Just a Reminder in Connection With the Family's 1939 Budget: Roseburg Merchants Will Hold a Spring Opening Well Worthy of Trade-at-Home Dollars;
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday (5
Highest temperature yesterday .12
fewest temperature last night 41
Precipitation for 2-i hours T
Pieclp. Hince first of nioiUli 1.7 1
Precip. from Sept. 1, IMS 12.15
Jjeficiency since Kept. 1,
Rain
FISH
I
Thoy'ie an Important unbjpct to
Douglas county in bills to be act
ed on by the legislature. Proce
dure on tbe bills and their disposal
will be promptly reported la the
NKWSREVIEr.
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VOL. XLIII
NO. 232 OF ROSEBURG RE j
ROSEBURG. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1939.
VOL. XXVII NO. 142 F THE EVENING NEWS
C L-X THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
iffl tmxm BAKf WISE
J : : -i 1 ;'.
Tax-Exempt
Bonds, Public
Salaries Eyed
Treasury Aide, at Senate's
Quiz, Estimates Income ,
From Plan Offered jy-
by Roosevelt.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 18. (AP.)
John V. Hanes, undersecretary
of the trea.su ry said today the
d-easury might reulie $300,000,000.
annually by adoption of Presi
dent Roosevelt's proposal to re
move fcax exemptions from future
stute and local salaries and bond
interest.
T lanes, first witnen hoforn the
special senate committee studying
the proposal, said removal of the
exemptions would help prevent
wealthy persons from avoiding
taxes and would stimulate Invest
nient in private Industry.
in a statement prepared for
reading to the committee, Hanes,
himself a former Wall street brok
er, said:
"Industry finds it difficult to
compete with tax-exempt securi
ties in attract lag the capital of
individuals i tlio 'higher income
brackets. . . .
"We are confronted today wilh
a great surplus of capital which
does not desire to take a chime i
and a distinct shortage of that
which does. Venturesome capital
is needed to Induce the investment
of cautious capital.".
What Exemption Permits
Hanes, who was brought into
the administration about a year
ago for his practical business
knowledge and for his efforts to
promote cooperation between the
government and business, asserted
tax exemptions of federal securi
ties sometimes give weaMhy per
sons a source of investment
yielding returns - equivalent to
more than fo per cent, after add
ing actual interest and tax s$.'-
(Contlnued on page til
COMMITTEE 0. K.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (AP)
The senate commerce committee-
approved today the nomination
of Harry L, Hopkins for secretary
vi commerce.
Hopkins, regarded as one of
President Roosevelt's most inti
mate advisers, was subjected to
critical questioning by committee
members last week on his admini
stration of the WPA.
The new commerce secretary
conceded that as WPA administra
tor he had made some mistakes. If
lie had the job to do over ngain,
he added, he would not make poll
tienl speeches.
William A. Hnrrhnnn, New York
banker and chairman of the busi
ness advisory council, testified, In
support of Hopkins' nomination,
which probably will be taken up
by the senate for final action to
morrow. Hopkins now is serving as com
merce secretary under a tempor
ary appointment made while con
gress was in recess.
The vote for Hopkins nomina
tion was 13 to 4, with all republi
can committee members including
McNary, their senate leader, vot
ing "no."
Editorials on the Day's News
By FRANK. JENKINS
nv nearly a two tn one vote, the
house of representatives cuts'
$150,000,000 from the New Deal's
$S75.0OO,000 relief estimate for the
next five months, reducing the
amount to be spent in that period
to $725,000,000.
IT is probable that the New Heal
ers foresaw that they wouldn't
get as much as they asked for. and
so asked for more than they ex
pected to get.
The bill, as rasped, provides for
relief expenditures at the rate of
nearly $1,500.0'? a month, or only
a little less than two billion dol
lars a year, which certainly ought
to be ample in a year when busi
ness activity Is expected to rise
materially. The new relief bill
still means spending on a vast
scale.
But at least It is tbe first defin
Succeeds Ruppert
As Yankees' Ruler
Edward G. Barrow.
