The Safest Course for a U. S. Envoy to Follow During a Foreign War Lies in the Advice of a Late American Sage: Say Nothing, Do Nothing, Be Nothing.
THE WEATHER
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J'niclp. from Sept. 1. 1 !:(!! L'S.liS
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Rain, Warmer.
WISCONSIN
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NO. 305 OF ROSEBURG R 3 J
ROSEBURG. OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1940.
NO. 209 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Wisconsin Primary Offers
First Test of Sentiment on
Third
lates, 1 Far
Dewey and Vmidcnberg Ticket's
Await Republican Verdict;
Progressive Party Vote to
I Be Main Deciding Factor.
P.y tho Associated Press
Tin Wisconsin presidential pri
mary look lop place on the nntion
nl political program today beside
Jo'in L. Lewis' threat to organize
n third parly movement unless the
democrats choose a candidate mil
platform acceptable to labor and
t he common people.
Tlin national looked lit (ho Wis
enm in vote for some Inkling on
how de:uocMts fuel about the third
t-rni attention, and on liow Sena
tor Arthur Vnndenborg (It.. Mich. I
and Thomas H. Iwcy, New Vork
prosecutor, shape in as republican
presidential contenders.
As both parties Heeled slates of
21 delegates for their national con
ventions, i he democratic side offer
ed the first test, of sentiment be
tween President Itonveveit and
Vice-President earner. The issue
was not as clear rut as j might be.
however, because there were two
d rival Knosev It elates in the field
UKui:i:;t tile one Garner ticket.
A big quest ion was where sup
porters of the La Kolleltn progres-
e parly would throw their
rircnetli. The law let them vote
in either the democratic or repub-l;i-in
prima! y.
CIO Threat Voiced
While poiitiHnns watched to flee
which way the political straws
ft on Id blow in the Wisconsin
winds, liny speculate-1 over John
L. Lewi statement yesterday .it
Morntiah, V. 'a.. that said he
v.onld Mimmoii labor, youth, old
it-jo, negro and farmers' organiza
tions to a convention of his own
iti the eve'U the democrats failed
lo meet ihe conditions he laid
down for action in t heir conven
tion. The t'li) leader's speech produc
ed some slir in Wnshlnglon, but
(Continued on page t!)
InThe ,
Day's',
News
J
Py FRANK .II'NKINS I
pillL .MKT WHAN, of Portland.!
who spent the past week-end in I
Soiilhern Oregon, is n never-failins
reservoir of interesting reminis
cences of Oregon's early days. lie
comes of pioneer stock, and lias
himself seen the unfolding of a
Mii-prlsing share of Oregon's thrill
ing story surprising because he Is
f not yet old.
Oregon is si ill n young state.
TlflitS. Metsclian's grandfather
'Hii, lianiel Ne umb, a Ken
tuck inn of Virginia ancestry who
came lo Oregon in after a
pause in Indiana.
He was of a religious and humani
tarian turn of mind, and undertook
the long journey to the Pacific
Coast to e '.cape what he regard e I
as the evils of the growing wealth
of the region he was leaving al
though he himself was well-to-do.
With his party, he arrived in
Southern Oregon by way of the OH
South Road.
One of the significant Incidents
of the trip occurred somewhere on
Lost River. (Phil does not ltno.v
the exact snot.) The wagon train
was surrounded by Indians, and j
drew itself up in the defensive clr
? cle used by the pioneers when at
tacked. Mr. Newcomh, however.
(Continued on page 4.)
Term for
Eleanor Puis Tradition
Above Third Term Idea
LOS ANGKLKS, April 2.
(.VP) Mrs. Kloannr Koosevi'll
offers for what it is worth her
answer to a finest Ion -will
President Roosevelt he n third
term presidential candidate?
"My own personal opinion
and not as the wile of a presi
dent is that except In extraor
dinary circumstances, W( should
stick to our tradition.
"Only when people believe
that conditions are extraordin
ary should wo depart from our
tradition."
Her statement, without furth
er explanation, was in reply to
a question during nn open forum
following an address she. made
hero last night.
