Having 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.
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VOL. XLIII NO. 357 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. TUESDAY JUNE 13, 1939.
VOL. XXVtl NO. 267 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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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
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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. N .1
liilnl, who liiivi-mi-il Iwiki- Mli-liluiiM
in miimilhlv iih ii lilnl limt iiIkIK for
wlril Ik rlnltiM-i In utv n,,n tin-lmiL;i-iit
uvi-r wnti-r kIMit fllKliI, In
liiy pri-lli li-il iin-iin MIkIiIh via mi II-pl.-iiii'
In "2H or :ill yi'uin"
Mi-link, a RiiilplHiin piiKlnoftr nml
l'IIiIIiir InHiritrtor, kIvi'ii a lofiv
Marl by a tow plain, sonrnl !ht G4
mlli-ii iivi-r l,ki MIcIiIciim from
Hlurni'on Huy, Wla.. lo thin point In
onit hour nml two inlniiii-il. To IiIh
knowli-iHw tln Ioiiki'M pri-vloiiH
oviT-wftlir fllKht wiih n 31-ntlli hop
ovi-r I hi- KtmliBh rliinini-1.
Tries Flight to
Mars; Arrested
A pilot who missed his Qoal by
a couple of hundred million miles
or so Is Cheston L. Eshelman,
above, 22-year-old airplane me
chanic, of Carlisle, Pa. Rescued
by fishermen after sinking his
rented plane in the Atlantic, he
said his destination, had been the
planet Mars. Eshelman took off
from Camden, N. 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.