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Might May Not Make Right, but It Seems to Be Getting Ahead in World Affairs These Days, Under Leadership of Those Predatory Twins, Mars and Mammon. THE WEATHER Humility 4:. 10 p. m. yesterday C1 Highest teienuure yieiilay faj lwi'Nt temperature, last night HS Precipitation for 24 hours 11 ' 1'recip. since first of mouth...... 4.M I'lt-ciji. from Sept. 1, llt:t7 S.ltS Kctt hiure Sept. 1. 19T7 3. IS' Mostly cloudy; occasional rains. CONGRESS mm 1 Controversial nieasuft-a - await i the special session opening Mon ilay.. Rend the dully tnimniary of proceedings in the NEWS-UE-VIEW. Accurate aiul Imparl ial. THE DOUGLAS COUKTY DAILY NO. 170 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1937. VOL. XXVI NO. 90 OF THE EVENING NEWS mm Farm Legislation Battle Facing Congress Disputes R Crop Con! i Levy for Processing Tax Dropped by House Committee, Which Adds Five Features to Program. WASHINGTON, Nov. Ll. (AP) Controversy's over methods of crop control nnd its flouncing dim med today the prospects Tor speedy enactment of farm legislation iH, till! Special HVHHiOIl Of COngrOKS. The house agriculture commit tee agreed Inloimally to discard ar- liitrary marketing quotas lor wheat, cotton and rice. It approv ed quotas for tobacco but deferred a decision on corn. Senator Itunkhead ( I)., Ala.) said he would try lo write a compulsory acreage control provision for col- Ion into the farm bill. In the face of presidential de mands that congress provide lax revenue 4o finance the program, the house committee shunted to :he house ways and means commit tee the responsibility lor finding about $2no,()iM),(iinj which most e': pert a say will be required. "Tome farm members in the hoiiso said the presidents wisnes could be curried out most expeditiously by combining authorization for In creased benefits with a tax bill. (Mi airman .tones (I)., Tex.) said the. agriculture committee decided k would be "better from a practical ami legal viewpoint" to follow t'u usual procedure of sepuarting tliu legislation. Processing Tax Dropped Jones and bis colleagues a ban doncd processing taxes as a reve- (Continued on pace (I) THAI' MONT, France. Nov. 13 (AI'i A runaway Uritish balloon crashed today near Signeville, 15 miles from Cha union t. after drift ing wildly across the English chan nel and northern France. No one was aboard. The balloon, carrying thousands of dollars worth of meteorological instruments, rut- high tension wires near Audruiro, causing a short circuit and setting the town's post office afire and plunging the homes of l.mHt.oiHi inhabitants of northern France into darkness. The balloon snapped its mooring at an airdrome near Rninsg'te bst night and cro;;:-.ed the English channel. It was drilling toward Helgium. Its contact with electric wires had not damaged il. Hoyal air force planes were forced by darkness lo turn hack after chasing the balloon over the channel in an attempt to locate II and shoot it down. Mine:-, faetorio. lights, radios and transportation Were stalled when the trailing cable cut the power lines of the Compagnie K!et triqite Hethiinoise. Oddities Flashed (llv the Associated Press) Help! Police! NEW YORK The traffic light was red, but no redder than Police woman Mary Foley's fact! today. She paused at a traffic signal. A man stuck his hand through the open window, snatched her purse containing $17H and her p.ilice badge and escaped. Wedding Belle CONSHOCKEN, Pa Tho brides maid at the wedding today of Miss Mary Baxter Gaughn and Louis Noblett was the bride's grand mother. Mrs. Kmiua Jniies. No Shovels, Please HELENA. Mont. If you want to walk the golden streets, come to Helena, Tests of gravel to be used in pav ing a highway near here show it bears aboiu 60 cents worth of gold per cubic yard, not enough for commercial exploitation. 