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Newspaper Page TextHaving Partaken of and Relished American "Hot Dog," King'George of England May Now Be Quite Keen, Upon Sinking His Molars Into the Nazi Dachshund. r THE WEATHER CONGRESS It'll on the Inst lap of the ses sion's lawmaking, and the next week or fio may see the disposal of tux, neutrality, social security and other Important measures. Follow NEWS-REVIEW wire service. Ilumidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 28 Highest temperature yesterday 8!t Lowest temperature last night-. 55 Precipitation for 24 hours.....,..... 0 J'rocip. since first of mouth l.'io Preclp. from Sept. 1, 1938........ 23.93 Jteficiency since Sept. 1. 1938 7.78 Partly Cloudy. i .HI f HE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY VOL. XLIII NO. 357 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY JUNE 13, 1939. VOL. XXVtl NO. 267 OF THE EVENING NEWS lAll w Ui MTUE WOT .- On Gunman Stages Two Booty From Jobs Small; Escape Made John Wm. Robertson and F. S. Monroe Victims of Night Bandit, Who Wears No Mask. Police officers were search lug here today for an unmasked man who last n itfh t held up and robbed John William Robertson, local service station operator, and F. S. .Monroe, railroad conductor. Robertson was exercising his dog at his home at North Jackson street and Commercial avenue about 10 p. in., when the stranger t rolled down the sidewalk, sud denly drew a gun and demanded money. Robertson's billfold, con taining only a small amount of change, was handed over. Monroe was halted at 11:45 p. in. as he was crossing the Oak street bridge from hiB home in West Roseburg. -His wallet yield ed approximately $11. The conductor was hurrying to the S. I. station, where he was due to take out a train at mid night. Alter the robbery, Monroe was ordered to turn and walk back westward. He protested that he was in a hurry, but was told, "That makes no difference; go the other way." No Trace Found lie went to nearby Mercy hos pital and called officers by tele phone, A search of the transient "jungles" revealed no trace of the (Continued on page 6. LANSING, Kas., June 13. (AH) A mutiny of 229 convicts in a coal mine at Kansas state peni tentiary over silk underwear and food ended without violence today after the rebellious prisoners sent up word to Warden M. F. Amrine they would surrender. The convict miners capitulated without any concessions from the warden to demands they be per mitted to continue buying Bilk un derware at the commissary and to eat bedtime snacks in their cells. The strike lasted approximately four hours. After sending word through Ro bert Murray, mine superintendent, who with 12 guards was held a pri soner in the 750-foot coal mine the convicts crowded into the elevator cage at the bottom of the shaft and began their return to the surf ace. The decision of the convicts to . give up was reached after more than 20 guards armed with ma chine guns and tear gas descend ed into the pits. They were instructed to use their tear gas and guns to bring the rebels to terms. Amrine, since he became ward en May 3. angered the convicts with an investigation which un covered two liquor stills in the mint . Editorials on Ily FRANK JENKINS nriHR question Is asked frequently.: In these days: "What Is etluca-'j lion good for?" 1 Mrs. Luc lie O'Neill, one of south- ern Oregon's best known English; teachers and a sister of Edison Marshall, answered it interestingly the other day in a service club talk. EDUCATIONS traditional Job, " she said, is: i 1. To help the student make a living. 2. To help him live with himself. IV spite of all the cynical wise- cracks and a sizeable number of educated failures, education IHES help in naming a living. Recent studies covering thousands of cases prove beyond doubt that the aver age college graduate EARNS MORE MONEY than the a vera go uneducated person. No one even doubts that the nor Liberty and Homes Theirs Now K v '. - sxss ' ; Showing their joy at finding a safe haven In the United States, these Viennese Jewish children, refugees from Germany, wave to the Statue of Liberty as they sailed in to New York harbor aboard the President Harding. They are part of a group of fifty, ranging between five and fifteen years old, who will be adopted by American families. SPRAGUE DEFENDS PRIMARY CHANGE COKVALLIS, June 13. (AP) Governor Charles A. Sprague de fended yesterday