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Home Edition Unes bomb airport DnvmlttA Liese rorcea uwv Attack; Casualties Are Heavy IF NTS IN. China. .Inly t". P) I hundred .inpanesc iroups L .k- r-ici- Hnnei mid Fenctai fcaj junction parris-ms began to- i eoncfrtpd and rtirprt nmirK en ncip.it and w.illcd citv 01 :hcut awaitinz arrival of further thcukunan reinforcements, the L-.. Airortiti thfir Httnck aeainst ,7 from the east and the south. twins drove to the very tw of the ancient capital's walls fcctnr trucks and undr tne protec of armored cars and .Tapane.e in trmfD, supported by light field nat trnnnc tllfrAcHpfl in rpmOV- uotinni nf rniltrnv trnolf Kkirtincr inn i hem snd pnstem wnlls of Iinj. to prevent the approach of fie irraored trains. Chinese Withstand Assault ftp Chinese defenders, semi-offi- Chinee reports said, withstood insult. pp Japanese ittackers were fore In content themselres with estab rni a virtual blockade of two sides hinine. - - - p Japanese also ucceeded in Ing communication and supply betiveen Peinine and Nan- I barracks, immediately to the b. The two Chinese hrigndes sta- bp'l thfre TTPI-O nit riff frnm rtrhac p f the Chinese 20th route army. SEE NIPPON FORCES PAGE 2 FAS RING TON. Julr U?) Bnue nrprrode tnAar- Prwi pelt's veto nf fl hill 'to continue mtrtn rates on farm loans for ICOr TOBI-C F in a two-thirds mnini-itr nf Fi required to nTerride. Speaker fmimq announced the rote was ptenate has ret to art. flciion Pam(, aftpr an hour.g nunne which the chief execu- ! ebjprtiont: in u i f "iticued and defended. "tne 5mn(J tjmp tIljs spf.si(in Bftw had overrinden a veto. Sev- aeo it jr,mP(I the Renntp " hicfa World wnr viMn. invert term l,fP insurance IU TELL ONE . By BOB BI RXR CiTT T,m , . . f .11 !.. of Jnu ,hat V-JLj1. to it. Th ..'. I t h r pooplc thf.'p unfor t'ltint" raiis hy fi'lout a thought ""1 t h . i r oon. f.' inoe is rnsP hy f.'-t thst they 111" d'.imt.l to a I'rtrp 8ociation - i.k rare of : ,h,Br.;r.. ,o r,,rh in "d ... Vr ?" ',!Kk h"'" .i -I lb. Sl'.'"y sittin' l5ri,.t.:r"f ', ""-'I with all k.,-t, . k"' "r""'"l him. " '"'PH ,i , '" nnrl h m.m nrs. -"r it's got 1 f- - ni a y h . I tar., fifty hot th. "'in far., ,n Tn. iran ar . -i .-r- l.vr tl";? I 'tt ;res. Inc. 1 - yyK jkww rrr Ji WKwww ryw I ' LANK COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. 1 today'8 news TODAt EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1937. . PfiiOE: on news stands 5c; traIss 8c NO lg jfilRCE ! fp teifilL ' ' RUSS PLANE ' mmt- .. P iis rW-4f sighted by MPINte-. REIMESQAf fWI TELEGRAPHER Mese Bombard Ancient S If ' Miss LaVonne Ledalil To Be 'if Soviet Trio Makes Fast Chinese City; Troops A n ' . Queen Susannah IV fo,A.S & IjS Dash Across Arctic ArenWay tf AtBigBall L 4gaq? J J Into Canada . r ' " - ROYAL COURT FORMED ff'MVt'Oi I ' ' MAY PASS OVER HERE VV . SiSL iJfZ. ' KvSftWH I Bad Weather In Rockies t ,A--"TKX- 'K FiS . ff.-V Vy ' S Ca.s Big Ship To . s Jf . ' V" Hr0ts "Vt fi Veer Eastward " bra. ion bofnri. nr.r.n,.ilv orow,! I k 1 P WT X VV V I ;IEV j I'rincrss Parly at lln nrmor.v Mem- , J I ,l X J . f s V V Vltl ' ft f T I - iimT f 1, JJrkm l-tool ihis sprins. was born in Cros. ,Y - i vV! I V h -1 V.- WxYN Kennrll-Kllis photo. Wiltshire; oncravinK- P LAYING one of the important parts in the Oregon Trail pageant of which he is the author, will be Prof. W. F. G. Thacher, of the university faculty, shown here costumed for the part of "The Spirit of the Pioneer." A BO ATtP AITimAFT rARRTF.R T.FA'INT.TOX, OFF HOWLANP IS LAM"). .Inly 13. (TP) Sixty plnnes roared from the deck of the l.oxineton today in a Inst mijrhty effort to locate Amelia Earhart and her nnvisrator, Frederick J. Xoonan, lost 1 1 days npo. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HONOLULU, July 13. The prent est air force ever assembled for a mid -Pacific search fi.1 planes was fueled today to pkim atmie the equator in the navy's last efforts to find Amelia Earbart. misinp 11 days in one of the world's loneliest regions. If weather conditions are favorable the planes will zoom from the aircraft carrier Lexineton's deck to survey an area of 30.000 square miles centerinp about bleak Howland island, which the oviatrix and her n.ivientor, Fred erick .7. Noonan. missed on a flight from New Guinea. Officials said the giant enrrier. ex pected to reach the search area by dawn, was hampered last, nipht by a tropical storm which mipht delay the aerial senrch. While the Lexinpton nenred How land after a journey from San Diego via Honolulu, the const guard cutter Itasca, pioneer in the Tast hunt, headed toward the Gilbert islands, 6Kl miles west of Howland. Active Club Picnic Held at Boys' Camp On Big Fall Creek Boys encamped on Fall creek In the annual Active club boys' summer camp entertained members nf the Active club at their, camp Sunday when the club's annual summer camp picnic was held. Approximately 40 Aetivinns and their wives and friends attended. In the morning, members of the camp played a baseball game with the Active members and at noon a picnic lunch was served in the camp dining house. In the afternoon an other baseball game was played after whirh many went swimminir in the ramp swimming pool in Big Fall creek. An exhibition of swimming strokes whs given by the following boys in camp: Louis Rail. Rny Cooler, Frank .larvis. Wayne Hubbard. John Shear er. Alvin Morris. Rr-hert Lewis. R..b ert Calhoun, John Wray. Mike Col lins Walter Sims Rob Wdls and Pat Collins Junction City Man Hurt in Auto Wreck I.. C. Martin. of Junction City, is in the Eugene hospital suffering 'rom a fractured r and fractured rib. the result of an automobile accj. 'lent Mondav evening about 0 o'clock. t .Attending phrsicinns reported his con dition a "f.iir." on Tuesday. Accr.rdin? to information rcei'-d from Junction City. Martin car left thp hi:hn ah-011 a mile and a hnlf oith iS-.f Io-ti. ?'wz inm a di'cti. He alrne in the nin'hioe An ambulance from Lug-n brought him to the lorg hospital. Oregon Trail Call Board TODAY 7:':JO p. m.: Special rehearsal of women's choral pro.ip and special male chorus at St. Mary's Catholic church. 7:30 p. m.: Pageant binding chorus meets at Methodist-church. 7:30 p. in.: Meeting of men in Gene Edwards Indian war dance at Me Arthur court. There is still room for a few more dancers. Those interested should re port at tonight's rehearsal.. Wednesday 10:30 a. m.: Serpentine boys (0 to 12 years of age) meet at the fair grounds for rehearsal. I'oys are still needed for this groi.p. They will be asked to furnish their own costumes. 10:30 a. m.: Flower girls (o to 7 years of age) meet for practice at the fairgrounds. '2 p. m.: Children in dancing chorus living near River Road or St. Mary's playground meet there for practice. 8:30 p. m.: Those in the Indian war dance meet with Gene Edwards at the fairgrounds. All soloists in the pageant cast are asked to meet with the orchestra on SEE TRAIL CALL BOARD PAGE 2 97-iffillE T When the Eugene fire laddies ride down Willamette street in the Oregon Trail Pageant, it will be on a 97-year-old fire truck. Of 1S40 vintage, the ancient but not decrepit vehicle will be entered in the Pioneer parade by the Lane County Fire Fighters association. The truck has "held its age" re markably well. It s still a brick red affair, although its color has been dulled somewhat by the years. A "band-pumper" fire engine that represented a considerable improve ment when Van Buren was president, the engine came around Cape Horn in 140. destined for Walla Walla. There it served until when it was ship ped to Newport, where it remained in use until lf23. This represented S3 years of con tinuous service. The "hand-pumper w pumped nn encli side of the truck by a crew of Id men. The truck was trans ported by man -power, nnd the fire extitigiiisher wns cylindrical in shape. I'luns are going ahead for the Kire Kighters association to don the fMiivenf innal fire-f ichtinc equipment of IM" during the pHgeaut weekend. Queen, Princesses To Attend Luncheon Queen Susannah IV nnd th prin re. of the Oregon Trail pageant, will be honored at a luncbeon Friday noon at the Eugene hotel, being given ht the chamber of commerce, fnvifa-ti'-nv have been s-'nt out to the candi ditc. and members of 1 annus or CnuaMnn who nn'.ored tje randi rie are aUo welcome. Hlue-eycd LaVonne l.edahl, candi date nf the Act ive rlub. with due pomp and corenmny was crownet ljueen Susannah 1 Y of the fourth triennial Hregun Trail Pagennt cele bration before a near-capacity crowd ' ' 'yiK-fn Su-nnnah IV of the fourth! . 