Pinball Has Finished Its Game Behind the Eight Bali. As a "Stimulator," It Put the "i" in Trade, Creating "Tirade." Next Scheduled Round: The Initiative.
THEWEATHEJ
Humi.lity j:3o p. m. yesterday
Highest temperature yesterday i'.i
lowest temperature lit st night 42
1'recipituiiou for 24 hours T
1'recip. since first of month :ti
I're. dp. from Sept. 1, V.Kil 17.(17
Kxcess since Sept. 1, 1U;!7 l.Mi
Occasional Rain.
JUSTICE JOB
Wlio will succeed Sutherland on
the I'. S. supeeme court ia now a
big question of (tin Uuy. Lots of
guesses but no intimation from tha
WhitH (ioiiHH. NKWS-RKV1KW
service will be first here to an
nnunee tliH appointment when
made.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
VOL. XLII NO. 219 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1 2, lr38.
VOL XXVI NO. 139 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Hy FKANK JKXKINS
A FT Kit a dinner that cost M0
" n plate, President Itoosevelt
renews his pledges to the under
privileged (Mho can't afford din
nt'rs costing SI 00 each I and pays
his respects again to the wicked
souls In the upper brackets who
are aliened to spend their time
thimblerigging the public and mak
ing a hash of industrial liberty.
He then invites the aid of busi
ness In restoring prosperity, as
serting that "the White House
door is open to all who wish to
cooperate and to help work out
corrective und helpful legislation,
where necessary."
"VX TIIH same evening, at an
other place. Secretary M;es
charges that "the more-privileged
iSloo a-plate diners, presumably!
are singing a hymn of hale be
cause the President dares to cham
pion the cause of the underprivi
leged (who can't afford SHn) din
ners.)" St ill elsewhere Assistant Attor
ney General Jackson declaims thai
"the New Heat's struggle is being
waged against aggressive financial
power, subservient political power
and a controlled publicity power
(NOT, of course, the vast publicity
1 k w r r controlled by the N e w
Deal.)"
ItTIIAT IS the meaning of nil this
" beraiing, this bull-whipping,
of business while at the same time
inviting the cooperation of busi
ness? Well, lo this writer, who prefers
to look on the 'bright side raiher
than the dark side, it appears to
he a fimn of KAC 10 SAVING. Mere
business men can, and quile fre
quently do. admit u ptakes, but
POLITICIANS NKVKK HO. The
(politician must cV always (right
and never wrong.
So. when the President decides
(Continued on page 4)
PROPOSAL TO OPEN
RESERVE AT ISSUE
A hearing hy the state game
commission hen Saturday regard
ing the opening of the Cow creek
game reserve, is expected to draw
sportsmen from all parts of south
ern Oregon. The hearing is to he
held at the courtroom of the court
house, starting at 2 p. m.
Clubs in the southern jiart of
Douglas county have favored the I
opening of the reserve, while) the
sportsmen of the Hoseburg district
favor continuing the closure. It is
reiHirted that Jackson and -Josephine
county delegations nbn will
attend the hriring to oppose open-
ilie t he fesc-ve
Oddities Flashed
.1 !y the Assoc
Too Late
NKW YORK
in weeks, M r.
DanicJsou and
For the first lime
and Mrs. Daniel
their two children
had enough to eat
but they had
no appetite.
Monday. Mrs. I laniolson applied
at a relief bureau for aid. When
she reiiiined home their three
months old daughter Hatabata
was dead from malnutrition, tie
assist a at medical examiner s:iid.
Tresday the food at rived by
the basketful.
Today police were raisiim funds
to bury iiarbara.
In a Stew
DALLAS Ileum IMcus. a pe-l
greed roo-ter. was probably the
llieatv hint of a slew toihiv I
The deadline for hi.? release by
patiient of ?2.", ruiwim pase i I ;i Ml
nicht and Attorney Maury Hughes,
his owner, (eared the worst.
