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Newspaper Page TextIf the Administration Wishes to Popularize its Lending Program, it Might Extend it to Individuals When the 1940 Model Automobiles Make Their Debut. SAKHALIN "'Hie Island hulf owned by Rub ala and hulf by Japan, rich In oil and coul, threatens to become the scene of a inujor clash between, thoso two natioiiH, leading to gen erul warfare on the mainland as well.- Watch developments through NKW8-RKVIEW Borvlee. THE WEATHER 4 Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday 30 ltlghuftt temperature yttsleiday 2 Lowest temperature IuhI night h'. Precipitation for 24 hours 0 Precip. since ft rat of month .59 ' Preclp. from Sept. 1, 193H 25.04 deficiency since Kept. 1, 1938 7.32 Fair, Warmer. fHE DOUGLAS COUNTY DALY ROSEBURG, OREGON, l-RIDAY, JULY 21. 1939. VOL. XXVII NO. 299 OF THE EVENING NEW8 poutdgal mwm ww w v VOL. XL. IV NO. 89 OF ROS lr S REVIEW Slilf ES CURB ll 4. i EDITORIALS on the DAY'S NEWS I!y FRANK JENKINS lRS. CLARA ADAMS, of New York, using strictly commer cial airplanes, flies arotinii the world in a few hours less than 17 diiys. That Is about one-fifth the time Jules Verne was able to IMA (1INI). rT,lll eost of her tickets, using l'an-Aniericun flippers across the Atlantic and the I'acifie, the regular airline from Sun FranclH co to New York anil Ktirnpenii air lines from Marseilles, France, to Hongkong, was $1935. That is urounil $120 a day. As suming that her route equuled the 25,000-inile circumference of the earth at the equator, the cost per mile was In the -neighborhood of eight cents. . IF you drive a car. somewhat het- ter than the cheapest and keep a careful record of ALL expense, including depreciation, you will find that the cost is not far from eight cents per mile: Air travel Isn't as extravagantly costly as you had probably assum ed It lo be. TPItA VKL Is still too cosily lo be indulged in by all Americans, r.hlih is a great pity, if ALL AMHRIOAI.'S were able to travel to ALL TII10 COUNTKIKS IN TUB Wortl.p, this sniJallt. ot makiiig America over "into something unite different from what it has been would die out as quickly as the milling or loose windows ceases when the wind quit" blowing. in order to appreciate fully the America our forefathers built, ve need lo lie familiar with the rest or the world. TIIItOUCllOUT much of the rest of the world, war Is raging al ready or is reared at any moment. Americans sincerely wnnt to stay out or vj4rs that are in progress now and oilier wnrs that mny break out in the future. Question one hundred nverage American citizens and you will rind not more than one who wants to fight except ill defense ot rights that are fundamental to national existence. HOW lo stay out Is the prob lem. President Roosevelt thinks the way to do It Is to threaten nggres- (Continued on page 4.) MINISTER FACES BAD CHECK CHARGE PORTLAND, July 21. (AP) Selective Lt. L. D. Manciet said to day Rev. Noel L. Murray, 34, of Portland, Episcopal minister, wns wanted on a had check charge. A warrant was issued for ills ar rest. The Portland church directory listed Murray ns pnstor of St. Paul's church In southeast Port land. '!. ,lnlntu.n anlfl the InVestlgS linn involved about :1000 In spu rious checks. Oddities Off the Press Wire (By the Associated Press) Happy Habit YADKINVILLE. N. C. The first time a movie douse offered a "jack pot." W. Banks Horton, a lawyer, won It. The second week, the winning name was "W. Banks Horton." But he wasn't present, so the prize was curried over Tor another week. A winning name was picked the third week "W. Banks Horton." Disgruntled yells went up. So a fourth drawing was held In the theater lobby. Yep. the wlnnah "W. Banks Horton." Anti-Climax PHDEN1XVILLE, Pa. William Hallmnn's knee was fractured, three of his wife's ribs were crack ed, and the Hollmans' three-year-old grandson was bruised when Iheir automobile crashed Into a Russia's Threat Draws Jap Fleet Coal, Oil On Sakhalin Bone Of Contention Tokyo Assembles Warships to Resist Any Attempt to Confiscate Isle Concessions. My the Associated Press Far eastern conflicts today drew attention from European troubles as Britain and soviet Russia be came further embroiled with the expanding Japanese empire. A Tokyo naval ministry source said a section of the Japanese fleet was assembling in northern waters as the result of a soviet threat to confiscate Japanese coal and oil concessions ill the Russian half of Sakhalin island off the Si berian coast north or Japan. Russia rejected Monday a Jap anese