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mm, Weather: Cloudy Home Edition LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. DL 86 today's N-Ewa TODAr ' EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, APK1L 13, 1934. - PRICE: on streets Sc news stands 5, NO. 102! i&E BflEETwaes m w Biorwi : : : ' 1 : . I WW, PAL TAGE RAID IN 1 1 ALICE STATION Ueradoes Get suiiei- proof vesw n Indiana Jail TRIPS OUTLAW gilantes Posse Forms Pursue Escaped Outlaw Pair To WU1SAW. lnd., April 13.-W.B : returncu i" 1" " . , - ' , . now rnul on fk. uuluriuus criminal paiou identified as Homer au v . i v nlntor and .:!. - Lwn nMocial- of the marauding Dil- Lett lied toutuwest wim a ! r nnnn his heels. L.,V: .,..rH nn the deserted Jifeuof Warsaw early this mornius .rt he and his conniaim.u intra Jud I'itteneer, nigm iiu..u. m iud former chief of police. . Tplna nlllinoer hvith automatic pistols shoved hiut his sides, l'ittenger was iure -. .k. tir. HpRnerndoes to the l .n.l nnlicn headauartera. if man believed to be Van Meter M Pittenger asmnst a wall wmie tlinser inckeil up three Bullet prooi ! and two pistols from the police here. "Ltt's take the old boy along wnn o be won't squawk too soon," llin.er said. nt.r" hi nnrtner said. : Tki. trofi tmt much for Pittenzer. !e trio was making its way down a :ht of stairs from the second floor Mm office with Dillinger following Id Van .Meter leading the way. Pillrnger kicked at the notorious ndit's shins and tripped him. Dil ,.p niti-iipd forward, snillinie the llet proof vests atop the other o mtn and all three rolled to the ft of the stairs. The noise awakened the night iver of a fire truck which is housed tha pita hnilflinF and he rail to the tut of the buildiing. Dilliguer picked I tee bullet prooi vests ana guns H leaped for a large blue sedan neb was parked at the front of the ilding, closely followed by his krtner. Although neither Pittenger nor the ra triipb iIpivap antr in. third fmber of the gang, it was believed I it one was present Pittin.fr had already spread the FBI fpnm tli nnll.a tlAnilniinPtAP E. .IVIU 111.7 I11FH1.1; U1UUIU.IL1.. irb hronfflit fiO mamhar. nf the "iriusko county vigilnntes to the Md'iiisrters m automobiles. ShOt ln. hl-i.llft.l tr.m tVi:. .pa a. frtpa tray after the outlaws. WEATHER NEWS OREGON: Pnrrlr ..lniiife tnnichr M Saturday : overcast on the const; er et portion; moderate cbnnge winds offshore. LOCAL STATISTICS- Minimum Irlur. Friday, 4."i degrees. Mni- ipiooarniure Thursilny, Ml ft"- Willnmalt pi.-ap 1 nf a fnnt. 'id from nnpil. 5IUSLAW TIDES: Saturday, high. '. m., l:i p. m.; low. 0:57 . :M p. m. SuiKlay, high, V2-.4S tll 1:42 til Inn Tir. a ni Jl V- m. Mmiday, high, 1:10 a. m.. p. m.; low. ,:ii . ,., 8;03 p. m. Roosevelt Sorrv Cr - ' Says Congress Had Fun Also WASIII.T.,V in Jident Koos.vrlt was welcomed - "i"n nis rinrida vacation todBy IIiki mitnhcrs of congress. I tint he truthful and say I am ' 10 ba hriM, l . .. t. I , . in rnjrrj, ue IOHI . Jocularly when cheering sub ,lal1 " "underful time. " ' b"ih houses of con- BilTa al.A - i.i ,m - m wnnueriui Unghter sreetrd'his sallies. The Tpi.innr.1 J-i ... r, '" ii aannn, leu PT ice- M B ,i"rnr '"k" Hniney. orer m i n,on station ' capitoi lhind the marine --'..ni miiMc crhoed. n '""idential train arrived ort rV,"1'- ,,anied by h-r -; A:n' h" 1",b1'- .T ;.; ' 1"n" ltoosevelt, and .,rH . "' immediately went li?!..'""1" "i "ry i-mk.r, f 700 "" - thtrnkee- the ''tima.'m cominis te VJ"'' OH tie ejected t. - c.i.riaa. nut there NAZI QUIZZER! While bitterness of feeling In the U. 8. over the Hitler regime was shown In spreading boycotts of German made goods, congres sional Investigation of Nazi and other foreign activities In the U. S. was begun by a special House committee, headed by Representa tive John W. McCormack, ahown at his desk as he mapped out plans for the probe. Wages Used Bulk of Money; Crowe Hails Work As Satisfactory A total of approximately J2S2.00O was paid out for wages, salnriea and tnnterinla In Lane county for CWA work from the time It began iu No vember of last year up to April 1, when the work ceased, according to figures announced Friday by O. E. Crowe, county commissioner and who was administrator of this relief work for Lane county. Of