With Spring Gardens Being Started, It's Time for All Good Neighbors to See That Their Dogs are Kept Either at Home on Under Control if on the trc:t
THF WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterduy 73
Lowest temperature last night 49
Precipitin Ion for 24 hours... T
Prwlp. since first oC uiontli .32,
Pmcin. from Sept. lUMi
Deficiency since Sept LJU.Hi U.Iiii
Quite unsettled; moderate.
REACTION
There'll be lota of It from
IX oo e'v e 1 t's no-compromiso
speech on 4ho Bupreme court rn
form, program. It promises to
hlRbllKlit news that will Interest
you. Read It in the NEWS-RK-
VIEW,! ..... , ......-,.
VOL. XL
NO. 265 OF ROSERURS REVIEW
ROSEBURG; OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 5. 1937.
VOL. XXVI NO. 185 OF THE EVENING NEWS
GJr THE DOUGL&S COUNTY DAII Y
Editorials
Ob Um
Dav' N
ews
By FRANK JENKINS
OIX of the nation's great steel
mills announce a minimum
.wage of $5 a day for common la
bor, time-and-a-half for. overtime
and recognition of the 40-hour
week. : r ...
The wage increases Involved are
estimated , to exceed $125,000,000
annually.
T,III2 contracts are signed with
John L.. Lewis' CIO, which fs
recognized as 4 the bargaining
agent fur (hat part of the workers
who are included in its member
ship, but no more.
That is a large concession to
Lewis, for it is the first time Ihc
steel industry has dealt with an
outside union, although it is less
than he would have liked to get,
for in the General Motors strike
Lewis d em u 11 (led recognition as the
bargaining agent for all the work
ers, whether members of his or
ganization or not.
It is apparent that both sides
conceded something. . ,
CO FAR as the general public is
concerned, it is of. little im
portance who won or who lost In
the steel negotiations, or ' how
much.
The point Is that the differences
Ivere settled peacefully, . without
Joss of time on the part of j the
workers and without interruption
of the business of the country.
That is a BIG point. -
IF YOU read the financial pages,
, you noted that steel stocks
SOARED following the settlement,
Bethlehem reaching a new . high
point since , -1930. Other ; steel
shares rose1 sharply. ! V 1 :
', Automobile stocks followed the
steels in the upward movement
-reflecting the ' opinion; probably,
on the part of buyers that with
(Continued on past 4)
. F. A. Flnley, Elkton logging con
tractor, has resumed cutting of
piling after being delayed by bad
weather and poor roads. Piling is
being hauled from Ohilla ' and
Camas Valley to Dillnrd for ship
ment to various parts of the coun
try. A Inrge amount of the pil
ing is going to government flood
control projects .in the Mississippi
valley. . ..
Timber Is being cut oi ihe C.
IT. Heater, Harry Gould, R. J. Cnr
nell and John M. Orr tracts in the
Ohilla and C'nnins Valley districts,
and at the Johnson property on
Hoover hill.
John LauraneR, Victor Bonn and
Buster Brown nre doing tint haul
ing. Woods employes Include
Gporge Carey, Paul lltiikley, Keith
Roberts, Harry Wesley, Frank
Samson, C. M, Ferguson nnd Vic
tor Howard.
As soon as road conditions wilt
permit It 1h proposed to extend the
logging operations to n 7Vncre
tract on the Heater place. At pres
ent the road will not permit the
heavy trucks lo reach this piece
of property.
Foes of Roosevelt
Plan Intend to
WASHINGTON, March 5. (AP)
While supporters were praising
President Roosevelt's court reor
ganization address, opponents of
his judiciary plan gave notice to
day they intended to continue their
fight against its adoption.