his approval of the bill changing the primary elec tion from May to November on the grounds the long campaign re quired by the May primary was un fair to the poor candidate. ' His defense, voiced before the state grange convention, came after State Grange Master Ray Gill had criticized the change. Thegovernor declared there was no urgency in putting public util ity district legislation into effect because there was not yet suffi cient sentiment for public owner ship. KIDNAPER SENT TO JUVENILE COURT SAN FRANCISCO, June 13. I (API Because she will not be IS (years old until next Sunday, Mar- garet Polly Well will be dealt with liu juvenile court for the kidnaping of 5-year-old Krehe Osborn while caring for him as nursemaid. Superior Judge Frank H. Dunne transferred the case yesterday to the children's court, after Public Defender Gerald Kenny produced a telegram from Margaret's mother, Mrs. Graham Weil of Nassau. N. Y.. saying the girl was born June IS. 1921. Kenny said he would get the documentary evidence to corrobo rate it. the Day's News problem facing the world today, mat educated person gels more en joyment out of living than the nor mal uneducated person. rT) education's traditional job, Mrs. O'Neill told her hearers, we're Inclined in these days to add this further objective: "To help the student- live more agreeably with those around hitn." That is an important objective. Modern life is Just complex enough that getting along agreeably with those around us makes up the bulk of the difference between a happy life and an unhappy one. If education can te.-trh us how to get Hlong with those around us, it will Justify Itself rather fully. aP education can teach the NA TIONS how to get along agree ably with the nations around them. It will have solved the most serious (Continued on page 4.) William Hutchins, Relief Warehouse Supt., Worst Sufferer in Mishap. William Hutchins, f.27 Mill street, superintendent of the coun ty relief warehouse, suffered back injuries, cuts, bruises and shock. In an automobile accident late yes terday. Five other persons suf fered minor injuries when the cars driven by Clifford Weather ford und Thurman Cannon collid ed 13 miles east of Roseburg on the Huckhorn road. Mrs. Weatherford was -transporting Mr. and Mrs. Hutchins, their son, l-arry, and daughter, liarbara, to a camp on f'avltt creek where Mrs, Hutchins and children planned to spend several days. The two cars met on a turn and both machines were badly dam aged. Mr. Hutchins and Harhara were brought by ambulance to Mercy hospital. Mr. Hutchins was suf fering 'severely from Bhock. His other injuries, although severe, were not considered serious. Bar bara suffered deep face and sculp ruts, but was discharged, from the hospital aMer the w omuls had been dressed. Mr. Cannon and the other pass engers in Weatherlord's machine were cut and bruised but not ser iously hurt. ANNOYING OF WIFE COSTS DRIVER $25 M EDFORD, Ore., June 13. (API For driving an auto on the wrong side of the Pacific highway last Saturday nicht "to lease his wife on he- birthday." James Al gernon ( line, 27. of Grants Pass, was fined $25 and costs in justice court here Monday, film enter ed a plea nf guilty to reckless driv ing, with' the above explanation. A ft ate policeman on patrol duty, no ticed ('line "teasing" his wile, and presented him with a ticket. MAN WHO PREACHED OWN RITES PASSES INDIANAPOLIS. June 13. (AP) Wade Millmau, a farmer who preached his own funeral sermon two years ago last month over mi oak casket he had built for himself, died in a hospital here today at the age of 9a years. He had been In the institution several weeks afflicted with the Infirmities of old age. Holdups in Roseburg jj Lewis Raps Labor Record Of Congress C.I.O. Head Says Results "Worse Than Nothing," Nation Still Faces Jobless Crisis. WASHINGTON, June 13. (AP) John L. Lewis told the C.I.O. executive board today the record of congress in dealing with the un employment problem this year is "worse than nothing." Speaking at a meeting called to plan a new C.I.O. organization cam paign, Lewis said: "In many ways the nation Is still j in crisis. Economically we now ' stand little ahead of where we stood four years ago. Politically we have suffered because there has been economic parulysls, "When in nations in crisis no leadership appears which can re solve the crisis, the people become disheartened. They turn to the dangerous