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ROSEBURG NEWS-REVIEW, ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1940.
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Muy 17, 1920, at tho pout office at
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ENTHUSIASTIC over u 36 pur
cent Inereaso In tli nuinher
of building unllH erected In J 03!
hh compared with 1938, represen
tatives of tlio building Industry are
confidently predicting that home
building In 1IM0 will exceed thai of
1029.
. America noedn new homea mil
lions of them. It i oncountglng
to nolo Unit the- niitlmi Ih gtdtlng
them, even If hoiug houHing expertR
have hhIiI they can't be built fan I
enough to take euro of tho nccdH.
Nearly 475,000 homeH (excluding
those on farina) were built In 1139
Ht hii aggregate cost of $1,900,000,
000. In 1931, tho tola I was about
1150,000 limn e. 4 at a coal of $1,300,
000,000. It Is loifCHHt that new building
unitH In IHili will total fioo.O'n, or
nearly lOO.OiiO more than In 1929.
While tho prediction Ih encourag
ing, it may also be deceptive, un
leHH one undertnuds that the your
192D was by no meant) a 'reak"
year In building.-. .
. .
A bit of folklore Ik Hpi'Iuging up
mound the year 1929. looking
backward, wo are likely to regard
this yeur hh tho golden moment in
American hlsdory. Ah a matter of
fact, It waH u peuk year In very
few roHpectH. It whh rather the
year In which the expiring bubble
of flounce Buffered Hh final uud
explosive pin prick.
Ah far hh tho building Industry
Ih concerned, the bent year In the
punt two decades wan 192fi, when
037,000 now mliaii dwelling units
wore put up. After Unit, the Indua
try began to Hlump- Un to 1!)28,
tho decline was more or Ichh
gradual; hut In 1929 tho number
of unilH dropped from about 7fiu,
0(10 In 11128 to a little more than
500,000. This wuh u greater decline
than that recorded In IDHti.
Hullding tf non-rural family
dwellings In 1921) watt at its lowest
slnco 11)21. In 1933. It nearly ex
dred altogether with Ichh than 5,
000 new unitH In the entire coun
try. Kvqii if 600,000 new homcH
are built In 1910, there will still
not be enough count ruction goiut;
on to will o Die housing pitib
letu. The builders concede that, villi
out the benign Influence of (he fed
eral housing administration, much
oT the presou t const ruction
wouldn't he underway. The J-'MA
has made it possible for tiuaucial
Institutions to extend their credit
and has made the hmuemvnei tdilp
Held accessible In I hoiisauds of
persons who would otherwise have
been eliminated.
Ltut even the KIIA nasn'l stdved
Ihc problem entirely. Asslalatit At
torney (ieiieral Tlmnnau Arnold at
tacked tl from another approach.
Arnold suspected the preseUie of
termites within the Industry, both
among unions and contractors, lie
has begun a ruthless assault upon
the corrupt element that Is threat
ening tho industry and has already
returned Indictments tu a score of
cities.
Editorials on News
(Continued from pnge 1.)
pin!
pKi;snn:.T not) s i: wi.t s
' message to congiess, delivered
today (Wednesday), Indicates that
lie Ih thinking chiefly about foreign
affalrn.
Well, no are all the rest of us.
for that matter. Hut history
proves that those nations (and rul
ers) tbut have paid ton much at
tention to foieku affairs have us-
uully gouo broko or been licked by
their enemies.
llHIEN ('buries i (who was be
" beaded) hegan to get into sor
ioua trouble with parliament, he
got actlvo In KOKKIUN AKFAIItS,
hoping thus to distract Kngland's
attention from tho mess ho had
made of affairs at homo. Ills
scheme didn't work, but It has been
tried since by nearly every ruler
who has got Into trouble ut homo.
Noted Comedy Trio
Billed on KRNR
The new top-Might musical mm
cdy, "The Harbors of Heevlllo."