demand "in ultimatum form" concerning rights on the island, which is hah Russian and half Japanese. Immediate cause of the dispute was n Sii'O.ono fine levied against Japanese companies working con cessions in Russlun territory. The situation was said at Tok yo naval ministry to be "extreme Iv grave" as Japan waited to see if a soviet threat of confiscation was carried out. At Moscow, Togo, Japanese ambassador, was engaged in nego tiations! willi the soviet vice-corn-jnissar 4L foreign, atl'alra,, in a .Jan! iniuulB effort to avert a clash. "Will Never Surrender" Viee-Admlral Sukonjl, president or the North Sakhalin Oil com pany, said "Japan will never sur--render her concessions." "IT necessary," lie added," we will occupy the island." orticlals circles expressed a fear ot the repetition of the Nik olaevsk massacre of 1!I20, when some 600 Japanese were slain. Sakonjl charged soviet obstruc tionist tactics had reduced the an nual oil yield from 150,000 barrels to less than 40.000. He said the Soviets had rcdticed the quota or rood supplies, machin ery and replacements to one-third the normal amount, ns a result or (Continued on page 6) FIRE RUINS GRAIN AT MYRTLE CREEK Fire starting Troiii nil overheated bearing on n combine, burned over 110 acres at the Kppinger-llilp ranch at Myrtle Creek yesterday and de stroyed 250 sacks or grain. The crew had nearly completed threshing-, when straw was Ignited by the lint box and the blaze, fanned by a stiff wind, quickly raced through n,a cioiiiiio nn,i Rti'nw. destroying the Backed grain In its path. The fire developed while the crew was nt lunch and was not discovered until the damage bad been done. CRASH KILLS NAVAL OFFICER AND GIRL PHILADELPHIA. July 21 (AP) Lieut. Com. Henry A. Stuart. U. S. N., and a girl companion, ixiro thy Shelley, 19. Philadelphia, were killed today In the head-on collision of an automobile and n truck. Com- t r.r. itii-h,l in the ' manner fiimi i, ..., ! nnvy yard here two years, had been slated to leave loony ui join n supply ship at Norfolk, vn. hut the tn-e wus covered" vrllh poison Ivy. They all got It. Waiting for a Fourth? VINITA. Okla. Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Parkhiirst wonder who in their family will go to the hos pital next. A granddaughter underwent an appendectomy n few days ago. Their son, next day. hud an emer gency bone operntlon. Then, n f li ln lnw was rushed to a hospital for a vertebra operation. Swanky Tank Wedding STt'RflEOM BAY. Wis. A Poor county couple, while standing chest deep in a tank of cherry Juice, will take their marriage vows ns one feature of the Sturgeon liny cherry festival. Circuit Judge C.raass of Oreen Bay will perform the ceremony. Heads Lions 1 .sjNJWrV;- - V vpi .7 Alexander T. Wells PITTSBURGH, Pa., July 21.---A new King Lion was crowned today In Pittsburgh, when the interna tional convention of Lions clubs unanimously elected Alexander T. Wells of New York City president of Lions International. Wells, a lawyer, served the past year as first vice-president and was United States representative at the inter mit ioual council of Lions clubs. PASTOR FOR 55,0DQ Kidnaped Man Sends Note to Father in Holy City Urging Payment. JERUSALEM, July 21. ( AP) A donkey boy brought to Jerusa lem today a note from the Rev. Cerould li. (loldner, 2il, of Mogo dore. ()., assuring his father of his safely but urging the 15.000 ran som demanded by his Arab kidnap ers to be paid today if possible. The same messenger brought a note from the leader of the band which kidnaped the Ohio pastor Wednesday declaring if the ran som were not paid the captors could not be responsible for liold ner'B safety. The first message, delivered to Dr. Jacob (loldner, Cleveland. O.. pastor and father of the kidnaped man, said: "Don't worry. I am sending this note with my donkey boy to you to convince vnu 1 am safe. Please bring the money ir possible FrV day. Affectionately, - "Jerry (Oerould)." Donkey boys accompanied the (loldners on the journey which re sulted In the kidnaping. One was sent back with the father, who reached Jerusalem yesterday. The second was freed last night with the messages and reached Jerusa lem this morning. He was questioned intensively by nrltlsh authorities and by the elder Goldner. The Creek patriarch of Jerusa lem, head or the Orthodox church in this region, joined the efforts to obtain r.olilner's release. He sent a message to the priests of the Creek monastery at Mar Saba urging them to spare no expense ; in aiding the American. The kidnaped pastor nnd his father were returning from a visit I to the Mar Saba monastery when they were seized. United States Consul -Oeneral Wadsworth continued efforts to free younger (loldner. Arab Inter mediaries also took a hand In the negotiations. They were under stood to have countered the kid napers' original ilelii'ilid fur $r..u(0 repeated In the gnng lender's note today with an offer of $l.ooo. EXTORTIONISTS. 