I Inches had been instructed to
p1ae $it in a tin ca'i at a spo! in
the residential e"t ion. Failure to
follow Instructions, the ransom de
mand Huid. would place Beautiftcus
In a stew pot.
Hughes knew the "roostertiap-
pers" were on the bvel they
enclosed two of lleailtillrtrs' tail
ftuihers with their uoie.
5' j-
Sc tzol
33
,UuJ
UPTD VOTERS
Proposal to Replace Two
Structures Involves No
Tax Raise, Assurance
of Directorate.
A special bond election was call
ed by the Hoseburg district school
hoard today for January 2s, The
board proposes issuance of $Nu,U0U
in bonds to he used in replacing
the Itose grade school, recently
ibandoned after being declared
structurally unsafe, and the Fuller
ton grade school, an obsolete frame
building. A recent effort to rect
the buildings under PWA at an es
timated cost to the district of $55,
000. f(- which bonds were autho
rized, met with failure.
The call for a special election
was announced by the board today,
follow ing a meeting with the
architect, who submitted detailed
estimates placing the cost of the
proposed Hose school building at
$41.2S2. and the Fullorton school
building at $S;".oS6.
Tax Increase Avoided
Cnder the plan proposed by the
school hoard, the bonds, if au
thorized, will cause no increase in
taxes for school purposes. The taw
permits the board to set the first
maturity of principal payments at
any time within five years after
the. bbnds are issued. Senior high
scnool bonds are maturing at the
rate of $11,000 annually, with final
maturity in six years, and It is the
board's plan, according to Chair
man Hoy Young, to wait three or
more years before starting princi
pal payments on the new issue so
that it will not he necessary to in
crease the tax rate.
The board further points out
that it has been necessary to bud
get approximately $;i,nim annually
for maintenance and repairs on
the two grade school buildings,
(Continued on piise 0)
A change in the election laws,
authorized at the hist session of
the state legislature, will double
the number of committeemen to
be elected at the primary election.
May 2o of this year. County Clerk
Hoy Agee said today. Heretofore
one committeeman has been chos
en from each precinct. I'nder the
new iaw, nowever, a coilllll ttee-
man and
couiiiiittecwonian will
ne elected in each precinct.
Men and women desiring elec
tion are required to file declara
tions of candidacy hy April 1 in
order that their names mav he
. printed upon the ballot, Mr
sa'd
A gee
From Press Wire
liitdl Press
No Wonder
PKCOS. Tex. For
Miss Heva Foster, 117.
I vears
differed
from appendicitis.
Surgeons who removed her ap
pendix found an ordinary pin in it.
Miss Foster recalled swallowing
the pin when she was seven.
Benched
-ION'. III. Finest Dolan, 22-year-old
basketball player, com
plained of feeling worse alter ev
ery name recently.
Finally a doctor told him he had
smallpox. His teammates rushed
io physicians' offices for vaccina
tions. False Alarm
IOWA CITY. Iowa - Sheriff Don
McCotna sprang into action when
he bean) this announcement over
his police radio: "Ojiiet a disturb
ance in the dining room ot the
Hotel Jefferson."
He burst into the dining room
and found Mayor M. J, Walker ex
plain m tr the police radio system
to the Kiwanis flu1.'
The disturbance call was made
men ly tor demonstration pur
poses, but they forgot to let the
.-heiiif in on the stunt.
ISSUE
JANUARY28TH
Bond Election
COURT'S DECISION SILENCES
PINBALL GAMES IN DOUGLAS;
ROSEBURG TO LOSE REVENUE
Douglas county officials had no
need today to issue an order hai
ring pinball machines, as operat
ors last night voluntarily padlock
ed the devices. Following an
nouncement of the supreme court
ruling, holding the games illegal.
operators and their representa
tives visited and padlocked all
boards, which were being removed
today from places of business in
Hoseburg.
Since a citv license became ef
fective Feb. 1, l!t;i7, the city of
Hoseburg has collected $5,45, He
corder A. J. Geddes said today.
