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Newspaper Page TextWeather Rain LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. FOUR SECTIONS 26 PAGES NO. 144" but EUGENE, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1937. PRICE: ON STREETS Se; NEWS STANDS 5c SB BEAT REGOVEHT HOW RIVER TOUCHES . HO VmA On First aa Play Of Game ; Leather IS PERFECT . ei I.ah Mighty xluSKy Wallop Webfoots ; , ;' Br NED SIMPSON '' ' IrZ-i ct,M Writer t SSr.TON STADIUM, Se- Nov. 20-(Special) T h i s La concrete horseshoe stadium comparatively few hardy itSall fans who were here saw fhty University of Washing B (ootbaU team do everything d to bring down Oregon's ln-rf-out eleven to the tune of a l-lo-O score. - Xot that the day wasn't good for ntbilL It was perfect A bril ut iw broke through heavy ouds early Saturday morning to 7 off streets which had been . inr a solid 72 hours and start- fc i great rush of fair-weather os toward tne uckci doouis. Miller Gallops 68 Yards Tie 19,000 spectators had hard- got settled in their seats before asky Merle Miller, on the first limmage play of the game,' gal ad 68 yards around the Web- ftt light end to place the ball Ooegon's five-yard line. ! lie big Husky machine wasted fc line in smashing over a score, Eler diving over three plays Vjs. The touchdown was made I exactly two minutes after the jtsil kickoff. Twice more they fcilked points up in their half of :t score sheet, making two points 0 i safety when big Bud Erick a blocked an Oregon punt be hd the goal line, and six more 1 the fourth quarter in a sus- fciwd 52-yard drive, requiring it eight plays. It was an extremely Interesting ill game from the spectators' dot of view. Despite the poo M-hg of the Oregon eleven, tics seemed powerless to do cything right long enough to aie it count for anything, ; the pe was hard fought, with the Moots showing vast improve wit over earlier games in the SEE FOOTBALL STORY PAGE 7 ' : 1 Sill DAY Under th - r -e Wl the Red Cross roU call irang well under way 'this tThe ttgrnbership campaigh expected to be completed by a end of this week by the Lane Cj raapter of the Red Cross. Hf rou caU began Armistice day I me aawmown pa ire being seen for special r A second sniinit-t;,,., ...;n i t . - ""..WMUll Will UC J e Red Cross from the ZZZ. e results from 'the -Wraty under the Y. W. C. A. Wry g00d a"ordlng to "fled Cross office. 4 can be , cleaned up by Satur ib ,1 r 20' Ma"y workers .,J0utand "hough it is SESSION GOAL !N WASHINGTON Conferences, Debate, , Talk All Indicate Trend , Of Solons . REFORM SIDETRACKED No Definite Program Is Yet . Produced; Budget Is Big Snag t ' ' . ' ' v , N 4 ' ' . ' v - . i , v , ; , N , ' , , ? f J t v - x v v . . - ' X - t - . . ' ' ' 1 V V - , ......... Wiltshire engraving. EVERY father of every University or Oregon student will receive a personal invitation to attend the annual "Dad's Day" week end on the campus December 3 and 4. This year, with no big grid games or other distractions, students will devote the entire week end to showing "Dad" a real time, collegiate style. Students shown above, members of the committee, are, left to right Elizabeth Turner, Portland, who has charge of registration; Jack Lorkrldse, Long Beach, Calif., campus promotion, and Rita Wright, Condon, publicity chairman. .... Oregon Dads Week-End On Campus Set Dec. 3 I TO BUSINESS IS MEM NEED By JOHN LEAR Associated Press Staff Writer A dozen leading economists last night offered suggestions for end ing the current slump in business activity. . : The gist of them was: "Do something to encourage An intimate glimpse into campus life as it really is, without the glamor of such collegiate things as big-time football games and their attendant rallies, will be accorded fathers of University of Oregon students December 3, 4 and 5, when the eleventh annual "Dad's Day" week-end will be held, it was announced here Saturday by Wil liam H. Cummings.'Medford; stu dent chairman for the event - Not another major event other than those directly relating to "Dad's Day" will be on the pro gram for the three days, and in ad dition, special affairs have been planned so that the fathers will business.' What form the encouragement part for home with a reai knowl. edge of what the campus is and would take was a matter of de bate, but sentiment was stjrong for these points: . . i 1. Abolish the tax on undistrib uted profits. . 