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VOL. XLIII
NO. 312 OF ROSEBURQ REVIEW
ROSEBURG, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1939.
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retary f the Interior, who
doesn't like newspapers and cares
not who knows ft, made a speech
hi New York the other night in
which he dealt with syndicated
columnists.
With a few exceptions, he treat
ed 'em rough. He is good at treat
ing 'em rough.
E called the columnists "cal-
umnists," and described them
a r "ex-reporters vt ho waste good
white space to spread injurious
gossip and disseminate prevarica
tions and even unpublished li
bels." nrillS writer, however, isn't irir
terested so much in the gener
al rnn of Ickes' characterizations
of the columnists as in his excep
tions. He didn't lse the hatchet on
the whole tribe. In fact, he singl
ed out three or four of the column
fillers for high praise.
The point Is that the scribes he
praised have been uniformly nice
to the New Deal, whereas those
Upon w hom be poured 'the vluls of
is scorn have been critiea.1 of, the
Kfvt Deal and Its works.
CO, you see, this secretary of the
interior of ours, who is one of
the chief ripper-uppers of the New
eal and lilies nothing better than
to bang hldc3 on the fence, is just
an ordinary fellow, after nil.
The first law of politics is that
the newspaper man who agrees
with you and pats you on the hack
and innkes it appear that you nre
the choicest cut of the carcass is
a SWKI.L GUY, whereas the one
who pours It onto you for the
things you say and the things you
(Oontlnned on page 4.)
ELECTS DELEGATE
Tabulation of Ihe vote taken at
the regular meet In:; of Roseburg
Townscud club. No. 1, last Monday
on the selection of a delegate to
the national convention, reveals
the election of Mrs. James K. Saw
yers, it was announced today.
Mrs. Sawyers will officially rep
resent the club at the convention to
be held In Indianapolis June 22-25.
This Is the fourth national meet
ing, and the Roseburg club has
been well representee! at each of
the court sessions.
The first national convention,
held In Chicago, was attended by J.
W. Lemmer, H. 11. Roadman and
Bertram (1. Hates. The second was
held in Cleveland, where Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Shaw were delegates
from Roseburg. The third, held in
I,os Angeies, was nttended by C. H.
Arundel. A. C. Murslers and Mrs.
Mablo Taylor as official represen
tatives from Roseburg.
Bid to Join G. O. P. Given Democrats
"Insulted" by Roosevelt Ultimatum
WASHINGTON. April 21. (AP)
An invitation from republican
leaders for anti-adiuinistrnt ion
democrats, to join their ranks sti
mulated today the mounting capi
tal discussions of 1 lie HMO presi
dential campaign.
Senator Tafl fit.. O). told a "re-puhllcans-ou-the-march"
dinner
last night President Roosevelt had
Issued "an Insulting ultimatum"
when he suggested that dissident
democrats leave the party or re
main loyal.
"To the president." Taft said,
"nnynne who difagrees with him Is
mored only by prejudice, and If he
i tunu-fMinr In subordinate thef
pre Indices, he Is disloyal to hi.
loid and master.
"The republican party certainly
mirrors mora accurately the ideas
of the leading antl administration
Drought-Fire
Burden Ease
In Northwest
Temperatures Drop, Rains
Predicted Tonight to
End Record Spell
of Dryness.
Ry the AssociatedPress
A light morning log and showers
predicted for tonight and tomorrow
relieved the western Washington
and Oregon forest and brush tire
situation today.
Maj. C. S. Cowan of the Wash
ington Forest Fire association at
St at tie. received reports of I I new
fires hut said the situation was
much better.
"Rain mi?t come before the dan
ger is over," he said. "Rut this l
morning's fog is a great relief."
Numerous brush and tii? -her fires
continued to burn throughout Ore
gon and Washington but forestry
officials believed they had the sit
uation in hand.