Willi that famous trln nf Tin. I'ii:k
and lat-ry as typically Anicrlcun
an tlin Hone Howl Karnes mid Nl'.y
Hcraimra, will licciiinn a regular
Monday and Kriiluy night It-cut for
KHNIt 1 IhIl-iipih wlifii It hu lis
preinlfii' broadraHt Monday nlKlit.
January 8, at !i:lf. KnaturliiK tlionn
nationally known nrilata of radio.
Htaga and m-reeii. Tom (lluil Van
dovorl, I lick (Marlin Hurt) anil
Harry ((Inrdon Vandovnr) : llol
TronillRr, famous phiniBt. and Hi'l
KliiK. announcer, "Tim HurboiH of
llouvllln" will bo hoard each Mon
day and Friday iiIkIU ovor tlin Don
Leo network at 0:15 to !l::m I'aclllc
Htundurd thm.
"Tim llarlicrs of Ilct'vlllc" In a
muHical comedy allow built around
a mythical small town barber
shop any siiiall town wburo tlio
charactors llvo and hrcnlho kohhIp
wuore all local gossip liappcnliiKS
arc allPd dally. Tho tlnoo "clip-
prs." Tom, Dick and Harry, who
aro known us 'Tho Harlii-rs of Hen-
vllle. take tho singing roles na
well as character parts. It Is said
that this trio is Ihc most versatile
of its kind on the air today, being
able to handle character purls and
vocalize In eight different dialects.
Marlin Hurt (Dick) the man whh
Iho double voice, takos both female;
uud rnulo voices willi ease.
Jobless Insurance
Tax Boost Cited
SAI.IOM. .lull. n.-Nearly a doilblo1
lux lor unemployment Insurance Is
faced by those employing eight or
more persons unless payments on t
la.m payrolls are made this liiiimb,'
was the wurnliig today of the statu
administrator, Silas (laiser. I
The II per cent fcdcnil lax may
bo offset up to the 2.7 per cent
coillribtlted lo tile state llllemploy.
moot compensation fund. If tbu
stale payment is not completed i
and u certificate filed under Tiiln
IX of the federal act before Janu
ary 3D, llllll, the employer becomes
liable lor both taxes or a total of
fi.7 per cent, Mr. Caisor points out.
renames and Interest also uiu
chargeable against dcllnuucnls.
Those employing from four In
seven must pay the stale uiicmploy-
uieni nix oi .( per cent nut are
not subject to the federal social
security act.
"Many com i ibitloi H already are
completing slate reports fur l!l.'.!l
so us lo ounliry curly for Hie (it)
per cent offset," explained Admin
istrator (iuiser, "because of recent
legislative ebunges uud because of
cnulusinii under social seciirily
laws, any employer or employe
wauling exact information should
contact the nearest cmploymt of-
iico or write io ine unemployment
commission ut Sulem liRadiinurtors.
Steel Baron Schwab Died
"Poor," Journal Reveals
I'lTT.SIirillill, ,lun. C- (Al'l
Slcelniuslcr Charles M. Schwab, a
mull I millionaire for III yeurs. Is
"iilil by the I'osl-Cimello lo have
died "a poor man."
"Ills weallh had withered away."
reported Hie newspaper, "l-'ornier
busluuss associates of .Mr. Schwab
voniii niitiil,,,i-i ,.e tl
- " K"'' llllll '
Andrew Curnegie Kalhcrcil about I
him. have discussed for weeks Hie
dlHuppeuraiice of the once vasl '
oniwiui nil nine.
No uccoiiuls bine been filed hv
eveciilors of Schuiib's will, which
wits probated In New York whore
be died on September Is. Kdwunl
Sehwiib. u brother, said mi ac
couniilig would be nunle within Hie
usual six uinnilis limn, milling
"any Hliilemenl now would be pre
mature." Agenls of the Pennsylvania reve
nue department reported they bad
been unable to locale personal or
leal properly in Ibis stale belong
ing to Schwab.
