Annual Reminder to Dog Owners: Home Owners are Now Fixing Up Gardens and Lawns, and Control of Dogs Will Assure a 'Good Neighbor' Policy and Peace THE WEATHER Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterdny BC Highest temperature yesterday 53 Lowest temperature last night 3K Precipitation for 24 hours 07 Precip. since firm of month 4.24 Precip. from Sept. 1, 1938 17.93 Ileflcioncy since Sept 1, 1938 5.30 Partly Cloudy. ONE WEEK MORE up Its session with action on taxes, up its session wllh action on taxes,, the PUD bill ami' proposed aboli tion of the milk control board. Prompt reports on the bills will highlight NEWS-REVIEW . wire service. - . VOL. XLIII 'NO. 265 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ! S . , A "Ht COUNTY DAILY ; 5-5 s iS'. . ROSEBURG. OREGON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1939 ! ! vol. xxvii no. 175 of the evening news mm test m mm iv msm Editorials on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS HIS writer, driving from San Francisco, arrived in L. A. about 9 o'clock, in between the closing of the normal dining plnces and the opening of the night spots and besides, after 450 miles on the far-from-stratght coast route, vas in no' mood for a night spot; and so dropped into a down-town hole-In-the-wall for something to eat. It wasn't a very fancy hole-in-the-wall at that although the lood vas good and simple and exceed ingly cheap. You can get good food cheaper in Los Angeles than any where else in America. AT one table was an obvious tourist from the corn belt, with his wife. It was plain that money was none too plentiful with them and that every penny was being watched. They were eating sandwiches, and eating slow, to make it go farther. When he went to the desk to pay, he took out one of these Hd-fashloned purses that snap hut, anil you could see that part ing with the small amount of money ho parted with was painful. The trip Is coating them more than they figured, and It Is worry 'inL'tlicW: ";';'. --"; w-'iVv. AT another table was a young . squirt from the city (or, rath- (Continued on page 4' BF LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26---AP). Admittedly without a single tang ible clue, police today sought the brutal slugger who fatally wound ed attractive, 27-year-old Apya Sosayora, Russian dancer and stu dent of dramatics, then criminally attacked her on tho campus of I-os Angeles City college. Preliminary questioning of a fellow student in the drama class which Miss Sosayera had been at l tending at the college gave police no hint of the identity of the girl s assailant and no description of what occurred; . Detective Lieutenant William Clark said Wully Meyers told him he found the girl on the college lawn and that she collapsed after gasping: ; "Someone hit me on the head. Officers also were questioning J J. McCook. night superinten dent of the school, into whose of fice Meyers carried the girl and who took her to the hospital where she died several hours la ter. Thev expressed hope Mc Cook might be able to aid the in vestigation. - The attack apparently occurred, Clark said, as she walked across the campus to her apartment near by. ; FLASHES of OREGON EVENTS Gas Tax 20 Years Old PORTLAND. Feb. 25. (AP) The Oregon State Motor associa ' tlon today called attention to the fact that the gasoline tax law, pion eered in this state, was 20 years old Friday. The first Oregon tax was one cent per gallon. It now is 5c. The tax has provided about $94,087,000 in Its 20 years In Oregon. Last year it yielded f 11.29S.21S. Raid Nabs 53 Women PORTLAND, Feb. 25. (AP) Portland's reborn vice squad swoop ed down on 15 roomtng houses and arrested 53 women - last night, charging them either with conduct ing houses of prostitution or va grancy. It was the largest vice raid here since 192S when 70 were arrested. Vandals at Capitol SALEM. Feb. 25. (AP) State police went on the Job today to stop vandalism In the capltol. k 7' Since the legislature openetl, visi " tors have been taking as souvenirs ROSEBURG'S BONDS BRING $25,000 Issue Sells For Par PlusSU67;25 Portland Bank and Douglas National Bank Buyers; Assures Completion . of Sewer Work. ', A $25,000 Issue, of 10-year serial bonds, bearing 31 per cent interest, today brought the city of Roseburg a premium- of $1,767.25, the best price ever received by the city for a municipal bond, according to Re corder A. J. Geddes. The bonds, issued to finance the