Defiant Sit-Downers Evidently Believe in the Ancient Code that "Possession Is Nine Points of Law' but It Wins Today Only in Over-Tolerant Communities.
THE WEATHER
FOLLOW AMELIA
I
Highest temperature yesterday 4S
lowest temperature lust night 32
Precipitation for 21 hours .21
Precip. since first of mouth 1.84
Precip. from Sept. 1, m6 16.54
Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1936 9.11
Rain; warmer tonight.
She's on a flight around the
world, to add to her previous
aviation laurels. She's at Hono
lulu today tomorrow where?
Follow her journoy through the
columns of the NEWS-REVIEW.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
VOL. XL
NO. 276 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. THURSDAY. MARCH 18. 1937.
VOL. XXVI NO. 196 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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By PRANK JENKINS
rHIS headline meets the eye:
V "School to Teach Waitresses
How to Handle Customers Opens
nt Atlantic City."
War ' in Europe. Strikes in
America. Calamities more or less
everywhere. With all this heavy
news going Ihe rounds, let's be
thankful for even this one little
frivolous headline.
AND while they're at It, here's
hoping they teach the wait
resses that serving a sharp knife
Willi a steak is one of the sure
ways to the customer's heart.
rPH13 school idea seems to be
pnlno- alvnntr nf (tin nintnAtit
u"u"oi "v -p .
for another headline on the same
day informs us:
"Police School Classes, Covering
nil Oregon, to Begin Next Week."
. This writer has had comparative
ly few contacts with the police in
an official capacity (and hopes to
remain that way) but . will .not
soon forget once hearing the siren
behind and irpon pulling out to
the side and stopping being ap
proached by a. courteous traffic
cop who said:
"I don't suppose you know it,
but your tall light is out, and if T
were you I'd stop at the next serv
ice station and have a new'' bulb
put in.',
P HE'D said: "Hey, you, who
do you think you are, driving at
night without a tail light," we'd
probably have put off getting one
until the last possible moment,
but as it was wild horses couldn't
have dragged us away from the
nearest service station till we got
a new bulb, put it In the rear light
and made sure it would burn.
Human nature is funny, isn't It?
ANOTHER headline: "28 Txso
Lives in Fireworks Plant
Blnst at Manila."
Sounds bad, doesn't it? But a
(Continued on page 4)
DR. NERBAS' SONS
TO OPERATE HOTEL
GLEN DALE, Ore., March 17.
The Glendale liotel management,
has passed into the lianas of R. N.
and Arthur Nerbas from Dr. H. R.
Nerbas, of Boseburg, who deeded
his interest to his two sons, and
they in turn buvinc Mrs. Nerbas'
interest on contract. The broth
ers will take legal ' possession
March 25.
Mrs. Nerbas will take up resi
dence at the Glendale hotel annex,
formerly the Eldon hotel, pending
definite plans for the future.
QUEEN MARIE MAY
AVOID OPERATION
BUCHAREST, Rumania. March
IS. (A PI Quern Dowager Murie
of Rumania. serlouslv ill nf a gas
tric hemorrhage, was ret.orted well
enough recovered today to obvinte
the need for an Immediate opera
tion. The abdominal bleeding and
pain which followed an attack of'
influenza last Thursday virtually
had disappeared.
Record Throng Views Nuptial Event
:s
Wedding Features Debut of Styles
George Melvyn Conron, Jr., and
Miss Mnxlne Smith, both nf Hose
burg, last nlglit bad more wit
nesses to their wedding than any
rnuple ever married In this city.
More than two thousand persons
filled the Rnsebure armory to ca
pacity as Mr. Couron and Miss
Smith were united In marriage by
the Hev. J. S .Wheeler, district su
perintendent of the South Metho
dist church, nt a public ceremony,
which wns the featured event of a
most successful Spring Opening.
Long before the anno'lnted hour
for the program which preceded
the wedding, the armory was filled
to the doors by ft crowd which was
kept entertained by music played
by the Roseburg Munlclpnl band.
Hundreds of persons were turn
Striker
Chrysi
Sawmill Parley at
Gov. Murphy Striving
, For Peace; CIO and
U. S. Steel Sign
Strike Ban.
