Herr Hitler's Arrogant Demand for the Return of Lost Colonies Is Quite a Contrast to the Cowering of World War Bosches Who Screamed "Kamerad."
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. ra. yesterduy "4
Highest temperature yesterday 54
Ixnvesl temperature last night 46
Precipitation for 24 hours.. 0!l
I'reclp. Hlnce first of monlli 9.3-4
I'reclp. from Sept. 1, 1937.......30.C4
Kxcoss sluco Sept. 1, 1937-.,.... 7.87
Occasional Rains.
PEACE OR WAR? '
Follow European' events through
the wire service of the NEWS
ltKVIKW. The gravest crisis since
tho world war confronts the old
world nations. What price ponce?
In tho big qiicHtion commiiudluis
your attention.' : ,
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DALY
ROSEBURG, OREGON. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1938.
VOL. XLII NO. 253 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
VOL XXVI NO. 173 OF THE EVENING NEWS
15)15)
IE.
ill;
Editorials
on the
Day's Hews
.By. FRANK JENKINS, , .
THIS, .dispatch is from Washing
ton: ' '
"President Roosevelt said today
(Friday) that a "moderate rise In
tho general price level is desir
able," but he made It clear that ho
does not believe all prices should
BO UP-.
pi-IIS 'writer, who is politically
too far out of dote to be oven
noticed any more by advanced
thinkers, can't get away from tho
notion Hint it would bo better for
nil of us if prices rose and fell
as a result of shitting conditions
of supply and demand- thaii nt the
whim of one man.
AND the state bakery board
handed down a ulinse the oth
er day to the. effect that day-old
bread can : no longer bo sold at
Portland grocery stores. It Port
' Inndonj . want day-old broad here
after, they'll have to go to the
bakeries for It.
Maybe it's.all right.
But this writer, whose economic
thinking Is so old-fnshioned as to
be pitiful, just simply CAN'T be
lieve that the sale of clean and
wholesome day-old broad to gro
cery store customers who WANT
day-old bread is a crime. , t; -
BY THIS time, ' of course, every
one' knows that If you have a
cow that gives milk with too much
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lOlEVILLEHELP
SAU5M, Fob. 21. (AP) Co
oporat Ion i by his conipairy'. with, the
federal government In-the distribu
tion of power, from Bonneville was
Pledged by Franklin T. Griffith,
president of tho Portland -General
Electric, company, in an address to
dayj before the: Salem , chamber of
commerce. He was unable to con
sider as sound, however, any of
the arguments in favor of creation
of the propbsotl northwest, public
utility district on which the people
of the greater part of seven coun
ties are to vote on April 8." The
counties are Clackamas, Washing
ton, Yamhill, Polk, Columbia, Clat
sop and Lincoln.
Mr. Clriffith spoke favorably , of
Iha rural electrification administra
tion, but saiil "I have had careful
' search innde" and "I havo found no
case In which the rates fixed for
rural Rorvice in n federally financ
ed project are within speaking dis
tance of the rural electric rates
available to the farmers of Marion
county and other counties wo servo
at all times during the Inst 10
years." '
Oddities Flashed
mTy tho Associated Press.
Resigned
W1NSTON-SA1.EM, N. C. A
thief smashed a store window mid
crabbed lit a stilt of clothes but
j,ot only the punts.
lie returned lust night nnd
hroko the Bnme window. Pnssersby
wero so cloBe, however, he fled af
ter snatching the coat. The vest
was tightly buttoned on a clothing
dummy.
Said Charles II. Sosnlk, proprie
tor: "I think I'll just set the dummy
outside wilh the vest on It. I don't
vnnt the man to break another
plate glass window just to got the
vest."
Easing the Blow
HIGH POINT, N. C Thieves
who raided the chicken house of
Ralllc Hearndon wanted to break
the news gently. ?
They left a blg-lettorod sign on
the building:
"Your chickens are gone."
Mail Goes Through
KANSAS CITY Special Dellv
cry Messenger Donald Proper had
Just one more letter to deliver to
LYNCH BlUff
SHELVED I "
58-27UE
Filibuster , of 29 Days
Ended by Action Of
Senate; Southern
Bloc Elated.
