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Now That Flag Day Has Been, Rendered Annual Lip Service, Good Old U. S. A. Will Resume Its TurmoU Until "Time" Is Called for Observance of July 4th. THE WEATHER Highest temperature yesterday fiO IxnvetH temperature last night &S I'rocipitatlon for 24 hours- 32 Preeip. hIih'h first of month 2,7i Preeip. from Sept.-1, 10311.. S&.O-t Deficiency since Sept. 1, lU3ti 4. Occasional rain; mild. NO SIT-DOWN Nows service goea on from clay to day rognrdless of Indue trial tie-ups. Your home-city dally, the NEW8-RBV1EW, nev er ceases In Its service, and you get the news first In the local Held. .'.,k"lii THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY ROSEBURG, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 1 5, 1937. VOL. XLI NO. 42 OF ROSEGURG REVIEW VOL. XXVI NO. 272 OF THE EVENING. NEWS A AS MITELS! T f ME , Editorials On the Day's N ews Uy FRANK JENKINS yilK (MO stril:c at tho indepen- dent tiloel plants in tho Middle West Ik being dramatized skilfully as a struggle of downtrodden workera against their grasping and heartless employers, und If your rending of the developments from day to day is sketchy and carolesH you are almost certain to get that iiupra&Hion. Hut if you read more T II OIK1H T K I ILL Y you will be forced to the conclusion that, there are TWO SIDES to tho story. ""HERE Is tho undeniable fact, for example, that some thou sands of men are STILL WORK ING In tho mills. In an effort to feed these men ami keep them reasonably com fortable, in spite of the siege lines drawn around the plants, the em ployers have resorted to various devices Including airplanes, some of which have been shot down by the 'besieging strikers. JOn one occasion a train of Pullman cars was run into one o. the plants to house tho- beleaguered workers. Most of the fighting has result ed from the effort of the CIO strikers to starve out these men who are sticking by their jobs'. TTIERE workers who arc stnyj , lug on the job must feel that a Jirinciple of considerable import mice is at stake. Otherwise, they would- not submit to the discom forts nnd tho risks that aro in volved. WHAT is this principle? " Woll,J'at this distance It is liard to say, for we are too far nway to be SURE of the facts. Rut It Is fairly plain that what CIO Is aiming at is "the closed shop, with nil workers belonging to CIO and With the' employer, deducting un- (Continued on page 4) BERT PILKINGTON DIES AT CORVALLIS Word has been received here of (ho death at Corvullls of Hert PNltlngton, B8, unlive of "Douglas county, who has been employed in the chemistry department of Ore gon State college. 13orn Juno 21, 1879, at Oakland, Oregon, Mr. Pilkington attended Oregon State college where he was a star full back on the college football team. He joined the staff of the state experiment station in 1909 and was later Instructor of chemistry at the college. Surviving are his wife, a (laughter and a son. City's Economic Status Sound Roseburg Well-Balanced Industrially and Enjoys Large Outside Trade; Future Lies in Expansion. PREAMBLE This Is the Inst of a series of articles to be published in the Tuesday Issues u( tho Roseburg KewB-ltevlew. Through this cam paign a composite picture of Roscburg'B stability will ho, made, Kach week, based on nctunl facts, some one phase of activity will be gone Into thoroughly, from the standpoint of showing Roseburg as one of the most substantia west coast cltleB. The success with which a nalion, state or municipality meets chnnging conditions in advancing from n period of economic stress to normalcy, Is dependent upon the actual understanding, by its people, reiatlve to natural resources and advantages. This program has been modo possible through the support given It by 15 representative firms of Roseburg. one In each clas sINcntton, who are expressing their confidence in the economic fu ture or the city. Each of these firms has an Interesting message on page five of this issue. By R. KENNETH EVANS Realizing that a comprehensive survey of the industries, resources and living conditions and general economic situations of Roseburg, one of uSe most substantial communities in south west Oregon, would hnve a tendency to build the right psy chology and confidence in the minds of the people, the News Review has conducted n fifteen weeks' campaign of exploita tion, which closes todny. This effort, without any advance con crete knowledge of its effect on the residents of the urban and rural districts, was universally supported by industry, commer cial business institutions and others, who aided in getting the materials together, showing conclusively the even balance be tween agriculture in this fertile section, industrial production in .the city and the facilities for production. 