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- ' " " ; This Is Annual Parent-Teacher Association Week in Oregon. If Eligible, Why Not Give Your Membership and Support to This Worthwhile Organization. THE WEATHER Humidity 5 p. m. yesterday 40 Highest temperature yesterday 76 lowest teniernture lHttt night 47 Precipitation for 24 hours u Preelp, from Sept. 1, 19:16 .92 Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1936 1.39 Rain; warmer tonite; cooler Wed. TWO SECTIONS TODAY VOL. XL NO. 63 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY. OCTOBER 13. 1936 VOL. XXVI NO. 143 OF THE EVENING NEWS fUl IM imu jglas county daily IKE- OS E IE AY Editorials On the Day s N ews By FRANK JENKINS "E of the troubles with this modern world is that It is filled with Ideas that are FALSE. One of these is the idea that the OTHER FELLOW pays the taxes. HEAR a lot about govern ment spending. But WE (per haps) pay no Income tax. WE (per haps) own no property, and so pay no property tax. So (perhaps) wo say to our . selves: "Why Bhoulil we worry about government spending? It costs US nothing, because we pay no taxes. 'it HELPS us, because in our case everything is coming in and nothing is going out." That Is about as far from the truth as anything could be. LET us take the case of bread, which everybody buys. From the breaking of the ground . for the wheat crop to the wrap ping of the loaf and Its delivery over the counter to you, a little wore than FIFTY different taxes go into the cost of producing bread. By the time It gets to you, it Is estimated by careful statisticians, the TOTAL of these taxes amounts to ubout TWO CENTS per loaf. . YOU pay this two cents. You pay It EVERY TIME you buy a loaf of uread,;.,,, ; -,.t .: . rvo YOU remember (or huve you " "! heard your parents tell about) the time when bread sold for "five or six or seven cents per lonf ? That was back in the days when tuxes were LOW. T'HIS two cents tax Included In the cost of a loaf of broad Is a combination of indirect taxes. Every time you liny a 'package of cigarettes, you pay SIX CENTS to the government. That is a direct tax. fHE number, of articles on which direct tuxes are levied Is too long to print hern. But It Includes a vast variety of things. Among them are automobiles, tires, cameras, games, club dues, S chewing guin and cosmetics, elec trical current, furs, firearms, radio sets, mechanical refrigerators, sporting goods, telephone and tele graph messages, theatre tickets. The- list la stuggcring in Its length and every time you buy ony of the articles Included on it you pay a DIRECT tax. A LL taxes federal, slato and lo- m cat amount to about 20 per cent of the national Income, which (Continued on page 4.) E PALLAS. Texas. Oct. 13. (AP) An army nlrnlane. falling Into a nose dive after the motor annnr ently failed, killed Arthur J. Rein hurt, former Pallas street commls- 8 inner and Oreeon lawver, and Flint Lieutenant R. H. Griffith, ad jutant at Hensley field near here. The crash oreurred yesterday about 12 miles south of Dallas. Parachutes wre found on both bodies. Jack Norris, a storekeeper, said he anw the plane plummet earthward from an elttude of a- proximately 3,000 feet. Relnhart. F0, was a reserve off! rer In the air corps and had been flying since 1927. In 1H33 he was president of the air reserve asso ciation of the United States. His mother. Mrs. C. E. Retnhart. lives nt Salem. Ore., and a brother, Wil liam, formerly was a University of Oregon basketball coach, but Is now coaching at George Washfne ton Tnlversltv, Washington. D. C. Another brother, Frank, lives at Med ford. Ore. Lt. Griffith. 29. was the son of Col. and Mrs. F. P. Griffith. Jr who are stationed at Louisville, Ky. I D ltd SI! AT PORTLAND Police Hold 77-Year-Old Tenant for Shotgun Murder of Roy Peebler. PORTLAND, Oct. 13. (AP The district attorney's office iMed a charge of murder today against J. F. Gilbert, 77-year-old automo bile camp resident, in connection with the mystery shooting of Uoj Peebler, 45, camp manager. "Gilbert won't say a word so fur and we don't know Just whal the cause of this shooting wrs," Deputy District Attorney Tom Handley said. "We are going out there again to see if we can get more information." Gilbert sat defiantly in the county jail as officers questioned him and refused to discuss lue case despite the accusaton ol an