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Friday, the 1 3th, May be Considered Unlucky by Some Folks But, With the Legislature in Adjournment, Old Man Oregon May Entertain a Different Opinion.
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 69
Highest temperature yesterday 47
lowest temperature Inst nlKht 43
I'reeipitution for 24 hours T
1'reeip. since first of month 1.(18
I'recip. from Sept. 1, l'JSS 12.12
Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1938 3.SD
Cloudy.
TEST
The vote on the relief bill will
test the administration's strength
in its latest spending program, it '
may also Influence succeeding
legislation. Watch for the news
in the NEWS-REVIEW.
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NO. 228 OF ROSEBURG RE 5
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRpAY, JANUARY 13. 1939.
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Relief
House Fight
On 150 M!! son
Cut Launched
Republicans Yell "Rubber
Stamps" When Attempt
to Pare Temporary
Fund Loses.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (AP)
Administration forces in the
house began their buttle toilay to
restore to $S7B.000,000 a supple
mental appropriation for WPA. but
oven the most optimistic leaders
had scant hones of success.
Representative Cannon (II., Mo.)
offered an amendment to brinpt the
figure back up to that amount, ns
requested bv President Roosevelt
to carry WPA to July 1. The
house appropriations committee
asked Tor a $725,000,000 fund.
G. O. P. Loses on Vote.
The Cannon amendment was sub
mitted just after republicans had
taken a bentints in their first at
tempt to Ret the house to whittle
Ihe relief fund down to $350,000.
HflO for the two r..onlhs ending
April 7. '
They wanted an Investigation nt
Ihe WPA. in the meantime, ns the
hasis for working out a relief
f.ol'cv for the future.
Their proposal, drafted by Rep
resentative Taher (R., N. Y.l, was
llereateil. 214 to 154. on a standing
" vote almost entirely- along party
lines.
As virtually evory republican
rose to support the amendment,
democrats booted, "look at the rub
ber stamps!"
It was the first time the newly
strengthened republican minority
had tested its strength on legisla
tion. It still had a chance, how
. ever, to obtain another vote on
the issue before the house finally
disposed of the relief bill.
House debate ended with a chal
lenge to democrats to ignore
charges that they would be "tak
ing a fling-' at Mr. Roosevelt It
thev approved the cut.
Earlier Representative Roland
(D.. Pu.), said the bouse demo
cratic organization would "make
no concerted effort" to obtain re
storation of the $150,000,000 pared,
from the administration's relief
hill by the house appropriations
commitloo.
Roland, the party's whip, made
the announcement just before the
house resumed debate on the con-
Continued on imee 61
INSURGENTS GAIN
GOVT. STRONGHOLD
LETIIDA, Spain (Behind Die In
surgent Front), Jan. 13. t AP)
The insurgent command today an
nounced the capture or Tortosa,
100 miles southwest of Barcelona,
and strong point of the govern
limit's defense system along the
lower Ebro river.
(Tortosa, is the chief town of
the coastal 'salient the government
had held since the insurgents'
croat drive of last spring thrust
a wedge to the Mediterranean J
coast. ii I
(The Ebro formed the main do- f
ff-nse line of this salient, which
the insurgents' recent gains to-,
ward Tarragona have converted in-
to a dangerous trap.)
Editorials on the Day's News
Iiy FRANK .1KNKINS jlnthese times can think of no bet-
TOM MOONEY, after 20 years of i 'or way to earn his J3 n day sal
effort. Is free. j ry ,han l"PosiB a J1.000 n year
This writer, not knowhiK whoth-j x on bachelors?)
er Mooney Is innocent or guilty. ; ,, ,
.... ,, . ,,TTHIS dispatch comes from Har-
w have nothing to say. One
trouble with editors is that so
many of them Insist on talking
about things they know nothing
about.
' NEW bill to be introduced in
the legislature by a member
of the Portland delegation would
tax bachelors over 25 at the rate
o $l.oot a year.
