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THE WEATHER
Humiilily 5 p. iu. yesterday 49 T
Highest temperature yesterday ti
l.Mvest temperature last night !'
Precipitation ftir 21 hours M
Prerip. since first of month Hi
Pii'tip. from Kepi, l, iy:t7 2.11
Kxcess since Sept. I, 1&:S7 7t
Cloudy; probably showers.
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THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DALY
VOL. XLII NO. 133 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER I, 1937.
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X 1st; 4 (when lluncroffs Hatiu
book and Almanac of the Pacific
States, mentioned in this column h
day or bo ago, was published)
there was no Medl'ord. Jackson
ville was the county seat of Jack
son county.
There was no Grants Pass. Ker
byville was tlie county Heat of
Josephine county. It was credited
with a population of loo.
TMIERfc: was no Klamath Falls
nor even any Linkvilk. There
was no Lukeview. What is now
Klamath anil Lake counties was
then a pail of Wasco county,
whose seat then ns now was The
Tulles.
Only Fori Klamath, where a mili
tary post had been established,
Achieves mention in this old book.
IN Douglas comity, the changes
have not been ro great us in
the remainder of Soul hern Oregon,
for Rnseburg vaft the. seat of
Douglas county in lx(I4 and is so
listed in the old book. Its popula
tion was estimated at 2:"i0.
AS TO Jacksonville, which was
then the outstanding metropo
lis of Southern Oregon, the obi
book"-1nentions that the slockhnld
irs of the California and Columbia
Ulver Railroad had just met and
uVgunfewrtarpI "
business Hem of apparent
ly equal Importance it is mention
ed that a salt spring bad just been
discovered on F.vans creek by a
.Mr. Urown, who was planning to
put up works suitable for the de
velopment of the spring.
In the space devoted to Douglas
county it is also hruught out prom
inently that salt springs in con
siderable number had just been
found and that quite a business in
salt was springing up.
IF somebody went out and found
a salt spring in these days, he
(Continued on page 4.)
PORTLAND, Oct. 1 (Apt
Doors swing open at S a. m. to
morrow on the 27th annual Pacific
International Livestock exposition
here.
A 10 per cent increase in prem
iums and a corresponding boost in
arena prizes will result in the dis
tribution of .Ki,nnn to farm and
livestock exhibitors. PU'i.iMKi to
blue ribbon winners in the hors-
ilinw nnil SlOHItll In rnrlen icn-lii'-
pants.
Robert Ormond Case and Ernest
Ilayrox. widely known writers of
western fiction, and Henry W.
Collins, veteran president of the
Pendleton round-up, will judge in
deo performances.
A free matinee performance of
the horse show and rodeo will fea
ture the children's day program.
J- lifL'iti iii tif nl l4:'i li tn (lnriinr
Y which all children of school age
m will be allowed to see the en! Ire
y exttosltton lor a small gale charge,
Wilcox said.
.Matinee and night shows are
also scheduled for Sundtiy.
Oddities Flashed
tliy the Associated Press)
Ambassador for Mammy
NASHVILLE. Tenu. A 65-year-old
negro woman. Welfare Di
rector Hoy Garis ai:l, inquired
about an old-age pension.
A case worker found her eligible
to receive state aid and so inform-
ed her.
"I don't want no pension my
self," the woman explained. "I'm
able to work. 1 want it for my
mammy."
Her "mammy." she said, is 107
years old.
Juror-Plaintiff
DAYTON. O Mrs. Opal John
, etoii's Jury career was short lived.
m die in
UAL MURDER
AND SHE
Mother and Brother Slain
Apparently by Girl
Who Takes Her
Own Life.
ANN ARIIOR, Alien., Oct. 1.
(AP) A mother and two of her
children died of bullet wounds in
separate shootings which Sheriff
Jacob Andres described today as
"double murder and suicide."
