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Newspaper Page Textt Argentine Beef, Cheaper than the American Product, Is to Feed the U. S. Navy Personnel. Perhaps Other Foreign Countries Will Construct Our Warships. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:20 p. in. yesterday l'l T Highest ieuiperuiure yi-hii'uliiy Mi Lowest temperature last night 4? Precipitation for 24 hours u I'liM-iji. since first Hi' month n:i Precip. from Sept. 1, P.Ct . ,, 21.-I2 Deficiency since He-pi. I, i;::s K.77 FARM BILL If It passes congress 111 Kb pres nut sum, 11 will probably mean tax increases. Will the house economy group succeed in paring H? Look for the answer next week In NKW'ri ItKVIKW wlio service. partly Cloudy. fHE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY VOL. XLIII NO. 331 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1939. VOL. XXVII NO. 211 OF THE EVENING NEWS 'tit rf nCStO3 a B II E mtTm ' 1 I v ? I .iX El kl PI IS ,E I 11 14 il hi US M M II i r-5 a "Jo rlSRS f 1 u h tally y f In The Day's News : , !ly FHANK JENKINS TT looks us if congress Is getting ready to 8)t'iid a billion ami a half (in uddilhm to iho billions al ready spent) to "aid" agriculture. The moro we .spend, the worse the plight f aKikulluiX' seems lt P.et. "A 10 f .'ii-ulnuc has taken the form of "limiting" produc tion. Mut the limitations don't seem to limit. Except for two years in which NATURE took a hand in the way of drouths, surpluses have con tinned to pile up. and are now al an all-time hlh. TTE'VE boon "aiding also priming the " business, pump. etc. We've run up a debt in excess of 411 billions in the process, and still business doesn't click. In one way and another, we've fveu a pretty thorough trial to the theory that you can spend yourself rich, ami It HASN'T WOHKKIi. WI,A' I AT ahull we do next? T Well, when a private business upends itself to the edtfo of bank ruptcy and doesn't seem to be gel ling anywhere but NEAIlEll hauk luptcy, some hard-headed old light wad usually lakes 'It over and brings it back to lis senses either that or it (!ES 11ANK KU'V. npIUS much Is certain -until the time arrives when congress men who vote for reckless spend ing are DKI'HATEl) I.WAItlA W..Y at the next election, we'll fn on (-.pending. I'ongresstnen. like inosl of us. (Continued on page 4.) SEATTLE, May 1". (AD Friends said former tT. S. Senator Clarence ('. iJlll. who divorced a wealthy wife three years ngo, won hi marry Miss Mabel Aileen I tickson of Spnkane. Wash., and Washington, 1). C, probably to day. Miss Pickson met Iill two years ago in Washington, I). C. where she was assistant to the head of I he federal economics experiment stations. Miss Dickson received her master's degree from Wash ington Slate college In VXV2. She declined to tell newspaper men her nge. Dill, about 55, wed Hosnlie Jones, Long Island, N, Y.. sutfra get leader, in March. 1927, at ( old Harbor. I.. !. They were divorced in June, l!t"fi. two years after Dill reiired as senator from Washing ton state. He charged cruel and inhuman treatment, suyitiK she was slingy ami "queer." He accused her of telling acquaintances be 'drank like u fish, and was go lug blind. Record-Breaking Farm Bill Faces Opposition of House Economy Bloc WASHINGTON, May 13. I A P) (f.-rences between hoiie and aenate House economy advocates prom-(must be reconciled, ised today to renew their campaign ) When it acted on the bill in to slash the agriculture department ; March, the house limited ft to $ir, nniirnnriatinn bill, which earned a itMn.niiM, refusing by a nine-vole iMrnvd-breaking sum of $1.21. ;.- f.72 as annroved bv the senate ves - Anuther Rtnimrle nvcr thi rroii niny tesue whs fon-i-hmlnweil ly thf proposal of Senator A'lains (!'