Tax Diversion Proposals Might prove More Popular if the Course of Some Levies Was Switched to the Highway Bearing the Sign, 'This Way -Out."
THE WEATHER
Highest tiniMmtuie yesterday 3J
lytwcsi temperature la at night K.
PrclpiliAioii for 24 hours 0
Pruclp. sliieo flint of month 2.11
Pi. -Hp. from Sep. 1. WW
Di-lM icm y since Sup. 1, I'JIiti JO.us
Possibly light snow; lest cold
MILK CONTROL
It's the big IsBiie; but don't
overlook the "cream" of the dfiy'H
news. You'll find It In your
home-city dully, tho NKW8-RK-VIEW.
nerved fresh, lie u dally,
reuder and be abreast of the
tlmeB,
VOL. XL
NO. 328 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1937.
VOL. XXVI NO. 148 OF THE EVENING NEWS
Rfl
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
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Editorials
...
On the
Day's Newt
Dy FRANK JENKINS
UOWAni) HUGHKS files from
l.os Angeles to' Newark, New
Jersey, (Newark Is practically a
suburb of New York) In seven anil
one-bait hours, which Is faster
than any human bolus ever cross
ed this continent before and faster
than any human being ever jrayel
ef that distance before.'. ( j J ! V
The distance is 2190 hiMpbI iiid
he averaged 332 miles per hour.
tlHEN a man crosses the United
" States from the Pacific to the
Atlantic, in less than an average
day's working sliift, we are inclin
ed to wonder what this world Is
coming to.
Still; crossing the United "states
in seven and a half hours is no
more wonderful now. than was
Worse's INSTANTANEOUS trans
mission of a message from Phila
delphia to Washington at a time
when transmitting messages had
always, been a relatively slow pro-,
cess. . .
'THE point to remember is that
Morse's telpgrniilKr.ii'.do this a
better world In live in than it iiad
been bpore. Tho sumc.will un
doubtedly lie true of lilgh-Bpeed air
planes although thero are mo
, mglits.ivjieii Sve,. won.dor.i'-fVfi-u'r
MODERN progress, It Is well to
" remember, isn't confined to
speed. .,.' -
The. Harvard' school of public
health has discovered that germs
of influenza, common colds and
fflnnMnnpri on naa-e 4.)
E
OF 3 WEEKS, DIES
Mis. Frank (I-Vrn'siptt) Orubbe,
40, bride of three weeks, died Inst
night after a sudden, one-day III-
Born June 12, ISOfi. r.t Fort
Dodge, Iowa, she eunie to' Uu;,elmrg
in 191(i from Seattle. Washington,
and taught school at Azalea, North
Fork,, liosoburg and Garden Val
ley, spending 12 years inthe Tlese
burg schools. She was employed at
Garden; Valley this year and watf
engaged In her work cntll Tuesday
of this week, when she bocnnio HI.
She, was a member of tho Hap
tist church and tho ItOKeburg Ilust
bess and Professional Women's
club.
Surviving are ber husband,
Frank (inibhe, Wilbur, to whom
she was married Dei-ember 27; her
stepfather and mother. Mr. and
Mrs. Otlo Nelson. Ito.ifl.urg. and a
ulster, Mrs. Randall Pine, Dayton.
Oregon.
Funer;'! services will be held at
2 p. m. Saturday at the Ttosehurg
Undertaking ronipnny chapel. Rev.
A; J. Faweette officiating. Inter
ment will bo In tho Wilbur ceme
tery. Father's Sacrifice
Shown in Ted
A tale of an Invalid father's sac
rifice of hiH own life to aave for
bin throe children a small fund
which he had sot ah".o for them,
wns unfolded hero todav ns service
cinba united in an, effort to raise
money for the Immediate care of a
11-year-old Rlrl and har t.o broth
ers, nged seven and nine, left or
phans by their father's death.