The bodies of Mrs. James (J. Mc
IIenry, fiJi, wife of a Detroit attor
ney, and of her 7-year-old son,
James. Jr., both shot through the
head, were found in an abandoned
automobile near a cemetery a mile
from Ann Arbor this morning.
A daughter, 22-year-old Ruth
Mrlleiiry, was found fatally wound
ed in the family home at Detroit
last night, a .22 calibre rifle be.dde
bur.
A fourth member of the family,
M-year-ohl Donald, was grazed by
n. bullet at the Deiroit residence
as he returned from school yester
day. He ran to a neighbor's for
help, and came back to find Ruth
with a bullet in her bead. She died
at a hospital luo hours afterward.
Bodies Identified
McIIenry, who maintains u sum
mer home ut Ypsilanti, came to
Ann Arbor at noon today. Sheriff
Andres of Washtenaw county said
he identified the bodies.
The sheriff said be believed
Ruth shot and killed her mother
and brother some time yesterday,
then returned to Detroit to take
her own' life. The abandoned auto
mobile was packed since noon yes-
leruay in me. spot uiiere deputies
found it.
Edward R. Creen, assistant pro
lessor of psychology at the Uni
versity of Michigan, said Kuth Me-
Hetiry hud been staying at his
home lor the past three montlu.
uutier tlie observation of Mrs.
Creeu, who also is ;i psychologist.
Green said the last time be saw
Miss McIIenry was yesterday noon
when she left the Creeu home
"very suddenly." Creeu said be had
understood ea rl ier M iss .M c I lenry
was to meet her mother at noon.
HUNTER MISTAKES
CALFFOR DEER
MEDFORD, Oct. 1 (AP)
Maine Tiyles of the Foots creek
district near Cold Hill is held in
the county jail on a i-.utle ian-eiiy
charge by reason of shooting a
white-faced calf in mistake for a
deer while bunting in the hills
last Sunday.
II vies, in a signed statement to
sheriff and state police, admits
shooting the bull calf but declares
u hen be pulled Hie trigger he
t bought it w as a deer.
The statement further says thai
Uyles skinned and ust-d part of
the kill and threw the rest of It in
Rogue river near Cold Hill.
The Byles statement says be
was accompanied by two brothers,
one of whom had no knowledge of
the error or received any of the
meat.
C.I.O. MEN TO LOAD
LUMBER SCHOONER
PORTLAND. Oct. 1. ( AP) The
CIO gained the suppoit of the Ma
rine Firemen of San Franc.sco to
day in its efforts to break through
tin AFL boycott of the sawmill in
dustry.
Oeorro Hrown. vice-president of
the CIO lumber union affiliate, re
ported the firemen ordered their
local branch to send men aboard
the schooner W. F. Chamberliu,
Jr. The AKM'IO jurisdld ioual
clash hutted loading opera) ions
t wo weeks ago.
From Press Wire
She bad taken a seat ns a pro
spective juror when she discovered
she was about to sit iu judgment
of nor own case.
Mrs. Johnston asked $2fi.rini for
injuries suffered in an accident.
Feline Fun
!
SPARTANRl'IKi, S. C. An
alert telephone exchange ofMce
operator heard a receiver remov
ed from a phone in a downtown
grocery during the wee hours.
Listening further, she heard
strange noises.
Then she notified police who
spfd to capture thf intruder.
They found a kitten having the
time of its life playing with the
phone.
A.F.L. Threatens
To Invade Rival
" Union Territory
DKNVKIt, )-t. 1 (API Wil
Iktm Crotii, lu-i'Ktilt'iit or' the Amer
ican l-Vilcvutiim of Labor, said lo-
tlay (hp fi'lt'ru(iun iiili-niltul to in
vade CIO ti'rrilory ill its lialtli-
against John U I.cwh.
'We'll rarry tho war into the
enemy's country where we're going
to win decisive battles, " Green
shouted in a speech before the
AKlj buildiitR trades deiiarlmeiK
convention.