0 Slai er L i D. Crispo, Who Previously Wounded Neighbor in Row, Kills Himself. Near Wendling. EUGENE, Juno If. (AP) Besieged in his ranch house near Wondling by slate police and deputy i sheriffs for five hours, IJinnysins Crispo, about 50, shot and killed himself last night as oi'Mcers launched an attack on the barricaded dwelling with tear gas bombs. Crispo, a Mexican, was wanted on a charge of shooting and kill ing Deputy Sheriff Hollo Wicks when the officer sought to arrest him after a neighborhood quarrel in which Durrell Stollberg "was wounded. Cnpialn Waller Lansing of the slate police, who brought tear gas bombs from Salem while the house was guarded by other state police and deputy sheriffs, snid that two shots were heard after the first bomb was thrown, and that Cris po's body was found on tho second floor of the dwelling. The officers Bald that Wicks, unnrmed, went to arrest Crispo uf ter Stollberg reported being shot jUliUwoutided in it' quarrel with the rancher over a pile of reiuso in the latter's yard. Crispo was al leged to have shot the officer from a dlstanco of 50 feet, later taking refuge in his house. A crowd estimated at 1,000 per sons gathered ' during the siege, automobiles being lined up for nearly a mile. llotli Stollberg nnd Wicks work ed in tho Ilooth-Kclly mill. Wicks leaves his wife, two children. Mrs. Ida Schultz and Waller Wicks, and a grandchild. COURT ORDER HITS "HOW TO UNDRESS LOS ANGELES, Juno 15. (AP) Elaine Harris Jiarrymore has been ordered to appear in superior court next Monday to show cause why she should not be enjoined from appearing in a movio "How to Undress in Front of Your Hus band." V E. K. Nndcl, who also named Duane Esper, Film producer, in the petition filed yestorday, claimed Sherrill C. Cohen had copyrighted the title and had given him the ex clusive right to its use in this coun try. Miss Rarrie, divorced wife of John Harry more, Is using tho name Elaine Harrymoro In personal ap pearances at theatres. 1 y DOM DUTY of Lane Officer is BILBAO BRACING FOR "LAST 2 Tires Burst, Wheel Departs, Girls Give Up Three Roaeburg girls proved yes terday that nn automobile can be driven without tires, but they had. to give up when the car started shedding lis wheols. 1 Ytisterday afternoon tho thnn) girls drove to Steamboat on the North Umpipm road, starling the return trip late in the evening. When a tiro went flat they found that they had no tools or equip ment to make repairs, so they con tinued on, banging over the road on the rim. A few miles further another tire gave up, but, niulauut ed, the girls continued on their way. As tho car rattled its way slowly along a high rock bluff, the final accident occurred, when a wheel one of those still carrying a tire rolled off and bounced down the cliff Into the river. A nearby resident provided a car to take the girls to Idleyld, where they telephoned for trans portation home. Forest service lookouts, firemen and short term employes, together with rangers and other officials, opened a three-day fire school at Wolf Creek CCC camp today, with more than 100 men expected to be in attendance. The school is to lie given over to a course In study In fire sup pression ami prevention, together with oilier general subjects per taining to summer work on the national forest. Preliminary courses have been held for protective assistants and scouls, who are being trained in the technique of handling large fires, where ninpping and other details aro of particular import ance. Hay Lindberg of Portland, re gional Instructor, is assisting the Umpqua national forest staff in the school. BRIDGE WORK SHUTS LITTLE RIVER ROAD Work stalled today on the Fall creek bridge on the Little river road will result 111 the road being (dosed lo traffic above Kali creek for four days, the county court an nounced this morning. The