3 53 OverM CULPRITS Plan, Financing LOTTERY STATUTE'S IT Legalizing of Some Oregon Games for Pension Tax Object of Proposal. SAI.K.M, Nov. 12. (Al) Peti tion for nil initiative measure pro viding for amendment to the lot tery section of the Oregon consti tution under which the legislature would legalize ami Utx certain Raines and recreational features for tile payment of old age security pensions, was filed in tile state de part nient here today. The petition was filed by Hugene K. Smith, director of the Oregon Merchants Legislative league, with headquarters in Portland. Tile license and tax would cover bowling alleys, bridge studios, pool and billiard rooms, horse racing, dog raving, piiri-niutiiel wagering systems, lunik nights, punch boards, rattles, inuzunrs uud other games. Licensing and taxing of other games of skill and chance would be permissive bv legislative action. Funds accruing from these taxes and licenses would be used for the payment of old age security pay tnents. ni.a minimum rate of f;)5 a month, to all persons who have at tained the age of (15 years ami have been resldcms or Oregon for a con tinuous period of 111 years. Persons subject to the relief would ha to be legal voters of the state. The measure defines anil pro hibits lotteries. SLAYER IS FIRST ALCATRAZ SUICIDE RA.V FHANCISCO, Nov. 13 -(AI'I Alcatraz island's first sui cide occurred today when Kdwartl Wutke. serving years for murder on the high seas, slashed his jugular veins. Wutke fashioned a weapon from a pencil sharpener blade and the handle of a safety razor. The convicts on the so called "devil's Island" have access to pencil sharpeners. Warden James A. Johnston said, but razor blades are taken inmi them wlieii thev finish shaving. MRS. RHODES DIES AT MYRTLE CREEK Mrs. Laura Ithodes. -IX win. ,i George T. Ithodes, died suddenly at her home In .Myrtle Creek this morning as the result of a heart ailment. Who Uas 'born June II, ISM!, in Randall county. .Minne sota. Survivors include her hus band anil a daughter, Ceraldine. The .body was brought to the Rose burg Undertaking company par lors In Itoneburg. Funeral arrange ments have not been made. From Press Wire Page Sherlock CHICAGO A woman .telephoned the Austin police station: "If you see n man in his shirt sleeves running down the street , that's mv husband chasing a hold up man." Some minutes later Sergeant Patrick Kntigbt and his squad saw a coatless man on a street corner pointing at 41 street car. The squad overtook the car and seized a pas senger. Sergeant Kuright said the prisoner admitted he robbed the coatless man, Ir. H. W. Ioty. Something in Her Name FREMONT. Neb Mrs. Ger trude Hammond. Mfland college business office secretary, failed lo jive her full name in making out an insurance application and the firm wrote back requesting il. She .lent it as follows: Mtb. Gertrude Irene Melcora Florar Minnie Robinson Hammond. The company decided Gertrude Hammond would suffice GET PROBATION STATUS IRE Passer of Bad Check Must Pay Up Involved Sums; Bunco Artist Aided by Brother. Probation was granted two de fendants who pleaded guilty today to charges brought in circuit court here. Louis K. Klein, indicted by the grand Jury on had cheek charges, was sentenced to one year in ihe county jail, but will he given probation after Decem ber 1, conditioned upon payment of the amounts covered by the checks. .Max Skolnick, charged 111 a district attorney's information with obtaining money by false pretenses, through a Christmas curd bunco game, was sentenced to one year in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $115. The court was Informed by the defendant's attorney and by physi cians that Skolnick is suffering from an advanced slage of tuber culosis and only recently left a sanitarium in California. A broth er told the court he would return Skolnick to that state. He was given probation conditioned upon paying buck $15 secured from three Douglas county residents. Klelu told Ihe coHrt that lie had given checks to Yonealla business firms, knowing that be lacked suf ficient funds, bill 1 hat he had sent money through a friend to be de posited to cover Ihe amounts due, bul that the deposit was not made. Brother Pays Fine The court was told that Skol nick's physical condition was such ihat imprisonment would result In deatli within a short lime. Dpon a staleinetit by the brother that he would be returned to Call lorn in and placed In a sanitarium, the courl agreed to probation as re quested by Attorney Paul (ieddes, appointed by the court to repre sent the defendant. The brother paid ihe $:tf fine and agreed to reimburse the three persons from w horn Skolnick was alleged to have obtained $' each on his Christmas card racket. HI l!U SHANGHAI, Nov. 