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Russia Gets the Spoils, Finland Gets the Glory and Helpful (?) Sympathy, Germany Gets Assurance of Future Aid and the Allies Get the "Razzberry.", THE WEATHER .Humidity 4:30 p. m. yesterday Mrr jiiguesi temperature yeaieruuy itZ Lowest temperature Inst night 37 Precipitation for 21 hours 0 I'reclp. since first of month 1.20 ' I'roeip. from Sept. 1, 19:19...... 25.41 Kxcphr slnco Sept. 1, 19:19 17 Increasing High Cloudiness, be coming unsettled Thursday. REAL WAR That's what is now expected Uo twecn tho Allies and uormtuiy, uuw . that Russia, havliiK subdued Flu land, is left free to nld the nuzlii. Look Tor big war news henceforth. The NKW8RKVIEW will keep you Informed. A TV - -ft t! f HE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAL? fOL. XLIV NO. 288 OF ROSEBUl VIEW ROSEBURG, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1940. VOL XXVIII NO. 188 OF THE EVENING NEWS mm mm Gl IfU . I iTlk. 1 1 1 1 IIV I I I I I I I lllllll 5" 73 IS TO mmn COST I) Roosevelt Slate Wins Third Term "Draft "Plan Given Boost Garner and Farley Supporters Run Far Behind In Primary; Cain Chosen Tacoma Mayor, LangCe Victor in Seattle. MANrilKKTKIl. N. II., March 13. (A!1) orncitil groundwork for u possible '(lruft-IiooH(?velt" move 1 ment at tho democratic national f convention was laid in New Hamp shire today as the nutton'H first MHO primary election gave tho chief executive n full slate of dele gate., pledged to a third term. KiKht delegates nt largo and four district detegales, all committed to the president's renomtnation, were elected with the bucking of a major ity of the state's democratic lead ers, and, under New Hampshire law, must vote for him at the con vention until ho gives them a for mal release. The rank and file of the demo cratic party ignored protests against a third term and passed up alternate standard bearers, with the result that three candidates pledged to Postmaster General James A. Farley, one to Vice-President Garner, and three unpledged ran well behind the Uoosevelt ulate. The granite state republicans pick ed up an unpledged delegation in .record with Senator Styles Hridges' l-jsplrations for the GOP presiden fful nomination after a nip-and- lucl(; five-cornered contest- oVdf (he -'choice of four delegates nt rtlgc. CAIN, SUBSTITUTE NOMINEE, ' WINS FOR MAYOR IN TACOMA Hy the Associated Press Defeat of Councilman Hugh l)e lacy, president of the Washington Commonwealth federation, for re election Iji Seattlo and the election of Many P. Cain, substitute nom inee, as mayor of Tacoma spotlight ed yesterday's elections In Beveral Washington cities and towns. Hob Jones, West Seattle merch ant, led Delacy for tho third post on the Seattle council in unofficial complete returns, fifi.fiSfi to 3B.512. All over Seattle incumbent offi- (Continued on page G) By FRANK JENKINS AT Chalmette, where General Jackson defeated the British and saved New Orleans to the young but growing U. S., you can still see the ditch behind which he built his barricade of cotton bales. His plan of battle wns simple. The British were attacking; Jack son and hia riflemen bad only to defend. Behind the cotton hales, lie posted his backwoods sharp shooters in three lines the first lino firing and falling back, the second line taking their places and the third line loading. In this way he was able to pour upon the advancing British a fire that wns withering in Its Intensity. The British, not having learned their lesson even in the eight years of the Revolutionary war. advanc ed in solid ranks, which was simp ly dink soup for the squirrel hunt ters behind the cotton bales. Each man picking his target at every shot, they mowed down Pacjten ham's red-coats In waves. When It was all over, New Or leans was American to stay. WE like to think of the Ameri cans as invariably beloved de liverers. , Tn this cape they were deliverers, but if New Orleans tra dition Is accurate they weren't too greatly beloved. ew Orleans In 1814, please (Continued on page 4.) Storm Buried His $100,000 in Gold Certificates, Scotty Advises U. S. DEATH VALLEY, Calif., March 13. (AP) There's $100,000 in gold