Monmouth Contracts
For Bonneville Energy
rnin i.ANH. Jan. It, (Al' -The
nit le municipal it y of Mo:i
moulh. 1'olk countv. (re.. signed a
L'o year contrai t with (he Ilonin'
ville power ad inin 1st ration today
lor ou kilowaMs oi energy.
I leltvory w ill het;iit as soon as
the city has acquired a dislrilmt ion
sysiem. Mayor K. It. Itowei.sox :td
ised Ailmiuislralor 1'aul .1. Raver
Herniations h.nl stalled lor pur
ilmse ol the .Mountain Stales Tow
er company ho'diiies In and adja
cent Monmouth.
The contract did nol set up re
tail tale schedules hut stipulated
that (he ciiy and administrator
amet' on rale rediiciinns be loir dc
livci bruins.
Another Spy Loses Head
Under Official Nazi Axe
IIKKI.IN. .Ian ti. I .M') - Helu
lull lielilianl!. J. was ilccnpil.tlcil
today as a spy for mi undisi bmed
lofeigu illlelligenec service.
He was the ftist person lielleadeil
lit tleimuny fin espimini;i' Ibis ear,
III llilty, II peisous were executed.
OUT OUR WAY
r
Unity Unaware Of
England at War
LONDON. .Ian. 6. (AIM Home
from (lei many whose Kovei nmeut
and rncurcr site Idolized, Unity
Vulkyr'le Kreeiuan-Mitloiil rested
today under treatment for a mys
terious Illness or Injury still un
aware, her father said, that Great
Itritain is at war.
Huron Kedesdaie, who met the
2f)-yeur-nld Unity with uti amtiu
lance at Kolssloue whore she land
ed Wednesday from a chuunel
trip, said:
".My daughter, poor child, docs
not even know that KiikIuikI in at
war." .
Tenant farmers und villaem
stood along the way as tint ambu
lance rolled Into Htch Wycomhe,
20 miles from London, where lies
the Hedesdale estate. Women call
ed out, "it's lovely to have you
Imck." hut a village idler hooted,
"Heil Hitler!"
The father Mould not disclose
the nature of I'niiy's ailment, say
inw oniy: "She's (pilte worn out.
poor thing." Some British press re
ports were that she was KutTtM'inu
from a gunshot wound in her nock,
suffered five days alter Lhn l-Juro-peau
war started.
She wore a scarf high around
her neck when she let! Folkestone.
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ri::inSlory Hour.
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DAILY DEVOTIONS
Hit. CIIAS. A. EDWAKDS
Much of our success in tho or
dinary ul fairs of life will depend
upon our reudiuess to muko
uho of tho chunoes und occa
sions und opportunities that
come lo us along the way. One
man wins yhere uuutlier loses
out because be does not have
the wisdom to see or the alert
ness to use tho opportunity. Wo
loo often enmpiuin tbat lite has
not given us u chunce. when tho
trull, is that wo foolishly lot tho
chance slip past us, und that ap
plies in the whole realm of fine
achievement. How often has u
kindly Providence beckoned to
us lo do or to bo this nobler or
better IhiiiB and we gave little
or no heed. Content with our
present condition we fulled to
seo (lod's gracious 'leadings to
higher and better things. Wo
thank Thee, our Heavenly Fath
er that wo rcallzo Thy spirit
culls to us to attuln the host
tbat life has for us. That spirit
knocks at tho door of our
hearts. Help us to be awake lo
the cull und muy we open our
hearts lo Ills gracious incom
ing lor Jesus sake. Allien. - ,
Morning." ,
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S:.lll Keep Kit to Music, MIIS.
S' lri liailio (iarden Club, .MIIS.
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10:45 Adventures of Uncle Jim
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12:53 News-Review of the Air.
