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Editorials
On the
Day's N ews
By FRANK JENKINS
rvrt. nnxFonn tucwell quit
the New Deal bruin trust r.ml
'entei-3 private employment.
Well, It's a good tiiins tor Tug
Veil, for in spite of ail that may be
Buld to the contrary opportunities
both for personal advancement and
for service to humanity are greater
in private enterprise tlmn In pub
lic employment.
And it's a. good thing for he
New Deal, for few people have
high confidence in . Tugweli a.', a
shat-er of American policy.
MADAME SCHUMANN -HEINK
dins at. the age of 75, after a
long and well-spent life. Siio was a
great slngu- ur.d a great showiran,
who nil her life gave her audiences
r'lCro than a dollar's worth of en
tertainment for every dollar they
.paid to hear her.
After all, the way people become
really great Is by giving their cus
tomers a little more than they pay
for. The chlselera who give less
than is pnid for are pretty apt to
die .unhonored and unsung.
JJASCIST planes attacking Ma-
d.'id employ f"r the first lime
huge calcium bomb;'. These bombs,
a mixture of calcium and jiodiuni,
explode' with destructlvi energy,
but their chief effect is incendiary.
When one strikes,- it fipr?ads a
stream of liquid fl'e In oil I'.iree
lions. New?
Well, in construction, yes; but
ir principle, no. The Indians em
ployed the same principle vben at
tacking the cabins of the settlers
by attaching flaming hits of bark
and cloth to their nrrowB.
And the fighting around Mndrid
f Continued nn osee 4 1
HUN POST
M. L. K I mm ell of Idleyld, secre
tary of the Douglas county council
of sportsmens clubs and an active
proponent of the &holi3hment of
commercial fishing in the Umpqua
river, was named as one r of the
directors of the state wild life
federation organized at Corvallis
this week. Kd I1'. Averlll, leader
of the temporary council organized
a year ago, vas named president
of the new association, which "will
lake steps immediately to coordin
ate the activities of local, county
and state groups interested in the
restoration, improvement and de
velopment of Oregon wild life re
sources. Governor Martin, who
has taken a personal interest in
the movement and who ottentled
the conference, was elected hon
orary president.
County Budget Satisfies Tax League
FEW CHANGES
SUGGESTED AT
NG HERE
Chief Discussion Bears on
Pay of Commissioners;
Diversion of Tax on
Gas Opposed.
Apparently generally satisfied
with the tentative county budget
for 11)37, the Douglas County Tax
payers league, holding its annual
session hei4a today, had few re
commendations to offer for budget
changes. Tile meeting was held
at the courthouse in connection
with the public hearing called by
the county court, where taxpay
ers wei'j given an opportunity to
be heard, in connection with any
changes in the list of tentative ex
penditures for the comjng year. 1
Principal discussion centered
around a proposal that the tenta
tive appropriation for county com
missioners be cut In hnlf. There
was considerable division of opin
ion regarding the proposed allow
ance for county commissioners'
per diem and expenses.
Commissioners are paid for
each day spent in attending to
county business and expenses in
curred In travel.
Claiming that commissioners are
collecting for more time than Is
necessary to transact the county's
affairs, the sundry Items commit
tee recomntended tin the budget
allowance be cut In half. There
was' considerable opinion, however,
that the commissioners should
give all time needed to handle
county affairs, rather than leav
ing the county's business In the
hands of a "one-man court."
Other Recommendations
The sundry items committee,
composed of C. E. Mayer. Willnrd
Smith and C. E. Hartley, propos
ed that in addition lo Items provid
ed in the tentative budget the
sum of 1300 be added to continue
tlie study of prune thrtp control.
The committee also recommended
an appropriation to provide seed
for experiments with various types
of grass for cover crops, feeding,
etc.