Hiiring the past two months, while
eov.rt action was pending, income
has shown considerable decrease.
Geddes said, as operators did not
replace worn out or broken boards.
Hoseburg licensed the boards on
a monthly basis, the ordinance con
taining a" provision that no refunds
would be made on the fractional
part of a mouth.
Hcceipts in the pinball license
fund were transferred by council
order into the special account be
ing used to build the intercepting
Party Chiefs of Oregon to
Speak on Program, Open
to General Public.
A large number of Douglas coun
ty und visiting republicans are ex
pected to attend the public rally
sponsored by the Oregon Itepub
lican club at the t'miHpiu hotel
Saturday. F. M. Comptou. presi
dent of the Douglas County Repub
lican club, reported today. .Mr.
Coinplon has been informed, he
states, that many party workers
are coming from Portland. Salem
and Kugene, to meet with the lo
cal club.
The rally will start with a 6:30
o'clock dinner in the hotel civic
room, and the program will follow
at 8 p. in.
All persons, regardless of party
affiliations, are Invited to attend
either the dinner or the program
or both, Mr. Conipton stales.
Speakers will include Kyle
Thomas, principal of the West Sa
lem school and state representa
tive from Polk county; I larold
Pruitt of Portland, state republi
can club president ; Mrs. Hazel
I 'ague, Scio, vice-president of the
stale republican club for the first
congressional district, and others.
SHERIFF OF MARION
OUT FOR CONGRESS
SALEM, Jan. 12.- (At1) Sheriff
Andrew C. Ilurk of Marion county
filed for the democratic nomina
tion tor V. S. representative from
the first district today.
His platform was the widest dis
tribution of electric power, adc
filiate old age pensions, and pedes
trian lanes on highways through
out the country.
Murk was the first to file in Ihe
western Oregon district, the seat
now being held by Representative
James W. Mutt, republican.
JUSTICE CARDOZO
FAILS TO IMPROVE
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 fAI'i
Dr. John Paul Earnest Jr. said
today the condition of Associate
Justice lien jam in N Cardozo of
the supreme court "Is not quite
so good this morning."
The justice has been ill for sev
eral weeks, suffering from la
grippe and shingles. His condition
has been complicated by heart at
tacks. Last night the physician
said Canlozo had not made Im
provement yesterday that had
been expected.
PROSPECTOR EHES
OF STARVATION
JUNE At. Alaska, Jan. 12
(AIM III and unable to hunt. V.
H. Connor, well known prospector,
starved to death in his cabin on
Slocuin inlet. Deputy Marshal Wil
liam Markle reported.
He was a former resident of
Portland, Ore.
sewer system. i which const mo
tion has been started.
ASTOHIA, Jan. 12 (AIM The
state supreme court's ruling that
licensing of pinball machines was
unconstitutional will deprive As
toria of revenue estimated at Sltf,
mtu a year. Seventy-seven machines
were licensed at 5l!U a month.
PKNDLKTON, Jan. 12 (AIM
The slate supreme court's deel
slon on piuhall ami slot machines
will result in a loss of more thuit
$2u00 a year to the city of Pen
dleton, It was estimated here to
day. Charles Hurnett. city recorder,
said tliut licensing or such ma
chines last vear brought the city
S213U. and income for ln:tS was
expected to be even greater.
Quarterly license fee to operat
ors of pinball machines here is SIT.
or SliO a year per machine.
Hiiring the last quarter of l!:t7
1 here were 41 licenses machines
in Pendleton.
I
50 More Business Leaders
to Discuss Conditions
With Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (AIM
Another presidential conference
with business leaders was called
today simultaneously with disclo
sure that an American Federation
of Labor leader arranged Mr.
Roosevelt's meeting with five In
dustrialists last night.
Secretary Holier announced that
5b prominent business men mem
bers of the administration's advis
ory council would meet with ihe
president January 111.