1.1 (API Japanese planes, widening their activities, today bombed the ia fa wny station and warehouses at N ingpo. on ( he iout h shore of llangchow bay in Cbekiang pro vince, and concentration areas north of Killing and west of Ka shan in Ihe llangchow bay region south of Shanghai. A number of fires still were blazing in Nautao, Ihe native urea bordering Ihe French concession, and in Pootung, Ihe once rich agri cultural and industrial district across the Whangpoo from ihe in ternational set I lenient. A Japanese spokesman declared Ihat the objectives of bombings Hi Soochow and at Wusih, SO miles northwest of Shanghai, were "in dust rial areas in which Chinese milltarv supplies are manulai.iui ed." The Chinese were retreating steadily toward their "Hindenbui g line." unable to withstand the Jap anese pressure or entrench them selves to stiffen their resistance. MINE BLAST KILLS 2; 35 OTHERS ESCAPE PRINCETON. Ind., Nov. 13 (APi Two men were killed and one injured in an explosion at the King's Slate coal mine near here. Approximately :i5 other miners es caped to safety by crawling through an air shaft. The explosion appeared to come from abo::t two miles hack in the mint. u. of67daubers of O. S. C. FACING BILL ECGKNE. Nov. LI AP) I'niversity of Oregon freshmen who thought il a lark to daub paint on Oregon State college buildings before the annual loot ball game found themselves with a f'iW bill today. Cniversity ofii cials said :i students were involv ed and thfit 75 f the sum would have to be paid by December 1. O Caused Windsors To Shy From U. Here is the man responsible for the cancellation of the Duke of Windsor's projected trip to the United States Joseph McGurdy, 45-year-old Baltimore labor lead er. McGurdy drew up the reso lution, endorsed b A. F. of L. and C. I. O. chiefs, condemning the Windsors' association with Charles Bedaux, who was called an enemy of labor. TO BEGIN TUESDAY Final Instructions Issued by Riggers; Broadcast by Roosevelt Set. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (AP) Administrator John I). Illggers gave final instructions today lo be gin Tue.sday the gigantic task of taking u national census of ihe unemployed. Some, 15U, Dm) regular and spe cial posiinen will deliver unem ployment report cards to every dwelling cottage and mansion, flop house and deluxe apartment alike in the I'niled States, Ha waii, and Alaska. More 'than S5 million cards, which required So carloads of pa per .slock, have been printed. They must be in the mail before Sat urday midnight, Nov. 2o. Only the unemployed and part ly employed are expected to fill out. All Information will he con fidential. The questionnaire will show: Total number of unemployed, to tal number of partly employed, ;ige groups of Ihe idle, geographi cal location or the idle, work qualifications of the unemployed and industries which they are fit ted lo engage in. John D. KockefelU-i Jr., endors ed the census, saying bu-siness alone could provide jobs "on a con tinuing basis and on an adequate scale." President Roosevelt will dls CUS.S the census tomorrow at PcIlO p. in. eastern standard time in a nation-wide radio broadcast. Sixieeii thousand committees have been set up, local newspapers are assisting, 1,S0 motion picture trailers have been put "out, 40 gov ernors and hundreds of mayors have issued pioclumaiions. and letters have gone to HU.Ooo labor unions. MOTHER OF 16 WINS LENIENCY IN FRAUD PITTS rtCHC. II. Nov. 13 (AP) Federal Judge Schoonmaker gave Mrs. Lillian Ryan, Portland, lire., a suspended penitentiary sentence of two years and put her on pro bation for five years today for par ticipation in the Itaker estate mail fraud. Mrs. Ryan, mother of K chil dren, is the ninth person given pro bation for using the mails to ob tain money from supposed heirs to the fictitious estate left by A. Ja cob Itaker. FIREAZKHOME OF MAJOR BOWES OSSINING, N. Y.. Nov. 1.1 (AP- Iaurel Hill, the country home fif Major Edward Ilov.es. radio and theatrical producer, was in ruins today from a fire of unde termined origin. More than loft paintings and many art treasures collected by Major fiowes were destroyed. GR DSTER TH 0 CLERK HIT BY Monmouth Normal Youths and Ashlander, Accused of Theft, Helped by Many Letters. MEDFORD, Nov. LI. (AP) The Jackson county grand jury today filed a true hill charging Richard -Nr. Messenger. 