city's cost of tt WPA sewage dis posal plant construction project, were purchased Jointly by the First National bank of Portland and the Douglas National bank of Roseburg on a bid of S107.069 per $100. Six bids were received, the lowest of fer being $103.13 per $100. . Sale of the bonds was authorized at an adjourned meeting of the city council this morning, pursuant to advertised notice given bond buyers.: . The price paid for the securities provides a total of $20,7(17.25, less printing and advertising costs, to be placed In the city's special fund for the sewage disposal plant proj ect, and, according to Mayor A. J. Young, wlH, it is believed,, assure completion , of the project, with certain deijlred improvements ovor thS original plan. River Cleansing Assured Work ,1s expected to start imme diately on the completion of the In tercepting sewer system, which will connect with existing main sewers to carry sewage to the former city dump ground, northwest of town, where the disposal plant is to be erected. The improvement will re move all city-caused pollution from the South Umpqua liver. ' The bonds were authorized by the voters of the city by an almost unanimous vote at. a special elec tion held Feb. 9. The proceedings were riiBhed almost to the limit of legal limits, in order to complete all details prior to March 1, the then existing dendine of the enabling net under which the city is operat ing. The limit since has been ex- ( Continued on pace 61 PICKETING OF JAP BOAT NOT HALTED ASTORIA. Feb. 25. (AP) A cargo of logs, 550,000 feet of Jap anese squares and 21 of scrap Iron, laid . untouched on Astoria docks todny as Chinese continued to picket the freighter Norwny Maru. A demonstration yesterday was featured hy 15 Chinese school chil dren carrying banners pleading for aid in preventing "slaughter of in nocent Chinese." It was peaceful hut seven gangs of longshoremen refused to go through and work the ship. ' . So far no effort to invoke the new state picket-regulation law has been made nor has the Astoria Waterfront Employers' association discussed the affair formally. Local authorities were taking no action and customs officers stood by a- wniting developments. nlmAD, anuthlnir Innm ' tnrltl, U,,f ash trays, spittoons and' even copy trom a press association oiuce. Qiinh thlncra an fnnntuin hnndlPR. faucet handles, elevator plates, la vatory nxtures ana iocks nave ins appeared. Patiant Yields 50c PORTLAND, Feb. 25. (API Physicians at a local hospital said they felt like those patient opti mists who fish coins from below city sidewalk grates. They fished half a dollar from the throat of a Bend woman yesterday after an hour's patient manipulation. They spared the woman an operation. The patient grinned after the or deal and quipped "it tasted a lot better coming up than it did going down." Boy Cyclist Killed PORTLAND, Feb. 25. (AP) A motorist who was blinded by an oncoming oar last night struck the bicycle of Lester P. Wing. 15. Fair view. The boy died later In a hospital. Roosevelt, Efforts for Labor Peace And To Encourage U. SBusiness Lewis, Green Urged to End Their Feud Split Represents Challenge to Labor, Heads of AFL and CIO Are Told by President. MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 25. (AP) President Roosevelt, In letters to day to the heads of the country's rival labor organizations, said la bor "faces a challenge in finding itself . divided I n t o opposing camps' and called 'upon them to name a committee to negotiate peace. ' . In letters to John I. Lewis, chairman of the Congress of In dustrial 'Organizations, and Wil liam -Green, president of the American Federation ;of Labor, identical except for the final para graph, ? ho declared '.American people : "sincerely hope that a constructive negotiated peace with honor may coine about be tween the A. F. of It. and the C. I. O. within the early month3 of the new year." "The secretary of labor," he added in the letters made public at. the temporary white house here, "tells me that after coreful investigation and prolonged con versations with respective leaders in both groups there appear to he no insurmountable obstacles to peace and that in fact there is n real and honorable desire for uni fication in the labor, movement among all parties concerned." Four Reasons Cited In asking the CIO and AFL, at loggerheads nearly three yenrs over the organization of labor by industry and by craft, to appoint committees