Ml Hood Climbers
Tracks of Missing Pair End at
1,500-Foot Cliff; Believed
Blinded by Heavy Storm.
MorXT MOOD, Ore., April 2.
f A P) Veteran in o u n t a i n e e i h
searched the white silence of
Mount Hood's northern slopes to
day, following toward Hie end the
diminishing-hope that two men
missing since early Sunday still
lived.
Three croups of Hood liivor Crag
lints, ( xperienccd Cascade range
rescuers, trended slowly over the
snow toward tin head of Coo gla
cier, Conner spur and Klliott gla
cier in the exhausting bunt for
.Tames (.nrentz, VJ, ami Cieratd
Herrmann. L'tt.
The missing men reached the
crest, cabin in a storm, scrawled a
sentence in cramped hands on Ihe
resist rr and disappeared. Tracks
in ihe mow led to n vertical HiflO
foot drop but none returned.
Mountaineers from Timherline
Lode on (he south slopes trekked
around I ho base to the north side,
examining trails and shelters nnd
franklv admitting despair the men
would be found alive.
Clear sliies with little wind gave
the f.earciu rs the first-break since
Sunday.
Forest Hanger Harold Kngles led
p pariv to the 11.21:"i-fnot summit
through "pea-soup" went tier yes
tcrdav. There, at du:k, they found
ttacks .of the lost Oregon climbers
who disappeared Sunday on an as
edit to the crest. The tracks led
to Hie summit cabin, thence lo the
rim or the north wall, a vertical
cliff of ir.no leet.
Kngles fiiid he believed Herr
mann nnd Lonntz. blinded by the
storm, stepped off the cliff or
were blown over by terrific winds.
In the crest cabin register was an
enlrv. "March :tlt.io cold to
write." There was no signature.
Since no one else attempted to
scale the peak Sunday, the entry
must have been made by one of
the lost men. Kngles sold.
Hunger Kngles said he crawled to
within n fool of the clifr edge and
the last foot print was only inches
tnm it. He could find no trad:s
leading buck.
Communist Paper Admits
Link With Soviet Agency
WASHINGTON, April 2. f AP)
O. John Rogge. assistant attor
ney general, said today that the
dally worker, official newspaper
or Hie communist party in the
Lulled St:les, had filed a registra
tion statement reipilrement of all
agents of foreign principals.
Sui li statements arc required
under a 1!i:t8 law, but the Dally
Worker heretofore, has refused to
fil. the justice department said.
Rogge's announcement said that
while denying that it acted as an
nirent for any foreign principal,
the Daily Worker had admitted re
lationship with several ft ire i en or
ganizations, including Ruling, a
communistic propaganda source in
Marcow, Ru-ia.
Further. It was said that the
Diily Worker disclosed that ar
i airy: men t;i between it and Runne
and other foreign news agencies
nnd been made by Karl Hrowder.
communistic party secretary in the
Lnitrd Stales, ami a Julius Alperl,
of Purls.
President
Candidates
Lined Up For
State Voters
Last Minute Filings at Salem
Include Two Aspirants for
Congress, Leslie M. Scott
for Treasurer Position.
Hv PAW, W. IIAItVKY, .Ul.
RALKM. April 2. ( AP) Unex-
pee fed contests developed late yes
terday in races for comrress and
state treasurer ns the filing per
iod closed with 413 persons ready
to square off for the campaign
which will end with the primary
election on May 17.
U. S. ltep. .lames V. Mott of Sa
lem found an opponent in the re
publican first congressional dis
trict race, when Kenneth A. Hrown
or Cervnis Hied in Ihe last hour,
laying down live SHiu bills for his
fee ami four pages In tin voters'
pamphlet, lb-own also submitted
an anti-.Iewish platform. Charles
A. Robertson of West Salem filed
yesterday for the democratic nom
ination in the same district.
State Sen. Ilex Kills of Pendle
ton also got some late opposition
yesloidny, when Roy W. Ritner, al
so of Pendleton, filed f(v the re
publlean nominal Ion In the second
district. Walter M. Pierce of La
Oramle, the democratic incumbent,
remained unopposed.
