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feather: Fair Home Edition LANK COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAI'S NEWS TODAI EUGENE, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 21. 1936, PRICE: ON STREETS 8c NEWS STANDS Bo NO. 53. iniPEfMi w to ismse min DON SAYS Lring Eastward Nominee byB New Deal for Its Meddling OKAY TOMEETF. D. tote Receives nei Uation to TaiK un Drought Problems MOINES IS PLACE bBPAHK, N. T., Aag. 21. (P) 1 i.-t Wnrtcerolf tnrlnv His- WQCllt iiuvu- - L ao invitation to Gov. Landon LV niih1irnn nrsidpntinl fte, and the governors of Iowa, ii, Missouri and Oklahoma, to I Mo Sept. l aft JJes jiomes tor f a series of drought confer- Lilirly worded invitations went treo other governors for con- at other points, senators or litrt concerned also were asked Ittnd. The president will leave injton about midnight next Kit and return to Hyde Park hiij morning, September 5. Text oi invitation i ji text of invitation to Gov Landon, who is on his way cd his first campaign swing but kill hare returned to the west time the Des Moines meeting 14: . rou probably know, I am vest next week to get at first ill the information I can with In to the situation in the drought I ft plan to arrive in Des Moines iSCOWlIK fimWKTMrm HUGE FORCE t ran mKmifa-M -.uwrnm British Warn Spain To Let Ships Alone pwsii mmn SEE LANDON MEETING PAGE 2 om the Headlines By Deacon Richmond Small Boys Return Home of Own Aooord" " I'D two small boys, of five and tttide to leave their home, and lie world of men to mix. or saQ upon the foam, we know that they have a vision, gain ed from the story books, and they'll rue their rash de cision, for it's tougher than it looks. The' first few hours are wonder ful, while they are at their nlnv. hut w urea rm hunrtar.. i h of day; they miss their moth Mmnir arms and fnHWa N their freed olll lnKPfl nil itm -1..- .. . . . r- ucu oaj-iisnt Hours arc r Aod so they hurry home N. and mother meets them at fiM tucks them safe in bed. t. who now are three score M inOW the Wnrlrl ni.lto 11 W lave conquered all their "Mia off their riches sell to nut rh nanAA ..j i j - H auu JUJB BDQ F from ,n harms, that blessed . as little hoys, they fled --. arms. -Ihpir mem'rv 0 sacred stnr. tt, tsn.. i..V "'Mao, wnp mother ,),. r ' ni tucked the nf. ( Carl R. Baker photo Wiltshire engraving HOME will be Eugene hence forth to Eugene F. Skinner, grandson of the Eugene Skinner who founded this city. After living In other parts of the country Mr. Skinner says Eugene "beats 'em all." A reunion of the pioneer fam ily will be held In the near future, ON ROADS COSTLY Expenditures on Lane county roads during the present year up to A us. 1, have been more than $28,000 greater than during the same period in 1935 and more than $51,000 great er than in the firet seven months of 1934, according to figures announced by P. M. Morse, county engineer, Fri day. The amounts put on the roads in various parts of the county this year has been $158,091.65 as compared with $130,50.85 in the same length of time last year and $107,010.18 the year before. On the other hand, there is a balance of only $40,000 iu the road fund at the present time as against a balance of $91,000 at the same time in 1035 and $57,000 at this date in 1934. The increased cost of road work and the small amount left in the road fund is largely due this year, the en gineer explained, to the condition of SEE COUNTY'S REPAIR PAGE 2 Park Flag Ceremony To Be Monday Nite Presentation of a flag to the city of Eugene, to be used in Skinner Butte park, will be made at the meeting of the city council Monday night by the Commanders' council-of the war vet erans' organisation of Lane county. All veteran groups have contributed toward purchase of the colors. Judd Stauffer, commander of (he Com manders' council and department pat riotic instructor of the United Span ish War Veterans, will make the presentation. Action Independent Of Germany, Goes To Both Sides By ROGER D. GREENE (Associated Press Foreign Stuff) LON DO N A ug. 21 .OP) Great Britain, adoptiug a policy similar to that of Germany, today announced ''stern measures" would be taken ugaflnst any interference with her shipping in Spanish watera. Authoritative quarters snid in the event a British ship was fired upon, it would return three warning shots ahead of the offending craft and then, "we shall aim." Madrid Government Warned The Madrid government, those quar ters stated, has been informed that all British ships will be protected from interference, and it was made clear that in the event of untoward action by Spanish vessels, Great Britain will take equally firm steps to safeguard ner own craft. Informed quarters