As money and food Mipplles
poured In todav In response to an
appeal by a conmittee rppresent
lng nil of the service clubs of the
p'tv. sponrorlng a benefit dance
Fridav, Investigators learned that
Ted Granger, restaurant rook, who
committed suicide hre last wnk
had nnnarentlv acted to save the
exhaust ion of meager resources
for b1 own care.
Affllctftd lth an Incurable di
ease, r.nd w.TVenet to V e nolnt
where he conM no longer vork, he
ended his life by ham'inr MmeK
to n tree In n grove a few hundred
yru f.-on hl hoire.
When his wife passed awav a
few month agof It was reported to
day, she left a small Insurance pol
3
"I LABOR BILLS.
i iniinD "unc i
Liuuuii nuu
FORM ISSUES
Oregon Legislators Facing
Fight After Committee
Denial; Marriage
Exams Voted.
Tiy CLAYTON V. BKRNIIAItD
SALEM. Jan. 21. (API The
Oregon legislature set the ntato for
a battle over the Issue of liquor ad
vertising today, as the house of
representatives designated . next
Thursday for a hearing from tho
floor of both majority and minority
reports of the alcoholic control
committee.
Two labor measures, announced
early in the week, made their ap
pearance In the bouse, one calling
for registration of labor unions
and the other one to prevent aym
Uiitby strikes..
Rep. Clarence F.- Hvde, Lane
countv, precipitated the liquor
question when bo submitted notice
to file a minority report after tho
alcoholic, control committee had
turned down a bill prohibiting tho
advertising of alcoholic, beverages.
Tie was the lone dissenter In the
committee vote after a public hear
In" yesterday. -
Hyde's roouest drew shnrn criti
cism from signers of the majority
report, and It was only by a margin
of four votes. 27 to 23, that the
bouse approved Hvde's request for
a secial order of business.
The long-awaited labor bills wore
read todaviln the hoiipe, sponsored
hv Representative Mrs. William
Munroo ,n,nd Senntor- P.. J.; Stadel
man. Th hill, sett lrigifprth restrict
ttve measures agalnst'lbbo,: ilnions.
'clRimod the supnoi-t pf- severnl ag
ricultural organizations.
: Patronage Is Tarttet
A grouo. of legislators bogan
work on te tsk of drafting a bill
dealine-with, the patronage, ,prob-
with Renreentativw . T'nnnah
Martin.' Marion county, leading the
movement.
According to Mrs. Martin, a pro
nood men-ure would adont pro
cedure domiciled ' sovnt "tn',r
to that of the Wn'inoton 1 lelsM
tare. A wage r" of SR ner dhy fol
io "-tnli tors. abolishing nniate sec
retaries . for each leiT'oiMor. niid
"'ov'dlng for a corns or c'nrki from
the hntiso to stvr when needed,
were the ninln features of the pro
posed rneasnre.
Double Exam VotH
The hono of rMiventMtvnq de
ci'd unnn'mouplv f'at vftmnn, ns
wll iq1 mon. . should enbrn't to
nbvHfnl evininntton iWen aniv
int for a mri'ingo npe"r. 'Yhn
"innsnrn. (ntfo'iiimil b" Dilv
Tlevans. Clackamas, raised no dis-
(Continued, on nnre RV
PUPPY FROZEN TO
ICE HERE RESCUED
A five-wneks-old. 'black and white
putmy fr!Hfod today at the home
m air. ana Mrs. itoy Hurnam niter
having spent the night frozen to
the Ice under the Oak street
brldtre.
Ihifbnm this morninc went to
the brldire to test the Ice on Hi
South TTninqua river to see If It
was suitable for skating. There lie
found the minny with bis hind lees
fmren solidly In the ice and unable
to move.
TTufham took the dog to his
hom gave It a worm spot In which
'h thaw out and soon bad It en
loving warm food and frolicking
Its thanks for Its release.
for Children
Granger's Suicide
icy In which he was named as
beneficiary. This policy. It was
stated, had been assigned by him
to the dsnehter, when she become
18 years of age. to be administered
hv her as an educational fund. He
had also fa He I to collect all of the
money due him on ills adjusted
service certificates.
fleneMt plans now being com
pleted are expected to hit the
immediate needs of the children.