Three Democrats Vie
Homer It. Angell of Portland,
third district congressman, will
have a clear field in the republi
can primary, but. the democratic
race will be a rree lor-all among
three veterans. The democrats
are Nan Wood Honey man, former
congresswoman whom Angell bear
two years ago; Willis Mahoney,
who has been unsuccessful in two
races for the U. S. senate and one
for the governor; and State Sen.
Asbby C. Dickson.
IjphIU? M. Scott of Portland was
a last minute filer for the repuhli-
(Continued on page 61
Orland Gets Oil
Via Water Faucets
ORLAND. CaliL, April 2. (AP)
After trying for a long time,
they struck oil in Orland. but it
poured out of everyone's water
faucet, and nobody was very happy
about il.
Somehow, a supply of crude oil
got into the city s main wells yes
terday, and It wasn't long before
things were pretty badly gummed
np. The city's l.aoo residents
thought the April fools day inci
dent was in bad taste.
Laundries which started boiling
clothes before the oil was discov
ered found the clothing looked
worse afterward I ban before.
Housewives turned on faucets for
water ami got oil.
The city council called an emer
gency session but decided nothing
could lie done until the mains
were cleaned out.
Orla nd's fite department spent
all night pumping out Ihe mnins in
hopes of cleaning them sufficiently
to permit water from an unaflected
emergency well to be turned in.
City Kngineer Fred Pratt said
he believed . rising subterranean
water levels had lion ted an oil
pool up into the i-lty wells.
Psychiatrist Found With
Head Gashed by Hand-Axe
T1ALTIMORK. April 2 (AP)
Dr. Henry J. Reikley. 7!t. retired
psychini rist and brain specialist
was found unconscious tiday at
the bottom of Ihe main stairway
of his hotne. bis beud gashed by a
small hand-axe which lay beside
him.
lb was taken to Maryland een
ral hospital, where he remained
in n coma and his condition was
said to be eritical. He was stif
fei-ing from a concussion of the
brain, lacerations nnd abrasions of
(lie free, bodv and head.
Police Liont. o?car K.irh said In-
vesiigators were tint hie to deter-'
nvne whether tbe former Johns
Hopkins physician had fallen down
the stnlra or had been attacked.
He paid he learned the axe usually
was kept In the hallway by Dr.
Berkeley "for protection."
Floods Drive
Thousands To
Safety Areas
Crest of Swollen Susquehanna
River Eyed Anxiously by
Refugees; Schools Closed,
Business Life Paralyzed.
WILKSRARRK, Pa., April 2.
(AP) Fearful of wide devastation,
communities along 100 in f Urn of
Pennsylvania's flood-choked Sus
(iiehanna river watched anxiously
today as the crest rolled south
ward, with thousands homeless
and other thousands ready to flee.
Flood-ravaged (owns drew some
encouragement from a prediction
by federal and state forecasters
that although the normally placid
stream still was rising at some
points, "stationary or fulling
stages will prevail" throughout
the entire system, including 'two
branches.
The river began dropping here
last night after remaining station
ary at nine feet abovo flood level
for several hours, but early today
began rising again slowly.
Red Cross and other relief agon
cles hurriedly set lip stations In the
affected area to aid thousands of
refugees housed In churches,
schools and other large buildings.
Ccusl guardsmen from neighboring
New Jersey joined slate troopers
and volunteers In evacuating fami
lies. Activities Cease
Schools were closed throughout
the area. Ibisiuess in many places
was at a standstill. A majority of
roads were (dosed and cellars of
hundreds of homes inundated.
The WPA authorized expendi
tures of $lnti,Otio for emergency aid.
and, (ioyernor Arthur ,JL James
took personal charge of relief
work.