Postmaster General Farley de
clared Mr. Roosevelt's speech Inst
night would be recorded In his
tory as "one of the greatest ever
delivered in this country." Other
cabinet members and high admini
stration officials echoed this ap
praisal. On the other hand,- Senator
Burke (IX, Neb.), one of the moat
outspoken foes of the president's
plan, said: ....... -
"I commend the president for
Roosi Jelt Scores
DEMOCRACY
ENDANGERED,
NATIQNTDLD
Economic Freedom Won't
Wait, President States,
. Citing Outlawing of
New Deal Acts.
(By the Associated Press)
WASHINGTON. March 5. Presi
dent Roosevelt's contention that
decisions by the present supreme
court endanger democracy Inten
sified toduy the dispute over his
judiciary program and virtually
dispelled hopes for compromise.
Congressional leaders viewed his
leternijnatioii to carry the issue
to the people as heralding an his
toric 'struggle to reorganize the
court, not because of its burdens,
but frankly to encourage interpre
tations of the constitution more in
accord with the administration oft
jectlves. ...
Addressing the S100-a-nl ate
democratic "victory dinner" here
last night, the president declared
sharply: :
'Economic freedom for the wage
earner and the farmer and the
small business man will not watt,
like emancipation, for 40 yean...
'It will riot wait for four yeais.
It will, not wait at all.'?
His .words were nearly drowned
by 'cheers, from the 'more than
1,500 party .enthusiasts crowding
the : brilliantly-lighted' " Mayflower
hotel ballroom. -, : ,
No 3rd Term Wanted
Mr. Roosevelt told .his audlencej
wnai, ne nus Deen saying 10 mem
bers ;or congress, that he aspires
to no third term in 1940.
His ambition, he said, is to turn
over to his successor "a nation In
tact, a nation at peace, a nation
prosperous, a nation clear .in its
knowledge of -what powers it his
to serve its own citizens, a nation
that is in a position to use tho'-n
powers to the full in order to move
forward steadily to meet the mod
ern needs of humanity a nation
which has thus proved that the
democratic form and methods of
national government. can and will
succeed."
"God bless him?" cried a voice
across the room, above a tumult
of yells and applause.
Speukfng then of concern for the
future, Mr. Roosevelt described the
American form of government
the executive, legislative and judi
cial as a three horse team.
Without mentioning the supreme
court he did not naifie it at any
time he said three horses work
ing together could plough a field.
"If one horse lies down in the
traces or plunges off in anotherNli
rectlon, the field will not be
ploughed," he proceeded crypti
cally. Again cheers rung out.
Outlawing "Reviewed"
n quick order, Mr. Roosevelt
spoke of how the AAA, of NRA, the
(Continued oir page fit
INJURED BOY TAKEN
TO COTTAGE GROVE
Loren Coulter, who was recently
returned to IiIh home at Myrtle
Creek from Eugene after being
treated for a broken Lack, suffer
ed when' n snow-laden shed col
lapsed on him. has been taken to
Cottage Grove. He will be cared
for at the home of bis uncle nnd
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Coulter.
The boy is reported to be recover
ing from his injury. Ills legs were
paralyzed, but ate grodually begin
ning to show a return to normal.
Court Reform
Continue Struggle
bis eloquent statement of the
splendid objectives he has In mind
for a better America. I utterly con
demn the method by which, be pro
poses to meet that goal. Unless
checked by an aroused public, his
progrum wllr result In a serious
setback to the onward march of
democracy."
Senator Barkley (D., Ky.). who
favors the court program, viewed
the address as one which "will
put fight into the supporters of
the jtidletnry plan both In congress
and in the country "
Wheeler Stands Firm 1
For the most part opponents
chose to withhold comment. Senn-
(Continued on page 3)
Elmira Storekeeper's Attacker failed
Awards for Best 1936 Film Acting '
Won by Paul Muni and Louis Rainer
HOLLYWOOD. Calif.. March 5.
(AP) The academy 'awards for
motion picture greatness, golden
statuettes irreverently known as
"Oscars," were in the possession
of Paul Muni, stage and screen vet
eran, and Lnise Rnluer, compara
tive newcomer from Vienna.
