To Correct Any Misunderstanding, Please Be Advised That Mr. Roosevelt's Plans for Expense Cuts Do Not Include Payment for His Fishing J&ur.U.
THE WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday 56
Lowest teniiterimne lust night 40
Precipitation for 21 hours .10
Preclp. allien first or month 3.13
Preclp. from Seiit. 1. 11136 22.43
Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1936 C.liS
Probably Showers Tonight.
" COURT BILL ,
Will the senate accept the ad
verse report on I the Roosevelt
court reorganisation bill? A bit
tor battle Is In prospect before
the senate votes. Watch NEWS
ItKVIKW wire. reporta.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
rot. XL
NO. 311 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28. 1937.
VOL. XXVI NO. 231 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Editorials
On the
Day's N ews
Ily FRANK JENKINS
AS cvoryono known who l.au fol
lowed (he developments care
fully, thn labor troubles that have
swept tlio country la recent
months arise chiefly out of de
mands for union recognition. That
raises this question:
What of the unions?
yHIS writer, who is a publisher,
has dealt for years with the In
ternational Typographical union.
"Collective bargaining," of which
wo have been hearing so much, is
an old story In the publishing
business.
In these years, this writer has
made many con tract a with the
typographical union. Because of
the fact that business conditions
change from month to month and
from year to year, some of these
contracts have worked out to the
benefit of the union while others
have worked out to the benefit of
the publisher.
The typographical union has liv
ed up IN VARIABLY to its con
tracts; taking the bad along with
the good, as parties to contracts
are expected to do. So far as this
publisher is concerned, tho record
of the typographical union is an
honorable record. '
As a result, this writer has had
-NO-ftboi'-troub-leiv tluringiiff -business
experience, and labor troubles
In tho whole publishing Industry
have been few and far between.
tlERE 1b an Important point:
In collective bargaining nego
tiations with which this writer has
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HILF-MIWOH BILL
FORHID
WASHINGTON, April 28. (AP
The white house announced to
day that President Roosevelt sign
ed the S500.000.000 naval appropria
tion bill for the 138 fiscal year
before leaving today for a fishing
cruise in southern waters.
The appropriation was only
slightly below that for the current
year, which set a peacetime rec
ord. It carried $130,000,000 for ship
construction and armament, in
cluding funds to contluuo work on
two battleships. ''.
The money will he applied to 81
fighting ships already being built
and wilt permit the laying down of
eight more deal foyers and four
submarines.
The act orovides $1-1.000,000 for
nvlatiou and authority to enter In
to contracts totalling $15,000,000
more. This will permit procure
ment or 397 planes and two non
rigid airships.
A reappmpriation of $10,000,000
was provided for a huge floating
drvdock at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Tho largest item in the bill,
$1X5,000.000 Is for pay subsistence
nnd transportation of personnel.
Nation's Traffic Deaths Increased
26 Per Cent First Quarter 1931
CHICAGO. April 28. (API The
national safety council reported to
day approximately 8,500 persons
died fn traffic accidents during the
first quarter of 1937. a 2G per cent
Increase over the total for. tho
same period last year.
Decreases In the number of mo
tor fatalities for the first two or
three mouths of the current year
were registered by only six of the
3ft reporting states, the council
said. Of the nation's 1)3 cities of
100,000 population, or more only
15 reported decreases.
The urban traffic death record
for the nation, baed on statistics
from cities of 10,000 or moro popu
lation, showed an increase of 30
per cent for the throe-month 1!37
period ns compared with the 193G
quarter.
Chfratro's total of 19(1 deaths was
the largest of any city for the 1937
quarter. Bavonne, N. J., with a pop
Ulatlon (if 91.100. was tho largest
city with a perfect .record of no
DEFEF f IN
OUTbK AREAS
City Fears Same Fate That
Befell Guernica, Where
Aerial Attack Slew
800 Civilians.
HHNDAYI3, , Franco-Spanish Bor
der, April 28 (AP) Tho Bas
que. . government began today to
consider the evacuation of all
women and children from Bilbao,
as three prongs of insurgent
troops converged on tho city in a
virtually unopposed march to the
sea.
