There's an Ae ronautical Achievement for Every Crash, and It's a Safe Bet That Plucky Amelia's Latest Venture Will Prove . No Exception to the Rule. THE WEATHER Highest temperature yesterday 45 Ixiwest temperature last night 35 Precipitation for 24 hours .3S Preclp. 1 1) co firs i or mouth 2.3S Preclp. from Sept. 1. lUHti 17.08 Deficiency since Sept. 1, mS 8.67 Ocoasional Rain, BIG EVENTS World Is full of Important hap penlMKH these duya, and' the NKWSKKVIKW glvea prompt service In heralding them to lid. readers. Follow Ita reports dally and you'll he abreast of the tlmea at all times. ITOL. XL NO. 278 OF ROSEBURO REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1937. VOL, XXVI NO. 198 OF THE EVENING NEWS fuifn u UU nnripn nnsa nn nnnnir3 ris? . . 53 .' . .- V ,"' ' ie.- . Texas Schcl I Explosion Death Toll H Ihh Nh N Officers Evicr PR NF PR RF SM flSS ; W IIIIWWIII W ; ri'J W " X I I I IllWb, W IIIIIIjiIIW Wtaha, I - ' " - LATEST CHECK; 94 Theory of - Nitro-Glycerin , as Cause of Blast Gets Little Credence as '.. Inquiry Opens. my the Associated Press) NEW LONDON, Tex., March 20 Re-checking of death lists tiooBted the unofficial toll of the , 1-omlon community school disaster 1 to 456 today while sharply con trasting theories ranging from a nltro-glyrerin mine to ignition of naturally, accumulated gas were prepared for .presentation to a milltury court seeking the cause of the tragedy. . . -The casualty list, completed af ter a full night of labor over con flicting reports, showed 94 injured and eight ' missing. The list was Mill subject to revision. Dr. E. P. Schoch of the Univer sity of Texas, chemist, held out a belief that tho explosion was caus ed by gas forced Into the cells of the hollow tlie schoolroom walls by lack of proper vents for gas-fired individual . radiators. Mine Thory Discredited The newest of the alternative . suggestions was that of the mine. The Tyler 'Morning TelegYaph 'nndt-. od Captain X. B. Coombes, member of the military court, as saying two oil field workers presented it to him, along with exhibits which (Continued on page 8) PORTLAND, March 20. (API A man police Identified as Clifton Leltoy Ucnson, 2S, apparently shot himself last night as officers closed in upon hlni after a gun fight from automobiles roaring through Port land's streets. . Detectives M. A. McMeeken and Roy ThoinpHon said a car driven by Denson tallied. with the - de scriptions of one used In a scries of holdups, The officers chased the car for several blockB, firing a number of shots and then crowding It to the curb. Thompson said- ho ordered Ben son to put down his gun but in stead the man pointed it at his own head and pulled the trigger. The officers Identified him from his driver's license. The detectives found $73.25 in the ilend man's pockets, part of It spilling Into the car as he slumped over. The auto was reported stolen earlier in the evening by Edmund . S. Tumor, who said a robber held him up and forced him to drive him around for about half an hour. Then the man took . the machine, Turner Bald. Within the next hour four serv ice stations were reported robbed by a man driving a car similar to the ono Turner reported stolen. IMJIIR : APPEAL SAYS TROOPS USED- vT ev m ' Editorials on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS f"VNE REASON why President Roosevelt wants to control the supreme court Is to mako pos sible another NltA, regardless of what the constitution says. (NRA;ou will remember, was held unconstitutional' by UNANI MOUS decision of tho supreme court, nil nine Justices concurring In tho opinion.) ET'S -look at this NRA bual ncss dispassionately for n mo ment. , It was a scheme to enr.ble tho government to control business, Including wages, hours and PniCKS. Tho prlnrlpal argument for It was that It offered a way to control CHISELING. Nolwdy loves a chiseler. OUT. AFTER all, WHAT IS A D CHISELER! If you are to be honcBt with aSv 1STNEEDE0, BLOODSHED IP j " DETROIT, March 20. (API Deputy Sheriff Bernard McOrnth, accompanied