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Perhaps, as the Bible Says, "The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth," But it Won't Appraise Very Much THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 04 Highest temperature yesterday -7 l owest temperature last night 39 Precipitation for 24 hours ... 0 -Pret'ip. since first of month 1.74 Precip. from Sept. 1, ia:is 12.1S Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1S3S 5.8!) Unsettled. . VOL. XLIII NO. 238 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW OTV City Shelled By Artillery Of Invaders Small Defense Force Covering Exodus of Civilians; Govt. Heads Flee. American Refugees Reach Safety on U. S. Warships Through Gantlet of Aerial Bombs. IIENDAYE, France (At the pnonish Frontier) J a n. 25. ( A P ) The i nsu ren t comn' " '1 reported today its troops had penetrated the southern section of Ilarcelonn and bv noon h:id ex tended a ring of steel around all the city except the northern const al portion. From emplacements along a huge arc nearly enclosing the third capital of the Spanish re public Insurgent artillery was re ported shelling the city, while a steady stream of refugees poured out northward along the coastal -VOIUl. ..; f ' "'".';,-. Insurgent airplanes, which for dnvs had been bombing the city al most incessantly, dropped leaflets culling on the citv to surrender "to avoid useless bloodshed." Northwest of Harcelona insur ants reported the northern wing of their armies had occupied Sol sona, 50 miles from the capital and commanding important high-s tvnys to the French frontier. Government Withdraws TIow strongly the government would fight for Barcelona still was not clear, but military ob servers nt the border expressed belief only a covering bad been left to protect the government's withdrawal northward, probably to Flgueras, 15 miles from the French border. (On the coast cvr.ri e(le nnrl beast of Barcelona 15 Ameri cans from the Barcelona area hail to run a gauntlet nf insurgent bombs before they reached safely aboard the United Stales cruiser Omaha and destroyer Badger. The planes were bombing Cablet as. hitherto site of American and other foreign embassies.) Most of Barcelona apparently remained in government handH. A direct communication from the capital at 2:30 a. m. PST said government troops still held out in the city proper. An Insurgent dispatch predicted complete occupation by tonight. New Govt, Site Is Secret The evacuation of government re i tinned naw HI HOI Editorials on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS XMIE other day this writer at tended the annual meeting of one of tlie large production credit associations of Oregon. The pro duct ion credit associations are the grass mots representative of the Intermediate credit bank. The in termediate credit bank was created by the federal government just like the AAA, the WPA, the NYA nnd the numberless other alphabet ical creatures of government with which we have become so sadly fa miliar in recent years. The production credit associa tions and their parent, the Inter mediate credit bank, have been of TREMENDOUS VALUE in pro viding a stable and dependable form of agricultural credit that was not previously available. AT this point, this question will probably arise n your mind: If the production credit associa tions and the intermediate credit hank, which are government-sponsored Institutions created to meet a need that was not being satisfac torily met by private initiative, have been such a good idea, why are not these other government - c ill House Passes New Insurgent Spain's First Family iwiiu;vti $?m With Barcelona now in his grasp, together with three-fourths of the rest of Spain, General Francisco Franco, insurgent commander-in-chief, pictured above with his wife and daughter, appears on the way to complete overthrow of the loyalist government and ultimate rise to the position of undisputed dictator. What his administrative policies will be is one of Europe's big questions at the present time. URGE REMOVAL OF ALCATRAZ' WORST SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 25. (AP) Citizens of San Francisco today studied a coroner's jury re port urging them to unite in drive for removal of the federal penitentiary for its most hardened offenders from Alcatraz island in San Francisco bay. Tho jury included this recom mendation yesterday