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Newspaper Page TextWhen Old Age Pension Are Dealt Out, Bewhiskered Pre-Elec tion Promises Should Not Be Overlooked. Some Have Been in Service Beyond the Age Limit' THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. hi. yesterday 46 Higbest temperature yesterday ..70 Lowest, temperature last night .-.S3 Precipitation for 24 hours 0 Preclp. since first of mouth 23 ' Preclp. from Sept. 1, 1937 40.6:1 ' Excess since Sept. 1, 1937 .. 10.50 Partly cloudy. ONE WEEK MORE ' Then the primary election. In the meantime politlcs'Wlll take on more hent, anil you won't want tn miss any of the fireworks. Keep posted on developments through, the NEWS-REVIEW service. ; THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DALY you xlii NO. 243 OF ROSEBU EW ROSEBURG. OREGON, FRIDAY. MAY 13, 1938. VOL XXVI NO. 323 OP THE EVENING NEWS MI Q ) mm-m : - I ; . Editorials HOUSE on the ; .y. I Pay ' Nw' I POWER GIVEN ' By FRANK JENKINS DROP. -G. P. KUlPEIt, of University of Chicagohas dis covered a .new star, which he be liev'oa to, be only 3.7 light years from the 'earth. A light year Is the distance trnveled In a year hy light rays, which move at a speed of 186,324 MILES PER SECOND. ;. The nearest previously known star Is about 4.3 light years dis tant from us. HTHE light year Is a device used by astronomers ' to simplify staggeringly Immense numbers. If we go on priming the pump, we'll have 'to invent some similar device to express our national debt. pHIS dispatch comes from Wash- ington: -"President Roosevelt's multl- ' BILLION dollar recovery pro : gram started through the house ( today (Tuesday), praised by democrats as a means of pro- vidlug five million jobs in the next fiscal year and sharply; attacked by republicans as a ' Btep toward another wild spending orgy." DOTH are right. , The spending spree will create the jobs, and Mien the monoy Is gone the Jobs also will he gone. After tbat, another headache. THfi-rllBpiitch- adds tliat -passage of the bill in substantially its present form is assured. Why Is It assured? Because it 4a (believed to MEAN VOTES. K 70TE8, you see, ' are all that V count in thfs political day and ago. Little things like snddling our children with a crushing burden of debt are looked upon as Insignifi cant trifles. 'I' ' , . " A PTER us' the deluge" wns the ' cynical .philosophy of the pe- (Continued on page 41 DEATH CHAIR TAKES SLAYER OF 2 COPS BOSTON, Mass:, May 13 (AP) Edward P: Simpson, who was convicted of murder by a bullet in his neck, died In the electric chair today for the killing of two Newton policemen. . He was convicted of slaying Pa trolmen Henry O. Bell and Lawr ence P. Murphy last August. He got Into trouble when a girl friend he wns with Ignored a red light wliile learning to drive nn automo bile. Simpson, hy a ruse, disarm- .cd Bell and forced the officer to drive him nway. Chased by Murnliy on a motor cycle. Simpson shot Murphy and Bell, and fled alone. But, as he lay prostrate, Murphy fired a bullet that struck the fleeing man In the ' neck. Ballistics testimony based on that bullet wns instrumental In the conviction. Oddities Flashed m By the Associated Prass a Porcine Playboy DRAPER, Vo. When a pig gets plastered from Pippins, it's puz zling. But the hired man explained. Twas housecleanlng time. A forgotten basket of apples fer mented nnd cldery had been found In the basement. They'd heen placed outside, where the pig paraded past and Partook thereof. Then he wander ed hack tb bis pen. "And lay there," said the hired man, "hog drunk." , No Superstition OAKVILLE. Conn. It's Friday the thirteenth, so the mothers of the Onion Congregational church are holding a card parly. They will hnve 1.1 tables ami will award 13 prizes. Tosses in the Towel ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. To W. H. Salter, hotel manager, came a towel and 60 cents the sender said was "to pay for its use since I stole It years ago." The ex-guest said he had joined a religious sect and was "learning I i Mi Ul I UULU BY SENATORS "Earmarking" to Limit Use of Funds in 3 Billion - Program Sought by Group of Foes. WASHINOTON, Mny 13. (AP) -Anti-administration senntors de manded restrictions toddy on President Roosevelt's control over the $3000,000,000 relief and pub lic works fund voted by the house in a noisy night session. 