by 75 officers wear ing bullet-proof vests and armed with tear gas guns, marched to the i gates of the Newtqn Packing com pany piaiu nere touay unu read a court order demanding that more than 100 sit-down strikers evacu ate the premises. What reply was mode was drowned by shouts. The officers broke a hole in a Inrgo glass win dow and entered tho main build ing, as others solidly guarded the gates. In a short time, a number of strikers emerged from the building to be herded In tho street by the officers. The company claims 1170,000 worth of meat in the plant Is spoiling because refrigeration was turned off, by tho strikers two weeks ngo. SEATTLE, Mnrch 20WAP) Senttlo waterfront employers halt ed cargo working operations at noon totlny, in line with their ul timatum to the International Long shoremen's association that It fur nished crews to work two Cana dian vessels by that Jiour. SALEMHI6H FIVE E Astoria Shatters Batch of Conference Records in ' Downing La Grande. 1 SALEM, 'March' 20. (AP) So lem high school nosed out the Eu geue Axemen by a 25 to 23 score to take fourth place in tho state basketball tournament which1 was n earing its close here today. , Overcoming a nine-point lead in the middle of. the final quarter Eu gene all but relegnted the local basketeers into obscurity, but the final gun saved Salem while the ball was in possession of the visitors. In the first game today Astoria high school smashed five confer ence records in order to defeat La Grande 53 to 33 and thus cinch fifth place in the tournament. La Grande was given eighth place while Eueene will take the seventh position In the first eight contes tants. The Astoria quintet scored ISO points in the four games played which not only beat the previous five-game mark of 179 by Washing ton high school of Portland In 1929, but defeated the four-game mark by 17 points, held by Corval Its last year. Other records included the Indi vidual scoring by Marl Snndness. Astoria center, who scored 68 points in the fopr games to tnke honors over Ed Lewis of Washing ton, who scored 65 In five games in 1929. The other record was contribut ed by La Grande. The high point made by two teams, 86. tied the hiffh point of two teams in one contest In 1936 made by Astoria and Myrtle Creek. yourself, you must admit that a chiseler Is one who sells his goods or services for loss than you do or, at least, ono Who OIVKrt MORE for the money and so takes your business awny. Nobody who is ALREADY IN BUSINESS likes that. Dt.'T consider this question: How do NEWCOMERS get In to business? Why, by making It more attrac tive for people to TRADE WITH THEM. They either give more for the money than their established competitors or they give moro In the way of service. That, yon see, makes them CHISELERS, PORBIDDINO the giving of MORE for LESS does away with competition. When competi tion Is throttled, we hare MON- r (Continued oa page 4) U. S. Buying of Surplus for Relief Urged by Local ' Chamber in Note to Congressmen. Picturing prune growing in the Pacific Northwest as a dying In dustry unless some steps arc tak en immediately to secure better prices, the Roseburg chamber of commerce today Is forwarding a letter to the Oregon delegation In congress urging that the United States government buy up at least half the remaining tonnage for dis tribution through relief agencies. Prunes remaining on lined, it Is stated, offer a serious threat to prices during the coming season, as It is feared that brokers and packers will use the surplus .o keep prices at a low level. ' Pointing out that despite a short crop last season, growers did not make enough money in many cases to pay their growing, picking and drying costs, the letter states that orchards are being cut up for fire wood or are being allowed to be come Infected with disease, be cause' growers cannot pay Bpray Ing costs. . . i :' .'r : Unless: !3;ellelyl8wa.frferaeil Imme diatety the prune nci'eage ' in .the Pacific Northwest, the fetter de clares, will probably