ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW. ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY. MARCH 21. 1936.
MISTOM Camera Depicts Scenes in Flooded Districts
S: .M ) &5:;0
Hoop Superiority of Prep
Schools to Be Decided
in Game Tonight.
SAI.RM, Ore. March 21. AP)
Corvallls unil Kranklin high of
Portland will clash tonight for tlie
prep Rfhool hasketball champion
Khlp of Oregon. The two teams
swept through the serrdflnul round
Inst night, leaving Hellfountuin and
Mllton-Freewater In their wuka to
battle fur subordinate positions In
the mate tournament.
Corvallls, which has mode one
of the most InipreHBlve records In
years, did not extend Itself greatly
to win :14 to 25 from Ilellfountaln,
state "II" league champion. The
Corvallls five led 10 to 0 at the
end of the first quarter und IS to
8 at half-time but the last half
found Ilellfountaln more than hold
ing its own.
Franklin high hnd plenty of
trouble with Mllton-Freewater. The
snore was knnited 9-all at the first
quarter and 18-all at half time. Hun
sen, Franklin forward, piled up 1C
points and aided materially in the
last-half drive which netted the vic
tory. The score was 36 to 23.
Hellfountuln and Mllton-Freewater
will meet nt 7:30 p. m. for
third place. The loser will rank
sixth. The Corvallls Franklin
championship till will begin an
hour later.
Consnltlon winners In the two
neml-flnul rounds of that bracket
were llenson of Portland. Salem.
Tlllumook and Astorin.
Myrtle Creek Beaten,
Astoria turned In Mm second
Inrtcest tournament score on record
III defcntlliK Myrtle Creek 00 to 2(1.
Kilgene In 10-2 scored points
ngnhiHl Joseph. Ted Kiirpnln,
flashy Astoria forward, piled up 27
points to tie the individual tourna
ment record set by Wardlow How
ell of Ashland ill the Ashlnml-The
Dulles KUllle or 1031.
.Tillamook defeated Oregon City
f3 to IS, llenson won from Mill
Clly 27 In 2,r mill Salem beat Ilend
:is in 30.
SNOW INCREASES
FLOOD AREA'S WOE
Continued Horn page 1)
After rnglng for two days, tho
river at Hartford apparently hail
reached lis crest, wlih a record
high level of 37.5 feet at nild-inorn-iug.
The wealher hurenu said the
river was leveling off.
Tho cities of Hartford nnd Mlil
illelnwn were wilhoul electric pow
er nfter a night of tenor. Ituln
fell III sheets lodliy. Ill I lul l Toi'il
alone, more Hum 2, WW were home
less. The ruins dashed wliulevnr
hopes hiiil been held fur quick re
cession of the liver.
The (lain on the Quinnobuug,
near IHiiiielsou, Conn., wus threat
ened by the new ruin.
To tho thnosniids of refugees,
huddled III relief shelters in west
ern Pennsylvania, und down the
Ohio to Wheeling a panorama of
destitution und misery from llireu
duys of rampaging wuiers the
snow storm brought a new danger
pneumonia.
Water shortages In ninny com
munities nlroady hud threatened
pestilence.
Health 8ervlce Busy
To prevent epidemics, the Unit
ed States public heullll service
kept its most skillful experts ta
iloring In nil the stricken com
munities. Kvery snnltnry engineer from
the Washington headquurters
was sent to Pennsylvania ami
West Virginia to set up emer
gency clilorinatloii systems. From
other units, engineers were lush
ed to flood swept communities
elsewhero In the east.
The snow bumpered clenu-up
and reclumatlon work in the Pills-burgli-JnhiiHtowii
area.
Some 25.0110 WI'A workers wore
mobilised III Pittsburgh und 6.000
lu Johnstown to give all aid. There
was no bent in Johnstown mill
ninny of the G.ooo destitute there
were III.
Likewise in Wheeling, between
K.IIUO and 10.1)00 homeless shivered
throughout the day in teiiiporury
iiuarters.
Pittsburgh Situation Eased
In Pittsburgh, lllere was a gra
dual return of faculties. Mule
electric power wus brought In, gus
' was returned to several buildings
In the "tlobleii TriuiiKle," wealthy
downtown area which wus cover
ed two days ugo with IS feet of
waler.
Above Pittsburgh, I lie Allegheny,
while ueur normal, was cutting u
new channel around u giant water
wuy lock. Kiiglneers strove with
stone and bugs of cement to keep
the river in lis course.