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Mickey Rooney Barred
From Races; Too Young
Ml .ll. Flu., Jan. r, t.M')
MUkey Kooney. the screen's cur
rent number I box office at'rac
(ion. Is loo young to attend the
horse rn res tn Florida.
lie went to Tropiuil park, uhile
ami toning at Miami Hem h. but
u hiirrett because a state law pro
hibits minors at race tracks. He is
IH. ,
Back From Portland Mrs. F.
C. Gin nee has returned to her
home at il.M Kant l-iue street, fol
Nwliiii nil etkhi day stay in Port
land I.Mtniki her duo liters it ml
stuier.
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J.R.WII-UAM5
T. I MO. U. g. MT. Ofr.
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Labor Body Agents
Blamed for Strikes
WASHINGTON. Jan. 5. (AI1)
, M rs. Klin ore Horrielt, a regional di
; rector who once 'complained of
i "OdPU" and "un-American" lac
1 Ilea by labor board agent, toKtl
1 fied today long deluya in handling
! Wagner act cuaos In 1 137 tended to
i promote labor ntrlken.
i Mrs. Herrick, regional director in
New York City, made the Htato
ntent before a Iioiiho committeo in
vestigating both Ibo act and tho
board.
This period of delay, she ex
plained, in reply lo questions by
Representative .Murdock (I)., I'tah)
followed immediately the supreme
court's validation ot the Wagner
act when a large number of new
cases were filed with the board.
.Mrs. Herrick complained to ii
! meeting of regional board officials
! here la the full of l!i;i7 that they
had to "wait-wafl-wait for boaid
'decisions in muny cases.
"How long O lord how long
must we wait?" she asked in u
memorandum submitted to that
conference read into the record.
Mrs,. Herrick also testified tho
men she accused of "OdPL"' ac
tions objected to her policy of
bringing employers snd employes
together In joint conferences.
Lothian Predicts
Major Nazi Attack
CHICACO, Jan. 5. ( AP Ger
many probably will launch a "ter
rific" attack against Kngland and
Franco by land, sea and air this
spring. Lord Lothian, llritlsh am
bassador to the I'nited Stales, told
the Chicago Council on Foreign It li
bit ions lust night.
"If and when the attack coined,"
be added, "ft will be with all the
ferocity and ruthlessness tho nuzis
have taught us to expect."
The ambassador expressed the
belief that the anticipated attack
would be repelled ami if repelled
as decisively us was the big Gor
man offensive nf 1918 "it will not
be long before Ilitlerism itself goes
dowu to defeat."
Lord Lothian termed mastery of
the seas "the real key to victory"
und asserted Germany would be
"on top of tii world" If she com
pelled Great Hritain and France to
surrender their fleets and naval
hases.
Felony Charges Against
Estabrook, Rosser Dropped
HILLSIIOHO, Jan. 5. AI)
Washington county felony charges
against Jack F.stnbrnok, secretary
of the AFL'h warehousemen's
union, and Al K. Itosser, former
teamslers' union official, were dis
missed yesterday by Circuit Judge
Frank H. Peters.
Kstabrook was tried three times
on a charge of using explosives to
ilamagu the property of another.
' lie was convicted by a jury in Sep-
tember. 1!C'.S, but the decision was
I reversed by the state supreme
1 court.
i Itosser. serving a 12-year prison
term for arson In connection with
I the burning of a West Salem box
. factory, was never tried on the
Washington county indictment.
Judge Peters said the doubtful
I outcome of another trial, scattpr-
tng of witnesses and expense to the
i state were bis reasons for dismiss
j lug the charges.
Date of Red Cross Annual
Convention Is Advanced
WASHINGTON. Jan. ."i.-iAI't-The
lied Cross said today that be
en ise of heavy burdens arising
from war relief activities abroad
its annual convention would be
held here April I instead of In At
lanta May
Return to Portland Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Camnbell. Jr.. have re
turned to their himo In Portland,
following h wsit over the holidays
here with the former's parents.