Crops' Fate in Balance
In Oregon, which passed the
Stith day without rain yesterday,
the stateu longest recorded
drought, observers said two more
weeks without substantial rain
would result in heavv losses
through the state's wheat belt.'
The Oregon department of agri
culture said farm damage Had not
yet been great.
Although 26 new fires were re
ported In Washington state yester
day the fire situation in that state
was improved ' today. Two of the
most serious blazes in King county
(Seuttle) were under control.
L ..PORTLAND, April .. 21. (AP)
The familiar gray skies of spring'
and the smell of forthcoming rain
eased the double, burden of drought
and fire in Oregon today.
As the state entered its 37th day
without moisture, an all-time
weather record, government fore
casters predicted cooling showers
in the northwest section tonight
and Saturday with lower tempera
tures in the grain, cattle and forest
country east of the Cascade range.
Danger Checked
A few brush fires still smoul
dered in the Willamette valley hut
danger, for the time being, had
passed. A blaze on Gales creek not
far from Hillsboro, scene of the
season's first serious fire several
days ago, was controlled after it
damaged two farm homes.
Temperatures receded sharply
under the clouds after yesterday's
peak of 8$ degrees at Meilford and
Roseburg. Portland bit S4 degrees
yesterday, the highest since Sep
tember. A good rain would halt fire haz
ards In reforestation projects, give
major forests moisture to carry
through the hot summer months
and protect germinating crops.
ELECTRICAL STORM HITS
ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
M E DFOR D. A pri I 21. (API A
four-day spring heat wave in the
Rogue river valley was moderated
by an elect riral storm Thursday,
accompanied by scattered showers
in the lower levels. The storm ex
tended from the Siskiyous to Sex-
(Continued on page G)
FLOW OF GOLD TO
U. S. CONTINUES
SOFTHAMPTON, England. April
21. (AP) The flight of gold to
the I'nileo States continued to.iay
with shipments of 12.f00,iMiO
(J5S.S-I2.00O) loaded here.
The Manhattan sailed for New
York with 9.000.000 and the
Cbamplaln with 3.(100,000.
democrats than do the new deal
ers, and we welcome them to our
unity councils. There is no fun
damental difference between us
which cannot bp reconciled."
TaTt spoke of the new deal as a
"failure" and accused the admini
stration of "bit llyhoolng" the for
eign situation "to take the minds
-f the people otf their troubles at
home.".
Renubltcan Chairman John
Hamilton also welcomed any
democrats who desired to "fall in
to step with us In rr march to
the restoration of ti:s nation tn
Americanism."
The president remarks on
narty loyalty were made Wednea
iay in a letter to a Junior Jack
son dav dinner, in which he de
clared that the democratic party
must uphold new deal principle
to win next year.
Oklahoma Town Reduced to Ruins
, City hail, garage and grain elevator were made shambles in Capron, Okla., above, by the tornado that
this week swept parts of eight southern states, killing 49 persons and injuring at least 350 others. Of the
aggregate total loss of approximately $1,000,000, half was dealt to Capron, where not a building escaped
either destruction or damage. That town and vicinity counted seven dead and 33 injured.
Noted Flier Puts Quality
Above' 'Quantity at Quiz
Held in Washington.
WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP)
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's plea
for better American planes gave im
petus today to a drive for more
federal funds for aeronautical re
search. The noted flier told the national
advisory committee for aeronautics
emphasis should be placed on qual
ity instead of quantity in plane de
velopment. The committee has rec
ommended a ?lo.OUO,ooo research
station at Sunnyvale, Calif., which
was rejected by the house. The
senate approved S-I.OOu.iniO to start
the project.
Lindbergh conferred with his eol
leagues on the committee yesterday
alter a visit with President Roose
velt, lie did not disclose his rec
ommendations, hut some of those
who attended Ihe meeting said he
declared it was vital for the I'nited
States to develop superior types of
i ivil and military aircraft.
His reported advice was that
plane prodnctfon could he speeded
up iu an emergency, but quality
could not be'developed iu plane de
sign in a hurry.
