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More Treasury "Gravy" for a Bigger Navy, Says the House. A Billion Dollars for Adequate U. S. Defense Is Better Spent Than a Loan That's Never Repaid. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 73 Highest temperature yesterday 45 lowest temperature lust night 33 Precipitation for 24 hours : 03 Preclp. since first of month...! 5.53 Preclp. from Sept. 1, 1937 36.25 Excess since Sept. 1, 1937. 10.31) Showers: Continued Cold. RETRACT OR QUIT? 1 Which will Chairman Morgan of the TVA do tomorrow? Rooaovelt'a edict has none forth, following Mor gan's failure to substantiate charge' . .against, his colleagues, Watch' I'MiWS-RBViEW wire oorvlce. VOL. XLII NO. 277 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, MONDAY. MARCH 21, 1938. VOL XXVI NO. 197 OF THE EVENING NEWS rn fu) DOT 0 WO III Editorials .ON THE Day 7s News ' By FRANK JENKINS AS you may hayo heard, from one source or another, it has RAINED in Southern Oregon and Northern California this winter. Hut In this country ralu is a bless ing and NOT a calamity. If It doesn't help us in one way, it does in another. nEAD, 'for example, this item from the Oroville Mercury Register: "Torrential rains in the foot hill lands oust of . here Imvo ,. been a benefit .this winter. Prospectors' aro reportod to have mado better than usual gold finds after the rains which have thoroughly washed out, the ravlnos. "J. D. Bracker, of Hurloton, is reported to have found an $sn gold nugget near Miners Ranch. An Enterprise prospec tor Is euld to have picked up $300 worth of nuggets, two of them worth $20 and $16 each." nPHERE'S still gold, you seo, in them thar hills, and getting it out remains quite an industry in this country,, even though the bon anza days of gold mining are a couple of generations In the past. TPWO or three years ago, as read- ere of the newspapers will re tail, Bob Burns and hip wifo wash ed out "a $3,000 nugget near Grants .Puss rej)Oi;tedly, .the. biggest jsycr louud in Southern Oregon. ' It mado quite a story, and two or three weeks later Bob showed up At this writer's office and was of courso questioned about his find. He reached in his pants pocket, as unconcerned as if ho were reaching for a cigarette, and lug ged out a lump of gold as big as your fist. Digging into other pock ets, he brought out a good doublo handful of other nuggets, and plied them all on the desk. There must have been $5,000 or $0,000 In the heap! HHHIS writers could look at twice $5,000 in bills (somebody elsos, of course) without n quiver of ex- (Continued on page 4) Oddities Gleaned From Day's News (By the Associated Press) Photo Finish KRIH, Pa. Death snapped a photo finish Tor Frederick Carter, high school freshman and photo graph enthusiast. He went to the railroad yards with a schoolmate, Lawrence Fies ler, to take a head-on shot of an oncoming train. The train rushed by and Fiesler, busy Inking n side view snapshot, henrd a scream. Carter had failed . to leap nslde In time. Late Decision FORT DODGE, la. Peter Grell, 72, who married fifty years ago, Is celebrating his golden wedding lhlsycar by asking for a divorce. Ills milt charged' his wire, Susan, 72, wllh cruel and Inhuman treat ment and desertion. Holman Cites Record in Senate Try; Van Winkle May PORTLAND. March 21. (AP) State Tronsurer Rufus C. Holman, who announced Saturday be would seek tho republican nomination for United Stntos senator, became the first republican definitely to enter the race for the seat vacated by Frederick Steiwer. Holman based his candidacv. he snld In a statement, on "my record of the past seven years as state treasurer and member of th state board of control and affiliated boards snd commissions, and on my previous record of public serv Ice In numerous rapacities, both public and private." other announcements of state wide political significance were that State Representative Paul E Roth would be a democratic candi date for labor commissioner In the Moy primary, and that Lew Wallace, member of the state game T II 4UM 