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EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1937.
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To Fascist Army
nes INDORSE
SUP WITH PLEA
Une county grand jury be
j: rflnf Thursday
Ills aajuiii "'-v -
Loon made a report to the
I recommenams
I . ..antativps in the
I legislature wui -
le establisnmeni ui a"
t mere juu " " ,
r u- ..nnfineH instead of
s maj "c w 7" Tr
fcg them to the siare penueii-
jury in its report stated that
members were deeply im
(d with the fact that many
men between the ages of 17
in .m ha efl lnio court on
L" -harms and that they are
My in sympathy wim me
of Judge U. t. bKipworm
that line. exDressed Wed-
iy when he refused to send
vmiths. one of them 17 and
kthers 18. to the penitentiary
charge of stealing a car.
tranrl lurv reported that it
Iri.itfd the countv iail which
Led to be dark and crowded
Inade no recommendations, dt
tmended a number of minor
lovements at the county poor
but stated that this insmu-
;as well managed and was in
rnnrlition.
indictment was returned
it F and Sutherland. Ethel
rland and Arthur Easton.
ling them with contributing
; delinquency or a minor girl
'not a true bill" was report
the case of Benny Benson.
led with child stealing.: '
GOP CONTROVERSY
lASHINGTON, Oct 21. (U.R)
proposal to summon free-
iH Anti New Deal national po
ll convention late next spring
t Out of the conservative enct
fc. f ormer Senator Walter E.
t o: New Jersey, proposed the
ruver in a letter to n f.
fcnjy. New Jersey rermhllnen
pal committeeman. The Edge
r,mre wou'a supplant . the
far republican national con-
sponsored by Former
Jient Herbert C. Hoover.
! suggestion cut directly
the undercover fnnt..f
17 UUlUenCS rievelnninn
L - ("' tww
I fllr- Hoover and Former
por Aif m. Landon. They
faded for a hni ...u '
PPubhcan national committee
r.i tnicago Nov. 5-6. The
FUttee m.mi j u-
. - ..... uctiae men
r-W to Kllmmnn .u- "
uic un-year
F convention suggested by
iHoover and so far unendorsed
IL TELL ONE
By BOR nirDXTc . .
iire the ln "ouy-
nearted bunch of
men I have ever
seen. When I
use-ta go to 'era
I ?, Th lr7'n to get a
I ' V certain Part in a
lif 5lcture' I never
VCTlh dld set the part
l but 1 always left
k4 better than when
tum. Iwent. Theyus
wwd me down by tellin'
ParL wt and handsome
let - n a wman goes
rt m a picture
fTb1out f thef office
erf .lhe eitner has
ran. 100 young for
beli.,..
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aiyi i Wrrow Grand
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N'C,' I rope f.
Last Port on North
Coast Lost to ,
Loyalists .
IRUN, Spain, Oct. 2 hun
dreds of war-wear i,? ament
troorjs. beaten bad sea bv
Insurgent Genera' f .'rancisco
i ranco s reienue' q s jam down
their arms to .-r the port
city of Gijon today. .
News tha' .ast important
governmen' city in all of
northwest bj. . had capitulated
spread quickly through govern
ment forces in other sectors of As
turias province and squads of As
turian miners who had been be
sieging nearby Oviedo for more
than a year marched north to
throw, themselves at the mercy of
the insurgents.
Franco's officers here declared
they expected mass surrender of
remaining government forces in
the north within a few days. In
surgent control of Gijon left the
Valencia government troops hold
ing only a tiny bit of Bay of Biscay
coastline from Gijon west to a few
miles the other side of Aviles.'
: EDEN NOT TOO HAPPY
: LONDON, Oct. 21. U.RFor
eign Secretary Anthony Eden de
clared in the house of commons
today that Britain intends to pro
tect firmly its imperiaP'life line"
to the east through the Mediter
ranean sea.
"Our position in the Mediterran
ean is simply this we intend to
maintain the right of way on this
main arterial road," -Eden told a
crowded house of commons.
