Our Friends, the Birds, Are Beset by Their Worst Foe Winter. Aid Them With Scraps of Food Tossed Into Open Spaces Where Predatory Cats Can't Hide.
THE WEATHER ,
TIlKhent toinpornluro yesterday 2'
Lowest temperature lost lllghl 7
Proclpllullou for 24 hours n
Pl'OClp. SlllCO first of mouth .42
Procl;i. from Sept. 1, 10311 4.xii
Deficiency slnce-Sop, 1. !!:(( 10,:itl
Mostly fair and cold.
HOT TRAIL
Toduy'a hews ludlruUm a big
"break'', .... In tho hunt for tlio
Mnttson boy unci his kidnaper.
Watch NKWB-ltHVIKW wire re
ports for in-aiiiin Information ou
tho cnso, . ,
STOL. XL
NO. 137 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 8. 1937.
VOL. XXVI NO. 217 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Relief Load Must Be Eased
by Jobs, Nobody Shall
Starve, President
Tells Congress.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (AP)
President Iloosevelt sent a multi
billion dollar budget to congress
today in a message bluntly leav
ing a com pie to balance of federal
income and outgo up to industrial
re-employment efforts.
With curtain exceptions, Mr.
Roosevelt told congress his new
3938 budget "Is in balance" and
would remain so If later relief
requirements do not exceed an es
timated $l,i37,12a,000.
Then, lifter forecasting a new
public debt peak next Juno 30 of
$$3fi,026.0UU,0Ui despite sharply in
creased' income, tho ' president
added:
"It is my conviction that if every
employer or potential employer
will undertake during tho next six
months to give employment to per
sons now receiving government
help, the national budget can there
after ho kept definitely In balance.
"Withoutv such cooperation, on
th part of - the employers, the
question of a balanced budget for
, 1938-jnuttt of necessity romairi nu
opeifone for ' the very good reason
that this government does not propose-next
year, any more than
during the past four years, to al
low American families to starve."
Mr. Roosevelt's budget message,
covering especially the 12 months
beginning next July 1, but Inelud-
(Contlnued on page 6)
Tho Douglas- county relief com
mittce has an extra heavy demand
at tho present time few waim un
derclothing iind shoes, purtlculnriy
for children or all ages, according
to Franklyn J. Voyt, executive sec
retary. The committee will appreciate
donations and will he j;la:l to have
parcels picked up, Mr. Voyt states.
Persons having donations to make
are requested to phone No. 316.
"The committee's funds are very
limited." Mr. Voyt said today, "and
wo can use every cent wo have
available to buy fond and take
care of the housing needs of
worthy clients. If wo use available
cash to buy clothing it means that
"we will have less money to buy
food. People who donate garments
which can be distributed to the
needy will have the satisfaction of
knowing that such donation Is
equivalent in value to food sup
plies nnJ that they are thereby
feeding some hungry person."
U- I"
STDDPAR
MESSAGE SAfS
Editorials on the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THIS first big Job facing the
in-
coming congress is to pass a
neutrality law that will Work.
(By "work" Is meant keeping in
out of the apparently Impcnd'.ig
war in Europe.)
AAN such a thing be t!onef
Well, thnt depends upon
the
measure of common sense poss ss
cd by the American people. If we
nro hard-headed enough to sny to
ourselves: "This war In Europe
is no affair of ours, and NO MAT
TEH WHAT HAPPENS (short of
armed invasion of the United
States) we're going to keep out
of it," it may he possible to stay
out.
nut If we permit our emotions
and our sympathies to be wn.ked
upon by the propagandists, an Imp.
pened In the World war, we'll bo
drawn Into It as sure as f,ite.
T HERE'S a lot of talk about Italy
and Germany being drawn Into
this Impending struggle in defense
ft T GIVES
1 ' H :
Roseburg
fePbint Oregon
Program Offered
Chamber of
The state of Oregon, standing oniu our
tho verge of a great era of expan
sion and development, Is in need
of a guiding body a state cham
ber of commerce Walter W. It.
May, manager of the Portland
chamber of commerce, said last
night, addressing the annual meet
ing of the Roseburg chamber of
commerce....
Speaking to the large audience
assembled for the banquet meet
ing in the lobby of the Umpqiia
hotel, Mr.' May stressed the
aspects of state development, and
urged a coordination of organized
efforts to speed use of the Indus
trial, agricultural, mineral L and
scenic resources of the slate. ,"
Prefacing his Interesting address
with a brief summary or improve
ments In industry, agriculture,
tourist travel and other factors en
tering into the state's development,
he stressed the importance of
chambers of commerce in 'com-!
munity upbuilding.
