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Newspaper Page TextSIX ' ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1936. CAPITOL DRAWING CONTEST NEARING urdue;SponsorsXow-CostlH6using Project PORTI-AXI. Ore., Feb. 13. AI') arl F. Could, Scuttle ar ihitnct, Bald rules for the ton teat on drawing iin hitei turul pinna for O noun's new capltol will he ftu l lished a hour March ami Dm judg ing nf ik'.-:iKH.H will he about .May 35. Alton Ilassclt, exeuli ft Herre tury of the capiiol reconstruct inn rninntitisfon, nuU fin architectural firms huvr utdtcd about the roil fi. It will h niil ion-wide. Could Haiil the ihw MufchoilKR probably vmild In completed and ready for ociiipaiicy In April, VSAH. The urehltect receiving the onracf probably will he able to provide working drawIntiB for (he ?2,roii.fi00 Ftnu-inre hy Dec. IS of thia year. STORMS TAKE LIFE ON 3 CONTINENTS Continued from pace 1) f'liy. Mo., and northern Oklahoma waa lift hy a sleet storm. Scores of small towns In Michi gan feared (Rotation for the third lime In ten days n the new fallen Know began blocking roadH. A 3n niile wind from the east waH clear ing ice from Muskegon harbor, however, and murine, men predict' ed shipping would noun he re mimed. Flying was cut down to almoKt a dead Htop In the midwetit, beeaiiKe of low celling. At Padncab, Ky., fears for nine men marooned aboard an ice lock ed work boat in the Ohio river were relieved by return of a gov ernment engineer who vltdted the boat. One of the new of nine walked over the Ire to Hbore with him. They reported plenty of food on the boat. Two were killed In Indiana on highways glazed with Bleet. Nun companies cancelled many sche dules, and u continuation of snow and sleet was predicted for to night. Foreign Areas Suffer Three hundred and fifty small ships wero wrecked in the Adria tic sea during the VnrtU snow storm in 2f years, and twenty min aret tops Including the famous one of Santa Sophia, wero torn off at Istanbul. Floods wrecked villages In the Bmyrnu plains, and high seas brought, damage as far south us Alexandria, Kgypt, whoro a flying ImvMulloii was deslroyed. King Ilorls, of Bulgaria, ordered the full resources of bis nation to begin storm relief oh blizzards rag ed along the Illaek sea coast. Paris faced a food shortage due to Icy roads, and (ireat llrKaln's Morni deaths totalled 27. i tfg''' ikfef-L ' I Wood and stucco semi-bungalow yp it :lf.' Tm i. tut--.r- , r-3?- j tg IT'mforced conc.leh.m h""""'""! Ill-Heel hoi... JJ- Purdue university hns under construction at La fayette, Ind., a "test tube village" designed to jbring better homes within the financial means of Itho avcrago wago earner. These homes are part ,of a program sponsored by the Purdue housing research project and are limited In cost to $5,000 ench. Various plans were submitted by prominent architects.1 University faculty members and their I families are to occupy the homes which are being! built as a comparative test in value of types of material and construction. Frank Watson is di rector of the project which has attracted the at tention of housing experts and building trades throughout the nation.: DEATH AND DESTRUCTION RIDE PACIFIC COAST GALE HAN FRANCISCO, Fell. IS. (AI) Mrno rnln wnn roroniKt lo ilay for ilio I'ucirio conm, alriMiily lnslind by ll wind-drlvi'il (IHiiko Hint elu luifcl si'vurul llvi'H, liiMlfl imI pxIniiHivi) jniHrty dniiuiKn. il1 la.wd inilns and cilppli'd highway I raff In. Haln today, rnln prolialdy In nmrrnw, H roiitlnuatlon of Hid tor- J J Hi cat c , -S Vic ' flavor lusts Schilling' M,H"Vw A.OR EVERY TASTE j 9 O'CLOCK y mw v l nU I TONITE v y rent that swelled tho t'alavenis river until Its current rushed so powerfully floats were swept from their moorings at Stockton last night with resultant known loss of two 2t!foot cabin cruisers. Ten other pleasure craft were missing. John Iteed, Kil-ycar-cdd miner from Copper, Cnltf., was sought hy police near Med ford. Ore. They feared ho bail perished in tho Htortu. Two people died In freakish weather accidents in tho San Fran cisco bny area Tuesday. Gale Unroofs Houses While rain or snow emphasized the storm In northern f California, tornadic vlnds bowled through southern California last night. The gale struck parts of Ixmg lleaeh and A Ilia in hnt. Hoofs were torn from a dozen dwellings; windows wen smashed: awnings wero lue eiated: pedestrians were forced to tie down or to hug buildings to keep from being hluslcd off their feet. An elghl-foot wall of water, silt and rocks roared out. of the mouu Inliifveast of I-hn Angeles near On tario resulting In damage estimat ed at Sln.OfHi. One man battled through the boiling current to res cue his wife and four children