Response vestenHv to the ticket
sale for thp benefit dance Fridav
exceeded all expectations. Revoral
comnaratlvelv larce contributions
v-ro rece'ved In the form of rn.h.
while canned gondji and staple
7mceHpji were snfflrlent t nnet
a'l pressing rei of t'e rb"t!ron
wl;o are ronl inning to maintain
t'totr smnll hom.
The relW efforts pov In nro"
rotB nro desifrnrtl to ts'e care of
'hn first need of the three chil
dren, until mor permanent nr
rnngoments can he Mmf to enable
them to preserve their home and
continue their education.
Bishop Gallagher,
Censor of Father Coughlin, Passes
DETROIT, Jan.' 21 (AP)
Laity and clergy Father Charles
E. ; CoUKlilin 'prominent among
them mourned today the death
of the Most ltev. Michael J. Galla
gher, bishop of the catholic uio
cese of Detroit.
Bishoii Gallagher. 70. died sud
denly last night from compiles-'
tlons following streptococcus in
fection.
The nation knew Itlshop Galla
gher best for his defense of. Fath
er Coughlin during tne neat 01 me
'ecent political campaign while tue
priest berated the Koosevelt ad
ministration. The hlshon. who announced his
support of President Roosevelt for
reelection, nonetheless upueiu nis
subordinate's privileges of criti
cism on one occasion, however,
mildly rebuking him.
This was at the time ratner
Coughlin called iPresident Roose
velt "a liar." As advisor moro than
censor, the bishop disclosed he
had cautioned Father Coughlin.
Then followed the priest's public
upology to Mr. Roosevelt.
Bishop tiallagiier was uorn- in
Auburn, Mich., the son of Irish
Immigrants, and was ordained in
Austria. - , .
Throughout hut career, Dlshop
Gallagher was deeply interested in
Ireland. His activity in urging tne
cause of Irish republicans was rec
ognized In 11120 when he uus elect
ed president of the Friends of
Irish freedom. Jto longnt in vain
for release of Terence'MacSweeney
mayor of Cork, who died in Jail
of a hunger strike.
Fie
Madrid and Malaga Scenes
of Strife as Neutrality- ,
Efforts Mark Time.
(Dy the Associated Press.).
Air and ground battles broke
with new violence on the Madrid
and Malaga fronts qf warring
Spain today. ( , ; . .-
Neutrality efforts stood Block
still. Hut Italy and Germany will
inform Great Britain shortly. It war,
learned, that foreign' financial and
propaganda must bo eliminated
from Spain along with foreign vol
unteers. .
The league of nations council
met at Ocneva to discuss both the
need of Germany for raw materials
and Spanish government protests
against alleged Italo-Gernian viola
tion of ita sovereignty.
FasctstH and socialist airplanes
fought a machine gun battle over
Madrid. Fascist Insurgents struck
back at the socialist .government
ground forces for ah almost-successful
attack on the ''Hill of An
gels' south of Madrid.
Insurgent planes bombed south
ern Malaga, on the sen, laying the
groundwork Ton ussauk by storm.
Socialist defenders of Mulaga. and
reinforced insurgent armies re
sumed a battle close to nearby
Marbella.
26 TRUCKS OF CCC
DESTROYED BY FIRE
MKDFORD. Ore., Jan. 21 (AP)
Twenty-six government auto
trucks used by the CCC were de
stroyed In a fire that swept the
agricultural building at the county
fair grounds this morning. The
building was used by tho CCC as
a garage and storage warehouse.
The loss Is estimated at $110,000.
The building was valued at $10.
000. Besides the trucks, the CCC
loss Included equipment and ma
chinery. Only firteen of the trucks
were In active service.
The fire, which started shortiy
before Rlx o'clock, wns tentatively'
uttrihuted to faulty Ignltloa In one
of the trucks.