School Superintendent Mrs.
W. M. Campbell.
ATTACK Oil AMERICA !
Startling Expose of U. S. Lock of Defense
By
GENERAL ARED WHITE
WHO'S WHO AND WHAT'S
HAPPENED
CAPTAIN IIKNNINO, daring
young United States Intelligence
officer, Bent to Parla to get the
.Mexican picture. Impersonates
LIKUTKNANT UHOMLITZ, now
held Incommunicado abroad, for
merly an American officer In the
aervlee of Van Hassek.
GENKKAL VAN HASSEK, mas
ter of Mexican forces, plana an at
tack on the United Slates and
questions Benuing concerning its
strength.
CHAPTER IV
Denning found himself assigned
to a stuffy little room tbat was
piled high with American ne s
DH iters and magazines. Half a
dozen other officers were engaged
in reading these publications.
Each day this group was requir
ed to make a summary of Ainerl-
an press opinion as affecting
Mexican relations. Outwardly a
peaceful enough job, but one that
Denning knew to he a vital pari
of Van Htissek's war machinery.
During the next few days JJen-
ning kept pretty much to himself,
though cuuttously making friends
with tho Austrian, Captain Flneke,
who sat at hm elbow. A hit at a
lime he meant to gather the infor
mation he bad come for. If long
rlBks had to be played in order to
secure Important secret Informa
tions, that would huve to wait un
til he had the lay of tilings at
headquarters.
Mexico City. Heniuug observed
In his off-duty strolls, was serene
and untroubled. Mexican troops
themselves bad undergone a tran
sition. They had shoes on their
fnm n,l it Ik" I -lit no In thoir rutiks
land were used largely as labor
'troops. L'xcept for patrols and a
daily guard-mounting theio was
no dally martial display In the
city.
Ruiz, holding tho milltf.ry rank
of colonel-general, was an Imposing
figure, erect, leun, dashnr;. His
uniform was always vivid and lie
was forever attended by flashily
uniformed aides and orderlies.
Benuing thought Iiulz must have
been picked for appearance as veil
.is his susceptibility to control, in
order to put on u r:iow mat would
catch and hold the Mexican ima
gination. By the end of a weel, Benuing
hud gained something of Flncke's
confidence together with a knowl
edge of the workings of Van Has
sek's headquarters ut the palace.
He had adopted the habit of going
for a walk each evening with the
Austrian, usually to the Ala-
i meda.
Denning had learned Unit the
Austrian was an artilleryman, on
temporary detail at headquarters
because of, knowledge ot the V lilt
ed States, ,
"But at headquarters, Fiuekc,"
Benuing prompted, "life is nol too
active. Isn't it your experience
that once headquarters gets its
claws on an officer he's sunk?"
The Austrian responded w 1th ?
grunt of contempt.
"I'm an artilleryman, not a staff
officer," be snapped. "My bat
tery of seventy-sevens is at Jolisco
.for target practice anil I'm in Mex
' Ico City only until the show
opens!"
1 Denning laughed and said, "But
with your fluency in Knrcllsh, your
chief isn't likely to part company
with you when our troops head in
to the I'nited Slates."
"I've Colonel Bravot's word for
II!" Ftncke huid hotly. "Yes, and
I'll remind him of it as soon as
he returns from Washington,
which ought lo bo any day now."
Denning prolonged the promen
ade with Fincke, stopping from
time to time at the bar of the (ion
zates near the park for Scotch-aud-soda.
Once the Fincke artillerist
enthusiasm was aroused, the
Austrian needed little urging to
ituik.
At first he boasted of bis own
tguns, then branched off Into the
suujeci oi an itassett s superiority
In artillery. For each regiment of
infantry there was a full battal
ion of seventy-sevens or the new
ln.Vnilllimetcr cannon. In addition
there was the marvelous new ten
inch gun with a maximum effective
ranee of thirty utiles.