2. Revise or abolish the tax on. capital gains. . 3. End "government competi tion" with business. 4. Bolster public confidence by definitely indicating an intention to balance the budget Actual immediate balancing of the budget was not essential to recovery, a-majority of the eco nomists said, although a few dis agreed. Some credited the budget's existing "unbalance as-a -cause of the recovery in business after the depression. . v Among economists who contrib uted their views in a questionnaire were David Friday of Washington; Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale; James H.-R. Cromwell of New Jersey; Col. Leonard P.:Ayres of Cleve land; Dr. Willford I. King of New York university; B. M.. Anderson, economist for the Chase National Bank, and Dr. Reid L. McClung of the University of Southern California. I ' KILL 150 ELK BAKER, Nov. 20. VP) Whitman-National Forest hunters killed 150 elk in the season which ended Friday. peff Tells Of Port Or ford 'Lost Meteor'; Last Seen 1859 U7&.ip SeAr.. 31 JJirector of Jf encan Meteor Society K""6 oen received for i?.ththu8e meteorite Ptfc nM vt0, be embedded in F tort Vf i' , Wlthin 40 miles P 13 Uttle A mat tt,. . -'-cvi uie suo 3! Jr..meteorite exists, but hi the ouestinn fiUIb cfIrnment logist ki. came arrn tw.. v "i !,'i!stima;ed that fullv 25 . J--' cre above irroiinrf iy er te-mt t0 New York TB.L?,V.lina where an- L TP m 'i'onicd to the tW i. "".Ml IdU 'JL'k o' PaII"ite- This CSiT 5Urtne crys- t. fo ound a fine to exist is in the Imperial Mineral Cabinet in Vienna. The original mass is known in scientific writ ings in' America and Europe as the Lost Port Orford Meteorite. Recently Dr. H. H. Nininger of Denver, president of the' Society for Research on Meteorites, has given the writer permission to so licit the aid of the press in the how the students live, it is pointed out. ii . ; ' This year, in place of a grid game, Saturday afternoon will be devoted entirely , to a huge "open house" affair, it is announced. The new university buildings especially will be centers of activities. In the new $465,000 library, a struc ture now the pride of the entire state, special book exhibits will be held. In' the new, up-to-the-minute physical education plant gymnastics, wrestling, boxing and other exhibitions will be staged in the various spacious rooms. Po tential Olympic swimmers will splash in the new natatorium. ! Saturday evening "Dad" will have the opportunity of watching the youngsters at play, at the an nual sophomore informal dance in McArthur court. Preceding- this event, ? fathers may accompany their sons and daughters at a play in the university theatre, or at a basketball game in which the var sity will play Portland university. As usual, the annual "Dad's Day" banquet will be the main event Saturday evening at 5:30 The an nual mass meeting of the father's organization will be held Saturday morning. Sunday fathers will be honored at church services, and at noon will be favored guests at liv ing organizations. , By KIRKE Lv SIMPSON WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. W A recession and election-conscious special session of congress, called to-expedite New Deal long range social and economic planning ob jectives, disclosed in its first week an urgent desire to make recovery, not reform, its goal. It'popped up in committees where party leaders strove to urge ; i . some part of the president's legis lative program through parliamen tary snarls. It featured off-stage conferences between high ranking White House aides and congres sional visitors. It doubtless was re flected in such indirect contacts as President Roosevelt himself had with legislative captains despite the tooth ailment that kept him away from his desk most of the week. No Ideas Tet Yet it all produced no definite idea