1 ' Senator Byrd (D Va.), frequent critic of administration measures, conferred with some of - his col leagues on the- possibility "ear marking" the bulky bill to limit the useB to which the money could be put. . But Senator Adams (D., Colo.(, chairman of an appropriations sub committee handling the legisla tion, predicted it would reach the senate floor by the middle of next week, without Important changes. Democratic, leaders,' retaining hopes- of mid-June adjournment, expected senate passage in an other week. Foes Wage Futile Fight The hpiiBe approved the meas ure,1 lost night, 329 to 70,. after an unsuccessful ;three;dayk fight , by re- punncans io moony--- nv.. -rwemy-five republicans voted for the bill, while 11 democrats were among the opponents. There were no pro gressive or farmer-laborite votes against it. r- - . - The bill appropriates $1,250,000, 000 for WPA work relief, $965,000, OOd for a new public works pro gram under PWA, $176,000,000 for .rehabilitation of needy fnrmers, $75,00.000 for the' nntionnl youth administration, and $26,000,000 for federal' public .-buildings, v . It also authorizes loans of $500, 000,000 from a PWA revolving fund, construction ' of $35,000,000 worth of public buildings, and use of $100,000,000 In RFC funds for rural electrification. .' Altogether It embodleB the bulk of President Roosevelt's $4.50,- 000,000 program to combat the re-. cession uy expanding employment (Continued on page 6) 'DEVOTED COP KILLS WIFE, 2 SONS, SELF NEW YORK, May 13. (AP) Patrolman Anthony ModleBkl, 36 known to neighbors as "the gentle man cop," because of his devotion to his family, shot and killed his wife, two sons and himself today. He left a third son, aged 3, critic ally wounded In what police de scribed as a murder-suicide out break caused by a fit of despond ency. Police Inspector McDermott said Modleski had undergone an operation for appendicitis s I x weeks ago and had been depress ed and norvous In the two weeks since bin return to duty. From Press Wire how to make restitution." Help for Cupid MADISON. Wis. "Oldsters" were urged hy Miss Zoo Bayllss. assistant dean of women at the University of Wisconsin, to pro vide places ror "honest love-making" for young people. ; "Love among young people In the springtime Is inevitable," she told the University Housemothers' association. "We must keep good parlors where young people can meet on a good social basis. We must look upon love making as natural and normal." Seasonal Trouble SCOTTSBLUFF. Nob. Police are considering drastic steps to curb a sudden wave of flower raids which one woman said "al ways start a few .days before the end of school. She said teachers were getting mora lowers now than they know what to do with, and advised them to demand . tbat students bring notes with all floral gifts signify ing they were "obtained legally." PASSES RELIEF BILL; FIGHT NOT OVER BOMBS FROM DEAL DEATH AND DAMAGE TO CITIES OF SPAIN AND CHINA Barcelona Counts 60 Slain, 150 Wounded in Fresh Wave of Attacks by Insurgents. BARCELONA.' May 13. (API- Bombed twice In 19 hours, this capital of government Spain today counted 60 dead and nbout 150 wounded as the cost of a new wave of insurgent aerial attacks. A dozen persons were killed and 40 injured this morning when six big Junkers swept in from the Mediterranean - at about 16,000 feet, split into two groups and bombed the southern portion of the city. Many bombs fell Into (he sea hut caused casualties even there. The small craters left In Bar celona's streets indicated that the bombs were not bo large as those used in the fierce attacks which took hundreds of lives in March. The raid was quickly over and even before signals ended the alarm, people resumed working. strolling or drinking in the cafes. Deiense officials said they ex pected further attacks soon. ' Forty bombs were drooped yes terday, resulting in 48 deaths and Injury to more than 100 persons.. I than 100 persons. ! ay-'tfJiP)' " WASHiNGTfiN?: The sennte foreign relations committee, voted, 17 to 1, today to table the Nye resolution which would lift the embargo on United States shipment of arms of the Spanish government. It acted aft- (Continued on page 6) State Highway Board Will Study Carlson Request 1 on Umpqua Project. Support of the ; Oregon state highway commission in the project ed Umpqua river waterway devel opment