asserted eyewitness, D. W. Mal'u:, another camp resident, that he saw the aged man level a shotgun out of his cabin window late yester day and fire both barrels as Peeb ler walked past carrying a pail ef milk. Suspect Silent The suspect still hold his silence after Stanley MacDonald, police Bertlllon expert, made a parafln test of Gilbert's hands and found a positive reacton to shotgun shell nitrates. Handley said Gilbert had declared he had Jiot discharged a gun for "a number of clays and po lice said that traces of nitrate could be left-nierely by handling shells, Theshooting occurred as Peeb les walked, between, two cows. o cabins after milking his cow. The camp manager had lived there (Continued on page 4) "GET" COITGHLIN" WOVLlV-no 3 p 1 ... BOSTON". Oct. 13. (AP) The Rev. Charles E. Coughlin aid to day he was waiting over In Boston "to get a reporter who. he claim ed, interfered with a meeting be tween himself and Rhode Island of ftelals of his organization. The reporter, John J. Harry, of Boston, denying that he hail at tempted to interfere with the meeting, said he would be "glad to meet the priest. Highly excited when he returned here from Providence wncre the in ciilent' occurred. Father Coughlin paced the floor of his hotel suite and called Barry an "interloper." Hairy attributed Father Cough lin s actions to an interview which occurred earlier in P. oh ton when Barry said he questioned him cloBely. i The radio priest would not am plify the incident. STATE COMMISSION RECEIVES FUNDS SALEM, Oct, 1.1. (AP) The Oregon unemployment compensa tion commission received $4aM0.2" from the earnings of the federal unemployment trust fund for the third quarter of 1136. the fedeiul treasury department notified State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman to day. The government reported i de tailed statement of the earnings will be remit ted later. OreRon collected about $800,00 toward the trust fund under the state law, the comlsslon reporti-u. PORTLAND PLANS PUNCHBOARD TAX PORTLAND, Oct. 13. (AP) Punchboards as a source of rev enue for the city without directly affecting taxpayers became a pos sibility here today. The city council, meeting Thurs day, will consider proposed or.l'n ances which would tax punch boards, while another would place a license fee on music machines popular In beer parlors and restau rants. APARTMENT FIRE DOES NO DAMAGE A flue fire which burned forms left Inside a newly constructed con crete chimney resulted In the fire department being railed to the Weaiherford apartments. Oak and Pine streets, this morning. There was no damage done. Fights for Life ft r wl:; Elizabeth Smith Elizabeth Smith, 18-year-old un wed mother, on trial in New York for the alleged slaying of her baby,, is expected to take the stand in her own defense in an effort to save herself from the electric chair. She is shown leaving court. SHE "RACKET" Thousands: of Housewives Join in March on State Capital. . SEATTLE Oct .13. (AP) Sev ernl thousand women Joined I housewives march on Olympla' today, Edwin Selvin, Senttlo pub licist, kii Id as busses were char tered here to curry women who could not he accommodated in pri vate automobiles. They carried with them a four- page petition, which voiced de mands that Governor Martin "live up to his oath of office" by taking responsibility for purgin;; the state of racketeering. 1 lie petition wus to he read on the capitol steps this afternoon, Heivin said, by A. M. Mnifin. editor of the weekly Sunnyside Times. Mrs. Sadie Barker, vice-chair man of the state republican central committee, asserted the marchers were not , "politically-siMinorwl," and were not a political group. "Several thousand women are taking part." Selvln said. "Large delegations arc going from here r.nd from Spokane and other cities wilt be represented, carrying pla cards. In the petition were protests against the closing of the Post-In-telligcneor by the American News paper Guild strike, interference with produco movements and monopolies "doinii.pt d by rack eteers." The governor was asked to start prosecution of persons "who are guilty of violating the statutes against violence niul intimidation." WEIDNER TO LIVE, DOCTORS BELIEVE PORTLAND. Oct. 13 (AP) Doctors Rave Fred Wcidner, 58 year old beer parlor proprietor, a chance for recovery todav from a bullet wound In the brain but if he lives