in a verdict which called on the government Tor drastic improvement in guard ing "impregnable" Alcatraz pris on, from which eleven of the Unit ed Stales most dangerous crimin als have tried to escape in the hist 13 months. "Failure or the system" wns blamed by the jury for the latest break. January 13 when Arthur "Doc" Barker, kidnaper and once termed public enemy No. 1, wns kill ed as be and four other felons at tempted to flee the island after sawing the bars. creatures an EQUALLY GOOD IDEA? It Is a logical nnd sensible ques tion, t ffERE Is the answer, as this writ er sees it : The production credit associa tions and the intermediate credit bank were created to HELP TEO PLE HELP THEMSELVES, and are operated on the sound busi ness principle that for every dollar put out a little MOKE than a dol lar must come back. In other words, they are based on the time-tested PROFIT MO TIVE. "N'E of the fundamentals of the profit motive is that for every dollar put out a little more than a dollar must come back or else the enterprise will be a failure. An other fundamental of the profit mo tive is that if you are to help peo ple EFFECTIVELY you must help them to help themselves. IF your son gets badly Into debt and you merely pay his debts (Continued on page 4j m J. B. TOLES JT Lx-Manager ot KKINK in Roseburg Passes Away After Operation. Justin n. (Bud) Toles, 33, for r.".er manager of Roseburg radio station KltNR, died last nitfht at Murshfleld, where he has been In charge of the Coos Bay radio sta tion, KOOS. . Death resulted from complica tions following an operation for ap pendtcitls performed -Ian. 11, at Wesley hospitul in Marsbfiehl. Born in Berkeley, California, Mr. Toles was a graduate of University of California. He engaged in radio engineering and was particularly employed in the radio construction nnd management field. In liM4-;t; he constructed station KHNH and came to Roseburg in 1935 to install and manage the sta tion. He remained here until June, PjliX, when hu moved to Marsh- field to operate the Coos Bay sta tion, but being retained as con sulting engineer for KRNR. Surviving ate bis wife, Mrs. Harriet Toles; an Infant sou, who was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Toles after moving to Marsh field; his mother, Mrs. Justin K. Toles, and u sister, Mrs. Paul Funkhouxer, both f tinner residents of Rosehnrg, now located at Bath, N. Y., where Dr. Fuukbouser Is employed in tiie veterans facility. h uneral arrangements have not yet been made. COBB WILL APPEAL FROM TRAFFIC FINE A fine of $50 imposed in the jus tice court yesterday upon Gilbert Cobb of Roseburg, charged with failure to give his name and li cense number, following an auto mobile accident, may be appealed to the circuit court, it was report ed today. Cobb was given a hear ing yesterday before Justice of the Peace It. W. Marsters, when wit nesses testified that he stopped, following the accident, looked at the minor damage which resulted and then drove away. Cobb denied refusal to give the information re quired by law. He was held by the justice of the peace to be guilty, but Immediately gave notice of appeal. i nc uuuulao -uui y UA1UY ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 25, m wm Compensation Bill Senate Faces Battle Over Relief Total All But 3 Republicans Join to Back Figure Voted by f House; Garner Said 'J on Their Side. I WASHINGTON. Jan. 25. f AP) Senate republicans united today In an effort to hold the relief ap propriation to S725.0OO,0no. That sum, voted by tho house and approved by the senate appro priations committee, is $150,000. 000 less than the amount asked by President Roosevelt to continue WPA operations until June 30. At a conference today, republi can senators generally agreed to support the S725,0(i0.000 figurtj. Some In the group said not more than three of the 23 senators of their party would vote for an lit creaae. I Those expected to favor $S75,000; (KiO were Borah of Idaho, Frazhjr oft North Dakota and Davis of Perin? sylvania. ' Senator McNary of Oregon, the republican lender, said his party's senators would be willing lo vote for additional relief funds to meet any emergency later if the $725, 000,000 Is appropriated and ex hausted before June 30. Democratic conservatives were In frequent conference with Vice Pres ident Garner, who long has advo cated government economy and who was said rellablv lo bo sup- j porting proponents of the $725, 000,000 appropriation. 