The U. S., After Apologizing to Hitler for La Guardia's Slurs, May Yet Be Ordered to Apologize for What Americans Called the Kaiser During the 7tr. THE WEATHER Highest tempcruture yesterday 63 lxi west temperuturo lust night .49 Precipitation for t hours-..-. .22 Prttcip. hIiicm first of mouth M3 Prtwlii. rroui jSupt. 1, 193G 10.12 Dfficienty Hlnvb Sept. 1, 1936 8.1'!) Probably showers. SCHOOL BONDS PWA action on Rnseburn'a ap plication for a $14,000 grant for a achool bond tie-In la expected any day. The NEWS-REVIEW will bo flrat to Inform you when the newa Is flashed over the wire. -' - ,. . . .i , JOL. XL NO. 272 9" ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 13.1937. VOL. XXVI NO. 192 OF THE EVENING NEWS JS TOUN ikl ? Ik- nM m i . m m m m. -aai , ' 1 " . , j. - . . ; . - . '' I -....'. ... . , . ... , 7 Governor Vetoes Anti-Stredm i IN 5 III FACE BURDEN Plan Also Discriminatory, - Governor Finds; Money ; Voted for Exhibits Gets Approval. ' SALEM, March 13. (AP) Con troversy over the effects of the measure which would prohibit mu nicipalities from discharging any deleterious substunces into streams ended last .night when Governor Martin vetoed the proposal be- ' cause it was "discriminatory." The original hill, us introduced by Senator. Carney, would hare created a sanitary commission with authority to enforce the pro visions prohibiting any person, industrial firm or municipality from dumping waste into rivers or lakes. , In his veto message, Governor Martin said the substitute bill, senate bill 414, was introduced in the senate during the closing hours of the session and rushed through without having that careful con sideration that should ha afforded to un important subject. ' "This bill does not cover the discharge of sewage aud industrial waste or any other noxious or de leterious, substances .Uy nny; per- son, corporation or association oth er than a municipality," Governor Mai'tin said. "It is therefore dis criminatory.; . "This hill would place upon the cities and towns a very heavy bur den for construction of uecessary plants in order to carry out the provisions of the act. The governor aiso vetoed house bill No. 134, by the military af fairs committee, providing educa tional opportunities for children of Oregon men who died in the mili tary or naval service of the Unit (!! Slates during the World war. Money) for Exhibits Governor Martin signed three appropriation hills for future ox- (Continued .on page IH. W0M1 KILLED US AUTO SUES POLE v- PENDLETON, Ore.. March 13 (AP) Mrs. Ida Olmstead, nboul 50, or Portland, was killed Instant ly and Mrs. Esther Mohr of Gres ham was seriously Injured when an automobile operated by Allen Mohr of Grpsham collided with a telephone pole in front of the Un ion Pacific depot at Hermiston this morning. ' Mr. Mohr, who suffered minor cuts and bruises, told Investigating officers the car was out of control when it hit the pole. His mother-in-law. Mrs. Olnis;ead. was killed when her body was thrown through the windshield. The condition of his mother, Mrs. Mohr, is not yet known as she has not regained consciousness since the accident. The party was mot oring to Medical Springs to visit Mohr's wife. Editorials on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS IlAYOR LaGUAUDIA, of New York, who has a free-wagging tongue, insulted Dictator Hitler the other day, asserting that some where in tills country we ought to have a "chamber of ' horroi-s" and l'i It a figu ; of a "br i n-sh'.rtcl fanatic." (The brown shirt, you know, Is the emblem of the nnzl fascist, as the black shirt is tho emblem of Mussolini's fascists.) "HE uproar from Germany was terrific, and as n result of it the department of state of the gov ernment of the United States of fered a formal apology for La Guardla's words, carefully pointing otit thnt In this country free speech is still guaranteed by the ronstitutlon hut adding regret that (ho mayor of America's largest Dr. Elihu Thomson, Noted Inventor of Electric Arc Welding, Passes On SWAMP8COTT. Mass., March 13 (AP) Dr. Ellhu ' Thomson, S3, of the General Electric com pany, Inventor