.. Coin.) that roiik-rrs blank propriatlonj for the nevt fiscal year with a reduction order designed to 1 nave at least $ J."i.n..u,"Uo. Adams :nd he would off1!' some definite formula to reduce fedetal spending, one e rougress has rom pleted work on major appropriation bills. House democratic leaders report ed they were undecided whether they would oppose tli in- creas.'s inserted in the f;um bill bylgram and funds for other reKuiar the senate. Ilefore the im-aMii " J act ivil ies of the agriculture de goes to the white houe the dif p;ir Uncut. Pacific Meeting Set In Roseburg For May 19 Public Will Get Details of Reconstruction Project, Boosted at Eugene; Speed Is Urged. A meeting to acquaint residents of Douglas county with plans for a campaign to secure reconstruc tion of the Pacific highway in Ore gun is to be held at the Umpoua hotel club room at 7:3u p. m.. Fri day, May 1!), W. C Harding, secre tary of the lioseburg chamber of commerce, announced here today. Arrangements for the meeting won1 made yesterday nt Eugene, where representatives from all principal cities on the route of the highway met to consider methods of securing congressional action on the federal program for re gional and military highways. Howard Merriam, president of the Oregon Pacific Highway asso ciation, and Carl Hynearson, exe cutive secretary, will be In Hose burg together with other officers of the association and members of Ihe state highway department in the first of a series of meetings to acquaint- the general public with the plan of campaign, Mr. Harding reports. It is the associa tion's desire to contact the busi ness men and all other interested individuals at the meetings, in or der that tle program may be com pletely discussed and any helpful Ideas secured. Special invitations are to be sent out by the local chamber of commerce to all com munities along .the highway in Douglas county urging attendance of residents at Ihe Uosobnrg meet ing. Action on Plan Urged At the meeting held yesterday In Eugene, which was uttended by A. C. Marsters, vice-president of the association and chairman of the local chamber of commerce road committee; (Jeorge Smith, Senator C. W. Clark. W. C. Hard ing and Harris Kllsworth, imme diate action on the plan prepared by the lederal bureau of public roads and approved by President Iloosevelt was urged. Speed is urgent, it was pointed out by Stale Highway Engineer It. H. Italdock. who was present at the meeting and outlined the plan which has been proposed by J. 11. McDonald, chief of the federal bu reau. This plan includes: 1. resignation of certain exist ing major highways as military (Continued on page 6) JEWELRY STOLEN FROM HOME HERE Two valuable diamond rings, a watch and other articles of jewelry and personal property were stolen last night from the Harris Ells worth home on Winchester street by n burglar who ransacked the residence during the absence of the family. Entrance wus gained by forcing a rear window. The bur glary occurred between the hours of 7 : :in ami in: no o'clock. State police, sheriff's deputies and city officers "shook flown" a number of transient and suspicious characters but so far report they liave uncovered no clues to aid in establishing the identity of the burglar. margin to provide $::r,ntHMtmi for !paiity payments and add $t;n.iMiu,. noo to lii-l p ilispnep or agrlrultnnil surpliisi-s. The parity payments would he llTOlKlll-il to ilHll-USI' tin farm pun hasimi power represepte.1 in cotton, wheat, corn, rite atl'l to- jbm-ro to the pre wnr level The senate added fT,. i.fMii) for parity and 111 3. .""" for the re moval prop-ram. In-tuie passing the bill, til to 11. The measure Includes a f.n0.(ou.. o-Hii allocation for soil conservation payments, U J r,.,"''.'"'t for parity payments, 1 1 13'"". "o for removal lo of crop Mil pluses, about 12 "'.""(i.- ; "00 for the fedrr:tl-aid road pto- Highway Campaign Spurred Succeeds Wallace As Utilities Head City Commissioner 0. R. Bean, above, of Portland, who was ap pointed yesterday by Governor Sprague to be public utilities com missioner of Oregon, to succeed N. G. Wallace, who resigned be cause of ill health. Bean, a pro fessional engineer and architect, is also chairman of the state plan ning board, which goes out of ex istence In a few weeks. He is a republican. Danger to Crops Continues, Fire Peril More Active; Washington Suffers. POItTl.AND, May 1.1. (AP) The sun blistered Oregon with a record May temperature yesterday as the spring drought continued, crop worries increased and Ihe for est fire peril grew more active. In Portland the mercury hit 8 (J degrees, highest reading since last September. Elsewhere in the state the temperature got Into the !M's. Two hundred CCU men and log gers fought a, fire on Hound Top mountain, miles northwest of Eorest drove, utter It had burned l,riHi,iiim feet of logs and datliagcd J'lium worth of equipment. Three fires in Clatsop county were brought under control. SEATTLE, May 13. (AP) Warned that worse fires are Im minent unless unusual summer rain falls. Washington forest fire flght- rs battled stubborn blazes today. A shift iu wind lessened hazards to the Mountaineer theater, a for-, est amphitheater iu Kitsap county. it'ter fire had come within 9b feel of it. Marines from the Paget Sound navy yard at Hremerton ami forest rews fought it yesterday iu an at tempt to save the theater, used by the Mountaineers club of Seattle, for pageunts. Seattle was smoky when wind brought odors of a blaze at Eglon, also In Kitsap county, across Pu gei Sound. That fire v.