Even at that rather stiff rate,
a lot of the boys would figure
that freedom Is worth it.
(I
VnnPVTil.l.V ItiKt what Is
your private ami not for publi-;
..
cation opinion of a legislator who ,
Money
French-Owned Seaport Coveted
White and gllttening iii the African sunlight lies the rich French-owned Red Sea port of Jibuti, promi
nent in Italian clamoring for colonial territory now owned by France. The MusEollnl-Chamberlaln meeting
at Rome was reported to have given
terjnlnus of the rajlroad extending
f I YANKEES, DIES
Fortune Left From Varied
Activities Estimated Up
to $100,000,000.
NEW YORK, Jan. 13. (AP)
Col. Jacob 'Ruppert, owner of the
New York Yankees, died today at
the age of 71.
Rupnert, a bachelor and owner
of vast real estate holdings, had
a fortune estimated by associates
as between S70.000.000 and $100,
000,000. Beer, baseball and building's for
business, "bangtails," "bow-woWB"
and boats for diversions and ba
chelorhood as a fixed policy allit
eratively summarized Col. Jacob
Ruppert. The first three of these
seven "Bs" brought him great
wealth; the second trio helped him
spread it and the seventh gave
him the self-imposed prideful title
of "the best housekeeper in New
York."
His brewery. Inherited from his
father, was one of the largest con
cerns of its kind in the world. His
New York Yankees drew greater
crowds than any other team in the
American league. His real estate
holdings, acquired chiefly through
the 1929-30 depression years when
prices were low, added millions to
his fortune.
He turned to the "bangtails" for
diversion but his string of race
horses won no many purses that
it began to take on the aspects of
,
(pp)in..n.i .-.r,
I mi, hi nun ii i mi- i.iiii,ii ui
Pennsylvania:
"David L. Lawrence, Pennsyl
vania. Democratic state chairman
and secretary of the common-
j wealth, was Indicted today (Sat-
. unlay) on charges of statutory
i blackmail, conspiracy to cheat and
! defraud the commonwealth and
violation of state election laws."
After that, probably, he attend
ed one of these $100-per-plate
Jackson day banquets.
! a vr.l
REW JACKSON, if the
I Z
; lli:iu n i
picture of him Is
(Continued on page 4)
Slash Probably Will
considerable attentlpn to this
to Addis Ababa, In i Italian-owned 1',.: ...,.,(
FETE
Plans Laid by Philetarian
Lodge Here; State Grand
Master Coming.
Plans for celebration of the SOth
anniversary of the founding of
Philetarian lodge. No. S, I.O.O.E..
were made at the regular meeting
of the lodge here last night. A
special meeting also was oalled
for Saturday, Jan. 14, at C p. m..
to be followed by a trip to' Myrtle
Creek, where the grand master will
pay an official visit to the' lodge
here.
The rtoseburg lodge was foiinded
March 9. 1-S59, and at last night's
meeting J. E. Pickens was nnmed
to head a committee which will ar
range the celebration or the anni
versary. It is Interesting to note
that the anniversary falls on the
regular meeting night of the lodge,
March 9, 1939.
If possible, it was announced to
day by Victor J. Micelli, noble
e-riiml. a snecial session ot Hie
Grand I-odge of Oregon will be held
n Hoseburg on that date as a part
of the celebration program.
At last nights meeting i-.
Campbell and Glenn B. Heach were
(Continued on page 6)
S. F.
FERRYBOATS
NEAR FINAL DAY
PAN FRANCISCO. Jan. IS.
(AIM San Francisco bay commut
ers begin saving goodbye to the
ferrvhoats todav.
Only n few tries more todav
and tomorrow and the boats that
for more than three-quarters of a
enntury have added their charm to
the bav region will lie silent in
their slips.
Fast. streamed-lined electric
trains will renlnee them, hurrying
over the bay bridge the 30.000 tier
sons who have been accustomed to
i leisurely twice-a-day crossing of
tho bay.