The two highest honors at the
academy of motion picture arts
nnd sciences were presented last
night.
Muni's performance In the title
role of 'The Story of Louis Pas
teur," was adjudged by academy
members the best work done by a
motion picture actor in 1936.
Miss Rainer, as the glnmorous
Anna Held in "The Great Zleg
feld," won the corresponding prize
for actresses.
The customary storm of contro
versy did not develop when these
winners were-announced. The re
sults hud been quite accurately
predicted. ' : - - "
Muni himself has expressed be
lief that his work us Pasteur, the
French scientist, was his most sat
isfying In motion pictures. -
Miss Ruiner, expatriate from the
European stage, gullied her signal
honor in her second film here,
Critics generally were of the
opinion that Spencer Tracy ' as
the priest in "San Francisco" run
Muiil. the closest radio, and that
had he been "placed flu 7J.be onte
gory of sumiortlng actor competi
tion he might have;won that hands
down." . 1 :
The other three nominations
for best actor , were Gary Cooper,
Walter Huston and William Pow-
Blum Hopes to Draw Coin
From Hiding and Check
' Heavy Exports. '
PARIS, March 5. (API Pre
mier Leon Ilium's socialist govern
ment bolstered uncertain French
finances today by lifting the ban
on domestic gold trudlug, promised
drastic curtailment of public ex
penditures and urged "every
Frenchman" to support a now na
tional defense loan "the only one
which the treasury will issue dur
ing the course of the year.
To revive confidence, parliamen
tury circles said, the government
necessarily must peg the franc, nt
least unofficially.
Financial circles expected tho
Rank of France, with the backing
of the treusury and under the tri
partite agreement among France,
Great Brltuln and the United
States, lo keep the franc to 21.50
to the dollar, approximately the
present market price.
Premier Blum promised "needs
of the treasury will bu brought to
a figure which should not exceed
the normal capacity of treasury
placements or loans."
He based his principal hopes on
attracting hidden gold from hoard
ers' enches and repatriating French
gold which has TJcwed outside the
country In the last flvo months
since the devaluation of October,
1930.
This national defense financing,
Blum nsserted, will not allow any
Frenchman to "plead his personal
interests in order to dodge his
civic obligations."
French stocks showed substan
tial gains today, reflecting Increas
ed confidence In the government's
revised financial policy,
BEER liML MUSIC
MUST BE APPROVED
PORTLAND, Ore.; March
(AP) The mountain will come to
Mohammed as far as beer hall re
cords and the city's censure board
nre concerned. '
The city council ruled Ilia', disc
music must bo approved uhen th?
music vendor receives a llrcny.
The ruling camo when tlm in':
tlon picture censure boird nsi;i-d
clnriffcntlon of n new ordinance r
quiring censoring or ovtrty noi
music. The board claimed li would
he embarrassing and inconvenient
to make the rounds of beer hall
and listen to nutomatlc music device.
Supr
. : i
ill
Paul Muni
ell, appearing respectively in "Mr.
Deeds Goes to Town," "DodBWorth"
and "My Man Godfrey."
Pitted against Miss Rainer were
frene Dunn in "Theodora Goes
Wild," Gladys George iu "Valiant
Is the Word for Carrie," Carole
Lombard in "My Man Godfrey,;
and Norma Shearer in "Romeo and
Juliet," . - . , ..'.;
., TiViinlr Pnni'ri ' uMiAmi
work il
L&iesB'liilrr
nhfl.rnr'tflrlzmr hv'rtilfr .HchtiieHfi-
Slightly mad whlmsey won -the
award for direction for the second
consecutive year, for ills comedy
hit "Mr." Deeds Goes to Town."
Last year he scored with "It Hap
pened One Night."
Unions in Portland Region
Plan Negotiations on
Wage Demand.