At the same lime, it was learn
ed that a labor leader's self-assumed
diplomatic role was responsible
for the white house visit of the
quintet for whom Alfred P. Sloan
Jr., General Motors corporation
chairman, was spokesman.
"Better Understand ino,"
Those industrialists left the
president's study saying both Miey
anil the president had a "better un
derstanding of each other's prob
lems" und predicted "closer coop
eration" in the future.
The meeting will be the larist
of the current series of discus
sions being held hy Mr. Roosevelt
with business representatives.
Few of these studies ever bad
been made public, however.
The labor leader who arranged
bust night's conference conceived
the idea after reading Colby Ches
ter's speech ut the National Asso
ciation of Manufacturers' "con
gress of American industry" in
New York last month.
Chester, chairman of the associa
tion and chairman of the General
Foods cornrul ion, was wllh Sloan
at the white house last nigh!, oth
ers were Ernest T. Weir, i hair
man of the National Steel corpora
tion : Lewis I trow n, president of
the Johns-Ma nvl He corporation.
and M. W. Clement, president or
the Pennsylvania railroad.
Toward the close of his speech
at the industrial congress, Cluster
asked :
"Will the government sit down
with business and lalKir? Wdl ft
invite tills cooperation? Will it
(Continued on page 61
WILSON MOTOR CO.
CHANGES LOCATION
The R. H. Wilson Motor rem
pany. which has Iwen located In
the Mai-cabee bill hi lug was mov
ed today, to 111 North Hose street.
Into the quarters lormerly occu
pied hy the Howeburg Motor com
pany. The laiier concern lecetitly
moved into the Hansen building at
Oak and Rose streets.
Mr. Wilson, who recently sold
bis Ford agency to the Lap hum
Motor company, is now denling in
used cars and is operating a punt
ing, ImwIv and general repair Miop
and xervice htiHiucHs.
Sum Campbell is falcs manager,
and Fred J. poj-ter Is in chaige of
the painting ami mechanical departments.
Called
1 1 wiinn n 11 1 n
ILi M BILL h
FOES SEEK TO
E
Gangsters, Mob Violence
Now Senators' Target
in Filibuster That
Bars Legislation.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-1 AIM
Southern senators fighting the
anti-lynchiug hill told the senate
today they would seek to expand
it lo include gangsters and mob
violence.
Senator Russell ( D., Ga.) carried
on the debate against the pending
lynching bill as the senate rounded
out the first full week of discus
sion of the measure without even
approaching a vote on any of u
number of proposed amendments.
Failure of administration leaders
to impose longer senate sessions in
order to wear out the opposition
speakers led to the belief among
some senators that they were try
ing to avoid an open break with
the southern bloc. Senator Harri
son (D Miss.) and other oppon
ents of the hill have talked of a
party split.
Russell and Senator McKellar
t.. Tenn.) lold the senate they
hail prepared amendments lo bring
gangster and racketeering violence
within ihe bill's scope.
Russell contended it was "ab
surd" for the senate lo try to deal
with crime hy atiacking one form
that had caused only eight oiil of
12.UPU aiiuiial murders in the t S.
"If the federal government is to
deal with crime, w It bout unfair
ness, it will undertake to deal with
the problem generally,' Russell
said.
The house labor committee de
cided, meanwhile, to draft a new
wage-hour bill to carry out Presi
dent Roosevelt's demand' for legis
lation al this session (o "end star
vation wages and intolerable
hours."
Item Veto Bill Opposed
President Roosevelt's request for
authority to veto individual items
in appropriation hills encountered
opposition in the senate today after
an initial victory in the house.
The house voted to provide the
authority hy an amendment to the
l,ll l.!o;s.rl'i independent offices
appropriation bill, which it passed
yesterday am) sent to the senate.
The bill followed the piesldent's
recommendations lor a $1 IJhhi.ihmi
(Continued on page li)
The Seven I h In fa ill ry hand and
a demons t ration detachment will
be in Hoseburg Thursday and will
give a concert and demonstration
of new infantry equipment during
the noon hour, it was announced
today.