An adaptation of the Big Bertha
of World war days, but this one
travels at from thirty to thirty-five
miles an hour. So powerful a wea
pon H had to be transported In five
sections, urawu uy uuge iasi inic
lors. The barrel, forty-five feet
long. Less than two hours requir
ed to assemble it al a given point
ready lor action.
Then there were batteries of 21
lrn 1 1 111 i tni- hou-ll vnru iiiiilfii'lf ,1 In
'two loads and eaofible of mil I liti;
down shells ten miles distant.
In addition. Van Hassek's mo
torized Infantry divisions, each of
l.non men. were provided with the
last, word in anti tank, antiaircraft,
and auxiliary weapons, including
an immense quota of light and
heavy machine guns for each regi
ment. Kach division had seventy
two anti-tank guns of -millimeter
add the newest 47-mllllmnter
types.
As for anti-aircraft, the Van Has
sek artillery would be able to route
t he stoutest air a Hacks on troop
columns, supply establishments and
depots. In addition to (heir stund
and (heir 4u-millime(er for medium
pon for hea y. long-rHUge v ork,
and their u millimeter for medium
mime, was their light -millimeter
gun. Add to this a lUiVmillimeter
special anli-uircrall taunoti.
As for tanks there were three
regiments in Mexico now. wiih
more reported on the sea. Kach
re;:imeni btwsted 7.".o tanks, mostly
eight-ton light tanks, btil with a
goodly supply of the new sixteeu
ton heavy tank. Both types cap
able of thirty miles per hour.
"What a wonderful show, Brom
lltz!" Fincke exclaimed when he
had elaborated these weapons tn
detnil. "Particularly when we
pound their artillery to pieces with
our superior ranges. Hlmmelcreui'
They will be helpless in counter
battery." "Not too fast, Fincke," Hennlng
cautioned. "We mustn't forget
their tremendous manpower once
they get them equipped.'!
"But a million men can crush the
Americans before they cau get
themselves ready!"
"A million men, perhaps, but
bow can we ever expect to get a
million men mobilized In Mexico
without rousing the Americans fi
nally to action?"
Fincke stopped In his tracks and
his blue eyes looked gravely at
Benuing through their thick
IcnsesA The Austrian lowered his
voice.
"That Is not mere surmise, Brom
litz. This I will tell you In ihe
deepest confidence. One day in
General Van Hassel. 's office I
glimpsed his little map of the Unit
ed States and on It aro red .ar
rows pointing In from the south,
the east, and the west. I had only
a glimpse before be returned he
map to his desk, but I cuught fig
ures enough to convince me of a
million men."
Benntng managed an Indifferent
smile and decided to close this
dangerous subject.
"With a million men, Fincke, a
great deal might be done," he said,
and added, with a glance at his
wrist watch, "but it's getting late
and what do you say to Borne din
ner?" I The two went to a Mexican cab
aret on Avenlda Hidalgo, a favorite
spot of officers of the new regime.
Benuing ordered diuuer and pick
ed at his meal. Apparently he was
mildly entertained by the nhow
about him. Actually he was only
vaguely conscious of his surround
ings. His mind wuh busy with
I niiunes oiseiosures, wiin a piec
ing lugeuier oi me inings van
IluKsek had told him.
Denning made his decision.
There was the air corps yet to
check, and somo verification of
Fincke's disclosures. That should
not be difficult. But only Van
Ilassek would know the broader
plan of allack on the United
States and Benntng knew now that
he must find some way to tup the
Van Hassek bruin, ut any cost. A
glance at the Van Hussok opera
tion map might answer all ques
tions. In some way he meant to
get his eyes on that )nup.
His thoughts were Interrupted by
the action of Fincke In springing
abruptly to his feel. A dark, er-
ject man in Mexican uniform paus
ed at their table to acknowledge
the Austrian's greetings.
