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(f You Plan to Compete for the Noben?eace Prize This Year, Get Busy at Once. An Early Esay is Needed to End Current Wars and Prevent New Ones in 1937. THE WEATHER ROOSEVELT The nntion awaits hfe annual mes sage to congress tomorrow. Full details will be part of NEWS-UK-VIEW service to Its readers first, as always lu the local field. Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 42 Highest temperature yesterday 57 lowest temperature last night 43 Precipitation for 24 hours ... .13 Preclp. since first of month.. .44 Preclp. from Sept. 1, 1938 10.88 Deficiency since Sept 1, 1938 8.04 Showers. n I X THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY . r ' 3 53 1 VOL.XLUI no. 219 of roseburg rev S ROSEBURG.. OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 3. 1 939 . vol. xxvii no. 129 of the evening news : WMM iEETS II TACKLE li WIM . , 1 f ? ' Dies Committee Report Raps Labor Dept. Laxity Seen In Dealings With Aliens Subversive Espionage and Propaganda Blamed on . Failure to Enforce Ouster Laws. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (AP) Representative Thomas (R., N. J.) repeated today his ' Intention to introduce soon a resolution calling for impeach ment oil Secretary of Labor Perkins. ' .Thomas, member of the houso committee on un-American activi ties, said the measure would he based1 on what he called the secre tary's "misconduct" In office, parti cularly with reference to the lubor department's failure to deport Dairy Bridges, west coast CIO maritime leader, Thomas said the resolution would give the "history of a large part of her misconduct in office" and pre dicted It would he "one of the most sweeping impeachment reso lutions ever Introduced." WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (AP) The Dins committee placed respon , nihility on the labor department to , dny for "a large part" of Bubver- Hive espionage, activities and propa- i ganda in the united mates. 1 Reporting to the house on a flve- months inquiry of un-American no Jtivlties. the committee. jiccused the, .Innurlmont nf fiiiliii-n ti MlTm-PP tllR deportation laws. : . "The laxity with which the de partment of labor deals with alien agitators would be unbelievable if we did not have before us the most (Continued, on page 6.) SALEM. Ore., Jan. 3 (AP) David Eccles of Portland, promin ent young republican leader, was named executive secretary and budget director by Ciovernor-Elect Charles A. Sprague last night to fill the position held during the Martin administration by Wallace Wharton, who last week was ap pointed tax commissioner. Eccles assumed his duties today. He is a well known Portland writer, economist and former editor of "Business Survey." A native of Ogden, Utah. Eccles was educated there. In Portland and at the University of Washing ton. He organized the young re publican club and served two terms as young republican national committeeman. He was president of the Multnomah chapter of the Oregon Republican club for one term. N . Eccles Is regional cnairinan oi the Pacific northwest republican program conimlttee. Editorials on the Day's News lly FRANK JENKINS F you are of a cynical turn of mind, your eye will be caught by this dispatch from Washing ton: "International tension and the rush to prepare the na tion for its own defense are providing a new argument for those who advocate federal aid for the railroads, which, it in argued, will lit greatly neu ' M for hauling troops, war materials in gency." arms and an emer- NT the past, the spenders have used "ending the depression" as fin excuse, but tne puotic is Degin liing to realize that six years of the wildest spending in the w'orld'p history haven't ended the depres sion. So now the spenders are looking for another alibi, and na tional defense looks like a good one. HIS writer believes firmly In ilequate . national defense. but thinks 4he responsible officers THREE-DAY GALE LASHING OF Admits Slaying, . Gives No Motive voluntarily surrendering him self at Eugene, Oregon, last Sat urday, while northwest police were searching for him, Leslie T. Wheeler, 53, above, confessed to Police Chief Carl Bergman at Eu gene that he klllciJ Mrs. Daisy Tlllotson-Moore, 58, of Ashland, Oregon, whose bodyywas found in the railroad yards at Auburn, Wash. Wheeler refused to give his reason for slaying the woman, who, it was reported, he planned to many when she obtained a di vorce. He has been turned over to Washington authorities. ' Early Day Teacher One of Organizers of Eastern Star Lodges. Frances Jane Howell, 7S. well known resilient of Honoliurg for Ee years, early-day school teacher of Douglas county and owner of