to negotiate '"terms of pence," Mr. Roosevelt asked his request on four grounds: First, because it is right. Second, because responsible of ficers in both groups seem to be ready and capable of making a negotiated and just peace." Third, because "you r m ember ship ardently desire peace and unity for the better ordering of their responsible life in trade un- (Contlnued on pace 6) S.F. E SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25. (AP) Ship clerks and their em ployers voiced expectation today of quick peace In the major port paralysis which yesterday tied up 29 ships and lert Idle 4,GU0 CIO clerks and other workers. Frank P. FolBie, president of the Waterfront Employers Association of the Pacific Coast, said: "It looks darn good for a back-to-work set tlement today." Folsle said counsel for the oppos ing factions would meet shortly and report back to their respective or ganizations the Ship Clerks asso ciation, which is affiliated with CIO longshoremen, and the Dock Checkers' Employers association. Headquarters of the ship clerks union reported their pickets still patrolled the whole bay area wat erfront, that other AFL and CIO unions were respecting them, and that "we expect a call from the em ployers today." NAZI AIRPLANE WITH TEN ABOARD LOST BERLIN. Feb. 25. (AP) Luf thansa, German aviation company, announced today that a plane carrying 10 passengers and crew men was lost yesterday some where in the Mediterranean. The plane was on a special flight from Germany. The com pany said It had not determined exactly where the plane went down. Hopkins No Anti-Monopoly Proposals Coming WASHINGTON, Feb. 26. (AP) The Roosevelt adminis tration's effort to quiet business fears and encourage private in vestment gained impetus today from a statement by Democratic Leader Bnrkley of the senate that he had received word no general anti-monopoly legisla tion would be offered at this session of congress. - Barkiey's announcement was one of several apparent indica tions that the crop of new laws turned out at the present ses sion of congress might be com paratively small. Speaking privately, several senators said the desire of muny democrats for party peace would tend to bold the session's output of new laws to n mini mum. PUSSES ON AT 85 Roseburg Resident Thirty: Years Former Railroad ! v Yardmaster. j Frank Allen Clemens, 'S5, for 1 more than 30 years a resident of Uioseburg, died at Mercy- hospital lato Friday. Mr. Clemens, was in jured recently in a fall at his home and removed to the hospital fori treatment. He rallied temporarily,! hut suffered a relapse this week. Born July 19, 1S53, in Chester county, Penn., he was hiarriod Au gust 2, 1K7G, at Wllliamsport, Penn., to Adelln Porter, who passed awuy several years ago. Ho was employed throughout the greater part of his life, prior to coming to Roseburg, in railroad ing, and for many yenrs served as yardmaster nt Jamestown, North Dakota. After retirement from railroad work he came to Roseburg and en gaged In farming. For many years, by team and automobile, he operat ed the star mail route between Roseburg and Melrose. Because of advancing years and HI heulth, he had been In retirement for the past few years. Son in Hospital. Mr. Clemens was the father of five children, of whom two sur vive. They are Edward E. Clem ens, Los Angeles, and Mrs. Elsie Nelson, Jamestown, North Dakota. A son, Frank Clemens, very well and favorubly known in Rosoburg, died here about four years ago. Neither the surviving son nor daughter will be able to attend fu neral services here, as both are ill. Edward Clemens, according to re ports received here last night, suf fered a severe heart attack this week and is in a hospital at Los Angeles, where he is said to be recovering. Mr. Clemens was a member of the Elks lodge of this city. Funeral services will be held at the Elks parlors at 2 p.' ni. Mon day, with interment following in the Masonic cemetery.