Douglas County is Still Telling It to the World With Turkeys and Prunes, While Thousands of Idle Acres Continue, to Beckon Desirable Hdmeseekers. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 65 Highest temperature yesterday .64 1-owest temiteruture lust night 36 Preclpitntioii for 24 hours T Prerip. since first of month 4.30 Preclp. from Sept. 1, 19.18 7.79 Excess since Sept. 1, 1938 1.80 Mostly Cloudy ' r-3 GRANGE 1 It will adopt some Important resr lutions on national issues next week at its national convention in Portland. They may have an im- ; portnnt bearing on the program of the next congress. You'll be in- : formed via NEWS-REVIEW eer-; vice. ; , THEDOUGLSS COUNTY DALY 73 VOL. XLIII NO. 183 OF R $ IG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1938. VOL. XXVII -NO. 93 OF THE EVENING NEWS 73 iru Fill WW as Hi ws ms Editorials ON THE Day's News By FRANK JENKINS pASTIO this in your hat: z Among the developments of the not too distant future will be oMage pensions on a scale l.ARfi ER than the present scale. You may like it, or you may not like it hut it is coming. We'd bet ter bgin to give it some scrioUB nnd HONEST thought. N giving tlioiighfto old age pen- sions, we must get rid of the notion that they will in some mys terious manner STIMULATE PROSPERITY. They won't. Prosperity, is created only by In creased production either through more work or more efficiency. Prosperity Is the result of MORE THINGS not more money. No matter how hard you try, you can't Bhare 'what ISN'T. PRODUCED. There are no short cuts to pros perity. . The sooner we' make up our minds to that, the better off w shall be. PENSIONS for the aged mean simply that money that is EARNED by one group of the pop ulation is SPENT by another group. If you earn money and give it to your neighbor .to spend, the pros perity of the community won't be stimulated any more than If you pent' the money yourself. ' All that will happen Is that you will have to work harder, whereas your neighbor won't have to work so hard. Economically, the effect of old age pensions will be exactly the same. They won't Increase produc tion, but they will make life easier nnd pleasnnter for the aged. IP old ago pensions are to be sound, they must be recognized clearly for what they actually are which Is deferred payment .for WORK ALREADY DONE. The worthy aged have done their part. They have produced In their producing years. In an enlighten ed state of society (such as ours proiesses to be) those who have (Continued on page 4.1 . C1Q A PITTSBURGH, Nov. 19. (AP) The new congress of industrial nrimn lzntlnns. molded from the old CIO. equipped with n constitu tion and set of policies, and led by the veteran labor champion, John L. Lewis, moved Into the main stream of labor history today committed to two objectives. . Organization of the unorganized workers of America on an indus trial basis (one big union for one industry.) On lliese terms the new CIO left open tho door to peace with the Americnn Federation of I,uhor yesterday after closing Its first constitutional convention In the same city where the rival craft unionists began their organization f7 venrs ago. Oddities Off the Press Wire Couldn't Bear It SKVTOP, Pa. Bear Hunter John Del-lass, gnrbed In tattered cloth ing, huddled under a tree for a rest. As he started to get up he look ed squarely Into the muzzle of an other hunter's gun. The realization that his clothing pave him the appearance of a wooly bear w:w too much for Haas. He fainted. Junior G-Men PHILADELPHIA A gang ofj neighborhood kids came upon four, hoodlums holding up a grocery store. i Thrilled, the youngsters set up a shout or glee. imposed the speed limit and warn- "Bang! bang!" they cried. "Hold-ed io fines would be levied for vio lin bang bang!'" 