of electrlo arc weld ing and contemporary of. the late Thomas A. Edison, died today at his home. , Lnst fall engineers gathered In Detroit and Lynn to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Thomson's discovery of electric welding. The inventive genius of Ellhu Thomson' began to make itself manifest when he was 11 'years old. At that early age his young orafn conceived some sort of a mechanical idea and, with a wine bottle as-a. cylinder, he -constructed a crude frictlonal machine. Thereafter, through his high school course and for more than three score years, he devoted him self to mechanical, optical and elec trical exnenments nnd inventions. Eventually he gained recognition as one of the group which hud con tributed most to the phenomenal development of electrical science during the half century beginning about .1880. In-his-76th year Dr. . Thdliison undertook the. making of a 200 inch telescope mirror, a task re garded as one of the most deli cate scientific works ever attempt ed. The mirror, planned for the largest instrument of its kind in the world, demanded perfection to the one-millionth pf an Inch.. He was credited with upwards of -700 patents for his electrical, mechnnidul and optical contrivan ces One of the enrly inventions of Dr. Thomson, produced In conjunc tion with Edwin J. Houston, was ESCAPED' OREGON CONVICTS CAUGHT PORTLAND, March 13. (API Claude Twfggor, 30, and Jack Young,. 2. who escaped from tho state penitentiary at Salem Febru ary 2S, were both back in custody today. State and city police arrested Twigger as he was silting down to dinner at the homo of his mother here last night. Young was taken here Thursday. Holh were sentenced from Mult nomah comity. Twlggor received 12 years in 1 032 on an assault an:l robherv charge, and Young two ynrs for forgery In 19rr. OFFERS TO SERVE TOWNSEND'S TERM PORTLAND. March 13. (AP) All Vr. Francis Townsend has to do to solve his 30-duy sentence for contempt of the house of represen tatives Is accept the -offer of Uoon Carson, Portland lawyer, who tele graphed the pension plan leader thnt he "earnestly" Insisted Dr. Townsend let him serve the sen tence. CAFE TO MOVE TO HA YNES BUILDING Quarters in the smith half of tho Haynes building on North Jackson street are being remodel led and will be occupied next week by the Triangle cafe. Tho cafe Is now located In the Crcason build ing at Juckaon nnd Winchester streets. city should have seen fit to speak as freely as he did. OME8 now the Socialist party of America (which once was looked upon as quite radical, but now is generally regarded as al most distressingly conservative) aud Invites LaOunrdla to insult Mussolini and his black-shirts In substantially the same terms used by him In Insulting Hitler and his brown-shirts. It looks like another job for the apology squad. T MUST be admitted, of course, that ono of the surest ways to get Into trouble Is to make biting remarks about the neighbors and in the family of nations Germany Is a neighbor of the United States. If your children havo ever (Continued on pager 4) ' X ' v a i f li y Dr. Ellhu Thomson the machine for the perfectly con tinuous centrifugal separation of Buhstances of different densities. The practical value of the machine Immediately was, recognized, par ticularly in the separation of c renin front' milk, and soon was in . gen eral use in creameries., r . -Div -Thomson jyasLborn at Man chester, .'Engluriil. "1-ie Inherited his Inventive genius from his father, who was a skilled' engineer and machinist. PASSENGERS QUIT British Motorship Afire in North Pacific; Cruiser Rushes to Give Aid. SAN PRAKCISCO, March' 13. (AP) Itndlo advlcos to the U. S. S. Louisville today said the ' pas sengers of the burning motorship Sltvcrlnrch had abandoned the craft In lifeboats In the North Pa cific. Globe wireless reported Inter centing a rndlo message from Cap tain r . H. Henderson of the Silver larch which said tho fire was "creeping" again. "We will stand bv until you ar rive." the master told the Louis ville. In calling for aid at 12:48 n. m., Captain Henderson said' a fire burning In a