of what to do to bolster falter ing business. An overwhelming congressional sentiment to over haul New Deal tax policies ran head-on into budget balancing dif ficulties. . That is where the political shoe pinches. Congress is ready for tax slashing moves to aid business but has found no other sources of rev enue to fill that gap. It is con fronted by a warning from Senator Harrison, chairman pf the senate finance corfttnittee and likely lead er of the tax tavision drivt next session, that too hasty action might force resort to a manufacturers sales tax and to levying upon low income groups never before reach ed. ' ' Senate Debates The senate closed a week of talk fest tactics to stall off a vote on the anti-lynching bill with Intima tions that some step might . be taken there soon to assure business and the country that tax revision, budget balancing and any other possible action to reverse the re cession cycle would be given right of way in the regular session. Possibilities of attaching tax re vision' riders to unrelated house measures were explored; but with warnings house jealousy of its rev enue initiation rights would com pel the : senate 'to- wait on - house action. . ... .i t In '. the anti-Iynchlng debate, Wiltshire engraving, a snowmobMe, to be X purchased by the Ski I.anfors this winter, yon ride to the top of the hill and then slide back on the "suicide slippers." This picture shows one of the machines with tho passenger sled attached to the rear. , . . . mr tp t rn nn nn P LAWN ED BY MAYO H CHRISTMAS SEAL SEE CONGRESS STORY . PAGE 2 Snowmobile Will Be Bought By Ski Club An unbiased arbitration board, composed of local professional men, loomed Saturday night as a possible solution of the labor difficulties confronting local po lice and the barbers' union.' . Mayor EUsha Large met Friday with a committee representing the barbers local 873 to discuss the appointment of an arbitration board to settle - the four-month dispute between the barbers' union and the City barber shop, owned by A. W. Brumwell. , ' " . The union has picketed the shop since last July when. Brum well refused to advance his prices in accordance with the: union's scale. ..': i ' The difficulties came to a head eurly- Friday morning when un identified vandals smashed shop windows by hurling a pipe and a rock virtually under the nose of a special policeman. Cliff Lyons, the officer on duty, was a : former picket and is a member of the Teamsters' union. , Judging it "unwise" to disclose the names of the special police as signed to watch the City barber shop for window smashers, Chief of Police C. F. Bergman said Sat urday night that "We don't want another case like we had yester day.'1 He referred to the admission of Special Policeman Cliff Lyons that he was a former picket and a member of the Teamsters' union. "We are going to keep the names of .the .special men. a se cret," said Chief Bergman. "We believe in this case that such se crecy is justified. We have three men on duty at the barber shop, but Lyons is not one of them." One Church In Eugene With 5 Bells, One Spire-One Sinnar! It takes all kinds , of people to make the world; and so it takes all- kinds of names to make a telephone directory, muses Dan Stewart following an entertaining persual, of the new "phone book," out for' Lane county. Mr. Stewart has some interesting informa tion to offer on this "what's .in a name" business. "There are many different names in the book and some of them just seem to belong to certain groups. If you are looking for color, you can find 27 Browns, 10 Whites, nine Grays, ' seven Greens, ' two Blacks, one Blue, and one Scar lett," Mr. Stewart reports. And as for races and countries there are Holland, Brazil(la), Eng land, Ireland, all peopled with two French, nine Scot(ts), and two Irish. Royalty Is Here . Royalty is well represented in the new book, containing four Kings, three Princes, two Lords, Frances Brbckman To Be Featured in Concert Here Dec. 5 Frances Brockman,- brilliant young violinist, will return here Sunday; December 5, to appear in concert with the University