'latlons. . .. Nazis Ban Hebrew Prophets From Use In German Protestant Creed Edict Trails Threat Aimed ATtnurcnes Decision to Despoil Jews Made Long Before Huge "Fine," Assertion of Nazi Paper. BERLIN, Nov. 19. (AP) Seventy seven foreign news papers were seized today and their sale forbidden. Among those banned were the November 6 and 7 icsues of the New York Times. Most recent issues of the leading Swiss, Danish, British, French, Belgian, Norwegian, Swedish, Rumanian, Yugo slav, Czechoslovak, Polish and Vatican City dailies were con fiscated. The reason apparently was that the papers contained de scriptions of anti-Jewish ac tivities in Germany. BERLIN, Nov. 19. (AP) Tbo name of Jehovah was oniarea erased from Protestant churches throughout nazl Germnhy today by President Friedrleh Wovnor of the supreme evangelical church--tioun ell. His order said the namo of tho God of Israel must be obliterated wherev,er it is displayed in 'Pro- teatant churches. The names of Jewish prophets all prophets rff the Old Testament also were or dered erased. - This action was regarded as n semiel to threats In various parts of Saxony that Christian churches a) low hie; these names to remain would be burned as were syna gogues in the wave of anti-Jewish violence which swept Germany last week. - Some theologfcans Bald, however, the order did not have the force of law. It was expected a large part of the clergy would not obey it. Meantime authenticated reports indicated Jewry had given more than one life for the slaying of n German diplomat in Paris. Every foreign mission, it may be assumed, has in its archives cases of Jews whose families pleaded for visas to leave the country be cause a husband, father or brother (Continued on page 6.) GERMANY CANCELS S. F. EXHIBIT PLAN SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19. (AP) An order to cancel Ger many's plans to exhibit at the Gol den Gate International exposition here next year was received today by exposition officials. Major O. J. Keatinge, director of foreign participation, said Kurt Ilyer, Sun Francisco manager for the German National railroads, designated by the German govern ment to supervise that nation's ex hibit, informed him the order had been cabled from Germany. Ilyer said no explanation had been made in the cablegram for the move, and expressed hope the $40,000 exhibit might yet be .per -"MtPd." The startled bandits left the storekeeper equally surprised and his money behind as they sped out the door. Unseasonable Loot CHICAGO In view of the season, thieves who looted the automobile of Arnold E. Jung, a hat salesman, are holding a lot of frozen tssets. They got 24 hats all straws. Fire Hazard I DANVILLE, Pa. If fire trucks in this town of 7.000 can't get to a blaze going 25 miles an hour, the building will just have to burn. i Chief Burgess Harry E. Trumbower Names of Figure in j if wjj 5!!b? 'T At the left is Herschel Grynzpan, 17-year-old Polish Jew, who, distracted by Ill-treatment of his parents In Germany, killed Emit Vom Rath, German embassy attache in Paris, an act that led to fur ther outbreaks against his fellow Jews and the nazis' imposition of a $400,000,000 fine. At right is Hugh R. Wilson, U. S. Ambassador to Germany, called back to Washington for consultation on the perse cution of Jews and Germany's failure to assume Austria's war dentB - to the United States. . REFUGEES OFFERED Woman Would Give Tract Near Columbia; Alaska Advised as Haven. SAN FHANCISCO, Nov. 19 (AP) Mrs. George Perkins Baxter, former resident of Portland, Ore., today offered approximately 1500 acres of land near the Columbia river in Oregon as a home for per secuted Jews. Mrs. Baxter, who Is not a Jewess, said the land was Inherited by her frofn her first husband, and there is a tux deficiency on it. "There Is a large and generous Jewish colony in Portland," she declared, "that could easily meet the deficiency if they desire, in re turn lor which I shall give full title." Most of the acreage is within a mile and a half of the town of St. Helens, 28 miles from Portland to ward Astoria. She said the land was "good ag ricultural soil" and would grow ap ples and various other kinds of fruits. The region also grow bar ley, wheat, oats and sweet corn, and there is considerable cattle- raising In the vicinity. Mrs. Baxter said there was sec ond-growth timber on much of the property, . ALASKA SUGGESTED AS ONE HAVEN FOR JEWISH REFUGEES NEW YORK, Nov. 19 (AP) A proposal that -Alaska be opened to victims of nazl anti-Semitic meas ures followed today announcements that Spain and Cuba had offered haven to refugees from Germany. Declaring Alaskans "continuously appeal lor new set Hers," Rep. Charles A. Buckley (DN. Y.) said he would be happy to Introduce a bill, at the next congress exclud ing Alaska from quota restrictions of the immigration law. Mis suggestion was made in a letter to President Roosevelt. "Alaska is a land well endowed by nature," the congressman wrote, "and her resources will enable refugees to live there, and live there well, without any need for continuous reliance on outside help." Col. Fulgencla Batista, command r.n-chlff of the Cuhan armv. and Fernando de Los Rios, ambassa dor from Government SpaJn. offer ed their countries as sanctuaries for distressed minorities. JUSTICE, 95, QUITS AFTER 36 YEARS NORTH UROOKFIEI.D, Mass Nov. 19 (API Luther Emerson Barnes. 