1 Labor Board Curb Asked While bat tie was renewed in the senate fight over the relief fund, the American Federation of Labor asked congress to restrict powers of the labor board and to permit employers to invoke the act in union representation disputes. The Federation proposed 1G amend ments to the Wagner labor act. ICnnilniiert on pace Kl NAZI BOIER USED LOURDES. France, Jan. 25. (AP) The entire five-man crew of a German-made tri-motored bomb ing plane were killed tndny when their machine, believed to lie from the Spanish insurgent alrforce, crashed at Arrans, France, 13 miles southwest of here. Investigation by French aviation experts established that the plane was of German mnke. Other offi cials sought to learn why the plane crashed on French soil some 100 miles northwest of the Cata tnninu battlcfrnnts. The plane was riddled with bul lets, indicating it had been in battle. The five crew members were equipped with masks attached to oxygen tanks for flying at great altitudes. The pilot and radio operator had been killed at their posts. The three others had Jumped with para chutes which failed to open. Their bodies were found about a mile from where the plane crushed. Before crashing, the machine wns seen at 2:15 a. m. in flames over Arrans. Almost Immediaieiy It was seen to dive, break in two, nnd then crash in the mountains a short distance from the town. McCarthy's captor severely injured PORTLAND. Jan. 25. (API Traffic Patrolman W. E. Langley was seriously injured late yester day when his motorcycle collided with an automobile. He was chas ing a speeder. Langley, who suffered back, pel vis and rib Injuries, captured Leroy McCarthy more than a year ago after the service station rob bery resulting In the death of' Floyd Fuelner. McCarthy was ex ecuted last Friday for the killing. 1 'j ' MM mm Reference To Picketing Ban Stricken Out Wire From Social Security Board Causes Rejection of Provision Voted by Senate. By PAULW. HARVEY, JR. SALEM, Jan. 25. (A P) The house passed unanimously today Governor Sprague's bill to amend tho unemployment compensation law, which the governor hope .4 will persuade the federal social se curity board to certify the taw and continue the Sti.OtiO.oiiO annual flow of unemployment compensa tion benefits into the state. The amendment provides that no worker need accept a job vacated by a labor dispute and makes tiie law conform to the social security act. ' The house deleted a provision In serted by the senate that the antl jiicketing law lie Inoperative as far a- tho unemployment- hitv 3$'"on cerned. The bill now goes back to tlie senate, which is expected to act soon In order to speed the measure to tiie nation's capital. Governor Sptague said he did not favor the senate amendment, wh ich passed t he u pper house 1 li to 13. The entire bill . passed tho senate 2(i to 3. The unemployment compensa tion commission said federal certi fication of the law must he obtain ed by next Wednesday after which employers would have to pay a double tax and jobless workers would be without compensation. Federal Hint Accepted Rep. A. S. Grant (D., Baker), chairman of tlie house revision 01 laws committee which recommend ed deletion of the senate amend ment, said federal social security board attorneys implied that If the legislature passed the bill in Its or iginal 1'orniV without senate amend ments, the federal board would certify the law. "We are not trying to slap the senate In the face," Grant said. "We ore only trying to make sure that tlie law will be certified, ami the rede nil social security board attorneys wired today that the ref erence to the anti-plcketing bill (Continued on page (J.) WALTER li PIERCE PENDLETON, Ore., Jan. 25. (AP) The John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance company yesterday brought suit against Congressman Walter M. Pierce, La Grande, for $17.67.1.40 on a mortgage. The company, W. M. Peterson, Its attorney, said, claimed the amount due on a $41,000 mortgage given In 1!25 and on which no principal has been paid, intercut was in arrears three years, and taxes have accumulated. Foreclosure on Pierce's 910-ncre wheat ranch plus a deficiency judgment was asked. Peterson said a second mortgage against tiie place for $15,000 was issued in 1931 and was held by heirs of George A. Pierce. Peter son said tlie ranch was worth, at the time of the first mortgage, about SIO0 an acre, but its value has slumped to about $50 an acre. JOHN WILLIAMS PASSES ON AT 75 John William. 