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Newspaper Page TextThe Team of John Bull and the Union Jack May Appear Formidable to Some, bul io Japan it Evidently Looks Like Ferdinand Dozing Under Neville's Umbrella,. THE WEATHER Humidity 4:ZQ p. m. yesterday 34 HitdicHt temperature yesterday 7 4 lowest temperature last night 9 Precipitation for 24 hours o Pieeip. since first of month...... i,r2 Precip. from Sept. 3, 1938 24. it, Deficiency since Sept. 1, 1S3X 7.$d Partly Cloudy. WHATS NEWS The ftnswr i in today's Ish of lire NKWii-RKViKW. Sean the iimtd iiiifts ami jjoto poVMUjro of inn Wfaui of the iiiya ewnla iocaljy. imliwsally ami ftta-oad. A KfKKi sails ! servk-e to you. mmsm COUNTY DALY VOL. XLIV NO. 64 CF ROSEBURG REVIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1939. VOI- XXVU HO. 2?4 Of THE EVENING NEWS 1M Ai PIEDGED NOKIH UWRIA t DOUGLAS ill JAPANESE Plane Fleet, Battleships Silence Fort Chinese Fail to Carry Out 'Scorched Earth1 Policy; Tientsin Blockade Enters 8th Day. TIONCKONG, June 21. (API Japanese fortes occupied the Kwangtung province port of Swa tow today in a quick: landing after months of comparative quiet in the south China war area. Swatow, a city of 178,000. is 220 miles east of Canton, which was captured by Japanese last October 21 after an overland drive which started on the coast midway be tween the two cities. British advices said Japanese vessels had stopped three British ships attempting to enter Swa tow. They were forced to anchor off the coast where British naval authorities advised them to remain temporarily. The American destroyer Pills hnry and the flritlsh destroyer Vhanet are in Swatow's inner har bor, safeguarding interests of the 4ti Americans and SO Britons lliere. City Not Burned Despite long preparations, Chi nese detachments at Swatow fail ed to carry out customary "scorch ed earth" destruction In the city to leave the invaders nothing but ruins to : conrpHtrr -Anticipating lhe landing, some fiO per cent of the Chinese civilian population had been evacuated. Missionary establishments at Swatow include American Baptist and English Presbyterian mis sions. Whitney Young of New York, United Slates Annul at Swatow, reported all Americans there ate safe. Other foreign sources at Swa tow reported at dawn air raids heralded the Japanese attack and by mid-mornilug Japanese war ships had silenced batteries on is lands commanding the entrance to the port. TIENTSIN", June 21. f AP) The eight-day-old Japanese block ade of the British and French con cessions developed today into a de termined test of patience between Tlritish and Japanese. An official British report said (Continued on page 6) ROOSEVELT NAMES s 2 FOR JUDGESHIPS WASHINGTON, June 21. (AP) President Roosevelt nominated former Senntor P. Ilyan Duffy to day to be United States judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin. Duffy, who was a staunch ad ministration supporter while in tiie senate, will succeed Judge Ferdi nand A. Geiger, who retired re cently. Duffy was defeated for re election in 1938 by Senator Wiley (K.. Wis.). Mr. Roosevelt also sent to the senate the nomination of Martin 1. Welsh to the new position of Unit ed States Judge for the northern California district. Editorials on By FRANK JKNKINS TrilE European political pool has been surprisingly unrlppled for several weeks. Japan has suddenly THROWN A ROCK into it. Tills rock-tlnoiiiK iuculi:iil gave the stock market another linking spell. yillS question, of course, is In- terestlng: Is Japan, in twist ing the British lion s tail at Tient sin, working In cahoots with Ger many and Italy to make life mis erable for Britain and France? Probably not. Japan appears to be Blngularly Interested In JA PAN. When It suits her purposes, she plays w ith Hitler and Musso lini. Her present purpose Is to squeeie the British and the French out of their favored position in China and the Far East generally, and this looks like a good time to turn the screws. Itflooks like a good time because Britain and France are so busy watching Hitler and Mussolini that they can't very well spare a big idZE PORT OF Where Japan Twists Lion's Tail mWwX. "i1! ArC-r 