Lindbergh, recalled temporarily
to active duty as uu uir corps offi
cer, will visit the air rosear. h cen
ter at Iangley Field, Va May 2.
Some members of congress have op
posed the California project on the
ground it would needlessly dupli
cate experimental work being car
ried on at Langley.
THREE PRISONERS
DIE IN JAIL FIRE
WORCKSTKR, Mass., April 21.
( AP) Deputy Fire Chief Fred
S. Taylor said today he believed
"careless use of matches by pri
soners" was to blame for a fire
which killed three inmates fctst
night in underground cells of Wor
cester's fifi-year-old county Jail.
Sberirf Rocheleau said the
blaze was discovered In a padded
cell occupied by John Raskett.who
was serving time for drunken
ness. Only four of the IS cells In the
section were occupied, and Ras
kett was the only one to escape
with his life. He was hospitaliz
ed. Thn dead men, who were
suffocated by the heavy smoke. In
cluded two aged men palled for
drunkenness, and n youth of IK,
awaiting trial on a larceny
charge.
FAIRBANKS, JUNIOR,
TO WED WIDOW
HOLLYWOOD. April 21. (API
iMmgias Fairbanks. Jr.. moUon pic
ture actor, and Mrs. Mary Lee Kp
Hng Hartford will he married to
morrow In West wood Methodist
Kpfsropal rburch. members of the
family said today.
Fairbanks' father, Douglas. Sr..
veteran actor, will serve as beet
man. and Mrs. Giles Thomas F.pling
of Hluefleld. W. Vs.. will give her
daughter away. The Rev. Gordon C.
Chapman will perform the ceremony.
Ickes, Postpones Selection
Because of Opposition
to Clark Foreman.
WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP)
Opposition to the appointment
of Clark Foreman of Atlanta, (In.,
as Honneville dam udministrator
and impending; reorganization of
several government agencies were
said today to have caused Secre
tary Ickes to postpone indefinite
ly the selection of a successor to
the late J. I). Ross.
An informed person said pub
lished renorts that Foreman, chief
of the public works adminlsti fl)
tion power division, was m line
for the $10.000-a-year position bad
brought many protests .from con
gressional and Oregon and Wash
ington groups.
He said they were extremely
critical of Foreman's background
as "a new dealer" and of his par
ticipation in the administration's
efforts to unseat Senator George
(I)., Gn.1, last year. 1
He added that congressional op
ponents. Including several Pacific
northwest members and Senator
George, were determined to avert
senate confirmation of Foreman If
he were nominated.
Contributing to Ihe delay In the
selection or Ross successor, he
said, was the Impending reshuffl
ing of several important govern
ment agencies, including the rural
electrification a d m 1 n I s t ration,
which might be placed directly un
der Secretary Ickes. If this -happened.
It was believed, he said,
Administrator John M. Carmody
of Ihe RKA could be prevailed up
on to accept the Ronnevillo post.
Carmody. Ickes first choice, ten
tatively refused the job when It
was offered to him several weeks
ago.
MUSICA EXPOSURE
PRINCIPAL PASSES
NEW YORK. April 21. (AP)
Julian F. Thompson. 51. treasurer
of McKesson nnd Hobblns, Inc.,
whose personal Investigation of the
corporation's affairs led to thn ex
posure of F. Donald Coster as
Philip Muslca, ex-convict, died to
day at his Park avenue home, of
inriiienza.
Thompson, who was author of
"The Warrior's Husband" In which
Katherine Hepburn made her first
Broadway hit, became suspicious
of his firm's wholesnle drug de
partment because while It showed
steadily mounting profits annually
none of the money was turned Into
the general fund.
EX-S. P. ATTORNEY
E. J. BAGLEY DIES
SAN FRANCISCO, April 21
( AP) E rumen J. Hagley, f,l. or
Salt Ijike City, one of ('tali's most
widely known trial lawyers, died
at ('inner here last night.