75. resident or IlotteliurK for the lmfit few yearn. filed Tuesday ev-njliK followiim a flhort HlneHH. He wad horn In JiirkKon eounty, Ohio. hiirvivliiK are u duliKhter, Mrs. MarBtlerlle Simncer. Columbus. Ohio, and a brother, C. F. Willlanm, Afinsvlile, Ohio. The body has been remover! to the Donelas Funeral home. Word from relatives Is being awaited be fore arrangements mo mudo for funeral services. When the Armies 1939. Shares in Col. Ruppert's Millions "Surprised and frightened" that's how Helen Wlnthrope Weyant, above, former New York chorus fliri, said she felt on learning she had inherited a third of the $70,000,000 estate of the late Cot. Jacob Ruppert, whose holdings included the world's champlrn New York Yankees baseball team. Previous to announcement of her bequest from the multi-millionaire bachelor, Miss' Weyant was comparatively unknown, and the officers of the baseball club had never heard of her. One of Ruppert's lawyers described her as "a very dear friend of .the Colonel's." U. S, REJECTS NAZI I Berlin Attempts to Link Obligation of Austria Wilh Trade Proviso. WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. (A P) The state department rejected to day Germany's content Ion any pay ment she makes on Austrian dcbtH lo I he United HtalcH government and citizens iiiiikI depend on the Gcrmau-Amcrleuii balance of trade. Tlie department nlso refused to accept Germaiiys position she Is not legally responsible for Austria's debts. Tlie debts Include a relief obli gation lo the United Stales gov eminent of $211,000,000. which Ger many wanted to put asidt on the ground that it was a war debt. An American note Jan. 20 and made public today, hfjwover, says this government "perceives no reason why the Intergovern mental relict debt should be left mil of present ctinsiderat ion." The remainder or thn debt is made up of 520,575,0110 in AUHfrhin government bonds, and dollar bonds of Austrian political sub divisions and corporations amount ing to $1K.UU0.(M)0. Blow No. 2 For Nazis The American note dealt Hu second blow within the past f:;v days at German efforts to expand ber trade by tying other omter prises to it. Germany bad Bought to got the United KtateH and other countries to im'ioe to buy Increased German exports in return tor al lowing .Jewish refugees lo leave the relcli with a portion of their (Continued on pttgo 6.) GILE PACKERY AT NEWBERG BURNS NEWBERO, Ore., Jan. 25. (AP) Three hundred tons of dried prunes and about Hit) tons of wul nuls were destroyed In a fire that consumed the II. H. Glle packing plant here' btft night. Oriiln of the fire is unknown. The building nnd equipment were valued al $5onO but the value of the prodiH't- stored there was not estimated. The produce Was said to have been covered by insurance. of Dictators Finish VOL. XXVII SCOUT WEEK SET Plans Include Display on Safety, Court of Honor and Broadcast. Boy Rcottt Week, February 8 to 14, will hu fittingly observed in RoHoburg and vicinity this year, an nounces Dr. L. A. Dlllard, chair man oT scout week activities, whoso cnmmltlcn met last night nt the chamber of commerce office to complete details. The theme for the week will ho "Hcoutlng Carries on American Ideals." The U. S. forest service Is again offering a camping trip into the Umpqua forest this year to tho pa trol of scouts who plan ami put in the best window display featur ing snfety In the forest. Supervi sor V. V. Harpham also announced suitable recoKtiou will nlso be made lo patrols rating second nnd third place in thn window display contest and all patrols are urged to arrange for a suitablo atom win dow and plan their enlry for tho forest safely project. Harold Row- erman, assisting Dr. Dillanl with the activities or the week, will provide troops with Information on tills item. Broadcast Planned. Jack Saunders. representing troop 7, on Dr. Dillard's committee will arrange for recommittal exer- ..un ir, I,.. l..