the Howell apartments ill Reselling, died at her home here Monday, Jan. 2, aflor an extended illness. She was one of the 04 charter members of Roseburg chapter, No. S, Older of Knstern Star, organized in 18S6, and Its first conductress, and second worthy matron. In issy. Miss Howell assisted In organizing the Oregon grand chapter of the Eastern Star and was its first grand conductress. For many years she was a member of the Presby terian church, and for seven years was president of the Ladies Aid so ciety. Miss Howell was born In Troy. N. Y.. r.ov. li. ixiu, me daiigmer ir Martin H., and Mary Ann I - (Continued on page of tile army and the navy, and NOT the political spenders, are the ones to be consulted.) H ICRF.'S another dispatch from Washington: "Farm state senators pre dicted today (Thursday) the administration would seek about NINE HUNDRED MIL LION dollars for next year's ( 1!KI9) agricultural program, with part of the outlay coming from new proiessing taxes." .MO UK spending. AS long as everybody else Is to he coddled by the government (except the newspapers, which are in the dog house because they per sist In criticising spending and coddling) there's no reason why the farmer's shouldn't have their share. Rut It's worth remembering that in all the years we've been spend ing billions on farm "programs" the farming Industry has gone (Continued on page 4) Prison Gates May Open For Tom Mooney Pardon Application Hearing Set by New Governor of California; No Known Opposition. SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 3. ( AP) Tom Mooney, imprisoned nearly 22 years for conviction of the bloody San Francisco Prepared ness day bombing, may be a free man Saturday through action of California's new governor, Culbert D. Olson. The governor, inaugurated yes terday as the-flrst democratic state chief executive in 40 years) set Sat urday as the date for hearing Mooney's petition for a pardon. (JoveVnor Olson's often expressed opinion Mooney is innocent led many observers to bei.eve the greying prisoner would be granted a par don at conclusion of the hearing. Opposition Lacking No one Is known to be preparing formal opposition to the petition in response to Governor Olson's re quest they come forward at the hearing if any objections are planned- Mboney, who always has ' con tended he was "framed" by per jured testimony because of his ac tivities as a labor organizer, is ser ving a life sentence for murder in the 1!16 bombing, which killed 10 persons and injured 40 on crowded lower Market street, San, Francis co. An 'original sentence of death was commuted to life imprisonment by Gov. William D. Stephens af ter Intercession by President Wil son. The petition for a pardon was presented to Governor Olson yes terday by George T. Davis, one of Mooney's attorneys, who appeared with a delegation which included representatives from the Long shoremen's union local of San Fran cisco, the Ilniiroad Brotherhoods, the Sacramento Moulders' union and Labor Non-Partisan league. STATE'S RIGHT TO BAN LIQUOR UPHELD WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (AP) The supreme court gave broad pow er today to states to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquor. It sustained Michigan and Mis souri statutes barring the Importa tion of alcoholic beverages from other states which enact discrimin ary legislation. Justice Brandeis, who delivered the decisions, said "the substantive power of the state to prevent the sale of intoxicating liquor is un doubted." No dissent was announced. TURKEY CARRYOVER REPORTED LARGE PORTLAND, Jail. 3. (AP) A considerable turkey carryover from the New Year holiday was noted on the market here today. Producers bringing in supplies at the last moment did not fare well because tbev overfilled the demand. Toms were moved into cold stor age. The buying r,vce was quoted gen erally at 22 and 23 cents a pound for toms and 24 and 2f cents for hens for freezing. DRUNK DRIVER GETS FINE, JAIL TERM Vivian Bridge. 36. resident of Wilbur, was fined $100 and sen tenced to 60 days in Jail, when he pleaded guilty in justice court to day to a charge of drunken driv ing. Ilia license to drive an auto mobile was revoked for a period of one year. NO 1939 LICENSE MEANS ARREST SALEM. Jan. 3.fAP State Police Supt. Charles P. Pray in structed his officers today to ar rest all motorists driving cars not bearing 19.19 license plates. Relief Funds Found Mixedj With Politics Senate Board Says Money Diverted But Does Not Rap Hopkins; Cleanup Advice Offered. WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (AP)- The senate campaign expenditures committee charged today reher funds -in several states had been diverted for political purposes. It made no specific criticism or Harry Hopkins, former WPA ad ministrator who recently was nam ed secretary of commerce, hut It called for legislation to "make Im possible further offenses of this character." . . Concluding a long inquiry Into the 1938 senatorial contests, the committee offered, 16 suggestions for cleaning up elections. It clear ed all the candidates personally, however, of a wide variety of ac cusations. The committee report said many charges of political activity against the WPA had not been sustained, but it added: 'The committee believes funds appropriated by. the congress .