Ragley, former claims attorney
for the Southern Paelflc company
and other railroad lines, was mak
ing an address compliment ing
Guy V. Shoup. retiring general so
licitor for the Southern Pacific
Coroner Inland attributed death
lo a heart attack.
by Tornado
1C0TICS PROBE
Movie Celebrities Listed
' in Files of Physician
Trapped by Law.
LOS ANGELKS, April 21. (AP)
While a Los Ageles physician
awaited a probation hearing today
on his plea of gullly to violating
California's narcotic act, Investiga
tors studied a list of Hollywood
motion picture celebrities, recorded
in his files as patients.
Chief Paul E. Madden of the state
narcotic division said one film star
had been named by Dr. Frederic
Waitzfeller as having received 250
doses of a narcotic during the last
year, at a charge of $10 per visit.
He expressed the opinion names of
others prominent in the movie col
ony had been used without their
knowledge and they had not receiv
ed narcotics.
IIusincBs men nnd society women
likewise were listed In the physi
clan's records, Madden disclosed.
He announced an extensive check
of drug store files was under way
in an attempt to determine who
presented the prescriptions to he
filled.
Dr. Waltzfellere, 4(J, a graduate
of the University of Munich, was
arraigned yesterday on 15 mlsde-
meanoor counts of prescribing nar
cotics without notifying stale au
thorities. He pleaded guilty to two
counts nnd was released without
hail by Municipal Judge Jjindreth
pending his probation hearing
May 4.
FEO TO CRICKETS
THE DALLES, April 21. (AP)
A diet of arsenic, served by
l',0 Indian and white CCC enrol-
lees, will be scattered over crick'
1 ti Tested acres of t be Wa rm
Springs Indian reservation next
week in hopes the pests can ho
wiped out before females lay their
eggs.
County Agent W. Wray Law
fence sa'd the poison dust would
be sea 1 1 r red Monday u n dor
l pervislon of skilled entomologists
to safeguard persons and live
stock. The April drought may prove
beneficial, Iawrence said, since It
b;is caused the insects to concen
trate near water anw may lessen
the area that hss to he batted.
Lawrence said the crickets had
denuded everything near Warm
Springs except the, bitter Juniper
t rees nnd expressed fear t hey
might float down the Deschutes to
other crop lands.
The cricket hordes of KshnetH
hot springs cover more than 100
sfjnaro miles.
They have spread from the
hatching point at the springs and
crossed rivers In their quest of
food . They have s ! r i pped I h e
count rv of foliage and grass. Pop
lar trees at the springs were nib
bled bnre and small, ornamental
shrubs were devout ed.
No Reply Sent
Roosevelt On
Peace Appeal
Hitler, Mussolini Mum on
U. S. Note; Attitude of
President Hit At
Neutrality Quiz.
WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP)
President Roosevelt said today
h had received no reply from
Chancellor Hitler or Premier Mus
solini to his appeal to them for a
ten-year peace pledge. He also
declined to comment on Musso
lini's speech yesterday in which
the Italian premier called his ap
peal "absurd."
Meanwhile, on Capitol hill, Mrs.
Helen Taft Manning, sister of
Senator Taft (R., Ohio), accused
the administration of making "bul
lying threats" which imperiled
world peace.
"Our present unneutral national
pol i cy ." she t est I f led before t he
senate foreign relations commit
tee, "may bring things to a head
far more rapidly on the continent
of Europe than any other course
we could pursue.
Mrs. Manning, dnughtcr of the
late President Taft, is dean of
Hryn Mawr college. .
She urged strengthening of the
present neutrality act and Its ap
plication to the undeclared war In
ChJna.
senator uoran tit., inano) dur
ing committee questioning of Mrs.
Manning, declared that "tn the
state of mind now prevailing in
this country" it was well-nigh im
possible "to come to any decision
that might ho regarded ut nil from
a neutral standpoint."
