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I 1 If Italy Advances Her Frontier to the Panama Canal, as She THE WEATHER Humidity 4:!!0 p. m. yesterday s2r IliL'lit-s! temperature yeste rday 4i Lowest temperature lust niht :'.! precipitation lor 24 hours Prerip. since rirst of month is Preeip. from Kept. 1, PCS 1117 Deliciency si n fit Sept. 1, DCS "j.TS Rain or Snow. VOL. XLIII NO. 247 OF ROSEBURG REVIE o WAVE (if TERROR Editorials on the Day's News liy FRANK' JENKINS pIlKSIUKNT KOOSKVKLT is re- . ported in Kurope to havo told tin senate, military affairs commit tee that "American frontiers are now in Kraiu-o." Tlnjre Is much secrecy as (o wlmt In; actually iliii say, hut Brit ain ami France, arc celebrating the reported utterance as a landmark in their history. llKAT is HOins on In Europe ' these days has been referred to repeatedly in this column as a poker game for high stakes. As everyone knows, the advent of new money into a stiff poker name is welcomed enthusiastically by the players. If the new money is also EASY MONEY, the welcome is all I ho more enthusiastic. A FTElt 191!) (the year of the peace that sowed the seeds of the war that now is threatening) Europe is justified in regarding the I'uited States as easy money. Such easy money, us a matter of lad. that (he debts cimtraele then have been laughed off ev since. pRHSIDKNT KOOSRVKI.T snys tliwe lire ways "Koine furl her than words and falling short of war" to aid tho democracies and relinks the dictatorships. What ho means is that we can sell anus to the democracies and refuse to sell to the dictators. Lei's pursue that scheme to its lexical conclusion. If we sell arms lo the democ-'.,,.s (dontinned on natre 4 I IT in VASllIN(!'i"(N. Feb. I. (API Hacked hy a top-heavy vote of con fidence from the house. Chairman Dies of the coinmillee on un-Amen-can activities proposed today to ferret out sources of "foreign pro paHamla that may get us into w a r." The Texan saiil he would recom mend that the committee divide its work into three departments, one of which would investigate foreign propaganda. "We should look into I his vory important matter of foreign pro : paamla as it relates to war." Ities asserted, "find out its origin, ami determine where the money to i finance it comes from and how much is heins spent." The other two divisions, he sits (rested, shouhl investigate com- inunist and fascist activities. I . Dies a'imitted the committee had erred at times. Jiut he told the ) house it would reconize those mis- t takes and "do everything within Us power to continue a fearless; ho ; est ami complete investigation of y hat is a ilefinite daner." Bsndon's Dream ot Model City to Rise From Disaster of 1936 Fades IUNDON. Feb. -1. (APi -Dreamt: ()f a model city to rise from the ashes of destruction laden .from reality today with the mailing of notices by the city council to residents that all plans to recreate Iloiitlon with federal aid have been dropped. The council called upon the Coos Bay National bank, of Marshfield, to return all pooling agreements tinder which property would have been redistributed for the new city with busine.is districts laid out In a new area. The dream of a streamlined ity at this coastal port developed after the forest fire of September 25.; which would give them property of T936. which destroyed the town andjpnual value in the new citv nfte. took at leant 13 lives. The council and planning com missions hoped for a government loan to finance recor.:--t rut tint, and 5 BW Swollen Ohio River Routs Hundreds Water Pours nf o Lowland Habitations Freezing Weather Lessens Peril of Serious Flood But Adds to Misery of Refugees. CINCINNATI. ).. Fell. I. (AT) The mighty Ohio river rose slow- lv lowaril flood state today from Pittsburgh to Canollton, Ky. halfway between Cincinnati and Louisville hut the