be reduced more than 60 per cent. J Growers' Plight Stressed The letter, written by Secretary W. C. Harding, upon instructions from the chamber of commerce di rectors, is as follows: - "1 presume that you are already familiar, to some extent at least, with the hopeless condition of our prune industry here in the state of Oregon and southern Washing ton. All that the grower today Is being offered for a fifty prune is two and one-half cents per pound. This Is just a trifle over his drying expense. "As you will remember, our crop was quite ' short this last season and prune growers were rather hopeful of a living price. The last four or five years, have been bad enough, goodness knows, but this year is simply a tragedy. The or- (Continued on page 8) Miss Daphne Hughes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Washington Hughes of Roseburg, has been ap pointed a junior faculty member at Bryn Mnwr, where siie Is a stu dent In tlie school of social sci ence, nccordlng to word received here today. Because of outstanding scholas tic standing, Miss Hughes was se lected for the position of research assistant in the department of so cial economy and research, a po sition which entitles her to free tuition, board and room, and a moderate salary. The appointment will enable her to confplctc tlie remaining two years of her work for a degree of doctor of philosophy, with an intimated possibility that she niny become a regular faculty member nfter attaining her degree, the an nouncement stated. CLUB SEEKS FUND TO AID BLIND SINGER SALEM, March 20. (AP) Miss Mnxine Sautter, blind singer nnd uuiversity graduate of Salem, will he sent by the Snlem 20-30 club to the "seeing eye" Hchool nt Morris town, N. J., If tho necessary funds can be raised. At the school dogs nre (rained as the "seeing eyes" for the blind. The project was launch ed here lost night when Mrs. Mary Campbell, executive Becretnry of the school, spoke to the club. FAMILY BANKS ARE THIEPS SPECIALTY PORTLAND. March 20 IAIM J Police bunted a burglar with a pen chant for taking family banks alt er Hush W. Wallace said one con talning $5.8t had been taken Irom his home. It was the alxtb theft of a family bank since Thursday. Won't Quit Chrysler Plant Without Settlement. Is Warning Issued to Gov. Murphy. tBv' the Associated Press) :' DETROIT. March 20 Repre sentut'ves of 6.000 sit-down alrlk' ei's, defying court orders for their eviction from Chrysler automobile plants, Informed Gqvernor FrnnR Murphy today they were using "tlie only weapon we have" and' warned that use of state troops to eject them would "lead to blood shed and vollence." .' . The statement came from lend ers of United Automobile Workers. of America local unions in eight Chrysler plants which - striking workers have held since March 8 in an attempt to enforce demands for exclusive bargaining rights. It notified the governor, seeking a plan for i peaceful evacuation, that "we don't Intend to lease these plants without a satisfactory settlement, v Arrest of tlie strikers was nrde cd by Circuit Judge Allan Camp bell vesterdny. Sheriff Thomas C. Wilcox, with a force of 120 depu- tl(tB,Vtias'iiiade no move to enforce j the order lit the eight automplillefl plants wnere. zu.imiu umuu hjjiiii thizers o'n 'Wednesday 'Shouted support of the strikers. James I' Dewey, conciliator of tho United States department of labor, jollied with Murphy today for tho second time in attempts to conciliate a major automobile strike. Their efforts led to settle ment of General Motors strike a month ago. . - ' . . Only small groups ot pickets hiirlilli.,1 about snow-covered gates nt the huge Chrysler fuctorlesH There was no unusual activity. Some gates were barricaded, oth ers were merely chained. Two Courses Cited - The chairmen of Chrysler strike committees today Issued a state ment addressed to Governor Mur phv, declaring: "You can do one of two things. (Continued on page 8) OF NEW YORK, March 20. (AP) Within a few hours after the dis covery of the body of