In Case of War Involving U. S., the Defense Lines Should be Officered by Roosevelt's Cabinet. It's Been Under Fire Long Enough to Qualify for the Task.'
THE WEATHER
Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 533,
Highest temperature yesterday 54
lowest tetnfierulure last ntehl 2!)
1'reHpilalion for 24 hours 0
rreein- since first of mouth 1.74
I'rni'lp. from Sept. 1, 1S3S 12.1S
Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1!3S 5. SI
Partly Cloudy.
BARCELONA
' It's Imminent fall to the Instil-,
eeuts will mark the beginning of
the end for the existing Snanisli
government. Dm It may also niark
the beginning of new troubles for
Kurope. ' Watch development
through NEWS-REVIEW wire ner
vice.
ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY, JANUARY 24. 1939.
VOULMl NO. 237 OF ROSEBURG f
VOL. XXVII NO. 147 OF THE EVENING NEW$
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Labor Secretary
Perkins Target
Of Ouster Move
Impeachment of Two
Aides Also Sought
in Resolution in
Congress.
Delay in Pushing Eviction
Proceedings in Case of
Harry Bridges Bases
Charge in House.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. (AP)
Representative Thomas (II., N.
J.), submitted to the house today a
resolution directing the judiciary
committee to investigate the olti
cial conduct of Frances- Perkins,
secretary of labor, with a view to
impeachment.
The measure also suggested the
Impeachment of James u Hough
tciing, commissioner of immigra
tion, anil Uerald l. Ueilly, labor de
partment solicitor.
Citing testimony before a house
committee which investigated im
Ainerlcnn activities, Thomas' reso
lution contended tne three "were
anil are guilty of high ci,"mes and
misdenieanors In office" in fulling
lo curry out dentii'lullon proceed
ings against Harry Bridges, west
roast UlO leader.
Thomas said Miss Perkins,
lloiighteling and ltellly had "con
Hiirud to defer and to defeat the
deportation."
inquiry weic&mcu
Secretary PerKinVlfutcicly Issued
a statement) declaring she would
ask for un immediate heuring to
Inform, the country of the "true
facts" in the Uridges case.
"I welcome the introduction of
the resolution," she said, "and
shall ask tor an Immediate hear
ing before the committee to which
it may be referred so congress, and
through it the American public,
niuy be fully acquainted witli the
true fucta of the deportation pro'
ceedings in the Uridges case and
tile reason why they have been
held in abeyance temporarily."
On motion of Majority Leader
Huyburli of Texas, the resolution
was referred to the judiciary com
mittee. , 11
Iluyburn told reporters he would
"lenve lo the judgment and. good
sense" of Chairman Sumner (L
Tex.) any action lo iiui taken by
that committee.
Open Hearing Favored ;
Simmers, obtaining permission
for calling (lie committee together,
said he probably would hold a
"huddle" Thursday to decide on
procedure. Some of those on the.
judiciary committee said privately
they believe the three accused of
ticiuls should be given a chance to
testify at an open hearing.
Hridges deportation has been de
manded by the Hies committee and
the American Legion, among others.
Dies committee witnesses testified
he was a communist and an alien.
Ilridges wns born in Australia.
The resolution provides the ju
diciary committee "shall report its
findings to the house, together with
such articles of impeachment as
the facts may warrant."
The Dies committee, contending
Bridges was an undesirable alien
tContiniiPd nn nagp fi.)
Editorials on the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THIS writer sat yesterday in an
all-day conference of business
men from five states and one Can
adian province. The principle pur
pose of the conference was to
learn how to operate without going
to jail (if possible) under the new
federal laws affecting business.
(The Canadians, none of whom
came from Alberta, where "social
credit' has to be struggled with,
were inclined to laugh derisively.
More about that later.)
'THESE men. most of whom re
presented rather large enter
prises (this writer was probably
the smallest individual In the
group) weren't trying to beat the
new laws, but were honestly seek
ing to comply with them.
The point is that NO ONE (and
this gathering represented some
of the best brains on the Pacific
Coast) knew juM how to comply
Great Northern's
President Passes
William P. Kenney
ST. PAUL, Jnn. 24. (AP)
William Patrick Kenney, 69, presi
dent of the (Jreat Northern Rail
way since 19.12, and dean of the
James J. Hill-trained executives of
that road, died at u hospital here
today.
Kenney had been engnged in
rnllwuy work for 52 yeara, 337 of
them with tho Great Northern.