It was also recommended by
Ibis committee that the conny
set aside $200 each year for the
purchase of automobiles for the
county ugent and county club lend
er rather than Including the entire
purchase price of a car In one
(Continued on page G)
GAME LAW BREAKER
PAYS FINE OF $75
Raich Burns, of EllUon, charged
with possession of untagged deer
hides and horns, paid a fine of $75
In the Justice court here Friday
The fine was considerahly heavier
than that usual In such case3 he-
cause of Ilnrns' past record, Jus'
tice of the Peace H. W. Marsters
said. The Judge reported that
Burns has heen in previous
trouble, and that numerous com
plaints have heen recently receiv
ed regarding his activities. He was
warned by the judge against fur
ther misconduct.
Fighting Qualities of U. 5. Army
Tanks Belittled by German Writer
BERLIN, Nov. 21 (API The
fighting qualities of United States
war tanks was disparaged today in
an article In the Militaer Wochen
blatt. German weekly newspaper.
Heine Bach, author of the arti
cle, declared American, engineers
seem "ambitious" to repeat the
mistakes of European engineers
while builders abroad borrow the
good ideas of American armored
car construction.
"Facd with war. there is not
the slightest doubt, Bach snid.
"that the United Slates could and
would produce tanks and armored
cars of the highest efficiency."
But, he added, extremely few
exteting types of heavy or light
tanks and armored cors Impress
the European soldier as capable of
standing the test of modern war
requirements.
He said only one light American
tank the Cunningham T1120
appeared to him as an effective
fighting machine. Its chief value.
Bach said, was its simplicity which
would facilitate mass production
in an emergency.
He praised it also as speedy and
well-armored and admired the ac
cessibility of Its motor. But, Bach
, warned, it presents . too . large .
irget.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 War
Jepartment officials characterized
is unwarranted today the publish
ed criticism of American war
'anks in the German military pub
llcatlon Mllitaer Wochenblatt.
"The relative value of American
anks and those of European make
is a matter of opinion," one high
irmy officer said. "The light, high
speed tank developed by our own
ordnance department and now
standard equipment for the army
is eminently satisfactory to the
general staff because these ma
chines will do what they are In
tended to do."
This spokesman characterized
the German article as full of In
accuracies.
He said the army did not know
of any "Cunningham" make of
tank, to which the article referred.
The army's own developed fight
In machine Is the only tank equip
ment in servire and contemplated
for the Anerican military estab
lishment, 'i was said. This tank
which can travel across country at
speeds exceeding 40 miles per
hour. Is armed with three high
calibre machine guns.
Jurist Receives Salary in Jail
1MADRID HITS
Although Gavin W. Craig, above, associate. justice of the dittrlot
court of appeal for the state of California, has donned blue denim, a
federal' prisoner In Ventura county Jail, he will continue o draw hla
$10,000 yearly salary, according to a Judicial ruling. Sentenced to a
year's term for conspiring to obstruct Justice in the Italo-Petroleum
case, Craiawlll be able to take advantage of loopholes In California
law and collect back salary for the. months his case pended and dur
ing his stay behind bars.
SPEGIALU. S.TAX
ON AUTOS OPPOSED
DETROIT. Nov. Zl (AP)
The American Automobile associa
tion adopted resolutions today op
posing federal special taxes on
motor vehicles and disapproving
of parking meters as an "illegal
and burdensome" meuns of raising
revenue.
"Special motor vehicle taxes
should be levied only by the state."
said one resolution In a legislative
progra mtertned a "bill of rights"
for molnrlsts. "No such taxes
should be levied by the federal
government."
The resolutions advocated tinul-
tlple-lane or divided highways and
opposed toll super-highways and
wholesale Illumination of long
stretches of roads.
They demanded that the federal
government discontinue use of the
initials AAA to designate a
government agency.
UN ROBBED OF
TURKEY GROWERS
ADVISED TO HOLD
ALBANY. Nov. 21 (AP)
Growers in this district have been
urged by turkey buyers not to
dump birds on the ThankHgtving
market but hold them for the
Christmas period.
California markets already are
congesved. they said, leaving only
Portland. Washington cities and
remote Canadian points for possi
ble sales.
It was feared that the price
would be sharply depressed if. too
many birds were released for
Thunksglving.
MAN KILLED WHEN
TRAIN HITS TRUCK
ALBANY, Nov. 21 f AP) One
brother was killed and another ser
iously injured late lust night when
a last Southern Pacific freight
struck a wood truck at a Pacific
highway crossing.