Measure Considered Good
as Killed for Session;
Relief Appropriation
: Question Now Up.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP)
The senate shelved tho nnil-
lyuching bill today to take up the
$250,000,000 -emergency relief ap
propriation -measure.--
The action, taken on n motion
by Democratic Leader Bnrkley of
Kentucky, . ended a filibuster
which had consumed 29 duys of
this session,
Jubilant southerners who had
fought the . measure said .they re
garded tho senate's, action ns as
surance the bill would not bo
brought up again this session.
Before the vote, ' proponents of
the bill, headed by Senator Wag
ner IX, N, Y.), had sought un
successfully to amend the motion
so as to provide for, .later consid
eration of the bill. i ; i -
Tho relief measure, previously
passed by the house, is designed to
increase WPA rolls, to a total of
2,500,000 persons, i . ).: :
In asking that the anti-lynching
bill belaid aside, Barkley. explain
ed thatlthore appe'ared to hi of to'
beno. -chance1 of, obtaining; una.nj
mous' consent to ' limit 1 the' ,an(i
lynching' debate and said he had
done "all. I could" to. get , a vole
on it. '
; He noted, also, that two motions
tb invoke, cloture, limiting each
senator's argument to one hour,
had been defeated.
The vote on laying the bill nside
was GS to 22.
Japs Turn to Mexico -;
Members of the senate and house
foreign relations committees show
ed, interest today in reports that
tho Mexican government Is con
templating giving permission - for
Japan to deepen and modernize the
west coast port of Mazatlan.
Chairman ' M c R e y n o Ids (D.,
Tenn.) of the house - committee
said he also had heard that Japan
was negotiating for iron mining
rights in western Mexico.
He said he understood the re
ports came from an American
business man living In Mexico.
There was no confirmation, but
Representative Scott (U, Calif.
said he had been told by buslne .s
men that JApanese shrimp fisher-
(Continued on page G)
PAISLEY ASKS AID
IN FLOOD DANGER
PAISLEY, Ore., Feb. 21. (AP)
Paisley citizens wired Governor
Martin today for financial assist
ance in combating flood danger as
ice jams extending more than 30
miles in the Chewaucau river
threatened to force the, stream
from its banks.
Temporary relief was obtained
'through hlnstlng the jam.
From Press Wire
complete Ills day's work. nut-
First lie got lost. Then his nuto-
mobilo stuck in some railroad
tracks. Then came a train. -
Proper fled afoot with his mall
DOUCll.
When a nnllce car arrived to In
vestigate tho crash, the undaunted
messenger persuaded them to help
deliver tho letter.
Thorough Job
CHICAGO A surfnee lines snow
sweeper jumped the tracks, climb
ed the curb nnd swept the side
walk clear of drifts. Then It head
ed for the front porch of a near
by dwelling before the crew
brought It to a stop a few feet
away.
Modern Washington
CHICAGO Eleven-year-old David
Klocpfer swung an ax on a neigh
bor's elm tree. The neighbor look
the matter up with the Bchool prin
cipal. "Did you chop that tree?" his
teacher asked.
"I dhl," the boy replied, explain
ing he was only practicing fur a
George Washington birthday dra
matization nt the school.
Ax Wielder Wars
... On Slot Machines
Mrs. Irene Kite, above, releas
ed from jail, at Alton, III., oh
bond pending trial on charges
of injuring personal property,
says she will resume her attacks
on the machines as soon as she
gets a new ax. Alton ministers
praised her campaign even
though she launched It because
slot machines operated when her
husband was not allowed to run
a dice game. ,
ZEKE-L
E FROM JAIL
Future Good Behavior Up
to Coat bteaier; Fines
i Imposed on Three. f1
!5eke Lady, who pleaded 'suUtV
several weeks ago to a charge of
larceny trom an automobile, was
paroled In circuit court today from
a sentence of one year' In the coun
ty 'jail. Lady was charged, accord
ing to DlHt.rlct Attorney J. V.
Long, with taking a lady's coat
from an nutomohile parked at the
Dutch Mill, south of llosehurg. Fol
lowing .his arrest In January; he
entered a plea of guilty but sen
tence was postponed until today,
and he was ordered held in cus
tody. His parole. Judge Carl Wlm-
borly said, in imposing sentence
is conditioned upon future good
behavior.
In the justice court n sentetife
of 5 days In jail and a fine of $75
was Imposed upon John (1. Lu-Rai-che
of Portland, convicted in
jury trial on a charge of reck
less driving. The case was hoard
by a justice court jury composed
of Dee Howard, Archie Archam
beau. L. J. Houser, A. J. Lilburn,
Joe lllosser: and D. J. Gawlei. Ie-
Km-che was arrested following nn
accident n week ago' south of Oak-:
land.