3 o jHIEF OF TVA Roosevelt Orders Morgan , to Withdraw Charges Against Colleagues or Resign. WASHINGTON, March 21 (AP) President Roosevelt gave Chairman Arthur E. Morgan of the Tennessee Valley authority today the alternative of withdrawing his charges against his TVA colleagues or tendering his resignation. The president, at the third white house bearing .on TVA internal controversies, gave Morgan until 2:30 p. m. tomorrow to state any reason he thought the president should not take executive action. (Some congressmen have con tended tho president is without power to remove the directors of the Tennessee Valley authority, contending this right is reserved by the act of congress). The president, white house offi cials said, told Morgan that If he failed to comply with his request he would move for his Immediate suspension, or removal by execu tive order. Secretary Marvin H. Mclntyre, who attended today's hearing in tho president's office in the ab sence of Stephen Early, press sec retary, made the announcement of the president's blunt orders to Chairman Morgan while the offi cial transcript of the hearing was being prepared for the press. ; Morgan Mum Chairman- Morgan, who, the pres ident says, has ch urged his col leagues with dishonesty, maj feas ance and bail faltli and who has insisted upon a congressional in vestigation, left the white house at 2:40 p. m. but refused to say what took place at the third meet ing with the president. There also was no Immediate an nouncement from the white house. It was authoritatively reported that the chairman of the Tennessee Valley authority had again refused to give evidence In substantiation of his charges against other TVA directors. It also was reported the presi dent gave Morgan until 2:30 p. m. tomorrow to retract the charges against Directors David E. Lllien thal :md Harcourt A. Morgan and, failing in that, to be removed from office. Mrs. Hanorah Buxton, 81, widow of the late William Buxton, died last night at her home In Brock way, after a long illness. Born Dec. 2, 1856, In Ardgroom count v, Ireland, she was married to William Buxton in 1881 at Tument, New South Wales, Aus tralia. They came to Brockway In 18S3, where Mrs. Buxton made her home for the past 65 years. Mr. Buxton died In 1926. She was the mother of six chil dren, of whom three are living. They are Sadie and Charles Bux ton, Brockway, and Mrs. George Jones, Troutdate. Oregon. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday at St. Joseph's Catholic church. Recitation of the Rosary will be observed at the Roseburg Underlaki ng com puny chapel at 8 p. m. Tuesday. Inter ment will be In tho Civil' Bend cemetery. Seek Justice Post commission and former stale rep resentative, would seek to return as senator from Multnomah county If elected, Wallace said he would resign from the commission be fore assuming office. Van Winkle May Run Reports were current at Salem that Attorney General I. II. Van Winkle had decided to enter the contest for Justice of the state su nreme court at tho primary elec tion. and would announce his can dldaev this week. Van Winkle would seek position No.' 5. now held by Hall S. Lusk under appointment by the gover nor. Lush succeeded the late Jus tlce J. U. Campbell, who died last July. Van Winkle would neither con firm nor denv the report that he was to enter the race. He has serv ed at attorney general for 18 years, lira FISHERIES HEAD OPPOSES HELP TO UPPER COLUMBIA J UNLESS FISHERMEN CURBED WASHINGTON, March 21. -Frank T. Bell, fisheries commis sioner, accused the Oregon fishing Industry today of breaking the gov ernment's salmon conservation pro gram on the Columbia river above Bonneville dam. Until commercial fishermen in that area agreed to curtail opera tions. Bell said he could "see no earthly good" in spending more mouey for salmon propagation on the upper Columbia. Washington fishermen, he auueu, were prohibited by law from op erating commercially above Bonne ville. "The government, he added, did not spend between $3,0U0,00U and $4,000,000 for fish ..ladders at Bonneville dam merely to accom modate one salmon cannery above the dam. We built those ladders to help the salmon ruach their spawn ing grounds and to perpetuate the uns on tho Columbia Tor tne en tire fishing industry. Unrestricted operations of Oregon fishermen in tho pool above Bonneville is de- Defense of Canal District Holds in Bloody Clash; Invasion Checked. , SHANGHAI,' "March 21..