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3Yue Identity of the "Forgotten Man" May be Debatable, but Today's Roosevelt Message and Oregon's New Tax Bill Prove He is NOT the Taxpayer.' THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 72 Highest temperature yesterday f5 Lowest temperature lust night 3S Precipitation for 24 hours 01 Preelp. since first of month 1.72 reip. from Sept. 1 , 1 93S 1 2.1 0 ltticiency since Sept. 1, l'j:t8 4.3S Low Clouds and Fog. TAXES Thn inane Important to your purse in beforo bolli congress and Hie Oregon leKlslature. Proeeeil Iiikb In boili bndli-H will be a dully iwrtlon ot NHWSIUCVIEW ser vice. - VOL. XLIII NO. 233 OF ROSEBUR '.' EW 3 x ROSEBURG, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1939. VOL. XXVII NO. 143 OF THE EVENING NEW8 C iX rHrDOUGLAS COUNTY DALY mmm wmwmm, semes im i i . . i i - i Editorials on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS P"ArtL SNEI.i,, OreRon secretary '.. i' of state, anil Ilex Putnam, ;Oregon superintendent of public 'Instruction, have issued a little 'booklet entitled: "Are Young Drivers Good Drivers?" The book opens Kith this startling state ment, which is based upon traffic . records ; "Persons between the ages of 15 .and 24 comprise only 18 per cent of all drivers in Oregon, yet they make, up :!5 per cent of all driv-. ers involved In fatal accidents." TIIE conclusion of the authors is that while young people are apt to be physically skiflul drivers overconfidenee, inexperience and lack or judgment Incline them to bo dangerous drivers. THUS writer, who drives a great A deal, both in the country and in the city, follows an invariable lull!. When there Is nny question at all, ho YIELDS THE HHiHT OP WAY unhesitatingly to youthtul drivers, because experience indi cates Hint the youth j ill driver will TAKE IT ANYWAY. Following that rule hns snved many a dented render., . .v .. "TPAKINCI the righl or way when It belongs to the olher driver, Is, or course, n discourteous act. With the average young driver, it isn't CONSCIOUSLY discour- Continued on page 4) A large crowd of Douglas county pruno growers is expected to as semble at the courthouse in Rose burg at 1:30 p. in., Saturday of this week for the purpose of hearing a marketing proposal to be submit ted by the Douglas county court. k The meeting has been called by County Judge Morris Bowker, who states that there will be a report of a survey of the prune crop and a plan for stabilization and mar keting. Judge Bowker, in a letter to the prune growers announcing the . meeting, stressed the point that the court's Interest Is only to call the growers together and to sub mit the proposnl. No recommen dation will be made by the court, he said, and any action taken must . be by the group or by individuals . as desired. Invention of Television Basis by 14-Year-Old High School Boy Told At U. S. Probe; No Returns So Far WASHINGTON". .Ian. 19. ( AP) Tho stranger-than-flctlon story of bow a 11-year-old high school f boy invented the basis for modern television went into the records of the mononoly investigating com mitteo today. The narrator was Philo T. Farns worth of Philadelphia, who conceived and patented the first means of television broadcasting without use of moving parts. Now in his early 30's. the form hoy who had his Idea "'fairly well developed" when he was 13. told the committee television service would be available "to the Ameri can home before very long" and would be superior to that now pro vided in England and Germany. How Idea Was Born Fnrnsworth told how he obtain ed his first technical training al 12. when he was placed in charee of a farm lighting system In Idaho. Within a year, he said, the rough idea for "electronic" televi sion had taken shape in his mind. In 1922. with only a "modest high school library" and a static machine in the high school phv 9 sirs laboratory to work with. Farnsworth continued, his "day Seriate Hears Bitter Attack On Hopkins Kansan Assails Commerce Nominee for Political Activity "Coercion" in WPA Ranks. WASHINGTON. Jnn. 19. (AP) Senutnr Reed of Kansn opened a republican attack on Harry L. Hopkins hi the senate' torlnv with an assertion the former WPA Ad ministrator had been annointed secretary of commerce to "remove him frnn the line of fire." Reed's speech beean debate on the Hopkins nomination, approved 13 to B yesterdav by the senate commerce committee with Chalr man Hailev