Observers recalled that the AM.
had chartered tin; Progressive min
ers of America and Interpreted
Clreen's remarks ns meaning I lint
the federation iniiiht intend to
start a catupuinn against Lewis'
United Mine Workers.
The I'nited llalinent Workers,
an AFL union, also has been ue
harini: nuiellv lor a battle with
the Amalgamated Clothing Work
ers, another CIO arilimte.
(Ireen repeatedly lias said that
the Al-'L would not invade CIO
territory until the CIO unions wore
expelled front llle Al-'L. ins speei n
today was regarded as a broad
hint that expulsion at the forth
coming federation convention was
ill tlie wind.
FORCES IT IBI
Insurgent Leader Reported
to Be Willing to Give Up
Foreign Troops.
(By the Associated Press)
Generalissimo Francisco Franco
apparently was massing bis forces
m the Madrid front-today while
his - northwestern 'army .stubbed
from three directions at Cijon's
eastern line.
The roneentration on the Ma
drid, or central front, was evi
dent from the strength displayed
yesterday in an nttack on govern
ment positions near Cuesta de las
Perdici's ami Cuila hill, on the
Coruna road northwest of Madrid.
Insurgent infantrymen reached
I be network of barbed wire pro
tecting government trenches out
side Madrid, but were halted
there and fell back after heavy
losses.
A strong insurgent attack in the
Aiganda .sector, southeast of Ma
drid and near the vital Madrid
Calencia highway, and a govern
ment counter-attack, strewed the
battlefield with a large number of
insurant dead, the government re
ported. The attack was met with
mortals, machine guna and field
artillery.
A report circulated in France
that Franco was willing to agree
to withdrawal of foreign soldiers
from Spain and soon would advise
interested powers of hU attitude.
Franco was described iu the un
confirmed advices reaching ihe
French frontier as ready to give
up bis foreign troops on condition
that insurgent army officers be
permitted to check on withdrawals
from -the government armies.
FIREMEN WILL SEEK
WAGE, HOURS LAW
LA ORAXDK, Ore., Oct. I (AP)
Ray Snider. L;i Crande, was re
flected president of the Oregon
Fire Fighters association during
the concluding sessions of the
state convention here late yester
day. O. F. Karg of Maker was
elected vice president, and T. D.
.scbrunk of Portland executive sec
retary. Members or the board ol"
trustees are M. H. ScbmickenbeiT
of Maker, James Hicks of Portland
ami K. Canoose of Medford.
Resolutions passed included one
to initiate a ballot measure design
ed to set maximum hours ami min
imum wage standards for city fire
men, nud another to submit to Ihe
next legislature a proposal for pen
sions lor paid city firemen ami
compulsory insurance for all vol
unteer firemen In Oregon during
thir hours of actual duty. Tlie
association also agreed to promote
another civil service measure in
Albany, to re lace one invalidated
by a technicality.
CCC WILL ENROLL
640 MEN IN OREGON
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.(AP)
The civilian conservation coi H
will enroll 123,u7 young men and
M.PiH war veterans during Octo
ber. Director Robert Fei huer said.
Oregon's quota Is GJ men.
I-ast minute shffu in camp site
for fie period ftnm October 1. l!i.'S7,
to March 31. 1 include, in Ore
gon, discontinuance of camps on
toe Siskiyou national forest near
Ag::r::.: ;::;.! r.r. ;.rl'.air land nea
Condon, and the establishment of a
camp in Coos county.
FORESTRY MEN . TROOPS QUELL
SHOW METHODS- TERRORISM IN
TO PRESIDENT
Roosevelt Given Thrill by
Tree Topper Will Leave
Tliis Evening From
Tacoma.
SNYDER IiAXCER STATION,
Olympic Pen'nsula, Wash., Oct. 1.
(AP) President Roosevelt and
his party stopped here this fore
noon for a 12-mlnute demons) ra
tion by the forest service on the
way to fight a major forest fire on
his tour of the Olympic peninsula,
the country's "last frontier."
