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By FRANK JENKINS
PREMIKR HOCiAN PIlll.OFF,
of niilRnrln, says this morn
ing: "Our country may yt he
swung into the wr, but Uulgar
lan will not forgive anybody
who trim to mukc Uulgnria nan,
comiminliit or fimclnt."
Thut may hi' true but tlwrc
Isn't much forgiveness In Eur
ope, anyway.
yHE great mystery (excepting
) when Hitler will deckle to
tackle England! l what Russia
will do about it If Germany
decide to attack Turkey and the
pardanellea by way of Hulgnria.
On litis point, Tbm, the official
Russian news agency, reports
from Moscow that "Germany
has never aked Russia's consent
to go into Bulgaria and Bulgaria
has never sounded out Russia
regarding such possibility.
If you can believe that, your
capacity for belief is admirable,
t
CREDIT for the best wisecrack
" of the year to date goes to
Dorothy Thompson for her story
bout Hitler kneeling before the
painting of Moses and praying
for enlightenment as to how he
got across the Red Sea on dry
land.
The English channel has him
worried. - - -
JTPEAK1NO of troubles:
Mussolini first took Marshal
Pletro Badogllo out in Greece,
replacing him with General
Ubaldo Sodriti. He now calls
Eoddu out and sends in General
Ugo Cavallero In hia place.
It sounds like a football game.
VjmLLKIE approves generally
w the lend-lease nld-to-Brltain
bill now before congress and
aayi that with modifications it
should be adopted.
To this, Alf Lnndon retorts:
"If Mr. Wlllkle had revealed
that to be his position before the
Republican nntlonnl convention,
he would not have been nomin
ated." That may be true enough, but
America's, situation has under
gone great changes since the fnr
away days before the Republican
national convention.
...
AS one modification of the Bid
rt to-Brltnln bill, Wlllkio sug
gests a time limit to the aid to
be given. The Associated Press
reports today that the suggestion
Is finding backing among the
Republican senate leaders, who
advocate a two-yenr period.
Ordinary '-niilion cerlnlnly
suggests that as long as Uncle
Sam is willing to finance Britain,
or any other country, he will be
PERMITTED TO.
if, The last war leaves no doubt
on that point.
McCloud Workman
Injured In CrnNlt
Early Sunday
uonn jones, zo, employe 01 me
trtc(jioua Hiver number com
pany at McCloud, Calif., Is in a
, saml-conscloii c o n d i ti o n at
Klamath Valley hospital as the
' result of an automobllo accident
! which occurred early Sunday
morning on the Kcno road.
; Jones' companion, Lloyd Null
of this city and employed In
C Dunarmilr, Cnllf., was uninjured
i and returned to his work Mon-
i day.
I According to Jones' mother,
j Mrs. William Lester of Dims-
, mulr, who Is at her son's bed-
side, the men were en route to
I KlBmnth FbIIs from the south.
i The CBr skidded on the wot pave-
ment and overturned. It is under
stood. Jones' condition is consid
ered serious but not crlticBl.
25 YEARS
AGO TODAY
Br The Associated Press
I Jan, 13, 1016 Allied troops
J occupy Island of Corfu. Cettinje,
J Capita! of Montenegro, inllB to
i' Austriflns,
' , ' I Up Command of Italian Army
German troops In trenches -long
the nail-occupied French
and Belgian roasts presumBbly
awaiting Adalph Hitler's signal
to invade England were re
ported todny to have ueen mach
ine gunnrd by Brilisl warplanes
in low-flying attacks, while
other HAF raiders bombed nuxi
u boat buses and pounded the
itulian cities of Venice, Turin
and Cnntnnla.
Amid reported new reverses In
the war with Greece, Premier
Mussolmt stiook up his army
command for the third time In
two months, dispatching his
Chief of Staff, Gen. Ugo Caval
lero, to take charge of Italy's
hard-hit armies nf Albania.
General Cavallero, who help
ed Mussolini take over the
lan military machine in 3825,
was credited with having play
AFL STANDING ON
Labor Willing to Make
Sacrifices for De-
fe'nse, Claim
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13 UP)
The American Federation of
Labor gave congress to under
stand today that It would fight
any attempt to legislate away
labor's "right to strike" In de
fense production.
Although saying that Its
members were ready to "make
sncrlfires" for prepredness, the
federation asserted that it
would be "suicidal" to "aban
don democracy" while building
an invulnerable military defense
for the United States.