The population of the besieged
Basque capital-was fearful it soon
might suffer the same fate as
Guernica, historic shrine of Bas
que Independence, whore 800 civil
ians were killed in insurgent aer
ial attacks two days ago. v
The provincial council at San-
t a niler, 47 miles west of Bilbao,
offered a haven for all women and
children.
Ine food situation was reported
only "fairly good" despite the re
ported arrival of another food ves
sel through the insurgent sea
gauntlet.
Accounts of the swift, virtually
unopposed advance of General
Mola a Insurgent forces wore with
held from the Bilbao populace to
prevent t. panic. . and., intenial.dls-.
orders.
Authorities remained . confident
the city itself r with one side
open to the sea couiu wunsiand
a lengthy siege.
Defense forces . were rushing
work of reinforced concrete forti
fications around the land sides of
the town.
Bilbao authorities were preoccu
pied with the constant danger of
aerial bombings and were fever
ishly building shelters.
May Be Turning Point
General Franco's Insurgent com
manders, equally as confident of
swift seizure of the capital of the
Basoue autonomous region, ex
pected the campaign to mark the
turning point of the war.
Their troops were inside the
craggy mountains south and east
of Bilbao which have been the de
fenders strongest natural ally and
were noised for the "big push"
over Improved highways on the
coastal plain.
Insurgent officers satu Hie uas-
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TOTS PLAY WITH
RIFLE; ONE KILLED
IONE. Ore., April 28. (AP)
Discharge of a supposedly unload
ed .22-calibro rifle in the hands of
her brother, Don, 8, was believed
today to have caused the death yes
terday of little Edith Ball, tf-ycar-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Ball of lone, according to the re
port of Dr. A. D. McMurrio, Ilepp
ner, county coroner. The little girl
and her brother were playing in
the bathroom of their home and
Mrs. Ball was away from the house
when the accident occurred.
Mrs. Ball returned to find her
daughter lying in a pool of blood
on the floor. The llttlo girl waa
rushed to a Hcppner hospital, hut
died within a few minutes. Offic
ers investigated.
traffic deaths.
H. L. Forney, chief council sta
tistician, said an analysis of traf
fic deaths for January and Febru
ary this year Indicated tho 1937
increases were occurring entirely
in the older age classifications
above 25 years.
Traffic fatalities among the age
group of and over mounted si
per cent during the two month
span while a 40 per cent rise was
recorded for the 25 to 64 year
group. Traffic deaths among per
sons 15 to 2 years old dropped 10
per cent, and for tho five to 14 and
under four year old groups, five
and 15 per cent, respectively.
Gasoline consumption, which
usually goes hand in hand with
traffic death totals, increased six
per cent in January, 1937, ovrr the
same month hist year-but the in
crease In fatalities was 2fi per
cent, the council said. Preliminary
figures indicated an increase of 22
per cent In February gas. consump
tion and eight per cent in March.
SITI
A waits Insurgent Onslaught
WINCHESTER BRIDGE BAN
ON ANGLING PROTESTED BY
DOUGLAS
Action of tho atato highway com
mission In ordering closing of the
highway bridge ut Winchester to
anglers, has brought forth vigorous
protests from sports fishermen in
Douglas county. A strong remon
strance, signed by the Rossburg.
North Umpqua, South Umpqua .and
Myrtlo Creek rod and gun clubs,
was sent by telegraph to the com
mission last night.
The highway bridge, five miles
north of Hoseburg, immediately be
low the power dam at Winchester,
Is used by a groat many Chinook
salmon fishermen, many of whom
are unable to afford boats and have
no other means of angling for sal
mon. The sight of fishermen lining
tho bridge railing, it is declared, is
one of tho most effective means of
advertising tho fishing resources
of tho Umpqua river to tho pass
ing tourists. Each day hundreds of
tourists stop at tho bridgo to watch
tho anglers on tho structuro and
LEADS TO SLAYING
a-:1.)..
Youth and Parents Held in
Homicide in Suburb of
Klamath Falls.
KLAMATH PALLS, Ore., April
28. (AP) A. Jack Roeaner, 21,
nnd his parents, Mr. mid Mrs.