TWO YEARS METED
ON FORGERY CHARGE
EUGENE. Jan. 21 (AP)
Antone Dutrn, Indicted by a Lane
county grand Jury on charges of
forgery, pleaded guilty In circuit
court yesterday and was sentenced
to serve a term of two years In
the state penitentiary.
Dutra was charged with passing
a bail check at a business house
In Springfield.
BLOW OF BUS KILLS
CORNELIUS MAN
IllLLSnono. Jan. 21 (AP)
Henry Ritlhalor. 66, of Cornelius,
died here yesterday of Injuries re
ceived when a bus struck him. The
accident occurred Tuesday morn
ing at Cornelius as he walked lo
his )X."rk ot the Oregon Klectrlc
RalliWad company.
Defender, and
.Most Rev. Michael J.'.'Gallagher
Bishop Gallagher's pride In his
church was illustrated by an in
cident of his Tyrolean days, lie
was offered a parish on the estate
of an Austrian prince, and was
met by a servant upon his arrival.
The servant took him to quarters
on the second floor of the noble
man's stables and told him ho was
to live there.
Seeing In this an affront, not to
himself but to his church, .Father
Gallagher lost no lime In. Bending
word to the prince that he was
leaving. Shortly thereafter he re
turned to America.,
Boost of 20 Perct. Wanted
by 300,000 Members of
"Big Five" Unions.
CHICAGO. Jan. 21 (AP) A,
Mat 2(1 per rent wage Increase for
some .'100,000 union railroad work
ers was the goal today of five
rail road brotherhoods.
.. Membr rH of a joint commit tne
representing the five unions agreed
last night to present demands for
the pay hike. The.. decision o tided
a week-long deadlock: .
: The increase,' David H. Robert
son, president of tho Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Kn
ginemeu said, would mean an ad
ditional fll'i riiio.odo annually ia
the pay envelopes of members f
the five brotherhoods KoJiorlKnu
said no date was set tfotf present
ing the demand.
Spokesmen said- the pay boost
request would involve only the
"big, five" brotherhoods, represent
ed at the conference here by morn
than ;) union presidents aad
chairmen. Railroad workerH be
longing to 10 other unions wore
not involved, tho spokesmen said.
Under the joint eommllteo's de
cision, officials of each union
would Instruct the yarlous units
to present the requests according
to individual contracts. The rail
way labor act allows each railroad
,10 days after presentation of the
demand to file an answer.
IJrotherlionds represented at the
sessions wore the engineers, con
ductors, trainmen, firemen and
switchmen.
POPE CONTINUES TO
SUFFER SEVERELY
VATICAN CITY. Jan. 21. CAP)
Anxiety ioho today In the ponti
ficial court as rclfahlo pouices ex
pressed "great ff appreheiif Ion" for
Popo Plus, suffering Intoine pain
in his swollen right leg.
Musculcr rramps, which the 7!)-year-old
pontiff described as "atro
cious," s pi zed bis limb, impairing
the circulation and weakening hi
general roslstnnce to old ae com
plications. Rifle Blinds Boys
On Different Days
IIATON ROUOK, La., Jan. 21.
(API A ClirlstmaK rlflo Hen
Font purchased with carefully
saved pennies' from his slender
WPA wage was blamed today
for the partial blindness of two
of Font's soin.
Ten-year-old Fred lost his
right eye Saturday when fltrurk
by a mutch fired from tho gun
by n plavnmte,
Aftrr this accident, Mrs. Font
throw tJ- gun on a .voodptle In
the rear of the hou. e and warn
ed the child ten not to touch It.
But the pent dav 12-year-old
Charles dropped n stick f.f wood
on the weanon. U fired and the
hall struck him In the right eye.
INTERVENTION
PLEA WILL BE
San Francisco Mayor Asks
Meeting to Formulate
Demand Upon F. R.
to End Strike.
SAN FRANCISCO, .Ian. 21.