bridge will he closed Thursday, Frldnv, Saturduy und Sunday while tho county bridge crew Installs new floor beams and stringers. A full outline for the industrial outlook of Hoscbui-g was covered, which showed that there whs a time when tho prominence of Hose burg was due In being ono or the grentest lumber producers, lu Hh arca. and aifgmeiillng this Indus try by successful development of agriculture. At a later (Into It was known as a successful Rtipply -hhI marketing center for the largest county In the state or Oregon. It has gained n prominence for the distribution of food, general com modities, n tourist and fishing area and has become one of the most popular centers In Its area. A Stable Community In closing this campaign ns a resume of the features connected with RosoburjT. which has made il so popular and one of the stnte's most stable communities, is appro priate. It had a population within the city area in 1930 of 4.302, su burban area Included, lO.noo. Esti mated population July 1. 1930, cor porate limits C.300; Including the suburban area, 10.000. nosebnrg's trading area lias a radium In mllen north 40, south 52, east 23, and west 30. Most im portant communities In the nrea aro Oakland, with 442 population; Sutherlln, 457: " Yoncdlln, 252; Reedsport, 1178; Myrtle Creek, (Continued on page 6) FIRST'BREAK ? CASE APPEARS Garbage Collector Denied Entry to Parsons Home Day Society Matron Was Abducted. STONY HROOK. N. Y., ' Julie 15. (AP) Two garbage collec tors told federal agents today that last Wednesday, the day Mrs. Alice McDonell Pursons, society matron, vanished, they were not allowed to enter the Parsons' Long Island home when they call ed. It was the first time such a thing had happened in four years, they said. The collectors, Arthur Chad wick, 31, and his negro helper, (leorge Wlufleld, told their story to Earl Connelloy, Inspector of the federal bureau of Investigation, and Assistant District Attorney Lindsay Henry of Suffolk county. It was their custom to enter the house, they said, descend lo the basement and collect (he garb age) but Unit on Wodnesduy-they. were met by Mrs. Anna Kupryan ova,. Russian housekeeper and companion to Mrs, Pursons, who pointed lo a largo package tied with cord, and told them: "That's all." " They also told Connelley the Parsons' automobile, which Mrs. Kuyryanovn bail said stood out side the bouse all day, was In the garage when they called. "This story may he oxlroincly important." Assistant District At torney Henry said. "A number of (Continued on page 8) PHAT1 STUDY SALEM, June 15. (AP) Gover nor Martin named today 10 men to study the state probation system and to report to tho 1IK19 legisla ture. Following suggestions made to the emergency hoard yesterday that the board name ah additional probation officer, tho governor said he would name the probation commission to study the problem with a view to revising the entire parole system. Members of the commission are: Justice .1. . Bailey of the state supreme court, chairman Justice George Itossman or the supreme court; Circuit Judge Ilnll H. Lusk. Portland; Circuit Judge Ar thur l. Hay. Lakevlow; Circuit Judge James T. Hrnnd, Mnrhfield; Oricar llayter, Dallas, vice-president of the State Bar association; District Attorney Earl A. Nott, Mil Minnviilc, president of the District Attorneys Association of Oregon; Unas L. Langley, Portland, former Multnomah county district attor ney; Senator Robert M. Duncan, Burns; N, Hay Alber, Portland, chairman of I he house judiciary committee or the l!i:t7 legii'lnlnre. "The probation law enacted by our Klale legislature lu 11KII Ir practically a deud letter and no major improvement In the sentenc ing and parole treatment of con .vlcts bus been made in Oregon Toi more than a generation. Our own state has, unfortunate ly. In this regard tugged behind our sister states of California and Washington." AMELIA'S PLANE LANDED IN INDIA KARACHI. India, June 15, (AP) Amelia Enrhart arrived here tonight completing a long nnd in terrupted hop from Massawa, Eri trea, on her "Just for fun" aeriai night around the world. Miss Enrhart said she flew from AbhiiI), Eritrea, on the African coast of the Bed Sea just north of the gulf of Alen, to Karachi, on the Indian coast of the Arabian sen, In one hop. The airplane dis tance Is approximately 