Aside from tile Connecticut and
the southern Ohio, livers generally
throughout the east were either re
telling sieaillly or were limit In
their banks.
Distress Widespread
Hut the r 'sslou only brought
the rest of Ihe world the plight of
tiiiiuy rnininuiillles during the
worst hours of the flood devasta
tion. Wllllninsnorl, on Hie Susque
hanna lu Pennsylvania, wus typi
cal of the must severely stricken
towns. Utile hud been hcill'd
from It for many hours, I'nniinunl
ciitlon wus cut off and meager ra
dio reports hod told of fires. Some
revised eslluinles ol I lie linuingo
in this Industrial town run us high
is $;l,oon.ooo. Four thousand wore
homeless. The n I for clolhlng
wns ncllte.
While snow nnd rain fell over
widespread npstnle r.ow oik
nreiis, rehabilitation work continu
ed nt n sleody pace. Thousands of
persons in Ihe lllnghnmpton area,
most severely Isolated and strick
en city In the state, were return
ed to their homes, but new dung
ra tbreuleiied tho city. The es-
tupo of gas begun from a fuel gas
Only few miles above the nation's capital these summer cottages along the ''v" " fylfot
weed as crest ot flood moved down the valley to Washington, where frantic efforts are being made to
. protect IlQO.OW.0gO in gwrnment """ft lUMlrattd Ktwt) ;
A nltiful example of the rising flood which threatens Washington. D. C,
Is this family huddled near their Are after rising Potomac River drove
them from their home.
(International lUuttrated News.)
The Oakland grade school girls
defeated Myrtle Creek 8.1 to
In a volleyball game at Oakland
Tuesday night, while the Myrtle
Creek boys won at basketball
to 1.
Thd untiovhnll eame
,.in.-a.i n,i uiitt ouite close until
the lust few minutes of play. Myr
tle Creek led ihe scoring in the
early part of the contest.
In the basketball game the Oak
land team was completely outclass
ed by ihe large and fast -Myrtle
Creek five. Vocum. Myrtle t reek
forward, scored 14 of his team's
19 points. Minter succeeded in Hiss
ing one foul shot, wmen
Oakland from a complete
wash.
The lineups:
Oakland (33)
Worthen (61
Copeland (2)
Bainbrldge (1)
Baird (4)
McCurdy (4)
Allls
English (0)
Todd (3)
Mcllugill (O
Campbell
Basketball lineup
Oakland (1)
Stearns
Todd
Thornton
Manning
Minter (!)
B. Goff
Referees,
tlons throughout the nation. Each
farmer Is eligible to become a mem
ber. Each association will (have
county and community committees,
which will appraise the farms, fix
the soli conserving ami son uei.iei-
ing bases, and operaie ""J -
gram wllllin ine neiu.
Subsidy checks may not be ex
pected to reach the field before fall.
timekeeper, Carlson;
Morris.
10
as well
saved
white-
(26) Jlvrtle Creek
(0) Mcl.aln
(2) Starbuck
4 Ady
Valentine
(3) Dyer
Abbot
(3) Allen
(2) Short
Crawford
(101 Myrtle treek
F (14) Yocuin
V Manuin
C (3) Dyer
: (2) MiOougal
Mcliiu
Shirniiff
Harrison and Young;
(3)
Stock and Bond
, Averages
STOCKS
Compiled by The Associated Press.
30 15 15 CO
Ind'ls Iiit'B I-'t'B Sfks
March 21.
Today 82.4 35.(1 47.3 61.9
Prev. day .... K2.7 35.9 47.5 62.2
Month ago .... S 4 3S.5 49.6 . 62.5
Veur ago .... 50.9 19.8 23.8 36 3
1935 high S2.9 39.7 50.8 63.5
1936 low 73.4 30.2 45.0 50.7
1935 high .... 76.3 31.2 44.7 56.1
1935 low 49.5 18.5 21.6 34.8
BONDS
20 10 10 10
nn's Ind'ls TVs Fen
Todav 92.S 102.6102.5 70.4
New 1935 high.
Prev. dav .... 92.3 102.6 102.4 70.3
Month ago .... 94.3 104.0 lnl.3 71.4
Year ago .... 79.2 92.7 87.7 66.4
1936 high .... 94.3 104.1 102.4 72.0
1936 low 86 9 102.1 99.3 69.5
1935 high .... 87.8 102.2 99.8 70.4
1 1935 low 76.4 92.2 81.5 65.5
scorekeepi-r,
SOIL CONSERVATION
PROGRAM LAUNCHED
Oregon Granite Co.