"My colonel, I um overjoyed to
see you back in .Mexico!" the Aus
trian exclaimed. He turned to Ben
uing, who got to his feet. 'I wish,
my colonel, to present our new of
ficer. Major BromlltK, who has re
ported to us from Kuropo in your
absence. Major, our chief of serv
ice. Colonel ilravot."
The Frenchman searched Ben
uing with a quiz.icul glint as if try
ing to associate him with some
vague memory. In a moment his
black eyes cleared and he passed
on with a stiff bow.
Benning'a memory had clicked
instantly on seeing the colonel.
Ilravot, his chief of service, unmis
takably was Sergeant Caujos, the
masqueradwr In American uniform
on whose trail he hud been camp
ing at San Antonio.
Denning had little more than set
tled down at his allotment of
American newspapers tho next
morning than Van Hassek's major
domo. Captain Schroff, came in
with a summons.
"Excellency directs that you re
port to him immediately," Schroff
muttered.
Denning promptly went down the
tiled corrdnr to the Van Ilassek
suite. He had spent the night on
pins and noodles, knowing that
once the Dravot memory clicked
the jig was up with him. What did
this summons mean? However,
he kept his faith In his masquer
ade. Since leaving Bordeaux he had
effected those slight changes in
appearance tbat are the most ef
fective masquerade. The Atlantic
sun and wind had given his lace a
deep un, and he had cultivated a
thin mustache cut at a rakish
angle. At San Antonio his hair had
been rather full, now it was crop
ped close at the sides and the
length of his head Increased by a
bristling pompadour. His new
Mexican uniform, cut wide at tho
shoulders, gave his torso a differ
out appearance from that of the
civilian clothes ho had woru in
Texas.
There was a catlike animation
in Van Hassek's one straight eye
that puzzled Denning. The pecul
iar smile on the general's thick
lips was equally baffling.
"Sli down, Bromlitz, I want to
talk to you," Van Hassek invited.
"Tell me, aro you very much in
love?"
Denning blinked at the amazing
query, then smiled back with a
shake of his hc .d.
"There was a young lady in Lux
embourg, eh?" .
Denuing's mind instantly picked
up the Van Hassek purport and he
confessed. "Yes, Kxceltency."
"Her name?"
"Mademoiselle Luectte Uncos."
"And you promised yuu would
bring her to Mexico Cltv with your
first month's pay. DrotuliU?"
"Csually, in such cuses," lien
nine evaded. " om attempts to
make parting as paiuless as pos
sible.' Van Ilassek chuckled. "But
sometimes such promises come
home to roost, Bromlitz." He push
ed his cull button ami Schroff
came in. Van Hassek grunted in
structious. (To bp continued)
Returns Here Attorney J. ().
Watson has returned here, follow
Ing the holidays In Portland visit
ing relatives and friends.
Japanese People
Feel War Strain
Hardships, Sacrifices Make
Them Wonder If War en
Chinese is Worth While. .
Ily RBLMAN MOWN
TOKYO (Correspondence of the
Associated Press.) The Japanese
government Is confident that It Is
achieving Its aims In China, but
many of the Japanese pcopla aro
wondering whether It la worth
while.
Japan has conquered more than
a third of Cliiiu s population ami
area, including her richest prov
inces and moat modern Industrial
ooutors, and Japanese leadera are
confident of ultimate complete vie.
tury in the plan to establish "a new
order in Kast Asia."
The Japanese people, however,
worn with war, find their lot a
heavy hardship for the present and
tbey look into the future with
foreboding.
Ordinarily stolid and uncomplain
ing, the people will tell, off the rec
ord, of their sacrifices for the
succesuos the army lias won In
China. Many wonder whether the
cost Is equal to the gain.
There is ha idly it neighborhood,
a factory, an office which liuu not
contributed its dead tq tho battlc-
i rielils of China.
I There is hardly an individual
I who has not felt the finuueial load
i weighing more and more icavilv.
Many are near the breaking point.