Leonard A. C'egavaske, 23, was
instantly killed. .Melvin C'egavaske
was Injured.
SOUTIinOKO, Mass.. Nov. 21
(AP) State police combed this
section today for four "chummy
holdup men who robbed Mrs. Wil
liam Kennedy, wife of a wealthy
Boston merchant, of S125,Mu in
gems.
Wearing masks and armed, the
four entered the pulutlal Kennedy
home lust evening.
Ignoring the attractive Mrs
Kennedy's command "Come on and
get out or here and go home," the
men courteously ordered her ami
her maid into the library and Haiti
they wanted her Jewels.
"I tried to talk them out of It'
Mrs. Kennedy said. "I offered them
cigarettes and did all I could think
of, but they meant business.
Directed to a floor safe contain
ing Jewelry, the men dialed the
combinut ion at M rs. Kennedy's
direction. They disregarded a val
uuble necklace she was wearing.
After each man hod shaken Mrs.
Kennedy's hand and complimented
her on her coolness, they bound
her and Miss Emma Green, the
muid, lo chairs and left in a car.
PORTLAND COUNTS
70TH TRAFFIC DEATH
PORTLAND, Nov. 21 (AP)
The 70th traffic death of the po
lice year and Ihe 12th for the
month of November was recorded
in Portland when T. F. Mdnerney
ws fatally injured as he attemptad
to cross an Intersection.
The 70 year old victim died soon
after reaching the hospital.
Two other traffic deaths occur
red in the state yesterday.
Maurice Haker, 2ii, died of In
juries received In an accident
Thursday on the West Pacific
highway near here. Alexander
Minns, 72, succumbed to injuries
from a crash on November 17 JuhI
outside (he city limits.
ELK KILL IN 1936
UNDER 1935 TOTAL
COUNTER BLOW
AT REBEL FOE
Enveloping of Insurgents
Attempted as Removal
: of Non-Combatants
by Autos Begins.
DOCK STRIKE
SPREAD HITS
IEST C S
T
Vancouver's Longshoremen
to Quit Monday. Mexican
Workers to Boycott
Pacific Ports. -
MADRID, Nov. 21. (AP) Mo-
drld'H defense Junta Bei;.ed 1 ,000
ti .i to mobiles today to evacuate an
estimated 30U.QUG women, children
and elderly puisou from the be
sieged and bombarded capital.
The announcement of wholesale
evacuation was followed quickly
by a statement from General Jose
Maitn. chief of the derenso tuntu.
that government troops had beguu
a counter-offensive "with an en
veloping movement around the In
surgents who are holding cusu tie
Caiiipo park, '"directly west of the
capital. -
The evacuation will begin inime
liately and will not halt until it
completed, -the evacuation conimls
sary. announced. The automobiles
will carry the refugees to polnta
east and south of the capital.
Returning, they will trunsport
food to Mudrld.'
Artillery In Action
During; the afternoon tlofeiiHe
gunners rolled their big butteries
up to Uulvorslty City and began
a heavy, short-range bombardment
of the positions still held by fascist
mvaders. ,,,...
They announced the re-capture
of the uuttonul institute of biology
in the northeastern Madrid section
and said withdrawal of their forces
from Oasa de Campo park. acrosF
(Continued on page 6)
James Sheridan Pardee, former
resident of ltoHeburg. died Friday
at the Sacred Heart hospital in
Med ford of pneumonia and compll
cations.
Born In Bates county, Missouri,
April 9, 1S6!I. he came to Oregon
In 1S84 and'settled at Canyonvllle.
In 1!0K he came to Hoseburg
where he was employed by the
Douglas Water, Light and Power
Co. for many years. He then moved
to Gold Hay, near Gold Hill, where
he was employed by the California
Oregon Power Co. nnd put In 28
yeara continuous service, working
ut Gold Hay, Prospect, Klamath
Falls and Mcdford. Ill health fore
Ud his retirement In June of last
year.