Regarding Spain, Eden express
ed guarded optimism over an
eventual solution, hailing Premier
Benito Mussolini's acceptance of
a "token" withdrawal of foreign
"volunteers" as a move which
averted a crisis. He disclosed also
that Italy will attend the coming
nine-power conference in Brussels
on the Far East conflict.
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FOR GAME VISITORS
Etigeneans who have rooms they
are willing to rent over "home
coming" weekend are urged to call
the chamber of commerce and reg
ister their names and addresses and
the number of rooms available. Ho
tel accommodations for the big
weekend were long ago "sold out,"
and university officials have been
busy lining up rooms for the hun
dreds of alumni and friends who
will crowd Eugene for the Oregon
Oregon State game Saturday. .
Mrs. Elaine Clark is in charge
of the rooming service conducted
by the alumni association on the
campus. Mrs. Clark stated Thurs
day that no rooms were being al
lotted' in answer to mail applica
tions, but that only personal re
quests at the office during alumni
registration will be honored. Rooms
will be available to all desiring
accommodations, whether alumni
of the university or not.
Added .troubles were placed on
the housing committee Wednesday
when it was found no rooms were
available for the Paul Whiteman
orchestra, 30 strong, which had no
reservations. They will play for
the big Homecoming dance at Mc
Arthur court Friday night Scur
rying around, the committee fin
ally managed to get accommoda
tions for the noted band's person
nel at different hotels downtown.
Tiny Radio Set Is
Demonstrated Here
By J. M. Nighswander
A radio set, complete with ear
phone, which will fit into the pock
et of a man's coat with ease, was
demonstrated in Eugene Thursday
by J. M. Nighswander, Crow Stage
route. The tiny set, built on the
lines of the crystal sets which
youngsters of the pre-vacuum tube
era used to spend their time con
structing, was given actual tests
at the Eugene fire station, bringing
in KORE, Eugene, with ease, and
Portland.
Mr. Nighswander says he gets
Salt Lake City, Los Angeles and
other large coast stgSms at night
using the set It is built into a
composition box about eight inches
long by three inches wide by two
inches deep.
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DARTICIPANTS In the Pontifical High Mass helh here Thursday morning; as the opening event for
A the 50th anniversary of St. Mary's Catholie church are pictured above. Front row, left to right
tiev. uanici r. uuriey, Eugene; Kev. James Maxwell, Huber, Ore.; Rev. Francis P. Leipzig, pastor of the
Eugene church; Archbishop Edward D. Howard, Portland, who celebrated the mass; Rev. Michael Flem
ing, L'anby; Kev. Eugene Medveg; Msgr. Lane, Portland, and Rev. J. M. O'Farrell, Portland. On the
steps back of the officiating priests are three seminary students from Mt Angel and other young men
assisting at the service. (Carl R. Baker photo, Wiltshire engraving.)
TO GET PAY RAISE
Salaried employes of Lane
county will have their pay in
creased to the 1932 level, approx
imately 10 per cent on- the av
erage, but before the budget com
mittee takes final action depart
ment heads must submit detailed
figures on all their operations. . .
Instructions went to all depart
ments Thursday morning to get
the desired figures in at once. The
committee expected to have all
"must" items out of the way be
fore evening.
No Increase In Levy
"No tax increases" is still the
motto of the committee, and
though expenditures of 1938 will
be close to $200,000 higher than
this year (due mainly to the high
way settlement which saves $63,
000), the added outlay is to be
absorbed by cash on hand.
Tentative approval of the home
demonstration agent's budget was
accorded Thursday morning after
the committee had listened to an
explanation of the work by Miss
Lois Lutz, agent here. Her budget
for the coming year is $1,150, 150
more than in 1937. In answer to a
question from E. TJ. Lee, budget
committee member, Miss Lutz ex
plained her office was concen
trating on the problem of extend
ing the assistance . available to
homes in Lane county which in
the past have not been reached.