Restrictions Felt
Today in Japan a 15 per cent tux
makes a 2i)hcii cup of coffee cost
23 sen. If the bill in a restaurant
reaches three yen, the customer
pays moro than four yen, including
taxes.
Shortages are such that some
products cannot be bought for any
price. The gasoline ration for a
taxi .is two gallons u day. Medical
supplies, aspirin anil Insulin mr.
ticiilarly, are below tho danger
point.
'Fuel Is low. Hallway cars are not
heated this winter. Office buildings
had no heat until after Uec. . And
then went on a ration ' that was
half their consumption last year.
Gas inspectors recently visited
every home ill Tokyo, scaling ono
burner on each kitchen range. They
loft the warning that gas imlng
water heaters might be Healed be
fore tile end of the winter.
Cotton, wool, leather, metals and
canned goods almost have disap
peared from the market. There is a
cigaret famine about every to
months.
When you buy a carton of ciga
rots the clerk removes tho indi
vidual packages and keeps the car
ton. "I must send It back to the
factory for re packing," he says.
Living Costs Soar
Official figures show an average
Increase In food costs of 130 per
cent In tho past IS months, with
rice up So per cent, fish S!j0 pet
cent and vegetahlos 200 pur cent.
Clothing costs are up an avorugo
of 2S0 per cent. Items aro nil per
cent higher, coal lno por cent high
er and charcoal, chief fuel for tho
masses, up 110 per cent.
Wages have lugged behind the
price increases except In munitions
and heavy industries fields, where
they are high. The munitions boom
brought thousands of people, hard
pressed for a bare existence on
farms. In lo cities, depressing wages
not connected with the war and
causing a shortage of agriculture
labor.
The migration, plus othur fac
tors, caused a rice shortage which
nearly caused a panic in the irov-
' ernment.
U. S. National Bank Notes
Heavy Gain in Deposits
According to Iho comptroller's
y:nn its fii I JCCCU! IICI' ;t'l, UI0 LllltOll
Stales Kallonal bank showed dt
! malls of J13:i,lli0,:i4 l.da. Accord
ing to the manager of lhn Itoseburg
.hraiich. this Is tho highest point
in ueposus ever reached by the
bank at the time or an official call.
At the corresponding period la.t
year, denosfis ww-o si-hi ir.c 'tr... o
a gain of over twelve million do!
mis. in me same period, re
sources Increased from 51:il7.Vl
027.ST to $14l.:l,r,!i!i.7'.'. The in
crease la both deposits and re
sources Is at tho ratio of approxi
mately one million dollars per
month.
According to the report, loans
for commercial industrial and ag
ricultural purposes aiso ahowud u
healthy gain.
William Powell of Film
. Fame Weds Diana Lewis
HOLLYWOOD, J,,,, r,(,J
Screen Slur William Powell and
liiana Lewis, young uriross. were
married at a dude ran. b near Las
ct-us today, M. l;. M. ,, .,.
llounced.
This was Powell's third,' mar
riage. His second wile was Carole
Lombard, who now Is .Mr. Clark
Cable.
The brliln Is 23. Her iiarenls, Mr.
and Mrs. .1. ('. Lewis. re veterans
of vaudeville and the theater. Her
sister is Maxino Lewis, a singer.
She and Powell, 47, mnlored from
Palm Springs t uB,i. The bride
is due buck ul Ibe studio Mondav
to lake a leading rule in the Kddie
Cunior picture, "Forty Little Moth
ers." Parole Granted to
Gilbert Beescmyer
SVN yCHXTIX. Clllir.. Jan. 5.
(API (lllbert II. Heesemyer, 51.
who was sentenced lo 4H years ill
prison after the collaeso of the
Guaranty Itiillding and Loan asso
ciation of Hollywood, in 1 !:(. was
granted a parole toiiuy.
A tiiiidiliiin of the parole was
thni lloesi-iiiypr be elven apprmed
employment 111 Chicago.