(By the Associated Press)
The nation's industrial map re
mained spotty today with thou
sands of workers idle from strikes.
In Detroit, civic leaders and Gov
ernor Frank Murnhy moved to
create a civil board to conciliate
labor disputes. The body would
act on a voluntary basis. Officers
of the automotive C. I. O. group
declined an invitation to cooper-,
ate in the board's organization.
Employes of the Chrysler Mo
tor company numbering 6,000, re-
i i -
lllUlllfd 111 POKHUHHIUII Ol UU1H)UI1,V
property despite a court injunc
tion for their eviction.. A penalty
of $10,000,000 was ordered againBt
their goods and lands and Chrysler
attorneys sa'd they were moving
In "an orderly manner" to estab
lish the company's legal position.
Chrysler and other automotive
strikes leave more than 90,000
workers idle.
Steps toward peace included the
signing of an agreement by the
committee for industrial organiza
tion and five producing units of
the Uimeu States Steel corpora
tion. The contract barred strikes
for at last one year.
The. Chicago taxi drivers' strike,
which flared In violent disorders
yp.ster,dav, was quiet. Numerous
other 'Chicago "nlants Were scenes
of fi!ulowii strikes, of a peaceful
nature. '
Sleepers Arrested
A strike of store clerks in De
troit was called off with the ex
planation that It was "aR a mis
take." In New York, the police
arrested five and ten cent store
clerks, while they slept, on charges
of creating a fire hazard.
Three hundred Akron, O., city
maintenance employes struck In
what the mayor said was a de
mand that several "republicans be
(Continued on page 6)
WASHINGTON, M arch 18,
(AP) A new pension program
drafted voluntarily by railroad
management and labor at Presl
dent Roosevelt's request faced
treasury objections today that its
taxes on employers and employes
are not high enough.
Hoswctl Magill, treasury under
secretary, said the proposed levies
would "fall considerably short" of
meeting pension payments,
Although no figures were given
to indicate the spread between ex
pected revenue and payments, of
ficials indicated the treasury tie-
lieved the program might involve
a substantial drain on general gov
eminent revenues unless tax rates
were lifted.
Under the program, taxes would
start nt 2.5 per cent on Doth em
ployers' payrolls and employes'
wages. Increasing gradually to 3.5
per cent on each after 1948.
Georue M. Harrison, chairman of
the railway labor executives asso
ciation, and J. J. Pelley, president
nf the Association of Aniericnu
Rallroods. replied to Magill with
the assertion that careful studies
indicated the tax payments would
curry the load.
ed nwny. unable to even find stand
ing room, as the young couple
mounted the platform for tho wed
ding ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Couron wore start
pd In married life with n substnn
tlnl rash nward and a great many
merchandise orderB and gifts as n
result of their selection from
among a number of applicants to
be the principals nt the public
wedding.
The ceremony was preceded by
an Interesting program and follow
ed by a free danre sponsored by
the merchants of the city. Earlier
In Ihe evening the display of snrlng
fashions In store windows of tho
city was viewed by great crowds,
who saw one of the most elnborato
showings of seasonal merchandise
ever offered In Roseburg.
Keep Possession Ot
Unit; Deadlock Hits
LABOR RELATIONS
ACT RULED VALID
NEW ORLEANS, March IS.
(AP) The United States fifth
circuit court of appeals today
upheld the constitutionality of
the national labor relations act.
In doing so the circuit court
voided a judgment of the west
ern Texas district which held
that the act viyluted article 1,
section 1 of the feder.il constitu
tion. The case was brought here
by Edwin A Elliott, regional
director of the national labor
relations board. .
PARIS TIED UP AS
2,1
Ouster of "Fascism" From
France Urged by "Reds"
as Sequel to Riot.
PARIS. March 18 (AP) A
general strike of 2,000.000 workers
In protest against "lascist assas
sins" they accused of killing five
leftists in a bloody sLreet riot
brought Paris to a standstill today.
For half the day, marked by
numerous, small '.clashes' In the
city's streots' but no serious dis
orders, the workers demonstrated
their power to enforce demands
for destruction of "fascism" -in
France.