- Arrange ments are In charge of the Doug las Funeral home. Youth Breaks Into Jail Here, Draws 5-Day "Invitation" A jail break In reverse was successfully maneuvered here today by Jack Hurst, 38, or Grants Pass. Weary and footsore from a hike from the state training school, from which he was re leased this week, Hurst arrived In Roseburg this morning. En deavoring to find a bed in the city Jail, Hurst discovered the city hall entry thereto locked. He procured a club, smashed a window and proceeded to muke himself at home in the vacant cell block. The self-invited guest will re main In Jail for five days, upon the "invitation" of Recorder A. J. Geddes. RECORD Join In Commerce j Chief Urges Cooperation alk Pledging Government Help in Recovery Draws Favorable Comment From Industry. TIES MOINES, Fell. 25. (AP) American business men today studied on invitiitlon from Secre tary of Commerce Harry L. Hop kins for labor, agriculture and busi ness to join government "on the same side of the table" to work out the nation's economic problems. In a speech rilled with references to "free enterprise," "private:, in vestment" and "business confi dence," the secretjiry hero last night asserted the national adminis tration is out to promote recovery "jvith all the vigor am power at its couimund.'f -, ' -.y ; r t''v "The- government e n r u o s 1 1 y wishes that.these things (recovery) be accomplished, and we nsk thnt labor, the farmer and business men Join us not across, hut on the sumo side of, the table to accomplish our common purpose," Hopkins as serted. First Reaction Favorable First comment from business circles Indicated a favorable reac tion, in general, to tho cabinet member's speech. However, there were some who sortened their ap praisal of his plans with a sugges tion that business wait for a prac tical demonstration of bis program. Hopkins' first formal address since joining President Roosevelt's cabinet was made In n business setting. He was introduced to a Des Molttes Economic club dinner by H. F. Kaurman, president of a bank here. On the other side of the speaker snt W. A. Harriman, chairman of the Union Pacific railroad hoard of directors and chairman of the busi ness advisory council for tho de partment of commerce. . i la ill mini said the speech "should be encouraging to every one responsible for the conduct of business." Ho predicted Hopkins (Continued on page Hi ESS SALE CASE Circuit court recessed today after a jury last night returned a verdict of not guilty in ravor of Gilbert Cobb, who was Indicted hv the grand jury on a charge of receiv ing stolen property. Involved was a set of harness stolen In Coos county by Al Rutin, who Is serving a one-year sentence in the stole penitentiary for the offense. Rahn was a witness in the action and told of the sale to Cobb. The de fense claimed that Cobb did not know the harness bad been stolen. The Jury is to return Monday at which time tho court will take up the action of Campbell vs. Kllison, an ejection suit. Following the trial set for Mon day, the court will take up the second of four indictments against A. J. McDonald, who Is charged in each wllh contributing to the de linquency of a minor. He was found not guilty in the trial of the first of the four charges. LION CUB'S OWNER INJURED IN WRECK CANYONV1M.E. Ore.. Feb. 25. (AP) The lady and tho lion a halfKrown lion eacaped doath yes terday when the car in which they were riding went over a .10-foot bank near here. Mm. Sallie Jones, neBresn, mistress of tho overgrown cub, Riiffored head lacerations but 1 1 lie big kitty was not hurt. The driver, John Jones, negro, was un i hurt. PREMIUM II Duce Calls On Italians To Quit France Repatriation Also Draws Fascists From Corsica; Expulsion of Jews Speeded by Nazis. Tiy tho Associated Press Thousands of Italians In France today faced the prospect of return ing to their homeland while In Germany thousnnds of Jews faced the loss of theirs. For the Italians It was repatria tion a summons home as part of Premier Mussolini's plan to draw Italians abroad back to Italy. For tho Jews it was expatriation an order by rnizi authorities that the Jewish community of Berlin must furnish each day tho names of 100 Jewa who will be required to leave . tlio country - within two( weeks. The Italians' return to their homeland was said to bo part of Premier Mussolini's plan to re patriate Italians' abroad. Italian sources said 3,000 woro leaving con tinental France und 1,000 wore leaving Corsica, French Islund de partment which has figured In fascist clamor for French posses sions. ' An Italian embassy, spokesman In Pans said Huh was "only a m ginning? , und foreign circles In ltoiuo expressed"1 belief It- was 'an other gesture of Italian- lll-foellng toward Franco.1 ' 1 , v: ; Ouster of Jewa Speeded' '' The Ilerlliv police authorities to dny acted to speed emigration of Jews by serving notico on tho Jew ish community of tho city that It must furnish each day ,tho mimes of 100 Jews who then will be re quired to lcavo the country within two weeks;. 