-as burning on a three-mile front and was be ing fought by CCC crews. The mer cury stood ut SO here yesterday. )t her fires were reported In Pierce. Snohomish. Cowlitz and Grays Harbor counties, and war other dens Issued warnings that western Washington forests tinder-dry from lack of rain. re IS. L J. DIHS Mrs. L. .T. (Lottie Josephine) Hariifs, resident of Itosebui ir fnr the pnt 2 years, died at Mercy hospital Fridav night. followitiR n long period of 111 health. She was born at Pen-ysvtlle, Pn. Surviving nre her husband, n lo cal barber, and a won. Delrnar Harn'-s. chief warrant officer on the r. S. S. Arizona, who now Is at -a with the pacific fleet and will he tillable to n I tend funeral sep ires. 'Mis. Haines also leaves a brother and two sisters. liecitation of the Hosarv will he observed at H p. m. Sunday nt the ToeburR t'ndertaking company hapel. with funeral fervrea nt St. Joseph's Catholic church nt ln o Mom I ay. Father Kdmutid H viand, pastor, officiating. Interment will follow in th Catholic cemetery. 1 Si I Morse Enters Port Dispute At Portland Coast Arbiter, Summoned by Union, Will Decide if Ruling on Contracts Rests With Him. PORTLAND, Ore., May 13 (AP) At the request of longshoremen. Wayne L. Morse. Eugene, Ore.. coast waterfront contract arbiter, today opened a hearing on the con troversy that closed the Port oi Portland Thursday. Morse said he would not deter mine the merits of the controversy but would decide whether it was ol such a nature as to he arbitrated before him or before Samuel V. Weinstein, local contract arbiter. The port was closed by the Wa terfront Employers association aft- the CIO International Long shoremen's and Warehousemen s union refused to load the freighter William Luckenbach.. The freighter was picketed last week by the CIO Mart hm Of rice Workers' union, which charged the Luckenbach line with ignoring a national labor ro tations board order to reinstate three discharged employes with back pay. The demonstrators left the dock after an Injunction was Issued and one picket arrested, but the dock men continued In refuse to work the boat. , - . Efforts or Weinstein lo bring the warring sides together failed yes terday whereupon Matt Meehan. Seattle, coast secretary of the longshore union, demanded in Ihe name of the coast union that Morse intercede. Meehan Blames Assn. Median's message to Morse said the port had been "closed because local employers' association claims right to break off contractural rela tions with longshore local, to sus pend all work and to refuse lo ar bitrate under agreement unless lo cal (union) accepts conditions not imposed by agreement. "International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's union disttict 1 claims this emergency Issue in volves basic Interpretation of coast whin concern ami requests you to hear the matter in Portland imme diately." Employers would not comment (Continued on page 6.) IT FOHT COLLINS. Colo., May 13. (AP) Sheriff Ted Schafier, who was willing to take a beating to get money to buy short wave radio equipment for his office, had $1. ;jiiu for that purpose today. Moreover, the 33-year-old Lari mer county sheriff gave instead of took the beating when he tangled last night in a "radio benefit" match with "Pig Hill' Mayfield, 202, heavyweight champion of. the Eort Wa rreti . Wyo., a r m y pos t . Schaffer knocked the 20 year-old Mayfield to the mat three times In I he second round of their scheduled six-rounder, the third time for a lb-count. The round nan gone one minute Hi seconds. Two thousand fans saw the fight. I'ndersheriff W. M. Jackson said the radio would cost about $l.2". -o- CRICKETS RAIDING BAKER FARM AREA llAKKIi, Ore., May III. (API Mormon nickels in the eastern part of Maker county, now InleM ing six lownsliips, are swarming olf the forest n-serve and public domain onto 3.., "mm acres ot rich crop land In Pine and Kagle valleys. The situation in Pine valley Is most serious In as much as crick ets entirely mi ri mind the valley, which contains 2t.ooo ocres of j some of the most product if lirl-j gated bind in the country. Ahady several bandied ucres of ciop land I has ! l damaged by the cricket winch ate marching to j horde ward the center of t'.