certificates burled In the mountains. Death Vulley Scotty has told the federal government. A visit of n couple of U. S. in ternal revenue officers to the castle a few weeks ago set the old mystery prospector to thinking. He hail satisfied tho Income tax in vest Iga tors, who had been, on his trail for years, with a signed statement in January that ho had no income for 30 years or so, and had been getting all of his funds on loan.1) front his partner, A. M. Johnson. v "I got to thinking about - my yellowbacks that 1 planted more'n twenty years before Uncle Sam started digging his hole to bury gold In down at Fort Knox, Ken tucky," said Scotty. "So I Just sat down and wrote a letter to tho old gentleman with tho board." Mere Is the letter: "United Stntes collector of In ternal revenue: "1 hud a hunch of money amount ing to one hundred thousand dol lars in gold certificates and I buried It in the mountains about the year nineteen hundred and nine. Afterwards cloudbursts came and covered it up and maybe sonic- Insane Patient .Commits Suicide SALF.M, March 13 (AP) Dr. J. C. Evans, superintendent of the Oregon folate hospital, snld that W:iey HHl- 2!l, committed, suicide "today In the' criminal insane ward, where he was tnuiHlerred after Ihree patients were strangled early Monday with a pillow slip. Dr. I! vims said HIM, a badly do mcnted patient suffering from brain Infection onusod by sleeping sickness, emasculated himself with a I'iiiKPinuil about li a. m. He cut a largo artery and soon bled to death. Hill formerly lived In Talent, and has been n patient four years. He wns one of the nine patients In the dormitory In which thine were slain Monday, and was transferred Monday night to the criminal Insnno ward, where ho oc cupied n single cell. Witnesses nt n coroner's Inquest yesterday said Hill was transfer red to t lie criminal ward after doc tors discovered that tho pillow slip, used In tho slavlnKs, came from bis bed. Hill also bad scratches on his arm, District At torney l.vlo .1. Page snylng these apparently were inflicted during a struggle. The five witnesses nnd Hill did not have sufficient mental capacity to answer questions regarding the slnyings. Army Day, April 6th, Is Proclaimed by President WASHINGTON. March 13 (AP) nvaaLlntit llnnsevelt todaV Pro-1 claimed April 6 as army cloy and ordered military units throughout the United States. Its territories nnd possessions to aid civic bodies in Us observance. State governors were Invited to Issue similar proc lamations. PHOF.N1X. Ariz.. March 13. ' (AP) European mllltnry leaders consider the American army's equipment as Inadequate ns that of Poland, says Dr. Ralph H. Lutz. Stanford University professor anil an authority on world affairs. In fin Interview he termed the United States army "obsoleto" In) respect to (lernuiny s conquest oi Poland. Street Car Pushes Auto Onto Man, Killing Him OREGON CITY. March 13. (AP) Warren E. Hnrdesty. 39, of Portland died under his automo bile last night after be missed the highway and drove onto the streetrnr tracks north of the end of Main street here. He leaped from the vehicle ns a streetcar struck. The streetcar pushed the automobile upon him. Forest Rentals Yield Douglas County $1,898 Pouglas county's share of re ceipt from fnrnst rfnrve rentals for th year endd June 30. 1939. amounts !o $ 1 according to nn announcement nt Sab-m. The total um apportioned to Oregon coun ties Is ?l..1,2r5, representing 25 per cent of the full sum for rent als received by the federal government. Death Valley Scotty. time I will bo able to Bet it ami inuybe I will never get It." (Signed) "Walter Scott. "Heath Valley Scotty." There were 10 yellowbacks of $10,000 each, says Scotty. Tornado Kills 13, Leaves Ruin Trail SIIHEVKPORT, Ln.. March 13. (AP) Thirteen persons wore killed, at least 37 injured and hun dreds nmde homeless hf toruadic winds which struck hardest In Rhreveport late yesterday and thon moved'across the border Into Texas. Fire Chief Slonn J. Flores esti mated that damage in Shreveport alone wns more than $1,000,000. Libhy-Owens-Ford glass plant of ficials counted their loss at $200, 000. . The state lair grounds dam age was estimated