(AP)rf Japaneso shock troops failed to crack Chinese deteuses touuy in a bloody battle along the ancient Grand canal. - .- - ,. Despite terrific artillery shelling. the Chinese clung to their trench lines on the south bank of the, canal IS mileB north of Suchonv An advance guard of Japanese cavalry which swam the river was driven back by Chinese macninc gun and rifle fire. The-Japanese were ugnting des perately to effect a crossing and continue their advance down the iontsln-Pukow railway line to Suchow, where the line crosses the east-west Lunghnl railway. Hnnchwnng, on the southern border of Shantung province where the Tlelltsin-Pukow Hue crosses the canal, fell into Japanese hands. Japanese wore assaulting Taier- cliwang, 25 miles to tne east. Both sides admitted heavy losses. The fighting hits been going on in- cossnntly since the Japanese start ed their new drive down the Tient- sln-Pukow railway more than a week ago. A dispatch reaching snnngnni said a German Catholic church at Llnchcng, on the railway north of Hanchwnng, had been bombed by Japanese planes before troops seized tho town, f our occupants were killed and 200 wounded. All of the casualties were believed to have been Chinese. The church was said to have been flying the nazt flag. The Chinese said they had pusn- ed back the Japanese at all points along the Yellow river on the west ern border of Shnnsi province, re moving danger of invasion c. Shensi province. GRAND JURY FINDS KLAMATH "CLEAN KLAMATH. FALLS, Mnrcll 21. (AP) Instead of the sensational IndlcJtmenls anticipated in some quarters, the Klamuth county grand Jury, reporting titter n iwo-uay in vestigation of vice and gambling conditions. Indicated apparent snt- Isfnctlon with the results or a re cent cleanup campaign by return ing a virtually clean bin or iinaitn for both Klamath Falls and Klam ath county. No evidence of gnmbllng in Mam- ath Falls was found by the Jury, and no bribery of any kind was uncovr ted In official circles. Neither anv action reported on asserted at tempts to 1 ii 1 1 in I (in to memners ot the grand Jury. n DEATH CALLS EX-AIDE OF PRES. WILSON NEW YOItK, Mnrcll 21. Byron ft. Newtoil, 76, writer and an as sistant secretary of the treasury In lie Woodrow Wilson administra tion, died at his home last night following a paralytic stroke. Newton directed the publlclly.fnr Wilson's presidential campaign In 1912. After leaving the treasury lie served as collector of the port of New York until 1921. He was tnx commissioner of Queens at hlB death. fentiug this purpose." Bell said the fishermen were not allowing enough salmon to Dais from tho llenueviile pool to permit full operation of the federal butch ery at White Salmon. Wash. "If this is the case with the hatchery, there can be no doubt but what natural spawning Is be ing severely damaged by the whole sale operations of Oregon fisher men," Hell said. ' 1 He addeil if Oregon did not' wish to prohibit commercial fishing above the dam," the state should use Its own resources to propagate fish rather than look to the federal government- ' y Dell Bald he would urge enact ment of legislation authorizing ex penditure of $500,000 for fish butch ery facilities along tho Columbia but would not recommend actual appropriation until Oregon agreed to limit fishing operations above Bonneville. ' ! He said he would proceed wjth plans for handling salmon ;nt Grand Coulee dam, farther up the Columbia. ' i SPRING FASHIOIU Roseburg Business Houses : to Introduce Seasonal ' " Goods March 24. ; ! ' Spring' ttt8hi0nritviU'"niaItb-::tn6fih r bow to the Douglas county .public Thursday, March 21, In one Of the most elaborate Spring - openings