Budget Balancing at the Cost of Arresting Development Is Not Economy. Nothing Would Retard Development as Much as Federal Highway Allotment Cuts. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yeBterdny X7 Highest, temperature yesterday 4i , , lowest temperature last night :l!f i'd-el pita lion for 2-t hours 'P ' ' Ii-k-Ji. ninco first of month T lreoiji..ironi Sit. 1. 1937 12.M KxeW Kince Sept. 1, 1M7 3.i3 Partly Cloudy to Cloudy, ALL HERE ; The day's leading Wire and local news. fintirH ahead ot any other . newa medium in the local field. ' Day-to-day service that never va ries lii it freshness, uccuracy and impartiality. VOL. XLII ROSEBURG. OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1937. NO. 186 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XXVI NO. 106 OF THE EVENING NEWS E fo) A A T THE" DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY our Editorials on the Day's News Ry FRANK JKNKINS A C. MARSTEHS said' lo this writer the other day: " "I've lived through several per iods Kit abrupt and at tfte time rather terrifying change, when people were uneasy in their minds and scared of the future and ufraid Hie country was going to the dogs. "It never has, and I have con fidence, enough in the American people to believe that, our coun try isn't going to the dogs now although admittedly we are faring through changes that are disturb ing." HPO TIIORIC who am doubtful or the wisdom of many of the things Ihtil have been done In the past four yea'rs and are fearful of the consequences that are begin ning lo be manifest I'd. tills writ er commends Mr. Marsters hope-1 fill outlook. This country lias made mistakes before and lived through them to lo on to new and still greater uchicvemcnts. H will do so again. Don't lose confidence in the United States of America. RITt. MA!!STK:iK camo West, :it Uie age of 8, with an ox-wugon. With his puienls, Iir was In lJira niie thn nlKht tho vigilanloa elm- (Continued on pafce 4.) TOCUTHfP J I - 1 , I i f 11- 1,1 vshnotonIic: 2,i AIM - Ipuntnr Chaiias McNarv.of Orcftofl . .Senator, Chatioa. McNary .of Oregon, republicaiij'naller. predicted today j(be. I wia .llftfe cbaiiee the presi ifent's1 Veeomhiendittions to curtail I, highway appropriations would sue reed. Oregon highway officials report ed the proposal reduction would delay completion and moderniza tion of their system, at least 15 yeai'R, "A dozen democrats told me they will fight it," the senator said. "This is not the place to start balancing the budget, for road money has been well and wisely expended. - i "There are numerous commis sions, boards and wasto which should be disposed of before econ omy is applied to roads. What the president has overlooked, or was not advised about, is that we au thorized states to make plans and commitments by statute, based up- on the annual appropriation which j SACRAMENTO, Calif., Dec. 2. the president now wishes to stop." i (AP Rernard Hansen, 65, a farm He added that the curtailment I er, walked into the side of a Sac would be. a breach of contract. ramento Noithern Electric passen Senator Frederick Steiwer said ger train and was killed last night. Oregon received $6,376,000 in lilUti' Deputy Coroner Frank Ackerman and paid $3.65.001) in gasoline and; said the train sped on, Its crew road users' taxes. 1 unaware Hansen had been hit. Oddities Flaski lly the Associated Press. Like Father PENN YAN. N. Y. The father broke his right leg when he slip tftfti ped on a rug. His son came up with a similar Injury to the left leg playing basketball. Their names? Harold and Johfi Legg. , No Respect HAMILTON, O. Police Chief John C. Calhoun blushed when he turned in this police report to a desk sergeant: "Car stolen, belonging to Chief Calhoun, from in front of his home." No Vegetarian LOS ANGELES Arthur Field opened his lunch tx. found only a cucumber. Another, time he found nothing but a can of fruit, sans can opiiier. Judge Walter S. Gates granted him a dnorrp. Grounds cruelty. NeW to Him KELLOGG. Idaho. Fred Wilson .thought it pretty tough to have an arm partly paralyzed from a Jtfl- War Planes Slaughter Civilians , . , . 