MONUMENTS
Flint and Oak Sts.
Dealers and Mfgs. order direct
from local representative.
H. H. WALTERMIRE
Continued from pago 1)
Faced with the danger of epidemics from contaminated water supplies, thousands of homeless and desti
. tut, flood victims are being aided by Red Cross and Federal funds These mercy ""
e iiooueu niiwa-uttiivi ,
in
7
Mills Are Silenced
ilown the rich valleys of the Con
necticut, Merrlnmc and other
rivers.
The great textile mills of Lowell,
Mass., were shut ligtit with 20.000
persons matte Wile. Ihousands
were idle In other mill towns and
industrial centers.
I'p hi Maine, martial law regu
lated the town of Itumford, iso
lated for two days by the And
loKcoKKin river. Communication
was established with the town of
8,0)10 today. The townsfolk were
suffering severely. Five hundred
families were being eared for by
state military and local authori
Farmers, Icirvintr their lowlands
for (he town, look with them food
and milk, thus averting a short-"gf.
Hartford's Plight Told
The desolation in Hartford wiib
described by Kobert Muetiregor.
Hartford newspaperman who flew
over the city:
"Roofs of houses penetrated the
rushing blanket of water like tiny
inlands.
"Hrainard field hangars appear
ed like lilted rafts; Colt's factory
was surrounded by water and re
sembled the government huililiuts
on Kills Island in New York har
bor. "The flocks of people who lined
the water front a appeared like
black moving chains. The Willi
mm. lie railroad brldire wn sith-
Mltitinmeii at WHltes-Hurre, Pa., are shown carrying a woman, seri
ously ailing, through the flooded streets of the city to a Red Cross emer
gency station for treatment. All government agencies have been or
ganized to relieve suffering of the thousands made homeless and to
combat thratoned pestilence In flooded areas where drinking water has
been contaminated.
tu re.
The rate of this payment will he
based on t be recotnmendat ion of
state committees, but will not be
more than $1 an acre. (An exeep-
Ition Is made for small producers
who mav qualify for payments up
to $10.)
The soil conserving pavments is
to be made at a specified rale for
shifting from soil depleting to soil
conserving or soil building crops
for 1U36.
Subsidy Bases Fixed
If a farmer is to receive a sub
sidy, his acreage of soil conserving
or building crops must be equal
to 80 per cent of the farm's soil
depleting base, or equal to the max
imum limit set for diversion.
For all crops except cotton, to
bacco, peanuts, sugar beets, BUgar
cane, flax and rice, the diversion
payment will average M0 an acre,
based on productiviiy of individual
farmers. The maximum diversion
for which payments will be made
is Ifi per cent of the base acreage.
Sugar cane and beet producers,
flax and rice farmers will be paid
on the ac.Mtal production of those
crops, but they must meet mini
mum requirements for . planting
soil conserving crops.
Under way today is the organl
znttnn of county producer nssocia-
OPENING
DANCE
at
Plantation Inn
Near Coos Junction
Saturday, March 21
Music by Wink and His
Midnight Ramblers
6 Piece Band
Admission: 50c; Ladies Free
New Management
DANCE
SAT. NITE
Right in Canyonville
Music by
Rhythmen
An 8-Piece Band
Gents 40c Ladies Free
Sponsored by
80. Umpqua Rod & Gun Club
merged on one end and seemed to
tip into the water like a roller
coaster."
The threatened milk shortnge in
Ftoston was averted when 30 trucks
arrived from the. New York dairy
area.
Massachusetts state senate pass
ed a bill providing for appropria
tion of $750,000 for flood relief.
The money will be spent for food,
clothing and shelter.
BURNS AND McLEOD
BATTLE TO DRAW
SPOKANE. Wash., March 21.
(AP) Charlie Mums, erstwhile
Philadelphia lightweight, ranked as
a new Spokane fight favorite today
after an impressive 10-round draw
with Jimmy Mel-eod. Tacoma.
Hums, now of Spokane, won the
rlngsiders' nod last night by shad
ing McLeod In the second and third
round and nearly dropping him in
the fourth, but officials called it a
draw after the Tacoman rallied
strongly to take the fifth and sixth.
The final four rounds were even.
Hums weighed 135; McLeod 1.17.