"Tho chamber of commerce
movement," he declared, "is in my
opinion, the greatest unofficial or
senii-ofriciul movement in Amer
ca. If you set aside the church, I j
know of jno activity so important
Tl
Birth Occurs Ten Minutes
Before Mother Expires
1 of Bullet Wound.
OAKLAND, Calif., Jan. 8. (AP)
Marital tragedy brought a nor
mal, seven-pound baby into the
world today, scarcely ten minutes
before bis 19-year-old mot hen died
from n bullet wound. Police Inspec
tor Leo Woll said she was shot by
her estranged husband.
Tho mother was Mrs. Elsie Ran
dall, shot In the. head last night in
the apartment she shared with her
aunt, Miss Amelia Hohnhuus, 65,
who also was seriously wounded in
the neck during the gunplay.
The expectant mother was rush
ed to the Alameda' county emer
gency hospital where a Caesarian
operation was performed to save
the infant.
Inspecotr Woll said Miss llohn
haus, who came here about a
month ngo from Indianapolis, posi
tively identified Itay Handall, 21,
as the gun wielder.
Randall, a student aviator, was
arrested later at tho home of his
mother, Mrs. A. L. Randall, in
nearby Alameda. Kandull denied he
did the shooitng or was even at
his wife's apartment.
of a principle tho principle being
fascism, which is the basis of
their government.
There's an equal amount of talk
about Franco and Russia going In
In defense of socialism, which Is
another form of government.
All this talk Is TOMMYB.OT.
IF WAR breaks out In Europe, It
will he because Italy and Ger
many wnnt things they haven't got
and see no way to get save by
fighting, and because England and
France (and probably Russia)
wnnt to KEEP WHAT THEY
HAVE, nnd see no way to do that
save by fighting. O
That will be the long nnd short
of It.
117HAT do we care whether Eng
" lnnd nnd France keep what
they have taken from others, oi
whether Germany and Italy get It?
It Is no business of ours. Our busi
ness Is to look after OUR OWN.
But every effort will be made by
(Continued on page 4.)
BUDGET
Joins In
Development
by W. R. May at
Commerce Banquet
development, for in Its
healthier state the chamber of
commerce movement encompasses
the civic, social and commercial
life of the state, therefore in its
larger aspects is the parent body
of all civic movements."
He traced the history of the
chamber' of commerce movement
from 1770, when King George the
Third granted a charter to mer
chants in New York "for the laud
able purpose of promoting the
trade and commerce of their pro
vince," down to the present time
In which more than 3,000,000 mem
bers In the United States, are en
gaged In cooperative effort.
Outlines Program
The speaker, turning to the
purely local aspects of Oregon's
development, outlined a 10-polnt
program as follows:
1. The increasing population to
consume our products, diversify
our culture and utilize our- nation
al resorces;
2. The proper development of
our waterways and ports;
3. Intelligent use and conserva
tion of .our agricultural resources
against waste, soil erosion, Hoods
v- (Continued .on ngo, 2) v
OREGON'S LARGEST
Hawaiian Land Figures in
Trade Involving Famous
Hay Creek Spread.
PORTLAND, Jan. 8 (AP)
A Hawaiian land owner becamo
the bead today of Oregon's largest
ranch, the famous 7(i,ooo-acre live
stock breeding enterprise in Jef
ferson and Crook counties known
as the Hay Creek ranch, the Ore
gonian said.
The new owner Is Fro1 W.
Wlchmau, who purchased it from
W. U. Sanderson. The Oregonian
said the transaction was lo some
extent a trade, Inasmuch as San
derson will take over Wlchman's
home and property Interests in
Hawaii, where he will make his
residence.
Wichman explained, the Ore
gonian said, that be and his wife
bought the property so their chil
dren might have the advantage of
a mainland education.
The Hay Creek property prob
ably Is most famous of Oregon
ranches. It? Is comprised of 7)1.000
acres of deeded land and the bal
ance is operated under lease. Al
together, It occupies an area 70
miles long. About 20.000 Ram
bouillet sheep and 2.000 Hereford
cattle were Included In the deal.
The Oregonian said Wichman al
so purchased the Sanderson Bon-
nevlew ranch of UUtOU acres ii
miles southeast of Prlneville and
Mrs. Sanderson's summer home
nnd 520 acres surrounding It at
Summit Prairie In the Ocboco
mountains.
