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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22. 1936.
HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. Jan. 21
(AP) Irving Berlin's silver jubi
lee banquet wan strictly musical.
The veljjiau of Till fan alky
Vua the honor guent at a parly of
2uo, mostly souk writers, celebrat
ing bin twenty-fifth year In the
busineifjj of Luriiing out bit tunes
(or the nation to whistle and hum.
The party adjourned early today
after Berlin bad sung the firm
song he wrote, "Marie from Sunny
Italy."
"It wasn't very good," said Ber
lin, as be eat down to the piano,
"but I remember It well, and the
society for the protection of boiik
it tern, asflpmbled here, might an
ivell hear It."
There was llttl speech-making.
Most of the spare time. wait given
over to playing one song composed
by Berlin for each of tils 25 yeurs
ft I uce 1911, when his first big bit,
"Alexander's Rag TJme Band," was
put together.
Berlin's first Job was singing
waiter at "Nigger , Mike's" In New
York. By slides, some -. of the
scenes In that barroom were flush
ed onto a screen.
One of the gugs was the pre
sentation of several huge card
board boxes, containing "bills"
from publishers for the songs of
Berlin that railed to "click."
1 Berlin admitted that some of bin
songs dldp't tuke. But many of
the 1,000 he has written are known
the length and breadth of the laud.
News of Douglas County
STATE TITHING LAW
OPINION RENDERED
SAI.EM.Jun.' 21. (AP) The
l!i;i6 Blum tithing luw will liuvo no
effect upon j-ncelplH from tjmbor
BHHeHSUIBlUS of foreHt flro putnil,
obllgutod by contiactK prior to tho
jiaUBUtfe pf tlio act, Attorney (inn
erul f. K. Van WVnkle ruled today.
, The Hilling oi.t iirovidea tliat 111
jer ceut of all k'ohh receipts of
state aetlvltieH be transferred Into
the general fund of the alale by
(he various departments. Aaaeaa
mouls HKulnRt timber lands utter
the earlier contracts have expired,
would be affeeUid by the luw, the
opinion held. John W. Ferguson,
atale forester requested the opinion.
GAS CO. WOULD
ISSUE NEW NOTES
PAI.EM, Jun. 2). (AJ) Appll
ration for permission U? Issue nHes
rfor 1 ,760 JJUII to replace previous
' Issues was made by the North west
Cities JJus company of Walla
. Walla today. The request was 1111-
der consideration by. the public
' Illumes commissioner. - 4:
, Tbo notes will bo mude out to
the Lone Star (las corporalou of
Texas for money previously ud-
vauced.
The NorthweBt Cities Gas com-
pany solves Kugene, Springfield,
Pendleton and Astorlu.
FRED ASTAIRE NOW
: . IN "DADDY" ROLE
; HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Jun 21.
. ,(AI') Fred Aalalre, ulinblo-fooled
dancer, hail sowulhlnx to kick his
' Jieel over today. A sou was born
. to his wlfo, the former I'hyllls Uv
, jiiKstone J'otkir, New York society
' figure, this morning.
The boy weighed lij pounds.
Dr. John Vruwluk suld molher
-und child were progressing salis--fartorily.
GLENDALE
GLENDALE, Jan. 22. Olendale's
second new business of 1936 is the
Central garage, which was opened
Wednesday, Januury 1;, by Scott
Winched. Mr. W indie I! will han
dle Shell products and will manage
repair jobs, give battery and lubri
cation service and have storage for
cars and trucks. Oleudale has had
seven new businesses within one
year, not includiug the two that
have opened since the new year of
1M6 the Domino Lunch being the
first to open.
The 'Cow Creek Kod and fiun
club will bold a bun I liens meeting
at the city hall Wednesday even
ing, January 22. The purpose of
this meeting Is to elect new offi
cers for the new yeur of 1926 and
they will also count the points In
last year's pest hunt. A dinner
will be served to those present.
Mrs. I K. McCorkle arrived Mon
day from Portland. Her husband
came Wednesday from Portland
to join her. They plan to make
(heir permanent home on Mule
creek soon.
Fred Taylor, of Portland, visited
brjnfly with his sister and brother-in-law,
Mr, and Mrs. It. M. Kberle,
here Thursday.
OAKLAND
t us grandmother Culn -Is quite HI
'here at the home of her daughter.
Mrs. KJIa Truitt, Mrs. Cain is past
97 years of age and has been bed
fast for the past six years.
I Mrs. Hurry Underwood Is act
ing ns a supply teacher this week
in the second and third grades of
the Oakland school, while the regu
lar teacher, Miss Gretchen Movlous
has gone to her home In Ashland
jon account of illness.
I Mrs. Walter Manning left Satur
day arternoon for Klamath Kalta
to spend the week-end visiting with
her busbund, who Is working there,
j Mrs. Belle Bridges was taken to
j the Pacific (Chrfsian hospital in
jiKugene Thursday where Bhe will
rerelve medical attention.