(At')aiayor Angelo J.: Rossi to
day asked Governor Frank F. Mer-rtam-and
officials of bay cities .to
meet here tomorrow to formulate, a
demand for government interven
tion In tho prolonged - maritime
strike.
Negotiators for offshore shipown
ers, and the marine cooks and
stewards saw possibilities of reach
ing a tentative accord today In the
strike, which has seen three oth
er tauch1 agreements under fire aft
er they were formulated.
The meeting between offshore
operators and the cooks and stew
ards was the only one scheduled
for today, although negotiators for
other of tho seven striking unions
had employer peace offers up for
study. -
Talk of possible governmental
Intervention arose again with the
lag In peace conferences, and the
shipowners spokesman, T. O.
Plant, said In a statement we
stand ready now . . '. to submit
every Issue to the president ,. .
for his adjudication.
When negotiations deadlocked
long before the. strike started In
October, the shipowners offered to
arbitrate all- issues: , In dispute,
They have reiterated1 that Btand
many times since, .but unions have
contended they could not submit
t!o arbitration "fundamental Issues
SvhicJV .tltey.-hqld 'urotimrliof -.JhRtr1
rir'Ms u organize.
l'he Internal tonal Longshore
men's association, hnwover, agreed
to 'a renewal 1 of Its' 'previous' Vdrk
Ing, agreement leaving the mutter
oi us iniernretuifon to en.arbttra
tor. nrovlded'H wad granted a do-
manned wa"e inovonse.
. ';!3nloverfl said ihnv woi- 'jinuHe
to trvnn' the ip-pasc on' fin
basis of n; Fiv-hour day asked- by
the stevedores.
R A T.EM, i-.il. ?' f AP) The
Lcarnto of - Wo"pii VoterM. Salem
hinnvh. bjm written a "sfige to
President Roosevelt petitioning for
nn lMiiednf spttipmenf of t he
maritime utrlko, iwi -urefwr htm to
uso bis ornce to bring about pence.
f Continued on page 01
STILL AT LARGE
SEATTLE,' Jan. 2. -TAP) Thlr
teen men. held for investigation In
the - Charles Mattson kidnap-slay-ing,
underwent questioning .in jail
louav wnne federal bureau of in
vestlgution agents checked fincor
prints of men caught in raids on
shanty towns.
Questionable characters In other
Pacific northwest cities were ro-
norted to have been annrebended
In raids, photographed, fitrrerprlnt-
ed and. for the most nart, released
Hut there wan no Indication from
federal ngents, state and municipal
notice who partlclnated lu the
raids thnt thev bad found anything
leading toward a solution of the
Tacoma. Wash., kldnnuing of De
cember 27 and the finding of the
bov s beaten remains near Everett,
Wimh.. January II.
Police Chief WllHain IT. Sears of
Reatllf. who sntd he acted at the
cones! of J. Edgar Tloover, chief
of the F. H. L. doseribed the ac
tlvltles as the "higccct man bunt
I ln vp ever seen."
Most of the n held were found
lu possession of firearms.
RAVMONn wii.cox
DIES IN PORTLAND
rOHTLAVn. ' .Tan. 21. (AP)
Ravmond II. Wilcox, 52. nromln'Mit
Portland bulneH nd civic leader
and former head of the Htnte relief
administration, d'M nt hl home lo
dav after an Illness of several
WnpUq,
Wilcox, a native of Porthtml and
n memh'1' of one of lb clly' o'd
r"t fnm"les. was nrciilent of tbrf
Wt lcov.lt a v roni"inv and secre
tnrv of the Wileox Investment coni
nn'iv Followln" bl g-nd"ftIon from
flnrvMrd nnU'ndtv n iff7. be wan
upod'rtd w'h the T'ortbind ftmi
nr m'l's. ftrm fonndM hv his
btrt fstbnr. Theodore Tl. Wileox. a
nloneer In d"velon'ng the crnln
nftrt trade from Portland to the
or'""t. q
I Ills widow and three ntildren
survive him.