a 9-year-old girl, slurfod in a -blood-soaked bur lap bag and badly mutilated, po lice toilny arrested Salvatore Os sldo, a Brooklyn barber, father of two children, nnd charged him with tho crime. Detective Lieutenant de Martini said Ossldo bad contessed he at tacked and killed the child. The victim, Erna Sporrcr, a pretty blue-eyed blonde, was found In a crimson-stained bag slumped on the front porch of a two-story brick house on Linden street, a short distance from the girl's home. She had been slashed re peatedly. As Ossldo reenncted the crime for Commissioner Valentine this morning, cries of "lynch him!" nrnsc rrom an angry crowa out side the barber. Under the personal supervision of Commissioner Valentine, detec tives also questioned Ossldo on the unsolved slaying of 4-year-old Bar- hnra Wiles, whose nude, strangled body was found In the collar of on apartment bouse in the Bnme vicin ity, In April, 1S33. NEW FLOWER SHOP WILL OPEN HERE LIIHp'h Flower shop, a now flor ist bUHlnewH for Knueburg, will be opened Wednesday of next week in connection with the Korn Krlb South Jackson street. Just off Can street, by Mrs. Lee (Llllle) Ooodmnn It wa announced to day. The Korn Krlb Is being re modeled lo make room fnr the new business. Mrs. fJoodman. well known throughout Oowlas conntv. has been emnloyed fn florist work for tho pnst four years. She states she will handle n complete line of cut and not ted flowers and will do funeral floral work. Crash of $80,000 Ififfif ,- ,-.,,':,:... Ata... - , " " . ' 1 i"y I' ya7 BY IL DUCE S NOTE Premier's Purported Wire to Italian Rebel Aides Stirs Denunciation. MADRID, ilarch 20. (AP) Anti-fascist groups throughout Ma drid screamed denunciation today of a purported telegrum from Pre mier Don i to Mussolini to Italian "legionnaires" on the insurgent side In Spain. I be telegram, which govern ment commanders Ruld they found among abundoued insurgent papers when thoy captured llrihuega, northeast of Madrid, was address ed to "General Manclnl." It ap parently was sent, the government officers said, from a crnlHer on which II duca traveled to Libya last week nnd said, In purt: "I am certain (hut the impetus and Inli ne It y of our legionnaires will shot- tor tho enemy s reHlstance. MndrilnnoH declared the tele gram was "conclusive evidence of Italian Intervention In Rpuln." Newspapers, which were able to publish the document, were bitter On the northeast front govern ment airmen lashed nt Gen. Franco's Guadalnjarn rear guard with bombs nud machine guns, In their brief comment. On the northeast front govern ment nlrmeu lashed nt Gen. Franco's Guadalajara rear guard with bombs nnd mnchlne guns. striving to complele what Gen. Miaja nlreudy termed the "Implac able d"feat" of that Madrid-ward offensive. Officers said the Insurgent forces, whom I bey described n Italian rearanlry. broke In wild ron f union under, the sudden straf ing. Romberg and fast pursuit shins waged the onslaught to facllltute t two-bended nush liv government roops Into the Gnndalojiirn prov 'nee lerrllory they lost In the near ly Iwo-week Insurgent offensive. CONSCIENCE HITS STEALER OF TIRES MATtSUFIFLD, Mnrch 20. fAP) The rnmtnnnilv chest benefited when n rnnsclence-strlcken mnn rtU )R for two auto tires he had stolen from an nuto wrecking shop Ojrht venrs nan. Lars Peterson, nronrlotor. declined pavment. suv (nv he bod forgotten the Incident, nnd turned the check over to the chn. Th eopselence-bltten one also bsd branched out Into chicken Mealing it appeared. Herb Olso, rnnehor. said the man colled on him nnd offered to nay for two chickens he said he had taken nt about the time of the lire theft. Reaches 455 Plane Halts Attempt Disaster today ended the at tempt of Amelia Earhart (right) to circle the world by air when her $80,000 plane, above, crash ed at Honolulu as she was tak ing off on the second leg of the journey. The plane skidded on' the wet runway and the result ant tire blow-out caused the ma chine to tip over and smash the undercarriage. - The