he faces a irial for murder. Weldner was found in his home unconscious from a wound in his head, shortly after his wife, Fran ces. 38. was found strangled to death in a rear room of their Burn side street beer parlor Sept. 2". Detective John Goltz said Wei fi ner confessed the killing and pre sumably tried to commit suicide. Tho bullet pierced his brain but despite the seriousness of the wound Weldnrr was still uble to talk. Ooitz said he intended to question Weldner today In an effort to find a motive lor the kiihug. TEXTILE WORKERS DEMAND MORE PAY PROVIDKNf'K, R. I.. Oct. 13. (AP) The rnlted Textile Work ers of America will demand a nation-wide 20 per cent wane In crease, a 40-hour week, and a "re turn to the so-called work load that prevailed during the NRA per iod." Us president, Thomas F. Mc Mahon announced today. He said a wage increase Is "Jun t I f I e d" by huslneflH conditions throughout the Industry, and by 1 rising living costs. i 1... .... ... gap:- sw j SSIi INSULT CLAIM ; BY GERMANY ; FACES FRANCE Communist Ridicule of Nazi Leader Resented Federal Forces Gain Ground in Spanish War. f fRv the Associated Press.) A formal protest from Germany concerning French communists "Insults" of nasi leader Adolnh Hitler further complicated the Eu ropean situation today. '' Announcement of the protest csme from Paris almost simultan eous) v with word that covornment forces in Spain hsd won six en paerements with Insurgents, and thwt seven hiebly-exnlosive bombs had bee" found n board a Spanish paillnar shin at Marseilles, France. juft in time to avert a blast. Other ranld-rlre developments: . The Spanish Insurgents' radio at Rabat. French Morocco, report ed 2.000 Spanish federals killed In battles on the Ovledo front. ' The Spanish Government claim ed msior victories on land and In the air cave loyalists possession of four-fifths of the cltv of Ovledd. Power Lines Down. Rebels reported they had sever ed power lines In the San Martin area, where Iiueo power dams fell before Insurgent attacks, and that four-fifths of the Madrid power sunnly had been cut off. The Red Cross at Saint Jean da Luz, France, said It had received a promise that reprlsnl executions of hostages held by Spanish gov ernment sympathizers In the be Beieed city of BUboa would cease. LA foreign; office spokesman, wl. the Germnn protest to France was considered in the light of "calling attention of tlie French govern ment" to statements alleged to have been made by Maurice Tho- rez, secretary -general of the (Continued on page tl) PORTLAND, (let. 13. (AP) A break In the dangerous fair weath er of September and early October appeared in prospect today with a weather bure-.u forecast of rain for western Oregon. "The situation is looking consid erably better." naid C. J. Buck, U. S. regional frrester. "If we can get three or four storms in a row and about an Inch and a half of rain, I believe we will be all right." The weather bureau forecast in creasing cloudiness tonight with rain in the western half of the state hut said temperatures would he warmer in the south and east. Rain in the west and north was predicted for tomorrow as a utorrn moved down from Alaska. Buck said no new fires had hern reported and that those burning near here and in southwestern Oregon were "fairly well in hand, The Coos and Curry county fires along the coast, have been "trench ed, the forest chief said, and ef forts are being rushed to trench the Larch mountain fire east of Portland. "If these nilns materialize and we experience no had winds, the dangerous condition may be speed ily eliminated." Buck snid. Slight rains will not be of great benefit because many sections ate very ury. "We also must face tho fact that normally we have east winds at this time of the year and thette are the most dangerous." ALASKANS SEEK WARMER CLIMATE FAIRBANKS, Alnska. Oct. 13 (AP) Near-zero weather caused interior . Alaska miners to hestin their annual fall Journey to Seattle todav. The steamer Alice, cnttfrht in the ice of the Tan an a river last week, w as freed yesterday when the weather moderated. She proceeded to Nnnann. her home bane. EUGENE MAN TAKES ABERDEEN HOTEL ABKROKKN. Wash.. Oct. 12 f A I' I f'ontrol of the WashitiK'on hotel, leading hostelry here for many ypsrs. went to Genrjre W, Karle, veteran Kueene. Ore., pro prietor, today. The amount of money Involved was not discloned. Karle formerly managed hotels and apartments In Lou Angeles. Control of Flu . Plan Based on College Find CORVALLlfi. Oct. 13.