STIMULATED
COP'S KILLER
NABBED AFTER
.20-
Youthful Paroled Convict
Tells of Adduction and
i i Slaying of Officer
, in Michigan. '
MONROIS,, Mich.. Jan. 21. (AP)
Alclclo (Fronchy) ltennit, youth
ful paroled convict captt'.roil attor
a 20-hour manhunt, 'told toihiy how
no Killed Michigan stnta 1'ollcoiuiin
Klcliariht F. Hnntmnml ami then
hnmlcuffcil the. officer's hotly to a
rural mailbox.
County Prosecutor V r a n c I s
Ready announced tho confession of
tho 2-l-year-oid Kuunuin - shortly
after neuoit's desperate Kumc of
hlde-and-8(?ek over sleet-covored
country areas with officers of
thred .states and tho federal kov
erniuont ended In lonroe a short
distaneo from tho snot where he
abducted Troopor Hammond :. at
mlilnlKht Tuesday, i
lsuunond and Troopor Sam Sin-
eni halted a stolen car occupied
hv Menoit and John IT. Smllli, 21),
alias nolberlo, and decided in tatte
the pair to lieadouartors for nues
tlouiuii: in ennneet'en -wltli tho re
duction or Fred Williams," -a- . Po
trolt used car salesman, who wa,s
left tied to a trep at Toledo early
Tuesday nlRht. ' .'
I pot. into tlio patrol car with
tho officer (Hammond)." , flenolt
orally confessed - to Prosecutor
Francis ' Heady. State Pollco Cap
tain Lawrence A. Lyon ami Hhor
irf Joseph J. Ilalrley. Slnenl and
Smllh followed In ,lho soled auto
mobile,' ' ' :
the jrun into tho brflcer's ribs and.
told lilm to slow down," Henoll
Mil''-, -i l. r,l , t ,
"'thsteail ' TfAhnrionfl 'starttid to o
faster! -.no I sluxi;ed.,l)lin ovw, the
eye with the hut I of rj'y i lstol and
told hint to tiiriv nnth ii hide road.
"Tho other officer (Sincnll be
hind came u"1 close. I turned
tivnund anil fired Hire" shots.
Wien I started shontlmr Hammond
said he vns hoIii? to lllch t''o nr
and I told him It he dlil I'll kill him
sure. . , v r , . . '
"Then the other car went Into
tho dlleli nnd I stonnod. I was ro
iiiK to -take r.iy partner (Smith)
awav from too other cop, but a
ti'-.iclc blocked the way,- so. I .tnnilrt
Hnmninnd drive down lonely roads
until wo came to where I left
him."
This v.-as'flve miles soufhea"!. of
Erie. Mich., about ten ml'es from
the nlneo where iienolt abandoned
tho blnod-rtalned patrol car and
fCOiitlnupd on pago fil
TnifVn .Iim 91 (AV Kiml
matsu Hamada, leader of the Sdy
ukal, second -largcat party In the
Jananese imrllament. offered to-
tiiirlit tn 1(111 blnirioir If IiIh nccitKti
tlons that mllitarv leaders are In
terfering with the government
were dlanroved.
Ills threat to commit bart-karl
nllinii Yfl im nniri'ir iltHriltHloil with
Count Julchl Teraucbl. minister of
tnir nvnr u-hnl I In miifl i ilnurX'llinrl
ns the rrmy'H desire to dictate lo
the political adtnlnlstrullotu
The rirsl round of Jutiiin's l
llamentarv fight waa a shi';gerlng
h1nu tn llin frnvuriitMeiil nf I'reinler
Ilfrnta. It sent him to the emner-
or's palaco. where he obtained c
two-day suspension of I be turbu
Inllt 1lft
Menihet, of both bouses merci
lessly, pllloilt'd both cabinet nnd
armv as nro-f.ii'chtK. leaning to
ward db'latofshln, nealeethiv t'ie
welfare of Ibe rieo'ue n"d Mirsuln:
a secr't ntd rub'lib'l fomWn unl
lev. e"tiedallv lu the goye nuient's
auil-communlst alliance vlth (ler
many. PUNCHROARDS DUE
FOR DISCARD TODAY
PORTLAND. Jan. 21. f AIM-
Most of Portland's putn-bboards
apne?red heudi-d for the discard
today.