WOMAN KILLED IN
PLUNGE OF AUTO
PCNSMinn. Calif., Jan. 13
(AP) Mrs. Ueeene Vina 11am
aske. 61, of Portland. Ore., died In
a Dunsmuir hospital yesterdav
from a broken ne'-k and Internal
injuries she received when the ku
tomobilp in whirh she was rid In;
with her husband left the high
way. Mrs. Pamaske and her dauehter.
Mrs. Grace E. Vanwhort of Fan
Francisco, werp en route from San
Francisco to Portland. Highway
patrolmen said Mrs. Vanwhort lost
control of her car and the automo -
bile went off the roar! and over a
75-foot cliff. Mrs. Vanw hoit e-
taped with bruises.
by Mussolini )
Important metropolis, which is the fj
Hopkins, at Hearing, Puts
Vote Coercion Blame
on Local Sources.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (AP)
-Harry , Hopkins, contending he
had done the "bast job I could" to
keep politics out of relief, told 'he
senate commerce committee today
he thought congress ought to pro
hibit political activity on the part
of federal employes.
The former WPA administrator.
testifying at a hearing on his liotn- 1
illation to be secretary of com
merce, said, "I thought the Hatch
amendment should have been pass
ed and I think something of that
kind should be pawed.
Tho Hatch amendment, defeat
ed In the senate by a close vote
hint year, would have prohibited
persons receiving federal compen
sation from engaging in political
activity.
The official endorsed the Maim
amendment after lengthy question
ing by Senator Johnson (D-Calii.
about charges of WPA political acr
tivity in Pennsylvania.
The committee decided after a
round of questions, to vole next
Wednesday on whether to recom
mend confirmation of Hopkins for
his new job.
Members predicted privately that
the committee would approve the
nomination by a large majority.
"Local Politicians" Blamed
Conceding In some cases WPA
emplovrs had been coerced in vot
ing, Hopkins declared "local poli
ticians" were responsible.
When Johnson told him "you as
responsible head of WPA should
have known" about conditions in
Pennsylvania and other slates dur
ing last fall's campaign, Hopkins
replied:
"That's n matter oT opinion. T
did the best job I could ami I Per
sonally have no feeling of a sense
"In vour own state of California,
Of Ellllt."
f've been under pressure to tiro
certain people."
"You mean ihe persons whose
elections you advocated, did mil
(Continued on page B.)
YOUTH. 17. GETS 20
YEARS FOR HOLDUP
CO!,nENPALE, Wash.. Jan. 11.
(API Convicted of armed rob
bery. Tlonald Smith. 17. faced a
term of 20 years In the Monroe
reformatory today.
The Istaquah youth held up a
service station here last month.
He admitted alfo having partici
pated In the hold-up of a Toppen
! Ish grocery and the theft of a car
j in Portland. He escaped from a
Mountnfn Home, Idaho, jail a
'week before his arrest here.
Sprague Will
Ask Amending
Of Labor Acts
Jobless Payments, Picket
Ban to Be Subjects of
Requests; Session
Starts Slowly.
"SAIKM, Jan. 13. (AP) The
le-sisluture will ho asked Monday
to amend tho stale unemploynioi..'
compensation law and to rephrase
1U definitions of strikes and lock
outs. .
Governor Charles A. Sprague
said last night he would make the
request. Tha definitions, ho assert
ed, would not affect the nntl-
picketing law, which labor groups
contend conflict with the uuem-1
ploymont law. Unions asked the so
cial security board ut Washington
not to certify Oregon's unemploy
ment law because of the alleged
discrepancy.
T. Morris Dunne, chairman or the
unemployment compensation com
mission, received a call from Wash
ington that "remedial legislation
would be helpful to enuhlc the
board to certify Oregon's act,"
Sprague revealed.