NEW YORK, Jan. 18. (AP)
Edward G. Harrow, 71 years old,
is the new president and absolute
dictator of the world champoni
New York Yankees.
As a fitting reward for nearly
20 years service with the club ns
its secretary and business man
ager. Barrow was unanimously
named to fill the vacancy created
by the death last Friday. of Colonel
Jacob Ruppert, whose wealth com
bined ivith. 13arrov's baseball wis
dom to create the Yankee empire,
George 15. Ruppert, brother of
the brewer-sportsman; remains as
vice-president. 1
AT
France Following Policy
of Britain; Insurgents
Nearer Barcelona.
(By the Associated Press)
A French cabinet decision to
stake Its life on continued non
intervention .in the Spanish civil
war was reported today as General
Franco's insurgent forces edged
closer to Barcelona, the virtually
I encircled capital of government
I Spain.
I In a meeting with President Te
hran the Daladler government was
said by reliable Bources to have
rejected leflisl demands for aid to
! government Spain in a controversy
stirred by fears of. the results of
an Italian-supported insurgent vic
tory. . , .
Foreign Minister Bonnet, these
sources said, told the cabinet con
tinued neutrality was necessary to
hold Britain's support in other Eu
ropean matters.
The British government was ou
thorilatively reported to have re
affirmed its similar policy of
keeping hands off the Spanish
war.
Pushing toward Barcelona, the
Continued on naee 6.1
ite move on the part of congress
to REDUCE THE SCALE of na
tional spending. For that reason, It
Is important.
IF you approve this first step in
the direction of return to nation
al solvency, you should let your
congressman and your senators
KNOW OF YOUR APPROVAL.
If each member of congress re
ceives from his constituents a few
hundred letters expressing un
qualified approval of this first
move back toward financial sanity,
the effect will be tremendous.
OUR letter, of course, snotitd
be spontaneous and genuine,
but you might put into your own
words something like this:
"Dear Sir: 1 don't know much
about 'compensatory spending. or
any of the other fancy terms the
(Continued on page 4)
Defense From
Gas Will Be
Shown Here
Contact Camp Planned by
Reservists Will Deal
With Chemicals as
War Weapon.
Preliminary arrangements for a
big two-day "Defense Against
Chemical Attack" contact camp for
all officers and attached personnel
of the :182nd infantry regiment
scheduled for itoseburg February
11 and 12, are rapidly being com
pleted, and the tentative program
being arranged indicates that the
visiting officers will he kept busy
throughout the week-end, lit. May
nard Bell, president of Umpqua
chapter, Reserve Officers associa
tion, announced today.
Major C. S. Pettee. U. S. army,
unit instructor of the 3S2nd in
fantry, of Engine, who lit staging
the contact camp in cooperation
with members of Umpqua chapter,
host organization to the more than
125 officers expected to attend, re
vealed today that 1st Lt. Edward
K. Purnell, gas officer, 7th infan
try, stationed at Vancouver Bar
racks, Washington, and two en
listed men have been detailed by
the post commandant to assist Ma
jor Pettee In conducting the camp.
Lt. Purnell and men will arrive
in Roseburg Friday prior to the
opening of the camp and will act
as instructors for both tbe officers
and the general public in the Indi
vidual and collective defense
against chemical attack as well as
to demonstrate the equipment and
vurlous smokes and . gases which
will be used. ;
' Equipment To Be? Introduced ;A.
Among the various pieces of
equipment and chemicals Lt. Pur-
fContlnued on page 6)
RITES OF CATHOLICS
ATLANTA, Jan. 18. (AP)
Catholic church dignitaries ' dedi
cated the newly constructed ca
thedral of Christ the King here
today in ceremonies witnessed by
Imperial Wizard Hiram V. Evans
of the Ku Klux Klan as an Invited
guest.
Describing himself as "just e
tnonlnlnr" tho K'lnn lender
members of his family gathered I
for the services under the direc
tion of Dennis Cardinal Dougherty
of Philadelphia.