22, Ashland drug store clerk, and George Marshall Heain, 20; Kll Lee Cagle, Jr., 2;t, and Stanley Hugh Itnrdcu, Pi, members of. Ihe Oregon Normal school al Monmouth football muad, with "robbery by force and vio lence, without the use. of a danger ous weapon." Ponds for Henrn, Cagle and Hor den were fixed by the court at flood each. Circuit Judge H. D. Norton said: "In fixing (he bonds at this low sum, the court is governed by the huge number of letters received from responsible parlies through out the stale, informing the courl of Ihe previous good character and standing of these youths." Ileum and Cagle, Jr., hail Iroui North "Carolina, and iiorden from Olympia, Wash. The district attor ney informed the bench the three defendants had told. hint thev could Hot furnish bonds in any amount. Messenger, a former Oregon StHle college honor student, has been nt liberty on $2HK) bonds fur nished by bis fat her of Tnkihmi, Josephine county, and biji Ashland employers. $31.15 and Watch Involved T h e indictment specifically charges the quaiiet with the aV leged theft of $:tl.ir, and a gold watch from the person of E. 1 1. Rice, Dallas, Texas, travelling Jewelry salesman, on the night of October HO, while en route In an unto driven by Messenger, to haul Rice's disabled auto into Ashlana. The asserted crime occurred on the new Pacific highway two miles south of Ashland. Rice alleged when the Messen ger auto wan stopped, he was upon and robbed and beaten, thai left on the highway when tint ac cused youths returned lo Ashland. Crime Admitted Messenger was arrested by Ihe (Continued on page D EUGENE, Nov. Li (APl The plant of the Register-Guard suffered severe lire damage earlv this morning but the blaze was broughl under control by quick work of Hie Eugene firemen. Starl ing in t he mailing room at Ihe rear of the plant, the fire shot up along the roof of the shop and the Intense ln-at did much harm to mechanical equipment. The RegiMicr-Guard w ill be published on sc hedule for all editions Satur day and Sunday with the coopera tion of the university press. Alton F. Itaker. publisher, said today extent of the damage could not be estimated till machinery and other equipment had been thoroughly checked. The blaze was first noticed by a telephone operator who called Ihe department. Flames had brok en through the wall between the mailing room and I be press room when firemen arrived and loiced the fire back into the rear of Ihe building. Daunige rotfitttcd chiefly nf melted press rollers, and da mace to delicate mechanism of press and linotype machines. TEAPOT DOME FRAUD PROSECUTOR DIES CLEVELAND. Nov. It (AP Atlee poniercne, runner democratic I'niled States senator Troiii Ohio and several times mentioned lor the presidency, ts dead. The 73-year-old former senator who assisted in the prosecution of the Teapot Dome oil lease cuhvh and who Inter became chairman of the recount ruction finance cor poration, died of pneumonia. Potr.erene served I wo terms in the Lulled Slates senate, his lirxt as a leader of that body under President Wood row Wilson. M TINT SHOWDOWN IN POWERS' PEACE PARLEY NEARS Italy Opposes China's Plea for Sanctions; 3-Nation Declaration Aims to Condemn Japan. HRCSSELS, Nov. Lt. (AP) Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, China's chief delegate to Ihe far eastern peace conference, appealed to par ticipating governments today to withhold supplies of war mater ials and credltH from Japan and extend aid lo China ' 'now thai the door to conciliation and media tion has been slammed in your face." China's demand was dramatical ly opposed by Italy. Koo's plea evoked Immediate objection from Count Marescotti of Italy against which (ho league of nations decreed sanctions because of her Invasion nf Ethiopia and which has been Japan's friend at Brussels. "Thai is enllrely ruled out," said the Italian. "We are not here for that. II is entirely outside the scope of Ihe conference." Nevertheless the United States, Rritish and French delegations presented the draft of a joint, de claration stressing: the illegality of hi pun's military nctloii in China find assert tng It amounted to de fiance of I ho whole world. Previously the conference had heard Norman II. I uvls, hem I of I