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SIX ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, ORECON. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1939. I Senator McNary Possesses Only Known Pair, Worn on Golf Links. IJy EDTJlft GILMORR WASHINGTON, Marrli 2. (AP) A inutlnr of trmisers-ICMiKtli is tlif principal (lifforonco between the first roiiKreHS tlmt meL 3f0 yeniH apo thin wnek and tho one now in HCHsion. The ronsross Hint OBsenible! on March 4, WiU, in the IiustihiK town of :t:i,000 that was New York, was ns ktifckerboekered as u bae bail team. Today about tho only pair of knickers on Capitol bill belongs to dapper Senator McNary, of Oregon, tho republican leader, and he wears them only for olf. Other than the trousers, history shows many resemblances between the 178J ami the IW.l'J sessions. Tho first trouble of the first con gress was t'JZ same that senate and house have every day netting a quorum. Tho firm congress wait ed a month to got one. The 7(Kh congress waits about 45 minutes, thanlcs to electric bellH which miniiiiona diliatory members from their offices. Tho bitf Issue before tho first leiffsliitors was money and taxation.' and If you don't think that's true today, keep out of the way of Sena tor 1'at Harrison (!., MJks.), chair man or the senate finance commit tee. Ix)(s of early legislators used snuff. The hen ate still has Biiuff boxes, one on each side of the chamber, but they rarely are used except by curious page boys. might have learned at the meetings which would affect the security of the United States. NEUTRALITY ACT ASSAILED IN SENATE (Continued from page 1.) r purchase war planes. Says Records Destroyed ienutur iiiidges (It., N. If.) touched off the debate with a charge the confidential record ot testimony before the committee in Its Investigation of the plane sates "told a different story" from tho ex purgated teatlmony biter made pub lic by the committee. Jtrfdges said that confidential copies lie had returned to the com mittee for safekeeping had been de stroyed when he asked for their re turn today. Senator Connally (!., Tex.) accused Itrldges of having had a part In providing news "leaks" from the committee. HrhlgCH denied this and asserted his lips had been sealed afso about the white house conference from which some senators suid they emerged with an impression the ad ministration was committed to aidh'.g European democracies pre pare for any threats of totalitarian aggression. Connally then Invited Itrfdges to tell "any deep dark seeretH" he niTFALO, N.i V March 2. (Al')-A 17-yearoId youth was un der arrest today after (i-men block ed an attempt to extort "several thousand dollars" from a prominent upstate farmer with til reals harm to him and hfs daughter, u Syracuse university co-ed. Federal Bureau of Investigation Agent ojhn V. Warnos announced that Jtobert (Jeorge Case ,17, of (,'uyler had been arrested in con flection with an attempt to extort money from Benjamin I I,ee, well known Cuyler 1 armor ., Warnes said Case admitted writ ing a letter threuton(s Lee with death and warning nis daughter, Barbara ,l!t, "would come up miss ing unless the money was paid. Case was arrested late last night after a foot race through a wood when G-men and deputy sheriffs from the office of Sheriff M. C Fowler closed in on him In an elab orate "payoff trap. CARDINAL PACELLI CHOSEN AS POPE (Continued from page 1) acy in the Academia del Noblli. He had also served in the Sacred One fragrant cupful... you'll know, what a buy you've found! No wonder it's good! Airway is plantation selected! Just "any" coffee won't do for Airway. It's got to be top of its crop I That's why our experts traveled 15,000 miles last year to select these clean rich beans first hand. 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I filLfiJ5P 1 , r0ee FEATURED AT YOUB JttIK t irUt -rSJ NEiaHBORHOOD OBOCER JU & IzZZ SAFEWAY CoriKieKation of Extraordinary Ec cleKiastieal Affairs, thus coming to the notice of the great Cardinal Casparri, who for so many years conducted the foreign affairs of tip Vatican. Pope Pins X and. later, Pope Henedict XV, made Pacelli Secre tary of tho Congregation. Tater Pope IJenedict consecrated him as bishori In the great Kistine Chanel and in 1017, In the midst of the World war. sent him as Papal Nuncio to navarla. Life Endangered Here, among other ihingf, he worked hard to further tho Pope's last effort to bring the warring powers together and to end the war. When the Germans lost the war and the Holsheviks, for a short time, ruled Havana. Pacelll's life was in danger and he finally left. Hut later be returned and secured a concordat between Ila varia and the Vatican. Me was coriBeerated Archblsboo of Sardes and In W20 was pent as nrat papal Mincjo to the new Ger man republic. In Berlin he worked so well that he secured a concor dat between Hussiu and tho Vatican. Keturnlng to Rome he became understudy to Cardinal Gasparrl. lie was created a cardinal in 1!2!, In IJCtf) he succeeded Cardinal Gas parrl as