U).. N. C.) declining to vote and all republican commit teemen voting "no.V In a printed statement explain ing ho detain would refrain from voting: when the roll was called in the senate on the nomination, Hailey declared Hopkins, hv mak ing political speeches while he was WPA administrator, had set an example "which must be eon dem ned by congress.' Reed, making his maiden speech In I he senate, bitterly assailed the political activity which he said had tuken place within the WPA. Citing the report ' of the senate campaign expenditures commit tee's investiatlon of political co ercion of WPA workers, Reed de clared: "I think we have reached the depths of political depravity when thoso cloaked with the power and authority may take from those who are on the borderline of des litution, pennies, dimes and dollars-appropriated' by congress out of the public treasury for 1 ho re lief of misery and suffering."" Inquiry Predicted Amid the sharp criticism. Sena tor Davis (R., Pa.), predicted con gress eventually would order nn investigation of the whole WPA. The public, he said, demands It. "They want WPA purged rrom top to bottom.' the Pennsylvaninn shouted, declaring that in his state the senate campaign funds committee exposed "the naked and unabashed shamelessncss of unscrupulous spoilsmen." Davis, like Reed, said Hopkins must be responsible for Instances of polities in relief. "I do not charge Mr. Hopkins ordered these things," Reed said. "I do not even charge he was cog nidation of all of these things. I do (Continued on page 6.) ITALIAN PLANE EYES FRENCH TERRITORY DJIBOUTI, French Sonmlilnnd, Jan. 19. (AP) Fresh reports of an Italian airplane flying deep over French territory reached Djibouti tnilay from the border re gion between Sonutliland and Ethiopia. The plane was said to have cir cled Tuesday over the village of Alisabiet, the same place where an Italian plane was reported on a reconnaissance flight Saturday. Alisabiet is located near the Dekkil mountain range north of the Addis Ababa-Djibouti railroad. dream" first took shape as nn ac tual invention. A year latr, the witness said, the Farnsworth family moved to Provo. ITtah. where additional la boratory facilities enabled the Inventor to complete what has be come the present system of tele vision. No Income So Far In 1926 Karnsworth's father died nnd he was faced with the necessity of supporting his widow ed mother and a newly-acquired bride. He found two California busi ness moil who "agreed to put up to see if the invention was worth anything." Within IS- months he hd spent Jfiff.O(n) advanced by other back ers. Total development cost to day. Farnsworth testified, has been In excess of $1.0t)0,fift0. and inventors havo not yet received any returns. In 1927 Farnsworth was able lo give his first successful demon stration or transmitting an elec tronic image. The first image sent, he told the Committee with a smile, was a dol lar sign, which "seeniPd to cKmnx the work when we could see the sign oj real money." Slayer McCarthy to Get Reprieve From Sprague if Legislate . v . i tit' , i If! lv i' . - ' ' S : LEROY HERSCHEL McCARTHY SALEM, Jan, 19. (AP) Rover nor Sprague Indicated today he would reprieve l.roy Hershel Mc Curthy. sentenced -to die in the leUml.gas chamber at . 8:30 .a ni. to morrow, if the legislature requested mm to do so. It was expected that such a reso lutton would be introduced in tho senate this afternoon by Sen. Ash by Dickson D-Portland), who al ready has Introduced measures to abolish the lethal chamber and do away with capital punishment. Tlie resolution would call for a 90-day reprieve to give the legis lature time to consider Dickson's other two mcasurs. "I am not asking the legislature to act. Hut many legislators have come in to say do' or 'don't.' If the legislature has a sentiment on the matter, 1 will respect their re quest," Sprague said, adding that passage of such a resolution by ei ther house would not suffice. Shaken By Plea The ' governor appeared badly shaken this morning when he talk ed to reporters. This morning Mr. and Mrs. L. O, INSURGENTS MEET Loyalists Repulse Thrusts Near Barcelona; Madrid Sends New Troops. HENDAYE. France (at the Rparf ish frontier), -Jan. 19. (AP) Catalonian militiamen fought off insurgent thrusts in the mountains west of Barcelona today while the government sought to run a naval blockade to rush reinforcements from the idle Madrid front. Twelve thousand