STREET CAR WRECK
KILLS TWO PERSONS
SEATTLE. Jan. R (API
Two men were fatally injured nnd
about 50 others less seriously hurt
early today when a municipal
West Seattle street ear jumped
the tracks on a trestle, smashed
against a concrete pillar and halt
ed on a ratling fiO feet above the
ground.
The dead:
W. A. Court, mochanirt, who
succumbed at n hospital.
Leo P. Bow. city fireman, dead
when he reached a hospital.
The car operator, Hov (lassett,
dazed by shock, said he believed
the air brakes froze and caused
the accident.
DRUNKEN DRIVER
STARTS JAIL TERM
Gordon Anennia of Beedsport
was brought to Roseburg yester
day to serve 30 days In the county
jail. He was sentenced to jail
and a fine of S100 in the Justice
court at Rnedsporl on a charge of
drunken driving.
BALANCE
Strike Intervention
S O CASE
PASSED ON TO
Lawmakers Alone Judges
as to Qualifications of
Their Own Members, (
Court Rules.
SALEM, Jan. 8. (AP) Declar
ing itself without Jurisdiction to
judgo the qualiricrtions of a state
senator and holding tho secretary
of Btato without authority to de
clare vacancies within tho assem
bly the. supreme court placed the
much -.argued eligibility issue
squarely up lo the legislature It
self In a speedily rendered opin
ion last night.
I ho unanimous ruling, written'
by Justice : Harry Belt, - reversed
the decree of Judge John P. Win
ter of the Multnomah circuit court
In the proceedings brought by Dell
more Lessard to establish his right
to a seat in tne .senate regardless
of his position as an attorney for
n state commission and despite the
tact ho was a notary public.
Lea surd Honirht an Ininiinttnn ffr
restrain Envf 'Snoli' nr-secretary' of
siaio front declaring his seat va
cant because of an attorney gen
eral's opinion the positions held by
hessaru dtsquaiiiied mm Judge
Wlntor denied tho injunction, from
which Lessnrd appealed.
The supreme court's .opinion,
handed down a day and half after
arguments were heard, not only af
fected tho status of Lessnrd but
those of Senators W. II. 8t rarer of
Baker and Walter E. Pearson or
Portland. The meetings or county
courts in their districts set for
this afternoon to name successors
to disqualified senators were can
celled as a result of the ruling.
By Indirection the supreme court
held the statute, giving the secre
tary of state I he right to declare a
vacancy, unconstitutional. Justice
Belt held the power of passing nit
on the qualifications of the legis
lators was given solely to the
members of each bouse by consti
tutional provision.
Court's View Stated
"In view of this constitutional
(Continued on page fi)
P, 0. DEPT. DEFICIT
WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. (API
Postmaster (enernl Farley report
ed today a gross deficit of fxx,
:i 1(1.32 1 In running the pnstnfrice
department during tho last fiscal
year.
He said actual mui! service
showed a loss of only $ll!,MUO.Ill0,
hut the loss was Increased by such
Tree services us tho (ranked mall
of government departments and
congressmen, pnslngc-freo ninil de
livery for the blind, and (he cost !
of tho subsidy system of ocean I
mail contracts.
Farley said "the progress of the !
country toward recovery has been j
renecied" in tlie second Increase
111 postal revenues since l!i::n. lie
celpts of Jlll)5.:il3.3.r)li In the year
ended last June .10 were an In
crease of ;il,5:ix,n54 over the
previous year.
i no to-lioilr weei lor poidal em-
""". """ 'immci Pimm m mi
tederal agencies in poslolfli e
bulldlng.i accounted for :ii,"imi.iiiiO ,The 'secnml Km of n,0 BnrleH be
of tho department's derlclt. Farley weP uverslly r Oregon and
"llla' jWashlngtoio Stale will be played
o I Saturday night and will also be
mi I ISiniM QFMnQ ! broadcast by slnllous KRNU,
-wwuM.M.vl . y.-M.au
MAN TO HOSPITAL
SAL10M, Jan. R. (AP) J. T.
S'ewromb of Portland lay In the
Woodhurn hospital today critically
injured as the result of n headou
collision en the Pn Iflc highway
south of ".'oodbutn hist night, in
which two other Portland men re
ceived cuts and bruises,
Nnwcoinb, hospital attendants
reported, recdved, compound
fracture of the skull.
Clarence Htad, a pasfongfr lu
tho Newcomb car, and Charles
Tcdesko, driver of the otbrr car.
wero less seriously hurt. Both curs
wero demolished.