The infantry group, traveling in
12 trucks, visited North Itend and
Mamhlield today, and is sche
duled tei arrive in Kre-eburg Ihv
t ween 1 1 and 1 1 : Ho a. m. Thurs
day. The concert and demon si rat ion
during the noon hour will be giv
en on Oak street, between lack
son and Main streets. The bl-'ick
will be closed to traffic during the
hour.
The gtoiip. which is on a recruit
ing mission, will go rroui Hose
burg lo Eugene ami will spend
lh' night there.
TEN PCT. OF PEOPLE
IN U. S. GIVEN AID
W ASIII N'GTON . Jan. 12. (AH)
- WP Administrator Harry L.
Hopkins estimated. In a p"tioilical
report made public today, that leu
per relit of the people In the Cult
ed States received some form ol
public assistance during Sepiem
her. F:i7.
The jepott also estimated 'hat
between .(o ami .lb per cent ot
all ui.empioyed in the period .mm
November, Pi:',",, t h rough Ma v.
l!t;i", weie given Johs on the led
eial works program.
It a ided tha' local spoil, ois ot
WPA projects were (arring annul
f,4 per cent of the lion lab-,r ci-.t
of their pi oje.-ts from July, 1 1 7 .
to October.
(
WIDEN SCOP
inirini-rnw n t in n
mini UNi i Ainu - .
BID COMING HERE RESTDN-CAMAS ROAD
in
REARMAMENT
RAGE AGAIN III
FULL STRIDE
France to Match Program
of Italy; Britain Blocks
Jap Plan to Restrict
Yangtze Traffic.
(Hy the Associated Press)
War and the lea r of wa r w a s
the impetus today for a new spurt
in the world's rearmament race.
France matching strides wilh
Italy disclosed she was consid
ering const met Ion of t wo 4 2. 000
ton battleships as warring Span
iards fought near her southern
border and Japanese columns mov
ed across China.
Such battleships would be bug-1
er than any afloat except llrltain's
12. leu-ton battlecruiser Hood. They
were under consideration specifi
cally to ineel the threat of Premier
Mussolini's announcement Jan. 7
thai two new :!fi, 000-ton battleships
should he built by Italy.
This would he the second time
France has struggled lo keep pace
w ith Italy. France laid down the
:t:i,ii0o-inn battleship Rlchlicu in
liCI'i and a sister ship, the Jean
Hart, in l!t:tX, as replies lo Italy's
a Imosi -completed :t'i.0nuton Lit t ol
io and Vitiorin Venelo.
The disclosure of France'H plan
was made by members of Ihe
chamber of deputies' navy commit
tee. 'They are detendent on wheth
er French naval bases are ade
quate for such huge ships, outlaw
ed f.nti! expiration of the London
and Washington naval treaties
Dec. :n. iii:n;, wiped out the afijmo
ton limit.
Japan to Extend Rule
Evidences increased today of Ja
pan's designs lo extend her admln
isiiative control over those parts
of China under her military domi
nation.
hi Tokyo, a highly placed foreign
observer predicted Japan shortly
would recognize the new Japanese
dominated Helping regime as the
legal government of China. Some
quarters believed this and not
leidaralion ol war was ine
decision of yesterday's Imperial
onference.
The Peiphig regime arranged to
keep pace wilh Japan s North
China armies hy taking over con
trol of Shantung, Chinas "sacred
province."
Informed London sources dis
closed Hi Haiti had rejected a Japa
nese effort to close the Yangtze
river to all non-Japanese merchant
shipping, lirilain told Japan she
would move her ships wherever
Kesloration of (ho old county
road between Iteston and Camas
Valley was urgel upon Ihe coun
ty court this morning hy a dele
gation or more than (in residents
of that area.