-- -i;! y Ten employee of t.n r bu- I reaii of entomology, ! farmers and ." t 'I 'C : caged in the lit'ht i cricket ;i. 1 tin , iihiiitcer Noted U. S. Naval Officer Passes On , f T mr - ; UA lL Mark L. Bristol WASHINGTON, May 13. (AP) Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, 71, retired, former high commis sioner of the United States to Turkey, died at Naval hospital today, following an operation performed three weeks ago. His widow survives him. For eight years in eastern Medi terranean waters, from 1919 to 1927, he acted for both the navy and state departments, laying the foundation for America's subse quent harmonious relations with Turkey, a former enemy country. As a lieutenant aboard the Texas in 1898 he took part in the blttle of- Santiago, which de stroyed Spain's naval power. In the World war Admiral Bristol commanded the U. S. naval base at Plymouth, England, where he helped coordinate the American and British sea forces. Soviet Entry Into Lineup Impends; Danzig Stirs Poland by Ban. (I!y the Associated Press) The Ilrit inn-French bloc soueht closer ties today with Its new ally, Turkey, ns a Polish protest to the. Hanzig senate sharpened the issue between Cerinuny ami Poland over the Free City. In London, following yesferdny'R announcement by Prime Minister Chamberlain that Turkey nnd Hrit ain would aid each oilier In the event of "aggression leading to war in the Mediterranean area," politi cal commentators predicted Tur key would gain important Itrilish trade and munitions loans. The French government npprov ed the liritish-Turkey accord nnd French leaders hinted Frnnco ex pected to reach n similar agree ment soon. Informed sources in Paris hailed (he addition or Turkey to the Hrltish-French line-up as a sitru soviet JiiiHHf a also Intends to join and as un attraction to Ilul uarla and Yugoslavia. A lainzig senate order forbidding n memorial service last night for the Polish hero, Marshal Joseph Pllsudskl, on grounds ll mlht cause disorder hroucht a Polish protest and charge the Panzig gov ernment could not "guarantee peace." Polish newspapers declared Pol ish troops should he sent to Imnzig to assure order them If the Free City's senate cannot accept respon sibility for It. In Vienna, Catholic church autho rities interpreteri (i n7,i order that personnel changes in tlm cleriry must have party sanction as mean ing liais would control appoint-ni'-nts of new vicars, pastors and ollir church dignitaries. Informed nources expressed be- i li'-f Vienna church authorities I would ask the Vatican's advice and thitl murA depended on bow shik jtiiKly the new rule was applied. i IMniPTiVIF'MT HIT . . - - - - DEATH CAR DRIVER ALIIANY. Ore., May LI (AIM A collision u w eek ago w blch caused Ihe death of I Xinald Kuy kendall, !, of Portland, an Oregon Si it collcre Student, resulted to il iV In the Indictment of Hohert It. 0! !l, St. lleb-ns. on a charge of In voluntary man slang liter. ( td'dl was driving a machine involved hi .Hislon Vith Hint driven by Itob Mraccbl, Portland. Handicraft 0f4 HCIubs Shown Here Fair at Roseburg Armory Draws Big Attendance; Dress Revue, Music on Program. Kxceeding all expectations for the number of entries and attend ance, the 4-H club fair, third and last of a series lor Pouglas coun ty, opened ut the Hoseburg armory tins afternoon. Kxhiblts. totalling in n re than 7"ti, were placed by boys and girls in the five divisions of clothing clubs, threo divisions in cookery, homcnuiking, camp cookery, room Improvement, fores trv, hohbv, art and bachelor sew ing. ' - Clubs from South Deer creek, (lardeu valley, Clide. Kdenbower, Wilbur, Millwood. Klgarose, Win ston, Tenmtle, Stitherlln, 1 Hllnrd, Oakland, (Ireen, (llengary and llenson and Fuller ton schools of Itoseburg participate'1.. The Rose burg fair is Tor schools iu cen tral Pouglas county. Similar dis plays were made ut I 'ays Creek tor