Jefferson City Post-Tribune from Jefferson City, Missouri • Page 1

3ef torn $tt Full Leased Wire of the Associated Press 'VOL. 73, NO. 164 rttnme EIPELLEB' GOP CANDIDATE TO SPEAK TOMORROW RICES OFFS.HBEBICH Condemned as Aggressor Because of Its Invasion ft of Finland and Refusal to Mediate SEA BATTLE MAY HAVE VIOLATED NEUTRALITY Little Will Be Done About It; Bitter Fighting In Finland Continues With Russ Halted Forrest C. Donnell, only announced Republican candidate for governor, is expected to outline his campaign platform when he speaks here tomorrow night before a Republican mass meeting. Donnell, who is not expected to be opposed in the primary, has indicated that his campaign may be based on efficiency, economy an a "studied plan of state ad- St.

Louis last Monday, Donnell hinted strongly at Corning attack on the present administration on the question. He raised the question whether some of the $224,000,000 appropriated by the 1939 legislature might have been for political obligations. nnelFs speech will be broad- over KWOS. He will appear under auspices of the Cole county Donnell-for-governor 'club. ministration." Speaking in the Associated Pressl Russia was expelled from the League of Nations today for her invasion of Finland.

The ouster was voted by the league council after the assembly acting on embattled Fin' appeal, a condemned union as an aggres- which she de' ie medi- Th league'' actea -wmie 'European warfare was brought to the western ''hemisphere by a dramatic 14-hour naval battle between a German battleship and three British cruisers off the Uruguayan coast. That battle, first major naval engagement of the war, sent the German pocket battleship Ad- (gvm-al Graf Spee into Montevideo severely damaged while British cruisers hovered off the coast hoping to catch the Nazi warship when she leaves port. No Violation of Neutrality In the face of grave war perils a German liner, the ton Columbus, sailed from Vera Cruz, Mexico, apparently rt- ternpting to run the allied blockade and reach Germany. The Graf Spee lost 36 men in naval battle in the south yesterday. Secretary Hull and Undersecretary Welles conferred at the state department on the naval battle which raised the question of whether the Pan-American i neutrality zone had been affect- ed.

i The fight occurred within that "neutrality belt." Informed Washington quarters were of the opinion the battle would not raise any dip- issues if western hemisphere shipping were not involved. The extent of damage to the British cruisers Exeter, Achilles and Ajax was undisclosed. Though outnumbered by the British craft, the Admiral Graf Spee carried superior weapons which enabled her to hold off the faster British warships until the continuous pounding of shells and darkness sent her Wilo port with her dead and wounded. Under international neutrality rules the battered warship can Blay in Montevideo only 24 hours to take on supplies unless Uruguayan government the th half of grants a special extension to pole and Ct chfmbed the i ana the two went through series of intricate steps which -Mght applause from the on High Street for Free Show at 10:30 A. M.

FINALE I I Bob and Bette to Perform Acrobatic Waltz on Tiny Stage at 9:30 P. M. About 2,000 people gathered in the uptown district this morning at 10:30 o'clock to see Bob ett rY aerial a Pei-form the Sky Dance on a 75-foot pole located on the roof of the Central Missouri Trust Company. I he crowd began to gather at a. m.

when sound apparatus, carrying the strains of popular music, blared a greeting to pessersby. When Bette ascended the 10:35, there were near- people between Madison and Monroe streets on High She went through some limbering up exercises on the 18-inch stag a Pole while the permit repairs. Additional war- i Fhjps of the British navy were lurking off the coast in readi- bess for a return engagement. After Two Merchantmen crowd. Sf odlLl me Graf Spee was sinking two i British merchantmen when the i laval battle started.

German Repeated at 2:30 TM the 9:30 tonight. o'clock be presented with the south A a i baltle, the a i a disclosed loss of the destroyer aK a Duchess as the result of a colli-1 clearly visible to all hundred CanCile power her c'wal? In order a anal he Sky JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14. 1939 Full Leased Wire of the United Press I i Yuletime Rush Troubles Can Be Averted, Postmaster Says MAILING TlMfFsET FOR EACH ZONE IN U. S.