1 ,1 V V X'' I f ! of H.VMl persons who attended the Princess Parly at the armory Mon- day ni;:ht. Her Majesty is the dauch ter oi Mr. and .Mrs. Carl A. Ledahl of Eugene. Miss Lrdnhl. w ho completed her high school educalicn at Eugene high school this spring, was born in Crop, by. North Dakota. March IMS, and came to Eueene two years ago. Royal Court Formed Nine prircesses will form the royal court of the fourth pageant which will reign over ihe three-day festivi ties. They are: Dorothy Ann Rader, Zonta club; Dorothy Elsensobn, Wo men's Relief Corps; Ruth Chambers, Kiwanis; Maxine Nelson, Latter Day Saints; Mary Hunt, Rntnry club; Phyllis Paine, Townseinl club; Martha Guild, Lions club; Lorrnine Renrds ley, Junior Chamber of Commerce; and Marjorie Scobert, Elks club. The queen was selected by Mnyor Kyle of Florence and Mayor Scar borouch of Creswell and was intro duced by C. A. Lombard, chairman of the queen's committee. Gala Street Parade Selection nnd coronation of the queen followed a gala street parade through the streets of the city and featured a program of old-time west ern entertainment, a serenade of the royal court and modern dancing. Hal Young, pageant choral director, offered two selections and serenaded the queen nnd her princesses. The Wheelers, a group of eight couples, danced a rye waltz. A square danor and several old-time songs rounded out the program. Radio Messages Of USSR Plane Are Heard Here Faint radio messages from Ihe Russian plane now speeding over the polar wastes were received in Eugene early Tuesday morning by Leonard Kearney, local radio enthus iast. The calls were barely discernible, according to Mr. Kearney. Only means of identification wns furnished by the call letters, RETET. The messages have been regularly received at El lensburg and Seattle, but. as far as can be determined, this was the first reception of the messages in Lane county. Bandits Rob Grant County Bank Monday JOHN DAT. July 13. fP) As state police and locul officers search ed the timberland areas near here for the three men who robbed the Grant County hank 1rst night. Cashier Edwin T. Way announcid .-ecovery of all but about SJJl of the $TitX stolen. He said the bulk of Ihe cash wan left in the road where the men over turned a car. Officers are still search ing and may find more coins and cur rency, h said. 1 i (iniii T.;..t- 1 ij 1- 1 -i w i?v f x m m Townsend Princess Artistic; Is Fine Amateur Photographer By SID KING -cause that way I met lots of people After excitedly exploring ft big anf ma,p many frirn(jRi" he savs. oeean-going steamer about to sail Has ArtHtlc Ability from San I rancisco to New lork via ' the Panama canal, a little girl of 12 Possessing considerable artistic ran down the gang-plank as the ability. Princess Phyllis plans to en vessel was about to sail. As she ter the University of t Iregon tlu reached the dock and went out into fn)I, majoring in art. At high school, the st reet, several taxi-cab dri ers .he whs active in art clnsses ami rush'-d toward her, waving their helped paint the murals on the bands in their usual manner of bid ding for a passenger. Rut the sight of these men dash- ' ing toward her frightened the girl of 1J nnd she beat a hasty retreat into the shelter of her father's arms. , That was Phyllis I'aine's first ex perienee with taxi drivers and ehe still remembers bow frightened fhe was. 1 i-rmcess rnyius. sponsoreq nr inn Eugene Townsend clubs graduated from the Eugene high school this spring, after haum attending ap- prmtmafely 1$ srhooU. j We moved a lot so I attended a lot of schools, but I anjojed it be1 Rcginlor-tiuard photo. Wiltshire oiiRravinc; ALL HAIL QUEEN SUSANNAH IV! Amid thunderous applause, LaVonne Ledahl, sponsored by the Eugene Active club, was seated on the royal throne at the Eugene armory Monday night after ahe had been selected by the two judges as winner of the queen contest. She is shown here as she happily received the plaudits of the packed armory. Miss Ledahl Has Busy Day As She Starts Reign As Queen Tm a little dazed, but I liko it!, Swamped with telephony calls offering congratulations, engagements for various events which" she must keop