All factories and most shops,
restaurants and offices were clos
ed until noon by the general
strike, called by the General Con
federation of Workers in protest
over the "massacre of Clichy"
Tuesday night and early yesterday
when armed police charged com
munist street barricades in the
workers' suburb, outside n right
ist mass meeting.
Paralysis Complete
So complete wus-the paralysis
that the morning session of the j
CUHNIUf r UL unpuuiis, WI1UIU U ill;
ter attack was expected on the
government over the Clichy rlo's,
was postponed.
1.41 bor headquarters declared the
strike was complete, tying up the
metal, building chemicals and tex
tile trades, large stores, and all
(Continued on page 6)
EROSION WORK WILL
PROTECT HIGHWAYS
WASHINGTON, March 18.
(AP) Federul officials said today
new methods developed to prevent
soil from eroding in dust storms
and floods also will be employed
to protect hlghwuys lu 19 states.
State highway departments will
supply materials and equipment
and the soil conservation service
will provide supervision, labor and
planting mnteriuls. Cuts, fills and
ditches will he protected by veg
etative covering.
States where the erosion work
will1 be done Include, Idaho, Ore
gon and Washington.
WHITE EXONERATED
IN PHONE ROBBERY
PORTLAND, March 18. (AP)
The Multnomah county grand Jury
returned n not true bill today for
Coe C. White In connection with
Ihe $5,600 robbery of the Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph compnny
in January.
White, employe of the company's
engineering department for 1!'
years, had been held on n charge
of assault and robbery while arm
ed with a dangerous weapon. Two
men robbed the firms fifth-floor
office and then fled down a fire
escape.
LEE O. WOODSOF
LOOKINGGLASS DIES
Lee Oney Woods. 48. resident
of Looklngglass, died in Roseburg
this morning following a long per
iod of Illness.
He was born November 1, ISfiS.
at Watorvllle. Washington.
Surviving are his wife and nine
sons and daughters: Helen hd
wards, Roseburg: John Woods,
Kent. Oregon: Mrs. H. L. Todd.
Simkane. and Kd. Fred. Mable. Lee,
Rose and' Elmer Woods, all of
Lookingglass.
The body has been removed to
the Iloscburg Undertaking com
pany parlors. Funeral arrange
ments have not yet been complet
Portland
Lumber Workers Ask
10-Ct. an Hour Pay
. Raise, Operators
Offer 7Cts.
PORTLAND, March IS. (API
Two and one-half cents separated
Portland sawmills nml 10,000 em
ployes from reaching a now wage
agreement today and preliminary
flourishes on each Ride Indicated
that employei'3 and employes were
standing pat. . (
The executive committee of the
Portland local of line Lumber and
Sawmill Workers union, demand
ing a . 10-eent an hour wage In
croaso for nil workers, fluid the
condition of tho market "more
than warrants" tho requostod 'in
crease A committee representing 11
sawmills, offering a counter pro
posal of 71 cents, said conditions
"did not" warrant a 10-cent In
crease. After reading n statement from
employers that "negotiations else
where lu the Industry have not
been finally concluded," the union
leaders asserted that, "nctual ne
gotiations" were being evaded. The
union said It wanted to see the 10
cent Increase estnbltshed "pending
final settlement by the Industry."
Warning Implied
An ominous note was tho flat
declaration of the union that it
bad "completed plans for enforc
ing" Its demand. It assarted that
increasing living costs necessitat
ed a straight Wcent boost and re
called to Portland employers the
Tact that eight "major" mills In
Washington already had met the
union demand.
The union warning Hint it had
prepared to fight for tho full In
crease wns .taken to moan that a
referendum among Its membership
would he started Snturdo If em
ployers hnd not capitulated.. P.v the
referendum, the union leadership
would seek the endorsement of
employes, which would ho tanta-
(Contlnued on page 6)
WASHINGTON, March 18
(,P Dean Leon Green of North
western university law school urg
ed congress today to pass the
Roosevelt court bill In order to
get a "fair court."
Green was cross examined sharp
ly by the senate judiciary commit
tee after he had made one of the
most severe criticisms or the pres
ent supreme court that the com
mittee has heard to date.