World Already at War
"The 'world' already' is at war,"
he said. "Already things have
taken place which make other na
tions looked on us as unneutral. Do
you think we can write permanent
legislation at this time '
Mrs. Manning replied she be
lieved some revision of the law
would ho wise.
"There Is no neutrality at this
time, owing to conditions through
out the world," Horah persisted.
We have practically made up
our minds whoBe side we nre on.
We have practically named the ag
gressor nations."
U. 8. Already "Signed Up"
Appearing beforo tuo house for
eign uf fairs committee, I,nurence
Dennis, New York economist nnd
former member of the diplomatic
service, asserted utterances of
President Roosevelt and others In
the administration Indicated "we
are already signed up for war."
Testifying at their committee's
hearings on neutrality legislation,
he said this country was being
propelled toward war both by lu
te rest h demanding maintenance of
an International status quo and by
those favoring a spread of world
(Continue.: on page 6.)
T
PORTLAND, Ore., April 21.
(AP) Lyle F. Watts, new United
Stales regional forester, announc
ed lentatlve plans todny to bring
G. K. Mitchell, supervisor of Die
Siskiyou national forest In south
ern Oregon, to Portland tc take
charge or wild life management
for Oregon and Washington.
The forester said Edward P.
Cliff, assistant In Ihe wild life nnd
range management division here,
probably w ould succeed hltn. It
will he several weeks before de
tails of thn proposed change have
been completer.
Mitchell, a graduate of Wash
ington State college, entered the
service, (n l ff nnd ' nnufined
to the Chelan national forest In
Washington. He was promoted to
assistant supervisor and berame
supervisor for the Colvllln nation
al rorest tn U'.u. He was trans
ferred .to the Siskiyou section in
mi.
Cliff, an alumnus of the Plah
Slate Agricultural college, was
Junior ranger In the Wenatchee
forest until HUM, when he was
transferred to his present post.
DEVALUATION RIGHT
CONTINUANCE VOTED
WASHINGTON. April 21 (AP)
The house panned and sent to Ihe
senate today a hill extending for
two years the president's authority
In devalue the dollar again. Ihe
treasury's I2.0hn.000.ono stahillxa
tlon fund aim! Its right to pay sub
sidies on newly mined domesllc
sllver.
Orphan "Adopted"
By Mrs. Roosevelt
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m it a"SMt :2
tea
Lorenzo, Murlas, 12, Spanish
war orphan, was "adopted" by
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt
through the Foster Parentt' Plan
for Spanish Children, an organi
zation which rescues child war
victims from concentration camps.
Mrs. Roosevelt will pay 30 cents
a day for Lorenzo's maintenance.
E
World War Pact's Renewal
Proposed as Check to
Nazi-Italy Axis.
U)NDON, April 21. (AP) So
viet Russia has proposed resurrec
tion of the Anglo-French-Russian
triple entente of thn World war. u
highly authoritative source said to-
duy, as a bulwark against possible
future aggression by Germany, Italy
or Japan.
Such a recommendation of a flat
reciprocal military alliance wus
said to have been made by Foreign
Commissar Ltlvlnoff to the llrillsh
ambassador In Moscow.
Moth lliltaiu and France, this In
formant said, have the proposal un
der serious consideration.
No ofrtcinl Indication wns given
of the Anglo-French reply, hut Hrtt-
utn, although favoring a lesa bind
ing agreement, was believed to be
ready lo accept such n military al
liance rather than lose Russia s
support.
Moscow, having In mind the pos
sibility of attack both by Germany
In the west and Japan in the east
was said to have demanded full
military support from Mritaln and
France tn return for her adhesion
to the bloc of nations they are
forming.
An obstacle to acceptance of the
Rtifshn doniand was Dirt! P.'!!!inlti
and Poland, now holding Itrltlsh
French guarantees of their Inde
pendence, might object.
n-
RESIDENCE RUINS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
A spectacular fire hist night
eliminated a long standing eyesore
in North Roseburg by burning the
ruins of Ihe 11. G. Wilson home.