Forest rangers, led by Ed Kay-
anagli, assistant regional forester,
staged the exhibition. Fire fight
ing equipment, including the pack
mules and the radios for use in
distant fire areas, ami the more
modern truck and pumping unit?
was paraded before the party.
Slopping five minules at the
Calawa lumber camp, two miles
east, of Forks, President Roose
velt got a thrill out of watching
a logger cut the top from a I7fi
loot Douglas fir tree today.
Greets Tree Topper
After the tree-top had ci ashed
it) the ground with a roar, the
chief executive, on a tour around
the Olympic peninsula, usked to
have the man, Fred Vincent, 21,
brought to his car. He wanted to
shake bands with the man who.
had neatly accomplished the dan
gerous job.
The president's motor caravan
left Lake Crescent, nine miles
east of here, at 9:3b a. m. The
wCulher was clearing after last
nlglU's torrential rainstorm, but
light rain fell again as the partv
crossed the Sol Due burn, a de
vastated forest area. The presi-
(Continued on Page 61
SALEM, Oct. 1. (AP) T h e
state highway bonded debt was re
duced to 1,111,751) and the World
war veterans state aid bonded
debt tell to S22,17ft,(tno when State
Treasurer Rufus C. Ilolman depos
ited S2.5(iS.(i!M( with the slate's
fiscal agent in New York
The' deposit was used to pay
Sl.mio.nnu principal and S-176 4iiS
interest on highway bonds, and
fiiMi.mio principal and $l!i2.2!H in
teresi on the state aid bonds.
Ilolman said the blghwav re
ductron would be offset temporar
ily by the Sl.tMin.utju R,nll ippm
loan recently negotiated by the
highway t-oinniiinn i r.
cent interest.
Ihe state's bonded debt now
"'iiouuts to SHi.r,xr,.nm, compared
Hh a peak of SiiC.oiij.xiu fll Hr,K
JINX FOLLOWS HAT
TOSSING EPISODE
I'OKTI.AN-Il. on. l ,.u.,
T.-llllllKlL-i- Still..y IhukI,,.,! lli-ll Ill
Had v.ei-tnnl ly throw a ,.- g, h;1
Hlo l-n-Hid.-lit HoosevHt'n aillniiio-.Mli-
Im-ic Tncmlay, and the iirosi-di-nt
kt-it it.
Hi- (-nntin:!ffl in i,....,!.
sump 50 --rrli.iidn" c-:.IU-. him on
l lie ti lcphnm' ti lonmil." him aflt-r
his niisfiirtuni- i-i-i-mIvi-iI pnliliritv
1 1 lit Ullf-n hi. lm(t I iY.
Ii'il indfiwlly m ,(, ,,ri r ,is
" nis Hf-illte ill humor lipqan
In li-i'l ilu Kirniii.
Sllilcv riv-ii'tiii.i,,l ..... -e .....
'i-dlii-diiy, linriilni; l,in ,-e m
in- torn. i wiiih Willi diffl-f-Blty.
Tlnirsihiy hi- ilrovi- hi m-u
nil' io llu- poHiiifn.., in .,,.(, if J,,,,,,,,
ini-nilii-r of tho iiroBiili-nt'R puny
Iniil lolunii-il liia Inn.
I In ip was no lial in tlin mall,
nnd Khon he l.-fl Un- ioslofiio h.
IoiiihI Mimioiip had Htoien ,is inr.
ACCIDENTSTAKE
TOLL OF FIVE LIVES
SAI.KM, Oct. (API Klv
f.itiilittps and '958 arHilpnts wprr
ri-lioili-d to the malv ilnlilHlil.il
iiiTiclcnt ('OIiiiiiIh.hIoii during tin
wppk ondliiK j oKlordiiy.
