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France Rejects Fascist Demand for Tunisia
Editorials
On the
Uay j news
fy FIIAMt JKNK1NH
JIDNAPKHB In Maryland snatch
tho daughter of a pour man.
and at loaat hava tlia grace to
"ring her back unharmed then
they discover thai hor paroula ara
unnlilo to pay a ransom (ur
tilth, perhaps, they should bo
given (If caught) only Ufa Im
prisonment, Initaad of the death
psnalty,
But avtry (forl aliould ba made
to catch them. Kidnaping la a
crime that shouldn't be (rifled
with.
TIDNAPLNO and holdlug for
ranaom waa a atork aourc of
revenue for desperato peraont
bark In th Dark Ages. It aeenia
to ba growing In favor again
anioni auch partona.
la that another aim that th
world la slipping backward?
. .
r la th seeming growth of
kidnaping (along with other
crime) merely an ILLUSION due
4to our Immentely superior modern
facilities for th gathering and
tranamlaalon of news?
The lato Will Ilogera' wltecrack
to the effect that all he knew waa
what ho aaw In th paper applies
to a lot of u, and w se a LOT
MO HE In th papora than our
grandfather! law.
80 maybe w just think th
world la getting wora.
fills writer, an Incurable opll
V mlat, believes Implicitly that
the world la growing ateadlly bet
ter In aplta of all the ahocklng
things that are happening over
the world. Shocking thing have
ALWAYS been happening. Wo're
Jual mora familiar with what It
happening now, became It la noar
r to US. A murder In your
block, you know. Impresses you
vastly mora than a murder on lb
other llo of the continent.)
iitKnE'! an oddly Intoreatlng
minor aldollght on the loss of
th Coaat airliner off Point Iteyea
the other day:
A firm with otflcea In both
Portland and San Franclsro waa
tranaferrlng accounting recorda
from the former city to the lat
ter, and theso rocorda wore bulng
sent by air mall. Aa It happened,
they wero on tho Ill-fated plane. .
The disaster occurred near the
end of the month, and It was nec
essary for thla firm to ruah all Ita
book" from San Francisco to Port
land In an effort to ploc out from
the record! kopt at both place
enough Information to aond out lis
talementa and make Ita paymonta
at Ihe flrat of the month. Even
then It will be a tough Job.
Tho mnllii, you oo, are extreme
ly Important,
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Shopping Days
Till Christmas
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1 oAniur. ANTi-ACrflflH MOsJ-
CDOPfcflATlOM GA.MPAlG-rJt
LOOKING BACK TO CHRIST
MAS 12 YEARS AGO
Prohibition was booming Cali
fornia grape industry. . . .
Holiday cheer dampened by
threat of Immigration wave. . . .
Hoovcr-hcadcd "European Rc
llof Council" brought Joyous
Christmas to millions of Euro
pean war orphans. . . . New
York newspaper held: "We ar
being taxed to death.".
Death Takes
FLOODS THREATEN
CALIFORNIA COAST
Humboldt County Streams
Rising Rapidly After
Continuous Rains
El'HKK A, Calif., Dec. S P)
Unceaalng rain for 48 houra
brought a threat of floods In parts
of Humboldt county and provided
coaat guardsmen with rosruo
work. All rivers In tho county
wero rising.
Sam Gomes, standing wnlst
hlgh In water In his cabin on
Freshwater creek, was savod by
roast guardsmen In a boat, after
Kuroka firemen and shorlft's de
puties hud boon tinned back by
flooded highways.
HlniiK'd fur Death
The storm was blamod for the
accident hero last night in which
Leonard Phillips, 8, suffered a
fractured akull when ho was hit
by a car.
Tho Itedwood highway south of
Forluna and near lleutrlco was
covered with water, but still
passable Trinity highway, block
ed by a slide near Willow creek,
was oxpoctod to bo reopened to
day. Tho county road waa washed
out at the mouth of Vnn Duien
river, anil Kormlalo was expected
to be cut off from tho Kodtvood
highway today.
PORTLAND, Dec. 3 (At The
wind blew Itsolt out of Ihe nor lb
wost today to the relief of ship
ping and coastal proporty ownors
who woro buffotod. by It for two
days.
Ktorm warnings along tho coast
wore tnkon down at 7 a. m., and
,10 oconn vossols, Hod up at tho
Cqlumbla river mouth near ABtor
la by tho. worst storm conditions
In three year began iintiuigllng
themselves from a suddon atnle
mate of trnfflc,
FEDERAL INDICTMENT
RETURNED AGAINST TWO
INDIANS IN DICKENS CASE
A federal Indictment has been
returned In Portland against Illur
ton and Mario linker, accused In
tho donlh ot nontrlco Dickons, all
Indian residents ot tho ncntty
section on tho Klamath reserva
tion. The Indictment, charges Mrs,
Dickons met death as a result ot
a bontliiK.