at $100,000. Harksdale field, one of the nation's major army air posts, suffered only slightly. The storm, accompanied by hail and rain, caused most damage in u Shreveport residential section be foro striking amoss the border in the area between Elysian fields and Bethany, Tex. Five hundred Shreveport homes were damaged. Among the dead was T. K. Gld dens, 71. Shreveport capitalist and property owner, who was visiting a negro tenant house when the storm broke. A tree crushed him fatally as he sought to enter his automobile. Nine other persons killed in Shreveport were: John M. Bail guss, about 3!i; Mrs. John M. Bau buss; Mrs. Hettie Armstrong, 45; K. fi. Woodyard, 62; the wife, two stepchildren and grandchild of Pat McKinney, 3S, negro; nnd an uni dentified negro. Degenerate Youfh Kills Grandparents and Self CHICAGO, March 13. (AP) A crippled youth committed sui cide nfler slaying an elderly cou ple who intervened when he at tempted to assault their grand daughter. Tho youth was Howard Iarimer, 18. a sen'or in the Morrill school for crippled children where be had been regarded ns a brilliant stu dent. His victims were Hugh J. Welch. 72. and his wile. Mary, 70. The Mayings occurred yesterday in their apartment. Bernadette Welch, 17. victim of the attempted ntlaek. u'nd her sis ter. Maiy Ann. Ifi, were hysterical for several hours after the shoot ings. Marv Ann, n schoolmnte of Iari mer. discovered Larimer struggling with Bernndette. She said Lari mer fired at her hut missed. While he was reloading the gun Derna dette escaped. Larimer later was found fatally wounded. Prison Dynamite Plot to Free Convicts Disclosed PITTSBl'RGH. March 13. (AP) Police claim to have uncovered a plot to dynamite Western State penitentiary's north wall and open a possible path to freedom for 600 prisoners. Deteetivo Inspector Walter Mon nchnn reported routine questioning of n paroled ronvlet dlscloned the scheme which prison authorities Raid was fantastic and could not have been carried out successfully. An effort to blast Hie north wall failed In l'J21. in New Hampshire Labor Law s Sponsor Raps Amendments Proposed Changes Would Hold Oppressive Weapon pver Labor, Wagner Says; Some Revision Seems Probable. WASHINGTON. M arch 13. (AP) Senator Wagner (IX, N. Y.), champion of the labor board, de clared in a senate speech today that amendments proposed by the Smith committee would turn the national labor relations uct Into "a delusive remedy for the worker and a concrete weapon for the op pression of labor." Wagner, who sponsored the law in the senate, said hev was ready to support any "sound" changes proposed by others. But he expressed blanket oppo sition to the Smith amendments and set forth eight -conclusions" about, them In explanation of his position. -The amendments were drawn by a special house committee headed by Itep. Smith (P., Va.) after weeks of inquiry into the labor board. They had the support of thrco of tho five committee mem bers, including Smith, nnd were opposed by the other two. In r;en eral, they call for creation of a new labor board limited to judi- R. L. (BOB) COUGLAR nt his home in Cunyonville yesterday and, succumbing to my persua sions, he showed me the newest firearm in his gunrack a .22 B Hee lever action rifle, owned by a brother-in-law of his. It was a sweet number, with beautiful bal ance, a precision Instrument If ever tb"re was one. For forty-three years Bob was Canyon vllle's barber until five years ago, when he suffered a sev ere stroke which necessitated his retiring from active business. He still owns his shop there, however, leasing it. Bob always has liked guns, nnd I can recall the time when he had thirty-five of them. Many years ago he gave me one. nn old Ste- ens rifle, which I still treasure. Ho had them hanging all over hi-. hnp. with the best ones, howovcr, at home. Also (perhaps you remember) his shop at one time was ornament ed by dozens of fine antlers, un . ., . ,. ,. , (Continued on page 6) l SAW:r:: By Paul Jenkins - til a dreary day when a rat of a McNary Aids Effort to Hold Steamboat Camp Hope that It will be found .possible to retain the Steamboat ' CCC camp is expressed by Sena tor