quick action of Mist Ear hart, who was at the controls, in cutting the Ignition switch prevented the plane from tak- 1 ing fire, -thus probably saving the lives of herself and two men companions, Fred Noonan (left), trans-Pacific pilot Instructor, and : Captain Harry Manning (Inset In the plane), navigator and hero .Yof several daring sea rescues. J. 1 JTha plane will. be, sent back to - the factory for repairs, which ; will require about two weeks, 1RY AMELIA BELL Resident of Roseburg for Half Century Crossed ' Plains Three Times. Mary Amelia Hell, 81, resident of Kuseburg for the post 50 yenrs, died at the home of her daughter, Mtnnlo Hell,' Terrace avenue, to day, following n long period of ill health. Horn lu MuHcatlne, Iowa, ' April 20, 8r2, she crossed thu plains three times. She was two years or age when her parents, tho late Godfrey and - Nancy Scbonnover Itapp. moved to California. Hho re turned to Iowa In I Mil) and spent u few yeai-s thero and then moved to Tuxns, where she was married In 1K72 to Hnmuol William Doll, a native of Yorkshire, Knglund. The third crossing of thu plains was when the family moved lo Oregon- und settled In Douglas county. Surviving are four sons und daugliteis, Minnie L. Hell, William D. Hell and Lester L. Hell, all or Koseburg. and Fred G. Hell of Los Angeles. A duugbter,' Anna Mlnlta Hell, died several years ago. Mrs. Hell wus a life-long mem ber of the Methodist church. The body has been removed to the Roseburg Undertaking com pany parlors. Funeral arrango uients liuve not yet been made. ALERT ENGINEER SAVES FIVE LIVES HT. IIKLKNS, March 20, fAP) Five men owed their lives today to the alertness of Mitch Tomklns, engineer of a logging truln, who sighted a huge timber sticking up between tho ties of n trestle and hrought his locomotive to a stop Just short of the log. Deputy Sheriff James rullahau said the train would have plunged hi to n deep ravine had It Struck the timber. The officer said (lie poNltion of the log did not Indicate It had fallen thero accidentally, Spring Registers Its Annual Entry Relieve it or not, spring Is here. Kpring officially arrived at 1:45 p. in. today, according to I). P. Mnrtlng, of the local office of the V. H. weather bu reau. The next full moon will occur at 3:12 p. m. Saturday, March 21. This fact becomes Important from the fact that faster occurs oh the first Sun day following the first full moon after spring begins. to Circle World r.,...., vi . w I it r;MMar'l Ill MEASURE CLOUDED Omission of Amendments May Lead to Law Fight to Test Validity. 8ALI2M, March " 20. (AP) while sponsors of the Hannah Martin pin-ball prohibition meas ure were awaiting an opinion of the attorney generul todny to set tie its Hiatus, discrepancies in the action on the Carney bill outlaw ing slot machines and providing for their destruction appeared. A cloud upon tlie validity of the signed measure on slot machines was claimed when the Joiuuut showed the bill passed the house after approval by the bo nut e with houso amendments which were nut Incorporated lu the measure Hlgued by the governor. Tracing the course of the bill, tho houso journal revealed thai the senate-approved bill came out of the house committee with all amendment providing that money In machines when confiscated like wise Hhould bo hold. Representative Hannah Martin, apparently Intending to ask unani mous consent to delete the "house" amendments, asked, instead, for consent lo delete "senate" amend ments. The journal rovcaled that motion and further that there were no senate amendments. Tlie bill passed, with the house amendment but the enrolling committee did not Incorporate the provisions. Tho technical question now Is whether the signed bill In the sec rotary of state's office was the one passed by both houses. If it Is a correction may be made u the journal to express the intent or the parliamentary procedure, This action may, however, result lu legal battle over the validity of the measure. Attorney General U II. Van Winkle said