1 XILLED Japs Also Down Thirteen Soviet-Built Planes in Nanking Tilt; Chinese Strika at Shanghai. SHANGHAI. Dec. 2. (A P) Chinese dispatches from Hang chow today said more than 1.UU0 civilians wore killed and wounded in a Japanese air raid on Hsiao shan. about 12 miles southeast of Uangchow. Five hundred dead and wounded noncoinbiitants w ere . reported found in the ruins of 100 build ings destroyed by Japanese Incen diary bombs. Japanese officials here today dc clared that in an air battle near "' over Nanking six Japanese piaues snoi iiiiwii -a ui until n new soviet-built airplat.es. China wax said to be massing a fleet of litMl Russian-built war plunes for a renewal of aerial at tacks on Japan's advancing armies. Foreign naval officers said Chi nese bombers raided the Japanese airfield at Woosung, down the W'hangpoo river from Shanghai. Japanese declined to comment on the report. Twenty new twin-engined bonlh era arrived nt Hankow, 300 miles up the Yangtze river from Nank- jug.. and .wjyuJicuvg, limed,, y by !rC$ie.f -j iilotrf jinftniAe mid mliiiblr tiirejgirer$ .imported, i Tho Miiaiihier if 'the- fleet of 800 soviet-built craft were said to be either at Sian, 400 miles north and fvest-of llunljow, ,oi- on theiiy Jvny from'ltuss'in. . ; " " t 11 ' Shanghai Sees Air fcald Two Chinese iiirpkuieH raided Japanese positions at Shanghai To day in the first aerial attack in more' than a month. One bomb dropped near the for mer anchorage of the . Japanese flagship ldzumo, near the Japan ese consulate, but did no damage. Japanese said the Chinese planes operated at a height of lo, 000 feet, successfully evading pur suit craft. Kxplainiug the Japanese ah' victory at Nanking, the Japanese spokesman said a Japanese squa dron arrived at the city just as Chinese planes were about to take off. Thirty of the soviet-built planes rose to fight the Japanese, and 10 were shot down. He said three other Chinese fell victims of Japanese fire as they attempted (Continued on page 6) CREW UNAWARE AS TRAIN KILLS FARMER From Press Wire month-old accident. He went to a doctor. An X-ray showed his neck bail been broken. Looking Ahead CHICAGO. The show business has taught Deloss Wilke to meet trying situations calmly. When 4oo performers and labor era of an Indoor circus were thrown out of work because the management could not uieet the payroll, Wilke, who trained Queenie, the educated cow, held Hp two $1 bills and said: "As long as this lasts Queenie ami I are O. K. I'll use the money to buy her dinner, then milk her for mine. We can go on indefinite lyas long as the $2 lasts." Words of Honor KEARNEY. Neb. John F. Gett man, superintendent of the state ihdustrlal school for boys, disclos ed all six of the youths ho releas ed "on their honor" to go home for Thanksgiving returned to the in stitution at the specified time . 1 "We picked three of our best boys and three of our worst," Gett man said. "All six returned right on the dot when their holiday at home was over.' OH I E IN AIR ID GREYHOUND STRIKE ENDED WAGE BOOST GRANTED; NO CLOSED SHOP No Discrimination Faced by Drivers; Companies Agree to Withdraw Damage Suits. CLEVELAND, Dec. 2 (API Nine (lieyhound bus lines resumed normal operations in Hi slates to day a compromise agreement , negotiated by a lederal labor eon-: ciiiator, ending a strike of drivers called by the iJrotherhood of Rail; road Trainmen. John L. Conner, the federal la bor conciliator wlio flew here from Washington when the strike was called Thanksgtving day, announc ed the settlement ' reached last night was "satisfactory to both parties." Conner said that under the terms of the agreement the com panies granted wage increases but refused BUT demands for a closed shop. All terms of the contract become effective immediately with the ex ception of a blanket increase, of one-tourth of a cent per mile tor all drivevsj which -lieeomes effec tive July -VllClS. ; . , No Discrimination Ivan llowen. counsel -for the Greyhound companies, said the agreement to all luteins and pur poses wiped out the company ulti matum that striking drivers must have retui tied to work by noon yesterday to be considered stiil in the employ of Hie companies. "All drivers are recognized now as during and before the strike as Greyhound employes." llowen said. "That is tantamount to mi ' : (Continued on pag fl) ill SEATTLE. Dec. 