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Japan's Protest Against U. S. Fortifying of Guam Isn't Strenghened Any by today's Bombing by Japanese Warplanes of the British Colony' of Hongkong. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 43 Highest temperature yesterday 51 Lowest t'luperature last night 30 Precipitation for 24 hours 0 Precfp. since first of month 4.07k Precip. from Sept. 1, 1938 17.76 JJeficiency since Sept. 1, 1938 4.91 ' Partly Cloudy. TAXES The Oregon legislature la due to act on the new state tax schedule this afternoon or tomorrow. The news will he of interest to every one. Full details in the NEWS REVIEW. 5 5? rHE"DOTGU. COUNTY DAO NO. 261 OF ROSEBURG REV jpi 5 5J VOL. XLII1 ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY; FEBRUARY 2, 1 939. VOL. XXVII NO. 171 OF THE EVENING NEWS IMI fn I ': Q p Jap Warplanes Bomb British Hongkong Nine Killed In Attack On Rail Station Adjacent Chinese District Also Suffers; Terrific Air Battle Fought Over Lanc'now. HONGKONG, Kol. 21. (AP) Nine persons, including n British Indian policeman, were killed today when Japanese warplanes bombed a railroad station inside the bord ers of this British Crown colony. Sir Geoffry Northcote, governor of Hongkong, after a personal inves tigation, sent a report to London and requested the British consul- general in Canton vigorously to protest to the Japanese govern' meat. The raid led to the influx of sev eral thousand refugees from the heavily-bombed Chinese area adja cent to the Hongkong border. In Shumchun village. Just outside British territory, it was estimated that the planes had caused more than 100 casualties nmong civilian Chinese. The bombers also demolished a I-allway car in which a score of British policemen were sneuereu near the station. ' British military authorities said the low-flying Japanese planes first dropped bombs In Chinese territory not far from the west ern border of the British colony and then flew over the border, un loading ! more missiles on the Lowu station, IS miles from the "heart of Hongkong. A mixed passenger and freight train on the Hongkong-Kowloon railroad two -1111168 within the col ony border narrowly escaped de struction when a Jnpanese bomb landed near the tracks, shatter ing windows of the cars. The passengers were reported unin jured. . . AIR BATTLE FOUGHT OVER LANCHOW; CLAIMS CONFLICT SHANGHAI, Feb. 21. (AP) Both Chinese and Japanese report (Continued on page fit Two burglaries at the Smith va- viety store in Drain were cleared up yesterday by the arrest of a 1G-year-old youth, a resident of Drain, Sheriff Percy Webb reported to day. The store was robbed during the Christmas holidays, with a loss of about S-tt) worth of goods, and "was entered again lust Sunday night, at which time ammunition and several items of merchandise taken. Entrance was obtained by forcing u lock on a rear door. In formation secured by Jake Saw yers, chief of police at Drain, led to the arrest of the youth, Sheriff Webb said. In keeping with the police in connection with juvenile cases, the name of the youth was not revealed by the authorities. Editorials on the Day's News Ry FRANK J FN KINS TJFADKD Tor Los Angeles. (On business. Don't care a lot for the place on any other basis wlit eh sentiment is probably mu tual; Los Angeles doesn't care a lot for ANYBODY except in the way of business, being much too busy with its own affairs.) COME day, when you have an hour to spare, stop at the Al lied Arts, in Palo Alto, located alongside the Stanford campus. This advice goes even for the men (who will be tremendously bored at the start, but will wind up interested, in spite of the'm selves) and of course goes double for the women, who will be Inter ested from the beginning. -T-HE Allied Arts Is housed in an old hacienda-type houBe, and the story goes that it was built by a well-heeled Spaniard who entertained like a prince un til one day the sad story came VIOLENCE Congressman to Face Federal Quiz Federal Investigation Is prom ised 'into oharges filed against Representative John D. Dingell, above, democrat of 15th Michi gan district, by Mrs., peil.ia Koz lowski, 70-year-old widow. Mrs. Kozlowski alleges Dingell used Influence with RFC Mortgage company to convert to his own use property which she owned."1 E Church Organist, to Face Charge, Admits He "Done Something Rash." EL CENTRO, Calif., Feb. 21. (AP) Manacled for a trip back to Pnsadenu to face a charge of child stealing, 40-year-old Townsend Da vis, gardener and church organist, told a shocking story today, po lice said of his attempted flight to Arizona with golden-hnlred Anne, Louise Sweltzer, 8. The gaunt, hollow-cheeked man and his tiny companion were seiz ed late yesterday as his old sedan approached the state border, more than 21 hours after secret depar ture from Pasadena., Paint from nn attack of nausea. Anne