The APL and CIO told the social
security board recently that the
new labor control law would force
unemployed workers to accept
joba. vacated by strikers. , Sprague
aid. he lielieved iiis proposed defi
nitions, which would apply only to
tho unemployment compensation
law, would make Oregon eligible
for federal unemployment assist
ance. Progress Slow
The legislature finished lis first
week yesterday and adjourned un
til Monday. Nine bills were intro
duced in the house and -10 in the
senate so far. The only hill passed
appropriated $5.000 for legislative
salaries and expenses.
Governor Sprague was preparing
legislation to provide budget re
forms, consolidate the tax on in
vested wealth with the Income tax,
and empower the stale to lake pos
session of cut-over lands from
counties and private owners.
The senate will act Monday on
(Continued on page lit
NAZIS REJECT U, S.
iT
HER LIN, Jan. 13. (AP) Tho
German government disclosed to
day it had declined to assure the
United States all American citi
zens in Germany would be treated
allko regardless of race or reli
gion but said It had offered to seek
amicable solution of Individual
cases.
The issue was raised by Wash
ington's request for, assurances the
nai anti-Jewish decrees of No
vember would not affect Jews
holding American citizenship.
DNIl. the official news agency,
declared the United Stales, reply
ing January 11 to a German note
of December 30. held to Its view
point but declared itself willing
"to clarify through consultation in
dividual cases at Jksik."
The -agency said the mizl gov
ernment In Its December '.Ui nolo
had declined to grant in principle,
the United SI a ten request for
"special rights" for American
eltzens In Germany without re
gard to race or creed.'
The German note was part of
an Interchange growing out of the
nazl government's nvent drastic
measures against Jews In Ger
many. The 'United Stales' request for
such assurances, DNM asserted,
"was bused on the claim that It
was a- fundamental principle of
American government to make no
distinction between American citi
zens because of race or religious
faith and that It bad always de
nied to other states the right on
I heir part to apply such distinc
tions to American citlze-."
BEND MAN PUT ON
GAME COMMISSION
SALKM. Jan. IT (AP) Ken
neth. Moody. liend clothier, yester
day wait appointed to the state
game commission by (lov. Charles
Sprague. He succeeded C. K. Kite)-,,
Klamath Falls, resigned.
Stand
Hitler Steps
Into Move Of
Chamberlain
Mussolini Urged to Cease
Demands for One Year,
Rome Hears ; Future
Help Pledged.
nOMK. Jan. 13. (AP) Adolf
Uitlor was rellahly reported today
to have stepped Into Prime Minis
ter Chainherlaln's appeasement
visit to Home hy urging Premier
Mussolini . to keep tho peace f or
otic year before demanding ful
fillment of Italy's "natural aspira
tions."
1'rom Informed German quar
ters emtio tho report such n nums-
wns delivered by the German
ambassador, Van Mackenseu, tn
tho second of two conferences he I
had yesterday with the Italian for
eign minister, Clauo.
Disclosure of the Gorman fuehr
er's purt In tho Homo conversa
tions came as Chamberlain turned
from his talks with II duce to pay
his respects to Pope Plus XI and
as results of the talks were being
communicated to tho United
Slates and French ambassadors to
Home.
Significantly Ambassadors Phil;
Hps and Francois-Poncet were told
or the Chamherluin-rissollnl talks
of the past two days by tho Hrl
.MlHi foreign ,..;Bec.retiti;w,. ,yjstujun
"Halifax, in separate tnt'erviewV
thfs morning.
Calls on Pope
Another notable, development of
the morning was the British in En
isters' private audience with the
holy father at Ihe stately Vatican.
Chamberlain and Pope Plus, de
voted workers for peaco, were to
gether for ItU minutes.
What the popo and Chamberlain
said to one another privately was
ot confided in others immediate
ly. Von Mackensen ,lt wns disclos
ed, called on Ciano for the second
time late yesterday after cIoho of
the formal talks of the two pre
miers. Hitler's reported request was In
terpreted as indicating the fuehrer
was not yet ready to make pay
ment to Mussolini for his support
ut tho Munich conference which
partitioned Czechoslovakia a n d
marked a milustouc in European
History.