Paul L. Kertes. prentd'Mtl of the
Associated Mcrc'iantr-' coumll. in
slrurt'td mcniher of his organisa
tion to remove the hoards hv mid
night tonight the deadline set by
rho city council after My Attor
ney Oratit held the hoards conetl
tilted lotteries and that their oji.
em t ion violated stale laws.
puui'hhoards have been In com
mon Q.a Binco 1031,
Millionaire Flier
Sets Speed Record
Breaking evry '.existing air
plane distance tspeed record In
the' world, Howard . Hughes,
above, 32-year-old oil millionaire
and former motion , picture pro
ducer, ..last Tuesday flew from
Los Angeles to Newark, N. J., In
seven hours, 28 minutes and 25
secondB. This was an average of
332 mn-an. hour for the trip of
2,490 miles. Hughes used a smalL
plane built at his own factory at
Burbank, Calif. -s
GOLD WAVE BOOSTS
STATE FLU GASES
Oregon's Total Thought by
' 1 Health Authorities to
Be ihThousands.;
. . (Ily tho Assoeiateil Press)
Oreaon'a shlveiintt cltl.ens toss
ed Inii ufler log intp their lurnaces
todav In . an effort-to lick till) cold
snap and stavo off tho stato-wlde
influeu.n wc.vo. ;
Thn official woekly report ot the
s(ato department of 'health listed
of 711(1. Authorities, howovuiy were
7IIII. Authorities, however, wore
inclined to view tho ninures wun
nnsshnlsin for tho, unroportnd
cases boosted tho total Into .the
thousands. ,
Umatilla nnnnrently l)oro tho
brunt of thu Illness. There 15!)
cases found their way into mo oi
ridiii leiinrl. Moro than 30(1 Bin-
dentil out or a school population of
13IKI remained away from their
classes at I'cndlotnn. In compari
son, the densoly seltleii l'ortinnu
district reported only Hi" cases.
A cheerless sun sent ino iem
poral.uro zooiiiIiik down to new low
records ill eastern OreKOll. The
13 below 7.oro minimum nt Kla
math Falls broke an 18-year-old
mark. It was 20 minus nt Pendle
ton Tor the second nlaht in succes
sion nnd 21 below nt Ihikor. Tho
Dalles had 2 deureeB below, ll
noinl warmer than yesterday. La
Orande's 1f below represented the
coldest point since February IS.
More frlciil blasts hit smaller
communities. Meneham's readliiK
was 37 below nnd Tulelake, Calif..
near Klamath Falls, 25.
While Ihere were no eub-y.ern
readinKS III the western OrcKim
(Cnnllnurai on paxo 0)
Continuance of Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Advised by Roosevelt
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (AP)
President Roosevelt urged con
ut'h todav to continue the admin
Istration reciprocal t'ade treaty ns
a menn of promoting "durable
neace" and a "balanced economic
reeoverv."
Ills anneal was made hi a let
ter lo rhalrmnii lioughton of the
house wa'H and menns committee,
before which Secret arv Hull ap
peared In person lo nsk pansaee
of a measure extending the trade
policy three years.
Mr. Itooxevelt sabl the nation's
"viirovou Initiative In the field of
1 ibern Mxa Inn of commercial poll
eles has been an important factor
In arresting Hip 'world trend to
ward national economic Isolation,
tvhlrh seemed elinowt Irresistible
three years aco."
AMsertlng the tak wo by no
menu rinlshcrt. Mr. nooseveir
ad "emerirencv Condition" still
xlut In lutrnat(onal tride rela
tions and excesslvrt harriers con
tinue to operate agalnt American
trade.
