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..... . . j Baby 1937 is Making a "Wild Youth" Start Floods, Epidemics, Rilling Freeze; Strike and War "Hang'Overs." Hope He Subsides Before the Heat Wave is Due ' ' I una THE WEATHER Highest temperature yeslerduy 47 lowest tuiiiiKM-utiire luut night 3.1 Precipitation for 24 hours 70 Preclp, since first of tucntli.. 3.15 Pieeip. from Kept. 1, 1136 ... 7.53 Deficiency since Sep. 1, 19311 lO.sl Rains; warmer tonight. BIG NEWS It's occurring dally on two eon tluents. You get the cream of it in the M:VSIiKVIKW first. No failures, no inaccuracies, uo par liulity. It's all before your eyes promptly every day. mi THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY yoL. XL NO. 232 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 26. 1937. VOL. XXVI NO. 152 OF THE EVENING NEW8 SES DISASTROUS WOT CI SPURNS BID TO STRIKE rains Sloan, Company President, Draws Criticism rrom Secy. Perkins, Who Quotes Bible. WASHINGTON', Jan. 26. (AP) Secretary Pe,rkiii3 said today the (encral Motors corporation had "failed tn itH public duty' in refus ing to accept nor 'uvitatfon to at tend u strike peace couforei.ce. . "I Ktill fool that Otuiral alotais has made a great niit-luko," . she told reporter, adding "tho Ameri can penplo don't expect them to milk in their tents" because the corporation felt the alt down strike wii.H illognl. Airrod P. aihan, Jr., provident of the automobile concern, refused lust night to attend a conference Hilled by the labor secretary until sit-down strikers leave company plants. John L. Low Is, chairman of the committee Tor Industrial organiza tion and director of strike strategy, agreed to be iiresent. At n press conference, ,Miss Perkins recalled that at one time pipeline was il legal and before that strikes of any kind were illegal. The legal it v of the -sit down strike, she said. had not been determined. Asked whether President Roose velt, "knows that you're giving Oen eral Motors hell," she replied: "I'm not giving them hell. But the president knows nothing about what l lira saying." "Moral" Duty Cited - Wli I le -sh e tallied f -Mi its -Periling held a draft of a letter she said alio bmt written hut not sent to filnnn after she had been to church Sunday night. At one point she quoted from it. It said in -nart that "there Is a moral challenge involved in this strike and the circumstances sur rounding it." that the situation nre sented "a c'nnee to use our high est rather than our lowest finali ties in so'vin" this problem of hu mnn relationship." The letter also said n "spirit of generosity and mutual help" had "bnllt up this civilization" and that there were other guides than "legal concepts" In solving mjmy problems. The letter, from which Miss Per kins quoted only scattered - por tions, also contained lllbllcnl ad monitions, including' "do unto oth ers as yon would the'- o'nld do unto you." "ivn-op 0,'i'ekly with thhio r.dversurv." "let him that is without sin among you cast the first stone." and "fnrtrive us our tresnases a w f";lve those who trespass against hp." "Confidence Lost" At one point she said she thought timt the. refusal of Sloan to talk with union leaders "must make it dear to the American peo ple why the workers bnvp lost con fidence In General Motors." She said she would continue her (Continued on page G) ARTILLERY BOOMS (Fly the Associated Press) An intense artillery duel be tween socialist and- fascist gun ners, is tinder wav "on all sides of Madrid." the Spanish embassy In London reported today. Many civilian residents of the capital have been wounded in top bombardment, the embassy stated. Heartened makers of neutrality pushed nhead today to. formulate n working scheme for leaving Spain alone. Italo-German agreement to join n general embargo of foreign vol unteers to the warring peninsula paved the way for a practical plnn to keep both men and guns from Spain. The Iondon neutrality commit tee was called to meet Tbursdaj to nrcomplieh that purpose and to let Spain's socialist government and its fascist Indigents fight it out by Ihemseives. This wnr, in its seventh month, raced on tbrr? .uajor fronts. The Insurgent attacked for three hours, pouth of Madrid, seek ing, apparently vainly, ta cut the besieged city off from its com munications to Valencia and thrt south. Two insurgent armies attached Miilaga. Isolated government sea port on the south Mediterranean coast. Also enraged in siege, the gov ernment blasted fascist-held Ovi edo, in the north, with field guns. Pin h i Ruled Lottery, Afoul Of Oregon Law PORTLAND, Jan. 26. (AP) Circuit Judge James W. Crawford