Downstream at Sunbury. where
the north and west branches of the
river meet, the level began reced
ing after back waters from creeks
flooded two square miles. The
town's 17.000 Inhabitants, half or
them fled to higher ground, pre-
(Contfnued on page 6)
Armand Perkins Named to
State Agricultural Body
SALKM. Ore.. April 2. (AP)
(iovernor Charles A. Sprague to
day appointed Armand Perkins ol
Haines, Baker county, to represent
livestock interests on the state
board of agriculture.
Perkins will servo mil il July L
KM.'I, filling out the unexpired term
of Mac Hoke or Pendleton, chair
man of the board, who resigned to
accept appointment to the state
board of higher education.
I SAW
By Paul
rr
ROSEBURG ROD AND GUN
CLUB TRAPSHOOTERS, firing
Sunday, over the traps at IJinpoua
lark.
Those pictured above are Ivan
Pickens, who broke TX birds out of
a nosslble 2'; Jack Culver. 21; i.
Miller, H; Argus Fisher, 2.1, and
Herb Hogun. 20.
Competing In the Oreponian tele
graphic shoot laler. (J rant Smith
scored 21. Jack Culver 21 and Ar
gus Fisher 2'A for a .total of 71
points.
As n sport trapshootlng does not
have as widespread n following as
some; but to it particular parti
sans It must have a pull like a
democratic congrossmnn. for the;
never forsake, it, Sunday after
Sunday they foregather at the
trap, line up and coll Tor their
target firing and alternating pot
tlons at regular intervals.
Their targets are little saucers.
Nazi, British
Planes Clash
In North Sea
Batch of Brief Fights Reaches
Climax When Britons Repel
,t Convoy Raiders; Neutrals
Warned Not to Aid Reich.
LONDON. April 2. ( AP) Brit
ish and Herman wnrplanes roam
ing the North sea engaged In a se
ries of brief, sharp lights in the
pint 21 hours which reached a cli
max this afternoon In a Cerman
raid on British convoys which the
admiralty announced had been
driven off.
Although at least ten bombs
were dropped, the admiralty said,
the nazl raiders were repulsed
without damage.
Tho air ministry n niton need
British planes last night bombed
Herman patrol boats near Sylt, Her
man island aviation base in Helgo
land bight. One British raider fail
ed to return, the ministry acknowl
edged. Returning from a search for
Herman nuval vessels, a British
piano encountered a (ionium .(lin
kers over the North sea last night
and forcer it to flee with a dam
aged fuselage, the British said.
An early morning engagement
between three British planes and
wto-Herman bombers, part of the
time flying only 20 feet abovo the
North sea, was also described by a
British announcement which said
one British plane landed near (he
coast after its pilot sustained a
slight leg wound.
British planes chased off a plane
which appeared to he .Herman as
it approached the southeastern
Knglish coast.
V"4'r Neutrals Cautioned
Croat Britain intensified her eco
nomic war on Hermauy in a three
fold drive today and cautioned neu
tral nations that aid to the relch
might render them "liable to the
hideous fate that has overtaken
previous victims of Herman pol
icy." Prime Minister Chamberlain de-
(Continued on page 6)
Ballot Title Prepared for
Taxes to Pay Pensions
SALKM. Ore.. April 2. (AP)
Ballot title for an initiative meas
ure lo levy a three per cent sales
(ax and a two per cent tax on cre
dit Instruments was prepared to
day by the attorney general.
The funds would bo used to pay
old age pensions of $10 a month to
persons over (if years of age, and
retirement warrants or SIT) to $no
monthly to persons over 50 years
of age.
Jenkins
r A.- it. Si
Nfws-Itevlew Photo nru Kiikiiividk
known as "clay pigeons," released
from a hand-opera ted mechanism
under a little "dog-house" directly
in front of the marksman. The
targets sail through the nlr more
in Ihe manner or a startled (piail
Hum a piueou, and look easy to
hit with a shotgun, but aren't.
In common with most other
sports. In order to participate you
need something besides keys to
jiiitle in your pocket. It takes cash.