Green asserted that a majority
of the high court had "assumed an
altitude or intolerance nnd 1ms
displayed an intemperance". to
wards much of recent legtsinnon
submitted to it.
Calling the supreme court "the
ark of the covenant, the country's
greatest symbol of orderly, stable
and righteous government." Green
said it was being used as u "smoke
screen" by those opposed to what
the Roosevelt administration was
trying to do to meet current prob
lems. Green said that J lis tend of "free
and untrammelled Interpretation
by Independent judges," the court's
opinion had become "so set and
hardened that every school boy
when told the Issue Involved, has
beep able to foretell without error
what at least four of the judges
would do, and most of the time
what five would do."
INJURED STUDENT'S
CONDITION CRITICAL
POMONA. Calif.. March Ifl
(AP) Hugh Campbell, Jr., of Kla
math Falls, Ore., Pomona college
student Injured Saturday night In
an automobile crash that cost the
life of one of hlR schoolmates, re
mained In h critical condition to
day at the Valley hospital.
Charles Cass of Fllntrldge was
killed In the accident nnd two oth
er Pomona students Injured.
JAPAN'S LARGEST
VOLCANO ERUPTS
MAKHASHI. Jnpno, March IS.
(AP) Mount Asama, JapaD's
largesf and most active volcano,
erupted today, drowning the coun
tryslde In lava and cinders and
forcing the panlc-trlckon populace
lo flee from their Homes.
KILLS FAMILY
OF 3 A! SELF
Nervous Breakdown Given
as Reason for Deed of
James M. Arthur in
Palatial Home.
TACOMA. Wash., March 18.
(AP) A family of four lay dead
here today whilo officers sought to
learn why James Mori It t Arthur,
4:1. shot his wifo and two daugh
ters and then committed suicide.
Arthur; manager of a locul
branch of a tire company, appar
ently sent bullets fron a revolver
through their heads at 1 p. m, yes
terday lu their palatial home, took
their bodlec outside to be washed,
and carofully laid them on beds in
a second-floor room,
After burning his family's pic
turos, which had been banging on
walls, Arthur called a mortician at
8 p. m., ordering him to come to
the house nnd "ask no questions,"
He then turned the gun on him
self. ...
The dead are Mrs. Anna A. Ar
thur, 40; Mary Ann Arthur, 15;
and Jnuet Arthur, eight.
Arthur, who came with his fam
ily from Los Angeles in Septem
ber, was relieved of his position
nt the tire company -Tuesday at
his own request.
When Ihe undertakers arrived at
the house, they found three dis
charged shells, b el loved to have
been used in the killings, in an
ash tray.- A note, directing rela
tives to be notified, ulo was dis
covered; V . :
MRS. ARTHUR'S PARENTS
LAY DEED TO BREAKDOWN
COLUMIUTS. O.. March 18.
(AP) Mr. nnd Mrs. Frank R.
Avery, nf Columbus, said u nor-
(Continued on page 6)
MKDFORD, Ore., March 18.
(AP) An angry rooster, without
warning, lato Tuesday attacked
Ilurdntte Dodge, Jr., orchardlst of
the HI Merest road district, and
raked its spur across Dodge's face
from temple to jaw. Inflicting a no
vo ro gash.
Dodge was In the act of picking
up another rooster In a pen to fat
ten for future eating, when the
tnfurlutcd chanticleer flew at him
and struck before It could he
warded off. x
Members of the Dodge household
said the attacking rooster-was one
of five members of the flock that
during the past month bnvo do
veloped mean natures for an unex
plained reason. The rooster group
wns described as "downright orn
ery." When not fighting hens, they
battle among themselves, and are
more or less conflict-scarred.
Mrs. Dndgo said that when she
went to tho chicken yard It wns
necessary to carry a broomstick to
repel the pugnacious rootnr. She
has been pecked on the legs by
them on a couple of occasions,
The roosters are of no particu
lar species, and aro duo for early
frying. Dodge said. -
GEHRIG. YANKEES
AGREE ON SALARY
ST. PKTKRSmiRG. Ha.. March
18. ( APt Mannger Jnn McCarthy
of the New York Yankees an
nounced today Lou Gehrig, the
slugger, first basempn. had come
to termt with the club and will
leavo New York Immediately for
th" training camp here.