dissolved- a temporary Injunction today restraining Sheriff A. C. Uurk of .Marlon county and Attor ney Geiiornl Van Winkle from in terfering with the operation of marble or 'pin hall machines in .Vinriou county. The plaintiffs were N. J. Arnold and J. 11. Campbell, ownors and op erators of tlie machines. The case came to Multnomah county ou a chungu of venue. Judge Crnwrord ruled the games are lotteries and In violntlnn of the stale's aiitl-gnlilhlillg laws. Ho said: "The element of chance predom inates in the play of theso games although there does exist a smull element of skill. The dominant lac tor in their successful use and In the results attained is that of chance. - "The skill influences the result only In the initial and elementary slngo of play, and thereafter plays little If any art in the results at tained. Practice may account for an unimpressive improvement in play to a ouickly attained maxi mum point which Lears little or no rclutinif to ultimate score, anil re- suit and thereafter chance iilone controls." Ills decision cited article 15. sec tion 4, of te state constitution und section 1-1-801 of the IStSi) Oregon code. fill ILL Coastal River Closing Bill Attracts Half Hundred From Douglas. More than 50 Douglas county sportsmen are expected to spend Wednesday in Salem,, where a leg islative committee will conduct a public hearing In connection wlih Senator C. W. Clark's bill which would close all coastal streams of Oregon, except to the Columbia river, to commercial flsnmg. me hearing will follow the afternoon adjournment, probably starting about 2:30 p. m. At a well attended and enthus iastic special meeting of the Itoso burg Rod und Gnu club last nlghl, more than 30 members signified their Intention 'Of attending the hearing A large delegation Is ex pected ns well from the clubs of I he southern part of the county, while the North Umpqua club will be. represented by a numr-er of the liorlsnien or the tilttie ui.urici. The Koseburg club at its moot ing last night discussed the pro posed closing bill nt length and voted nu appropriation .o aid In the expenses connected with the efforts to secure passag i ot the measure. A resolution wns adopt on thanking the legislative commit tee of the federated spur' amen s clubs for its work In directing Ihe fight for the bill. Resolutions were aiso adopted urging the county's delegation in the slate legislature 10 use every possible etiort. ';j ne i ure closing of the Vinnqun river to commercial fishing. A communication from the stntc game commission asklug If the club had any recommendations to make regarding changes in present regulations on sports fishing wns received. The club held thnl the present season und hag limit re gulations nro satisfactory. A pro prosal to close the season on blue grouse und native pheasants. which are becoming quite senrce, wns approved by the club. MAYOR ROSSI CALLS PARLEY ON STRIKE RAX FRANCISCO, Jan. 2G (AP) Mayor Itossi announced that both workers nnd employers representatives agreed to appear his office Inte today and ex- idain. whnt is holding up a set tlement of the prolonged maritime fitlike. If it appears the situation has reached an impasse. Mayor Hossi declared the mayors' group prob ably would ask the strikers and employers to submit the deadlock to an arbitration board named by President Roosevelt. o ELKTON MEN FACE TIRE THEFT COUNT Willis Corder. 20. and lialph Durns, 31, both of Elktnn. were taken Into custody late yestorday on a complaint In the justice court charging petty larceny, according to a report from the office of Sheriff Percy Webb. The men are accused. the sheriff said, of the theft of tire. Arraignment in the Justice court la expected later toda.O MILK CONTROL REPEAL FACES SENATE VOTE Measure's Disposal May Occur Today; Pension Proposals Due In House Hopper. nv CLAYTON V.: BEHNHAIcD SAI.KM. Jan. 20 (AP) Spe cial orders of business the milk control board repeal measure anil the lieutenant governor provision headlined the activities of the Oregon legislature today as the two houses entered Into the great est activity witnessed since the assembly convened January 11. Advanced upon the schedule for Immediate consideration was the mill; control board repeal set for late afternoon disposal In the sen ate. The senate agricultural com mittee, following public hearings, voted anninst the proposal to abol ish the hoard which recently raised milk prices in the Portland and other milk sheds. Sponsors of the repenl measure asketl tlio hill he brought out for debate. Senator McCornnck of Hil gene, chairman of that committee, declared that amendments