ISSUE TO INDUSTRY
TO
HELP REBELS
Supervision of Forts Spurs
I England and France in
Effort to Localize
Spanish War.
r n' the Associated Proas,
i Spurred moro than ovor by au
thoritative reports . of a Gertuau
Moroccan Incursion threatening
both the future of (.libraltar anil a
French colonial border, Great Brit
ain nnd France drove ahead townrd
localizing Spain's v.'ar today.
They wanted direct action; a
quick, practical plain to keep for
eign arms and men from milking
the civil conflict into even moro
of a "little world war."
The United Slutes, meantime,
completed her law lo embargo
Spain-bound nrms shipments with
President Roosevelt's ' signature.
Tlie quickly passed legislation fail
ed to stop one such shipment, but
cut off new and. larger ones. Some
United States war material lll-
U'.ondv In Mexico, it vwas bolioved,
eniment because of a change in
Mexican policy.
Franco, perturbed about tho Mn
roccun reports, made representa
tions to Spanish 'insurgent authori
ties there which wore In the na
ture of a protest. Tlie nrltisli cabi
net met in spoelnl session to pon
der tho new problem.
New Peril Arises
French officials nnnouueed em
phatically they could never ncrnilt
(Continued on pngo 01
MRS HUNTER DIES
Mrs. Sarah Catherine Hunter,
70, died Thursday lit her home on
South Deer creek.
Horn December 22, 1SII0, at Fair
Oaks, Oregon, she was married lit
the age of 2 years to David W.
Hunter and resided for the great
er part of her life ill the South
Deer creek district. Her husband
died March 211, 11122. A dnilgliler,
.Mable Howe, died n few days be
fore her father.
Two sons survive Hubert .1.
Hunter of Chicago and Alva I).
Hauler of South Deer creek.
She was the last member of the
pioneer l.ittrell family, which set
tled In the Fair Oaks district In
early days.
The body was removed to the
Moseburg Undertaking company
parlors.
Funeral -services will be held at
2 p. in. Sunday al the Hosebllrg
Undertaking company chapel with
Rev. J. R. Tiirnbull officiating. In
terment will be in the I. O. O. F,
cemetei-y.
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KRNR TO BROADCAST
BASKETBALL GAMES
Radio million KRNR will pro-
Isent tonight Hie first of n series of
j play-by-play reports of rnlverslly
of Oregon basketball games. The
renort will come by dlred wire
i from McArlhur court In Fugene,
with Marshall Pengra, commercial
,,.,,,,,,,. ,,, KILNIl. culling llic
,., Afloclaled Oil com-
,, ,,,.,. r ti,,. lirniiilcast.
ir,,. I.-I1IV Ul,,,.l,.ir tin,,, ft-
llle game .Is Indefinite lis conflict.
Ing reports were received here, but
the broadcast will slnrt either al
7:30 or 8 p. in.
DEDICATION OF
SCHOOL DEFERRED
RIDDI.K. Ore., Jan. s. Tlie dedi
cation program for the new school
building nt Riddle, originally scheil
uled for January Ifi has been In
definitely postponed. The post
ponement was ordered because of
the Illness of C. K, Osborne, mom-
i her of the board of directors, who
' had the program In charge.
MOROCCO
Request
WIRE SENT BY
MAYOR YOUNG
TO ROOSEVELT
Financial Losses Suffered
By Douglas Industries
in Ship Tie-Up Cited
to President.
Joining with other municipalities
of the Pacific, tfoast in urging presi
dential intervention In the Pacific
coast shipping tie-up, lloseburg has
telegraphed President Itoosevelt
urging his Immediate effort to re
store shipping.
Mayor A. J. Young, following
conferences yesterday with conn
cilmen and loading business men,
all of whom heartily favored join
ing In the movement started at
San Eranclsco to secure interven
tion by the prosldcnt, last night
sent a telegram to the president
setting forth conditions in Doug-
Iuh county as a result of the strike.
"Douglas county and the city of
Uosohurg, Oregon, are suffering
severe losses as a result of the
maritime strike,", the president
was Informed In Mayor Young's
messagW "Prunes, oneot our im
portant products, arn entailing
serious loss'tolhe county because
or innbility to export, (1 rowers and
shippers of turkeys are suffering.