of Oregon symphony orchestra at McArthur court Since her graduation from the university in 1935, Miss Brockman has been studying at the New Eng- Chinese Capital Is Moved Farther Away As Japanese Advance SHANGHAI, Nov. 20 OP) China moved her capital from Nanking 750 miles farther inland to Chungking' today as Japanese captured Soochow, key-point of China's "Hindenburg line." ' Japan's legions poured through three gaps in the main Chinese defense line, pushing. C h i n e s e troops back' toward ' N a n k 1 n g, about 125 miles west., . i Foreign observers believed po litical friction and military incom petence were largely responsible for China's reverses - , i 9-FODT 11 SATURDAY Water Inundates Roads In River Loop Areas;- Highway Dry ' DROP IS EXPECTED Flood Stage Ncared By River . For First Time Since ' Last April Nationwide Drug1 Ring Is Smashed . WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 OP) A trail that started with the source of supply for a narcotic ad dict in New York had led treas ury "agents today to a series of raids in five cities in which they said they had smashed a nation wide ring doing $750,000 of busi ness yearly. , - Treasury officials said ' the 17 seized 'in New York, Pittsburgh, Chicago, San Francisco and Butte, Mont., were Importers and large scale dealers in narcotics. Other suspects were held. Plans to" purchase a "snowmo bile," a tractor-liko - machine which is capable of traveling over the surface of deep snows at a speed of from five to twelve miles an hour, wero announced Satur day by the Ski Laufers, Eugene ski organization, through Harry Wright, chairman of the com mittee in charge of plans -for the machine. , The snowmobile was invented by J. F. Davidson, formerly - of Junction City and now of the Leaburg area, and has been used successfully by the Mt..; Hood national forest service where one is now1 in service' and another one Is to be placed in use ' later this year. Two more ' are being built for the famous Sun Valley ski area. ' - . . ' Purchase of the machine will be financed through a membership drive which was authorized by the board of directors of the Ski Laufers Saturday, Mr. Wright said. The machine is to cost ap proximately , S1500, which is a special price allowed the club, by Mr. Davidson. . ', The snowmobile will be used in the McKenzie area, chiefly to transport skilers from - snowline to the top of the pass area from where they will ski back down the grade, Wright said. The ma chine drags a large sled with a capacity of 25 persons. Special low rates are to be charged Ski Fire Badly Damages : . House and Contents Fire that started at 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon damaged al most beyond repair a one and a half-story dwelling house at 301 Tenth avenue west. It is owned by Herbert Smecd and was occupied by F. W. Tucker and family.- The fire originated in the flue above a heater in the living room and spread rapidly before the city firemen arrived. The contents are almost a total loss, Mr. Tucker said. Insurance was carried on both the building and contents. - id, .w Vi V.r .w.lthree Earls, three Knights, one Boston. Prior to that time she . ' , . . V-.. Salem Mills Are . Destroyed in Fire SALEM, Nov. 20. OP) Fire that broke out shortly after mid night last night destroyed the plant of the Salem Box & Manu facturing company and the Cope- land lumber yard In West Salem. The loss financially, as estimated today by plant managers, . was about $130,000. The box company calculates its loss at $95,000, with $20,000 in surance. The Copeland company places its loss at $35,000, all cov ered by Insurance. hope that wide-spread publicity cxe.'utive secretary. may result in recovery of the lost j Some 8000 etter3 g0 jnt0 object. It seems that after all the i thg majl Monday and Tuesday to Practically every detail Is In resdiness for the opening of the thirty-first annual Christmas seal sale here next Friday, report V, alter n. Barms, gencri mr- . nrrhMtrn. MiM Rrn-kman . and Miss Jeannctte Calkins, ; ... . ,.., ..Svmr)honv studied, for five years under Rex Underwood,, who