95 toriav, resigned as spec ial justice of East Brookfield dis trict court, a post he has held 36 years. He considers work a "cure-all" J for evils, hut said he thinks he Is uow uiu enougn to retire. Jehovah, Anti-Semitic Turmoil EASING !T LIKELY Attempt to Boost Quotas Would Arouse Congress, Borah Declares. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. (AP) Senator' Bomb (R.; Idaho) ex- presedi the opinion today that nny attempt to revise the Immigration laws so us to take care of addi tional refugees from Germany would arouse "tremendous opposi tion" in congress. "I do not believe It desirable to undertake to change the immigra tion laws at this time," he said. "Any possible change would be wholly Inadequate for leal i cliff." President Roosevelt told his press conference yesterday that he had no thought of liberalizing pres ent quotas which restrict immigra- tionfrom Germany nnd former Aus tria to 27.370 persons annually. Some Jewish leaders, however, have suggested the possibility of admitting 80,000 or so refugees im mediately by "mortgaging' tho quotas for the next three years. under, this proposal, the three years' quo fas would bo admitted and the gates then closed until the end of the period. Dies Raises Question. Another congressional comment came from Chulrman Dies (IX. Tex.) of the house committee inves tigating un-American activities, who challenged the right of the presi dent to extend the six months' visi tors permits under which from 12,- (Continued on page C.) MRS. M. BARTRUM PASSES AT GLIDE Mrs. Mary narlrum. 81, well known resident of the Hilda district, died last night at the home of her son, fleary Davis, following a long illness. Horn March S. 1857, In Iowa, she had been a resident or Douglas county for tho past 50 years. Surviving are six sons and daugh ters, Ijnmer Davis, Portland; Vel ma Miller, PnrJJund; Kd Davis, Roseburgf Pearl Kurtz, ItoRchurg; Elsie Barker, Glide, and Geary Da vis. Glide. Funeral services will be held nt the Roscburg Undertaking company chapel at 2 p. m. Monday, Willi In terment in the Masonic cemetery. JURY FREES WOMAN WHO SLEW NEGRO YRFKA. Calif., Nov. 19 (AP Pearl K. Choate, 31-year-old ranrh cook, was acquitted of the slaving of Clarenre Kouts. 2S. Ni'gro. by a tury of 10 rtmn and two womt-ii that deliberated nine hours. The phootfng occurred at a runch near Weed on August 7. Mrs. Choat teutiffd that the Nearo. prior to the shooting, had made improper advances toward her. Put Trust In U.i Market. Grange Told Foreign Countries Aim for Self-Support, America Should Do Likewise, Official Says. PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov. 19 (AP)- The national grange con vention was advised by Ervin E. King, master of the Washington state, grange, todny to distrust in ternational trade because it led to foreign entanglements and possibly war. He said the grange had insisted upon' regaining the American mar ket for American farmers while the, government "through a false conception traded with foreign countries even though at a disad vantage." 'Foreign countries nre exerting every efiort to become self-sustaining." he asserted, "and it behooves the XT. S. to do likewise." King said it was impossible to nccept goods from debtor nations without Injury to domestic indus try and agriculture. . . ' Resolutions Impend' Convention officers , said the grange probably would reflect Its attitude on the Anglo-American trade agreement in resolutions next week. The legislative commitloe considered a proposal to condemn Importation of any products which could be efficiently produced Mn the United States. Another pro posed resolution said tile Tanners wore denied the same protection as Industry under the tariff. A resolution offered by Raymond Cooper, master of the New York state grange. : asked the .