Madrid troops, the first contingent of 60,000 the geographically divided government hoped to shift to t lie hard-pressed Catalonian fronts," were reported already at sea. They were said by advices reach ing the French border to have em harked last night at Valencia, whence the other 4S.000 were ex pected to leave shortly. An undetermined number of In surgent, warships, three of which yesterday shelled government lines northeast of Tarragona, were or dered to Intercept the transfer. Insurgents Better Equipped Insurgent and government man power in the battle for Catalonia has been nbout evenly matched, with nbout 300.0)10 on each side. The Insurgents, however, bold a der ided advantage In planes, artil-1 lery and other equipment. ) Lnte government bulletins said I strong resistance was developing in the mgced hills in front of Igualadu. which was believed to be a key point In the government's "mystery" fan If cat ions blocking General Franco's path to Uarce- i lona. i Ragged columns of retiring mill jtiarnen were Bald by these dis and taken a stand before Igualada.j (Continued on page 6) re -Requests it McCarthy. Portland, parents of the condemned man, made a last-minute plea to the governor to com mute the sentence to life in prison. . ..Mel'aj-tiiy'. appeared nervous-ftfr (lie first lime today, but prison of ficials did not think him sufficient ly shaken to remove him to the death cell, away from other pris oners. He probably will he taken to the death cell tonight, unless ho is reprieved. McCarthy, who murdered a Port land gasoline station attendant a year and a half ago, would be the first victim of the lethal chamber, ordered installed by the 1937 leg ishilure at a cost of $1,200. Kep. Frank J. Lonergan (R., Portland), said that K the gover nor reprieves McCarthy and then the legislature abolishes the leth al chamber, McCarthy would have to go free. This would result, Lonergan paid, because the court sentenced McCarthy to dio In the chamber and, if there were no chain b'.sr, there would be no way to change the sentence to life Imprison ment. 3 BILLS PASSED BY Tax Taken Off Dog Aides of Blind Persons; New Measures Pour In. SALEM, Ore., Jan. 19. (AP) The house today passed a bill ex empting "seeing eye" dogs of blind persons from license tax, one re lating to livestock running at large in Klamath Falls, and another barring livestock from running at large in portions of Klamath coun ty. Twenty-one bills were Introduced In the senate today. 12 of them codifying agricultural laws. A senate bill to establish a branch of the attorney general's of fice for use of senators was to come up late today. The house already has passed a resolution to hire as special counsel Ralph E. Moody, stale coordinator of labor terrorism cases. Tonight there will be a public hearing on the governor's propos ed amendment to the unemploy ment, compensation law. which he hopes will Induce the social secu rity board to certify Oregon's law. Angling Limit Sought A bill to prohibit fishing by boat In the Rogue river from .Inly 1 to December 31 of each year above the Ilybee bridgo was introduced bv Heps. William M. MeCalllster Ot.. Medfordi. anil Earl T. Nedhry (It.. Ashland). The metisure would amend a 197 law prrhiblting fishing above the bridge from August 1.1 to Decem ber 31. Automobile and truck drivers would have to stop before pass ing a school bus loading or un loading children under a hill pre sented by Reps. W. H. Miller (D., Grants PaBs), Frank H. Hilton (ft., (Continued on page 6) Defense Plan Lists 10,000 Army Planes Congress Gets Intimation of Roosevelt Program From Statements of Gen. Arnold. . WASHINGTON', Jnn. 19. (AP) The first official outline of Presi dent Honsevvlt'H $552,000,000 nn tiorml defense progrnm save con gress a broiul new Intimation to day 10,000 army planes remain a Iouk ranKe administration objec tive. ' Detailing Mr. Roosevelt's recom mendations, Major General Henry H. Arnold proposed to the house military committee a new 6,000, plane Until on tho army air corps, but made it clenr Ibis referred only to fiKhtiiiR planes. Representative May (D.. Ky.), the committee chairman, Introduc ed such a bill yesterday. ; On tho basts Arnold outlined, nt most as many training nnd other seini mllllary nlrcrart will bo re quired in carrying forward Into tllo second and third years the Initial increase of a "minimum" of 3,000 planes which Mr. Hoosevclt recom mended. Output Could Ba