250,000 be lo- Germany said one of her light cruisers had been damaged by an "underwater explosion." The announcement followed a British statement last night a a British submarine had torpedoed a German cruiser and sunk a German submarine. ANNAPOLIS, Dee The League of Nations as-! (AP board "nbly. achng met today to investigate the dS JL i Also Suggests That Greeting Cr '1. Be Sent First Class Jefferson City post office officials today urged Capital Citi- ans to exercise unusual care in the wrapping and addressing of Christmas packages and to be sure to get all articles into the mails early. Col.

A. Linxwiler, postrnastcr explained today that definite mailing time" has been established for the various zones, in order to assure delivery of packages before Christmas. Packages intended for delivery on the Pacific coast should be placed in the mails no later than December 17, Col. Linxwiler said. Gifts to be mailed to northwestern states should be at the post office between the 16th and 19th; southwest, December 17-20; east, December 17-20- neighboring states, December 18-20 and inlra-state and local December 20-21.

About 25 extra men will be employed by the post office to aid handling the Christmas rush. It was explained that these men will work in addition to the seven substitutes employed by the post office, thereby making an extra force of 32 men. Incorrect Addresses The postmaster explained that, each year, the post office is gravely handicapped by failure of many persons to address packages properly and wrap bundles thoroughly. It was recommended 'hat 4 cori-ugated card board be'usea in packages and that breakable items be plainly marked "fragile" to insure careful handling. "We look forward to a heavy Christmas business in the post office," Col.

Linxwiler 'said, "but if we have the cooperation of everyone in wrapping, tying and addressing packages carefully, we'll get the job done." He also urged that persons send Christmas cards dignify the greetings by sending them first class. It was explained that first class a i can be forwarded when necessary, a note may be enclosed with the card and it may be returned to the sender if the addressee can't be located, instead of to the dead letter office. Watch For Counterfeits The treasury department at Kansas City today was urging all clerks and sales people to keep a vigilant outlook for coun- (Continued on page 14) fl RELIEF FINNISH RELIEF FUND SWELLS TO $60 The Finnish relief fund neared the 560 mark here today but practically all the contributions came from the State Highway Department. At noon today that depi.rt- rnent had sent in $53.30. Local contributions were few and if other departments of the state government were giving they were sending their donations directly to headquarters.

Among those contributing today were R. C. Barnett, B. B. Dunn, C.

W. Francisco, W. A. Watkins, Paulyn Reno, H. Buckley, D.

N. Campbell, Hilda Hutchinson, H. F. McClellan, W. H.

Pohl, Abigail Payne, Helen Ramsey, V. Riek, Lavenia Frazier, Clarence Frornme, Paul H. Sommers, Sie Brisley, F. Stuckey, M. S.

Waters, Clara Weber, Rex Whitten, Jessie Lane, May Oliver, R. Couch, E. L. Preston, J. Evans, R.

W. a L. L. Link and J. E.

Sallee, Jean Doggett, Florence Schmidt, H. S. Duncan, J. F. Chapin, M.

S. Waldo, Irene Witthaus Jack Earl, Harry Kassabaum, H. J. Niehauser, Martin Brondell, Mildred Tunnell, Bailey Mayes, Lloyd Johnson, LaVerne Alexander. There were several an- nonymous contributions.

BITTER VEBBIL EXCHOGEfll FINAL EDITION I i i -PRICE FIVE CENTS Congressman Murdock and Committee Counsel Differ on Procedure SMITH CONDUCT IS UN-AMERICAN That Was Content of Telegram of Protest From C. I. 0. Official SAM BLAIR OFFERED CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP TO SUCCEED SEVIER TO oysT Condemnation Proceedings on Necessary Land Filed In Circuit Court (Continued on page 14) Fair Tonight and Near Freezing, Then Warmer appearance of Lieut (1 Robert L. Love, 25 navy denta For Jefferson City and Vicinity: ported a man Fair and somewhat warmer to- i South i night and Friday.