hold for several days was threatening to blaze out of control. The Louisville steamed toward the Sllverlnrcli. ronoillng It ex pected to reach the endangered vessel nbout 2:30 p. m. SAN PEDRO. Cnllf.. March 13. f AP) The British steamer Silver larch, menaced by a fire, in her hold in the North Pacific, sailed from Snn Pedro with a cargo of reneral merchandise a week ago. She carried a crew of about 40. Customs nnpers at the harbor here Identified the passengers as three women M. W. Weller. H, A. Weller and K. Orenfell and five men. J. C. I cwK C. N. Cnmp. H. Dorbort, A. K. Wilson and O. Nor ris. Thev were believed to bo Amer icans nn n world tour. DF-VTH WINS Pjr.HT FOR lsyz-OZ. INFANT tiVty vnt?K. Mnrch 13 MP) mite of life Tfem'-tiirelv born tn Mi-, nnd Mr. Mnv Post Thursday foMed tn n-'f-ronn-e overwhelming rtdils. nnd dt-wi tn'-iv In nn Inci'bn '" it a fashionable mldtown hos Pl-nl. Wehn(r onlv 1 P H niitireq nnd in tlnv sho could bo held In the -iii-Ti of be hand. t--- Hrl was fed milk with a medicine dronner rhllo four doctors worked to save her life. . YOUTH rRiNHFO TO DEATH BY HORSES PUAITME riTY, Mftt-ph 13 f m A tenm of hnrf8. h'tlne n'Ml httrfcd to a "v felt, rt-tihed Chnrio w. Fielnn. lit. nctnft pntn no n wn nttemptlng lo open It and killed him. OF Warships of France, Italy,: England, Germany Move ' to Enforce Accord ? on Neutrality. ' . LONDON, March 13. (AP). The wnrships of four ereot powers rreat Britain,- Prance, Italy and Germany today began taking over' heats" to police the coasts Of war scarred Spain and put teeth in the 27-natIon neutrality agreement.-:; Further vital Bteps, supplement ing the naval cordon; remained to! be taken, ' however. , before the- "linn ds off Spain" lines could bo drawn tightly about the civil war. Three newly appointed super visors of the international' blocks pde, chosen as the neutrality com- muiee enueu niuiiiim ui metering over details, and principles, plan ned to meet In London Monday to complete plans. , . They must provide for recruiting of frontier agents to be stationed on the French and Portuguese bor ders of Spain, a task committee members believed would require at least a week. ' : - ' ' ; i . . t Would Ban Outsiders ' IV.h n. 47 nnptinlnnlln. nn.' tlonij also must pass -legislation 'ttrif promulgate, decrees requiring n ships to comply with orders of the International navnl patrol. Then, the committee hoped, the flow of munitions and volunteers to Spain would be halted. Since the committee meeting ap parently was harmonious, observ ers believed the negotiators did not consider the Valencia govern ments charges that thousands of Italian volunteers have readied in surgent territory since the . com mittee ban nominally became et- (Continued on page 8)' NAZIS TELL U. S. TIRRLIN". March 1.1. (AP) Foreign Minister Konstantln von Neurnth. sources close to the Wilhetmstrasse said today, has answered United States Ambassa dor William K. podd'a representa tions against Gormon press at tacks with the explanation they wore not intended to offend. Von Neurnth, they said, pointed out the strictures of Mayor . Ln Ouardta of New York against the German reglmo nnd said they created "understandable" Indigna tion throughout the relch. If some German newspapers ex ceeded proper hounds ' in their comments, the foreign minister was said to have assorted. It was because of their excitement over the LaGunrdin remorks. Baron von Neurath assured (lie United Slates ambassador no in sult tn the United States nation was intended, these circles said. SCOUTS TO AID IN GO-STRAIGHT PLAN SALKM. March 13. (AP) Pov Scouts are valuable aid In keenlnir straight boyH who nr relmo'l from Oreenn state training school. Hnm McLaughlin, superintendent of the school. tnM to''p" - "Unfortunately." he said, "people In many eommunltleB further con tribute to the riellnouencv of th" hoy who has comnMttnf1 pi of fense, however minor that offense mnv hnvo been, hy siMinninst him rather than greeting nim. We have helned Ih'H nrnhinr" hv rnntn with the local P.ny Hcnitf troop In the community to which the hoy re turns frnm the Hchool." He added