Shotguns, and particularly those
(ipi'dally designed for trapshoot
iiiK. co.it n substantial sum. Then
lit lakes more than chicken feed to
purchase the ammunition. Yon can
dioot as many boxes as you like
1 den t know of any limit except
j th" lenKth of the daylight hours
an'i i nai oi your pursw, except in
tegular competition. ,,
Trnpdhoollng is Rood sport, how
ever. II demands o clear eye nnd
a siady hand and preeislon think
ing, to asHuru success.
Tobey Blasts
At Census As
Count Starts
'Fraud" Perpetrated in Income
Secrecy Offer, Senator -Declares;
Introduces Bill
To Rescind Jail Penalty.
WASHINGTON. April 2. (AP)
On horse and foot, by boat and
plane, the census oiui monitor
went calling on Mr. and Mr.
America today, whiln Senator
Tobey (R,, N. IL) peppered tiwny
at their heels wllb another oru-
to'h-ul fiisllUdo.
Kuiie 120.000 strong, the legion
of eiiitmeratoi'H .'f t out on tho long
trei( which will take them total
ol 2"'.0no,ooo miles, produce the. an
swers to more than 2,000,000,000
questions 4iml tell the nation bow
far it has come since leisurely cen
sus men In colonial dress made the
iirsl tabulation in 1700.
There was no "gonspeed," how
ever, troni Tobey, who has been
waging war against . tho census
Town Begins Count at
Midnight to Be First
WASHINGTON, April 2.
(Al'( KIiimI hy civic: prldo. tho
town or Nfwtnil, N. C, clulllloil
toiiny lh enrlk'ftt Bturt on Ilio
l!H population centum.
NpwIoh'h emimprntorfi not out
nt niidniKlit lust night timl wore
well nlntiK villi Ilio joh 12 linuin
laler. A mesHiiKo from Kc.wlon
lo WimhliiKHin lieailfiuuriciH at
first iucllc iilcil thn count hail
been cmnplctfil hut u check
hack tliKcloflcil HiIh wiih erron
eouH. )
lii-lfWu thn 'towri'liiul n- popu.
Intion of l,:i!ll.
(luestlons on pei'Ronal income.
lie nnld In n hrouilcuHt lam nlcht
that Secretary of Commcrco Hop
kins wiih perpi'tratlnK n "frauil" on
tho country by anuoiincinK that
tl'nntlnueil on dhka tit
Wooliey's Suit For
Damages Reopened
SALKM. April 2. (AP) A -lfit-
win Miit in which v. W. Wool ley,
Portland Insurance agent, failed lo
collect damages for misrepresen
tation was ordered today by the
supreme court for new trial In
Mulirnnnh county.
W'oolley, 75 years old and n for
mer employe of the GunrauXco Mu
tual Life Co. of Omaha, brought!
the suit against Minnie Htner,
grand guardian of tho Neighbors
of Woodcraft.
W'.iolley charged Hint she wrote
a false and malicious letter to the
company, resulting In loss of Wool
ley's Job.
Circuit Judge James P. Staple
ton dismissed the suit after Wool-
ley presented his cane, hut the high
court held that Woolley's case was
sufficient lor presentation to the
jury.
P. W. Woolley, plaintiff It) the
above nil. Is well known to many
older Rosebnrg residents. Ho was
a member of the old itosenurK
hardware firm of Churchill, wool
ley and McKenle.
Six Die by Suffocation
as Fire Destroys Home
POUT ARTIICR. (int.. Anril 2
(AP) Six persons. Including four
children, died by suffocation to
day when fire destroyed a house on
Port Arthur's outskirls.
The victims were Mrs. All Metsa.
2!i; her father, Oscar ltlnm, and
Mrs. Metsa's children. Klsle, 0,
Raymond, 4, Harold, 3, Allen, 11
months.
The bottles were found In a hall
way not far from tho door. Ap
parently tho man nnd woman at
tempted to rescue the children hut
failed when overcome by smoke
onlv a few steps from snlety.
The father of the children, Jaunn
Metsa, who works at night in near
by Fort Wlllinnf, had not returned
home by tho time of the fire, ihe
cause of which was not known.