-govern ment to delay crop estimates imtir after harvest, He sold premature reports injured both producer nnu consumer. . Snraaue Speaks Secret sessions of the convention, were receHsed for the week-end toduv. with grangers from :tli status scattering to Bonneville dam on tho Columbia river ami m me Pacific ocean. The grange heard Governor-elect Charles A. Sprague declare yester day that "we don't want a mere (Continued on paeo 6 ACCUSED OF THEFT MKDFOUD. Nov. 1!. (AP) J limes I. Uailey, 19, and Ilnrold W. Wltien. 21. both of Portland: Wil liam Tvcer. 19. Kerby. Southern Oregon Normal school at Ashland students and athletes, nnd Clifford O. McLean, 24, former normal stu dent and athlete, charged in a district attorney's complaint with grand larceny, waived preliminary hearing in justice court here Fri day. All were released on their own recognizance, with the guarantee of their attorney, V. J. Van Dylte, Ashland, they would appear In cir cuit court next Tuesday morning for final action. District Attorney Newman said It was intimated in court and nil dci-Ktood by him pleus of gulliy would be entered. The quartet is accused of taking n suit of clothes, nine pair of pants nnd an overcoat from the laundry wagon of a Vrelta, uultf., concern while parked at a .Med ford night club Thursday night The state police allege the nrtlcles were found in the possession or the youths when arrested. BODY OF MISSING CHILD DISCOVERED DOUGLAS. Ariz., Nov. 19 (API The ranger station at Portal re ported to Douglas authorities to day that the body of five-year-old Jerry- Days of liiHhee, missfnx a week, had been found at Huckskin canyon Huddle. The discovery climaxed a soareh by nearly j.000 men including soldiers, CCC workers, sheriff's deputies and other officers. The little hoy wandered from his parents' hunting camp November 10. U. S. CONTRACTS FOR 3 BATTLESHIRS WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. f AP) The navy department awarded contracts today for the construction of three battleships at an expected cost of well over $150,000,000. The contract for a fourth battle ship was not awarded, pending fur ther study of bids by the navy department. German Abuse of Jews Scored by Legion Heads; Dies Committee Backed INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 19. (AP) A resolution denouncing the German government for its nntl- JewiKh acts was adopted today by the American Legion's executive committee. Copies were sent to President Roosevelt ami Secretary of State Hull. . We denounce and deplore," the resolution said, "the polky of the German government and protest tgainst the religious and economic Injustice and persecution of minori ties us detrimental to the interest of humunlty und civilizutiou." - - The resolution muted in another paragraph, "distressing ' news of the persecution of racial and re ligious minorities In Germany por trays a horrible spectacle of inno cent peoples of all faiths being sub jected to imprisonment, punish ment, destruction of property, de privation of tho opportunity of earning a living, with many re sultant suicides and much misery." The committee, ending ti three- day meeting, turned over to the na Dun-Bradstreet . Agent in N. Y. City Shot Down by Killers in Ambush. 'NEW- YORK, Nov. 19. (AP . Two killers lay in ambush out side; an apartment building In n quiet-residential district Inst night ftnd shot down John FY"1 O'Harn, young rinnnclul investigator for Dun and IlrudstrcoL, Inci 0 Tho apparently studied slaying left police today without a clue or motive. O'Harn, 2fi, a respect nbte biislnesHinun who was gradu ated from Syracuso university In 19H3, lived quietly with his moth er and l(i-year-old sister. 