Louise was not able to be questioned. A medical examination was to be made of the girl to determine if she had been harmed. As reported by police. Davis told of spending Sunday night. with the girl. In a single room at Indlo, be cause he "didn't have money enough to rent two rooms." When he was arrested, he had $2.30 and a religious tract in his pockets. i guess i none something rash", (Continued on page 6.1 that his wealth in Spain had van ished, so he had to dispose of his hacienda. You can tell by looking at it that wealth was necessary for its maintenance, for It was built on the scale magnificent. It houses now a group of arti sans who weave, do work In metal and wood and in pottery, maintain an antique shop of distinction, and serve lunches. The lunches are served by the Junior League of Palo Alto as a project for rais ing money for charities, and are so popular that a place must be arranged by appointment. Much of the handwork Is reaTly so beautiful that ft can be appre ciated by a mere business man which, in this writer's humble judgment is the highest test of art Deauty that can be appreciated only by an expert, falls short of true art and becomes more tech nical expertness. (This bit of art criticism Is (Continued on page 4) FLARES AT N Y. NAZI RALLY Defense Bill Continues To Stir House Guam Plane Base Proposal Still Mulled; Senator Pittman Says U. S. to Be Prepared. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP) The house reached the crux of the controversy over the adminis tration's 562,000,000 defense pro gram today a recommendation for a seaplane base on the Pacific Is land of puani. ... The Gnnm proposal, included in a 163,800,000 bill for Improved naval air bases, accentuated questions of foreign policy in the Orient at a time of intense argument over American relations with Europe. Senator Plttnian, chairman of the senate, foreign relations committee, empnasizeu European war threats last night In pleading .for strong national defense. U. S. Not Afraid While the American people hate war, he Bald in a radio address, "they are not afraid to die for Christianity., morality, iustlnn nmi Herty,rWany a mistake has been' mnue in past history by not ettine U1L.U11U1 KuvemuieillB Know U1IS on the start." In Pittman's discussion of for eign policy and defense, the Ne vada senator declared Germany, Italy and Japan "are absolutely controlled by arbitrary and ruth less dictators." He' said the United States would not enter any entangling alliances. Lone Hand Policy "We will be prepared, singly and alone, to successfully defend our countries, its institutions and. our citizens," he said. "We will not aid a government whose policy is based upon conquest and military dom ination. We will not refuse the op pressed governments any aid that we may legally give them, short of war. . , "We will, unafraid, resist ' any encroachments .upon the rights of our citizens under any treaties' with us by every legal means at our command, short of war, relying upon this power which. In my opinion is sufficient and will avert war. . "We are not frightened, how ever, by the circumstances that this resistance may cause some other: country to declare wnr upon us. Foreign Activity Cited George T. Messersmlth, assistant (Continued on pare 6) IT THE DALLES, Feb. 21. (AP) Letting themselves Into the Cen tral pharmacy by using ropes after drilling holes in the roof, several men, believed by police to he nar cotic peddlers, looted the Btore of $20 worth of narcotics and f 10 In cash early today. About $100 in cash, some money orders in two cash registers with the silver and a quantity of nar cotics were overlooked. Officers also round the tools used In making the entry, leading them to believe the burglars were frightened before they could complete their search. Coincident with the burglary, it was learned that three men, their names unknown here, had been ar rested at Toppeniah, Wash., on suspicion of being members of a ring that looted another drug store of (100 on January 27. PORTLAND WOMAN KILLED IN CRASH LONGVIEW. Wash., Feb. 21. (AP) Mrs. H. C. Harlnnd. of 2S04 Northeast Hancock Btreet, Port land, died in a Longvlew hospital last night of Injuries received when the automobile in which she was riding was involved in a near-head on collision south of Castle Rock yesterday. Neither Hugh Harland, driver of the car, nor Curtis Haun sii, of Chehalis, driver of the other car, was Injured. . . Legislation ! Planning Body Is Suggested Interim Council on Kansas Idea Asked for Oregon : in Message Issued by ,. '. '. Gov. Sprague; L By PAUL W. HARVEY, JR. ' SALEM, Feb. 21. (AP) Chang ing the state planning board into a state bureau of research and de velopment and establishment of a committee to work on legislation between sessions were recommend ed today to the legislature by Gov ernor Sprague.. - , In a special message to both houses, the governor said the re vamped bureau would do research for the governor, legislature and legislative interim committees, and also "have broad powers in ex ploring fields of economic develop ment, utilization of natural re sources and industrial opportuni ties." He said he would "like particu larly to have legislative commit tees make use of this bureau, , if created, in preparation of legisla tion. -.