Tommle Garrison, Peggy Joe and
; Ruthella Truitt, grade pupils of
;the Oakland school, are copflued
to their homes this week on ac
j count of being ill of the measles,
j Koine busiuess visitors in Oak
' land Suturduy were Mr. and Mrs.
'Claude Harvey of Fair Oaks, Mr.
and Mrs. J. D. Jones and uncle,
Charlie Hall, of Knglish Settlement,
jund Bay Clayton and son, of Tyee.
Mrs. Me Klaunery returned home
ilast week from Provo, Utah, where
she had spent several weeks visit
ing her son-ln-luw and daughter,
Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Broad due.
OAKLAND, Jan. 22. Mrs. Pearl
Hurvey returned home lute Hat
miluy rroiu Portlund where she had
Hjmnt the week whopping and vis
iting with relatives.
Kenneth Miller and sister. Mitts
Mm Jurie, mine down from Ku
gene and spent the week end here
visiting llieir purenta, Mr. and Mrs.
Hugh Miller.
Mrs. Sid Wagner spent rYiday
and Saturday in -Oakland veiling
and shopping, coming In town
from her homo ut the Bonanza
mines.
MIhb Margaret Kliw-ald. Miss Eliz
abeth Smith and Miss Pauline 11
zel were week-end visitors in
Koseburg.
Mr. and Mrs. Bay Blood and chil
dren of Dixonvllle were Sunday
vIhIIojb here at I he home of Mrs.
Blood's purents. Mr. and Mrs,
Churlle McMuhon.
Jlmmle Walson was able to re
turn to school Monday after being
confined to his home the past two
wecKs with measles.
Alice May Adams has returned
to her studies in the Oakland high
school arter being absent for sev
eral weeks on account of being sick
vvilli the measles.
Mr. and Mrs. Hoy Miller had as
their overnight guests Wednesday
Iheir cousins, Krnest and Merwln
McKlnuny, of Jefferson. The Mc
Kinney biuihets were on their way
to ItoiLVur. Colo., jto attend to some
business Affair and visit relatives.
I'Vank (lohell. pf Calapoola, Hi
ram Powell, Tyee, Walter Leather
wood, rmpjuut and Floyd Watson,
of Shady Hell ranch, were trans
acting business In Oakland Monday.
J. W. bemmer, of HoHeburg, whb
uttendiug to business and visiting
his brother nnd wile, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Lemmer here Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. It. 1). Bridges had
as their dinner guests Sunday, Mr.
and Mrs. L. K. McCliutock and their
three children, Richard, Patricia.
and Nancy, of Koseburg.
Miss pearl Mabie was taken to
HoHeburg Krlduy ufternoon to re
ceive medical treatment from the
ufter-effoetH of measles.
Phil PiiiltHlou relumed to his
homo lu Portland Suturday after
visiting here for several days with
his brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs.
K. It. Plnkalon, who have been
quite sick.
Mrs. Marget Cain, better known
MELROSE
MELROSE, Jan. 21. Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Parker and the former's
mother of Buugbmun district, have
been guests of George A. Crane for
(the pust week. They were return
ling home from a visit in California
'and stopped to visit Mr. Crane.
On Wednesday of this week 1 Mr.
Parker was called back to Califor
nia on business und left thut eve
I ning.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cederstrom
returned to their home at Marsh-
field Tuesday after spending sev
eral days ut Melrose.
Mrs. Amy Cri Letter returned lust
week from several days spent in
I Portland visiting her sister, Mrs.
Kit a Ward, and other relatives.
Putricia llolmqulst visited her
i undo und aunt, Mr. and Mrs..C. -'Johnson,
over the week-end while
her purents were in Kugene.;
K. U Cooper is building a new
garage on his place.
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. llolmqulst
und son, Bobbie, left Friday after
noon for Kugene where they will
I spend the week-end visiting and at
I .tending to business,
j Mr. und Mrs.- Kverett Wheeler
jnf Riverside and John Jones of
Houeburg visited and attended to
I business ut Melrose Thursday.
Thty are all former Melrose reBi
I dents.
! J. K. Conn and Jits brother,
Wood rue. und Kllanu Matthews re
turned borne early Friday, moifulug
Horn several days Bpent at Klam
uJh Fulls where the former attend
ed to business. They made the trip
on the train by way of Kugene.
Word wus receutly received by
Melrose people that Mrs. Paul
Bruckner of California wus recent
ly injured by someone running In
to her with a bicycle and knocking
bur down. She received a fractur
ed leg aud wrist In the full. Mrs.
Bruckner Is u sister of Mrs. Min
nie Becker and resided at Melrose
I lor many years on the place now
uh neu uy i. reiui.
Mr. aud Mrs. H. P. Conn went
to Cauyonvillo the first of the
week autl took their small graud
duughter, Beverly Worthlngton,
home. She had visited her grand-
parents for several days.