has been asked by Gils E. Carlson,-employed by the city of Rosoburg to direct the city's pre sentation before ' the army engi neers board hearing June 10. Mr. Carlson Informed the com mission thnt the proposed canaliza tion of the river between Roseburg and Scottsburg would enhance the growth of - the community nnd would result in utilization of the vast timber resources. This, he ex plained, would have an Important bearing on highway development. . Tho ' highway commission has been requested to give testimony at the 'hearing on the relationship between waterway and highway de velopment in Douglas county. The request has been referred to the commission by Chairman Henry F. Cabell for further study. ,' Mr. Carlson Is now engnged in gathering daUi for presentation be fore the army engineers, and in the preparation of a brief which will be submitted In connection with the public hearing. ECLIPSE OF MOON TO OCCUR TONIGHT PORTLAND, May 13. (AP) Clear weather tonight and early Snturday will give the west a glimpse of a total lunar eclipse. Astronomers said the period of totality would start at 12:18 a. m Saturday and continue to 1:0!) a. m. On the Pacific coast the earth's shadow will begin darkening the moon at 9:44, o'clock tunlght. When the moon enters the penum bra or onler shadow caBt by the earth. . The edge of the earth'B shadow will begin biting Into Ihe moon's eastern side at 10:67 p. m. YOUTH SWALLOWS OPEN SAFETY PIN THE DALLES, May 13. (AP) George Bauer, 16, student at Whit tier Junior high school, was In a hospital today for observation after swallowing an open safety pin. The pin slipped down his throat when he turned to talk to a friend ou a school bus. AIR FLEETS Japanese Pour ' Explosives on Suchow Area to Open.. Way for Advancing : Land Forces. 1 SHANGHAI, May 13 (AP) 4 Japane.se warplunes luosed many tons of explosives today on the central China front In an effort to speed the advance 'of a dozen Jnpnnese columns boring steadily toward the vital Lunghnl railway from the north and south. f. Hardest lilt hy the bombard ments was Suh8len, 45 mfles south of Suchow on the Tientsin-Pukow railway, where the Japanese, made three smashing raids. . Farther to the west Japanese wurplnnes leveled the Chinese de fenses - nt Yungcheng.- enabling Japanese troops to capturo the city and placing them in a position to advance on Tnngshaii. Lunghai railway station 30 miles to the north. On the north the deepest-penetrating Japanese column was only three miles from the Lunghai, threatening to sever it at Sinaiy nhtxn fifi mllod miat nf KilMinW. . I Indicative of the Japanese coii tidence that the fighting soon will be carried direct to the Suchow area was a warning to foreigners In. Hiat.sKctov.-';-;'.-. .. . Forelaners Warned . ,'V Tanl, Japanese envoy to'Chlrin, sent a letter to all foreign amunss-adoi-B and ministers urging that all foreign nntionals be evacuated im mediately from zones along the Lunghai, Tlentsln-Pukow nnd Pelp- (Contlnued on page 6) Withdrawal of Noon-Hour Recreation Privileges , Stirs Resentment. SAN QtiENTlN, Callf.t Mny 13. (AP). Approximately 500 of Sun Quentln's 6,000 convicts resumed u "folded arms " strike r.wi.st with drawal of noon-hour recreational privileges today, but all except 350 In the tailor nnd shoe shops were persuaded Inter to resume their Jobs. - C. Tho Darner, inwor ami snoe shops were affected in a similar protest yesterday but work was re sumed in all three when Warden Court Smith promised there would be no punishment. Added to the "strikers" today were workers in the jute mill and machine and carpenter shops, -There was no disturbance. Captain of the Yard Ralph 8, New sought to end the difficulty yesterday afternoon after Ihe scowling, disgruntled men had told guards: "To hell with it. We won't work.1 As the strikers lolled about in de fiant attitudes and cursed prison regulations, Captain New , went about talking and pleading with the' men. He told thorn thnt con tinuatfon of the strike would lead to imprisonment In -the dungeon cell block, called "Siberia by pris oners. One by one, nt first, and then fn larger groups, the men went buck to work. SEATTLE-TACOMA DOCK STRIKE ENDS SEATTLE, Mny 13. (AP) Waterfront employers reopened the port of Tacoma todny after the still ors union of the Pacific nceepied a 10-day truce, forestalling Heap also of virtually