Justice of tho Peace R. W. Mar-
sters also reported Ja fine ofi $50
imposed : upon Ueorgo Barter or
Koseburg, who, he said, pleaded
guilty to a charge of unlawful pos
session of venison. Darter was giv
en time in which to raise the fine.
A fine of $10 was paid in the
city court by James AI. Rice of
Salem, who pleaded guilty before
Recorder A. J. Cieddes to a charge
or speeding mrotign a bciiooi zone,
MEMORIAL HOME
UNIT FIRE'S PREY
TUItNKIi, Ore., Feb. 21 (API
Firo of unknown origin com
pletely destroyed one . of tho six.
nulls of Hie Cornelius Davis court
of the Turner meniorlnl home
shortly after 2 o'clock this nioni
inp. The dwelling, occupied by Mr.
anil Mrs. .1. II. Keudall, was erect
ed about two years ago at a cost
of 11300.
Mrs. Kendall, who was HI. was
curried from the burning building
and Is now nt the main building
of the Turner memorlnl homo.
Kendall, slightly burned, Is In a
Salem hospital. Tlolll are elderly
people. Nn contents were saved
from the building.
Insurance nmounted to SS.rpfl. The
hoard of trustees of the memorial
home will meet Tuesday night to
discuss plans for rebuilding.
SURGERY RIDS DOG
OF NEEDLE, THREAD
'SALEM, Feb. 21 (AP) An
operation performed Saturday at
a local voteiinnry hospital rellev
ed a dog of a needle and thread
that had lodged In the animal's
throat. The dog. a Belgian simp-"
herd owned by Charles Uarclcy.'
had been 111 for some time and
floroscope examination at the hoB
pltal revealed the trouble. An ana
esthetic was used hut a knife was
not necessary.
IRTINIIIl
10
HAVE 3 RIVA
AT
Latourette to Join Hosch1
and Oleen in Governor
Race, Rumor; Holman
Said Candidate.
PORTLAND, Feb. 21. (AP)
Budding candidacies for local nnd
state offices, sprouting In scatter
ed sectous of Oregon, heralded to
day the approach of the Muy, prl-
mnrioa i )i t
The major crop of gubonutorlal
and senatorial candidates showed
only sub-surface growth In the
form of announcements and re
ports from "sourcos close to"' the
various aspirants.
Those, which reach the publica
tion stage, included:
That Howard Latouretlo, of Port
land, democratic national commit
teeman from Oregon would an
nounce his candidacy for the demo
cratic nomination for governor,
probably next Sunday. '
hat Governor Chillies H. Mar
tin would declare himself a candi
date for reelection shortly;
That State Treasurer Rul'us Hol
man would enter the race under
the republican banner.1
Mahoney Delays
That' Willis Mahouey, former
Klamath Falls mayor, would not
officially enter the senatorial con
test on the democratic side until
the middle of March or later, capi
talizing on his successful race
against Senator McNary in 1936.
With ir. J. V, Hosch of Uend
and O. Henry Oleen. of St. Helens
already avowed democratic can
didates for governor, observers
uuw ut ,j eiiurieu iiiiuiiuuua 01
touroe" as, of probably "benefit", to
Martin's'. a,spIrHtoiis 1 .through .'a,
three-way; split lit ' his opposition'
within the party.
Justice Lusk Announces
The only dcfintlo announcement
of s,tnfc-wide interest last' week
end was that ot Hall S. Lusk that
ho would seek to retain his seat
on the stale supremo court. Ho
was appointed from the Multno
mah county circuit court lost year
to fill the vacancy resulting from
tho death) of Associate; Jusriqe
James U. Campbell. f ; i J J :
Josoph At JSance; first vice-presi
dent ' of the Mu.tnoiriali' county
young democratic club, announced
hl$ candidacy ; foij (presidency of
thfc young deifi6crat(c'cluhs of Ore
gnu, a post already sought by Ro-
Pert F. Cronen of Wheeler, first
district vice-president.
iEEMEIDDTO'
PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (API-
Deputy County Prosecutor Potts
said today that Jake Minsky, James
R. Hcott nnd . Leroy Cooper had
igned statements henrlnu1 upon
alleger. labor vandalism.