Charles L. McNary in tele grams received hero today; He plying to the numerous mes sages of protest sent from Hoso burg, Senator McNary reports ihat ho has conveyed to tho dl Victor of the civilian conserva tion corps the appeals for retell iion of the camp and will nuiko further efforts to Impress upon the department tho valuable ser vices of the camp to tho coin htunity. Eagles Offer Labor to Aid City Park Project Offering cooperation In plans for development of a city park on the proposed site adjoining Beer Creek, the members of the Eagles lodge, at the regular business meeting lust night, offered donation of 100 muu days of labor in connection with cleaning and planting the grounds. The lodge nlso requested authority to provide and install mdrry-go-round and swings for the playground. U wns announced that the lodge will join with tho Lions club in sponsoring the nppenrance In Hoseburg March 20 of the Young Oregonians. The lodge was Informed thai Stalo President Jack Greenwood of Gresham will make an official visit to the Uoseburg aerie nt Us meeting TuoBduy, March 19. , ' i 1 vs.' . . mill Aumrti&ntH'te .NcWK-Hpview nolo nnd i-.iiKrnvinK state barber inspector ordered them taken down, claiming they were "dust catchers." and as such hilarious to the public health. The Idea that a customer for a shave, perhups Just from a ware house, the hay fields or maybe a cow barn, would be further men aced by what dust might have col lected on those antlers, was a startling one. The gent, I'm glad 'o be able to slate, later lost his job. and the antlers are back In their old place, adorning the walls of the shop. A native of Oregon nnd for the most or his life a resident of Can yonvllle and tho upper South Ump qua river country, Bob Is one of the best Informed men In iKmghis county concerning pioneer times, the men nnd women who lived In them, and their habits and cus toms. , As a barber, he was a dandy only not typical. Iteason? He hardly spoke a word while at work. One In a million, I'd say. IP ' KT?ti 1 Britain Hit For Refusal To Aid Finns Hore-Belisha, Ex-Secretary War, Raps "Technical" -Excuse; Chamberlain Says No Help Plea Received. of LONDON, March 13. (AP) Mritnln's refusal to givo larKO scale aid to Finland until tho Pinna ap pealed for such help wus bitterly attacked In the house of commons todnv bv Leslie Iloro-nolishu, re cently dismissed war secretary. He spoke Immediately after a brief statement to- the house hy Prime Minister Chnmberluln on the peace concluded between Finland and soviet Ituusln liiHt night. Hore-Hctlsha, who was reported to have timed an expeditionary force for Klnlnnd before he was ousted on Jan. 5, entered the de bate arter Chainhnrlnln had told commons that Ilrltaln bail made plain its willingness lo give all possible help to tho Finns "In their 'iiilliint striiKKle against iiKBies slon." "Whllo associating- myself with the expressions of sympathy with the Finns." said Ilorollellsbn, "Is It not a fact that repeated ap peals have been mndo by that country for assistance In lnatcrluls and men nnd Is It not a pity In relation tn the magnitude of these events and their far-roachlnK char acter, to ploiul as an excuse for In-ncllc-ft. a , pure technicality I'V v, .. " Aid Requests Denied . Chamberlain retorted: "It Is not correct to say that repealed re quests 'for men had been made by the l''lunlsh Kovurnment." Tho Finnish government, said jThatuberluln, "made repeated re quests for materials and ovary one of those requests has boou an swered." "They had been Informoil as long into us Feb. 25 that If they wore lo make an appeal to us wo should be prepared and were making pre parations to send them men as well as materials," said the prime minister. Only yesterday Premier Dalodior of France declared that Ilrltaln and France had M.OOO troops fully equipped at two ports ready to em bark Immediately u f tniunu annum call. In the clrciimstnnccs In which (Continued nn page 6 Fashions Premiere Lures Big Throng A Kient crowd look advantage of excellent weather IubI nlnht to par ticipate in the annual HprhiK Open ing and Fashion Show, which proved a most successful anil en tertnililiiK event. I Hit