PORTLAND, March 5. (AP)
Seatlte'slabor controversy spread
lo Porl;i)id today with an an
nouncement by Don Hemlck, sec
retary of the Columbia river dis
trict lumber and Hawmlll workers'
union, that "initial plans for ne
gotiations in this area 'will bu in
stituted Saturday.'
Most of Seattle's mills were
closed. Strikers asked 10 cents an
hour wage Increase with a mini
mum of $5.20 for eight hours. It
wus indicated the same scale would
be asked in this district, but Hel
mtck said local employers had not
yel received requests. v 4
The Columbia council claims 10,
000 members In the mills t.nd lug
ging camps, with approximately
3,600 in Portland.
Workers Reject Union
Employes of the Stlmson mill
near Forest Grove, which fftrunrd
prominently in the lumber striKC
of 1935, rejected the proposal to
name the lumber and sawmill
workmlll workers' union 11s their
collective bargaining agency by a
vole of 10ft to 46.
In announcing results of the bal
loting, Chaj-lcs W. Hope, region
al director of the national labor re
lations board, said "this doM not
mean that any bargaining agoncy
has been established merely that
the union has been rejecre:!."
Tho mill was . operated during
the 1935 strike, and at one time
ftuto police dispersed - 400 union
(Continued on pagn 3)
MRS. S. B. HERMANN
DIES IN PORTLAND
Mrs. Schiller B. Hermann (Kath
nrlno M. Mason 1. well known In
HoKeburg, died this morning at her
Imme In Portland, according to
word received here. Horn In Chel
sea, Mass., she gradtuved from the
floston Consei-vntorV of Music, and
following her marriage to Mr I!ir
manu moved to Coos county, Ore
gon, where she made her home for
severn 1 years before moving to
Portland 2d yoars ago. Surviving
are her husband, a brother of El '
hert ft Hfirninnti nt Itrtattlinrir ' a '
Uln Vlltntl nf flrnaltu..) ui.il a '
daughter, Mrs. Flora A. Kenney,
Portland. Private funeral si-rvices
nr to he hnld. It was announced.
but a date has not yet been Bel. J
erne Court Decisions
E
BILL DEFEATED
Senate Accepts Report of
Committee, Declaring .
Measure Threat to
Mine Industry.
SALEM, March 5. (AP) Up
holding un adverse report of the
committee on mining, tho Hoimte
Indefinitely postponed n bill to re
strict dredge nnd similur plucer
mining on the Itogne river toduy.
The vote wh 22 to (1.
Senator Strayer explained the
nnnniinout decision of the ' com
mittee with tho statement that the
hill "would discourage tho mining
industry in Oregon."
"The overwhelming testimony
on this bill wus thut It should not
pass," Struyer declared. "Over 10
per cent of Income in Josephine
county is derived from mining.
Surely we have no right to -push
any hill that will directly nttnclt
this source of, revenue with no
thought of the many people uf
fected."' . t
' Aiiattaclt on tho committee ro
nort was made hv Senator Chauev.
Coos f'Oiilily,:who i'o'nd letters ;frbui
curry county residents protesting
ugalnst the dredge mining indus
try, it was charged during the
course of committee hearing and
senate debate that tho dredge
mining Industry was contributing
to- stream pollution through rtls
chnrge-of iitud into the river, and
that the sportsmen were losing In
terest in the river.
Strayer held that sportsmen and
.others uknig the river , had re
course to litigation If the stream'
was excessively polluted.'
"The Very fuel thut they have
not resorted to court is evidence to
mo that they cannot provo their
case,'; strayer charged.
$30,000 For Exhibit
Tho state of Oregon will enter a
(Continuod on page 61
T
MURDER 1 KELSO
KELSO, Wash.. March 5 (AP)
A political feud which reverbe
rated throughout southwest Wash
ington VI years ugo came to life
today after the arrest of Fred Hall
of Columbia, S. C.