12 AND 14, LECTURED CHANTS PARS. Julv 21. (AP) Two youthful extortionists who threatened death to an aged woman received a lecture and leniency today from County Judge W. A. Johnson, sitting In juvenile session. He took under advisement the case of a 14-year-old girl and her brother. 12. who demanded In a note that Mis. Christina Brandt, 03, de liver 10 or die. They were ap prehended earlier this week on Identification by a handwriting ex pert. Judce Johnson said that the children bad never been In trouble before and would bo closely super vise! In their home, which he de scribed as "good." Preparedness Abroad Cited By Roosevelt President Discusses Urge For Arms Sale Permit; Claims Delay Will Hurt Business. HYDE PARK, N. Y July 21. (AH) President Roosevelt in dis cussing neutrality legislation today said that from every capital in Eu rope without exception thero was evidence of preparations for an eventuality that was believed to be fairly close. At the same time, Mr. Roose velt said it should lie emphasized that there were no allegations or probabilities of trouSlo abroi!. only to a statement of possibili ties. He contended at a press confer ence that a decision to defer ac tion on neutrality legislation until the next session of congress would hurt business. A prominent businessman, Mr. Roosevelt said, told him recently failure or congress to act on neu trality "was killing the nicest lit tle business boom you ever saw." Businessmen, the president as serted, do not want to make com mitments because they do not know what torni neutrality legis lation may take when congress convenes next year. They do not wtyit lo place orders or take them, ho-sald:- " For several years, he added. Ihero have been recurring threats which did not eventuate 111 war abroad, and there might he anoth er which might not lead to actual conflict. U. S. Cannot Aid Hut the United Slates Is nut In a position to help in a situation of that kind, lie said, under the pri'H enf neutrality law with its arms embargo provision. MeniberB of the senate who conferred with him (Continued on p;ite tf Fines of 100 each were impos ed in the justice court here I oil ay upon liwln Woody and Alfred Hill, who pleaded Riiilly to charges of Illegal netting In the Umpqua riv er near their homes at Winchester. Sentences of 60 days In Jail also Imposed upon each of the men were suspended. State Policeman Fred L. Perry and Deputy Sheriff ( MtToril Thorn ton, who made the arrests, report ed the two men set uets in a sal mon hole near Winchester and caught seven chlnook salmon. Woody was reported today to he nrrangliitf to pay the amount of the fine, but Hill stated he would serve the equivalent of the fine In jail, o,-vr- - - - ; ' 4wfell li "? y, c a t - ,f " ! 1 . -. , r i. s tf. i .: '" v- i . m ,' ! i . .r-1 .. ' --NVws-KfvlifW KtiKrnvltux Workman sr putting lh flniihina touches on the new plyground at Roseburg Junior high school. The tchool bcird hss acquired sin lot,, providing a space 240 by 100 feet, at the corner of Waehlngton and Roe street,. The ground ha, been enclosed by in attractive tteel and wire fence, set on concrete founds, tlons. The fenJe will prevent users of the field from dashing csreletsly Into the street,, thereby eliminat ing traffic danger. The ground also has been graded to provide a good surface for baseball snd other sports. The work ha, been done with WPA cooperation and rpreente an enpenditure of sppronlmately $5,000 for labor and materials. Work now is In progress on a playground at the Rose school, Bet? anna Blonde, long-bobbed Mary Steele, above, of New York, Is being hailed as the best bet for the crown of No. 1 Glamour Girl, about to be relinquished by much publicized Brenda Frazier, who Is graduating from the deb class. I Fingerprints rrom the body of j an unidentified man, found yester- uny mi fiTiiijii ii"it 1n.11 ..