1 !3dOH Large map above is a. cioseup of Tientsin, north China port, where Japan has blockaded British and French areas, inhabited by 120,000. Persons attempting to leave or enter foreign settlements are quizzed, and searched in the vicinity of the International bridge, East station. Inset map shows the position of Tientsin in respect to the coast. Com mercial ships discharge cargoes at Taku and Tangku, 30 miles down the Hai river. DISPOSAL PLANT TO BE COMPLETE Bids on City Sewer Work Low Enough to Allow Added Clarifier. Construction of a complete plant for sewage disposal was assured here today when bids for equi(i ment on a proposed primary treat ment unit were sufficiently below estimates to provide funds needed for Installation of a secondary clarifier. The city of Uoseburg. with WPA cooperation, is completing an Intercepting sewer system and is preparing to start construction of a disposal plant. The project as outlined set up S19,2til.sO for purchase of mate rials and equipment. Bids received by the city council totalled ?16,-2-19.23. The council has authorized ail addition to the plans to provide the secondary clarifier at an esti mated cost of $2,000. The additional installation will reduce operating costs by providing complete treat ment rather than the chemical purification which otherwise would be required. Metrger Bid Helps One of the principal Items which brought bids below the estimated cost was the proposal by the Hose hurg Sand and Grave! company on 3.0W0 yards of wand, gravel and crushed rock for use hi filtration, L. K. Stockman, consulting engi- (Continued on page 8.) the Day's News fleet to stop the Japanese. When the cat is busy watching the dog Is a good time for (lie mice to get away with some more cheese. IK you are a careful reader of the papers you caught this signifi cant little dispatch from Paris a day or so ago: "Great Britain and France are reported to have asked the l lilt eil States to cooperate with them in a co-ordinated plan for polic ing the Far Fast.' It SOI'NliS Innocent. What II MEAN'S Is that Britain and France are seeking 10 Induce the U. S, to join with them In a virtual alliance lo HOLD JAPAN. THE British and French fleets have their hands full watching the Mediterranean and the North Sea. The powerful U. S. fleet Is twiddling Its thumbs in the Pad tie. To the British and the French, talking the I'nlted States into (Continued on pfe 4.) fi t to . i 2 SENS VOW 3RD TERM SUPPORT Smathers, Logan Ready to Back Roosevelt if He Dealt to Property. WASHINGTON, June 21. (AP) Despite White House silence on the 1H-40 presidential race, two sen ate democrats today spoke for a third term for President Roose velt if he wants It. Senator Smathers, New Jersey democrat, predicted his state's 32 delegates to the party convention next year would back the president again. Senator l-ogan UX, Ky.( said while he hoped Mr. Roosevelt would not seek anolher term. Lo gan would support him should he do so. From the White House there was no inkling of what the president has in mind about lit 10, however, and indications were that there would be none at least until Mr. R(Ksevelt makes his west coast trip after congress adjourns. Smathers said "every democrat in the slate believes that Roose velt, who carried New Jersey the last time by approximately a half million majority, can again sweep the Mate in lillci." "They all believe," he declared In a statement, "that he will be drafted by the party to lead it to victory again next year. "President Roosevelt fa the one democrat In the nation who can carry New York state In 1940, be cause he Is the one democrat in the country that the progressive mayor of New York, ia Guardia, will sup port against Dewey or any other re actionary republican." IjOgan asserted "if the president does seek the democratic nomina tion, he will get It and be elected." A. F. L. OF OREGON VOICES DEMANDS KUOKNE. June 21. CAP) The 1 first three resolutions to come out of the crowded hopper at the state federation of lahor convention last ; night passed without tiebati on recommends t ion of 1 he law s and iei.'i:ntiun committee. The resolutions reaffirmed the federation's