Lowest tonight into the i near freezing. i j4 VTemperatures: High, 46: low 22 rlt 15uauon River Stages Search for Love started immediately after witnesses re- the 1.4 Fall 0.2 automobile. cards, and papers were initialed bearing in the Love was graduated from the i Wa hi "g- Spri and j. )j Kansas City 4.4 fall 0 1 Waverly 4.g Boonville St. Thomas 1.8 Rise Hermann 7 0 0.8 0.0 lived in ai- V- Jeaaersoip raisins a below Navy ffiffh I ICharle.tayMo...

me reservoir. ing his first tour of duty as He was married and But Ex-President Apparently Has Declined WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 )ap)--The White House disclosed today that President Roosevelt, through Chairman Norman Davis of the Red Cross, had sought to have former President Hoover become a "sort of general manager" of relief for European war sufferers. Apparently Hoover had declined, the White House report- ed. Stephen Early, a presidential i secretary, said that about the time Germany was moving into Poland, Mr.

Roosevelt and his advisors were doing what they could to prepare for what they believed would be an emergency. In addition to a i steps to strengthen American defenses, revise the neutrality law and guard the position of the United States as a neutral, the president also thinking about relief in Europe. SUE TO QUIET TITLE Action Taken In Dispute With Gundelfinger on Monroe St. Lot Condemnation proceedings on land to be utilized in the widening of Hoefer Lane and a suit to quiet title on a disputed strip of ground, were filed in circuit court today by City Attorney John Bond. Warned in the condemnation suit on Hoefer Lane Dawson, Myrtle Quann, Artilia Grisham, Emma Mayens, Laura Hoefer, Elizabeth and i 11 i Hoefer.

Oh November 9th, the i council, meeting in regular session, voted to widen Hoefer Lane because of increasing a i which endangered school children who walked along the edge of the Work is expected to begin soon, following the appointment of three commissioners to present estimates of damages. The city also filed a suit to quiet title on a lot on Monroe street, which, the petition says is claimed by William H. Gundelfinger. The lot was originally sold to the city and specified as a. 40- foot lot but Gundelfinger claims that he owns a strip of the land, not included in the sale.

The city's petition alleges that Gundelfinger has no right, title or interest in the property and asks that the court rule on the matter. MERCURY EXPECTED TO CLIMB TOMORROW ST. LOUIS, Dec. Temperatures dropped below freezing in Missouri again last night, but December was only foolm'. Having-taken a couple of nips tonight a tomorrow.

i were clear. St. Joseph had the state's low last night with 21 degrees. WASHINGTON, Dec. 14 -(AP)--A bristling verbal exchange between a member and the chief attorney of the house committee investigating the National Labor Relations Board broke out today when the latter outlined proposals for committee action.

Rep. Murdock (D-Utah) disagreed with Edmund M. Toland, committee counsel, over Toland's statement of what he considered some decisions the committee must make. Reviewing certain testimony about NLRB decisions on em- ploye representation, together with congressional debate on the subject, Toland said the committee must decide whether employers have the i to "contract away" the rights of employees. Murdock promptly expressed Ihe hope that Toland would make plain that his statemenl did not represent anything the committee had agreed upon, or even that Murdock had known the statement was to be made.

Committee Knew It Looking over his glasses at Murdock, Toland replied that everything he did was with "the knowledge of the committee and the consent of the commitlee." "I want to set you straight Mr. Congressman," the tall, baldish lawyer added, "that what is not based on any opinion 'or conclusion that.I.may have." Chairman i Va) sought to "straighten the situation out" by slating "for the record" a there had been no effort in the committee to "prejudge issues thai have arisen or may arise." Questions as lo conclusions that will be reached, he added, will have to wait until testimony is all in. Among the points a Toland said the committee must decide was whether the labor board could 'refuse" to determine collective bargaining units in cases where employers may have delegated their bargaining powers to an employer association. The commitlee heard testimony yesterday that the board had refused to recognize individual bargaining units in the coal industry where state-wide associations of employers existed. Toland added that he had two witnesses under subpoena whom he expected to testify thai an employer contracted with a labor union "without the knowledge I or consent of the employees--or at least a large number of the employees." Slap At Smith Prior to the exchange between Murdock and Toland, the com- i mittee spread on its record a i telegram from New York, signed i "Morris Watson, 444 W.

20th I street," and saying: "Protest your un-American, a procedure." It xvas addressed to Chairman i Smith. "I am advised," said Toland. i "that the individual who signed the telegram is an official of the American Newspaper guild affilialed with the Congress of Industrial Organizations." "I hope," Smith smiling, "that counsel for the committee will conduct i in a more a i a a ner." I Commissioner Leon Embry Grants Continuance to January 29 SAYS HE IS TOLD HE CANNOT PROCEED Assistant Attorney General, However, Takes Issue With Him KANSAS CITY, Dec. 14--(AP) --The suit to oust W. W.