danger of a serious inundation apparently was lessened by freezing weather which stemmed tributary runoffs. The temperatures, however, add ed to the hardship of hundreds ol families forced to evacuate low- land homes as high waters poured j into some Ohio river cities, lied Cross and other relief agencies im- J mediately went to work to care for i the refugees. j Two were dead in West Virginia . and four others were reported to have been drowned by swift-rising i mountain streams. The high waters resulted from heavy rains and I, snows of the past three days over the mountainous Ohio valley wa- ! tershed regions in Pennsylvania, " West Virginia anil Kentucky and over hilly southern Ohio. Crest Forecast Upped U. S. Meteorologist W. C. Dev-nri-iinx at Cincinnati revised up ward today his predicted crests rur the swollen Ohio, lie said n crest of fjti feel could be expected from Huntington. W. Va., to Car rolllon. Cincinnati, where the stage was I!) before noon, has a fill-foot stage and 1 luntington's is Til. The predicted crest would be far below the record l!i:S7 flood levels when the river rose to 7i.!i!i at Cin- innati and caused more than 2l"l alhs and se veral millions of dol- I property damage in the worst inundation ot the valley's history. Althoimh freezing temjieiat tires slowed the runoff into hankfull tributaries temporarily, warmer ; weather was forecast loninht and ' Sunday for much of Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky. Protection Bettered People in the valley today had a little better protection than wo years aiio, provided hy legislation and appropriations. .Tust two years ago they were caught in the worst flood in the Ohio's recorded his- (Continued on page 6.) GIRL SLAYS MAN BECAUSE SPURNED IMI.I.SVILM-;. Pa.. Feb. I. ( AIM Her love spurned, a tearful young woman was held in jail today lie cause, District Attorney Lamoree said, she killed the man who failed to return her affection. Lamoree said 22-year-old Ange lina Maravello fired four bullets in- ; lo the body of Michael Kic h. Jr., yesterday in the home where she had been a domestic since last .June. j The district attorney related that j the girl told him in the county j jail at New Castle: j "I loved Mike with all my heart. It was his father's fault. I was good enough lo scrub and work for tliem but, no, I WUSIl t good enough tr his son." I.amoree said the girl told him she learned only yesterday (hat Uich was to marry another girl. aid from other liovernment agon ies. The WPA did build two hous ing nniK and the ItFC offered to loan J7 1 U.Oiiii if outstanding debts of the city were settled at approxi mately "t cents on the dollar. The plan failed, however, an 'I the city now has befor e it a pro- tram bv the state bond comrnis- siou which would refinance the municipality with n saving of 10 to 15 per cent on principal. The model city plan was pro posed by the state planning com mission. I'nder it. the city's center would have been moved to Landon heights. Property owners had turn- ed over thdr holdings to a pool, Although no clefinite action was now in sight, it apeared that P.an - Ion's regrowth would be upon her (present location. Preparing to "Defend" Roseburg --- -: mm " tit m I I - '-- - - ' - Douglas county officials, above, are taking advance instruction on the use of gas masks under the .supervision of local rctrerve officers in preparation for their participation in the "Defense Against Chemical Attack" contact camp scheduled for Roseburg February 11 and 12, at which more than 100 reserve officers from western Oregon are ex pected to attend, loft to right, Capt. H. B. Church, chemical warfare officer; Capt. Ralston Bridges, adjutant 382nd Infantry; Sheriff Percy Webb, Deputy Sheriff Fred Kinsel, County Judge Morris Bowker, Deputy Sheriffs Harry Burr and Clifford Thornton and