Bovn in Wotortown, Wis,, lie came
to Minneapolis with his parents
three years later. He attended
the Minneapolis public schools,
worked meantime as a newsboy, a
Western Union messenger boy and
for tho Milwaukee road.
. S.I ELLISON
PUSSES 1 AT 86
Pioneer of Douglas County
rails to Survive Injury
on Last Birthday.
Mrs. Susan A. Kllison, pioneer of
Douglas aounty and resident of
Kosehurg for the last 35 years, died
yesterday at her homo, 318 South
Pine street at the age of Sfi. On
her S6th birthday October 1 Inst
Mis. Ellison suffered a fractured
arm in an accidental fall, nnd this
injury, together with complications
attending her advanced age, had
rendered her bedrast until her
death, which occurred on the 60th
birthday of her surviving son, Ed
ward J. Ellison, of this city.
Besides her son, Mrs. Ellison
leaves a sister, Mrs. Katherine
Gorrell, of Umpqua; a nephew, C.
S. Henry, of Calupooia, and a
grandson. The funeral will be
held from the chapel of the Rose
burg Undertaking company Thurs
day afternoon at 2 o'clock, with
services conducted by Rev. Mor
ris H. Roach of the Presbyterian
church, of which Mrs. Ellison had
been a member for a ha If century.
ff'niitlnupd on tirpp ft
with these new laws without run
ning the risk of going to jail.
That fact illustrates eranhicallv
the handicnps American business
is facing.
THE legal representative of one
of the concerns present at the
gathering put it tins way:
"We have so many new laws
that are drastically revolutionary
in character that the courts have
n't yet had time to catch up on
them. And besides the courts
have been under intimidating pres
sure in so many ways that we
can't anticipate how they will rule.
"As a result, lawyers CAN'T AD
VISE THEIR CLIENTS how to
act in the conduct of their busi
ness, because no lawyer feelB safe
in offering advice. Everybody Juut
has to go ahead and take a chance.
"There is simply no such thing
.in rpasnnablv safe lee.il advice in
i :
(Continued on page 4)
Utility Zone
Bill Disliked
By Governor
Sprague's Fear of District
Exploitation Postpones
Introduction of Law
in Legislature.
By PAUL, W. HARVEY, JR.
SALEM, Jan. 24. (AP) Objec
tions by Governor Spruguo today
apparently delayed again introduc
tion of the long-awaited peoplps
utility district law. which would
give districts power lo issue rev
enue bonds.
- Hprague's objections to the pro
posed law, which Is in the pocket ot
Sen. Lyman Ross (l)-Aloha), Vame
after similar objections by Peter
Zimmerman, former state senator
and member ot' the legislative com
mittees of the- State Grange and
Fanners' Union, and Herman E.
Latky, attorney and representative
of the Southwest Washington Util
ity Districts association.
The supreme court ruled today
the 1931 PUD law was valid, Ross
commenting he was certain his pro
posed bill likewise is constitutional.
Sprague Not Satisfied
Sprague said he was not satis
fled the proposed law is adequate
to prevent financial exploitation or
districts.
"1 don't believe it should be nec
essary lor district commissioners tO(
obtain the approval of voters lor
every minor issue of certificates
they sell. But major issues of cer
tificates should he submitted to
the people," he said.
He added that the sale of revenue
certificates should be subject to
the same restrictions as apply to
other state securllles, and that a
minimum fpriee should be estab
lished for 'all certificates. 1
The governor did not comment
on other features of the bill, as
serting it was a legislative ques
tion. Objections Specified
Zimmerman and Lafky told the
governor they wanted deletion of
all provisions for issuance of obli
gation bonds, require competitive
public bidding on the sale of rev
enue bonds because "private sale
of bond issues leaves the way open
for an inside monopoly.V forbid
tax levies for a period longer than
is necessary for creation of dis
tricts, eliminate the provision for
voter referendums- on all acts of
district commissioners, and Impose
restrictions on the commission's
power to sell district properties.
Compensation Act Changed
Governor Sprague's . unemploy
ment compensation law amend
ment, designed to overcome fed
eral objections and bring $0,(100,-
uou benefits to Jobless, was passed
by the senate 2ti to 31 and sent to
the house yesterday. It was refer
red to the house revision of laws
committee, nnd final action was ex
pected this afternoon.
Three senators voted against the
revision, which provided that no
unemployed worker need accept a
job vacated by a strike or lockout.