Graves, Jackson county prosecutor, from office on charges of neglect of bumped into another delay today. Leon P. appointed by the Missouri supreme court as commissioner to take testimony of fact and conclusions of law, announced his a i had been continued to a 29, despite a ruling from the i court a i he is free to proceed at this lime if he wishes to do so. The suit to oust Graves was filed last summer. Attorneys for the prosecutor, now confined to his bed with a stomach ulcer, went before the supreme court yesterday with a petilion for an order directing Embry lo defer the hearing until Graves has recovered or is able to appear.

Views Unchanged In denying the petition, the court cited an opinion written by Graves' father when he was a justice on the high bench 29 years ago. Embry asserted today he had not changed his views in the a despite the postponement. "But a else can I do," he inquired, "when (he a general's office not only tells the court unequivocally that the commissioner i wrong, agrees with counsel for Graves thai it would bc error to proceed." J. E. Taylor, an assislanl slate attorney general, sharply took issue with Embry.

He said A O'Kecfe, another assistant attorney general who represented his office at the hearing before the court yesterday "acted under my direction." in the case. MAT ICCEFT PUCE Resident of Jefferson City Since Boyhood; He Practiced Law Here BIG FACTOR IN FIGHT ON MACHINE Sam C. Blair SflLE MONDAY Advanced Date Designed to Give Highways Needed 4 Million By January REVERSE COLOR SCHEME Black Numerals on White Background; Fifty-Five Branch Offices (Continued on page 14) Stark Says It Was Created to Help Farmer Gov. Lloyd C. Stark told his commission to- Finns Report Extensive Area Is Recaptured From Russians As a preparatory step," Early said, "he asked Norman Davis, a i a of the Red Cross, to see Mr.

Hoover and ascertain whether Mr. Hoover would accept a post, the lille of which might have been a sort of general manager of relief. "Apparently Mr. Davis saw Mr. Hoover and since nothing came of it, apparently Mr.

Hoover did not see fit to accent the offer. Details were left to Davis he said, and Hoover would have worked in cooperation with the Red Cross. The former president recently assumed leadership in raising a fll nrJ Tn: 1 -i HELSINKI, Dec. H--CAP)-The Finnish army communique asserted tonight that an extensive area had been recaptured by the Finns in the vicinity of Tolva- jarvi and the Russian invaders had been forced to retreat. The communique declared that more Russian tanks had been captured.

It accused the invaders' of using gas in fighting at Suomussalmi, 20 miles inside Finland at almost the midpoint of the eastern frontier, but added that the gas was largely ineffective. Kussisiis Advance KJRKENES, Norway (At Finnish frontier) Dec. 14-(AP)--Russian troops, advancing rapidiy through'the Petsamo district, are approachoing Salmijarvi near 'the Norwegian frontier and the Finns seem to be preparing to withdraw from that town to defense lines further south. Salmijarvi and four other "explore every avenue a may lead to now markets and greater income for the Missouri a er." This commission," he said, "was created to help put che-1 i to work for the a of Missouri." The governor predicted a day when a products i be regarded as important to i as they now are regarded as of foodstuffs. D.

Howard Doane of St. Louis i temporary a i a of the i commission, presided at today's Missouri's 1040 nutomo- bile license plates will go on sale next Monday, Dec. 18. Secretary of a Dwight Brown announced today. The date was advanced from Ihe customary a 1 in an ef- to raise the 34,000,000 the i a a estimates will need to meet indebtedness a i due in January, a a a Last a license a sales produced Brown dicted "we'll probably collect on new plates by the first of the year." a sa! of 1940 licenses however, will not relieve car owners of a i 19.39 fees on cars purchased in December, Brown empliasi7.cc!.

"No sale of 1940 plates a a i December, the attorney general rules, unless 103!) plates for Ihe vehicle a been purchased or proper a fer of old plates has been made," Brown a i The new plates a black a on a while back- a a of I i year's color si-heinc, which has i i on a black a ground. Plates may bc a i at the the 55 branch offices the A I Dec 14 -rAP)--The British a British i received a Credited With Most of Preparatory Work In the Penclergast Prosecution Sam C. Blair, son of Former Supreme Judge and Mrs. James T. Blair, today was offered the Circuit Judgeship made vacant by the death of Nike G.