The trio Is seld nt Stevenson on
charges of endangering life nnd
properly with explosives.
Meantime police took into cus
tody an organizer for the AFL re
tall clerks union at Kugene, the
oflicor of an AFIj garage and nerv
ice staion men s locnl hero and an
other olficer of an AFL -ware-'
housemen's union local here;' hilt
made no charges nnd snld they
wero being detained for (iiicRlion
ng, the nature of which was not
disclosed. mi -
Polls asserted that Minsky, ti
nhaiiffour. signed n statement slm
liar to that .attributed to Scott
last Knlnrday. Scott, business
agent of an AFL warehousemen's
union, asserted that Al K. Honscr
Portland AFL toamsters' union
head, had "OK'd" plans for, the
alleged bombing nttempt nt Stev
enson and n bombing here. Rosser
is under Indictment at Dallas, Ore.
for alleged arson.
The statement attributed lr
Cooper, vice president of the AFI
teamster local No. 162 here, alleg
ed that he nnd four othera dum.x'd
cans of lye on a truck load of wool
three weeks ago.
EUGENE WOMAN AT
HONOLULU DROWNS
HONOLULU, Feb. 21 (API-
Mrs. Martha H. Martin, 72. of Kir
gene. Ore., drowned Sunday when
engulfed by a, hmie- wave nn she
walked along the beach near Scbo
field barracks.
Her granddaughter, Martha, aiffid
two and ft half years, was saved
Mrs. Martin's Ron. Ueut. Com
mander Alexander Martin, and
four others worked two and'a hair
bourn in an attempt to rovlvo her.
mm mm
PRIMARY
WINTRY SPELL
EASES
Crisis Averted After Many
fersons Abandon Homes;
i Snow Storm Falls
on Refugees, i
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Feb. 21.
AP) The Mississippi river rupid
ly gulped the wuter of Arkansas
ibutaries today to reduce hourly
the danger of a major flood iu this
state., ,
Other sections of the south felt
expected the chilly breath of
winter; New Orleans had a light
frost. Temperatures dropped near
the freezing murk at Birmingham
and Atlanta. South Georgia await
ed a predicted change from balmy
broezcB to wintry blasts, t
The Red Cross estimated that
between 3.000 and 6,000 persons
had been driven from their homes
by overflow waters of the Arkan
sas, hite, Cache nnd Ouachita
'fivers. ,
Crisis Averted '
The weather bureau hero hast-
iily rovlsed : downward previous
forecasts of flood crests,' however
iiind Albert ISvans of St, Louis, Red
Cross disaster relief director, Bald
the crisis that had been expected
is not developing." i .
Tho crest of the Arkansas was
expected at Little Rock today. The
triver wus falling west ot here to
.ward Fort Smith but swirling to-
iwurd a peak at Pine Illuff, where
a major fight to save levees was
In progross; About- 1,500 WPA
workers were . sandbagging the
dikes. .
Flood -control. and.-rcliof-officials'
kept' u wary'eyo .on the skies and
I'nnnlvnri nn fnmfnrt' fYniii . n fnre-
cast of cloudy today uud ruins to
morrow. ,, . ,
OKLAHOMA CITY, Feb. 21,
(AP) Another snow storm moved
east va nt across, Oklahoma today
lowaru more man a munuauii noon
refugees huddled along the hanks
of southeastern . Oklahoma's rum-
(Continued on page 0)
IT
Chinese Harass Invaders
atj Many ;Pointsj jThree 1
I jAirplanes Downed.
SHANGHAI. Fob. 21. (AP) Tho
Jiiimitiiib wcro ropulijod tortiiy In nn
iiUoniiij'to crpHs the -mighty Yellow
river JjttBi norm ot iioirong, linpor
Uint clly on the LiiiibIhiI railway
lino In northern Iloiuin province.
JiiimiicsG forces which for weeks
have been moving southward In a
campaign to cut tho Umglinl rnll-
way were slircadlliK widely to tno
west Into Sbnnsl province gradually
enclosing Llurong, provincial cnpl
tnl. Troops following n branch of the
'elping-Hnnkow hue into tile rich
coal milling region north of the
Yellow river pushed about 50 miles
westward from (ruptured Hlnsiang.
Japuucse military dispatches re
ported, the capture of Luchong in
soiitheiist Biiansl province.