will conduct the orchestra at Miss Brockman's con cert. - - Foremost among Eugeneans who will welcome the 23-year-old art ist upon' her arrival will be her mother, Mrs.' A. E. Brockman, teacher of sixth grade social studies at Edison school. i - - With accompaniment of the sym- fame it has received in far-away I places, it would be quite fitting if an Oregonian could re-discover this rare and valuable meteorite. (Noti: The magazine section of the Oregonian of November 21 will carry -a rather complete Qis top. be delivered Friday, each letter containing one dollar's worth of the seals. The general committee for the sale is announced this week-end, including:' Mr. Banks, ; general chairman; Alton F. Baker, .R. A. Booth. Dr. C. V. Boyer, A. E. cussion of the subject. The writer j Brandt,. Mrs. Frank L. Chambers, will be glad to help with analyses j Fred F. Chitty, Dr. Dorothy Col of any "suspected" specimens ' Her, Judge Fred Fisk, Dr. J. F. readers may care to send. He has jcramer,. Miss Elizabeth Gullion, r.e fL w ituunjoniy a scienuuc imcit&v i snerV" ga lhe air- matter and will respect conn-1 -aita BOW Vnoum r,t Mrrnnnffnkl - ' SEE SEAL SALE STORY ' PAGE I, - - will play the colorful "Symphony Espagnole" of Lalo. The matinee program will be a highlight of the Dad's week-end staged by the uni versity, Teamsters' Union ' To Organize Baker BAKER, Nov. 20. VP) Dave Rutz, teamsters' union organizer who. was escorted from town last week, declared yesterday at in stallation of an AFL central labor council his union would organize Baker "whether some people like it or not," Duke, one Czar(ske), and one Gay- lord he must be a happy noble but, alas, no Queens, Mr. Stewart reports. There are numerous means of livelihood represented in the direc tory as follows: one Shepherd, three Scherers, three Sawyers, one Schumaker, one Cooper,' two Bar bers, one Carpenter, four Cooks, one Farmer, one Tyler, one Ship man, one Stockman, one Crook, 21 Bakers, and one Crumbaker the last appearing to be a specialist, Mr. Stewart decides. There' are five Barns, one Shed(d), one House(r), containing one Room(e), IS Halls, three Walls, three Couchs, and two Davenports. In Eugene are two Drums, five Homs, but only one Blower! For money we yin -use four Bucks, one Nlchol(s), and one Penn(e)y. : There Is only one Church In town, but It has five Bells, one Spire(s), two Bishops, and only one Sinnar excuse the pun. ' If thirsty you can find several SEE NAMES STORY f AGS Screen Stars Are ' Married Saturday LOS ANGELES, Nov. "20 OP) Jackie Coogan, the ragged urchin who starred with Charlie Chaplin in the silent screen-hit, "The Kid," 18 years ago, and Betty Grable, blonde screen actress who has been his sweetheart for three years, were married today In St. Brendan's Catholic church. The Rev. William L. Mullane officl ated. Bids Received For Power Machinery BLACHLY, Nov. 20 (Special) Bids for machinery to be used in the Blachly power project were received at a meeting at Blachly Saturday night. The bids will be taken under consideration and the contract will be awarded Nov. 27, U was said. . The Willamette river at Eugena was nearlng the 10-foot stage, lata Saturday evening, with indication it would be falling again Sunday, eliminating danger of flood ior tha present. Flood stage is 12 feet at Eugene. At 0 o'clock the river stood at nine feet, a reading of the gauge at the Ferry street bridge re vealed. Waters from swollen trib utaries were expected to cause tha stream to continue its rise for a short time. . While some rain was reported from all sections of the county, Saturday, the fall was consider ably less than for tho past few. days, causing surplus water feed ing Willamette tributaries to drop. Water was over some of tha side-roads between the river and the North Pacific highway, lata Saturday, but was nowhere near the highway, residents of that vicinity reported. On some section! of "The Loop," water was said to be running several inches deep. This is the first time since last April. that the river had been near the 10-foot stage. 