Tripled. Arnold, air corps chief, estimat ed yesterday tho American air craft industry could moro than Irlplo its present output to 12,000 planes In three years a produc tion riRitie which, the administra tion 'has heard, Germany already has attained. Only about $170,000,000 of thn $Mo.O00.non Mr.: Doosevelt asked for aircraft would bo used for new planes. Arnold said. Nearly 1,000 of the 8,000 would bfVcfinfbnt typos. Other projected expenditures In clude: 502.000,000 for construction at existing air stations, nnd estab lishment of nlr bases in Alaska, Puerto Rico, New Hampshire ami Florida; ifM.OOO.OOO to add 2.200 officers and 25,000 enlisted men to the air corps' present 20.000 per sonnel: enlargement of technicul schools nt linutoul, III., and Den ver, nnd S3.000.000 for additional research. The increase In enlisted strength would Includo 1.200 flying cndols. Guam Plan Deferred. War department officials consid er their authorized plune limit to be 2.320, although an error in tho (Continued on page (i) BOMBER S TARGET TRAI.ER. Ireland, Jan. 1!). (AP) Police today doubled the guard over Frank Chamberlain, son of the Hrillsh prime minister, nftcr an apparent attempt on his life In a bomb explosion that dam aged a hotel where he was a guest. Chamberlain. 25. was not hurl by the blast, which shattered bun. In;, Is or windows, blew a hole eight feet In diameter In a wall enclosing the hotel yard and shook two persons from their beds In n nearby building. The young man set out Imme diately after breakfast on a limit ing Hip. An Increased force of uniformed Irish civic guards dogged his steps In this stronghold of the outlawed Irish republican army, which is blamed lor a series of explosions In England Monday and Tuesday. Police worked on the theory that the army also was responsible for this blast. Three detectives hail accompan ied Chamberlain sifice his arrival heie .Monday on a vacation In Ire land. Ho lives in lllrmlngham, Kneland. The hotel where he was staying Is across the street from the po lice barracks. TURKEY HOLDOVER SETS OREGON MARK PORTLAND, Jan. lfi. fAP) A Northwest Poultry and Dairy Products company survey showed today about 10,000 to fiO.OO ben turkeys the largest supply ever held over from the holiday period, were In the bands of Oregon breeders. Forty-five carloads or about OMUmO pounds of turkeys have been shipped this month, chieily to the east. The New York market was ie ported one cent lower for hens at a top of 30 cents a pound v It li toms unchanged at about 2ifJ cents. The local buying price If genetally 21 cents for toms and 2fi cents for bens. New Income Tax Bill, to Raise $500,000, Offered lo Oregon's Legislature SALEM, Jan. Ifl. (AP) The state tax commission yesterday prepared an income tax bill de signed to net more than ?f00.000 a year, most of wluYh would colne from persons earning -smaller in comes. The bill second of three meas ures embodying Governor Sprn guc's taxation recommendation, was to be Introduced to ,the leg islature. The first was a hill, already be fore the legislature, lo abolish the tax on invested wealth which would deprive the state of $l,3f0, 000 a year. The new bill together with a proposed revision of the corporate excise tax, would raise an. additional Sl.SaO.ouO a year, leaving the slate a net $50(1,000 increase from tho three measures. Exemptions Changed Single persons earning less than $800 ami married persons with in comes below SI, 500 would con tinue to enjoy exemption. Exemp tions, howevtu. would he replaced by a new system, under which a taxpayer could deduct from his County Court of Dtpuglas Will Contribute $500 to Salary Fund. Douglas county, it was announc ed loday, will Join with other southern Oregon counties Interest ed in the formation of a Pacific Highway association, and will con tribute $500 to tho fund being raised to provide a salary for a full! hue executive secretary. Tho county court authorized tho Appro priation but imposed the condition that the court must approve the secretnry selected to servo the or ganization. The association was organized nt a meeting held last week In Eugene. A. C. Marsters of Itose burg was named vice-president. Six applicants, including Lyman Spencer of Rose burg, are being considered for the office of secre tary. Lane and Jackson counties each have pledged financial support, and others are expected to an nounce their decisions within the next few days. As soon as the