stand for American neutrality, opposition to exporta tion of peeler logs ami a request for no more WPA cuts, COURT REFUSES TO BAN NAZI SPY FILM NEW VOHK, June 21 (AP) The application of Fill Kuhn, for himself, as president of the iertiia Atuerican bund, and for the bund, for a temporary injunction re itri;'ning diattlhution of the mr,tion picture "coiifesi.s of a nuzl spy' ; nas denied yet rday In federal ' i o it t. SWATOW Fugitive Pair Stages Brace Of Robberies Convicts Assault Redding Minister, Take His Car, Then Loot Grocery at Oakland. OAKLAND, Calif., June 21. AP) Two convicts, who assault ed a minister at Redding after they escaped from a prison road camp, robbed tt grocery story in iCast Oakland early today and fied in a stolen automobile. The robbers were identified police and Dave Schwartz, tlie grocer, a E. W. Richards and James O'Connell, Ihjs Angeles convicts. Schwartz reported he entered his grocery store at 6:3 a. m, when two men rattled the front door. He thought they were working nten and opened the door. The men paid they wanted to buy some face soap but as St-hwartz turned to get it thoy hranirthed lead pipes and said: "ThtK Ih a holdup! Where's yr money?" "it's in the cash register," Schwartz replied. "Help yourself." Slips Out by Huse The men took between $ft0 and $fit and then demanded that the j grocer give 111111 mw nwr, Schwartz I old them it v.hh in a cooler a I the froni- of- tho-jdon and for Ihem to tniie whnt they wanted. They ordered him to get U ami he sauntered to the cooler, then suddenly ran out the front door and shouted for help. The men hastily entered the automobile and drove away, Uuarda were posted on the San Franelaco-OaUland hay bridge. FUGITIVES ASSAULT, ROB PASTOR, FLEE IN HtS CAR KKI)IHNL Calif., June 21 (AP) Two men, whose descrip tion tallied with those of two con victs who escaped from a prison road camp yesterday, assaulted a Methodist minister here late last night, bound him and took his au tomobile, police announced to day. An all-points bulletin was sent (Continued on page 6.) FARM BHi MONEY HOISTED BY SENATE WASHINGTON, June 21. fAP) The Semite speedily approved to day a farm hill appropriating more than $L2U0.(MHUMH. The annual supply bill now goes back to the house for separ ate votes on Hems totaling 14, (HHt.lHKt. previously rejected or re duced by that chamber. ilep. Cannon !., Mo.L wild house conferees had accepted the 225.0ti0.iM Increase voted hy the senate for additional farm benefit payments but would ask separate house votes on numerous otltejj senate increases. The administration's neutrality proposals today were given a def inite spot In senate rommltlep pro ceedings hut the date selected next Wednesday meant another week's delay. The foreign relations commit tee met today lo consider the revi sion proposals, such as are carried in lhe house bill written by Hep. iiloom S. V.). but HKtd to a deiay. The Bloom measure, embodying suggestions made by Secretary of State Hull, would repeal the auto matic arms etubarKO of the pres ent law sad would give the presi dent authority to fix wartime com bat zones from which Amerirar shipping and travelers would bo baned. HOLMAN, PIERCE AIM AT STRAW VOTES WASHINGTON. June 21. JAP) Sen. Holnmn and Rep. Pierce, both of Oregon, introduced Identical resolutions yesteniay nsfcJng n joint committee investigate lhe conducting of straw voles, Pierce's resolution asked that "special reference be (lv'ti to the manner of framing questions con tained in the tent ballots and it! qulries and the method of eP-t-iitg persons to hom they were fcettl." Eludes Officer in Jump From Train Leaping from a window while the train sped at 55 miles an hour near Coke vi He, Wyo,, George Burka, above, Illinois parolee, es caped the officer taking him from Seattle, Wash., to Chicago, where he is wanted as a bandit suspect. iSCOil KILLER STILL IT LARGE Puc&es, Baffled Five -Days, Continue Attempts to Nab Ex-Convict. llAYWAltn, Wis., June 21 tAP) A relentless search for Ray OS sou, elusive fugitive! who kllhtd two deputies, spread Into n second northern Wisconsin comity today after an armed and heavily bearded man answering his description