Bishop Gerald P. O'Hara of Ihe
Savannah-Atlanta diocese extend
ed the Invitation. Dr. Evans,
whose organization In post-World
war days was an anti-Catholic.
anti-Semitic w h 1 te supremacy
pxoun, saiil he accepted with
"great pleasure."
The Klan In recent years has
subordinated racial and religions
matters to a program of onpnsP'ou
lo "communism and the C. I. O."
Dr. Evans, a uentlst, is himif
a member of the Christian
chu rch.
The cathedral is located on the
site of the former national head
quarters of the Klan in an exclu
sive residential district.
DR. BERRY DENIED
FREEDOM ON BAIL
OLYMPIA, Wash., Jan. 18.
(AP) Ruling kidnaping is a capi
tal offense. Superior Judge Wil
son denied Dr. Kent W. Berry, 50-
year-old principal In the Berry
Baker abduction case, the right to
post ball yesterday for his release
from jail pending completion of
his appeal to the state supreme
court.
Judge Wilson pointed out the
state constitution sets forth no
person convicted of a capital of
fense may be freed on bail.
"And I may add," Judge Wilson
said, "that I believe the verdict of
the Jury was based on proper evi
dence, ami the jury reached the
proper verdict In this case."
Dr. Berry and his three co-de
fendants have all appealed to the
supreme court.
AUTO BLOW KILLS
TULELAKE RANCHER
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Jan.
IS. ( A P William Sutler, 15,
Tuletake, Calif., rancher, last nipht
became Klamath county's first traf
fic accident victim of the year.
Sauer suffered a basal skull frac
ture when struck down by a car
on a Merrill Htreet last Saturday
night. He never regained con
sciousness. ,
India-Born Girl
j ; ; y
if
After months of controversy and tests, Yilmdom's choice of an
actress suitable for the role of "Scatlett O'Hara," in the screen dra
matization of "Gone With the Wind," has fallen on a talented beauty
of the British stage, Mrs. Vivien Leigh Holman, picured above. Mrs.
Holman, wife of a London lawybr and mcther of a 5-year-old daughter,
was born in Darjeeting, India, daughter of a British stockbroker, who
educated her for a stage career in London and Paris, whore she
cccrcd outstanding triumphs. Critics are wondering if Vivien wilt im
part an English accent to the drawl necessary for accurate delineation
of a character south of the Mason-Dixon line, the locale of "Gone
With the Wind."
Congress Told of Defense
Needs; Another Set of
Canal Locks Asked.
WASHINGTON, .lan. 18. f AP)
The army air corps chief told
congress today four new air bar.es
should be constructed in Ihe next
two years to complete the defences
of the continental United States.
Major-General H. II. Arnold,
testifying before the bouse mili
tary committee at the opening of
the public hearings on President
Roosevelt's $552,01)0, imio defense
program, said the new air bases
should be built at Puerto Illco,
Alaska and two in the United
States.
In addition, he said, the alt' base
in Hawaii should be expanded.
Meanwhile, it was learned an
other set of locks at the Panama
canal, virtually providing a new
channel for America's inter-coastal
"life line." may he financed by
a bond Issue.
Secretary Wood ring, informed
persons said, has proposed such
an arrangement. Members of the
house and senate military commit
tees were reported to have listen
ed intently to the proposal in ;i
session yesterday.
Wood ring's idea was said to be
to use about $8.0')0.MM) of the can
al's SKi.OiiO. MOD annual receipts to
back a bond issue for the $20u.uoiit-
(Continued on page 6 )
OREGON'S NEWEST
TOWN ARSON TARGET
BEND. Ore.. Jan. IS. (AP) A
man was held for questioning to
day In connection with an alleged
attempt to burn Oregon'H newest
town, (illehrist.
Casoliue saturated papers were
discovered under two buildings at
the lumber community where ulti
mate development will total around
$2,000,000.
Two blazes were apparently
started but each failed to fire the
dampened wood. The suspect was
turned over to Klamath county officers.
L: j
o Play "Scarlett"
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Douglas to Join in Annual
Plans to Aid Battle on
Infantile Paralysis.