-.( - Kansat'PJan Cited "Kansas has attracted consider-' able attention recently because of its legislative council which meets at intervals, between sessions to do preliminary work on subjects in which legislation is deemed- neces sary. . . "I believe Oregon could accom plish similar good results by hav ing its legislature create a stand ing interim committee for whicii the state bureau could do the nec essary research." Tax Bill in Offing The legislature, in a determined effort to end the session within 10 days, began consideration today of the administration tax program, one of four major pieces of legisla tion yet to be acted upon. The oth ers are appropriation bills, people's utility district legislation, ami equalization of school taxes. The tax program, calling for re peal of the eight per cent tax on Intangibles, a three per cent surtax on intangibles and a slight boont in the corporate excise tax, was to come up for final passage In the house today. The entire program would 'raise the same amount of revenue as at present. llep. Phil Brady, president of the Portland central labor council, said labor would fight the tax pro gram because it was opposed to the intangibles tax repeal. Four Bills Passed A bill authorizing Multnomah 1 county commissioner to deduct 1& I per cent from salaries or county employes earning more than $75 a month to create a pension rund, was passed by the senate and sent I to the house. A hill to permit the liquor com mission to inspect and regulate clubs to Insure orderly conduct al so passed the senate and went to the lower body. The bill prevents open display of liquor in clubs. Despite objections by Sen. Lew (Continued on page 6) TRAFFIC OFFENSE Gilbert Cobb, tried In circuit court yesterday on a charge of fall lure to give information at the scene of an automobile accident, was foqnd guilty by the Jury which heard the testimony. The case was on appeal from conviction in the Justice court. Passing of sentence was postponed by Judge CArl K. jWlmberly until after completion of the Jury term. Cobb also Ih facing an Indictment charging receiving of stolen property. The court today took up the case of A. J. McDonald, Indicted on four counts charging contributing to the delinquency of minors.. Due to the nature of the case, which involves allegations of moral turpitude. Judge Wimberly Instructed the bailiffs to keep the courtroom clear of all minors. Jews Scored, Fights Ensue, 13 Arrested Leader of Bund Refers to President as 'Rosenfeld;' ' Members of Cabinet Draw Hisses. NEW YORK, Feb. 21.(AP) in a nazi demonstration that filled vast Madison Square Garden lead ers of the German-American bund Htood last night under the sign of the swastika to denounce "interna tional Jewry," some memherB of the Roosevelt cabinet, and any American alliance with European democracies. While uniformed storiu troopers marched intermittently Inside the garden which at official estimate held 20,000 a moving throng of autf nazis, theater goers and the merely, curious!, milled about in the streets outside. . ,,, About 1,500 police reserves stood guard over the area, while violence spurted, up Inside the garden and put. Violence Flares As Fritz Kuhn, hational leader of the bund, was concluding a pero ration agaluBt Jews, Isadore flVtfanhn'um, a slight, 20-year-old hotel worker, leaped ' upon the great stage and ran toward the speaker, . . Instantly, a dozen or more storm troopers set upon him, knocking him down and beating him as he held his head in his arms, his black wild hair flying. A squad of police pushed the storm troopers aside, picked him from the floor of the platform, and holding him high above their heads, ran to an exit. MoBt of his clothing was torn from his body; Later, he was booked for disord erly conduct and held in $100 ball. OutBlde the garden, 13 persons altogether were arrested In a ser ies of tights Involving the police who refused permission of antt missis to picket the garden and the followers and opponents of nazism. Woman Assailed The first disturbance at the meet ing Involved .Dorothy Thompson, newspaper columnlHt. who had shouted "nonsense" during a speech ny u. w. Kunze, the bund's nation al publicity director. Amid shouts of "sit down ' and "throw her out," a groy-shirted (Continued on page 0.) ,T. GLENMLE FIXED GLEN DA I. R, Ore., Feb. 21. A wage agreement covering labor at the Ingham Lumber company plant here was reached at a meeting Friday night between the recently organized 1. 