Vfrden, Shirley Mae Brunn and '
Jean Geddes. The junior class con-'
sisted of Bra und a Conn, Mary Joan l
Parkinson, Doris Brown, Evelyn
Gill more. Edna Clark, Mary Frltts. ,
Myrtle Shook and Alice McKibben. t
with June Falbe, Virginia Winston, ,
Elizabeth Campbell and Winnifred
Coffel substitutes. The sophomore
team was made up of Vivian Hart
ley. Bern tee Clark. Helen Cooney,
Betty Belle Knott, Joan Perkins,
Janet Collier, Lois Schaerer and
Virginia Hughes, with Maxine Bart
ley, Velda Hoffmeister and Doris
Shoemaker as substitutes.
Roseburg Undertaking Co
Established 1901 M. E. RITTER, Manager
Founded and Maintained on Efficient
Service and Courtesy
Ambulance Service
Phone 600
Oak and Kane Sts.
Licensed Lady
Embafmer
WINKELMAN TO BE
COACH AT STANFORD
PALO ALTO. Calif., March. 21.
(AP) "Big Ben" Winkelman, for
mer high school athletic director :
of Fort Worth, Texas, will assume
duties April 3 as backfield coach
of Stanford University football !
teams. He will be chief assistant (
to Head Coach Claude E. "Tiny"
Thornhill.
WANTED
MOHAIR AND WOOL
Highest Cash Price Paid Throughout the Season
Come to see me before selling.
GEO. KOHLHAGEN
VOLLEYBALL RACE .
WON BY SENIORS
The Interclasa voUevbalt Rallies
ended last night at Ihe senior hiKh
with Hie seniors lukiliK first place,
juniors second, and sophomores
I hint. The first game wns playeil
Mnri'h 6 with the seniors whining
from the juniors, March 13 Ihe sen
iors liefenled the sophomores, ami
March -'0 the juniors ileteateil the
sophomores. Kach team is com
poseil of members of the respec
tive class, ami members of the
teams were chosen by the vole of
those (,'lrls participating.
The senior class team was niaile
up of Mary Julia Miller, Lois I'p
dike. Knt In yn Heljipp. Fiances
Kloreiire, Thelma Lovelace, flora
llagar anil Norma Walker. Subsll-titH'-i
were Vera (loety. Knycnia
Itli-t illkntt iiml hiiiiiI tun. Iiiirili'iiiles were rtlHhcil 1111 nrillltlll all BOV
eminent hiillillnga ami properly In Washington, 1. t, In effort to fore
stall flooil damage fnnu rising waters of the Potomac river. These work
men urn shown In I'olomur Park with the Washington monument In Hie
hacltnrotinil.
tank. WPA ami err workers hur
riedly went to work lo repair the
leak.
Many upstate communities, how
over, were still without light or
power.
Temperatures were only slight
ly ubovv freeilng. adding to thu
misery o? tho homeless nnd ham
pering the work of "mopping up." ,
In Now Kngland. as elsewhere
over the east, the Insk of feeding i
the thousands of Homeless and re-;
fugees created a serious Bltua-1
Hon. '
Industry was nt n alnndstlll
REVIVAL CAMPAIGN
REV. H. D. MITZNER
of Los Angeles
Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Beginning Tuesday
March 24
Many will remember his inspiring messages last year and
will welcome his return.
DOUGLAS ICE & STORAGE CO.
Roseburg, Oregon
DISTRIBUTORS OF
BLINTZ WEINHARD, ACME, SALEM BEERS
Wishes to Announce
THE FOLLOWING DISPENSERS WILL SERVE
BOCK BEER
Saturday, March 21st
The Spot
Beth's -Cy's
Place
Munchausen
Monogram
Carl's Tavern
Pullman Cigar Store
Hogan's
The Grand Coffee Shop
Roseburg Hotel
Soldiers Home Cigar Store
Brid Estow, Tiller
Wally's Pastime
Rose Hotel
The Club
Woodley's Sandwich Shop
Story lies
The Chocolate Shop
Valley Hotel
The Elks Club
Camp View Cafe
Brand's Stand
Del Rey
Rowell Store, Tenmile
West Side Windmill
Chap's Place, Sutherlin
Ted Anderson's,
Sutherlin
Sid Adams, Oakland
Dutch Mill
Broclcway Store
Plantation Inn
Al's Place, Myrtle Creek
Greenwitch Tavern,
Canyonville
Canyonville Pool Hall
Mother's Inn
Bridge Cafe
Tiller Tavem, Tiller