Previously the senate voted to
add a provision that the antl-piek-
(Continued on noee 6
WOULD DEFER FREE
WASHINGTON. Jan. 24. (AP)
President Roosevelt submitted
to congress for its consideration to
day the report of the joint prepara
tory committee on Philippine af
fairs recommending postponement
from 1946 to I960 of economic in
dependence for the Philippines.
Mr. Roosevelt said the report,
made public lust November, had his
approval as well as that of Presi
dent Quezon of the islands.
It proposes gradual elimination
of existing trade privileges, begin
ning in 1946, to permit the island
republic to adjust Its economy to
the normal condition of a com
pletely free country having to pay
in full tariffs the United States
demands of other nations.
Full duties on her exports to this
country finally would be levied J 4
yeara after political Independence
was granted in 1946.
The report was prepared by a
committee appointed by Presidents
itoosevelt and Quezon.
FIREMAN DIES IN
LONG ISLAND BLAZE
NEW YORK, Jan. 24. (AP)
A fireman was killed today fight
ing a three-alarm fire that destroy
ed 16 small stores in the Thomson
Hills business section of Long Is
land city.
Police estimated the damage at
2'f 0.000.
Diversion of
Commissioi.
Chairman
Wild Life Conservation Program Handicapped by Use
of Funds for Other Purposes, Sportsmen Told at
Meeting Here; Proposed Increase in Fee for
Non-Resident Anglers Held Justified.
Raids' by other departments of
government on . tho funds of the
slato game commission seriously
handicap the program of wild me
conservation. Dexter Rico, chair
man of the commission asserted
last night before a well attended
annual meeting of the Roseburg
Rod nnd Gun club. Sneaking be
fore the large group assembled At
the Knights of Pythias lodge hall.
Mr. Rico declared that tourists
and non-resident hunters nnd an
glers should nsslst In Oregon's
conservation program by paying a
higher license fee than is imposed
upon the resident of the state.
Sneaking of the commission s
policy, which has fostered a legis
lative measure raising the non
resident angling fee from $3 to $5,
and which woud abolish the $1
three-day fishing license, Mr. Rico
declared that tourists "should help
keep up the playground they come
here to enjoy."
Foresees No Protest.
After their own Btrenms have
been depicted of fish nnd their
Voices of Crash Survivors
Heard by Tanker as It
Nears in Darkness. '
NEW YORK. Jan 24. (AP)
Why the luxurious British airliner
Cavalier crushed at sea with tho
loss of three Uvea remained a mys
tery today ns ten survivors de
scribed how they sang und shout-
eel to keep their courage alive un
til their epic rescue.
They told the story of nn It
hour ordeal spent clinging to life
belts in the Atlantic -wastes ft
chronicle of gallantry with both
comic arid tragic overtones after
receiving a hero's welcome on
their arrival Into yesterday.
The Ice-crusted tanker, Esso
Raytown, which - snatched them
from a watery grave Saturduy
night after the world hud all but
given them up for dead, was sur
rounded by whistling tugs as it
plowed up the choppy channel.
Alrplnnes dipped In snlulo in tho
frosty sky, and a crowd of 2,000
cheering persons waited at the
pier.
Of the five men nnd five women
survivors only the widows of two
of tho victims Mrs. Donald Miller
of Lincoln, Neb., nnd Mrs. John
Gordon Noakes of New York
showed evidence of strain. Mrs.
Noakes fainted. Weeping, she was
taken to a private hospital. The
others refused medical treatment.
Song Brings Rescue.
The survivors' jubilation on their
arrival was reflected in the faces
of the members of the Buytown's
crew who. owed a lifeboat to their
aid after they heard cries in the
stygian night.
"We were without Btnrs, moon
or sextant In complete darkness,"
said Stanley Taylor, a seaman who
stood in the lifeboat's bow.
"And then the whole crowd of
them started singing. We listen
ed and the sound guided us to the
spot.'
Oddly, none of the fortunate ten
could recall what they sang.
Reports icing conditions caused
as the huge 19-ton plane flew
through Bqunlls were responsible
for Its four motors quitting were
denied by First Officer Neil Rich
(Continued on page Hi
SEATTLE BUILDING
SWEPT BY FLAMES
SEATTLE. Jan. 24. (AP)
Fire department officials were at'
tempting today to determine the
origin of a fire, which broke nut
shortly after midnight and swept
through four floors of the five
story Maritime building In the
wholesale district.
Fire Chief William T. Fitzgerald
said the blaze started in the Pa
cific Electrotype company's of
fice on the second flour and shot
up an elevator shaft to the upper
floors and then spread out.