Cliiucac continued to harass Jnp-
aucso1 conimuiitcntloiis lieliind the
linos: On the southern front near
the Tlentsiii'l'ukow railway mobile
ChfliCHO nulls oircujded Chaliglipa-
n, within 5(1 miles of Nnnking.
They were reported attacking Mlng-
kwnng and Tingllyali, in the Tien-tsiii-I'ukow
railway sector.
' Japanese Planes Downed.
A' Chinese dispatch said tho Jap
anese lost three planes on bomb
ing raids.
Five- Japanese planes bombed
Fanshul, on llui I.uiiglinl railway
west of Chengchow, dropping 20
(Continued on pnge 01
PLUNGE OF AUTO
KILLS 2 OCCUPANTS
I.KWISTON, lilnho. Feb. 21
(AIM Mrs. Olll McGuIre ol Peola.
Wash., and Jim Taylor of Echo.
wro., were killed and two othorn
were Injured when their automo
bile plunged Kill feet into a canyon
near Asotin, Wash., Hundny.
Tbioo cases of dynamite carried
In the car did not explode.
W. E. Taylor, drlvtr of t tie car
and brother of Jim. ai d Chris Myn
terson, Underwood, Ore., were
In or Rlit to a Lcwlstou hospital
suffering serious lacerations
The accident occurred when the
car was stopped on a soft shoulder
to permit Inspection of a flat lire.
DIXIE'S !
FLOOD DANGER
Friendship
Fuehrer Warns
His. Neighbors of
"Iron and Steel"
Return of War-Lost Lands
Demanded; Independence
1 of Austria, Rights of
v Church Ignored.
' : . By. WADE WEIINER
' BERLIN, Feb. 21 (AP)
Chancellor Adolf Hitler gavo Eu
rope's uneasy cnpltnls no hint to
day of his next, move ns leader of
a rearming Germany ho declarerd
was "entitled to equal rights" wllh
other powers. ,
His momentous reiehstng spoocli
yesterday deinandlng return of
colonies Gormnny held before Hie
World wnr and threatening possi
ble nrtned force to protect Gei-inau
minorities on Iho rolch's borders
failed lo give the answer.
Europe's burning question,
"What will 'Hitler do next?" re
sounded in foreign capitals with
.undiminished menaced
: Anxiety grew In Prague, whore
Hitler's Indirect referenco to Ger
man minorities In Czechoslovakia
was resented as -challenging the
sovereignty of that state, "the homo
of some 3.0110,000 pro-nnzl Ger
mans. '
In his threo-liour reiehstng ad
dress, dor fuehrer touched point
edly on most phases of the rolch's
" 'He'lsHflori Warned' ; , :
Hd wnrue.il ( boiilorii'ii: ; liullons
with Geruiuil nilnorltles to quit'
"lnflctlng , sorrow,", on their sub
jects of, Gorman blood nt tho .risk
of possihlo, conflict will) Ills armed
forces. . i i
He Inrorined Great Dritnln that
she could have, pence wi.lh .the
retch by turning, ovor colonies she
gained from Gorinany by World
war victory. , . ' -
He hnlleil Gflimanv's now co
operation with Austria but gavo
no pledge to' preserve Iho inde
pendence ot that former llnpsburg
country In, which, nazidom took
sweeping strides, Inst week.
Ho sided .with. Insurgent 111 tile
Spanish civil wnr and with .Japan
in her wnr ngalnsl. "bolshiivlsin In
China," and announced Gorman
recognition of Manchnrkuo. .la
pun's great puppet, state on tho
Aaintic ma n anil.
Germany, ho announced, (iocs
not even dream" of rejoining the
(Continued on pago 0)
SEATTLE, Feb. 21. (AP) Be-
nttle's almost 200,000 registered
voters begun llieir trek to voiing
booths tills morning lo climax a
bitter campaign In tho city pri
maries.
Two enndliintes for mayor will
bo named lo contest In the March
8 run-oft liullotliiK,
Mayor John F. Oorc, 'candldalo
for roeleellon, and IJeut. Gov. Vic
tor A. Meyers, dupner ' ex-hnud
leader, took the spotlight by ex
changing pnrsonnl abuse ns mo
campaign closed. '
lkne Is strongly liacKou ny ine
powerful AFI. teamsters' union. He
has publicly slated his allegiance
to liavo llerk, northwest teamslerH'
chief.