1 . , ;,.: . The order Is to take cfl'oct Mom day. ( i ) Some new measure hgalrtst; tho alleged enemies of tho nnzl re gime bad been expected today fol lowing n dou bio-barrel led attack on "German-haters abroad" and op pnncutB of the regime at' home de livered by Chancellor Ilillor and his minister of propaganda, Gocb- Hitler spoke last night nt a Mu nich rally of his "old guard" on the 1ft tli anniversary of the found ing of his nazi movement. Goeb hels' blast appeared in Hitler's pa per, VoelkiHcher Ileobacbter. Doth acknowledged continued presence of opposition to the. nuzts In Ger many. 1 Tax Bleeding Included Todny 's police notice provided that us soon us the 100 names arc furnished the necessary deduc tions for taxes, the billion-mark flue levied on Jews last November aftor the killing of Krncst ,Vom Rath in. Par In, the capital flight lax and a special levy for the. sup port of aged Jews unable to enil grato will be taken from the - for tunes of tho!nomlncnH, They . then will be handed their passes, hearing the large imprint '"J" ( Jew) and told to obtain a vIhii to some other country within 11 days. The order caused consternation In Jewish circles, which had hop ed the relch would permit them to wind up their affairs normally without undue pressure. leaders of the Jewish commun ity said they could name only 300 or 100 Jews of those able to leave within a rortnlght. A semi-official announcement today said 240,000 Jews hail lert Germany since the riazls came I.) power Jan. 30, 1933, tho majority of them going to tho United States. Poles Decry Nazis Two thousand Polish students In Warsaw today turned a friendly (Continued on page 6.) RYNERSON SLATED FOR STATE BOARD PORTLAND. Feb. 25 fAP) The Journal said today that Clar ence Al. Kynerson, 01, has resigned as editor of the Oregon Labor Press, state labor publication, to accept a future appointment as a member of tho three-man Btate In diiHtrlPl accident commission. Rynerson Is scheduled to succeed J, C Joy, democrat, whose appoint ment expires next January 2. Ry nerson Is secretary of the Multno mah county central republican com mittee. He is expertcd to enter of rke about March 15, Death Takes U.'S. Envoy in Berlin Prentiss D. Gilbert BERLIN, Feb. 2!i. (AP) Pren tiss I. Gilbert, charge d'affaires at the Unltoil. StntcB embassy, dieil last night of a heart attack. He was 65 yearB old. Gilbert, had been In chargo of tho embassy since the departure of Hugh U. Wilson, November 16, for Washington on tho summons of President Roosevelt and Secretary of Stale Hull. - - Gilbert was succeeded tempo rarily by First Secretary Jofferson Pattorson.. EBTMI Five Cars Roll Off Track in Wyoming; Blame Put on Broken Axle. '' TJAnAMIKy'Vv"yo.1 Feb. 25. (AP) Injured when five,, cars of the Union Pacific's "Pony. Express" passenger train Vkeoled over" a 20 foot ornhnnkmont In southern Wyo ming, 13 persons woro under treat ment today nt a hospital horo and Tlvo others wore in a Rawlins, Wtyo., ( hospital. The wreck oc curred near Rosier. Wyo., at 10 p. m., Inst night. None of the Injured, 'with tho possible exception of a negro por ter, wan beliovod dangerously in jured. Sovernl hundred yards of track woro torn up whou the train was derailed, and railroad officials said aii emergency track was being laid around the' wreck alto td restore wostlHMind traffc ovoivtho double truck line. ' '- ' Union Pacific officials hero de clined to explain the cause of the accident. At Omaha, Neb., officials of the line said a broken axlo on tho diner caused the derailment. The injured negro porter is Os car Gray of Oakland, Cnlif. He has a possible back fracture. Other persons seriously Injured (Continued on page 6.) OREGON RANCH HEAD ; STRUCK BY TRAIN DKNI), Keh.