"Quarantine" Against War Is All Right as Far as It Goes, but a Purgative for the Nation for Alien Isms Within Would Remove a Greater Menace at Present.
THE WEATHER
Humidity 5 p. ni. yesterday 40
Highest- temperature yeslerduy kd
IvuwcHt .tfuiperaiure last night f I
Precipitation for 24 hours o
Preeip. since first of month (;."
Prorip. from Sept. 1, is:t7 2.
Excess sincci Sept. I. I!i:l7 23
Probably occasional light rain.
WAR, POLITICS
They're tho big news of.jliH day,
iiihI will bo for muny duys id ennm.
And labor strife is running a t-loan
third. Know daily what's going on
hy rending your home-city dally.
AluuvH liiHi, uccuralo, impartial.
A-
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THE DOUGLAS. COUNTY DAILY
VOL. XLII NO? 14' 5A SEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1 3, 1 937.
VOL. XXVI NO. 63 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Editorials
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Day's News
ny FRANK JKKKINS
A MONO the good things Oregon
1ms to he thankful for (the
Thanksgiving season, you know, is
approaching) Is the fact that in
those trying recent yours Charles
II. .Martin has boon governor.
fNOVKKNOU MAUTIN doesn't lio-lii-ve
that morel y hy passing n
law or making a speech day can ho
changed to night or white can he
chunged to black.
Ho DOKS.VT believe that you
ran pour a quart of water out of u
pint cup.
He doesn't believe that wishful
thinking van make everybody rich.
"pHHRK is an undent proverb
to the effect lliat if wishes
worn horses all beggars would ride.
Wishes AMF.NT horses. If thu
politicians have about convinced
you they are, try wishing a horse
into your stable. Or an automobile
Into your Karate.)
lOVKRNOR MARTIN does be-
lieve that the only way to
CREATE WEALTH is to apply la
bor to natural resources. lie does
believe that you CAN'T DIVIDE
what ioii't produced. He does be
lieve that the less we work the
Jess we produce and the less we
produce the less wo HAVE.
lie knows I huso beliefs aren't
popular, but because he knows
them to he sound he SPEAKS
THEM FEARLESSLY, letting the
chips fall where they may.
HpHE politicians love to tell us to
go on believing In Santa Claus
and everything will come out all
right. Clovernor Martin knows bet-
(Continued on page -1.)
ICE"
PORTLAND, Oct. 13. (AP)
The great generators at Bonne
ville dam may produce electrical
, energy for the power markets re-
quirements next month, J. D. Ross
of Seattle, recently appointed ad
ministrator, 'said here last night.
Itefore formally taking up his
duties, the administrator will con
fer with Interior Secretary lokes
and the power policy committee at
Washington.
He urged Portland to acquire a
city monopoly to effect low rates.
V HILLSBORO, Oct. 13. (AP)
The Vushitigtoti County Taxpay
ers' league plans an active cam
paign opposing the proposul for
i he format ioti of a seven-county
Oregon Bonneville people's utility
district, for which petitions are be
ing circulated, H. R. Findley,
president, said today.
The county clerk's office report
ed .11 petitions hearing find certi
fied .signatures were on file here.
Oddities Flashed
I (Bv the Assoclnted Press)
Thith lth Tho Thilly!
KICHMONM), Vn. Krelhmen :it
IllvUhton or William and Mary
-ollfK(i aro lifhpinK, because tlillii
1th lliithiathion week.
What inakeR It hanler. they
have to lisp only ever other Henl
pr.ee. The litlipinK will eml with a
theeret Mieremony T h u r t Inlay
niKhl- thank Komlneth:
Time Changes
1IONKA PATH, R. C- llerl Mar
till huil ilark brown hair but it
jn-ew whitp a be need.
Physician mlviRed him to have
bin teeth removed.
He did. Now hia hair Is Inniing
(lark again.
Extreme Penalty
ItU'FFTON. Ind Anxious to
get a meal under way, Mrs. Ruftls
(ilendenning rang a dinner bell so
vigorously she broke her arm.
The wiro on the bell parted. She
fell over backwards, her arm strik
ing a bucket.
ITALY ADDING
TO FORCE IS
El
Further Help to Insurgents
in Spain reared; Thirty
Planes Downed in
New Battles.
