1 Santa Claus Doesn't Look So Benign When He Tries the Role of Court Czar. He Probably Figures Now That His Next Gifts Will Be Chief Iy Rubber Stomps. THE WEATHER Highest temperature yesterday 53 Lowest temperature last night ill I'rcclplnitlnh for 21 hmiiw 0 I'l-edp. since first of month 2,92 I'nicln, frnti) Sep. 1, 1!ta 12.55 llcficicncy since Sop. 1, 1!i:ll 8. :l!l Probably rain; less cold. LAWMAKING Watch the dull)' Oregon legis lative proceedings t h I o u k h NtiW8-HKVIKWi coltiutiiH. Im portant bill are being disposed of hh the .session operates In ltd final stages. Tax bills art In the OfflllK. THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAIL.Y 11 ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1937. VOL. XL NO. 245 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XXVI NO. 165 OF THE EVENING NEWS nn Iru ME IB ; ' H -Iv; m MINES CLAIUIES 1W LETTER SENT All in Old State Home at Time of Transfer to Be Retained; Conversion Reason Stated. SALEM, Feb. 10. (AP) In a lotter to Governor Martin by Frank T. Hines. administrator of tbe veterans administration in Washington It was pointed out to day that all persons in the old state soldiers homo at Kosoburg at time of its transfer to the veterans ad ministration would remain at the lloscbm-g facility. This letter camo on the heels of agitation in the lower house to create a commission to inspect the facility In an attempt to straighten out alleged confusion and misun derstanding as to Its parpose and plans among Oregon veterans. It was decided some time ago to convert the homo into n neurophy SL'hiatric hospital. The lotter said In part: "In the studies of the 1 federal board of hospitalization in an effort to adequately care for the require ments of the veterans administra tion In the several areas through nut the country, the utilization of existing facilities to the best ad vantage as a subject Is always giv en careful consideration . V ." The decision to convert this facility to the care of neuropliyschiatric pa tients wns done so in our effort to adequately meet the requirements of this area." ANTI-FIREWORKS BILL GOES DOWN TO DEFEAT SALEM, Feb. lO.-(AP) Spon sors of legislative, action to prohib it Use of firework at public gath erings mot defeat today in the house with the adoption of a ma jority report recommending against passage of tbe bill. Tbe measure, introduced by Iiop rosentntive Archie lliggs. Port- (Continued on page of cms U E. rtrown, 57, former resident nf nmurifiR rmintv. died suddenly from a heart attack Sunday at his hnn.n In Murshf ield. whore he was engaged for a numbnr of years in the insurance business. Born at Old Fort. Hays. Kans., Juno 12. 1X70. Mr. Hrown setllel In Camas Valley with his parent in 1x99. He was engaged in teach ing school in Cons county and was In the mercantile business in Myrtle Point ' prior to taking up residence in Marslifleld 20 years nKHo was a brother of Arthur iirnwn. slate mange deputy at S.v inn, w-ilf nil ami F. R. R. Hrown, ! Church and Mrs. Hes- ale Wheeler of Camas Valley. u. leaves a wife, two daughter n,l n son. Tbe latter. WiUla ltrown. is mi a yachting tiifT some ' . ... ...I r.T. where in tne nun in in inn koui n kcuh uu forts are being .nuuie- io him by radio. .11 Editorials on the Day's News lly KRANK JKNKINS B' IO news In Ihe papers nirat past few days. President Roosevelt, under the constitution. Is the executive branch of our government. By rea son of last November's landslide, ho controls the legislative branch. He Is NOW reaching out for the Judicial. We can only hope that the dic tatorship under which we already live will remain a benevolent one. ITALY is ruled by a dictator. And Italy, beyond all question, is BETTEn OFF (economically, that Is) than before the dictator ship. Her people have more to eat. more to wear, better shelter and MORE SKCntlTY. Mussolini is an able admlnistra ' 1 ' -' Demo Opposition to Edwin Markham Mentally Feeble; Guardians Named NEW YORK, Feb. 10 (AP) His memory impaired because of advanced age, Edwin Mark ham, author of the poem, "The .Man With the Hoe," will have a committee of guardians to pro tect bis interests in his remain ing years. ' His white hair gloaming and his patriurchal beanV flowing, the 84-year-old poet went into supreme court in llrooklyn yes terday to hear a jury declare him 'mentally Incompetent. ' Clasping four volumes of bis poems, ho listened attentively us two physicians testified be was suffering from encephnltls, a disease which often causes lapses of memory. Others, In cluding his sister-in-law, Miss Maty Murphy, told of his inabil ity to manage his estate. t Tl MEETS APPROVAL Fawn Heads Begin Drafting V BiU to Conform With : bW Wallace's Program. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (AP) Four farm lenders set out today to write Secretary Wallace's "ever normal granary" program into a bill whose crop control features, some said, would be stronger tlinu the invalidated agricultural ad justment act. . Wallace explained, however, these controls would be invoked only to prevent stored supplies "from running over to a point which would embarrass the govern ment and destroy the purchasing power of farmers." A conference of 62 farm leaders approved the system unanimously last night. One loader described the whole program as an historic move for agriculture because it shifted em phasis from production control to marketing aids and price stabiliza tion. He predicted the loan value of stored crops would tend to become the stabilized price. This, ho said, would protect both consumer and funnel. The farm conference asked that lonn values be set high, because "accumulating surpluses depress prices and create a ceiling above which prices of commodities can- (Continued on pace 0) INCOME TAX RETURN HELP DATED HERE Auditors from the state tax com mission vlll be In Roseburg March fl to aid income taxpayers In pre paring their l!3fi returns, it was announced today. Headquarters will be at the courthouse Deiween mii-a nt S n 111. allll 4 P. m. Aiiv tnxmivers desiring asslstanceistopped on his trek to the snov:tjve antfl naH ,ei,n ue stumbling .jin preparing inetr reiurns are iii - viioii hv (lie tax commission to hi- in-n the aid of the auditors, aiaie, fn,.,i r before April 1. lor. GERMANY Is ruled by a dicta tor. , Ilefore Hitler, Germany was wcnlt md almost helpless practically a vassal nation. Now she Is stronK. Instead of meekly taklnn orders, she Is beclnninB lo GIVE orders. All this has come about under dictatorship. RUSSIA Is ruled by a dictator nt nnnlhpr ttnrt. hut RIIU a dic tator. There can he little doubt thnl tbe people of Russia have Improv ed their averase condition (eco nomically speakinc) sinco the be ginning of tbe communist dicta torship. Regimentation lagait speaking (Continued on pais 1 VETERANS ill FALL IN NEW REBEL THRUST Government' Planes Making Desperate Attempt to Hold Supply Road .,to Valencia. (Editor's note: Telephone com munication with Madrid was dis rupted suddenly yesterday when fascist troops took control of a section of the Madrid-Valencia highway. Since then, the only di rect contact with the cupltul has been by cable and wireless, operat ing under government censorship. It mny be several days, telephone tho lines officials believe, before are restored to service.) MADRID. Feb. 1U. (By direct cable at 12:3 p. m., today. Madrid time) (AP) Fourteen fascist fighting planes flew over the Span ish capital this morning. (The heavily censored dispatch did not state whether any attempt was made to bomb, the city.) Government military reports on the fighting for possession of the Valencia highway uenr vaclama- drid said the fascist attackers were being severely punished by social ist war planes. 'The insurgents had , not suc ceeded up to last night in physi cally cutting the road," military commander said. Government fliers, swooping low over advanced fascist positions about 10 miles southwest of the capital, swept the lines with ma chine guns, the socialist officers renorted. Mn, 1.-1,1 nnit-ennnririi Infill twl tlip! i. .V.'"". "t I ,1, .,,i' . ,,,! last few days of fighting. Press reports termed the fascist! attackers "German" in assertions large bodies of "German troops ; are participating in the fighting in typically "German tactics." , ( MADRID, Feb! 9. (Tly direct cable at 10' p. in. Tuesday X--( A P) Seasoned1 socialist, defenders of Madrid wll be able "to hold the city indefinitely" against fascist (Continued on pngo 6) TRAPPER MISSING MARSHFIIOLD, Ore., Feb. 10. (A P) I J rthcrs of A. J. Lealon, 44-year-old Kngeno trapper, said to day thov would send an airplane over the forests enst of Coos bay if word is not received booh that Lea ton Is safe. He left his cobin nn Milllcoma creek 14 days ngo with rations for only five days. C. 1. llnwen. nomesienner ni wnose iioine iiuun cmiiiu?, wi'i-i "-j mru j """"i inp. Thomas i-enton, nromer. 