and irresponsible who, for the sake of power, offer bene fits they cannot deliver. "Today, therefore, a responsibil ity greater than ever lies upon po litical and industrial leaders. I do not think the people will much longer have patience with the nos talgia and the reaction of the pow ers of corporate business. fascism Danger Seen. "Nortwill they be content Ivtth titnld solutions offered by govern ment, solutions fearfully withdrawn before they can he really tested. Tnless the nation is led unhesitat ingly and courageously forward to the solution of its problems, we stand in danger of beintr enmilfeil by a wave of despair and black re action. Fascism is built upon such despair and such reaction." The responsible agencies of con- greHS, he declared, "have busied themselves, In open cynicism, with tearing the vitalB out of the meager (Continued on page 61 JEWISH STUDENT IS VICTIM OF CARVING BALTIMORE. June 13. (AP) An Investigation was under way to day into activities of 40 junior high school boys accused by a Jewish student of having carved the let ter "If" in his neck after they had inked swastikas on their arms. Dr. David E. Weglein, superin tendent Of lllfltrllettnn .lanln..n,l Inquiry had begun on the complaint of Melvin Bridge, 14. a student at the Gwynn's Falls Park junior high school who said ho was attacked when he Tailed to answer "Why are you a Jew?" The tatter, assuin edly to indicntn a Hebrew, had been cut with a sharp instrument. Morton Rosen, 19, a friend of Bridge, was charged with disorder ly conduct and assault after he al legedly attacked two of the youths. He Is to he tried today. Salvation Army i f) ft J1 A 1: Vila I ' y As-ii rs i ' h !- -4 ; 1 i ' NcwK-ItfVP'W Kn Km VI tig The Roseburg corps of the Salvation Army now Is located in new quarters on the second floor of the Parkinson food store building. The new hall, efficiently arranged, provides excellent facilities for all of the corps activities. Shown above at the rostrum of the hall are Cap' "In Vivan Vanderslnls, corps commander; Mrs, Eberhaul, Major Donald Ebethard, had of Salvation Army work for Oregon and southern. Idaho, and Miss Dorothy McLaughlin, cadet worker In the local corps. Pool Halls, Beer Parlors I End "Strike Klamath Falls Protest of Ashurst Charges Made I as Judge Confers With Governor. KLAMATH. FALLS, Juno 13. (AP) Klamath Kails pool halls and beer parlors reopened their doors this morning alter a three-day shut down designed as a "protest" a- gainst tramming charges made bv Circuit Judge Kdward H. Ashurst and to "prove their operations legit imate and of vital necessity" to the community. Decision to end the "strike" was reached at a conference of opera tors late yesterday at which it was claimed a number of business and civic leaders were present Fnllow- ing'the meeting a statement was Is sued declaring "the payrolls of this business run. into hundreds of thous ands of dollars a year; further these businesses serve n distinct purpose to the community . . ." Op erators said they believed their shutdown had proved thts conten tion. Even before the general reopen ing agreement was reached, there had been a marked decline in the "sympathy" action which was vir tually universal at the time the closure first became effective- Sat urday. A number of beer parlors (Continued on page 6)' CORVALLIS, June 13 (API John F. Allen, til, member of the slate pharmacy and health boards, died at his home here today. Allen, once called Oregon's "most outstanding druggist," was the only two-board member In the Btate. He was named to the hoard of health on May 25, and he al ready was a member of the pharm acy hoard when Governor Sprague insisted that he should servo In both capacities. , Born at Corvallis, Allen was graduated from Oregon Slate col lege In 1895. He married Mary Ellen Francis of Portlnnd In 1!HU. The widow and two sons, Arthur Francis and John Frederick Jr., survive. lie began business as a sales man and once was cashier of a Corvallis bank. He purchased a pharmacy In 1903 and operated It continuously since. He was once president of the Oregon State Pharmaceutical as sociation, and was organizer ami treasurer or Its educational fund. He had been a member of the slato board of pharmacy since VXU. in New Home President Not To Run Again, London s Idea Third Term Advocates, New Deal Criticized; Kansan Says People Must Be Put Back to Work. BOSTON, June 13. (AP) Alt