(By the Associated Press)
Italian hlackshirt leaders to
day asked for fiu.oOO volunteer
militiamen to meet "emergencies"
as the British cabinet decided to
call the international "hands-off
Spain" committee into session
this week.
Fascist officials In Rome de
nied that any of the volunteers
were intendi-d for Spanish service,
but the British and French gov
ernments were known to he dis
turbed by recurring reports of fa
ther Italian intervention.
The two countries, however,
seeking to avoid a direct clash
with Italy, hiive yielded to Pre
mier Mussolini's wish to have tlie
London non-intervention commit
tee bundle the quest ion. Franco
agreed to this after stipulating
that, the negotiations must bo
swift and that Britain help her
"equalize the balance" in Spain
should the negotiations fait.
30 Planes Downed
In Spain fierce fighting continu
ed, especially on the northern
front where the insurgents re
ported advances in their drive on
Ciijou. Insurgent and government
sources reported more- than 30
warplanes were brought down in
a series of Columbus day sky bat
tles. ;
(Jermnny announced a non-aggression
agreement with Belgium.
British officials would not admit
it, but it was known that the new
Belgian foreign policy which
scrapped the defensive alliance
with Britain and France had caus
ed uneasiness in London.
Informed circles In Berlin said
Hitler desired to demonstrate to
the world through I he treaty that
the international lawlessness of
which President Roosevelt com
plained last week in Chicago i.s
not to be found in Germany.
Spanish government officials
said 211.000 insurgents had been
killed in the 48-day-old offensive
in the Asturias.
Fleeing People Bombed
Dispatches from dijon said
insurgent aviators swept down and
machine-gunned many people- flee
ing across fields from Cangns do
Onis which was reported razed by
fiOO explosive incendiary bombs.
The smouldering ruins were
said still to be held by govern
ment forces, but elsewhere the in
surgents were slowly advancing.
(Continued on page G)
BLINDNESS THREAT
LEADS TO SUICIDE
PORTLAND. Oct. 13. (AP) A
note found by the body of Stanford
L. Biuns, 23, found in his room in
a local apartment house, indicated
lie had committed suicide because
he was going blind and could hot
"face the misery und helplessness,"
Deputy Coroner Earl Shea said.
The body was found last night.
shot through the head with a .22
calibre rifle.
The note was addressed to his
mother, Mrs. Alma Silencer, of Sa
lem. Bruns. a former soldier who re
cently returned from the Philip
pines, was attending school here.
From Press Wire
For Art's Sake
MARVVILI.K, Mo Mary Me
Cormiek changed her mind and al
most had to sleep in a hotel lobby.
"I'm eoose pimply," she moaned
when Manager l!o Krofla told her
he hotel was full. "Where is your
chivalry? Please, a room tor
art's sake."
Krofta set tip a bed In n vacant
room for the .singer, who decided
at the last minute to remain over
night utter a concert. Put Miss
Mct'onnick's manager, Anton
Miller, bad to sleep in a chair ill
the lobby.
Their First Million
SAN KItANCISCO. "Sloi light
up, Indies and gents! tirab bold
of (his million dollars! Keel jt,
hold it in your hands for only one
dime the tenth purt of a dol
lar!" That's the kind of eoncession a
group of San Franclsrans want to
operate at the pills flolden (iate
International eosltlon. !t pro
poses cashing In on the fact few
persons have seen $1.0n0.0oo and
the hope that enough would pay
k a dime to boast they had.
PARLEY HEfkRS
Crop Control Improved Labor
Standard Put Up to Congress
Roosevelt's Special Session Call
Also Asks Barrier to Monopolies;
Court Reorganization Not Named
Bv NATHAN ROBERTSON
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (AP)
President Roosevelt, ordering a
special session of congress Novem
ber Hi, instituted a campaign to
day to enact by Christmas, if pos
sible, the hulk of his legislative
program sidetracked in the last
session.
Administration officials express
ed hope lor swift congressional ap
proval of five measures outlined
hy I he chief executive last night
in his tenth "fireside chat:"
1 . Crop product ion cont rol to
"build an all-weather farm program
so that in the long run prices will
lie more stable."
Wage and hour standards to
make millions of our lowest-paid
workers actual buyers of billions j
f dollars ol industrial ami I arm
products."
3. Regional planning to conserve
natural resources, prevent floods
and produce electric power for
general use.