ever held In Roseburg. Sponsored by the Business and Professional Women's club, . cooperutlng with the chamber of commerce and the- merchants of the city, tho oponlpgi will feature . a style show and dance, following the usual unveil ing of downtown display windows. From unusually large stocks of spring merchandise, Roseburg busi ness houses will make a simul taneous display In their show win dows Thursday uvening. Starting at 8 oclock, there will be an elaborate style show at the armory, where models, represent ing the principal clothing stores of the city, will parade the latest modes on a beautifully decoruted stage. An interesting program will be Included with the style show, which Is to be followed by dancing with music by Los Carpenter's band; ; Committees from the1 Business and Professional Womon'B club, undor the direction of Mrs. Story lies, general chairman, hnve all details of the opening well In hand. ... EYE CURE FAKER GETS PRISON TERM MIODFORD, March 21. (AP) A jury at a special term of tho Unlt ed States 'district court convicted Joe Maxurosky, Portland pawn broker, Saturday on one count charging use of the mails to de fraud and two counts charging con spiracy to use the mails to de fraud. Judge Fee sentenced him to five years In a federal prison uud fined him $1000 on the fraud charge. He received two-year terms and flues of $5000 on each of the other counts, the sentences to run con currently, thus Imposing a total sentence of seven years and an $11,000 fine. The pawnbroker was accused In connection with nu alleged fake eyo cure for aged persons In Ore gon, Washington und Colorado. MRS. D. A. HOGAN DIES AT OAKLAND Mrs. Delilah Ana Ilngaii, 05, died 'nt her home in Oakland last night after a long HlnoRs. She was horn at Stephens, Ore., .Inly 19, 1X72, and was married to King O. Ilogiin In Itoseburg. Nov. 20. 1907. Sho had been a resident of this county and Oakland for a life time. Besides the husbnnd, she Is survived by four sons nnd daugh ters: Mrs. Margery Turner and Norman Fisher, Kelley's Kortier; Charles FlBher, Longvlew, Wash., and Stanley Hogan, Oakland, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Heldler, Cottage Grove, Oregon. She was u mem ber of the Presbyterian church. The body has been removed to the DouglaB Funeral home and funer al arrangements will be announc ed later. U.S." 0 PEN Secretary Hull Adds Hope Civilian Centers Will - Escape Such Fate in Future. - WASHINGTON, March 21. (AP) Secretary Hull expressed today the "sense of horror" of the "whole American people" at the bombardment ot Barcelona, Spain, from the air Inst week, with ,oss of life approaching 1,000 persons. He added the "earnest hope that In the future civilian centers of population will not be made the objective ot military bombard ments from tho air." The secretary of state told news men his stntemont was made on his own Initiative and was not con nected with the French and Brit ish representations .to Insurgent General Franco over the air bom bardment of the loyalist govern ment center. , . Despatches from Spain snld insurgent bombing planes con tinued their raids on coastal cities, striking .yesterday at Tarragona, Reus, Henlcarlo and Sagunto. Gov ernment advlceB said the damage was light: - . The latest, survey of casualties in last week's demoralizing raids on Barcelona and surrounding su burbs placed the number of dead at 834 and the wounded at 1.279. . Great Britain joined with France In. protesting to tho insurgents against the Barcelona bombard ments. The protest pointed out that such attacks were contrary, to principles of International law. Thousands of demonstrators par aded Loudon streets In protest uguinst the raids. i (By tho Associated Press) The world's wars surged on to day but lOurope's rumor of new wars slackened. . Predictions of an oarly British Italian accord hecamo a splash of cheerful . color on the lCui-opean panorama after .two hectic weeks of anxious, somber retouching and repainting. . . Informed persons In Ttoino pre dicted the nrltlsh-ltullnn accord would bo