Fitzgerald, who at the height of
the blaze estimated the Ions at
between 75,0o0 and tlOO.OOU, said
after the fire bad been extinguish
ed, he doubted if (be damage
would be that high.
State Game
Fund Hit by
Dexter Rice
forosts ' stripped of game, they
come to' Oregon for (heir hunting
and fishing," Mr. Rice Bald. "Wo
are devoting every energy to n pro
gram which wilt preserve our fish
and game HI'o. Why shouldn't those
tourists he expected to help In that
program?"
The majority of the tourists and
vacationists coming to Oregon to
hunt and fish, Mr. Rice asserted,
are sportsmen who are Interested
in the problem of conservation.
Few of them, ho said, would ob
ject to paying an increased license
few. He pointed out that the state
of Washington, with a larger li
cense fee than is required in Ore
gon, issues more non-resident li
censes Hum does this state. The
$1 'vacation 'license, issued for
three-day periods is too difficult
of enforcement and should be dis
continued, Mr. Rice said.
Funds Diversion Assailed.
The speaker bitterly assailed the
distribution of game commission
funds to other stato uses, stating
(Continued on page 15.)
Supreme Court oJF Oregon
Rules Against Protest
From Tillamook.
SALEM, .Inn. 21 . (AP) The
state supremo f court ruled consti
tutional today the t !:i 1 law provid
ing tho machinery for creating
people's utility districts.
In the same opinion by Justice
rieun, the high court upheld Cir
cuit Judge R. Frank Peters' con
tention that tho Tillamook PUD
was legal.
Clark Mudloy, Tlllumook county
taxpayer, sought to have the law
declared invalid on grounds It
took properly without due process
of law.
Sen. Lyman Hons (I)., Aloha),
sponsor of a new PUD law which
would give districts power to issue
re ven no bonds, said bo would In
troduce bis bill soon, adding ho
had been wailing for today'H de
cision.
"The public utility districts
provided for by the terms of the
uct have as their sole purpose the
welfare and prosperity of the peo
ple of the district," the court said.
The court also upheld a decision
by Circuit Judge James T. Ilrund
of Coos county that members of
an AFL sawmill workers union
who seceded to Join a CIO union
were not entitled to uny part of
the funds of the AFL union.
PORTLAND. Jan. 21. (AP)
(Jus Solomon, attorney for the
Bonneville d a m udmlnlHtrutlon,
said toduy a state' supreme court
decision upholding the 'J',',l law
providing machinery for the crea
tion of people's utility districts left
"no doubt as to the validity" of
the PUD measure prepared for In
troduction at the legislature this
week.
"The proposed Fln law Is based
upon the l!t:tl act und since this
has been upheld the new act would
be constitutional," the attorney
said. "There ure no major changes
with reference to its constitution
ality." The new law would give people's
utility districts power to Issue reve
nue bonds.
"An adverse decision would have
rataed havoc with the legislation,"
he added, "but now there is a prec
edence for guidance."
SOLDIERS HOME IN
WILLAMETTE ASKED
SALEM. Jan. 21. (AIM A bill
providing for tht establishment
of a state soldiers home was Intro
duced In (he legislature today by
Heps. Harry It. Wiley (It., Albany).
Hector MarPherson (It., Albany)
and Sens. Charles Chitds (It.. Al
bany), Joel C, 1 tooth (It., Lebanon)
and L. W. Wipperman (It., (irants
Pass l,
MacPherson said, the bill was de
signed to revive the state soldiers
home formerly operated at Hose
burg, but with a view of establish
ing It in the Willamette valley.
Thirty Deaths
Attributed To
Storms, Cold
12 Ships, British Bombing
Plane-Missing; Mid-West
Scourged by Snow,
Icy Winds.
Ily (ho Associated Pl-ftHH
Rolie from lilllin' cold nnivocl In
tho cuHt today while IiIkIi wIiuIh
and fresh snow whipped up drifts
lit the middle west.
At least 30 deaths were reported
from both sides of tho Alhuulc,
lastted by perilous Ktlles. In Lon
don Lloyds received word three ot
16 ships that sent SOS bIkuuIh
yesterday were heading for home
ports, but the others were unheard
trom.
Mritish warships and airplanes
searched the Kngllsh channel for
a British bomber, nilsHhiK since
yesterday with six airmen aboard.
New deaths attributed to the se
vere cold or winter highway dan
gers in the United States Included
those of a man found frozen lo
death at Laportc, lnd.; a woman
killed near Shelbyville, lnd., as an
automobile skidded on an icy road;
a 55-yenr-old man who froze, to
death while walking to his home
at Duuniore, lAa.