Marriage of Sister of
Justice Frankfurter Bared
llOSTON, April 2. (AP) WPA
hen da. darters has disclosed the se
cret marriage of Miss LI in Frank
furter, sister of II. S. Supreme
Court Justice Felix Frankfurter, to
Joseph ItoRors of North Atllehoro.
The WPA announced she had re
signed from a social service proj
ect as a result of her marriage
March 10 lo the clothing manufac
turer and ui'Tchnnt.
Dodge Canyon j
Highway Work
Recommended
Urge on State Commission by
Roseburg Chamber Cites
Expectation of Traffic
Increase In Short Time.
A resolution urging tho state
highway commission to make
needed Improvements on the Dodge
canyon secondary highway be
tween Sutherlln nnd . Scnttsburg,
was unanimously ndopted by the
dltectors of the Rosebnrg cham
ber of commcrco at a meeting last
night. It wns slated that the state
has adopted this road as a part of
Its secondary highway system, but
that Utile work has been tlono In
Ihe way of Improvement and main
tenance Thn highway department
Is asked in thn resolution to give
tho request Immediate eonsldera
Hon In view of prospective heavy
travel over the route during tho
next few mouths.
The directors wore Informed that
the trustees of the North Umpo.ua
highway improvement district have
been in communication with the
highway department and nre hope
ful of obtaining an allotment of
'funds for construction of an addi
tional section of a mile nnd four
tenths In extending the improve
ment work already dono.
The matter of continuing the Fu
ture Craftsmen course in the local
high school was considered and
the directors urged that the
course ho maintained. A commit
tee consisting of Tom Parkinson,
president, Fred Ixickwood and Ir.
H. C. Church was named lo con
tact the school hoard In connection
with tho decision.
An Interesting report on prog
ress made by the committee on
parks was received. The comnilt
teo Includes I). Y. Allison, prosl-
uent; a. i:. Marsteifl. vlce-presl-
dent; H. .J, Palinfr, seerelary
treasiirer; ' Vernon On,4 ClaVcmed
Hlnniger. Stella Spencer and Kath-
.orlno Sfnniger, it waa reported
that civic nnd fraterrm) organiza
tions of tho city are giving excel
lent cooperation In plans to clear,
plant, and equip the park site re
cently donated by the city at the
location adjoining Deer creek nnd
the Pnciric highway. ,
Hick Maddox. chairman of the
committee In charge or the annuel
Fish Derby, reported that excellent
cooperation Is jiofiig received.
Munitions Plant Blast
in Scotland Kills Three
LONDON, April 2. (AP)
Three persons were killed and four
Injured In a munitions factory ex
plosion In Scotland tonight, thte
ministry of supply announced.
An official statement said a
court of Inquiry had been set up
t Investigate the cefdent nnd
that "immediate steps were taken
to ensure a speedy resumption of
production in the units affected."
The announcement did not dis
close the exact location of the mu
nitions plant.
Silver Shirt Legion Head Accused by
Congressman of Tie-Up With Army
Officers to Overthrow U. S. Govt.
WASHINGTON, April 2. (AP)
Representative Hlckslein (D., N.
V.) charged before the Dies com
mittee today that William Dudley
Pulley, head of the Legion of Silver
Hhilrts, had been tied up with n
number of army officers in a fas-
clsllc effort to overturn the gov
ernment of the United Stales.
The New Yorker, vice chnlrmnn
or a former house Investigation of
tin American activities, appeared
voluntarily before the present in
vestigating group to declare:
"I charge that he was tied up
with a number of army officers,
and I hnvo evidence to: prove
it."
Declaring Pelley, Ashevillo, N.
C. nublishor, was ft "Jew-baiter"
and n self-styled "American feuhr-
er ' who had spread more hate tnnn
anyone else In this country, Dlck
stein asserted Pelley's aim was
to replace the present United
States Kovernment with one pat
terned after the Hitler regime in
Germany.
