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
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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
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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,
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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.
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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."
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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-
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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.
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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.
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