(AP) An Oregon scientist who discov ered a method of :icrin:ittou for control of a chicken disease , may havo started sonietliln-; which will lead to far reaching development In human medicine. Dr. B. T.-Simms, head of the vet erinary medicine department at Oregon State college, called atten tion to the fact that tho recent ex periments In bringing about im munity against human Im'luenza are based on tho vaccination meth od developed here by his colleague. Dr. W. T. Johnson, poultry path ologist. Some 10 yo;irs ago Dr. Johnson introduced the practice of protect ing flocks of chickens against fowl pox by vaccinating tho birds with live virus of the disease applied to tissue not ordinarily affected by U Previously only dead or at tenuated virus wus UHud In this or other vaccinations. The method of fowl pox control proved so effective that it has since been universally adopted. Dr. Simnis said experiments with Dr. Johnson's method bosun with other diseases. Tho preliminary announcement of experiments with influenza im munization made at the Harvard tercentenary recently show that the scientists working on the prob lem both in America and England are using the method of introduc ing uvu iniiueuu virus inio muscle tissue, which Is not ordi narily directly affected by the dis ease. 1 THREAT TO KILL Sobbing Youth Summons Police to Prevent Double Tragedy. SALRM, OH. 13. (A!-) Dis trict Atlornny W. H. Tilmllo un nnuncnit tnilay he would file n clmi'Ke of tlirenteniiiK to commit n fiMony against llutitoii A. Grant. 4G, San Kranrlflco coa.st guardsman, who Trlndle Bald admitted he was awaiting the return of hin wife nt her home "with the intention of shooting her and then turning the gun on himself. Grant was arrested laRt night af ter a sohhing 1 fi-year-old lad tele phoned city police that his father was ubout to shoot his mother. Arresling Officer K. C. Charlton said Grant had a revolver in his pocket but ofrered no resistance to arrest. Officers were taking him to the city Jail when his wife, Mahle (rant, arrived home. City police officials said Grant came to Salem nbout three weeks ago to see his family, but did not slay at the residence wllh his wife and three children. Grant, who did not divulge any motive, was packing a sultcaso when polico arrived at the house. A new c-ar was parked in the alley. is FROM HEADLINES By fecon Richmond "World Peace Threatened1 Kven the optomlst must confess that this old world Is In a mess Hitler looks with longing eyes upon the Rus sian gran arfes and Russia says they're fixed to win most any right that they get In; there's civil war in sun ny Spain a n d Mussolini threats again; there's a typhoon in the Philippines a n d China's short on soy beans. And, even In these sovereign stall's, It seems an awful fatt awaits; our government's a big ex pense; our dollar's worlh but sixty cents: and all this pi tion news would indicate that trou hie brews unless we vote the way we should mid sort the had out from the good. Well, uars are old ns Father Time; we've nlways hurl to fight Willi crime; earthquakes nnd temp- entn lake their toll and fires will get beyond cotitrol ; election trou hies are not new for history tells of guile a few; and these devalued silver dollars still buy a lot of shirts and collars. While all these things are realistic, we may ns we) be optomistlc; the world will turn Ms axis in spite of wars and floods and taxes. THREE-POWER IIEEEl! NEW FEDERAL1 GOLD CONTROL u v BOARD 1L PLAN ADOPTED I l PROBE ISSUE- United States, France and Great Britain Join in Move for Normal Trade Relations. liv JOHN FISCIIKR WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (AP) Declaring that lis aim was more unrmal trade relations, the United Statos government today put Into efrect what Secretary of the Treas ury Morgenthnu termed "a new kind of gold standard." Great Britain and France took Imllar action na the result of a three power agreement. Officials here said the pact was designed to urb currency speculation, put a heck rein on exchange fluctua tions anil establish a free move ment of gold iimoug the three gov ernments. Other nations were invited to Join the new "gold bloc," and some government economists pre- licted t might spread witnm a few weeks, to a large part of the world. The understanding provided that the stabilization funds of the throe governments would exchange gold with each other, buying or selling as the occasion arises. Gold cab no longer bo exported from tho United Stales by individuals, nor can It be purchased by nations not a party to tho agreement. Jaoan interested (About the time the accord was being announced, trade and money relation! also were the subject. 