from their stranded automobile. Anoth er escaped only after be had been swept n quarter of n mile by the waters. Blizzards Battled A Hollywood picture company of ITift nei'Hons was Imprisoned nt llroekway, north of Taboo Cltv, hy a blizzard that built deep drifts or smow over the highways around Lake Tahoe In the Sierra. In the high Sl i-ra Nevailn a heavy snow fall blacked homier I'ass on tho San Franc isco-llono highway for more than five hour. Highway department plows, finally cut though, but blizard-like winds banked the snow in ever-changing drifts, making strenuous the task of keeping the highway open. At that, only cha!n-c(tiipped, light cars, were allowed to pass. Wind that reached tin miles an hour drove a $:tt).iii0 yacht belong iiig 'to II. A. Allen ashore on lhl: edern island in San FratulHco bay. Waves from a pounding sea hashed in 2tn feet of wharf and Moss landing on Monterey bay at an estimated damage of $',onn. The Western Pacifle's main line was washed out near Oroville, Calif. Power was Interrupted In Sacra mento where two torrential down pours flooded the rlty with 'it.SH Incho in :tti hours. ROOSEVELT OKA YES HOUSING PROGRAM WASHINGTON, Feb. (AP) President ltoosevclt today ap proved u long-time, low-cost hous ing and slum clearance program. Senator Wagner, l., N. .), inv nounced ho would in I reduce the legislation, declaring "there is a great housing shortage in the low Income field." Wagner said the program would Involve both loans and direct grunts on slum clearance, with the government lending prohahly up to !M) per cent on low-cost houses; He estimated the Initial outlay would not involve more than $iuil, heo.iiiM) by the federal government. 26 DIE, 71 HURT IN TRAGEDY SERIES CoiiMiiUimI from i.'ln 1) Valentine Ball Sponsored by University Club February 14, 1936 Armory 8:30 p. m. 75c Couple Band Benefit Joe Shirey's Orchestra WANTED Eggs, Poultry, Veal,'and Dressed Hogs Valley Produce Co. Washington St. Across from Wharton's M. H. Shook Phone 646 isbeil In the hla.e which was be lieved to have slurte in a ground floor haberdashery last night. Hunting through the floor, the flames quickly swept over I he hanging drapes and flimsy decora tions of the (Linn's) resatuiunt. In a moment ISO persons who bail been walliug merrily there at a party of a Catholic holy name society, wero transformed Into a' terror-stricken mob. Warning Useless The dancers, Fire Marshal Thom as P. llrophy said, survivors told bliu, refused to heed warnings giv en by first firemen to reach the scene, and rushed screaming to ward the only two exist stairs. Four of Hie victims died at the scene while they were being given first aid. The filth died it I a hos pital. Tne five who lost their lives, (trophy's investigation disclosed, were napped hy the surge of the frightened crowd and were killed hy inhaling smoke and flamcH. They were: Martin S. Stettner, 2. John .1. Cardellu, 22, Harry M. Chu, nianagep of the restaurant. Miss Allelic Itenjamln, "0. ! Miss M. F. Murphy, 3;. All of the victims were residents ! of New York City. Chu lost Ins lite when be return ed to the fii'i swept restauiaut tor the cash box utter once gaining j safety. ! THREE NUNS INJURED AS I FLAMES RAVAGE CONVENT j MONTUKAU Feb. C(. - (AP) A fire destrocd the Ste. Cecile wing of Ville Marie convent early today, and caused injuries lo three nuns of the congregation of Notre Maine, but students and others of the in slllutiuii stall escaped the building safely. Mother Sle. Alphonse, awakened hy a smell ol smoke, luiued ill the alarm, and sutfered se ere burns about the fate and wrist before leaving the Inst Itulloii. She wan remowd to a hospital in critical condition. The two other nuns of the con 'gregation who were hurt did not sutler serious injuries. I The tire started last night in the ! male servants' itiai ters. hi the u nnt i' room, -I of the convent's pianos were ruined. Many of the Instruments were consider ed ot gieal Milue. The convent houses hundreds of gills, many from Montreal. Anxious parents took their daughters home tor the night. VETS ADVISED TO GO ON WITH 'KNITTING' POIITI.ANM. Ore., Feb. i:i.- (AP) The future of the American Legion and all veterans' organiza lions. Father Joseph M. Lonor- gau, past national chaplain, iom interviewers here, 'is in the bal ance. "Now that the bonus fight is over it is r.