to the present law may be brought in and would be acceptable, hut considera tion of the repeal net was first upon the program. The other special order was sot for tomorrow afternoon when the' house joint resolution to plnce the matter of creatine the office of lieutenant governor on tlio ballot at the next general election will, he. debuted. Upon motion of Repre sentative, Jlull of lit Grande the 'Issue' w'hs'pirt' over 'until .tlnui.time. It had been scheduled for disposal (Continued on page C) OF Organisation of the noy Scout council lor the Hosehurg district wns completed at a meeting held Inst night nt the chamber of com merce offices. Dr. E. J. Wninscolt was elected clialrnmn, with Harris tillsworth. vice-chairman; 11. A. Mollis, chair man of organization and training; Paul Geddes chairman of Scout advancement, and K. A. Ilrltton, chairman ot activities und civic Bervlee. A .district commission is to bo elected nt a later date. llev. S. Haynor Smith, represent ing the Methodist Episcopal church, nnd Dr. L. A. Dlllard. com mander of Uiminua post of the Americnn Legion, mndo applica tions for permission to sponsor Scout troops. The authorization w as given and the two troops will he organized as quickly as the membership can be enroucu nun other requirements met. itulon W. Doman, field executive, was elected secretary for the dis trict. He explained duties of the respective department chairmen and officers ot the council. The council members discussed mat ters pertaining to summer camp, Anniversary week, leadership train ing and related subjects. The next llstrlct meeting will he held on February 22. MOTHER, BABE DIE IN FLOOD REGION KENNETT, Mo., Jan. 20. (AP) Rescuers working in flood-bound Dunklin county, reported toduy they found a woman and her new born infant frozen to denth on the roof of a water-surrounded farm house. it uppeared the baity was born during n sleet storm Friday night nnd that both mother nnd child had died of exposure. S. P. STATION HOUSE AT DRAIN ROBBED The Southern Pacific compnny station house nt Drain wns robbed Inst night, according to a report received by Sheriff Perry Webb. he details of the robbery, olid the amount of loot taken, were not learned. Special officers of the railroad company are reported lo he Investigating the case. UNION SCRIBE FACES DRUNK DRIVER COUNT ASTORIA. Ore.. Jan. 26. (AP) Arvid Mnttpon, executive secretary of the Columbia River Fishermen's Protective union for ninny years. posted $2"0 bail after being arrest ed on a drunken driving charge. NORTHEAST OREGON FACES .FLOOD PERIL Rising Temperature Melts Deep Snows; Highway Travel Halts, Road Plows Busy. (Hy the Associated Press) ! Flood fears wore held toduy over eastern Washington and Ore gon after rapidly rising tempera tures began to melt deep-snows, while flood dangers in the western parts of the slates were reported slight. Snow begun falling heavily bo fore daybreak at Seattle. Many sections of eastern Wash Ington and northeastern Oregon, including the Walla Walla area, wore isolated from all. highway traffic, but railroads continued to operate. High winds which swept ' the northwest blew snow over virtual ly all Inland Umpire county roads, (sola tint; many rural residents. Snow plows were stalled atteinnt ng to clear roads into Walla Walla. . " State police rescued passengers nnd mail from a Pendletnn-bound bus between Athena and Weston, Ore. The bus was stalled In rt don snow d'KL The Inland TCnmlre hlghwav was' lmnat"'nble between Walla Wilia nnd Dixie, but a detour was nifiiii 'a'ued over ihn onlv enuiitv rnnd. left open in Walla Wnllu county. Columbia Ice-Jammed ' ,J Temnentures rose, from the, nub rero mark eor eastern Wnsblnoi' io to, as hicrh (is 40 in soipe tlons Vestoi-dn'vV'hV'rngljie1 foatfff fhift ' a 8udd"ii Chinook wind would cause flos. ' Moderate wen'her vps forecast for western Washing ton. n Ice pnnn jammed tb-- Columbia river between the Wil-I'tir-Keller ferry; enabling persons to vnlk ncoss the st.'eamK j -. Spki!"" firemen cnmnmnilrered tvf tank t""ks to reoi'tce frozen hvdrnnts. Mnv g'io'nbv i wer iraiooned in rural Spokane county. LOS A.VOrcUCS, Jan. 2(1 (AP) A -17-year-old woman with gray ing hair. Mrs. Violet Wells Norton, wns arraigned today on charges that she tried to extort, money from Clark Gable by representing thut he Is the father of her 13-yenr-old daughter. U. S. Commissioner David II. Head set bull at $2,500. He asked Mrs. Norton If she could raiso it. "I've only got three dollars be tween me nnd starvation," she re plied, and was remanded to the county jail. Counsel for Mrs. Norton. Joseph Kainer, asked that his client be permitted to tell her story to a federal grand jury tomorrow. She told him, Kainer said, thnt she would withdraw her allegations if she could see Qable and assure herself be Is not the father of her child. Gable's first wife, Josephine Dil lon, declared that Mrs. Norton's Blorv "Is very silly.' ' "The whole story Is verv silly." said Miss Dillon, n dramatic coach and voice teacher. "I married Clark In December, UMi, but I knew hhn in 1023 in Portland when be was a student of one of my voice classes from .Inly of that year until July or August of 1!2I. 