Tphus of the contract were nol
divulged.
NFW YORK. March 18, (AP)
F.cl narrow, buifiiesH mnnmror of
the New York Yankees, sit'd todav
that Mammer Jon McCarthv
brought holdout Lou Oehrl'i to
terms in n long distance telephone
call from St. Petersburg.
Nnrrow ndded 1 lint he "prnstmi
ed Gehrig signed at Col. Jant) It it
perl's fleuro nf $3fi,u00 and a one
year contrnct.
CO-FO FOES STRIKE.
GET POLICE BULLETS
fAIHO. March is (AIM Po.
lice fired todav Into n mass of
iinlversttv students striking ncninst
roeducntlon at fllza, wounding an
undetermined number.
A number nf the fllia undnrgrnd
nates recently presented a petition
demanding Ihnt co-education be
prohibited,
PAYING TOPS
First Quarter Collections
Show Gain in Number of
Payers; Machines to
Speed Accounting.
Tax collections for the current
year, estimated to total $400,0uu,
are somewhat in advnnce of last
yeur in amount, but represent n
considerably larger number of tax
payers.' uccordlug to J. KslvI Pick
ens, chief deputy In the tax collec
tion department of tho sheriff's of
fice. More taxpayers have paid the
first quarters' tax omtho now rolls
than In any rocont yoar, Mr. Pick
ens estimates, although tho total
money received Is not estimated
to be much greater than at the
same time Inst year, when a great
er number of persons paid the
year's taxes lu full. This year, Mr.
Pickens states, a fewer number
have taken advantage of the re
bate offered by payment of taxes
In advance of the due date, but
this has been more than offset by
those who have paid the first quar
ter on time.
Duo to the fact that no extra
help Is being employed, the tax de
partment Is considerably behind In
working up the payments received
by mail and ostlmates that prob
ably $100,000 yet remains to be
recorded from tho mailed pay
ments. Between $250,000 ond $300,
000 is estimated to havo been tak
en over tho counters..
Distribution About April 1
The first-' distribution op tax
money is expected to be made
about April 1, Mr. Pickens reports,
Tho tax department has ordered
bookkeeping machines which, it Is
expected, will speed tin distribu
tions after the now system can ho
put in operation. Speed in distrib
uting funds to districts is Import-,
ant, it wns po:nied nuf, because
the mnnov Is immediately used hv
the districts to retire outstanding.
'Werst-bearlng warrants. A gain
nf nvni n few day's In mnklng dts
hilmtlnnn means a considerable
Interest saving on such a sum ns Is
now held by the tax department.
(Continued on page 6)
CARS KILLS THREE
IN PORTLAND AREA
, PORTT.AND. March 18, (AP)
Automobiles claimed three lives In
the Portland vicinity yesterday and
sent the fatalities .fop the police
year to 21.
Llttlo Dorothea Jean Tloland. 7.
died on the way to n hospital lust
night after a car struck her and
a trailer passed over her body.
Deputy Sheriff Tillman said the
car and trailer opornted by D. K
Gordon of Oregon City hit the
child ns she darted into the street.
Robert M. Dunn, fifi, dashed
across nil intersection to catch a
bus and was knocked flown and
fatally Injured.
Duncan MacDonald. 51, died at n
hosnllal as the result of injuries
suffered In an automobile accident
on February 21.
JASON A. HUCKINS
DIES IN ROSEBURG
Juson Alnnsnn Ilucklns, 81, died
In Hoseburit Wednesday after
short Illness. He wbb born In
Maine, .Inn. 20, ISiiH, and came In
this stnlo and cotinty 'from IJtch
field, Minn,, locullnc In .Oruln In
19IR. He wns married 111 Canada
to .Miss Martha .1. KrkcI. who died
Kelt. 7. 1N33. lie is survived by
Iwo daughters and five sons: Mrs.