this aum, $221,0f)S.60 was paid out for wages of working men and salaries of office helpers and some thing over $00,000 for supplies and materials. The eiact figure for the lntter was not at hand. The maximum numlier of men employed in Lane county at one time was something over 1200. Commissioner Crowe devoted prac. tlcnlly hia entire time as administra tor during the period of CWA acti vity and often, after working all day. he would go back to the office and SEE CWA EXPENSE STORY PAGE 4 CARLOADINGS DROP WASHINGTON". April l.'l. fU.FD The American Hailwny asaocintion to dny announced carloadings of revenue freight for the week ending April 7 totaled 557.SS7 cars, a decrease of "iO.jTiO cara from the preceding week this year, but ad increase of 03.S-0 cars over the corresponding week in 11133 and 12.204 above the corre sponding week in 1032. To Be Back: been too much competition because "you people have Iwen going from work to Wirt." This also brought a laugh from the crowd. "Newspapermen on the train com ing up," .Mr. Itoosevelt snid, "have been trying to get me to say that I hoped congress would soon adjourn. "But I wouldn't say It, because 1 hope you can stay just as long as you like to. "To you younger men I want to point out from yeara of experience in Washington the advantages of the Washington climate. In July and Au gust it rarely gets above 110 degrees and there Is absolutely no humidity." This ironical statement also brought a laugh. The president added that "I don't mind If I stay all summer." He said that he was coming back "with all aorta of lesons I learned from harracndsri and sharks and I'm a gay." JVi .I..', mtilingly. Inviting the tmaaVva .nd see him as soon M wr Maa-f eerf mid them "I will lr.J m, of the tricki I l ; 9 . I LANE'S FOODS " WILL FEATURE DRIVE DINNER I 111 I llllllll -3 Local Produce Consumption To Be Boosted in Big- Campaign GEORGE BAKER COMING Former Portland Mayor To Be Main Speaker on Monday Night "Lane products on every Lane tnble" will be one of the slogtins of the Home products enmpnign to be conducted here by tho Kukpi.c chnm lnr of commerce nnd several tables full of r.Hiie county prnrfm-tx will be ready for the many wlit. attend the kick-off dinner at the Eugene hotel Monday evening, April 10, when ex Mayn (ieorue L. Baker, of Portland, will be the principal speaker. The purpose of this dinner ia to acquaint the buying public with tlip advantages of using local products nmM as part of that program, the kick off dinner will consist entirety of lo cal produce. Members of the com mittee in charge of the dinner met at Seymour's cafe Friday noon and re ported the ticket sale going good. Plan Entertainment Mr. Baker, manager of the Oregon Manufacturer's association, will talk on the benefits to he derived from a campaign of this sort, the local cam paign being planned . in connection with a state-wide campaign for the same purpose. .Carl Baker, chairman- of the kick off 'dinner committee, Friday ntimcd Karl Thunemnnn chair man of an en tertainment committee for the dinner as It is planned to have several fea tures presented at. the event. Women Invited Members nf the committee stress ed the importance of making Lane county housewives "home products conscious" during this campaign nnd for that reason housewives are urged to attend the kick-off dinner Monday night; Following the kick-off dinner, fur ther details of the actual campaign, which starts the following week, will he arranged. Window displays of home products, advertising and other meth ods of putting the Idea over to the public will be utilized. First of Mother's Day Stamps Given To Mrs. Roosevelt WASHTXOTOX. April 13. VP) .Mrs. Franklin P. Boosevelt today ac cepted the first sheet of the 250, 000,000 Mother's day postage stamps dedicated to her, and later said she would give them to her hnsbnnd, the stamp collector of the family. Postmaster General James Farley in making the presentation and dedi cation snid: "To you, Mrs. Roosevelt, the first Indy of the land, n devoted mother of a fine nnd happy family, I dedicate the first sheet of this new stamp issued in honor and memory of the mothers of America." Mrs. Iloosevelt replied: "I feel sure this will be one of the most popular issues of stamps we