She said that through the NY A,
she had an assistant who accom
panied here on trips to various
meetings and took care of children.
In this way, mothers who other
wise could not leave their chil
dren, may attend the meetings.
Replying to Budget Member
Catholics Observe
50th Anniversary
1 1LFHMEGF
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. (U.R)
Secretary of Interior Harold L.
Ickes told a press conference to
day that he "learned a great many
things" from listening to former
Gov. Alfred M. Landon's radio ad
dress Tuesday evening. He listed
these "conclusions":
That "Landon is not the 'Alfa'
but the 'Omega' of the republican
party."
That "Alfa cannot make as good
a speech as Omega."
That "Landon and Former Pres
ident HeAert Hoover are compet
ing for the same political grave."
That "Landon ought to read the
Constitution, because if he has
read it, he apparently did not un
derstand it."
Stock Market Makes
Further Recoveries
SEE COUNTY EMPLOYES
PAGE 14 ,
Ws"DrBing"
To You, Now!
SPOKANE. Wash., Oct. 21. UP)
Crooner Bing Crosby became
Harry Lillis Crosby, Ph. D. today.
Father Leo J. Robinson, S. J., pres
ident of Gonzaga university, con
ferred the honorary doctor of phil
osophy degree upon the school's
most noted alumnus before an aud
ience of students, alumni and
friends who jammed into the cam
pus auditorium. The university
president conferred the honor "be
cause of his eminence" and the
pleasures he has "brought to mil
lions of people."
Invitation Week Is
Planned By Scouts
Tjme county Bov Scout leaders
win nrten n Rov frnut invitation
week Nov. I, it was announced
Thursday by 1. C. Sallee, head of
the Wallamef council, Boy Scouts
nt Amorira. Invitations will be
issued to each boy in the county to
join the big national organization.
Efforts will be made to contact all
boys in Eugene. A free moving
picture show, troop meetings and
personal contacts will be used to
acquaint boys oi scoui age wim
the movement
NEW YORK, Oct. 21 W Gains
of fractions to 2 or more points
were posted for leading issues to
day in continuance of the stock
market recovery drive.- With U. S.
Steel and Bethlehem in front,
prominent on the advance were
Anaconda's, Loew's Westinghouse,
Union Carbide, General Motors,
General Electric, Howe Sound,
Chrysler, Douglas Aircraft, Sears
Roebuck, Chesapeake and Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Standard Oil of N.
Y. and Radio Corp.
Garr Brothers Deny
Real Plot to Kill
SHELBYVILLE, Ky., Oct. 21.
UP) Denial that he and his broth
ers had ever discussed killing Brig.
Gen. Henry H. Dcnhardt was made
today by Jack Garr, youngest of
three brothers charged with mur
der of the portly ex-lieutenant gov
ernor on the eve of his second trial
for murder of their sister. The
court upheld the commonwealth's
objection to Jack Garr's reference
to Denhardt as "the man who kill
ed my sister."
Roosevelt's Farm
Plan Needs Money
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. W
Administration officials showed
signs of worry today over financ
ing the proposed new farm pro
gram without upsetting President
Roosevelt's forecasts of a balanced
budget next year. Despite the chief
executive's expressed hope of bal
ancing the budget without increas
ed taxation, there was persistent
talk - of establishing processing
taxes to finance a crop control
system at least partially.
CITY'S YOUTH
BENEFICIARIES
QF MISS DAY
Schools Get $2000 Bequest
To Improve Playground
Facilities Here
Close To 20,000
To See Big Game
IPOUA'SSMl
RUN SPECTACULAR
MEMORIAL PROPOSED:
Long Needed Improvements
Possible Now Says
Dr. Cramer
Fifty years as a leading institu
tion in the growth and history of
Eugene ' were celebrated here
Thursday by St, Mary's Catholic
church.
Marking the golden jubilee were
the impressive and beautiful Pon
tifical High Mass at 10 a. m.,
celebrated by Archbishop Edward
D. Howard, Portland; followed by
an informal banquet at the Os
burn hotel.