all American ship ping In the port of Seattle. Thorn wore nn ships In Tacoma, but three were posted .to sail there from Seattle. o VARMINT CONTROL GRANT IS APPROVED WASHINGTON, May 13. (AP) The WI'A announced presidential approval todny of a 158.000 grant for a predatory animal control pro gram In Oregon. The state's Bhore will be 122,800. COURTTARDY, HUGHES TOLD BY WALLACE Chief Justice 1 Gets Letter Saying Reversal Ruling 20 Months Behind Dept. Procedure. WASHINGTON, May 13. (AP) Secretary Wallace. -liaa told Chief Justice Hughes that a su preme, court decision Invalidating an agriculture department order not only reversed the court's slnnd two years ago, but was 20 months behind a similar change in proce dure Instituted voluntarily by the department. rile secretary s views were made public lost night in nil un precedented letter to the cnier Justice dated May 3, a week after the court decision. Wallace's decision to give out the letter apparently was prompt ed by a speech the chief justice delivered earlier in the day, In which he asserted that tho suc cess of government administrative agencies would be commensurute with their exorcise of judicial "im partiality and Independence." Defending h 1 s department's handling of cnBes in general, Wal lace wrote that tho particular n..oa l,.,,Al,nil In ,ta,lDl nt-l. B1tiBteil--din-lngtlterHocr'or ttdml)i1'fl Btrution under a law signed uy President . Hard lug. It concerned an order reducing commission rates In the Kansas (Continued on page 6) T E BUDAPEST, May 13. (AP) The cabinet of Premier Daranyl, confronted by an expanding hnzi movement, resigned tonight. Admiral Horthy, regent of Hun gutTf was expected to call on Im- redi, minister of economics, to form a government. Previously it was understood Daranyi would recommend Imredi ub head of a new, stronger govern' meut capable of combatting the rise of nazilsm in Hungary. Earlier the government's nnti Jewish bill which would restrict Jewish partlclpallon in trade, in dustry and the professions to at most 20 per cent was passed by ac clamation today In the chamber of deputies. Approval by tho upper house was regarded na assured. Enactment would m'eun that some 30,000 Jews would lose their jobs in the fl yo yo a r period allotted for putting the 20 per pent principle into effect. The bill was criticized during do bate on the grounds that Jews, who constitute five per cent of Hun gury's population, still would be un justly favored if pennilted to re tain 20 per cent of tho employment. f Hungary's population In the 11KI0 census wns 8,683,7-10,) MARTIN SAYS HE'LL DEFEAT HESS, 2 TO 1 SALEM, May "3. (AP) (ov. Charles H. Martin predicted today ho would defeat Henry L. Hess of l.n Orande by 2 to 1 for the demo cratic gubernatorial renonilualioii at next Friday's primary election. Ho said he expected lo enrry Multnomah county, which has a third or the Blnte's voting Htrenglh. He added (hat he would carry Clackamas county, where ho cam paigned last night and where he will revisit tonight. "There's nothing to It," he said. WET LAW- BREAKERS YIELD $1167 FINES POHTKANI). May 13. (AP) Pines of ?11 07. 00 and imprisonment totaling 1020 days were levied up on 18 dcfrmdanlH convicted of liquor law violations In April, n state liquor control commission report showed. One license was revoked last mouth and the commission sus pended 31 others for a total of 1131 dnys. - Hince Jnnnnry 1, 110 defendants havo been convicted In HH cases, In which penalties aggregated fH48.70 In rinoa and 12,460 days Imprisonment. ROSS OFFERS BONNEVILLE RATE OUTLINE Nine Schedules Applicable to Wholesale Service Submitted to U. S. Power Board. WASHINGTON, Mny 12. (AP) The federal power comniisBton today made public nine schedules of wholesnlo rates which Admini strator J. 1). Itoss proposed to charge for electricity getieratod at Bonneville dam in the Pacific northwest. - , Ross submittod the schedules ns the first step in the government's lilnn to provldo cheap electricity to consumers in Oregon, Washing ton nnd Idaho. They must be ap proved hy tho commission before becoming effective. hlx of the schedules which nro being studied by the commission pertain to the sale of power ut or In the vicinity of tho Bonne ville power plant. Hoss proposed that $14.50 per kilowatt year be charged for prime power for resulo and for purchas ers use. He llxcd a schedule of $9.50 per kilowatt year for at slto secondary power for the same purpose. v- - Resale Charae Included ' ' 'VilrchnBors-lshlnK; bsW"stiif-' pniB power ror resale or for ' their own use would ho charged 2.