The county and city are very ser
iously damaged financially because
(Continued on page G)
SELL BEER OPPOSED
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8. (AP)
An appeal lo extend to packaged
beer the ruling prohibiting any
one firm from holding both retail
and wholesale licenses lay before
the Oregon liquor commission to
day. Petitions at a meeting of the
commission here contended Oregon
manufacturers a n d distributors
stood to lose heavily or be forced
out of business If large wholesal
ers buying collectively arc granted
retail licenses.
The commission was lold the
rapidly-Increasing sale of packaged
beer. In proportion to that sold for
consumption on tho premises, was
a source of worry on the part, or
makers and sellers.
Spokesmen asked the commis
sion to consider the w el far'. of all
parties concerned.
George Poulos, secretary of the
Oregon Brewers association, said
"I bHfove the spirit and intent or
the law Is to discourage the whole
saler from having any Interest In
a retail establishment."
-n-
OREGON HANGMAN
JOB APPLIED FOR
SALKM. Jan. 8. (AP) No help
wanted ad was necessary.
Governor Martin received on ap
plication today from n native Ore
gonian for the position of official
hangman al tin1 penitentiary. Wil
liam Lamb, who officiated in that
capacity since BUS. died in Port
land several days ngo.
"I know this Is unusual," the
writer salt!, "but I wish to place
in v application for the position of
ornciiil hangman. I am not ex
perienced In the art of death, but
I have ihtvcs of steel. I am 30
years old and am of Scotch-Irish
descent. Please ndvise."
The author of the letter rcnucst-
cd his name bo withheld,
The last execution at the slate
penitentiary was lu BI31,
FLAMES DEST ROY
SHORT STREET SHED
A small slierl, located on Hliort
streel In the south pari of tewn
whs loliillv destroyed by flro Ibis
morning. The shed, hlcli was tin
nronerty of ('. W. Iirady of Cuimr
Valley, was occunled by A. W
firing, a miner, who was recenlly
discharged from lite county bos
nltul following an operation. Mr.
Ilrlng mimngeil to save the greater
pnrt of his clothing ami bedding.
The origin of tho flro was not
linown.
Game Body Official
Will Speak Here
I f aiea a
. ,3, Ml
Frank. B. Wire, above, mem
ber of the state game commis
sion, will be one of the speakers
at the annual meeting of Doug
las county sportsmen at the K.
of P. hall In Roseburg tonight.
The .meeting, open to the gen
eral public, Is sponsored by the
Roseburg Rod and Gun. club. It
will start at 8 o'clock. ,
ROSEBURG CHILLS
Meacham, 52, Below Again
State's Coldest Spot)
Freeze Kills Baby; '
A minimum temperature of
7.4 degrees last night was the
coldest ever recorded In Rose
burg In January with but one
exception, according to D. P.
Marting of the local office of
the weather bureau. The one
exception was a reading of 6
below zero In January 1888.
Last night's low temperature
followed a reading of 11 de
grees Wednesday night. Prior
to this year, and excluding
1888, the previous low point
was 12 degrees In 1883. '
(By the Associated Press.)
It was so cold 111 Oregon toduy
a baby frozo'to his mattress but
was freed without casualty ducks
froze In ponds, logging operations
ground to a standstill because logs
wero frozen solid 111 lakes, Jack-
rabbits died nnd as lor records
(hey fell galore.
The weather observer for Ulllte.'l
Air lines at Monchoi'., atop tho Illuo
muunlnluB, put In another bid for
(lie coldest spot lu tho United
Htntes by reporting a minimum of
WL degrees below zero, Jnroo uudei
(Continued on pago 6)
ALLEGED FORGER TO
BE ARRAIGNED HERE
S. 1.. .Marrimaii, recently arrest
ed at Present!, Arizona, on u
charge of forgery, w-as returned to
Roseburg last night, and waived
llminnry examination in the Jus
tice court. Dull was fixed al $rui),
which he was unable (o furnish.
Marrlman is accused of having
forged the name of Filwln Weaver,
former county commissioner and
.Myrtle Creek orclinrdist, lo cheeks
which were pushed in South Doug
las county stores, officers report.
Arraignment of .Marrlman in the
clreuU coilrl is expecled lale to
day. ,
Ouster of Prexy Sends Wisconsin
Students in Protest to Governor
MADISON, Wis., Jan. S (AP)
Governor Philip F. La Follolto,
addressing 1 .(,011 sirllilng students
who invaded his offices lodny. re.
rused io promise conslderallon of
I heir demands for relnslaleiuenl of
Dr. (Menu Frank lo Hie 1,'nlverslty
of Wisconsin presidency.