-nl.l..rcit vi In the northwest at 7:15 p. in. on th 2!ith birthday nf Scouting In Ameri ca, February 8. About loo.ooo scouts will partici pate In this broadcast and a short message from Alton F. Baker, president of the Wallamet Area council, will he read as a feature to l be local area. Mr. Saunders will also arrange for observance of Scout Sunday on Lincoln's birthday by troops in a body wilii ministers being asked to give a Hcrmou befitting the oc casion. Other features planned are a special court of honor to bo held at Green school house February 13, with tiie Green P. T. A. troop act ing as hosts to Roseburg scouts. Paul E. Geddes, chairman of scout advancement, will have charge of the court, with Scoutmaster R. L. Preston of Green troop coopernt- E0KPNE I . (Contlnued on pago C.) Their Conquests.' SPAIN J Overthrow of Its government will put France between a fascist re Kime and nazi Germany, practical ly preventing her from blocking Italian designs on her African colonies. Watch developments through NEWS-REVIEW wire Ber vice. NO. 148 OF THE EVENING NEWS Chilian In Ruins, Other Cities Suffer 2,000 Persons Said Killed at Concepcion; Property - Loss Huge; Capital Rushes Help. ;,' RANTIAfiO, Chile,- Jan. 25. fAP) An nnny plane aurveylnpr the snenn of a disastrous -Chilean earthquake today flow low over Chilian. 220 nilloa noutli of San tiago, nnd rnportnil I'lmllnK thn city ot in.000 Inhabitants "conir pletoly clostroyeil.'' Tho report of heavy dnmnge to Chilian came aa three army planes flew south to check unconfirmed reports 2,000 persons hnt! been killed In Concepcion, Important coastal city 50 miles southwest of Chilian. The mayor of Concepcion sent a terse messngG to the government saying: "Situation most serious as a result of tlie earthquake. Un able to state number of casualties but many hundreds, probably thon- sands. Require food, medical alfl. Desperately urgent." Aid Rushed ! ; All available planes In Santiago1 were commandeered for relief and survey work as the government rushed medical and food supplies to the stricken nrens. Hundreds of doctors and nurses were mobilized for earthquake re lief duty. Concepcion" and " tho nearby coastal city of Talcahuano were placed under a form of mnrtlal InW. ' .' " ' . . ... . Official roports ' Bald 100 dorfd had been" cotinted' tlius' fnr,"6xc1u- slve of Chilian, and more limit 500 Injured. Shattered communication linos hampered officials striving to ob tain n cloar picture of the extent or the disaster. Trains proceed ed slowly, fenrtur! of quake-weakened roadbeds aiid nil passenger trains were held up near Tnlca, 90 miles north of Chilian. First reports said tho majority of houses were destroyed in Ren nlco, small town 60 miles south At Concepcion, and the railway dis rupted in numerous places. Forty per cent of Concepclon's houses were reported demolished. Other sources, however, consid ered this estimate too high des pite radio reports three big fires wero raging In tho center of tho coastal city. Hepoitn from Tnlca, midway bj. twoen Santiago and Concepcion, sold eight persons wore killed and 20 Injured thorn, but little damage was catiHod by tho quako. From other cities of tho region caino I hose preliminary reports: Angol, flvo dead; Talcahuano, sev en killed, many Injured; San Carlos, a small town near Chilian. (Continued on page ill BOY KILLS COUGAR TO SAVE TWO MEN ItAKKIt, Ore., Jan. 25. (AP) ieo Hioeie nnd tiuorgo Wise nnr- mwiy escaped possible, serious Ill Juries recently, when Steele's 111-year-old SUN. flonn .Iml .. ,.n...r.,;. ' " .fil out or u tree under which tho men wero resting In l'llle valley. Tho animal was preparing to leup when uene iireu al It w in a ririe. The men. lu-roimuniloil t,v the tho they youth, were on their way to - . n,i.7i. came ntinn Hu, li-iu-bu ,.f nin.ni: mnl; ho- When fli'iie whn u.iu t,.,,M,,.. i.n bind I hi' men, lame to tho tree hn saw the rolti'ar nnd limilhit,H' opened fire. , COURT CONVICTS MAN FOR ANNOYING F. R. MOW YORK, Jan. 25. (AP) Lester I). O'Dell, 35, wns convicted in special sessions court toduy on a charge of writing annoying let ters to president Roosevelt In an attempt to collect J1.I00 In com missions he claimed were due him ror the Roosevelt campaign In J9S2. O'Dell, who testified at his trial Hint he was a .licensed clergyman In Virginia at tho ago of 14,' was taken immediately to a hospital for observation. No dalo was set for sentencing. Ills t-nnvictfon was by a two-to- one vote of the three special ses sions Justices who tried him. INFANT SMOTHERS TO DEATH IN BED PORTLAND, Jan. 23. (AP) Barbara Demuth, six-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Demuth, Portland, smothered to death In her bedcovers early Tubs ;.J dKy-