insisted the Brit ish action, while narallelinz that of Germany, was independent of the Reich. It was pointed out that Great Britain, since the beginning of the civil war, has made it clear to both sides they would be held responsible for injury to British nationals. Treat Rebels, Loyalists Alike British vessels from the start were escorted through danger zoneB. To day's warning that British ships would reply to kind to shelling applied also to planes of both the Loyalists and the Rebels which have been maneuver ing over Gibraltar. Germany now has 16 warships in Spnnish waters. Soviet Russia, the German press charged, hod taken over command of the Spanish conflict in an effort to set "the entire world aflame" for communism. France was reported reudy to de- TERROR OT 11 Arabian Nights" Code Key In Messages Sent to Exiled Leader DRAMATIC TALE TOLD Trial of 16 Conspirators Continues; Terrorism Is Laid Bare X i -v," fit v i DON'T TRY IT V1XCENNES, Ind., Aug. 21. (U.R) Merle Winters, 24, shoe factory employe, climbed in a bath tub to avoid the heat, reached to turn on an electric fan. A fire department, pul motor revived him. SEE BRITISH THEATENS PAGE 2 Mayor Miller of Junction City Wed Thursday Evening JUNCTION CITY, Aug. 21. (Spe cial). Mayor J. U. Miller and Miss Edna Fredricksen, daughter of Mr. end Mrs. James Fredricksen of Cush man, were morried here Thursday eve ning, the ceremony being an elaborate one at the Junction City hotel at 5 o'clock. Rev. Len Fishback of the Christian church officiating, Mr. and Mrs. Carl BHrup and Fay Miller were guests for the wedding. The couple stood before a background of greenery and flowers. The bride wore a white satin dress with train and a long veil. Following the service, a banquet was held at the hotel for the bridal party, a huge wedding cake decorating the banquet table. Mayor Miller 1ms operated the Mil ler chapel here for many yenrs. His bride has been bis assistant for some time. Fehl's Appeal Goes To Supreme Court SALEM, Aug. 21. 04s) Appeal of the habeas corpus proceeding filed by Electa Fehl to obtain the uncon ditional release of her husband, Earl H. Fehl, from the state penitentiary, was in the state supreme court today. Fehl, ex-Jackeon county judge, was recently 'conditionally paroled from the prison after serving two years and four months of his maximum four-year term for ballot theft. By CHARLES P. NUTTER (Copyright. 193H, by The Associated Press) MOSCOW, Aug. 21. The story of how a copy of the Arabian nights was need as a secret code between Russia's amazing anti-Stalin conspir ators gave a fantastic touch today to the trial of 16 confessed plotters. A bewildered, discomforted pris oner, Edward Solonionovich, solemn ly recounted how he acted as liaison man between T. Smirnoff, head of the Moscow Trotzkyites and Syedoff, Leon Trotzky's son in Berlin, with a copy of the book the most import ant piece of his baggage. Code Is In Stories "Smirnoff gave me a copy of the Arabian Nights," the witness related. "which, in some way which I do not remember, served as a secret code. Upon meeting Syedoff in Berlin I handed him Smirnoff's report on eco nomic and political affairs of the U. S. S. R. and the Arabian Nights code." Leon Trotzky, the celebrated exile, has been accused by both the govern ment and the defendants ne the mas ter. ef- the plot, embracing not one but many attempts upon the life of Dictator Joseph Stalin. Nioe Old Mr. Trotzky Holzmanu, a reluctant witness, told of a meeting with Trotzky in Copen hagen at which he quoted the exile as saying: "The only way to remove Stalin is through terror." Bombs labeled "diploma" were to be delivered to Stalin as he stood atop the tomb of Nikolai Lenin, it was testified. f k r.ixit.i: ' "-J a haycrouw: rviUDlT ''.' LAI 11L ' ?s ysi '4. Olympic Committee Accused of Greed NEW YORK, Aug. 21. OP) Jere miah T, Mahoney, former president of the Amateur Athletic Union, today charged that the United States Olym pic team "was inefficiently led by individuals seeking their own aggran dizement rather than the comfort and success of the teams." Mahoney de plored in a long statement the dis missal of Mrs. Eleanor Holm Jarrett, tho dropping from the international Olympic committee of Ernest Lee Jahncke and the suspension of Jesse Owens, Radicals Clamoring To Free Prisoners SALEM, Aug. '21 . UP) PIpah urg ing the pardon of Dirk Dejonge, Portland, and Edward Denny, Eugene. from the state penitentiary, have come to the executive office by the hundred, Governor Martin said to day. Dejonge is serving seven years and Denny two, for violation of tho criminal (syndicalism law. Carl R. Baker photo WiltKhlre engraving. rilOYS AND ORNAMENTS of Interesting variety are among the craft exhibits of the summer's work of I 1L. P .....I. ..... .11.