He was affiliated with the Klks
and I. O. (). h. lodges at Medfoid
Funeral services will be held nt
Perl's chapel at Medford Monday
at 10:30 a. m., with the Klks lodge
of that city officiating. Interment
will follow In the I. O. O. F. ceme
tery at Canyonville, with services
ut Ihe grave by the Canyonvllle
I. O. O. F. lodge at 3 p. m .
Surviving Is one brother, S. M
Pardee, of Canyonville.
PENDLETON, Nov. 21 (AP)
Of the 2.000 elk hunters who
Invaded the Umatilla national for
est, 301 were successful, J. F. Ir
win, superintendent of the forest,
announced today. Last year elk
hunters 'killed and checked out
446 elk. i
TOWED CAR UPSET
COSTS MAN'S ARM
NKWPOHT, Nov. 21 (AP)
Andrew Kerp suffered the loss of
tits riuht arm whn it was crushed
beneath an overturned car on ihe
high wa y n ea r here.
Kerp, a laborer, was piloting
car being towed to a garage at
Toledo. A swinging door slammed
shut on his arm as the car rounded
a curve. The next instant the car
oven timed.
Amputation was necessary. The
arm was nearly severed In the
accident.
TWO INDICTED AS
LEAD COIN PASSERS
James McNeil and Arthur Hig
glnbolbam, recently arrested on
charges of counterfeiting, have
been indicted by a federal grand
Jury at Portland. The two men
wore orreKted and surrendered to
fclerul authorities, following an In
vest ligation Into a flood of lead
nickels URed to operate plnball
machines. Sheriff Percy Webb and
deputies uhd city policemen made
the nrrests, following the discov
ery of mould and metal In Iliggln
bothuiu's home at Sutherlin. A
targe number of the spurious coins
were found on the men at the
time of their arreht, the office
reported.
LOCAL PRISONER'S
RELEASE ORDERED
An order to release Harry Van
Winkle, recently arrested on a r
qu.Mtt from Kmlnence, Mo., waa re
ceved this morning by Sheriff
Percy Webb. Van Winkle was ar
rested on a warrant charging htm
with being a parole violator, but
word came todny from Missouri
authorities that he should be re
leised. The sheriff was advised
that a letter Is being fcrworded
containing full explanation.
(By the Associated Press)
America's maritime strike was In
ternational In scope today with
Vancouver, B. C, longshoremen
announcing a walkout ut 7 a. m.
Modday and Mexican workera or-
lering a boycott ut Pacific coast
porta.
Vancouver a BtevedoreB charged
shipping interests hud tried 10
force them off the waterfront..
In Sau Francisco business groups
renewed demands for governmental
intervention, with no relief In
sight on the 23rd day of the ship
ping tieup.
Intervention depended on the at
titude of President Roosevelt, en
-oule to BueoH Aires. The p real-
dent also hud before him the re
quest of Governor Poindexter of
Hawaii asking that food be sent to
the. islands on government Bhips.
Die governor said footl , supplies
there were dwindling and prices
soaring. ...
Col. O. F, Ohlaon, manager of tho
Alaska railroad, arrived In 'Sau
Francisco today en route to Seat
tle where he 1h to consider ad vi
ability - of - -chartering -ships -and
supplying ahoreslde crews to ru
lieve the threatened food shortage
Myrtle Creek Gay
When Loser Pays
Bet on Election
Payment of a presidential
election bet was the occasion
for a guy spectacle in the town
of Myrtle Creek thla afternoon,
when the loser or the wager,
Kx-Muyor Charles W. Hice, gavo
the winner, J. M. Ledgerwood,
the present mayor, a ride in a
wheelbarrow down the main
street. ' " - -
Tho event took on general
participation in tho form of a
pa rude, heuded by a state police
man, with the town fire-tnick
rolling along in the rear. . The
principals of the waer are re
ported to have worn eorftumea
appropriate to the momentous
occasion:
(Continued on page G)
CORVALLIS. Nov. 21 (AP)
Two Oregon Slate college students
were injured and two buildings
dtimuged last night by explosions
at (ho annual homecoming celebra
tion. Gunpowder u board Ihe Kappa
Delta Hho float In tile noine-pa-rade
wub accidentally touched off
by a wayward spark. Faye Slew
art, co-ed from Cottage Grove, and
tiniest Wagner of Dorena, were
painfully but not Berlously burned.