- 25. (AP) James Hcott, veteran Ocachutes county rnncher and for many yenrs super intendent of the Prinevllle Land and Stock company, was critically injured yesterday when struck hy a freight train at a crossinR. Scott's truck stopped at the tracks and attempted to ci-osb when another automobile . swung . past. Tho rancher was removed uncon scious from .the battered cab and taken to a Redmond hospital. Leaden Slugs in Portland's Parking Meters Produce Grief for Officials I'OItTLAND, Feb. 25. (Al') The "slug" habit, that ugly prac tice piled so extensively in pay telephone booths and around slot machines, has made its slimy way along Portland curbs and Is threat ening to undermine those profitable little traffic sentinels, tho parking motors. . This week somebody shoved a chunk of lead down tlio throat of one of the nickel gobblers. A meter collector discovered the fraud. His moan of protest echoed at police headquarters, reverberated in the city council and finally reached a palnrul screnm In the vicinity of the mayor's office. After all 2.S79, 00(1 nickels have been mined from the meters since they wore anchor ed in tho curbs and that, as the hoys at the city hall remark sig nificantly, ain't hay. So far Portland folks have shown Plan Called Fresh Burden OnTaxpapers State Health Board CoU Growing, Limit Needed, ; Governor Declares . in His Veto. ' By PAUL W. HARVEY. JR. RAT.Pf Feb. 25. (AP) GoV- ernor Sprague vetoed today a bill providing that tne state Doaru ui health shall make free blooil tests for marriage license appli cants. . ' - Asserting In his veto message that the bill "imposes a burden on the Btnta board of health," tho governor said "tho law does not limit the free service to thoso who are financially unable to pro vide it for themselves. "It would impose fresh burdens on the stnte at the cost of the tax- i payors, . . - "The bill makes it mandatory for the board to provide, the serv- . Ice, and It would be merely op tional for applicants to use inde pendent registered laboratories. "The cobU of the board have been growing steadily over the. ' years and, while I am sympathetic with the public health program, I feel there are limits to which tho 1 stnte can and should assume In the way of burdens of expense." Sponsora of the bill argued It would Influence peoplo, who hav " been going to Washington state because of the marriage exnminn- tlon bill passed by tho voters Inst , November,' to be . mnrrlod at . borne. , , .1 .. , . 1 ! Sen. Jool C. Ilontli, v.ho intro duced tho, votood monstire, said h would mnko--nonttempt In havo -1 tlio bill passed ovor tho governor's veto, i . i "I can understand how the gov- ernbr feelB. If peonlt) want to go to Vancouver, WasH.,1 to get mar- ned, then let ,'em1 This hill would have' stopped Hljnrt' Sonnior Booth said. : More Bills Pass .;- 'r TOlls passed by the homo to- ' day wero measures lo-tjiermit cl- ties to establish sinking funds to buy equipment- such hs fire1 ap paratus, and to - appropriate-' '$15. OOfl. to aid Oregon livestock breed- , ersHn entering exhibitions nt tho Sari Jranclsco fair. The 'sonate passed 23 to R mid sunt to the governor a bill to pro vent corporations from practic ing optometry, dosplto the chnrgo by Sen. T, W, Wlppermnn that tho "bill Is n political football and 1 would restrain trade." A senato hill sent to the hnusn would require motorists to dim ' their headlights nt night, and , that motor vehicles cany two . tall-lights or reflectors. . The senate, passed and sent to tho house n bill providing for non- . partisan nomination and election . of the state superintendent of pub lic instruction. The bill previous- , ly had passed both houses and . slgnod by the governor, but the senate recalled it for minor cor- - (Continued on page 6.) CALHOUN BUYS OUT PARTNER IN STORE William C. Calhoun, who In Tie- i comber became a partner in tho ltadlo iMuslu store 111 Roseburg, to-. day purchased the Interest of L. II. Crouch, and is taking ovor , sole ownership. The store, origin ally opened by tbe firm of Oroen and Hargis, deals in radios, elec trical appliances, musical Instill- roonts, etc, v - -. Mr. Cnlhoun will bo i assisted In: the operalion of the business by his brother, Dale Calhoun. : little disposition to food "phonies" ' to tho motors. The city had has to deduct only ?92.46 for lend but tbe "Blug" habit can move In over night and nobody knows it any bot- ter than the boys at the city hall. They might have nailed the guy who lead-poisoned the meter last week, anil that's the crux of. the matter. Tho collector discovered the slug . while tho "slugger's" car was still there. He called a cop. The cop said he couldn't do anything about It as . It was not on his beat. A plain- ; clotbesnian appeared and was ap pealed to. He said he wasn't any . harness bull. Hy the time tho me ter collector found tho correct cop ' the offender and his car was gone. . When the mayor beard about tt he said he didn't wnnt any -more buck passing. Anybody seeing lead , in a meter has got to wait right I thero and mako the pinch, . ; I