-tsetitial for the veterans, through the legion, to get back to their knitting, which Is patriotism, and exert all their forces toward the maintenance of a sane and patriotic utiituile on all public Is sues," the Fast Dubuque, 111., pas tor said: be w&uts only friends Id the Cleve land con vent iou. Lincoln duy for the most part was given over to republican speeches in honor of the 127th birthday of the Civil war presi dent, in which there was a Keuer uuu assault on, the administration and frequent references to the constitution. hiiih words as "toryism" "des- poilsm." ami "ilietatorshipH, ' were used In reference to ihe new leu . Wallace on Defense In huliananolis. however. Secre tary Wallace defended theidminl siriiiion. lie, too, referred to the 'ousiiiution declaring that "most or us"' thought the agriculture ad justment act valid, and "some of Including three justices oi uie supreme court, think so still. "If it was the proper function oi the federal government in war time to encourage farmers to plow up land, which should never have been plowed, . . . then It seems to me no less the federal govern ment's proper function to encour age the return of that land to grass and trees, Wallace said, de fending ihe administration substi tute for AAA. Vandenberg Speaks Senator Vandenberg, (R., Mich.) In a New York speech, declared "we are now ready for restora tives, rather than narcotics." "liusiness Is better because the inevitable cycle has long since reached the upswing," he declar ed. "The forces of recovery are straining at the leash." Vandenberg urged "Jefferson ian" cooperation with the G. O. P. "in the battle line" and "in the council chamber after next Novem ber's victory is won. A unanimous supreme court, he declared, "vindicated the consti tution" in the case of NKA, and "business commenced to boom." Hut Senator Norris (H., Neb.), assailed the court's decision scrap ping AAA, Baying "it cannot stand if our country is to live and pros per." He urged congress to curb Ihe court s power. Like Hoover, Knox attacked ad ministration spending, he demand ed that the budget be balanced. "To me the new deal is essen tially a tory movement and Mr. Roosevelt, seeking encroachment upon the liberties of the people be hind a smoke screen of false liber alism, is the arch-tory of them all he said. time minions of Americans are tramping the streets looking lor work." Did It ever occur to American wage eurnera that devaluation was a cut In wageB," he inquired. The faith of this mtliou can be restored. To that purpose and that purpose alone you and I are dedi cated ..." A portion of the address was rut from the air when the speaker ex ceeded his allured lime by three minutes. The address drew repeated an- p la use. Hoover is to go to Seattle today. Ren Allen, the former president's'. traveling companion, said Hoover's j address, had drawn telegrams of , commendation from oil parts of : the Cnited States. i Allen announced Hoover's next i address to the nation will be de livered March 7 at Colorado i Springs, Colo., before a young re publicans' club meeting. Secret Tariff Hit Prior to his address assailing 1 the new deal. Hoover told inter-1 viewers here that "you can't con duct democratic government fn se- crt." He was referring to the re- PRISON PAPER IS COMPLAINT BASIS Continued from page 1) ern Pacific trainmen. The crime and its sequel stirred southern Oregon mid northern California to white heul at (lie lime. CONTINENT SPANNED BY KRNR FLASHES Continued from page 1) lance is difficult business here. If I recall rightly KlINIt is the only leu-watt Oregon station beard here tills winter except KXL (Portland) who has been heard a few times." Ihaiuier Is a member of the New uric News Ita!io chili. Mon V. Reynolds of New-burgh, N. V., gives KRNIt a high rating for audibility anil quality despite interference from a nearby station, coupled with poor weal her condi tions for MX reception. .Reynolds is a member of the Canadian MX re lav. F.verelt C. Olenn, Flint, Michi gan, reports excellent reception, wiili audinility and quality ex tremely good, considering the dis luiiee. Perry L. Hoskius, Springbrook, Wis., member of the Newark News Radio club, reported identification of KRNIt, hut was troubled by lo-.-ai interference t.nd was unable to !iei 1; 'Uilii)''it and quality. Kdw aid V. Iteers, Mimondale, Mich., reports a strong, well-modulated signal. He lists each of the musical selections and announce ments for ihe entire test period. Arthur L. Rohb, TopeUa. Kan sas, says: "The quality of your signal was very good with no dis puting or lading in and out." Ren Stephens, West Vancouver. H. ('., logged the entire lest pro gram, lining a four-lube receiver, coupled to a 2') fool aerial. "You sure came in here with a wul'op," he reports. "Clarity wan goed. mod illation perfect, ami the I ro:;t i.tn was w ell announced. " Miiny other reports from less distant points were received from t'le tt-.