Matt Meehall,, secretary of the
CIO longshoremen's and ware
housemen's union, spoke In favor
of Meyers. Meyers, a member of
tho AFL musicians' union for 21
years, has Blrnng CIO support nnd
In addition claims u largo hloi: of
commonwealth federation, work
ers' nlllnnee and WPA voles. There
are nine candidates for mayor.
In all, thirty men r.nd tbreo wo
men are listed on the ballot for
mayor, (01111111111011, city comptrol
ler nnd treasurer.
PROSPECTOR FINDS
$476 GOLD NUGGET
JACKHONVHXK. Oro Fob. 21.
- AI J Ira Iludy, who workn In
Klamaili coiinly pnlatii fields In lb"
bnrvesl seasons and has prospect
ed In tho wilder lor many years,
bad bis reward Inst week.
He discovered n 17-oiltice gold
iiiiEKct, valued nt $170 under cur-
rent gold values, It wns reported
here.
Bid Follows Blast
Mussolini's Ally; Hitler
Quits in Protest
iMr Anthony Edfe
As a protest against any con
cession to nazl or fascist dicta
tor as the price of European
peace, Eden resigned yesterday
from the British cabinet,. As for
eign secretary, Eden has oppos
ed the return of war-lost colonies
to Germanyund the Imperialistic
procress of Italy. 1 -
IftiSUREErslTS BATTER
DEFENSES OETERUEt
City ' in Flames, Buildings
Destroyed as Loyalist -1
Forces Crumble.1',
-. HENDA YE, Franco, ' Feb. 21' '
(AP) 1 - FlglitliiK raged In the
huart of Teruol todnV tind govern
ment- detonders wero reported sur
rendering In mall groups as insur
gi nt assault forces bin I led to re
gain full possession 1 of tho stra
tegic south Arogon oily. , :.i , '
; Wbilo the dosperoto government
Knrrlson wns being pounded Inlo
sjiibmisslon, ! nnolher Insurgent
force launched a ; now- ol'fenslvo
against tho gngunln highway, ad
vancing live, miles snuthenst of
Teruol. It appeared that Genoral
Franco's army Intended driving ns
fur us possible toward .ths ; Medi
terranean. .
A deslructivo artillery nnd nlr
plune bombardment, preceded this
ndvnncc.- liisurgenl troops, follow
ing ui the . barrage, wero said, to
havo .penetrated ovoriiinont lines
and forced govonimont troops to
retreat on both stdcH of tho inipor
tnnt road, which lends lo the sen.
Tho Insurgent high 1:0 mm 11 nil an
nomicod tho Insurgents wero "com
plelo niuslors" of the road. ,. , .
Teruol was tu I'lanie's In tlio flglit
lug zone, and oxploslons of , under
ground mines rovorhcrutcd through
tho clly.
The' Insurgents said government
licndquurtci-B were burning and
many buildings had been destroy
ed.
May Be Turning Point :
Tho tjllnatloii was exactly oppo
site to that of two months ago,
whim Spanish government forces
In llieir most htlllliiiit offensive of
tho civil war hnmmoi'ed an insur
gent garrison' liilo submission.
'The government adtnlllod Its do-fi-tiHOH
had Ilnally begun lo crum
ble In ilia fuco of overpowering lo
(Continued on pngo 0)
Hitler9 s Foreign Policy Regarded
Boost for Increase in U. 5. Navy:
WASHINGTON, Kob. 21, (API
Si'imtnr Adnnifl (! Colo.) mild
today CliiuHKillnr HIIIim-'b nxnoHl
Him of forolun pulley "will mnkn II
oiialor fr (joiuvroHH to vole u big
niivy,"
"It niny not bo nlmnlutnly nocoa
miry, but It rortalnly nni'rH nd
vlBtiblo Hint our lmvy bo IiIk ciioukIi
to protect both our coastR," ho
told H'portorn.
Adiinin coinp'irfd Kuropo todny
In a "flpplii lank" nnd ilomnndnc
thfit the I'liltcd Sliih'H ubnndon tlu
Hull tnidn treaty pioniHin.
lid Riitd Si rrclary of Hint o Illiil'fl
rrclprociil tmdo tiitroonicnt policy
"iinimifMitly Ik ninro npt lo pro-
1 nioto oniifHct nnd ndvrHlty Hum it
t In to ndvaiioo poaco and prosper-
ny." ,
Sonntor Thoina (I)., Utah),
mombor of Iho conate Torolgn re
Inlionn rominittoo, obsnrved that
"for tho flint ttimi In my llfo I
liavo boconio an nlannlHt."