4. tJovernment reorganization to
provide "twentieth century ma
chinery" to make the "democratic
process wors more efficiently."
Stronger ann-irusi laws in
furlherance of "a low price policy
which encourages the widest pos
sible consumption."
Bitter Fight Looms
The proposals foreshadowed bit
ter ami perhaps prolonged controv
ersy. The first four were left-overs
HIGH COURT PLEft:
Ex-Washington University
Student Faces Gallows
for Triple Killing.
nOISH. Idaho, Oct. IS (AIM
The Idaho supreme court declined
today to intervene in an Ulb-hour
fight tn save Iiouglas Van Vlack
condemned Taroina. Wash., triple
liillcr from the gallows.
The tribunal denied, in a formal
order, a petition of defense attor
neys ror u slay of Issuance of the
supreme court remittitur for iio
days (o permit perfection of an
application to the nation's highest
court for a writ of review.
The remittitur is a formal no
tice to the trial court that Its pro
ceedings have been affirmed and
that steps to carry out the death
penally are in order.
The action of the court here to
day forced defense counsel, James
V. Ailshie Jr. and Hobert Ailsble
of lloise. to carry their fight to
the ('lilted States supreme court,
which once previously refused to
intervene.
Attorneys, under rules of that
tribunal, may apply lor the same
stav that the Idaho court denied
and iiiiv Justice may grant It.
The :i:t-year-old former Univer
sity or Washington students was
convicted of shooting to death his
former wife, Mildred Hook ol Ta
coma. lie admitted during his trial that
I... fired lilslol sllOtS fatal tO tWO
police officers who attempted, to
halt lllm as he sped through south
' Idaho late in November, l!Ua. wnn
I Miss Hook, whom be had kidnap
ed, al his side.
HUN ILK 0L.AI1N u I
COMPANION'S GUN
f'l.ATSKANli:. Oct. 1 3. (AP)
Columbia county authorities inves
tigated the first deer hunting fatal
ity of the season ill tills disiriei 10-
day following the death of lolva
Tuoml, S3.
State Police Officer ('. I-..
Throne said K. K. C'icenhi, 35. ac
cidentally iliot bis hunting partner
late Monday. I be men. the ottler
reported, were coming out of the
woods when Ciceri Ill's rifle dis
1 harg.-i!. The ballit pierced Titomi'i
heart.
yankeeb6ss"signs
3-year contract
NF.W YORKT oTt. 13. CAP)
Joe MoCart hy today signed a
three-ear contract ro manage the
world's champion New York Yun
kens nt a salary of 35,(nO per
ycjir. Kdwat d (J. Burrow, general
ninnsiKor of the club announced.
The Yankee manager won three
lMi mints and finished second four
times In the seven years hA man
aged the Vnnkee.t. Ilis New York
tt'Ufns have won thre world's
' series.
from the session which ended in
August, but the anti-monopoly
recommendation was new.
Mr. Roosevelt characterized the
program as one which the Ameri
can people need immediately to
provide prosperity.
"The kind of prosperity we
want." ho said, "is the sound and
permanent kind which Is not built
up temporarily at the expense of
any section or group."
IBs speech followed by only five
bonis bis dramatic announcement
iit a three-minute press conference
(hat he was calling the tirst spe
cial session since the one he sum
moned during the 11KI3 hank holiday.
The broad program out lined by
tin
president immediately niiseu
tin
quest ion of whether congress 1
womu reiurn more in me n.nu i hat n(,n. mpm)ors lnk
to follow his leadership than il lmUu.lv m,xl Mday."
was hist summer. .... ,-, , -
Court Plan Omitted . Al Sulum Oovnuir Charles Mar
There was no mention in Mr. ' asserted if it becomes neces-
Rooseveli'H speech of his court re- lm' ' !t 1 'y
organization progiam which upset member or the state police depart-
the legislative inachinerv in the ment." Mayor Joseph K. Carson
regular 1!37 session. He apparent- "f Portland requested police aid
lv uK leferi inc tn siioienie court i
supreme
reversals, however, when tie said
the people hail been "ehe ked" in
efforts to control production and
secure wage-hour standards.
Although some members of con-
(Contlnued on iiuko fl
IN LATEST CLASH
' 1
Chinese Defense at Tazan"
Holds Against Onset by
15,000 Invaders.