About 50 visiting priests were
included among the officials at
tending the ceremonies. More than
900 were present for the church
rites and the dining room was
crowded for the banquet at noon.
Sharing honors with the visit
ing church officials as guests at
the banquet were 15 members who
have been in the local parish 50
years or more.
Among the visiting church offi
cials here were: Most. Rev; Ed
ward D. Howard, D. D., Portland,
head of this archdiocese; Msgr. A.
Holdebrand, Oregon City, V. G. P.
A.; Msge. A. Lane, J. A., Portland;
Rev. J. M. O'Farrell, Portland;
Rev. John Moran, Portland; Rev.
Michael Fleming, Canby; Rev.
James Mewell, St. Mary's home,
Huber; Rev. Francis Schaefers,
Portland; Rev. John Berger, Wil
sonvilje; Rev. Richard Fall, As
toria; Father Mitchell, Corvallis;
Rev. Eugene Medvig, formerly of
Eugene, now of Mt Angel, and
others.
Father O'Farrell, former pastor
of the Eugene church and here
when one of the three buildings
used during the history of the par
ish was erected, delivered the ser
mon at the morning services.
Officiating at the High Mass
were Archbishop Howard, Rev. J.
M. O'Farrell, Rev. Daniel P. Curly,
Rev. James Maxwell, Rev. Francis
P. Leipzig, Rev. Eugene Medvig,
Rev. Michael Fleming, Rev Fran-
The late Miss Elizabeth E. Day,
descendant of Oregon pioneers,
showed her deep interest in chil
dren by setting aside $2000 in her
will to "prepare and furnish suit
able and proper playground equip
ment for the grade schools of dis
trict No. 4." The announcement
was made Thursday by Fred E.
Smith, Miss Day's attorney.
Miss Day, who passed away at
her home here Monday night, has
long been interested In youth work
The bequeath comes as a complete,
but pleasant surprise to school of
Iicials who have been struggling
without a single penny budgeted
for playground equipment other
than "balls and bats" for many
years.
School Officials Are Pleased
The gift will be a big help in
improving the recreational and
playground facilities of the com
munity, according to the opinion of
J. F. Cramer, newly elected su
perintendent of schools, and G. D.
MacLaren, chairman of the school
board. , , .... .
There appeared some hope
among 'school and recreational
authorities of the city that the be
quest might possibly be a solution
to the dire need for a recreational
center for the schools and the city.
The money will be particularly
welcomed by the schools because
the only fund equipment provided
for the school playgrounds has
been secured through student
donations or P.-T. A. gifts.
' Present Equipment Out-of-Date
It was believed that the board
of directors of school district No. 4
would have the jurisdiction of
budgeting and expending the
money under the terms of the will.
The fact that equipment such as
"jungle bars" and things of that
sort are rather passe in modern
trends of recreation, indicates the
Bergman Makes Plans
To Handle Huge
Traffic Here
SEE CATHOLIC CHURCH
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Sheep In Deer's
Clothing, Eh?.
LINSLAW, . Oct. 21. (Special)
Lester Boring has one for Billy
Maddaugh's Route F book of won
ders. Mr. Boring went out to look
for a sheep. As he was pushing
through the thick fern, a deer took
fright and ran smack between Mr.
Boring's legs. Mr. Boring lost his
hat in the upset but otherwise suf
fered no damage. Neither did the
deer apparently.
H.G.Wells Visits
White House Again
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2l.(P)
H. G. Wells, the British writer
and lecturer, had today what he
described as "just a private con
versation and an excellent lunch"
with President Roosevelt. Wells
recalled he was a White House vis
itor early in the Roosevelt adminis
tration when he said he was "look
ing at the whole brain trust"
REEDSPORT. Oct. 21. (Spe
cial) An unusually heavy run of
salmon in the Umpqua river is
bringing thousands of dollars into
this community. More than 100,-
000 pounds of salmon have been
sold by local commercial fisher
men to the five principal fish
plants and buyers, since Saturday.