lie American delegat ion, declare I hero were "coin pel ling reasons" why Japan should cooperate in the search for pence. The Italian delegate pointedly put the question what the confer ence would do next. As if In re ply Ihe t rl-power declaral Urn wis distributed to Ihe delegates, who were to reassemble late today lo consider It. Treaty ReBpect Urged Davis reiterated thai respect for treaties and observance of the (Continued on page Gl MOPNT VERNON, Wash., Nov LI (AP) Prosecutor Richard Welts said today Toivo llaiitenel- mi. 25, a l-hinlsh logger and for mer federal transient camp work er, had conlessed slaying Floyd Grimm, 21. and his brother. Ern est, 2!t. and disposing of llulr bod ies on the Gil in in farm east of here hist winter. Officers led by Sheriff McCarthy had been investigating the disap pearance ol the I wo men while llautaneimt was held In Ihe county Jail here on a charge Involving the Grimm brothers' Lt-yei:r-old sister, Edith. On Ihe girl's story. Prosecutor Welts said, searchers discovered the hurled bodies Ibis week. The motive for killing. Welts Haid, w as the brothers' objection to attentions ihe logger gave their sister. The ohler hrolher, Ernest, the firsl of the two victims, was shot lo death December 17, Ihe prose cutor said. The second brother was killed March li. The Grimm girl, although know ing of their deaths, had not told her family because of I lafftaueimi's threats lo kill her, the prosecutor said. ROAD NEAR GARDINER PARTIALLY BLOCKED SALEM. Nov. Lt (API -One way traffic lor a distance of Inn fei'l north ol Gardiner ua report' ed here today by R. II. llaldoek state highway engineer. A tiil set' t leiin nt w as icMpousfhle. Italdock .said highway maiuteti a nee crews bad been sent to tin' scene and two-way traffic proba bly would be t'csinrt'd late lodav BANDON ASSURED LOAN OF $225,000 WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (AIM Senator McNary ad vised civic leaders or Hunlon, fire-stricken Oregon coast tenorl. Ihat the ii. rihter loii'i rnrporatlori w ould lo:m it ?2'-'T..hiio but would permit mil k SM.'M'ft" to Im used (or tetllemetit of munii-ipnl obligations. U. S. Bars II Duce's Former "Sweetie' Mngda de Fontanges, above, self-styled, one-time intimate of Premier Mussolini of Italy, came from her native France to the United States to fill an en nag i ment in a New York City night club; but her entry was barred by immigration officials on the ground of "moral turpitude." The actress Is under suspended sentence of one year in Paris, for shooting Count Charles de Chambrun, former French am baesador to Italy;, whom she blamed for breaking up her "af fair" with II Duce. She is now under detention at Ellis island, pending action on her appeal to the board of review at Wash ington. WILL DPEW DEC. 3 Celebration Details to Be Directed by Committee of Roseburg C. of C. Formal opening of the Christ mas season will be celebrated in Rose burg Friday, December II, it was an nounced today, following a meeting last night by ihe chamber of com merce merchants' committee. A. A. Wilder, general chairman, appointed sub-chairmen to handle various details connected with the, celebration, which will feature a visit by Santa Clans mid u candy treat f all children of Roseburg; and vicinity. Santa Clans will arrlvo In mhl afternoon, according lo present plans, and will be escorted by tho school iiiiml to CriHS and Jackson streets, where candy and fruit will he given to all allenditig young slers. Other enterlninment also Is being planned. II. C. Wells was appointed chair man of the committee to nrranee decorative street lighting for the holiday season; iE, A. Rrtlton was named to arrange for l ho advance vlsil by Saiila Claus; Al Lent was made chairman or tho finance com mlitee; Dick Maddox was appoint ed chairman of the committee on evergreens for street decorations, and .1. I). (Snap) Glllmnre was nam ed music diaii num. FILM WRITER HURT BY BLOW OF AUTO imi.J.YWOoii. Cnlif.. Nov. 1:1- (API luinulil OriIimi Sli. wiiil. U. II. Hun nnil film writer, wuh iTttlnilly ilijnr.