-1-. at MmMmmhkh - -mm VA9.UUihm. Ml.. A i-l.t. ins tUUCIIS rOUIQaviun ecitlVOi livn uii uiauinr at. niviiiuunii- anu aanuui iiw a oiuibi in '"o Davis Is holding a gaudy parakeet and a clever reproduction or tnat spmacn-eating om warrior, Kopeye E! Mrs. Ruth Hinegnrdner, recently of Portland, Friday assumed her duties tw county health nurse connected with the Lane county health unit, taking tho place of Mrs. Delia Fit7.gernld, who has transferred to La Grande. Mrs. Hinegardner has been in the of fice of the health unit for several weeks whilo Mrs Fitzgerald was in attendance at the school for health nurses In Portland. , Mrs. Hinegardner has had wide experience. She Is a graduate of tho Presbyterian hospital training school in Chicago, took post graduate work in the Children's Memorial hospital in that city, was engaged in public health nursing and social service work at the University of Jowa and spent two and a half years as supervisor of the chil dren's hospital there. She was also with the St. Louis Children's Hospital for a yenr and for two it ml a half years was supervisor of the Moline, 111., health center. After til 11 1 the wns with tho Rocke feller Foundation and spent six months in China. She was engaged in public health work in Umatilla county four yearj and tho lrst year and n half she was with tho Portland health board, in the school division. Western Lane Gets Glimpse of Hoover On Way to Eugene Former President Herbert C. Floor pi, Mrs. Hoover and Mr. and Mrs. W L. an Antwerp, Polo Alto, were expected to be in Eugene some time Friday on their way over the Cascades to Bend. The partv left Marshfictd at btenkfust time, Friday, planning to come north rn the Const highway to Florence and on in to Eugene. They will go south to California from Bend. This will be the .former president's third visit in this section in tho pnst. fw months. He was here over the Fourth of July week-end on a fishing trip up the McKenzie and earlier In the spring came through on his way to Portland for a state republican meeting. BREVITIES STATE PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21. OP) Prices averaging "much higher" than for any season since 1025-20 are in piospect for Oregon potato growers, tho U. S. department of agriculture said today. A recent forecast of the department put the Oregon ' produc tion at 6,880,000 bushels, compared to 5,070,000 bushels in 1035 and a five-year average of 5,084,000. The Unied Slates funu price of 70 cents in the 1935-36 seaaon is expected to Le doubled this yenr and may go three times above the 47-cent average of 1034-35. On July 15, the average farm price of potatoes was $1,41 0 bushel, compared to $1.37 in June and-5i! cents a year ago, PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 21. OP) A sharp increase in new business but a falling off in production appeared in tho western pine industry iu the pnst SEE WIRE BREVITIES PAGE 5 4 In a grand wind-up of the all-city playground activities for the summer season, the members of the four play oreas, Condon, Frances Wil'ird. Lin coln and Hkiuner Butte, will gather Friday for nn nfternoon and evening of fun and frolic in carnival fashion. Starting at 3 o'clock in the park area behind Hkinner Imftc, (hero was a swimming carnival, with diving, re lay and swimming contests for rib bons In the various events. At. 5:30 there was to bo a picnic with liberal helpings of Jro cream, buns and Wern ers going the rounds. At. 7:30 the musi cal program sfnrtu, with a rhythm l.und contest, between the various schools, follmvod by the playground band and orchestra. The main attraction throughout the day was the ' Midway, sponsored by the various playgrounds. Skinner Butte has const meted a fishpond, Tln coln a niggerhnby booth. Frnnres Wil lird is conducting a game nf lti no and Condon has prepared n "stmlcuduoiis" sideshow. Admission to all conces sions will bo the trivnl sum of one penny. PUZZLE TO COURT Mumblings of connections with a million-dollar British mining syndicate and references to the House of Mor gnn, failed to keep F. Edward Brown out of jail for failure to pay a $10 board bill. Brown wns sentenced-to ten days In the county jnil by Municipal Judge Cal M. Bryan Thursday morning fol lowing his trial at the city hall. Brown was arrested on n warrant sworn out by Mrs. 11. L. Sibley for a $10 board bill when she saw his picture in The Register-Guard recently in connee tlon with his matrimonial ventures, Brown testified that he was retain ed by a British mining syndicate in London, the nnmo of which he refus ed to give, ou a stipend of 10,000 pounds a yenr, and when culled