concluded by Saturday to (Continued on page 6) 01 OTHER ; 4 HURT MeMINNVIU.E, March 21. (AP) An automobile collision on the Pacific highway three miles north of here last night resulted in the deaths of two persons, one the bride of a day. Mrs. Claude Leo Connell, IS, the former Iva Wagner ot Toledo, who was married at Vancouver, Wash., Saturday, died during an emer gency operation. Warren Donald Furman of For est Grovo died of a fractured skull oarly today. Four other persons were Injuied and one of them, Juck Nemeyer of ForeBt Grove, was not expected lo live. Less seriously Injured were Donald Nemeyer, Clnudo Connell, nnd W. L. McMickle. Donald Ne meyer suffered a dislocated hip, Council's leg wns fractured nnd McMickle was cut. The honeymooners wore on route to their home at Toledo In an au tomobile drlvon by McMickle. In vestigators have not established who was driving the car occupied by Furman and tho Nemeyer brothers. ENROLLMENTS IN . CCC OPENED HERE The DoiiRlas county relief com mittee Is accept lug applications far the April enrollment In the civilian conservation corps, Prnnlclyii Voyt, executive secretary, reported today. Young men between the ages of 17 and 23 years of ago nro eligible, providing they are unemployed and In need of employment. Knrol lees with dependents are required to make allotments to such depend ents, while those without depend ents must ninko deposits of pay with the chief of finance of the war department lo bo repaid upon completion of their teim of enroll men I. The period of enlistment Is for bIx mouths. Young men Inter ested may secure full Information and application forms at the coun ty relief office. I T DOESN'T T FOREST Transfer of Control Under Reorganization Program Strongly Protested During Debate. WASHINGTON, March 21. (AP) A week's debate on govern mental reorganization left n very definite Impression on cupitol hill that the west did not want the for est service transferred from the agriculture department. No where in the reorganization i bill is such a proposal set forth. But there appeared a deep-rooted ' conviction on the purt of many 1 senators that such a move would occur. . r Kven with the assurance of Sec retary Ickes, head of the interior department to which some four tho service would be transferred, that he was not going to "seizo the for est service," failed to stem tho flood of protests against tho lan guage of the measure. Tho bill drew the fire of Sena tors Borah (R Idaho), Pittman (U, Nev.) and Bone (D., Wash.) and several others who vigorously supported a proposal by Senator Wheeler (D., Mont.) that the meas ure be amended to require congres sional ratification of all proposed shifts In governmental agencieB. While the senators said their feai-B extended to many "Ill-advised" transfers, debate centered around the possibility of shifting the forest service from Its present berth. . ; .- v' Borah Spurns "Assurances"' Senator Borah. Bald .90 peivcenL of the people connected with tho forost service opposed transfer of the Bervlce to the Interior depart ment. " "If we vote for this bill as it Is, wo are voting away our power to protect the forest service In case (Continued on page 6) SAN FRANCISCO, March 21. (AP) Discovery of two overturn ed molorboats, the "Mistake" and "Misfortune," led polico to ':on elude today that five or six per sons known to have been on Hie small craft had perlBhcd in the wind-whipped wator of San Fitui cisco bay, One body, that of Ooorgo Con rad, 25, was recovered after It bad been held above the surface fur hours by the only survivor of tho double tragedy, Robert G. Ash worth, 19. Those missing and believed dead were: Nello Bertolottl, 25; Walter Rosa, 28, and Walter Rosa, 25, cou sins of the same name, and Ray mond Nichols, 29. The overturned boats, wlio30 names lent a touch of Irony to the tragedy, were found floating between Verba Buena island and tho Oakland shore. There vr.ia no trnce of the missing men. Ashworth, clinging to a. life pre server and holding the body of Conrad, his brothor-ln-law, was res cued by ferry boat crews. He said ho had been In the water five hours after the "Mistake" cap sized lato yesterday. Bertolottl was also aboard tho "Mistake." Tho other missing men were on tho "Mislortuno," The two boats had been taken out for a pleasure cruise on the bay, All of the men lived ;ti Sin Francisco. 