"Their reduction. he wrote,
continues to he an cawentlnl re1
qnlrement of a full and balanced
THOUSANDS
S" HOMELESS.
LOSS HUGE
Damage at ' Cincinnati :
$1,000,000; Rescue j
Crews, Red Cross
Units Busy.
Portsmouth, Ohid, Facing ,
Inundation; Towns in
Indiana, Kentucky
' Are Awash.
(Dy tho Associated Press) .
Heavy tains Increased shnrply ;
today the river menaco to wide
spread enat and central west areas, i
drlvliiK somn- strenins lO' crests
which threatened to oquiil rocorif
floniln of 1913 i ' '
Property loss and htinlnn inlsery'
mounted with the rising waters. Ill
Cincinnati, alone, pollen estimated
dainnKo In excess or i,mu,um.
Thousands; abandoned Ohio vul- i
ley homes and soutilit refueo In
hlKhor lands. Hundred". bttiMleiMb-1'
KOlhor to ploInllll', dikes and
levees, w.hlle others formed omer-.
Kepoyerows to transfer morchan-. 1
iiiso rrnm peruen areas. . ,
The floods covered miles of land t
In Pennsylvania, West Vli'Klnln,,
Ohio. Maryland, Kentucky, In
diana, Illinois, Tennessee, Mis-i
sourt and Arknnsns, Yellow wnters
crept, up ell y. streets and flooded
hasehieuts in scores, ot .comimmi-.
lies. . ;: . . ,x
..,'. Portsmouth In. Peril ;
-HIilhiH- hlnli-on' ah jiccumulhtion
of heavy rains, tho Ohio river de
scended on Portsmouth. Ohio. :4uM.
caused City Mannper Frank Sites-
hnn to warn all residents, except-
tliose in liiliton districts, to pre-
pare do leave -homes and business
houses. Tlio city has u population
of morn llinii 40.000. .
Tho river rose twn-tonths of a.
fool an -hour at flnelnnntl toward
a crest tho weather biiresu said'
mlpht ontial.thnt. of lbs 1M3, Inun-
fCnntlnuii(Monnimn fl)
- i 'i T
1 1 M 1 I-
Iliils for concreto work nnd Krad
IiiK nn tho rerouting of the Pacific
hlKliway in North ,ItnsehurK, und
paving of tho now Shndy Point
Kelley'a Komer section nf the
highway, south of P.nsohurg, will
ho received by tho stato highway
commission nt Its inciting In Port
land, February -I, it was announced
today. " ' i
The highway extension work in
llnseburg Is In no let In two con
tracts, one for the concreto bridge
across Deer creek at tho north end
of Host 'ivontic nnd o concrete re
taining wnll nt I he cut through the
Junior high school grounds, and tho
other fur grading the new routn
from Wnsnlngton street lo the In
tersection at tho head of Winches
ter street, n distance of .72 of n
mile.
The aiindy Polnt-Keliey's Kor
ner loll calls for .30 ot a mile of
grudlug and 2.20 miles of concreto
pavement.
economic recovery for our coun
try." "Kionotnlc strife, resulting from
inordinate or discriminatory trade
harriers." the president said. "Is
one of the nmt fruitful sources
of "nil Unit animosity and military
conflict.
"A pol'ev delened tn reduce ex-r-oaaivn
trade harriers and to es
tablish ennalltv of trnd rights Is
a nowerfnl Instrument of ecnnomlo
apnensement and stability. U
nerves to stventtthen the founda
lions of world pniee.
"lu the tir"ent unfortunate
"late of world affairs, we dare not
In liisllce to onr'-elves. relax our
ffoit. nr abate the vigor of our
lendersWn, lu n world-wide move
ment for durable peace through
economic prosperity."
After reviewing conditions which
b H-ld existed when the admin
istration orlulnallv sought power
to enter Into reciprocal agreements
nearly three years ago. thr presl-
lent said that In trade treaties con
cluded with l.r) nations, discrimina
tions had hoop removed and cuar-
autoes ohtalned of coital treat
nient lu tho future,