2. (AP) The dispute between the Paget Sound Meat Packers' association and packinghouse local union No. 1S6 remained deadlocked today after a conference yesterday at Tacoma, at which union representatives re jected a proposed strike settle ment. Four large packing plants here and one at Tacoma are closed, with G00 men and women out of work, although some of the strik ers have been placed in small pack ing plants in and around Seattle. "The union rejected an offer of a 7i cent blanket wage Increase," Alfred H. Jussett, International or ganizer of the union said, "because it did not apply to outside work ers such as stockyard men and cat tle feeders, and It was not retroac tive to October 1, when an old agreement- expired." The central labor council last night placed the Carstens, Frye and James Henry companies on the "unfair list," adding them to the Acme Packing & Provision Co.. which had been voted "unfair" earlier. The Seattle Packing Co., is the only member firm of the packers association operating with union approval. Strikers had picket lines at the plants, as well as at retail stores operated by the wholesale houses. L. T. GIBSON, FORMER ROSEBURGER, DIES Word was rerelved here today of the death at Cblio. Calif., of L. T. Gibcon. former resident or Hose burg, who left this city for Chico about two years ago. The body is to be brought to Roseburg and burial will take place in the I. O. O. F. cemeteiy at 10::pr a. ni. Sat urday, It was announced this morning. Mr. Gibson was a mem ber of the Odd Fellows lodge of this city and "was the Janitor of their building for many years. He leaves a son and a daughter, at whose home he lived. Arrange ments for services are in charge of the Hoseburg Undertaking com pany. Lewis and Green 'Converse Reach No Conclusions WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. (AP)' John L. Lewis and William Green recessed their dramatic pence conference today without arriving at any eonclusious. "We have taken a recess un til four o'clock." Lewis shouted In newsmen after his (wo and a half hour conference with Green. "All we had was general conversation. No conclusions reached." Green, who followed Lewis out of the conference room, said: "We had an interesting dis cussion, but we have nothing more lo say now." The recess was for lunch. Before the conference began, neither Lewis, head of the Coin mittc for Industrial Organiza tion, or Green, president of the American Federation of La I or. woulfl talk to reporters. A. F. L. 'Deplores' Claim of 'Progress' Issued by-'' Lone Arbitrator. PORTLAND. 1 Dec. , 2. (AP) The AFL policy committee declar ed today there was "nothing lo warrant optimistic statements" in attempts by David Robinson, one man arbitration board, to end the jurisdictional struggle which has closed sawmills more than three months. The statement "deplored" Impli cations that a joint AFL and CIO committer, meeting with Robinson, had made definite progress. Robin sun had said, "We have cornel bing on paper." "It Is our hope that "acceptable terms of settlement may be devis-; ed by tho committee . . . ," the idiitcmcnt said, more optimistically. Robinson refused to comment, Nor would he say anything nbout a letter from Governor Martin re iterating that the dispute must be settled immediately. The governor said he "would he derelict in my duty if I did not make an effort on my own part to relieve this intolerable condition and bring un end to much human suffering." Asserting he could return from eastern . Washington before Satur- day as planned, "if the situation demands my presence, the gover nor declared settlement of the Portland dispute was the most Im portant matter confronting the people of the state. Visiting Governor to Speak The International Woodworker of America, CIO ruction In the sawmill war, planned its first con stitutional convention to open here Friday with Governor Elmer Hen son of .Minnesota as principal speaker. A program for organization of more than a million unaffiliated woodwotkcis in the nation was to lie discussed. Other listed speakers incliuhd Lieutenant Governor Victor A. Meyers of Washington. With pickets removed pending an agreement with the union, the Portland Furniture company plant reopened