Susie Tlnulev, Mrs. Anna Morri
son nnd Wllllum Ilucklns. Cnnudn:
I. It. (leorae, Clem and Thomas
llui'kliis, nil of Druln. The body
has been removed to Ihe Pouifbis
Kiineriil hninn nnd services will be
held in the Community hall nt
Ih-nlii, Friday at III a. m., under
the auspices of St. .touenh Caliio
He church of lloseburjr. Interment
will he at. CntlflKC drove.
WISCONSIN ll GIVES
DYKSTRA CONTRACT
MADISON, Wis., March IS
(AP) -Itegnnts of the 1'iiivcrsHv
of Wisconsin awarded Clarence D.
Dykslra a one-year contract ns
president of the university todav.
Selection of Dykstra. 54-vear-old
Htv nuiiwitfor of Cincinnati, Ohio,
ended a two-month search for an
administrator of the university
whtrb bin nti enrollment nf more
thnn lO.ono, the lamest In history.
Pykstra succeeds Dr. (Ilenn
Frank, widely-known publicist and
speaker, who recently was din
missed on charges of administra
tive Inefficiency after holding Ihe
position 11 yours ,
PACE OF 1 936
U. S. Natl. Work
At Roseburg Let
To 3 Contractors
Building Will be Remodeled
and Furnished Anew at Cost
of More Than $20,000.
Officials of the United States
National hank In Portland said to-
Iny that contracts for remodeling
the UoseburiT branch at a cost be
tween $20,000 and $25,000 have
been awarded to three contractors.
Tho work will start Monday and
will be completed In , four or five
mouths.
A contrnct for general alterations
was awarded to Allyn and Powers,
Portland; rloor covering to Art
crart Linoleum and Shade com
pany, Portland;: bank fixtures,
Oregon Door company, Portland.
Officials said Ihe low bid was ac
cepted on each Job, with Beveral
Ilnseburic linns submitting fig
ures. Tile general contractor will
sub-lot as much ot the work as
possible to Koseburg contractors.
The1-hank will continue to one-
rate In Its present quarters, with
Initial work slnrtluB on the vaults
lu the rear. When reconstruction
of tho vaults has been complete!
tho bunk will move ncroBS the
street rrom the present locution
to temporary quarters In the I, O,
O. P. building while the front por
tion la finished.
We -expect to be out of present
qitnrters a minimum amount of
time and during the period ot re
modeling, socurltles lu tho bunk
will receive ample protection,' a
statement Buld.
MADRID SECTOR IS
Heavy Losses Suffered by
Defenders; Government
Air Force Triumphs.
MADRID, March 18. (AP)
Government Infantrymen, charging
insurgent positions after exploding
five mines under the clinical hos
pital, suffered heavy casualties to
day in hitler fighting lu the Uni
versity City sector.
The blasts, by which tho govern
ment sought to drive barricaded In
surgents from tholr fortified out
posts, signalled a gunernl aSBiiult
under cover of an urtillery bar
rugo. As tho fighting progressed, Mad
rid commnndera received word of
u new insurgent drivo In Cordoba
province neur Pozoblunco. Gov
ernment troops were seeking to
prevent Insurgent columns from
reaching the rich mercury mines
near Almatlen, the advices report
ed. . Government planes raked the In-
surgont Hues with nuichine gun fire
nnd opposing columns clnshcd In
hnntl-tohnnd fighting, the com
inandorn declared.
Illg shells whined into Madrid,
wounding several persons. - Usual
ly reliable sourceB said tho govern
ment succeeded In strengthening
Its positions In the hospital sector
Artillery also boomed on the
(luadnlujara salient, northeast of
Madrid, after tho government bad
(Continued on page 6)
FLASHES OF OREGON EVENTS
Dist. Atty. Collapses
MKDKOUI), March Is. (API
O. .1. Millard. Josephine county
district utlorney, collapsed while
addressing the Southern Oregon
Law Kufori-einent Officers' asso
ciation here last night.
He wns Inter returned to (It-ants
Pass In a stale poltce cnr. Physi
cians said his condition wns not
serious.
Tim association elected Hyd I.
Ilrown, Jackson county sheriff,
president, and William It. Colo
mnn, Medford Justice or tho penco.
secrelury.