-. dale, were forwarded by airmail today to (he federal bureau of identification at- Washington, l. ('. (.'nroner II. Stearns reported Dial the man, apparently a suicide, had been dead about live days. The throat had been cut. A bloodstain ed knife and ltall'consuuied bottle or wine lay near the corpse. The body was buried at (ilendalo , last night. The body was discovered yester day morning by M. A. Hates of Clendale utter bis two small sons had reported I hey had Bonn "a drunk man sleeping by the creek." No marks of identification were round, (he coroner reported. . The man was described as be ing nboul tin years of age ,six feet In height of heavy build and weighing about o pounds, lie. bad blue-gray eyes and brown hair. VETERANS PENSION INCREASE ADVISED WASHINGTON. July 21. ( AP) - The house Invalid pensions com mittee recommended today passage of the senate hill raising pensions lo disabled peace time velerans by morn than $2.5011,11011 annually. II would provide pensions equivalent In 75 per rent or those pnld to war veterans for similar service-con- neeteil disabilities.. w Junior High Playground Nearing Sgt. Parsons Promoted And Transferred State Police Officer Here Sent to Baker; Roseburg Successor Sergeant P. E. Morgan. S A LK M . July 21. (A P) R tat o Police St. Paul Piu-Hons of ltoe burg has been iromottil to lieuten ant and trauBftiired to Baker, tate Police Supt. Charles P. Pray said today. Sut. Paul E. Morgan of Grants Pass will be transferred to Kose bni'K to succeed Parson s, while the vacancy at (j rants Pass will not be filled immediately. Lieutenant Parsons has been In charge of the Roseburg state police district for the past four years, coming to this city from Klamath Fails following the death of the late Sergeant Ralph Quine. Mr. Parsons, who has been con nected with the state police since its organization on the present ba sis in 1031, has been outstanding among the officers of the state in administrative work, and his rec- tord won promotion. His transfer i will place him second In command at the district office In linker, now In charge of Captain 0. A. Punn, I previously lieutenant at the Med I ford district office, who recently j was promoted and assigned lo Ibo J command at liaker, ' To Take Training Course l.feufenunt Parsons will not as sume his new duties for several weeks, as be is scheduled to at tend the annual training school for stute policemen and will take his vacation following the school ses sion and prior to reporting to linker. Following his period In school he will join Mrs, Parsons, who now Is (Continued on page 6.) WAKIIINfiTON'. July 21. (AP) The scnnle banking committee trimmed t Kill.Oun.lllill from Presi dent Koosevell's t2,sn0,illiil.0llll lend ing program today and Ihen ailded $!ii.ixhi,oou for reciiiniation proj ects In the weHt. Senator Tuft. (It., Ohio), voicing the views of minority committee members, told reporters republi cans stiil were "not satisfied" and would seek further curtailment of the measure. The commltleo agreed to out from $T5fl,iiio.iMlO lo $.roo,lloll.ll(IO a proposed authorization for loll roads and from $r,ll(),umi,non to $31)0,000,(1(10 the total which the re construction finance rorpnratlnu could expend for railroad equip Iticlil lo be leased to (lie cm Hers. Completion She's Prosecutor Maryanne Bell, (above) daugh ter of Federal Judge Robert Bell of St. Paul, Minn., la special as sistant aiding prosecution In Chi cago wage-hour cases, resulting In indictment of four companies, seven company officers. Selected Localities Omit Roseburg Because Water Not Suitable. Bw hunting schools under Red Cross sponsorship have been sched uled for (iliile, Heedsport, Diamond bike and Klkton, according to Miss Kdna Mrowu, executive secretary cf l hn Douglufl county chapter. The (Hide school will be held from July 2i to 211, Inc., will) the following program: 9 to 10 u. ni., Junior and senior life saving; 10 to 11 a. in., in termed lale swimming; II In 11! a. in., advanced swim mers; 1 lo 1:.10 p. in., beginners: 1:110 to 2 p. tn beginnings; 2 to it p. in., advanced swimmers; II lo F p. in., junior and senior life saving. Miss llrowu will he usslslcd at (Hide by Delores Cacy. Other dates are Tleedspnrl, July 31 -Aug. 10; Diamond lake, Aug. M 4; Aug. '2s Sept. 2. A class of more than -10 persons already has been arranged at Diamond lake, Miss llrowu reports. No swim school will he hold In Uosehurg this year, owing to lack of suitable facilities, it was report ed. Duo to the fact that South IJtupqiui, river water Is not held suitable for swimming because of pollution, and as no other satisfac tory water Is available, It was de cided not to hold a swimming course this year for the Roseburg district, Miss llrowu stated. WALTER CRITESER HURT IN ACCIDENT OH A NTS PASS, July 21. (APt Only a ditch Inln which Walter ("Htimur nf l.filund fiII Hiivnrl