Sherlif H. T. O'Hrlen said Hall
was Identified through finger
prints by the federal bureau of
investigation as Frank T. Hart, ex
convlct, wanted for the first de
gree murder of Thomas Dovery,
Kelso newspaper editor, Juno 10,
11)25,
Dovery was shot on a street
while returning from it political
meeting, and John W. Smith was
sentenced to years In tho state
penitentiary for his murder.
Smith, however, named Hart as
the mun who actually fired the
shot.
Tho shooting occurred during a
bitter political period on which A.
Ruble Todd, now of Seattle, was
elected mayor and sought to con
trol' the city's administrative af
fairs. The city council, however, frus
trated him on every hand, refus
ing to confirm his appointments
to city offices.
Opposing factions accused the
other of responsibility for the slay
ing of Dovery.
Smith said ho and Hart ciime to
KcIho to start boxing shows, but
failed. Ho mild Dovery whs slain
in u holdup,
Veterans' Facility
Memorial Passed
SALEM, March 5. (API
The senate late yesterday pass
ed unanimously a memorial by
Senator C, W. Clark. RosHmrg,
asking congress for re-establishment
of hospitalization facilities
at the Rose lung veterans' ho.v
pita!. An order had l.ecn Issued
setting aside tho hospital for
mental cases.
I IN
CONFESSION OF
DEED MADE BY
Forgery Charge Results in
Capture of Fugitive in
Lane County; Beaten
Man Improves.
EUGENE. March 5. (AP)
District Attorney L. L. Ray this
morning announced that Kiwi it S.
Brown, held at tho county jail on
a forgery charge und grilled for
more than 48 hours regarding tho
brutal slugging and robbery of Pe
ter P. Colgnnrd, Elmira storekeep
er, had confessed to the crime.
Tne man signed a confession',
Ray said, admitting that he had
clubbed Colgaard. robbed tho safe
and cash register of approximate
ly $7, and camo to Eugeno Imme
diately after the crime He was ur
rested in Cottago Grove lato Wed
nesday on tho forgory count and
wns bound over to tho grand jury
yesterday.
In his confession, officers said
Drown told them he could not re
tmember details of tho beating he
gave .Colgunrd. Ho told authorities
lie htul emoruu the tMoro,, ordored
a pair of overalls;, and a pair of
gloves and when tho storekeeper
opened the safe to get change,
stepped around the corner of tho
counter nnd slugged him. He said
ho could not remember how many
times he struck tho elderly man
before leaving him on the floor,
taking the money bag from tho
safe and throwing his wooden
club Into the stove to destroy It.
He then went back to tho cash
register, obtained a quantity of
small change, nnd fled. :
: Charges to be placed against the
man pend recovery of his victim,
now In a semi-conscious condition
at the Sacred Heart hospital. He
wiih described as somewhat Im
proved this morning. '
Bizarre Annie Develops
Officers Investigated a bizarre
angle of the case lute last night
when city police picked up a man
who gave his namo ns Joe Elder.
Dodged In the county jail on a
drunk charge, the man nllpgodlv
began talklm? about the El in Ira
case nnd officers started to quos
tlon him. He suddenly leaped to
his feet, cried1 out that he l.nd tak
en .some poison two hours beforo
and then collapsed.
Rushed to a hospital where his
stomach was pumped out, physic-Inns
sld they found no evidence
of any form of poison nd tho man
soon revived nnd talked to offlc-
fContniued on page 8.)
MEDFORD, March R (API
Roland Tremalne, Indicted last No
vember by the Jackson ' county
grand Jury on n reckless driving
charge, and long sought, was ar
rested lest niRht bv city police
while allegedly stealing gasoline
from parked automobiles.
Tremalne wns arraigned In cir
cuit court this morning and wns
grnted further fine to plead.
TrenniliiP was the asserted driv
er or a car that collided with n
meat truck on tho North Pacific
blrrhwnv lant. April. In which Miss
Ruth RWkh sustained hpiIous In
hn1en. from which she has recov
ered. The Indictment nllcges that
Tremalne wns driving on the
wr"'ig tde of the road.