schools iu the southern dis trict, ami ul Drain for northern area schools. Art Display Outstanding One ol Ihe outstanding features of tuday's showing at the armory was Ihe ail display from the (illde school. .Nearly Uott pieces ot art work, nit, crayon,' pencil, pen and ink, water color, etc., all done ty students of the 7th and Slh grades, under (tie instruction and super vision of James J. Mel, Instructor iu Iho Olide schools, were ti cen ter of attraction for visitors. This exhibit recently won high praise when shown at Iho College of Kdn- cation al Ashland, formerly known as the Soul hern OreKon Normal school. Much Interest was shown nlso in Ihe fine displays by members of sewing clubs, who exhibited dresses and coals, aprons and ot li ed garments, together with many other Hems demonstrating unusual sewing ability. Dress Revue Listed One of the features of the public program to be presented tonight will be n dress revue In which the makers or the dresses will model them, while spectators are 'given Information on the type of mater ial, costs and other pertlnerrt fair Is. The displays were opened to the general public: this afternoon and will be continued this evening and at S o'clock there will he present ed n program of entertainment to which all Interested people are in vited free of charge. Music on Program The program will feature music (Continued on page fl.) NKW YOItK. May Ll. (AP) District Attorney Thomas ' K. I ewcy, aided by in fur mat Ion pro vided by a stule Insurance fund au- onor who picauen Kuiny io accept- i lug llleiful fees, mild today be bad j uncovered a ring of auditors which i he accused of defrauding the stale of more than J:;.id himi in the last five yen is. Dewey said the group of auditors were responsible for cheating Ihe state (workmen's compensation ) In surance fund out of millions of dol lars by accepting htlbes running from 2b fo 7"U to approve spur ious payroll reports submitted by employers seeking to dodge the full tux. I tern a rd Hotein, special counsel to the insurance fund who was ap pointed mote than a year ago by (iov. Idinian to Investigate irregu larities In employer payments to the fund, said l!t uuditois have been indicted In connect ion with the frauds. One hnndi cd employers linvo been convicted. "As n result or this fraud." Hotein said, "hdiicht employers llie taxed with higher Insurance rates disproportionate to their Halm in htn mice. "I estimate that the state insur ance fund and pr ivate tnui ;mre companies nre d'friiud'd of $lu. oiiu.uoo annually in New York slate n:i a rerult of these practices." Taken for "Ride" Because of Book we X f v....' h Because his house published a book aimed at Adolf Hitler, the nazl fuehrer, George P. Putnam, Hollywood publisher, was kid naped by two German-speaking strangers last night and warned to cease production of the book. He was freed, uninjured, after refusing to divulge the source of German contributions to the pub lication. BY 15 COAL ras. Six Southern Groups Spurn Proposal; 300,000 Men to Resume Work. NKW YORK. May PI.- (AP)--fifteen of Ihe 2 bituminous coal associations iu (he Appalachian joint conference today signed a union shop contract with John L. Lewis' P lilted Mine Workers of America (CIO) making possible the return to work of :iii),niin min ers on Monday. Six soul hern grntipn or opera tors withdrew from tile conference which trovers an eight -state area, but several companies within 1 1 1 southern area went along with the operators who signed. The dissenting groups, whose spokesman was L, C. (iuuter, em ploy about 45,000 miners and pro duce aboitl '1.r..iHHi,uiiu tuns a year. (! ii liter declined to suy whether mines would try lo open on a non union basis. The approval of the union-shop contract Tor which Lewis had fought through eight weeks of deadlock and growing national em ergency wiped away the last trace of fear that there would be a coal shortage, The contract replaces one which expired March 111 and will n for a 2-year period. Save, for the union-shop clause which had prov ed the principal barrier, there are no changes of note in the contract. It provides for basic pay of $H,0i) a day for a f-dny. Iiri-hoiir week In the north and $f.'Q iu Die south. FUGITIVE LAWYER OF SEATTLE NABBED SKATTLF, Wash., May 13. ( A Pi - The sherlfl's office report ed today JauifH K. McDowall, fin year old attorney convicted of grand larceny and sought nearly a month up and down the const after- a Slfi.tMtii appeal bond ex pired, wiin arrested iu n Portland hotel last night, He w as brought here to awn it transfer to the slate penitent iary to begin u 15 year term. McDow all was accused of embezzling a total or Jll.r.M hom three Seatlle women. A pick up oi der was is sued for him April l when hi' failed to surrender niter his ap peal was denied by the state su pi erne com I. GRABS AT CHICKEN, WRECKS HIS AUTO ALIIANY. Ore., May in.