10. U., local 15, I list. 1 conference committee, and C. W. Ingham, president of the lumber company. According to the agreement, skilled and semi-skilled labor, with the exception of four positions, will he ruined on Feb. lt to within five enU of the I. K. U. minimum. The four positions left open for dis cussion are deck scaler, timber cut off man, oiler and green chain. Starting March 1, unskilled as well as skilled labor will he raised to within two and one-half cents of the minimum. Mr. Ingham agreed to meet the I. K. U. minimum in the near future. HANDY STAND SOLD TO AUSTIN GREEN Bale of the Handy Stand, tobacco shop, confectionary and newsstand, located op Jackson street, in con nection with the Callen-Mlller bar ber shop, was announced today. The business, owned for the past nix years by Hugh Wells, was pur chased by Austin C. Green, who is taking Immediate possession. Mr. Wells Is a Southern Pacific com pany engineer. The business In the past has been conducted lurgely by Mrs. Welle and other members of the family. Mr. Green, the new owner, has been a resident of Rose burg and vinlclty since 11K4. Brothers Held as Robert Grimes, above, and his ; brother, OMen, upper right, are ' in Jalh at Yuba City, Calif., ao . cused of kidnaping. Mrs. Norma Meeka, 55, pictured at right, from her Rio Oso ranch home - last September 1, The brothers ' were arrested at their mother's hon-e In Kentucky. The district attorney) at Yuba City laid Mrs. Meeks Identified Robert, 25, as the kidnaper who guarded her in a poison oak; clump In Bear river hills of ;- Placer county, 13 miles from her home, for 56 hours, before she managed to escape. He said she picked out Ollen, 29, as a man she had seen near her home before she was ab .duoted. ;;.-.-' ' '- - .""V Nono of the $15,000 ransom was paid. CONFESSIONS OF MURDER REPEATED Finding of Child's Bones in Texas Bolsters7 Tale of Oregon Convicts. ; SALEM, Ore., Poll. 21. (AP) Claud and Hlmer Tnnlson told stato parole officers ycHlordiiy limy killed a lather nml his two sons near l'erryton, Texas, sovon years ago. Tho two men, serving IS years each In the Oregon ponllnntlury for bank robbery, repented confes sions mude 21 years ago which at that time were discredited by Per ry Ion authorities who regarded the confessions as a hoax. Saturday the bones of n child were found on a Piinhundhi ranch causing tho Perryton officials to attach greater credulity to the Ore gon confessions. Tho Investiga tion wob reopened. The two bro thers were- questioned again and repented the story. Cluud, 10. and lOlmer, '12, fluid J. M. Cone agreed to pay them J1.0UO to murder his two sons. J. M. Cone. Jr., 10 nnd Vernon Conn, 0, bo cause liu didn't want to bn encum bered wllh them when he "ran off with another woman." They mild the father nnlil I hem Jsnn so Claud shot him. They said each shot one child and burled them 20 or 25 miles Boutheast of Perrylon. Miner told Gerald Mason nml Cecil Kdwnriis of the parole bnurd. "I tried to forget It and I couldn't. so I told the story and feel hetler . I II nave to go back to Texas to face It sooner or Inter, bo It might as well bo now." Clnud refused to sny whether he wanted to return to Texas. Kdwards and MnHon said they were inclined to believe the men. "If they didn't nctunlly commit the crime they certainly had guilty knowledge, becauso their stoi-y checked on many points," the par ole members said. YOUTH ARRESTED IN KILLING OF MOTHER KIIOKNR, Keb. 21. (AIM .Sheriff C A. Swarts, acting on tho request of Missouri authorities, ar rested Irvln Htirgard, 1,, last night In connection with a charge of mur dering his mother nt Chllllcothe, Mo. Swnrts said the youth admitted shooting his mother, Mrs. Mabel Uiirgard, a widow, last July 31 but asserted ft was an lu-cident. He said a rifle lie was cleaning acci dentally discharged. He fled In panic when he renlized his inother was dead, the boy stated. Colony Kidnaper Suspects tr v, FAIR SPURS AUTO Roseland Business Bought, , Other Properties Here Being Improved. Snlo of the Rosolund auto camp, locntod on tho Pacific highway n mllo north of tho city llmltB, to Mrs. Gladys Taylor, recoiit urrlv al from South Dakota, wub an nounced today. Mrs. Taylor Is to bo assisted In conducting the busliioss by 'hor son, Harry. The purclinsa was mndn from C. W. Knight, who has been operating the camp for the past few years. Mrs. Taylor and her son select ed Itoseburg as a location nfler spending six weeks louring the Pacific coast after leaving their former homo in South Dukotti. Anticipation of a record year for toiirst trnvol, bocnuso of the Golden Gnto exposition, has result ed In cnnslilorable locnl activity in tho camp ground business. Camp View Being Improved Camp Viow, located a half mile north of town, 1b engaged in a very cxlenslve Improvoinent pro gram. The enmp was purchased last