that "the n itnher of boy who has committed nn of Btltutlnn In practically nil." LITHIA SPRINGS HOTEL TAKEN OVER MEDFOflD. fire.. March 13 (API The Llthln Springs hotel In Ashland Friday became the nroneriv of Wilier H. Leveretto, Medford flnnncler and realtor, In a transaction with the Title ft Trust company of Portlnnd. It was announced today. The nmnunt In volved was not divulged. The ho tel originally cost $300,000. BEGUN BY 4 POWERS PERMANENT HIGH CQURTDF 15 AD GATED Plan Would Satisfy Some Foes of F. R.'s Program, Says Pittman; Quiz Held Useless. , WASHINGTON, March 13. (API Senator Pittman (D., Nov.). a judiciary committee member supporting the Roosevelt court bill, proposed today that the sug gested increase in the. size of the supreme court be unconditional and permanent. . His proposal, the first' from an administration lender for a change in the president's hill, -would en large the tribunal to in members even If justices over 70 retire. Mr. Hoosevelt recommended nn Increase only tn the event older justices remained on the bench. Pitt man said if -his amendment to tle.blll was approved, he would offer a constitutional amendment to prevent tUf court from being enlarged beyond 15 members. He forecast it would eliminate some of the opposition to the president's bill. The Pittman suggestion was ad vanced as the Judiciary commit tee took a week-end recess in the Jinaring8...on.the .court .bill, . Sena tor wiieeier (!-., Ainnt.t. wtu open opposition testimony Monday. Pittman, discussing his. propos al, said: "I have no desire to Induce the present judges to retire. In fact I would like to have the new mem bers of the court have the bene fit of the arguments nnd opinions of the present Justices." He noted that ho had sounded out Attorney General Cummines on his idea during the henrlugs this week aud that the cabinet of ficer had no objection. Three Reasons Given (."The court ought to be. Increas ed to at least 15 members," the senator said. "There are three reasons: , . i "First, it woufil brine Into the court new blood men who ure mentally free and not bound by and confused, by prior precedents they may huve established them selves. "Second, It would relieve a psy chological situation that cxlBts In the court hy reason of long dis putes based on differences of opin ion as to policies. While It might not change every decision, il un- (Continued on page 8) OF FUNDS DECRIED LONDON, March 13. (AP) Da vid Lloyd Oeorae, Ilrltaln'H World wur prime nifniatcr, championed the Duke of Windsor's financial future today with the attaertlon that cutllnfc him off from the roynl purae would be "tho helKht of meannesp." . Tho Newa Chronicle said (lie el der atatcmiian would protest lo the committee compiling the Mnu's civil list, nn outline of prospective flnnuclnl outlays, aKiilnst nnv lack of nrovlslon for the abdicated mon arch. The duke Is In Enstesfcld, Aus tria, aelf exlled and nwaitliiR the day when Mrs. Wnllls Warfleld Simpson will be free to marry him. Lloyd (leorce, who will he a member of the civil list commit tee, said "It is acandnlmin If the cx-kInK Is lefl out." adding; "All tho members of the royal family have been provided for ex cept the exklnir. who It I" ennr- ally admitted, behaved very de cently." The duke was reported In hnvo decided to purchase a $30,000 air plane niter selllne a nlane bnuelil when ho was Prlnco of Wales. The old plane, which hns flnwn 2fi,000 miles, cost 120,11cm in l'.i:i:i. SUCKERS AND DACE WILL BE TRAPPED IlEBDSPOItT. March 13. (AP) To reduce Ihe destruction of of Rame flBh In the lower limp- nun slresms. Hie state gamo com mission (trnnted residents near the rnlls of tributary Hmiin river per mission to trap tuckers and dace. Roseburg Club Plans Activities For National B. P. W. life C? F.xccutlve board of the Business and Professional Women's 'Club of RoseburQ. First row; 'Miaa lia Laubach, president; Miss .Evelyn Breckenridae, sergeant-at-arms; Miss Florence Snedaker, recording secretary. Second row: Miss Marjorle Wilson, corresponding secre tary; Miss Ina Farnsworth, vice-president; Miss Lucy M. Plnkertonr treasurer. . Joining