The large residence was badly dam
aged by fire Jan. 22, RKPi. hut the
charred framework of the structure
was left standing. The very promi
nent location of the house on a hill
top eniphasfxed the unstghtliness of
Its ruins. Efforts had been made lo
secure removul of the wreckage,
but without avail. Last night's
blaze, believed to be of incendiary
nature, burned the remains of the
structure to thn ground, and the
spectacle attracted a great crowd
of onlookers.
Deportation
Of CIO Czar
StillSought
U. S. Must Prove Alien Is
Subversive Communist, :
Secretary of Labor
Perkins Says. ,
WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP)'
Secretary of ljthor Perkins said
todny she .had ordered, tho Immi
gration Hervice to proceed with a
hearing of deportation charges:
against Harry Rridges, west coast
CIO director.
The charges include one that
Rridges Is a member of the com
munist party.
The secretary told a press con
ference that the hearing would de
termine whether Rridges waa a
member of the communist party in
the light of the supreme court's
recent decision that previous mem
bership was not grounds for de
portation. ABKeu now me supreme court s
ruling would affect the pending
deportation case against Rridges,
Miss Perkins said, "we don't tnuiK
It would be futile to continue with
the Rrldge's ense, but the evi
dence has to be examined at a
hearing.
The specific question w a b
whether Mtss Perkins thought
continuation of the Rridges case
would be futile, after the court
ruling; In the other deportation
case,
Strecker Case Halts Action
The Rridges caso, which sturted
In March, 1038, when the Austral'
tan-horn CIO leader was served,
with a deportation warrant, in
Baltimore, has been suspended
pending the supreme court ruling
.in the Joseph G. Streclcer case. In
the Strecker case, the lubor de
partment endeavored to deport
Strecker even though ihe claimed
to have resigned from the party.
Strecker was prosecuted tinder a
1918 law providing for deportation
of any alien who advocated the
overthrow of the government by
forco and violence.
Re fore a date for a hearing in
tho Rridges case can be fixed, tho
secretary said, the immigration
service must assemble its evi
dence from several scattered of
fices and determine what affida
vits and Information will be us
able.
What U. 8. Must Prove
'Tho hearing will determine
whether Rridges Is a member of
the communist party," Miss Perk
Ins said.
Rridges, who Is an alien, has
denied membership In the party.
Miss Perkins expressed the
opinion In the light of the su
preme court ruling, the labor de
partment "would have to prove
Bridges was a member of thn
party ut the time the warrant of
(Continued on page 6)
SAYS 'STOP HITLER'
CALLS FOR FIGHTING
PORTLAND, April 21. (AP)
Col. John C. IL Leo, north Paclfio
division engineer of tho U. S. army,
told the Portland Association of
Credit Men last night the only way
to stop Hitler was to fight him.
"If wo don't fight him over there
we'll have to do It over hero," Col.
Lee said.
"If we want to stay out of a Eu
ropean war then we must let those
people ovor there know that we aro
ready to fight thum to a standstill."
HOP AGREEMENT
EXTENSION VOTED
WASHINGTON, April 21. (AP)
Senator Charles McNary, Oregon,
obtained passage yesterday of u
bill lo extend the date of hop mar
keting agreements und orders un
til September, Representative,
Pierce. Oregon, reported a similar
bUt to house nnveral doy S0,
Governor Sprague,
Highway Body to
Visit Roseburg
SALEM, April 21. (AP)
(lovernor Sprague nnd the state
highway commission will leave
alem tomorrow on a four-day
nspec tlon trip of southern Ore
gon highways.
They will go down the coast to
lobl Beach, spend Sunday going
ip the Rogue river, nnd attend
the semi annual meeting of the
Jregon Coast Highway associa
tion at Gold Beach on Monday.
On Monday afternoon tho
party will leave for Roseburg
via Cnqullle, spending Monday
tight tn Roseburg and returning
lo Salem Tuesday.