hare ever had in this country. It is beautiful In itself nnd beautiful In its sentiment, and I feel all will appre ciate It. The postoffice department is doing a great thing in honoring the mothers of America." The stamp will go on sale May 2. Attempt Made to Rob Junction Depot An attempt to rob the Southern Pacific depot at .1 unction City was mBde some time early Friday morn ing, according to information received at the office f the ntnte police here. A window In the office of the depot was broken out but there was no evi dence that the would-be robber enter ed the building, officers said. He was apparently frichtened away. The attempt to enter the building wns made between 4 and 0 o'clock, the officers were informed. Grand Jury Called To Meet On Monday The fine county grand jtiry was called to ref-onvene .Monday, April IM. and notire was given to the different members by a deputy sheriff to be on hand at 0:30 when enurf opens. Hinre the grand jury adjourned three weeks ago a number of Inv portant canes have coma np for atlenlion, including the Kleppey man slaughter case, three morula rases, two arson case and several otber'a of a minor tiatur WHERE'S THE v ij;-j:.5i,:s Clinton Junction, Okla., It only a -pack on the map at Ita best, but even that apeck was hard to find after six feet of water ruahed over the town when the Washita river went on a rampage aa ahown here. The rail atatlon kept Its equilibrium, but other buildings toppled be. fore the torrents. The flood took more than a dozen lives down stream. Insult Reaches Smyrna Ready For Trip Home SMYRNA, Turkey, April 13. OP) Samuel Insull. Sr., arrived today by trnin from Pandemia, preparatory to embarking on the H. S. Kxiiona for tkc United States. He reached here thin evening after a train trip of 175 miles from Pan demia. He left there at 0:4u a. m. On the train with him wns Burton .1. Berry, third iBocretnry of the United Stale emJiajKy In Istanbul: Rerry is to receive Insull from the Turkish autlioriliea on hoard the Kxilonn nnd accompany him to the United States where he l charaod with mail fraud and fraudulent bank ruptcy. City Elk Decide To View Exalted Ruler On Friday Beally, since the biy shot of the Elks was in town Friday yon couldn't hlnm them. Add to that it was Friday the Thirteenth nnd you have well, what have you? Anyway, all the elk of the ITen drick'a park xoo broke through their fence Friday morning and proceeded to look around them, possibly trying to get a glimpse of F.xaltcd Huler Meier, City police, park officials and others were called out in an attempt to round up the escaped herd of elk Friday afternoon and return them to their club rooms er, pens. "Gull" Show Sold Out Friday Night Seats for Friday night's perform ance of "What The (Julls Knew" at the Very Little Theater's playhouse were completely sold out at noon Fridny, and tickets fur the Saturdny night final performance were going rapidly. "We will be unable to have any Friday night tickets at the door," the management announced. "Sat urday night reservations will be sold at the door nnd at Mc.Morran & Washburne's and the University Co op till they are gone. "We are deeply grateful for the interest Lane.county people have shown in this production nnd regret it is impossible to continue beyond Saturday night because the theater must be cleared for rehearsals on "The Misanthrope." We will be glad to do 'The (hills agnin early neit fall, if there is a demand, hut those who want to see the show now must make early reservations for Saturday night'a finnl performance of this run." Eugene Man Named , SERA Supervisor It. II. Townsend. IMS I,nreme street, was appointed superintendent of construction on HKHA projects in this distrirt Friday. Mr. Town send, an engineer, will supervise various ptWe of convfmrtion work in Lane, Benton and Lincoln coun ties. Work n city projerts Is srheduled to start Mondny, according to Mr. Townsend, n bile work on county projects probably will tmt get under way for a few dsvs after that time. FARMERS PLAY HORSE FOKIJYCK, Ark.. April IX '4) Odd ie, (hiy and Ollie Word, unem ployed brothers who took up farming, were undismayed when they failed to rnie money to buy a mule to do the spring plottitijr, thiy hit'-hed Oddle and Ollie to