The burned and wrecked Tn.
malne unto was exhibited In the
Jackson county "Lei's Ouit Kill
Ing" rampulgu of a year ago.
AUSTINT"RYAN
DIES IN PORTLAND
Word has hpen received hf.ro of
the death it Portland Feb. 28 of
AuMn I- It van, flfl former resi
dent of Rreburg. Hn resided at
Rnehure for a number of veam
while cmolcved nn an enelneer for
the Soulhcrn Pacific companv. Sur
vtvlng are his wife, Arleno (Reed)
Itynn. nnd two daughters, Arlene
nnd Bernloce.
ELWIN BROWN
LOniG-SOUGHT CAR
DRIVER ARRESTED
Legislators Get
Threats, Insults;
Inquiry Ordered
SALEM. March 5 (AP)
Hevolt against attempted "Intimi
dation" and Indignation over 'of
fensive nnd Insulting messages"
sent lo members of the house;' led
the lower assembly to adopt a reso
lution today creating n committee
lo make u thorough investigation'
of such attempts.
Understood to apply chiefly to
pin hull nnd certain labor Interests,
the resolution sold that telegrams,
telephones nnd letters have been
received by members "importun
Ing, urging, nnd in many instances
intimidating nnd commanding the
members of tho house to support
or oppose certnln measures and at
tempting to put pressure .upon
members of the hoiiHe ...
The adoption of the resolution
resulted In the appointment by
Speaker Rolvln of Representatives
Tatlnnd, Pilhror nnd Laird as the
investigating committee.
Severn) weeks ago a member of
the legislature received n tele
gram threatening to harm his busi
ness for action he bad taken on the
nntl-lubor bills in the bouse and
wus signed by the representatives
of a Inhor group, sponsors said.
Yesterdny u Multnomah county
representative received a deluge of
telegrams and letters commanding
him to work for a bill which would
license certain pin hall machines
and punch boards, they continued.
Other members reported telegrams
of ft threatening nature." '
ERMTS
Returned Douglas Fugitive
Announces Intention of
Pleading Guilty. ,
Fred Baker, who escaped from
the Douglas county bill June 24,
1!K13, and who wns recently re
turned to lloHohurg fallowing his
arrest In Oregon City, today sign
ed u statement admitting the thoft
of an automobile here. Deputy
Sheriff Clifford Thornton reported.
Maker has announced his Inten
tion of going Into the circuit court
and pleading guilty to n district
attorney's Information charging
automobilo theft, with the proba
bility that his term of confinement
would lie changed from tho county
jail lo the penitentiary, Thornton
said.
Raker and Ed McCarthy, -each
sentenced to one year in the county
Jail on larceny charges, escnped
when made trusties and given yard
employment. Baker's statement;
ThornLon said, was that following
their escape he and McCarthy hid
out on a wooded hill east of Rose
burg until nightfall, then returned
to town and stole an automobile
belonging to Merit C. Lund roth
of this clly. The car was driven to
Eugene und then to Rend, by way
of the McKeuzio pass, the state
ment said, according to Thorn
ton's report, and was then driven
to Klamath Falls, whero. it was
abandoned.
McCarthy, Baker's companion in
the escape, Is serving time In a
Kansas penitentiary on grand theft
charges, the sherirfs office was
Informed by the criminal Identifi
cation bureau, Thornton said.
Geisha Girl Kills Herself Rather
Than Join Strikers in Nude Rites
OSAKA, Japan, March TifAP)
A beautiful 22-yenr-nld geisha
girl chose death today rather than
Join Bcores of her sister sit-down
strikers In nude riles or purifica
tion within the snored precincts
of a llnildhlnl Icmplc.
