which call them selves the three peace churches. asserted after a call at the White House today that they were in accord with the United Stat'' taking the lead In peace move." The appointment of Myron C. Taylor to represent the presi dent at the Vatican was men tioned. The churches represent ed today, unlike some other, have not excepted to that ap pointment, It was added. Seattle, Jan. 10. (IP) A 18-year-old high school girl under went lengthy cross examination today by counsel for Raymond Prucha, 24, and Arnold R. Bee zer, on trial for their Jive In a kidnap-assoult case.