Kalalltipii wpip: Ivor John l.unil'
ol MiirRlHiplil, bnikir, injnroil Soi
li-inliir H at Alli-Kiiny; Marion XV
iii-iiili Ix. Alson bii' ki'r. injurod
Sopioiiiiicr 22 at Ilotroit; M.-lvin
S. IlKiin. AhIiIiiiiiI fallor. Illjnron
AiieiihI II in Kluinath I-'iiIIb: I'riinl,
S. .lons. I'arkiiulo wood fawvoi.
I injurod August IS at I'arluliili ;
li'harles Itay Joiiph. Poillaml (iro-
li:in fnlnrpi! Moiilomlior 111 ;.l
' I'ortlnnil.
-THE HOLY LAND
Wholesale Arrests Made to
Halt Disturbances
Caused by Late
Assassinations.
JERVSALEM, Ocl. t. (AIM
Britain struck with un iron fist
today to crush a new wave of
terrorism In the Holy Land. In
a sweeping offensive mandate au
thorities outlawed the Arab high
er committee ami started round
ing tip its influential members.
1th telephnue communication
from the city suspended and roads
heavily guarded, police carried out
their large scale operations before
dawn.
Silently they surrounded houses
of Aral) leaders and searched them
one afier the other. Dr. Hussien
Kbalidi. mayor of Jerusalem, and
Fund Saba, secretary of the high
er committee, were reported to
have been seized ami laken aboard
t he Mritish cruiser Sussex at
Haifa.
The grand mufli oT Jerusalem,
head of the higher committee, was
deprived of bis office and rumor
was be had been arrested. (There
was a report in Cairo, Egypt, that
the muffi bad fled to the Mosque
of Omur ami defied authorities lo
enter ami arrest him.) The man
ager of an Arabian bank was tak
en Into custody.
May Deport Leaders
Leaders caught In the police
dragnet may be deported to Perim
island In Ihe Ited sea.
'iVoTorisin- )iv tlilH tnmbk-rtven
bind, sacred alike to Jews, Christ
ians and Arabs, reached one of Us
most ferocious climaxes when Hie
British commissioner of Calilee
(Continued on page fl)
U. BOOTH ROBBED
BY MASKED BANDIT
PORTLAND, Oil. 1 (AP)
"TlioloimliiH'H.s' must bo the mid
ill!' Junius of tlm wi'll-ilrt'ssi'd'nun.
iiihii who I'olihi'il t ln-i'u moil of Siill
ut a Portland lioti-1 Iiiki niKlit.
Hi' wus ndinllti'd when In-kllni-ki'd
on tho door of Itolinil A.
Huoth'n Biilto. fiiL'o nn
liy ii white hnndkpi'i'liii-r unci 'ilh
a i-ovolvoi- in liis haiiil. ho foiifil
Ilnolli und two kiiikii, AlKi'inon C.
Dixon mill Paul Kflly. Kum-ni.
lumlieiinoii. to lonuivo their
i lolhe ami lie on Iho IiimI. lip tup.
I'd tlii-ii- wrtsiB, Ii'rh und inoutli.i.
Koiirrhi'd I lie room nnd then do
IKirteii. The Kiinmaii linked Ihe door
rroin the outHliie anil the viilinm
hud to utlraet an offieer from u
window.
NEW RECORD SET
AT CRATER LAKE
MKDFOItll, (let 1. (AIM A
now llll-liine litleuilallee reeei-.l fur
('rater Lake .Niitlouai park with
nj,4il.i vLiitm-H lor liie I:i7 ne.v
son. Hint elimeil yentei day, was re
ported today by Park Siinerhilen.
ilent H. p. Ij.avilt. This is an in-i-rease
of 12.L' per ,-ent over lust
year when isn.::n2 persons i-eiils-tereit
An Inerease in at lemhiiK-e al
Ihe Oremin enves milioual monu
ineiil ii iso was reported by Super
Ijlleildeut l.eavill. -I'liere were
sr,.:tli t visilors lit llie eaves tills
year. The enves sia.ion iiffiehilly
i-losed Septenilier 3il, Inn it was
aliuoiineeil l lie iiionunieni would
he kept open ror visilors all win
ter, wllli uei'omiuodatluus at the
cltaleaii.