-t hroadcast. RIVAL PARTY HEADS BUSY CAMPAIGNING Continued from page 1 SEWER TUNNEL BLAST BLOTS OUT THREE LIVES CHICAGO. Feb. 13. (AIM Jack Smith, 21, died In a hospital today, the third victim of an accidental explosion of dynamite In n sani tary district tunnel 50 feet under the street level on the southwest Wise last night. Six other men were under treatment for injuries. Allen C.reen, 23. and Albert Me suites, 27, both negroes, died last night of Injuries suffered when the blast rocked a section of the bore near West 3Mh street and South California avenue. tain such ranio time as it wanted. "Freedom of the air is going to be as tuiporiaut as freedom of speech," he said. Memoct atic sources said Sena tor Rohiuou of Arkansas might hi I Iin L vtinl ii lei 1 1, ir it I I lit .Philadelphia national convention June 2:!. Borah Drive Widens With an early preview of O. O. P. sentiment promised for .April showing, with both Colonel Frank Knox and Senator Horah entered in the Illinois primary, there was evuieiice oi iitrtner nroauentng oi activity on the part of'the veteran Idaho senator. His forces were girding for ac tion In Orecon. Wisconsin and Ne braska. They previously had made .definite plan to enter Ohio. Although acknowledging he as pired to tli nomination. Sens or Mickitison (11. la.), at Creensboro. N. C, told reporters he would not seek phdged delegates In the state primaries. . Melegate contests often beget enemies, he reminded, anil HOOVER RAKES NEW DEAL AT G. O. P. MEET Continued from page 1) clprocaf treaty with Canada. "The present reciprocal- tariff was made by a coterie of men. It was done In secrecy and the luiii her) Industry didn't kno whether it was uffected. I'erhaps the best men In the world worked out the agreement, but yon can't conduct democratic government in secret." He commented that "tills admlnl btriition apparently has put the luritr commission entirely on the shelf." Hoover nlso declared "our silv er policy has done more to demor alize trade on the Pacific coast than anything else." ' COMING SOON MAJOR BOWES' AMATEURS On the Stage HUNT'S INDIAN THEATRE Douglas Funeral Home Eitabllihad 1926 Perfect Funeral Service! AMBULANCE SERVICE PHONE 112 Lady Attendant PHONE 112 Pine and Line 8ta. H. C. STEARNS FUNERAL DIRECTOR Hoover said: "No progressive mind will feel that the constitution shall not bo changed to meet the needs of changing national life." In enlarging on his topic, "the confused state of the union," the titular head of the republican party churned that "the outstanding state of the union at this hour Is a slate of confusion. Confusion )n thought, confusion in gvernment, confusion In eeonomic life and eon fusion in ideals. Few nulional problems havo been solved." Inflation Feared Referring again to President Roosevelt's address. Hoover said: "He (the president 1 says 'the only thing we have to fear is fear. . . . Just so. It was the supreme court decisions crashing through New Meal tyrannies which brought a gleam of confidence from the fears that had .retarded recovery. The guiding spirit of the alphabet has not been love. It has been rear." The former president imrticular ly emphasized his opposition to in flation, declaring: "The explosive forces of Infla tion are already being generated. .', . The American people have a right to know and to know now what steps the president proposes to clean up this budget and money confusion. Unless this confusion can be quickly dissolved it will leud In one of the greatest tragedies of ull humanity Inflation." Commenting on the relief pro gram he declared: "Cnder that guise (relief) great sociological experiments have been undertaken ... It has impaired self-reliance and morals both In in dividuals and local government. The poison of politics is mixed in the bread of the helpless." Millions Need Work Hoover said "we have started on the road to recovery . . . Hut it Is a confused recovery. .We still have 2i),ntHMM)U people on relief after three years." He referred to the NKA and AAA as "Towers of Mabel," commented that "the decimal point (in the na tion's deficit) . . . has moved stead ily to the left" and declared that " . . . the currency has its founda tion in the will of one man." The former president said "the average price of Industrial stocks has been restored to l!'-ti" and ask ed "but have the real incomes of farmers and labor been restored to "Millions have been made In the stock market. ... At the same Holds False Teeth Tight All Day Long KiiMi'ftli. ii lu-w IniprovtMl i ki'.'p- i.itf from dropptiiK ur Mlp pinir. No it ti mm v. piety fi--1niK. SVf'tMUi tr'Mih. ;iv-i real t.-i'th 'tutforl nil duy. I'nilurd hy peo ple a ml ili n tin l pvcry whoro. Avttl worry, li.'t 1'nnli'fth nt your driiK Kint. Thii-c (tlxpn. Adv. 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