More Snow Forecast
The mercury climbed about 22
degrees since yesterday in New
ICuglund. Greenville. Me., had 8
ubovo zero compared with II be
low yesterday. Norlhl'ield, Vt had
Hi above. Snow, probably followed
by rain, was forecast.
Snow flurries fell in Connecticut
where temperatures were In the
high 30's. Pennsylvania tempera
tunes were rising slowly front lite
low 20s and light snow ami sleet
visited the eastern half of the
state.
Temperatures generally were In
the 20's In Michigan whore new
snow was reported rrom several
points. Snow whipped over most of
Indiana during last night and more
was predicted for today.
A high wind and snow limited
visibility In northwestern Iowa
where tho snow ranged from 2A to
i mcbea on tho ground. Tumporu-
turcs were from 17 to 3-1 degrees.
ine snow In Nebrasku measured
six inches in some places.
Wisconsin enjoyed seasonable
weather today but another cold
wave was reported on tho way.
Ohio bail normal weather after
slight snow last night. Tempera
tures in south Dakota ' woro rrom
2(1 to :in above accompanied by
snow flurries.
E
PETITION'S TARGET
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 21. (AP)
An initiative imtitfnn In nhnliHli
state liquor stores and to permit
sulo of liquor by the drink in ho
tels and restaurants was filed with
the secretury of state today by
"Common Sense Incorporated," Mel
P.' .Brown, president.
The measure, which would ap
pear on the November, l!Mll, ballot
If 20,020 signatures of registered
voters are obtained, would tax li
quor JI.2K n Kill Ion and place a
gross sales tax of two per cent on
retail licenses.
Sponsors claimed the bill would
increase the revenue to cities and
counties and for old age pensions
and public assistance.
Sale of packaged liquor would be
through private outlets.
The liquor commission still
would have supervisory powers
over wholesule and retail sale of
all liquor, beer and wine. The num
ber of retail outlets would be
llmlti'd arcnrdlng to population of
each city or town.
4-YEAR TERMS GIVEN
BATHROOM LOOTERS
MKDKOIM). Ore.. Jan. 21. (AP)
Chester Webb, Karl Snyder and
Milton Hogers, who entered pleas
of guilty to larceny of bathroom
equipment from an unoccupied
rural area home, were em-h sen
tenced to Tour year terms In state
prison Tuesday by Circuit Judge
Norton.
The district attorney reported
Snyder was purpled from the state
penitentiary at Salem last June,
and that Webb was on probation
from California.
Ora M. Kultzsou and Harold
(fut:ham. who plead guilty to the
same offense, were each g ranted
suspended sentences as first of
fenders.
Life Term Drawn
Day After Killing
The law acted swiftly in deal
Ing with Ernest J. Mahr, at top,
who was sentenced at Racine,
Wis., to life Imprisonment the
day after he slew Ruth Scott,
lower photo, 16-year-old girl. With
an axe In her Milwaukee home
while attempting robbery. Ha
alio brutally attacked the girl's
mother. Several hours later he
was arrested while hitch-hiking
and confessed the slaying.
U.S. MY PROBES
F
Presence of French Airman
on Death Craft Breaks
Federal Rules.
LOS ANOKUOH, Jan. 21. (AP)
High-i'iinking army officers
sought a cnusft toduy for the fluin-
in,; crash of the nation's newest
light houihcr which killed Its lest
pilot and seriously Injured ti
i-' re rich airman, wltose presence on
tho ill-fated flight wuh mysteri
ously unexplained.
Douglas Aircraft Corp., builder
of the metal twin-engined tricycle-
geared plane, admitted it was be
ing groomed for war department
competition at Dayton, Ohio.
Hut company officials first gave
an incorrect identity und then re
fused explanation as to why Paul
Chemldliti, .'CI, of the French ulr
mlnlHtry, accompanied Test Pilot
John Cable, ;tf, when the secretly
designed bomber took off yester
day. A hnif-hnur of difficult . aerial
maneuvers, and then Cable appar
ently cut one engine preparatory
to climbing trinls at lialf power.
From a low altitude, the plane fell
into a Hteep vertical hank, seeming
ly out of control.
Cable's parachute fulled to open
as he plummeted to earth. Cheinld
1 in stayed with the plane as It
crashed into a parking lot near
North American Aviation com
pany's phi nt at Los Angeles muni
cipal airport.