Relief Cut
Congress also learned that
the AFL, estimating current
unemployment at 8.000,000 was
willing to havts relief appropria
tions reduced in view of quick
ening defense hiring but would
Insist on "adequate provision
for those nimble to find Jobs
In Industry."
The estimate Indicated that
AFL's belief that unemployment
had declined about 20 per cent
in the last 12 months. On Janu
ary 1, 1940, the federation es
timated the number at 10,200,
000. The statements were made In
connection with the AFLs an
nual legislative recommenda
tions, made public yesterday.
Supreme Court
ITphoidN Two
Spy i'onvietioitft
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS iF)
The supreme court upheld to
day the conviction of two men
one a citizen of Russia and the
other a Russinn-born naturalized
American on a charge of vio
lating federnl anti-spy legisla
tion by obtaining Information
from United States naval intelli
gence files.
Justice Reed delivered the
opinion, which applied to Hnfij
Sallch, former Russian employed
by nnval Intelligence at San
Pedro, Calif., and Mikhail Nich
olas Gorln, a soviet citizen em
ployed by a Los Angeles tourist
company,
Sallch was alleged to have
supplied Gorin with data from
nnval intelligence files in 1938
after Gorin had solicited infor
mation concerning "Japanese
activities in that bb for use in
the event of trouble between
Japan and Russia." SBlich was
sold to have received $1700,
PLANE CRASH
JOHANNESBURG, Union of
South Africa, Jan. 13 F Six
teen members of the South Afri
can air force were killed when
their plBne crashed near Mbeya,
Tanganyika, it was announced
officially today.
ed major role In reorganiz
ing ltd) tail defenses after the
Caporotto disaster In the world
war. He mcceedi Gen. Ubaldo
Soddu, who was sent to
command the Albanian cam
paign in a shake-up on Nov. 10.
Gen. Covailrro replaced Mar
shal Pietro Bnggll as fascist
chief -of stolo Dec. 6.
Daylight Attack
Autharatlve London quarters
said the RAF'i daylight gunning
attack on nazl troops. Intrench
ed near the beach along the
channel coast, was part ol
campaign to drive German de
fenses back from the channel.
Jt was the RAF's fourth
straight daylight attack on the
Germans highlighted by Fri
day's spectacular machine- gun
ning raid on German airdromes
over 1,000 square mites of north
ern France.
The London air ministry also
reported RAF bombing attack
overnight on oil targets In Ger
many, Italy and Belgium, Includ
ing a low-flying smash at refin
eries In Porto Merghera, near
Venice, Italy, and Regensburg,
In the Reich, and Ostend, Bel
glum. Grka Attack
On the Albanian war front,
dispatch from- an Associated
Presa .correspondent . with, .the.
Greek counter-Invasion armies
said Greek shock troops were
Imperiling the Italian defense
line beyond Klisura, In central
Albania, and that the Greek
advance was so rapid that un
burled dead "still litter the bat
tlefield." Klisura, he said, la only a clus
ter of blackened ruins after an
Incessant rain of Greek artillery
fire.
German warplanes lashed at
London with another "fire raid"
last night but thousands of vol
unteers snuffed out the flomes of
incendiary bombs Bnd the at
tack ended in less than four
hours.
German raiders also spread
their operations over other parts
of Britain, attacking a south
west town for several hours and
inflicting some casualties. Pointo
along the Thames Estuary also;
were raided.
British Libyan forces still
were hauling guns from the Bar
dia area to surrounded Tobruk,
70 miles away, and putting them
into action agnlnst outlying Ital
ian defense points.
The important fascist outpost
st Giarlmb Oasis, 1.10 miles
south of Bsrdia, was said to have
been cut off by the British.
The Italian high command re
ported one British cruiser in the
Mediterranean was struck in a
Joint German- Italian attack, and
that another cruiser was "seen
sinking" after an Italian torpedo
attack.
Premier Bogan Philoff of Bul
garia yesterday declared his
country might yet be swung into
the war but said he was certain
that Bulgarians "would not for
give anybody who tried to make
Bulgaria national socialist nazi),
communist or fascist."
Rrl.lsh Halt
French Vessel
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Jan.
13 W) Foreign office sources
reported today that the 8000-ton
French merchantman Mertdoza,
which left here last night In an
attempt to run the British block
ade, had taken shelter In Mai
dauado bag, east of Montevideo,
after signalling she had been
chased by a British warship.