-rui the relief of those In need and dis tress ha.ve boon in many instances! diverted, from these high, purposes' to political ends. . . ; A majority of 22 complaints against the WPA administrtalon in Kentucky; it said, had, been sustaln ed ,by committee agents. Hopkins previously had 'denied all except two. His nomination to the cabinet must he confirmed by the senate, and In the meantime he may be asked about the "politics in relief" (Continued on pace (D CIT.ES LEAGUESETS Session Tomorrow Will Deal With Revenue and Traffic Laws, Proposed legislation dealing with city problems will he discussed here at a meeting called for Wed nesday, January 4, by the League of Oregon Cities. The meeting will be held at noon at the Umpqua ho tel, following a luncheon. Invita tions have been extended to all mu nicipal officers and legislators In Douglas county. The business session will be con ducted by Charles H, Hiigglns, may or of Marshfield. president of the league. . The Roseburg meeting is one of a series in which all munici palities of the state will bo contact ed for discussions upon which the league of cities will base its legis lative program. Among topics so far considered have been: an amendment of the basic rule speed law which would permit cities to exercise some reg ulation of speed, proposals to per mit cities to establish a sinking fund for equipment purchase on a pay-as-you-go basis ! some amend ment of the six per cent limitation, and a requirement' tbat no beer li cense be granted by the liquor commission without city or county approval. Mayor Huggins in a letter of in vitation sent to the city officials of the county urges that the various officials come prepared to present their respective problems for dis cussion and to propose legislation which they believe might be bene ficial to municipalities. HUGH DOYLE BUYS BASKET GROCERY Sale of Bell's Basket grocery by Mrs. William Bell to Hugh Uoyle. resident of Eden bower, was an nounced today. Mr. Doyle is taking Immediate possession of the busi ness. He had had former experi ence in the middle west in mercan tile business, but since coming to Oregon has been engaged in con struction work. NORTHWEST EASES Former Governor Gets Cabinet Job Frank P. Murphy, above, re tiring governor of Michigan, who was sworn in yesterday as attor ney general of the U. S succeed ing Homer S. Oummlngs, re signed. His confirmation by the senate is generally predicted de spite the severe criticism of Mur phy's alleged friendly attitude tat ward sit-down strikers In Michi gan industries last year. He Ib a former governor general of the Philippines. ' V ' Flight Contacts, Them With ; ; Armed Farm Couple in j ! Quest of Thieves. , Gordon W. Johnson and George Fay Carter, each 27 years of age. residents of Portland, brought here Saturday from Cottago Grove fol lowing their arrest there on a charge of attempted holdup at the Bell Basket Grocery in Roseburg Friday, have a healthy respect for the "embattled fanner" and bis wife as well according to Paul Parson, state police sergeant. ; Johnson and Carter told Parson, the latter reported, that they es caped under a rain of bullets when the night watchman at Cottage Grove attempted to halt them while he wns guarding the highway upon instructions from the slate police radio station here Friday night. The two fugitives then drove up n side road and halted their car near a thicket, Parson said they re lated. Meet Armed Farm Pair While sitting quietly In their car they were terrified bv the sud den appearance at one side of their machine by a farmer armed with a high powered rifle, und ihe farm er's wife at the other side with a shotgun, according to the stat po lice version of their tale. "Wii htiil ii hard time ronvincfuK them we were not the partiet-vho had hern stealing their turkeys, fContlnned on pace 6 . V .f v. A , , f li r mrq rnr nAVisnF mil' nlaln ,ni"'y r,,wI"k " IVirto. CL . un. Vk, y ,he 1)arK xhc rnHI)iK of the saws S. DEER CREEK DIES I was muffled hy the loud musical j strains from Hie radio and the Mrs. Millie M. Davis. 