Tho woman's body was found
In Hpi-ngno rlvor hack of the
linker houso on Novomber 17,
nbout a month nflor sho disap
peared. Tho Hiikors snld she
wandered from their house the
morning aftor a drinking party.
At tho preliminary hearing,
Tom Itogan, a white man who
participated in tho party, tostlficd
Mario linker attacked Mrs. Dick
ens, bounced her bond on the
floor and told her to got out, ,
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At lon.it 21 school children
doien others seriously Injured when a Bpocdlng freight train struck
a Bchoolbus near Salt Lake City Thursday. Top picture bears mute
evidence of tho tragedy the bus "wrapped around" the head of
the locomotive. Below, tender hands lift the dead and injured Into
hastily Improvised "ambulances.
Oregon Heading for Relief
Crisis, Legislature to Have
Hands Full, Official Claims
rOItTLAND, Dec. .1 (AP)
Oregon, saya Multnomah County
Commissioner Frank L. Shull, Is
galloping headlong Into a relief
crisis thnl will dominate activi
ties of the legislature when It
meets Jnnuary 9.
And Shull should know; ho Is
In continuous and Intimnlo dully
atrtiRRlo to provide Multnomah
county's poor with food and
clothing.
The stalo rollef committee's
now policy providing that tho
relief load bo kept within county
and state hudgots was blnmcd by
Shull for tho Imminent stoppngo
of rollef hero and In an unde
termined' numbor of other coun
ties. Gondy Uncertain
Even Klmor It. lloudy, slate
rollef administrator, doesn't know
how ninny othor counties aro nt
fectod, Ho snid the figures would
not bo out until all county buTi
gnts are submitted and about
20 still aro missing.
In Multnomah county, Shull
and othor commlBslonors opposed
0 o u d y 1 s recommendation for
"discontinuing grants to nil now
cases hut continuing accoptnnco of
applications and clearing of
technical points."
"Kissing Them Off"
Frank H. Clayton disponing
officer for Indigent soldiora In
the county, summed up tho situa
tion: "Wo're kissing as many of
Train Hits Bus
and tho driver were killed and a
them off as possible, but
w
can't keep It up.
"We ro not giving relief clients
a docont living now," Sbull said.
'.'Tho state 'still has untouched
$1,500,000 appropriated two
years ago and nnother 8500,000
still left In the liquor funds.
"In my opinion It is tho desire
of the governor (Governor
Chnrles 11. Martin) to go out of
office and show a nice balance.
The stnto replies that It desires
to carry ovor the balance until
after January 1 when liquor rev
enues will become available.
"However, It has a right to an
ticipate roc'olpts right after the
first and uso of them."
FOOTBALL
SCORES
COAST GAMES
llnlf: Notre Dame O, Southern
California 0.
EASTKRN I'lXAUS
Metropolitan All - Star
14,
Brooklyn Pro-Dodgers 27.
Tho Cltadol 6, X. C. State 14.
Moravian 0, Applachlan 20.
Western Kentucky Teachers
60, Tampa 7.
Temple 20, Florida 12.
Oklahoma 28, Washington Stat
0.
NAT ON
STANCH
IN REFUSAL 10
YIELD DOMAINS
Italy Told Request Hope
less; Franco-German
Accord Totters
ROME. Dec. 3 .T Th fascist
campaign for French-controlled
territory struck a snag today In
France's firm "No."
Th French ambassador, Andre
Francols-Poncet, Informed Italy
that Franc bad no intention of
budging from Tunisia the center
of fascist aspiration or any
other French domains.
His formal notice was a pro
test against a statement by the
authoritative fascist editor, Vlr-
glnio Gayda, that the Italian na
tion was "ready to march, even
against France, If necessary."
'Too Ridiculous"
The French ambassador, in a
three-quarter hour talk with For
eign Minister Count Galeaiio Ct
ano last night, was understood to
have said in more or less direct
tsrms that French withdrawal In
Uhe Czechoslovak, crisis last. Sep
tember1 was on thing but with
drawal from territory ruled By
France was an entirely different
matter.' ' t
Ha also was said to bar in
formed Ciano that Insofar as the
merits ot Italian claims on Tunisia
wer concerned, they wer "too
ridiculous" to be taken Into con
sideration.
In addition, " Francols-Poncet
wa understood to have expressed
surprise over th Italian campaign
against Franc In view of mutual
expressions of Intentions to devel
op the spirit ot neighborllness be
gun at Munich.