The geisha girls, barrlcnded
within the temple precinct on
Mount Hhlultl, rose before dnwn,
stripped off their nlghlrobes and
plunged Into an open till- bath of
freezing water in rltunllRtic purifi
cation before prayln for suceess
of their strike against exploitation.
I lilt modest I'tikukn Miyamoto
slipped away from her sisters and
went secretly down the mountain
o the city where she took potRon.
Her bout-broken colleagues, their
protest against their managers
temporarily rorgotten. plaum-fl to
give her n fiinernl such ns Is ac
corded only In national heroines.
After the rigorous outdoor rite
of Inn Icy water, tho scores of
nude entertainers prostrated them
DEFERENCE TD
HITLER HOUSES
REQFNAZIS
State Department Regret
Remark of Mayor, But
Germans Hit Back at
N. Y. Condition. .
; WASHINGTON, March 6. (AP)
Tho United States apologized to
Germany today for remarks made
recently by Mayor Floiello I.a
Guardia of New York about Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler;
The state department Bald fhat
James C. Dunn, chief of the di
vision of western European affairs,
In an oral statement to Dr. Hans
Thomsen, counselor of the German
embassy, said, In substance:
"The German government
through itB embassy here makes.
complaint against certain utter
ances of Honorable Plorello La-
Guardia In a public address at tho
Hotel Astor In New York on March
3, stating thut such , utterances
seriously and severely reflect up
on the head of the German state
and the Gorman government.
in this country the right, of
freedom of speech 1b guaranteed
uy the constitution to every citi
zen and Is cherished as a part of
national heritage This, however,
does not lessen the regret of- the
government when utterances eith
er by private citizens or by public
offlcals speaking In an individual
capacity give offense to a govern
ment with which we have oftlclnr
relations. ; . . .. . ,
"I very - earnestly deprecate the
Utterances which hnvo thus given
of reuse to the German govern
ment. They 'do not represent.' the"'
attitude of this government toward
the German government. It Is uur
policy to conduct the official itln
tlon with other nations upon u ba
sis of complete and mutual re
spect for the rightB and senslhilt-
(Continued on page 0)
By REBEL SHELLS
MADRID, March 5. (AP) In
surgent -: gunners pumped 1 new
shells into Madrid today to strafe
a city besieged for four long
months. '
Madrllenosv however, worb confi
dent the shells, fired In durk nnd
foggy weather, would entiBO little
damage. They believed they were
Intended, in tho main, to crack
their morale.
Facing possible now food restric
tions, they tightened their belts.
The few refugees In the officially'
closed American embassy building
were put on bread rutionB for the
first tlnio half a largo roll ol
bread apiece for the day.
Today's new shells followed- a
night of bombardment nnd a brief
lull In which tho clty'B defenders
tolled to extend their fortlflcutlonB.
The night shelling was believed to
have Inflicted some casualties In
tho city's residential districts. Two
of .the Insurgent shells landed In a
plnzu six blocks from, tho United
States embassy where many Amer
icans have taken refuge.
To reports that General Franco
was concentrating . his Insurgent
troops for a new effort to smash
Mndrid's defense, Goneral Miaju.
commander of the ccntrnl govern
mont front, declared, "It has been
shown they ennnnt break through."
selves on the hard floor before the .
main altar of Gyokuzo temple nnd
prayed for a half hour.
Then In a group, while Filkuko
wns stealing silently to the death
her modesty dictated, they mnrch
ed before the director of pollen
and petitioned him to organize an
Independent geisha guild.
On Hint condition only, they de
clared, would thoy return to their
nightly Jobs of entertaining Osaka's
tired business men. The police
chief promised to consider their
petition.
Their appeal to him was made
only nrter the sympnthotlo priests
of the temple where the strike was
being singed had beon unable to
obtain their demands for Individ
ual freedom.
Tho priests had urged them lo
carry their petition to tho city of
ficials, declaring with tears stream
Ing down their cheeks:
"We can not bear to wateh Ihesi
good girls loso their Just fight."