to actlvo duty received 250 pounds r day with expenses' In addition. When asked by District Attorney L, L. Ray and Mr. Bryan, to cable to London for funds to a financial agent which he snld took care of his investment, Brown pointblnnk refused. "I won't cable to Loudon," eniri he. He asked for Mrs. Sibley to dismiss her charge and asked the court to parole him for a few days so ho could raiRC the money to pay her. Given the choice of cabling London 10 BENEFIT Action Here Follows Raise To Employes of Big Plants at Salem CONDITIONS IMPROVE Large Pack and Improved Sale3 Outlook Justify Payroll Policy Within the next day or so the Eu gene Fruit Growers' association will announce an advanced wage scale, i(j wns reported by E. A. McCornack, manager, Friday. Announcement of the pending ralssi here follows word from Salem that two of the canneries there had boost ed the minimum wage scale and that a third had posted notice it was to ad vauce the minimum wage, ' . Statement Is Issued 1 Mr. McCornack made the follow ing statement: , ' . 'The Eugene Fruit Growers' bbso-i elation has always kept In step with) other packers of tho northwest in establishing a wage scale as well as) iu production methods and we except to go as 'far in this Instance as pro duction problems will permit. ' "As a growers' organization we havflj to consider the position of our pro ducers and the effect a substantial in crease in labor cost will have on pro duction. On some items our growers: have been getting by with a reason able profit. On others, such as prunes and pears, growers hnvo, for several years past been producing below cost of nctunl operation. . ' Prlee Increase Expected "With advancing prices, we will be able In some instances to protect our growers against added labor costs, by in turn advancing our prices to tho trade. In other items this is not possi ble and any added Inbor cost would! he borne directly by the producing farmer. "We have also to consider consume SEE BROWN MYSTERY PAGE 5 4 100 Tons of Pears Come in Daily Now At E. F. G. Cannery Pears are coming in at the plant of the Eugene Fruit Growers' asso ciation now at the rate of 100 tons daily. Canning of the ppnrs will get under way about the middle of next week. Lane county has a very good crop of the Bnrtlelfs this yinir. The cannery is also working on (lie Green (juge plums and tomatoes. ' ( Munition continue in full swing on the rntinty's bumper crop of green beans, three shifts being maiutninrd still to can thorn. Beets and corn also are bring canned now. Shipping from the plant continues active. SEE EUGENE CANNERY -PAGE 2 , ' WEATHER NEWS Thursday's maximum hit the sea son's high mark, reaching 01. Friday wus to be considerably cooler, a high fog and clouds prevailing through most of the morning. The Willametto river also has hit the season's low mark to date, minus two feet. Us ti ally during the summer ft gets lower than that, however. The forecast is: OREGON Fair tonight and Sat urday, but generally cloudy in north west portion and on coast; slightly cooler In east and interior of south portions Saturday; moderate change able wind off const. LOCAL STATISTICS: Minimum tempernture, Friday, 50 degrees; maximum tempernture, Thursday, 01 degrees; stage of Willamette river in Eugene nt 7 a. m. Friday, minus 2 feet; wind, northwest. SIUSLAW TIDES: Saturday, high, 3:34 a. m., 3:28 p. m.; low, 0:20 n. m.t 10:20 p. m. Sunday, high, 4:19 a. m 4:02 p. tn.; low, 0:47 a." m. Mondny, high, 5:14 a. m., 4:13 p. m.j low, 10:21 a. m. 2yT7yrwT?r TTrr""T' " Tv, rr! B nnV.r nhoto Wiltshire engraving from Oregon SUte College. It hi. been procenlon through won- on the E. L. Cox f.rm, even youngiter. barkening to the explen.tlon. City, the Thletledown firm north of Eugene on the P.etflo highway. E, o- . v . . . ,. derland of "quality and quantity" production, and Mr. Fletcher tiyi Next la a broad view of a tract of an beini In which two men the Cloverleaf dairy which la ualng the new flood Irrigation from, FARMERS have taken part In the two-dy Irrigation oroblem la no longer to Intereat the farmer In Irrigation but to "neck high" In vlnea are lint visible In the foreoround. The third nle- oravtv ditches, and It anrinri .1 ih. R.lnh p. L.lrd farm northwest L f Lan county under tha leaderthlp of County Agent O. 8. show how It can be accomplished Immediately. The picture on the ture shows a demonstration of open field preparation t tse R. E. of Jasper where large tracts of clover are being watered from a) and Arthur King and Evered Davis, extension specialists left shows an Interested group studying 1 special water connection Corum farm. Friday- trip took In the J, W. Wynn place mm Wyj taw-pressure sllp-iolnt system.