By The Associated Press
PARIS. Dec. 3 Officials left no
doubt today that an unsatisfactory
Italian answer to demands tor
"explanations" of a fascist cam
paign for French-controlled terri
tory would end all hope tor com
pleting the French-German war
renunciation pact.
France asked Italy to make her
position known by Monday night.
The time limit gave her request
aspects of an ultimatum since It
was made known Italy's answer
might determine France'a attitude
toward other European problems.
NATIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT
10,569,000 IN OCTOBER,
WPA EXPERT ESTIMATES
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (AP)
Leon Henderson estimated today
there were 10.589.000 unem
ployed persons in tho country In
October.
. Henderson, former WPA eco
nomist, gave the estimate while
summing up for the monopoly
committee two daya of testimony
on effects ot the 1929 depression
In terms both of losses In wealth
produced and maladjustments in
the economio machine. Hender
son Is the committee's secretary.
He said there were no regular
current figures officially main
tained on unemployment but he
bad made his own unofficial esti
mates from March, 1933, when
estimated unemployment stood at
14.317.000.
The low point from that time
to the present, was In July, 1937,
when the figure was 7,412,000
he asserted.
In February this year, he con
tinued, the figure rose to 11.-
793,000 and In October dropped
again to 10.689.000.
Henderson figured that be
tween March, 1933, and July.
1937, about 9.600,000 found jobs
In private Industry.
KING'S BROTHER BREAKS
COLLAR BONE IN FALL
LONDON, Dec. 3 (VP) The
Duke of Gloucester, a brother ot
King George VI, was feared to
have broken his collar bone to
day when be fell from a horse
while hunting with the hounds.
First reports did not Indicate
how the accident occurred.
The duke was taken In an auto
mobile to his hunting quarters,
Warwick lodge, near Melton Mow.
bray.
Kidnaped Girl Returned Home
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Mary Brown, 18-year-old Maryland business college student,
who was released Thursday night, shaken but unharmed, near the
farm home of hor father by tbree kidnapers who abducted her In a
track and held her prisoner for more than 24 houra. Search tor
the kidnap trio continued unsuccessfully Saturday. - ,
CIO Counsel Urges Federal
Reprisal Against Oregon for
Passage of Anti-Picket Law
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (AP)
A reprisal against Oregon for Its
picketing law waa asked yester
day by Lee Pressman, general
counsel for the CIO.
Pressman requested the social
security board to disapprove Ore
gon's unemployment compensa
tion law and deprive the state's
employers ot federal tax credits
they now enjoy.
Sees Conflict
He denounced the labor law In
a letter to the board:
' "Any state which adopts a
backward and reactionary labor
policy in conflict with the policy
of the federal government can
not expect to receive the benetlta
of federal legislation.
He assorted the state unem
ployment compensation law had
been amended by the initiative
because the latter applied Its
definition of a labor dispute to
the compensation dispute. This
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN
PLAN TO TAKE CHARGE OF
PARTY'S NATIONAL POLICY
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3 (IP)
Representative Treadway (R
Mass.) said today that republi
cans in congress, not the repub
lican national committee, would
chart the party's course between
now and the 1940 election. He
added that course will have to be
a "liberal" one.
"I don't think we could get
back Into power," he said, "with
a conservative lineup."
Discussing the recently held
meeting ot the party's national
committee, Treadway,' ranking
minority member on the house
ways and means committee, ex
pressed belief "too much em
phasis" had been placed on the
idea the commltteo directed the
policies and actions ot the repub
lican minority in congress.
"From my viewpoint, just the
reverse Is true," he said, "It will
be up to the republican minority
Ih both branches not only to of
fer constructive ideas along leg
islative lines but to lay down a
definite liberal program In antici
pation of tho fact that a national
oloctlon Is in the offing."
. Speaking of the contest tor the
house minority leadership, Tread
way indicated ho was opposed to
the candidacy of Rep. James W.
Wadsworth of Now York.
Treadway said the New Yorker
"represents an element that In
leadership would mean the party
Is not advancing with the spirit of
the times."
definition wa In conflict with
the social security act's defini
tion ot a labor dispute, be said,
and as a result claimants ot un
employment compensation bene
fits in Oregon would be required
to accept jobs which were vacant
due to a strike, lockout or other
labor dispute as defined by fed
eral law.
Violation, Claim
This constituted a violation ot
the federal social security act,
he argued, and Oregon employ
ers therefore forfeited their right
to the federal tax credit allowed
employers In the states having
federally-approved unemployment
Insurance systems.