M. Iduidon, unsuccessful republican nominee in the last -presidential lection, .predicted today President Roosevelt would decline to become i candidate for a third term. At the same time, in a speech prepared for delivery before the ilUHjness and Professional Women's Republican club of Massachusetts, the former Kansas governor sharp ly criticized New Deal economics and those who urge the president to run again in 1940. "We are in the sixth year of ex traordinary government spendlng- lu-savo policy," Landon asserted, "yet discouragement and chronic unemployment are increasing. This, Indeed, is the Roosevelt depression. "The citizens who are proposing and urging a third term for Presi dent Roosevelt will be marked by the future historian as bringing dis aster to the republic If they suc ceed in their unworthy ends. "But there are enough Americans whose hearts are wound to slop them. Here Indeed the republic has u rendezvous with destiny. How evec, 1 don't believe nny man with the exaltation and (lie Hense of public aervlce and patriotism that comes from the high office of the presidency will accede to such de mands. "The president, worthy of the trust reposed in him by his fellow citizens, will disdain this sugges tion made to him by meaner souls." Must Check New Deal Ijithion mild the question of which party wins the next election "Is not as Important as the type ot siniesmansiiip we may expect from the next president." "The fantastic financial theories of the New Deal which have prov en n failure In achieving recovery must not be permitted to remain unchecked, or to become a perma- (Contlnued on pa go 6.) WASHINGTON, Juno 13. (AP) The ad ministration's neutrality bill Itt-MVfftfllir rmmt.1 nf H. ... bargn on arms and ammunitions for miiHHiH hi war was approved in lull today by tbo house foreign aTfalis committee, r In general tho measure would give the president broader powers in dealing with International sit uations and. (t Ik fftmrull v r-n... ceded, would make it pnsslblo for mis country to aid Britain and France In a wny not possible under an arms embargo. State df l;irtiient rnnrami0il..n. were said by a committee member to have, informed the committee during consideration of the legisla tion mocks or urniH acquired by Germany through Austrian nnd Czechoslovak tan anschluss had given the Hitler government so marked superiority over Britain and France that for the United Slates to refrain from Helling arms to all belligerents would really mean. In event of war in Europe, liml the Failed Hi at en was favor ing Germany. GLIDER MAKES HOP OVER LAKE MICHIGAN THANK KOUT. Mli-h .l.n.o 11 (MU C.hf yoilliK TmI llcllnk, who IIIi-h Kllili-ra for fun iiimI fur liu.il-ni-PS, illli.lln.i- jr, in- y.-iiin hi , mill inliiiis hi-'ll u-y hiiiii Ink all Mil- wny iivi-r 111.- Allium,- oi-i-iiii. I hi- L' , yi-ii 10I1I Ni'wark. 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J., airport and cracked up In the midst of a fish Ing fleet 174 miles southeast of Boston. He Is now under arrest, charged with theft of the tiny single-motored plane. E Tentative Program Eases Levies on Business and Liberalizes Rules. WASHINGTON, .luno 13. (AP) The house tax committee com pleted the tentative outline of a tax revision bill today in preparation for expected house action on the legislation next week. The proposed drnrt Includes sub stitution for the undistributed prof Its tax of an IS per cent levy on corporations which make more than $25,000 a year. With the principal provisions tentatively completed yesterday, the tax commit toe a ways and means subcommittee prepared three more technical revisions this morning. Chairman Cooper (I)., Tenn.) pointed speed Is necessary for re enactment of excise taxes which ex pire June 30. He hopes to have the bill ready for house debato next week. The legislation's high spots, which follow a general outline by Secretary of the Treasury Moigen (hau, would: 1. Substitute for tho undistrib uted profits levy on next Jan. 1 a flat IS per cent lax on corporations having net incomo above L'fi,U00. 