the plow and they turned up tha BoiL Now they hava a good crop JUNCTION? Cooley and Trapp Declare Kingery Hired Them To Set Blaze Carrol Cooley and Lnwrence Trapp pleaded guilty in circuit court before Judge J, T. Brand, Friday nfternoon rift 2 o'elork.Uo the chnrgs of nraon. They had wuived vnw jury nction and appeared In court on an informa tion filed by the district attorney, They are accused of setting fire to a large poultry house on a form three miles east of Springfield, and owned by C. A. Wintermeier. No time wns set by Judiie ilraud for aentence, Ernest Kingery, who formerly own ed the property where it la alleged that Cooley uttempted to set fire to the poultry house, is accused by Cooley and Trapp of hiring them to fire the building, it was revealed by state and county officers Friday. Ny information has been filed against Kingery, charging him with arson, but the case will be taken up Itefore the grand jury, it was stated at the distrirt attoney'a office. There is a chnrge of receiving stolen prop erty against him and he ia in the county jail. Two deputies in the state fire marshal's office, have been here for several days investigating the case, assisting the atnte police officers and Sheriff Hwnrts. They snid that Cooley and Trapp mnde full confession of the crime nnd implicated Kingery as the "brains" in the case. Kingery lost the property where the- fire wns set through foreclosure proceedings, C. A. Wintermeier, the present owner, having obtained owner ship In this manner nnd officers be lieve that Kingery planned the fire in revenge. Cooley wns arrested by the officers last Saturday night in the net of setting fire to the building nnd Trapp wns found in a car nearby, admitting at the time that he took Cooley to the scene in his car. Communications Bill Is Approved WASHINGTON. April 13. P The modifieil IMII-Uajrhurn liill for federal regulation of rommunication tvaa approved today lijr the nenatc tuteratntc commerce committee. The bill introduced by recommenda tion of rreaident Ilooaevelt, would create a communication, communion of fite to take orer from the Inter Hlato commerce comminglon super vision of telephone and telegraph compnniea nnd from the radio coro mi.ffjon jurisdiction over radio com munication facilities, The modified bill would fire the commission authority to inquire Into contracts ltnecn affilintcd compan ies for services and equipment and recommend to ijgress whether leg islation should be enacted to permit them fo void or modify such contracts. 10 Italians Killed By Big Landslide . AT,KSSA.nitlA, Hair. April 13. (U.R) A landslide st the hamlet of Orandonn during the early hours of today killed ten persons, cauxed grave Injuries to two and made 'JOO of the towna population homeless, (irondona ia Stf sailes fmai here, Ahoat aifdaifttt tsr Inhabitants heard a loud rumblin Then n'mass of earth, boulders and trees crashed down the mountainous slopes and into their homes. Th dead Included one man, aeven wooes and U? cbildrt W DISORDER APPEARING III Strikes Spread Through Silk Mills, Die and Tool Plants WALKOUTS THREATEN Oil Workers May Quit; Plane Factories Are Affected By TUB ASSOCIATED PItKSS New disorders clouded the indus trial scene today, causing the arreHt of sixty persons in l'luladelphia. Further strikes threatened tn Con necticut, and glove cutters In lilovers ville, N. Y. are prepared to go on strike unless their wage demands arc met late today. The Philadelphia arrests were made when strikers pickets and police clashed in front of two knitting mills, Automobiles were stoned near one plnnt. Soma Get Raises Pickets were on duty at the Viscose compnny plant in lwistown. Pa., as the "lunch period' strike sprend through the force of 4,HK) employes. Less than 400 workers were report' el on duty. A crowd estimated at 1,500 milled outside. At least two developments gave a brighter hue today to the situation. Ten per cent wage Increases were annnuueed last night for all workers on boats operated by the Irfike Car- riera Association. If all 4(M) boats operated -by- members -nr n service this year about 13,000 persons will roeeive tho Increase. Bin ploy es of the Nash Motor com pany's Kenosha, Wis., plant voted to accept new w-age concessions from the