New Pinball Act Asked
1.AKHV1EW. Ore.. March 18.
(AP) The city council instructed
the city nttomey to prepare n new
Dlnlmll licensing ordinance, fol
lowing a protest by owners on the
repeal of a previous ordtuiim-e.
Turkey Storage Planned
OltliOON CITV. March IK.
(AP) The Orcann Turkey Grow
ers coonernllve Is negotiating for
the purchnsn of tho Conby gram
mar school auditorium. The co-operative
officials said they would
convert the building into a cold
storage plant.
FIRST LEG OF
T
Plane Passes Two Clipper
Ships En Route Across
Pacific After Hop .
rrom Oakland.
HONOLULU. March 18 (API-
Amelia Earhart landed her 180,000
plnno from Oakland, Cnl., at 8:23
it. m.. today.
She' had flown the 2.400 miles
from Oakland, In 16 hours, 51
minutes. Tho speedy trip wns tho
first leg of her globe circling flight.
the flight wns tho fastest ever
made In the westerly direction.
The record mnde by the Hawaii
Clipper last December..- was 16 .
hours, 58 minutes.
The aviatrlx. , accompanied bv :
three men aides, made the trans-
Pacific hop at an average speed
of 150 miles an hour.
The Earhart plane loft Oakland
at 4:37:30 p. in., yesterday after -the
departure of two Pan Ameri
can planes. It passed tho slower -
Clipper ships en route.
Airs well," was broadcast.
throughout the night by the wo
mnn titer,' who bad crossed both
the Atlantic and Pacific ocennB In
previous flight!.
Several hundred spectators, In
cluding some still In evening dress,
were nt the field . to greet the
plane. i .:
Miss Earhart had throttled, down
her twin engines to snvo them for
subsequent stages of her . world
l,f light, but - .her. Rpeedy transport
ship overtook the two slower .Clippers-Over
the 'ocenn-'last- evening .
and easily won an tinofflclul trnns-:
Pnciflc nlr race. '
Trip Tlrst Her
The aviatrlx, who had flown most
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U.S. ROAD FUND TO
The state of Oregon'- will hot
utilize its part of the federul ap
propriation for secondary nnd feed
er roads until In 1938, the county
court was Informed today by tho
hlghwuy commission. . . v v,
During, tho coming summer and
fall months, tho highway commls
slon plans to make a careful sur
vey and study relative to the use
of such funds, and will let con
tracts, it was stated, during tho
will ter, with work scheduled ' to
start early In the following year;
An appropriation of $26,000,000
has been mado by tho federal gov
ernment for use on secondary and
feeder roads throughout the na
tion. Oregon's share la 1418,474
per year for a period of two years.
The amount must he matched by
state or county funds on a basis of
01 per cent federal and 39 per cent
state or county money.
Oregon, tho county court Is ad
vised, cannot match 'the federal
money this yenr, bocause hII nvutl
able funds have already boeu
Pledged. Consequently the progrnm
will bo left until 1DH8 and In the
meantime will bo carefully studied.
Floater Held Suicide
NORTH HUN I), Ore., March 18.
(AP) His wrist slashed, and
drowned, John llcnson, middle
aged longshoreman, was found
floating In front of ills fluathouHe
on the wntorrrnnt hero. Coroner
Hunts Kclzer said It wan a enso of
suicide.
Ofricors found a wire and rope,
shaped Into u hnngmun's noose,
banging lu Ills house Indicating,
thoy believed, Ilensnn had tried
unsuccessfully to bung himself, .
School Asks PWA Aid
FOREST GROVE, March IS.
(AP) The Forest Grovo high
school hoard will fllo application
for a l.'ln.ooo PWA grant to nld In
constructing an addition to house
the Smith-Hughes nnd home eco
nomics departments n.nd a cafe
teria. The cost, of the extension la
estimated at S,I100. .
Educator Shifts a
ASHLAND, Ore., March 1 18.
(AP) Dr. V. X). linln, professor of
psychology at Southern Oregon
Normal school, will leave this week
to accept a fbsltlon on the staff ot
Charles 11. Howard, slntn superin
tendent o( public instruction, ,
I N
UNDER 1 6 HRS