01 pronouncements In other nations. Tokvn disclosed that Japan sianus rnnriv in ntieiid. aiiv International economic conreronce wnicn anus to stabilize currencies and wipe out Inwla hiirriers. A 1 tier lleuten ant warned that Germany might be forced Into an international trade war If her lost colonies were not returned.) While Ibe Franco -lirltlHlt-Aninri-, (Continued on page 6) CRIPPLE FUR LIFE MMDI-OItD. Oct.'l3 (AIM H,i mid l.iiunhlv. 20. of Uingvtew, Wash., wounded In an attempted lull break bine three weeks ago. will be brought Into court this week, 111 a wheel chair, to receive sentence on four counts ot assaun and robberv and theft. Kiiiishfv will never walk again Sheriff Syd I. Drown said he had linen advised bv tho county physi cian, Dr. C. I. Drummnnil. t'nughly was shot 111 tho side, the bullet grazing his spine, by Jailer Harry Ingling, during the allempted Jul break. ' Huff Marshall. 19. also of Long- view. Wash., companion of Kaughty In a scries of hold-ups at I'heonix, near here, last Annual, was sen lenced to terms aggregating twen ty years, and Is now confined in the stale prison at Salem. IN CITY TUESDAY Senator Charles U McNary will ho in KnschurK 'I uesduy of nnx week, according l" word recelvei here todav, and will bo the nneuk er at a public noon luncheon to be held at the I innqua hotel, I h meeting will he held under thf nil spices of the Don Kins County Re- nublican club, of which I. It. KHMi" is chairman. Senator McNary will not make a political talk. It s stat ed, but will give a discussion ol county taxation of timber laud an other matters of concern to I he county. He is expected to confer Iti the afternoon with county Judj:-s on timber taxation and related mat ters, ami will lenvo Tuesday eve nlng for Marshfleld and Ilnmlon to study conditions resulting from Ihe forest fires which rnvuKcd the coast section two weeks ago. FINES ARE PAID IN CITY COURT Ilert Tn paid a fine of $10 In city recorders court today follow Ins his arrest on a charge of drunk enness, Gordon Chapln, arrested by city police for driving a motor vyrn with cutout open, was fined 15.00. ii , J. D. Wilson, unemployed elec trician of Atlanta, Ga slashed his wrists In a suicide attempt In the grounds of the white house. With blood streaming on his hands, he rushed into the building calling for' one of the president's secretaries. He said despondency over unemployment caused the act. Twenty Thousand Natives ' Reported Homeless in Luzon Island. MANILA P I Oft 13 fAPl nil Ilia bnnun Hnixt fl-ntll T.ll'nn Island s disastrous typhoon at liM, wllh Iti mlusliiir An eHlitiinted 20,000 natives were homeless in Neuva Kclja province alone. The latest known victims wore swept to their deal lis today when a Panipngnu river dike broke, lt swent awnv fifty houses nnd ilmiuiinil tun nentiln Municipal and provincial orn- clalB Who complied tne ueain list predicted It would steadily ill crease as recession of flood waters, brought by the typhoon's torrential rains, -permits relief workers to search disaster-swept towns. Major (leneral I'allllno Santos, M.iur nf Riiirr nf the Phlllniiiue army, said after an aerial survey of the region that the I'nmpaugn river valley, norm ot aiuuiiu uuy. resembles a nroan sea. All of the towns and villages ly Ing along Ihe valley are Inundat ,l flnnnrnl KmitOfl Sllld limctlcal ly all Ot mo crops mm nvcBLuvn iii Ihe nrea wore destroyed, iiniinf nifiittcles feni-ed on epl ilnml. nf lIlHOHHe. llfl rtl (Ml lltM V 111 Neuva Kclja province, north of Manila, where tho typhoon took Its greatest toll during a three-day rampage last woeK-enii. LARGER GAME REVENUE FORECAST POUTDANI). Oct. 12. (AP) A 6 per cent revenue Increase from hunters and fishermen In Oregon over tho HI37-38 blennlum was es tlmnted today by the state game commission. In prepnrlng a budget of SKKIS.26H for the next two years. The basis for selling the 1D37-3K budget estimate was the expecta