'Ihe road wan abandoned for a
distance ir approximately three
miles in 1!)2!I wleui farm lauds on
the Ueston end or the route were
no longer occupied and the road
had become practically Impass
able. The fbdngai ion i cjiorted that
some of the land has recently
been reocrnph'd and that rest ora
tion would permit a mail loop, af
tording bHter service to the resi
dents. The matter was taken under ml
visemcnt by the court.
SALESMAN KILLS
HIMSELF IN TRUCK
TWIN KAI.I.S. Idaho, Jan. 12.
(AD The body or Orvis (Hud)
Simons, son of Fred Simons,
ontaiio. Ore, merchant, was found
ycHtenlay in his car beside a loue-
desert highway.
Six-rill Julius Davis said a lub
ber hose led from the exhaust pipe
Into the rear or the light dclhwy
1 1 in k be used III bis work as a
lobarro sale:! man in southern
Idaho.
He bad been missing eight day:'.
( ill tela Is ha id the dea' h w as a
soil ide and no inUesl would It"
ll.'ld
His widow survives.
i nrpTfirmTinm irwn .
KbBehwrgmiB
Rift in C. I. O.
Impels Lewis
To 'Wisecrack
NEW YORK. Jan. 12. (AIM
An apparent serious rllt In the
leadership of the committee for In
dustrial organization came to the
surface today.
John L. Lewis, dynamic iiead of
the CIO and the United Mine
Workers of America, and David
Dubinsky. president of the Inter
national Unites (hitmen Workers
union, were the leaders involved.
Dubinsky lust night assert ed the
CIO was responsible for the recent
breakdown in peace negotiations
between ihe CIO and the Ameri
can Federation of UiImu-.
Lewis was blunt In reply loday.
"Mr. Dubinsky, whom I esteem
highly," be said, "seems to be
giving an Imitation of Eliza cross
lug the Ice and looking backward
like Ufs wife.
"1 think he ought to finally de
cide whether he Is flesh or fowl
or good red herring."
Dubinsky also had demanded
that negotiations wilh the A. F.
of L. be resumed. He spoke at
a special meeting of 1 200 mem
bers ol the executive boards of
his lo'al unions.
lie did not mention Lewis by
name, but said:
"No oiio man has ti mortgage
on the labor movement. The la
bor movement Is not the property
of any individual or group."
Informed or what Lewis hud
said, Dubinsky Issued a brief for
mal statement this afternoon say
ing the CIO head should no! "at
tempt lo dispose of mailers of
such vital concern as labor peace
and understanding in (lie flippant
manner be dons."
". . . . the laboring masses of
America are hungering and pray
ing for peace and l( is my belief,
Mr. Lewis wisecracking to (he con
trary notwithstanding, that they
will not be denied such peace for
long."
Dubinsky, a pillar or the CIO
whose organization claims a mem
bership t more than 2f0.utM), as-(
sailed communistic Influence in
Ihe CIO last night in speaking to
the leaders ot his group.
-o-
NEED OF REVENUE
Normal Earnings Would
Put 150,000 Men on Jobs,
J. J. Pelley States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12. (AT)
The head of the Association of
American Railroads estimated to
ilay that this counl ry's railroads
could put 1 fill, Oi M) men to work if
rail Kind revenues climb hack to
normal.
The railroad executive, J. J. I'ol
y, president of ihe association.
added a freight rale Increase would
bring an immediate increase In em
ployment. If the Interstate commerce com
mission grants requested rale In
creases the railroads can resume
buying at once, the executive tes
tified before the senate unemploy
ment committee.
"It would put us In a position to
open our purchasing agency floors
again," 1'ellcy said. "No railroad Is
buying anything now." lie predicl-
(Continued en page C)
Douglas Sportsmen Favor Plain
Clothes Squad to Back Game Laws
A roving sipiad of plain clothes
game wardens, supplementing the
egilltn stale police assigned
('Ir.il dv Him lion i? hit Coiinlv Con
scrvallo.) council i:t a meeting hold."1'1
here last night. The stpiad, accord
'rig to the comi'V's ph'ii being sub
mitted lo the stale police and
game commission, would operate
over the entile slate to enforce
fish and game legnlations. It was
contended that unllormed police,
i raveling in automobiles marked
wllh the state emblem, h.n e I'ltle
opportunity lo apprehend violators.