01 im; missing man, suld he would go In-, to the hills via snow-shoes If air- nlnnes fail to sight I.eaton's camp- nre. LEBANON, Feb. in. (AP) A senrcblne party found Ralph Smith, 20, exhausted and suffering from exposure at a cabin where he had taken refuge from the snow In a hilly aection of soulhenst I.itui criunty. Smith. Here irom uma- homn to visit his brother, lost hlsj,.r Rnv0 10,,0 toly of finding wny as he walked home from neighboring farm. o DBPCUVTTDI AN l-IPAD c r- munKi rvin-c O. r. IIVYVll-1. LMJ:llon. PlIll.ADEI.PHIA. Feb. 10 (AP) Samuel F. Irwin, vice-president of the Presbyterian pension board died Inst night. lie was 79. Irwin formerly was vlce mndernlnr of lhe;3S, anil John S. Oberdorfer, 22 Presbyterlnn general assembly 'FLU" AT REDDING TAKES HEAVY TOLL "FLU" AT REDDING Pi RETIDING, Calir.. Feb. 10. (AP) Sixteen deaths have resulted here since Sunday from an Influen, and pneumonia epidemic, health of ficials reported todig. FACILITY PLANS ' T , i ,i Court Tack' Flares B SUSPECT DICTATORSHIP IN ITTSON t! PERIL SEEN IN CASE JAILED Ex-Convict, Questioned at Seattle, Denies Guilt; . His Reputed Woman Pal Sought. SEATTLE, Feb. 10. (AP) State Patrol Chief William Colo, who last night announced the ar rest of a Malison kidnap-slaylng suspect bore, left his Olympia of fice today to get a "rod haired-woman," reputed recent companion of tho man, and bring her here for questioning, too. Cole said ho expected to pick up the woman at Steilacoom, near Ta coma, en route here, and that ques tioning iter might shed further light on the prisoner's activities. , Chief Cole said the- prisoner was in Tacnuui tho day of the kidnap ing and had been In Iiothell, be tween Seattle and Evorett, several days later. He said the man's rec ord included u 5-year term at San Quenttn (Calif.) prison, on convic tion of grand theft, (But families of the three chll-J dren who witnessed 10-year-old Charles F. Mattson's abduction from his Tacoma home December 27, denied a Seattle police of ficial's statement that tho young sters would seek To identify tho suspect from a police lineup. Charles' mother, . Mrs! W. W. Matt30ii, in Tacoma, said "there Is nothing to the report," that her son, William, 1G, and daughter, Muriel, 14, would come here to confront the man. 1 IU- - ' The children are not going to Seattle to look at tbe man, she (Continued on page 6) IN STRIKE PARLEY DETROIT, Feb. 10. (AP) Rep resenlativi's of ' General Motors Corp. and labor considered at def inite plan of strike settlement for two and three-quarters hours to day, then recessed for two hours. Governor ' Frank Murphy said "the situation was unchanged from last night," and announced that another conference would begin, Ilefore the conferees, in today's meeting it was learned authorita tively, were proposals based on the recent agreement that ended tho Libby-Owons-Kord glass strike at Toledo. This provided for rei nitiou of the Glass Workers' fed eration as bargaining spokesman for Its members only, Tho automobile workers demand ln.t ,ho xmon im recognized aoP bargaining agency in at least n of Genera Motors' fill automo- diock in peace negotiations. iw cession irom t us stano. 11 was un itierstood, wouiii no accompanied DV ,,finile Kimrnntee that the cor- norallon would show no partiality , n. i,n,.,.ii,iL' nt-pm-lpa In Bny negotiations for settlement of disputes HOPE GIVEN UP FOR TWO MISSING SKIERS DENVER, , Feb. 10. (AIM Sonrehor. hrnviiitr nilh-zcro tt-elltll- a;ve two Denver skiers lost along 'the blizzard-swept Continental di- vide near Berthoud pass, 411 miles iwest of here, but turned their I hunt eastward on "new Informa- We ve given up hope as far as finding litem alive," said Grosveti or S. llarron, head of the automo tive nppliance firm which employ jed the two. Joseph Oppenbelini r, TOLEDO VOTES FOR WATER BOND ISSUE 1(1. (AP) The proposal to Issue G0,000 In bonds-to participate with the pub He works administration In con- structlon of a $97,000 waler system here received overwhelming up- proval. Vote was 305 to 14, mm Ohio Representative Caustic in Reference to Power "Usurpation;" Foes Gird for Battle. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (AP) The house passed to day the Sumners' bill to permit supreme court justices with ten years of service to retire at full pay at the. age of 70. The measure went through on a roll call vote without a single amendment. Several re publicans joined democratic sponsors In urging passage. Speaker Ilankhead announced the vote 316 to 75. The measure would extend to the members of tho supreme court the same privilege of retirement now extended to members of the other federal, courts. One. amendment which was de feated would have raised the re tirement age to 75 Instead of 70, -WASNaTONF1l.:;.lft(AP) In tho first burst of democratic opposition on the house flour to President Roosovolts court reform program, Representative Lam neck (D., Ohio) suggested today It might lead to a "Hitler, a Mussolini or a Stalin government." Lam neck spoke shortly before the house planned to lake up a bill for retirement of supreme court judges at 70 a part of the judiciary reform recommended by Air. Roosevelt. "How long," the Ohioan asked "will we permit the executive brnuch of government to do our lecislntimr foi us? J hone the time has nrnvou when we will meet this challenge to the usurping of our powers and duties and serve notice liiut we in tend to insist that the executive occupy ills position ; that the Ju diciary shall occupy Us position and that the legislative branch of government will do the job Ihe con stltullon Intended it lo do." F. R. Calls Conference La in neck spoke shortly . nfter President Roosevelt had arrangei a series of conferences with con irressinnal leaders nn his court re form proposals. The meetings were designed, noine officials believed to amnllfv and expand his aims, White House aides announced the conferences ati ten democratic representatives banded together to unite opposition to the president's (Continued on page fi) NEW ORLEANS. Feb. 111. (A New Orleans counted five deud felt lis bruises, held lis bead an survoyed littered streets today In lenien penitence, Ms gay mardl eras a memory. As l ie cb nies or olrl mi. i.oui cathedral tolled midnight In tin 200 vear-old French (Miarler, III carnival was over. Hut the courts of Ilex, maid gras ruler, and Conius, one of til most excliinlve carnival organize Hons, danced inn II dawn in tnnul dual auditorium and plebeian slrugglers wended Ihe streets past lavllubt. Four persons died In liutoinobll accidents and a negro woman wa wounded lata ly by an nccldenia discharge of a Plilol In a barroom A masker was Injured critically In toppling from a third-story gu lerv In Hie heart of tbe Freni- nnarlr. F ve nelsons were sine bed, Including a policeman, un tho policeman Inflicted a revolve wound on the negro who slnshe him. MINERS ENDORSE BUREAU PROPOSAL GRANTS PASS. Feb. 10 (AI The Southwestern Oregon Min ers' association went on record en dorsing Governor Charles Martin's proposal for eau. state minniB uur- U. of O. Dean Heads . v National Survey .... (S Dean Wayne L. Morso EUGENE, Ore., Fell. 10. (AP) Wayne L. Morso, dean of tbe Unl- erslly of UreKon law school, on a loavo of, absence now heads the national survey of release proced ures, under "appointment' of Attor ney General Ilomor Cumnilngs, u notice from Washington said to day. Tbe WPA project has a. bud get of 2,000,000 and employs 1300 persons. 