was seen near lituce, about 31 miles south of here. Possemen. who for five days have pursued Olson, divided iheir forces and enacted a campaign designed to prevent th lit year tdd ex-convict from replenishing bis food supply. While a group of volunteers and depu t f es u nder Shei If f Wilson guarded all roads in northern Rusk comity and searched the country side near iirure, a second army of popMcutcii under Sheriff Seeheuter of Sawyer county continued system atically to comb the Moose lake area near here when the fugitive broke into a store .Monday and stole food. me nmn-num swhiik iuid nm j county alter isnerm vvuson mere said w. H, Ma lone, a Alfttneapofis salesman, rjoHd picking up a man resembling Olson near ftxe iand, just Inside the Sawyer county line. He gave the man armed wish n rifle a rid.' in his automobile lo a point north of Rruce. There the man left the car after borrowing 7t cents from .M atone, the sheriff said. The posse-men, northwest woods residents and vacationers have dog gedly kepi 011 the trail since Olson Saturday shot and killed lH'puties Knd Scott, -Mi. and Cully Johnson, 37, when they attempted to arrest him on theft charges, Olson has been identified as Au gust iiuelo, who served time in the state prison for burglary and escap ed from B Ksukefha county deputy In 1137. KNOPF PAROLED IN WOOL. THEFT CASE Parole from n twoyear peniten tiary term was granted Kidney Kaopf, iay Creek, who appeared for sentence today before Cbcul! Judge- Carl K. Wftitbetly. Knopf recMitiy pleaded guilty to the theft of fJ pounds of woo! from R. S. Mnssfrk of Ityys Creek, ifis attor ney pleaded for leniency on the grounds thai, the young mitn had fitlleit itttn bad companionship and had been directed in ts(s act by s person nf previous crimimii reenrd. The parole order was conditioned upon future good behavior. McNARY BILL AIMS AT LIENS BY AGED WASHINGTON, June 2i fAPi - Perspns seekint; to qualify for old ag assistance would ttol it' re sulted to give liens on personal Property under ntt smttdtoent to the social security act proposed yctt-day by Senator McNaiy, Annexation of of Douglas County to Coos Advocated at Group Meet BKKDSPORT. June 21. APJ Chambers of commerce along the; southern Oregon roast discussed ; last night a proposal to join the 36-: mile stretch of I'ougins county s sealfoaid panhandle wltit Coos county. Such a campaign, still in the for mative stage, was supported hy Heedsport, Gardiner chambers and representatives of the Coos county chamber from Marahfield, North Bend and Kmplre: Keedsport's application to be come a member of the Coos county chamber was accepted at a banquet by Mayor George Melville of Em pire, president of the Coos organiza toisi. When Mayor L. R. Cutlip of North liend suRgesied "Coos comi ty's north boundary should be mov ed 1101th of Reedsport, Frank Nor rls, president of the Reedspori ehamber. replied: FLOOD, T01I0GES BESET WEST TEXAS 2 Persons Killed, Hundreds Homeless, Heavy Damage Fealt to Property. M T RliOCK, Tex., June 2 1. IAP) Ha!n still beat a dangerous patter today in west Texas, a soc U beset by high water and tor-; undoes that left two dead, several injured, hundreds homeless and heavy dmtmner v... i - locked in silence by impftwmbie highways wero several roromunS-; ties near hero, balloted by twist ers lust night that killed W. H. Jutkson as he sat In his Dpdyke community farm home, 25 miles west of here. His wife was critic-; ally injured. The Colorado river, which pnnb-: ed down railway and highway; bridge in surge near Colorado; City yesterday, receded at that Uidnt but spread out in wastelands on a down country ettrge after tak ing a man's life at Snyder, Three sections of the Santa Fe railway bridge six miles northeast of Crowell washed out and three cars were swept off the Qnannh wish way but none of the oeeiipaiUa was injured. Quamth worried through 4.224 inches of rain Inst night while Am nriiio, struck by 3itS inches, re ported no damage with highway still open. Carcasses of Rvestock and de bris littered the Highways out if i.nbitoek. making it hard to com mnnicnte with sections beifeved visited by last night's twisters. Communication lines