budget Is raised, the organization plans to choose a full-time secre tary and to outline a program to secure reconstruction of jthe Pa cific . highway from Eugene south to the stale line. One of the prin cipal objectives oT thut campaign will be an endeavor to Interest I he federal government In the re building program for military pur poses. CLARK GABLE, WIFE REACH AGREEMENT HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 19. (AP) Clark Outdo and his estranged wire, Maria, have reached a finan cial understanding and she may Heck a divorce in the near future, It was learned today. Negotiations be) ween the film star and the middle-aged matron were undertaken to clarify pro visions of an agreement by which she received an estimated $2Xfj, 000 since their purtlug in IU35. Mrs. (table's attorney, Isaac Pacht, said today a settlement ap proved by both sides had been made. Among Hollywood friends. It was predicted the actor would wed Carole Lombard, screen come dienne. If he regained bis single stains. They have been "keeping company" the past two years. SECOND HONEYMOON KILLER GETS LIFE SEATTLE, Jan. If). (AP) Charles Felix Unite, fiS-year-old former San Francisco engineer and clubman, pleaded guilty to second degree murder of his wife, Emily, yesterday and uas sentenced lo life ImpriHounient in the state peni tentiary at Walla Walla. t Ituite was arresleil last July af ter his wife was found clubbed to death In a Seattle apartment. He J uomiueci me pair had become re conciled after a lon separation and on the day they were to have gone on a "second honeymoon" to (irants Pass. Ore., ho qmirrelcd with her over money and then struck her. I net tax S3"i for a wife and St! for each dependent. A married man earning $2500 a year under the proposed law would compute his tax on his en tire Income. It would be S70. From this ho would deduct ' hh ularrled fixed credit ot $35 and pay a $35 tax. If he had one child he would nay S-9. Here's how the tax would af fect married persons without de pendents, net income being the gross Income minus such deduc tions as olher taxes, contribu tions to charity, business losses, etc.: Net-income Rate now New rate $2500 $ 20 $ 35 3500 no SO " 45UO HO 135 5500 140 2il) 11500 210 270 7500 270 340 Tho tax would remain two per cent, on the first 1000 net, three per cent on the second $1000 and conllnun until a seven per cent rate is reached Tor all incomes of more than $5000. iT STILL POSSIBLE Senatorial Opinion Veers to Amount Requested by Roosevelt.' WASHINGTON, Jan.., 1!L-(AP). A shll'l In fienaloriaL ipln(on ap peared today to be strengthening administration forces in (heir at tempt to obtain $.S75.000.00U to op erate WPA until July 1. Senator Norrls (Ind.-Neh.) join ed Senator llorah In urging that the appropriation he raised from the $725,000,000 approved .by the house. Senator Burke (D-Neb.) Indlcat- l'ed he would support the higher figure recommended by President Itoosevelt, uud Senator Downey (D-Callf.) announced support of the larger sum. Hut Senator McNary (It-Ore.) the republican leader, predicted the house figure would be accept ed desptre efforts both to raise and lower it. Economy advocates still were calling tor a further reduc tion. Senator' Adams (D-Colo.), In charge of tho relief hill, conferred with Mr. Roosevelt for moro than an hour Into yesterday. Afterward, Adams said be did not have "the slightest Idea" what the final sen ate action would he. Adams' subcommittee continued Its work on the bill after hearing Senator Hone (l)-Wash.) urge yes terday the appropriation he raised. ltone'B testimony followed that of labor and municipal spokesmen, who contended the total asked by Mr. Roosevelt Is essential to pre vent suMcrlng. Lack of Understanding Seen Senator Norris told reporters: "Tho people who aro endeavor ing to cut this appropriation are not familiar with the relief needs of the country. There was a thor ough study of tho situation before the preHklnnl made his recommen dation and It ought to be accepted." Meanwhile, Senator Wag nor (D N. Y.) urged the reostablishtnent or the national employment stabili zation board to direct a long-time public works program supplement ing emergency relief. Announcing ho would support an increase In the relief bill. Wagner said he t bought steps should be taken also to set up a centralized agency to plan ahead for unemploy ment needs. The stabilization board was created by legislation