An appeal to every community
in Douglas county to participate
In 1 ho celebration of President
Rnf -sevelt's blrt Inlay. Monday,
Jan. 30, is being made by Waller
S. Fisher, general chairman for
the observance in Douglas coun
ty. Throughout the entire nation
birthday balls and other inouev
raising events will he held, with
funds to be used to combat the
dread disease. Infantile paralysis.
Through this nation-wide event,
sponsored by Ihe president, who,
himself. Is a victim of infantile
paralysis, a large suyi has been
created to provide a foundation
devoted to research, while correc
tive aid Is being given a great
many persons who have been crip
pled by (he disease.
Half of Fund Stays Here
This year, .Mr. Fisher reports,
the distribution of the funds Is td
ho handled on a different basis
than heretofore. Filly per cent
of all money raised will be retain
ed locally. It will be added to
money secured through observ
ance in past years, lo be held for
a tocjil emergency. The remaining
iu per cent win he sent to the nu-
(Continued on page til
ENGINEER RESCUED
FROM SLIDE TRAP
HOOD RIVER. Jan. IS. (AIM
Walter T. Doran, 25, Portland Un
ion Pacific track relocation project
engineer, escaped without serious
injury last night from a rock slide
Hi mile west of here which im
prisoned him for five and a half
Hours before rescue was effected.
Doian suffered bruises and torn
mil rides, but no broken bones. He
whs burled to bin neck In the slide,
with his face less than four im-hca
from a shallow backwater pond of
the Columbia river, Two great
boulders, each weighing more than
a ton, poised only inches from his
head und shoulders, His les were
pinioned by a 50-pound rock.
Relief Needs
Still Subject
Of Argument
Senator Adams Takes Issue
With Roosevelt Claim;
Fight Over House
Slash Looms.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IS. (AP)
Senator Adams (D-Colo.) took Is
sue today with President Roose
velt s contention more than a mil
lion WPA. workers must be drop
ped by June 1 if congress votes
only S72o.O00.0O0 for relief.
Adams, chairman of a senate ap
propriations subcommittee study
lug the problem, argued that by
spreading the reduction over four
mouths, it would be limited to
(lon.iiOO workers.
"Of course," he said. "If the
present relief load were main
tained through the winter, the cut
would reach more than a million."
The president renewed his ap
peal at a press conference yester
day for an SS7fi.000.000 appropria
tion to operate WPA until June HO.
If (lie senate agrees to the house
npproved cut of $150,000,000, he
said, relief benefits would lie lost
by between 4,000.000 and 5,000,000
persons the families of workers
thrown off WPA rolls.
Two senators said an Informal
poll of Adams' subcommittee show
ed there was sufficient strength to
block any increase or decrease In
the $7ro,ioo,0i)0 house bill.
They also said a cross-section
check indicated any administration
move to Increase the appropriation
on the senate Boor would fail. The
president's lieutenants, however,
were expected to take a, cue from
his press conference statement and
ntako a dotermlnptl fight to restore
(Continued on page M
TREASURER'S AIDES
PORT ANGELES, Wash., Jan.
IS. (API Prosecutor Ralph
Smylhe prepared today to direct a
sweeping Investigation of all Clal
lam county offices, after two more
persons were sentenced in connec
tion with treasurer's office Irreg
ularities. Superior Judge Ralston ordered
maximum state prison sentences
or live years eacii lor Mr. anu
Mrs. Robert D. Foster, upon their
ideas of uulllv to crimes while
serving as deputies under former
Treasurer Walter Baar.
li-oMlur 41. Wnrld war veteran.
admitted second degree forgery
mauing laise entries oi ncgouamc
instruments. His wife, I va, 10,
pleaded guilty lo being an acces
sory alter tbe fuel In Baar's admit
ted defalcations.
Baar previously pleaded guilty to
r,,i, 1fii'f..iii ill' S:t 1100 In cnnnlv
funds, and was sentenced to it
maximum or la years. Foster serv
ed as Baar's deputy prior to 1 iKill.
when Mrs. Foster look the position.