These Informants said Foreign
Minister Alberto Guanl was pre
paring a protest to the British
government against this reported
violation of Uruguay's, territorial
waters as well as the pan-Anted-can
neutrality zone.
IN DISTRESS
NEW YORK, Jan. 13 m
Lashed ' by heavy seas, the
American freighter West Kcbar
reported the was in distress and
taking In water early today gome
600 miles east of Baltimore, near
tha regular : New York-to-Ber-mttda
track.
HUM PUTS
1 600D I!
FOR AID PI!
President's Proposal to
Expedite Passage Wins
Over Committee Move
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 P
The administration won today
the first congressional skirmish
over Us lease-land bill for aiding
Britain when the house upheld
procedure charted by the lead
ership for rushing consideration
of the measure.
By a voice vote. Speaker Ray
bum 'a assignment of the bill to
the foreign affairs committee
was approved and an effort by
the military committee to bring
the measure under its control
was defeated.
Hearings 51td
The vote was taken without
debate, house Tules permitting
no argument on such an issue.
The balloting was the first in
volving IhtrvBrrUib-aid bill in
troduced in 4r new congress
Friday, Tp.s"nj cleared tha
way for Ch rtmTi Bloom (D
N.Y.)wof tftii t.,iin affairs corr
mittee to comrhaw hearings to
morrow with Secretary Hull as
the first witness. : '
. Chairman May . fD-Ky.) had
acted on instructions from his
military committee in moving
that the speaker be overruled.
He had contended that since the
measure was concerned with na
tional defense it should be re
ferred to his committee.
A short time before the house
session started, Hayburn de
clared that he "certainly
wouldn't oppose" a lime limita
tion on powers granted in the
bill "if the iiroit ran concurrent
ly with the emergency."
Wendell L. Willkie, 1940 re
publican presidential nominee,
(Continued on Page Two)
tlnmes Joyce, Irish
Author, Passes
ZURICH. SWITZERLAND,
Jan. 23 P) James Joyce, Irish
author whose novel "Ulysses"
touched off world-wide literary
controversy and influenced a
new school of writing, died early
today In a Zurich hospital where
tie had undergone an intestinal
operation.
He would have been 59 years '
old Feb. 2.
He was operatpd upon Satur
day and his son said he appeared
to be Dut of danger, seemed
cheerful and was looking ahead
to completing some unfinished
writings, Sunday evening he suf
fered a relapse. His wife and son
were at his bedside when he
died.
Joyce was a gaunt, studious
youth, and In his face, accord
ing to a contemporary, was a
sad quality "suggesting Dante."
Klamath Rejects "Pork Barrel" Plans
For Improvement of Defense Highways
Cooperation with the war de
partment in every possible way,
rather than pulling strings for
local defense appropriations
through " rk barrel" activities,
was struck as the keynote of
Klamath county's participation
in tha national defense program
Monday at a conference be
tween members of trie county
court and the Klamath county
chamber of commerce.
The conference wbs called to
discuss a communication from
the Redwood Highway associa
tion in California asking Klam
ath county officials to attend a
meeting Friday, January 17, at
San Francisco. Purposes of the
meeting, according to local
county officials, Is to bring to
gether representatives of vari
ous localities on th Pacific
coast to build up a pro. lotion
v ,4' 7
1 r-mrr xl
Italian piisonen are put to work unloading freight at Sidl Barraoi msdtc tuswrrision f
Australian toldiai. After tba fall of Sidl toarraai tuppiit wz poured lata tbt tarns to main
tain tha sapid British advasea into Italian tarritorr-
LB niEO
ON FLORIDA SAND
No Danger Seen for 200
Passengers Aboard; -
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.,
Jan. 13 (IP) Some of the 200
passengers were transferred
from the grounded liner Man
hattan to the coast guard cutter
Vigilante today although turf
swells interfered at least tem
porarily with plans to take off
all of them in small boats.
Despite the efforts of the cut
ters Vigilante and Mojave to re
float the ship, ground swells car
ried the Manhattan farther on
the beach. Several hawsers were
snapped in attempts to tow the
ship off.
Plans were made io take off
the passengers this afternoon in
coast guard surf boats and other
small craft and lodge them at the
PBim Beach Biliroore bole! tem
porarily. The sea was still calm.
Coast guardsmen said there
was no imminent peril threaten
ing the 200 cruise passengers and
558 crew members aboard when
the 24.289-ton ship went aground
last night.