Lt. Maynnrd Bell, president Umpqua chapter, R. O. A. t mm m Latest Blow Starts Fresh Refugee Stampede to French Border. PKIIPICNAN. France. Feb. -(. (AP)-Insurgent dispatched re ported today Cenoral Franco's army entered f ierona. last majo: govern men t stronghold in tiort h ('astern Spain. (Ierona, an o:d walled city and ; c-apllal of a provlnee of the same name. Is only air line miles and air line miles ami !t miles hy road from Ihe French border. Figueras. temporary capi tal of the Spanish government, is miles to Ihe north. The govern men I's newest do ' fense line was said lo have been shattered nnd an advance lo the frontier apparently was only a (piestion of days. Il:iii-eloiiM s:il.l tbev Were hoiiefill'a insiiiL-i'in inii!i:irv leaders nii of completing the compiest of Cat alonia within a week. (Ierona, which was conquered by the Moors in Hie oighlh century and hy the French in tin? nine teenth, offered little more in t he way of defenses than its crumbl ing walls and 11 few ruined fort resses on surrounding hills. Moth there and at Figm-ras in surgent air raids were talcing a heavy toll, starting a new rush of refugees toward France from these war-crowded cities. Mine than Tn.iiiHi refugees were esiimat- ed to have crossed the border since the fall of Ilatcelona. The shattered remnants of the government's Catalonian a r m y were still resisting the insurgenl advance, but aerial defenses ap peared to have collapsed com plelely. 0 . j , OIL-GAS SALESMAN - ....rr-r-fc iMrMO-rrnT j UNDER INDICT MENT I poftTi.AND, JVh. 1. (AP) (). j Clark. 4a. described by Depuiy uistrict Attorney Mamiiey j.resi. dent of the Slate Oil A.- Oa.i cor poration operating in ea.-tein Oie gon. w as under an est today on a secret county trrand jury indict- incut accusing Dim of the unlawful I sab1 of securities. - The indictment ha rued that I.e I(.-. Mr. Douglas was pastor of 'sold a contrac t to sell and a.-sinn , ,t, Fi'st liapttsl (lunch ' Jan oil and gas lease. Th ' buyer Douglas isiicd here at the L, Knhl was IJarley C. Weeks, who agreed l.agen, Sr.. home two ears auo. 'to pay ?s7.rfo in installments. I ! Clark was arrested after an in- " " vestigation w as reque.-ted by Hi Portland Letter Jtusiness j and the stale corporation .Mon. hiiieiu i oiiinii- LEAVES BEQUEST TO TAKE CARE OF CAT ASToPIA. Feb. (AP) -M-r..'.tn. fit -1 jbert. Knudsen. fishe recently and w hen his will v a.-; probated it was ijcoven-d he j made a bequest of $7", for "care and maintenance" of bis cat I'tutfj. The feline was to be cared lor at cost or 2 '' a month. Threatens, President Roosevelt Might THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 4, 1939. 3 HURT; MECKEL 1 AUTOS SEED 4th Person Feared Killed in Series of Accidents Near Albany. AI.I'.ANV. Ore., Feb. I. (API Three persons wt hm"''l,m,M'l'i - ouslv. and an automohiU and two machines were wrecked in I a sueccsMon 01 .itunni "M . ; Paeifie highway today threr IllllCft nort h of here. A possihlllly existed that a !fml,.ni pr-rson micht have drowned in a ereeli into whieh one cur plunged and an Investigation was being made by Slate Officer Karl II. Houston. Stale Officer Howard holT said thaL John SMirtcvaul, A! j Itiol of his machine, overturning on in'.he bank of a siream. Me suffered crushed chest, punclllltMl Inn and possible internal injuries. described a companion, no trace ol w bom has been found. An hour later, UenninghnlT said, an automobile driven hy .Julian ,1. McCarthy, INuHaud, c r a s h e d tl.vM.i-l. -i u-riiiiitii' fiien :nnt li-hts into a w recker which was being used lo reni)ve Stui ti-valil's ar. McCarthy suffered minor in juries. Mrs. Certrude flood, of Pint land, with him, wnt Miocked tmcoii scions and suffered h injuries. McCarthy w reckless driving charge. The injured were brought lo a hospital here ami McCarthy later was placed in jail. Mrs. Hood was expected lo recover hut surgeons were doubtful that Slurieant would survive. WIDOW OF FORMER LOCAL PASTOR DirS According to word received here, Mrs. Sylvia Donrlas. widow of Ihe 'jate llev. S. A. Doilgl.'t't. died' at I A 1 banc. California, .January I'tiih, I tollow iriL an illness of only a I v.eeks She is survived by two , i sons. Karl, of lierl.eley, and Owen.! I of Albany. Calif, luiermeni look , place in Sunset View ceineterv, j ,.,. Albany. I h" Douglas tanniv il known in Itosehurg. ha-c.