1,400 milefl, M I rs Eur hurt said she would stay hero probably ft day but that her tentative plans to take off Thursday depended on the weather. TAX DODGERS IIS TO BE HIDE PUBLIC House and Senate Leaders Agree on Plan Prior to Probe; Nuisance Tax : Levies Retained. . WASHINGTON, Juno 15. (AP) A policy of disclosing names of alleged tax dodgers received ap proval today from two leaders of the congressional tax Inquiry. "Why not lot tho country know?" asked Chairman Harrison (D., Miss.) of the senate finance com mittee. Chairman Doughton (T)., N. C.) of the house ways and means com mittee expressed ugrcement. Both bad Just been to tho whito house to confer with President Koose velt. Secretary Morgonthnu probably will bo the first witness when tes timony starts tomorrow. Informed persons predicted tho inquiry will center on the returns o? millionaire's- and near-mllltoualres, espe cially those on a Hearortver.sury list of alleged tax dodgers. "Wo are going to bo Just au care ful to protect the honest taxpayers and not embarrass them or put them under a cloud," said Dough Ion. Senator Vandenberg (R., Mich.) in a statement linked the tax In quiry with what lie termed federal "wnsto and extravagant e," saying: '"Let's catch the tax dodgers, but let's not let the lax spenders go scot free." He said tax exempt' securities provide the biggest tax loophole and that other tax avoidance by comparison 1b "chicken feed." "Nuisance Taxes" Remain The senato finance committee recommended a one-yeor exten sion of a host of "nuisance taxes." due to expire Juno 30, on a wide variety of articles ranging from gasoline and electric po'ver to shot gun shells and chewing gum. Although the house has approved a two-year extension of the excise levies," which will bring In an es timated G0, 00 0,1) 00 in revenue an nually, tho senate committee vcted (Continued on page 0) GRANTS PASS, June 1 fi. (AP) Two seventeen-year-old boys were in the county jail ibis morn ing awaiting' charges. They were captured after burglary or the Murphy store and rnstofficc aftven miles south of here in which T. E. Gilmoi-n, owner and postmaster, Kiild two gunny sacks of merchan ditrt' and S11!.li5 of postoffien money were taken. State Officer Eugene Reed said Ihev gave Hie nameH.of Earl Clark Ilobdy. 17. of Murphy, and Dnnnld Richard Valentine, 17, both re cently from Los Angeles, A burglar alarm woke Gllniore about .1 Ibis moiniiiL'. He fired in the air after two fleeing figures, one crashing into a wire fence. Hobdy. cut ni)4 stunned by the col lision, was picked up bv nclchboirt who ' Immediately gathered wllb cutis. Valentine surrendered near his cabin lo Hlnle police shortly be fore 7 o'clock. HOP TARIFF BOOST ASKED BY STEIWER WASIIINCTON, June 15 (API Renalor ' Frederick Stelwer of Oregon nnpealed lodny to the tar iff commission nuking an increas ed duly on hops, or which he snld Oregon growers would produce at least 100.000 hales this year. "I hope the government will see fit to exclude hops from tho list of 'Commodities whlrh will be the Ii.Mb for negotiations of n trade a-.Tonment with Czechoslovakia," bewmio. American growers, he asserleil. "aro able to supply the demand for hops In Ibis country with a unnllty of domestic hops ns good or better than foreign hops." Suicide STAND" RIFLE NESTS Rebel Bullets Already Drop Into Streets; President Aguirre Says City Will Not Fall. IIKNnAYE, Franco - Spnnish Frontier, June in (AP) (Irlm rtusuuo militiamen hurriedly threw up street bnrrlcades today lor a last stand dcrchso against Insur gents flgltfing their way Into Bil bao. Insurgent rifle bullets fell in tho streets. Houses near tho outskirts of the ancient capital were turned into machine gun und rlflo neBts. Ex pert Blllpers picked advantageous spots rrom which to harry the In vnders. While the "last stand" prepara tions wore being rushed the rlflo bullets from the outskirts, pinging Into the cobblestone streets, brought homo to defenders bow close ''.modern fighting has drawn lo a oly which has been Invincible fovc'entindes. - - " .'