Frenchman Rescued
Nine automobiles wen? demol
ished and 10 persons, Including
four women, slightly hurt by the
flying wreckage. Flames gushed
from the crumpled bomber, but
Chemhllfn, one leg broken, his
back wrenched and head battered,
(Continued on page 6)
ROCKSLIDE STRIKES
TOWN; TWO KILLED
PKNTICTON, II. C, Jan. 21
(CP j A man and woman were
killed early today when a rock
slide crashed down on two blocks
of the little mining town of Med
ley. II. C, wrecking five houses
and damaging four others.
Imports reaching hero from Med
ley, nestled iu a bowl between
tTiwcrintf mount ii Ins. nnld Peter
Strand. 55. and a Mrs. C.reen died I
when a 2o -ton rock crashed through
a house In which they were sleep- i
Insurgents'
3 1
Guns Shelling
Doomed City
Government Heads Getting
Out of Capital While
Army Remains for '
Final Stand. ;
' HENDAYE, Francs (at th
Spanish Frontier), Jan. 24.
(AP) Insurgent forcei today '
mashed the last natural de-
fenses southwest and north- '
west of Barcelona and their
nuns h,nan nnnplnn hlnk
plosives Into the Spanish gov.
ernment capital, military dlt-
patches said. .
A crushing three-way drive
was reported to have crum- -
bled these defenses and Insur- '
gent columns this afternoon '
were said to be ringing the .
city between six and seven
miles away. .
Barcelona was In plain view' '
of the insurgents. . '
Advices from Insurgent flli
lioiulqnarters nnld artillery anil
wai'planes were shelling and bomb;
Iiik Barcelona while ti-nmiR nmirAfl
down from surrounding heights
onto the coustnl plain not far away:
i no government was rushing lta
iniiilstrk'H nnd civilians out of the,
capital Into the protection of the
mountainous area to the north to
ward the French frontier, but gov
ernment troopB were still holdinir
out before Uarcelnun.
Reports -teaching tho frontier
said General Jone Mlaja lilnmeir.
tho "savior of Madrid," was called
to riy from the central zone ! to
command the Inst-Ultch defense ot
Barcelona.
Even though Barcelona nhonlif
mm- me- govern ment nnomiy ' Was
Installing Iih offices in oilier towns,
determined to carry on-tuo two nnd
ono half yonr old i civil war lo the
"". . IL :: .
HRNDAYR; iSnKJnt 'th Hnnn-!
ish Frontlm), JaiiV 24:(AP)
Spanish Insurgent forced today an-
llOUnCnri thn tlrllfiDmftnt nt
town of (lava, seven miles from
i)un:uumn proper, nnti said tua
Spanish Kovernment'H capital waa
under jthe direct fire of theh1 artil
lery. '
While Generalissimo Franco's
column driving along tho coast
(Continued on poge 6.)
JAIL BREAK EFFORT:
AT EUGENE FAILS
RUG KNK, Jun. 21. (AP) Fol
lowing a hold attempt to escupo
rrom the Luuo county jail, Saiifoni
Parton, 31, was being held hero to
day for federal authorities on
chargeH of violating tho Dyer act
In transporting a stolen automo
bile across a stato line.
A Jail official discovered Partoli
lust night tunnelling beneath the
wulls. Stato Trooper Frunk Lev
lugs arrested him .near Cottage
Grove yesterday. Tho officer said
he found tho prisoner sleeping In
an automobile which hud been re
ported stolen In Colorado.
Sheriff C. A. Swarts said today
Parton will he held pending the ar
rival of authorities who are expect
ed to take him back to Colorado
for prosecution.
Pnrtou's jail breaking attempt
was foiled by his own Ignorance of
the time of day. Me had excavated
a deep hole under the west wall of
the Jail building and would have
made his freedom within a short,
time had he realized the jailer
would make his regular nightly in
spection of tho Jul! "tank" after ti
o'clock. Me wuh caught In the act
of shoveling dirt and rubble under
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Legislative Work
To Be Summarized
Daily On KRNR
A new informative program
to be heard daily, Monday
through Friday, at 5:45 p. in.,
ban been Initiated by Station
KItNIt, featuring Harris Ells
worth, editor of thn Roseburg
News-Review, In a summary oi
legisbitlve activities. Mr. Ella
worth will outline the progress
made by tho legislature on Im
portant measures, discuss bills
in which the public Is generally
Interested, und otherwise sum
nmrlze the work of the legisla
tors. Listeners ore Invited to
submit written Inquiries regard
ing legislative subjects In which
they may be particularly Interested.