Sevier. Gov. Lloyd C. Stark announced this i a he tendered the place to the a i city counsellor who was credited with doing most of the preparatory work in the prose- i of Tom Pcndergast and O'Malley for incoma lax evasions. Blair had not accepted late this afternoon but Ihc general opinion here was a he would do so within, a shorl time.

Resilient Whl'ie Blair'spent much of his i in Kansas City while a member of the staff of United Stales Dislrict Attorney Milligan he a i a i his residence in City. The I-llli i i a circuit is regarded by lawyers as one of tha mosl i a courts in Missouri since much liligation af- i the state department originates in its court rooms. He became city attorney shortly a the close the last legislature. Stark had urged him to accept the post. Scvicr died two weeks ago following an emergency operation for an intestinal disorder.

The 14th judicial circuit includes Cole county, seat of the state government, and Cooper Maries, Miller, Moniteau and Morgan counties. Windsor, Roy Will i a Leslie Hutchison, Harry H. Kay and Will Holmes had been mentioned in connection i (he place. The announcement of the appointment appeared to meet with approval in Democratic circles here alt the local a i once beat him when he aspired to the i a i for prosecuting attorney. Elliott M.

Dampf a i a Here As a Child In a i him his political enemies kicked him We a a i hera with his James T. Blair, and when the partnership wns dissolved he practiced for a short time in St. Louis. Blair is dogged and indefatigable worker. When he became assoc i a with the district attorney's office most of the prep a a and ground work on big cases, notably those against Kansas City election crooks and a a a i Pcndergast and O'Malley, was left to him.

He nation-wide fame for the and thoroughness of Tullevi, Hoivolahti aand Kovor- anta all were ablaze today. The entire district from Borts- Glev to Salmijarvi was covered black smoke. The Petsamo district is a narrow corridor of Finnish territory on the Arctic ocean. Though Finland at this point is scarcely 30 mijes wide, it could not be clearly discerned how far the Russian troops have advanced. Finns escaping from Salmijarvi to the Norwegian town of Svan- viki, just across the border, said Salmijarvi no longer could be held.

It was uncertain whether the burning towns had been fired by retreating Finns or by Russian bombers. Three Russian bombing planes circled over Salmijarvi this morning and were greeted by heavy anti-aircraft and machine-gun fire which continued into the af- EVELER'S CONDITION REMAINS UNCHANGED Peter Eveler i in a critical condition at the hospital today while preparations went forward for the funeral of his wife at the Immaculate Conception church at 9 o'clock tomorrow i Mr. Eveler contracted pneumonia several days after his wile had been The lung condition, doctors said, had cleared up but he suffered a severe heart attack a short i later. He is 83 years old. barges a Reports from i of the a to the United States engineers i here a the accident said a the British ship was rammed by the i- barge and a hole about 30 fet long and 5 feet wide was torn about 6 feet above the water- Eye To Winter KANSAS CITY, Dec.

14--(AP) --Thieves with an eye to winter, if it ever comes, stole a com- and eight large weighing 3,000 pounds from the Ohnstead Furnace Company early today. A the crash which occurred in sharp Manchac Bend, 35 miles above New Orleans, the i current swept the British i into a bar on the west bank and she a grounded, with steam still up. a a i i ar- i a of the lug Acller from Orleans to pull her Green to Run MARCELINE. Dec 14-CAP) G. Dcrk Green, Linn county prosecuting attorney, announced today his candidacy in the Democratic i a yesv fo i i wnen a child.

He attended St. Peter's school where he finished the tenth grade after which he went to the Jefferson City high school for two more years. He was a member of the football team i his i and senior a Upon gradualion he went to i i Valley College and (completed his law course i Cumberland where he ob- His a came here to be assistant attorney general under Elliot Major, was named a commissioner of the supreme court and was later elected to He is now practicing law in St! Louis. Acceptance of the place will involve a sacrifice in salary of more a a thousand dollars annually. He will have to run for re-election next year, Blair has often expressed a desire to re-.