-i ted here six years white js , 'ing JUDGE ORDERED TO j GRAND JURY PROBE WAKIIINCTHN. T.-li. I. (M'i Th- J'lsUff (U'liiirtNU-Ml or-i'- l-'.-.l.-r;iI niliiit .Iii.Il-.. K.hvin S. i'rlm!tiif to'i.iy In rcluni hnim-'i: ! ;i i -l y fifuii a Vii' iif Ion trip to .nui'i Id l)ipi-;ir l)-foi I v.o It 'I- ji-ial man-l jmi-s in N'-w V'nl;. I hi Ni-w Yuri;, I'nm-'l Man- Ai-.liHlii-y Noniiftn nan! Thorna. vho siu ill III- f'onii' linn illstri i. jwrillM In' mi'Mllnn"l nn "fi'tlfraj Milalti-l.i. in' hhliiur tlu- Cist-i-I M :si- a r;isi nuii lii" Mantua r.nsf- " Truth About Roosevelt's Permit Conferees at Secret Meet to Give Version of j 'Frontier" Remark, l Senators Ask. WAS! 1 1 NV.T N I Vb. 4. CAP I President ltoose veil's dell hi 1 thiil he looked iipnn I he lihine us America's frontier brought n republican- ilenmnd today that he let senators tell their version of what lie said :it a secret confer ence on foreign affairs last Timm iliiv. Senator ltridi;es (It., N. 11.). one of the military cnniiuitlee inem hers who attended the conference and pledged secrecy, made the demand after the president had disputed s-onio accounts of the meetini' and had accused sonic newspaper owner agitators of iiits-jM, i (presenting his imini of view Immediately alter the confer-1 ence, word leaked (tut that .Mr. I Roosevelt had told the senators j Unit, America was fiorjr.f; mliy. tary aiitlanes lo France because helping the democratic nation of ! the world was part, of the present America foreign policy. One sena tor said he understood the presi dent to have said that America's frontier wiih now the Ithlne, but, some others denied he had made isuch a statement. Italy Very Bitter The press in Cermany and Italy j reacted furiously In t he first re I I oris of Tuesday's meet ing, ltal I iau papers making such bitter per sonal at I acks on I he president I that the Untied States embassy in i .',..,..! I I,,. I I ,. Mm 11..MM. m..ni ve'sterdav for an evnlaiia- ( lion. Ami conuiesstonal critics I cried out that the president was eaitiiu. Ihe coiiniiv Jiloni- the road ... lo war. At his press conference yester-1 Another measure, prepared hy the day Mr. lioosevelt stamped as a j slate liipior commission, wnudl re "delihentte lie" Hie report thai hejdueo the legal strenglb of fortified had talked of the Uhhie as this, wines I mm 21 to 17 per cent, country's frontier, and hi' dictated i A hill introduced in the house a terse foreign policy statement j today by Ihe education committee which began : would establish a county school e are against any enlam.iiag f(o111'" 1 "" l':t'-' . . HUNGER STRIKE AT l SAN QUENTIN ENDS, KAX tJI'KNTIN PRISON', Calif. F(d). I. (AP) The lasl X hunger sirikers went off their diet, of bread and waler to accept a prison menu of beef stew and other j Naples today They had demanded more variety. Warden Court Smith announced that the work eat refusal, w Inch three days ago involved nearly 1,- I and facial ' " ""' Hiinaies, was ai an liehl on a'1"' lM:;l Hie slate prison tout - tiue was hack to normal. One of World's " " V f - 1 iVl I Ncvcrt view of the tite of Shasta dam, part of the Ccntr.il valley water project in California, on the Sacramento river north of Redding. Larger than Bou'der dam. Shasta will rice to r. height indicated by arrow. The project calls for rerouting the Southern