straight. Queen Susannah IV (Miss, LaVonne Ledahll spent a busy morning Tuesday as she got her first taste of what royalty must expert. "I never was so surprised In my life nnd I know I never was so happy," exclaimed the beautiful Queen Susiinnah IV, as she hustled from a radio program to luncheon from whirh she must hurry to tbn photographers for a studio picture. More than 100 ministers and lay representatives convened at the Uni versity of Oregon Tuesday afternoon for the three-day session of the 47th annual synod of Oregon. Following election of moderator for the coming year, scheduled for late Tuesday afternoon, the synod will take up Christian education in schools and colleges. A special report will be delivered on Albany college by Dr Thomas W. Ribb, and the results a recent survey of thi institution will le given by Rev. J. Hudson I In Hard, Portland. The retiring moderator. Rev. J. K. SEE 47TH PRESBYTERIAN PAGE 2 wnM. of th. main hallway., ppi-t-ing the rarloiia rour.. offi-rH by the school. When she completes her conre at Mm university, she plans to join her aunt. Irene Rngh, who conducts a commercial art studio in New York. "At first I thought of going east this summer, but I was afraid that if 1 dJd I might decide not to go to nrhnn kUpt nUt j Mt jt woM h nt tn tav nr(. Rn,, fini,n nT rfnir before starting work in the M,,dio." ,he Townsend prince.. Md. . SEE PRINCESS STORY PAGE 2 it s so rxcinng 1 nanny Know what's going 011 nnd I hope I don't get used to it !" Short ly after J 1 o'clock Tuesday morning, Queen Susannah nnd her royal court composed of nine prin cesses went to rndio station KKE where each wns interviewed for Ihe benefit of the radio listeners. Prior to that she was kept busy at the telephone, answering calls from her many friends and receiving invita tions to functions with which she will he kept busy during the coin- few weeks. There was the studio cniimg to mane an appointment mr her picture and newspaper society editors wnnhng Sunday editions. pictures for Ihe The dressmakers also took 1111 pnrt , ' , t , proper a of completion. During Ihe coming days the entire royal court will he transported from one town to anolher as they meet city digni taries nnd others, inviting them to the Oregon Trail pageant here this month. It will be a busy time for nil of them, but like Queen Susannah, they are all enjoying it. ''Everyone has been so grand to ine. it's hard to find words In ej . press how I feel," she exclaimed, "f won lil like to thank all those who have made it possible for me to lake part in this celebration nnd I shall do my heM to live up to the traditions of the pageant royalty,' Another Steel Mill Reopens On Tuesday EAST CHICAGO, Inrl . Juh Idle for Ki dny, t-e VP) orkers marched peacefully through gate of the Yntltig'tnwn Sheet and Tube coin- pnny plants here and at Smith Chi-! cfigo todny to re mi tne production at the lat of the strikebound Calumet district milK The g- te uere marked with large notices thst "This plant is ''n for work on the ronditi'-r.r. whsch eti!eO wnen work was stopper) nn May L'O " The reo.ening wa herabb-d n a victory bv the rival fn'-tions in lie hitter sleel dipu'e thill at one lime affected I'llrfKI workers m Seven states and in which l.i persons hi their live. FIRST HEAT WAVE My THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Showers and clouded skies relieved a hire0 part of ihe nation toclny from Ihe scorching temperatures of a week long heat wave. Mdcorolo-M J. R. Lloyd at Chi cago said more ruin was expected to day biit that the pluins shit cm prob ably would he dry and warm tomor row. New York and New England states were cooler hut temperatures soared iiirniii in South Atlantic slates. An Associated Press survey showed :il least 3o7 persons in ''." states died from causes ntl ribulable to the pro longi'd heat wave. New York led with a total of (Is. New Jersey had 111 and Connecticut In t 'hicngo two heavy downpours esterdny sent temperature down lft (igrces inun ine nays nign 01 "-v N))fl jni.,)(1(( ((f rninfn, f,((M,, 1 reels and basements of business houses nt It lock ton, la. The first rain since rnid-.Iune checked the heat in northern South Dakota. Showers alr broke tin- liol - in the New England state.. Heavy ruins lust niubt caused nnevtiiniiieil ihinume in rural) district near Wheeling. W. Yn. J 'One-Man Nudist Colony" Caught The "i-utct little nudist' who hor rified cil i.enji and baffled police as he flitted along the NTillamette rner, wns in the county jail Tuesday at I leant this was the hope of Mute po- j lice who have conducted the search j for the "one-inn n nudist colony." Homer GVdwell. 