secretary of state and suc ceeded Cardinal Mnrry del Va as archpriest of St. Peter's. In these posts he was brought into especial ly t close touch with Pope Pius XI, who had an increasingly warm re gard for him and entrusted hlin with many important missions of the Vatican. Famous As Linguist In October, 1934, he went to Iluenos Aires, where he opened the great Eucharlstic Congress. lOarly last autumn he opened and address ed the first session of the Inter national Congress of Catholic JournaliMs. He spoke for two hours ind a half in one of the most amaz ing linguistic feats ever witnessed. Ills addresses embraced nine languages. In October, lfllff), Cardinal Pa- colli paid a flying visit to the 1'nited States to study church problems. The only really public function ho attended was when the Wash ington newspaper correspondents entertained him. Upon his arrival back in the Vatican, a pleasant sur prise awaited him. On the desk in his office he found an autograph portrait of the Pope, inscribed to mv dear cardinal. Cardinal Pacelli has been hon ored by degrees from many colleges and has also been awaruen nigii foreign honors. In 1030 the King of Ttumanla granted him the Grand Cordon of the Order of King Carol I. In in.12 King Vlcto Emmanuel of Italy gave him the Collar of the Annunciation. Tills Is the highest order in Hal v. similar to the honor given Mussolini, and gives the hold- r the right to call tho King cou sin." Paeelll, the hard worker, is not man of whom many anecdotes are rlniorf. The following is probably the host and tho most illuminating: When I meet nn ordinary man. 1 treat him with great respect, lie may bo a saint. When 1 meet a nrltxtt I Site n llliin wllO Otlgllt to be a saint. But 1 want to find out." . o KEY RELIEF BILL SENT TO SPR AGUE (Continued from pago 1.) games and slot machines. Tax Bill in Offing The house will begin debate to morrow on the education bills, which administration lenders claim would give equal education opportunities to all children. The Benato also is expected to consid er the lax program about Satur day, which calls for substitution of a three per cent surtax on In tangibles instead of the eight per cent intangibles tax. and a slight boost In the corporate excise tax. The senate railroads and utlli t i e s committee recommended unanimously today that its PUD bill pass. The report, was accept ed with only Sen. Lyman Hons dissenting, and the bill will go on tomorrow's calendar. The bill provides that dislrlets ho taxed the same as private utili ties, that districts inactive Tor 10 years may be dissolved by major ity vote of the people, and that district voters must approve every Issue of general obligation and revenue bonds. A measure restricting banks from advertising that they admin ister estates was killed when the senate sent It back to committee, which will draft a compromise. U already passed the house. The senate fisheries committee recommended against passage of a bill to prohibit fixed gear in the Columbia river. Sen. Lew Wallace Introduced a proposed constitutional amend ment providing that no salary in crease for a statu elective officer could take effect during the term for which he was elected. The senate military afralrs commit tee introduced a bill to increase tho secretary of state's salary from $5,100 to $ti.5tH a year. To End Rogue Dispute The senate passed and sent to the house today by unanimous vote a bill creating a Itogue river coordination board to settle the long-standing dispute between Ro gue river fishermen and miners. The board would be composed of the stale engineer and chair men of the state game commission and the department of geology and mineral Industries. It Is author ized to "study and establish-, a system of rotating, alternating or coordinating operations of the placer miners to maintain favor able fishing conditions." Most Important provision of the bill is that fishing conditions in Curry county must be comparable to those in Josephine county. The bill carries penalties for violations of the board's rulings. The board could not affect miners digging less than five yards n day, or miners who have settling basins. Tho senate adopted today mem orials asking President Hoosevelt to declare an embargo on arms and materials shipped to Japan, and asking congress to amend the neutrality taws to permit an em bargo on aggressor nations. Both measures now go to t tic house. The house passer! and sent to the governor a bill which would permit log. haulers to determine load weights by scaling of logs in stead of by actual weight. The house passed and sent to the senate a bill, to Increase the state's share from dog and horse racing from 2j per cent to three per cent. Two and a half per cent still would be allocated to county lairs and livestock exhibitions, with the extra half per cent to go into the state's general fund. School Bills Await Action Two school district bills, amend ed to con form to Governor Sprague's suggestions and to elim inate compulsory features, wore ready for action by the legislature today. One, a measure for school district reorganization, was defeated on Us first trial in the house. It won re consideration and was amended to give voters privilege of withdraw ing from the consolidation. A school tax equalization bill will, recelvo no committee recom mendation. It was amended to per mit districts to participate in the equalization program on a basis of contributions. It provides that school funds he pooled by counties and distributed to districts on a basis of average daily attendance. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Hex Putnam called the bills the "most significant educa tion bills that have been presented , in many years." and predicted they1 would go far in equalizing educa-! tional opportunities. j For Firemen's Pensions A bill permitting residents of fire districts and cities to approve or reject firemen's pension funds to be raised from fire insurance pre miums, firemen's salaries and city or district general funds, was pass ed by the senate, 17-12. A three-way plan of financing the pension system Is proposed. A tax of not more than 3 per cent on the gross premiums of pol ities paid In the district would be levied. From 1 to 4 per cent of the sal aries of the firemen would be de ducted and placed in the pension fund. The fire district. In turn, would appropriate an amount equal to the salary reduction from the general fund. Sen. Harry Kenin Introduced to day a bill establishing the Kan sas legislative plan, providing for an 11-memher' bi-partisan legisla tive interim council to prepare leg islative programs. A measure creating an Oregon wildlife commission to replace the stale game commission was defeat ed. 23-ii, in the senate. Reconsideration of a measure to force copyright pools to list all mu sical compositions with the secre tary of state was refused by the senate, 15-14. , A bill Introduced by Sen. TJ. S. Balentine would take tax collecting duties from county sheriffs by pro viding that county courts or coun ty commissioners could anpoint the county assessor as tax collector. Warns On Wine Bill E. R. Pooley, Hood River apple grower, declared the controversial wine bill which would permit only Oregon light wines to be sold out side state liquor stores a threat to the fruit industry. Speaking at a hearing before the senate alcoholic traffic committee last night, he said "California would pass antl-dlscriminntory leg islation and we must remember that 82 per cent of the fresh fruit and vegetables imported by Califor-" uiu come from Oregon." BILL TO ALTER METHOD OF LOG WEIGHING SCORED PORTLAND. March 2. (AP) The senate bill to alter the method of weighing logs transported over Oregon highways drew the fire to day of Leslie M. Scott, former state highway chairman; Henry P. Ca bell, present chairman, and R. II. Baldock. state highway engineer. The bill would permit measure ment of weight of logs by board feet instead of pound weight. All three said It would clear the way for overloading of logging trucks, since It would offer too flexible a limit. "I would like to see logging facilities bettered, but this method is not practical," Scott saiii. Cabell said the "catch" was the difference between wet and dry logs, whose board feet stale Is the same but whose weight differs tremendously. 21 MISSING IN HALIFAX BLAZE (Continued from page 1.) still were shooting from the ruined hotel and from adjacent buildings but it was believed they were under control. Firemen, raising ladders, suc ceeded in carrying to the ground many who had clung to ledges or huddled In windows waiting for aid. Several were seen at smoke-filled windows trying to escape, only to fall back into the blazing struc ture. Fanned by n 25-mfle wind, the fire spread to adjacent, buildings. The four-story brick Canadian Elec tric building, the National Drug company's five-story brick (Time ture. a brick block housing several stores and wooden build ings along historic Water street all caught fire in spite of firemen's efforts to check the spread. Only 48 of the 117 persons be lieved to have been In the hotel when the fire broke out were ac counted for definitely at noon, but police said others undoubtedly had escaped. Police officials, after conferring with hotel employes, said the death list might bo as high as :10. LUMBER PLANT AT GLENDALE BOUGHT (Continued from paee 1) agement, and was not a steady producer, running only at intervals until 1919, when the Lystul-Lawson company was formed and took over the plant. Incorporating their firm in 1922. From that time it was in continuous operation, until de stroyed by fire in September, 1929. The entire mill was rebuilt tho next year, but ran only a few years, when general business conditions and decline of the lumber market forced a shutdown. It was purchas ed by the Apex Lumber company, and under that management was operated rrom August, 1935, until July, 1937, when it was again closed down, and has not been in operation since. 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