Pacific tracks, shown in the left of the picture, and for tHic detail the federal government has appropriated the necessary funds. Have to Obtain a . Liquor Price Boost Sought For Pensions Bill Introduced in Oregon Senate Aimed to Avert Increase in Taxes on Property. Ilv PACL V. HATtVKY. Jr. SAl.K.U. 1-Vh. 1. ( AIM A hill lo increase liipior prices 10 per cent lo raise $1.2511.11111) a hiennimn for old ano pensions was r-rel'errf d todnv hy the senate to Its alcoholic traffic committee after no oppo sition lo the measure appeared on the senate floor. j The motion to refer Ihe hill came after Senator l-'raneiscovich said it would he redrafted for minor corrections. As the measure now reads, he said, the courts would construe it as a revenue. measure which should originate in ii,iuse. Senator Kills, sponsor of the hill, said It would give the aged SL rnn.inm more a bienniuni because the federal government would match Ihe slate money. Ho paid he left the way open for the ways and means committee to give all the revenue from the hill lo conn ties. "If we don't pass this pitinloss tax, wti'll huve to Increase the liroperfy -tax.'' Fllis said. - Seiialoc Malioney said (hn 'hill was "the first concrete proposal I have seen which would give relief lo (he old loiks. Nothing could he sounder than this. This would be ihe only way to get more money for pensions, because if we pass a gross income lax or sales tax, the people won hi vote il down on a referendum." Wine Bills Presented. .Mahoney and Senator Iturke ln- 1 1 reduced a measure which wnuld , nmM1.li i ho m.mih.i .in, or importation of fortified wines. j equalization fund. The hill pro- I vides lor an apportionment of the j irreducible school fund on a basis (f jL,MI( 1(M. i!r) ,.),., tllarv elasMioom unit and $1,1 hi lor each (Ciinlitiued on page tD 'MAN DROWNS WHEN TRACTOR PLUNGES -(itT ANHKI.KS. Wash., Feb. 4. -.(AP) -David Cibbs. :t!i. of Forks, drowned in the Soleduck river near 'lli.it town Fridav when a tractor )f. utlH t rarisporl ing across Hie ' si rea in on a final broke loose, fell ! into the river and carried him with it, reporieu iiepui' Mieriu iiori.-n- jstein of Forks, who invi-siiri(t"d line acciucui. Largest Dams Will Be . J,7'rv''.. . .; V -h'-.n,-. 1 f&TA t" Special Permit for VOL. XXVII Admiral to Head Defense of Britain Admiral Lord Chatfield, above, who built the British navy to its present efficiency and power, has been appointed minister for co ordination of defense, in charge of Britain's entire defense pro gram. Special Audit of Treasury Puts Total at $23,534; Up to Grand Jury. SAI.KM, Feb. I. (Ai-) A spe cial audit filed with the county cleik's office indicated today that a shortage of 2'l.r:tl existed in the hooks of the Marlon county treas urer's office. A previous audit had fixed the sum at $IS.5rl. In speaking of a shortage, the new audit said much wording was used to describe Hie difference or discrepancy between the fund bal ances and the amount of cash and other assets. "The bookkeeper's entries for certain cash transact Ions were 'rolled' at. Hie end of Hut various years, except the year of P.CI7, ,'t such a manner as to show at tempts to conceal the accumulated shortages as lo (hose dates," Hio new report said. "Heiierally, the scheme was to show certain cash disbursements actually made in January as dis bursements of the preceding De cember." The report asserted I hat a for mer deputy in Hie treasurer's of fice. W. V. IClchardson. admlllei knowledge of the "existing short age and used his scheme lo conceal it from Ihe auditors making the an nual audit." Itb biirdson was ((noted as saying a small shortage appeared "short ly after the counly treasurer came into office in HUH and (hat this scheme had been iim-i) ui lb! end of each year to cover up the shorl- (f onlinued on pul Erected Here y t i Atlantic