with clubs throughout the United States, - the Rosoburg Business and Professional Wo men's clubs will pnguge in speclul activities next week In. celebra tion of Nutlonul Ruslness uml Prq- fesslonal Women's, Week from March 1-1 to 20,- Inclusive:-, ; The Incnl nhaervance' will lieiitn Sunday, when mumhei's of the' lo cal club will attend In 11 body the J Bands, Endeavorers, Future Farmers, Typing Speed ' Contestants Dated. CORVALLIS, March 13. (AP) -Dittos for tour major contests and conventions which will bring Hundreds or young people to Cor vallls and Oregon Htute college during the spring term hnve been unnounced. I'Mrst of these Is tho state high school bund contest, two sections of which will he held hero - this year and two sections at Eugene. April 0 and 10 are the dales when class A and class D bauds will compete here while clasB n and C bands are at tho university. Hunt) leaders voted to divide' the con test lo nvold conjnstion caused by the increased niimbor or con testants. The hint day of the band con test, April 10, will nlso bring sev eral hundred entrants in the an nual statu high school typing con test sponsored by the school of sec torial Bclence. Moro prlr.es are being offered nils' yonr by typewrit er manufacturers In ndditlon to the officii!) awards. April 15 to 18 are tho dales for tho stale convention of the Christ- Ian Endenvor society expected to bring 1500 delegates to the four- day sessions, snino to be hold on Hie campus and some down town. l'uluro Farmers of America, tho organization of boys In Stiillh- Hughes agricultural classes, will hold their annual state convention here April 20 to Mny 1 Inclusive. IlundredB come from most coun ties for this gathering which com bines study, business and con tests. WOMAN BURGLAR PAROLED TO MOTHER PORTLAND, March 13. (AP) A 29-yoar-old woman. Mra. Audrey Whnelur, convicted- of biirglarlilng an apartment, rocelvoil a sentence of ronr yont'H tu prison from Cir cuit Judge John P. Winter hut won a respite when she was paroled to her mother. o . . "INFANT" PROVES TO BE STOLEN LEAD NIAGARA FALKo. N. V.. March 13 (API Patrolman Wllllnm Raymond noticed a 15-year-old boy was working too hard In pushing a baby carriage along Ihc boule vard. Ho lifted the blanket, found 250 pounds of lend. The boy was arraigned In chil dren's court on Ihcfl chnrgns. Celebration Week 11 a, m. services nt tho Methodist Episcopal cburch. At C:30 p. m. Monday, the glee club, sponsored by the local or ganization, will present a concert over Radio Station KRNR, and dn Wednesday the pilusldent, 11a Lau- bach.' wllf '1)0 IhleiTlBwed Jn;;a broadcast- program by Honry 81m- (Contlnued on page 8) T1X CLIMB HIGHER Increased Levies Expected to Add 300 Million to Federal Revenue. WASHINGTON, Mnrch 13. (AP) Treasury officials forecaHt today Hint the stlffor levies on corporation and upper-bracket Indi vidual Incomes would pour more thuii $300,000,000 of additional revenue into government coffers by July 1. They suid at least half of tho rovemie incroase would flow in by tho deadline for filing lncomo tax ralurna Monday midnight. 1 Tho 1H35 and 1030 revenue acts lifted maximum surtax rates on In dividuals from 59 to 75 por cent, Imposed now undistributed profits levies on corporations and effect ed oilier revisions to tighten up tho lux structure. If the lax changes have the antlclpnled effect, they will account for nbout 18 por cent or the total. The number of taxpayers filing returns slnco January 1, officials reported, hns boon considerably larger than usual. They said this was duo primarily to an IncrenBcd number or taxpayers this year, rather than any broad tendency to nay taxes earlier. A sueclal lnlornn.1 revenue com mittee Is studying possible moth- ods or simplifying roturns and or- riclals hope that In future years this may shorten U10 lines of wan ing taxpayers' at collection offices Bills for State Office, Highway and Library Buildings Given Approval ' HALEM. Mnrch 13 (AP) The three point building nrosrnm to add lo the stale capital group received executive approval when Governor Martin slgnod nil lliree meiisorcs Inst nlght.