Fred noosnor, were being hold in
tho city jull todny while police in
vestlgnted the fatal shooting of
Jeff Emmert, 32, early tills morn
ing In nn alleged row- over some
chickens.
Young Hoesner, who surrender
ed to authorities shortly after the
shooting, admitted he fired the gun
which killed Emmert, according to
Police Officer Thomes Judge, to
whom Roesner told his story. His
hand was broken.
Five shots were allegedly fired
at Emmert, one of which pierced
his forehead. No examination has
yet been held to determine wheth
er any of the other bullets found
their mark.
The Roesners nnd Emmerts are
neighbors In Pleasant View, subur
ban tracts Bouth of Klamath Falls.
Emmert bought some chickens
from the Roesners, nnd Inst night
allegedly became Involved in a dis
pute with Mrs. Fred Roesner over
the deal.
. Shortly before 6 o'clock this
morning, nccordlng to the story
Mrs. Knimert told Officer Judge,
tho older Roomier cnlled her hus
band nnd resumed the argument.
They were Joined by young Hoes
ner and his mntlior, and a fight
with clubs ensued.
Jack Roesner claimed that Mrs.
Emmert hail n gun. When he saw
she was thus armed, he told judge,
he went after his own ..IS calibre
pistol and returned to find Em
mert allegedly battling with his
mother.
He aimed nt Emmert, according
to his story, and fired five shot.
Emmert ' fell dead In a nearby
ditch. -
The Roesners then drove Inlo
Klamath Falls nnd gave themselves
up to city police.
KLAMATH TRAGEDY
DECLARED SUICIDE
KLAMATH FALLS, April 28.
f AP) Pick McGee. about 30, small
storekeeper, was found shot dead
In an automobile parked near the
cltv dump Tuesday afternoon.
McGee had a bullet wound In his
head and held nn aulomatlc pistol
In his hand. Coroner George H.
Adler pronounced it a case of sui
cide. VACATION HOUSING
LOANS DISAPPROVED
WASHINGTON, April 28. fAP)
Tho department of the Interior
refused todav to sanction Senator
Charles McNnry's bill authorizing
loans for construction of recrea
tional housing accommodations In
national forests and parks.
The bureau of the budget said
the plan "Is not In accord with the
president's program."
ROD - GUN CLUBS
In tho boats below.
The Rose burg chamber of com
merce and sportsmen a (dubs have
been urging the commission to con
struct a siuewaitv on ine weai sme
of the bridgo to eliminate danger
to fishermen, and tho chamber of
commerce was advised today that
the commission ban ordered esti
mates on the cost of such sidewalk
prepared.
"The Douglas county rod and
gun clubs, whose names are herof
with attached, are unalterably op
posed to closing the Winchester
bridge to fishermen," tho message
sent to the commission Inst night
said. "We realize tho Immediate
need of a walk on tho west side ot
this bridge, eliminating danger to
pedestrians, and urge this most
seriously upon your Immediato at
tention," the telegram continued.
"Twenty-three c h i n o o k s worn
caught yesterday in this area," the
commisison was told, "and closing
of the bridgo to fishing will do tin
untold damage."
SEEKS STIPULATION
Oil LIE DETECTOR
Hopkins' Counsel to Insist
Use of Device Be Solely
For Experiment.
A stipulation that statements se
cured through use of a lie detec
tor shall not be admitted fn court
as evidence will bo required by
Attorney Kay 11. Coinpton, defense
counsel for Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Hopkins, charged here with in
voluntary manslaughter, Compton
announced today. A lie del ect or
test is scheduled Saturday for
Hopkins and his wife, who are
held In connection with the recent
death of Hopkins' four-year-old
daughter, Barbara Irene, who ulleg-"
ed!y- died from violence at the
hands of either the father or step
mother or both.
Compton said today that when
the use of the lie detector was
first proposed he had agreed to
its use to determine the fuels of
the case. Although his clients
could, under their constitutional
rights, refuse to submit to the
examination, they have willingly
agreed, he said, both proclaiming
their (innocence tof any violence
toward the child.