'J", transient from i California, was tentai ively Identified as tint individual who startled Wil li. tnetle river residents intermittently, 'I here w us no charge filed Tuesday afternoon. Three timei during the laxt weekend, police had been culled out on complaints of a nude man running shout the, hank' of the river. First Serious Fire In Southwest Oregon MARSH FIELD, July 13'4, Tim f irel sertoii forest fire of the season in southwestern Oregon de stroyed nnre than -10i,0(mi hoard feet of decked log- owned by the lute nnil ioit;il I cdsr ' 'ompjiny. The fire entered O'l srres of hurnei) over land in the Ken von mountain dis trict of Camai alley. EDMONTON". .Inly 13 (Cana dian National telegraphs operator at Csk, R. C, KM) miles east of Prime Ruperr. W. C, telegraphed here today at 11:00 a. 111., P.S.T., he saw an airplane which he believed to ha the (ranspolnr Russian machine, there. lie said the machine was fly ing "straight south." Canadian National telegraph of. flees advised that I'sk is in a poorbr inhabited district nnd there was littba they could do immediately to get further word of the airplane from olber points. The message from T'sk did not de scribe the airplane which the oper ator saw, and Efforts to get a de scription were not successful Im mediately. Another airplane wna reported over ermihoii. Alia., anout 1.11 miles east of F.ilmoutfxn, at noon, but airport officials here said thay thought it. was nn airplane which took off from here 40 minutes enrlieS for Prince Albert, Snsk, NEARINQ U. S. SEATTLE, July 13 P The three Russian transpolar flyers wire lessed the army signal corps here at 11:20 a. m., today they were 400 miles north of the international boundary nnd 1.10 miles south of Fort St. John, R. C, east of the Rockies. The message added : "Everything Is all right, t dont receive you." This was after they had asked route suggestions and a messnge had been transmitted advising them to turn east to avoid storms. Fort St. John is In the Peace River blork, near the Alberta bonn dry. A position 100 miles south of there would put. the plane about due west of Grande Prairie, Alt a., and close to the fifith degree of Intitude. SEATTLE, July 13 (A) At 10 a. in. todny. the army signal corpa here reported the Russian transpoldr flyers wirelessed "advise where to SEE SOVIET FLIERS PAGE 2 The Industrial and business worH is up against a terrific contest and the only possible hope is for the American citixens to awaken nnd ex- nress their lovnltv to iiemoeratic in- stitutions and to realize their re sponsibility in maintaining those in stitutions and the principles involved in them, declared C, C. Chapman, Portland, editor of the Oregon Voter, in a tnlk on "The Labor Situation'1 for the Rotary meeting, Tuesday noon. So involved is Ihe labor question with government at this time that it has to be discussed openly and frankly n the onlv way to do anything about Mr. Chapman staled, pointing "Those who pass off the labor SEE LOYALTY NEEDED PAGE 2 4 WEATHER NEWS Overcast skies greeted KugeneanSt Tuesday morning, but the minimum temperature was comparatively high, registering ?i degrees. The forecast follows: OREGON: Partly cloudy tonight ami Wednesday; stratus overcast on coast and in west portion tonight; local afternoon thunderstorms in mountains o f east portion; little change in temperature; moderate northwest wind off coast. LOCAL STATISTICS: Minimum temperature, Tuesday, ."0 degrees; maximum temperature, Monday, SI degrees; stage of Willamette river in Eugene at 7 a. m. Tuesday, .ft of a foot; wind, north. SIUSLAW TIDES: Wednesdayi high. 4:53 a. m ,V1! p. in.: low, 10:."iO a. m. Thursday: high. 6:52 a, m. :03 p. m.: low. VJ:0,i a. mi II 12 p. m. Friday: high, B.'A a. m. rt;.il P m.; low, 1:02 a. nr. 12:33 p. m. Sat'jriy: high. 8:03 a. . T 4.1 p. m.; IcV, 2.02 a. 1:29 p. XB o