11 Is dosignod to assem ble corelato information concerning the niunnor in which prisonors are -eleased evorywhure in tho United States, to obtain- greater uniform ity of release procedures. I A Shield Against Drought and Dust Storms Asked in Report to Congress. . WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. (AP) President Roosevelt urged con gress today to formulate a "long run" policy for readjusting tho ug ricullural economy of pililrle slates combatting drought and dust storms. - , In transmitting n report from bis great plains drought commit tee "for the Informallon" of one gross, the i-roKliI-lit suggested a federal-stale privule iilllanco in a now economy ba.'ed on conserva tion and ciTinilvy iilill.ullon or water resources. The cotntnltlen- report stressed tbe need for a perijuv,"'"1 clmmca In farming methods la the droughl- devaslateil pralrl i region. It pro posed creation or ft new leilerae agency to dlrci I the i-rogrnm In co operation wllh slates liud p'lvnle gunizutinnr.. Tho! area Involved covers much of tho land belwcen .hu Mississippi river and the liiiaiiy mouu'alns from Canada to Mex-cn. Among methods proposed were: Acuulsltlon of millions of acres of lands by public agencies lo pre vent misuse und lo start reclama Hon. Federal and slain legislation to assure running methods nilapleil lo I he area. Increase In sizes of man farms termed too small to maintain tauii lles. 'oiisolidalion of local govern meul units. Immediate surveys to determine plowland Hint should be re-grassed, grassland that may be tilled, and grassland that should retain natural cover. Extension of co-operative grazing associations. The cominltlee suld tbe new fed eral agency would prevent over lapping anil confusion Hint now ex ists with fill federal agencies and many more slates and local nulls dealing with Ihe problems. WORKER AT STATE CAPITOL LOSES ARM SALKM, Feb. In. (AP) Wilbur Lorenzo Duncan, :10, won Ihe first casualty In the construction of the nr-w stale capltol, losing bis b-fl forearm after It had been catmlit In a conveyor belt. He was rushed to the hospital, where his ami was amputated. Dnncnn wrm car ried nenrty lo the top of the bunk er In the conveyor empties before other workmen saw bis predira men! and turned off the machinery. LABORITES OPPOSE PENSIONING EX-KING I.11- An borlte iitt-nilier of the hmme or coininoiiB derided today lo oppose grunting former King Kdwnrd n state pension. , At a speeinl meeting, tbe lnhor lie "M. I'.'s" adopted. Instead, a resolution fuvoring his "being pro vided for by tho roynl Jrnlly." SHIP THOUGHT ITS NOSE on TL Bodies of Two Pilots and Stewardess Fftdnd in Wreckage; Eight Passengers NotJ ) in Social and Business Worlds, f ; , Thrown Out by Impact. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10. (AP) The con3t cuaVd reported today that only three the Los Angeles-San Francisco wreckage in San Francisco bay, A short-wave broadcast from the scene of the wreck near the municipal airport, south of here, said the toD of the cabin ' had been sheared off and eight thrown out when the plane struck Loss Comes as Legislative Bill Was Due Granting Purchase Right. IIICND. Ore., Fob. 10. (AP) PI re sweeping across the southwest wing of the Deschutes county courthouse and spread subsequent ly by a terrific explosion burned tho $52,000 structure to the ground .shortly after 1 n. in. today. V , i no origin or u.uo names oiv tne cause, of the oxploaioivwhlcli: Col lowed , liflve not been, Fii.erhiliiod and the total loss cnunot bo fixod until llin vault In tho sheriff's of fice cools, permitting an examina tion to determine if valuable con tents were preserved. Virtually all records and tho val uable law libraries of , Circuit Judge 10. .f. Duffy and District At torney llert C. Hoylan woro fodder to the flumes. Dawn found only tho scorched, black walls of the big brick structure stnndlng. Coincidence was a part, of the disaster. An enabling hill to buy tbe building from the school dis trict, from which It had been tens ed, was to have been introduced in the legislature today by Itep. ,1. V. Ilosch. The district valued tho building at $r2,U00. Itrenklng out on the windward side In or near tho circuit court room, tho flames leaped across a hallway. Suddenly an car-shattftr-lug report spoutedTlre high In Ihe sky, followed by groat clouds of black smoke, which rolli d over the city. Without any placo to transact the county's business and with lit tle to work with had there been any, county officials bunted a tem porary home this morning but without much success. Formerly quartered down-town, they had moved into the building, construct ed In about two years ago, The school district vacated it upon construction of a now high school, FISH BUYING FOR RELIEF IS VOTED WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 (AP) The senate passed n bill by Sena tor Walsh