Warrant Issued
For I'rineess
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13
The justice department announc
ed today a depovtatior. warrant
had been issued and would be
served immediately uson Prin
cess Steuhamc Kohenlone
Waldenburg of Hungary.
She has been living at Palo
Alto, Calif., the department said,
under the name of "Mrs. Fran
cis" since she decided to fight
orders to leave the United States.
group known as Western States
Defense Highways.
Conferring on the matter
with H. P. Bosworth, president
of the chamber of commerce,
county officials took the posi
tion that time would be wasted
by attempting to bring pressure
to bear under such a plan.
Representatives of this commu
nity, it was asserted, can bettor
serve tho national defense pro
gram by staying at home.
"We want no part in Ihe po
litics! dogfight that's sure to
ensue," members of tho county
court ssid. "Various delega
tions to the meeting will be
pulling in opposite directions
for their own interests."
Unless further information is
forthcoming, representatives of
this county will not attend.
In the meantime, efforts will
be made to provide good accom
modations for troops soon to
sajuro.
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V,2
Farrell Wins Speaker Gavel
In Caucus As 41st Oregon
Legislature Session Opens
Bt PAUL W. HARVEY JR.
SAlEH,53aa, 3 VPf - jie
3lslOregoQ legislative assembly
organized without 'Incident to
day, Ihe wounds of the bitter
speakership fight having been
healed in last night's house cau
cus. ,
Hobert S. Tarrell Jr., 34-year-old
Multnomah county rep
resentative who defeated Bep
resentetive William M. McAl
lister of Jackson county 33 to
2T in last night's house caucus,
8H elwtwt STkpaiteT- nf tWp
I house unanimously. His was
!the only name placed before
the house today. Senator Dean
Walker of Poik county, who
CORNETT NAMED
SALEM, Jan. i35V-Senate
committee assignments an
nounced today include;
Marshall E. Cornett, Klam
ath municipal affairs
(chairman), agriculture,
game, industriea, roads and
highways.
was the only candidate, was In
stalled as president of the sen
ate. JO-Oif Session
The bitteT two-months speak
ership contest was forgotten by
the members today after Mc
Allister expressed the hope for
a "harmonious" session.
Members of both houses were
optimistic that the session would
be considerably shorter than
the 1638 record session of 63
days, since all' administration
sues.
Chief Justice Percy Kelly of
the Oregon supreme court
sivore in the 80 house members
and the 30 senators. The num-
be routed through this section,
in an attempt to be of . t h e
greatest possible assistance to
the war department.
County heads expressed the
opinion that bringing political
pressure to bear will not in
fluence the war. department In
the use of defense highways.
Use of The rwlles-Callfornia
highway lor a main defense
route will probably be decided
upon on a basis of the high
way's' superior characteristics,
It wbs pointed out.
SiBie Engineer R.' H. Bald
ock bBa previously termed the
route as the moat direct be
tween southern Bnd northern
coBstai points. Another factor
leading to speculation thBt ar
my officers will concentrate on
The Daiies-California highway
is the fact ibat most of ihe
targe freight shipping concerns
have adopted it.
I TT,-- wo -
a
'i'l
I 1
her included 14 new represent
atives Vtti smtanr senators. .
The - -eieetksv of- FarrsJS,- ST-
yer-oli ' Fortlander, vras ss
4ured last night when a caucus
oi the state's representatives
gave aim 33 votes to 27 for tus
opponent, - William M. McAllis
ter of Medford..
Joseph F. Singer of Portland,
veteran aergeant-at-arms of the
house was nominated without
opposition.
Frank B. Tichenor, Port Or
ford, defeated the veteran Rol-
iie Southwlclr for house door
keeper, 35 to 2. "Wendell Will
kie received one vote.
Fred Draer of Salem was re
elected chief cleric and Patri
cia Syivera of Eugene was
named ins assistant. Jack Eakin
of Dallas -wbs named reading
cierfc of the house.
Edith Eynon Low, Salem, was
named house calendar clerk.
Three contests developed in
the senate caucus for desk and
floor positions.
Mrs. Etirabeth Giatt of Port
land was elected assistant chief
clerk, defeating Walter Meach-
am, also of Portland, 17-lu.
Meacnam later was elected cal
endar clerl. with 17 votes over
Pearl Sehaefer of Lane county
Roy Corey, Salem, was elect
ed senate doorkeeper over Wal
ter McPherson, also of Salem.