compnny nnd end a six weeks strike, Tool Makers Out Klsewhere unrest grew nnd in some places was marked by violence. A strike of tool nnd diemnkers In 4Ti of Detroit's (t jobs plants be came effective at midnight. Approxi mately It.WO men are affeeted. The other 17 plants, employing 1,200 men. negotiated separate agreements. Two thousand workers at the Flee- SEE LABOR TROUBLES STORY PAGE 4 Last Castaways Taken From Ice By Russ Fliers MOSCOW, April in. 04 Soviet aviators, after weeks of hardships and misadventure, hnve succeeded in rescuing 102 Kussinn castaways from their two months' experience on float ing Arctic Ice. Dying through polar storms and effecting landings on a preenrious Ice floe, aviators brought the last six members of the Cheliuskin expedi tion to Cape Van Karem last night. Altogether, 100 persons, Including 10 women and two children, have been rescued since April 7. An aviator and meehanie hnd reached the main land in their own plane. Fifteen others have heen sent by dog team to Cape Wellen, whence they will be taken to Providence bay and placed aboard a steamer for Khnltnrovsk or Vladivostok. The re maining ones will he brought hack as rapidly as facilities permit. The final rescue expedition from Van Karem to pick up the lnt six castaways was made by the fliers Mo.okov and Knmanin who get cred it for rescuing the largest number of castaways. No Mail Delivered On Two Afternoons Pat cons of (he Eugene postoffice should bear In mind that there is no delirery of mail Inside the city Thursday afternoons and Saturday afternoons and no mail Is collected from tho street boxes those after, noons, PoNtmnster IK E. Yoran point ed out Friday. The postmaster's attention has heen called to the fact that postcards siinntiTirmg meetings have been sent through the office with the expecta tion that they would be delivered Thursday afternoon but otng to the curtailed aerviee the cards rescheil the addresses too Inte. If the public would keep this In mind, rielsy In delirery of nmil would bo avoided, the postmaster said. A FALSE ALARM POKTIiAND, Ore.. April lX-OP) -An attendant became alnrmed and called the sheriff' office when three men remained for (wo hours In a psrked automobile nenr his oil sta tion. Two deputies rushed to the. srena and brought back tha following report: 'Must some dairy workers dls cumiDg Ut price pi butterfoU" OR DISPUTE BRINGS INSULL! I - kit Taak of returning Samuel Intull, fugitive utilities magnate, to the U. 8. for trial haa been delegated to Burton Y. Berry, above, Ameri oan vice conaul at Istanbul, Turkey. T Western Lane People Plan Many Events for First Big Celebration Sunday, April 20. will be Rhodo dendron day in western Lane, with a big celebration and clambake at Flor ence, nnd the harbinger of the event wns State Representative I'.nrl Hill of Cushmnn, who arrived in Eugene Fridny bearing a Ifantiful cluster of the rare white rhododendrons which are considered a prize on the coast. "Plans are not flit complete," said Mr. Hill, "but you can tell people in the Willnmette rnlley and central Oregon that we want them to be with us on April 20, nnd we're going to do our best to give them a bang-up entertainment and western Inne hos pitality." The rhododendrons are coming out now and the coast ia iiNimiinlly beautiful, tsit we have picked on April 211 because we feel sure that by that time the flowers will be at their best," The Rhododendron day In western fjane Is the firnt of a series of events which the coast communities under the leadership of Edward W. Miller, serretnry of the Coast Highway as sociation, are planning to make the people of Oregon more conscious of the opportunities on the const. Western Lane Is regarded ns the heart of the rhododendron district and for that reason draws the first cele bration. Tnhkeiiiteh, Siltcoos, Munsel, Mercer, Sutton and all the lake re sorts In wentern I-ane will Join with Florence. Cunhmnn nnd Heecta I h in events of special Interest to Rhododendron day visitors. Portland Youths Admit Robberies PORTLAND, April 13.0P) Six hoys rnnging in age from l.'l lo IB yenrs were rounded up by city detec tives here todny in the St. Johns district and were snid by police to have admitted robbing nine stores in the past few days. Detectives snid considerable loot had been recovered. Much of the stolen goods was sold and traded.