The examination .however, he
will insist, he said today, is to
be for experimental purposes and
not for evidence to be introduced
in court .and he plans to have a
stipulation to this effect with the
district attorney before the equip
ment is used.
Compton said he had endeavor
ed In every way to cooperate with
Sheriff Webb and other officers
Investigating the case In an effort
to arrive at the facts connected
with the death of the child.
The lie detector Is to be brought
to Roseburg Saturday by Dr. Frank
Meiiue of Portland, Sheriff Webb
reports.
LIQUOR BOARD HITS
AT 3 NIGHT CLUBS
PORTLAND, April 23. (AP)
The district attorney's office and
the slate liquor commission obtain
ing circuit court restraining orders
today against three night clubs
here, the Roof Gnrden, Cotton club
and Club Royale, pending trial of
suits for alleged violation of th'
state liquor control act.
Under the suits ,the clubs would
lie closed for a yenr unions each
posted a llooo bond to Insure ob
servance of the liquor act.
PUTNAM BACKED FOR
STATE SCHOOL SUPT.
PRNDLETON, April 28. (AP)
Reliable sources hero reported to
day that several eastern Orciron
school men are uniting with Wil
lamette valley educators In sup
port of Rex Putnam, superinten
dent of Albany schools, for the po
sition of state superintendent of
public Instruction, which C. A.
Howard said yesterday he would
resign September J to accept the
presidency of tho eastern Oregon
normal school ut LaUrande.
F. R, EGONOMY
PLAN OFFERED
TO CONGRESS
Resolution Gives President
Right to Impound 15 Pet.
' of Appropriations for
1 Next Fiscal Year, .
WASHINGTON, April 28. (AP)
Speaker Haukhead said today ho
was authorized to state that Presi
dent Iloosevelt favored impound
ing 15 per cent of all appropria
tions for government departments
nnd ngeucies for the next fiscal
year.
A resolution to- Impound that
proportion of appropriations was
introduced yesterday by Represen
tative Cannon (D., Mo.) . Nono of
tho 15 per cent Would be available
for expenditure unless released by
the president.
Mnnkhead said ho did not be
lieve there would be any Imme
diate action on the resolution. Ho
said ho thought It would bo defer
red until after all appropi hit Ion
IiMId In. ita
"Frankly, If it gooa through,"
Mankhoad said at his proas confer-
once, "It will bo left up to the
president to see what savinga he
can make."
The sneaker said he, loo, approv
ed the Cannon proposal.
it annears evident, ho added.
Thfttf Uifep resident-fa vdrs It in pre
ference to a horizontal 10 per cent
cut . In ail appropriations as Hiig-
gosted by Senator My rues and Hep-
(Continued on pago fi)
T!
(Ry tho Associated Press.)
-Tension in North America's
flood areas eased today as unni'y
rivers began slipping back Into
their own beds.
Tho Ohio river receded slowly
nt Pittsburgh and held at a peak
of 45.7 feet at Wheeling, Va. It.
was expected to rise a few feet nt
points down stream as It carried
off the headwaters overflow.
. The Thames river, which drove
(1,000 from their homes at londnn,
Out., and caused $.'1,000,000 dam
age, dropped two feet In four
hours after being 28 feet above its
normal stago. It left, largo sections
of London covered with sllino. Much
farm land was still submerged.
A large crew of WPA workers
made ready at Wheeling to follow
the receding water with buckets,
brooms and mops for a cleanup.
Some 700 residents of submerged
Wheeling Island . were still being
sheltered and fed at Rod Cross
refugee cenlers.
Pittsburgh, uneasy nbnut Its fu
ture after threo flood experiences,
raised its voice through Its citv
council and demanded of congress
tho Installation of storage reser
voirs In the Alleghany and Mouou
gahela basins so that "flood con
trol may become a reality In as
short a time as humanly possible."
MONEY ASKED FOR
SALMON CULTURE
WASHINGTON. Anrll 28 (API
Senators Frederick Steiwer of
Oregon and Iouis Schwellenbai-h
of Washington will unite in efforts
to obtain half n million dollars In
federal funds for the salmon Indus
try. They will sponsor n bill to es
tablish, om-rate and maintain one
or more fh culture stations in
Oregon.'1 Washington and Idaho
Tho pronoun! Ims the support of
flHlt commission officials In tho
northwest as well ns Cnlumbin
river fishermen's organizations.