The K leu rose school teacher,
Miss Lois Ford, and her pupils and
several of the parents attended the
show "Little America" ut the Rose
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Aftr 0,000 miles of plane travel at
passenger and co-pilot, the Rev.
Father J. M. Couture, 60, jovial
Jesuit missionary, flew out of the
Canadian nortfa woods to qualify foi
pilot's license at Toronto. He'll qm
ylana on errands of merc.
theater In Roue burg Tuesday eve
ning:
Mrs. Freeman Williams waB In
jured quite badly last Wednesday
night when she fell down the
stairs at her home.
Mrs. J. S. Inscho returned to her
home at Drain Wednesday, after
visiting the past week with her
daughter, Mrs. Art Andrews.
George A. Crane, who has been
quite ill for several weeks, is re
ported to be much Improved. He is
receiving medical care from four
doctors at Kugene.
The road leading from Melrose
over the mountain to the Baugb-
man settlement wus badly damaged
by the recent rain and hard winds,
causing several bad slides and
blew down a number of trees
across the road, blocking all traffic
except to come out on foot.
George Faris, Jr., who Is attend
ing school lu Roseburg, Is spending
a few days visiting his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Farid.
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 21. (AP)
The Examiner said today It has
learned Eddie Cantor, millionaire
comedian, was the target of an ex
tortion plot recently which threat
ened his five daughters with harm
unless he paid $5,000.
The Examiner said two extortion
letters were received at the Can
tor home In Beverly Hills on suc
cessive days Be vera I weeks ago.
The first demanded, "$5,i00 or
else." The second contained direc
tions for making contact with the
extortionists.
Cantor turned the letters over
to federal agents and local authori
ties, the Examiner said. The sec
ond jeuer instructed Lbe singing
fun-makjer to enclose $5,000 In an
old shoe box aud personally place
It beside a large mail box at the
corner of Third and Vermont In
Los Angeles, the Examiner related.
Cantor volunteered to act as his
own courier and take the money to
the designated spot, but was dis
suaded by authorities, the Examin
er said. Cantor's limousine, driven
by his chauffeur, was used to
transport the cash, but the extor
tionists did not establish a con
tact, the Examiner stated.
The Examiner suid Cantor's
daughters are reported under guard
In the east. The comedian left re
cently for New York after com
pleting a starring picture, now be
ing released.
AZALEA
AZALEA, Jan. 21 Mrs. Ethel
Hale left Friday afternoon for
Myrtle Creek .where she visited
fricuds over the week-end.
Mr. aud Mrs. L. R. .leaky left
Friday for Myrtle Point where
they spent several days visiting
their son, J. H. Jeuks.
Mr. Stanley of the Consolidated
Mills at Eugene spent Wednesday
here attending to lumber business.
Harry Cooke spent Friday visit
ing Rev. and Mrs. J. K. Howard
of Gteudule. Rev. Howard Is re
ported to be seriously ill at his
home there
Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Curtis and
son Lee spent Friday afternoon in
Grants Pa!s. Mrs. Curals remained
NEW YORK, Jan. 21. (AP)
"The re' b nothing to it.'J was Eddie
there for medical care.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Ellingsworth
of Portland spent a short time
here Wednesday visiting Mr. and
Mrs. Rollln Johns.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lubbe. Wil
liam Lubbe and Mr. and Mrs. Mc
Dougal left Friday for their home
at McMinnvllle after spending the
past week here attending to business.
PRAIN
DRAIN, Jan. 21 Mrs. Mam
Butler of Scottsburg visited last
week at the borne of her daugh
ter, Mrs. Merle Monson.
' Miss Mildred Wilcox spent the
week-end with relatives at Oak
laud. Harry Cool and Rufus Pflster
were in Eugene Friday ' altending
to business.
R. H. Wilson of Itosebui'g wus
a business visitor in town Monday.
Blaine McCormack of Sutherlin
arrived Thursday und is visiting
at the home of his brother. Grant
McCormack.
Mr. and Mrs. John Ilentlerer of
ElUton were in town Friday trans
acting business.
Miss Venora Bates, local p i1
mary teacher, spent the week-end
with relatives In Myrtle Creek.
Robert Kirtly was taken to Eu
gene Wednesday where he submit
ted to an operation lor uppendi
cltls at the Pacliic hospital. It is
reported that he is improving nice
ly at this writing.
Mrs. Philip Brookhart of Black
Butte Is vUiUIng several days at
the home of her father and sister.
L. J. Ritchcy aud Mrs. Lee Loken.
Cantor's comment today regarding
a Los Angeles report of 40 extot
lion plot threatening his five
daughters unless f 5,000 were paid.
The comedian and his family
have been in New York for some
time.
He declined to say whether bis
daughters were being guarded.
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The regular meeting of Umnqua
post, No. 16, wijl be beld n the
armory Tuesday evening at 8
o'clock. . Entertainment after the
meeting. Try to come Adjutant.
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