Soino othor unnatr loadors Raid
(boy folt tho liHurimtional sltua-
Chamberlain's Mn,.
Proposal Comes , ,
When Eden Quits
Europe's Peace Depends on
Attitude of Four Major
Powers, ' Assertion .
to Commons.
LONHONi Feb.- 21. (AP)
Prime Minister Chamberlain, in nn
nuinzlng vorbnh struggle with Ills'
retiring - foreign secretary, 1 An-,
thony Eden, told a turbulent house,
of commons today that Britain bad.
agreed to-start, negotiations for a
new Anglo-Italian understanding
'Immediately": tn Rome. ,(
Ch'amberlnln declared tiiat for
Britain to rebuff Italy's desiros for
such conversations would bring-relations
to a point "at which tiltl-v
matoly war between us might bo:
como Inevitable." ', ' ., - , . ,-
The prime minister accused Ed
en,
wborn critics charged, .he rJ).v-7
rlflced. to satisfy EuVjipe'li rd(e-i f !
m, at being "Unfarr" Implying ;
sacrf
tutors
that ho (pnnniberlaln) had suc-
I-cum bod to Italian "now or nover",
tHreftts. 1
; Frequently interrupted 'by Joors
from noisy opposition : members;
Wbo cheered Eden's defense of hlB .
rosigimtlori Inst night. Chamberlain .
spoke for a solid hour.' ; , i- , i 1.'
' Ho Insisted he ha dlnformed 'iho 1
It nl Ian ambassador, Count Grandl,
there eould.Jie.no sottlement with-,
out a solution of the Spanish
problom and that, any Anglo- Hal- :
Inn ngroeinent, would he submit-..
tod to the league of nations.
, ' 1 Peace Sole Aim
Denying Hint there was any :
quostlon nt this stage of what the
tornis of. an Anglo-llnliau agree
ment wiiiiatbo, jDhimberluIn went.
on:' j- "i( ' i'j- -i If 1
"Whnl wo"iiiioi Boeklhgl to do IB
to got general appeasomont
tliroughout Europo whiohfwIiriKlvo
us, ponc.j ) i , i ! i j ill! v j ,
1 "Tho poacp 'of Europe must do
pond tin tho attltudo ot four lhnlor
(Continued on page 6)
The general public Is being Invit
ed by the Rosoburg Junior high
school student body to Join In tho
WasHlngton, day , assembly to bo,':
held In tho school auditorium at
10:20 n. m. Tuesday. Tho foaturu '
of tho program will be tho dedi-
cation of a walnut treo' on tho ,
school grounds. The tree Is a seed
ling from Mt. -Vernon and was do-'
nalod lo the school by J. H. Booth.'
Tho bronze plato which - will be
utlauhcd tomorrow 1b a gift from -Mrs,
George R. Child of San Fran
cisco in rumembrnnco of the Into -Mrs.
William It. Willis.
Included In the assembly pro- :
gram will bo group singing ot pa-,
trlotic- songs; a . Washington day .,
play, presented by the dramatic
club under tho direction of Scott ; .
Williams; early. American music
by the glrlB' gleo club, directed by -Ilelcne
Robinson; pledge . to the
flag; violin solo by Allheo Hutch-
ins, ami other entertainment.
Hon cr.iiRed by IIltlor'B speech nnd
Aulbony ttden'fl rolKatlon from
tho KukHrIi cahliint wns "too dell
i!uto for comment."
Senator Harrlflon (D., Mian.), nl
ho a. member of tho foreign rela
tion conmiltteo, mild:
"Thin in a good tlmo for us to
koop Bilent."
Konator Kllendor CO., La.) de
clared that be "bold no nyinpathy"
for nngland. Ho nflertcd Great
Hrltnln'R rerusal to tntorveno when
Japan seized Mancboukuo In 1932
bad made Italy nnd Germany bold
er in their faselRt foreign policies.
Thomas said ho saw in . Gor
many'n rocognitton of Manchotikuo)
a collapRe of the moral pressura
anlnHt JnpaneBo nRKiosBlon.
"TheHO events mean that thd
wliolo world Is being placed on an
IndlvlduallHtlc batlB," ho declared
"This means rearmament ami big
navloB. The sentiment ngalnst om
naval expansion bill will subBldd
and we will be drawn Into th3
armament race." ltoJ