'l know he has never been In Kncland or I would have heard of it." FORMER ROSEBURG RESIDENT PASSES Mrs. Delhi It. Stone. 9ft. died at the home of her son in Glendnle, Calif.,' Saturday. January 2.1, nc- ordintE to word received here to day. Mrs .Stone wns well known in Koseburg, hnving lived here for a few years. She was the mother of H. J. Stone, former resident of Itnfloburg. and was the grandmoth er of Mrs. I' C, Krear of this city. Mrs. Krear left Saturday for Gien dale upon receipt of the notice of Mrs. Stone s death. GETS FIRST AID CHECK, THEN DIES PRINEVIM.K, .Ian. Jfl (API- Mrs. Hnttle Radloff, 79, waited four months or the government to establish the validity of her claim for old age assistance. The day nfter her first check arrived, she died, Rampaging Ohio River Sweeps Into Large Cities L r r " " -J ii Upper picture shows the flooded residential section of Louisville, Ky., where martial law has been es tabliahed. Two-thirds of the city's 330,000 population is being evacuated. .Lower picture ahowa a resi dential section of Evansvllle, Indiana, where hundreds of the city's 102,000 inhabitanta started an exodua today as the Ohio river, already 18 feet above flood stage, continued to rise. (Air vlewa by the Interna tional Illustrated News Service.) KILLER OF 4 DIES CAHSON CITY, Nov. Jan, 2(i. Luther Jones, 32-year-old ex-con-vlct who murdered four men near Ulko, Nev., In a $40 holdup lust October Hi, paid with his life In the state prison's lethal gas cham ber today. The former Indiana and Mnntiinn convict who embraced religion while in the NVvimIji penitentiary, appeared calm as he was led into the chamber, muttering prayers. The chemical pellets were dropped Into the bucket of acid under 1 lie chair where Jones was scuted and a minute and u half later be slump ed forward unconscious. Approximately -lit witnesses were present. n Jones was arrested shortly after the bultel riddled bodies of lleit man, -12, Douglas county commis sioner; Walter (iodecke, 2'.l, both of Carson City, Manuel Arrascads, 51, Klko 'county, all ranchers, nnd Johnny Klias. Klko recluse, were found. HOUSE CAT ATTACKS 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL NOUTII BUND, Ore.. Jan. 2fi (AP) A hou,e cat wllh which she was sleeping suddenly turned vicious and Bcratclied R-year-old -Toy Davis severely about the fare, frightened her Into unconscious ness. Parenls tore the cat from the girl and killed it. kCmi HOOP GAME HERE TO BE BROADCAST Kacllltles wero set tip today by Station KIINK Tor a remote control broadcast from the sen ipr high school gymnasium of tonight's hn.dtcthull game be tween tlio Senior high ImlinnH ami University High school of Kugene. The phiy-hy-phiy de scription of (he mi mo by Mar shall Pengra, KHNIt siiorlscast or, will be sponsored by Carl's Tavern. The game Is scheduled to start at 8 p. m. GLENDALE YOUTH INJURED IN WRECK GLKNDALK, Jan. 2fi Jim Crad dock, sou of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Craddock of (ilondulc, reeelved se vere cuts over his. eye and on the back ot bis head when the auto mobile he was driving skidded on the Pacific highway north of Grants Pass Sat unlay night and turned etui over end. (Men Kn ret urn Dick Hayes, also riding In the car, were unhurt. An authoritative report of the wreck said it occur red when the Craddork-drlvcn car attempted in pass another travel ing In (he same direction. The In jured youth Is now under hospital care. The car was badly damaged. MILD EARTH SHOCK FELT AT HELENA HULKS A, Mont., Jan. 26. (AP) A mild ourthquni.e wua felt In Helena today, but tho iveathor bu reau suld.lt caused no damn go. The quako ir.r.tcd two to three seconds and va ; the seventeenth light shock felt this month. 