2 FILIPINOS, WHITE GIRL DIE IN ROW SACIIAM KNTO, Calif., March 2 ( AP) Tho sheriff's offlco today investigated a shooting affray which officers said took three lives on Sherman Island in the Sucramento river below ltto Vista The dead were Ireno Cristobal, Filipino ranch worker; Dolly Mar tin, 20, white, and uugenio mica :tN. Filipino. Deputy Sheriff Arthur Goodman said Crlslnbal shot Miss Martin and Mint after a party on a Sher man Island ranch early Sunday. Cristobal died In a Sacramento hoKpltal several hours uftnr the shooting. Goodman snld Miss Martin also was known by the name of John son and originally came from Ore gou. The deputy sheriff asserted the shooting resulted from a quar rel over Miss Martin. SERVICE SHIFT Wintry Spell Refuses to Heed Debut of Spring PORTLAND,. March1 31 - (AP) Spring ruled officially In Ore gon today but winter declined to hasten from the scene. - Winter's final net beforo It re tired at 10:43 o'clock last night re sulted in tumbling temperatures. Portland shivered In a minimum of 35 degrees. Travel was restored on all ma jor highways except the coast route. High water still blocked the road between Cotiullle nnd Ban don. Motorists were renuired to use a detour on (he Pacific high way about a mile north of Uolil Hill. The Willamette river returned to normal today after two inches of aln n 48 hours sent it over tne Panirin highway at Judkln's I'oltit. The Btrcnm dropped at Albany af ter reaching the season's crest of 22.4 feet. Snow reached nn nil-time record ot 180 inches nt the Oralor lake LMiviiiiiinonl cnnii). Tho fall extnnu- oil Into sections of the Hogue rivor vnllnv. Southern Pacific railroad orews sandbagged tracks to stem rising waters in the uoob nay area. mile ot track was dainngod near Cedar Point. MEETS APPROVAL Myrtle Creek Will Wait, However, Until Money Phase Is Studied." ' ' stiulv of: financing noBslblllties connected with" the Proposed oo- oporativo cannory at Myrtle creek Ib to be undertaken Immediately, following an enthusiastic meeting held there Saturday. Tho meeting was sponsored by the chanibor'of commerce nnd grange. tloorgo Keech, ono of the pro moters nnd first managers ot the cooperative cannory nt Stayton, re portod that the plant tbero was or ganized primarily to furnish sum mer time employjnent tor me young people of tho community, but hus grown In Importance un til Inst yoar It dTstrlhuted approxi mately 1000,000 to tho growers ot the district. Ho advised tho Intonated Myr tle Creek audlenco that no attempt to organize and opnrato a plant should be made until capital of from $10,000 to $12,000 baa , been raised, - ' ., DIE AT SAME TIE M,.a T.n,i KMItli 1 Ini-rluuton. 37. wife of James H. Horrlngton, Glide, Oregon, and hor baby, dlod In childbirth at hor homo last Satur day afternoon. She wns born In Muysvlllo, Ark., Aug. 7, 1900, and came from Oklahoma to this coun ty seven years ago, anil sinco re sided at (Hide. She was married to .I llnplnntnil ot .IllV Oklll.. Oil .Oct. 19. 1917. Sho was a mombor of tho HaptlBl cnurcn. nesiues nor husband, Bhe Is survived by throe daughters and a son Louise Stew art, Miss Irene Horrlngton and Miss Alice Horrlngton nun jay u. Harrington, all of (Hide. Surviving .,tun i,-a hn 1,l-ntllll Mr. mid Ml-H. I, M. Gardner, and tho following hrotiicrs anil sisters: mis. j. Ilollldiiy, Hiawatha, Ku:i. Mrs. Harold Wilson, Andirraii, Mo.; i.ii-s. Dmlford Hubbard. (Hide, Ore.; II. A. Gardner, Bli;ln. Kans.; J. W. and Wrdn (lurdner, Southwest City, M,. r'lu.ln flnrrllml-. (IHlIp: Mlirioil -n...'l.,.. ...,,l !lll(M-,1 f'.tlt-llllf.lV Maysvllle, Knns. services win no held In the allptlst church nt Glide Tuoflday at 2 p. m., Ilev. Mr. Cox officiating. Illtnrmmit will follow In Oak Croak cemetery. Arrange inents are