ID., .Mass.), today to au thorize l be agriculture depart. , tnent to purchase fish In Us buying of surplus commodities for re lief. The. senate also pasHed and sent to Ihe hoiiHO today a bill to ex lend for two years treasury au thority to Issue federal reserve notes on the basis of government obligations. "Wally" Linked With Stage Ditty .. John Bud Upset, Singer Regrets LONDON, Feb. 10. f AP)The nrllisb llroiidcastlng corporation, red about its rorporate ears, main tained an embarrassed silence to day on the linking of Mrs. Wallls Simpson's name with a musical tag Hue "and we all have sex appeal Kxp.anM.on pile,, on explanation as to how tho Incident occurred :'.....,: r,, f : n AI Ihe end of the program, how-1 nn announeer stepped to the nilerophrine and ieelurcd: "We apologise to nil of our lis teners for Ihe unfortunate lapse from taste which occurred earlier In tbe priigrnni It was while a mule chorus sang Simpson, he was quoted. "What "and wo oil huvo sex appeal," that I ever mado me mention lief name, listeners were utartloil to hear a I Iyinnot think." . v 4 TO HAVE WT AFTER PILOT! bodies of the eleven victims of plane crash were found in the . victims apparently had been with terrific force. The bodies still in the pinna. were reported to be tliose of Pilot. : A. K. "Tommy" Thompson; co-pilot Joe Ilo Ceaaro nml Stewardess : Ituth Klmmel. . Tho cnift's right wing had been torn off about a yard from the -fuslhiKu. and the tail assembly was -shea rod off. ' - . Two department of commorco . Inspectors arrived from Ios An geles mid Immediately went to the spot, about a mile off shore, to view tho wreckage. Inspectors B. H. Griffin ami W. . Phelun said they had no idea, what canned the mishap. The 12-ton plane was half-lifted out of the water, revealing that tbe safety straps on the seats weiot hanging down. This was believed , to Indicate the straps wero miap-t pod by the terrific impact. i .? Shearing off the right' wing ami , motor indict ted, airmen- soldi lhat-, ttu ,bi(i plane- hadvHtruvk.vfin' Un. iioHu on that sjde , while . the pHott was making a wide circle to re-, turn to the landing field, which ho had overshot, v SAN FllANCISCO, Fob. 1(1. (AI') Shifting allien sucked the, wreekugo or an ulr transport, which plupged Into Situ Fninclsco bay with eleven occupants, com pletely under the murky waters early toduy. The protruding tail of the craft. Hlghted about five hours after ft crashed uround 9 o'clock last night, sunk from sight as a murine derrick and a deep sea diver were preparing to go to tho Bpol, , Observers expressed bellof tho Outgoing tide, which reached low ebb at r:lti a. in., pulled the Ili um Untied Airlines truiiHport un der tho water.. ' ' i , II. M. Doolin, San Francisco air port manager, said: "Thorn is no . possibility liny one on board Is allvo." About in feet of tho tnll was pro truding when the wreckage, was sighted about 2:30 a. in., lying one mile rrom the south snn h riiucisco shore and nhnut 11 miles from Mills field, San Francisco munici pal nil purl, where It was to huvo landed. Tbe nose of tho piano rammed Into the muddy bottom of the bay In about lli foet of water. Before It sunk Ihe big craft wns lying In the waler back down, as lr It bud whirled over us it struck. (Jhler pilot was A. H. "Tommy" Thompson, veteran of nil' mull and transport experience. Joseph Oo ' Cessiiro, (llendule, was 1 co-pilot and Itutb Klmmel, Alameda, wns stewardess, Notables Among Victims Passengers aboard the big olr llner included Meprescnlntlves- of wealth, business and society. Murk I-:. Fontiinn, r7, millionaire food mauurueturer and yntcbsman, wns returning to Ills home hero af ter ft business trip to l.os Angeles. Miss Gertrude (Irenuan, 24, .was enrnute to Uer Berkeley homo (Continued nn pngo 6) innHi'utlne voice exclaim: . "Mrs. Simpson!" Within a few moments after the reference to the woman for whom Kdwaid Vlll abdicated bis throne and who prohuhly will soon hold , the title of Duchess of Windsor, j Z """T" i " ,,M - i Ly" .SP.J .;!"c.' ,r.k W since 192a. "ll's all a terrible mistake," liorke was said to have moaned. II seems the words just slipped out. There was not, he suld, any . explanation. I did not make tho rnmnrk wllh nny thought of disrespect for Mrs.