IHk life when he sawed off a high limb against which a. severed tree had fallen. (!ritcscr drnppecl with the limb and tree, which crashed down iinnii Mm lie was discovered hv a gramlncphew. (,'rlleser's left leg wns paralyzed and he surrcred in ternal hemorrhages, a correspond ent reported today from Iceland, Walter Orlteser Is a well known ffrr'r re?Hrn of Pe-r-Vrrf; ni'l a brother of "Hud" Crlteser. West ltnsebuig grocer. The Injured man Is now reported able lo he about on crutches. WOMAN BADLY HURT WHEN AUTO UPSETS I'KNDI.KTON. Oi, .Inly 21. fAI'l Mrs. A. H. Ki'OKll. OKdPII. ( mil, win In o lionpilnl hnrn lodny. iirfiirliill from two hrnlu'll rllm nnd two broken nitnn, tho romilt of tin nntnmolillo m-rid'-nt about 9 o' clock this niornliiK nenr tho top of KinlKriuit bill. Hlio wax Hccnnipuiilod by another woiiuin wIioho iiainii bud not. been ii'unnMt, find who OMcnped with min or iti Jtirtt-H nnd shock. Thry rn poiiMd ihi'ir cur smirk a soft, idtoiil di r on nun or tho first shnrp turns on the lilll and overlillliod. The tor ivuh biiilly duni'igfd. Coalition Is Victor After HardBattle Holders of Federal Jobs Barred From Political Conventions in Role of Delegates, j1 WASHINGTON", July 21. -(AD' The Hatch bill to curb political activities of federal officials won house approval last night after a long, boisterous session in which a republican-democratic coalition defeated stubborn attempts to modi fy its language. . The measure, passed by a vote ot 242 to ia:t, goes hack to the sen ate for acceptance of minor amend ments. Senator Hatch (D., N. M.) Its author, predicted this would bo forthcoming quickly. As weary legislators left thfl cnpltol In a drizzling rain. Hatch, who had remained to hear all tho acrlmonous house debate, told re porters: ' "The purpose of the bill Is to prevent office holders going to po litical conventions as delegates. It Is not Intended to limit the right of a person to express his political opinion, but only to prevent tha average orfice bolder not already covered by the- civil service front going nut and managing or engag ing In my campaign or anybody else's." 83 Democrats Aid CO. P. The final vote found all the re publicans present 157 Joining 83 democrats and two progressives in support of the measure. Voting" against It were 132 democrats and the nolo American-lnhorito. The house nullified ti revision proposed by Its Judiciary commit tee nftftr President, .Roosevelt had called the original senate hill poor ly drawn. Hatch had contended, however, that tho committee draft would emasculate the bill. In rejecting the committee's recommendation, the house accept ed by a lop-sided vote a proposal by Itepresentntlvo Dempsey (D., N. M.) declaring most persons In tho executive branch of the govern ment must not use their official po sitions to influence an election and must not participate In "political (Continued on page, 6) PLOT TO MURDER DIST. ATTV. CHARGED RTIDDINO, Calif., July 21. (AP) Orborne 10. Whlttaker, 32. alias Jack Lacey, remained in Jail hero today while authorities continued their Investigation of an alleged plot to nssassinato Ijiurence V, C'arr, district attorney. llarbara Jenkins, 29, of Portland, Ore., who was taken Into custody with Whlttaker, wns released yes terday and departed on a north bound bus. Sheriff Subtett said a person whose identity he would not re veal had been placed under guard after he had reported to authori ties that Whlttaker had nTiproacV ed him Inst Saturday and asked for money and a gun to be used, the sheriff suld he Mas told, to kill Curr. State Attorney General Karl Warren said earlier this week Whlttaker had admitted he had served time In California nnd Ore gon prisons, " FISHHOOK WOUNDS WOMAN IN CHIN With a fishhook deeply lmhedded In her chin, Mrs. It. K. Crouch, lit. 1, San Fernando, California, was brought to KoHohurg yesterday aft ernoon for removal ot the hook and t rent men! of the Intury. Mrs. Crouch was standing near her hus band while he was fly fishing at Idleyld, when a back cast snapped the fly Into her chin. The hook was so deeply set In the flesh that lt was necessary to make an Incision before It could bo removed. Mrs. Crouch wns treated at the office ot Dr. A. C. Soely. TODAY'S BASEBALL NATIONAL tint (tnine) II. If. R. Clnnnimll 011 200 (inn 4 10 I lliooklyn 100 ono oofl 1 6 0 Walters and Iimhardl: Kltssltn monx, Tainiills (91, and Phelps. (1st cnino) R. H. R. HI. Louis J120 00ft 000 2 9 2 I'lilliidolphln 001 3S0 40x IB 22 1 I Hi vis. Mi (lee (41, Demi (M nnd I'adKctt. llreiner (ill; lllnbo anil Millies.