ACCEPT ROAD BID
ON LOWER UMPQUA
PORTLAND. Anrll 21 f AIM
At a meettntr of th state hb'hwav
commlpp'on hem. the low bfil of
Roy L, How of Ralem Mr,.3n2
on a lower I'mt'oua hlrrbway lob
vinn accented. The nro1"ci mils
for resurfnln'r nnd furnishing
travel on the Wilson rrnch-Para
fio creek section, a distance of
7.8 miles. The bid win referred to
the stale engineer with power to
award contract
0
PEACE LOOMS
IN SAWMILL
LABOR STRIFE
Arbitration Plan Favored
in Union's Ballot While
Operators Confer on .
Future Course.
PORTLAND, Oro., April 28.
(AP) A glimmer of' hopo for
peace In the Columbia river dis
trict's lumber labor controversy
appeared today as votes wore ta
bulated in a Lumber and Sawmill
Workers' union referendum on the
question ot submitting their differ
ences with employers to an arbi
tration board.
A union spokesman said early
returns showed tho membership
"overwhelmingly" In favor of ar
bitration.
F.mployors, however, mado nr
comment on the plan, saying no
proposal for arbitration hud boon
submitted to them by the unions.
operators or both logging camps
and sawmills stood pat on their
demands that sympathy strikes
and alleged slow-down tactics of
the unions bo terminated.
Tho loggers backed their ultima
tum today by closing operations
e m p I oying approximately 6,000
men.
Sawmill operators sot tho dood
ling for termination of sympathy
st rikes at -three Oregon nmnts for
today. They did not state what
measures they would lako If tholr
demands wore unheeded. 1
Operators Confer
The Columbia basin sawmill
group of operators began n meet
ing this morning described -us
very Important" and It was be
lieved the employers wore draw-
(Continued on pago fj)
TO BLASTED HOPES
LOS ANGELES, April 28 (AP)
Thwarted ambitions nnd unre
quited love cnused Pasqual Fabrla,
SG-year-nld .lugo-Slav violinist, to
end his life by monoxide gas pois
oning. Fabrls, member of Raymond
Pnige's orchestra which plays for
a radio program, left suicide notes
In which he said Francos Lang
ford, screen actress, and slnr of
the program, refused to marry him
and go to Samoa, where he hoped
to write his, "system of philoso
phy." Fabrls body was found yester
day in his automobile, -a hose ex
tending from tho exhaust to his
mouth.
Mis nolefl referred to many dis
appointments tho first as a
youth In love. He wrote that "In
Germany, a whole second world
was lost when I failed to establish
myself In llambu.-g as a philoso
pher." "A Ihlrd world was lost," ho
continued, "when I fulled to be
come the conductor of tho Los
Angeles philharmonic orchestra
upon the departure nf Dr. Arthur
Kodzlnskt in l!i:t:i. Dr. Hodzlnskl,
now In Cleveland, will verirythls,"
MIbs Langford, recuperating
from nn aupendectomv, said she
believed Fabris to be tho man who
wrote her several letters. She snid
she dlil not read them.
Fabrls formerly was first violin
ist or the Philadelphia and Detroit
symphony orchestras.
TONGUE POINT AIR
BASE HAS ONE O. K.
WASHINGTON. Anrll 28. (AP)
The limine nnvnl nffnlrfl enniinll
tofi iiTinrnvetl todny n 1.1 11 nnihnriz
Iiik development of a nnvnl nir
lmt" nt TotiRiin I'olnt. Ori., nrter
cutMnir thn nnllinrled mut lo
Si.siio.nnft from si.rinn.nnn.
The Mil InrkH minellon nf Mi"
nnvv (lepnrlnient. whleli Iwh held
the linnn In not vltnl In tho ilefcnpo
of the Pnelfle. rojut.