6!. lire-! twangy chords from a banlil op lonir resident of South Deer creek ! grated by an Indian convicted of and wife of Ed 0. Davis, died Sun day. January 1, after nil extended illness. She was the last surviv ing member of the Immediate fam ily of the late Mr. and Mrs. Thoui ns liogyess, pioneer snrtpfrs of the South Deer crek locality, where Mrs. Davis was horn. Knrvivlne Mrs. Davis besidns her husband are a son. Palmer Davis, nr Itnnetiurg; a daughter. Mrs. Ima Ditudel of Eugene, and three gnindchildrei). The funeral will be held Wednes day afternoon at two o'clock in the chap1! of the HosebHrg Undertak ing Co. Services will be conducted bv the Bev. Carl Crow son of the Methodist church. South. Interment will follow In tho Hoeitess ceme - tety on South Deer creek. Small Craft Alone Receive New Warning Blow Takes 2 Lives, Deals Damage to Oregon Areas, Ties Ships in Harbor; Floods Follow. ; (By the Associated Press) Storm warnings were lowered on tho Washington and Oregon const s and Puget sound today after a three-day wind and rainstorm which took two lives and caused vessels to send out distress signals. The weather bureau posted small craft warnings to replace thorn, forecast diminishing winds and continued rain. . Storm victims are: Andrew John son, 63, electrocuted at Campbell River, B. C, on Vancouver Island, when struck by a high tension wire blown down in a high wind-with u power pole. Mayland Gill. IS, drowned In the Chehalls river near Hoquiam when a rowboat capsized In the swollen stream. The British freighter Boulderpool lost a deckload of lumber off the Washington coast near Tatooah island but reported she was return inir to Victoria, B; "C. ' v " Nineteen ships wore hold Inside the Columbia river at Astoria and more than eight inbound craft were prevented from ontering the river. ' Hoquiam Badly Lashed. Hoquiam. on Grays burbot', in Washington, experienced yeslorday Us third day of 60 miles an hour gales. . During the 48 hours ending at 6 p. m. hist night 4.44 Inchos of rain had fallen. The Courlenay river, which runs through Courtenny, B. C, Vancou ver island, overflowed, flooded 1,000 acres. Many families left tneir homes for h teller ground. Repair crews worked today to re open roads and clean up property damage. Floods Follow. Seven inches of new snow fell at Rnoqiialmlo pass but tho highway was still open, tne nignway ueparu- nii'tit renorted. The Nooksack river in Whatcom countv was renorted flooding low lauds near Its mouth and a crecu (Continued on page li) YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 3. (API The prisoner's song of rreedom is over, hut the melody lingers on so loudly that Sheriff-Elect Jus per Duy said today ho would ban radios from the Yakima county jail after he lakes office Janu ary 'J. ' Day blames the radio for the escape early Saturday or rive priso-nei-B. Including Hoy Wright. 18-year-old Wotsonvllle, f'allf.. con victed murderer. All five were re captured, the last two late yester day. It seems. Day explained, that the j prisoners not only whistled while ihev worked, but they also did a shivlng his wife. Willi the bars out. the men soap ed their nude bodies and laborious ly slipped and slithered through the window to freedom. IaMt two to be rounded un were Cecil B. Clutiipellc, :tfi, recently con victed of second degree assault, and James Tudor. 3fi, facing n mall theft cbnrg". Sheriff's deputies ap prehended them In the saiiebiush rovcred Squaw creek district near tlie Kittitas county line. Others nreviouIy raptured were WriKht. Eiu'ene r Terw illieer. 22. rhareed v.Hh petit, larceny, and Ueclor "Ilex" Wfttnn. "n. nuclei;, ired prisoner rhurged with foB: erv. whose dreart of freedom wns ' punctured by us he hid In farmer's pitchfork haystack. National Defense, Relief, v Revised Farm Policy Will . Get Lawmakers Attention Heads Republican Minority in House Described as a "mlddle-of-th- road" republican because he Vot ed for some new deal measures, Congressman Joseph- W, Martin, Jr., above, of Massachusetts, haa been chosen to lead the party's 169 members of the house at the current session of congress. IT G,0.P. HOUSE CHIEF Constitutional Balance for Government Pledged by Massachusetts Man. WASHINGTON. Jan. 3. (AP) A pledge to restore "hulnnced con stitutional government" In tho next two years enme today from Hep. Joseph W. Martin, Jr., of Massa chusetts, new leader of the In creased republican ranks In tho house. . The 51-year-old newspaper pub lisher was chosen by acclamation at a caucus last night to lead the party's Hill members. ' Hep. Wads, worth of New York withdrew In his favor. Described hy some of his friends as a "inlddlcnr tlie-road" republi can, Martin