-il loilay li Hlrui'U liy an aiilniiiutiili' an lio walkt'd iitTtiKH llollywooil IkiiiIi va nl. Bonneville Dam Will Not Supply All Zone Power Needs, Ross Says PORTLAND, Nov. LI (AIM Homieville dam will supply less than one-third of the power re fill i red by Oregon, Washington and Idaho within five years, J. D. Ross, administrator, said last night. lie said low est possible rates could be assured by public power dlsirieiM, private utilities, iimnlf I ptilitles and industries if lliey uti lized ii maximum load. He picdh-icd (he tying lu of Homieville and Grand Coulee pro let is. with distribution centers ;it Kngeue, Bonneville, I' in. ii Ilia oi I'asfo. lioie, Coulee and Missoula, each lo serve a radius of t;r, miles. Municipal phinis at Seattle and Truotna and down the co:iit to Los Angi'lcH might be Included, he nid. TIp; wholesale rale would be based on HI per cent Interest and 1 l'U per emit amortization charges on the portion of the project's cost ailocnteil to pow er, and operating eost ot two eeiierutnra of fJ7!.on annmilly. NSPECTON REPORT GIVEN L Earth Tremor Might Cause Wall Collapse, Finding; Building to Be Cut to Single Story. HHpoi'tillK tho strMiRth and safe ty of trio Rom Helioot building In fiOKfliui'K to l)i qttpstionablp, C. H. ttrain, state lalior commissioum'. iiiIvIsimI tlio lioard of school direc tors in a roport received today to reeonsti not the Iniildiiii;. The re port was made following a survey by an inspector from the labor de partment. The Inspection was re. quested by the school hoard, which. upon the basis of the fill. lings, plans to submit to the voters of the district a proposal to volo bonds lo be used In remodeling the Hose school biiildiiiK and croctlntf a new structure to renlnro tha Fullerton school, now housed in n Triune bulldlllK. Tho report advises (hut "the sec ond story of the present Roso school hulldluK he removed, anil Ihe school modernized by extend ing a new one-story structure around the compound embracing Ihe lower, section," The report is lengthy and de tailed and discusses the findings lu each room und section, together with u general description of tho type of construction used. The building was erected 111 1901. It Is built of concrete nnd brick. It Is two HtolicH in height mill' 0 by 117 feet In width nnd length. .. . .What "Might" Occur While tho report does not point out any Imiiiedlntn hazard, it does state that: "should there occur n slight earth tremor the east wall In Its wenkeiicd eomlltlnu might collapse." Walls and ceilings throughout the entire building are cracked, doors are out of plumb uud floors have settled, the report states. Numerous cracks were reported in foiinilatloiis and walls, particu larly on the east nnd northeast sides. It also was reported that flro escapes are not adequate anil the unused gymnasium was declared to lie a flretrup. The local Bchool board has recognized the danger (Continued on page li) HirNTlNOTON, W. Va.. Nov. 1:1 (AI'I Three lormcr convicts faced charges today of kidnaping Mr. James I. .Seder. TH yeur-olii dry leader, and attempting to extort Siiii.iMMl ransom Ironi his family. They were seized by federal agents ami West Virginia officers within li hours nller a farmer found tilt, former missionary und retired Kvaugellcal minister ex hausted and- bruised near an aban doned mine where he hail been held prisoner for 11 days. 11. K. Vetteril of the federal bll renu of Irvestigation said (lie Ihree, Arn'lt llootli. John Travis and Orvilln Alklns, admitted par ticipation In the abduction und ex tortion attempt. riivsiclans at a Huntington hoR pital said Mr. Seder was threaten ed with pneumonia because of gen eral weakness and long exposure in Hie damp pit. Reiail prices, Ross said, would he fixed by tlie purchasing agency, rrob;ibly at eight lo ten limes the wholesale costs. He asserted cities near the pro ject should aid rural communities in obtaining the lowest possible rate to add to the load and ad vance the piosperity of tributary territories. Industrial users offering most employment, Ross asserted, would he most desirable. "Let us keep in mind thoso peo ple who hiive put in our present industries, and help their prosper ity as lar as possible," he added. He opposed the zoning system because it would only affect rc tiiil rates by n mill or a fraction of a milt. He favored cen?rnli!nr respon sibility and giving "maximum speed on Ihe work." "The sooner wi come to a one man administration In every muni cipiil plant, the sooner they vR reach success," he asserted. BOAHQ