County commissioners ordered
the general audit yesterday, anil
authorized Smylhe to appoint a
special Investigator.
PRUNE GROWERS ASK
INCLUSION IN AAA
SALEM, Ore., Jan. IS. (AIM
Petitions signed by 202 prune
growers and representing S0M0
acres of prune orchards, request
ing that the industry be brought
agricultural act, were presented to
,1. i. .MicKie, state uirecior or ag
riculture, yesterday.
Other efforts to stahllfzn Ihe in
dustry, contemplated as the result
of recent regional meetings. In-
tine up standard grades, and utili
zation oi a leoerai ihw which h.ijw
growers to take marginal orchards
out of production.
TRUCK-AUTO CRASH
KILLS SEATTLE PAIR
MERCED. Calif,. Jan. IS. (AP)
Frank Hayes, :i:t. Seattle adver
tising man, and bis wire were
killed almost Instantly when their
automobile crasjied head-on with a
truck on the ('olden State highway
nine miles south of here today.
The accident occurred In a
heavy fog. Deputy Coroner Caton
saiit Hayes tried to pass an auto
mobile driven by Waller Waggon
er of Columbus, Kans., and crash
ed into the truck.
Hayes itftid his wife were en
route south.
'Ihe truck was driven by deorge
Torp, 2.'l, of Ios Angeles.
New Deal Pioneer
Dies in Colorado
Edward P. Costigan
DENVER. Jan.. IS. t AP) Ed
ward P. Costigan, H-i, who in 19:tl
became one of the first senators to
demand direct federal relief for the
jobless, .died last night of r heart,
attack at his Denver home.
Elected to the senate in 1930 a
a democrat,' Costigan quickly be-l
came recognized as a loader of the.
liberal bloc that eventually enact
ed a new deal program incorporat
ing many governmental theories ho '
long had advocated. ,
Illness forced Costigan to retire
from public life- In 1!)36..
Costigan left the republican
party to become the unsuccessful
"Bull Moose" candidate for Colo
rado governor in 11)12 an,d 1014.
He became a democrat in 1916
and 'was appointed to the tnrltf
commission by President Wilson,
He remained on the commission
until 11128, when he resigned with
ft strong denunciation of the body
for. luiserted-incompetence.-.
E
PLEA FOR SLAYER
Fate of McCarthy Resting
on Governor's Decision,
' Coming Tomorrow,
SALEM, Jan. 18. (AP) A ro
slralned, almost casual, reunion
wilh his parents In a cell near Ore
gon's new lethal gas chamber left
Leroy Hershel McCarthy us poised
today ns 15 months ago, when ho
entered prison lo await his execu
tion. Ife admitted, however, thnt ho
was centering his thoughts, not to
ward Friday morning at X o'clock,
when he would step into the cham
ber, but toward Thursday.
By that time, (iovernor Sprnguc,
obviously distressed after an inter
view with McCarthy's parents yes
terday, will announce his decision
on McCarthy's rule. Commutation
lo lifo Imprisonment, reprieve, or
denial of cither lie ahead of the
chief executive.
McCarthy's white race broke for
a moment to display hope when
Informed that Sprague would "re
serve judgment pending further In
quiry." His parents, Mi, and Mrs. L. O.
McCarthy of Portland, Immediately
after their Interview with tbe gov
ernor, hastened to Ihe penitentiary
(Continued on page 0.)
Sportsmen-Sponsored Bills Meet
Opposition of Fish Commission
PORTLAND, Jan. 17. (AP)
Tho state fish commission yester
day opposed a legislative bill spon
sored by sportsmen Interests which
would prohibit use of set nets and
provide for regulation of drift net?
In Oregon streams.
The commission took no official
ae t Ion on another sportsman
Hponsored bill to ban commercial
liKhing on coastal streams, but in
dicated It would oppose tin Id II
when called before a legislative
committee for testimony.
Three bills endorsed by tho Co
lumbia River Fishermen's Protec
tive union were appioved. They
were:
An net giving the commission
discretionary power to open, close
or extend the time of tbe spring
and fall fishing season on the Co
lumbia rivet ,' iiiHofar as concur
rent Jurisdiction ulth Washington
will allow.