1 i 4 " EPIDEMIC OF "FLU" PORTLAND, Jan. 2(1 (AP) Oregon . health authorities looked over the list of Influenza cases in (lie state today nnd hoped (hijce iiuti lint Inn miK-lt fulfil Itt (lie illfl assertion Unit figures don't lie. A report compiled hy the state board of health showed 2..124 per sons ill with iuriucimi and 14!) wlib pneumonia. There were only M 1! f cases fif Influenza and lis of pneumonia the previous week. Despite the rapid rise, author! Id's believe the wave Is declining. U'm-iii i-iiftm mill lllllillii III U'ltHl- eru Oregon nnd a moderation of severe weal tier comlll tons in t lie .itu.m ufr-liiii nf flm utnlti luivo done much to eliminate sickness. they said. Many of the cases reported last week came at the peak of the dis i ii 1 1 Hlni'f I lien I hn nil nation has eased considerably. MRS. WEMME FREED OF BRIBE CHARGE POHTLAND, Jan. 2 It. -(AIM l rs. Anna Krauz W'emine stood nc- oultieil of n charge of offering ti bribe today after telling a federal court jury the Jlbu bill she was accused of handing Deputy l S. Attorney Munley Mtayer actually was meant for her own attorney for services rendered. The Incident occurred during proceedings In connection with the collecttnn of a judgment obtained ugulnst, the woman's husba'id. I ONF Mil i inn innro iiunr fMLd UI1ULH MimnvTinF i l'IUI1l lllL. Loss in 1 1 States May, Exceed 300 Million; Death Toll Now Set at 132. . Whole Towns Show Only Roof Tops; "Step on It," Roosevelt's Order on Aid Plans. (By the Associated Press) The 'angry yellow tide of the Ohio river awelled to. record breaklnn heights today on It .; turbulent rush to the Mlaala slppl as the death toll rose hourly and a "super-flood" waa predicted. Haggard, fear-stricken r. i fugees bv the thousands fled from the devastated flood zone, embraolng 11 midwest states from Plttaburgh, Pa., down the debrls-llttered river valley to Memphie, Tenn. KddvliiK In muddy, slow-rlslnir torrents, tho water spread along ; an 1800-mile front. The denth list wns unofficially place;! at 132, with 550,00(1 driven from their homos and thousands of others, marooned in precarious straits. With property damngc esuuinieii i at more than $10,000,000 in Cln-t clnnatl ulone, officials predicted that' the total, loss .for . the wholo ' 11-stuto flood men would be for hi. excess, of. SMMMMKMM0.. aCrie . And on every side, from relief authorities and nrmy engineers, , came the warning: ' j "The worst Is yet to come." Record Exodus on Wholesale evacratlons of flood. . : sieged lowits in Tennessee, - west ern Kentucky, southeastern Mis souri. Arkansas and Mississippi signalled the greatest mnss flood exodus in history. From Pittsburgh in the north, : where anxious crowds watched tho. flood relentlesolv sprend over the edge of the bllllon dollnr business district, to tlio crest of the deluge sweeping Into the Mississippi river beyond Cairo, 111., an nnnornmn of walorv desolation extended nilln on mile. In the tower Mississippi valley, wher (loo.ono vnre mnde homeless In 11127, nuthnrltlos awaited the big lest nf Hie gropt system of dikes nnd levees built nlnng n 300 mlle atroinh or tho Mississippi nft- er I ho 1027 disaster. "A sutler flood Is on Its way," came the eiim warning from Meul. Col. Hiigene Reynold, dis trict chief of li. s. army engineers, nt Momnhis, Tenn. lteyniild nredlcted flood stages along tho Mississippi at least 10 feel higher than records set ill tlio tragedies of 1013 and 1027. Roosevelt Urges Speed President Roosevelt, nnxlnuslv watching the progress of the tldnl swoon through eleven states, sent out tho crisp command to leglsln- (Continued on page (1) Vet Leads Off In Local Gifts For Flood Aid Douglas county's first donation for Hod Cross relief came today from a veteran nt the facility hore. The ex-service man receives only xil per monlh In compensation, hut from that meaner - sum lie sent two .1 bills. One of the bills wns Canadian, so he included 10 cents to cover the exchange. The lted Cross quota for Rose burg and Douglas county Is Just as much ns people can give, Mrs. Arthur Clark, chapter chairman, said today. The first cnll was for a qnoio of 82S0 nnd this wns fol lowed by n telegram asking that tin1 fillntn lie doubled. Willi water still rising and tho disaster reaching unprecedented proportions, Mrs. Clark wns advis ed Inst night that the lied Cross desperately needs all possible con trlhullnns and the niinla Is unlimit ed. Millions of dollars are neces sary. II wns slated, lo provide for the hundreds of thousands who are homeless, to aid In rescue work, prevent epidemics nnd provide for rehabilitation. Mrs. Chirk urges all residents of Douglas county to respond to the lied Cross appeal. Cash donation may be left at the following places: Douglas National bank, Rnseburg brunrh of the II. H. National hunk. chamber of commerce office, Rose- hurg News-Review, tho office of Dr. II. C. Church, and W. F. Mar tin at tlio Douglas Abstract coin pany.