- (AID -Kenney Itiitupey km aped from un automobile wreck bit night but two chicKcns he was taking from Collage l inn e to Ins Portland home didn't. One of the chickens got out of n box nnd Itanisev rcnchinir down to c.-intiire It, hist control of Iih ina-1 i bine. It plunged down a bank. Into a creek nnd was demolished. Ilamsey wasn't burl but he wrung the chickens' respective ncrka. '1 W t 1 I A V.-. k ! Ll 4i L Anti-Hitler Book Brings Night Ri Putnam Not Hurt But: Warned "Healthier" If He Stopped Publication. German-Speaking Captors Fail to Learn Name of Book's Contributor From Abroad. llAKFRSFlFLD. Calif., May FI. (AP) Hound and gagged, Ceorge Palmer Putnam. 52, Holly wood publisher and husband of the late Amelia Karhart, was found Iu an incomplete house here today, a few hours alter he was kidnap ed from his North Hollywood home. Putnam, unhurt, said the kid napers demanded the name of tbo author of the anonymous book "The Man Who Killed Hitler" ami suggested it would be "healthier" if ho censed printing It. A Blale-wid search for the pair and for Putnam's car. In which they brought him here, was order ed by sheriff's deputies. Two department of justice; agents from Los Angeles sped hero to question I lie publisher, hut declined to discuss the case. "They were very decent lo me," Putnam declared. "They didn't rough mo at all." Past Warnings Ignored The publisher said he refused their demands and recalled rueful ly that he had "thought the other warnings were phonies." Heceipt or a hullehriihlled copy of - tiro book, two letters nnd a telephone call threatening his lll'e were re ported to Los Angeles police with in the past mouth and on one o? t casion he fired two shots at a man J w ho was climbing a tree near 1 his bedroom window. "I'm a little upset out. t in nor, hurl," Putnam said as he sal in the sheriffs office here. Then he described the events oC last, night. "About five o'clock," he recalled, "my secretary, (Miss Josephine Merger! received n telephone call supposed to hnve come from Kcx Cole (Hollywood actor'rt ngeut. and close friend of Putnam). "The caller said Cole had an Im portant matter to discuss and wanted me lo come to his house. (Continued on page ti) T llKLLINOHAM. May 13. ( AP) An Information charging conspir acy and collusion In the bidding lor plumbing, heating and sheet, metal contract for the new Hell Ingham senior high school wns fil ed in superior court here yester day nt the request of the stale at torney general'H office. Defendant! named were A. (1. Hushllght. of the A. O. Rushlight, and Co., Portland, Ore., nnd C. C. Halt, attorney for the same com pany; D. A. Lord and J. M. Lor yea, or the firm of l-ord and Lor yeii, also a Portland plumbing concern: Arthur J. Illylhe, Stew art Illylhe and C. J. Christopher, of Inn Wythe Plumbing ami Heat ing Co., Itelliugham, and C. . TegeiideHt, llcllf ngliaui plumber. The information contains two counts, one for conspiracy, the other ror collusion. Doth chargo the defendant with "unlawfully de signing and intending" to defeat competitive bidding tor Ihe con tracts, let In l!t:li. As a result, the complaint charged, the school district paid u price in excess oC the true value of the work. The contractu had been uwntd ed to the Hlylhe company. fatherTndicted for beating son McMINN YILLK, May IX- (AP)' The Yamhill county grand Jury yesterday indicted Fred It. Pierce, til. Newber g WPA win ker. on a chargn of ns;itilt nnd battery for the alleged whipping of his H year old son Hoy w ith n water soaked rope, Sheriff Manning said Pierce nd milled lushing the boy and quol cd him as saying "I would do It again " Dr L. S, C.oeike, director of tlm Yamhill county health department, rwild the bov s back and IHl arm, coveted w Ith welts and bruises, show ed I In1 linpi esuionn ol I lit; looped mpe.