1 O'llara's assallanta lav In wait for hi mat an entrance to the apartment house and felled him wllh two shots. In their flight to a waiting automobile, they turned nnd fired twice more at O'llara's prostrate body. A policeman's 8-year-ohl son was wounded In tho arm by a richocheting bullet. O'Harn returned to New York two weeks ago from a Now Or leans luuulry for his firm. Money found In his wallet cllmiuuled rob bfty n p. motive. Poller extended their investigation lo cities whevo O'llara has recently made finan cial surveys. Patrolman Joseph Monahnn, whose boii was wounded, wan ap proaching the apartment as the first shots were fired. He drew his pistol and chased the two men down the streel. lie said there ap parently were other men in the ca rat which he fired several shots. MURDER, SUICIDE STAGED IN AUTO OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 18. (AP) Alcldo Vlrchnux, 49, an embalm er, shot and killed the woman he loved hh she sat beside him Inst night driving nu automobile, and he (hen turned the pistol on him self unci committed suicide, the Oakland police reported. The woman was Mrs. Floronco M. King, 42, stenographer for tho A III 111 P(l II milll I v cnmnnf'n nfMrn whero ViiThuux. worked until his discharge two years ago. Police Inspector Hox said Vlr- rhmiy nhnl Mm. Tflnir nnd hlnmnlf as Mrs. King's automobile rolled through the trarrie over the 23rd RtrfH't hHilVn hrtlunnn Alliniurin nml Oakland. The machine came slow ly to a stop and passersby found both (I cud. FATAL CRASH TRAILS BIRTHDAY PARTY WALLA WALLA, Nov. 19 fAP) William DoflHon, 2.r, of Totiehet, Wash., dlrd this morning from in juries received In an early ;,mur auto crash a mile north of the Oify gori-Washlngton line. Two companions. Mud C.arflcld and Dale Schiffinan, both of Walla Walla, were brought to a loenl hos pital with Dodson. Garfield was cut allghily and Schlffmaii was un hurt. iHxtmji whh renovi-d from his overtm tied car Just before It burst into flumes. The trio, returning from a celebration or Dodson's birthday In the Mllton-l-'recwfiter rciclon, failed to negotiate a sharp turn nml the car demolished a huge outdoor fireplaee before coming to rest on tup of Dodson. tional headquarters staff Its re newed fight against communism, fascism and anarchism. Yesterday the committee adopt ed resolutions asking a federal law for expulsion from the United States of nlien communists or an archists and upholding the Dies congressional committee in its in vestigation of un Amertcan activi ties. The committee urged exclusion or deportutlon of "aliens who nro members of anarchist, communist and all other groups who ndvocnte the overthrow of our government by force mid violence." Hurry Bridges, west const direc tor for the Congress of Industrial Organizations, was termed "a glaring example of the Indifferenco of the federal authorities to expel undesirable aliens." The committee asked public sup port and u new appropriation for the Dies committee, which It said was "arousing tho Americnn peqJ pie to tho dangers now existing within the nation's borders." E- AWAITS VERDICT Jury Being Selected for Second Case, Arising From Auto Bldw. The 'suit of .InrooB WlUmdyoi' nKaliiBt' M. H. Pvyne, an action for dumagea on aliened 'nilBrepresen tntlon of propsrey ImundiivlPR, wnt to the Jury In tho circuit court shortly, before noon today follow ing three-days -of testimony. The court Immediately turned lo tho ense of Edwin Schmidt nanlust H. W. Marian, a suit for damages allegedly due for Injuries suffered wliaii the plnlntifr wiib struck by defendant's automobile, and began the selection of n Jury to hear the evidence. Schmidt claims that . ho wna walking on the highway near the iteedsptrt cainp, whero ho was employed, and Unit Marlnn's car. which ho states was travellne at a high rate of speed, struck hint nnd caused a leg fracture and head Injuries, requiring several months of hospitalization. Ho is unking for 7,000 damages. - I Marian's nimwor to the comnlnlnt' Hectares unit Kciiniiiit wn wnlk!n the center lino of tho highway, arms outspread, balancing hlniHoir on the painted lino. Marian claims he sounded his horn, that Rchmldl stepped off tho lino then hack di rectly Into the sldo of tho automo bile. Marian denies that tho acci dent resulted from any reckless ness or negligence on bin pari. HUSBAND CONVICTED IN COOS SHOOTING COQIHM.K, Nov. 18. (AP) EriiKHl DwiRlit Dyers nun convict ed of anntilt with iiiu-nl to kill yesti-rdny by a Jury which dnilli erntcd only 20 niltmtOB. Ilyurs will he Hcntc-hced Monday. lie wiib chanted with bIcooIImb twice nt OcorKo llluck, Kinpire au tomobile camp proprietor, inttt May hccaiiRo lie aliened llluck had been attentivo to IiIh wife. llyeiB and Ilia wife were the only dereime wltucHHcH. Illaek leatlried hi face wan paruly.eil an a rornilt of the ahootlug. , Proclamation by Roosevelt Urges U. S. Thanks