An act giving the commission
authority to close any part of the
Columbia river above Bonneville
dam and within 15 miles below the
dam to commercial fishing.
An act providing for payment of
Legislative
Committee
Studies Bill
Constitutional Amendment
Is Method Suggested;'"
Money for Exhibit
at Fair Voted. . i
:x By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR.
SALEM. Jan. IS. (AP) A pro
posed constitutional amendment
inrblddlng diversion of gasoline
tax money and other highway rovr
enueB Is being considered1 by the
joint legislative committee on high
ways, Rop. Karl H. Hill of Lane
county, chairman of the house'
highway committee, said today.
Hill said the bill would remain
In committee for about two weeks
until the committee obtains the re
port or the legislative Interim com
mittee on Btat.o and local revenues.
He said he did no want the amend
ment to conflict with any recom
mendations the Interim committee
nilt'lit make.
. The League of Oregon Cities haa
said It would seek to divert $880,-
000 a year. In gas tax money for.
maintenance of city streets.
Under the proposed amendment,
all highway revenues would have to
be used for construction and malm
tenance of highways and streets,
enforcement of trartlc laws, high
way department administration,
state parks, und . retirement of
road bonds. ' ". . .
-Would Move Board '
Moving of the planning board'
from Portland to Salem would be
provided In a bill being prepared'
by the governor's office. The board'
would become an arm of the .gover
nor's office, and would be housed
in mo now itnmry Dumuug.
Governor Sprague said the move
would" "save"' the board "from - ex-
Ifuctipn," and would enable It to
riclently. ' '
Rep. C. C. Chapman (R-PortlandV.
said ue would introduce a Dili to
tli'hlnn Mm ni-nvlulnnc nt tha nnr.
rupt practices law, under which
persons are required to file with
the secretary 'pf state the contrl-
iiiiiiuiiM lutviuii" uuiiu linnet uim
measures.
"My bill' would-nd the fiasco of
last, fall," Chapnlali said, referring
to the fight df 'the state Federa
tion of 'Labor; '''to -compel the -Oregon
Business council to disclose
the names of cnfiitrdbutora to a $115,
000 fund I'm- support of the antl
plcknting law.' -
Speaker nr the House H. R. Fat
land answered criticism that tho
legislature haH-becn slow In .get
ting started. i -
wuii uiie-ioiiriii i me tii-uuy hch
slon over, Fatlapd said the same
number of bills have been Intro
duced as during the first 10 days
(Continued on page C.)
SPRAGUE ADVOCATES
MEDICAL EXTENSION
PORTLAND, Jan. "18.- (AIM
A plea for "medical and hospital'
care" for citizens in low Income
classifications was made last night
by Governor Charles A. Sprague.
Tho governor, speaking at the
annual Fmanuel hospital staff ban
quet, said "1 hope to see. the bene
fits of medical and hospital cave
provided more Treely 1 for low In
come groups but there should be
no impairment of professional
standards and ideals. In politics as
In medicine, fiocloty suffers from
the quacks and the vendors of pink
Pills."
not more thaii $10 bounty on seals.
Present bounty Is J5.
The commission itself sponsored
bills giving it authority to opeu
and close fishing seasons on coast
al streams; to provide for licensing
of commercial fishing In the Pacific
ocean and to provide for turning
over half the money from fines to
counties In recognition of their co
operation in support of fishing law
enforcement.
TILLAMOOK, Jan. 18. (AP)
Tho Pacific Coast Mink Breeders'
association announced Us opposi
tion today to two legislative meas
ures Introduced by Senator Wal
lace, Portland. One bill would re
quire penults from the game com
mission to ship fur-bearing animals
and the other would place all fish
not classified as food fish In tho
game fish classification.
The association said R would ask
legislators to seek funds to con
tinue research in the fur-bearing
Industry at Oregon State eolleire.
It also requested transfer of mink
production from the game commis
sion jurisdiction to the state do
1 mil-tut en I nt nu rim 1 1 urn.