SHANGHAI, Oct. 13. (AP) A !
Chinese spokesmun declared to
day that Japanese forces had lost
more than li.mni dead and wound
ed in a disastrous attempt to crash
the Chinese lines across W'entsao
pang creek into Tazang. four
niilo.s northwest of fho interna
tional settlement.
The Japanese army used 35.01)0
men in its desperate thrust. One
Japanese flying column pushed
lliead of the main bodv Ibren
miles to the outskirts of 'Paunir.
where a murderous machine gun
and hand grenade fire forced it
to retire to (ho original position.
tazang is tne most strongly de
fended town on the Chinese bat
tle line, lis capture by the Jap
anese might force the Chinese
troops to withdraw from the hotly-contested
Chapei sector in or
der to escape being flanked and
surrounded from the vrvM.
Despite withering fire from
land, sea and air the Chinese
clung to their lines on nil other
fronts in the Shanghai district.
Alien Irritation Growl
While Japanese planes resumed
dropping bombs on Chapel, a few
yards outside the international
settlement boundary, the echo of
their machine-gunning of three
British motor cars late yesterday
was creating more international
consternation.
Although no official statements
had been made II was learned thai
the attack might have British.
It ul in u and Russian repercussions
since cit iens of I hose nat ions
were passengers in the uutomo-
bilefl.
The passengers were understood
to he: Flight Meutenaiil H. H. Mur
ray, assistant British air attache;
Capt. L. Shinn, British, of the
China Navigation company: M.
Bniham, British, formerly of the
Chinese railway nd ministrations:
C. Marshall. British; Lieul. Kraii
cesco Rebezzi, of (he Italian navy;
M. Sb.thov, secretary to (he so
viet military attache; and an un-
f Con 1 1 n ued on pa kg G )
MARTIN PREDICTS
ROGUE RIVER PEACE
MARSHFIKI.I). Oct. 13. (AP)
Predicting more fishiug. more min
ing and peace for the lioene river
area. Governor Charles H. Martin
visited here last night alter an in
spection trip up the stream wlier
the alleged dumping of mining deb
ris hai brought protests from
sportsmen's nnd oilier groups.
The governor said he was un
prepared to advance a solution tor
the problem tiiilil he had made
further investigation, but that he
was positive the lntetests need not
be inimical.
ILiniEJT
A.F.L. Tells Portland to
Curb C.I.O. or Unions
Will Cease Work.
PO It TLA N D. Oct . 1 3 ( A P )
Thu A.F.L. central labor policy com
mittee today threatened a general
"holiday" here Monday if "public
authorities are unable to restrain
C.I.O. forces and prevent a continu
ance of the lawlessness."
The federation, involved with the
C.I.O. in a Jurisdictional warfar"
for the control of (he lumber mill
Indus! ry in (his district, asserted
the policy committee was prepared
to "recommend to all American
Federation of Labor unions in Port-
.ioiiiay alter several Hundred al
leged r.i w. loiiowers succeeded mwith ,no (h,ulll nf Kdward Lindsay
closing ino me riyiooK eorpoi -i-
iimi wneu u uuompiou to operate
witn an A.I'.Ij. crew.
A.K.I, spokesmen have announc
ed another a I tempi will he made
to open the plant tomorrow. The
C.I.O. countered' with a statement
it planned to continue "strong
picket linos."
Plant Assured Protection.
Both the mayor ami Chief of Po
lico Harry Niles promised Hie Ply
lock concern ' u'oteei ion, saying
they would rope ami block adjacent
streets If necessary lor "public in
terest." "We intend to continue to con
duct ourselves peacefully, so if
there is any 'rough stuff" the A.K.I..
will have to slurl it," said George
Brown vice president of the C.I.O.
sawmill workers union.
Only one major sawmill is in
operation. A.F.L. pickets pace In
front of the entrances in protest to
the employment of C.I.O. workers.
FITCH JURY FAILS
TO RENDER VERDICT
AII'CRAS. Calif.. Oct. 13. (AP)
Alter deliberating ;1 hours, the
jury which heard the murder trial
of Byron I,ee Fitch. :t7, for the
shooting of Karl C. Smith, f2, was
discharged today aft en it reported
it was unable to agree.