September by Duncan and John Noyes, ftrntliors, nnd man agement was assumed by tho lnt ter. Duncan Noyes, who Is In business In Fnlrview, Mont., is now In Itoseburg assisting in the Improvement program, and plans to move to this city tit somo fuluro dule. The front of (lie grounds Is be ing widened nnd Biirfaced en trnnco roadways constructed. Might of the old cabins were razed and now cabins constructed, two doubles nnd n single, the new structures being thoroughly modern and steam heated. It Is planned to build addition mills In tho near future. Tho cimin now has accommodations for 35 pur tins. Tho lighting system Is being reconstructed, cabins nro being modernized nnd redecorated and plans are being mndo to extend steam heat Into a largo portion of tho camp. Additional equipment, Including a hydraulic hoist. haB been Install ed at tho Camp View service sin lion, which Is operated llndor lease by Claude Patterson. Tho storo building also Is be ing remodeled and will be reoccu pled lifter March 1 by A. O. Somes who Is Installing now fixtures, In eluding a large refrigeration plant. Mayor Young Also Busy The Itoseburg Auto camp, local- ; "A A J: A U : . LM (Continued on pnge 6.) Ships Trapped In Sudden Fog Over Florida Six Students Save Selves in First "Chute" Leaps; One Victim Found in Burned Wreck. . : PENSACOXA, Fla., Feb. .21. (AP) Trapped In a dense fog. eight nnvy planes wero wrecked nnd two pilots killed on a routine training flight last night. . .; ; Rain wnBhed away tho fog at ; dawn todny, disclosing tho full , toll ot officers of the . Pensacola ' naval air station. Six student filers escaped Kjt balling out In the dnrkness in' , their first parachute Jumps. Four , pilotB landed sntely In South Ala bama. " . Lieut. 0. F. PreBBer, Sr., a Bra : zlllan navy officer receiving re KUlur training here, died when his j plune crashed and burned at Corry field, where land pianos are qunr-; tered. i ' Lieut. N. M. Ostorgrens Tvas found in his wrockod nnd turned plane near McDavid, Fla., pbout 25 miles north of PeiiBacoliu . ; Lieut. J. P. Monroe.' aide to the ' commandant, said there waB noth- ing anxious ground crows could do except wntt for the pilots to jump. ' The planes were three radio-equip-1 ped two-seat instruction Bhlps nnd : n I no single-seated' innd craft' (Boeings), with high landing them to allglit on soft ground. Four of the desertort Bhlps fell bn tho govornment reservation. In addition to Lieut. Presser, an- : other Brazilian officer, Lieut. A. ' C. P. Horta, was In tho group. Ho ! leaped to Bafety. ... Two on Final Fllaht -The two Brazilian officers wern. in training under a long-standing naval policy of aiding South and ' Central Amerlcnn 'pountrios to pre-', pare their fighting ', Xorceji, siild thoso close to the' Tiita,tlon. ! :. These two, i op'ortB' to be alio ' only foreign officers liow In train-' lug horo, wore on their final test flight along with other students. They wero flying in squadron five, which Is, equivalent to a conclud ing examination of their fitness (IB filers. A law approved by congress lat summer permits training of South Amoricnn nvlutors in Unit--ed Stato service schools. Nino advanced BtudontB nnd throe Instructors took off early last night for a routine nftor-dnrk flight. Not long ntter they were nloft a soupy fog rollod in from tho (Continued on page 6) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP) The senate passed and sent to' the houso a bill to pay Roy IX Cook, 12-year-old Portland Ind, '2500 for Injuries rocolved when a largo U. S. mull box roll on him In 1IK15. The llnv nnrt n onmnnnlm, on roller skates when ho attempt ed to stop by grabbing the largo carrier storage mall box. Ho slid under It, pulling the box' on top, "i nun. i no ncciiicut broke four upper teoth, loosened the others,, fractured his unnei- i-h.iii ia .it... located his right Jaw. fractured' um lower jaw on tno lert side and severely cut him about tho face. Tho nOHlnfrir-n iloit,, rlmnnl Jncted iho claim for damages on inu grounii mo government was not lit fuull but the setiiitn r,lnl.,.a coinmittoo held responsibility rested on the government because Iho mall box was not securely an chored. VOTING ON POPE TO START ON MARCH 2 VATICAN CITY, Feb. 21. (AP) Cardlnnls nt tho Vatican nn. noimceil officially today they would meet In conclave March 1 in elect a new pope. Voting will be gin ninrcn z. All the 02 cardinals are exnected to attend. Speculation Quickened on the chnncca of various cardinals, al though all conceded there was lit. tlo upon which to baso predictions. A few diplomats' to tho Holy Seo thought the chances wero slightly increased for election of Kugenlo Cardinal Pncelli. Vatican secretary of state under Plus nnd now cum orlengo of Interim ruler. Most ob servers, however, thought he would receive merely a substantial cour tesy voto on the first ballot, ,