FIREMAN KILLED
AT SEATTLE BLAZE
SKATTLK. Oct. 1 -(AIM -'infant.
Albert M U'filiiPi-i iv u-.u
nverrume by kh fiinifs ami Umt
ni lile in a tbMe-nbiriii fire which
b wept stbioiiEh the Annrlr'ii Tar
company plant on Lake Cniun
shortly before noon today.
Captain 'olp-rt, aciinK chief
of ihe fourth hulfallon, wuh tiikt-n
from the nbinl and u-mkiul .l.
by re4!iscifiitifiii squadr! but iheir
atff-nipls were tnin vailing.
Ir. Krutik .MaxBon. ii, deh;ui-rm-nt
physlrhin. Ruid Capiain Wol
"C't Hiipiirentlv wan injureil in ad
dition to beinj? overcome. He
'M-d after bein rushtd to a hos
pital. Kfre Innper.toiH etjni;ih-d (he
ll.H ill 8J"t.l)hU.
FROM CALL BOY
IS HISTORY OF
OMAHA. Neh.. Ocl. 1. (At')
William Martin JefferH, at 14 a Un
ion I'ncifie mil boy, today boeatne
president of the road. Upholding
ihe American tradition that no po
sition is beyond the aspirations of
the humblest youn;;Mer.
Son of a Cnion Pacific jhop
worker, tin i;i-yenr-old executive
nevr Vorki.'d for another com
pany, has Kpeni 47 years In the
"service." He succeeded Carl It.
Cray, who retired nt. 70 to become
vice chairman of Ihe board of di
rect oik.
The first president ''from his
ranks" of the Cnion Pacific, will
be feted tomorrow night at a mam
moth dinner here lo be attended
by an estimated 7.500 employes
and their famile.s from 11 states.
Among those attending will be
Postmaster Ct'neral James A. Far
ley and W. A. llarrinmn, In ion
Piicific board chairman.
"Mill" JeriVrs. rotund and bald,
with the genial disposition usuiilly
attributed to men of bin build. Hat
today before his haltered roll-top
desk and talked nhout "human en
giil'.'eiing." "1 .-it ill think Ihe call boy Is
pi'elly important," be said.
Ami "Kill" Jii'lers meant It, for
he hH never lost touch with the
other men who work for Union Pa
cific, In fact, be was the organ
izer of the IT. p. old timers' clubs,
employes with !iO years service, at
whose Hoclal functions an official
in just another employe.
"An official is more important,
perhaps, but not more essential
than the man in Ihe ranks." wau
the way he put it.
"Human eugim-oring lakes pre
I
Unprecedented Radio Ad
dress to Be Given by New
Supreme Justice.
The talk by Associate Justice
Hugo L, Black will be heard
ever KRNR, through the Mu
tual Broadcasting Syjtcm, start
ing at 6:30 p. m., Pacific stand
ard time.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. (AP)
Whi'ii ABHOcfute J UHt lc 1 luuo L.
Hint k ili-ih ers IiIb httdnry-makitiK
radio speech to the nation tonight
he Avill Bpfak from the living room
of the modest home of a Iriend in
WaBhitiKton's Chevy CIuihu section.
The justice will Bpeak into lulcro
phoiieB Bet up Iu the living room of
the home of Mr. and Mib. Claude
K. Hamilton, Jr., on quiet Tenny
son street.
Ithick will reply in the radio
speech at 9:110 p. in., eualein stand
ard time, to thoKe who iiave cuul-li-i)K'd
bis HtncBH to Htuve on the
tribunal because of wuat they al
lege to be hi.-i afrillatifin with Hie
Ku Klux Kliin.
Never in Ihe history of the court
has u justlc thus carried his ca.se
directly to the people.