While McAllister obtained 22
of the 38 house republican
tCootmued on Page Two)
Three Killed in
Willamette Pass
Highway Crash
EUGENE, Ore., an, 33 (UP
ThTee men were killed and a
fourth injured SaturdBy night
when a light car left the new
Willamette highway near the
Cascade summit, 51 miles south
east of Eugene, Bnd plunged
down an embankment into a
small creek.
The dead were
Cart Housiey, SsJem, Henry
Garrick, Saiem, and Jdb Dono
trae, address unkonwn. All were
employes of the Southern Pa
cific laihoad working in b Ibpo?
gang at KcCredie Springs.
Two Drown
EdwaTd Muicrome, address
unknown, was injured seriously .
A fifth occupant of the car
whose name was not given es
caped unvnjuTed,
Dr. G. C. Varney of Westfir,
a community near the scene of
the wreck, was among the first
to arrive at the place where ihe
crash occurred.
The physician said Housiey
and Donohue were knocked out
by the impact of the crash snri
then drowned in the waters pi
Salt creek, in which the car wbb
pattialiy immersed. GBrrick,
driver of the car, died 5n an am
bulance en toute to Eugene.
State police bjhS coroner's of
fice deputies were summoned
and the bodies taken to Eugene,
lEfElECITi
PQINTEQ OUT
BILLS FAVOBED
Track Legation Eyed
As Controversial Item
, for Legislature i
SALEM, San. 33 UP) Gover
nor Charles A, Spragua askeA
the legislature today not io enact
any new taxes, asserting thai
Oregojusns should he- spared, in
creased state levies because the
federal government will have to
impose heavy taxes to finance lis
defense program.. , .
Addressing the opening ses
sion of the 41st legislative assem
bly. Governor Sprague advised
the iegisiators to avoid "ssstrava
gance" in their appropriation
so .that the budget won't p
thrown out of balance. . ; ?
Six Reconnnmdiitfopa -
The governor, after Bsseriipf .
that the state iiquor control com
mission wiii not submit any ieg
isiation because the people ap
parently approve of existing
liquor laws, made six major
recommendations". ' :. :'
, i. Increase the limits on
length and weight of trucks per
mitted on state highways. ,
2. Create the office of admin
istrater for the -workmen's cojjw
penastton law, vriili the. admiiv-,
' wtreter ttfSpoasiftte fa the Indus- .
trial accident commission.
. 3. Equalize school taxes vtiyv
in counties. . ' :!:. ... ;
4. Extend the administrstioo's
forestry ; program by stronger
fire prevention and suppression
methods, by enforcing minimum
forest standards to permit na
ture! reforestation, end by fur
ther acquiring lands for groTrtil
of new forests.
5. Construct a new state build
ing in Salem to house the pub
lic utilities commissioner and
the unemployment compensation
commission. These offices aytr
use rented quarters, and the
rent they pay would pay for
the building, wiuctt would b
erected opposite tee new state
library. . .
9. Adopt slK-year buildieg
program for the 12 state insti
tutions. ,
Sig CtiuM Cost '
"I would remind you,, the
governor declared, "that the oast
of national rearmament will be
enormous, and that the federal
government must impose heavy
additional taxes upon the peo
ple. Dfe should recognioe
priority of claims for this cause
and hence the si&te should avoid
increasing the tax burdens ol
our people. I hope the legisla
ture will not devote valuable
time in trying to uncover new .
sources ol revenue, hut that .it
will seek to apportion, wisely .
the revenues now furnished un
der the existing tax structure.
While endorsing President
Hooseveits defense program and
his policy ol "accelerated aid
tor Great Britain," Governor
Sprague said "Our national pol
icy should he one ol aid to Chin
and economic restraint io Ja
pan." . . : :-
The highway commission bill
ICon&aued on Page Two '
Two Shot la
Eentar Riots '
QUITO, Ecuador, Ja. 33 UP)
Many arrests were made today
and strong lorcea ol military
police were held In readiness
tor new outbreaks following
bloody clash in which two riot
ers were shot dead, I? others
wounded and 13 policemen hurt.
. Authorities blamed communist
agents lot the disorders, which
started with demonstration
through the capital' street and
ended in the stoning of the pres
idential palace yesterday. Tit
attack was dispersed by tear
gas barrage and gunfire.
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