- The program under the treas ures passed by the leglnLiliire tit feels belli Salem and Portland as follows: 1. Ulllinntn purchase of four Mocks of Innd directly north of the now capital now under con struction nt the head or Summer street. Construction of n state li brary building and possible con struction of an nrilro building. The measure npnropr!nte sxr.o.ono from the general fund of the stale with fliithnrlMilInn In obtain fed eral n'd If possible. 2. The slate highway commis sion' mav erect an offlo- building nt a maximum cost or 8500.000, the ...nnnv in.lm fnlfeif from the high way funds nnd the building to bo wed for 1110 (tepartmcn,. exclusive TDEFERS CHRYSLER GO. E G.M.C., Hudwn, Reo PUnU Still Idle; Strikes Hit : Many Cities; Wage Boosts Granted. DETROIT, March .13. (AP) Circuit Judge Allan Campbell to day deferred until Monday morn ing Ills decision on the petition of Chrysler corporation for an Injunc tion ordering 6,000 "alt-down" strik ers to evacuate Uie corporation's plants. : The court announced the post ponement after several hours of ' argument by attorneys for the , United ; Automobile Workers of America and a brief response by corporation counsel. ; More than a thousand persons remained- in a corridor . of the Wayne county court building, where the hearing was held, until the Judge's ' announcement was made. . .-. - - More than a thousand men and women. Jammed In a corridor of the building, Jostled for positions as doors of thes mall court room seating about fifty persons, opened. A union 12-piece ..band played martial airs as the pickets march ed. .. Judge Campbell asked Maurice- Sugar, union attorney: , ; "What assurance can you give this court if a writ is issued, (t will be obeyed?", - . - : "I have no knowledge whether If would be obeyed or not," Sugar said. may... have, been .. overcoat -fidelity but I have never, assumed a writ would be Issued." V Partial Progreaa . Final agreement in the General Motors strike, affecting 136,000 employees, brought wage, hour nnd other concessions to an affiliate of the committee for Industrial or ganization, but did not achieve the national minimum hourly wage nor 30-bour week goals. Rati fication by union locals was with held temporarily. : On the steel rront, tne oiawnox company nnd four subsidiaries an nounced signing of a union con tract granting Its 3.000 workers a 40-hour week, $5 dally minimum wage and bargaining recognition. Philip Murray, CIO leaders, and (Continued on page 8). SALEM, March 13. (AP) The ultimate fate of the Hannah Mar tin bill prohibiting possession and operation of plnbnll gnmoB nnd other games of chance awaited to day the opinion of the attorney general. ' ' 1 The hill wbb passed by both houses and sent to the governor. The executive, deleted through his veto power the emergency cluuso which would have made the act effective Bt once, but approved the remainder of the measure. The veto message and clause with the bill was sent back to tho house and nfter attempts to pass tho emergency clnuse over tho veto the measure was laid on tho table whore It still remains. Attorneys hero disagree whether the remainder of the measure will become a law. within 90 days or whether the bill wus killed by leav ing it on the tnblo. ly. t Hilrnlia.A nr mil slrnctlnn of nn office bulldlne In Portlnnd, not to exceed 700.non, to nouse tne hrnnch departments located there. iph. n,lmlnla1i.nltnn nf this act Was left entirely with the bonrd of con trol. The cost was to Be met ny rentals ' charged the various de fi.rlni.nlB niillillntra which nrohn- hly would be offered tho state nre the Oregon building, wnicn now bouses ninny departments, the nntiu-nv Kvchanfre building and the former Elks temnlo. The Snlem and Portland main building programs carried the emergencv clause and activity to- n.nr.1 Ifittt niwl mnV Rtnft. fit OnCP. The highway building program will become errecuvo nner :'M nays. An early meeting of the capltnl rVinnnatritMInn cnmmlRSlnn With the board of control will bo held to consider the program, The new structures wilt coniorm to inn new capltol, . GOUR 1 CISI01