If 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.
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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,
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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.