2. Continue the present graduat ed tax on "llttlo business" cor porations with Incomes of $25,000 or less. This scale ranges from 124 to It; per cent. 3. Permit corporations lo carry over their net operating business Iohhcb for two years, starting with iy:iy. . Itepea) the $2.nui) limit uhk-li can be deducted In calculating taxable Income as exceas of capi tal looses over capital gains. f. Give corporations the right on June 30, Y.m, und again on June 30, linn, to inci-ease the declared value of their stock but not to de crease it. Otherwise, present law povern Ing the capital stock and excess profits tax would not be changed. Corporations have the right every three years to re-declare the value of their stork, revising their calcu lations both upward and downward. The next revision date In the per manent law is June 30, 1H1. MORE FUNDS VOTED FOR PEST CONTROL WASHINGTON. June 13 - (AP) Congress runlied through legisla tion yenteiday appropriating an ad ditional $.7.rtt,initi lot Insect eradi cation and control and orders im mediately were Issued by the bur eau of entomology continuing feder al participation In western states S. A. Ilohwer. assistant chief of the bureau, said there actually had been no cessation of the campaign agatiiHt grasrthoperH and Mormon crickets In intested states, despite an order federal participation war to slop last Saturday, Stones, Eggs, Bombs Fly At West All is State's Biggest Industrial Plant Labor War Scene ; Eight Officers, Five Rioters Hurt. MILWAUKEE, Wis.. June 33. (Al1) Hinting iu which at least 13 persons were injured flared in su burban West Allis today as office workers upproached the strike bound Allis-Chalmers Manufactur ing Co. plant, largect industrial concern iu Wisconsin. Eight policemen and special dep uty sheriffs were beaten and stoned. Their Injuries required hos pital treatment. Five pickets also were taken to hospitals, some suf fering cracked heads und others from the effects of tear gas. The trouble started two blocks from the huge plant, when pickets attacked a streetcar hauling office workers, and spread to the factory gates. Pickets hurled stones and eggs. Numerous fist fights develop ed. The peace officers, drawn from the police departments of Milwuu kee ami its suburbs and tho county sherirrs office, retaliated with night sticks and tear gas. Passive Policy Falls The pickets first attempted to prevent movement of street cars by Bitting on the tracks In passive resistance fashion. Then George Knemmerlein, su perintendent of transportation for the transport company, (operator of Milwaukee streetcnr lines), boarded a car and directed It pro ceed. The pickets let loone n barrage of stones, Windows of the car wem shattered. The trolley wus pulled off the power line nnd the cur slop- ped. Several workers riding on tho car were struck hy atones and cut I by flying glass. Knemmerlein suf fered a lacerated left hand. The policemen charged the strik ers, forcing them hack with tear gas. , Troops Request "Refused ' This flurry over, the pickets massed nt the company gates as other office workers arrived. Some one threw a Htone and another (Continued on page 8.) Sidney Knopf, 20, of Days Creek, recently arrested on a charge oC burglary not in a dwelling, enter ed a plea of guilty when arraign ed in circuit court today. Imposi tion of sentence was postponed, to permit rurther Investigation of the case. Knopf wos charged with tho theft of 50 pounds of wool from a farm where he had been employed. The wool, the court was told, was sold at Myrtle Creek. A plea for leniency wns made by Knopf's attorney, Hay I). Comp ton, who said the youth had never before- been In trouble, and that his crime was due lo associations which he had formed while living at Myrtle Creek. The court waa asked to grant a parole, and to place the youth in the custody nf his father, who, 'oinpton said, would provide him with employ ment. BOMBS AGAIN ROAR IN JEWISH CITY JKltl'SAI.KM, June- 13. (API Six time bombs exploded in Tel Aviv, the Jewish city, destroying five telephone bombs and damag ing n lailrnud Rtatlou today. A sev enth explosion wounded u Ilritlsh constable in a Jaffa suburb. A. F. Wheeland Not Writer of Letter On Nudist Camp Subject Some unknown person's Idea of u practical joke ha caused no end of embarrassment to A. F. Wheeland, 127'1 llmpqua ave nue, Itoseburg. An Item carried on Monday's Associated Press wire from Grants Pass, paid a letter had been received by tho Oregon Cavemen asking Infor mation regarding a nudist camp. The reported letter bore the name of U, P. Wheeland, but tho address was that of the A. F. Wheeland home. Mr. Wheeland states he has no knowledge of a letter such as was reported, and believes that It was written hy somo person having a curious ideu of what constitutes a Joke.