- Border advices snld tho defend ers were facing tho onslaught calmly. Exodus In Full Swing During the night government ar tlllery Insldo the city Hturled a heavy bombardment of Insurgent positions. Wliilo the shelling was at Us height long lines' of automo biles sped out of Dllbao and nlong the Biscay const carrying refugees toward Snntnnder. Many women, old men nnd wounded fled from the city which Ihoy bad refused lo leave when insurgents rirst Blurted their drive against Basque allies of the Span ish republic eurly In April. Thous ands of children have been evacua ted by sea. An Insurgent communlnuo, which estimated Ilasiiue cnsunllloB dur ing I ho last four duyB ut about a nno, said tho attackora were de scending to tho capital nlong a line that stretched from Qalda cano to the sea on tho west s.lde r UUhnrt Their aim was to surround the (Continued on pago (I) SAI.IOM. June IB. ( At') In a case In which Chief Justice llean said he could find no precedence, the stato supreme court held to day Unit nullonal hanks could mil bo taxed lor operating sail! de posit vaults. The suit was brought by nation al hanks in Portland against tho city holding that the nrdlmilicn cnlllug lor n sin dunrlerly license for operating safety deposit vaults wiib uucouBtlllltlolilil. The lower court of Multnomah county held the ordinance unconstitutional and the opinion of the supreme court, written by Chler Justice Bean, af firmed Ibe decree of Judgo James W. Crawford. Justice Bean held that since tho stale law "specifically declares that Ihe excise tax 'shall he In lieu of all olher stale, county and municipal taxes' upon national banks, the imposition of this li cense tax upon nallomil banks for Ihe privilege of operating safe delimit vaults Is expressly prohi bited thereby." The opinion held further that Ibe "operation of sure deposit vaults Is' within Ihe Incidental powers granted to national banks by congress as an Integral part of the business of blinking." THE DALLES AREA LASHED BY STORM TIIK llAI.I.fOS, June IB. (API Violent I bunder showers struck three times near here Monday, blocked roads, furrowed orchunls and dninnged eropa, Rocks and debris blocked tho Shormnn highway In Fulton can yon. Tho Oregon Trull highway was reported partially washed out near Dlnlys nnd covered with mud at several places oast of hero, mm oe 1 Roundup Que.- d SPREAD RATHERTH (T mm ' Miss Cathryn Collins, above, has been chosen queen of the Pendleton Roundup this year. A student at the University of Ore gon, her father Is Henr Collins of Portland, president of the Roundup from 1920 to 1932. WAR DEBT DEFAULT WASHINGTON, June 15. (AP) Italy defaulted ngnin today on Its semi-annual war debt payment lo the United Stales amounting to $81,1178,1 till. Ambassador Suvlch IrnnsinWlod to the Btate department n note from his gevorniiont expressing "pollltj- regret"-over I1s;..cntlmind Inability to moot tho wartlmo ob ligation. Tho note snld Italy was unable at this time to advance any pro posal looking toward it posslhlo fu turo sottlement. Tho war ilobt Installments from Europeun countries fnll duo to day. They lotnl $1,500,000,000. Besides Italy, Latvia an1 Yugo slavia ulready havo defaulted. Only Finland, owing $1(13,1411, has .iiinnunced lis Intention of paying promptly as usual. All tho other countries have been In do fuult slnco l!i:i:i. Recent expressions In France and Croat Britain the largest debtors or hope thai something might bo done soon nbont a pos sible sntllement of tho war debt problem iavo not been followed us yet by any official action. Tho United Slates has voiced Us willingness to consider any refund ing proposal. Of today's lotnl hill, $205,3:18,751 Is tho regular soinl-annual Install ment and $1,311,821,10!) represents payments lu arrears. It will amount to $22,000,000,000 with o.ccunu'liilod Interest and iirliicltinl at. the end of tho (12-year period of payments established In tho original funding tigrnemenis BABY'S BODY FOUND HIDDEN IN HOSPITAL ASHLAND, Ore., Juno 15. (AP) A peculiar odor einanntlng from a locked room In tho Com munity hospital here led lo (lie discovery nf the body or a baby, enclosed In n enrdboard box ami wrapped lu pa per, and the whole concealed In a siillcnsn. Chief of Police C, II. Talent snld the skull hud been enved in. City, county, and state orriocrB were cnuducllng au investigation. Plan to Make Cities Bear Larger Relief Cost Share Creates Fight WASHINGTON, Juno 15 (AP) Semite administration leaders, fllthllng lo keep Intact President lliiosevell's $1,500,0(10.0110 roller program, centered