A CIO statement said Oregon
employers are now paying a to
tal federal and state unemploy
ment compensation tax of 3 per
cent a year on their payrolls. If
the Oregon law is disapproved,
the statement added, employers
there will have to pay a total tax
of 5.7 per cent a year.
Oregon workers would not he
deprived ot any benefits to which
they might be entitled under the
state law through disapproval,
Pressman's letter stated.
BERLIN POLICE CHIEF BANS
JEWS FROM PRINCIPAL
STREETS, PUBLIC PLACES
BERLIN, Dec. 3 (AP) Ber
lin's chief ot police today banned
Jews henceforth from appearing
In the capital's principal streets.
In public buildings, national
memorials, theatres and other
public places.
The decree provided that Jews
who are Germau subjects or with
out nationality may neither walk
nor ride within these areas
with th sole exception of Jews
living now In regions marked
out by the new regulations ef
fective December 6.
Jews resident In the areas
must obtain police permits to
enter or leave the districts.
Helnrlch HlmnUer, chief ot all
German police, also Issued a de
cree withdrawing from Jews all
drivers' licenses and automobile
and motorcycle permits.
The Jews have until December
31 to turn in their licenses and
permits, but the ban on Jewish
operation and ownership of all
motor-driven vehicles, . except
trucks, is effective immediately.
A decree respecting ownership
ot trucks will be issued later,
HUSBAND KILLS
SPOUSE, TOONS
GUN UPON SELF
Mother-in-Law's Screams
Attract Neighbors at
Pelican City
Jo and Clara Kersey, man and
wife, are dead a th result of
what authorities describe as a
homlclde-sulcide at their home in
Pelican City near th school lata
Friday night.
Mrs. Kersey. 42, wss killed In
stantly by a bullet through her
forehead. Her husband, who I
believed to nave don the (hoot
ing, lived until 10:30 a. m. Satur
day, despite a bullet hole through
bis brain. He never regained
consciousness.
There were no witnesses to th
shooting, which occurred near th
rear of the two-room house la
which th Kersey had lived for a
short time. Mrs. Kersey's body
was slumped In the seat ot at
small automobile, and Kersey wa
lying groaning on th wet ground
beslda the car, when neighbors
responded to, screams of ; Mr.
Maude Jones, mother of Mrs. Ker- '
sey. A single shot, .22 callbr
rifle lay on toe ground beside Ker
sey.
Mrs. Jones, aged and dear, said
that Mr. and Mrs. Kersey bad been
having trouble off and on but that
they appeared in a friendly mood
Hriday night. She said that th
couple went away from the horn
for a while. On their return, sh
said. Kersey cam in and got tb
rifle, but Mrs. Jones said she had
no Idea at th time what he In
tended to do with It.
Later, she went outside and
discovered the tragedy. She began
screaming and neighbors, after
making a brief investigation,
called state police. Sr. George H.
Adler, coroner, arrived to take
charge ot Mrs. Kersey's body, and
ordered Kersey taken to th
Klamath Valley hospital.
Officers were informed by a tel.
low workman of Kersey at th
Pelican Bay Lumber company
that Kersey and his wife had had
a dispute about an automobile
and a trip she took recently to
California with her mother. H
bad objected to the trip, and later
the car was wrecked and she re
turned. Mrs. Jones asserted that Kersey
bad attacked his wife with hi
fists on several occasions.
Officers said so far as they
know the Kerseys bave no chil
dren. He la said to bave several
children by a former wife in Ida
ho. They recently came here from
that state.
The authorities had a problem
in the aged mother of Mr. Kersey,
who was distracted by the tragedy.
The family apparently has few ac
quaintances. Mrs. Jones repeated
many times she wanted to go
home, it being believed she meant
somewhere In the east. She Is so
hard ot hearing tew responses to
questions were obtained from her.
SECOND BARRIER LOOMS
TO MARRIAGE IN OREGON
PORTLAND, Dec. 8 UP) On
of Oregon's handicaps to romance
was removed Friday but another
appeared.
Temporary marriage application
blanks were distributed by th
state board of health. They will
be used until regulation forms re
quired by the new law that force
brides and bridegrooms to under
go medical examination can be la
sued. Lack of blanks practically
suspended issuance of marriage
licenses earlier in the week.
But with the application blank
difficulty solved, altar - bound
couples discovered they were r
nuirerl to submit to blood test
which must be approved by labora
tories designated by the stat
board. No laboratory had obtain
ed such approval yet.
IS THIS ISSUE
Church News Pag 10
City Briefs Page t
Comics and Story ...........Page I
Courthouse Records .......Pago 4
Editorials Page 4
Family Doctor Page 4
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