The second explosion came when
the giant freshmun bonfire, a col
orful event on the eve of Oregon
Stale's football buttle with the
University of Oregon, was set off
with a roar. The blast, caused by
gas forming from oil poured on the
(iO-foot pile of wood and rubbish,
shuttered windows at the armory
and Waldo hull.
Elaborate houseHlgnft welcomed
graduates returning for the home
coming ceremonies and the "civil
war" grid content.
T
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (AP)
HiKlier prices for Iioks from De
ceuiber to March were forecast lo-
luy by. the agriculture department
is it reported a lance volume of
niHt'ketluic. and downward price
trends In recent weelts.
'he bureau of aitricudttirnl econ
omics said 3,500,01)11 hoisH were
slaughtered under fedorul inspec
tion In October, compared with
2,400,000 in September unci 2,100,
00 In October last year.
The increase wu attributed to
largor spring pig crop this year
and early marketing because
drought sent feed prices souring.
file average price for hogs lit
Chicago in October was JII.55 a
hundred pounds, 34 cents lower
tli ii n September, anil 28 cents
below October, 1935.
Scarcity and high prices or corn
compared with hog prices were
suld lo have caused heavy liqui
dation of breeding stock. This, the
bureau suld. would result In small
er hog production next spring.
BOMB HURLER GETS
FIVE-YEAR TERM
DIVIDEND STREAM
STARTING TO EBB
JOB GIVEN
HAMMOND,
PORTLANDER
Accepted Proposal Is
$2,006,137; Marble
Exterior Provided
For Building.
Minor Alternate Work Has
to Be Cut Out to Keep
Within Available
Appropriation.
NKW YORK, Nov. 21. (AP)
The rising flow of dollar from In
dustrial coffers Into pockets of
shareholders and workers tupered
ort today after a record-breaking
week of dividend declarations.
The' year-end pur.ie of investors
wlil be increased by some 5300,000,
000, and pay envelopes of workers
by many more millions, as a result
of tho woek'B rush to disburse in
creased profits, partly to avoid
heavier taxes under the federal
levy on undivided earnings.
The week's count was boosted
today by about $15,000,000 in divi
dends from 20 conuiunies and scat
tered additional wage and bonus
announcement.
PORTLAND, Nov. 21 (AP)
The state capltol . reconstruc
tion commission awarded a
contract for the building of .
Oregon's new statehouse to
Ross B. Hammond, Inc., Port- .
land construction company, to
day. . '.
Months of planning for the
state's new structure came to ,
an end at a morning session of
the commission when.lt ac
cepted a bid of $2,006,137 by ;
the Portland firm, one of seven
companies which sought ,yie ,
contract.
By accepting the bid, the com
mission assured the citizens of a i
capltol of marble exterior after
the design made by the New York (
architects who won the contest :
of plans last liny, Trowbridge nnd
Livingston, assocluted with Fran
cis Kenlly, ,
The original Hammond bid for
marble exterior was $2,140,648.
This was more than $100,000 111 ' ,
excess of the amount the commis
sion id avalllublo r oontniw.J
tlnn, $2.018,1 1)9.63. By deducting ,
certain alternate work from the
Hammond hid. It wa brought with
in the nvnllable funds, a total of
$134,511 being sliced off the ori
ginal bid.
The commission asked the ar
chitects, however, to study the al
ternate worR deductoii anu ueier
mine what might be restored and
still keep expenditures within
available funds.
Job Starts In z weeks
Unas n. Hammond., hend of tho
enmpuny, said work probably will '
BRAKEMAN BADLY
INJURED IN FALL
PORTLAND. Nov. 21 (API
Clarence Oerldte, 41-year-old re
lief worker, who tossed an Impro
vised bomb on a neighbor's porch,
heard himself sentenced to five
years In prison today by Circuit
Judge Jucob Kanzler.