- From one store last night the youths were alleged to have taken 10 pnrkifges of tohncco. 10 cartons and 20 loose pnekages of cigarettes. PHI cigars, nnd tl7 pack ages of gum, candy and peanuts. Fruit Salad Dressing Is Prize Winner For Mrs. Christopherson By MARIAN I.WRY Without exception, this week's con test wns the tinniest yet for the judges to select the winners. Rut here are the awards for the contest oo "Recipes for Hnlnd Dressings." First prize of $1 to Mrs. V. O. Christopherson. rotue 2, Junction City. "Fruit Snlnd Dreeing." The eight prizes of 50 cents rarb to: Mrs. O. K. Burrell. l."V Nine teenth avenue east, Eugene, "Dressing Without Oil." Elds Lihke, 1ft l.'l Onyx street. Eu gene, "Inexpensive MnyonnaUe." Msrie Burn urn. route 1, Creswell, "German Siilsd I -reusing.' Kathleen Handy. 20 N. .1 street, foliage Grove, "Fruit Salad Dress ing." Mrs. Gilbert Cays, tVil Alder street. Eugene, "Something New in a French Dressing.' Mrs. R. G. Lninon. ?o Blair bou levard, Eugene, "Hot Mayonnaise." Mrs. W. H. Elliott, route 1, Cres mil, "Couked Cream JDrasainf." STUDENTS Nllie 1(1 Ml Johns Hopkins Meet Ends In Row, Cracked Heads; 8 Arrested HARVARD JOINS IN Grapefruit, Vegetables, Eggs Fly Thick and Fast in Historic Yard BALTIMORE, April 13. W5) An anti-war demonstration by liberal students of tho Johns Hopkins uni versity today turned out to be any thing hut penceful. Five minutes after the demonstra tion opened In a Hopkins assembly hall, tho air was filled with oratory. catcalls, overripe tomatoes and eggs of undetermined age. During the height of the disturb a nee a lioso was inserted through a window and the speakers and front row spectators were drenched. Three radio patrol cars responded to a rail for the police but no arrest were made. HARVARD TOO CAMBRIDGE. Mass.. April 13. G-P) Flying grapefruit and onions to day turned nn anti-war meeting of Harvard students into a burlesqu battle. . , The clash was between mora than 2,000 students gnthered In the Har vard Yard for tho anti-war conclave called by the National Student Lea gue, nnd tho Student League for In dustrial Democracy, and members of tho Michael Mullins Chowder and Marching club of Harvard. Ammunition Seized Vegetnhles filled the air. No on was hurt. This phase of the meetinf might hare been more widespread and longer had not yard police confiscated1 a considerable quantity of grapefruit before the hostilities began. While the anti-war groups attempt ed vainly tn address tho crowd vociferous group broke Into a rot SEE PEACE RIOTS STORY PAGE 4 TAXTUBLICITY IS VOTED BY US WASHINGTON, April W.UP) Tho senate today voted to make all income tax returns subject to public inspection. The publicity amendment wns approved 41 to 34. It adopted aiv amendment to the revenue bill by Senator La Follettt (It., Wis.), to this end after con tentions were made such a policy would serve to minimize tax-dodging. The proposal would make the re turns "open to public examination and Inspection" nnd would make it mnndntory that rules be promulgated by the aecretary of the treasury and approved by the president to permit this. "The real purpose of this amend ment is to incrense honest revenue to the government," snid Senator Norris (U.t Neb.), adding that secrecy reduces tnx collections. Senators McNnry and Steiwer of Oregon voted against the amend ment. Mrs. K. M. Brittain, Monro "Cooked Honey Dressing." It took a lot of work nnd thotinht to get nil the recipes sorted out and eliminated down to the nine. Be sure nnd watch for the forum each day this week, there are so many valuable salad dressing suggestions and recipes to he run. Remember, too, there la a neiy topic on, one on "Recipe for Straw berries." You may use the strawber ries In any fashion. All entries mut reach the Regii.tcr-t.uard by fl p. nu Wednesday. Below are the nine win ners for this week: Fruit Salad Dressing. " fl T. heavy cream 1 T. brown sunnr H t. minced onion. Pinch of muslanl M L nutmeg or cinnamon. Simply slir together and spread. It Is delicious; for a tart jellied salad use same recipe but whip erenm and substitute allspice for cinnamon.' SEEH OUREVvIveTs' Fory""" PACE a 'ii'