Tlie university board of rcgenls
ousted Frank amid cries of "poll-lies"-from
his defenders. The vole,
taken litsl night, was to 7.
The governor lold Hie student
denionstrnloi'S he bad Invited Pres
ident .lames Conaiit of Harvard
university to come lo .Madison lo
determine whether politics had mo
tivated Frank's dismissal.
Conanl declined, Iji Folletle add
ed. The students, angry over Frank's
dismissal, gathered on lite caul
fitjs, marched to the cnpltol and
swarmed into l.n Folletie's office.
Police reserves from downtiwn
licndquarters were called lo help
rniiltnl officers eject the demon
4 CARLOADS OF ,
: OFFICERS RUSH
FROHTUA
No Explanation Offered by
Chief; MatUon Ransom "
Payment Rumors Are '
Not Confirmed. '
TACO.M A, Wash.. Jan. 8. (API ;
Federal agents, Investigating the !
cnnries .Mnttsou. kidnaping, swopt i
into action unexpectedly todnv uuil
at least four uutomoblle loads of
officers vanished from Tacoiuu.
Twenty agcutn (lushed out of ono .
hotel at 4:110 n. m. on an uiicx-1
plained mission. A few minutes In-
tor, the .automobiles sped out of ,
one garago and converged - on a
downtown street corner "whero the.
agents apparently conferred a few;
mluutos, Tho cars; exhausts open,
scattered for undisclosed destinu-'
Hons. .
Their whereabouts was a mys-1
tery six and a halt hours after
ward. ' ' - 4
Rumors that tho Muttson boy
had been roclasod upon payment
of $28,000 ransom by his father.
nr. v. vv. iunttson, were without
confirmation from any sourco.
A second Insertion of a "Mnblo
Ann" advertisement Inthe Soattlo
Times, medium used for communi
cating with tho kidnaper, nddod
doubts to tho rumors.
i Various reports indicated they
might ho somowhoro In the trl-l
angle, hetwoou Olympla, i Slinltou
and Aberdeen, Wash, This triangle,
bounded by niulti highways, In
cludes noma of; tho wildest country
11) western. Washington, with donso '
it,1,V.l..,uh..,..imia..n.l'.lllll(l-.
'Pile federal agents from tlio bu
reau ot Investigation hud lumlly
loft tho liotol before tho stnts no- .
llco became unlive. Orders flashed
to highway patrol cars aild they
swept toward the triangle. They''
acted Independently and, an oxecu-.
tlve snld, had not been callod by1
the federal authorities. '
Nathan Doesn't Explain ' .
At Tncnma, Harold -Nullum., as-,
nisi ant director of the bureau of
Investigation, relumed to his tfico
nt 9 a, in. after an unexplained ab
sence since 4:30 a. in, and reitiBoil
to explain his ngonts' activities.
"There's no stntoment." ho said.
(Continued on page 8)
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8. (AP)
rnrtinnii uppeareu on tno -way to
"whole hog or nono",ns far as
puuehhoards and so-called gambl
ing devices wero concerned today.
Tho city council set Jan. 21 a.
die deadline when punchbonrds.
must lie misled almost nt tho same',
lime that City Commissioner J. E.
llennelt proposed five ordinances,
wllh Hie suggestion they either bo'
passed or tho question of gambling
lltrnwii open to a public volo on u
iiinnlcipallyopernted lottery pro
gram. The ordinances would ban pln
hall gumes, slot miichlnes, punch
hoards and "digger" machines, and
would repeal city licenses for pin
ball games nnd refund money col-'
lecled lu license fees.
The council ruled out punch
boards when City Attorney F. S.
(Irani held that Ihey constituted
a lottery am! were Illegal. Hoards
calling for nierchnudiso also cnnio
under Iho bull. .
strators.
La Folletle then ngroeil to ad
dress them.
lie was greeled with n mixed
chorus of cheers and boos when
he stepped upon the rostrum lu
Hie stale assembly hall. The stu
dents listened quietly. Thorn worn
more cheers and boos after he fin
ished. Tho governor snld his own ene
mies are Hie ones who have been
plnylng politics with the univer
sity, using It as a means of at
tacking him while ho was In office.
During conserviitlvo administra
tions, he declared, no one raised
a cry agelnsl (lie university.
La Follello lunula the progres
sive prnly.
While the governor spoke his
legal secretory was eonlorriiiK
with another group of students,
who claimed tho demonstrators
did not represent Ihn majority sen
timent of tho student body,, :