Inn the early part of the eveninK the streets were thronged by window shoppers who viewed the beautiful displays in the show windows of tho city's leading stores. More rirms partici pated than ever before, and the brllllnntly lighted windows, with their exhibits of spring styles In clothing, accessories, household furnishings, fixtures nnd equip ment, proved of great Interest. During the period of the down town display, tho Itosebnrg Mu nicipal bund enlivened the festivi ties with concerts In each block of the business district. The itose Imiis Bcboal band.' earlier In the day, appeared In u ballyhoo pa rade. The Fashion Show nt the armory, under sponsorship of the Kose bui'K Duslness nnd Professional Women's club, drew a capacity au dience, -which took much delight in the parade of spring fashions hy more than liO models, uml the pro gram of music and dancing con nected with the display. Dancing to the music of Itnlph Oilman's or chestra completed the evening's enteruiinment. Runaway Balloon Halted After Four-Hour Drift AKRON, O., March 13. (AP) A "runaway" balloon periled nlr wny traffic four hours lost nlsht as it drifted 200 miles, finally set tling nt KittnnnlnK. Pi . AO mllei' northeast of Pittsburgh. Five men sighted the bag drift ing and managed to bring It down hy looping tho danglliw guide ropes around a tree. The bag will bo deflated nnd brought back. Peace Treaty, Ending War, Gives Up Entire Mannerheim Line. Valuable Gulf Islands Lease on 'Gibraltar' Peninsula for Soviet Military and Naval Base, Non-Aggression Pact Listed in Terms; Refusal of Scandinavia to Let Allied Forces Go Through Made Finland Surrender, Minister States. HELSINKI, March 13. I API Weary Finland, lacking weapons and skeptical of foreign offers of help, ended hor bitter three-and-one-half-month struggle against soviet Russia today by yielding more soil and economic military independence than demanded before the war. At 1 1 a. m. (4 a. m., EST), the dogged, courageous Finnish army stopped fighting, and a gloomy peace settled over the bat tlefields, from the corpse-piled Karelian isthmus to icy Lapland., Beginning Friday, the Finnish troops will retreat to narrowed frontiers fixed by the treaty s'gned at Moscow last night. . Balkans Offering Allies Hew Worry Russia, Germany Plan Treaty With Rumania: Britain Not to Let Up On Hitlerism. LONDON, March 13. (AP)--Qroat Britain and Prance, weigh ing tho effects of n Hussion-Finnish peace, propared themselves for an Intensification of their own war anil for a possible combined nasl-sovlet diplomatic offensive against allied Interests In the linlli ans. Moscow's announcement - of n treaty with Finland, ostensibly freeing Itussla'B resources to Blip port tho war machine of her econ omic ally, may hiottif a naVI orren slvo In tho west. London and Paris received re ports from Iliichnrest that nor mally nnd llussla were planning to offer Hiimania territorial guaran tees In exchange for trade conces sions. British und French offi cials declined to comment, pend ing notion of the FlnnlBh diet (par liament) on the reported poaco treaty but the settlement, coining on tho heols of the allies' purport ed willingness to Intervene In Finland, had Its effect In both capitals. Scandinavia Blamed Sonio observers tried to portray Scitndinnvla as "the villain of the piece" through refusal to allow al lied reinforcements to cross their territories Into Finland. This ro rusal weakened the allied promise of aid, it was contended. "The ohdurato refusnl of the Scandinavian countries to allow the passage of military nld was de cisive," said tho London Dally Herald. Tho authoritiitlvo British press association, however, quoted most Kngllsh papers ns agreeing that (lie offer to aid Finland was mude too late. Now there was tho prospect thot Itussfn, with hor campaign against Finland over, would be free to supply 300 waiting fiermnn divi sions with the materials for an of fensive against tho Mnginot Hue. Tho Loudon TIiiicb suld tho Brit ish response to the treaty would be n "renewed nnd strengthened determination to rid Europe of Hit lerism." Meanwhile, the British people over' - subscribed a 300,000,00(1 (about l.20ll.