were wreck ed. Five persons were injured and at least half a down bouses were leveled south of SbalJowater, 12 miles northwest. A third wind storm damaged numerous outouild ings and residences in the 1lngo, N. M., area, VICTIMIZED GROCER BRINGS 3 ARRESTS ALRANV, Ore,, Juno 21. fAP) Because of firorer iteeso liooiey's perse verance three Portlnnders were arrested yesterday on charges of passing almost Wf in bad checks. Oooley, one of the victim, jotted the auto iicensn of the Portland trio on a memo pad but lost the mite hi hi grocery truck. The truck was swejtt out and the sweepings reached the c4ty dump before. io ley realized what had happened. He bustled lo the dump where be threh Hie refusfl for two hours liefore he fonnd the memo. Chief u( Police StellHtacher trac ed the car to Portland and arrested Claud Risley and Mr, and Mrs, tint nt Allen. INFANT SHOT BY FATHER EXPIRES ClIARLKRlf), Va, June 21 t AP A Pi-mouthold baby girl who State Motr Patrolnsaft J C Conway said wn shot by her fath er an n "sucri.ii e" died totiay in a bofpilal. The father, Clair Voung, 3'-year-!d tiilner and part-IRtm evangellsl, had been bld on a district nttor ney i! detainer since the chiM was oiind ii Monday Conway said Young told him be filed at the bah a ttUa crMlcJ tow.'ft! hint because: "f felt I had ' saciiffct in the ejwi of th i.or in older Hint i maj to beaveij." Coast A rea "That's & project that is quite dear to me. From Newport south to the California line, the const has little in common with the interior valley. We of Reedsport linve the same Interests as Florence, Mars field, North Rend. Coo.ullle, Randan and other coast communities. They are different from the Interests of Rpsehurg and Eugene." 13r, H. U. Fields of nardlner said be and other Reedsport and Gardi ner physicians Iwdonged to the Cxtos county medical society lie cause it was too far to attend meet ings at Roaehurg, the Itouglas comi ty seaL "1 once dreamed that western sections f Douglas and Lane boun ties emtid form a new const county but the trend now is toward larger counties, i)r. Fields remarked. Chamber officials pointed out no formal action could be taken nntii the nest legislature. iiiepeoBii WJOOIfflEITM Resident of IdleyW Park Passes After Rock Duet With His Wife. Coroner H, C, Stenrns tnriny se lected a coroner'a jury and order ed an antopsy upon the boily of Wiiluim U Momey, 5S, retired army telegrnphwr, who died Ti- day afternoon at. the veterans htts pita! here.r' t!nroner Htenrns snid he was informed Monney suffered n head injury JO day ago in a jvu'k throwing battle wltlt Isla wife. Airs. Mooney told officers. Cor oner Stearns said. that, her hns bnnd beenmo intoxicnted wblfe an a trip to Ifoseburg, and became qunrrebiume as they were return ing lo their borne at Idleyld park. She related. Stearns hl, that Mioney stopmd tiie car, got tmX of the machine and began throw ing rocks at her. She retaliated, with better aim, hurling a stone which Inflicted a deep head gash on her httsbattd. His wound was treated at Idleyld by n vacation ing physician, and he apparently suffered no ill effects. The couple then went to Seattle for a visit, returning to Kosebnrg, Saturday night. Steam said, and shortly after their arrival here Mooney complained of Illness ami partial paralysis. He was rushed to the hospital where his dwth oc curred. Wife Not in Custody Mrs. Mooney, who was not held, gave the officers a straightfor ward story of the encounter the comuer said and the autopsy was ordered lo determine whether in jury was a contributing cause of death. A jury was drawn to view the body in the event a inquest be comes necessary Stenrns reported. Mr, Mooney was born at lienver. Colo,, June 9, l5ii, and spent 27 year In the V, 8. army. The body Is to be taken to l.ss Angeles for burial. Arrangements are being conducted by the Hose burg 1 Undertaking ronipany. $100,000 FIRE HITS SOUTH BEND MILL ROt'Tll T1KN1), Wash., June 21. At A ttt Id -forenoon fire de stroyed the main mill of the Ameri can Shtngip company, one of the largest on Wllbipa harbor, with an estimated XVnt.Wti) loss today. At noH(, tlio dry kiln, the engine rswnu and most of the cargo