Angling.' PENSION MONEY ' How will the Oregon legislature provide for It? Tim uuustion will probably be answered next week. Watch for it In t lie wire -service l Hie .NKWS-UKVIKW. NO. 157 OF THE EVENING NEWS m Club, Subway Spots Suffer Big Damagej Irish Republicans Rounded Up as Suspects in Raids That Yield Grenades and Ammunition. I JO NDO N, Feb. -I. (AP) A bomb explosion which wrecked the, headquarters of the Tonpiny Con servative club In Devonshire sent Scotland Yard experts to Kngland's south coast today in n widening; search for suspected Irish terror ists. The explosion occurred at 3 p in. after the houses of parliament had been barred to visitors as a pro caution and police had announced discovery of Important secret cluen to a wave of bombings attributed to (he auti-ltritish Irish republican' army. Local police could find no (duo to the blast, which tore up floor hourds, ripped open walls ami smashed every window in Uw three-floor political headquarters, throwing the sleepy, seaside resort town Into turmoil. Authorities put a special guard around Windsor, where King; (ieotge ami tiue en Klizabelh were spending the week-end at their royal lodge. i Sir Thomas Moore, a conserva tive member of parliament, an nounced he would propose legisla tion In the house, of commons to. inflict corporal punishment on per sons convicted of bombing charges. irhousands of detectives and po-' lice conducted a widespread search" for persons suspected of having; connections with the terrorism,, which yeslerdny culminated in thu' bombing of two Loudon subway stations. s Suspects Arrested Four men wero ordered held by the London, ManclnisV'i' Liver-, pool police courts on' charges con nected with the bombings. One,' man, arrested in Manchester, was alleged (o have said that "though you havo got us, the cause will go on." The I. IL A. seeks to sever all connections between Ireland and Knglaiid. Police said they discovered sev en hand grenades and IL rounds of atliliiiltitl loll ill the iMii'ilen (if tii-li ael John Lyons, ;il, a London resi dent who was charged wilh com Ipllcily In Hie heavily nunrded How street court. Reports thai largo slocks of ex plosives were missing from muni- cipal factories intensified Ihe hunt, the biggest of its kind since the World war. Subway Staticns Bombed I. It. A. sympathizers were sus pected of bombing two important London subway stations yesterday when eight persons were injured,, one seriously. Similar bombings ihree weeks ago were aimed at dis rupting public, utilities. A close guard was kepi at all vulnerable transportation coniuitmi-. cation and utility centers. Itahls wore made during the night on Irish quarters in London, Manchester and on republican I headquarters of Ilelfast. Several arrests were made and some ex- (Continued nn page 6) MAST LANDING. Mich.. Teh. I. (AP) The science professor1" who discovered a vaccine for mi; ditlant fever strove diligently to day to find Hie oriiHn of n.t epi demic or the fever in this c.ilh uo town which loolt ihe life or oim snider; and caused the HlneM of inoi" than lo other persons. Dr. 1. K. Il'idri-'t son, research ptofes .or of bacteriology at .Michi gan Stale colle.-;'. launuhed his in-. "rt..t,alioti a un.nn t.t;o when t". I'll ;l (ae amonu 'tie student. Wiirt p. Ded. He redoubled his u.'fnrlir vii.'eic.ay when . Arthur 'JohD lie nr. 22, of Ni warU, N. J., suc cumbed. Twenty-one other students havo been under treatment for the (lis i ne, rare in .Michigan, and tit least: L'o reshleiiis of Kast Landing alsot weie alfhcted. Dr. Huddleson discovered bruee 1m, a curative vaccine, and maim laeturos It In the basement of it hulldhiK used for laboratory pur poses. The build iuK houses tluV world's largest collection of eul litres of the undulant fever micro-, coccus. The vaccine Is not maim fact in el commercially.