Wednesday with a skele ton crew after being closed nearly three weeks. O. A. Housinger, president, said business did not justify full opera tion. The II. P. Johns and Huperbilt companies, reopened Monday. DOUGLAS COUNTY'S TAX LEVY TO DROP The combined state and Douglas comity tax levy for the coming year will amount to 13.2 mi!K a compared v it Ii l' mills for the current year. County Assessor Halt on IN'lliwell announced today, after receiving from County Cleik Roy Ai;ee the figures on the coun ty budget rr VSAH. The reduction of l.H mills combines savings t fected by the county budget, an well as elimination of the state property tax. The state tax for the coming year is for elementary school purposes only. BRIDGES, CIO LEADER, SAID PLOT VICTIM Affidavit Accuses A.F.L. of "Instructing" Union Man .to Kill Labor Rival . 'on Pacific Coast. MINNEAPOLIS,! Dcc ' 2. (AP) A charge Hint ' the., .American Federation, of Labor : had used gangsters in inter-union warfare led a coroner's jury along a new ' path today in its Inquest into the death of Patrick J. Corcoran, AFL leader who was slain two weeks ugo. Harold Ileau, leader in the AFL carpenter's union, testified yester day that "gunmen, thugs ami gang sters" had been "employed" by AFL officials "for the purpose of smashing the general drivers -union" or compelling it -to affiliate with the AFL. . General drivers union No. H44, with which Corcoran was connect ed, is an AFL affiliate, formed art er local r7 1 'had been expelled from the federation. i At a mass meeting called as an oulgTowih of "the-- Hhi'yJng'-' of Cor coran. (ieoru;e 'ole, , regional di rector of the commitlee for indus trial organization, read ,au affida vit signed l,y Robert John Hell, former Minneapolis union man, de tailing the alleged plot. Hell Is now reported to be on the west coast. Hell's affidavit said he was called into the office of a Minnea polis AFL worker and given $l.i)nu with instructions to go to Seattle, but (iid not know why he was be ing sent. 1 Arriving there, he received SI0 a day for expenses, the affida-vft said, and after several days wns sent to Portland, where another AFL leader gave him Instructions. Harry Bridges Marked The instructions. Hell .said In bin (Continued on page (i) LONDON. Dec. 2 (AP) Henry Williams, whom prosecut ing counsel styled the phantom "Manuel foot" anil who eluded Scotland Yard for 25 years, was sentenced today to five years' penal servitude on wholesale charges of buralary. Prosecuting Counsel Humphreys told the court Williams, who plead ed guilty lo 4') charges, chiefly housebreaking, was the ghostlike flannel loot who usually wore flannel socks over his shoes. 'Flannel foot's" frequent use of a bicycle to make a getaway earn ed hi in the nddll tonal nickname of bicycling demon " Christ miis always was a big time for "flannel foot." He usual- jlv phoned Scotland Yard to convey the season s greetings. During ll'i years of depredations the elusive thief gave author (ties only two periods of rest duriiii! the World war and last summer when he look lime off for a vaca tion at Itrighlon. It is believed be joined up and did his hit in the w ar. 19 More Days to Buy Christmasseals QfrWyoi know... lhat Wilhelm Konrad Roentgen, a professor at Wurzburg, Bavaria, dis covered the X-ray in 1895? "cREJJljNCS'l FARM BILL FROM MIRY Senator Urges Redrafting to Comply With Ideas of Wallace and to ' Avoid Veto. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2 (AP) Senator McNary of Oregon, the republican leader, asked the sen ate today to send the Pope-.McGIll farm bill back to the agriculture committee lor redrafting along lines suggested by Secretary of Agriculture Wallace. .McNary made the proposal after Wallace's letter to the authors of the. hill, Senalors Pope iD-ldahu) and McCill tD-Kans,), was read to the senate at the republican lead s request: "Are we lo follow the recom mendations of . the secretary of agriculture?" McNary asked. "It so. it cannot be done well on the floor of the senate; it must go back to committee." McNary forecast If the bill was passed in its present form it would be vetoed , by President Roosevelt Tor two reasons." The bill would cost more to ad minister, McNary said., than the president had