I he cast! went to the jury nt 7
p. in. Monday and the foreman re
ported I he first ballot was eight to
four for acquittal. Twelve follow
ing ballots stood nine to three for
acquittal, Superior Judge Jamison
was Informed.
Dale for a new trial will be set
later.
Smith, who moved, hero from
Bonanza, Ore., was shot during a
quarrel at his ratich. Fitch, Smith's
brother-in-law, surrendered volun
tarily.
BLIND SPORTSMAN
TOPS DIRT TOSSERS
ORKGO.V CITY. Oct. 13 (AP)
The most willing volunteer
workman among the hportMiien di
verting water from the Sandy riv
er into the channel of the Utile
Sundy below Troutdale is George
Reynolds of Oresham.
lie shovels more dirt (ban his
enl huslasl lc associates w ho
eager to restore the Sandy ii.h an
angling stroma. Opening Hie out
let will ussist migrations ol stud I
and game fish Into the Sandy.
Reynolds has fished the river
with (lies and .spinner for many
years. He f in m east a lino ove
some of i he fine! waters in tli
state.
The fact that be I.s blind has not
df:;:::;ctl lib: ardor.
MOTORIST LEARNS
ABOUT "HOT SEAT"
AMI ANY. Oct. 13 -- (Al
Oscar Kfgley, f0, of Sweet Home
knows about the "hot neat,"
A fire sifirtud under the cosh
ions on the front s -ai of hbt auto
mobile. Keif ley, a bit disconcerted
by t he bla z. lust cont i ol of t he
cur hii I crashed into a tree.
Henry T. Bidders found him
a (wondering down the Independent
road four mile; from Albany
was dazed and a little bruised,
otherwise uninjured.
BRADY GANG S
HUHDERS TOLD
B DALHOVER
Three Policemen, Grocery
Clerk Slain, Survivor
of Bangor Battle
Confesses.
RANCOR, Me.. Oct. 13 (AP)
Captain Frank Foley of the Ban
gor police said today James Dal
hover, wounded survivor of the
C-meu's ambush of the dread Al
Brady pang, had confessed the
baud bad slain three policemen.
Caplain Foley said he heard the
sulky prisoner, during an all-night
quest lotting, admit to federal
uveitis the' gang had killed Richard
Rivers, an Indianapolis police ser
geant; Paul MlnneniHii.au Indiana
state trooper, and a Freeport, Ohio,
patrolman, tleorge Conn.
Da I hover, his skull crushed by
a bullet, surrendered after a squad
of federal sleuths shot and killed
Al Brady, John IHllinger "success
or," and the gang's youthful "trig
off" a grocery clerk, but said he
yesterday in a dramatic 5-mlnule
gun battle on a Bangor street.
Foley stild (he capliired gunman
also accused Brady of "knocking
off a grocery clerk, hut said he
did not know the victim's name or
where the slaying occurred, (i-men,
however, have charged the gang
., iql,ni ( grocery clerk
I guess he's given Iheni (the
federal agents! a pretty complete
tory of the gang a movements
since they broke out of jail year
ago." l-'olev said alter the tilglil
long examination- In hm raruiDoy.
giniunm'.s cell,
Foley sold Iialhover, whoso on
try into a Ilangor spoils goods
store sprang the lederal trap, tip-
I shaken hy the lengthy ques
tioning and the effects of his
wound.
Only After Ammunition
The wounded mobsman claimed
Viley said. Hint Hie gang did not
intend In "do aliylhlng In Maine
but merely wauled to replenish an
arsenal depleted when the trio
harely rscatied Ci-men at llaltlmnre.
The gang made three separate
trips to Itangor. Koley revealed
from n hideout al lirldgeport,
Conn. Foley ouolell Dalhover llf
explaining Hie gang thought It
'ould obtain ammunition easier in
Maine than in nearby states.
When the llnidy gangsters fled
rinni uu Indiana Jail one year ago
Ihev had but $11! among them,
I'olev snld Iialhover lold (he leu
eral agents, l-'or II while, the 110
llcemaii continued his rccttnl or
llalhover's story, the trio conlined
itself tn "small store Jobs." When
they had accumulated about $l,oul
(Continued on pago 0)
T
WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (AP)
A navy innnlry board reported
today It bad found evidence of pos
sible sabotage to the heavy cruls-
Vincennes, now undori-'oing
tests at the Boston navy yard.