In care of the Douglas Kuuetal Home. ALBANY COLLEGE TO BE DISCONTINUED PORTLAND. March 21. (AP) Closnlv following tho roBignniioii of Dr. Tho'mns W. Illlib as presi dent Saturday, the board of trus tees of Alhuny college disclosed plans lo close the college ot Al bany and transfor Ha activities to tho Piu-tinMii hi-nnch after Juno 1. The Institution was founded as a Presbyterian school in ts07. The Portland unit was establish ,l in 1fm nn n tu-n-venr school and recently wns placed on n tour-year uasis py action oi uio aynuu. LIST INCLUDES f 46WARSHIP ES Effort to Eliminate Three Battleship Is Futile; Billion-Dollar Plan Goes to Senate. WASHINGTON. March 21. (AP) The house approved over whelmingly today the administra tions billion-dollar naval expan sion bill. . Speaker Bankhead announced the roll call vote tor passage was 292 to 100. Final passage came after defeat . of a republican attempt to send, the bill back to the house naval committee with Instructions to el iminate the provision tor three new battleships. The bill now goes to the senate. ... The measure authorizes con-' structlon ot 46 new warships, 22 auxiliary vessels and SCO airplanes. which President Koosevelt saiti: were needed ''specifically and sole ly because ot the piling up of ad ditional land and Boa armaments In other countries." The recommittal motion, offered by Representative Church (It., 111.), a member of the naval com mittee who has opposed the pro gram Blnce Ub Introduction, was defeated by a vote announced by. Speaker Bankhead ob 278 to 114. . . The new warships,- estimated to. cost $731,005,000, include three bat- , tleshlps, two aircraft carriers, nine cruisers, 28 i destroyers and . olno-. submarines. The 22 auxiliary vessels; Include . five, destroyer tenders, three Mil)-, marine' tenders." li seaplane tend ers and three, repair shifts. They would cast approximately $246,4C.l,-i 000. -. : i-.- i - ''-'"; ' Officials estimated the:!50 nir-, planes, which would give the n.ivy a minimum of 8.000 planes, would cost 8106,000,000. J The bill also authorizes ttio navy to spend $30,000,000 on experimen tation with small, owlft "r.iyste.v" Bhlps, aircraft, bombs, torpedoes nnd other devices of war. a innii of $3,000,000 was earmarked for ' for construction ot an airship to replace the Los Angeles with which tho navy would be able to experiment with dirigibles as nlr cratt carriers. . ' ' . , To Revamp Promotion Earlier, the house naval com mittee Btnrted hearings on legisla tion to add 1,000 officers to tho ' authorized strength ot tho navy and to revnmp the navy's promo- (Continued on page 6) FAIRBANKS, Alaska, March 21. (AP) Firemen, sheathed In Ice after the temperature fell 22 de grees to 20 below zero, early today controlled a fire which started aftor midnight In the Mcintosh block, heart ot the business dis trict, nnd spread to the adjoining structures. i Three firemen were taken to a hospital. About a dozen persons, living In upper floor apartment, escaped tho flames In scant nttlre and wore given rotuge from tho Intense cold. They lost all their belongings. - - -' Preliminary fire department esti mates put the half block loss at $150,000 with the probability sev eral of the damaged structures would have to bo razed. Several merchants saved most of their ' stocks of goods. Tho Mcintosh building, the Com et barber shop owned by Mnx Ilohlke, and tho Hollywood shop building, occupied by Llpmnn Sampson, were flro swept Inside. The Nevada bnr building and Mc intosh Kubon Drug aloro were hmlly damaged. o - LOCAL BOY GIVEN ANNAPOLIS CHANCE Winston H. Taylor, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mllo Taylor ot Roseburg, has been named first ulternate by Representative Jnmos W, Mott to (III nn unexpected vucancy in tho U. S. naval academy at Annapolis. Gilbert K. Lelatid, Mcdford, was nominated ns principal, together, with throe alternates. All will take examination April 20. Winston Taylor Is a senior at Roseburg high Bchool. His father In employ, ed as linotype operator In the. News-Review office. , 950AI LAN