On Saturdays there is no commer
cial fishing, and fishermen state
that between Friday and Sunday
nights, during the height of the
run, unnumbered thounsands of
salmon entered the Umpqua and
passed unmolested to the head
waters of the river for spawning.
Fish passing up the river on
week-ends, together with those
which go up in the daytime, when
commercial fishing is not feasible,
constitute 75 to 80 per cent of the
total run. The Oregon fish com
mission estimate is that only 20
to 25 per cent of salmon are
caught by commercial fishermen
in the Oregon coast stream. The
average time of return of the
salmon to the Umpqua, after
hatching, is four years.
During the present run, ap
proximately one-third of the com-i
mercal catch has been of h'gh
grade Chinook, for which the local
fishermen are receiving 8 cents
per pound. For Sllversides they
are receiving 5 cents per pound.
On Tuesday night, Wm. Kalenius,
a top fisherman of the Umpqua
for the last two seasons, brought
In a catch of 1.800 pounds. '
There are approximately 90
fishing boats on the Umpqua and
tributaries at the present time.
On the Umpqua highway at night,
from the deadline at Mill creek
to Reedport, the riding lights of
boats, and floats at net ends,
causes the river to appear as if a
water carnival were in progress.
Approximately 100 tops of sal
mon roe are partially processed
locally each year and then ship
ped to New York for further
treatment and canning.
SEE MISS DAY'S WILL
PAGE 14
LABOR T00PP0SE
SPECIAL SESSION
PORTLAND, Oct. 21. (ff) The
first organized opposition to the
proposed special session of the leg
islature to enact an old-age pen
sion transaction tax was underway
today following an appeal by Ben
T. Osborne, secretary of the Ore
gon State Federation of Labor, to
425 affiliated unions to combat the
proposal.
"Do not be deceived. A sales
tax by any other name is just as
odious as if it were called a sales
tax," Osborne said in a letter to
the unions and to central and dis
trict councils. The letter urged
that union members refrain from
signing, petitions.
Corvallis Campus
Raided By Vandals
CORVALLIS, Ore., Oct. 21. W
The words "U. of O.," and "Uni
versity of Oregon" smeared cam
pus structures at Oregon State
college this morning. Painted In
green, red, black and white, the
words stood out on more than half
a dozen buildings, several walks,
fountains, the flagpole and band
stand.
More Deliveries
Made to Stanley
Another carload of flour was
delivered to Ralph and Stanley
stores in Eugene Thursday, Offi
cials of the firm claimed to have
solved the union picket "barricade"
which was established two weeks
ago here. Southern Pacific ship
ments are arriving safely and
George Stanley has his own trucks
and employes do the unloading.
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Notification was received re
cently by Paul D. Green, promi
nent Eugene merchant, that he
had been appointed Knight Com
mander of the Court of Honor, An
cient and Honorable Order of
Scottish Rite. The honor, one of
the highest possible in Masonry,
was conferred at the biennial ses
sion of the supreme council of the
southern Jurisdiction, now being
held in Washington, D. C.
Mr. Green, a 32 degree Mason,
is venerable master of Eugene con
sistory No. 2. He received notifica
tion of his election to the knight
commander, court of honor from
Louis G. Clarke, sovereign grand
Inspector-general of Oregon. Ten
other Oregon men were honored
with - the same election, it was
further revealed. Seven were from
Portland, two from Klamath Falls
and one from Baker;
By NED SIMPSON
All-time attendance and crowd
records will be shattered at the
University of Oregon's Homecom
ing this week-end. The advance
guard will begin moving in with
the Noise Parade Friday night
and close to 20,000 will be
squeezed Into Hayward Field by
kickoff time for the annual battle
between Oregon and Oregon State.
Vast throngs are expected for
alumni meetings, the dedication
of the new library and the Bur
gess rare book collection Satur
day morning. McArthur court will
bulge when famous Paul White-
man heaves his bulk to the lead
er's stand Saturday night to start
the Homecoming dance and an
other vast assembly Is expected
when Galli-Curi's concert adds
the cultural touch Sunday after
noon.