The board said that In one or
the four reduction gear boxes of
the lO.oniMou craft a lurco piece
ol metal was round. In another a
tile was discovered biter.
The damage to ihe Vincennes
was the latent of a series of such
instances aboard navy craft In the
last two years.
A fire occurred aboard the cruis
er Indianapolis August 2 r., 'X.Ui. II
was followed ihe next month by
discovery of serious defects due
to short circuiting of some cables
by phonograph needles and nails.
An engine room lire August U-7,
Hi.'!:., aboard the cruiser Qulney
caused a delay of from two to
three months in its eninph't ion.
The liuincy was built ut (he Fore
river aid. The Indianapolis w as
being ovei hauled at lh New Yoik
navy yard.
After the Qoiucy was laiim hod
ami was undergoing liiitU a span
ner wrencii was lotiiid in a gear
box which resulted in damage re
quiring extensive repairs.
JAP GOODSBOYCOTT
IS VOTED BY A. F. L.
IiKNVF.R. Oct. 13 -- (AP)-The
American Federation of Iibor con
vention voted unanimously today
to join BiKIhIi labor In u boycott
on Japanese good.
Along with Hi" British-American
boycott, the resolutions committee
report recomtiH tided that Al'L of
lifers seek its extension hy re
questing ihe cooperation oL. I rade
union movements elsewheiw
Senator Doubts j
Peace Program
Will Succeed
WASHINGTON. Oct. 13 (AP)
Senator Logan (!My.). a staunch
udmi nisi ration supporter on most
issues, expressed ' tlouiit loony il
President Riiosevell's peace, pro
gram would he succes.slul.
LoHau. commenting on Mr.
Roosevelt's radio uddross, said the
president's suggestions wore "ab
solutely sound so far as domestic
problem: are concerned."
"But. I don't know about his for
igu policy," ho added. "It seems
to mi' ho means we're not going to
luive war no matter what happens.
1 don't follow through on what
he proposes to do, What It ho has
his nine-power meeting and
it
doesn't work out? hat
are we
going in do then?"
l.OL-an scoffed lit "this neutral
ity business" as being "foolish."
He said that although he voted
for Hie neutrality law, he believed
it "absolutely useless." He pre
dicted the law would "repeal It
self, because It wont work.
The Keuluckian said that ir tuts
ouulry and olhers had "had Hie
grll" to "arrest Italy In Abyssinia
the world would have been spared
the fur east conlllct.
lie ivcoiiimcndeil that tne pence-
fill mil Inns Join ' threatening Ju
lian with a naval blockade unless
she cease Per
"aggression" In
China.
Girl Killed by Owner "of
Stalled Car Resenting
Good Intention.
MIS1IAWAKA. Ind.. f''t.
sixteen - year -old Melba
Moore, daughter of u truck driver,
was shot fatally last nlttlit by n
motorist to whom her two hoy
companions intended to bo Sama
ritans. Charles Walton, 17. olio of the
l-lrl's escorts on 11 niulil ride about
thn countryside, had n slltiht shoul
der wound which he told Sheriff
William lloslnskl wns Inflicted by
one of six bullets fired by a mid-ille-aL'ed
man stanilluK by it motor
annareiltlv stalled aloliK thn by
road on which I buy were driving.
The othnr boy. Ailolnh Stopper, 211.
was uninjured.
Stopper, Tor two years a frentiont.
caller at the Monro home, said he
nicked up Melon eurlv lasl evening,
after meetliiK Walton. When tb-y
stalled to ilrlvo to the Moore homo
In Ihe villain) of OrailKor, north
east or Mlsbawakn, they chose n
circuitous route over a lltllo used
highway. Stopper said, ill order to
run down rabbits.
The youth said ho passed a ear
parked on the road and aeclliK a
man stamUiK beside il, decided to
offer assistance.
Stopper said that as ho backed
Ills machine the man cursed In
broken Knulish and begun firing
(Inn of Ihe first shots calllo through
Ihe back window nf his machine
anil bit Melba III the back of the
bend, ho said. .
Stopper said lie drove away
pilikly and sped with Melba to
her home. Her fnther took her to
the hospital whero shn died.
The sheriff said he could discover
no motive for the shooting.
City police and county authnri
lies immediately spread n dragnet
for tin- assailant, but no trace of
him had been found early today.