(iuil.om)) war loan. Finns Forced to Purchase Peace at Price Far Greater Than Demands of Russia Prior to War's Beginning (By I ho Associated Press) The soviet-dictated treaty end- in'; the invasion ot Finland nfler 105 blood-drenched days Inflicts a costly peace on the Finns nt a price rnr higher than wns iiemnnneii De- fore the red army invaded the re public's Boll. Ijist Orotber 6. the soviet lead ers, flushed with the new hege mony which their Implied threats had easily gained over the Baltic countries of Kstonln, I-atvia nnu Lilhuniiin. deninndeil similar con cessions from Finland. Wary hut diplomatic, the Finns tried tn negntlnle, and the Russian proposul finally boiled down to this: Finland to be given a strip or soviet Karelia on her eastern bor der In return for an undefined but evidently nnrrow strip of the Kino Man Isthmus directly northwest of the Russian metropolis of Lenin grad; lease or Bale to Russia for a C.OOO-man naval baso ot . the Finnish peninsula of Hanko, com manding the entrance lo the gulf of Finland; cession la Russia of nn unspecified part of Hie Rybachl and Krednl penlnsulus, In Ibe Arc i.nuei tne'tronty, Finland would yield to Itussln: The entire Karelian Isthmus, In cluding the bitterly-contested Man- nerheim defense line, Btrewn'wllh Hiisslan and Finnish corpses; The wrecked but uncaptured city of Vllpurl, along with Vllpuil bay and Its islands; All the shores of Lnke Ladoga and some territory northeast of the lake. (Where tho FlniiB have re ported the Blnylng of thousands of Unsslan troops I ; A 30-year Russian lease on the peninsula of Hnnko, FinniBh "Gi braltar" at tho mouth of the Gulf or Finland, which Russia Intends lo convert into n military and na val base: Various Islands, In the Gulf of Finland; A broad swnlh of eastern Pin land In the region at tho Arctic circle; . . ' ,;' 1 Part of tho Srodnl and Rylmchl penlnBiilns on the Arctic ocean; i..A- rallrona. to bo built this year to link Russia's White sea portH with the Gulf of Uothnln; Operation of a Russian nlillno across the Potsnino district be tween Itussln and Norway and no restriction on passage of Russian citizens or commerce across this area; A promise that no Finnish war plnnes, warships or . Bulimm-lnca, except for small coast guard boats, will operate In the Arctic ocean. In roturn, the Finns get penco and a yearly rentnl of 8.000.0011 Finnish markka (about (120,000) for Hanko. They must nogotlnto a trade treaty and muke a non-aggression (Continued on pace 8) Continuance of U. S. Aid to Finland Requested IIHLS1NKI. March 13. (API President Knlllo of Finland Bent n cable to Herbert Hoover today asking that American help for Fin land be continued. He thanked Hoover for the nld already Bent hy Hoover's commit tee. .' ' ' The cablegram said: "I hope with all my heort that you will continue to allevinte tiie lot or those suffering on account of the war, for the population of the ceded areus will be moving in to the territory of the republic. "We have Bigned a compulsory peace, yet we hope that our strug gle for right hus gained us tho sympathy or tho civilized world und trust we shnlt not be lcrt to our own rosourccB In the work of recoiiBtmctlon." lie ocean, exchange of some Islands! in the gulf of Finlnnd. and do. militarization of frontiers. . The Finns refused, principally on nccount of Hanko and tho pro posed loss of their carefully built up Mannerheim line of defensea on the Karelian IsthtnuB. On November 30, the red nrmy Invaded Finland. Its planes bom barded Helsinki and other Finnish, cities. Just across the border, the Russians established Kt Tcrljokl, n puppet "people's government ot Finland" under Otto Kuuslnen, Finnish communist, who hud been In exile for 20 years. Aid Inadequate. Declaring they would fight to tho last man if need he. the plucky Finns appealed to the moribund league of nations, which promptly . expelled soviet Russia and started co-ordinating aid to Finlnnd rrnm neutrals. Sweden, Britain, Francn and other countries furnished sonio war equipment; the United Btntca and others gave non-military aid. While tho world looked on In ad miration and nstonlshment, Fin. .(Continued on pace 6),