Ihe name, Ixtuglas ouiity ton-
nervation council, was adopted by
the oi g;nitai Ion, previously known
as the Oouglas County Council oi
Spoilsmen's clubs, as a part or the
husliie-tH transacted al last night's
meeting
Others Invited to Aid
It also was voted to Invite all
mi vii in
7 ON BOARD
Last Word From Ship
Reported Leakage of
Oil, Attempt to
Reach Port.
Explosion From Fire After
Discharge of Surplus
Fuel Believed to
Have Occurred.
HONOLULU, Jan. 12. (AP)
The navy received a wireless
message today that the air
craft tender Avocet was pick
ing up wreckage of the Samoan
clipper near Pago Pago. There
was no mention of survivors.
"Avocet sighted heavy oil
slick latitude 14:08.20, longi
tude 170-151 (about 14 miles
west of Pago Pago); has mo
tor launch picking up parts
wrecked plane," said a message
from the navy launch.
The message added tersely:
"Identification satisfactory."
WASHINUTON, Jan. 12. (AP)
Juan T. Trlppe, president or
Pan American airways, said today
It had been "definitely establish'
ed" that Captain iFJdwin C. Mustek
and six other members of his crew
aboard wrecked Samoan Clipper
were dead.
Trippe said on tbo basis of radio
reports received from the United
Slates naval - station in Samoa it
had been determined that the
seven men were killed at approxi
mately K::i(i o'clock (Samonn timp)
when (he big Hying boat "was de
stroyed by fire of unknown origin."
"It is apparent from the facta
now available," he said, however,
"that the fire developed incidental
to the discharge of fuel necessary
to trim the ship to proper landing
weight, which was In line with con
servallve normal practice."
The Samoan Clipper, which left
Pago Hiiro, American Samoa Tuob
day morning for New Zealand car
ried only air express. It was fly
ing over a new route to Australia
which had not yet been opened to
passenger traffic.
SA FRANCISCO. Jan. 12
( A I') I'an American Airways
announced today that two flights
by a navy plane around the Sa
moan Islands had failed lo reveal
any trace of the missing Samoan
clipper and lis crew of seven men.
Oltlclals said the navy piano
would search Ihe same area this
morning, guided hy a surface ves
sel.
An official statement on the din
appearance of the big flying boat
follows:
"I'an American officials advised
that their South Pacific survey
plane, the Samoan clipper, after
radioing that it was returning lo
port alter developing an nil leak
in one or Its four engines. 40 min
utes alter its departure yesterday
morning from I'ago Pago, en route
to A link land. New .ealaJUd, has
not been heard from since 8:27
local Samoa lime yesterday morn
ing. "The Samoan clipper, under com
mand of Captain Kdwin C. .Mustek,
on the first regular experimental
transport Muht over the newly es
tablished mail and express route
between Ihe l ulled States ami
New Zealand, look off from llm
Samoan base al fi::iii a. m. Samoan
(Continued on pa go 0)
chic and fraternal clubs ami
Kr(lllKtlB ,() lim.o!nt p.presentntlvea
to make up an advisory committee.
- ''bis committee would meet with
council to confer on all mat
ters relating to conservation, al
though the oting power, would bu
ret alm-d by tbo council members,
thus retaining the identity of the
organization.
Theie was a great deal of discus
sion of Ihe proposed reopening of
ihe Cow Creek game reserve, con
ceriiinu which the game commls
sion will hold a puldic hearing lit
Hoseburg Saturday. No action wan
taken, either for or against thu
proposal. There was general optti
ion, however, expressed by tu
sportsmen present, that the re
serve, if continued, should be giv
! en additional policing and more at
teiiliou as to control of predatory
, animals. '