he would Issuo bis opinion later today on the pin-ball Hiatus, This hill passed both houses hut the governor vetoed the emergency clause und sent It back lo tlie house where It was laid on the table and still remain' ed at, adjournment. The question to settle Is whether the bill was killed by that action or whether It would become a law regardless. IRVINE'S SUCCESSOR TO BE NAMED LATER SALK.M, March 20 (AP Onv- iriinr Marl In iinnnumJetl today lie would not appoint a successor to II. K. Irvine on the stalo board of higher education "for at least a monlli." Tho governor saltl Irvine would serve until his successor waa nnmod. SHIP SKIDS IN ATTEMPT TO TAKE OFF Aviatrix, . at Controls, And Two Men Aides Unhurt; Craft to Be Repaired. Amelia's Quick Action in Shutting Off Ignition Prevents Fire and Probable Death. lONOLUMT. Mnreh 20 fAP) Amelin rCnrhart's lilg plane skid ded and crashod toilav while she was allemptliiK to tukc off for Howland : Island, on her world flight1 iu)t! she and her twro men companions escaped injiirv. ihe plane skidded on liie wet' concrote runway and the right the hlew oul, wrecking the under carriage. ' -' ; ' , There was a hurst of flame from the engine and ambulances raced to tho scone.. . . . , Thev arrived' to find Miss Ear.' lfart, whfte fncod, climbing from (he wrecked craft. " - "Something must have gone wrong," Bhe oxclalined. - 'I lie globe-circliiiK plane, which ' had cnriied the aviatrix safely from Oakland, Calif., tipped over' oa It left wing ' rne titer s companions, ('rod ih Nonunn. and Claptulu Hurry "Ulan-' nlng.i alio) escaped injury.. ' ; '''i'he-iitteinp'teil.-ttikeoffMvnfl made-, shortly, ufter dawn- for the second1 si ago of tho world flight. It hop' of 1,632 miles to tiny Howlnnd isliAid, southwest of here. The plane was about half way down tho runway, when the accl-. dent occurred. - -. ? -' ' Prevents Fire' The aviatrix, at the controls, a pnrently cut tile Ignition switches as the eight, ton piano swerved,, thereby preventing fire. . . .. . A scattered crowd of about 7fi watcher, mostly arihy men,, saw a burst of-flame spurt from the loft motor when the plane crashed, and then the firo. died out. . Tlie left whool snapped nfr and was hurled 411 feet front where tho plane camo to rest. -' Xloth propellers wore bent, the left 0110 badly. ' The' crash occurrod ut 8.19 a. m, Miss Knrhart stood In the cock pit. to show slui'Was not hurt,, and shouted lo army officers. Trip Postponed I The plane was loaded with 800 (Continued on pngo 8) N rcV ALBANY, Intl., March 20 (AP) The dealhs or Albert 1'!. Miller, 75, retired rullroad 'Sec-. linn worker, und Ills 4S-year-old former housekeeper, Mrs. Alta Amy, were labeled "double niiir-. dor" today by Police' Chiet Kdwuril Meyers. .. Meyers' statement was made to day after more than 24 hours of. Investigation of I lie shooting. ; The police chief declined to re veal the results, however, of par affin tests made of the bands of Kenneth Miller. .11. son of the slain mail, or of a two-hour con ference wllh young Miller. Chief Meyers said the son ad mitted telling nn nlilor brother, Karl. .17. to hide a shotgun ho threw nut Ihe window when be dis covered the tragedy, but explained be did nut want people to, think: his fnlhcr had killed himself. Po lice found the gun. with one shell illsclmrgcil, lu 11 nearby barn. drunkf.n driver fined and Jailed Crl.RNtlAI.rc, Ore., Mnreh 20.--Convicted nt 11 trial 111 the justice court here on a charge of drunken driving, Klmer lOldern was fined $11111 11 nil sentenced to 30 days lu the county Jail at Ttosoburg. llerl Melionnlil, arrested with Ki llers, was fined $10 after pleading; biiIIIv lo a chargo of drunkenness. It. II. Ilurkwnlters. third member of tlie trio which was reported to he riding lu n car which sldeswlp ed and wrecked a hydrant Thurs day night, did not appear for ar raignment and his case was post poned. Elders entered a plen of not guilty hut was convicted upon tho testimony of Dr. A. J. Fawcottu and Mnrshnl Wlnklemnn.