AFL Denounces National Labor
Board, Asks Curb On Its Powers
DKNVKH, (let. 13. (AD -The
American Federation of Iahor con
vention decided unanimously to
day to ask congress to curb the
poweta of thi national hitior re
lat Ions hoard.
The decision followed a demand
by John P. Frey, president of the
federal ion'.t ineial l radon depart
ment, thai Ibren of the board's
regional directors be removed for
what he said was partiality to
John I- Lewis' CIO.
It also followed charges from'
half ti dozen other Al'L leaders
that the board had promoted CIO
nut ons a l the federal ion's ex
pense. The regional directors whose
removal Frey demanded were Mr.
Klfnoi'M Herrick of New York,
Mrs. Alice Itosseter of Sun Fran
cisco and A. Howard Myers of
Boston,
Tho resolutions committee j-p.
port which Ihe convention adopted
contended that the board had
"uMirped" power which tho Wag
STATE SUPT.
GETS REQUEST
Improbability Now of PWA
Aid for Local Project
May Put New Plan
Up to Voters.
Following a plan proposed by
the ltoschurg chamber of com
merce, the district school board is
reiiiesting the statu superintend
ent of public instruction to assign
an inspector to Investigate and re
port nn the cnndiliull of the Koso
school building.
The chamber of commerce. In a
recent recommendation, urged that
an Investigation lie liiiade by a
qualified and disinterested party,
and that if tho report indicated tho
school building to be unsafe lor '
use, that a proposal to reconstruct
the building be submitted to the
voters.
Building Deteriorating
The school hoard has been ad
vised by (nullified hutldei'H ami ar
chitects that the liose school
building Is deteriorating rapidly
and soon will be in a dangerous
condition, it reports. Willie there
is believed to be no immediate
danger, it is felt hy tho directors
that the building should be re
modeled in tho near future.
A proposal was submitted to the
WA, calling for reconstruction of
the Kose school building, und the
erection nf u new structuro to re
place tin- present l'lillerton school.
liie voters of (ho district approv
ed a bond issue in tho Bum nt
5,01111 to meet the district s share
of-llm proposed SllO.OtHI. project. , .. . ...
Rejection Expected
In view of the recent order cur-,
tailing tho work or tho PWA, it Is
expected that the nppHciit Inn by
ihe district will be rejected, plac
ing the burden of the construction
program entirely upon thn district.
When the report Is made ny mo
disinterested inspector from the
state department, the hoard will.
IT conditions Justify, submit a new
proposal to the voteiH, uccording
to present plans.
BOSTON,
American
Oct. 1:1.
Itaukers -(AP) -Tho
association.
mooting here In annual convention,
heard "concern" expressed today
over Hie national administration's
policies and elected officers.
Orvnl W. Adams, M-year-old
Utah banker, was elected tho new
president.
llennlng W. I'renlls Jr., Lan
caster, Pa., mnnufaelurer, warned
of "n rigid dictatorship" unless
Ihe "road ahead" was "resurveyed
and relocated."
I'renlls, Ihe first speaker to
mention President Koosevelt by
name, expressed "concern" over
Iho chief executive's court policy
his federal wago and hour legisla
tion' and relief.
The association's state bank di
vision. In ti resolution, urged dis
continuance of the poslal savings
system or Its operation "in such
u milliner that it could not com
pete wlltl chartered banks."
II added "that with federal de
posit Insurance efl'ectlvn In the
vast majority of banks, there is
no further need Tor thn postal
savings system."
ner labor disputes act had not.
given it. in stepping Into the war
between the AFL and Ihe (MO.
The act should be amended, the
report said, to keep the board out
of the dispute and to protect craft
unions against Lewis' industrial
unions.
Without discus-don, Ihe conven
tion also adopt ed a resolutions
com tn It tee report on wai" and
hour legislation whl( n avoided a
direct stand on that Issue.
Before federation officials took
any slund, the report said, they
should cou.tuH with officials (of
the building trades, metal trades,
railway employees and label
hades departments.
Frey maintained that tho hoard,
Instead of promoting the right of
voluntary association of working
men, had boon busy destroying
that right
"When they take away our un
ions, they're better men than wo
are," he shouted. "I :tervo no
tiee on them: Come on,
meet you on that around."-