-I cents per kilowatt day. . The remaining three schedules would provldo for the sale of- prime power, Secondary power nnd surplus powor at stations nt var ious points along Bonneville's own transmission system, to purchns- ors wishing tho energy for sale. Kor Ibis typo of service noss would charge $17.60 per kilowatt year tor prlmo power, 111,50 per Kilowatt year for secondary power and 2.88 centB per kilowatt duy lor surplus powor. ItOBS explained the offslto rates were higher because 1t would bo necessary to transmit the energy ovor Bonneville's own system, (Continued on page 6) GETS THEFT PENALTY OIA'MPIA,,May 13. (AIM Em errett G. Mills, 3-1, son of a former Olympin mayor, pleaded guilty in superior court today, to robbery charges and was sentenced to maximum torm of 20 yours In state prison. Tho state parole board will fix the minimum term to 1e sorv- ed. Mills, an insurance agent, con fesHed to robbing the Thurston County Savings and Loan com pnny's office yesterday of $860, District Attorney Troy announced Ho blamed financial troubles for the net. Mills told the officers, Troy said, he had not Intended origin ally to rob (he loan company bul had entered tho county' treasur er's office shortly ho fore noon to rob It but found the offlco too crowded. r ' The officers snid Mills was not involved in the robbery of tho of fice of lr. D. II. Lyon, in the same building with the loan company, which was looted of 1 00 at ap proximately the same time. WORLD WAR FLYER COMMITS SUICIDE BOSTON, May 13. (AP) War time shell shock and word his wife colltntnplntcd a Itenn divorce were assigned by Medical Kxiun- Iner I.eiiry today oh motives lor tho suicide of Marceiliis K. Wilde, 4!l, of ('mnbt'ldgn, l,nKayctlo escu drlllo flyer In l'Ynnce. The weallhy retired renl eslole mnn Inst night walked Into Ihe hack bay npurtment of MIhs Alice C. 'Irlpp, 21, wllh whom he had a, dinner engagement. Kxiilnliilng apologetically that hr "would hale to mess up your rug," ho turned up a corner of Ihe llv Ing room rug. tho girl told police, and without warning drew a pis tol and fired n bullet Into Ills torn pie. Wlldo left his widow and a 10-year-old son. , State Legion Head To Visit Roseburg Kn nl 'X J Tarrying here during the noon hour tomorrow on his tour of the state, visiting various posts, O. E. Palmateer, above, of Salem, commander of the Oregon de partment of the American Le gion, will be a luncheon guest of Umpqua post of Roseburg. Other gue6ts at the luncheon will be five other state Legion officials accompanying Palmateer on the tour. TORY-PRICE PROBLEM HANOS ON Solution by Congress as Depression ban,' Hope EesseJ by FV'Rrv; WASHINGTON, May 13. (AP) President Roosevelt expressed the hope today that congress in its coming anti-monopoly study would cover methods-of avoiding future doprossltinn through- avoidance of unahsorbed -Inventories und unwar ranted high prices In some com modities. .', ..' 1 la mado ills remark In denying that- IiIh administration's original lonillug aiid spuiidlng program was n failure. . .. '.,.-, ' Asked ' at a , pross confoi-once wbotlior ho had any definito pro gram to - combut surplus Inven tories and high prices, tho presi dent Biild ho had nut. hut this wus part of tho- anti-trust study he recommended to congresB. lie said, in response to ques tions, Hint unahsorhed inventories nnd high jiilcos wore factors in recessions but not tho only ones. He added those two factors wore comhattcd In an experimental way under tho, national recovery act, but poiuto'd out this hud been hultod when tho NHA was held unconstitutional. Therefore, he said, the Inventory-price- problem continues to exist, When asked about contentions that the first spending program was n failure, tho presidentMlunled this and contended certain ecu- (Continued nn pngo FINED FOR FIRING GUN ON STREETS A film nf t'T,. nf which Sill W08 remitted contingent upon future good behavior, was Imposed In the hiulli'n rntit-t Hilu liim-lilllir 1HIOII Mill Adiitnu i-f,Mlflmil fif Oiiktiillil. Adlllllfl was cliurgcd with discharging nre iiriiis on a public street. Tho pay ment of 110 required by the court