tion of an extensive migration In hunters and fishermen to the stnte from drouth stricken midwestern areas. In spile of the additional budget for tho coining blennlum, the com mission foresaw difficulty in mak ing It meet nil needs. One Item of added expense will he salary In creases of commission employees which were cut duriliR the depres sion days by legislative action EIGHT COUNTIES IN DEMO COLUMN SAI.KM, Oct. 13 (,.P (Iffl cisl registrations finm nine conn ties received by the secretary 01 state's office today, Ihree of which reported a majority of democratic volers, brought the total Hourhon counties to eight of the '11 report Ing. No reports have been re ceived from nine counties. Kliimalh, licschutcs and Itarney counties reported a larger demo cratic registration than republl cans. Klamath county was In Ihe democratic list in I Ml. Itepuhllcan counties reporting were Curry, I. In coin, Malheur, Tillamook, Wash Ington and Wheeler. Operators and Unions Told to Continue Operations Until Decision Can t WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (AP) Moving to avert a threatened Pa cific coast waterfront strike, tho maritime commission today re quested ship operators and mari time unions to continue opaiming under ngreemonts now In effect until the commission could com plete an Investigation. At the same time the commis sion iinnounced ltenr Admirul Harry G. Hamlet would proceed to San Francisco tomorrow "to carry the Investigation on the ground." "In the meantime and until aucli determination," the commission said, "both the ship operators ami maritime unions not only are re quested, but they are also expected to cont Inuo operating under agree-, ments now in force. They are re minded that the first obligation ot each of them. In this emergency is to the public." Truce Near Expiration The commission acted with only 30 hours remaining before the ex piration of a lh-day truco arranged for negotiations designed to settle the west coast dispute. Involving 37,000 workers. Hamlet recently was offered membership on the commission by President ltoouevelt but did nut qualify because he had not yet re tired from the coast guard. The commissioner said he would b relieved to San Francisco "Im- -mediately" by additional represen tatives. Tho commission called reporters Into its offices shortly after noon after an all morning ronforence. Conferences Held Previously extended conferences had been held with west coast la bor and civic leaders, all of whom urgod the federal hoard to Inter vene. Hecnuse tho act under which It was crented does not become effective until October 28, the com- (Contlnued on paire 6) JOINS KM) STAFF Marshall H. Pengra. well known northwest radio sportscaster anil radio advertising man, has Joined tho staff of Kit Nit as commercial manager. Mr. Pengta has recently been located In Salem where he was engaged In special work for Ihe Salem radio station KSLM. In nunotinclng the appointment of Pengra as commercial manager, ,1. B. Toles, mnnnger of KUNH, ex pressed his npprovnl of the adver tising patronage enjoyed by the Rose burg station. "Our business has advanced to the point In the brief time we have been operating KHNR that we need a commercial manager and we are greatly pleased to havo a man of Mr. Pengra 's experience nnd ability associated with us." Mr. Pengra has moved to Rose' burg with his family and Is assum- ing his new duties this week. ARREST FOLLOWS WRECK FATALITY SALKM, Oct. 13. (AP) Matt Cornes, fit), Oregon City miner, was deod and Kmery K. Fortune, :t3, of Mehama, was charged with reckless driving, ns the result of a highway fatality near Slayton last night. fames, Olstrlct Attorney W. H. Trlndle reported, apparently was killed when he fell from a swaying gravel truck driven by Fortune when the truck swerved off the highway at a high rate of speed. Foil line was driving for n mining company located above Mehama. FUNDS RECEIVED FOR FLAX PLANTS SAI.F.M. Oct. 13. (AP) Addi tional federal funds sufficient to completu the Ml. Angel coopera live flax plant and finance Its op eration for one year brought tho total Invested thern to L'4,332, O. K. Ilontwrlghl. dlslrlit WPA super visor, announced. Construction work wns renewed. Itnntwilcht announced another i;?.6.riH wns received for the new Springfield plant south of Kugeno lo nssnrn continued construction work there. . ,