indicated ,ne would aiuuove. ' He added the president nlso had called for voluntary control with "no coercion. - .; Smith Contradicted Chairman Smith (D-S.C.) of tho senate agriculture committee broke tn to deny McNary w claim the sec- rotary and agriculture department experts had not been consulted In preparation of the bill,-. "The bill was sent . to the lit1 partment of agriculture ami a re port on ii was received ny me committee, -.in I 111 sain. MeNarv asked why Hie farm measure had not been referred to (Continued on page ft) PORTLAND. Dec. 2. ( AP) Ed win S. Roolh. :ir. of Roseburg, pleaded guilty before Federal Judge James A. Fee today to charges of embezzling more than SlK.OOU from the Douglas National hank. Month, the hank's former cashier asked for probation. The Judge re ferred the case to the II. S. proba tion officer with the recommenda tion "tho court's feeling is against the probation" unless there are un usual circumstances. Carl Donaugh, United Slates at torney, snid the Roseburg man had been Indicted on 21 counts charg ing embezzlement, falsification of records and raise reports to govern ment bank officials. Dexter Rice, one of the ex-bank er's attorneys, told Judge Fee Hoolh had made a full selllement. He asked for a review of the circum stances. Donaimh said he would not op pose a review or nn investigation by the probation oft leer. "In a case of this kind the court is eager to hear alt facts," the Judge said. COAST HIGHWAY FREED OF WATER SAI.KM. Dec. 2. (AH) The highway between Coquille and Hau do;i is now in good condition with the exception of a small slide nine miles smith of the former city, R. II. Itatdfick. state highway cuxl ner, reported today. Water which covered the high way at a depth of more than IS indies sonlh of CotjiiMIe has re ceded. Ha block said the damage from the recent rains was not as heavy as had been anticipated. MRS. CORA SIMS DIES IN CALIFORNIA Mrs. Cora Sims died yesterday at the home of her daughter, Gladys Cavencr. at Ontario. Calif., accord iiiL' to word received here by rela tives. Mrs. Sims resided In Rose burg until a year ao She Is a sister of Mrs. Karl Hill, of this city. Funeral service are to be held at Ontario tomorrow. Returns to U. of O. As Its Next Head s if Youngest man ever appointed to the position, Dr. Donald M. Erb, above, 37 years old, profet sor of economics at Stanford university, has been elected sev enth president of the University of Oregon, succeeding Dr. C. V. Boyer, who resigned because of HI health. Dr. Erb was a mem ber oi. the U. of O. faculty from 1927 to 1929 as an instructor in economics. His salary- wlll Ije $7,503 a year and house rent. Slasftt in Age Limit to 65 Means Heavier Load for Douglas County. A maximum Increase of 300 cases is anticipaied .by the county re lief committee- during IDSS, when the age limit for eligibility to old age assistance is dropped from 70 to Ijfi years, Frauklyn Voyt, execu tive secretary hero, reported today. At the present time' DouglaH county is providing financial as sist a nee lo 430 persmts over tin eligibility age of 70 years. Hegin- niug January 1 the age limit Is' to be lowered to lift years under the terms of the state law passed by the last legislature, and this Is expected to bring about a cnnsld erable increase in (he number of persons receiving aid. The relief committee, Voyt said, has already completed examination of 7o applications, which will he certified for addition to the rolls January 1. These are persons who already have been receiving relief. thirty additional applications have been received but hove not been investigated. A large number of these, Mr. Voyt says, probably will not be eligible. Census figures show approxi mately 2,000 persons above the age of lift years residing In Douglas county, hut figure show that only (Continued on page Ci Fewer Frills in Engineers Sound CAMHR1DOK. Mass.. Dec. 21 (AIM Out of a Massachusetts I Instilute of technology survey of' engineers today came the opinion of one that "the small, Inexpensive car out -performs the larger and more expensive model." The Technology Review, publish ed at M. I. T., printed tills as one )irt of a canvass of opinions from 'ill scientists and engineers In New KriKland, The