8TORM HITS STATE By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS . Rising rivers and blocked high ways followed rain and snow storms which swept Oregon last night. . Flood danger In the Rogue river valley was minimized, despite high waters, when the sun broke through today. -Torrential rains blocked sewers and Inundated residential streets at Medford. Irrigation ditches overflowed into fields and pas tures. At Grants Pass, unequalled No vember records showed over nine Inches of rain. Trout and steelhead fishing was washed out when waters rose five and a half feet The Applegate river, tributary to SEE SNOWMOBILE STORY PAGE 2 i . ' . Washburne Reports Bay District Busy; ' Outlook Encouraging Home from a business trip to San Francisco, Carl G. Washburne, head of the Washburne store, re ports an optimistic feeling among business men in that section and the belief that the present "reces sion". Is about over. President Roosevelt's recent message Indicat ing his Intention to alter taxes which have crippled business re serves has .had'1 a stimulating ef fect as have numerous signs point ing toward Industrial peace. 1 . "A spirit of optimism now pre vails,'-' said Mr. Washburne. "Busi ness men with whom I talked in Sacramento, Oakland and San Francisco predict a holiday busi ness which will reach and prob ably exceed last year's record both as to sales and employment. There can bo no doubt that confidence has replaced: the recent wave of uncertainty and unrest." ' SEE WEATHER STORY PAGE 2 WEATHER NEWS Following the morning's sun shine, a heavy shower or two of rain poured down on Eugene dur ing Saturday afternoon. The pre cipitation for the day totalled .22 of an Inch., The day's maximum temperature was quite warm, reaching 89 degrees. The forecast follows: OREGON: Cloudy Sunday with! local showers; Monday cloudy with rain In west portion; little change in temperature; moderate south west wind off the coast. LOCAL STATISTICS: Minimum temperature, Saturday, 50 degrees; maximum temperature, Saturday, 69 degrees; precipitation to 6 p. m, Saturday,- .22 of an inch; wind, south; stage of Willamette river In Eugene at 6 p. m. Saturday, 9.7 feet. 8IUSLAW TIDES: Monday: high, 3:34 a. m., 3:11 p. m.; low, 9:28 a. m., 10:09 p. m. Tuesday: high, 4:39 a. m., 4:13 p. m.; low, 10:35 a. m., 11:03 p. m. Wednesday: high, 5:35 a. m., 5:23 p. m.; low, 11:44 a.m. U. O. Student Sound Mimic Will Be Featured On Ripley Program By WILL THOMSON . . , "Believe It or Not" Howard Lee, University of Oregon senior, can reproduce without aid ' of any mechanical device more bird calls, Insect and animal calls, yes, even reptile sounds, than any other human being. And tonight we have Mr. Lee in the studio with us in New York. He has come from Eugene, Oregon, to let you hear a few of his 54 different mimics of beasts and birds. And yo't can reproduce mechanical and street noises, too, can't you, Mr. Lee?" This may be the radio Introduc tion next January for Howard Lee, sociology student, when he appears on the national radio Be lleve It or .Not", program, . with Robert Ripley. For it is settled that he. will go to New York, expenses paid, early In 1938 to broadcast. .' How national recognition oome to U. of O s mimic is a mystery. true to "Oregon conservatism," Leo baa not or been ballyhoocd. He has been almost unnoticed and unmentioned when he might have long ago been heralded as an ac complished artist and featured for publicity purposes. .. ; 'I would like to know how I drew Ripley's attention, myself. I have appeared on several pro grams, including a theater amateur contest in Eugene and one in Port land during the past two years, but I didn't think anyone noticed me, Lee modestly said. Professor Paul E. Kiepe, of tha University of Oregon speech de partment, who has been helping Mr. Lee this . fall perfect several calls, by making phonograph records, believes "Howard really has something on the ball." ' "He has developed the most un usual thing I have heard for a long time," Mr. Kiepe said. Hour'upon hour of the last 18 years have been painstakingly spent, by Lee to accurately dis- SEE MIMIC STORY PAGE 3,'""