Many observers here were re
minded that similar use of the ra
dio has been made by President
lEoosevflt, who has outlined In
"liii'nldr chills" Ihe plHiis und poli
cies of his administration. Once he
made, n direct appeal for siiphorl ol
I his court reorganization program.
I hree national radio chuuid will
ury Justice Hhtck'ft speech, mak
ing II available to lipproxmuttely
sliilions. Ihe content of the ad
dress remained a closely guarded
Herrel, Known only to Itlaek and a
lew (fl his close associates.
II was considered highly pojisibS
that be would dlsclls directly the
allegation of Klan membership.
The quest Ion l-uiiiiei, however,
whether In1 iniubt make a complete
denial or ulieiher he might uy
that he once had been a Khins
mau hut long since had renounced
his membership.
MRS. ROOSEVELT ON
WAY TO NEW YORK
POHTLANH. Oct. 1 - (AP) -Mis.
CranMin I). Roosevelt, who
h as gi eeieii py I be "isy acclaim
of thousands when him parsed
through Portland Tuesday with
her bit-band, the president, walked
um-Hf or ted and almost unre-ir;-ti'.il
into (he waiting loom of the
Swn'i l-Itnd aiipoit wiib other
Tinted Air Lines p.iss"iei.i here
but nb:ht.
Sb wan en unite to Now Vorl;
to fill a Hpeak'ng eng-igem nt.
A -u lim: that "it has all been
in liie newspapers," she hui;hih."l)
ib dined to lie interviewed.
TO PRESIDENT
NEW U. P. HEAD
I
1 , i
Ik 1 '
WILLIAM MARTIN JEFFERS
ference Iu our consideration," he
explained. "There is no substitute
for contentment."
Jeffers is proud of Union Paci
fic's labor relations record. Union
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BU,BFD.I1B
I
Announcement Is Expected
to Follow Meeting
on October 1 1 .
KCCKNIi, Oct. 1. (AIM The
Cnlverslty of Oregon may huve n
new president on .Monday, Oct. 11,
it was revealed here bile yesterday
when it was announced a special!
meeting of the stale board of high
er education would he called on
that, date lo consider Chancellor
K. M, Hunter's recommendations.
Though no official announce
ment has been made of the candi
dates, the list in known to include
some of the most prominent educa
tors In the country. Among llicin
are hr. C. V. Itiiymer, noted con
omfst of the I'litveislty of Michi
gan ; Hr. Homer I lodge, dean of
Ihe graduate school at the Cuiver
sily of Oklahoma; Uavld Kavllle,
of the economics staff nt Stanford;
Dr. Clarence M. rpdegraff, assist
ant lo the president of the Univer
sity of Iowa, who was on the cam
pus this week, and several other
outstanding figures.
It is expected thai the decision
at Ihe meeting Oct. I) miy not be
final, but it is known the chancel
lor and Hie board wish lo secure a
president as quickly as possible.
Hr. C. V. IJoyer has usked to be
relieved as soon after Kept, :to us
possible as Mrs. Meyer' u health has
been poor recently.
The recommendations to go he
fore the board will represent three
moid lis work by the executive
council and Chancellor Hunter In
st inlying presidential possibilities.
Tn o local men, I Jean James 1 1
Gilbert ami Dean Wayne L. Morse,
both of whom had been mentioned
as pros) Is, definitely eliminated
themselves from couslderutiou in
statements today.
FLASHES of OREGON EVENTS
KI'GKNK. O't. 1. (API O. J.
Itrown of Portland losi bis life hist
; : niiiht when bis automobile over
turned on a sharp curve four iuiIch
from Oahrllge. The victim was
pinned beneath the car.
A second Iine county crush
critically injured Mrs. Roy Mean
of Kimene. she was not expected
to live following nil accident which
sent her automobile crashing into
a power pole.