!tonreentiillvn Moll, niitlinr nf
thn mefiBiire, eontended nt mm
m'tteo henrlng Iho p.ivernment
filled, to keen fnlth with the: pen.
nle of OreKon who dontiteil Iho
Inm! for the Imfle.
He nnnerto'l Oregon wnn with.
onl Hefenfle. nnrt the hn'.e. Would
.ervo to (fiinrd Iho mouth of the
Cnlnrnhin river, Oreuon'd iNtory lo
tho sea.
Man Spurns Food
Until Lord Gives
Permission to Eat
STOOPING OAK, Temi., April
2X. AP) lr. It. stnndlffr
mild todny Jm-liKoii Whitlow, the
rimtliiK nionntuineer, vnnld live
prohuhly 10 tlaya longer, even ir
ho dons not break liiH ful.
Tho Dniilnii physlelnn, nftor
oxiunlnlnK the mnn who claims
ho Iiiih not enten for 10 du.vn,
auiil Whitlow iHwilt'd mudliul
Cnro If and when ho uta.
Whitlow, 47-yunr-olil trapper,
who weighed 137 whon his find,
human, l down to 1)7 pounds.
. Tho. ninuntnlnoor ' snid ."Iho
lord" told him to start fuatln
and that ho would not tako food
until lio had rneoivod word ho
could end thn fast.
Scores Injured in Battle
Between Rival Factions
. at Connersville, Irid.
.. CONNERSVILLE, lml., April 28.
(AP) Kyes bloodshot, from luck
nf sleep, npproximutely (iuu work
men murched from the 'Rex Mnnu
fuctniliiK compnuy'B plant horo to
dnM nmiil hoots and cat culls of
more thun 300 United Antomobilu
WnrkoiH of America, wlio hnd pa
trolled outside of tho buildtHK. .
Simula ot "wo want ' a cloned
shop" canio from UAWA pickets.!
Tho exodus from tho plant was
In decided, contrast to. tho hand-to-hand-enmbnt
lust night .In which
lliroo inon ' Buffered Injuries "re
quiring niodlcnl, attention. Dozens
of other' workmen- wore ; ut , and
bruised In tho rioting" which fol
lowed the culling of a UAWA
strike, ''.
Elmer Davis, UAWA organizer,
announced a temporary truce hnd
been ordered pending a conference
with Thomas Hutson, stnto labor
commissioner.
Karly In tho day a conference
(Continued on fa :o 6)
AUTO TRAFFIC TIED
BY SNOW IN IDAHO
TWIN FALLS, Idaho, April 28
(AP) Between 40 and CO
motor cars were stranded today by
wind-driven snow on a highway
east of here and a state-owned
rotary plow was dispatched to dig
them out.
The tie-up developed on a drift
ed stretch between the south cen
tral Idaho villages of Hansen and
Murtuugh, on a stnto highway 20
nitls from Twin FallB.
No concern was felt, but the
stale highway department announ
ced another rotary plow was be
ing assembled for use should the
storm continue.
Tomperatnres ranged between
30 and 40 degrees above zero.
There was no damage to crops.
DOUBLE SHOOTING
LAID TO JEALOUSY
CMC 10UJM, Wash., -April 28
(AP) An unexplained douhto
shooting in the Cuscudc mountain
village of Lester coBt tho mother
of two - children her life and loft
a man nenr deuth today In a Clo
Kliim hospital.
Mrs. Murgarnto Nordstrom, ll-l,
shot through the head, died last
night In thn hospital u lew min
utes after she und Arthur Hagen,
20, likewise wounded, anivod hore
by train. Hospital physicians snid
thero wiih no hope for llugen.
At Seattle, Coroner .Mittelstnill
said ho had preliminary reports
from residents or the village that
Jealousy was n, motive for the
shootings. .
Golden Rivet Crumbles in Finale
Of S . P. Bay Bridge Construction
RAN FRANCISCO, April 28.
(AP) Tho S35,000.nt0 Golden
Oslo brldiro -was officially driin
pleted today without the benefit
of n vanishing golden rivet.
Dedicatory ceremonies yoster-
day centered around tho $100 rivet,
which was supposed to be the rinai
link in thn great steel structure.
Hut the rivet couldn't tnke it.