The young son of the neighbor,
George L Melts, saw the smoking
missile and hurled It Into a vacant
lot where it exploded ilarmtessly.
Gerirke pleaded temporary In
sanity and claimed he bail been
taunted, but two alienists who ex
amined the defendant fur the
court said he knew the difference
between right and wrong. A Jury
convicted him.
SENATOR STEIWER
"MUCH IMPROVED"
IliCNVKII. Nov. 21 (AIM
The condition of Senator Frederick
Ktelwer "f Oregon, who recently
underwent nn operation for gall
bladder, was "much Improved." ac
cording In authorities at SI. Jos
eph's hospital. ,
violXtTonof u. s.
LIQUOR ACT CHARGED
An Indictment han been return
ed by the federal grand Jury al
Portland attain! leorce W. Smith
of Olendale, who Is chanted Hh
no hp union of honor without the
required federal nlamp.
IA OKANnK, Ore.. Nov. 21.
(AP) Harry l.avey. Union Puciflc
brakeman, suffered nerioua Injuries
in an accidental full from the toji
of a loaded flatcnr Into the Ml mini
river Friday. Lavey, president of
tho Old Thuera club of this divtaion
of the railroad aystem, was brought
to La Grande where exuminutlon
revealed a fructured left log and
serious Injuries to his lower back.
Ills condition was reported us
somewhat improved today.
MEXICAN FARMERS
FIGHT j 13 KILLED
MICXICO CITY, Nov. 21. (AP)
Thirteen persons were killed and
many wounded today In a clash be
tw.'en farmers of two neighboring
towns in Alapyecac. according to
dlspulches received here from
Puebla. The fight developed over
a long-standing dispute as to the
boundaries of communal lands.
(Continued on page 6)
PATET1SON, N. .1., Nov. 21.
IAPt U'lth chem-M of high school ,
students ringing In Ills enrs, Wil
liam 1). Plumb, 7ft, neiieven to nave
been the last survivor of the crow
of the It. S. S. Constitution, drop-
ncd ileai on tho scliool ptatiorm
after presenting a picture of 'his
beloved "Old Ironside.
A seaman on the ship In 1SS2,
ha uall.i,l nn tier nimln In 1031 by
special dispensation of the navy
depart ment. "
Plumb presented tho picture at
Rnst Side high school yesterday
nnd expressed Ills appreciation of
the gilts by scnool cniiuren in uio
nation which made possible the re
fitting of the historic warship and
its crulso in
As tlie children cheered his
speech, he toppled from his seat.
GEN. ROBT. CALLAN,
RETIRED, PASSES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (API
Major General Hubert C. Callun.
retired, died Inst night. He was
chief of artillery of tlie American
first army during the World war.
October Death Harvest From Auto
Accidents Sets New Oregon Mark
SALKM. Nov. 21 (API-Death
at the wheel in Oregon scored Its
greatest victory during October,
when 42 mntortsls were harvested
by the grim reaper in automobile
accident.
The previous high fatality mark
was In October, 1034, when .14
persons were killed, records at. the
secretary of stale's office allowed,
while August of this year was
next with a total of 3:1.
Coiupared to October in 1035,
tile record stand alone. There
were bill 10 deutbs a year ago.
Fatalities already this month In
dicate that November will like
wise set a high mark.
For the first ten months this
year 207 persons have paid with
their lives for various traffic vio
lations and motor accidents, com
pared to 2dl a year ago.
Injuries totaled 773 last mouth
compared lo SS5 In the same month
a year auo. making a total for the
vear of 5.4110, or nearly n thousand
more than 111 103.1. Accidents to
taled 3.228 for the month.
Oregon courls convicted 633
automobile drivers the past month
tor violations of traffic laws, re
sulting In Iho revocation of 76
drivers' licenses uml Ihe suspen
sion of 1!i others, the secretary of
state reported today.
Driving while Intoxicated ac
counted for the heaviest toll, 73
of the revocations being ordered
Tor that cause. One revocation re
sulted from conviction of Involun
tary manslaughter while Iwo were
for arrested hit-and-run drivers.
Reckless driving accounted for
16 of the suspensions.