Kl'GKNK, Ocl. I.---(AP) Inves
tigators sought today to establish
the canst of a l(t,onn Hie destroy
ing Ihe Hear creek lumber mill
five mMes west of Junction City
I j cHterdny.
Mc MINNVILLK, Oct. 1. - (AP)
- Fatally iiibued when her car
overturned two and on half miles
south of Carlton, Mrs. Winnie Sav
age, .?!!, Portland, died ten minutes
after being brought to a hospital
STATEMENT BY
JAPS UNTRUE
SAYS YARNELL
Denies Giving Information
That Americans Left
Hankow on Date
of Sept. 26.
lly J A M ICS A. MILLS
SHANGHAI, Oct. . (AP)
Sharp condemnation of Japanese
j bombing of Hankow and the Han
. kow-Canton railway on Sept. 25
: came today from Rear Admiral
I lurry larnell, commander of the
Culled States Asiatic fleet.
I a Japanese spokesman iiau sum
i Ihe Japanese navy was informed
tiv l nltcd States Ambassador NeT-
suii T. Johnson that all Americans
and other foreigners bad been evac
uated from Hankow nud surround
ing territory by noon of Sept. 26.
ThU Admiral Yarnell flatly de
nied, saying Ambassador Johnson
issued no such information, but In
stead told the Japaufso that for
eigners would be evacuated from
Hankow und the surrounding vi
cinity after Sept. 2ii.
Chinese Hold Lines
Meanwhile, the Chinese defend
ers of Shanghai reported they
were holding their own nil ulou
the line and, in some sectors,
sharply counter-attacking.
In tho vicinity of Kiangwan, the
Chinese reported, their couuter-a-lack
resulted in a virtual rout of
Japanese troops. Tho Japanese ad
mitted Kiungwnn civic center
buildings hud been "evacuated" but
they conie tide I their lines in the
rear were unchanged.
The Chinese- told of surrounding
";md annihilating SOU Japanese sol
diers In that sector.
Japanese were reported today to
he considering a further stringent
warning to foreign powers to evac
uate Nanking completely or face
the danger of even more deter
mined air raids.
The official Central Chinese
News agency said the warning
was based on the grounds that
Japanese efforts to avoid Inflicting
damage on the interests of third
powers at the Chinese capital bad
caused Japanese planes to be shot
down by anti-aircraft guns.
Resolution Submitted ,
OKNKVA. Oct. 1. (AP) China
today flatly asked the leugue of na
tions advisory committee on the
Slno-JupancBH war, on w Inch the
Culled Slutt's in a consultative
member, to declare her a victim u
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SAN FUANCISCO. Oct. 1. (AP)
Hrigadier General Kobort Alexan
der Itrown, 71. Culled States army
re tired, the man who captured
Oeroninio America's public enemy
No. 1 of years ago died here after
a short Illness.
The obi line cavalry officer, a
veteran of both the Spanlsh-Amer-ican
and World wars, had been
living quietly here for several
years. Death came last night.
II was as a husky, young lieiitrn
aut just out of West Point that
llrowu first at ti acted attention by
tracking down ami capturing the
Indian chief.
lie was one of Ihe senior colo
nels of the aimy ut the start of
the World war and be became a
brigadier general and served with
the 12nd division overseas.
here last night.
George 11. Nay lor, second offi
cer on the steamship TVxmar,
berthed at Vancouver, Wash., who
was a passenger, was unhurt.
Sheriff George Manning said tho
car overturned when it failed to
negotiate a turn in the highway.
PORTLAND, Oct. 1 ) API MrH.
Kranklin H. Roosevelt, who was
greeted by the noisy ucclalm of
thousands when she passed through
Portland Tuesday with hor hus
band, tho president, walked un
escorted ami almost unrecognized
Into the waiting room of the Swan
Island airport with other United
Air Lines passengers here last
night.
Sho waa en ronto to Now York
to fill a speaking engagement.
Asserting that "it tins all been In
the newspapers." she laughingly
declined to be interviewed.