Heavy blows of the rivet gun
showered cheering spectators with
powdered gold nt the crucial point
of tho ceremony. ",' Then the rivet
hend dropped off. The roRt of the
Ivet was punched out and disap
peared. Whether t h o broken
pieces fell Into wators of (ho Oqld
en gnto or somebody's pockot no
ono seemed to know, but nnyway
Ihnro was no gold In the bridge to
day. A tough stool rivet took Its
daco,
FOES JOINED i
BY M'CARRAN
TO BREAK TIG
Senate Committee of lfij
Now Counts at Least 10
Against Proposal of i
the President.
WASHINGTON, April 28. t
(AP) Senator McCrran, D :
Nev.), the . "balnc.whel"
member of the senate Judiciary '
committee, announced oppotl
tlon today to the Roonvelt .:
court bill. Hla action virtually
assured an unfavorable report
to the senate on the measure. .
those close to the committee
said.
McCnmui announced his post
tlon to the committee today at an
oxocutlve session at which It wna
decided to vote on the bill and
all amendments by May 18.
The Nevada senator strongly
urgod the committee to accept his
compromise, which would pro.
vlda for a flat increase in the slzo
of the court from 9 to 11 members,
Ho announced positively ho would
oppose the president's bill as It
now standfl, providing for the nam
ing of as many us six new justlcon
unless thoso now over 70 retire.
Previously, checks of tho com
mittee membership had shown
nlno members or half the com-mltteo-'-wore
opposed to the presi
dent's bill und would vote against
it. ivicCarrnn made the tenth no-
gatlvo vole and assurod an adverse.
report provided -no ono should
cliunga, " ... :,;. .. ;.
McCarran had been one of the
tlghtuBt-llpped members of the
cojnmittoo jirlpr to, today.. No ona
knew how he would vote on the
president's bill If his and othen
compromises wore rejected.; ,
Others Speak Out
Shortly after McCarran made hia
announcement, two other heroto-
loro publicly non-committal sena
torsHatch (D N. M.), nnd O'Ma-
honoy (D Wyo.) announced they
would oppose tho Roosovolt bill
for six now , members of tho
court.
They did not chnnge the com
mittee count because they had
privately Indicated previously, how;
they would 'vole. -
Tho threo announcements, how
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MRDFORD, Ore., April 28.-.
(AP) The motion of Jackson
county Booking to hnve W. H.
Gore mnko inoro definite nnd cer
lulu his second suit ugalnst Jack
son county for $11,103,611, sought for
services ussortedly rendered in be
half of tho passuge by congress of
tho Oregon-Cnllfornlu land grant
tux refund hill has been denied
by Circuit Judgo II. D. Norton, and
the county given ten days lit which
to file nn answer.
In the present stilt Gore seeks
ono per cent of all monies paid to
.lackson county since 1M2 under
the U.-C. bill. Ho claims ho had a
"compromise agreement" wllh tho
11120 Jackson county court for puy
ment on this bnsis. ,
In his original suit Ooro contend
ed tho agreement called for pay
ment of five per cent for nil O.-C,
monies, npproxlmatlng $88,000. A
circuit court Jury 'lust December
denied any recompenso to Core.
The county in its motion asked
If the "couipromlso ugroomcnt"
was verbal or written, nnd if writ
ten lo produce a copy.
"Shucks, don't mind a little
thing like that," sold Charles IT.
Begerslnrm, who fashioned nnd do
mil eil the rivet, "I'll fix 'am up
another it they promise not to loso
It."
Edward Stanley, rlvut driver,
sworn by his reputation as a good
rlvetmuu that If Segnrstrom would
give him a gold rivet Just five.
eighths of nn Inch longer, he would
put II, In for kcops.
The bridge's 4,200-foot span
makes It tho greatest single sus
pension Bpnn ynt built. With ap
proaches Its length totals 9,009
feet, It Joins the Redwood high
way on tho north and San Fran
cisco on tho south. Ground for
iho bridge was first brokon Fob,
III, 1033. Official opening to Unf
ile la set for May 27, lo be cole
hratrd by the Golden gala bildgS
riesta.