for Peace, Democracy WASHINGTON. Nov. If) (AP) President Roosevelt said In his annual Thanksgiving day proclam ation today the imilnn hud "ample cause to be thankful" for peaco among other blessings. "We have lived In peace and un derstanding with our neighbors and have seen the- world escape from the Impending disaster of a general war," the chief executive Hiifd. "In the time of our fortune It Is fitting that we olfer prayers for unfortunate people In other lands who are In dire distress at this our thanksgiving season." The proclamation dfslgnatt'd Thiirsduy, November 21, as a day of general thanksgiving. The president said "our lands have yielded a goodly harvest, and the toiler In shop and mill received a more Just return for his labor. "We have cherished and pre served our demociucy." 7th So Badly Hurt He May Not Survive Death Strikes When Pilot 'Attempts Landmg Near La Grange, Georgia, During Storm. LAGRANGE, Ga., Nov. 19 (AP) The storm-bred crash of a tyvin englned nrmy bombing plane in an isolated woodland last night killed ratx army fliers nnd severely injur ed another. MuJ. W. O. Maxwell, field opera tions munuger from Maxwell Field, said the bomber had clear ance papers for eight when It left Mitchell Field. N. Y., yesterday on a routine flight to Maxwell Field at Montgomery, Ala., but just bo- foro a crew member died In a Ia- Grnngo hospital he told Mnxwell only seven were aboard when the ship fell. On this information, Major Max well called off the senrch for an eighth body In the smoldering: wreckage from the list of plane's occupants he had released earlier: He said the Bhlp apparently landed somewhere on route south and one man left the plane. a The heavy ship wns on a routine flight from Mitchell field," New York, to Mnxwell field at Mont gomery, Ala., when it was caught late lust night in one of many downpours that swept across the south. A Negro heard the crash and saw tho names rising from a tim ber thicket seven miles northeast of here about 10 o'clock last night. Ho came here for help but it wan hours before rescuers could travel along a mud-bogged dirt road und through a two-mlla country lano to tho crash-scene where the craft hud plowed ft lfiO-ynvd path through pine trees. Four bodies soon were found within a few yards of the smokhig debris, n. fifth wns discovered in tho wreckage later and the twisted metal still resisted efforts to lo cate another body late this morn- Second 'iiieut. John Mndre and Private Joseph J. Nunurtpwlch were brought Into a hospital here and Nnnurtowich 'died a few hours Inter, Madre wasj badly hurt and physicians said he might die. Immediate Identification of the bodies Tound at the plane was im possible : because they were badly burned. Army officers hurried (Continued on pnge 6.) DEFAULT OF FINES Malcolm D. Cnuthorne and Ro land C. Day of KiiKeue, who were arreHted in Janunry of thia year, charged with malicious destruction of peraonal property, and who were fined $G0 in the circuit court, were returned to thin city last niKht on u bench wurrant Issued because of failure to puy tho fines. Tho two young men were alleged to have shot holes In an automo bile nnd to I live killed livestock in tho Drain and Voncalla vicinity. They wore fined J100 each, but $!io of tbo fine was suspended ami they were given .'10 days in which to make the required payments. Tho rines wore not paid, the court announced, und neither did the de fendants carry out tho court's or ders to reimburse persons whose properly was destroyed, tho Rlato meut Httld. Tho chief executive noted that 'wr fathers set aside such a day us they hewed a nation of tho primeval Torest." "Tho observance was consecrat ed when (ieorge Washington Issued a Thanksgiving proclamation la the first year of his presidency," ho said. "Abraham Lincoln set apart; 'a day of thanksgiving and prnlso to Our Beneficent Father Who dwelleth In the heavens. "Thus front our earliest recorded history, Americans have thanked (!nd for their blessings. In oup deepest natures, in our very souls we, like all mankind since tha earliest origin of mankind, turned to God in time of trouble and la time of happlntMS. 'In God wq trust'." SALEM, Nov. 19 fAP) Gover nor Charles II. Martin Saturday Is sued a proclamation setting aside Thursday. November Zi, as Thanks giving day. J