Cornell Has Happy Problem ,
Anson B. Cornell, athletic man
ager at the University, announced
Thursday the entire reserved seat
section of approximately 13,500
seats had been sold out early this
week. Mr. Cornell said he could
have sold 30,000 tickets for the big
game if seating accommodations
had been available. As fast as
additional seating can be devised,
it will be sold.
General admission tickets to the
"big game" are now on sale, with
officials announcing nearly 1,000
of the 4,000 available already
sold.
Hotels "Sold Out" r
With the largest crowds ever to
pack Eugene in prospect "hotels
in the city were completely booked
for the week-end. A University
committee working with the cham
ber of commerce has listed hun
dreds of rooms in private homes
to take care of the overflow. The
situation was so acute Thursday
that the Paul Whiteman band,
booked to play for the big Home- ,
coming dance Friday night, which
sought 30 rooms was only able to
get 18 considered sufficient by
the committee.
Chief of Police Carl Bergman
was making plans in advance to
enre for the great influx of out-of-town
traffic the day of the game.
Elaborate steps have been taken
to care for the throng at tha
game Saturday, with special po
lice officers to be on duty at
strategic intersections to keep
traffic moving before and after
the contest.
Urged To Walk
"The people of Eugene can help
the situation a great deal if they
SEE HOMECOMING
PAGE
ROSS RAOM BILL
IN G-MEN'S HANDS
Dr. Ian Campbell's
Party Safely Past
Canyon of Colorado
Radio reports from the geologi
cal expedition of Dr. Ian Camp
bell, son of the late Dugald Camp
bell who died here Sunday, Indi
catcd the noted scientist was safe
after a hazardous boat trip
through a section of the almost in
accessible canyon of the Colorado
river Thursday. Dr. Campbell
with other scientists. Is searching
for Archean rocks in which are
believed to be hidden secrets of
the creation or origination of the
universe. The expedition is spon
sored by the Carnegie Institute and
California Institute of Technol
ogy, Dr. Campbell, of the latter
institution, acting as leader of the
party.
The expedition started by boat
from Lee's Ferry Monday, Oct 11,
bound for Bright Angel Trail.
Safety of the party after the dan
gerous passage was communicated
to the rim of the Grand Canyon by
radio. If Campbell's expedition is
successful in its trip down the
river, it will be the thirteenth re
corded trip from Lee's Ferry since
the Grand Canyon area has been
inhabited.
CHICAGO, Oct 21. (U.R) G
men said today they had been ad
vised a woman had found the first
bill In the $50,000 ransom paid in
a vain effort to obtain release of
Charles S. Ross, 72, kidnaped Chi
cagoan. Federal agents said Mrs. Clara
Ludwig, 41, Blue Island railroad
clerk, had found a $10 bill, bear
ing the number G227615534, one
of the numbered bills given the
Ross kidnapers.
Details of where Mrs. Ludwig
got the ransom note were withheld.
WEATHER NEWS
The season's heaviest fog to date
blanketed Eugene during the early
part of the day, Thursday, with in
dication it might lift before the day
was over. The forecast follows:
OREGON: Fair tonight and Fri
day, but morning fogs. Little
change in temperature; gentle
changeable wind, off coast
LOCAL STATISTICS: Minimum
temperature, Thursday, 40 degrees;
maximum temperature, Wednes
day, 71 degrees; stage ot Willam
ette river in Eugene at 7 a. m.
Thursday, -1 foot: wind, north.
SIUSLAW TIDES: Friday, high,
2:04 a. m., 1:39 p. m.; low, 7:42 a.
m., 8:40 p. m. Saturday, high,
2:58 a. m., 2:24 p. m.; low, 8:33 a,
m., 9:33 p. m. Sunday, high, 3:5S
a. m., 3:19 p. m.; low, 9:33 a. nv,
10:30 p. m.