Itmdlng shed mid dock bad been saved. The flames at a time threatened the Standard Oil company doth. The fire was believed to have started from an overheated engine feo, Ittsnrattce was believed to cover the loss. NAZIS ASK RECALL OF BRITISH CONSUL IWnUK Jn 21, IAD The fii'tiuHti government annouiKI to day It Jlmd asked tlreat Itritaln tt rfcu!i 'r consul general at Vienna, f wnni hi St. Clair C.niner. The. reauejit was made as a resnlt of the Jfrltish govertimcnCs action In ousting Walt her Iteluhardl, tier man consul-general at Liverpool, who w;ts necked of assisting an es pimue npeiit. A t('fiuaa governwient spokes man said sutficient "similar evi dence" had been assentlitcd against Valuer to warrant the demand tor bin reraii. Plans Told By Officials At Banquet Farm-Market Route Money Diversion to Continue, Cabell Announces. Pacific Highway Rebuilding 011 Program; Sprague to Ask Adjustment of Fish Problem. A large audience attending ibo banquet given liere last nlgbi i bonor of Governor Charles A. Sprague and bis party of highway dartrnent officers was informed that state aid wii! be given io the Xortii i;?po,ua road between Rose- burg and Rock creek ; that recon struction ef tbe Pacific Mgaway lietween Orafits Pasa and Rosebnrg wiil progress as rapidly as fnnda wiii permit, and that the fish com mission wiii be asked by ibe gover nor to njake needed changes hi con nection wltlt the racks at the a&U isron hatchery on the Korth Ump qna river. The banowst waa held at tbo ttmpqun bitel civic club room wbej-o Ui governor and bin party were received by a very friendly audience. The members of the visitinff gronp yfvns enilmsinstie over iha North i'mpqna road and its scenic beauty. State funds are not available fov wt-k within the forest Imundsry on th North IJtnptma road, ifenry V, tnbell, rbnirmnii of ibe stnto i highways eoiiindssion jiid, iuil iim commission plan to coutinut Ah vemtoii of the teAev& farm-to-inar-ket roa? fnttds to tottlittue the work already be-gtm on the eetin between Jiosebnrg nnd Jlorij creek. Highway Plans Recited. Pointing out that ibe PacSfic bigbway was the first Riajiir roa! IntlU In Oron and tltat, consbl eiing the speed of traffic and the: pnrnose of "getting Oregon out of the mud, it was a well construct ed highway for Us Hmc, he declared that it now 1 obsoleto and must be rebuilt With this fact in mind, the commission Is improving vari ous sections with the view to even tnniiy completely rebuilding the fContinnwi on paxe fii FIKIS1LTS GEHRIG'S CIEEfl KKW YOHK, Jhmo 21. UP) Ed Harrow, preKldenl of tbe New York Y ft n k, n 11 nnnneid i ofiay Lon fiebrig is nfferirjg Smm aUnmUi infantile paralysis miH probably will never play baseball aguin. J3rrows siaiemeni canto after ehrlg had turned ever to him the formal report mnti by Mnyo clinic, experts, fb'hrijt had spent several days in tho the clinic in order to have a thorough check made of hi physical condition.' Tlie otie lime great first base man had been worried about bis condition nil year. After making a bad showing in the field and at bat during the early pari of tb season, t Gehrig voluntarily Itcnched him self May 2. tbns ending his con secutive games jtreak nt 2,i3d. games, Ho sat on the beitch for several wk but could mt galn hi strength. t'ionSly be ilertdwd to pivt bimseif in the bauds of expert to determine just why he had lost his baseball form so suddenly. Ills trip io f h -HiIt f!fnrl ;ttrf it iti years oSd Inst Monday, NLRB DECISION TO HELP EMPLOYERS WASmNfJTON, Juno 2t fAPV Cliaries Iahy, general counsel, mifi today the national lahor board bad dwldcl to grant employers the right to petition for a ctilicctiv bmRMnbig riection among their wnjknrs in certain cases, Faby mUl the Jmard d'Mhhl of ficially yesterday to make the change and would Include U in a "wmibi set of Tei!ions' in the board's regulations 1o bo announc ed soon. Chairman J. Warren Madden of the hftard. had said several weeks agit that emphiVeTs would tn? granted the riiht to nsk for nn eJnr- tjon but toid the committee such permission wouid have to lie sur- rounded with safeguards t? prevent, employer from taking sdvantaga of their orraniited employejs.