Wagner spon sored In I It: 1 but. was abolished by Mr. Hooovelt in 1it31. Rector Makes Plea. An Eplseoimt rector yesterday urged u senate appropriations sub committee to add I150.0it0.000 to the relief appropriations bill and earmark (he extra sum for 10-year loans to tho unemployed. Tho minister, the Rev. David C. (Continued from page 1) INCOME TAX SUIT HITS ROSSER, WIFE HILLSlKmo. Jan. 1!t. (AP) The federal bureau of intermit revenue has filed claim for unpaid income (axes 'amounting lo $!t:t21 against Albert E. Rosser and his wife, Paulyn Rosser, former secre tary of the joint council of Ameri can Federation of Labor teamsters In Oregon, was dented an appeal In the supreme court nn an nrson conviction. Tho action covered Pj:J53tJ taxes. Revenue Gain Seen In Plan Roosevelt, in His Message, Offers Opinion Courts Will Back Abolition of Immunities, WASHINGTON. Jan. ID. (AP) President Hoosevolt urged con gress today to make all private In come from all government salar ies and all future government se curities subject to the general In come tax laws of the federal and slate governments. Federal tux officials have esti mated federal revenue would In crease, ns a result, as much oh S3 00, 000. 000 nnnually. State gov ernments also would benefit by large revonuo Increases from re ciprocal authority given them -to tux federal salaries and bonds. - In a special message Mr. Roose velt also advised congress recent supremo court decisions had made some state salaries and some state securities subject to taxes. He asked legislation to prevent the persons whoso lnconu would thus he taxed retroactively from suffer ing inequalities. Alternative Cited "Unless tho congress passes some Legislation dealing with this situation prior to March 15," Mr. Roosevelt said, "1 am Informed by the secretary of the treasury .that he will he obliged to collect buck (axes for at least three years upon the employes of many state agen cies and upon the security holders of ninny state corporate Inslru menlnlltles, who mistakenly but In good faith believed they wero tax exempt. The assessment nnd col lodion of these taxes will duubt" lessly In many cases produce great hardship. : ; "Accordingly, IJ rocommend leg islation to correct tlj$' existing Mn equltable situation '- 'at tho same time to make prtviCte income from all government salaries hero after earned and from all govern ment securities hereafter Issued subject to the general income tax: luws of the nation and of the sev eral states.'' tJ j Hopes For Court O. K . The president said immunities granted income from government securities and employment "aro not Inexorable requirements of the constllulfon, but are tho result of Judicial decision." "I repeat," he added, "that It Is not unreasonable to hope that judicial decision would permit tho elimination of these Immunities.'' Recalling he had urged congress to pass a mousuro of the sort he urged today, Mr. Roosevelt said decisions of tho supreme court rendered since his earlier message. (Continued on pace 6) ATTACK ON THREE ENTERPRISE. Ore., Jnn. 19. (AP) Hudson Dodd White, 25son of Solon T. White, former state ag; riculture director, was arrested last night and, State Policeman (ieorge Rogers said, confessed .ho attacked two girls and a boy near Wallowa Monday. f Rogers said White was held for the grand Jury on a sodomy charge. White had workod In the county agriculturo agent's office since July 28 as asslstunt secretary for the soli conservation agent. His father Is a at present coordinator for the soil conservation service In Oregon. The children, two girls 7 and 9, and a boy G, reported late Monday near Wallowa they had been pick et! up by a motorist and criminally attacked and later released. None was seriously hurt. Rogers said their description led lo the arrest of White. White was bound over to the grand Jury under $1,000 bond on a sodomy charge. He remained In Jail. His father arrived this morn ing to confer with young Whtto. LOCAL MILL WORKER INJURED BY SAW Rill Ixinmis, employed nt thn Metzgor mill, suffered a very se vere Injury to his left wrist yes terday afternoon, Tho hand was caught In a saw which cut the wrist to tho bone, severing six ten dons. An operation, requiring more than three hours, was per formed nt Mercy hospital. Un less infection or olher com plica lions result, It Is believed, accord Ing to the report today, that ho will have the use of the hand, when the Injury huulfl.