was niaiie. ... Airmail to Make First Official Flight From Roseburg May 19th HoHi'huiK'fl first offlclul airmail rilglil will lie nuule Tlun-Hflay, May If, when 'P. A. Culhertmin, Jr., nt Mertfonl, will lake mall from Md ford, Urania I'iihh, KnuotmrK antl Cottage (it'ove Into Portland In con nect with the regularly niieruteri ul mini I lines. CulherlHon, flying It In fnur-plnen Warn plane, will leave Medfnrd at 10:80 a. in. nnd in Hchnduled to ar rive In OnmtH I'aaa 1f mlnutea l,v ter. Leaving Crunta I 'ana nt 111:55, he plana (o arrive fn I(onelmrg nt 1 1 : 20 and will leave nt 11:30. The aehedule calla Tor arrival In Cnt (iiko irove at noon and delivery of the mail nt I'nrtland nt 1:u p, m. Stamps Eagerly Sought The HoHeburR pout office already has ou hand urorea nf lelterg from Htamp collectoia who desire to Be rn ic the fli'Ht flight envern and Hperinl airmail week rarhrt from the Koflnhui'K office. Kach letter will hear a ruhhor stamp emtorne maul allowing thnt It wan earrind In the flrat airmail flight from the city. Such first flight covers are I0NE BILLION PROUimR n y I HUllUm I Ull NEW CRAFT President Voted Power to Exceed 35,000-Ton Size : for Battleships If He Sees Fit. WASHINGTON, May 13. (AH Tho senate paBsed and sent to the whlto house todny the' admin istration's blllion-dollnrf naval ex pansion bill. The measure, pending- in con gress since February, authorizes construction of 46 new - fighting ships, 26 auxiliaries and 950 air planes. Funds to carry out the pro gram must bo appropriated later. -Separate bills orlglnnlly wore passed hy both chambers, A Joint commutes worked out a comply? mlse currying authorizations estl. mated ut $1,030,000,000, and thin was approved In the house by a 07-to-31 vote Wednesday. Ship Size Up to F. R. Thrco new battleships and ttfo 20.000-ton nircraft carriers are pro vldod by the compromise bill. Tho battleships will be limited to 35',- . 000 tons, unless the president finds that- larger vessels, are necessary in tile interest of - national do? feusu. Upon such a finding, ships up to 45,000 tons could bo built. The bill also carrleB authoriza tion for a S3.000.000 dirigible pro vided tho president finds one is needed. President Roosevelt Is expected to ask congress .- before adjourn ment for funds to start- work on some of the vessels. .- - oltHlosf " FOR BIDS MAY 13 WASHINGTON, May 13. (AP) Tho Interior depnrtmont nn hotincqdv yostdrday It would sell . 26,315000 hoard feet of timber along Iho original Oregon nnd Cull fornla rallroud lino hnd Coos Buy Wagon rond In weflteni Orogon to keep the lumber mills operating In tho region during tho noxt two or threo montliB. - The .emergency sale, made pend lug the ndnptlo.n, of pormanent ad ministrative regulations for the formor grant. lundB will be mado through the general land offlco. Ulds for the purchase of the tim ber will be recelvod nt tho land office In Hoseburg, Ore., at 10 lu in., Thursday, May 19. . Secretary Ickes said the sale would provldo employment for np. proximately 2,000 workers for tho next 80 days. POLISH FLIERS HOP FROM LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES, May 13. (AP) Doluyod more than two hours by an ourly morning fog, five Polish fliers took off in their .American monoplane at 0:16 n. m. todny on the first leg of a 16,500-mllo, flight to Warsaw. ., .' Bccuubo of tho unexpected de lay In starting, tho airmen chang ed their plnns nnd mnde arrange ments to sUp first at Mazatlan, on l)io west const of Mexico, be fore : continuing to Mexico City. Tho next log of tho Journey will he a non-stop flight lo Panama City. - highly prized hy collectors. ' ' The general puhllo la helnff urff ed by I'trnttimatur U U Wlmherly to tfend lettera to frleiula, relatives or uuihenn aaaoclnles by airmail In connection with the special flight, thereby ruruiahing them tho valuable firat Hlght covers nnd nt tho same time helping to advertise tho city. All residents of Hoseburg and vicinity are urged to bo nt tho air port at tho hour set for tho flight to wltncKH the city's first airmail pickup. " Portland Girl Wins Airmail Poster Prize PORTLAND. May 13. (AP) Rosemary Niederlo of Portland, Ore., won first prize today tn a national poster contest held In connection with national airmail week. Tho prlKe. poster was selected from those submitted by winners of contests in 48 states. !