criticism today on the Byrnes proposal to place a greater share ol Ihe icdcral bur den on local communities. Some senators said the measure might encounter onposltton rival, ing the house revolt setiled only nfler appeals to Ihe while house. Seven member filed a minority report dennunchig as unfair and unwise Hie recommendation or ihe npproprlaUons committee tbnt local governments where able hour -lo per cent of the cost of PWA projects. Tbev also criticized a recom mendation that congress refuse to re-approprlale prospective balances from previous relief Muds. '1'hls would menu, they contended, cur inlllnsr (be roller prnitrnm bv about mon.nno.oon nnd tnklnir 120,000 ad ditional persons from PW'A rollB. Senator Vandenberg fH Mich.) put forward a proposal that fig ured In tho 1H3R presidential cam. palgn that the relict problem bo New. Strife Also Menaces Automobile Industry in Detroit; Coal Mines of 2 Firms Tied. JOHNSTOWN, Pn Juno 15. (AP) Tho CIO siege of steel, In volving 80,050 strlko-ldlo men In seven states of the (Ireut lukeB re gion, gathered momentum today with renewed skull-cracking blood? shod and a threat of fresh Btrlfo III the Detroit automobile field. ' ntorneclne union violence broke out at Amhrldgo, Pa., ns 500 CIO pickets assaulted 50 members of tho rival AFU seeking to return to work at tho National Eloctrlo Products company. Violence in jured nine at lletblohem Steels Cnmbriu works. At Amhrldgo, nonrly n Bcoro of AFl, men wore bealou with clubs ns they marched towards tho com pany gates, chanting: "We ro going to work! Pollco tired tear-gas shells, but the AFIj back-to-work movement failed. Tho men did not got Into the plant. . Among the Injured at Cnmbrla wero a union picket, shot twice and critically wounded, and a Bethlehem worker, with ft fractur ed skull. Pennsylvania's Governor (leorge Rnrln told his state pollco head, Maim Lynn Adnms: "Take control of tho entire city Of Johnstown If local authorities cannot maintain law and order." Mayor-Shields- said: '-'The city council has authorized mo to spend unlimited funds to bring about order during tho strlko." Strike May Spread Thoro were hints that tho strike, alroady paralyzing tho Jobs of 80, 000 men in seven states, would spread further. With more than 10,000 coal min ors now out in nn effort to cut off steel's fuel supply, and with one CIO spokesman stating that eou,- 000 can bo cnlled out If necossnry, thoro wore persisting roporlB to day of strikes at olher Bethlehem Bleel plants besides the big one liero. A crowd 'Of several hundred per sons surged about tho Bethlehem goto. When a worker, nlono, em erged from tho plant and started to hoard a street car, tho crowd (Continued on pngo 0) MURDER SUSPECT FREED AT SALEM SALRM, Juno IR. (AP) Wil liam Meyers, held upon Informa tion from tho Pennsylvania state pollco as a murder suspect In volving a crime committed 17 years ago, was relensed today. Au thorities said his Identity had been conTuscd with Unit or another man by the same name. -o- FORMER OREGON LEGISLATOR DIES HILLSBOllO, 'Juno 15 (AP) Ail Illness or several weeks ended Inst night In I lie death of F.dward Schulinerlch, 71, president or the Commerolnl Nnllnnal bnnk nnd former state legislator. Ho played a part In the development or the present slate system of higher education as a member of the leglsllilure. "returned lo the suites," with tho federal government providing as sistance through grants. The aniironrlatloiis committee minority. h'tidod by acting Chair man McKellar. said Ihe Btales, ci ties and counties would he unable to meet Ibe lo per cent matching rcrpiircmcnl, with tho rosult they would have lo take nn "unfair pauper's oalh" or suffering would result. The SI .500,000,000 asked by Mr. Roosevelt for tho next fiscal year, they said, represents a reduction or about n third rrom last year's roller 'Outlay. WPA Administra tor Harry L. Hopkns, Ihey nddod, tins promised not to nsk a defi ciency appropriation later. Tho house, which approved Ihe relief bill nfler a coalition Inst a fight to "earmark" Tuncls for spo clnl purposes, received a senate npproved resolution for an Jnves. ligation of unemployment and re. Ilef. It would 'authorize President Roosevelt to nenont from five' to 15 qualified citizens to mnke re commendations to congress alloc a national survey.