Informed persons said, however,
Hitler probably would support
Italy If her claims, principally
against French colonial holdings,
werte not met within a year and
would consider Italy Justified In
(Continued on page 6)
CAPITALIST BEATEN
ES
NKW YOItK, Jan.
(-11 f ford Wealherwax,
13.-
(AP-
liil.
llurlin-
game, Calif., capitalist, -tiled today
In a hospital alter an operation
iiiaile necessary by Injuries ho re
ceived Monday night when ho was
attacked by thugs.
Wealherwax went, for a walk
last Monday night, leaving his ho
tel about ll:3il. Mrs, Weather
wax did mil see her husband again
until the following morning when
a taxi driver returned him to the
hotel.
Wealherwax said two' men set
upon him. beat him severely and
1-oIiIhmI him of his watch and wal
let. lie was taken' lo the hospital
with a fractured skull and hialn
cunciiHslon. An nperalion ' was
performed to relieve the presKiiro
-on his brain. Me railed lo rally.
ROBBED OF $50 AS
OWN DOG BITES HIM
VAU.KJO, Calif., Jan. 13.
( A P) Walter Howes was bitten
by bin .own dog and robbed of $f0
when he tried to give fllreclions
U) a pair of strangers today, he re
ported to police.
Howes said hn was walking his
dog when a man and woman drove
up explained they had become lout,
and aked directions. Then, he
said, the man Jostled him, the wo
man grabber) his wallet, which '
contained $."(o. and the doe. in the
ensuing excitement, hit hfm.
The couple escaped in their car,
Howes said.
Mooney Tries to
Get Him Pardoned
With Tom Mooney a free man,
Warren K, Billings, convicted
with Mooney fn the San Fran
cisco bombings 22 years ago, pon
ders his prospects for a pardon
from Folsom prison. Billings la
ineligible to ask for a pardon
from the governor without the
concurrence of the California su
preme court because he had a
prior conviction before he was ac
cused, of the bombtng. Mooney
is campaigning to win the court's
favor for Billings.
Federal Securities Board
Sets Hearing for Gas
and Electric Co
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (AP)
Tile sdcurlttcs cniiimlgnloii ac
cused Aswirintctl CJuh hihI Klectrlc
coinimny tmluy or Bi'lllliu up Its
records in u way which resulted in
an owrHiutcnicnl. of Its property
account In 1IIJ14 by uliout $170,000,
00(1. Tho company, which has grosx
iiSHcls of mora than 51.000,000,000,
was charged hy tho commission
with maldiiK "false and misleading
statements with respect to mater
ial facts."
It has subsidiary properties in
New ork, Pennsylvania, Virginia.
New Jersey. Klorida nnd Georgia,
The commission ordered a hear
ing to he held In Washington Feb
ruary M. to determine whether
shares of the company should be
delisted.
Stocks of the company nre trail
ed on the Iloston stock exchange,
the Los Angeles stock exchange
and the New York curb.
The SKfl also charged the com
pany witli handling its accounts in
a way which resulted In overstate-
(Continued on page 6.)
Oddities Off
Porker Puzzle
APA!iACmCO!,A. Ha. Urcw
1 1 ranch's "homingi' pig haa him
puzzled.
He gave tho animal to a brother
who Hvch moro than Ho miles from
hero.- Four days later the pig re
turned. Now Ilranch can't figure out
whether it hiked down a highway,
ct-OHHlng a five-mile bridge, or
picked Ita wny through a woods.
Hwlmmlng four KtreaniH en route.
Banking Restrictions
KANSAS CITY A logger fired
for tolling his employer to "go to
hell" may be eligible for unemploy
ment compensation while a bank
teller discharged for the same rea
son mav be disqualified for benu
fits.