tins voted for sonio new deal measures and opposed others. lie voted for the new wage-Hour law, for liiHlunco, but wns against tho crop control law nnd tho 13, 00(1,00(1,0(10 londlng-spendlng bill. Coolldae, Landon Aide Ho was an associate of Calvin ("nnlldao In the Massachusetts leg isluture. floor manager for Alfred M. Liindon at tho republican con vention In 11130, and ronnor assist ant to retiring Minority Leader Snell of New Yolk. In a statement Issued niter his election. Martin said house repub licans would give "constructive" consideration to all legislative pro posals. "With a minority party of our present size" ho said, "wo will have a real voice in (he formulation or policies nnd programs during the next two years." Putting Hi.ooo.ooo unemployed back' to work In permanent jobs "at American wages" Is the repub- rContinurd on pnKoHl p, ' :. . I FLASHES of OREGON EVENTS Bull Gores Farmer ASTORIA, Jan. 3. (AP) An Infu riated hull yesterday gored August Annaln, Young's river runner. Neighbors shot the animal to death after the Injured rnnner had reach ed safety under a bam. Theater Safe Blown ONTARIO, Jan. 3. ( AP) Cracksmen, using nitroglycerine ex pertly, exploded open a theatre safe here Monday and escaped with alKHit $."ir,0. Boy Loots 20 Homes PORTLAND, Jan. 3. (AP) A 1 l-year-oid hoy, arrested over the week end by Portland police, con ressed 20 west side house burglaries ami said he used part of the loot nearly $100 to go on an Ico cream Last Election. ; Result Won't Be Ignored, Bankhead, House Chief, Says, G.O.P. Senators Vow Aid, to Cut Down Spending; Roosevelt Message Due Tomorrow.' ! , . ; , WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. (API- Congress, Its republican minority membership heavily bolstered by recent elections, assembled today. to tacklo natlonnl defense, relief and scoreH of other ; deliate-ladou problems affecting the nation's wel fare. , ! ' Amid the holiday atmosphere; (hut usually mnrks the opening liny this Is the first session or the 7(ith gavels banged down in both senate and house, calling members to their seats. ' ,: Representative Bankhead ., A'-. ; : hania, was re-elect;) iWakor of , : the house. Ilpde(eated Ills republic can oiuvneIi, Representative 'Mar- ti(i,,nf MasHiichusotts, 2f( to 1(17. ,v lloth branches, will meet togeth- V' er tomorrow to hear President . Roosevelt's message, which is ftlv- en ndded significance because It , will be delivered in person. ; 1 ) , Farm Program Target .' Ilefore tho session today, Sena tor Smith (D S. C), who some Roosevelt leaders hoped would ha dorented In hut summer's primary, announced'' to newsmen he -would seeic complete revision of the..ndt ministration's farm program, . .. ' - Chairman of the' senate, Kgrlctil- turul committee Smith said lie would offer' within a few days a now farm bill which would ,"unk all' the production: Qnd narketing controls of tho present act for; cot ton." ..... . Senate republicans, meeting sep arately before tho genoral sctuito session; agreed to ''coopcratq with any group" to reduce government expenditures "without doing Injury to (hose In distress." ' "We did not discusn legislation beyond tbut," said Ronntor. McNary (ConUiiucMon pngo'Q:) J SALEM, Ore., Jan. 3. (AP) State . Sen. Walter E. Pearson, Portland, was sworn in as state treasurer today, and Governor Mar tin announced that Edgar V. Smith, Portland, chairman of the stale milk control board, would take Pearson's place on the stiito board of higher education for n term ending March 2, l'JIU. Smith apparently will retain his milk control honrd post. . s Pohi'hoii said thore would ho no sweeping personnel changes In the h-ensury department. Hepuly Treas urer Kred II. Paulus will keep his job and also will become personnel director of tho department. Smith attended the University of Oregon and was gruduated from Cornell university. Justlco John Is, Rnnd began a two-yenr term today as chief- Jns lice of the statn supreme court, succeeding Chief Justice Henry J. Mean, who ngain became an ussa elate justice. nnd motion picture orgy, etl all of his friends. I lie treat Scarlet Fever Ragis KIIOKNK, Jan. 3. (AP) Flvo new cases of scarlet fever brought the number or persons stricken at Onkrldge to 25 today. Schools, theatres and churches hnve been closed and other publio meetings banned. Townsender Promoted PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3. (AP)' (Ionian Ware, personal represem ladvo of Dr. Francis K. Townsenil In Oregon, hns been promoted ta tho nutional Townsend office la Chicago, effective Monday. Ware said ho was authorized by Dr. Townsend to announce that Charles W. Wolterman of Ohio has I been mode Oregon ropresqutatlygi