technicians Were promised anonymity. Their views on the economy, control, safely, comfort, style and engineering of modern automo biles, indicated a demand for curs with less frills, more eimlueering siaiiilna and lower cost. "The principal changes In auto mobiles in recent yeari." one of t he engineers replied, "have been in cars nf the lowest priced class. w hii b in Kenerul have been sup plied with motors giving them Hie hitfhest horse power per pound ra tio. Ah a result the small, Inexpen sive car out-perlorms larger and more expensive models." " want a car sanely cheapened, gndgeied with moderation, describ ed to me with frankness and sold 1 , I'1 I -' .vs Y E p "" IKE Wi II tf MOTS LOOMS VOTE-FORCING PETITION GETS Cheers Greet Final Signer in Wheel Chair; Single .; ; Administrator Idea Likely to Win. WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. (AP) The house leadership broke the prolonged deadlock over wages and hours legislation today when the lllMh member signed a petition to force a vote on the measure by mid-December. Representative Mansfield (D., Tex. I rolled up on his wheel chair to be the finai signer, amid a roar of cheers. He fore, thn 2 1 St It signature went on the petition the house heard a republican demand for investiga tion of statements lmclteiH of thn administration's wages and houra bill "swapped everything but the capltol" to Insure a vote on the measure ut the special session. As soon as the lnnulry resolu tion was read in the house Major ity Leader Hay bum (D., Tex.Lusk ed lhat it he tabled but .RoOVeseu- ' tative Fish (R., N. Y,X Ahjected'and forced a roll-call. Hie vote to table was 2SI to tU.-v , After the petition was completed. Chnlriaan Notion (I)., N. J.) of the labor committee and other backers of the bill pressed up shake the hand of MansMeld, who for many years has hen forced by illness to use a wheel chair. Board Plan Held Doomed Representative Henley (IX, Mass.), chairman nf on infarma.1 committee backing- the petition, said it appeared certuln tho provisions- for a rfve-man administra tion hoard in the feuding bill would ho eliminated by amendment on the? floor.! -' f ,. rj ! , lief said rlli'' Inbor ' cdmmlon wotilil retpmat administrator? of itinn proposed law by a single ad mi nig- HKNDAY10, Franco - Spanish Frontier, Dec. 2 - (AIJ) Span ish, troops, government and insur gent, fought a series of localized, indecisive battles today on. tho Aragon and Teruel fronts. Reports from both sides said the skirmishing resulted In little change In positions. Artillerymen joined In the fray. Karlicr government reports said insurgents on tho Toledo front, southwest of Madrid, had lost heavily In five futile attacks on government positions. Madrid was shelled lightly just alter midnight but Insurgent planes appearing at dawn were chased ulC by anti-aircraft guns. HOME, Dec. 2 The newspaper I) Messaggero reported today that Italian aviators had brought down 455 government aircraft In the Spanish civil war. The newspaper also carried the names of 35 Hal? Ian fliers who hnd lost their lives In Spain since- Sept. Ui, lUllti. . Automobiles Asked "Anvil Chorus without Insult lo my Intelligence,' said one engineer. Cost of parts and repairs drew forth this: "Theoretically the first cost and the cost of repairs is low. but the theory Is blown to pieces by the people who run the service busliiens." Said another: "A good car, Hko a fine woman, needs little superfi cial decoration," and a fourth de clared, "A soundly-built automobile in the hands of an intelligent ope rator willing to give It reasonable care, should last 25 years." One man demanded simply "a car to get me and my family there and back." adding, "I am not in terested In a balloon-tired boudoir." (Hating headlights, tire changing difficulties, sloping divided wind shields, and heavy corner posts, obscuring Is ion, produced a "unit ed" chorus of condemnation. Other knocks: "Superautotnutic controls whlcll cause consternation when they re (use to 'automat'." Controls which leave nothing ta tho Intelligent direction of the op erator. "Driving some cara," coim plained this engineer, "is like play ing a player piano." r NEEDED NAMES :i i Continued pn page C) SPANISH BATTLES SI IKCISIVE WWW I