Kxplainlng the law to coutrac
Iocs, William A. .Murphy. Kansas
unemployment compensation direc
tor, citei) an Iowa case Involving a
bank teller and u Wisconsin cast
involving a logger and added:
"That's not grounds for firing a
logger,"
Round One
OKLAHOMA CITY Itoy Nlch-
ols, negro, found himself involved
Guards Shoot j
"Doc" Barker!
And 2nd Lifer
Three Others Halt at:
Island Shore After
Dash m Heaviest .
Fog in . Years.
Saws Enable Prisoners to
Quit Cells; Roundup of
AH Convicts for
Probe Follows-
RAN FTlANriBCO, ' Jan. 10.
(API Five haiilened convicts. In-'.
eluding the notorious Arthur
(Hoc) Barker, made a desnornio-
attempt to escape from fog-
shrouded Alcatraz Island early to-'
day and reached the water's edge,
before guards shot and wounded
two of them nnd captured the oth
ers. -V-c . .1
Darker, 40, serving a life term .
for the Edward G. . Dreiner kid-',
nulling, was jhot through the hoad
and leg when ho refused to obey .
a command to halt, and was
wounded critically.
Dale Stamphlll, 27, serving Ufa.,
for kidnaping Or. Fred MyorB of
I.eedy, Okln., was .shot . through
both legs.
WlUlam Martin, 25, n negro,
was scratched and bruised when
he slid down the rocky side of the
Island In frantic efforts to rcnoh'
tho water. . -
HuftiB McCain; 30, under a '!)!)-'
year sentence for kidnaping bank
omployes of tho ldabol National
bank ot ldabol, Okln.," ami Henri
Young. -28; whof robbed the: .First.""
National bank of Mud, Wash..
surrendered quickly when, guards
trained their rifles on thein.
The men evidently wore folloW.
Ing the same plan Of escape as
that of Tod Cole nnd Ralph' floe,
who disappeared from the 12-acro
Islnnd Deo. 16, 1937.
Cole and Roe either drowned In
the swift current, or made their
way ashore by a rnft or drift
wood. 8aw Obtained
Through mysterious means, tho
five convicts had obtained saws,'
which thoy used to cut through
the steel burs of their individual
cells on the lower tier, '
They managed to flee from tho
coll building, supposedly "escnpo
proof," and make their way down
Ihe steep slopes of the Island to
the shore.
A guard discovered the escape
and tho siren on "Devil's Island"
Continued on page 6.)
"VAG" PROVES TO BE
ESCAPED CONVICT
PORTLAND, Jan. IJI-fAP)
Portland police hint night "arrested
Pete fJltmiark, nllaa Paul UlaW on
a vagrancy charge and discovered
through fingerprints ho whb
West Virginia penitentiary
capoe. Confronted with bin record,
HlHiuark confcHHed.
Do said he en cape (I the peniten
tiary after serving three of 10
yearn Tor burglary. Me alao con
fined, McCormlck suld, three rob
bcitefl in Portland where he cume
aft er hln prlnon flight In 1135 ,
the Press Wire
in a terrific right. !
Ho lunged furiously at his an
tagonist, heard a crash and woko
up. Ho had dived from his bed
through a window to the ground
outside.
Time Heals Sore
R A U K C KNTU K. Minn. Sauk
Centre, his hometown, Isnlt angry
at "Ked" Lb win uny more.
Tho author he's better known;
as Sinclair Lewis was not ton
popular in the town where he grew
up, after (ho publication several
years ago of "Muln Street." "Main
streeters" resented bis Jibes,
Hut on January 19, when tho
Nobut prize winner comes to Min
neapolis to appear in his play
"Angela Is Twenty-Two." he will
be the guest of honor nt n party,
sponsored by the Sauk Ccntro
Community club.
Mental Reaction f
PHILADELPHIA Rene Itlchnrd,
2.1, got his money's worth at a mo
tlon picture theater which adver
tlsed: "Two great horror shows
test your nerve." After tho per
forinanco, Ittchurd was taken to ft
hospital. Physicians said ho wa4
Buffering from psychic alioek, '