I charge peiioy wtin oeing a
motivating force behind the fas-
istic desires on the part of army
men like General Moseley to lend
revolt backed by army men
against the government," he said
in a formal statement to the com
mittee. i Mulor General Georgo an
Horn Moseley. !. S. A. retired,
was described by tho Dies com
mittee Inst year as being active
in connection with various so-call
ed patriotic organization". He tes
tified about his activities before
the committee.)
nik fWlra MimH I
. Dlckatcln also presented to tho)
Action Trails
Dispute Over
Street Plans
Resignation Isn't Accepted by
Mayor Young; Plat of Homes
Subdivision Approved After
Heated Arguments.
The regular nicotine of the Rose
hurg city council last night wu
the most torrid session of tho pres
ent administration, culminating In
tho resignation of Councilman K.
R. Motzgor. Mayor A. J. Yorniff
refused, however, to accent tho
councilman's withdrawal.
Metr.ger'8 action was unex
plained, and tho councilman ,ro
fused to comment. Friends believ
ed, howevery ho wns irked over
criticism of tho actions of tho
Btreet coinmltteo, of which he is
chairman, and ulso because of re
ported difficulties with the nollco
department regarding enforcement
of u recent ordinance regulating
tho marking of curbs to restrict
parking.
Arrest order tonored
The council recently ndopted nn
ordinance prohibiting any persons
from marking orr curbs nnd estab
lishing unnuthorlzed "no parking"
zones. It was reported that such
an area was maintained at tho
Valley hotel to nccmnmodnte pass
enger buses nnd that tho council
man, attempting to park his car
there, .was ordered by n represen
tative of the hotel to move on.
Motzger was reported to have or
dered an arrest for violation of tho
jclty ordinance but tho police de
partment, oemanuiug a hikihmi
complaint, had not acted upon tho
order. 1
Criticism of nn net of tho si root
committee with reference to pro
posed streets in a new residential
company also Ih believed, It wiw
reported, to hnvo Influenced tho
councilman's notion.-
Street Project at Issue
The Coen Lumber company lit
preparing to open Its Westmore
land subdivision In West Itoseburg;
met recently with, members of the
street committee to determine re
quirements with regard to the typo
of streot construction. At the
meeting with tho committee nnd
the mayor it wns decided that a
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Expansion of Oregon Wild
Life Refuges Ordered
WASHINGTON. April 2. (AP)
Tho migratory, bird conservation
commission approved today the ex
penditure of :!!!), 'lii(J by the bio
logical Btirvey to acquire 4S.&02
acres of land to be added to 20
existing wild life refuges.
The tnrgest acquisitions wero
authorized In Oregon, where 20.
:i':i acres will be ndded to the Hart
mountain nntelope refuge near
Lakevlew nnd 14.7fl nerea to tho
Malheur migratory bird refuge
near Hums.
committee letters which he said
Captain Samuel J. Ruhley of De
troit. Identified as a national guard
medical officer, had exchanged
with lieutenants of Pelley.
One letter, bearing Jtuhley
name nnd dated In October.
said a "Mr. Weber" had agreed to
turn over lo Rubley for military
training men recruited Tor the Ku
Klux Klnn.
Dlcksteln snld Pelley hail told
investigators that the time would
come when aliens would ho shut
down all over the country.
In Detroit, he said, the publish
er forked with Ruhley, ."who then
was using armories nnd horses to
train silver rangers for tho silver
shirts."
"In Cleveland," Dlcksteln con
tinned, "his organizers met with,
army officers. This same proce
dure worked in most of the larger
cities of the country. In Oklahoma,
a ranger division was established.
w hose members were uniformed
and mined, lit California, a silver
shirt rifle club was hendt-l by Wil
ls rd Kemp.
Dlcksteln said Pelley had esti
mated the silver shirts numbered
It.ooo.ooo nt one time, but that they
were estimated by others to nuni
her only 7&.000.
Chairman Dten (O., Tex.) an
nounced that the committee had
summoned a number of leaders of
the Christian Front and the Christ
ian Mobilize to appear promptly.
They will he questioned within a
few days, no said. Kome memoera
of the Christian Front wero arrest
ed In New York recently on fed
era I clmi-geil. ,